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Hi, this is my first post to these forums, although I did spend a couple of hours browsing after finding them last night.
Having played with my wife's month old Mio168/TomTom5 and loved it, I decided that when my CPW/o2 contract was up I'd go for a pda/phone rather than the SE K750i I had previously been planning on.
I did just a little research and went for the XDAIIi over the MDAIII (don't like T-Mobile's pricing!) and XDAIIs (no wi-fi, slower and unnecessary keyboard).
I initially thought I had a great unit but things haven't been as smooth as I expected.
http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk supplied me with a Holux combined GPS receiver/cradle, Kingston 512MB SD card and screen protector at very reasonable prices and with swift delivery.
First thing I noticed was that whenever the phone utility was brought on-screen, it showed me that my last caller was the very first person I had phoned on it. After any call, the same info would pop back to the display, too.
Another little thing that surprised me was the SIM code entry. I have set an 8 digit code. When I enter the first number it appears on the display as an asterisk but when I hit the second, the first two numbers appear (the asterisk changes to the digit). Is this normal or a quirk of having '08' as the first two digits of my code?
TomTom5 installed fine but kept randomly freezing (whenever a call or txt msg came in it was certain to happen) so I contacted o2 Customer Support who told me to take it back to be checked out.
Three days after installing the card (and before I had taken the unit for its o2 'inspection') the SD card suddenly 'disappeared'. Actually, it's shot; it isn't recognised by my XDAIIi, my work supervisor's XDAIIi, my wife's Mio168 or my computer's USB card reader. I researched this a little and found it a fairly common occurence but the only recommendation seems to be to format it. HELLO? How does one format something that no equipment recognises? Fools!
Actually, while googling the SD card problem I found people recommending the removal of o2 Active to cure TomTom lockups. o2 Tech-Supp were very helpful with this - instructing me how to hard reset and install 'corporate' using the 0506 password. This appears to have cured almost all TomTom problems although I need more than the old 128MB MM card I currently have for storage!
This also fixed the 'last call' bug I'd been experiencing.
Having found this marvellous forum, I set about finding info for the XDAIIi and promptly discovered that the wikki bears little specifically for it. I would update it but don't know enough yet!
I did read a post last night that pointed out to a user that the cradle charges the battery from just the USB port, and not requiring the AC supply so I decided to check it out. Sure enough, the battery is shown as 'charging' but after leaving it overnight, I find that the charge has actually dropped to 87% (still says 'charging', too) from the 95% I left it on.
Perhaps I have a faulty cradle.
It also seems a little odd to me that I can use mp3s for ringtones but can only use wav files for the alarm!
Is there a way to stop the wi-fi 'do you want to connect' popup appearing when TomTom is running other than disabling wi-fi before running it? It's a right pain having TT freeze until I get rid ot the popup.
One other little thing - anyone know how I can ensure that GPRS isn't going to be used for web surfing? I don't want it to be activated accidentally and certainly don't want to go surfing on it for an hour thinking I'm using wi-fi!
Don't get me wrong - overall I'm still happy with the XDAIIi (look -> ) but there's just a few doubts as to whether I went the right way creeping in.
Hi there, im pretty much a "new" user of the XDA 2i aswell but have learnt alot from using this forum.
I have almost the same setup as you now as far as the "corporate" install, TomTom5 etc etc .... but i have updated the ROM on mine to the latest Imate version, which you can find in one of these forums , its called PDA 2K ROM streight from I-MATE or something along them lines.
I would recommend that you update also as it fixed a few problems was having with lockups, but make sure to do alot of research before you attempt it cos you dont want to knacker it up
Anyway .... my cradle charges fine just using the USB (no AC adapter)
Passord thing .... this has came up before , it for some reason displays the digits when the numbers 08 are first , i seem to remember it being something to do with emergancy calling features, although i didnt think that they started with "08" but there ya go
GPRS ... will only activate when you cannot get a Wireless signal, the hirachy is WiFi then GPRS, but to be on the safe side i removed all the setting configurations for the GPRS so it can never connect, i never use it anyway.
Im not sure about the "Do you want to connect" popup you get when running TomTom as it doesnt happen to me , perhaps you have wireless enabled all the time, id tun it off to save your batteries anyway.
well .... i think ive covered a few of the things your asking as good as i can, best of luck with it
Thanks for the reply, Danny.
I haven't had any TomTom problems since 'going corporate' so I'll wait and see how it goes before trying another ROM - taking warranty into consideration too.
Mind you, I haven't received any calls or texts while running TT either so all may not be as it seems.
Hmm. I'm plugged into a 4-port USB hub that came with an external power supply I don't use, so I wonder if that makes a difference. I'll have to pull out the base unit and plug the cradle in there to check charging on that.
I've double checked that I have no settings for GPRS so unless o2 'push' them to me I should be OK.
Yes, I do have wi-fi on all the time and the battery still lasts all the work day with a little usage when time permits. My cradle/GPS receiver charges the pda when it's in there on the way to/from work, so I don't really have to worry about that.
I'd just like to not be bothered by the connection dialogue box rather than have to turn off wi-fi for navigation purposes... have you seen how many networks are open out there? Not just the city centre ones, there are loads of not-very-secure company and household networks that can be connected to and utilised. Free broadband internet - almost makes you want to get a laptop!
the computer to which the cradle is connected via USB must be turned ON, or else there will be no current passing through the cable. Thus, no charging the PDA. The Ipods have the same "handycap". You can always use the AC power adapter...
Karbono said:
the computer to which the cradle is connected via USB must be turned ON, or else there will be no current passing through the cable. Thus, no charging the PDA. The Ipods have the same "handycap". You can always use the AC power adapter...
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Quite true, but my charging test was performed while the computer was on and defragmenting my 5 partitions.
Actually, my Soltek motherboard has 'hot' USB ports at the rear that still supply a little 'juice' when the power is off - my USB hub, BT dongle and Intellimouse 4 stay alight when the main machine is off, although I've not bothered to check exactly how much voltage is supplied.
Hello folks,
I have a big problem. I was flashing my own Qtek 2020 quite a several times - and no problems at all.
So my friend took his Qtek 2020 to me for flashing. In a process, just right after erasing an old rom, and before flashing a new one, it said there's "some" problem. After a reset (no matter soft or hard one) it stays all the time in a bootloader. Cradling it doesn't change from Serial to USB - HimaUpgrade can't connect to a device....
Help! What can I do to reflash it? Bootloader is 1.03.
Nobody knows what I have to do?... maybe some method of flashing it through an SD card? I've read about it, but it's rather cryptic
Please, people... ?
my old cradle had serious bad connection and at times it would not turn usb
i solved it by changing to my old xda1 cradle
another option i guess is to get a real usb ->xdaII cable kinda like the charging cable
or to mess around with the xdaII cradle untill it connect correct
umm, no, this is not the case. I have a second xdaII, and the same cradle. The cradle is ok, it's a device which is broken... the other is ok (well, kinda - one is not-operative, the second one has a broken connector).
And I have an USB cable, too
I've noticed that when I am talking on the phone ( XDA II ) , when I insert the data cable to charge it ( During the call ) it disconnects the phone call.
The data cable is not connected to a PC, but to a regular 5V voltge adapter.
If I plug in the data cable when some program is opened, the device goes to the homescreen.
I am using WM5.
Does this happen on all devices, or just my himalaya ?
Thank guys!
I found the solution.
One of the programs running on the device caused it. I can't really tell which one. I just know that it was ran every time the system started.
If you have the same problem, try killing threads and programs from the task manager untill you find the one causing the problem.
Hi, I'm so new to WinMo and this forum
My sis just gave me her Touch and asked me to back up her contacts. Now she's using a Nokia E65.
First I used a regular Mini Usb cable to connect the phone to PC. Nothing happens. My PC (the OS is Windows 7) didn't even show that some device had just been connected. I tried on my laptop (running XP) and it's just the same. Uhm, not really. The laptop shows that "USB device not regconized".
But the phone showed that it was charging. The cable is fine, it is the one that I use to connect my N95 to PC. I didn't try the cable included in the phone package, however I'm not sure my sis does keep it.
Then I tried to use bluetooth for Sync. Since my laptop's bluetooth just didnt work, I went out and got an external USB Bluetooth device (or is it called Bluetooth USB Dongle?). My PC regconized the Bluetooth device immediately, and I was able to sync my N95 with PC using PC Suite.
But then it didnt quite regconized my Touch. Sometimes it did, sometimes didnt. Sometimes my Touch did really get connected with the PC (after the Passkey part). Then I refreshed to see services to use from the computer, but nothing shows up. In fact sometimes it showed "ActiveSync", but after I refresded it just disappeared. So I just couldnt sync my Touch with the PC.
What should I do next? Do I have to send the contacts one by one to her new phone (it's about hundreds of contacts). Could it be the USB connector(s) on my phone that were broken? And after a hard reset should everything be fine? (I think I will do that after backing up the contacts).
Thanks for reading my bad English
I used my girlfriend's cable (from her Nokia N95, same to yours) and it worked perfectly with my HTC Touch, so maybe you have an hardware issue...
Are you sure that ActiveSync accepts incoming connections? Have a look at the app in the device
Lol, it's just a regular cable from a package which I was given. Not even the original cable of N95. But, well, it works perfectly with N95.
Where can I change the incoming settings?
But since nothing really happens everytime I plug the Touch to the PC, I think it's a hardware issue too. It would be bad (costly?) if I have to get someone fix that thing.
latanh said:
Lol, it's just a regular cable from a package which I was given. Not even the original cable of N95. But, well, it works perfectly with N95.
Where can I change the incoming settings?
But since nothing really happens everytime I plug the Touch to the PC, I think it's a hardware issue too. It would be bad (costly?) if I have to get someone fix that thing.
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Go to Start > ActiveSync, then tap the Menu button and select Connections... Be sure that the option is cheched and USB is selected...
I have an italian ROM so i'm not sure that the words will be exatcly the same...
Yes, everything was checked. So that may be a hardware issue.
But I can still charge with the cable, while I cant do any data thing. Is that something weird?
latanh said:
Yes, everything was checked. So that may be a hardware issue.
But I can still charge with the cable, while I cant do any data thing. Is that something weird?
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That's strange, but i don't know how is the device made, so it may be possible...
Questions to ask.
- Are you using the latest ActiveSync + Drivers?
- Have you tired different USB ports?
- Different Cables?
Is your activesync settings point to usb?
Go to the config to check
Lol, I finally got my Touch show up on PC.
Last night I did it once with the Bluetooth connection. But that connection was so unstable that after that one time I couldnt do it again.
I tried a few more times, but it was still the same. Then I searched on the Internet, and someone showed the solution for the Touch not charging when plugged to PC: untick the box "Charge when connect to PC" (or something like that). I did the same, then plugged the phone to PC. Then the sound of some device connecting to PC suddenly appeared. I was so surprise, and when I open Windows Mobile Device Center and see my phone connected, I just couldnt believe in my eyes ) Just untick some stupid checkbox, and the problem that was giving me headache for a few days suddenly gone.
Today's morning when I tick that box (meaning the phone will get energy from USB connection to charge) and connect it to my PC, it still recognized my phone. Now I can check or uncheck that box, and the PC will recognize my phone no matter what.
Lol, it feels so strange using a WinMo phone. I've never used a WinMo before, just Symbians )
latanh said:
Lol, I finally got my Touch show up on PC.
Last night I did it once with the Bluetooth connection. But that connection was so unstable that after that one time I couldnt do it again.
I tried a few more times, but it was still the same. Then I searched on the Internet, and someone showed the solution for the Touch not charging when plugged to PC: untick the box "Charge when connect to PC" (or something like that). I did the same, then plugged the phone to PC. Then the sound of some device connecting to PC suddenly appeared. I was so surprise, and when I open Windows Mobile Device Center and see my phone connected, I just couldnt believe in my eyes ) Just untick some stupid checkbox, and the problem that was giving me headache for a few days suddenly gone.
Today's morning when I tick that box (meaning the phone will get energy from USB connection to charge) and connect it to my PC, it still recognized my phone. Now I can check or uncheck that box, and the PC will recognize my phone no matter what.
Lol, it feels so strange using a WinMo phone. I've never used a WinMo before, just Symbians )
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Well great to hear that, ping us back if you have further problems.
Actually Software issues is easy to fix, but when it comes to hardware problems, like the IC chip and all those, its a big headache.
All the best for your HTC Touch
hi guys,
i have searched the forums for wm 6.5 ROM, but lots of them are still in beta phase,have bugs or slow.
can anyone give link to a stable WM 6.5 ROM for my xda orbit
Thanks in advance
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6.5
Babbelut ROM WM6.5-28005 v0.3 NLD/WWE
*spb mobile shell is great, he is currently developing beta rom
http://www.sendspace.com/file/97d3p7 (download link for v.3)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZTXWO4D7 (download link for v.Beta)
Downloading it now, will check it later on. THX
Was about to create topic but found this and hopefully will try this and hope it works on my XDA Orbit 2. I brought it off Cex from Aylesbury and it needs some love and update as i have Windows Mobile 6.1 (eeurrgh) and brought it off cos i thought i can upgrade to Winodws Mobile so i hope these works well for me.
Any introductions of doing that?
Thanks in advance.
First link didnt work. The XDA tried to block it by restarting it themselves. Tried third time. And unlucky.
Second Link. How can i use NBH file for my XDA?
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Wrong place dude..
this is for xda orbit 1/artemis..
your looking for xda orbit 2/ poloris..
you need to be here..
Rn
Hi all I'm new here. My phone "O2 XDA Orbit" behaving strangely. Suddenly the sound disappeared and I can not hear phone calls directly into the phone, and any other person hears me not(microphone off), and not just one click sound on the screen. If I restart the phone with USB cable inserted into the phone and computer (on), then the sound occurs again(but not in original style, sound occur in to the back speaker not in front ), and phone function almost normally with microphone (on)>>> until the next reboot when sound disappear again and microphone is off. I mention that;.... connection the phone to the computer can not be achieved in any of this cases. The error code (USB connection) connection on my computer is {Code 10(One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and Windows does not recognize it)} who can not recognize the new hardware. In your opinion of specialists in this field what would be done? I think something happens to the ROM which gives errors of hardware power. The sound occurs when I insert into the phone power charger connector and disappears when the power supply plug out ... Please if you can help me with some guidance what I have to do one upgrade of ROM or something? Specification of the phone is:
[*]IPL-3.04.0001
[*]SPL - 3.04.000
[*]OS - 3.4.0.0
[*]CPU - OMAP850
[*]Speed 201Mhz
[*]RAM 64Mb
[*]Flash 128Mb
[*]Data bus 16bits
[*]ROM 3.4.206.2WWE
[*]ROM date 4/18/07
[*]RADIO Vers. 02.67.90
[*]PROTOCOL Vers. 4.1.13.28
[*]EXT. ROM.Vers 3.4.206.101
[*]MODEL of phone -ARTE200
[*]Platform - PocketPC
Funny ...!!! Today I put the phone to the charger and after I removed the plug from the power supply, the sound has returned, but the USB connection to a PC still can not set ...! What should I do? A new version of Windows can install on my phone; without connecting the USB cable to the phone(ex.-of my card micro SD)??
Adryum said:
Funny ...!!! Today I put the phone to the charger and after I removed the plug from the power supply, the sound has returned, but the USB connection to a PC still can not set ...! What should I do? A new version of Windows can install on my phone; without connecting the USB cable to the phone(ex.-of my card micro SD)??
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have you got activesync or windows mobile device centre installed on the pc?
if yes..
i suggest you buy a new usb cable.
i have this problem with a couple of cables.
"USB DEVICE NOT RECOGNISED"
but when i change to a differant cable, everything is ok.
flashing via micro sd - upgrading windows.
have you done uspl 1.11.cmon?
Thanks for your attention Raving in the first place ...! Data cable has no damage that I checked the same cable with my photo camera and it works normally with PC and I have two more data cables and the problem is the same. It seems weird that the phone do some work once, ...once not. It starts when he wants the sound, and can not find any explanation ... In contrast with the USB connection can not establish anything, something happens to the sound module and USB ...PC see's something, but it's not sure what it is, and says he can not establish connection with the new hardware and it gives me error "CODE 10". in Universal Serial Bus Controller and the Active Sync is instaled on my PC but he don't say a word about this connection...I don't know on what to do...! I must mention that this oddity occurred only three days go and without them I do something wrong ... He grabbed him crazy after a normal operation for a year and a half, because we had no problems with it until now ... I used as a GPS and the phone and I was really pleased with him. By the way, what they mean uspl 1.11.cmon? All data of my phone are in the first post.The phone it was once unlocked by someone else, and now I can use any SIM card from any GSM provider..............I forgot to say that I've rebooted 2 times in general mode and now works but without USB connection sound when he wants it or not................But I think she has lost some registry ...!!!
click 1.11.cmon in my signature.
this will divert you to a tutorial thread.
when you can connect your device to your pc successfully, you should do the uspl 1.11.cmon but not for now. do not try and flash a rom yet either, you will break your device. (thats what uspl 1.11.cmon is for)
id like you to just try the "hard reset".
back up all your data first.
bookmark the page as ill be updating it regularly.
personaly i think its your usb cable, eg:
one of my cables works with a micro sd reader but not my for my device, i understand your cable worked but now does not.. however thats what happened to me.
Sound engages when he wants and where he wants. If I restart the phone, sound disappears and microphone stop; and I can not talking on the phone. Enter data cable from PC to phone, and give the phone restart. Once the phone is starts, sound appear but only in back. When talking on the phone sound very loud and sounds of the touchscreen controls can not disconnect the rear speaker who remains engaged and does not want to disengage it from the normal operating mode. Another job here would be that when inserted in the charger cable, the sound is right: each speaker and microphone or operational. If I remove the plug (charger) of phone then the phone function normally just like before, but without USB connection. If I plug "USB cable data" on the phone, to the desktop I see message "One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does Not Recognize it. USB Device not recognized." If I unplug USB cable from phone the sound disappears, and what I have to do is to start over again.......!!!!!!!!!
I tested all data cables, and are ok. The problem is hard. The hardware has a technical failure which somehow blocks the data on USB. Battery power consumption is higher and the battery is discharged rather quickly than it was before the cage. At night when I charge the battery full, morning at 10:00 is only 30/40% of capacity. But what is even stranger is that: when I connect phone to PC, in device manager shows me the new hardware (Mobile Device) but after a few seconds there appear a connection error code (CODE 10) that is the hardware can not start. Active sync has not started when the fault occurred..... In your opinion what should be done in this case? ... Should contact a service or ... in any way I can test something before others get the screwdriver into my phone?
sabih00 said:
hi guys,
i have searched the forums for wm 6.5 ROM, but lots of them are still in beta phase,have bugs or slow.
can anyone give link to a stable WM 6.5 ROM for my xda orbit
Thanks in advance
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Thanks, i will test...
The connection was made the first attempt. After a week of "digging" through all possible places I noticed that the connection was obstructed by the firewall.PFFFFFFFF ..... Finally found! The FIRE WALL(on PC) settings to be set: ADD PORT------ "Outbound UDP ----5679" -on exceptions tab....See this:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp6/sync/activesync-troubleshooting.aspx?WT.mc_id=FWLink
TKX Raving U're the best...
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Adryum said:
PFFFFFFFF .....FIRE WALL
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lol, i didnt think about the fire wall being the problem.. typical that it was something that simple.lol although it did sound like a dodgy usb cable..
thats something ill remember
have a good new year dude!
guys i am having a problem....whenever i try to install any ROM i get error 224 device not responding......my htc is connected through activesync.....what can be the issue...i am using windows 7.
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raving_nanza said:
ERROR [224] : DEVICE NOT RESPONDING
check the ActiveSync connection and run RUU again. if problem continues, uninstall active sync and re-install.
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1. unplug device
2. re-connect device to pc
3. wait for active sync/wmdc to connect
4. run ruu
5. if error continues unplug device
6. uninstall active sync/wmdc
7. re-install active sync/wmdc
8. restart pc
9. go to step 1.
Rn
quertz?
Hi raving nanza,
you did a great work with BAB v03.
It works great. sometime the touchpanel reacts slow but good.
But i can't change my touch keyboard from qwerty into qwertz.
HKEY_LOKAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout\"Active" is "00000407"
Thats the German code - but still having Qwerty?
HKEY_LOKAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\KEYBD\"TaskManVKey" is "0x23"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\keyboard layout\Preload\1\"default" is "000000407"
What to do?
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che.bike said:
Hi raving nanza,
you did a great work with BAB v03.
It works great. sometime the touchpanel reacts slow but good.
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thats Babbeluts rom, not mine!
i merely suggest it to the other users
ill look into your qwerty to qwertz keyboard, when i find out ill post it here and ill update the tips&tricks thread
Rn