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My phone is always waking up for odd reasons (AVRCP commands, switching in and out of roaming, etc...), and I can't seem to get the darned thing to stay OFF.
Music A2DP streaming is the biggest deal to me, because not only will the device wake up when I press a remote command (on my AVRCP headset), it will also keep the device backlight on indefinitely. This is clearly shortening my battery.
I tried Slide2Unlock, and have it set to shut off the display if no activity for 5 sec., but the problem is that Slide2Unlock appears to not notice when it is woken up, and just sits there without turning the screen back off again! (a simple screen press brings Slide2U back to life, and then it will toggle the screen... but this defeats the purpose!)
There must be SOMETHING I'm missing here... doesn't anyone else have this problem???
I have 2 things for you. The first, is if you're using WM6 that's a known issue and unchecking the today timeout in start-->settings-->today-->items tab should solve most of your problems. The second is a little program that I found (not sure where at , but it might have been on here) called screen off. Install it and then set it to a hardware button and it will allow you to turn just your screen off whenever you don't need it on.
Maybe it depends on the player you're using? With Coreplayer, my phone's screen just flashes on and off quickly when it receives an AVRCP command.
Still doesn't explain the roaming thing though.
xeno1 said:
I have 2 things for you. The first, is if you're using WM6 that's a known issue and unchecking the today timeout in start-->settings-->today-->items tab should solve most of your problems. The second is a little program that I found (not sure where at , but it might have been on here) called screen off. Install it and then set it to a hardware button and it will allow you to turn just your screen off whenever you don't need it on.
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Yes, I'm using WM6 on a HTC Titan (Sprint Mogul).
I don't currently timeout to the today screen, but I don't see how that would cause my problem really- I've heard people mention that before, so can anyone explain what difference that would make?
I already have a shortcut to screen toggle (wrote my own MortScript to do it). That's not a problem anyway since every media player can assign a button to toggle the screen- The problem is that it keeps turning the screen back on when a button is pressed no matter how many times I toggle!!
Plastriq, I've heard that coreplayer does that... that's how they deal with this problem. They're the only ones that have addressed it as far as I know, and I'm not about to pay for their app when I already have TCPMP and WMP for free.
I just can't believe that there haven't been more practical ways around this yet!
My previous phone, hp ipaq 614c, was made so that when I turned screen off, I didn't have to lock the screen, because after turning it off, it was no responsive.
Is it possible to make hd2 work in that way?
Turn screen off and until you dont press power button again, screen is not active?
Thanks for answers
Bence said:
My previous phone, hp ipaq 614c, was made so that when I turned screen off, I didn't have to lock the screen, because after turning it off, it was no responsive.
Is it possible to make hd2 work in that way?
Turn screen off and until you dont press power button again, screen is not active?
Thanks for answers
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There's a registry setting that determines whether the screen should lock or not when you turn off the display from the power button.
If you get BsB Tweaks (from this link here ) then you can switch it on and off through that much easier.
As far as only using the power button, that's a different kettle of fish, and I think it was resolved, but you'll have to do some searching for that. You'll probably get a LOT of search results, so do persevere. It's there somewhere. Alternatively, someone who knows of the thread may happen across this one and point you in the right direction.
Hope this helps mate
johncmolyneux said:
There's a registry setting that determines whether the screen should lock or not when you turn off the display from the power button.
If you get BsB Tweaks (from this link here ) then you can switch it on and off through that much easier.
As far as only using the power button, that's a different kettle of fish, and I think it was resolved, but you'll have to do some searching for that. You'll probably get a LOT of search results, so do persevere. It's there somewhere. Alternatively, someone who knows of the thread may happen across this one and point you in the right direction.
Hope this helps mate
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Thanks for hints
Yes I'm usign bsb tweaks, I know I can disable auto lock, the power button is the problem here
I recently got a replacement Vogue only to find that for some reason, when I run Windows Media Player, I cannot turn off the screen using the power button and continue to hear music. The screen has to be on and does not turn itself off which causes major battery drainage . Does anyone have an idea?
My suggestion would be use Nitrogen, much better media player than WMP.
What you can do is change the toggle settings with a button, so the screen itself turns off with whatever button you wanted to map it with. Here's how to do it: Tools>Settings>Buttons then select Screen Toggle, then choose a button, and there ya go Now you will be able to turn the screen off while you rock on!
Alright, I decided to get both Nitrogen and attempt to fix the button settings. Nothing worked. It seems as though the phone recognizes the power button as a close application button rather than a simple sleep button. Putting the phone in sleep (pressing the power button) still turned the music off. Does anyone else have any suggestions? BTW im running WinMo 6.1. To add, I cannot recall this happening before I unlocked the phone, but I am still unsure of whether this still happened or not because I cannot remember.
EnterpriseNX01 said:
I recently got a replacement Vogue only to find that for some reason, when I run Windows Media Player, I cannot turn off the screen using the power button and continue to hear music. The screen has to be on and does not turn itself off which causes major battery drainage . Does anyone have an idea?
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Here is a way: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms838354.aspx
somewhere there is a cab for this.
here it is: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=1564987&postcount=2
I installed the cab but still nothing. I also took a look at the MSDN post but I have no clue about writing C++ so... Anyone else want to give it a go?
EnterpriseNX01 what did you unlock your phone with?
Also, if I remember correctly before I switched to Android, my phone would not sleep while playing music? Or is you problem that your phone will not go to sleep at all?
I unlocked it with Cokeman's unlocker. I did get an error message that I am just remembering now, Not sure if it has anythign to do with it, but I am running windows 7 x64 and when I ran the unlocker i got an error message about something called sleep.exe. I had another post that someone told me just to ignore it and it would still unlock my phone, which it did. The phone sleeps, but does not play music while it is sleeping, or in idle (i.e. whenever i push the power button to turn the screen off).
codybear said:
Keep Music Playing:
All you do is install this,
and then when you have music playing in any program,
tap the power button to put in suspend mode,
and you're good to go.
Download Cab Installer
Registry location:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\ Unattended\
Change Wav1 dword value to a "0"
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I used this one, it works on WM6.5, I don't know if it does on earlier builds.
hello all. Im a use rof an old spv. and just got my new HTC HD2
a few questions if i may? i can't figure out and ive been trying since last night, i've searched google high and low as well and called tmobile.
1. the phone when it dims and then goes to sleep, i have to always press a hard button then slide the lock to unlock... is there away to disablehaving to press a hardbutton? it gets really annoying having to press ahardbutton every minute when the phone goes to sleep!
2. when the phone dims after 10 seconds is there a way to set it up so that your first press just undims the screen and doesnt actually press whats under neath it?
3. ive read all over google about the gesture feature, ive asked tmobile. and i cannot get my phone to do any gestures what so ever. ive download and installed the shake and wake and still nothing. i download a program called pocketshield and that completelly locked me out of phone becuase when i shook it it wouldnt turn on i had to take off battery wait a minute and then replace the battery then uninstall the app.
4.the media players.. ive tried coreplayer, windows media player, pocketplayer, the one that plays the most files is coreplayer.. ive noticed in fullscreen mode there are no buttons? everytime i tap the screen ti brings me back to portrait view... is there any recomendaions for a player similiar to core player that has controls on the big screen in landscape view? and that offers all the features coreplayer does? eq, visualizations, plays as many file types etc...
5. ive looked everywhere on how to change email icons the envelopes.. is there away to change those or do we just have to remember the order of the email icons?
thanks for any help or light you guys can shed! i really hope some of these issues can beresolved. i feel ive exhausted my xda,google searching, and phone settings searching.
1. It would consume lots of battery power to constantly monitor the touch screen. You can increase the amount of time before it goes to sleep.
ok i'll just have to deal with it an dwill raise the time.. ty for reply.. anyone else on the other questions please?
TY in advance
could anyone one confirm that the hd2 from the usa allows for shaking? ive rest phone and it doesnt work called tmobile and they have no clue! i'd liek to get me phone to be able to work with gestures.
Thanks
let me rephrase. does anyone know if the htc hd2 has... Windows Mobile phone with a tilt sensor / accelerometer/ g-sensor. or the ability to shake it and it will wake up?
thank you
It has an accelerometer, but there's NO shake to wake up.
Only way to wake up is to press a hard button.
5. if you mean the dirrerent e-mail accounts in sense, when you press on the "slider" that's on the active account and drag it, its expands to the left and shows the account name.
ok.. then what about the posts here about shaking it and tilting it? and what about pocketshield saying that you can shake it, and this link as well?
http://www.mobinauts.com/topic/110094-shake-to-wake-up-your-htc-hd2/
thanks for your reply!!!!. it's like pulling teeth in this forum very tough to get replies!
Apparently the shake to wake is a somewhat "experimental" add-on someone on here made and abandoned, works for some and not for others... nothing official, normal that tmo have no clue about it.
No idea about pocketshield, haven't read reports about that particular function on the HD2. Not very popular apparently, so you'll have to try yourself.
TMO support will help you about what was on your HD2 when you got it, nothing else that you'd install later.
thanx for reply.. well that pocketshield can be dangerous for some.luckily when ya replace battery it brings back the default slider. otherwise people would be locked out of there phones.
one last question and i promise to stay away for awhile.
how to u turn your backlight back on? example you have it set to dim after a minute. and your app. is there a way to undim the phone? instead of clicking on the screen or touching a button and it recognizing your touch and undimming it and selecting whatever you touched? i'd liek to be able to just touch something and it would undim and not select something underneath where i touched.
thanks
Not that I know of. It's been so with every touchsceen device I've ever had, need to either press a hardware key, which usually will do something too, or touch the screen and try to tap in an empty place.
Personally I don't use dim, I've set both dim and turn off to 1min.
xtacybyme said:
it's like pulling teeth in this forum very tough to get replies!
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That's because this is a developers' site, not a phone support forum.
Discussions are for developing programs, apps and other fun stuff.
If you want tech support there's many forums out there.
You should not be asking questions on here, about how to use your new T-Mobile HD2. I'm surprised your thread has not been locked.
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hello all. Im a use rof an old spv. and just got ... i download a program called pocketshield and that completelly locked me out of phone becuase when i shook it it wouldnt turn on
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Of course it won't turn on by shaking, phone must be ON for any gesture to be recognized. It is the hardware nature of these type of phones(you always need to press the hardkey, unless it is the phone turning on by itself).
Now, if you meant it didn't unlock when shaking after power on then maybe your g-sensor is not calibrated or you were doing the movement wrong. Take a look at minute 1:20, see how the movement is done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47BFSLnmBLI#t=1m20s
thanks for replies i was away out of town.
That's because this is a developers' site, not a phone support forum.
Discussions are for developing programs, apps and other fun stuff.
If you want tech support there's many forums out there.
You should not be asking questions on here, about how to use your new T-Mobile HD2. I'm surprised your thread has not been locked.
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there were many others here asking for help so i thought i could. my apologies. i will search and post elsewhere.
Of course it won't turn on by shaking, phone must be ON for any gesture to be recognized. It is the hardware nature of these type of phones(you always need to press the hardkey, unless it is the phone turning on by itself).
Now, if you meant it didn't unlock when shaking after power on then maybe your g-sensor is not calibrated or you were doing the movement wrong. Take a look at minute 1:20, see how the movement is done:
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i did tap the hard button first and then tried the shake movement, and i was locked out. i will redownload pocket and give a fair chance again by following the movement given in the video you posted.. thank you for the explanations guys.
Dudes!
Bros!
My power button has stopped responding!
Phone has fallen a few times, so that obviously must be why.
The phone is on right now, and I've set the phone to "Always On Display" because if the screen times out, there's no way to turn the screen back on, unless I call my phone, at least, not that I know of.
I've gone into Developer Mode and turned on USB Debugging.
Now, given that this is a hardware issue, which I know nothing about, and that there are lockdown restrictions in my hood, at the moment, I'm unable to get the phone checked.
So, can you savvy power users (pun not intended) please help me with how to turn the phone on and off without a working power button?
Can I connect my phone the PC and do it like that?
Or can I enter into boot menu without using the power button? (I haven't checked out how to get into recovery mode on this device.)
Just looking for a temporary way to turn the phone on and off, and find an alternative to the power button, until I can get the power button checked.
I can't even turn the screen off so it's draining my battery like crazy!
Thanks for reading, brothers!
Hope someone can help me out!
Cheers.
wokeaf said:
Dudes!
Bros!
My power button has stopped responding!
Phone has fallen a few times, so that obviously must be why.
The phone is on right now, and I've set the phone to "Always On Display" because if the screen times out, there's no way to turn the screen back on, unless I call my phone, at least, not that I know of.
I've gone into Developer Mode and turned on USB Debugging.
Now, given that this is a hardware issue, which I know nothing about, and that there are lockdown restrictions in my hood, at the moment, I'm unable to get the phone checked.
So, can you savvy power users (pun not intended) please help me with how to turn the phone on and off without a working power button?
Can I connect my phone the PC and do it like that?
Or can I enter into boot menu without using the power button? (I haven't checked out how to get into recovery mode on this device.)
Just looking for a temporary way to turn the phone on and off, and find an alternative to the power button, until I can get the power button checked.
I can't even turn the screen off so it's draining my battery like crazy!
Thanks for reading, brothers!
Hope someone can help me out!
Cheers.
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Double tap on the screen does not activate the display?
There are some options in accessibility settings. Maybe there you will find a feature that can help a little bit.