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[XPERIA X1 General] buzz83:
I thought that the UMTS bands were hardware based...

Both phones are quad band GSM... but neither is quad band UMTS.

I'm trying to remember where I saw this, but I think there was a chip in the phone that allowed the UMTS bands so a simple software change wouldn't fix this. So the X1i wouldn't work on 3G in the US or on NextG in Australia.:confused:
[XPERIA X1 General] ianl8888:
Yes, I think alias_neo is talking about a different frequency set

The 850/900 frequencies he's talking about are for GSM - this has never been the issue with the X1i/X1a imbroglio

It's the UMTS 850Mhz fequency that the X1i is hardware-crippled against

An X1 model with 900/2100Mhz bands for UMTS (such as listed in the 1st post) is another variation again. Some countries use the UMTS 900Mhz frequency for their regions, but it is not widespread. We need further confusion like a hole in the head !!
[XPERIA X1 General] Ashwm:
Are you able to write a software to do this? I'm sure many would love it if their X1i can use 850 3G as well. ;)
[XPERIA X1 General] alias_neo:
Ahh, well, I have lost track of where this is going now, and since I havn't slept in 2 days (it's now 6:30am on the 3rd day) any point I had is probably flawed. i think my point was that the "Hardware" crippling is probably more of a low level software crippling and could infact be rectified (only by the chip manufacturer) using the same hardware. But again, I think my point was that the reason they have this difference is political and because some countries refused to stick with the international standards.
[XPERIA X1 General] alias_neo:
No, you misunderstand me, by software I mean low level machine code, "burned" into the chip by the manufacturer and not changeable. Only he manufacturer of the chip can do this at the point of manufacture.

But of course I could be entirely wrong, I make this assmption based on the fact that I often work with "programmable systems on a chip" (ASICs/FPGAs etc).

It's also quite possible the frequency setting circuitry IS infact made the good old fashioned way of laying out the silicon in a set circuit design.
[XPERIA X1 General] ianl8888:
1) "some countries" include Canada, US, South Americas, Australia, South Africa.

The UMTS 850Mhz frequency is used in the regional (less populated) areas to cover the distances involved with a longer wavelength. Such areas need less bandwidth too, because of the lower population densities

Politics plays no part here, thank goodness. it's just straight physics.

2) the "international standard" for cities is 1900/2100Mhz. All the cities I know that have UMTS broadcasting use these frequencies, including cities in the above listed countries

The concept of larger, less-populated areas is probably not easy for city-dwellers to grasp, but the "international standard" for such areas is UMTS 850Mhz. The only "odd-ball" aspect here is that city-dwellers don't understand this, I think.
[XPERIA X1 General] Leddy:
Nup- there are many, many 900MHz regional deployments.

Australia is unique in the sense that it has both a 900MHz and a 850MHz regional deployment. Lots and lots of stupid redundancy. Oh well.
[XPERIA X1 General] ianl8888:
I can't disagree with that - there's marketing politics in that redundancy (not hard to guess :)), but either 850 or 900 serves OK for the regions. The physics is essentially the same for either frequency, of course.

However, the 900Mhz in Aus has a very limited deployment, primarily because Optus et al do not want to service the less-populated areas (not sufficient profit). They've been paying lip-service for lo!, these many years.

The 850 frequency became a problem with the Qualcomm-Broadcomm Court issue and this turned up after the 850Mhz deployments

I agree ... oh well !!

The way I see it turning out is that Telstra, who operates the 850Mhz with easily the largest areal coverage, will gradually "corner" the retail market on UMTS 850Mhz devices in Aus and proceed to charge unbelievably high $$ amounts for these. It's already difficult to find 850Mhz devices at any significant discount to their prices. And yes, that's marketing politics ... but the physics dictates the parameters.
[XPERIA X1 General] alias_neo:
In which case, there is no reason 850MHz couldn't be the standard as I assume that even here in the UK our less populated areas would equally require less bandwidth and could live with the extra coverage, of course you would then have to count the rest of Europe and Asia who also use this band. A lot of Europe has wide open spaces just as much as they have cities, there are few countries that don't fit into both categories.

The question, I guess, is how much extra bandwidth are we really getting from those extra 50MHz, or extra coverage from the 50MHz less that determines that there can't just be one standard everywhere in the world.

Of course that's before you get into the fact that some countries may have already allocated the band to something else, making it impossible. (As with USA and the 1700(?)MHz band.
[XPERIA X1 General] nik40:
X1a and X1i differ in hardware:

i.e. different UMTS power amps for 850Mhz and 900Mhz

check out:

http://www.phonewreck.com/2008/12/12/sony-ericsson-xperia-x1-review-and-teardown/

also:

http://www.avagotech.com/pages/en/rf_for_mobile_wlan_mmw/mobile_power/w-cdma_pas/

perhaps this hardware cripple was part of the broadcom vs qualcom court ruling
[XPERIA X1 General] George Knighton:
You could probably make a small fortune telling us how to do that.
[XPERIA X1 General] alias_neo:
Hehe, like I explained before, and as the poster above has just shown. They are infact made by entirely different manufacturers for different bands, and by software I meant the code actually "burned" into the chips by the manufacturer, ad only by them I meant it could be done, not by some software you install/run on the device.

Anyway, in this case I was incorrect and as I stated earlier, it is possible (which is in fact the case here) that they would use the good old fashioned way of making the chips by actually designing the individual circuits into the silicon directly rather than using programmable chips.

This of course would be because of how critical obtaining an exact frequency is and designing dedicated chips like this ensures that.

In conclusion, you might as well disregard everything I have said on the subject. Either way, it would have made no difference to us the end user, just that the manufacturer could easily (if they wanted) made the cips run either speed.
[XPERIA X1 General] sonus:
I have a huge dilema guys. I've been lusting over the X1 ever since it was released in December. However, I have an HTC Touch Cruise... Its clearly not a very outdated device. Have any of you upgraded from a 400mhz Touch series phone or newer, and if so do you feel you got your money's worth?

So what are your thoughts? Could the X1 keep you satisfied for over a year? (FYI, I feel the Touch Pro 2 is ugly and bulky and I'm not at all down with HTC's new pattern of devices w/o DPADs or camera keys or functional landscape)

The only phones I see pulling me away from the X1 are a GSM Palm Pre with North American 3G (not likely to be released any time soon), Sony X2 (no inidication as to when one will come out), or the "3rd Gen" iPhone w/Skype, A2DP, and 3D nav w/voice (hell will prob freeze over before it can do any of those).
[XPERIA X1 General] alias_neo:
4th gen iPhone? Wheres the 3rd gen iphone.

I havn't ever used an actual HTC device other than the TyTn II (which is horrible) but if you like HTC, then Xperia is a pretty nice one.

Palm Pre looks like it's gonna do sweet things, but again, never used a palm, so it's the same as when I thought my iPhone would do sweet things, which is subsequently didn't.

It depends what you want, as far as phones go, it's probably the most dissappointing one (other than the iPhone, that's rock bottom) that I'v owned, especially havnt owned almost every Nokia N series device.

That being said, it's the WinMo that's the make or break, and you can't expect it to behave like a Sony Ericsson, because it really isnt.

So, if you like WinMo and can live with it, the SE Xperia is a nice place to be, and the community here is great for it.

Maybe in time the pace will pick up and we'll start finding more made for this resolution and landscape additions, but that's assuming it doesn't get steamrolled first.
[XPERIA X1 General] Carty:
If you're comfortable viewing in smallll screen go for Xperia, else take Touch HD or the upcoming Diamond II. I gues when Diamond 2 is widely available, Touch HD could have a drop in prices.

Regards,

Carty..
[XPERIA X1 General] Midi_Amp:
The lack of camera key on the Touch Pro is not a big deal, the middle action key is touch sensitive, so to zoom in you just lightly touch the action key and press to take picture. Not as "fun" as pressing real shutter key, but it works nice, So I reckon future devices from HTC would be equipped with similar system, especially for Touch Pro 2.

For a year the Xperia will surely holds, and with strong support from the community, it would probably last longer... Especially if Winmo 7 is hacked into it. The screen is not so terribly small, it's in fact to me a perfect balance between screen size and phone size... The HD/G01/iPhone is just too big for me.

The previews for Palm Pre unveils its promising future, beautiful interface combined with WebOS seemingly easy to develop apps, and developed by a company with strong history of great devices... It's simply going to be great. But... how about teething issues of new device, and worst, new OS? Surely there will be some rough roads for early adopters.

The X1 as it is, is a great device, compact yet stylish enough to reflect serious intentions from its owner.

Do note however, you choose Xperia because it's Windows Mobile. Judging from your signature... It's not quite the cup of tea you prefer. So, iPhone or Pre is your best bet... And heavier on Pre because it has iPhone like interface, WinMo functionality and awesome keyboard. I even have a slight crush on the Pre, but my X1 + Outlook combo is still top notch until the Pre came out and all of those would be bugs ironed out.
[XPERIA X1 General] Darth Sith:
I had a Cruise and now an X1.

There is a HUGE difference.

The screen is awesome, the software is better, as the performance.

Also GPS is better.

I'm very satisfied with X1.
[XPERIA X1 General] ianl8888:
I did exactly that - I still have the Polaris (P3650), a trusted backup device

The X1 has - obviously - much higher screen resolution, more Storage/RAM and a faster CPU. All of these things count.

There are also a number of excellent cooked ROM's here to make it zing.

I see from your post you want N America 3G, so presumably you are looking at the X1a.

The drawback I've seen is that the battery overheats when on wifi or GPS for longer periods (>1 hour, say) while charging from either the wall outlet or a car charger

If you are unlikely to exceed these parameters, then the X1a will work well for you.

Nonetheless, keep the Polaris as a backup for a while :)
[XPERIA X1 General] sonus:
Thanks all! Its good to hear some real world experience from X1 owners as well as ex Touch Cruise guys. I didn't get a feel for how many of you felt the X1 was a device that could stand the test of time and let you continue upgrade free for a decent amount of time... But I guess that's just about the individual person's characteristics as it is about the X1.

Ohh, and I didn't mean to give the impression that I'm anti winmo. At this point in the game, I can't switch from it, as its the only mobile OS that does everything I need. Its just too bad that it lacks speed and touch friendliness (hence the sig).

And if anyone's listening, one more question:

How do you guys like the panel UI? I'm one to try and make things work. I like HTC Home and the Cube. TF3D...not so much b/c it requires concentration and precision while using and could never really be used in a car (IE making a phone call over handsfree or starting up a Navigation app).
[XPERIA X1 General] ianl8888:
I did a test of GPS with both devices (Polaris and X1) with interesting results.

Both devices were exactly side-by-side on a ute tray in the field at the same time. Same GPS survey program running on both of them:

P3650 6 satellites HDOP 1.5m

X1 9 satellites HDOP 0.9m

Radio ROM in the P3650 (Polaris) is 1.64.08.21

Radio ROM in the X1 is 1.10.25.18

The 50% difference in satellites found and 35% difference in horizontal DOP is down to the improvement in GPS in the appropriate Qualcomm CPU's and maybe the radio ROM's for each device. The X1 is way better here.
[XPERIA X1 General] alias_neo:
Ok, my perspective for you on that last question, as a person that has never used winmo and has become very big on finger touch interfaces.

The Panels help this a lot here because for me, some of the most important features of my phone are texting, music, wifi and bluetooth (file sharing, web browsing)

So, without touching the stylus I can pretty much achieve all of these.

So, I start on the Today Screen, nothing I need there really. But I like to have my IM program there.

I want some music I hit the panel key, press the MediaXperience panel with my thumb and then navigate that with the optical pad (which I have set to minimum sensitivity cause it really is sensitive!)

I'm done listening to music I want to browse the web or send/receive by bluetooth I hit the panel key, press on the SE panel (the one with the big clock) I can toggle wifi/bluetooth on/off there. I can see if I have any messages or calls. Excellent.

If I need to file browse I have Resco Explorer installed in Touch Optimised mode, and I slide out the keyboard or use Finger Keyboard 2 to choose commands from the menus.

HTC Enlarged start menu for easy finger pressing if i need to do anything there.

Microsoft Voice Command if I want to do some things like find out what my appointments are for today/tomorrow.

Phone calls are easy and don't require the stylus, I generally call teh same 4 or 5 people so I dont use the contacts much andi nstead just scroll thorug hthe recent calls with the optical pad.

If I need to call a specific contact I will slide out the keyboard or use the voice command. Even with my phone book full of "colourful" names it works fine.

Messages etc are simple, I normally don't send messages first, I'm only every replying to them, so I just hit reply, slide out the keyboard and type away.

I think that' about it, I can't think of anything else I normally do with it. Most of the time i spend now with the device (other than the important stuff) is customising it and trying to make it sync my email as well as my iphone doe over wifi while it's sleeping.
[General Questions and Answers] davey1980:
i heard in the winds that theres a programme out that will let u unlock the fone to be used freely for the ifone..so i have a few questions.

this programme called JailBreaker, will let the ifone use bluetooth for file sharing?

where can it be downloaded?

can it mean the ifone could install programmes to video record etc?

ive been scanning the forums but once the ifone is mentioned theres soo much hate etc thats its hard to browse the 100's thread for a small bit of info. only want to check as a customer mentioned it.

cheers;)
[General Questions and Answers] joel2009:
You are going to find much support here as this is an htc site.

I found this through google, you may try there
[General Questions and Answers] davey1980:
thanks...and HTC site :( shame as i find u guys extremely helpful.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pHolla10:
I recently rooted my phone and have been using it to tether internet to my laptop. A couple of days ago I noticed that my earpiece is not working at all. I can only hear people on the other end if I put them on speakerphone. Has this happened to anyone else? Also does anyone have any experience with "reverting" their phones to stock so that they could return it (I would do this but am afraid that I may mess up and void the warranty)? Lastly, I found a replacement earpiece online and wanted to know how hard this would be to replace. Thanks
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fe.lixo:
really hard... If u can change it for a new one do that...!!!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breaultm:
Seen a ton of returned rooted G1's, non of them ever hit with out-of-warranty because of rooting. Realistically, one of the first thing a technician does is re-flash the phone remove whatever crap the end user put on it anyways.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dharkaron:
Just redo the DREAIMG.nbh flash. Then either wait for the OTA updates or send it in as is.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pHolla10:
Yea I think I will flash back to rc29 and send it in. Thanks for the input.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] J9T:
Hi all, fairly new to the site and loving it!!!!!!! : )

Anyway ive got a problem if anyone can help me, i would be extremely

greatful if i can get some help running BROKEN SWORD on the HTC HD.

the problem im getting is it doesnt support the rez!

Thanks Again Dx
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] skulk3r:
Have you tried WVGA fix?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=455974
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Manboy:
Good ol' Scummwm will solve all your Broken Sword needs!

http://www.scummvm.org/

Currently enjoying The Curse of Monkey Island on my HD. :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] J9T:
Cheers

Result going to try it now:)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Swayneed:
I got a question: I loaded a theme in .theme type

can anybody tell me how to activate it on my blackstone?

i tried everything on my own but nothing helped -.-

thx
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Bparan:
first of al use the search button ;)

and your awnser u need

Diamond tf3d config wil work fine on your blackstone... :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Swayneed:
but i didn't find the theme... where do i have to copy the file .theme?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Bparan:
go to appearance en then select path move to map where theme's are installed the select en press apply wait 3 minutes reboot done.. :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] howardavatar:
I cannot get the Diamond TF3D Config Setup to work on my HTC touch 3d T8285 mobile. I just get an exception error. even with Touch Flo turned off. How do I get around this? My rom version is: 1.121.841.1 (38850) WWE with a date of 01/06/09.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] hanackin:
Hi, if you had at least looked on the original thread of the TF3D config you would have noticed that the developer is working on a new version, so no need to report known bugs !

--> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=405749

:cool:
[G1 General] fe.lixo:
i have an iMac and i bought the g1... my question is... is there any way to synchronize the g1 with my contacts on my adress book... or synchronize with my calender and things like that.... :confused:
[G1 General] gadgetwizard:
Not directly no, there is no sync software for the G1

If you are using OSX 10.5 then you can sync your Apple Address book app with google address book, look in preferences.

You will need something for the calendar. Not sure what others use, but i added my google calendar to iCal using caldav, see the instructions here:

http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99358#ical

Changes that i make in iCal google calendar are synced to google and then to the G1

Note this will only work with OSX 10.5
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] iam.what.iam:
:mad::(it happend with me more than 4 times

somehow when i make a folder on my micro sd card.....songs or else

after a couple of days i didn't find the folder and all my music stuff is gone

what shall i do and what is the reason of this:confused::confused:

some body help me plz
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] telegraph0000:
your card may be corrupted. Have you tried reformatting it? Do you have issues with other cards? Ever explored the card and saw nothing but gibberish?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] borisku:
I ve had the same error with a sandisk micro sd 8 GB: some times i lost files and folders ... more times formattet with panasonic tool, but always the same: lost dates, now with kingston: no prob ...

Greetz

Boris
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] iam.what.iam:
thnx all but i really make format..but no good news

it makes the same problem...

shalll it be a problem in the card it self or what?

known that i do my file transfering with sync..:confused:
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Rahza:
Hi,

File transfer doesn't always play nice with files... When you remove files from your computer, they get removed from your phone as well. The same happens when you delete a song from the iTunes library. The same song gets deleted from your iPod upon a sync. You should check the preferences of your sync program whether there is some option to prevent this.

Rahza
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] slawcop`:
Do you have a file extension and have to check show all files under the menu in the file explorer.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Rahza:
I'm sorry, but what are you talking about?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] s-slawa:
hay

i have a new hd

im sercing for a new manila 3d from the devise tuchPro3 and the keyboard!

can somebody help me??

i cant finde the cab or the files

i downt wont a rom

only the files

pleaseee help mee

thanks
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] sunnymiu:
wow Touch Pro3 is now invented! :cool:
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] s-slawa:
ouhh

sorry i mean tuchPro2

hihi
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] NRGZ28:
It's not tUch.. it's TOUCH....
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] javielo1974:
I guess, you mean Manila TouchFlo v3??
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] s-slawa:
youre right sorry for the mistake

hihi
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] brianlb:
I searched the site and came across this thread to get my WMP to play while in standby http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=432312 the registry tweak doesn't seem to work w/the stock at&t rom. Does anyone know of any other tweaks for the at&t rom that will allow WMP to play while in standby? thx
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] IrfanSEAT:
is there a program that allows you to control the phone from a pc screen ?

many thats

Irfan
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] funk1980:
If I recall correctly, there is VNC server software available on the net. So you can connect to your phone with a VNC client and you'll be able to see and control the phone's screen.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] hknklbk:
MyMobiler-v1.23 & it's free...
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Cheesy Dave:
Here's the link: http://www.mymobiler.com/
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] IrfanSEAT:
Thanks everyone :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Gisbourne:
And I keep plugging EveryWan which is also free and am finding it very useful as it has built in registry editor, file transfer program etc. and you can remote control your HD via bluetooth:

http://www.sparus-software.com/spip.php?page=download&lang=en

Have fun :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] iihughes:
just installed mymobiler. works a treat :)

Many thanks for the tip.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] jpl69:
This is very nice.

Is it possible to use the Batch install to install multiple apps or only one at the time ?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] bonesy:
i got a 3 second delay when i used it?ok but when your typing a text its a little slow lol
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Gisbourne:
Can't say that I have tried this, but I know it has an application installer that presumably works even if the source files are on the PC...
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] nevermade:
It is possible to "open" one theme file in all the images that are installed in our Touch HD ?

Thanks in advance for your help
[G1 Android Development] Nickedynick:
Ok, I took this quickly because I had no idea how long it'd stay there so excuse the quality!

Link to picture

Link to zip file
[G1 Android Development] Fushichou:
I must say.

I love you.

Tried it and downloads fine (as if verification was needed)

Think I'll leave updating my phone until JF's picked it apart, though :)
[G1 Android Development] Nickedynick:
Haha no problem! I've been searching about for a while trying to find evidence of the new update so thought I'd be useful now I've actually got it :)

To be honest, apart from support for paid apps in the Market, I can't really see many differences...