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

grudas · 26 Apr 2011 at 20:41

Castor said:
Awesome, everywhere i look now seems to be out of stock at £90 but plenty of places have it for £110+

bought mine from prepaymania.. but they are out of stock now.. i swear i have read somewhere that orange will discount? or increase the price of SF because too many people buy it-open the box-unlock it and never use orange payasyougo sim.. so companies like argos don't get any profits from the phones they sell unless the SIM gets activated/registered

so i would not be surprised if only orange UK will have it in stock soon..

my homescreen

hux · 26 Apr 2011 at 20:49

Market - Blade wifi fix

Gavin said:
my SF running SS still cuts the wireless off after a certain period even when its set to never.....

Any ideas.??

Lethal` · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:24

Vimes said:
Go to the market and download SMS backup and restore. It simply backs up and restores all your SMS messages into their threads. Useful when going from one ROM to another.

Thanks for the tip but I couldn't actually open any applications apart from settings it seemed. Otherwise I would have used SMS Backup+ to my gmail.

Delvis · 27 Apr 2011 at 13:06

Hello All

Not been in here a while...I was just wondering what ROMS people are all running? I currently have the 'recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.9-modaco-r2-blade'...Old I know but its worked since I first put it on there and I haven't bothered changing it since...

So I was wondering what would be a good 'upgrade'...? I quite like how mine is set out at the moment so don't really want to change much from that...

Thanks in advance

EDIT: going by some previous replies and looking over on Modaco the Swedish Spring RLS5 may be a god one to have? http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blade-roms-rom-customisation/334849/rom-froyo-swedish-spring-rls5-2011-04-19-oled-tft-gen1-gen2/

Nymins · 27 Apr 2011 at 14:43

I'm running CM7 RC4 at the minute, GEN1 or whatever. Haven't bothered upgrading or changing to GEN2, couldn't be bothered and I'm thinking of selling my SF anyway.

grudas · 27 Apr 2011 at 14:51

Delvis said:
Hello All

Not been in here a while...I was just wondering what ROMS people are all running? I currently have the 'recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.9-modaco-r2-blade'...Old I know but its worked since I first put it on there and I haven't bothered changing it since...

So I was wondering what would be a good 'upgrade'...? I quite like how mine is set out at the moment so don't really want to change much from that...

Thanks in advance

EDIT: going by some previous replies and looking over on Modaco the Swedish Spring RLS5 may be a god one to have? http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blade-roms-rom-customisation/334849/rom-froyo-swedish-spring-rls5-2011-04-19-oled-tft-gen1-gen2/

yup.. go for SSRLS5.. im still with their older version the JellyFish RLS9 no problems.. can't see a point going to SS yet..

Delvis · 27 Apr 2011 at 15:24

grudas said:
yup.. go for SSRLS5.. im still with their older version the JellyFish RLS9 no problems.. can't see a point going to SS yet..

What is the layout like on it? I like the way my home screen is at the moment with the extra buttons along the bottom etc...Any screenies around?

Also, what are the general steps before applying a new ROM? Shall I just put the new ROM onto my SD card and do the usual...Or will I need to backup things like games / contacts in order for them to be 'installed' onto the new ROM?

Clairvoyant · 27 Apr 2011 at 16:08

I put this on the wifes.

http://android.modaco.com/content/z...m-7-0-2stable-n57-tpt-image-for-easy-install/

Upgraded from Gen 1 to Gen 2. Working fine so far.

Delvis · 27 Apr 2011 at 16:14

Clairvoyant said:
I put this on the wifes.

http://android.modaco.com/content/z...m-7-0-2stable-n57-tpt-image-for-easy-install/

Upgraded from Gen 1 to Gen 2. Working fine so far.

I was under the impression that you can't use Gen2 ROMs on Gen1 Phones? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

Dangerous · 27 Apr 2011 at 16:43

Delvis said:
I was under the impression that you can't use Gen2 ROMs on Gen1 Phones? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

There is a converter but its not official supported.

Clairvoyant · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:47

Delvis said:
I was under the impression that you can't use Gen2 ROMs on Gen1 Phones? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

This flash did it all in one go. Upgraded the phone from Gen 1 to Gen 2, then installed the ROM.

JIM_BOB7813 · 28 Apr 2011 at 00:03

Gavin said:
my SF running SS still cuts the wireless off after a certain period even when its set to never.....

Any ideas.??

lewism said:
mines also does this. extremely annoying.

hux said:
Market - Blade wifi fix

If you want to keep wifi on, you need this https://market.android.com/details?id=opotech.advancedwifilockfree

Blade wifi fix isn't really required in most of the custom roms, but advanced wifi lock is if you want wifi to stay on.

MoNkEyMiKeY · 28 Apr 2011 at 00:18

Just sold my san fran on the bay for £120

Farewell fair san fran you were a great introduction to smart phones and android.

Already got a HTC HD2 on its way to replace it with.

Delvis · 28 Apr 2011 at 08:44

Dangerous said:
There is a converter but its not official supported.

Thanks

Just need a new SD card now really =/ sadly no funds to do so...

If I flash a new ROM onto the phone I presume I have to install games etc again?

Dangerous · 28 Apr 2011 at 09:40

Delvis said:
Thanks

Just need a new SD card now really =/ sadly no funds to do so...

If I flash a new ROM onto the phone I presume I have to install games etc again?

Yeah its best to do a factory reset, install ROM and Wipe then just install and setup again.

If you are using the same ROM just an updated version you can just install over the top.

Delvis · 28 Apr 2011 at 10:02

Dangerous said:
Yeah its best to do a factory reset, install ROM and Wipe then just install and setup again.

If you are using the same ROM just an updated version you can just install over the top.

Hello

No sadly it will be a different type of ROM, so I'll have to back up what I need to...BAH!!!

Vimes · 28 Apr 2011 at 10:06

I never bother setting up all my apps and games, it would take me far to long. Instead I bought Titanium pro and use that to back up ONLY my apps and data. Then even if I go from a 2.2 to a 2.3 ROM and or change the partition layout I know that I can restore the apps and data successfully and I have never had an issue in doing so. I have a backup and restore utility for my Angry Birds saved games and then apply that.
It is not recommended to do the same with any system data etc with Titanium.

tonyt3rry · 28 Apr 2011 at 10:35

Ive been looking at android phones as a present for the mrs next phone as she wants pay and go or simplicity ive been looking at the htc wildfire which is 130

DefiantAsh · 28 Apr 2011 at 10:36

Delvis said:
What is the layout like on it? I like the way my home screen is at the moment with the extra buttons along the bottom etc...Any screenies around?

Also, what are the general steps before applying a new ROM? Shall I just put the new ROM onto my SD card and do the usual...Or will I need to backup things like games / contacts in order for them to be 'installed' onto the new ROM?

if you used a previous version of SS, then it will just go over that, all applications and data will be the same, i just wiped Cache.

After several charges, battery life is exceptional

Delvis · 28 Apr 2011 at 10:38

DefiantAsh said:
if you used a previous version of SS, then it will just go over that, all applications and data will be the same, i just wiped Cache.

After several charges, battery life is exceptional

Hello

I have this installed now: recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.9-modaco-r2-blade

Which as far as I know is different than Swedish Spring?