Hi, i'm a complete newbie to Windows Mobile
I read about the i-Mate JAM, MDA Compact O2 II Mini etc...and i absolutely fell in love with it. I live in the UK so it's not yet available on any network but looking forward to getting it asap.
What i would like to know is:
Is it possible to get a SIMLock unlocking utility?
what is Extended ROM and what does it do?
Where can i get information about everything to do with these devices such as Extended ROM, upgrading etc.
Also, i'm interested in having Arabic support in my device, when i get it, would i be able to install the i-mate ROM on the MDA Compact or would it have to be an i-mate branded device and if yes what's the difference?
I also read about the o2 plus yesterday, again, if i were to buy the MDA compact from T-mobile does that mean that i won't be able to install this utility on it? again if yes, is there a kind of protection that needs to be overcome?
Also, i understand that the device comes with 64MB RAM and 64MB ROM, I know the difference between the two in relation to computers, however, for PDA devices i'm slightly unsure, is the ROM available for the OS only? where are the messages and details saved? is the RAM for application use as in normal computers so that if you turn off the phone the unsaved data is lost? if you install a program where is it stored? what about the files ie. mp3s and videos where are they saved?
thank you very much indeed for taking the time to read and hopefully answer my questions
have a blissful day
There is no unlock utility yet. However, the only locked ones seem to be from T-Mobile Netherlands and maybe 02 Asia.
Imate jam and MDA Compact from T-Mobile Germany are ublocked.
I think there is an Arabic ROM that can be installed on any of them.
I'm also in the UK and bought mine from Germany 'cos it's a lot cheaper (bought MDA and 1GB card and delivery for less that Imate Jam alone would cost in the UK)
could you guide me to the place where you bought it....
thanks
www.mobilejoker.de
It's a German site.
They don't seem to accept credit cards so I had two options:
1. Direct bank transfer of funds
2. Cash-on-delivery paid to delivery man.
I don't know about European banks but most UK banks charge for International money transfers. My bank wanted £30.
Mobilejoker charge 15 € extra for Cash on delivery which is a lot less than £30 so I took that option.
It worked out like this
MDA Compact: 426€ (it's come down to 419€ now)
1GB SD Card: 65 €
Delivery: 39 €
COD: 14 €
Total: 544 € which came to £380 or thereabouts
Argh!
27 said:
www.mobilejoker.de
It's a German site.
They don't seem to accept credit cards so I had two options:
1. Direct bank transfer of funds
2. Cash-on-delivery paid to delivery man.
I don't know about European banks but most UK banks charge for International money transfers. My bank wanted £30.
Mobilejoker charge 15 € extra for Cash on delivery which is a lot less than £30 so I took that option.
It worked out like this
MDA Compact: 426€ (it's come down to 419€ now)
1GB SD Card: 65 €
Delivery: 39 €
COD: 14 €
Total: 544 € which came to £380 or thereabouts
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They don't seem to want to allow me to order this! Whats the procedure?
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They don't seem to want to allow me to order this! Whats the procedure?
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Are you in the UK? You may be able to get it for about £265 on a T-Mobile contract. That price includes 12 months line rental
http://www.scancom.co.uk/product.php/84/1/
MDA £20.00+VAT on Relax 100 12 month contract (£23/m) with 3 months 1/2 price rental...
What exactly is the problem you had on the mobilejoker site?
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27 said:
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They don't seem to want to allow me to order this! Whats the procedure?
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Are you in the UK? You may be able to get it for about £265 on a T-Mobile contract. That price includes 12 months line rental
http://www.scancom.co.uk/product.php/84/1/
MDA £20.00+VAT on Relax 100 12 month contract (£23/m) with 3 months 1/2 price rental...
What exactly is the problem you had on the mobilejoker site?
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Can't get contract, already got two contracts!
~The poblem was the babelfish translation - wasn't putting stuff into my basket at all.
Did the whole transaction in german without fuss. £317 all in. Brilliant price, even though I'll have to flash it to English.
How long does it typically take to arrive?
27 said:
www.mobilejoker.de
Total: 544 € which came to £380 or thereabouts
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How long did it take for your MDA compact to arrive to you in the UK, 27?
I'm impatient!
belfast-biker said:
27 said:
www.mobilejoker.de
Total: 544 € which came to £380 or thereabouts
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How long did it take for your MDA compact to arrive to you in the UK, 27?
I'm impatient!
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Ordered on tuesday, they messaged me in english (gotta respect the fact that it was english!) on wed to get my zip code, and Ive received nothing from them since.
UPDATE - Just received my tracking number from them - happy boy!!!!
belfast-biker said:
belfast-biker said:
27 said:
www.mobilejoker.de
Total: 544 € which came to £380 or thereabouts
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How long did it take for your MDA compact to arrive to you in the UK, 27?
I'm impatient!
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Ordered on tuesday, they messaged me in english (gotta respect the fact that it was english!) on wed to get my zip code, and Ive received nothing from them since.
UPDATE - Just received my tracking number from them - happy boy!!!!
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YES! Once got my tracking number, I knew exactly where the handheld was at all times.
My JAM/MDA has just arrived at home - 1 week total delivery, exactly as 27 and the UPS site said it would be.
Tracked it via the UPS site, which has a lovely SMS tracking option - when it arrived at home, I was SMS'd, and before that was able to cover its progress from germany to the UK to NI on their web site.
VERY Happy boy! Buy from mobilejoker.de people!
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where can i buy a xda2 will be the cheapest ? o2 or the-link...?
i want to buy one !
Thanks!
I got a quote from carfone last week of £150 but it would have to be posted from their warehouse. O2 wanted £250 but pricematched the other quote so I bought it there and then. 250 minute tarif £35pm.
aerobat said:
I got a quote from carfone last week of £150 but it would have to be posted from their warehouse. O2 wanted £250 but pricematched the other quote so I bought it there and then. 250 minute tarif £35pm.
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oic !
how long did it post from their warehouse?
and then this one is it the cheapest?
(http://shop.uplands.co.uk/acatalog/O2_XDA_2.html)
my gues is to look for a combination of XDA / MDA / etc with a tariffplan.
Bought my MDAII in The netherlands for 172 euro's together with a T-Mobile 150 (minutes/month) tariffplan (that costs 22,50 euro per month).
Sounded better to me than 850 euro for the device alone.
Only setback is the sim-lock, but hey: Solved that with the available tools here at xda-developers.
I got mine from OneStopPhoneShop.co.uk back in February for £155 on O2 200 (£30 minimum for first 4 months, then downgradable after 4th month) which i think is very cheap to say that at the time, it was £299 in the O2 shop and £349 online !
Prices for XDAII with new contract (with data, but no minimum tariff) or upgrade have been reduced from 250£ to 180£ in my local (hammersmith) O2 shop.
UPDATE: Didn't read the fine print: Minimum contract O2 100
Hello ;
Can someone post here links of online stores to buy XDA PRO / iMATE JASJAR / QTEK 9000?
Expansys is out of stock...and i want to check other sites.
Thnks in advance.
Luis
i-mate JASJAR
I have just ordered a i-mate JASJAR (What a crap name) from expansys in the uk the site quote 4 days delivery. I will keep you informed of the progress.
SteveW
They put a new date.
Still the same
www.expansys.co.uk is showing 4 days as of this evening
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www.expansys.co.uk is showing 4 days as of this evening
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Now it says
Availability: Estimated 10 Days
maybe the full name is
jasjar bings
there must be another places....
They (expansys) have 881 in stock now!
Goods in stock
Had a call from expansys.co.uk saying stock in today. I will be collecting tommorow.
Let me know if you need any stuff testing on it. etc etc
without breaking it.
Try these people, if you don't mind taking out a 12 month contract & £235.00
Link: http://www.buymobilephones.net/store/fulldetails-17232.ihtml
Try these people, if you don't mind taking out a 12 month contract & £235.00
Link: http://www.buymobilephones.net/store/fulldetails-17232.ihtml
just got mine from them today
dealt with a guy called bobby, he was very cool to deal with. the only problem was that they sent me a non 3g o2 sim. really dumb I thought.
Is there any obvious reason why the K-JAM is about £60 ($108) more expensive than the 9100? I'm assuming they're either made in the same factory or the same "blueprints" are given to each company to make the device. If this is the case then I'm guessing I-Mate is just playing off of it's well established brand name... or maybe there are just some software differences.
Thoughts?
The only thing I can think of is the support you get from I-mate. Now I know its not great but have you tried to find an English support site for the QTEK..
Hehe, this is true.
ShALLaX said:
Hehe, this is true.
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TBH I've not been able to work out what the 'offical' qtec site is... They all seem to be too naff to be a corprate site.
Is it http://www.qtek.fi/ ?
Terran
I _think_ its the .fi site. Usually foreign websites are all naff (I mean look at anything .com.tw).
found this site, but can't speak swedish
www.qtek.nu
aliendad said:
found this site, but can't speak swedish
www.qtek.nu
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A better site but "distributör för Qtek-produkterna" not them
Still - I have to say the lack of web site etc has convinced me that the extra £50 or so and 1 year warrenty instead of 2 is worth it in the long run so I'll probably get an Imate.
Terran
can we have a list of best price/dealer for the qtek 9100 and the imate k jam sim free, from all purchasers to be in the uk?
qtek 9100 on buymobilephones.net £429 inc vat
imate k-jam amazon.co.uk £449 inc vat
anyone found better deals?
thanks for any replies.
Qtek 9100 on www.smartdevicesdirect.com is £410.08
I-mate K-JAM on www.smartdevicesdirect.com is £468.83
I've ordered the Qtek from above back when it was only £400 (they raised the price by £10 pre-tax!).
Hrm, £449.99 for a K-JAM, thats a very good price indeed. If I trusted that Amazon would get stock early I'd probably change my order.
for a change i have to be patient, going on holiday next week, so wont place an order untill i get back :lol:
http://www.smartdevicesdirect.com/product_info.php?products_id=927
saldous said:
http://www.smartdevicesdirect.com/product_info.php?products_id=927
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wowo new low price £349!!!
international shipping ?
the more i think about it, i would prefer to get the i-mate k-jam, due to the availability of support.
with this type of product you are more likely to have a software problem than a hardware problem, two years is great but probably not as useful as support.
i still cannot find on-line support for qtek in english
note for rookery, do you know anyone in the UK who could order and post to you? that way no import duty cause it's a gift.
p.s. amazon.co.uk is still showing better price for imate k-jam £449 inc vat
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000B838H8/qid=1127470251/202-8193099-4026249
Buymobilephones.net will be getting them v soon.... they just dont know when...
Terran
How about Qtek 9100 vs Tero 700w ??????
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000867059961/
from what i can see, no wifi, smaller screen and not sure if it is touch screen? but for me, no point if no wifi.
rookery said:
saldous said:
http://www.smartdevicesdirect.com/product_info.php?products_id=927
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wowo new low price £349!!!
international shipping ?
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Thats excluding VAT.
£349*1.175 = £410.075 -> £410.08
I doubt you could get them to ship it internationally/ avoid VAT.
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rookery said:
saldous said:
http://www.smartdevicesdirect.com/product_info.php?products_id=927
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wowo new low price £349!!!
international shipping ?
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Thats excluding VAT.
£349*1.175 = £410.075 -> £410.08
I doubt you could get them to ship it internationally/ avoid VAT.
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Yes, it will cost £349 + £35 shipping around HK5500 when it ship to me, earlier, i think this device will only cost USD4xx, but now it cost much than that, reconsider to get one or not, for me, HK5500 for just a phone, not so reasonable, Thanks for the information
aliendad said:
from what i can see, no wifi, smaller screen and not sure if it is touch screen? but for me, no point if no wifi.
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no wifi = no buy AGREE
yes, it has a touch screen
Amazon is good but they don't indicate when they will get stock !! If you are a patient person for a new PDA then it's worth waiting at least a month or so before buying as the price always drops.
If your anything like me though waiting a couple of months after release would be detrimental to my health :lol: .
Imagine , you are walking down the road one month after release on your nokia because you sold your Jam to fund your new K-Jam, you turn the corner and there is a guy chatting away on his brand new K-Jam :shock: Nooooooo !!! I'd rather eat Liver :wink:
Hi, some please help,
i have a MDA Pro but it's Simlocked?
what can i do for take it out?
Thank's for the help...
Sory if something is wrong, my english is no so well ...
if you need a programms or games for your PDA, i can help...
It depends on where/how you got your MDA Pro. T Mobile UK WILL unlock in-contract handsets for a fee (£15 or £20, seems a little random), but only for the contract-holder and only if the handset came with that contract.
I've just helped a chap outside the UK get an MDA Vario as I was out of contract and needed a web'n'walk type tariff. The same day that I signed the contract and collected the handset, T Mobile agreed to send me the unlock code. They said it should take two to four weeks to arrive.
HTH
I have it from Germany, one people bay it for me in the shop, but it have SimLock, and i have no idea what i can make with it... :roll:
imeicheck offers unlock for the Vario..
not for the mdapro yet .. but can't be far off hehehe
Only thing is, to do it a bodged way from imei check costs £20...
To get a proper code from T-Mobile costs £15...
:lol:
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Only thing is, to do it a bodged way from imei check costs £20...
To get a proper code from T-Mobile costs £15...
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Well, I don't know where you get that, but in Holland T-Mobile charges 120 Euro's to unlock it.
yup
they charge 15 pounds in the uk if you can prove that the vario or mdapro is bought together with your contract, and it takes 28 days to get the code :shock:
Most people buy these phones without contract or 2ndhand, that means they have to find an alternative way to unlock the phone. then 20pounds is cheap.
and in holland they are totally and untterly looney... they dare to ask 100euros +
So as soon imeicheck has a 'bodged' way to unlock my mda pro i will gladly pay 20 pounds to do so.
:twisted:
It took a total of 3 days for me to get my unlock code from T-Mobile. They were more than helpful about it, and they even sent it me on paper the day after!
SIMlock
Well, that SIM lock it seems to bother quite some people, including me. My suggestion is do not buy locked MDA Pro, Only unlocked. the cheapest ones with no contracts and unlocked are PDAhuis.nl for 709 euro the same price you pay for a locked in e-bay or other auction sites I you include transport unlocking calling faxing and all that.
From what I looked arround is that the simlock depend on IMEI (wich can be manipulated then with any working unlock code can be unlock) has anyone tried something like that?
GM
lol
hej mate,
ever ordered something from pdahuis.nl? LOL
being dutch myself i heard they have waitingtimes which are increddible.. if you get it at all LOL
cheapest in holland is smartphonestunts.nl.. and that is 750 euros for a tmobile locked one :twisted: but they deliver!!
Greetz
DvL
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hej mate,
i heard they have waitingtimes which are increddible
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Sure, rumors are rumors so you heard. But did you buy something from them? 11 days and saving 200euros it is somethiing to consider and it is unlocked.
My experiance with T-Mobile Austria is 35 days and still counting to receive the unlock code and not for free to pay 104 euros plus post expences what you say about it?
GM
lol
i know mate... still have a motorola Mpx in order LMAO
I have an MDA Pro bought from Computeruniverse (germany). Arrived in 4 days locked. As I bought without contract I've send a fax to T-Mobile and received the code in 3 days without any cost.
Nice and clean.
When is it possible to unlock....the MDA Pro?
Hi,
the point is i have unlocked a lot of Qtek phones before.
with the software presented at this site,
but the problem i am facing now is that i cant find any program to unlock mine T-Mobile MDA Pro.....
does some one know when this will be available?
Please help asap! Thanks
decebal said:
I have an MDA Pro bought from Computeruniverse (germany). Arrived in 4 days locked. As I bought without contract I've send a fax to T-Mobile and received the code in 3 days without any cost.
Nice and clean.
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Pls, can you to whom did you send the fax? Anything specifi you have written in the fax?
Thanks and regards
* call T-mobile Deutchland +49-1805330160
* you have to try until you get an english speaker and provide: IMEI number, phone number, email adress, name
* fax the invoice at +49-6188828556 and write the same infos onto the bill
* wait for the unlock code
does calling t-mobile germany actualy work if you are not from germany? Even when you didn't buy the phone in germany?
The costs of the unlocking from a german T-mobile MDA pro is 99 Euro
* call T-mobile Deutchland +49-1805330160
* you have to try until you get an english speaker and provide: IMEI number, phone number, email adress, name
* fax the invoice at +49-6188828556 and write the same infos onto the bill
* wait for the unlock code
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Seems to me he means you can get it for free too if you got an agreement with t-mobile and if you do not even live in germany.
Is that true?
JaySea said:
does calling t-mobile germany actualy work if you are not from germany? Even when you didn't buy the phone in germany?
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yes, i'm in italy and bought the mda pro online. and I don't speak german.
For Sale
XDA Exec (HTC Universal)
Unlocked for use on any network
Outgoing Call Timer: 19 Min.
Incoming Call Timer: 11 Min.
So, as good as new.
Has latest ROM / Radio updates from O2
Includes everything that came in the box, including the box.
£250 + shipping as required
Im in London (W14) and would prefer a pick up as you can see the phone, make sure it works and pay cash. But if you must have it shipped I will on Paypal payment
PM if you want more info or pictures.
Thanks
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PM sent. dibs if price is right! (in US dollars hehe)
$250 British pounds is equvialant to $460.37 US dollars. Still a great deal!
think it'll come to 500 ish shipped? i think i'd still be interested. i'm young and stupid with a broken T-Mobile MDA and a credit card witha nice high limit on it. how about some pictures of yours specifically?
think it'll come to 500 ish shipped? i think i'd still be interested. i'm young and stupid with a broken T-Mobile MDA and a credit card witha nice high limit on it. how about some pictures of yours specifically?
warranty?