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

SexyGreyFox · 21 Dec 2010 at 19:53

Weird.
I bought the SF with £10 credit but I've just come to use it for the first time and it says I've got no credit!!

PiKe · 21 Dec 2010 at 19:58

GSDog said:
I've got an annoying problem with my SF.

Somehow the A, Z, Q and W keys have all switched around on the TouchPal input method/keyboard layout so that it's no longer a QWERTY layout, making it very annoying to use. Any idea how I change it back to normal?

Mine only has the letters on, how do you configure it to show the symbols too?

PiKe · 21 Dec 2010 at 19:58

dmpoole said:
Weird.
I bought the SF with £10 credit but I've just come to use it for the first time and it says I've got no credit!!

Orange take ages to actually add the credit, as many as 30 days I believe :/

Lethal` · 21 Dec 2010 at 20:03

PiKe said:
Dont use alpha roms :/

Use a proper 2.1 rom.

Any suggestion? Is it a choice between:

http://android.modaco.com/content/z...ft-customised-bladevillain-1-1-0-rls4-13-dec/

and

http://android.modaco.com/content/z...eated-rom-for-zte-blade-orange-san-francisco/

SexyGreyFox · 21 Dec 2010 at 20:10

PiKe said:
Orange take ages to actually add the credit, as many as 30 days I believe :/

Actually I might be a bit of a knob here - I bet I've got a card with a number on it I have to ring up

PiKe · 21 Dec 2010 at 20:19

Lethal` said:
Any suggestion? Is it a choice between:

http://android.modaco.com/content/z...ft-customised-bladevillain-1-1-0-rls4-13-dec/

and

http://android.modaco.com/content/z...eated-rom-for-zte-blade-orange-san-francisco/

de-orangeated one is the one I use and it's compatible with both OLED and TFT.

Storm3y · 21 Dec 2010 at 21:15

Anyone know the best 2.2 ROM is? I got the TFT version.

Storm3y · 21 Dec 2010 at 21:16

dmpoole said:
Weird.
I bought the SF with £10 credit but I've just come to use it for the first time and it says I've got no credit!!

When I got mine I was told to go to http://www.simregister.co.uk/home.aspx

GSDog · 21 Dec 2010 at 22:09

PiKe said:
Mine only has the letters on, how do you configure it to show the symbols too?

Is was like it as default. Are you sure you're using Touchpal and not the default Android keyboard? You can switch the input method/keyboard by pressing and holding on "Type to compose", then select "Input method", then "touchpal". I find touchpal is much quicker and nicer to use because you can select the numbers and symbols by swiping down on the keys.

Lethal` · 21 Dec 2010 at 22:13

Currently downloading the deorengated ROM at 250bytes/sec :/

NightSt@lk3r · 21 Dec 2010 at 22:16

Storm3y said:
Anyone know the best 2.2 ROM is? I got the TFT version.

Running the Modaco 2.2 alpha 3 on mine for 3 days without a single issue, stable and very fast.

Lethal` · 21 Dec 2010 at 22:31

Lethal` said:
Currently downloading the deorengated ROM at 250bytes/sec :/

Can anyone upload this for me? (fat version)
The download speed is horrific!

NightSt@lk3r · 21 Dec 2010 at 22:33

Lethal` said:
Can anyone upload this for me? (fat version)
The download speed is horrific!

You need to install the lite one first, fat is just an addon to the lite version.

Lethal` · 21 Dec 2010 at 22:37

NightSt@lk3r said:
You need to install the lite one first, fat is just an addon to the lite version.

I see, I misread the note below. Even so, does anyone have these files and would be kind enough to upload them for me. The waiting is painful!

NightSt@lk3r · 21 Dec 2010 at 22:42

Lethal` said:
I see, I misread the note below. Even so, does anyone have these files and would be kind enough to upload them for me. The waiting is painful!

just tried to download it and i aint waiting 9 hours just for the lite to download lol, the file server must be getting hammered.

Lethal` · 21 Dec 2010 at 22:47

NightSt@lk3r said:
just tried to download it and i aint waiting 9 hours just for the lite to download lol, the file server must be getting hammered.

lol yep, was hoping someone has the files ready to upload.

GSDog · 21 Dec 2010 at 22:48

My SF is currently running on the 2.1 Modaco R3 ROM from when I got the phone back in October. Is it worth me updating to a 2.2 ROM? What improvements would I notice, if any? The phone has been faultless on the current installed ROM so I am reluctant to change.

Storm3y · 22 Dec 2010 at 01:07

Looks far too complicated but I need 2.2 for BBC iPlayer and Google Docs.

PiKe · 22 Dec 2010 at 02:15

GSDog said:
Is was like it as default. Are you sure you're using Touchpal and not the default Android keyboard? You can switch the input method/keyboard by pressing and holding on "Type to compose", then select "Input method", then "touchpal". I find touchpal is much quicker and nicer to use because you can select the numbers and symbols by swiping down on the keys.

Yep deffo touchpal, but missing the symbols, what rom?

liquidex · 22 Dec 2010 at 04:50

Very tempted by this phone. Quick question is there any way to tell if its an OLED or a TFT from the box without opening it? Or do you have to physically check the build number from the settings menu?