On Nov 14, 8:53 am, Opra <opra...@sonic.net> wrote:
> I just returned my G1. Nice phone for the most part, but two things about
> it killed the deal.
>
> 1) T-Mobile will not ring my phone for more than 30 seconds. When
> connect time is subtracted this means that I get an average of 2.5
> rings before the caller is forwarded to T-Mobile's voicemail network.
> Problem is I can't always answer the phone in that time.
>
> I tried having them disable voicemail but then the phone failed-over after
> 15 seconds. Compounding this hassle, callers always got a T-Mobile
> network message. Spent 2 painful hours on the phone with support
> (3 calls, 5 transfers, 45m on hold) and I finally reached a tech with
> "7 years" experience who said they cannot ring my phone more than 30
> seconds and will always fail over to a T-Mobile announcement regardless
> of any settings.
>
> You have to wonder what the logic to this is. Verizon rings for 60 seconds
> before going to busy (or voicemail, if enabled). Why would T-Mobile piss
> away perfectly good new customers for something like this?
>
> 2) The G1 will not play mp3s over bluetooth, not even in mono.
>
> Surely HTC/Google doesn't think my train mates appreciate having to
> listen to someone else's mp3s over tinny handheld speakers, unable to
> do something as simple as connect to a Jabra headphone... (at least it
> works for calls).
>
> Opra

GSM specifications say that the time that you can control for delay on
forward is either 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 or 30 seconds. Since T-Mobile is
a GSM operator that's what your choice is. 30 seconds is
approximately six rings. Most people if they don't get an answer
within 30 seconds will hang up. Some carriers such as AT&T will
charge you even if there's no answer if you let a call ring more than
30 seconds.