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How to remove O2 active UI from XDA2i??

Hello,
I have an XDA2i and I need to remove the O2 ative user interface (UI). Anyway I can disable it in order to be able to remove it?
Thank you.
Amro

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abohsali said:
Hello,
I have an XDA2i and I need to remove the O2 ative user interface (UI). Anyway I can disable it in order to be able to remove it?
Thank you.
Amro
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Go to add/remove programs and check if you see an O2 active installation. if there is then uninstall it. But if you hard reset your device then it will install again so you need to uninstall it.
master g.

master_guapo,
I tried to do that but the program (Active UI) is always running in the background so the uninstall is always unsuccessful. Anyway I can stop it from running and then uninstall it from the "remove programs"?
Thanks,

They way I got rid of it was by:
1) Remove the "connections" shortcut in the windows/startup folder. You don't need that icon in the tray anyway.
2) Soft reset
4) Unistall - which will fail, but it gets rid of some bits
5) From your PC, using activesync go into the windows folder and delete everything you can in the "Mobile Solutions" folder. (It's under windows)
6) Soft reset. You're clean.
O2 seems to have been trying to make it more difficult to remove it this time, but once you get it cleared out the unit operates a lot faster on the today screen. The XdaIIi is in my experience really what the XDA II should have been. The Wifi connectivity is brilliant.

The reason why the installation fails is because the Today items are still active, go into settings & Today, and remove ticks from the o2 items including the battery monitor.
You may need to do a soft reset afterwards, but then you should be able to use the remove programs item.

How do i get o2 active ON my xda?!!!
Ah, but do you know where I can get a copy of the o2 active cab to put back on my xda?

Thanks guys,
I was able to remove by doing the following:
1) Remove "Windows/startup/connection.exe
2) Remove" Windows/fonts/xpdr_02...
3) soft reset
4) use the uninstall from the setting to uninstall the O2 Active UI...
5) Soft reset and there you are.
This will show the clock on the top right corner and make the XDAIIi faster at startup and more stable overall as I noticed.
Thanks,

Having logged a call with o2 regarding GPRS problems, they emailed me with a way to remove the customisation, its so easy. Carry out a hard reset and select the the corporate install option, all customisation is removed, you do have to configure the GPRS settings manually.

Removal of O2 Active software..
I was really sceptical when I read in these foruns that the lockups on my XDAIIs were down to O2 software. I was gettign 2-3 lockups a day and especially if I was using TOM TOM navigator 3, it would run fine if left alone, but if I wanted to do somewthign such as update traffic info any time after 30 mins, it would freeze, the I would have to do a soft reset. Quite awkward when driving...
I had reloaded tom tom twice already (after already doing a hard reset) and didn't want to do it again.. so I tried the removal instructions...
To say I was looking at taking the unit back to O2 for a repalcement... now I'm over the moon as it is very stable.

hi
is there an ext rom unlocker for xda2i ...the one from pda2k doesnt work
thanks

XDA11
Can these instructions be applied to the above as well

Can anyone tell me the settings for 02 GPRS after doing a corporate install?
Also, am I able to install certain parts of 02 active, sucha s the battery meter?

I'd also really like to get rid of the Active UI thing but I like some of it's features. I would like to see the clock return to the top right and the big buggy o2 symbol removed. I'm using Magic Button and the o2 symbol really gets in the way.

Thanks guys!
Great to have the clock back where God meant it to be!

Post moved to Blue Angel forum

This is an Alpine not a Blue Angel!

Ha ha ha, my bad
8)

if you hard reset your phone and let it reinstall all the stuff
then when the O2 selection thing comes up select CORPORATE and enter the code 0506 (if memory servers correctly
this will then skip all the 02 cusrtomisation stuff...
i did this earlier thismorning and my god its SOOO much nicer to use and crashes less often!
before i just removed it manauylly but it kept crashing n stuff afterwards

O2 active? Zapped it!
Yee Hah!
Got rid of that nasty active stuff! Using a combination of Planet, a18041967 & abohsali's instructions & no need to do a hard re-set. You do also have to untick the clockinfo in startup items by the way! Thanks again guys! Top Banana!!!!! :lol:

O2 Mini Slooooooooow

Just getting to grips with my new mini after putting my XDA2i to one side - and it's slow as hell.
I've found some apps can take 20 secs or more to load - and I'm using the standard apps, with no tweaks at all. It’s completely unusable so I’m assuming something s wrong otherwise everybody would be talking about this.
I'm now resetting it to the basic install (Hard reset followed by a soft reset as the customisation is about to install) – I’ll post me results later…
Some other points:
- What an amazing box - better than opening a new Mac
- Why oh why do those f*ckers as MS STILL have to put us through a noob cut & paste exercise on every reset.
- Did anybody else get the basic/business/full O2 install options promised in the quick start manual? I never saw this option on startup.

So anyway, I've got an O2 clean machine, manually configured my connections, and surprise surprise, everything is (more or less) zipping along.
It’s noticeably more sluggish that the 2i, but that’s expected – now all I need is a third part app that will allow me to assign one of the hard buttons to the light so I have a handy torch on me – anybody got any ideas?
More great news – PocketTV is now available for WM5 – www.pockettv.com

You entertain me..... I don't know why, but you do
Oooo Pocket Tv for WM5

strongp said:
So anyway, I've got an O2 clean machine, manually configured my connections, and surprise surprise, everything is (more or less) zipping along.
It’s noticeably more sluggish that the 2i, but that’s expected – now all I need is a third part app that will allow me to assign one of the hard buttons to the light so I have a handy torch on me – anybody got any ideas?
More great news – PocketTV is now available for WM5 – www.pockettv.com
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Agree.. please, hardware button to handy torch !!!!!!

strongp said:
Just getting to grips with my new mini after putting my XDA2i to one side - and it's slow as hell.
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I'm having the same problem.
strongp said:
I'm now resetting it to the basic install (Hard reset followed by a soft reset as the customisation is about to install) – I’ll post me results later…
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What is it you've done? Reinstalled the OS from a non O2 ROM or something?
I'll go have a look round, which will probably answer my question.
Rolo.

Rolo,
You need to do a hard reset (see the manual) – Once you’ve got the ‘press the send key to blatt everything’ message you need to press the green phone button, but don’t worry if you get it wrong as the other buttons don’t seem to do anything. (another triumph for the O2 technical authors). Then after going through the setting up process you will be told that the O2 extensions will be loaded in 5 seconds, - before it can do this do a quick soft reset (stylus in the hole, no keys pressed).
Then you will need to set up the network settings. In programs there is an application called O2, and in that you can ‘get settings’. This may do the settings for you – it’s worth a try, as you can always reset it again afterwards if you want.
Anybody know what this program does?

Thanks for the help. I'll give that a go . I found that disabling the MSN toolbar from the today screen made quite a difference to performance as well.
I find it hard to believe anyone could put up with it as it is. Bah.
Rolo.

strongp said:
You need to
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Cheers. Job done, and now it's so much faster. (Hard reset was different in manual to wiki so corrected).
Then you will need to set up the network settings. In programs there is an application called O2, and in that you can ‘get settings’. This may do the settings for you – it’s worth a try, as you can always reset it again afterwards if you want.
Anybody know what this program does?
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I've just tried it. Selected the only menu item which said "Get settings". A text message popped up at the bottom saying "SMS sent", but visibly it didn't do anything else. I've waited a couple of minutes to see if I'll maybe get a message back with the settings or something, but nothing yet. My network settings are blank.
I'll give it half an hour or something and have a look and see if I can find the settings. If it's simple enough for you to point me in the direction (UK 02) that'd be cool, otherwise no worries - I presume this is for GPRS type stuff?
Thanks again for you help.
Rolo.

I was also not given the different install options on first start up. However, i did a hard reset and not by the method in the manual which didn't work - there is a 'CLEAR STORAGE' option in system settings that works instead. Then on startup i chose BASIC install and the O2 UI was not installed. So much faster now - it was ridiculous before.
The key thing is that this way, you get the speed increase and you won't need to manually input all the settings. Much better

Dr Doom said:
I was also not given the different install options on first start up. However, i did a hard reset and not by the method in the manual which didn't work
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I used what was in the PDF manual linked to in the Wiki which was comms+voice+reset. The Wiki originally said it was camera+voice+reset.

Comms + voice + reset didn't work for me. Tried it for ages. It's important people know this in case the hard reset doesn't work for them either

Dr Doom said:
Comms + voice + reset didn't work for me. Tried it for ages. It's important people know this in case the hard reset doesn't work for them either
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its comms & voice (hold) + quick short press with the stylus reset.
Screen will then say press green key to reset.

MDA Compact II - Format.

Im new to all this WM5 stuff so sorry in advanced.
Basically i got my new MDA Compact II today (branded T-Mobile of course!) and since I'm using it with Vodafone i started to mess around (yes I'm silly!)
Basically i changed the dial pad theme/skin... decided i don't like it and have been searching around this forum for the last few hours trying to find the original WM5 dial pad theme/skin that came with my device.
I managed to get it to look like the WM5 pad with a few files on this forum but the numbers are out of line with the skin... so the number 1 will be just to the right of the first button.
It still works but doesn't look very pleasing.
If anyone could help?
I was going to format it back to the original but when i turn it off and back on its just the same, and when i press the pin hole button at the bottom of my device to reset it, its the same when it starts up.
I have my original T-Mobile CD with a label "Windows Mobile 5.0 PPC Phone Edition GSM w/Outlk 2002" but i cant seem to find out how to do a fresh install of the WM5 on my device.

if it works the same like with a magician, u should hard reset the device, then when it say's it will start installing extra software, just soft-reset the device before this starts.
then when u start up the device again, u should have a clean WM5 on your device, without all the t-mobile-crap. Then u can install everything you need to get your Vodafone-card working properly, like gprs-settings and mms-settings, then run a program which is placed in the ext_rom to hide the extended rom if u please, the program is called delete_vdisk_shortcut.cab or something like it.
good luck

Being new to the world of PDAin i thought pressing the pin-hole reset button did a hard reset and cleared everything... which didnt seem to be the case.
After a little playing around while bored on the train to work i found something called "Clear Storage" in the settings which did the trick, altho using clear storage on the way to work left me with non of my contact numbers all day which wasnt great :roll:
Cheers for the help.
Dave.

HTC HD Mini - Hard Reset

does anyone know how this phone is hard-reset?

Do you mean how to hard reset......? For sure you can find in the manual......

It's same with HD

Hard reset: windows flag button: settings: security: restore factory defaults
But does anyone know how to perform a SOFT reset with the HD mini???

JohnJackson said:
does anyone know how this phone is hard-reset?
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To perform a hard reset
1. With the phone turned off, press and hold the VOLUME UP and
VOLUME DOWN buttons, then press the POWER button shortly
and release it. You will then see a message on the screen warning
you that the operation will delete all your personal data and reset
all settings to manufacturer defaults.
2. Release the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons.
3. Press the VOLUME UP button to perform the hard reset, or press
any other button to cancel the reset.
and the MANUALS download page
http://www.htc.com/europe/userguide.aspx?p_id=314

Here is the cab for soft reset and power off. It working well with mine.

thx for power off and soft reset apps
Hei
Thanks for these apps. Soft Reset works fine, I've put it to "quick" apps.
Power off just switch my screen off and lock it.
Its ok to me too.
Good luck

Hi,
it's nice to have the application to make a soft reset. But what if the device freezes. Recently I've experienced it sevral times and I always had to remove battery to restart the phone. It's very uncomfortable. Any solutions for this?

Frank Caarls said:
Do you mean how to hard reset......? For sure you can find in the manual......
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What's a manual?

Anyone found a reset button or method other than "battery out" ?

htc itself states on their website the "switch off - and on" as a soft reset. In case of a frozen device - it's battery out.
Lets face it: with the little red button the Mini would have been much more expensive

http://www.hard-reset.com/htc-hd-mini-photon-hard-reset.html

hello hatillac ,working fine cab soft reset my mini thank you

My device hangs frequently while editing contact details, or when a contact has a lot of SMS's. Haven't found a solution yet...

Laterman2 said:
My device hangs frequently while editing contact details, or when a contact has a lot of SMS's. Haven't found a solution yet...
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Many people experience this problem. It's part of the design of HTC Sense.
I encourage you, and everybody, to write complaints about this problem in the support section of HTC website. Just as i did. It's the only way to force them to correct this problem with an update.

Laterman2 said:
My device hangs frequently while editing contact details, or when a contact has a lot of SMS's. Haven't found a solution yet...
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why don't u use myphone for editing the contacts?

Most of the time, you'll have to edit contacts on the go. That's why it's a mobile phone.
I use pc Outlook to edit for now. But this is a serious handicap. Have to remember or write down details, and wait till i get home or to the office to power up the pc, and do the editting. Often, papers got lost. Or i forgot some details. This is really not the solution. Just a temporary method to get by.
All my older pocketpc and windows mobile phones made it very easy for me to edit contacts on the go. Never had problems with that. THis is one of the strongest points of windows mobile, despite its shortcomings on user-friendliness. What HD mini did was to kill this one very important advantage of windows mobile.
Why???

Just a small tip for frozen phones. Wait five minutes. It happens a lot that the phone is working again.

It's not supposed to be this bad. HTC is making the contacts editting of WM a laughing stock.

bart3385 said:
It's not supposed to be this bad. HTC is making the contacts editting of WM a laughing stock.
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I've installed SPB shell on my fone- gives better user interface and does away with the HTC contacts editer- recommend to anyone, you can download 15 day trial to see if you like- be warned, you will

My phone is really becoming slow & slow!! help me

Hello guys ..... m really fan of installing apps on my htc touch2 and aftr installing few apps .... my phone has become very slow .... plz give me any suggestion so that i can increase some speed.... some software or anything ???

Hello, unfortunately when you frequently install programs and unstall some of them again your phone gets slow. A regular soft reset ,which you do propably, will help or even a hard reset.
Had recently experience myself that deleting a program gave me some functions back.
Another great support is SKTools to clean ram, registry and more.
Also use programs like advanced configuration tools, diamond tweak etc.
Have fun.

Hard reset is what you need to refresh the system.

me too
i have the same problem. for only 4 months of use, it's already sooo slow.
and my problem is, i have no idea how to do a soft reset any more than a hard reset.
SKTools can clean up RAM? how can I use it? and where to get it in the first place? thanks!

yeah i have to hard reset my phone every 2 months or so :/ but by then a new rom is out so i just reflash it lol

Soft Reset
1. Open the rear battery cover
2. Remove the Stylus
3. One the botton LHS, there is a reset button.
4. Use the stylus to reset the phone
Hard Reset
1. Power Off the phone.
2. Press Both Volume UP & DOWN Keys together.
3. Keeping the keys pressed, power up the phone.
4. The screen will display a message.
5. Press the Volume UP Key.
Enjoy.

kisses said:
SKTools can clean up RAM? how can I use it? and where to get it in the first place? thanks!
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SK TOOLS is a great program however paid software so we can not talk about it here.
Another good program is cleanRam http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=514333

To prevent slow of your HTC Mega you can set with taskmanager X button for closing application. I suggest upgrade radio rom (see rom upgrade on this forum for HTC Mega) and not try even apps but install only needed application for best and comfortable use of your HTC Mega.