ok check this out. I bought a MPX220 from ebay while ago. it was locked to AT&T. So I contacted Cingular and requested an Unlock Code. They provided it to me via email a few days later.

As you may or may not know you are allowed, by the phone, 5 attempts to correctly enter your unlock code before the phone Hard Locks to the original provider it was programmed for. I enterd mine once, apparently Wrong cuz the phone immediatly hard locked, which eant some other moron had attempted sumthing another 4 times!!

So, Thinking I was screwed, I was getting ready to box my phone up and send it to a company I found on he net that claimed to be able to repair this kind of hard lock when a friend of mine suggested trying to flash it with a differnt ROM Image. The logic was that mabey flashing it would overwrite the lock & I couldnt possibly screw it up worse. so I purchased an AT&T SIM card from ebay and flashed the dam thing and ill be damned but when it was done it booted up and asked me for the unlock code again!! which I VERY CAREFULLY entered and now my phone works flawlessly and unlocked!!

Just thought Id share!!

PopTart629

I'm grateful for the response.....

I was thinking about those things as well then another occured to me. what if the headphone jack is broken in such a way that the phone still thinks theres an earbud in place. I work on PCs & laptops for a living and have seen a similar thing where people have had headphones pluged in to their laptops, remove them and then have no external sound. Could this be the case here?

Also, if the speaker was blown wouldnt make some kind of crackeling sound? If the speaker does need replaced, does anyone know where I can get one. Ive done a lil searching on the net but havent had much luck

and this might be a lil off topic, but does anyone know where t get an exploded parts view so I cansee inside and how see how it goes together

Again thanks for all the help. this site is a great resource for people looking to get help with their phones.

Michael

Hi I was just reading thru the posts and came across this one.

I recently bought a MPX220 from ebay. bought it for parts mostly, but the auction was marked "Earpiece not working." When I inquired further it was explained to me that incomming nor outgoing calls could be heard thru the earpiece. Do you think the problem you've posted about could apply here?

Thanks,

PopTart629

Cheeck out this..... http://cgi.ebay.com/Motorola-MPx200-PDA-Ph...1QQcmdZViewItem

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I dont suppose yo know if there are any kind of custom or different color housings for the MPX200?? Sometimes I look at my phone and think that it would look much better silver...Odd I know, but never the less, true

Thanks,

PopTart629

Ive had a similar issue with one of mine. I thought it happend after I went lookng for a new lether case for my phone. I had allowed the clerk at the store to try a few cases on my phone and one of them she tried forcing the upper portion over the screen with considerable force. mabey it's just bad timming tho.... Wehn I took it apart, I found that my ribbon cable was damaged but I suspect mabey the LCD itself is also

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so how do I do it thru the moto upgrade wizard?? is it as simple as installing WM2003 on it? im confused....

Ive seen one method that wants me to make a backup of the 256kb .RAW file that supposedly contians the IMEI info so that it can be imported back after the phone is unlocked or sumthing like this...

anyways I am REALLY grateful for the help.

PopTart629.

Oh BTW howdo you tell the version or revision # of te MPX200??

thanks again!

ok I looked into www.imei-check.co.uk. according to the directions you must have an activsync connectin to the phone. this implies that you must have a working sim in the phone because the phone will not boot without one. am I missing something??

help is apprieciated

PopTart629

I recently bought a MPX200 from ebay. (my others LCD screen died) the replacement is locked to ATT and I ma planning to unlock it. I was wondering do I have to have a sim for ATT in order to unlock it??

Thanks,

Poptart629

I know this is an old topic, but can somebody tell me if the German batteries will work in US phones.

Thx

Poptart629

Thanks for the info. Its funny cuz I looked thru that thread earlier today but missed what I was looking for

Ok here's the thing.

Id love to try some of the different apps out there for my mpx. alot of them tell me that they cant work. after a little looking here, I discovered that I need to edit the registry to make the phone "application unlocked" thus being allowed to run my apps.

So I went to the net & DLd Resco File Explorer and this had a reg editor included in the package.
When I tried to edit the proper key to app unlock my phone it allowed me to change the value, but when I exit the key, it reverts back to its prievious value.


any help is appriecited

PopTart629

look at this pic,



This is how the phone identified itself to windows XP when I plugged it in to the USB port. Tha t is not how devices usually ID themselves. They usually say things like "HP PHotosmart 7500 Series" or something that lets the user now what it is they have just plugged in.

I was merley curious as to why the phone is ID'd that way.

Kudos to you Smeg!! My activesync was out of date. I installed ver 4.1 from MS site and it works great.

Can anyone tell me why the phone phone wasnt properly identified by windows XP tho??


Thanks again!!

PopTart629

Ok, This is my first post here. I have, however, been a visitor here for some time and have found ALL of my mobile phone solutions here. Props out to all of you!!

Ok I upgraded my phone today from WM2003 to WM2005. The upgrade went well (so I thought) My phone rebooted and after some searching I found out how to get sim contacts back and how to use my speaker phone again etc

My issues are these.

1. I cannot sync to my PC. Each time I connect the usb cable to it I get the "found new hardware" screen.
in the past I have never had any problems connecting to my PC but now it says this...



2. I cannot add voice tags anymore, tho I understand that there is a software alternative that may work if need be. Id also like to perform some registry tweaks & install some really cool apps Ive seen n the net but being unable to sync has severly dampend my endeavors to do so.

and on a side note, I am seeing posts which indicate that most builds of WM2005 for the MPX200 have 3 .img files. Im not sure if it matters or not, but the build I have only has 2. it was missing part 1.

Thanks for all the help in advance,

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