Canadian Help with T9193

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Need to know from my fellow Canucks (winnipeg) if this phone is worth $800. I'm on Rogers and would like to know the pros and cons you've all experienced. Been reading LOTS. But just wondering if Rogers or Telus customers have the sms problems(lag, freezing, ect.) or any other annoying bug. Any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks,

G

As far as I know, Telus and Bell customers won't be able to use the HD2 in central Canada due to the fact their 3G+ networks aren't yet present there -- only in the east and the west.

As a Telus customer owning a T9193 and living in the west, I can say that the phone is superlative. I've had some niggles since getting the phone in January, but these were mostly minor. The two biggest ones were:

- Rotation not working (fixed, it was because the flashlight app (which doesn't support landscape) was running in the background)
- Phone dialer keypad sometimes disappearing (setting phone app to rotate, rotating and then unrotating fixes this)
- Outlook Mobile sometimes freezes when sending SMSes, have to open Task Manager and kill it (since flashing latest EnergyROM I haven't experienced this)

Currently I have the phone in what I would consider the perfect configuration. I'm running the latest EnergyROM (which is absolutely stellar...I love the fact that default HTC messaging is removed and that the Outlook Mobile-based replacement has MMS support) and I can honestly say that I have no complaints...it's rock solid -- finally 100% happy with my phone.

As for networks, I can confirm the phone working on all 3. I've used my supervisor's Roger's SIM to test Roger's, used my roommate's Bell SIM to test Bell, and my own SIM and extensive use to test Telus.

Like I said, in central Canada I don't think the HD2 (being solely GSM and UMTS) will work on Bell or Telus (since they're just CDMA there), but other than that all 3 should be a solid choice, although personally I recommend Roger's -- they have better coverage in my area (I lose Telus signal in the data center where I work, but Roger's coverage with my supervisor's SIM in my phone remains strong).

Thanks Spike. Much appreciated.

G

Originally Posted by Spike15

As far as I know, Telus and Bell customers won't be able to use the HD2 in central Canada due to the fact their 3G+ networks aren't yet present there -- only in the east and the west.

As a Telus customer owning a T9193 and living in the west, I can say that the phone is superlative. I've had some niggles since getting the phone in January, but these were mostly minor. The two biggest ones were:

- Rotation not working (fixed, it was because the flashlight app (which doesn't support landscape) was running in the background)
- Phone dialer keypad sometimes disappearing (setting phone app to rotate, rotating and then unrotating fixes this)
- Outlook Mobile sometimes freezes when sending SMSes, have to open Task Manager and kill it (since flashing latest EnergyROM I haven't experienced this)

Currently I have the phone in what I would consider the perfect configuration. I'm running the latest EnergyROM (which is absolutely stellar...I love the fact that default HTC messaging is removed and that the Outlook Mobile-based replacement has MMS support) and I can honestly say that I have no complaints...it's rock solid -- finally 100% happy with my phone.

As for networks, I can confirm the phone working on all 3. I've used my supervisor's Roger's SIM to test Roger's, used my roommate's Bell SIM to test Bell, and my own SIM and extensive use to test Telus.

Like I said, in central Canada I don't think the HD2 (being solely GSM and UMTS) will work on Bell or Telus (since they're just CDMA there), but other than that all 3 should be a solid choice, although personally I recommend Roger's -- they have better coverage in my area (I lose Telus signal in the data center where I work, but Roger's coverage with my supervisor's SIM in my phone remains strong).

Can't believe HTC too so damn long to rollout in NA.
Now Bell and Telus won't get it, because MS decided that they will comeout with WM7 early.

Anyway...I really want to get the T9193. The only this I am worried about is custom ROM availability.

When you flashed withe the EnergyROM, where did you get the specific Bel custizatoins so it would work correctly?
Or do you not need to run any customizations after flashing?

It'll auto-configure on first boot.

BTW, the dialpad issue has been fixed for at least two months now - there's a dll or a cab floating around somewhere

Originally Posted by mazzarin

BTW, the dialpad issue has been fixed for at least two months now - there's a dll or a cab floating around somewhere

Could you link it or at least point me in the right direction?

I made a thread dedicated to the problem a while back, and no one seemed to want to respond...

Would really appreciate it...