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I'm currently running Black 2.5 (the T-MOB variant) and everything is fine.
But I'm tempted to upgrade to Black 3.x before I re-install all of my apps on my Vario (the speed improvement sounds good).
Has anyone with a Vario/T-Mobile installed Black 3.x? I see that there isn't (and will never be) a T-Mobile variant. What will I lose with a generic install? How hard is it to customise it for T-Mobile (UK)?
Thanks in anticipation.
Bobby
bobbyelliott said:
I'm currently running Black 2.5 (the T-MOB variant) and everything is fine.
But I'm tempted to upgrade to Black 3.x before I re-install all of my apps on my Vario (the speed improvement sounds good).
Has anyone with a Vario/T-Mobile installed Black 3.x? I see that there isn't (and will never be) a T-Mobile variant. What will I lose with a generic install? How hard is it to customise it for T-Mobile (UK)?
Thanks in anticipation.
Bobby
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Yes and it worked perfectly.
bobbyelliott said:
I'm currently running Black 2.5 (the T-MOB variant) and everything is fine.
But I'm tempted to upgrade to Black 3.x before I re-install all of my apps on my Vario (the speed improvement sounds good).
Has anyone with a Vario/T-Mobile installed Black 3.x? I see that there isn't (and will never be) a T-Mobile variant. What will I lose with a generic install? How hard is it to customise it for T-Mobile (UK)?
Thanks in anticipation.
Bobby
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Its fairly easy, all you really need are the internet and mms settings, look for a thread with operator settings in the title and find a cab file called t-mobile uk fixed.
Just drop it on to a storage card and run it whenever you do a hard reset or flash a new rom version.
Cant see why you would need the other t-mob customaizations as they mostly suck eggs.
Edit:cab file attached below
Here's the cab
Just drag to your Vario and run it.
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Its fairly easy,
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Thanks Chris.
Let me get this right. Upgrade to Black 3.x. Copy CAB to device. Run CAB. Voila? This sets everything I need?
I agree most of the T-Mobile extras are crap but I need the settings for Internet/GPRS/MMS/SMS etc.
Cheers.
yes, working fine here, all connection settings set manually.
bobbyelliott said:
Thanks Chris.
Let me get this right. Upgrade to Black 3.x. Copy CAB to device. Run CAB. Voila? This sets everything I need?
I agree most of the T-Mobile extras are crap but I need the settings for Internet/GPRS/MMS/SMS etc.
Cheers.
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Yep. I actually have a directory setup on my sd card called rebuilds with the cabs I need to reset my ppc up after flash/hard reset. Generally takes me about half an hour now to set up everything, including restores of pim records
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Generally takes me about half an hour now to set up everything, including restores of pim records
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I'm with Orange and my flashing routine now is:
1) flash new rom
2) run pimping changes
3) manually enter gprs and mms settings
4) sync with 4smartphone exchange server
5) run smsproviders cab off Storage card (to sort voicemail)
6) install spb pocket plus and customise today launchers
7) set up two pop mail accounts
8) sign in and configure windows live messenger
Got it down to about 15 minutes now (but it does help that exchange server syncing is so damn quick.)
I tend to install things like Reader that like a soft reset so it takes me a little longer.
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yes, working fine here, all connection settings set manually.
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Is it as fast as people say? Did you notice a speed improvement when you installed it?
MDA Vario II works with Black 3.01, what about rSAP?
Hi there,
Just as it has already been mentioned earlier (upgrade to 3.01 on T-Mobile MDA Vario II). I took the plunge today and installed version 3.01 straight from WM5. I was initially a bit apprehensive being my first update since I got the phone and I can confirm that it works well. I simply had to add the 3G and MMS settings back or just use the T-Mobile cab to get everything back to normal.
Speed actually seems faster than before. The question I have got now is what happened to the rSAP (Remote Simm Access Profile) as I need to ensure that I can use my phone in my "troublesome" Mercedes CLS. Never was able to pair it with the car so i'll be testing it tonight. I just noticed that the rSAP seems to be missing.
Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.
Vido.
It works a treat, however when i goto use Live Messenger it cannot connect and doesn't present me with a login form like it did with Black 2.0... Is anyone else having trouble with this? I'm using a Vario II, i've tried connecting over 3G, Wireless and through ActiveSync, all with no joy,
The service may be down, mine works without any hitch. Then again, I haven't and never do install any other third party software.
bobbyelliott said:
I'm currently running Black 2.5 (the T-MOB variant) and everything is fine.
But I'm tempted to upgrade to Black 3.x before I re-install all of my apps on my Vario (the speed improvement sounds good).
Has anyone with a Vario/T-Mobile installed Black 3.x? I see that there isn't (and will never be) a T-Mobile variant. What will I lose with a generic install? How hard is it to customise it for T-Mobile (UK)?
Thanks in anticipation.
Bobby
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All working ok for me, web'n'walk back working and exchange server sync'd ok. TomTom OK. Calls OK...
Only problem I have is connecting to a WPA2 WLAN.... maybe me.... maybe the Black 3.0 (2.5 worked ok). Need to spend sometime looking this evening.
Justin
TomTom
Justin, I take it you have the app TomTom on your mobile, rather than being a 910 or similar?
I took one of the other WM6 ROMs and the DUN (data transfer) has been removed so I can only use it as a hands free device and not to update traffic over GPRS.
vido said:
Hi there,
Just as it has already been mentioned earlier (upgrade to 3.01 on T-Mobile MDA Vario II). I took the plunge today and installed version 3.01 straight from WM5. I was initially a bit apprehensive being my first update since I got the phone and I can confirm that it works well. I simply had to add the 3G and MMS settings back or just use the T-Mobile cab to get everything back to normal.
Speed actually seems faster than before. The question I have got now is what happened to the rSAP (Remote Simm Access Profile) as I need to ensure that I can use my phone in my "troublesome" Mercedes CLS. Never was able to pair it with the car so i'll be testing it tonight. I just noticed that the rSAP seems to be missing.
Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.
Vido.
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I gave rSAP a try with an earlier black build, and I'm sorry to tell you that it behaved exactly the same as WM5 with the Merc car kit - i.e. just doesn't work (even once you've hacked the stack to make the Hermes look like a phone). If you get anywhere, it would be great to hear, but I'm afraid I think the Merc kit is just toooo limited in what it supports.
vido said:
I took the plunge today and installed version 3.01 straight from WM5. I was initially a bit apprehensive being my first update since I got the phone and I can confirm that it works well. I simply had to add the 3G and MMS settings back or just use the T-Mobile cab to get everything back to normal.
Vido.
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Hi Vido.
I hope you read the extensive guides mr Vanx has done on upgrading. If not, consider this a stern warning to do so *now* (link in my sig)
Your post suggests that you did not put on the olipro bootloader which means you are taking a risk flashing any OS rom onto your phone - if something went wrong, you would brick your phone.
For you and anyone else reading this, please read Mr Vanx's guides and save yourself, and everyone else, the headache of trying to recover your phone as this stuff voids your warranty.
Cheers,
Smiffy.
ok guys im on tmobile usa and mms doesnt work at all on any of the new wm6 roms. do you guys suggest that i try the uk settings
Hi, you need to check this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299023
If USA not on here go to your T-Mobile website and do the settings manualy or get them from tech support...
Then post in the above thread!
Martyn
Hi Smiffy/All,
I actually followed all the instructions regarding upgrading to WM6 by flashing all the instructions in Mr Vangs guideline and used the 1.40.olipro bootloader. I just didn't type in all the details because of space. What I meant was that this is my first attempt at upgrading to WM6 after reading all the instructions in this forum.
Like I said my phone still does not work with the Mercedes Bluetooth UHI which is a pain and one of the reasons why I performed the upgrade. The other thing I have just noticed is that my ohne now finds it difficult to connect to my wifi at home using simple WEP key. I was only able to connect to my wifi at work only once after which it doesn't connect anymore. Has anybody else encountered this problem or is it only me.
Last question, is it possible to have the VOIP (Sip) work with T-Mobile? it shows up as "Service Blocked" and I read it somewhere that this can be tweaked. does anyone have the settings for testing this?
Apart from that the Black edition 3.01 is really cool.
Regards,
Vido.
Hi,
Just upgraded my rom, and for some reason, when i go the the orangeworld site in pie, it only displays a text version. No graphics or anything.
Any ideas?
all these fantastic genius's here, and no ideas?
I have noticed this too, and it must be something to do with what PIE reports itself as for User Agent.
The sites work fine with Opera, but cant see if that reports as Mozilla for whatever.
We need someone with WM5 to look....
philg2000 said:
I have noticed this too, and it must be something to do with what PIE reports itself as for User Agent.
The sites work fine with Opera, but cant see if that reports as Mozilla for whatever.
We need someone with WM5 to look....
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I use PIE+ and tried all the user agents, but no change. Also noticed gprs/3g connection is real unstable! I'm in london, so definately a good coverage!
Erm....?
Any ideas?
What is the URL? Assume you have "show pictures" set etc ? I have black 3.1 on T mobile (well, virgin) and connection seems stable. This is on a m3100
Yeah I noticed this before too... I've only installed Black up to 3.0, so it the problem existed in at least version, maybe earlier.
http://wap.orange.co.uk for orange world. WEorks in opera fine. in PIE every other site i look at displays correctly, only orange so far is appearing as plain text.
As for the connection, i'm using the latest radio upgrade. to be honest, the connection was pants when i had the standard os installed, but then upgraded the radio, which improved it. But now i upgraded the os, the connection is worse than ever.
Also, Skype refuses to log in!
I'm pretty much ready to the sell piece of $h1t on ebay and get something else!!
So nobody able to help me?????
I don't use Orangeworld. Sorry. Have not had this issue. What apn are you using, the orangewap one or the orangeinternet one?
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I don't use Orangeworld. Sorry. Have not had this issue. What apn are you using, the orangewap one or the orangeinternet one?
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orangeinternet
crazyC said:
I don't use Orangeworld. Sorry. Have not had this issue. What apn are you using, the orangewap one or the orangeinternet one?
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I dont think its down to that in any case, coz it works fine with Opera.
yeah I know, just grasping at straws. I seem to remember that some of the orange sites only worked via the orangewap apn. never use them so dunno really.
Hi, sorry am unable to help as I have same on orangeworld, but would just recommend that before you sell, you try reverting the radio version to 1.38.0.10 or .01.
Makes it a whole different phone, no dropped signals, better battery.
gibster said:
Hi,
Just upgraded my rom, and for some reason, when i go the the orangeworld site in pie, it only displays a text version. No graphics or anything.
Any ideas?
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Yeah, no problems - orangeworld works fine in PIE for me WITH graphics (after I fixed it of course!!)
First I would recommend the latest Orange Radio ROM which is 1.38.00.01 - works best for Orange UK (this is not necessary for my fix to work though.)
See my cab file which installs the Orange UK MMS and internet settings as well as fixing the voicemail icon issue and the orangeworld graphics issue
If anyone needs it, I suppose I could create a cab file containing just the fix for orangeworld on PIE
Ok, here is the cab to just fix the Orangeworld site on Orange UK - it also fixes the voicemail icon since this is kinda essential
This should work on all WM6 ROMs on Orange UK
ps. you DO NOT need this file if you are using the cab file in the post above
Thanks alot Rabdo!!! I'll try the radio downgrade when i get home!!! Orange now works a treat!!!
Thanks!!
Just a quick question. What was the problem? It almost looked like it didn't pick up the css or something, but the strange thing was the fact every other site i looked at was fine. Would be nice to know exactly what was up with it.
rabdo! my wife can have your babies if you like!
radio fix and settings cab have sorted me right out!
keep getting the "H" symbol. did a quick test and was close to 500kbs! not sure how reliable that is, but just browsing now is a dream, and no connection dropped!
thanks a lot!
gibster said:
Just a quick question. What was the problem? It almost looked like it didn't pick up the css or something, but the strange thing was the fact every other site i looked at was fine. Would be nice to know exactly what was up with it.
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I have a similar problem on 3 UK in that none of the icons on Planet 3 show up - is this cab something generic that might fix my problem? My phone is working nice and smoothly and the moment so don't want to install it just in case.....
Hi all
I've got a problem regarding my Phone Service.
I woke up and my BA suddenly stopped blinking green on the Right led.
then i found out the icon saying no service.
i have been receiving service since i bought this phone,
this is just the first time it say something like this.
i tried everything upgrade/downgrade, changed sims and still it says that. "No Service"
i had put a sim PIN prompt so that i can detect if it's reading my sim.
it asks me for my pin but still... "No Service"
the one thing i noticed is that it doesnt scan anymore for services...
like the moving dots beside the antennae icon.
when i tried to bring out the option from the phone dialer it sometimes says "The phone is not ready. Wait 15 seconds and try again"
have anybody had this kind of problem? how did you solved it?
Never heard of this kind of problem...Try contacting your supplier.
It seems that this problem appears on coutries where 850Mhz GSM networks exist.
There some topics about this, but no definitive solution yet. Upgrading radio to 1.15.00 helps, but doesn't solve this.
Which country are you using your BA ? Do you know if those networks exists there ?
JP
JPBRA said:
It seems that this problem appears on coutries where 850Mhz GSM networks exist.
There some topics about this, but no definitive solution yet. Upgrading radio to 1.15.00 helps, but doesn't solve this.
Which country are you using your BA ? Do you know if those networks exists there ?
JP
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Location: Philippines
Im using BA (O2 XDA2s)
R 1.15
G Variable (Been changing back and forth to 2003 and WM6)
D Variable (Been changing back and forth to 2003 and WM6)
Tried to change band on 2003 but to no avail.
Now i've upped again to WM6 and still no signal...
one thing has changed though...
it starts searching for service(running dots) but now it wont stop.
It seems that there are not 850Mhz or 1.900Mhz bands in Philippines, however there is 3G and uplink in 3G is usually 1.900Mhz.http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_ph.shtml
Which GSM bands are you using ? Did you try disabling 850 and 1.900 ?
JP
i did all the combinations... no go.
i've been searching for a program to diagnose the phone module, but cant find any.
i only wish someone in the technical side can help us with this.
Have you tried the sim car on another phone and see if you get service? Or try a sim card from a working phone to see if it works.
szfjcr said:
Have you tried the sim car on another phone and see if you get service? Or try a sim card from a working phone to see if it works.
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i did.
i have my old trusty N6110 and N3210 for my backup.
i swapped sims but still only my BA wont cooperate.
i just want to know if there's a Test Mode for BAs.
SilverSamurai said:
i did all the combinations... no go.
i've been searching for a program to diagnose the phone module, but cant find any.
i only wish someone in the technical side can help us with this.
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I've been searching other forums and found complaints and claims that this is a bug in the GSM radio. I've found complaints about this problem with BA, Himalaya, Atom and i-mate Jam (don't know the last two phones).
I've downgraded my BA to 1.42.00 (WM2003SE) and installed the following cab: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=240080&page=2 (be careful, the .cab on the first page is a modified version).
After installed select band 900 / 1800 only that should solve the problem.
I've only been using it for less than 24 hours, but so far so good. It seems that this cab is only compatible with WM2003, but i haven't tried with WM5 or WM6.
If you want to try on your own risk go ahead. Please report the results you had.
JP
Thanks JP
will try it asap.
SilverSamurai said:
Thanks JP
will try it asap.
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thanks JP
still doesnt work///
Mine did this, freaked me the bleeding hell out, it did.
I tried:
A hard reset
A few soft resets
Leaving the battery out for a while (was checking against a known good phone to make sure it wasn't my carrier)
After that, it started working again.
SilverSamurai said:
thanks JP
still doesnt work///
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Silver,
Did you manage to run the .cab without errors ? Are you using WM6 ?
I can confirm to you that after using the BA with WM2003SE and this .cab for a week the problem has no longer appeared, so it seems solved on this OS anyway.
JP
Alternativa solution
Silver,
I've found this .cab in another thread. It seems to only enable bandswitch between 3G and GSM, but i thing it is worth a try in your case: http://commmgrpro.com/_wsn/page2.html
Here is the link for the cab: http://commmgrpro.com/db5/00454/commmgrpro.com/_download/BandSwitch.V2.4.2.CAB
JP
JPBRA said:
Silver,
I've found this .cab in another thread. It seems to only enable bandswitch between 3G and GSM, but i thing it is worth a try in your case: http://commmgrpro.com/_wsn/page2.html
Here is the link for the cab: http://commmgrpro.com/db5/00454/commmgrpro.com/_download/BandSwitch.V2.4.2.CAB
JP
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Hey JP,
Thanks for all the help,
I tried every suggestions you said but still the phone aint working.
So i've decided to go look for a service center.
They said it was the mobo. *sigh*
I returned my item to where i bought it and exchanged it for a fee.
I got my semi-new BA again.
If ever that thing will happen... i know where to look.
Thanks again.
Silver, did you tried this ? This is what worked for me.
I don't think the service center will solve your problem, i'm convinced that this a bug on the radio.
JP
JPBRA said:
I've been searching other forums and found complaints and claims that this is a bug in the GSM radio. I've found complaints about this problem with BA, Himalaya, Atom and i-mate Jam (don't know the last two phones).
I've downgraded my BA to 1.42.00 (WM2003SE) and installed the following cab: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=240080&page=2 (be careful, the .cab on the first page is a modified version).
After installed select band 900 / 1800 only that should solve the problem.
I've only been using it for less than 24 hours, but so far so good. It seems that this cab is only compatible with WM2003, but i haven't tried with WM5 or WM6.
If you want to try on your own risk go ahead. Please report the results you had.
JP
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yup i did all possible fix.
i have my new BA now... (still Xda 2s)
it's working flawlessly.
thanks again JP.
Hi,
My Artemis is got a strange problem
Its from O2 - Orbit called...
When I'm inserting Orange, Vodafone sim cards I get the error - Sim invalid - fine.. that's means is locked
With O2 is searching for a network but is searching for ever...can't find anything.. when I'm going in Network settings and select manual is saying something about Cannot read setting from network...
With Virgin/Tmobile sim card is finding OK the network and connecting to it but cannot make any phone calls or receive.....
Has anyone had a similar problem? I have tried to send it back to O2 but said they will send me send me a new one... they sent it but I never got it... it got lost in post etc... they didn't ask me to send the faulty one first... I contacted them a lot of times but they don't want to send me another one so I'm stuck with this faulty one.. I have reinstalled windows mobile 5 then upgraded to 6 but I have the same problem...
Did you try out the simcard in another device/phone? If it still fails then just ask for a new one.
yes I tried that sim card and works fine in another phone
also I tried lots of simcards in the xda but none works
I do have somewhat a similar problem. I am using an O2 SIM card on the orbit. A number of times the phone keeps looking for the network. Initially I used to wonder whethe rthe signal is weak - but if I soft reset it (and sometimes takes a couple of times), it finds the network (all bars in the signal) and works OK.
I have changed roms and it hasnt helped.
Since both of you are using the O2 Orbit I guess it must be something with the device. Any chance of finding out when your devices were manufactured?
i have the same problem with htc p3300 - have got signal with some of my sims, but can't make a call - what coul this be? I have 2 devices with these faults!!!
Hi,
I have exactly the same problem on my XDA orbit. O2 and orange sims, just keeps searching for a network with vodafone and t-mobile getting a signal but not allowing calls.
I thought that the phone was locked so I used the IMEI-check web site to download the unlock codes etc. This appeared to run normally, but made no difference to the operation of the phone.
I've done hard and soft re-sets but these make no difference either. The device has rom 3.4.206.2WWE (dated 4/18/07) installed on it and I would need some advice on what to change it to and how to change it.
Thanks for any help that anyone can come up with.
Blocked?
Try updating\upgrading radio ROM. If that does not work then I can only think that the phones have been blocked\barred by the network provider. Try calling them and asking them.
I have been informed that if your orbit is still on contract then it is still under warranty even if it is 2+ years old.
Firstly I just want to say thank you to all the developers who are working hard on bringing us Android on our Touch Pro 2.
Basically I want to be able to use Android for the sole purpose of accessing "whatsapp," but whenever I go into the app and click on "accept" the user terms, it says it requires a mobile data network to access whatapp? I've tried this with wifi and 3g seperately and also with both of them combined. Have also tried a few different Android ports for the Rhodium and I get the same problem.
The strange thing is though is that this app worked with a kaiser port I was using before on my old phone.
Does anyone know of a solution? Thank you
Okay this is probably because I cant seem to get a 3g signal and only a gprs one. So instead, does anyone know a way to get 3g to work?
3G
3G works seems to work fine on just about every other rhodium out there. So it's probably something specific to your phone. What's your rhodium model#? What carrier's 3G are you trying to use it with? What android build are you using? What's the date of that build? And have you updated any of its components (kernel, rootfs, system.ext2, etc...) since?
F22 said:
3G works seems to work fine on just about every other rhodium out there. So it's probably something specific to your phone. What's your rhodium model#? What carrier's 3G are you trying to use it with? What android build are you using? What's the date of that build? And have you updated any of its components (kernel, rootfs, system.ext2, etc...) since?
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Thanks for your response. I'm unsure how to check what model this is but it is an unbranded UK Touch Pro 2 and I'm using it on the Vodafone UK network. On the Android startup screen I select the "Rhod100_uk." So I'm hoping this is the correct one for my model.
The Radio is 4.49.25.91 and I'm currently running Jackos latest SkrobPRO rom.
The Android build is the: ProjectAndroid2.2Froyo (11.22.10) and I havn't updated any of its components to my knowledge. I've also tried several other builds and seem to have the same problem, but my 3G connection is fine in WinMo.
Any suggestions on what I should do?
Much appreciated
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Thanks for your response. I'm unsure how to check what model this is but it is an unbranded UK Touch Pro 2 and I'm using it on the Vodafone UK network. On the Android startup screen I select the "Rhod100_uk." So I'm hoping this is the correct one for my model.
The Radio is 4.49.25.91 and I'm currently running Jackos latest SkrobPRO rom.
The Android build is the: ProjectAndroid2.2Froyo (11.22.10) and I havn't updated any of its components to my knowledge. I've also tried several other builds and seem to have the same problem, but my 3G connection is fine in WinMo.
Any suggestions on what I should do?
Much appreciated
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Your Rhodium model # can be found by popping off the battery cover, removing the battery and looking at what's written underneath.
I'd recommend that you update to the latest kernel, system.ext2 and rootfs. In particular, kernels built between 10/23 and 11/23 were known to have problems on Rhodium 100's which I suspect you may have.
fade2black101 said:
Thanks for your response. I'm unsure how to check what model this is but it is an unbranded UK Touch Pro 2 and I'm using it on the Vodafone UK network. On the Android startup screen I select the "Rhod100_uk." So I'm hoping this is the correct one for my model.
The Radio is 4.49.25.91 and I'm currently running Jackos latest SkrobPRO rom.
The Android build is the: ProjectAndroid2.2Froyo (11.22.10) and I havn't updated any of its components to my knowledge. I've also tried several other builds and seem to have the same problem, but my 3G connection is fine in WinMo.
Any suggestions on what I should do?
Much appreciated
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Did you check all the settings (I mean APN and maybe user pass) for Voda UK, both in WinMo and in Android?
For example, default APN for my carrier is correct for consumer, not for business. Have to set it manually.
sad0felix said:
Did you check all the settings (I mean APN and maybe user pass) for Voda UK, both in WinMo and in Android?
For example, default APN for my carrier is correct for consumer, not for business. Have to set it manually.
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This is good advice. It's possible that there may be an issue with the default APN setting. fade1black101, you may also want to talk to snalbansed and ask him if he's experienced a similar problem. He's using a rhod100 UK with Voda too. Things seem to be working for him.
I'm usually not the paranoid type, but I wouldn't want all of my text messages going thru some shady third party...
What's the advantage of using this app? Sorry, just curious.
Ah, I see. More for smartphone-to-smartphone messaging if you don't have a txt plan. Move along, nothing to see here
Lol thanks for all the replies.. Hopefully it'll help someone else with a similar problem. However, the solution was far more simple than I expected. Basically all I did was download an app from the Android market called "Any Cut"... From there you make a "New Shortcut" using "Activity." Then you select phone info and scroll down to the drop down list towards the bottom and select "WCDMA only".
This worked for me and forced a 3G connection, and I was then able to access whatsapp!