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Need Help with an Upgrade! Please

First let me say I am sorry for the multiple posts. This same message is on the general Magician forum. I think I shoul dhave placed the message here.
Please help!
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I bought my Magician on eBay and it is the best phone I have ever had. The phone is amazing. But of course 2 months have passed and I am dying to improve the phone. The Brand is a DOPOD 818, which is the HTC Magician or iMate JAM.
I see everyone here has the ROM 1.06, mine is 1.01.00WWE with a ROM Date of 10/21/04/ I am sure I should be upgrading my ROM for the enhancements but I am not sure how or where to go.
Everyone says to go to Club iMate but unfortunately my IMEI is registered through DOPOD and not iMate. The DOPOD site does not look like it has an updated ROM.
Can I use a generic ROM? Where can I get one? I am in the USA using T-Mobile, if that helps.
Please let me know what I should do.
Thanks,
John

you will need to do a lot of readings before upgrading... and if your device doesn't have any problems then don't upgrade... the latest version from imate is really bad.. i have tried it and went back the old one which 1.03.00 ... anyways go to this ftp ftp://xda:[email protected]/Magician/
and you will all the latest ROMs....

Thank you for the information.
I will look into upgrading from the 1.01 to the 1.03.
John

Sorry to bother again.
Anyone know the difference between the following?
Dopod 818 CHT 1.03 Extended Rom
Dopod 818 CHS 1.03 Extended Rom
John

Which ROM to use? (I've read tons of old post)

I have read a bunch of post on this but still not finding the answers. So, please forgive me if this is a repeat question.
I browsed thru the ftp site (under the Magician folder), but not sure of which ROM to download since there are so many of them and not sure of which is the most stable version (O2, i-mate, qtek, MDA?).
I have the O2 XDA II mini with the following version:
- ROM version: 1.03.00 WWE.
- ROM date: 11/01/04
- Radio version: 1.01.00
- Protocol version: 1337.38
- ExtROM version: 1.03.166 WWE
Or, should I use the one that I downloaded from seeo2.com site: the filename is:
ma_o2asia_11100_922_11100_ship.exe?
Also, when I update the ROM, would it lock my phone? I bought the phone in USA so I assume the phone is unlock.
Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again,
William

I'd use the Qtek S100 1.11 ROM (it's what i use now) as it's completely stable (1.12 seems not to be..) and then apply bigstorage to it..

How about the O2 ROM? I'd like to stay with O2 ROM (instead of using the Imate or Qtek ROM). Could anybody point me to the correct ROM to use? I browsed around the ftp but there are so many of them (extrom, bigstorage, modified, shipped). Thanks for the help!
William

BullishBil said:
How about the O2 ROM? I'd like to stay with O2 ROM (instead of using the Imate or Qtek ROM). Could anybody point me to the correct ROM to use? I browsed around the ftp but there are so many of them (extrom, bigstorage, modified, shipped). Thanks for the help!
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The O2 ROM on their website was put up in May and is v1.11 and it's working OK for me.

I bought a T-Mobile Compact, and someone had loaded the I-Mate 1.11 ROM on there. I kept having a problem wth the GPRS failing to connect. I then upgraded to the 1.12 ROM, and it was even worse. I kept the 1.12 radio, and then downgraded to the basic 1.06 ROM. It is stable, and honestly, I don't see what the differences are besides now I can connect to GPRS whenever I want.
I also applied the bigstorage hack, and only applied the basic extended ROM cab files from 1.12 and the bluetooth patch from 1.06. I received my Compact last week, and applied 1.06 yesterday. So far, no issues have cropped up. Man, this Compact is so much less buggy than my MDAIII. The MDAIII was so feature packed, but had sooo many problems.
Hope that helps.

plz, give me a link to O2 1.11eng, i cannot log to o2 as my iemi belongs to imate, thanks

hbahaie said:
plz, give me a link to O2 1.11eng, i cannot log to o2 as my iemi belongs to imate, thanks
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I just tried to link it for you but it does not work and asks for a login name and password.
- Peter

Just found this thread which has a link to the O2 ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=22591&highlight=ftp+site
- Peter

HELP! Need advice reg. ROM

Hi,
I'm confused with the mass of information and complicated procedures I found here. :?
I got a HTC Magician here in Switzerland by Orange (known as SPV M500)
Operator version is: 6.06.5.164
ROM version: 1.06.00 WWE
Radio Version: 1.05.10
Protocol version 1337.39
ExtROM version: 1.06.164 WWE
I surely would like to improve the performance and especially the internal' memory by applying some upgrade.
Could a nice person guide me toward best possible solutions, please?

hi....
read the wiki....and know everything :wink:
here u go http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Magician
RAGO :lol:

RAGOv said:
hi....
read the wiki....and know everything :wink:
here u go http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Magician
RAGO :lol:
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Thanks; I checked this link, but except some valuable information, I found the whole thing even more tough to understand. I'm not an engineer, I'm just looking for a helping hand.
So I reiterate. Can anyone answer my question?

I'll have a go:
Upgrade your ROM. Yours is about 1.06, current is 1.12 (or 1.13? Not much differnce).
Ensure there is a language version the same as yours, and then upgrade. That's a complicated enough procedure, but follow the instructions carefully provided with the ROMs and you'll be ok.
The upgrade for more memory, is the BigStorage ROM hack. This will replace the area on your phone known as "Extended Memory", and convert it into more useful "Storage" that you can use. Basically, your phone gains 20mb of usable space. I've written an ENORMOUS post about this here (near the bottom of the screen)
To do BigStorage, you should use a tool floating around on the board that will patch ANY rom to BigStorage. That way, you can hack your own ROM for this. This is important because the first 400bytes or so of your ROM are unique to you, and you want to keep that. So I recommend:
1. Backup your PPC with Sprite backup or similar.
2. Upgrade your ROM to 1.12 (public sources or from the XDA Developers FTP site).
3. Make a backup of your ROM (optional, but advised).
4. Apply the BigStorage ROM hack.
You may be able to skip 4 if you can find the ROM you want at (2) already hacked. This is likely. But whatever you do, follow the instructions provided carefully. There are a couple of errors that are SUPPOSED to come up in the procedure. Read the instructions and you'll know what's supposed to happen.
Phew. It takes some learning, but you'll get there.
V

Hi Vijay,
You're great, many many thanks!! I assume I got a tough way to go. So I'll do it slowly so as to avoid mistakes.
My device' language is English, so no prob to upgrade with English. Now I guess I'll have to install manually the GPRS and WAP' parameters after upgrading, given the ROM does not come from my operator, isnt'it?

Orange M500 Upgrade
Hello. I too am thinking about upgrading my Orange M500 from 1.06.00 to the latest ROM. I have an Orange UK version of the phone. But 2 problems:
1. I have trawled all sites I can think of (including this one) and can't find an appropriate upgrade file anywhere - is anyone able to post a link?
2. I can't find anywhere that tells me what the advantages of upgrading are! Anyone fancy listing them?
Thanks!
Tom

Re: Orange M500 Upgrade
tom3 said:
1. I have trawled all sites I can think of (including this one) and can't find an appropriate upgrade file anywhere - is anyone able to post a link?
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Download the files from here:
- ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Magician
- username:xda
- password:xda
Then follow vijay's instructions to the word....
tom3 said:
2. I can't find anywhere that tells me what the advantages of upgrading are! Anyone fancy listing them?
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I think they are "UP"grades... :wink:
Anyway,judge em by urself bro,and if ur hesitating,simply....don't do it...
RAGO :lol:

Re: Orange M500 Upgrade
tom3 said:
2. I can't find anywhere that tells me what the advantages of upgrading are! Anyone fancy listing them?
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Same here, I could not find information on what is improved (or not) with any of the existing ROM upgrades.
Surely they must be UP, but still it's strange there's no comment.

vijay555,
I am also fairly new with updating roms and such but I did manage to complete an update with the help of this amazing site and all of you guys out there. Your knowledge and advice has been wonderful and I thank all of you. Now, here is my question. I have a TMobile MDA from Germany I believe but with ROM ver 1.12.00WWE
Rom date 05/28/05
Radio ver 1.13.00
Potoc ver 1337.43
ExtRom ver 1.12.128 WWE
I have wanted to try the bigstorage rom but in reading all the posts and helpers I feel it is too much for me to copy to SD and yada yada yada. Am I understanding you correctly in assuming that in the xda FTP I would find a pre made bigstorage rom that I could upgrade onto my unit. I understand that I would probably have to re upgrade my radio unless there was a BS rom that had the latest radio in it. Would I be able to ask you that if I am right in assuming this do you know which of the roms I would use in the FTP site to give me that pre made BSrom and which "make" would or should I use(such as O2, orange) I line in Victoria, BC, Canada but I dont think that affects what "make" I should use, or does it? Sorry this is so long winded and I thank you in advance for your help.
Todd

Help: Magician Upgrade - Version Query :(

Hi All!
I was hoping someone may be able to point me in the right direction, or beat me with a stick if needed.
I have an O2 XDA II Mini, and it's an Australian one.
I'm currently running:
ROM Version: 1.11.00 WWE
ROM Date: 03/14/05 - Woah
Radio Version: 1.11.00
Protocol Version 1337.42
ExtROM version 1.11.922.WWE
Basically I'd like to flash my phone to the latest, but don't need the Big Rom storage, but basically just after the newest firmware (not 2 year old crap)
Does anyone know how I would go about just upgrading the basic firmware of my phone? It's been playing up lately, so I'm hoping an update may fix it.
I've attached a picture of the device part too
Thanks for any help!

Anyone out there

Hmmm I think the Magician is just too old and crap now adays.
It's so bad no one even wants to talk about it

Latest Rom for Magician
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Magician
Cheers

Kittar said:
Hmmm I think the Magician is just too old and crap now adays.
It's so bad no one even wants to talk about it
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i hope your just kidding

Please help needed

Dear All,
I would like to thanks everyone for contributing to this forum. It is an unbelievable point of knowledge. However I am one of those that are not too tech and I would like someone to guide/tell me how I can update my HTC TYTN II on 3 UK network to the latest Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro.
My phone is unlocked and this is the information I do have about the phone:
KAIS130
SPL-1.94.0000
CPLD-8
R 1.27.15.32
G 22.51.88.13h
D 1.89.00.00
Thank you very much in advance.
makedoc

NO one will or should help you until you seach like you should have in the beginning...
Notice all the the "should haves"!!! Try the search function at the top of the forum and if you can't answer your own question in 10 minutes then post again...

ryncppr said:
NO one will or should help you until you seach like you should have in the beginning...
Notice all the the "should haves"!!! Try the search function at the top of the forum and if you can't answer your own question in 10 minutes then post again...
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Dear ryncppr
Thank you for your input. I have search the forum but as I mention I am not a tech person and if is not too much to ask my questions are:
1. Due to my phone is not locked do I have use HardSPLv1 first before upgrading to win 6.1?
2. As there are no win 6.1 upgrade for the 3 UK what can I use instead?
Many thanks
makedoc

makedoc said:
Dear ryncppr
Thank you for your input. I have search the forum but as I mention I am not a tech person and if is not too much to ask my questions are:
1. Due to my phone is not locked do I have use HardSPLv1 first before upgrading to win 6.1?
2. As there are no win 6.1 upgrade for the 3 UK what can I use instead?
Many thanks
makedoc
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1-yes start here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396922
2.there is no WM 6.1 for 3 UK .you have latest update.
ROM version: 2.50.771.0 WWE
ROM date: 03/10/08
Radio version: 1.27.15.32
http://www.three.co.uk/business/devices_/detail_view.omp?d=1204798087914

korakesion said:
1-yes start here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396922
2.there is no WM 6.1 for 3 UK .you have latest update.
ROM version: 2.50.771.0 WWE
ROM date: 03/10/08
Radio version: 1.27.15.32
http://www.three.co.uk/business/devices_/detail_view.omp?d=1204798087914
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Thank you for the guidance.