HI There
I have had two XDA's and loved them both, but found them impractacle when the battery ran out , I lost everything
Is the new Orbit any different or is there now a back up memory to allow it to save and not lose data?
Anyone know battery life on this device as well?
Many Thanks to you kind people for any help!
Hope i can be welcomed back into the Xda fold
(i am stuck between this and the sony 950i !)
Thanks
anyone know?
Hope someone can help thanks......
Presumably it will be a WM5 device and hence have persistent memory, like the Hermes etc.??
HI There
Thanks for the reply!
This is the deal breaker for me, If this thing loses all its settings etc like the previous two XDA / XDAIIi i had before then i will avoid it as its so annoying
all reads good though battery life, its just best knowing whether it retains everything if you can't get to a plug socket in time!
Anyone know yet? Many Thanks !!!
it's a windows 5 device so all settings and data are stored in the device and remain so even if all power runs out.
Hi you could have a look at this site.
www.4winmobile.com/viewtopic.php?p=42938
After my current phones contract expires, end of Feb, I will get one. I can’t wait…
Have a look at www.my-xda.com and you can find WM 6.1 for the O2 UK Orbit 2
Woo! Time to have a play!
craiglay said:
Have a look at www.my-xda.com and you can find WM 6.1 for the O2 UK Orbit 2
Woo! Time to have a play!
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Hy!!
I cant Download this software "Invalid S/N".
I have a HTC TOUCH CRUISE device .(Is it know as XDA Orbit 2 ?)
thanks!
Woo at last i thought that this would be much longer after the release from htc but im not complaining!!
Also for you go to the HTC site to get the update or look for the officail HTC 6.1 ROM thread beneath this one
chris10230 said:
Woo at last i thought that this would be much longer after the release from htc but im not complaining!!
Also for you go to the HTC site to get the update or look for the officail HTC 6.1 ROM thread beneath this one
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HTC Oficiall Rom SUK'S
Awesome, I am going to try it today.
staneboy2003 said:
Hy!!
I cant Download this software "Invalid S/N".
I have a HTC TOUCH CRUISE device .(Is it know as XDA Orbit 2 ?)
thanks!
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I guess if you have a Touch Cruise, and not a UK O2 branded XDA you'll have to go to the HTC site
That is correct, the HTC branded devices have different firmware to the o2 branded devices. You can obtain that from the HTC website.
here is direct link
http://dl.htc.com/downloadfiles/Rom....0_radio_sign_25.85.30.07_1.59.42.15_Ship.exe
have a good time!!!
Orbit 2 WM6.1 ROM
Loaded it today!
A couple of nice tweaks but I still feel the os needs a major revamp which will hopefully come with WM7.0.
I'm not a big stylus user and a couple of things really bug me, especially the silly little 'x' to close windows in the top right of the screen.
Whenever I'm in the Comms Manager and want to close the thing I seem to keep turning on 'airplane mode' rather than hitting the 'x' button because they're so close to each other!
I still think the device is the best out there though.
just wondering if anyone else has found this problem at som points my orbit will freeze and then start reacting like 10 seconds later.
This is the only problem i have yet to find/annoy me with the rom so far so quite happy, even more happy by the speed increase over the original rom
Hi, i downloaded the rom update, from O2 was wondering if gps and tomtom work fine still, and also with igo 8, i dont wanna flash it and find my gps wont work, thanks peeps.
I have updated to 6.1 and all appears OK, in fact I havn't noticed any major diffirence. For info I have both TomTom and CoPilot working OK.
I am no expert on this ROM upgrading lark, but it took me hours to get my Orbit back to its previous state with the installation and configuration of various apps.
Do those brave guys who are constantly changing their ROMS have to go through hours of re-configuration each time or is there an easy way??
A
is that with your internal gps, i have not got a clue myself about this stuff, you dont unplug anything while its doing it do you.
Battery life seems much improved. Also, the QuickGPS util works very well and a lock can be had in seconds rather than minutes.
One funny - my Direct Push email would not work correctly after the initial upgrade. I could download all my content but the device refused to stay in sync requiring a send/receive to empty the Outbox. No amount of deleting/recreating the Exchange partnership helped. In the end I chose "Clear Storage" and did it all again from scratch. That did the trick....
From my other thread in the sub forum...
Hello!
I'm trying to upgrade my orbit 2 from wm6 to 6.1 using the official patch on the 02 website. When I enter in my serial number I get the download link with some instructions.
One such instruction is...
"Please note that if you already have CoPilot satellite navigation software on your Xda, read this installation manual (links to PDF) before upgrading to Windows Mobile 6.1"
The PDF talks about upgrading from wm5 to wm6 with co pilot 6 installed. Now im upgrading from 6 to 6.1 with copilot 7 installed
Do I still need to follow the guide? or can I just install the upgrade without touching the copilot 7?
I dont want to lose the use of the co pilot software by not deactivating it prior to the upgrade.
I tried calling o2 but they were useless.
Cheers
just reactivate it as you did the first time round @orbit2user123z
Windows 6.1 for O2 Xda Orbit 2 - and the features are?
Now this upgrade is available what do we O2 users get in terms of features? The HTC version on their site details some minot tweaks but not enough to want me to install the upgrade, can anyone give us a definite list of features in O2's new ROM?
I've got it all working now - cheers Madheadwil
Before i found this thread i thought my Orbit 2 was faulty, i could not get any roms to install onto my device but now YESSS!, thank you
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can anyone give us a definite list of features in O2's new ROM?
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That would be really helpful. I don't want to waste a couple of evenings reinstalling and reconfiguring all my applications if 6.1 doesn't do a lot more than 6.0 (or the things which have changed are things which I wouldn't use). Anybody know?
Hello,
I just started using HTC Tytn II and when I was out of UK, I needed to unlock the phone from Orange to enable me using it. I then sent it to a shop via a friend. Then I just realised when it got back to me, the software is a bit different - on turning the phone on it reads "HTC touch dual".
I suspect the person from the shop put the touch software in my Tytn.
So that was fine. I do not really have problem with it, in fact i get used to the function already. but i have problem to have my gps working. i could get the map on the phone, but the receiver doesnt work.
I wonder if anybody could help me, in plain term (i am not good with gadgets, softwares etc) direct me towards solving this problem.
do i need to change it back to the original software,and if so, how?
or how can i make my gps working?
thank you very much in advance =)
Start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=433835
This isn't rocket science you can do it.
I do not think that this is a Rom issue, but a Radio issue, if you can check what radio you are using and make sure it matches the Rom, the instructions are there in the link that Fifa provided..
Hi
Is it possible to use a WM6 PDA as a Satellite phone? Any suggestions? My son's going on a two month hike and I'd like him to be in contact if he needs assistance. There are great tracts of land where ordinary cellular phones don't work.
Thanks
Brian
No,
it s a complete different technologie.
oh, polaris couldn't work as a satellite phone, you'd better suggest your son going to hike with others, so they could help one another whenever they meet with danger.
HTC WIZA200 dead after hard reset.plz need urgent help...
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HTC WIZA200 dead after hard reset.
i've tried start in bootloader mode but nothing,still dead,even not show charging.
need urgent help.
any body help me???????
OK, I have looked through the forum and threads but cannot yet see my solution so I need help!
Problem.... I have a second hand HTC Orbit 2 running Windows but .... it has car ID and password log-on that I think is a TOM TOM addition and I cannot get passed it and I need to get rid of it....if possible!
I have tried all the listed hard re-sets and they do not work.
If someone suggest re-installing Windows and deleting everything that would be fine by me, but I will need help doing that!
I would just prefer to get rid of the log-on. It is not my main phone it is just a project, I have a XDA Orbit (nice reliable phone)
So lets get the ball rolling ... can you help me?