http://www.pocketpctweaks.com/
How does this relate to the Tornado?
mitchello said:
How does this relate to the Tornado?
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I would also like to know this :wink:
I've been using my Tornado for some time now and to be honest, it is as slow as a wet week.
The screen resolution is fantastic, but in typical Microsoft fashion, they put a higher priority on the bells & whistles over the performance of the OS.
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mitchello said:
How does this relate to the Tornado?
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I would also like to know this :wink:
I've been using my Tornado for some time now and to be honest, it is as slow as a wet week.
The screen resolution is fantastic, but in typical Microsoft fashion, they put a higher priority on the bells & whistles over the performance of the OS.
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What model do you have? I am fairly happen with my SP5.
I have an SP5.
I've also got a KJAM and JASJAR.
I think the new WM2005 OS is extremely slow to respond compared with 2003SE devices.
it's a pretty device, just not very quick.
I do, however, like the WiFi capability on my SP5.
twinair said:
I have an SP5.
I've also got a KJAM and JASJAR.
I think the new WM2005 OS is extremely slow to respond compared with 2003SE devices.
it's a pretty device, just not very quick.
I do, however, like the WiFi capability on my SP5.
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Persistent storage
Another area where Windows Mobile lagged behind the Palm OS was in the realm of persistent storage. Historically, when the battery on a Windows Mobile-based device drained completely, user data was lost. To counter this, Windows Mobile-based devices sometimes allocated up to 30 percent of battery power just to save data. Now that Windows Mobile 5.0 has built-in support for persistent storage--so that when the battery drains completely, your data remains intact you can expect longer battery life, as the device won't have to allocate any power to maintain the information stored on it.
Why Persistent Storage Is A Good Thing
Here's a quick primer on why you want Persistent Storage on your Pocket PCs.
Persistent Storage (PS) on PocketPC is new for Windows Mobile 5.0
Previously, your user data (email, contacts, calendar, settings, apps you installed, etc) were stored in RAM. RAM has the advantage of being really fast, but the significant disadvantage of needing a constant source of power for it to hold its data. Leave your device unplugged for long enough, and you'll lose all your data. Fixing that was the primary reason for moving PocketPCs to Persistent Storage.
Persistent Storage gives you a nice sense of certainty about your data. Batteries running low? No problem. Worst case, the device shuts off and you can't use it again until you get to a power supply. But when you get there, it'll boot back up and all your data will still be there.
But Persistent Storage has a number of other effects that might not be quite so obvious. Would you believe that moving to Persistent Storage can double your battery life and enable devices with significantly more storage than were previously possible?
Downsides? Yes, nothing is free. Flash is much slower than RAM. Reading and writing large amounts of data will take longer on a Persistent Storage device than it did on a RAM device (Qtek 9090; 2020; S100). That initial sync that pulls down 400 contacts and 5000 emails will take longer. Some write operations will seem a bit more sluggish. But I believe you'll find that the upsides significantly outweigh the downsides.
You'd better get a copy of SPB PocketPC tips&tricks, no reg hacking & more tweaks.
bruxelles5:
I aree that persistant storage is a good thing.The fact that once a device ran out of power, it wiped it's storage has plagued my engineering team for a long time.
This is indeed a great advancement.
I just wish these things were a little faster.
I guess it is a matter of weighing up the good and the bad, and taking the bad with the good.
so no one answered the question... does this tweak work for tornado?
if yes, what exactly do i use to edit my registry?
thanks
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I've bought the non HTC O2 Xda Atom PPC Phone days ago. This device has quite alot of annoying problems. I believe all these issues have to be rectified before we can comfortably use this device.
I. VERY FEW Main Storage Memory
As we know WM5 includes PS (Persistent Storage). All the RAM are now used as Program Memory. But the Main Storage Memory (Flash ROM) is only 22.1MB. This is petite and would not be sufficient for installations of programs that has to be installed on the main memory to work. The Storage memory is 43.9Mb, I wonder if there is anyway to MERGE the 43.9Mb and 22.1Mb which would make things alot easier.
II. EXTREMELY Slow!
The device's response is very slow. It takes seconds to load things or half a sec to response to tap sometimes. It is just SLOW. I thought it has something to do with WM5 but after upgrading my BlueAngel to WM5, it is SIGNIFICANTLY faster. I've already tried the Registry cache mod to speed it up a little but it is still slow. Even lags up when I type a sms.
III. CHOPPY Mp3 ringtone
It is just so choppy that it is unbearable. How to fix?
IV. Phone Answering Delays
V. Camera is EXTREMELY Slow! Quality of pictures acceptable as a 2MP device.
VI. In Car charger DOES NOT charge phone unless the phone is switched off. Why??
The cons are so critical that it outweighs all the pros of this device
I would rate it 5/10 personally. I am going back to my BA WM5 unless there are fixes. :!:
I have ALL those problems too. It sucks. The memory issue is really bad. I think the choppy ring is from the file being shuffled out of the rom to play. Sometimes I get an error message saying I have no memory when I try to take a pic (when I have used no memory ). If there was a way to get wm2003se onto it I would be willing to do it, but I doubt it is possible.
I HAD the same annoying problems. I wrote to O2. The reply I got is quite formal and useless. It seems most of people wrote to O2, they got the same template-style reply.
I understand how new thigns can have problems but I doubt if there will ever be fixes to the problems listed. We are just not supposed to go back to the default ringer tone because the Mp3 ringtone is so choppy. The Mp3 ringtone Works perfectly on my WM5 Blueangel.
The 22.11MB(16.13 Actual) storage memory just WON'T work. Even if I install everything on the storage cards, there would still be files needed to be written on \windows\ directory, the size of the main storage is just way too small.
The overall speed is slow and unbearable.
I think I am going to sell the device in a few days... Spent too much time trying to fix a $900 phone. Has anyone tried the bundled headset? The pieces are SO BIG that I doubt anyone with the largest earholes can put them on... Just Bad O2...
yesterday I went to Broadway and I saw that there is guy buying this O2 crappy machines.....and I think he will have the same feeling with yours....
But I cannot do anything at that moment.... :roll:
The quality is Below standard expectations. I would not recommend this device to anyone. Do you know where I can sell it off in Hong Kong at a good price?
i think sell it in yahoo.com.hk is the best place.... :lol:
I was going to buy the exec as well later in the year. I do not know any more. Has anyone bought it to comment?
I only have wm5 from the atom, I would like to know just how much of the problem is wm5 and how much is the hardware. O2 have really tarnished the brand name xda. I was dumb enough to buy just based on previous experience with other xda's.
Try some twaeking.. it helps
I have the Atom and I have been tweaking it a little.. the speed performance has improved.. now maybe up to about 85% - 90% of my O2 Mini.. so, it may not be as bad, if you tried some of these tweaks..
O2 Atom Tweaks - http://www.mtekk.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8631&sid=437d12dbc33628f1dde0d7b2c7c7efa1
Hope this helps
NR
Those peeps who said problems with MP3 ringtones, i had the same problem with MP3 but if i convert that MP3 to WMA it plays perfectly as a ringtone, i believe that this is because WAV,MID & WMA play natively but the MP3 ringtone goes through a WM10 player.
Hehe..
what goes around comes around..
the tips from http://www.mtekk.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8631&sid=437d12dbc33628f1dde0d7b2c7c7efa1
are from my review from absolutesurf.com
More Atom Problems
[NB: duplicate post from other Atom thread - suggest an Atom specific area?]
Apart from the poor response time, I also find the standard alarm function does not work properly. A quick test with the alarm set for 10 minutes ahead works well, but 6am the next morning does not sound at all, until you later go into the alarm section to find out why, and then it goes off. Any ideas anyone?
Also, my Atom turns itself on accasionally for no reason. No incoming call or SMS, no alarm set, no USB or bluetooth connection, etc. It just turns on and sits there. Any ideas anyone?
Also - another poster advised removing items from start-up. How do you do this? Does it require a registry edit?
thanks,
depressed_atom_user
my friend from O2 Said, that the old version is very slow
and the there is the newer version from o2, but is not official lunch yet
is have batter memory architecture :roll:
Yeah.. I get the exact same alarm problem..
Ended up late to work 'cause of this.
I just sent in my Atom to the service centre (SG).. hope to receive it by tomorrow evening. Really eager to check out the improvements.
All,
I have noticed a significant decrease in overall battery life since upgrading my C2125 to SP5m ROM with AKU2. I'm assuming this is due to push email. I remember reading a very good, in depth, article about tweaking the exchange server settings to make the best use of radio/proc time. I just can't seem to find that article. I am in the unique situation of managing the Exchange server, so that shouldn't be a problem.
Anyone seeing the same?
I did find a Microsoft KB Article that contains the possible reg entries that can be tweaked, I just don't know which ones will have the desired affect on easing battery consumption on my device. Any help either finding that article, or with the settings on the server side would be greatly appreciated.
--brice
Hi,
I have DirectPush working 24x7 on my i-Mate SP5 whilst not totally flawless, it's 95%+ there. But I have great battery life, at least enough or a whole second day if I forget to charge, so I suspect your power drain is coming from another reason, most likely the screen backlight. i-Mate have a power management update on their website that enhances the options. Hope this helps. br/
No problems here. Have Push Email running 24x7 too without any noticible change in battery life. Still do 4 days or more without charging with regular use.
Bosseye:
Do you know what that power management enhancement does?
I have a T-Mobile SDA, and am looking to extend the standby time. Is there any chance you have a link or a copy of the file, I could get?
It would be really appreciated.
think I may have figured it out. I am on some fairly heavyweight mailing list, but have all that email going to a folder I am not syncing. It seems my device could be trying to sync even when there is nothing new in the folders I do sync. Anyone else see this type of activity?
**EDIT**
After some testing, I no longer think this is the case... Sorry
The file is named: CDL_Power_Management.cab but I don't have from i_mate's site a description of what it does. Visibibly it adds an app that provides more complete control of the screen timeout, backlight timeout, keypad timeout etc. The file can be found here:
http://www.clubimate.com/t-device_sp5_utilities.aspx
I'm not sure how device specific this may be as I don't know your specific variant of the hardware.
Out of interest, you don't have Pocket Internet Explorer running in memory do you, as I've seen similar posts that say this chatters away and drains the battery. No concrete facts to back that up thought, I just remember discussion on it months back in the BlueAngel forum (I think).
Hope this helps.
br/
Hi all,
today I was forced to play a bit with my sim card (at the end I realized it is no longer working, after "just" 10 years) so I had to swtich off several time the telephone (long press on the on/off button) removing also the battery to switch between some sim I had at home.
Well, I made a backup before doing the job, but no need to use it: the phone never lost all the content/data/setup
It is true battery was removed just for 15/20 seconds, but I was expecting loosing everything.
I'm pretty new with WM phones; it is a standard behavior for this kind of phones or just chance?
In the first case, I could be motivated to buy a second battery (you can swap them like a charm)
Thanks for your inputs.
Newer WM devices like the Polaris do not lose their data when you remove the battery. you can keep the battery out for several minutes (maybe longer). This used to be a problem for older devices such as the Cassiopeia and Ipaq.
gatordent said:
Newer WM devices like the Polaris do not lose their data when you remove the battery. you can keep the battery out for several minutes (maybe longer). This used to be a problem for older devices such as the Cassiopeia and Ipaq.
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Great! Thanks
I am having a problem coming up with what roms have the Dual Data Connections enabled inside.This tweak allows for both BB Connect to be connected along with another data session (ie. MediaNet.) Some Cooks put it in thier thread that they are enabled for it yet most do not.
Can we continue this thread as a who supports it and who doesn't thread? I feel this will be much easier then flashing the rom, launching BB Connect and seeing if it will take it or not.
I know it has been said that kaisertweak and Advanced Config can enable max data sessions to "8" to get it but will not stick unless cooked in. Has this changed, or do we still need to have it cooked in?
Last part to this long set of questions... What memory allocation does BB Connect pull out of? I run Quick menu with available memory running in my top bar and find it odd that whether BB Connect is enabled or disabled the available running memory does not fluctuate. Does this mean it is running out of page pool memory? This leads me to ask what is the best page pool BB Connect users have found for performance and this program running?
Thank you all for contributing!
ROMS I have found to work
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Dutty's 04/29 Hybrid (all variants) - also confirmed by TwinPeaks
Alex's 6.1V2CUBE
[May 25] L26_Kaiser_Diamond_Version_2 - confirmed by Laurentius26
Per GSLeon3 in his Multiple Data Sessions Hack post states these work also
1. Sleuth v1.2 WM6.0
2. Sleuth v3.0 WM6.1
3. Dutty Hybrid WM6.1[April 1]
4. Dutty Hybrid WM6.1 [April 9]
5. akadonny's DK rom 3.14
Dutty's 04/29 ROM definitely allows for both, though the device wakes up (full screen on) when receiving an email. Not sure if this is a ROM issue or what.
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Dutty's 04/29 ROM definitely allows for both, though the device wakes up (full screen on) when receiving an email. Not sure if this is a ROM issue or what.
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I think it is anything that is associated with any of the test At&t builds. They all seem to display the ghost wake up on recieving any information, whether from my rss hub/weather panel/xpress mail/bb connect.
Thanks for the response on the compatible rom!
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I think it is anything that is associated with any of the test At&t builds. They all seem to display the ghost wake up on recieving any information, whether from my rss hub/weather panel/xpress mail/bb connect.
Thanks for the response on the compatible rom!
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This also explains why my battery life doesn't come close to what others experience. As a System Admin I get piles of emails....my screen wakes up constantly
twinpeaks said:
This also explains why my battery life doesn't come close to what others experience. As a System Admin I get piles of emails....my screen wakes up constantly
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i am with you on that all the way. I think i send and recieve 100 emails a day and with rss updating once an hour and weatherpanel every 30 minutes it kills my battery. Yet i am more then willing to give up battery life for having what i want when i want it
I also would go as far as just having the dual data connections active has to be draining the battery faster in itself --- anyone have a confirmation on this, and maybe a reasoning on why not all cooks put this hack into thier roms?
I updated to 7720 and machine becomes even slower.
Here is a list of problems that I have (not only in 7720 version, some of them exist in official OS too)
1. Two alarms set at the same time will halt the system. The only solution is re-starting the machine.
2. Can NOT "answer" call when system is in sleep mode. No re-start needed but clicking the power button to light the screen first.
3. Noise in the alert during a new email comes in.
4. System acts very slowly in some xbox-live games. (Ex. PES 2011, it looks like need more memory)
5. Machine always shown a new voice mail in my mailbox, even my voice box is empty. I have not find any solution for this yet.
My question is, does MS take care of WP7 seriously?
1. Do we need the battery percentage number?
Yes, we do. Click setting --> battery --> scroll down to the end to see the little precious number.
2. Do we need to turn on/off wiki, 3G data?
Yes, we do. Setting --> wifi--> on/off and setting --> data -> on/off
I did NOT understand how MS claims this is a productivity lift as using a WP7 phone.
Educated me please.
my answer is ...................... go jump off a roof to solve all your problems by "machine" i suppose you he mean the MOBILE PHONE.. but why machine..? it's not like it is a car or something.. nevermind.. about your problem... if you really have updated to build 7220 (which actually is not a OFFICIAL or any LEAKED build) then the problem you're facing will be because of that build.. however.. if your build number is a typo, then your build should be 7720 and i would suggest you to reinstall the software and see if there's any improvment.. i havent updated to 7720 i'm still on 7712 but everything is working like a charm.. and the answer to your last question.. YES!! Microsoft is REALLY taking care of the windows phone development.. the only problem is they follow Apple's footsteps.. making your phone better with bitesizes
Troll...... Listen up.
1st This is the wrong section to be posting in.
2nd Im willing to bet the problems that your having are more of user error issues that anything else.
If you dont like WP7, sell your phone and get a new one with a differnt OS. Problem sloved.
I am not native English speaker. So the machine in my dictionary means mobile phone.
my problem is not only in 7720 build. I hope i can say it works like a charm.
unfortunately it does not.
anyway, thank you for your inputs.
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my answer is ...................... go jump off a roof to solve all your problems by "machine" i suppose you he mean the MOBILE PHONE.. but why machine..? it's not like it is a car or something.. nevermind.. about your problem... if you really have updated to build 7220 (which actually is not a OFFICIAL or any LEAKED build) then the problem you're facing will be because of that build.. however.. if your build number is a typo, then your build should be 7720 and i would suggest you to reinstall the software and see if there's any improvment.. i havent updated to 7720 i'm still on 7712 but everything is working like a charm.. and the answer to your last question.. YES!! Microsoft is REALLY taking care of the windows phone development.. the only problem is they follow Apple's footsteps.. making your phone better with bitesizes
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Should I sell my self and get a new life if i do not like?
tell me where i speak speak out? call MS or complaint on BBB? i do not have MR. gate's number. tell you something, you sounds like my dear communist party leader.
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Troll...... Listen up.
1st This is the wrong section to be posting in.
2nd Im willing to bet the problems that your having are more of user error issues that anything else.
If you dont like WP7, sell your phone and get a new one with a differnt OS. Problem sloved.
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This is a development thread, you should be posting in the general or questions section. I know english is your second languge, but I do think you should be able to read well enough to figure that out. And if you have a terrible life change it up, dont just sit there complaining. So the same goes for your phone, if you dont like your OS change to a different one.
maopost said:
I updated to 7720 and machine becomes even slower.
Here is a list of problems that I have (not only in 7720 version, some of them exist in official OS too)
1. Two alarms set at the same time will halt the system. The only solution is re-starting the machine.
2. Can NOT "answer" call when system is in sleep mode. No re-start needed but clicking the power button to light the screen first.
3. Noise in the alert during a new email comes in.
4. System acts very slowly in some xbox-live games. (Ex. PES 2011, it looks like need more memory)
5. Machine always shown a new voice mail in my mailbox, even my voice box is empty. I have not find any solution for this yet.
My question is, does MS take care of WP7 seriously?
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my focus on 7720 exhibits NONE of those issues. i would say it's either your phone specifically, your sofware (reload it) or you.
msft has been the most proactive in listening to their consumer base compared to any of the other mobile OS providers.
I can't speak about the games but I don't have any of the other problems with my WP7 build 7712.
The last one is an issue with either your carrier or your SIM.
maopost said:
1. Do we need the battery percentage number?
Yes, we do. Click setting --> battery --> scroll down to the end to see the little precious number.
2. Do we need to turn on/off wiki, 3G data?
Yes, we do. Setting --> wifi--> on/off and setting --> data -> on/off
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A lot of the promise of WP7 is to eliminate the need for some of the obsessive low-level tweaking and constant tinkering needed to get the most from a mobile phone.
In other words, why do you actually want to constantly be turning off wi-fi and 3G data? Probably because other phones and previous experience tells you that you have to do those things in order to prolong your battery life. Same with battery meters.
With WP7 I no longer feel the need to know the exact percentage of battery remaining. The user experience is optimized to focus on productivity and not on obsessive details. I am very happy to have tiles with my loved ones, apps I use a lot, facebook updates, and inboxes on my home screen instead of having to clutter it up with gauges and switches.
If you really can't live without those things, I suggest Android. Again I'll say that they're only necessary to overcome traditional shortcomings of other mobile platforms.
The first is indeed a big problem, android has a good deal.Hope to solve the problem ms