Just got a Touch

[Touch-ee]

So I just got a Touch. I bought it new off of ebay. Its a straight unlocked Touch that has no carrier software on it. It just has virgin Windows Mobile 6.1. I guess that’s the right way to say that. I was able to put my SimCard in and use it with no problems. I did have to call Tmobile to get a few settings so the internet would work but now it does fine.

One big problem early on here is the phone will not see a MicroSD. I have both an 8 gig and 2 gig and it will not see either one. I tried formatting the 8 gig on my PC as FAT32 and did the quick format and it still does not see it. Any ideas?

Also I have some general other questions, Where can I get WM 6.5? I see a lot of posts about it on here. Also it looks like I could run Android on here too. Where do I get it and what are your opinions of how it compares to WM?

Thanks

[thecheet]

For Android this link should get you started: http://code.google.com/p/vogue-android/downloads/list

This is a link to XDA Vogue Forum. Lots of good info on running Android. http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=390

For Roms just look in the Upgrade forums.

[darren.wlsn1]

op, use this to formatt sd card, http://www.nuerom.com/BlogEngine/pag...geManager.aspx

[psykotik312]

Use this handy-dandy guide for all your android questions: My n00b's Guide To Android On A Vogue

[gedster314]

Don't how unlocked an unlocked phone is. You may want check out the Vogue upgrade section and read up on flashing. There's a ton of 6.5 roms out there.

[Touch-ee]

Can you explain to me how ROMs work and a general idea of how to change the OS to WM 6.5 or Android?

[Andrewwelton]

Roms are just generally something a chef will make that runs a different winmo system on your phone.
To change the os to windows mobile 6.5 you need to enable the bootloader and flash a rom to your phone. There are many many tutorials on how to do this.
As for android, you just create certain folder structure on your memory stick and run haret.exe to boot android. There are many tutorials on how to do this as well.

Hope that helped a little bit

[Touch-ee]

Originally Posted by darren.wlsn1

op, use this to formatt sd card, http://www.nuerom.com/BlogEngine/pag...geManager.aspx

I installed this but can not find it in my programs list. How do I run it after installing it?

[yearn]

If your carrier is really t-mobile then you prolly got an elf not a Vogue

[Touch-ee]

Originally Posted by yearn

If your carrier is really t-mobile then you prolly got an elf not a Vogue

My carrier is tmobile but i didnt get the phone from them.. I bought it on Ebay, new. The box simply says HTC Touch. It looks like it came straight from HTC.