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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] tzour:
So, I shouldn't worry about the icon"H" (which is what I've got all the time in town) because "H" is equal to/better than "3G", correct?

Once in a while I did see fast cycling of icons among H, 3G, and E on the top when the phone is searching for connection. Does that mean in different places the icon "H" would automatically switch to "3G"?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Black93300ZX:
In certain areas HSPA is available, and that's the "3.5G" as they call it. When you're in that zone, it will show H. If you're not in an area where you can get HSPA but you can get 3G, it'll show 3G... And obviously if you can't get either of those it shows E for edge. So if you have H "all the time" as you say, you're golden, that's as good as it gets.

H = 3.5G

3G = 3G

EDGE = 2.5G
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] tzour:
Thanks much, Black93300ZX. The table you provided for equivalence from 2.5G (E) to 3.5G (H) are very illustrative and less confusing. I am glad I've got the golden then :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] HyperM3:
Just wondering if anyone knows the procedure to reset the device back to OEM settings?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] stpete111:
Hold the Down volume button and the Ok button, and hit the reset button with the stylus. You'll see a message on the screen prompting you to hit the Up volume button to confirm Reset.

It's awkward to do this button combination but you'll get it.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] wfhowell:
cant you just go to settings and hit clear storage? That is if you can get to it.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Black93300ZX:
Yep, same thing... Keep in mind, anyone who does this, it clears EVERYTHING from the device. Contacts, programs, files, everything. Back to stock settings.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] HyperM3:
Perfect thanks. Exactly what I was looking for!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] shinji_lee:
I have got the US diamond and tried to run Gsen on it with no success. It only rotates in the screen where I activated Gsen. Anyone has similar problems? Or solution? Thanks.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] gatordent:
I had the same experience
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] joedoe:
It doesn't work on all 1.93.x.x ROMs.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] joshyth:
Well, it does work for me...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] shinji_lee:
So does it work on the US diamond with stock ROM? If yes, please share how to configure. Thanks!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] NYRican:
i have stock US 3G Diamond with 1.93xxx Rom and i have the same problem with gsen.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] joedoe:
Lucky you...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] psperos:
Got my diamond in! i cant believe how small it is!

This is a big difference over the treo 750.

For some reason i can't seem to get my email working , it says "cannot connect with current connection settings" , i also am having trouble connecting to you tube videos and streaming music, in general the net seems slow, but i do have "H" on the connection.

I am using AT&T 3g, is there a connection setup i am missing? Help is appericiated

as far as internet goes, web browsing seems to be working decently, that's about it.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] joshyth:
about the youtube, and streaming music, you need to go into your medianet setting and turn off the proxy.

and the email...i dont really know why it doesn't work for you, beside to check if you have everything set up right. (it might have something to do with the proxy too...)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] psperos:
THANKYOU!, everything works now!

Wow this phone lit up , what an awesome phone!!

i think i was on the treo 750 too long!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] shinji_lee:
Could you please share how u got it to work? How did u set up the medianet? I have the same problem. Thanks!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] wpsantennas:
For e-mail, you have to edit the "Advanced Server Settings" under "Edit Account Setup". There is a drop down box "Network Connection." I believe it defaults to "The Internet" which never works for me. You can either change it to Media Net or a custom connection if you make your own.

YouTube doesn't work with the Media Net connection because of the proxy. You can either disable the proxy in the Media Net connection or create a new connection that has the proxy disabled. I usually do option 2 and create a "No Proxy" connection that is identical to Media Net except no proxy. (I like to leave the Media Net w/Proxy just in case I need to access some AT&T thing.) I then set all apps to use the "No Proxy" connection (mail, MMS, etc)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Gestalt73:
US 3g AT&T Reception?

I picked up a US 3G diamond at bestbuy last week, and have been using it on the AT&T 3g network.

What I've noticed is that although my normal GSM/EDGE reception is excellent, my 3g reception is really spotty, and alot of the time I'm on Edge. I've seen the 3g (H) signal strength go from 5 bars to 2 over a quarter of a mile while driving, and my H reception indoors is abysmal at home and at work.

Using fieldtest, I've noticed that the phone will cut off from H to E when the signal strength? (AGC) drops below -96 dBm.

What's interesting is that I grabbed a buddy's 3g iphone, and he was showing 4 bars in an area where I couldn't even get a 3g signal.

running fieldtest on his iphone showed that he was seeing between -94dbm and -105dbm on his phone with 4 bars.

Does anyone know if the numbers can be compared? He mentioned that after his latest software update to 2.02 that his reception improved greatly.

I guess what I'm hoping for is that once AT&T releases the Fuze branded TouchPro, that maybe they will have improved the radio firmware a'la iphone and we'll see better reception?

Anyone else have similar experiences?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] wpsantennas:
Well, I've had very good luck with the Diamond on AT&T 3G however I work 2 blocks from a tower and live about 6 blocks from another. I'm not finding that its performance is any difference from previous phones using AT&T 3G (V3xx, 8525, Treo 750, Unlocked Touch Dual). So, what you are saying about your experience seems unusual to *me*.

As far as comparing the dBm #'s between two different phones, it has been our experience that the dBm readings between two different GSM phones, especially on the same carrier, is a very good comparison (traditional CDMA is kind of funky.)

I am not surprised that at -96dBm you would flip to Edge as -96 is a very poor signal - what we would consider to be the edge of usable. The fact that his phone shows 4 bars @ -104 is a testament to how bad signal indicators (in all fairness signal indicators include other factors when they decide what to show you but they are still pretty bad.) As an example, on older TDMA Nokia phones, the dBm range was roughly -53 (you are leaning against the tower) to -113. The older Nokia phones would show full signal until about -80 to -85 and then work there way to 1 bar near -100.

Based upon my discussions with tower techs regarding the H/E switch (which I've noticed on several phones) getting dumped to Edge is a result of the tower deciding that you should be there (based upon congestion and perhaps signal). Nevertheless, it is odd that your Diamond is going to Edge when your friends iPhone is staying on H. Have you been able to compare you experience to any other Diamonds in your area? My first Diamond was really bad (it was a dog) - I returned to BB and picked up the other one they had and had infinitely better luck . . .
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] wpsantennas:
On a different note, one thing I've been noticing is that PIE takes just under forever to load a page - mostly when I've just started it. Has anyone else experienced this? I have set it up so that cookies/history/TIF are cached to Internal Storage and perhaps this is the problem. Hate to move it back to the main RAM, though, as there just isn't enough free for my liking. Don't understand how the Touch Dual could have had 100+Mb free and the Diamond only has 50+Mb free . . .
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Baxter:
Last time I heard about about AT&T taking a long time to load pages it was a DNS issue. Are you specifying any DNS servers?

I just purchased an AT&T BlackJack for an employee. I used the same settings from the Blackjack and have had no problems at all. Connected HSDPA 95% of the time 2-4 bars. Pages begin loading in just a few seconds. No DNS servers specified.

I tried the connection wizard and couldn't get online. I deleted the connection and manually setup a connection called Cingular GPRS:

Cellular Line (GPRS, 3G)

wap.cingular

User: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.com

PW: CINGULAR1

That's it. No domain or advanced server settings.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] wpsantennas:
I will check those settings against mine. I'm essentially using the settings from the connection manager except I've disabled the proxy. using default DNS. seems that a page will load 10 to 20 kbytes and then hang for a minute plus (entire phone grinds to a halt.) I've noticed it with AT&T CNN and Viigo recently.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] xboxhaxorz:
Wow there are so many issues with this phone. Imagine how it is for not xda users they probably hate it. I am a big htc fan, but this is horrible. I tell every iphone user i know htc is WAY better, but apparently im wrong in this case. Although i was getting the touch pro anyways, but still
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Baxter:
It's not the phone. You have to configure any unlocked device. The Diamond is the best device I've used with AT&T.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Black93300ZX:
Yellow screens, blurry screens, taking 10 hours to charge the battery, incorrect battery readings, that's not configuring it. There have been tons of quality control problems, and although you haven't run into them, they do exist.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] omarnone:
Baxter is 100% Correct!!! It's not the phone,I had a tilt phone for a while and i installed so many custom ROM'S and tried every single radio out there,that i had it to were it was best for me,10 time's better than when i purchase it,THEN!! I saw the Diamond phone and me being a GADGET DUDE i said wow i have to get this phone,so i did and off the bat i have to say this,straight out of the box it's not that bad of a phone as far as speed and reception,but of course me being the GADGET DUDE that i am i just had to try some of the cool cooked ROM'S out there so my phone now is much faster and reception for me is way better,also the battery last way longer than when i got it,and it's all because i configured it the way i want it to perform best for me.So before you say bad things about this awesome phone you have to play around with the ROM'S or at least try different radio's in my case I'm using radio 1.00.25.07 EXCELLENT RECEPTION!!! Even better the my old Tilt phone!:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] wpsantennas:
Thats the key - being a gadget dude. I'm the same way - I want to be able to dig and tweak the tar out of my phone. Most phones aren't perfect out of the box (unless you get a relatively simple phone) but the possibilities are nearly endless with the Diamond (and most other HTC/WM phones.) For someone who doesn't care about tweaking (or MMS or Copy and Paste) then perhaps the iPhone is for you but I want something that I can really dig around in - thats half (or more) of the fun of the phone.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] cyrilic:
The Diamond is an iPhone killer for sure IMO.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] boolean22:
That is true since TYTN II
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] wpsantennas:
I'd says it the closest thing out there. On the Diamond, though, YouTube needs to be improved - too flaky - feels like a beta. Opera is nice but needs to be a little quicker as well.

HD should really kill the iPhone - my only concern is that with the same processor speed as the Diamond I would think it would be a little underpowered (I already think that the Diamond is underpowered.) I had planned on getting the HD as soon as a US 3G version was available (and lets be honest, I probably still will) but the size of the Diamond is just about perfect so it'll be hard to go to something larger . . .
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] joshyth:
HTC still have some way to go before it's on the same level as iphone, it's close but not that close yet...

For example, they need to figure out a way to make the phone speedier like the iphone, for example it took me less than at most 2 seconds to open the safari browser, but on the diamond, sometime it took longer than that. Plus, the accelerometer on the diamond needed to be fix somehow, it's really annoying when it's in horizontal mode when i'm in opera, then once i laid it flat on a desk it'll changed it back to vertical mode, even though i want it to stay in horizontal mode...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] joedoe:
Yes, my experience is exactly as yours. It sits on Edge where my Tilt was stable on 3G.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] will6316:
Does anyone knows how to get rid of the voicemail icon. It won't go away even after i press dismiss. Keep checking for voicemail that isnt there. Please help Have AT&T in NYC. It seems like since those 3g iphones came out AT&T service had slow down alot.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] wpsantennas:
Usually this will work: Leave yourself a voicemail message. Then, call into voicemail, delete the message and wait for the indicator to go away before hanging up.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] joshyth:
I really hate my diamond right now, the battery cover isn't that tight, so it always come lose if it move too much in my pocket...i'm thinking about buying a new battery cover, though i don't know if that'll help at all...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] omarnone:
I installed Dutty's V2.3a Full MSVC Cooked ROM and it's the best!!!:D My U.S, Diamond is awesome!!! Very fast ROM with real good reception too,i am using Radio 1.00.25.07
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] will6316:
Thanks a lot it works.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Baxter:
This works really well. But be careful :)

http://www.howardforums.com/showpost.php?p=11722359&postcount=1061

http://www.howardforums.com/showpost.php?p=11728177&postcount=1067
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] sycamore22:
Genius.... Thank you!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] OdinTheConfused:
UMTS 2109 in Europe with Best Buy Variant?

I do apologize for this basic question to others which have purchased the Best Buy variant, but could you tell me if the phone also does UMTS 2100 so that I can do high-speed 3G data connection when traveling in Europe.

Thanks for your info.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] joshyth:
The Euro version have 2100Mhz for 3G, while the NAM version does not have it.

Euro 900/2100

NAM 850/1900
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] cyrilic:
I'm currently using this case for my Diamond but it isn't a perfect fit. I believe because the case was designed for the UK version and not the US version (which is 4mm thicker than the UK version). I really like the case .. any1 have something similar that fits really well?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] wpsantennas:
Oddly enough, the people getting the Fuze will one up us there as it will have 3G on 850/1900 and 2100 :(

Not that I ever travel to Europe - I just like to have the option :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] joshyth:
uh, the Fuze is actually the HTC Touch Pro, and i'm going to get it if it ever come out on at&t, since my contract is up middle of next month.

I just really need that keyboard, the Diamond is cool and all, but still can't get the hang of the virtual keybaord after using it for weeks.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] wpsantennas:
Umm, yeah, I know its the AT&T branded Touch Diamond Pro. Nevertheless, it apparently includes UMTS 2100 while the US 3G Diamond does not.

Having had the 8525 I found the slide out keyboard cumbersome. And, since it makes the Diamond quite thick (in my opinion) I'm sticking with the Diamond. I believe AT&T should have the Fuze sometime later this month.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] arche3:
yeah... I was so antsy for the fuze. I bought a diamond from bestbuy and have gotten really used to the on screen keyboard. I found an oem EU diamond caseback and got a 900Mah li-Ion-polymer battery from boxwave. (the standard diamonds are Li-Ion. not sure what the polymer variant does but I know it is the newer battery type.) I am very happy with the diamond. while I will still purchase the Fuze for the option of a physical keyboard I dont feel I NEED the fuze anymore. the size trade off will make the diamond my daily work horse. maybe I will just pawn off the fuze if I dont really love it.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] omarnone:
Yep me too,I had the Tilt phone for about a year and did love it,but one thing i said to myself was why in the world do i want the slide-out keyboard? I never used it at all,so when the Diamond came out especially the U.S. 3G version i had to get it,and i have to say it's by-far the best phone i have ever bought and i have bought quite a few let me tell you!!!:D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] psperos:
same boat as all of you.. i originally wanted an xperia then the fuze, once the fuze was taking too long, i realized i only type txt messages and would rather have a slimmer phone ( was on treo 750 )... the diamond has a been a godsend.

even with its annoyances, its by far the best phone i have ever had.

PS. do the cooked roms really make that big of a difference? im a bit afraid to try them . i always want the ability to go back to the factory rom with a hard reset. i need to do more reading on the process i guess....
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] wpsantennas:
I just dropped my Diamond onto a concrete floor, bouncing off an air compressor on the way down, you may have heard me swear.

Anyway, while I could *NOT* find a scratch on the phone (other than some scratches on the screen protector) it did loosen the battery cover. What I did was put some masking tape on the inside of the back cover over the nub that rubs on the 'diamond' thing you pictured. That seems to be helping keep the cover more snug. Granted, in time it will probably loosen but its an easy fix.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] wpsantennas:
Problem turned out to be with cachine on the Internal Storage (problem was noted elsewhere on the forums.) Moved caching (temporary internet files, history and cookies) back to the 'normal' storage and it works properly now.

I did try changing the DNS to the OpenDNS servers but I ran into a problem there: For whatever reason, after rebooting the phone the first time I would connect to data (no proxy) I would get the unable to connect message from PIE or Pocket Outlook when I tried to use the connection. Kill the data connection and restart it and it would work. Repeated multiple times. Changed DNS back to AT&T and all was good. Go figure.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] maevro:
I cannot describe how happy I am with the US Diamond. I took a brief hiatus from WinMo (Touch Cruise) to goto a Nokia E71 and once I picked up the Diamond, I was sold.

The size is perfect, the resolution is amazing and the TouchFlo 3D really makes you forget you are still using WinMo. The original TouchFlo was a joke on the original HTC Touch but they finally got it right.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Youmoussa:
it's the proof for me that Apple really pushes other companies to do something. The first TouchFlo was the only thing that HTC was able to do between the announcement of the iphone and the release of the Touch.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Baxter:
I havent taken the SIM card out of my Diamond since I opened the box. Great device... after I disabled Touchflo 3D that is. Just a personal preference but I can't stand BS UIs.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] netnerd:
i disabled touchflo3d too! y cant they make the clock to shows seconds!

i need to know my seconds! haha
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Baxter:
TF3D is cool, but not practicle for me - just eye candy. With no tabs or scrolling, my today screen must have:

Task Manager

Time

Date

Alarms

Multi-day Agenda

3 most used apps

Weather

Emails

SMS

Missed Calls

Voicemail

A real battery meter

Alarms

Contacts
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Youmoussa:
And do you succeed ?

Screenshot ?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Baxter:
Sure. Nothing but TodayAgenda and Phone Alarm.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] netnerd:
just find out there is a tweak to have it both way!

have Touchflo3D and regular today screen!

u use the softkey to switch.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] chewwy420:
Do you have a link?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] netnerd:
actually i did it by accident. i forgot which program i used to enable this trick. i'm looking at it....

update: after i did a google on "manila today screen"

http://www.pocketmax.net/smf/index.php?action=printpage;topic=6680.0
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Baxter:
Holy crap. I've been messing around with Second Today and this feature was already built into Phone Alarm? And it is better! This just made my day :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] JRMX:
Good US Purchase Experience

Found a local store with a Diamond and better yet, a knowledgeable sales rep. We lit up the phone enough to make sure it didn't have the yellow tint or faded display before I left the store. They agreed to price match a reputable internet site's quote and I saved a $100. 30 day return (any Best Buy) and no contract.

I've been working the phone over with heavy use and really like it (on At&T). Solid 3g/H coverage, GPS, etc. I'm almost comfortable with Touchflo...not quite there and I'm kinda missing my configurable sliding panels. Maybe it's time to hose the phone up and try some tweaks and mods developed by this excellent XDA group. :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] xchicagoan5:
Had US Diamond Since Saturday

I got my US Touch Diamond Saturday, October 11. First impressions. The radio is not as good as the radio on my O2 XDA Orbit 2. It drops calls where the Orbit did not. The tweaks have made TF3D better. It also feels heavier than the Orbit because of the extended battery. I wish I had option to choose as I would have opted for the low capacity battery. I LOVE the VGA screen. It can be seen in direct sunlight, works wonderfully. I used the video to tape my daughters presentation on CoCo Chanel today. Too Cool!

I have also done a few other things using some of the tweaks out there. For example, I made the scroll bars bigger - to medium size. Much more finger friendly. I also went with big menus - just peachy keen. It grows on me each day. My biggest beef so far is the lack of consistency in which the G-sensor rotates the browser from portrait to landscape. Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. I sent HTC an email and they said it is beta so there isn't anything they can do about it right now.

Someone, please point me to to US Diamond 3G ROM with a better radio - like the one I had on my Orbit.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] joshyth:
You can always try the .05 radio, it work for the US 3G diamond too, or the .07 radio that some people found it to work better for them.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] chewwy420:
Radio v1.00.25.08 Works the best for me in the Philly area. Don;t use the newest .BS14 as it disables the WiFi.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=432770