I am planning on purchasing an MDA Vario on T-Mobile UK, however I need to use it on Vodafone UK.
I want to unlock the phone with least risk of causing any problems, or bricks as I see it more commonly termed as in this forum.
Is there a simple tool which does SIM unlock and nothing more and is it safe ? I was thinking lokiwiz version 0.1 might do that ?
Will all the new MDA Vario come with the G4 chip ? or is luck of the draw.
Please please can someone shed some light.
surely someone has done this, please please help me
I have done a straight unlock and it went fine to qtek 9100 firmware...
But:
Email and other funtions didnt work properly
Phone crashed alot
Finally the back light failed.
So about 10 minutes ago i switched back to the T-Mobile firmware.
Now everything is working perfectly and the new OS looks very nice too.
below24,
straight unlock ? -- what tool did you use to unlock ?
new OS ? -- do u mean the latest offcial T-mobile ROM ?
appreciate your input
Yes the Latest T-Mobile ROM, its from their site.
Well i have to use a piece of sortware found here, to unlock the lock on the phone so i could first flash it and that also unlocked it.
Then immediately debranded it to the Qtek 9100 ROM, which made the Device run slower (than the T-mobile one)
Not sure what it was called though probably the lokiwiz version 0.1, that was the one. Very easy and straight forward...
G4 chip MDA Vario unlocked
Got my vario today locked to T-mobile UK. And yes it was a G4 chip.
IPP/SPL - 2.21.0001
OS - 2.24.2.6
I had no t-mobile SIM so stuck my vodafone SIM in, first asks for my personal SIM password, then it asks for unlock code.
At this point I ran lokiwiz03a, which ran but never gave me unlock code, mentioned something about not being able to copy some file and it might be in use.
So I copied EnableRapi.cab to my phone and ran EnableRapi.cab from File Explorer, that went fine (message about overwrite, said yes)
Then I ran LockiwizMsl.bat from desktop while being connected to ActiveSync and there it was the unlock code.
Entered worked fine.
As regards the ROM upgrade, my main reason was to lose all t-mobile crap, but found an easier way with ZERO risk:
First time ever you startup phone it does inital setup, the last step it beings to do an install, as soon as the install starts pull the battery out, then reboot. (Important to have the battery cover off already)
On reboot you should be able to go into the phone no setup screens this time, also ZERO customizations, yes means you need to do all the GPRS, MMS etc etc setting yourself, but that I am happy to do.
Hope this helps someone.
forgot main thing, used lokiwiz03a, thanks to machinagod.
Good, im glad i could have been of assistance.
good luck in the future with it.
but the pulling out of the battery im not too sure about... :shock:
I agree pulling battery out sounds crazy, I remember reading it in a forum, thought it would never work myself, since it was a new phone i could always return in 7 days, so thought what the hell, let me try it out.
Been running one day, and everything works fine, phone is fine, wi-fi working, bluetooth and GPS, so far so good.
Trying some tweak programs now
Loving my MDA, why did i not get one sooner.
Thats what i thought, the Vario is very good, but i still think its a little on the large side and not as fast as it can be... I am really waiting for the tytn.
I have found that the firmware from T-mobile is pretty stable and has a quicker startup than the qtek 9100 firmware. however this may not be the case with everyones mobile, just me!
Could you not just perform a soft reset instead of pulling the battery out?
soft reset - you mean when the install begins ?
really not sure, guess next person can try this out and let us know.
This tool is great, file transfer it to your MDA then just click on it, it will unlock your phone to all networks, I tried it on my MDA Vario with T-mobile for an o2 sim and it works great no issues, I can use GPRS, MMS, Call waiting etc
...yes, soft reset while device installs works (of course I made a full backup with SPB-backup first)...
straight forward unlock mda vario
I receiced this logfile while executing
xdadev_all_unlock started
device=WIZA200
could not find security key for device type WIZA200
xdadev_all_unlock failed
I guess mine is already unlocked, ain't it...
straight forward unlock mda vario
I receiced this logfile while executing:
xdadev_all_unlock started
device=WIZA200
could not find security key for device type WIZA200
xdadev_all_unlock failed
I guess mine is already unlocked, ain't it...
best way to tell is to put different provider sim in there and turn it on.
I have an 8125, but I uses t-mobile. The phone is unlocked but I like the sound of the new upgrade from t-mobile. So if anyone know how to do this, please help.
I've tried to upgrade with the mda software, but it says my phone is not compatible. Any way around it?
hi
hi freidn
even i use t mobile mdaiii
i tried to upgread it but i got big error now phone is not even starting
it showing usb 2.05 wen its connected to usb
otherwise it showing serial v2.05
nothing els no switch on option not even reseting itself
kindly help me if you know the ans
thankx
Easy to do it.
Download the Tmobile ROM from the Tmobile site or this forum's FTP. Flash it. I have used flashed my 8125 with the Tmobile ROM so that my friend could use it for a week and the 8125 actually works better with the Tmobile ROM.
Hello,
yesterday i received my MDA Compact III from T-Mobile.
I remove the sim+CID Lock without any problems.
And then I wanted to flash an new rom.
I use the Artemis Update SPL method but now my Mda doesnt´start :-(
It stopps on the T-Mobile screen with the following Text :
IPL: 1.13.0001
SPL:1.13.0000
GSM:02.49.90
OS:3.4.0.0
I´ve done a hard reset three times but it doesn´t work and i can´t connect to activesync how can i repair my MDA:-(
What can I do?
Sorry for my bad englisch ;-)
THX
t00sTr0nG
As I can see you didnt use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=311403.
Can you get in to the bootloader?
If you do then you can put an original rom back. If you don't then send it to the service.
An unlocked device is out of warranty so be prepared to pay for the service.
Go to wiki of Artemis there you can find the method to get in to the bootloader.
Goof luck! << you need that.
Yes I can get in to the Bootloader.
But no ACtive Sync Connection :-(
How can I flash the new rom without ActiveSync?Is it possible?
you have the original SPL so I can't say if it is possible.
I'm at the moment trying to make an rom for p3300 and til now all my rom's where bad and I had to use some official rom to get it back to normal.
I use P800w_SEA_ENG_WM6_Upgrade_20070713 rom to do that.
This is a wm6 rom but I always make sure that I have indeed have uspl/spl 1.1000 before any cooked rom.
I have an 8125 and I currently have WM6 5.2.318 (Build 15342.4.0.01) installed with SPL/FPL 3.08 and I have not been able to get the last 3 versions of WM6 that anyone has put out to work. Two of the updates get to the bootloader and then I get an error back from the pc that the USB isnt recieving information from the PDA and then the Bootloader sticks till I reset my 8125 or take the battery out, the others get through the verification process on the PC and then after I have agreed to everything it closes my Activesync Connection and never loads the BootLoader on my phone and eventually errors out on the PC for NO communication. What is Going on? HELPPPPPPP.
Do you know if you have a G3 or a G4? Did you Cid Unlock your phone? without knowing more. All i can say is read and read some more on these forums.
Thanks for the Reply
I have a G3 and yes I did do the CID unlock. Any help would be appreciated.
I Upgraded the MDA to WM6, worked fine and everything went okay for a while until I decided I wanted to use a NOMI sim card, and hadn't unlocked it.
I used lokiwiz to get the unlock code but there was nowhere to enter the it on the cooked WM6 ROM and it never displayed the sim lock screen, so I tried to downgrade it to the original T-mobile UK ROM just to do the SIM lock but the PC decided to crash as it was at 40%.
So it now freezes on the splash screen, and doesnt boot at all. I was thinking I could skim it accross the river maybe?
IPL 2.21.0001
SPL 2.21.0lip
GSM 02.19.11
OS 2.21.2.6
If theres nothing that can be done then in that case, does anyone want to buy an MDA? going cheap. Just call me on my mobile.. erm.. on second thoughts better just send me an email.
cheers
There is still nothing wrong its just failed flash process. Take the battery out and once you got boot screen .....run the upgrade process again. There is lots of info about this here on xda. just search for it.