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ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco

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  • #1922
    GAAman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    phog wrote: »
    My phone is not receiving photos sent by text message, I get the text and the size of the photo and a download box, I clikc on that but the photo never seems to download. I can text photos no bother.

    Is there a setting I need to change?

    I had major problems with this, eventually after trawlin the net i found that you need to change the apn settings in mobile networks. I had to change mine with english settings so mine would not work for you, search online for whatever network you are on's settings

    Phone settings> wireless + network settings> mobile networks> access point names> Menu button> new apn> then put in the settings


  • #1923
    shadowninty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,654 ✭✭✭shadowninty


    mac09 wrote: »
    hi guys

    I am picking one of these up on friday.

    Am i right in assuming its likely to be a gen 2 model with the TFT display.

    Anyway seems easy enough to unlock but my question is when rooting what is currently the most stable and best os people are using?

    Found this which is probably the guide i will use: http://android.modaco.com/topic/335781-22apr-guide-how-to-install-a-custom-rom-on-the-zte-u-v880-or-gen2-device/

    Cheers for any help.
    If you are getting a UK one it wont be Gen2
    http://android.modaco.com/topic/337798-gen1-to-gen2-tpt-upgrade/
    Use that to upgrade it and sort stuff out


  • #1924
    mac09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭mac09


    so ginger or CyanogenMod as the preferred option. Looks good as these both work even without rooting the phone.

    will use pigfish just to check it is gen1any other comments on which rom to go for would be helpful.cheers


  • #1925
    noluck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭noluck


    Hi all,

    I'm having a problem with data connection when roaming on 3 UK and even on Vodafone's network (when 3's signal is lost). There's a thread where another Blade user has reported a similar problem:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1367

    I'm wondering if this is affecting more Blade users out there.

    I'm using the original Android 2.1.


  • #1926
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,902 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    Kristopherus wrote: »
    I have a problem with the sound on the phone. Have the volume up to max, but can barely hear the caller. If I turn on the the speaker, it works perfectly.

    Anyone have an idea on how to fix this? Don't want to go messing with the phone's entrails if at all possible.


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  • #1927
    noluck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭noluck


    noluck wrote: »
    I'm having a problem with data connection when roaming on 3 UK and even on Vodafone's network (when 3's signal is lost). There's a thread where another Blade user has reported a similar problem:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1367

    This is the right link:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056390361
    noluck wrote: »
    I'm wondering if this is affecting more Blade users out there.

    I'm using the original Android 2.1.

    It doesn't seem to be an issue with the Blade or the settings. I'm now suspecting it's got something to do with the new all-you-can-eat data offer on PAYG. If you have that, please let us know if your data connection works while roaming (you can test that by manually selecting Vodafone as your network).


  • #1928
    harpstilidie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,261 ✭✭✭harpstilidie


    Has anyone got the circle battery meter thing on the notification bar on this phone?

    Just wondering is it possible or difficult to do? Wouldn't mind having it,looks good.


  • #1929
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,980 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    harpstilidie wrote: »
    Has anyone got the circle battery meter thing on the notification bar on this phone?

    Just wondering is it possible or difficult to do? Wouldn't mind having it,looks good.

    A circle battery meter comes with Portuguese Spring


  • #1930
    harpstilidie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,261 ✭✭✭harpstilidie


    tuxy wrote: »
    A circle battery meter comes with Portuguese Spring

    Thanks, is it worth switching from Swedish Spring to Portuguese Spring?


  • #1931
    Agustin Dirty Hotel
    Posts: 8,317 ✭✭✭ Agustin Dirty Hotel


    I bought one of these debranded, unlocked and running 2.3 on eBay for €150 including postage. Did I get a good deal? The problem is I got a present of a Samsung Galaxy Europa two days earlier. Which is the better phone? Obviously there's a price difference with the Europa only costing €39. Which one should I keep?


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  • #1932
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,225 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Agustin Dirty Hotel wrote: »
    I bought one of these debranded, unlocked and running 2.3 on eBay for €150 including postage. Did I get a good deal? The problem is I got a present of a Samsung Galaxy Europa two days earlier. Which is the better phone? Obviously there's a price difference with the Europa only costing €39. Which one should I keep?
    Keep the san Francisco. It's by far the better phone. For 150 I would have spent a bit extra and bought a desire or galaxy s.


  • #1933
    Agustin Dirty Hotel
    Posts: 8,317 ✭✭✭ Agustin Dirty Hotel


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    Keep the san Francisco. It's by far the better phone. For 150 I would have spent a bit extra and bought a desire or galaxy s.
    Cheers! I thought the HTC Desire or Galaxy S would have been far more expensive than €150. Do you have a link to a deal on either for a near €150 price please?


  • #1934
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,225 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Cheers! I thought the HTC Desire or Galaxy S would have been far more expensive than €150. Do you have a link to a deal on either for a near €150 price please?

    A new one would be more, I meant a second hand one, could have sworn I said second hand in my post. I've seen second hand desires go for €150 on adverts and second hand galaxy s for €175.


  • #1935
    Agustin Dirty Hotel
    Posts: 8,317 ✭✭✭ Agustin Dirty Hotel


    Looks like I'll be sending my one back! The battery is worse than the Europa. I'm not even getting a day out of it on standby! I tried recalibrating it as per instructions on the web but it doesn't seem to have helped. Pissed off :mad:


  • #1936
    phog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,051 ✭✭✭✭phog


    I'm having difficulty in connecting to two eircom BB wifi modems.

    My phone sees the modem, I enter the password, but the fone never actually connects to the wifi.

    I can connect to a load of eircom bb modems but have difficulty with these two in particular.

    What is wrong and how do I rectify it?


  • #1937
    Justin10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,271 ✭✭✭Justin10


    Just curious I have the Spring ROM on my San Francisco. It has been on it ages should I change to a different ROM to improve it? Thanks


  • #1938
    Justin10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,271 ✭✭✭Justin10


    My phone has decided not to connect to my laptop anymore. Any ideas how sort this out?
    Turned it on then back on and it worked odd.


  • #1939
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,902 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    Mine won't even ring now:mad:. Have all the settings in place. Ringer tone at various levels to test it but no ring and only the vaguest of sound in the earpiece. Does anybody know where I can get the damn thing repaired?


  • #1940
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,367 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    Can you send it back to Orange? They replaced a battery for me hassle free, although i did have somebody in the UK to send the battery too and for them to collect the old battery.


  • #1941
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,902 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    The phone came with Android 2.1 on it. I unlocked it and now have Swedish Spring on it. All the Orange bloatware has been deleted. I know there is a workaround to get that Orange stuff back on, but I'm likely to have flung the phone against wall before I get that stuff back on. :mad: What I'm wondering is there any dependable smartphone handset repairers lurking locally (in Ireland)


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  • #1942
    CrystalLettuce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 403 ✭✭CrystalLettuce


    What's the recommended ROM to use at the moment? I'm on O2 and having all kinds of connection issues with Portugese spring. Changing is a pain though so I don't want to unless I know it'll work. Is there a fully functional 2.3 rom yet?


  • #1943
    Woofstuff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 239 ✭✭Woofstuff


    Hi i updated to swedish spring android 2.2, its brilliant...

    Only thing is now i cant send texts!!

    I can make and receive calls, i can receive texts, but i cannot send texts...

    i have tried entered these settings (which had worked before the upgrade) http://www.meteor.ie/support/smartphone/correct_data_settings/

    but cant send texts. help?


  • #1944
    CrystalLettuce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 403 ✭✭CrystalLettuce


    Woofstuff wrote: »
    Hi i updated to swedish spring android 2.2, its brilliant...

    Only thing is now i cant send texts!!

    I can make and receive calls, i can receive texts, but i cannot send texts...

    i have tried entered these settings (which had worked before the upgrade) http://www.meteor.ie/support/smartphone/correct_data_settings/

    but cant send texts. help?

    I had a lot of problems with Swedish Spring to be honest.


  • #1945
    Vego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭Vego


    get on ginger stir fry and everything will be ok :D


  • #1946
    Justin10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,271 ✭✭✭Justin10


    What Rom is the best?


  • #1947
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,992 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Rochey18 wrote: »
    What Rom is the best?

    Ginger stir fry is the latest and greatest.


  • #1948
    CrystalLettuce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 403 ✭✭CrystalLettuce


    I'm using Blade Mix and no problems so far, but early days yet. Need to change the theme though


  • #1949
    positron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,417 ✭✭✭positron


    My San Fransisco is nearly 8-9 months old, and it's giving me some bother lately.

    The 3.5mm headphone jack won't sit in properly. I have to keep a finger on the jack to keep it in place for me to hear the music - and I end up putting a sticky tape over it to keep it in place. That has now broken my CX300II jack.

    The mini-usb is crap. I can't get the phone to charge either with the computer or a/c mains unless I keep something over the connector to keep some sort of tension, or reach some odd angle. It's bloody annoying when you leave the phone to charge over night and see the phone still only has 2 or 4% charge.

    It hangs and restarts when I try to make a call. This started while I was away on holidays, but then I figured out this disappears if I remove the memory card.

    I bought this at Argos in Newry. Any point in bringing this back to them? Should I restore Orange firmware before taking it to them?


  • #1950
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,992 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    positron wrote: »
    My San Fransisco is nearly 8-9 months old, and it's giving me some bother lately.

    The 3.5mm headphone jack won't sit in properly. I have to keep a finger on the jack to keep it in place for me to hear the music - and I end up putting a sticky tape over it to keep it in place. That has now broken my CX300II jack.

    The mini-usb is crap. I can't get the phone to charge either with the computer or a/c mains unless I keep something over the connector to keep some sort of tension, or reach some odd angle. It's bloody annoying when you leave the phone to charge over night and see the phone still only has 2 or 4% charge.

    It hangs and restarts when I try to make a call. This started while I was away on holidays, but then I figured out this disappears if I remove the memory card.

    I bought this at Argos in Newry. Any point in bringing this back to them? Should I restore Orange firmware before taking it to them?

    Definitely you need to restore to orange firm wear before returning to Argos with it. By changing changing the firm wear and unlocking it you have voided the warranty so if Argos return it to Orange for repair you'd be in trouble.

    If the phone is good condition and the defects aren't clearly due to wear and tear I say bring it back. You have consumer rights and under those you can have reasonable expectation that the phone will be of a quality to withstand day to day use for more than a few months . You'll probably have to fight your corner though and I think Argos have a policy of sending things for repair ,so you might have to male do with that.


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  • #1951
    noluck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭noluck


    positron wrote: »
    My San Fransisco is nearly 8-9 months old, and it's giving me some bother lately.

    The 3.5mm headphone jack won't sit in properly. I have to keep a finger on the jack to keep it in place for me to hear the music - and I end up putting a sticky tape over it to keep it in place. That has now broken my CX300II jack.

    The mini-usb is crap. I can't get the phone to charge either with the computer or a/c mains unless I keep something over the connector to keep some sort of tension, or reach some odd angle. It's bloody annoying when you leave the phone to charge over night and see the phone still only has 2 or 4% charge.

    Same story here. The blade seems to be on the cheap side, hardware-wise, so I'm not at all, surprised to be honest.

    I had the same problem with the USB cable but I'm using another one now which is working well.

    I don't see how to fix the audio jack though, so I'd be interested to hear if you manage to send it back for repair.
    positron wrote: »
    It hangs and restarts when I try to make a call. This started while I was away on holidays, but then I figured out this disappears if I remove the memory card.

    This sounds more like a software problem. Since you're using a custom ROM, I'd suggesting trying a different one to rule out any problem with the hardware. You can use titanium backup to get everything quickly restored after testing.


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