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[General Accessories] kecido:
People!

Don't get mad, color combinations means nothing regarding the autenticity of your headphones, just for the record, mines are made with the classical colors, buttons are silver.

Read the whole thread, even if something is missing, even if you can flash your phones doesn't mean that they are fakes.

Now it would be a good time for somebody to help us, let your christsmas feelings go out and take some pictures of the internal of an already flashed phones, in this way it MIGHT be easier for the rest of us to fix something.
[General Accessories] r3bel:
kecido:

if i were to open my phones and snip that wire (assuming it's there in mine), and it stops working after that, how likely is it that reconnecting the wire in some way would return them to a working state? I'm thinking it could be 'draining' the current from the data pins and causing it to not detect them (I'm probably talking nonsense though :))

by the way, mine came in a round plastic 'tub' with the "attractive Asian woman" on the front :D and they have 'bronze' buttons - but I'd call them dark-silvery-copper.

one last thing, people:

THERE IS A WORKAROUND THAT WORKS ~90% OF THE TIME

it's very simple; just wear the Universal on the top-right of your body (e.g. shirt pocket, inside coat pocket) annoying I know, but the drop-outs barely happen and when they do it's for about 1/2 second.
[General Accessories] duclee:
I got big problem now. after upgrade HT820, it still lag, and the volume when pair with O2 XDA Stealth is very small...

I wanna try to downgrade, but my brother did delete the old firmware (SYN0948B), anyone has this, pls send here or send to my mail (taxiravina@yahoo.com)

BIG THANKS
[General Accessories] jwzg:
I believe you should try the other firmware located in the .rar file. The same thing happened to my headphones when I flashed the the non-"revA" firmware to my 948A's.
[General Accessories] kecido:
Mmmm, I wasn't suppose to see anything on this forum until the new year arrives. well, see my local time stamp, my daughter is ill and I can't go anywhere, so...

I don't think that not everybody's headphones has been repaired (in case they were repaired at all) and in case they have indeed, not all the repairings could be the same, remember that I think that those asian folks in Ebay are just taking "B" grade items, refurbished items, fabric inspection failed items and who knows what else.

Mines needed that little wire you see in the picture, not sure what should be useful to, but the phones work -by the way, should I say that working togheter with a computer bluettoht dongle or a bluetooth stereo transmiter for a PSP they work just fine!-

So don't get lost/mad at the electronics side of the matter, if you should find one wire, the same I have or any other and if you remove it, they might simply won't work.

If you are able to solder that wire again -without any further damage to the phones-, then you're some kind of electronics specialist or you work in this bussiness for more that a couple of years.

I swear that in my list of good things to do for the next year there will be a place to finish what I started with those phones, in the meantime...

Merry Christmas and a Happy new year.

Buon natale e buon anno a tutti.

Feliz navidad y Próspero año nuevo.
[General Accessories] st3v3:
so all in all what is the verdict on the ht820?

im in the process of umming and arring about geting some as i need new headphones for trip to and from work each day, usually becuase i do alot of walking the cord/handsfree only lasts about 6 months on my imate jam.

Ht820 are really cheap on ebay at the moment (same price as new handsfree)
[General Accessories] st3v3:
just bought one and grabbed the patch from here, they cant be all that bad compared to the standard handsfree.
[General Accessories] kecido:
I think that the final veredict about HT820s is that there is no (and there will be no) final veredict.

As a good brand reputation Motorola will always be a good target to fakers, so the risk is always there, even for the people that buy these things in great quantities, Ebay is such a good place to sell fakes, refurbished goods (and not telling it explicitly), look out for branded clothes, watches and so on...

Mines are good sounding ones (not top quality, don't know if it's the famous repairing i saw inside of them), not sure about their autenticity, these are the risks...
[General Accessories] dudah85:
so is there a way to patch the asian versions or not? i'm stuck with this problem and it is extreeeeeeemely annoying trying to listen to music with it skipping so often. i'm more than willing to crack it open and do some soldering!
[General Accessories] r3bel:
Hey guys, O2 UK currently have a pair of i-tech ones on sale for £29.99 (~$58), if you're REALLY sick of it and want to replace. They're behind-neck earmuff ones as well.

They also have laser projection keyboards on sale for £39.99 (~$77). :D
[General Accessories] st3v3:
i just got these today and they are brilliant, didnt end up needing the patch worked perfectly just paired and go, good sound too better than i thought they would sound.

best 50 bucks (AUD) i ever spent on Headphones
[General Accessories] theone3:
Well, there might be if someone is willing to crack open a real one and take a pic ;).
[General Accessories] theone3:
Hah. Another Aussie here who just recieved their $50 headphones, and I'm a happy camper too, although I am having a small skipping problem with my set (it's probably because I'm using a prophet though - they have dodgy support). Did yours come in a big square box or a small pack?

FWIW I bought this off eBay, it came in a box, and I can't enter firmware upgrade mode.
[General Accessories] st3v3:
lol not this little duck
[General Accessories] st3v3:
mine came in a chinese motorola box, if you got from ebay then its prolly the same place.

Try using the patch on here, i might do it just to try it. its supposed to fix the pauses if u getting it.
[General Accessories] st3v3:
ok well i just got the patch to see if i could do it and it appears i cant go into flash mode either even if i wanted to.

its wierd cause i got the SYN0948A ones as well.

would Motorola really release something using the same serial number yet having different versions (aka wont/will flash?)
[General Accessories] 3waygeek:
If you're in North America, skip eBay & go to CompUSA -- they have the HT820 for $59.99 this week.
[General Accessories] kecido:
Last news on my HT820s.

I have finished the reading of most of the technical literature present in cambridge radio's website (the maker of the BT chipset used in these headphones), found that the lacking component could be only a two resistor chip, soldered two discrete resistors of the suggested value (22 ohm) and have NO CHANGE at all!

Computer doesn't see the headphones, the communications (mini usb) port seems to be disabled.

Further investigation is possible but thinking of the price of these headphones...

I'll wait and try to find some more time/patience for these in the next days.

bye
[General Accessories] byAGM:
Look at in eBay "Electronics-Global" shop or "magicpower711" Ebayer´s products. I bought my ht820 to him with the name "BRAND NEW Motorola Bluetooth Wireless Headset HT820" and I could see MOTOROLA symbols. Now all his products aren´t with the name Motorola and the pictures aren´t with the motorola symbols.

(sorry for my bad english, I´m Spanish!:D )

byAGM
[General Accessories] st3v3:
ok so i hard reset my phone and started getting the pausing,

but i know why i didnt originally

as seen in this hermes post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=284974

this patch will stop the pauses from happening, at least it did on magician
[General Accessories] theone3:
It works! B-E-AUtiful :D
[General Accessories] bkb:
dont notice any difference

thanks for the firmware:) bought mine at a motorola store here in the philippines, with series syn0948b was able to flash it to the new firmware didnt notice much difference though.im using pocketplayer 3.1 usually i encounter some skips only at the early part of using the player but once it gets going i dont encounter any problems at all.works great with my p525.i used the usb cable of the p525 ,the upgrade is quite easy to follow .

thanks for the firmware at least its the latest.:)
[General Accessories] st3v3:
there is only one little problem i get and thats WM sometimes freezes up, other than that its the best set of headphones i ever did get :D
[General Accessories] jgermuga:
There was a reference to the SYN0948D but no definitive answer as to whether a flash would help for this model series. I am not getting major skipping and I get pretty decent range from my 8125, but the sound quality is pretty bad, no where near the CD quality some have said is possible. As it stands, I wind up having to plug them in, which kind of defeats the purpose.

On a related note, I still can't get them to pair with my Motion M1400 either. What's up with all the bluetooth issues?? Seems it should be ready for prime time by now.
[General Accessories] Durete:
Hello, I have search on FCC database and I was found this interesting documentation about the Motorola HT820.

I have enclosed various original documents from the FCC.

Sorry for my bad english. I am Spanish...

Regards.
[General Accessories] hdmotion:
please, give me a direct link to this pages
[General Accessories] Durete:
This is the link to public search at the FCC database.

Moto HT820 have FCC id BCE-HT820.

You need complete the form at this page:

https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm

"Grantee Code:" BCE

"Product Code:" -HT820
[General Accessories] fsampson:
Don't have permission to dl firmware?

I just got some HT820's and I'm having the audio skipping problems. I registered and just tried to dl the firmware, but it says I don't have permission when I click the download. Is the file still there or is there another issue?
[General Accessories] jwzg:
1) Close Browser

2) Empty Temporary Internet Files

3) Log on again

4) Download firmware
[General Accessories] SadiaV:
Hey guys,

I have the same problem with HT820 - skipping music and I am not able to rewrite firmware (model ...A) I bought it form ebay, member magicpower711.

With Laptop (hp nx9420) ht820 works quite well, almost no skipping, but problems begin with my PDA (Dell Axim x51v).

Any movements in finding out what limits the connecting to the PC?
[General Accessories] zeeizo:
just bought mine last v-day, i almost bricked my ht820! i had a hard time to make make the LED blink and it wont turn on anymore, sa what i did even the LED isnt blinking, so what i did is to upgrade it and choosing download w/o first saving current version and it work! hehehe...

just a question, what media player will i use to play both mp3 and wma?

thanks!
[General Accessories] Cardcaptor_RLH85:
SYN0948E owner here ^_^

It seems that Motorola has gotten their stuff together and fixed the skipping problems with their revision 'E' for the HT820. I just got my HT820 SYN0948E headphones on the 14th and I only have two problems with them. One, I can unfortunately hear all of the artifacts from using AAC VBR .25 quality to save space on my storage card. I'm switching to WMA 10 Professional VBR .25 quality, since it seems to be about the same as AAC VBR .35 quality in these headphones. My other problem is probably more related to my HTC Wizard than the headphones themselves. I can't seem to use Wi-Fi while I'm using these headphones for wireless stereo through Bluetooth. I get the same skipping that everyone here has been complaining about in that case. I think that this is caused by insufficient memory or CPU speed on the device though and therefore can't be blamed on the headphones. Other than that, since I didn't research very much before buying these I'm quite glad that Motorola fixed the problems for this new version ^_^

By the way, I have a bit of a question. Which number on the headband is the serial number. I want to register on Motorola's website but I don't know which number to input ^_^;;
[General Accessories] jaybepr:
Volume to LOW

OK i have a question, is there any whay to improve the volume on the HT820, i use it with my V3xx, it is revicion D and i use it for more than 8 Hours a day and not 1 skip sofar. But the volume is low, no matter the volume is on max (on the phone and on the HT820) if there is a way please let mi now:D
[General Accessories] st3v3:
ermm thats gotta be your mp3, usually mines so loud that i have to have it all the way down so that i have hearing left after 20 mins.
[General Accessories] grypho:
I just bought my ht820 yesterday and I have the same issue, but on my HT820 I can´t increase volume with the "+" button so I only can increase volume on my pc or 6945... is it normal or my ht820 are bad? is it a way of fixing this?
[General Accessories] st3v3:
are you using Windows media player or another player?

i use tcpmp player as i find the sound is better and there is more options
[General Accessories] watchsat:
I also use TCPMP on my iPAQ Hw6515, the M$ midea player always causes heavy delay on my HT820. Sometimes I still got one second skip on the TCPMP, but it's acceptable...

Cheers,
[General Accessories] pocket lover:
Hi, can someone tell me how long the battery is supossed to last?, cause sometimes when its unplugged from the power cable, and the headset is not in use, and i found that the battery is drained.
[General Accessories] st3v3:
yep i had this happen just the other day, i didnt use the headset for about a week was just left in my bag. went to use it and the damned thing kept beeping to tell me it wants charging.

yeah i get this from time to time.
[General Accessories] pocket lover:
Hummmm, looks like another problem of the headset, i tough that was only happening to me. Thanks for your reply st3v3.
[General Accessories] Indiana Jones:
great headphones

i have the revision E headphones from newegg. i bought them like 2 days ago. i dont get any skipping problems. i just wish the quality was a tad better, i hear some hissing and the mids and highs are kinda off. is this due to the headphones or wizard? or encoding.im gonna test them with my ps3 and ill post the results.

i have a 8125 3.3 and ht820 revision E.

i bought them for the gym so i dont care much for purity, im not going to return them for i am pleased with my purchase but i wonder if theres any tweaking for this sound quality issue.
[General Accessories] kennyidaho:
I have the D version and I have zero skipping issues with my herald.

I have had the headphones for 14 days and have only charged them once. I don't use them everyday or very often but it seems the battery lasts forever.
[General Accessories] miken5000:
HT820 - skipping like a school girl

Bought the HT820 from Tigerdirect. Works great with my blackberry for simple headset replacement. Didn't work at all with music on my PC's and laptop.

Motorola support was useless (I asked about firmware updates and he said they're weren't any), and returning things to tiger is not fun.

The .rar file and firmware update fixed the problem! Music works great now. Great fix. Very nice firmware loader too.

Motorola should pay attention to the ****ty firmware they are shipping with tons of product. (Or its like those Chinese kids don't care anymore.)
[General Accessories] jwzg:
Glad we could help.

BTW, welcome to the dark side.
[General Accessories] st3v3:
hey ****ty firmware is good cause it keeps the price down.
[General Accessories] layzphil:
I just bought a pair of these from magicpower711:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....MEWN:IT&viewitem=&item=140098078705&rd=1&rd=1

Now after reading this thread I see that it doesn't say Motorola anywhere on the auction and he's covered over the M symbol on the picture! They are cheap enough, but they are clearly either fakes or refurb :(

Anyone buy from this seller and have a good experience?
[General Accessories] st3v3:
looks the same as the ones i got except the seller did have the Motorola logos on it, these are still great ive abandoned the handsfree i was using completely.
[General Accessories] thelonesaiyan:
Bad Driver

Hi all,

I'm trying to flash my firmware for my Motorola HT820, and for some reason, once I have the headphones in flash mode, and go to install everything, as soon as it starts to install the CSRBC01.sys file, my PC reboots >.< I'm ready to scream, but I'm thinking maybe the driver does not work for Windows XP Media Center Edition. Any thoughts? I'm dying to update the firmware, my HT820's cut out for a few seconds at the beginning of every song, and it's driving me nuts!

Cole
[General Accessories] r3bel:
it's not media centre - that's just xp pro with a new skin and the media centre app. the file you have is probably corrupt - try d/ling it again. if that fails, plug them in a diff. usb port - it will force a pnp redetect.
[General Accessories] thelonesaiyan:
*sigh*

tried both, still a no-go. anybody wanna send me a copy of the file that they *know* works? (IE, the one they used to flash their headset)

Cole
[General Accessories] thelonesaiyan:
*sigh*

tried both, still a no-go. anybody wanna send me a copy of the file that they *know* works? (IE, the one they used to flash their headset)

Cole

P.S. Windows keep redetecting the headset everytime i reboot, as the drivers don't actually finish installing. Also, a new network adapter has shown up, called "Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter" and under device properties it says: "This device cannot start. (Code 10)"
[General Accessories] thelonesaiyan:
D'OH!

Right, so I had an epiphany, why not just try it in safe mode? Well, lo and behold, it worked just fine. Let that be a lesson to you all. If it reboots your PC while installing the drivers, try it in safe mode :)

Cole
[General Accessories] Kevhouse0308:
whats wrong with mine?

hey guys,

I'm not sure what's up with my headphones. I bought them new in box on ebay about 3 1/2 months ago from a seller located in the US. Mine came in the round plastic container, but everything was written in English (See pictures). They worked for about a week or two, then they turned off every time that I connected it to my iPod (I'll upload a video if anybody wants to see that). I tried to connect them to my computer and update the firmware, but they won't connect. I also looked for the serial number on the earpiece, just to discover that there was none there! (see pictures below. I think I took the pictures in the correct spot, but I looked all over and there was no serial number. If you know where it should be please let me know.) Is mine a fake, or is there just something wrong with it?
[General Accessories] Mecki123:
Hello,

what must i do to flash the HT820? I´ve the ht820.jar file, but i don´t nw, what ich must do now.

Can you help me, please?

Gruß

Mecki
[General Accessories] jwzg:
Follow the tutorial inside the .rar file. It will work like a champ as long as your headphones are the real deal.
[General Accessories] cktlcmd:
Where can I find this priority hack?
[General Accessories] cktlcmd:
Found the 256 Priority hack: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=269638&highlight=priority256+hack
[General Accessories] major_grooves:
Could someone take a photo of the designation on the headset please? I got mine from an Ebay seller in HK, and I can see tell-tale signs of glue, so I'm thinking either fake or refurb. If it's a refurb though I thought it would still have a designation number.

Just about to attempt the upgrade, but if my headset is fake I may want to start a dispute anyway.

/edit - okay forget it. I have established that my HT820 from a HK Ebay seller is 100% fake. I hould have a new one coming from a reputable UK sller tomorrow. :S
[General Accessories] major_grooves:
Copied from my post on an N95 forum:

Can anyone help? I presummed the D was the newest one? Will this flash upgrade help me?

Incidentally, a mate tried the flash upgrade and his (B) is now having some connectivity problems with his computer.
[General Accessories] ciscokid:
Hello, I tried connecting to my ht820 as instructed but it does not connect. Am I doing something wrong or is there something I am missing? Help. Thank you.
[General Accessories] carrot34:
Help upgrading HT820 firmware

Hi -- are there instructions available somewhere on this firmware upgrade? I connect the headphones via USB, cancel out the Hew Hardware wizard, run DFUWizard.exe, select the USB option, and then get a message "No USB BlueCore modules could be found connected to your computer..."

What am I doing wrong?

Thank you!

Alan
[General Accessories] kecido:
For ciscokid and carrot34, you have to read the whole thread, much have been discussed about this subject, there are lots and lots of fakes for these headphones, there might even exist some "reduced" model, mines are of this kind or simply fakes, there is a missing component that has to do with USB communication, so no matter how hard I try, they'll never be detected by the computer.

I even placed some photos of my phones here, the place of the missing component is easily visible, you can compare my photos with those of somebody who found those of the original design (I think he got these from FCC), just below the mini USB connector, there's the chip.

I even tried to put in place the missing connections, but I'm not quite sure of these, so my first test didn't had the results I expected, it could be that being fakes (the original project has been copied in China), there might be no way to do this.

Just in case that someone could be interested, my phones just ceased to work some weeks ago, after some weeks of stand by, I found the problem but cannon pinpoint it to the exact component, I managed to turn them on again, but several modifications could be necessary to prevent the battery drain in few hours.

Unfortunately, this morning while I was working on them, I damged one key component and I'll be lucky if I can take them to their last "working" state.
[General Accessories] kecido:
I just make the last tests and I'm no lucky this time, I just broke my phones!

So, I want to know if somebody has a HT820 (broken) that wants to sell me to attempt a repair for my own ones.

thanks
[General Accessories] jamezruiz:
how do i set it to bootloader mode??? i am having troubles here is it << + >>

either i am pressing it wrong or something u tell em the real step, the steps that came in didnt work
[General Accessories] Ender42081:
I got mine from Hong Kong thru Ebay (as many have) and found this when it skipped. Could not flash it, and suspected from the beginning it may be dodgy. First thing I noticed was the buttons weren't quite silver (kind of a dark steel) and the band was attatched a bit funny. It has the service information on the band, but RUBS off easily and was missing part the serial number when i got it. After unsuccessful flashing I checked and sure enough IT IS COUNTERFEIT!! the quickest way was comparing the earcups to this image: http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Cou...erences-article-image-a_1753-p_4-i_11699.html IF IT IS FAKE IT WILL NOT FLASH!!!

I am currently waiting on a response from the seller, but if I go through with the feedback he won't be around long anyway.
[General Accessories] kecido:
Ender... I also had some problems with my set, I also bought at Ebay (HK seller), no answer at all.

I think it is very obvious that these people know what they are doing/selling, it seems that after a certain inactivity time, the phones tend to die, something happens if the battery dries up entirely.

About not being able to flash them, it's already been discovered that there's a missing component (at least that, there might be missing/not working something else) inside, this component should connect the USB port with the internal Bluetooth chip/microcontroller, so if this is missing then...

I wish you good luck with that Ebay seller!