Hi guys
I bought a T-Mobile MDAIII Compact yesterday. It was a toss up between this & the MDA Vario II. So which is the best and why?
I asked the guy in the shop whether the MDAIII Compact was 3G capable as I found GPRS very slow. He told me it was 3G capable and the Vario II was 3.5G capable.
Is this correct?
John
No the MDA-CIII is not 3G it uses standard GPRS, the device is equipped with Edge but I have not be4n able to try this yet as I don't think the networks actually support this format as yet, it should offer higher speed once it is enabled though.
Most of the T-Mobile shops I have tried were insistant the CIII also had WiFi, so I would take their advice with a pinch of salt to be honest - Mike
Thanks Mike
Do you know if the Vario II has 3G or even 3.5G as he told me?
The Vario II does have 3.5G, aka HSDPA
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I have an MDA II, I brought back home from Germany
R 1.19.00
G 1337.43
D 2.01a.64WWE
I have unlocked it, reflashed it, even tried to have Cingular add the IMEI to allow it to connect, but no love. It simply will not connect to the Cingular network. I have been at this for several months, and recently pulled it back out of the drawer, dusted it off and tried again. Anyone have any idea as to why it will not allow the phone to receive service?
Also, if this helps???
I have also exported the Registry, and found something strange, maybe the key? It does not list the IMEI in the registry, as does my Cingular 8125. Could this be an issue? The registry of the 8125, lists the IMEI number in "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL]", but on the MDA it simply is not in there anywhere.
Is it quadband?
Its tri band
as is my v300, should that be a factor?
If you're in an area with 850MHz coverage only, then yes it will. If your MDA II is German tri-band, it is likely 900, 1800, 1900. Only the last is deployed in the US.
What happens if you do a network search with a non-Cingular SIM ? You should pick up T-MO which uses 1900. I have heard that some if not all Cingular SIMs block network search of other operators within the US. Cingular Blue SIMs (ex AT&T) do not have this restriction.
I think you have the answer there. When I search for other networks, it does not allow it, and when I had this same phone in South Carolina last year, it worked just fine. The area I am in, North East Arkansas, has shoddy coverage at best, and is probably the reason I cannot use the cingular service. Thanks for the replies and assistance. Luckily my new office just got me a 8125, so I can use the pda functions I missed. Guess I can use this other one as the dedicated Tom Tom device in the car. Still has it use I suppose.
Thanks again.
Hey all,
Just purchased an MDA III compact and overlooked the lack of wifi lol...
Noticed a few MiniSD wifi cards on ebay etc, but i understand the card slot is under the sim card on the MDAc III... i assume these "Spectec" wifi cards will not fit in this space, so is there any adaptor available running along a ribbon or something... or is it possible to create something like this? lol
Cheers,
Rogggo
lol?
MDA III has a WiFi...
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blueangel
Well at least My T-Mobile MDA III has a WiFI
Welcome to wireless Nirvana: the MDA III offers quad-band GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz with GPRS Class 8 and 10, Blueooth and Wi-Fi 802.11b. Signal reception for all three radios proved on average very good, and T-Mobile thankfully decided to include a new Bluetooth stack rather than the profile-anemic atrocity found in the MDA II. Profiles abound, and for Wi-Fi the MDA III supports both WEP and WPA, as well as 802.1x for added security - a boon for both enterprise users and security-conscious consumers.
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All,
I have a T-Mobile MDA Compact III and would like to know is it possible to enable WiFi or this model does not support Wifi?
Thanks
Msuk
Unfortunately not. The device does not contain the Wifi chipset.
The ortbit does but then o2's 2G data charges mean that this is essential. T-Mobiles data charges are pretty reasonable so the lack of Wifi on the MDA is acceptable IMHO.
Hi,
Firstly, great forum.
I have an unlocked XDA Orbit and my network supports EDGE. However, the device will only connect using standard GPRS. I can't find a setting anywhere in the device to set it to use "EDGE" instead. Is this feature disabled in the O2 software, and if so, how can I enable it?
Thanks for your help,
Justin.
I thought the O2 XDA Orbit is a NON EDGE Device?!
The Orbit supports EDGE!
If the Provider supports EDGE, it may be possible, that some cells don't support it.
At home, I have EDGE but at my woking-place only a few kilometers away, I havn't.
What about this ?
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL]
"EnableDifferGprsEdgeIcon"=dword:00000001
T-Mobile UK Edge support
I have made the registry change, but Edge isn't showing up. Does anyone know if T-Mobile UK support Edge?
Thanks
Dae
no network in the uk has an EDGE network for commercial use, orange have one but don't use it, it was set up in case UTMS failed somehow. so in the uk it GPRS only for the artemis i'm afraid.
XaN
Hello All,
I have a T-Mobile Rhodium Touch Pro 2 using the Energy Rom WM 6.5 with the CPU being Qualcomm 7200a what Im being told is the reason my internet is not working properly is the phone itself is not on the 3G band in the country Im trying to use it that T-Mobile uses the 3g band of 17000/2100 and the country Im in stated they use the 3G band of 850/1900 I have no problem accessing their network for voice or Edge but not 3G. I asked them if there is a way for the phone to be put in that mode and they stated that is not their area but if you can get the phone to operate for 3G under 850/1900 then you will have full 3G internet here.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
Tom
No way
Welcome to forums
Unfortunately is not possible to change that, as it´s a hardware related difference.
Thanks orb3000
Well thanks for the update orb I was hoping for a different answer but sometimes the truth just hurts.
Thanks again
Tom