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One Seriously P***** Guy Over these New XDA Thangs

If O2 or CPW (Car phone warehouse) Offer these new XDA's that are meant to be coming out on a Free upgrade I'll be happy but if they don't I'll be really pissed i've only recently shelved out alot of dosh for my current XDA and to know that its about to be 'Superseeded' Is something I'm not happy about! I allready have a £500 bill I carnt pay for just one months worth of GPRS Charges! That's Anouther thing when will Mobile companys come up with bargain bucket deals like NTL do on broadband? Lets say £30 p/m for unlimited GPRS Usage! now that'll give my xda something to do! and make my battery work harder! Grrrr :evil: o2 are Bastards! Who agrees?

Tmo in the states offers a $99 plan that has 1500 minutes, unlimited meg on GPRS, unlimited txt messaging and unlimited hotspot (wifi) usage.

PUSH E-MAIL??
For the $79 plan you really get the hookup, too. Just no included nights & weekends, for $5 extra u can get unlimited nights though.
Sweet deal, if you use the hotspots at all (I take my laptop to starbucks once in a while).
The only question is, how can we get the quasi-push e-mail for the XDA I? Works with the IPAQ, sends "silent" text to the phone to alert it to download messages. Sweet!! But isn't working on my old XDA.

collins199820 said:
If O2 or CPW (Car phone warehouse) Offer these new XDA's that are meant to be coming out on a Free upgrade I'll be happy but if they don't I'll be really pissed i've only recently shelved out alot of dosh for my current XDA and to know that its about to be 'Superseeded' Is something I'm not happy about! I allready have a £500 bill I carnt pay for just one months worth of GPRS Charges! That's Anouther thing when will Mobile companys come up with bargain bucket deals like NTL do on broadband? Lets say £30 p/m for unlimited GPRS Usage! now that'll give my xda something to do! and make my battery work harder! Grrrr :evil: o2 are Bastards! Who agrees?
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Mate, If I was you, I'd sell my new XDA on Ebay. If it's as new as you say, you can get at least £200 (the price you bought it for) and then use that to buy a new one when they come out in November.
I don't know if it'll be a free upgrade. I was gonna get an XDA II on contract last week and then found out about XDA IIi, IIs and MDA Compact.
I'll wait for the MDA Compact.
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=I-MATE_JAM

htc pro now avalible from vodafone

as titles just got an email,
http://www.vodafone-emailme.co.uk/vfemailme/process.do?action=digest&digest=1166301300&oid=107384161&location=http://www.vodafonebusinessshop.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=Phones.productdetails%26prodid=3037%26WT.mc_id=EMAIL-110908-BuyNow-CLKHERE-HTCTchPr
seems expensive though and only avalible on buisness website

Try ordering one, I have and they dont have them in stock

churchwa said:
Try ordering one, I have and they dont have them in stock
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Thought you was on O2?

I am, but I have another upgrade on Vodafone waiting for me to use
Then it is just a matter of flashing it and hoping it is not sim locked. If it is then looks like I am going to have to pay a hefty fee on this forum to get it unlocked.
Now get back to your Stella induced slumber

I now have mine in hand.
The good news is that it is Sim Unlocked already. I just popped my O2 Sim in it and it worked straight away.
The bad news is that they have butchered the software. Anyone using it without flashing is going to think it is a pile of rubbish.
I am just waiting for it to charge before I Hardspl it and flash it.

Hi Churchwa,
So....How do you go about flashing the TD Pro?
I've got mine now (with the vodafone skinning) how do I get ride of it (the vodafone skin that is)?
Help please...

All details you need to flash your device and HARDSPL can be found in the wiki, and the rom development section of this forum.

Many thanks. I'll have a gander!

Hardspl worked like a treat.
Then I flashed it with the latest Asian WWE rom. Very very easy

Could you give a quick little tutorial on what needs to be done, this is my first windows mobile phone.
THANKS

churchwa said:
Hardspl worked like a treat.
Then I flashed it with the latest Asian WWE rom. Very very easy
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Why did you Flash it to an Asian ROM over a UK one?
What are the improvements over the Vodafone ROM
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A question to those of you who got it on Vodafone UK, have you got a registered business or something? I was going to order mine a bout 2 minutes ago, but its asking if im a sole trader\Ltd Company etc... or did you manage to get it without a connection to a business?

just ring the normal new connections number and ask for a touch pro, they should give you one straight away, thats all i did.
rang Thursday afternoon, was offered 600 mins unlimted txts and unlimited internet for 35 a month and got the phone for 20 pounds, not bad really, got delivered today (fri) about dinner time.
currently flashing it reception seems quite good with voda and they seem really efficient.

My local Vodafone store called to let me know they had the Touch Pro in stock and were willing to sell me one on a £35/month contract with net access but still wanted £100 up front, still a little steep.
I tried my luck calling in to Vodafone sales and was tole that the TP was only on a business contract if that helps.
D.

Thanks for the heads up, my brother in law (who has a business) has got his today and was told by Vodafone he can have a few extra lines, so i was going to get it that way if i cant get it direct, i know someone already stated that its not SIM Locked, but can anyone else confirm this too, although i'll be getting it on contract with VF UK, but i wont acually use that SIM, i'll be using a T-Mobile one and just want to make sure before i comit.

Hiya.. I have a small business and got this via my business contract. but as others have said you can get them on a consumer contract also.
Just Flashed mine with the 1.90 405.1 top get rid of all that Red Vodafone crap

Ordered!
Just thought i'd let everyone know, I've ordered the Touch Pro on Vodafone as a consumer and not business, so as stated by someone else earlier, you can get this without being a business. Not only that, the option i chose was "Best for texter" which, for £35 (including VAT), gives you 600 minutes and unlimited text messages (AUP says 3000 messages a month) and the guy on the phone said he'd give me the unlimited internet package too (500MB limit per month) and has the full HSDPA enabled ie 7.2 MPBS and the best bit of it all.... the phone was free
He said it should be with me Tuesday, so for me Chistmas has come early, just got to hope i can use my T-Mobile SIM without having to unlock it, i'll let you know as soon as i get it.

just to let people know, the phone i got from voda is unlocked, has my orange sim in it now.

RavenY2K3 said:
Just thought i'd let everyone know, I've ordered the Touch Pro on Vodafone as a consumer and not business, so as stated by someone else earlier, you can get this without being a business. Not only that, the option i chose was "Best for texter" which, for £35 (including VAT), gives you 600 minutes and unlimited text messages (AUP says 3000 messages a month) and the guy on the phone said he'd give me the unlimited internet package too (500MB limit per month) and has the full HSDPA enabled ie 7.2 MPBS and the best bit of it all.... the phone was free
He said it should be with me Tuesday, so for me Chistmas has come early, just got to hope i can use my T-Mobile SIM without having to unlock it, i'll let you know as soon as i get it.
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Is the full HSDPA enabled mean the little H that changes from H to 3G is that ?
Why does it keep changing, shall i set the H as default?

It only switches to H when you need it, (when streaming data) otherwise it just sits on 3G

Available on what UK networks?

All i can see at the moment is Vodafone business, and with unlimited internet only on an 18month contract, im not interested
Really want a 12month contract with an unlimited data allowance.
T-Mobile seem to be monging about now, got them but wont sell them.
Anyone know about O2 and orange???
can forget about 3 there latest phone is a N95 hmmmm.

fil said:
All i can see at the moment is Vodafone business, and with unlimited internet only on an 18month contract, im not interested
Really want a 12month contract with an unlimited data allowance.
T-Mobile seem to be monging about now, got them but wont sell them.
Anyone know about O2 and orange???
can forget about 3 there latest phone is a N95 hmmmm.
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Just got mine on Vodafone after saying I would leave if I didnt get what I wanted
£30 / month, 500 mins 100 texts and unlimited mobile web. Phone was £50. Not bad id say.

Just spoke with O2 Select today and they will bring it out in November

3 australia already have it, and 3UK do have the N96, so don't discount them just yet

ice_coffee said:
3 australia already have it, and 3UK do have the N96, so don't discount them just yet
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Hes right you know!
Was taken from an add in the paper yesterday for 3 say pick from the latest phones, and the N95 was there but not n96, but i see it is on there website, ill keep my eye out

amygdalo said:
Just spoke with O2 Select today and they will bring it out in November
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whats O2 select? got a link to there tarrifs

Vario IV How Much Did You Pay...?

Now the Vario IV has been released how much did you pay for an upgrade?
T-Mobile UK want £230 for me to upgrade ! I thought the upgrade deals were supposed to be much better this month. I was told it should be cheaper once its released on the T-Mobile website. I will also loose my free eves and weekend calls, if I don't get a better deal soon I'll move to Orange and get the Touch HD.

se4me said:
Now the Vario IV has been released how much did you pay for an upgrade?
T-Mobile UK want £230 for me to upgrade ! I thought the upgrade deals were supposed to be much better this month. I was told it should be cheaper once its released on the T-Mobile website. I will also loose my free eves and weekend calls, if I don't get a better deal soon I'll move to Orange and get the Touch HD.
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i got my upgrade for free , combi 35 with WnW after friends and family discount £20 per month on a 12 month tarrif

se4me said:
Now the Vario IV has been released how much did you pay for an upgrade?
T-Mobile UK want £230 for me to upgrade ! I thought the upgrade deals were supposed to be much better this month. I was told it should be cheaper once its released on the T-Mobile website. I will also loose my free eves and weekend calls, if I don't get a better deal soon I'll move to Orange and get the Touch HD.
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What contact/package were you on / are you on?

harvsurrey said:
i got my upgrade for free , combi 35 with WnW after friends and family discount £20 per month on a 12 month tarrif
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And how did you get that? I am on the same contract (minus Family Discount whatever that is) and they want £50 for the phone.
Do we really always have to ask to close the account before we get made the best deal?

foaf said:
And how did you get that? I am on the same contract (minus Family Discount whatever that is) and they want £50 for the phone.
Do we really always have to ask to close the account before we get made the best deal?
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Friends and family discount is offered to employees and up to a certain number of people they are allowed to give it to ... i got mine back in 98 or 99 i think , and its lifetime , i am not sure the newer ones are .
I didn't hassle or even need to ask they just quoted me as it being a free upgrade , i paid 50 last time round for my vario 3 so even i was a little surprised considering i am now on a significantly lower tarrif than the anytime max i used to be on .
However customers have a discount profile depending on length of time and spend with the company , very similar to most companies where you spend lots regularly for a non essential service or goods ... i suspect my 18 years with them may help my discount profile a little .

How much in the UK?

Hi All
I am now due an upgrade on my Desire, and was going to go for the HTC One S. O2 however want £36 a month, for 600 minutes, 1gd data and unlimited texts, so i was wondering what people are paying for it over here?
Cheers

Go to the vodafone eforum and do it that way you get much better deals! Or just contact them through twitter just look for vodafone UK deals
Sent from my HTC One S using XDA Premium App

Go to mobiles(.)co(.)uk, chose HTC One S -> T-Mobile -> Show All and you can find this deal:
Line Rental £26.00 monthly with cashback(7 Months Free) Includes 750MB data allowance , 300 Minutes , Unlimited Texts
Plus you can get an extra £60 cashback if you go to quidco(.)com, register, search for mobiles(.)co(.)uk, click on the link and complete your order.
All that will bring your average cost per month down to £15.92 with a free phone, 300 mins, unlimited texts and 750mb of data

phones4u is currently doing £27 24month contract on O2, 300mins, 500Mb data, also doing £26 24 month on vodafone 300mins, 500Mb data. But phone free, and SIM free, unbranded as I was told yesterday when I was in one of their shops playing around the one s. (oh yes, the deals only available online but I think that's better cos you have the 14days cooling period which in store you don't get it)
I am planning to get the o2 deal since always on o2 but just waiting to decide which colour to go for... just cannot decide...

i really need 1gb of data! i am going for the grey, just to get away from the black ones chipping whilst those phones are still in circulation!
Cheers all.

Three are by far the best. Just changed to them and their signal and 3G speed is great! When tethered to my PC using wifi and the three networks 3G on speed test I get 56ping, 8/9mb Download, 2.5mb upload.
The deal I went for was Unlimited Data, 1000mins, 5000 texts for £33 a month with £60 credit spread over 3rd and 4th bill.

3 have come a long way...
I used to hate them, They where horribly branded, and removing the simlock was almost impossible, compared to other networks.
But they are at the top for smartphone deals, The internet deals they offer + the speed is almost unbeatable.

azzledazzle said:
3 have come a long way...
I used to hate them, They where horribly branded, and removing the simlock was almost impossible, compared to other networks.
But they are at the top for smartphone deals, The internet deals they offer + the speed is almost unbeatable.
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I totally. I remmember their first proprietary handsets and they were nasty cheap plastic... Do you remember those £11 3 phones from Savers? The advertising used to get right on my nerves too, and the support was aweful. I came back to them in 2010 for the One Plan and haven't been more impressed with a carrier since.
Support is also top notch, never have to wait in a queue and like you say, the speeds are the best around...
I don't want to sound like I'm advertising them, but they really have turned a new leaf in terms of service and reliability.. As well as the fact they don't put their fugly logo on every phone I buy anymore

Have been with ThreeUK for 4 years, had to cancel my contract this month, as I moved to a new place and don't have any signal indoors what-so-ever. I also found their customer support very useless to help me solve my problem, but had no problems in past to get a good deal for upgrade.
Now I'm with T-mo and my phone arriving tomorrow

nozzla said:
Hi All
I am now due an upgrade on my Desire, and was going to go for the HTC One S. O2 however want £36 a month, for 600 minutes, 1gd data and unlimited texts, so i was wondering what people are paying for it over here?
Cheers
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I'm on that tariff but I pay £32 a month as I've been an O2 customer a while so I got 1gb for the price of 500mb (£6). They also threw in 50mms messages a month. I also get 500 o2 to o2 minutes and since almost all of my friends and family are on o2 it works out well. If you've been with them a while give them a call and see what they say. 2 years ago I had a similar situation and I just asked and got 2 extras just like that (unlimited o2 to o2 calls and 500mb bolt on, both for free). If not that 3 deal that someone mentioned for £33 seems like a steal. Phone was free on o2 btw.

ccart said:
I'm on that tariff but I pay £32 a month as I've been an O2 customer a while so I got 1gb for the price of 500mb (£6). They also threw in 50mms messages a month. I also get 500 o2 to o2 minutes and since almost all of my friends and family are on o2 it works out well. If you've been with them a while give them a call and see what they say. 2 years ago I had a similar situation and I just asked and got 2 extras just like that (unlimited o2 to o2 calls and 500mb bolt on, both for free). If not that 3 deal that someone mentioned for £33 seems like a steal. Phone was free on o2 btw.
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I've been with O2 for 12 years on the same number and they will offer me nothing!!
I might just for the ease go with O2. or i will buy the phone and get a giffgaff sim card!

nozzla said:
I've been with O2 for 12 years on the same number and they will offer me nothing!!
I might just for the ease go with O2. or i will buy the phone and get a giffgaff sim card!
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Wow thats shocking! I've only been with them 5 years and even then this is the most expensive tariff I've ever taken out with them...usually I was a SIM only customer (£15 a month). I go on their live chat thing and ask what are my options are and I usually get someone saying 'well since you've been with us a while' etc etc. Maybe try your luck and say you've been with them 12 years and you want this phone but that tariff is too expensive and competitors are cheaper and you may have to leave. They seem to value customers so could offer you a loyalty discount (and yes they do this cause my account has a bolt on thingy saying 'Loyalty Discount, -£4'). I have half a mine to ask them to knock another few ££ off for those 50mms messages cause they will NEVER get used lol.

If you have been with your provider for quite a while, then try and call their cancellation line and request your PAC code, they will offer you a really good deal just to keep you with them, but if you deny all their offers and go away with the PAC code, wait for another call... with the best deal possible

got pac code. no further calls. sod them! i've gone with the Three UK deal. 500 minutes, unlimited data and texts. £32 a month. O2 have disappointed me to say the least!
EDIT: Thanks for all your advice!

Why no one commented on the deal that I found?
Is it because of T-Mobile or 300 minutes is not enough?
I have never used T-Mo, so I'm curious a little bit now

I'm on Orange panther 31. As it suggests, £31 with 400 mins, unlimited texts and 750mb data though CPW. Also includes free sky sports on the phone and another one of those swappable things.
I also get 15% loyalty discount for staying with them so works out at £26 odd coupled with roaming data access to T-Mobile I'm very rarely without H connection.
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whats this roaming data ?? How do you use tmobile when your with orange ?
Id like to know more about this, because with vodafone the 3g signal is non existent where i live, But tmobile have excellent 3g signal (my GF is with them)

Basically, if you're on Orange (my carrier) or T Mobile you can use either network for phone and data. Mine seems to spend more time on T Mobile than Orange but either way, coverage is great it automatically picks the best one I think.
You also can manually move to either via network selection if you prefer.
Plus orange do that loyalty discount too.
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I personaly dont understand, why u all look for "carrier" phones with monthly payment...
Isnt there any "local" internet shops (similar to ebay/amazon) where you can buy? Here there is planty of them! Choose the one u like or the price u like and go ahead!
You can see some of search results here "http://www.salidzini.lv/search.php?q=htc+one" But ofc, these shops dont send outside Latvia, so its not option for thread author

cookpass said:
Basically, if you're on Orange (my carrier) or T Mobile you can use either network for phone and data. Mine seems to spend more time on T Mobile than Orange but either way, coverage is great it automatically picks the best one I think.
You also can manually move to either via network selection if you prefer.
Plus orange do that loyalty discount too.
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Ohhh i know what you mean now, Orange and Tmobile joined up last year..
I just thought you mean, if you internet connection is crap you could use someone else network lol
Like I (vodafone) could use... say 3 UK network when my 3g network fails.... haha that would be impressive