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My experience of the 7650

11 replies · 2,535 views · Started 05 May 2003

lovesign 05 May 2003, 21:00

Hi there guys & gals.....

I've been a member of this forum 4 about a week now and a 7650 owner since last November. Up until last week, I was getting increasingly annoyed with my whole 7650 experience. That was until I joined up here 😃

Like a lot of others, I've had problems....phone shutting down, locking up (until i had the firmware upgraded 2 4.39), lack of sufficient memory, dust under the screen, inability 2 use PC Suite and other annoyances that meant I wasn't fully able 2 exploit the hidden capabilities of what I held in my hand (now, now....get that picture out of ur heads !)

Since I joined here, I have found renewed enthusiasm 4 my 7650. I have found apps that I never knew existed, such as sLauncher, Skin editor, Blacklist, Stacker, SeleQ and a whole load of free wallpapers, Oplogo's, skins etc that have made me really appreciate this phone. Even with Stacker tho' I am unable 2 effectively install and run such things as Opera and RealOne but I have them ready 2 install as & when I need them.

I must say thanx 2 Tony who kindly sent me the Mrouterserial.dll file that allowed me 2 successfully use PC Suite and I know have full bluetooth accessibilty with my phone.

It's so encouraging 2 find so many people dedicated 2 developing and moving the whole Series 60 concept onwards & upwards. Every day, I keep finding apps here & there that I'd love 2 use, but lack of memory & funds (I'm an honest guy, always pay 4 my downloads where necessary) restricts me from doing so. If only they could've squeezed a bit more memory in 😊

While I'm here, if any1 can post a decent, easy 2 understand guide on creating skins & icons 4 sLauncher that doesn't require the use of an advanced graphics program, I, and many others I feel, would b most appreciative. How about a PC based program that allows u 2 do the whole thing on a PC then simply upload the finished article in2 the phone ?

Anyway, thanx again 2 u all 4 re-kindling my love of my 7650 and as Mike Skinner of "The Streets" once said....."Let's Push Things 4ward" 😉

Regards & respect,

Rob.

GhostDog 06 May 2003, 13:41

I'm glad that you've found your way lovesign.The 7650 is a great device,i love it too,and i agree on all points you stated,the lack of memory is really anoying but i dont see a solution for that,neither for RealOne and Opera,the apps are really big,so if you want to use them you'll have to sacrafice basicly every third party app on the phone.

About sLauncher,there is not easy way of making skins yet,you have to be crafty with photoshop and such.
BTW:The competiton of sLauncher,j2k's icon changer should have a PC based program for designing skins.

All the best,
Krste.

rush_rush 14 May 2003, 16:00

Yes i agree with lovesign.

When i went to buy a new phone it was because i was sick of owning a piece of junk 5110.
i wanted the sony ericsson but the Vodafone guy convinced me otherwise.
allthoe him selling it to me went something like this:

me: whats so good about it?
him: it has a camera.
me: can it do anything else?
him: it has a camera.

but he asured me it was better than the sonyericsson.

And then a few months later, searching around you come across this site and it turns out you can control winamp with your phone. and you dont even have to be in the same room (now this controls music right throughout our apartment building 😃 ) (my friend is a jelous b*tch right now)

so i would like to say thanks to everyone here 😊
you's guys are champs!