[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] theJD:
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Subject: IPAQ 5450 Phone?

From: theJD

Date: 02 Jan, 2003 21:39:10

Hi Guys, anyone got any ideas on how to enable what looks like a

full sim/gprs hardware setup on the NewIpaq 5450.

I thought about copying a few registry settings etc anyone know

why this wont work?

Cheers

Subject: New iPaq does GSM ?

From: XDA developers

Date: 03 Jan, 2003 11:59:46

Many of us don't have the iPaq in question. So please feel free

to elaborate on "what looks like a full sim/gprs hardware

setup".

Subject: GPRS bits HP.IPAQ54

From: JD

Date: 03 Jan, 2003 13:56:17

So,, a few months back, HP announce that they are to supply a

new family of IPAQs (following their aquisition of Compaq) They

say that there will be a number of options, which included,

BLUETOOTH, WLAN and GPRS... as seperate models. OK,,,,

Now when the first HP/IPAQ was released a few weeks back I

couldn't resist, not only did it have BT but WLAN aswell!

Fantastic!!! SO i bought one. When I got it home I realised some

strange things, firstly theres a (1) sim slot a the back behind

the removable battery a'La Jornada.

(2) The orientation of mic/phono is Phone correct

(3) The headphone jack is actually 4way ie Mic/Phono

(4) Theres a vibration mode under alarms (it works)!!

(5) The PPC CD comes with no less that 5 VoIP apps!!

Other points to note are that the WLAN antenna is removable... u

cound add the GPRS antenna (diff freq)

Perhaps HTC and HP decided that it was cheaper to make one

device and then sell an OS upgrade or similar... Scalable

soultion being a buzzword at the mo.

So, Im after a copy of the XDA regsitry to see what different,

and in the mean time Im working with winCE.net Platform bulider

to see if I can scavange the appropriate TSPs to be controlled

by the built in TAPI/unimodem.dlls

Don't be fooled I haven't got a bloody clue what Im doing!!

But I know that windows2000 and 2000PRO are only 4 regKeys

different!! Oh and 400k

So any help would be richly appreciated.

PS. I have a friend who can unlock O2 XDAs

Subject: A friend that can do WHAT ????

From: XDA developers

Date: 03 Jan, 2003 14:48:39

> PS. I have a friend who can unlock O2 XDAs

Excuse the urgency, but we need to speak to this friend

immediately. Not su much for the SIMlock (although that's good

fun), but because (if it's true) this probably means someone

that doesn't work for HTC knows more about how the phone ROM

works than we do. We could possibly avoid doing a truckload of

work twice.

Please ask your friend to mail webmaster@xda-developers.com at

her/his earliest convenience.

Subject: Steady on!

From: JD

Date: 03 Jan, 2003 16:09:12

Deep breaths please!

Yes, last time I spoke to the "Croat/Glasw" he'd just unlocked

the SPV, I recall that he'd also mentioned the XDA.

Why all the excitment? Theres nothing illegal in unlocking and u

can even ask the incumbant carrier to do it for u......

Anyway where's my XDA regsitry :)

Subject: SimLock THE LAW

From: JD

Date: 03 Jan, 2003 16:23:25

Apparantly carriers are legally obliged to unlock your phone

even in the contract period if you request it. There is also a

cap on the amount they can charge, regardless of contract period

elapsed, though O2 seems to be the exception!!!

Lookat:

http://www.oftel.gov.uk/publications/mobile/2002/sim1102.htm[/

url]

Subject: SIMlock

From: XDA developers

Date: 03 Jan, 2003 17:16:29

Maybe things weren't clear: We're not excited because of the

SIMlock itself. We're excited because if anyone has a tool that

removes the SIMlock, this tool is likely to contain interesting

information about how the ROM of the phone part of the device

works.

The XDA developers are currently learning a lot about the GSM

part of the device, and we would love to reverse-engineer any

tool that takes off the SIMlock.

Stay tuned...

Subject: How to unlock

From: Jack

Date: 09 Jan, 2003 19:08:56

I have two toys i want to unlock: SPV from Orange switzerland

and XDA from O2

can u guys help a swiss guy? :wink: