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[General Topics] BumAround:
Interesting topic, indeed

Now how about those indoor omni-directional antennas they put on the ceilings of office buildings to increase the signal strength of cellphone.

Are they safe?
[General Topics] MagicMan26:
It is interesting how no-one has created links to any academic papers in this thread - as these would certainly make good on clearing a few things up. However I have to say I agree with Bood - there's not too much to worry about. As for your question BumAround, there is a very simple answer. Be happy if you have one!

The thing is, the bars that show on your cellphone to indicate the level of signal coverage is simply a measure of how much power your phone has to spit out to actually make contact with a relay tower. Therefore, the closer to the tower you are, the better, as you are spitting out less power close to your head.

In conclusion, although yes, phone radiation does contribute to overall radiation dosage, if you have an x-ray once in your life, you're going to be receiving a good order of magnitude more in that one dose than from using a phone all your life. As for the heating effect on your brain, your body has a wonderful homeostasis ability, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. In fact I read a paper form my degree that stated that the biggest health risk from mobile phones is that they get a bit warm. And no I dont mean that makes your brain warm - I mean it makes them a nice place for bacteria to breed giving you a higher chance of catching something nasty!
[General Topics] matthewharmon102:
am i right in thinking the problem lies with the connection its self? after reading the intital post it could be interpreted that the problem is the increased power consumption, rather than the signals them selves. some interesting reading either way! sounds very similar to the problems associated with laptops (heat actually lowering sperm count in males when used on laps for long periods of time) plus all the radiation given off by bluetooth and wifi. is using a bluetooth headset safer? i used to have one but it is very old and needs replacing but if this is worse i may not bother!
[General Topics] microgeniusz80:
Scientific explanation

Actually the electromagnetic waves vibrates the molecules in our cells in the body.. this can often create free radicals in our cells.. but by taking enough antioxidants, this free radicals will become stable again.. the problem arise when the people dont take enough vegetables and antioxidants. furthermore, the vibration also can affect our dna during its replication, causing mutation and thus cancer. the best way is, take your vitamins, and use the ear piece to talk.
[General Topics] BlackFriar:
This part is incorrect. A cellphone, due to it's lower energy levels, can not create the free-radicals you talk of. Also, the necessary dietary intake of micro-nutrients is somewhat overplayed; your body will due just fine in dealing with the intrinsic ROS from metabolism and the odd extrinsically-induced free-radical with the anti-oxidants from a normal diet. A single multivitamin is enough.

I don't think anyone disputes that dielectric heating leads to the formation of a gradient extending away from point of emission that is thermally warmed. But, this is is going to be a rounding error compared to the heat from the sun which is dissipated by neuro-vascular coupling (a field I work with).

The EM effects are all over the place from the studies I've seen. Here are two hits I saw on Pubmed, if you're interested. The first shows that early, alarmist study can't be reproduced:

And a cautionary study:
[General Topics] Biffy:
Trifield monitor

I just bought a trifield monitor which measures radiation. As I was concerned how much radiation my new gigaset (low radiation) DECT phone gives out. Turns out it is quite low. :)

Measuring other things around the house, I was concerned how much my microwave seems to leak!

Wifi seems to be quite low on the scale on the HD2 and made me feel better about using it.

However I was surprised that 2g radiation seems to be much higher than 3g when using the HD2 for data. And of course as 3g is much faster the data connection finishes much quicker.

Has anyone heard that 3g might be "safer" than 2g for data? I did read 3g masts could be safer as use less power but I've not found anything about handsets.

Of course my trifield monitor may not be that accurate or missing some of the frequencies that 3g operates on but I'm now confused as to which to use.

One other finding was how little radiation there is when the device is in standby and not loading a web page, sending a text, making a phone call etc. There appears to be little to no radiation in that mode which makes me feel better about carrying the phone around in my pocket.

Yes I am a worrier. :)
[General Topics] pa2ra:
some comments from a fellow-HD2 user:

1. This would explain why my HD2 has longer battery life on 3G than on GSM! Contrary to what everybody says, my HD2 lasts longer on 3G. I use push email on 3G and this hardly makes a difference in battery life.

2. when I use wifi on the HD2, I put it on the lowest energy consumption level. If I also don't use the cellular data connection to receive push e-mail (but let the wifi take care of this), there is even more battery life...

How can I explain this? I've read somewhere that the communication between your handset and a cell tower is more intene using GSM technology than using 3G technology. therefore, your handset 'sleeps' more in between calls, when you use 3G....

Can anybody confirm this?

regards, (also radio amateur)

Rene PA2RA
[General Topics] austenn:
omg

:eek:

can't believe i never gave this proper thought, my htc tytn II with mugen 3000maH battery has made my phone super fat, so i rarely carry it on me, it's mostly in my backpack. i use speaker phone at home and hold phone away from head :)

but but but i set alarm at night and the phone is next to my head, i mean literally right there..... :mad: gonna leave it on my desk from tonight onwards
[General Topics] TheBadFish:
Phone as Alarm clock without brain boiling

With G-Alarm (can't link, sorry) you have the ability to switch your phone to flightmode when you set your alarm clock. It will automatically switch back to previous state (gsm,wifi,bt) when you stop the alarm in the morning. (Assumed that you enter your pin into G-Alarm or don't have pin activated. Otherwise you'll have to enter the pin manually)
[General Topics] BlackFriar:
Relax buddy! I'm not sure why this was resurrected, but there is a lot of bull**** in this thread. As I said on the previous page (here), nir36's comments on the danger being from thermal heating are not so sound. And that's being nice.

Although, it could still be a strictly EM-induced, electronic, phenomina; Yet, a small one which isn't reproducible in the lab and isn't visible yet in an unusually large sample of 4.3 Billion cell-users.

So, if worried, there are simple things to do. EM decays according to an inverse-square law, so every time you double the distance between the phone and your head you cut the energy to a quarter or 1/4th.

And class2 Bluetooth is capped at 2.5mW output. GSM is capped at ~2watts. So, it's pretty obvious that replacing the part closest to you with one that emits 0.12% the energy and moving the higher-power transmitter away is a good idea.
[General Topics] Rust123bg:
Nice thread !

Actually even 1 degree (C) warmer is BAD for your brain. Just think how you feel when you got 38* body temperature.

It's about :

- distance (use headset)

- time (do not talk for hours)

I have suffered from a brain cancer (it's been one year from surgery). Thanks i'm still alive . "THIS IS NOT A JOKE" sounds like a good thing for someone who knows what it is REALLY like.

My advice to all is just :

DON'T RISK THAT MUCH FOR SO EASY THINGS TO OBSERVE !
[General Topics] Rust123bg:
Hey guys I have question for you :

Do you know how is 2G network with enabled data connection , compared to same 2G but with disabled data connection ? All in terms of electromagnetic radiation.
[General Topics] austenn:
wow thank goodness, well i no longer keep phone on bed, its on a side table :P
[General Topics] austenn:
many thanks, this has eased my worries :P
[General Topics] gprash:
Interesting stuff !!

I don't know if its because of the close to an hour of staring at the monitor going thru everything in this thread and the links on it or the actual 'information' itself but man does my head feel weird ! :eek:

IMHO, better safe than sorry ... so ... anyone got any suggestions for a good BT headset for my htc hd2 ? :D:D
[General Topics] gera229:
Does this thread apply to CDMA frequencies? Are CDMA frequencies higher or lower or the same in mhz? How much is GSM frequency and how much is CDMA frequency in mhz?

I guess this isn't necessarily true, but can be!

I will continue letting my phone switch between 3g/ EVDO and so on since my battery is working fine.

On normal use my phone doesn't really heat up much at all.

Are you talking about heat generated by phone batter or the heat generated by the signal and waves?

I mean with a laptop is the wireless connection also bad? Is it better to use wired than wireless? Or is only the laptop battery heat that sits on your lap bad?

Just to note: Your gonads won't mess up if you keep your phone like 2"-3" away or in other words in a case attached to your belt OR somewhere in your pocket as far away from the gonads as possible (even though your thigh will heat up lol which I guess doesn't matter since not many cells will die and you will live with it in the same way as without dead cells but gonads do matter.).

And it will take years and many years to actually take effect if it does actually happen.

So I guess I will continue to use 3g/ EVDO switching and etc.:)

FYI I have an CDMA Sprint HTC Touch Pro 2. And I do not keep my internet browsers running and turn data connection off (not sure if this will turn 3g off and or reduce a significant amount of raditation).

AND these devices are FCC approved. SO NO NEED TO WORRY.

By the way I have microwaved food all my life and it has MUCH more radiation like 50x more than cell phones probably and I am alive so I guess cell phones would not affect you!
[General Topics] Entropy512:
This is some moderate thread necromancy, due to a "one thread on bandswitching links here" situation.

There is a major false assumption in the original post, and that is the assumption that increased power consumption by the handset means increased RF output.

It doesn't.

The modulation scheme used by GSM (2G) is gaussian minimum shift keying (GMSK), which is a variant of frequency shift keying. The key here is that when the transmitter is on during its timeslot, the RF power envelope is constant. This means that the signal has next to no requirements for amplifier linearity, and hence the handset can use a fairly efficient power amplifier to transmit.

The WCDMA modulation scheme used by UMTS (3G), on the other hand, has fairly stringent amplifier linearity requirements. RF power amplifiers that are capable of linear amplification (usually a Class A amp, sometimes Class AB) are FAR less efficient than nonlinear amplifiers (typically a class C amplifier).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_amplifier#Power_amplifier_classes

Major differences in efficiency mean significantly increased power consumption for 3G even if the RF output power is the same.
[General Topics] Dirk:
There is no danger to the brain from using cell phones. If you somehow do it's because 'you're doin it wrong!' People need to get over the scaremongering already :p

Worth noting that these same people think nothing of drinking and smoking to excess, or getting in their cars each and every day without one thought for their safety. They'll quite happily text and talk whilst driving but erect a cell tower within 100 miles of their homes and they go ballistic.

Muppets!

Anybody else feel we could live without the tin-foil hat brigade? :D
[General Topics] SociedadePsicopata:
Well, My point of view regarding this (and many modern health issues) is more skeptic.

MAN KIND (mostly man than woman) is naturally dumb. Nowadays, scientists, who do not works for the big corporations, becomes homeless or dead. It all became since the Latin Inquisition (or maybe prior to this), in which all the scientist that tried to prove that religion terms were incorrect, got hunted and killed as witches. Not so much changed...

If one guy proves technically (in an University Lab, during his free time) that EMF, caused by Cellphone networks interaction, really damages your health, It will show up many -hired- scientist, from the HUGE telcom industry, to prove him wrong over the midia... The ones who have more money have more access to the midia, so that`s why nothing is really completely proven (scientific wise), nowadays.

If you confirm that Cell Phones, Vegetable and Fruit Toxics, Food Preservatives and Colorants, Transgenic Food Bacterias, Airport Scanners, Banks, Cosmetics and Cable TV really can damage your health, it could imply in going against many people business and some yearly Billions $$$.

So, as greedy as human being (men) has always been, we (no so greedy and not so rich humans) will simply have to rely on forums and private internet issues, like these, and pick our party. Either you believe in modern science researches, either you believe in practical personal experiences, there is actually no where to run. EMF, Chemicals, Trans-fat, Banks, advertisement,... they are everywhere and your only hope is the personal knowledge to dose a bit of everything, and not become a slave of it (why spending 5 hours in a cell phone everyday- Cell phones were meant to a strictly necessary chat for, later on a wired phone or E-mail, continue the details).

In matters of modern ages, I would recommend "less is more". For everything, including internet (Can you do it)??

Believe me, you can live better and still discover that there are good people outside the screen.

It is forecasted that, untill 2020, more than 60% of all northern hemisphere population will have some kind of depression symptoms. But that`s a topic for another forum...

Peace, love and Meditation!:laugh:
[General Topics] DAW1d:
RF EMF

You Sir deserves ovation! I cant prove it but I am sure you are completely right. For big companies is much more important to make money then healthy of customers. If you can live long enough to pay for their products no need to worry. Even better if one company "makes you" tumor on head other company (sometimes with same owner) could heal you and makes even more money! It is same with wars. One company lend you (government) money, other sells you weapons, next support you with fights, than other one start rebuilding the country you just destroyed etc. The world is a business mr Beale ;)

Anyway with much faster data transfer the EMF is much more important problem. Whole this issue is very controversial but almost every report agree that EMF is most danger for kids! Their body cells are evolving and every change has massive influence to their future development. Also their skull is thin to stop EMF unlike the adult one. So if you want to stay healthy (maybe for nothing) good start is to use WIRED headphones/headsets for calls. Even better is "airtube headset" that moves all electronic devices even little further from your head. Obviously turn off data transfer for night and even better turn off the phone completely (but that is little extreme for me). For EMF is key factor the distance. So If you can put your wifi router in greater distance, do it. And if you dont need to sleep with your phone under the pillow it is good to put it far from you. I am not a scientist but I only saying what I heard / read and what is logical for me ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Alonco:
Hi,

I just purchased HTC Diamond via Rogers Canada, i tried unlocking it via the Internet, unforuntaly he could not do it.

What is the best way to unlock my HTC, i also would like to instal SKYPE, Rogers also blocked it.

I am very new in that therefore detailed help will be very appreciated

Alon
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] shaks1979:
Hi

Try this link

http://xdaforums.com/search.php

or this:

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] shgam2:
Try this

If you're a noob like myself,

I suggest you used code unlocker because people say it's safe and using flash or other softwares have chances of bricking your phone. Especially when not skilled like you and myself, I wouldn't try unlocking it myself. Also, when you flash it, they say that your phone gets reset, therefore you will lose some data in your phone. If you like to though, I guess you can. Try this link, I just failed to find the 'Hard spl' and I believe this file is used to flash your phone although I'm assuming you don't really know what I'm talking about.

http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/archive/index.php/t-614384.html

If you want to use the code, do this:

Through ebay/kijiji or etc, you can find people where they sell codes and instructions.

I am also considering to unlock my phone so I have done some research and I found this website.

http://www.buyinnet.com/index.asp

or you could try this one too.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/unlock-code-ROGE...14&_trkparms=72:1215|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

I'm pretty sure you can find many other ones tho.

I heard from many people that unlocking with the code is very safe so I suggest you do it this way.

I hope this helped!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stead:
I found a program to unlock mine, just run it and it pop'd up saying unlocked, using orange branded phone now unlocked, think I just searched unlocking diamond on google and one of the sites had a program to do it, can't say it hasn't damanged it but since running it can now use my simcard in it :D

don't know the name of it, spent a good while looking forsomething to do it mind, don't think i still have it either (forgot to backup everything before trying out windows 7!)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] mjaxa:
Instead of using risky software go here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3334617&postcount=488

And follow instructions for free unlocking - this will NOT security unlock your phone, only SIM.

And search the net. Solution is there. I don't want to post other links, because they are "politically incorrect".

Good luck.

P.S. EXTREMELY important. If you have GSM phone NEVER EVER use the unlocker from ppcgeeks - it's for CDMA ONLY and will properly brick your phone (requiring change of the mainboard).
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] CR7KB24:
Ok, so pretty much everyone know that you can set your phone to have a password after it hasn't been used for a certain amount of time, but it is a very ugly plain screen. :mad:

So my question is, is there a way to skin it or is there another app out there like S2U2, but instead a password screen like the iphone?

I would appreciate any responses :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] intx:
I'm a weak programmer, but I'll look into what's required in coding this.

I encourage anyone else to pass me on this, but I'll see what I can do, but I doubt I'll make much progress.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Kraize:
I was hoping some coder could also do this. It does look ugly :| and I haven't found any other app that seems like a good replacement. I mean ThrottleLock is okay. But I need a number lock.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] CR7KB24:
Ya not sure how much this will be possible but thanks for looking into this ;)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] the-nj:
hey everybody...

does anyone of you know a prgoramm that allowes me to send text messages using the internet?so that you can sent them for free?

i know just one IPsms, but that just wiorks with special sites, and they are not free...

thanks
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] madan26:
Hi, Iam looking for the program.
[Touch HD General] HelderJr:
I´m looking for a good finance program to use on Touch HD, but I can´t find. I tried SPB Finance, but it doesn´t work properly. The "Spb Finance Entry" (used to enter values of expenses on the go) simply doesn´t open because there isn´t a WVGA skin.

So, do you use any financial manager program? Which do you use?

Thanks!
[Touch HD General] Hamudi2000:
MS Excel.......
[Touch HD General] HelderJr:
Nobody here uses any program exept MS Excel?
[Touch HD General] xabrax:
cash organizer.
[Touch HD General] Julioski:
spb finance and hand wallet. (The last one is my final election)

EDITED: Sorry, written in Spanish...
[Touch HD General] ardsar:
found cash organiser to be the best.
[Touch HD General] Johnny72:
Cash Organizer even for me: it's the best one.
[Touch HD General] RaymondScrott:
I find AceMoney does what I want without being overcomplicated like (in my opinion) MicrosoftMoney. There is a PPC version of AceMoney but not sure whether it is Blackstone compatible
[Touch HD General] drbf:
I use Quicken so I can sync with my PC
[Touch HD General] Cheesy Dave:
I use SPB Finance which works fine on my HD.

There is a skin for the "Entry" program available on the SPB forum. This makes it work in WVGA.

Personally, I just use the full SPB finance program itself rather than the Entry utility.

I also use the SPB Wallet which I find to be a little more reliable than the Ilium eWallet.
[Touch HD General] atomic2mod:
I don't think it's a screen size / resolution issue: I flashed my diamond (vga) to a 6.5 with HTC Sense and I had the same issues. First it couldn't call the app. Then I replace the file the one in the spb forum. Now the app came up, but said "no skin".

Cash Organizer worked though!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] RandumAccess:
Here is something i through together...

Blood Splatter Theme:

http://www.mediafire.com/?yntmyuwgfjm

**use at own risk... worked great on mine and others but there is always a possibility of brick.. although not high... i am not responsible.**
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Mikey:
Boy, remind me never to upset you :p
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] RandumAccess:
haha - i just got done watching Halloween before starting this theme... :D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Iceucold:
I will definitely be giving this a go. Who doesn't like blood? :P You think you might be able to get the word "android" somewhere in the second blood splatter?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] RandumAccess:
oh shoot... actually i had the wrong wallpaper on here... i went with a different one...
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] toolbox123:
Um....though the boot screen is cool, I'd like to be able to use my phone. It won't leave the boot screen.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] RandumAccess:
Sorry worked fine on mine and my friends... try a wipe first maybe?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] toolbox123:
Okay.Now that it's been on the boot screen for 15 minutes..... the notifications bar came up.... it is bloody. But the rest of the screen is black. I'm not trying to be a jerk, I might have screwed it up.... but if not just a heads up if it's something you can fix.

Looks like a badass theme if it would work properly. I even have the Halloween theme as my ringtone. Haha
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] RandumAccess:
im really sorry... does anyone else know why this might be happening? i couldnt think of anything that would make it do that...hmmm.

are you on RC-30?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] manup456:
I wiped my phone then it worked hmm...i could take a look. Looks good keep working and adding blood.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] toolbox123:
I have JF RC30 1.3

I don't really want to wipe my phone again....so I'll pass on this one. Thanks though. Keep working on it.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] killerbeesateme:
Simply awesome theme.

I installed this over the Ghost Black beta and it worked like a charm. No wipe needed.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] RandumAccess:
Thank you, I am still working on it and should be done this week sometime.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jedinerd:
I can't wait to see the finished product and give it a try. It looks really cool so far.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] JackD3ath:
Found a nice wall for this theme: