Thinking of getting an Android phone

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by defirish

I have good patience and I would stay working on something until I got the hang of it but for some reason the touch screen seems to be scaring me away without even giving it a try

I thought i would hate it but after a few weeks using an Ipod Touch it is awesome.

[Sasha222]

The more I hear about it the more I'm tempted to get it. I love my the mobile phone I have but and there is nothing wrong with it but I need to update

[Pia]

Originally Posted by AntiSilence

Pia, I've got a San Francisco too and I rooted it and flashed it with a Modoco custom ROM about 28 hours after I got it! And it's got my Orange pay monthly SIM in too.

A great phone. In fact, I've just this minute rooted and flashed a friends San Fran too lol

I'm a bit scared of the custom ROM's and all that palaver but i did root it and delete some of the Orange bloat, it was a lot easier than i thought it was going to be!! I used Univeral Androot/Busybox/Titanium and it was simple for a noob like moi.

defirish if it helps you can change the keyboard layout to be like a normal phone like 1 (abc) 2 (def) ........etc...(yes i know that's not right) or you can have it as qwerty. Might make the touchscreen easier to adjust to.

You won't find a better phone for the money though than the San Fran IMO. If you've got an Orange sim that you used recently you'll get a discount too so even more bargainous.

[Sasha222]

We just have Meteor o2 3g and vodofone

[Pia]

You can unlock the phone by sending IMEI to someone (seller on ebay) and they will email you back with a code. Put Voda (or whatever) sim in phone, it asks for code, job done, about 99p.

if your buying an android phone sign upto topcashback and use that site to send you to somewhere like e2save ( carphone warehouse own them) and often you get some cash back and they usually ship unlocked phones

[Sasha222]

Thanks Pia. There is a shop down the road from me and they unlock phones for about 2euro so I will be well sorted and they also sell new and second hand phones so if in the end I get hubby to buy it for me I can see if they have it second hand as they are very good and I trust them to tell me the truth about the mob phones.

Clockwork mod is very easy to install specially with rom manager

[Sasha222]

Originally Posted by ooogemaflop

incidentally the San Fransisco is a rebranded Alcatel OT 980 so you can find it on other carriers. E2save have it for a ton + £10 top up so more expensive but you may find it cheaper

Well with in the price range. Any chance of a link please ooogemaflop pleaseeeee

I was wrong lol so I deleted the post

You can get it direct from Orange using topcashback and get 12 quid back though

[Sasha222]

Originally Posted by ooogemaflop

I was wrong lol so I deleted the post

You can get it direct from Orange using topcashback and get 12 quid back though

Ah dont worry. I wont be able to get it from Orange as I'm not with there network

[Pia]

You can still buy it from Orange for £99 + £10 topup, just tell them it's a gift for someone if they question the fact you can't get their network. And once you receive it you could just unlock it straight away. You can get £12 Quidco and also if you buy online go through the student page and enter 15 zeros when it asks for NUS numbe and it'll take 10% off (so HUKD tells me anyhoo)

[Sasha222]

Originally Posted by Pia

You can still buy it from Orange for £99 + £10 topup, just tell them it's a gift for someone if they question the fact you can't get their network. And once you receive it you could just unlock it straight away. You can get £12 Quidco and also if you buy online go through the student page and enter 15 zeros when it asks for NUS numbe and it'll take 10% off (so HUKD tells me anyhoo)

Thanks so so much for that Pia. Your a