[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] craigiecraigie4:
Those of u browsing this forum will know of 2 lengthy posts I've done covering the 2 views on this issue. My stickied post tells u how to get your JJ up and running well, and a post I started today (linka t end of this post) gives another perspective - but NOT the things you're listing here.

For those of you concerned about this thread, let me take the first stance and help you with solutions to most (hell, nearly ALL) of these issues.

Almost all of your JJ problems are manageable with just a little effort:

1) The Bluetooth will switch off when the camshell is shut but the BT light indicates that it is on (JJ only so far)

You need Buzz's BT hack. Works perfectly - BT will never let u down again

2) If Pocket IE is left running it will run down my battery very quickly

Install a task closer. WA2, GS Magic, etc etc

3) The keyboard backlight button does nothing that I can see

AWESOME hack on enabling this button so that it's fullyprogrammable like the other buttons

4) Phone does not actually start ringing until 3rd ring when switched off

Hmm, if you follow my guide on a lean install, you should not have this. I vaguelly recall it's more related to operator installing default software - but should not apply to a JasJar with updated ROM - just to O2 Execs

5) When closed, external start/end call buttons dont light up when call is recieved

True - but it does ring

6) MSN Messenger draws the text input pannel half way up the screen when started laptop style. Flip screen to portrate and back and the MSN screen gets redrawn correctly

OMG - MSN messenger sux on EVERY platform incl their own f'ing PC OS!! Ditch it! There are several far better replacements. Pretty sure that Agile Messenger covers MSN

7) IE doesnot allow u to open more than one page?

Yeah - as one of my posts mentioned above is awful. Largely the pixel doubling issue (covered extensively elsewhere) but mostly the SLOW rendering which is like surfing on GPRS - I kid you not! Cross fingers for Opera replacement!

9) regular crash and resets to recover memory that memory manager doesn't give back

My guide on a cmean install should overcome this. I reset every few days - but no more

10) inadequate access to connections when stacking connections, eg vpn over GPRS to many clicks

This is a network tchnology issue. You can do SMS, calls & even a modem conneciton in parallel on UMTS (3G), but not on GSM. You need to clarify what you think you could do on a XDA that you cannot do on a Universal - I certainly found that in 3G coverage my Universal's parallel capabilities increased significantly

11) inadequate camera, the worst 1.3mp ever seen and camera fails to remember setting changes on soft reset except if you pick only standard settings

ALL cell phone cameras are pants

12) flash on camera is totally pathetic as to be not usable

OK, no solution here

13) flash should be promoted as a torch and allow some value from it

Keep an eye on VJ's work...

14) inadequate ram,no ram upgrade path

Crap. My guide will give you a fully workable 20Mb, and an application closer makes that more than sufficient for anything less than trying to fire up a future version of PhotoShop or FinalCutPro. 20Mb!

15)not true VGA should have the improved FGA function per ozvga without the bugs

Hmm, read the VGA thread in full. General concensus is that full VGA is actually not practical as everything is simply too small. Try Oz'ing into full for a few days (you can live with dicky buttons etc for the trial), and you'll realise that it's simply crap. The truth may well be that VGA is not all it's cut out to be

16) wmp not play videos in full screen

OMG - what are you doing using WMP! It's CRAP even on a PC (change to wmplayer classic covered under K-lite). On you JJ you should be using FREE tcpmp - absolutely a no-brainer

17) GPRS does not keep the connection open constantly all day thus incurring the recurring cost

use "GPRS Always on" hack covered well on this forum. It's AWESOME!!!

18)Cool voice dialler doesn't work if clam is shut

But does work if screen is flipped. I never had this issue, so I think it's addressed by the BT hack covered above. I know I could v.dail from the BT headset anytime, every time.

19) hi startup memory utilisation RAM

Covered above. 20Mb free easily

20) hi utilisation of storage ROM

Ditto

21) terminal services black spots

There's a hack that fixes this 100%

22) remove quick launch bar

See VJ apps to solve this, or even better use Wisbar Advance Desktop - awesome. A post I started ocvers this with sme screen shots

23) terminal services not sufficiently full screen, top bottom bars can disappear

Use VJ's TS full screen app - works perfectly!

24) scroll bqrs to big, take up to much room

Use hack to reduce them to 13

25) program more of the buttons

See hack mentioned under backlight button. There's a whole thread about getting a TON of funcitonality out of every button

26) should be able to tweak more without using registry hacks, eg a list, on off, more, less

Hmm, I started a thread on creating .reg files. With these, you don;t 'hack', you just d.click a reg file. Hardly tough. Still, even on the XDA such 'hacking' could only be simplified by software - which was already been updated to cover many of these hacks for WM5

27) about 20% of the times my JJ freezes when a new SMS is received. Makes the thing very unreliable because you never know that the JJ has hung up when it failed to receive the SMS successfully last time.

NO WAY! NEVER heard of this! You MUST run thro the guides on a clean install! This is unacceptable, and NOT NOT NOT a bug

28 ) If you perform a soft reset and the Messaging applicaiton is running you could lose the last set of emails that were downloaded (Exec)

Really? I'm surprised, and I've not heard this before...Still, they will remain on your server surely?

29) The latest version of MS Reader can cause the Exec to freeze when used with DRM eBooks

Ditch MSreader - it's snot. Go for MobiPocket or uBook. Both awesome, and it's SO easy to cobvert from .lit to other formats.

30) The Exec can freeze when downloading emails over UMTS/GPRS from a POP3 account

Sound like you need a clean install - I never had this and used mine extensively for emails

31) After a while of successfully toggling the Wi-Fi connection, it forgets all my access points/wireless routers and prompts me to connect and authenticate with their keys. I used to think it just forgot the WPA keys, but the available access points list just goes completely empty!

No solution here

32) After a while of successfully using making calls or using the navigator, it needs to rediscover and re-pair my Bluetooth devices, such as my HS850 headset and my GlobalSat BT-338 GPS. The "paired" Bluetooth devices show up in the Bluetooth > Devices tab, but the headset icon never activates in the Phone applet, nor does the headset activate Voice Command. Also, when I launch my GPS software, I get a tone and a notification pops up asking me if I want to add the Bluetooth GPS device to my list.

Coverd by BT hack above

Well, I think there are solutions to around 28 of the above 32! Truly, you need to put in just a little effort, and you JJ will work perfectly. having said all that, and having taken a very positive view throughtout this post, you can get my cynical view here:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=35534

In summary, the Universal works. However, whether you should buy one or keep you XDA is still debatable, and it's simply NOT anything to do with the above list. There are other issues you need to think thro...