Just had a sms from Voda telling me that new software is available for my phone, should I text them back and tell them their too late, I've been Froyo'd for months?
Apparently though they have removed the Voda start up/shut down images, removed two naff games and trimmed the 360live stuff. Of course if you so desire you can download it direct from Voda. Fortunately I never had that junk on my SGS.
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Are there any betting apps which will run on this PDA? One I can download, as they often look better (and respond) than WAP sites. Tried Bet2Go, and it didn't go (ha,ha), also tried the Ladbrokes, and Paddy Power apps, but I think 3 has blocked the text message, as a means of protecting their interests. I'm in the UK, and want UK horse racing.
mobile.betfair.com
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lite.betfair.com
Hello everyone,
I have just ordered one of the Dev phones and am anxious to start playing with it.
I had a question that I thought some people here might have some experience with. I do currently have T-mobile as my cell provider. I planned on just putting the sim from my old phone into the new to transfer over my service (I would like to use the phone while I play with it). I started thinking about this after browsing around the forums and I had a few questions.
I was wondering what T-mobile actually does/adds to the firmware before they push it out to the G1 phones.
I figure someone here has T-mobile service and a dev phone so I was also curious what T-mobile "features" might be missing or might they try to block? What about that Favorite 5 plan, I am sure they have to add their own code to the firmware to allow it to support that, so I am guessing that option is already out of the question.
Aside from the unlocked part of the phone is the firmware on the dev phone any different than what comes standard on the G1 (I guess minus the T-mobile parts)
Well this is my first post and I wanted to thank everyone for their time
The set of applications that are included on the ADP1 out of the box are similar to the set of apps provided on the UK version of the G1. In particular, it's missing such goodies as the Voice Dialer, the Amazon MP3 store, and the MyFaves software. Additionally only the gtalk provider is supported in the IM app.
From http://www.gotontheinter.net/content/android-developer-phone-1
If you want the Amazon MP3 Store you can extract it from any G1 update file. If you want the Voice Dialer, extract it from JesusFreke's modified ADP1 build, or just install his modified build.
Hi there, this is my first post here so apologies if i lack any detail.
Just to be clear - I have searched the entire forum and found nothing with the instructions i require.
I changed my G1 build from RC08 (uk) to RC30 when i unlocked my phone for root privileges, but i now have an app running called MyFaves-
I have read about this app and it doesn't look good, as i don't want thousands of sms' sent to a server costing me a fortune...
So i am really asking that because i live in the uk, and now have rc30, does this mean my phone sends sms' to the US server (i am on t-mobile uk), and if so, then i would rather loose the root privileges to save my wallet.
So then if it is costing me (i cannot check my credit for some odd reason, so will not know if it is costing me until march) then how do i revert back to RC08 (uk) like it was before i did this?
Thanks very much.
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I dont really know much about what your asking but just to check if its costing you, you could phone tmobile free on 150 or send a text "ba" or "al" to check your balance and allowance, respectively, or log on through the tmobile site and you can check. Sorry if you have tried these and it hasnt helped, just a tip if its useful.
mckenzie-ls said:
Hi there, this is my first post here so apologies if i lack any detail.
Just to be clear - I have searched the entire forum and found nothing with the instructions i require.
I changed my G1 build from RC08 (uk) to RC30 when i unlocked my phone for root privileges, but i now have an app running called MyFaves-
I have read about this app and it doesn't look good, as i don't want thousands of sms' sent to a server costing me a fortune...
So i am really asking that because i live in the uk, and now have rc30, does this mean my phone sends sms' to the US server (i am on t-mobile uk), and if so, then i would rather loose the root privileges to save my wallet.
So then if it is costing me (i cannot check my credit for some odd reason, so will not know if it is costing me until march) then how do i revert back to RC08 (uk) like it was before i did this?
Thanks very much.
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you could, alternatively, flash the APD firmware which doesn't have the MyFaves app. I was running RC30 on my phone and when my bill came through it charged me £4 extra. I have no idea if this was because of myfaves or because i simply went over my allowance (more likely, i do text alot ).
If you want to revert back to RC8 you can simply rename this file to update.zip and reflash it.
(don't forget to wipe first )
http://android-dls.com/files/jf/v1.41/JFv1.41_RC8.zip
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http://android-dls.com/files/jf/v1.41/JFv1.41_RC8.zip
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this should be in a sticky with all of the other stock rom versions in here to flash to origninall.... i had a horrible time finding the rc 30 stock rom lol Can Some please do this?
ok, i found out today that it isn't costing me, but i have about 50 sms' sent in 4 days because of this... but because it's to a t-mobile server theres no problems as its free.
Meltus - does your method allow me to maintain root access?
(i only ask because this RC30 is american and slightly different to the RC08, and has features with i dont like - eg puts random lines in telephone numbers... which in the UK we dont have, so is annoying)
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Yes the file linked above maintains root. It is JesusFreke's modified RC8.
what do you mean by - dont forget to wipe first?
do you mean wipe my current JF RC30? if so, how?
Ok, so i switched to the rc08, which i prefer, and i now dont have myfaves! Brilliant.
cheers Meltus (the link you posted doesn't work... but got me to the right website)
I just purchased a unlocked rogers magic for use on att. The phone and data work great on att. The market place shows free and some paid apps, but I dont see all paid apps. For example I do not see documents to go or the new copilot live gps software. Does my unlocked phone (not rooted) only show non copyright protected apps? I can see shazam which people say is copy protected. Can I do anything about this? Is my phone somehow linked to the canada marketplace store? Can I link to the US store?
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I just purchased a unlocked rogers magic for use on att. The phone and data work great on att. The market place shows free and some paid apps, but I dont see all paid apps. For example I do not see documents to go or the new copilot live gps software. Does my unlocked phone (not rooted) only show non copyright protected apps? I can see shazam which people say is copy protected. Can I do anything about this? Is my phone somehow linked to the canada marketplace store? Can I link to the US store?
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The ROM is customized for Rogers, and Rogers deemed it necessary to lock down the market a bit. Going to have to wait until a cooked ROM becomes available or make your own.
This is a problem with the scandinavian HTC Magic phones aswell (maybe it is for all HTC-branded/PVT32A Magic phones?). No protected apps will show in the market on the phone. Paid apps are not available yet here in Sweden though, but there are also many free apps that are protected and not visible on Android Market on the HTC Magic phones here. If you root the phone with daldroids image and use market enabler, the problem still exists, although you can see some paid apps, most of them are protected and will not show.
A solution seems to be to flash the new NK02 ION rom, users of the scandinavian Magic has reported that they got full access to market when using that image. But there are probably many who don't want to flash a custom rom onto the phone.
This limitation seems to be gone now, at least on my swedish HTC Magic. I can now find all the apps that I couldn't find earlier since they were protected. Hopefully this is a permanent fix and not just a temporary glitch in Android Market.
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This limitation seems to be gone now, at least on my swedish HTC Magic. I can now find all the apps that I couldn't find earlier since they were protected. Hopefully this is a permanent fix and not just a temporary glitch in Android Market.
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you are right, as of today I can see the copy protected apps on my unlocked rogers htc magic which I use in the states. I'm buying my documents to go before it disappears.
Thanks for the heads up.
Which provider buggers about with the OS the least?
T mobile installs no apps, 3 installs one, and Orange several. However, (I think) you can remove all the carrier apps from your phone, so that doesn't really matter.
Haven't T-Mobile messed with the search function?
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Haven't T-Mobile messed with the search function?
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No that's O2, when in the browser if you hit search it takes you to ****ty Yahoo Search. I mean really? I would even take Bing over Yahoo.
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Haven't T-Mobile messed with the search function?
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Yes they have, they have made the default search some crappy tmobile search site powered by google.
Eugh. I hope they allow us to change this soon.
T-Mo has tweaked the search within Internet Explorer only so that when browsing the web and you push the search button, it takes you to the T-Mo Favourites page with a Google-powered search box on it. That behaviour only occurs when you're currently browsing a page.
If you're not already browsing, and you push the search button, the standard Bing Search page will appear.
Also, bear in mind that you'll get 3GB of browsing a month with T-Mobile as opposed to 1GB with 3 or 500MB/1GB with Orange, and T-Mobile isn't quite so aggressive as other networks if you exceed your browsing allowance. Generally, if you exceed your allowance by a modest amount, they'll let it go; if you exceed significantly, they may throttle your speed; if you persistently exceed by a significant amount, they'll send you a letter or give you a call to discuss your usage.
Having the T-Mobile redirect to their search page from within IE is a small price to pay for such a generous web allowance - and if that redirect really bugs you, there's a very simple workaround: just remember to press the Start/Windows button before pressing the search button. That will take you to the Start screen, and then launch the full-screen Bing Search page. One extra button-push for an extra 2GB a month is worth it.
The only other customisation that T-Mo have included on the phone is their logo splash screen, but the phone boots up so quickly that it doesn't really make much difference having it there. I half-expected them to customise the OS colour scheme with white background and pink/magenta tiles - but it was supplied with the standard dark background/blue tiles theme.
So yeah, T-Mobile every time. Hope that info helps.
T-Mobile also print "T-Mobile" on the battery cover. It's not obvious, it's not in colour (like an Orange logo would be), and if it really bothered you, you could probably swap the battery cover.
I ruled out Three, as they don't do 18 month contracts, and I don't want to be tied to a first-gen phone of a brand new platform for too long. I was already on T-Mo and they gave me a good deal to stay.
I'm very happy with my T-Mo Omnia 7. I don't have to worry about the net usage at all, and the ability to use the Orange signal means everywhere I couldn't get a signal before now gets a solid Orange connection.
T-Mobile every time for me too.
One point though -- T-Mobile are only offering 1GB per month on Windows Based Phones, you get 3GB per month with android based phones.
Can anyone confirm they have 3GB as standard without having to blag it with the SR?
For direct sales (i.e. purchases directly from T-Mobile), they give the same 3GB to Windows Phones that is offered to Android connections. Although this isn't set out anywhere that I've seen on the T-Mobile website, any number of people (myself included) have spoken to any number of T-Mobile CSRs and had this information given to them many times over.
The only circumstance under which a Windows Phone will be connected to T-Mobile with only 1GB per month is where the purchase has been made through a third-party reseller, such as Carphone Warehouse or Buymobilephones.net. Under those circumstances, however, many users have successfully had their FUP increased to 3GB by calling T-Mobile once they've received their devices, but the approval of this seems to be discretionary rather than routine.
Thanks guys, looks like T-Mob is the winner for me .