I turn on the screen and button lock with the power button before I put the device in my pocket.
However, when I press it again to wake the device it takes around 10 seconds after the screen turns on before the device will respond to anything. This includes pressing the start menu, any of the icons, etc. - not tried the hardware buttons. If I press the start menu before this time is up nothing happens until after the time has elapsed, then my action is carried out.
It also has the same effect when the device falls asleep of its own accord.
Can anyone think why it is taking this long before it responds? I don't have any running programs on it, I've got 25MB program memory free, 9MB storage memory free and a 1GB Corsair 40x SD card, I use SPB Pocketplus, Backup and GPRS monitor but they are just today plugins. I have also done the registry tweak to remap the backlight button. Other than that the device is as it came out of the box.
Anyone?
Small update (posted from my universal ), I have tried removing the backlight button modification and TCMP media player but neither of these solves my problem. Also, is seems it doesn't happen 100% of the time - moe like 75%.
Very annoying, desperate for a fix.
Edit: I've read on this forum that Resco File Explorer can cause this, but after removing it it doesn't seem to have been the cause as the problem still occurs.
Anjow said:
I use SPB Pocketplus, Backup and GPRS monitor but they are just today plugins.
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Which icons have you got enabled on your desktop for SPB pocketplus? If you're monitoring your SD card's free space then don't, the SD card gets turned off in sleep mode and needs time to wake up after turning on again.
Hooray!
You're right! I disabled the SD card monitor and it hasn't happened since.
Thanks very much
You're welcome.
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Hi everybody!,
I'm really pleased with my new magician, but I have a little problem.
When I push the on/off button to switch the screen off (the phone is still on), and I want to switch it on again, the screen has the bright level at its minimum, so I can't see anything, and I have to go settings to raise the bright again.
Any known solution?
thanks,
Pau
Hi Pau,
When you press the power short your magician will go in standby. Press power long to dimm the screen, press it long again to switch to normal brightness. You can switch off the phone function by putting it into flight-mode. That's why the phone profile apps are popular.
A PocketPC can't be switched of complete. You would turn of all PDA functions as well, so no reminders etc. Not exactly what you expect from a PDA.
Hope this helps you. When your problem with the brightness persists, then try a hard-reset (press power & soft-reset at same time), don't forget to backup first with Sprite (trial available) or simular, xbackup can give you problems restoring contacts&appointments.
Still problems? Go back to where you bought it & get another one.
M
Thank you very much, it works the way you explain !!!!
thanks
You're welcome, these simple things are questioning all new users, including myself .
M
this helped me realise that there is no real SHUTDOWN option on the phone Till now i thought my phone was messed up
Damn for 3 days i was reading the whole Manual, and thought i cnat switch it off, there is phone porblem why the hell they indicate in Manual press more then 2 sec and it trurns it off. Now I know why lol :lol:
Btw which application can turn it off with one click on today screen without going in to flight mode etc ?
Thanks
You can use VJEschaton for it, SPB Pocket Plus etc etc. They all can suspend or switch off the screen with a single click on the today screen.
M
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You can use VJEschaton for it, SPB Pocket Plus etc etc. They all can suspend or switch off the screen with a single click on the today screen.
M
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Or also you can use psShutXp it's free and it's a great program
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You can use VJEschaton for it, SPB Pocket Plus etc etc. They all can suspend or switch off the screen with a single click on the today screen.
M
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Thaks for the reply I dont see Turn off in Pocket plus, I oly have Suspend and Sof Reset, where is that item ?
Skyward what do psShutXp do ? as i dont want to install thoussand of applications as I already have pocket plus installed
Thanks
There's no 'off' regarding your device. Suspend is the same as pressing the power button. I always use the 'screen toggle' option from spb (located in system like the suspend & soft reset option)
Cheers, M
So my power button seems to be pretty much dead.
To start my phone I just hit the softreset button with the stylus and it comes on, and to wak up my screen I have to pop out the MiniSD card.
My question, is there a way to map to a softkey a way to wake up the device without having to pop out my card. That can't be good for the card of the mechanism to do that 20 times a day, and I shot my card across the floor in the mall the other day, and I KNOW that can't be good for it.
If I am not mistaken, there is a setting to have any button activate the phone.
Try this utility and go to start/settings/buttons...Since the messaging option is already in the start menu, you can replace the messaging hardware button(top left) the button for the utility I'm providing. In your case, I'd install to the device. Let me know if it worked for you.
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My phone is always waking up for odd reasons (AVRCP commands, switching in and out of roaming, etc...), and I can't seem to get the darned thing to stay OFF.
Music A2DP streaming is the biggest deal to me, because not only will the device wake up when I press a remote command (on my AVRCP headset), it will also keep the device backlight on indefinitely. This is clearly shortening my battery.
I tried Slide2Unlock, and have it set to shut off the display if no activity for 5 sec., but the problem is that Slide2Unlock appears to not notice when it is woken up, and just sits there without turning the screen back off again! (a simple screen press brings Slide2U back to life, and then it will toggle the screen... but this defeats the purpose!)
There must be SOMETHING I'm missing here... doesn't anyone else have this problem???
I have 2 things for you. The first, is if you're using WM6 that's a known issue and unchecking the today timeout in start-->settings-->today-->items tab should solve most of your problems. The second is a little program that I found (not sure where at , but it might have been on here) called screen off. Install it and then set it to a hardware button and it will allow you to turn just your screen off whenever you don't need it on.
Maybe it depends on the player you're using? With Coreplayer, my phone's screen just flashes on and off quickly when it receives an AVRCP command.
Still doesn't explain the roaming thing though.
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I have 2 things for you. The first, is if you're using WM6 that's a known issue and unchecking the today timeout in start-->settings-->today-->items tab should solve most of your problems. The second is a little program that I found (not sure where at , but it might have been on here) called screen off. Install it and then set it to a hardware button and it will allow you to turn just your screen off whenever you don't need it on.
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Yes, I'm using WM6 on a HTC Titan (Sprint Mogul).
I don't currently timeout to the today screen, but I don't see how that would cause my problem really- I've heard people mention that before, so can anyone explain what difference that would make?
I already have a shortcut to screen toggle (wrote my own MortScript to do it). That's not a problem anyway since every media player can assign a button to toggle the screen- The problem is that it keeps turning the screen back on when a button is pressed no matter how many times I toggle!!
Plastriq, I've heard that coreplayer does that... that's how they deal with this problem. They're the only ones that have addressed it as far as I know, and I'm not about to pay for their app when I already have TCPMP and WMP for free.
I just can't believe that there haven't been more practical ways around this yet!
■■Save the power when Talking(FreeTalk),save your power more and more■■
A sample program I programed,maybe it is usefull.
Program name:FreeTalk
Version:1.0
Public:Free to use
Author:BlackIIce
Date:10/10/2007
Request:A PPC with WM5 or WM6 Phone edition,need Microsoft .net2,for QVGA and VGA
Review:
FreeTalk,is a memory-resident program.when the user answers an incoming phone or when the other phone user answers the call,you can use this program to close screen or shutdown system automatic,when a call has ended,this program will close screen or shutdown system automatic too,not only free your hand,but also will save the power of your battery.
Because some number need you press some key to select a operation(for example press 1 for English,press 2 for German,and so on),so there is a function named "Except number list",when you dial the number in that list,the screen will keep open.
sorry for my pool english.
Howtouse:
1.Just copy the "FreeTalk" directory to main memory or Ramdisk(Advise: copy to storage card maybe get a wrong alert when start toghter with system)
2.make a shutcut to "FreeTalk.exe" in windows\startup
3.You can use "FreeTalkConfig.exe" in the "FreeTalk" directory to setup a action.
Oh thanks...I will try on my ATOM
I haven't tried your program yet, but I came across this idea in my mind earlier. It would be nice if it has some sort of delay mechanism built in such that it only turns the screen off after say 5 seconds of touchscreen inactivity from the point when the phone was picked up.
Also, after the screen's turned off, it can be turned back on during phone conversation by any hardware button.
That would be perfect. Just my 2 cents.
Very nice software.
It works fine on my trinity.
ww2250 said:
I haven't tried your program yet, but I came across this idea in my mind earlier. It would be nice if it has some sort of delay mechanism built in such that it only turns the screen off after say 5 seconds of touchscreen inactivity from the point when the phone was picked up.
Also, after the screen's turned off, it can be turned back on during phone conversation by any hardware button.
That would be perfect. Just my 2 cents.
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turns the screen on during phone conversation by any hardware button is a good idea,I will add it in my next version.thanks a lot
Hi all.
I have this annoying problem with my Blackstone.
When the screen turns off everything closes down. It's really annoying if i'm using messenger or something and not look on it for 2 min it closes messenger down.
I know i can choose in battery setting not to turn off the unit if it's not used for a while, but i still like that the screen is turned off, but still working.
Can this be done??
Dipper60 said:
Hi all.
I have this annoying problem with my Blackstone.
When the screen turns off everything closes down. It's really annoying if i'm using messenger or something and not look on it for 2 min it closes messenger down.
I know i can choose in battery setting not to turn off the unit if it's not used for a while, but i still like that the screen is turned off, but still working.
Can this be done??
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Yes it can.
Go to Start/Settings/System/Power/Advanced and you can select the screen or backlight to turn off if device is not used for x mins on either battery or external power
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Yes it can.
Go to Start/Settings/System/Power/Advanced and you can select the screen or backlight to turn off if device is not used for x mins on either battery or external power
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Yeah i know, but it only turn the lights down, not turn the screen off. It's only if i choose to turn off the device the screen turns off.
I use gyrator to set up an event that turns the screen off without turning the device off when the stylus is inserted (you can modify the default gyrator behaviour which is to lock the screen when the stylus is inserted). If you want to be fancy you could set it up to turn the screen off if the phone is turned face down, you don't really need the screen on then anyway unless you're in the habit of looking at your phone above your face while lying on your back, or trying to use it while doing acrobatics in an stunt plane.
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I use gyrator to set up an event that turns the screen off without turning the device off when the stylus is inserted (you can modify the default gyrator behaviour which is to lock the screen when the stylus is inserted). If you want to be fancy you could set it up to turn the screen off if the phone is turned face down, you don't really need the screen on then anyway unless you're in the habit of looking at your phone above your face while lying on your back, or trying to use it while doing acrobatics in an stunt plane.
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Well i can't get it to work :-/
What i'm looking for is also a thing so the device isn't turned off when i push the turn on/turn off button on the top. I want to use this button to turn off the screen and not close down the programs.
This is what i'm looking for and i hope someone can help me
Dipper60 said:
Well i can't get it to work :-/
What i'm looking for is also a thing so the device isn't turned off when i push the turn on/turn off button on the top. I want to use this button to turn off the screen and not close down the programs.
This is what i'm looking for and i hope someone can help me
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Just tried the screen off when phone is face down and it doesn't seem to be working for me either for some reason. But the stylus in event is working fine, just pop the stylus out and put it back in again and the screen goes completely off without killing the processes in the background (can still explore phone with active sync). I wouldn't want to mess with the power button as that is really useful to provide a proper device suspend when I want it.
I have a similar problem but with the GPS.
I have raised the question here, on some other forums and directly to HTC.
From HTC I got the answer that it is done by design to minimize battery drain and that they would have many angry costumers complaining about low battery life.
The only solution I know of so far is to use a 3rd party app.
I use "screenoff" and everytime I use the GPS I go to advanced-power and uncheck all the boxes.
When I'm done using the GPS I check the boxes again, otherwise I'll have to remember to turn the screen off manually everytime in "normal" usage of the phone.
I think it's sad though on such an expensive device not to have the option to run programs and hardware in sleep mode.
I'd rather find a solution where I can push the power button as usual and where I can have the boxes in advanced-power checked all the time.
I managed to get gyrator to turn the screen off by flipping face down, just needed to put the screen off command before all the rotation disable commands. Now if I want to disable the screen I just have to flip it face down for a second or so.
Thx for all your help.
But i found out that it's not only when the screen turns off everything closes. If i just leave it on home screen for like 2 min. everything also closes down.
I've heard from another forum that it's something HTC has decided to do to keep on the battery....
I don't know if there is anything to do here then??
Go to the start button, select settings, select system , scroll down and select power then the advanced tab and UNTICK Turn off device if not used for 2mins for both external and battery power.
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Go to the start button, select settings, select system , scroll down and select power then the advanced tab and UNTICK Turn off device if not used for 2mins for both external and battery power.
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Done that... Still closes everything after around 2. min....
Strange, doesn't do that on mine.
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Strange, doesn't do that on mine.
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I had a similar problem and only thing which resolved it was a hard reset!
I'm just testing it again to make sure. Have a track playing in the HTC music app and I'm signed in to messenger. Screen is off and I'm waiting for 3 mins to make sure.
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I had a similar problem and only thing which resolved it was a hard reset!
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That was going to be my next suggestion, really doesn't sound like normal operation to me. So hardreset and install one app at a time until you find out what is messing things up for you. 3 mins are up and track is still playing and I'm still signed in to messenger.
Thanks to a guy called Dawsonas I just found a program called Pocketshield.
It has an application permission feature:
"When this app is running override power off: just do screen off" (use this option for music players, GPS apps, loggers, IM, or any app that needs the device to stay awake). This setting will take effect either when "Power off on lock" or "Power off after 20 seconds" options are enabled.
Check it out
http://pocketshield.netserver01.com/
Magster said:
Thanks to a guy called Dawsonas I just found a program called Pocketshield.
It has an application permission feature:
"When this app is running override power off: just do screen off" (use this option for music players, GPS apps, loggers, IM, or any app that needs the device to stay awake). This setting will take effect either when "Power off on lock" or "Power off after 20 seconds" options are enabled.
Check it out
http://pocketshield.netserver01.com/
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I will try that
But do you guys think it could be some settings in the ROM? Should i try another one or what do i do when you say it isn't normal for the phone?