Hello all,
Having lots of fun with the Touch Pro - sent to me by mistake by the retailer, when I paid for a much cheaper Diamond. Yay! Anyway...
I am an old time pathaway user, was previously using it on a Palm TX, and have migrated this to the Touch Pro. Currently on Pathaway 4.
When I enter pocket mode, the slightest touch of the volume key wakes the phone back up.. thus draining the battery and defeating the object of it being screen off and max battery life in my pocket. Anyone know how to fix this? Is there a way of disabling the volume keys etc while I use pocket mode?
Has anyone else suffered this problem - or seen it fixed by version 5 (I might upgrade if it is fixed..)
Many thanks
Geoff
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I recently had my T-Mobile PPC Phone edition repaired after some months of nonuse. I had repalced it with an HP6315 - Lots of problems with the 6315 caused me to return to my PPC Phone. When it was returned from repair. The ROM seemed to be missing several features. No longer has a slider for back light brightness adjustment when on battery power. Buttons only shows 2 buttons rather then 4. and there is no lock to prevent button use without pressing the power button first. The service man told me I was getting the PPC confused with the hp 6315 and these features were never available on the PPC. Please help and advise me if he is right so I can apologize and resolve this issue.
Thanks
imcharles
ROM 4.01.16 ENG
Windows Mobile 2003 version 4.20.0 (build13252)
I have not seen the ability to adjust backlight, you can lock the buttons though so the only way to switch on is with the power switch, however I understand this was only avaliable under certain roms and was under the @[email protected] setting on phone settings. I dont know which buttons you are referring to so cant help you there.
Hi guys, I find this quite annoying and wish there is a mod for this. I don't know about other HTC Touch Pro owners but i find my fone quite sensitive.........it's "EASILY" turned on by a single "SHORT" press of the power button.
I didn't even hold it for 1 second, if i suddenly press or tap on it really quick, for not even a second, it turns on.
In case ppl don't understand and tell me that maybe my fone was on in the first place but just have the backlight off, and with a single tap on the power button, the backlight goes back on again. I knew that already. But what the problem really is, is that it's totally off, and when i tap the power on button, it turns on, i.e it vibrates and shows the welcome screen and all that other startup animation.
Is there a way to increase the delay of the finger-press on the power button? Coz it's so annoying that it gets turned on when i don't want it to, especially since this fone's weakness is that it hogs battery even though i've already applied tons of tweaks etc to lower the performance and increase battery life......
Oh and i have another problem, i find the signal kinda weak, is there a program or tweak to increase the signal?? Coz on my old phone Sony Ericsson W950i, the signal is great and I never have bad signal problems with it. But using HTC Touch Pro, i have this problem. This only happens when i'm at Uni, but it's not like they have bad reception or signal blockers there like how schools or colleges have. Just that when i'm inside buildings and there're tons of other buildings around, i can't send the txt coz of bad signals and it's bloody annoying, but using my W950i works fine.....
also I noticed that when i type a txt message using the hardware keyboard, it seems to fail to send most of the time, but only when i'm in UNI. But if i switch to the software keyboard, the one that you use ur fingers or stylus, then when i send the message it often works compare to using hardware keyboard.......any ideas?
Problem No 1: Try Touch Lock Pro
Problem No 2: Try to burn the newest RadioROM.
thx but i'm not trying to lock my phone, so i don't think TouchLock Pro is what i need.......
My Raphael turns also on after pressing the power button for a little few moment. With touchlock Pro you can prevent that you mistake your Raphael. I hope you can understand what I write in my "own" english
Ok so i've got it installed now and went through all the settings but couldn't find anything that can delay the power-on button press, I still have this problem. The app is a screen-lock app, there aren't any options regarding to power-on delays.......
plz tell me what settings etc to use.
I've never said that you can fix your problem with TouchLock Pro. With this you prevent to use your Raphael when you press your power button accidentally.
ya but that's only useful when my fone is on and it locks the phone but i'm trying to prevent my fone from turning on in the first place if i accidentally press the power on button for not even 1 second, because then it will turn on and i don't want that.
same problem here...the phone I thought I had turned off was back on, because accidently it got touched by something else in my luggage.
The only solution which to me is unsatisfactory, is to take out the battery so that it cannot power up.
C'mon...there has to be a better solution than this, no???
jewelkobayashi said:
same problem here...the phone I thought I had turned off was back on, because accidently it got touched by something else in my luggage.
The only solution which to me is unsatisfactory, is to take out the battery so that it cannot power up.
C'mon...there has to be a better solution than this, no???
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wow yay finally someone else other than me also report having the same problem, boy am i glad to know that i'm not the only one having this problem, i thought it was just something wrong with my fone and not all HTC Touch Pros....
i can't believe there aren't any results on Google, no forum discussions or solutions to this whatsoever. Also, nobody seemed to report this problem or come up with a solution on XDA as well as other forums i use like PPCgeekz or WMusers etc.........which is odd considering how this problem is quite annoying, that if u suddenly power on the fone by accident, it can drain battery life and god knows HTC Touch Pro has a crap battery life.............
I think that htc has done a bad job testing the powerbutton on the tp2.
There are some other things like weith, thikness and batterylife that could be improved but the powerbutton issue is realy a BIG bug.
Why they didn't make a slidebutton or a timeout between push and activation?
A dobble tap on the powerbutton could also be a solution.
The next rom shoold have a improvement about this button.
People, please react on the powerbutten problem so someone can fix this.
Thanx
jewelkobayashi said:
same problem here...the phone I thought I had turned off was back on, because accidently it got touched by something else in my luggage.
The only solution which to me is unsatisfactory, is to take out the battery so that it cannot power up.
C'mon...there has to be a better solution than this, no???
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Leaving the Touch Pro (Raphael) for some minutes without battery will stop the clock. So, when you put back on the battery and power up the device, the clock will display the wrong time. The time when you remove the battery.
This is hardware related.
Can produced different symptoms though.
Facts Behind the Power Button
If take a look at the inside of the powerbutton, there are 2 points making contact when you press the button. If you press it, the software will recognize this and the screen will turn off.
If you press it long enough you'll get the "QuickShutdown" message.
But, if water/alchohol/liquid gets underneath the button, the 2 points may be making contact, because water/alcohol conducts.
The button is very weak. Due to this, it may not properly work if you have used it for a long time.
As a result, despite the fact that you hit hibernate/sleep/suspend on the hardware power button = yes, the screen fades to black. But IT IS STILL ON. That explains the battery being drained.
Solution:
Open the phone hardware. Clean the power button connector manually.
Disassembling Instructions:http://www.pdacenter.ru/razborka/htc-touch-pro/
Power Button Connector: http://kudryashovda.ru/content/ne-rabotaet-knopka-vklyucheniya-na-htc-diamond
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i heart everyone talking about the sleep of death and to be honest, i havent really experienced this, but i definatley do have an intermitent power on and off button problem on my touch pro 2.
i read on some other forum that it could possibly be the slider that is casuing the problem. but to be honest, the button its self feels fine and looks fineand when i does work it works a treat. i havent had any water damage done to it what so ever. so im not sure , i am new too all this self help mobile stuff. so please excuse my ignorance. Ive doen the usual hard reset, button works for a few hours then calls it a day. soft rest, was working up until this week. i cant get ot to boot up again, while fiddling with the batter and a power lead. but the power button is so intermitent its driving me nuts. id be so grateful if anyone could shine any form of light on this. thanks in advance
I've searched for this one but can't find any mention of it...
I'm finally switching back to an o2 Serra / Touch Pro after they finally admitted to having some in stock again! (Not through sales channels though, and it took a five page letter complaining about their Customer Service!).
Anyway, over the last 3 months I've had to make do with an SE xPeria X1.
The one thing about the X1 (other than the WVGA screen) that I preferred with the X1 was that you could hit the power button to turn the screen off and ActiveSync (and therefore MyMobiler) would stay connected. Nice!
Is there any way to make the Touch Pro do the same?
Cheers,
FM
fatmonk said:
I've searched for this one but can't find any mention of it...
I'm finally switching back to an o2 Serra / Touch Pro after they finally admitted to having some in stock again! (Not through sales channels though, and it took a five page letter complaining about their Customer Service!).
Anyway, over the last 3 months I've had to make do with an SE xPeria X1.
The one thing about the X1 (other than the WVGA screen) that I preferred with the X1 was that you could hit the power button to turn the screen off and ActiveSync (and therefore MyMobiler) would stay connected. Nice!
Is there any way to make the Touch Pro do the same?
Cheers,
FM
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Find a program that only shuts the screen off like HandyMenu.
The power button puts the phone in standby.
I use Pocket controller to view the phone on my PC and use Haandy Menu to turn off the screen.
Is there much difference in power consumption between standby and just screen off?
What I'm thinking is, is it a good idea to change the function of the power button (I know there are tools to do that) to only switch off the screen in normal use as well or am I going to just make the short battery life more of an issue?
Cheers,
FM
I might have missed the point here, but why would you only want to turn the screen off in normal use?
I can understand not wanting the screen on (in line of sight) if its in a cradle syncing all day, but unless you're wanting to have programs running & working all day (gps mapping something i guess) i cant see any advantage.
Finally, i'm not sure if you can unmap the power button, you can almost certainly re-map it, but that may not remove the original function (i cant test today, mine's off for repair).
fatmonk said:
The one thing about the X1 (other than the WVGA screen) that I preferred with the X1 was that you could hit the power button to turn the screen off and ActiveSync (and therefore MyMobiler) would stay connected. Nice!
Is there any way to make the Touch Pro do the same?
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I've often wondered the same thing. My phone sits on ActiveSync all day at work with the screen un-necessarily on. There has to be a fix other than a paid application...
Essentially I'd like to replicate the power button function of the SE X1 on the Touch Pro.
The X1 seems to only power off the screen rather than going into standby - ie all apps keep running, bluetooth and wifi stay connected etc.
This means that when the phone is connected using MyMobiler or similar the screen can be off as I am displaying the screen contents on my PC screen.
Rather than having a seperate function to switch the screen off (I'm going to try EdgeWat PocketPC Utils for that), it would be nice if the power button could be mapped to just switch the screen off.
My concern is that if I swap the functionality of the power button (their do seem to be a few apps that allow you to re-assign the power button funtion) I won't just be using it this way when the phone is connected to a PC, I will ALWAYS be just switching the screen off. So, when I am out and about would doing this cause a big increase in battery drain?
-FM
And I would guess this functionality must be possible in software as it seem the Pandora client does it when you are running it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534319&page=7
-FM
Problems that I cannot find on google. Not sure if it's due to wear & tear. Not sure what's the problem, suddenly having this problem all the time. This phone's slightly less than 1.5 years. Anyone got the same issues? What's caused this? Using it for a year with no problems, problems only arose these 3 months!
Mods installed:
Raphael Keyboard Controller GSM/CDMA v1.4 (mapped quite a few keys to apps)
DredSensor (use it only when i activate manila. Now i dont use manila so it's disabled)
mobileSRC Gscroll (disabled. of no use to me)
1.
Volume down key got stuck, the clicking mechanism is spoilt, but pressing it down very hard & sometimes volume down works. But this is very problematic as i have to press volume up & see the volume control on the screen before i can lower the volume.
2.
Keyboard keys giving problems. (wiring problems? or the button problems?)
Caps lock: double presses although i press it once
Space: Does not space although i press it. works 50% of the time is very frustrating to type!
Backspace: Same as Space
FN: Same as Space but only 20% of the time
Right direction key: Same problem as space!
Help?
Anyone has this issue??
Help
Uninstalled Gscroll & keyboard config. Soft resetted. I only noticed the phone speed increase slightly as the keyboard config takes up a lot of cpu power, and about 10MB of RAM. The keys still are giving me the same problems.
Still facing this issue. Anyone could help?
I have similar issues. Double space-ing, "b" "v" "ctrl" gets doubled or not pressed at all. I thought soft reset would help, but since you already did that, I guess it's
wonderous said:
Not sure if it's due to wear & tear.
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this.
What I am wondering about is whether to try waranty repair.
I have gone through two fuzes with keyboard issues. As long as water tab is fine warranty should work fine for it. My carrier and maybe HTC seem to be in complete control of determining if it is the physical damage (your fault) and null and voiding the warranty.
Anyway your issue would sound hardware related to me. In which case you can try warranty, insurance, or repair. Repair is not as simple as replacing just the keyboard, I believe you need the whole case. Unless I a mistaken that was roughly $140 USD when I tried to find one for myself.
I think I might have found the solution,
The thread mentioned quite a number of people who's keyboard/keys stopped working after they dropped their raphael
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=62876&highlight=keyboard+replacement
Seems like there some wires lying underneath the keyboard (one of them under the center of the keyboard (g, h, v, b keys). Pressing down hard on these keys might press the wire back to it's intact position. I tried that & now my space bar works fine, although the other keys remain problematic..
Let me see if opening up and reconnecting the wire properly would solve this problems..
We should avoid dropping this phone as much as possible, i dont think HTC put much effort into their drop tests, this phone is way too heavy to survive drops Imo
Hey guys
So I've had and have been loving my edge for only 3 days - and all of a sudden the soft keys are dead. They light up as per usual when you unlock etc, but are dead to the touch..
Just wondering if there is an option somewhere that enables/disables them? Is there a function test mode that will allow me to determine if it's hardware or a bug following an update?
Any info would be hugely appreciated!
J
Not sure if this help....try switch off the power saving mode.
Sent from my SM-N915G
If the buttons still work but don't light up, make sure you don't have power saver on. If they don't work at all, then I'd return the device. And get a new one