sry guys if this is an old question.
I have been thinking about buying an xda exec for some time.
I was put off originally by the quantity of problems that were reported in this form.
So I bought a XDA Mini s, but found it too slow, both the cpu and gprs for web browsing.
So now I am considering the exec again. I guess my questions are:
1. After the time its been out, and with the latest o2 update ROM, have all the problems mostly been sorted ? i.e. I can't be bothered going into extended ROM and deleting stuff and putting loads of registry changes through.
2. Is it easy to unlock ?
thx
My understanding is that the o2 exec is not simlocked. Someone on here will no for sure.
I have an exec and I waited for 4months before getting to see what happens.
Im over the moon with it.
I have played about with it changed the roms currently running the imate one that came out the other day with the o2 extended rom.
I was however happy with the o2 rom. I only updated the rom to learn about the uni.
Hope this helps
Thx for the feedback. Another thing about the O2 one is that it looks the coolest !!!
1. Do you run skype, is it ok ?
2. How are O2 overseas rates for data ?
3. In VGA mode are the characters still visible ?
thx
Thx for the feedback. Another thing about the O2 one is that it looks the coolest !!!
1. Do you run skype, is it ok ?
2. How are O2 overseas rates for data ?
3. In VGA mode are the characters still visible ?
thx
Skype works o.k but I mainly use Windows messenger.
I have no idea about the Overseas costs.
VGA is good but a lot of messing about. I think the unit runs in qvga or at least wm5 does.
I have not bothered doing the VGA thing again as its a lot of messing around.
It does look cool.
colonel said:
Thx for the feedback. Another thing about the O2 one is that it looks the coolest !!!
1. Do you run skype, is it ok ?
2. How are O2 overseas rates for data ?
3. In VGA mode are the characters still visible ?
thx
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The screen is small but (IMHO ) entirely usable in VGA mode. I never use qVGA now.
Your enjoyment of the Exec will be determined by two things:
- the 3rd-party software you install
- removing the default O2 (In-)Active interface
These two factors will keep the machine running smooth and fast and will stop almost all the problems that you may have seen reported in these forums.
You can remove the O2 interface using the control panel applet.
I'd recommend using the Exec like that for a few weeks to get used to it. Only then (when you've experienced it in its most efficient format) will you be able to start adding 3rd party apps and spotting those that cause problems.
Hope this helps! Good luck - I love my Exec and I hope you do too.
thx for that.
I have been advised to install the base software in corporate mode, and do the internet settings myself. I think this is the proceedure:
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When you first switch the device on, the Exec has no obvious customisations by O2 or anyone else for that matter. Apart from the boot screen, it is standard WM5. However, it will then start to install things such as patches and customisations stored in the extended ROM, which is hidden. You can either soft reset the Exec before the files start to install then copy the extended ROM using Total Commander (just type extended_rom to view files) and install the important patches manually or, select option number two, while the files are installing, select corporate installation and enter the password 0506. This will install just the important patches but none of the customisations, not even GPRS/3G/MMS settings.
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I guess the question is what does the 'basic installation' install above the 'corporate one'
rgds
Internet:
Connection Name: O2 Internet
Access Point: mobile.o2.co.uk
Username: faster
Password: password
DNS: 193.113.200.200
Alternative DNS: 193.113.200.201
MMS:
Server Name: O2UK
Gateway IP: 193.113.200.195
Port: 9201
Server Address: http://mmsc.mms.o2.co.uk:8002
VGA screen fonts can be small, but sharp; not advisable for long periods, but usable and invaluable for certain uses:
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I see that ur internet username is "faster" not "o2web" why is that?
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Hi,
When I power the screen down via pressing the power button briefly ( Standby mode ) I have some issues when I turn it back on - IE the backlights off and I have to manually go in and turn it back up again - is this me or a bug ?
Also the GPRS monerting software they give you is very good I think - any one know of a simular one for calls....
( For those that dont have one - it loges when you use GPRS and based on figures it gives you etc tells you when you have used your free quoter / gives reports and a few other things from your today screen ).
TIA
Terran
I had the same problem. After a hard-reset and NOT installing GPRSmonitor it never happened again...
Found who makes this app and sent this.... ( No doubt it will be speak to T Mobile ) but any one else with this prob may also want to mail them....
Hi,
Got your app ( v1.0.0.1 UK ) bundled with my Tmobile Vario - I think it has a
bug. Every so offten when the the phone has its screen off or its in stand by
mode that when the phone comes back on the back light does not - and in fact
you have to go set it back to the right level to see any thing.
Also is it possible to have an option to stop the GPRS connection until such
time as the user wants it. I find that even though its disconnected when I have
finished a wifi session it the trys to dial out via GPRS... and I'm not the only
one if you look at xda-developers forum.
I found a work around which was to change the T Mobile Internet connection to
use com1 and dial '1' instead.... ( That would be a nice to have ).
In the mean time if you have any suggestions re the back light please let me
know.
Many thanks
PS - Any future plans to include simular functions for voice and may be an on of
button for the phone on the today screen ?
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There support address is [email protected] with their web site being http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/?en
On Sale here http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=5351
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Got an email from the developers... they say they know about this issue and the next version fixes it - what I dont know and I am trying to get an answer from Tmobile and the developers is how we get that update.....
Terran
ccsnet said:
Got an email from the developers... they say they know about this issue and the next version fixes it - what I dont know and I am trying to get an answer from Tmobile and the developers is how we get that update.....
Terran
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Update for all you Vario users out there...
How do I get the updated copy ? I have no contacts within Tmobile to refer
>to....
Dear Terran,
yes, it will be a minor upgrade, so you will be able install it over your existing version.
Feel free to contact us if you have any additional questions. You can always refer to this ticket using this link: http://support.softspb.com/
Best regards,
Alexander Shalin
Spb Technical Support
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com
We will appreciate your feedback about working with our support system.
If you are not satisfied with quality of our support please let us know:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/support/escalation.html
We constantly work on improving our support and your feedback is very helpful for us.
[email protected]
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Terran
Same problem here, no GPRS traffic program
installed, same issue remains... think it's a bug,
a nasty one, have to say that.
Axel
Pretty cool tabs!No annoying expiring-promption any more.And faster.but you still need some hack to opera.ini to move the cache files to your card.
:? Just wonder why opera still insistes on allocating the cache in the rom.
Check website:http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/products/winmobileppc/
Some pics on my wizard.
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sweet! lokking goode m8!
I just really like to know how to reduce the top address bar to QVGA :? and set the Display a lower % (example 90% or 75%) as default.
Been waiting for this. I may even purchase it at the expiry date!!! From first impressions and usage, this is the best 3rd party browser yet... I just wish there were more options like the ability to 'save as' a picture, like you can in PIE. Or background loading of tabs (as in firefox) and options for where to store downloaded files and cache.. i.e. I want to store them all on the storage card..
SORT IT OUT PLEASE.. Lets not make a opera out of it!!!
Hi
I'm trying to use Opera without a GPRS connection, ie using the usb cable connected to my pc. The problem is that it fails to connect.
Does anyone have any idea's?
Thanks in advance
Nick
Slippy Nick said:
Hi
I'm trying to use Opera without a GPRS connection, ie using the usb cable connected to my pc. The problem is that it fails to connect.
Does anyone have any idea's?
Thanks in advance
Nick
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Mine seems to be working when connected through Activesync. Great program so far. So much faster to load than Netfront and more full featured than PIE.
MiniMo will be better (it already works with Google Maps) but there's still a lot to be done. Opera follows suit with Explorer by taking columns of data and presenting them in a single column. For sites like this one, that means a LOT of scrolling up & down. You can choose not to fit to the screen, but then you have a lot of left/right scrolling too.
We really just need some 800x600 Universal-style devices with accelerated 2D chips...
I tried this on my wizard but it seems that the font on the address bar is not properly displayed. It looks like some weird language when i write on the address bar. Anybody experience this?
I'm experiencing the strange text as well, reminds me of the old "Dingbats" system font, just a bunch of symbols. Maybe we can find our common factor here, I'm running the new AKU2 rom without the ext rom installed (I tried mucking with it, which deleted it, and then did a hard reset).
EDIT: Mysteriously switched to a usable font, unfortunately I have no idea why
it so much better then then IE its not even funny
Yes i am using the new Aku2 Imate Rom without extended rom. How could you make yours working.
I'd like to try it but don;t want a full Vario. What is the ini hack to put cache on sd? Is there maybe a thread discussing Opera an tweaks somewherer?
I'd like to try it but don;t want a full Vario. What is the ini hack to put cache on sd? Is there maybe a thread discussing Opera an tweaks somewherer?
Hi,
Is it possible to get an update for the Terminal Server Client so it can run on the Windows Server 2003.
/Jesper
You mean have W2K3 accessed via your HTC Universal? AFIAK it's always been possible. Indeed, I've been doing that since I bought my MDA Pro in the week of the UK launch about a year ago
You only need to adjust the settings on the Server to allow the Client Compatible enryption level as the WM2003/WM5 TS client does not support 128 bit encryption.
If want a good experience search out VJFSTSC from this site
(VJ's Full screen Terminal Server Client). A full 640x480 screen makes the Exec an excellent tool to administer servers without needing to cart a laptop around
I didn't think anyone was still using it! I'll have to update it when I get a few spare minutes!
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vijay555 said:
I didn't think anyone was still using it! I'll have to update it when I get a few spare minutes!
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yes i'm using it and have run into problems
somehow when i use full screen mode (it took ages to figure out i had to disable "limit server size to fit screen", if it was enabled your full screen hack didn't work), the last line at the bottom will not respond, i.e the taskbar, anything on it, and the start button. if i don't use your hack, no problems. (but no full screen either )
a friend's qtek 9000 doesn't have this problem with your hack.
do you have any ideas? :idea: thanks..
cmonex: you need to post in the VJFSTSC thread, but this was a bug with an earlier version, that should have been fixed in the latest version. I haven't worked on it for months and months due a perversly busy schedule, but I'll try to look into it further. It still needs lots of work.
V
vijay555
I'm using it for some time now,..and it works GREAT! especially running in VGA mode...
thanx!
arjan
FYI all, there has been a post that you can use a virtual screen manager with VJFSTSC to get >VGA screen resolutions, eg SVGA. It'll look quite crap, but it should work... but I think opening word (and Vista?) on your Universal is a cool way to make a gadget freak's mouth water.
V
LOL
Mobile Vista
vijay555 said:
cmonex: you need to post in the VJFSTSC thread, but this was a bug with an earlier version, that should have been fixed in the latest version. I haven't worked on it for months and months due a perversly busy schedule, but I'll try to look into it further. It still needs lots of work.
V
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hi, thanks for your answer!!
i think i'm using the latest version or at least the one that was the latest a couple of weeks ago. :shock: but i'll recheck..thanks
vijay555 said:
I didn't think anyone was still using it! I'll have to update it when I get a few spare minutes!
YES PLEASE
I've found your little app to be one of the most useful apps for the Exec.
1024x768 shrunk to fit the screen is terrible but using a 800 x 600 @ 100% screen and virtual display's navigational options to scroll around has proved to be usefull from time to time.
When you get some time to update VJFSTSC I'd be glad to put forward a few suggestions but something that would be neat would be an ability to map a couple of buttons to CTRL & ALT but only whilst VJFSTSC is running
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Taz69 said:
When you get some time to update VJFSTSC I'd be glad to put forward a few suggestions but something that would be neat would be an ability to map a couple of buttons to CTRL & ALT but only whilst VJFSTSC is running
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yes ctrl+alt would be very useful.
cant find any thread VJFSTSC. please give me a direct link to it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=33759&highlight=vjfullscreen
What do you guys mean about the ctrl+alt key combos? Give me an example.
V
As certain keys such as <CTRL> , <ALT> and maybe <Esc> are not found on the Exec but are used quite a bit on Windows it would be really usefull if these keys could be mapped to some of the physical keys such as the E-mail, Home Page, Contacts, Phone but only when VJFSTSC is active. Normally these buttons are assigned to their own functions but this behavior is overridden whilst VJFSTSC is active.
This could be taken a small step further by assigning the Windows key to open the START menu on the windows PC instead of the Exec and possibly using the Ok key to bring up a configuration menu in VJFSTSC with a few other options including the ability to save a config file so any settings such as show/hide SIP are retained the next time VJFSTSC is launched.
I better stop there, as I was intending to give an example of mapping options not a full blown wishlist
thanks, vijay555.
nice ideas, Taz69... would be real cool.
Just wondering if there is a very basic phone pad skin available for the M3100...
Just a single line for the number, maybe 2 if the number is too long so the digits don't get too small...
Large buttons for numbers, no video buttons etc just numbers, no need for the TALK/END sort of stuff as the hardware green/red buttons work fine..
Just looking for something that people with wide fingers can use without a stylus....
If there isn't one, what do I need to do to create one ??
Searched the forum but can't really find anything of use on the subject.
Many thanks Phil
I found that the vista theme on Paulya.com worked wonders for this:
http://www.paulya.com/etenskins.htm
http://www.paulya.com/Projects/Eten_Skins/Vista/Vista_Trans/Vista_Trans_Origin.zip
I am tempted to go back to this dialer as it was so good on my Wizard - just lacks a video button.
Hi, Thanks for that.... Managed to get the skin to work that is included with the eten dialer... I also downloaded the eten_ans etc .zip and put it in the windows dir on the phone after extracting it.. can't seem to find how to enable it (am I thick or something... Don't answer that !!)
The only thing I didn't do was use active sync... I copied the extracted file to my memory card then copied them over from that as the PC I'm at, at the moment doesn't run activesync 4 or higher (horrible win98 se machine..
Any comments much appreciated
Phil
I jast ran the cab file from my storage card and it installed perfectly. I did have diffulculty installing additional skins though.
Hi Phil,
There is a CAB on the FTP here which gives you the phonepad software EXACTLY like in older HTC phones: ftp://xda:[email protected]/Hermes/Tools_and_Programs/Phone Pad - English Only.CAB
I installed it and it's great!
Gavin.
GavinN said:
Hi Phil,
There is a CAB on the FTP here which gives you the phonepad software EXACTLY like in older HTC phones: ftp://xda:[email protected]/Hermes/Tools_and_Programs/Phone Pad - English Only.CAB
I installed it and it's great!
Gavin.
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Great - Any chance of a screenshot?
Have you guys seen Buzz's Virgy DeepOcean Dialer for WM5 QVGA?
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Hi sorry to be thick
ok i downloaded the buzzdev.net qvga dialer
but how does one install it. Do i just run the cab via activesync or run it on the vario2 or what sorry about the stupid questions
also i download the splash screen stuff from there too how do i make that appear instead of the default tmobile one when starting up
thanks
JEREMY
Just stick it onto your device, tap it to load it, install and then when prompted reboot (just hit OK and it'll do it) - the PIN entry screen remains the same, but the main dialer screen changes.
It looks very nice, and I'd use it all the time - except there's no way to use the T9 dialing feature which the regular dialer offers (where you can just type the name of the person you wish to call and it shows all valid entries from the list, so e.g. if I wanted to call my Mum - whose entry is Mum, ironically - I'd type 6-8-6 and then hit Dial). It's quite sad to see that this feature is missing, probably for a good reason as it does cause a fair bit of slowdown on my phone - more than on my old Alpine! - but I still use it all the time and I'm going to have to uninstall the skin because I really neeeeeeeeed that feature. :/
ok if I wanted to get the original tmobile dialer back then all I would have to do is uninstall it then? cool
how would I install the splash screen then?
Jeremy
Vijay55,
I installed it OK, the large buttons are awesome, however I have had the following problems:
1) DTMF (Tones) don't work properley when accessing voice mail etc (UK T-mobile) or any other press x application
2) Jog Dialer not active
3) No Smart dialling
Am I doing anything wrong?
Have had to pull it off becasue of the DTMF problem, I've installed it, removed it, rebooted, changed the options etc, nothing seems to fix it.
Fixed it!!
Though I am now using the Eten dialler with smart dial support and one of Paulya's Dark Blue Glass skins.
Editing the registry and setting the value to 0, then soft reboot and dtmf tones are working.
Setting it to 0 wasn't the obvious choice, and previously I hadn't soft rebooted.
Found the following from dhushy in:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276700
Worked it out. For anyone with a similar problem, use the registry editor to locate the following key:
HKLM,"Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL","EnableDTMFSupport",0x0 0010001,1
Change the value from 1 to a 0 and Bob's yer Uncle (for non-British readers that means everything will be cushty - see Only Fools and Horses for a contextual translation)
Did this and I was able to manipulate my voicemail messages as normal.
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I am on T-Mobile UK.
Just incase anybody have missed this... A new Windows Live package is available... I've installed it and I'm very impressed... I can even see Facebook status messages in the new "Windows Live Home"
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Here are the new stuff according to wmpoweruser.com
Windows Live Home – an entirely new feature!
* View you and your friends "What’s new" feed from Windows Live and other major 3rd party social networking sites.
* View Windows Live photos and comment
* Upload photos to Windows Live and other 3rd party sites through integration with the new My Phone client
* View your Windows Live people
* Update your status and accept network invitations from others
Improvements and Updates like
* Entirely new launcher screen
* Significant touch investments that shine with new Windows Mobile 6.5 devices
* Bing search integration
* Abuse reporting
* Automatic uninstall of previous versions
* Virtual memory improvement and reduced installation file size through client refactoring
You can download the cab from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=e4510356-4b0b-4e9c-ab38-7c19f55df5d3
Remember to change language if you want another language than english before you download
My Htc Touch HD is out for repairs!
So I can't test this,
Now I've got a question,,
When you log in on your phone, does your home computer disconnect?
or can it be logged in at several place at the same time
(As the windows-pc version)
Great Greet Giblet
Downloading and going to put into a test rom now.
Looks nice! I'll try it right now
Downloading and testing
thanks for share
Nice!
Looks nice indeed! Really usefull... going to use it for my ROM! Thanks for the tip!
Still don't know why they didn't give you an option to use your camera as webcam within the mobile msn version ...
Will it ever be available ? Or are there other options to achieve this ?
so does Messenger support MPOP yet?
This is very good. Note that you have to reset device after installing but it doesn't tell you to. Error messages on launch otherwise - "this is not a valid app"
Installation was unsuccessful. The program or setting cannot be installed... blabla message (HyperDragon IV newest kaiser rom xD)
Will try thanks for informing us. This does look better.
No pb with this rom but in english only
Even if i select an other lang and clik "change", it download the 0409 file !
Lets see if the big Achilles' Heel is still there.
Pleeeeeeease tell me limit to 50 most recent messages has been fixed? if not totally kills its utility, what a shame. Hope they finally fixed this. Don’t even get me started on how great touch flo 3d grouping emails by contact is, except it can’t read other folders but inbox. No worries I'll just move everything to inbox. Dooh!.., only 50 to sort among all my contacts. What about wm6 great type & sort feature in pocket outlook inbox?, also rendered useless. Local search only, …yep still stuck at 50 most recent. So do the math, I have 50 messages to split between my whole phonebook, the majority of emails won’t even show up in tf3d for most of the contacts. Option,.. delete all contacts except 50 and pray no one sends me more than one email, silly right?
Why should a hotmail user not switch to any of the compets, if you can’t even get access to all you mail without the major inconvenience of launching a web browser? So now, just to work with mail I have to work in 2 apps? Hotmail Pop3 route is no better, zero folder sync with online, even at ground level no sent, or deleted items sync. Might as well be a seperate email account.
Really... POOM guys, whoever came up with that one, do yourselves a favor, send 'em to google or apple.
I really... hope after making such a big stink, I get to be all embarrassed and wrong.
how do you see facebook statuses?