Are there any drawbacks/limitations to using a Windows Phone out of contract outside the markets which it was sold? Will all the services be available? XB Live, Marketplace?
I was looking into getting an HTC Trophy (vodaphone startup) and wanted to know what problems I may encounter by not using it on Vodaphone.
well
1. if wp7 is not lauched in your country - you will have prob in WINLIVE acc creation . for example i disquise myself as american ( lol but still )
2. some nonextensive problems with credit card add..
all could be solved .. nothing rly serious
They are going to come with guns and breach your door. Hide your kids, hide your wife..
nicksti said:
Are there any drawbacks/limitations to using a Windows Phone out of contract outside the markets which it was sold? Will all the services be available? XB Live, Marketplace?
I was looking into getting an HTC Trophy (vodaphone startup) and wanted to know what problems I may encounter by not using it on Vodaphone.
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I am currently using Unlocked US T-Mobile HD7 in Russia. The phone itself works fine (calls, 3G internet, GPS), but I can't access X-Box Live and Marketplace yet, so I can't buy apps and I have to download them manually
If X-Box live and Marketplace is not available in your county, you can only "jailbreak" your phone and install them manually. So if you have unlocked phone you should not encounter and other problems.
What problem will I have with windows live account creation?
You can create Windows Live (not X-Box Live) account and use it to sync contacts, calendars etc without any problems.
Thanks for the info.
Related
Hello,
Since a few days, my Windows Live Messenger stopped delivering messages. I am able to log on, to see online contacts, but not to chat with them. They are not able to send me messages either. All messages are bouncing back after a few minutes ("The following message could not be sent: ...").
All other internet applications (opera, skype, ...) are working fine at the same time.
At first I thought I messed up with some settings, so I hard reset my Blackstone. But this did not solve.
So I thought it was a network problem (maybe a filter from my network operator). But the problem held also using my home wifi connection.
I also tried to update the Windows Live component, following this link: http://wl.windowsmobile.com which actually worked and updated Windows Live to v10.06.0046.0800, but I still have the same problem.
Any idea? Someone else is not able to log on since about 1st May 2009?
EDIT: I tried another Live ID which I have, and on that one, everything works! But I don't want to use that... I have my emails and contacts on the other!!!
Any suggestion/help appreciated. Thanks!
maTTeo
Hi
I have also had problems with Windows Live for the past couple of days.
I was using it to get hotmail (mails delivered as they arrived, so data connection was always on).
It was working fine for about two weeks. The suddenly from past 2-3 days, my battery was losing charge very fast (30% gone in 4 hrs or so).
I though it was some application I has installed, so I did a hard reset. After that I realized that Windows Live was the problem. Basically it was not able to connect frequently and ate battery retrying.
So since past few days, probably something is wrong with Microsoft servers.
Anyway I kicked out Window Live and battery life is back to normal.
Looking for another push mail option now...
this is a general problem it happens on all my htc devices [tytn2 s630 htc hd]
it is probably due to the latest update for the desktop version of windows live messenger it doesn't support the windows live of the mobile phones we will wait for an upgrade to solve this problems [best wishes ]
hoss_n2 said:
this is a general problem it happens on all my htc devices [tytn2 s630 htc hd]
it is probably due to the latest update for the desktop version of windows live messenger it doesn't support the windows live of the mobile phones we will wait for an upgrade to solve this problems [best wishes ]
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Do you think that all the people who are using an HTC phone cannot use Live Messenger these days? Wow. I cannot believe that Microsoft does not do something immediately. Actually, I cannot believe that I did not manage to find a forum or blog on microsoft.com for Windows Mobile support... the only blog I found has the latest post dated Aug 2008. This is quite disappointing to me.
Anyway, hope that the update (or the workaround) will arrive soon.
Cheers
maTTeo
who is also having problems with wlm messenger? tried various versions and disabled the proxy settings but still no luck. Through outlook i can sync email, but not the messenger program for chat.
i use t-mobile and the wlm gives me an error that it can not connect to messenger and it could be the service or my phone, and that i have to try it later
I have had that issue too but it was in a poor network coverage area, when in a good area (even on standard GPRS) it seems to be pretty stable.
Adult content blocker
Hi
I've just switched to T-Mob UK from Orange UK. My sim switches over tomorrow so I've no actual experience to go from but the cust service guy said that their adult content blocker also block IM applications so needs to be removed. You can do this through T-Mob cust service.
Hope that helps, and that I don't have the same problem from tomorrow!
Cheers
andrew-in-woking
I'm also living in the Netherlands, using T-Mobile and I have the exact same problem.
On another site somebody sent me another version of WLM for the device, but after installing that my entire TouchFlo 3D was gone! (Fortunately uninstalling the version fixed the issue again.) But still I cannot get a connection.
Internet is not the problem as I'm using the phone as my internet connection the entire day.
Oops...the initial version has been uninstalled as well now!
Found it again...
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Hi
I've just switched to T-Mob UK from Orange UK. My sim switches over tomorrow so I've no actual experience to go from but the cust service guy said that their adult content blocker also block IM applications so needs to be removed. You can do this through T-Mob cust service.
Hope that helps, and that I don't have the same problem from tomorrow!
Cheers
andrew-in-woking
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Ahh thats a really good point, that was one of the first things I did when I got my new contract! lol
Yeah get it unblocked and the world is your oyster.
Try disabling the proxy for T-Mobile, this worked for me.
John
Also check date is correct, sometimes if date is not well you cant connect
Here a thread with multiple versions of live messenger:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334621&highlight=live+messenger
Hope it helps,
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who is also having problems with wlm messenger? tried various versions and disabled the proxy settings but still no luck. Through outlook i can sync email, but not the messenger program for chat.
i use t-mobile and the wlm gives me an error that it can not connect to messenger and it could be the service or my phone, and that i have to try it later
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I have the same problem also in the netherlands on t-mobile network
I tried to connect while connected to my WLAN and it returns the same error message!
How can I determine what version I have?
Install the newest version (there is a new one out just a few hours)
I also have T-mobile (ben). I have no problems with messenger, though I have an older version. Ik know I have a HTC hermes (hopefully soon the TP2) but this seems a network problem. Are your settings right?
I only get the messsage when the network signal is low. THis can be in some houses (because of the build of the house, in trainstation (metal frame surrounding you) etc. (I have no problems in my house though).
My settings for BEN: name: Internet
accespoint name: internet.ben
Are you or the other person offline? did you leave msn on at you desktop?
it probably is just the bad network quality. Try it at a diffrent place outside.
quarintus said:
Install the newest version (there is a new one out just a few hours)
I also have T-mobile (ben). I have no problems with messenger, though I have an older version. Ik know I have a HTC hermes (hopefully soon the TP2) but this seems a network problem. Are your settings right?
I only get the messsage when the network signal is low. THis can be in some houses (because of the build of the house, in trainstation (metal frame surrounding you) etc. (I have no problems in my house though).
My settings for BEN: name: Internet
accespoint name: internet.ben
Are you or the other person offline? did you leave msn on at you desktop?
it probably is just the bad network quality. Try it at a diffrent place outside.
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i installed an old version wich is working now, but you say there is just a new version out? do you know the version number?
I installed the lates version. This time TF3D did start automatically after restarting and everything is working!
So, I guess that's the fix!
can someone give me the link to the latest one?
are there any changes? or still the simple layout with less features
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Hi all
disabling the Proxy worked for me on T-Mobile UK.
Cheers
andrew-in-woking
i have upgraded my contract and got htc desire. i do not get 500mb internet allownce till next billing month and can therefore not pull twitter app from marketplace, can someone please post it. i have skype and msn from planet 3 sitetho
need 3uk twitter apk for htc desire
if anyone ask it's a generic graphite 3uk handset only with 3 settings no branded apps etc
but it came unlocked happy days!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stupid question, but why do you want the twitter app if you've got no net access? Surely it's a bit useless, then?
Secondly, why not just connect the phone to a Wifi network and download whatever you want through that?
twitter
twitter app is free on 3uk like skype and msn, there free because they give 3g assess to them, or anyone without internet bolt on. unfortunately the twitter app is threw marketplace and not 3uk usual wap planet 3 site for customers
So why can't you get it over Wifi?
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So why can't you get it over Wifi?
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Not everyone has WiFI...
WillyVWade said:
Not everyone has WiFI...
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Sure, not everyone has a wireless access point in their home, sure, but no access to a Wifi network at ALL? Coffee shop? Library? School? Hell, even McDonald's does free Wifi these days. I'm just saying it might be easier than holding out here for someone to post the apk.
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i have skype and msn from planet 3 sitetho
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Out of interest where on the site did you get the 3uk skype as it says htc is compatible but the link I get sent to my mobile ends with page cannot be found.
Yes I'm on 3uk
I upgraded and the same thing happened. A bit of gentle persuasion and a customer services call later and I was given free data for the interim month. Maybe 3 is the same?
Hi guys,
I want to access marketplace but since i live in Sweden it wont let me access it.
I have a dev phone and a zune account and everything...
Any ideas?
Im in the US and I can't access marketplace either. All I can see is the homepage and the games that are going to come to WP7 thats it. I'm not sure if its different for anyone else.
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Im in the US and I can't access marketplace either. All I can see is the homepage and the games that are going to come to WP7 thats it. I'm not sure if its different for anyone else.
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Actually then at least you see more than me I can't even enter the marketplace anymore (which i could just 1½ month ago)...
Something seems to have changed... And no one knows?
https://account.live.com/summarypage.aspx
Can you try and change the primary country to UK or US? This will get really interesting
Sir. Haxalot said:
https://account.live.com/summarypage.aspx
Can you try and change the primary country to UK or US? This will get really interesting
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tried changing it to UK... but no change on the phone... will try again in an hour in case it takes time to replicate the setting or so..
Have you changed location under Region and Language in the control panel to UK or USA on your pc? If not, try that and restart Zune. Worked for me.
Or are we talking about accessing it directly on the phone? In that case you will need a UK or US Live account.
And i'm guessing you have the latest version of Zune!?
Another thought! I can access marketplace in Zune on my PC. If i use my swedish Live account on my phone when i get it, download apps thru Zune on my pc to my connected phone. You think that will work?
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Have you changed location under Region and Language in the control panel to UK or USA on your pc? If not, try that and restart Zune. Worked for me.
Or are we talking about accessing it directly on the phone? In that case you will need a UK or US Live account.
And i'm guessing you have the latest version of Zune!?
Another thought! I can access marketplace in Zune on my PC. If i use my swedish Live account on my phone when i get it, download apps thru Zune on my pc to my connected phone. You think that will work?
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Yes i actually meant on the phone, i wasn't aware that you can access the zune market for apps on your pc!
Also yes i do have the latest version of zune 4.7... the crappy part seems to be that you have to hard-reset the phone to set another live account
I was wondering if anybody has had succes with this. Tonight i will receive my first Windows Phone 7 device, the HTC 7 Trophy. My country is The Netherlands. I am know wondering if i will be able to download apps from the Marketplace. Microsoft NL has said that dutch people would need to change their country in the Windows Live Profile to US for access to the marketplace until it will be released finally in 2011 here.
Can anyone confirm this? I'm talking about access to the Marketplace trought my Windows Phone 7 device from within the Netherlands?
hello all,
I once had an account us-live, in November 2010 transformed it into the account pl-live (polish account).
Now of course I do not have access to the marketplace, and trying to change the region - get the message that the change can be made once every 12 months.
I wonder how i can shorten this time?
access--enabler
This might just be the solution
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/acces...ce-from-anywhere-with-wp7-marketplace-enabler
Im going to try it asap
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I was wondering if anybody has had succes with this. Tonight i will receive my first Windows Phone 7 device, the HTC 7 Trophy. My country is The Netherlands. I am know wondering if i will be able to download apps from the Marketplace. Microsoft NL has said that dutch people would need to change their country in the Windows Live Profile to US for access to the marketplace until it will be released finally in 2011 here.
Can anyone confirm this? I'm talking about access to the Marketplace trought my Windows Phone 7 device from within the Netherlands?
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I use a live account with UK country setting and ING card and it works fine. Just put in a valid UK address with your own name. Some cards won't work.
szoniu said:
hello all,
I once had an account us-live, in November 2010 transformed it into the account pl-live (polish account).
Now of course I do not have access to the marketplace, and trying to change the region - get the message that the change can be made once every 12 months.
I wonder how i can shorten this time?
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Hard reset and use UK or UK live account in setup.
You could use wp7 freemarketplace
Ok so I searched the forums but I can't find a topic like this so I thought I'd bring it up.
I'm from Ireland, living in LA. My Windows Live ID is oooold and was created in Ireland. Now I love my windows live id I don't want a bloody new one thanks. So anyway I got the DVP and started it with my Irish Windows Live ID, all contacts and all that are all fine BUT when I go to look on the marketplace I notice that I missing stuff I should have like Netflix for example.
So I'm thinking is this because M$ still think Im in Ireland eventhough all the region settings on the phone say the US? Has this problem followed me from xbox live. On xbox live I still get the Irish dashboard & Irish marketplace offerings.
I can't believe that this problem still exsists and that it has crossed over to Window Phone 7, this is VERY bloody annoying! gurrr!
Also can anyone recommend a way around this while still using my current windows live id. For example on my xbox I have a american account (live id) that I use to log in, download/buy what I need then log out. Once the app/game is downloaded to my xbox I can access it from my Irish account. Weirdness but it works!
:'(
have you tried going to LIVE.com and altering your location and such there?
M$ don't let u change the country field for some bizarre reason. Once you choose a country then you're stuck with it, something they don't actually tell you when you're creating an account of course!
I am able to change from UK to US just fine on Live.com under Account.
yes u can change it "aesthetically" but it doesn't actually change the region of you raccount, ie: you will not be able to get content for US (only) if you originally created ur account for the UK even if you're living in the US.
So for me, for example, I'm in the US, on T-Mobile US etc... but I can't find, view or install apps like Netflix, LastFM or WHERE. In fact there are hardly any (good) apps that show up for me at all on my phone which is just a disaster, I can't believe that this problem has leaked over to Windows Phone 7.