How can i shutdown a gprs connection?
All other connection can shutdown in the connectivity-windows but not the gprs.
regards
AleX
Doesn't it say that you are connected with a little 'gprs' in the top left hand corner of the screen?
If it does hold the stylus on the symbol and uncheck the gprs line that is checked.
I've only had mine 2 days so still getting used to it, so no doubt there are other ways of doing it (more than likely simpler ways too )
one silly way that works with XDA I and not sure it does with XDA II. Press and hold the RED phone button till the phone is off. Then turn it on again and don't perform any GPRS action ... It will stay off :roll:
Anyway, if it doesn't cost too much, I like the "always connected" feature
With the XDA II you hold down the end button fo 3 seconds to disconnect GPRS.. it doesn't turn off the phone (only way to do that is tap on the connection icon, and hit turn wireless off.
-arebelspy
First .. thanks for your answere!!!
@unKle
Yes, it says that i´m connection with gprs, but there is no way to disconnect.
@Biso007
The red-button Trick to turn off the phone doesn´t work on the mda/xda-II
@arebelspy
end-button == end-phone-call-button? I will try that....
I found holding down the red end button turned off the GPRS connection.
Anyway does it matter if it is left on??
Nick
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Is it just me or is switching the phone off a pain in the rear - mine takes ages to switch off (at least it seems like ages!) and if you switch the PDA off before the X has appeared under the ariel symbol, the phone just stays on.
Wasn't there supposed to be a shortcut to switch the phone off - hold the phone button down for 2 secs or something ??
Ravi
Hold the red phone button down, but it still takes a while
Cruisin-thru, I've tried pressing this red phone button to switch the xda ii off but the X never appears next the aeriel... what trick are you using to switch the phone off using red phone button? ^_^
the red button does not switch the xda ii off, unlike the stiation in xda. the only way i find is via the phone icon using stylus and it takes a long time, maybe requiring a eepeat tap at times
The red button will switch of the GPRS first if it is on. Then hold the button for another three seconds to switch off the phone. (BTW, the phone disconnect symbol shows up a few seconds later after releasing the button.)
OK something strange is going on here !
I've held the button for 20 seconds or more and it does NOTHING.
Darren at Tekguru.co.uk said in his review of the XDA II, that O2 had removed the facility to switch off the XDA II using the red button.
How are some of you guys claiming to do this if O2 pulled the code out of the machine ROM ??!!
Oh no, don't tell me the people who can do this (red phone button trick) are the ones who has the i-mate/mda ii? Does this mean that if I want this red-phone-button-trick, the only way would be to download, modify and re-upload the ROM on my xda ii? Switching the phone off is quite important for me as I use it to switch between the SIM cards... Maybe some xda developer can create a simple program to counter this defficiency?
Switching to the airplane profile seems to do the trick fairly well, even if it does need four taps to enable.
Steve
No magic here, I am using XDA 1.
DOH !!
I can confirm on my mda-II the red-button trick doesn´t work to switch off the phone...
regards
AleX
This is my first pda so please forgive the stupid questions...
1. I am at a loss as to how i can switch off the xdaII completely. I can dim the screen, and switch off the screen, but not the entire xdaII. The bluetooth light and the green light flash continuously, unless i remove the battery catch down.
2. is there a way of getting a better battery indicator at the top, without having to go through the settings menu all the time. I can't seem to create shortcust of any kind.
3. ultra profiler... is it just me... i switch it to silent and it makes no difference.
Thanks...
Why would you want to turn it all the way off? This results in what is known as a "cold boot" - everythng in RAM (even the current date & time) is erased and the phone goes back to the way you bought it.
I don't know how to do it on the XDAII. On the XDA you press a piece of the stylus into a little hole on the bottom.
Fais, on the XDA 1, to switch off both phone and pda, first either hold down the red handset button for a while or tap the signal meter top right of screen and switch off radio/phone, then hit the power button once for a very short time. This will switch off phone and pda. I cant comment on xda2, dont you have a user guide?
Fais said:
1. I am at a loss as to how i can switch off the xdaII completely.
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2. is there a way of getting a better battery indicator at the top, without having to go through the settings menu all the time.
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Well, you must turn off the PDA part and the telephone part separately. For the PDA part, there's a hardware button (which I guess you knew already... ). To turn off the phone part, tap on the antenna indicator and select the first "link" in the bubble that appears. On an MDA I, the phone could also be turned off by holding the red "hang-up" hardware button for a few seconds. This does not work with the MDA II. It's not clear if this is a bug that will be corrected through a software update or if it's a feature.
Note that all that does not really turn your MDA II completely off. But you don't want that anyway, because you'd lose all your data and installed programs, as they are in RAM only.
There are many programs that can display battery and/or storage indicators on your "today" screen. Try searching for "battery" at Handango. The only program I found so far that indicates the battery status directly in the navigation bar is SmallMenu (http://tillanosoft.com/ce/smenu.html)
Cheers
Daniel
1. Tap on the network indicator, on the right middle part of the Navigation Bar (at the top of the screen), then click on "Turn Wireless Off". Then click on the Bluetooth connection on the right side of the command bar (bottom bar), and select OFF. All your flashing lights will go off.
2. Download "BatMemTime" (find it on Google). It is a free today plug-in
3. I don't use ultra profiler. You may try "My Phone Profile" by JGUI, I think it has more features.
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1. Tap on the network indicator, on the right middle part of the Navigation Bar (at the top of the screen), then click on "Turn Wireless Off". Then click on the Bluetooth connection on the right side of the command bar (bottom bar), and select OFF. All your flashing lights will go off.
2. Download "BatMemTime" (find it on Google). It is a free today plug-in
3. I don't use ultra profiler. You may try "My Phone Profile" by JGUI, I think it has more features.
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Thanks everyone for the replies and links to batt indicators... that was a big help!! i've been so used to the p800 that all this is so new to me... The manual doesn't make it clear for a non-pda user about switching the xdaII off.... not to me anyway.
Tekflow thanks... i can switch off the bt quickly and switch on just as easily now... and more important sleep without having to cover the phone with by jacket at night :roll:
Hi. The instructions say that you can turn the phone on and off by holding down the red phone button. This doesn't work on my xda II. Does anyone know why? Could it be something I've installed?
Thanks.
i think you have to hold the button down for a bit and then press once more there were a thread about this not that long agoe
Rudegar, I try what you explain, but it doesn't work on my Qtek 2020 too. And friends from a french forum (PDA France) with the same Qtek as me have the same problem. Do you remember where is the thread about that pb ?
well it works on xda1 and the guy in the last post claim that it's the same for xda2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=4979
Thanks Rudegar. It's written in the Qtek 2020 user's Guide too that pressing and holding the red button should toggle the phone on/off, but it doesn't work. The only way is to select the "flight mode". That means : ejecting the stylus, making 2 clicks and put the stylus in his hole again. Not very intuitive. If you have an idea on how to activate this function, it would be nice ... :wink:
Turning the phone off
Pressing the red button with picture turn the "GPRS" off it it is on not the phone.
Toturn the phone off use the stylus and tap on the signal strength connectivity indicator on the top of on the display screen. You will then get a message " turn wireless off " in blue and if you tap this you will turn the phone off. You may need to use your PIN code to turn it on again ....... - So don't forget you PIN code!!!!! :mrgreen:
To turn it on again ........tap the same indicator again and you and turn on the phone.
Good Luck!!
Re: Turning the phone off
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Pressing the red button with picture turn the "GPRS" off it it is on not the phone.
Toturn the phone off use the stylus and tap on the signal strength connectivity indicator on the top of on the display screen. You will then get a message " turn wireless off " in blue and if you tap this you will turn the phone off. You may need to use your PIN code to turn it on again ....... - So don't forget you PIN code!!!!! :mrgreen:
To turn it on again ........tap the same indicator again and you and turn on the phone.
Good Luck!!
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I know that Rafiki ! Maybe my english is not good enough and you didn't understand me.
What I want is only to be able use the red button to switch the phone on and off, as it is described in the user manual !
McDoPDA : My manual says that the red button is to end phone call or turn GPRS Off.
Most unhandy and I also find it a pain to switch the phone Off & On quickly !
:mrgreen:
Hopefully "they" will have fix for this in the future!
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McDoPDA : My manual says that the red button is to end phone call or turn GPRS Off.
Most unhandy and I also find it a pain to switch the phone Off & On quickly !
:mrgreen:
Hopefully "they" will have fix for this in the future!
:roll:
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so, let's hope "they" will do it as quick as possible ! And that it works on a french Qtek 2020 too... not only on an english XDAII ! :wink:
Hi guys,
This problem was introduced with the 1.60ROM. Before with the old ROM, I could turn my MDA II off using the red button. After the ROM upgrade it turns the GPRS off. Too bad they didn't make that a user choice.
Wouter
On my french Qtek 2020, I had the problem with the 1.52 ROM. When I upgraded to the 1.58, I still had the problem. There is no 1.60 french ROM availiable for the moment...
Having upgraded from the XDA to the XDA2 I have noticed that after receiving a MMS the GPRS indicator in the top left of the screen remains on. I can switch it off by turning off wireless and then turn wireless backon to get the normal service indicator displayed. But do I need to deactivate gprs ?? . and am I paying for it even when I am not making a call or doing things that use the internet or messaging services
Thanks for any info on this
It should close
Brian
It should close after 7-10 minutes or so.
I don't think you're paying for it being open - after all it's gprs not time-based billing
It does not switch off after 7/10 mins, But I have noticed that a symbol appears in the top of the screen showing a phone with a white circle containing a X . This shows for a few seconds then disappears, This happens often ,
thanks
After sending or recieving a MMS my xda-2 stay connected to the GPRS wap connection, it dose not cost to keeep it connected, if you wish to disconect just hold the red end key for a few seconds
John
Cant get it to close using red key ????
If its not costing anything then I guess its OK
even if you hold the red end key for 5 or so seconds, dose it not "beep" and theen the connection drops, again not that it matters as its not costing anyway
John
No it does'nt
As mentioned in an earlier post a symbol appears on the top of the screen every so often
not sure then, But as to the icon (phone , circle and cross) i asked this ages ago and was told its to do with the IA caller id thats included on the XDA-2, The handbook shows the icon in one of the screen shots but nowhere dose it mention anything about it
john
some times ago, i read about a program that disconnet the ppc from gprs network everytime i press stand by button...but i can't find this!
thanks!
(thanks to babylon)
Err, not sure about the program. I only press the phone red (standby ???) button for more than 2 seconds to disconnect GPRS.
yes i know about red phone pression, but i ever forget it!
I FIND IT!!!!!!!!!!
it can disconnect at default intervals or every time you stand by the qtek!
http://www.newsmobile.it/forum/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=691058