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Hey guys. I've noticed that my new XDA2s is horribly slow and unstable in comparison to the XDA2 which it replaced courtesy of my insurance.
Anyway, thought that as its so appaulingly slow, the "close" feature of pocketplus would be brilliant for speeding things up a tad (and hopefully stopping the chronic crashing).
Anyhow, although it works, it seems to make sending text messages... well interesting. They take up to 4 minutes to send IF they send at all.
My friend with a 2s (with imate ROM) also experiences the same problem. Anyone found a way around it? Sorry if this has already had a thread, I'm a bit of a n00b and I dont think I understand the forum search properly lol.
Cheers -Mike
Hiya Mike,
The trick is to not let Pocket Plus close the Messaging program. To do this, go to Pocket Plus options, select the close button options and select the "Exceptions" tab. Add the messaging program (should be "tmail.exe") to the list and this should solve your problem.
Craig.
that sure helps!
cheers!
I can't believe I didn't think of that! Lol. Cheers bud, I'll give it a go when I get back to my docking station
Perfect Thanks for the help.
I've just added Pocket Plus today and within 4hrs, i've soft reset it 3 times. Does anyone know why? I'm using XDA IIs with Pocket Informant and Pocket Breeze. My wireless standby light still flashes green but the Today screen is completely frozen.
Does anyone know why? or maybe offer some insite as to why?
Thank you.. !
Same for me until I stopped playing with SPB Pocket Plus options. Leave them alone and all should be well. I contacted SPB and they said they couldn't replicate the problem but many others on this forum have had problems.
My Xda 2s need resetting about 4 times a day regardless. It likes to freeze when I press the hardware buttons. I reckon if I do 4 different tasks (ie. recieve a call, send a message, listen to a song and open Word for example) I can rely on having to coft reset. Mina does th same as described above. It also likes to not bring up caller ID, or I get calls which connect, but hang up on the other person. I'm really surprised this thing passed trading standards :s
I've had an O2 XDA Orbit for about a month. It's my first Windows mobile product. I love the range of functions. I like being able to use CoPilot with the GPS. I really like being able to sync my Outlook address book.
BUT... the thing hangs ALL THE TIME. Sometimes it hangs for a few seconds. Other times, it locks up completely and I've got to take the battery out to reboot because even the power button doesn' work.
Last week, it hung during a re-boot, I tried the PIN number a few times and it locked me out for a full day. O2 tech support didn't have a clue what was going on. I sorted it myself. (I've now disabled the PIN).
It's really annoying when you have to wait a full minute before you can make a phone call because it is hanging whilst opening up your contact list.
How do I make the thing stop hanging?
Tolkien said:
I've had an O2 XDA Orbit for about a month. It's my first Windows mobile product. I love the range of functions. I like being able to use CoPilot with the GPS. I really like being able to sync my Outlook address book.
BUT... the thing hangs ALL THE TIME. Sometimes it hangs for a few seconds. Other times, it locks up completely and I've got to take the battery out to reboot because even the power button doesn' work.
Last week, it hung during a re-boot, I tried the PIN number a few times and it locked me out for a full day. O2 tech support didn't have a clue what was going on. I sorted it myself. (I've now disabled the PIN).
It's really annoying when you have to wait a full minute before you can make a phone call because it is hanging whilst opening up your contact list.
How do I make the thing stop hanging?
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Put either the HTC or DOPOD rom on it, the O2 one is crap.
Tolkien said:
It's really annoying when you have to wait a full minute before you can make a phone call because it is hanging whilst opening up your contact list.
How do I make the thing stop hanging?
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Read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=297793
for a start overclock it and you will a great difference in speed
http://www.trancreative.com/mb.aspx
Longhair said:
http://www.trancreative.com/mb.aspx
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I don't know about the O2 model but I believe the HTC model already has such a function, it just needs to be turned on. It should be in settings and titled Task Manager.
Download "Audacity" and it comes with a free sd card speed test.
See it it's the speed of the sd card.
If it is then read through the "corrupt card" thread >> you will see the recommendation -- set the power turnoff time to say 2 minutes and never use the on/off switch.
You will need a soft reset in between to reset the speed of the card.
kennyidaho said:
I don't know about the O2 model but I believe the HTC model already has such a function, it just needs to be turned on. It should be in settings and titled Task Manager.
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Here is my personal experience on the link I gave you:
Before I installed it - I would click the OK button in the upper right hand corner. The application would only be MINIMIZED. After a while, all the minimized programs eat up so many resources that it bogs down the phone.
After I installed it, the OK button was replaced with an X and it would actually CLOSE the applications freeing up the resources.
It is a small free program that can be uninstalled if you do not like it - so there is nothing to lose.
Now what I don't understand is why didn't WM5 give the choice to either minimize or close applications like they do with PCs
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Here is my personal experience on the link I gave you:
Before I installed it - I would click the OK button in the upper right hand corner. The application would only be MINIMIZED. After a while, all the minimized programs eat up so many resources that it bogs down the phone.
After I installed it, the OK button was replaced with an X and it would actually CLOSE the applications freeing up the resources.
It is a small free program that can be uninstalled if you do not like it - so there is nothing to lose.
Now what I don't understand is why didn't WM5 give the choice to either minimize or close applications like they do with PCs
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I reckon the reasoning is that if people minimize applications (which they will do to avoid launch lag) and forget to close applications (which they will do ) the device will definitely crash.
For an insight into WM5 memory management read this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/08/16/702746.aspx
Incidentally, the O2 Custom Today plugin included with the O2 UK Orbit rom allows you to actually close an application.
in the bottom right of my o2 device is a little o2 logo that allows me to close programs manually, works a treat
Thank you
Thanks so much to everyone who has responded to my (desparate sounding) post.
I use the O2 button to close applications routinely. I don't leave them open because I know this slows things down and (presumably) increases battery usage. I don't think that is the cause of the problem.
I've already been through the routine with the SD card. I don't think that it the problem either.
The only suggestion here I haven't tried is overclocking it. How do I do it? Does it invalidate my warranty?
amino said:
in the bottom right of my o2 device is a little o2 logo that allows me to close programs manually, works a treat
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Same as mine. It's pretty good.
yup, it will invalidate the warranty so just hope you can take it off before it goes back if it has to, I work for o2, the people in the shop wont know that youve overclocked it and I wouldnt tell them, the repairers on the other hand might spot it so be careful
tou can get the overclocking program here: http://www.chi-tai.info/cs_BatteryStatus_XDA_Neo_WM5_iM_cs.htm
theres full instructions, read before you start tweaking it on your own. I have mine overclocked to 260mhz and I noticed the difference immediatley, it reverts back to 201mhz in sleep mode and jumps to 260 when I power it up.
hth
Do you have a skin? I downloaded a nice AppleMac style skin and everything slowed down - took me 2 days to realise the cause.
Also, the o2 icon does not always close programs. Use it then go to Settings/System/Memory , have a look in the Running Programs tab and you sometimes see something still in there that should have closed with the o2 icon!!
Michael
Hey people,
I downloaded Vito Winterface v1.2 and really like it..
However, it seems that I have to run Winterface and Touch Flo 3D simultaneously and cannot use the Winterface as the default UI.
When I turn on my HTC HD it goes to the Winterface UI automatically and the TF3D remains un-launched. The used memory indicates it is in the lower 20s (percent). As soon as I want to make or receive a phone call, I have to launch TF3D and then the used memory is up to the high 30s even 40%.
Is it possible to use Winterface without TF3D? That would make the phone much faster..
I tried to un-tick the TF3D box on the Today screen, then it was impossible to make phone calls..
Thanks.
BTW - you guys are great!
there may be much more elegant technical solutions or workarounds here but...
with Yota Contacts App I make and receive phone calls with disabled TF3D
dont know, but with TF3D there must be an internal phone app, which with chance may be startet seperately? Then you dont have to install a third party phone app...
I can make phonecalls just fine when I disable TF3D... I do not believe the phone-function is part of TF3D, or vice versa (could be wrong though, but it seems unlogical to me).
RustyJoe said:
When I turn on my HTC HD it goes to the Winterface UI automatically and the TF3D remains un-launched. The used memory indicates it is in the lower 20s (percent). As soon as I want to make or receive a phone call, I have to launch TF3D and then the used memory is up to the high 30s even 40%.
Is it possible to use Winterface without TF3D? That would make the phone much faster..
I tried to un-tick the TF3D box on the Today screen, then it was impossible to make phone calls..
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I've given V1.2 a go. A very close mimic of iPhone's desktop I must say, including the way we could move the icons around, and the little dots at the bottom indicating the number of pages and the currect page.
I have unticked TF3D on the today item screen, and it is still possible to make calls. That's not a problem for me.
I do have a few questions to anyone more familiar with winterface than I am.
1) The winterface unread mail counter does not get reduced as and when mails are read. I even tried ending and restarting winterface but the counter stays undated. After some time, however, with what seems to be an scheduled update within winterface, the counter was corrected. Is there a way to make this update instant?
2) I find the process of adding appllication to the desired page a little challenging. The added application always go the first page, and we then have to drag it to the desired page. Would be nice to be able to directly add to the desired page. Anyone knows of a way to do this directly?
3) I find the navigation from page to page rather jerky. It is far from the smoothness of iPhone or iPod. Any remedy for this?
4) The gesture for bringing up winterface does not seem to work predictably. Sometimes it works, sometime I kept drawing the reverse V but nothing happens. Is there a trick on how we should draw it?
5) There is a facility to add "Favourite". Anyone know what this is? Is it internet explorer favourite? OR favourite contact records? How do we add the entries? I just see a blank screen and back arrow, but don't see anyting there. Is that taking the using Vito Fun Contact Favourites? Anyone using Fun contact and Winterface who can tell us?
Edit: Found the answer. It takes the input from \windows\favorites, and let us choose from there, which of the entries we want to convert into an icon to be launched from winterface. The concept is nice, but it uses Pocket IE rather than Opera. What a pity.
6) I noticed that winterface never use the last two icon slots at the bottom right. Anyone knows why and if there is a way to fill these two spaces up?
Edit: Now I know the reason. When I turn it into landscape, the number of icons would exactly fill up the screen.
RustyJoe said:
Hey people,
I downloaded Vito Winterface v1.2 and really like it..
However, it seems that I have to run Winterface and Touch Flo 3D simultaneously and cannot use the Winterface as the default UI.
When I turn on my HTC HD it goes to the Winterface UI automatically and the TF3D remains un-launched. The used memory indicates it is in the lower 20s (percent). As soon as I want to make or receive a phone call, I have to launch TF3D and then the used memory is up to the high 30s even 40%.
Is it possible to use Winterface without TF3D? That would make the phone much faster..
I tried to un-tick the TF3D box on the Today screen, then it was impossible to make phone calls..
Thanks.
BTW - you guys are great!
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You don't need TF3D ticked to make phone calls. If you press your phone hardware button it should take you directly to the dial pad were you can start punching in names or numbers and your contact should show up.
I personally don't like the default contact app so I've downloaded Inesoft Phone 4. I love the way this program transforms the call history, dialer, Caller ID skin, favorites, and contacts!
Winterface draining battery?
I have installed Winterface on my HD and this is strange:
without any real action (no phone calls, no games, no internet, etc.) the battery lasts only for less than 14 hours. Something is continously working in the background and using up the energy.
With TF3D there is mostly one segment (so I assume 10%) battery consumed after 14 hours if at all.
Has anybody else this issue as well?
igloo said:
I have installed Winterface on my HD and this is strange:
without any real action (no phone calls, no games, no internet, etc.) the battery lasts only for less than 14 hours. Something is continously working in the background and using up the energy.
With TF3D there is mostly one segment (so I assume 10%) battery consumed after 14 hours if at all.
Has anybody else this issue as well?
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are you using 1.2 ? aparently that fixes power drain problems that earlier versions had
I also read somewhere that bluetooth notification could cause a drain too
Gary
igloo said:
I have installed Winterface on my HD and this is strange:
without any real action (no phone calls, no games, no internet, etc.) the battery lasts only for less than 14 hours. Something is continously working in the background and using up the energy.
With TF3D there is mostly one segment (so I assume 10%) battery consumed after 14 hours if at all.
Has anybody else this issue as well?
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Lol! I couldn't go 1 hour without using my HD let alone 14 hours!
Pandemoniumone said:
Lol! I couldn't go 1 hour without using my HD let alone 14 hours!
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It happens that I am at work where I use another communications infrastructure on the one hand and on the other hand I wanted to have a real comparision between the battery usage of TF3D and Winterface.
I agree with you on after hours of at leisure times 200% ...
garyjmobey said:
are you using 1.2 ? aparently that fixes power drain problems that earlier versions had
I also read somewhere that bluetooth notification could cause a drain too
Gary
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Yes, I have installed the 1.2 version; that's what the support asked first as well. But they have not provided any solution until now. I am waiting for a new release...
Bluetooth notification: this is something which should not be Winterface specific. I mean, with TF3D I should have the same drain of battery with that turned on?
Thanks for your comments...
Im useing Winterface 1.2.
Have a few problems too.
I cant place any icon on the two down leftmost positions. I can only have 18 icons
at each page in portrait mode. Strange isnt it? Looks pretty bad too.
I also think it runns slow on my touch HD.
Like it only runs in 10 FPS.
Anything anybody else noticed?
RustyJoe said:
Hey people,
I tried to un-tick the TF3D box on the Today screen, then it was impossible to make phone calls..
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You don't need TF3D to make phone calls in HD. Just press the phone hardware button and there ya go.
hey guys problem here, I have tomtom7 on htc hd/blackstone and for some reason it starts itself whenever i call or answer a call, any way to stop this?
By the way i happens even if the application is not currently running, i mean even just after starting the phone....
Ill appreaciate any comment that will put me in the right direction. THANKs!
venezuelan_pimp said:
hey guys problem here, I have tomtom7 on htc hd/blackstone and for some reason it starts itself whenever i call or answer a call, any way to stop this?
By the way i happens even if the application is not currently running, i mean even just after starting the phone....
Ill appreaciate any comment that will put me in the right direction. THANKs!
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Probably you start the program whith your ear.
Try to put the phone in sleep mode during call, probabbly your problem will be gone.
I always push the power button on the right top corner of the HD when I start calling or am being called.
Good luck!
You haven't mapped the call/answer button with aeb or mobilemagic to start tomtom have you?
I am also getting this on a Tytn II/Kaiser
Definately not hitting buttons or anything - it's really annoying.
Me too. Even more strangely, it opened a TomTom screen from a trip I made before getting this Touch HD, and I'm using new Tom Tom version and new map. So it must have accessed a file on the storage card copied over from my Diamond. Then put this into its Start list.
Sanitising the Start list, and then using Memmaid and cleaning everything out in Protected mode solved the problem. Good luck.
Tom Tom
Hi All,
Not 100% sure why but this is my experience:
When tomtom is closed by holding down the end key or from the application switcher, some tomtom process still remains open in the background (you can see this by going in to task manager).
Then for some reason, when on a phone call tomtom starts running again.
Solution: End tomtom properly by pressing "Exit Application".
mike.waters said:
Me too. Even more strangely, it opened a TomTom screen from a trip I made before getting this Touch HD, and I'm using new Tom Tom version and new map. So it must have accessed a file on the storage card copied over from my Diamond. Then put this into its Start list.
Sanitising the Start list, and then using Memmaid and cleaning everything out in Protected mode solved the problem. Good luck.
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Great info mike, thankyou. Will give it a go soon but I just got back from hols.
Hi All,
Using official htc sea wm 6.5
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Anyone encountered this so called memory leak before??
Try this:
Lock screen by going Start (honeycomb) then lock
I noticed if i lock the screen memory uses up ALOT whole faster... within half a day it hits to 78% used... When incoming calls, screen does not show, but phone vibrates, i press the answer and phone picks up ok... other functions like sms and emails works ok, but alot slower too.
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I'm also using a mp3 ringtone though.. not such if this caused it, i have actually shorten and compressed the file already, was 7mb, drop to 3mb to 1.8mb now to 1mb...
I noticed when calls comes in, the screen does not lag that much (earlier issue does not happen in this assumption)...
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Camera application if activated in my pocket (Mis-press, i current assume so..) for unknown amount of time, i notice it and close it.. applications fail to launch properly...
Bottom menus (the phone(left), camera(right) on home screen etc) all dont work anymore.. it jus does not display out properly..
Top menus (close button etc) also does not display properly.. say i press start button (top right on home screen), the top menus bar changes to light blue, but honeycomb on main windows does not come out. No close button on top right either, but i can still close it (looks like not rendered properly of sorts)
TouchFlo3d works still though... i can rotate around phone, contact etc etc
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Memory uses up alot faster... after i soft reset the phone.. memory hovers at 50%, within an hour will go up to 61% odd.. but stabilizes... phone can be used ok..
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There are occasional random crashing of god knows what.. sometimes during sms i notice theres a popup of errors in some service of sorts... notice happens during sending sms mostly...
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Screen auto changes between landscape and portrait mode, sometimes it auto recovers, else, i need to slide out keyboard for awhile, wait for it to stablise, then close keyboard. Not sure if this is the result of taking out from the lather pouch??
Anyone noticed or encountered all these before?? HELP!! ; ;
Program installed:
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Google Maps (Update)
Batti
Carmin Mobile XT
Windows Live (Update)
NoPushInternet
MarketPlace
Youtube (Update)
WorldMate Live Installer
WorldMate Live
SKTools
MySoftReset
All programs have been there more or less for a few months already... The programs indicated with (update) means i updated further from default.
Is this a software thingy probably that a hard reset could solve it, or this is more like a thingy that needs to go into service center??
1. That sounds normal. I was using the official HTC WinMo 6.5 ROM a while back and I remembered that the RAM usage stabilized at around 75%. This is regardless whether you use the lockscreen or not.
2. Don't know what you mean...
3. Sounds like a one-off thing. Can you replicate the problem consistently?
4. This is normal. Goes for all WinMo devices.
5. Sounds like an issue with your carrier's network.
6. My best guess is that the magnet on the pouch is affecting the screen rotation.
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1. That sounds normal. I was using the official HTC WinMo 6.5 ROM a while back and I remembered that the RAM usage stabilized at around 75%. This is regardless whether you use the lockscreen or not.
2. Don't know what you mean...
3. Sounds like a one-off thing. Can you replicate the problem consistently?
4. This is normal. Goes for all WinMo devices.
5. Sounds like an issue with your carrier's network.
6. My best guess is that the magnet on the pouch is affecting the screen rotation.
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Are u using any mp3 ringtone? Does it have any issues if we use a big mp3 as ringtone??
Noticed if i use a big file, when calls/sms comes in, phone will "lag" and vibrate with no display of incoming call...if you press call(pickup) button, it ok ok..
chuachongchee said:
Are u using any mp3 ringtone? Does it have any issues if we use a big mp3 as ringtone??
Noticed if i use a big file, when calls/sms comes in, phone will "lag" and vibrate with no display of incoming call...if you press call(pickup) button, it ok ok..
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I use a 1MB mp3 file. Works fine for me. But I can see that it makes sense for there to be a lag if a large file was used. Lesson here is: try to use small sound files for performance!
ohyeahar said:
1. That sounds normal. I was using the official HTC WinMo 6.5 ROM a while back and I remembered that the RAM usage stabilized at around 75%. This is regardless whether you use the lockscreen or not.
2. Don't know what you mean...
3. Sounds like a one-off thing. Can you replicate the problem consistently?
4. This is normal. Goes for all WinMo devices.
5. Sounds like an issue with your carrier's network.
6. My best guess is that the magnet on the pouch is affecting the screen rotation.
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one thing..
for issue 3, its happening at random.. happened maybe a total of 3 times... i do not actually see a pattern as or yet..
for issue 5, i get this Microsoft error that says some process has crashed and need ask if i want to send the report to microsoft or not.. dont think this is related to carrier..