The new Orange Android phone (San Francisco) £99...but a Question??

Kelt · 29 Mar 2011 at 00:57

Cheetah Designs said:
Don't suppose you know what this actually does?

Would have thought something like this would be included with the Modaco ROM non?

It re-connects Wi-Fi after sleep, something which SS_RLS3 does natively

Drake5 · 29 Mar 2011 at 01:54

I'm going to get one of these tomorrow. Is there a certain version I SHOULDN'T be buying? I was considering getting it from Argos

TigerUK · 29 Mar 2011 at 02:09

Still runing the iphone 3gs, i think by the ime my 24 month contract is over, iphone 5 will be out, and thgen I'll have a real dilema on my hands, stick with apple or ditch it for an android.

I have to say though, that this android looks like the skoda of smartphones. It doesn't look that great, and the internal componenets are probably sub-par.

Nothing is worse than being cheap and buying a cheap gadget and then realising that if you spent a bit more you could have got something a lot better.

Devoluter · 29 Mar 2011 at 06:29

Bought one of these a few days ago and followed the guide at http://www.orangesanfrancisco.co.uk/ to put the SS RLS3 rom and it seems great for the money but I no experience of any other Android phones.

One question I do have is, on the power widget on the SS rom there are 6 icons but I don't know what 2 of them do.

From left to right
1. Wifi
2. Bluetooth
3. GPS
4. ? (SDcard shape with 2 arrows)
5. ? (circle with 2 arrows inside)
6. Screen brightness

Kelt · 29 Mar 2011 at 07:52

Devoluter said:
Bought one of these a few days ago and followed the guide at http://www.orangesanfrancisco.co.uk/ to put the SS RLS3 rom and it seems great for the money but I no experience of any other Android phones.

One question I do have is, on the power widget on the SS rom there are 6 icons but I don't know what 2 of them do.

From left to right
1. Wifi
2. Bluetooth
3. GPS
4. ? (SDcard shape with 2 arrows)
5. ? (circle with 2 arrows inside)
6. Screen brightness

4 = data enabled toggle
5 = auto-sync toggle

Tomsk · 29 Mar 2011 at 08:00

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PiKe · 29 Mar 2011 at 09:49

I don't like the idea of SS RLS3 being overclocked from stock.

Evilpaul · 29 Mar 2011 at 10:41

nvm, talking carp.

Devoluter · 29 Mar 2011 at 12:12

KelticDaz said:
4 = data enabled toggle
5 = auto-sync toggle

Ah that makes sense now, I turned the sync on and got a load of email notifications, thanks!

Drake5 · 29 Mar 2011 at 12:15

Can someone please suggest me the best ROM for this phone?

Kelt · 29 Mar 2011 at 12:32

Tom_D said:
Can someone please suggest me the best ROM for this phone?

I'd suggest Swedish Spring RLS3 with the add-ons.

loltim · 29 Mar 2011 at 12:38

cm7 rc3 out

http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=blade

JIM_BOB7813 · 29 Mar 2011 at 12:54

Devoluter said:
One question I do have is, on the power widget on the SS rom there are 6 icons but I don't know what 2 of them do.

Widgetsoid emulates the stock power widget, but you can customise it. Great app.

hux · 29 Mar 2011 at 13:53

I think you'll find there's the clocked and std clock versions for download on modaco.

PiKe said:
I don't like the idea of SS RLS3 being overclocked from stock.

Drake5 · 29 Mar 2011 at 13:58

KelticDaz said:
I'd suggest Swedish Spring RLS3 with the add-ons.

Could you provide me with a link please mate? I've got no idea where to look.

Also, is there a step by step guide?

Many thanks

Drake5 · 29 Mar 2011 at 14:10

Ok got the links, I've got to install something called Clockwork Mod first, seems pretty easy, going to give it a bash now.

PiKe · 29 Mar 2011 at 14:18

hux said:
I think you'll find there's the clocked and std clock versions for download on modaco.

It says overclocked out of the box, the AHB overclocking is a separate entity.

Still on FLB r6 because I want a rom as close to stock Android as possible, not a million and twenty things I don't want or need.

Drake5 · 29 Mar 2011 at 14:19

PiKe said:
It says overclocked out of the box, the AHB overclocking is a separate entity.

Hmm I noticed that to. Will it hurt even if an overclock is included though?

PiKe · 29 Mar 2011 at 14:20

Tom_D said:
Hmm I noticed that to. Will it hurt even if an overclock is included though?

I'd rather not overclock my phone, my preference is battery life.

Drake5 · 29 Mar 2011 at 14:28

I'm having issues with Clockwork mod

fastboot method

Unplug the USB cable, turn off your device and take out the battery
Replace the battery and turn the device on holding the 'volume up' key. The device will stay at the 'green android' screen.
Plug the device into the PC.
From a command prompt run 'fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-blade-2.5.1.8.img'
When this finishes, from the command prompt run 'fastboot reboot'

When I turn the phone on and hold the up button, it doesn't stay on the Android screen, the phone just boots up as normal.

Any advice?