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bought my IIi for almost 1.5years and suddenly now suffers several problems;
- O2 Connect application gone after hard reset.
- AutoConfigure also gone.
- Touch screen alignment totally gone mad so i have to use buttons only.
just hope anyone here can kindly give me at least links for me to overcome the problems. till now i did not do any ROM upgrading yet. i searched this forum and found some info but it didn't help much.
thanks!
sheikhcattivo said:
bought my IIi for almost 1.5years and suddenly now suffers several problems;
- O2 Connect application gone after hard reset.
- AutoConfigure also gone.
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As you've already done a hard reset and so dont have any grat data to 'lose' by doing another), my suggestion would be to do another, by removing the main battery for at LEAST 1 hour to drain the backup battery also, so doing a 'true' factory reset. If your still happy with all the O2 stuff (I scrapped mine as soon as possible as it seemed to slow it down a fair bit) when you replace battery this should restore it from the auto-installer cabs you will have on your O2 extended ROM.
- Touch screen alignment totally gone mad so i have to use buttons only.
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Whilst the device is off and draining the reserve battery, take a small piece of card and run it around all four edges of the touchscreen where it meets the casing. Sometimes a lot of crap can build up in there which inteferes with the touchscreen's ability to detect where the touch has been made, also take this opportunity to the screen with a screencleaner once this has been done (pretty much any will do, I use stock windowcleaner from the pound shop myself!)
Rom upgrading is easy once you have the required installer and some patience: a quick search for Alpine ROM upgrade should bring up plenty of posts, some by the authors of some of the modified rom packages themselves, explaining in detail the steps to take to upgrade the unit. It takes a little patience and in about half an hour you will have a PDA without all the extra stuff you don't need, that has (probably) an upgraded radio & camera (better signal strength, and pictures)
Hope this is of some help
Joe Pinball
Hi
i currently own a Vario 2 from Tmobile, had it about 18 months now and more than happy with it.
The question is, is it worth upgrading to a Vario 3. i have read some of this forum and seems to be a lot of negative views on the Vario 3.
So should i upgrade or just sit with my Vario 2?
the only reason would be if you needed integrated GPS...
In any other cases : NO
I dont really need a seperate GPS as i have a full tomtom.
so i guess the vario 3 does not add much more to the choice then.
more ram, more rom, larger storage capabilities.... its not just the gps chip
I would agree on the whole stability issue. My hermes was a nightmare for the whole 18 months i owned it. Soft resets several times a day, occaisonal spontaneous hard resets, crashes for no reason, sleep of death, non-functioning touch screen...the list goes on.
But the tytn 2 (which i do own) is a crippled platform (video drivers) and you may well find that waiting for something like the imate 9502 (if it ever comes) would be better.
I just bought one (but didnt have the II before to compare) and I have to say its far surpassed my hopes and expectations... so far that is... lol... I did and do own an Acer N50 premium pda and that I had to soft reset often and while the screen was a little larger the III is more clear and vibrant... all in all you wouldnt be going wrong getting one.
Yes forgetting the driver issue the Kaiser is better phone. Like Mike said much better feel and more stable. The extra RAM was really why I upgraded from Hermes and I am happy with it over all. I dont want to bring the driver thing to this thread also, but I wish HTC would do something about these issues. These days putting a unfinished product to the market is one thing, but saying we aint going to fix this is another.
I guess it comes down to how much you would have to pay. If you get a good deal and good price from your old phone why not.
I only use the office apps email etc. I dont use the camera, play games, watch video or use even the gps.
My heavyest use could be like: writing a new email, Word and Ecxel open for copying something for the email and i get a call, all in the same time. This is when i dont want my phone to crash and Kaiser is been working great for this type of use.
tsadek said:
But the tytn 2 (which i do own) is a crippled platform (video drivers)
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Is it actually any worse that previous model in this respect though? As in, can it be lived with considering the fact you no longer have to:
tsadek said:
Soft resets several times a day, occaisonal spontaneous hard resets, crashes for no reason, sleep of death, non-functioning touch screen...the list goes on.
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Personally I would put up with lag to some degree if it meant I no longer had to soft reset several times a day and risked loosing everything with a random hard reset...do you know how long it takes to re-install and re-configure these blooming things!
Steve-C said:
Ido you know how long it takes to re-install and re-configure these blooming things!
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5 Minutes to be exact. sprite backup has made restoring a matter of minutes rather than hours. I do alot of testing with my TYTN II being an MS beta tester plus beta testing for a few other companies I have to do hard resets to change configuration. I have about 6 different backups on mine used for different tests but to hard reset its a breeze. sprite backup is well worth using (plug not intended)
I've been using Vario II for quite a long time. I had only issues with TomTom on the stock WM5 ROM. From the first cooked WM6 ROMs I've been quite happy. Nevertheless, I decided to change for Vario III. And I don't regret.
It's slimmer, I do feel that 128MB Ram make a difference.
There are 2 things I don't like. First one, I cannot use it as a torch when goin down the stairs to the loo in the middle of the night and that ****e quality rubber covering the microsd slot. After a few card swaps it looks as if it had been used for a year, not 2 weeks. If it was made from harder plastic, everything would be ok.
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Is it actually any worse that previous model in this respect though? As in, can it be lived with considering the fact you no longer have to:
Personally I would put up with lag to some degree if it meant I no longer had to soft reset several times a day and risked loosing everything with a random hard reset...do you know how long it takes to re-install and re-configure these blooming things!
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Its a tough one especially as i have a friend who owns a hermes and never has any problems with it.
Knowing what I know now I would probably not upgrade and wait a bit and see what appears in the next 6 months as well continue to pester orange for a properly functioning handset.
That said the Kaiser is VERY liveable with and does what i ask of it but the slowdowns are noticeable and quite disappointing.
I too have a Vario II from T-Mobile. Worlds worse phone by far. Mine's been back for repair twice. Keeps crashing, buttons lock up. Last time it went back because every time it crashed (twice a day) you had to reboot it. Then the alarm clock would go off for 40 minutes on vibrate and speaker and couldn't be stopped with out taking the battery out.
Totally fed up with this horrible phone. I was so fed up I put the phone in the microwave to trash the system board so T-Mobile had to give me a new one.
Got the phone yesterday and it crashed... pressed reset on the bottom with the stylus. This morning phones locked up again while selecting a ring tone. Argh....... I want my Nokia 9300 communicator back.
I'd love the Nokia E90. HSDPA and it has a good reputation.
I've an iPAQ 2790 with a 624Mhz cpu and 256Mb ram so I really don't need this thing from T-Mobile. Maybe ebaying it is the solution to my problems.
forgot to mention the new vario II back from T-Mobile has windows mobile 6 on it. Just as rubbish on this phone as windows mobile 5.
I personally find the Vario II with WM6 on it very stable. There is no comparison with WM5 - now I reset it more out of habit than any need. There are some issues but nothing that causes me real problems.
Having had both a Kaiser (on loan) and a Hermes for the last 4 months having to pay for an upgrade or going through loads of fuss to get one is not really worth the extras the Kaiser has over the Hermes.
A fresh user I would tell to get the Kaiser ofcourse.
Id also add that the vast majority of users in the Hermes section and from the people I know who use them havent had such extreme issues as soft resets daily and random Hard resets, most of the issues people encounter are due to 3rd party apps conflicting with eachother.
The driver issue with the kaiser is a pretty poor point personally since I tend to use coreplayer quite alot and the playback on the Hermes is flawless.
Id say if you already have a hermes then the added extras on the kaiser aint really enough to justify an upgrade (since knowing HTC a TyTN III or something like is soon around the corner), but for a brand new user its worth getting one.
I had a VarioII for 18 months before upgrading to a VarioIII, and I know exactly this dilemma.
Does the VarioIII have enough to persuade you to ditch the II?
My answer is yes - but with qualifications.
I had the BT GPS/TomTom/powered car kit setup on my VarioII, so the in-built GPS is of value. My TT Navigator software installed with no fuss on the VarioIII, and that is more stable (I had occasional hang ups in TT6 which hitting OK then opening the TT6 dsoftware again alays got past). Its behaved flawlessly in this regard, even though the GPS unit isnt as good as my BT SirfStarIII unit its certainly up to the job.
Like others have said, the extra RAM seems to make a huge difference to performance - very few soft resets and NO hard resets in the month I've had the phone. Also, I had the classic VarioII "screen align drift" issue, and I've not had to recalibrate once with the VarioIII yet.
My biggest issue is with the screen slide going the "wrong" way. It just seems daft. This means putting the stylus away with the screen in landscape is now a left handed function and damn fiddly, and dont get me started on where the scroll wheel is now! It used to be so easy to roll with your thumb in landscape mode - now its a right index finger job, and is behind the open screen. Poor decision, HTC.
I flashed my VarioII to WM6 via the t-mobile website, and that has performed better since, so maybe a VarioIII isnt a necessary purchase. However, I'm enjoying mine, and that is the best acid test of all.
Good luck.
I have a chance to get a brand new AT&T Tilt for pretty cheap (w/o contract). I am a Tmo user and have been using the Wing/Herald. I just found this forum and have enjoyed modding my phone. Most of the issues that I hated about the wing dissapeared when I reflashed with the new rom. No more freezing up on me, and my camera actually has enough memory to operate (even with other apps open!). I used to have to soft reset it to get the camera to work LOL! Anyways... I really want the GPS functionality and increased performance of the Kaiser but I'm worried about all the complaints I see about video drivers and unresolved issues.
Also one of my friends who has the AT&T Tilt says he's on his 2nd phone and the middle button keeps failing (sticking) on him. Is this normal?
Should I make the jump? Or hang on to my Wing until the issues are resolved? Will the video performance of the Kaiser be worse then the Herald I have now?
Thanks guys... I look forward to spending a lot more time on here!!
Hi Guys,
Like a lot of people here, I am torn between the SE Experia X1 & the HTC Touch Pro.
My question is: Has anyone had any experience with running TomTom 7 Navigator on the Experia X1 at the full 800 x 480 resolution?
Does it work at that resolution? If not, what "downsized" resolution will it work at?
I know the HTC Touch Pro works very well with TomTom 7 at 640 x 480 resolution.
The answer to these questions will go a long way in helping me to make the "right" choice.
Thank you in advance,
Regards,
David
I have used X1 together with the VGA-version of TomTom 7, and it works flawlessly. No "bars" at the top or bottom, it's stretched out all over the WVGA-screen, so you won't have any problems there.
Good, now it only has to be released.
nelshh said:
I have used X1 together with the VGA-version of TomTom 7, and it works flawlessly. No "bars" at the top or bottom, it's stretched out all over the WVGA-screen, so you won't have any problems there.
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Thank you nelshh. When you say stretched, am I correct in interpreting that you are saying that the 640 high image was "stretched" to 800 high. So the text would be stretched as well?
The fact that it works is the most important point. I suppose the timing will be the issue. As others on this forum have said the Touch Pro is out now (just) and the Experia X1 is still to be released.
My old PDA's screen & internal (non replaceable) battery is on their last legs. It may last until end of September, or a little longer. It now spends more time on the charger than in my hand.
Regards,
David
Hi David! No the text isn't stretched, it's just that the software seems to adapt to the WVGA-screen so it looks just like it was made for WVGA.
I think we'll see the X1 out in like 6 weeks or so, not to hard a wait, ey?
nelshh, how well does your GPS take to find a Sat? It seems to take quite a while for me. If I compare it to the iPhone, it's slower.
And have you used Tom Tom application in the car? While am at it, did you receive any docs with your phone? I'm looking to find a way to hard-reset it.
It does take a while for the GPS to get a lock. Hopefully something that will be fixed in future ROM updates.
No docs with it, so I don't know of any way to reset it
Possible answer to the "hard" reset question.
tjex said:
nelshh, how well does your GPS take to find a Sat? It seems to take quite a while for me. If I compare it to the iPhone, it's slower.
And have you used Tom Tom application in the car? While am at it, did you receive any docs with your phone? I'm looking to find a way to hard-reset it.
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Hi Guys,
A possible suggestion on the hard reset question. These phones are powered by the battery. If you remove the battery, are you not doing the same as a "hard" reset?
On the matter of the GPS lock time, could that have something to do with the fact that the Experia has an all metal case, whereas most other phones with a built in GPS have at least a plastic back. Just a thought.
Again, thanks for all your valued comments.
Best wishes,
David
delewin said:
A possible suggestion on the hard reset question. These phones are powered by the battery. If you remove the battery, are you not doing the same as a "hard" reset?
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No, that's not possible. This is ages ago when the removal of the battery (and the security battery) did a hard reset (like it was on my Cassiopeia E-125).
Actually all current Windows Mobile devices have a flash memory which does not need a permanent power supply in order not too lose data, installations, settings and so on. This was different in the past, when Windows Mobile devices only had a RAM for storage which needed permanent power supply.
So a hard reset basically is a functionality which erases the flash memory and initializes it again with the operating system stored in the ROM, but this has to be supported by the device.
Got TomTom 7 on my X1 aswell, working perfectly fine! takes a lil longer to get connection with the gps than with my tytn II, but its worth it. WVGA + TomTom = winning combo!
Taking the battery wont work unfortunatly. I've tried it many times. The search for a hard-reset continues.
Just as a fyi for everyone, I tried Spb Mobile Shell and it works flawlessly!
There are two ways to hard reset the X1.
First way - Start>Settings>System>Clear Storage then enter the number 1234 and press Yes.
Second way - Take the battery case off. Now push and hold the power button then insert the stylus pen into the tiny hole which is situated around the bottom right of the back of the device 5 seconds.
It is advisable to back up your data before performing a hard reset.
FYI - a soft reset can be performed by ONLY inserting the stylus pen into the tiny hole for 5 seconds.
nelshh said:
I have used X1 together with the VGA-version of TomTom 7, and it works flawlessly. No "bars" at the top or bottom, it's stretched out all over the WVGA-screen, so you won't have any problems there.
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All of this begs the question Have you had an official upgrade to TomTom 7 from TomTom or is this a copy from some other platform ?
I have been asking them for ages when it will be available and there is no answer.
tomtom7 is only available from some carries bundled with TouchDiamond
hum strange. I'm using Tom tom 7 on my x1 too and i had four satelites right after i had left my house. Seems very fast for me anyway.
bashme said:
There are two ways to hard reset the X1.
First way - Start>Settings>System>Clear Storage then enter the number 1234 and press Yes.
Second way - Take the battery case off. Now push and hold the power button then insert the stylus pen into the tiny hole which is situated around the bottom right of the back of the device 5 seconds.
It is advisable to back up your data before performing a hard reset.
FYI - a soft reset can be performed by ONLY inserting the stylus pen into the tiny hole for 5 seconds.
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The second way stopped working me recently... Dunno, if they changed that in the newer ROMs... But otherwise, you can hard reset the same way you would on most HTC devices... Hold the two soft key buttons at the same time while pressing the reset hole in the back (yeah, I know... they think we're all contortionists or something). Then you'll get the restore message.
BTW, TomTom7 works great on it. There seem to be options on it that I didn't see when I ran it on my Tilt (Kaiser)..
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tomtom7 is only available from some carries bundled with TouchDiamond
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Slightly off topic, but since that TouchDiamond version has been out for quite some time and also lots of people seem to be using hacked together versions of tomtom 7 anyway, does anyone know why tomtom don't just officially release it?
Copilot live 7 works at full res WVGA on the Toshiba G900 so should be fine I'm hoping on the X1.
dwj said:
Slightly off topic, but since that TouchDiamond version has been out for quite some time and also lots of people seem to be using hacked together versions of tomtom 7 anyway, does anyone know why tomtom don't just officially release it?
Copilot live 7 works at full res WVGA on the Toshiba G900 so should be fine I'm hoping on the X1.
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i agree with you, my was only a "legal" reply about availability of tt7
I have tomtom 7 that I was using on my HTC Touch Pro .. think it will work on the Xperia .. Mine is still on Back Order .. Any selling now ?? I can't find one.
About hard reset.
1. turn off the phone
2. Hold both right and left buttons (the ones right under the screen, dont know the name)
3. press power button, while still holding the others
d0ubl3_d1zzl3 said:
BTW, TomTom7 works great on it. There seem to be options on it that I didn't see when I ran it on my Tilt (Kaiser)..
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Hi I also have TT7 working on the X1.
Could you please expand on the above statement, what other options do you mean?
TT7 works great for me, fixed is slightly longer than normal but I find it better indoors, poorer areas etc.
How do you deal with not having to use an SD card? I use it all the time with switching phones between my Viva(Opal) and Touch(Elf) both of which are... "nonoperational" anymore so I am deciding whether this phone would be the best phone for me since money is kinda an issue. Any additional comments about the phone would be welcomed but right now this is my only dilemma regarding buying the phone now
Not a big deal... In pen drive mode you can move data quickly. 4 gig is enough for navi stuffs, a couple of movies, mp3 albums and pics. For the first time I found the built in mem a stupid thing, but after 1.5 yrs of use, it is proven to be enough and never had issues with it. Very nice pda (still the most handsome), solid built with razor sharp display.
Still love my diamond. just like my trinity...
@ OP
PRO'S :
- Internal memory is 4 Gig , so like the above member said , its quite enough for all your applications.
- Its doesn't get wiped out while changing ROM
- Doesn't get stolen
- Transfers are fast , not extremely fast but , quite enough
Con's :
- No more space... if u are a heavy user you will run outta space at some point .
- some users get a problem like after HARD SPL the internal storage wont show up.
I've been using diamond for more than 6 months and still i have some 2.1 GB free space..( i dnt listen to music on my fone )
Its the best in its class..the screen is just brilliant go for it
Until it breaks
Hi, I would have agreed, except if you get a glitch you've lost the contents of the 4gb "card"
Had mine for almost 2 years, absolutely love the quality and resolution of the display. TomTom western Europe uses up way too much memory though (almost 3gb).
(I ended up clipping it in front of an aircon outlet in the car, with the back off, to try and make it last a full journey without overheating; but that's another subject)
I dropped mine towards the end of a family break, during which I'd taken all my photos with the phone, so unless I find a way to physically hack in to hardwire onto the memory chip I've lost some lovely memories.
With a removable card that wouldn't have been an issue, insurance replaces the phone and you just swap the card.
I think they did it to avoid the dry connection problems that are possible with sliding contacts.
You'll learn to love the phone, the screen makes me forget all the little personality disorders that WM6 brings along.
Cheers
Luke
Oh thats cool cause I only use a 4gb microsd and it fits everything I need. Mainly just backups and cabs for applications since I'm a heavy ROM installer
I have someone who has had this phone for a little while and returned it because the backcover was comming off too easily and did not like that at all. Any comments on the backcover?
No comments on the back cover.. even if you carry it in a pouch , its bound to go... cant do anything about it..
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Oh thats cool cause I only use a 4gb microsd and it fits everything I need. Mainly just backups and cabs for applications since I'm a heavy ROM installer
I have someone who has had this phone for a little while and returned it because the backcover was comming off too easily and did not like that at all. Any comments on the backcover?
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No problems with it. I don't swap sim cards frequently, so no need to remove the back cover. Stays just like normal. Battery lasts for 2 days (3G off), no built in memory issue for me, the only thing a I don't like is the power button. Otherwise this the perfect phone for me. I upgraded the stock 1.93 rom to stock 2.03 and the old 1.00.25 radio to 1.17 and just excellent. I got gps fix within a few seconds. Have to mention, that I use this handheld as a regular phone, for other pda purposes there is my old trinity.
cool ...
Sounds good, Thanks a lot guys! you cleared up, I think, all of my questions
, Happy flashing
Bought one, got it, and now I'm going to start my work on it, SO EXCITED. this phone really is just awesome and the backcover thing doesn't seem that bad... Thank you all again