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

insane200 · 13 Oct 2010 at 13:21

Bradmax57 said:
Now a device specific forum at villainrom hopefully one to follow at XDA

theres a thread in general, about having a zte blade forum on XDA with a vote, so far 99% vote for it.

Nathan from villainrom will be getting his phone friday.

Deleted member 77746 · 13 Oct 2010 at 16:10

http://android.modaco.com/content/z...tian404s-de-orangeated-rom-for-san-francisco/

This ROM is much better.... also Resource manager is working with no FC!!! You will have to manually put your APN settings in with this ROM though for now.

Deleted member 77746 · 13 Oct 2010 at 18:33

Anyone wanting screen protectors the ones for the "SAMSUNG I900 OMNIA" fit perfect......for the san francisco.

smsmasters · 13 Oct 2010 at 19:04

iDroid84 said:
Anyone wanting screen protectors the ones for the "SAMSUNG I900 OMNIA" fit perfect......for the san francisco.

It even has the hole for the top speaker?

ste2005 · 13 Oct 2010 at 19:29

Im currently on R2 custom mod, how do u go about upgrading to the new Rom, not too sure how to do this, any help please

broona · 13 Oct 2010 at 19:31

Think I'm going to order one tomorrow, just had someone offer me £300 for my Galaxy S!

Deleted member 77746 · 13 Oct 2010 at 19:34

smsmasters said:
It even has the hole for the top speaker?

A curve effect...

Beans on toast Dave · 13 Oct 2010 at 20:02

iDroid84 said:
http://android.modaco.com/content/z...tian404s-de-orangeated-rom-for-san-francisco/

This ROM is much better.... also Resource manager is working with no FC!!! You will have to manually put your APN settings in with this ROM though for now.

i used that then updated it to the sudo addon

it then started downloading data constantly when checking emails

luckily i had a clockwork mod backup, 5 mins back to normal

stuck with the r3 for now

asim18 · 13 Oct 2010 at 20:10

ste2005 said:
Im currently on R2 custom mod, how do u go about upgrading to the new Rom, not too sure how to do this, any help please

1. Install ClockworkMod: Link

2. Download the latest rom from here: Link (r3 if you don't have a paid subscription, r4 if you do)

3. Rename rom to "update.zip" and copy to SD card.

4. Start phone with VOL- pressed. When the recovery screen comes up; select "Update rom with update.zip" or something like that.

asim18 · 13 Oct 2010 at 20:11

Tiggerlator said:
Ive been on R3 for a while now, seems fine to me. be interesting to try R4 though.

r4 is much faster. I was getting some random lag here and there in r3, and once in a while it would just grind to a halt and become unresponsive. Its completely fixed in r4.

Deleted member 77746 · 13 Oct 2010 at 20:28

Can anyone share the full update.zip that the kitchen has created for R4?

Bradmax57 · 13 Oct 2010 at 20:40

iDroid84 said:
Can anyone share the full update.zip that the kitchen has created for R4?

I dont think many people would be inclind to do that as they have had to pay for it so why should anyone get it for free......

It will be out in a short time so the best option is to wait of pay £10 or so for the year, that way you could always get the rom you want when you want, if it was my phone and not the wifes id sign up immediately

Brummies · 13 Oct 2010 at 21:00

My contract ends soon so if i buy this for £100 or get a discount through NUS etc.. will it be a phone that i can keep for 12/18 months without my urge to upgrade? I've currently got a nokia 5800 which is good i've not had the urge to upgrade at all.. will this be fine?

insane200 · 13 Oct 2010 at 21:28

since putting R3 on, i have some strange tones, when conecting the usb, i have one of the family guy sound board tones, and some of my messages give another tone which isnt even on the phone :confused:

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anyone else got odities like this.

thepeganator · 13 Oct 2010 at 21:52

Brummies said:
My contract ends soon so if i buy this for £100 or get a discount through NUS etc.. will it be a phone that i can keep for 12/18 months without my urge to upgrade? I've currently got a nokia 5800 which is good i've not had the urge to upgrade at all.. will this be fine?

If you think the 5800 is good and doesn't give you the urge to update, this will satisfy you for a long time!

Bradmax57 · 13 Oct 2010 at 21:58

insane200 said:
theres a thread in general, about having a zte blade forum on XDA with a vote, so far 99% vote for it.

Nathan from villainrom will be getting his phone friday.

I know i voted for it

snapdragon · 13 Oct 2010 at 22:00

Brummies said:
My contract ends soon so if i buy this for £100 or get a discount through NUS etc.. will it be a phone that i can keep for 12/18 months without my urge to upgrade? I've currently got a nokia 5800 which is good i've not had the urge to upgrade at all.. will this be fine?

I owned a 5800 and found it to be a good phone all round, I think the only thing that "might" be lacking in comparison is the camera

dasyad · 13 Oct 2010 at 22:05

The browser being total garbage and the sluggishness of the UI at times are what frustrated me with my 5800. Also I'm finding the capacitive screen on San Francisco to be much easier to use.

Only thing I miss about my 5800 is the battery life.

Boozebeard · 13 Oct 2010 at 22:13

I'm on r3, is it worth paying to get access to r4? How long am I likely to wait for it to be a free release?

Bradmax57 · 13 Oct 2010 at 22:16

Boozebeard said:
I'm on r3, is it worth paying to get access to r4? How long am I likely to wait for it to be a free release?

few days maybe? the one and only reason ive not paid is that its not my phone, i have my desire and thats better supported over at xda, but really is £10 all that much if you can get roms quicker and customised the way you want?