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MDA Compact 5.21 TomTom - No Ring/call Volume

I have had the update 5.21 installed on my MDA Compact II for a couple of months. It works fine and is great. But lately something seems to make my ringtone go off. If i have tomtom open it does not work and if i close tomtom it does not work still. I try uninstalling everything and nothing works. I end up having to hard reset my whole device to get it working.
Anybody got any advice, not to sure if this is caused by the tomtom application.
Please! Help!

Tomtom controls the volume of other programs on the phone. It used lo be an option in the old Tomtom but no longer. If you turn down the volume on Tom-tom, it turns the master volume of the phone down. Check that you are not Muting the sound on Tomom. Also check you have a proper voice installed on TomTom.

The volume on my phone and TomTom are fine. It all works 100% for a few weeks and then all of a sudden only the tone which you hear when somebody is phoning you does not work. So if i have it on vibrate/ring then it only vibrates. This happens when i'm in TomTom and when i'm just using my phone as normal.
Now if i hard reset the phone to clear all programs it goes back to normal and works 100%. This is why i can only assume it is the TomTom 5.21 update and i have previously seen a few posts on here with people having the same issue. But i'm just not able to find it.

First of all, have you installed the A2DP patch? This patch usually causes a problem.
Try it with your headphones and see if you can hear it ring while using TT. There was a post not so long ago and a guy discovered that somthing got stuck in the headphone jack.

Not to sure what the A2DP patch is so i can only assume i have not installed it.
I will try the headphone socket, but not really wanting to walk around with headphones on all day and while i'm in the car. But thanks for the advice.

Curious, how many of you are running skype? Try this

This is just something I stumbled across a while ago but haven't had the time to post it. I'm not making any promises so this is just a head's up.
If anyone remembers my last post on skype here, you'll recall me saying that there's a Disable Codecs key in the registry. Well I didn't know the codecs but SkypeSmart over at Skype forums posted this tweak for his iPaq and it works a treat.
I'm running my Mini S with the original ROM and skype with my key reading: ILBC G729 EG711U
As a result it only uses the EG711A codec and guess what, it works, at stock speed too. My phone is an utter mess but it works at an acceptable level that is to say both parties can hear the conversation without any hiccups. Tested over a WiFi link but be warned you'll lose connectivity with echo123 and it also seems to me that Skype Linux doesn't have the EG711A or EG711U or even the G729 codecs so you won't be able to chat with them unless you enable ILBC.
One thing worth testing is to see what happens in a conference call (with a Windows machine as host and a Linux machine and the wizard with some of the codecs disabled) but I don't have the time to test so be my guest and post the results if you do test it.
By the way, I use Skype v2 Feb 14 release. If anyone wants to post their overclocked results or anything, great.

Indeed it does work and VERY well. I just called across a very sketchy broadband connection and audio in BOTH ways was clear. Before, I could be heard by the other party but could not hear them in return. Once I overclocked, I could actually have a couple of pragrams running in the background and still have acceptable resources left. Bravo to whoever came up with this tweak.

How far did you overclock? Also, I know a lot of people are viewing this thread but only one response so far...does that mean the rest of you are enjoying Skype? :shock:

i use skype with my wizard very well and i can use skypeout as well.
i installed for the high cpu usage, not low cpu usage. but i also use omapoverclock.
what i did, just installed skype, then change the content of d shortcut using total commander in windows/start menu/programs/skype.lnk with this one:
46#"\program files\omapclock.exe" -clock 240 -launch "\Program Files\Skype for Pocket PC\Skype.exe" -restore?Program Files\Skype for Pocket PC\Skype.exe,
in this case, i put omapclock file in 'program files' folder, and don't forget to use "," sign in the last content of skype. because it gives u back d skype icon, otherwise u'll see omapclock icon.
Gut luck!!! and i hope this can be useful 4 u...
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i remember trying this on my wizard...i placed a call to a land phone and i could not hear the other phone ring or anything.. but t did call..
What am i doing wrong?

Thanks Ricky, that trick with Omapoverclock works a treat. By the way not sure if it is my imagination but sounds like the I am getting the call playing through my handsfree speaker and not the ear piece. Does anyone else get this or am I going mad????

jt_armstrong said:
Thanks Ricky, that trick with Omapoverclock works a treat. By the way not sure if it is my imagination but sounds like the I am getting the call playing through my handsfree speaker and not the ear piece. Does anyone else get this or am I going mad????
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You're not. Apparently the M600 is the only phone which might support non-speakerphone chat on skype. I heard that its latest ROM does exactly what you want it do. I don't know if its a Skype specific issue or whether it's ROM specific but I have not seen any apps other than the phone app itself take advantage of the earpiece.
@guyver2077:
If you're referring to the tweak I listed, what does it do when you call PCs? I made a skype out call actually 3 of them and I could hear all of them clearly - 1 to Guam , 2 to HK and I'm in the UK.
@Ricky:
Does 240MHz eat away at the battery life, especially with WiFi on?
I just spent the last few days setting up a Linksys NSLU2 with DebianSlug and it works great; Samba works with the phone too 8). A little tempted to get a bluetooth dongle to stick to the slug so that I can connect to the net over bluetooth when possible but the BT stack on the mobile doesn't support BT networking does it?

ok.. so does this only work with speakerphone on?? i didnt hear anything through the actual phone ear reciever

guyver2077 said:
ok.. so does this only work with speakerphone on?? i didnt hear anything through the actual phone ear reciever
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When I said speakerphone I meant simply that the sound is coming out at the same volume as media player, etc if that makes sense. There's no reason for you not to be able to hear a thing though. :?

Thanks AsGF2MX, It works great with the headfones I just don't normally use them.

guyver2077 said:
ok.. so does this only work with speakerphone on?? i didnt hear anything through the actual phone ear reciever
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If you think about it, it makes sense. This is Skype for Pocket PC, most Pocket PCs don't have the phone built in.
Do you have a BT headset? If so open the audio gateway (either using the program posted in this forum or via Voice Command press BT button and just say "Open Skype", the Audio gate will stay open).
This should allow you to use your BT headset for Skype calls.

kyphur said:
guyver2077 said:
ok.. so does this only work with speakerphone on?? i didnt hear anything through the actual phone ear reciever
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If you think about it, it makes sense. This is Skype for Pocket PC, most Pocket PCs don't have the phone built in.
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I suppose you're right, that would explain things but is there an option to actually channel audio to the ear piece? If not, then it's definitely an issue with the way the device ROMs are designed (assuming that there is a way for software to utilize the ear piece).
Well, I'm glad a few people found it useful and I hope it's working for the rest of you as well. I might just pick-up OMAP clock a little later and try to see how well an overclock fares on my device but first, I'm going to try a few apps I've been wanting to try for a while.

Great tip!
I have previously tried Skype on my Qtek 9100 but have always found the audio quality quite bad, even when overclocking to 240.
After changing the DisableCodecs as suggested here, the audio quality is now really good, also when using SkypeOut to a Fixednet phone.

Thanks for the tip!

Yes Great tip, thanks

Can someone point me in the direction of the program that opens the audio gateway?
I don't have MS Voice Command, I only have the default "Voice Speed Dial".
EDIT: FOUND IT!!!
Therez two actually. one is btAudio, and the other is VjVolubilis

After Skype Install - Alarm clock chaos
Hi
I have been reading this thread with interest. I own an old XDA (one with aerial) and now the XDA Mini S. Have had it now for about 6 months and sync up to 2 pc's, have multiple email accounts, use the Wifi/msn - so use pretty much all of functionality. Happy so far!
I installed the pocket pc version of Skype last night - and found that this morning my alarm went off - but with no options displayed on the screen to snooze/dismiss alarm! Consequently - the alarm/vibrate goes off every 5 minutes - and only thing i can do is remove the battery -so phone basically unusable. Soft reset does not help - and would rather not hard reset as then will have to redo email settings etc.
Anyone out there had this problem before? Your help would be appreciated (think you are calling the XDA mini a wizard)
OS Build: 5.1.70 (14406.1.1.1)
ROM: 1.5.4.2 WWE
ROM date: 11/8/05
Radio: 01.09.10
Protocol: 4.0.13.20
ExtROM: 1.5.4.103

Have you removed the Skype software already?

After Skype Install - Alarm clock chaos
Hi - Yes, I have removed Skype from the XDA Mini. Soft-reset again - no difference.

I had that alarm problem once.
I'd had my cingular 8125 (HTC wizard) for a week or two and had been putting apps on it and messing with the registry, then one morning my alarm went off, I reached over to silence it, pushed some random button accidentally, and the alarm kept on going. I opened my eyes and sat there for a minute waiting for my brain to boot up because I wasn't seeing the notice showing me which softkey to press. After awhile, I realized that I was completely awake, and there really was no way to turn the alarm off!
I messed around with that thing forever. Scrolling through menus, doing soft resets, etc. Nothing would silence the alarm. I tried reseting the time/date and doing a soft reset, but every time the device booted up, it would go nuts with alarm tones (they kept multiplying! Every time I would reset the time after having set it back, another alarm would go off and they started piling up!).
Boy, that really ruined my morning.
I ended up having to do a hard reset to fix the problem. And when I ran my latest backup, the problem came right back! So I had to do another hard reset and roll back to an earlier backup.
I really don't know what the problem was, but I think I might have a slight idea. I had downloaded some program called CheckNotifications by Scarybear software (I now know it's not meant for WM5) and I think I must have deleted that alarm notification from the "notification database". (No, I don't actually know what any of that means, I'm just regurgitating words I read online in a manner which seems to make a little sense). So some parte of the OS somewhere remembered the alarm, and turned it on at the right time, but the part of the OS responsible for giving you the facility to turn it off was screwed. But that's just a wild guess.
Maybe you also have some issue with your notification database.
Good luck! Of course, if you were anywhere near as annoyed as I was, you probably already said a few (dozen) choice curse words and did a hard reset.
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TomTom is always starting MUTE, Why?

Hello fellows,
I have a problem with my TomTom 7, Whenevr I start TomTom it always start "MUTE", I know it's just a couple of clicks to un-mute it but this little problem is bugging me since I have installed it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards
Sid

I had this problem too, I fixed it by adjusting the TomTom volume while it was muted, then I unmuted it and exited the application. I think I played around with the Diamond volume buttons at the same time. I restarted and it was all good. Sorry I can't be more specific, I just wanted to let you know that it can be fixed....
Just out of interest, do you have a bluetooth car kit that you are using as well? Because I suspected mine might have had something to do with it.

I have this problem too!
Anyone said, that TomTom start with Mute, when a Data Connection (Bluetooth etc.) ist on!?

Actually it's also happening to me again, just tried it out. Couldn't seem to 'fix' it again, tried so many different ROMS maybe one ROM had the problem, maybe another didn't. Will have to look into it some more!

I've had the same issue with TT6 on both my Hermes device and now the Diamond. I reckon the last used settings are not getting saved somehow.

Tomtom behaviour after incoming call

If I am using Tomtom and receive an incoming call, TT is interrupted by the phone screen - fine so far.
However, if I accept the call and want TT to resume so that I can drive and talk (I know I know) - instead I am just stuck on the phone screen and have to fiddle around to get TT back up.
Worse still - if I reject the call, or when it is ended, instead of TT resuming I am refreshed to the home screen.
Is any of this behavior configurable / tweakable? It seems absurd to me.
Results are the same with or worth out a BT headset BTW.
I'm, wondering whether something like S2U2 might be interfering with default behavior?
Any advice / experience much appreciated. Thanks - M.

Disabling the "slide to answer" option in S2U2 fixes this on call termination (reverts to TT) but still stuck with the phone screen when I answer a call.
If running TT in landscape (fantastic view) it annoyingly refreshes back in portrait after call though.
Guess I need to work through the jungle of S2U2 options to see if I can make this a bit more friendly as slide to answer is main reason for running S2U2 in the first place.

Mark One said:
If I am using Tomtom and receive an incoming call, TT is interrupted by the phone screen - fine so far.
However, if I accept the call and want TT to resume so that I can drive and talk (I know I know) - instead I am just stuck on the phone screen and have to fiddle around to get TT back up.
Worse still - if I reject the call, or when it is ended, instead of TT resuming I am refreshed to the home screen.
Is any of this behavior configurable / tweakable? It seems absurd to me.
Results are the same with or worth out a BT headset BTW.
I'm, wondering whether something like S2U2 might be interfering with default behavior?
Any advice / experience much appreciated. Thanks - M.
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I understand your problem. I run TF3d and have mapped a soft key (via Registry) on the home screen to TT. When it goes to Home page it is just one press to get back to TT. Not sure if that helps or not but may or may not inspire?

Thanks for the confirmation - this seems to be a TF3D "feature" then
Sounds like a fine kludge & I'll give it a go, but "one press" on the motorway is about quarter of a mile of with my eyes off the road....

Guess you already know what you should be doing, but here's my setup.
I have a Parrot Mini Bt hands free unit, others may work similar?
If I get a call, TomTom is interrupted and the phone screen displays.
Hit the red button on the Parrot to reject the call, TomTom resumes.
Hit the green button on the Parrot to accept the call and the TomTom navigation screen is visible with muted sound throughout the call.
Hit the red button on the Parrot to end the call and TomTom voice prompts resume.
Make calls with TomTom displayed as described by one touch on the Parrot green button and speak the name. Let built in voice recognition do the rest.
Costs about half the fixed penalty fine, but without the points.

I find this to be quite the annoying problem actually. I've got the same issues on my Blackstone. TT7 is running and I'm driving (I like to let others do the hard work ;-)) and when a call comes in and when I answer it, it stays on the phone screen. I have to press the Tomtom button to get it activated again.
I never had this prblem on my Tytn.

i got stock rom and and when i recieve a phone call when i use TT, it automatically reverts to TomTom. Haven't touched any settings.

i was coming here to ask similar question, i used tomtom yesterday, and 2 x incoming calls were loat as screen wasnt displayed quick enough, then when finally managed to answer i didnt have the navigation screen any more.
the above reply about parrot head set sounds good, but is there a way without bluetooth, so can just have loud speaker for phone calls, and still display tomtom?
Danun, what parot bt you got? as may be easiest option, have you a cooked rom installed also? or stock? cheers

I hope this info is of some use to you. I have TomTom installed but not S2U2. When a call comes through it switches to the call answer screen and if I accept or reject the call it will switch back to TomTom. However, when I end the call it brings up the end call screen and then switches back to TomTom but in portrait mode (I run TomTom in landscape using Gyrator 2). About 30 seconds after the end of the call TomTom will then go back to landscape mode which is ok if I'm on a motorway and don't have to turn off onto another road. If I do have to then I lift the HD out of the car holder, hold it portrait and then landscape and put it back in and it sorts itself out.
I think that S2U2 is causing the issue with it not reverting back to TomTom but I'm guessing it getting stuck in portrait mode for a period of time could be to do with Gyrator 2.
I also use a Parrot hands free kit. If I didn't I wouldn't be able to answer every call as it sometimes takes too long to switch to the incoming call screen.

t3rm3y said:
Danun, what parot bt you got? as may be easiest option, have you a cooked rom installed also? or stock? cheers
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I have the older MiniKit model which I bought to use with my Artemis about 18 months ago. I just leave it clipped to the sun visor. There is now a more compact MiniKit Slim model which I would probably go for now.
I have the 1.14.405.3 (22273) WWE stock ROM on my non branded HD.

Bluetooth activates for games even when sounds r turned off

Not sure this is the right place but perhaps someone will correct me if I err. I have a new Pure running the stock Rom so far with the latest TD tools installed. TD Tools did not cause this I mention it only to give the full configuration.
I have sounds for programs and events turned off if the settings so all I should be getting are phone and messaging sounds.
I firsdt noticed this when I installed a solitaire game from Astraware. When I start the game my bluetooth activates and will not return to standby until I actually close the program. I get the same thing in Sudoku also by Astraware.
Astraware assure me their programs don't do this. They were baffled as to why it would happen.
I tried Teeter and found again that even with sounds off bluetooth activates when an event like going into the hole happens. It does go off within the delay time built into the unit so I am assuming that the sound is just a brief on-off transmission.
This wouldn't be so bad except that my bluetooth is connected to my hearing aids so that most outside sounds are partially muted when it is activated. Using the bluetooth of course drains it's battery and this unit's talk time is not the longest to begin with.
Has anyone heard of this, seen this or does anyone have any ideas how to stop it?

Why did you double post?