v1640 help for newbie !

[r_a_hunter]

Hi,

Im a newbie to the Universal and im hoping you seasoned veterans can help me out with a few questions.

I have had my v1640 for just over a week now. After a frozen screen problem followed by having to do a hard reset
on the first day of owning it i have been reading through lots of this forum's very usful pages.

I got my v1640 as i initailly wanted a 02exec as an improvement (in terms of pda functionality) from my sony p910i.

After attempting to cancel vodafone contract they matched the o2 package and gave me the phone for free !



My questions are as follows:

1 - I have read lots of info about the various ROms available for the 'universal', where does the vodafone ROM stand
in terms of speed, features etc compared to the others?

2 - do i get different software from each different rom and is it 'ok' to run a different ROm eg o2 rom on a 'voda' v1640



I am ideally looking for a ROM that is as fast as possible and includes pocketMSN (messenger and hotmail) i can then add additional
software for the other things i need the unit to do (tom tom etc) Is this possible?:confused:



thanks for your help !!

[r_a_hunter]

any ideas?? anyone?:confused:

[xiasma]

Hi,

Im a newbie to the Universal and im hoping you seasoned veterans can help me out with a few questions.

I have had my v1640 for just over a week now. After a frozen screen problem followed by having to do a hard reset
on the first day of owning it i have been reading through lots of this forum's very usful pages.

I got my v1640 as i initailly wanted a 02exec as an improvement (in terms of pda functionality) from my sony p910i.

After attempting to cancel vodafone contract they matched the o2 package and gave me the phone for free !



My questions are as follows:

1 - I have read lots of info about the various ROms available for the 'universal', where does the vodafone ROM stand
in terms of speed, features etc compared to the others?


All the operators seem to offer slightly different s/w as standard. If you like what's there, great, but if you want to get rid of it, you need to hard reset the device then soft reset it before the operator s/w is loaded. Search this forum for details.


2 - do i get different software from each different rom and is it 'ok' to run a different ROm eg o2 rom on a 'voda' v1640

No, it's not - it's piracy (another word for stealing and don't let anyone try to tell you otherwise).


I am ideally looking for a ROM that is as fast as possible and includes pocketMSN (messenger and hotmail) i can then add additional
software for the other things i need the unit to do (tom tom etc) Is this possible?:confused:



thanks for your help !!

PocketMSN is only about USD$15 or so iirc, take a look on Microsoft's website. There are also alternatives, such as Agile Messenger for a similar nominal price. TomTom requires you have a GPS unit (hardware). Again, it's a commercial software package, so if you "find" it free, it's theft.