TITAM - Technical issues that affected me

After hours of research, I decided to get a Samsung Vibrant (T-Mobile version) for my wife to work on WIND. Shortly after, I found the Vibrant can have an issue where it doesn't pick up WIND Home properly.  You have to manually lock it to WIND Home, which disables WIND Away i.e. roaming. My wife won't know how to do this, so this is a big problem. Bell has the Vibrant.  I calculated out WIND vs. Bell, and it's around $200-$300 higher at Bell depending on how long you go (1, 2 or 3 years).  Not overwhelming, especially if it fixes the network problems and gives her transparent roaming when she does the occasional travelling. But here's the kicker - the Bell version has problems too!  Many Vibrant owners have complained that to keep the phone from randomly locking up several times a day, you have to lock the phone to 850 MHz only.  Sounds kinda familiar, doesn't it? Maybe Froyo fixes this, I don't know yet.  Samsung took forever to push out Froyo an...

Yes, my Xperia X10i still gets into a state where it refuses to connect to WIND after it loses the network. This is incredibly annoying.  I don't travel enough to remember to shut off the phone when going outside the city.  Yet if I don't, I lose my connection until I get home and cycle my SIM through my old phone. Sony will never fix it.  They're releasing the Arc, which spells the end for X10 support, and have already said they're leaving Xperia phones stuck on Android 2.1 with no possibility for upgrades.  Certainly not upgrades to fix 'minor' bugs to fringe AWS-enabled models to correct problems with a few country-specific regional networks. But you know what?  I stopped caring once I found out about the HTC Pyramid and Samsung Galaxy S II.  These are the Droid X-like Android monsters I have always wanted but could never get.  And they're both AWS-enabled for T-mobile. Mockups have already told me that I can live with a 4.3" phone, but a 5...

I knew that upgrading my phone would spell some kind of trouble. In this case, aside from losing a lot of settings (such as email accounts), my Bluetooth keyboard no longer works. It's a funny problem, though.  The keyboard still connects, and the driver works.  You even get a sound when you press the keys.  But Android 2.1 on the X10i doesn't allow you to select BlueInput as one of the input methods.  It's just not there any more. I tried installing the latest BlueInput, but no change.  Wonderful. [Edit]:  To re-enable BlueInput in the IME list, go to Settings/Language & keyboard settings, and check "BlueInput".  This will allow you to select BlueInput as an input method, and the keyboard will work again.  Now using driver 1.7. Note also that the stock Sony Ericsson backup application does a good job, but MyBackup Pro did a reasonable job of restoring my home screens.  I'd recommend it.