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ATOM Issues...

Does anyone know how to stop the ATOM from changing the view to landscape each time the camera button is selected?... been the same on all roms and the button is assigned to the camera only yet when pushed it flicks the screen sideways, then when exiting it goes back portrait - its annoying and i'd like to stop it...
Also with the *leaked* rom anyone know how to get the clock back up the top instead of the battery indicator which doesnt change no matter how charged the phone is?..
FTR... the 3second delay patch works on *Leaked* rom with MP3's as well as other formats..
Cheers
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XDA Atom - Issues with new rom
I've just switched from the XDA2i to the Atom and am starting to wish I didn't. I bought this phone on ebay.com/au and it was only 2 wks old, the chap said he no longer needed it for work....probably got hacked off with it being so buggy.
I'm running the new 20060217b1wwe rom with the radio r060221n_mn1arc_rs00045 as the old rom (one which came pre loaded) constantly froze and needed soft re-setting.
The issues I'm having are as follows:
1. When phone is in standby after a few mins the green led stops flashing and it no longer accepts incoming calls and goes straight to voicemail until I press the power button, it then searches for a network and the green light flashes again.
2. When listening to the radio there is a constant buzz in the background.
3. Sound only comes out of the right headphone ( I've seen in another post that this has happened to others, a suggested 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter was the fix. Surley the headphone which comes with it should work properly!!)
Also are there any updates which sets the phone up with UK settings and not Australian defaults
Why do O2 release phones without fully testing it....it hacks me off.......Anyway if someone could help me out with my above problems before I launch it from the 15th floor of my office building that'll be great

Me too. I've got an Atom few days ago and using same rom and radio as yours. I find 3 problem with it:
1. Green led stops flashing
2. Battery lasted so quick, usually have to re-charge after 10 hours (with only 1 hours talk time, no bluetooth, infrared and wifi.
3. Wi-fi is buggy. After connected, it auto disconnected .
I'll try to re-flash ROM.
Does anyone can help.

I hope you have seen the new ROM (test only) on ftp? Follow the link in the Atom Upgrading section

Did you try "not for sale" version? I'm downloading...

my issues with the Atom
Hi all
I have been using the XDA IIi for the last 1 and 1/2 years, and got this present from myboss...an ATOM. I dont have the same problems, but some are similar I guess.
1.After I receive an MMS, the phone stays connected to the Internet, or rather connected to GPRS/EDGE. After successful downloading, it remains connected. Any ideas why? in the IIi it disconnects after downloading, and also if my browser remains inactive for some time.
2.Synchronization is terrible. Most of the time, when i plug in to sync, there will be an error, then i unplug and plug it back, it may sync. this is terrible. Im using active sync 4.1
3. This terrible phone needs awful lot of reseting. Even to check the System info, i needed to reset the bugger.
4. This is very very slow.. and battery power drains so much. Im only using SPB pocket plus 3.1.1 the oly external software running on the Atom.
My Rom version
20060123B1WWE
Radio version
R060221N_MN1ARC_ RS00045
Aprrecite if any one could advise.
cheers

SPB pocket plus is known to conflict with atom performance.
By the way why have you not updated your ROM to any of the non-official ones floating around? First was the Leaked ROM, and just 2 days ago came the Test ROM, which, in my personal opinion, is tops so far.

Thanks victoradjei for the update.
So guess ill have to remove the SPB for now.
Actually i havn't been around the forum, so have not got real updates from here. Will follow it up.
By the way, is the performance better with the new ROMs.
cheers

the not for sale rom is the best so far!!!try it!

No Sound coming from left earphone.....
Since I posted my issues above i've found that most of my issues were to do with my virgin payg sim. When I inserted my works vodaphone sim I had no connection issues at all. All other quirks seem to have disappeared too....with the exception of the headset problem. I only get sound from the right headset and also I can not use with microphone on the headset either.....I purchased the 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter and bought some new headphones but to no avail.....Does anyone else have this problem if so how was it resolved??

My Atom green led stop flashing after few minute - always ON (offcouse it is network registered). Is it normal ? Like other HTC green led must flashing when registered to network.

active sync problems...still
I have upgraded to the official ROM realsed by O2 and most of the problems are solved, and i "love" my atom for now.
but as per my previous post, i still cannot find what the crap is about the active sync and the atom. Well, the sync problem is ther still, here is an error it is giving
The server is Buzy
Support code:85010017
is it a problem with my PC or is it the problem with active sync and the atom...
can anyone please help me?

no sync issues
i got my laptop yeserday, and there aint any problems with the sync... cheers

Re: active sync problems...still
sultan said:
I have upgraded to the official ROM realsed by O2 and most of the problems are solved, and i "love" my atom for now.
but as per my previous post, i still cannot find what the crap is about the active sync and the atom. Well, the sync problem is ther still, here is an error it is giving
The server is Buzy
Support code:85010017
is it a problem with my PC or is it the problem with active sync and the atom...
can anyone please help me?
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Er, did u upgrade from a previous ActiveSync? Remove the ActiveSync installation totally (Even the residual files), and perform a clean install of ActiveSync 4.1.
I find that the old files of ActiveSync sometimes conflict with ATOM synchronization...dunno why.
Hope this helps.

Broke Activesync

I dunno what I've done, but I've broken it. Seriously. It won't work and I'm almost stuffed
Basically my HTC Hermes / SPV M3100 has developed 'a serious error' and the SatNav software won't boot. It happens from time to time. About a month ago the MS Reader software failed too thus leaving me without access to ebooks on my PDA. So I've been carrying my Psion 5mx with me for that task.
Basically, it needs a hard reset. But, before I can do that I need to backup the device, the contacts, messages and everything and do a controlled and proper reinstall.
Except Activesync won't connect to the PPC.
I've tried Ver 3.8, 4.2 and 4.5. It's a WM5 Device and therefore I understand that 4.5 is too new. I have 4.2 installed but when I plug the PDA in although it charges it does not connect
I have checked and unchecked "advanced usb connect" in the connections screen of Settings with no joy
So, er, I'd like help please I need to get the device operational for work on Monday or I'll be working off maps again. I use them as backup anyway, but even so!!!

Right. Well. I've tried a whole bunch of different cables, including the one that came with the phone. None are working. In desperation I have removed all un necessary software and used SPB Backup in a CAB install to backup all to the memory card then I'm going to do a hard reset and hope it cures it. If not I guess I'll be contacting Orange for an Insurance Swap due to a faulty unit
Which means I'll probably be without my phone for a week

Well. There you go. Obviously some sort of failure on the device. As soon as I did a hard reset and plugged it in, every thing was recognised.
The SPB restore for just my PIM, Contacts, Notes and Tasks went well and was immediately incorporated into Outlook, and suddenly everything is good.
However, I just now have the reinstallation to do today.... Ahh well.
So the moral of this story is, if ActiveSync fails, then it's probably the device that doesn't like you and SPB is worth the £15

I am using SPB Backup since I switched from HP PDA's to others without integrated backup software and I am happy ever since for the backup part.
I can't tell you what went wrong with your Hermes, definitly a software or registry problem but it was for sure not your desktop activesync sw. There must be some sort of incompatible sw running on your device, meaning: the issue might reappear if you reinstall that particular program again!
My advice: reinstall your application step by step! First install 1 program and see how it works for a while, then the next ... and so on! This is a long way to go but you will be able to pinpoint the app which 'broke your activesync'!

Thanks Junner. Whatever I had installed wrong worked fine for ages, then after about 2 months of not connecting I connected and it didn't like me anymore. If I'd worked it out sooner I would have done it yesterday, but hey ho
Thanks for your words

Should I SP1 my Shift?

After reading what seems like random success rates and a series of reasonably large issues should I bother going through potential SP1 hell, or should I just enjoy it as is?
I have these horendous memories of XP SP2...

i did it and it sure did get more unstable, and got the connect/disconnect problem of 3g. i got no performance gain.
my recommendation : wait

I agree. It lasted one day on my Shift before I removed it. I've had no problems since.

No problem whatshowever. Only this is the usbtool which need the RDNIS change, and it's fully working

thaihugo said:
No problem whatshowever. Only this is the usbtool which need the RDNIS change, and it's fully working
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Hi, thaihugo, can you please advise how you fixed the RDNIS issue? I upgraded SP1 and it is flawless, perfect. But I did it from a totally fresh re-image without any software updates.
I cant seem to keep the 3G connection in Vista Active AND USB connect to WM6 at the same time. I would like to have sync anytime I boot windows and also have 3G access both on the WM6 and Vista.
Any help would be muchly appreciated!

I havent touched SP1 - I need control as good as possible over WM for hacking

Thanks all - I'm going to avoid it for now...no reason to install it. I have patched all the M-$oft KB updates and nothing has crashed and burned on me yet. In fact I've had nil issues to speak of having Liberated the WinMo and fiddled with the services in Vista to improve performance....I'm a very happy Shift user.
cmonex, Budapest is a great place. Went there quite a while ago, maybe '94, '95...things prolly changed a lot since then, but I had the best time...friendly people, beautiful surrounding country side. It helped that I was travelling on the company credit card too - stayed at the Kempinsky (?) Hotel in Pest...very posh.....

Activesync resets my PIM data

I'm having a problem with my Touch HD where every so often, (usually every couple of days, but twice today already) activesync throws up an error saying that the server hs encountered a problem and has to reset the data on my device. It then wipes all my contacts, tasks, events and email and replaces them with the same information. I'm only using AS to talk to Outlook 2007 on my PC, no over-the-air-corporate-server funny business.
I've looked and can't find any details of what this might be. Any suggestions from you experts? I'm using the Laurentius26 Touching HD V4 ROM (still not updated to 5.1 yet).
I've only put this in the Blackstone forum as I've never had this with any other HTC device I've owned (original Touch, O2 XDA Mini S or Orange SPV C200).
All suggestions on solutions welcome.

I have had these issue on the original Touch as well as the HD. Any thoughts would be helpful.

me too, me too. Sometimes maybe once per 2 weeks, but the extreme case can be twice per day!

I seem to be having this as well, seems to occur usually when connected to Active sync and I am using outlook at the same time as it is sync'ing....

Data Card & Bluetooth HELP!

All,
Upgraded the boss mans HTC Shift™ about 4 months ago thanks to the help I found on here. Things worked well for a while but the other day he came up to me and said he couldn't get it to connect to the AT&T card on the Win7 side of things and the bluetooth mouse wasn't working.
I tried messing with it a bit and found one time that when I disabled the wifi it came on for a second then went away and never came back. When I go under device manager with WIFI on the NDIS thing isn't there. But when I shut off WIFI it shows up under device manager but with the yellow exclamation. It connects fine and works well under win mobile, but not on the Win7 side.
Since it was my idea to upgrade him to Win7 he is holding me responsible for getting this thing back up and running. He's not pleased with what's going on because he's been debating about getting an Ipad but has held off till now because the HTC Shift™ has worked great. He said something about if the Shift™ has to go then I may have to go too =\
Any help would be greatly appreciated ASAP.

Can anyone help please?

Dog**** said:
Can anyone help please?
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Hi Dog****! I'm not a specialist at all, I just bought my Shift a week ago and eversince I've been reading on this forum.
I wonder if using and older restore point of Windows would not bring the Shift to a good working state? If negative, than my advice would be to try by reinstalling in this order the Shift Control Center on the win7 side (the same as for Vista, you can find it on the HTC site), the wifi and BT drivers and in the worst case the whole Win7 (or try a repair). And if bringing it back to the good working state, then make an image of it and keep it somewhere safe.
Please note that the 3G data modem (for AT&T?) is implemented on the SnapVue side, while the wifi and BT are on the Win7 side only. One can call the 3G data modem from both Snapvue and Win7 sides, but only after installing the Control Center, while the wifi or BT modems can be used only on Win7 side.
Is this Shift "liberated" as described on this forum? But this has nothing to do with the non-working wifi.
Best of luck!

First off thank you for the response.
I never thought about the system restore, I am running that right now as I type this. However you mentioned that the ATT runs on the winmobile side but not the Win7 side. I'm not sure if I get what you mean because when I had first set this up a while ago the ATT was working fine on both sides, only recently did it stop working on the Win7 side, but it still works on WinMobile.
For now I will just hope the system restore works as it seems my job is depending on this
If anyone else has seen this before or has any ideas please chime in, I will update this tomorrow when I see if the system restore works.

Excellent... I made some progress.
I did a system restore to a point about a month or 2 back. I booted it back up and went to the shift control center and noticed that now the WIFI (normally on by default) was off as well as the ATT. I enabled the ATT and waited for a few seconds. I then closed the SCC and went back to Win7. As soon as I went to Win7 I noticed the bluetooth mouse was back and working. I checked device manager and the NDIS internet sharing device was in the network adapters list and seemed to be good. I launched IE and low and behold there was google in all its glory.
I rebooted it and found that it all works as long as I launch the SCC and turn on the ATT.
I showed this to the boss man and he asked if there was a way to have the SCC launch on startup. I found the startup folder and dropped a copy of the SCC exe in there but it doesn't launch on reboot. I'll be playing with this for a bit but to sum things up I think the automatic updates are what phucked things up. The restore point rolled back the updates and I shut off automatic updates so hopefully this will take care of it till HTC starts supporting Win7 on the Shift™.
Looks like I still have a job for a little longer