Hello all
I have received an XDA zest as my new work mobile I am new to pocket pc's and a complete novice but this does seem a bad phone (already after only 2 weeks of use I have a new battery on its way) but unfortunately it seems that I am stuck with it. My question is what are the best upgrades/downgrades I can do or what are the best programs I can use to make living with this phone more bearable? Also has anyone any advice on the battery? I use bluetooth connection with my car and have found more than once that I have forgot to turn bt off and even though the phone has just finished being fully charged a couple of hours later the phone switches off with a dead battery.
Any help gratefully received!
Darren
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Hi,
I upgraded from an original XDA to XDA2 from o2 in Cambridge (Lion Yard store) two weeks ago. However, I'm quite dissapointed at the reception of the phone in CB10, CB11 areas (and many others!). It's actually worst than the original XDA. I miss every call if I'm inside a building with the xda2 - not the xda:!: The phone signal antenna goes into searching mode as soon as I enter a door. A reset of the device will connect for a short period inside a building and the go into search mode. Have I got a duff device? I hear the XDA2 is supposed to be better in this area than the XDA but I experience the opposite. I'm just about to return it back at the store and demand a replacement. Back to using the original XDA....
Latest ROM on xda2 - issue was the same with original out-of-the-box ROM. So, upgrade did not help...
Please advice.
R
I am very new in this site, so please bear with me.
I have been using my Xda mini since Jan 2005 continuously without any problem whatsoever (never been upgraded nor serviced). Lately, my Xda Mini often turned itself off everytime I started large sized programs when battery is around 65% or less. It kept on turning itself off over and over again until it was connected to a power source. It would not turn itself off on standby or by opening small sized programs like address book, note, etc.
I just found out about Cotulla WinMo 6.1 ROM by accident about a month ago. Hoping the new ROM will fix my problem, I finally downloaded Radio 1.12 + Cotulla ROM 3.04 + Feature Pack 3. I flashed them on without any problem and my Xda Mini ran quite well on WinMo 6.1. Only problems were battery max at 80%, Bluetooth connection, unsuccessful setting to MMS/GPRS, battery drained faster than before and it was noticably warmer even when underclocked.
After 1 week on new ROM, there was static noise were heard on every calls, then signal was lost completely. After 2 days of static noise, it kept on searching for signal unsuccessfully. Other function still worked, so it became just a PDA without phone feature. The next day, the sound on speakers went out.
I flashed it back to its original WinMo 2003 SE, but unfortunately it still couldn't get any signal or any sound. So I removed the SIM card and inserted to a Nokia and got a "SIM card error" message. After cleaning it up, SIM card worked well on Nokia phone with full signal. I put the same SIM card back in Xda Mini, but still could not get any signal nor sound.
Strangely enough, the next day I tried my Xda Mini again and it got signal!!! Since it didn't have any sound, I had to use handfree cable for all calls. The sound came back on the same day after I disconnected the handfree.
Now it is back to normal, working as well as before. I do not know exactly what happened and why it happened, but I figure I better post my experience just incase anyone had experienced the same problem with me. Don't throw them away yet, as it just may spring back into life.
Original Windows 2003SE ROM
Hi,
If you have original O2 XDA Mini II ROM please upload it and provide the link.
Thank You
I download the original ROM from this address
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Magician
Hi all,
I just recently updated my LG Shine Plus from Telus (LG-C710h) to Android 2.3 and my battery life has dropped significantly. Where it used to last more than 12 hours, it now only lasts less than 6 without use. Using Juice Defender has not made a significant improvement.
Is there are way to go back to 2.1 with this phone? (I've played with other ROMs with my old Xperia X10)
Thanks!
Statik
I've done this update on my moms phone and she had some battery problems, jsut pull the battery and replace it, that helped fix hers
I actually had Telus replace the battery and that didn't help it. I looked at Juice Defender some more and it mentioned autokiller (I had been using Advanced Task Killer). I installed autokiller and killed some processes and suddenly the power drain leveled right off and the phone started sleeping again. The battery usage went from a 45 degree decline to almost straight when it wasn't being used. I'm not sure which thing I killed that was doing it, but the phone seems to be running 100% better.
A side symptom which also has disappeared was that SMS messages weren't being received until an SMS was sent out and then all the SMS's would show up. Now, the texts are received withing seconds.
Thanks!
Statik
Thats good it's working better for you, hopefully you get the SMS worked out
Thats just it, the SMS problem is worked out. The autokiller fixed both problems.
Sent from my SGH-T989D using XDA App
Update troubles
Hey everyone, I know it's been a while and my chances of getting a reply are pretty slim, but I have a friend with an LG Shine Plus C710h and she's trying to update her phone from 1.6 ...as someone who frequently updates and has experimented with various ROMs on my previous SE X10 I was astonished that someone hadn't updated their phone from 1.6! unheard of, I know!
And so being the helpful friend that I am I offered to do some searching around for her, but found nothing. Not even the PDF manual I found online gave me the answer I was looking for. So I thought I would try you guys.
tl;dr -- the problem is that the phone will not connect / sync to PC suite. She's looked all through the settings and can't find any way to change it, and with all my internet searching, neither can I (we're not together at the moment, she just called me and asked for help)
Can anyone who owns this phone or has owned it previously give us a hand here?
LG-C710h
Greydesk said:
Hi all,
I just recently updated my LG Shine Plus from Telus (LG-C710h) to Android 2.3 and my battery life has dropped significantly. Where it used to last more than 12 hours, it now only lasts less than 6 without use. Using Juice Defender has not made a significant improvement.
Is there are way to go back to 2.1 with this phone? (I've played with other ROMs with my old Xperia X10)
Thanks!
Statik
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Do You Have Any LG-C710h Firmware?Can you give me?what firmware was good work for lg-c710h?do you know?
Hi Guys.
Just wondering if any one of you knows of a dumbphone with WiFi sharing capability? A good battery, rugged, and preferably flip-top would be nice. Fed up with lugging my smartphone with crap battery around to use as a hotspot with my 7.7 when on 3G/HSDPA - I just don't really see the point in having a smartphone anymore as i have my tab. They all use too much battery, have to plugged in every night etc... I recently went to Ireland on holiday, and only had to charge my mates 8yr old phone up ONCE in a week -and that was to turn it on after 2 years. And i used it a lot too. So, what about it - anybody know of one?
Thanks kindly,
Mark.
marbor2 said:
Hi Guys.
Just wondering if any one of you knows of a dumbphone with WiFi sharing capability? A good battery, rugged, and preferably flip-top would be nice. Fed up with lugging my smartphone with crap battery around to use as a hotspot with my 7.7 when on 3G/HSDPA - I just don't really see the point in having a smartphone anymore as i have my tab. They all use too much battery, have to plugged in every night etc... I recently went to Ireland on holiday, and only had to charge my mates 8yr old phone up ONCE in a week -and that was to turn it on after 2 years. And i used it a lot too. So, what about it - anybody know of one?
Thanks kindly,
Mark.
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Interestingly, I had a similar dilemma when I owned my galaxy tab 2 and smart phone.
Then I had an idea, why not just get one device!
I hit eBay with both items and bought aP6800
This is now my sole device and has a better battery than anything I've ever owned. It doubles as my phone, yes my phone (mainly use headphones for talking but I have been known to put it to my ear... I don't care, ice got a device that's slimmer than almost every smartphone out there, has a far better battery and has a stunning screen!
My advice would be to sell both and get the P6800
Hello,
i'm new here i was trying to find answers on my problem but i wasn't able to find anything so i'm creating this new topic.
Last month i accidentally dropped my phone. I wasn't able to do anything (touch screen didn't respond) so i reseted it through the battery and it worked...but since then it's overheating anytime i use it (even usual works like phone calls makes it overheated) therefore the battery die out really quickly...charging took ages and it's also overheating during it. My camera is not working and internet connection does not work too...but if i remove battery and sim card it's working again...and for a while it's not overheating...but after 1 hour or so it's happening again..... any hints pleeeease ?
Most probably it's a hardware issue since you dropped your phone. You can get it repaired by the service centre or any other shops
And there's a seperate section to post queries/questions/problems. Use that next instead of posting so that somebody easily finds you
Hit the thanks button if it helped!