iPhone & HTC Touch Diamond - Page 40

A Place of Light · 23-08-2008, 15:04

The only problems I'm having at the moment are (and I'm using the TLR ROM that Desmo posted) poor battery life, and I cannot for the life of me get the thing to connect to MSN or login to hotmail.

Desmo · 23-08-2008, 17:16

The battery life really seems to improve after a while. I'm happy with mine now and the only battery saving things I've done are the normal backlight and poweroff settings. I might have turned on some other small power management features using Schaps Advanced Config tool but I'm not sure they made a massive difference.

Desmo · 28-08-2008, 10:35

Had a little play with my phone last night with some good results....and some bad

Even though I used Sprite Backup to backup my contacts, messages, etc (which is meant to work across ROM upgrades), I couldn't restore the backup afterwards. It kept asking for a password but it wouldn't accept anything I tried :/ Still, I got almost all of my contacts back from Piggy's phone so no big problem there.

On to the good stuff

I wanted to upgrade the radio after having slightly dodgy reception in the office at work. I also swapped from the TLR3 ROM to SwiftBLv6. No real reason other than to see what a different one was like. Only thing I didn't like about TLR was that in All Programs it would list some twice for some reason and I also couldn't change what was in the main Start Menu.

The change went smoothly and SwiftBL works fine. Wouldn't say it's noticeably quicker than TLR but it does seem a slight touch more responsive (but then it is a clean install). It does however seem to use less memory. After turning off the Diamond phone skin (which uses 10MB on it's own) I get 59MB free after a soft reset which I think is more than TLR.

As for the radio, there is a definite improvement, though still not as big an improvement as I was hoping for. I'm now on radio 1.00.25.07. Some people say it might drain the battery a touch more so I'll keep an eye on that and see how it goes.

Daz · 28-08-2008, 10:40

I had a real good play with my mates Diamond yesterday and really got on with it. Doesn't seem slow to me, but my current Touch isn't snappy at all, so relative to that it's lightening.

The browser is as close to the iPhone that I've used. Not as slick, but function for function it's pretty close, think I'll be happy with it. Also found out that the Diamond T-Mobile have isn't technically a Diamond - it's a Victor. Identical innards just a different chassis. Having seen it I'm actually ok with the look - I'd choose the fancy back over it but it's still a nice phone, and I do prefer the round corners. If I can get the youtube app back on I may even keep the stock rom... we'll see after using it I guess.

Gonna put the squeeze on T-Mobile today and see what I can wangle.

Burble · 28-08-2008, 10:51

I'm going to attack mine with a hammer soon. It has yet again refused to connect to ActiveSync. If I have to do a hard reset on it again I'll shove the stock ROM back on and send it back.

Daz · 28-08-2008, 10:53

Over the air AS or cabled?

Burble · 28-08-2008, 10:57

Cabled :/ I've even tried different cables, different USB ports and even another PC.

AS starts up then after about 30 seconds says it can't connect and offers me the troubleshooter which is about as much use as a chocolate fire guard.

I've been through the USB options on the phone (it can act as just a USB disk if you want) but with no luck.

The strange thing is that it worked yesterday afternoon but not this morning and in that time neither the laptop or phone have been rebooted or even used.

Daz · 28-08-2008, 11:05

It's like a daemon or driver on the phone just isnt answering or something. If it was a problem with the port you'd think it would be more consistent, and possible wouldn't charge. Tres dodgy.

Burble · 28-08-2008, 11:07

It's a right pain in the arse. I can't get AS working over the air because the Diamond doesn't like PPTP and I can't be bothered to setup a frontend exchange server and poke holes in the firewall just for this.

I'll switch back to my old Samsung for now and maybe try again when I've got more time to mess about.

Flibster · 28-08-2008, 11:10

First thoughts with the 10 minutes I've been allowed with the Touch Pro.

It's superb.

Screen is fantastic and the keyboard, although small, is very good indeed. It's pretty rapid as well. GPS seems to work well, but that was just hobbling around the office.

Prefer the keyboard on my XDA Exec, but thats definately getting long in the tooth now.

Hmmm.... How can I stea... borrow the works one?

23-08-2008, 17:16	#392
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	The battery life really seems to improve after a while. I'm happy with mine now and the only battery saving things I've done are the normal backlight and poweroff settings. I might have turned on some other small power management features using Schaps Advanced Config tool but I'm not sure they made a massive difference. __________________

28-08-2008, 10:35	#393
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	Had a little play with my phone last night with some good results....and some bad Even though I used Sprite Backup to backup my contacts, messages, etc (which is meant to work across ROM upgrades), I couldn't restore the backup afterwards. It kept asking for a password but it wouldn't accept anything I tried :/ Still, I got almost all of my contacts back from Piggy's phone so no big problem there. On to the good stuff I wanted to upgrade the radio after having slightly dodgy reception in the office at work. I also swapped from the TLR3 ROM to SwiftBLv6. No real reason other than to see what a different one was like. Only thing I didn't like about TLR was that in All Programs it would list some twice for some reason and I also couldn't change what was in the main Start Menu. The change went smoothly and SwiftBL works fine. Wouldn't say it's noticeably quicker than TLR but it does seem a slight touch more responsive (but then it is a clean install). It does however seem to use less memory. After turning off the Diamond phone skin (which uses 10MB on it's own) I get 59MB free after a soft reset which I think is more than TLR. As for the radio, there is a definite improvement, though still not as big an improvement as I was hoping for. I'm now on radio 1.00.25.07. Some people say it might drain the battery a touch more so I'll keep an eye on that and see how it goes. __________________

28-08-2008, 10:40	#394
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	I had a real good play with my mates Diamond yesterday and really got on with it. Doesn't seem slow to me, but my current Touch isn't snappy at all, so relative to that it's lightening. The browser is as close to the iPhone that I've used. Not as slick, but function for function it's pretty close, think I'll be happy with it. Also found out that the Diamond T-Mobile have isn't technically a Diamond - it's a Victor. Identical innards just a different chassis. Having seen it I'm actually ok with the look - I'd choose the fancy back over it but it's still a nice phone, and I do prefer the round corners. If I can get the youtube app back on I may even keep the stock rom... we'll see after using it I guess. Gonna put the squeeze on T-Mobile today and see what I can wangle. __________________ apt-get moo

28-08-2008, 10:53	#396
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Over the air AS or cabled? __________________ apt-get moo

28-08-2008, 11:05	#398
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	It's like a daemon or driver on the phone just isnt answering or something. If it was a problem with the port you'd think it would be more consistent, and possible wouldn't charge. Tres dodgy. __________________ apt-get moo

23-08-2008, 15:04	#391
A Place of Light Absinthe Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,247	The only problems I'm having at the moment are (and I'm using the TLR ROM that Desmo posted) poor battery life, and I cannot for the life of me get the thing to connect to MSN or login to hotmail.

28-08-2008, 10:51	#395
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	I'm going to attack mine with a hammer soon. It has yet again refused to connect to ActiveSync. If I have to do a hard reset on it again I'll shove the stock ROM back on and send it back.

28-08-2008, 10:57	#397
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	Cabled :/ I've even tried different cables, different USB ports and even another PC. AS starts up then after about 30 seconds says it can't connect and offers me the troubleshooter which is about as much use as a chocolate fire guard. I've been through the USB options on the phone (it can act as just a USB disk if you want) but with no luck. The strange thing is that it worked yesterday afternoon but not this morning and in that time neither the laptop or phone have been rebooted or even used.

28-08-2008, 11:07	#399
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	It's a right pain in the arse. I can't get AS working over the air because the Diamond doesn't like PPTP and I can't be bothered to setup a frontend exchange server and poke holes in the firewall just for this. I'll switch back to my old Samsung for now and maybe try again when I've got more time to mess about.

28-08-2008, 11:10	#400
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	First thoughts with the 10 minutes I've been allowed with the Touch Pro. It's superb. Screen is fantastic and the keyboard, although small, is very good indeed. It's pretty rapid as well. GPS seems to work well, but that was just hobbling around the office. Prefer the keyboard on my XDA Exec, but thats definately getting long in the tooth now. Hmmm.... How can I stea... borrow the works one? __________________