Cingular 8525 as a modem

[Guest bills1974]

Not sure about the other Hermes variants, but the 8525 has modem software built in.

Anyway, when the modem software is turned on and I'm streaming video from my Slingbox to my laptop, the 8525 gets hot to the point where you could probably fry an egg on it after about 10 minutes. I've tried everything to turn off or dim the screen after x number of minutes, but with the modem software running, it never shuts off.

What's even worse is after about 10 minutes of streaming, the phone gets so hot that the touch screen stops working until I pop the battery off and let the phone cool back down.

Does anyone have any suggestions to get the phone to run MUCH cooler when the modem is in use short of putting it on ice?

Thanks.

[Guest The Doctor]

You using it as a usb modem or a bluetooth modem? I sometimes use my vario II as a bt modem when on hsdpa and have to charge it constantly otherwise the battery dies very VERY quickly. however when it is on charge the phone itself get so hot it refuses to charge anymore. I end up taking the battery cover off and putting my hand on it to take some of the heat away. after 30 seconds it'll start charging again. never had any touch screen issues myself.

Phil

[Guest bills1974]

You using it as a usb modem or a bluetooth modem? I sometimes use my vario II as a bt modem when on hsdpa and have to charge it constantly otherwise the battery dies very VERY quickly. however when it is on charge the phone itself get so hot it refuses to charge anymore. I end up taking the battery cover off and putting my hand on it to take some of the heat away. after 30 seconds it'll start charging again. never had any touch screen issues myself.

Phil

I use it as a USB modem because of the battery life. Anyway, this is now my third Hermes through the warranty program where the battery fried some internal component. The first the radio, the next two the touch screen, and yes, i tried a different battery.

Anyway, on the bright side, Cingular warranty is very good. I called up again and the lady apologized and said they could send me a Blackberry 8700c, I scoffed at that of course...then said she could give me a Treo 680, I again laughed and said I want Windows Moblie and 3G...she put me on hold again and came back with the new Treo 750 that has 3G and Windows Mobile.

After having the Wizard and the Hermes, I'm going to miss the form factor, but at least the Treo will tide me over until Cingular offers the next HTC variant... :-)

[Guest The Doctor]

After having the Wizard and the Hermes, I'm going to miss the form factor, but at least the Treo will tide me over until Cingular offers the next HTC variant... :-)

The Palm Treo 750 IS made by HTC ;)

Codenamed the HTC Cheetah

Phil

[Guest bills1974]

The Palm Treo 750 IS made by HTC ;)

Codenamed the HTC Cheetah

Phil

Interesting Doc, I did not know that...

I do have to say though I was mentally setting myself up to be extremely dissapointed with the Palm, but have been pleasantly surprised. After installing the HSDPA tweak, it's actually a great Pocket PC. The phone quality is actually much better than the Hermes and much more comfortable in the hand.

My only real complaints are:

-They really could have done better than the 240x240, this is very aggrevating.

-Did they really need to use a custom connector to hook it up to a computer? If they were going to use a custom connector, couldn't they at least make it charge the phone?

My brother has a Blackjack and the Palm is actually nicer to hold than the Blackjack. If they just dropped the price a little, I think they would really have a winner. Also the free upgrade to Windows Mobile 6 doesn't hurt. :-)