Guest sabio_proeliat Posted August 28, 2003 Report Posted August 28, 2003 If you want to unlock your Mitac Mio 8380 just follow the link: [Edit (Paul [MVP]: Link no longer working!] And it WORKS! It's okay to skip the second step in the instructions (you don't have to upgrade the Micro-P Image)
Guest Crispy Posted August 28, 2003 Report Posted August 28, 2003 Can't test it, but I think quite some people would love to kiss the person who made this :wink: Edit: It contains the files; UUTforCanary.exe & OEM.nb0 ... Doesn't this ring a bell? ... Hacked romz 4 SPV?
Guest nickcornaglia Posted August 28, 2003 Report Posted August 28, 2003 Waiting for my Mio to come in the mail... This will be the first thing I test! :) (Glad you guys get to prove it before I get it though!) ;)
Guest Terwin Posted August 28, 2003 Report Posted August 28, 2003 I just tested it out. Again flashing rom is dangerous. Use at your own peril. I noticed 2 things in the instructions that were omited. 1) BACKUP you files. 2) Erase IPSM. I didn't erase ipsm on my first 3 tries and it gave a flash write error message at around 22%. Glad I didn't turn off phone then. I merely went to the IPSM menu and erased the IPSM then went back to flashrom menu. I've yet to test any unlocked apps but I can tell you that the phone boots ok after the flashrom.
Guest rockdoc Posted August 28, 2003 Report Posted August 28, 2003 sounds a bit complicated, not sure I have the huevos to give this a go yet. When you say "dangerous" are you suggesting that an unrecoverable state may be achieved beyond which a hard reset can cure?
Guest Will Posted August 28, 2003 Report Posted August 28, 2003 Basically if you are worried about using an unknown bit of software... DONT. If I had a nice shiny phone, and little idea on how to fix it, I would NOT run a program that re-writes the internals. However i've fed multiple rom's onto my spv's and knocked them out of comission for a few heart stopping minutes. I don't have a mio, or else i would be running this app by now... and then posting any problems or issues. I would wait, see how everyone else does, speak to other mio owners, maybe get one on MSN or IRC, and ask them to talk you through the process. There was a quote somewhere, 'that heros die, that's why they are called heros'. Will
Guest Terwin Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 Looks like the link has been pulled. I now have a theory that 12 hours after anything about the Mio 8380 hits MoDaCo Mitac locks it down... If they were only as prompt with their customer service.
Guest Gorskar Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 email it to monolithix so he can put it on his site - you would be doing Mitac users a big favour!
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 Note that it's not a Mitac site where it was available, and it has still been pulled. I think some heads may roll at Mitac after this. I did download it before it was pulled, though.
Guest Gorskar Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 Ah very good :) Hows the site redesign going btw?
Guest sabio_proeliat Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 Search some dodgy place for IT. just search mitac mio
Guest fauno Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 Is there any way to get this file? I'll try it on my Mitac. Thanks.
Guest Gorskar Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 If someone want to email it to me I'll put it up on the internet somewhere - email me at james(AT)smartgamer.org (change (AT) to @ )
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 Be warned, being responsible for putting this file somewhere would probably not be a good idea. P
Guest mar9118 Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 Why do you think they want to curtail something all mio owners have been looking forward to? :)
Guest ChezDoodles Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 Be aware that there exist a dozen different ROM's for the Mio8380, and you need to match correct ROM to the HW revision of your phone. Failure to do so can render you Mio8380 useless - with known issues like the phone being unable to detect button push...
Guest mar9118 Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 Sounds like someone from Mitac trying to stir fear into the mind of normal mobilephone users but we owners of mio 8380 and MS Smartphones are 'techbies' and that cannot be so, it's like saying that you cannot install windows on computers with AMD processors :)
Guest w4rmk Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 Can the person who posted the very nice/detailed instructions in this thread please email them to me at [email protected]. Seems as if the instructions were pulled as well.
Guest lutzh Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 ...hurry up try your luck right here: http://groups.msn.com/MitacMio8380 cheers, lutz
Guest mio8380 Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 Did anyone try out the unlock and applications yet?I would like to know if we can revert the rom to the original? :)
Guest lutzh Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 i did, works without a problem to upgrade and apps are running perfectly (orneta notepad, madbeetle analogue clock plugin, etc.etc....). i dont know if its possible to go back - but i see no reason to do that since i already configured everything back- gprs, mms, wap, phone, camera- all works perfectly. cheers, lutz
Guest sabio_proeliat Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 Yes It works fine! One question I unlocked the phone without eraseing IPSM but it seems to work fine. Why do you have to erase it? Will I get any unwelcomed side effects? :shock: :shock:
Guest aiwapro Posted August 29, 2003 Report Posted August 29, 2003 ...hurry up try your luck right here: http://groups.msn.com/MitacMio8380 cheers, lutz Make sure you join, and not just use the site for the download.
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