Hello Paul,

So, I guess the ROM has not been release for all versions yet. Mine is a Swiss version from July 2007...

No LCAService.dll in the \Windows directory. Sorry.

Best regards,

Stephen

Hi,

I have not seen it posted anywhere else, but Motorola has released a new ROM for the Euro Q9H.

Major changes I've noticed:
* Windows Live;
* Windows Mobile Messenger;
* A nice "Welcome Wizard";
* Help and Quick Start application;
* The voice button now toggles the Speakerphone on/off
* Can use the phone as a Bluetooth PC remote control (Powerpoint and Windows Media Player)
* Keyboard lock with "home", "space"
* Phone settings menu reworked
* Automatic or selectable language dictionary;
* Audio Enhancements (Spacial Audio, Bass Boost)
* Packet Data Counter

New bugs:
* After installation, phone restarted in Italian, but could be changed to UK in the settings;
* Z and Y keys are inverted (I have a Swiss (QWERTZ) and not UK (QWERTY) Q9H);
* Reboots by itself every couple of days;

Still existing bugs:
* Voice recognition still fails with "Out of Memory Error" when many contacts;

It is available from your national www.hellomoto.*** (www.hellomoto.fr, www.hellomoto.co.uk, ...) under Software update. A more direct link: http://direct.motorola.com/ENG/SoftwareUpd...%20Data%20Cable .

Still no Wifi, no GPS, no possibility to disable UMTS (to save battery).

I have been running it for about a week now and am very happy about the upgrade.

From Settings > Phone Information:

Carrier:
RDRO
AP:
01.07.28R
APFlex:
EMEANORMANRDROQWETYIT000d
Language Pack:
0105
BuildTime:
Tue_12/18/2007
BP:
MODEM4_U_40.03.05R
BPFlex:
UCNORMANEMEA2W611A_106
DSP:
52070000
Notes:
R2W.61.1.A EMEA

From Settings > About:

Windows Mobile® 6 Standard
CE OS 5.2.1809 (Build 18322.0.6.1)
Radio Version MODEM4_U_40.03.05R
RIL Version 2.002
[...]


Cheers,

Stephen

Yes, upgrading to another operator's ROM is easy to do, but you will also inherit that operator's settings and tunings.

So, if you want to go this route, I would suggest that you write down the essential settings of your Swiss 1.50 ROM before upgrading. In particular, get the voicemail, WAP and GPRS settings...

Now, to upgrade (side-grade?), all you need to do is to boot your phone into the "Canary screen" and run the update on your PC once you see the multicolored screen.

Getting into the "Canary screen" can be done the following way: power off, wait 30 seconds, power on while holding the 'voice note' button, press any key when asked. ("any key" means any key, except for the joystick).

Or you can wait for the Swiss update tomorrow evening.

Regards,

Stephen

Hi, I have installed the French update on my Swiss SPV and can confirm that it contains the Italien language, as well as Spanish, US English and French, obviously.

Orange Switzerland's hotline told me the Swiss update should be made available on the web on the night of December 12th.

My experience so far is that the update works very well and I have no bugs to report except a typo in the sounds configuration menu.

Best Regards,

Stephen