When I got my Dash 2 weeks ago, I was really excited I finally was leaving Verizon with their high prices and crappy customer service however, in the past week or so my Dash has been activated, I've been having a real hard time using my phone.
My reception is horrible. In fact, while I have 4 bars at my house, I have to constanly move by the window to maybe have a decent conversation before my phone either A drops a call or B sounds like I'm trying to tune into a bad AM station where I lose the caller on the line while my phone says they're still connnected.
I'm basically using a TMO Dash with WM5 on it. At first it had the original Radio Software on it, it still had the same issue and it was successfully updated to the latest Rogers WM6 Radio software but I still have the exact same issues with reception.
Is anyone on the northside of Chicago, or anywhere else, having any T mobile reception issues with your smartphone? Whether you're at home or anywhere you go? If so please feel free to share your story.
I like this phone but unfortunately, unless I can find some kind of solution, I'm going to have to let it go or change companies. I can't do this
I live 5 minutes east of O'Hare and my phone works great
Ok, so I highly doubt this will work at all BUT I've been tossing around the idea of switching from AT&T (GSM) to Verizon (CDMA) and since I know I can neither take my TILT w/ me nor mod my phone to work on CDMA (that's the way I understand it so someone PLEASE let me know if there's some miracle work around for this lol) so I was pondering if I could take some CDMA phone w/ the same slide functions so it's "landscapable" and tear the guts out of it and put it in my TILT. A HUGE thing for me is the tilting action of the screen. I knowwww it's such a truly MINOR detail but I dont think I could ever go back to a "single slide" phone like the Fuze or anything.
My first HTC phone was my lovable Wizard but my biggest complaint was having to turn the whole dern phone just to look @ the screen w/o the sun glaring all over it but I went through THREE of them (yes, sad, I know lol). One was an original from an AT&T store which met it's initial demise when it's screen got cracked beyond repair. The second was bought from eBay and met IT'S demise after I found out it was a 4th gen model and couldnt be unlocked (at the time) for ROM flashing and attempted to flash it ANYWAYS so it totally bricked my phone () BUT I took the two and Frankensteined a THIRD working phone from the innards of the cracked screen phone and the casing and screen from the bricked phone. Sadly, the 3rd phone (and the one that made me proudest lol) met it's untimely death to WATER DAMAGE of all things.
Ok, so that whole story being said...I don't mind breaking my TILT open and plucking out the insides IF another phone's innards can be transplanted into the remaining casing. Again, doubtful it's possible butttt figured it wouldn't hurt to ask!
Thanks in advance!
Dont switch to Verizon. If you want to go CDMA go Sprint. But I would never go CDMA.
All the devices can only be used in the US, the selection of phones sucks, and Verizon handicaps almost all phones they sell.
AT&T is clearly the premier GSM provider in the US. Anything else would be a downgrade.
So this is the dilemma.
I have a T-mobile MDA vario 3 which drops calls when it is on the 3G network it went back to be repaired and came back with WM6.1 it was shipped with WM6 this was back in October 2008 then it worked no problems apart from my copy of Tom tom no longer worked but I could always use google maps if it came to it.
So Back in March it started playing up again would drop calls on the 3g network but when i set the network to GSM it was fine, but this was not acceptable as the reason I have this phone is for web and emails etc.
so I arranged for it to go back, before the bag arrived from T-mobile I managed to drop the phone into the cats water bowl it wasn't full submergered but it did get wet. and went a bit funny. I dried it out over night.
Posted it to teh repair place and I came back as 'Cannot be repaired due to water damage' with a nice picture of the inside of the phone showing somthing.
So now I have a Vairo 3 which doesn't work properly I am using my older Vairo 2 upgraded to WM6.1 via this website which is cool but doesn't have all the feature that the Vairo 3 has in WM6.1 the conversation like text messaging and the thing on the today screen with the time and stuff on it is not there either. For some reason the loud speaker on my Vairo 2 doesn't work so I cannot here it ring but it works with the headphones its as if it hasn't switched back from headphones mode.
So 2 phones which are not working properly. I was hoping to upgrade but looking on the T-mobile uk website today there is only the Vairo 4 and the compact 2. I would love the Touch pro or the Touch HD, but I might just ditch T-mobile and get an Iphone as everyone I know that has one is so impressed by the way they just seam to work. they do what you want straight out of the box and the app store is so easy to use.
So should I wait and upgrade to a new HTC phone via T-mobile or go for a new contract with 02 and the Iphone. I really liked my Vairo when they worked, love the keyboard.
oh and I am on a friends and Family deal with T-mobile as my Mum did some contracting for them in 2007 and got me the deal, so I guess I am not worth T-mobile holding onto if I threaten to go else where with my custom.
Any thoughts? is the iphone good enough or are the new models from HTC so much better and why?
I don't have £400 to buy somthink unlocked either.
cheers for your comments.
Hi. I just got my phone back from being repaired (faulting "n" key). I've noticed that when I have it connected to the comp that if I move it the connection is lost/resets (well, it tries to reset but kinda freezes mobile device center). Is it normal for the usb connection to be so loose? And yes, I am using the HTC extUSB cable.
Please, I hope you guys can help me with this because last time I went 3 weeks without it. I can't even remember if the problem existed before. I didn't even have the phone for 5 days before I took it back to be fixed. I hope not to have to take it back but it all depends on if this is normal or not.
Hola,
No, it´s not normal that behavior at all, it should be very smooth with WMDC
I am sure you already tried a hard reset right?
by the way, where you got your TP2 in Mexico and how much you pay for it?
Saludos,
Sorry it took so long to respond. Wanted to verify, etc. I have absolutely no idea what it happened and still looking into it.
And as for where I got it I got it through a local business called Ibushak. I found them on Mercadolibre (for those reading not from Mex it's the Latin American extension of ebay). I liked the fact that they were in the city as it always makes me feel more comfortable but they were horrible service. While they had the phone the screen was scratched and there seem to be personal calls and an sms whilst it was supposedly in warranty, supposedly in the country of origin. I paid like 670US or 590 plus tax (9500 pesos). Not too bad considering what it would have cost to import (tax plus shipping) and I do prefer it to the US versiosn I've seen except maybe the AT&T one (though I love the Telus one and kinda like the Verizon).
Hello,
I have been waiting for this phone for sooo long I even switched to tmo for it but didn't have any signal in my house. Long story short, have att again and got the tilt 2 today.
1st issue, right at start up I get an error about the SIM that was in the device when opened. Error "SIM not provisioned MM#2"
2nd issue, The screen feels like I can peal it away fro the keyboard when closed. All along the left side of phone from top to bottom, opens up enough to shove 15 playing cards in. This causes a tapping / clicking sound every time I press the screen on that side. (this did not happen with tmo version)
The device is very attractive but feels like poor construction.
And another thing, wtf is with the no soft reset button.
I will be returning this device in exchange for another very shortly.
Any one else have similar issues????
Update!
Thanks for the help everyone
amurch said:
Talked with att today (transferred 4 times) and finally talked with a knowledgeable premier person who hooked me up
Returning defective device today with new one getting next day ship.
Refund of $370.99 (tax included)
New charge of $200 (plus free overnight and all other fees waived, cause of hassle and price match coworkers)
Total = New Tilt 2 for $200 out the door. BOO yah
Sometimes I really do love the att reps......sometimes!
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wait wait...first off you got a ****ty one. Mine feels really solid.
second: i dont have that issue at all, once again mine feels solid.
third: soft reset is on the stylus side of the phone, but you have to take the back of the phone off, like you were going to take the battery out. Its a little red button that says reset.
amurch said:
Hello,
I have been waiting for this phone for sooo long I even switched to tmo for it but didn't have any signal in my house. Long story short, have att again and got the tilt 2 today.
1st issue, right at start up I get an error about the SIM that was in the device when opened. Error "SIM not provisioned MM#2"
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This issue is a matter of the sim not being "Turned on" If you got the phone in the mail just call them up and have them turn it on.
amurch said:
Hello,
I have been waiting for this phone for sooo long I even switched to tmo for it but didn't have any signal in my house. Long story short, have att again and got the tilt 2 today.
1st issue, right at start up I get an error about the SIM that was in the device when opened. Error "SIM not provisioned MM#2"
2nd issue, The screen feels like I can peal it away fro the keyboard when closed. All along the left side of phone from top to bottom, opens up enough to shove 15 playing cards in. This causes a tapping / clicking sound every time I press the screen on that side. (this did not happen with tmo version)
The device is very attractive but feels like poor construction.
And another thing, wtf is with the no soft reset button.
I will be returning this device in exchange for another very shortly.
Any one else have similar issues????
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I just got mine in the mail as well (moving up from a Fuze), and I love it.
To help out:
#1 - The reason that you are getting that SIM not provisioned is because some reason AT&T decided to ship the phone with an unactivated SIM in it. Swap it out with your existing one (or call to activate if you are new customer) and you should be good to go.
#2 - Not sure about the screen issue, I don't seem to have that problem. I've played with the TMO version, and IMHO, I thought that ATT one seemed a little more sturdy -- but it's all personal preference.
and I beleive someone already answered the soft reset one (you have to take off the battery cover to get to it) -- which is kinda a pain.
Thanks for the help guys.
I dbl checked my packaging and saw the SIM activation (have not had to do this is 5 years, musta forgot)
Soft reset behind back cover is terrible. Also phone is glossy all over and with my greasy paws Im prolly gonna drop this thing.
And I will call premier tomorrow and have them sed out a new one. My tmo was fugly but solid as a rock, hinge was very tight as well...I musta got a lemon.
Thanks for the help guys.
One more thing, Besides flashing, whats the best way to get all the att crap off? I will turn it on with nothing running and have 75% in use WTF!!!!
Thanks again.
NATF will have a ROM out soon without all the AT&T **** on there. One trick we used on the Fuze was to hard reset and before it does its "customization" hit the reset button. This will not install all of the AT&T crap and let you install whatever you want. I have not tired this on the tilt 2 but it might be worth a shot.
I think the ROM on the kaiser and fuze were partitioned enabling the hard reset method to work.
I want to keep all of the att network settings and the main **** that makes the phone run well with att but without there crap ware.
Thanks for the posts guys.
BTW, Has anyone noticed the screen glitching when turned on? It is supposed to fade open smoothly from black to light. My tmo did this when I installed and ran the added "seven" file to enable push email, my tilt 2 does this out of the box, could be the 75% ROM being used just to run the damn phone (run the att crap)
I am bummed that my tilt is looking like it is a POS at the moment. Tmo was fugly but fast as hell outta the box, minus the reception.
Update!!
Talked with att today (transferred 4 times) and finally talked with a knowledgeable premier person who hooked me up
Returning defective device today with new one getting next day ship.
Refund of $370.99 (tax included)
New charge of $200 (plus free overnight and all other fees waived, cause of hassle and price match coworkers)
Total = New Tilt 2 for $200 out the door. BOO yah
Sometimes I really do love the att reps......sometimes!