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T-mobile myfaves (Top 5) and HD

Hey guys, i was wondering, since i will probably have to import this phone and use it on a U.S. based plan, like t-mobile, would the "Myfaves" (TOP5) work on this phone. I can narrow the people i call the most to 5 important contacts, but since this phone would be from out of the U.S., would i still be able to use that feature? Im really wanting this phone and since their is a t-mobile store right behind my apartment, i see no reason as to go with any other company. Im not a big talker, but a major text person, that is why i would go with the "myfave" package with t-mobile. Anyone have any experience with T-mobile and this phone?

Hi redrazr7791,
I do not have the HD yet and I also do not have MyFaves plan.
But I would be happy to explain this to you. Anyway, please correct my info if you find any error.
The HD is an unlocked GSM phone, means it works in every GSM network around the world. T-Mobile and ATT are the two GSM provider in the US. Therefore, the HD will work in either networks fine. The only concern we have in the US is that, the HD will not support 3G in the US.
Whatever plan you choose determine what kind of service you get and how much you pay per month. It has nothing to do with the phone. If you choose the T-Mobile MyFave plan, it means you will get unlimited phone service to your 5 favorite numbers and you would pay the exact amount of $ every month as long as you use your phone within the defined/agreed scope of services included in the MyFave plan.
The phone has nothing to do with it.
From software side, T-Mobile's supported phone will have the MyFaves software installed, which allows you to choose 5 contacts and make them easily accessible from the phone, by displaying their contact pictures.
In the HD, there is also built in Favorite Contact software that will allow you to assign your favorite contacts to make them easily accessible.
What is the difference, you have to register your 5 favorite contacts to T-Mobile via the t-mobile website if you do not use T-Mobile supported phone that has the MyFaves software built in. T-Mobile allows you to change your 5 favorite contacts each month, so everytime you want to change your 5 favorite contact that is covered under the plan, you have to change it on-line, and then if you wish, assign them into your Favorite Contact in your phone.

awesome thanks for your response i have been looking at their plans and hope to be able to run this phone on one of them. If anyone else has any ideas or info, post it up, maybe it can help some potential buyers besides myself

Where do you plan to buy it from? I'm also very interested and tempted to buy.
Indeed I have been using unlocked PPC with T-Mobile for the last 7 years I guess.
They have the cheapest data plan. =)

hey guys if u need tm settings for pic and net i have them, just in case

Hey man i see your from Texas, where at im from texas too. I plan to buy it from Clove tech. I have been in contact with them and a friend of mine ordered from them successfully. His order is the one that i had hands on time with. I have just read a thread that supposidly a member here spoke with the HTC rep and they said it was coming to the U.S. anyone else read that?
lie_ui said:
Where do you plan to buy it from? I'm also very interested and tempted to buy.
Indeed I have been using unlocked PPC with T-Mobile for the last 7 years I guess.
They have the cheapest data plan. =)
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I have the Touch HD and am actually using it on a MyFaves plan. It works fine. You don't have to have the MyFaves application on the device. I change my Fav5 on My T-Mobile so there should be no problem there. It's just a bit more troublesome but it works for me.
P.S. I am in Phila in case you are wondering.

Awesome to hear my man, its good to know that the whole "MYFAVES" thing will work with this phone. After i can hopefully scrape together the money needed to import the phone and get the plan, im going to need all the help i can get lol

What's up T-Mobile -- why the lack of respect?

Having been a G1 user since day 1 (Fantastic), became so bored of waiting for T-mobile to catch up phone wise. Decided to get a Mytouch slide as an interim phone. I CANNOT remove their proprietry overlay on android and even worse EVERY TIME I TURN ON PHONE OR MAKE A CALL the screen comes up "T_MOBILE GET MORE".
I'm really gonna switch if they continue to dumb down their service for the masses. What next -- mail in rebates for their most sophisticated customers the same as Verizon, Sprint and ATT?????? What has happened, some new dipstick in the boardroom? They were really on track (like southwest airlines) at one point. Look after your customers by giving them what they want at any cost and they will look after you....

Unfortunatly you bought a heavily company branded phone. Heck, their name is first and foremost as the official name of the phone. They want to make sure that when you show off the phone that it is clearly shown as theirs.
I understand your frustration somewhat...but you are reading the right forums to fix the problems you are facing. Rooting your phone will give you the options to remove pieces you don't want. I rooted last night and removed the annoying T-mobile sound file that plays every time you boot up (which I do every work day). I haven't changed the boot animation yet, but that is possible too. You could also remove a lot of the t-mobile apps that are worthless.
Good luck in taking your phone and really making it yours. This is why I choose Android and XDA!

Have you been a tmobile customer for a long time using the same sim card? If you are the "get more" text is from your sim. Get a new sim and that will go away.

ratchetrizzo said:
Have you been a tmobile customer for a long time using the same sim card? If you are the "get more" text is from your sim. Get a new sim and that will go away.
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+1, i had to do this as well

New sim worked for me aswell
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I agree on the sim replacement. I used to work for T-Mo. Saw it all the time. Just don't let thew charge you for it.

I had the same issue, but thanks to this thread knew what to do. I just called T-Mobile from another phone, gave them the number of the SIM that shipped with the Slide, and swapped it in. It was ready to use pretty much right away, although I did need to restart the phone later to get it to "know" its own phone number under Phone Information.

Also had the same issue, new sim card fixed it and I had a better connection (not sure if the sim actually helped that or not but i did notice it)

Have you recived your HTC Wildfire today?

Title says it all really ive been waiting for mine for about 2weeks now
Vote vote vote

Preordered mine on vodafone and received it june 25th, what network you with?
Hopefully this will get rooted soon i imagine the wildfire would run much quicker without sense ui

Ordered mine on Saturday and it came today

Apparently its supposed to come tomorrow or Thursday, but i dunno. I got it from Mobile phones direct, cheapest deals

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Great phone this, well much better than my old one anyway.
Does anyone know if you can tag a contact with a voice name so that I can use the bluetooth hands free device that I have in my car

t4tav said:
I got mine yesterday.
Just a heads up. Vodafone are calling this the "HTC Desire Mini"
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Can you please write your considerations usng this cell? a little review will be the best! thankss !

HTC Wildfire
Got mine yesterday and on whole I love it just can't get HTC Sync to recognise it as I think there is a option missing in USB connections or I just can't figure it out.

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does anyone know if the phones are locked to a specific network, ie tmobile/orange only

ed3203 said:
does anyone know if the phones are locked to a specific network, ie tmobile/orange only
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yes ed, your t mobile phone will come locked to t mobile
weird mobiletv app found, not yet able to use

ed3203 said:
does anyone know if the phones are locked to a specific network, ie tmobile/orange only
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i was going to a shop today and came out with a wildfire for 0,13 EUR and my month plain is 80,39 EUR and with it i have 60 hours talk unlimeted sms/mms and unlimeted data with no limit

HTC just released the HTC Sync™for HTC Wildfire. I suppose this will allow you to sync with MS Outlook.

Got my wildfire on 3 a couple of days ago, and so far really impressed with the little beastie I love how everything just works on it, and doesnt need tweaking. With the exception of HTC's website. It doesnt accept my S/N to download the HTC sync for my wildfire and being able to sync with outlook/exchange is critical for me. Anyone else getting this issue?

I have mine for 7 month now

I got one for my son a couple of days ago and he has not put it down since

[Q] HD2 - which version to get?

I'm finally thinking of getting a smart phone to replace my X51v and Sony-Ericsson flip phone combo.
I'm currently on T-Mobile in the Atlanta area, and am thinking about a HD2.
It's a WinMO 6.5 phone, so all the apps that I'm used to, including my I-Go GPS, will run on it. I'm very familiar with WM6.5 since it has been running on my X51v since Lenny came out with a cooked ROM.
However, TMOUS is not selling this phone anymore. So, it looks like I have to go the eBay route. And, there are 2 possibilities - the T-Mobile version and the international (Leo) version.
1) Can anyone offer good reasons to go with one version or the other. Just wondering if the Leo will work with TMOUS 4G,or do I need the TMo version of the phone for this.
2) I also have a plan that they don't offer anymore -"T-Zone Talk & Text Nationwide" that I got when the SE T68i came out in 2002. It works with tethering and with pretty much unlimited browsing on my phone, will it work with the HD2? Or, will I need to change plans.
Thanks for any insight.
Rob

http://htchd2.t-mobile.com/
or
http://www.htcphones.com/product.asp?itemMDL=HTC_TOUCH_HD_2_TMOB
both will come with a good warranty service

Thanks!
The T-Mobile site says "Out of Stock", which is why I started this thread. I'm thinking they are phasing them out for the HD7.
I'll check out the other site you listed. Also, Walmart and Amazon show them in stock. And, Amazon sells both versions: the T-Mobile and the International.
Rob

rlichtefeld said:
Thanks!
The T-Mobile site says "Out of Stock", which is why I started this thread. I'm thinking they are phasing them out for the HD7.
I'll check out the other site you listed. Also, Walmart and Amazon show them in stock. And, Amazon sells both versions: the T-Mobile and the International.
Rob
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I was in our local Tmobile yesterday and they had one on display still but you are probably right. There is no reason for them to keep them around if they want to sell HD7's. they were listed as 99 bucks with a two year contract.

In order to get 4G on T-Mobile US you MUST have the TMO US version of the HD2, international versions will not get 3G or 4G, only EDGE speeds.

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In order to get 4G on T-Mobile US you MUST have the TMO US version of the HD2, international versions will not get 3G or 4G, only EDGE speeds.
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Thanks for the info, that is exactly what I was looking for!
Rob

I just got 2 new HD2s at the T-Mobile store off of Dallas Highway (120) and Barrett a week ago.
They told me that they are phasing out the HD2 and replacing it with the HD7. They still may have some in stock in the store...I don't know.
I went to the store because after I placed the online order they told me they were on backorder....I went to the store and got my phones, but it looks like they are still shipping out the ones from the online order as well....So I will have a few extra. I was going to send them back, but I'll sell you one for whatever it costs me to keep it. I can meet in the Douglasville or Dallas area. e-mail me at [email protected] if you're interested. I get e-mails right away.

crisisinthecity said:
I was in our local Tmobile yesterday and they had one on display still but you are probably right. There is no reason for them to keep them around if they want to sell HD7's. they were listed as 99 bucks with a two year contract.
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I got mine for free over the black friday weekend ^_^. Online deal only but the guy in the store matched the online deal for me.

Try Walmart
I got mine a few months ago from Walmart.com and saved a lot. You might find it even cheaper now in the store IF they still have any. Try that before you go the eBay route. You want a new, clean phone if you can get it. Unlike a lot of others, my HD2 has worked fine from Day 1. Like you, I wanted to replace my old Dell X51v and old Nokia phone. I have a lot of apps that I couldn't find good replacements for in Android or iOS, so I wanted to stay with WM6x for a while longer. I have not found any of my old apps that do not work, although some are clearly meant for stylus use and a little hard to use with fingers.
I will suggest this: if it works, don't make any changes other than loading your applications. Mine is still the same OS version it came with. I just put the default task manager as a quick link on the main screen so I can shut down apps that don't have their own Exit method. In the Start menu folder, I created some sub-folders to organize my app shortcuts. That way I can have all my apps only a couple of taps away (Start/folder/application shortcut). I don't have to do a lot of scrolling to get to the apps I use the most.
I have had no problem with T-Mobile in my area. (However, even though my area is supposed to have the higher speed service, I don't see it in my downloads.)
If you can get an HD2 you will have most likely the last WM6x device. It is the end of the line.
Good luck.

Alltel to ATT Transition: Root and Flash before Line is Active?

I am part of the group being merged from Alltel to AT&T; I selected the Liberty/Aria for my next phone (coming from a rooted/flashed HTC Touch for many years).
AT&T will be sending the phone out this month, and then will activate the line next month as part of the merger.
Looking to root and flash CyanogenMod7 on the Aria, but curious if this is something I can do upon receiving the phone, or if I should/would need to wait until the phone is activated for service.
AT&T states they will send a text on our Alltel phones that will state "start using your new AT&T phone now," so not sure if it's really activation; maybe just a phone home?
I don't want to root/flash and then have the phone not become active in April.
I'm fine waiting... just looking for anyone else that may have been in this situation and has some insight.

How interesting I was in this situation a couple months back when Unicel merged with AT&T. There isn't really anything you can do that will really be that beneficial to starting the rooting and flashing process before you get the phone. Maybe install the drivers? And as far as the activation I received my Aria fairly promptly so I had it for like 3 weeks until activation. I'm pretty sure I got a text message the day before activation informing me to carry both phones on me. I had an unlocked T-Mobile SidekickLX and I was carrying both it and my Aria on me. Unfortunately it seems the Unicel service was cut before the AT&T service started for me. It took me about two hours without having access to a phone and when the Aria did activate after setup I received all the missed calls and text message notifications from that time where I had no service. Either way it both the wait for the phone and the wait for it to be activated were all worth it.
I LOVE MY ARIA!
Hope I helped.

vicmora5:
Thanks for your informative post; I hope it all goes smoothly.
Truth be told I just want to play when that Aria arrives; but I can wait if it's a no-no.
Looking for a "yes, I've been there and done that! Rooted and flashed my device before the line was active; go for it!"
If I don't get that kind of response; I better wait

Ohhhh!!!
Sorry I completely forgot about that aspect of it. I didn't even open the Aria until I was about to have it activated. I'm actually not sure about what happens if you root and flash pre-activation /=
Sorry I guess im not much help, but I hope you find an answer and get everything working fine

Hi there,
I received my Aria aboout two weeks ago and it is not set to be activated intil early-mid April.
I have loaded it up with apps via Wifi...it does everything I need it to do short of being able to make/receive a call. I did remove the SIM first.
I am wondering if I can root this device and upgrade the OS before it's active, and what will happen if I do these things then reinstall the SIM that came in it.

I rooted and flashed my aria already, i don't see why it would matter at all. I wanted to play some games on it (like nfs:shift and angry birds) and surf the web via my portable hotspot (clear wireless). I've had 0 issues, but i'm not set to be active with att until april. I assume if something screws up, I'll just have to flash back to stock, set it up, then reflash back later. worse comes to worse I'll flash to stock and return it, lol

Once you put sim card in aria from at&t you want have any problems ..
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terces said:
vicmora5:
Thanks for your informative post; I hope it all goes smoothly.
Truth be told I just want to play when that Aria arrives; but I can wait if it's a no-no.
Looking for a "yes, I've been there and done that! Rooted and flashed my device before the line was active; go for it!"
If I don't get that kind of response; I better wait
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Yes you can root and install a custom rom prior to activation. Plus its the sim card, not the phone that needs the actual activation.
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Yes you can root and install a custom rom or games or whatever prior to activation. Plus its the sim card, not the phone that needs the actual activation.
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Thanks for all the replies, they sure were helpful.
I'll plan on rooting/flashing pre-activation then; that way I can have the phone all ready to go when it goes live.
Coming from the non-SIM world, I sometimes forget that everything is tied to that SIM card and not in the phone itself.