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It used to be there, and now it's gone! i didn't do anything, soft reset doesn't help! any ideas?
Rob
Hi Rob
Having the same problem with the Xda Exec.
After I did a soft rest the battery icon desapered.
Anybody out they knows how to get it back on the Today Screen.
Please help.
Gigino
I actually searched for a while to find a way to remove the battery icon. In the end, the only way I'm aware of to remove it is to run this:
Signed_UNI_Remove_BatteryIcon.sa.CAB
from the O2 XDA Exec extended ROM. Since I have a Jasjar I had to download that cab from the FTP site here. My guess is that you have an XDA Exec and you recently hard reset it and allowed the CABs in the extended ROM to run, or you ran that program from the extended ROM manually.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure how you undo it once it's been run. It doesn't appear in Remove Programs and while I'm sure it just makes a registry change somewhere I haven't got a clue where
Personally, I never did like that battery icon anyway... it didn't seem to be terribly accurate and it was only visible from the today screen. I use the freeware program batti as a battery monitor instead.
hth,
Brett
I have the same problem, though I don't miss it that much. Must specify that in my case, it didn't happen after a soft reset, it just happened.
Have you not tried opening the CAB in WinRAR, manually looking at the files and attempting to find which registry entry it modifies? I can't find the CAB on the FTP site, but I'm not that bothered as I don't have a Magician but if someone passes me a link for it, I'll have a look.
try this regkey
HKLM\services\power\ShowIcon
Change the 0 to 1
Soft reset - and you're cookin'
Nice one, giving that a go now - slightly unrelated but I'm using GS Pocket Magic and when using the 'Close All' command, my shortcut bar buttons disappear, the ones at the bottom of the screen that read CONTACTS and CALENDAR.
Any ideas?
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Nice one, giving that a go now - slightly unrelated but I'm using GS Pocket Magic and when using the 'Close All' command, my shortcut bar buttons disappear, the ones at the bottom of the screen that read CONTACTS and CALENDAR.
Any ideas?
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It's a known issue with Pocket Magic... there was a thread on it a while ago. From what I understand, there is some program or process that runs in the background that makes those shortcut buttons appear. Since Pocket Magic was designed for WM 2003 it doesn't know about that process, so it kills it when you do the close all. Since I'm no longer using Pocket Magic I don't know if anyone has managed to resolve the issue.
Brett
Ok, thanks for your reply - I notice PocketMagic has the functionality to NOT terminate certain programs (this option is in the Preferences for it), so if we can identify this process, we can exclude it...
I'll investigate...hang on!
Frustratingly my version of SKTools only lists the top 6 processes, if we can go through each one by one, we can suss out which process it is!
hi Robt,
to get back your battery icon, just do a hard reset and the battery icon it will appear again..it works for me. i've got same problem like you.
hope this help you and other
ps:i'm use universal with corporate install
good luck
NO Don't hard reset, thats just stupid!! For anyone looking for a genuine answer that won't cause loss of data, do this...as the chap recommends above.
1. Use registry editor to browse to 'HKLM\services\power\ShowIcon'
2. Change the value 0 to a 1
3. Soft reset
No data lost, and a nice battery icon for you!
since i dont have many data and many program installed in my exec, the simple things just do it my way (although u will lose your data). but hey that the simple way since i'm a beginner and it's difficult doing some registry hack for me. any way you can do it with hard reset or soft reset like ashley.
my 2 cents
Did you mean the batter icon at the top of the screen or at the bottom. Because the batter icon in the title bar is an O2 program that runs from a link in the start up folder.
The problem with doing it with a hard reset to get the battery icon back is: as soon as you perform a soft reset, you will again loose the battery icon. So there is no point really of performing a hard reset to get the battery icon back since you will loose it anyway if you perform a soft reset.
To me this battery icon is USELESS! Why? Its only purpose is a shortcut to Start>Settings>System>Memory>Battery level. To be completely useful to me, it should be a real INDICATOR icon of the actual battery level. But sadly it is not. Maybe this is the reason why they want it out of the way.
Plus, I use HandyMenu which has an option to show the battery level at an instant. Plus I get more functionality with it.
Maybe we're talking about different battery meters but mine appears bottom right hand corner and acfurately reflects the status of the battery - The simple registry change does it!
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Maybe we're talking about different battery meters but mine appears bottom right hand corner and acfurately reflects the status of the battery - The simple registry change does it!
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Yes, that is the icon I was referring to. The one that can be shown by what you posted.
HMMMMMMM, maybe I did not look hard enough on mine. I remmber on mine when my battery was 89%, the battery icon still looks like it was full, thus making my assumption it does not reflect the actual battery charge. I did notice that it shows if I have it plugged in though. Maybe I should try it again, now that my battery is low.
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HMMMMMMM, maybe I did not look hard enough on mine. I remmber on mine when my battery was 89%, the battery icon still looks like it was full, thus making my assumption it does not reflect the actual battery charge. I did notice that it shows if I have it plugged in though. Maybe I should try it again, now that my battery is low.
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It does show the battery charge, but it does a terrible job of it. As I recall, the battery needs to get well past 75% before the icon shows anything but a full charge. It was really pretty useless if you ask me.
Brett
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It does show the battery charge, but it does a terrible job of it. As I recall, the battery needs to get well past 75% before the icon shows anything but a full charge. It was really pretty useless if you ask me.
Brett
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Thanks BrettS, you save me a reset. I was timing my lovely puppy here how long it can work without any problems without a soft reset. So far 5 days and still running in excellent condition. I am trying to prove to myself that pocket PCs nowadays are stable as can be. This is my first pocket PC and I was afraid to buy a pocket PC before because a lot of palm users said you need to soft reset PPCs a lot to get it running neatly. Now I know it is BOGUS and purely INCORRECT.
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The problem with doing it with a hard reset to get the battery icon back is: as soon as you perform a soft reset, you will again loose the battery icon. So there is no point really of performing a hard reset to get the battery icon back since you will loose it anyway if you perform a soft reset.
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in my case, after performing a hard reset to get back my battery icon, i didnt
notice and didnt count exactly how many times after i performed soft reset then the battery icon gone again.because this my first experience with battery icon vanished. but as long i remembered, after i performed a hard reset then next day performed a soft reset, the battery icon still there.so i assumed that the best way for me to get battery icon back, since i'm not expert with registry hack and worried if do anything wrong with my new toys.
just want to share my experience with a beginner solution.
yeah maybe the icon is not usefull, but the icon looks cute.
I bought a Qtek 9000 a couple days ago and I'm pleasently surprised. I heard all the bad stories about the MDA PRO, O2 Exec, ... so I kind of feared the worst. But I took a chance and bought it anyway and the Qtek doesn't seem to be as bad as the other versions.
It does ring when I get called and the ring isn't late. I didn't notice any difference with my previous phone. So that's positive, I didn't change the ringtone on the other hand, so I don't have a large mp3 as ringtone.
Second, it is stable. Haven't had a crash, hangup, program error. Nor does it crash when I receive a SMS. I have received about 10 SMS'es though, not alot i know. The device is pretty snappy, I never have to wait a few seconds when opening programs or changing the screen-rotation. Also when I bring it back from standby, I don't have to wait at all...
I did a soft reset after setting the regional settings and the phone has been on for allmost 5 days. No major RAM issues, although the free RAM is shrinking, stopping applications in the memory-settings does free up some RAM, but not all. When I first booted the device I had just over 30MB free, and it has slowly decreased to about 18-19MB. I haven't installed any extra programmes on it.
So I might consider a soft reset when it reaches 10MB or so. But my question is, is a soft reset bad? Because you can't really shut the device off, you can only put it in sleep/standby. So rebooting it like a normal pc isn't possible. Does a soft reset damange any programs, settings... that's my main question.
Also, what's the best way to keep the battery in top-condition. Charge it when it's at 20% when the device tells you to charge it. Or charge it when you can, because it doesn't matter when you charge...
And one last thing, MSN Messenger doesn't draw the conversation window that well... Sometimes the part of the screen where your received/sent messages are shown is really small (about 3 lines high) and there is a large whitespace under the field where you type your message.
Thanks a lot to the guys at this forum for providing me with the most reliable info about the device, so I knew what I was getting.
Emmerman
PS: I ordered a Brando Screen Protector Plus, any comments, things I should know before I put it on the screen?
This is a good post to read first: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=32218&start=150
Here you will have an is\dea of what to expect between a QTEC and an O2 NEW ROM version have to offer.
Thanks for the link, but I wasn't really looking for a new ROM. As I'm quite new to the Universal, I prefer getting to know the device itself better, before I start doing the more 'professional' things. Besides, I don't have any major issues with the Qtek ROM at the moment.
I just wanted to know a little more about soft-resetting the device and how to charge your battery for best longterm performance. Because I find the manual quite minimalistic.
To soft reset: YOU RETAIN YOUR SETTINGS.
1) Just press the small pin hole found at the back of the Universal right beside the USB plug.
To hard reset: YOU LOOSE YOUR CURRENT SETTINGS. BACK TO FACTORY SETTINGS.
A) Method One
1) Go to Start.
2) Go to Programs.
3) Go to Clear Storage.
4) Type in the code: 1234
5) Press YES.
6) Wait for the automatic reset.
B) Method Two
1) Press and hold the two keys with this mark (-) at the same time found at the top most part of the keyboard.
2) While pressing these 2 keys, press the pin hole found at the back of the Universal for 1 second.
3) You will notice a reset and a blank screen will appear.
4) It will prompt you to either press X or 0.
5) Just choose which one you prefer.
emmerman said:
Does a soft reset damange any programs, settings... that's my main question.
Also, what's the best way to keep the battery in top-condition.
PS: I ordered a Brando Screen Protector Plus, any comments, things I should know before I put it on the screen?
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1) No, a reset both hard and soft does not damage your Universal. A soft reset to clear out the memory is good to speed up things better.
2) The best way is to leave it charging for more than 16 hours the first time. Unplug and use it till it drops to around 15% then charge it fully again, this time it does not need the 16 hours. Just wait for the green light indicating a full charge. After following these first two, just keep it plug-in before going to sleep at night making sure you got a full charge for the next morning.
3) I don't know about Brando's screen protector but I used Proporta's screen protector which included a wipe cloth and a screen spreader. I've had my screen protector on before I started even charging and using my phone. Another tip is to use a small peice of tape to take off some dust or specs that might have stuck on the screen before applying the screen protector. Sometimes even with the wipe there are still dust residues. You can also use the tape to clean the side of the screen protector that is going to stick on the screen.
Isn't a soft reset similar to pushing the reset button on your desktop? So couldn't you loose cached data that is in the RAM, because it wasn't written to ROM yet?
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Isn't a soft reset similar to pushing the reset button on your desktop? So couldn't you loose cached data that is in the RAM, because it wasn't written to ROM yet?
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I had never lost any data after a soft reset. It free up unused memory that was being kept by the system for faster processing. Plus WM5 has persistent memory now. May be that was the difference?
So in fact, you can't shutdown a Qtek? You can put it in standby modus, but the phone is still working then. And resetting it, is just rebooting it. So if you want to take out your SIM card, you have to take the battery out while it is actually running?
You actually can turn you device off, with a little help of some small programs, like PsShutXP for example.
Hmm, thanks for the info. I will look into that one, but at the moment I'm still very hesitant to install any third party applications on my 6-days old precious.
One other question, does the led blink orange when you receive a SMS. Because now it doesn't, it blinks green, like normal. But I seem to remember the first I got it, it blinked orange. Or am I confused.
@emmerman
You are right you can lose data. I have lost emails and other users have reported loss of WEP keys etc. But I have never had this problem with Symbian devices.
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One other question, does the led blink orange when you receive a SMS. Because now it doesn't, it blinks green, like normal. But I seem to remember the first I got it, it blinked orange. Or am I confused.
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Can anyone answer this one.
Go to Start>Settings>Sound and Notifications>Notifications Tab>Choose the event you wish to correct.
The changes in any settings never occurred on mine nor any type of freezes. Something I am glad about.
What I did when I first turned on my device, off from the box or right after a hard reset, was to go through those settings and made sure they are all configured the way I want them to notify me. This is the only difference I could possibly think of why others have disappearing settings on notifications.
Hi,
At some point, after the upgrade to the Qtek test ROM (with the TMO OS) I noticed that I have a roaming indication (a solid triangle) as well as Battery level indicator at the top bar when I'm at the today screen.
Is there a way to remove the roaming icon (I'm using a TMO MDA with a TMO SIM card so I am not really roaming...)? also, can I have the "usual" clock at the top bar and also remove the battery icon there?
If you know which CAB in the TMO ExtRom is responsible for these settings, I will run it again to correct it.
Thanks!
I have a strange (to me) icon on the top pull down bar, next to the battery icon. It is a circle with a line thru it from about 11 to 5 o'clock. Any body know what it meens? I have not found the symbol in the manual.
I belive that means no mobile connection. I get the symbol when first booting up for a few moments, and then it is replaced with the bars indicating reception.
Thanks for your quick reply dbregman . I couldn't find it in the manual and was wondering what it means.
I only have two issues so far with WP7. Everytime I get a text message, the screen turns on. When its in my pocket and i get one, my pocket bumps the screen and keeps calling people, sending random texts and more. Which 1, annoys people and 2, kills the battery even faster than it already does.
The other issue is the battery not charging to 100%. It gets to maybe 90 (has a sliver of the bar gone) after charging it overnight.
Also, I have Location Services turned off and 3G off most of the time and only text a bit throughout the day. When I get home from work the battery has hit maybe 10 or 15%. Is this normal?
Any fixes at least for the screen on issue would be very much appreciated.
I'm having the same issues with the screen turning on whenever an SMS is received. I'm hoping there is a fix out there, or that the latest magldr will fix it.
I'm confused, whats wrong with the screen turning on when an SMS is received? Doesn't it still show the lock screen, requiring a slide up to unlock the device? My screen turns on when I get a new text but turns off after 10 seconds roughly.
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I'm confused, whats wrong with the screen turning on when an SMS is received? Doesn't it still show the lock screen, requiring a slide up to unlock the device? My screen turns on when I get a new text but turns off after 10 seconds roughly.
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The problem is, it's in my pocket. If the screen comes on then, my pocket is going to be hitting the screen which will eventually unlock it and start messing with everything. All I want is a sound notification, there is no need for the screen to come on for a text message. Phone call yes, but not text.
Sorry for bumping something from months ago, but the screen on issue is still around with the NoDo rom. Am I the only one concerned about this?
Maybe you set a code (0000, 7889...). I dont know any other smartphone, which displays a new message etc. NOT!
Regards and have a nice evening
Oliver
Yeah, the funny thing is that about two days ago my HD2 unlocked in my pocket, and upload some random picture on Facebook, next picture in line was my girlfriend naked - she would beat the bejesus out of me, lucky me...
Why don't you just set a one digit password like 2 or 3 to prevent it from unlocking and u can still unlock it fast
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The problem is, it's in my pocket. If the screen comes on then, my pocket is going to be hitting the screen which will eventually unlock it and start messing with everything. All I want is a sound notification, there is no need for the screen to come on for a text message. Phone call yes, but not text.
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Seriously, you have a donate to me sign for yourself? For what might I ask????
What are you doing with your phone in your pocket that it would unlock your phone? (Don't even want to know...eek!)
And why don't you carry your phone in a holster like most people? That way...no "accidental" unlocking in your pocket. Problem solved.
Finally...have you tested if an actual official WP7 phone does or does not have the same problem that pocket carriers seem to have?
Stop reposting old news and go buy yourself a holster.
what on earth is your problem? can you not say anything nice to people?
Well i dont use a holster and i dont know anyone that does either, but it wouldnt help the issue of the phone turning on when you get an SMS message, i suppose it would help with pushing random buttons, but then you wouldnt catch me dead wearing one, you'd look a bit of a gimp where i come from
ive sent all manor of rubbish back to people that have text me, which is why i use the password locked screen and 30 sec turn off.
The chances of that getting typed in by accident is very unlikely
I sometimes get the sound of a picture being taken with the phone in my pocket, with the result that my camera roll has a lot of black, out of focus shots in it.
This is due to the left hand hard key being depressed for a few seconds. It may be that once on, the phone can then navigate to your camera roll and then send mms etc all by being jiggled in the pocket. Dont know if this feature can be turned off, and cant test at the moment
I sort of like the screen password solution. But I a sure it will get annoying in no time.
To repeat what hjhjhj said, but in a nicer fashion, get a holster (yuck).
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Seriously, you have a donate to me sign for yourself? For what might I ask????
What are you doing with your phone in your pocket that it would unlock your phone? (Don't even want to know...eek!)
And why don't you carry your phone in a holster like most people? That way...no "accidental" unlocking in your pocket. Problem solved.
Finally...have you tested if an actual official WP7 phone does or does not have the same problem that pocket carriers seem to have?
Stop reposting old news and go buy yourself a holster.
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I have a donate thing just cause it's available to me in my profile settings. You or anyone else shouldn't worry about things that have NOTHING to do with the topic at hand.
What am I doing? I am walking, or I happen to go out running.
I will never get a holster, that is what my pocket is for. I've known two people who have used one and either the phone fell out of the holster or the holster fell off them and destroyed the phone after many of those drops. Before you ask, yes it was made for the phones they were using...
I haven't tested an actual WP7 phone cause I don't have one and don't know anyone who has one.
This was just a simple question that I asked, no need to go on about other things. I figured there would be something in the registry to change it so it does not turn on.
Read few posts here, i see 2 problems mentioned:
1) battery drain
2) camera button that wakes phone
So, i offer you to:
2)If you have nodo/prenodo you can change camera button(green call button) via software to open up not camera, to open call log or any other stuff, and it probably wouldn't work when screen isn't on.
If you don't wanna use any xaps - you can install green mango(i offer blacksides rom) and via settings u can disable camera app to launch from lockscreen.
1)About battery drain:
On prenodo/nodo i had similar battery drain as some1 mentioned, with different roms i've got pretty same result, and i was charging phone every day, and usually everytime when i could - often in evening being not at home phone just turned off because of 12h non charging!
Now: i have blacksides green mango and my experience is:
1) after rom flash and first full charge(over usb cable to pc) i was calling, texting, surfing internet via wifi like 2h, playing games like ~1,5h total, used gps like half hour, don't remember everything exactly what i did, but it was pretty hard usage of phone and battery lasted ~2days!
2) Now i'm on 2nd full charge and currently i'm ill and always near my pc, so i use my phone only for sms+calls, and currently my "battery saver"(new mango function) shows:
Remaining battery life: 52%
Time since last charge: 2days 8 hours
So overall my phone battery lasts ~3-4times better on mango than on nodo/prenodo, so i recommend you to use green mango, anyway there are problems with "sim error" sometimes(usually when you use wifi, when you don't - i had ~3days no sim errors, so that's pretty fine)
So these were my thoughts about your problems, thanx
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And why don't you carry your phone in a holster like most people?
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Stop reposting old news and go buy yourself a holster.
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Most people on what planet? I put a case on my phone and I carry it in my pocket. My wife carries her phone in a purse. I refuse to use a holster or wear a utility belt like freaking Batman.
I too have a problem with pockets and wp7, but all I can really do is password protect it.
As for the battery not charging completely, I have a tiny fix for that. I too noticed my battery would not charge completely, but it seemed to be an issue with WP7 not reading the battery correctly. It was permanently stuck at 88%. Upon restarting the phone, and reinserting the cable, it was able to charge again til 100%. I'm not sure if that's a problem with Green Mango or what, but I was able to get mine to charge completely that way.
As for battery drain, even with the camera trick and barely any usage, my battery still ends up in the low 15% by the end of the night. I think its just an issue with the ROM that will hopefully get fixed in the RTM release.
Mango RTM still has these problems
Mango RTM still has these problems.
When inside pocket it can be turned on accidentally(camera button or power button) or by reminders, alarms or SMS. So it is very likely that a WP7 will wake up inside the pocket.
But that's not the real problem, the real problem is that the auto sleep timeout (30 secs, 1 min or whatever) is reset every time the lockscreen is touched. Now, can you imagine with which frequency the screen is rubbed inside a pocket? If you are walking or running it could be just every second. The result? Phone keeps on for a long period of time, draining battery and warming up.
Sometimes you don't notice it because luckily you freezed and you gave time for the timeout to happen, but it could have been ON for hours. You notice that when you take it out for use and see the battery meter and think why the heck the phone drains so much battery. And it's just that: WP7 phones have insomnia.
Then comes a second problem, that rubbing inside the pocket can also unlock the phone because the lockscreen will slide up with a very short swipe (2cms). Once unlocked the touch party begins, a lot of apps will be opened, emails written, calls answered/rejected, etc, etc. One good option should be the ability for the user to setup how long to swipe to trigger the unlock.
Some people will enable PIN protection or get a hard case to prevent this. But not the idea. Many use the phone just naked, and if a phone has a lockscreen then it must meet its purpose, it should not be just a screensaver, it must be touchsaver as well.
We developed PocketShield back in the WM6 era, and users loved it mainly because it solved these kind of problems.
I think battery life is one of the most important aspects on mobiles, and the big cons on peoples mouth about phones is always battery life. So hope Microsoft puts a big effort so resolve this on the next update.
pocket txting, dialing, and killing what is already a bad batt life
holsters are for uptight business types or people who want to look important. as i too am NOT batman i opt out of the utility belt!
there were many LITTLE things that WP7 lacked and were easily overlooked! my phones random uploads, txts, random settings changes, useless battery drain and the like from within my pocket were not.
yes you can PW protect but if the phone still recieves stimuli in pocket, even with a PW, you still have the useless battery drain. with the way these roms chomp up the battery to begin with its hard to overlook!
this issue was the determining factor of me jumping back on the Android bandwagon and leaving the little appreciated WP7 ( LOVED THIS OS TOO!!! )
has anyone redesigned a better/different lock screen? perhaps found the registry value to disable the screen waking on notifications? ANYTHING would be great!
thanks!!!