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What Local SIM card for Brazil

Can you recomend any local Sim card to buy once I arrive to Brazil,
I want to avoid expensive roaming specially as I will have to call Brazil-to-Brazil landline and to Brazil-mobiles to,
thanks for any tip.

Try teleco.com.br, onze you are there.
You can find it in every shops or minstores.
How long you are staying there?

There try Claro or TIM (telecon italia mobile), depends where are you going...

TIM - www.tim.com.br (I think the best option)
CLARO - www.claro.com.br

am going for 3 weeks
in Rio Grande du Sul, then Salvador,
I know I may get 2 different ones as the cost between region is a lot.

I don't know if Claro is present in Salvador. You can use TIM in the whole country.

the best choice is TIM
Salvador http://www.timmaxitel.com.br/
Rio Grande do Sul http://www.timbrasil.com.br/portaltim/home/0,1606,20O0O5,00.html
Coverage Map
http://www.timbrasil.com.br/portaltim/home/0,1606,20O0O10O1230,00.html
for Salvador, choose BA in ESTADO
for Rio Grande do Sul, choose RS in ESTADO
then you get the cities
Claro coverage (in english)
http://www.claro.com.br/portal/popRoamingInternacional.jsp

I had no trouble with Vivo but the big problem for me was finding someone with a Brazilian national ID number to register the numbers for me. Also the prepaid was pretty expensive something like 2 Rias per minute. I would recommend getting a monthly agreement for prepaid.

Source for USA Maps that work with TT6 on the Artemis?

OK, TomTom on the Artemis is really getting the best of me. I downloaded my one free USA map that comes with the device. I liked what I saw, so I decided to purchase another USA regional map from TomTom's site. The description said that you needed Navigator 5 or 6 for the map to work.
Long story short, I can't get the built-in TomTom app to recognize my purchased map (Plains USA). I've moved it around to different directories on my 1 GB microSD with no luck anywhere.
I've emailed TomTom support three times in the past week with no response. Anyone else in the USA getting TomTom to work beyond the one free map?

I have had the 'North America' map working with TT6. Sounds like you may have a TT5 map.

I did the same thing and did speak to customer service at TomTom. The download maps do not work with the Artemis version of the software. I was told that I would have to buy the full version for the US which comes with all US/Canada maps. On a good note, they did refund my purchase price for the non-functioning maps.

I think that TomTom 6 can recognize TomTom 5 maps but TT 5 cannot seem to recognize TT 6 maps. I have TT 5 installed from the factory on my HP 6915 and I have TT 6 added on as an upgrade. My full US map for TT6 shows in TT6, as does the TT5 map of Chicago, but in TT5 the only one that shows is the map of Chicago.
I just went ahead and got the North America map so I wouldn't have to mess around with individual cities and ending up off of the map.

CoPilot vs TomTom ?

Hi everyone!
I just had my O2 Xda Orbit delivered three days ago and decided to order as well the CoPilot Live package as I will be using the GPS quite a lot. I spoke to O2 Customer Services before they sent me the whole lot to ask them to send me the CoPilot Live box with the Western Europe maps... They told me that it shouldn't be a problem as the O2 Orbit was released as well in Germany so I expected that package with those maps but guess what?, they sent me the UK & Ireland maps only...
After a few phone calls to O2 Business Customer Services, they told me that "O2 UK would only supply UK & Ireland maps" and for the Western Europe ones I would have to upgrade them from the ALK Technologies website and "they probably would charge me something"...
My question is: is it worth getting that upgrade or should I better return the CoPilot package to O2 and get TomTom 6 for the Orbit? Any experiences on those 2 programs in the Orbit so far? Which one do you think runs better? And which one has an easier installation?
Your opinions will be appreciated... Thanks!

Hi, I had the same problem and finally managed to get the upgrade direct from http://www.easydevices.co.uk/pp/Software/COPILOT_LIVE_6_EUROPEAN_UPGRADE_FOR_O2_XDA_ORBIT.html . I haven't used the European maps yet but am off over Christmas so will let you know how I get on. The UK maps seem all good so far and I haven't got lost yet!

T-mobile say no to win mob 6

Apologises if ppl are aware, but just to let you know T-mobile UK have confirmed they are not to release win mob 6 for vario 2.
Although I understand the reasons I find this annoying and shows a lack of support for present and existing devices.
part of the email sent to myself goes onto state...
"T-Mobile UK will be including Windows Mobile 6 on all new MDA devices
that are launched, starting with the MDA Touch in July and MDA Vario III
in September.
The existing devices in the portfolio will continue with Windows Mobile
5 for the remainder of their lives."

I asked T-Mobile in the Netherlands several months ago the seem question, and they said that there will be no ROM upgrade for the Vario II.
If you ask my opinion? I don't care, I like the cooked ROM's found on XDA!
So many benefits of home cooked ROMS(No more annoying t-mobile splash screens, no more pink soft buttons), huge storage, stable...go on go on!
CaZ

Caspertje19 said:
I asked T-Mobile in the Netherlands several months ago the seem question, and they said that there will be no ROM upgrade for the Vario II.
If you ask my opinion? I don't care, I like the cooked ROM's found on XDA!
So many benefits of home cooked ROMS(No more annoying t-mobile splash screens, no more pink soft buttons), huge storage, stable...go on go on!
CaZ
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I agree. I like most of the cooked roms here, and my Vario II has found renewed life due to roms like Schaps which is what is currently running on it. T-mobile also don't vale loyal customers that have 4 lines with them as I asked for an Ameo free as an upgrade to only 1 of those lines and they flat out refused me. sad to see they've gotten too big for their pants that they've forgotten who pays their wages by getting loyal multi line rental customers who spend well over £100 a month just in line rental alone not counting the addition services I get. They seem to think they can make up revenue in new subscribers rather then keep loyal ones

Caspertje19 said:
I asked T-Mobile in the Netherlands several months ago the seem question, and they said that there will be no ROM upgrade for the Vario II.
If you ask my opinion? I don't care, I like the cooked ROM's found on XDA!
So many benefits of home cooked ROMS(No more annoying t-mobile splash screens, no more pink soft buttons), huge storage, stable...go on go on!
CaZ
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Some people don't want to invalidate their warranty by flashing different ROM's.
If HTC, O2 and other networks around the world can release WM6 why can't T-Mobile??? They're taking the p*ss!!
Lets all bombard them with e-mails!!

Hi there ...
I got an answer from T-Mobile Germany ... an they will release a WM6 for Vario II.
Sehr geehrter Herr M. ,
vielen Dank für Ihre Anfrage an T-Mobile.
Wir können Ihnen mitteilen, daß das Update Ende 3.Quartal erscheint.
Vorraussichtlich schon zwischen August und September.
Danke für Ihre Geduld.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
T-Mobile ServiceCenter - Multimedia-Kundenservice
Ein Hinweis: Bitte lassen Sie bei weiteren Fragen zu diesem Thema die
bisherige Korrespondenz in der E-Mail stehen - so haben Sie und wir
immer alles Wichtige zu unserem Kontakt auf einen Blick.
_________________________________________________
T-Mobile ServiceCenter - Multimedia-Kundenservice
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Perhaps the other "T-Mobile's" will also do that ?
CU and Greetings from No.Trace !!!

No.Trace said:
Hi there ...
I got an answer from T-Mobile Germany ... an they will release a WM6 for Vario II.
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Hope, that someone will be able to share T-Mobile WM6 GER

As has already been posted, the ROM thing isn't too relevant unless you're worried about warranty.
What's really annoyed me today is that I'm due an upgrade on my VarioII and, although I'm holding out for a Kaiser, I thought I'd look at the online upgrades. I'm appalled to see that upgrading my phone, compared with taking out a new contract is more expensive. For example, a Nokia 8600 is a £290 upgrade or £170 on a new contract. WTF!!!

paulrockliffe said:
As has already been posted, the ROM thing isn't too relevant unless you're worried about warranty.
What's really annoyed me today is that I'm due an upgrade on my VarioII and, although I'm holding out for a Kaiser, I thought I'd look at the online upgrades. I'm appalled to see that upgrading my phone, compared with taking out a new contract is more expensive. For example, a Nokia 8600 is a £290 upgrade or £170 on a new contract. WTF!!!
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thats t-mobile loyalty for you, there aint non!
i have in the past transfered my number to a different network pay as you go, and take out a new t-mobile contract and transfer the number back to save £100ish

Before we continue slagging off T-mobile Uk. I will stand by them when it comes to customer service... no other service provider gives a better service, better tariffs and better phone options. I've the experince of how little orange know of cs... after complaining to them about billing they made excusses and fobbed me off.
The point to the thread is I was disappointed and feel if microsoft had not released any service packs for their OS's then businesses and many private users would merely walk away and buy into another os. We as contract holders are bound by the term of contract. I believe in the uk we are kind of lucky as we have our phone heavily subsides. where as other countries don't. But this doesn't excuse any company of applying the stack the products high and sell them cheap attitude without the assumption that both parties have made a commitment.

[Q] Some questions about this model

Hello.
I’m thinkin about to buy this model but I have some doubts. Right now I’m a happy owner of a Nokia N95. It’s been with me for the last 3-4 years or so.
But right now I’m considering two or three phones to buy. This model and two more: The just came out Samsung Galaxy Stratosphere II I415 and the Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G T699.
I’m considering more the Captative Glide as option because of his price and availability. It’s older than the others and probably with worse hardware performance, but complete enough to me and it will be probably the cheapest option between those three models.
But some questions:
This phone is sold with android 2.3. I was thinking about to buy it but I’ve read to some people who had problems with the unlocking of the phone –as it’s sold unlocked- after updating its firmware or rooting it. Does anyone know something about this?
I would like to know what’s the latest official firmware for this phone and if it has any problems.
I was wondering if Samsung Service Center in my city would care about this phone made a brick because of problems when updating, even when this phone is not sold in my country (Spain) –but it works. This or any other problem supposed to be covered by warranty.
Lastly I know there are 2 versions of this phone. i927 and i927R sold in Canada. I’ve read that the main difference is the internal memory -8GB vs 4- and the carrier iq software. Are there any other differences?
Ah. And if you have any comments about where to buy this phone in good conditions –reliable seller, warranty, etc- let me know.
Thanks in advance for any answers. I’m very lost in this “world” right now as an owner of a 5yo phone. And sorry about my English.

xdaforo said:
Hello.
I’m thinkin about to buy this model but I have some doubts. Right now I’m a happy owner of a Nokia N95. It’s been with me for the last 3-4 years or so.
But right now I’m considering two or three phones to buy. This model and two more: The just came out Samsung Galaxy Stratosphere II I415 and the Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G T699.
I’m considering more the Captative Glide as option because of his price and availability. It’s older than the others and probably with worse hardware performance, but complete enough to me and it will be probably the cheapest option between those three models.
But some questions:
This phone is sold with android 2.3. I was thinking about to buy it but I’ve read to some people who had problems with the unlocking of the phone –as it’s sold unlocked- after updating its firmware or rooting it. Does anyone know something about this?
I would like to know what’s the latest official firmware for this phone and if it has any problems.
I was wondering if Samsung Service Center in my city would care about this phone made a brick because of problems when updating, even when this phone is not sold in my country (Spain) –but it works. This or any other problem supposed to be covered by warranty.
Lastly I know there are 2 versions of this phone. i927 and i927R sold in Canada. I’ve read that the main difference is the internal memory -8GB vs 4- and the carrier iq software. Are there any other differences?
Ah. And if you have any comments about where to buy this phone in good conditions –reliable seller, warranty, etc- let me know.
Thanks in advance for any answers. I’m very lost in this “world” right now as an owner of a 5yo phone. And sorry about my English.
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Ok, i will answer what i know:
My phone locked again when i upgrade, some people say that if you upgrade without a sim, gets locked again.
The lastest oficial firmware is ICS 4.04
About the i927 and i92r, there is no major difference, but if you can, buy the i927 (from att) because a lot of people (like me) has freeze problem when flashing the CWM or something else (can be solved but dont know exactly why is the problem).
The warranty, i think is only in the country that you buy it.
I see that you are from Spain, so if you talk spanish i will say it in spanish too (is my language)
Bien, cuando yo actualice mi telefono, volvio a bloquearse y tuve que comprar el codigo para liberarlo, unos dicen que para evitar esto debes tener insertada una sim, pero no estoy seguro.
El ultimo firmware oficial es ICS 4.04 de ATT, no importa si tu telefono es la version de canada, puedes usarlo. Pero aca han desarrollado (gracias a Dman) la version 4.1.2 y 4.2.1, la cual va funcionando muy bien (faltan detalles, pero es muy bueno)
En cuanto a las versiones i927 e i927r, no hay gran diferencia, pero, si puedes compra la version i927 que es de ATT, porque hay muchos con la version de canada (como yo) que tuvimos (muchos tienen y nunca lo resolvieron) problemas de que la pantalla se congela cuando instalas el CWM o algo Custom, no se porque se da (yo pudo resolverlo con la ayuda de aca) pero muchos no lo logran resolver.
En cuanto a garantia, dudo que te cubra en otro pais.
El telefono en general me gusta, y creo que entre mas usuarios hayan, mas desarrollo abra.

lorddavid said:
Ok, i will answer what i know:
My phone locked again when i upgrade, some people say that if you upgrade without a sim, gets locked again.
The lastest oficial firmware is ICS 4.04
About the i927 and i92r, there is no major difference, but if you can, buy the i927 (from att) because a lot of people (like me) has freeze problem when flashing the CWM or something else (can be solved but dont know exactly why is the problem).
The warranty, i think is only in the country that you buy it.
I see that you are from Spain, so if you talk spanish i will say it in spanish too (is my language)
Bien, cuando yo actualice mi telefono, volvio a bloquearse y tuve que comprar el codigo para liberarlo, unos dicen que para evitar esto debes tener insertada una sim, pero no estoy seguro.
El ultimo firmware oficial es ICS 4.04 de ATT, no importa si tu telefono es la version de canada, puedes usarlo. Pero aca han desarrollado (gracias a Dman) la version 4.1.2 y 4.2.1, la cual va funcionando muy bien (faltan detalles, pero es muy bueno)
En cuanto a las versiones i927 e i927r, no hay gran diferencia, pero, si puedes compra la version i927 que es de ATT, porque hay muchos con la version de canada (como yo) que tuvimos (muchos tienen y nunca lo resolvieron) problemas de que la pantalla se congela cuando instalas el CWM o algo Custom, no se porque se da (yo pudo resolverlo con la ayuda de aca) pero muchos no lo logran resolver.
En cuanto a garantia, dudo que te cubra en otro pais.
El telefono en general me gusta, y creo que entre mas usuarios hayan, mas desarrollo abra.
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Hey .Thank you for your comments they are very useful.
Hope someone else says any other useful information.
I'm thinking about to buy it on ebay. I met some people on the internet that bought it there and they are happy with the purchase.
Gracias por tu respuesta!

xdaforo said:
But right now I’m considering two or three phones to buy. This model and two more: The just came out Samsung Galaxy Stratosphere II I415 and the Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G T699.
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You're in Spain. You couldn't use a Stratosphere II if you wanted to -- Verizon doesn't exist there.
Relay 4G is significantly better in a number of ways. There appears to be something going on for it on GitHub, but they're down for maintenance atm. Still, it certainly won't be as mature as what we have here.
This phone is sold with android 2.3. I was thinking about to buy it but I’ve read to some people who had problems with the unlocking of the phone –as it’s sold unlocked- after updating its firmware or rooting it. Does anyone know something about this?
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For some reason the phone tends to lose its unlock when switching between official versions, or wiping while on an official ROM -- it's trivial enough to get around, just have your unlock code handy.
I would like to know what’s the latest official firmware for this phone and if it has any problems.
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There's several revisions of an ICS beta floating around. They generally have more issues than the custom ROMs based on AOSP and dman's work. (His CM10.1 is a few minor issues away from PERFECT.)
I was wondering if Samsung Service Center in my city would care about this phone made a brick because of problems when updating, even when this phone is not sold in my country (Spain) –but it works. This or any other problem supposed to be covered by warranty.
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Warranty? What warranty? We're talking about a device that's only ever sold as carrier branded. Whatever warranty it had is only available through those carriers. (You'd have the same problem with the Relay 4G, FYI.) That said, the Glide is nigh impossible to brick. The bootloader and download mode are surprisingly tolerant.
Lastly I know there are 2 versions of this phone. i927 and i927R sold in Canada. I’ve read that the main difference is the internal memory -8GB vs 4- and the carrier iq software. Are there any other differences?
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Literally the only difference is branding. They both have the same 8GB NAND that houses bootloader, recovery, kernel, system, data, the whole nine yards, with a 4GB partition dedicated to the "internal SD".

roothorick said:
You're in Spain. You couldn't use a Stratosphere II if you wanted to -- Verizon doesn't exist there.
Relay 4G is significantly better in a number of ways. There appears to be something going on for it on GitHub, but they're down for maintenance atm. Still, it certainly won't be as mature as what we have here.
For some reason the phone tends to lose its unlock when switching between official versions, or wiping while on an official ROM -- it's trivial enough to get around, just have your unlock code handy.
There's several revisions of an ICS beta floating around. They generally have more issues than the custom ROMs based on AOSP and dman's work. (His CM10.1 is a few minor issues away from PERFECT.)
Warranty? What warranty? We're talking about a device that's only ever sold as carrier branded. Whatever warranty it had is only available through those carriers. (You'd have the same problem with the Relay 4G, FYI.) That said, the Glide is nigh impossible to brick. The bootloader and download mode are surprisingly tolerant.
Literally the only difference is branding. They both have the same 8GB NAND that houses bootloader, recovery, kernel, system, data, the whole nine yards, with a 4GB partition dedicated to the "internal SD".
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Well that's quite a lot of information for me to think about. I thought stratosphere would work in my country. I see in its specifications that it works under "GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900" and "HSDPA 2100 " and in spain the requirements are GSM 900, GSM 1800 and UMTS 2100 for 3g capabilities. In relation with the other phones i just thought that they would work better as they have newer processors and gpu's
I take note about all the stuff that you said. I'm new in this and i've just met with a lot of new technical terms in your comment. Well just one sidenote. I don't really know how difficult and costly is to get a unlock code for this phone. I guess it is not expensive, and I've read about some sim unlock projects for some android. I dont know if this would work with this one. For what you said one code would work as many times as you need what is something i didn't know.
Just one more thing. Would you guys say that as owners of this phone you experiment many issues due to the lack of development and options?
By the way any recomendations about where to buy it ?
Once again thank you for your colaboration

xdaforo said:
Well that's quite a lot of information for me to think about. I thought stratosphere would work in my country. I see in its specifications that it works under "GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900" and "HSDPA 2100 " and in spain the requirements are GSM 900, GSM 1800 and UMTS 2100 for 3g capabilities. In relation with the other phones i just thought that they would work better as they have newer processors and gpu's
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I stand corrected, apparently the Strat2 has a GSM radio. I've never dealt with that -- I'd doublecheck to make sure you don't have to have VZW service to set it up.
I take note about all the stuff that you said. I'm new in this and i've just met with a lot of new technical therms in your comment. Well just one sidenote. I don't really know how difficult and costly is to get a unlock code for this phone. I guess it is not expensive, and I've read about some sim unlock projects for some android. I dont know if this would work with this one. For what you said one code would work as many times as you need what is something i didn't know.
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You should buy the phone already unlocked, and ask the seller to include the code with the phone before you buy/bid. Just basic SOP if you're buying a phone to use it on a different carrier or in a different country.
Just one more thing. Would you guys say that as owners of this phone you experiment many issues due to the lack of development and options?
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That was the case, but between gleaning crucial bits out of the ICS betas and connected source release, and dman's work porting the AOSP family, that has changed. We're riding rather high and pretty now
By the way any recomendations about where to buy it ?
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I got mine on eBay. Make sure it's a seller with some history on the site. If he doesn't know what an unlock code is, do not buy.

I found this thread a bit late otherwise I won't have Stratosphere here in Bulgaria and wondering if it can be unlocked someday as it seems for now nobody succeed but hopefully someday...
Any advice on how can I set it up? I am at this point that probably it needs to have one month prepaid service from Verizon together with global plan just to have network service to set it up before android load and it can be continued with some rooting or etc.
I am still optimist that at near few weeks someone will know resolution on this how it can work with other network provider.
Will appreciate any information on how can I handle it!
Alexander

Warranty will be a problem. Considering this is a North American phone, you won't be covered by warranty, unless you have someone state side willing to ship the phone back to you.
You can send it in from Spain and have it go back to a US resident. Whoever that is can ship it back to you. Although shipping will get very expensive.
I was considering the Relay as well, but it's a much more expensive device because it's newer. The Glide is almost the same physically, sans the trackpad.