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John Richards wrote:
> "Mike" <spamtrap@zbuffer.com> wrote in message news:5Nmfc.10821$A_4.521@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
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>>sirtron wrote:
>>For me, the VGA1000 has been a bad experience. It has poor battery life,
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> Have not noticed this with mine.
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>>very slow boot,
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> Agreed.
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>> poor stability w/ lots of reboots or freezes, lots of UI
>> bugs,
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> Have not noticed any of the above.
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>> sometimes refuses to place calls because of a non-existent data
>>session,
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> This has happened to me a few times. I have to remove and replace
> the battery when this occurs.
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This afternoon, I had this problem. The dialog box couldn't be dismissed
this time. It told me to press OK, but it wouldn't go away. I held the
talk button until the voice dial menu appeared, and I could make a call
again. I don't know if it will work next time, but I was happy.
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>> voice dial tends to reset the phone, handset gets very hot, a
>>keypad backlight that is completely random, a call display that loses
>>track of who you're calling (Call one phonebook entry, hang up and
>>immediately call second phone book entry. Second entry name will appear
>>while the phone calls the first entry.)
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> Have not noticed any of the above.
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If you set your keypad backlight to something on the long side, like 30
seconds or flip open, you don't find that your keypad backlight goes out
in about 8 seconds? I first noticed this when I set both my main display
and keypad to 30 seconds. The main display was on much longer.
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>> and a camera that often turns
>>itself on when I open the flip. (This is somewhat repeatable, so no, I'm
>>sure I didn't hit the button)
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> I sometimes push the camera button on the right side inadvertently.
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>>There is a firmware update that I had applied that stopped some of the
>>UI issues, but I had much worse RF performance afterwards. That update
>>also makes the external LCD light up whenever the volume control is
>>pressed while the flip is closed - previously, the external LCD would
>>only light when the volume is pressed for about a second.
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> I've been wondering if I should get the firmware update done.
> Has anyone else experienced worse RF performance afterwards?
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Yes, tried to make it clear that it was _my_ experience. I should tell
you that I've seen other people at Sprintforums.com complain about the
VGA 1000. Most people seem to have fewer issues than I have. Many have
simply had problems with some sort of beeping noise made by the phone.
I've never had this happen. Most have been happy with the firmware
update, though the change on external LCD backlight behavior and failure
to resolve this beeping issue were not well recieved.
I updated the firmware on the second of this month, and since then, I've
had trouble getting through a fifteen minute call without having it
dropping, even with a good signal on the indicator. Could it be
something else? The person at the counter gave me a hard time, could
they do something malicious?
Right now, my phone is plugged into the charger. An hour ago it played
the removed from charger sound. It's now back to two bars from three,
and nothing I can do will make it charge again...
Nevermind, unplugged the charger from the wall and plugged it back in...
I wonder why unplugging it from the phone didn't work. In fact, it
played the removed from charger sound when I pulled it off the wall.
Maybe my charger is going out now too.
I think I'm off the thread topic now.
-mike
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