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i have something similar with a w950i, in that an alarm was set, but phone gave no indication so it couldn't be turned off.
Got phone changed once and did a full restore - same issue
so did a full backup, did a master reset, did a restore EXCEPT the settings and no problems after that.
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Posted: 2007-01-19 15:06:31
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. . . and Mario 2004 (are you still in 2004 ) pitches in to say something not so nice about the P990i and, on his way out, happens to "mention" the N95! Greetings, Mario.

My P990i, not yet updated (just lazy) is fine doing the following:

- No alarm problems, two set for 5 workdays, one set for Tuesdays.

- No memory issues, SwissMan set to exit apps on idle with exceptions set for Web and Opera Mini. I stopped worrying about my RAM a long time ago!

- Camera, media player, radio, and not enough wifi (unlimited 3G) just fine, thank you.

- Connecting through my PowerBook over BT, 3G is an eye opener! Seamless and hassle-free fast internet everywhere!

I don't know what or where or even why people are having all these problems. I'm just glad I have an awesome device that works as expected.

I also don't know if I'm still in a good mood to spend more time for a lengthier response ... Nah, I'll just take the kids out for a bite.

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Posted: 2007-01-19 18:15:52
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I don't have that many problems with the P990... just when I do I get pissed off. I have no doubt that some or even most are down to the Orange flavour of the phone... which is an issue I am going to get sorted out sooner rather than later...

I just wish I had no issues with it...
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Posted: 2007-01-19 18:23:01
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Ahha! The dreadful "those we do not mention" comes again.

Orange branding is probably the number one source of all P990i problems. I do not have one, but certainly do not intend to buy any branded mobile. It's just too much of a hassle.
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Posted: 2007-01-19 19:23:46
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@stiltzkin have you double-checked if you have any recurrent alarms set? just a thought, i know it's easy to overlook these things when you're at wits end trying to figure things out
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Posted: 2007-01-19 19:56:42
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@axilom Cheers for the idea...

I have tried everything though. I have no alarms set. All three check boxes are un-checked. But it still goes off about 7 times each morning. I can only think it is the ghost alarm issue that some people have reported.

There are only three alarms that can be set, yet I get 7 each morning...

Done a factory restore thing... so should be sorted now... fingers crossed...
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Posted: 2007-01-19 20:03:26
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If it's branded, you might want to try unbranding it via wotanserver/davinciteam. I havent reflashed/debranded a smartphone before though, much less a P990, so I'm not sure if the process is the same. I heard the latest P990 firmware fixes a lot of bugs.
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Posted: 2007-01-19 20:07:11
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On 2007-01-19 19:23:46, Symbiatico wrote:
Ahha! The dreadful "those we do not mention" comes again.

Orange branding is probably the number one source of all P990i problems. I do not have one, but certainly do not intend to buy any branded mobile. It's just too much of a hassle.


This kind of thing is so annoying,
I bought an Orange branded phone 3 months ago on R7 & other than the short battery life that ALL P990's have, it is a trouble free phone, completely trouble free, & as you have said you dont even have one, i can see no valid point in your post.
Your just jumping on the bandwagon, actually, the "number one source of all P990 problems" is people moaning about how awfull Orange P990 is when they have no personal experience of owning an Orange P990.
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Posted: 2007-01-20 01:29:34
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@stiltzkin,if the format didn't solve the poblem,here's the solution:set the alarm clock sound to "silent" and then use the calendar as alarm.You do this in Control Panel/Device(or Phone,whatever)/Sounds and alerts/Alarms.Cheers
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Posted: 2007-01-20 18:48:00
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@ pachy,

I stand corrected! Asked a couple of friends with Orange phones, a P990i and an M600i. Both had no major problems. It seems Orange are not to blame here, not for everything, anyway

This whole issue with branding DOES seem to be a cause of a few headaches from time to time.

Back to the main topic, maybe a master reset without restoring phone settings will fix things?
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Posted: 2007-01-20 23:50:44
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