** Corrections/Additions to Modding/Flashing Guides **

[kiwiguy]

In a couple of weeks the 2 Modding and Flashing Guides will be updated to fix a couple of errors and keep them current - so here is your chance to put something back into the community and in doing so, hopefully, reduce the number of "HELP PLEASE" posts that tend to clutter up the forum!

If you have any corrections or additions (new hints or tips) that you think people might find useful then can you please post them in this thread and I will gather them all up and add them to the Guides.

Of particular use is indicating whether the MPKG installer worked/did not work on your version of software (it does not work on 44p, 53p or 25p) or any more details on the pros/cons of the various firmwares - especially the new ones like 19p, 12p and 25p.

This way the information does not get lost in the 100's of threads posted here every month.

To start off:

Updates to Guide to Flashing Your A1200

Update section on firmware to add new firmwares

12p and 19p (latest in 06p --> 08p path)
- nothing known about 12p (if you have it can you post details on it)
- 19p has better pictures, real player can hold 500 songs, can handle 2GB flash card, and has volume fix.

- new 24/46p hybrid by mischka

- 25p

If anyone has list of pros/cons of these - can they please add.

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Correction to section on A1200i (Spanish language phone) to say that there is one firmware version you can successfully flash it to --> 24p. If you brick your A1200i you can restore it to 24p also.

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Updates to Guide to Modding Your A1200

Update section B "Installing MPKG/Linloader" to say that method described does not work if you have firmware 44p or 53p (any others?). It appears to work, but when you try to open a mpkg file you get "Invalid application" msg. There is no known fix for making it work on these versions.

The method described also does not work on the latest firmware 25p - but the Rokr E6 MPKG installer does appear to work in 25p.

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Correct section C "*.jar and *.jar" should read "*.jad and *.jar". Add paragraph about difference between the 2 types.

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Update hint: "How to Display Tower Info" to add that it does not work appear to work in Nth or Sth America. Works in Europe, Asia, India (confirmed in UK, Poland, New Zealand, Indai and Japan)

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Update hint "Can you take notes with a stylus digital notepad?" to say that dedraks has written one (hopefully by the time I add this the new version will be released.

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Add section on changing fonts on phone.

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Add section on program that permits you to run multiple Java programs at a time on 25p version.

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Add section on programs minsheet and miniword - and what they can and cannot do.

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What else do you know that you think would be useful to help other A1200 fans...????? Please share.....

[kiwiguy]

Well 300 views and only 3 postings of things to add to the Guides!

At least can people take a minute and confirm that they got MPKG working on any of the following firmwares:

Bints .53 plus
.59p
Bints .59p
24p
Bints .24p plus

(Confirmed it works on .08, 08plus, and 53p. And does not work on 44p or 25p. (need Rokr E6 MPKG)

Thanks

[import_tuner]

(Confirmed it works on .08, 08plus, and 53p. And does not work on 44p or 25p. (need Rokr E6 MPKG)

Are you sure about this fact? I was doing a bit of digging in regards to the 25p firmware and I came across many who were not able to install MPKG properly on their 25p f/w. I have yet to come across an individual who was able to get it working properly (Using the Rokr E6 MPKG).

@ nodramachicks
Would you mind sharing your version of MPKG that you were able to install on your 53p f/w? I'm curious to see if it would work on the 25p.

[jackzod]

The ROKR E6 MPKG didn't work on my 25p

If anybody did mangae to make it work, could you explain how ?

[Gamefreak]

I had 44p till about 3 days back and let me tell u mpkg works perfectly. theres nothing rong with it(atleast not on my fone, i bought it from honk kong and it came with 44p ). wat is given in the guide is 100%correct. where did u get ur info?

[Crazed]

The E6 ROKR MPKG installer didn't work for me either on my 25p.

[kiwiguy]

Thanks importtuner and Gamesfreak - another user had posted in a diferent thread that they could not get it to work on 44p. So now we know MPKG:

works on:
- 44p
- .08
- 08plus
- 53p
Bints .53 plus
12p
19p

Does not work on 25p.

Unknown:
- .59p
- Bints .59p
- 24p
- Bints .24p plus

Anybody have these firmwares and got MPKG working?

[Gamefreak]

hey

im currently on bints 59p(version 2 , edited by mischka) and mpkg works on it.

[Gamefreak]

hey

if u need some1 to test fws then u can ask me. But i wont try 24p ofcourse.

So far i hav tried 4 fws (44p, 08p, bints 08p, 59p - v2) Mpkg works on them all. Hope i hav been helpful to u guys.

Saif