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[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] digger:
guest, i remember reading that you have to press the action button to kick things off, try that and let us know
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] 27:
Haven't tried it yet.

Don't have the PDA yet.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
i press action but nothing happened.i cant see the message sd update i saw once

:x
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Riccardo:
128Mb SD Card image has been loaded.

Look for R_Magica.rar

Why and who has eliminated the file previously loaded?

Remember for to get into bootloader you've to press and hold, power and camera button and in the meantime do a soft reset.

Also probably you need to prepare your SD Card with previous d2s download to SD card (that can be used as B.up of your original OS).

PS. The OS image has included the Extended ROM too!

More informations here:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=13452&highlight=

http://www.xda-italia.com/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=5

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=2110&highlight=mtty

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=4557&highlight=bootloader+commands

http://www.xs4all.nl/~itsme/projects/xda/bl-ii-usage.html
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Riccardo: Is it possible to use the new image on a 256MB SD?

What's the exacr process for flashing this rom?

Thanks

SysRq
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] katsj:
Riccardo can I ntrw the 128MB image in a 256MB sd card?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] digger:
after getting my rom image onto an SD card and using ntrw to copy it to my machine i see the following message:

125960192 bytes written bytes: 0

ReadFile(): MDAc.nb1 -- The parameter is incorrect

Is this normal, what have I done wrong?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Have done this and now get error on MDA.

SD Download

Sections = 1

Not allow update !

Anyone have other ideas ?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Getting same error. Riccardo, please help!

/SysRq
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Yes! It worked!

You have to copy the first bytes from your backup though.

Use a hexeditor and replace 00000000-0000019F.

You still get checksum error, but do a hardreset and it works.

/SysRq
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] katsj:
Yes just copy the header of your rom backup to Riccardo's ROM and it will be fine! I fixed mine too!

I also got the tools you need to backup your ROM so you can get the header of your german ROM in the Tools Directory where riccardo copied his ROM just check the ftp again!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] 27:
So it's working then?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] madds:
hi

i always get: "Usage ntrw file drive:" when i try to copy the german rom from sd to harddrive using "ntrw read German.nb1 g:"

Any help! thank's
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] katsj:
thats because you have the wrong version of ntrw! Download the one I uploaded in the FTP server under the tools directory!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
I downloaded the one from the ftp site and get the same problem...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] digger:
You guys really are the best!!!

Thanks so much to everyone who has worked on this, I was starting to think about returning my compact but have just successfully flashed it and now I understand everything.

A round of beers to you all!!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] skeye:
Here is the rom which is NOT REQUARED ANY CHANGES with hex.

Download and read the instruction inside the archive.

This rom is english unlocked, whithout any errors and dosn't contain Riccardo's backup ;-)

http://www.webpanel.ru/EngCompactRom.ZIP

BTW, you can buy already english compacts in Moscow (webpanel.ru), of course we can deliver compacts to the aeroport ;-)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Has anyone tested this with a sim-locked MDA Compact from T-Mobile (The Netherlands)? Will this unlock the device?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] pntzamaras:
i want to know if the sd card has to be of specific capacity. I have 1gb sandisk, and i always get the message serial v1.00, and stops right there :cry:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Wiz:
Hmmm The file downloaded correctly, and putting it on my 256Mb SD card was no problem. However, after putting the MDA Compact in bootloader mode (camera+power+reset), on my locked Dutch MDA Compact it says:

SD Download

========

Sections=1

Not allow

update!

It does not work on my MDA Compact, no new ROM is installed
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Nick-II:
SD size

As I know from story of that rom since Saturday you should use 256 SD card. :lol: For me it is 50% left till finish of download so i will see and inform was it OK with 256 SD or not.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] katsj:
READ MY STEP BY STEP GUIDE IN PAGE 9 OF THIS THREAD! YOU HAVE TO BACKUP YOUR GERMAN ROM AND COPY AND OVERWRITE THE HEADER (FIRST 220bytes) TO THE ENGLISH ROM AND THEN TRY TO FLASH THAT "FIXED" ROM!!!!!!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Wiz:
Hmm ... I did do that. I did copy the first 220 bytes from the old onto the new with ultraedit32, but it still says

SD Download

Sections=1

Not allow

update!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Nick-II:
Strange, I did everything as it was written in webpanel.ru instruction, but the same result: Update not allowed!!! It is double time strange because I bought my Compact from those guys, so I suppose to have exactly the same German ROM model. Any one can inform about successful ROM update from webpanels file? By the way, original German ROM saves and updates without any problem. :roll:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Nick-II:
So far so good! After one try to update my Compact to English it stopped to go to boot loader. Now after 3 button push I see Serial v 1.00 and nothing more. Pushing action button is useless. Can anyone explain what to do next? How to make that thing loading again? The more I recognize MDA Compact the much I like my good old MDA II. I am really disappointed, especially with longevity of battery life. :evil:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] katsj:
You must be joking!!!!!! MDA II has a better battery than compact?????

And you have to wait about 10 seconds after it says serial to give you the message "push power button to flash"
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] madds:
HI,

i get a rom is not enough after a minute when trying to upgrade Riccardo's rom image with the header modified.

Any help?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Nick-II:
As I see, I am the only crazy to keep f...g with MDA at this hour instead of sleeping. So, I fixed the boot loader after repeating the procedure of ROM backup to SD with MTTY. After that it started to load again. (No explanation just magic) I tried to load ROM file from webpanel to MDA few times with no effect. After that I replaced first 220b of WP ROM with 220b from my German backup ROM – same effect! NOT ALLOW UPDATE! Now I am downloading Ricardos file and will see if it works. If any of you guys can help me with advice I would be much appreciated. And some advice to webpanel.ru: Before you are happy to sell more MDAs, first provide your customers with adequate support, do not hurry to claim that you solved the problem, at least I spent 4 hours with your file for nothing! :evil:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Nick-II:
Katsj I tried, but it was instantly dead no replies after 2 minutes. It finished after I backup ROM again. Concerning battery I suppose it is only my MDA because friend of mine with Compacts has no such a problem. Concerning MDA, II it was very dependable from ROM version. 172 was more power eating. I was using MDA II as a main phone device 24 / 7. But what is good about Compact is Blue tooth with Car BT and Headphone. Works just perfect. Do you have any ideas why I can not flash English ROM to my devise (I use 256 SD) ?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] katsj:
Riccardo's file worked with all my friend's compacts! One of my friends had to ntrw the sd for a second time and it was ok! I guess there are some fawlty SD cards out there! And you definately need a 256MB one for flashing! I use a Lexar X32 256MB and it worked fine!

Just try to do the procedure again! it will be ok! I am sure! I know 11 people up to know that followed my step by step guide with riccardo's ROM and they all made it to the english version! As for webpanel.ru I know no one that managed to flash that rom succesfully!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Nick-II:
Katsj, I use 256 SD 45X from TOSHIBA it works perfect when I backup and restore original German ROM, so it should be perfect with Riccardo ROM too! To get it I left 3 hours before the end of download! Dial UP is not the fastest internet even with 45.2 speed. Can you refresh my memory if there is no extended ROM in Riccardo file? Where can find extended ROM of Jam. Because now I use some self made mix EXT ROM from Blue Angels, Jam and German Compact, but I need original EXT ROM of JAM. :D
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] digger:
@ katsj, mine flashed perfectly using riccardo's image on a 128MB card after replacing the first 220 bytes from my own ROM backup
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Nick-II:
It’s alive! It’s aliiiive! It’s aliiiiiiiiive! OK finally I made it, now it’s English, including EXT ROM. But the only one remark to the procedure of flashing. As it was mentioned before in page 9 you should replace 416 bytes but not 220 it is from 00000000 to 00000190. After flashing it really gives message Update fail, but hard reset cures everything. Now I am going to flash my friends MDAs because they already got me with their phone calls: when, when, is it done, can you make it English?? Great thanks to Katsj and all other people who gave us opportunity not study German language. Barrel of bear from us to you guys! :)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] vpreHoose:
Supply issues

Be nice to see if nowicom can commercialise it (and break the Microsoft licence agreement, warenty terms and terratory agreement).

For sure they are NOT being supported by anyone legitimately involved in getting the real devices to market.

I very much doubt that if they do sell this comercally they will ever recieve stock (German or English) ever again.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] pntzamaras:
It has worked for me too!!! :D

And with a 1gb sd card!!! :D

Thank you all
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
first 416 bytes seems to be working for me too... flashing now...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] katsj:
I am glad you managed to flash it too! Isn't it nice in English? :lol:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Success !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Anyone of you tried this on a Dutch MDA Compact? If it works, I can buy the sim-locked version from T-Mobile and unlock it this way. It's (much) cheaper compared to the I-Mate Jam, which even isn't avaiable yet (from Expansys).
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Wiz:
As far as I can tell now, the upgrade from Simlocked (Dutch) T-Mobile English to the new rom worked. I got to 100%, I got to the failed message, and after rebooting, I do now have Ricardo's ROM on the device. It did not unlock the device though!!!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
I thought the simlock would be a part of the ROM and if you're able to overwrite it with an unlocked ROM, then the device could be unlocked. Obviously that was wishful thinking... I hope the experts here can still unlock it somehow.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] nowicom:
Hi,

i want to say thanks to everybody worked on the english ROM after we failed totally. I want to say also thanks to the customers who didnt returned. I want to say sorry to the customers who returned.

Kta sent me first the mail and he said he did it together with Ricardo. I send him now a compact for free. But because of i think a lot of people worked on it i think its unfair that i dont give the other guys something too. So everybody who posted in this thread will get 2% less for the next 3 orders at nowicom if he send us his xda-dev. nickname in the order.

thanks

Seb
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Thanks for the guys who work on the english ROM ;-)

Now i would like to know if you have received more MDA Comapct, 'cause I order one last week, and i would to have some news ;-)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Xetra:
Thank you Ricardo !

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

damn ! less than 60sec to download your 61 Mb file from xda-dev's FTP :o)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
I noticed mda compact long ago and have chosen to buy it when it comes to market. With english rom. So I was very unhappy seeing shipment postponed at expansys. After that I agreed to buy german version from nowicom because of promissed easy change rom to english.

But then link with english upgrade didn't show up and I was again in wxpansys waters.

But I also carefuly observed conversation on this thread from the very beginning! Every single post from ordering, phone expectation, mda first impressions, english rom link not showing, and now sucessful rom building and booting.

It was VERY interesting (one could film a thriller :)). Also I was very happy seeing mr nowicom trying to help new customers. So, I was little bit dissapointed to see some inpatient us/uk customers returning their phones (especially now that english rom upgrade is solved).

I must say mr. nowicom is really up to his word offering kta new device. Regards!

After all, I think I will order mda compact from nowicom.

Greetings to all of you guys,

Oliver, Zagreb, Croatia
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
@ MADDS and GDA72 - how did you solve this problem in the end?

I've got the latest version of ntrw.exe and I still get the same error.

I'm using Win XP Home.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Riccardo:
Wouuuu a MDA Comact for free that's wonderfull!!!!

THANKS NOWICOM!!

PS. Do you still have my address?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
I think the FREE MDA Compact went to Katsj Riccardo!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Hey lets vote guys....

Who deserves the free MDA compact from Nowicom.Kta or Riccardo? And when deciding lets determine who did the actual hard work
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] 27:
Re: Hey lets vote guys....

Who did the actual work?

Perhaps they should both get rewards as Nowicom will sell hundreds of units with this patch.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Re: Hey lets vote guys....

I sincerely hope Riccardo gets one too. After all, he was the one willing to sacrifice his MDA for the good of us all. OK, KTA did a lot of hacking, but Riccardo had the most to lose...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] madds:
Count me on the english rom mda compact! :)

This is the ntrw that works

The english rom i used was the one from webpanel.ru

I replaced the first 416 bytes, flashed the sd card and then to the compact rom.

Thank's to all.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] OldManChild:
Hey this is getting bad

:? I actually dreamt that I had received my MDA Compact. Problem is I havent ordered one yet
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
So which files should we use for the English ROM, Ricardo's (on xda-dev ftp) or webpanel's?

How many bytes do we need to replace 416 or 200?

Thanks for your help.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
And further to my questions above, can I use a 1GB SD CARD instead of 256MB?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] madds:
Both work, but in my case i made it with webpanel.ru.

I changed the first 416 bytes, some only change 220 bytes.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] madds:
This is a process that can damage your card (erase the "bios" of the card)

so it's up to you to decide.

It's suposed to work with any card from 128mb up.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
madds, thanks for your reply. Doesn't the webpanel file has the first bytes replaced already?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] madds:
Hi,

yes indeed they already changed these first bytes but it seems that these changes are required due to some changes in the rom.

It's an easy step.

Only copy and paste!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Hi,

I would like to known what phone app the English version has.

The same as this one, or diferent.... If diferent could someone post a pic, or link where to see it.....

If diferent could someone post a pic, or link where to see it.....

Cheers
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Hy guys,

good to see that it works for you. I should have my Magician from Nowicom on Friday.

One only final question on which I'm getting a bit confused: I hear the ROM upgrade and the extended ROM upgrades....

1. Can you clarify whether there are any further steps that the ones listed in this thread to have everything updated to UK?

2. If so, can you please provide the pertinent information?

Thanks again,

Belgo
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Nick-II:
Belgo PDA,use 256 mb SD caed, take Riccardo ROM file, add by HEX editor first 416 byte from your original seved ROM and you will have perfectly working English WM2003SE and English Extended ROM programs. Everything will be in English, everything…. :)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] sachari:
pb to booting with my sd card

hello, when in insert the sd car on my device (before i copy the rom into my sd card with the ntrw) but my device don't want to flash my german rom.

can someone can help me ?

my sd card is 256 megs
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Does webpanel's file has the English Extended ROM as well? I see huge size difference between Riccardo's and webpanel's file sizes.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
HELP

Sorry but i am a newbee. I have the MDA from Nowicom, downloaded the files but are very scared to do something wrong.

May be stupid but i don't know what an HEX editor is and where to get one.

Also i have no idea how to count the first 220 bytes ??

Thanks for your understanding and help.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
The hexeditor is with the files you downloaded (hexeditorfull.exe). That is an installation file. So you run the exe and this will install hex editor on your computer.

You don't have to count the bytes. Start highlighting the contents of the file from the very top (you don't have to understand the conent). At the bootom right corner, the program wil tell you how many bytes you have selected.

Then use the usual copy and paste to replace the header.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Thank you very much for your help.

One last question : i am used to have my menus in English but my T9 language in French in my other Smartphones SPV 200 and SDA. I cannot compute in another language than English, but need too much to write in French.

Now with the German OS i have the luck to be able to choose my T9 language from English, French, German and some other languages.

Can anyone who installed the English ROM confirm that the language choices in the Intelli Pad T9 are still available, or is it now exclusively English ??

Why is the MDA not as easy to change OS languages and T9 languages than the SDA, this was done in one second, isn't it the same Windows ?

Thank you again.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Xetra:
Yes i flash in english rom and choose French T9

Vive la France

I think it is possible to change virtual keyboard as AZERTY also
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] harrykism:
I am in waiting for the Dutch T-Mobile MDA Compact. I have read this topic and I understand that it is posible to change the OS to other language. In this case, from German to English.

However, I am still wondering if this can UNLOCK the MDA Compact (could use any SIM)?

Can any one make it clear to me which part decide the SIM will be locked or unlocked: Bootloader? or ROM? or anything else? Who lock it: Manufacturer? Provider (T-Mobile)?

If it is in ROM, could we make a back up from a "SIM-locked FREE" machine then restore it to the SIM-locked machine?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Wiz:
Harry, as far as I know, the "lock" status is contained in the radio part, and not in the ROM.

If you order a Dutch MDA Compact, your operating system will English, but teh MDA will also be locked. Until someone here develops a new XDA unlock tool, we can only wait I'm afraid (or pay 120 euros)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
OK, I am not a chicken, now that i know that French is available in the T 9 I go for it...first problem, no problem to transfer the ROM to the SD, put the SD into the card reader...file does not exists...ntrw read geman.nb1 g:....Could not open German.nb1 -- The system cannot find the file specified

What now ?? Completely lost ans scared even more than before, who can help please

I was told by Nowicom that the operation was so easy and done in a minute, am I that stupid.

Olivier from Belgium
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
MDA COMPACT

hello has all,

I have just received my mda compact and I do not arrive has to put the English language.

I followed all the stages however. I do not arrive at going in the "bootloader".

I have only "serial" write all in top and "v1.00" in bottom. help me

I tested all the combinations of keys

jbouda@netcourrier.com

i'm french
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jpa:
Re: MDA COMPACT

1) Tu mets ta SD dans le compact

2) appui silmutané sur le bouton power, photo et reset

3) tu dois être dans le bootloader et tu valides avec le bouton central du joypad. La sauvegarde dois commencer.

4) tu mets ta SD dans ton lecteur et tu lances ntrw read german.nb1 c:\

5) tu ouvres german.nb1 avec l'éditeur Hex et aussi la rom anglaise

6) tu sélectionnes les 416 bytes de la rom anglaise et tu fais un copier/coller sur les 416 bytes de la rom allemande

7) tu sauvegardes la rom allemande modifiée : tu sauvegardes le fichier sur lui-même, ne tentes pas de sauvegarder la rom modifiée sous un autre nom ou ailleurs

8> tu tapes ntrw write c:\german.nb1 x: (x étant ton lecteur de carte). Tu dois absolument utiliser la même SD sans l'avoir modifiée depuis la sauvegarde de ta rom allemande

9) mets ta SD dans le compact et entre de nouveau dans le bootloader et là attends quelques secondes et tu devrais avoir un message te demandant de lancer la mise à jour
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Non jpa, il faut copier l'entete de la ROM allemande (du MDA) vers l'entete de la ROM anglaise (Ricardo).

C'est ce que j'ai compris.

-----

Nope jpa, you must copy the header of the german ROM (MDA) on the header of the english ROM (Ricardo).

That's what I understand ;-)

I'm wrong ???
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jpa:
oui biensur, erreur d'étourderie.

Yes, off course.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
JPA et rifraf,

tout fonctionne mais c'est quand je met la carte dans le reader que j'arrives pas a la lire, et est illisible, apres 4 tentatives et deux readers differents. La rom copie bie, elle se ferme bien sur la carte mais apres elle est illisible...pas moyen de l'ammenner sur le pc
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jpa:
essayes avec cette version de ntrw

Try with this version.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Which version, quelle version ?

do i need to run ntrw or simplu copy it into the c drive root ?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jpa:
Tu dois t'inscrire pour voir apparaître les fichiers en téléchargement. Tu t'inscrits, tu te connectes et tu verras apparâitre un lien sur mon dernier post.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
MDA COMPACT

bonsoir,

merci pour vos reponses...mais je n'y arrive toujours pas !!!

1. je mets la sd dans le mda

2. j'appuie simultanement sur "power", "photo" et le reset et j'arrive sur un écran ou il y a "serial" sur le haut et "v1.0" sur le bas... et plus rien ne se passe...même 30 minutes après la manip ????!!!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jpa:
Re: MDA COMPACT

Parles-tu de la 1ere étape (sauvegarde de ta rom allemande) : si oui formate la SD et essaye de nouveau; Si c'est de la 2ème etape, recommences tout en formatant d'abord ta SD et en changeant de version de ntry (voir mon dernier post)

bon là je dois fermer le PC mais dès 10 heures demain je pourrai t'aider.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] laita56:
Re: MDA COMPACT

La nouvelle ROM fournie par Nowicom est dispo en téléchargement sur http://www.compactjam.com, avec tous les utilitaires nécessaires.

Peut-être ceux-là fonctionneront-ils mieux ?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] buzz_lightyear:
i know, it's already here, but in french...

so take a look here:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=72842