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T-Mobile MDA

I just wanted to share my experiences with my new phone so far. The T-Mobile MDA (I'm not sure what version it is, it's the only one for sale at T-Mobile right now) is an awesome phone.
Just today I learned how to listen to streaming Sirius satellite radio, and I enjoyed the sounds of dance music by the pool from Windows Media Player on my phone.
The things I hate about this phone are the battery life (it's horrible, especially if I have Bluetooth on all day for my Bluetooth headset or am listening to streaming music), the bad Outlook syncing (I don't know how to set contacts in a group like Personal and ONLY sync Person contacts with my phone), the GPRS connection is bad... I guess when I don't have service it disconnects itself or something, I don't know how to always keep it alive. Also, downloading things from this forum from my phone doesn't work, it downloads the file download.php when it should be downloading the actual file instead.
Are there any solutions to my problems?

How to keep your GPRS alive
1) Go to the following registry entry:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\ConnMgr\Providers\{7C4B7A3 *****}\Connections\GPRS*****\"
2) Change "Always On" 0 into 1.

Thanks, is there anything wrong with keeping it on all the time?
Any battery saving enhancements or longer lasting batteries?

Battery
I am still looking into that GPRS issue myself.
I am not sure Kenny, but I read that there are two battery versions
for MDA vario. The standard version that is included with your device, and one that is a little bit more expensive, but will give you 50% extra power.
Please do a search on the net.

Tried this... my device will auto disconnect anyway.

JaySea,
Please try again,
It should work.
If it disconnects then something else is blocking it.
And even when it disconnects, it will connect by itself again,
about 2 minutes after disconnecting.

JaySea said:
Tried this... my device will auto disconnect anyway.
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Do a soft reset, then see if it works...

I'm a total n00b with the T-Mo MDA so please excuse the question.
To view the registry entry must you connect to a PC and access from that or is this done in the phone itself?
Thanks.

Viewing the registry...
You can check/edit the registry on your handheld device with (for example) Resco Explorer or Total Commander...

okay, I'm confused. Is this the right version of Total Commander? MDA has an xscale proc, right?

Sjaakman: Thx so much for the tip.

My MDA has excellent battery life, much better than my previous iMate jam.
WiFi drains your battery life quickly. Set your backlight to the 2nd lowest level and make sure it is set to turn off after 1 min - if it's on all the time that takes a lot of power.
Maybe your battery is bad, see if you can get it replaced.

I'm a newbie in this subject on PDA phones, I just acquired the new MDS Vario T-mobile and don't know many of the great features that some of you mentioned here. If there is any way that I can find more information about the usage of the phone, please send me a PM to guide me through in my initiation. Every bit of advise will be much appreciated.

I'm a newbie in this subject on PDA phones, I just acquired the new MDS Vario T-mobile and don't know many of the great features that some of you mentioned here. If there is any way that I can find more information about the usage of the phone, please send me a PM to guide me through in my initiation. Every bit of advise will be much appreciated.

question how did u get serious radio

Yea how DID you get sat. radio? i mean we all have wifi/gprs/edge...so where do u go to listen?!?!

thanks
Kenny Pollock said:
Thanks, is there anything wrong with keeping it on all the time?
Any battery saving enhancements or longer lasting batteries?
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thanks
Kenny Pollock said:
Thanks, is there anything wrong with keeping it on all the time?
Any battery saving enhancements or longer lasting batteries?
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Battery Good overe here
My battery is good it last a long time for a device of this magnitude, also I foud a thread on here about increasing frame rate of the cam from 10 to 19, well i did this then enabled the frame rate counter, it stayed at 10.06 or so. But yesterday I turned the fram rate enabled thing on again now its showing 30-38 frams a sec for video and 15-16 for Pics!!! I dont know y, anyone experience this!!!

Web Access via Wifi or GPRS/Edge
Hello, I am new to TMobile and the MDA; I have had it for 4 days. For the life of me, no matter what I do I cannot get the phone to access the web. Here is what I have done:
1) At home, my PDA (ipaq 4705) and previous phone (imate Jam mini) both connect to my home wireless acess pont with no trouble. The MDA shows my access point in the Network Cards Settings, but it will not associate with it at all. The battery is fully charged, the mode is set to performance, woreless is on, the acess point shows up in the Settings Wireless status screens, but it will not associate. The access point is a b/g one and it is set to mixed mode.
2) I have set up the GPRS settings exactly as per TMobiles web site with the access point (wap.voicestream.com), the proxy, the 8080 port number etc. When I try to go to a website (any web site), the GPRS/Edge modem successfully connects, but Internet Explorer just indicates 'Locating' and I never see a web site,
I have phone service plus the full internet package at 29.95 per month.
Nothing on the phone makes me think it is broken. For those that may have all this working, is there some magic to it? I'm trying not to call TMobile as the 3 or 4 times I have spoken with them I have not seen very good technical knowledge at all.
I have searched quite a bit but have not seen any mention of these problems. I'm hoping I am doing something wrong. Any experienced TMobile user out there that can give a few suggestions?
Regards,
Bob

GPRS/Connection stays on and kills my batt. life :(

I have an unlocked Cingular 8525 on TMOBILE. I have TZONES plan. I have it set to check my gmail/hotmail every 60minutes....also have NewsBreak to check RSS feeds 2 times a day.
The problem is that my connection stays on once it is started on its own. Since phone is in my pocket i cant tell till i take it out and then i have to manually close the connection.
So is there a setting or .cab or app to close innactive connection? Anything that wont affect me while im browsing or chatting MSN.
I tried search but could not find the answer, also i suck at searching...sorry.
Thanks in advance!

adam we need a bit more info.
Please could you add the info about your device (ROM, Radio version etc...) into your sig, and also fill out your country and carrier in your profile.
An updated radio stack might fix this.

Having a cab that would turn off inactive connections would be very useful. Hope somebody finds the answer, same thing occurs with my device, I have to manually turn off after finished using. It is possible that the connection will terminate on my device when inactive, I have never trusted it to happen. If it is possible with my current radio is there a way to set the amount of time till disconnect. Maybe you know the answer Mrvanx.

With Comm Mgr Pro you can set to close idle connections for a X quantity of senconds..... (this is, connections that havent data traffic during x seconds)

How can i check my ROM and Radio version? Ive only had my phone for 2 weeks.
The apps connect on their own thru my TZONES GPRS data plan. When they are done getting new mails/rss feeds the connections remains open untill i manualy close it....this eats up my battery.
Where can i get Comm Mgr Pro? HOw much?

danielherrero said:
With Comm Mgr Pro you can set to close idle connections for a X quantity of senconds..... (this is, connections that havent data traffic during x seconds)
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Thanks for the info, I haven't put that on my device as of yet, just waiting to see some additional feedback. I just looked at the post and it seems that there is plenty to read there now, I will read over the course of the day and likely install. Will let you know if I find any issues.

o0adam0o said:
How can i check my ROM and Radio version? Ive only had my phone for 2 weeks.
The apps connect on their own thru my TZONES GPRS data plan. When they are done getting new mails/rss feeds the connections remains open untill i manualy close it....this eats up my battery.
Where can i get Comm Mgr Pro? HOw much?
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Free
Discuss from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299070
Download from www.commmgrpro.com

Here is the thread for comm manager pro.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299070&highlight=comm+mgr+pro

Gracias Daniel!
Hopefuly this solves my issue and i dont have to close my connection manualy many times a day!

o0adam0o said:
Gracias Daniel!
Hopefuly this solves my issue and i dont have to close my connection manualy many times a day!
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My connection is on 24/7 (alot of the time in UMTS mode) and i havent had to charge it up yet since upgrading to the new radio.
GPRS might be attached but its not ALWAYS transferring.

mrvanx said:
My connection is on 24/7 (alot of the time in UMTS mode) and i havent had to charge it up yet since upgrading to the new radio.
GPRS might be attached but its not ALWAYS transferring.
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Good point mrvanx, i always thought the radio was just for wifi
Im going to look into what radio i have and whats the newest one i can upgrade to....and HOW to do it...lol Im a newbie for PPC phones....Ive had 3
S60 Nokias before my 2 week old Hermes. So i got ALOT to learn.

o0adam0o said:
Good point mrvanx, i always thought the radio was just for wifi
Im going to look into what radio i have and whats the newest one i can upgrade to....and HOW to do it...lol Im a newbie for PPC phones....Ive had 3
S60 Nokias before my 2 week old Hermes. So i got ALOT to learn.
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If you wait for about 10 mins im updating my "radio upgrade guide".
The radio stack just controls the phone and GPRS stuff, wifi and BT are part of the OS.
BTW the latest version (1.40.30.00) works great, no complaints of battery drain, shogunmark has had his device on for over a day and is around 50% on battery life.
While you are waiting you might want to safeguard your device against a potential Brick (knackered device) by Flashing HardSPL to your device

If connection is staying on like mine did, it's worth checking data transfer icon is still active on Comm Manager

how to make GPRS/EDGE always on?

I have the t-mobile wing with the $30 total internet unlimited plan, it's so annoying when my GPRS/EDGE connection disconnects itself after a few minutes when i'm on aim or browsing the web, i know there's a patch or hack to make it stay on as long as i want it to, can someone please link me to it, i've been search the forum for 20 minutes already....... THANKS

download at this link
hello,
try this application, it work s for me to turn off edge automatically, but there is an option even for always turn on edge data connection :
http://www.gb-soft.cz/XDAII/product_gprs_tweak_wm5pe_en.htm
it wotks fine for my p4350

early81 said:
hello,
try this application, it work s for me to turn off edge automatically, but there is an option even for always turn on edge data connection :
http://www.gb-soft.cz/XDAII/product_gprs_tweak_wm5pe_en.htm
it wotks fine for my p4350
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hey thanks! this is EXACTLY what i'm looking for, i used to use it on my windows mobile 2003 device, i hope this one works for wm6 smoothly without any issues...

HI don't know if will work on windos mobile 6 , i'm sure about wm5 it works perfectly on it , i saved up 60% battery every day !!!

Hey this is also what I was looking for. Only I also want to give my premission to make a connection and thats not in this program.

early81 said:
HI don't know if will work on windos mobile 6 , i'm sure about wm5 it works perfectly on it , i saved up 60% battery every day !!!
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anyone know if this works for wm6? i really want to install this if it doesnt mess up anything in wm6 THANKS

early81 said:
HI don't know if will work on windos mobile 6 , i'm sure about wm5 it works perfectly on it , i saved up 60% battery every day !!!
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i don't think having GPRS/EDGE connected all the time would result in such a severe battery drain(-60%) if no data is actually being transferred, meaning if no internet applications are running in the background.

hi,
i too thought that, but try to believe, now i charge herald once 2 days and over, before i was charging once at day ....

early81 said:
hi,
i too thought that, but try to believe, now i charge herald once 2 days and over, before i was charging once at day ....
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lol well... i'm sure there is a battery drain, but not as severely as 60%! if you don't believe me, charge your phone to 100%, then connect to GPRS/EDGE, turn phone off and leave on your desk for a few hours... the battery will probably still show 95% or 98%

Solution of keep wifi on when standby

ROM Based on T|6.5|ROM|WWE| ★ EnergyROM "Leo" (23016) Oct 11 ★ Latest Manila 2.5 / Twitter Tab! ★ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4720931#post4720931
Step1: Turn off WiFi, then set value "never" in Settings-Connections-Wi-Fi-Wireless Networks-Menu-Advanced-Turn off Wi-Fi if not connected in.
Step2: Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETW12511\Parms
Change value of HTCKeepWifiOnWhenUnattended to 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Suspend\{98C5250D-C29A-4985-AE5F-AFE5367E5006}
Change value of (Default) to 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Resuming\{98C5250D-C29A-4985-AE5F-AFE5367E5006}
Change value of (Default) to 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Unattended\{98C5250D-C29A-4985-AE5F-AFE5367E5006}
Change value of (Default) to 1
Step3: reboot and enjoy WIFI when standby!
I test it with my T5353 for many certain long enough standbys, it works correctly.
Note1: Do everything when WIFI off.
Note2: if no data transfer, WIFI still automatically disconnected for saving power during standby. So if you want WIFI always on:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Suspend\{98C5250D-C29A-4985-AE5F-AFE5367E5006}
Change value of (Default) to 0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Resuming\{98C5250D-C29A-4985-AE5F-AFE5367E5006}
Change value of (Default) to 0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Unattended\{98C5250D-C29A-4985-AE5F-AFE5367E5006}
Change value of (Default) to 0

as I remember, in Advanced Config there is an option - after how much time to disconnect.

Do you know what it is about that ROM that allows this fix to work? I'm just wondering if this fix is specific to something in that ROM or if it's more generic (eg Windows 6.5.)
I've just tried it on the stock ROM and it doesn't appear to work (I'm trying to get scheduled e-mail syncs to work over wifi during standby.)
How is battery life with this fix?
Note2: if no data transfer, WIFI still automatically disconnected for saving power during standby.
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Am I right in thinking that it willl still then reconnect if data is needed again (ie. every time e-mail is scheduled to sync.)

In Spanish Vodafone ROM (1.40.164.3 ESN), there is no such option as "Keep Wifi on"

mjcuk said:
Do you know what it is about that ROM that allows this fix to work? I'm just wondering if this fix is specific to something in that ROM or if it's more generic (eg Windows 6.5.)
I've just tried it on the stock ROM and it doesn't appear to work (I'm trying to get scheduled e-mail syncs to work over wifi during standby.)
How is battery life with this fix?
Am I right in thinking that it willl still then reconnect if data is needed again (ie. every time e-mail is scheduled to sync.)
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As my test, "keep connection" means you open a software that need internet connection at any time, like MSN or Skype. I test data sync, data sync WON'T work (WON'T work means it can't sync data when standby, not means it can't make wifi on durning standby) durning standby if I only make such changes, even I open my Skype and I'm sure I had kept it online.
I find EnergyROM is different with other ROM, compatibility is much better as my opinion. So may be my solution only work on EnergyROM, but you can try other ROMs.
PS: WIFI won't make the phone obviously hot as I test for a whole night.
Good luck.

In an Spanish Official HTC Rom (1.39.412.2 (49068) ESN) it works like a charm!
Thanks, household
Regards.
Nostramo

Nostramo said:
In an Spanish Official HTC Rom (1.39.412.2 (49068) ESN) it works like a charm!
Thanks, household
Regards.
Nostramo
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You are welcome.
May the Force be with you!
Regards,
Household

Tried fix on WM6.5 Rhodium
Hi household,
Tried this fix with Stock 6.5 ROM on Rhodium. Unfortunately didnt work.
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETW12511\Parms\HTCKeepWifiOnWhenUnattended replaced with
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\BCMSDDHD1\Parms\HTCKeepWifiOnWhenUnattended for Rhodium)
Apologies in advance for brining in a different device to the thread - but is there something that I'm missing?
For 6.1 all that I needed to do was step 1 in your post with the replacement above. But now after every reboot HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\BCMSDDHD1\Parms\HTCKeepWifiOnWhenUnattended gets set back to 0!!!
Waaa I need help - I really miss having my WiFi always on!
Thanks!
haongusa.

haongusa said:
Hi household,
Tried this fix with Stock 6.5 ROM on Rhodium. Unfortunately didnt work.
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETW12511\Parms\HTCKeepWifiOnWhenUnattended replaced with
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\BCMSDDHD1\Parms\HTCKeepWifiOnWhenUnattended for Rhodium)
Apologies in advance for brining in a different device to the thread - but is there something that I'm missing?
For 6.1 all that I needed to do was step 1 in your post with the replacement above. But now after every reboot HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\BCMSDDHD1\Parms\HTCKeepWifiOnWhenUnattended gets set back to 0!!!
Waaa I need help - I really miss having my WiFi always on!
Thanks!
haongusa.
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I'm sorry I don't have Touch Pro 2, so I can't know what should be set up on this device.

wifi not working on standby
haongusa said:
Hi household,
Tried this fix with Stock 6.5 ROM on Rhodium. Unfortunately didnt work.
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETW12511\Parms\HTCKeepWifiOnWhenUnattended replaced with
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\BCMSDDHD1\Parms\HTCKeepWifiOnWhenUnattended for Rhodium)
Apologies in advance for brining in a different device to the thread - but is there something that I'm missing?
For 6.1 all that I needed to do was step 1 in your post with the replacement above. But now after every reboot HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\BCMSDDHD1\Parms\HTCKeepWifiOnWhenUnattended gets set back to 0!!!
Waaa I need help - I really miss having my WiFi always on!
Thanks!
haongusa.
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Having the same problem on a topaz with build 28004! Any Help?

Auto data disconnection

Did anyone found solution?
Solution for everything of course, including weather and other sense updates...

Yes we did, WMLonglife from XDA or Bandswitch from http://www.commmgrpro.com/jsp/main_frame.jsf;jsessionid=95FDBC4C9BD6C38D215057E12C736A1C which is what I use, disconnects 3G after 30sec or any userdefinable time period.

Karlos G said:
Yes we did, WMLonglife from XDA or Bandswitch from http://www.commmgrpro.com/jsp/main_frame.jsf;jsessionid=95FDBC4C9BD6C38D215057E12C736A1C which is what I use, disconnects 3G after 30sec or any userdefinable time period.
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I am using WMLonglife for some time and I can say that in the most cases it works and definitelly increasing my battery lifetime! I have tried to setup Bandswitch but becase its is less user friendly I have dropped that idea

You only have to tick "Disconect idle connections" and input a time ie:30sec!!! lol

Karlos G said:
You only have to tick "Disconect idle connections" and input a time ie:30sec!!! lol
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This reffers to me?

Karlos G said:
Yes we did, WMLonglife from XDA or Bandswitch from http://www.commmgrpro.com/jsp/main_frame.jsf;jsessionid=95FDBC4C9BD6C38D215057E12C736A1C which is what I use, disconnects 3G after 30sec or any userdefinable time period.
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would that also work for GPRS or EDGE.

Bence said:
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No, masi0
Athar Mansoor said:
would that also work for GPRS or EDGE.
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Yes mate thats what I meant by 3G... GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, etc..

GPRS_bye_if_device_off?
Hello!
I have been using the 'GPRS_bye_if_device_off' value in the 'SuspendResume' entry at WM6.5 registry with 60 seconds as timeout in 'CacheTime' entry (I hope all of you know what I'm refering to ).
Had been working fine a few days but suddenly one day, when I was trying to see if I had received some sms, I noticed that my HD2 has ran out of battery! (with 60% some minutes ago!)
I began to look for some information about other people using this GPRS_bye_if_device_off "trick" and I readed that it only works if you DOESN'T HAVE any other sense process programmed to access automatically to Internet (for instance, the sense weather auto update), is this true? I mean... my HD2 will continue draining my battery if I have auto weather updates no matter if I use 'GPRS_bye_if_device_off'?
If it is true, I suppose can only use WMLonglife, but this application it doesn't works always (not in my case), because sometimes although I have it configured to kill idle connections, I don't know why the connection keeps alive indefinitely, so I have to be alert, taking a look to my HD2 connection frequently
It's Bandswitch better? Which do you recommend?
Thanks a lot to everyone!