I just received an O2 XDA Exec from Santa, and I activated the Active Desktop to see what it looked like. Awful. I'm now finding it difflcult to turn the damn thing off and get back to the standard desktop interface. Anyone know how I do this?
try www.logmein.com
add your computer to an account, and connect trough pocket internet explorer on the same site it works great.
I think you mean O2 Active right? I'm afraid I've never touched it, but many say a hard reset is required. I doubt it... but look around on the board. Sorry I can't help further.
V
Go to "file explorer"
"My Device" then "Windows" folder, then "StartUp" folder and delete "Active". Then soft reset device.
This will get rid of all that O2 active **** on your desktop. If you choose you want it again just goto programs and select O2 Active. But then you will have to follow instructions above to remove it again.
Hope this helps
Brill, thanks mate, that's it gone.
Hi, i am having the same issue, i want 02 active icons on the desktop gone, but can you tell me if since doing this solution if you have had any errors? Does this not just load up again next time you soft reset?
I want it gone but i don't want to do anything too drastic and mess up my new phone.
Thanks
tom99, the exec seems to be MORE stable without the O2 icons on Today screen.
If you follow my instructions then they wont come back on a soft reset.
But you will get it back if you select O2 Active from the programs menu.
tom99, the exec seems to be MORE stable without the O2 icons on Today screen.
If you follow my instructions then they wont come back on a soft reset.
But you will get it back if you select O2 Active from the programs menu.
tom99
If you follow the instructions that ArgyleMoss posted, it will remove the O2 Active desktop and your Exec should be fine. Mine was.
jim
Excellent! Just got myself an XDA Exec, and have found loads of great info and some great hints and tips on this forum.
Cheers all.
Rory
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Hello,
I have an XDA2i and I need to remove the O2 ative user interface (UI). Anyway I can disable it in order to be able to remove it?
Thank you.
Amro
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abohsali said:
Hello,
I have an XDA2i and I need to remove the O2 ative user interface (UI). Anyway I can disable it in order to be able to remove it?
Thank you.
Amro
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Go to add/remove programs and check if you see an O2 active installation. if there is then uninstall it. But if you hard reset your device then it will install again so you need to uninstall it.
master g.
master_guapo,
I tried to do that but the program (Active UI) is always running in the background so the uninstall is always unsuccessful. Anyway I can stop it from running and then uninstall it from the "remove programs"?
Thanks,
They way I got rid of it was by:
1) Remove the "connections" shortcut in the windows/startup folder. You don't need that icon in the tray anyway.
2) Soft reset
4) Unistall - which will fail, but it gets rid of some bits
5) From your PC, using activesync go into the windows folder and delete everything you can in the "Mobile Solutions" folder. (It's under windows)
6) Soft reset. You're clean.
O2 seems to have been trying to make it more difficult to remove it this time, but once you get it cleared out the unit operates a lot faster on the today screen. The XdaIIi is in my experience really what the XDA II should have been. The Wifi connectivity is brilliant.
The reason why the installation fails is because the Today items are still active, go into settings & Today, and remove ticks from the o2 items including the battery monitor.
You may need to do a soft reset afterwards, but then you should be able to use the remove programs item.
How do i get o2 active ON my xda?!!!
Ah, but do you know where I can get a copy of the o2 active cab to put back on my xda?
Thanks guys,
I was able to remove by doing the following:
1) Remove "Windows/startup/connection.exe
2) Remove" Windows/fonts/xpdr_02...
3) soft reset
4) use the uninstall from the setting to uninstall the O2 Active UI...
5) Soft reset and there you are.
This will show the clock on the top right corner and make the XDAIIi faster at startup and more stable overall as I noticed.
Thanks,
Having logged a call with o2 regarding GPRS problems, they emailed me with a way to remove the customisation, its so easy. Carry out a hard reset and select the the corporate install option, all customisation is removed, you do have to configure the GPRS settings manually.
Removal of O2 Active software..
I was really sceptical when I read in these foruns that the lockups on my XDAIIs were down to O2 software. I was gettign 2-3 lockups a day and especially if I was using TOM TOM navigator 3, it would run fine if left alone, but if I wanted to do somewthign such as update traffic info any time after 30 mins, it would freeze, the I would have to do a soft reset. Quite awkward when driving...
I had reloaded tom tom twice already (after already doing a hard reset) and didn't want to do it again.. so I tried the removal instructions...
To say I was looking at taking the unit back to O2 for a repalcement... now I'm over the moon as it is very stable.
hi
is there an ext rom unlocker for xda2i ...the one from pda2k doesnt work
thanks
XDA11
Can these instructions be applied to the above as well
Can anyone tell me the settings for 02 GPRS after doing a corporate install?
Also, am I able to install certain parts of 02 active, sucha s the battery meter?
I'd also really like to get rid of the Active UI thing but I like some of it's features. I would like to see the clock return to the top right and the big buggy o2 symbol removed. I'm using Magic Button and the o2 symbol really gets in the way.
Thanks guys!
Great to have the clock back where God meant it to be!
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This is an Alpine not a Blue Angel!
Ha ha ha, my bad
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if you hard reset your phone and let it reinstall all the stuff
then when the O2 selection thing comes up select CORPORATE and enter the code 0506 (if memory servers correctly
this will then skip all the 02 cusrtomisation stuff...
i did this earlier thismorning and my god its SOOO much nicer to use and crashes less often!
before i just removed it manauylly but it kept crashing n stuff afterwards
O2 active? Zapped it!
Yee Hah!
Got rid of that nasty active stuff! Using a combination of Planet, a18041967 & abohsali's instructions & no need to do a hard re-set. You do also have to untick the clockinfo in startup items by the way! Thanks again guys! Top Banana!!!!! :lol:
Hi
I'm new here but I was wondering if anyone knew how I could get rid of the O2 customizations. I've unlocked it with the unlocking tool but I cannot get a Rom for I-mate to clear the O2 rubbish as I am not allowed to join clubimate without a valid imei number.
I've checked xda-developers ftp site for the correct rom but i cannot find one anywhere.
Please help me
Sloane
You don't need a new ROM, and with the UK mini S, it's probably best to leave the supplied one alone as, amongst other things, the hardware keyboard layout is different and you'd need to re-patch the keys and symbols back onto the right keys from the i-mate defaults.
I let the full O2 install happen to see what it would install (aside from the 'Active' rubbish) before I did a hard reset to clear it all out. During the reset, when it says 'installing customisations in 5 secs' (or whatever the exact msg is), do a soft reset with the stylus in the hole in the side, and voila, native Wizard, but with correct keyboard mapping... Don't worry, your SIM unlocking will survive the hard reset.
Then, get Total Commander because there are some cab files in the extended ROM that you might want like the MMS editor, additional ring tones etc...
I've got a Qtek 9100 and a mini S (now on Vodafone) and the overall build quality of the mini S is much higher.
Hope that helps?
Dox
Right, I've done exactly as you said. I now have no O2 stuff there. I've got total commander on my phone but I dont know what to look for to get gprs and mms settings back.
Can you help please
Sloane
sloane said:
Right, I've done exactly as you said. I now have no O2 stuff there. I've got total commander on my phone but I dont know what to look for to get gprs and mms settings back.
Can you help please
Sloane
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Sure, the choice of what to add is entirely up to you, but here's what I added...
during the customising bit that you stopped when you soft reset, the contents of the Extended ROM are installed. Autorun.exe reads Config.txt and all the cab files listed there are installed. We want some of them.
Point Total Commander to '\Extended_Rom\ and you'll see them all. I looked at the extended ROM on my 9100 and tried to find the equivalent O2 cab files. Even though I had already configured MMS connection and server details, the MMS inbox didn't show up until I installed the cab file with MMS1 in the name. I also ran the RingTone one, SmartDialing and, I think, Signed_Version.sa (because my Qtek phone had a similar file, even though I'm not sure what's in it).
I've got a Voda SIM in, so I set up the two GPRS access points for web and wap( only used for MMS). Raphael over at BeyondTheTech.com has the MMS settings available as cab files to d/l and install, to save typing them in by hand. They must also be in the Extended ROM cab files, but I didn't need the O2 ones, and couldn't tell from the names, which cab they were in. The k-jam comes with all the carriers' settings in conveniently named files, and that's what Raphael has listed.
If I had had more time, I might have installed them all, one by one to see what each contained, but I was going out and wanted to take the mini S with me.
Hopefully, that will get you a good way there, but if you are stuck with any other bits, yell and I or somebody else will help I'm sure...
Good luck,
Dox
Try these files for phone settings
http://www.buymobilephones.net/sp3_setup.ihtml
V
To get rid of the O2 interface I just removed it from the Startup directory in Windows, there are two files, both with O2 icons and then did a soft reset. Although I imagine there's still some O2 trickery lurking around on my device, I didn't have to add any new settings or anything that required me to switch my brain from inactive to mildly inactive.
Eradificator said:
To get rid of the O2 interface I just removed it from the Startup directory in Windows, there are two files, both with O2 icons and then did a soft reset. Although I imagine there's still some O2 trickery lurking around on my device, I didn't have to add any new settings or anything that required me to switch my brain from inactive to mildly inactive.
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Hi, im thinking of just removing those two files from start up as i dont want to do anything too extreme to get rid of 02 rubbish and the method of hard resetting sounds a little tricky, not sure i'd be confident doing it as i only just got the phone.
Have you noticed any error messages since doing this? Does the 02 rubbish not just appear again next time you do a soft reset?
Just let it do what its doing and then choose basic install. Then remove the 02 active in startup to stop the annoying message.
My wizard is running fine like that with all the mms settings etc.
Ok, i haven't hard reset but i have removed the 02 active thing in start up and its no longer appearing on the desktop now. Phone seems a bit more responsive.
tom99 said:
Ok, i haven't hard reset but i have removed the 02 active thing in start up and its no longer appearing on the desktop now. Phone seems a bit more responsive.
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If your happy with how its performing then dont change. However if you hard reset and opted for a basic you should see even more of a speed increase. But like I say if it aint broke it dont need fixin
Im new to all this WM5 stuff so sorry in advanced.
Basically i got my new MDA Compact II today (branded T-Mobile of course!) and since I'm using it with Vodafone i started to mess around (yes I'm silly!)
Basically i changed the dial pad theme/skin... decided i don't like it and have been searching around this forum for the last few hours trying to find the original WM5 dial pad theme/skin that came with my device.
I managed to get it to look like the WM5 pad with a few files on this forum but the numbers are out of line with the skin... so the number 1 will be just to the right of the first button.
It still works but doesn't look very pleasing.
If anyone could help?
I was going to format it back to the original but when i turn it off and back on its just the same, and when i press the pin hole button at the bottom of my device to reset it, its the same when it starts up.
I have my original T-Mobile CD with a label "Windows Mobile 5.0 PPC Phone Edition GSM w/Outlk 2002" but i cant seem to find out how to do a fresh install of the WM5 on my device.
if it works the same like with a magician, u should hard reset the device, then when it say's it will start installing extra software, just soft-reset the device before this starts.
then when u start up the device again, u should have a clean WM5 on your device, without all the t-mobile-crap. Then u can install everything you need to get your Vodafone-card working properly, like gprs-settings and mms-settings, then run a program which is placed in the ext_rom to hide the extended rom if u please, the program is called delete_vdisk_shortcut.cab or something like it.
good luck
Being new to the world of PDAin i thought pressing the pin-hole reset button did a hard reset and cleared everything... which didnt seem to be the case.
After a little playing around while bored on the train to work i found something called "Clear Storage" in the settings which did the trick, altho using clear storage on the way to work left me with non of my contact numbers all day which wasnt great :roll:
Cheers for the help.
Dave.
Hi,
I have a pay-as-you-go (AKA chav-mobile) sim which I use in the Wizard that I unlocked myself. I hard-reset and chose corporate to remove the O2 today screen additions and have uninstalled the O2 ActiveUI app (it says it can't be removed fully but has been removed from my apps list)
However, I have an annoying O2 logo in my title bar that I cannot get rid of. Friends of mine with the same phone but on O2 contracts do not have this logo. Can I get rid of it?
1- Don't use the corporate setup as it is harde to deal with.
2- The O2 GUI is a pain in the arse to remove, follow these steps:
Go to:
Windows\Mobile Solutions
Cut the whole folder to the root directory
Uninstall O2 GUI v4.0
Delete the folder now located in the root directory
Soft reset the phone
Thanks for the advice, I'll hard-reset again and not use corporate but I had two other options, home user and something else, should I just go with home and then complete the above?
Tyr said:
1- Don't use the corporate setup as it is harde to deal with.
2- The O2 GUI is a pain in the arse to remove, follow these steps:
Go to:
Windows\Mobile Solutions
Cut the whole folder to the root directory
Uninstall O2 GUI v4.0
Delete the folder now located in the root directory
Soft reset the phone
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Hi ive done this and now have dead blank icons in my start menu and in my program files, how do i remove this shortcut links?
Cheers!
and ive also lost my battery icon, strange lol
wellmoon said:
Hi,
I have a pay-as-you-go (AKA chav-mobile) sim which I use in the Wizard that I unlocked myself. I hard-reset and chose corporate to remove the O2 today screen additions and have uninstalled the O2 ActiveUI app (it says it can't be removed fully but has been removed from my apps list)
However, I have an annoying O2 logo in my title bar that I cannot get rid of. Friends of mine with the same phone but on O2 contracts do not have this logo. Can I get rid of it?
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My phone has no o2 referneces at all. Fair enough its on a contract, but here's how I did it. Just remember that when you put a number into the Wizard, it DOES NOT get saved to the sim, so write them down.
1. Hard reset = Hold Comm button AND Voice button while doing a reset.
2. Keep them held, a message asking to confirm will appear.
3. Press the Green phone button (Send).
The device will now wipe EVERYTHING and start fresh.
4. Perform the alignment.
5. Do the silly cut 'n' paste
IMPORTANT BIT
The last screen in this sequence says "Tap the screen to start using your device". Get ready with the stylus here.
When you tap the screen, it starts. Then a box appears with "Restarting in 3 seconds", or something similar.
PRESS THE RESET BUTTON AS SOON AS YOU SEE THIS BOX
This stops the phone installing any of the o2 extended rom stuff, and therefore you do not need to choose between corporate or any other setup. Its just a plain vanilla WM5 PDA, with phone. :lol:
Job Done, Sit back and re-install all your software.
ive got tomtom 5 installed without the installation disks, the main prgrams on the memory card but am i right in thinking the program must have places in the main memory too?
Vinze said:
ive got tomtom 5 installed without the installation disks, the main prgrams on the memory card but am i right in thinking the program must have places in the main memory too?
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Yes, Funnily enough I have just read a different thread on exactly the same topic. Unless you have the cab files in the 2577 folder of your card, I am unsure as to what you could do.
do you know the path to that cab fold? I cant seem to find it on my card?
Vinze said:
do you know the path to that cab fold? I cant seem to find it on my card?
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Cheers!
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Only too happy to help :wink:
Cheers!
Hi finally got round to trying this and Jerry-S's advice worked perfectly so cheers!
I inadvertantly started O2 Active UI on my Universal.
I don't want it and would like to return to my old Today screen.
How do I get rid of O2 Active please?
O2 Active
The easiest way I have found to get rid of this miserable O2 garbage is open File Explorer. Go to Windows folder> startup and delete O2 Active UI. Delete Batt NFO while you are there because it is another major problem program. The soft reboot your handheld and you can go to the Remove programs thing in Settings and remove O2 Active UI. If you dont get it off the startup folder it will be running when you reboot and you wont succeed in removing it
Thanks for that.
It's all clear now and back to square 1.
i thought it looked cool at first, until i realised it did nothing i couldn't do already, and had lots of o2 crap gumming up the works.