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

insane200 · 14 Feb 2011 at 22:08

A new phone from Zte due may time called the Skate looks quite nice, google it.

buchtis · 14 Feb 2011 at 22:20

B1aderunner said:
Or since you are on JJ9 and it comes routed you could just download the free VM heap tool app from the market and set it through that

This would be way easier if you don't know what you're doing.

I change mine manually as I delete a load of crap that I don't use/need like Google Car/Googles etc..

A new phone from Zte due may time called the Skate looks quite nice, google it.

Looks really nice, shame it's only got a 800Mhz processor. With the amount of new dual-core phones comping out I would have thought they would have put a 1Ghz processor in at the least.

ZTE Skate

Spec:

Android 2.3 OS
800Mhz CPU / Adreno 200 GPU
4.3 (480 x 800) Inch screen
5.0MP Camera
120G

http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-phones/zte-skate-review-50002729/

visibleman · 14 Feb 2011 at 23:10

Skate looks pretty damn good, that's if it'll be another sub £100 phone. Be interesting to see what the camera is like though....

buchtis · 14 Feb 2011 at 23:15

If it's £150 or less then i'll go for it. Owt more than that and they can gtfo, i'll get a HTC instead!

flibblesan · 15 Feb 2011 at 00:12

buchtis said:
Looks really nice, shame it's only got a 800Mhz processor. With the amount of new dual-core phones comping out I would have thought they would have put a 1Ghz processor in at the least.

Keeps the cost down which is what operators want. 800MHz is more than enough for most things, and even the 600MHz in the SanFran is fine when running a decent rom.

At the moment I'm testing Cyanogenmod 7 out and it's much better than any of the current Froyo roms.

MOOGLEYS · 15 Feb 2011 at 00:31

flibblesan said:
Keeps the cost down which is what operators want. 800MHz is more than enough for most things, and even the 600MHz in the SanFran is fine when running a decent rom.

At the moment I'm testing Cyanogenmod 7 out and it's much better than any of the current Froyo roms.

Will we be seeing a Sanfran version soon.. :cool:

Delvis · 15 Feb 2011 at 11:13

visibleman said:
Skate looks pretty damn good, that's if it'll be another sub £100 phone. Be interesting to see what the camera is like though....

well...it has a flash by the looks of it

The camera on the SF is okay, you just need to fiddle with things occasionally

Calm · 15 Feb 2011 at 11:27

MOOGLEYS said:
Will we be seeing a Sanfran version soon..

I believe he's referring to this (It's for the San Francisco): http://android.modaco.com/content/z...genmod-6-1-beta2-05-feb-11-7-beta3-11-feb-11/

That Skate looks a tad too big for my liking, the rest sounds good though, better camera, Flash, a little more power.

englishpremier · 15 Feb 2011 at 12:23

Excuse my ignorance, but what is a CyanogenMod i've seen a load of people raving about it, but no clear explanation of what it is.

Is it a new rom or is it a set of utilities or what?

I'm currently running JJ8 on my OSF.

MOOGLEYS · 15 Feb 2011 at 12:38

englishpremier said:
Excuse my ignorance, but what is a CyanogenMod i've seen a load of people raving about it, but no clear explanation of what it is.

Is it a new rom or is it a set of utilities or what?

I'm currently running JJ8 on my OSF.

Its Gingerbread 2.3 from what I can work out...

Evilpaul · 15 Feb 2011 at 13:16

It's an "improved" fork of the AOSP. More info here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=What_is_CyanogenMod

Founder_film · 15 Feb 2011 at 14:29

I got one of these last week, got it running the 2.2 ROM no problems. This is a really excellent phone for the money. Very pleased I got it.

One thing though, this could be a general Android thing I don't know. When someone calls me it doesn't always come up with their name, just the number. If I edit the contact to be the exact number (e.g. 0718....) then their name shows up when they call. But then when they text me it just shows the number, this time the number has 44 at the start (e.g. 44718....) Is there any way I can get the persons name to show up in both cases?

King4aDay · 15 Feb 2011 at 14:47

Founder_film said:
I got one of these last week, got it running the 2.2 ROM no problems. This is a really excellent phone for the money. Very pleased I got it.

One thing though, this could be a general Android thing I don't know. When someone calls me it doesn't always come up with their name, just the number. If I edit the contact to be the exact number (e.g. 0718....) then their name shows up when they call. But then when they text me it just shows the number, this time the number has 44 at the start (e.g. 44718....) Is there any way I can get the persons name to show up in both cases?

Did you import contacts from an old phone? Don't know where the issue lies but trying to import via sim from my old sony ericsson lead to all kinds of problems, I've ended up manually entering contacts.

Scrutinize · 15 Feb 2011 at 14:56

Well sold my San Fran, been a good run with it. Saving for something dual corey

buchtis · 15 Feb 2011 at 15:25

How much did you get for it if you don't mine me asking mrk? I've seen a couple go on eBay for around the £120-£150 mark but those were OLED.

Founder_film · 15 Feb 2011 at 16:30

King4aDay said:
Did you import contacts from an old phone? Don't know where the issue lies but trying to import via sim from my old sony ericsson lead to all kinds of problems, I've ended up manually entering contacts.

Yes I did, Sony Ericsson too. Not that I have loads of contacts but entering them in manually would be a pain.

Ol!ver · 15 Feb 2011 at 16:30

Going to shove my San Fran on eBay - just bought a Nexus S

insane200 · 16 Feb 2011 at 13:30

cynagenmod is official now

just have to wait for the first build from them.

PiKe · 16 Feb 2011 at 13:58

insane200 said:
cynagenmod is official now just have to wait for the first build from them.

Why is this such good news?

insane200 · 16 Feb 2011 at 16:26

PiKe said:
Why is this such good news?

Cm7 is a 2.3 rom which generaly run better than what stock roms, have more customisation options, better optimisation, and get update frequently.

ive been running the unofficial rom and its great, as its beta it has a few niggles, but nothing i cant put up with.