Any UK MDA T-Mobile upgraders here?

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I have MDA on T_Mobile UK and would like to upgrade to the latest rom but am confused by so many posts and different lanuages.
Could anyone just tell me

1) How to back my rom up incase of problems

2) How to get the latest english rom with the patch for more memory

3) How to install it

4) How to put all the t-mobile settings back ie GPRS etc

TIA

I have an MDA Compact from T-Mobile UK and I upgraded with the Q-Tek 1.11 ROM doing the rounds. I forgot all about the ext rom, but after I upgraded I restored a full backup I had created using Sprite Backup. I asked on this forum if restoring the backup negated the ROM upgrade in any way, but no-one seemed to know. Anyway, all the T-Mobile customisation came back and there have been no problems since.

AS soon as I can get a proper T-Mobile ROM I will upgrade with this.

hi mate after you restored your backup did you still have the qtek rom on the phone?

Yes. I get the qtek splash screen when I reboot, and if I go to 'Device Information' I get this:

ROM version: 1.11.00 WWE
ROM date: 03/14/05
Radio version: 1.11.00
Protocol version: 1337.42
ExtROM version: 1.01.128 WWE

Hi
Thanks for the reply how did you do the update was there any error messages that need to be ignored?

Also going to use sprite backup later have you got any tips?
Thanks

Not really - the whole thing was completely painless for me. Just follow the instructions to the letter.

Sprite Backup is great - I get it to automatically backup my PDA to an SD card each night so I always have an up-to-date backup.

Is there a trial version of sprite backup of do I have to buy it?

What instructions did you follow would be good to just do the same as you as it work rather than me stuffing it up.

Thanks

Originally Posted by scgf

Not really - the whole thing was completely painless for me. Just follow the instructions to the letter.

Sprite Backup is great - I get it to automatically backup my PDA to an SD card each night so I always have an up-to-date backup.

cool whats your phone like now? is it any better?

My MDA Compact is really no different after the upgrade - it would be useful to know exactly what should be better. I still can't send files to it using bluetooth.

Last night I re-did the ROM upgrade but this time I reinstalled all my apps and only used Sprite to restore documents etc. rather than the whole system. I think this is a better way forward, although on Sprite's website there is a section on how to correctly use Sprite Backup to restore after a ROM upgrade - have a look at http://tinyurl.com/dhzrp

I downloaded a T-Mobile UK CAB file which adds back all the T-Mobile settings without the garish pink colour scemes.

The instructions I followed are in this thread http://tinyurl.com/863qt - as you work through you will get an idea of what to do. In there somewhere I seem to remember someone posted a simple guide.

I have a qtek s100 rom buymobiles.net or something like that.
I used the program to hack your own rom for Extended storage - made a safe backup first to keep on my PC, just in case, hacked the ROM, flashed it back on the phone and it worked fine. There are a number of error messages that come up, but they're all to be expected, but do follow the instructions carefully and they'll put your mind at ease.

After the flash, you get 27mb of "Storage" instead of the previous 7mb. I've got a 1gig card so it doesn't make much difference to me, but it's useful, and worth doing at the start so you don't have to re-install everything if you do bite the bullet later and apply the hacked ROM.
The hacked ROM will be a copy of your own ROM, so nothing will change ROMwise, however, I foolishly overlooked the fact that that space comes from somewhere, in this case it wipes out the intellidialer and some other gubbins. I had no backup of these, but forunately it's all stored away on the XDA developers FTP. Someone more informed than I can correct me, but I think the only files you really need to reinstall are the intellidialer. Also squirrel out the cab that contains settings for your network, orange, O2 etc (i haven't found these, they're on XDA developers somewhere bu i forgot where! Drop me a line if you find them...)

Once you've done that - well, your phone is pretty much as it originally was, but with a bit more storage for free. not a bad thing.

I would flash the ROM and then reinstall rather than doing a Sprite Backup/Restore, since the registry will be in a very different state after the ROM flash. However, i don't think it'll do any harm.

Sprite Backup is certainly worth getting hold of, and keep a copy of your backup on an SD card and your PC in case your phone gets 'half inched'.

Hope that helps.

Vijay