Bad Network Coverage

[demiseh]

I was just wondering wether everyone has a BAD NETWORK SIGNAL or rather Weak signal on their Alpine. cuz i hv that and i got mine yesterday and i'm fiddlin round w it. and wondering if this'll cause me problems w conversations:/

ps: if i turn phone to standby(via power button??) -> phone gos off right? so how do i save battery and have th ephone on???

PLEASE REPLY ASAP

[TinTin]

Which radio version are you running? May help to upgrade that to 1.04.00 to get a better signal.

The phone will automatically switch on if you receive a call !

hth,
Max

[demiseh]

This is what i'm running:

I-mate PDA 2
ROM version: 1.11.00 WWE
ROM date: 01/27/05
Radio version: 1.03.00
Protocol version 1337.42
ExtROM version: 1.11.144 WWE

its the latest off the i-mate website. or do u suggest another rom update from smwhere else? cuz the thing is that i'm also running arabic, so i don't want 2 lose that no matter what u know. any suggestions?

[clustered]

hi demiseh,

please do backup using such as Sprite Backup before upgrade........

http://www.klstore.com/mael/Radio%201.04.rar

this file just included Radio 1.04 upgrade only for Alpine.

restore back the backup so that you dont lost anything.....

thanks:D

[TinTin]

As clustered said you should do a full back with a software like "Sprite Backup" before you start applying the new Radio Version 1.04.00, as it will hardreset your device and all data will be lost.

Go to ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/Alpine and download XDA_IIi_Upgrade_v1.11.162_Radio_1.04.rar . Extract the file to a folder of your choice. Then DELETE files ms_.nbf and nk.nbf from that folder, only leave radio_.nbf in place.

Connect your device to the PC via ActiveSync, then start MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe , it will not run through completely, after a while it will get stuck. Kill the MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe via Windows task manager, while leaving your device connected. Then restart MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe, the second time the update will go through.

After you finished, restore your Backup.

You will not lose your specific language settings.

hth,
Max

[demiseh]

Wow;) Thanks Guys!! I'll Do That!

not now actually, but this evenin i'll do it and let u know how it works:) cool!

[demiseh]

upgrade done;) minor problem with restore from SD card... ---> at killing processes it freezes on 10seconds:/ why? any ideas?

[TinTin]

umm, no idea! were you able to restore though anyway?

[demiseh]

thx god yes! just now did it.
ok, here's the thing i dont understand:

1. afet hard reset - all data restored from the beginning
2. --> if all data lost -> then what happens to the available copy of Sprite Back-up on the device? its also lost correct? though i had it installed on my SD card, so its technically there, but not visible by the Device.
3. i click on the file, to load from SD card and auto-restore my device, and evrythin theoretically works fine except it freezes.

how did i fix it?
1. didnt work from PC, dunno why.
2. so what i did was install sprite back-up again, obviously crack it, and restore it manually from there ---> what happened? ---> FROZE AGAIN
3. so once i had the sprite back-up already installed once again (step 2), i just restored from the PC and this time it worked...weird...dunno what happened, what went wrong, but i was freaked out for a second & was goin2 rip my hair out. how do u guys restore? from PC or from PPC? and do u do it via the Sprite application or just by clickling the file on the PPC? more info needed;) hope it wont happen soon;)

[TinTin]

It's probably one of the process started via the autostart that is has problems killing, try moving some things from \Windows\AutoStart to a backup folder some place, then reboot your device - try restore again - if it runs through copy the things you moved back into \Windows\AutoStart

[demiseh]

hm...interesting. but here's another fact:
i was running in advanced mode::: i had also tried disabling the 'process kill' feature, and still at 10Seconds it froze for some reason....i dunno. i deleted the old backup on the sd, and i'm creating a new one. then i'll make a new back-up on the PC, and try restoring it once more both ways to figure it all out. freaky still:)