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Strange problem, is it just me??? [Update: Found what causes it!]

Hi,
I have this strange problem on my device...here's the description of the bug -
- When i have a phone call active, the start button goes dead...I cant click on the start button Even if i press the Win key, the start menu doesnt roll out.
- however, the close button and the volume icons are active
- when i try to tap and hold on the clock (to change between analog and digital), i get the circle of dots, but at the end i dont get the menu options for switching between the two modes.
- when i end the call, the start button is still disabled. If i have to re-enable it, I need to press the POWER button to turn off my device and turn it back ON, then it gets active again. However, this works only after i end the active call.
This started to happen ever since i installed one of the roms/radio roms (which i dont remember) and now, it happens on any ROM that i flash it with
I have no clue as to whats broken and this seriously gets on my nerves
Any suggestions or ideas?
thanks!
San

Damn, i take it that noone has had this problem.....anyone any suggestions which may help fix it?!
Cheers,
San

dreamtheater39 said:
Hi,
I have this strange problem on my device...here's the description of the bug -
- When i have a phone call active, the start button goes dead...I cant click on the start button Even if i press the Win key, the start menu doesnt roll out.
- however, the close button and the volume icons are active
- when i try to tap and hold on the clock (to change between analog and digital), i get the circle of dots, but at the end i dont get the menu options for switching between the two modes.
- when i end the call, the start button is still disabled. If i have to re-enable it, I need to press the POWER button to turn off my device and turn it back ON, then it gets active again. However, this works only after i end the active call.
This started to happen ever since i installed one of the roms/radio roms (which i dont remember) and now, it happens on any ROM that i flash it with
I have no clue as to whats broken and this seriously gets on my nerves
Any suggestions or ideas?
thanks!
San
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Did you try a DOC format?
It may help...
Regards

Hey Ranju!!!
Thanks for your response! How do i do a DOC level format???
Thanks so much for responding!
San
On a side note, your v6 rom is just amazing! I love it for its great stability on my device, and not to mention the perfect balance in terms of applications it comes with etc.!

dreamtheater39 said:
Hey Ranju!!!
Thanks for your response! How do i do a DOC level format???
Thanks so much for responding!
San
On a side note, your v6 rom is just amazing! I love it for its great stability on my device, and not to mention the perfect balance in terms of applications it comes with etc.!
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Hi Dreamtheater,
Enter BootLoader, connect to pc with USB, load, MTTY and type "Task 28 55aa" this will restore DOC to original state.
You will loose all info on your device so back-up first.
More details in the Wiki
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Universal_Technical
Cheers,
Beasty

dreamtheater39 said:
Damn, i take it that noone has had this problem.....anyone any suggestions which may help fix it?!
Cheers,
San
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Before you try the DOC format, try re-flashing the radio only rom. If you are using v 1.18 or 1.17, try 1.15 which is more stable.

beast0898 said:
Hi Dreamtheater,
Enter BootLoader, connect to pc with USB, load, MTTY and type "Task 28 55aa" this will restore DOC to original state.
You will loose all info on your device so back-up first.
More details in the Wiki
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Universal_Technical
Cheers,
Beasty
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thanks dude!
Successfully formatted the doc, now reinstalling the rom....lets hope this solves the problem...
really appreciate your help m8!
Best,
San

sofene said:
Before you try the DOC format, try re-flashing the radio only rom. If you are using v 1.18 or 1.17, try 1.15 which is more stable.
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I was running on R1.15...now i'm trying 1.17!
You suspect the problem to be with the radio? I guessed as much too...but it seemed like it happened two different radios and all the OS roms. Maybe something was screwed at DOC level, hopefully the doc format should work....
thanks!
San

Still no luck
I formatted the DOC and reinstalled everything, and it still fails...
All i need to do is, dial a number, shut the lid, re-open it and then try to click on the start button, doesnt respond
Everything below is functional.....
Sad :-(((
Why me??!

still no luck
@beasty, ranju
Any other suggestions? This is such a wierd problem. Is there something like a format of radio section on the device?
Thanks,
San

dreamtheater39 said:
still no luck
@beasty, ranju
Any other suggestions? This is such a wierd problem. Is there something like a format of radio section on the device?
Thanks,
San
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This is a very typical problem, I've no solid answer.
But lets try...
1. Run the CID unlock tool
2. Unplug the battery and plugin back after a few minutes
3. Start the device in BL
4. Flash the Radio 1.09, an original OS rom (i.e. from O2) and an empty extrom
5. Hard reset, screen align etc. (do not install anything)
6. Check the device status ....
Are you having the same problem?

ranju said:
This is a very typical problem, I've no solid answer.
But lets try...
1. Run the CID unlock tool
2. Unplug the battery and plugin back after a few minutes
3. Start the device in BL
4. Flash the Radio 1.09, an original OS rom (i.e. from O2) and an empty extrom
5. Hard reset, screen align etc. (do not install anything)
6. Check the device status ....
Are you having the same problem?
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thanks ranju,
let me give this a spin now....i'll post back after i try it. one thing though, when i tried a wm5 based rom, this issue didnt turn up.
one thing though....i actually cooked my own rom using a wm5 rom base and replaced the phone and outlook apps from wm6 and tried to run it. the phone module never powered on, and nothing worked....and went back to a wm6 rom after which. i'm not too sure if this has triggered these problems or a bad wm6 rom which i've flashed (i remember mo3ulla's rom which never worked for me and fubared my device completely....this could also be the cause....)
either ways, still hunting for a possible fix, and thanks so much for helping out! will post back bro....
San

dreamtheater39 said:
still no luck
@beasty, ranju
Any other suggestions? This is such a wierd problem. Is there something like a format of radio section on the device?
Thanks,
San
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Hi San,
If you have a history file in the root of your device can you post it for us please?
If not do you have access to Visual Studio and Platform Builder so that you can get a KITL output of this in action, then post the KITL for us?
Also, are you running any taskamanagers or additional apps?
Does the issue occur straight after a clean flash of a Vanilla Rom?
Cheers,
Beasty

@beasty
Here's history.txt attached....
I have visual studio, but i dont have platform builder....so i'm afraid thats not possible. If you could point me as to where i can get it, I could give it a shot.
Right now i'm going to radio 1.09, and checking if its a radio incompatibility issue...doubt it though.....
San

Oh dudes! I guess i figured out what's causing the problem, though i have no idea how to fix this!!!!!!
All this has started when my exchange service provider has migrated to exchange 2007 which makes it mandatory for me to have a password for my device. I have a 24 hr time out for the password, pretty much making the need for a password useless....
When i make a call and leave the lid open and continue to talk - no problems! the start button works as it should....
but the moment i close the lid and pull it open again, it seems like the display blanks and redraws (only happens if you have a password for your device), and thats when the start button gets disabled! Now, the only way out is to end the call, power off and then power on again......
This is confirmed, but how do i fix the problem? I should have a password, cant disable it.....and i always close the lid when i make a call! MS bug????
Thanks again ranju, beasty.....really appreciate it!
San

knock knock!

dreamtheater39 said:
knock knock!
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Who's there?
There are some known issues with password screen causing issues on some roms mate.
All I can suggest is dig through the forums to see if you can find a fix posted............I think J had a similar issue with one of his Roms and it was discussed in detail............
or flash to a different Rom and see if it is reproduceable.
later San
Beasty

Flashing Bluetooth Discover Icon in Tray - FIXED! Thanks!

So, I have noticed that a lot of the newer roms have a discover icon flashing in the system tray. Is there a way to disable that? Its really irritating, and I like to leave bt discover on all the time.
Thanks!
I've tried looking in the forums and on google, but I havent found anything helpful

Go to Settings > Today > Items and uncheck the BT connection

This isnt on the today screen its in the tray... see attached screenshot.
The only items I have on my today screen are HTC home, battery status, resco and IM+ but none of those applications have those features, and when I have everything tunred off and just a plain today screen it still does it.
I just flashed my friends phone... turned on bt discover and the icon is there.. its so irritating what can I do to get rid of this thing!?
Thanks!

RickoT said:
This isnt on the today screen its in the tray... see attached screenshot.
The only items I have on my today screen are HTC home, battery status, resco and IM+ but none of those applications have those features, and when I have everything tunred off and just a plain today screen it still does it.
I just flashed my friends phone... turned on bt discover and the icon is there.. its so irritating what can I do to get rid of this thing!?
Thanks!
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Battery Status
Have you disable tray launch in battery status?

I use the tray launch stuff from battery status, but the flashing bluetooth icon is not part of battery status. Like I said, I just flashed my friends phone and have not installed battery status yet and it still does it. I think its part of the new WM6.1 roms

RickoT said:
I use the tray launch stuff from battery status, but the flashing bluetooth icon is not part of battery status. Like I said, I just flashed my friends phone and have not installed battery status yet and it still does it. I think its part of the new WM6.1 roms
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Sorry, it was a guess and it looks like a bad one at that in hind sight.

P1Tater said:
Battery Status
Have you disable tray launch in battery status?
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It’s in the Bluetooth file sharing settings. If you select Setting>Connections>Bluetooth>FTP>Enable File Sharing (check) the icon is always flashing. I’m sure it’s some registry setting that can be modified to fix it.

Silverexp said:
It’s in the Bluetooth file sharing settings. If you select Setting>Connections>Bluetooth>FTP>Enable File Sharing (check) the icon is always flashing. I’m sure it’s some registry setting that can be modified to fix it.
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Yah I've been looking all over the registry, I have no clue even where to start though honestly, any settings I change are 100% pure guesswork which makes me a bit nervous about trying

do u long press on the icon and see if u can disable it...i hope u kno wut i mean

rico002 said:
do u long press on the icon and see if u can disable it...i hope u kno wut i mean
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if it were only that easy

obviously
you've checked?:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items

joshkoss said:
you've checked?:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items
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For what exactly? as i said this does not appear to be related to any today screen plugins

go to start\settings\connections\bluetooth
under bluetooth go to timeout tab
you'll see "Turn off Visible mode:"
select "after 1 minute" in the dropdown menu.
wait for 1 minute & the flashing is gone in the tray.
hope this help.

twisted said:
go to start\settings\connections\bluetooth
under bluetooth go to timeout tab
you'll see "Turn off Visible mode:"
select "after 1 minute" in the dropdown menu.
wait for 1 minute & the flashing is gone in the tray.
hope this help.
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Thats a timeout for discovery mode... so of course after 1 minute when discovery mode turns off, that icon will go away.

Install the attached cab and reboot

sakajati said:
Install the attached cab and reboot
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Sweet!
And just when I thought i Searched everywhere! Where did you find this?

sakajati said:
Install the attached cab and reboot
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Thank you, thank you, thank you - that flashing icon was driving me nuts

sakajati said:
Install the attached cab and reboot
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first cab doesn't work
file corrupted

All you have to do is turn off "Discoverable".
Any Bluetooth item you have already paired with will still work, so there is no need to have discoverable on all the time, is there?

cushcalc said:
All you have to do is turn off "Discoverable".
Any Bluetooth item you have already paired with will still work, so there is no need to have discoverable on all the time, is there?
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if you have paired devices no need to have the discover me on, this is only use when you want new devices to see you . . .

TouchFlo3D conflicting with QuickMenu/SmallMenu

Anyone had any luck getting eithe of these working alongside TF3D?
The task switching doesn't work, most the time instead of taking you to the app you click on, it drops you into TF3D. Everything else works apart from this (the bit I use most). With TF3D turned off, it works fine.
I've using a trial of Wisbar Advance Lite for now, see if I get used to it's different way of doing it, but at leat it seems to work.
Anyone had any luck, or else just seeing the same behaviour?

I've got the same problem with Quickmenu v2.7 i could'nt switch between tasks either.
Also from the close apps menu there an items called "start" and you cannot close it that annoys me a bit to.
I don't use it for now untill i find a better app or newer version of Quickmenu.

Start.exe is I believe linked to TF3D, but even setting it to hide in QuickMenu didn't help, the same thing still happens. Still, nice to have confirmation it's not just me.
Wisbar Lite seems ok, but it would still be nice to have QuickMenu or SmallMenu back...

damn i love quickmenus hopefully someone gets it to work i want this phone once its out

has anyone tried it lately or have it working?

mr_Ray said:
Start.exe is I believe linked to TF3D, but even setting it to hide in QuickMenu didn't help, the same thing still happens. Still, nice to have confirmation it's not just me.
Wisbar Lite seems ok, but it would still be nice to have QuickMenu or SmallMenu back...
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Start.exe is Manila and if you end this it restarts back your tfl3d.
I can confirm that sometimes some tasks are dropped right back to the touchflo3d screen but on a few occasions only. I have noticed that if you click on them longer, it finally restores the application.
I have since switched to wisbar advanced because of the other benefits and mainly fancy stuff not to mention to use some of TP's power it has a lot.
mr_Ray said:
Start.exe is I believe linked to TF3D, but even setting it to hide in QuickMenu didn't help, the same thing still happens. Still, nice to have confirmation it's not just me.
Wisbar Lite seems ok, but it would still be nice to have QuickMenu or SmallMenu back...
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I had no problems hiding start.exe. Just make sure that after adding to the exclude list you select 'hide both' radio button (I hope I remember the terms correctly)

I can confirm that sometimes some tasks are dropped right back to the touchflo3d screen but on a few occasions only.
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Same behaviour for me.
I had no problems hiding start.exe. Just make sure that after adding to the exclude list you select 'hide both' radio button (I hope I remember the terms correctly)
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Yes, it's 'Both not' and you have to scroll down to see it...

andrukit said:
Start.exe is Manila and if you end this it restarts back your tfl3d.
I can confirm that sometimes some tasks are dropped right back to the touchflo3d screen but on a few occasions only. I have noticed that if you click on them longer, it finally restores the application.
I have since switched to wisbar advanced because of the other benefits and mainly fancy stuff not to mention to use some of TP's power it has a lot.
I had no problems hiding start.exe. Just make sure that after adding to the exclude list you select 'hide both' radio button (I hope I remember the terms correctly)
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wisbar advanced isnt free though :/

battery Status Advance keeps freeware message keeps coming up

Hi, I have Battery Status installed on my phone for a long time. and My version is 1.05.105 beta5
and every 5 seconds or so the freeware message keeps coming up. I can't even use my phone properly with it. What's going on?
I tried search of this message but I had no luck.
Can someone help me?
thanks
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i tried to regesiter for it but i don't see it on his site?

Ray_jai said:
Hi, I have Battery Status installed on my phone for a long time. and My version is 1.05.105 beta5
and every 5 seconds or so the freeware message keeps coming up. I can't even use my phone properly with it. What's going on?
I tried search of this message but I had no luck.
Can someone help me?
thanks
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i tried to regesiter for it but i don't see it on his site?
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it did the same with me but after a soft reset it went away

it comes back after a soft reset. it shows up when my phone is finished booting.

me 2 help?

same thing happens to mine as well. it keeps popping up. how can i fix this?

Yeah me too! It's really winding me up. I don't even remember installing the blasted thing. Unless it came with my Dutty ROM I just installed but the messages only started showing up in the last day and I've had the ROM for over a week with no problems before this. I am wondering if it hitched a lift on something else I installed

can't you just use homescreen ++?

nothin said:
can't you just use homescreen ++?
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I don't have homescreen plus plus I want to continue to use Resco Today explorer. I don't know where BatteryStatus Advanced even came from!

I don't have homescreen plus plus
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I don't know where BatteryStatus Advanced even came from!
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what a people are on xdadev novadays, omg..
look dude, if you cannot search for homescreen plus plus, which is succesor for bs, i think you should stop writing..

How to turn off that pesky screen capture button

I noticed that a lot of folks do not like that screen capture button. As I was running through the settings, I noticed that you can turn it off in settings, screen, quick launch. You can make the button do something else there. Now if someone can figure out a way to make the icons smaller on the stock browser I'd be set.

otamctech said:
I noticed that a lot of folks do not like that screen capture button. As I was running through the settings, I noticed that you can turn it off in settings, screen, quick launch. You can make the button do something else there. Now if someone can figure out a way to make the icons smaller on the stock browser I'd be set.
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I think the option to change it is new to KL1.

Yeah, don't see any such option in Screen shipped OS version.

I am on KL3. I didn't like kk1 because it made it even harder to write to the external sd

garyd9 said:
I think the option to change it is new to KL1.
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I was able to change it in KK3, not sure about earlier firmwares.

Not sure if can turn off but you can assign it do another function goto settings-screen-quick launch