Insiders are helpful
Dec. 2nd, 2003 11:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tugrikThrough one of the smartphoneOS boards I'm on I met a contractor who is working at Microsoft. This person asked to remain anonymous. He was as grumpy as I was about AT&T's abuse of the MPx200 with their custom firmware load. The AT&T version shuts off one of the frequencies, turning it from a tri-band phone into a dual-band one. They also removed MMS because it had compatibility problems with their proprietary junk.
This helpful fellow slid me a copy of the original Motorola firmware under-the-table which I happily installed. The whole procedure (including backing up my existing /IPSM folder to my SD card) took about 20 minutes. I've had to re-install all my apps and re-do my registry hacks, but now the phone has full MMS and all three frequencies! Every trace of AT&T's presence is completely gone and the phone now works like it was supposed to.
As a nice bonus, this was the latest release of the firmware. It includes the camera application for the not-yet-here SDIO camera attachment. The MMS client (known as jMMS) was pretty easy to configure for T-Mobile, though I had to go and add "picture messaging" to my account to be able to receive pics. It sends them just fine w/o the extra fees, FYI. :) I signed up for a mobile blog site and once I get a good camera combination together I'll try out doing a picture-log.
The contractor encouraged me to distribute this release as techcnially it's what comes on the phone if you bought it straight from motorola or any non-carrier-specific vendor. The legality of this is honestly unknown, though, so I don't think I will just yet. There are a number of other sites putting it online that are willing to take the risk. Just email me if you want links to them.
This helpful fellow slid me a copy of the original Motorola firmware under-the-table which I happily installed. The whole procedure (including backing up my existing /IPSM folder to my SD card) took about 20 minutes. I've had to re-install all my apps and re-do my registry hacks, but now the phone has full MMS and all three frequencies! Every trace of AT&T's presence is completely gone and the phone now works like it was supposed to.
As a nice bonus, this was the latest release of the firmware. It includes the camera application for the not-yet-here SDIO camera attachment. The MMS client (known as jMMS) was pretty easy to configure for T-Mobile, though I had to go and add "picture messaging" to my account to be able to receive pics. It sends them just fine w/o the extra fees, FYI. :) I signed up for a mobile blog site and once I get a good camera combination together I'll try out doing a picture-log.
The contractor encouraged me to distribute this release as techcnially it's what comes on the phone if you bought it straight from motorola or any non-carrier-specific vendor. The legality of this is honestly unknown, though, so I don't think I will just yet. There are a number of other sites putting it online that are willing to take the risk. Just email me if you want links to them.
