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Hello...
I recieved my MDA last saturday, and since then, have been trying to figure everything out. After multiple calls to tmobile, and even a trip back to the store, i'm still stuck with a few questions that i cannot seem to get answered.
1. The MDA came with the default Tmobile theme which works fine in portrait & in landscape, as well as the default blue Windows theme.
However, I have tried to install multiple themes(including some from microsoft themeselves) and i have one annoying error! Whenever I use an "installed" theme, the portrait screen looks fine, but when I open the keyboard...there are two large greyish/white gaps on the side of the theme.
Ex: I'm using a green theme. When in landscape mode, i have a single green square in the middle of the screen with a strip on either side(left or right)
2. My phone is HORRIBLY slow when and if ANYTHING 3rd party is installed. I've tried today plugins that control the memory usage(figured that would help)...however, it just slowed things done. My phone usually runs at about 14mb Free Program Memory, out of the total 44MB(This seems horrible...with just the default programs installed*for the most part* and maybe agile messenger running.). If i install a today plugin, or a game...this drops below 10mb. Therefore, phone usage can be very aggravating. I cannot think of any other way to increase this memory expect for ONE thing. Would it be possible to transfer ALL programs, applications, etc to the miniSD Card(i have 1gb now, with a 2gb in the mail). This way...i certaintly would not be topping out the usage of the card, and hopefully I can free up alot of space on the phone.
3. As we all know, the packaged IM programs are AWFULLY slow and inconsistent. After a bit of research and trials, I have settled on using Agile Messenger. I'm loving it...expect for a few things.
The MAJOR problem I have with it, is the pop up notification. Its annoying to be surfing the web or playing a game, just to have a pop up tell you that you have recieved a message, EVERY TIME you get a new message(which can amount to a great deal in a short time). I've looked all over for a setting, so unless I missed it, is there any way to shut this off?
A side issue with this program, and also the connectivity of the phone is...:
(even WITH the GPRS hack*always on*), I still lose connection(with 2-4 bars of signal) and therefore i get signed off of Agile, rather often. This isnt' such a problem with me, as seeing it takes a short time to log back in. However, when you look at the conversation from another person's point of view...all you see is
"Soandso" Logged off
"Soandso" logged on
etc
etc
(not sure if that last part was a question or a statement, but if theres an answer, i'd like to hear it!)
4.
My girlfriend has a sidekick, and I LOVE the feature of being able to set phone profiles for specific times of the day. Especially during school, it'll go silent, and the second we are out, its back on normal. I have downloaded PZP to try and fix this loss of luxury. However, I personally don't find the program to be very consistent. Sometimes, it seems as if say my "school" profile is fully functioning, while other times, it really doesnt. Call me crazy, but I have taken a shot in the dark and ventured to say that if one touches the volume button on the phone while the phone is on a specific profile...it will throw it out of its cycle. If anyone has some hints/comments/suggestions of their own on this program or other favorites...I would love to hear from you.
5. After I went about and downloaded the Eten dial pad skin, I noticed that all of my contacts were unable to receive contact photos. I quickly realized that any contact that was saved on my SIM card from my previous phone was stuck in this predictament. However, if i were to create a new contact account, it quickly allows me to customize them alot further. Therefore, i was curious if there was any way to transfer my contacts on my sim card>my phone in a fashion that the phone will accept them.
I'm sure i'll think of more questions(these are just the ones that I havent been able to answer after days of searching :-D)
Thank you so much in advance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi,
the speed of the HTC Wizard is very slow. That was my problem too.
for question no. 2:
Moving the apps to the card will result in more free space on the phone, OK, but running the apps from the card will also result in low speed, because the card is slower than the main memory. So I think you won't get more speed by this.
Try to overclock the device with OmapClock. My device works like a charm with 264 MHz (original was 180 MHz).
Use a tool like FreeUp RAM, which is part of the SK-Tools-package.
Running OmapClock and freeing up the RAM from time to time brings significantly much more speed. There is almost no waiting time if you click on an icon. You can even run Skype with OmapClock (many other users do so).
HTH
I have seen tidbits about overclocking through my endless searches the last few days. I've always heard that you have to be careful if you overclock a device, such as a phone. Has anyone had any known issues with the overclocking? Are there risks in having the phone run at that speed all the time?
The Wizard isn't slow. Install a Qtek rom without branding, and it will be much faster.
even the sales associate at tmobile seemed to think it was slow. Upgrading to a different ROM sounds ok, but i'm trying to keep everything via tmobile. thaks for the tip though.
Hi,
Im looking to get the Tmobile USA MDA, but after reading posts like this Im alittle afraid.
I need to run TOMTOM on this device and thinking that this might bring the device to a halt. Now Im starting to think that maybe I should get the 6700. Please let me know what you found out about making MDA faster. Thank you.
TazMan1688 said:
I have seen tidbits about overclocking through my endless searches the last few days. I've always heard that you have to be careful if you overclock a device, such as a phone. Has anyone had any known issues with the overclocking? Are there risks in having the phone run at that speed all the time?
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There have been long discussion about what is safe with the Wizard on this forum.
See, for example, http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=40284
Also, the SmartsKey app automates startup of OMapClock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=41060
(It has a number of other uses as well.
Hope this helps.
TazMan1688 said:
My girlfriend has a sidekick, and I LOVE the feature of being able to set phone profiles for specific times of the day. Especially during school, it'll go silent, and the second we are out, its back on normal. I have downloaded PZP to try and fix this loss of luxury. However, I personally don't find the program to be very consistent. Sometimes, it seems as if say my "school" profile is fully functioning, while other times, it really doesnt. Call me crazy, but I have taken a shot in the dark and ventured to say that if one touches the volume button on the phone while the phone is on a specific profile...it will throw it out of its cycle. If anyone has some hints/comments/suggestions of their own on this program or other favorites...I would love to hear from you.
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There is a known problem with backlighting. See http://zendrui.free.fr/PZPForum/viewtopic.php?t=197
Also, check to see what events PZP is handling for profile-switching. For example, if you have calendar-based or time-based rules, they may switch your profile without you doing anything. Go to Settings, Control to see what you Switches you allow. Or check Time and Calendar for your profiles under the Configuration option.
As much as i'm sure overclocking the device may help, especially in my case. I'm just not sure if its worth the risk. Kind of hard to explain to Tmobile why the phone decided to overheat. Seems overly risky to make such an expensive device, run at higher speeds than its DESIGNED to do. But i'm still not sure, it almost DOES seem worth it...decisions, decisions...
Yes, Thank you for clarifying that...I mostly meant, the inconsistency of PZP with the timing of profiles. It seems as if the program will "switch" to the correct profile, but i don't always see a change in the operation of the device itself. Ex: I have it set to go to school mode at 7:30am, this past week(since its spring break, i've noticed that my incoming calls all had the normal ring volume, as well as system tones, etc...
Although it "says" ""School"" i don't really know if its truely in that mode?!
On this note, i have a question about setting the times(which is what i really want to accomplish). My phone goes to LOUD around 5:30am, School at 7:30 am, Normal at 1:55pm, and Quiet at 4pm.
Nooow, do i have to put two times in the school profile such as 7:30 am-1:54(5)???? so that it has an entire time interval...or can i just tell it when to start, and the next profile will automatically kick in and stop the previous.
Also, does putting the phone in standby or shutting it down have any effect on the profile??
I'm sorry in advance if i'm asking very basic questions, i've just been searching for a long period of time, and i usually can't find a specific answer to my question. So I decided I would spend the time to actually discuss MY problem, with hope someone can help. Again, sorry for any inconvienence or redudant questions.
TazMan1688 said:
As much as i'm sure overclocking the device may help, especially in my case. I'm just not sure if its worth the risk. Kind of hard to explain to Tmobile why the phone decided to overheat.
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I have a german T-Mobile MDA Vario (= HTC Wizard) and I'm overclocking it permanently with OmapClock and SmartSKey. There is no overheating as far as I can say/feel. I can speed up to 264 MHz (original = 180 MHz). If I try more, the device softresets itself without any damage or loss of data. It's a kind of security mechanism. Of course, battery life is a little bit shorter when overclocking it. But I'm sure, slightly overclocking doesn't damage the device! Maybe the lifetime of the device will be a bit shorter, lets say 6 months in 5 years, but you won't realize that, because you won't be using your device in 5 years. You will sure own some other phone when the CPU dies. Together with the tool "FreeUp RAM" (comes with SKTools), I can reach a comfortable speed for everyday use. But never forget: The Wizard IS quite slow, compared with other devices. You can find smart workarounds for that, but don't close your eyes on that fact.
For running any GPS navigation tools I would consider buying not a Wizard, but a much faster device, if you would ask me. I'm using my Wizard only for addresses (~ 700 items), calendar (~ 1200 items) etc., and without overclocking and using a program like Pocket Informant 2005, that would be an annoying, maybe impossible thing. At the beginning, I had to wait almost 10-15 seconds until e.g. the month overview was created. Switch to the following month - wait again. Choose a specific day - wait again. Oh my god! That needed more patience than I had.
Are you running a basic install without all the phone networks customisation bloat?
you can do this by hard resetting (you will loose data doing this) and then doing a softreset when the customisation dialogue pops up after setting time zone etc.
this will speed things up over an install with tmobiles bloatware. I run tomtom and my device is in general as reponsive as the magician it replaces.
good luck with your phone
R
So guys based on your opinions and experience is it worth for me to get the MDA or should I go with a different carrier and a XV/PPC-6700 ?
Hi yozh,
I don't know the 6700-device at all. Maybe we don't have it here in good old Germany, or maybe under a differnt name. Does it have a bigger display (better for navigation)? Does it have a faster CPU? Then take that one! In my eyes I would never like to use the Wizard for navigation. It's only a better phone, not more, not less. For all other purposes I would buy a bigger machine. I do not want to talk bad about my own device, I have bought it and I use it and it's OK for the everyday things I do with it. It has nothing to do with "I'm proud of my device", like some people seem to be here. It's a phone, man, not a Ferrari or a Rolex. You would tell yourself lies, if you would call the Wizard a powerful device. I had a Palm Tungsten T5 before, and THIS is a powerful device. 2600 items in the calendar (true!), and the reaction time was half a second if you tap on the screen! You can go and have a coffee if you do that on a Wizard.
Just think about it. If you buy a Wizard, try it for a day and then write to me what you think about that phone.
Mh. My english should be better, I know.
Just my 2 Cents!
Hi well the 6700 is the apache I belive and the CPU is 416mhz but its not a "dual core" everything else screen adn such is pretty much the same. Thanks for the reply
SO any one on this forums can recoment apache over MDA ?
yozh said:
Hi,
Im looking to get the Tmobile USA MDA, but after reading posts like this Im alittle afraid.
I need to run TOMTOM on this device and thinking that this might bring the device to a halt. Now Im starting to think that maybe I should get the 6700. Please let me know what you found out about making MDA faster. Thank you.
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See my posts on http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=48448 regarding processor speeds and TomTom.
Wow really TOMTOM runs better on the MDA then on a 400mhz DELL ? Then Im set defenatly getting the MDA, I like GSM network provide3rs better anyway and plus there are so much choices with the phones. I wish I was able to aford the JASJAS that looks really good.
Also don't forget that when you 'close' an appliation it does not really close, it just goes in to background, thus slowing the system down.
Check out your running processes and close all the ones that are not needed or load an app that really closed things.
TazMan1688 said:
1. The MDA came with the default Tmobile theme which works fine in portrait & in landscape, as well as the default blue Windows theme.
However, I have tried to install multiple themes(including some from microsoft themeselves) and i have one annoying error! Whenever I use an "installed" theme, the portrait screen looks fine, but when I open the keyboard...there are two large greyish/white gaps on the side of the theme.
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Themes built for portrait screens look wrong in landscape view. Easy solution: build a theme that works in landscape view. The Guava Bubbles theme works fine in both because the background image is larger than portrait size.
TazMan1688 said:
4. My girlfriend has a sidekick, and I LOVE the feature of being able to set phone profiles for specific times of the day. Especially during school, it'll go silent, and the second we are out, its back on normal. I have downloaded PZP to try and fix this loss of luxury. However, I personally don't find the program to be very consistent. Sometimes, it seems as if say my "school" profile is fully functioning, while other times, it really doesnt. Call me crazy, but I have taken a shot in the dark and ventured to say that if one touches the volume button on the phone while the phone is on a specific profile...it will throw it out of its cycle. If anyone has some hints/comments/suggestions of their own on this program or other favorites...I would love to hear from you.
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I use PPC-Profiles-Pro, but you can't slave this to a time. Besides, I'd rather just put it on Silent mode by holding the connection manager button for three seconds (top left side button). Otherwise I use PPC Profiles to switch from Work (BT) to Home (Wifi, no BT) to Sleep (No Wifi, no BT, no email alerts or reminders, just ringer). Walking into a theater, I just go to silent mode.
bilbo_28 said:
Also don't forget that when you 'close' an appliation it does not really close, it just goes in to background, thus slowing the system down.
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I know. I'm using MagicButton. And OmapClock with SmartSKey. And FreeUp RAM. In deed, I do almost EVERYTHING to make my device run faster.
Help Before I make a mistake.
I Just picked up this 6800 2 weeks ago and im still within my 30 days.
In that 2 weeks I have went from the original 2.17, Beta 3.16, No2Chem5047, Dcd 2.2.6 back to No2Chem5048.
Basicaly I love the phone. I Love the GPS and RevA. I personaly don't use gps because I have a older PPC that I run TomTom6 on. The Keyboard is sweet and the Wifi Is Huge for me.
The problem is the Ram is giving me a huge headache. A clean rom boots for me at 20mb which is ok. I love the software the Touch has and once I start loading it up to make it feel more like a Touch the ram gets crushed. I have tried every Tweak in the book to shut down startup items to shutting down services. I have made compromise with the touch software I can and cannot load because of memory. Basicaly Im sick and tired of this and its giving me a huge headache. Its like I can't make it look the way I want without sacrificing the very limmited memory.
Maybe its me but after a while at 13mb free or lower with nothing running it starts to feel a little slugish.
What it comes down to the size of the phone doesnt bug me . The keyboard is a real thing I worry about but I use the touch keyboard on my mogul for 1 handed texting sometimes so im already use to it. The wifi is great but im feeling I would take more memory at this point I dont want to get rid of my mogul but if I dont I feel I may throw it out the window if I get one more memory error.
i have a htc kaiser (tytn ii) and at&t tilt (branded kaiser) and the sprint mogul. kaisers has 128mb of ram while mogul has 64mb. my mogul runs faster, smoother, and less problematic than the other two. at some point i felt like i needed more ram on the kaiser as well, but when i saw how the mogul ran, i even switched to sprint. so i too hope you wont make the mistake of exchanging it!
I don't know lol. Maybe its just the fact that I dont know these new devices very well and how they are suppose to run. Before this phone I was on several palm treos for 4 + years. The only thing I can compare it to is my old ipaq 2200 and that thing is 5 times faster then my mogul. Maybe its just WM6 is a memory hog.
I guess it feels like its a little sluggish when its running 13 mb or lower. If there was something I could overclock with that might help me a little thro the rough parts.
What I cant Figure out is out of 45.2mb of program memory and usaly 60% or more is gone. where is it all goin lol? I have alot of the services shut down and only my startkey is loaded at startup . I can sit there and watch everything running and the math just doesnt add up to 25+ of ram. Maybe i just not understanding how these things run.
I thought a touch would be the quick fix that i needed since it had 128mb. I dont know I guess ill think about it for a few more days or whatever
I've seen ROM's on the Upgrading forum that have 30 MB free at startup. That's huge, and it makes me wonder why the more popular (no2chem, dcd) ROM's don't have that much free.
Don't do it!
I did just what the OP is thinking about and what a mistake. Although the Touch runs very well, the lack of a physical keyboard is too frustrating for words. Also, the touchscreen is nowhere near as responsive or accurate as the iPhone or iPod Touch. Beware!
For me, the most important feature of the Mogul is the wifi. If it wasn't for that, I'd have a Touch.
Are you using the Oxios memory program? That helps a ton! And you have to be diligent about actually closing out programs and not just minimizing it. Sure it takes a bit of diligence, but having wifi is well worth the effort IMHO.
I dont know if you are, but if you are running the HTC Home today screen plugin, try your phone without that. It slowed down my phone so much, just by having that one plugin on my today screen. I have replaced it with UltimateLaunch and now my phone seems to run twice as fast
I went to the 2.3 DCD rom yesterday. Every other rom had a ton of memory leaks and connection problems.
Tip:Try Spb mobile shell and Spb pocket plus. They do just about everything you can hope for out of HTC mods and they use almost no memory, dont lag up the phone, make your Mogul very touch friendly and look a ton cleaner then anything I have seen anyone make so far. You can make your phone so you almost never have to use the menue ever. I have everything on my desktop and the stuff I dont use constantly is one touch away no stylus needed.
I have tried every cab on the web that I could find and any and all roms I can get my hands on. The only rom that runs well is the latest DCD with Spb mods on it. I will never go back to the HTC stuff untill they can get there **** together. ATM there software sucks HUDGE! Honestly the HTC stuff always stinks imo and always has but thats just my 2 cents.
I feel your pain man... was in the same boat as you... I just got my 6800 a few weeks ago and it really took a lot of playing around with software combinations to find a set that works well...
The wifi and keyboard are really really useful the more I use this thing and I know I wouldn't be able to do without them so I pained into trying to work around this memory problem.
The main thing I found that eats the hell out of memory is today plugins. I had good luck with SPB Mobile Shell but recently just went back to plain jane today options with weatherpanel which seems to be very solid memory wise. That combo'd with Quickmenu for quick-launch ability, I can usually stay around 20mb at all times. Today plugins also lag the heck out of switching between apps... like going into a text message from a notification... no flashy today plugins make a much faster and cleaner operating system.
Very disappointed to see all these memory problems but I don't think it's the device... it's the software..... os and apps.
Well after a few more days of thinking about it and going to best buy to try out the touch. I relized how much I would miss a nice keyboard . Yea the ram was nice but it felt just as sluggish as mogul . Im seriously thinking a small overclock would help both of these devices. Its just to bad theres nothing out there.
I tried the Dcd 2.3.1 the memory was great best rom I seen yet for memory . After a day of useage out of the new dcd I noticed the rom was alot more sluggish of all the wm6.1 roms I tried. Today I went to No2Chem5049 and all I installed was pocket plus and mobile shell.
I had enough of messing around with roms for a while. I am running at 14-15mb free and 17.8 bootup. It feels somewhat responsive and im just gonna sit back and enjoy my phone for once
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I wanted to switch to the touch too. After the new DCD rom I have about 6 more mb than I had before the other ones. I used to have to reboot it about twice a day. Now I could probably do it every other day just to keep things fresh. Right now I'm cooking some roms and testing out NexVision roms to see what one fits me better. Just testing out different things to get it to where I like it.
Is the phone perfect? No but it seems to get better every month. I think it just frustation for me when I want to trade it because it takes forever to get the things you want it. With the UC or cooking your roms, it takes a lot less time to install the programs. I don't notice the ram too much unless I'm down really low. I don't use wifi much and keyboard I'm' fine with either that or touchpal. I would rather have those things than not have them. It doesn't take too long to reset to get my ram back and it is holding better than ever.
Here's the quick version of the story...I have a Vogue from Verizon, but early this year I moved to England where there is no CDMA (obviously). So for the last year my HTC has been limited to an alarm clock. I'm basically looking for ideas of how I could make it useful again. I'm a total noob to the flashing/mod scene but yest I managed to follow a tutorial to upgrade my radio, unlock my gps, and upgrade to WinMo6.5. At least I think I unlocked the gps, but I have failed to get it working. Granted the weather is cold and miserable here so I haven't wanted to spend much time outside trying to get a lock.
Anyway, my first flash was a learning experience and I'm thinking about trying to get Android running on my device in the near future, but again, I don't know how useful I can ultimately make my Vogue.
Cali Jake said:
Here's the quick version of the story...I have a Vogue from Verizon, but early this year I moved to England where there is no CDMA (obviously). So for the last year my HTC has been limited to an alarm clock. I'm basically looking for ideas of how I could make it useful again. I'm a total noob to the flashing/mod scene but yest I managed to follow a tutorial to upgrade my radio, unlock my gps, and upgrade to WinMo6.5. At least I think I unlocked the gps, but I have failed to get it working. Granted the weather is cold and miserable here so I haven't wanted to spend much time outside trying to get a lock.
Anyway, my first flash was a learning experience and I'm thinking about trying to get Android running on my device in the near future, but again, I don't know how useful I can ultimately make my Vogue.
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Since the vogue does not have wifi, I'm not sure how useful you could make it. I have heard about those wifi sd cards, but never used them, and with android you need a regular micro sd card in the phone (unless you set up dzo's boot and route the cache to the nand as well, which is kinda advanced as of now), so I'm not too confident that you can make very good use of the phone yet, but maybe sometime down the road when they get fully flashable images that do not require the sd. Other than that I'd say you are almost out of luck. Sorry man
You can use it for GPS, media player (Vids and audio), voice recorder, guitar tuner (haven't got any to work in WinMo on vogue though, only trough Android) anything off line!
Hi All,
I've had a few Android phones now (HTC Desire/Sensation) and just got myself the Tab 10.1 for Christmas.
Obviously experienced a degree of disappointment that it doesn't do any of the phone functions, though from reading on here there are a few ways of making that work, but from my understanding things aren't yet 100% there yet - would that be an accurate summation of the current state of play?
Seems strange that it does SMS, and yet not voice calls! I think Samsung has missed a trick here TBH.
I'm umming over rooting the device and replacing the current firmware, though with so much choice out there I'm not sure what to go with, so could do with a bit of advice on that front.
I've just bought (and arrived today) the desk dock, which is nice and handy for overnight charging by the bed.
My primary use of the Tab will be for Kindle reading and game/music playing when unwinding in bed on an evening. Though I hope to expand the use to some on-site stuff now I've loaded it up with all the manuals for the various devices I work on!
My only real annoyances currently with the device stem mainly from the email app making notification noises when it shouldn't (and not noticing that the email is no-longer "new" and has indeed been moved to a different folder & marked read by my exchange server/outlook client), this being despite the notification sounds being turned off, and the same for when it gets to 100% charged making a loud chirping noise!
How in gods name do I turn these noises off? Mind you, I am thankful that Samsung didn't include a nice, bright, led to tell you that it's on charge. Those really get on my tits at night!
So, in conclusion, should I root and chuck a custom rom on? Or am I better off hanging in there for ICS?
Any advice & help would be appreciated!
Cyberprog said:
Hi All,
I've had a few Android phones now (HTC Desire/Sensation) and just got myself the Tab 10.1 for Christmas.
Obviously experienced a degree of disappointment that it doesn't do any of the phone functions, though from reading on here there are a few ways of making that work, but from my understanding things aren't yet 100% there yet - would that be an accurate summation of the current state of play?
Seems strange that it does SMS, and yet not voice calls! I think Samsung has missed a trick here TBH.
I'm umming over rooting the device and replacing the current firmware, though with so much choice out there I'm not sure what to go with, so could do with a bit of advice on that front.
I've just bought (and arrived today) the desk dock, which is nice and handy for overnight charging by the bed.
My primary use of the Tab will be for Kindle reading and game/music playing when unwinding in bed on an evening. Though I hope to expand the use to some on-site stuff now I've loaded it up with all the manuals for the various devices I work on!
My only real annoyances currently with the device stem mainly from the email app making notification noises when it shouldn't (and not noticing that the email is no-longer "new" and has indeed been moved to a different folder & marked read by my exchange server/outlook client), this being despite the notification sounds being turned off, and the same for when it gets to 100% charged making a loud chirping noise!
How in gods name do I turn these noises off? Mind you, I am thankful that Samsung didn't include a nice, bright, led to tell you that it's on charge. Those really get on my tits at night!
So, in conclusion, should I root and chuck a custom rom on? Or am I better off hanging in there for ICS?
Any advice & help would be appreciated!
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To answer your last two questions. root and custom rom for sure.
I am running the ICS KANG...OMG if it was a woman my wife would be gone.
As far as not having phone capability. What carrier do you have it on? I bought a wifi version so that isn't a big deal to me, since I could probably do wifi calling if I really wanted too.
'ey Cyberprog,
You should be able to make phone calls on it with a voice app such as Skype. I've been using Skype for many years, I can vouch for it's reliability. I don't have a Gal. tab. yet, but I think I'm pulling the trigger this weekend and I went to Skype's website, they have a version for android. Skype costs me a little over $4 per month to make and receive unlimited phone calls to cell phones and landlines in the US. I think I can call Canada and Puerto Rico too but I don't know anyone there.
There's other voice apps, maybe even free ones, maybe Google has one? Anyway, I'd been researching a way to make phone calls from the verizon 4G version Gal Tab, and it doesn't do it, unless maybe you're an uberhacker.
I'd recommend rooting and using Task's rom, much smoother and easier on the eyes with b00steds themes!
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I'd recommend rooting and using Task's rom, much smoother and easier on the eyes with b00steds themes!
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Its always worth rooting a device, even if its just to use things like titanium backup.
Tasks ROM would be a great 1st choice as it mostly fixes or enables things that should have been done by samsung to start with (such as USB charging, hardware accelerated launcher, dualband wifi)
Hi All,
The SIM in the unit at the moment isn't paid for by me luckily, but I did use it to receive calls from the client who was paying for it. It's a Vodafone sim btw, and I don't use Skype or Google Voice, it's GSM calls that I wanted to be able to use it with, and my Plantronics headset.
I think rooting has to be the way forward, and as someone said, the usb charging is just stupid, why they ever disabled that I don't know...
Time, I think, to have a look at this "Tasks" rom, and see what it has to offer!
edit: Bother, found the thread for Tasks rom, but it's wifi only and mine's a 3g version
rumpleforeskin said:
Its always worth rooting a device, even if its just to use things like titanium backup.
Tasks ROM would be a great 1st choice as it mostly fixes or enables things that should have been done by samsung to start with (such as USB charging, hardware accelerated launcher, dualband wifi)
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True, backups are real handy, but i find i use the nandroid backups more than titanium, handy feature of the cmw recovery!
Voodoo screentune is a must too when rooted, say goodbye to oversarurated colors!
By the way, i use task's rom on a 3g device, works flawlessly but you loose 3g connectivity.... for me not a must, but for you i guess it is.
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By the way, i use task's rom on a 3g device, works flawlessly but you loose 3g connectivity.... for me not a must, but for you i guess it is.
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Yep, 3g is a must sadly, the whole point of the device is to allow me to work while out in the field during the summer, as well as being something to use when at home in bed! No 3g would put a severe crimp on that.
My opinion?
Stay on your stock rom. Use ADW Launcher EX instead of the stock TW Launcher, and wait for ICS.
Why? Other then the extra options in Tasks10 i did not notice any speed improvement over my stock+adw setup (even not when OC'd to 1.4Ghz).
Don't get me wrong here, im not saying that its not faster then stock, just that with my setup (only 1 home screen) i coudnt notice the diff.
As for Titanium Backup..If you dont switch roms, there's no real need to backup your apps since you not gonna lose them anyways.
A better option in my own experience is to flash CWM recovery and make a Nandroid backup wich backsup your whole tablet and not only the apps. In case something goes wrong (woudnt know why) you still have a exact copy of your tab (homescreen settings/widgets ert included).
Just my 2 cent's.
I'm flashing mine to CM9 as we speak, I'll report back in a bit!
Preliminary thoughts: I'd flash while you wait and then update, it seems really smooth and fluid..
Fixed the annoying charging noise by a timed mute app. Still lights up when it reaches 100% but no longer wakes me up...
I have a MotoACTV that I love as a watch, but I want the same software on my little Huawei U8150 phone.
Its a cute little thing with a 2.8" screen and an microSD slot, but only bluetooth 2.1 with a2dp and no Ant capabilities.I dont use it as a phone, so if the phine doesnt work, ok. It will be more of a giant MotoACTV in my pocket.
Im going to just start installing what looks like relevent apks from the cleardroid rom zip and see what I get, but Im wondering if someone can provide some feedback on a more targeted approach to getting this done.
Thanks
I'm confused. You want to use the original motoactv software (like the launcher and running apps) on your other phone? I have a feeling it'll be reeeally hard to get it to work properly, if at all.
Not to mention most of us with Motactv's try to make them function more like a standard Android phone, not the other way around =P
That's exactly what I want to do. I like the Motoactv but because of the battery life is useless to me for long hikes or for camping when charging can be a problem. The fact is, the autopause feature in the Motoactv is what I'm after most. It's the only one that actually works! I'm working on making my little U8150 give me the features of the Motoactv and still be able to switch batteries as needed. The Motoactv will likely become my dedicated bicycle computer and watch, and the U8150 will be my "everything else exercise related" device. And I will have a camera to take quick pics with on my hikes and runs. And then I get to leave my Note 2 safe at home. If I take a fall with that thing in my pocket or on my arm, I think I'll be sick!
I dropped all the seemingly relevant apks into the apps folder and rebooted, and it just bootlooped. Also I tried manually installing the apks and most wouldn't even install. So, I'm at the end of my meager skills and will plug away at the makeshift U8150 Motoactv, going that Motorola will give me the Motoactv 2 I want soon.
What? A guy can dream!
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