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Hi all, I've been reading for ages on o2's xda iis or the blue angel and the probs all are having here in the uk but not once have I heard of or seen of anyone having this kind of trouble with the orange m2000. Are there any m2000 owners out there who would like to give some feedback on the issue and let us know if you too are swamped with problems. I personally would like this device to use, but really don't want to go out on a limb when the wind is already blowing. :mrgreen: As far as pda's and phones go, I'm not a whiz and certainly don't want to have to pay for something just to have to do a rom update, as well as take things off that shouldn't be there to start with...like the o2 rubbish I keep reading about. I'm thinking I'd be better off with a nokia 6630 or maybe the o2 xda ii i, but then, I have never been fond of nokias, and don't want to use a stylus all the time... the 2s would have been the answer (I think), or it is the only one that's really appealed to me in function and looks...so now I'm wondering what about an orange m2000, unlocked, using on o2...can you get manual settings to surf the net? any problems with the 2000?
I've got the M2000 and it has exactly the same problems as all the other Blue Angel's, it's just less popular (party cause Orange don't tell anyone they sell it).
I'm now waiting for Orange to send me a replacement because mine is fastly becoming unusable. It's fine most of the time (aside from the usual problems), but when it crashes, a soft reset doesn't work and I have to remove the SD and the SIM card for up to an hour before I get get it to work again.
I know other people with M2000's who don't have these problems so I've hopefully just got a dodgy phone.
Edited to add that while the M2000 doesn't look as pretty as the XDAIIs, Orange don't put on any of the O2 extra rubbish that O2 do which is good. And the phone can easily be unlocked so you can use it with anyone.
to be honest the only problems that i've ever had with my IIs were all down to the 02 active stuff. once i got rid of that and upgraded to the latest rom (think they all ship with this now anyway) it's been trouble free
I had and XDA IIs which I purchased only 2 weeks ago and it never worked properly. I never even got round to installing any useful software. Twice it hard reset itself while I was opening pictures to send as MMS’s. And I had to soft reset it at least once every day. I even removed the 02 active crap but it was still unstable. The other thing with the IIs is the screen. WHY CHANGE IT! My old one is great but the new one has an awful rancid look and you can’t see it at a slight angle, you have to look straight at it.
I’ve sent it back now and am going to try the IIi in the hope that the faster processor and bigger memory make the device more stable. I’m back to using my XDAII now which I have no trouble with at all, its just old and a bit broken.
m2000
Hi guys, thanks for the response...think I'm going to go with the nokia 6630 for the pic quality, real player, and 3g connection. Might check out the o2 xda ii i, but really wanted a keypad. However, I've got plenty of time to see if there are any bugs in both. have you guys checked out howardforums.com? there is lots of useful stuff on there too. Also, I'm wondering about the o2 magician or xda mini. they say o2 is not releasing them here but they are supposed to be pretty good. anyone know about those?
Well I have both ( and all other versions of XDA's as well.. as we have lots).
I personally prefer the Orange m2000, as we got a free memory card and none of that god awful O2 active built into the rom. Seriously.. that O2 active is such a negative thing to my users. (wake up O2 - the XDA2s / M2000 is geared towards business users with their own apps. they seriously do not need or want a damned instant install popup spam menu.
XDA 4 / M5000 / HTC Universal wont be availble till end September.. So its a case of waiting.. (mines on preorder )
The O2 Active stuff is V.V.Easy to remove so I wouldn't worry about that to much and just go for the device you like the look of the most and can get the best price on
just bought an orange spv c500 and im well impressed.. a little hard to operate at first because of the buttons.. been used to touch screen for so long ive forgoten what buttons are for but it does everything my XDAII can in a smaller package. still trying to sort out the gprs settings because its an oarange phone but apart from that..... o2 canstick the XDAIIs where the sun dont shine. :wink:
btw does anyone know the o2 gprs settings for and orange spv c500?
c500
Hey, why didn't you send me a pm? You're not gonna believe this. Was on ebay the other night and got a c500 myself. Figured why not give it a shot as I'm familiar with the spv, and also know a lot about the e200, but know nothing about the c500. A guy I work with has 2 e200's, 1 has a switchboard problem and the other, is working on a switchboard problem. I figured out the settings for the spv as well as the spv e200.. Have you ever heard of Modaco.com? go there... look for gprs settings repository or something like that. Loads of settings are there...but the catch is, you have to mess around with them and tweak them to make them work, but it can be done. took me 3 weeks one time of thinking, and pulling my hair out...but eventually was accomplished. This guy that has 2, one is on orange and the other is on o2. The c500 might be different, but if you are willing to work on it with me...so am I. I'll have to send the phone to HTC first to get it fixed as it has a cracked screen (lcd) and outer, but apart from that it's perfect. This is strange...but cool. I think....
Ok, so overall not impressed with the BA. It clearly has some serious issues... but I never expected this!
I noticed today that when the screen is on (ie. during a phonecall) my handset now makes a high pitched whistling noise emmitting from the screen!! It's audiable from a good 2.5 feet away and is horribly annoying!
Anyone else had this problem/found a solution? If someone could check to see if they all do it I would be very appreciative
-Mike
Yes, I had exactly the same problem. After various emails and telephone calls I sent it back to my distributor (expansys) and they sent it to Dubai. Exactly 4 weeks later it came back with a brand new screen.
Don't get too excited though, as the whistle came back after about 6 weeks. Just got used to it now. :evil:
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Yeah, I can vouch for you guys here...
I'm currently on handset #3, and into month #5 with my Orange UK Contract. Within a month or so, the whistle comes back, and Orange send me a new phone.
I'm sure they must now have it in their diaries to just ship me a new one!
Thankfully I have Orange's insurance, which means I get new phones... but they've recently changed their T&C to say that I must pay £15.00 to process the exchange.
As far as I'm aware, if the unit is faulty within the first 12 months, it is Orange's obligation with HTC to provide me a new unit, FOC - statutory consumer rights etc? Or is that the first 3 months for an exchange, and 12 months for repair?!
Either way, their insurance (which costs £5/month) has gone down in value for money a LOT now.
R.
Damnit. Mine went today for repair. Apparantly it has to have the same fault three times before 02 will replace it
This truly is the worst handset I ever had for reliability.
Yep same problem here. Started after about a month....not found a cure.
strange, i never had this problem!!!! :?:
does it make any difference with Asia IIs? I haven't had that issue yet. Only issue i have is when the phone is in Vibration mode .. the volume slider starts to vibrate and make a buzzing noise (kinda annoying).
XDA IIs Asia model owners
did any on the XDA IIs owners with asia model ever face this problem? put in ur views!
Yeah, I had the handset just over a month. Maybe its just the odd one has some kinda dodgy component which after about that time has an adverse effect on the screen. Strange, I hate this thing so much but after a day of no PDA I miss it terribly
mike: whats ur country
hi mike,
whats ur country of origin and was ur XDA iis of Asian origin?
Sorry no, It's UK
I've had an O2 XDA IIs for about 3 months, other than it crashing randomly when I got it, it has been absolutely fantastic.
The crashing was fixed by removing the O2 software.
I've had an O2 XDA IIs for about 3 months, other than it crashing randomly when I got it, it has been absolutely fantastic.
The crashing was fixed by removing the O2 software.
Mine also crashes randomly, 02 software or not.
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Mine also crashes randomly, 02 software or not.
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maybe you could try an IMATE rom 1.40 i have this and it solved all the minor problems that i had when i was on the pants o2 rom!!!
Apparently, the whistling we are hearing is from the backlight circuit.
I can't remember whether the BA uses fluorescent or elctroluminescent devices for backlight, but if you listen to almost ANY EL device (mp3 players, watches, etc) you will find they, too, eminate a slight whistle.
The emphasis, however, is on _SLIGHT_.
It's due to the high-frequency AC power that is used to give the glow - what we're hearing is the oscillator... well... oscillating.
That is (so I'm told) the technical blurb - and I've listened to all my other EL things I own, and yes, they do whistle too, very very quietly.
So - whistling BA owners - we have FAULTY DEVICES. :-(
R.
Wowzers you know your stuff. My whistling was immediately noticable when it first started and from a distance so it's defo not slight lol.
Cheers for the technical Jargon! I'll use it as ammuntion in the 02 shop when I try to trade this for a 2i
i spent 10min listening to my screen and another 10min on the phone to test out this theory. no whistling BA's here. maybe it's a bad batch of BA?
So the 02 shop just rang me at home. Apparantly the repair centre has decided that I have damaged the screen and that I have to pay £160 for a new screen or £17.50 to get it sent back unrepaired.
I'm not happy considering I KNOW I didn't damage the handset. If it was sat on the desk not doing it, I didnt move it, then it started doing it then I'd say I had nothing to do with it. I especially don't want to pay £160 to get a screen back which will only start whistling again in a month.
02 are scum.
This is a little weird. I last flashed my SPV M3100 months and months ago, with Elf 2.1, and that was also when I last changed the radio ROM to (IIRC) 1.40. Hard SPL is on there too. It's been fine for six months.
On the weekend, I started getting persistent lockups and "no signal" errors. Whilst rebooting it today I noticed it's reporting "No GSM" on bootup. This would certainly explain my problems Googling the No GSM error turns up a lot of stuff that relates to corrupted flashes, but no indication of why this could happen by itself? A hard reset hasn't solved anything, nor has leaving the battery out for a min then hard resetting (repeated a few times).
What should I do? Do I need to be reflashing to WM5 and doing a warranty swapout? Or will a radio re-flash solve the problem?
Possible Hardware problem !
hi,
Maybe your xda phone fell on the floor ? If this was hapened then maybe you have trouble with hardware not with software. Think again how many times your phone fell on the floor. I try this once and the phone had the same simptoms like yours. The xda service center will be a good solution.
Best Regards,
Darhtman
I have dropped it, twice, but not for months and months. That's not going to be related to this problem.
Orange have now swapped my SPV for a replacement, so at least I have a working phone again. I swear this one's speaker is buzzing though, in-call sound quality isn't very good.
So I've had my dash for about a year now. For the longest time, wifi worked just fine. I only use it while I'm in europe. I was home in the states for the summer and sent it off to have the screen repaired, got back to europe a little over a week ago, and have yet to get wifi to work like it did.
Some things I've tried- power mode to best performance, taking out the battery, restarting.
Some more advanced things I just tried- Installed the 3volution winmo 6.5 series rom I found on this website yesterday. Still when wifi is clicked on, it does not scan and I only see "unavailable." Does this mean it is a hardware error for sure (did they break something when the screen was being repaired?)
Anyone able to think of a fix?
Also the 3volution rom is awesome, thanks very much!
this is a old thread but i've had the same problem with you,wifi always "unavailable". so can every one help us or have solution for this problem??
I've got two identical Windows Mobile phones (Verizon XV 6800). One connects to our WiFi just fine, the other always reports "Unavailable". The settings are identical. Would love to have this mystery resolved.
maybe its an internal prob...
Do you still have the same IMEI on your device? Maybe they swapped boards in the repair center and you now have a board without WLAN (T-Mobile MDA Mail in Germany is such a board).
Hello everyone.
I'm having the same issue as quite a LOT of DHD owners, the same issue that seems to have no actual answer (I've done a lot of searching).
I get an Error whenever I try to turn on my wireless or wireless hotspot.
I have a non-rooted, no custom-ROM, Unlocked, Telus coded HTC Desire HD updated to Android 2.3.5 w/ HTC Sense 3.0. I am currently on Rogers Wireless, but the problem started while I was with Telus. I've spoken with Telus techs already, and the ones I've spoken with are completely incompetent and I'm really not sure why they work in that department. (I know it's mean but I know for a fact that most, if not all, of the Telus agents are 3rd party contracted employees that work for a contact centre, and they only get, and use, information that is provided by Telus. Most of the information is useless for these kind of issues.)
I noticed my wireless acting strange after the update came out (yes I know it was a long time ago). I had gotten the error half a dozen times, but a soft reboot would always fix it. I didn't unlock my phone until February, 2013. The issue started in... June or July 2012, I think..
I dropped my phone a couple times, landing on the left top hand corner once or twice, didn't get an error. Then one day I just wasn't able to get my wireless to work at all. Tethering worked fine until I unlocked it and moved from Telus to Rogers.
I've been unable to use wireless connectivity for half a year now, and after switching to Rogers Wireless (Telus doesn't cover the area that I now live in), I lost the 5gb data plan that I had, and only have 1gb data per month. I am quite a power user, and I now really need wireless connectivity so that I don't have to worry about going over my data limit. Sad to say but Rogers has terribly expensive plans.
I have tried:
-Cleaning battery cover contacts
-Hard reset (removing battery & waiting a few minutes before turning back on)
-Factory Reset (once, but now I'm afraid to lose all of my contacts that I can't seem to figure out how to back-up [if anyone has any advice on this off-topic, it would be nice to hear about that])
-adding IP/Gateway configuration
-Opening a ticket with HTC (I haven't had a reply from them in a week)
-Speaking to the [unknowledgable] techs at Telus
-Google
-Many android forum searches, including XDA, that lead to no actual answer, or answers that lead to custom ROMS (Which I'm trying to avoid because I can't seem to figure out how to properly install one)
I don't know what else to try, I love this phone and I don't want to have to spend $600 for a new one. (I hate contracts, and I'm currently on a month-to-month with Rogers Wireless)
If one of you can solve this problem, I swear I will give you all dah loves. :3
-MrPhooey
Try buying a new battery cover and sim cover can work sometimes.
Sent from my Reborn Desire HD in another dimension...
That thanks button doesn't bite
HTC finally got back to me with a decent reply. The one who emailed me advised that I try a Wipe Cache Partition. I haven't done that yet, so I'm going to try and see what happens I suppose.
Update: Still nothing. Will have to try something else.
Hey Phooey. I have a similar issue with my DHD and people have been about as helpful as they can be without a logcat to search for errors. Here is the thread I started on my issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2269203. Tried to get HTC to fix it but they were no help at all.
I suggest you make a logcat and attach it to this thread so a dev can peruse it and hopefully help you out.
I'll definitely try that. I read through your thread and I'm starting to think that it could possibly be a hardware issue with my phone as well, seeing as the problem didn't start until I dropped it without the case on. I'm just happy DHDs have a nice sturdy construction.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using xda app-developers app
Make sure the "flash" panel is secure (gps antennae are behind it - wifi too maybe, not sure). Tethering can be detect by a phone network so wouldnt surprise me if they could stop it too! Contacts can be automatically backed up with your google account in settings/accounts/google and make sure contacts is ticked, as a secondary precaution you could use something like "my backup" off google play to backup things like contacts calendar entrys call log etc and also the apps you have installed.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackup
If you go down the route of rooting you could try different roms to see if the problem persists across severel roms and if so then that would indicate a hardware issue
hello....
i have htc desire hd.
it is showing wifi error since i have dropped it from my hand.
since then i have tried something but did'nt work.i don't how to solve it.
if someone knows the solution for it then plz help.
THANK YOU!!!!!!
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Exactly what has happened to me and my old (but faithful) HTC Desire. Did you get a solution?
(I am going to try this htcdesireforum.com/htc-desire-troubleshooting/wifi-'error'-after-installing-android-2-2/msg9369/#msg9369 )
Dialling a code worked for me.
Mr_Phooey said:
Hello everyone.
I'm having the same issue as quite a LOT of DHD owners, the same issue that seems to have no actual answer (I've done a lot of searching).
I get an Error whenever I try to turn on my wireless or wireless hotspot.
I have a non-rooted, no custom-ROM, Unlocked, Telus coded HTC Desire HD updated to Android 2.3.5 w/ HTC Sense 3.0. I am currently on Rogers Wireless, but the problem started while I was with Telus. I've spoken with Telus techs already, and the ones I've spoken with are completely incompetent and I'm really not sure why they work in that department. (I know it's mean but I know for a fact that most, if not all, of the Telus agents are 3rd party contracted employees that work for a contact centre, and they only get, and use, information that is provided by Telus. Most of the information is useless for these kind of issues.)
I noticed my wireless acting strange after the update came out (yes I know it was a long time ago). I had gotten the error half a dozen times, but a soft reboot would always fix it. I didn't unlock my phone until February, 2013. The issue started in... June or July 2012, I think..
I dropped my phone a couple times, landing on the left top hand corner once or twice, didn't get an error. Then one day I just wasn't able to get my wireless to work at all. Tethering worked fine until I unlocked it and moved from Telus to Rogers.
I've been unable to use wireless connectivity for half a year now, and after switching to Rogers Wireless (Telus doesn't cover the area that I now live in), I lost the 5gb data plan that I had, and only have 1gb data per month. I am quite a power user, and I now really need wireless connectivity so that I don't have to worry about going over my data limit. Sad to say but Rogers has terribly expensive plans.
I have tried:
-Cleaning battery cover contacts
-Hard reset (removing battery & waiting a few minutes before turning back on)
-Factory Reset (once, but now I'm afraid to lose all of my contacts that I can't seem to figure out how to back-up [if anyone has any advice on this off-topic, it would be nice to hear about that])
-adding IP/Gateway configuration
-Opening a ticket with HTC (I haven't had a reply from them in a week)
-Speaking to the [unknowledgable] techs at Telus
-Google
-Many android forum searches, including XDA, that lead to no actual answer, or answers that lead to custom ROMS (Which I'm trying to avoid because I can't seem to figure out how to properly install one)
I don't know what else to try, I love this phone and I don't want to have to spend $600 for a new one. (I hate contracts, and I'm currently on a month-to-month with Rogers Wireless)
If one of you can solve this problem, I swear I will give you all dah loves. :3
-MrPhooey
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I had the same Wifi error on my phone when I try to turn ON it showed me "Error" . MAC Address was also showed " unavailable ".
Try dialling *#*#526#*#* on the phone keypad. This worked for me.
HTC Desire HD A9191 (Ace) DHD Gingerbred 2.3.5 Stock ROM