[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] fuzzysb:
I have just reflashed the firmware on my UK Orange SPV M2000 after porting my mobile operator over to virgin mobile. i did this so i could remove the Operator customisations which were just taking up ram, and also to see if i could make my phone more reliable (one of my biggest bugbears is not being able to use Wifi without a soft reset) as a result i can switch on and of bluetooth and wifi at will without any errors, and i havent performed a soft reset because of a problem in 6 days (i have soft resetted after installing some programs as it was required by the prog)

I achieved by first downloading ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/BlueAngel/BlueAngel_Roms/BA_1.40_radio_1.20_untested_extrom.rar and removing the Radio_.nbf file and flashing that to the phone.

once that was done i did a hard reset then flashed radion rom 1.13 as described here http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BA_Radio_1.13_Upgrade

I then downloaded all the files from here ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/BlueAn...ERK_1.4X_002/I-Mate_PDA2K_Ext_ROM_140176_WWE/ into a directory on my PC

I then deleted

Default_ImateV112.002.cab -> dont need it as i havent got an imate so dont need imate email

Default_Caller_ID_BA_AKU26_RC20.CAB -> i will explain why in a minute

Default_Fax_V2.09_WWE_0720.CAB -> havent got a need for faxes

Default_SkypeForPocketPC.CAB -> this is pants and so is skype

and then i then added cabs for the following programs prefixing them with the Default_ so they would install after hard reset

Voice command 1.5 for Phone edition -> i think every one uses this

Photo Contacts Pro v 3.01 -> This is fantastic beats the IA caller ID hands down

I then used the extrom unlocker and deleted all the files in the extended rom and then copied my downloaded files into it. the then locked and hid the extended rom again and then performed a hard reset

once that was done i added in the Virgin GPRS and MMS settings (If anyone wants help with this part for virgin settings let me know as i am working on creating a CAB file with these settings) and renamed device and added owner information.

There are two problems now, the first i can fix, the camera raises the backlight to full and then keeps it that way. i just deleted camera.exe from the windows directory and then replaced it with the camera app that was originally on the device (make a backup of this file b4 you start)

The only problem that is left is a problem that happened with WMP9 and WMP10 if music is playing and you close WMP then your device loses all sound. i dont know of a workaround for this, but i make sure i pause any music before i close the app, not a big thing really

I then loaded on these apps mainly into the storage memory except that specifically request you install them into main memory

SPB Pocket Plus 2.5

SPB weather

SPB Diary

Ewallet

Tomtom Navigator 5

Microsoft Reader

Pocket Mechanic

and last but not least my favourite game Virtual Pool Mobile v1.6

This doesnt sound like many apps but it suits my needs perfectly for the moment.

I then took a full backup onto SD........

and viola one ultra stable Orange SPV M2000

i hope it works for you too :P

I would do what i did when installing apps and install one at a time and test especially task managers and today screens as these use up driver memory, this is where the problem with the WIFI and bluetooth starts

and in case i dont see you good afternoon and good evening and goodnight (watched the trueman show again! :roll: )