Dear All xda pda users,
I search for some help to upgrade my xda,
here is the situation:
I am French, I live in Vietnam and I buy an xda II in Hong Kong
it's an english device and I would like to let it in this language
My ROM version is 1.66.00 WWE
My ExtRom (what is this ?) version is 1.66.165
My Windows version is window 2003
Some times, without asking me, this device don't want to give me the screen (black screen) and when I remove the batery or when I press the soft reset button, It's doing a Hard reset ...
Well, This is a windows device and my (pc) experience show me that we cannot trust those kind of software. So, I backup my data. No problem.
I know this before buying this device that backup and don't trust is the the way to keep your data with windows.
I have also a clock problem, sometimes no alarm and the clock seams to be crasy (my time settings change during the night ...). For me, this is a basic features of a PDA: clock ! So also, don't trust your clock ...
But, now, I would like to update this device for tring to solve those problems
(this is not a batery problem, after this hard reset every thing is ok, the batery is 90 %, I also try with my second batery)
So my question is:
What is this ROM Version ?, on myxda.com they speak about the new version 1.6.0 WWE !!! Is there some ROM for Asia, ROM for Europe, ROM for other planets, which of course doesn't follow the same version rules ?
Can I use a 1.6.0 ROM from xda?, is it newer than the 1.6.6 ROM (it seams crasy but I really asking myself about this)
Is there an update for W2K3 ppc ? Where I can find my W2k3 version number (and I search also for my licence for this software, but this is another problem ...)
Do you have some links on my device, sometimes, when I go to myxda.com it seams to that they speak about a different device that the one I buy in HK
Thank you in advance for your help,
Guillaume
Hello Guillaume,
If you are living in Hanoi, Vietnam You can come to Wifi Cafe, 117 Mai Hac De street. There are a lot of pro here can help to answer your questions for free.
If you are in HCM City you can also go to another WIFI cafe or Piano Cafe.
Or you can call me at 090 347 6699 or Mr. Truong at Oracle Vietnam 9432 595. I am in Hanoi.
Or you visit www.handhelvn.com. It is in VNmese if it could help if you can read.
The latest ROM version so far is 1.72 supplied mu I-Mate. That I upgraded my XDA II to. The battery life improved and etc. . .
***** have also a clock problem, sometimes no alarm and the clock seams to be crasy (my time settings change during the night ...). For me, this is a basic features of a PDA: clock ! So also, don't trust your clock******
There are fix for this. The alarm features ...
**********Some times, without asking me, this device don't want to give me the screen (black screen) and when I remove the batery or when I press the soft reset button, It's doing a Hard reset ... *********
Your internal battery is dead, may be. Some time you installed new software that are conflict with current setting of the XDA II. So becareful with installing new software. Each software installation be sure to soft reset to make sure which software will cause problem....
I experienced it alot of time.
Regarding your question about ROM version, there are some ROM provided by O2, T-Mobile and I-Mate. Mine is I Mate Rom version 1.72 which so far i am happy with that.
It is hard to explain all the thing here. Visit my office some time.
Truong
Oracle Vietnam
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Hi,
I bought a Qtek 1010 from a friend. when I restrat the system I get "test only, not for sale", and G 44.00.01 and other numbers, the system then starts and runs and looks normal.
I don't like that.. what do you think?? is there something wrong with it?
not at all, but he just installed a 'cooked' rom, wich means,
a costom rom that he built in the xda-kitchen
what does that mean??!!
can I restore the original OS??
Yes you can, the last owner only customized the rom and probably installed a PPC 2003 rom.
The original rom is PPC 2002 from your provider orange? T-mobile? etc. since PPC 2003 (XDA-Qtek) rom's are still note officially provided (just T-mobile wiwh is strarting to provide some for 30$)
As a personal view, i would keep the one you have if you fell conftarbale with it. I will never go back to PPC 2002 from my provider (Orange), i way prefer my PPC 2003 custom rom's.
You can look at http://www.yorch.net/ to cutomize your rom's.
To install the roms look in the forum, ther's already a lot of beginers post.
Cheers,
Yann
khabbab,
Go to Start/Settings/System Tab/Device Information
and let us know what ROM version you have.
I suspect it may be 4.01.00.
yann: thank you.. I will chek the site
pdhenry: the ROM version is 4.00.01.
yesterday I took the Qtek to the main agent, and one of the technicals said this device is upgraded and it should not! the version should be 3.16.?? in order to suite this country. So, he adviced me to change the device if I can, because there will be some problems!! it won't be stable!
This is not true. I downloaded the kitchen rom in WM2003 with the 'not for sale" boot screen, I'm in France with Orange, and it suits perfectly well the country and all the other european countries while travelling!
My phone is crashing twice a day now with a basic out of the box install from o2 and it's the second phone I have had.
I want to try 'anything' to fix this as the phone is close to going in the bin.
Can someone tell me where to find a ROM upgrade and anything else I can apply to my XDAIIi?
Thanks loads
Details are as follows:
ROM 1.10.00 WWE
Rom date 12/24/04
Radio 1.00.00
Protocol 1337.39
ExtROM 1.10.124 WWE
Model PH10C
Have you tried running the phone as a corporate user instead of the O2 plus?
Hard reboot-choose corporate-enter 0506
CB
i am using it as corporate ... i have the same problem .. crashing a lot!!
if their is a ROM update it migth help!
If anyone knows anyhting.. plz let us know!
Hi guys,
I don't know...why there is so much of fuss about 2i unnecessary.I hv been using it now for more than two weeks, asian ROM, in India with 512 SD, and all the popular programmes.Mine has never crashed for a singlre time, and for Asian ROM, there is no corporate mode also.
I hv also found the camera quality very very good... and I am really liking the phone...with Turbo mode and other things...
I don't know why there is lot of fuss people are speaking here thereby discouraging all to buy the one for themselves...
xda rom
i am not trying to discourage people using the xda....it's a great bit of kit WHEN IT WORKS!!!!
maybe your asian rom is newer better or whatever.
all i know is i have had two xda IIi and they both have the same fault.
no other software is loaded other than the base set of apps....and now even in corporate mode i have the same issue (though perhaps less...)
re: XDA IIi ROM
You can download the 'shipped' ROM 1.10.124 from O2's web site... http://www.my-xda.com/xda2i_soft.html
:lol:
Connections plugin
Is there a file called "connections" in /windows/startup?
If so, move it somewhere else and reboot.
You'll lose the O2 logo from the top of the screen, if you can live with that.
well.. greetings to everyone. My first contact with this fabulous source of knowledge was last year. İ ve bought a t mobile mda2 from Germany and the salesman told me that "the device includes english menus" . And i have no idea about their language. So i started to look for a solution in the net. Being a dentist in Turkey does not much help in technical subjects. Even though a man like(motto=they develop i use) me was able to convert the machine to an English ROM even with a newer add-ons. And nowadays i am using a ROM merged by sin 2003 SE and perfectly happy with it.
None of this devices are sold in Turkey so my friends who loved the PDA at the first sight had to look for it across the europe and internet.
Last week a very close friend of mine asked me if he buys xda2i from germany that i would somehow convert it to english . depending on the xda-developers site i said that it wont be a problem.
Thinking that alpine is only a himalaya with 1.3 camera i tried to update the machine with sinmerged 2003SE. And after that i recognised it as a fatal mistake. Now my friends XDAIIi cannat even boot. On its screen you can only see serial v1.01. and when you connect it to the computer you can only see usb 1.01 on a grey unlighted screen. I tried to install the english rom and ofcourse recieved a country id error which i could not solve. İ tried to find the original german ROm and i could not find it even in o2 official site.
So is this machine dead? please help me .
non of the htc devices can share roms
and alpine also have a different cpu, and wifi
they just look alike
Goto http://myxda.com and download the launch rom for the Xda2i. Then it will work.
Mike
sorry but not true
No Mikee4fun it doesnt work like that. Because if i download that version of ROM and try to install it, the country code id error message stops the installation. Because my friend bought if from Germany. And O2 germany site does not hold a copy of the german ROM.
Thats why i need help. Because i tred every other and legal solutions.
İf any body knows how to pass the country id code error message please help me.
You need to use the the xda 2 nbftool located at the following to make the UK rom work with the O2 German XDA IIi unit. http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=xda2nbftool Read it and gooduck.
no rom editing for alpine
again thanx for the effort mikee4fun but these editors are only working with himalaya (MDA2-XDA2) ROMs. No one knows the password for the ALpine(XDA2i) ROMs.
So the kind of editing suggested by you can not be done.. Thats why i am asking for help!
Help :wink:
Hi All
I have original Australian O2 ROM:
ROM Version: 1.66.00WWE
ROM Date: 02/20/04
Radio Version: 1.08.00
Protocol Version: 1337.18
ExtROM Version: 1.66.165
I also use the O2 Bluetooth head set which I would also like to keep using (I've noticed a few people having issues with some ROM upgrade versions)
Please could someone send me a link where I can download the most stable/updated ROM for my Australian XDA II.
Sorry for asking for links but I am so confused when trying to search for this, I never know what one to use and there are so many around.
I would also like to (IF POSSIBLE) get an upgrade ROM that is automated like O2 original ROM's, one EXE that extracts and does it all for you... no commands or lots of text to read though and try and work out how to do it all....
MANY THANKS!!!!!
Hope someone can help me out!
CHEERS
FB
ROM Upgrade
Hi. I'm in a similar position. Notes won't work, SMS has stopped working and hard resets don't help. Am looking for version 1.72.187 which seeems to be the best one at present for Australian XDA II. Can anyone assist in locating it. Tried source without luck. Still hunting...
Does any one have any links on a stable Australian O2 XDA II automated ROM? :?:
Re: ROM Upgrade
fairchiro said:
Hi. I'm in a similar position. Notes won't work, SMS has stopped working and hard resets don't help. Am looking for version 1.72.187 which seeems to be the best one at present for Australian XDA II. Can anyone assist in locating it. Tried source without luck. Still hunting...
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Best thing would be to download the UK one for Xda II, hack the device_ID on yours to make it look like a UK one.,,,,,
Thanks for the reply Southern_Man.
Does the UK one have the settings and profiles for Telstra Settings and all. Eg. When you do a hard reset it askes you to select your phone provider to set up the settings for that provider. I would have though it would have only had UK telco's as mine only seems to have Australian ones?
Does any one else have an easy upgrade path for the O2 XDAII for either Win2003 or Win2003SE... but I am looking for a stable version where every thing works that should... EG. Alarms, Bluetooth headset, Bluetooth GPS, Phone...etc..etc
Many thanks guys!
fudgebottom said:
Thanks for the reply Southern_Man.
Does the UK one have the settings and profiles for Telstra Settings and all. Eg. When you do a hard reset it askes you to select your phone provider to set up the settings for that provider. I would have though it would have only had UK telco's as mine only seems to have Australian ones?
Does any one else have an easy upgrade path for the O2 XDAII for either Win2003 or Win2003SE... but I am looking for a stable version where every thing works that should... EG. Alarms, Bluetooth headset, Bluetooth GPS, Phone...etc..etc
Many thanks guys!
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FB
You're right, it only has the O2 UK settings. But imate have published a list of config cabs for most carriers which you can download and use.
Read the site, update your xda ii, open the extended rom (bit like a small hard disk) and load your own settings in.
You'll get a great deal of satisfaction, and a new way of using your gadget...
Hi Southern_Man
Thanks oncea again for the fast reply.
This version you are talking about I'm asuming it is Win2003 (same as the one I have currently?) is ther much diference that you know of?
Also where can I download all the required software (Rom, ID changer, Config Cabs..etc..etc) and instructions on how to get it all done?
In your opinion do you think it's worth the effort (as it is the same OS version? I am unsure what they have fixed etc..etc)
Thanks once again for your efforts.. Sorry I'm just not into the pocketPC stuff as much at the moment and I use it every day so don't want to stuff any thing up... want to double and triple check before I do any thing
FB
ROM Upgrade
Downloaded the UK version and upgraded to 1.72.181 with no problems. Has been working fine and solved the SMS problem but still have Notes that won't open.
With the download all I needed to do was input the Imei number and it downloaded fine. Got it from the UK XDA site.
On flashing it did report one problem and then suggested that I disconnect, reconnect the device and try again. That was successful.
I can recommend this for anyone in Australia so far. :wink: The configuration to GPRS is different as autoconfig is removed but that was pretty simple really.
Also got the application updates from the site and found the voice dialler to be great so far. Fax facility not much use unless you're happy to pay all the fees to optus for the service.
Will consider the extended ROM upgrade to higher versions to see if I can solve the notes problem or may use the ROM unlocker to copy another file from an uncorrupted device.
Telstra config
The UK version was easily able to sort out the optus stuff and search for the network. I'm pretty sure it will do the telstra stuff no probs. Thats version 1.72.181 I'll check it right now to see although I don't have a telstra sim card....No Problems! Go to phone , options, network, click on manual selection, it will then search for all available networks and will pick up optus, telstra and vodaphone AU with no problems. No point in stuffing around with all the technical stuff!
Hi fairchiro
Thanks for the reply.
I have just tried to download the updates but it says my IME number is not valid or has already been registerd? I have registered it on MyXDA.com when I purchased the phone a few years ago, could this be my problem?
Do you know where else I can get a copy of this ROM? Also what is the Extended ROM update do? I though the updates updated every thing? (Eg. Radio, Extended, Rom...etc..etc) If not is there a copy of the ROM that updates all software on the PDA?
Also does any one know what is diferent between the UK and Australian version I am currently running?
I have original Australian O2 ROM:
ROM Version: 1.66.00WWE
ROM Date: 02/20/04
Radio Version: 1.08.00
Protocol Version: 1337.18
ExtROM Version: 1.66.165
Is there much point is just upgrading the ROM version if the others are also not updated?
Does this update fix or have a better battery life (when using bluetooth for example?)
Many thanks once again!
:lol:
FB
Hi Guys, also been reading around I'm not too sure what the diferences are between the two versions (Eg. Version I have and the UK updated version)...
Would it be better for me looking at upgrading to Win2003SE as there seems to be a few more features it offers? If so what is the best and esiest upgrade path to take... and the most stable (stability is what I am looking for!)
Cheers
FB
fudgebottom said:
Hi Guys, also been reading around I'm not too sure what the diferences are between the two versions (Eg. Version I have and the UK updated version)...
Would it be better for me looking at upgrading to Win2003SE as there seems to be a few more features it offers? If so what is the best and esiest upgrade path to take... and the most stable (stability is what I am looking for!)
Cheers
FB
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Microsoft seem to have a fairly consistent model, whereby it takes them 3-4 attempts to release a decent build of anything. AKU2 is their 3rd go at WM2003SE, and is actually pretty good. Fast, good battery and so on. Worth it for speed and stability.
When they are at AKU2 on Magneto, supposedly in the new year, then all those Windows Mobile 5 devices will be worth looking at (and cheaper too)
ROM Upgrades
Hi Fudgebum....sorry, bottom.
I don't think that the previous registration of your IMEI at myxda will be a problem because mine was registered there also.
The 1.72.181 upgrade will update your ROM, radio, and Extended ROM all at the same time.
Don't quote me on this but, I get the understanding that the extended ROM is one that is not quite essential to the basic running of the PDA. In other words you can play with it so that certain programs are included and certain ones are not. Hey but I'm still learning about all this stuff too. In this forum lots of guys, especially "zero" or is it "extremezero" or similar, seem to cook up their own versions of the extended ROM for personalizing aspects of the pda operation and available applications.
If you want to send me a personal message (see PM's above) then I can post you a cd with the ROM update on it or you should be able to download it at the UK site . Can't understand why you can't as long as you can input an IMEI. :?
Good Luck
i have xda Zinc with chinese rom CHT_RC4070131 and now i want change to english rom.i 'm already have english rom Zinc_WWE_RC4070131_3 i try to upgrade but it does'nt acept it has mesage " cross language upgrade is not allowed.please ensure the upgrade tool language is same as the default language of your device ".someone has ideas please show me how to upgrade it.Thanks
xda zinc
I have the same problem keep on to o2 but they cant give me an answer ill keep you updated if you can do the same, as far as i can work out windows dont support cross language on their os with other languages you have to get it done in the shop my problem is i would have to send it half way round the world for this to be done its crazy from o2 to release the upgrade when people from around the world are experiencing the send problem
markymark1 said:
I have the same problem keep on to o2 but they cant give me an answer ill keep you updated if you can do the same, as far as i can work out windows dont support cross language on their os with other languages you have to get it done in the shop my problem is i would have to send it half way round the world for this to be done its crazy from o2 to release the upgrade when people from around the world are experiencing the send problem
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Please check your phone do they have any sim/phone lock if yes try to search the Hard flash SPL V7 maybe this software can help.
Remark: I never use this software and you can go to HTC forum and ask the expert
dont worry
i faced same problem with ar version rom and now its finished
just run the rom upgrader and in the first page click next button then connect the zinc...
the software may confuse
in this case it will write unknown device
then tap the update key
use this version Xda_Zinc_RM3070712_WWE_ExtV2.8.0 or higher
have good upgrade
Hi, can you give me the rom of Xda_Zinc_RM3070712_WWE_ExtV2.8.0 and show me how to flash the rom from Chi to Eng. my e-mail is [email protected]