Hey guys I like to stream TV shows from my PC before going to bed. A feature that would be nice would be able to put my large and hot PC I'm strestreaming from to sleep without going to bed. I guess I could use remote PC but is there anything quicker and just as simple as a button with a setup? Suggestions?
Do you have wake on lan configured properly ?
rundll32 powrprof.dll,SetSuspendStat
save it as a batch file and set it to run at a scheduled time via scheduled task
course it could piss you off if you have a late night and it goes to sleep before you do.
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I have upgraded to WM6 using the AT&T official release. WM5 used to maintain my ActiveSync connection when I turned the screen off (by momentarily depressing the power button - sleep mode). Now WM6 drops the USB connection. I performed a hard reset - no change. I reinstalled WM6 - no change.
It appears that for applications, the 'sleep mode' is acting more like a power-down mode (just doesn't reboot when you power up again).
>>>Follow-up - I tested the bluetooth connectivity and it appears to stay up during sleep mode. So it looks like just USB is affected when going to sleep.
>>>Follow-up #2 - Media Player continues to play (and the speaker is active) when in sleep.
This is normal behavior. Have you experienced otherwise in the past?
Probably normal as when its plugged in via usb its powered and doesn't need to go into sleep mode.
Did you guys not even read his original post at all? He had it working with WM5 and now it's not. Which would mean it is NOT normal. Not to mention you can still use sleep mode while having it plugged into a USB port so I don't know why the last poster would say it doesn't need sleep mode. Of course it doesn't need sleep mode. It's being charged. That doesnt mean he wouldnt still want the screen to turn off while it's plugged in. I charge my phone right next to my bed if I had that damn bright screen on while I tried to sleep I'd go crazy. Point being neither of those posts were worth a damn. sheesh.
Edit: For the record mine disconnects activesync when in sleep mode as well. I don't remember if it did so in WM5 or not but I'm pretty sure it did cause I recall being a bit surprised when it disconnected when I hit the power button. Now we just need some real help with real answers.
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Point being neither of those posts were worth a damn. sheesh.
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And your post really helped to solve this "problem", didn't it.
I'm sure he just didn't want a program to turn his screen off, as anybody with half a brain could find a freeware cab to do that. How about searching google for screen off pocket pc freeware
Call down surret... calm down. No need to take it so personal.
Just because it works in WM5 does not mean it will act the same in WM6. I was not giving a definite answer about sleep mode but maybe an idea as to why.
When I plug my phone into the wall it still charges fine in sleep mode. When I plug my phone into my computer it charges in sleep mode but the usb does not stay connected. I was suggesting that since sleep mode is to save the battery life that when your connected the battery is not being used and hence not really required. Also in sleep mode in order to save battery it needs to turn off as much as possible. It looks like the USB connection is one of them.
There are other options like a screen toggle as per the post above and there is also a setting that you can use to turn off the backlite when the device is plugged in and not put it into sleep mode. I think thats in the power saver settings somewhere.
I do not know of a registry hack or anything to make it work the way you want but I am letting you know that it seems like thats the way it works on WM6.
Thanks to all who responded. I'm relieved to learn that this is normal for WM6.
Since WM5 allowed me to sleep while charging/syncing and WM6 didn't, I was afraid that my 8525 was developing problems.
I will simply have to change my behavior to accomodate WM6. After all, if all WM6 did was add support for SDHC cards, it would justify the inconvienence.
One thing to note too that I noticed...
Even though its in sleep mode and not connected (even though its plugged in) I notice my phone still wakes up and does a sync every now and then. Might want to check that. Maybe it still sync's ona timed interval but doesn't stay connected.
Knockz said:
One thing to note too that I noticed...
Even though its in sleep mode and not connected (even though its plugged in) I notice my phone still wakes up and does a sync every now and then. Might want to check that. Maybe it still sync's ona timed interval but doesn't stay connected.
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That was one of the annoying things - when put to sleep when it is in the cradle, the 8525 would wake up after a short period, reconnect, and resync.
So even when you put it to sleep it wouldn't stay asleep (if connected to a powered on PC). If the PC is powered off the 8525 stays asleep until you manually wake it up or a event occurs (incomming call, reminder, scheduled backup, etc).
I'm looking for a program that I can program to turn off the phone funcion on my HD at a predetermined time, and then turn it on without asking for pin code.
I searched alot on internet and here in this forum but I found nothing.
Thanks for the help.
Inesoft contact application does that I think.
SPB Phone Suite does it.
Enable automatic rules, and setup the "time base" mode as you wish.
i use it to turn the phone off at night and open it in the morning.
For that purpose I am currently using SKSchema which must be the most powerful scheduler for the WinMo platform out there.
Be warned that it requires quite some trial&errors depending of your final objectives but if it stay with shutting down the Touch HD, that will quite easy to configure even for the casual tweaker.
Try this free software:
http://ageye.de/index.php?s=gprofile/about
Works like a charme.
Hi Vanstra
how did you use the GProfile to schedule the phone to shutdown and boot up daily at specific time ? coz i was fiddling with GProfile , it can do time based events , but i couldnt find a way to tell it to shut the phone down
i was also looking for such a program.
The best for me and easy to use is RadioScheduler.
You can use it for Network and Bluetooth Control at special time.
Pin can be set, so that the phone automaticly turn on.
If you are looking for a prog for automatic softreset at time then use ResetScheduler. (but no support for saving PIN, i use may sim-card without PIN)
I'm using rk-sleep. Doesn't always wake the phone up though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1428076
Hi everyone
I'm looking for a program that can terminate a task after a certain time.
For example, i'm listening to music before i go to sleep, but right before i fall asleep, i have to manually end the program and that kinda wakes me up. I just want to put my phone away and sleep ) knowing that my player will be killed after x minutes and saving my battery for the night.
I know it sounds funny, but that was just an example to make you understand what i'm looking for
so, if anybody knows some application that does what i described please let me know
thanks a lot
This week I noticed something really great... Normally I charge my phone during the night, but the other day I charged during the day and it was at 75% when I was going to sleep so to save battery I turned off Cellular Data but left WiFi on (I knew it would turn off in stand by).. I forgot battery saver LOL...
But in the morning my phone was all up to date, Weather, News, Emails.. Everyting...
The past days I've been doing the same and I noticed that as long as cellular data is off.. If I lock the phone with the WiFi connected it stays on and connected, if it's not connected or the router restarts during the night it doesn't connect.. Nice..
I'm using Omnia 7 with 8107 update...
Yeah... Tested it just after reading your post.. Wifi stays on
No
Wifi stays on only if the phone is charging.
yeah it stays only on if charging and 1/2h after you see your lockscreen before you go to sleep. i get sometimes email but all they arrive only 1/2 after the lockscreen, not during the night. and at the morning i get all the other emails, that arrived 1h after the lockscreen during last night...
I've been confused for 1.5 years what people mean by WiFi turns off with phone locked. If I start a download a file and shut the screen off it still downloaded it. When I plugged my phone in at night, all the things I selected to sync on my PC were on my phone in the morning. Are people just not setting up ' Wireless Sync ' via Zune phone settings? 10 minutes after my phone is on charger if I'm at the PC a message pops up showing a connection to my phone, and it syncs with Zune.
I'm sure I must be overlooking something, but what other reasons do we need the WiFi to work with the phone sleeping?
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Wifi stays on only if the phone is charging.
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this.
I don;t turn my data connection on but i have my wifi on.
The phone is right next to me and it can't update my email unless i unlock it.
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I've been confused for 1.5 years what people mean by WiFi turns off with phone locked. If I start a download a file and shut the screen off it still downloaded it. When I plugged my phone in at night, all the things I selected to sync on my PC were on my phone in the morning. Are people just not setting up ' Wireless Sync ' via Zune phone settings? 10 minutes after my phone is on charger if I'm at the PC a message pops up showing a connection to my phone, and it syncs with Zune.
I'm sure I must be overlooking something, but what other reasons do we need the WiFi to work with the phone sleeping?
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Even if we don't need WiFi to work with the phone sleeping, but every time I unlocked the lockscreen, it will reconnect to WiFi for seconds, I have to wait a moment till I use my WiFi again, it's really inconvenient, and I cannot keep the phone charging all the day. IOS and Android have no such problem. I really think this is someting need to be improved.
I agree.... I think it's done this way to save the battery.
I'm running Nova and CWM9 and whenever I connect the phone to USB or a charger the phone wakes up automatically forcing me to push the power button evey time I connect it to turn off the screen.
Anyone know if it's possible to disable this "feature"?
Thanks!
I believe stock does that too. That would be an interesting tweak if it's not already around! In terms of disabling, I'm not sure there is an option to do so.
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Confirm stock does it as does Apex; presumably it's set somewhere basic in ICS
Its in developer options. Untick 'stay awake' (if I understand the question!)
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And this is a problem why? Its just indicating to you that its plugged in properly and charging... the screen will time out and turn off a few seconds later.
Thanks for checking!
It is interesting that Google would assume everytime you plug the phone in (and unplug the phone) you would want it to wake up. Considering the short battery life these phones have, lots of charging would be commonplace and therefore lots of connecting/disconnecting without the intent to actually use the phone.
I could see giving people the option to have the phone do that - but for me the unplug wakeup is especially annoying because I have to turn it off everytime I go to put it in my pocket.
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Thanks for checking!
It is interesting that Google would assume everytime you plug the phone in (and unplug the phone) you would want it to wake up. Considering the short battery life these phones have, lots of charging would be commonplace and therefore lots of connecting/disconnecting without the intent to actually use the phone.
I could see giving people the option to have the phone do that - but for me the unplug wakeup is especially annoying because I have to turn it off everytime I go to put it in my pocket.
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Well considering by stock there's no charging LED indicator, turning the screen on momentarily to indicate a charging state is a smart idea.
Also, if you're plugging it in, why are you worried about the battery drained by keeping the screen on for 10 seconds? 10 seconds.
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And this is a problem why? Its just indicating to you that its plugged in properly and charging... the screen will time out and turn off a few seconds later.
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Well that's that I thought too, but sometimes it doesn't go back to sleep like it should and I'll notice my pocket getting quite warm pull it out and it's still on.
It could be a bug in the ROM I'm running (not going to sleep correctly all the time) but I don't remember my DINC doing that so I figured it was something that just needed to be disabled.
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Its in developer options. Untick 'stay awake' (if I understand the question!)
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Hmm, I did have this option enabled - mainly because when I connect it to the charger I do like it to stay on -prime example using Slacker Radio in my car when plugged into the dock.
Maybe I'll try a different ROM since it seems the problem isn't so much that I need to disable to wakeup on connect/disconnect but instead I need the sleep function to be more reliable so I don't have a mini oven on my pocket.
Thanks!
A great option for your car dock needs would be to introduce something like the app Tasker. Then you could leave the screen off but have tasker set it to constant on and load slacker when the Bluetooth connection to your car happens.
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