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Should I upgrade my o2 rom or not?

I have an xda exec running fine with the rom it first came with. Should I upgrade to the new rom and if i do how will it improve the performance of the exec.As it seems to be working fine with tom tom etc. would i be best to leave to leave it as it is. Not being very technical i would really appreciate some advice.

If you are not very technical and your device is working fine then you should probably leave well alone. As the saying goes, If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Melty said:
If you are not very technical and your device is working fine then you should probably leave well alone. As the saying goes, If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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Sound advice, but I think the attitude of most of us here on this forum is more like "if it ain't broke, fix it anyway"!! On a more serious note, there doesn't seem to be much of a difference between the launch rom and the update, but it really is a very simple operation to update the rom, it's nothing to be afraid of.
Fin

I will stick with the first rom and wait a few weeks to see if itis upgraded again. Seriously i have already hadsome real disasters with rom upgrades particularywith theearly pocket pc's.Today i invested in the xda mini s whichi will run as mymain phone.we really got the exec for tom tom and its use in a motorhome.I have managed to upgrade an imate jam in the past but it was very hit and miss.If i need to upgrade the new device i will certainly ask for advice on this forum-its members are so helpful.
best wishes
patricia

Upgraded ROM last night.
Took about 20 mins as suggested onscreen.
Seems quicker now but have yet to reinstall all apps which will consume some memory even if forced to SD.
Gift 1 month ago. 'Evaluated' it just for testing purposes for a week you understand. But I have had to wrap it up for xmas again.
John

upgrade
Thanks for the information. I decided to upgrade tonight after you let me know how simple it was. It all went fine. I even managed to install tom tom and planmaker afterwards and all seemsto work fine. anyway it was really helpful to know you had managedthe upgrade so successfully.
best wishes
patricia

I'm glad it all went well!

Anyway happy christmas-thanks for all the support.xda exec is working fine.i certainly wouldn't have upgraded without the advice.the exec is an amazing bit of kit.
best wishes patricia

When I try to get the download file from the O2 website, I get as far as inputting my IMEI and phone number but then clicking 'proceed' gives a page not found error.
This happens even if I try a different XDA (I have an XDA IIi).
Any ideas please? I assume it's a problem at my end rather than the O2 site down?

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When I try to get the download file from the O2 website, I get as far as inputting my IMEI and phone number but then clicking 'proceed' gives a page not found error.
This happens even if I try a different XDA (I have an XDA IIi).
Any ideas please? I assume it's a problem at my end rather than the O2 site down?
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Try this software update link from O2 site: http://www.my-xda.com/xdaexec_soft3.html

Upgrade Problems
Merry Christmas everyone
I tried to upgrade my dopod 900 original rom 113.63 to rom113.82(XDA exec upgrade v113.118)and had failed. I tried using the MaUpgradeUt noID without success
The messages errors are ERROR 101, 150 and 201
My dopod900 is now FROZEN for christmas
Please kindly advise...Thanks in advance

Re: Upgrade Problems
leslie lee said:
Merry Christmas everyone
I tried to upgrade my dopod 900 original rom 113.63 to rom113.82(XDA exec upgrade v113.118)and had failed. I tried using the MaUpgradeUt noID without success
The messages errors are ERROR 101, 150 and 201
My dopod900 is now FROZEN for christmas
Please kindly advise...Thanks in advance
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Don't panic yet. I had trouble myself considering I even have an O2 EXEC who actually released the update. You are not the only one. It takes about 2-3 tries before the computer and the Universal becomes connected. Just follow the suggestions on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=36115

Upgraded finally but still screwed
My dopod900 finally upgraded by using MaUpgradeUt no ID on the xda exec .rom133.188 with the final screen CONGRATULATIONS....BUT as instructed to boot....on soft resets many times it is still remain in the bootloader screen
I tried many hard resets it is still likewise ie.stuck in the bootloader screen.
Please guide????What should I do for christmas to get my universal working again?????

Re: Upgraded finally but still screwed
leslie lee said:
My dopod900 finally upgraded by using MaUpgradeUt no ID on the xda exec .rom133.188 with the final screen CONGRATULATIONS....BUT as instructed to boot....on soft resets many times it is still remain in the bootloader screen
I tried many hard resets it is still likewise ie.stuck in the bootloader screen.
Please guide????What should I do for christmas to get my universal working again?????
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see your pm

I must convey my sincere thanks to all the wonderful people for trying to help.
It is definitely befitting in the spirit of xmas .
I reflash a 2nd time..and when I reset after finishing the flashing the screen reverts to the bootloader screen with top...serial and bottom...v1.00
I tried the hard reset after failing in the soft resets over 6 to 7 times. the screen also reverts to the same bootloader.
I had flash 4 times n the soft resets,cold resets n finally hard resets revert the screen to bootloader ie top-serial...bottom-v1.00.thanks once again
maybe on boxing day luck may be better....meanwhile xmas still remains very cold on my universal dopod

leslie lee said:
I must convey my sincere thanks to all the wonderful people for trying to help.
It is definitely befitting in the spirit of xmas .
I reflash a 2nd time..and when I reset after finishing the flashing the screen reverts to the bootloader screen with top...serial and bottom...v1.00
I tried the hard reset after failing in the soft resets over 6 to 7 times. the screen also reverts to the same bootloader.
I had flash 4 times n the soft resets,cold resets n finally hard resets revert the screen to bootloader ie top-serial...bottom-v1.00.thanks once again
maybe on boxing day luck may be better....meanwhile xmas still remains very cold on my universal dopod
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Normaly no problem: have you removed your SD and SIM-Card? And also use the original usb-cable!
It'll work => at least at the second try!
Teja

Sd Corrupt Solved - Essential fix for the Artemis

this is the .cab that Ace Hellas gave to us before 10 minutes from HTC to solve the sd corruption
i do not have the problem but i hope to help all with this...

And I run and install all vague .cabs on my device!!
What is this supposed to be and where did you get it. Are you implying this is the fabled HTC fix, yet for some reason HTC have chosen not to release it themselves, but you have leaked it??????

Having just gone thru the SD card failure routine (followed by neccessary total rebuild!!), I'm keen to try anything to fix this "fault" on my O2 Orbit.....However, I'd love to know what this does before implementing the "solution".....
....I think what I'm trying to say is: if this is the solution then what was the definative problem? and what does this solution do?
Hope you can help and I really hope this fixes it...many thanks!

this file is a patch as i said is in the official web page of htc in Greece and it is on the site since 30 minutes
more info i will tell when i have something new
here it is but you must put first the imei of the ppc to have access
http://www.qtek.gr/forum/showthread.php?t=4081

mastelos said:
this file is a patch as i said is in the official web page of htc in Greece and it is on the site since 30 minutes
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Thanks mastelos,
This file is only on Greece Qtek/HTC forum but there is no information about it on P3300 updates page. Maybe you could find out why? Is this an unofficial or made by Greek programmers patch - not send to HTC headquarter yet?
Cheers,

ace hellas doesnt put unofficial updates!its from HTC...they didnt say how it works..i just install it at my P3300,i hope it works!

Ok has anyone tried this yet??

Downloaded but not installing until I've seen some release details from HTC. I also am not sure if I should remove SDsentry before I install it....

LargePig said:
Downloaded but not installing until I've seen some release details from HTC. I also am not sure if I should remove SDsentry before I install it....
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I too have downloaded it but like you, I don't want to run it until either (1) HTC release some details or (2) somebody who has been brave enough to try it confirms that it doesn't do anything malicious.
I can't think of any reason why you would need to remove SDsentry first, though. All this does is put a file called sdsentry.txt in various important directories and then warns as soon as it has any problems reading any of these files (which suggests that the microSD card is corrupted).

guys i have it install for 3 hours now..
its nothing malicious..
for the corrupt problem until now its ok but its very soon to say that is really solved!

Ace Hellas is the official HTC provider in greece,i dont know why HTC didnt put at their site the patch yet but its real...

Yeh, I just loaded it up. Normally most cab files I install I get some message about unknown publishers etc. Not with this, It looks legitimate to me. I think htc watch this space so we can do an evaluation for them.
One more thing that has really been bugging my orbit has been the soft reset loop, after installing this cab my orbit went through only one cycle, maybe coincidence but that is the first time in months that that has happened.

I just installed it on a german p3300 - seems to work fine after install - i will see if there is any sd corrupption in the next weeks

Update:
Got bit late last night, But this morning orbit is 100% ok, again almost every morning I normally have a slight corruption in program files. Today all is good.
Not sure but I also think that maybe the thing is even reading the card a bit faster than it was.
Just a thought obvious to everyone, but Artemis was a Greek goddess, HTC must like Greece for some reason.

uniqueboy said:
Update:
but Artemis was a Greek goddess, HTC must like Greece for some reason.
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maybe this is the answer.....
well isend yesterday an e-mail to htc Greece to explain me if this an official or custom i'm waiting for answer
from my experience i believe this is an official patch because htc Greece never
gave to us a non official rom or anything one year now i use their products
i do not install the file because i do not have the corruption problem and i have 3300 from 27/9/2006 us you can see on my previews posts
i believe that they (htc Greece) recieve the file on friday afternoon and put it immediately on their site and from monday all the htc sites will have the patch
*sorry for bad english

Maybe not the UK, bank holiday monday.

I installed the patch last night. Now, almost 24 hours later, and after using my Orbit a lot, I have not had a single warning from SDsentry!
Installing the patch required a reboot. It shows up in the "Remove Programs" menu if you decide you want to get rid of it. So far, I can't see any reason why you would want to remove it.
Looks like Well Done, HTC!

Well after months of never having card corruption, it hit me last night, and as good to form, my backup on the PC was out of date. Thankfully the damage wasn't too bad.
So I've installed this patch, which goes on smoothly, as said above, it is signed so you don't have to agree to install it, and it is listed in remove programs as "HTC Patch DrvUpdate".
Theres no instant way of testing it I guess, as I had to wait months for my first corruption anyway.

Installed on 2 Orbits - no ill effects, I got "the bug" about once a week previously, will post back here if it happens again, fingers crossed...

Installed the Patch wich consists of the following file :
\windows\omap850_sdhc.dll
so that the original Rom files being superseded ....
Will see .....

O2 Upgrade

Hi,
Just flashed my Orbit to WM6 from official O2 website, I've noticed the custom parts from WM5 have now gone i.e. last caller/battery. I quite liked these especially the last caller, anyone know if theres a download for the cab files to reinstate these?
Thanks

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mrhaddock said:
Hi,
Just flashed my Orbit to WM6 from official O2 website, I've noticed the custom parts from WM5 have now gone i.e. last caller/battery. I quite liked these especially the last caller, anyone know if theres a download for the cab files to reinstate these?
Thanks
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I had a problem the first time I upgraded as TomTom was installed on the SD card and it started running before the upgrade finished. If you have the sd card in, try removing it first and re-install the upgrade to see if that gives you what you are missing. Put the sd ard back in after the Orbit has finished rebooting itself following the upgrade - this is when the O2 bits and pieces are installed.
good luck!

cheers mate, that's fixed the problem.
many thanks.

mrhaddock said:
cheers mate, that's fixed the problem.
many thanks.
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Glad it worked out OK.

DOH!!
Another problem seems to have arisen after the upgrade, I cannot add contacts or new appointments just get "An unexpected error has occurred in this program". Anyone else had this?

Is this an official WM6 English ROM for Orbit??
Could you please provide me the link to downoad??
Kind Regards
SlyBrazil

it's the official O2 update from their website
http://www.my-xda.com/xdaOrbitSoftware.html

mrhaddock said:
Another problem seems to have arisen after the upgrade, I cannot add contacts or new appointments just get "An unexpected error has occurred in this program". Anyone else had this?
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Sounds like it needs a reinstall again, or perhaps a hard reset? I have installed a number of different Roms and never ha this problem.

Is this update good.
Becuase i already have one that works.
Does any one knows the contents? or what software is in it?

WM6 got corrupted!! :((

Hi All,
last week i purchased HTC touch, i was experimenting with software, there was a problem, when i was installtion bullguard antivirus.
Now my Windows Mobile 6 is got corrupted, NOt all features are working, and WM6 is not functioning properly.
Kindly suggest me, if i can Flash WM6 on my phone ( I hope it will seems as i got new phone)
or i should give it back to HTC people...
please suggest me what the best i can do...???
Help needed...
please post and help me...

the.reverser said:
Hi All,
last week i purchased HTC touch, i was experimenting with software, there was a problem, when i was installtion bullguard antivirus.
Now my Windows Mobile 6 is got corrupted, NOt all features are working, and WM6 is not functioning properly.
Kindly suggest me, if i can Flash WM6 on my phone ( I hope it will seems as i got new phone)
or i should give it back to HTC people...
please suggest me what the best i can do...???
Help needed...
please post and help me...
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Read the User Manual, there you can see how to do a HARD RESET to let your TOUCH as new.

User22 said:
Read the User Manual, there you can see how to do a HARD RESET to let your TOUCH as new.
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Thanks a lot User22, your guidance really worked, it is again virgin now...
but i am not able to understand one thing when all the executables were corrupted then how come it is able restore all the factory default, is it already having copy of initial files somewhere.

No everything is in the ROM, and always will. Your software changes stay in a user writable area, that are erased when doing a hard reset, thus leaving the original stuff in ROM.

New PAYS Rom - Hermes Hangs on reboot!!!!

Guys,
I am ****ed.
Just installed the new pays rom - and then my standard applications like the spb software suite.
Just rebooted the device, and it now keeps on hanging on the bootloader.
Tried to reset the phone several times to no avail.
Anybody got a clue what might cause this?
Thx in advance,
trial

Flash the rom you had before when the device gets to bootloader mode.
Or one official rom.
Logically it should be ok and the rom will be flashed to your tytn

thx for the quick reply

Hi,
I had the same Problem. I solve it by flashing the 2.15 lite (German) Version.
But that fix just the problem with the booting. Now, the Bootloader 2.03 and can't flash anything else.
cu..dil

trialbin said:
Guys,
I am ****ed.
Just installed the new pays rom - and then my standard applications like the spb software suite.
Just rebooted the device, and it now keeps on hanging on the bootloader.
Tried to reset the phone several times to no avail.
Anybody got a clue what might cause this?
Thx in advance,
trial
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You might watch the language, we all know how to curse here, comes naturally from repeated flashing.....
So, I'd advice flashing an official ROM and take it from there. My last posts have referenced this, so follow the bouncing ball.

seems like problem for a lot of wm 6.1 roms. Been suggested that its a compatability problem with wm5/6 3rd party apps. try HR then put your apps on and test for a day or 2 to see if that app is the problem then put on next app etc.... Cheers

ultramag69 said:
seems like problem for a lot of wm 6.1 roms. Been suggested that its a compatability problem with wm5/6 3rd party apps. try HR then put your apps on and test for a day or 2 to see if that app is the problem then put on next app etc.... Cheers
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Agreed with ultramag69 ... not all wm5/6 3rd party apps compatible with wm6.1 .. so be prepared.
Faced this problem last time... install nice wm6.1 rom (TNT) but not compatible with my favorite apps so shift back to wm6 rom (schaps)