conley_jb
14th October 2009, 09:03 PM
It's been a couple years since I have been on this forum; I sold my old 8500 which was running the Dopod rom I had bought prior to Cingular releasing the 3125 officially in the States and have been using a Moto Q on AT&T's towers ever since. I have grown tire of carrying my big brick every day and am looking to move back into a Star Trek as a backup phone and ocassional carry.
While at one time I was pretty up on all the specs of the various phones, life has taken a turn which doesn't allow me the luxery of studying up on everything. I had forgotten the differences in Star Trek models and may have made a mistake and jumped the gun to quickly while playing on eBay. I bought an unused, Imate SmartFlip the other night over the various 3125's available, partly for the price, but also I am not a fan of the Cingular branding.
In researching flashing the phone to WM6.0, I realized that the 3125 came standard with more memory than the IMate. I do have access to an old 3125, but it isn't unlocked and it has it's share of scratches.....
So, my questions are ---
1. Is it a straight flash to flash the IMate with the Cingular WM6.0 Rom? As posted here
2. What if any obsticles will I have other than space limitations?
3. Would there be any benefit to Flashing the Cingular phone over the Imate, other than space?
4. Since my ultimate goal is to have an unlocked, clean (un scratched) and clean installed WM flip phone, would it be practical to unlock the old 3125 and transplant the guts to the Imate case.
All-and-all, I have less than $50 invested in both phones. I am looking for a device that is small,easy to carry, performs as a cellphone 40% of the time and can be used to browse and read through my emails the remainder of the time and can sync with my hosted exchange service. (I seldom reply to emails on my mobile device anymore, which was the reason I got rid of the Star trek for the Mot Q to begin with (Keyboard).
Any advice is appreciate.
While at one time I was pretty up on all the specs of the various phones, life has taken a turn which doesn't allow me the luxery of studying up on everything. I had forgotten the differences in Star Trek models and may have made a mistake and jumped the gun to quickly while playing on eBay. I bought an unused, Imate SmartFlip the other night over the various 3125's available, partly for the price, but also I am not a fan of the Cingular branding.
In researching flashing the phone to WM6.0, I realized that the 3125 came standard with more memory than the IMate. I do have access to an old 3125, but it isn't unlocked and it has it's share of scratches.....
So, my questions are ---
1. Is it a straight flash to flash the IMate with the Cingular WM6.0 Rom? As posted here
2. What if any obsticles will I have other than space limitations?
3. Would there be any benefit to Flashing the Cingular phone over the Imate, other than space?
4. Since my ultimate goal is to have an unlocked, clean (un scratched) and clean installed WM flip phone, would it be practical to unlock the old 3125 and transplant the guts to the Imate case.
All-and-all, I have less than $50 invested in both phones. I am looking for a device that is small,easy to carry, performs as a cellphone 40% of the time and can be used to browse and read through my emails the remainder of the time and can sync with my hosted exchange service. (I seldom reply to emails on my mobile device anymore, which was the reason I got rid of the Star trek for the Mot Q to begin with (Keyboard).
Any advice is appreciate.