I'll hopefully have an MDA Compact tomorrow and I'm wondering if changing the ROM to the i-mate sim free one will be worthwhile\necessary?
I'm going to be using it on o2 UK and would like to be able to set things like GPRS up easily etc.
I've searched on here for a specific post about swapping roms but there's too many and I can't find one that gives a simple step-by-step guide... is there a way of doing it with just a few clicks... like an upgrade would be?
Good luck in finding the right Rom. BTW, doesn't the phone already come unlocked in the UK. I bought my MDA compact in Germany and flashed it to English and haven't had any problems.
I take it the ROMs aren't so easy to come across then?
To be honest, I now have it and it's fine... pretty much sim free anyhow.
Hey all,
Planning on upgrading my Orange c600 smartphone to the T-mobile MDA Pro when my contract runs out on the 27th. Got a couple of small Qs which I could really use answers to before I buy tho if you don't mind. Thanks for any response!
1) Is the WM5 on the MDA Pro the same as the smartphone version? There are little things that dont exist on the smartphone version which bug me because I used to have them on the PDA version, like can you choose to save emails onto the SD card? You can't on my c600.
2) Im buying this MDA PRO straight from T-mobile, which new ROM would you recommend me using?
3) Are there any idiotproof guides to unlocking or modifiying your MDA PRO?
4) I have noticed on forums in general that more poeple seem to have the 02 Exec or the M5000 than the MDA pro. Why is that? Is there any major difference in S/W?
Thanks for all your comments guys,
Cheers,
Julian
hello everyone!!
am pretty new to the world of xda's, so please help a new guy out!
problem is, when i got my mda vario and first switch it on (with vodafone pay as you go sim) it had a bunch of options at the start, of which network i had for the settings to arrange itself! (brilliant )
but with my new xda orbit no such thing , i need the (vodafone pay as you go) mms and gprs settings for my orbit but also want to get rid of all the o2 menu theme start-up, when it begins! (generic)
with my old vario, it said i-mate or something like that, when it started??
please someone with the knowledge help!!!!
cheers
the new guy!
im new this
and i got my first pad (mda compact)
and i was looking for new roms to try out on my mda but most of here dont work
does anyone on here got or know some where i get some roms 2 try out?
that will defenitly work on my mda
I believe the device you have is a HTC Magician (the model ID of your tmobile MDA Compact)
best place to start is the magician forums here
Does anybody know which device this phone is?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/eyes-on-with-t-mobiles-mda-compact-iv/
Most likely its an HTC, but it looks like the polaris but its even better.
Why would they release two similar phones so soon after each other?
T-Mobile Shadow. Cheers!
It could be HTC Pharos I think....
but 4 GB storage? Hm....
actually it is the htc touch diamond but it's the germany tmobile version known as the MDA compact 4. T-mobile and HTC are now working together to make great mda's. And if you don't know htc was making the diamond but with a full qwerty keyboard and they were going to call it the raphael but t-mobile is going to call it the Vario 4. The Compact 4 is coming out in "Germany" Next month(July) for a not yet determined price and the vario 4 will be released in autumn for Germany. Well i hope this helps and i hope Europe releases those phones to US soon or i'll be very upset. lol
Sugardaddy2244 said:
actually it is the htc touch diamond but it's the germany tmobile version known as the MDA compact 4. T-mobile and HTC are now working together to make great mda's. And if you don't know htc was making the diamond but with a full qwerty keyboard and they were going to call it the raphael but t-mobile is going to call it the Vario 4. The Compact 4 is coming out in "Germany" Next month(July) for a not yet determined price and the vario 4 will be released in autumn for Germany. Well i hope this helps and i hope Europe releases those phones to US soon or i'll be very upset. lol
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That's a "Victor" rather than a "Diamond". Same device, just different casing design!
I checked T-Mobile UK customer services and they say that T-Mobile UK is expecting MDA compact 4 in July 2008! So we may get this device in UK soon!
irusmal said:
I checked T-Mobile UK customer services and they say that T-Mobile UK is expecting MDA compact 4 in July 2008! So we may get this device in UK soon!
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Awesome! Now all we need is the MDA Vario 4!
I went into a T-Mobile shop to ask about any release date and the sales staff just looked at me blankly and shrugged their shoulders!!
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I went into a T-Mobile shop to ask about any release date and the sales staff just looked at me blankly and shrugged their shoulders!!
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That's some great marketing T-Mobile have...
Maybe they respond better to email?
Well this phone is going to be sick and ya'll know whats even better.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................WHEN THIS PHONE COMES THE UNITED STATES BABY.......................................................Sry about that, i just really want this phone
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http://www.360Elite4free.com/index.php?ref=4428552
I hope they sort out the aledged 'laggy' response on the screen graphics of the HTC Diamond I have read about in some reviews...my advice is a 'hands on' test of a real retail version of the device in the store before handing over your cash
the compact 4 is being relesed in uk sometime before september (my tmob contracts due for upgrade then so i got the details of new phones outta their upgrades team earlier this week. - and it IS a diamond with tmob badges
DJ_Steve said:
the compact 4 is being relesed in uk sometime before september (my tmob contracts due for upgrade then so i got the details of new phones outta their upgrades team earlier this week. - and it IS a diamond with tmob badges
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Diamonds (HTC Touch Diamond that is... not the compact 4) are available in the UK as of now, i dont get why it takes tmobile so long to simply rebadge the diamond (its quite minimal from what ive seen).
I am on a tmobile contract with my HTC TyTN, but i plan on using the upgrade for a handset for the Mrs, i like the look of the Raphael anyway (HTC Touch Pro..........Vario IV).
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Diamonds (HTC Touch Diamond that is... not the compact 4) are available in the UK as of now, i dont get why it takes tmobile so long to simply rebadge the diamond (its quite minimal from what ive seen).
I am on a tmobile contract with my HTC TyTN, but i plan on using the upgrade for a handset for the Mrs, i like the look of the Raphael anyway (HTC Touch Pro..........Vario IV).
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I think the Compact IV is a Victor (no Diamond effect stuff) rather than a Diamond (P3702 rather than P3700).
I guess operators want to try and get the most money from the current devices before making money from the new ones...
The T-Mo phones do have a redecorated TF3D though...
This is MDA compact 4