Comments on: AT&T and HTC finally release Windows Mobile 6.1 update for Tilt

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:39:21 +0000

The 8925 worked great for just under one year. Back in May and then in August of 2008 updated the roms from Dutty and the phone was pretty solid. Over the past two months it has gotten considerably worse. Phone calls are hit and miss, even when I have SOLID bars and strong signal. Email has same performance woes. Spoke to an ATT tech and his comment was that blackberries work better. Well GPS still works and the games still work and sometimes I can even use teh phone function…

By: ALLIEgator

ALLIEgator — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:59:46 +0000

omggg i love this phonee
ahhh this phone is da shit
and i need it casue then i can text super easy
fuck yes. the best phone everrr!!!

By: als

als — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:47:08 +0000

how much does this phone cost??
cause i might get it for chirstmas but no clue price
mama wants to no

By: shawn

shawn — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:15:17 +0000

I got a new tilt from att exchange it now has 6.1. for some reason java doesn’t work the same. I had a program that would allow me to see security cameras using java. I can log into the dvrs menu but I can’t see video. anyone has any ideas? thanks

By: Blake Stover

Blake Stover — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:35:56 +0000

It’s fixable. I did the same thing to mine. Don’t restore the backup, it’s lethal.
But if you already did…

follow the procedure in the manual for doing a “reset for factory” using only the softkeys and reset button. The phone is actually not bricked, it’s stuck on a blank display and responds to a hard reset. I got mine working again.

It’s still had some glitches (I fixed the battery backlight resetting itself to 10 seconds by using a registry editor to change the default key. #)

Still researching for solutions to some other quirks.

By: kykerson

kykerson — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:23:43 +0000

Where did u guys get this update? On my tilt when i search for updates it says there r non available at the time?

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:42:54 +0000

One thing to remember before you do this, call HTC support BEFORE you do anything with 6.1 otherwise you’ll brick you phone and HTC won’t claim responsibility and neither will att, mainly because att SUCKS MASSIVE COCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:20:42 +0000

I installed it via att’s instructions and that worked, then I restored it to the original glory with Sprite Backup and viola! IT’S NOW A BRICK!!! THANKS FOR THE SHITTY INSTRUCTIONS ATT!!! FUCK YOU!!!!!

Now I have this re-run phone because att sucks massive balls and they wouldn’t trade my Tilt for a new one. Granted it was out of the 30 day return period, but I paid $450 for it and I expect from them to give me a brand new one when I give them mine

FUCK ATT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: The Steven

The Steven — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:24:46 +0000

Did mine… bummed, still no camera fix, no video fix, some of my programs that ran before, don’t now (like TCPMP), some of the old reg hacks no longer work, like adding the 6th button to the today screen.

But on the plus side, remapping the PTT button is much easier!

By: bob tzankov

bob tzankov — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:57:09 +0000

i have heard of some GPS problems for 6.1 from the XDA site, wonder if it will be the same here ?…..

By: xnifex

xnifex — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:27:08 +0000

the tilt wasnt like the mda where you had to cid & sim unlock. i followed the faq at xda & it involved flashing a radio rom that will read the actual sim unlock code & give it to you. i like 6.1, the only thing i got rid of was the threaded sms.

By: V Langs

V Langs — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:08:59 +0000

@xnifex
I hope you cid and sim unlocked your tilt… or this rom won’t accept the t-mobile card.

anyways, yea i had winmo 6.1 for my 8525 in april, i know the phone is old and people will laugh, but the phone really is amazing, why upgrade right?

oh that’s right, i know why…i got drunk and dropped it at a bar.

here’s to never taking a nice phone to a bar ever again, i have a 3g iphone now… but when i go out, the motorola v180 has my name all over it.

ok, all that aside, i tend to find much more usability out of the xda “cooked” roms than the official roms, just get the cab that installs all the att data preferences and your good to go. (3Gvp and Black are the two best….)

By: xnifex

xnifex — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:55:18 +0000

cool, i’ll load this on my tilt that i use for tmobile

By: 1adonis1

1adonis1 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:57:17 +0000

It’s funny when a WM phone gets an update..it’s called useless, but the $Phone gets a update, it’s great.

By: Anthony Topper

Anthony Topper — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:52:14 +0000

[16:43] Person_B: http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/08/26/att-and-htc-finally-release-windows-mobile-61-update-for-tilt/
[16:44] Person_A: What an idiot
[16:44] Person_B: The writer?
[16:44] Person_A: Yeah
[16:45] Person_B: Why?
[16:45] Person_A: “tossed their device through a window out of frustration”?
[16:45] Person_A: “a device that will certainly be EOL’d by the end of the year”
[16:46] Person_A: throw away and buy a new one
[16:46] Person_A: it’s part of the capitalist conspiracy
[16:46] Person_B: You should leave a comment.
[16:46] Person_B: I find that BGR is usually snobby about everything they write.
[16:50] Person_A: It’s seems very child-like to me

By: todd

todd — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:18:26 +0000

this has been available for over a week now i did mine last week

By: NuShrike

NuShrike — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:15:23 +0000

So is this one of those retirement last ROM upgrades?

Certainly doesn’t bring anything new to the table over the HTC WM6.1 update.

By: Steven C.

Steven C. — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:04:54 +0000

so maybe the BlackJack II will get it’s day of glory soon. maybe?

By: 1adonis1

1adonis1 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:30:15 +0000

Wooohooo, but anyone reading BGR should know about the great xda community. Glad to see a official release though.

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:26:40 +0000

Fucks yeas boi!!!!!! Dis da shit!!!!

By: Eric L.

Eric L. — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:26:39 +0000

Finally!!!!!!!!!! i slapped the person sitting next to me when bgr loaded up

By: MadMike

MadMike — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:11:38 +0000

I think the device was technically EOL’d by the time WinMo 6.1 came out. They probably released it now to silence the minority of people that are complaining to them that they want WinMo 6.1.

When is AT&T getting the HTC Touch Pro?