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XDA Atom - No WIFI Icon

Hello All,
Just got my XDA Atom and I can't seem to find a way to turn the WIFI on.
Its got the Wi-Fi Utility in Setting-Connections but there is no WIFI option in Settings
Any ideas?
Thanks
Cam

Pressing the 'COMMS' button on the top left brings up the different types of communications methods available.
Highlight the Wi-fi (the first as I recall)- then press the 'menu' button on the bottom right and you should have an option there to turn Wifi on.

sh500 said:
Pressing the 'COMMS' button on the top left brings up the different types of communications methods available.
Highlight the Wi-fi (the first as I recall)- then press the 'menu' button on the bottom right and you should have an option there to turn Wifi on.
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I could not find the 'COMMS' button. Where it is?

Yeah I cna't find the comms button either
VB are you having the same problem?
Cam

I don't know of any "comms" button. Inside the Wifi Utility, click on Menu and the first item on the drop down menu is "Turn on Wifi".
Regards
Kevin

Yeah that worked.
Thanks!
Now I just feel stupid!
= P
Cam

kevinnugent said:
I don't know of any "comms" button. Inside the Wifi Utility, click on Menu and the first item on the drop down menu is "Turn on Wifi".
Regards
Kevin
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Sorry maybe I got confused with the Wizard? I was playing with both of them at the same time!

\Windows\AlpsWLAN.exe
You can add in a shortcut to that file to start ur wireless.

WM6 Bubble Wifi On/Off Fix

Hi,
I wrote this little dll to solve the problem.
You will be able to turn on/off wifi from the bubble.
See the attached screenshots.
Install:
- copy bubblefix.cab to Universal and install
- soft reset ( I was lazy to write a setup.dll, sorry )
Now tap big G/3G icon on taskbar.
You should see the big ugly wifi on/off button.
Maybe next time I'll try to make it more beautiful.
Tested under Jwrightmcps' .06 ROM.
Version 2 (16th of March 2007)
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- Button style changed to everybody's favourite grey style.
No more ugly button Check the screenshots.
- New feature :
Before displaying button, buttonfix.dll tries to read xpos, ypos, width, height
(DWORD) values from HKLM\Software\BubbleFix.
If it doesn't find any or all of these values in registry It will load default one instead of the missing value.
Default values :
xpos=8,ypos=71,width=169,height=40. This looks beautiful on Universal.
- bugfix : the previous version sometimes determine the wrong wifi state when 5 is written to Wifi value in the registry. I hope I managed to correct this.
Install ( if you are currently running version 1 )
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- rename \Windows\bubblefix.dll on Universal to something else
- soft reset
- unzip bfixV2_dll.zip and copy bubblefix.dll to Universal's Windows directory
- soft reset
New install ( no previous version on Universal )
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-copy bubblefixV2.cab to Universal
- install the cab
- soft reset

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!

cool cool nice one!!

Nice, szilamer, very nice. Thanks

szilamer said:
Hi,
I wrote this little dll to solve the problem.
You will be able to turn on/off wifi from the bubble.
See the attached screenshots.
Install:
- copy bubblefix.cab to Universal and install
- soft reset ( I was lazy to write a setup.dll, sorry )
Now tap big G/3G icon on taskbar.
You should see the big ugly wifi on/off button.
Maybe next time I'll try to make it more beautiful.
Tested under Jwrightmcps' .06 ROM.
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tks. ultimately I get what I want.

Lol thanks.
Ugly but useful.

thanks mate
what about the GPRS disconnect bubble? can you help?

i am also looking for a GPRS disconnect bubble

Bravo, I wish I have your level of knowledge so I could also contribute.

When I press WiFi ON, I am redirected to the Comm Manager, then from there I can turn the WiFi ON. Is that the way you made it? If YES, then it is better to just press the Comm Manager shortcut Icon or just press Fn + Right Arrow keys.

cktlcmd said:
When I press WiFi ON, I am redirected to the Comm Manager, then from there I can turn the WiFi ON. Is that the way you made it? If YES, then it is better to just press the Comm Manager shortcut Icon or just press Fn + Right Arrow keys.
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No with me i just click wifion and no redirection the arrows start moving for connection. Something wrong or the registry is not binding it correctly i guess.

GPRS disconnect
ammar said:
thanks mate
what about the GPRS disconnect bubble? can you help?
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What's the problem with GPRS disconnect ?
Have you tried to add the "famous" Flags2 to the registry ?
I've just checked on mine, and after adding Flags2 I have Disconnect in Connectivity bubble.
I attached the screenshot.

Redirection
cktlcmd said:
When I press WiFi ON, I am redirected to the Comm Manager, then from there I can turn the WiFi ON. Is that the way you made it? If YES, then it is better to just press the Comm Manager shortcut Icon or just press Fn + Right Arrow keys.
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Something is wrong with your OS
I'm using Jwrightmcps .06 ROM and no redirection.
If I press wifi on it will switch wifi on without launching Comm Manager.
And neither dll code contain redirection code.
When you press wifi on it calls DevicePowerNotify, and SetDevicePower to set
{98C5250D-C29A-4985-AE5F-AFE5367E5006}\TIACXWLN1 power state to D0. (D4 when pressing wifi off.)
For wifi state checking it's using
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\State\Hardware, Wifi Value.
Can you check if
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State,
{98C5250D-C29A-4985-AE5F-AFE5367E5006}\TIACXWLN1 value is
present on your OS ?

szilamer said:
What's the problem with GPRS disconnect ?
Have you tried to add the "famous" Flags2 to the registry ?
I've just checked on mine, and after adding Flags2 I have Disconnect in Connectivity bubble.
I attached the screenshot.
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somehow with this registry tweak nothing happens and i dont see the disconnect.could you repost the full registry tweak and what you entered in dword.

aniel1 said:
somehow with this registry tweak nothing happens and i dont see the disconnect.could you repost the full registry tweak and what you entered in dword.
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I have Flags2 in HKLM\ControlPanel\Phone
Flags2 ( DWORD ) = 16 ( decimal )

i did exactly as you posted above,yet there is no disconnect on the bubble. i wonder why!

I am using ROM 2.01.08 and I dont not have GPRS disconnect button either. I am new at this so I dont know how to look at the registry but I was able to load the bubble.cab for Wifi and it worked just fine . Could there be something as easy as a .cab that I might be able to fix my GPRS disconnect bubble. Thanks and much appreciated.

aniel1 said:
i did exactly as you posted above,yet there is no disconnect on the bubble. i wonder why!
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softreset
it will apear

szilamer said:
What's the problem with GPRS disconnect ?
Have you tried to add the "famous" Flags2 to the registry ?
I've just checked on mine, and after adding Flags2 I have Disconnect in Connectivity bubble.
I attached the screenshot.
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Thanks man
i have it working now.

szilamer, how do you know how to reg edit? Do you have a map of the registry or are you an MSCP or something? Just wondering cos I regard myself as quite technical and understand registry settings, but haven't got a clue where to find the particular keys...

Toggle Wifi??

Is there a way to assign a button (preferably begin or end call) to toggle wifi? I find myself turning it on and off even when home since it's such a battery hog.
TIA!!!,
Richard

yeah, that would be good
or even an .exe that toggles wifi would be great, so I would put in the programs tab
I hate opening commmanager every time

respider said:
yeah, that would be good
or even an .exe that toggles wifi would be great, so I would put in the programs tab
I hate opening commmanager every time
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Yep, an exe would work fine!

Just posted the same on the other thread but here is the solutions.
After a quick search on Google I found a freeware application HButton. This program has a wifi toggle and it can be set to PTT button to turn on/off wifi. I just not tested this program and it is working fine. Here is the link for the program
http://hbutton.dyndns.org/downloading.jsp?name=HButton_2.3_WM5.CAB
Mods -- If links are not allowed here please move it to the proper place.
Edit:
Even a better simpler freeware program found -- aktogglewifi
here is the link : http://www.pocketpcfreeware.mobi/download-aktogglewifi.html

I use AE Button Plus. I remapped my Fuze's PTT button to toggle WiFi and the Torchlight on longpresses.

adamantypants said:
I use AE Button Plus. I remapped my Fuze's PTT button to toggle WiFi and the Torchlight on longpresses.
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When I was using AEBP to do this, I found two problems: first, the action I assigned to single-press was also being performed by the Home key. (Obviously, that can be avoided by just leaving single-press unassigned or by not using the Home key.) Second, I found that keys on my slide-out QWERTY would occasionally repeat 6-8 times, some random key every 20-40 keystrokes.
Are you not having these problems with AEBP? If not, could you explain in a bit more detail which method you used to disable the AT&T PTT functionality and how you assigned that key in AEBP? Thanks!

gondalguru said:
Even a better simpler freeware program found -- aktogglewifi
here is the link : http://www.pocketpcfreeware.mobi/download-aktogglewifi.html
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thank you very much for this

respider said:
thank you very much for this
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My pleasure.

I'm looking for something similar to toggle of/one EvDO on Verizon.
I'm in a poor signal area and my battery gets killed when it keeps going between 1x and EvDO.
I'd like to have some easy way (I do it now through the ##* "secret" menu, but it's enough of a pain that it's not worth it) to do this.
Any ideas?

well for the wifi problem you just could have pressed an hold the answer button. the wifi tab opens and you can toggle WLAN, Bluetooth an phone

Disconnect DataConnection via code.... (Eg: Mortscript)

How to disconnect GPRS via code? (eg Mortscript)
I mean just launching a script, without use CommManager or the "bubble"...
There must be a way. Some people have written software that turns 3G on/off, so there must be a similar way (without using something that switches the connection off after a few time)...
Thanks in advance for any answer...
Cheera

Any help?

Check the manual, page 55.

Zoltair Wright said:
Check the manual, page 55.
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Thanks for you help...
I knew that command, but it doesn't work on my device (and in others too)...
Please help!

If i'm not mistaken, in the main Mortscript Examples thread in the dev&hack section there's a script to automatically download emails using a data connection. you can see if it contains that script.

cant you use long press key and choose disconnect data? works for me no probs?

timmymarsh said:
cant you use long press key and choose disconnect data? works for me no probs?
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For me it doesn't work....
Long-press red key just locks my device....
Any other idea?

ah but you can change long press key settings. its in settings/buttons/end key or sometimes in settings/system/.

timmymarsh said:
ah but you can change long press key settings. its in settings/buttons/end key or sometimes in settings/system/.
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Thanks for this trick....
Do you know what is the reg key which is editet with this simple operation?
Is there any possibility to simulate long press red button to disconnect GPRS via code?

I too would love to find a key button way or larger touch screen way to manually disconnect the data connection. The 3G sign is so small - I have to take out the stylus.

YoungOldDude said:
I too would love to find a key button way or larger touch screen way to manually disconnect the data connection. The 3G sign is so small - I have to take out the stylus.
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well depending on the build of your rom, the long press end key will end data connection if yoyu so wish, you just have to select the item in the settings as decribed above. I dont see the need for script or code to do this if your rom supports the function anyway?

That's great advice - thanks but my rom is obviously different.
ie. In the pulldown menu for button functions - there is no end option. The nearest thing is OK/Close but long holding that changes the speaker/vibrate - it doesn't effect the data connection..

Sorry I was assuming we needed to add a different function to one of the hardware keys. In which case an `end' was not in the pulldown options for button assigning. I finally realized that simply pressing the call end key itself does indeed disconnect the data connection.
Thanks a lot for your help.

no problems my friend

Keep GPS running when screen is off

I use Ozi Explorer as a Offroad Navigation System with voice guidance - normaly. But at the topaz, gps is off at the moment, the screen is off. (On my former P525, GPS kept running).
Is there a tweak to keep GPS running, without having the screen to be on??

Zisko said:
I use Ozi Explorer as a Offroad Navigation System with voice guidance - normaly. But at the topaz, gps is off at the moment, the screen is off. (On my former P525, GPS kept running).
Is there a tweak to keep GPS running, without having the screen to be on??
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i'm looking for this to a wile but ditend found anything there is a tweak for the touch diamond
but it dont work on TD2 i'm hoping too sombody now howe to do it

roosen said:
i'm looking for this to a wile but ditend found anything there is a tweak for the touch diamond
but it dont work on TD2 i'm hoping too sombody now howe to do it
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yes, it would be nice to find someone for this particular problem.
For the Diamond I. where can we find this solution???

Zisko said:
I use Ozi Explorer as a Offroad Navigation System with voice guidance - normaly. But at the topaz, gps is off at the moment, the screen is off. (On my former P525, GPS kept running).
Is there a tweak to keep GPS running, without having the screen to be on??
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Hello
I ran into the same issue with ozi explorer. And the solution that work for me is:
-In Ozi, from the filemenu, choose "lock/display" then "display off".
-Then press the hardware "hang up/home"button once. (this takes you back to home screen, (of course you can´t see it though because the screen is off ).
-Then hold down homebutton again until the phone vibrates and the keylock is activated.
Now you can´t accidentally press any keys.
To wake it up, simply use the standard button on top of the phone, deactivate key lock. And re-enter Ozi.
For me It works fine, Gps keeps the fix, so i can record tracks while screen is off.
Hope It helps u

I'm using this cab to use the gps when device is in standby. I don't know if it is good for what you want. I've got it from here, in xda-devs forum, but I don't remember the topic. Simply put the exe file to your device (storage card or device) and run it. Press ON and then close it. If you want to revert, just run the program again and press OFF and close it.

shumilica said:
I'm using this cab to use the gps when device is in standby. I don't know if it is good for what you want. I've got it from here, in xda-devs forum, but I don't remember the topic. Simply put the exe file to your device (storage card or device) and run it. Press ON and then close it. If you want to revert, just run the program again and press OFF and close it.
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..thanks; can you tell me what the exe file exact does???
Thanks,
Chris

I must admit I've never had a problem with GPS when the phone goes into standby. I use sportypal for tracking my runs (ugh - that sounds gross, but honestly it's not!!) and it always continues to log my progress even in standby.

Memory Map
I use Memory Map when out cycling. I start the program, then press the power button to switch off the screen. At the end of my journey, I press the power button to re-activate the screen. The whole journey is logged.
I didn't need to add anything to my Topaz, so I guess the problem is with Ozi Explorer.

chris5s said:
I must admit I've never had a problem with GPS when the phone goes into standby. I use sportypal for tracking my runs (ugh - that sounds gross, but honestly it's not!!) and it always continues to log my progress even in standby.
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Is Sportypal installed internally or on storage card?

mrTablet said:
Is Sportypal installed internally or on storage card?
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Storage card