INTERNET EXPLORER LAUNCHES ON ITS OWN - MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General

INTERNET EXPLORER LAUNCHES ON ITS OWN - MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General

Hi all,
Hoping bsomeone may be able to assist. I have an XDA IIs, and have a number of problems, but one that is becoming a real pain. My unit constantly opens Internet explorer on it own. I can set it to the today screen, but within 15-20 seconds it launches IE
Strange thing is, this seems to only occur when the unit is NOT charging.
If i plug the unit into its charger the unit s fine, if its not plug in, it constantly launches IE. This would be ok if it was always on charge on my desk, but i have a laptop and desk phonr for working in the office, the IIs is meant to be myb mobile office
By doing this, it sends the battery flat in a matter of hours.
PLEASE HELP - DESPERATE O2 OWNER

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TomTom lock up

Anybody seen this before?
My TomTom will freeze when I try to open it, leaving the top bar visible when the title screen shows and it just hangs. This seems to happen under the following circumstances:
1. If I have just closed it after using it, I cannot open it again immediately after without hanging. Must turn the unit off for at least 30 sec in between. Regardless of battery or a/c power.
2. When running on battery power, it seems to hang as described every time when I try to start it. UNLESS....
The only way I can seem to get it started is to connect to my laptop via usb. TomTom seems to boot fine then. Then I let it get a fix and then disconnect from the computer without turning the unit off. Then I turn off the P3300 and wait about 30 sec to a minute. Then when I turn it back on, TomTom will boot normally. It's like the start up on a/c power initialized the program to work on battery power! However, if I try to start it twice in a row without shutting off the PDA inbetween for this short length of time, it will hang again. Is there some weird connection between a/c power and TomTom stability? Why does the unit seem to have to rest between startups?
I've been messing with this for two days and that is the best I could do. Am I going crazy, is this a bad copy of TomTom or shoud I just learn to live with it? (Come on iGuidance...put out a patch for the P3300!!!)
***********UPDATE*****************
Seems like it is not a/c power, but the Activesync connection that is initializing my TomTom. Once I start getting these freezes, the only way to get back relatively normal initialization of the program is to connect to Activesync via usb, start TomTom and then unplug the usb cable with the program still running. Maybe someone can figure out the connection between the two - right now I'm drained and out of ideas. At least it works in some capacity. Maybe ignorance is bliss...

I am still on my S100 with tt6 6.010 (7720) and no SIM since I currently use it solely for navigation. What I experience is not really a lockup but just a big delay (almost 1 min) after tt has initialized and only if "Enable wireless data" is enabled.

UPDATE
Turns out that this was a system resource problem. I have Wisbar 2 Advance, PocketBreeze 5, Phone Alarm, and PhotoContacts Pro all active on my device. I guess this is just too much to handle for the Omap when I try to add TomTom on top of that. When I exit WA2, PA and PhotoContacts, shut the device off for about 30 seconds, then turn it back on and launch TomTom, I have no problems. I have also been able to do it only shutting down WA2 and PhotoContacts, but it still locks from time to time like this. I have to shut down all three to be safe. Leaving PocketBreeze running (with some plug-in tabs active too) seems to be a managable workload for the processor. It's kind of a pain, but at least it works! It's not like I need a nav program every day!
Later...

Glad to know you found the source of your problem.

psargent said:
Anybody seen this before?
My TomTom will freeze when I try to open it, leaving the top bar visible when the title screen shows and it just hangs. This seems to happen under the following circumstances:
1. If I have just closed it after using it, I cannot open it again immediately after without hanging. Must turn the unit off for at least 30 sec in between. Regardless of battery or a/c power.
2. When running on battery power, it seems to hang as described every time when I try to start it. UNLESS....
The only way I can seem to get it started is to connect to my laptop via usb. TomTom seems to boot fine then. Then I let it get a fix and then disconnect from the computer without turning the unit off. Then I turn off the P3300 and wait about 30 sec to a minute. Then when I turn it back on, TomTom will boot normally. It's like the start up on a/c power initialized the program to work on battery power! However, if I try to start it twice in a row without shutting off the PDA inbetween for this short length of time, it will hang again. Is there some weird connection between a/c power and TomTom stability? Why does the unit seem to have to rest between startups?
I've been messing with this for two days and that is the best I could do. Am I going crazy, is this a bad copy of TomTom or shoud I just learn to live with it? (Come on iGuidance...put out a patch for the P3300!!!)
***********UPDATE*****************
Seems like it is not a/c power, but the Activesync connection that is initializing my TomTom. Once I start getting these freezes, the only way to get back relatively normal initialization of the program is to connect to Activesync via usb, start TomTom and then unplug the usb cable with the program still running. Maybe someone can figure out the connection between the two - right now I'm drained and out of ideas. At least it works in some capacity. Maybe ignorance is bliss...
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I'm having the same problem as above! I've installed Battery Status and overclock to 247... but no difference unfortunately. Anyone any tips for this problem?? It just seems to hang lots!!
Maybe Co Pilot would be better??

Have you tried to defragment your memory card of maybe even clear of any redundant registry entries. I was having issues not too similar to yours and I found that pocket mechanic was able to resolve some of the issues due to the card having so many redundant files and the registry. Give it a go using the demo may solve your issue?

Magic Button - Pocket PC Task Manager
This will CLOSE the program instead of MINIMIZING it to the background process.

JC#79 said:
Have you tried to defragment your memory card of maybe even clear of any redundant registry entries. I was having issues not too similar to yours and I found that pocket mechanic was able to resolve some of the issues due to the card having so many redundant files and the registry. Give it a go using the demo may solve your issue?
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I only started putting things on the card two days ago - day two i started having tomtom problems.
I'll def give this a go though and let you know if any improvements...
Thanks!

i have the exact same problem with my dopod p800w/artemis etc etc......i found a way to eliminate the freezing and hanging.......rule of thumb is to open the program by going into its root directory and opening it from there, instead of opening it via the start/programs shortcut or today screen......basically just make sure you open the program by going into File Manager and look for the tomtom navigator.exe file (usually in the program files folder and then navigator folder) and open it that way......ever since i tried it this way i never get any freezing and the program would start all the time.......it works for me......

tomtom wireless Mrk II reciever bluetooth problems.

How can anything this good be this bad?
You can buy TomTom navigator5 for pda for £75 at PC World less on the Net
for this you get a 128meg sd card with tomtom on and a wireless bluetooth reciever and a Car charger.
You don't get a Mains charger but I found a USB hub Psu or my old toshiba pda E740 PSU will do the trick.
With the Universal software set up is a breeze. The trouble comes with the bluetooth gps which isn't adequately documented by tomtom. It is a good GPS receiver so whats bad.
on the Reciever are 2 Leds and a button
the first led has 3 states
Red totally discharged
orange charging
off fully charged (or fully discharged or broken or)
The 2nd Led is green
with 3 states
green - got a lock
green - flashing got a lock and talking to your Pda
off - switched off, or not got a lock and switched on, or its broke.
The button
push for a second on
push for a second off
push for 3 seconds reset
push repeatedly - unknown state (and it can take up to a minute to get a lock)
The problem is that fully charged and indoors you probably will get no lights at all and will not be able to tell if its on or off or broken.
if its not talking to your pda it will turn itself off after 5 minutes also if your stationary.
you can spend forever trying to get it working if you go in under bluetooth you should be able to discover it. but if you start the tomtom software it will tell you no gps.
The only definate way to get it connected is to go outside press the button and then the green led should light letting you know its on and has found some satellites. then if you start the tomtom software and choose tomtom gps it will connect.
you can share the gps using the gps settings in connections and bluetooth
(but someone else can explain that).
if you are indoors and trying to set this up, you will get nowhere.
hope this is useful info.
one more thing each gps has its own mac address as well as its display name so its possible you think you have a partnership but thats a different tomtom wireless gps unit. (the one you took back coz you were convinced it was broken).

blackest_knight said:
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if you are indoors and trying to set this up, you will get nowhere.
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The only comment I can make here is that a lot of GPS recivers won't work indoors. I'm using a GPslim236 and this works ok indoors (at home) as long as you are close to a window (within 6ft). This uses the SirfIII (?) chipset. The earlier chipsets wouldn't work at all indoors (iirc).
Mav

The tomtom bluetooth gps is sirf III,
Seems to get a good signal most of the time.
you would think getting two bluetooth devices to pair together, location would be fairly unimportant. However with the tomtom unless its got a fix it doesn't want to play.
once you 'grok' the device its ok, but I still would have prefered an on off switch with some feedback.

Wifi issue after WM6 upgrade.

Hello all.....
Please bear with me as I'm new to XDA's and this forum.....
I've recently upgraded my XDA Orbit to the new release of WM6 provided by
O2 (UK). I have noticed that the battery life is now pretty poor and I suspect this is due to the wireless connection to my home network is staying on when the XDA goes into sleep mode. In the previous ROM (WM5) when I woke the XDA up it would resume the connection (ie I would see it trying to re-establish the connection). Also when I tap on the wireless icon in the top task bar I dont get the option to turn the wireless off. The only option I see is wireless on regardless of whether it is connected or not.
Has naybody else experienced this ?
Kind regards.............Gilgamesh

Try this fix... haven't tried it myself but should work!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=295438
Tell me if it worked!
Massa.-

I have tried the link on my Orbit, it doesn't solve the problem.

I have done a bit more playing with this and found the following.
It appears to happen when I plug my Orbit into my laptop to charge and then switch on the Orbit's wireless. I then unplug the Orbit at the end of charging. When the Orbit goes into sleep mode the wireless stays on. I have tried several variations of this and it always seems to come back to this.
I've down loaded the Battery Status plugin and now use that to control the wireless connection. Anoying I know but I'm learning to live with it.

No sound, no sync

Hello,
If there is a thread about this subject, please direct me to it because I couldn't find it.
I have an XDA Cosmo running on WM6.1 (ricky's)
All was reasonably fine untill this sunday. All of a sudden it doesn't make any sound anymore and there is the headphone symbol displayed at the top. When I plug in a headphone, I can hear to that offcourse.
It is also very hard to sync it with my computer. I have to try dozen's of times.
I'm guessing that there is something wrong with the connector. Do you have any suggestions?
The strangest thing is that when I reboot my phone, it doesn't occur untill i plug something into the mini-usb connector.
Another strange thing was that it changed the colour of the homescreen automaticly overnight. I don't think the two problems are related, so any suggestions for this one?

yesterday, completely out of the blue, my phone had the speakerphone all the time on. I couldn't get it normal again. Then, later that day, the headphone symbol reappeared, so I couldn't make a call anymore.
When I connect it to my computer today, it keeps on switching between connected and not-connected for 2 minutes and then decides to be not connected. Even when I leave the room and there are no noticeable vibrations that could cause a bad connection.
Anyone has an idea? Because the phone is useless right now and I can't flash another rom when I can't connect it to my computer.
Greetings and thanks a lot for any piece of information.

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turn off bluetooth

Bluetooth hasn't been on the last couple of months, so I don't think that that is the problem

Quick Charge always on and random pausing and playing

Hi,
So I had the razer phone for a week now and wondering if anyone has experienced or fixed two things:
1) Is quick charging always on?
I can't find any setting for it and I charge at night so I don't need quick charge unless it's an emergency.
2) When using headphones, Google music and YouTube will pause and start playing randomly. I would of thought maybe a unstable internet connection might be the case but even my downloaded music does it as well.
If anyone has solutions or can confirm they have the same issues, would be greatly appreciated.

I have had a similar issue as well. I use slingbox heavily, and when using my Verizon 4g sim for Data only, and Wi-Fi enabled I would see a random Grey (looks like a blank message prompt) blurp appear at the bottom, center of my screen. It would cause my Slingbox app to lose connection and close the video. Once i removed the Sim card from the phone, and use it in Wi-Fi only mode, I do not get the problem. I thought I would share my similar story.
Cheers.

Well, if anyone else is getting the random pausing and playing, I have narrowed down the issue to the USB audio dongle having some wiggle room when plugged in (IE standing or sitting still = no problems but if you're moving, you have a good chance of the dongle wiggling around and causing disconnects and reconnects which is why it pauses and plays).
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iambedook said:
I have had a similar issue as well. I use slingbox heavily, and when using my Verizon 4g sim for Data only, and Wi-Fi enabled I would see a random Grey (looks like a blank message prompt) blurp appear at the bottom, center of my screen. It would cause my Slingbox app to lose connection and close the video. Once i removed the Sim card from the phone, and use it in Wi-Fi only mode, I do not get the problem. I thought I would share my similar story.
Cheers.
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Are you trolling me?

usod said:
Well, if anyone else is getting the random pausing and playing, I have narrowed down the issue to the USB audio dongle having some wiggle room when plugged in (IE standing or sitting still = no problems but if you're moving, you have a good chance of the dongle wiggling around and causing disconnects and reconnects which is why it pauses and plays).
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Are you trolling me?
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No I am not. I did not have the phone connected to a charger when i encountered this problem. I came across it when i was doing battery test. I crank the brightness up, and stream my slingbox to see how long they can go. When my slingbox kept dropping connection, but not displaying a network error I started to take more notice of the issue. Once I was able to catch the problem in the act, I saw this random grey window appear at the bottom center of my screen. Slingbox drops the video, and goes back to the main login screen. The amount of time between disconnecting was also random. Sometimes it would disconnect almost right away, other times it would stay connected upto 15 minutes before dropping.
Once I remove the Sim and use Wi-Fi only, there is no issue.
Cheers.

iambedook said:
No I am not. I did not have the phone connected to a charger when i encountered this problem. I came across it when i was doing battery test. I crank the brightness up, and stream my slingbox to see how long they can go. When my slingbox kept dropping connection, but not displaying a network error I started to take more notice of the issue. Once I was able to catch the problem in the act, I saw this random grey window appear at the bottom center of my screen. Slingbox drops the video, and goes back to the main login screen. The amount of time between disconnecting was also random. Sometimes it would disconnect almost right away, other times it would stay connected upto 15 minutes before dropping.
Once I remove the Sim and use Wi-Fi only, there is no issue.
Cheers.
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I am in the same situation. With my CDMA/UMTS/LTE sim card I do get a data connection but I have frequent data drop offs. I'd see LTE, one minute then half signal with 3G then no signal at all. Even with cellular data off and only on wifi i would also experience drop offs of from the wifi also. It would even drop my magic jack calls only on home wifi as soon as the other person answered. Took the sim card out and I have no issues.
I think he was asking if you were trolling because we are off topic in that we do not have GSM carriers.
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