MDA Compact from German to English possible?

[gda72]

Success !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TedMan]

Success !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone of you tried this on a Dutch MDA Compact? If it works, I can buy the sim-locked version from T-Mobile and unlock it this way. It's (much) cheaper compared to the I-Mate Jam, which even isn't avaiable yet (from Expansys).

[Wiz]

As far as I can tell now, the upgrade from Simlocked (Dutch) T-Mobile English to the new rom worked. I got to 100%, I got to the failed message, and after rebooting, I do now have Ricardo's ROM on the device. It did not unlock the device though!!!

As far as I can tell now, the upgrade from Simlocked (Dutch) T-Mobile English to the new rom worked. I got to 100%, I got to the failed message, and after rebooting, I do now have Ricardo's ROM on the device. It did not unlock the device though!!!

I thought the simlock would be a part of the ROM and if you're able to overwrite it with an unlocked ROM, then the device could be unlocked. Obviously that was wishful thinking... I hope the experts here can still unlock it somehow.

[nowicom]

Hi,

i want to say thanks to everybody worked on the english ROM after we failed totally. I want to say also thanks to the customers who didnt returned. I want to say sorry to the customers who returned.

Kta sent me first the mail and he said he did it together with Ricardo. I send him now a compact for free. But because of i think a lot of people worked on it i think its unfair that i dont give the other guys something too. So everybody who posted in this thread will get 2% less for the next 3 orders at nowicom if he send us his xda-dev. nickname in the order.

thanks
Seb

Thanks for the guys who work on the english ROM ;-)
Now i would like to know if you have received more MDA Comapct, 'cause I order one last week, and i would to have some news ;-)

[Xetra]

Thank you Ricardo !
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

damn ! less than 60sec to download your 61 Mb file from xda-dev's FTP :o)

[Observer]

I noticed mda compact long ago and have chosen to buy it when it comes to market. With english rom. So I was very unhappy seeing shipment postponed at expansys. After that I agreed to buy german version from nowicom because of promissed easy change rom to english.
But then link with english upgrade didn't show up and I was again in wxpansys waters.
But I also carefuly observed conversation on this thread from the very beginning! Every single post from ordering, phone expectation, mda first impressions, english rom link not showing, and now sucessful rom building and booting.
It was VERY interesting (one could film a thriller :)). Also I was very happy seeing mr nowicom trying to help new customers. So, I was little bit dissapointed to see some inpatient us/uk customers returning their phones (especially now that english rom upgrade is solved).
I must say mr. nowicom is really up to his word offering kta new device. Regards!
After all, I think I will order mda compact from nowicom.

Greetings to all of you guys,

Oliver, Zagreb, Croatia

hi
i always get: "Usage ntrw file drive:" when i try to copy the german rom from sd to harddrive using "ntrw read German.nb1 g:"

Any help! thank's

@ MADDS and GDA72 - how did you solve this problem in the end?

I've got the latest version of ntrw.exe and I still get the same error.

I'm using Win XP Home.

[Riccardo]

Hi,

i want to say thanks to everybody worked on the english ROM after we failed totally. I want to say also thanks to the customers who didnt returned. I want to say sorry to the customers who returned.

Kta sent me first the mail and he said he did it together with Ricardo. I send him now a compact for free. But because of i think a lot of people worked on it i think its unfair that i dont give the other guys something too. So everybody who posted in this thread will get 2% less for the next 3 orders at nowicom if he send us his xda-dev. nickname in the order.

thanks
Seb
Wouuuu a MDA Comact for free that's wonderfull!!!!

THANKS NOWICOM!!

PS. Do you still have my address?

I think the FREE MDA Compact went to Katsj Riccardo!

[OldManChild]

Who deserves the free MDA compact from Nowicom.Kta or Riccardo? And when deciding lets determine who did the actual hard work

[27]

Who deserves the free MDA compact from Nowicom.Kta or Riccardo? And when deciding lets determine who did the actual hard work

Who did the actual work?
Perhaps they should both get rewards as Nowicom will sell hundreds of units with this patch.

Who deserves the free MDA compact from Nowicom.Kta or Riccardo? And when deciding lets determine who did the actual hard work

Who did the actual work?
Perhaps they should both get rewards as Nowicom will sell hundreds of units with this patch.
I sincerely hope Riccardo gets one too. After all, he was the one willing to sacrifice his MDA for the good of us all. OK, KTA did a lot of hacking, but Riccardo had the most to lose...

[madds]

Count me on the english rom mda compact! :)

This is the ntrw that works

The english rom i used was the one from webpanel.ru

I replaced the first 416 bytes, flashed the sd card and then to the compact rom.

Thank's to all.

[OldManChild]

:? I actually dreamt that I had received my MDA Compact. Problem is I havent ordered one yet

So which files should we use for the English ROM, Ricardo's (on xda-dev ftp) or webpanel's?

How many bytes do we need to replace 416 or 200?

Thanks for your help.

And further to my questions above, can I use a 1GB SD CARD instead of 256MB?

[madds]

So which files should we use for the English ROM, Ricardo's (on xda-dev ftp) or webpanel's?

How many bytes do we need to replace 416 or 200?

Thanks for your help.

Both work, but in my case i made it with webpanel.ru.

I changed the first 416 bytes, some only change 220 bytes.

[madds]

And further to my questions above, can I use a 1GB SD CARD instead of 256MB?

This is a process that can damage your card (erase the "bios" of the card)
so it's up to you to decide.
It's suposed to work with any card from 128mb up.

madds, thanks for your reply. Doesn't the webpanel file has the first bytes replaced already?

[madds]

Hi,

yes indeed they already changed these first bytes but it seems that these changes are required due to some changes in the rom.

It's an easy step.
Only copy and paste!

Hi,

I would like to known what phone app the English version has.
The same as this one, or diferent.... If diferent could someone post a pic, or link where to see it.....



http://www.pbase.com/bengalboy/image/37179490.jpg


If diferent could someone post a pic, or link where to see it.....

Cheers

[Belgo PDA]

Hy guys,

good to see that it works for you. I should have my Magician from Nowicom on Friday.

One only final question on which I'm getting a bit confused: I hear the ROM upgrade and the extended ROM upgrades....

1. Can you clarify whether there are any further steps that the ones listed in this thread to have everything updated to UK?

2. If so, can you please provide the pertinent information?

Thanks again,
Belgo

[Nick-II]

Belgo PDA,use 256 mb SD caed, take Riccardo ROM file, add by HEX editor first 416 byte from your original seved ROM and you will have perfectly working English WM2003SE and English Extended ROM programs. Everything will be in English, everything…. :)

[sachari]

hello, when in insert the sd car on my device (before i copy the rom into my sd card with the ntrw) but my device don't want to flash my german rom.

can someone can help me ?

my sd card is 256 megs

Does webpanel's file has the English Extended ROM as well? I see huge size difference between Riccardo's and webpanel's file sizes.

Sorry but i am a newbee. I have the MDA from Nowicom, downloaded the files but are very scared to do something wrong.

May be stupid but i don't know what an HEX editor is and where to get one.

Also i have no idea how to count the first 220 bytes ??

Thanks for your understanding and help.

The hexeditor is with the files you downloaded (hexeditorfull.exe). That is an installation file. So you run the exe and this will install hex editor on your computer.

You don't have to count the bytes. Start highlighting the contents of the file from the very top (you don't have to understand the conent). At the bootom right corner, the program wil tell you how many bytes you have selected.

Then use the usual copy and paste to replace the header.

Thank you very much for your help.

One last question : i am used to have my menus in English but my T9 language in French in my other Smartphones SPV 200 and SDA. I cannot compute in another language than English, but need too much to write in French.

Now with the German OS i have the luck to be able to choose my T9 language from English, French, German and some other languages.

Can anyone who installed the English ROM confirm that the language choices in the Intelli Pad T9 are still available, or is it now exclusively English ??


Why is the MDA not as easy to change OS languages and T9 languages than the SDA, this was done in one second, isn't it the same Windows ?
Thank you again.

[Xetra]

Thank you very much for your help.

One last question : i am used to have my menus in English but my T9 language in French in my other Smartphones SPV 200 and SDA. I cannot compute in another language than English, but need too much to write in French.

Now with the German OS i have the luck to be able to choose my T9 language from English, French, German and some other languages.

Can anyone who installed the English ROM confirm that the language choices in the Intelli Pad T9 are still available, or is it now exclusively English ??


Why is the MDA not as easy to change OS languages and T9 languages than the SDA, this was done in one second, isn't it the same Windows ?
Thank you again.

Yes i flash in english rom and choose French T9
Vive la France
I think it is possible to change virtual keyboard as AZERTY also

[harrykism]

I am in waiting for the Dutch T-Mobile MDA Compact. I have read this topic and I understand that it is posible to change the OS to other language. In this case, from German to English.

However, I am still wondering if this can UNLOCK the MDA Compact (could use any SIM)?

Can any one make it clear to me which part decide the SIM will be locked or unlocked: Bootloader? or ROM? or anything else? Who lock it: Manufacturer? Provider (T-Mobile)?

If it is in ROM, could we make a back up from a "SIM-locked FREE" machine then restore it to the SIM-locked machine?

[Wiz]

Harry, as far as I know, the "lock" status is contained in the radio part, and not in the ROM.

If you order a Dutch MDA Compact, your operating system will English, but teh MDA will also be locked. Until someone here develops a new XDA unlock tool, we can only wait I'm afraid (or pay 120 euros)

OK, I am not a chicken, now that i know that French is available in the T 9 I go for it...first problem, no problem to transfer the ROM to the SD, put the SD into the card reader...file does not exists...ntrw read geman.nb1 g:....Could not open German.nb1 -- The system cannot find the file specified

What now ?? Completely lost ans scared even more than before, who can help please

I was told by Nowicom that the operation was so easy and done in a minute, am I that stupid.

Olivier from Belgium

[johnbuddha]

hello has all,

I have just received my mda compact and I do not arrive has to put the English language.

I followed all the stages however. I do not arrive at going in the "bootloader".

I have only "serial" write all in top and "v1.00" in bottom. help me

I tested all the combinations of keys

jbouda@netcourrier.com

i'm french

[jpa]

hello has all,

I have just received my mda compact and I do not arrive has to put the English language.

I followed all the stages however. I do not arrive at going in the "bootloader".

I have only "serial" write all in top and "v1.00" in bottom. help me

I tested all the combinations of keys

jbouda@netcourrier.com

i'm french

1) Tu mets ta SD dans le compact
2) appui silmutané sur le bouton power, photo et reset
3) tu dois être dans le bootloader et tu valides avec le bouton central du joypad. La sauvegarde dois commencer.
4) tu mets ta SD dans ton lecteur et tu lances ntrw read german.nb1 c:\
5) tu ouvres german.nb1 avec l'éditeur Hex et aussi la rom anglaise
6) tu sélectionnes les 416 bytes de la rom anglaise et tu fais un copier/coller sur les 416 bytes de la rom allemande
7) tu sauvegardes la rom allemande modifiée : tu sauvegardes le fichier sur lui-même, ne tentes pas de sauvegarder la rom modifiée sous un autre nom ou ailleurs
8> tu tapes ntrw write c:\german.nb1 x: (x étant ton lecteur de carte). Tu dois absolument utiliser la même SD sans l'avoir modifiée depuis la sauvegarde de ta rom allemande
9) mets ta SD dans le compact et entre de nouveau dans le bootloader et là attends quelques secondes et tu devrais avoir un message te demandant de lancer la mise à jour

[riffraff]

Non jpa, il faut copier l'entete de la ROM allemande (du MDA) vers l'entete de la ROM anglaise (Ricardo).
C'est ce que j'ai compris.

-----

Nope jpa, you must copy the header of the german ROM (MDA) on the header of the english ROM (Ricardo).
That's what I understand ;-)

I'm wrong ???

[jpa]

oui biensur, erreur d'étourderie.

Yes, off course.

JPA et rifraf,
tout fonctionne mais c'est quand je met la carte dans le reader que j'arrives pas a la lire, et est illisible, apres 4 tentatives et deux readers differents. La rom copie bie, elle se ferme bien sur la carte mais apres elle est illisible...pas moyen de l'ammenner sur le pc

[jpa]

essayes avec cette version de ntrw

Try with this version.

Which version, quelle version ?

do i need to run ntrw or simplu copy it into the c drive root ?

[jpa]

Which version, quelle version ?

do i need to run ntrw or simplu copy it into the c drive root ?

Tu dois t'inscrire pour voir apparaître les fichiers en téléchargement. Tu t'inscrits, tu te connectes et tu verras apparâitre un lien sur mon dernier post.

[johnbuddha]

bonsoir,

merci pour vos reponses...mais je n'y arrive toujours pas !!!

1. je mets la sd dans le mda
2. j'appuie simultanement sur "power", "photo" et le reset et j'arrive sur un écran ou il y a "serial" sur le haut et "v1.0" sur le bas... et plus rien ne se passe...même 30 minutes après la manip ????!!!

[jpa]

bonsoir,

merci pour vos reponses...mais je n'y arrive toujours pas !!!

1. je mets la sd dans le mda
2. j'appuie simultanement sur "power", "photo" et le reset et j'arrive sur un écran ou il y a "serial" sur le haut et "v1.0" sur le bas... et plus rien ne se passe...même 30 minutes après la manip ????!!!

Parles-tu de la 1ere étape (sauvegarde de ta rom allemande) : si oui formate la SD et essaye de nouveau; Si c'est de la 2ème etape, recommences tout en formatant d'abord ta SD et en changeant de version de ntry (voir mon dernier post)


bon là je dois fermer le PC mais dès 10 heures demain je pourrai t'aider.

[laita56]

bonsoir,

merci pour vos reponses...mais je n'y arrive toujours pas !!!

1. je mets la sd dans le mda
2. j'appuie simultanement sur "power", "photo" et le reset et j'arrive sur un écran ou il y a "serial" sur le haut et "v1.0" sur le bas... et plus rien ne se passe...même 30 minutes après la manip ????!!!

Parles-tu de la 1ere étape (sauvegarde de ta rom allemande) : si oui formate la SD et essaye de nouveau; Si c'est de la 2ème etape, recommences tout en formatant d'abord ta SD et en changeant de version de ntry (voir mon dernier post)


bon là je dois fermer le PC mais dès 10 heures demain je pourrai t'aider.

La nouvelle ROM fournie par Nowicom est dispo en téléchargement sur http://www.compactjam.com, avec tous les utilitaires nécessaires.
Peut-être ceux-là fonctionneront-ils mieux ?

[buzz_lightyear]

i know, it's already here, but in french...

so take a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=72842

Hi everyone,

I am still stuck at the first step! :((

I disabled the USB in Active Sync.
I power+photo+reset on my Compact (German from Nowicom).
I have a 128mb formatted SD in it.
I connected my Compact and launched romupdate.exe.
I selected the USB port, but alas, all I get at this point is a window in romupdate that writes CLIENTCLIENTCLIENTCLIENT and on which I cannot write anything.

Can you please tell me what could be wrong?

Thank you.

Olivier

[harrykism]

Harry, as far as I know, the "lock" status is contained in the radio part, and not in the ROM.

If you order a Dutch MDA Compact, your operating system will English, but teh MDA will also be locked. Until someone here develops a new XDA unlock tool, we can only wait I'm afraid (or pay 120 euros)

Thanks Wiz,

So should we encourage someone to develop it :D ?

BTW, How can we pay 120 euros to unlock it? Pay to whom? where?

[rainmaker]

Y'all are a motley bunch of characters...

I bought a Magician (MDA Compact) in Germany the other day and I've been using it auf Deutsch with my US-based T-Mobile SIM ever since. I want to flash it to English but before I do I would like some feedback from some users who have already. I'm gunshy because my MDA III has that first Imate english ROM and the Bluetooth stack is a POS! It wastes the battery in my Ericsson HBH-30 in notime! And, it sounds like crud to boot! Back on my new Magician it again works like a charm.

What is the radio version when using Ricardo's ROM? My current (standard) versions are: (and they are totally stable)

ROM-Version: 1.01.01 GER
Rom-Date 10/21/04
Radio-Version: 1.00.10
Protocol-Version: 1337.36
ExtROM-Version: 1.01.120 GER

Is everyone having good results with the English ROM?

Thanks!

[Olivier Astel Belgique]

I must be the most unlucky guy in the world.

After all the help i received from the nice guys on this forum i managed to copy the German ROM, get it on the PC, replace the first 220 bytes, get it back on a SD and back in the MDA...now it locks on SERIAL V1 since ages, refusing to do whatsoever..

I am not computing expert BUT there has to be something wrong with the whole thing :

How can a German ROM of 240 MB be efficiently replaced by an English 121 MB ROM ?? Are we loosing the half of the fonctionallity ?? Where are the other 120 MB gone ???

Can someone explain ? Meantime i will re-format my SD for the 5th time, copy the new ROM on it and keep trying.

I guess that learning German would have been faster than flashing this thing !!!

Merci a tous ceux qui m'ont aidé, mais il me semble que je suis encore plus c.. que je ne croyais...j'y arrive pas, y a toujours un truc qui ne va pas !!! Pour info : avec mon lecteur de cartes standard ca marchais pas du tout, alors j'ai utlisé mon APN comme lecteur de carte, et la a marché !!! Marrant non ?

[jpa]

1st thing : don't format the SD card. You must use the same SD card to save you german rom and after to put your english rom with ntry without formating your SD after the 1st step.

Conerning the size, this is not a problem as there is more blanks on the english rom.

[2tired]

I'm going to be getting an MDA Compact in the next few days and am studying up on how to do this. I'm confused about one thing. After you copy the German ROM from the SD card to your harddrive, do you delete the German ROM off the SD card before copying the fixed English ROM onto it or do you leave it as it is? Is it overwritten?

no, you overwrite.

[2tired]

So I assume that you would have to rename the English ROM before it is copied to the SD card to have the same name as the German ROM so that it would be overwritten?

Another question, how is everyone's English ROM functioning so far? Any problems?

[jpa]

no, you don't need to rename it. Ntry will do the job.

English rom worls fine.

[Xetra]

Y'all are a motley bunch of characters...

I bought a Magician (MDA Compact) in Germany the other day and I've been using it auf Deutsch with my US-based T-Mobile SIM ever since. I want to flash it to English but before I do I would like some feedback from some users who have already. I'm gunshy because my MDA III has that first Imate english ROM and the Bluetooth stack is a POS! It wastes the battery in my Ericsson HBH-30 in notime! And, it sounds like crud to boot! Back on my new Magician it again works like a charm.

What is the radio version when using Ricardo's ROM? My current (standard) versions are: (and they are totally stable)

ROM-Version: 1.01.01 GER
Rom-Date 10/21/04
Radio-Version: 1.00.10
Protocol-Version: 1337.36
ExtROM-Version: 1.01.120 GER

Is everyone having good results with the English ROM?

Thanks!

in the WWE:
ROM-Version: 1.01.00 WWE
Rom-Date 10/21/04
Radio-Version: 1.00.10
Protocol-Version: 1337.36
ExtROM-Version: 1.01.124 WWE

[katsj]

I must be the most unlucky guy in the world.

After all the help i received from the nice guys on this forum i managed to copy the German ROM, get it on the PC, replace the first 220 bytes, get it back on a SD and back in the MDA...now it locks on SERIAL V1 since ages, refusing to do whatsoever..

I am not computing expert BUT there has to be something wrong with the whole thing :

How can a German ROM of 240 MB be efficiently replaced by an English 121 MB ROM ?? Are we loosing the half of the fonctionallity ?? Where are the other 120 MB gone ???

Can someone explain ? Meantime i will re-format my SD for the 5th time, copy the new ROM on it and keep trying.

I guess that learning German would have been faster than flashing this thing !!!

Merci a tous ceux qui m'ont aidé, mais il me semble que je suis encore plus c.. que je ne croyais...j'y arrive pas, y a toujours un truc qui ne va pas !!! Pour info : avec mon lecteur de cartes standard ca marchais pas du tout, alors j'ai utlisé mon APN comme lecteur de carte, et la a marché !!! Marrant non ?

Try to copy the first 416bytes instead of the 220! It will work!

[johnbuddha]

re-bonjour a tous,

malgré toutes les astuces que vous m'avez donné, je n'arrive toujours paq à entrer dans le "bootloader" (première phase de la manip).

je formate une sd de 256 Mo
je la mets dans le mda
j'appuie simultanément sur le "power" + "photo" + reset et j'arrive sur un écran avec "serial" en haut et "v1.00" en bas.

cet écran reste fixe et rien ne se passe.

j'ai attendu plus d'une heure et toujours rien.

quelqu'un pourrais-t-il me donner un coup ou m'appeler jb au 0621524607

merci

[sachari]

salut,
tu as formaté ta sd en quel format?
essaies le formatage fat tout court plutot que fat32

si tu es sur sfr je peux t'appeler ce soir (millénium oblige)

[jpa]

tu oublies une partie de la procédure. Tu dois fermer activesync sur le pc et arrêter le process wincescomm grâce au gestionnaire de tache Windows. Après tu branche ton Compact sur le cable USB puis tu lances rompupdate pour lancer la récup de la rom sur ta SD.

After connecting your MDA to the PC through the USB in boot loader mode and having your SD card inserted into the MDA, you run romupdate.exe.
3. Then choose the USB connection in the connection settings of romupdate.exe window and click on ok. After that a terminal window will popup in that window.
4. Type d2s and press enter. Your MDA will start copying the ROM to the sd card. The screen of your MDA will be dark (no light), but you will see it counting up to 100%. When it reaches 100% it will say it is calculating the checksum. Give it some time till its done and it will say checksum ok.

[Tarkaumur]

After trying many times, I finally got to the point when I flashed the English ROM to my Jam in Bootloader mode.

I get "Checksum failed - Flashing failed" as I am supposed to, but now I cannot Soft reset!!

I tried everything, Soft reset, Hard reset, taking the battery off but it wont take me off bootloader mode.

Everytime it takes me back to the dark screen with Serial V1.00.

What should I do at this point?

Thanks.

[jpa]

maybe your english rom was corruped. So try to download again the english rom.

http://www.nowicom.com/dl/mda_compact_upd_en_1.zip

or

ftp://xda@xda-developers.com/Magician/r_magican_.rar

[rainmaker]

Thanks Xetra, It's comforting to know the radio version is the same. Nobody has posted anything 'bad' about the english version either...guess I'll jump in the water...

[Belgo PDA]

Hi,

I have exactly the same problem as Tarkaumur. The EN ROM that I used is the one posted here in the ftp.

I'll try again but with the one from Nowicom.

Anyone has another advise?

Belgo

P.S. btw, I had to download twice the DE ROM as the first time, the header was almost empty (definitely not starting with MAGICIAN)

[Belgo PDA]

It worked... after three attempts and using the version of Nowicom (the one from XDA-ftp did not, no clue why)..

I'll start working with it and let you know of any kwirks...

[jpa]

for french guys who have difficulties to understand english I sent on the ftp server a french doc with all the process to flash the english rom (with screen capture). go to the Magician directory and download MethodeMajCompact.zip

pour les francophones qui ont du mal avec l'anglais j'ai posté sur le serveur ftp la méthode complete pour flasher la rom anglaise (avec captures d'écran pour les personnes n'ayant pas trop de connaissances informatiques). Il suffit d'ouvrir internet explorer et de taper l'adresse suivante (tapez là, ne cliquer pas sur le lien ci-dessous) :

ftp://xda@xda-developers.com

le mot de passe est xda. allez dans le répertoire Magician et downloadez le zip MethodeMajCompact. zip (il contient aussi les outils nécessaires avec les bonnes versions)

Et si vous n'avez pas la rom anglaise il faut downloader

http://www.nowicom.com/dl/mda_compact_upd_en_2.zip

(dans ce zip il a plusieurs fichiers mais le seul qui vous interesse est celui de la rom ENG_good_unlocked.nb1)

[Olivier Astel Belgique]

WORKED with me also, in english now, thanks to all.

Problem now is to find a compatible version of KSE Fax ( the german one does not install on the WWE version) and Clear vieuw suite in english.

And to solve the sms delivery report problem, anu solution ????

[katsj]

You may ask from Roly the administrator of www.compactjam.com to send you the cd files of the english version so you can have all the english software coming with the WWE Version.
Just check on his site for the files

[mo]

Hi can any one help me. I had flash Rom of XDA 11 for my MDA compact,and now my MDA compact is not working at all. so pls wher can I find German or english Rom. thanks :oops:

[2tired]

Just got my MDA Compact today and have successfully flashed it to English! One minor point--the date on the today screen displays in Dutch. Anyway to change it to English?

[2tired]

Nevermind, I figured it out!! Wow my first impression, this thing is TINY! I think I'm in love!

[specimen]

Thank you jpa for the french process.
Done without any problem !
:D
Waiting for french one now...
Thanks again !

[katsj]

I made a backup of the english ROM which is 64MB the exact size of the ROM its better than the ROM listed in the ftp. If you want me I can upload it to the ftp. If I compress it, it will probably be an around 30MB file with the full English ROM.
So let me know if you will need this file.
Also I managed to get a copy in .nb1 file format of the extended ROM so if any of the Developers could help us decode this file then we will be able to make our own version of the Extended ROM like people with XDA II's managed to make one. :wink:

[kta]

It looks like the imate JAM started to ship today. Why not start off the extended ROM exercise using the imate's extended ROM.

Also, if we use the imate JAM ROM, will that remove the T-Mobile splash screen when we switch on the phone?

[faado]

I have succesfully flashed the English ROM onto my German MDA compact.
Everything went fine, there's only one problem: Bluetooth is not working anymore. When I go to Settings, Connections, Bluetooth: it says "There is no Bluetooth hardware installed on this device". Also, it seems the ExtROM is missing. At Device information, there is noting next to 'ExtROM-Version:'

ROM-Version: 1.01.00 WWE
Rom-Date 10/21/04
Radio-Version: 1.00.10
Protocol-Version: 1337.36
ExtROM-Version:

Did I use the wrong ROM file? (I think it was the one posted here) Or should I install the ExtROM separatly?

Hope you can help!

[john]

wow, really successful, ha?
no bluetooth, ext rom....

[faado]

I figured it out myself: installed the cabs from the Extended-roms dir on FTP manually. After reset, bluetooth worked.

[katsj]

HEY GUYS I HAVE SOME GREAT NEW FOR ALL OF YOU!!!!
I DID IT AGAIN!!!! I HAVE A FULL IMATE JAM ROM FOR YOU THAT I WILL UPLOAD LATER TONIGHT IN THE FTP. JUST FOLLOW THE SAME PROCEDURE YOU FOLLOWED FOR FLASHING FROM GERMAN TO ENGLISH AND USE THE FIRST 416bytes OF YOUR GERMAN HEADER AGAIN. MAKE SURE YOU USE THE GERMAN HEADER AND NOT THE ENGLISH HEADER OK!!!!!

[katsj]

Ok we already managed to dump the iMate OS and Extended OS ROM part and flash it to our MDA Compacts.
BUT the iMate JAM has also a newer Radio ROM which is version R 1.01.00 instead of R 1.00.10 that our Compacts have. And also the G part of the ROM (does G stands for GPRS??) on imate JAM is version G 1337.38 and not G 1337.36 as on our compacts. So can anyone tell me how could I dump these 2 parts of the ROM so we can have the full upgrade????
Please hurry as I won't be able to keep the imate JAM any longer!

[mo]

I need help. :(
I have lost my software during apdate to English and now I do nor know what shall I do. my MDA Compact show only USB during connect with my BC. so where can I find German Rom again. thanks for all :twisted:

[nero]

I ordered an MDA Compact from blueshop24.de, and I can recommend it to everyone. They deliver prompt (24 hour), have a good e-mail support and a good price. I paid 444,90 Euro + 16.90 euro shipping costs.

The unit I received was SIMLOCK FREE and with a German OS. It worked 'out-of-the-box' with my Belgian SIM card.

Then I upgraded the unit to an English ROM and encountered some small problems. I list them here, maybe usefull for other upgraders.

- I only have a 512MByte SDCard, this works fine.
- You absolutely need NTRW V2.0. The version available from FTP, is not 2.0. I googled to find V2.0.
- The Hexeditor on FTP, does not accept the 512MByte file created by NTRW (when using a 512MByte SD Card). I used another hexeditor I already had on my system. Any editor will do.
- Reading and writing the SDcard with NTRW does not work if the cardreader is already attached to the pc during booting. If so, it will result in a Windows API error: 'can not lock file ....'
Just connect the cardreader after booting, then insert the SDCard. This was a problem for me because my cardreader is build in my PC. I had to find my 'old' external SD card reader.

Result: a perfectly working English OS MDA Compact for 445 Euro.
I now start installing my GPS and Alturion software. I will use this small marvel as a GSM and GPS navigation system.

If anybody would have a Dutch version of the OS, please post.

I ordered an MDA Compact from blueshop24.de, and I can recommend it to everyone. They deliver prompt (24 hour), have a good e-mail support and a good price. I paid 444,90 Euro + 16.90 euro shipping costs.

The unit I received was SIMLOCK FREE and with a German OS. It worked 'out-of-the-box' with my Belgian SIM card.

Then I upgraded the unit to an English ROM and encountered some small problems. I list them here, maybe usefull for other upgraders.

- I only have a 512MByte SDCard, this works fine.
- You absolutely need NTRW V2.0. The version available from FTP, is not 2.0. I googled to find V2.0.
- The Hexeditor on FTP, does not accept the 512MByte file created by NTRW (when using a 512MByte SD Card). I used another hexeditor I already had on my system. Any editor will do.
- Reading and writing the SDcard with NTRW does not work if the cardreader is already attached to the pc during booting. If so, it will result in a Windows API error: 'can not lock file ....'
Just connect the cardreader after booting, then insert the SDCard. This was a problem for me because my cardreader is build in my PC. I had to find my 'old' external SD card reader.

Result: a perfectly working English OS MDA Compact for 445 Euro.
I now start installing my GPS and Alturion software. I will use this small marvel as a GSM and GPS navigation system.

If anybody would have a Dutch version of the OS, please post.

Hi nero, I'm a belgian User to (antwerp) is it possible to hook up by mail or msn? Maybe you are able to send me the files you have used at the install progress. (een goed kerstgebaar:))

I'm on email: htc@bbzone.nl or on msn nick@bbzone.nl

hope to see you soon!

Thnx (i'm not a newbie, so I will not bomb you with many questions :) )

[victorr1]

I ordered an MDA Compact from blueshop24.de, and I can recommend it to everyone. They deliver prompt (24 hour), have a good e-mail support and a good price. I paid 444,90 Euro + 16.90 euro shipping costs.

The unit I received was SIMLOCK FREE and with a German OS. It worked 'out-of-the-box' with my Belgian SIM card.

Then I upgraded the unit to an English ROM and encountered some small problems. I list them here, maybe usefull for other upgraders.

- I only have a 512MByte SDCard, this works fine.
- You absolutely need NTRW V2.0. The version available from FTP, is not 2.0. I googled to find V2.0.
- The Hexeditor on FTP, does not accept the 512MByte file created by NTRW (when using a 512MByte SD Card). I used another hexeditor I already had on my system. Any editor will do.
- Reading and writing the SDcard with NTRW does not work if the cardreader is already attached to the pc during booting. If so, it will result in a Windows API error: 'can not lock file ....'
Just connect the cardreader after booting, then insert the SDCard. This was a problem for me because my cardreader is build in my PC. I had to find my 'old' external SD card reader.

Result: a perfectly working English OS MDA Compact for 445 Euro.
I now start installing my GPS and Alturion software. I will use this small marvel as a GSM and GPS navigation system.

If anybody would have a Dutch version of the OS, please post.


if its not difficult 2 you, please send me yours ntrw 2.0 and hexeditor versions
vitekr1@yandex.ru

[nero]

NTRW 2.0: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=60435
HexEdit: http://www.catch22.net/software/hexedit.asp

I didnt try mail or msn yet.

Up until now:
- the phone works :)
- I booted the unit without the extended rom stuff, nothing is really required and it uses a lot of ram
- I installed Alturion GPS 6, works perfect
- Now I'm busy trying to connect my Logitech Bluetooth Handsfree thing. No success until now.

Does anybody know how to connect a Handsfree BT headset?

I'm also looking at a system to remove the 'Extended ROM' files and get an extra 28MByte of Flash available for usefull applications. Any ideas somebody?

[blogbuster]

The -> Current directory is /Magician/English ROM/

Is completly empty??? what now

[blogbuster]

Hello..

Got today my phone. I'm trying very hard to put the english version on it.. but nothing works.. I tried the 220 and the 430 bits replacing in hex... He is flashing but I get the message after it's finished .: Checsum Error and Download Failed. When I reboot I only see SERIAL / V1.00 and that's it .. what am i doing wrong..? Downloaded the files on ftp from xda, from nowicom and from webpanel.. tried all versions. but nothing!

someone can please help me.. If sold my old phone so now I don't have anything : (

msn: nick@bbzone.nl (also email)

many thnx for the one how wan't to hear me out!!

[t0rn]

Hi,
i copied the image of the german rom on the SD card with the romupdate tool, but im not able to read it from the SD card with the ntrw tool. when i type the command "ntrw read German.nb1 x: " it tells me usage: "ntrw drive file drive" and nothing happens. is there a mistake in the syntax of the command or how is it else possible for me to get the german image from the SD card? i tried to mount it with my mac as well, but it wasn't readable...


thx in advance

[Largo_Winzclav]

Hi,
i copied the image of the german rom on the SD card with the romupdate tool, but im not able to read it from the SD card with the ntrw tool. when i type the command "ntrw read German.nb1 x: " it tells me usage: "ntrw drive file drive" and nothing happens. is there a mistake in the syntax of the command or how is it else possible for me to get the german image from the SD card? i tried to mount it with my mac as well, but it wasn't readable...


thx in advance

Bad version of ntrw ! You must use version 2.0. I think you will find it on the ftp...

See you...

[polishz3]

Anyone noticed that the dates in the calendar are still in german after flashing the new rom with the german to english.

I figured it out after going to a imate rom and back to a t-mobile, it's under the regional setting

[katsj]

Anyone noticed that the dates in the calendar are still in german after flashing the new rom with the german to english.

Just change the regional settings to the country settings you want! start -> settings -> system -> regional settings

[The Fittest]

Hey guys,

I've been struggling to get my MDA compact upgraded from German to English as well.... it's driving me nuts.

I've downloaded the complete ROM, which afterwards from looking at this thread I find out has the wrong version of ntrw. Weird enough, when using this version, it does say 2.00 at the start though.

The first time I made backup of my original ROM is worked fine and seemed to write the ROM through romupdate to my SD card. I wouldn't 'read' though to a .nb1 file on my HD. It gave a "File not found" error.

After this, my SD card wouldn't format anymore. Not through my PC; under windows or DOS. Formatting under DOS says "no good medium or track 0 is damaged. The disk is unusable. (more or less...it's in Dutch) This makes me assume the bootsector has been fried. I used a Sandisk 1Gb Ultra II SD card. I got this @%# about 4 hours before frying the damn thing...

I did try taking the header from the German ROM supplied in the Newicom version, and pasting the first 220 (and later 416) bytes to the English version. I wrote it to the SD card, which did seem to work, at least it didn't give me any errors. But after a hard reset, it just hangs on Serial V1.00, while according to the procedure it's supposed to ask me to Flash the ROM...

So there's a few questions I have now:

- Is there any way to fix my bootsector of my SD card... or is this final, and do I really have to go through the trouble of exchanging my card...? I have also tried storage tools, which seemed to format the card fine, but I really don't think it's been fixed at all.

- I seem to have now downloaded the correct version of NTRW (it now does read the ROM from my SD card), but the SD card is already screwed. I got it from this thread. However, is it actually the wrong version of NTRW which fried my card, or when I return my card to my reseller trying to get a new one, is there a chance I'll fuck up the bootsector again (I'm going to try to switch it for a Kingston 1Gb card without ultra II, because I keep hearing al these bad stories about Sandisk...)?

- Is there instead of Newicom's English T-Mobile ROM, an English 'clean' I-Mate Jam version available anywhere yet? Otherwise, I'll have to start cracking open the extended ROM as well, after flashing, getting rid of all that T-Mobile stuff I don't need/want. I'm seriously done with flashing and cracking... I just want to start using my MDA Compact... :cry:

Any help would realy be appreciated... I'm so tired of this crap... :cry:

[katsj]

There is a new method for flashing your ROM to english imate JAM rom with no need for card readers or SD memory cards! Just look in another thread in this site! I can't find it at the moment! Or even better have a look at www.compactjam.com where the guy that made this possible will give you more instructions!

There is a new method for flashing your ROM to english imate JAM rom with no need for card readers or SD memory cards! Just look in another thread in this site! I can't find it at the moment! Or even better have a look at www.compactjam.com where the guy that made this possible will give you more instructions!

I know, I found it last night, a while after posting this thread! It worked like a charme! I was to tired to correct my own posting yesterday night... but here it is anyway. Thx for the reply though! :D Finally, I have an updated, Imate/no T-Mobile English MDA Compact! Right on!

I'm sending my SD card, and the've agreed to replace it with a Kingston 1Gb SD card (not Ultra I though). Would Ultra II or not really make much of a difference?

The thread from Pinooo is here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=14973&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=) on the XDA forum. :wink:

[The Fittest]

There is a new method for flashing your ROM to english imate JAM rom with no need for card readers or SD memory cards! Just look in another thread in this site! I can't find it at the moment! Or even better have a look at www.compactjam.com where the guy that made this possible will give you more instructions!

I know, I found it last night, a while after posting this thread! It worked like a charme! I was to tired to correct my own posting yesterday night... but here it is anyway. Thx for the reply though! :D Finally, I have an updated, Imate/no T-Mobile English MDA Compact! Right on!

I'm sending my SD card, and the've agreed to replace it with a Kingston 1Gb SD card (not Ultra I though). Would Ultra II or not really make much of a difference?

The thread from Pinooo is here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=14973&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=) on the XDA forum. :wink:

Right... that was me. forgot to log in... :wink:

[27]

Hi everyone,

I am still stuck at the first step! :((

I disabled the USB in Active Sync.
I power+photo+reset on my Compact (German from Nowicom).
I have a 128mb formatted SD in it.
I connected my Compact and launched romupdate.exe.
I selected the USB port, but alas, all I get at this point is a window in romupdate that writes CLIENTCLIENTCLIENTCLIENT and on which I cannot write anything.

Can you please tell me what could be wrong?

Thank you.

Olivier

I'm getting the same error.
I have a 1GB SD card.

[27]

Hi everyone,

I am still stuck at the first step! :((

I disabled the USB in Active Sync.
I power+photo+reset on my Compact (German from Nowicom).
I have a 128mb formatted SD in it.
I connected my Compact and launched romupdate.exe.
I selected the USB port, but alas, all I get at this point is a window in romupdate that writes CLIENTCLIENTCLIENTCLIENT and on which I cannot write anything.

Can you please tell me what could be wrong?

Thank you.

Olivier

I'm getting the same error.
I have a 1GB SD card.

http://www.compactjam.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=219

There is a new method for flashing your ROM to english imate JAM rom with no need for card readers or SD memory cards! Just look in another thread in this site! I can't find it at the moment! Or even better have a look at www.compactjam.com where the guy that made this possible will give you more instructions!

I know, I found it last night, a while after posting this thread! It worked like a charme! I was to tired to correct my own posting yesterday night... but here it is anyway. Thx for the reply though! :D Finally, I have an updated, Imate/no T-Mobile English MDA Compact! Right on!

I'm sending my SD card, and the've agreed to replace it with a Kingston 1Gb SD card (not Ultra I though). Would Ultra II or not really make much of a difference?

The thread from Pinooo is here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=14973&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=) on the XDA forum. :wink:

Right... that was me. forgot to log in... :wink:

Did this remove the simlock on a locked phone? The radio rom gets updated is I'm not mistaken.

Hapklaar

[27]

Did this remove the simlock on a locked phone? The radio rom gets updated is I'm not mistaken.

Hapklaar

No. The phone's Simlock is not affected by this.
If yours is locked and you do this, it'll stay locked.

[greddy]

(sorry for my bad english)

attention when you flashing your Mda Compact with this i-mate rom!

After the flash you cannot install the fax send/receice software or
the pdf/office reader software (both on the t-mobile cd-rom)
I think, the software checks the rom version.

Who has now the german t-mobile roms for me ?

Bye, Peter

[27]

(sorry for my bad english)

attention when you flashing your Mda Compact with this i-mate rom!

After the flash you cannot install the fax send/receice software or
the pdf/office reader software (both on the t-mobile cd-rom)
I think, the software checks the rom version.

Who has now the german t-mobile roms for me ?

Bye, Peter

I haven't got a small enough German ROM but the English T-Mobile ROM lets you install the application suite.
This ROM can be found on the FTP.

i've reading this forum from the beginning, thanks alot for the information.

Now i've a dutch mda compact and want to flash it to traditional chinese. But before i start i've a few question and hope you'all can help me.

1- where can i get the romupdate.exe (mtty.exe)
2- where can i get the ntrw.exe

i have download de chinese rom from the ftp site.
so can someone help me ?
thx

Hi,
I have MDA PM10A locked with T-Mobile, please help me how to unlock it?
Thanks.

[27]

i've reading this forum from the beginning, thanks alot for the information.

Now i've a dutch mda compact and want to flash it to traditional chinese. But before i start i've a few question and hope you'all can help me.

1- where can i get the romupdate.exe (mtty.exe)
2- where can i get the ntrw.exe

i have download de chinese rom from the ftp site.
so can someone help me ?
thx

You can get them here
NTRW 2.0.
ftp://forum.xda-developers.com/Magician/NTRW%202.0/
You need to be logged in to download

mtty
http://www.nowicom.com/dl/mda_compact_upd_en_1.zip

Flashing the ROM won't unlock the device.

[Chefkoch1]

Mine worked too...

No tests yet, but I got the Checksum Error after patching, took out the battery and replaced it. Booted up and everything's in English!!! WOW!!!!!!

I asked around for days. Talking to the T Mobile Service Center... "No, Sir, it isn't possible to install an english OS" was the reply. THANK YOU !!!!!

[Chefkoch1]

OOOOOHHHHHHHH NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! My Calander is in dutch or something sweedish. It says "Donerdag". Anyone know how to change this? It can't stay...

At least I understood German.....

PLZ HELP!!!

[Chefkoch1]

I fixed IT .... :lol: ..it's in Regional Settings

[zorbas]

Hello everybody,

while surfing the web about information about changing my MDA Compact from german to english I came to this great forum. At first I want to say thank you to all the guys who made this possible.

After reading through this thread very carefully I managed to get my MDA to english without any problems, this is great!

How about building a new ZIP including everything, like the one hostet at the nowicom-server but with the right ntrw.exe and everything? Would't it be time for a FAQ?

So please tell me if I should create a new package and upload it to the forum ftp.

[27]

How about building a new ZIP including everything, like the one hostet at the nowicom-server but with the right ntrw.exe and everything? Would't it be time for a FAQ?

So please tell me if I should create a new package and upload it to the forum ftp.

Please do so.
NTRW version 2 and clearly written instructions would be appreciated.
Some screenshots/pictures too if you can.

[pietrucci]

I copied the English rom to my sd-card using ntrw. So far so good (I thought).
But then when I hard reset my device (camera+on/off+soft reset) I get the dark screen with the text Serial on it, but nothing happens!
So I figured the ROM wasn't properly written to my sd-card. Thus I wrote it again (again with ntrw). But the same problem: the flashing doesn't start after the reset...
Anyone out there who can help me???

[chineseman]

a question , i have an imate jam in italian can i change language to english with these files :?: :?:

[eku_0511]

Hey, guys, how and where can i download English ROM for MDA...

I wanna to change language from German to English...

The link is corrupted... Help me?

My device: HTC, T-Mobile (unlocked SIM), MDA, WM-2002...

[Texas_30]

Hello everyone,
I'm new to this board and I read nearly all threads about MDA. I bought my T Mobile MDA Compact 2 weeks ago from Germany. Yesterday while I was trying to change its language to English its locked. I installed Windows 2003 SE then device restarted but not open anymore. Now I can not open it. When I try to open it on the top of the screen it writes "Seial" and at tthe bottom it writes "1.00 Version". What should I do? I need immediate assistant; can anybody help me to make my MDA Compact working again?

Thanks

AE

[Texas_30]

Hi All,

I solved the problem using I Mate JAM ROM.

AE

T Mobile MDA Compact (using I mate ROM)
ROM version: 1.06.00 WWE
ROM date: 01/06/05
Radio version: 1.01.00
Protocol version: 1337.38
ExtROM version: 1.06.150 WWE

[Mastah-GSi]

Ok I try to read the thread at my best, but I really confused (sorry for that).

I have the following:

A MDA Compact with the German languague
Device Info:

PM10A 0 A
GERR
T-MOB101 *
1.01.01 0 1
1.01.120
1.00.10 GER

Now I do have the following (Dutch?) ROM:

MA_DT_WWE_DutchRetail_11100_550_11100_Ship.exe
by Dangaard

With the following files included in the exe:
- UI.dll
- RUU.dll
- RUU.conf
- ROMUpgradeUt.exe
- radio.nbf
- nk.nbf
- ms.nbf
- EnterBL.exe

Now my question:

Is it possible to flash this ROM into the German MDA Compact I have here?

[Mastah-GSi]

Nobody can give me a clear answer on my question mentioned above?

[kta]

Mastah-Gsi,

yes you can upgrade with the ROM you have. You need to replace the ROMUpgradeUt.exe with the attached file though. This fixes the Country ID error you would encounter when using the original ROMUpgradeUt.exe. Just replace the file in the temp folder and run the copied one manually. It may not work the first time, just run it again and it will work.

[PanagiotaroS]

guys plz tell me!
where can i find ricardos rom??? :oops:

[PanagiotaroS]

PLEASE I NEED RICARDO'S ENGLISH ROM

[gizmo man]

dear friends of this forum,please assist me i want to unlock my mda compact and secondly i want to change the languege from german to english.thanks friends.

[sayashi]

i just update to the latest GER rom
and i would like to know how to change the language to english from German

[wes0000]

i just update to the latest GER rom
and i would like to know how to change the language to english from German

Yes, i just found the UK version for MDA Compact v1.13, You can click it >>>here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=304266)

I dont know WM5 possible for O2 mini or not, if anyone did successful to upgrade to WM5 pls tell me, so far i cant found a thread said that they successful to upgrade to WM5 for magician (O2mini). And if possible pls let me know on it. Thanks!

[errachidi]

hi guys,
Does anybody know if it is possible to change the language of the MDA Compact from German to English?
because i'd like to order one, but i dont want to be stuck wit this german language on my device.
thanks.

MOD EDIT just rude!

post like this again and you will be banned from this forum.
thank you