how to debrand a san francisco?

[mug]

Much quicker, improved battery life, Froyo enhancements.
There is no reason to still be running the old 2.1 roms !

What's easiest and least risky method of upgrading these days ?. My phone is already rooted by my brother (who I bought the phone off) but he don't wanna update my phone for me in case he bricks it.

[lloydi]

this is the only way i believe

Devices that have TFT Screens have the build Number OUK_P729BV1.0.0B08 (OLED can have this buid also - but rarely)
Devices that have OLED Screens have the build Number OUK_P729BV1.0.0B05

[{{909}}]

It's not really the bugs I mean, as they will always be worked out over time. It's more the horsepower of the thing I'd be concerned about. Does it feel snappy or slow or somewhere in between ?

Can the current retail ones be easily unlocked still ? e.g. if I walked into Argos for one today

cheers

i dunno about the unlock but in general use the phone is fine, I used my friends for a while, insalled apps on it and so on and (sadly) its not really that much different to my Desire. Any real differences are probably because im looking for them. His is still orange branded too.

[maltloaf]

Torn between this, the defy (which does rediculously well on benchmark tests against it's peers) and the htc hd2 which can be hacked every which way including windows phone 7. It's only for a spare phone - my little used work sim can go in it, unless I get sucked in by android

[lloydi]

Not sure about the box but it is in the software information part in settings

Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

[maltloaf]

Is it really that big a deal? The LCD can't be that bad in comparison. It's an £80 phone at the end of the day!

[MetalMickey]

HI
Thanks for sharing this ROM here, had a SanFran for a while but never thought to look here, (I normally go straight to the game sections)
A quick questions if you'd be so kind..

I have been using the Jap Jellyfish Roms, is the Modaco one any better?
My mate is sticking with 2.1 until a rock solid stable 2.2 comes out, could this be it?

Also I can't seem to download to try it, I get a username/password error?
Should I be using a FTP client or can I download it using chrome?

Thanks for making the effort to share with us all

[tronads]

Well, I didn't personaly use the Jellyfish Rom, but from what I have read, its a battery eater compared to the Modaco rom. This rom now seems rock solid to me, and I havent had a single screen lockup since I installed it. Either way, do a quick nandroid backup and its a doddle to return to what you were on before.

Every so often the FTP server seems to crash, so when I see someone having problems, I try connecting using DroidFTP, which I just did, and got straight in. What details are you using to connect, as I just looked in the log and saw 90.208.105.6 (is this you?) attempting to connect but using a really long password (its shown in *'s) rather then the 4 character password **** I would expect.

[maltloaf]

i wish my local argos would restock the grey ones, I'm not wanting a white one. Also I read on the modaco forum that existing orange customers can call up and get the handset for £79.

[MetalMickey]

Yeah that was me, stupid bloody computer, managed to grab it now via DroidFTP as you suggested.
Your right it does seeem more stable, just done 40mile round trip & GPS worked fine & managed to update Facebook whilst on a farm in the middle of god knows where!
Both of these I had issues with on Jellyfish & the screen locking up to, but in the few hours I've had this one, I'm quite impressed.
Thanks again for the share

[MetalMickey]

Anyone have a working link for the latest ROM for this device? Was downloading 140111-0503-release8-update-stock launcher from Tronads FTP, but it went down at 98% and hasn't been back up since...

I had this problem trying to download on my pc, used DroidFTP straight on my phone as suggested & it worked without any problems & it was faster too!?! Go figure

[tronads]

There are no problems that I can find with my server tonight.

If you have problems with ftp, you can downlod the roms from Modaco, though you have to pay to get the latest generation (as I have). Release 7 is the current one for the free accounts.

I should add that occasionaly I will switch the server off if I am playing Call of Duty or something, as a download screws me and makes me even worse than I normaly am !

[mug]

What ROM is everyone running at the mo ?. I using the Jellyfish R8, its nice and stable but the battery goes down pretty quick.

[{{909}}]

sorry to send the thread on a tangent but where's best to get one of these at the mo? mite get one the missus for valentines day.

ooh, and to contribute a bit of info, if your batt is going down a bit nippy, ive found turning off data saves a lot of battery, obviously your apps n stuff don't update, but for me its ideal as I only check texts most of the day. I got home today and its still on 60% charge, usually it would be about 20% less.

switchpro gives you access to a quick button to toggle it, worth it imo.

[mug]

sorry to send the thread on a tangent but where's best to get one of these at the mo? mite get one the missus for valentines day.

ooh, and to contribute a bit of info, if your batt is going down a bit nippy, ive found turning off data saves a lot of battery, obviously your apps n stuff don't update, but for me its ideal as I only check texts most of the day. I got home today and its still on 60% charge, usually it would be about 20% less.

switchpro gives you access to a quick button to toggle it, worth it imo.

Data as in Wifi ?.

[{{909}}]

mobile internet.

with switchpro you can make toggles for wifi and data separately, I have them both off at work but turn data on at breaks so i can check emails etc.

[mug]

mobile internet.

with switchpro you can make toggles for wifi and data separately, I have them both off at work but turn data on at breaks so i can check emails etc.

Good call, I'm at home most of the time so I don't need data if I have wifi on.

[{{909}}]

Good call, I'm at home most of the time so I don't need data if I have wifi on.

data will switch off when your phone finds a wifi connection anyway.

[tronads]

Incase no-one has checked, Rom v11 is on my FTP now. Been running it for a couple of weeks now, its rock solid.

[lloydi]

Incase no-one has checked, Rom v11 is on my FTP now. Been running it for a couple of weeks now, its rock solid.

thanks mate, now grabbing at a respectable 145k/sec