Software to PROPERLY calculate mobile useage? - MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General

Hi guys,
I have been reading up on software such as IP Dashboard monitor and such, as a means of calculating what my mobile phone useage is as I go. Such software though only takes into consideration free minutes, which is useless to me.
IS there any software out there that actually allows you to set peak/offpeak times,
-enter a peak/offpeak rate per ?? seconds for landline calls
-peak/offpeak rate per ?? seconds for mobile calls
-special call rates (eg calling a particular number for 10 cents per 10 minutes)
Is there such a program that allows for such flxibility??? It would however, need to convert with currencies and such. Im in Austraila. Such a program would be soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo useful for alot of us. Any help would be appreciated.

there is phone dashboard by hudsonmobile.com who does what u want.

Sorry, thats the one I tried. I meant that one, by Hudson. Are you trying to tell me that it can do what I asked? When I went through the options, all it said I could do was set a monthly free limit, bucket size, and thats about it. I didnt find any options where I could specify an exact amount per 30seconds, or per 10 seconds., peak or off peak.

I want the same functionallity, and also have the possibility to use prepay cards and have sms cost tracking.
Contacted Hudson mobile, but there software can't do this.
Haven't found anything else yet.

I've been using Phone Dashboard by HudsonMobile for a few months now and love it. There is a "round up to 1 minute" function that you can deselect to get seconds. More importantly, though, I had a problem with how they calculated their usage graph, which started on the 1st day of the month. I needed it to start on the 9th, my billing start date. I emailed them and within a few days they had changed the software!!! They were very responsive and willing to update their software to meet market needs. I would continue to try them and send them an email ([email protected]). I'm sure if it isn't in there now, they would like to add it to make the software work for more people and increase their market potential. Also, I sent them an email telling them about this forum so they could help out.
Hope this helps, since I don't know of any other software that comes close
http://hudsonmobile.com/products/phodash/features.html

I've been using it too for nearly 3 months and it is a great product, the devlopement team is really very firendly.
The 1.1 version does almost all what you need but it can only track minutes and seconds not yet prices, i think it is upcoming in the next realeases.
Regards,

Olliesshop wrote, "I had a problem with how they calculated their usage graph, which started on the 1st day of the month. I needed it to start on the 9th, my billing start date. I emailed them and within a few days they had changed the software!!!"
I've set my start date as 15th but the only display that seems to use this is the call list. The today screen scrolling display and the graphs still show the usage from the 1st of the month, am i missing something?

Make sure you download the latest version from Handango - it will give you Monthly Usage from the first day of your billing period - many people found the previous implementation very confusing. The Plan Tracker should always be keyed to the first day of your billing period.

So what you are really looking for is something that can look in your contact list and weather you call out or pick up a caller id comming in be able to catagorize the minutes you just used into one of the many diffrent types each plan allows. Like mobile to mobile, nifghts and weekends, free, and of course the ever dreaded pay per minute. and when you get done with a call if the software couldn't tell what type of call it was because it wasn't in your contact list it would ask you to tell it what it was so it would know next time.
Yes that would be something that would be the best thing since sliced bread and would sell as fast as hot cakes. Boy is this making me hungry. :lol:

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AutoAnswer for XDA IIi (WM 2003SE, phone ed.)

When I had a smart (Nokia 6600), used answering machine "Smart Answer".
Now PDA XDA IIi (WM 2003SE).
It is necessary for me, that the program " Hangs Up " at an entering call, reproduced the text, and finished conversation.
Who can help me to find such program?
answering machine is absolutely impossible on your device
why impossible for this device?
try doing a search for answering mashine or something why it's not possible with wm pda phones is described many times in the forum
try doing a search for answering mashine or something why it's not possible with wm pda phones is described many times in the forum
Probably, there are answering machines which work by such principle?:
it is necessary for me only, that:
-phone automatically " Hangs Up " (well if would be possible to set an autorespond by the certain quantity of hooters)
-... And through certain time (5-6min) - " finished conversation "
Can someone tell me about it?
I think he means he just wants to controll the answering and hanging up. Thats relitively simple.
I am working on something now that will have that functionality incorporated in its settings. I can't give a definite time but if you dont find anything else try here again in a couple of months.
OdeeanRDeathshead
Very well! I am very glad, that there are people who can really help.
I with impatience shall wait on the program as in a network I can not find such with similar functions.
If it will be necessary to pay your diligence, I shall be glad to help!
All the same can somebody help me?
OdeeanRDeathshead said:
I think he means he just wants to controll the answering and hanging up. Thats relitively simple.
I am working on something now that will have that functionality incorporated in its settings. I can't give a definite time but if you dont find anything else try here again in a couple of months.
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Dear OdeeanRDeathshead,
how at you business with programming the program are?
Sorry, but I just can't understand that :lol: .
If you want my progress then.... What I am doing dose something else as its main thing, so that will take a while. For me the auto hangup is more of a safegaurd against never hanging up which would be expensive. I have read your posts again and it just becomes more un-clear. (No offence but) Please get someone to help you ask more clearly what you want and I may be able to add it in my product.
OdeeanRDeathshead
Thanks for so prompt replies!
Means, if it is possible, I shall describe procedure for what the program with such functions is necessary to me:
I live in Ukraine. As a matter of fact we have two largest operators of cellular communication who are monopolists. I, being the subscriber at both, use their services. The first operator - Ukraine Mobile Communication (UMC), the second Kyivstar.
At first operator UMC at me a subscription is unlimited (it the company in which I work pays), that is I talk, not worrying about spent time.
And the second package deal - at operator Kyivstar. My children use them.
Kyivstar represents such kind of services - as a payment of money for my account for entrance calls, that is to me pay money that someone dials my number and talks. But me charge money...
And so, it is necessary for me, that I could dial the number from time to time Kyivstar from the unlimited UMC, and for it to me will charge money for my account.
And for automation of process as to have to dial the number automatically each 5 minutes, and accordingly, it is necessary for someone to lift a tube(Hang Up) on other end, and the program for autorise is necessary to me.
That is it is necessary, that on XDA IIi the program at an entering call automatically accepted a call, and through set time (5-6 minutes) - laid down a tube(Hang Down).
Earlier when at the daughter was Nokia 6600, there were no problems (used Smart Answer). But now, when to it is necessary for work with PDA, I do not find programs in which there are such functions.
It is necessary:
The program on PDA at an entrance call automatically lifted a tube(hangup), and through the set time interval finished conversation.
In advance I am sorry for my bad English.
OdeeanRDeathshead said:
Sorry, but I just can't understand that :lol: .
... Please get someone to help you ask more clearly what you want and I may be able to add it in my product.
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OdeeanRDeathshead,
Do You add this function to your product?
I am still having a little trouble clearly understanding. Here is what it seems like....
either:
1)you want a program to answer a call then some time later hang up.
or
2)you just want a program to hang up calls after 5 minutes.
or
3)you want two programs, 1 to dial every 5 minutes and one to answer then hang up after 5 minutes.(at different ends)
Well I spent a couple of hours tonight modifying some stuff to help with some of this. I did two versions
version 1.
http://odeean.veritel.com.au/ORDTapiUser/ORDcallKill.exe
will just hang up automatically after just under 5 minutes (280000 milliseconds actually).
version 2.
http://odeean.veritel.com.au/ORDTapiUser/ORDcallKill2.exe
will wait 8 seconds then answer the call. It will then wait about 5 minutes then hang up.
These have NO interface. When you run them there will be no ongoing sign that they are there. Please remember that you may only run one of these at a time. The coding is just the bare bones of what was needed to do its thing, if you run it twice it will not check if it is running and a second instance will go. This will give unpredictable results. To stop them you must soft reset your device. Sorry about that, but I just did not want to spend much time on this. when you run them a warning will pop up followed by a message asking what device to use, only press yes to the phone (normally cellular line).
I have tested these and they work for me. I would like to know if they work for you. The version that dose not auto accept a call but still hangs it up relies on a strange behaviour in tapi on ppc that in my opinion is a bug. For this reason the life of this code may be short (i have not tested it on wm2005 and do not expect it to work on it. I dose work with previous versions).
If you want a program to do the auto dialling it is easy enough, but I did not want to spend time making a gui and I was still a bit unclear on what you want anyway.

Is IT POSSIBLE?

As it is known that Cell Info comes as SMS..I wish to ask if it is possible to show it as a TOday Plugin?...
May be Vijay555 can say something on this
hdubli: I'm afraid that I can't get access to cell info in the UK, so it's not something I can work on. I know that Odeean is very interested in this area, so you might want to ask him about it.
I believe that there may be other plugins that show this info.
V
if i'm not wrong o2 (and i thing vodafone ) sends some info if you setup, so you can see local std code on your screen, i dont remember the code though ( 99? 22? 51?)
How do you get cell info as an sms? Do you mean the little ballon that pops up telling the location when you change location?
Those locations ended up being too far off to use. I was normally getting a nearby tower name but sometimes it would end up with a tower that was 10 km away. Good for a gimmick but not good for reliable location finding. Also it drains the battery too quick. If you are moving around the messages turn the screen on every minute or so - not a feature I would want on a today screen pluggin.
Atleast try to make it ......that wud be a gr8 plugin...believe me
I have a lot of things on my plate. I work two jobs six days a week and have a family. Its hard to get time for programming, so I have to "pick my battles" and try to make them usefull for my overall goals. I also think that putting a lot of effort into getting the location this way will be a waste of time because its bound to end up as an api feature in future os.

PocketBill

http://www.pocketgear.com/en_US/htm...Page=searchResults&id=prod5491094&sf=48190044
The above 'PocketBill' is a very detailed software regarding call charge/sms billing.
Please note that you'll have to enter 100 units for $1 billing.
I have tried it but face a peculiar problem.
1.Suppose my call charge is $1/min. - then the billing upto 60 secs. is billed $1, but when the time exceeds 1 min. i.e. for 1min.30secs. I get $1.5 instead of $2. It is not rounded off to $2. Though I've set the Duration Increment to 60 secs.
2. Also I would like a feature added in Options - Extra Charge % (that will be based on the billing value & then I'll get net payable amount).
Someone please fix the first issue.
Thanking You All.
Use this app instead:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354103
Please FIX the problem.
Please FIX the problem.
I've also noticed that the software is not for free, so assuming you've paid for it, you may be entitled to support and updates. I suggest you email the developer through the link you've provided to get them to fix the problem.
lol, your not gonna get any help acting like an a-hole. Like _Alex_ stated, if your paying for the software, you should consult the software developer for the changes you want

How to get the best battery life for push email users?

Hey guys I would like to get some feedback from you on what you do to get the best battery life. especially if you class your self as a power user or use the device for work purpose as well.
With me I have exchange email running for my work email, i have my hotmail/live account in real time sync and without even using it for calls I was probably getting to midday before the battery was depleted. I have bought my self the extended heavy duty "JayLo" battery which gets me through the day.
I do prefer to have the screen on full brightness as I am on the move and have 3G/HSDPA enabled as i need to check emails/browse to links to download files/attachments.
You've posted in the HD2 forum but your sig says Touch PRO
In any event, you could try a number of things to squeeze a bit more life out of your battery.....
1. Make sure BT / WiFi are OFF except if/when you need to use them.
2. If your phone is unlocked, try another radio - if signal strength is an issue where you are, your phone could be spending a lot of time/power searching for and/or hanging on to a decent signal.
3. Change the "peak times" values for ActiveSync to just be 09:00 to 17:00 (or appropriate working hours) and set the frequency to be "every 5 mins" or so - I don't think waiting 5 minutes for an email is OTT; they can take longer than that to arrive sometimes by the time several mail servers have virus scanned them half a dozen times!!!
4. Close any unnecessary applications; it won't make that much difference to your overall power consumption but, as the saying goes, "every little helps"!!!
See how you get on with that lot - I'm sure others will have some input before too much longer
Mark.
Mark Crouch said:
You've posted in the HD2 forum but your sig says Touch PRO
In any event, you could try a number of things to squeeze a bit more life out of your battery.....
1. Make sure BT / WiFi are OFF except if/when you need to use them.
2. If your phone is unlocked, try another radio - if signal strength is an issue where you are, your phone could be spending a lot of time/power searching for and/or hanging on to a decent signal.
3. Change the "peak times" values for ActiveSync to just be 09:00 to 17:00 (or appropriate working hours) and set the frequency to be "every 5 mins" or so - I don't think waiting 5 minutes for an email is OTT; they can take longer than that to arrive sometimes by the time several mail servers have virus scanned them half a dozen times!!!
4. Close any unnecessary applications; it won't make that much difference to your overall power consumption but, as the saying goes, "every little helps"!!!
See how you get on with that lot - I'm sure others will have some input before too much longer
Mark.
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hey thanks- god its been so long since i had that device never got around to changing my sig...
Do you use exchange email on yours. iv found i always get random lags on custom roms that im using when iv got exchange email running. i normaly just sync past month... stock roms are as stable as anything for me just damn borning to look at! lol

warning three throttling people

Ok here it is
i had a very long and informative conversation with three.
basically she told me that three throttle people from their side on a personal basis ie they manually check what your data usage is and make a decision to throttle you.
heres the conversation i had unedited. you might have to dl it and turn your volume up also make a dropbox acct not sure on that but i use mxplayer set to software mode for the extra volume and on 32bit display settings any how happy listening
http://db.tt/C1JKlFqo
Transcript on way shortly
long awaited transcript for those who cannot here it properly
here goes its long (21 pages of little square note paper lol) so.i edited little words out ie most of the ummms n rrrrrrrs lol and left the relevent ones if.for.emphasis lol titles will be (me). (woman).
here goes
me:"Could i speak to a manager please?"
woman:"Any reason why you want to speak to a manager?"
me:"fed up of being hung up on, allready spoke to u afew times and been hung up on."
woman:"sorry about this can i take your name?"
me:"yes its.... ive already put my pin in."
woman:"i'll just check whats happening, hang on one sec. (pause) your experiencing slow speeds on your phone when downloading anything on your phone? hang on a sec while i just check that for you, just hold the line a sec."
(on hold music 30secs ish)
woman:" thanks for waiting i believe its related to stop currently managing speeds so you need to enter the neccessary info so to a live share of our networks so obviously your getting speeds of upto 2kbps right?"
me:"yes" (near enuf is what i was thinking about her half baked reply. more of those lol)
woman:"which is fine, what ive done is we need to send info accross our network team who keep a tab on your speeds and so on, and so as a matter of fact we will get more info from them so we need some time off you."
me:"well this was allready supposed to be happening a few days ago now, it was supposed to be sortesd today but it hasn't."
woman"well i appologise for the delay but we are trying our best to sort it dont worry we've got your details and the required department, infact the manager will send the details off to that department who will give us more info indepth as what will happen and so on they will help us and get back to us, sorry you".
me:"right, cos ive been reading around and read that you've started throttling people?"
woman:"what do you mean by throttling people? sorry i didnt get that."
me:"yeah, that you've been throttling peoples speeds on the internet."
woman:"ok i give you the jist of what the exact update is, give me a minute stay on the line a minute."
(wkd silence for a min woman"stay on the line please")
(woman returns)
woman:"we have info on our website on any info releating to web traffic."
(pause a second)
woman:"i can give you the link where you can keep track on any of your updates and see whats going on, obviously we arent able to let the 1% of people know in advance so this helps us ensure all of our customers get a fair share of our network so we currently double up and improve if this is why its happening.
me:"right so you are actually throttling people right?"
woman:"we are running trials of this in terms of high internet usage so we ran a particular file and we are looking into parts of those files so that other networks....we've done this accross our network that affects different people. we are always able to let people know about these at the same time."
me:"i thought you were'nt supposed to throttle, i thought it was unlimited inernet and all the rest of it?"
woman:"it is unlimited internet, it's not that we're saying it's not unlimited it is unlimited theres no errrrr. we're not letting you not use your unlimited internet we're just trying to manage the traffic of the using of the people around."
me:"so in other words your throttling the peoples speeds, then i thought you wer'nt allowed to do that?"
woman:"see we continuously yerrrr you know in terms of our t and c's let us have traffic management policy."
me:"right"
woman:"so if you check now t and c's if it's regards to our traffic management policy you'll see whats going on."
me:"right where do i find these then?"
woman:"you can i will check if you wait a minute its www.co. one sec, three.co.uk/trafficsense
me:"how come its only affecting people on tethering and not people who are usin the internet? coz the http transfers are ok and stuff like that its just when i try to tether it becomes really x2 slow and it's just unmanageable basically?"
woman:"so your saying only when you tether its slower as opposed to when your on your handset. hold the line please ( one sec lol 30 seconds)
woman:"thanks for waiting spoken to one of our tech team they said for a more faster experience on your browser as opposed to tether, if you want faster speeds look at mobile bb package."
me:"i'm already on the oneplan which includes tethering."
woman:"yes"
me:"which includes stuff like that so should that not affect the speed because technically it's still your network?"
woman:"yes but at the same time i've told you about the trafficsense, we manageing this and with regards to this we have to give a fair polocy to everybody."
me:"right"
(long pause here i rannoutta things to say lol)
woman:"coz you only mention this about if you continue to use that are you getting error message by any chance?"
me:"it's just running really really slow like i say its unmanageable by myself, i cant do any testing or anything it's perminately like being blocked at all times of the day really. i've had speeds of 20kbps forra few dayz now its really irritating."
woman:"yes i understand, im afraid thats the limitation i can suggest coz we've got so many customers in your are we have to manage everybody on a (some word i cant make out) package (sounds like sackage to me lol) . we look at everybody on a personal basis so we looking at everybody manually and thats how our traffic is managed efficiently."
me:"right so when am i going to get unblocked if its on a manual........"
woman:"sorry i beg your pardon"
me:"so when am i going to get full speeds back if your looking at it from a personal point of view on your side, then you should be able to answer really."
woman:"yes in regards to this i'll just get back to you, hold the line please."
me:"yes"
(more awsome music lol)
woman:"thanks for waiting, i've just checked again with technical team they mentioned that the tethering speeds will always be slow on your phone."
me:"right"
woman:"and more important i would advise you clear certain data on your pc if increase your memory is full, i would suggest deleting certain items on your pc and then try that would also help certain space, really.r
me:"well i already standard delete cache, cookies etc and im only using my phone anyway as its software im using just mimics tethering you see, so i can set ota updates and stuff like that but like i said since i've been cut down to 20kbps i cant recieve ota updates and stuff because itz too slow basically."
woman:"this has been sent to the tech team so you dont worry we are trying to help you and the manager has sent too and we'll get this sorted for you on a personal note, if you wish i can get back intouch to you once i get a reply would you like this?"
me:"yes"
woman:"certainly my name is diego like marradonna (lol)
me:"yeah yeah"
woman:"allright i will definately get intouch with you in 24 to 48 hours once i receive word. ok."
me:"ok, like i said this should have been sorted a few days ago and someone should be doing this today."
woman:"yes i understand what with you calling us back you (coff coff probably splutter) didnt need to call us because we know whats going on i just want to thank you for the inconvenience caused so we will try our best."
the end
this is actually what she said ummmms and rrrrs are real so is cofff cofff lol

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