[HD2 General] Bakedbread:
Hey Geek,

I was debating on just PMing you, but i think other Canadians who are considering the T9193 might be curious too, so i might as well try answering you here

I'm also in Toronto but with Rogers (sorry, dont have any experience with Telus or Bell's new network...i'm not sure if their SIM cards would work)

But i can fully say that Rogers is 100% compatible, all I did was stick in my SIM card and the T9193 was able to detect Rogers 3G/HSDPA automatically and connect, no issues whatsoever. I will say that doing mobile speed tests, I can get "UP" to 1500-1700 kbps speed, but sometimes as low as 600-800kbps. I'm not sure if this is the hardware, as much as it is the Rogers network...but for the most part its extremely fast. Browsing sites is really fast, on par with Wifi web page loading, and even Youtube videos load extremely fast -usually instantly playable. I owned the T8585 HD2 (Euro version) previously and experienced EDGE speeds on Rogers, and it was WAAAY too slow for my likings. Which is why i decided to switch out to the T9193. The data speeds are uncomparable, its like night and day speed-wise.

For the ROM i immediately flashed to stock 1.66 WWE ROM because of the bloatware on the Telstra stock ROM

Yeah, i'm perfectly happy with the 1.66 ROM, i considered going to 1.72, but after reading a lot, i dont think there's any significant changes/benefits for me to upgrade.

The only ONE issue i experience with 1.66 ROM is when trying to reply to a SMS of a person with lots of conversation messages (say...30+), where the HD2 will "highlight" your previous message after loading the older messages. When the previous message gets highlighted, your cursor disappears and you have to click the textbox to have it reappear. It's a minor issue, more annoying than anything, as it doenst affect performance.

Never experienced any drop data connections that people are experiencing, i actually have a feeling it might be ATT's network, but i have no idea. All the other Canadian users using Rogers have never reported this issue.

The stock Telstra ROM came with 2.05 radio, and i flashed to 2.07 after reading around. I personally think the battery life is much better using 2.07 radio, although i cannot comment on 2.08, 2.09. or 2.10 as I havent experimented yet.

Battery life was subpar when i first got the device, but i did a couple of tweaks (including BSB tweaks) and other battery performance registry tweaks i found around the forums, and now the battery life is surprisingly better. I can get about 2 days with moderate usage. Heavy usage (browsing web on 3G, some youtube videos, lots of calls and texts) would normally last 1 full day. But i expected to charge this beast of a phone once a day anyway (considering the huge screen and 1ghz processor, etc ,etc)

Hmm, the WiFi router issue with Rogers i havent really sorted out yet, cause i only tried it once and coudlnt get it to work...but i had a feeling it was a Rogers policy for tethering. I got a text from Rogers regarding tethering, and how they were including it "free" for all data plans over 500MBs starting in May. So..i was gonna wait until then to retry.

Yeah, the T9193 comes with an Aussie AC adaptor and im actually still looking for a North American adaptor...i'm not sure where to get one at the moment. The previous T8585 (Euro version) i had came with the Euro AC adaptor, and you can easily find $1 converters. But the Aussie plug is really unique, and its almost impossible to find Aussie-to-North America plugs without buying $50+ universal travel adaptors (which are huge as well)

So i currently just charge through a Belkin USB-to-wall plug charger i got from Canadacomputers for $5. Works fine, no issues. The only thing is I think the regular AC adapter would probably charge faster...but i'm not sure

Anyways, hope this helped, let me know if you have any more questions about the T9193 and Canada!