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[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] accessjunky:
I've been looking at coverage in my area using the ofcom website here and was about to come the conclusion that Vodafone has better coverage.

The possibility that Vodafone may take over T-Mobile in the UK is now being reported by the BBC here making it just that little bit more complicated.

Having read the BBC article I now realise that the operator 3 network shares with T-mobile and there is a UMTS only base station for 3 just over the road.

My current 'phone, an original Vario, hunts for a distant T-mobile GSM base station and I frequently get a poor/no signal indoors.

Am I right to assume that the TP2 uses UMTS for calls as well as well as data and that the '3' base station would be picked up by a TP2 on a T-mobile plan?

Of course, if Vodafone take over T-mobile then I suppose it won't matter. I'm going to have to make a decision before the TP2 is out of date :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] solarsystems:
Wel just got off the phone with a T Mob CS and they are confirming again that the Vario V has been dropped due to software issues and will not be taking the new phone on. I advised them it was available on Orange and Vodafone and worked fine however they seemed to think they too pulling the handset. I also told them its in is in other countries on T Mobile with no major problems they said its because it uses different software? Erm Different windows OS dont think so, maybe different radio !!! Sounds like tmob are now just blaming the phone to avoid any addtional cost for a new handset.

My advice to everyone lets just jump ship and let T Mobile sink I have been told that it was coming over a 2 months ago and now just lies from the CS dept.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] weehappypixie:
I too have just called the upgrades team to enquire if the Vario V will be released as i was told July 8th originally and I was told that T-Mobile UK will no longer carry this handset.

Looks like I'm going to jump ship.

John
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ansaar99:
anyone running it on t-mobile in uk?

Hi

Are any of those who bought this device from 3rd party retailer like mobilephonesdirect, running this on t-mobile ?

Any issues with sending/receiving calls, text, surfing etc?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] lifechanger:
I bought mine from mobilephonesdirect.co.uk on Thursday, arrived Friday, put t-mobile sim into it, everything worked absolutely fine. (previously had a tytn)

Have ported my # to vodafone, so put vodafone chip in yesterday (Monday) all works just great.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] lloydsparkes:
Hmmm all sounds like too much messing about, will just end up with the G1 Touch / HTC Hero i think

Hopefully in 18months time T-Mobile will have sorted its self out
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] solarsystems:
Can we start a poll to show tmobile there is demand and if anyone currently has a TP2 working on tmobile please respond with some feedback with how they found the device to peform with the tmobile network.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Sunjhoon:
I got the same thing response from T-Mob CS they did say it failed the 'quality test' which has annoyed me because i really had my heart set on that fone. after all that i've decided that mayb i will try a new experiene and go for the topaz. although i must admit i will definitly miss the keyboard..damn you t-mobile.

on another note she did say that although they arent planning to sell the vario 5 for now that doesnt mean that it is the final say it may come out at a later date but may being the operative word there. i need a fone soon because i've had my vario 3 for over 18 months and its been through the works and now is falling apart on me... so topaz it is..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Ramsfan_Jim:
There certainly WAS demand - as you can see from earlier in the thread I had agreed a contract renewal with T-Mob to get a Vario V. I have now purchased a Touch Pro 2 from Handtec - next day delivery, no problems. Works fine with my current T-mob SIM. In a few months (when my contract is up for renewal) I will go with the cheapest option - now I have no ties to T-Mobile.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] sproxy:
I think in todays world it's common sense not to expect truth from telesales / retentions staff. While some of them have the required knowledge and the personality to be honest, these people are exceptions and not the norm. In the end you get what you pay for and same goes for companies recruiting people.

My friend was told by the retentions staff that T-Mobile would not stock it. He added that it certainly was not an issue with the phone so that it was possible to get the phone easily from a different network. The representative treated him with respectand honesty. But if we look at the general quality of service, such people are really exception today.

My friend managed to get a very good deal on Vodafone and seems to be happy so far. The main weakness of Vodafone was the data packages and now they seem to be addressing this issue so their deals are quite worth considering if you are ok with coverage.

Now that T-Mobile is loosing customers for this phone, perhaps there is more pressure on staff to be creative about keeping existing customers.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] lifechanger:
Here's the latest:

http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2009/6/29/vodafone-acquire-t-mobile-34-billion/

Vodafone To Acquire T-Mobile For £3.4 Billion?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] jjturner:
Yep, been running it for a week or so from mobilephonesdirect. No issues at all. Excellent phone
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] doraemon:
there are few occations when receiving calls, the phone did not rang, instead straight into voice mail. moments later received sms with missed calls. But it hasn't happen so far after i rang t-mobile to turn off the voicemail.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] lurking_spider:
Got a written reply at last

Just got this back from T-Mob, which kind of confirmed what we all guessed!

"Good Afternoon #######

Thank you for your email i have looked in to your query and we will not be launching the vario5 as the features of the Nokia N97 features are very similar which will be launched this week.We have launched the compact 5 which is available now.

Kind Regards

##########

Utter rubbish, indicative that they must be in real dire straights financially. Voadfone here I come I suppose.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] division36:
Thats odd! .. Here in The Netherlands, T-Mobile have launched both the Nokia N97 as well as the TMobile Vario 5.

Check it out here:

http://www.t-mobile.nl/persoonlijk/htdocs/page/shopping/product/smartphoneoverview.aspx

Though the N97 is more expensive than the Vario 5. Wonder what has it going for it, it has lost its oomph for me for one.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] accessjunky:
I've been following the fortunes of the TP2 since the first pictures leaked onto the internet. I've been watching for the release on T-mobile UK for months now, hoping to get it as an upgrade on my existing T-mobile business contract and have finally come to a dead end. The £400 upgrade rebate has been sacrificed and I'm porting to a Vodafone contract on a stock TP2 from Mobile Phones Direct.

I've tried really hard to stay with T-mobile but, without the messing about of porting the number to a PAYG sim and back again, it just wasn't possible.

So what I've found out during this long and painful process is:

At the moment T-mobile UK are not going to release the Vario V as we know, instead pushing the N97, although that doesn't necessarily mean they never will.

Mobile Phones Direct are not able to offer the TP2 as an upgrade to an existing T-mobile UK account

Expansys are not able to offer the TP2 as an upgrade on an existing T-mobile UK account

T-mobile Business CS say that they are happy for resellers to offer the phone as an upgrade to an existing account, making use of the loyalty discount, but are not able to say which resellers are authorised by them to do it except Carphone Warehouse but I haven't found any that stock the phone

Carphone Warehouse do not hold the TP2 and are unlikely to because it's a business 'phone. They apparently can offer upgrades on an existing T-mobile UK account although I haven't tried

So if you're in a similar position and want to stay with T-mobile UK without porting out and back again then my experience is that it isn't possible. If someone manages then well done!

hth anyone else considering something similar.

So I'm waiting with bated breath for the next day recorded delivery in the morning but, oddly, feel a bit sad to be moving from T-mobile after so many years. Maybe I'll be back in 2 years!!

Who said customer loyalty is dead?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Ramsfan_Jim:
The way I found was to buy the handset outright SIM-free (from Handtec myself).
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] accessjunky:
If I'd gone for that option in the first place then the amount of time spent messing around might have offset the cost of the handset :) Buying outrght seems the simplest way to go and will prove much less hassle. Also the Handtec price was the cheapest when I looked last.

I did think about that option but really didn't want to pay the full price for the handset. I would only get £10 off the T-mobile tariff that I wanted despite having a £400 rebate value so it was about £300 more over the life of the contract when compared to the Vodafone upgrade route.

Hopefully my TP2 will be here soon...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] rienzi:
This gets stranger by the day. I thought there was now general agreement that t mobile won't be offering the TP2. However, according to the following story, it will be offered on August 12th!

http://www.i4u.com/article25677.html
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Loconinja:
That's T-Mobile US. It seems to be just T-Mobile UK that has decided not to take the Touch Pro 2.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] lurking_spider:
T-Mob in utter dissarray...

had the obligatory call from the CS since I have asked for the PAC code. Explained I was leaving since I want a HTC TP2. He reckoned they were getting them in a couple of weeks but couldn't be specific.

So in the last 10 days I have had from T-Mob CS,

1. An email stating "it's too similar to an N97 so we're not getting them"

2. CS by phone say it had failed the software check (funny how every other T-Mob region is ok though?)

3. Today say please don't leave we're getting them, but I can't tell you when.

If anyone from t-mob is reading this. I was leaving because you couldn't supply the phone I wanted, in addition to this you have ensured I want to leave because to be honest you're a bloody shambles and deserve to go bust.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] sicone:
Also had the call from retentions today and was told that the TP2 status was updated this morning to not coming out
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] dommers1970:
Can anyone answer me this: How come you can buy a tp2 from mobilephonesdirect under a T-MOBILE contract...yet t-mobile say that they are not going to stock the phone..?!?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Warren17:
your buying an un-branded Touch diamond 2 NOT a T mobile MDA Vario V

As for T-mobile's stance on the TP2, I think it's still down to the Take over / merger talks.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ridds:
Hi guys, don't come on here much but thought I'd share my experiences.

I spent 2 weeks trying to get an answer out of them last month.

In the end they sent me the wrong phone and when I returned it I finally got the answer that it wasn't coming to t-mobile uk.

I got it from mobilephonesdirect.co.uk for nothing and it's only costing me an extra £5 a month (although it now includes 08 numbers within the monthly allowance) so I'm even-stevens I reckon.

tbh t-mobile have missed the boat with this phone. Got mine this morning and it's f-ing brilliant.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] dommers1970:
Thanks Ridds.

Q: Is the t mobile version locked(to t-mobile)?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ridds:
Nope, the one I got was unlocked.

I'm using a Voda sim in it until my port goes ahead tomorrow.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] KJR:
My TP2 was bought from MPD with a new T-Mobile contract as it was actually cheaper than upgrading (I got an estimate from T-Mobile in case they did get the TP2 in) and the new contract is similar but cheaper than the old contract.

I have had all the cr@p from T-Mobile that everybody else has had but stayed with TMobile as I thought I would be able to easily transfer my number. Also I have, until now, not had any complaints about the CS I have received from them. However, I then was advised that I could only do it by transferring to a competitors PAYG sim then transferring back to T-Mobile. Apparently they cannot transfer 'internally'!! All too much trouble so I am sticking with the new number. (Old contract promply cancelled).

I have had absolutely no trouble with connectivity with T-Mobile, voice mail, sms, phone calls all work fine. The only trouble was using the You Tube app. which would not work at first but after trying a couple of suggestions from this forum was soon sorted.

The poor financial state of T-Mobile UK probably has a big bearing on all this.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ansaar99:
Quick question about the idea of buying a phone from MPD on a new contract and keeping the existing number by transferring to a PAYG sim and back.

In the two phases of shifting service from provider to provider, exactly how long is your phone disconnected from any kind of service?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ridds:
I had the same issues.

Get out of T-mobile to another network and back in.

I ported out to a Voda PAYG sim. This was seemless and was only out of coverage while I didn't realise I'd lost signal. THey said it can take up to 48 hours to port but when it's ported it happens instantly.

I ran the Voda sim for 3 days then requested the PAC from them. After they finally got off their arse and gave me the code (a week and 3 requests). It was again ported within 48 hours and the port seemless.

It's easy to do and I even explained what I was going to do to the Voda sales guy and he didn't care what I did.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] mtcs:
I tried upgrading to TP2/Vario V on a T-Mobile business contract today, but it was no go. The rep didn't know why they decided against supplying it. I got a PAC and am getting a TP2 through Vodafone. Moving from T-mobile with regret.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Charms:
It appears I'm in the same boat as many of you here. Really want this handset but am considering just purchasing it offline.

Am currently on flext 35 wnw max. My monthly FUP is 10Gb, I get unlimited hotspot access plus free evening and weekends. £46.50 all in

No other network can get anywhere near what I get from t-mob, so I guess I'm staying.

Not impressed though!

COME ON T-MOBILE UK!!

PULL YOUR FINGER OUT!!!!!!!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] accessjunky:
From the TP2 'Got Mine Thread' and reposted here because of it's relevance:

Now I'm a bit annoyed!

I spent an absolute age trying to upgrade to the TP2 on my T-mobile business account finally trying exhaustively with MPD who they said they couldn't do it because their system prevented it as they didn't have agreement with T-mobile to do upgrades on the TP2. I had a £400 discount available too.

I went with an unbranded TP2 from MPD on Vodafone which isn't so bad but I am still irritated.

I wonder if MPD finally sorted out their problem in order to mop up all those disappointed T-mobile customers who had been given the run around with the Vario V/TP2 upgrade?

Damn!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] nw86281:
I went into a T-mobile shop today, and they claimed it's coming out again in november as "they couldn't sell enough" so it was withdrawn for a while.

The same guy also told me that it has a free upgrade to windows mobile 6.5(which we all knew anyway) but that in november, windows mobile 7 is coming out and that it is not backwards compatible so that's why they're waiting again for the Vario 5/touch pro 2
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] aerotec:
So was the Vario 5 launched then pulled?

I have an MPD TP2 and was on the T-Mob site trying to get MMS settings sent to it and in the new "Fault Fixing" microsite it listed the Vario V as a supported handset for over the air settings.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] lurking_spider:
Sounds suspiciously like all the bull they've been shovelling on everyone for best part of a year now. I gave up a couple of months ago and headed to vodafone, got the TP2 no problem and been enjoying ever since. I can always change network again in 12 months if I want to, it had to be better than getting lied to, strung along and messed about by T-Mob.

To be honest I only came back to the thread out of idle curiousity, and its the middle of september and they STILL don't have a definitive answer! No wonder they need orange to bail them out. Darwinism in the workplace in effect, t-mob are doomed.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] whiskeybro:
Gold Bling Rhodium TF3D2 updated
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] RR33:
Hi,

thanks for this smart skin : gold effects are pretty nice !

An idea : you have made binary clocks so it would be funny to do another one with diamonds, wouldn't be ?

:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] whiskeybro:
Yes, you mean a clock like this ? :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] RR33:
yeah you did it very quick !!!

nice whiskeybro,

congratulations

Thanx +++

:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] mancsoulja:
Another amazing job bro gr8 work :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] whiskeybro:
Thanks my friends

now we need a gold bling taskbar that would be great :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Yanardag:
Hi,

very nice theme thank you. Can i you use it for tf3d1 ?

best regards

yanardag
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] RR33:
@Yanardag : No you can't it's only for TF3D2, If you want a BlingBling theme for TF3D1 then search for DjOuBhAa's BlingBling theme HERE

Well, I have tested this one called "Gold Dust" by Bob55 from Lakeridge (Only for Wisbar Advance 3) and that's fine with your theme : http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12215

:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] whiskeybro:
thanks gone test it
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] teddyteddy92:
can you please upload the background image?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] shadow1987:
awesome!! great job!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] kth11:
Bling Bling Theme for HTC Touch Pro

I have tried for hours to get this to work but I can't do it. Does anyone have a Bling theme for a HTC Touch Pro? Thank you:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] jroyalty7:
problem with slider

for whatever reason I cannot see the icon through the window on the bottom curtain, any ides/reg edits/ fixes?

thanks in advance
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Quanni90:
Ive been looking high and low for a cab and no avil, can anyone help me out here
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Kraize:
Search a bit more :P

[Link]
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Quanni90:
Thanks man, your a life saver :D:D:D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschuman90:
hey guys, this morning i got the OTA cupcake update, and my phones been running fine all day, however, i just restarted it and its stuck on the android logo screen, it shows the shine going through the logo like it is loading but after a few seconds it stops, then does it again, is my phone shot? please, any help will be greatly appreciated! thanks!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ubernicholi:
Really you need wipe your phone. It will fix the problem and then you can boot into tmobiles cupcake. You will need to reinstall your apps, but anything on your sdcard will be saved
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschuman90:
i did the wipe and its still doing it :/
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ubernicholi:
if you have a sdcard reader pull your memory card out of your phone and plug it and your card reader into your computer. follow these instructions. this will get you back to rc29 and get your phone working. it will also get you up to cupcake with some tweaks to make the phone better.

after that head to this thread

go here and ger the full version of 1.2b name it update.zip put it on your memeory card and boot into recovery. wipe the phone, update it and wipe it again then reboot it.

do not worry your phone can be fixed, just be patient, take your time, go slow and read everything very carefully. read all the steps first, gather all the files you need before you do anything.

remember, read and be patient. good luck. pm me if you have any problems, ill help you get it working again
[Touch CDMA Windows Mobile ROM Development] diabolic:
Looking for a link to download v1.26.

Thanks
[XPERIA X1 General] skeche:
I have a problem on the X1 which happens every time I press the "menu" button on the bottom right side of the screen when I am in a calender appointment. The menu freezes and I cannot access any of the options such as deleting or editing the appointment. If I press ok it takes a very long time to get back to the main home screen.

I am using WM6.1, and SPB mobile shell 3.0.1 [Final Release]. Is this problem just happening to me? I think this may have something to do with SPB mobile shell 3 but not sure.

Thanks
[XPERIA X1 General] Amnesia180:
Hi All,

I was on a phone call to a friend, I closed the call and the phone screen went dead. I assumed flat battery. I have tried charging (no lights flashing) the first times I tried turning on, the light above the charge port flashed red rapidly about 3 times. After that, it stopped.

It will not charge and will not turn on. I've tried a different charger and have tried removing the SD card.

Any ideas?
[XPERIA X1 General] Sfkn2:
I have an idea..

Search the forums.
[XPERIA X1 General] Amnesia180:
Unfortunately, the search here hasn't delivered any decent results. The majority of topics it gives me relates to faulty WiFi on the unit!

Obviously, search was the first thing I tried.
[XPERIA X1 General] stormlv:
Try letting it charge over night. I heard numerous stories when it just wouldn't start but after a few hours of good ol' charging it worked.

If that doesn't help...SE Service Center's for you...

And Sfkn2...play nice! How many times have you used the search function and could use the search results!?

Sometimes I think it's just better having a function that returns a random thread instead of the "search" function. I think that would give you a much better chance of finding what you want....
[XPERIA X1 General] Sfkn2:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=519614&highlight=doesn't+turn

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=519367&highlight=doesn't+turn

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=448785&highlight=dead+battery

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=452402&highlight=dead+battery
[XPERIA X1 General] stormlv:
Ok ... Ok ... there might be exceptions :p
[XPERIA X1 General] wazaaappp:
not first person :rolleyes: just try to charge it some hours, then try it...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] GatorsUF:
I have scowered Google and this forum for a Calendar similar to the one on TF3D2, unfortunatley TF3D2 doesn't work well on my Alltel TP. I would love to have that calendar that is functional more than just the plain calendar that is included in the 15tab rls.

Thanks for the help if it exists.