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MDA Compact VS Imate JAM- ROMS

I live in the US and I stupidly purchased a German MDA Compact instead of an I-mate Jam. A few questions- is there any difference besides for the german manual and charger and no access to Club I-mate? Is it worth selling it back and getting the JAM?
Also, I assume the ROM is way outdated- are there any ROM kitchens for the Magician like the XDA (my previous phone)- if not could someone point me in the direction to where I could update the ROM and to what the best ROM to upgrade to is.
Also, in my phone options under "Band" it only has GSM 900 and 1900- no 1800- How do I set it to 1800 when I go to places that use that?
Thanks,
Daniel

There's no difference at all between the 2 devices, so it's really not worth changing it.
The FTP area of xda-developers is full of ROMS and how-to's for the Magician. The latest ROM is i-mate's or Qtek's 1.12. There's also a patch to get some 27Mb of storage by removing the extended ROM portion.

For Imate, there is an 850mzh version for US. But if U are living in 1900 area, it's not a big deal

But there is no 1800 band listed- why not- I will be going to an 1800mhz country soon!

Try this patches

I ran this and it just froze my phone- I restarted and no change

I ran this and it just froze my phone- I restarted and no change

Works
Patch works Once I updated to latest Qtek ROM-
Thanks!!!

Best WM6.1 Radio for Dutch T-Mob network

I have recently started using a cooked Kaiser ROM. Even though I really like the ROM (currently Dutty's April 09 rom) the battery is draining WAY faster now. With the original ROM it would last 2-3 days with normal 3G operation and BT on.
But now I barely make it a whole day. And just to keep things going I have now turned off 3G.
The radio I have now is 1.64.08.21. What I would like to know is what WM 6.1 radio give the beste (battery) performance on the dutch T-Mobile network?

I use the 1.64.08.21 radio ROM at the moment as well. This one seems to give me the best battery life.
Also using T-Mobile in Holland
I've tested all radio ROM's there are at the moment. From NIKI's to the latest SEDNA's and this radio ROM seems to be the best for me atm

i'm using now the 1.64.06.04, but if you said so...i will upgrade

1640821
here 1.64.08.21 also..works great and battery life is better than with original radio.

Any update on best WM6.1 radio for Dutch T-mobile?
I have been using radio1.71.09.01 for a couple of months but since last couple of weeks I seem to be missing calls, call goes immediately to voicemail. Maybe something has changed at T-Mobile? I'll try radio1.64.08.21 instead, but I am wondering what others use?

Vodacom & TyTn II Radio/ROM

I have a strange problem with my TyTn II (brought over from Vodafone UK) and now trying to run on Vodacom in SA.
Everytime I hang up a call the connection status changes from EDGE to 3G and then I get "No Service"! It re-connects about 5 mins later but sometimes it only says it is "connected" but I can't receive calls or make calls.
I'm running one of the HyperDragon III ROM's (stunning ROM) and I have tried almost all the radio upgrades out there.
Does anybody have the same prob?
Or could any south africans not experiencing any problems using the TyTn II on Vodacom Network perhaps let me know what their set-up, ROM and Radio software versions are.
Much appreciated.
Thanks
Currently:
TyTn II
ROM: HD_III_Portege WWE (3.sj.hd.03)
Radio: 1.65.17.56

have you tried turning off the 3g with the comm manager? try making a call that way and see what happens

Have you tried asking this question in the hyperdragon thread in case it is rom related? If not you need to do so or try to flash another rom to your phone and see if you still get the same problem. If you think it was a radio problem you could ask in the radio thread which is very informative.

sd73ta,
Thanks that does solve the imediate problem. Tho it would be nice to have the 3G work
Cheers

Tytn II SA
Hi
I'm using Garmin DK 6 Final Rom with radio 1.71.09.01
I am however on MTN, but did perience the same problem on previous roms
Spider24

hi
i also use the radio EMO 1.71 but on MTN and have no problem with Garmin DK 4 manilla final

spider 24 & matthieup
Thanks for the info. I'll check out Garmin DK 4 and see if that works beter.
Cheers

I've reverted back to the latest HTC Rom. Had little problems with almost all the custom ROMs.

hi hexa
I had the same problem. And also broke the phone from frustration.
Last week i did a sim card swap. my old sim card was 2+ years old and...
everything is fixed! no more issues, no more "no service", no more dropped calls. the phone is much faster as well.
i use a kaiser diamond rom and always run fring. no more connection issues!

Hey tpiece,
That's interesting. My sim is also about 2years old by now..
I'll see what a sim card upgrade does to the phone.
Thanks!
Cheers

well changes are that this is the problem. If your sim is that old, changes areit is a 2G sim, not 3G hance the problem you can when trying to connect to 3G. First thing i did when getting my tytn II was a sim swap

No Problems
I am running the latest HTC WM 6.1 from HTC site, Europe, and have not had any problems with Vodacom.
I think your problem could be related to "tower hand-overs".
I used to experience this with my old TyTN on cooked ROMS.
I reverted back to the OEM version of WM 6.1 and all the problems were resolved.
I know a while back even Leaf had radio problems on WM 6

o2 serra, which rom works

Hi, sorry if this is a basic question, but i have recently purchased an o2 serra, and I am having the usual gps and radio problems.
I have seen that there is a german o2 rom available, but as I am in the uk will this work ok.??
Which is the best rom/roms that I should use on this device.

I've used the ROmeos2 1.40.1 ROM and am now using the Proven ROM 1.04. Both offer more functionability than the stock o2 one, and I'd recommend you trying either to find one you like. To get the GPS working on the Romeo ROM I installed GPSTest and let it run for about an hour to fix on the satellites. Once it had got a fix once, it can consistently fix now in about 10-20 seconds. I did the same process on the Proven ROM, but used the included VisualGPS tool.
Also have a look at the registry tweaks for GPS which helps too.
EDIT: Also, there doesn't appear to be a stock o2 UK ROM available, and it also appears several people would like it (here). Perhaps you could be so kind as to upload the stock ROM?
Thanks

is the o2 serra an CDMA phone or a gsm
Hi guys
Sorry to sound stupid, but is the O2 Serra phone, is it a CDMA phone? or a GSM phone?

Palm Treo 500 - Need a working radio ROM

Hello,
I'm actually using a Palm Treo 500 with a faulty radio ROM, which is hanging after few hours if 3G network is activated. As soon as I force it on the GSM network only, it becomes very stable. But for a 3G smartphone ... it's a little bit anoying :-(
I've flashed it with WM 6.1 Rose ROM from Caramba_sda. This ROM is very fast but as it doesn't include a Radio ROM, it has not solved this specific problem. The phone still hangs after few hours on the 3G network.
Is anybody able to provide a fully working radio ROM for the Treo 500 ?
Thanks in advance.