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O2 XDA IIi (Andes) questions

Hi there,
I just got my hands on an O2 XDA IIi, after having an XDA II for the weekend.
I am trying to work out how to best annihilate the O2 Active interface that's on by default -- I _hate_ it! I have tried uninstalling it through the Remove Programs control panel, but I get the following error:
Uninstall unsuccessful. The program was not removed because these files are in use or are read-only. Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Memory > Running Programs tab > Stop all and try again.
\Windows\batteryinfo.dll
\Windows\clockinfo.dll
\Windows\Fonts\xpdr_02.ttf
\Windows\Mobile Solutions\O2ActiveUI\Modules\Connections\connections.exe
\Windows\o2aui.dll
However, there is nothing showing in the Running Programs tab. The Mobile Solutions entry remains in the Remove Programs list.
I have also tried doing a hard reset by holding the power button then hitting the soft reset button with the stylus, in an attempt to get the phone to prompt me for the "Please select your user type" dialog (with the options of Personal or Corporate (and being prompted for a code; I was going to try entering 0506, as mentioned here) however the phone is not prompting me with that dialog! It asks me to align the screen and enter the SIM PIN, and spends a few minutes installing software, but that dialog never reappears, I've only seen it once when I plugged the phone in to charge for the first time.
So, questions:
How do I disable the O2 Active interface?
Do I lose any functionality by doing so? (the Messaging, Phone, Internet... bar does not count as functional, in my book)
Are Contacts saved into "permanent" storage removed on a hard reset?
Any general tips or resources that you would recommend? (besides this forum, of course )
Thanks!

perform a hard reset and when the files are being installed just hit cancel and then install selected software......
you loose no functionality of the fone if you perform anything like this :S
contacts are mostly saved in the fone memory so wen u perform a hard reset......BANG!! contacts gone....
cheers
jeetz

You can set the contacts, conection settings, appointments and tasks to be stored in persistent memory, so they should remain after a hard reset (shouldn't they?).

Timmeh said:
You can set the contacts, conection settings, appointments and tasks to be stored in persistent memory, so they should remain after a hard reset (shouldn't they?).
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very true...i think that is possible....but if i were you why would i want to waste my memory chip on these small things...would go ahead and save the contacts on sim....
and rest of the settings can be saved by SPRITE BACKUP.
regards
jeetz

zairyaab said:
perform a hard reset and when the files are being installed just hit cancel and then install selected software......
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Unfortunately I can't do this, the device appears to completely ignore input whilst that process is happening (i.e. tapping cancel doesn't, and the backlight turns off despite repeated presses on all areas of the screen).
I DID manage to get it to prompt me for the user type, however, by not entering anything when prompted for the SIM PIN, I entered 0506 as the code, and got a dialog saying the O2 Active interface won't be installed, and indeed, it wasn't. Only things I miss are the battery status monitor, and the Get Settings (wherever that was hiding) for retrieving GPRS/etc settings from the network.
zairyaab said:
you loose no functionality of the fone if you perform anything like this :S
contacts are mostly saved in the fone memory so wen u perform a hard reset......BANG!! contacts gone....
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That's why I asked about "permanent" memory -- how permanent is it? Though I don't seem to be able to store or at least retrieve any data from it, so I've gone with using xBackup (came preinstalled on the device) and backing up to a spare 16MB SD media I had lying around. It seems to have backed up OK, though I haven't tried a restore yet.
Thanks for the responses!

wellll thts why i said save the contacts to sim....if you change the sim to some other fone you get your contacts in tht sim....and its very stable saving them to sim.....and for rest of the programs use SPRITEBACKUP. ITS AWESOME !!

How do I remove 'stuck' email a/c & 'unread' Today notic

How do I remove 'stuck' email a/c & 'unread' Today notice?
Hi there, hope you can help.
I have an HTC Wizard (Xda Mini S) and recently restored a backup using the latest Sprite Backup beta.
It kinda half restored my one POP3 e-mail account, in that the account appears on the Today screen showing '59 Unread', but not in the Messaging program folder list.
I.e. it's there, but not visible and I can't see the Inbox etc.
When I try to re-create the account using the same name, Messaging won't let me as 'an account already exists with that name'. So, it's there, but invisible.
I've tried removing all entries of the account name from the registry, but after a reboot they reappear.
How can I completely remove this account, to start again?

I think it is a bug to be honest
I did a hard reset and then restored my sms back to the device using Jeyo
it said 1046 unread (but they were there) and after manually selecting mark as read, it had 1 msg unread even though there was none that were unread!
in the end i had to hard reset it again and its ok now

Thanks but I'm hoping someone here can provide a solution that doesn't involve a hard reset, as that rather defeats the object of having performed & restored a backup at all!

CJSnet said:
Thanks but I'm hoping someone here can provide a solution that doesn't involve a hard reset, as that rather defeats the object of having performed & restored a backup at all!
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there's some piece of software to repair mail databases. i didn't use it actually but i found it on polish pdaclub.pl forum. i'll try to find a name of this program as soon as possible and let you know.

CJSnet said:
Thanks but I'm hoping someone here can provide a solution that doesn't involve a hard reset, as that rather defeats the object of having performed & restored a backup at all!
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google for 'Clenmail', that should be it.

Thanks, found it at http://www.spritesoftware.com/downloads/CleanMail.zip
Sadly it didn't do anything for my device's issue however

alternative way to backup contacts?

Hi
Just got this thing the other day (O2 XDA Mini S) and am pulling my hair out with ActiveSync. A google and a look round these forums convinces me I'm not alone.
I'm now at the point where notes will sync, but Contacts and Calendar will not. This appears to be most likely because I'm not using an Exchange Server.
I give in. Can anyone advise whether this some alternative to ActiveSync that I can use to back up my contacts list? I'd hate to have to do it all over again.
I have a memory card, so adding software from that is no problem if necessary.
Thanks

You can try the backup tool Sunnysoft
in advanced mode is an option Backup PIM databases

lansalot said:
I'm now at the point where notes will sync, but Contacts and Calendar will not. This appears to be most likely because I'm not using an Exchange Server.
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Are you just trying to sync with your pc over the usb link? You don't need Exchange Server for that - it sync's with Outlook directly. Have you set up what information you want to sync in ActiveSync's Tools->options?
Another possibility for not syncing is any firewall you are running - although, if it was that, you wouldn't even get Notes to sync.
John

yup
Thanks for that John, yep I've done all I can see that I need to do. Missing Exchange was about the only thing left I could think of. I think I might uninstall Outlook and reinstall it to see if that helps. Though I *hate* having to install that POS just so I can backup some settings !
Perhaps there's somewhere within the phone that will export the various settings somewhere. Or perhaps I should dig out VS2005 and attempt to write one myself. Backing up to storage card would be the best option I think, and from a look around the .net mobile CF, it would appear to be pretty well supported.
And I had to disable Zonealarm despite having all the appropriate configurations set up to allow it. I even put 169.254.x.x in the trusted zone, to no avail.
ActiveSync is a shocking piece of software - and I know from owning other phones that there's things like MobiExplorer and MobiManager that tends to work much better than the usual manufacturer-supplied stuff.
Chak, thanks for the lead with SunnySoft.

Copy the pim.vol file from the root directory of the device. This contains all your pim info (contacts, call history, tasks, calendar). You can't really make anything out of it if you try to view it, but when you hard reset, you can just overwrite the new one and soft reset to restore everything. I copy mine to my storage card every time i add something new that has to do with pim stuff.

guttrhead said:
Copy the pim.vol file from the root directory of the device. This contains all your pim info (contacts, call history, tasks, calendar). You can't really make anything out of it if you try to view it, but when you hard reset, you can just overwrite the new one and soft reset to restore everything. I copy mine to my storage card every time i add something new that has to do with pim stuff.
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in my case, pim.vol file is protected, so copying & replacing it after hard reset does not work. i have other workaround for backuping contacts (as my activesync with outlook simply does not work) - each contact via irda to computer. it saves contact as .vcf file that you can send to wizard back again after hard reset.

Try using total commander to get to the file.

I yust transfered the file via email inside my home WLan to the PC.....

Hey, is this a common problem for HTC devices or Windows mobile in general?
I just started searching because my calendar won't sync. (3 palm devices and 3 pda's later, I have 1,400+ contacts.)
Are there any workarounds that anyone knows?
I tried setting up the sync settings whilst the device was disconnected, but the calendar entry just disappears when I re-connect.
-Worried of Sheffield.

thanks
Thanks eva_d, I had already hit on the idea of bluetoothing all my contacts over (thankfully, there's not that many) from my nokia 6600. Luckily, the XDA didn't require my SIM to be in it during the transfer. It even took over the mini pictures I had for some of the contacts, quite smart.
But it would be some chore with more than the couple dozen I had.
I'm reading up on the windowsmobile classes in dotnet, I reckon the answer would lie in there somewhere. Writing an app in VS to back things up to some funky open format would be the ideal, even if it does just drop a directory full of VCF files for example.
Once I'm sure VS2005 is installed and working correctly (http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=41155), I'll throw some serious effort at it.

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lansalot said:
Thanks eva_d, I had already hit on the idea of bluetoothing all my contacts over (thankfully, there's not that many) from my nokia 6600. Luckily, the XDA didn't require my SIM to be in it during the transfer. It even took over the mini pictures I had for some of the contacts, quite smart.
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copying contacts to other handset is bit risky, because various producers are using various interpretation of .vcf file format. for instance, when i copy contact from siemens s65 to wizard, email field is always ripped off the contact and polish national characters are also absent. copying contacts to computer via irda is quite safe, however personal ringtones assigned to contact and voice dials are sacrified. all other data within a contact are still present, including contact picture.

A bit more info on the missing calendar link:-
I have one laptop using activesync V.4.1 this was where i first discovered the problem.
Just tried laptop #2 running a/sync v.3.7.1 which has an older copy of my appointments in outlook. Calendar doesn't sync to this either, so it must be something inside the MDA.
Tried to search microsoft support to find a solution, but no entries found. This seems to indicate that it is a HTC issue. I had a MDA Pro briefly sync-ed up which worked Ok. The problems are with my MDA compact running WM2003.

pim.vol not only saves the contact but also the assigned ringtone and pic. only way to do it is copy to storage card.
then after hard reset it won't let you overwrite the new one but if you rename it to pim.vol.old it lets you do that. then you can overwrite it.

laich71 said:
pim.vol not only saves the contact but also the assigned ringtone and pic. only way to do it is copy to storage card.
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contact pictures are NOT saved in pim.vol. when i restore contacts via irda from .vcf files on my laptop, pictures are already there.

I know this thread has moved on a bit, but I've just got my calendar to sync. again and I'm soooo relieved!
Take a look at this forum to find out how:-
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync
Look at 'Cannot get calendar to sycnhronise' and the second reply.

Backing up the Contacts with Mail2Web Live Mail Service
I basically use the mail2web live mail service, and use its exchange server as the server source in Activesync. I only choose synching Contacts with this server (but you can choose others).
This way, all my contacts are always up to date in mail2web servers, and even if I need to hard reset, I can reget all of my contacts back very quickly.
Highly recommended...
Fast

please use the search PLEASE! ....search for PPCBckpContacts.exe
damn it!

Contact Names Appearing Twice?!?!?!

Good Morning Gents,
Synced up my Touch HD this morning and lol and behold, all my contacts started doubling up. Any one else experienced this issue? Or am I doing something really really stupid? This happened with my omnia too..
would really appreciate your help guys!
Sam

One from your SIM card and another from your device? Or both from the device?
Or both from SIM card, one is for mobile phone nuimber and another for say the home or office number?

samuelc said:
Good Morning Gents,
Synced up my Touch HD this morning and lol and behold, all my contacts started doubling up. Any one else experienced this issue? Or am I doing something really really stupid? This happened with my omnia too..
would really appreciate your help guys!
Sam
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You sholud use the SKtools to erradicate the doubles.

eaglesteve said:
One from your SIM card and another from your device? Or both from the device?
Or both from SIM card, one is for mobile phone nuimber and another for say the home or office number?
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Both from the same device.
I believe it is currently displaying the Outlook and MSN contacts.
Any way to make it ONLY show the Outlook contacts?

It's a known bug with activesync i know from old Hermes times. If you have this problem the fu..k will double the contacts each synchronizing.
Recommend new sync installation and new start-up synchro.

Yes, one list is from your Outlook contacts, and the other appears from your MSN list when you sync.
Go into the Windows Live sync options and de-select the Store WL Contacts.
I'm not sure if this will delete the doubledup contacts, but will prevent further download of MSN contacts in the future (so you might need to tidy up yoiur contacts list just once).

Cheers guys!
I will try it out tonight. Will let you know of any developments i have.!
Cheers!
Sam

Anyone know why both tick boxes are un-untickable for me?

If you delete your hotmail/live/msn ID in Windows Live options. When you recreate your ID the checkboxes shouldn't be greyed out. It seems to be a one time only choice.

2 of
i have this, but i think its phone contacts, andcontacts saved to the sim card.
as i deleted all contacts in sim card and now only have one set of numbers.

wizzzard said:
If you delete your hotmail/live/msn ID in Windows Live options. When you recreate your ID the checkboxes shouldn't be greyed out. It seems to be a one time only choice.
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I have this problem too, however I can't seem to find the option to delete the my hotmail/live/msn ID. May i know how do I go about deleting them?

transfering of contacts to sim

hi guys, i currently have a stocked rom DHD but due to work purpose, i need to access places tat has high security with restriction on camera phone thus i need to take out my sim card and place it into a simple normal phone. i cant find any function for me to transfer the contacts to sim and i tried apps like contacts2sim and copy to sim. they both dont work. any advise pls??

open contacts, press menu, there is a option to import/export from simcard. no need for extra software needed
regards
edit, this export only and does not import, my error

marleyb said:
open contacts, press menu, there is a option to import/export from simcard. no need for extra software needed
regards
edit, this export only and does not import, my error
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no worries. i need to import my contacts from my phone to my sim card. need mega help

Remember that there is a limit to a) number of contacts on a SIM card and b) a limit to the amount of information "per contact" on the SIM card. When I tried it from my old Nokia (E71) to transfer contacts when I first got the DHD I basically got as list of names with phone numbers. No other information. This could be enough for you I suppose.
But why not get a basic Nokia and use it's PC Suite to sync that phone with your contacts? Presuming you have them in Outlook or Google?
Dave

dvhttn said:
Remember that there is a limit to a) number of contacts on a SIM card and b) a limit to the amount of information "per contact" on the SIM card. When I tried it from my old Nokia (E71) to transfer contacts when I first got the DHD I basically got as list of names with phone numbers. No other information. This could be enough for you I suppose.
But why not get a basic Nokia and use it's PC Suite to sync that phone with your contacts? Presuming you have them in Outlook or Google?
Dave
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the basic phone i have dun not comes with a data cable nor the port thus i can only rely on my sim card.

Try something like this .... http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.shao.Copy2SIM ... I have no idea how good that app is but there are more of a similar nature.
Dave

thanks for ur help dvhttn but unfortunately i have tried tat app, it does not work.

Does the second phone have bluetooth abilites?

Open contacts, press menu, there is a option to import/export from simcard, as simple as that

If you don't have too many contacts that you need to transfer to sim then you can open each contact individually, then press menu, then save to sim.
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zaindon said:
Open contacts, press menu, there is a option to import/export from simcard, as simple as that
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There is only import from sim, no export.
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The same problem here
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ah_cleo said:
hi guys, i currently have a stocked rom DHD but due to work purpose, i need to access places tat has high security with restriction on camera phone thus i need to take out my sim card and place it into a simple normal phone. i cant find any function for me to transfer the contacts to sim and i tried apps like contacts2sim and copy to sim. they both dont work. any advise pls??
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Seems to me that as you can't take advantage of the suggestions below that your work needs to look at this and provide you with the correct tools. If that means a new phone then they should do that. It shouldn't fall on you to provide the tools of your job.
Dave

Have you tried contact2sim (by happydroid) from the market?