Windows Phone 7

[Spacecadet]

I can definitely recommend doing a factory reset on the phone if it's feeling a bit sluggish.
It will take a little while to get the setup back to how you like it but the performance boost makes it worthwhile

[BoredBloke]

Do the WP7 phones have sd card slots? I looked at one on 3 but all it had was 8gb of storage and no card slot. I think the hd2 had 16gb but I could be wrong. I think I'll be getting the Samsung Galaxy 2 when it is released - my first geeky android

[Spacecadet]

Do the WP7 phones have sd card slots? I looked at one on 3 but all it had was 8gb of storage and no card slot. I think the hd2 had 16gb but I could be wrong. I think I'll be getting the Samsung Galaxy 2 when it is released - my first geeky android

AFAIK Windows 7 phones by design do not have sd card slots.
The HD2 does as do most win mo 6.5 phones

[NotReallyButSeriously]

Do the WP7 phones have sd card slots? I looked at one on 3 but all it had was 8gb of storage and no card slot. I think the hd2 had 16gb but I could be wrong. I think I'll be getting the Samsung Galaxy 2 when it is released - my first geeky android

Yes, well sort of. When WP7 is first installed it spans it file system over all available storage. So if you have a 16GB SD card in there when you install WP7 then you will have 16GB + whatever your phone has as standard. However if you remove the SD card the phone will fail to boot and you have to put it back in there or reinstall WP7.

A lot of cards are incompatible so it's mostly try & cross your fingers.

[d000hg]

I thought the WP7 spec specifically disallowed removable storage.

[NotReallyButSeriously]

I thought the WP7 spec specifically disallowed removable storage.

Yes, removable storage once it's already been installed is not possible. But you can upgrade your storage by changing the SD card, it just means reinstalling the OS.

[ee61re]

Yes, removable storage once it's already been installed is not possible. But you can upgrade your storage by changing the SD card, it just means reinstalling the OS.

I think a hard reset is all that is required. That causes the OS to respan across whatever storage it finds.

Most of the currently available models do not have removable cards, but one or two do, although you have to remove the battery to do so.

[Clippy]

1) Same thing I said about the IMEI number, just ring up their support & say you need your activation number for a HD7 (Important), then quote a HD7 IMEI. They'll give you a new activation code which will work on your HD2. You might have to edit your registry to act like it is a HD7 not a HD2 but I don't remember doing it.
2) Yep they do, not sure on Outlook, but it does include a nice email application.

Just wanted to feedback regarding this.

I called MS Support and managed to obtain a WP7 activation code by giving them the actual IMEI number for my HTC HD2 - result.

[Spacecadet]

Just wanted to feedback regarding this.

I called MS Support and managed to obtain a WP7 activation code by giving them the actual IMEI number for my HTC HD2 - result.

So have you got WP7 working on your HD2?

[Clippy]

So have you got WP7 working on your HD2?

Haven't tried yet - haven't had the time.

I wanted to get the WP7 authentication key first as didn't want a scenario where I upgraded and then couldn't get a key.

Also, I want to look at the instructions in more detail as I have a couple of other concerns/queries.

I'll update this thread when I have.