Revived Cingular 8125 with Windows Mobile 6
I have a Cingular 8125 Windows Mobile Pocket PC phone. Ever since I started using Nokia E61 and a Nokia N72 as the Business and Personal phones respectively, the 8125 has been lying idle in the drawer. Partly, this was because it is kind of bulky to pocket and mainly as it’s Windows Mobile 5 OS sucked. The brilliant guys at XDA-Developers plucked the latest Windows Mobile 6 platform to create a kitchen ROM - which could be flashed onto any HTC Wizard. Zoki, an able ROM Chef added some more flavor of the HTC Touch’s - ‘TouchFLO‘ and ‘Cube’ interfaces onto it - to create the NBD WM6 ROM. There were many others, but I chose NBD because it is stable and feature rich.
I must say, getting my G3 Wizard (8125) on to the WM6 platform was a little bit nerve wrecking procedure - though I have done a big storage hack on my earlier O2 XDA II Mini. Too many a things had to work flawlessly, which otherwise would have rendered my 8125 nothing more than a costlier paper-weight. I still have a few more things to iron out - like downgrading the GSM Radio to 2.19. Now with the faster WM6 on it, my 8125 got a fresh breather. It feels like a new phone. Something I will be keeping till I get an N800 or an iPhone.
Here is how my Cingular 8125 too feels like now:-
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September 20th, 2007 at 8:16 am
i purchased an 8125 online with what looks like the same upgrade as what your talking about. now when i turn on the phone though it is frozen at the NBD screen. has my phone become the “costly paper weight” you worried about or is there something that can be done. i’ll even go back to WM5, i just want it to work.
September 20th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Micheal: I still think you can go back. Can you please follow this thread here:- http://forum.xda-developers.co.....p?t=326171
November 19th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Hello Vinod. Thank you very much for all the info you have posted. I have a big problem trying to upgrade my 8125. As soon as the utility program is gonna start the upgrade, the phone shuts off and shows a red, green and blue screen with some info on it. And of course connection is lost and the utility program stops responding. Any idea on how to solve this issue? thanks in advance.
November 21st, 2007 at 11:48 am
@Daniel:
I did this upgrade a couple of months back, unfortunately I am not able to recollect the things!. But I am sure you will get some help and guidance from the brilliant XDA-Developer.com guys. Let me know how it goes :)
November 24th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
HI, I found very helpful information o how to flash my phone. And I actually did it. Using “ShellTool” and the same ROM that you used on your phone. The only problem is that the phone DIED….jeje, that’s not good. When it was time to hard reset the device, the phone gets stockedat the very first screen. But oh well, I guess i’m just gonna keep on trying….thank you anyway.
November 26th, 2007 at 3:36 am
Hey everybody!!! I finally got my 8125 to upgrade, and my phone looks just like Vinod’s. Kind of slow to load apps but really cool looking. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PERFORM THE UPGRADE USING WINDOWS VISTA, IT WILL NOT WORK. AND IF YOU FIND A WAY TO DO IT…..GOOD LUCK.
November 26th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Thats pretty good news Daniel. Congratulations.
Hope you are loving the new ROM!
May 24th, 2008 at 1:36 am
Vinod,
Can you email me the exact link where you found the new softwear? I’ve been scowering the internet looking for the upgrade to WM6 from my WM5 and I simply can not find it.
Ale
June 10th, 2008 at 8:11 am
Hi! nice work in ur cell phone dude!
where i can download the rom you use? NBD WM6 ROM ?
sorry my english is bad..
June 10th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
All the ROMs were available at :-
http://www.xda-developers.com when I did it. Nowadays I am not much in to WinMo modding, so don’t know the exact current details.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:50 am
Hello Vinod, I’ve had my Cingular 8125 ppc for about 2 years now and heard about an upgrade to the latest WM6 that can be done to the phone. The latest WM6 looks very nice and I would like to know how this upgrade of the new software can be done to my phone. If you could please tell me exactly what I would need to do I would very much appreciate it. I love my phone but I would love the newer software on it to keep up with technology hehe. Just let me know step by step what I need to do to my phone and I will do it, thank you!
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:25 am
I had for some time carried a motorola razr for those inoportune moments you really need to call a tow truck. Or, the woman needs to find out where I’m hanging out.
A short time ago my parents, wonderfull people that they are, passed off a Cingular 8125 after they picked up a blackjack2 (returned it after 3 days as crap).
I am still using the motorola razr for phone calls, and have had a great time fiddling with the WinMo5 8125 via WiFi linkup here at home.
Although a lot of fun. The WinMo5 stinks. This model does not have GPS (I assume some sort of external device is needed).
Your video of an upgraded 8125 is facinating. I will have to read on it a while and give it a whirl.
My parents said this 8125 would not recognise their sim (working before/after in nokia phone). The blackjack2 they bought from AT&T and a few days later returned as crap came with a sim.
Do these pocket pc smart phones have a different sim need as oposed to a more standard handset item like the nokia or motorola razr flip phones? I read an item that the HTC 8125 would digest sims of a couple of different voltages, but may balk on an “Older” sim.
I deployed the moto razr three years ago and had to buy a sim then as the sim in my older phone was not recognised by the motorazr. I could just plug the razr sim into the 8125, but if it is not recognised I would still be clueless as to probabilities the 8125 had a problem with the sim socket?
If someone has a link pertaining to sim evolution? Please feel free to pass the link around.
Author Vinod. Thanks for the video clips. facinating.
August 5th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Vinod
Ive been trying to update my 8125 for a long time and ive not been successful, can u email me the exact link so i would be able to update my fone to WM6
September 10th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Hallo Vinod,
Im a newbie with WM Phones.
I have a Cingular 8125.
You know a firmware in german for this modell?
WM6 is not necessary.
Sorry for my englisch… ;-)
Greets : Zsolt