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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 09:44 AM
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It was to highlight the fact that people seem to think that buying a phone then hacking it to pieces and talking gobbledygook is normal.

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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by bigsinky
if you're not worried about warranty get the phone rooted via the UnRevoked technique. then you can upgrade the phone with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the new Sense 3.0. there are various new Rom images out there that are being improved every day. one rom (cyanogen AFAIK) is even updated nightly
Doubt the wildfire will be able to handle Sense 3.0
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by JackClark
It was to highlight the fact that people seem to think that buying a phone then hacking it to pieces and talking gobbledygook is normal.

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Define 'normal'?

I suppose talking about nothing but how good Apple products are on a forum designed to be about the Subaru Impreza is totally normal?

Shock horror, some people might not like what Apple desides is best for them.
It's called choice fella and thank god if have some!

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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Wurzel
I got a Wildfire as an upgrade last week. It is still in the box as my Galaxy S runs rings round it and I don't actually need it for a change.
How much if you are selling it ??
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by JackClark
It was to highlight the fact that people seem to think that buying a phone then hacking it to pieces and talking gobbledygook is normal.

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Some of us enjoy tinkering Jack and AFAIK this is the computer related section were geekiness is "normal"
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by bigsinky
Some of us enjoy tinkering Jack and AFAIK this is the computer related section were geekiness is "normal"
Crack on, when I said that this thread was in NSR.
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 11:32 PM
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i find the desire a nicer phone, galaxy s feels a bit plasticky and runs a basic feeling version of android, where the htc has the htc sense over the top of it which makes the phone feel alot more polished and fluid. also we have sold quite a few of the desires and galaxy s and we've had quite a few more galaxy's back in for repair then the desires which we've had hardly any back.
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 11:56 PM
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the iphone i think is still the best smartphone on the market but you pay heavily for it, the £18 deal on the desire is a cracking price for a phone that is still over £300 quid to buy. i work in carphone myself so i know when a good deal comes up and the unmlimited data that comes with the talkmobile contracts is brilliant, no small print and as much data as you can use.
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Old Apr 21, 2011 | 06:57 AM
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The Desire S is a good phone, similar specs to the HD, but without the bulkiness.
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Old Apr 21, 2011 | 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by belliott69
the iphone i think is still the best smartphone on the market but you pay heavily for it, the £18 deal on the desire is a cracking price for a phone that is still over £300 quid to buy. i work in carphone myself so i know when a good deal comes up and the unmlimited data that comes with the talkmobile contracts is brilliant, no small print and as much data as you can use.
Isn't that the Desire S?
I thought the Desire is now around the £200 mark?

Also, has anyone got any experience of the Talk Mobile network and reception quality?
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Old Apr 21, 2011 | 11:02 AM
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I'd opt for the Desire S over the regular Desire, just for internal storage (app space). Would take either over the Galaxy S, just for better UI and build.
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Old Apr 21, 2011 | 02:35 PM
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£10 per month and true unlimited internet:
http://giffgaff.com/index/offer
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Old Apr 21, 2011 | 03:00 PM
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Me and the wife have just got Wildfire's. We are having real ball ache trying to send and recieve MMS messages. Vodafone are now sending us new sim cards as their old ones we are using (2 years)! Apart from that we're happy...
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Old Apr 21, 2011 | 11:28 PM
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Well went to Carphonewarehouse this morning and after calling their sales line and then checking in store the deal was still on my wife went there looked at the desire and once agreed to have it when the bloke went to put it through on the till the deal had been withdrawn It was put up to £25 a month and he said there was nothing he could do so told him don't want it then and left.

Got home and I called Tesco mobile and got 250 mins, 5000 texts and 500mb data sim only deal for £10 on a rolling 30 day contract so the wife has that now and keeping her brand new replaced iphone 3gs.

i emailed head office today about the deals being withdrawn and haven't heard anything back yet. you can guess how we felt when we have put people onto these deals like you were and the rug gets pulled out from under our feet with no notice when they come back to finalize. always makes us retail staff look crap when they **** about.
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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Sy5
Me and the wife have just got Wildfire's. We are having real ball ache trying to send and recieve MMS messages. Vodafone are now sending us new sim cards as their old ones we are using (2 years)! Apart from that we're happy...
Why in the world would you want to send an mms message? Please please tell me why you would want to send an extremely low res image with text and pay a premium for it when you could email a high res for free????
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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Scooby Soon!
Why in the world would you want to send an mms message? Please please tell me why you would want to send an extremely low res image with text and pay a premium for it when you could email a high res for free????
It's my wife. My son in law lives 170 miles away and she get's a picture of her grandaughter sent every couple of days. Her Nokia c3 did it no problem but the HTC really struggles. New sim's on the way but I think it's Vodafone clutching at straws.
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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 11:15 AM
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try another messaging program like handcent or chompsms, i seem to remember a setting for MMS causing problems , does your phone come up with something like can not download message or message not available?
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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Scooby Soon!
try another messaging program like handcent or chompsms, i seem to remember a setting for MMS causing problems , does your phone come up with something like can not download message or message not available?
Generic Network Failure. It seems to be a HTC fault as it is not just Vodafone. We have been given new APN settings and the phones work once and then return to the Network Failure.
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 12:10 PM
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New sim cards in both phones seem to have solved this.
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