I was recently dragged up to sunny, sunny Scotland (watch for the snow-drifts) for a wedding (attempting to count Polly’s relatives may well induce a buffer overflow). And, as you do, I took my trusty Windows Mobile 5 HTC Wizard along for the ride.
First night: I had forgotten to turn my alarm off. Never mind, turn it off, go back to bad: well, that was the plan. Once again there was no way to dismiss the alarm. I eventually convinced it to stop by removing the battery and demonstrating just how much abuse a battery can take without breaking.
All was good until we came to leave, at which point the alarm would, again, not turn off. Further, removing the battery did bugger all. The solution in the end: mute and turn the vibrator off. Good solution, but for the fact it’s my cellphone.
So in the end I snapped and flashed the thing with the iMate K-Jam ROM. It meant reinstalling everything and lots of hassle but since the flash it hasn’t crashed once, alarms can be turned off and all the rubbish T-Mobile branding is gone.
So, T-Mobile’s or Microsoft’s fault? Hard call, but they were lucky they were out of hearing range…
