I have an unlocked 9100 running on US Cingular. I have the 2.17.7.2.WWE Rom running now and it is OK, but certainly not great. Still a bit slow at times and I probably have to soft reset from a frozen screen every other day or so. Email downloading gives me frequent and unexplained errors at times and then works a few minutes later...
Phone service is also pretty spotty, but I am not sure that is related to the ROM.
Anyway, I am wondering if maybe the NEW Cingular 8125 ROM might work on the Qtek phone and since I am on the Cingular network is that a better option?
What are my best ROM options available??
HELP please.
This question has been asked and answered many times. If you look on just the first page there are a number of posts asking the same thing. You might want to try searching on ROM upgrading, reading one of the ROM specific posts or reading one of the many that talks about multiple versions.
We can answer specific questions, but no one can tell you which is the "best" ROM. There is no one answer.
The question I am asking mainly is if the CINGULAR ROM made for the 8125 might work on the QTEK 9100?
AND if this might work better for me since I am already using the Cingular network.
you should really take gamescan's advice and search the forum. the short answer to your questions is YES and MAYBE
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Apologies to all in advance, who rightly groan when I ask this, but does anyone know if and when an official UK MDA III Rom update will be released by T-Mobile UK?
I am new to the network and have no idea how the support works. I have read through the forums and seen issues with upgrading the MDA III from another ROM (such as QTEK country ID issue for example). For an absolute novice like me (no technical background whatsoever) can anyone assist me.
The issues I have appear to be common ones and they are:
1 The microphone doesn't appear to carry voice effectively (although the speakerphone seems better for some odd reason) and
2 The bluetooth connection is temperamental and battery draining; to say the least.
All help appreciated. Please forgive my naivety as this is my first ever post - so be gentle.
Sorry, I don´t understand you at all, could you tell me if you have got a new T-mobile ROM for the MDA III that has an unlocked-SIM? If so, where could I get it? Thanks.
My post was regarding upgrading my existing ROM.
My MDA is unlocked as I requested a code from T-Mobile who provided it within 1 day.
Sorry I cannot help, as like you I am trying to find out where and how to upgrade.
J
posted this on howardforums too.. newbie to ppc. i have a quick question. i am going to be tweaking my unlocked cingular 8125. i am using the phone for tmobile. when i put my tmobile simcard in, did that really turn my 8125 into an MDA? reading the threads, i've noticed they are essentially the same device. now can i use roms, tweaks that are made for cingular 8125s or MDAs for my unlocked phone? do i just read the MDA threads or do i have to read 8125 threads or both? i am confused. thanks in advance.
thugsouljah723 said:
posted this on howardforums too.. newbie to ppc. i have a quick question. i am going to be tweaking my unlocked cingular 8125. i am using the phone for tmobile. when i put my tmobile simcard in, did that really turn my 8125 into an MDA? reading the threads, i've noticed they are essentially the same device. now can i use roms, tweaks that are made for cingular 8125s or MDAs for my unlocked phone? do i just read the MDA threads or do i have to read 8125 threads or both? i am confused. thanks in advance.
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Stay within the Wizard forums and you'll be just fine.. =)
Simply putting your T-MO SIM in won't do anything but get you phone netowrk access. You probably still need to configure data account info and whatnot.
If you are satisfied with your current ROM I wouldn't go changing it. If however you have a need for Direct Push mail (requires an Exchange SP2 mail account) or have stability problems, or you are adventurous, well then read on.....
You have several choices as far as ROMs go. You say you're on T-MO USA... You might be interested in the excellent custom T-MO ROM created by xelencin, available in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=44631
It is basically the latest Qtek (another brand of Wizard device) ROM with customizations specific to T-MO USA. xelencin (a forum member) made it super easy for you T-MO folks who have not CID unlocked yet...he scripted CID unlocking into the updgrader. You'll find out about CID and SIM unlocking and lots more as you read up on the forums. To answer your first question though, a CID lock is basically an attempt to keep folks from using ROMs from other providers. For example, in its stock state, a Cingular 8125 will not allow a Qtek or Imate ROM to be installed. When the 8125 is "CID unlocked" it essentially becomes carrier independant, and any ROM will install. That's it in a simplified nutshell anyway.
Like I said...browse the forums, ask questions, and be brave. =) I recently created a ROM upgrader that will allow you to easily return an 8125 to 100% stock (Cingularized) condition if needed, so don't be afraid to try other ROMs.
thanks for the quick reply. i just updated to the latest tmobile rom. everything seems to be going smoothly right now. quick question though. is my cingular 8125 an MDA right now? (besides the look). i want to do some more tweaking, but i dont know if i should read about MDA hacks or 8125 hacks? thanks in advance. this is a good useful site. thanks.
Hi People,
I'm having some problems with my MDA Vario with upgraded 2.26 US ROM. Before my upgrade I never had this problem. With the new ROM I have.
My problem is that sometimes my phone losses connectivity with the GSM network. This would not be unusual if coverage in the area was bad or something like that.
But the matter of fact is that nowadays sometimes when someone call me the directly are forwarded to my voicemail. My phone doesn't respond at all, no missed calls or even the network coverage icon in the top of the Vario that usually gives dots if it looking for reception and network coverage. It's like it gets stuck or something, but only the GSM part. Because the PDA functionalities are working ok.
So in short MY MDA VARIO has good reception but still sometimes my phone doesn't ring at all and forwards every call to my voicemail and after some time I might get a sms/txt about a voicemail is some has left one behind.
I hope people who also have this issue might also have found out a solution for it. I have tried to search this forum but without any luck on this specific matter.
People who are in Holland and have also upgraded to 2.26 ROM are you having the same problem?? please let me know.
I might have to consider to downgrade my Vario to the UK ROM 2.23 I believe if this matter is unsolvable.
Thanks in advance everyone who will reply.
Cheers,
Shah
Shah2 said:
Hi People,
I'm having some problems with my MDA Vario with upgraded 2.26 US ROM. Before my upgrade I never had this problem. With the new ROM I have.
My problem is that sometimes my phone losses connectivity with the GSM network. This would not be unusual if coverage in the area was bad or something like that.
But the matter of fact is that nowadays sometimes when someone call me the directly are forwarded to my voicemail. My phone doesn't respond at all, no missed calls or even the network coverage icon in the top of the Vario that usually gives dots if it looking for reception and network coverage. It's like it gets stuck or something, but only the GSM part. Because the PDA functionalities are working ok.
So in short MY MDA VARIO has good reception but still sometimes my phone doesn't ring at all and forwards every call to my voicemail and after some time I might get a sms/txt about a voicemail is some has left one behind.
I hope people who also have this issue might also have found out a solution for it. I have tried to search this forum but without any luck on this specific matter.
People who are in Holland and have also upgraded to 2.26 ROM are you having the same problem?? please let me know.
I might have to consider to downgrade my Vario to the UK ROM 2.23 I believe if this matter is unsolvable.
Thanks in advance everyone who will reply.
Cheers,
Shah
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Same here
I have the exact same problem, coincidentally (?) also with T-Mobile NL... See Explanation and Help - Please [2 Parts]
Some people blame it on GPRS: AKU2.3: GSM connection dropped while making voice calls
But I'm not buying that theory (yet), because I'm not running any GPRS apps, and to the best of my knowledge my phone will not automatically start GPRS connections if there's no app asking for it.... :?
Upto yesterday I was running this:
Operator: T-Mobile NL
Qtek 9100 G4
ROM: 2.24.10.1 WWE
Radio: 2.25.11
ExtROM: 2.24a Mr.Clean
In a desperate attempt (can you imagine the flaming you receive when your wife has tried to call you twice and only gets your voicemail :shock: ) I have now downgraded the Radio part only to the Qtek version 2.07.10 (which is the latest one they included with the Dutch version) taken from AKU 2 ROM 2.18.7.6 ExtROM 2.18.7.106 Radio 2.07.10 (you probably need to register to download this)
I have really no idea yet if this helps. The coming days will tell...
If anyone's interested to try this I can post the Radio ROM only (2.1 MB).
Cheers,
Marc
Hey Marc,
Did the Radio Rom update work for you? pls let me know. otherwise I'm going to downgrade to the UK version of the ROM for my vario.
Thanks,
Cheers,
Shah
Shah,
It's not conclusive yet. I haven't heard from anyone yet that I was unreachable, but then again: maybe they don't even bother to leave a voicemail anymore... :wink:
Marc
hey Marc,
I have downgraded my phone to the T-mobile UK official ROM as u might have seen in my signature. There is also a topic on radio only updates. http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=52952&highlight=
I'm not sure if I'm going to try this out on the US T-mobile 2.26 ROM just yet. Just to let u know I'm not having any problems with the UK rom. very strange. I might try to change the rom again in a couple of days. but will let u know what happens.
Cheers.
Shah
Shah,
so far I didn't have any problems after the downgrade of the radio. Maybe I'll try other ones later on, but for now I'll stick to this one.
Marc
Well, every where i go it seems to tell me that this is the place to get my questions answered about this device, so excuse me if i start a repeat thread. ( i searched and found nothing that answered my questions so far)
i have a cingular 8125 with 2.25 ROM, it seems, and use T-Mobile service. I have already unlocked the SIM lock using Lokiwiz MSL, (thanks!) and the voice and text messaging works perfectly, however obviously no data and MMS setting are loaded for T-Mo usage. I have looked and looked for places to apply the proxy settings to simply allow a new connection rather than flashing my ROM to i suppose a T-Mo or custom variant? canot find the screens, only allows DNS and Wdns settings. Obviously this is the rom that everyone is having problems CID unlocking, but i have heard around that the rom could be downgraded and then CID unlocked using lokiwiz02B, tried this using Cingular_RUU_1[1].8.11.1.WWE.ship and the installer told me it was not an up to date version, and i needed a newer installer to do this, no progress bar, and the PPC displays the 3 color bootloader screen and freezes. battery out, battery in reboots fine. Honestly, im looking for a little help in which direction to go, do i need (or is it possible?) to put a different rom on this device? and is this what i need to do to enable the settings i desire? (i use the 5.99 T Mobile Web package on my Nokia 9300 (also unlocked) and it works fine) If so, how exactly do i work this since the installers i can find don't seem to work...? Thank you for taking the time to read this post and thanks in advance for any help.
Anyone have any ideas?
Search for T-Mobile USA data settings or T-Mobile Customizations Cabs, they are here...
i have a qtek 9100 that i just got off the internet. it is running windows 6, and im not sure what else it has on it, also i have at&t wireless service...and the guy i bought it from said that it is unlocked also.... but for some reason i can not send mms messages with it. i only have text nessages and my email service when i go to the messaging screen. im new to this site and i went thru everything the site told me to look at b4 i asked a question and i didnt see anything that told me how to enable this. i called HTC and they told me to look for a new ROM so i can activate this function, but after looking on other sites i ran into this one which looks like i came to the right place. im guess my phone didnt come with this function but i talked to some people and they said i could get it to work. i saw people posting their info
IPL & SPL mine is 2.25
ROM version: 10.1.0.811 WWE
ROM date: 8/11/06
Radio version:02.25.11
thank you very much for your guys help ne feedback would be great thanks alot
please help....after looking at some more things on here i was thinking that all i have to do is install a new ROM in my phone so i can get the function to work...ne have any ideas thanks alot