Guest WinterWonderland Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 Hi everyone I signed up to thie site because I am buying one of these blade phones. My local Orange shop though only has the white TFT ones available. I don't mind buying a white one as long as I can totally debrand from Orange and that includes the stupid logo. Is there someone who sells different cases on ebay, I am sure I saw somone mention that they had a different case before. The other thing I was wondering before buying this was the battery life in relation too watching movies on it. I plan to watch videos for roughly 45 minutes (my commute) in and another 45 mins at lunch and then a final 45 mins on the commute home. With a TFT screen could the phone withstand that with one battery (bearing in mind i will disable bluetooth and have it on airplane mode to conserve as much battery as possible)? Thank you for anyone who can help, and I look forward to being here and learning about this phone. Crazy buzz about it!
Guest WinterWonderland Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 Hi everyone I signed up to thie site because I am buying one of these blade phones. My local Orange shop though only has the white TFT ones available. I don't mind buying a white one as long as I can totally debrand from Orange and that includes the stupid logo. Is there someone who sells different cases on ebay, I am sure I saw somone mention that they had a different case before. The other thing I was wondering before buying this was the battery life in relation too watching movies on it. I plan to watch videos for roughly 45 minutes (my commute) in and another 45 mins at lunch and then a final 45 mins on the commute home. With a TFT screen could the phone withstand that with one battery (bearing in mind i will disable bluetooth and have it on airplane mode to conserve as much battery as possible)? Thank you for anyone who can help, and I look forward to being here and learning about this phone. Crazy buzz about it! I should add I mean actual cases, not the rubber protectors.
Guest Azurren Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 Hi everyone I signed up to thie site because I am buying one of these blade phones. My local Orange shop though only has the white TFT ones available. I don't mind buying a white one as long as I can totally debrand from Orange and that includes the stupid logo. Is there someone who sells different cases on ebay, I am sure I saw somone mention that they had a different case before. The other thing I was wondering before buying this was the battery life in relation too watching movies on it. I plan to watch videos for roughly 45 minutes (my commute) in and another 45 mins at lunch and then a final 45 mins on the commute home. With a TFT screen could the phone withstand that with one battery (bearing in mind i will disable bluetooth and have it on airplane mode to conserve as much battery as possible)? Thank you for anyone who can help, and I look forward to being here and learning about this phone. Crazy buzz about it! I don't think anyone has ever tried using it as you are suggesting.. But with data and sync turned off (Or with aeroplane mode turned on) throughout the day I think it could easily manage it As for the logo on the back.. The white blade doesn't have a rubber coating so the ol' sugar cube method could work, if you have the ballz :D Rom de-branding is easy Different cases? None available at this time, several people have been looking for replacement back covers but no luck
Guest southpaw1 Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 plenty of threads discussing cases mate , dont think there is an actual replacement case at market yet , as for battery life , you be lucky to get 45mins out of it watchin video http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...ey-white-black/ http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...isco-by-orange/
Guest WinterWonderland Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 I don't think anyone has ever tried using it as you are suggesting.. But with data and sync turned off (Or with aeroplane mode turned on) throughout the day I think it could easily manage it As for the logo on the back.. The white blade doesn't have a rubber coating so the ol' sugar cube method could work, if you have the ballz :D Rom de-branding is easy Different cases? None available at this time, several people have been looking for replacement back covers but no luck haha Yeah may as well, better than having a stupid looking orange square on the back of it ! Cheers mate
Guest southpaw1 Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 But with data and sync turned off (Or with aeroplane mode turned on) throughout the day I think it could easily manage it really ? , maybe somethin wrong with mine then , any video streaming is power hungry on mine , maybe 1 hour tops
Guest WinterWonderland Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 plenty of threads discussing cases mate , dont think there is an actual replacement case at market yet , as for battery life , you be lucky to get 45mins out of it watchin video Ah now this is bad news for me, really puts me off if that was true. I want it to watch movies more than i do an actual phone!
Guest Azurren Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) plenty of threads discussing cases mate , dont think there is an actual replacement case at market yet , as for battery life , you be lucky to get 45mins out of it watchin video I got an hour and a half of Youtube streaming (3g) out of it and it lasted me until I turned it off to charge at around 12am. (Using the phone as normal) Typically I steam videos for at least 30mins every morning as part of my generally blade usage Edited January 11, 2011 by Azurren
Guest WinterWonderland Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 I got an hour and a half of Youtube streaming (3g) out of it and it lasted me until I turned it off to charge at around 12am. (Using the phone as normal) Typically I steam videos for at least 30mins every morning as part of my generally blade usage Im not looking to stream though I should say, im talking about MP4 or whatever. It should cope with MP4 for longer than 3 hours a day?
Guest Azurren Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 Im not looking to stream though I should say, im talking about MP4 or whatever. It should cope with MP4 for longer than 3 hours a day? That's what I was thinking. 3g/wifi streaming is double the battery use than local playback. My logic is that if people can get 3days+ out of the battery with light use then you should at least be able to get 2 and a half hours of heavy use
Guest tttonyyy Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 On the screen printed Orange logo thing, I wonder whether Isopropyl Alcohol would remove it? I'm pretty sure Acetone would, but then it might also remove a lot of the case too. Perhaps a dash of petrol? Anyone brave enough to try?
Guest WinterWonderland Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 That's what I was thinking. 3g/wifi streaming is double the battery use than local playback. My logic is that if people can get 3days+ out of the battery with light use then you should at least be able to get 2 and a half hours of heavy use Id concur with that statement. Paid friday so just gonna go for it and see what happens :D
Guest WinterWonderland Posted January 11, 2011 Report Posted January 11, 2011 On the screen printed Orange logo thing, I wonder whether Isopropyl Alcohol would remove it? I'm pretty sure Acetone would, but then it might also remove a lot of the case too. Perhaps a dash of petrol? Anyone brave enough to try? Ill give it a go when i buy one, anything to get that stupid orange logo off
Guest tucniak Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 Ill give it a go when i buy one, anything to get that stupid orange logo off use a sticker?:P I dont see why u are so into this logo-removing..its a cheap (and very good price/abilities) branded chinese phone, why are u so insisting on logo removal?:D
Guest fredewis Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 for the record nail polish remover dont work first thing i tried .....and didnt even affwct the coating of the black blase/gray.
Guest WinterWonderland Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 use a sticker?B) I dont see why u are so into this logo-removing..its a cheap (and very good price/abilities) branded chinese phone, why are u so insisting on logo removal?:P lets just say i support celtic and having anything to do with Orange would be a very bad thing :D If your english you may not understand that but any scottish or northern irish person will
Guest Rotmann Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 After watching 2 hours of vids you will still have around 60% battery life (no need to turn into airplane mode really, cell standby on 3G with auto-sync on eats ~1% or less an hour). If you stream the videos it should be around 40% after two hours. I got some little android stickers (3x2cm) on eBay to get read of the orange logo, very cool.
Guest Azurren Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 If someone sold the right size android stickers (The size displayed on most device boxes) that could cover the orange logo I would buy one in an instant But the android stickers that everyone else has bought.. Meh it just doesn't do it for me I think I'll just slap on a Kernow flag, they come in all sizes :D
Guest WinterWonderland Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 Ordered my orange sim yesterday, once it arrives I'm gonna register it and then try fro the £78.99 deal over the phone.
Guest Matthew Ferguson Posted January 13, 2011 Report Posted January 13, 2011 Ordered my orange sim yesterday, once it arrives I'm gonna register it and then try fro the £78.99 deal over the phone. They check to see whether you're a long term Orange customer or not. You need to have topped up regularly for the past 6 months to be eligible for this deal.
Guest Rotmann Posted January 13, 2011 Report Posted January 13, 2011 If someone sold the right size android stickers (The size displayed on most device boxes) that could cover the orange logo I would buy one in an instant But the android stickers that everyone else has bought.. Meh it just doesn't do it for me I think I'll just slap on a Kernow flag, they come in all sizes :D You can get some little Android stickers (20x18mm I think) and his belly will cover the orange logo perfect. Looks awesome!
Guest tttonyyy Posted January 14, 2011 Report Posted January 14, 2011 for the record nail polish remover dont work first thing i tried .....and didnt even affwct the coating of the black blase/gray. Thanks - if Acetone doesn't touch it then Isopropyl won't. I would suggest Dot4 brake fluid but you might end up with a melted mess! Like the idea of an android sticker though ;)
Guest nrev Posted January 14, 2011 Report Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) You can get some little Android stickers (20x18mm I think) and his belly will cover the orange logo perfect. Looks awesome! Do you know where I could find a sticker around that size? There are bigger ones on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Android-Sticker-Pick-Size-and-Colour-Logo-HTC-Case-/130475242929) but these are a bit too big and they are also quite pricey at £2.50 each. Edited January 14, 2011 by nrev
Guest leetron1 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Do you know where I could find a sticker around that size? There are bigger ones on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Android-Sticker-Pick-Size-and-Colour-Logo-HTC-Case-/130475242929) but these are a bit too big and they are also quite pricey at £2.50 each. I bought from this guy. You need to specify 18x20 when you buy..he custom sizes for you>> Edited January 14, 2011 by leetron1
Guest Rotmann Posted January 14, 2011 Report Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) That guy is too expensive, I bought from andywt on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=110612410382 He does not have them anymore for sale, you could ask him though. I told him I wanted 20x18 mm and he sent me 2 green and two black androids and a big one eating the apple ;) Very nice guy, recommended. Here's how it looks like :) Edited January 14, 2011 by Rotmann
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