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T-Mobile MDA III

I see all these posts of o2, Qtek etc updates to radio rom etc etc but never any mention of T-Mobile updates even ringing them to find out where updates are or maybe comes back with a blank.
Do any of you know where these are or maybe if any are ever developed
Many thanks

T-Mobile is trouble.. I also have the T-mobile MDA III and have flashed it with the normal qtek ROM. It's just taking to long. They say there will be an update (t-mobile germany has released one) But the rest not.
I think it will take at least a month if not more for an update.

tmobile
look in this forum for blackbarry this thaks you to a t-bussines site were a new rom is avalible
search for bt update unad appl bt 3500
will work

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Anonymous said:
look in this forum for blackbarry this thaks you to a t-bussines site were a new rom is avalible
search for bt update unad appl bt 3500
will work
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Searched and Searched anyone know which thread this guy is on about ?

Couldnt find it either with search but I'll try to make sure its listed now.
T-Mobile Blackberry ROM Upgrade
http://www.t-mobile.de/business/blackberry/software/1,7968,11445-_,00.html
As far as I know it leaves the unit in German though - not sure if its possible to reflash into English.

numanoids said:
Couldnt find it either with search but I'll try to make sure its listed now.
T-Mobile Blackberry ROM Upgrade
http://www.t-mobile.de/business/blackberry/software/1,7968,11445-_,00.html
As far as I know it leaves the unit in German though - not sure if its possible to reflash into English.
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I found that one with a Google, but as for leaving it in German for sad old me who only speaks english I don't think I'll be taking that chance searched the UK site high and low nothing why are we always the last to get anything ?

To be honest with you, T-Mobile are probably just sitting waiting for a stable rom to come out.
Despite the numerous releases by Q-tek, Imate et al, it would appear that you still have to run an abundance of patches on top of the rom to get to a semi-decent state.
O2 have only released one patch thus far, a bluetooth one which seems to solve some issues, but not all.
Problem is the numerous different suppliers. If it was one product and wasnt rebadged or branded or anything, then we could probably set up a pressure group to get something done about it.
I take it T-Mobile UK arent helping? If not, then email them weekly for updates, thats what I intend on doing with O2.

numanoids said:
To be honest with you, T-Mobile are probably just sitting waiting for a stable rom to come out.
Despite the numerous releases by Q-tek, Imate et al, it would appear that you still have to run an abundance of patches on top of the rom to get to a semi-decent state.
O2 have only released one patch thus far, a bluetooth one which seems to solve some issues, but not all.
Problem is the numerous different suppliers. If it was one product and wasnt rebadged or branded or anything, then we could probably set up a pressure group to get something done about it.
I take it T-Mobile UK arent helping? If not, then email them weekly for updates, thats what I intend on doing with O2.
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Might be a good idea but when ringing them no one has a glue I have fixed the BT issues with the I-mate fix and that now works perfectly but with new roms out from other people I'm sure us T-Mobile UK people are feeling left out

TMobile_D_MDAIII_GER_12201_118_10600
After opening 5 tickets with T-mobile to find out if I can get a WWE version of MDAIII software
..... and getting all sorts of NO answers .....
I changed my tune and asked for a german version.
I Have posted it under:
ftp://xda:[email protected]_GER_12201_118_10600/rom_upgrade_mda3.exe
CE 1.22.01
ExtRom: 1.22.118
Radio 1.0600
I tried the BaUpgradeUt.exe on my MDA III and got no errors (It was in ENGLISH) Was gugkst DU?
Mail from T-Mobile Support
From: GK Servicecenter, K2 [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Dienstag, 11. Januar 2005 16:42
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Dear Mr. XXX
thank you for the informations. You can find the Update file for the GERMAN version on the following internet link:
http://www.t-mobile.de/downloads/company/blackberry/rom_upgrade_mda3.exe
The original file (old version) is not available anymore.
Kind regards
T-Mobile ServiceCenter - MobileCommunicationSupport
Marco Lorenz
T-Mobile --- For a better world for you
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I spoke with T-Mobile UK business section today and was told new ROM with Blackberry is still about a month away, but when it arrives you get 50MB GPRS for just £8.51/month + VAT.

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MDAIIIUser said:
After opening 5 tickets with T-mobile to find out if I can get a WWE version of MDAIII software
..... and getting all sorts of NO answers .....
I changed my tune and asked for a german version.
I Have posted it under:
ftp://xda:[email protected]_GER_12201_118_10600/rom_upgrade_mda3.exe
CE 1.22.01
ExtRom: 1.22.118
Radio 1.0600
I tried the BaUpgradeUt.exe on my MDA III and got no errors (It was in ENGLISH) Was gugkst DU?
Mail from T-Mobile Support
From: GK Servicecenter, K2 [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Dienstag, 11. Januar 2005 16:42
…
Dear Mr. XXX
thank you for the informations. You can find the Update file for the GERMAN version on the following internet link:
http://www.t-mobile.de/downloads/company/blackberry/rom_upgrade_mda3.exe
The original file (old version) is not available anymore.
Kind regards
T-Mobile ServiceCenter - MobileCommunicationSupport
Marco Lorenz
T-Mobile --- For a better world for you
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Thank god I backed up its all in German lol what a waste of time

xda-rocks said:
I spoke with T-Mobile UK business section today and was told new ROM with Blackberry is still about a month away, but when it arrives you get 50MB GPRS for just £8.51/month + VAT.
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Bugger - much better than the 5mb you get with O2

CarlnAdele,
You say you backed up before applying the German ROM, does that mean you have a backup of the UK T-Mobile MDA III ROM? If so I would be greatly in your debt if you could provide a copy!
Kind Regards, waiting in hope, JDH

JohnnyDH said:
CarlnAdele,
You say you backed up before applying the German ROM, does that mean you have a backup of the UK T-Mobile MDA III ROM? If so I would be greatly in your debt if you could provide a copy!
Kind Regards, waiting in hope, JDH
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Yes I have a backup on my PC, basically I used the Backup ROM to SD Card method detialed here http://en.pdamobiz.com/en/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=151&PN=1
Which means when you copy it back to your pc using http://www.tamiminet.com/othman/ntrw.exe its the size of your memory card which in my case is 1Gb I could write this to DVD and post it to you.
Or if anyone knows how I can convert this to the .nb1 or what ever I'd be happy to do that and upload it.

Fantastic!
If you don't mind, could you compress the file with WinRAR or similar to see how big is it? if it's a reasonable size < 200mb I would be more than happy to provide a download site or perhaps it could be put onto the FTP for this forum? (although I'm not sure how that would be done)
Cheers, JDH

JohnnyDH said:
Fantastic!
If you don't mind, could you compress the file with WinRAR or similar to see how big is it? if it's a reasonable size < 200mb I would be more than happy to provide a download site or perhaps it could be put onto the FTP for this forum? (although I'm not sure how that would be done)
Cheers, JDH
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I'll have a go tonight but its unlikely to compress that far, I'd do it now but I cant get to the drive its on at home from work where I am now.

So we still wait on an appropriate Tmobile UK MDAIII ROM
In spite of the now famous BA_WWE_BelDT_12200_557_10602_SHIP.exe ROM file using the BaUpgradeUt.exe bat file upgrader software in conjunction with the GetDeviceData.exe modification software to input the proper switches for T-mobile UK MDAIII devices, we are better off waiting for more stable hacks or even official releases in order to solve the BT and other problems? And I just now was getting to a point where I thought the fixes were at hand. Oh well, any advice garnered through experience would prove valuable as gold here. Cheers, guys...

Willfarr,
I have applied most of the ROM updates as they have appeared on the forum and happily they seem to have helped; particularly with the low level mic issue.
The only reason I'm after the original ROM is that reading elsewhere on the board it seems that only the earlier batches of MDA IIIs (such as mine) have the yellow hue screen issue. As such, I got in touch with T-mobile and they have agreed to replace it under warranty, I just don't want to send it back with a hacked ROM in case they notice and refuse to replace it!
If you're having any software issues such as the mic problem it's probably worth trying the updates, just make a backup first!

JohnnyDH said:
Fantastic!
If you don't mind, could you compress the file with WinRAR or similar to see how big is it? if it's a reasonable size < 200mb I would be more than happy to provide a download site or perhaps it could be put onto the FTP for this forum? (although I'm not sure how that would be done)
Cheers, JDH
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Just uploading the zipped file now
ftp://xda:[email protected]/BlueAngel/MDAIII/XDAIIs.zip
You also know you'll need a 1Gb SD Card don't you and this program I have also uploaded
ftp://xda:[email protected]/BlueAngel/MDAIII/ntrw.exe
And to write the uncompressed zip file back to the card you do the following:
Type ntrw write XDAIIs.nb1 E: (using a dos windows where "E:" is your drive letter for the SD Card
The full instructions can be found here
http://en.pdamobiz.com/en/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=151&PN=1
Good Luck

Great, thankyou!
JDH

O2 Aisa ROM vs. PDA2K

I am curious to which rom is prefered form people that have used both. I use the asia right now, but I am thinking of trying the pd2k. It seems from all the reading that some are happy with one and others are not (with the same device)
I am more concerned with GPRS and BT. I do not use the wifi at all really.
Thanks in advance.

WM6 & T-Mobile UK

Anyone know if any of the ROMS will allow me to use my hermes (Vario II) in the UK with T-Mobile?

none i am afraid,
maybe get a TYTN, then it will work with TMOB UK and Wm6

jasjamming said:
none i am afraid,
maybe get a TYTN, then it will work with TMOB UK and Wm6
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a tytn is the same thing isnt it?

an0key said:
a tytn is the same thing isnt it?
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Yes, the MDA Vario 2 is a TYTN. I have been using Black 2.0 for ages and it works great.
Search the forums, I would say that 10% of all posts are by Vario 2 owners.

Think I'll go for the Black 2.5 as seems to have the t-mob rom

an0key said:
Anyone know if any of the ROMS will allow me to use my hermes (Vario II) in the UK with T-Mobile?
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All flavours work!
Also, JJ's made a T-Mobile version of Black 2.5

YAY!! just put the black 2.5 on there (just the OS not the radio) and WOW!! love it!
Is there any advantage to upgrading the Radio and the bootloader?

an0key said:
Is there any advantage to upgrading the Radio and the bootloader?
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Look up at a cloud. Do you see (a) some kind of animal or maybe a face or (b) a random form made of water vapour.
If (a), it's worth upgrading the radio.

patp said:
Look up at a cloud. Do you see (a) some kind of animal or maybe a face or (b) a random form made of water vapour.
If (a), it's worth upgrading the radio.
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lol!! fair enough.. have upgraded it now
noticed a H now instead of a 3... think from what I've seen, there actually is no difference, just the logo?

did you have any issues installing hard spl? Can you show me which process you used to install?

troyDoogle7 said:
did you have any issues installing hard spl? Can you show me which process you used to install?
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Followed MrVanx's guide followed me through totally..

an0key said:
lol!! fair enough.. have upgraded it now
noticed a H now instead of a 3... think from what I've seen, there actually is no difference, just the logo?
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H means you're using HSDPA and there can be a big difference over normal 3G but it depends on what you are doing.

Wam7 said:
H means you're using HSDPA and there can be a big difference over normal 3G but it depends on what you are doing.
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Big difference? asin speed wise?
I have Web'n'Walk Pro. So am usually using my fone for email, or on the laptop as a modem...

Wam7 said:
H means you're using HSDPA and there can be a big difference over normal 3G but it depends on what you are doing.
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On older radio, does HSDPA still work even if you just have the 3G icon? I'm enabled for H... but never see the icon, I presume cos I'm on the original radio.

Orange SPV m3100 (Hermes) Correct Radio?

on my hermes my radio is 1.47.00.10, and the battery goes quite fast, now, i live on the south coast of the uk, whats the best radio version? Im on orange UK, thanks....

biggary said:
on my hermes my radio is 1.47.00.10, and the battery goes quite fast, now, i live on the south coast of the uk, whats the best radio version? Im on orange UK, thanks....
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I'm on T Mobile UK in East Anglia and the radio in my sig has done me well, haven't found a better one so far.
otherwise use the radio that came with the last OEM rom from orange.

veyka said:
I'm on T Mobile UK in East Anglia and the radio in my sig has done me well, haven't found a better one so far.
otherwise use the radio that came with the last OEM rom from orange.
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Thanks Veyka, I search through your FAQ post and remembered thats the old radio version i used to use. cheers fella

biggary said:
Thanks Veyka, I search through your FAQ post and remembered thats the old radio version i used to use. cheers fella
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More than welcome, glad to see you got it all workin!

biggary said:
on my hermes my radio is 1.47.00.10, and the battery goes quite fast, now, i live on the south coast of the uk, whats the best radio version? Im on orange UK, thanks....
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i'm currently using radio 1.56.70.11 been brilliant so far get every icon under the sun to show up in my coverage including HSDPA!!!

davey33 said:
i'm currently using radio 1.56.70.11 been brilliant so far get every icon under the sun to show up in my coverage including HSDPA!!!
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I tried that, but it ate my battery when running under HSDPA, and didn't give me better signal or download speed.

I've just updated to 1.56.70.11 and will test over the next few days to see. I was on 1.54.00.10 and it was shocking for battery drain.....I'm on Orange, in Bolton btw.....
Have you switched to GSM-GSM(900+1800)+UMTS(2100) in the settings>personal>phone>band to see if that makes any difference?

Riki1kenobi said:
I've just updated to 1.56.70.11 and will test over the next few days to see. I was on 1.54.00.10 and it was shocking for battery drain.....I'm on Orange, in Bolton btw.....
Have you switched to GSM-GSM(900+1800)+UMTS(2100) in the settings>personal>phone>band to see if that makes any difference?
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I have always left it on auto, I don't see why that would make to much of a difference.

I remember reading a thread a while ago regarding battery life/drain, and iirc this was one of the suggestions......I switched it and it did improve battery life......
It was something to do with the phone trying to connect to HSPDA and this prevents it from doing it.

Riki1kenobi said:
Have you switched to GSM-GSM(900+1800)+UMTS(2100) in the settings>personal>phone>band to see if that makes any difference?
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Yesss you're right - this will reduce your battery drain ! Switch to GSM to save battery and disable push mail (change it from Immediately in the scheduling of activesync settings).

Definitely leave phone in 2G unless you need it. I have push email using Seven and my battery life is very good, as long as I leave it in 2G mode. I have used 1.47.30 and the one in my sig for long periods of time. Battery life was about the same for me but the 1.56. has very slightly better reception. Either will serve you will as they'll probably be the last ones we'll get.

veyka said:
I tried that, but it ate my battery when running under HSDPA, and didn't give me better signal or download speed.
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Not when you use a 2400aMh battery its no problem

As the post starter I thought that I would post my findings after a few days...........
Well, the result is (shown in my signature) is 1.56.70.11
Im a very heavy user of wi-fi, gaming, texting and calls, and really put both (1.47.30.10 and 1.56.70.11) to the test, I disabled HSPDA as told by another user in this post, and 1.56 version had by far the better phone signal, had more battery after same test (After 6 hours non stop 1.47 had 48% and 1.56 had 66%)
So there you go. That answers my question in post 1 lol

Wich Radio is better for TP2 T-Mobile USA?

hello i have flashed the 4.49.25.17 radio nd have alwais worked well but i also see ppl like alot the 4.49.25.57 radio, so i would like to know wich would b better for my TP2 on T-Mobile USA? thnx in advance.

I'm on the 4.49.25.17 radio as well and I'm with T-Mobile.
It's worked very well with every ROM that I've tried. If .57 is better, I'd like to know too.

S3BAZ10 said:
hello i have flashed the 4.49.25.17 radio nd have alwais worked well but i also see ppl like alot the 4.49.25.57 radio, so i would like to know wich would b better for my TP2 on T-Mobile USA? thnx in advance.
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There is no better radio
Signal quality and battery consumption are afected by a compbination ROM/Radio/cell provider
The best you can do is to test several combinations and find what suits you better.
Please share your results with us
And don´t forget to vote!