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First Time - Hello + a few questions

Hy,
My name is Felipe and this is my first post. I wish the best for everybody here.
I just put my hands on my new XDA II and I have a few questions, if someone could help me with them I will apreciate very much.
1st- Yesterday I had to hardreset my unit, after that I found strange that the camera button does not turn on the XDA2, it still bring the camera function but only when the XDA2 is on. I found that strange because I am almost sure that I was able to bring the camera mode on with the XDA2 off with the press of the camera button. Soo, what is up? Does the camera button had to turn on the unit or it is the only button that does not turn on the unit if pressed?
2nd- I read all the manual and I saw nothing about speach dialler, I can´t belive a fantastic eletronic like this does not have this feature. I would like to confirm and if soo, I would like to know about one or two software to help me on this since I will almost always use the XDA2 on my bag and headset on.
3rd- I found the IR port just too little, I know sometimes size does not matter but have someone used the XDA2 as a remote controler for home eletronics? If it is not good enought could you please tell me if there is a IR emitter as a SD card, since the XDA2 does not have a CF card slot and the to be released backpack will have the cf slot placed in the botton. I heard that the Total Remote is a great solution, does it uses the earphone jack?
4th-I found something strange on my XDA2, on "settings" - "device information" - "call duration" I found that my unit received 1193046hours and 27 minutes of incoming calls. How this happen if the unit was suposed to be new (at least it arrived as new on box with seal, without any sign of used mark? is this any kind of test or bug? Is is possible to reset this number so I can have a real record of it?
5th- I bought a Blue Monkey usb/bluetooth dongle to be used on my desktop. I planed to use it to make the sync between the XDA2 and the descktop. But I found some problems. First I cant get the thing to work, so I ask is that possible to sync both of them with bluetooth? Two I had problems to find the descktop with my XDA2 while I had the Jabra250 instaled on the XDA2, soo can I have two bluetooth units bonded within my XDA2 or I need to chose and install only one?
Lots of questions for a first post.
I thanks in advance for the help.
Felipe

Zzzzzzz
Sorry, I fell asleep before the 2nd paragraph

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Sorry, I fell asleep before the 2nd paragraph
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Hooo please, go back to sleep, you does not make anythink better.
Felipe

felcas said:
1st- Yesterday I had to hardreset my unit, after that I found strange that the camera button does not turn on the XDA2, it still bring the camera function but only when the XDA2 is on. I found that strange because I am almost sure that I was able to bring the camera mode on with the XDA2 off with the press of the camera button. Soo, what is up? Does the camera button had to turn on the unit or it is the only button that does not turn on the unit if pressed?
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I just found out my device has deeply discharged itself over the course of just two days, so I can't test it right now. I would say it depends on the setting in one of the phone menus which determines whether any button wakes up the device, or whether you need to explicitly turn it on.
2nd- I read all the manual and I saw nothing about speach dialler, I can´t belive a fantastic eletronic like this does not have this feature. I would like to confirm and if soo, I would like to know about one or two software to help me on this since I will almost always use the XDA2 on my bag and headset on.
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No voice-dial app comes with the device. A number of voice-dial and more general voice command applications exist. "Fonix Voice Dial" and "Microsoft Voice Command" come to mind immediately. Use Google for more details.
3rd- I found the IR port just too little, I know sometimes size does not matter but have someone used the XDA2 as a remote controler for home eletronics? If it is not good enought could you please tell me if there is a IR emitter as a SD card, since the XDA2 does not have a CF card slot and the to be released backpack will have the cf slot placed in the botton. I heard that the Total Remote is a great solution, does it uses the earphone jack?
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I was thinking of performing an internal modification of the IR-port on mine.
4th-I found something strange on my XDA2, on "settings" - "device information" - "call duration" I found that my unit received 1193046hours and 27 minutes of incoming calls. How this happen if the unit was suposed to be new (at least it arrived as new on box with seal, without any sign of used mark? is this any kind of test or bug? Is is possible to reset this number so I can have a real record of it?
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That number of hours works out to exactly 0x123456 in hexadecimal, so that is unlikley to be the real number of hours. Funny though... There is at present not yet a tool or method to reset the Hmalaya call timers.
5th- I bought a Blue Monkey usb/bluetooth dongle to be used on my desktop. I planed to use it to make the sync between the XDA2 and the descktop. But I found some problems. First I cant get the thing to work, so I ask is that possible to sync both of them with bluetooth? Two I had problems to find the descktop with my XDA2 while I had the Jabra250 instaled on the XDA2, soo can I have two bluetooth units bonded within my XDA2 or I need to chose and install only one?
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I played with Bluetooth sync and found it not to be worth it at the moment. You need to hit 'Sync over Bluetooth' on the device, which is annoying, and you need to soft-reset and re-bond frequently. Wait for newer ROMs before actually using this feature.
Lots of questions for a first post.
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No worries, I stayed wide awake.... Welcome to XDA-developers...

When I got my xda2 it also said I had millions of hours of outgoing calls, once you make a call however the pointers reset to zero and start counting, so dont worry about it.

felcas said:
Hy,
1st- Yesterday I had to hardreset my unit, after that I found strange that the camera button does not turn on the XDA2, it still bring the camera function but only when the XDA2 is on. I found that strange because I am almost sure that I was able to bring the camera mode on with the XDA2 off with the press of the camera button. Soo, what is up? Does the camera button had to turn on the unit or it is the only button that does not turn on the unit if pressed?
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Refer "Start - Setting - System - Button Lock"
When it is locked u cannot on camera by pressing camera button when XDA is off

No worries, I stayed wide awake.... Welcome to XDA-developers...
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Thanks a lot Peter, that is the kind of help I was looking for

cruisin-thru said:
When I got my xda2 it also said I had millions of hours of outgoing calls, once you make a call however the pointers reset to zero and start counting, so dont worry about it.
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Yesterday I was able to use a chip of my girlfriend on my XDA2 and it worked very nice with the only exeption of the GPRS feature that I was not able to make work due to lack of information on my operator.
Anyway after I seen your post I had a look at the counter and unfortunately it did not zeroed but added the time I was using.
I will have to note it and then substract if I want to know on the future.
Anyway I thank you for the response.
Felipe

KCChia said:
felcas said:
Hy,
1st- Yesterday I had to hardreset my unit, after that I found strange that the camera button does not turn on the XDA2, it still bring the camera function but only when the XDA2 is on. I found that strange because I am almost sure that I was able to bring the camera mode on with the XDA2 off with the press of the camera button. Soo, what is up? Does the camera button had to turn on the unit or it is the only button that does not turn on the unit if pressed?
Refer "Start - Setting - System - Button Lock"
When it is locked u cannot on camera by pressing camera button when XDA is off
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Hummm, I forgot to tell that I tried to unlock the button but there is no option to lock just one button or unlock it but only all of them or none (with exeption to the power button). If I do lock, then it work as stated on the manual, but the strange is that if I unlock, the camera button continues to be the only one that does not power the XDA2 when it is off. But it work fine if the xda2 is on. I tried to assign diferent role for the camera button to see if it have to do with the assigned functions but it appear that the problem is direct related to the button not to the function.
What I would ask is to you just verify if your xda2 turn on with the camera button. And tell me.
Thanks for the help.
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BT M$ Stack activates screen, no screen turn-off

when i have a program running that pairs with my Bluetooth GPS mouse it is impossible to turn of the screen with the power button. It turns back on when new data arrives.
Is there a workaround for this, for example programming a button to shut down the screen in some other way ?
please help as i desperatedly need the screen off to have a longer lasting battery power.
thanks

well as far as I know... if u turn the power off ... the bluetooth radio will stop...
that's why the screen activates itself...
any way.. if u don't want ur battery to drain power.. u can hold the power button for 2-3 sec.. and the light will be off... thus u can have more battery power.. and u can use ur GPS mouse... for longer time
and whenever u want the light back... repeat the previous procedure
I hope I could Help
Cheers
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thanks for the info of course a good idea. However disabling the screen with the Widcomm Stack is possible. Why isnt that possible with the MS Stack ?

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because MS bluetooth stack suck... that's why :evil:
the guys at Microsoft, don't even bother improving their stack at all...
Hopefully... we may see a working widdcom stack on the jam...

so theres no workaround ? no coding that would allow ?

As far as I know...there is nothing like that....
the main problem lies with the MS Bluetooth stack....
It is impossible for the time being to enable bluetooth radio while the the screen is off....
anyway... I came up with this idea :idea: ... but I haven't tried it.. u may try...
use any third party program that turns the screen off... ( Like Audio recorder or Media Played 10 or anything like that... ) ...
first turn the bluetooth on... then turn the screen off using the program...
It might work.... I hope
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i did. I tried Mortsaver a really sophisticated Screen-OFF program. I asked for the feature in my desperate situation to be able to disable screen while BT on.
Resco audio recorder is also turned back on..

I guess .. u have to stick with the power button trick until we get a working Widdcom stack on the mini
cheers

what is the problem with widcomm and the mini ?

drpiety said:
when i have a program running that pairs with my Bluetooth GPS mouse it is impossible to turn of the screen with the power button. It turns back on when new data arrives.
Is there a workaround for this, for example programming a button to shut down the screen in some other way ?
please help as i desperatedly need the screen off to have a longer lasting battery power.
thanks
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The same problem here. It's not a metter of saveing energy, rather if you have your ppc in a pocket, when the screen turn on touchscreen becomes active too, and could start some aplication by foult.

1. the widcomm stack does not work on the mini... until now...
2. if u fear to run some applications accidentally.. u can start a new note.. then turn the light off....
in this way, u won't run any application except for the note..( it is nearly impossible to tap start, then start any program while ur PPC in ur pocket )

asci said:
The same problem here. It's not a metter of saveing energy, rather if you have your ppc in a pocket, when the screen turn on touchscreen becomes active too, and could start some aplication by foult.
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yeah i just didnt mention it, thats anoying too. Just curious what application are you using the GPS with ?
@duke 911 thats a great idea again and is a working workaround. I just use mobile golf scorer with GPS. Now imagine me being on a golfcourse and tapping to start an app every time i play a ball.
this m$ stack is horrible and is like most M$ apps. It just works, nothing more.

yeah i just didnt mention it, thats anoying too. Just curious what application are you using the GPS with ?
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TomTom
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doing some research other PDAs also have the "driver memory" problem on with the Widcomm 1.4.1 they say 1.3.1 worked without problems. Can someone look on his Harddrive if he still has that version ? I would trade M$ stack for an older widcomm any time..

is there any chance that in the near future there is widcomm installable or some other method making BT on the magician usable ?

G-Sensor for Bluetooth

Someone can do a APP for Diamond/Raphael, to swith on the bluetooth and wifi! A love a lot of apps that been doing here, but this app is important for me, and I think is important for many ppl!
Turn on blueetooh with g sensor it wiil be great..
Best regards..

why not use AEbutton plus to bind bluetooth /wifi to the volume buttons on the side of the touch diamond
i use double click for bluetooth/wifi and long pres for volume
i love it its so easy i just wish the iamond had more hard buttons

i use double click for bluetooth/wifi and long pres for volume
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how can i configure that ? i want to have this feature

Touch Power Button....

.... is broken, no more ,...
Is there a way to assign some other button to do such a function,.. power on/off and stand=by on/off?
Tnx

you can lightly press the reset hole to turn it on and if you are gental enough it will turn it off with out turning it on

i guess i am not gentle enough ;(
I reset it every time,...
any other ways guys?
tnx

akyboy said:
i guess i am not gentle enough ;(
I reset it every time,...
any other ways guys?
tnx
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Try HButton. I have the same issue on one of my Vogues...

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Try HButton. I have the same issue on one of my Vogues...
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Looks like there is no option to select to do sleep on/off.
that's what i actually need.
When phone is off, i can turn it on with reset hole. I don't need to be able to turn off phone. reset is enough.
I only need it to go to and off sleep. Now i am running it always on which is draining battery fast, couple of hours even with brightness lowered to 20%.
plsssss

I did try what brandonledski mention. but looks like it will only turn of screen but not on.

i could make you a shortcut under start menu for the power options as im not sure about being able to map it to another button

How i will turn on screen then ?

akyboy said:
How i will turn on screen then ?
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oo crap ya i forgot about that ahahah lol ill look into this for you

ok found an answer, i could make a shortcut to the option to reset, shutdown or sleep functions and then what u do is got here
settings/system/key lock
and set it so no keys are locked

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oo crap ya i forgot about that ahahah lol ill look into this for you
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lol,... tnx!!
with AE Button, i am able to turn it off, but cant put it back On

akyboy said:
lol,... tnx!!
with AE Button, i am able to turn it off, but cant put it back On
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so now we have a half solution

wait,... i got it!!!
i assigned left button hold for screen off on,... looks like its working!!!!
im testing it now,...
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Hm,.. i am using Phone Alarm and its adjusted to Shut Down after 15sec. If its shut off automatically with Phone Alarm i cant use AE Button to turn it ON. Hm i guess these are different functions?

akyboy said:
wait,... i got it!!!
i assigned left button hold for screen off on,... looks like its working!!!!
im testing it now,...
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Hm,.. i am using Phone Alarm and its adjusted to Shut Down after 15sec. If its shut off automatically with Phone Alarm i cant use AE Button to turn it ON. Hm i guess these are different functions?
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AE Button only works when your phone is on, to cold boot your phone you would have to hit the reset button

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AE Button only works when your phone is on, to cold boot your phone you would have to hit the reset button
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So i guess ill adjust Phone Alarm setting not to shut off display, leave ON, then do it manually every time i need with AE buttons
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Hm,... so i adjusted Phone Alarm not to touch power options,.... AE works for ON/OFF Display, but looks like when its off for some time i cant turn it on any more,.... only if i am switching it off/on one after another
EDIT: Actualy problem was Auto Locking app, as soon as phone is locked i cant ON any more,.... ill try to see if i can add exception in this auto locking app ( its CSDevCtrl APP)

Lock all buttons was an option available for older devices, which should still be available via reg edit (as brandolenski mentioned). I'm gonna try that myself.

AE Button kinda works but battery is draining faaaast.
If i can somehow resume phone from `Shutdown` mode which is set by Phone Alarm (http://www.pocketmax.net/phoneAlarm.html) that would solve problem. This mode i guess put phone in Stand-By (save battery) not only turn off display as in AE Buttons

Bluetooth on-off shortcut, hardware buttons

Is there any shortcut for enabling or disabling bluetooth with just one click or button?
I am thinking of buying hands-free car set and I do not want to go to connection manager each time I get in or out of the car. Having bluetooth always on will drain too much battery...
Is there a way to change what longpress of hadrware button does, for example the buttons for answering and ignoring button?
I only use screen and power button, so making shortcut on other buttons would be great.
Thanks for answeres

Why not make a quick link short cut to the comm manager on your home screen?

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Why not make a quick link short cut to the comm manager on your home screen?
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Because after pressing DONE it doesnt close itself and you need to go to taskmanager and close it manally which becomes annoying when you have to do it few times

Man I wish I could help you out more but I don't use Bluetooth with a handsgree car kit so no experience to fall back on. I am thinking it is either a built in thing in the Windows Mobile that can allow auto detect of a car kit and auto disconnect, I think I remember reading you had to turn the Bluetooth off manually with it to though. I also think there is a couple of apps out there that might help you out. Maybe someone else can jump in and help you with this, sorry again man.

Bence said:
Because after pressing DONE it doesnt close itself and you need to go to taskmanager and close it manally which becomes annoying when you have to do it few times
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So why not? Make a desktop shortcut to BT switch, it's easy, just 4 taps in WinMobile.