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Bella Jones - 29 Mar 2004 13:48 GMT

Hi all

I got a T610 a couple of weeks ago. Nice phone - but my main problem
with it is its hair-trigger dialup. Push the joystick upwards, and it
starts loading. The same with various other commands. I'm getting a bit
sick of pressing cancel the whole time - is there any way to disable its
relentless urge to connect?

Thanks

Bella

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Matt Bacon - 29 Mar 2004 16:44 GMT

On 29/3/04 1:48 pm, in article 1gbeuje.1jssznbzcfev4N%me9@privacy.net,

> Hi all
>
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> sick of pressing cancel the whole time - is there any way to disable its
> relentless urge to connect?

Depends how it's set up: on Orange ones, the joystick-up just loads a
locally-stored xHTML page and starts the browser, so it's not really
_connecting_ until you click on one of the links on that page. I must admit,
I've had one for nearly a year now, and I haven't found this a problem;
occasionally I go _down_ rather than click _in_ when trying to invoke the
main menu, but that's about it. But no, I'm sure there are no menu settings
to change any of this. Admit it, Bella, you want a "Keyboard and Mouse"
panel in System Preferences, don't you ;-)

Bestest,
M.

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Adrian - 29 Mar 2004 17:54 GMT

> Depends how it's set up: on Orange ones, the joystick-up just loads a
> locally-stored xHTML page and starts the browser, so it's not really
> _connecting_ until you click on one of the links on that page.

Erm, not on either my or partner's Orange T610s... Both of those instantly
get "Loading". Just the same as the top right side button.

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Bella Jones - 29 Mar 2004 21:12 GMT

> > Depends how it's set up: on Orange ones, the joystick-up just loads a
> > locally-stored xHTML page and starts the browser, so it's not really
> > _connecting_ until you click on one of the links on that page.
>
> Erm, not on either my or partner's Orange T610s... Both of those instantly
> get "Loading". Just the same as the top right side button.

Argh - thanks for helping me discover that! :-)

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Bella Jones - 29 Mar 2004 21:12 GMT

> On 29/3/04 1:48 pm, in article 1gbeuje.1jssznbzcfev4N%me9@privacy.net,
>
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> locally-stored xHTML page and starts the browser, so it's not really
> _connecting_ until you click on one of the links on that page.

Actually, you've got a point there (tho I'm with Vodafone). I don't
think you get charged the moment it dials up - you have to download
something, AIUI. But still annoying.

>I must admit,
> I've had one for nearly a year now, and I haven't found this a problem;
> occasionally I go _down_ rather than click _in_ when trying to invoke the
> main menu, but that's about it. But no, I'm sure there are no menu settings
> to change any of this

I thought not... :-(

> Admit it, Bella, you want a "Keyboard and Mouse"
> panel in System Preferences, don't you ;-)

Now there's an idea - like a delay type thing. I suppose I could put
some Blue Tack just above the joystick. Might spoil the effect,
though... :-)

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darek - 29 Mar 2004 23:28 GMT

>Hi all
>
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>
>Bella

i think all is in settings
in shortcuts menu
on my joystick
left - write new text message
right - main menu
up - scroll conctats up
down - scroll contact down

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Carl. - 30 Mar 2004 02:03 GMT

> i think all is in settings
> in shortcuts menu
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> up - scroll conctats up
> down - scroll contact down

I can only get "left" to obey the first shortcut item, the rest are
permanant.

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Carl. - 30 Mar 2004 02:05 GMT

> I got a T610 a couple of weeks ago. Nice phone - but my main problem
> with it is its hair-trigger dialup. Push the joystick upwards, and it
> starts loading. The same with various other commands. I'm getting a bit
> sick of pressing cancel the whole time - is there any way to disable its
> relentless urge to connect?

On my t610 on T-Mobile (US), up goes into contact list. Maybe if you could
find a repair shop that could flash it with straight-up Sony software (vs
hacked software your carrier had them install), it would change?

But then that stupid internet button on the top right is still there.

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Bella Jones - 30 Mar 2004 22:31 GMT

> > I got a T610 a couple of weeks ago. Nice phone - but my main problem
> > with it is its hair-trigger dialup. Push the joystick upwards, and it
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> find a repair shop that could flash it with straight-up Sony software (vs
> hacked software your carrier had them install), it would change?

I had no idea this was possible. The SE site's knowledge base just isn't
working.

> But then that stupid internet button on the top right is still there.

But not so connect-prone as the effing joystick...

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Carl. - 31 Mar 2004 06:34 GMT

> > On my t610 on T-Mobile (US), up goes into contact list. Maybe if you could
> > find a repair shop that could flash it with straight-up Sony software (vs
> > hacked software your carrier had them install), it would change?
>
> I had no idea this was possible. The SE site's knowledge base just isn't
> working.

I don't know if SE ever has the whole phone software on their site or not.
I have heard of independent authorized (or not) repair shops relaoding SE
software on other models to fix carrier-chosen "features."

> > But then that stupid internet button on the top right is still there.
>
> But not so connect-prone as the effing joystick...

True. I haven't actually had a problem with that side button.

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