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Flashed my T68m to T68i by....myself!! |
djceli
Joined: Oct 20, 2002
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Ok...I flashed my new firmware today. I have a T68m R1A h/w (week 52 2001) with R2B013 s/w. I upgraded to the R5D007 EU s/w from sevenfire's site (10MB) file. First thing I noticed was the increase in speed for the menus and the added features.
Bluetooth is functional. I was at CompUSA and tested a pocketpc to my phone and it discovered it. Also, I was hoping that I would get message delivery confirmation option for my SMS (did not have it in R2B013) but I still don't have it!
However, I am not pleased with my upgrade for the following reasons:
Standby time has decreased to 50 hours which I hate!
Reception is worse! (as if this was even possible as I had poor singal in comparison to other phones on Voicestream's network). I used to get 1-2 bars in my room...now I get...........NONE!
I hope I can find a solution as I do not want to spend more $$$ on logs. This phone has cost me more than its worth in my opinion. Should've sent it to Robb. Oh well...if anyone can help, I would appreciate it.
P.S. - I totally recommend VirtualDynamix. They're fast, reliable and have excellent customer service.
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Kook Deville
Joined: Nov 11, 2002
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From: NYC
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Flashed my phone (t68m R2B013 - R4C hardware 2002 week 23). I flashed with Sevenfies R5D007 (2 parts) firmware. Everything works fine (including bluetooth & standby/talktime). I read somewhere in this thread that it is better to use the 2 part firmware. Maybe it's possible to reflash again using the 2 part firmware ? |
Onslo
Joined: Nov 11, 2002
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Well, just tested my BT and it works fine...
No probs here, flash was 100% successful.
Sow what if they're checking for overwritten firmware....as long as we can still flash ourselves, what's the problem ?
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jimmyx
Joined: Nov 13, 2002
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Any one have T68ie R2E006 Firmware? (chinese version) |
x453
Joined: Nov 17, 2002
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I would like to personally thank everyone who contribuate to this thread. I didn't know much about remote flashing/unlocking before today. After reading the 23 pages of this thread, I felt confident to flash and unlock my phone this morning.
My phone is:
T68i
Original SW: R3A023 Rogers/AT&T Canada Firmware
HW: R5A
This morning I contacted the folks at unlocKing and I got my login/pass within 30 minutes. Then I went to http://www.sevenfire.net/T68.html and I downloaded the R5D007 flash files (2).
I used the "Thai" version of the software/server and it worked like a charm!
Now my phone works just great - my battery life time is intact, my Infrared/Bluetooth/WAP/GPRS works just perfectly.
I unlocked and flashed my phone succesfully. Thanks to everyone here for their precious informations and comments.
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funks
Joined: Aug 28, 2002
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x453,
you sure your phone can be discovered? it's because I flashed two Cingular T68i R5A's with the R5D007 EU firmware and both had Bluetooth Problems (can't be discovered).
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x453
Joined: Nov 17, 2002
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On 2002-11-17 21:29, funks wrote:
you sure your phone can be discovered? it's because I flashed two Cingular T68i R5A's with the R5D007 EU firmware and both had Bluetooth Problems (can't be discovered).
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Absolutely. I can sync my files with my laptop and my HBH-30 works too.
Look at my sig! |
UW TL
Joined: Nov 07, 2002
Posts: 9
From: Seattle, USA
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I tried to flash my friend's T68m today but I was unsuccessful due to their server (unlocking) problem. I have flashed my own and everything was fine. This time when I clicked "flash" from the program it told me that the server is connected, but it's not responding. I had no choice but to disconnect my cable because nothing was responding. It therefore used up my log and I could not continue anymore.
I need to contact them and have them reimburse me another log... |
Carphone
Joined: Nov 16, 2002
Posts: 23
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Hi all,
I purchased just a t68i board as i already had a spare casing.
I can get into the service menu to find my software version OK (R2E006).
BUT how can i find out my hardware revision without the aid of the imei sticker?
Is there any way to tell if i have purchased a genuine t68i borad or a t68 board which has been upgraded to a t68i.
please help
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haack
Joined: Oct 23, 2002
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I have a t68m R1B and i upgrade it at R5C i do not know if i lost the BT, but i have a standby at 56 hours and 5h 15m talk time with full charge after i made the upgrade now i ONLY want to Recover my batery standby what do you recomend to me?,
is a good idea to reflash using the R5D version at sevenfire?
or what?
Thanks |
djceli
Joined: Oct 20, 2002
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Don't flash R5D as it will most likely not correct your battery standby time. I flashed R1A hardware and R2B013 s/w to R5D007 s/w and have functional bluetooth but decreased singal and 50 hour standby. I have yet to figure out what to do to get my standby time back.
I called up my service provider and now I am waiting for a new replacement phone. Hope they give me a T68i - my T68m has always been more trouble than it's worth! |
VS6XFX
Joined: Oct 16, 2002
Posts: 23
From: CA, USA
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On 2002-11-18 21:45, haack wrote:
I have a t68m R1B and i upgrade it at R5C i do not know if i lost the BT, but i have a standby at 56 hours and 5h 15m talk time with full charge after i made the upgrade now i ONLY want to Recover my batery standby what do you recomend to me?,
is a good idea to reflash using the R5D version at sevenfire?
or what?
Thanks
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Try to downgrade to R2E006 will recover the lost of Standby Time.
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VS6XFX
Joined: Oct 16, 2002
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On 2002-11-17 19:07, jimmyx wrote:
Any one have T68ie R2E006 Firmware? (chinese version)
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Go to following for the file:
http://www.sevenfire.net/T68.html
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av0135
Joined: Sep 24, 2002
Posts: 61
From: Las Vegas
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Hey all (especially funks), here's some more info:
1) Orig. T68m, 02w02, R1B....flashed to R5D007: Lost standbye time; BT talked to PC and phone fine...discoverable.
2) Same T68m, reflashed with R2E006 from sevenfire's website; used 1 credit and the language flash method (10mb file); BT perfect, sent file to pc, received file from pc, pc was able to use phone as modem....but most importantly, standby times are way back up 215+....
So funks, here's more info for ya....maybe R5D007EEuro only for R5A hardware or higher? T68m's should go to R2E006? Just stabbing here....
Good luck |
psion
Joined: Nov 10, 2002
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av0135,
do WAP profiles stay after a phone power-off using R2E?
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