Girlfriend's Pantech Duo (how can I turn off 3g???)

[mikeeey]

10/07/08 10:27PM
really all that's important now is that I can disable 3G on her phone, and I just cant figure out how. Is there a simple registry edit or a smartphone comm manager around? I tried a few comm managers but they didnt really disable it, I just want it off so it always uses edge







It was time she got an upgrade, so I had her get the burgundy colored Pantech Duo. So as I've heard there is no Roms for this phone yet, so what should I do to her phone? where would i find some compatible homescreens? perhaps the Vox (wings) homescreens would be compatible? I'm not sure yet what I can do with the phone, Im gonna put HTC Home on it if that works.

[mikeeey]

o man im pissed to find out it doesnt have wifi!
here I was excited she can finally have internet in her room.
makes her and I even more mad that her sister's BlackJack II has wifi.

damn...no secret wifi chip inside the pantech that we didnt know about?

[Black93300ZX]

See if you can get your hands on a MicroSD wifi card... They make them but I don't think they're on the market, not sure... But the Duo supports it. Also, there's something called HomeScreenBuilder (use google to find it), it's free and very customizable for her homescreen in WM6. I just sold my Duo recently, but here are a few other programs to check out...

DuoSTT (Answer calls by sliding phone open, hang up by sliding closed)

SmartToolKit (Better start menu, task manager, cleaner look)

TCPMP and there's a flash plugin for IE to play youtube videos, search the att forums it's posted under pantech by my username

Opera Mobile browser, if you download the trial I can get you a serial # (Just go to "register opera" and PM me your device ID)

[mikeeey]

hey thanks! i didnt know they had a wireless microSD card.

Now I just need to wait till it's avaible somewhere, I hope the price isnt too bad..

I'll put some of these programs you've mentioned on, as well as HTC Home. Is there a customizer for it like there is for pocket pc? or a way to change which icons appear.

[cp_kirkley]

I bought this phone for my sister. I think its crippled a lil without Wifi, but she doesnt care about anything but the cool red color and 2 keyboards... *rolleyes*

But to the point, if you are looking for other software, I would recomment using Conduits Pocket Player if you/she would like some music on it. Also, Newegg is selling 4 gig microSD cards (SanDisk) for 14.99. Worth looking into, wish you luck.

[veener79]

There is a 6.1 windows rom upgrade beta rom out for this phone. I have had this phone for a few weeks and am liking it from my 3125 that died. This was a warrenty replacment for me. Figured I could use it for a year and then when my contract is up look around.

[mikeeey]

I bought this phone for my sister. I think its crippled a lil without Wifi, but she doesnt care about anything but the cool red color and 2 keyboards... *rolleyes*

But to the point, if you are looking for other software, I would recomment using Conduits Pocket Player if you/she would like some music on it. Also, Newegg is selling 4 gig microSD cards (SanDisk) for 14.99. Worth looking into, wish you luck.
$14.99?? talk about a good deal! now only if they could make that WITH the wifi.

well at one point she too wouldnt have used wifi, but when i went over to her house and connected to the wifi at her house with my Tilt from "ANYWHERE INSIDE THE HOUSE **OMG**" now she really wanted it, i got her hopes up to cause i assumed every windows mobile phone had wifi, should make sense shouldnt it? well i guess not lol. she doesnt have computer in her room and the next best thing is if she could get on msn and look at her myspace from her phone in her room, lol.

As far as a media player, I'll probably just have her use tcpmp, being it's the best for music, although not the prettiest, maybe Coreplayer? but I've tried coreplayer and i wasnt able to add onto my playlist, only load a series of files at a time.

[veener79]

Will the Duo work with a 4gig card? I heard it will not read any higher then 2 gigs.

[Kraize]

her sister's BlackJack II has wifi

WTF? Since when did the BlackJack II have wi-fi!?!?!?!

[mikeeey]

WTF? Since when did the BlackJack II have wi-fi!?!?!?!
does it not have it?
lol there I go assuming things again...
Am I really that out of the loop? when did HTC stop using wifi in their new devices?
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you know what also pisses me off, her call quality is horrible, can barely hear what the person is saying, sounds like she has a blown speaker, but from reviews I've been reading this is really what it sounds like.

and what has pissed me of since the very beginning, was I didn't want her to get this phone originally, I wanted her to get the nokia N75 (she would like it better) but it has been discontinued now.. and there are not any other s60 devices right now.

[mikeeey]

Will the Duo work with a 4gig card? I heard it will not read any higher then 2 gigs.

I put my 6gb SDHC card in and the card icon showed at the top, but I was not able to explore the card, so besides that it didnt show up anywhere.

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well, because there is no Wifi, horrible camera, and horrible sound quality, i would not recomend this phone. However it does have a nice Xscale 416mhz processor. I tried some games in Finalburn and they ran very nicely!

for a smartphone I would get a nokia phone, but for a touchscreen phone I would get a windows pocket pc.
In my book Nokia wins the non touchscreen phones, I'd like to see them pull of a s60 device with a touchscreen.

[Kraize]

does it not have it?
lol there I go assuming things again...
Am I really that out of the loop? when did HTC stop using wifi in their new devices?
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you know what also pisses me off, her call quality is horrible, can barely hear what the person is saying, sounds like she has a blown speaker, but from reviews I've been reading this is really what it sounds like.

and what has pissed me of since the very beginning, was I didn't want her to get this phone originally, I wanted her to get the nokia N75 (she would like it better) but it has been discontinued now.. and there are not any other s60 devices right now.

Okay first off your avatar pic reminds me of a very good friend. But every skater looks like that. :rolleyes: But secondly, The BlackJack II is made from Samsung. I dont know where you got HTC from :confused: Take the duo back and get a new phone. So far it's not that good. As far as I've heard. And I think that HTC stopped making smartphones and the BJ II is a smartphone. Well originally the BJ I had wi-fi (the european version anyway) but at&t decided to cripple it and take out the wi-fi chip. The BJ II was never actually released with a wi-fi chip. I actually suggest you tell her to get a BJ II or go for the Tilt since it's the only phone that at&t offers that has wi-fi (besides the iPhoney and the Crackberry)

Kraize

[cp_kirkley]

I dont recommend the tilt to anyone who isnt technically inclined and/or willing to tinker. It takes too much work to get the phone into a sweet spot. It will be a pain in the ass to update 2 - I barely have time to keep up with updating my own, lol.

[MrEous]

I completely agree with you...my wife can't stand my tilt but she isn't tech savvy like I am.
I love the Tilt ONLY because of XDA though...if I weren't able to find the sweet spots I have I would have returned it long ago. I am spoiled...never again will I own a phone I can't customize as much as I do now.
I dont recommend the tilt to anyone who isnt technically inclined and/or willing to tinker. It takes too much work to get the phone into a sweet spot. It will be a pain in the ass to update 2 - I barely have time to keep up with updating my own, lol.

[Kraize]

I completely agree with you...my wife can't stand my tilt but she isn't tech savvy like I am.
I love the Tilt ONLY because of XDA though...if I weren't able to find the sweet spots I have I would have returned it long ago. I am spoiled...never again will I own a phone I can't customize as much as I do now.

Really? I guess I'm just naturally tech savvy. My tilt is actually my second wm phone. I had the BlackJack first. I didn't find xda until maybe 2 months after I got my tilt. I had already customized it to my own knowledge, but this site made it even better. I guess you're right. It's probably best to stick with crackberry and nokia.

[mikeeey]

Okay first off your avatar pic reminds me of a very good friend. But every skater looks like that. :rolleyes: But secondly, The BlackJack II is made from Samsung. I dont know where you got HTC from :confused: Take the duo back and get a new phone. So far it's not that good. As far as I've heard. And I think that HTC stopped making smartphones and the BJ II is a smartphone. Well originally the BJ I had wi-fi (the european version anyway) but at&t decided to cripple it and take out the wi-fi chip. The BJ II was never actually released with a wi-fi chip. I actually suggest you tell her to get a BJ II or go for the Tilt since it's the only phone that at&t offers that has wi-fi (besides the iPhoney and the Crackberry)

Kraize
haha well if you live in washington that may be me..
well I have told her to return it and wait around the august - october area, but she says she will only return it if I can find a device now, well I have, but it's discontinued, the N75. But i know in a few months there will be more phones.
She doesnt like the blackjack II, and i dont blame her, I dont like phones that are wide and have the keyboard on the outside.
She likes my tilt but cant spend $300 - $500 lol

[mikeeey]

I also agree, i wouldnt like my tilt if it weren't for xda. the stock AT&T rom sucks, and it would be too plain!

well nokia requires just as much work, that is the fun of nokia, is you gota install the doom emulator and then customize it.

[Kraize]

haha well if you live in washington that may be me..
well I have told her to return it and wait around the august - october area, but she says she will only return it if I can find a device now, well I have, but it's discontinued, the N75. But i know in a few months there will be more phones.
She doesnt like the blackjack II, and i dont blame her, I dont like phones that are wide and have the keyboard on the outside.
She likes my tilt but cant spend $300 - $500 lol

Not really :S Can't she upgrade? My friend recently bought a tilt. It was $100 instant (making it $199 from $299) and then $100 mail-in-rebate (making it a final $99+tax).

[mikeeey]

Not really :S Can't she upgrade? My friend recently bought a tilt. It was $100 instant (making it $199 from $299) and then $100 mail-in-rebate (making it a final $99+tax).
really? i know buying it outright is $550, then with the 2 year contract it's $350, then with the rebate it's $250, but that's as cheap as I saw it..
even then i had to pay $350 for mine cause I guess you had to buy either the internet plan or messaging or something to get the rebate, and my parents didnt wanna do that.

I guess her dad told her she has to stick with this phone, so. yeah, gay, lol.

[Kraize]

really? i know buying it outright is $550, then with the 2 year contract it's $350, then with the rebate it's $250, but that's as cheap as I saw it..
even then i had to pay $350 for mine cause I guess you had to buy either the internet plan or messaging or something to get the rebate, and my parents didnt wanna do that.

I guess her dad told her she has to stick with this phone, so. yeah, gay, lol.

Guessing you're over 18? Random sorry lol. But how about the LG Vu? or the Moto Q global? The tilt is $149 /w 2 yr contract (after mir) in my zip code. Don't know why'd it be any different in yours. Well the refurb is anyways. The new one is $200. Link (http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-details/?device=AT%26T+Tilt(TM)&q_sku=sku1060009). Also check amazon.

EDIT: Wow, you bought your phone late. I bought mine in Feb 08 and it was $350 (/w tax) after rebates. (Although I payed for the phone myself and none of the monthly bills ha) If I didn't take messaging it would have been $450 for me. Some people were especially lucky. There was a time where the tilt was only $74.99 after rebate with a new contract on amazon. That also included messaging/internet. I really think it was worth it though. The rebate, not for you anyways since you would pay min $20 for 6months which would be $20 more than instead of getting the rebate. I had a employee discount which takes off 15% of my monthly bill, so it was a saving of about $25 so I took it. I mean what the heck who cares lol. At least I got messaging too. So my real total was about $425. Which is pretty hefty. Now going back, I could have bought a tilt from ebay or something for that price. :S well that's the problem with tech. It gets cheap too quick. Btw did you check out that slick new white BJII with the pink and the blue background? That totally looks sick. I would get that if it wasn't a BJII and a BJI instead lol

[Kraize]

She likes my tilt but cant spend $300 - $500 lol

There's always that chance that you could be a good (well in my case this would be a godly) boyfriend and swap phones with her :rolleyes: Although you'd have to be crazy to give up that amazing device you have in your hands. Although I would if it got a happy girlfriend into my bed for months on end ;) but that's just me :D If it wasn't months on end I wouldn't think of handing my tilt over.

Kraize

[mikeeey]

Guessing you're over 18? Random sorry lol. But how about the LG Vu? or the Moto Q global? The tilt is $149 /w 2 yr contract (after mir) in my zip code. Don't know why'd it be any different in yours. Well the refurb is anyways. The new one is $200. Link (http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-details/?device=AT%26T+Tilt(TM)&q_sku=sku1060009). Also check amazon.

EDIT: Wow, you bought your phone late. I bought mine in Feb 08 and it was $350 (/w tax) after rebates. (Although I payed for the phone myself and none of the monthly bills ha) If I didn't take messaging it would have been $450 for me. Some people were especially lucky. There was a time where the tilt was only $74.99 after rebate with a new contract on amazon. That also included messaging/internet. I really think it was worth it though. The rebate, not for you anyways since you would pay min $20 for 6months which would be $20 more than instead of getting the rebate. I had a employee discount which takes off 15% of my monthly bill, so it was a saving of about $25 so I took it. I mean what the heck who cares lol. At least I got messaging too. So my real total was about $425. Which is pretty hefty. Now going back, I could have bought a tilt from ebay or something for that price. :S well that's the problem with tech. It gets cheap too quick. Btw did you check out that slick new white BJII with the pink and the blue background? That totally looks sick. I would get that if it wasn't a BJII and a BJI instead lol

lol nope I'll be 17 in a month.

LG Vu is gonna be like every other phone, fun for the first couple days and then boring due to lack of 3rd party apps, it's always the same stuff that comes with the phone.
The Q is wide and has the keyboard all on the front, a style both her and I dont like.
o and no I didnt buy it late, I bought it on October 2007. I was the first one in the store to buy it (unfortunatly the store i was tryin to buy it from was one of the LAST in the state to get it lol). Then some time (maybe around feburary or march) my phone broke and i had it sent it for a new replacement (FOR FREE!).

There's always that chance that you could be a good (well in my case this would be a godly) boyfriend and swap phones with her :rolleyes: Although you'd have to be crazy to give up that amazing device you have in your hands. Although I would if it got a happy girlfriend into my bed for months on end ;) but that's just me :D If it wasn't months on end I wouldn't think of handing my tilt over.

Kraize
lol NO! good boyfriend or not im not gonna trade my tilt! i cant ever go back to a non-touchscreen phone. Although i really have wanted to get my hands on a Nokia s60 phone, i just wish they made a s60 touchscreen phone. lol i know no matter what i did to trade the tilt (besides money ((more than the tilt is worth anyway)) I'm always gonna regret trading it sooner or later).

[yrsmart]

Didn't BGR post that the Motorotal Q9 global(not sure if it was the H or the E) had wifi on it? He even had screenshots of it. If so I would say go for Q9h. Then again my sister has a q9C on VZW and I just got her a wifi miniSD card for $40 from amazon and works well on her Q9(it is designed for all Q models).

[Kraize]

lol nope I'll be 17 in a month.

LG Vu is gonna be like every other phone, fun for the first couple days and then boring due to lack of 3rd party apps, it's always the same stuff that comes with the phone.
The Q is wide and has the keyboard all on the front, a style both her and I dont like.
o and no I didnt buy it late, I bought it on October 2007. I was the first one in the store to buy it (unfortunatly the store i was tryin to buy it from was one of the LAST in the state to get it lol). Then some time (maybe around feburary or march) my phone broke and i had it sent it for a new replacement (FOR FREE!).


lol NO! good boyfriend or not im not gonna trade my tilt! i cant ever go back to a non-touchscreen phone. Although i really have wanted to get my hands on a Nokia s60 phone, i just wish they made a s60 touchscreen phone. lol i know no matter what i did to trade the tilt (besides money ((more than the tilt is worth anyway)) I'm always gonna regret trading it sooner or later).

Well you got a sweet deal then lol. Yeah. I think I'm going to get it hanged while flashing so I can get a new one. My messaging button got chipped and I dropped it once :( The tilt is soo sensitive. I liked my BlackJack. It was pretty sexy and slim. Omg I have to say it. You two are very picky. Just tell her to get a Sony Ericsson W580i Walkman or Samsung A737. Those are good phones for what you seem to be looking for. By what you've said, it doesn't seem your girlfriend is too tech savvy lol. The LG Shine and Motorola MOTO Z9 are good too. Or just go with the freaking iPhone 3G!

[mikeeey]

Well you got a sweet deal then lol. Yeah. I think I'm going to get it hanged while flashing so I can get a new one. My messaging button got chipped and I dropped it once :( The tilt is soo sensitive. I liked my BlackJack. It was pretty sexy and slim. Omg I have to say it. You two are very picky. Just tell her to get a Sony Ericsson W580i Walkman or Samsung A737. Those are good phones for what you seem to be looking for. By what you've said, it doesn't seem your girlfriend is too tech savvy lol. The LG Shine and Motorola MOTO Z9 are good too. Or just go with the freaking iPhone 3G!
lol i promised her I could get her lots of games if she got the pantech duo, which I did, but she didnt like any of them, there were only a few she liked, everything that is "cute" and games she would like are symbian games.
I yold her if she got a windows phone or Nokia phone i can mod it and add stuff to it.
does the SE W580i let you mod it, add games, all of the above?
lol you gota be kidding...iphone 3G? never!

[Kraize]

lol i promised her I could get her lots of games if she got the pantech duo, which I did, but she didnt like any of them, there were only a few she liked, everything that is "cute" and games she would like are symbian games.
I yold her if she got a windows phone or Nokia phone i can mod it and add stuff to it.
does the SE W580i let you mod it, add games, all of the above?
lol you gota be kidding...iphone 3G? never!

Yeah. Check out deviantart.com. SE phones can be modded. Yeah. I mean right now a good phone for those who are not tech savvy is the iPhone 3G. I mean the only thing I like about it is the thermal sensitivity. Our phones are pressure sensitive. That's why you can use your thumb on the iPhone and your fingernail on the Tilt. I just wish HTC would implant thermal sensitivity into their phones :( Is is such a big thing to ask. I'm getting annoyed with the mistakes i make with the on-screen keyboard. I switch to TouchPal so it's good for now, but I was surprised that I didn't make one mistake while typing on the iPhone keyboard. It's just better in my opinion because of that 1 little difference. But yeah, now I really wouldn't care if the phone had a keyboard or not. I wan't a iPhone with WM on it!

[mikeeey]

Yeah. Check out deviantart.com. SE phones can be modded. Yeah. I mean right now a good phone for those who are not tech savvy is the iPhone 3G. I mean the only thing I like about it is the thermal sensitivity. Our phones are pressure sensitive. That's why you can use your thumb on the iPhone and your fingernail on the Tilt. I just wish HTC would implant thermal sensitivity into their phones :( Is is such a big thing to ask. I'm getting annoyed with the mistakes i make with the on-screen keyboard. I switch to TouchPal so it's good for now, but I was surprised that I didn't make one mistake while typing on the iPhone keyboard. It's just better in my opinion because of that 1 little difference. But yeah, now I really wouldn't care if the phone had a keyboard or not. I wan't a iPhone with WM on it!
then I'm guessing you're gonna get one of those Nvidia WM devices? it's gonna be awesome.

I'm just curious what pocket pc's we will see towards the end of the year, and if they ALL will have a qualcomm processor.

yeah the multitouch and all that is awesome, but the iphone lacks too many other features, but i fear when they do add a keyboard it will then be better than windows mobile phones, so hopefully microsoft/HTC/someone will do something to compete with the iphone.

[Kraize]

then I'm guessing you're gonna get one of those Nvidia WM devices? it's gonna be awesome.

I'm just curious what pocket pc's we will see towards the end of the year, and if they ALL will have a qualcomm processor.

yeah the multitouch and all that is awesome, but the iphone lacks too many other features, but i fear when they do add a keyboard it will then be better than windows mobile phones, so hopefully microsoft/HTC/someone will do something to compete with the iphone.

Yep. nVidia WM is going to be totally kick ass! Yeah. but WM7 is said to have multi-touch, so there is hope that phone companies implant thermal detection.

[Kraize]

Okay. I've decided to stay with WM. Only because Schap is releasing his new interface :D I truly look forward to that and I'll by the Touch Pro as soon as it hits AT&T stores.

[mikeeey]

I'm just happy that I'm seeing more phones being previewed on MoDaCo WITHOUT a qualcomm processor.

but now I (actually she) has another problem, and I've noticed it from start. she has about 59mb of Ram, unfortunately all the AT&T apps take up about 51mb of it, and she's been telling me her phone is freezing and acting up. I cant delete any of the files because they are write protected, can't i unlock or SuperCID the phone or something so I can delete these files? for starters I'm gonna find her a better task manager, for smartphone...I currently know of none..

[Kraize]

Uh lol. You have a problem there. Idk. Search around. You'll find SOMEONE who has modded a Pantech Duo.

Kraize

[badaas]

swap it for an elf ;)

[ericc191]

lol NO! good boyfriend or not im not gonna trade my tilt! i cant ever go back to a non-touchscreen phone. Although i really have wanted to get my hands on a Nokia s60 phone, i just wish they made a s60 touchscreen phone. lol i know no matter what i did to trade the tilt (besides money ((more than the tilt is worth anyway)) I'm always gonna regret trading it sooner or later).

Nokia s60 Touch (http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/nokias-s60-touch-interface-demonstrated/)

[Kraize]

Nokia s60 Touch (http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/nokias-s60-touch-interface-demonstrated/)

Holy crap! Nice find!

[mikeeey]

swap it for an elf ;)
if it was avaible here in the US for AT&T I'd do it in an instant, but unfortunatly I cant.


Nokia s60 Touch (http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/nokias-s60-touch-interface-demonstrated/)
awesome find! Cant wait till they start adding keyboard to their phones. I'm really glad pre existing s60 software will work on these touch phones, it's exactly what I wanted.

[mikeeey]

arg... it's been a couple months and I still havnt figure out how to disable 3G on her phone. I've tried one of the kaiser comm managers but it doesnt really disable it.

Sometimes (in certian zones) her phone will switch to edge, that is when it peforms the best, and she gets full bars, but when it's in the 3G zone it switches back to 0 - 1 bars. its horrible lol.

Is there a registry edit or something I can do to turn off 3G for good?