I was going to post an update.... I gave up on mine. In the end, I think it was the fiddliness of getting to the bottom D-pad key and bottom corner keyboard keys, along with it being slightly harder to pull out of my pocket due to the friction of the case. I never did get used to the shielded hardware keys either - I'd end up pressing the Voice Dial button instead of the Connection button.

I've now opted for a simple wrist strap, and no case: when in my pocket, it's easy to grab, and I can put it over my wrist (or usually a couple of fingers) if I'm wary of dropping it, such as when walking. As for protecting against wear and tear, I have a screen protector, and keep it in a pocket devoid of keys or coins, and it seems to be holding up pretty well.

If you're dropping your Vario, I don't think the silicone would help that much - I think it would pop out of the case too easily, or land screen-first (no protection here). You're better off with a full case... or something more rugged, like an E61
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I had that, but it's not persisted following a reset. I think it may be something to do with one of the SBP Today screen apps I had installed at the time.
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I had that, but it's not persisted following a reset. I think it may be something to do with one of the SBP Today screen apps I had installed at the time.
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Thats well annoying!

Reckon if i ask t-mobile to repair it, it will make any difference at all?

Yup, I got that. Properly broken - I just couldn't make the messaging app window content come back. Ugly bug.
You using authentication for the other SMTP servers? Most SMTP servers operated by ISPs and the like only accept connections from devices on the same network, to prevent spammers abusing them. This means that the only general-access SMTP server you'll be able to connect to from T-Mobile's network will be T-Mobile's SMTP server. The alternative, should T-Mobile's SMTP be in some way deficient, is to get yourself a proper paid-for hosting account with some hosting provider, who should be able to get you SMTP services that require authentication and are therefore unrestricted

Anyway, I've got a bug of my own to add...

I've got three different POP3 email accounts, and I set it to check them every 15 minutes. Often I view the inbox but don't open the mail, because I can see from the senders and titles that they're spam or something I'll deal with later. But 15 minutes later, when it checks the mail again, even if there is no new mail it still gives another notification alert that persists until I dismiss it or view the inbox. Sometimes it sorts itself out, and stops giving bogus notifications on each mail check. Sometimes it doesn't, and receiving just one mail in the day causes the thing to keep on beeping a notification at me every 15 minutes. FWIW, I put the device into standby when I'm not using it.

Anyone else get this? Is it a bug, or me Just Not Getting It. It happens just the same on all three accounts, two of which are with a good hosting provider and one is a corporate account via VPN.

cheers.
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I've had this problem too. The ring tone list shows lots of ring tones - twice, but not the mp3 ringtone I use. I added it in to my Rings directory, and it made no difference.

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That ringtone program will use a search path to find the ringtones (including whatever the rings directory is in the registry). Its possible that your operating system is including directories in the search path that ppcprofiles does not.

To keep things simple you might like to make sure your rings directory is correct and add all your ringtones to that directory.

Just wanted to post about a problem my dad has been having with HSDPA on his Vario 2.
Changing DNS made the "Finding Page" alot quicker however the connection is still VERY unreliable and sometimes pages don't load at all.

One thing I noticed is that the HSDPA signal is constantly at around 2 bars and if left connected for a while you could pick it up and it'd go really quick, the speedtests say 1.1Mbps and it all looks good for about 10 minutes until it goes slow again.

Anyway what seemed to also be happening is that the phone could not make up its mind wether to use GPRS or HSDPA so I'm guessing the signal isn't great (I'm in Derby) or the ROM version isn't handling things very well.

For now we've found a setting in the network options to force the Vario 2 to always use GPRS and it's fast and responsive and reliable thus far. The HSPDA speeds would have been nice, for what my dad uses it for tho it's more than enough, I'm just hoping the HSDPA is sorted out by Feb when it comes time for me to upgrade from my MiniS.

So to summarise if you're having problems with the internet on your Vario 2 (T-Mobile) it may be worth cutting back to GPRS for the sheer reliability of it always being there when you need a page... if you have awesome HSDPA signal then I hate you...