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Posted on: Jan 5 2006, 11:15 AM


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AndrewSH, are you gonna post the "nina.rar." zip file? I depserately wanna change the Caller ID font...
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Posted on: Jan 4 2006, 07:18 AM


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Thanks Manuel, its Jeyo, not jevo, though, hahahaha
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Posted on: Jan 4 2006, 06:25 AM


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QUOTE (ajayden @ Jan 3 2006, 09:53 PM)
Hi,

After upgrade to WM5.0 on the MPX200, can it connect to wifi?
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Ajayden,

No it cant actually because the mpx200, doesnt have any WIFI hardware built into it.

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Posted on: Jan 4 2006, 06:23 AM


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Hey guys,

Can anyone give me the WM 5 settings needed for tmobile's internet? I tired looking around in the forums and tried different stuff, but for the life of me, it hasnt worked. And I didnt find anywhere on T mobile's website where they can send you a configuration file? Thanks for the help in advance.


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Thanks Manuel, but I couldnt find it. I dunno maybe I am stupid but I looked. Any other help?
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Posted on: Jan 4 2006, 01:47 AM


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QUOTE (AndrewSh @ Jan 3 2006, 09:38 AM)
External LCD:
HKCU\ControlPanel\ExternalLCD
Style=0 (Only service pics line is displayed)
Style=1 (Analog clock and date);
Style=2 (Time and date - default)
Style=3 (Operator and time)
Style=4 (Only service pics line is displayed)
Style=5, 6 ( Sim Locked .... Enter PIN - is displayed)
Further on - lazy to check...



ANdrewSH, thanks for the tweaks, especially the memory one, but:

I tried The External LCD tweak, and everytime I changed the value, I close my registry editor, and I check the external LCD, and it doesnt change when the flip is up or down?????
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Posted on: Jan 4 2006, 01:41 AM


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Anyone?
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Posted on: Jan 3 2006, 08:37 PM


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Hey guys,


Anybody know any good freeware SIM managers?


Thanks,

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Posted on: Jan 3 2006, 08:29 AM


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Anybody??????
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Posted on: Jan 3 2006, 03:49 AM


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Hey guys got a couple of question for you and anyone that can help, I appreciate it in advance:

1. I tried installing the registry hack that AndrewSH Posted, and I think I was successfull, although i didnt udnerstand the directions very well so if someone can confirm these steps:

- I put the car dinto the card reader, with "show all hidden files" and all its options, checked.
- This is where I had the confusion. I then put the the "defualt.hv" file in the windows folder.
- Restarted the phone, then did the activesync, then I ran the application unlock from the desktop. the program reported successfull.
-Restared again, then again I was confused here. I coped the "Cert.cab" file into just the root of the SD card. The instructions said to "run" the file and the only way I know how to do that is with a file manager. So installed Resco explorer and ran it. I restarted again, and everything is kool now.

So my question is, did I do this right?

2. Secondly, I only did this hack, because I got "permissions" error messages when I installed Resco Systemtoys. So i went to these forums and found this hack. But I am unlcear as to what this hack exactly does? (sorry if I sound stupid)

3. Thirdly, anyone know of a good freeware sim manager? I REALLY need to import the contacts to my phone.

Reply fast guys! Thanks!
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Posted on: Dec 27 2005, 06:13 AM


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QUOTE (smart-turk @ Dec 25 2005, 05:37 PM)
well in Turkey we made this upgrade succesfully and made a movie for this. It is not very very hard if you watch this movie and also you don't need any keys for installation.

Sorry i am new and dont know the rule about NOT to add rom hosting site link.You can send private message to me to have the link.
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Hats off to Smart-turk. He made it possible for EVERYONE to have WM5, like it should be. Thanks again!!!
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Posted on: Dec 20 2005, 11:15 AM


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Anyone know of a good retail or freeware smartphone SIM card manager, that run's good at least on WM 2003? I want only the best rated one. The reason I am looking for one is that, the WM 5 image for the MPX200, if you dont know already, doesnt include a SIM card manager, so I cant copy contacts from the SIM to my phone. I can only save contacts to the SIM. Let me know folks. Thanks..

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Posted on: Dec 20 2005, 11:09 AM


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Common, a black RAZR with WM 5 on it? God I wish this was true!!! What do you guys think??
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Posted on: Dec 20 2005, 08:13 AM


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UPDATE #4


As expected, using an MMC card will slow your @$$ down whem using WM 5. However, anybody thinking about using a 512 SD card...PEOPLE, I'M WARNING YOU, DONT USE IT.....I had one laying around, and decided to use it, because it's not like darkoverlord tried every different manufacturer of the 512 SD card. I had a Panasonic. The install went fine, but when it came time for the first boot up, it just plain didnt. I tried over and over again and out of 10 tries (Meaning pulling out the battery and putting it back in) I only got it to boot 1 time. Not my kinda numbers. Just stick with any size other than 512, and you will be fine. More to come.
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Posted on: Dec 19 2005, 05:38 PM


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UPDATE #3:

As far as slowness in the OS, you all know that in my review, I had used a 2 year old MMC card, when Mr. Dark said use an SD. He confirmed to me that indeed your OS will go slower with an MMC. I also confirmed this because as some of you may know, at the time when this phone was made, SD cards were faster than MMC, so this phone, when I get an SD card, will benefit from it. Again Dark said that found that 256MB and 1GB cards work very well, but for some reason 512mb cards are not as good. So beware. It also may depend on the maker of the SD card. Stick with the best, obviously, Kingston, SanDisk, etc...

Now I did see however, that there are new MMC cards that are coming out, that are faster than SD cards, but most likely the reader/writer in the mpx200, wont take advantage of this extra speed, as it is an old writer/reader. If anyone else has anythign to add please do so....
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Posted on: Dec 19 2005, 05:28 PM


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Sweet!

Even though its nice to be one of the few people that have this OS on an MPX 200, It's also nice to see other people have it. Enjoy it folks, Basically were are like Microsoft developers. Seriously not that many people have it, probably less than 50!

UPDATE 2:

Those hardware keys, from what Mr.Dark told me, are tied to our hardware, acting as if it was a developers hardware. So I guess as long as you dont change major components of your configuration, you can reformat your computer as much as you want, and you can still flash your phone with the WM 5 image. ^*&& yah.
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Posted on: Dec 19 2005, 07:21 AM


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Damn. Oh well, gonna find another way I guess. Thanks smeg
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Posted on: Dec 19 2005, 07:19 AM


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Look on Ebay for it. You dont have to ship your phone anymore.
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Posted on: Dec 19 2005, 04:35 AM


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Hey folks,

I was wondering if there are speed levels for SD cards, kinda like what they do with the memory stick DUOs (High speed for Sony and Ultra II for SanDisk)? I was hoping that if I get one thats faster, WM 2003 or WM 5 could read write faster, therefore boosting the overall OS speed. You guys think this might be possible? REPLY! REPLY! Thanks guys.
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Posted on: Dec 19 2005, 03:28 AM


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QUOTE (smeg36 @ Dec 19 2005, 03:08 AM)
Wow, thanks a lot for the insightful review.  That is some great info!
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Thanks Smeg. That's the point of forums. you get help, you should give help too.

Wanted to add a bug I found in WM 5. I have an mp3 that I made myself, set as my ringtone, and when the phone lid is closed and not being used, and someone calls, the mp3 cuts in and out, kind of annoyingly. Not sure if that's a bug or if maybe I should use a lower a bitrate for the mp3 (the mp3 was 128kbs). Maybe that's Microsoft telling me to stick with WMA, huh, lol??? Anywayz, I'll keep you posted.
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Posted on: Dec 19 2005, 02:40 AM


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Hey folks,

I'm more of an observer than a poster, but I felt it was my duty to show (not brag, lol) another successful installation and review of WM 5 tongue.gif

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Of course I did not find this upgrade myself. I accepted darkoverlord's offer, except you dont have to send your phone in now, he will supply you with the goodies. Now I will try give an honest review of this highly sought out operating system.


First off to all those stupid people who thought it couldn't be done. It has, and it already was done. We first saw it a couple of months ago in a post by muchomorek, and then again in another post, darkoverlord installed the damn thing himself. Now, how he got a hold of it, I have no clue. The Mpx200 was the test unit for WM 5 by Microsoft from what I have seen and heard from alot of different websites. I guess, this is so, because if you can run the OS on this phone and keep it stable and fast, then it probably wll run better on all other SmartPhones released after it.

Install (For any one who cares):

I dont know if this is the way they install it at Microsoft or if this was darkoverlord's own custom way, but I didnt not use the Motorola Upgrade wizard at all. Basically I was given 3 bin files and a custom flash program (maybe made by darkoverlord) that you run using command prompt on your computer.

First off, the hardware fingerprint darkoverlord was talking about, its tied to the computer your installing from. The first time I ran the flash program, it gave me a hardware code, generated by my computer. I gave this code to Mr. Dark, and he generated a hardware key for my computer, which I never had to enter again. So basically I could install WM 2005 on any MPX200 phone from my computer, as many times as I wanted.

The only thing is, I am guessing if the hardware fingerprint is tied to your OS, then if you reinstall windows on your computer, you have to get another hardware key from Mr. Dark. Now, if the hardware fingerprint is ACTUALLY tied to your computer's hardware, then you shouldnt have this problem, and once you enter the key, you never have to enter it again. BTW, just a note, you have to have at least a 32MB SD, as some of you suspected. I had a 1 GB SD card.

Phew...now, once I put in the key, it allowed me to access the custom flash program and from there:

- I flashed the phone with the first bin file, WITHOUT the SD card or the SIM.
- Then I had to perform a Master reset.
- Then, flashed the phone with the second bin file, WITH the SD card back in
- Then, flashed the phone with the third bin file
- Then, had to do a soft reset, I think, clicked a couple fo options, and then it formatted the storage card. From there, I booted up and it was all good.


Appearance:

Honestly, the OS is NOT completly different looking, as you guys have probably seen. A little bit of a smaller fonts used here and there. And of course a little bit different graphics used for icons and borders and on screen buttons and what not. The START button has a windows logo by it, and the start menu is now all icons, instead of a list. If you really wanna know, look at the screenshots for yourself. Overall it still looks better then WM 2003.

Functionality:

Well there are good things and bad things, of course. Now, remember, that I received version 5.1.1700.1434. I dont know if this is a final version so things may be different from what other already available WM 5 SmartPhones have or dont have. With that being said:

Good:

- Better Bluetooth support (dont matter)
- Better Camera support (dont matter again)
- New Photo and Video Viewer
- Attatch custom pics and ring tones with contacts, so that when a contact calls, both come up
- New Internet Explorer, with options to save images, music, and sounds.
- Windows Media Player 10 (Essentially the same as previous versions but different looks)
- New MSN bar that can be displayed on the home screen, which gives you icons for hotmail, messenger, and MSN
- MP3 support for ringtones
- Overall faster OS

Forgive me if if I forgot anything, this my first time writing a review of an OS.

Bad:

Now, remember, that I received version 5.1.1700.1434. I dont know if this is a final version so things may be different from what other already available WM 5 SmartPhones have or dont have. With that being said:

- No File Explorer
- No easily accessible battery viewer or memory meter. There is no icons for either. Both of these are hidden in the Settings icon, under "Power Management" and "About"
- No Task manager

Again if I am missing anything please forgive and forget. If anybody has anything
else to add, please do so. As far as the lack of file explorer, Task Manager and batter/memory meter icons, yah it sucks, but I got around this by getting Resco Explorer 2003 5.15 and Resco System Toys 1.20. And if your broke, like me, just download the trial versions from the official site, and google for some serials or cracks. These 2 programs help ALOT, and I recommend them for anyone planning to do this upgrade.

As far as the OS being faster, You MUST use at least a 32 MB SD card. 256 and 1GB card work the best, but DO NOT use a 512 SD card. This OS has a serious issue with that size SD card for some reason. Follow these lines, and WM 5 will perform faster and nicer than WM 2003

Signal/Voice Quality:

When I first got my MPX200, of course it was a US AT&T phone with a AT&T SIM card. At that time I had Cingular, and I had WM 2003. With those 2, I had OK signal and voice quality, with dropped calls every now and then. I never had chance to unlock the phone and test it with T-Mobile. However, before I got the WM 5 upgrade, I switched to T-Mobile (Cingular BTW is *&^%, and is wasting what AT&T had setup before, in my opinion). So Mr.Dark unlocked the phone for me as well, with a program he gave me. Booted up my phone with my T-Mobile SIM, and WM 5, and I noticed a better signal and better voice quality. Now, I am no expert, but the better signal and voice, could be a result of switching to T-mobile, or just because of the area I live at, so I dont know for sure, so dont kill me if anyone else gets different results.

Battery Life:

Havent had the upgrade that long to test battery life, but so far, from what I can tell, it seems to be consuming a little less power. Either way, I dont think it will consume more battery life than 2003. I'll keep you updated.

Last Impression:

Overall I would recommend the OS upgrade if you want more functionality and speed as far as what I described. If you dont wanna bother with flashing the rom or with buying or downloading a couple of apps to fix this OS, then just pass on it. Otherwise, get this nice upgrade, and soon. Hope this review has helped people. You guys know where to get this thing. So good luck. smile.gif

Samdogg


UPDATE 1: Well, as some of you may be aware, there is a new way of installing WM 2005. Basically you have to get the bin files, if you can get a hold of them, and convert them to .img files. next step is to use Motorola Upgrade Wizard and follow basically the same install process, but with using that program. Yep, no hardware fingerprint, no nothing! If your looking to do this upgrade, as usual, google around for the files and the instruction, and you WILL find it. Good luck!
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Posted on: Jul 19 2005, 05:01 AM


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Hey gang, I have the mpxland and supermoto2 image, and I was wondering which one is best, or has less problems? I know that mpxland doesnt need a gsm fix, so is it better than the rest? Also I have the mpxland version installed on my mpx200, but the G icon still shows up at the top? Is that suppose to happen?
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Posted on: Jul 18 2005, 11:34 PM


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QUOTE (muchomorek @ Jul 18 2005, 10:30 PM)
Why do you need to have the GSM fix, what's wrong with your phone?
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I tried the charging to 100% percent and the hard reseting trick, but it doesnt work. I did everything else (turn off beams, channels, yada yada). I also charge my phone via usb, which I heard might be a problem but I dont think this is the reason why my phone has only 2 days of standby and 3 hours of talk time I have the hellomoto flower image of wm 2003.

I want to try the gsm fix to see if thats the problem, if it doesnt do anything, then I have the super moto 2 image, which I can try and then if it doesnt work, try the gsm fix also. And if that doesnt work, well then im screwed. So any help, advice, and of course the gsm fix, would be great. Thanks
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Posted on: Jul 18 2005, 03:26 PM


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HI, I am new to the forums and I have read the forum rules on requesting the new firmware and not to do that, so I think I am ok, but can anyone tell me where to find the GSM fix for WM 2003? I have looked everywhere but no luck? An email or anything would be great. Thanks
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