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I have my body armor on....

Greetings all:
Firstly: Thanks to all for such a great place to come and find soooo much info. I am addicted to it all.
Second: I am totally NEW to all this and I am still trying to understand alot of the terminology, items, methods, and so on.
Third: I have a ton of questions as I am a sponge and soak up info rapidly, and I want to know all I can because I am quickly developing an incredible hunger for the PDA/Smartphone arena.
Lastly, and the reason for the body armor, I have a noob question: When I read about and see the term "radio" or "radio ROM", what does that mean exactly, ya know in easy to grasp speak. I can see you ready to fire bullets at the new guy for such a question, but I really have no idea, let alone why the need to possibly update the ROM for it.
My thanks in advance for the direction.
Cheers all, and keep up such a great forum community.
Chris

Radio is what effects your signal strength, receiving sms messages, mms messages, phone calls, etc.

Jeepers, I do feel like a dope. Thanks Madcap. Please if you would, does upgrading the ROM serve to improve upon said functions? And is there a baseline that most use to gauge improvments to the radio.
I read alot about the 1.41.00.10 ROM in another thread. Some users reported a decline in performance. Was that something the measured with website, or tool.
Or rather was it something they measured as a matter of comparison to earlier ROM performance.?
I am wondering myself thru this all just exactly how would I gauge when to make upgrades etc, and how to tell if said upgrade was a performance boost?
Obviously from what I read, most users try something and go back if no improvements came out of it. But again, is there a software prog. or website to take before and after readings?
Being new is rather uncomfortable here.........
Thanks again for the speedy reply to my original question.

Depends on what your device is... I dunno what you have... wizard, hermes, artemis.. ??

Ok first off.........GO SOX...........MASSACHUSETTS !!!!!!!!!!!!......................
Ok, I just got a few new phones. I am on Tmo with a Wing. I purchased an unlocked 8525. I also ordered Cingular service with the Samsung Blackjack just to test them out and see if I might switch over. I have 30 days to decide and compare it to Tmo in terms of service and data/internet access.
Messing around here today, reading and such I thought to play a bit with ROM stuff., I followed the guide listed in the WiKi and got my........and bear with me cause these terms are Greek to me.......... SPL to 2.10.01.....and my radio ROM to 1.41.00.10.
I plan to test the Cingular SIM in the Blackjack for service. But also plan to put the Cing SIM in the unlock 8525 and test the service there as well. How will I know if the 1.41 is better than the 1.16 (?) it had on it before I updated? etc. Is there some way of getting numbers or readings? Follow me so far.
Ya know.....play FEAR with an NVIDIA 7900 and check FPS for say 40. Put in an NVIDIA 8800GTX and play and find out you get 98 FPS. Clearly a diffrence you see in "hard numbers". Boy.......rambling now....but you get the drill.

the Sox are losing right now 3-0 against oakland in the 4th .. .. when you have a 12 game lead in the AL east u can afford to lose a few though .. ...
The 8525 is a Hermes.. read the Wiki on how to upgrade a hermes, also check the Wiki to find out what the Wing and black jack are...I'm not sure.

Understood, but how can I tell if my phone is performing better with this 1.41 new radio ROM, over an earlier version or rather over the version that is going to come installed with the Blackjack?
I, not unlike others, want to get the best poss. performance out of the 8525, and I am keeping my fingers crossed that Cing. beats Tmo in terms of cell clarity, better coverage and faster data for internet etc. I am also poss making the move because Cing has 3G (?) and Tmo doesent yet. And, when Tmo does bring it about I have read that it will operate on diff freq. making the unlocked phones of today unusable so to speak. Thats it in a nutshell........and my desire to get the most performance from my equipment.
And lead or not, I dont feel they can give up one here or there. I have that summer slump fear ya know.

yeah well, right now the Sox couldn't hit a beachball.
Only way you can find out which has better performance is to test them over a period of time... compare them in places where ur signal is usually pretty choppy

Damn.........I thought it would come down to that.........I wanted an easier, smoother way out. Oh well........I will test away.
Any thoughts on Cin over Tmo or vise/versa.
Ha.......beachball..........good lord.........

I can tell you that where I live, Cingular is much better. But it can really vary on your location. I'm on the opposite side of the country from you though. With radio quality, there really is no standard, or way to gauge it with hard numbers. you'll just have to use trial and error. Good luck! It can be fun (and trying sometimes) to learn more abort your device.

I'm in the Boston area and T-Mobile has been great just as good if not better than Cingular.

This is just the type of input I was hoping to see posted. Really guys, I appreciate it.

argon/panda/6300 users????

just courious to know how many other users have this device? can't be just me can it??
i chose this because of the screen size (all the better for surfing with)
if there are enough of us we could request the mods add us a section so can start to 'develop' specifically for this device
add your responces folks
poll added for Panda owners -do we want our own thread? yes or no
Chris

i can't be the only one with a htc 6300
can i

I was just looking at this right now. I currently have an o2 XDA IIs, and was wondering if this was the upgrade/replacement for it?
Have you compared it to IIs at all? I'd be interested to know if it's worth getting (IIs colour scheme is better IMO =P)

I don't have a Panda yet, but am looking at them for the reasons you mentioned. If you read through the About XDA Developers sub forum in the general forum, it has been already asked for, but asking again can't hurt.
Also read: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=375820

hi steve, have checked and responded to all of the threads so i know there are users out there. have had mine for about 4 months now and am impressed. the large screen makes it easy to use and most applications work fine. the only issue i have is that is wm5 only at the mo, does limit the operation a bit as 6 would be faster. still can't have it all
hi angerfist7777,
my understanding is that the argon is the updates version of the 2/2i. info and specs can be foung on gsmarena.
i find that it is a good device the only limit is no 3g but using opera mini this is not an issue, also the wifi works well?

Thats good to hear. I think there are enough people here with them to get a forum going. Then that should generate enough interest to get some development going.

chrisd1a1 said:
hi angerfist7777,
my understanding is that the argon is the updates version of the 2/2i. info and specs can be foung on gsmarena.
i find that it is a good device the only limit is no 3g but using opera mini this is not an issue, also the wifi works well?
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I'm using the BA at the moment, same sie screen, and slide out keyboard. I like it, it's a bit bulky, and I'm not too fond of the screen style, size, love it, but I'd prefer a harder screen to it, maybe like the kind of screen on the iPhone etc. but anyway.
the BA has had enough development for several WM6 roms going. The reason I asked if it was the upgrade to the BA was maybe those roms could be used on it with a little tweaking. I don't know enought o do so myself, but am interested.

anyone know if there is a radio upgrade avaliable?

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anyone know if there is a radio upgrade avaliable?
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so far only the stock rom and radio as far as I can find out.
we need more users to push either this or one of the other threads to generate more interest
can then hope to push for a sub forum and start to develop

I have an HTC P6300 and I love it! When a device specific forum section?

End of Tomal's Uni era

Guy's,
I'm sadly informing you that my Uni is dead!
Actually it is not dead; it's switched on but a white screen and I can't see anything on the screen. I seems the display is damaged. I've unmounted the whole unit, did a cleanup and re-assembled but my bad luck ...
There is no spare available in my country (Bangladesh) for Uni so I can't even repair it.
Thanx to MyMobiler, it has given me the access to my device and this thread has been created using the benefit of this nice tool.
I have completed a new build couple of days back. It is a bug-fix build of v8.0 but based on 19960 core. I'll upload it sometime next week (without beta testing).
I suppose it will be the last present from "TOMAL" for our beloved Universal.
All the best.

Thanks for your hard work, for keeping our uni's alive for a long time, I hope you 'll find a solution to fix your device, and give us more great rom's.

"All things shall come to pass"
Thank you very much Tomal, your great work helped many Uni's around the world.
V8 is so stable, i am positive many people will keep on using it for a long time (I included).
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (and other goods from your kitchen).

Alslamo Alykom My brother Tomal
It is the most bad news today. I think it is not the end of Tomal's era but may be the end of Uni era at all for a lot of us.
I think that we should start to find a way to repair ur device not only thanking u for ur past effort. Why not to donate u to buy another one or any one from europe could send u the accessory part u need.
Anothyer solution that will take longer time is sending ur device with one of ur country citizenzs who travel frequently to Arab nations where there is a lot of workshops that can repair it. May i arrange for something like that, if u interested please PM me.
It is a call for all uni lovers to donate to Tomal to support him to ride over his current problem.

tomal said:
Guy's,
I'm sadly informing you that my Uni is dead!
Actually it is not dead; it's switched on but a white screen and I can't see anything on the screen. I seems the display is damaged. I've unmounted the whole unit, did a cleanup and re-assembled but my bad luck ...
There is no spare available in my country (Bangladesh) for Uni so I can't even repair it.
Thanx to MyMobiler, it has given me the access to my device and this thread has been created using the benefit of this nice tool.
I have completed a new build couple of days back. It is a bug-fix build of v8.0 but based on 19960 core. I'll upload it sometime next week (without beta testing).
I suppose it will be the last present from "TOMAL" for our beloved Universal.
All the best.
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Hi Tomal,
sorry to hear your leaving the forum. However don't give up on you universal just yet. The same thing happened my device just two days ago. After two days working on it I took all of the RF cage lids off and used a spray on Electrolube FLUXCLENE. on everything including internal connectors. (Also used a hot air gun on the internal components. Build my uni back up again and it has been working ever since. Even has better than usual battery life.
Look forward to your last build, my only issue with the last one was that the front facing camera did not work.
- T

Nooooo!
I'm not saying any good byes to the great TOMAL here... after a long long time i got my self satisfied with some ROM. every thing was so at ease. even though the bugs and short comings are there but i must confess the V8 is the best, FAST & STABLE ROM ever.
pls. find a way to fix your UNI. or try some thing from Pakistan. eveything is easily availabe here....
farehmani

I agree to the post written by another member.I believe that his huge efforts making the uni so long lasting deserve a small donation from us all (say 3$) which would help him get a new screen and proceed with his fine work.
I'll now intantly check if i have a sum left to my paypal account to donate him for his work and hope for his return...

V8.0
Hello Tomal ! ! ! ! I am sad to hear that you are having problems with your Universal. I am very impressed now with your v8.0 very fast & stable since you have helped us with information on fixing the current bugs in your v8.0 rom. I must say it is truthfully the best cooked rom I have ever used on my "Qtek 9000". At this time I have everything running perfectly on your v8.0 which I have read through your entire forum for v8.0 and have fixed all the problems that I was encountering in your v8.0. The only thing I ask you to do if you can do this on your next fixed release on v8.0 to have the extended rom (storage) accept software downloads. I use a lot of third party software on my device for my company needs and have put that software on the flash disk. The other software I was forced to put on a storage card which I could not put directly in the extended rom (storage) because if I put additional 3rd party software on my device it would take up to much space. Even though I had my ram upgraded from 64mb to 128mb this year in January of 2008 year by PocketPCTechs out of California which did an excellent job and a reasonable price. Once your v8.0 is released next week I will test this. If I am 100% completely satisfied I will make a large donation directly to "Tomals Paypal" to help you in the repair of your Univerisal or toward a purchase for a used or new Univerisal on ebay. I strictly use my "Qtek 9000" for my companies which your great roms keep my Univerisal running and going. The only other thing I ask of you Tomal that the only thing I could not get to work is the "Network Wizard". I can install the software on the device but when I tap on the icon nothing happens. The only way I can get this to work is go to File Explorer then to go to windows and tap on the "Network Wizard" icon which then works. So at this time I have removed this from my device until it works properly hopefully on your next v8.0 fix. So if everybody else that uses "Tomals Cooked Roms" would make any type of donation where we have enough people contributing then Tomal would have enough donations to purchase a new Universal. That would be greatly appreciated. As you can see Tomal has put many, many hours and hard work & effort to making these cooked super great Roms possible and for the Universal to live on. So we should also help him to make his cooked roms keep going on. So let's make the difference by making a donation today.

A salute to you sir, you enabled me to get vastly more enjoyment out of my very exspensive mobile phone. You are the man!
heh!

I´m sure toghrther we can help you in some way!
Hi Tomal
I ask you to don´t give up on your Uni
We are a lot the people who are using your ROM´s very happy
So I porpose, as someone said it before, that we donate a small amount to help you buy another Uni, the piece you have broken, or any other way you want us to help you.
It´s the minimal effort we can do toghther to support the guy has been supporting and keeping alive our Uni´s around the world.
SO PLEASE ALL!!!
It´s time to really unite and help
Tomal, let us know how much you need to fix your problem, so we can see how much money we have to raise (Ok guys it´s not going to be a high amount)
Waiting your reply and hoping the Tomal´s ROM users can joint to HELP
My best wishes to all
PD: I found this site on the forum with good comments about delivery service, from China to Bangladesh I think it´s not too far?...
http://cnn.cn/shop/dopodo2-d900-universal-platform-c-138_385.html
Hope this helps, not sure if this is the part you need. But in case it is Guys look at the price, how much you think we have to cooperate for each person?3 dollars, 4 dollars!!
Let´s help!, of course if Tomal agrees

Thank you so much
Thank you so much for your feeling. I'm simply impressed!!
I'm actually not sure about which part is damaged whether it's the main board or just the display assembly. Interestingly I can still access my Uni using the MyMobiler.
Just for you guy's information, it's not easy to get any spare over mail/courier due to govt. regulations in my country. Only alternative I can see is to send the device (for repair) to Europe or other places when someone traveling there.

Hi Tomal it seems the cable which transmits signals to display got broken, my offer to you is if you can post your uni to me here in UK then i ll get it fixed for you and will send it back, you have done so much for us now its time for us to do something for you

olympia786 said:
Hi Tomal it seems the cable which transmits signals to display got broken, my offer to you is if you can post your uni to me here in UK then i ll get it fixed for you and will send it back, you have done so much for us now its time for us to do something for you
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Good idea olympia786
If Tomal agrees, you can let all us know the expenses and toghether can raise the amount.
Looking forward to help Tomal in any way possible
Cheers
PD: Perhaps this guy can help also: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=405566
he´s so greatfull to this site that maybe he can do something, just an idea..

Tomal: Can you buy a new or second hand Uni in your country from anywhere?
If so, then I suggest we have a collection and send Tomal the money directly so he can buy it himself, this way there is no problem with shipping and the mail
If not, then we could buy a new screen from eBay and try to send it in the mail to him - this would be cheaper but more risky. A small flat screen should fit quite easily into a letter and be very hard to detect, shouldn't it?
I love Tomal's ROM, I was starting to hate my MDA PRO with WM5 but I love it now that his ROM is installed
Uni's are quite cheap nowadays, I just looked on eBay and the average price is between £100 and £150. I am willing to donate a large percentage of the total cost, I think I can afford about £40. Come on guys dig deep, Tomal has done so much for the Uni and there are very few active chefs left!

A moving note from Tomal. Well surely I will wait and try ur final 8. The last is always the most meaningful one!
Best Wishes! Million Thanks to you for the 7.7 as it's the rom I used for quite a few months unable finding a replacement in previous months. Now I use Darkforcesteam's
It's time to try a more powerful PPC, so many for you to choose out there these days!

Saludos
It will be a pleasure for me to help Tomal, pls let me know what will be the way.
Saludos

Qtek 9000 For Sale
Listed in the Univerisal section is a "Qtek 9000" for sale at a cheap price and in good conditon which I have listed below by one of the members and have bookmarked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=419742

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Listed in the Univerisal section is a "Qtek 9000" for sale at a cheap price and in good conditon which I have listed below by one of the members and have bookmarked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=419742
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It looks good.

tomal said:
It looks good.
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I took the liberty to contact him to know the price including shipping to Bangladesh.
Hope you can confirm us if that Uni is ok for you and if you don´t have any problems to recieve an Uni from other country.
And most important if you are ok with this posibility
Cheers

Count me in to help Tomal. Please let us all know what has been decided and how we proceed.

sorry if im beating a dead horse

but say if i bought a htc touch pro, not fuze, will it work with the ATT 3G bands? Once again sorry if this has been spoken about, and thanks in advance my friends!
take care

Unknown for now.
Read this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2565338&postcount=2
Only thing you can do to help is donate to the Raphael Elite Project.

johanromijn said:
Only thing you can do to help is donate to the Raphael Elite Project.
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That was my last hope since I won't take the dumbed down version coming to the states. I donated, hoping that my UK version will one day reach US 3G. My need for 3G is about 5%-10% of what I use this unit for, so if it never makes it, this will still be the best phone I've ever owned.
But the folks that contribute on this forum have done some miracles in the past....so I remain positive they will find a way.

Hello everyone

Hey guys, my name is Sean and I'm from Pittsburgh PA.
So I believe I found the right place here at xda-dev. I just got a Touch Pro2 with sprint. The guy I bought the phone from offered me one with newer firmware but I told him I wanted the one with the oldest (in case some vulnerabilities were patched), so I think it is WM 6.1 or something, definitely not 6.5. Anyways, when I go to setting -> about is says TouchFLO 3D 2.1.38416.1; what other information can I find as to my version that may be of use to me?
I am sorry I am such a newb at this. Basically, I want to get the most out of my phone as possible (hell, it cost me 300$ [no rebate since I have an older data plan]) and do not even know where to start. There is so much information on these forums I am having a hard time making sense out of it. If anyone could give me some information as to how to figure out what I can do or some recommendations I would very much appreciate it. Thanks
-Sean
edit: I have been looking through the wiki and faqs so please give me a bit more insight other than steering me to their direction. Thanks again

I suggest you look on ppcgeeks for more cdma based TP2 information. Most of the people on the tp2 section there are sprint users.

thanks
thanks for the advice. ill check it out.

you're going to want to upgrade to 6.5, you can do so much more! and check out ppcgeeks.com.

So a few days back I installed mightyrom and about 20 cabs. Wasn't that difficult once i figured it out. Thanks for pointing me to ppcgeeks.
That's about it, but, what kind of stuff do you guys put on your tp2?

my personal favorite is slingbox, nothing like having a portable cable box that makes calls .

is it possible to play netflix's watch instantly on the tp2? That would be awesome.