Hi,
As per the post below on O2 I thought I would drop T-Mobile an email.
Here is the reply
"Good afternoon.
Thank you for your email.
We had thought about providing an upgrade to WM6 for our devices, however we have decided against this. It was decided that our phones ran well with WM5 and to concentrate our resources on releasing our new MDA Touch and, in time, MDA Vario III with WM6.
Kind regards.
Paul Byrne
T-Mobile"
I am have been monitoring the various WM6 roms on this site but I was holding off on updating my MDAC3 to see if T-Mobile would update it. Seems like that ain't going to happen.
Bugger, may have to take the plunge with one of the ROMs on here.
Regards
take a plunge mate, use the uspl tool and then upgrade, its easy if you follow instructions,
thats T-mobile for you though, they dont look after there customers properly. shoddy i say. its not like they have to pay for it. they could even just get hold of the original htc copy and put there code on it for there branded device. ndont take much...
im using the new rom with the htc touchflo included, and its bloody awesome.
ive been running a few WM6 roms without any problems on my MDACIII.
Ive been running the 3.5 rom recently which is great and as we speak im upgrading to 3.7.
Please Delete.
not a scooby but its a higher version and im a sucker for the latest and greatest.
Please Delete.
Would I have to unlock my MDACIII if I am to also upgrade the ROM to WM6 of which is available here?
No, but you'll need to download and run the USPL first.
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OK, so the wait is over and we finally have, to our dissapointment the Official O2 1.72 roms. Yay! (not) So we've had to wait longer than all the other operators we got their in the end. I have to admit i'm tempted byu the xdaIIs, as i cant see much further support for the poor old XDA II. When there was still hope of a WM2003SE update I could see a reason to stay with the device as its by far the best PPC ive ever owned, but now i'm looking at other options(espicially now i got my p900 - now theres a phone!). I'm a bit pissed that when SE was launched several people had beta releases of 2003SE on their devices, however none seemed to want to discuss the release. Now with no chance of an update being released how about some feedback from the people who actually USED the upgrade? (And if some kind soul posts the file we'd all be eternally gratefull! Anyone who wants it that bad wont care about it being 'unsupported')
bump!
I hope this hasn't been mentioned in another thread (I have searched but cannot find it mentioned anywhere).
T-Mobile have released an official upgrade to WM6 for the MDA Compact III. See http://www.tm-phonedownloads.com/sd_compact3.html.
Has anyone used this yet? I have downloaded but not get plucked up the courage to upgrade mine! Will upgrading to WM6 vastly speed up my device. Is it recommended?
It has been mentioned.
Ive switched to this one as the official ones tend to have a lot more tesitng.
Like it, its the most stable release yet. I used the Vanilla rom before and had to reboot every now and then but this one has been running since release with no reboots. Rock solid.
It wont speed things up but WM6 is how WM5 should have been. Looks nice, the email is better, HTML mails is nice.
There is no reason to have WM5 in my opinion when the official WM6 is out. All the same features but better.
Ive also got Opera Mobile installed, changed the theme to a black vista one and all stable. Also, my one, must have app and the reason I have a WM device. Ewallet.
After we purchased the T-Mobile Compact III, they told us that it would not switch to english. Now I am here and being flooded with Too Much Info. Could someone help out a poor sucker get this thing backed up, reflashed with an english version and maybe find a free GPS program? The only thing keeping me from running some of the stuff that I have found is backing up my current ROM. I want to be able to put the T-Mobile ROM back on the thing just in case....
Any help would be greatly appreciated, and probably by many service members here in Germany who will soon end up in my shoes.
Maybe my question was not clear....
I may have not stated my question clearly. I am looking for the T-Mobile German ROM that comes with the T-Mobile MDA Compact III here in Germany, or a way to back up the ROM on my Artemis...
I want to have the factory ROM on hand in case I have to reflash it back to original config... Once I have this or back it up, I can flash which ever rom I need. I do not want to end up with a brick that I cannot try to return to the original config.
Any help would be appreciated.
Growing Pains
Well, I have flashed my MDA with several ROMS to see which one my wife likes best. Risky, I know, but ya gotta please the missus...
I was disappointed that the WiFi was disabled in the german models, as it would have saved alot of money for us... O2 Germany's MDA's are WiFi enabled I found out today.
I am also disappointed that the GPS is very hard to get working. T-mobile cannot explain how to do it, and I am making that my next project.
For those who read this thread and decided that I was wasting space, sorry. I have read through about 45% of all artemis threads over the past 48 hours and my brain is thoroughly scrambled with TMI.
So far, Artemis Touch full version is the one that my wife likes, and I like it too. We tried the O2 ROM, but it is not compatible with the T-mobile network for some reason...(lol) Since I am still new, I have not learned how to flash a ROM using an .rar file yet, but with more thread reading I should be able to learn this as well.
BT Rom would not flash either, stating that it was the wrong model number. Found that in a thread as well... Next up... GPS...
Before everybody gets all peeved at me for this, I've done my research, and I've done my homework and PLENTY of searches. Here's the deal.
I recently purchased a Tilt (and am waiting for the damn AT&T WM 6.1 upgrade), and I gave my brother my old 8525. His needs are pretty basic...AIM, txts, email, internet, and GPS (I gave him my external and set him up w/ TT7). He's more of a intermediate user than a beginner, but I would like to keep it very simple for him. What would be the best rom for his 8525 (preferably WM 6.1) that would be the easiest to use, and of course the fastest. He doesn't need any extra bloatware or anything. I'm a pretty advanced user myself, so I can help him out as much as possible.
Also, any recommendations for me? I'm sick of waiting for AT&T's 6.1 upgrade. I was thinking about flashing the Tytn II rom on there but IDK.
Thanks, and try not to flame too bad.
Don't wait for the upgrade; it'll be crappy anyways. Flash to one of the custom ROMs here and you cetrainly wont regret it.
kareem9nba said:
Don't wait for the upgrade; it'll be crappy anyways. Flash to one of the custom ROMs here and you cetrainly wont regret it.
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That's what I was thinking. Which 6.1 ROM would you suggest for my Tilt? I want speed and power/performance. I can install all the custom apps myself (I would prefer too). I'm still running AT&T's bloat'ed 6.0 ROM
As far as the 8525, which 6.1 ROM would you suggest for him? Speed and performance. Again, I can install all the custom apps myself.
try a lite rom dvh, crc, and/or pdacorner wm6.1 for hermes.
check the tilt forum section for their cooked wm6.1's...
happy flashing!
well
let me know how you get on, the tilt will be my next phone, kaiser with video calling that is, as i believe it is still reasonably new release, with known issues hopefully the doctors here have already ironed out.
However as people here been saying, let the fun begin by flashing, make sure you read the wiki thoroughly before you do so.
MineralGray02K said:
Before everybody gets all peeved at me for this, I've done my research, and I've done my homework and PLENTY of searches. Here's the deal.
I recently purchased a Tilt (and am waiting for the damn AT&T WM 6.1 upgrade), and I gave my brother my old 8525. His needs are pretty basic...AIM, txts, email, internet, and GPS (I gave him my external and set him up w/ TT7). He's more of a intermediate user than a beginner, but I would like to keep it very simple for him. What would be the best rom for his 8525 (preferably WM 6.1) that would be the easiest to use, and of course the fastest. He doesn't need any extra bloatware or anything. I'm a pretty advanced user myself, so I can help him out as much as possible.
Also, any recommendations for me? I'm sick of waiting for AT&T's 6.1 upgrade. I was thinking about flashing the Tytn II rom on there but IDK.
Thanks, and try not to flame too bad.
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I would try CRC's 12.9 Naked Bigstorage for him, making sure to flash a shipped from first (don't want any nasty HR's).
I find my WM gets faster the longer I let it sit on the phone, and dam is my phone fast now
And for Tilt, Im not sure, best to read up, some have better performance than others, with the Direct 3D drivers ect.
my phone is a Sprint Mogul so I'm not familiar with the Touch. My daughter who has a Verizon Touch is visiting from out-of-state. Several months ago I saw an update to WM 6.1, but now I can no longer find a link. Verizon customer service can't help. Will the official Verizon WM 6.1 for the 6800 work correctly with the 6900?
No different phones so different rom images.
But the process that you followed to install WM 6.1 on your Titan is very similar to process that you'll need to follow if you want to install WM6.1 on your daughters XV6900.
That being said you'll find all the information/tools that you'll need to upgrade to WM6.1, by looking into unlocker sticky at the top of the forum.
A couple of things to remember:
1.) Verizon does not have an offical Wm6.1 update as of yet., to the best of my knowledge. There is one labeled Verizon Official, but like I said I don't think its official. If it was official, Verizon would have a download link listed somewhere under the phone in your account. At least they did when they come out with the XV6800 WM6.1 upgrade.
2.) You will probably need to call Verizon to get a new Akey after upgrading to the new rom. I've found that when going from a non-GPS rom to a GPS rom most of the time the AKey gets messed up.
Good luck
Thanks Flipdog. You answered my questions. I would update using a Kitchen from PPC Geeks, but I want it to be an official rom because my daughter might need support otherwise. Happy holidays.
Once you flash a new ROM, you become your own tech support. If it's for your daughter and she lives out of state, I suggest leaving it alone. The only upgrade that she may notice, unless she is big on tech, is the threaded text messaging.
Verizon 6.1 leaked ROM Link
The link is pretty easy to find actually:
http://www.phonenews.com/phones/index.php/HTC_Touch_(CDMA)