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.
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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
I've recently upgraded to the latest available and recommended WM5 ROM and have found an odd side effect. When I power off the device using the power button on the top, the device will randomly power itself on again for no reason. I could understand it if the phone was about to receive a text or a call but nothing happens apart from it switching on? The auto shutoff will then cut in after whatever setting I have made and turn it off again, however randomly again it will turn on?
I have tried closing all the running apps to see if it is a running app which is "waking it up" with no joy. This also happens whether the device is charging (Mains power) or not.
Very random I know, but any assistance anyone may have would be greatly appreciated....
Well I had the same problem but when I upgraded to the ROM I am using now (you can see which one in my signature) I no longer have the problem.
I'm fairly sure I'm using the same ROM etc as you! Any ideas what might be wrong?
Operator Version : AKU3.2
ROM Version : 5.04.06.WWE
ROM Date : 03/02/05
Radio Version : 1.15.00
Protocol Version : 1337.45
ExtROM Version : 1.3
That is the same ROM as mine. I will have a think and get back to you. Do you have 02 Plus on your device? Do you have Voice Commander installed?
No, I couldn't get MS Voice commander to work, and no for the O2 plus stuff! I do however have a ripped version of the Today screen O2 Battery monitor. Is the 'O2 Plus' stuff you refer to the official O2 exented ROM apps etc?
Well both voice commander and 02 plus use a LOT of processor power even when they are not working and I thought if they use processor power even when they are not running they could be what is turning your device on. Also I removed both when I changed from Tu-Ma v1.3 to AKU 3.2 WM5 Helmi beta 1.3.2 and I have not had any problems. Yes 02 Plus is the today screen plugins 02 put on there devices. I can't see that the battery monitor should be to much of a problem. I will have to think over it and I will get back to you.
Hi again I have had a thought. Go into Start-Settings-Click on the System Tab-The tab Button Lock then select Lock all buttons except power button. This is all I can think of as a button may be knocked and that is what turns it on. Please let me know how you go.
I've already got that activated as it used to keep switching on in my pocket. Now even with that activated it keeps switching on by itself without anything being pressed. Any other thoughts you or anyone else has would be greatly received...
My Observation
I have the same WM5 rom, but I have radio v1.02.10. I noticed that I was having the same issue. I only seem to have this problem when I have BT truned on (the BA turns on randomly power button & other methods like xpshut) I turn of BT and the unit seems to stay off. this is strictly an informal observation on my part.
Cheers
That appears to have worked a treat Brau0303, the only thing I have left to ask.... Is it possible to get my XDA IIs to turn off BT when I turn it off and switch it back on when I switch the XDA back On??
Hey turning off the Bluetooth helped me with this problem. My phone is not turning on now. Will applying the latest Bluetooth patch even fix the problem for good and so I can leave my bluetooth on. However, I have to turn on the bluetooth whenever I want to use things instead of "it" turning on by itself.
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.
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
I use a T-Mobile Dash and recently flashed my ROM with Windows Mobile 6.1 from Kavana. I love the layout and uses but I have encountered a problem.
When I am using my bluetooth headset for phone calls, my device shuts down without provocation. I can be in the middle of a call and then lose the connection. I check the phone and it is off. After rebooting, I have noticed a considerable amount of battery power has been used for even a short time. (The last time this happened, I was on a call for less than 3 minutes and the battery, which was full before dialing, was down to 83%.)
Any ideas on how to fix this?
Jared
Replace the battery, its been a known problem and been discussed on here many of times.
Thanks for the quick reply. I have just returned from the local T-Mobile store with a new battery. I will try this out and report back.