New O2 XDA Atom Firmware Release Brings MSFP and Many Fixes [Archive]

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Raphael Salgado

05-04-2006, 06:00 PM

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.seeo2.com/user/XdaAtom/template/XdaAtom_NMROMUpgrade_May2006_WWE.vm' target='_blank'>http://www.seeo2.com/user/XdaAtom/t..._May2006_WWE.vm</a><br /><br /></div>For those of you who have been waiting for an official firmware release (not those leaked, test versions) for the O2 XDA Atom, your prayers have been answered. O2 has officially released firmware update 20060426B1 in Chinese and English, and fixes a lot of issues for the Camera, FM Radio, GSM Radio, and overall performance of the device. Did I mention it includes the much appreciated Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP) and all the other little goodies that AKU2 has to offer? ;)<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/salgado-o2atommsfp.jpg" /><br /><br />In order to download (it's a slow link right now), you'll need to have your XDA Atom's serial number registered on their website. Click on the title to get started!

Darius Wey

05-05-2006, 02:45 AM

A device which legitimately ships with A2DP and MSFP. You gotta love it! 8)

saru83

05-05-2006, 03:10 AM

A device which legitimately ships with A2DP and MSFP. You gotta love it! 8)

i lil help out here for a guy who owns an Atom but does not know what does MSFP & A2DP means :oops: ..

KTamas

05-05-2006, 04:05 AM

A device which legitimately ships with A2DP and MSFP. You gotta love it! 8)

i lil help out here for a guy who owns an Atom but does not know what does MSFP & A2DP means :oops: ..
MSFP is Messaging & Security Feature Pack, as known as Direct Push which provides a Blackberry-alike push e-mail techology when used with Exchange Server SP2. That is, you get your messages instantly like they were SMS :)

A2DP is Advanced Audio Distribution Profile, a Bluetooth profile, which means if you have a Bluetooth headset or ear/headphones that supports this profile, you can listen to your music wirelessly thru a media player on your Pocket PC. The audio quality and your mileage may vary though.

DarkHelmet

05-05-2006, 12:45 PM

Hooray! An OEM that updates ROM images to fix deficiencies in the original shipping OS...

Hey Dell - did you see that?

WorksForTurkeys

05-05-2006, 02:52 PM

Hooray! An OEM that updates ROM images to fix deficiencies in the original shipping OS...

Hey Dell - did you see that?

Quanta has issued more real and timely ROM updates since the Atom was released, than Dell, Palm and HP have released for any of their models during their product lifecycles. Their responsiveness has been the most reliable and swift that I've received for any of the PDAs I've ever owned.

Each of the Atom ROM updates has provided a massive performance and feature improvement over the previous release. I'll be installing this one as soon as the download finishes; I just wish they had more bandwidth for their downloads - 17kbs sux. :wink:

saru83

05-05-2006, 06:26 PM

MSFP is Messaging & Security Feature Pack, as known as Direct Push which provides a Blackberry-alike....

Thanks for the heads up :wink:

rickO

05-06-2006, 08:52 PM

WorksForTurkeys

05-07-2006, 12:03 AM

did the upgrade fix many issues?? like the camera starting time and the occasional hanging?:) if yes, how long does it take the atom to load the cam app and save pics? thanks guys! i almost forgot, how about the voice reception? is it still low and does it produce echoes?? thanks again!

mine seems to startup fasters after a soft reset, and I seem to have more memory available after installing all my "optional" software. the Wireless Manager communications today plugin is far superior to Start -> Settings -> Connections -> Wi-Fi Utility that I had to go thru everytime I wanted to cycle the wifi and BT earlier.

I think the only way WM5 is going to stop occassionally hanging, and soft resetting, is for someone else to write the OS: if WM5 didn't soft reset periodically, I'd start looking for a "Linux Inside" label somewhere. :wink:

The OS feels "tighter" now.

William Yeung

05-07-2006, 03:15 AM

I think Atom is not a good device- I heard many terrible reports about Atom usage. With a 416 mhz processor I can hardly imagine how they come up with a device thats slower (or even par) to a Dopod 838 (aka HTC Wizard). They improves a lot during rom fix, but that also means they dont spend enough time to test at the beginning! Also the hardware built quality is just not matching with HTC for the moment.

I think afterall its a wrong decision for O2 Asia to abandon HTC and go to Quanta. I have indeed stay away from O2 device since then :)

I am using Dopod 838 with latest chinese ROM (AKU2, without A2DP yet), its really the most stable device I got- I can finally expect a reasonable stability as a phone. Thats the first pocket pc phone that pass my line. My last HP 6365 is POS (piece of s...) in terms of bluetooth stability.

Anyone can say something about Atom's stability now?

rickO

05-07-2006, 05:00 AM

[/quote]mine seems to start faster now[/quote]

how many seconds does the cam start?:) as i can remember, the previous update before the april rom ugrade did improve the cam.. though it reduced the cam start time from 12 sec to 8sec.. i'm just wondering how much it improved.. and the issue about the calls.. does it still have produce echoes?:) thanks guys :) sorry if i'm asking a lot.. i want to be sure before i get an atom :)[/quote]

ChangNoi

05-07-2006, 06:14 AM

The new ROM makes the Atom faster and more stable, the MSFP push e-mail feature obviously is a great addition. I've used Extended System's OneBridge thus far for push e-mail but that slowed down the device and used up a lot of memory. The new native Microsoft MSFP is much better.

Some other ROM features below ... overall a highly recommended upgrade for every Atom owner. :wink:

Benefits of upgrade include:
• Overall Performance – Improves overall speed performance.

• AKU2
• Added Messaging & Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0 supporting direct push technology. Go to Microsoft for more details and conditions. (requires Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 with Service Pack 2).
• General browser performance improvements.
• Added Wireless Manager application to provide easy configuration of wireless LAN, Bluetooth and GSM/GPRS/EDGE phone for users.
• Added a permanent battery status indicator on the Today screen.

• Camera software
• Improves startup time and picture saving time.
• Enhanced user interface with more screen buttons for controlling the strobe flash, picture resolution, exposure and capture mode.
• Improves picture sharpness and white balance control.
• Enhanced quickview mode with options to allow pictures to be instantly disposed of or sent by infrared beam or email.

• FM Radio – Corrects the heartbeat noise in FM radio application.

• Resolutions to following issues
• Cell broadcast support.
• Occasional roaming issue to new network.
• GPRS connectivity with some networks.
• Low phone volume in noisy environment.

rickO

05-07-2006, 08:32 AM

i've actually read that from o2's site.. i want to hear real experiences from people :) thanks dude

ChangNoi

05-07-2006, 11:54 AM

the new ROM is a roll-up that includes previously released once, i.e. it includes the previous camera patch as well.

Camera start time is 5 - 6 secs for first start-up and about 3 secs for subsequent calls.

I have no problems with call / voice quality / echos, but didn't have any before the new ROM either.

rickO

05-07-2006, 12:30 PM

thanks changnoi!:) a lot of people have been complaining about the voice quality.. they say it's too low and it produces echoes while conversing.. but thanks anyway!:) really appreciate it

graceless

05-22-2006, 11:06 AM

I too have never had any echo issues or voice quality problems

aluk

06-05-2006, 10:18 AM