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

GSDog said:
Thanks. I did read through a lot of those guides earlier and I'm confident that I can do the "rooting", etc. However, I haven't been able to find a guide that shows which order things should be done in.

Could you please tell me what you did as soon as you received the phone and in what order? It'd be a huge help.
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Unlock.
Search for nice SanFran accessories..
Apply Clockwork Recovery...
Apply Custom Rom....
Modify to your hearts content.....
 
Decided my old Tocco Lite was getting a bit long in the tooth so splashed out on a San Fran.

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(Actual pics tomorrow with better light)


Android is a first for me but absolutely love it so far.

Hardest part of unlocking/rooting/flashing was finding Windows7 x64 drivers lol.
 
I've been looking at this thread everyday for the last week, keep on changing my mind if I should get one or not. What's the battery life like? after 1 day of use how much battery would you normally be left with?
 
dbeckett said:
I've been looking at this thread everyday for the last week, keep on changing my mind if I should get one or not. What's the battery life like? after 1 day of use how much battery would you normally be left with?
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I don't think the battery lifes too good, but I am locations where I charge it constantly. You can run the phone without the battery, which I have noticed if it's plugged in you can pull the battery out! and it still runs on power! ha :D
 
dbeckett - I'll be honest battery was really bad for me today, although that was largely down to the facts of;

- Hadn't been fully charged at all
- Was being constantly used due to being a new gadget
- I left WiFi, 3G and Roaming on because I was stupid and forgot how to disable them (I have since found the widget that toggles these :p)

But despite all this, the phone lasted a good 7 hours from 60% battery, although 1 of those was spent with it plugged into a PC charging.


Will give it more natural use tomorrow and let you know how it copes from a full charge :).
 
After stumbling onto this thread, you lot made a decision for me. I bought the SanFran the other day. First thing I did was to UnLock it. (successfull) next i chose Tesco Pay monthly Sim as they had a better deal than orange.
(1) Should I now plug my Sf into my Windows 7 PC and let the Windows drivers install to it ??
(2) I would then appreciated it if someone could explain in good easy english dufffer terms on how to install "Launcher Pro" & "Astro File Manager" and tell me of any other apps I should install. I do have a lot of Apps in a folder on my PC. (not unzipped yet but some with a .apk at end.

(3) Not doing the Clockwork or anything yet as I don't want to Brick me phone. I do not understand it all as some parts get me confused. Must try to learn a bit more first or find someone to do it for me.

Sorry for long thread.
THANKS.
 
dbeckett said:
I've been looking at this thread everyday for the last week, keep on changing my mind if I should get one or not. What's the battery life like? after 1 day of use how much battery would you normally be left with?
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Battery is ok. Not great, but not the worst. Will last a day with average use (few texts, browsing 3G/wifi).

For me from 100% in the morning, it goes down to about 50% at night time, but thats with me being very battery conscientious. If I used it properly, it would probably go down to 20% or so.
 
RussD said:
After stumbling onto this thread, you lot made a decision for me. I bought the SanFran the other day. First thing I did was to UnLock it. (successfull) next i chose Tesco Pay monthly Sim as they had a better deal than orange.
(1) Should I now plug my Sf into my Windows 7 PC and let the Windows drivers install to it ??
(2) I would then appreciated it if someone could explain in good easy english dufffer terms on how to install "Launcher Pro" & "Astro File Manager" and tell me of any other apps I should install. I do have a lot of Apps in a folder on my PC. (not unzipped yet but some with a .apk at end.

(3) Not doing the Clockwork or anything yet as I don't want to Brick me phone. I do not understand it all as some parts get me confused. Must try to learn a bit more first or find someone to do it for me.

Sorry for long thread.
THANKS.
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(1) http://www.multiupload.com/BMT7IHJDZG - You can download the drivers here. Plug it in and when it asks for drivers unzip the downloaded file and point the driver install to that folder.
(2) go to android market on the phone and search launcher pro and astro file manager it will install it from the market as an app :)
(3) alright, plenty learning for you to do. good luck.
 
Thanks iDroid--It has installed all drivers except two ZTE HUSB Device.
I got it to install a Win7-AMD64 (whatever that is), but one refuses to install.
Ah Ha! here is me thinking it should be done from my HDD when in fact it's done straight from the Android market on internet. OK I know where to go for that then.
Thanks. Appreciated.
 
All Drivers installed. Thanks.
Haveing one heck of a job conecting to my Wi-Fi at 1Mbps on this SF.
Signal strength is Good but not connecting and I'm only an arms length from my Wireless Router. How long should it take to connect..?
 
we got a problem since either installing drivers or when trying to access the internet.
can't access internet and my phone says sd card removed, insert a new one. the card is in the phone. took it out and incerted into pc and it's recognised with all folders in it. put back into phone and it keeps saying ongoing-removed sd card insert new one.
any ideas to what has gone wrong.
 
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