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XdaIIs on/off switch

My PDA
Windows Mobile 2nd Edition 2003
Version 4.21.1088 (Build 14132)
CPU Intel PXA263
PH20B 0 B
WWE E
O2___001
ROM version 1.31.00 0 0
1.31.139
1.06.00 06.00
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I have set Button Lock to power button only.
The ON/OFF switch (top right) keeps changing its function. Sometimes it works as expected and switches the phone off but sometimes it causes the backlight to go off.
I have tried various durations to see if that makes a difference (hold button down for period) but it doesn't seem to. The one thing that seems to switch it back to expected functionality (not always) is a reset.
This is now dodgy for me though as I have lost my stylus and so I reset by unclipping the battery for a mo'
Bottom line is - How can I get my Power Switch to work as expected?
Further to this point, could anyone tell me where I can get a new stylus and also I appear to be missing two very small screws on either side of the phone casing near the top (left hand side is just above the 'Recorder Button', right hand side is opposite the XdaIIs logo).

HTC AudioManager & Screen off

Hi there,
I have the brilliant Dutch ADW 1.1 ROM. Since yesterday however the HTC AudioManager stops playing when I press the off button, while before it didn't.
Does anyone know how to keep it playing again when the device is "off"?
TIA
PS. A program that keep all buttons but power and the screen locked, even when a call comes in also would to the trick.

On my P3600 + Faman WM6 french ROM, I manage to do it the following way :
1 - allow the WM6 screen lock option to appear into the Today screen (trying to translate from French : open the parameters panel in the start menu, select Today/Elements, select "Screen lock" and press "OK" ;
2 - go back to the Today screen and lock the screen ;
3 - now, pressing the on/off button will switch the screen backlight off without stopping the HTC manager.
Hope it works for you.

I use S2U2 and FTouchFlo, so that when I slide my finger right to left, it activates S2U2. Pretty nifty
Doesn't use that much extra battery either.

@deago, I tried your suggestion, but it didn't work. Music still stops when I press the off button, but thanks though
I'll try S2u2 tonight, but I think it is basically the same as slide2unlock, and that works, but not realy how I would like.
And... it workt before, so what's changed?? :S

I use AudioManager with the HTC Home Plugin thing and music keeps playing when I hit the off button. I'm using udk 6.1 rom

I was having the same problem on my P3600, with Axel's wm6 rom. Deago's fix didnt work for me, the only thing i've found so far is that if u install SPB Pocket Plus, u can get a little icon on your Today Screen that's called "Screen Toggle" and when u press it it turns the screen off and locks the keys and everything but the music continues to play in the background.
Hope i helped =)

"Lock" shortcut not working in WM6.1?

I've noticed since installing Kavana's 6.1 ROM (great ROM, btw), that I can no longer use my red disconnect button as a shortcut to lock my phone.
In the past, I would just depress the red disconnect button for a few seconds and it would lock the phone, now I can only do this by hitting the left side power button to bring up the quick menu to do this.
Is there a way to get the shortcut back?
Thank you,
Tim

Locking Dash
I have always held down the z key to lock my phone. This works for me in WM6.1

Thank you, never tried that method, the key is smaller than the red disconnect button, but it'll do. - Tim

Strange. It works for me by default and I am using this ROM:
RUU_Excalibur_WM61_Kavana_080320_WWE.exe
(apparently this is the same as the 080318 ROM, but with the defaults that he said were turned off actually turned off).

Strange it's working for me now as well.... but yesterday depressing the key would do nothing. Being a Windows OS I should have known I'd need to reboot. ;-)
False Alarm
- Tim

when in doubt.... Reboot!!!!!!!

Is there an auto key lock function or application available for WM 6.1?

timlee said:
Is there an auto key lock function or application available for WM 6.1?
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Automatic Keylock

AE Button 2.6.6 - 2.2.09 - Experiences

there is a new version of AE Button! The Button map application! Any experiences? Is there an improvement for the HD? Let´s test

Anyone tried?
I wish to know too =)

Is it free?

I have this registered.
The unregistered version is actually almost fully functioning and well worth trying.
I choose to register since I found the application useful and it seemed fair to pay the developer.
THANKS, for the new version alert. But, I suspect there is little new as the history details for this version are:
02.02.2009(v2.6.6):
Fixes:
Backlight works on HP 612c now
Languages:
Updated Traditional Chinese resources (thanks to Chow Yuh)

AE Button
I find this software very useful. It completely eliminates the need of locking/unlocking software for me.
I just set double or triple tap to answer and hang up keys. This will prevent accidental key press when taking HD out of pocket. To answer call, simple double/triple tap on answer key or simply slide on screen to answer (built-in screen lock will be unlocked during incoming call).
Set press and hold volume up to toggle wireless and down to toggle bluetooth.
This one single software solved all my screen locking + lack of buttons issues!! Believe me i tried touch lock pro, sensor lock, slide to unlock and what ever you can think of (I didnt like because I think its not really practical for me to be rolling phone 180 degrees or shaking back n fourth in meetings to answer a call.)...I know you guys may argue it has light sensors to unlock, but I'll be in meetings and presentations which might be low light conditions. I do not want to set very small for polling interval either. If you have tried all else, no harm in trying this.
if you guys face the same problem like me, this tiny software might be the right solution for you.
The best combination for me:
Gyrator2 (fine tuned based on my apps) + Lumos + AE Button Plus + Touch Response (for onscreen keypress only).
The only flaw that i could find to complain is that they should really change the icon...it looks like bread/potato/or whatever...

Headset Buttons
Hi there,
is this program able to capture the button press events from a headset wired/wireless?
What I'd like to achieve is, to switch to the next song in Mediaplayer as long there is no incoming or active call.
Is that possible?
Thx in Advance
Steve

noctifer said:
Hi there,
is this program able to capture the button press events from a headset wired/wireless?
What I'd like to achieve is, to switch to the next song in Mediaplayer as long there is no incoming or active call.
Is that possible?
Thx in Advance
Steve
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Hi, I believe not. I understand the press events from headsets and bluetooth AVRCP are actually trapped in the hardware by HTC and by-pass the operating system and are sent directly to TF3D music or WMP.
If you check on the AEB plus site: http://ae.inc.ru/ it says the app is not for specific applications.
(Also: the AEB+ icon does look like a loaf of bread !!)

Will it allow me to remap the Home button on the Touch HD?

CorruptedSanity said:
Will it allow me to remap the Home button on the Touch HD?
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Nope. All the others but not the home button.
I have:
1. volume up. 1 press = arrow up, 2 press = volume up, long press = plamp (flash light)
2. volume down. 1 press = arrow down, 2 press = volume down, long press = resco notes recorder (auto)
3. OK / back. 2 press = rotate screen 90 deg
I keep the long press on phone end and long press on phone start handled by the system.

Dave, thanks a lot and you have some very smart short cuts
I may very well adopt them too.

CorruptedSanity said:
Dave, thanks a lot and you have some very smart short cuts
I may very well adopt them too.
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Thanks, but I'm needing a suggestion for replacing the flash light. Never used this now "for real" so I shall find something else for the long volume up press ...

I have almost identical settings but use the long up as a bluetooth toggle. This is a fantastic program and really eliminates one of the few shortcomings of this phone.

Cheesy Dave said:
long press = plamp (flash light)
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do you know where i can get this plamp please?

P Lamp v1.5 http://pda.jasnapaka.com/plamp/

Question guys,
How do I map the call button to long press (like the smallest long press ever) to get the Start menu?
Thanks

Sorry, I don't understand what you want. Is "call button" the "end call" or "start call" ?

Dave, call button is the left-most button that answers/makes a call. If it were colored, it would have been green.
I want to short press it to start menu (heres the tricky part, I have Quick Menu as my start menu).
Basically I miss the Start button from my TyTn II (Kaiser) and the scroll on the top. I have managed to set the volume buttons as scroll up/down and want the start call button to imitate the start menu button when I long press it. But I want to long press it for as little time as possible. So say 1 second as opposed to 3 seconds.

I see. So, two points:
1. Get quick menu
2. Use a "short" long press
I asked because the green/start left button is assignable in the standard settings - button to the <start menu> but I don't know how to do this to quick menu. I guess if you make a short cut to quick menu and drop this somewhere in the Programs folder in windows (or a sub-folder) then the standard settings - button should find it OK.
But, for option 2 I have no idea. Instead of the "short" long press how about using AEB+ with a double press ?

Dave, I see from the options that you can set the delay. I guess this from the "Key Press timeout" menu where you can select units of time starting with 200ms to 900ms. I am guessing that 200ms of time needed for a long press would be the shortest longpress possible.
Any how, how to assign the green button to start menu? It doesnt work for me. I have it as 2 presses or 3 presses or long press for start menu but nothing happens.

one problem it works to rotate(volume up which i assigned) but as soon as i make a call or recieve a call it no longer works untill i soft reset???? im i missing a setting or something? i have duttys rom, please help! : ) thanks!

Music playback, with phone locked & screen off

Now im sure i had this working, but not 100%, now it dont work, ive searched, but there only seems to be mention of in the media players, ie tcpmp, core, nitrogen etc, the option to turn the screen off.
Theres other threads on here about getting the screen off, but not locking the keys, i allways seem to dial someone when doing it this way!
Now ive just dug out my TyTn 2 and tested
run tcpmp, played an mp3, gone back to my main screen, locked the keys and hit the standby button, = phone screen off, phone lock, but still getting mp3 playback.
Why cant i get my touch pro 2 to do this????

I use Nitrogen with S2U2 and it works just fine. No amount of button presses turn the device on, except for the power button.

agentdr8 said:
I use Nitrogen with S2U2 and it works just fine. No amount of button presses turn the device on, except for the power button.
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Tried that, but you still cant lock the phone 1st then turn the screen off, unless im missing something?
Has this S2U2 got anything to do with what i want?

I think it has to do something with the headphones being used. I can lock my device with s2p running being pluged in to a 3.5 cable while i drive.

no one share this issue then? still bugs me i can do it on older devices and not my TP2?

fil said:
Tried that, but you still cant lock the phone 1st then turn the screen off, unless im missing something?
Has this S2U2 got anything to do with what i want?
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I'm guessing you're trying to use the standard windows lock screen and then power button? I don't use the built-in screen lock, and just use S2U2, which I've set to only come on when the power button is pressed. So I can start nitrogen, play music, hit the "screen off" button on the default skin, which blanks the screen, and when I hit the power button, S2U2 comes up first.
The other thing to look at is possibly the Keylock under start, settings, system. Not sure which ROM you're running, so it may or may not be there. I have mine set to disable all buttons except the power button when screen is off.

I'm having the same problem, when I play my music on my TP2 on speakerphone and press the power button to turn the screen off (to save power) it shuts the music off. I would like this to stop.

Try looking at
Code:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\BattPowerOff
I think on some ROMs it's set to 180. Try changing it to 0 and soft-reset & test.

not to be thick in the head...but could you spell it out for me what this would do before I do it

ok, so I regedit it and the value was 0 already so now what do I do? I tried changing it to 2 but I don;t know what I'm doing

since no one seems to care about this lol, I found a solution. I just downloaded "turn off the light" app and that works great. it cuts off the screen to conserve power but doesn't kill the music
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550973

grant9908 said:
since no one seems to care about this lol, I found a solution. I just downloaded "turn off the light" app and that works great. it cuts off the screen to conserve power but doesn't kill the music
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550973
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I realize I am a bit late to the discussion, but mortsaver is an older but functional utility for this. There are probably more elegant ones nowadays, but on my apache I use mortsaver with wm6.5 when I am listening to music or even with google maps when it used to freeze if the phone was put on standby.
Hope this is helpful. It's attached. Thanks to everyone on these forums!

agentdr8 said:
Try looking at
Code:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\BattPowerOff
I think on some ROMs it's set to 180. Try changing it to 0 and soft-reset & test.
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Just had a look and get asfar as the power part then theres no Battpoweroff
grant9908 said:
since no one seems to care about this lol, I found a solution. I just downloaded "turn off the light" app and that works great. it cuts off the screen to conserve power but doesn't kill the music
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550973
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Can allready do that with the nitrogen player
cameld00d said:
I realize I am a bit late to the discussion, but mortsaver is an older but functional utility for this. There are probably more elegant ones nowadays, but on my apache I use mortsaver with wm6.5 when I am listening to music or even with google maps when it used to freeze if the phone was put on standby.
Hope this is helpful. It's attached. Thanks to everyone on these forums!
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Installed but still cant get it to what i want?
Going back to my 1st post, all i want it to do as my previous WM did
run tcpmp ( or any other media player )
play an mp3
go back to my main screen
lock the keys
hit the standby button
= phone screen off, phone locked, but still getting mp3 playback.

fil said:
run tcpmp ( or any other media player )
play an mp3
go back to my main screen
lock the keys
hit the standby button
= phone screen off, phone locked, but still getting mp3 playback.
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I just tested this and you're right, it won't work this way. By pressing the standby button, it suspends the audio. I'm sure it does that by design, and most likely to save battery. So there's possibly a regkey to address that. But in the meantime, why not do it this way:
setup s2u2 to lock on power button press
run nitrogen
play an mp3
hit nitrogen's screen off button on the default skin
profit
That's how I do it, and the music keeps on playing indefinitely. All the keys are locked, and the only one you can hit is the standby/power button, at which time s2u2 comes up and prompts for either a password (if enabled) or a slide to unlock, all the while music is still playing.

Cheers agentdr8 that does the job, but after using s2u2 for a day, i dont like it! The touching the slide to unlock tab on the screen just aint big or as usable as i like.

Pocket Player by default has "do not suspend power while playing," it keeps the music playing when your phone turns off.
Unfortunately, pocket player costs $25 or something like that.

I use psshutxp to turn off the screen & hold the end key to lock it....
http://ppcsoft.narod.ru/psshutxp/psshutxp_eng.vga.xscale.cab
Description:
With psShutXP for Pocket PCs you can easily control power and display of your PDA. psShutXP is good free extension for Wisbar Advance 1.x and 2.x. Extend WisBar Advance functions with psShutXP. Unlike other similar utilities psShutXP covers all power functions:
Soft Reset;
Shutdown;
Display switch Off/On (You can bind it to any hardware key);
Password lock;
You can also schedule all these functions using timer dialog;
Icon in "Today" screen in the tray for quick access
Microsoft Windows XP-style main dialog with gray background and shadow;
Program is very small, only 35 Kb;
look for and apply funny skins for psShutXP or create new one;
for advanced users psShutXP has a hidden function: hard reset with double confirmation;
Also we have special version for WM2003SE that supports VGA screen.
some WisBar Advance themes include skin for psShutXP!

pimppoet said:
I use psshutxp to turn off the screen & hold the end key to lock it....
http://ppcsoft.narod.ru/psshutxp/psshutxp_eng.vga.xscale.cab
Description:
With psShutXP for Pocket PCs you can easily control power and display of your PDA. psShutXP is good free extension for Wisbar Advance 1.x and 2.x. Extend WisBar Advance functions with psShutXP. Unlike other similar utilities psShutXP covers all power functions:
Soft Reset;
Shutdown;
Display switch Off/On (You can bind it to any hardware key);
Password lock;
You can also schedule all these functions using timer dialog;
Icon in "Today" screen in the tray for quick access
Microsoft Windows XP-style main dialog with gray background and shadow;
Program is very small, only 35 Kb;
look for and apply funny skins for psShutXP or create new one;
for advanced users psShutXP has a hidden function: hard reset with double confirmation;
Also we have special version for WM2003SE that supports VGA screen.
some WisBar Advance themes include skin for psShutXP!
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this worked fine for me thanks