lovely theme looby

do you thing you could add the windows live services to the bottom ( messenger/email bit not the live search) and the date ?

would be the perfect theme for me then!

(cannot select the live bits as they are greyed out)

I received my shiny new S710 today (replacing my imate sp5) i am having terrible problems with bluetooth and my car kit (Parrot Ck3100 with latest software) The phone connects and syncs ok but disconnects after a few mins and refuses to connect again.

I have an old motorola h605 headset that shows similar problems of not connecting or dropping the connection.

The Ck3100 kit has worked faultlessly with my imate sp5 for the last year.

Has anyone else had any problems with headsets or car kits?!

I have done a hard reset on the S710 and have nothing installed, and also disconnected the power to the CK3100 for 1/2 an hour before attempting to re setup the pairing


iain

start > settings > system > Power > Advanced then untick the turn off device if not used for (battery one)

then when you get in the car turn on the phone and then let the screen go of rather that pressing the power button.

prob is battery goes down quick... best solution is to get a car charger or cradle with power




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nokia! think they have had their fair share of firmware issues ;-)

I had many phone calls with t-mobile over the bt issue with my mda II, if you connect it to external power in the car or disable the option to turn of the phone when in battery power the bt will stay enabled.

I got fobbed of to HTC by tmobile, they were not impressed, but did say it was a known issue that all hermes suffer from

Am going to upgrade from my spv m600 (on o2) to a MDA Vario II tomorrow, with the Relax 25 + web'n'walk

I have read some reports that MSN Messenger wont work unless I pay extra for Relax 25 + web'n'walk plus

Any one help me confirm this!?

over wifi to a server over the internet is no problem, just enable wifi, make sure the wifi has connected(ie check you can browse web) then press sync.

problem comes if you are in the office/home trying to sync to you own server via wifi.. as you wont be able to connect.. as most routers wont allow you to go in and out of port 80 so your phone wont be able to see the exchange..

you can get round this by setting the dns routing tables to internaly point your domain or external ip to the static ip of your server... took me ages to work out.. was driving me mad not being able to check my mail on my own network

it seems faster to me and as i hate orange it was the easiest way to remove all the orange crap.

I notice that tomtom and the car kit seem to run better with the imate rom.


I have had problems with the orange rom's on older phones so have upgraded the m600 automaticly to the imate rom.

spv m600, bt gps and bt car kit worked ok with the crap orange rom , and work with the aku2 imate jamin rom i have on now.

Yes, i have a sony ericsson hcb-30 bluetooth car kit and a holux bluetooth gps and i can talk and navigate with no problems..

I had a 30mins conversion yesterday while driving round with tomtom running with no problems!

If you have the dialer screen open you will get the headset icon shown. You wont see anything on the home screen

thanks gerry, no the screen is sealed with copper and silver foil so I would not expect dust to get in to it. and there is no screen cover ( like the spv c500 and sp3/5 have ) to get dust under..

It was much harder than stripping a laptop!

you can flash with the imate firmware to remove all branding, but i am sure if you go to settings and select
today , and pick windows default it should remove the orange home screen

problem is that guide is based on the widcomm bluetooth stack no the ms stack

Problem i had is that tomtom did not show my port and the latest update crashes, i have emailed tomtom but wait for the reply.

so i edited the config file.

sure users of the bakoni version will find this usefull

Scraped the front of my 4 day old prophet and it was realy bugging me, Fluffcat1 (richard) came up trumps with a complete new chassis!


*****Please remember that this will void your warranty and you must accept liability for any damage you cause*****

To change the facia you need a t6 screw driver, a small philips, and a pair of tweasers + the important case opening tool/credit card/plectrum etc

1) Remove the stylus, battery cover , battery ,sim and antenna gromet

Gently prise up the antenna cover at the corners where it would meet the battery cover with a small flat blade( it will fold up like a car bonnet!)


2) Remove the 2 screws holding the antenna in and carefully fold it up in (from top of the phone towards the battery end , the end nearest the battery is very tight but will come out if you are carefull

3) Remove the 2 screws at the bottom of the phone (usb end) and then carefully prise the phone open with you plastic case opening tool or suitable alt.. starting half way down the side with the power button and around the top and down other side untill the case opens.. NOW CAREFULLY LIFT THE BACK COVER AWAY FROM THE FRONT AND NOTE THE SHORT SPEAKER CABLE, USE YOU TWEASERS TO CAREFULLY DISCONNECT IT


4) Unscrew the motherboard and switch plate , disconnect the small ribon cable to the switches

fold the motherboard over (to expose the screen at 90deg to the screen cable) and remove the switchboard and buttons

5) The screen is just clipped and folds out from the bottom of the phone to the top


6) Move the vibra motor, buttons and speaker (keep the speaker in the same positon ie dont turn it! so the connectons line up) in to the new facia


7) carefully rebuild in the reverse order and test.

Just go slowly and make sure you ground your self to get the static out of you before you start and dont force anything..

and it works 100% then I put the imate rom on


If an admin could make this a sticky it would help other people in the future

Iain

go start > settings > Clock & Alarms, select the more tab and then click Display the clock on the title bar

Took the battery out of my prophet last night to fit my new sim and found the void sticker poking out from under the camera cover

Lifted the cover to find the void is stuck on with what looks like a small blob of white mastic..

Have email orange to ask there opinion, btw phone was new and sealed so has never been appart!

Have setup my bluetooth receiver and can only pick outgoing ports 6 or 7

problem is tomtom only list com ports 0 1 3 9

if you edit \Program Files\Navigator\navigator.cfg with a suitable hex editor




you will see some hex code and for example com1 change the value to the out going port that you have used and copy the navigator.cfg back to your device. When you open tomtom up it will then see you bt gps on the previously unselectable port!!!

Just upgraded to a m600 and cannot see any way of moving my mms and sms from my c600 over to the m500.. Is it posible to move the data files

I have noticed on my sp5 since putting on the latest rom for push email, also happens at the same time that your speed dials stop working.. Has done it several time but is ok after a reboot..

have noticed same on mine.. it's feedback.. if you rings someone and then cover the mic hole at the bottem the feedback starts..

only noticed it if i held the phone from the bottom....

I am looking to do this, have a look at this link:-

http://www.modaco.com/Tips_tricks_and_modi...insen-t714.html

section there is some customisation info but i am looking for a non orange rom.. sure one will apear on qtek or imate's ftp's at some point!

there must be alternative firmwares for the c550 as i-mate and qtek have the same phone branded differently

Just got a Payasyougo C550 to replaced my nicked c500 on o2. Are there any alternative firmwares (eg qtek or imate) one can use on the c550 to remove all traces of orange from it, or anyway of removing the orange branding from the current firmware

Iain

Switched off my 2 month old c500 last night and connected it to the charger, to my horror it was dead this morning.

Got to work and took it in to out lab, tested the battery and it showed 2.7v instead of 3.7. Connected a 3.7 supply to the phone's battery contacts and it booted and connected to o2 first time.

Put the battery in and it drew 1.2 amps from the psu and turned the phone off...

Phone works fine with a co workers battery.

Called HTC (after orange said take a hike) and they are sorting a new battery out for me, but strangly said that the batterys only have 6months warantee!

No problems, i have been on o2 with and ex orange paygo c500, have gprs and mms working fine.. Messenger/email no probs..