Benefits of a upgrade

[Mr E]

Hi all,

I've been checking this forum for a week or so now and the only thing I cant seem to find info on is...

What benefits do you get if you upgrade your Magician to the latest rom?

Does it get rid of the camera speckles and snow? Or do I still need to download that camera fix?

Does it enable me to use MP3s as ringtones? Or do I again need to download another file?

What other features do I get from upgrading? If any?

Thanks for your time.

[kta]

Mr. E you can use MP3 as ringtones on all ROMS even if you have the very oldest, 1.01. Just copy the Mp3 file to the /Windows/Rings folder.

[Mr E]

I did that but it didnt do anything. Is there some sort of special way of selecting the file for a ringtone?

[jimmy-bish]

Easy way to set mp3 as ringtone:
Click here (http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=16569)

By the way, if you have no issues with your existing rom and you're happy with all aspects of your phone and it's running stable, then don't bother upgrading.

[Mr E]

Sweet that looks like what I need.

As for the camera... I guess just download the camera fix.

From what your saying Jimmy-bish the rom updates dont give you anything worthwhile then?

[jackleung]

If you have 1.11 or earlier rom, U may encounter the famous "bluetooth not found" problem. Is it worthwhile enough? :twisted:

[jimmy-bish]

Yeah, sometimes it comes down to the individual phone. Heaps of people complained about that bluetooth and GPRS issue with 1.11 rom. I had it once, so I kept the same rom as I had no problems with that and just upgraded the radio to 1.13. Problem solved.
If you notice bugs or errors on your phone, search the forums and if everyone says it's the rom version that's causing the problem then upgrade. If you aren't experiencing any problems and can't be bothered upgrading all the time, you aren't missing too much. Most of the time it's just bug fixes and slight improvements, which can often be found through the forum without having to upgrade (camera patches and improvements, extended rom applications etc).

[jim.mason]

Hi all,

I've been checking this forum for a week or so now and the only thing I cant seem to find info on is...

What benefits do you get if you upgrade your Magician to the latest rom?

Does it get rid of the camera speckles and snow? Or do I still need to download that camera fix?

Does it enable me to use MP3s as ringtones? Or do I again need to download another file?

What other features do I get from upgrading? If any?

Thanks for your time.

Install the snowfix file and this will change all the relevant setting to do away with the speckles etc. Can't remember where I found this so can't give authors name.

Jim

[Mr E]

I did download the new camera from here... not the snowfix. The camera didnt seem to change anything tho, so im guess I need this snowfix too?

Problem with me is that I always want to have the latest update... so more than likely I will install the new update onto my Magician anyways...

I put that MP3 ringtone fix on, thanks heaps for that. Is there anyway of using a MP3 when you get a SMS?

[vijay555]

Snowfix is just a case of turning down sharpness and saturation etc, i think.
V

[Mr E]

Question, anyone know how to make the MP3 ringtones louder? With my phone volume right up its still kinda quiet, if I play it through the Media Player it sounds at the same volume until I turn the media player volume up to 100%... thats about how loud I would like it.

Is it possible without having to up the volume on a PC based app?

[jackleung]

http://www.pocketmax.net/phoneAlarm.htm

[ampda]

Snowfix is just a case of turning down sharpness and saturation etc, i think.
V

That is exactly what it is, but its still better then the standard camera settings.

[Mr E]

Does that phone alarm allow you to use MP3s as your SMS tone?

[kta]

Mr E, yes it does!

[Mr E]

Now I have seen somewhere, that someone had the same problem as I am having and that was the SD card is coming up as 128mg but its actually 256mg... someone had some sort of format program for the SD card... anyone have that? As my PC wants to format it as 128 when it clearly says on the card that its 256...

[chh]

btw: you can use mp3 as rings without any other prog. just associate mp3-files with mediaplayer, copy desired file to windows/rings and choose it in the normal ringtone dialog. the built in volume slider (telephone one, not loudspeaker one) works for me, too.