Heya, a question for PocketPC users
I got an Orange SPV M600 (Windows Mobile 5 PocketPC Phone Edition). I have GPRS internet set up, and set to always on so email is automatically checked on the go, and msn is available on the go. The one catch I have is with the stand by mode that the device goes in after it isnt used for a while.
During stand by, the screen turns off, but also applications are frozen, and the device only wakes up on the power button or an incoming call/text.
Both Windows Media Player and GSPlayer can do this thing where the display is turned off, but the CPU and programs continue, and the devices screen only comes back to life after the power button is pressed.
I was hoping there was a way with a program to make the device automatically go into Screen off mode after a period of time, or after power button pressed. Without using Stand by mode. This way I could leave MSN messenger signed in via GPRS all the time without problems.
Hope someone can help
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How does ont turn off the XDA EXEC, i dont see any off button. the power button just turns the screen backlight on and off.
the reason why i wanted to know what it was is because i am porting my number across networks, and 02 told me to turn off my phone a number of times during the day, so that it could go into a boot up process.
There is no real way to trurn the device off, but what they will be wanting you to do is disable the phone section (do this by turning on flight mode, or by clicking on the green connections manager in the bottom and click on the phone button. Click the phone button again to turn it on.)
Start -> Programs - Wireless Manager -> All Off (This switches of the phone.
Then use the phone on/off button at the top of the screen there, to switch it back on and force your SIM to re-register with the network, which should have the desired effect your after.
Taking out the battery is the only real 'off' button.
thanks for the replies dudes
did you try holding the power button as well? that works on my wizard
not sure if it's true for all wm5 though
i held the power down button for some time and it blanked teh screen. when i held the power button again for a few seconds the screen came back to life, but this time there is no "back light(?)"
how do i get back the "back light(?)"
i held the power down button for some time and it blanked teh screen. when i held the power button again for a few seconds the screen came back to life, but this time there is no "back light(?)"
how do i get back the "back light(?)"
There remains a bug, it seems, that sometimes prevents the backlight from firing up when starting the device.
It used to happen on my XDA2i and still happens on my Exec.
I usually have to get it in a good light and go to settings and move the brightness slider to get it working.
Turning off the device, I find, is actually achieved by pressing the power switch before closing lid.
I find I get much more out of each charge if I do this rather than just close the lid.
That of course turns of the PDA functionality of the device. The radio (phone) service is still disabled via Flight Mode.
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somehow i double posted...sry
thanks for the reply
i guess by pressing the power button, the pda goes ito some sort of sleep mode, since it does not boot up later, correct?
when it is charging up using a usb cable connected to my pc, the backlight is turned of, and no amount of pressing buttons seems to turn on the backlight, is that correct?
i checked out the brightness level sliders, there are 2, the
1. on battery which is somewhere in between
2. on power which is "slided" to the left, is that its correct position?
you will probably find it will selfboot at midnight.. this appears to have been intentional in the design of all the XDA's.
Thia can be a nuisance but it is probably to do with reseting timers. alarms etc
The backlight is configured to be on/off during external power and on battery in which ever setup you choose.
The actual levels you set it at are your choice ..
I set mine to be off after 5 mins on external power i.e. when charging except when i use tomtom and want it to stay on whilst externally powered.
On these occasions I change the setting before the journey
Your original question with reference to O2 making changes that required you phone to be off, in my experience, means not having the O2 sim in the device.
thanks for the reply dude
i think my questions have exceeded the remit of this thread. i will start another thread for the backlight questions
Hello everyone,
Can somebody tell me if the following phone behaviour is normal ?
When Wi-Fi is working and you press the power button (just press, not hold) , the screen backlight switches off (power saving option). But once it's off, Wi-Fi turns off as well. When you switch the screen on, Wi-Fi authomatically turns on as well.
The same scenario takes place when the screen backlight switches off on its own (power saving option).
The downside is that, when a large file is downloaded from the internet and the display power saving option is set to a short period of time, it's impossible to download the file. The same with e.g. Skype. When making a call, you might want to switch backlight off using the power button but you drop the connection at the same time.
If this behaviour is normal, how to force Wi-Fi to be on all the time?
Is there any registry that does the job?
Thanks,
RZ
Powersaving IS power saving and considering Wi-Fi is considered heavy-battery-usage it would be unlogical not turning it off. I doubt it's easy to keep it on, sorry
KaiserTweak has a setting to let you keep wifi on even if you go on power save mode (i used it on my kaiser).
But don't thinky o should try KaiserTweak as I read somewhere on this forum it can hard reset your polaris!
Maybe that program can be modified for Polaris s by someone.
I am looking for an application that can show a clock with the backlight off. I know it will be difficult to see, but the point is that the lamp doesn't consume power.
Actually, what I really want is that when the power button is activated to turn off the display, the application should start and show the clock with the display turned off, but otherwise enter a low-power mode.
I have no idea if this is possible with windows mobile 6, though.
I just noticed that the Nokia S95 maintains a clock (without backlight) on its display at all times (unless the phone is actively used). This doesn't seem to hurt its power consumption significantly which is why I hope a similar thing can be made for wm6.
Unfortunately, the device can't enter a low-power mode and still run an application.
You can try hooking the power button, setting it to launch your program and simultaneously kill the backlight; but note that your RAM will still be powered, along with any radios you have on (Bluetooh, WiFi), and any background processes will still be actively cycling through your processor.
I have a X7510 (WM6.1 original ROM) and for some reason which I have not set up in any settings, after 20 seconds the screen would dim to 25% if you leave it alone even though I have it set to always be at 100% brightness. It seems it automatically goes into a power saving mode if left alone for 20 seconds before powering off after 2 minutes, which is my configured setting.
ktemkin said:
Unfortunately, the device can't enter a low-power mode and still run an application.
You can try hooking the power button, setting it to launch your program and simultaneously kill the backlight; but note that your RAM will still be powered, along with any radios you have on (Bluetooh, WiFi), and any background processes will still be actively cycling through your processor.
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Hmm the ram has to powered at all times, right? Otherwise how would the phone be able nearly instantly wake up and show its UI when the phone rings?
Anyway, it is too bad if the screen display anything with the rest in low-power state.
Intesting idea! That would be cool, I have seen it with smart phones but I've never seen it with HTC WM ppc's.
Hi,
I'm having the following problem with my HTC TP2
When I get into my car, my Sim is connected to the car through rsap.
All this works fine. But when I leave my car. The phone doesn't reconnect the Sim. Unless I push the power button of the phone right before I leave the car.
I did some testing myself and this is what I think is happening.
After a while of inactivity, the phone gets into standby mode.
(one of the energy options)
And apparently when it is in standby, The phone doesn't receive the "signal" coming from my car ,when I turn the engine off, that says: "Hey, I'm sending the Sim back to you Mr Phone, you can reconnect it now."
As you can imagine this is quite annoying because, every time I leave my car, I need to push the power button on the phone so it can receive this "reconnect-signal"
Also, turning the automatic standby off isn't a real option because of the power consumption.
So what I think I need (unless you guys have some better ideas.) is a program that turns my screen off after x time of inactivity.
(not only the backlight but the entire screen)
I don't know if anyone has experienced the same problem or can give me a solution.
Thx,
n0nk3l
Hi, I started having the strangest issue 2 days ago. Phone model is Samsung Galaxy A50.
I have been unable to unlock my phone once I pressed the lock button or if it went to sleep (screen off).
The only way out of the issue is to restart it by pressing volume down and power for 5 seconds. I put the screen timeout to 10mins (which is the maximum). But no long term solution. Whenever the screen turns dark it stays dark. If a call comes in, the phone vibrates (or ring) but any interaction with the phone is impossible. If I play music, the music continues once the screen is off. The sound can be turned up or down, but it's the only thing that can be done.
While the screen is on, changing the volume via the buttons affects the actual volume of the music, but there is no UI indication that the volume changes, no popup nothing.
So all physical buttons are working correctly.
I have trie "reset parameters", I have tried "reset all data" (backed up everything through Smart Switch). It doesn't change a thing. The phone is reset (still on android 11 though, although I bought it on android 10...) but the issue remains.
Now something very interesting :
Just now, I setup Phone Link for windows 10, so that I am able to see and answer texts and phone calls while at the office. Which works, it sort of defeats the purpose of a "cellular" phone but well...
HOWEVER : while my phone is connected to my desktop through Phone Link. I can lock and unlock at will, change volume and see the UI pop up (via the windows interface or directly on the phone, same behaviour) It's basically fixed. I thought it was fixed for good, so I disconnected my phone from Phone Link. The screen went black as before and there was nothing I could do except reconnect it via Windows 10 (then it immediately starts behaving as usual again...).
My guess is it's definitely software. I just don't understand why a factory reset didn't do the trick...
I wanted to try and reset through the bootloader, but I never managed to effectively get into the bootloader (through volume up and power while the phone is off).
I do not recall making any updates or installing anything just before these symptoms occured. I did install a firmware update that was available after these symptoms started but to no avail
Has anybody seen this before ? Thanks in advance