Why is there no Alpine pages, apart from the original ROMs? And has anyone had any success in loading Magneto onto anything than the Himilaya?
Thanks,
Jay
I'm assuming you're referring to Alpine Magneto posts, rather than forum sections as I first thought you meant.
The reason is cos there isn't a leaked 2005 for an Alpine device, only for Himalaya. I've asked the question of whether anyone's got one and is working on it but haven't had anything back to drum up hope. I think I'm gonna wait til the Universal anyway, I hate a bit of a downgrade scare on my XDA2 before selling it on to pay for the 2i, so I think on this one it's gonna be "official" o2 all the way!!
Ant
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Will windows mobile 2005 work with the XDA2 backpack?
Anybody know if there will be any issues.
Anyone tried it?
Thanks in advance.
cheers
Steve Jubb
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=47658&highlight=2005+backpack
from last time you asked
and another hit search gave
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=23374&highlight=2005+backpack
Thanks for the post.
I asked again because if you look at the last time I asked someone said the Backpack worked fine with Windows Mobile 2005 for the XDA2i (Alpine), but no version of Windows Mobile 2005 exists (AFAIK) for this PDA.
On asking for further information the respondant wasn't forthcoming, so how could I trust this reply (I certainly wasn't going to buy a backpack based on this reply).
I therefore posted another topic knowing it would get someone else's attention as it was clear the original post wasn't achieving much.
I wasn't intended to be awkard just keen for a proven answer.
cheers
steve jubb
I own a backpack and after wm5 upgrade, it stopped functioning ... no one seemed to have the solution ...
The Story of the Backpack?
@ all: The problem here is that there aren't enough of us with the Backpacks that have "officially" upgraded to WM2005 for the simple fact that IT IS NOT SUPPORTED by most of the name branded HTC Himalaya devices... I am sure that there is some marketing sense as to why we are the only ones NOT able to offically upgrade to the new MS OS, however when you look at the market with all of the new Pocket PC/GSM Combos, like the HPs and the Mios, etc... they ALL HAVE 2003SE in them and NOT WM5. This leads me to beleive that we will either upgrade to WM5 and NOT have our Backpacks work or we will stay with an OS where everything works - 2003SE.
Reminds me of their marketing scheme for Millenium Edition, what a joke when all of the Kmarts and Walmarts could not handle all of the complaints due to OS failures... didn't last long though and they got their act together with the NEXT OS's, stealing linux kernels et al. And so the story goes on....
I too have a backpack and I have upgraded to WM5 and back at least 4 times... the only reason I come back to 2003SE is for the Wifi Compact Flash I have - I think that I will get a Wifi SD and start enjoying WM5 while it lasts.
I remember when Buzz and The man named 'M' to which we were not allowed to mention his name for a while as MS launched threats at the forums and all the FTPs where whiped clean by 'unknown' sources - WM5 was unofficially released and became public domain... the only reason in my opinion that there are any devices at all with WM5 on them is because the rebels in this forum dared to push the bounderies with an unstable and beta phased OS, which of course did not advance much since the days of 2004.
So either get used to the backpack NEVER working with WM5 with our devices or get used to staying with 2003SE, sorry to sound negative - only seeing it as real as it is.
Just my 0.02€....
Here's to the crew of the old school boys makin **** happen:
(Not at all surprising where the quote is from):
"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do."
- Steve Jobs
I prefer to stick with WM2005 and don't want 2 go back to other OS. WM5 is the best OS so far, and right now I had to live without my backpack 4 a while until one day someone will solve this problem ...
FYI, there is a person who is able to use backpack in WM5 and his name is Rictec. I don't know how he did it. He once helped me to make my backpack worked but failed in doing so ...
Pls read my thread in buzzdev.net in WM5 about backpack ... He and Dotfred offered solution to this matter but for me that solution never works. Maybe for the other this may help them in bringing the backpack to work again ...
I found this thread on clubimate.com and the persons email address is attached, please (our ROMmaster) approach him and guide him if needed.
HOPE IS IN THE HORIZON, I HOPE.
Whats the bet that hes got a Charmer?
Can't see the whole article but the MDA compact II is charcoal and WM5 out of the box. Yes, it's a Chamer. :roll:
It is ridiculous that ppl still post for WM5 when it is clear that it is NOT POSSIBLE (technological and/or driver wise) on Magician. We had that discussed a million times.
Why is there a sticky regarding Windows Mobile 5 in this forum? WHY WHY WHY?
That's why it's called
DIDN'T YOU READ THE TITLE, THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED AN OPPORTUNITY.
esackbauer said:
It is ridiculous that ppl still post for WM5 when it is clear that it is NOT POSSIBLE (technological and/or driver wise) on Magician. We had that discussed a million times.
Why is there a sticky regarding Windows Mobile 5 in this forum? WHY WHY WHY?
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Well this is not an opportunity but your wishful thinking. Nothing more. Please stop now wasting our time and READ *ALL* OF sticky about WM5 at the top of this forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=24965
Oh noooooooooooooo. Not again. :shock:
Well this is not an opportunity but your wishful thinking. Nothing more.
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Well said. :lol:
There has actually been an HTC build of WM5 for every device since the Himalaya, a developer has to licence it to customise though, so unless someone is going to take it seriously and launch it through qtek, i-mate, Orange, O2, T-Mobile, and so on, you will never see it.
HTC did their part and gave them a choice, nobody was interested though.
The Himalaya and Blue Angel versions were the core builds for beta purposes within various companies working on development and MS themselves, as those were the two most popular devices at the time.
There's no technological reason why WM5 can't exist on the Magician, just commercial.
Hello,
I am new to the site and I have just purchased myself an o2 orbit. I am really happy with it but also very keen to understand how I can enhance its performance or tweak it.
Will their be a section for this phone?
Sorry if I am being impatient but I am raring to go.
Has anyone else got this phone yet? if so what have you done with it? Also where can I buy accessories for it?
I look forward to your responses.
Steve
hi all, this is also my first post and i have also purchased this phone today and what a beauty it is....sorry, hope you dont mind me juping on the thread with you btw.
can anyone tell me what are the best games that i can find for wince at the moment and also a good texas hold 'em game for it as i am not really interested in the preloaded games.
thanks in advance to all who reply
Danny =)
Orbit and TomTom
Hi
i am very new to this thread, so hello and i thank you in advance for any help people are willing to offer.
I am going to be picking my Orbit up tomorrow from my local O2 store. I was wondering if anyone can confirm that TomTom is definately included with the UK models. I have seen on a couple of forums that some people are saying it isn't.
I think your phone is in the Artemis forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=316
Obit
Hi all,
I have never owned an XDA but thought I would put a post about the Orbit that I purchased 2 days ago.
It is an excellent piece of kit .. By default it does not come with TomTom (I was offered CoPilot with a £40 contract but I already had TomTom so I declined. I have put TomTom on the device and it works brilliant .. it seems much more accurate than my palm version (probably more accurate GPS device inside).
I used TomTom for an hour today and my battery went down 2%! Brilliant.
Everything is good about the device .. the only gripe I have is that the microphone socket is mini usb (but I am sure there is a convertor out there for that).
The radio is good too (this also seems to have a minimal drain on the battery).
has anybody test crossbow on 8310? should be working I heard
Should be, but no one test crosbow yet...?!
i would test, but have no source
Hey
there was a forum post a while back on some random forum, some guy offering a 'upgrade' service to crossbow, dont know whether it was legit or not
but, by the looks of it, the same way the himalaya recieved a WM5 rom aaaages ago, apparently, there the tornado will be doing so too. lets just hope theres enough people on these forums who will be able to develop the rom further!
am waiting for it too. the guy was was offering $30 for the upgrade but never responded to my email. must be out there somewhere
Anything new about this topic? I heard this forum had problems with Microsoft because WM6 ROMs showed up...
Is that true??
any update? i can't wait to try WM6 on the Tornado.
i would be more than willing to load it! if ever.
what is with crossbow for tornado?? Any news?? Few weeks ago I saw photo Imate sp5 with Crossbow... but I don't see roms with crossbow... Did anybody see rom wm6 for tornado????
Will we have imate 9502 forum over here, as i am thinking to buy it when it will release.
Edit: I have made a new forum for Imate 9502 login at aboutfone.com
samy.3660 said:
Will we have imate 9502 forum over here, as i am thinking to buy it when it will release.
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is it made by htc??? (no need to answer it here, just think about it)
Not, but even O2 Atom is not made by HTC?
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Not, but even O2 Atom is not made by HTC?
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so you don't know the story bout the atom
read and you will find out. (look up the flame thread)
is it HTC developers or XDA developers?
just thinking
fallenczar said:
so you don't know the story bout the atom
read and you will find out. (look up the flame thread)
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You mean, flame thread as in, people flaming people, or the Xda Flame thread?
Another indicator of if it gets a forum here is "will it ever see thelight of day?" I-Mate's almost as dead as a door nail.
I'm bringing this thread back to push for an I-mate 9502 forums on here. This is honestly one of the main factors on wether or not I will buy this device (if/when it's released). I love this forum and it has helped me so much with my Vox and my Feeler, I would love to have the same support if I were to buy a 9502.
actually, that's a bit unlikely, as it's not HTC-made. The forum has specialized in HTC only so far, save for a few **ahem** Atom**ahem**
I would also love it if XDA-Dev got a 9502 forum.
The phone looks perfect! I actually sold my bnib Voda V1615 / tytn II upgrade to get some cash for it!
However, being Windows Mobile it will doubtlessly be utterly useless without the XDA-Dev geniuses to iron out all the creases.
I don't see why it can't go in here. It's replaced HTC as the XDAs in the southern hemisphere (i-mate's smartphone range).
I don't see why people are so keen to keep the forum exclusively for High Tech Crap anyway. Until the Wizards they've always been terrible (of course I still loved tweaking with them with the help of XDA-Dev).
Actually, not all Southern hemisphere. In Asia, even Southern and Southeastern, HTC still dominates the WM market. Sorry to burst your bubble mate. But the final decision really would be up to the mods, wouldn't it?
jomo25 said:
Another indicator of if it gets a forum here is "will it ever see thelight of day?" I-Mate's almost as dead as a door nail.
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Nope, it isn't dead - and, fortunately, they don't return to HTC, as opposed to what the rumors said before MWC.
raymondu999 said:
Actually, not all Southern hemisphere. In Asia, even Southern and Southeastern, HTC still dominates the WM market. Sorry to burst your bubble mate. But the final decision really would be up to the mods, wouldn't it?
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I'll mention this question too in the Mod forum, albeit, I'm afraid, the answer will be no.
it doesnt matter if there' a imate 9502 forum or not. just use the cab files from this site and put it in Ultimate! i just put PIE 6.1 on Imate 6150!
netnerd said:
it doesnt matter if there' a imate 9502 forum or not. just use the cab files from this site and put it in Ultimate! i just put PIE 6.1 on Imate 6150!
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Some of them will work, but I think a lot of the things that need fiddling with in the registry and I-mate's own bits of software will need device-specific tweaks.
Either way, I can have a tinker, but lack the technical know-how to do anything major. I guess if the device become popular enough we might end up with a forum for it.
Guys and gals, I’ve just posted a HUGE roundup & quick review of i-mate’s all four new devices to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1967268
I read on Whirlpool forums that Telstra Australia will be the first to get the 9502, but someone just posted this:
"Just spoke to my telstra contact and he confirmed the 9502 failed testing was due for release on the 10th of march he said it is likelty to be released on the 24th but that isn't confirmed yet."
Lame. I want it now.
Ultimate 9502 Thread
Surely we shouldn't discount the Ultimate 9502 just because it's not made by HTC.
The 'Welcome' message admits that the name XDA-Developers is pretty arbitrary, it just so happened that an O2 XDA of some model was the first that they happened to have, and that would make it more O2 than HTC.
I would say that what is much more important is that the 9502 is a WindowsMobile Pocket PC, and it will have the same kind of issues as the other Windows Mobile Pocket PCs discussed here, including other I-Mate devices, and especially the Kaiser which has (from what I understand) the same chipset.
So can we have a forum for the 9502 (and I guess the other Ultimates as well)?
Ultimate 9502 Availability
As far as when the 9502 will be available from Telstra, they were able to take my order as of last Thursday. I'd say they would only do that if the issues had been sorted.
Imate 9502 is IN STOCK from here but i not sure how accurate is that!
http://www.devicewire.co.uk/i-mate-ultimate-9502