Hi, I noticed that my MiniSD doesn't wake up everytime I turn off and on my display.
I noticed that in some situations:
- Pocket Informant installed on MiniSD: launch PI, leave it open, turn off, turn on, PI not working. If I close it manually and try to restart a message is shown "is not a valid application". I have to wait about 30 seconds to launch it.
- eBook saved in MiniSD: open with Microsoft Reader, turn off display, turn on and a Microsoft Reader says "Microsoft Reader doens't allow access anymore to the book"
- Everytime I turn off and on display and WMP is open, a message comes out asking to search for media
I think that there's a sleeping time that doesn't wake the MiniSD everytime I use ON/OFF button, or maybe when I turn on I have to wait 30 seconds eveytime?
Is this maybe involved with sddaemon.exe?
Thanks
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Do you guys also have it that when you sync via bluetooth and you switch your phone off, it comes on again after a few seconds.
Now I don't want this as this drains the battery. It should stay off and sync.
Media Player still plays when the screen is off, can't remember where you change those settings.
It's like that. Indeed, it would be nice if there is an option to turn off screen completely but still connected via activesync to save power.
You can turn off the backlight of the screen to save power.
Regards,
Arto.
Artosoft said:
It's like that. Indeed, it would be nice if there is an option to turn off screen completely but still connected via activesync to save power.
You can turn off the backlight of the screen to save power.
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Take a look at the PHM PowerTools suite. That's a bunch of small utilities, one of them is a screen-turn off utility. Not just backlight, entire display is off but device is on the go.
Where can I download this PHM Powertools? I have searched on Google and found nothing, except a lot of links where they mention it in forums etc.
I use MortSaver to lock the screen. Free download here: http://www.sto-helit.de/modules/wmpdownloads/viewcat.php?cid=7
Is there a tool that disconnects bluetooth when i turn it off with the power button (and the device stays off) and reconnects when it is turned on again?
How about the alternative bluetooth stacks - do they have the same behaviour?
The "turn on" feature is really annoying...
I turn on the screen and button lock with the power button before I put the device in my pocket.
However, when I press it again to wake the device it takes around 10 seconds after the screen turns on before the device will respond to anything. This includes pressing the start menu, any of the icons, etc. - not tried the hardware buttons. If I press the start menu before this time is up nothing happens until after the time has elapsed, then my action is carried out.
It also has the same effect when the device falls asleep of its own accord.
Can anyone think why it is taking this long before it responds? I don't have any running programs on it, I've got 25MB program memory free, 9MB storage memory free and a 1GB Corsair 40x SD card, I use SPB Pocketplus, Backup and GPRS monitor but they are just today plugins. I have also done the registry tweak to remap the backlight button. Other than that the device is as it came out of the box.
Anyone?
Small update (posted from my universal ), I have tried removing the backlight button modification and TCMP media player but neither of these solves my problem. Also, is seems it doesn't happen 100% of the time - moe like 75%.
Very annoying, desperate for a fix.
Edit: I've read on this forum that Resco File Explorer can cause this, but after removing it it doesn't seem to have been the cause as the problem still occurs.
Anjow said:
I use SPB Pocketplus, Backup and GPRS monitor but they are just today plugins.
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Which icons have you got enabled on your desktop for SPB pocketplus? If you're monitoring your SD card's free space then don't, the SD card gets turned off in sleep mode and needs time to wake up after turning on again.
Hooray!
You're right! I disabled the SD card monitor and it hasn't happened since.
Thanks very much
You're welcome.
On occasions, my Universal (O2 XDA Exec) will switch on when I open the lid, even though I have switched it off (by pressing the On/Off button) before closing the lid. At other times I have to press the On/Off button after opening the lid to switch it on.
Anybody know what dictates this behaviour?
there could be several reasons:
- while in your pocket (or wherever you keep the device), the power button is accidentally pressed.
- there is a program that you installed that powers on the device based on your settings (what programs do you have installed anyway?)
- there is a program that you ran that disables the auto power off in the system settings. programs which usually do this are navigational and movie playin programs. if not closed properly, they would cause the device to not turn off automatically.
hope that helps for starters.
also check the lock setting in the buttons settings for the lock function. with all the buttons on the sides it's easy to push one when handling the uni.
Is there any chance that you might be pressing the "light" button as you are opening the lid? its easy to do if you hold the base in one hand and open the lid with your other hand.
lid
I would actually love that feture, open lid...switched on/lights up....close the lid....switched off/screen goes off
Yeah! I also prefer to have this kind of feature. Open the shell then device turn on and close it and off.
Will be great. I drop my Exec once when I try to open it and then turn it on with one hand. :shock:
if you set time for screen to turn off to zero screen will always come on/off as you open it/shut it
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if you set time for screen to turn off to zero screen will always come on/off as you open it/shut it
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I go to Start/setting/System/Power/Advanced -> turn off device if not used for.... the minimum time is 1 min.
Did I go to the wrong destination?
How can I set to zero?
thanks in advnace.
I'm running into a usability issue with PocketShield on the Touch HD.
I use Pocket Player for audio book listening quite a bit. Pocket Player has an option to turn off the display after 60 seconds to conserve battery power, while still playing the audio. After I installed PocketShield, it was initially turning off my device every time Pocket Player turned off the screen. (So the audio was stopping too.) I then added Pocket Player to the "application permissions" in PocketShield, so that the device is not locked while Pocket Player is loaded. That prevented the turn-off problem.
But, now, PocketShield is effectively preventing Pocket Player from turning off the screen. Any time Pocket Player times out after 60 seconds and turns off the screen, the screen goes off for only a split second, only to come right back on again. (I know that this is like a power cycle for the device, because if I leave a menu in Pocket Player open--like I sometimes do with the seek menu, to be able to rewind quickly, if I have to, while listening--the menu is closed when the screen comes on again.) Of course, this now means that, as long as PocketShield is on, the screen is always on while using Pocket Player, which multiplies battery usage by a factor of five or more, naturally.
The only workaround that I can think of is to turn PocketShield off (or "disable" it) any time I'll use Pocket Player, and turn it back on after I'm done. This is hardly convenient, and it leaves the door open for forgetting to turn PocketShield back on and ending up with pocket dialing again and all sorts of unintended button use while in my pocket, which completely defeats the purpose of using PocketShield. I look through the settings in PocketShield and I can't see any that would hold any hope in helping me with this problem.,
Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone know of a workaround? I doubt that Pocket Player would be the only media player with which this would happen.
For anyone interested in the details, my current PocketShield settings are as follows:
LOCKING OPTIONS:
Power off when lock: Disabled
If wakes up, power off in 20 secs: Disabled
Disable hardware keys: Enabled
When phone starts ringing: Keep keys disabled
Do not lock on external power: Enabled
UNLOCKING OPTIONS:
With light: Enabled
With finger slide: Enabled
With movement gestures: Disabled
Round center button: Disabled
On stylus out: Enabled
Produce vibration feedback: Disabled
Application permissions: Pocket Player
Hello,
Its something on how PocketPlayer internally performs the screen off operation, I think it’s a very particular (maybe not standard?) way to do it.
Some other applications that also perform “screen off” do not cause this effect on PocketShield, they all work “in peace” (you can confirm this by using for example HTorch or xdaShutdown or even the native “screen off” during call the HTC Phone has.
The only workaround I can suggest is to disable the “60 secs” timer on PocketPlayer and rely on the “20 secs power off” of PocketShield together with the Application Permissions you already have set. This way, if your device turns on by any event, PS will do screen off after 20 seconds if no unlock is done. And if you want to manually screen off just press the power button. None of the mentioned will stop the player.
Regards
Please bear with me as this may be a dumb newbie question. I searched every post on the Imagio section here and at PPC and was unable to find an answer.
Got the Imagio for my wife and she's loving it (we had Storms previously- bad, bad mojo). She uses Groovefish to stream music and the stock dimmer setting will shut down the player after the time limit is reached. No problem, right? Changed the setting to stop this (never auto shut down on battery power).
Now, the screen will dim somewhat when left idle, but never shuts down all the way. It's dim but still active. She's been having to change the setting every time in order to not kill the battery.
Should the screen power down all the way while leaving the device active (like hitting the "shut off screen option" after holding the end button)? If not, is there a way to do this?
Thanks for any insight you may be able to provide. I've done nothing but Blackberries for years and this is my first real foray into WinMo.
Try to check the power settings. Go to the Settings Tab and push All settings at the bottom. From there go to System > Power > then click the Advanced tab. That should have settings to turn off the screen after 1 min or 30 seconds.
Thanks for the quick reply. I probably should have been a bit more clear.
It is in that menu that I have been manipulating the settings. There are two options for battery power. There is one to "turn off backlight" after x amount of time, the other is to "turn off device". With backlight set to 30 (or whatever) and device disabled, the screen never completely goes off.
It functions properly with "turn device off" enabled, but interrupts Groovefish when playing. This does not interfere with the native TF3D media player. While its not the end of the world if she ends up having to change that setting to use the program, it would be nice to be able to disable the screen with a partial shutdown (and extra battery drain when using that application).
Cheers!
Thats interesting, seems like its the program thats doing that. I have Opera, FM radio, email client, etc. running all day without it crashing. I have seen this before with Internet Explorer where i would leave it running connected to a website. then when i check back IE is gone and i have to start it again. By any chances is this a website or an installable app that you are using?
Groovefish is a streaming music client that is installed on the device
BTW, it is incredibly cool if you don't have it yet. Stream just about any song you want for free (legally).
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=88505
I use g-trigger to shake my phone to turn off the display works great! Just disable the shake to turn it back on.
I'll give it a shot and see if the application stays running. Many thanks!
Actually I think backlight off is happening when it "dims". You need the screen to go off, not just the backlight. Try using xdaShutdown to go into Lightsout mode and see if that works for you. The program can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544016
Skins in the same thread as well.