yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] testify:
so here is the deal.

I am on my third tilt from AT&T. The first phone the receptions sucked they said it was fine... I do everything to try and fix, ROMs, radio etc... etc... finally i got an external antenna, it was passable. My son then started working and Best Buy mobile and said this phone is not normal push it... so I did.

Short story they sent me another phone (warranty). This phone seemed a little better receptions etc... so I reconnect to all the corporate stuff (email etc.) and add just a few utilities to manage

- Kaiser Tweaks

- SKTools

- HTC plugin

Seems ok couple months pass and I notice same poor reception... eventually the only solution is to leave the connector for the external attenna on the phone to improve reception. this sucks as I walk around with extra wire on the phone but hey it works...

just two days ago I again tire of this and do battle with AT&T and they send me another replacement... lo and behold the reception is better (two bars in my house, one in basement.. I am happy right... yup.

So i go through the process of reconfig... setup..install and since my office is in the basement reconnect external attenna (to get 4 bars).

Guess what by the next morning phone is performing exactly like the others.

This leaves me with two possible logical assumptions

1. Somehow the use of an external antenna is impacting the phone (changing sensitivity, radio, etc.)

2. the install of Kaiser, or SK or other utilities (again nothing dramatic) is making a registry change which impacts peformance.

Additional info

After poor performance I hard reset - no impact

On Windows Mobile 6.1 Build 5.2.19214

ROM 3.57.502.2

Radio 1.65.21.18

Prot 25.88.40.05H

Thoughts?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Teej53214:
I beleive you are right.. I have read numberous posts that after you plug something into the external cell antenna port, you will never get" good" reception again.. That is why it is covered on the batterydoor (nor like the gps one)... Just thought you might want to know...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] testify:
no acknowledgement

that has been my thinking which is why I was posting here to see if there was any knowledge or experience.. I pushed this issue with ATT support but surprisingingly they said not only was there not an issue but should not be an issue with using and external antenna. I would have thought they might try to use it as a warranty issue...

The antenna is useful both for office (basement) and travel as it really improves sustaining connections on long drives (data/voice).

I would think that if the issue was out there it would surface.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jh20001:
I too have had on/off reception on the Kaiser. It has to be a hardware issue because the true reception is grand. I have moments in time versus location where it will refuse to call out, receive calls or send/rec text messages. Then 5-20+ minutes go by and I find I missed calls, txt's, etc. I would reboot it, reset it, etc and it will always do it. I can use any other phone on the same provider and always have a perfect signal in the same location. Kaiser will even display a full signal in the bar and still nothing. Yesterday for example (I live in Las Vegas), I drove from one end of town to the other. The entire trip, the phone would not work. It drove me nuts because I was trying to call someone who was trying hard to get into touch with me. It started causing panic in the other person because they couldn't reach me and I couldn't call them. It is just a repetitive headache.

I have had the phone for about a year now (maybe a little longer). Just like you, in the beginning it worked great! Then over time it seems to get worse and worse. I *don't* use an external antenna so I think the phone goes to crap no matter what. Maybe its a resource issue. Over time the performance of reception has gotten worse, but of course over time I have done more and more to the phone. The phone seems just about fine in speed for everything else (at least it performs how I'd expect it to)....but maybe the phone/messaging software side of things sees something else on the backend that I don't.

I have WM 6.0, and was thinking 6.1 might fix it, but based on your review I will save myself the headache of upgrading at one of the stores since it won't change a thing. I am horribly displeased with this phone.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hmose:
Tilt Antenna connectors

I thought I was smart, but got the two external antena connectors confused because when I upgraded from 8525 to Tilt, the CELLULAR adapter for the 8525 is the same as the GPS adapter for Tilt, and the HTC cell connector for tilt is different from that of the 8525. Not only no standardation, but no instructions to keep one from wandering down the obvious but wrong path. Spent more than a year trying to figure out why Yagi antenna, which performed well with the 8525, didn't work on the Tilt. Didn't hurt the GPS unit though which is a miracle. Does anyone know the specs on the TILT Cell antenna connector???
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] shire29:
Hi, I have an XDA Serra, very pleased with this phone so far, the only downside is battery life, but hey I can live with that.

I am using it in the car for Sat Nav (Co Pilot 6) or in car holder for calls on the move.

Unfortunately the sound generated from the handset speaker isn't great and therefore I would like to be able to either use a car holder that amplifies the sound, or use the phone through the a car stereo.

My current stereo is pretty basic so I am looking to change it for a Bluetooth model, however I would like to know what works and which model to buy (not too expensive).

I would like to be able to 1) hear phone calls 2) run co-pilot 3) play music through the car stereo. Is it possible to do this through a BT capable Stereo? anyone got this working succesfully?

Cheers, Blair
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] dark_lobito:
There is another issue with the sound: as the speaker ist on the back side of the phone, most car holders will cover the speaker, so the volume goes down. Same happens when you lay it on the table.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] shire29:
re

dark_lobito, thanks for your response, I must admit I didn't pick up on that at first, just checked my car kit and it appears that the speaker is not fully covered, but is blocking some of the speaker.

I bought this http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=169986 which is OK for the price, and gives enough sound for a quiet room indoors. It's not amazing but is good enough for using as a portable radio/music player, but not in the car.

I have been looking and there are quite a few car stereos with BT audio streaming, as well as phone capabilities. But I need to know if it works as I want it to before splashing out.

I am hoping somebody has got these functions working with a BT Car Stereo to advise me.

Cheers, Blair
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] shire29:
re

samz465, thanks for reply, but I'm not sure what u mean? The only adapter I got with the phone (O2 XDA Serra version) was a cable that allows u to connect to a 3.5 jack.

Sorry to be a pain, any pictures showing what adaptor you mean?

Cheers, Blair
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] PhoneGuy58:
Can I jump in here?

I have the HTC Pro too (Sprint)

I also have a car with an IPOD input

Well tonight I connected that to the phone's dongle via the 3.5mm input.

It sounds so good with my speakers ..BUT when I connect the USB headset that came with it, and make a phone call, they can't hear me but I can hear them just LOUD

Am I doing something wrong?

jeff
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] Operation619:
You might want to check out the Motorola T605 - Bluetooth hands-free car kit. It has stereo BT profile and an FM transmitter.

Might save you the cost and installation of a new head unit.

I've never used the T605 so I can't vouch for how good it is.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] wanwarlock:
i've bought a car kit fm transmitter from ebay & made a quick review of it here. it works ok but you can only charge it if you don't use the fm transmitter & vice versa, it does not have a speaker unfortunately... does the job ok otherwise. decent/good enough sound for GPS & even for music playback
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] Die Bruine:
Too get better sound you should also try SRS WOW HD. It boosts volume and certainly clears up the mumble. Voices are recognizable as voices instead of monsters coming out of a can.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] tkima1:
Ok, it's not that big of a deal, but I want the stock TP dialer back!

When I installed Diamond Tweaker on my TP, I got this dialpad!

(Its gray buttons and a white background and no Yoshi, but I DON't WANT THIS ONE! It turned my Vibration when the person i called picked up the phone off!)

How can I get rid of this one? If there is any way by doing a Hard Reset it would be grealy appritiated!!

EDIT:

THANKS ALOT GUYS!!!

I have now Hard Reseted the phone - Just for the record :P

I guess it was all fu**** up, since a stock dialpad .cab did not work! :P hehe

BUT one more question; I used PIM and it saved all of my messages(all sent to me) BUT I can't find them, because in the messages (Threaded SMS) It only shows that I have written to them, understand? (Like my messages to them is there - But not theirs to mine... Onlywhere I can see some of the messages I've recived is from the TF3D Meny)
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] desmo2000:
the easy way, deinstall the program.

another easy way, backup your phonebook, en get back to factory defaults ;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] 12gage:
install Advanced Config 3.3, go to Phone\Phone Skin and select enabled, soft reset. hopefully this will help
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] tyguy:
OT:

Last call: Sheila - Sexy ***** - hahahahahahahahaha
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] alireza_simkesh:
lool .
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] tkima1:
FIRST of all! - This is just a random picture I found, and used because it's the same interface that I got (Without the yoshi!) I got norwegian interface:P

Second - How can I Backup my contacts?

Follow up: Can I backup all of my messages? (So that if I do a Hard Reset then All of my messages is avaliable)

Third - Deinstalling the program did not work! All of the saved changes was there, also I can find a way to reset all to default on Diamond Tweaker (as you can on Advanced Config)

Lastly - From ADConfig It was enabled, so I disabled it (Still same interface!) and enabled it again, still no change!

Starting to believe that Hard Reset is the solution, BUT if it is, can I backup my messages? (As said in the Third - )
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] behrouz:
I dont think Diamond Tweak did anything. Looks like you messed up your own phone. All you need to do is use Diamond tweak to enable phone skin. :rolleyes:
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] tyguy:
First:

I would say the same thing if my girlfriend is in the same room

....upps did I say girlfriend, I meant wife - hahaha

Second:

Do a PIM backup either with HTC backup or SPB. Careful with sprite since it may not be compatible. I do not suggest to do a full backup since the restore may overwrite vital new reg data and files which may have the same name but newer in the Rom you flash.

PIM will backup ll contacts and emails

Third:

Try to copy the attached files into the windows dir, enable skin and soft reset. That's the default dialer skin.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] tkima1:
Kk THANKS!!! 1 question though (I'm not the e-mail user kind of guy, more SMS kind of guy) Does this PIM backup save my Text Messages? (SMS)
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] tyguy:
Not sure since I'm the email kinda guy and SMS's don't count for me - LOL
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] desmo2000:
well it saved my text messages :) install the program and check what it does ;)

it's easy :rolleyes:
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] tkima1:
THANKS ALOT GUYS!!!

I have now Hard Reseted the phone - Just for the record :P

I guess it was all fu**** up, since a stock dialpad .cab did not work! :P hehe

BUT one more question; I used PIM and it saved all of my messages(all sent to me) BUT I can't find them, because in the messages (Threaded SMS) It only shows that I have written to them, understand? (Like my messages to them is there - But not theirs to mine... Onlywhere I can see some of the messages I've recived is from the TF3D Meny)
[General Topics] oic0:
I'm not advanced enough to program anything worth a crap BUT I can make a spreadsheet easy enough ;)

Someone mentioned that there was no weight loss type app for windows mobile... well I wrote a spreadsheet to calculate your weight gain / loss on a daily basis. As you go through the day eating meals or getting exercise it keeps a running tally of your weight gain or loss based on BMR. Might hold off on that last slice of pie after being informed it will change your day's weight loss into weight gain!

Boy was it hard to get it all to fit into so small a space, but I formatted it to fit on my phone's portrait 240x320 screen. I didn't lock the sheet so you can change / format whatever you wan't. Just be careful not to mess up the formula's unless you know how to fix them.
[General Topics] oldsap:
thank you.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] tkima1:
Ok, it's not that big of a deal, but I want the stock TP dialer back!

When I installed Diamond Tweaker on my TP, I got this dialpad!

(Its gray buttons and a white background and no Yoshi, but I DON't WANT THIS ONE! It turned my Vibration when the person i called picked up the phone off!)

How can I get rid of this one? If there is any way by doing a Hard Reset it would be grealy appritiated!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] episodev:
Open Diamond Tweaker and go to item "1.8 Phone Pad Style", make sure you have Diamond(Default) select at the bottom and not Windows Mobile Standard.

Then do a soft reset.

I think that should fix your problem.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] BB88:
come on, if it's not a big deal, don't say it RUINS your phone. And if you don't know how to use the Diamond Tweaker to change the dial pad, why install it in the first place?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] tkima1:
Why are you so negative? I mean COME ON!!! I don't want this dialer, I want the stock one!

And I do know that it says this, But I use the Norwegian Diamond Tweaker, and the name Phone dial pad or anything like that isn't there! It has a totaly different name, which I don't - IN ANY WAYS - Assosiate with the Dialpad!

Also! I've checked every options (Inkluding this one MANY THIMES!) And non of them are changing this to the "Normal" dialpad.

Also the soft reset did not work.

On 1.8 (In norwegian Grensesnitt) it says Windows and Diamond, I've tried both, with Soft reset.. The same dialpad on both! hmmm
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] episodev:
Could be a bug. You should go to the diamond tweak website and post about it.

http://montecristoff.webs.com/
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] tkima1:
Done so ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ou2mame:
you install the stock phonepad cab? you could try that.....
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] tkima1:
Yeah, I did. Didn't work

The worst thing is that I haven't used my phone for even 2 months! :P hehe, but this was my first Hard Reset and let's say that before I reseted it, it was just a trying of phone:P

So; I have now Hard Reseted the phone - Just for the record :P

But thanks, I guess it was all fu**** up, since a stock dialpad .cab did not work! :P hehe

But really, thanks You guys are the best ;)
[P3400 General] Yoshiro888:
Hi guys,

I need help here :)

Anyone knows the Mini USB Pin assignment for Gene or P3400i? because I'm trying to make a coupler from Mini USB to Jack Stereo jack 3.5" and I couldn't buy it anywhere here where I live.

Thanks for the help :)
[P3400 General] nc0068:
Seidio Mini USB to 3.5mm Adapter

http://www.htcdepot.com/seidio-mini-usb-to-35mm-adapter/73A75A2810.htm
[P3400 General] Yoshiro888:
Yeap exactly like that... I got all the parts ready hehehehe... I just need the pin assignment, well... I need to know which pin is connected to Audio...

The HTCdepot can't send it to Indonesia :(( the only option is... make it myself hehehehe...

Thanks for the help tho' :)
[P3400 General] hksin1988:
This is circuit for extUSB of HTC

i guess its helpful for u to make Audio Out..
[P3400 General] FUCHIM32:
Cid unlocker

Hi ther i saw the info on ur device u sent.mine is exactly the same.i was told that my device is cid locked.would u know of way i can unlock it please.it can only go as far as bootloader mode.and it only show htc splash screen.

Much appreciated
[P3400 General] hksin1988:
hey can u tell me that how did u brick ur device...

cuz its impossible for us to unbrick old gene if it got bricked by flashing some original Rom, which was not built for Old Gene.

the only way is to send the phone to HTC service center.

they will fix it for free if its under warrenty..or u'll hv to pay something for it if its not..
[P3400 General] Yoshiro888:
It is helping so much :) thank you so much :)
[P3400 General] hksin1988:
ur welcome...!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] plamski:
Hello,

I have AT&T tilt and is fully unlicked (SIM, CID). I would like to know what is the best ROM for my needs:

- performance

- avilability to watch online videos, such as youtube.com, etc.

- good Radio for fast GPS (cause I know that the speed of the GPS start up is based on the Radio version)

- * if it has intergated TomTom even better, if not no biggie

Thank you,

Plamen
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] vwkess:
Probably best to check in the Kaiser forum as this forum is for Hermes :)
[XPERIA X1 General] elite-fusion:
how do i get rid of it, everytime i restart the phone, it comes back...its pissing me offfff LMAOOO HAHA....please anyone...help meeee
[XPERIA X1 General] jhoffa:
Did you ever figure this out?

I'm having this problem too since the latest rom upgrade. Seen a few others with the same problem after upgrading as well. I'm using ATT US X1a rom1.03.948.8.

I've tried a hard reset, swapping the sim out (as mentioned in another thread), using forwarding cancel codes (##62#), and obviously the normal call forwarding settings on the phone. It clears up the problem for a few soft resets, then it comes right back again.
[XPERIA X1 General] daniel.eriksson:
call forwarding..

you seem to have call forwarding turned on.

Phone - Menu - Settings - services - call forwarding - get settings

there you will have all these type of settings like forward to number with no answer and also forward all calls.. just uncheck them all i guess.

Thanks

daniel
[XPERIA X1 General] George Knighton:
In NAM on AT&T, call forwarding is always turned on for something. Normally, it's turned on only for no answer and unreachable.

The phone should not show the call forwarding icon when these are the only services activated.

I don't understand how or why it happens, but I will occasionally get the call forward icon showing when I have nothing special turned on.

It will eventually go away, usually after I've had to power the device for some reason. Note, however, that it will not necessarily go away if I power the device to the specific purpose of removing the call forwarding icon.

I've never figured out what makes it show or why it goes away.

Lucky for me, I'm not too troubled by it. :-)
[XPERIA X1 General] alias_neo:
Hmm

I think this problem is carrier related, (carriers have control over your call forwarding) because I have had this problem on many different phones from different manufacturers over the years. Not on my Xperia yet though.
[XPERIA X1 General] jhoffa:
Thanks for the replies. As stated in the earlier post, I have already tried unchecking, rechecking etc. As soon as it connects to the network it goes away. It seems to be an issue with the newest rom though as the previous rom does not have this issue at all (for me at least).

Call forwarding is definitely on the carrier side, but as soon as the phone connects to the network to pull call forward settings, it will always change the icon to the correct status (ie icon is there when forward all calls is on and not when it's not), which tells me that it's probably an issue with the rom, not the carrier. You're right about the settings George, but unfortunately I do use call forwarding from time to time and need to know when its truly on or off :).

I've tried tweaking the cf values in the registry as well at hklm\software\htc\phone without any luck.
[XPERIA X1 General] AaronUK:
The call forwarding icon is also showing on my X1 :mad: I am on Orange UK.

I guess it can't be fixed.
[XPERIA X1 General] Nimche:
Guys in US with AT&T.

I've got this issue that might be stupid but I suffer from it really bad. Everytime I get a new voice message, a text comes in with weired notes (which I know is for the phone to notify me) but I have to delete the sucker everytime. Or everytime I am in the voice box, it sends me another txt for deletion/

How can I get rid of this?

Do you guys have a good visual voice message system installed?

AT&T doesn't support any other phones except what they sell. AHhh

Thank you all.
[XPERIA X1 General] jhoffa:
Oddly enough my problem went away. I still think it's a ROM issue. I was playing with some other roms and eventually ended up flashing back to NAM R2AA008 (1.03.948.8). Restored my old config with full SPB backup and I haven't had the problem since.

I'm guessing that "if" it was a settings issue, the backup would've just recreated the issue. Plus hard resets didn't make the problem go away either. I even tried changing to a new sim as some people tried in other posts. But completely reflashing the rom seems to have done the trick for me at least.

The only difference that I can see is that I did the first update through SEUS. All the other flashes were done the old fashioned way. Not saying this would work for others, but it's been gone for weeks now for me.
[XPERIA X1 General] minglee:
Solution

Dial ##21# on the X1.

The "Call Forwarding" icon will disappear on the top bar of your X1. But, it won't affect your call fwd settings in the operator's mobile system.
[XPERIA X1 General] minglee:
P.S. I mean it won't change the call fwd settings defined by operator in the mobile system, e.g. no answer and the call will be directed to voice mail system.

##21# is the function code to cancel call fwd setup by your phone. If you did setup some call fwd scenarios on your phone, the call fwd icon will be displayed as an indicator for call forward is active.

For the purpose of just get rid of the icon right after power on or soft reset the phone, I think it is a simple solution.
[XPERIA X1 General] jhoffa:
I think most of the people having this problem on the thread are referring to a strange bug that seems to be affecting a small percentage of users. I've seen the same problem posted on a few other sites/threads as well. It doesn't really have to do with call forwarding being on at all, it's just that the icon is there. Using the forward codes or forcing an update will make it go away temporarily, but for me it kept eventually coming back no matter what I did. When my phone had the problem, I tried 21, 69, 67, 61. None of them made the issue go away permanently.
[XPERIA X1 General] Dragonet:
My X1 has this kind of problem as well. It is the problem from X1 itself, maybe the X1 can not log into the 2G or 3G network very well.
[XPERIA X1 General] George Knighton:
Whoa. LOL... I haven't seen this since the old Synergy Motorola days when we were all fascinated with foreign firmware.

I do not have this issue with the generic NAM or generic UK ROM in their latest iterations.

I guess the first thing anybody would normally suggest is to make sure you're on one of these ROM.