Hi, as of my previous post, I have the problem with the 1800 MHz band. I saw a nice tool part of a rom in Jeffs kitchen, where you can select the band you need. Anyone an idea where I can download the tool seperatly? Thanks for the help , Matt
I am in Brazil, the provider on my country are not listed in xda ulocked. What I need to do to unlock my phone ? Thanks
copy the XDunlock.exe to your XDA and run from there ... if doesn't work, flash your ROM with 3.17 from the kitchen and it will unlock itself while booting.
Good luck
hello again folks ...
want to say thanks again for all the help so far .. upgrade went well ..
i went from :
rom version: 3.14.17 ENG
rom date: 10/11/02
radio version : 4.17
to the upgrade :
rom version: 3.17.03 ENG
rom date: 5/15/03
radio version : 4.17
courtesy of www.yorch.net 8)
it was fairly painless ... however the phone still can not pick up a signal ..
also note with upgrade i have been able to switch GSM band from 900/1800 to 900 or 1900 successfully.. but, still can not find t-mobile US as a default setting ...
perhaps i should have cooked and installed one of the following upgrades ? :?
4.00.10 ENG T-Mobile US
or
4.00.16 ENG T-Mobile US
i was hesitant because it indicates once the above mentioned ROM is installed you can not switch to any other ROM using programme A .
my device model no. PW10A1
does this apply to me?
or perhaps i need to udate the radio stack ?? any direction would be great .. thanks again folks !
jason
use 4.00.16 ENG T-Mobile US then once loaded onto xda go into the bootloader (hold power button down while soft restting) then press the calendar (right hand) button and set it to 900/1900mhz
then wait for it to do what it has to do then softreset again.....
then load the phone up with sim in go into phone then options and click on the band tab and select 1900mhz
softrest after if it doesnt pick up signal after then the aversions are not kinda tri band but if it does post up then we will know the answer for deffinate thing is though the radio version is built for 900/1800 not 900/1900 so i dont think itll work but you can try
my device model no. PW10A1
does this apply to me?
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If the H/W of the device is A type then it's 900/1800. So, unless you have a 900 MHz signal it will not work. Switching the band from phone settings will have no effect unless with proper H/W and RSU version.
ok fellas ...
i went from :
rom version: 3.17.03 ENG
rom date: 5/15/03
radio version : 4.17
to the upgrade :
rom version: 4.00.16 ENG T-Mobile US
rom date: 7/10/03
radio version : 4.17.00
courtesy of www.yorch.net
however the phone still can not pick up a signal ..
with upgrade i have not been able to switch GSM band from 900/1800 to 900 or 1900 successfully through the wallaby bootloader (after changes are made i can not get out of bootloader without doing a hard reset) :? also note the xda developers band switch tool is also present but reads error :?
also note :!:
before the upgrade
my device model no. PW10A1
after upgrade
my device model no. PW10B1
not sure if im getting any closer to the solution but im still happy at this point i havent burned up the unit ...
perhaps it is still an issue of the radio version 4.17.00 (which is the only thing i havent fooled with yet)
any thoughts on trying the radio upgrades from www.yorch.net (under upgrades) ??
if this doesnt kill me it will surely make me stronger ... i will throw a party with beer for everyone if we can get this turkey running !!
thanks again folks !
If you can read a B type on your device that means your H/W supports 900/1900 MHz. To be more sure, check the avaialble options at the GSM menu from the boot loader (Power + soft reset then Calendar button).
If it does have the 1900 MHz option, I would recommend to go for a full upgrade using the latest TMO ROM 4.01.00. It contains RSU 6.24.01 and it works perfectly well for me tho I have 900/1800 network.
Here is the link: ftp://tmobile:[email protected]:21
Be careful and good luck ...
It may be important to note at this point that the OS ROM version really doesn't have much to do with whether or not the phone gets a signal. XDA I is either 900/1800 (PW10A) or 900/1900 (PW10B). (Please note that this model number should be taken from the sticker on the back, not from what the OS says it is.)
If you have a 900/1800 phone, it will not do 900/1900, and vice-versa. Exceptions are said to exist, probably in places where a 1900 provider is really low in the band (or an 1800 provider really high), but this is not recommended and unlikely to work very well.
Band switching is done manually with an extra tab in the Phone Options page between 900 and 1900 in US ROMs, or automatically between 900/1800 in all others. There is also a band-switch in the bootloader, which always offers all possibilities (900, 1900, and 900/1800). After selecting the correct band for your phone, you may need to hard-reset with the SIM removed a few times before the phone 'understands' it is to use another band.
If you want a tri-band phone, get an XDA II. The XDA II by the way comes with vastly improved radio performance. Unlike the original XDA, I can use it in areas with not-so-great coverage.
>any thoughts on trying the radio upgrades from www.yorch.net (under >upgrades) ??
Yeap you're needed of a Radio Stack upgrade, as you have seen 4.17 won't work in the US. So I suggest you upgrade to the AT&T or the T-Mobile stack.
HTH
ROM: 4.01.00 ENG
Radio: 6.24.01
i would love to try this upgrade ...
can anyone tell me where i could download it? :?
thanks
Go to www.yorch.net you'll find it in the upgrades portion of the site
Peter Poelman wrote
There is also a band-switch in the bootloader, which always offers all possibilities (900, 1900, and 900/1800)
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Thx Peter Poelman so much for this great info, but my original Qtek 1010 never showed the 1900 Mhz option in the boot loader menu and it was PW10A.
Now as I replaced the main board with a one taken from a used TMO device it shows the 1900 option both in the GSM menu and in the phone settings in ROM (I 'm using 4.01.00 now) and the device type is PW10B
Does that mean that the GSM menu shows only what the device H/W can actually support, or it's part of the RSU file contents which may give a fake option of the 1900 MHz ?
Thanks again for correcting our info
saqibj said:
Go to www.yorch.net you'll find it in the upgrades portion of the site
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You can also get it via FTP at:
Host address: 130.39.48.102
Port: 21
Login: tmobile
Password: rom
HTH
thanks for the info ...
i cant seem to get to this site successfully ... perhaps im going about it all wrong ... any chance you could spoon feed it to me .. ?
Biso007 said:
Does that mean that the GSM menu shows only what the device H/W can actually support, or it's part of the RSU file contents which may give a fake option of the 1900 MHz ?
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The sticker on the back (and nothing else) tells it all:
PW10A = 900/1800
PW10B = 900/1900
is this upgrade available from yorch ? if so ... where ..?? cant find it anywhere on the site ..
thanks
eurowerks said:
thanks for the info ...
i cant seem to get to this site successfully ... perhaps im going about it all wrong ... any chance you could spoon feed it to me .. ?
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You need to use a program like CuteFTP or WS_FTP LE
CuteFTP can be found at:
http://www.cuteftp.com/downloads/cuteftp.asp
WS_FTP LE can be found at:
http://www.ftpplanet.com/download.htm
HTH
XDA developer Peter Poelman said:
Biso007 said:
Does that mean that the GSM menu shows only what the device H/W can actually support, or it's part of the RSU file contents which may give a fake option of the 1900 MHz ?
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The sticker on the back (and nothing else) tells it all:
PW10A = 900/1800
PW10B = 900/1900
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also note ... unit is an o2 from singapore .. i am in the US trying to access the Tmobile network ... originally it was PW10A .. after the second rom upgrade .. it switched to PW10B ... and also appears to have all 3 bands available from the bootloader .. after 3rd upgrade/downgrade to
rom 4.01.00 eng
radio 6.24.01
still appears to be PW10B1
it is searching for a signal
thoughts anyone? :?
It might be your SIM card so try it in another phone and if it works.
HTH
Anyone can help me?
Because i'm very depresed now. I've upgrade my radio stack to version 4.21, then my Xda won't works with my satelindo Indonesia GSM Card.
Someone can help me? I'm very happy if there any want to email me the steps how to downgrade the radio stack. i will appreciate it.
sorry for my bad english.
What frequency does your provider use? I have 4.21 it works fine on 900/1800. I know of no method for downgrading radio stack.
My country using 900/1800 frequent.
Some GSM operator could work on my Xda. But the Satelindo GSM Card couldn't!
Really? There isn''t any way to downgrade the radio stack?
O my goodd....!!!!!
Should i change my mobile number?????
i would do a seach in the forum maybe somebody have a way of doing it
Should i change my mobile number
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what ever would that help ? that is unless you changed phone company to a working one at the same time
Niki, so you are saying the satelindo sim has never worked with the xda? If that is correct you havent lost anything, and risking a radio downgrade will not help anyway even if it could be done. If you want to use your xda then you will need a sim that works on 900/1800, do you know the frequency that Satelindo uses?
Satelindo GSM is the operator in my country which use 900/1800 freq.
But when i using Telkomsel GSM, it's work's! Why? They are using same freq! (900/1800)?
If you take a look in www.myxda.com, there are one announcement that Satelindo GSM 64 Kb doesn't compatible with the new ROM. But i'm using 32 Kb GSM Card and it's still happening!
looks more like an issue with odd sim cards then a radiostack issue
Can't switch frequencies to 1900 to use phone in central US. I push 1900 and it says error and goes back to 900 which does me no good.
What can I do?
What RSU version ?
Do you do this in phone settings or GSM band switcher in boot loader ?
Change Frequencies
Not sure what you mean by RSU, but I have the XDA special edition rom 3.17.03 eng and I am doing it in the phone, I don't how to start bootloader. Thanks.
RSU stands for the Radio Stack of the device (the phone thing) ... you can read it in device info ... and if it doesn't support 1900 MHz then it's useless to try it from the phone settings.
Also, your device must be PW10B to work in 1900 .. check the rear sticker
you can start the boot loader by pressing and holding power while soft reset ... then press calendar button to go in the GSM menu.
Got into the bootloader and set to 1900. I have a PW10B1, but device info says I have a PW10A1. Why is this. The phone will now pick up a signal on 1900 but the reception is poor. Looses signal where it used to have a signal.
Radio Version is A.33.02
ROM Version is 3.17.03
Do I need to get a different ROM to get it to match a PW10B1?
Also, can I put my old ROM back on? I have it on disc? Tried to reload from Siemens site and it said I could not load on to this device.
Thanks, you have been very helpful!
It seems you used the 3.17 ROM to unlock ... what was the original ROM ?
well, I 'm the last one to advice on RSU flashing ... it's risky unless really really necessary ... check with your friends in the same area on the best RSU ... ROM doesn't make any difference.
If ok, I would recommend ROM 4.01.00 with RSU 6.25.02 ... you can cook the ROM in the kitchen but leave the RSU action as a last option
Original ROM A30.09 ENG
Radio A33.02
Since last post I figured out how to use XDA tools to get Siemens upgrade ROM back on and now every thing seems to be fine and unlocked which is what I originally wanted to use with Cingular sim. I will have to roam on ATT to use this but is OK since I have free roaming.
If I have any more problems, I will post again.
Thanks!