Help me choose my new phone - General Topics

Sorry for this but I've been using my i-mate *xda 2* for almost 6 years now and i've not been following up with new phones
It is about time for me to change my faithful friend and I am looking for advices here
What I am looking for is
1. BIG screen (I hate the new small screen of imate jamin etc...)
2. NO Keyboard (I love typing on the screen )
3. GPRS
4. Wifi
5. GPS
6. good battery life time
Nothing else really :wink:
I am considering the new HTC advantage but it looks a bit over priced for me. any suggestions are highly appreciated

Sums up the iPhone
You could wait until its globally released.

I WISH the iphone has no gps

Then you mean GPS, not GPRS...

nadegda said:
Then you mean GPS, not GPRS...
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Actually I need BOTH sorry I forgot to add GPS to the list.
I just edited my previous post
thanks

Get an O2 Flame+BT GPS
Also, take a look at HTC P6300(avaliable as O2 Aragon), with which you'll be more comfortable as you're already 'quite' familiar with the himalaya design

kdskamal said:
Get an O2 Flame+BT GPS
Also, take a look at HTC P6300(avaliable as O2 Aragon), with which you'll be more comfortable as you're already 'quite' familiar with the himalaya design
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the HTC p6300 doesn't have a GPS receive built in right?

No such thing at this moment.

ArcticCat said:
the HTC p6300 doesn't have a GPS receive built in right?
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Yes, it does not have it. Well, you cannot get everything in a single device
Just get a BT GPS and you'll be a happy chap
edit: p6300 uses full size SD too(flame uses micro-SD)

Touch + BT GPS is the best choice

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Looking for a sound decibel meter for PPC

Looking for a sound decibel meter for PPC
thanks!
Is that even possible?
I doubt it, how would it be callibrated?
I just need something that tells me what the decibel is?
can't we do that via the mic?
im using it for a project and def don't want to buy a machine that does it.
I don't need very accurate results.
thanks!
deciBel metering
Maybe something like this ?
http://www.clickapps.com/download.htm?pvid=1054&PHPSESSID=32c565e519d59623ed3e8e79647dd6fc
Try this, but as mikechannon states accuracy could be a bit out due to varying device microphone hardware.
Worked for me OK, I was using it to measure exhaust noise on rally & track cars & was within 5 to 9 decibels accuracy with other meters.
Can run on WM2003SE/WM5 & WM6
Let me now if it works for you.
PS, read the notes file, the password for the Soundmeter.rar is; magic
I zipped the rar for upload compatibility
sound meter looks nice, but doesn't seem to work for my 8125
the dbs keeps staying at 0 and only moves when i press buttons, when on silent.
thanks
cheap DB meters are cheap(not to mention not very accurate)... im not sure where you are located but i believe scocshe (or something like that) makes one and it sells real cheap... like around $20 USD... but you cant have my audiocontrol
Sound level meter for WM 6.1 (HTC touch HD)?
Hi there,
I downloaded the program you mentioned but it did not work on my HTC touch HD, it said the program was not one it could handle. Doe anyone know a nice decibel meter and or analyser of sound which is compatible with HTC touch HD?
I am really looking for it!
Thanks !
does not work on the tilt tried both versions, i installed to the storage card hopefully that wont make a difference.
PocketRTA (commercial) might work on HD, didn't try it myself, but I used a demo on other HTC devices in the past.
http://www.4pockets.com/product_info.php?p=55
it seems to work very well on my touch cruise (pocket RTA pro 1.3), i was also looking for this kind of app
anyone got anything to work on a htc touch dual?
[email protected] said:
Hi there,
I downloaded the program you mentioned but it did not work on my HTC touch HD, it said the program was not one it could handle. Doe anyone know a nice decibel meter and or analyser of sound which is compatible with HTC touch HD?
I am really looking for it!
Thanks !
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I installed it in Omnia i900. It is working. Only some time i get Error1, 2, 3..... I restart the pgm and it will start to work again.
Thanks a lot guys it is more or less what I was looking for.
i would appreciate something like this:
http://pdaviet.net/showthread.php?t=54300
N3m3515 said:
i would appreciate something like this:
http://pdaviet.net/showthread.php?t=54300
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Hi,
nice Tool, but iPhone/iPod only.
with friendly greet
starbase64
There was an okay tool over at PPCGeeks in their 6.1 kitchens.. I can't remember the name. I can't vouch for it's accuracy either but it did what I needed it for (told me if my music was aprox. too loud.) It was 80% translated from what I guess to be Farsi (all english save some of its popups.) Worked fine on WiMo 6.1 standard and pro.
Any new development for this?
Hi sounds like a fun idea, but why would anyone actually want one?
Especially why would anyone consider paying money for it?
You can only use it for a gimick and if it's giving accuracy to within 5-9dB as reported in the earlier posts that awful!
If you don't already know: 3dB is a doubling in sound pressure level!!! 9dB is the difference between one speaker and 3!
Looks fun though.
Mister B said:
Try this, but as mikechannon states accuracy could be a bit out due to varying device microphone hardware.
Worked for me OK, I was using it to measure exhaust noise on rally & track cars & was within 5 to 9 decibels accuracy with other meters.
Can run on WM2003SE/WM5 & WM6
Let me now if it works for you.
PS, read the notes file, the password for the Soundmeter.rar is; magic
I zipped the rar for upload compatibility
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whats the password rar achive?!
THIAGO.HTC said:
whats the password rar achive?!
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It's right in the quote you made. If you're still confused, it's "magic" (without the quotation marks).

Just got the S730

I just bought the HTC S730 today
Where is the s730 forum here?
I have tried like a crazy person to get the 'built-in' gps to work, but i cant even find one satellite :-( Perhaps they have disabled it in the Rom...
Cant wait to hear from other users who have bought the final version of this phone and if they can get the gps to work..
Could you upload your HTC Home screen? I think a lot of users (including me ) are waiting here for this. Would you be so kind please?
martinbr said:
I just bought the HTC S730 today
Where is the s730 forum here?
I have tried like a crazy person to get the 'built-in' gps to work, but i cant even find one satellite :-( Perhaps they have disabled it in the Rom...
Cant wait to hear from other users who have bought the final version of this phone and if they can get the gps to work..
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As soon as I have time we will research it. If the hardware is really built in we will get it going some time (it *will* take time tho)
Got my S730 a few days ago. Loving it so far, except...
Couldn't find any satellites with Google Maps so the GPS does indeed appear to be disabled in the final ROM. I hope someone finds a "fix" for this soon. ;-)
Also, I can't get BlackBerry Connect 4.0.0.76 or 4.0.0.84 to connect RIM. My subscription is enabled (works fine on my BB Pearl) but I can't get a PIN on the S730. If anyone has managed to get this working, I'd love some help.
Cheers
HappyHammer
charlie42 said:
Could you upload your HTC Home screen? I think a lot of users (including me ) are waiting here for this. Would you be so kind please?
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I would be happy to. But i have no idea how to extract it from the phone?
Go to Application Data and the best is you copy the whole Home-Folder and upload it.
Here you go
Hope you can use it...
Can someone btw tell me how i can get more appointments to show in the HTC Home Screen?
Thank you very much! But not working on Vox, there are some missing files in system and plugin support.. I think the clsid is different from the Vox's one and it will be more difficult to make it work.. It only shows appointments I will do some researches
And your question - I tried to find it inside of xml, but not there.. HTC made a configurator to modify HTC home on PPC, so maybe for smartphones it also will appear.. I guess
GPS seems to be in HTC S730
I got my S730 today. Have tried with Efficasoft GPS Utilities for Smartphone v2.0 and Chartcross GPS Test Version 1.04. Both programs finds 0-1 satelliets, not enough for positioning, but there seems to be a GPS. But whay can't it identify enough of satellites?
martinbr said:
Here you go
Hope you can use it...
Can someone btw tell me how i can get more appointments to show in the HTC Home Screen?
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is there anyway you can get a rom dump... cus htc home files are in the windows dir.. and we also need the reg keys to make htc home work
pixelwix said:
is there anyway you can get a rom dump... cus htc home files are in the windows dir.. and we also need the reg keys to make htc home work
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Off course, if someone explains how to do it i will be happy to do it.
*If* the hardware is indeed enabled, you might want to extract drivers from a Kaiser rom. Whether the hardware is indeed present and enabled is hard to determine from the unclear statements in this thread...
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*If* the hardware is indeed enabled, you might want to extract drivers from a Kaiser rom. Whether the hardware is indeed present and enabled is hard to determine from the unclear statements in this thread...
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Please explain how we can verify if the GPS hardware is present and enabled? I tested with Google Maps and adamwasta used a number of other tools, so what can we do to make it less unclear for you? Thanks.
HTC TYTN II ----or----- HTC s730
Can someone please help me decide between the HTC Tytn II OR the HTC S730? I am a heavy texter, sometimes check email, and want a fast phone. I'm worried that the HTC s730's keyboard is not comfortable -- can someone that uses it give me a heads up on how comfortable/good it is? Is the WM Smartphone's UI annoying? - i've been using pocket pc for a long time & I just want to know if its difficult to switch to a standard smartphone like the HTC s730? Thanks in advance for your feedback & comments - they are all much appreciated
Hmmm i havent tried yhe Tytn so i cant compare the two phones. But i had a Touch before i bought my S730 and i must that it was a step in the right direction text-typing-wise... The s730 is not as good to type on as an Nokia Communicator (imo the best phone for typing), but it's pretty good. And its great to have two options for typing : numeric with T9 and the qwerty inside...
About the smartphone ui....Grrrrrr it is a little bit annoying.. I hate that the settings are so locked. You have far few options in the settings compared to the PPC interface. But then on the other hand there are some features that works better on the smartphone than on the PDA.
All in all i am a very happy little piggy with my S730. I would not trade it for any other phone on the market.
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Can someone please help me decide between the HTC Tytn II OR the HTC S730? I am a heavy texter, sometimes check email, and want a fast phone. I'm worried that the HTC s730's keyboard is not comfortable -- can someone that uses it give me a heads up on how comfortable/good it is? Is the WM Smartphone's UI annoying? - i've been using pocket pc for a long time & I just want to know if its difficult to switch to a standard smartphone like the HTC s730? Thanks in advance for your feedback & comments - they are all much appreciated
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I am also pretty happy with the S730... i used to have a vox and a wizard i must say I keep going to press the screen on the s730 because i was used to ppc but im sure it wont take long for me to get used to it..
one thing battery for me at least seems to be an issue.. fully charged at 7am this morning I had 1 bar left by 11am... Martin is your battery life the same?
the keyboard on the s730 is excellent very good i am already beginning to become a gun on it.. as for the kaiser my friend has one they are way too big for me i guess you need to ask yourself do you want a phone with pda features or a pda with phone features?
Brisbane_guy : I have not expirenced such lousy battery time as you describe. My battery last for about 2 days and i dont turn it off at night. So about 48 hours. But i have disabled BT and WIFI most of the time...
Many thanks Martin & Brisbane for your feedback I'm going to buy the s730 based on your positive feedback
Noura said:
Many thanks Martin & Brisbane for your feedback I'm going to buy the s730 based on your positive feedback
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You really should consider the Asus P750. It's only 130g, has 3g, gps (sirf3), wlan, bt2.0, touchscreen, WM6 Prof, 520MHz ARM, 256MB flash and 64MB ram.
On Modaco someone called it the kaiser killer.
jockyw2001 said:
You really should consider the Asus P750. It's only 130g, has 3g, gps (sirf3), wlan, bt2.0, touchscreen, WM6 Prof, 520MHz ARM, 256MB flash and 64MB ram.
On Modaco someone called it the kaiser killer.
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Hi Jocky thanks for the info - however I'm a qwerty keyboard lover and absolutely cannot live without one --- any ideas on a small phone with a qwerty keyboard that has strong specs, please let me know many thanks

How Can install Mobile 5 or 6 into a GPS?

I have a Navman S50. It comes with a very simple Windows CE version. I would like to install a version with more features like internet explorer, messenger etc. Can I install any of those mobile Rom versions into my GPS?
How? Any tutorial around?
Need I to make a backup from the ROM por posible warranty issues?
Thanks for advanced.
I´m asking for an imposible? Please, tell me something.
Sure...GPS, phone. They are all the same thing, right?
By the way, can anyone tell me how to load a ROM for my calculator so it can be a portable television?
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I´m asking for an imposible? Please, tell me something.
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I do not know if you are kidding, but I have heard about a guy who has Tv on his GPS. I hope I will can chat with him in next days. A friend saw it, and have internet and wifi.
My mother got a navigo satnav cheap from ebuyer, and I got tomtom and memory map running on it using instructions from this site: www.navsoon.org
lagoausente said:
I do not know if you are kidding, but I have heard about a guy who has Tv on his GPS. I hope I will can chat with him in next days. A friend saw it, and have internet and wifi.
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You may be able to find a pda rom that would work with your Navman but not a smartphone rom because your Navman do not have the hardware that makes it behave like a phone. You could try a pda forum instead of trying to find help here. It would need to be a rom for a device that has the same specification as yours and even that may not work. It needs to use the same update method/bootloader at least!
lagoausente said:
I do not know if you are kidding, but I have heard about a guy who has Tv on his GPS. I hope I will can chat with him in next days. A friend saw it, and have internet and wifi.
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i have tv, gps, and phone/data cababilities all on my xv8600 (Titan). So what? Why not just get a ppc6800 and be done with it?
i use it wil tomtom gps software, watch my home DVR/TV via slingbox software, use it to make/eceive calls with my blutooth headset, as well as send corporate and personal emails that sync up with my mail server....the xv6800 is the most powerful and expandable device on this entire forum, so just get one, and quit trying to ghetto-rig a GPS to make it what it cant be
have tv, gps, and phone/data cababilities all on my xv8600 (Titan). So what? Why not just get a ppc6800 and be done with it?
i use it wil tomtom gps software, watch my home DVR/TV via slingbox software, use it to make/eceive calls with my blutooth headset, as well as send corporate and personal emails that sync up with my mail server....the xv6800 is the most powerful and expandable device on this entire forum, so just get one, and quit trying to ghetto-rig a GPS to make it what it cant be
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Hello crobs808, I had a look to the ppc6800 at looks very nice, interesting the onboard keyboard. It´s an option but an extra investment I´m not sure if it´s worth. What I don´t like much are the 2.8" tft, seems quite small.
I´ll try to contact that guy that has his GPS working as a complete PDA. The good point it that the navman S50 has a 4.3" screen that seems more confortable to my eyes.
You may be able to find a pda rom that would work with your Navman but not a smartphone rom because your Navman do not have the hardware that makes it behave like a phone. You could try a pda forum instead of trying to find help here. It would need to be a rom for a device that has the same specification as yours and even that may not work. It needs to use the same update method/bootloader at least!
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wovems, do you know any forum you would recomend? I think It will be no easy to find the correct forum. The doubt I have is; if the rom doesn´t work, could return it to the original? or is the risk of damaging it? That it´s the only important. If there is low risk, o no risk, can look for a rom, and try it, but if I would be on risk, so It wouldn´t worth to try nothing.
The Navman allows to intall some little programs on the Flash card, or the Storage card, but I couln´t find no internet browser that can be opened. Maybe the Windows Ce version is missing some dll files (have read something about), but I don´t know, and it´s dificult to find info about how to install that optional dlls.
crobs808 said:
the xv6800 is the most powerful and expandable device on this entire forum
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just looking at specs, the kaiser seems wayyyy more powerful then the titan and seems like it can do a lot more as well. what does the titan have over the kaiser? and why did you point out just the verizon version, as far as i know they're all the same?
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just looking at specs, the kaiser seems wayyyy more powerful then the titan and seems like it can do a lot more as well. what does the titan have over the kaiser? and why did you point out just the verizon version, as far as i know they're all the same?
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nah, no way...they have the same processor and all, but you cant get a CDMA version of the Kaiser, and EVDO/CDMA data rates are much faster than GSM model phones. I get 1600/800 on my verizon CDMA phone, so for that alone it's worth it...sure, if there was a CDMA Kaiser, then they might be on the same playing level, but I use about 8 email accounts with my phone, and need that speed to push/pull email all day long on all 8 accounts...cant be waiting.

GPS on Raphael

Tested it out today, counted from when I opened OCN8 and it took exactly 30 seconds to get a fix. Perfectly acceptable if you ask me, especially seeing as I'll only use it for long drives.
great to know man
Thx for sharing
Did you try any button mapping software?
With or with out A-GPS??
mtbmtbmtb said:
With or with out A-GPS??
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With A-GPS, I don't think you can turn it off.
Only one GPS setting: Enable AGPS: Checkbox.
No, I haven't done any button mapping to the other person who asked.
Is the device as fast as shown in unwired videos?
Black93300ZX said:
With A-GPS, I don't think you can turn it off.
Only one GPS setting: Enable AGPS: Checkbox.
No, I haven't done any button mapping to the other person who asked.
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Yep, 26 seconds for me using Garmin.
And yes, mine is as fast as the videos. Definitely an improvement over the Diamond, despite the Diamond's speed improvements with recent cooked ROM's.
Amazing what a bit of extra RAM will do...
Great, thanks for the info
Since you're using Garmin
I've always found it's notifications to be quite lower than other GPS s/w even when placing an attention tone prior
Is it any louder on the Raph speakers in comparison with Kaiser?
sub69 said:
Yep, 26 seconds for me using Garmin.
And yes, mine is as fast as the videos. Definitely an improvement over the Diamond, despite the Diamond's speed improvements with recent cooked ROM's.
Amazing what a bit of extra RAM will do...
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You know what, I've not managed to get a GPS fix using Copilot 7 or Google Maps.
Strange. Very quick for me too.
Syphon Filter said:
You know what, I've not managed to get a GPS fix using Copilot 7 or Google Maps.
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Make sure to download QuickGPS before you use those programs, that may be your issue.
fireblade63 said:
Is the device as fast as shown in unwired videos?
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Fast like, TF3D being fast? Check this video out, AT&T model, 100% out of the box and not 1 tweak applied:
http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/The300ZX/?action=view&current=Raphael004.flv
Now with tweaks, it's unreal.
Nope, still not working.
Have you tried GpsTest?
steveoidm said:
Have you tried GpsTest?
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Oh, no...what's that? Is it something built in or is it an app I have to install?
EDIT:
Copilot has a GPS Status thing built in. Looks like I can only see one satellite. Kind of weird.
Syphon Filter said:
Copilot has a GPS Status thing built in. Looks like I can only see one satellite. Kind of weird.
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Are you outside or inside some building?
GPS works fine for me in both Google Maps and TomTom Navigator. Indoors is not so great, but whilst in a car it was fine all the way home on a 30 minute journey!
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Are you outside or inside some building?
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I'm in my house, my Kaiser right next to it is working fine.
GPS isn't supposed to work indoors... If you need it indoors, you may also need to be living in a psychiatric ward. :\
I got full signal in front of my house according to OCN8's little GPS status bar, for those who care.
As mentioned earlier, QuickGPS will help (hopefully as it has been useless for me since Kaiser WM6.1 ROMs started to be cooked)
BUT
You need to give it time first to aquire GPS fix alone THEN go back to your PC to download the QuickGPS data
To make sure you have everything afterwards successful,
reboot your PDA and see if you can aquire a faster fix.
You can test with GPSTest attached here.
If it didn't solve your problem, check with other fellow Raph holder their Radio versions and yours.
If you are to flash, do not forget to HardSPL your device.
Good luck and give us more feedback
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I'm in my house, my Kaiser right next to it is working fine.
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@fireblade63
I'd say the notification volume in Garmin is about the same as it is in the Kaiser, so I agree - it's certainly not the loudest, but I'm someone who likes the Sat-Nav turned down a bit anyway. I hate having the things shouting at me, especially if there are other people in the car who I'm trying to talk to.
My father-in-law, on the other hand, could never cope with the Garmin / Raphael combination because he turns his TomTom XL up to full volume, which drives me mental on the odd occasion I have to experience it!
So, no, the Raphael is no louder as far as I can tell.

AT&T Fuze

I've had TONS of PM's recently (12 in the 3 days I was in VT) so I wanted to clear some things up and answer a few questions.
1) ROM DUMP... The ROM incognitho posted is the one on my Fuze, same radio and everything. If that doesn't give you 3G, no ROM/radio will.
2) MMS... Your Raphael automatically obtains the same settings as mine for MMS, if it doesn't work, fix it through AT&T.
3) Software/hardware capabilities... The G-sensor calibrator, FM radio and TV out all function completely after the software was installed. Thanks to sub69 and schaps.
Any more questions so my PM box stops overflowing?
Keep negativity elsewhere as I'm already on thin ice, I'll answer anything I can but once the mudslinging starts this thread is gone.
I'm afraid that black may be right on the 3g in the US. If his rom & radio don't give the UK touch pro 3g in the states, I really don't know what else can be done to open it up as that rom/radio do enabe the 3g on his touch pro. I really do hope I'm wrong as I currenly have a UK touch pro in the US but when the fuze comes out I know I will have no problem selling it and I'll just get the Fuze. It's a shame because I think I would like the layout of the UK keyboard better than the Fuze. Only time will tell I guess.
Well, I can't say I know that the hardware is different (nix the keyboard/camera/etc), but I do know my phone works flawlessly on 3G/HSPA with the currently available radio/ROM. I'm sorry to hear people have tried this with no success, as that means many people have wasted a grand for no 3G. :-(
Black93300ZX said:
I've had TONS of PM's recently (12 in the 3 days I was in VT)
3) Software/hardware capabilities... The G-sensor calibrator, FM radio and TV out all function completely after the software was installed. Thanks to sub69 and schaps.
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I haven't read the forum much lately,,,,,, but is that right? The AT&T Fuze is going to have FM radio?
jamespaulritter said:
I haven't read the forum much lately,,,,,, but is that right? The AT&T Fuze is going to have FM radio?
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The software wasn't installed, but after sub69 did me the favor of extracting the FM radio files from his Touch Pro and putting them into a CAB, it works perfectly on my Fuze. Same applies to TV-out, software wasn't there, but after installed it works mint.
any word if this rom works with hermes? prob not fm radio if so huh.
thodge21 said:
any word if this rom works with hermes? prob not fm radio if so huh.
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Are you talking about the AT&T Fuze ROM? If you are, then no that ROM will brick the hell out of your phone if you try it. Stick to the Hermes forum for Hermes ROMs
thodge21 said:
any word if this rom works with hermes? prob not fm radio if so huh.
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No, the ROM wont work straight out. It would have to be ported to work on the Hermes. There was one ported for the Kaiser (IBI) but i don't think anything for the Hermes was released.
oops i meant kaiser, i sold my hermes.
thodge21 said:
oops i meant kaiser, i sold my hermes.
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lol well that makes more sense
There was a Cab
to Fix the Yellow Photos
Anyone ?
Can we change background picture in touch pro (not only for home)?
Can we have different backgrounds for each ?
How to do that Please

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