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IPhone Clone(WM6)

So yeah I got a IPhone clone that has WM6 and it's all running smoothly enough.
I've got a couple of issues that have lead me to think about flashing the ROM.
First off the processor is apparently always at 100% cpu even though most of the apps run fine and anytime I try to overclock the OMAP850 in it it'll just white the screen out.
So I figured maybe the ROM was a bit dodge and apparently so.
I got GEN_WM6_...
and according to the rom update utility my current ce image version is
Ôج$Øج$
Basically gibberish, when I try to run the update it complains that it can't connect to the phone.
I'm running Vista so that may have something to do with it as well. Also I don't know how to get the phone into bootloader mode as it doesn't have any front buttons just 2 for volume on the left and 2 on the right for camera and some unknown function.
Oh yeah, the other question, should I be able to flash any ROM image on to it as long as it's WM6? I'm not using Verizon, I'm using Optus in Australia.
Can anyone help me with this weird and well most probably extremely difficult problem as the phone isn't really mainstream.

Critical_Impact said:
So yeah I got a IPhone clone that has WM6 and it's all running smoothly enough.
I've got a couple of issues that have lead me to think about flashing the ROM.
First off the processor is apparently always at 100% cpu even though most of the apps run fine and anytime I try to overclock the OMAP850 in it it'll just white the screen out.
So I figured maybe the ROM was a bit dodge and apparently so.
I got GEN_WM6_...
and according to the rom update utility my current ce image version is
Ôج$Øج$
Basically gibberish, when I try to run the update it complains that it can't connect to the phone.
I'm running Vista so that may have something to do with it as well. Also I don't know how to get the phone into bootloader mode as it doesn't have any front buttons just 2 for volume on the left and 2 on the right for camera and some unknown function.
Oh yeah, the other question, should I be able to flash any ROM image on to it as long as it's WM6? I'm not using Verizon, I'm using Optus in Australia.
Can anyone help me with this weird and well most probably extremely difficult problem as the phone isn't really mainstream.
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You can't just get flash a rom for one phone another. It is really hard to determine which base rom is it because there are so many iPhone clones with WinMo.
Many have no technical support whatsoever, meaning there won't be an update from the clone's manufacture.

we3zy said:
You just get flash a rom for one phone another.
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Forgive me for correcting you we3zy but I'm sure you mean you CANNOT use any roms other than your phone manufacturers version.

Finding out who the manafacturer is, is going to be a challenge for sure
I guess my main issue is that whenever I try to change the clock speed on it(it has a OMAP 850) the screen goes white and I have to do a soft reset to get it to work properly.

Hey which iphone clones are running wm6?

ratcom said:
Forgive me for correcting you we3zy but I'm sure you mean you CANNOT use any roms other than your phone manufacturers version.
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My mistake there, thanks for correcting me. Typo.

decimusmaximus7 said:
Hey which iphone clones are running wm6?
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I believe there's a zzzPhone. Google it. Its looks very cheap however.

I just looked at the zzzPhone, sounds like not a bad device but it doesn't look anything like an iphone.

Sorry, thinking of the wrong thing. Here's the link
iPhone Clone

we3zy said:
Sorry, thinking of the wrong thing. Here's the link
iPhone Clone
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I have seen this one but no price. Anyone know where you can purchase it?

we3zy said:
Sorry, thinking of the wrong thing. Here's the link
iPhone Clone
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Yeah that's the one I have.

Critical_Impact said:
Yeah that's the one I have.
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Well that makes it easy, where did you get it from?

I got it from specialphones.eu
Here is the link http://www.specialphones.eu/en/store/10175

aaaaahahaha you bought one really??!
oh man, how much did you pay in us dollars?

I would love one of these clones running windows mobile but not at the price on that site. The ones not running wm6 are around $150 on ebay. Anyone know a cheaper place that has the wm6 iphone clone?

I may have found the real name for the phone and a slightly cheaper price.
http://www.sourcinggate.com/p1317/D...ILE-6.0-Triband-Smart-Phone/product_info.html

@Critical_Impact Would love to know how this phone compairs to say a Wizard or Hermes? does it do everything it says correctly? i.e. dims backlight ect I ask only my girlfriend wants a iphone which I refuse to buy as its very expensive however I don't think £170 is a lot especially if a ok windows pocket pc

Wow, guess the iPhone just lost its advantage: its design. Now if they only could do the same with the nokia.....
These people can design the hell out of a handset but they run a crappy OS.

Here are a lot of *cough* *cough* clone *cough* phones running wm
http://www.eemobi.cn/Mobile/Search.aspx?CustomCategoryId=44
Including the touch
And even more of those phone's with a dodgy chinese OS
http://www.eemobi.cn/
Nice to know that site if you ever want a reserve phone. (now the only thing is to figure out how to flash them with a rom in my language )

Gotta hand it to the Chinese. I would buy one of those iPhone-like handsets if they ran a WWE ROM.

X7510 hello?

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Where are all of the x7510 owners??? Why no posts? Should it have its own section of the forum?
I'm still unsure about whether or not to buy one. If I were to get an old x7500 could I load on an x7510 ROM and if I did apart from the k/b and 16GB what would the difference in user experience be?
Any thoughts, pos or negative would be appreciated.

Technically, the X7510 still is an Athena device, its internal name is the ATHE400. That would make it part of trhe current Athena forum
(but I am open to other suggestions

firedup said:
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Where are all of the x7510 owners??? Why no posts? Should it have its own section of the forum?
I'm still unsure about whether or not to buy one.
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I was right...you can't hold back the urge to get the X7510... lol... me too...I'll get mine if not today, by tomorrow. It's on it's way to my sweet little hands... yum yum!
Wiz said:
Technically, the X7510 still is an Athena device, its internal name is the ATHE400. That would make it part of trhe current Athena forum
(but I am open to other suggestions
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I think the moderators should at least open a new heading for the X7510 under the Athena forum.

Ha ha! Yeah I'm still tempted....I like the idea of the new k/b but you can pick up a new x7500 for about £300 on ebay if you keep an eye out and so I'm just still not sure what the benefits are (apart from the sheer joy of having a new toy!)...I'm even considering getting (another) shift....

Wiz said:
Technically, the X7510 still is an Athena device, its internal name is the ATHE400. That would make it part of trhe current Athena forum
(but I am open to other suggestions
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I think a new haeding under the Athena group for X7510 users would be good...at the minute I think people will think it is only for X7500.
Cheers!

firedup said:
Ha ha! Yeah I'm still tempted....I like the idea of the new k/b but you can pick up a new x7500 for about £300 on ebay if you keep an eye out and so I'm just still not sure what the benefits are (apart from the sheer joy of having a new toy!)...I'm even considering getting (another) shift....
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I was considering the shift before, but the battery life and bigger size turned me away from it. I got myself a Fujitsu U810 instead...and I am very happy with it. I ain't buying anymore big laptops, unless if I intend to use it as my home desktop because they are really cheap now.

X7510
Got mine yesterday. Mixed feelings so far. I love all the storage space. But it seems slow. Had Universal before with one of the WM6.1 ROMs from here. It felt snappier. Video playback seems quite choppy, where I didn't have issues on the Universal.
Need a few more days of testing. Seems like we need some custom ROMs from the experts here. Probably better than the ROMs HTC comes up with.

Same experience here, though I must say that I simply love the keyboard.
Can you compare something for me? When you go into the notes application and you use the stylus to select text going from end to start of a sentence, can you pull/select all the way to the edge of the screen or does it end a few millimetres from the edge?

Have you guys tried an over clocking application?
XCPUScalar: http://www.immiersoft.com/
Pocket Hack Master: http://www.wizcode.com/products/view/pocket_hack_master
Maybe it's default speed is slower to save more power.

Read this thread guys, regarding speed with Athena: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=305214&highlight=pocket+hack+master
and this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299640&highlight=xcpuscalar

Thanks for tips re overclocking. I will look into that in the next few days, when I have a minute to play around.

X7500
Hey
I've just received my new X7510.
I've been playing around for a while with it but I thought that the unit can be put in potrait or landscape mode by just turning the pda but it does not do that.
The HTC Home plug-in causes problem with the iGo8 so I had to disactivate it then I find that if you launch pocket informant 8 then the iGo8 well not run anymore.
Can someone tell me can I change the position of the screen from Portrtait to Landscape by just turniong the screen they is nothing in the manual explaning how it is done.
The phone does not have vibration when it rings ever sup[pliers says it does cannot find how to activate it.
If anybody what any feedback just ask and I well try to help.
Thanks
Gigino

gigino said:
Hey
I've just received my new X7510.
If anybody what any feedback just ask and I well try to help.
Gigino
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Can you comment on the quality physically please? Thanks.

i'm waiting 1 month ago here in Spain... everybody tells me that in July they will send it... just wait and i will put the best review you will never see xDDDDDD

How is the new keyboard?
Hi x7510 owners, how is the new keyboard? Any chance of touch typing?
Really want to find out more about it. Thanks.

Applying real VGA
I vote for a x7510 section also. I got mine two days ago and have been posting in the Upgrading section. I have applied real VGA but would like to get the Comm Mgr fixed. The fixes previously posted under rom PK 2.0 report they will not load due to unsufficient permissions. cktlcmd has suggested
"You can ask someone who can copy the .exe file of comm manager who is using the VGA file and just copy & paste that to your ROM then soft reset."
If someone can help out that bwould be just great - or make an alternate suggestion?
I'm travelling to NY this weekend and will be taking the 7150 as a notebook replacement. It will be a good trial.

X7510 Big Mistake
I own a x7501 as well as the new HTC Diamond.. I have been researching, correct me if I am wrong, x7510 should not be released. The HSDPA download speed is still the same 1.8mb/s this is really slow as compared to my HTC Diamond, download speed 7.2mb/s which is almost close to a broadband speed experience. I can watch slingbox on my HTC Diamond using a HSDPA unlimited connection. But when I tried it on my x7501 its very slow and jerky. This is stopping me from getting the x7510. I hope someone realizes this..

greatestkelvin said:
I own a x7501 as well as the new HTC Diamond.. I have been researching, correct me if I am wrong, x7510 should not be released. The HSDPA download speed is still the same 1.8mb/s this is really slow as compared to my HTC Diamond, download speed 7.2mb/s which is almost close to a broadband speed experience. I can watch slingbox on my HTC Diamond using a HSDPA unlimited connection. But when I tried it on my x7501 its very slow and jerky. This is stopping me from getting the x7510. I hope someone realizes this..
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X7510 is released in the UK, I bought mine from Clove UK. It took only 2 days to deliver here in the US.
I don't use HSDPA, so I can't comment.
I love the keyboard and big screen, especially with Real VGA. Watching movies using Core Player rocks! The shipped ROM is very stable. GPS connects fast, even with just active sync.
I use mine mainly in landscape, so the absence of the buttons and joystick is not a problem.

robjhellis said:
I vote for a x7510 section also. I got mine two days ago and have been posting in the Upgrading section. I have applied real VGA but would like to get the Comm Mgr fixed. The fixes previously posted under rom PK 2.0 report they will not load due to unsufficient permissions. cktlcmd has suggested
"You can ask someone who can copy the .exe file of comm manager who is using the VGA file and just copy & paste that to your ROM then soft reset."
If someone can help out that bwould be just great - or make an alternate suggestion?
I'm travelling to NY this weekend and will be taking the 7150 as a notebook replacement. It will be a good trial.
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I found this thread, THANKS to the one who shared the file and created VCommManager: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...41#post2351941
Basically all you have to do is
1....Obtain the VCommManager.exe file from the link above.
2....Rename VCommManager to CommManager.
3....Use Total Commander or any powerful file manager to replace the ROM Comm Manager with the newly renamed CommManager (formerly VCommManager), by sending the file to the Windows folder.
4....SOFT RESET
Now all icons pertaining to the built in Comm Manager points to VCommManager. Solved all problems in VGA mode. Very nice application. Thank you again for sharing

Clove Uk
How much in US $ was this purchase of the X7510? Im located in Chicagoland Area and thinking of getting one
Joe

just got a new X05HT. A few observations

This was just released in Japan today. Anyway, I just upgraded to it and just want to say it (so far) seems like a nice upgrade from my old X01HT. (which I will miss, though).
The box is the usual Softbank white square (boring) box. Accessories include a charger, mini-usb headphone jack converter, spare stylus and a leather (non-magnetic!) case. No headphones are included; nor a micro SD card
When it is first booted there is about data: 271 MG free (322); Programs: 130 MG free (200)
Included software:
the usual, + mp3 trimmer, cleavevue presentation, jetcet print 5, navitime, quckmark, rss hub -
Nice points:
-The camera takes nice photos (seem to be nice and clear with no blur indoors; can't wait to try it outdoors)
-There are front and rear cameras
-The default rom seems nice (in Japanese of course). There seems to be no way to change it to English though.
-Touch Flo 3D does not seem to suffer from any lag (yet) and the overall speed seems good.
-Included mail program (Softbank mail) is a huge upgrade from the old Softbank mail which was included with the X01HT! It does not seem to suffer from lag or other issues.
Bad Points:
None, yet! ;-) If I find any you can be sure I will update this.
Anyway, I will play around with it for a few days and then attempt to flash to an English rom....

tora201 said:
-The default rom seems nice (in Japanese of course). There seems to be no way to change it to English though.
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Was trying to find the setting also; Japanese WM6.1 so Japanese only.
tora201 said:
Anyway, I will play around with it for a few days and then attempt to flash to an English rom....
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How about the SIM lock?
/mek

Do you mean the X05HT?

I have not had time to check whether it is sim locked or not (I suspect it is).
I did hard spl flash it though -- no problem. Now at least we can upgrade the rom.
Ah, speaking of which, when upgrading I would love to have the new Japanese IE that is used in the original Japanese rom - I suspect that it won’t be too long before somebody like Askul comes up with a cab; it is much better than current solutions, and allows for word prediction when using English, for example.
Likewise, if the Softbank mail settings could be exported, that would be great. Softbank mail in this rom uses a modified version of Arcsoft's MMS ver. 5. (Settings seem to be hidden/unavailable).
Things I have noticed with the Softbank rom after 24 hours:
-slows down periodically (even after manila tweaks)
-Music skips a lot
So, it does look as though I will be upgrading as soon as I can to a better rom.... only wish there was a better mms solution....

damn... yeah, I did mean the x05ht..
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Do you mean the X05HT?
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How do I change the thread title? oooops!
EDIT: Ahh... fixed it! I won't blame that mistake on the beers I drank last night to celebrate the arrival of my new phone, then!

How much was the upgrade ?
Thinking about buying it or just purchasing a Touch HD from internet (THe new omnia is rally good but insanely expensive...)

Alcibiade said:
How much was the upgrade ?
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I had so much payments left from my X01T that I opted for getting a new SIM and paying for the phone. It was 49.140 yens. So now I ended up with my fifth SIM from SoftBank, they told me that is the max number one can have. So I hope they do not come up with a better phone soon now

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I have not had time to check whether it is sim locked or not (I suspect it is).
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That was the first thing I checked when I got home; yes it is SIM locked. But then I did not expect anything else from SoftBank so I was not actually disappointed.
I was just wondering if the unlocks work with SoftBank also?
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I did hard spl flash it though -- no problem. Now at least we can upgrade the rom.
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I think I am in front of some learning; my first HTC so have never done any flashing... Better go and study this site now

tora201 said:
How do I change the thread title? oooops!
EDIT: Ahh... fixed it! I won't blame that mistake on the beers I drank last night to celebrate the arrival of my new phone, then!
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Ehh go ahead and blame the beers
Can you dump the current rom before you start flashing? I don't think I've seen it any where else.

I am actually dumping it as we speak.
Also, see the following thread, regarding Japanese IME. I think that flinx1 is going to try and extract the IME from the Softbank rom and make a .cab.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=445550&page=2&highlight=x05ht
Anyway, I will go ahead and upload the raw files as soon as I have finished the dump.
Cheers!

Yea I just saw that you dumped it in that thread. Thanks a lot!

Here is the full rom, all four raw parts. Please note I seemed to have problems with par3. It gave some error which I don't remember, although it did seem to dump the file OK. Please let me know if there are problems with par3 and I will try and redo it.
(pending) somebody told me to remove par3 because it may contain sensitive user information. I will do so and re-post. In the meantime if you did download it, then please ignore any of my personal stuff. ;-)

I'm going to be upgrading next week. Do you know if it ran any dodgy stuff on first run? (Like the X01HT white model did?)
How about the back of the case, is it the bumpy one as shown on Softbank's site, or smooth?

Hey mate, it is sort of rubbery (like the original touch pro case, I think).
There are pictures here: (it seems exactly the same as the softbank one).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455650
And yeah it did run a lot of s**t on first start-up. It takes about five minutes to complete. After that, your phone is locked for life! NOT. Go here and PM for instructions on how to unlock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=426609
I read on the diamond forum about a guy in Japan who unlocked his x04ht (so should work on the x05ht)

x05ht
so... any news?? this phone is super cool... but i think it would be even more super cool if it was english, so i could have slightly more than a superficial understanding of what was actually going on...
is it possible to make this phone english??

enki7777 said:
so... any news?? this phone is super cool... but i think it would be even more super cool if it was english, so i could have slightly more than a superficial understanding of what was actually going on...
is it possible to make this phone english??
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Want it in English? No problem. Follow the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=448008
then flash with your favorite rom. It should take you all of 15 minutes to do.

tora201 said:
I read on the diamond forum about a guy in Japan who unlocked his x04ht (so should work on the x05ht)
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If for any reason the phone has to be send back for repairs or some such is there a way to simlock it again? I guess SoftBank would not be very happy receiving unlocked phone (you see I am only worrying about their feelings )
Also won't flashing a new rom lose all the SB settings? I am mostly worrying about the access numbers for internet use as the last time I used my foreign bought Nokia I ended up with 120.000 yen bill for a month's usage...

Tora201
You've been quiet for awhile. Have you flashed your baby yet. Is there a softbank connection setup cab available yet.

dejanet said:
Tora201
You've been quiet for awhile. Have you flashed your baby yet. Is there a softbank connection setup cab available yet.
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There are ways to get the softbank connection going for the x01ht. See this. I guess it might work (havent tried it myself)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=441400
(edit: seems that it might not work) but see here (post 35) for more on the x04ht and a possible solution to getting softbank settings working: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...ighlight=x04ht
It is more that I need input that allows for word prediction (as in the default rom) - in both Japanese/English). With the asukal solution you lose this feature.... there seem to be a few people working on various solutions but nothing has eventuated yet.
Oh, and I did flash it once -- just for fun. It did not seem to make the device any snappier compared to the original anyway. I guess it might be better to wait for somebody to find a solution to the "performance issue":
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=449391
Best!

I am completly new to this so please excuse my ignorance... I am from japan and i had the X02HT... and i absolutly fell in love with it.... now my contract is up and i want to upgrade to the X05HT with softbank.... after reading some of the post i came to the conclusion that it does not have english region settings... my question is once i flash the rom will i be able to have the menus in english... and also will the SMS and S!Mail still work...? I really want this phone but if this is not possible then i will have to resort to the X03HT.. please help!
patiently waiting a response!
GregTHEnewGUY

HELP!! n97 Windows Mobile 6.1

Hey guys I recently bought a n97 with windows mobile 6.1 rom in from nowsupplier . com and when I put my sim card in it I get no service does anybody know whats wrong?
Another question I want to change the rom and radio version(well I dont want to it seems like I have to)does anybody know where I can get a general ROM and RADIO file at?
Device Info reads
ROM Version WM614
Radio Version COMP_RIL_INFINEON
Stack Version ULC2-7880 module 12.17
Soft Version 1.0.8
HArdware reads
CPU XDL-S280
Rate 548MHz
RAM Size 128 MB
Flash Size 256 MB
Data Bus 32bit
Please someone help me pleaseeeeee.

Hope this helps:
http://cellphoneforums.net/phone-database/Nokia/
Good luck,

Well, there are two problems here. First, there doesn't exist a single Nokia phone that runs Windows Mobile. Second, the ROMs and Radios on this forum are specific to HTC Manufactured devices for the most part, and there's no general ROMs or Radios that are device, OS, and hardware agnostic. Sorry

Okay but the phone I have does run windows mobile software and Im just gonna flash a HTC rom and radio see how it works as soon as I find out how to bootload this joint lol

There is an N97 CLONE that runs Windows Mobile, though.

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There is an N97 CLONE that runs Windows Mobile, though.
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omg tell me more.

TVTV said:
There is an N97 CLONE that runs Windows Mobile, though.
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is this the one with a dual sim and the silver antenna thingee for getting tv reception? heard those were made in china...

XD, as soon as he said that he verified that it was a Windows Mobile phone. I knew it was one of those fake phones. Dude, you got scammed.
Was this your phone? http://shanzai.com/index.php/bandit...97-clone-runs-windows-mobile-uses-heavy-metal
Or is it this one? http://www.micsourcing.com/NOKIA-N9...Cell-Phone-White-(2GB-TF-Card)-848-20180.html
LOL you should just bought an HTC Touch Pro if you wanted an atleast decent windows mobile phone for 200 to 800.

It was more like the second one you posted and its a fake of course but its still a windows mobile phone nevertheless I just think Its trying to connect to chinas towers instead of US towers.
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XD, as soon as he said that he verified that it was a Windows Mobile phone. I knew it was one of those fake phones. Dude, you got scammed.
Was this your phone? http://shanzai.com/index.php/bandit...97-clone-runs-windows-mobile-uses-heavy-metal
Or is it this one? http://www.micsourcing.com/NOKIA-N9...Cell-Phone-White-(2GB-TF-Card)-848-20180.html
LOL you should just bought an HTC Touch Pro if you wanted an atleast decent windows mobile phone for 200 to 800.
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Well sory to tell you, but making a device flashable with other ROM it takes a looooooot of work by professionals, to figure it out how. For every device it's different story. So a device needs a lot of support on some forum, that there is even a chance someone will make ROM for you device. NEVER INSTALL ROM FROM ANOTHER DEVICE. If you do that by by phone.
And your phone being a clone most certainly does not have any forum on the internet at all, so there is almost no chance, that you will be able to change ROM on your device.
But if it has Windows Mobile there is still a lot of customization you can do and settings and hacking to make it work like your want. So phone doesn't react at all when SIM is inside? Couse in WM 6.1 SIM should be detected and do some automatic settings stuff.
There is a chance all that you have to do, to get a signal is set the right band frequenties, the ones your country uses. That is dome somewhere in settings, if you don't know which ones you must set, call your operator.

i think i want one. how do you like yours?

CommanderThor said:
Well sory to tell you, but making a device flashable with other ROM it takes a looooooot of work by professionals, to figure it out how. For every device it's different story. So a device needs a lot of support on some forum, that there is even a chance someone will make ROM for you device. NEVER INSTALL ROM FROM ANOTHER DEVICE. If you do that by by phone.
And your phone being a clone most certainly does not have any forum on the internet at all, so there is almost no chance, that you will be able to change ROM on your device.
But if it has Windows Mobile there is still a lot of customization you can do and settings and hacking to make it work like your want. So phone doesn't react at all when SIM is inside? Couse in WM 6.1 SIM should be detected and do some automatic settings stuff.
There is a chance all that you have to do, to get a signal is set the right band frequenties, the ones your country uses. That is dome somewhere in settings, if you don't know which ones you must set, call your operator.
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The phone reacts to the sim even tells me I have voicemail but it just has the reception thing with a ! next to it and every now a then it will say searching but never pick up anything. Ive been with WM my whole life I think its just a faulty device.

josefcrist said:
i think i want one. how do you like yours?
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Havent gotten a chance to use it it keeps searching for signal as if a bad ROM was flashed to the device but this bad boy or girl I should say is fast.

Rocafella310 said:
Havent gotten a chance to use it it keeps searching for signal as if a bad ROM was flashed to the device but this bad boy or girl I should say is fast.
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cool. why dont you just return it then if it never worked?

The company is all the way in China and its taking forever for them to reply due to the stupid different time zones but please believe Im going to send it back.

Rocafella310 said:
The company is all the way in China and its taking forever for them to reply due to the stupid different time zones but please believe Im going to send it back.
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May I know how much you paid for the device?

poetryrocksalot said:
May I know how much you paid for the device?
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150 not including shipping now its 139 though.

Thinking of getting a Samsung Focus...

Hello,
I am in the market for a Samsung Focus. I found two ones that are in my budget and they are both AT&T Samsung Focuses.
Link 1
Link 2
If anyone could suggest which one is better and why would be appreciated.
But that is not the part I'm worried about. When I get my Focus, I want to open it, mod a couple of things, and have it working awesomely. Here are the things I want to get done:
Unlock it so I can use a SIM from T-Mobile.
Install the latest Mango Developer Preview
Overclock if possible
Install a 4 GB Micro sd card.
I am a newb to the Focus + WP7, but not a newb to tech. As you can see in my sig, I have a rooted Honeycomb Nook Color, and an IDEOS which is rooted and custom ROMed. So please take in mind that I can understand cryptic commands.
Thank you so much and I look forward to my Focus.
~ikingblack

Is it to early to bump?

I have a Rev 1.3 Focus and just put 7712 on it today. I love it.. Best phone I've ever owned. Except for not getting the Certificate update from At&t I have not experienced any errors with my phone. You will love the screen on it.
As for the ebay links. Id ask what revision the phones are. It's found by removing back cover and looking under the battery. It's just my opinion but I'd feel better owning the 1.3 over the 1.4.

Seed 2.0 said:
I have a Rev 1.3 Focus and just put 7712 on it today. I love it.. Best phone I've ever owned. Except for not getting the Certificate update from At&t I have not experienced any errors with my phone. You will love the screen on it.
As for the ebay links. Id ask what revision the phones are. It's found by removing back cover and looking under the battery. It's just my opinion but I'd feel better owning the 1.3 over the 1.4.
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Thanks, Seed 2.0. What's the difference between 1.3 and 1.4? Thanks again.

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Thanks, Seed 2.0. What's the difference between 1.3 and 1.4? Thanks again.
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+1 on the rev. 1.3
1.3 and 1.4 are different hardware builds of the samsung Focus. 1.4 has had some issues with updates and such, and even though that should be worked out now, it's not a bad idea to choose 1.3 if the option is there.
1. Unlock it so I can use a SIM from T-Mobile.
Sim unlocking is available, and ATT should be able to give you the unlock code free
2. Install the latest Mango Developer Preview
Installing the MANGO beta is not an issue, several threads here on XDA that explain it completely
3. Overclock if possible
I don't think anyone has overclocked a WP7 phone
4. Install a 4 GB Micro sd card.
this is easy, 32 GB cards have been installed without glitches. read in the samsung focus forums.

munkeyphyst said:
+1 on the rev. 1.3
1.3 and 1.4 are different hardware builds of the samsung Focus. 1.4 has had some issues with updates and such, and even though that should be worked out now, it's not a bad idea to choose 1.3 if the option is there.
1. Unlock it so I can use a SIM from T-Mobile.
Sim unlocking is available, and ATT should be able to give you the unlock code free
2. Install the latest Mango Developer Preview
Installing the MANGO beta is not an issue, several threads here on XDA that explain it completely
3. Overclock if possible
I don't think anyone has overclocked a WP7 phone
4. Install a 4 GB Micro sd card.
this is easy, 32 GB cards have been installed without glitches. read in the samsung focus forums.
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Thank you, but how to know if it is 1.3 or 1.4? There aren't any pics on the ebay links. Thanks again though.

ikingblack said:
Thank you, but how to know if it is 1.3 or 1.4? There aren't any pics on the ebay links. Thanks again though.
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email the ebay sellers and ask them to check and let you know.
fyi since you plan on using the focus on tmobile you will be stuck on edge not 3g connection and wp7 is really data centric so you're gona have really slow data which should cause a lot of apps that require pulling information to load or render information slowly. thats how it was for me with my tmobile hd2 on tmobile and my focus now pulls data really slowly when not in a 3g area.
if what i mentioned isnt an issue for you,i would gladly recommend the focus but if it is tmobile has an hd7 which is just as good of a device.

Ill sell you my Focus rev 1.3 for $150. More or less perfect except for your typical wear and tear. Used it for about a month. If you're interested I can show a couple pics.
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email the ebay sellers and ask them to check and let you know.
fyi since you plan on using the focus on tmobile you will be stuck on edge not 3g connection and wp7 is really data centric so you're gona have really slow data which should cause a lot of apps that require pulling information to load or render information slowly. thats how it was for me with my tmobile hd2 on tmobile and my focus now pulls data really slowly when not in a 3g area.
if what i mentioned isnt an issue for you,i would gladly recommend the focus but if it is tmobile has an hd7 which is just as good of a device.
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I'm in a 3G area. Will it work?

holtenc said:
Ill sell you my Focus rev 1.3 for $150. More or less perfect except for your typical wear and tear. Used it for about a month. If you're interested I can show a couple pics.
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I'm only buying from ebay, so if you put it there I would be very interested, And yes, I would love pics. Thanks!

Wait never mind. I'll buy your Focus for $150. Anywhere. Paypal only, though.