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SP5 and SP5m MSFP ROM Update Available From i-mate
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mike Temporale wrote:
mbranscum wrote:
When I go to iMate to download the rom for my 2125 I have to have an IME number to access downloads. How can I get the rom?


You can't Wink i-mate ROMs are not meant for Cingular devices. Cingular has yet to release the update. When they do, you can be sure we'll have it posted on the front page. Very Happy


Well I know it's not *meant* for the 2125. I have an iMate PPC rom running on my Cingular 8125 PPC with push mail humming right along which I got from www.xda-developers.com. Earlier in this thread there are folks talking about putting the SP5 rom on the 2125 but I haven't been able to locate the rom. I have also been reading in other places on the net of the same thing with good results. Are you saying that we're not supposed to run the SP5 rom on the 2125 due to legal issues? If that's what you meant I do understand...however legal issues hadn't crossed my mind. Sad
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Legally, you can not run a ROM from another manufacturer on your device. ROMs are copyrighted work. While you may be able to load it, technically you should not do so.

To add to this in a non-legal sense; the ROMs are built buy the manufacturer and customized for the specific device. There are a number of differences between devices and thus you could be making your device unstable. Cingular may have choosen a different video chipset, or a specific IO driver for improved speed. (I'm just making examples, I don't know if they did or not) By installing another ROM, you may get things running, but you might also find more problems.

I remember a ROM that went around a while ago that had a number of people complaining of things not running and stability issues.

Legally, you shouldn't be doing it. Technically, you may be able to do it, but it's really not recommended.

And a nice little disclaimer; we don't allow linking to or sharing of, illegal ROMs. Wink Well, for that matter, illegal or copyrighted material of any kind.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Interesting...in the forum I mentioned in my post above they are not only posting the alternate rom for the Cingular 8125 PPC..there are people actually modifying some of the cabs *for* the 8125 and re-posting. I'm suprised the mods are actually allowing this activity.

Oh well...guess I'll wait! Confused
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I don't know if they realize the legal issues, but the site is focused on doing it.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mike Temporale wrote:
I don't know if they realize the legal issues, but the site is focused on doing it.

They aren't fools, they know. While technically illegal, the only folks that would press charges are the OEMs of the devices. I expect there would be little to gain and much to lose by doing so. The site offers a great deal of technical support which relieves some of the burden off the OEM. It generates and keeps interest in the devices as well. Their explaining how to get an I-mate ROM onto a Cingular device and vice versa really doesn't cost the software owning OEM anything, and may provide the target OEM the opportunity to charge for repairs Wink. I think the OEMs look the other way. I don't intend this to mean that it is right, or that SPThoughts should participate, but selective integrity is a fact of life. I do expect it would be different if the OEMs were charging for these updates/upgrades.
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