[Q] Hi all! quick question...

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hi guys,

with the demise of my beloved HD2 going the poor way of the dodo and the fact that for the last year ive stuck with WP7, i decided to bite the bullet and spend a "fraction" more (?!?) on a real WP7 device, aka the Focus S rather than the "slightly" cheaper HD2

So anyhow, since this is a somewhat smaller community than the HD2 i figured id say hello to you all.

now my device is winging its way over the pond at the mo so i dont actually have it but im interested in knowing what we DONT know about it.

yup, i see plenty of threads on inter-op and dev unlock, SIM unlock, de branding, MMS AND ICS im interested in what doesnt work correctly or the way we want it

Everything except ICS worked out of the box for me so I ran WinTT to enable internet sharing with the default settings and it worked like a charm. Welcome aboard I just got my Focus S about a week ago as well.

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Originally Posted by 64GUNSHIP

Everything except ICS worked out of the box for me so I ran WinTT to enable internet sharing with the default settings and it worked like a charm. Welcome aboard I just got my Focus S about a week ago as well.

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cheers mate, looks like its going to be about a week before I get my hands on it, kind of hoping the HD2 holds out that long!

I see DFT gave the Original Focus some of their magic, Is there any news of it happening here as well?

Id read a review that said the Focus S had a dim screen, is that true, or are they just being picky?

No custom ROM's for the Focus S yet as there is no unlocked bootloader
But you can use WP7 Root Tools for root access (the developer is also close to releasing a version enabling full native access, so custom ROM's wouldn't really be needed after that anyway).

The auto display intensity setting makes the screen maybe a tad darker in a dark room than you'd like it to but I don't find it too bad. You can set the brightness manually or turn the auto-intensity off. When you're in sunlight, the screen is definitely bright enough to easily read. I guess the review you read was written by some idiot who doesn't even know how to change brightness settings lol.

Originally Posted by 64GUNSHIP

No custom ROM's for the Focus S yet as there is no unlocked bootloader
But you can use WP7 Root Tools for root access (the developer is also close to releasing a version enabling full native access, so custom ROM's wouldn't really be needed after that anyway).

The auto display intensity setting makes the screen maybe a tad darker in a dark room than you'd like it to but I don't find it too bad. You can set the brightness manually or turn the auto-intensity off. When you're in sunlight, the screen is definitely bright enough to easily read. I guess the review you read was written by some idiot who doesn't even know how to change brightness settings lol.

ah auto brightness! there was me thinking it was just a HD2 issue, cool, that's good to know thanks.

as for custom ROMs I agree, the need for changing ROMs is a lot less than it used to be although from time to time some "patches" will only work if cooked in from the start even on a fully unlocked device.

im not too bothered about custom ROMS to be honest, if I was id have brought another HD2, but there are some very handy tools that would be useful but needs full unlock

So are there many folk on this forum then, lots of views on this post but only 1 person replied

I'm not sure.. Haven't posts here much myself.. I stick to the main WP7 areas mostly

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Originally Posted by 64GUNSHIP

I'm not sure.. Haven't posts here much myself.. I stick to the main WP7 areas mostly

Sent from my SGH-i937 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

So has anyone seen or had any issues with the i937 getting interop unlocked AFTER the zune 8107 update?

ive seen plenty of posts on the omnia 7/W not being interop unlockable after this 8107 update or more specifically the samsung part of it, (cab sending MS 8107 works fine)

and ive seen posts saying that other samsung devices may be effected but ive not found any posts of a Focus S having the problem, is this just because of a much more limited userbase or is it actually cool.

The more i read the more im starting to feel uncomfortable if it has been 8107 updated PRIOR to interop unlock, as far as i can tell, if it is then its essentially locked down solid.

My device came to me (used) with 8107 already on it. I used the WindowBreak method and it was interop unlocked in minutes.

Originally Posted by 64GUNSHIP

My device came to me (used) with 8107 already on it. I used the WindowBreak method and it was interop unlocked in minutes.

that's good to know, cheers!

Yeah it's a great device, glad to hear you got one! These forums are extremely lonely though, if you really need support head over to http://forums.wpcentral.com/focus-s-4g/ WPCentral is phenomenal but I'm sure you knew that. XDA is really just for android.