I have a HTC S621 I purchased thru Cincinnati Bell who I believe is partnered with AT&T.
It currently has WM6.0 and I would love to upgrade to 6.1.
I spoke with their support and they do not foresee a 6.1 release thru them.
I see all over the web that this phone can run version 6.1 but if I where to attempt it...????? can it be rolled back if things don't work??
Who's build should I use?
Where to obtain best/easiest steps to perform this upgrade?
Any and all help needed...... Thanks to all who reply!!!!
Dave
You just need to do some more reading on the XDA forum. The WIKI for the HTC Excaliber/S620 is a good place to start. A starter link is below.
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Please check the info from pocketpcthoughts.com ( http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=431833&sid=8677d091b08c0302e3ced2b69c56c152),
".................I asked Jason Gordon, Senior Manager of Communications for HTC America, for an official response to this, and he sent me this:
"HTC and its carrier partners will have Windows Mobile 6 upgrades available for a variety of recently released devices. We will continue to work with these partners to provide additional upgrades based on market need."
No further details, but it seems obvious that HTC will have some upgrades to Windows Mobile 6 coming out. Good news for all of us! "
Will our loved prophet be included in their upgrade list? Any more infomation?
What do you guys think?
dont think imate will release one, they kind of stop supporting htc product.
maybe only dopod and HTC brand will have a little chance to uprade to wm6. let's pray.
uccoffee said:
dont think imate will release one, they kind of stop supporting htc product.
maybe only dopod and HTC brand will have a little chance to uprade to wm6. let's pray.
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Since HTC has let us know that it will not roll out WM6.0 ROM's for currently devices running 5.0. I think HTC doens't agree with "Let's pray" but wants to hear you say: "Let's pay..".
I have heard that the Treo 750 is going to get an upgrade to WM6.0. But this is a Palm device, and not a device comming from HTC.
ok
So let's keep on make the wm6 roms dat we have more stable and secure...
He said it all!
"HTC and its carrier partners will have Windows Mobile 6 upgrades available for a variety of recently released devices"
The Prophet has been discontinued already!!!
By new I guess he meant devices that came out on the last couple of months or so...
yes, even if it doesnt come out specifically for the s200, there are other ti omap 200mhz devices out there like the s200 that have just come out. correct me if im not mistaken, but it would then be easier to dump a custom rom for the prophet then?
HTC will release free upgrade to WM6 for many devices (Advantage, TyTN, S620, P4350, P3300), bun not for Universal:
http://www.europe.htc.com/z/pdf/press/WM6_statement_v6.pdf
However there is the possibility for others devices, so... let's write to HTC for that!
Bye bye
I have spoken to someone who is in close contact with HTC Europe. This document was not supposed to be released yet! It is not official yet and can be changed in the meantime.
Besides that, he told me that e-mailing HTC for an update of the Universal has no use. The only way that might work is e-mailing T-Mobile for a WM6 upgrade of the MDA Pro. If T-Mobile asks HTC, they will do it for sure. And with the resources in the ROM, the cooks can do their work.
So, let's start e-mailing T-Mobile.
robertwebbe said:
I have spoken to someone who is in close contact with HTC Europe. This document was not supposed to be released yet! It is not official yet and can be changed in the meantime.
Besides that, he told me that e-mailing HTC for an update of the Universal has no use. The only way that might work is e-mailing T-Mobile for a WM6 upgrade of the MDA Pro. If T-Mobile asks HTC, they will do it for sure. And with the resources in the ROM, the cooks can do their work.
So, let's start e-mailing T-Mobile.
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Thats a very cool idea.
I wrote to HTC 'cos i have a Qtek...
Well, I have written to T-Mobile....
I wrote to HTC in mid-March and they told me that "There is no official decision yet..." and sugested me to "... check back in a few weeks."
After seeing the draft link posted above, I wrote to them again but have not yet received any acknowledgement from them.
If HTC didnt put the devices in that PDF, than there will be no upgrade (most likely)
I just got the official statement on msmobiles. (lost the URL, so no link)
Edit: Found it http://msmobiles.com/news.php/6269.html
So what was the point of that post? Its the same info (exactly!) as in the first one, so thanks for clearing up nothing!
There are only HTC-branded devices in PDF. No operator-branded ones.
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So what was the point of that post? Its the same info (exactly!) as in the first one, so thanks for clearing up nothing!
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Well what you added to the thead is ofcourse of great importance.
The only thing HTC leaves open is that it will talk to mobile operators to see if there is a great demand for an upgrade for a certain device. If so... there is a chance that an actual upgrade may appear.
Edit: the link to the PDF is dead.
This link is OK:
http://www.solopalmari.com/images/stories/007/04/WM6_statement_b_.pdf
It's a copy of the original document.
Bye
407alex407 said:
This link is OK:
http://www.solopalmari.com/images/stories/007/04/WM6_statement_b_.pdf
It's a copy of the original document.
Bye
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pessima notizia cazzzz!
bad news by htc
the htc universal is first device running (unofficial) wm6 anyone knows that decision by htc??!!??
any idea??
universal has hw kayboard for messaging and docs, also 3g connection such us other devices that will upgrade with wm6 by htc!!
che minchioni (qui posso dire le parolacce tanto siamo pochi a capirci)
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Any news? HTC did not answer me.. Maybe because I have a Qtek 9000..
But I don't know who i have to write to!
I wrote to T-Mobile and HTC. T-Mobile responded quite fast with the answer that there will be no upgrade, and if i have an MDA Pro and I flash a non T-Mobile rom I will get disconnected... Tough talk from them. Thank goodness I have an unbranded Qtek 9000
HTC hasnt answered
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/7852.html
Now release one for the MDA Pro dammit!
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http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/7852.html
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Dopod will release WM6 ROMs,too.. There will be no ROM for Dopod 900..
Well.. We can say that will be NO official Upgrade, and so: NO VIDEOCALL.......................................
Hi
I bought a O2 Exec and it has WM06 on it
I want to go back to WM05
How do I go on with that?
Thanks
Yeshai
well technically you flash it so i have heard. but dont go on my word im just telling you what i have found when I SEARCHED
If you are on O2, the easiest way is to visit the O2 xda website (http://www.my-xda.com/xdaExecSoftware.jsp) and download the software update. That will flash it back to a pretty unresponsive (but official) version of WM5. Make sure you use it in corporate mode (the PIN you need when you come the the appropriate place in the setup is 0506) otherwise it is extremely slow.
Alternatively, you could try downloading one of the AKU 3.3 or AKU 3.5 ROMs. I always liked Helmi's. Search the forums to find them.
Also - make sure you read the relevant advice in the wiki and in the forums on upgrading lest you end up with a brick.
Good luck
Problem is not backstepping, but finding, after so long, the roms you might read about and would like to try!
Thank you all
I was too afraid to try it like that.
It does seem strait forward.
And I have a full backup of XDA old FTP site
i downgrade to wm5 now
Hi, I am new here and to windows mobile. I just purchased a HTC Tornado and I am looking for a thread that tells me how to upgrade it from WM5 to WM6. The problem is, when I search for HTC Tornado all the threads show a different Tornado phone then what I have. I have the HTC Tornado from Tmobile. Would I upgrade it the same way you upgrade the Tornado I keep seeing in this section?? Do I have a older model or something? Any help would be greatly appreciated! I attached a picture of the Torando that I have.
Thanks
You have a regular Tornado, simply the music edition. It's identical to mine and you can use without problem any of the WM6 that are available here
The insides are the same as the tornado, T-Mobile just puts their case on it. Many companies do the same.
I have the exact same version. Also called SP5m for the music edition. Be *very* careful to burn only those ROMS made for the Tornado. HTC Faraday for example looks very similar and many people have "bricked" their phone (made it totally useless) by installing that ROM.
Good luck.
Thanks for the help guys.. Anyone know where I can view a help section for newbs? I take it ROMS are programs?? And when you say my Tornado is the music edition, the other tornado can't play music? Can I update from WM5 right to WM6?
Thanks
It is the same HTC Tornado as any other. It has the exact same specs and features. The only differenece is the case. You can use any ROM for HTC Tornado.
other tornado don't have special buttons(play, next, previous), but they play music just the same as your SP5m does. ROMs are programs to upgrade your OS(operating system), it's like changing the PC OS from XP to Vista having a special software to help you do that more easily, there is no forum/section for newbs, as an advice, read all FAQs and other instructions here in Tornado section, and when you think you are ready - upgrade you WM5 to WM6, but if you aren't sure in smth better ask here before you make a step in nowhere..
good luck
Is there any big advantages to upgrade WM5 to WM6? Hard to do for a newb?
WM6 is lot better than WM5. I like it lot more. And it is not hard to upgrade to WM6. Basically you just need to superCID your phone, format BINFS and run the ROM Update Utility. Read this for more info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324557
Thanks for the help. My phone should be here anyday now. Can't wait to mess around with it Is there anywhere anyone knows of where I can get newbie info on all the terms such as SuperCID, BINFS etc..
try the wiki. Look at the links at the top of the forums.
I was looking for the update to windows mobile 6.1, and I see that microsoft has one available, but you have to have vista. I only have xp, so I need some help upgrading.
Also, I looked through all the phones on this forum, and I can't find the Tmobile wing anywhere. I see my phone is also known as the HTC Atlas, but I can't find it here either....Help!
Its in the Herald Sub Forum. There are many roms sporting WM6.1 in there too.