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Just to say a big thanks to mUnrus and the community!

Yes...a BIG thanks to all and aspecially guys like mUnrus who spend all their time coding and compiling the latest goodies for us geeks!
I own a Trinity myself (WM6-GPS by LVSW), bur yesterday my collegue's Wizard needed an upgrade. So i said to the poor guy: "Whoa! Let's hack the darn thing and get you WindowsMobile 6"...
After some well spent hours on the forum and the Wiki for the Wizard i was able to determine wether it was a G3 or G4 device he had, found out how to CID unlock this baby and ultimately we picked our choice from the plethora of nice WM6 ROM's that's out here... After 3 complete ROM flashes and the SIM and CID unlocking procdure, we've got a beautifull Wizard running WM6 by mUn (the NotTooSmart fixed version) fast and smoothly...
The Sticky posts and the Wiki were all so helpfull and crystalclear, that i didn't have to go and ask nOOb-questions anywhere... I'm not really a nOOb myself, cause i'm pretty used to flashing my own phones every now and then with the latest and greatest, but a Wizard was a completely new cup of tea for me (with the G3/G4 versions). So it proved to be a bit more work than just a single flash like my own phones, but with all the great tutorials i never went wrong on a single step of the whole procedure... Great stuff guys!
So my collegue run's WM6 on his Wizard (which had the oldest possible ROM on there... :i guess he is a nOOb to this stuff...) as from now, and he's very happy with it...
Ofcourse i didn't forget to tell him to upgrade AS to 4.5 before he could re-sync his device with Outlook, and within minutes after getting home he messaged me that his Wizard was back in business.
So, GUYS...! I wanna say a BIG thanks again to all who made all of this possible! Like mUn (and the other chefs) and all people who write these great tutorials... !

THNX !
Just like the idea of this thank you post.
so i like to thank everyone for joining in on this project and adding
there 2 cents
which in the end makes us richer and more fortunate
never i my 20 years of computerlife i would have thought that one would
make a device so much faster then my C64 and so much processingpower
in it that we probably wont use it 99% of the time.. lol
anyways i live for the moment this stuff being integrated in my wrist watch

Want to donate Prophet!!!

I have a prophet which I have no use for. It is not in the best condition but is in fully working order. Comes from orange but is unlocked and is running one of the old i-mate roms...
Now i can't decide who to donate it to but if any of you have ideas I will gladly accept any suggestions.
I only have the handset as i bought it years ago.
I DO NOT WANT MONEY FOR THIS AS LONG AS IT GOES TO SOMEONE THAT CAN APPRECIATE IT AND WILL NOT TRY TO SELL IT ON TO MAKE MONEY.
if the moderators have any ideas - maybe a competition of some sort
kind regards,
krassen
P.S. - photos can be found at http://81.86.99.181/Prophet/

hope it goes to a good cause
to me! (joke - I don't need 2 prophets)...
give it to crestdelta he needs a new phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=5951314
or to netrunnerat, he's always looking for a cheap prophet for testing
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1325570&postcount=17

Happily!
I already have a TyTN, but my father is jealous of it and would love getting a PPC!
EDIT: A competition would be a great idea, considering some might not be home 'till late and miss the offer.
EDIT 2: We (me or my father) would happily pay for the shipping

i'm sure some devs/cookers could use it.

i'll gladly take it off your hands & will pay shipping. Need it for the missus, she's been looking for a pda-phone since her palm t5 died.
please pick me!!
ta

No no no pick me!
Heheh.

up to the guy donating it, but i think it would be put to better use going to a developer than 'somebody's missus' ?

Yup, first, try to find a cooker that does need it so that he can release ROM's for it. That is, first, post to the Prophet Upgrading forum. If you don't find anyone or not any cooker / dev needs it, you can also think of me so that I can start publishing hands-on experience Prophet infos too.

Midget_1990 said:
up to the guy donating it, but i think it would be put to better use going to a developer than 'somebody's missus' ?
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Yup, experienced cookers / hackers / devs that would really like to release ROM's and other device-specific stuff for the Prophet should be preferred.

Menneisyys said:
Yup, experienced cookers / hackers / devs that would really like to release ROM's and other device-specific stuff for the Prophet should be preferred.
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Yeah, some of these developers risk their phone for our sake.. it's only fair that they should be higher priority than those who already have a phone.

Menneisyys and Midget_1990 are good candidates for it.
They always have something good to contribute.
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how about gullum or hma4? they're the best prophet rom cookers imho

wanwarlock said:
how about gullum or hma4? they're the best prophet rom cookers imho
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Except they already have prophets

[+1] Menneisyys all the way. He has shared everything in so depth and loves to share his vast knowledge

So far we have two good candidates...
Menneisyys
Midget_1990
i wanted to get a few more good names and then make a poll and see...whoever wins it will get the device...
regards

krassen said:
So far we have two good candidates...
Menneisyys
Midget_1990
i wanted to get a few more good names and then make a poll and see...whoever wins it will get the device...
regards
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Let Midget_1990 have it if he plans to release cooked ROM's for it - after all, ROM's are more important for the general public than mere device-specific tricks & compatibility infos / reports I'd publish.

i'm not a cooker
I don't make roms
I don't really know what the Prophet is
I already have an Orbit
But I WILL swap you it for half a carrot, a turnip and a bag of frozen garden peas (although you will have to organize your own freezer van to ensure they arrive to you in a still frozen form..)
Sorry - its the wine talking.......I'll go away now......

I would be glad to get that prophet because I need to have a working phone during daytime for my work.... so I can only flash at might because I can't miss any calls from customers .... I get verry litle sleep because I have to do all my coocking and flashing at late hours

there is the best candidate ^^
(rom's are no problem btw )

Menneisyys said:
Yup, experienced cookers / hackers / devs that would really like to release ROM's and other device-specific stuff for the Prophet should be preferred.
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Can we recommend JIGGS for this, OUR 1 and ONLY CHEF of ATOM ROM?

suggest some stable roms?

i have been using wm6.1 lately for nncuon n ranju but i m not satisified with it as it in its initial stages of development....n i m fed up of the problems...so i m requesting u to suggest roms which is
1.stable
2.fast
3.doesnt requier too much of resets
4.dont wish to format my phone for another rom for atleast a year
5.please give me the link for it or suggest the roms so i cud find myself..
6.i know all roms are not the best but the cookers but do suggest me the best of the best with little problems if they persist..
thanks in advance

prawns said:
i have been using wm6.1 lately for nncuon n ranju but i m not satisified with it as it in its initial stages of development....n i m fed up of the problems...so i m requesting u to suggest roms which is
1.stable
2.fast
3.doesnt requier too much of resets
4.dont wish to format my phone for another rom for atleast a year
5.please give me the link for it or suggest the roms so i cud find myself..
6.i know all roms are not the best but the cookers but do suggest me the best of the best with little problems if they persist..
thanks in advance
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After Reading your message, I think I like you very much, can you do me favor and provide me with winning Lottery numbers for coming Saturday and please make sure I win at least 10million EU and above. thanks
furthermore dont take my message to personal, it is getting to bored here in Universal forum. cheers mate

i would have asked the same as Prawns -- I am afraid Uni is for Hobbyists only

Since the Uni never had an HTC-build of WM6, ALL ROMs are cooked from versions for other devices.
There are NO definitive drivers that are guaranteed to work 100% correctly 100% of the time, because HTC never released them.
So - if you want total stability, and total reliability, go find a totally vanilla WM5 ROM - that'll give you that (but none of the 'extras').
If the only thing you really want from WM6.1 is the Office 2007-compatible Office Mobile stuff, then either build a WM5 ROM with that in-place, or look around - I'm pretty sure some of the WM5 cooked ROMs have that in them.
If you want all the latest & greatest, bells & whistles, then you've got to put up with the facts that:
a) There may be problems - these are being cooked by a single developer working pretty much in the dark, NOT by a development team.
b) The ROM likely won't have exactly the feature-set you want to see -- if you want that, either approach a cooker directly with an offer to pay him/her for it, or build it yourself (which is what I'm doing). Yes - it's a painful, time-consuming process, but at least you'll learn something - I sure am!
Just my opinion.....
-PJC

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

Park said:
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.

ROM Comparison chart

I thought I'd leave you all with the ROM comparisons that I did when I was actively using my Universal. Half way through I upgraded to 128 MB, so this is reflected in some of the memory readings.
These are my own personal findings - I tested programs on the ROMs that I was interested in. Perhaps I'm opening a can of worms here, but I hope you find it useful.

Thanks Jonny!
Great information, will add to the FAQ
How do you feel with your new Rhodium?

My new rhodium is great - I'm not looking back! (Oops, perhaps I shouldn't have posted that here!). I know it doesn't run WP7, but there is certainly life in it yet (and I have a lot of bought programs which run on WM6.5 only, so I'm quite happy).

I enjoyed too my Rhodium!
And moved to Leo was a big shock for me coming from a real keyboard line devices...
I expect to go back to keyboard devices soon as I find a similar spec HTC device

Jonny could You paste this file with .xls extention? I don't have Office 2007 and i cannot get into it
Thx in advance
BR
buzolek

Ok, updated first post to include excel 2003 version Rom Compare3.xls

very useful information!thanks

Great
OMG...
You HAVE used your Uni buddy!
And I thought I was a serious user...still using though...nobody in my town knows what a 128 MB Uni means to me...will just keep it till I grow old.
I'm waiting for a really good WP7 piece...checked one HD7...but the software glithces.. or shortcomings are too many....let's see.

Hey kalya! nice to see you around
Perhaps would be wise to wait for Touch Pro 7

-Jonny- said:
I thought I'd leave you all with the ROM comparisons that I did when I was actively using my Universal. Half way through I upgraded to 128 MB, so this is reflected in some of the memory readings.
These are my own personal findings - I tested programs on the ROMs that I was interested in. Perhaps I'm opening a can of worms here, but I hope you find it useful.
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Great job!! Obrigado!

what next?
I don't know Orb...which would be my WP7 handset.
As always , win mo are dull,very down to earth,mature looking gadgets...they will never be fun and I accept that....
Just waiting for a great hardware & the new OS's perfect synchronisation.
Uni was it...we got maximum from it...but my country's mobile network never caught up with the handset.
Just waiting for it...hoping...HTC would almost deliver and I know XDA members will make it perfect.

Yes it´s true...
I have played with WP7 on my Leo and decided to go back to WM/Android as it´s to damn closed platform it seems like apple...
If WM is really dying which I doubt I think I go to Android instead...
Please let me know what you finally decide to upgrade
Cheers,

Maybe Galaxy Tab if nothing good comes out in the near future.
We win mo users don't want a new OS or high config devices as much we need really new --FRESH-- apps,but maybe the new apps reqire both the things..OS+new hardware.
Otherwise I stll have some of the handsets in my sig(and some nokia ones also)