orange sidebar

[Tony Curran]

Hi can any member tell me is it possable to get rid of the orange sidebar on my n95 tony curran:squareeye

[sp33dbird]

go into your settings, turn off the homescreen and set it to active standby.
i dont have my n95 the give you the exact setting you`re looking for but i think its the top setting, personalisation, standby,

[ahus98]

Why even bother staying on orange's firmware, do they offer anything in particular which you might lose if you updated to a generic firmware?

If i were you i'd look into updating as i'm sure orange is probably still on the original version 10 of the N95's firmware.

I really disliked old orange firmwares they always suck.

Orange isn't a very nice company as well, customer services, not so good, only ever got one nice person on the phone, technically, they web services are poor & their upgrades / disconnections, just not good enough, customer loyality dont mean much unless you've been with them for ages so really its not worth the costs.

[sp33dbird]

he might need line 2, so dont be 2 quick to assume the new firmware is better for him. probably will be - but just check before u upgrade as some orange only features wont work with v20

orange are not what they used to be and i agree their firmware usually sucks (orange is at v11 just now) but lets face it how often have you been able to get sense out of any network - especially 3 who take customer service to a whole new low.

[ahus98]

I know all things new dont always work best, although generally V20 firmware works fine, i've had a couple crashes just by changing settings, but i did have weird crashes with the old firmware as well. I do use a lot of software so it could be that as well.

Now customer services/support, from experience i would place orange by far the worse. I've been with O2, Vodafone, Three, Orange & Carphone warehouse as providers.

O2 & Vodafone are ok but i would place Three next and Orange way below. I know its difficult to deal with three at times & you may need to call again. I've dealt with orange customer services, i've called regarding many issues, complaints, services not working, online services not working. I've spent good money & pay for their technical support went in circles (while paying)
for support, they do the same old crap. Email support was the same, no matter who i asked to speak to i got the same nonsense, one most annoying problems was their website online service which i cant explain how bad it was, it gave errors & said click here to send it to orange or something & then lead me to a dead link.

I complained via email & letter (recorded delivery), they didn't bother to even reply to either. About 2 months later there were problems with their system & said if any queries were submitted please resend them AGAIN.

Finally as i requested to disconnect my contract i had one understanding person who agreed this is not how it was suppose be, i should have had the problems solved & if i remained then the issues would be solved, unfortunately due to the same issues on other accounts i disconnected all orange numbers & never looked back.

Has anyone heard of how bad bulldog customers services were, orange did a good job as they did.

I can have a good Moan about three but no way were they ever as bad as Orange even 3 years back when their coveraged sucked.

[nazimyounis]

i wouldnt go with ORANGE EVEN IF THEY WERE THE ONLY NETWORK !!!! THEY ARE EXTREMLY RUDE AND A TOTAL RIP OFF !!!!

MY ADVICE ...STAY AWAY FROM ORANGE... .. I WAS WITH THEM FOR OVER 10 YEARS.... AND STILLL WOULDNT OFFER ME THE NOKIA N95 FOR FREE....THE IDIOTS WANTED £89.99....LEFT THEM AND NOW WITH O2....OK THEY ARENT THE BEST BUT THEY ARE ALOT BETTER THAN ORANGE.

[Tony Curran]

Hi thanks for the help with the orange sidebar, I have tried to update the software using nokia software updater it tells me I have the latests software is that the orange software or do I need to take my phone and get it flashed with the Nokia software: :confused: Tony

[ahus98]

Wow 10 Years, I can't believe it, that is forever like as long as good mobiles have been around.

They care not for their customers, we need to put customer loyality to the test, it they dont care to offer anything good, or good enough, its our duty and right to leave & take our numbers to another network which are likely to offer something better for a new customer.

So far for orange all i have to say is their SCUM, most that i dealt with just dont care & in this world we have too many with that attitude, so i stay away from such.

Merry Xmas & Happy New Years All

[seaniboy]

Orange have been great with me....12 months on 2550 mins 3000 texts on Dolphin 35 after I went to return handset within 14 day cool off period I got 2000 X net mins add on :D, went to leave over 07744 numbers in Aug got same deal no phone 18 months for £15.00, & £90 BB past charges wrote off - took rest my business/accounts to Orange on 18 monthers recently :

Racoon 800min 100txts 3000 land mins HTC TOUCH £21.50pm

Racoon 800min 300 landline mins 3000txts 80MB data Nokia 6086 £21.50pm

Dolphin 2550min 3000 txts handset-free deal £15.00pm

Orange Unique - free calls Orange & landlines from Nokia 6086 over LIVEBOX, free 100 country Talk, Free 8MB BB ( get 6.5MB ) was £5pm before new Unique handset

had a few problems with mobile, BB & customer care at both - when CS dont resolve it & speedy I call exec office - but Exec Office truely are stars they know the problems & keep reporting them to TOP TABLE who do nothing ! - 3 replacement Nokia 6086 ( AVOID folks ! ) exec office - free upgrade to Nokia 6301, 13 days into contract - no charge :)

£58 a month for 3 contracts & BB, loadsa mins texts etc, free calls between 3 contracts on " your group " and loads magic numbers each :D

£29.99 for Option ICON 2 ( 7.2 MBPS ) data card on 12 month flexible data tariff - £1.00 per MB on Business account - no minimum spend per month :)
unlocking ICON for my X-Series sim ( 500 mins, 100 texts £5pm + X-series GOLD & free slingbox - £15 for 12 months, £5 for 6 after 12 months GOLD, £5 for 500/100 for life ! )


gotta love the life of one2one-free lol - i used to pay £250.00pm minimum for 2 handsets !

my bank accounts future is brighter.......

[ramjam69]

Hi thanks for the help with the orange sidebar, I have tried to update the software using nokia software updater it tells me I have the latests software is that the orange software or do I need to take my phone and get it flashed with the Nokia software: :confused: Tony

What you need to do is debrand your phone. It's quick and easy to do and you'll wonder how you ever managed without V20 firmware!!! Just do a search on debranding and you'll soon find guides how to do it