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On the whole I'm very pleased with my imate PDA2K, but I am wondering whether anyone else is experiencing the following problems
1) After the phone has been on for a few hours, sometimes you cannot send an SMS. Once you do a soft reset then text message sending is OK again.
2) I've had this twice now. I make a phone call and I get no dial tone. A soft-reset sorts this out again. This is after the phone has been on for a few hours again.
3) The machine seems generally sluggish in popping up the text box for text message received/message sent confirmations after the notification icon has appeared in the top line.
4) Wifi access can be flaky. My signal strength generally shows as poor and the range is a lot shorter than an IPAQ HX4700 I have also used. This connects everytime in every room of the house.
5) Does anyone find the yellow tinge to the screen annoying. The XDAII contrast is better although actual screen on PDA2K is better when you get the viewing angle spot-on.
I never saw these issues on my XDAII.
I'm using the latest ROM update (1.12.22), Radio (1.02.00) ExtROM (1.12.169).
I'm begginning to consider using a SPV C500 Bluetooh phone with an IPAQ HX4700 if I need GPRS internet - it has a beautiful screen - any comments.
I really want a "one-device fits all", but these little problems are making me re-consider.
Mike
i second everything you said
my PDa2K is the same
John
I don't have Pda2k but consider most of your problems related about first ROM and Radio Stack Version..All devices have some bugs
Then about the yellow screen,that is hardware related,I am sure it is made by another company then Xda2 screen.
Note: We all know XDA2 also had initially one type screen,then after some months they (HTC) have sell XDA2 with other type screen..
I find the tint of the yellow screen changes with screen angle and I find it quite annoying.
My bluetooth headset (jabra) that has worked fine on my XDAIII for the last year and my XDA1 (with dongle) before that keeps loosing it's connection with MDAIII - works fine for half an hour after a soft reset but then stops working again.
while i can live with most of the things you mentioned so far pretty well, i can't live with the fact, that mine turns on every time i receive a short message, or when someone calls me.. because turning on not only means showing me what's on the display (that'd be ideal) but it does also mean, releasing the key- and screenlock! so whenever i get a message from someone, i start tapping on my screen probably without knowing it (since it's in my pocket) and everything gets messed up, and if i'm unlucky i might even call someone or delete stuff...
is there any workorund for that? (i have postet this problem to the general discussion earlyer this day, but nobody seems to either care, share the problem or know a solution... )
other than that, i am rather happy with my investment ;-)
cheers
pascal
They used a yellowish screen for a reason, it is 'suppose' to be ALOT easier to view under direct sunlight compared to the Xda II which will be almost unviewable under sunlight. But i personally rather have the white bright screen of xda II, who looks at their pda under direct sunlight at it anyways u can just use ur head to block the sunlight.
So, it seems to be a good rom
But I get constant hangups...my device freezes (today apps running are spb pocketplus and weather, windows live search and handyswitcher)
Any known problems?
My memory card keeps dissappearing also, I know that has been a reoccurant hermes problem but the xda fix did not help.
ALSO...
IS THERE ANY WAY TO REMAP THE Messages softkey buttons?
The WM5 had "new" on the left rather than delete....I want the "new" to be mapped there...
any way to do that? THANKS!
SPB PocketPlus and/or Weather would be my guess... most likely Plus and Diary if you are using that one. As much as I love my SPB PocketPlus and Diary, they have caused every single ROM to date to freeze at one point or another. They cause the device to slow down noticeably too. But I can't live without either of them now, so I deal.
Since PocketPlus has quite a few hooks into the OS, I would guess that it doesn't play too nicely with WM6 yet.
a few problems
With my 8525 I'm having a problem with the amber notification light not blinking when you have a missed call or new voice/text message. For some reason I can’t get it to turn on.
Also don't know how to activate system sounds in this rom besides just screen taps. i.e. the sound the phone makes when you press the start button or when selecting a program. I see the sound files in the windows directory but they are never played.
Lastly I'm having issues with mms, my cingular 8525 wont let me configure my mms server settings for cingular. It lets me type in the info but it doesn't do anything when I press ok.
If anyone has any fixes for these problems, I would be most greatfull.
NEW ROM with some bug fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1165180&postcount=2
Fix for sounds in WM6
Just use this cab
phathead785 said:
But I get constant hangups...my device freezes (today apps running are spb pocketplus and weather, windows live search and handyswitcher)
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My phone also keeps freezing, its only ever done it while in standby not while i'm actually using it. I go to turn the screen on and it just wont turn on and i have to softreset, if i phone the phone it just rings out (down the phone) but the device doesnt turn on or ring or anything.
The only today plugin i have is pocketbreeze, i've installed a couple of apps but sometimes it'll freeze without me opening any of them so i doubt one of those. I also get my mail via directpush.
sickchilly said:
SPB PocketPlus and/or Weather would be my guess... most likely Plus and Diary if you are using that one. As much as I love my SPB PocketPlus and Diary, they have caused every single ROM to date to freeze at one point or another. They cause the device to slow down noticeably too. But I can't live without either of them now, so I deal.
Since PocketPlus has quite a few hooks into the OS, I would guess that it doesn't play too nicely with WM6 yet.
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Me too having the same freezing problem, where the screen is off and never on again, no matter what button I push (except for the 1 mighty reset).
And I am having spb diary running all the time, too useful.
Funny thing is, I never try uninstall the thing to see if it mades the phone more stable. Will try sometime when the next freeze comes.
Freezes and not waking up ...
... several times per day. It looks of this only happens when the phone is on, not when the phone is in flight mode. I installed several programs, but already uninstalled SPB Pocket Plus and SPB Time (but still have SPB Diary, SPB Imageer and SPB Weather installed with their services in the start-up after every reset). I need to soft reset to wake up the phone again
Who is facing the same issues and are there any solutions? Thanx in advance
Maybe a next update will fix the freesing/wake up problems.
For the rest i must say that wm6 is absolutely signifcant faster than the old i-Mate wm5 rom.
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No Freezes or instability with Radio 1.34.00.10
Only 2 Freezes directly after ROM-Upgrade, but since then never again, and my device is running 24/7
PAPPL said:
No Freezes or instability with Radio 1.34.00.10
Only 2 Freezes directly after ROM-Upgrade, but since then never again, and my device is running 24/7
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Is it possible to only upgrade my radio and if yes how???
yes it is possible and very simple...Download the file, connect your hermes via activesync and run the file !
ftp://xda:[email protected]/Hermes/Cooked_ROMs/HERM_RADIO_1.38.00.11_Only_SSPL.rar
Greetings all!
This is the weirdest problem ever. When I purchased my X1i, I purchased iGo8 along with the map of Egypt. I set it up, then moved the files installed to my phone memory to the memory card; i.e. all related files were stored at “Storage Card/iGo8”. It worked like a charm! I flashed my phone several times afterwards for all different reasons and every time I would just run iGo8 from the memory card without having to re-install it. Simply I would copy the “iGo8.exe” file and paste a shortcut to it in the “/Windows/Start Menu/Programs” folder.
A few weeks ago, I decided to build everything from scratch again since I was going through a complete data migration on my home network. I backed up everything, formatted the memory card and flashed the phone. I installed everything from scratch including iGo8. Now I have files on the phone memory, which I didn’t move this time, and others on the memory card including the map, the 3D buildings file, and other resources such as help, voice, etc…
For the sake of safe driving, I enabled the “iGo8 Today Plug-in” on the “Microsoft Today” Panel so that I can start the program without having to touch the screen or take out my stylus; just scroll down and click to load. Afterwards, I noticed this weird behavior: after a few times of switching panels, or either after approximately an hour or so, if I clicked on the X Panel button, it would wait for 3 seconds before illuminating the LED (usually it illuminates the LED almost instantaneously) and then nothing happens! The panel I am on would freeze and if I waited for 5 seconds or so it would resume normal operation. If I got a little pushy and pressed the X Panel button again or tried clicking on the d-pad in any direction then clicking on the centre button (thinking I might be able to blindly choose another panel) I would get the message "We’re sorry! PanelManager.exe crashed/send error report".
I unchecked the "Today Timeout" option but the problem persisted. Next I unchecked the iGo8 Today plug-in and ever since PanelManager.exe has never crashed, not even once! The phone has been running for two weeks straight now without turning it off or soft-resetting it, with me switching panels all the time! I just don't understand why anything like that would happen! I can’t find any logical reason for it! Do I need an edit to the “sys” file?! That glitch and the fact that iGo8 doesn't display properly in landscape mode are really pissing me off! Now, every time I want to start iGo8 for car navigation I either have to pull over or fiddle with my phone while driving, which I really don't like.
Any one encountered the same problem? Should I try to add a plug-in key to the registry and have it point to a certain iGo8 DLL file instead of using the available “Today” plug-in option? I found this registry edit where you can add a Wireless Manager and I fell in love with it ever since. Any feedback would be seriously appreciated! If you ever come to Egypt I will take you to the Giza Pyramids free of charge!
Some useful data:
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- X1i, Black, Production: Week 17/2009
- Firmware: R3AA - Generic UK
- Phone Lock: Set to 60 minutes, simple PIN code
- Panels: Today, SBP MS 3.0.1, PointUI Home2, On-the-Road, Media-Xperiance, Radio, Skype 2.5, CNN, 3D Fish
- Apps: Bing, Communicator Mobile, Garmin Mobile XT, iGo8(obviously!), MS NewsBreak, MS Reader, Registry Editor, SkyFire, YouTube Client
- System Packages: .Net Compact Framework 3.5, Sony Ericsson ActiveX deployment, SDKCerts
- Registry Tweaks: Today Wireless Manger, Hide Plug-in Separators
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217 views and not a single reply? Is it a stupid question? No one has ever encountered that problem?!
I found a fix!
Navigate to the following reg key:
[HKLM]\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\iGO8
Delete the value:
Enabled_save [DWord] =1
Now you can have an iGo8 Today plugin (the one automatically created during the installation or a manually-added-to-the-registry one) without impacting Panel Manager in any way. I tried enabling all of plugins (Windows Live, Live Search, Skyfire, Skype, etc...) and the phone has been working well for 6 days now. Cheers!
Problem prevails!
The problem still exists! Deleting a registry entry at:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\iGO8
Flags[DWORD]=1
Solves the problem for a while. However, the entry is recreated and the flag is set to 0. After a while it is set to 1 and Panel Manager crashes! This is seriously driving me crazy!
not similar to yours but i also have the same problem my panels are just not coming into play when i press the panel button on my x1i the screen goes blank for a while then the previous screen appears the panel manager doesn't even shows up...help me out....
Problem disappeared!
Months later, I flashed the phone, reinstalled everything! Panel Manager is yet to fail!
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.
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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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..
Hi folks, having a slight issue with my TP2. It is running the preinstalled vodafone rom for the UK. (version 1.14.161.6 (50207) WWE)
Over the last two days it has stopped automatically powering down the screen when not being used. The backlight switches off as normal, but the screen does not shut down until i press the power button. So if I forget, the screen can stay on all night, killing the battery.
Have been into the settings,on the power screen, and checked all 4 boxes are checked for the times to shut off the backlight and screen on both battery and mains power, and they are.
Any ideas? I have not installed any new software so am stumped. Any common causes of this behaviour?
Cheers
Jon
did you change it through the manila settings tab or start/settings/system/power/backlight ? the reason why i ask is because sometimes when you set settings through manila tab settings, the settings dont work. try deactivating manila, then start/settings/system/power/backlight , then reactivate manila. hope that helps. if not im stumped too.
Is manila part of touchflo? If so I don't have it enabled, I just use spb shell on top of winmo 6.1, so yes was using start/settings/power method.
However, not sure if I have hit upon the problem - I use a program called g-alarm (which is one of the best programs ever), and in it's settings there is a way to keep the screen on when the alarm is snoozed. I recently enabled this, and wonder if it might have messed up the os settings somehow.
I tried uninstalling g-alarm last night and it made no difference, but since restoring a backup, and changing the screen-on setting within g-alarm to off the phone is working normally.
I daren't re-enable the setting to test it, just in case the phone gets messed up again for good this time so this might be a total red herring, and perhaps it was just the restore that did the trick (although have restoring before at least 3 or 4 times with no joy). Will report back when I dare to mess again.
cool to here you are back to normal lol. it would have been a major hassle if you had alot of apps, accounts and whatnot to reinstall. i got really pissed at g-alarm one time when it wouldnt stop going off (phantom alarm) so i will never use it again. you might want to find the thread from where you got it and report the bug. maybe someone else has the same problem and the developer came out with a patch or upgrade for it.
Had same problem on 2 phones
I had same problem on 2 phones- Tilt2 and Kaiser (Tilt). Problem was.... Microsoft Live. When mail account set to ..As Arrived... phone doesn't go to sleep and keeps screen on permanently. Battery was empty in half of the day. After I switched to use POP or IMAP mail and stopped using Live, everything became normal and works excellent.
Here is the Answer
Maybe you have played some games and did not close it by the normal way..
Try to change the registry:
自动关屏时间
HKCU\ControlPanel\BackLight\
"BatteryTimeOut" = 10
Then
另一种方法是在HKCU\ControlPanel\Power\
Display=25 改成自己想要的值
If there is not one,create it by yourself..
Well, it still happened today, so I think that rules out the g-alarm backlight setting. However, it worked fine most of the time, so intermittent.
Papasha, I think you could be onto something there, I do use MS live. Be a shame to lose the push mail though, but that's the next thing i'll try disabling if it recurs again.
Will try that too fishman if problem comes back, the backlight key is present but the display setting is not. Easily created though.
*post Updated on 28-1-10*.
The problem did start recurring again, so I tried the suggestion to disable the hotmail pushmail (sync items as they arrive) and that has definitely sorted the problem. As a very welcome side effect the phone suffers major slow downs far less now, if at all. I still use livemail but just set it to sync every 60 mins.