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Orange SPV M1500 -- Question...

I just purchased an SPV M1500. Is this the same as the XDA IIi? I bought it already unlocked. Are there any differences in the ROM besides splash screens / logos? Is there a way to put the O2 XDA IIi ROM on this device?
Last question... I bought it from someone in the UK, and I live in the US, I currently subscribe to Cingular Wireless. Has anyone had issues with this?
Any reply would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Brock

Same device, slightly different looks.
All Alpine ROMs will work and the splash images etc can all be changed, at ROM upgrade or later. Find a ROM you want and follow instructions.
The device is tri-band so long as you live in an area where you don't need quad band you'll be OK.
Any more questions, there are plenty of people here to ask, just don't ask the dreaded WM5 question, the answer will be NO.
Good luck.

LOL!! I got that loud and clear. I thought people were supposed to be reading through the forum for their answer before posting stupid/redundant questions??? NO WM5, at least yet. I don't have a desire for that right now anyways. What would be the benefit?

The earth is so small. You know what, you have bought the phone from me on ebay, Brock Miller. Have you received the phone yet? I could give you help on upgrading the phone, if you needed it. At the moment, if you wanted the latest rom, then it is imate PDA2 ROM.

Nam? Oh my gosh!!! I can't believe you frequent this site as well? Wow... Thats cool. It is indeed a small world. No I haven't received the SPV-1500 yet, I was just asking a few questions about it before hand. I can't wait to get it though. I'll drop you an e-mail when it comes in. Have a good one!

It's nice to meet you here as well. The phone will arrive very soon. Keep the eyes on your work place, you will need to sign for it. Give me a sound when you need helps and have fun with the phone.

Yes! It was.
Will I personally have to sign for it? Or can my shipping department sign for it?
Also, what phone do you have now?

as long as you could arrange someone to sign for it, then that's fine. I think I just buy a cheap phone for now, untill the new HTC Muse comes out. This would be the best phone ever.

Except for the 4GB of storage, and the camera it looks like the HTC Universal has better specs. Why the muse? I really would have liked to have bought an HTC Universal, but I couldn't find any that were reasonably priced, .

Simply, because it is very compact, has everything that I wanted. I originally had the VPA compact which is HTC Magician, but it doesn't have wifi built in that why I sold it. I also did have HTC Universal ( SPV M5000 ) once and I do not advice you to get one. No only because of the price ( I got it for £250 ), it is also very very slow ( before buy it, I thought it would be very fast, but it's not, even slower than HTC wizard ) and bloody massive. I had it for one day and sold it the next day, you can imagine how dissapointed I was.

The only good thing about the HTC Universal is the infrared transfer speed ( 4mb/s ) and range ( 7 metres ) which is good for TV remote control softwares. However, that is not good enough for the price.

Wow, that would be very diappointing. What did you not like about the HTC Alpine? Too bulky also?

The HTC Alpine is not as big as the HTC Universal and HTC Blue Angle ( actually it is quite compact for such a powerful device ), has wifi built in, powerful processor ( don't be confused with the Intel PXA 270 520MHZ of HTC Universal, it is Intel PXA 272 520MHZ ) and better bluetooth than other HTC device ( support file transfer service and more ). The only thing that I do not like about it is that the infared range is too short ( 70 cm ) for Remote control programs which is the same on other HTC devices, except for the HTC Universal ( 7 metres ) and HTC magian ( 3 metres ) ( that's why I sold it ). But if you can live with it, then the HTC Alpine is the best Mobile Phone/Pocket PC to have at the moment in term of features and price.

I just received the SPV M1500!! Even though you tried, the power adapters that you sent were the wrong kind. The U.S. uses 110 V. Also, all looks ok, but it showed more wear than I thought it would. There was a scratch on the screen, a tiny crack just above the "joystick" hole, and the external antenna port hole cap is missing (not a huge deal, just doesn't look as good with out it). Do you know if TomTom has a US map available to buy?

As my description the phone is used. I am so sorry, if it dissapointed you. TOMTOM and USA map are already included on the DVD, just follow the installation guide that is also in the in the box. Let me know anything that I could help you with. I will try to find the cover at the back for you, if I could not find it, then I would refund you some money, so you could get a new silicon case for it. Really sorry.

No way!! No this is fine. Its still a very nice phone. If you can find the cover, that would be nice, but I don't expect a refund by any means. I still got a good price. I need to find an AC adapter for this cradle though. I imagine that won't be too hard to come by, I just hope it doesn't cost too terribly much. Thanks again for the phone. I am overall pleased. It is so much better than my Wallaby. Also, I can charge it in the wallaby cradle for now. I was lucky, it fits, not quite right, but good enough. Thanks again. Also, I see where there is indeed USA maps with TomTom included. Sorry about that.
Brock

Or can I just send you some softwares in return? Just name the softwares, I will find them for you. I am now selling some softwares for pocket pc on ebay, just take a look, if you like them, let me know I will send them to you. Also I just find out that if you installed Imate PDA2 ROM UPDATE, the infrared range will be incresed to about 3 metres. If you was not so sure how to install ROM UPDATE, let me know, I will give you the web link with installation guide.

Hello Coldwave
sorry to gatecrash on your post , i have the o2 flavour of this device, would i be able to flash it with the imate rom, also do you know if i could use an orange rom as well, as my work is now changing to orange from o2.
cheers
Gregor

Hello Coldwave
sorry to gatecrash on your post , i have the o2 flavour of this device, would i be able to flash it with the imate rom, also do you know if i could use an orange rom as well, as my work is now changing to orange from o2.
cheers
Gregor

All HTC Alpine devices have the same hardwares. Therefore, it is possible to change ROM between different made like Imate, Qtek, Orange, etc. However, you must follow some steps to avoid Country ID error.

Kaiser available in HK now....

Stock seems to be plentiful. BTW, what is the hardware GPS com port on the Kaiser?
Many thanks.

mlai said:
Stock seems to be plentiful. BTW, what is the hardware GPS com port on the Kaiser?
Many thanks.
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COM 4 is the one Kaiser uses.

RonenB said:
COM 4 is the one Kaiser uses.
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Thanks very much! Guess Mapking will have to go thru the software port as no hardware GPS com port is present.....

HTC Kaiser in HK...
Where in HK can I purchase the unit? How much is the Store Selling Price??

Just wanted to ask the same question.... Would be nice to get an indication before the phone hits Singapore (hopefully only a matter of days...)

Nilist said:
Just wanted to ask the same question.... Would be nice to get an indication before the phone hits Singapore (hopefully only a matter of days...)
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Got mine without a contract at telco (CSL) for HKD5871. List price here is HKD6180. Most of the retail shops are selling @ HKD6080 with screen protectors and 1GB MicroSD.
FX HKD/USD 7.8
BTW, the phone can be had for around HKD3600 with a 12-month contract of at least HKD200/month.
Hope this will shed some clue for people in Singapore or elsewhere in Asia.....

below list price..
is there any shop that sells below list price?

English version
Is it avaiable in English Version???

jtphl said:
Is it avaiable in English Version???
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English and Chinese. Some computer shops are selling HKD100 lower with 1GB MicroSD and screen protector.... Not much discount at the moment.

GPS MAP
based on I saw on their website, it comes with Mapking, in this case, what country map is included with the unit? Does it comes with any free maps?
As per everyone's experience, which place is the cheapest place to buy PDA phones? Wanchai ? Mongkok? ShamShuiPo?

Antenna for better reception

hi guys, im looking for a external antenna for my kaiser, for a better 3g reception since I have only 1 or 2 bars in my house, sometimes even change to gprs, so I would like to know if someone is selling one or where can I buy one, preferable with metod to pay by western union since I don't have paypal, any help would be great.
tks in advance greets

Have you tried experimenting with different radios?

erraticfun said:
hi guys, im looking for a external antenna for my kaiser, for a better 3g reception since I have only 1 or 2 bars in my house, sometimes even change to gprs, so I would like to know if someone is selling one or where can I buy one, preferable with metod to pay by western union since I don't have paypal, any help would be great.
tks in advance greets
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I know for the wizard there was a solutions with aluminum foil perhaps that works for you.
Don't know if the thread is still there, but i think someone knows about it

my kaiser has bad reception too!

I have an external gsm antenna that i bought for my SPV e100 and c500, used it a couple of times worked very well, but then orange stuck a antenna up a few roads away from me which sorted the problem, id have to see if it is the same fitment for the kaiser, i assume it is as they all seem to have the standard gsm antenna port in the kaiser its next to the gps one. Its still in the original bag it came in and it as new if you want to buy it off me... i paid £30 for it.... offers.... if your interested in it ill dig it out and test it on my kaiser.. let me know
*EDIT: After closer inspection, the antenna i have only fits the gps connection on the kaiser, it does improve the gps a hell of a lot but it does not fit the gsm connection, so ill withdraw my sale*

erraticfun said:
hi guys, im looking for a external antenna for my kaiser, for a better 3g reception since I have only 1 or 2 bars in my house, sometimes even change to gprs, so I would like to know if someone is selling one or where can I buy one, preferable with metod to pay by western union since I don't have paypal, any help would be great.
tks in advance greets
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I am also interested in this given I live in a basement apt with 2 bars If lucky. Let me know if you find anything out outside of this thread!
-Client #10

Does anybody know what type of connector HTC uses for their handsets? I have a Vox and am looking to buy a pigtail so I can use my external antenna.
Some close up pictures of the connector would be very useful, thanks.

fone_fanatic said:
Have you tried experimenting with different radios?
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would this help? The t-mob signal in my hizouse is CRAP! there is a RO with A Voda radio that will work on my Vario...would this potentialy increase my signal

There's a close-up here.
Can anyone advise for sure what kind of connector this is? I've bought a 11dB antenna on ebay (believe it has an SMB connector), and need to find an adapter to try to connect it to my Kaiser.
I've checked the FCC report, Wikipedia, HTC, etc. but no joy.
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http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=151025
it says:
Connector: MS-147-C(LP)-2

anyone know where can get a good battery for the phone because this battery sucks i too would like to know how to get good signal.

Darkmanx said:
anyone know where can get a good battery for the phone because this battery sucks i too would like to know how to get good signal.
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There are 42300324786120834061234762134812347612340712341076 Threads regarding batteries for the Kaiser in the Kaiser Accesories Forum!!!!

XtreMe_G said:
http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=151025
it says:
Connector: MS-147-C(LP)-2
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Thats the GPS Connector. The phone Connector looks the same. But I gather it is not. I wish I could know for sure.

Thanks! I've read elsewhere that the GPS and Mobile connectors are the same on the TYTN II (at least, someone was able to use their GPS connector for both).
Still no joy on finding an adapter though.

JimmyMcGee said:
There are 42300324786120834061234762134812347612340712341076 Threads regarding batteries for the Kaiser in the Kaiser Accesories Forum!!!!
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Does this thread make it 42300324786120834061234762134812347612340712341077?

Default buying a german stellar (kaiser i think) off ebay - live in uk

Sorry every1 i posted this in the general section , i had plenty of reads but no advice so im posting it here cos the auction im interested in ends very soon. 'just wanna buy a german kaiser and use it in the uk by flashing it with english rom and using in uk network' u don't have to read the rest just answer me this please. is it possible, thanks guys
hello everyone, im glad to be back! haven't used this forum in well over a year and ive missed it. ive decided to get another ppc. i'm looking at getting the tytn 2 off ebay. basically i want just the most powerful spec ppc. apart from the shift and advantage (cant afford them) this seems the best choice. also i would like a qwerty keyboard although b4 i got by with the spb full keyboard but now i want a qwerty one. if anyone can suggest any other ppc's with a high spec let me know plz. i didn't wanna spend more than a 200 quid but after watching ebay for 3 days it seems i have to.i've got 300 quid but for that i'd like a ppc a decent memory card and some bluetooth stereo headphones such as the sony ones. luckily ive got still got loads software (i.e. tomtom) from b4 but that's from older os'es. the one on ebay is 200 buy it now but its shipped from germany.the whole lisitng is in german but at the bottom is says 'attention int. buyers this phone has german software' surely i can just flash it with an english rom such as dutty's? is that correct?just as i was leaving the forums last time. xda-dev had 2 take all the roms down due to a copyright warning from ms. does this mean i have to cook my own? sounds daunting. basically i just wanna know if this german stellar is gonna b compatible on english nets? and if anyones got any suggestions for another ppc. sorry for posting in the general section, maybe this could have went in a different board but i've got 21 hours or so till the auction ends. thanks guys. glad 2 b bk, gareth
p.s. i've got an almost new orbit with a cracked screen. anyone good at fitting screens, or wanna buy it? or sell me a screen lol. ( i still want a newer ppc though) this is why i left the boards- cracked me screen didnt i lol.
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cmon guys sum1 must b able 2 spare me a minute. the auction ends soon. 'can i buy a german kaiser, flash it wiv english rom and use on uk network'

no man. most of the times the device ID does not match along with the carrier rom of other operators. so if your device is german operator specific, i dont think it will match along with ur desired rom updated. and since u r planning to buy from ebay, you only have a less chance of getting the full advantage of knowing you can rom update into english

German to English ROM change should be OK
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. . . cmon guys sum1 must b able 2 spare me a minute. the auction ends soon. 'can i buy a german kaiser, flash it wiv english rom and use on uk network'
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I don't think you should have any trouble - people take devices that started out with WorldWideEnglish on them and flash to different language ROM's all the time. The hardware is the same, the keyboard layout may be slightly different. You will have to follow directions here and Hard-SPL unlock, and may need to do SIM-unlock, but I know it's all do-able.

thanx 4 the reply
thanks a lot guys,well.. what do i do here? 2 pieces of conflicting info from 2 experienced guys. shall i take this as it should be ok but theres a possibility of it going wrong? i called uk 02 tech support, they wouldn't tell me anything 'cant make any guarantees, we dont support this etc.etc.'the guy has posted it on uk ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=270225685569&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017
is it not worth the risk then do you think
n e got 1 for sale? lol

i wouldnt listen to what ayyu3m said at all. true the ID will be different, but that is one of the reasons we use hardspl. we can bypass the CID and install rom from other kaisers. no problems whatsoever, expect maybe the keyboard layout

yea i agree, cid is counrty id isnt it? still not sure what 2 do. ill have to check the standard german keyboard layout. 200 quid is alot to waste but then again i could whack it back on ebay.has anyone actually tried this?cheers 4 ur reply m8, and the others all appreciated

CID=carrier ID

garethsimpsonuk said:
thanks a lot guys,well.. what do i do here? 2 pieces of conflicting info from 2 experienced guys. shall i take this as it should be ok but theres a possibility of it going wrong? i called uk 02 tech support, they wouldn't tell me anything 'cant make any guarantees, we dont support this etc.etc.'the guy has posted it on uk ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=270225685569&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017
is it not worth the risk then do you think
n e got 1 for sale? lol
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The phone sold on this auction is HERMES not KAISER

if it is a hermes you want i have one for sale
full working order
sadly no box but i have the case - charger - usb sync cable - spare styliii
let me know

hermes offer
i will if its cheaper than the ebay ones, i woz gonna get a kaiser but if ill save money ill buy it then i can get a umoc aswell!how much mate?

[Q] New Batteries for HD2 check this out!

Hi all i found some links on ebay has anyone any experiences with these ones?
Are they useful?
Links are in German language
http://cgi.ebay.de/Power-Akku-Accu-...ndy_Zubehör&hash=item2eb18be457#ht_636wt_1139
http://cgi.ebay.de/Handy-Akku-HTC-H...ndy_Zubehör&hash=item2a0bfca360#ht_1296wt_929

I note really that good at reading German any more. Do u have the page in English?

I am sorry

I bought that one
dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.35635
i use it since one week and it feels like the original akku

I use the same one
But i noticed at long use i looses much faster energy then the original one, i am using it 7 months +/- now

Hi,
I am german and just watched the ebay links.
I can tell you: Nothing special. The first link looks kinda interesting, because its only 7,77€, may give it a try.
But the second one looks totally crappy, the standard cheap no-name battery from china. And way too expensive. Wouldn't buy one.
Hope I can help with this
Grüsse aus Deutschland ;-)

the first link is the battery with 1500mAh and original it has 1230mAh!
But i dont know if this is real could be a fake too.
btw im from Germany too

Finalforce1111 said:
I use the same one
But i noticed at long use i looses much faster energy then the original one, i am using it 7 months +/- now
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I bought one like this also, the only visible difference on the batteries as I found is serial number. One is bigger and on another battery is smaller, but I don't know which one is now genuine and which one fake/spare.
Could you tell me, looking at yours?