Hi All,

So I received my new HTC Shift yesterday and like any good citizen, after installing some AntiVirus software, I went crazy and ran Windows Update. Now in this brave new world we live in, Vista SP1 has been released to Windows Update and I duely installed it. I was happily using the shift on the train this morning over HSDPA and hibernated Windows (by habit). When I got to work, I resumed Windows and got an error saying Sh*gCtrl (trying to dodge the profanity filter - replace '*' with 'a') has "stopped working". This seemed fairly innocent, but then I realised that I can't now enable either the HSDPA modem or the WiFi card in Vista (note: HSDPA still works in WinMo).

I did a bit of Googling and came up with a hit on XDA developers suggesting that it can be fixed by re-installing the HTC Control Center app by running c:\program files\htc\control\setup.exe, which I tried, with no luck. To be fair to the original poster of this, he did come back and say that it only briefly fixed his issue.

So... I'm wondering if anyone else has come across this and more importantly, has anyone fixed it? I have submitted a support request at HTC.com and am awaiting their response .

Thanks in advance!!

h3adl0ng

I installed this the other day and I've noticed that I can't sync music (or other media) between my PC and the memory card in my Orange M3100. After some googling, I found several posts that describe how to fix this for WMP11 (ie, delete all MSMETADATA, DRM and MUSIC folders and any occurances of WMPInfo.xml). I followed these instructions to the letter, several times, with no luck. I now suspect that this is not directly related to WMP11, but WMDC on Vista.

Has anyone else noticed the same thing? I don't think this is related to Onecare as I can sync data and browse the device quite happily (including the "storage card").

Thanks!

Ok, like many others on this site who've bought an M3100 (or other hermes), I'm in a bit of a quandry over what to do about the lack of a 'normal' headphones socket. I'm tempted to buy some Bluetooth stereo headphones, but then that would be yet another thing I'd have to charge and it seems like a bit of a pfaff (sp?).

So, I guess I'd prefer an adapter. I've been searching for a few days now and not really found anything. But I just found this: DataKits.co.uk headphone adapter and it looks about right - except it doesn't have the peculiar extra lump on the side of the plug like the included headset.

At £3.99 (+£2.49 delivery), I'm tempted to take the plunge. But before I do, has anyone else tried a headphone adapter that was meant for a Moto RAZR v3, v3i, pebl, l7 etc?

Thanks everyone

H3adl0ng

Have you had time to look at the landscape issue on the vistablissone theme yet?

Cheers!

I know many people are probably upgrading right now, but I thought I'd share my experience...

Called 343 as recommended in another topic - got straight through to a "we give existing customers the same deals as new ones line" - never knew about this before. The hold time was less than 5 mins. The guy asked how he could help and quickly passed me to someone in upgrades (and surprisingly passed my details to the new call handler so that I didn't have to start from scratch - must be a first!)...

anyway, on my existing £25pm contract (with monthly spend of about £30-35ish) the guy offered a price of £4.99 for the phone (no upg fee as I'm 2 months out of contract). And the new contract is a 12month one, none of this 18 month rubbish.

so...

£4.99 (phone) + 12 x £25 (contract) = £304.99

and there's a 3G bundle for new 3G'ers which is 1000MB per month for the first three months (shame you can't roll unused MBs over at the end of the offer)

just praying for a nice WnW-like Data offer when they start promoting HSDPA

Yup - I've used it. As you may or may not have guessed, the speaker doesn't function in quite the same way as it does when you're in a normal phone call... I'm guessing that Skype sends its audio output to the device speaker at a normal system volume level (unlike when in a call - the vol is set so that you can put your ear to the speaker).

In addition to this, in the calls I've made, I've noticed a fair bit of feedback (not sure which end of the call was the worst culprit, but the feedback happened none-the-less). To combat this, I simply plugged in the normal stereo handsfree headset. However, whilst I'm sure the audio was coming out of the headset only, I'm not sure about which microphone was picking up the sounds (internal or headset). It doesn't really matter though, because it worked and it successfully stopped the feedback

HTH,

h3adl0ng

Apologies for that one :oops:

indeed up/right for Call History | left/down for Speed Dials - Also, its worth noting that the OS transposes the d-pad when the phone is in (either) landscape mode - so if you're holding the phone sideways, the d-pad is always oriented as you might expect

@ nsp, yes, the M500 does search both first and last name and searches for any occurence of the search string - eg 373 (fre) will also pick up anDREw and linDSEy.... 463 will pick up "carolINE " and " tIMEwell".

Phew... I hope that last bit made sense - it was tricky to get the right meaning to come across just using text!

h3adl0ng

You'd be much better off using the dialler rather than the contacts app...

... just hit the Green button - this will fire up the dialler; then enter the first part of the name of the person you want to call as if using T9 (eg. if I wanted to call someone with a first name of Fred, I would hit: 3, 7, 3 - or F, R, E, in t9); Then use the Direction control to move up and down through the list to select the required contact and then left and right to select the right phone type (w, h, m - work, home, mobile); then press the Green button again.

When finished, hit the Red button as per usual... whne you go to make your next call, the search string (3,7,3 - as above) is no longer there - although it will list the last call to enable you to simply double tap the Green button to redial the last number.

Also handy to note, from the Today screen, by hitting Green and then up/down, you can quickly access your speed dials. Similarly, from the today screen, pressing Green and then left/right, you can quickly access your call history. Simply select any of these items using the up/down control and dial by hitting the Green button.

HTH - and I hope I'm not covering old ground for you

h3adl0ng

@ Jim81,

Just to clarify, when you say upgrade, was that a normal upgrade - ie from an existing Orange phone / account (before or after 12 contract) to the M500.

If so, would you mind explaining where / how you got it...

Much appreciated!

h3adl0ng

@dwj, Was that on upgrade?

I had a click around and it doesn't seem to be available on the upgrade section (http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show/handset...rade/orange/all)

grrr

I also called OCS and the lady said it wasn't on her system yet

double grrr

I want...

@ RazorD...

any chance you could add a meta tag (refresh) to your availability checker page pls...

eg


edit
Meant to say pretty please!

guilty :oops:

Has anyone else found that their ctrl and f5 keys seem slightly tired? Mine have taken a good hammering already today - and it doesn't look like its gonna let up any time soon.

Just gonna see about doing some work today

h3adlong

Digging into the "more information" section of the Dutch site, I noticed it mentioned Windows Media Player 9???

I was expecting/hoping that it would come with WMP10.

What gives?

H3adl0ng

Is that info about O not releasing the JAM correct? I was under the impression that Orange were just being fashionably (not) late to the party! (although not sure where / why I got that impression - weren't there some rumours about an Orange M500??)

Slowly loosing the plot! :?:

h3adl0ng

Hi,

I used to use Macromedia Fireworks for this... Think there's probably a free trial - try http://www.macromedia.com

Can you believe it?...

After reading this topic, I phoned 150, 4, 5, 1 and spoke to a *very* helpful call centre guy (deliberately omitting the term "monkey" coz he was good). C500's are in stock, yes you can upgrade (even tho I'm inside 1st 12 months). On my current tarif, I would have to pay £79 for the phone and £75 to upgrade inside 1st year of contract.

So I said ok, I would like to go ahead - he mentioned that if my tarif (on Line 1) was over £25, then I could get the phone for free (but still have to pay £75 upg fee). I said "ok, what tarifs could I change to?". He detailled several choices of tarifs that would be more then £25 per month. I selected one and was starting to get a bit excited . He then mentioned the bad news...

... "unfortunately, today happens to be your billing date and as such, you cannot change your tarif today" ...

[deflate] "B U GG R"

However, the guy was very helpful and suggested visting my local Orange store tomorrow to get the phone. He also gave me their phone number!

Good luck to anyone else trying to upgrade through Orange 150 today - looks like they are ready and waiting!

Hi guys,

I believe that this is the difference between "headset" and "handsfree" bluetooth profiles. Most headsets support both, but it appears the E200 only supports "headset" (not sure if this is the correct term, but either way, the E200 only supports the profile with the lower functionality).

From what I can gather, "headset" provides basic functionality such as answer/end/volume; whereas "handsfree" provides more functionality like voice dial/last number redial etc.

Also, it appears that when the phone is paired with a BT headset, it simply passes the call to the headset, and the headset profile on the phone is only activated when a headset lead is plugged into the socket (remembering the days of dust in the switch causing my original SPV to get stuck in headset mode ;-))

To Conclude - it seems that regardless of which headset you buy, you will only be able to use answer/end/volume - until MS/Orange decide to provide support for the Bluetooth "handsfree" profile.

HTH

h3adl0ng

*UPDATE* - See first post

Updates in line

Hi all,

Bearing in mind the new law on the use of phones whilst driving, I am looking to get a Bluetooth headset (that works :wink:)

If anyone has any (positive or negative) experience of any of the following devices, please post:

Jabra BT200 Freespeak Bluetooth Headset - This works: thanks to foxy11!
:?: Jabra BT250 FreeSpeak Bluetooth Headset
:?: Jabra BT300 Bluetooth Headset
:?: Motorola Bluetooth Headset BTMOT_HS?? (£35.19 from expansys)
:?: Kondor Body Glove BlueSport Bluetooth Headset - This product has not been released yet
Nokia HDW-2 Bluetooth Headset - This works (answer/end/volume) - REMEMBER - you need to have or purchase a standard nokia charger in addition to this product, as there is no means of charging it in the box
Plantronics M3000 Bluetooth Headset - This works: thanks to dhood!
Plantronics M1000 - This works: thanks to ukpauls!
:?: Sony Ericsson HBH-35 Bluetooth Headset

Also - any feedback on other devices.

(Just got off the phone to Orange Accessories): They recommend the Plantronics M3000, but they say "testing has not been completed yet" :shock:

I guess I shouldn't be too concerned with things like battery life (of the headset) and style/looks, but I would appreciate comments about this too!

Thanks in advance

h3adl0ng

Hi JHarte,

Thanks for your post - I think you may have mis-understood me.

I too read the article about re-wiring my cradle and was tempted to do so until I purchased an O2 XDA Sync 'n' Go cable.

However, the point I was trying to make was that my E200 cradle appears to be able to charge my E200 without the mains adapter being plugged in. In other words, my cradle seems to be able to sync and charge over USB.

What I wanted to know was whether anyone else had observed this or if my E200 was lying to me by showing the battery charging symbol and gradually increasing the power meter.

Anyone else seen this?

regards,

h3adl0ng

Hi all,

Got my E200 yesterday and I think I might be in love!

Getting to the subject of this post...

Has anyone else noticed that the E200 appears to charge itself when cradled even if the mains adapter is not plugged in? I have my cradle plugged into a (mains powered) USB hub.

It seems to have solved one of my problems, namely how to emergency charge my phone. I tend to leave my mains charger at home and resorted to an O2 XDA Sync 'n' Go cable for charging my original SPV in emergenies. Now it seems like my cradle can do this!

This might go some way to explaining why the original SPV cradle does not charge the phone even when the charger is plugged in - I guess the pinout of the connector is different.

Give it a try and let me know.

h3adl0ng