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[Nexus One General] uansari1:
Select a contact in Gmail, then notice when you mouse over the "blank" picture on the right, it says you can click to change the contact pic. ;)

That will be static and will stay that way till you change it...even across system wipes and phones... but won't update with Facebook like it does now.
[Nexus One General] Android Touch:
Oh so it will look nicer then if you do it on your phone? Btw thanks!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] stoolzo:
Hi, is there a setting anywhere to change these?, cookers seem to have a mixure of "menu", "phone" "programs" "wifi" etc. For me better options would be "programs" and "camera" or "programs" and "menu".
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
To change the Softkey text and paths you can change the following in the registry:

HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila\

- HomeLSKText and HomeLSKPath

- HomeRSKText and HomeRSKPath

Change the text to what ever you want and redirect the path to the application you want to run.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] lhenry:
good day... can i get some help with this problem?

i want to unlock the sim on a htc fuze with rRedux WM6.5 ROM

the phone isn't staying connected when i want to unlock the sim with unlocker using Raphael unlocker.

i tried changing the setting on usb to pc on the phone but to no avail.

i tried using mymobiler with it but it isn't connecting.

when on the unlocker it reaches as far as the update rom then drops off..

help anyone?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] ss3:
I had same issue, blocking Firewall,antivirus worked for me
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dilfatx:
I have never encountered this issue... have been flashing roms for years.. on my windows phones and my G1 since it was possible..

The other day I went up update my phone to the latest CM ROM.. my phone finished and then I booted up the phone.. the screen was black.. i waited for a long time and not even the G1 screen showed up..

I booted again.. and same thing.. i booted again for days and tried getting into the recover with no luck..

I read someone had a simliar issue on here and they went into recover (though no screen or text shows up on screen) and proceded to hit alt w to wipe..i did that aswell and the next boot up the G1 screen showed up. I then did a complete wipe from there and began to install the new HTC recover and CM rom from scratch.. then same thing happend.. i kept getting the black screen...

I then tried to install the original SPL and install the original G1 rom and start all over.. i was able to install the original SPL (which I think is part of the issue) and then turned off the phone.. I placed the dreaimg in the sdcard and went to hit CAMERA and POWER.. and nothing shows up..

I can't for how many times i tried am able to get the phone to go into the install screen from holding down CAMERA and POWER..

I am able to restore the phone using the nanback up from the recover but since I installed the SPL it went away.. not sure if they are connected somehow.. so now i don't have those options either..

Can somebody help me with some ideas on how to fix this?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilostchild:
If you can't get into recovery? To me it looks like a brick phone.

As far as been here and read some post about not able getting into recovery or tri color screen not working as well and not getting any response from phone
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dilfatx:
I am able to get to the Amon Ra recovery.. and do things from there.. the problem is that when I reboot..it sometimes shows up the G1 and sometimes it stays black..

I tried reverting back to the original ROM by putting the dream on there at that point i noticed that when hold camera and power nothing happens..im' still able to reboot and go into Amon Ra recovery though..
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dilfatx:
Just an update.. i noticed that my phone only boots up properly if I slide out the keyboard before I press the power button to turn on the phone.. same thing applies when getting out of standby mode while the phone is on...
[HD2 General] jannen:
Hi there

My t-mobile contract ends within few weeks and I really want the HD2! My early upgrade offers were reallly bad, so I wait what they offer when the contract actually ends.. BUT - if I switch to other network... please let me know:

***Is there any difference in unlimited internet between T-Mobile (its fast on my Web&Walk!), Virgin, Vodafone?

***Customer service... Im really been happy with T-Mob, I had bad exp with Virgin but that was years ago... what you think?

***Any other plusses having HD2 with certain network?

Thanks guys and girls!
[HD2 General] kholk:
It depends on where you live and on the signal of where you are, there isn't a BEST NETWORK for a phone.
[HD2 General] NeilM:
Yes- it's no good getting a cheap deal but finding yourself with no signal!

Mobile Internet: They all still advertise 'unlimited' but they all impose a fair usage policy.

Virgin, T-Mobile and Three have 1GB FUP; O2 say theirs is genuinely unlimited but they reserve the right to throttle the accounts of those they consider abusing the service; Vodafone and Orange both have a limit of 500MB.
[HD2 General] fz9999:
but vodafone don't charge you when you go over 500mb unlike orange:eek:

I would say go with which ever network doesn't have the iphone clogging up the network but they all seem to have them now :D
[HD2 General] fards:
or you can actually use because they have the signal they advertise..

I can't wait to leave vodafone now, because I've found their coverage to be so bad, despite shown as getting 3g and told it was a temporary fault I find coverage at home to be poor to non existent, and 3g spots to be much smaller than stated often losing coverage outside any halfway decent sized town..

VF Customer service (business) are very good in my experience, until a complaint gets passed onto the network team when they start to come up with every excuse known to mankind.

Seriously tempted to just use my spare "3" payg sim when the contract runs out as I get full coverage and it's cheaper, and I get coverage 99% of the places I travel.
[HD2 General] Towserspvm2000:
O2 work out quite a bit more than the others - you pay £100 for the HD2 on a £35/month contract, with 600 minutes talk and 1000 texts (if you order over the internet - 500 texts if you do the deal in store). This comes with the Unlimited Web bolt on (which normally costs £7.50), but this is limited to 500mb. And it seems you are charged if you go over this.

I've never dealt with O2, so my apologies if the info is wrong, but this is how I'm finding it.

I'm going to give mobilesphonesdirect a ring, to see what they can do the HD2 for as an upgrade on Tmobile. Tmobile want £340 for me to upgrade, or I can cancel and take out a new contract with m.p.d and pay £93 for the phone for £25 a month. That's £13 more for the phone than Virgin, but we're still not sure if Virgin throttle the data speeds more than Tmobile.

Final note - I'm more interested in the Internet on the phone, then texting with actual phone calls far behind. I talk to my misses enough in the house... ;)
[HD2 General] H2D2:
I'm with Vodafone on their £20/month sim-only deal and worryingly I've found signal to be better where I live (which is advertised as variable outdoor coverage on their 3G map) than where I work (which is advertised as strong indoor 3G), so don't rely on their 3G coverage map service as the gospel truth.

I can achieve decent download rates via 3G, typically 150-200kbps which I guess equates to a 5mb broadband link, not too shabby.
[HD2 General] optiknerv:
Order a load of free pay and go sim cards from the different networks and try them out in the areas you frequent all the time.
[HD2 General] NeilM:
??? 5Mb (megabit) = roughly 5000Kb so your 150-200Kb is way, way under that!

Your speeds are consistent with a fair 3G signal. HSDPA should give about 1200Kbps (= 1.2Mb or thereabouts) in real life though that will depend on proximity to the cell site, cell congestion etc.
[HD2 General] H2D2:
Fair enough, I'm just relating to real-world conditions where 5mb broadband doesn't equal anywhere near 5000kbps :) My 18mb broadband connection only achieves 1mb/s download speeds for example
[HD2 General] bdb25:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought Virgin piggyback off T-mobile?

So does this mean that if t-mob throttle the usage, the throttle is also applicable to Virgin Mob customers?

I used to be with Virgin and the coverage was great, now with Vodafone and was always told about their superior coverage compared to other networks.

I have to say I'm sadly dissapointed, I often find it drops out completely. Even in the city centre where you'd assume coverage would be good, I often get "cold" spots with no signal, yet 25m down the road I have full HSDPA signal..... weird.
[HD2 General] Towserspvm2000:
That's what it seems, although we are trying to see if Tmobile restrict and throttle the Virgin side of things even more...

See this thread here... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=615643
[HD2 General] Shasarak:
O2's data limit is actually 1GB per month, they just don't like to tell people. :rolleyes:

If you negotiate a bit with T-Mobile you may be able to get onto their 3GB/month tariff at not much (if any) extra cost. (When I was buying I had a choice between 900 minutes, unlimited texts and 1GB/month or 1000 minutes, 500 texts and 3GB/month at the same price).

T-Mobile handset deals generally work out cheaper than other networks, but there are hidden extras: you have to pay for Voicemail calls (they don't come out of your minutes) and you don't get any free MMS messages at all (while O2, say, counts an MMS message as four SMS messages from your allowance).

One thing that irritates me about T-Mobile is that they don't support EDGE, which means if there's no 3G signal you drop straight to basic GPRS speeds. Back when I was with O2, if there was no 3G signal there was still a chance you could get EDGE, which is substantially quicker than plain GPRS.

I'd advise any buyer to be wary of mobilephonesdirect - their after-sales service is simply shocking, so if your phone develops a fault you may not get a replacement unless you're willing to take legal action. :eek:
[HD2 General] bdb25:
Just to add to the previous post,

Vodafone and Virgin Mobile also charge you for MMS messages :(
[HD2 General] chris_ah1:
Virgin mobile seem to cap data speed at about 384kbps.

Most of them cap the speed.

In fact I tried m.speedtest.com in a vodafone store and the phone refused to load the site.

My vodafone account got defrauded and they charged me for calls which were obviously fraudulent - masked number to US/canada at over £1 a minute that appeared as 121 on my bill....on the 29th of the month every month since November.

So I'm not happy with their idiocy but it forced me to try T-mobile.

I've found that in most places T-mobile works better than vodafone - I seem to have a 3G signal in more places and more consistently. however, that means that my E65 only lasts barely a day....With vodafone's 3G constantly dropping most of the time I was on 2G...haha, funny that!!

I think the 2/2.5G signal of vodafone is better. The 3G T-mobile signal is better. At least where i go. T-mobile reaches deep into the basement of my law school, whereas vodafone could only reach 2feet into the area.

Vodafone pluses:

includes voicemail to mins

Much cheaper fixed rate roaming not per minute

Robust 2G network

competitive plans.

T-mobile plusses:

1GB data

Much better 3G network.

-ves:

Charge for voicemail

Expensive roaming.

Less good 2G network.

Quite expensive tariffs and phones.

Virgin pluses:

Cheapest deal with mins+phone for free without going ot reseller.

T-mobile network

-ves:

unknown newbie - reseller.

Data capped at 384.
[HD2 General] sulphuricaciduk:
I was on a T-Mobile Combi 30 + W'n'W for £35 a month (18 month contract, 600mins/unlimited txts) plan, when it came time to upgrade a fortnight ago they wanted £70 for the phone, which I would happily have paid. Fortunately they didn't have any in stock at the time. I say fortunately as another rep called me back about a week later and proposed I go on the Flext 35 for 18 months, which has a £180 per month allowance (plus internet) but the phone is free, since I never use anywhere near my minutes, or send millions of txts it's a good plan for me, plus free HD2!

The phone comes without any T-Mobile graffiti on it thankfully, and since HardSPL was released, the stock branded T-Mobile ROM lasted all of an hour.
[HD2 General] BLAST3RR:
Also really depends in which country you reside.

Vodafone NL never warned me for over-usage, while I had months exceeding 500MB PER SESSION.. Never heard from them.

Speed is about 1mbit/s here at home. Signal is good in most cases. On the highway I usually get 2mbit/s.
[HD2 General] harveyb:
May be slightly off topic but anyone else using this phone with Virgin and having issues with connection?

Mine says 3g sometimes but then reverts to H or even G. Also having issues at work where coverage is supposed to be good but there are times I'm not getting any signal at all. Did try the sim in anoether phone and the signal was strong so wondering if its the phone.

Thanks in advance!
[HD2 General] Duddy1986:
Hi im new here, thought i would register as i have my new leo coming 2morrow, cant wait. I ordered a hd2 from o2 today, unlimited txts, unlimited web, 600 xnet mins free phone 18 month contract for £35pm. had to ring up and say i was going to leave if they couldent match the deal they were very friendly. t-mobile and voda do the same sort of deals on dialafone n places like that.
[HD2 General] Towserspvm2000:
Welcome to the group!! Hope the phone is what you want. You will be in for a steep learning curve, but this is the best forum group to ask questions in. ;)
[HD2 General] jannen:
Thanks

Thanks for your comments guys. Im still going to wait couple weeks and see what T-Mob will offer. Virgins offer sounds pretty good for £25 month (18 months) and you pay only £79 for the handset.

However I think a reliable internet connection is important... so not sure how Virgin compares with T-Mob. (or Vodafone, 02 etc) My Compact IV is locked so not able to try other SIMs on it.
[HD2 General] NeilM:
Sorry to be off topic again, but your home BB sucks :)

I have an 8Mbps connection with Freedom2Surf (now Tiscali/Talk Talk :( ) and regularly get 6.5Mbps download speeds.

My Vodafone Access Gateway which is a small 3G 'repeater' that uses the BB connection to provide a signal gives me 1.5Mbps on my HD2, but out and about Vodafone drops to anything between 56kbps to 1.2Mbps.

Having just moved from Orange, I have to say that the Vodafone service in my usage area (Cambridge down to central London) is more robust than Orange's and the connection speeds are far superior. Orange have a huge problem with cell congestion in London, and as a result data connections often get bumped to allow them to maintain voice services.

3 offer somewhat better coverage for me than either Orange or Vodafone, but where there's no native coverage it drops back to using Orange's GSM service which isn't good :(
[HD2 General] chris_ah1:
TBH you guys should be getting identical coverage with T-mobile or Virgin mobile in the UK.

I did notice the other day though that either MS exchange OR 3G sapped my E65's battery life in under 8hours. It claimed there was no MSE link active and it was idle, but 3G was on - perhaps T-mobile 3G isnt so good if it was patchy?
[HD2 General] :
Using o2 here, no problems so far but I'll keep you notified if I get charged for net based stuff, I'm not very net heavy and a lack of 3g in my area means it dpeends on Mobile web heavily, runs into the hours which makes me paranoid but I think I should be fine.
[HD2 General] paulking:
had my first bill through, the price vodafone advertise is tax excluded...! i wanted a £30 a month crontract not £36
[HD2 General] chri55tof:
I got same deal ! 18 mhts 600 mns, unlimited txt, web bolton free and phone for 100 pounds for 35 per month.

There is similar : with free phone, but 45/month, so you pay extra 10 for 18 months = 180 quid. It`s much better to pay 100 for handset straight away. 80 pounds will stay in your pocket.

About carrier :

I have always had contracts with o2 and I would recommend this carrier.

Edit :

Besides when I went to T-Mobile to get a new contract with HD2 I went trough credit check without any issues, but I didn`t pass their security check (which is strange). o2 didn`t make any problems, 5 minutes and contract is ready. After getting HD2 from o2 I was passing by the T-Mobile store and noticed the adviser who was talking with me before. His face when he saw o2 carrier bag in my hand - priceless ;D

Kris
[HD2 General] azahoth:
Hi there

My t-mobile contract ends within few weeks and I really want the HD2! My early upgrade offers were reallly bad, so I wait what they offer when the contract actually ends.. BUT - if I switch to other network... please let me know:

imho O2 would be the best choice.

***Is there any difference in unlimited internet between T-Mobile (its fast on my Web&Walk!), Virgin, Vodafone?

O2 fair usage is very good i.e. 1GB however 3 GB has been quoted before from another O2 agent

***Customer service... Im really been happy with T-Mob, I had bad exp with Virgin but that was years ago... what you think?

O2 customer service tends to win lots of awards each year, so I guess they do have a good CS reputation, they have always been great with me in the past

***Any other plusses having HD2 with certain network?

My friend has been using the HD2 in Glasgow, Ive seen it load web pages very quickly, and VNCing was very impressive

Im not a FAN boy of O2, just commenting with what I have witnessed in the past and current present.

Thanks guys and girls!
[HD2 General] :
Fair usage for internet data, meaning you can download 1GB-3GB per month? I looked but couldn't find any specific details.

o2 have always been good time, the wait times are a bit meh sometimes but the staff are always very friendly and understanding. Probably the best customer service I've ever dealt with. My old contract was in my mothers name but she dropped the direct debit and I had to ring them up to pay, so many calls and they gave me a £5 off my next bill due to me calling them so much.

o2 gets my vote, but whatever works for you and achieves the best signal from your knowledge of your area. :)
[HD2 General] Aleemz:
I tested this yesterday - side-by-side test using 2 HD2 handsets, one with a virgin sim and the other with a t-mobile sim, and I was in a city centre

T-mobile was showing one less than full HDSPA signal: download speed 920 kb/s in just over 9 seconds

The Virgin sim was showing full 3G: download speed 130 kb/s in over 42 second.

After the test I swapped sims between the handsets and the results were consistent on the big diffference (lower) speed of the virgin sim compared to the t-mobile.
[HD2 General] chri55tof:
Had exactly the same. I was calling o2 coz my other contract was about the end ... several times waiting 40-50 minutes in queue. After few days got a txt with information about 5 pounds less with my next bill, because I had to wait so long for customer service ;))
[HD2 General] chris_ah1:
thanks for the confirm on the data speed issues. Obviously virgin cant afford as much bandwidth.
[HD2 General] Martyn Day:
i find o2 the best and truely unlimited i used over 1.2gb in 2 weeks of having my HD2 ... lol
[HD2 General] Aleemz:
I was with O2 for around 4 years and I agree, they're great, even though they did send me a text and letter for going over their 'fair usage' data limit. I was in hospital for a couple of nights and was usung the phone tethered to my lap top to watch BBC iPlayer :D

Despite that, I'll be moving back to them when I can get Virgin to take this phone back.

I was with Orange before them for many years and couldn't wait to leave due to their customer service nose-diving after being taken over by France Telecom. I don't know what they're like now though.
[HD2 General] chris_ah1:
Ok, I've done a quick investigation and here is the thing.

O2: 600mins, 24months, unlimited texts, web bolt on = £30pm + £100 handset

O2 on mobiles.co.uk: as above but 32.50pm+£80 handset.

T-mobile (either on mobiles or T-mob): 24months, 700mins, unlimited texts, internet, £30pm + 100handset.

So:

O2 roaming is much cheaper with their £10 bolt on - free to receive, 25p to make to UK or where you are roaming. Free voicemail.

t-mobile: 19p per minute to receive, 43p to make to UK or to roaming country. Voicemail not in minutes - 12p/min. But, you get 100extra minutes.

I have personally found the t-mobile network to be better than vodafone in central london - indoors and outdoors. But I do think that it's 3G reception kills my batter faster than vodafone 3G.

The most interesting issues are O2 coverage? Good or better than T-mobile?

Also, t-mobile has the image proxy

But which network is faster for data? T-mobile or O2????

I think it is awash between the two. O2 is the obvious choice if you roam regularly - £10 for 30days abroad is a steal to keep costs under control. That is only 78mins of received calls when abroad on t-mob. Plus you wont have to worry about voicemail extras.

I have seen iphone users on O2 however and their internet is rather slow.....
[HD2 General] lepszy:
It's strange considering Virgin uses T-Mobile's network so it should be the same theoratically.
[HD2 General] chris_ah1:
so I guess the question is O2 or T-mobile then???

:)

p.s.

02/Tmob: call: 20p/35p; SMS: 12/12p; voicemail: 0p/12p; so O2 clearly cheaper.

T-mobile - is it true you can workaround the voicemail charge?