I bought a Qtek 9000 a couple days ago and I'm pleasently surprised. I heard all the bad stories about the MDA PRO, O2 Exec, ... so I kind of feared the worst. But I took a chance and bought it anyway and the Qtek doesn't seem to be as bad as the other versions.
It does ring when I get called and the ring isn't late. I didn't notice any difference with my previous phone. So that's positive, I didn't change the ringtone on the other hand, so I don't have a large mp3 as ringtone.
Second, it is stable. Haven't had a crash, hangup, program error. Nor does it crash when I receive a SMS. I have received about 10 SMS'es though, not alot i know. The device is pretty snappy, I never have to wait a few seconds when opening programs or changing the screen-rotation. Also when I bring it back from standby, I don't have to wait at all...
I did a soft reset after setting the regional settings and the phone has been on for allmost 5 days. No major RAM issues, although the free RAM is shrinking, stopping applications in the memory-settings does free up some RAM, but not all. When I first booted the device I had just over 30MB free, and it has slowly decreased to about 18-19MB. I haven't installed any extra programmes on it.
So I might consider a soft reset when it reaches 10MB or so. But my question is, is a soft reset bad? Because you can't really shut the device off, you can only put it in sleep/standby. So rebooting it like a normal pc isn't possible. Does a soft reset damange any programs, settings... that's my main question.
Also, what's the best way to keep the battery in top-condition. Charge it when it's at 20% when the device tells you to charge it. Or charge it when you can, because it doesn't matter when you charge...
And one last thing, MSN Messenger doesn't draw the conversation window that well... Sometimes the part of the screen where your received/sent messages are shown is really small (about 3 lines high) and there is a large whitespace under the field where you type your message.
Thanks a lot to the guys at this forum for providing me with the most reliable info about the device, so I knew what I was getting.
Emmerman
PS: I ordered a Brando Screen Protector Plus, any comments, things I should know before I put it on the screen?
This is a good post to read first: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=32218&start=150
Here you will have an is\dea of what to expect between a QTEC and an O2 NEW ROM version have to offer.
Thanks for the link, but I wasn't really looking for a new ROM. As I'm quite new to the Universal, I prefer getting to know the device itself better, before I start doing the more 'professional' things. Besides, I don't have any major issues with the Qtek ROM at the moment.
I just wanted to know a little more about soft-resetting the device and how to charge your battery for best longterm performance. Because I find the manual quite minimalistic.
To soft reset: YOU RETAIN YOUR SETTINGS.
1) Just press the small pin hole found at the back of the Universal right beside the USB plug.
To hard reset: YOU LOOSE YOUR CURRENT SETTINGS. BACK TO FACTORY SETTINGS.
A) Method One
1) Go to Start.
2) Go to Programs.
3) Go to Clear Storage.
4) Type in the code: 1234
5) Press YES.
6) Wait for the automatic reset.
B) Method Two
1) Press and hold the two keys with this mark (-) at the same time found at the top most part of the keyboard.
2) While pressing these 2 keys, press the pin hole found at the back of the Universal for 1 second.
3) You will notice a reset and a blank screen will appear.
4) It will prompt you to either press X or 0.
5) Just choose which one you prefer.
emmerman said:
Does a soft reset damange any programs, settings... that's my main question.
Also, what's the best way to keep the battery in top-condition.
PS: I ordered a Brando Screen Protector Plus, any comments, things I should know before I put it on the screen?
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1) No, a reset both hard and soft does not damage your Universal. A soft reset to clear out the memory is good to speed up things better.
2) The best way is to leave it charging for more than 16 hours the first time. Unplug and use it till it drops to around 15% then charge it fully again, this time it does not need the 16 hours. Just wait for the green light indicating a full charge. After following these first two, just keep it plug-in before going to sleep at night making sure you got a full charge for the next morning.
3) I don't know about Brando's screen protector but I used Proporta's screen protector which included a wipe cloth and a screen spreader. I've had my screen protector on before I started even charging and using my phone. Another tip is to use a small peice of tape to take off some dust or specs that might have stuck on the screen before applying the screen protector. Sometimes even with the wipe there are still dust residues. You can also use the tape to clean the side of the screen protector that is going to stick on the screen.
Isn't a soft reset similar to pushing the reset button on your desktop? So couldn't you loose cached data that is in the RAM, because it wasn't written to ROM yet?
emmerman said:
Isn't a soft reset similar to pushing the reset button on your desktop? So couldn't you loose cached data that is in the RAM, because it wasn't written to ROM yet?
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I had never lost any data after a soft reset. It free up unused memory that was being kept by the system for faster processing. Plus WM5 has persistent memory now. May be that was the difference?
So in fact, you can't shutdown a Qtek? You can put it in standby modus, but the phone is still working then. And resetting it, is just rebooting it. So if you want to take out your SIM card, you have to take the battery out while it is actually running?
You actually can turn you device off, with a little help of some small programs, like PsShutXP for example.
Hmm, thanks for the info. I will look into that one, but at the moment I'm still very hesitant to install any third party applications on my 6-days old precious.
One other question, does the led blink orange when you receive a SMS. Because now it doesn't, it blinks green, like normal. But I seem to remember the first I got it, it blinked orange. Or am I confused.
@emmerman
You are right you can lose data. I have lost emails and other users have reported loss of WEP keys etc. But I have never had this problem with Symbian devices.
emmerman said:
One other question, does the led blink orange when you receive a SMS. Because now it doesn't, it blinks green, like normal. But I seem to remember the first I got it, it blinked orange. Or am I confused.
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Can anyone answer this one.
Go to Start>Settings>Sound and Notifications>Notifications Tab>Choose the event you wish to correct.
The changes in any settings never occurred on mine nor any type of freezes. Something I am glad about.
What I did when I first turned on my device, off from the box or right after a hard reset, was to go through those settings and made sure they are all configured the way I want them to notify me. This is the only difference I could possibly think of why others have disappearing settings on notifications.
Ok, Ive got a new problem with my XDA Exec.
Opened it up and tryied to turn on the backlight and nothing. tried a soft reset, nothingtried a hard reset now it just sticks on the splash screen, the red writing comes up on the right and side and just hangs there forever!
Please help
You're stuck. apparently the only remedy is turning it in to repair. For most of us it is under warranty.
Just off the phone to 02. Theres sending me a new one via courier on monday. it's less than a day old.
Is this a comon fault with the Exec?
erm ... I managed to experience this problem.
I was trying to uninstall SPB GPRS thingy that comes with the O2 package, and it just wouldn't go. I ended up deleting the program files and getting an error when it started up, so I deleted the GPRSNotify file under Startup. It never worked again ...
I got the splash screen, tried soft and hard resetting and various permutations (including standing on one leg and while holding breath) ... nothing. Did try to install fresh ROM, but startup wouldn't get far enough to let PC load ROM over USB.
Ended up contacting O2 who sent me a nice shiny new one, as it was only three weeks old. This time I haven't installed GPRS monitor thingy, and I don't intend to fiddle with it again ... or at least until I've forgotten my lesson ...
Sorry i ment to give you guys an update on this. I did manage to get it working again, although i still accepted the new one the sent to me.
What i did was installed a new rom off the 02 website. at 1st the computer couldnt see the phone so wot i did was enter what i think was the programming side of the phone. i found the instructions on how to this on the net. i think i pressed the 2 soft keys and the light switch while pressing the reset switch with the stylus (i think that was the buttons but unsure as i cant find the page again) when the screen light up again there was some faint writing on the screen with the word serial or usb. Double clicked on the rom file and 30mins later my phone was revived.
Funny it was the gprs monitor that i too installed before the phone screwed up? ive since installed it again on the new phone and have had no problems with it since.
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I think i pressed the 2 soft keys and the light switch while pressing the reset switch with the stylus (i think that was the buttons but unsure as i cant find the page again) when the screen light up again there was some faint writing on the screen with the word serial or usb.
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Otherwise known as Bootloader mode
Aye, thats the one.
Cheers
Hi everybody
First up - brilliant site here!!! I have spent the past couple of weeks reading up on the jasjam-dopod838pro-tytn etc and all the mods that can be done to the phone.
Now down to question - I have got a jasjam with the classic "white screen of death on bootup". I have tried reseting the cable and reinforcing the dpad as suggested in some of the treads here but with no success
The phone itself is a stock standard jasjam with telstra image which I picked up on ebay. THe phone itself still had the void sticker on it and booted up once when I put in a brand new battery so I think I can rule out corrupt image and battery. If I leave the phone on after booting, it stays white but it gives a "ting" sound after thirty seconds and the screen will go back and turn on again after each press of the power button.
Any suggestions would be great as I have run out of ideas!!! I would really like to get this phone up and running especially after reading all the cool stuff you can do with it on the site
Thanks in advance
.. anybody?
I bought the Qtek 9100 from a seller on ebay who listed it as faulty due to not booting..
I assumed it was most likely the battery, So I ordered it, cleaned it up a bit, waited a whole MONTH for the battery to arrive (Damn you customs! haha), charged it, And whoop, it turned on.. Kinda..
It showed the O2 boot logo, then suddenly the screen started showing this very bizarre set of lines almost as if the ribbon was broken.. this however couldn't be the case, as the O2 logo was displayed fine, and opening and closing it didn't affect the screen..
So now.. Having booted it and had it crash before even loading windows, it refuses to turn back on, So I attempted every trick to hard reset it.. No luck
The only luck I've had, is holding the power button down for 30 seconds with the battery removed, and putting it back in for it to complete the above syptom.
I'm assuming as it boots the logo perfectly fine, it's not the battery (it's brand new, and is charged from a separate charging facility) Not the screen either.. So, It's got to be something else? :S
I'm trying to put as much information possible as to get the most informed solution to my problem :/
I'd truly love a solution for this as I've spent the remainder of my money on this phone (only a student) and really require a working phone soon.
Thank you so very much , PLEASE HELP! D:
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plese forgive me for my bad english but i hope you understand what i try to say! i have 2 qtek 9100 with the same problem! i i resolve the problem in one way at both of the phones! i disassemble the phone on the location of the display screen and there is 2 integrated circuit boards and between them i put a piece of paper and at the bottom of the screen one horizontal piece it seems that was the problem integrated plates touching each other is that the phone was disassemble before! i hope this information will help you !
Hello all,
I have been using a P3400i for about two and a half years and it has been an absolute faithful. Somewhere along the line a friend convinced me to flash it and I'm running Win 6.5 now for the past 8 months or so.
Now the phone had been consuming more battery than usual but then that was expected. However something really weird happened today. I used the phone around 4 hours ago (a call) and around that time it had been acting funny- the power button wasn't responding (to send it to standby mode), some keys in the virtual keyboard weren't working etc. I was in the gym at the time so I thought I'll figure it out later.
Once I got home I tried to restart it and then something funny happened. After a couple of tries, I'm not getting any display, a red light in the earpiece is constantly on, and the answer/disconnect button is permanently backlight. I've attached a pic for reference.
Can anyone shed some light on this?? Thanks in advance.
P.S. The casing is a dopod, had changed it a while back...
just try it
hi dear friend
just remove your memory card and then try to restart it may be due virus your phone is facing problem to start so just try it i am not sure but it may work
bye tc