New C500 handset slower than wading through treacle

[Guest Dark Horse]

I got my C500 replaced recently because of a fault with the handset. The replacement however has the new Orange update on that has reduced performance to a crawl. Menu's take ages to pop up and the spinny icon appears with alarming regularity :x

Is there anyway of getting rid of whatever rubbish the Orange muppets have put on this handset and reverting back to the old one that was much quicker? failing that, are there any obvious tweaks for improving the performance of the menu's and handset in general?

So much for a 200MHz processor, what's the point when the software is so screwed that its a step backwards? :evil:

[Guest Phil Lee]

I have not had any performance issues with the Orange update installed on my C500. Maybe you should consider doing a hard reset or contacting Orange to get another replacement.

[Guest Confucious]

Mine has the latest update and is faster than afast thing not running through treacle. I agree with what Phil said.

[Guest Dark Horse]

Did you both apply the upgrade yourself or did you buy with the upgrade already on there? What version are you running? Just wondering whether Orange have messed around with anything else.

[Guest Confucious]

Updated myself.

Settings ->About shows:

Windows Mobile™ 2003

Second Edition

Version 4.21.1088 (Buid

14217)

Radio Version

1337.0.32_0.03.18

© 1996-2004 Microsoft

Corporation.

All Rights reserved.

Available Storage: 12.66

MB

Total Storage: 27.98 MB

Available Memory: 3.37 MB

Total Memory: 21.62MB

Processor: ARM OMAP 730

ROM update versions:

Operator: 4.1.1.4

Manufacturer: 1.1.1.91

Microsoft: 4.21.14217.0

Language: 1.1.1.91

File System: 4.21.14217.0

This computer programis protected by Blah blah blah

[Guest feederfan]

Have you tried using task manager to end all running processes? Often if you leave games and media player running in the background the phone does slow to a crawl,

[Guest Dark Horse]

There's nothing running in the background and the ROM is the same as Confucious' post. I just think the first batch of C500's were a lot more reliable with better build quality than the same model handsets being sold today :)

[Guest Dark Horse]

ok, I disabled ClearType and its improved the performance no end. Strange how such a small tweak could have such a dramatic effect!

Regards,

Dark Horse.

[Guest Phil Lee]

I have ClearType enabled on my C500 with no problems at all.

[Guest skaramanga]

How do you disable/enable cleartype on the C500?

[Guest Peterade]

When I switch on my C500 it takes almost a minute to connect. Is this normal? Most other phones are much quicker.

(nothing running in b/g)

[Guest Dark Horse]

ClearType can be disabled via the registry, check this link http://www.modaco.com/viewtopic.php?t=1153...light=cleartype

If you mean that it almost takes a minute to boot up when you switch on your phone, then yes this is normal. If you mean that it takes almost a minute to find a signal and connect to your network once the phone has booted, then no, this isn't normal. Perhaps you live in an area where the reception is patchy?

Regards,

Dark Horse

[Guest rkrishnamurthy]

Same here, I have ClearType enabled on my C500 too with no problems at all. i enabled my through "Smartione" PC based program.