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Hotmail notification

Hi guys!
Nice skille community you've got here, I'm still browsing through all your previous posts, but I can't wait to ask you this:
I have long been looking for a solution (tweak or software) that would allow me to schedule an automated send/receive on my Hotmail account just the way it works on my regular POP accounts.
Any hints?
So far, I have kept MSN Messenger always on, which allows real-time e-mails reception. But I don't really like this workarround as it drains both my battery and my monthly data transfer allowance (don't know the word for that...).
However, if you were to tell me that this is indeed the only workarround, I would appreciate the answer to this: what are the parameters that would make my Wizard ring or vibrate, depending on which mode it's in, upon reception of a Hotmail e-mail? It does that just fine for POP accounts, but not for Hotmail (although it keeps vibrating whenenver someone pops online on MSN Messenger, which is a pain in the a..).
Well that's it for now, I truely hope you guys can help me out!
Thanks!
Tripunscore.

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I truely wish this was a feature as well. I would love at the very least to be able to set a Hotmail retreival schedule. One of my biggest complaints!

There are several programs to check your Hotmail automatically:
e.g
PocketHotmail:
http://www.frieger.com/photmail/beta.html
HTTPMail Provider:
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=9539

Well I paid and downloaded HTTP Mail.
At first it seemed I had found the solution I was looking for BUT the data consumption is simply enormous.
Your average send/receive with the regular Hotmail account (the one that cannot be automatically retrieved) uses 1,12 kb when there is no new mail.
Now, the same operation, still with no new message, consistantly uses more than 700 kb! That's basically horrific...
So back to square one, but 10€ lighter :evil: !
Still, thanks very much for trying to help! But this really isn't a good solution...
Again, if anyone has another idea, please share ;-)!
Tripunscore

I put this Pocke MSN wish list togther a while ago:
i) Allow proper notifications when new email arrives. i.e. Sound and vibrate, not just the a number of unread in the little a blue circle on the hotmail icon..
ii) Allow email to be sent immediately instead of having to got to "send and receive" each time.
iii) Allow me to send email attachments > 300K (or whatever the ridiculously small limit is).
iv) Auto sign-in for Messenger. Every time I loose my GPRS connection I have to remember to go back into messenger and sign-in again.
Original post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=37815

Live Messenger
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I learnt yesterday about the new live messenger and its push capabilities. Needless to say, I was pretty excited to finally have a reliable solution for receiving my Hotmail e-mails immediatly and being notified.
I installed the latest, seemingly non-beta version of Live messenger and began testing it.
Well I was quite disapointed, but maybe (hopefully) I am missing something.
First, the push capability (sync setting on "as item arrives") comes nowhere near a Blackberry or Emoze solution. Well sometimes it does, but in average reception needed about two minutes. Not as fast as I had hoped, but I can live with that.
The main problem, however, is that they seem to have done it again :- I cannot get any notification working. The screen turns from "0 new e-mail" to "1 new e-mail" without any notification being triggered. I played arround with the settings for quite a while but have not been able to find a solution; searching the forum was just as vain.
Anyone any idea? Am I missing something here? No idea it is relevant, but I'm running an AKU1 version of WM5.
Thanks a lot for your help guys!

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I learnt yesterday about the new live messenger and its push capabilities. Needless to say, I was pretty excited to finally have a reliable solution for receiving my Hotmail e-mails immediatly and being notified.
I installed the latest, seemingly non-beta version of Live messenger and began testing it.
Well I was quite disapointed, but maybe (hopefully) I am missing something.
First, the push capability (sync setting on "as item arrives") comes nowhere near a Blackberry or Emoze solution. Well sometimes it does, but in average reception needed about two minutes. Not as fast as I had hoped, but I can live with that.
The main problem, however, is that they seem to have done it again :- I cannot get any notification working. The screen turns from "0 new e-mail" to "1 new e-mail" without any notification being triggered. I played arround with the settings for quite a while but have not been able to find a solution; searching the forum was just as vain.
Anyone any idea? Am I missing something here? No idea it is relevant, but I'm running an AKU1 version of WM5.
Thanks a lot for your help guys!
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Downloading email to Wing

im having some trouble with getting my emails on my wing. When i first got my wing (running T-Mo stock ROM), i would easily download emails from my msn email address thru a wifi connection. Now im running Open Touch 4.0 Black Lite and i cant download my emails. I dont have a data plan b/c i dont use it that much; wifi is perfect for me. I tried looking for a way to fix this but i cant find a way. The only way i can view my email now is by logging into hotmail.com in the browser. Does anyone know how i can fix this issue?
thanks.

Just Ordered My G1

Hi,
I have searched in this forum for similar topics but I didn't find anything which answered my question specifically so have started a new one.
I have just ordered my G1 (or Dream (sounds better)) for £35 a month with Unlimited Texts, 700 mins, unlimited internet and 11 months half price by redemption.
I have a few simple questions to ask about the phone and it's functions etc.
1) Ok so I am in the UK. From what I've gathered, the UK G1 doesn't allow you to use MSN Messenger with the default IM Client. I was woundering if there was any patch or something like that to open up the MSN Messenger capeability on the IM client?
2) How do items such as contacts work? Are they stored on the phone or are they displayed on the phone and only stored on the Gmail server? I have heard that the Android software is pretty much "cloud" software and it works in sync with Gmail however, I would be worried If I went somewhere with little network coverage and couldn't view my contacts beause of lack of internet connection.
3) Is there any solution for the no flash on the camera?
4) Anything else you would reccomend for an Android Newbie? Does anyone regret switching from WM to Android?
Thanks everyone

brummiesteven said:
Hi,
I have searched in this forum for similar topics but I didn't find anything which answered my question specifically so have started a new one.
I have just ordered my G1 (or Dream (sounds better)) for £35 a month with Unlimited Texts, 700 mins, unlimited internet and 11 months half price by redemption.
I have a few simple questions to ask about the phone and it's functions etc.
1) Ok so I am in the UK. From what I've gathered, the UK G1 doesn't allow you to use MSN Messenger with the default IM Client. I was woundering if there was any patch or something like that to open up the MSN Messenger capeability on the IM client?
2) How do items such as contacts work? Are they stored on the phone or are they displayed on the phone and only stored on the Gmail server? I have heard that the Android software is pretty much "cloud" software and it works in sync with Gmail however, I would be worried If I went somewhere with little network coverage and couldn't view my contacts beause of lack of internet connection.
3) Is there any solution for the no flash on the camera?
4) Anything else you would reccomend for an Android Newbie? Does anyone regret switching from WM to Android?
Thanks everyone
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hi!
1) nope, the UK (or RC8) firmware does not come with the MSN application. If you want to have this feature you must flash the US (RC33) firmware. (makes no difference, except the numbering system is confusing as hell but works normally.) Also, you can only really use it connected to wifi, because if you use the MSN app over 3G, it uses SMS for the messeges rather than data (just noticed you have unlimited texts, so this wont be an issue for you ).
2) all your contacts are 'synced' to the phone from your gmail account, after the 'sync-ing', you will not need to be connected to the internet to view, add, or edit contacts. but when you do get a connection it *should* automatically sync up, adding the contacts to your account. You can also add contacts from a simcard.
3) As it stands, no. unless you have a torch handy
4) Can't say anything about WM as i've never had it. I would certainly recommend rooting your phone (don't worry about legal issues, it apparently doesn't void your warrenty and even t-mobile are linking people here to get instructions on how to do it ). once rooted, you can load up edited firmwares, allowing you to do all sorts: adding multi-touch, auto-rotation, installing Debian on your phone, changing from UK/US to Developer firmware and installing the many different themes avaliable.
oh, rooting (and installing the Hard SPL Bootloader) also makes your phone virtually 'un-brickable', software wise. so thats another reason to do it
have fun

Push Mail (GRPS/UMTS)/ WM 6.1 / Exchange Problem

Hey guys,
I've searched the web and this forum but wasn't able to find an answer to my question.
I own a jade since 10 month and since 2 weeks I have a data flaterate due to my job. Since then I'm using push mail to sync my phone with our Exchange Server (push elemets if they arrive).
However, it's not working well and I'm not sure if it's a wm6.1 or jade problem.
- Sometimes my phone does not receive Emails, even if push mail is actived. I think sometimes it tells me that it is connected to the server and does not deliver emails anyway.
- The connection to the server inactive for a very long time, i. e., sometimes for hours! I only receive new mails after a reboot. This really sucks 'cause I need some mails quite quick and I don't want to sync manually all the time.
- My phone crashs, i. e., I see the green light flashing but the display is staying black or it is frozen.
- When turning on WiFi additionally, it's even worse. My jade turned off for 3x times last week at one day.
Has anyone the same problems? Is there anything I can do about it? Updates for wm 6.1, does wm 6.5 solve the problem? Or is it the jade hw?
Btw, at my company blackberry is not supported, so I need a solution working with exchange. so this is not an option. ...there doesn't seem to be many people outside using the jade like I do.
Cheers,
Ratsche

ratsche said:
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Btw, at my company blackberry is not supported, so I need a solution working with exchange. so this is not an option. ...there doesn't seem to be many people outside using the jade like I do.
Cheers,
Ratsche
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This is a problem because most people use blackberry in your situation.
I also have no experiences with push-mail and so I can not help you, sorry.

One solution might be to use a web-based email client that allows your email to be viewed via the web. Some corporate and government servers allow users to get their email that way. Basically, you would login to the appropriate server and see your email just like you would at Yahoo, Google or Hotmail. It becomes a question of whether your IT department wants to support a web service like this.
BTW, I know that with Yahoo Mail, it can be "forced" to a push/pull type service. You have to google how it's done and set up some things on your computer and Yahoo.

Another possibility may be to forward your business mails automatically to such an web-based service.

I was thinking about forwarding email as well. But I like to receive mails automatically and to get a notification.
But I'm still ****ed up about the push-mail solution. Can't believe that it is not working properly. I mean I can live with it, but is sucks...
Thanks for your answers anyway!

I thinks it's very much dependant on the Exchange Server (at source) and connection band status as opposed to Jade's capability. My experience is the same. I do not rely much on direct push, but more on ActiveSync by scheduling (Menu - Schedule) more frequent, e.g. every 20 - 30 minutes or so.

it is working on mine....
Hi!
My Jade running on 6.1 is synching fine with the companies exchange. No problems at all.
When the synchronissation is not working, is the internet connection ok? (can you open any webpage?)
Regards and good luck,
Stefan

I have no idea about the Exchange configuration, have to ask our IT guys about it. I'm usting using the outlook-web-access adress to connect with my jade.
I just don't understand why the connection is sometimes interrupted for hours and sometimes only for a few minutes.
Has anyone experince with wm6.5? Is it better for push-mail?

I have a similar problem. I have this phone too due my job, htc brand its more like a work-phone. I can recieve hotmail and outlook emails without problems. but can't refresh and sync my contacts!!! It sucks! Because I constantly get new contacts, but exchange server doesn't work! how is it possible?
I mean, its not a phone for kids or gamers, its made for a reason, and that reason seems not to work! can sobody help me out?

XxAndrexX said:
I have a similar problem. I have this phone too due my job, htc brand its more like a work-phone. I can recieve hotmail and outlook emails without problems. but can't refresh and sync my contacts!!! It sucks! Because I constantly get new contacts, but exchange server doesn't work! how is it possible?
I mean, its not a phone for kids or gamers, its made for a reason, and that reason seems not to work! can sobody help me out?
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I have no problem synchronizing my emails and contacts either way, phone to server or server to phone. Logically if you can receive outlook email, synchronizing should not be a problem.

I can confirm that the Jade 3G (WM6.1 & 6.5) works a treat with exchange 2003. Besides, configuring the Jade for exchange push/pull is absolutely no different from any other phone running 6.1 & above.
From what you've said, it sounds more like you phone has a fault on it. I can't remember the last time my phone crashed and it's running a cooked 6.5 rom.

i've been wanting to get that to work with my UniSA (University of South Australia) email. But doesn't seem to work, if anyone can help me would be a great help.

xtremez said:
i've been wanting to get that to work with my UniSA (University of South Australia) email. But doesn't seem to work, if anyone can help me would be a great help.
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You need to be sure of the UniSA server name (usually webmail.xxx.com.au). And you need to get the certificate (filename.cer) in order synchronise.

xtremez said:
i've been wanting to get that to work with my UniSA (University of South Australia) email. But doesn't seem to work, if anyone can help me would be a great help.
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You'll have to get your IT dept to assist in setting it up. There's more to it than just configuring your actuall phone.

Similar Prob
Hi
I have a similar issue but not with Outlook\Exchange. I have setup with gmail for IMAP and pull every 5 minutes using 3g operator connection. My problem is, which I guess is where issue is similar, when my phone in sleep mode I can wait anything from 30 minutes to 2 hours for the pull process to kick in and download mail (notification alert tells me). Now, if I turn phone on within that time, bingo, sync's and pulls. So seems the process isnt working as should when in sleep mode.
Any idea's or is this the norm? Again, I been thinking about flashing to 6.5 cooked ROM just to test. I know my mate has a Palm with Windows 6.1 and he has no trouble so seems Jade build issue.
Opinions welcome!

I have exchange working well syncing contacts, mail, notes etc and it pushes as soon as I get a maiil (infact faster than my pc when i am infront of my desk) and use the JADE for my company emails. I had the stock rom and now 6.5 and both work without an issue. It sounds to me like you have some software issue or conflict in your device that is causing it to crash. I would hard reset and perhaps install a stock rom to make sure its clean. Have you got your server address as owa.something.com. If you set up exchange its not an IMAP or POP service so you should not see that option.

E-Mail via 3G/Edge/HSDPA not working

Hi there..
I can not access my IMAP Mails, when WIFI is disabled.
What's really strange is that when I disable my working Data connection and then try to send and recieve, then the phone reconnects and is able to access the emails. But just once! And it doesn't work always, just sometimes!
Also, when I turn on WIFI the phone can fetch the mails.
What the hell is that?
Please, anyone have an advice? Or is anyone able to fetch the IMAP mails with data connection only? Need input!
Thanks
jacore

It looks like You need to set "source " in Windows/email/settings,
Go through the email settings carefully and slowly and You will find the option...Strange there is not an "anywhere" option just "internet"/Mobile Internet etc"
This version of Win Mobile has some strange changes, I can never understand why the idiots change core setup/functionality on something that was working Ok before !
I just know Win7 will be useless with even less user settings/options it seems the trend