[NL] Upgrade T-Mobile MDA2 questions

[xces]

Hello,

I have a simlocked MDA2 and the following software:
ROM version: 1.60.00WWE (12/03/03)
RADIO: 1.10.00
Protocol: 1337.18
ExtROM: 1.60.36

- What are the most important differences in the roms flying around?
- Can the radio stack (phone software) be upgraded independent of the ROM.
- I want to upgrade to the latest software possible. I read something about that i have to change my header to be able to upgrade. Now i don't have linux available. Can someone help me point in a direction where i can find a tutorial how to upgrade and a place where to get the latest versions of ROM's?

Thanx

[xces]

Oops, i am allready downloading that "T-Mobile to O2 1.60.50 upgrade", but how do i avoid the country error?

Just use Er2003edit, it takes care for everything!!!
Here you can edit the header information with a drop down menu.

If you currently have a MDA2 simply change the header info in the three ROM-files from O2 to TMOBILE, then run the upgrade.
You cannot do something wrong, the upgrade tool will not start at all if not everything is right, and even then still the bootloader is available.
I haven't heared so far of a trashed XDA2 device

[gratefuled]

If you used the t_mobile to o2 ROM offered on one of the threads in this index forum you should not need the go around for the country error, because the Rom was put together custom to overide this issue and others.
How did it go?

[xces]

Which rom did you mean? I downloaded the official O2 rom and the patcher which i found in a thread (Update O2 XDAII ROM from T-Mobile 1.60.36 to new O2 UK ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=7278)). I am having some other problems now but when i find the sollution for that i am going to upgrade and will let you guys know.

[Panja]

Check this thread for upgrading roms:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=8205

[xces]

The upgrade went without any problems, i now have an O2 XDA2 rom flashed on my sim-locked MDA2.

[gratefuled]

xces,
I'm unclear on how you did the upgrade. The tmobile_to o2 ROM 1.60.50 is a ROM upgrade in of itself, but you need a RAR file unzip/explorer app. to get to it. Sounds like you used the O2 right from their site.
So are you saying you did not run into the country id error issue at all?

Lastly, use the tool on this site to unlock your device. Many have done so.

[xces]

Hello Gratefulled, I downloaded the O2 update from their site that is correct, then i unzipped to contents using winrar to a different folder, i used the tool from softworkz to change the provider in the header of the nfb files and then i flashed it. I did NOT run into any country ID errors this way.

[wouterk]

Hi XCES,
How is that ROM behaving? Especialy for the turning on and off from the flight mode and bluetooth. I noticed that with ROM version:
1.60.00WWE (12/03/03)
RADIO: 1.10.00
Protocol: 1337.18
ExtROM: 1.60.36
the radio and bluetooth have some trouble to switch on/off quickly.
And as I'm a T-Mobile Dutch user as yourself: Is it still easy to set up your GPRS connection? I found the T-Mobile auto detect very handy in the T-Mobile ROM but I guess that that part is not present on the O2 Rom.
Please let me know.
Wouter

[xces]

Hello Wouter, to be quite honest i don't like this rom. The today screen is totally useless for T-mobile users because it tries to connect with O2 internet. So i have decided to make my own rom, and i will list the contents here.

Ok, i did my own rom version. I downloaded both upgrades (from both T-mobile and O2) and launched 2 times er2003edit, on the left i had the T-mobile rom, and on the right i had the O2 rom. I compared versions, removed unneeded shit and now i have this list:

(remember to edit your "config.txt" !!!)

CAB: \Extended_ROM\CameraRC132_WWE_1.5.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\MIDI56.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\CallerIDRC11_WWE_1.5.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\GPRSMonitor_WWE.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\TMD_AP_NL.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\TMCOMREG.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\TMD_NL.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Version_AKU1.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\OEM_AKU1_WWE_4AP.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\OEM_WWE_04021801.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Broadcast_WWE.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\TM_phone_class10.CAB
EXEC:\Extended_ROM\TPEnable.exe

I took the blue items straight from the O2 rom because it contains a new bluetooth driver and sets the broadcast flag, new camera software and i removed the clearvue pdf shit. I have 8mb left and i am going to upgrade now.

[xces]

WARNING: I couldn't go back to my original rom and it took me about 1,5 hours to get my device downgrading.
Be carefull when flashing roms.. It is now updating from 1.60.50 back to 1.60.36 (the original). I couldn't flash my home cooked rom it kept complaining about country id errors. I downloaded the file attached in another post to get my device upgrading.

Here is what i did (it worked for me):
- Download the official T-Mobile rom upgrade [1]
- Download the attachment from this post
- Extract the files from [1] to a directory
- Extract the files in the attachment to thesame directory saying YES to overwrite.
- Run the file "convert_to_o2.bat" in that directory. (Don't pay attention to the name it works!)
- Start HimaUpgradeUt.exe and click start
- It starts updating But immediately fails updating saying that you have country id error
- This is good, you got thesame screen as i did and probably you are scared you fooked up your mda2 like i was.
- Remove your mda2 from the cradle it will say "serial" on the screen.
- Put it back in the cradle it will now say "usb".
- Re-run the HimaUpgradeUt.exe and now you it will start upgrading. It will say you it is going to upgrade from blank blank blank (for some reason it can't read your rom anymore) to 1.60.36.

WTF .... WAIT A MINUTE!!! WHILE TYPING THIS I THINK I FIND THE PERFECT SOLLUTION FOR UPGRADING AND FLASHING YOUR ROM WITHOUT COUNTRY ID ERRORS OR STRANGE HACKS!!!

All you have to do is put your MDA2 into bootloader mode...

Can someone verify this for me???

[wouterk]

Hi XCES,
(talking in Dutch would be easier but not of realy use for the others here...) Before I'm going to do this I'll wait for your experiences regarding the Bluetooth and turning flightmode on and off. That part realy bothers me with the 1.10.00 Radio (and the versions before...). So what radio version do you have now?
I already use a very lean config.txt with Caller ID, Clearvue and some other stuff removed so your ROM can fit me fine.
Let me know about your findings.
Wouter

[xces]

Hello Wouter, radio version will not change at all. Stays at 1.10.
p.s. the upgrade went without any problems ;) I now have the original T-mobile rom, without T-mobile customizations (original WM2003 theme etc) and with the newer bluetooth drivers i got from the O2 update. I think i am going to try to upgrade my MDA2 again later today if the Qtek upgrade has any newer software.

[wouterk]

Hi XCES,
Do you think that the QTek will have an advantage over the O2 rom?
But how is your bluetooth working? (you only tried it one day so probably fine.. :lol: )
Wouter

[xces]

Dunnow, but all i will take are the new drivers, bluetooth works perfect, tried it today a few times in the car with my HBH-65 bluetooth headset. Works like a charm!