Database Users

Quickie Newbie Question - Turning Phone on/off

Hi. The instructions say that you can turn the phone on and off by holding down the red phone button. This doesn't work on my xda II. Does anyone know why? Could it be something I've installed?
Thanks.

i think you have to hold the button down for a bit and then press once more there were a thread about this not that long agoe

Rudegar, I try what you explain, but it doesn't work on my Qtek 2020 too. And friends from a french forum (PDA France) with the same Qtek as me have the same problem. Do you remember where is the thread about that pb ?

well it works on xda1 and the guy in the last post claim that it's the same for xda2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=4979

Thanks Rudegar. It's written in the Qtek 2020 user's Guide too that pressing and holding the red button should toggle the phone on/off, but it doesn't work. The only way is to select the "flight mode". That means : ejecting the stylus, making 2 clicks and put the stylus in his hole again. Not very intuitive. If you have an idea on how to activate this function, it would be nice ... :wink:

Turning the phone off
Pressing the red button with picture turn the "GPRS" off it it is on not the phone.
Toturn the phone off use the stylus and tap on the signal strength connectivity indicator on the top of on the display screen. You will then get a message " turn wireless off " in blue and if you tap this you will turn the phone off. You may need to use your PIN code to turn it on again ....... - So don't forget you PIN code!!!!! :mrgreen:
To turn it on again ........tap the same indicator again and you and turn on the phone.
Good Luck!!

Re: Turning the phone off
Rafiki said:
Pressing the red button with picture turn the "GPRS" off it it is on not the phone.
Toturn the phone off use the stylus and tap on the signal strength connectivity indicator on the top of on the display screen. You will then get a message " turn wireless off " in blue and if you tap this you will turn the phone off. You may need to use your PIN code to turn it on again ....... - So don't forget you PIN code!!!!! :mrgreen:
To turn it on again ........tap the same indicator again and you and turn on the phone.
Good Luck!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know that Rafiki ! Maybe my english is not good enough and you didn't understand me.
What I want is only to be able use the red button to switch the phone on and off, as it is described in the user manual !

McDoPDA : My manual says that the red button is to end phone call or turn GPRS Off.
Most unhandy and I also find it a pain to switch the phone Off & On quickly !
:mrgreen:
Hopefully "they" will have fix for this in the future!
:roll:

Rafiki said:
McDoPDA : My manual says that the red button is to end phone call or turn GPRS Off.
Most unhandy and I also find it a pain to switch the phone Off & On quickly !
:mrgreen:
Hopefully "they" will have fix for this in the future!
:roll:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
so, let's hope "they" will do it as quick as possible ! And that it works on a french Qtek 2020 too... not only on an english XDAII ! :wink:

Hi guys,
This problem was introduced with the 1.60ROM. Before with the old ROM, I could turn my MDA II off using the red button. After the ROM upgrade it turns the GPRS off. Too bad they didn't make that a user choice.
Wouter

On my french Qtek 2020, I had the problem with the 1.52 ROM. When I upgraded to the 1.58, I still had the problem. There is no 1.60 french ROM availiable for the moment...

XDA 2 always on handsfree (speaker on)

Quote this FAQ from myxda.com :
Q. Is it possible to activate the loudspeaker on my xda before choosing a telephone number? Is it possible to permanently turn the loudspeaker on loud, so i do not have to press the green button?
A. There is a way for doing this. The only disadvantage: after a soft-reset this setting is not activated anymore and must be readjusted. Dial any number, for example the Voicemail Box, so that nobody is disturbed by a phone call. Then disconnect and tip onto the signal symbol in the title bar. Tip onto the disconnect telephone button and then immediately press the green button (accept telephone call) keeping it pressed until the note appears: The loudspeaker is activated. The telephone then disconnects, without establishing a connection. The information that the loudspeaker is activated remains. The next step is turning on the telephone. The loudspeaker is turned on instantly with each dialled number. However, you can always turn the loudspeaker on or off by pressing the green button a little longer BEFORE dialling.
I've tried it and there is no response, even I can not get first step (Tip on the disconnect button ). May be this FAQ is only for XDA I ...
Has anybody tried it on an XDA II ?
Has anybody a way to permanently activate loudspeaker on XDA II ?

Yes, I've tried it, it works.
But sometimes could be difficult to activate due to some lag or slow response time for taps ... Once activated, the screen will look like this:

Can yo please explain it step by step ?
I've tried a lot of times, withou results. Thanks

ok, i found this easier:
- Turn on flight mode.
- Press green button for a few seconds until it says "Speakerphone is on". (Don't worry, as you're on flight mode, no call is made)
- Now, turn off flight mode to use the phone and have the speakerphone always on.
Enjoy.

No way !!
Turn On fligth mode.
--Press green Button while in TODAY opens Phone Screen
---Press green button while in PHONE screen shows Buuble "The phone is currently off. Dou you want to turn Wireless on?
I have ROM 1.60.00 WWE
-- Radio Version 1.10.00

You'll have to PRESS DOWN AND HOLD the green button for about 2 seconds. Not just one click.

Of course I did it

Have you been able to activate speakerphone during a call before?
The procedure is the same, press and hold down the Green button should activate, except that this is done when flightmode is on.
It's strange why your unit doesn't behave the same? Try hold down longer perhaps..

@chriswo
sorry for OT, but PLEEEEASSSE let me know the name of that software you're using for the today screen. i've been desperately looking for something like this for ages now.
thanks
regards ize|man

if you mean
chriswo's screenshot
then do you mean the signal strength
or ?

if you're talking about the launcher, it's called cLaunch, it's free.

Yes I can activate it during a call, and as I like it (it works 'sufficient' for me as a hands free for the car) is because I wanted to have it always activated.
May be there is some installed software. Will try to uninstall what is not essential. Can you post your rom & radio versions ?

boyz boyz you're fast as lightning
i just updated the screenshot. pls reload this page.
and YES it's cLaunch i just googled and it seems to be what i need (BIG buttons on the today screen)
thanks a lot
regards ize|man

Alrught, if you find it difficult to activate Speakerphone while on flight mode. try this:
On PHONE display, turn on flight mode and immediately PRESS AND HOLD DOWN the green button. Don't let it go completely on flight mode, so you got to do it while the radio was shutting down.
try that and let us know.

OK, this one WORKED without problem.
Now I have a 'perfect' and 'cheap' handsfree for my car.
THANK YOU very much !!!

Chriswo?
Where did you get that signalstrenght today plug in from ? looks really good

That's HudsonMobile PhoneDashboard.

Anyone notice if you cancel the speakerphone, then enable your bluetooth headset and make a call, the headset stays connected even after you end the call?
I don't know if this really is an advantage or not, I'll see how much more the battery drains if any.
Also, I notice that after activating the speakerphone "always-on", my ringetone gets almost silent. :?

Turn off the phone part

Hi,
I noticed that the Qtek 2020 doest not turn off the phone when I press and hold the red phone button.
Is that normal?? It worked fine with my XDA ( Wallaby).
regards,
Silver

When you say "turn off the phone" do you mean turn off the radio - so the device will not make or take calls?
If so, that is done by tapping the signal strength meter on the top bar and then tapping "Turn on flight mode". Flight mode gets its name from the necessity to turn off the telephone on an airplane in flight, but continue to use the PDA.
IF not this, please explain more.

Turning off the radio
Hi,
you are right I meant the radio.
With this XDA ( Wallaby) the radio can be swiched off with pressing the red phone button for 5 seconds.
This is discribed in the qtek 2020 (Himalaya) Manual as well.
But it does not work this way for me....
I wondered If you can try it with your XDA2?
Let me know.
Thanks,
regards,
Silver

Holding down the red button on my imate (and all of its cousins) disconnects the current GPRS session, it does not turn off the radio.

Yeah holding down the hang up button just disconnects GPRS on the XDA II and doesn't turn off the phone (radio).
I prefer having to switch the phone off through the signal strength box because with my XDA it used to turn the phone off in my pocket so i'd miss calls.

Thanks a lot guys. So possible misunderstood the manual then.
Thanks again.
regards
Silver

let me add that using the flight mode with XDA II is recommended in real flights as it turns off BT and IR as well ... which can intefere with the air navigation systems if left on

Hi,
Is there anybody that can write a little script with a button that could do that?
regards,
Silver

you can try PocketZenPhone. it has an option in its profiles for turning the radio off.

Thanks boybi,
A little script that playces a phone icon in the comand bar that shuts or turns the phone on would be very useful.
Can somebody do this??
regards,
Silver

Silversurfer said:
Thanks boybi,
A little script that playces a phone icon in the comand bar that shuts or turns the phone on would be very useful.
Can somebody do this??
regards,
Silver
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
HTC did that.

And it works VERY WELL thank you!

Hi Satria,
This is great, and exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks a lot.
regards,
Detlef

Can not use speaker for phone

Hi,
I am using O2 Atom with WM5. The strange thing is Phone App does not allow to use speaker. Is there any setting I need to do? I saw one option from the menu "Turn Hands-free on" but it's disabled.
Thanks,

hi
yes quite simply really keep the green glowing phone button pressed down while in conversation utill the speaker phone comes on,to cut it long press the same button,yes I know the turn speaker on button option does not work dont know why!!
cheers

SPV M5000 power button

Hello.
Problem with SPV M5000, power button don´t turnd device off
Vhere is the problem can be, soft or hard?
Thanks!

MazdaGTI said:
Hello.
Problem with SPV M5000, power button don´t turnd device off
Vhere is the problem can be, soft or hard?
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hardreset and try, if not reflash ROM
Good luck,

Hard Reset I tried earlier but did´nt work.

You do realise the SPV doesn't actually 'switch off' ?
Your power button will merely switch the display off and send the unit into sleep mode. If you want it 'off' you'll need to pull the battery and put it back in. The unit won't power up again until you press the power button.
Sometimes my screen goes blank, other times I can still see the text etc.
I started to use a shutdown exe from my Wizard. It seems to do a better job.
At least, when my Uni is connected to Windows Mobile Device Center, I hit the power button and the backlight goes off, WMDC stays connected. If I use the Wizard's exe it disconnects.
Attached for you to try anyway.

Thanks
If I understund right, this PDA can turn off only with removing battery thats stranger

I've never understood the reasoning behind it either. I suppose you have to consider that it was probably always intended for people to use these as their main phone (I don't - never have) and most people never turn their phones off. I know my main phone is never off. Still, it DOES have the option to turn it off if need be, whereas the SPV only has a sleep and flight mode.
Did you try the exe?