Does anyone facing these problems/difficulties?

[venki5star]

I am using N1 (T-Mobile version) for a past one week. The phone is bought before the AT&T version is released. The phone is great and I love the web experience. But there are some issues (may be not an issue) I am facing with phone. Help me if I am doing wrong.

1. Battery life is not good. But I managed to calibrate the battery which is OK now.

2. My carrier does not support 3G now. But I am using 2G (EDGE) connection. The connection fails if I used WIFI continouosly for a while. I need to restart the mobile in that case to connect to 2G.

3. I am using Stereo Bluetooth headset (Sony Ericsson MW600) instead of stock headset. On incoming of a call I am hearing beeps instead of my ringtone. I search in bluetooth settings of the phone but no luck. Does any knows how to do that?

4. One thing I really miss here is the Group SMS. I used to forward SMS to my friends daily. Can I create a distribution list/group (not the contact group) to send SMS? Is there an App to do that? (Except Mass Text Personalizer, which is very primitive app).

[Budske]

if u have the tmo n1 and u are on the at&t there is no way to get 3g.

really dont know about bluetooth headset, i have one but i neve use it... i use the car radio with bluetooth and it didnt happen.

use Handcent sms... with that u can send group sms

[venki5star]

Originally Posted by Budske

use Handcent sms... with that u can send group sms

Seems like Handcent SMS does solves my Group SMS problem.

Originally Posted by Budske

if u have the tmo n1 and u are on the at&t there is no way to get 3g.

I using it in India. And my carrier does not have 3G support yet. I am talking about 2G/EDGE connection. After long usage of WIFI, I am not able to connect to 2G unless I restart the phone.

[Budske]

maybe u can force the 2g changing the options on the network on

Settings > Wireless & Networks > Mobile Networks and check or uncheck the "Use only 2g Networks" option, with that the network force restart and cos u r only stick with 2g, it wont matter

[venki5star]

Budske, please read the thread first before you answer. I am not saying I have issue with the Radio Frequency.

[Beer Goggles]

Originally Posted by venki5star

Budske, please read the thread first before you answer. I am not saying I have issue with the Radio Frequency.

Just because your carrier does not support 3G, that does NOT mean that your phone is not trying to find a 3G connection. It's a 3G phone. So try setting it for 2G only and see if there is a difference.

Does the T Mobile version even have the right frequencies to match your carrier?

[venki5star]

Originally Posted by Beer Goggles

Just because your carrier does not support 3G, that does NOT mean that your phone is not trying to find a 3G connection. It's a 3G phone. So try setting it for 2G only and see if there is a difference.

Does the T Mobile version even have the right frequencies to match your carrier?

1. Have already set the phone to 2G only which I forgot to mention.
2. Yes. My Carrier supports supports T-Mobile version for Voice & 2G.

[Maris]

Originally Posted by venki5star

1. Have already set the phone to 2G only which I forgot to mention.
2. Yes. My Carrier supports supports T-Mobile version for Voice & 2G.

If you use the airplane mode on/off setting, would that work better than having to reboot the phone? If that works, it might be quicker for you, and I'm sure there's a widget for that somewhere in the market. It's odd that it doesn't reconnect after using WiFi.

[Budske]

Originally Posted by Maris

If you use the airplane mode on/off setting, would that work better than having to reboot the phone? If that works, it might be quicker for you, and I'm sure there's a widget for that somewhere in the market. It's odd that it doesn't reconnect after using WiFi.

it happens to me sometimes, but just for a few minutes

[mguindon10]

I have a question for you venki5star. Your #1 question says battery life isn't good but you've calibrated it and its "ok". What type of life are you getting? 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, etc.?

I can get 2-3 days of normal usage out of my phone before I need a recharge. My normal usage is this:
- Always have wireless and bluetooth turned off unless I'm using them.
- Every so often I do kill rouge apps using taskkiller.
- I have my screen brightness at the highest (I love the oled...)
- I talk between 5-30 minutes a day on the phone.
- I text randomly all day (maybe 10-50 a day).
- I use the wireless to browse the internet between 15min - 1hr a day (don't have good 3G coverage near my office, but will use 3G to surf the web when I have it).
- I play games/use apps at least 30min - 1hr a day.

After all this I can get 2-3 days of usage before a charge. On my last phone I would have to charge it by 2pm if I did half of the things listed above so I'm pretty happy with the battery life on my N1.

As far as your other questions. #2 I don't have that problem at all, never have to reboot the phone to have it connect back to the network. #3 I don't use bluetooth so I can't help u there. #4 As far as I know there is no easy way to do "group" texting without the use of a 3rd party app (maybe that will be in android 2.2!)