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Different RAM and ROM in different P990's |
Mizzle
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that's cool, but soo weird!
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michael the mage
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I know... the only other question is what is that ROM exactly for?!? Is it better to have 5MB instead of 3MB or is it better to have 61MB onstead of only 59MB of RAM? Anybody????
I mean as it looks SE could have given us all 2 more MBs of RAM if they wanted!!!
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makbil
Joined: Oct 26, 2006
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59/5, WG 1. On the box it says TR/RU next to the DPY numbers, hw v. is R8A, fw R6D28.
I remember that the proto versions had some extra debugging programs, since the retail versions don't have those I wonder what the 5 MB is used for.
Could it be like the boot sector of the hard disk or phone related info like IMEI numbers?
It would be interesting if this could be tweaked with something like a disk partition program for PCs. We may just find a MB or 2 of unused RAM overlooked by SE.
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Draxx
Joined: Apr 02, 2007
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Ok I have 62Mb with 2Mb ROM size.
Orange branded P990i R8A |
Scorpower
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Swedish 3phone 59/5 |
makbil
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There are a few other things that SMP tells us:
Model Number: 503DE69F
Machine UID: xxxxx285
Country Code: 44 (This probably means my P990 is the same as those meant for the UK market, even though TR/RU is written on the box)
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myth_old
Joined: Jan 25, 2007
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On 2007-08-12 11:35:20, makbil wrote:
There are a few other things that SMP tells us:
Model Number: 503DE69F
Machine UID: xxxxx285
Country Code: 44 (This probably means my P990 is the same as those meant for the UK market, even though TR/RU is written on the box)
Or this info is being taken fm the installed language or the time zone.
Is yours UK English and tz set to Ankara (like mine) ?
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Nickp990
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makbil
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On 2007-08-12 11:49:00, myth® wrote:
Or this info is being taken fm the installed language or the time zone.
Is yours UK English and tz set to Ankara (like mine) ?
Yes, I overlooked that. Is the Model number the same?
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myth_old
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On 2007-08-12 13:15:35, makbil wrote:
On 2007-08-12 11:49:00, myth® wrote:
Or this info is being taken fm the installed language or the time zone.
Is yours UK English and tz set to Ankara (like mine) ?
Yes, I overlooked that. Is the Model number the same?
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Mine is 59/5.
R10A/GW1
UK English
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michael the mage
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I only came up with this Ram/Rom because I checked first if the 2 phones I have, have identical model/etc. numbers. They do!
So forget about this and check into the Ram/Rom issue, as long as we are talking about phones Made in France!!!
So far the only one is the Orange branded that has even 61(!) to 2 .
I really want to know what this ROM is needed for!!!
On the other side, I am hoping for someone other then Netherland that has 61/3!
It seems that all world1 have only 59MB of ram. Kind of pathetic if SE could have given us 61 instead!
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firetech
Joined: Dec 09, 2006
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I guess it the amounts has to do with the firmware _version_, not the CDA. No comment I've seen in this thread proves otherwise... ROM (usually) stands for Read Only Memory, so I guess it holds some firmware stuff. I can't understand why it seems to share the RAM chips (I.E. the fact that ROM + RAM = 64 MB), though. A wild guess is that the system call used for the ROM size in SMP actually returns something else, like system critical RAM or something. (Lisa, if you see this, what is your view on that comment?)
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michael the mage
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On 2007-08-12 21:51:19, firetech wrote:
I guess it the amounts has to do with the firmware _version_, not the CDA.
If you have read my former postings you know that I have proven it IS fw/cda depending!
I flashed Netherland which obviously has a different CDA and currently older fw and now I have the 61RAM.
So let's wait for someone's statement of knowlede not guessing, what this ROM has to do with the phones performance.
And Lisa already stated that this is as described earlier. If this ROM would have any relation to what you were just guessing, she would most likely has said so. She should know if what SMP shows is true value.
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pnoytechie
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I think GW1 has the most number of languages, so that could be the reason why it took up to 5mb of ROM.
I have GW1, and it's 59/5. Phone made in China. |
myth_old
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Here is some useful info:
http://my-symbian.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32793
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