Hi!
I recently got my Polaris, it is great! everything I ever wanted, but
....IT was PAINFULLY slow sometimes (a lot slower than S730, TyTN II and even the Touch Dual. ) (no this is not related to videodrivers, although they are needed as well!!)
So I spent some time figuring out why, and I found it!
The swedish rom is packed with stuff, like opera, and other things. Among this are the well known "Big start menu" and "Task manager"
Not sure which of these are the bad guy, but I disabled both and what do you know, the device is A LOT more responsive! (now it is a fast (well everything is relative) as a TyTN II and the other 400mhz devices)
Still need the videodrivers though for hardcore gaming and videoplaying (although coreplayer does a great job here!)
How do you disable the Task manager?
Kind regards,
Svante
You know what? I think you're right! Tested on a french "SFR/Vodafone" ROM.
SvanteH said:
How do you disable the Task manager?
Kind regards,
Svante
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You go to "Settings -> System -> Taskmanager"
Go to "Button", unckeck "Activate fastmenu on today screen" (or something similar since I am on a swedish rom)
again, not sure which of the two that makes your device slow as hell...but it sure does make a difference.
The appearance of the cube is much faster than usual!
Very strange but that works, folks!
I strip mine down to the core - nothing loads up apart from PocketPlus.
The culprit is definately the Large Start Menu thing I never use the Task Manager as I prefer WKTask. Thanks for the tip
victoradjei said:
The culprit is definately the Large Start Menu thing I never use the Task Manager as I prefer WKTask. Thanks for the tip
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ok, thats great news that my little tip can help so many
I have the O2 Xda Orbit 2 and dont have the taskmanager option in settings......any thoughts?
Yes you do... Check that out!
Thanks for trying to help but really, I don't.
Thanks..seems to work on the dutch HTC rom also.
My device is a lot faster when i uncheck both applications.
Really usefull tip!!!
dib_uk said:
Thanks for trying to help but really, I don't.
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But the taskmanager exists, means you get the dropdown-menu in the standby screen?
Weird... :-/
Good Phone....crap Software
schaggo said:
Yes you do... Check that out!
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I don't have taskmamager either...my phone is a O2 Orbit 2 UK ...although there is some kind of O2 app running in the lower right of the screen in the home page....maybe thats the culprit...because my phone is running crap and slow...compared to my brother's Orbit 1....
This is one retarded phone !
I have installed absolutely nothing at all....everything is factory.
GOOD PHONE......CRAP SOFTWARE.....ESPECIALLY O2 BRANDED...This really needs sorting.
worked great, i got rid of the large start menu only
i kind of like the task manager thing..
if anyone knows of a replacement that is less of a resource hog i'd love to test it.
surgex0 said:
if anyone knows of a replacement that is less of a resource hog i'd love to test it.
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Try WKtask. It's different from the HTC Task Manager, but really worth (at least) a try!
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Yes you do... Check that out!
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I also have a (UK) XDA Orbit 2 and (sadly) it does not have the Task Manager icon that you show in your screen shot.
For those of you that have a UK 02 Phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=368836
The normal HTC apps that everyone else got, we didn't get so you either manually install them or not. The O2 task manager applet is the biggest memory hog, I got rid of it. Those that do want the Task manager, there is a post on tweaks in the Polaris upgrade section with cabs - get em there and install em.
qwasdenn said:
Try WKtask. It's different from the HTC Task Manager, but really worth (at least) a try!
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thanks, seems to work really well.
I can see a small white line above the task bar, which is a shame, but I'm only being extra fussy!
BadTasteUK said:
thanks, seems to work really well.
I can see a small white line above the task bar, which is a shame, but I'm only being extra fussy!
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It is the battery meter. You can disable it in "preferences" by long-pressing on the X area
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I just bought the HTC S730 today
Where is the s730 forum here?
I have tried like a crazy person to get the 'built-in' gps to work, but i cant even find one satellite :-( Perhaps they have disabled it in the Rom...
Cant wait to hear from other users who have bought the final version of this phone and if they can get the gps to work..
Could you upload your HTC Home screen? I think a lot of users (including me ) are waiting here for this. Would you be so kind please?
martinbr said:
I just bought the HTC S730 today
Where is the s730 forum here?
I have tried like a crazy person to get the 'built-in' gps to work, but i cant even find one satellite :-( Perhaps they have disabled it in the Rom...
Cant wait to hear from other users who have bought the final version of this phone and if they can get the gps to work..
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As soon as I have time we will research it. If the hardware is really built in we will get it going some time (it *will* take time tho)
Got my S730 a few days ago. Loving it so far, except...
Couldn't find any satellites with Google Maps so the GPS does indeed appear to be disabled in the final ROM. I hope someone finds a "fix" for this soon. ;-)
Also, I can't get BlackBerry Connect 4.0.0.76 or 4.0.0.84 to connect RIM. My subscription is enabled (works fine on my BB Pearl) but I can't get a PIN on the S730. If anyone has managed to get this working, I'd love some help.
Cheers
HappyHammer
charlie42 said:
Could you upload your HTC Home screen? I think a lot of users (including me ) are waiting here for this. Would you be so kind please?
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I would be happy to. But i have no idea how to extract it from the phone?
Go to Application Data and the best is you copy the whole Home-Folder and upload it.
Here you go
Hope you can use it...
Can someone btw tell me how i can get more appointments to show in the HTC Home Screen?
Thank you very much! But not working on Vox, there are some missing files in system and plugin support.. I think the clsid is different from the Vox's one and it will be more difficult to make it work.. It only shows appointments I will do some researches
And your question - I tried to find it inside of xml, but not there.. HTC made a configurator to modify HTC home on PPC, so maybe for smartphones it also will appear.. I guess
GPS seems to be in HTC S730
I got my S730 today. Have tried with Efficasoft GPS Utilities for Smartphone v2.0 and Chartcross GPS Test Version 1.04. Both programs finds 0-1 satelliets, not enough for positioning, but there seems to be a GPS. But whay can't it identify enough of satellites?
martinbr said:
Here you go
Hope you can use it...
Can someone btw tell me how i can get more appointments to show in the HTC Home Screen?
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is there anyway you can get a rom dump... cus htc home files are in the windows dir.. and we also need the reg keys to make htc home work
pixelwix said:
is there anyway you can get a rom dump... cus htc home files are in the windows dir.. and we also need the reg keys to make htc home work
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Off course, if someone explains how to do it i will be happy to do it.
*If* the hardware is indeed enabled, you might want to extract drivers from a Kaiser rom. Whether the hardware is indeed present and enabled is hard to determine from the unclear statements in this thread...
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*If* the hardware is indeed enabled, you might want to extract drivers from a Kaiser rom. Whether the hardware is indeed present and enabled is hard to determine from the unclear statements in this thread...
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Please explain how we can verify if the GPS hardware is present and enabled? I tested with Google Maps and adamwasta used a number of other tools, so what can we do to make it less unclear for you? Thanks.
HTC TYTN II ----or----- HTC s730
Can someone please help me decide between the HTC Tytn II OR the HTC S730? I am a heavy texter, sometimes check email, and want a fast phone. I'm worried that the HTC s730's keyboard is not comfortable -- can someone that uses it give me a heads up on how comfortable/good it is? Is the WM Smartphone's UI annoying? - i've been using pocket pc for a long time & I just want to know if its difficult to switch to a standard smartphone like the HTC s730? Thanks in advance for your feedback & comments - they are all much appreciated
Hmmm i havent tried yhe Tytn so i cant compare the two phones. But i had a Touch before i bought my S730 and i must that it was a step in the right direction text-typing-wise... The s730 is not as good to type on as an Nokia Communicator (imo the best phone for typing), but it's pretty good. And its great to have two options for typing : numeric with T9 and the qwerty inside...
About the smartphone ui....Grrrrrr it is a little bit annoying.. I hate that the settings are so locked. You have far few options in the settings compared to the PPC interface. But then on the other hand there are some features that works better on the smartphone than on the PDA.
All in all i am a very happy little piggy with my S730. I would not trade it for any other phone on the market.
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Can someone please help me decide between the HTC Tytn II OR the HTC S730? I am a heavy texter, sometimes check email, and want a fast phone. I'm worried that the HTC s730's keyboard is not comfortable -- can someone that uses it give me a heads up on how comfortable/good it is? Is the WM Smartphone's UI annoying? - i've been using pocket pc for a long time & I just want to know if its difficult to switch to a standard smartphone like the HTC s730? Thanks in advance for your feedback & comments - they are all much appreciated
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I am also pretty happy with the S730... i used to have a vox and a wizard i must say I keep going to press the screen on the s730 because i was used to ppc but im sure it wont take long for me to get used to it..
one thing battery for me at least seems to be an issue.. fully charged at 7am this morning I had 1 bar left by 11am... Martin is your battery life the same?
the keyboard on the s730 is excellent very good i am already beginning to become a gun on it.. as for the kaiser my friend has one they are way too big for me i guess you need to ask yourself do you want a phone with pda features or a pda with phone features?
Brisbane_guy : I have not expirenced such lousy battery time as you describe. My battery last for about 2 days and i dont turn it off at night. So about 48 hours. But i have disabled BT and WIFI most of the time...
Many thanks Martin & Brisbane for your feedback I'm going to buy the s730 based on your positive feedback
Noura said:
Many thanks Martin & Brisbane for your feedback I'm going to buy the s730 based on your positive feedback
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You really should consider the Asus P750. It's only 130g, has 3g, gps (sirf3), wlan, bt2.0, touchscreen, WM6 Prof, 520MHz ARM, 256MB flash and 64MB ram.
On Modaco someone called it the kaiser killer.
jockyw2001 said:
You really should consider the Asus P750. It's only 130g, has 3g, gps (sirf3), wlan, bt2.0, touchscreen, WM6 Prof, 520MHz ARM, 256MB flash and 64MB ram.
On Modaco someone called it the kaiser killer.
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Hi Jocky thanks for the info - however I'm a qwerty keyboard lover and absolutely cannot live without one --- any ideas on a small phone with a qwerty keyboard that has strong specs, please let me know many thanks
Bad functioning of oxio hibernate, very long to open and not credible results
have you met this problem, or is there any other soft working on TC freeware if possible
regards
Yeh it doesn't work with Polaris or my Touch Dual
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Yeh it doesn't work with Polaris or my Touch Dual
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bad news, is there any other soft to do the job?
i know is there free up ram from SK tools, but if i could avoid to install SK tools, i'll be pleased cause i'm not using the rest of the application
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masma13 said:
, is there any other soft to do the job?
I'd be interested to know this too. Hibernate worked a treat on my MDA CIII but useless on the TC.
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same prob here. noticed that the oxios close apps seems to be working better though.
hi...
same problem on Elfin... don't work with 128/256mo divices
any solution as found..?
Hi,
first off, pls don't bit my head off, as I have already i've search the forums and googled; found a couple apps here and there but nothing fits exactly my need.
Just would like to ask, what clock software you are using for your device? My device is a o2 zinc and i've been using chronos for quite sometime now but Im having probelms lately. i've tried the default alarms but i'm having intermittent problems too; sometimes it works, sometime it does not
Basically, my needs for the clock software is, it has to have a "Every half an hour" chime and scheduled restart capability, and off course a good old realiable alarm for wakeup(nothing fancy, just the rooster.wav will do ). Many thanks in advance...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ppc+clock+with+chimes&aq=f&oq=
Any of this fits your description?
ai6908 said:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ppc+clock+with+chimes&aq=f&oq=
Any of this fits your description?
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thank you for your prompt reply. i think i have tried this already before but let me check it again...
Can anyone port this to the HD2 ????????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdbQAnPN4jU
wow this looks awesome !
Yet another toy... if you like this kind of fetish get an iPhone. It is the best in that area. Do not forget what PPC means.
You just can download it here: *CLICK*
Tried it and it does not work. Getting an error when I want to apply anything in settings...
Yes this looks great ,but how to download it? on developers site there is no download link ...
Ups got it
click on the title of the post.. then it will forward to the download
Hmm doesnt work.Error.....
This is what the site says about S'Skin Lock
S’Skin Lock Application has 1 setting menu to set locking time and screen backlight.
Currently they are working on Samsung Omnia only, I have tested them on HTC HD2 too but they aren’t running. If any of our readers got them to work on their devices let us know.
it's on
http://www.wmskins.com/blog/sskin-lock-new-animated-lockscreen-application-for-windows-mobiles
must have hardware detection inside, even on samsung it only work on certain model.
i would like to have that 2
i checked and it requires the flashlite_mmi.dll
it is available in Omnia2 dump OS.nb.
Dont know if it uses any more sensors from Omnia. I would like also to use this one on HD2. Any more advance ppl could help maybe?
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has anyone contacted the developers regarding a htc compatible version?
We can try to install the adobe flash lite 2.1. Now I can swtich on the setting button in the startMeun. But the srceen lock still can't run. >_<
NoNe said:
Whether I have sent an e-mail having asked there will be a support of other phones. I look forward to hearing. And program YellowMan, Butterfly I have started on the HD2 but G-sensor does not work in the program.
But the blocking picture is displayed also an unblocking works correctly. In Butterfly the butterfly flies at a touch to the screen as is shown in video, but the back background is static.
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Which steps have u taken to make it work till now?
Maybe we could trick/hack the G-Sensor or smth.
I really don't see anything impressive in that. Actually useless to me. Just as a a guy at the begining of post said: Iphone like fetish... Nice, but useless.
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I really don't see anything impressive in that. Actually useless to me. Just as a a guy at the begining of post said: Iphone like fetish... Nice, but useless.
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Why can't we have something nice, even if it's useless?!
I completely understand: The iphone is a toy, the HD2 is a powerful device with endless productivity possibilities... But why does that have to mean that the opposite is also true - Only the iphone can have cool toys? Never understood that argument...
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Yet another toy... if you like this kind of fetish get an iPhone. It is the best in that area. Do not forget what PPC means.
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totally unhelpful waste of a post .......... twat
Tung_meister said:
has anyone contacted the developers regarding a htc compatible version?
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Yes, I have. They won't be doing any other versions
I was poking around the phone today and I think I found an app' that really doesn't need to run at all times and probably doesn't need to be installed on the phone.
I noticed Adobe,which in the PC world has it's own "auto updater" ["AIR", IIRC] and I noticed HTC has their own little "widget" installed - Tell HTC.
Has anyone else notice this before?
For the guys who haven't seen it,it's in Settings/About Phone/Tell HTC.
Try turning that widget off and let me know if you see a difference.
I sure did.
My apologies if this was covered before....I'm new here and it's late.
what type of difference? i don't see this app/program running in my task manager. the only time i have seen it come up was when the phone crashed and i got a screen prompt that said "notify htc about unexpected shutdown with Tell HTC".
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I was poking around the phone today and I think I found an app' that really doesn't need to run at all times and probably doesn't need to be installed on the phone.
I noticed Adobe,which in the PC world has it's own "auto updater" ["AIR", IIRC] and I noticed HTC has their own little "widget" installed - Tell HTC.
Has anyone else notice this before?
For the guys who haven't seen it,it's in Settings/About Phone/Tell HTC.
Try turning that widget off and let me know if you see a difference.
I sure did.
My apologies if this was covered before....I'm new here and it's late.
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The Adobe reader app updates through the market so it is the market that checks every so often or when you go to it not like on a pc where it is the program that checks.
The Tell Htc widget/app is to report system errors to Htc, so it wont really make any difference. The only difference you will see if it is turned off is that when you have a system crash the pop-up asking if can send the crash info to Htc wont happen any more and no info will be sent.
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what type of difference? i don't see this app/program running in my task manager. the only time i have seen it come up was when the phone crashed and i got a screen prompt that said "notify htc about unexpected shutdown with Tell HTC".
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I noticed the screen was much more responsive to touch gestures.
I didn't take notice of any change in memory usage.
I guess I'll have to look at a few more things.
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what type of difference? i don't see this app/program running in my task manager. the only time i have seen it come up was when the phone crashed and i got a screen prompt that said "notify htc about unexpected shutdown with Tell HTC".
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It may not be in the USA T-Mobile version
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It may not be in the USA T-Mobile version
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its in settings > about phone...turn off both report usage and problem...it does hv sm impact on speed...tried it myself
lalitsehgal21 said:
its in settings > about phone...turn off both report usage and problem...it does hv sm impact on speed...tried it myself
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Thanks for clarifying that so I don't need to hunt through menus and menus looking for it.
Probably a total placebo effect, but I feel like things are a little snappier? I'll keep an eye on the screen responsiveness as I go through this power cycle and will report back with some thoroughly unscientific results.
that is good trick. I also don't like the "show me" which is part of sync.
Don't know how to uncheck it.
this makes my phone no faster or snapier than what it is
henrik.dk said:
that is good trick. I also don't like the "show me" which is part of sync.
Don't know how to uncheck it.
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I just looked at that one.
Settings/Accounts and Sync - uncheck Background data.
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I just looked at that one.
Settings/Accounts and Sync - uncheck Background data.
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You need to keep that enabled to use the Market, unless you want to enable it every time you do.
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You need to keep that enabled to use the Market, unless you want to enable it every time you do.
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Good to know,but I put that one up there with spyware.
I'll turn it on if I ever need it.
Yup, this definitely speeds your phone up. It worked for me by making everything more responsive. I thought everyone already knew about this. Its not placebo. Its legit.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA Premium App
Thanks my screen is wicked fast.
Just to follow up from my post earlier today with a quick, anecdotal report:
I disabled the HTC reporting as suggested by the OP around noon today, while I was at ~80% charge. It's about 9 hours later after moderate to heavy use today, and at ~15% charge my screen still has yet to lag out on me during unlocking or swiping between screens.
For reference, I would usually notice little stutters throughout the day, and especially more so once my battery dropped below the 25% threshold.
No idea why something as seemingly innocuous as error reporting would have such a marked effect, but that is honestly the only variable that I can recall changing all day today.
The responses in this thread seem like a mixed bag of results, but hopefully these good results continue for me and some lucky others!
just disable "show me" with fre3vo way better than to turn off background data..
Glad it helped some people.