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Help on XDA 2 parts

Hi,
On Ebay I have bought a XDA 2 PCB board. What I need help with is what other parts will I need to make work. So far I think I need:
1 DIY battery kit
1 Touchscreen LCD
1 Sync cable (which is best?)
some software for my PC, any ideas?
1 case, any ideas were I can get this from or has any one got one?
Any ideas on get this project up and running would be most appriecated.
Thanks
Cmcmill01

Software on the pc is no problem.
You just need Active Sync, can be downloaded from here http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/resources/downloads/pocketpc/activesync37.mspx
With the rest, I can't help you...

Cheers Jos,
Anyboby else with some ideas?
Has anybody got a faulty XDAII, wishing to sell?
Cheers
Cmcmill01

well i think that most peoples warrenty would replace their defect xda2 still
unless they abused it in a manner most faul that the company would notice
but with time and newer radio stacks and a full rom kitchen
you will mostlikely be able to get some
though as to buying the parts from new maybe diff to find and prob pricy aswell

Cheers for the Info
Has the XDA II got the same case as any other handheld?
As for the screen does that come in two parts?
cheers

Has the XDA II got the same case as any other handheld?
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i dont think i ever seen to pda's using 100% the same case
As for the screen does that come in two parts?
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all pda's i've ever messed with have seperate lcd and touch screen

Is there any way to test that board before you spend so much money, because the xda2 is so new I dont see you getting secondhand parts and to buy them new is likely to cost somewhere near the price of buying a warranted unit.

So here are my thoughts, if they are complete crap let me know. :lol:
Get the board, attach the power and sync lead (can it run with out battery attached just on the mains?)
Get the LCD screen (ACX706AKM sony part, XDA I, is it the same screen for the XDA II)
Load up the ROM and Radio Stack, is this all I have to do to get Windows 2003 on the XDA?
Then get a case, by that time I'll probably have spent more than a new one.

Don't think you can use a XDA I screen, because it has less colors (4K instead of 64K).

Jos said:
Don't think you can use a XDA I screen, because it has less colors (4K instead of 64K).
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Does anyone know the Part number for the XDA II screen, I'll try and source one that way?

screens
Are any Ipaq screens used on the XDAII?
cheers

i think there is an url somewhere for people who want to buy a new tft and touchscreen i'll look for it if you like

That would be great if you could.
Thanks

http://www.pdasmart.com/pdaphone.htm
here you go

Cheers, for that.
But is that not for the XDA? not the XDAII, they have different screens!

Good luck finding a screen. I have called Sony trying to get one for XDA, and they referred me to the MFG who does not respond to any consumer inquiries. It seems that they don't want end users to have the ability to repair their own phones. If you find a source for the screen I'd love to know.
Good luck!

Hi CMCMILL01
Try http://www.pdatechcenter.nl/reparatie_xda.html
They are good!
Kees

upgrade to orbit? yes or no?

o2 have offered me an upgrade from my IIi to the orbit. As some of you have been using the orbit for a little while is it all it's cracked up to be?
and does tomtom work ok with the orbit and the built in gps reciever?
cheers guys

Go for it you will love it if not sell it many will be after it if you don't like it.
Or you could wait for the zinc (feb 07 or so) if you can do without the gps in-built?

There is an issue with MicroSD's that possibly dosnt effect all units. See other threads.
Apart from that and if you clock it to 250MHz it works extremely well. I loved my BlueAngel but even my old stylus feels fat now. The jog dial / track ball is mega and internal GPS a breeze. The slower CPU also has the benefit of longer battery life.
I am currently looking for one for a friend on eBay and they are going for £300+ so if you dont like it can always sell and keep old phone...
ps. I use a Sandisk UltraII 2gb MicroSD which may speed up map access etc, its generally slightly slower than my 500MHz BlueAngel but no problem.

I'm a new user of the Xda Orbit, my first WM PDA after owning a tapwave zodiac and the first phone I can really type text messages on. For a PDA it's light, snappy (my last wm device was a Compaq Aero 15xx), has an excellent battery life and the GPS works a treat.
The biggest benefit is the size, though, compared to the other similarly featured Xda's in the o2 lineup this one is TINY, it dropped the jaws of my techy colleagues to the floor.
I find TomTom to be pretty fast and accurate getting a fix, route calculations are fast enough, but it is a little slow to start up initially- overclocking helps but not much. I have overclocked to 260 for PocketSNES and on other occasions but find it normally fast enough to be comfortable - quite a feat with a meer 200mhz!
I'd say go for it, I'm posting this message from Mine now! got 3 tabs open text-mode in NetFront- browsing perfection!

I have had the following:
XDA II
XDA IIs
XDA IIi
XDA Exec
And recently upgraded to the Orbit. I must say that it is the closest I have come to being 100% happy with an XDA.
Had no idea how compact this device is. No more holding a brick to your ear, this is an aesthetically pleasing device - even for non PDA'ers.
I haven't found anything that doesn't work yet. I thought the GPS would be just another gimick and there was no way it was going to work properly without an external antenna - WRONG! Stick TomTom 6.02 on it and away you go. Managed nearly seven hours of GPS directed driving before the battery got too low (have now got a car charger).
I have been waiting for a device that combined all the functionality of a good PDA and phone in a phone size package and here it is.............and they throw in a GPS and FM Radio to boot.
and one more thing if you get a decent set of headphones (either buy an adapter or do a bit of DIY soldering) it's a pretty decent MP3 player too. 2GB micro SD from Moby Memory for about £40 and painless synching with Media Player 11 and your away.
The main reason I have a PDA phone is for Terminal Server. I provide software support and it gives me the freedom to get out of the House/Office and still be able to support my Clients. I was always able to justify carrying around a house brick (EXEC) because of this. Now I don't have to this phone is great and I have to say it ..... Gorgeous.
OK now it's out - I love my Orbit!!!
Go get one - I'm pretty sure you'll be happy!
Hope this helped!

Since a couple of weeks ago, I'm also the proud owner of a HTC P3300, after owning a Qtek S100 for a year and a half.
I'm truly very happy with my new P3300.
Almost all of the features have been mentioned in other replies to your post (and I agree with them), so, I want to add that, despite having the same 64Mb of RAM as the S100, it seems to me (I'm no expert) that memory management works better (probably WM5 instead of WM2003 has something to to with it) than it did on the S100.
Also the new 2Mpixel camera works very well, the picture quality is very good. It doesn't have flash or 'macro mode' selector, but I can live without it.
The phone capabilities are good (I had a lot of problems with the S100 not relating phone numbers to names or contact photos).
Apart from a little problem I had with activesync (mentioned in another thread and already solved) it's been working perfectly.
As for the GPS softwares, I use Destinator 6 (instead of TomTom) and Navitel (with custom Madeira map) for navigation and both of them work perfectly.
Bottom line, and yes, I'll be repating myself, I'm very very happy with my P3300.
regards,

thanks for the advice guys! looks like im off to get myself one then!

How about InfraRed capability?
I currently own a Mini S and I'm really keen to upgrade to the Orbit. I've however found that Orbit seems not to have an InfraRed port. So I wouldn't be able to use it as a TV remote control. Can anyone please confirm? Thanks.
PPB

How about InfraRed capability?
I currently own a Mini S and I'm really keen to upgrade to the Orbit. I've however found that Orbit seems not to have an InfraRed port. So I wouldn't be able to use it as a TV remote control. Can anyone please confirm? Thanks.
PPB

as far as i could see and i've read no it doesnt have an IR port, but surely using your phone as a tv remote isn't the be all and end all is it?

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I currently own a Mini S and I'm really keen to upgrade to the Orbit. I've however found that Orbit seems not to have an InfraRed port. So I wouldn't be able to use it as a TV remote control. Can anyone please confirm? Thanks.
PPB
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Hi
It doesn't have infrared, but if I where you I would treat myself to one of these
Link
I have one and along with the Orbit this remote is superb.
Rich

today i upgrade
T-Mobile mda compact 3 with HTC software and it is better then t-mobile software it is quickly

BUSPBP said:
I currently own a Mini S and I'm really keen to upgrade to the Orbit. I've however found that Orbit seems not to have an InfraRed port. So I wouldn't be able to use it as a TV remote control. Can anyone please confirm? Thanks.
PPB
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I asked HTC about making this device with consumer grade IR and 3G to make this a complete device. This is the response i got from HTC.
"Thank you for getting in contact with HTC regarding your recommendations and support. its more than likely a phone will come out with the functions you have asked. Its a case that at the moment a trade of as to be implemented due to technology reasons due to the GPS functions incorporated in to the phone, which requires other hardware to be dropped from the phone. The GPS being implemented is still fairly new concept and even through I don't have details of future phones its only a matter of time before it happens. Personally i'm waiting for a phone/GPS with slide out keyboard, which again can only be a matter of time.
Thank You for your comments"
All in all adding IR and 3G would make this one compact complete device. Use it to control your gadgets, navigate you around when driving, using it for phone and all manner of PPC functionality with virtually every connection option. One day it will be reality.
Just a snippet from HTC
Hope that helps.

Absolutely YES
Look at my signature, I've worked with nearly all HTCs from an early stage. If you can live without a keyboard, this is THE device to have at the moment.
HTC are nearing perfection!
Best device ever released (excluding the Universal for business use, still unbeatable).

I just got one - having been through the magician (which the wife now loves and uses) and the exec (which I still use as an excellent business tool) I have got to say that I am bowled over by the Orbit/3300 - WM5.0 AKU3, GPS, great screen, brilliant battery life (I get 3 days moderate usage out of mine between charges - 10 calls per day, push email on 18 hours per day, occasional GPS use!
GET ONE - U WILL NOT REGRET IT - and per other posts, if you don't like it I am sure it will get snapped up on EBAY

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o2 have offered me an upgrade from my IIi to the orbit. As some of you have been using the orbit for a little while is it all it's cracked up to be?
and does tomtom work ok with the orbit and the built in gps reciever?
cheers guys
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Hi,
You might like to check out the thread on the General Forum :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291461
also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=289166 (TomTom 6 instead of copilot)
and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=289243
Ann

Diamond VGA Colors Problem!

hey guy I own a HTC Fuze and is loaded with NATF v4.5S Rom and the color are amazing, but my diamond VGA color are too bright and doesn't look too real.
Any suggestion on what is causing that?
I thought it was the original rom I loaded with shak 4.0 ROM, but no luck.

i know that the diamond got two different types of displays
when white appears yellowish then you got the bad one
hope it helped

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i know that the diamond got two different types of displays
when white appears yellowish then you got the bad one
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Well it seen to be my case, but the question is one bought it jusst 3 days ago in best buy just i return it and chance it for another one? and see if is not yellowish before walk away from the store with it.
or thats not a big deal and i can still use it with no problem? or is going to cause me problem ?
thankx for the advise..

When the Diamond was launched - it was in mass demand with a few different companies make parts for it. HTC recognise some screens are not up to standard and will replace the faulty part if you contact them or alternative bring it back to the place of sale for a replacement.
Good luck

R3PUBL1K said:
When the Diamond was launched - it was in mass demand with a few different companies make parts for it. HTC recognise some screens are not up to standard and will replace the faulty part if you contact them or alternative bring it back to the place of sale for a replacement.
Good luck
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Thanks I will contact HTC

new 3g excalibur finally here

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/Cell-Phone-Detail.aspx?cell-phone=T-Mobile-Dash-3G
the only thing is it comes stock with wm 6.1 and we're on here with wm 6.5 already

yessssssssssss!

personally i think thats an awful price to launch at.
i mean look at the iphone 3g, i think its price right now is 99 with 2 years..
dont get me wrong im proqabably going to get the dash3g anyways but the price just sucks.
im just waiting till i actually have 3g at home which isnt looking good at the moment

Got mine yesterday
I finally got my snap yesterday (HTC branded) and yes it is shipping with 6.1 if one is interrested I can probably dump the language files and we could add those languages to the 6.1 ROM for the dash ??
Cheers
Stef

Got mine today... Do we have any idea how to make the up/down buttons on the side actually scroll as opposed to just controlling system volume?

would it be possible to dump the 3G junk from the new Excalibur and build it into the old Excalibur? cause that would be sweet.

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would it be possible to dump the 3G junk from the new Excalibur and build it into the old Excalibur? cause that would be sweet.
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The Dash1 is not 3g compatable if thats what your suggesting. You just have to upgrade to the snap!

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would it be possible to dump the 3G junk from the new Excalibur and build it into the old Excalibur? cause that would be sweet.
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That's hardware, not firmware xD

I thought Dash 3G is the Maple (HTC Snap) ? not Excalibur, if it is, why discuss in here ?

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I thought Dash 3G is the Maple (HTC Snap) ? not Excalibur, if it is, why discuss in here ?
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Because a lot of Dash (excal) users want it, so its a good place to post updates since the Maple forum here on xda deals with the UK version not the T-Mobile version, which will change as more people get the T-Mo version.

alexalexoe said:
I thought Dash 3G is the Maple (HTC Snap) ? not Excalibur, if it is, why discuss in here ?
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snap(usa) is a different version phone it looks like the excalbur but when you look at it the excalibur has the ball to scroll as the snap(usa) has the d pad, the snap(usa) in comparison to the dash is smaller and is the keypad is kind of close to each other. the buttons on the snap(usa) is blue to which as the button on the excalibur is red. the snap(usa) has a button on it to open inner circle the excalibur doesnt come with inner circle the snap is from a differnent wireles company i think at&t i cant remember but the excalibur is for tmobile so in a way they are kind of the same but they are on different cell phone companies....with that being said it still comes with the same wm6.1 on both phones but i think in europe and asia it has the rolling ball as the scroller so that what makes them very similar but in the us its going to be different from each other

How could I make my phone like that.
5 hours talk time, 9 days stand by.

Is it Wi-Fi Certified ?

Doesn't look like it has GPS? My work just got me this cheap sanyo phone for 50 bucks and it has gps on it, and now I don't think I'd ever by a phone without it.

Dash 3g does have GPS

Moving on up....

I want to thank everyone who has helped me make my tired old Dash into something very nice.This is one awesome site.But i`m moving to another classroom.Just bought an HTC Touch pro 2.So i`ll be at that section.Y`all take care. Thanks....

Guitar100 said:
I want to thank everyone who has helped me make my tired old Dash into something very nice.This is one awesome site.But i`m moving to another classroom.Just bought an HTC Touch pro 2.So i`ll be at that section.Y`all take care. Thanks....
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Good luck

Guitar100 said:
I want to thank everyone who has helped me make my tired old Dash into something very nice.This is one awesome site.But i`m moving to another classroom.Just bought an HTC Touch pro 2.So i`ll be at that section.Y`all take care. Thanks....
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Should just got a Touch Pro 1, in my opinon its still HTC's best ppc, touch pro 2 is an ugly phone.

Good luck for future
What I'd do for a TP2 being a TP owner WVGA screen and a Tilting keyboard being an x Kaiser user
Got a lot of great chefs on them sides too.

HTCS621Smartphone said:
Should just got a Touch Pro 1, in my opinon its still HTC's best ppc, touch pro 2 is an ugly phone.
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It`s definitely a bulky phone.....but ugly? What`s ugly is the price for new one.
I bought mines from a kid on craigslist for $150

stylez said:
Good luck for future
What I'd do for a TP2 being a TP owner WVGA screen and a Tilting keyboard being an x Kaiser user
Got a lot of great chefs on them sides too.
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Mr. Stylez.....I want to thank you for all your help.I owe alot of credit to you and Roloracer.Take care.....