Guest drblow Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 So your entirely happy with 1.3X then, and won't be bothering with any more updates I am!! My SPV has been working great for the last few months (apart from gprs obviously!! :twisted: ) & the comments made about the new update make it sound like a new skin not an OS update! I have a pefectly good skin in Reload - can access everything I need from the homescreen with 1 click (I mean - what is this obsession with 1 click?! Do people really have that much of a problem with 2 clicks??!! Lazy ass ba**tards!!) It seems ridiculous to me - this update sounds as if they are trying to market the phone to new customers (sounds as if Orange marketing think the phone needs to be dumbed down for muppets), not satisfy the requirements of established users. Anyone who has had an SPV for a while surely would find the update completely useless - unless it includes proper sms & gprs counters, a noticable increase in speed & battery life, and an end to the gprs problems. Am I wrong!!!!!!??????? :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest madu Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 ....and maybe expect a few more homescreen plugins :) dreams dreams.... but I get your point mono, we were in a rush for previous updates (before UK1 release) but that is due to important fixes / speedups and general responsiveness that original ROM lacked BIG TIME! I am happy enough now not to bother with all that testing and reinstalling but I had my share of all that... Still awaiting new ROM. PS: D'u reckon SP2003 is gonna be 2.0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 Probably start at 1.0, since the whole underlying infrastructure is a new version of CE... P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest morpheus2702 Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 I think that the one-touch idea also stems from Microsoft. Take XP - when you first use it, it's a case of 'what do you want to do... look at a document, access the internet, make toast?' rather than the 'start>programs' routine that computer users have been used to previously. Great for the newbie but a pain in the backside for the experienced user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DamianJauregui Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Okay, have now upgraded to 1.50, also saw the Tanager on the Orange website, alongside the reference to the 'previous SPV' links. My baby's been thrown away by Orange already. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest morpheus2702 Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 You Swiss are so lucky! Have all the money, never get into a fight AND have an update! :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DamianJauregui Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 That's nothing, it's been 31 - 36 degrees for the last couple of weeks, although I was in Russia for the last 10 days. Another thing, I'm from Wales. This means that I'm wealthy AND understand the benefits of sheep. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest morpheus2702 Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Yup - they are more use that Orange customer services for telling you why your GPRS is fcuked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deano_uk Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 I just updated my UK SPV to the 1.5 swiss update and it works like a charm. The speed boost on GPRS is so noticeable since I use it as a net connection with my laptop. And it seems to have put an end to the infamous gprs "dying" problems where you have to reboot your phone/restart the radio to get it work again. Well worth doing imho. Just don't do what I did the first time which was to modify the DeviceData.txt file to read ORG_CH and try flashing it the "official" way, i.e. automatic bootloader initialisation. That killed my phone the first time lol :) Nearly s*** a brick ;) Peace out Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest morpheus2702 Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Dean - no problem with menu's appearing in hurdie-burdie language? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deano_uk Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Nope, it was english (UK). Still is. I didn't do a hard reset afterwards though. My data connection settings were all ok too.. and the MMS client settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest martin Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 I've got THE update on my phone at the moment and I have to say that GPRS does seem to work so much better (video streaming is still not 100% but its very close). The whole phone just feels so much more responsive :) It would be interesting to know if the new software will fix the GPRS problems that so many people are experiencing. Those one dial wonders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deano_uk Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Well, GPRS is running fast as f**k on mine now. BUT, I have had a one-dial tonight while using it. I phoned up orange and complained.. then i slipped out "i've tried it on t-mobile and it does the same". And they were all time "but the phone only works on orange sir" and i'm like "er.. it was a friends SPV which he had on t-mobile somehow". That was a laugh :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest morpheus2702 Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Martin has THE update!!! Any news when the great unwashed can get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deano_uk Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 THE update huh? I'm awaiting the UK release.. we always get everything last though ::) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest morpheus2702 Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Uh-oh, better check the forum's rules cos that sounds a bit narrow minded and nationalistic ... I've checked, doesn't say anything - let's start throwing onions at Calais now :wink: Sacre bleau merde en tete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deano_uk Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Heh, you know you want to.... feel the energy inside :twisted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest morpheus2702 Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Nothing but love here, nothing but love... Sat here wearing my beret, black and white striped jumper, onions around my neck, big moustache, eating amphibians smelling of garlic and going 'ohhh-ehhh-ohhh-ehhh-ohhh' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DamianJauregui Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Morpheus, the menu language seems to switch from Int. English [i think it was] to US English when I updated the OS. Everything else works fine, it didn't even wipe over my Voicemail, GPRS, MMS and SMS settings [i don't use an Orange SIM]. Very good speed improvements on both the main menus and the GPRS, although I have noticed that it can sometimes, not always, take over 10 minutes [11.15 mins, I timed it this morning] for the back light to go out. Damian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest martin Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Martin has THE update!!! Â Any news when the great unwashed can get it? @peasants I haven't heard of a release date but i'm sure it can't be too long now. From what I've read about the Swiss version, its exactly the same. There's nothing new in software applications and it has the same issue with the SMS counter BUT its has such noticable improvemence in performance. Oh and its English too :) It's worth it just for the GPRS performance. I played a 5 minute Benny Hill streaming video this morning and it buffered only once for about a couple of seconds. This was unthinkable before the update. DamianJauregui The backlight on my phone goes out as normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Is this the Swiss or the UK update martin? (i assumed Swiss but i can't decide heh...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deano_uk Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 This is the swiss update mono. The UK update isn't avaliable as yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 I know what the thread is about, i was asking martin what version he was running ;p nm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blakey Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Is it possible they aren't going to release 1.50 UK until the SPV E100 ships? I *assume* that will come with the latest ROM....? Thought for food... Blakey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest morpheus2702 Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 That's my guess though when that will be this month, who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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