P1i Thoughts, Reviews, Questions and Answers

[fryrice8850]

well currently i don't know how i did it but i got the push email to work, so emails work, web works, opera mini, google maps, gmail app but the java app always ask if it can use the network. is there a way to make it a default setting to always connect instead of me always selecting 'connect this session only' also i guess im+ don't work with the 5.99 plan it works when im on wifi, im glad i tried the trial version before i bought it.

[fryrice8850]

hey have any of u guys having problems with connecting ur p1 via USB with the computer? cuz everytime i finish installing sony pc suite and i plug the phone in i get the "cdc comms interface" and it would say install successful but then it would say "hardware not installed properly" so now i can't connect my phone via USB its driving me nuts. And is there a way to get bluetooth remote control on the phone, like the one on my other SE phones. so i can control PP slides or uses the phone to move the mouse cursor on the computer?

[sdsviet]

thanks for the quick answer. with the im+ issue, i might have an answer. i dont know if the im+ in the p1 is the same as the m600 but my friend who got a m600 got im+ to work with tzones. he told me that he couldnt registered the im+ because it needed to run thru tcpip but the tzones only runs it thru proxys. so wat he did was he called up tmo and ask to add the 29.99 data plan to his phone to check if he can use it with his phone. after it was added he registered im+ and just called them and lied that it didnt work so they can cancelled it without him being charged for it. now his im+ works with tzones on his m600. he is also running on port 110 i believe. so if the im+ is the same, maybe this method will work with the p1? also i had a weather program on my p900. do u know if this is out for the p1 and will it work with tzones.

[fryrice8850]

idk i haven't been able to get many programs for the phone cuz this is my first uiq phone and i am still tryin to figure out y i can't connect the phone via USB. its driving me nuts! using windows xp pro but it works on my home pc (xp home) but i am always on the road so i would rather have it on my laptop. but is there a crack for im+ i need to find one.

[sdsviet]

yea as of right now i dont have a p1 so i cant really help u there. im trying to get im+ to work on my p900 thru tzones but all it does is give me an error saying unable to authorized to aol check login and password.

[fryrice8850]

hey has anyone got a problem leaving ur phone on over night? i was tryin to see wat is the uptime of this phone w/o having to shut it down. And for the last couple of days the phone is at full charge, i leave the phone on over night and occasionally i get a couple emails and when i wake up the next morning the phone would freeze up and restarts itself!? Just wondering if anyone has experience this issue?

And i got another question anyone using the 5.99 tzones plan wit P1 and the internet won't work but push email still works??

[sdsviet]

i dled the new im+ and ran it on trial and actually got it to work with tzones. the only thing is that its doesnt stay on. it always just cut off after awhile. i dont know if it is because of the trial version or if the p900 keeps losing connection. did u ever get the p1 to work with im+. im using port 110 by the way.

[fryrice8850]

wow thx port 110 actually works like a charm and i am able to log in. THX

[sdsviet]

np. i do wat i can. haha

[Dinan]

How many hours of music playback should we expect using regular headphones like the HPM-70's (not bluetooth ones) with no other phone activity? (Offline mode too, like listening to music on a plane).

[mookkoo]

Has anyone tried skype on the p1i via wifi, using iskoot or fring? How well does it work?

I've tried skype using fring and almost made a call using iskoot.
the sound quality on fring is quite decent on a good day (even when using skype on PC, the sound quality varies a lot, hence the reason I switched to Yahoo Out, and only back to skype bc of fring)

With skoot, from my one time use and if i'm not mistaken (please correct me if i'm wrong), you need data plan to connect to skype and then, iskoot will call its server, which in this case is a TO number (647). I'm in Kingston, and this will cost me a fortune in long distance bill (unless you have a plan) and hence I didnt try it long enough to see how well it works.

[hondaguy]

hey shaolinmonk, does your mms work well? i have set mine up, but it seems to only send and receive if the pic is under 60kb. any thoughts on this? my other phones seem to be able to send and receive much larger files. this is about the only thing that is not working really well on my phone.

[fryrice8850]

hey has anyone get random restarts on their p1? it happens to mine after 2-3 days of not powering off. I though these bad boys can have a long uptime of stayin on?

[hondaguy]

i cant say that i have left mine on for more than 2 days without restarting it. i have not had mine restart yet. try uninstalling all 3rd party software and see if it still happens

[fryrice8850]

i don't have a lot of 3rd party software on the p1 yet. but has anyone found a way to change the web's home page? im using tzones/tmobile. so everytime i use the shortcut key (which i made it to web) it brings me to tzones home page and not google.com (the home page i want). read the manual couldn't find it. I though the manual for the p1 is a little bit less than i would except from a pda phone.