[Cialug] And now for something...completely different.

[jrnosee at gmail.com]

I wouldn't say it is major...but somewhat improved.  Honestly, I think the
best thing I did to improve the phone experience was I bought a noise
canceling Moto H12 headset.

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Justin Carlson <justin.carlson at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> I had a 6700 and did the same thing hoping for some drastic change but
> found it to be trivial or no different from changing the volume bar to max.
>
> I'd be interested to hear if you see a major improvement with the 6800.
>
>
> jrnosee at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I'll put them on the list (when I can find them again :-(  ) in case
>> anyone else gets a 6800.  Sorry, but I went looking today and all I can find
>> is my reg restore files (for undoing the changes).  I'm going to have to
>> check through my registry to find some of them.
>>
>> This is the only one I can find right now, but it's probably the one you
>> want most:
>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Phone]
>> "Vol"=dword:0000ffff*
>>
>> *That should increase your phone volume.
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Tim Berneman <tim at netconx.net <mailto:
>> tim at netconx.net>> wrote:
>>
>>    I'm in Mason City and have 4 phones on my plan w/USCC so I'm kinda
>>    committed to them right now.  I heard the Blackberry Storm is in
>>    testing but it could still be months.  I think I'm going to get
>>    the 6800 ($200 after $70 rebate) for now so I would appreciate any
>>    registry changes/fixes/hacks and any other useful stuff.  I have
>>    been searching the net and found mostly good and some bad (usually
>>    the volume or slow data connection) reviews.  You can email
>>    directly the fixes to the email below.  I've also found some
>>    useful hacks/fixes but would feel more confident using something
>>    you've tried and found to be good.  tia.
>>        Thanks everyone for the input!
>>        Tim :o]
>>        tberneman at mchsi.com <mailto:tberneman at mchsi.com>
>>        PS: Comical side note...when my spell checker ran it wanted to
>>    change "USCC" to "SUCK"!!  :D
>>
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>>    *Subject:* Re: [Cialug] And now for something...completely different.
>>
>>    The 6600, 6700, & 6800 have all been quiet on calls.  A good set
>>    of hax can fix anything!  I don't know how USCC's prices compare
>>    but the sprint everything plans (not to be confused with simply
>>    everything) are a pretty good price.  My wife get's 450 min/mo &
>>    unlimited data/text/pic/vid/gps/SprintTV for just under $60/mo w/
>>    my 18% discount....  I've heard USCC has better EVDO coverage in
>>    DSM now than anyone else though....  Seriously, if you like the
>>    6800 do some looking around @ howardforums.com
>>    <http://howardforums.com> and ppcgeeks.com <http://ppcgeeks.com>
>>  You should be able to find help hacking the phone up to WM6.1
>>    w/GPS (no hax necissary on sprint for this).  Also, I have some
>>    good registry edits and such that can help with the voice call
>>    volume.  Personally, if you go with sprint or USCC's looking at
>>    getting it, wait for the Touch Pro (next up from the 6800)...it
>>    looks VERY nice!  Also, is the BB Storm that new one VZW has
>>    that's the first touchscreen BB?  Check reviews online...it's
>>    gotten horrible reviews from gizmodo and the like if I recall.
>>
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