M1 Bugs/serious issues/major nitpicks

[iBLoSTBoY]

This Should Also Help A User Identify A Possible Faulty Unit. 1. Adding Words To T9 Through Settings_My Word Or Ad Words Does Not Work WithIn Apps. Only While Texting Someone. 2. Get Message Time To Time, Updating Phone Setting, Then The Phone Tries To Connect To The Net, But Cant. Again Maybe This Is Just My Phone.

[iBLoSTBoY]

Oh Also Make Sure You Check The Version Of The Update When Going To Update Phone, Currently It Will Downgrade Your Phone SoftWare.

[C1787GJ]

how dare you say negative things about the M1!!!! ;) Just kidding! Thanks for the heads up, doesnt seem like too many bugs yet! That software one, I wonder whats up with that. I'm hoping the next batch they fix any issues that do occur, plus I don't have the money for mine yet :( :( your so luck and I'm very jealous haha! Thanks again and keep it up!! :)

[landale]

Add this as another bug. When the phone is on vibrate mode and placed on a charger it neither rings or vibrates, it just goes silent when a call comes in. All previous Sanyo phones in the last few years switch to a ringer in this situation so I assume that's what it should do.

[scott_walker]

That T9 bug doesn't sound very nice. I make tons of calendar entries and having it not able to modify the T9 will be a pain. I love the T9 on the 8400 and figured the M1 would have the same one, if not better. Hopefully this will be able to be fixed with a software upgrade; which hopefully you won't have to go into a store for. That update bug's gonna be a pain too down the road if a fix doesn't come out for it.

Keep us jealous folk posted. :-)

[iBLoSTBoY]

Adding Words To T9 Works With The Built In Browser, Should Work With Calendar, I Guess Any Third Party Java App Is A No Go. Btw I Have Already Had A Soft Reboot.

[jh101_7]

adding t9 words to the phonebook works, i haven't tried the calendar, but can't see how this would differ too much.

[r0fl]

Oh Also Make Sure You Check The Version Of The Update When Going To Update Phone, Currently It Will Downgrade Your Phone SoftWare.
have you considered that the downgrade is there for a reason? it's not necessarily bad to revert to a working firmware

[Quill]

I've stuck this thread since it is a major topic on its own but expanded it a bit so that people can discuss this stuff here. All other threads relating to this topic will be closed or merged with this one.

[Gourd]

Add this as another bug. When the phone is on vibrate mode and placed on a charger it neither rings or vibrates, it just goes silent when a call comes in. All previous Sanyo phones in the last few years switch to a ringer in this situation so I assume that's what it should do.

I thought the Sanyos always stayed at a ringer (or vibrate) it was set at, charging or not. That's what my current phone does. Correct me if I'm wrong...

I'll have to see if the M1 does the problem you described once I receive it from UPS...

[landale]

I thought the Sanyos always stayed at a ringer (or vibrate) it was set at, charging or not. That's what my current phone does. Correct me if I'm wrong...

I'll have to see if the M1 does the problem you described once I receive it from UPS...

My Sanyo 8100, 8200, and friends 4920 all switch to a ringer if the phone is put on a charger on vibrate mode. This is a smart feature as when your phone is charging you are not going to feel it vibrate.

The reason I say it's a bug is every phone I have ever seen when you charge it on vibrate mode either switches to a ringer or continues to vibrate when on a charger. The M1 doesn't do either, it stays silent. Based on previous Sanyo's I assume it is supposed to switch to a ringer but it wasn't programmed right in the software to do so.

Note that this only effects the phone when set to vibrate because if you switch it to a ringer the phone will ring at that sound level when it is charging.

It's not a major bug but it's annoying to have to remember to change the ringer level when I charge, especially since Sanyo has spoiled me for the last 3+ years by not forcing me to do this

[reemusk]

I thought the Sanyos always stayed at a ringer (or vibrate) it was set at, charging or not. That's what my current phone does. Correct me if I'm wrong...




if its on vibrate and charging, it will be on level 1 w/o vibrate


it will not vibrate while charging.

[reemusk]

Add this as another bug. When the phone is on vibrate mode and placed on a charger it neither rings or vibrates, it just goes silent when a call comes in. All previous Sanyo phones in the last few years switch to a ringer in this situation so I assume that's what it should do.


i did not have this issue while testing it out.

[GearSlammer]

i did not have this issue while testing it out.
so it makes that little chirp sound like my vm4500??

[landale]

i did not have this issue while testing it out.

Hmm, Deval had said in the other M1 thread that he had no sound as well. Can other people test this as well? Maybe there is just something wrong with my phone. I just checked again but definitely when my phone is on vibrate and on the charger there is no ringing or vibrating when a call comes in.

[Deval]

I sent an email to someone about this issue...currently waiting for responses

[NONAME]

Hmm, Deval had said in the other M1 thread that he had no sound as well. Can other people test this as well? Maybe there is just something wrong with my phone. I just checked again but definitely when my phone is on vibrate and on the charger there is no ringing or vibrating when a call comes in.Wait a minute...I just plugged the charger in and kept my ringer vol. on it highest, and checked the vibrate box. Now I just called myself from my other line, and MY PHONE RANG! No vibrate but it rings. Is this happening with yours landale?? (BTW i'm using a downloaded ringer)

[Deval]

no...the bug is if you leave it on VIBRATE ONLY

[landale]

I sent an email to someone about this issue...currently waiting for responses

And I called sprint technical services and had them make a note to look into it. If I could find a number for Sanyo i would have called them too.

[dwehking]

The only thing I've run across is that I am not able to access Ch 01 on Sprint TV. It doesn't show up on the channel list. There are also a bunch of pay channels that don't show up either. Tech support had no clue.
i did try update the PV profile several times with no success.

[lifeofchaoss]

ok...just curious...with these bugs on the initial release how long does it take for the next and hopefull updated batch to be released????

[Matt -- HB Cali]

Kind of embarrassing but altho I've dumped over $20k into my car over the past 5 years I'm still running 98SE lol. I found where you can get a MM-5600 driver here:

http://www.sprintpcs.com/support/guides/sanyo.html

and tried that but the pc still won't recognize my M1. Any suggestions?? Or will I now need to drop another $1k on a new pc just to use this awesome phone??

Thanks!

-Matt

[thed0000d]

there is a firmware update 1.001SP out now for the M1

[klmsu19]

there is a firmware update 1.001SP out now for the M1

1.001SP is what the phone shipped with already....

[jes]

Kind of embarrassing but altho I've dumped over $20k into my car over the past 5 years I'm still running 98SE lol. I found where you can get a MM-5600 driver here:

http://www.sprintpcs.com/support/guides/sanyo.html

and tried that but the pc still won't recognize my M1. Any suggestions?? Or will I now need to drop another $1k on a new pc just to use this awesome phone??

Thanks!

-MattBased on the Note box on pg 129 of the manual it looks like you may be out of luck as they say they only guarantee synchronization with 2000/ME/XP. My guess is they may not issue new drivers.

[thed0000d]

sorry i meant there is a firmware downgrade available to .999SP buts it for testing purposes only

[jes]

Not a bug with the phone, but I've been having PV profile update issues. I just spoke to advanced tech support who walked me through provisioning from scratch. Not all bad, as I now have my MSL :clap: 15 minutes longer and I'll see if it was successful. My phone was activated/provisioned at the warehouse, so tech support assumes they jacked something up.

I also cannot get into the music store. I get a password screen first thing even though I have never used/setup the account on this phone. None of the defaults work - last 4 SS#, last 4 phone #, 0000, etc. Also, when I request the website to text the password to me, I get an invalid phone # error message. Trouble ticket opened with engineering for that one.

[merc]

Or go here and buy Windows XP...http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=604614 and buy a small cable or something, or buy the upgrade version here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837116194

What type of computer do you have (CPU, Memory, etc.)??

[thed0000d]

i havent had any problems with mine at all , i have about 320 songs so far and all my ringers plus screensavers i made at mixxer.com.. im working great and loving it sorry for everyone that is having trouble

[jes]

...or get a new Vista-ready powerhouse

[james2K]

it happens...i spent 250 on a non working M1 and couldn't even give the people a decent picture since i dont have a digicam. lol.

[jes]

it happens...i spent 250 on a non working M1 and couldn't even give the people a decent picture since i dont have a digicam. lol.
We should start a fundraising drive to thank you for being a guinea pig with the beta model. $5 from each of the loyalists to buy you a working M1!

[james2K]

We should start a fundraising drive to thank you for being a guinea pig with the beta model. $5 from each of the loyalists to buy you a working M1!

i wouldn't complain! :clap:

[lifeofchaoss]

where do we send donations??.... :deal:

[shattereddove]

Im running on Vista Beta.. will i still be able to connect the M1 to my computer?

[james2K]

where do we send donations??.... :deal:

if you seriously want to donate Pm me for the paypal addy. every bit helps, even tho I'm almost to my goal. I have a way of gettting cash together if i need it.

[ndnguy85]

what happened to the vibrate only mode??

why do i have to read "ringer off" and then check vibrate?

and also does the m1 ring when it's plugged in that mode? i never use a ringer, only vibrate mode. and whenever i plugged my other sanyos in while on vibrate mode it would switch to level 1 ringer.

[ikandi]

this is not really a big issue, but if your phone is on silent mode and you start the media player you will not see an option to minimize, you would then have to turn the volume up to see the minimize option, like I said not a big issue because you can't listen to the music while on silent mode duh

[landale]

what happened to the vibrate only mode??

why do i have to read "ringer off" and then check vibrate?

and also does the m1 ring when it's plugged in that mode? i never use a ringer, only vibrate mode. and whenever i plugged my other sanyos in while on vibrate mode it would switch to level 1 ringer.

Vibrate only mode is just below ringer off in the sound menu, for some reason they changed the order.

The M1 does not ring when set to vibrate only it's one of the known bugs the phone has (it stays silent when a call comes in). So in order to have the phone ring while charging you will have to set it to a ringer until they update the firmware to fix this.

Please feel free to report this problem to Sprint technical services. I have already reported it but the more people that mention it to them the more likely it gets fixed in the next firmware update.

[ndnguy85]

Vibrate only mode is just below ringer off in the sound menu, for some reason they changed the order.

The M1 does not ring when set to vibrate only it's one of the known bugs the phone has (it stays silent when a call comes in). So in order to have the phone ring while charging you will have to set it to a ringer until they update the firmware to fix this.

Please feel free to report this problem to Sprint technical services. I have already reported it but the more people that mention it to them the more likely it gets fixed in the next firmware update.

ahh! thank uuuu.

ok there's 2 ways to get vibrate. "ringer off, then check vibrate" or "vibrate all"

can someone check to see if it rings on "vibrate all" when plugge din. i am not at home right now.

[Deval]

thats the bug they are talking about...the 'set to vibrate' all while plugged in

[landale]

It doesn't ring on either setting, I have tried. In both settings the phone stays silent.

[ndnguy85]

dang it. definitely a bug. i am not going to change my ringer settings everytime i plug it in..like in the car or something.

[scott_walker]

as far as bugs go, it's a minor one that can be worked around...simply take your phone off of vibrate when you charge it. Hope nothing more serious is found.

[bigbad614]

For being such a small bug, there sure is alot of talk about it. Lets enjoy the wonderful phone and report the real problems. Which I have yet to find a complaint.

[landale]

as far as bugs go, it's a minor one that can be worked around...simply take your phone off of vibrate when you charge it. Hope nothing more serious is found.

It's minor but if for years you have become accustomed to not having to switch to a ringer every time you charge it sorta is. I just know from time to time I am going to forget and miss calls.

But I agree, I hope this is the only real bug the phone has. Having friends that got the A900 when it first came out it's a relief this phone is as solid as it is.

[scott_walker]

Yes I agree that it does seem like a pain, particularly when older models don't have this problem. Perhaps a software update will include a fix for it. At least this seems like the only bug so far.

[bigbad614]

Ultimately, Is everyone happy with their "new baby"?

[Philby]

I don't have this phone yet - but in regards to the vibrate switching to ringer when charging - i'd actually prefer it to work the way the M1 does currently.

reason being is because when i have my phone on vibrate (almost always) i have it that way because i want it to not make any noise. If i was at work and had it plugged into the charger, or at home and sleeping - i wouldn't want the phone to ring. although its kinda funny to hear my ringer go off from a few cubes away if i happen to leave my desk - people tend to get annoyed...

I guess we'll just chalk this up to you can never make everyone happy...

[Deduce]

Im running on Vista Beta.. will i still be able to connect the M1 to my computer?
I'm on Vista and there's no difference. Just set the phone to mass storage and Vista will detect it as a removable storage. Vista wasn't able to find drivers for PAM use but Vista does detect it as a Sanyo USB phone. Suppose it doesn't matter since there isn't even a Vista version of Connection Manager. Just will have to wait for that.

[NONAME]

I don't have this phone yet - but in regards to the vibrate switching to ringer when charging - i'd actually prefer it to work the way the M1 does currently.

reason being is because when i have my phone on vibrate (almost always) i have it that way because i want it to not make any noise. If i was at work and had it plugged into the charger, or at home and sleeping - i wouldn't want the phone to ring. although its kinda funny to hear my ringer go off from a few cubes away if i happen to leave my desk - people tend to get annoyed...

I guess we'll just chalk this up to you can never make everyone happy....... :good:

[ndnguy85]

If i was at work and had it plugged into the charger, or at home and sleeping - i wouldn't want the phone to ring..

hah that's exactly why i want it back the other way. whenever i accidentally sleep in sometimes (ok all the time)i need to be woken up by someone "concerned bout me" :)

[jschu22]

Ultimately, Is everyone happy with their "new baby"?

As far as features, this phone absolutely rocks. I just wish it's looks were a bit more high end.

[Matt -- HB Cali]

Or go here and buy Windows XP...http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=604614 and buy a small cable or something, or buy the upgrade version here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837116194

What type of computer do you have (CPU, Memory, etc.)??

I have a PIII 450 with 256ram and about a 10g hd. I have another 15gb hard drive where I've got my music and few video's stored. I tried upgrading to XP last night but it froze so I had to go back to WIN98. But that went WAY wrong. When the PC was reinstalling 98 it was about 75% done and went to restart the pc. After that I kept on getting a "NTLDR is missing" error message and even if I put in a bood disk it only gives me a dos prompt. I did some research and that error can be caused by about 9 different things :(

Computer is booting from a non-bootable source.
Computer hard disk drive is not properly setup in BIOS.
Corrupt NTLDR and/or NTDETECT.COM file.
Misconfiguration with the boot.ini file.
Attempting to upgrade from a Windows 95, 98, or ME computer that is using FAT32.
New hard disk drive being added.
Corrupt boot sector / master boot record.
Seriously corrupted version of Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
Loose or Faulty IDE/EIDE hard disk drive cable.

I'm gonna have one of my techie friends come over later in the week to fix it. I always seem to do more harm than good.

[ScrapMaker]

dang it. definitely a bug. i am not going to change my ringer settings everytime i plug it in..like in the car or something.

well I hope you wouldn't leave your phone on just vibrate in the car anyways... how could you hear it, even if it was on level 1? that's only helpful when you have it on your desk in front of you... seems that most people leave their phones on max+vibrate at most times...

[ScrapMaker]

hah that's exactly why i want it back the other way. whenever i accidentally sleep in sometimes (ok all the time)i need to be woken up by someone "concerned bout me" :)


holy hell... you must be a light sleeper, because the lowest volume setting is usually pretty damn quiet...

I leave mine on full blast, in case someone is having an emergency...

I still wish phones had profiles... I'd like a SLEEP profile... where ONLY calls/voicemail came through, and messages did nothing...

I remember the good ol' days when phones had true profiles... like my 4700, if I remember correctly... a lot of my nokias had that for sure...

[ttxxx]

As far as features, this phone absolutely rocks. I just wish it's looks were a bit more high end.

I agree! I love this phone and haven't noticed any issues with it yet. I just wish it was made out of metal and not plastic :indiff:

[Fuzzy John]

It's minor but if for years you have become accustomed to not having to switch to a ringer every time you charge it sorta is. I just know from time to time I am going to forget and miss calls.

But I agree, I hope this is the only real bug the phone has. Having friends that got the A900 when it first came out it's a relief this phone is as solid as it is.
This is really only speculation on my part. I have seen similar complaints about other phones that Sprint released lately. Could it be that the vibrate turns off on charge is really a requirement by Sprint and not a bug? I have not really followed up on those other complaints because it did not affect me. Have they been changed by later firmware updates?

[landale]

This is really only speculation on my part. I have seen similar complaints about other phones that Sprint released lately. Could it be that the vibrate turns off on charge is really a requirement by Sprint and not a bug? I have not really followed up on those other complaints because it did not affect me. Have they been changed by later firmware updates?

The problem isn't that the phone doesn't vibrate, it's that it doesn't ring while charging on vibrate mode. Virtually all Sanyo phones I have used in the last 3 years switch from vibrate to ring 1 when placed on a charger in vibrate mode. That's why this almost certainly has to be a bug given Sanyo's past track record.

[klmsu19]

still people for being a brand new phone and this is the biggest bug we can find is not ringing on the charger in vibrate mode, thats a pretty solid phone then to have so little wrong right off the launch. Look at the a900 (buggy, bad bluetooth) and krzr (crazy lag) off launch, they both were buggy. Good job sanyo

[PolishZX]

Hey Guys,

I've done some research on this, so I think this may be normal, but I wanted to see what you guys thought. When ever I'm charging my phone, the main and sub LCDs stay fully lit. Seems like unnesescary ware on the LCDs and I tried almost every option to turn them off. Do you guys have any input on this?

[Mr. Furious]

I've done some research on this, so I think this may be normal, but I wanted to see what you guys thought. When ever I'm charging my phone, the main and sub LCDs stay fully lit. Seems like unnesescary ware on the LCDs and I tried almost every option to turn them off. Do you guys have any input on this?

It's not uncommon. The Samsung A920 does that. It doesn't seem to cause any issues.

[PolishZX]

It's not uncommon. The Samsung A920 does that. It doesn't seem to cause any issues.

Thats what I figured after I found many other posts on forums for other phones that did this. Just wanted to verify with people using the same phone as I. :cool:

[deusbmx247]

ok so i'm not the only one that has the dim but still lit outer lcd :rolleyes: but still i wish there was a way to turn it off. also you may notice when its charging that the inside lcd is on and its white. but anyway its a great phone and coming from a sanyo 9k i would know :cool:

[ScrapMaker]

that's a neat trick manufacturers do to 1) annoy you when you sleep (I also hate the blinking service LED,) and 2) to wear out your display in a few years, just in case you aren't a phone-whore and already bought a new one....


pure genius!

[PolishZX]

ok so i'm not the only one that has the dim but still lit outer lcd :rolleyes: but still i wish there was a way to turn it off. also you may notice when its charging that the inside lcd is on and its white. but anyway its a great phone and coming from a sanyo 9k i would know :cool:

What I gathered from my research was that the interior LCD and exterior LCD are lit from the same lightsource. Since the outer LCD is on, the interior LCD is still lit but just blank. Still seems a bit unnesescary but ah well, love the phone. :)

[ScrapMaker]

What I gathered from my research was that the interior LCD and exterior LCD are lit from the same lightsource. Since the outer LCD is on, the interior LCD is still lit but just blank. Still seems a bit unnesescary but ah well, love the phone. :)


yup, most new phones do this now...

[eppitek]

can someone check if the alarm clock goes off if the phone is on vibrate and plugged in

[ScrapMaker]

can someone check if the alarm clock goes off if the phone is on vibrate and plugged in


I doubt it would... if it's not even going to ring... which is WAY more important..

[landale]

can someone check if the alarm clock goes off if the phone is on vibrate and plugged in

It doesn't make a noise for the alarm clock either when the phone is on vibrate and plugged in. Just checked.

[Ronkh]

only "bug" i've noticed so far........ is that you have to turn the auto focus off each time you use the camera. it doesn't stay turned off.

[ndnguy85]

It doesn't make a noise for the alarm clock either when the phone is on vibrate and plugged in. Just checked.

the alarm does works under "ringer off, always vibrate" but not under "vibrate all" when plugged in.

[Felecity]

I have noticed this on mine, which kind of bothers me.

I have been VERY gentle with my phone. But, I have noticed that the batteries paint seems to be "scratched" easily. There is not a mark on my phone other than on the battery, and as stated before, I am VERY careful with my unit. Anyone else notice this?
I have done everything, short of placing it in a bubble, to not place it hard on a table, I always place it on papers, its still scratched WAY too easy to be so early (I'm on day three)

[landale]

While not a bug I have noticed that the external lcd doesn't display if the phone is set to ring at vibrate or silent. Considering how big the screen is you'd think they would have room for it. I believe even the tiny screen on the outside of M610 displays that information.

This certainly isn't a deal breaker just a kinda surprising omission.

[yabo]

Here's my pet peeve... When connected to BT headphones in media player, I couldnt' seem to minimize the player. Maybe it was due to the fact that I selected "use bluetooth" instead of syncing it then opening the player. Dont' know if that makes a difference, but I'll experiment more later. Anyone else find a workaround for this?

OH!! and NO dedicated web button is annoying, but, hey, most every key is programmable, so, I just have to reacclamate to the phone, since it's a different setup from the last 4 sanyos or so I've had. Annoyance at best on that one.

[ScrapMaker]

only "bug" i've noticed so far........ is that you have to turn the auto focus off each time you use the camera. it doesn't stay turned off.

Does it take a while to focus or something? I don't see why you'd want to take it off...

[VibrantRedGT]

When playing music and you hit the list button when the flip is closed it doesn't work. Can someone check theirs?

[klmsu19]

my list button brings up the song list with flip closed nd music playing. Did it all with the flip closed, pressed teh center button bringing up the menu hit media player then media listing and selected the song. The center button acts liek the select, up and down go up and down, and the left button or rewind backs you out of menus or exits the media playing. Can do everything without opening the phone which is sweet

[YPG]

I know this probably doesn't matter to anyone else but I can't get My RL service to update or enable or whatever.
I need this because I am lazy and save all My numbers in My RL phonebook so they will transfer over without Me having to enter them by hand.

[VibrantRedGT]

I have my music saved internally. with the flip closed there is no option to launch the music where i have it saved. it does bring up the sprint store, media player and playlists. i want to hit list with the phone closed and my music launches.

[Mr. Furious]

When you press the call button on the right side to use automatic speech recognition, it sounds like it plays on the speaker rather than the earpiece, and it's honking loud. I didn't see a setting to make it use the earpiece. If it has to go through the speaker, I think I'll have to resort to recording voice tags.

There should really be a way to choose what happens when you hold down the talk key - ASR or voice tags.

[viperboy]

so can you minimize the media player while listening to music via bluetooth headphones?

[jes]

Not a bug with the phone, but I've been having PV profile update issues. I just spoke to advanced tech support who walked me through provisioning from scratch. Not all bad, as I now have my MSL :clap: 15 minutes longer and I'll see if it was successful. My phone was activated/provisioned at the warehouse, so tech support assumes they jacked something up.

I also cannot get into the music store. I get a password screen first thing even though I have never used/setup the account on this phone. None of the defaults work - last 4 SS#, last 4 phone #, 0000, etc. Also, when I request the website to text the password to me, I get an invalid phone # error message. Trouble ticket opened with engineering for that one.
Update: I've learned that once you get a couple of layers deep in Sprint tech support and engineering, they actually know what they're talking about and get the job done. I received my call back today as promised. Learned everything about MSL's, ##'s, and various # combinations than I ever thought I needed to know :) But at the end of the day, my music store works, power vision updates profile, and OTA software update now works. Thank you Sprint engineering and why can't they all be as knowledgeable as you???

[Ronkh]

I have my music saved internally. with the flip closed there is no option to launch the music where i have it saved. it does bring up the sprint store, media player and playlists. i want to hit list with the phone closed and my music launches.


Switch it to the media folder instead of the music folder. Then you can launch and control from the controls on front

[w7excursion]

Kind of scanned through the thread and didn't see this mentioned. Those of us that couldn't turn off the timeout option on our 9k's, it seems there is an option to increase the timeout limit. I do not watch streaming video much anymore so I have not tested it out. It is in the data menu and you need your msl code of course. Im lovin the videos playin on the external screen! :clap:

[Ronkh]

Does it take a while to focus or something? I don't see why you'd want to take it off...


Point it, clik it, it focuses in less than a second, then you need to clik again and it takes the shot

[ScrapMaker]

Point it, clik it, it focuses in less than a second, then you need to clik again and it takes the shot


I miss the good-old days where cell phones took INSTANT pictures... like my 5500...

sigh...

[tbakergobuck]

I miss the good-old days where cell phones took INSTANT pictures... like my 5500...

sigh...Oh my god will you ever get over your dam 5500. :lol: j/k Were talking a second difference. If you turn off the auto focus then it takes the picture instantly. Also you can take VGA multiple shots 3,6,9 which is pretty dam fast. I can understand complaining about the 940 or the 800 shutter speed but not the M1.

[VibrantRedGT]

Switch it to the media folder instead of the music folder. Then you can launch and control from the controls on front

Cool, you can move stuff into different folders right from the phone. So I did what you said and still a no go. Media and Playlists come up but nothing in the folders. If I go to those folders manually the music is there. Weird.

[oynas]

Vibrate only mode is just below ringer off in the sound menu, for some reason they changed the order.

The M1 does not ring when set to vibrate only it's one of the known bugs the phone has (it stays silent when a call comes in). So in order to have the phone ring while charging you will have to set it to a ringer until they update the firmware to fix this.

Please feel free to report this problem to Sprint technical services. I have already reported it but the more people that mention it to them the more likely it gets fixed in the next firmware update.

I've just thought of a great solution for this problem (to avoid missing calls). Get yourself a bluetooth wristwatch, which will alert you when a call comes in even though the M1 is sitting on your desk plugged into the charger. Well, I'm not sure if there is actually a bluetooth watch out there yet that would be compatible with the M1, but it would be a terrific justification for investing a bluetooth watch. It would also blow people away when you mysteriously walk up to answer your phone without it ringing. Maybe I'm thinking to hard about this..... ;)

....I'm sure Fossil must be working on this as we speak. :clap:

[Deval]

meh...the camera blows away the 5500...I can personally deal with that delay

[psychedelicbeat]

Cool, you can move stuff into different folders right from the phone. So I did what you said and still a no go. Media and Playlists come up but nothing in the folders. If I go to those folders manually the music is there. Weird.

it was confusing for me at first as well. when you move from the phone, make sure you do not go IN the MEDIA folder. just select it, and assign it to move. otherwise, if you actually go in the MEDIA folder you will be moving it in the PLAYLIST folder shown on that screen. it's not exactly like windows where u are in a folder and it drops it in there. u highlight the folder and move it

[psychedelicbeat]

my phone is running on vision speeds... not power vision speeds.. anyone else having this issue?

or actually, the icon shows it as normal vision.

it's hard for me to tell whether or not i am actually using power vision without a bandwidth meter... =\
yes, i am well within the power vision area.

but still, a bug.

[jes]

my phone is running on vision speeds... not power vision speeds.. anyone else having this issue?

or actually, the icon shows it as normal vision.

it's hard for me to tell whether or not i am actually using power vision without a bandwidth meter... =\
yes, i am well within the power vision area.

but still, a bug.I was having that problem when my vision profile was not provisioned properly. Go to menu > settings > power vision > update profile and make sure you don't get a 1012 error.

[psychedelicbeat]

I was having that problem when my vision profile was not provisioned properly. Go to menu > settings > power vision > update profile and make sure you don't get a 1012 error.


i've done this about three times this past hour.. no dice

[coojoe1000]

my phone is running on vision speeds... not power vision speeds.. anyone else having this issue?

or actually, the icon shows it as normal vision.

it's hard for me to tell whether or not i am actually using power vision without a bandwidth meter... =\
yes, i am well within the power vision area.

but still, a bug.

try this...


Here's a couple ##3282# settings to do on your shiny new M1...

Enter ##3282# scroll to "advanced" click "ok" at this point enter you MSL #
(just call *2 and ask cs for the MSL# they'll hook you up)

Inside the advanced area scroll to "DDTM Mode" inside the DDTM Mode scroll to "voice pri" if you would like voice to take priority over Data (this way if you are watching tv and you get a call it will interrupt your regularly scheduled program

after you choose your setting and while still in the advanced mode scroll to "Hybrid Mode" Here you can choose between locking your phone in EVDO, 1x, or a hybrid(mixture of 1x and evdo.) I have noticed that since switching to EVDO I have not been going back and forth like I was all day today. I never leave the highspeed evdo and therefore never have to reset my orb or sprint tv due to it stepping over to 1x. I found once it goes to 1x the only way to get it back to EVDO is to back out and reload. No more since I found this little fix.

Please do all these settings at your own risk as I have been playing with these kinds of phones for a long time.

Also under multimedia in the ##3282# menu be sure to change the timeout to 99 so you won't have to keep touchin buttons to watch tv!!

[deusbmx247]

ok beware when updating your prl :irked: now i dont have evdo because it gave me a regular vision prl

[iBLoSTBoY]

Cool, you can move stuff into different folders right from the phone. So I did what you said and still a no go. Media and Playlists come up but nothing in the folders. If I go to those folders manually the music is there. Weird.

Since you know how to move files within the phone it should be easy, after choosing MOVE on the files you want too, then go to Media Player->Media Listing as the destination. Works on my phone....I can get to the Music i've saved in MEDIA LISTING while the flip is closed.

[jaytv]

I've just thought of a great solution for this problem (to avoid missing calls). Get yourself a bluetooth wristwatch, which will alert you when a call comes in even though the M1 is sitting on your desk plugged into the charger. Well, I'm not sure if there is actually a bluetooth watch out there yet that would be compatible with the M1, but it would be a terrific justification for investing a bluetooth watch. It would also blow people away when you mysteriously walk up to answer your phone without it ringing. Maybe I'm thinking to hard about this..... ;)

....I'm sure Fossil must be working on this as we speak. :clap:

Good call...

Fossil drops three more Bluetooth Watches (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/28/fossil-drops-three-more-bluetooth-watches/)

I like the one on the left...

I have waited for the initial frenzy to die out before I said this, but;

Did I call it on this phone months ago, or what? I don't think there has ever been a CDMA phone with this feature set, or even similar to the unique features it has. This is a definite "Read The Manual" phone. It sure was fun to test.

My final "thank you" model should be here tomorrow or Monday, and I will enjoy playing with the final hardware.

[VibrantRedGT]

Since you know how to move files within the phone it should be easy, after choosing MOVE on the files you want too, then go to Media Player->Media Listing as the destination. Works on my phone....I can get to the Music i've saved in MEDIA LISTING while the flip is closed.

There is no option to put it in Media Listing. In the File Manager I can move the music to just those folders (DCIM, MEDIA, MUSIC, VIDEO). Neither of these show up when the flip is closed and press LIST. MEDIA does show up and then PLAYLISTS. If I move the music into PLAYLISTS the folder is empty. This is driving me nuts.

I have a few other music issues.

1. When I play a song and it finishes the next song doesn't play, it automatically exits out off everything.

2. With the flip open and playing music. When I press the UP or DOWN on the D pad nothing happens. On the 8400 and 9000 when you press those keys you can scroll the music menu and select a song.

Tell me these are just settings issues.

[Deval]

ok...im confused..

ok, you save all your music files in the MEDIA folder? Once they are in there, you can use the UP/DOWN with the flip open to listen to music, and with the flip closed, you can still cycle through the songs

[VibrantRedGT]

ok...im confused..

ok, you save all your music files in the MEDIA folder? Once they are in there, you can use the UP/DOWN with the flip open to listen to music, and with the flip closed, you can still cycle through the songs

With the flip open and playing a song I cannot use the Up/Down keys on the D pad. It doesn't do anything. The right/left keys rewind or fast forward but the up/down don't do a damn thing.

With the flip closed and playing a song when I hit the LIST button it does nothing too. Again the right/left keys rewind or fast forward. The pause and stop button works too.

Then when the song is over it automatically exits out of the media player and that's it. If I want to hear another song I have to go through all the steps again.

[tbakergobuck]

Probably not a fix but do you have keyguard on if so maybe that's the problem? I haven't put any music in my phone yet.

[earthshaker78]

Hi,

I just got my M1 and noticed that when I look into my sms inbox, it lists in 'Date order"....it has a setting to list "unread" sms 1st (which is what i prefer) but I need to set it every time. Is there anyway to make "unread order" default....

Thanks

[ikandi]

here is a bug for ya, I was playing music and at the same time I was trying to send a file to phone from my pc, and instead of the media player interrupting I get this message the file transfer was not successful this bluetooth device cannot proccess files of this type

[ikandi]

ok this sucks but sadly you cannot send contacts all at once through bt, maybe it's a bug or something because there are two options select and all but only the first contact is sent

[tallonjf]

try this...


Here's a couple ##3282# settings to do on your shiny new M1...

Enter ##3282# scroll to "advanced" click "ok" at this point enter you MSL #
(just call *2 and ask cs for the MSL# they'll hook you up)




I tried this but it doesn't let me actually select the EVDO mode. It is locked in 1X. Yes, I'm in the edit and not just the view portion. When I highlight the EVDO and hit ok it makes the noise like it was an invalid selection. It doesn't make that noise when I hit 1X. Only for hybrid/evdo. Any ideas?

[PhoneMan05]

I'm not sure if this is a glitch or my stupidity here but... the sub-lcd stays on while I'm charging the phone overnight. It's more dim but never goes off. My 9000 used to do that. Anyone have any idea?

And my Power Vision keeps lagging. The PV menu is slow and it takes a little longer for the pages to load than the 9000 used to. I tried updating the Vision Profile and it hasn't changed anything thus far.

Maybe it's just me cuz this phone is amazing! Haha!

[Gourd]

Did I call it on this phone months ago, or what? I don't think there has ever been a CDMA phone with this feature set, or even similar to the unique features it has. This is a definite "Read The Manual" phone. It sure was fun to test.

My final "thank you" model should be here tomorrow or Monday, and I will enjoy playing with the final hardware.

You were absolutely right. Thanks and please always keep us informed!

[YPG]

When I Had My Phone Set To One Beep And My Alarm Set To Go Off This Morning, It Did Not.

[landale]

When I Had My Phone Set To One Beep And My Alarm Set To Go Off This Morning, It Did Not.

I assume this was while the phone was charging?

What's funny is that when you have it set to ringer off and it's charging the phone will ring, just not when it's on vibrate.

[ikandi]

When I Had My Phone Set To One Beep And My Alarm Set To Go Off This Morning, It Did Not.it goes off but it doesn't play any ringtone set, only a beep:lol:

[Deval]

ok this sucks but sadly you cannot send contacts all at once through bt, maybe it's a bug or something because there are two options select and all but only the first contact is sent

yeah you can...I did...all of them do get sent

[ikandi]

yeah you can...I did...all of them do get senthow, because when I go to contacts-options-send contact i choose all but only the first contact is sent:irked:

[ikandi]

yeah you can...I did...all of them do get sentI figured it out, i'm not even going to say what I was doing wrong you'll just laugh at me

[PhoneFreak]

Anyone having a problem updating their M1 ?
When I try to do the update, it doesn't update, it goes to another screen asking me if I want to see the reminder when I turn my phone "Yes" or "No". When I hit either it goes back to the Home screen without updating...Any ideas ?

Also how do you toggle from the camera's widescreen mode while viewing a picture your going to take. When I close the phone and use the external screen as a view finder it has black boxes on the left and right ???? I've tried everything. I thought someone said you could do this ?

[klmsu19]

yeh idlove to know what the firmware differences are, officially....

Found a little bug today too, when you have your display baclight set to always on, it resets to 8 secs. when you power the phone off and back on

[NONAME]

I figured it out, i'm not even going to say what I was doing wrong you'll just laugh at me ikandi,Please do tell.... :p

[Deval]

I figured it out, i'm not even going to say what I was doing wrong you'll just laugh at me

:hug: me <3 you :D

[PolishZX]

I'm not sure if this is a glitch or my stupidity here but... the sub-lcd stays on while I'm charging the phone overnight. It's more dim but never goes off. My 9000 used to do that. Anyone have any idea?

And my Power Vision keeps lagging. The PV menu is slow and it takes a little longer for the pages to load than the 9000 used to. I tried updating the Vision Profile and it hasn't changed anything thus far.

Maybe it's just me cuz this phone is amazing! Haha!

you're not alone. :) Check between posts 61 and 66 in this thread. It's normal.

[hawaiiguy]

I searched the forums to make sure its not a double post... Does anyone else out there have this problem???

On occasion, my m1's screen which shows the SPRINTPCS, and time/date, etc..and the polar bear cruising around, will go blank, with just the sprint background and the polar bear doing his thing. The time and date is gone. And when you try dial a number or access settings, the phone will not show anything. Its as if the screen is locked in an IDLE mode. I can hear the buttons being pressed but nothing will show up on the screen. Just the brown and yellow Sprint logo floating and the polar bear doin his thing....I then have to power off and on the phone and then the phone is back to normal...well...until it locks up again..

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THERE WITH THIS ISSUE???

thanks and aloha everyone!!

[PhoneMan05]

you're not alone. :) Check between posts 61 and 66 in this thread. It's normal.

Thanks buddy! It's good to know I'm not alone on this. I started thinking I was turning into a phone idiot cuz I couldn't figure out how to turn them off. :lol:

[Dissolved]

the first poster should edit his posts with a small summery of all the issues, so people dont have to read 9 pages of posts.

Does anyone else think there phone is dark sparkle blue? when you put a lightsource close to the paint it looks blue to me.

[PolishZX]

the first poster should edit his posts with a small summery of all the issues, so people dont have to read 9 pages of posts.

Does anyone else think there phone is dark sparkle blue? when you put a lightsource close to the paint it looks blue to me.

I would agree, but you have to look REALLY closely. It could maybe technically be "Dark sparkle blue", but it's a black phone. :)

[deusbmx247]

sprint music store will play my m4a files but the media player wont :(

[mobilepreacher]

This phone is by far the best sprint phone I have owned yet. It has all the features that I have liked in other phones, plus the nice sanyo extras (like flashlight, etc.) that I love. No huge bugs (unlikey the crappy A900). Great job Sanyo!

[Scythe]

I cant figure out how to play songs I have downloaded from the store, media player cant see them, and the file manager has a question mark by them.

[jes]

I cant figure out how to play songs I have downloaded from the store, media player cant see them, and the file manager has a question mark by them.
You play them in the music store application. When you launch the music store, there are two tabs - store & player. Switch to the player tab and your songs will be there.

[scott_walker]

I searched the forums to make sure its not a double post... Does anyone else out there have this problem???

On occasion, my m1's screen which shows the SPRINTPCS, and time/date, etc..and the polar bear cruising around, will go blank, with just the sprint background and the polar bear doing his thing. The time and date is gone. And when you try dial a number or access settings, the phone will not show anything. Its as if the screen is locked in an IDLE mode. I can hear the buttons being pressed but nothing will show up on the screen. Just the brown and yellow Sprint logo floating and the polar bear doin his thing....I then have to power off and on the phone and then the phone is back to normal...well...until it locks up again..

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THERE WITH THIS ISSUE???

thanks and aloha everyone!!

oh boy.
this is a bad one. :mad:

[jes]

oh boy.
this is a bad one. :mad:
Fortunately, no one else has reported it...yet

[Scythe]

You play them in the music store application. When you launch the music store, there are two tabs - store & player. Switch to the player tab and your songs will be there.

Then that makes it totally not worth it to pay 2-5 bucks per song if I can't even use the external buttons to play the music.

[Deval]

thats why i load mine with personal music...works great, even for videos

[Dissolved]

thats why i load mine with personal music...works great, even for videos


does it show full screen videos?

[Deval]

yeah

[Scythe]

Then that makes it totally not worth it to pay 2-5 bucks per song if I can't even use the external buttons to play the music.

nm, I'm either an idiot...or the option really wasn't there before, but now I can get to it form the external buttons.

thats why i load mine with personal music...works great, even for videos

What kind of videos can you upload? I tried an MPEG, and it didn't work. Also, is there any possible way to install a divx codec? It be bad ass to be able to watch full divx movies on it.

[Deval]

look in the FAQ...there is a tutorial I wrote on how to convert your mpeg/divx movies to .3gp for playback on the phone...works great...i got a season of family guy on my m1

[Scythe]

sweet, mind, if I PM you some more question I have on that...so we don't get the thread off track?

[Deval]

k shoot

[VibrantRedGT]

I still can't figure out why I can't use the external buttons to play music that's in the phone.

[landale]

This thread really needs a list up at the top of bug, issues and nitpicks reported. Here are the ones I have encountered over the last week:

1. When charging and set to vibrate only the phone doesn't ring.
2. External screen doesn't display ring setting, like if it's on vibrate, no ring, one beep like virtually all other phones
3. Fonts are not of consistent size when using the web browser
4. Backlights for both screens don't turn off fully until the whole screen is turned off, they just dim after a certain period. (I know this is a big deal to people that like to keep the external screen on but don't want to kill the battery leaving the backlight on)
5. Headphone jack for 2.5mm to 3.5mm needs to be in "just right" otherwise you get distortion or weark while listening to music. (not sure if this is the phone or the adapter)
6. When I receive a text message with a link in it I can't go to that link right from the message. I need to close out the message and then view it in the inbox, this will the resize the message and allow me to click on the link.

Overall I still love the phone. In many ways the phone is overkill for my needs and if I could have gotten a Katana with power vision and a better keypad I probably would have gone with it. I love the size and style of the M500 but I am wary of Samsung phones given my previous experience with their quality and signal strength compared to Sanyo's. Hopefully most of these bugs and issues can be addressed but I am definitely 90% sure I am keeping this phone.

[bigbad614]

This thread really needs a list up at the top of bug, issues and nitpicks reported. Here are the ones I have encountered over the last week:

1. When charging and set to vibrate only the phone doesn't ring.
2. External screen doesn't display ring setting, like if it's on vibrate, no ring, one beep like virtually all other phones
3. Fonts are not of consistent size when using the web browser
4. Backlights for both screens don't turn off fully until the whole screen is turned off, they just dim after a certain period. (I know this is a big deal to people that like to keep the external screen on but don't want to kill the battery leaving the backlight on)
5. Headphone jack for 2.5mm to 3.5mm needs to be in "just right" otherwise you get distortion or weark while listening to music. (not sure if this is the phone or the adapter)
6. When I receive a text message with a link in it I can't go to that link right from the message. I need to close out the message and then view it in the inbox, this will the resize the message and allow me to click on the link.

Overall I still love the phone. In many ways the phone is overkill for my needs and if I could have gotten a Katana with power vision and a better keypad I probably would have gone with it. I love the size and style of the M500 but I am wary of Samsung phones given my previous experience with their quality and signal strength compared to Sanyo's. Hopefully most of these bugs and issues can be addressed but I am definitely 90% sure I am keeping this phone.

#6 When you get the message press -->options-->go-->choose the link you want in the message.

[ScrapMaker]

#6 When you get the message press -->options-->go-->choose the link you want in the message.

fusic you have to hit options>go as well it's just not typical of sanyo to require this

[landale]

fusic you have to hit options>go as well it's just not typical of sanyo to require this

Exactly. I don't understand why the messages can be pulled up perfectly in the text inbox with the link enabled and the custom font size but you can't get them load up that way when you first receive them. I know this isn't specific to just this phone but it's something I just don't understand.

[bigbad614]

Exactly. I don't understand why the messages can be pulled up perfectly in the text inbox with the link enabled and the custom font size but you can't get them load up that way when you first receive them. I know this isn't specific to just this phone but it's something I just don't understand.

What I'm saying is, you CAN use the link when you first recieve it. Using the instructions above.

[landale]

What I'm saying is, you CAN use the link when you first recieve it. Using the instructions above.

Yes and I am thankful for the tip, it will come in handy. I was only saying that it seems strange that the messages load up with the correct font size and links enabled when viewing in the text inbox but they load up totally different when you first receive them.

[Sevendust]

A couple of thoughts on the bugs you've listed.

2. External screen doesn't display ring setting, like if it's on vibrate, no ring, one beep like virtually all other phones (http:///#)
This one surprises me too. Almost seems like an oversight as this seems trivial to implement in the phone.

4. Backlights for both screens don't turn off fully until the whole screen is turned off, they just dim after a certain period. (I know this is a big deal to people that like to keep the external screen on but don't want to kill the battery leaving the backlight on)
I assume you mean when it's plugged in.

5. Headphone jack (http:///#) for 2.5mm to 3.5mm needs to be in "just right" otherwise you get distortion or weark while listening to music. (not sure if this is the phone or the adapter)
I haven't seen this one at all. Maybe you have a bad headphone jack?

[landale]

A couple of thoughts on the bugs you've listed.


This one surprises me too. Almost seems like an oversight as this seems trivial to implement in the phone.

I assume you mean when it's plugged in.


I haven't seen this one at all. Maybe you have a bad headphone jack?


Even when the phone isn't plugged in the external screen is still partially backlit when the backlight turns off after 5 seconds. Ideally the backlight would be off however it would still display the information on the screen like time and signal strength. This is how Sanyo phones typically work when the backlight turns off but you have sleep mode off for the external screen.

Maybe I do have a bad jack. The problems is when I push the adapter in all the way. If I pull it out just a little then it works perfectly while still being secure, the only problem is if I accidentally knock in back in then it gets all distorted again. I am going to get a different adapter at radio shack and hope that the adapter is the problem and not the phones jack.

[Sevendust]

Even when the phone (#) isn't plugged in the external screen is still partially backlit when the backlight (#) turns off after 5 seconds. Ideally the backlight would be off however it would still display the information on the screen like time and signal strength. This is how Sanyo phones (#) typically work when the backlight turns off but you have sleep mode off for the external screen.

Yea, I see what you're saying. I guess I'm used to it doing that because my 9000 and my 5600 both did turned the backlight off before the screen went off so this isn't anything new to me. I was wondering if perhaps you meant that it never ever turned off completely which you clarified with your response.

[MsRandall]

Nitpick NO ON DEMAND directory assistance option...why leave that out???? Sanyo site says the m1 has it...sheeesh :indiff:

[iBLoSTBoY]

If I pull it out just a little then it works perfectly while still being secure, the only problem is if I accidentally knock in back in then it gets all distorted again. I am going to get a different adapter at radio shack and hope that the adapter is the problem and not the phones jack.
I Had That Happen Also The First Day I Had The Phone, I Dont Know How It Got Fixed But I Would Rotate The Jack While Its Connected To The Phone Or Rotate It Around With The Jack Out A Bit Of The Headset Input

[viperboy]

another bug is that whatever font size you set for texts, it doen't apply to the texts when they first come in, so if you have it on smallest, they still come in on normal and if you go back into the inbox, then its the font size you set.

[psychedelicbeat]

so can you minimize the media player while listening to music via bluetooth headphones?

apparently, this is not possible, and they NEED to fix this.

[King of Kings]

look in the FAQ...there is a tutorial I wrote on how to convert your mpeg/divx movies to .3gp for playback on the phone...works great...i got a season of family guy on my m1

i followed your direction to convert some videos... now all i need to know is what folder on your phone do you put the converted videos in?

[w7excursion]

i followed your direction to convert some videos... now all i need to know is what folder on your phone do you put the converted videos in?
They go in the media folder.

[Guy]

Maybe I do have a bad jack. The problems is when I push the adapter in all the way. If I pull it out just a little then it works perfectly while still being secure, the only problem is if I accidentally knock in back in then it gets all distorted again. I am going to get a different adapter at radio shack and hope that the adapter is the problem and not the phones jack.

My phone is doing the exact same thing. For the price I don't expect something like this.

[w7excursion]

My phone is doing the exact same thing. For the price I don't expect something like this.
That sucks. I've used the sanyo earphones and a Koss brand with the adapter and mine do not distort. Maybe try the earphones that came with the phone to see if it does with them. Just to try to narrow down the problem.

[Guy]

That sucks. I've used the sanyo earphones and a Koss brand with the adapter and mine do not distort. Maybe try the earphones that came with the phone to see if it does with them. Just to try to narrow down the problem.

I'm sure it's the not the headphones. It's a bad connection between the jack and the adapter. If the adapter is plugged in all the way the sound is distorted. I have to pull it out about a millimeter for the sound to be clear :(

[King of Kings]

They go in the media folder.

sorry... what a dumb question

[w7excursion]

how are they played? do you just go into memory manager and open it?
Menu/Media Player/Media Listing and thats it

[D3R3K]

I'm sure it's the not the headphones. It's a bad connection between the jack and the adapter. If the adapter is plugged in all the way the sound is distorted. I have to pull it out about a millimeter for the sound to be clear

I had to do this with another set of headphones..but not the sanyo ones...the sanyo ones fit all the way in and work great...like i said the other pair i had to pull them out a mil or so to get good stereo sound.

[RaysDarts]

I figured it out, i'm not even going to say what I was doing wrong you'll just laugh at me
What did you do wrong, because I did transfer my dang contacts one at a time over bluetooth from my PPC-6700!! Took a while, but still faster than typing them all in one at a time. What did you do wrong, at first, and I continued to do wrong?! :Popcorn2:

[D3R3K]

What did you do wrong, because I did transfer my dang contacts one at a time over bluetooth from my PPC-6700!! Took a while, but still faster than typing them all in one at a time. What did you do wrong, at first, and I continued to do wrong?!

I did the same .. so I would like to know as well

[YPG]

okay this is serious to Me
when you have the ringer set to beep and set the alarm, the alarm will only go off as a beep instead of full volume and there is no way to change this as far as I know.
on My 7500, it would beep for the ringer but then go off full volume for the alarm.

[D3R3K]

^^ wow thats not so good!!.....I also found out that you can stick the power plug right in the headphone hole..lol..and it still says entering headset mode!!...haha

[YPG]

lol
well when correcting some other major account issue today the rep told Me that the only problems they have reported in the system are something with the media player not minimizing and something about text messgae receipts

don't quote me though, I really wasn't paying attention :)

[Guy]

Ok so I was jumping to conclusions about the headset connection. I didn't have it pushed in all the way. WOW do I feel dumb. All is well and my M1 is now activated. This phone is truly awesome and I'm really happy to be back with Sanyo!! :tu:

[jaytv]

I did the same .. so I would like to know as well

As a temp fix, you can set the phone to auto receive each request from your computer once they are paired. Just hit the options soft key. It takes awhile, but you won't have to sit and approve each contact as it comes through. Try it. It works.

[VibrantRedGT]

I sent many of the issues in this thread to Sanyo in hopes of a software update. I would suggest some of you take the time to do this also in hopes of getting the update quicker.

Here is the link:
http://sanyoservice.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/sanyoservice.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?p_sid=*44tIKoi&p_lva=368&p_sp=&p_li=&p_srch=

[Brocksrex]

I searched the forums to make sure its not a double post... Does anyone else out there have this problem???

On occasion, my m1's screen which shows the SPRINTPCS, and time/date, etc..and the polar bear cruising around, will go blank, with just the sprint background and the polar bear doing his thing. The time and date is gone. And when you try dial a number or access settings, the phone will not show anything. Its as if the screen is locked in an IDLE mode. I can hear the buttons being pressed but nothing will show up on the screen. Just the brown and yellow Sprint logo floating and the polar bear doin his thing....I then have to power off and on the phone and then the phone is back to normal...well...until it locks up again..

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THERE WITH THIS ISSUE???

thanks and aloha everyone!!


have the same issues with mine.
also the bulid quality, the battery isnt tight/flush. its really annoying to me to hold the phone and feel the battery wiggle a little bit.

[Scythe]

My battery is tight.

[D3R3K]

no wiggles for me either

[aftermidnight]

Tighter than a mouse's ear here.

[GallantFox]

Tighter than a mouse's ear here.
Same here.

-GallantFox-

[RaysDarts]

Tighter than a mouse's ear here.
Same here. Try the aforementioned trick of folding a small piece of paper, putting it in under the battery, and then putting the battery on. Makes the battery tighter.

[D3R3K]

does anyones center D-pad feel a bit jiggly or is it just mine...I dont mind the way it feels just wanted to know if they are all like that or not...If you hold the phone up and lightly tap the center of D-pad it slightly ..um..feels loose sorta.

[RaysDarts]

does anyones center D-pad feel a bit jiggly or is it just mine...I dont mind the way it feels just wanted to know if they are all like that or not...If you hold the phone up and lightly tap the center of D-pad it slightly ..um..feels loose sorta.
Can't say mine feels like that. I can see the light glint off the silver edges as it moves ever-so-slightly, but not loose.

[jschu22]

Those that are commenting about the battery "wiggling" probably arent talking about a side to side looseness but probably that the top corner, opposite of the latch, doesnt sit flush against the phone. Does that change anyones reply?

[D3R3K]

no...sorry..still tight all the way around with flush fitment.

[ndnguy85]

I searched the forums to make sure its not a double post... Does anyone else out there have this problem???

On occasion, my m1's screen which shows the SPRINTPCS, and time/date, etc..and the polar bear cruising around, will go blank, with just the sprint background and the polar bear doing his thing. The time and date is gone. And when you try dial a number or access settings, the phone will not show anything. Its as if the screen is locked in an IDLE mode. I can hear the buttons being pressed but nothing will show up on the screen. Just the brown and yellow Sprint logo floating and the polar bear doin his thing....I then have to power off and on the phone and then the phone is back to normal...well...until it locks up again..

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THERE WITH THIS ISSUE???

thanks and aloha everyone!!

ok i have the same issue.

whenever i open the phone it just shows the background. no date. then if i press any of the navigational buttons, the motion background freezes. if i close the phone and open it again...it works.

this is happening once in a while.

my media player has locked up while i was trying to open it couple of times too.

has anyone did the downgrade?

[Deval]

dont do the downgrade

[autoprime]

whats the downgrade change?

why would sprint issue a downgrade?

[Deval]

I think its a leftover from test software loads...what I'm afraid of is...you downgrade, they yank the upgrade for whatever reason, and now you are stuck, since your phone is not on launch software.

[ndnguy85]

no one else is having the freeze ups?

only 3 people so far. ugh.

[Deval]

nope...and I use and abuse my phone...in the last week, I've done over 1600 minutes, and taken a ton of pictures and stuff, and had no lockups.

[ndnguy85]

ah! i started having this after i turned on power save mode. cause it was fine all this time. but yest and today i used power save. hhmm

[jschu22]

Anyone able to find the NFL Network on this thing?

[ScrapMaker]

ok i have the same issue.

whenever i open the phone it just shows the background. no date. then if i press any of the navigational buttons, the motion background freezes. if i close the phone and open it again...it works.

this is happening once in a while.

my media player has locked up while i was trying to open it couple of times too.

has anyone did the downgrade?

My fusic does the same thing on the blank homescreen.... I have the notification options, but no time or anything... just the background...

[ndnguy85]

has anyone noticed that when the phone is plugged in and u open the screen the date and background shows up much faster than compared to being on battery.

how will sanyo find bout all the bugs? are we suppose to report them?

[ScrapMaker]

has anyone noticed that when the phone is plugged in and u open the screen the date and background shows up much faster than compared to being on battery.

how will sanyo find bout all the bugs? are we suppose to report them?

if they beta tested the phone, then they are aware of all the bugs.

they probably had to rush them out for some reason, or it wasn't financially responsible for them to fix them all.

[Brocksrex]

dont do the downgrade
did the downgrade, now i cant upgrade

[ScrapMaker]

did the downgrade, now i cant upgrade

what changes did you notice when you downgraded?

[Guy]

I'm having problems with Picture Mail. I can send pictures but cannot receive them. Anyone else experiencing this on their M1? I'm tempted to "reset picture mail account" from the security menu but I'm not sure if this will wipe out what I have on my online account. Any ideas?

[w7excursion]

I did the downgrade and then the upgrade. It does seem pointless cause i did not notice any changes. I still have the option to do it again but I wont.

[jes]

if they beta tested the phone, then they are aware of all the bugs.

they probably had to rush them out for some reason, or it wasn't financially responsible for them to fix them all.
:lol: No one would ever let Samsung off with that excuse

[Deval]

I'm having problems with Picture Mail. I can send pictures but cannot receive them. Anyone else experiencing this on their M1? I'm tempted to "reset picture mail account" from the security menu but I'm not sure if this will wipe out what I have on my online account. Any ideas?

it wont...

[jschu22]

:lol: No one would ever let Samsung off with that excuse

Wow. Ive had the same idea from time to time but it couldnt have been said any better. BTW- I HAVE an M1 so its not like Im looking to bash Sanyo, just tired of the "Get Out Of Sh** Card" most everyone seems to give them.

[Deval]

like always...every phone has its issues...its up to you to decide if you are happy with it, and not ask strangers if its justified or not

[jaytv]

like always...every phone has its issues...its up to you to decide if you are happy with it, and not ask strangers if its justified or not

Best post of this thread so far.:clap:

[jes]

Wow. Ive had the same idea from time to time but it couldnt have been said any better. BTW- I HAVE an M1 so its not like Im looking to bash Sanyo, just tired of the "Get Out Of Sh** Card" most everyone seems to give them.
Same here, I currently have the M1 and M610 and have tried to give them both a fair shake. I'm sending the M1 back, because it's just not the right phone FOR ME. I'm not looking to bash Sanyo either as my phone history includes 4900, 4920, 5500, 5600, 6200, 7300, 9000, and Katana, in no particular order. The final product just didn't live up to the expectations I had for the M1, as I don't think the physical build of the phone is a good match to the feature set.

[Deval]

Now, Jes, I can respect that, and I can see where that would be your decision, based on your usage of the device...the problem is, others don't see it as such

[jaytv]

Same here, I currently have the M1 and M610 and have tried to give them both a fair shake. I'm sending the M1 back, because it's just not the right phone FOR ME. I'm not looking to bash Sanyo either as my phone history includes 4900, 4920, 5500, 5600, 6200, 7300, 9000, and Katana, in no particular order. The final product just didn't live up to the expectations I had for the M1, as I don't think the physical build of the phone is a good match to the feature set.

Totally understandable...

As for the multiple comments about build and "lightness" with this phone, if you were privy to the information I am about the quality of the plastics and the brilliant simplicity of the main board and controls engineering on this phone, then any such questions would seem silly...suffice it to say, the blue metallic metal flake infused black plastic is a completely new type never seen on a phone before, and this phone will hold up very well. Time will tell, but I know this is true. FWIW.

[Deval]

you know whats funny...people actually find ANY excuse to prove that a phone sucks

[Guy]

the blue metallic metal flake infused black plastic is a completely new type never seen on a phone before, and this phone will hold up very well. Time will tell, but I know this is true. FWIW.


Are you making this up? Please elaborate, I'm interested in what my phone is actually made of :Popcorn2:

[tbakergobuck]

Same here, I currently have the M1 and M610 and have tried to give them both a fair shake. I'm sending the M1 back, because it's just not the right phone FOR ME. I'm not looking to bash Sanyo either as my phone history includes 4900, 4920, 5500, 5600, 6200, 7300, 9000, and Katana, in no particular order. The final product just didn't live up to the expectations I had for the M1, as I don't think the physical build of the phone is a good match to the feature set.So you think a credit card size phone will hold up better then the M1? I don't think so but that's just my oppion. I wonder how long it will take for the 610's hinge to become loose? It only took my A900 a few months but who knows, time will tell. Really if your a phone junkie does it really matter how long a phone will hold up. :scratch:

[Deval]

just a cool shiny plastic? :)

[jes]

So you think a credit card size phone will hold up better then the M1? I don't think so but that's just my oppion. I wonder how long it will take for the 610's hinge to become loose? It only took my A900 a few months but who knows, time will tell. Really if your a phone junkie does it really matter how long a phone will hold up. :scratch:
True, the next one seems to come along every 3 months for me :lol: I never had the hinge issue on my 900, but I'm sure that's directly related to me not opening/closing the phone as much as you. The only truly bad hinge I've had was on a 5500 - it just completely gave out and had a good quarter inch of play in the open position.

[jaytv]

Are you making this up? Please elaborate, I'm interested in what my3. phone is actually made of :Popcorn2:

1. I can't say alot more about the plastic. It's proprietary info.

2. I just got off the phone with Tier 2. There is a nationwide picture mail issue right now since early this afternoon central time. Some will recieve but can't send, or vice versa.

3. Sprint knows about the bluetooth headset media player minimize issue, the can't go the URL without hitting option/go in a text message issue, and one other issue with the text message receipt issue, which is not a phone issue but their SMS servers not supporting receive receipts yet. I was also told the known issues list is the shortest they have had on a new PV phone release all year.

[Deval]

weird...I received a picturemail at 5.30pm EST from someone on Tmo

[pacman9900]

ok common guys lets get serious you guys are complaining about alot of dumb things! Some people complaints, issues and bugs are legit which make since but loose giggly battery and jiggly center peice buttons common guys! now in my opinion I think this phone is the best sanyo phone ever and 1 of the greatest cell phones ever! but!!!!!! no phone is perfect and most of the problems im bout to name Is just a firmware update to being fixed! I say 9.5 outta 10

1.you cannot set 3gp videos as anything anymore! EX.(incoming calls, stand by,searching for service)

2.If a video is fast forwarded to long it freezes!(MAYBE JUST MINE)

3.Cant set anything in your Mass storage folders

4.NOW IF YOU TAKE A PIC AND WANT TO SAVE IT YOU CANT RE-PRESS THE CAMERA BUTTON9LIKE THE mm9000,8400 OR 7500)YOU HAVE TO CLICK SAVE OR IT WILL GET DELETED

5.TELE NAV DOSNT NOT WORK FOR THE M1 whhhyy!!

mY ONLY PROBLEM WITH THE PHONE i CANT FIGURE OUT IS HOW TO TRANSFER SONGS TO THE PHONES MEDIA PLAYER WHICH ALOWS YOU TO TEXT AND SURF THE WEB WILL LISTENING TO MUSIC!! i TRIED EVERYTHING! ITS IN THE MANUAL THAT THE MEDIA PLAYER CAN BE MINIMIZED BUT IM GUESSING THE ONLY WAY TO DO SO IS TO GET YOUR SONGS ADDED TO THE MEDIA PLAYER THAT IS LOCATED FROM THE MAIN MENU....NOW HHHHMMMM WHEN YOU DO MASS STORAGE YOU CAN ONLY MOVE FILES TO YOUR MUSIC STORE FOLDER OR THERE MEDIA FOLDER GGGGGRRRR SOME 1 HAS TO KNOW HOW TO DO IT CAUSE I DONT

PS. I ALSO DID FIRMWARE UPDATE WHICH BRAUGHT ME DOWN TO 0.999 FROM 1.001 AND WHEN i TRY TO GO BACK UP IT JUST GIVES ME A MESSAGE THAT SAYS "YOU WILL COUNTINUE TO SEE THIS MESSAGE EVERYTIME THE PHONE IS POWERED ON. TO UPDATE AT A LATER TIME GO TO TOOLS AND UPDATE PHONE"... WHICH i HAVE DONE ATLEAST 20 TIMES BUT I GET THE SAME MESSAGE! WHEW WAS I RAMBLING lol!

[Deval]

http://kuehnast.com/s9y/uploads/capslock.jpg

[jes]

:lol: I felt like I was being screamed at!

[tbakergobuck]

I just got off the phone with Tier 2. There is a nationwide picture mail issue right now since early this afternoon central time. Some will recieve but can't send, or vice versa.Yea I've not been able to receive a picture mail since this morning. Noname could just a little while ago but can't now. Everyone call Sprint support so that might speed up a fix.

http://sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=120401

[mobilepreacher]

if they beta tested the phone, then they are aware of all the bugs.

they probably had to rush them out for some reason, or it wasn't financially responsible for them to fix them all.

If you put a picture that is the wrong size as screen saver, it will do that blank screen thing. the A900 does the same thing some times.....

[mobilepreacher]

:lol: No one would ever let Samsung off with that excuse

That is because Samsung's bugs are so much greater in number and more intense in functional severity. My a900 (and I had four different ones) really sucked. Most unreliable phone I ever had. Had some cool features, but they only worked half the time. Hated that phone. So glad to be back with a Sanyo

[jes]

the A900 does the same thing some times.....
:evil: I'm shivering with nightmares remembering all the picture mismatch problems the 900 had when it came out...

[pacman9900]

Sorry about the text guys im so used to using opera mini that I never reduse my font size! LOL my bad by the way who thinks the M1 is better than the M610?? I know im not the only soul! and I played with both and made my decision

[pacman9900]

Yea I've not been able to receive a picture mail since this morning. Noname could just a little while ago but can't now. Everyone call Sprint support so that might speed up a fix.

http://sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=120401



your avatar is sweet can you tell me what program you used to make it cause I got some sweet ideas for my M1 plus to my eyes it looks larger than 96x96 hhhmmm

[D3R3K]

your avatar is sweet can you tell me what program you used to make it cause I got some sweet ideas for my M1 plus to my eyes it looks larger than 96x96 hhhmmm

Probably photoshop...and for the bigger avatars...you must buy them with su$

[jes]

Sorry about the text guys im so used to using opera mini that I never reduse my font size! LOL my bad by the way who thinks the M1 is better than the M610?? I know im not the only soul! and I played with both and made my decision
I'll be honest, we can go round-and-round over the differences of the two, but at the end of the day they are just two different animals. One is a multimedia powerhouse, the other is sleek, thin, and polished. Both are good on their own merits; it just comes down to what your priorities and uses for the phone will be.

[D3R3K]

and my choice is the multimedia powerhouse....and aside from that I love the way my M1 looks!!

[ndnguy85]

is someone keeping track of all the bugs?

[PhoneFreak]

Same here, I currently have the M1 and M610 and have tried to give them both a fair shake. I'm sending the M1 back, because it's just not the right phone FOR ME. I'm not looking to bash Sanyo either as my phone history includes 4900, 4920, 5500, 5600, 6200, 7300, 9000, and Katana, in no particular order. The final product just didn't live up to the expectations I had for the M1, as I don't think the physical build of the phone is a good match to the feature set.


I hear ya. I went back to my KRZR. Lag, bugs, and all (I guess I'm shallow) It's not A900 bad though. That phone annoyed the he** out of me. :frustrate
The size of the M1 got to me after being use to small/thin phones like the Sanyo 6200 (loved it), Startacs, Timeports with the thin battery, A900, Katana, and KRZR. I'm really :fingers: for an update soon. I'll be in Tarrytown, NY for the next 2 days at the Motorola Road Show for Motorola Service Shops and Resellers showing all next years communications equipment. I'm gonna see who I can talk to and get some answers.....

[Guy]

Yea I've not been able to receive a picture mail since this morning. Noname could just a little while ago but can't now. Everyone call Sprint support so that might speed up a fix.

http://sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=120401

Pic mail is now back and working for me!! :)

[hawaiiguy]

ok i have the same issue.

whenever i open the phone it just shows the background. no date. then if i press any of the navigational buttons, the motion background freezes. if i close the phone and open it again...it works.

this is happening once in a while.

my media player has locked up while i was trying to open it couple of times too.

has anyone did the downgrade?
I am glad that is not just me that is experiencing the same screen saver problem... I think one issue with this is when the phone is in POWER SAVE mode. Try not using powersave mode...and or change the screen saver. I turned my off so that there is a plainer black background on FULL power. No screen freezing so far.

let me know if this MAY help??? thanks again everyone...

Also...did anyone notice that when you use the powervison site such as ESPN, unlike previous Sanyo's (9000, 5500..), when you close the browser, and then when you try and open the browser up again...the phone goes to the main menu instead of the previous viewed site.. This seems to be common with the Samsungs...but the Sanyo's would keep the cache active for a few minutes or until you reset the browser....

ALOHA EVERYONE

[asiarn94]

okay this is serious to Me
when you have the ringer set to beep and set the alarm, the alarm will only go off as a beep instead of full volume and there is no way to change this as far as I know.
on My 7500, it would beep for the ringer but then go off full volume for the alarm.

Don't know if it was answered yet, but you can set the calendar/alarm to use a seperate ringer under the settings menu. My gripe is that I love the phone but wish I could change the background color as with the older Sanyos!!

[scott_walker]

Don't know if it was answered yet, but you can set the calendar/alarm to use a seperate ringer under the settings menu. My gripe is that I love the phone but wish I could change the background color as with the older Sanyos!!

You can't change the background color?? Are you serious? Are you saying they've totally gotten rid of the Background setting altogether and only have Screensaver? Is this for real? Even for the sub/external screen? This is unexpected.

Though I do occassionaly put a screensaver on the external screen I prefer to simply use a background/color there. I prefer it this way because if I only have a background on the sub/external screen then any upcoming calendar appointments will be listed on the sub screen and I think this is handy.

[tbakergobuck]

your avatar is sweet can you tell me what program you used to make it cause I got some sweet ideas for my M1 plus to my eyes it looks larger than 96x96 hhhmmmCal made it for me in the avatar section. Just request one. Sometime it might take a little time but it's worth the wait.
Pic mail is now back and working for me!! :)Yep I got 15 pictures in a row from yesterday. lol
You can't change the background color?? Are you serious? Are you saying they've totally gotten rid of the Background setting altogether and only have Screensaver? Is this for real? Even for the sub/external screen? This is unexpected.

Though I do occassionaly put a screensaver on the external screen I prefer to simply use a background/color there. I prefer it this way because if I only have a background on the sub/external screen then any upcoming calendar appointments will be listed on the sub screen and I think this is handy.It might be a big deal to some but couldn't you just make your own color background and use it as a screessaver? The sub display is pretty big and sharp so I have a picture on it and the main display. What I want is the slideshow screensaver that the Fusic has. :(

[scott_walker]

Cal made it for me in the avatar section. Just request one. Sometime it might take a little time but it's worth the wait.
Yep I got 15 pictures in a row from yesterday. lol
It might be a big deal to some but couldn't you just make your own color background and use it as a screessaver? The sub display is pretty big and sharp so I have a picture on it and the main display. What I want is the slideshow screensaver that the Fusic has. :(

Yes I could just make a color background and use it as a screensaver...however on the 8400 (and on my previous 8200)...anytime you selected a screensaver for the sub lcd it stopped any calendar data from appearing on the external display. On the 8200 the MyBuddy would also appear on the external display as long as you weren't displaying a screensaver instead of just a background. ....the buddy doesn't appear at all on the external of the 8400 anymore...don't know about the M1.

So I guess my big question is... Does upcoming calendar appointments appear on the external screen of the M1 ever?

[scott_walker]

What I want is the slideshow screensaver that the Fusic has. :(


Where in the Fusic do you go to turn/build a slideshow screensaver? In Albums??

[tbakergobuck]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/4.0 (MobilePhone SCP-M1/US/1.0) NetFront/3.3 MMP/2.0)

What I want is the slideshow screensaver that the Fusic has. :(


Where in the Fusic do you go to turn/build a slideshow screensaver? In Albums??

I think it's in the display options. Sold my fusic so not sure.

[angeleyes4458]

i HAVE A QUESTION. i AM GOING TO BE NOSEY. HOW DID YOU GET SUCH A GOOD PHONE PLAN FROM SPRINT. I HAVE BEEN WITH THEM FOR FOUR YEARS. DO YOU CALL AND ASK THEM FOR THE FREE VISION. THANKS CHERYL

[SlickShoes]

I just had to come in here and laugh at all you Sanyo fanboys, when any of the Samsung phones launch, who said that Sanyo's never have any problems or bugs...okay back to your regularly scheduled thread.... :Popcorn2:

[pmb333]

i HAVE A QUESTION. i AM GOING TO BE NOSEY. HOW DID YOU GET SUCH A GOOD PHONE PLAN FROM SPRINT. I HAVE BEEN WITH THEM FOR FOUR YEARS. DO YOU CALL AND ASK THEM FOR THE FREE VISION. THANKS CHERYL

ecare, with mixed case. ;)

[angeleyes4458]

ecare, with mixed case. ;)

whats that, i have no clue. i still have 1000 minutes free nights weekends starting at 8.00 and free phone to phone and all the call home free for 40.00 i guess i shouldnt grip hun, thanks but the ecare you got me cheryl ;)

[ndnguy85]

I just had to come in here and laugh at all you Sanyo fanboys, when any of the Samsung phones launch, who said that Sanyo's never have any problems or bugs...okay back to your regularly scheduled thread.... :Popcorn2:

do you have a high resolution pic of that girl in ur avatar? i want it as my wallpaper. :)

[ndnguy85]

I am glad that is not just me that is experiencing the same screen saver problem... I think one issue with this is when the phone is in POWER SAVE mode. Try not using powersave mode...and or change the screen saver. I turned my off so that there is a plainer black background on FULL power. No screen freezing so far.

let me know if this MAY help??? thanks again everyone...

Also...did anyone notice that when you use the powervison site such as ESPN, unlike previous Sanyo's (9000, 5500..), when you close the browser, and then when you try and open the browser up again...the phone goes to the main menu instead of the previous viewed site.. This seems to be common with the Samsungs...but the Sanyo's would keep the cache active for a few minutes or until you reset the browser....

ALOHA EVERYONE

ya i figured out it was due to the power saving mode. cause i didnt have the problem the first 4 days when i had the phone but sat and sun i turned on the power saving and i was getting freeze ups.

about the browser..

go to menu in the browser
then press 0 for more
then 5 for preferences
then 3 for launch page
pick "last page" instead of home page.

that should do the trick.

[hawaiiguy]

ya i figured out it was due to the power saving mode. cause i didnt have the problem the first 4 days when i had the phone but sat and sun i turned on the power saving and i was getting freeze ups.

about the browser..

go to menu in the browser
then press 0 for more
then 5 for preferences
then 3 for launch page
pick "last page" instead of home page.

that should do the trick.
Hey NDNGUY85....

Thanks for the heads up on the browser....works great now....I never knew of that option....

ALOHA

[SkylineGuy01]

Just did a test and plugged charger into the phone and put it on vib, it it did not vib or ring, but then I put it on vol. 7 and the phone rang while in the charger.

If you want to listen to music while you sleep and you use your phone as an alarm clock all you need to do is put the media play in minimize mode and the alarm will go off.

I noticed while playing sirius hits 1 channel, the alarm will not go off and they put the time on there, but it is no where to be found when you use the media player. These are 2 bugs that should be fixed, atleast I think so.

[hawaiiguy]

Hey NDNGUY85....

Thanks for the heads up on the browser....works great now....I never knew of that option....

ALOHA

[w7excursion]

do you have a high resolution pic of that girl in ur avatar? i want it as my wallpaper. :)
lol thats Carmen Electra and Laursifer has it on her site if you want it for your phone.

[VibrantRedGT]

I just had to come in here and laugh at all you Sanyo fanboys, when any of the Samsung phones launch, who said that Sanyo's never have any problems or bugs...okay back to your regularly scheduled thread.... :Popcorn2:

Your charger just called. Says he loves your A900 battery. Keeps him very busy.

Beat it Skippy!

[SlickShoes]

:boohoo: :Popcorn2:

[mobilepreacher]

Add this as another bug. When the phone is on vibrate mode and placed on a charger it neither rings or vibrates, it just goes silent when a call comes in. All previous Sanyo phones in the last few years switch to a ringer in this situation so I assume that's what it should do.

Mine alarm works fine when I leave it on vibrate and plug it in. Just go into the settings, sounds, volume, advanced ringer, and then set the alarm to the level you want. It will work fine when pluged in, although it wont vibrate., that is by design.

[mobilepreacher]

if its on vibrate and charging, it will be on level 1 w/o vibrate


it will not vibrate while charging.

Mine alarm works fine when I leave it on vibrate and plug it in. Just go into the settings, sounds, volume, advanced ringer, and then set the alarm to the level you want. It will work fine when pluged in, although it wont vibrate., that is by design.

[VibrantRedGT]

Mine alarm works fine when I leave it on vibrate and plug it in. Just go into the settings, sounds, volume, advanced ringer, and then set the alarm to the level you want. It will work fine when pluged in, although it wont vibrate., that is by design.

Me too. I have no issues with the phone ringing or vibrating while charging. I have MP3's set for my alarm too.

[dasanyokid]

well i just ordered minez on friday night DEC. 8 and i hope i get one w/out all the bugs (YEAH RIGHT :lol: ) anyway thanks guyz and galz for all the feed back, now i know what problems to lookout 4 & what i can do or cant do to fix them. much thanks

[landale]

Mine alarm works fine when I leave it on vibrate and plug it in. Just go into the settings, sounds, volume, advanced ringer, and then set the alarm to the level you want. It will work fine when pluged in, although it wont vibrate., that is by design.

I am talking about incoming calls, not the alarm. So this doesn't solve the problem of the phone not ringing when it is charging on vibrate all. Plus if you change this then your phone will ring when it's not charging for these events.

[ndnguy85]

lol thats Carmen Electra and Laursifer has it on her site if you want it for your phone.

oh man. i was hoping it was someone i didnt know. but not for my phone, for the desktop.

[jschu22]

Potential scratch warning. Make sure you keep the area inside of the hinge where the rubber bumper is clean. If not the dirt or dust in there will scratch the top part of the flip that rests there while open. I already have some slight marks to the left of the status light and Im sure others will soon follow.

[reemusk]

my t9 seems laggy...