All of a sudden this weekend I found out I can no longer spot myself via RRT. I get an error message saying “user name or password supplied incorrect” (although I have re-entered the correct info several times). I realise Joerg stopped developing the app due to other pressures etc so I dont think anything has changed in the app. Has anything changed on the SOTAwatch side of things?
Are any other RRT users having the same problem?
I can self spot through SOTAwatch but that requires a stable 3G signal & is rather long winded when it`s -5C & blowing a gale on the summit.
In reply to G1INK:
Hi Steve,
I posted to SOTAWatch on Saturday from RRT.
Just checking now with a test… Yep - working just fine:
Tue 15:07 G7LAS/P on G/CE-004 - [edit] 145.450 fm
*test test test (via RRT) (Posted by G7LAS)
All the best,
Rob
In reply to G7LAS:
Cheers Rob, must be my account then.
In reply to G1INK:
Hi Steve
Used my RRT several times this morning from GW/MW-029. No problems
73
Allan GW4VPX
In reply to GW4VPX:
All sorted now thanks - must`ve been something on my phone when I ran a clean-up routine to free space on the phones memory, it somehow reverted to a previous password. Remind me not to buy another HTC phone, the internal memory is woefully inadequate and I cant move apps to SD card, also battery life is a joke, especially on a cold summit.
73.
In reply to G1INK:
Remind me not to buy another HTC
phone, the internal memory is woefully inadequate and
HTC was the worst phone I ever had the misfortune to own. Pile of junk. Woudn’t have another one for free, even if you gift wrapped it inside a tea chest stuffed full of fifty pound notes. Utter, utter garbage!!!
73 Mike
2E0YYY
In reply to 2E0YYY:
Can I have your old one then?
Andy
MM0FMF
In reply to 2E0YYY:
Still using my HTC Touch 6 years on with original battery lasting days between charge. ‘Horses-for-courses’
BTW HNY Mikey and our next S2S?
73
Jack(;>J
GM4COX
In reply to MM0FMF:
You wont want his old one Andy.
He’ll have stood on it a number of times (always does - especially my 817), and dropped it in so many puddles, you’d have thought it was Peppa Pigs phone!
In reply to GM4COX:
In reply to 2E0YYY:
Still using my HTC Touch 6 years on with original battery lasting days
between charge. ‘Horses-for-courses’BTW HNY Mikey and our next S2S?
Hi Jack,
About three years ago, I was unfortunate enough to purchase the HTC Desire. This phone should never have been released as there were serious isssues with it. When browsing for more than a few minutes, overheating caused it to crash and God forbid should wish you to make a phone call of more than ten minutes.
Despite hundreds of complaints on the user forums, Three, my mobile provider was reluctant to deal with the problem. It was only when I told them that the phone was not fit for purpose and I was cancelling my standing order, they acted. Mine went back for a new motherboard and within a few months the problems returned. It finally gave up the ghost while I was activating G/SP-004, where it just kept rebooting over and over.
The Ford Edsel of mobile phones 
Look forward to catching you on a summit, Jack.
73 Mickey
2E0YYY
In reply to 2E0YYY:
But can I have it?
Andy
MM0FMF
In reply to MM0FMF:
In reply to 2E0YYY:
But can I have it?
Sorry Andy, I’m almost certain I dumped it about six months ago during a clear out.
Still got my Nokia 3310 though. Must have used it for six years, wonderful little phone.
73 Mickey
2E0YYY
In reply to 2E0YYY:
Still got my Nokia 3310 though. Must have used it for six years,
wonderful little phone.
My only mobile is the 3310. Had it about 9 years I think. Sometimes I forget to switch it off and leave it in the car - 10 days or so later it is still alive 8) Good stuff!
Mike G6TUH
In reply to G6TUH:
In reply to 2E0YYY:
Still got my Nokia 3310 though. Must have used it for six years,
wonderful little phone.My only mobile is the 3310. Had it about 9 years I think. Sometimes I
forget to switch it off and leave it in the car - 10 days or so later
it is still alive 8) Good stuff!
Agreed, battery life is very good, Mike. Unfortunately, the S3 sim don’t fit the Nokia, Samsung now use the mini type.
73 Mike
2E0YYY
In reply to 2E0YYY:
You can get an adapter so you can use a mini SIM in a full size* SIM slot.
Andy
MM0FMF
- those of us old timers remember when a SIM was credit card sized but you know what I mean from the context!
In reply to G1INK:
Remind me not to buy another HTC
phone, the internal memory is woefully inadequate and I cant move apps
to SD card, also battery life is a joke, especially on a cold summit.
Glad it’s not just me! I have an HTC Explorer and I have found exactly the same limitations … especially the “feature” that won’t let you move apps to the SD card. It is constantly giving me warnings that the memory is running low!
PS: I still have three Nokia 1100 phones, all working perfectly. Great little phones if you just want to make phone calls and send/receive texts … but they don’t do anything else.
73,
Walt (G3NYY)
In reply to G3NYY,
Hi Walt, I get the very same messages about low memory, what makes it worse is the fact that “Facebook” came pre-installed & despite the fact I will never use it, it can not be deleted. Didn’t Bill Gates get fined millions for using the same tactic to force his operating system on the masses?
73.
In reply to G3NYY:
The “feature” is designed so those who don’t know what they are doing can’t move apps to an SD card where they wont run. The “feature” can be turned off and you can then move to stuff to your heart’s delight. And break the phone.
It’s there to stop accidental breakages. The problem is Android comes without any docs really so people don’t know what can and can’t be done.
Andy
MM0FMF
In reply to G1INK:
it can not be deleted.
Yes it can.
If you pay full price you can buy unbranded phones. If you get one on a contract or subsidised then the carrier will customise the software including SIM locks. They are letting you have the phone cheap and are picking up part of the cost. They’d like something back, hence branding and apps you can’t get rid off. They’re hoping you’ll use services they make money with.
Or I should say stuff you can’t get rid of easily. If you could you’d buy a subsidised phone cheap and then de-restrict it, you would do and the carrier would not make the profit they expect from the subsidy.
However, you can remove all the carrier branding but it’s not trivial. If you don’t know what you’re doing (or do know what you’re doing but aren’t thinking) it’s easy to brick the phone. Then you’ll be onto the phone shop wanting a warranty repair even though it’s your fault it’s borked!
The limitations are there for real reasons. If you don’t like the limitations, you can pay full price instead.
Andy
MM0FMF
In reply to MM0FMF:
In plain English “I’ve been shafted”.