another source for replacement parts. I have used them several times before. Fast shipping, and quality OEM parts:

http://cnn.cn/shop/tmobile-shadow-c-277_454.html

Two simplest solutions:
1. Contact ATT customer service, and have them disable pay per use internet.
or
2. Delete the GPRS and Proxy connection settings for ATT.

I am using a USB Cradle for an SP3i that I got from Expansesys (http://www.expansys-usa.com/product.asp?code=119926). The mini-usb connector on the bottom of the last three generations of phones has been in the same location.

Works great!

Good OEM housings are hard to find. www.cnn.cn is the best that I have found out there. The following link shows the black version of the case. CNN also carries the OEM silver case. http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=442099

File Name :: LH5203
Author :: svermilyea
Category :: Computer
Description ::
This is modeled after the last version of Long Horn (LH 5203).

Enjoy

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File Name :: Grey Mac
Author :: svermilyea
Category :: Computer
Description ::
Another HSD production including:
Home screen with Fizz Traveler
Matching Start page
Matching Missed Call screen
Custom Colors to match.

Enjoy


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File Name :: Whisps of Light
Author :: svermilyea
Category :: Computer
Description ::
I have used Ruttensoft Home Screen Designer exclusively while learning to code in XML. Often, I have come across work that I liked, but wanted to add or remove modules that would better suit my needs. As a rule of thumb, most people provide only the finished work, however, I have given you all the backgrounds as the original photoshop documents, such that you can easily modify them to suit your needs......enjoy

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......Well....an unfinished project is like a rock in your shoe.....it eats at you until you take care of it......so the last of my parts arrived yesterday for the new housing and once all is said and done.....this is what it looks like.......

.....check the following thread.......

http://www.modaco.com/Blackish_Phone_housing-t206124.html

The process is not hard, you just need to take it slow as not to damage anything.....honestly, the worst part was moving the internal antenna. It is a stick on type and must be peeled up like a piece of tape......again slow is the key.

I looked at moving the speaker, but it is not possible. It is installed on the back of the LCD board......you could desolder it and build some leads, but there is really no room in the inn to move it any where else.

The ear piece can not be moved as it runs a simple contact connection from the ear speaker to the LCD board, and you would have to solder leads from the earpiece to the board. I did put some extra stand off material between the housing and the earpiece to force a better connection, and I seem to have better sound volume and quality now.

This is truely a OEM housing.....very good quality......and I am very pleased with the results.

I bought the cell phone tool and it cam with a Torx5, and I have a Torx6, but neither seemed to work with the screws. I ended up using my jewlers driver set with much better results.

OBTW.....cnn.cn now has the rubber stopper kit for the mpx220 ($4).....so you no longer have to live with the gray covers and silver rubber stoppers.

The Brownish cover is flat black from some angles and brownish/reddish from others.

I bought the entire kit, and it did not include the rubber bumpers, mini-sd cover, headphone cover or a small hinge insert. I was forced to paint the silver insert that was with my old phone.

I received my Black OEM (almost maroon) housing kit night before last. The full kit is available from www.cnn.cn/mpx220 and comes with everything but the mini-sd cover, headphone jack cover, and rubber stoppers that go over the screws. I reused each of those items from my original case. OBTW the silver moto emblems must be reused also.

The process is made much easier if you purchase the $1.99 cell phone opener tool, and you will run much less chance of damaging the new case. It took me about an hour also from start to finish. The only hard spot I had was the earpiece speaker which must be positioned just right for the contacts to make with the board in the top cover.

I would rate the project a 2 out of 5, only for the fact that you are forced to go slow and not put too much pressure on the new case (they are not as sturdy as they look.

I followed the thread on Howard Forum (www.cnn.cn) and got an OEM Black shell (full kit). The shell is flat black and the full kit comes with everything except new rubber bumpers (for the hex screws) and mini SD slot cover.

Spend the $1.99 an buy a cell phone tool which will greatly aid in opening both the old and new cases.

There are four hex screws at the four corners of the inside LCD, under the rubber bumpers. There are six more on the back of the phone....two up by the antenna under rubber bumpers and four more in the battery compartment.

Once you have removed them, the cell phone tool comes in handy to pry the case open without damaging it. You will have to remove the internal antenna and put it in the new case, but all other buttons and covers.

On a 1-5 scale, I would rate the work difficulty about a 2 ..... the key is not to get in a hurry and force anything, as the shell is actually quite fragile.

File Name :: Bliss Fields
Author :: svermilyea
Category :: Computer
Description ::
Inspiration goes to sblarsen and his pocket crystal homescreen. Using HSD, I took his basic design and add the MRU and alarm plugins and rearranged the screen a little to work with the MPX220. It also includes the pocket crystal startup and shutdown screens.

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turn the phone off, then .... hold down the center blue "action key" and press the power botton. The phone will come up with a black and white confirmation screen, confirming your request for a hard reset.

.....As I am a TMO user, and I bought my phone from eBay, Best Buy was unwilling to help me. If you are a CINGULAR customer, they have an enchange program ongoing (I got the number from www.howardforums.com). I personnally had to get an RMA from MOTO and send my phone to them. They did not charge me anything, as the phone is on a 1 year warantee, but the turnaround time from the time they receive your phone is 10-14 days.

Got mine back from MOTO on Friday of last week. Running 1.8.0.0. I've been playing with it over the weekend, and the camera is working much better (was running .325). BT and camera together are working, but the camera's focus seems to be a bit more touchy.

Guardian,

[edit by midnight: see post above]

Thanks