Know Your Motorola MPx220 Hardware Version

[Kris Kumar]

http://www.ppcw.net/?itemid=2122

"Attention ebayer's - if you want to buy a Motorola MPx220, be aware the device you are are bidding for is the latest hardware. As mentioned before, Motorola made some hardware changes for the final version (which is on sale from Cingular and soon from other carriers as well) and to get the best stand-by results as well as all the other benefits, you need the the final hardware because the release ROMs are optimized for that hardware, not for the previously used engineering samples...Now the question is how to get the information which hardware is used? There is a hidden code which provides you some information about your hardware and software (nothing secret at all but good to know)."



According to Arne Hess over at PPCW.Net, if your MPx220 reports the HW Version as 0006 or better, than you are safe. I bought mine at Best Buy and it is version 0006. I may have the latest hardware but I am not safe from the MPx220 problems. :wink: Arne has also commented on the volume and microphone issues being faced by the current MPx220 users - "The current ROM has a problem with the volume of both - the speaker and the microphone. However, Motorola is fully aware of this problem and the good news is, that this should be fixed with a ROM update!"

[Kris Kumar]

http://www.ppcw.net/?itemid=2122

"Attention ebayer's - if you want to buy a Motorola MPx220, be aware the device you are are bidding for is the latest hardware. As mentioned before, Motorola made some hardware changes for the final version (which is on sale from Cingular and soon from other carriers as well) and to get the best stand-by results as well as all the other benefits, you need the the final hardware because the release ROMs are optimized for that hardware, not for the previously used engineering samples...Now the question is how to get the information which hardware is used? There is a hidden code which provides you some information about your hardware and software (nothing secret at all but good to know)."



According to Arne Hess over at PPCW.Net, if your MPx220 reports the HW Version as 0006 or better, than you are safe. I bought mine at Best Buy and it is version 0006. I may have the latest hardware but I am not safe from the MPx220 problems. :wink: Arne has also commented on the volume and microphone issues being faced by the current MPx220 users - "The current ROM has a problem with the volume of both - the speaker and the microphone. However, Motorola is fully aware of this problem and the good news is, that this should be fixed with a ROM update!"

[Beowulf]

I also got mine at Best Buy so I assume its ok... How do you get to this version info screen?

[Kris Kumar]

Originally Posted by Beowulf

I also got mine at Best Buy so I assume its ok... How do you get to this version info screen?

Sorry I should have highlighted that in my post. The mechanism to get to the version info is in Arne's article.

But here it is...
Enter/Dial *#**837#
Press the Send/Call button to get the information

[Jerry Raia]

Looks like I have the "good" version. Seems like a twisted way of getting to that information though. Hmmmmm

:turn-l:

[Jerry Raia]

Ok now with my new phone I have the same as above except:

SW Ver.: 1.030-0
Nov 16 2004-12:11:54

[Kris Kumar]

Originally Posted by Jerry Raia

Ok now with my new phone I have the same as above except:

SW Ver.: 1.030-0
Nov 16 2004-12:11:54

Glad that they have not revised the hardware. And all the issues are software.

Moto please release the software as a downloadable update...please.

[Jerry Raia]

I wish they would too but I bet they are gun shy after the i600 disaster.