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Upgrading MDA III Verizon Audiovox 6600(PH20A2)

Hi,
I'm new here but i now a little about pocket pc.I bought Audiovox a few days ago,before this i had MDA II .I just want to ask simple question.Can i upgrade Windows Mobile 2003 on it to Windows Mobile 5 and if yes how ?? I was searching a lot of time to find out about this and i cant find any information(believe me im good searcher).I upgraded my MDA II before to WM5 and it was very simple.Why i cant do this simple with my new PPC???
In fact its newer then MDAII!!!!!

dymek17-17 said:
Hi,
I'm new here but i now a little about pocket pc.I bought Audiovox a few days ago,before this i had MDA II .I just want to ask simple question.Can i upgrade Windows Mobile 2003 on it to Windows Mobile 5 and if yes how ?? I was searching a lot of time to find out about this and i cant find any information(believe me im good searcher).I upgraded my MDA II before to WM5 and it was very simple.Why i cant do this simple with my new PPC???
In fact its newer then MDAII!!!!!
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Well, I'm going to guess that it's because the phone you have is CDMA based, not GSM (you have a Harrier, not quite a blue angel).
More than likely, the hooks into the OS from the radio stack are very different between GSM and CDMA, and since it appears that the only ROM's anyone was able to get a hold of for WM5 were for the GSM version of the phone, no one was able to build anything for the Harrier.
IIRC, the main reason there is even a WM5 for the Blue Angel is that someone got a hold of a ROM dump from a development Blue Angel running WM5.
Your MDA II (Himalaya) is GSM. Most of the rest of the world uses GSM, so those ROM's are the most common.
That's my theory.

You can upgrade your device with WM5 only if you have rom specific created for it, but as far as i know there is no such rom outside microsoft labs

Kaiser on UK Networks?

Does anyone know when the Kaiser is going to be released on one of the UK networks as a subsidized device? My old Magician is getting REALLY long in the tooth now, and I can't afford £480 right now...
Scancom have it as pre-order for Orange Business, but doesn't give any dates...

I can't afford £480 either, but i just ordered one last night lol
I think it should be available on T-Mobile by the end of the month maybe? (As the MDA Vario III i'd imagine).
I'd hazard a guess that it'll be out on Orange maybe by the end of the year?

Problem is the design of the MDA Vario III looks really ugly (tacky silver finish) compared to HTC's original version of the Tytn II

darthbane2k said:
Problem is the design of the MDA Vario III looks really ugly (tacky silver finish) compared to HTC's original version of the Tytn II
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Another reason why i chose the HTC over the T-Mobile variant

T-Mobile mda vario III = Htc tytn II?

Are these two phones the same? Do they have same hardware, functionality, etc, except, of course, that vario is network locked? My friend told me that he found on net that vario 3 is inferior than original tytn 2.

mda doesnt have build in GPS

yes it does.
Its exactly the same apart from the front button panel. (which in hardware terms is identical, it just looks a bit different)

The MDA Vario III is built on the exact same basic platform as the TyTn II, so it should be functionally identical.
All these phones are carrier locked unless it was already unlocked when you bought it (and you didn't buy it direct from a carrier).
There have been numerous T-Mobile "MDA" models previously that are inferior to the Vario III/TyTn II so your friend may have confused your phone with any one of them...

demented_goose said:
yes it does.
Its exactly the same apart from the front button panel. (which in hardware terms is identical, it just looks a bit different)
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I personally think that the MDA Vario III looks nicer that the TyTN II.

MDA Compact IV is 128Mb RAM?

Hi,
I'm about to buy this device and i know it is a Diamond clone but i read in a lot of sites that it has only 128Mb of RAM and the Diamond has 192Mb!
Anyone with a MDA can please URGENTLY confirm this information?

got my mda compact iv the day tmobile released it, i can definatly say mine has 192mb of ram, i heard the same thing when tmobile launched it, that they where supplying a cheaper 128mb version, in the end it worked out people where getting them confused with a gray import version you could buy from hongkong which only had 128mb, dont know if tmobile have switched since but doubt it,
to answer your question anyway, my compact iv has 192mb,
.ps. flash it soon as you get it the tmobile radio and rom are ****,

oh thank you thank you!
I'm getting one from ebay and it is a original T-Mobile so i think it is not a fake...
Goddamn misinformation... And to confuse even more the hardware keys are inverted too!
So you can confirm that i can flash any of these Diamond ROMs out there?
Thanks mate!

Yes,
The only difference between the two is the outer casing and the key layout.
You can flash any ROM to the MDA Compact IV (currently running Shaks 4.20).
Regards

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=512204

MDA - Diamond Touch 2

Hi
I bought a MDA / diamond touch 2 off ebay locked to t mobile, i had it unlocked today but found out 3g wont work because tmobile have specific locked network settings! I'm nervous to flash the rom because its a MDA and no roms are listed for it, anyone know what if any roms and radio I should use to get t mobile out and o2 in?
Thanks

you'd probably better post this question in the right forum, you have a 'Topaz' (that's what the Diamond2 in here is called);
You posted in Diamond1 forum which is a different device....yours is alot newer