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mackaby007
14-02-2006, 04:12 PM
I am totally sick of this crap. Microsoft should stick to PC's and stay out of pocket pc's as they can't develop one O/S that is stable.
Just when I thought I had a stable ROM, the thing displays all sorts of unwanted effects including:
1. Occasional Hard resetting of PPC (but not actually formatting the device; no...it installs duplicate programs and settings instead!!)
2. Soft Keys have a mind of their own (sometimes they appear as I defined their use, other times they appear according to its own desires!)
3. On occasion wifi doesn't work, but mostly it works perfectly.
4. Sometimes messaging application does not initiate (neither through soft keys activation or direct access through Programs)


I have a list that I cannot be bothered to type out, suffice to say I have a degree in Computing & Information systems (no big deal I know!) and over ten years experience in building, maintaining and upgrading PC's not to mention several years experience of owning Palm o/s, Symbian o/s and Win CE pocket pc's.

My opinion is valid!! I don't care what anyone else says to the contrary. Windows mobile 5 and it's predecessors are a load of crap and are robbing us of our hard earned cash!! And I've spent a fortune on them all!!

I am by no means an expert, but I am no fool and more than capable of learning, hence I've tried to no avail with these devices.

Just when you think your device is running near perfect (within reason), new issues pop up!

NEWBIES...PAY ATTENTION!!!

Get out of this while you can and stop throwing away money and your most precious commodity....your TIME!!!

My last o/s phone (smartphone) was a SonyEriccson P910i. That was quite good with minimal crashes or lock-ups. I moved back to Windows based mobile phones because of more CPU power and compatibility.

MAIN GRIPES:
I miss calls....due to maintenance (upgrading ROM or soft resets or hard resets or lock-ups)
I miss text and MMS messages.....due to maintenance
I miss appointments due non-induced hard resets (only twice mind you)
I miss knowing that I can be reached or can make a call at any given moment!!

I'm not one of those people who needs a phone predominantly and a PDA secondly. I just need reliability.

I've swapped..yes swapped my Jasjar for the MDA Vario for the same reasons that I'm complaining about WM5 & HTC. The Wizard is just as unstable!!

Don't misunderstand me...when these devices are working, they are wonderful and I would prefer no other phone/PPC in the world, but reliability is of paramount importance, surely!!

Well...I'm done with this 'got to be a developer to use my phone' syndrome. I'm going back to SonyE. or someone else who know how to make devices with at least 90% reliability!! I wasn't expecting perfection from Man, merely my moneys worth!!

This is the bottom line:
I want a convergence device that I spend more time deriving its benefits than I do researching how to improve its instability and unreliability!!

And before anyone says it:
HTC are full of it just like Microsoft, as they were undoubtedly aware of this WM5 bug-ridden o/s before desinging hardware for it!

:evil: :evil: :evil:

Update: 27/2/06:
See my most recent posts. I was wrong and apologise for misleading you guys without having properly identified the cause of my device problems (very dangerous I know). The problem was definately buggy ROMs and this has now been fully rectified via Qteks 1.6.7.1 ROM.

mackaby007
14-02-2006, 04:23 PM
If you check all my posts you will find that I am still appreciative of all the hard work that a lot of you gurus have made, but that does not excuse HTC & Microsoft for continually releasing products before they have been tested and twaeked to perfection.
This is not a game!! Some of us actually rely on these devices to help earn a living and or organise our lives!!
I now find myself reverting back to doing everything on a regular PC, standard phone and pen & Paper!!
HTC devices have become a joke to me!
Additionally; my wife is on her 4th..yes 4th brand new MDA Pro!!! Different issues with all of them.
That tells you something doesn't it? :?

I am reviewing my options:
http://www.bengalboy.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=316&viewmode=flat&order=ASC&start=0

hanmin
14-02-2006, 09:16 PM
Hmm.. I'm using MDA Compact 2, doesn't seems to have your problems.. the only problem I have is a dead loud speaker.

Anyway, you may want to try out Treo that runs Palm.

pzucchel
14-02-2006, 10:41 PM
Hi,

i just moved away from a palm treo 600: bad telephone reception and literally crappy headphone connector (it screwed up the telephone with a bug well known on internet, i had to use my solder to repair it...).

And now i am an happy user of an QTEK9100. Not perfect, but very near...except for the alarm!!! sometimes missed. no resets, SUPER voice command, 264 MHz and ROM 2.8....you get me.

I think there is a general problem in consumer electronic: support for example. Once you give the money for a buy, bye bye....

lpasq
14-02-2006, 11:33 PM
NEWBIES...PAY ATTENTION!!!

Get out of this while you can and stop throwing away money and your most precious commodity....your TIME!!!

i'm not a total noob. the cingular htc wizard is my first ppc/phone though. i do have a htc faraday/wm5 and htc typhoon/sp'03 but they are simple smartphones.

i must say that you have scared me a bit.

mackaby007
15-02-2006, 06:14 AM
NEWBIES...PAY ATTENTION!!!

Get out of this while you can and stop throwing away money and your most precious commodity....your TIME!!!

i'm not a total noob. the cingular htc wizard is my first ppc/phone though. i do have a htc faraday/wm5 and htc typhoon/sp'03 but they are simple smartphones.

i must say that you have scared me a bit.

Sorry Ipasq. :(
Maybe my bad experience is clouding my judgement somewhat. All I'm saying is that if you find yourself tweaking and upgrading more than you use the device, ....somethings wrong and you should consider what you set out for when you bought it. if your experience is a good one with minor setbacks (which your happy to live with) then ignore my experiences.

I'm currently re-testing/evaluating my Device with just the minimum of software installed, that I cannot do without, maybe that will highlight problems with a specific application (but I doubt it!) To try and remain fair to the rest of HTC product owners, I will post my findings if they are positive and I will humbly retract my complaints but if they proove to remain negative, I'll keep it to myself so as to not deter anyone from indulging in WM5 PPC/phone!

Good luck either way. :wink:

khngaroo
15-02-2006, 11:13 AM
If you check all my posts you will find that I am still appreciative of all the hard work that a lot of you gurus have made, but that does not excuse HTC & Microsoft for continually releasing products before they have been tested and twaeked to perfection.
This is not a game!! Some of us actually rely on these devices to help earn a living and or organise our lives!!
I now find myself reverting back to doing everything on a regular PC, standard phone and pen & Paper!!
HTC devices have become a joke to me!
Additionally; my wife is on her 4th..yes 4th brand new MDA Pro!!! Different issues with all of them.
That tells you something doesn't it? :?

I am reviewing my options:
http://www.bengalboy.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=316&viewmode=flat&order=ASC&start=0

Hi,

I think you have got a very bad experience there. I've been using smartphones from motorola MPX200 to Sony Ericsson's P800, Motorola's E680, O2's Blue Angel and now Dopod 838. Let me tell you, I must admit that WM2003 was quite buggy, however, the new WM2005 is real neat. I wouldn't say Microsoft has done a bad job, cos I've used worse device. P800 running on symbian was really a horror. I've promised not to ever use a symbian phone again after my bad experience with P800. (am I sterotyping then?)

As far as I am concern, WM2005 runs almost perfectly, if not flawless. and I've not experienced what you have been through. So, lets not come to a conclusion just based on your bad experience, okie? :)

(Kinda makes me wonder if u work for Sony, the way you put things? :P) No offence plz, just my 3 cents worth. ~.~!

kenshinjeff
15-02-2006, 07:32 PM
If you check all my posts you will find that I am still appreciative of all the hard work that a lot of you gurus have made, but that does not excuse HTC & Microsoft for continually releasing products before they have been tested and twaeked to perfection.
This is not a game!! Some of us actually rely on these devices to help earn a living and or organise our lives!!
I now find myself reverting back to doing everything on a regular PC, standard phone and pen & Paper!!
HTC devices have become a joke to me!
Additionally; my wife is on her 4th..yes 4th brand new MDA Pro!!! Different issues with all of them.
That tells you something doesn't it? :?

I am reviewing my options:
http://www.bengalboy.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=316&viewmode=flat&order=ASC&start=0

Hmn ok thanks for the heads up in advanced. However, I don't see how converged devices will improve if SE's the only one doing it somewhat correctly.

Sure, MS and HTC probably both suck in someway, but I don't get why you had to get 4 of the same devices to figure that out. I mean like, most people won't even go past changing the same device for the 3rd time.

While I'm sure your information is valid in someway, it's kinda obvious to me that not everyone is suited to use a pda phone, or pda for that matter.

If you have that experience as a developer, you should know that new stuff that MS comes up with usually comes with a truckload of problems, in my opinion, you should have stuck with a laptop or maybe some blackberry option, or even pen/paper.

In the first place, I highly doubt that the pda phone was designed to totally do away with the traditional pen/paper combo anyway.

Mvmajorem
15-02-2006, 07:49 PM
In the first place, I highly doubt that the pda phone was designed to totally do away with the traditional pen/paper combo anyway.

I'll agree with this line. There isn't really an OS that can run efficiently. If you want a phone to function as a full pledged PC, it won't happen. There are a lot of things we need to sacrifice. I would suggest the Nokia 9500 as the perfect business phone for you.

To me all phones are great...

great paper weight.

strikeIII
16-02-2006, 09:40 AM
what a lot of people tend to do is as soon as they get a device they automatically think they should start tweaking and updateing things.....what some people dont' understand is that every tweak and every upgrade will be different for others....people need to try out thier devices for a few days, maybe weeks depended on how often you use the devices features, and see if your device really needs the tweaks or not....that's what i do, i use my device then as soon as i see that something can be changed or needs to be tweaked i'll see if there is one out there, i do it one at a time try it out for a while then move on to the next, so that way you'll know if that tweak is really stable or not, don't do all the tweaks at one time......for some people the device is perfect right out the box.....just something to think about....

difensore
16-02-2006, 11:14 AM
i understand your frustration ... i myself having a plethora of smartphones / pda phones ... i personally happy with my xda exec ... why? because anybody who goes into this realm of pda phones should understand that the HTC products are always been PDAs first and Phones second ... with this premise, upgrading the ROM regularly is part of the whole experience... I also have all SE p800, p900, p910 which are all great Phones then having the great PDA functionality ... while the p900 and p910 have minimal differences, they are very good phones first and then very good PDAs to boot ... but you see even the more stable SE P series phones need to restarted and have their own version of hard reset (though not as frequent as their Windows counterparts)

ps i'm not even going to those Palm Treo 600 / 650 devices which are nothing but a last ditch effort of palm to try to get into the wireless phone realm ... they are just not as good as their windows / symbian counterparts ... and why get blackberries if you can get blackberry connect on your windows mobile / nokia / sony ericsson p9xx phones?

mackaby007
16-02-2006, 11:03 PM
Hi All!
Thank you very much for your candid replies. I appreciate that everyones experience will either vary somewhat or be totally different. However, I firmly believe 'If it ain't broke...don't fix it'!
I have only ever upgraded because of issues with these devices and only ever applied tweaks, because improvement was MUCH needed!

I hear you all the same though, if your not up for fight stay out of the arena. Sorry all, but I'm not a defeatest. I'm not giving up, merely venting my frustrations for becoming a free-tester for Microsoft and HTC.

It wouldn't be so bad if they offered us a 50% discount on purchasing these devices as we are the ones getting to the root of their buggy devices whilst they charge us for it and then charge us again (in FULL) when they implement our improvements into their next versions of Windows Mobile devices.
Just my opinion, but I'm sticking to it. :wink:


Old T-mobile Rom:
Rom Version: 1.3.2.2 ENU
Rom Date: 9/29/05
Radio version: 01.04.10
Protocol version: 4.0.13.17
ExtRom: 1.3.2.102

Updated T-Mobile ROM:
Rom Version: 1.6.2.4 WWE
Rom Date: 11/15/05
Radio version: 01.12.10
Protocol version: 4.0.13.23
ExtRom: 1.6.2.105

Current ROM:
Custom ROM: O2 ROM
Rom Version: 1.5.4.2 WWE
Rom Date: 11/8/05
Radio version: 01.12.10
Protocol version: 4.0.13.23
ExtRom: Removed by default (xtra 10 megs in extended ROM through total Commander)


They ALL suck (sooner or later). :D

kevin666
16-02-2006, 11:43 PM
Stay well clear of the XDA EXEC!

I am on number seven of the XDA Exec and finaly given up

so many faults.......

CASE MARKS>>>£600 phone and the keyboard hits the screen and rubs the letters off the keyboard AND MAKE SHINEY MARKS ON THE FACE OF THE PHONE...dont HTC test these before they sell them? EMAILED HTC ABOUT THIS ISSUE...THEY NEVER REPLIED...


SPEED.....THE FASTEST PROCESSOR AND ITS SLOWER THAN MY XDA2???

HANGS UP DURING CALLS BY ITSELF........JUST ABOUT THREW IT OUT MY CAR WINDOW....PEOPLE THINK YOUR TAKING THE PISS WITH THEM CAUSE IT HANGS UP SO OFTEN

ALARM PROGRAM IS A JOKE......SLEPT IN SO MANY TIMES CAUSE OF THIS PILE OF SH..I.T

SCREEN RES IS LOVELY BUT THE GLASS IS TOO THIN!! SO WHEN YOU WRITE ON IT THE LCD PANEL DISTORTS....ERR DOH! :evil:

Going to get it swapped, may go back to the XDA 2i or maybe the mini s but the CPU speed on that may be an issue for me :shock:

mackaby007
16-02-2006, 11:58 PM
Stay well clear of the XDA EXEC!

I am on number seven of the XDA Exec and finaly given up

so many faults.......

CASE MARKS>>>£600 phone and the keyboard hits the screen and rubs the letters off the keyboard AND MAKE SHINEY MARKS ON THE FACE OF THE PHONE...dont HTC test these before they sell them? EMAILED HTC ABOUT THIS ISSUE...THEY NEVER REPLIED...


SPEED.....THE FASTEST PROCESSOR AND ITS SLOWER THAN MY XDA2???

HANGS UP DURING CALLS BY ITSELF........JUST ABOUT THREW IT OUT MY CAR WINDOW....PEOPLE THINK YOUR TAKING THE PISS WITH THEM CAUSE IT HANGS UP SO OFTEN

ALARM PROGRAM IS A JOKE......SLEPT IN SO MANY TIMES CAUSE OF THIS PILE OF SH..I.T

SCREEN RES IS LOVELY BUT THE GLASS IS TOO THIN!! SO WHEN YOU WRITE ON IT THE LCD PANEL DISTORTS....ERR DOH! :evil:

Going to get it swapped, may go back to the XDA 2i or maybe the mini s but the CPU speed on that may be an issue for me :shock:

We must be the only two dissatisfied customers left browsing these forums! :lol:

I'd advise you to go back to what works for you, cause the mini s is no better in my 'humble' opinion! :wink:

mackaby007
17-02-2006, 01:38 AM
Just installed/updated to Qtek ROM 1.6.7.1

Will evaluate for a few days and post my experiences. Hope this prooves me wrong!!


mackaby007

Qtek ROM:
Rom Version: 1.6.7.1 WWE
Rom Date: 11/28/05
Radio version: 01.13.10
Protocol version: 4.0.13.24
ExtRom: 1.6.7.101

kevin666
17-02-2006, 06:50 PM
Why do you say the mini s is no better?

mackaby007
17-02-2006, 11:42 PM
Why do you say the mini s is no better?

Well it would certainly SEEM that way until now. As I mentioned in my previous posts, I've had a Jasjar which with an updated i-mate ROM, was stable but in my opinion, underperformed (everyone says it's due to the way WM5 works - bug ridden I say). I then swapped my jasjar (at a loss of course) for a T-mobile vario (Wizard) or o2 mini s etc.

My experience is that, while no bugs are visible, these devices seem like the best thing since sliced bread, but when you've had them up and running a while, the worms come out of the woodwork.

All said and done though....I updated/changed my ROM last night to Qteks 1.6.7.1 ROM and till now (about 20 hours later), not one crash, no loss of calls or uninitiated soft or hard resets! Aditionally, it SEEMS to be stable and reliable (with all my 3rd party software installed and with TI OMAP overclocking or not!).

Verdict?
Too soon to say. But I'm actually feeling rather optimistic if not just hopeful. I'm hoping that I've been wrong and that all my past experiences have been due too buggy ROMs and not WM5 & HTC. We'll see.

Another point of interest is that since I updated/changed my wifes T-mobiles MDA PRO to Qteks latest ROM, there have only been 2 lock-ups (we can live with that) and she's had that ROM for 9 days!

So it's looking like most of the instability issues we've had thus far are due to buggy ROMs.

Therefore I already feel it necessary to apologise for my negative comments and hope that anyone who has read this thread has taken the time to keep track of how things develop.

Kevin if you're interested in the mini s, don't be put of by my experiences, as there are many other factors that could have contributed to my experiences. Go for it, but be prepared for some headaches (just in case!).

Hope this helps (sorry bout the long post) :lol:

mackaby007

Qtek ROM:
Rom Version: 1.6.7.1 WWE
Rom Date: 11/28/05
Radio version: 01.13.10
Protocol version: 4.0.13.24
ExtRom: 1.6.7.101

mackaby007
20-02-2006, 02:21 AM
I'm extremely happy to say, that I must be wrong, as I've not had one crash since Fridays upgrade to Qteks 1.6.7.1 ROM.
So far I can complain about absolutely nothing, as I have even exceeded my normal usage of these devices to try and hasten a crash, but to no avail.
Long live Qteks ROM!!

apologies again for this whole thread, slating HTC and co.

rdef
20-02-2006, 04:24 AM
I tend to agree with the OP. WM5 devices (or ppc and predecessors) and smartphones do a lot, but they tend to be a pain in the ass and finicky.

One simple example, when a WM device loses a GPRS connection, frequently you'll have to cycle the radio to get a usable connection again. Every time? No, but often enough, where you don't trust it. Compare this to a blackberry. With a bb, the connection is rock solid and robust. No, you don't get nearly as many features on a bb, but you can absolutely count on being able to receive a call and being able to obtain a data connection, period.

I currently use a smt5600, a wizard, and a 7290. When I'm traveling and I need to be sure that I'm communicating, I take the 7290.

I liken the comparison of WM to BB OSs to a comparison of firearms . The WM device to a Colt pistol: beatiful, but not as reliable as my spartan Glock. The blackberry is 100% Glock. MS needs to work on transitioning away from the finicky Colt towards a more reliable AND feature rich device...something Sig Sauerish, if you will.

itsmewhoelse
20-02-2006, 05:38 PM
I agree that these newer devices are bug ridden and do not function as advertised. My original Pocket PC Phone Edition was more useful than my Wizard is. If I hadn't broke it, I would not have bought a new one.

That said I, too, first bought a different device, the PDA2K. It just worked. No problems at all. Send/receive faxes, instant messaging, email, internet, great phone signal, bluetooth handsfree...but the keyboard! I just couldn't get used to it. Why did I trade in and buy the Wizard? I was stooooopid! I wanted the keyboard and EDGE. But, mostly, the keyboard. When I first saw the photos of it, I fell in love. It was, I thought, perfect! So I called up the dealer and he agreed to send me a KJAM for $350.00 and my PDA2K.
Now, here's just how stupid I was...I didn't even read the specs thoroughly enough to know that the Wizard was smaller. When I rec'd it, I was shocked! I liked the bigger size screen. A lot. Doh! What an idiot.

But, hey, that has nothing to do with the fact that the Wizard is not fully functional as delivered. That it's slooooow. That the speakerphone is a useless piece of advertisement for HTC/Imate. That the sound quality is crap, at best. That the phone doesn't have the ability to power up to a signal that's only slightly weak. That the dual core proc. is divided to be used separately by the phone and pc. That sometimes it needs to be rebooted just to get a signal, or for the bluetooth to work, or because the screen is pixelated. That you need to buy a 3rd party app. just to back it up. That A/S 4.x is also junk.

Why, oh why, didn't they just make a PDA2K with a Wizard keyboard? LOL

HTC/iMate, you got my last dollar, hope you spent it wisely.

mackaby007
27-02-2006, 10:38 PM
Hi All.
I'm delighted, in this instance, to be seen to be a plonker, as my Wizard is finally running as advertised!!
No crashes or lock-ups since Qtek ROM 1.6.7.1 install on the 17th Feb!! For me anyhow, it's official, the HTC Wizard works well and doesn't even need the TI OMAP overclocking unless you're using Skype or the likes.

HTC & Microsoft....my faith in you is renewed. Apologies for slating you.

For anyone interested in a problem free ROM, use Qteks ROM version 1.6.7.1.

mackaby007

Qtek ROM:
Rom Version: 1.6.7.1 WWE
Rom Date: 11/28/05
Radio version: 01.13.10
Protocol version: 4.0.13.24
ExtRom: 1.6.7.101

Installed apps:
Total Commander
TranCreative Magic Button
PocketMind PocketMusic
TCPMP + ALL CODECS
Hark0-Solitario Freeware
eSoft Interactive Space Shuffle
i-mate O2 UK Contract (Operator seetings from i-mate)
TI OMAP Overclocking Utility

1GB mini SD Card

T-mobile MDA Vario - fully UNLOCKED and TOTALLY SIM FREE (True Quad Band Phone)

Nothing ventured, nothing gained!!

:wink:

itsmewhoelse
27-02-2006, 11:27 PM
I got my phone working decently last night with the radio rom upgrade. Yaa!

I get a signal in my house. IN MY HOUSE!!! The speakerphone works very good now. I'm happier, but nor fully satisfied.

Pardon my ignorance, but how do you make phone calls without a sim card?

mackaby007
27-02-2006, 11:36 PM
Pardon my ignorance, but how do you make phone calls without a sim card?

Good one. :lol:
I meant Free of SIM Lock or NETWORK lock!! I can now use any SIM from any network in any country. Very handy if you go abroad and don't want to incur roaming charges (just buy a pay-as-u-go SIM card in whatever country you're visiting!!).

By the way, what ROM are you using at the moment?

abgarman
27-02-2006, 11:59 PM
hey mackaby007!

I wonder whether you had any problems during new rom installation...

I tried this ROM, but after the installation was finished, Etx_rom installed and system rebooted I got a "device locked message. illegal ROM, given only to customers who bought their wizard/qtek at ...[]" I had to go back thru several instals to restore my original ROM (which i never truely accomplished - i have no ability to change ring tones and assign them to different contacts)

mackaby007
28-02-2006, 12:04 AM
hey mackaby007!

I wonder whether you had any problems during new rom installation...

I tried this ROM, but after the installation was finished, Etx_rom installed and system rebooted I got a "device locked message. illegal ROM, given only to customers who bought their wizard/qtek at ...[]" I had to go back thru several instals to restore my original ROM (which i never truely accomplished - i have no ability to change ring tones and assign them to different contacts)

Hey back at ya.
First download lokiwiz v2b. Don't use previous versions or you'll not get through this!!

Hard reset your device (not necessary, but it ensures you'll have no hassle with Activesync).

Done that? Good. Extract the lokiwiz v2b .zip folder and copy enablerapi.cab to your memory card or to 'My Documents' folder on your device. Then execute the 'enablerapi.cab'.

Done? Just switch off the device (power button; put it in standby mode).

If you have Activesync already installed, un-install it and re-install directly afterwards (ensure a brand new partnership).

Then when prompted by Activesync, plug in your USB cable PC-PPC and it should recognise as usual.

Then execute the lokiwiz.bat file (in the folder that was generated earlier when you extracted the lokiwiz02b.zip file) and when you see the MS Dos (black screen) choose the option CID Unlock (SuperCID) and wait for it to COMPLETELY finish. You'll know it's finished when your Wizard is re-booting. Plug out your USB cable at this stage.

Once re-booted and back into WM5, re-connect your cable and if all goes well it should re-connect to Active Sync (wait till it has finished syncing or says connected!).

Finally......double click the executable file, which should be:
RUU_Prodigy_1060701_101_11310_QTEK_WWE_Ship.exe
Hopefully it will now install the ROM without hiccups (about 10 minutes).

Hope this helps. let us know how you get on.

itsmewhoelse
28-02-2006, 03:41 AM
I'm using...

ROM:1.1.9.3
Date:9/16/05
Radio: 01.12.10 (yipee)
Protocol:4.0.13.23
ExtRom:1.1.9.106

Everything seems to be fine, so I'm not screwing with it!

Good luck with yours. :)

abgarman
28-02-2006, 02:00 PM
thanks A LOT!!!!!! :D

It did work!

now i'm gonna go and try if i can tune it and make it not work again ;)

just kidding;)

mackaby007
02-03-2006, 01:39 AM
thanks A LOT!!!!!! :D

It did work!

now i'm gonna go and try if i can tune it and make it not work again ;)

just kidding;)

Great stuff!! Glad to share my positive experiences to someones benefit for a change. :wink:

Best of luck.

mnicol819
05-03-2006, 06:21 AM
This is the bottom line:
I want a convergence device that I spend more time deriving its benefits than I do researching how to improve its instability and unreliability!!


I just stumbled across this thread and found it interesting. I often find myself thinking that I spend way more time tweaking these things to get everythign perfect than the actual productivity savings that the tweaking produces. Nobody will claim that any factory ROM is perfect but they pretty reliable when used within reasonable expectations. I come across tons of people in the corporate world that almost certainly never do anthing that isn't described in the manual and are able live happily with their devices because they can ignore a few hiccups here and there.

I am not one of those stick to the manual people and certainly don't achieve practical benefits that would come close to justifying the time that is spent. However, when I question this, there is an obvious answer... it has become a hobby that can sometimes be fun and I'm totally cool with that. It's like working on old cars or something. (did i just compare a cutting edge phone to a classical car?)

So here is my bottom line:
Either admit that it's a choice you've made or just give up resolving every issue because there is no chance the time you spend in the process will outweigh the occasional inconvenience of a less than perfect device.

benenglish
08-03-2006, 03:26 AM
@mackaby007

You said you also installed codecs for TCPMP.. where to find these?

What advantages to install PocketMusic when you already have TCPMP?