Check out my P900 converted to a P910a

[anlog]

Originally posted by varunreddy
thanks anlog
Can I pm you about converting my p900 to a p910? Also will the phone be able to read upto 1gb duos like the p910 or only upto 256?

PM me.

Yes, the phone will support 1GB cards. I only used a 256MB one as an example...

[SKYDIVER1971]

would it be possable to flash the phone with TWISTER

[Global Mobility]

@anlog,

I just flashed my P900 to a P910a, and everything seemed to run a bit slower than normal. Is this normal? Any news on whether the phone retains its ability to work on 900MHz? A customer came into my office yesterday requesting this, but I was reluctant because I did not want to rid their phone of its capability to work on 900MHz.

As for T-Mobile at 1900MHz in the SoCal area, it seems to be working pretty well as long as I don't change the bandlocks.

Good job! And nice pictures!

[Homer314]

a p800--->900/910 upgrade is possible ?

[Totalfixation]

Anyone know how to save all my jotters and SMS? before i head out to analogs place to update my firmware?

[richy240]

Do a full backup dude. That way you can restore after the update, assuming this will work. Can you restore a P800 backup on a P900? Can you even backup a P800? I've never used one...

[BillB]

Originally posted by Homer314
a p800--->900/910 upgrade is possible ?

The main reason it is not possible to put the P900/910 production firmwares directly onto a P800 is because the P800's memory is too small for the new firmware.

As of today, the P800 is still a pretty sophisticated smart phone, and SE could support it with firmware improvements including bug fixes *even if they charged a service fee for updates*. And they could do this for the P900 owners too. But if history repeats itself, SE will leave P900 owners high and dry just like the P800 owners.

[Totalfixation]

Originally posted by richy240
Do a full backup dude. That way you can restore after the update, assuming this will work. Can you restore a P800 backup on a P900? Can you even backup a P800? I've never used one...

I cant do a full back up, if i do that it. i wont be able to restore. Thats what is said by analog

So does anyone still know how i can save my Jotter and SMS onto my computer?

[Homer314]

Originally posted by BillB
The main reason it is not possible to put the P900/910 production firmwares directly onto a P800 is because the P800's memory is too small for the new firmware.

As of today, the P800 is still a pretty sophisticated smart phone, and SE could support it with firmware improvements including bug fixes *even if they charged a service fee for updates*. And they could do this for the P900 owners too. But if history repeats itself, SE will leave P900 owners high and dry just like the P800 owners.

Firmware's size is largest than 12Mb ?

[BigFeat]

Originally posted by Totalfixation
I cant do a full back up, if i do that it. i wont be able to restore. Thats what is said by analog

So does anyone still know how i can save my Jotter and SMS onto my computer?

Get Desktop Message. It was developed some time ago for the P800. It literrally downloads all your SMSes from the phone onto your pc where it allows you to reply and even create new messages from your PC. With the caveat that your unit is connected to the cradle during the session. Once you've transferred everything you can save room on your phone by just leaving the msgs on the PC where it's still viewable. It works for P900/P910 as well.

As far as jotter, you need to just do a Synchronization with Outlook. That's different from the backup utility. Once you go into outlook you'll see all your jotted notes under the 'NOTES' task bar. I use Outlook to create new notes sometimes and transfer them back and forth from my PC to Pxxx.

[gene9]

The P900 is kind of a dog when it comes to working with iSync. Some tweaking can be performed on the iSync end but apparently there's some issues with the P900's bluetooth and SyncML implementation. Like with my PowerBook with built-in bluetooth, every bluetooth thing I've tried discovers, pairs and maintains a connection perfectly except for my P900.

So now I wonder, can anyone comment on the p910 firmware's performance when it comes to working with iSync ??

Thanks !!!

PS: One thing to look forward to is that the next version of OS X (Tiger) will apparently merge iSync into the OS and make it open for development and scripting. I'm hoping that it's possible to create an AppleScript that performs perfect P9xx/P1xxx syncing, including proper category mapping (I'll try to write the script then).

[anlog]

Originally posted by Totalfixation
I cant do a full back up, if i do that it. i wont be able to restore. Thats what is said by analog

So does anyone still know how i can save my Jotter and SMS onto my computer?

You DEFINITELY cannot restore a P900 cradle backup to a TRUE P910 (hardware differences, etc). Some people, however, have tried restoring their backups to the P910 conversion. It works, but the phone becomes REALLY slow...

[anlog]

Originally posted by SKYDIVER1971
would it be possable to flash the phone with TWISTER

These firmware images are "mutants", custom created for the P900 hardware by the Fighter team. The Twister developers would have to create the same thing themselves, because Twister can't use encrypted Fighter flash files...

[anlog]

This is day 3 of using my converted P900, and it is as fast as ever. Definitely not slower than the original P900 firmware.

It is my understanding that the P900 firmware images do not affect bandlocks in any way (like they do on other SE phones - i.e. T610/K700/T637/etc).

The bandlock remains set at 900/1800/1900MHz, and the phone continues to work at those frequencies.

I bandlocked my phone to 850MHz yesterday, and it did not catch a signal...

Just do what I do: give the customer 30 days to decide if they want to keep their phone that way. If they don't, I flash it back for free. Done 7 conversions already, and no one has taken me up on that offer yet (they are too busy listening to MP3's from their 512MB cards!)...

Originally posted by Global Mobility
@anlog,

I just flashed my P900 to a P910a, and everything seemed to run a bit slower than normal. Is this normal? Any news on whether the phone retains its ability to work on 900MHz? A customer came into my office yesterday requesting this, but I was reluctant because I did not want to rid their phone of its capability to work on 900MHz.

As for T-Mobile at 1900MHz in the SoCal area, it seems to be working pretty well as long as I don't change the bandlocks.

Good job! And nice pictures!

[UnlockCellular]

Thats correct. As far I as know, FIGHTER is the only one offering this capability at the moment.

Now back to buying P900, I saw some threads about getting some deal in HK... is that true? I am sure this topic has been discussed so many times but .....

Originally posted by anlog
These firmware images are "mutants", custom created for the P900 hardware by the Fighter team. The Twister developers would have to create the same thing themselves, because Twister can't use encrypted Fighter flash files...