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guys need help..
got one annoying problem bout my alarm... ive seem to disable all my alarms but the phone still recognizes my old settings.. how to explain this errr,,, well previously ive set the alarms at 6.00 am , 6.25 am and 6.30 am... after a short while the phone hangs so i soft reset it, then after that i've set the alarm to 7.00 am,7.25 and 7.30 am, (max 3 alarms can be set) but the prob is everyday the phone alarms set off at the 6++am time... even tho ive change them all to 7++AM and there is no way to disable them since only the 3, 7oclock alarms is avaible on the list...
so now i have a total of 6 alarms...
guys how to fix this without hard resetting,,,
TQ,
Do these 'phantom' alarms show up in your notifications queue?
You need something like Memmaid or Scarybear's Checknotifications to see these.
Look at the ones called calendar xxx or clock xxxx
Make sure from the descriptions that these are notifications you want to keep, if not delete them, also delete any duplicates.
DON'T delete any other notifications, these could be needed by the system to function correctly.
When I had similar alarm problems, I did this and found I had around 500 alarm/reminder notifications, some going way back, and some for May 2047!
When I got rid of these and the duplicates, it came down to around 40 and my alarms and reminders worked properly again.
Hope this works for you
ive downloaded Scarybear's Checknotifications but i do not know which to delete..zzz calender.exe or clock.exe?
Frostlance said:
ive downloaded Scarybear's Checknotifications but i do not know which to delete..zzz calender.exe or clock.exe?
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I am more familiar with SKtools and Memmaid than Scarybear, but the ones to avoid deleting are any titled repllog. If Scarybear has a delete duplicates function then you should be safe to use that. Entries for alarms may have a title such as windows\clock.exe. In sktools I can click such entries and it tells me what alarm it is and when it's set to go off (not sure about Scarybear)
Good luck
Mike
PS Get a good Full backup programme like SPB Backup and then you would not need to worry about deleting the wrong thing.
When you first run the app, it marks all the duplicates in red, just press clear to get rid of those.
The ones to look at individually are the ones like:
Clock.exe - then scrolling to the right, these should have an entry under dialog title like "daily alarm" and then dialogue text like "Alarm: Wake up 10.30"
Make sure that all these are for alarms you want, delete the ones which aren't.
the others are:
Calendar.exe, in the dialogue title these say POOM xxxx and in the dialogue text, there is a description of the appointment you have set the reminders for.
You should be able to tell from these if any are in the past ie reminders you thought you had dismissed, or indeed from ridiculously in the future like 10 years time.
Delete the unwanted ones of these.
Also worth checking are Tasks.exe entries
Plus any other apps you have which can put alarms on the system eg some notes applications
Then use the exit button to exit checknotifications and see if this improves things.
The problem seems to arise (on my device) in 2 ways.
Firstly, in the past a reminder will have come up, and I think I dismissed it, or while I was dismissing it, something else happened on the system, incoming call, another alarm, crash, anything really, and somehow the dismiss instruction never seems to have 'taken'.
The other way is using Windows mobile live client. It seems to put notifications in every time you soft reset, so you can end up with a lot of WLM duplicates. It also seems to sync a whole load of old 'stuff' to the device, together with old notifications
If you find this helps, do consider getting Memmaid or SK Tools. I use Memmaid every day to clear junk out of my device. It's not free like checknotifications, but it does a whole lot more and has repaid the investment many times over (they do a free trial). SK Tools does even more, but is also I think easier to do something 'silly' on.
Also, the one thing I couldn't do without is a good backup program. I always take a series of backups. That way a hard reset needn't mean hours of re-installation. Usually about 20 minutes max.
all right..
I did as you said and i think it worked.
Thank you so much for helping.
No probs.
Remember, this isn't usually a 1 off problem. If it does fix things, keep an eye on that queue for a while and make sure things don't build up again.
Hiya all, just felt like I wanted to contribute to the community a little by releasing a small program I've made in c#. It requires the .NET Compact Framework to run of course.
This is the first real application that I've written for a PDA, that isn't for university, so its a small one, that doesn't really do much other than echo alerts, and display information. What it does do, however, I feel to be very useful, and may interest other developers.
Information:
1. When there is a missed call, or an unread message, the "Reminder Tone" will be played every 20 seconds until the message/missed call alert has been dealt with by you.
2. When the signal state changes, the relevant sound plays to notify you. This can be handy when you are walking around looking for a signal.
3. When the headset is inserted/removed, a sound is played.
4. Various status information can be viewed by tapping through the tabs.
More information, and a download can be found here on my site:
Link: http://brins0.net/projects/Brins0net_Status/
Current Version: v2008.03.07
If anyone has any comments on it, please feel free to post them here. (Please remember that I'm only really a novice compared to some of the other coders here)
Interesting
Good idea but an alert every 20sec is too quick. You should make the interval user-selectable. I currently use TAP for alerts and it gives you a bunch of choices for the reminder interval.
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Good idea but an alert every 20sec is too quick. You should make the interval user-selectable. I currently use TAP for alerts and it gives you a bunch of choices for the reminder interval.
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I have done this in another one of my small projects, but the best way I could find of storing the interval, was in an accompanying file. I have tried writing to the registry, but it all went pear-shaped. I'll have another go at it later this evening.
When I can write to the registry correctly, I play on incorporating the "reg" file into the program too, so you don't have to use it when installing.
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I have done this in another one of my small projects, but the best way I could find of storing the interval, was in an accompanying file. I have tried writing to the registry, but it all went pear-shaped. I'll have another go at it later this evening.
When I can write to the registry correctly, I play on incorporating the "reg" file into the program too, so you don't have to use it when installing.
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Sounds good. Does the program need to be running in the background or does it load a process silently?
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Sounds good. Does the program need to be running in the background or does it load a process silently?
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I'm afraid it's not a process, so it has to be open in the background at the moment. I'm looking into making a process based version, but I've actually worked out the mechanics behind it yet. I'm just in the process of adding the things suggested earlier, would have done it earlier, but I fell asleep
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Good idea but an alert every 20sec is too quick. You should make the interval user-selectable. I currently use TAP for alerts and it gives you a bunch of choices for the reminder interval.
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Do you have a link to TAP, I searched but tap is a common word.
Thanks!
It's Treo Alert Pro. I use it on a Touch. You can get it at treocentral.
Updated to v2008.03.07
I've released an update...
Now there is a small options menu to configure the Alert Interval. The setting is stored in the registry along side the alert sound.
As such, there is a new registry update to apply before you run it (It should correct itself if you don't apply it, but it's better if you apply it manually)
The update interval can be any value between 10 and 300s (5 minutes), it can be increased very easily, but 5 mins seemed to be all anyone would need.
There are also other minor fixes behind the scenes.
The update is available on my site at http://brins0.net/projects/Brins0net_Status/
Slept through it this morning, discovered it only goes off twice and the tones aren't continuous unless i'm missing something obvious?
If it can't be changed then i will need to select a tone that is continuous, will i need to copy some tones files to the alarm directory? if so how?
I don't think it was ever intended as an alarm clock, the alarm funtion is a basic tool to provide a simple reminder for things that you wouldn't normally use the calendar or task functions for e.g. parking reminders.
Buy a simple battery alarm clock, it'll do the job far better.
no offence intended at all omneity but that answer is a little slippery.
Phones throughout the ages have had an "alarm" function [heck even the HD2 one has a "snooze" option!] which have done exactly what it said on the tin.
These are multifunction devices - otherwise why not just have the phone doing what a phone is supposed to do and leave off email/game/etc options?
maybe I am just ratty about it because I had the same issue this morning?! I only discovered yesterday that the HD2 alarm won't function if the phone is off
JonBaker76 I didn't even know it only rang twice. Yesterday it only rang once and there was such a long pause between it and the 2nd ring I thought that short single burst was it. Today I waited and found it did ring again so assumed it would keep repeating until snoozed or dismissed
If you do find a fix for it I would be interested to learn also - although to be fair I have the ring volumes loud and would usually be up by the 2nd round if not the first
I slept through it several times, now using G-Alarm
The fix is to chuck a 'continuous' tone into the windows root folder and select it. I'll be recording the sound of a numatic drill and putting that in
It might have to be a wav, will check tonight.
And i agree with your comments
The HD2 will also play video files, but I doubt if anyone would consider it a substitution for a cinema.
Not "slippery" just being pragmatic.
fight, fight
To be fair, an alarm is a very basic function and i actualy do use it in place of going to the cinema, i watch tons of films on it on my travels to work
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The HD2 will also play video files, but I doubt if anyone would consider it a substitution for a cinema.
Not "slippery" just being pragmatic.
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Apologies if you took offence to the word slippery; couldn't find a suitable way to express the impression of "why is this apple red?" "if you want a non-red fruit have an orange" type episode
I also feel I am being pragamatic in trying to find a way to make the "alarm" function work as one would naturally assume it aught [and how it does on countless other "lesser" phones] rather than having to resort to another piece of hardware fot this basic fuction.
And as it happens I fully intend from my phone to be a portable cinema for my my kids on long journeys - avi on the sd card and tcpmp looks a great option
I've been using WM's alarm since my first WM device (TYTN, TYTNII) and now on my HD2... Had it for a couple of months and it never failed...
Until this morning...
Phone had more than 50% battery, the alarm was on an well configured (indeed I never change the config)... I even always set 2 alarms (example: 1 at 7:00 the other at 7:15)... THEY BOTH FAILED...
After waking I set one of the alarms to trigged 20 mins after the actual time and it worked as always...
I'm kinda confused really... don't know what to think about this...
Any light on this issue would be much appreciated, I don't fancy installing 3rd party apps for things that my mobile should have "out of the box".
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And as it happens I fully intend from my phone to be a portable cinema for my my kids on long journeys - avi on the sd card and tcpmp looks a great option
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Coreplayer is great for films but no ac3 audio in case you didn't know. I started a thread earleir about tcpmp and ac3 plug in and one was linked for me. Gonna try it out tonight, just incae you didn't have it yet, the thread should be near the top, title: tcpmp and ac3
soponcio_virtual said:
I've been using WM's alarm since my first WM device (TYTN, TYTNII) and now on my HD2... Had it for a couple of months and it never failed...
Until this morning...
Phone had more than 50% battery, the alarm was on an well configured (indeed I never change the config)... I even always set 2 alarms (example: 1 at 7:00 the other at 7:15)... THEY BOTH FAILED...
After waking I set one of the alarms to trigged 20 mins after the actual time and it worked as always...
I'm kinda confused really... don't know what to think about this...
Any light on this issue would be much appreciated, I don't fancy installing 3rd party apps for things that my mobile should have "out of the box".
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Soft reset, hope it doesn't happen again is the best i can do mate
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Coreplayer is great for films but no ac3 audio in case you didn't know. I started a thread earleir about tcpmp and ac3 plug in and one was linked for me. Gonna try it out tonight, just incae you didn't have it yet, the thread should be near the top, title: tcpmp and ac3
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Thanks.
I set it up last night. I initially tried the 0.81RC version but after installing it kept giving me an error on initialising so uninstalled it and used the 0.72 version linked in the Apps forum here and it works a treat. Thomas the Tank Engine in all its glory
(actually I say that but the play/pause/forward button are blacked-out - I actually randomly jabbed at the black area to discover there were buttons underneath )
Going back to the Alarm I have read one thread too many about crashes where ultimately G-Alarm was found to be the culprit to be happy using that.
Also had a strange issue where alarm was set to 10.15am; as I was awake I pressed on the alarmat ~10.05 and reset it to 10.10am so I could see how it worked but it only went off at 10.15.
Went into the alarms and notification window and it had it there as 10.10 still
Klaxon is another Alarm-app I really can recommend....
Multiple alarms
I've been running Windows Mobile since it was Windows CE 2.0 and it's always had a problem with alarms getting doubled after resets. There is a company called Scarybearsoftware that has a fix called CheckNotifications that goes in and cleans out duplicates from the database. http://www.scarybearsoftware.com/product_detail.php?productname=checknotify
They also have a version down at the bottom of that page that you can put in the startup.
It works great for me, but I'm on WM2003SE and YMMV.
Bugs the hell out of me that it wont go off when switched off, I keep having to put the phone in airplane mode overnight, so i can use it as my alarm (as i have doe with all my previous phones) and not get woken by any random txts or calls!
Apart from that not had issue with it not happening at all.
I use SPB TIME does the job flawlessley.
omneity said:
I don't think it was ever intended as an alarm clock, the alarm funtion is a basic tool to provide a simple reminder for things that you wouldn't normally use the calendar or task functions for e.g. parking reminders.
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Of course it is an alarm clock... they just didn't bother their arse to code it properly, more important fish to fry n' all that
hope
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Soft reset, hope it doesn't happen again is the best i can do mate
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soft-reset will do the trick, but as it was in my case, it will occur again and worst thing is ... you never know when
So here are the choices:
1. you can use other, better reliable devices, if you have any
2. I saw somewhere at this forum, when vibrating is also selected, there should be no problem
3. every evening soft-reset
4. advice from HTC support is to use default WM setting for the alarms instead of HTC application
(Start-settings-menu-all-Clock and alarm-alarm-click on the bell icon and select the alarm sound-tap OK to save the modifications)
5. other alarm application and hope again that problem is not somewhere in WM itself
In my case, I am using older V1.48(because V1.66 is still not released for our region) and after trick No2. it is still working more than 2 weeks
lakeland said:
Of course it is an alarm clock... they just didn't bother their arse to code it properly, more important fish to fry n' all that
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If they'd coded it to sound continuously until switched off it would lead to greater battery drain. As others have said, there are other third-party applications if you require a more persistent alarm. It's not a big deal for most users.
Mindreaver said:
I slept through it several times, now using G-Alarm
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I tried installing this one myself but gave up. How did you solve the "owners information" bit, which HD2 dont seem to have, which you have to type in to be able to purchase??
Sometimes my alarms sound doesn't go off. I've checked all the settings, the sound is turned up, the profile is normal. The only way I can fix it, is to reset my phone. Then it works for a while.
It's happen to me a few times where I've woken up pass the time I've suppose to wake up. This morning I work up 2 hours late! . Lucky I didn't miss an important exam or assignment deadline.
I'm using the latest 3VOLUTION SERIES Rom for maple.
Anyone have any suggestions to fix it?
I'm having the same problem now. I've searched around, and can't seem to find a solution. Some suggest it's an installed app, but i can't pinpoint it.
Any thoughts?
(I have the Snap/Maple, with default rom, branded to Mobilicity in Canada).
Alternatively, are there any decent alarm apps out there that don't weight down the phone? I can't seem to figure out how to get more than 2 alarms on the phone.
Thanks for any help.
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I'm having the same problem now. I've searched around, and can't seem to find a solution. Some suggest it's an installed app, but i can't pinpoint it.
Any thoughts?
(I have the Snap/Maple, with default rom, branded to Mobilicity in Canada).
Alternatively, are there any decent alarm apps out there that don't weight down the phone? I can't seem to figure out how to get more than 2 alarms on the phone.
Thanks for any help.
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you should use a SmartTweaker.2008.v2.0 to fix it and you can get it through http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=664195
It may not have anything to do with rebooting. Your alarm might have failed due to receiving a notification at the same time:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/T-Mobile-Dash-3G/T-Mobile-Dash-3G-FAQ/m-p/125328
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you should use a SmartTweaker.2008.v2.0 to fix it and you can get it through http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=664195
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Thanks for the suggestion, but there's little point in paying for that app when almost all of those tweaks can be done for free by other apps or direct registry editing. Also, I don't see anything on there that addresses the silent alarm problem.
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It may not have anything to do with rebooting. Your alarm might have failed due to receiving a notification at the same time:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/T-Mobile-Dash-3G/T-Mobile-Dash-3G-FAQ/m-p/125328
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Thanks for the info. This is both sad and alarming (sorry, had to throw in the pun). I guess we better hope we don't get an email/text around the time we're expecting to wake up!
FYI, I have installed Alarm Master (http://www.connectivetools.com/alarmmaster.html). Looks simple, but has a fair bit of features. Incidentally, the regular alarm regained it's voicebox and started working properly right after I installed this. Maybe a coincidence. I don't think message updates were causing the alarm to be silenced, but I can't be sure. For now, I'll keep using Alarm Master, since it has more option, and I don't want to risk Windows' alarm not going off in the morning.
Still haven't figured out how to get more than 2 alarms, though.
Alarms versus notifications
I have only had my alarm fail due to an incoming notification once, at least as far as I know. But yeah, I laughed out loud (out of frustration) when I read T-Mobile's note about "expected behavior". It's like they are saying, okay, we know that your alarm could fail but that's what it's supposed to do! I liked your pun, by the way, and appreciate the fact that I'm not the only one that finds T-Mobile's answer both sad and funny!
Anyways, I think unless you are getting notifications every minute of the day, it's probably a remote chance that both will happen exactly at the same time. You can also take the added precaution of having your notifications audible, I suppose, so that if one cancels your alarm at least you'll hear an alert for the new notification.
As for the two alarm problem you mentioned, what about using the calendar as an extra alarm? You'd have the two default alarms plus you could set calendar events to alarm whenever you wanted extra ones. In fact, I rarely use the two default alarms as I have all of my appointments set to alarm through the calendar. I have my work schedule and stuff like that set as reoccuring events synced with Outlook.
I hope that helps! I'm still really enjoying my Dash 3G despite a few minor annoyances. All phones have 'em, I think the trick is just learning how to avoid 'em.
Good point. I forgot about the calendar since I don't really use it. Since i upgraded to Win 7, I've had touble syncing my windows phones and kinda gave up on it. I recently managed to get my phone to sync, but I don't use outlook, so it's a bit of a hastle to get everything into the calendar.
I originally got my Dash as a temporary replacement, but have found it to be surprisingly capable. After customizing the home panels, adding a GPS (Tomtom), and a few apps and games, (and learnind to avoid the annoyances), I'm pleasantly suprised with what I can do with this phone.
I'm still using Windows XP so I haven't had any trouble syncing. But you should be able to set calendar events on the phone itself fairly easily. You could set an alarm for every minute of the day if you wanted just by making calendar events. I do prefer setting appointments in Outlook because you can get really creative with reoccuring events that happen at weird intervals. But when I'm on the go and need to set a reminder for an appointment, I just make one on the phone.
I, too, think this is a great phone. I use it for business all the time, especially e-mail, Word, Excel, and Adobe Reader. I also really like having the Notepad because I can use it combined with Word at the same time. I use a bluetooth keyboard with it so that I can touch-type but I like the built-in keyboard, too. I also really like the Task Manager, it's so much better for switching and managing programs than when I was using a Blackberry.
My only disappoint with this phone is that there isn't a flash with the camera but it's not usually an issue. Otherwise, it's easily the best phone that I've ever had.
Is there a way to stop the "fade in" in the beginning of the ringtone. I do not like it's implementation. It is kind of too fast and the effect is annoying. I see no option for this anywhere.
Seeking how to stop the increasing ringtone too
I also have the same problem (actually not a problem, just dun want it)
I find all the setting in phone but no way out
any suggest?
If you set an mp3 as the ring tone, does it still do it, I don't think mine does :/
yes, I edit a mp3 in PC and copy in i9000 then set as ring-tone, I still behave the same, sad.......
have the same problem
it was on my omnia i900 too. The modding community managed to tweak it away, so its only a matter of time before you can get a small tweak to turn it off.
But I believe that Samsung made this a feature (i read it somewhere long ago) in that sometimes people have just finished a call and the phone is still next to the ear, they might receive another call (with the phone still next to their ear), with the fade in feature, the ringtone wont blast into the persons ear which can cause damage, instead it starts off low volume and then increases, allowing time for the phone to move away from the ear.
hope that made sense
i like it how it is, what is so bad about the volume up per ring?
at most after the 4th ring it goes to voice mail, it doesn't get that annoying
its not really a problem indeed, but I will notice a call when I at street after the ring-tone finish fade-ing, it may be the 2tnd or 3th ring of the person who call in, after I pick the phone out of my bag and looking the information who call in, it may be the 4th or 5th ring then that person may think it is no body to answer or the system make it goes to voicemail............I miss the call...........
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i like it how it is, what is so bad about the volume up per ring?
at most after the 4th ring it goes to voice mail, it doesn't get that annoying
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Like most things it's called choice. I prefer no increasing ring as well.
I'd like this gone too! The fading ringtone is irritating
This also is a problem to me.
I don't understand why Samsung doesn't make this an option for us to turn the feature on or off, not to mention configurable fade-in time.
The problem is here since, I don't know, i900, perhaps?
I would also like to see this disabled. Hopefully someone will find out how to do it soon!!
Sorry to bump this thread, but I'd really like this problem solved also. Obviously there's no clear option to change this, however does anyone know where we can start looking? (ie. certain config files or similar for rooted users.)
There's still no solution?
any update on this?
have you tried 3rd party ring tones apps
those have its own way of playing sounds when a calls comes in, some replaces the stock features.
try ring extend and ringo plus and many many more
android market is full of it
AllGamer said:
have you tried 3rd party ring tones apps
those have its own way of playing sounds when a calls comes in, some replaces the stock features.
try ring extend and ringo plus and many many more
android market is full of it
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Thanks AllGamer, but I've tried many apps including Rings Extended, Ringo Lite and Zedge, but they just replace the ringtone picker. No matter which app I use, I always get increasing volume for incoming calls.
P.S.: I noticed something funny: I selected a ringtone from DoubleTwist playlist using Rings Extended. When I got an incoming call, I listened to a "hidden ringtone" which is similar to the digital phone ringtone. Probably Rings Extended failed to pick a mp3 from DoubleTwist and my phone used a "fallback ringtone" (such as the Nokia Tune when you remove an sd card with your ringtone). I think it's called "832" but I can't find it anywhere!
Sigh the increasing ringer is pretty lame.
Should be optional.
still no fix huh...
Check this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=759537