New to 8125

[CarbineReloaded]

Computer nerd for a living, so far I love my 8125... however after reading this forum I'm having urges to tweak.


Current ROM Version is 1.8.11.1 WWE dated 11/24/05
Radio version 1.16.11


the reception has SUCKED in compairison to other phones I've owned -- I know the 8125 has been known to have some reception problems, but no signal vs full signal -- I'm hopeing this is a ROM issue.


Is there a way to figure out exactly which rom is best for me?

Looking for stereo bluetooth, ability to hop onto 802.11g networks (although I know i won't utalize the full speed of them), Want to be able to do push mails.... etc.




Also, where can I find a dictionary to see what you guys are talking about :eek:


-A2DP
-g3/g4



(Edit: my IPL/SPL is 1.08 so I guess that means G3
GSM 1.16.11
OS 1.8.11.1)



I'm also open to any suggested "must have" apps for this device.

[tubbyman]

my advice if your looking for a better ROM to improve reception, there are many interesting comments about the latest one from Cingular having the best radio ROM and all the other features you listed. Molski's ROM is also good and he is a very active member of these forums so if you get stuck you can ask him questions. His ROM has all the features you ask for and more plus its quick! there is a thread around somewhere or try his site www.molski.biz

[GldRush98]

seriously, just upgrade to the Cingular 2.25 ROM.
It's way better then the original rom, and since it's official, you don't have to monkey around with unlocking anything.
Plus, it'll have the stock cingular settings for mms, edge, etc... so you won't have to program those back in.

[CarbineReloaded]

Well, I downloaded the current ROM from HTC today and installed it after backing up my data with SPB.



After the flash it booted, but was obviously void of all my personal data/programs.


Ran the SPB exe file to restore the files, now the phone hangs at "windows mible" durring boot.


Soft reset yeilded no results.


What happened?

[CarbineReloaded]

Ok, did a hard reset and did the restore again, this time not allowing it to change system files.


This is irritating, now I have to start over downloading and installing PPC applications.

[mingkee]

doing full restore from previous version system will kill your pda
if there's an option to restore, try to restore PIM, and non-system wide restore
to OP, the old ROM looks like having signal recover issue, same problem with T-Mobile MDA old ROM

[GldRush98]

Only Sprite Software allows you to do system backups and restores across ROM upgrades, but I've heard even that can be sketchy.

[CarbineReloaded]

Oh well, guess this time I'll get to be very picky and install only the programs I know I "for sure" want.



New question:

It's irritating that my phone defaults to show ALL of my contacts. I have 100 contacts in my outlook contact file for business reasons (My small business, for ordering stuff, etc). I like the fact that they store to my phone with the notes that I need, however I would prefer to have the phone DEFAULT to show only my Personal catagory.... forcing me to select the business contact catagory as needed.


Is there a way or an app that can do this?