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[P3600 General] olliesanders:
Hello again :)

I currently have the Karamba 6.1 rom on my p3600.

The camera has worked perfectly for ages but recently a gray box has appeared when the camera is started and it wont go away!

Tried everything I can think of but cant get it to work.

Pic of the screen I get is below, does anyone know how to fix this please?

Thank you :D
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] cchhat01:
So from what I know,

MyTouch3G = MSM7201A, 192 MB RAM, TriBand 3G (900/1700/2100)

HTC Magic = MSM7200A, 288 MB RAM, DualBand 3G (1700/2100 or 900/2100)

I've done some reading and realized that due to patenting issues with BroadCom, the 7201A was released, limiting video recording to 320x240.

So theoretically, If I have a Mytouch, it can be downgraded to look for only 2 3G Bands and an HTC Magic can be upgraded to look for 3 3G bands.

Both CPUs are Triband 3G Capable. Is there any way to load a rom that will look for 3Frequency bands on the HTC Magic? I am just trying to understand why they are crippling a phone thats Triband capable to only be Dualband 3G.

Even with the HTC Hero, they have gone wrong and done the same stupid crap. Can anyone explain this to me. Am I missing something here?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DMaverick50:
Why does my mytouch have so much less ram? That's completely devastating
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] thinkdifferent:
The HTC Magic also comes in the 850/1900 3g variety too!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] thinkdifferent:
I think it is a hardware issue rather than a software one to change 3g bands.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] cchhat01:
I am not convinced... The Chipset supports it...

Anyone wanna take a stab at this? Maybe one of the developers?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] civicvx94:
Anyone else care to shed any insight to this??

I would love to have a 32a model that supports 1700/2100hsdpa bands, besides the new mt3g limited edtion....
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Super Jamie:
What you are describing is the difference between 32A (288Mb) and 32B (192Mb) HTC Magic. myTouch3G is just a T-Mobile branding, Vodafone still call the 32B "HTC Magic" in their foreign markets like UK, Norway and Australia.

In my experience with other non-phone-handset 3G hardware you are probably right. Radio chipsets usually electronically support all bands, and are locked down to regional frequencies by firmware or software settings. The 3G Cisco routers I work with can run on any frequency they can find which the hardware supports.

Computer 802.11a/b/g WiFi controllers work in the same way, there are frequencies you can/can't use in USA/Japan/EU/Australia but if you get the right software (like DD-WRT) you can use them.

That is, however, usually against the local telecommunications law. I'm not sure if the same legalities apply to mobile phones. You could potentially interfere with a registered emergency channel which isn't a legal situation I'd like to be in.

I am unsure if the MSM7201A and MSM7200A actually have a different radio chip, I've never looked into it. Isn't the current "latest" radio for 32A and 32B a different version? 22.x.x.x versus 33.x.x.x or similar? That would imply a different physical chip.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] SecretAgentMan:
I've found the reg hack to remove the SMS sent notification, but it's not working.

The default setting for HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Inbox\Settings - "SMSNoSentMsg" is "1" .

With the value set to "1", I get a small message sent notification that ok's itself away after about 5 seconds. This looks like it is Windows generated.

With the value set to "0", I get a larger message sent notification at the bottom of the screen that ok's itself away after about 5 seconds. This one looks like TouchFlo generated it.

This is on a Verizon TP2. Anyone else seeing this behavior? :mad:

Thx!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] SecretAgentMan:
Apparently the reg hack isn't working on Verizon phones. I found a workaround here:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=84285&highlight=sms+notification

Probably someone getting even for having to enable the GPS . . . :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] nokiadashi:
dude,why you so bent on getting rid of sms sent notification?this is goddamn good feature, i would get unsettled if there is no sms sent notification.

once i installed some kind of software that flushed out this feature,damn,it spent me several days just to get it back,now you want to rid of it? i dont underastand.

PS:sms sent notification will only appear for several seconds,then gone,nothing annoying at all
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] SecretAgentMan:
I'm not too bent now that I know it goes away after a few seconds. Didn't realize this when I first looked for a solution. On a prior phone, it would pop up and I'd have to "OK" it away. I can live with this.

There's a whole bunch of people at PPC Geeks that are bound and determined to get rid of it, though . . .
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] spl180db:
How about a way to get rid of the received SMS/MMS Notification. btw...running stock At&t ROM and want to stay with it for quite a while
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Reaper333:
Try this...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=561443&highlight=disable+verizon+sms
[General Questions and Answers] siknasa9:
###Solved###I've had the g1 since November and shortly after, when it came out, I captured su and started using JF's rom. I had been fine with that until recently I wanted to see what all the hype with cyanogen was. So I flashed and lost root... I figured there was a way to restore it but decided to start over. I reflashed to RC29, rooted, then went to flash the hardspl and it said No signature. So I figured maybe the file was corrupted. Tried again and same thing. I tried the cyanogen update.zip and same thing. So I did some research and found almost nothing but then I found a thread somewhere that said it's because of the JF otacerts are test keys and not the google keys. Now I'm stuck as I have no idea what that means. I found the otacerts.zip file but it means nothing to me, I thought about deleting it but then thought that might be a bad idea and decided to ask. Anyone?
[General Questions and Answers] siknasa9:
Nevermind...

I figured out that I was using the wrong recovery.img. Sorry to bother you.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] trogdor1138:
There's been a whole lot of knocking the Touch Pro 2 on the CDMA network and Sprint (one person referred to shoving a cactus up his a**), so I just want to write and defend it. True, CDMA is kind of backwards and not internationally common, but the phone does include GSM support for foreign travel. I just bought a TP2 on Sprint, and my experience was awesome. I purchased online, and I declined to bring my number with me. Upon receiving my phone I changed my mind, so customer support told me to take my new phone to a Sprint store to get help. Service was quick, friendly, and knowledgable. They even told me it would be at least 3 hourse before I got service with my old number, if not a day, but I had it by the time I left the store. Sure, the phone is $450 upfront, but there is a $100 rebate, plus more if you list a friend on Sprint as a referrer. Plus, I sold my old Tilt for $95, and if you use 'save50' as a coupon code, you get $25 off service for the first two months. Really, not too bad at all. I actually get coverage on Sprint inside buildings where AT&T always dropped. Finally, Sprint's Simply Everything plans are better than any other network's data plans, and on them you can now call any mobile phone in America for free. I know some people trash Sprint like there's no tomorrow, but my experience thus far has been great. I grew to hate AT&T by the time I left, and I don't think I could ever go back to them. Their data prices are ridiculous, store staff are snobs, and although I would never buy an iPhone, their whole handling of that situation has been ridiculous. To sum this ramble up, don't be afraid to make the plunge and jump on Sprint. Just my two bits.

PS This was all written on my TP2; this phone rocks! If you've been debating, stop, just buy it.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] Lt.Nefarious:
I will have to agree with trogdor1138

I was a AT&T customer for 4 years, and hated the last year and a half of service! You might ask why only the last year and the half. It all stated when I leased a new office building and got 1 to 0 bars of Edge service, my brother who was on Verizon had 5 bars of 3G. Which made for a really crap experience during the whole office phone transition. I don't even want to get into AT&T's customer service because its no existent. I got my Touch Pro2 from Sprint on the 8th and all I have to say is WOW! At my office I get 5 bars of service and I have yet to find a place in my everyday travels where Sprint doesn't have great coverage. And the best part is my cell phone bill when from 129.99 a month on at&t to 99 bucks. So yeah I paid a bit more for my phone but those poor guys on at&t will pay out their nose for the service!
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] helirob:
I need to jump on this band wagon. My experience with AT&T and Sprint is exactly like the first two posts. I could not use my AT&T phone in my house or office or more than a mile away from the interstates (out side of metro areas). Sprint covers the whole state, (WI) has better customer service and is about 20% cheaper than what I was paying AT&T. And to top it all off, my TP2 is rock solid. I've never had a phone that was this easy to use and at the same time this versatile.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] jcc1972:
I am glad to see some support for Sprint! I have had Sprint for 8 years and my service has only got better over time. I always have signal and when I don't I roam on Verizon. Sprint has a credibility problem that was self imposed-no getting around it. But Sprint has been making the right moves for a couple years now and I hope it continues.

This reply was also typed on my Touch Pro 2.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] rawdigga:
I just switch from t-mobile to sprint. I was with t-mobile for 5 years. Thought about getting tp2 with them but there always behind everybody else and i did like all the changes they made to the tp2. What were they thinking. Anyway besides that they didn't have any of the extras internet services like internet TV,music and radio like all the other carriers do. With sprint i get all that in it's only costing me about $5 dollars more a month. So i ported my number and it only took 1 day to get the phone and have it activated with my ported number. No regrets at all.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] GeoffM:
This is soo nice after posting charts of of data throughputs of carriers proving sprints better- posting data charges from carriers where sprint wins every time - and Now 4G (yes WiMAX in my area as of sept1) it does me happy to see the light in others - sad that no matter what you say no matter what proof you provide others continue to defend spending more for getting less
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] Exit24:
AT&T was and still is horrible in my area. I canceled within the trial period. Sprint has much better service, and in my opinion better customer service.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] oeontiveros:
I was with T Mobile for 8 years

I switched to Sprint from T Mobile at the begining of this year. I just couldn't wait for 3g any longer here in Salt Lake City. I am very happy with Sprint. I like both Sprint and T Mobile but I have to say that I don't feel I miss T Mobile at all.

Before I got Sprint I asked a few people about it and they told me that some times their bills were bigger than others, I am thinking this might be because I have found my phone goes into roaming but it doesn't affect me since I'm on the Everything Plan.

I think Sprint is a great company and I'm happy with them.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] gliscameria:
Battery life vs data transfer

For the US:

If you don't travel heavily, don't need broadband and live in an area with good GSM coverage then GSM is a no brainer. The battery life is better and you don't have to fiddle with phonebook transfer programs and the like.

If you need coverage and broadband then CDMA is the way to go.

My gripe with CDMA is that it takes forever to get good phones. You wait and wait for someone to make a CDMA phone that has year old GSM features.

If CDMA could fix the talk time and get manufacturers to make phones for it I would say that CDMA wins, period. As it stands though, if you live outside of the US, or live in the US and don't travel or just use your phone for talking, SMS and the occasional MMS then GSM is for you.

Basically I just want a world standard. If that means CDMA has to switch over and I lose some bandwidth, so be it. It look like Europe is flirting with (W)CDMA, so maybe GSM will be phased out. I guess it's market share vs technology at this point.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] meccanoble:
I agree, I love my TP2 on the Sprint Network. This phone is too hot. Finally a real size screen, best keyboard I have ever used, just a sturdy build for such a device that moves many ways. Money well spent.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] jakert50:
I agree! I was a long-time AT&T customer and was quite unsatisfied with the service I was getting. I made the jump to Sprint last week with the TP2. Ordered online Thursday night, and the phone was on my desk early Monday morning. The phone and network has exceeded my expectations--great service everywhere (EVDO service is awesome in WI)--not a single dropped call. As for the phone, battery life is pushing 2 days, which is including the constant data connection for email and occasional music streaming.

Saving $20/month from AT&T to Sprint and gaining features? Yes, please!
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] MrBigKid:
Another solid vote for Sprint...

Switched from Suncom (T-Mobile now). I've also had Nextel, Alltel, and AT&T.

As far as I am concerned Sprint is a no brainer.

I haven't found any company that can come close to their prices and they have definitely stepped up their hardware. (TP2 FTW!)

My current plan on Verizon and matching services was around 80 bucks more expensive. When asked why they were so much more than Sprint their answer was "We have the best customer service". Well putting opinion aside for the moment my response was "For 80 bucks a month you had best be at the foot of my bed every morning at 6am, waking me up, and handing me a cup of coffee"

They did not respond. :)
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] brewsbro:
I also have Sprint and love it. Never a dropped call, or any problems here in s. calif. Was with Verizon for years, but coverage was bad at home and work. The two places I used my phone the most. Tried AT&T for one day. Just terrible. Been with Sprint for a year now...its all good.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] Scott:
Ide have to say my switch from VZW to Sprint was as good. I had a c ouple issues with getting rebates in the begging but Sprint took care of that. Customer service in the stores is normally pretty decent. At VZW.... well... Service was good once you got somone one.

Overall I am very happy I switched. I switched for the Diamond though, not TP2. I did however just purcahse a TP2 and I am loving it!
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] shawnwaugh:
I too just got my TP2 from Sprint and love it.

Verizon, here in LA, is pretty terrible. I could be at my internship and not get a signal at all - open space with lots of tall buildings around. Additionally, my old apartment in the Valley got almost no reception. Tons of dropped calls.

One complaint though:

My number from Sprint was a recycled phone number. I'm getting four robocalls a day from various political organizations (many of which are in Spanish) and different schools reminding me that my mythical children are about to start school in the next few days.

I've put myself on the Do Not Call registry, both the federal one and the political one, but the calls keep rolling in. Most of the time, if I press 0, it claims my number is erased from their registry, but I doubt that. And if you try to call the number back, they are mysterious ghost numbers that don't connect to anything.

Sprint says there's nothing they can do about it. Luck of the draw, and they've offered to give me a new number (which I'm a little loathe to do, since I've already updated so many people with my new number.) I just wish there were something (maybe even a piece of software for the phone?) that would let me block individual numbers. A lot of the calls I get are repeat offenders.:mad:
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] trooth76:
I have worked for 2 different wireless carriers. The honest answer to the cell phone debate in the US is use what works for you. The ratings you see are typically an average of experiences across the whole US. Most carriers have stronger regions and weaker regions. I have seen poor numbers out west for Verizon Wireless and strong numbers out east and the complete opposite for AT&T.

Network limitations (mainly in-building penetration) may skew your experience from one carrier to the other at the places you use the phone most like your residence and workplace. We are dealing with radio signals that have a very short effective distance, and if you only get one bar of signal, you are going to have a rougher experience with everything than if you had 2 bars or more.

Customer service experiences vary greatly. It depends on who you get when you call. Outsourcing calls makes it a crapshoot. I have heard the horrid Sprint stories, but those were mostly calls that got outsourced and when you reached an actual Sprint rep they were good experiences. At least with wireless carriers they all are trying to provide as good a service as possible due to competition. I wish cable and landline services back in the day had that type of competition. 3 major nationwide carriers minimum in a market and various regional carriers help keeps the competition going, and it is a very competitive market considering the ammount of investment needed to put up a nationwide network in the United States. (Europeans can't quite understand the size of our country and how much empty space there is between major cities). It isn't really quite cost effective to put up a $200,000 tower for 500 customers in a small town, but we expect to have coverage everywhere we go.

Sprint has the good price plans, no denying that. I would put Verizon's network up against Sprint any day though when comparing them nationally. Both EvDO networks are superior to AT&T and T-Mobiles at this point for overall consistancy of service nationwide. But you might live in one of those lucky areas where AT&T or T-Mobile will have their 7Mbps services running well and not overloaded, and they could be the best option. It really comes down to what works best where you use your device and that is going to be different from person to person.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] barbo:
Sprint phone roaming on Verizon?

I am considering a Sprint TP2. I have read differing statements regarding roaming on Verizon. I have several questions:

Basically: does Verizon allow Sprint customers to roam onto their network?

If yes, then: (If... then... an old BASIC programmer, haha)

Can TP2 be "forced" to roam if for example Verizon has a stronger signal a certain area?

When roaming onto Verizon, will you get only the slower speeds and no 3G?

Thanks very much!
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] arsmithsr:
I don't really get the knocking of CDMA since it is faster than gsm. If you have a faster network that equals better right? GSM really only has the sim card which i have seen to be a problem actually drop your phone and the sim seems to get creamed fairly often. I have used both CDMA works better and faster. And with programs like My Phone the address book is really a non issue.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] bitslizer:
my friend been complaing HSPA chew thru battery faster on his phone than my CDMA phone
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] bitslizer:
Default option is only Sprint only and "automatic"

maybe someone can tweak it to roam only

however, if you roam too much, sprint will drop you as a customer
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] jonner:
CDMA Voice and Data

Does CDMA allow simultaneous voice and data? My Sprint TP2 does not right now, but I just did some reg hacks yesterday to get tethering to work, and now I don't know if it is CDMA or the hack preventing V&D usage.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] cbreze:
my $.02. Gsm for nine years(tmo),great coverage, roaming.

Switched to cdma(tp2). (sprint,vzw) Awesome data speed! I've

def found a new home with cdma. All my misconceptions are gone.

Anybody tried the sim overseas yet? Makes it the best of both

right?
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] gliscameria:
hrrmmm... I know that talk time is better with GSM, but I didn't know about continuous data usage. They say that GSM has better battery life for say, checking e-mail and the like, because it doesn't have to constantly talk to the tower like CDMA.

So streaming media and transferring lots of data is hard on GSM or was this just regular browsing/e-mail stuff?
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] tduck:
I'm also curious about the "simultaneous voice and data" as in... what am I going to be able to do data-wise while I'm on a call? Can I use Sprint's GPS software while I'm on a call? Can I check email, or send a text message?

Likewise, if I'm checking email/web surfing/GPSing, and a call comes in, how does it handle that?

Anyone with Sprint (or VZW I suppose, but I'm most interested in Sprint) able to chime in on these questions?
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] Jas0nMack:
no. that is one of the downfalls of CDMA. it cannot do voice and data at the same time.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] christophocles:
my Tilt on at&t could never do data and voice at the same time, either.. i guess gsm may be capable of it but its still not very common..

but i have to say, my experience with Sprint has been glowing. great phone, SUPERB coverage compared to at&t, and good C.S.

my phone was basically useless at work inside of our reinforced buildings, so i could barely even do voice let alone data.. and i live in an area with HSDPA coverage pretty much everywhere. its just useless unless you are outdoors :) now i get _at minimum_ 1xRTT everywhere i go, if not EVDO, even inside these buildings. i can use full opera mobile instead of mini, and even use RDP..

my phone is about 100x more interesting to use now, sprint rocks!!
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] jcrompton:
I agree with you wholeheartedly and this has been my approach and reason for using ATT and GSM for the last 6 or 7 years BUT now with my unlocked VZW TP2 I have the best of both worlds. I can use GSM anytime (or all the time if I want - I use the SIM card form my data card) and use CDMA if I want for better coverage in many places.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] worwig:
Can someone answer this. (not a 3G question, just a CDMA one)

I have a friend that was always complaining about his phone. His Sprint phone would not have service, yet my Verizon would. He eventually switched to Verizon and is a happy camper.

The question is, shouldn't his Sprint phone just roamed on the Verizon towers that I was using? I always figured he had something set wrong.

Related to this thread. I was using my CDMA 3G pda and had a person tell me how much better their GSM 3G network is. Then when I asked to see thier pda, they answered "well I didn't bring it with me, it won't work here". :confused:

What can you say.........
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] huntm856:
Sometimes the native signal is sort of in-between -- good enough to register but not good enough to hold a signal consistently. You used to be able to deal with this by setting your phone to force-roam, but Sprint has removed that option from all of their newer phones.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] christophocles:
Surely there is a registry hack to enable that...

My Sprint phone works everywhere I have tried it, either using Sprint EVDO or roaming on Verizon 1x. The TP2 came already set up to use data roaming, but on my wife's Palm Pre the data roaming had to be manually enabled.

I can't really see why you would force roaming because you can only achieve 1x speed while roaming, but if I couldn't connect at all because of the issue you mentioned then it would be worth a shot. I just know Sprint doesn't like you roaming too much because it costs them $$$. They might disconnect you if you exceed some limit.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] nonzenze:
CDMA actually crams more data per spectrum than TDMA (which all GSM is based on). Suck it.