HI
got my new HD2 from o2 2day and its unlocked put my serial in htc site and it let me download the new 1.66 rom whooo!!!
Also it did ship with the 1.48 rom to
Got mine today and came with 1.66 and unbranded i tried a voafone sim in it and was aking for pin, not tried any other ones yet. well happy with it.
Got my new one from O2 today, unbranded, unlocked (tried GFs T-Mob sim) and with 1.66 ROM
Looks like it's luck of the draw which ROM you get
I got mine in december and I have ROM 1.43, looking forward to the O2 upgrade if/when it comes out
jsmith_00 said:
HI
got my new HD2 from o2 2day and its unlocked put my serial in htc site and it let me download the new 1.66 rom whooo!!!
Also it did ship with the 1.48 rom to
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that's great but did you get it from o2 direct or through someone like carphone warehouse?
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that's great but did you get it from o2 direct or through someone like carphone warehouse?
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I got it direct from a high street O2 store, Amazin phone and i also got it for free 2
that's great, good to see they've changed to fully unlocked handsets if that is the case.
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I bought my Magician on eBay and it is the best phone I have ever had. The phone is amazing. But of course 2 months have passed and I am dying to improve the phone. The Brand is a DOPOD 818, which is the HTC magician or Imate JAM.
I see everyone here has the ROM 1.06, mine is 1.01.00WWE with a ROM Date of 10/21/04/ I am sure I should be upgrading my ROM for the enhancements but I am not sure how or where to go.
Everyone says to go to Club Imate but unfortunately my IMEI is registered through DOPOD and not Imate. The DOPOD site does not look like it has an updated ROM.
Can I use a generic ROM? Where can I get one? I am in the USA using T-Mobile, if that helps.
Please let me know what I should do.
Thanks,
John
After much deliberating and forum reading I finally gave in and purchased one from eBay today. I will need to unlock it when it arrives but I'm not worried about that.
First things I will do is
1) Unlock it
2) Load latest ROM if not already on there
3) Do the big storage update
Any tips / tricks people have learnt that would help me? I also have a BlueTrek G2 bluetooth headset on order.
I have TomTom5 so I will need to order a GPS device. Which ones are you all using / recommend I get?
I'll also need a car kit mount for the phone which also charges it. Again, which do you recommend?
Finally I'll need a 2GB SD card. Again, recommendations on if purchasing a high speed one makes any difference or not?
Many thanks in advance.
hi, i was thinking of doing the same thing, but i have a few questions to ask first before doing so.
1. If i get the mda compact and unlock it and update the rom to say like the i-mate one, will that basically make it an i-mate, without any of the t-mobile stuff?
2. What is a reasonable price for a t-mobile mda compact
3. what would happen about warranty if anything goes wrong with the phone, and your not a t-mobile customer?
thanks in advance
I bought an MDA compact locked to T-Mobile last week on e-bay. Paid £250 and then paid £20 to unlock it.
I have updated the Rom to Imate and can confirm that once it is unlocked it stays unlocked.
Stu
once you updated the rom, does all the t-mobile branding stuff disappear as well?
chenman said:
once you updated the rom, does all the t-mobile branding stuff disappear as well?
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Obviously...
If you use the Imate rom then all the T-Mobile branding is removed.
so what about the warranty on the phone, do you just take it back to t-mobile if there is any problems?
I once had a problem (speaker not working) with my Compact purchased from T-Mobile Germany. I sent it back for repair with an imate ROM without any problems. When it came back, it had the T-Mobile ROM installed though.
kta said:
I once had a problem (speaker not working) with my Compact purchased from T-Mobile Germany. I sent it back for repair with an imate ROM without any problems. When it came back, it had the T-Mobile ROM installed though.
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I´ve bought a UK T-mobile Compact for 250 pounds through modaco.com, sim-unlocked it and made the suckar trick with the logo/brand and NOW I want to change the rom to I-mate or Qtek - but when I do i get an country failure code?
Has anyone the latest I-mate rom???
Hi
I'm a newbie, have checked but can't see anyone has asked this specific question before:
I'd like an xda trion but I've been told by O2 it won't be coming to the uk.
So my question is, if I got hold of an unlocked HTC Hermes or one of it's equivalents and put in my o2 3g sim - could I use all of it's features?
i.e. would this be like using a Trion but without all the O2 software etc..
Also is there a recommended model to buy? - i.e. HTC or imate etc
Thanks
Do you really need to stay with O2 ? Because the T-Mobile and other operator deals can give you a 12/18 month contract + Hermes for the same price as a device without contract.
kennyboy said:
Hi
I'm a newbie, have checked but can't see anyone has asked this specific question before:
I'd like an xda trion but I've been told by O2 it won't be coming to the uk.
So my question is, if I got hold of an unlocked HTC Hermes or one of it's equivalents and put in my o2 3g sim - could I use all of it's features?
i.e. would this be like using a Trion but without all the O2 software etc..
Also is there a recommended model to buy? - i.e. HTC or imate etc
Thanks
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I bought an unlocked TyTN from mobilefun.co.uk aswell as a 1GB microSD (the UltraII one). Works a charm, no rpobelsm(LOL leaving that for irony) whatsoever (apart from ones ive made hehe). Its the HTC branded TyTN but ive flashed it with the imate JASJAM ROM and used the HTC ext rom to get the standard green content etc.... (having tried the updated unnofficial HTC rom, aswell as the dopod rom). 3G works a treat and im still on my O2 online contract (sim only.....1 month rolling contract...£25 line rental...1000 txts and 1000 off-peak minutes)
O2 is pretty good for me and im ok with not having the full speed internet and settling for (around) 1mbps on 3G.
kevino - I wish I could, my current contract doesn't finish until April though.... there's no way out is there?
mrvanx - thanks for the info that's great. Think I'll look for second hand though, it's expensive isn't it.
Also I'll have to look in to all this rom update stuff to get it all sorted.
Thanks guys - very helpful.
Kenny
Kenny,
April is a long way off. I just moved to T-Mobile because of W'n'W. Depending on your usage it may be worth your while to just get a new contract anyway. You can, I believe, buy out your contract if you want to keep your number. Anyway I'm sure you'll know what's best for yourself.
Does any one know when a new o2 uk rom will be shipped has any one heard anyhing
Have you tried getting in touch with your O2 dealer?
I have been told by o2 customer service tonight that the hd2 software upgrade will be ready in a 2 weeks time from the o2 web site.
I have had some issues with htc sense not loading etc and some upgrades from htc web site cant be installed because of o2 vendor validation error.
Kinda a good news. Will be interesting to see what version of Sense and which ROM they have. I know it takes o2 an age but I've not had problems like many others...
Do you have the link to the o2 web page?
Hi, I am unable to post a link as a new member but google o2 uk to get there.
The main o2 website is www.o2.co.uk
From there click support the phone help and at the bottom is firmware information. O2 Support Page
I suspect the o2 update will become available from the main htc site. Here
they are very slow when it comes to software. remeber waiting ages with my old Nokia n80. i gave up in the end and flashed a generic product key and flashed standard nokia software. done the same with my hd2 hspl and custom ROM.
Good news!
Maybe it will be on download here: http://xda.o2.co.uk/software_updates.jsp
My wifes HD2 turned up from O2 on Monday. Completely unbranded and the serial number allowed me to download the 1.66 rom from the HTC site and upgrade it.
It also came with 1.48 whereas mine came with 1.43
Tomo1340 said:
My wifes HD2 turned up from O2 on Monday. Completely unbranded and the serial number allowed me to download the 1.66 rom from the HTC site and upgrade it.
It also came with 1.48 whereas mine came with 1.43
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Got mine just over a week ago and it came with 1.43 and locked so I cant update from HTC directly.
Thats what I get from getting an in store phone that was in stock, to waiting for one to get shipped over the phone...lol
Tomo1340 said:
My wifes HD2 turned up from O2 on Monday. Completely unbranded and the serial number allowed me to download the 1.66 rom from the HTC site and upgrade it.
It also came with 1.48 whereas mine came with 1.43
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yeah, mine too - I got it through tele-sales. And ordered it two days before price hike.
It seems to be luck of the draw!!!
Just put HSPL on and flash the generic 1.66
You can always go back to the stock O2 rom and bootloader if you need to.
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yeah, mine too - I got it through tele-sales. And ordered it two days before price hike.
It seems to be luck of the draw!!!
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I think the price hike is something to do with it.
SwiftNick said:
Just put HSPL on and flash the generic 1.66
You can always go back to the stock O2 rom and bootloader if you need to.
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done that on mine already but I would rather that I didn't have to. at least I can use my wifes.serial number to download new roms directly.
Well released an update to the Diamond last month for Orange, Vodafone, O2 etc, all on the HTC site as well. (downloaded that today so I can update my diamond that the misses uses - wonder if it will still be crappy blue...)
Tomo1340 said:
My wifes HD2 turned up from O2 on Monday. Completely unbranded and the serial number allowed me to download the 1.66 rom from the HTC site and upgrade it.
It also came with 1.48 whereas mine came with 1.43
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Yup same here, mine came last Wednesday (replacement for previously faulty one) and is unbranded running 1.48. Serial also works on HTC website for ROM updates.
Looks like im one of the lucky ones
When i ordered my replacement they said they were out of stock (two wednesdays ago) so it might be a fluke with the recent batch... but im not complaining