HTC Hero

Rodg3 · 05-11-2009 12:41pm

So any info on the PAYG release?

I was told on the sunday of the launch down in Blanch that it would be the following Day. Then I was told the next day that they don't know when it will be coming in. The Site itself is worthless for info on the phone as well. Trying to talk myself out of just buying it from Amazon.

Shane O' Malley · 05-11-2009 12:55pm

Looks like it will be in 3G Stores sat morning.

Rodg3 · 05-11-2009 12:59pm

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

Looks like it will be in 3G Stores sat morning.

Source? Also, sim free one would assume?

Shane O' Malley · 05-11-2009 1:02pm

Unlikely.

The ones delivered last week were only Sim Free because there was not enough time to "Flash" them.

This delivery are due in the warehouse today, flashed tomorrow and delivered Sat.

voxpop · 05-11-2009 1:05pm

metalfest wrote: »

has anyone dropped their hero yet? :eek:

Yup :eek:. Dropped it the other night - battery came out and back came off. Put it back together and its grand

Good Hero.

Rodg3 · 05-11-2009 1:07pm

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

Unlikely.

The ones delivered last week were only Sim Free because there was not enough time to "Flash" them.

This delivery are due in the warehouse today, flashed tomorrow and delivered Sat.

so Three contracts on those phones then?

fmul9798 · 05-11-2009 1:24pm

Will they be PAYG also or are those still not available? called 2 Meteor stores and they dont know when it is coming on PAYG

Mitch Connor · 05-11-2009 1:59pm

iknorr wrote: »

Can you not get a bluetooth radio with these functions built in? Which car do u have?

I already have the CC 9060 (working well enough with my N85).

My main query would really be if the phone book can be synced with the kit and if voice dialing works. The text message reading would be nice to have working too, but it doesn't really work with my Nokia, so i wouldn't really be bothered if it didn't work with the Hero either.

Rodg3 wrote: »

so Three contracts on those phones then?

No - Meteor phones. 3G stores, not the Three mobile company.

Shane O' Malley · 05-11-2009 2:04pm

fmul9798 wrote: »

Will they be PAYG also or are those still not available? called 2 Meteor stores and they dont know when it is coming on PAYG

No Word on PAYG so this delivery will only be contract anyway.

paddy2k · 05-11-2009 2:14pm

Has anyone got the built in Twitter client to work? Or got mms working, if so what's the full apn settings please?

metalfest · 05-11-2009 3:08pm

was in meteor wilton today, back-ordered around 20 and delivery is next week sometime,
ridiculous that they only have new contract phones, it's the same phone

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

No Word on PAYG so this delivery will only be contract anyway.

any idea if it'll be upgrade or new contract?
pricing same as meteor i suppose?
can they be reserved do you know ?

revolver2k · 05-11-2009 3:15pm

paddy2k wrote: »

Has anyone got the built in Twitter client to work? Or got mms working, if so what's the full apn settings please?

Haven't got the peep client working yet, i just downloaded a different one from the market...

The MMS fix is as follows:

On the home screen, press the up arrow ^ just to the left of the word ‘Phone’ to bring up the main menu.
Scroll down and select ‘Settings’
Scroll down and select ‘Wireless Controls’
Then ‘Mobile Network Settings’
Then ‘Access Point Names’
Select Meteor Data.
Scroll down to ‘APN type’ and select it
Manually type in the word ‘default’ and select ‘ok’
You can now send and receive MMS messages!

Shane O' Malley · 05-11-2009 3:20pm

metalfest wrote: »

was in meteor wilton today, back-ordered around 20 and delivery is next week sometime,
ridiculous that they only have new contract phones, it's the same phone

any idea if it'll be upgrade or new contract?
pricing same as meteor i suppose?
can they be reserved do you know ?

We have pricing for FTC, Upgrades and Ports so unless we hear different from meteor it will be available on upgrade in 3G stores. However nothing is certain until the last moment.

Shane

metalfest · 05-11-2009 3:28pm

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

We have pricing for FTC, Upgrades and Ports so unless we hear different from meteor it will be available on upgrade in 3G stores. However nothing is certain until the last moment.

Shane

if i ring do you think i could reserve one?

Shane O' Malley · 05-11-2009 3:32pm

metalfest wrote: »

if i ring do you think i could reserve one?

Sorry, i cant do that, neither do i think the Mods would allow me (Too close to touting for business)

Just trying to provide info on when it is available etc.

Need to talk to the stores themselves.

Shane

EPM · 05-11-2009 3:34pm

fmul9798 wrote: »

Will they be PAYG also or are those still not available? called 2 Meteor stores and they dont know when it is coming on PAYG

You'd nearly be as well off buying sim-free. Price may even work out cheaper going this route

metalfest · 05-11-2009 4:46pm

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

Sorry, i cant do that, neither do i think the Mods would allow me (Too close to touting for business)

Just trying to provide info on when it is available etc.

Need to talk to the stores themselves.

Shane

oh , no i meant if i rang the store did you think i'd be able to,

Shane O' Malley · 05-11-2009 4:51pm

Ah yeh, no problem.

Plenty of back orders already.

Stock has not landed in the warehouse yet so hopefully tomorrow morning.

BanzaiBk · 05-11-2009 9:26pm

Would love to read user reviews regarding 1) music playback quality, off phone music management and syncing, 2) sending media via Bluetooth and 3) call quality.

Thanks

paddy2k · 05-11-2009 9:47pm

revolver2k wrote: »

Haven't got the peep client working yet, i just downloaded a different one from the market...

The MMS fix is as follows:
On the home screen, press the up arrow ^ just to the left of the word ‘Phone’ to bring up the main menu.

Scroll down and select ‘Settings’

Scroll down and select ‘Wireless Controls’

Then ‘Mobile Network Settings’

Then ‘Access Point Names’

Select Meteor Data.

Scroll down to ‘APN type’ and select it

Manually type in the word ‘default’ and select ‘ok’

You can now send and receive MMS messages!

Thanks, but I'm still lost, I didn't get my Hero from Meteor so I don't have the rest of the settings. Would you mind putting them up here?
I've been trying various combinations with no luck.

EPM · 05-11-2009 11:27pm

Try the meteor website. There's an option there to send the settings for your phone

revolver2k · 06-11-2009 10:45am

paddy2k wrote: »

Thanks, but I'm still lost, I didn't get my Hero from Meteor so I don't have the rest of the settings. Would you mind putting them up here?
I've been trying various combinations with no luck.

You need to have both DATA and MMS APN's set up exactly as below, as the DATA needs to be set as default.

DATA
APN name: Meteor DATA
APN:data.mymeteor.ie
proxy: not set
Port: not set
Username:not set
Password: not set
Server: not set
MMSC: not set
MMS Proxy: not set
MMS port: not set
MMS Protocol: 2.0
mcc ID: 272
mnc ID: 03
APN type: default <

CRUCIAL

MMS
APN name: Meteor MMS
APN:mms.mymeteor.ie
proxy: 010.085.085.085
Port: 8799
Username:my
Password: wap
Server: not set
MMSC: http://mms.mymeteor.ie
MMS Proxy: 010.085.085.085
MMS port: 8799
MMS Protocol: 2.0
mcc ID: 272
mnc ID: 03
APN type: mms

06-11-2009 10:56am

I got my Hero on upgrade yesterday evening. Loving the phone so far and I was surprised to see that the phone was unlocked.

kilsmum · 06-11-2009 10:59am

Baz - Did you get your upgrade on Meteor???:D:D:D

06-11-2009 11:02am

I did indeed

. I just through in my girlfriend's O2 sim for the craic and it worked fine.

strecker · 06-11-2009 11:04am

whoa...just notice it's cheaper on Meteor prepay than the Jet on Vodafone and just a tad more than the crystal on o2? :eek:

Why oh why...

Hey, are they all UNLOCKED?

Thanks

EPM · 06-11-2009 11:19am

revolver2k wrote: »

You need to have both DATA and MMS APN's set up exactly as below, as the DATA needs to be set as default.

DATA
APN name: Meteor DATA
APN:data.mymeteor.ie
proxy: not set
Port: not set
Username:not set
Password: not set
Server: not set
MMSC: not set
MMS Proxy: not set
MMS port: not set
MMS Protocol: 2.0
mcc ID: 272
mnc ID: 03
APN type: default <
CRUCIAL

MMS
APN name: Meteor MMS
APN:mms.mymeteor.ie
proxy: 010.085.085.085
Port: 8799
Username:my
Password: wap
Server: not set
MMSC: http://mms.mymeteor.ie
MMS Proxy: 010.085.085.085
MMS port: 8799
MMS Protocol: 2.0
mcc ID: 272
mnc ID: 03
APN type: mms

I've put this in exactly like shown and still get download as unsucessful...anyone got any ideas?

voxpop · 06-11-2009 11:26am

Im using O2 so the setting might be different - but Im only using one APN setting which looks very similar to the second listing there - except i dont have the apn type set.

maybe worth a try as my mms and internet work fine.

EPM · 06-11-2009 11:37am

voxpop wrote: »

Im using O2 so the setting might be different - but Im only using one APN setting which looks very similar to the second listing there - except i dont have the apn type set.

maybe worth a try as my mms and internet work fine.

Still no joy. the data is working fine, just wont download the mms. only noticed it last night when i got one sent to me:mad:

revolver2k · 06-11-2009 11:50am

EPM wrote: »

I've put this in exactly like shown and still get download as unsucessful...anyone got any ideas?

Strange, just double-check the 'mms type' field in each APN - this must be 'default' (lower case, no spaces before or after the word) in DATA APN. And 'mms' (lower case, no spaces before or after the word) in MMS APN.

Those settings work fine for me.

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