alpine with software locked on it

[rlarks]

hi new to all this pda stuff, canany one help me!!!!!

i have been given a pda alpine, but it is locked with a program i carn`t get it to go into windows.
what is the best way way to get rid of this software?????


thanks

[deedee]

i assume you have tried hard resetting and then soft resetting once the HR has finished, in the wee 3 second window where it says customising.

Other suggestion would be to flash a new ROM.

[rlarks]

:):) big thanks!!!!!!
i said i was a newbii :)

ok i can start now, i have windows mobile on, ok whats next for me to do?????

how can i get rid of all that old software ??????

[deedee]

What sort of old software do you want to remove?

A hard reset should only leave you with whatever the carrier has decided to give you. If you do the soft reset trick you should be able to remove any carrier specific customisations leaving you with a bare(ish) Alpine. What you load after that is up to you.

[rlarks]

ok so the software that was on when you started up the system has now gone???

i just have windows mobile on now when i start it up.

also i used the unlocker wizard, and it said it had unlocked, but i now have a no network ! mark instead of a strength signal???

any ideas :) please

[deedee]

Which version of the unlocker did you use? i had more luck with the older version. It sounds as though it hasn't worked, despite saying it had. From memory it does take a while to complete. Have you tried it with any SIM apart from your own one?

[rlarks]

i used ver 1.6
and yes tryed it with 2 other sims, but still no luck they both the same.

is there anyway to reformat these pda`s start a fresh as they say :)
i said iam new :)

[deedee]

Yup, that's the newer version, i used version 1.5, SIM unlock (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=240784).