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Hi all, I just got my vogue last week and have been fiddling with it ever since. I didn't like the fact that it didn't have WiFi. I heard that Spectec was working on a Micro SD WiFi but no one seemed to know were to buy it. I thought I would make it easier to find this information. Forgive me if this is already posted. I'm going to play test dummy and buy one of these soon. Pictures will come soon if all goes well!
Link to Micro SD WiFi Card
how do you plan on fitting your back cover on after that is inserted?
I will probably have to cut the side a little. I'm not sure yet. Ill know when it arrives what must be done.
Do you have a data plan? If so, then why not buy a phone with wifi?
WiFi would usually give faster connections if one was available. Also Why not? It seems like a fun thought.
sidroc said:
I will probably have to cut the side a little. I'm not sure yet. Ill know when it arrives what must be done.
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Yeah, you can always do something about that...
but what about storage space?
I don't think you need to cut the side. you can leave that side flap open and still have the back cover on. Although depending on how far that flap sticks out, I think solution would be prone to snapping it. you'd have to cacoon it somehow.
WiFi on the phone is pointless if you have a data plan. The newer models HTC Diamond and TouchPro have WiFi. But also think about the battery drain you would have when using WiFi.
True, I could just upgrade, or use my data plan for everything, but something about having wifi seems fun. If for anything, just to have it.
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WiFi on the phone is pointless if you have a data plan. The newer models HTC Diamond and TouchPro have WiFi. But also think about the battery drain you would have when using WiFi.
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Even with a data plan, it's not pointless if you travel out of country and want to use your Vogue.
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Even with a data plan, it's not pointless if you travel out of country and want to use your Vogue.
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Second that. It is necessary for travelling out of country - can then use for browsing, VOIP calling, etc.
I had been in contact with SpecTec for several months now and their Vogue "tester" was unable to get the SDW-823 to work with the Vogue. I said let me have on let me give it a shot to see if I can get it working and they shipped one to me which arrived today.
I've been playing with it and have gotten it installed (drivers, etc) and it phone picks it up however it can't find any wifi networks. I'm standing about 15' away from an access point which my laptop is connected to.
I've got some more playing to do and am going to try some 3rd party apps but I'm not really sure why it can't pick up any networks at this point.
I'll post a couple pictures here after while and let you see how much it stick out the side of the phone.
sticks out a little bit...
Nice, I haven't been able to buy mine yet, but soon I will.
Is there an app for the winmob that would tell me with which base station I am connected at the moment?
My problem is, that since yesterday morning my data connections are broken every half an hour - but only when I am at the customer site in frankfurt city skyscrapers.
When I am at my flat 2kms away, the data connections (irc, putty, etc) are working without any problems. But coming back to the office... bleah.
And of course calling the t-mobile helpdesk is a pain. They suggested that "in htc phones you have to clean up the memory time to time" (HUH?) and that my sim card is so old, perhaps that's the problem... yeah, right.
It took me over 10 minutes to clear this 1st level supporter what kind of a problem this is - clearly a base station needs to be rebooted.
So, if I could get the cell id from the network, it could help pinpointing the faulty station..
At least in this Miri's ROM I can't find anywhere this information.
abe
Hi friend,
you need exactly that http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64795&d=1199638064
bg100106 said:
Hi friend,
you need exactly that http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64795&d=1199638064
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Yeah. With one little exception. It does not tell you the CID. The closest info you get is the ARFCN, which can be corelated to the CID with some good will from the operator, but I doubt that the help desk will be much of a service with that. If you can get to a OMC operator it's a whole different story, but the fact that they want you to tell them the CID instead of they tracing you tells me that you a talking to a mere call center operator. And that's just in case you are trying to connect to the GSM/GPRS network. If you are trying to connect to the WCDMA/HSPA network you are in a completely different ball game. The UARFCN is usualy the same in the whole network, or at least geographical regions, so it is no use in discovering your CID.
To tell you the truth, I seriously doubt that the base station needs 'rebooting'. Still it's a shame that HTC's network monitor tool lacks maybe the most important information for the network.
Well the problem persists now since monday morning - 4 days.
Only when I am at the office or on the street below here, the data connection closes with an error message latest every 30 mins.
When I walk half a kilometer for lunch, the stops don't come any more (I also am on a different base station according to google maps location).
And when I am in my flat or somewhere else in the city - zero data connection stops.
The problem is not trivial, as the phone keeps shuffling between H and E in the office - but it can't be just a handshake problem - it must be something with a certain base station.
I'll be calling the help desk again later today - they actually promised on tuesday that a technician would call me when they have someone available to talk about the stuff. But you're guessing right if you think whether one called me or not...
abe
Try CommMgrPro - CMP...
Its a super program and I believe i can show you what you need...
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Well the problem persists now since monday morning - 4 days.
Only when I am at the office or on the street below here, the data connection closes with an error message latest every 30 mins.
When I walk half a kilometer for lunch, the stops don't come any more (I also am on a different base station according to google maps location).
And when I am in my flat or somewhere else in the city - zero data connection stops.
The problem is not trivial, as the phone keeps shuffling between H and E in the office - but it can't be just a handshake problem - it must be something with a certain base station.
I'll be calling the help desk again later today - they actually promised on tuesday that a technician would call me when they have someone available to talk about the stuff. But you're guessing right if you think whether one called me or not...
abe
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Did you try to force your HD to use either the WCDMA or the GSM network? This will help you with the H/E shuffling. Its under settings->personal->phone->band. And one more thing - did you try to use the data connection outside the building. That way you will be connected to the same site (hopefuly), but you should not be experiencing the H/E hopping. Still, please post what happened after the technician called you .
Well, the technician has not called me... for an obvious reason.
I called t-mobile again on thursday or friday. This time they told me they can't (won't) take my case under work, because I don't have a paper bill with me - so that I could resite the customer number and sim card number to legitimize myself! Sod off I'd like to say to that.
And of course I forgot to check those things when at home the weekend.
Now I am again since yesterday evening in Frankfurt again. No problems at my flat with the connection - and as I entered the office again, the problems started. Max 30 mins and the data connection is telling me that the answering modem has terminated the connection. Telephone calls work normally. Have had a lot of them today, also over 40 mins.
So this evening I'll get those frigging numbers from the customer center of telekom and call the service again tomorrow.
Have had zero such problems anywhere else but here in the office. Haven't experienced any problems on the street neither - but then, my office is in the 20th floor and I'm pretty sure that out on the street I have a different base station than up here.
abe
whoa! got thru to a network technician.
Had an in-all 19 minutes talk with the help desk.
The technician tracked down my connections and as I asked if I'm connected with the taunusanlage base station, he confirmed that. (well, thanks google maps for pointing out the nearest antenna)
It was also quite obvious from my data usage data to see, that I only have reconnects all the time with this base station.
He also said that there is already a maintenance job&crew dispatched for the base station, as there have been more problem reports regarding it - hopefully they'll fix it within a couple of days.
And thanks ACR 1.2.1 the whole call is stored on my storage card
abe
anssibragge said:
whoa! got thru to a network technician.
Had an in-all 19 minutes talk with the help desk.
The technician tracked down my connections and as I asked if I'm connected with the taunusanlage base station, he confirmed that. (well, thanks google maps for pointing out the nearest antenna)
It was also quite obvious from my data usage data to see, that I only have reconnects all the time with this base station.
He also said that there is already a maintenance job&crew dispatched for the base station, as there have been more problem reports regarding it - hopefully they'll fix it within a couple of days.
And thanks ACR 1.2.1 the whole call is stored on my storage card
abe
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I am really curios to hear how this ends, keep us posted please !
well well, ever since I got to talk to the technician, the data connection breakups have almost diminished. Since the call have had perhaps 2 or 3 times only this happening any more.
abe
Congorats on finally getting it to work! Nice little adventure you had
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well well, ever since I got to talk to the technician, the data connection breakups have almost diminished. Since the call have had perhaps 2 or 3 times only this happening any more.
abe
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Did the H/E switching stop?
anssibragge said:
Is there an app for the winmob that would tell me with which base station I am connected at the moment?
My problem is, that since yesterday morning my data connections are broken every half an hour - but only when I am at the customer site in frankfurt city skyscrapers.
abe
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this is completely normal.
this week i was also in FFM in the skyscrapers. (highest was 50th level)
and there you can't get a signal.
my coleague with a Sony Erricson Phone with Vodafone and myself with my Touch HD with O2 were connectionless.
The employees stated that this is normal and we hat to go on the balcony to get a signal.
personally i think that it also has something to to with the heat-protection-glass of these skyscrapers.
as in a car you can't get a clean signal through
The wandering between H/E has not stopped. And I haven't had but 1 breakup like this since my last post. So they really did have a problem with the antenna(s).
A different thing is of course, that mostly the data connections get gut during a phone call as I am mostly on E and not on H. But then I don't get the error message "the answering modem has closed the connection".
About the 50th floor... there aren't too many going that high But I am not there. My highest visits go max 36th
abe
I need help please. It's not my service! (TMobile) It's my TP2. The signal is w-e-a-k! I drop calls all the time in my house now. I never used to do that with my s710.
Please, someone...is there something I can change in my settings? can i download something? I need to make this signal stronger. I did not pay all this $$ to have all these dropped calls. Can I change the "radio" or something? I think I read something about that, but I am such a noob. Please, someone guide me!
Thanks
Not sure if this will help as I am in UK.
I have just switched provider and discovered I don't get signal at home so went to Settings, Communications, Phone, Advanced, Band and changed network type from Auto to Gsm.
Don't need the 3G, data connection or whatever as have pc at home and get reasonable signal with phone forced to gsm.
I appreciate the reply, but that will not work for me. I use the data connection daily.
Any other possibilities people? Please. I am so desperate.
Does anyone have a solution ? Would a hard reset help? I don't want to start from scratch.
have you tried switching back from 3G to 2G? because if you get a constant 2G signal then it pretty much sums up that 3G signal is weak in your area.
Thanks. I don't even have 3g in my area right now. So that factor is out of the picture.
Will unfortunately have to wait for HARDSPL and new radio stacks.
There are signal boosters that you can buy off the net, no idea how efficent they are though.
Cheers,
Beasty
lol, Beast, thats exactly what I was going to say, a new radio helps in many cases. At least it did when I had my Dash.
On other news, looks like T-Mo let us down again, at least US buyers. No details were posted on their site concerning the TP2, as I posted earlier that was supposed to happen today. At least not yet. Oh well, only 4 days 'til Wednesday!!!!!!
edit: And @ Beast, or anyone who knows. Does the TP2 have an external antenna port? I use a signal booster, but used to have the external antenna adapter plugged in to my Dash. My next door neighbor is getting the TP2 also but doesn't want to ditch out the $200-$300 for a signal booster. I am going to give him my old setup if the TP2 has an external antenna port.
Thanks for the replies guys. I will wait for the HARDSPL. I will also be asking someone to hold my hand at that time b/c I have never done that process before. I am new to all of this flashing this and that stuff, but willing to learn.
how in the world are all you people getting the Tp2 so early? i assume it is not from T-mobile.
Got mine through Mobile Phones Direct It's available from a number of sources, in fact, including - gasp shock horror - Amazon (link!)
I am having reception problems too. I have a TP2 and a mytouch mytouch gets 3 bars tp2 gets 1 and goes in and out of 3g.
Select tmobile employees got the tp2 about 5 weeks ago ...roughly 5 in each market
so this could be the start of many people's reception problems...i wonder what will be done about it on the HTC end? Tmobile end? SHould be interesting.
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Got mine through Mobile Phones Direct It's available from a number of sources, in fact, including - gasp shock horror - Amazon (link!)
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the USA T-mobile Touch pro2?
Ah, no, not that one, sorry, didn't cotton on to your being in the USA - sorry
As to radio reception, anyone else got GPS receive problems at the moment? I've compared reception between the TP2 and my old iPAQ hw6915, and for the first fortnight, the TP2 outperformed the 6915: Now its the other way around - massively - the TP2 cannot seem to hold a lock on GPS, rendering the entire system useless.
Any ideas?
GPS Hotfix
HTC have recently issued a Hotfix for the GPS on the TP2.
Head over to the HTC support site. May fix your problems.
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how in the world are all you people getting the Tp2 so early? i assume it is not from T-mobile.
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They probably have the UK version, or Telus version, or....etc. I know the UK version will not work in the states. Well, nix that, it will work, but will not get T-Mob's 3G when and if we see 3G. (At least in my area, lol) You can only get the 2G.
On a side note, has anyone seen the T-Mobile version. I think it is ugly compared to the UK version. Da** T-Mobile, always changing things.
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Thanks for the replies guys. I will wait for the HARDSPL. I will also be asking someone to hold my hand at that time b/c I have never done that process before. I am new to all of this flashing this and that stuff, but willing to learn.
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Ah, it is not so techy. Tecky? hmm, got to think on the word there. I guess what I am trying to say is it is not a very complicated process. I was very apprehensive to flash my first ROM, but the first went so well, I don't think I could have asked for more. Just follow the guides and it should go smoothly. I flashed many ROM's on my (now gone) Dash. Let me put it in perspective though. I now own (sad to say) a BlackBerry, and with that you have to go through many complicated steps. However, I am getting the TP2, and that is one of the reasons. Flashing ROM's on the HTC device is a lot easier. After the first you will become Old Hand at it.
You should wait for the HardSPL, though, I think that is why mine went so smooth the first time. These guys are geniuses. They will have a solution before long. Listen to them and keep updated. They are willing to help, which is more than I can say for Crackberry dot com. Ooops sorry for the reference there. But you get flamed there for knowing a whole lot of nothing. Here, however, they might flame you, but lead you in the right direction.
Good luck and welcome to the Rhodium/Touch Pro2
k, thanks folks
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Thanks. I don't even have 3g in my area right now. So that factor is out of the picture.
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Errr, now I don't understand the original signal problem. If there are no 3G coverage then IMHO you'd better switch to 2G (GSM only). It will spare your battery too, I think
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Does the TP2 have an external antenna port? I use a signal booster, but used to have the external antenna adapter plugged in to my Dash. My next door neighbor is getting the TP2 also but doesn't want to ditch out the $200-$300 for a signal booster. I am going to give him my old setup if the TP2 has an external antenna port.
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No, it doesn't
This may have been posted already, but having searched the forum I've not been able to find any answers to this...
I have a Desire on Orange and I've flashed it back to factory spec. Before doing this and afterwards, I'm finding that when the data status bar displays 3G, I cannot receive or send data. If I try browsing like this, it eventually switches over to HSPDA and I get good data transfer.
I know it's a 'feature' to swap onto HSPDA, but I reckon that if I have four bars of signal and it's displaying 3G, I should get some connectivity, no matter how slow.
Is anyone on Orange or any other network experiencing this? I tried phoning Orange, and they were next to useless, trying to tell me that there were 3G masts down in the area (and getting very confused when I asked them why I could get on the 3G network with no problems).
Hope this gets sorted out soon and it's not a problem with the handset!
You're not in the City of London by chance..?
The reason I ask, is that I'm on Orange, and I too have problems with 3G data transfer there - but like you, when the H appears it works just fine. Normally I just get the 3G with an 'up arrow' but nothing coming back down.
That problem only occurs where I work, and I'm not alone. At least 3 of my colleagues in the office with Orange iPhones have the same issue.
I spoke to Orange about this and they acknowledged that 2 of the transmitters in the area have known faults (one of which is ongoing since something like the 22nd March). Until they fix these, it's likely to continue to be problematic.
Interesting, because I'm in Bristol and they told me that two masts were down as well. Coincidence or lying about not having a clue?
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Interesting, because I'm in Bristol and they told me that two masts were down as well. Coincidence or lying about not having a clue?
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I think in my case they were fairly genuine with their comments. The person I spoke to gave quite specific details about the faulty cells and when I spoke to my colleagues who'd also been having difficulties, they actually commented that that date in March was about when their iPhones started playing up.
Interestingly, one thing she suggested as a workaround was to shut the phone down and take the battery out for a minute or so. What she said was by doing this, the phone would 'forget' all the local cells and stop trying to connect to them when I powered it up again. The idea being that the phone would always give priority to cells that it knew of, ahead of any alternatives that may actually be working.
I'm not sure how true that is, but to be fair to her that does actually seem to work very well when I'm having problems - although I actually found simply shutting the phone down seemed to be just as effective.
I did however enjoy telling my colleagues with the iPhones that all they had to do was shut down their phones and take the battery out for a minute!
They said the exact same thing to me. Haven't tried it yet, but I will give it a go. Thanks!
Has anyone tried this on the Galaxy Note?
http://www.gpfile.com/A1.htm
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Has anyone tried this on the Galaxy Note?
http://www.gpfile.com/A1.htm
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why not try socblue instead? it will make your note triple sim!
http://www.amazon.com/Socblue-Bluetooth-Transformer-Converter-Android/dp/B008NZFZV8
if it works out for you, let me know how well it works. (i intend to buy one also )
The socblue from Amazon is :
1. more expensive at 123 USD while the GPfile is 80 USD.
2. Amazon does not ship to my address.
Have seen a few similar devices here and there but I'm skeptical. Any " real life" reports from regular users? Seems to be the worst idea in theory: multiple devices to charge/carry, more power usage/less battery time on main device and possible/probable software bugs.
Looks interesting.
I usually carry 3 phones for 3 networks, IF this device can last a day of standby, can handle SMS/calls or data. It MIGHT be a good buy...
I've bought a "gpfile" on november.
It's absolutely functional, it can carry two gsm sim together with a full day of not intensive use. If you don't call it can work for two days.
There's only one little problem related to sms: its app is not able to handle sms from textual sender. In other words, if sender has a normal telephone number it work perfectly but if sender has (for example) "vodafone" as number it's not able to open message that always stays as unread, you can only delete it.
I use it with a galaxy n7000 with ics stock.
Receive calls with GPFile
fra21 said:
I've bought a "gpfile" on november.
It's absolutely functional, it can carry two gsm sim together with a full day of not intensive use. If you don't call it can work for two days.
There's only one little problem related to sms: its app is not able to handle sms from textual sender. In other words, if sender has a normal telephone number it work perfectly but if sender has (for example) "vodafone" as number it's not able to open message that always stays as unread, you can only delete it.
I use it with a galaxy n7000 with ics stock.
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hi guys, n thks for contributing on that post !
i 'm very interrested by GPFile mini.
@ Fra21: could you please tell me if it is possible to receive incoming phone calls from senders throught ur sim card number select on it ??
Many thks
Pecon.
Give-me more feedback about this GPFILE dual SIM, because i´m want to buy one. How about the ROM, is it automatically recognized by the system?
Don't buy socblue , it is a great idea but THE WORST support ever possible !
Long sms won't work, the client will disconnect and hardly reconnect automatically. The UI sucks. You can see in their forums that basically they ignore users requests. There are lots of bugs and none of them were fixed. I bought gmate and at least it works. There are a few UI bugs, but they work very well overall and i charge it once every 4 days. Hope i helped.
I have tried them all, And IMPACT, I think they suck... Not got one to work
Sent from BOX13.
what's the best solution to have dual sim in my sony android?
need buy something...
GPFILE mini is sucks?!?!? and other dual sim adapter works with network data? like 3G?
Socblue A860
I bought SOCBLUE A860.
Poor GSM signal reception strenght, even in coverage area. Have bugs in sms texting and no support from manufacturer. I was using it with Android, But it is really bad. People call me and it says "out of coverage" because when it is in my pocket, the signal strenghts reaches zero.
The bluetooth connection has a far range, about ten meters. It can charge your cellphone because it has two usb charging ports.
I do not recommend it.
Does anyone know if there is a similar product out there that supports AWS (a.k.a UMTS Band IV)?
Perhaps, has anyone tried putting in a T-Mobile/Wind/Mobilicity SIM in this device?
The supported bands as indicated in the product specification are GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz.
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I bought SOCBLUE A860.
Poor GSM signal reception strenght, even in coverage area. Have bugs in sms texting and no support from manufacturer. I was using it with Android, But it is really bad. People call me and it says "out of coverage" because when it is in my pocket, the signal strenghts reaches zero.
The bluetooth connection has a far range, about ten meters. It can charge your cellphone because it has two usb charging ports.
I do not recommend it.
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bind the device ( in the app not the Bluetooth ) and place it with the back outward (the antenna is in the back ) in a shirt or jacket pocket not in your pants
as for charging the gfile uses the same chargers as an iPhone/iPad i have some thing like this but with only 2 wires http://www.lightinthebox.com/3-in-1...r-iphone-5-and-ipad-mini-and-all_p496564.html
so i can charge my phone a sony xperia play and the gfile at the same time