Guest Paul (MVP) Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Eagle eyed members over in our HTC Hermes area have spotted that Orange have just released a ROM upgrade for the SPV M3100! The download is entitled 'latest software upgrade for SPV M3100 - release date: April 2007 (exe, 48.7 Mb)' and is available on the Orange Business Site. No other information is given, and since we haven't flashed this ourselves yet... er... we have no idea what this update provides. Have you installed already? Let us know! :rolleyes: P [Edit: This is an AKU3 ROM, and as such does NOT feature Bluetooth DUN. Do not flash if you require this feature (e.g. for use with TomTom all-in-ones...)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Doctor Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Eagle eyed members over in our HTC Hermes area have spotted that Orange have just released a ROM upgrade for the SPV M3100! The download is entitled 'latest software upgrade for SPV M3100 - release date: April 2007 (exe, 48.7 Mb)' and is available on the Orange Business Site. No other information is given, and since we haven't flashed this ourselves yet... er... we have no idea what this update provides. Have you installed already? Let us know! :D P First time I've seen the words 'Orange' and 'ROM Upgrade' in a while... :P Kudos to Orange for releasing the Upgrade tho :rolleyes: /me flashes hermes AGAIN :D Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Just to avoid getting people's hopes up, I extracted the ROM to have a snoop around, and it's NOT WM6 :rolleyes: P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimbouk Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 We're guessing its AKU3 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix (MVP) Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Seems to be.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Doctor Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 (edited) Seems to be.. Bah, it's nothing new. AKU 3.3.1, Radio 1.38 with HTC_BOOT 0108, SPL 1.09 IMHO, its not worth flashing. There are newer radios (1.41) and better bootloaders (Hard-SPL) out there. Not to mention WM6, if you know where to look that is... But we don't give you massive hints like that here :rolleyes: Phil Edited April 30, 2007 by The Doctor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MARKUKCOUK Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Bah, it's nothing new. AKU 3.3.1, Radio 1.38 with HTC_BOOT 0108, SPL 1.09 IMHO, its not worth flashing. There are newer radios (1.41) and better bootloaders (Hard-SPL) out there. Not to mention WM6, if you know where to look that is... But we don't give you massive hints like that here :rolleyes: Phil Of course, but Phil, If I wanted to develop for the XDA and other windows mobile devices, which site would you perhaps point me towards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M1TNT Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 [Edit: This is an AKU3 ROM, and as such does NOT feature Bluetooth DUN. Do not flash if you require this feature (e.g. for use with TomTom all-in-ones...)] Paul - Not sure if I do make use of the DUN or not with my TomTom - I run TomTom on my M3100 so will it be ok to upgrade my ROM ? You mention the TomTom all in ones so I take it you mean units like the TomTom GO and its family and not the software based TomTom loaded onto the M3100? :rolleyes: Help! can I or should I upgrade the ROM ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mortalwombat Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Paul - Not sure if I do make use of the DUN or not with my TomTom - I run TomTom on my M3100 so will it be ok to upgrade my ROM ? You mention the TomTom all in ones so I take it you mean units like the TomTom GO and its family and not the software based TomTom loaded onto the M3100? :rolleyes: Help! can I or should I upgrade the ROM ? I have flashed this ROM and TomTom Mobile 6 works fine on my M3100, (well, as good as it did before the ROM update). MW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Yep, it's only the all-in-ones that will have issues, TomTom on the device should function as before. p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jayz1220 Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Are Orange going to release a WM6 update in the future for the M3100? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest martinwilliams999 Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Are Orange going to release a WM6 update in the future for the M3100? Who can tell? IMHO I think yes. The only reason they would have to hold back is if there were a WM6 replacement for the M3100 just around the corner, and as far as I can tell, that's not going to happen this year. HTC say they will release a Hermes WM6 update to operators next month. If Orange want to go down this route, I guess it would take a couple of months to 'Orangify' the update and tweak it for general release. After all that, there is the matter of cost. When WM5 was released, upgrades for compatible 2003 devices cost in the region of £50. I can imagine that this would increase by 20% at the very least. Personally, WM5 does everything I want it to do, so I shan't be putting my hand in my pocket to upgrade. Perhaps if any Orange code monkeys read this thread, they could throw us a bone... Inquiring Minds Need To know! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Doctor Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 I guess it would take a couple of months to 'Orangify' the update and tweak it for general release. You mean fill a perfectly good ROM full of crap... :rolleyes: Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zahid Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 I've updated the rom and seem to have lost some Today screen options. I dont have the 'windows simple', 'windows default', etc Today screen options. When I'm not getting a 3G signal I'm now connecting to the internet using Edge with an 'E' rather than the old 'G' for GPRS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jayz1220 Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 I just updated and I have the 3G icon at the top of my screen. WRT the today screen, I assume you mean Settings > Today > Appearance. In here i have the Guava Bubbles, Orange2006 and Windows Default themes available. Did your device run the Orange customization script after you calibrated the screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zahid Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 I just updated and I have the 3G icon at the top of my screen. WRT the today screen, I assume you mean Settings > Today > Appearance. In here i have the Guava Bubbles, Orange2006 and Windows Default themes available. Did your device run the Orange customization script after you calibrated the screen? I have the same themes as you, but I had other themes before where the layout of the screen was different (similar to what can be seen just before the device runs the Orange customisation script). Also, I still have the 3G icon when I'm in 3G coverage. When I'm not, such as now, I have an 'E' icon. The device did run the Orange customisation script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sketchmasterx Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Tried updating the ROM but my phone restarts a the first step and when trying ot re-connect i get an error saying "wceusbsh.sys" is missing and it gives me the option tolocate it but i cant find it on my system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sadlybrokeboy Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 (edited) I've updated to said rom and now I can't blooming well sync - not enough memory apparently! Bah! Hard reboot number 3 for the week methinks! EDIT - The problems with syncing were caused by my trying to restore my PIM data onto the PDA using SPBBackup and it appears that even with this different WM 5 - it doesn't work! Once I'd tried again without the restore everything worked as planned! :rolleyes: Matt Edited May 3, 2007 by Sadlybrokeboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FlangeArtist Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Any news on T-Mobile releaseing a ROM update for their version of the M3100, the MDA Vario II? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jayz1220 Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Tried updating the ROM but my phone restarts a the first step and when trying ot re-connect i get an error saying "wceusbsh.sys" is missing and it gives me the option tolocate it but i cant find it on my system. Are you trying to run the update in Vista? Didn't work for me, and is not a listed OS in the support pages for the update. I had to boot into XP, forgot that i didn't have ActiveSync installed and it came up with a missing file error (though i cannot remeber which file it was reporting missing). Once AS 4.5 was installed worked like a charm. Is it potentially one of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sketchmasterx Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Im running AS 4.5 and Windows XP Pro SP2, good to see im not the only person with the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zahid Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 The wireless modem program in the accessories folder has now been replaced with "Internet Sharing". I cannot now use the phone as a modem connected to my laptop in the way that I used to, using the dial up connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Doctor Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 The wireless modem program in the accessories folder has now been replaced with "Internet Sharing". I cannot now use the phone as a modem connected to my laptop in the way that I used to, using the dial up connection. Just run internet sharing on the phone, select USB, press connect, then plug your phone into the USB port. Done :rolleyes: Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zahid Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 (edited) Just run internet sharing on the phone, select USB, press connect, then plug your phone into the USB port. Done :rolleyes: Phil Thats what I thought, but as soon as the phone is plugged into the laptop I get the Windows 'found new hardware' wizard popping up, and the Internet Sharing's status on the phone reads "Check USB Cable". EDIT: Now working - it would appear I didn't have Activesync installed on the laptop I was trying to get it working on. Tried it on another laptop with Activesync and connected to the internet fine. Installed Activesync to the first laptop and that's now working too. Edited May 2, 2007 by Zahid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peekie Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 I updated mine yesterday and it works fine no problems at all , find the green boot up yukky , tomtom now works for me without that freezing problem , i get both the 3g and g icons so it means if your phone shows the e its better as its way faster that gprs :rolleyes: as for wm6 on the phone its anyones guess but its a no from tmobile here ( holland ) so i would think its the same uk side :D only option will be a htc rom when its released :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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