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Hi All,
Just a few issues I'm having with the T-Mob 4.01.16 ROM, anyone else? Anyone got any ideas on fixes?
1 - Keeps on turning itself on (i've confirmed that active sync has no schedule). People have suggested for the known bug in XDAII to kill the activesync process
2 - Text message on-screen alert, doesn't turn the XDA screen on
Cheers - Steve
Somebody else was having a similar problem but thought it was the sim toolkit causing it.
It's doing this to me as well.
Seemed worse when I ran the tAgenda today plugin, but it didn't completely stop when I removed it.
If enough of T-Mobiles customers notice it and complain there should be a fix coming out soon enough. Or perhaps it is not there if you run the T-Mobile applications that came with the ROM?
My turn-ons seem tied to the schedule that Inbox goes out to check the email. whenever the screen comes on and I go look, Inbox is in the middle of an email download.
I have tried re-flashing the ROM and making no modifications to it, it still turns on on a regular basis.
This has been a problem at some point for all PocketPC based devices, my old Cassiopea, Compaq and Dell have all done this at some point (fixed by ROM update eventually). Oh well, waiting once more won't kill me, but will kill my battery.
The problem does not seem to exist in the AT&T Rom, but it is a common thing in the TMOs beta and this latest release. It is bad when you leave the phone and it redials the last number called ( either in or out!)
Also the SD card does get erased, even when formatted in BACKUP FAT and named properly. The best cure is to keep it locked until you need to add or remove something from it and keep a back up of the SD in a folder in your PC.
My wife is getting jealous of the amount of time I spend tinkering with my XDA 1 and 2 phones and shows off her simple phone! :shock:
If nobody beats me to it I will compare the registry settings of the 30.09 and the 4.01.16 to see if I can find anything.
bamse: If you find anything to do with the fading volume in the AT&T rom whilst traulling through the reg, and can remove the "feature" from the AT&T rom you would simply be classed as a LEGEND! :lol:
The T-Mo rom still doesn't seem to be as slick as the AT&T (if only it didn't have that stupid fading volume)
Cheers
Neil
Mine keeps switching itself on as well (4.01.00 ENG) - I had always thought that it was something to do with hitting the power switch when I put it into my trouser pocket, as it has powered up when I return to my desk and take it out again. Although it seems hard to see how the power button can be accidentally pressed when putting the XDA into a pocket, especially when the button is below the contour of the case.
I would be interested to find out why this is happening.
I also noticed that the vibrate function no longer works. I have the following setting configured: "Settings, Phone, Sounds, Ring Type: Vibrate" and my XDA does not vibrate when it rings. Then I pressed the side volume button and selected vibrate (the icon next to the time changes to a vibrating XDA), and it still will not vibrate. Setting other notifications to "vibrate" also does not work.
I seem to remember it vibrating when I had an earlier ROM version (3.20.06 ENG), but not in this current ROM version (T-Mobile 4.01.00 ENG).
Can someone please confirm that I have the settings correct?
I have now installed PocketZenPhone, and it also does not work for vibrate, although other users of this program report no vibrate issues. PZP is a great program, it works really well.
I think there maybe a vibrate bug in this current ROM version (T-Mobile 4.01.00 ENG).
Has anyone had anything like this happen to them, or heard of others who have?
Thanks,
A few more observations on the T-Mob ROM;
- GPRS does not have a disconnect button, the AT&T ROM had this feature, very handy
- My signal appears to be much less stable with the T-Mob ROM
I'm going to roll back to the AT&T and put up with the volume clipping, it's far better than an unstable device, that you can't disconnect the GPRS on without turning the radio off+on & keeps on turning itself on!
Hiya Folks
I've a few niggly faults with my new Orange SPV M3100. For the most part it has done really well and I'm very happy with it.
I have of course installed additional software, whether it be free or paid for eek: I know! I've actually bought software for it!). I am not a complete newbie to PDAs or mobile phones and still have my Psion 5mx for the majority of my life
However. This 3100 is doing some strange things, acting slow and sometimes forgetting things.
Such as, when it's cold (between 3 and 8 degrees) if I'm typing with the keyboard it goes really slow and randomly selects characters from the text I have typed in.
Incomming call / text "wakes" the unit then locks up when I don't do anything to it, hence I then see the amber LED and try to wake it but it won't. Only a soft reset will cure it and, oh, it's wiped the last missed call or the last text message. Hmm. Handy.
I have had it clipped to my belt when I'm outside working and it takes ages to get going when its cold outside (previously mentioned) but I can be washing a truck with it snug in its Orange provided holster and answering a call (and stop using the steam cleaner) and the phone is ok.
Hmm.
It randomly disconnects the ActiveSync hookup and then reconnects.
Still with me?
Anyway, so I'm thinking of doing a hard reset, and so I'll be trying to "backup" in every sense of the word my work on it.
Any suggestions and helpful remarks about this proceedure?
TIA
I havent got a solution for you however i completely support your situation in that the exact same thing happens to my Dopod 838Pro. (Not quite the temperature problem, as we dont get down that low here) but definately the freezing up if you ignore a reminder.
Ive found that it seems to be linked to the number of items on the Today screen and that if i remove some of them, it doesnt seem to occur that often.
Im currently running, PhoneAlarm, SPB Diary, T-Day Countdown, SPB Time and it seems to be stable for the moment...
I hope we can find a solution as this does drive me nuts.
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Hiya Folks
I've a few niggly faults with my new Orange SPV M3100. For the most part it has done really well and I'm very happy with it.
I have of course installed additional software, whether it be free or paid for eek: I know! I've actually bought software for it!). I am not a complete newbie to PDAs or mobile phones and still have my Psion 5mx for the majority of my life
However. This 3100 is doing some strange things, acting slow and sometimes forgetting things.
Such as, when it's cold (between 3 and 8 degrees) if I'm typing with the keyboard it goes really slow and randomly selects characters from the text I have typed in.
Incomming call / text "wakes" the unit then locks up when I don't do anything to it, hence I then see the amber LED and try to wake it but it won't. Only a soft reset will cure it and, oh, it's wiped the last missed call or the last text message. Hmm. Handy.
I have had it clipped to my belt when I'm outside working and it takes ages to get going when its cold outside (previously mentioned) but I can be washing a truck with it snug in its Orange provided holster and answering a call (and stop using the steam cleaner) and the phone is ok.
Hmm.
It randomly disconnects the ActiveSync hookup and then reconnects.
Still with me?
Anyway, so I'm thinking of doing a hard reset, and so I'll be trying to "backup" in every sense of the word my work on it.
Any suggestions and helpful remarks about this proceedure?
TIA
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Resisted the urge to reply to your question earlier as I was sure others would have wisdom to impart.
Some of what you mention .. Active Sync issues are fairly common and in a way therefore not of huge concern to the extent of indicating a hard reset.
Puzzled by the slowness in cold. I'm in Scotland and therefore no stranger to cold, but cannot say I've noticed performance issues related to temperature.
Keyboard problems are reported but not of the type you describe. Missing letters or insensitive keys but not the kind of lagging behaviour you have.
Lock-ups frequently related to apps not fully shut down and leaving wifi on overnight for example. Again freezing on incoming calls texts has been reported fairly often.
As regards backup check this, though I guess by now you've seen it already
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285877
Mike
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Resisted the urge to reply to your question earlier as I was sure others would have wisdom to impart.
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Yes, I know the feeling. I often try that but being new here I thought I'd jump straight in... I knew you guy's would appreciate that
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Some of what you mention .. Active Sync issues are fairly common and in a way therefore not of huge concern to the extent of indicating a hard reset.
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This is one good thing to hear. I'm not going to critisize a microsoft product as at the moment there is no replacement and it seems ok in the main
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Puzzled by the slowness in cold. I'm in Scotland and therefore no stranger to cold, but cannot say I've noticed performance issues related to temperature.
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That is a weird one. When the keys slow right down then I find if I close messaging and start it again then sometimes it cures it. A lot of the time I don't have much running at all. Phone and MS Reader mostly but that's about it. I'm not using it for GPS at the moment as I don't have a decent power source in the vehicles I drive for work (24v but the ciggy sockets rarely work!). Once I've sorted the power issues then I'll consider going up to SatNav
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Keyboard problems are reported but not of the type you describe. Missing letters or insensitive keys but not the kind of lagging behaviour you have.
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I've not had this phone long but that was the main issue that has frustrated me. I work outdoors, often standing around for long periods of time doing nothing except twiddle a few control sticks and turn around a fair bit. The M3100 is clipped to my belt on the stock "orange" holster. It is not inside a pocket normally.
Occasionally if I'm all harnessed up and have loads of layers on the phone will go in my inside jacket pocket, but only as it's easier to reach there rather than on my belt. And if I drop it from there then it really will break. I won't say "an excuse for a new one" as I'm not like that, but it is insured as it is expensive!
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Lock-ups frequently related to apps not fully shut down and leaving wifi on overnight for example. Again freezing on incoming calls texts has been reported fairly often.
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I rarely use wifi at home. Strangely enough the only wifi place I have found is, ahem, my local pub Not sure why the freezing happens. I suspect it is a combination of message inbound not dealt with and then left on to hang.... Don't even mention rom/flash updates. I'm not that brave yet
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As regards backup check this, though I guess by now you've seen it already
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285877
Mike
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I hadn't but thanks
Cheers
Elwyn
Elwyn M3100 said:
That is a weird one. When the keys slow right down then I find if I close messaging and start it again then sometimes it cures it.
Elwyn
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Elwyn
Just to check are you actually using messaging when the keys slow down or are you using another application with messaging running in the background?
If you are using messaging is it actually connected and if so is it perhaps still synchronising with the server?
Mike
Mike, I'm using the software that is original to the machine. I am writing sms text messages. I don't use MMS or email or anything like that yet.
My email usage is waaaay too high to realistically use on the PDA anyway... But thanks for the suggestion
As an update.
The problem has reared up again
The only thing running that was I could see was Phone, MS Reader and Messaging. I accessed Messaging through the start menu, browsed down to an existing message and hit reply. Slid out the keyboard and typed out a line of response. I left it on the counter, still open, whilst put the shopping away. When I returned about, er, 30 seconds later it was still trying to put the characters on the screen and the display had gone off. I pressed a few more buttons but they didn't come up and the display came on after about 3 seconds.
I tried to add more words to it but it just didn't type them in so out of frustration I pressed the reset switch with the pointer/pen and MSN'd the message.
As for today plugins:
I've got Date/Time at the top, then Task list (all built in) then "Phone Dashboard (1.9.2), and SPB Pocket Plus.
However, even after this soft reset the machine is still slow to respond
I'm thinking it's just a problem that I've installed some software, didn't like it and have subsequently uninstalled it.
Suggestions? Please? Pretty Please ??
Right, well, I've got rid of the slowness in the messaging, and also speeded it up an awful lot.
I've removed the SPB Pocket Plus Application. I've lost a few nice things, but it also means i can use other WAV files with alarms. For some reason I couldn't change it. Well, I could and did but every time it came back to a default setting somewhere...
Ahh fun. I might still do a reset to cure this word docs problem though
But at least I'm moving forwards
Elwyn M3100 said:
Right, well, I've got rid of the slowness in the messaging, and also speeded it up an awful lot.
I've removed the SPB Pocket Plus Application. I've lost a few nice things, but it also means i can use other WAV files with alarms. For some reason I couldn't change it. Well, I could and did but every time it came back to a default setting somewhere...
Ahh fun. I might still do a reset to cure this word docs problem though
But at least I'm moving forwards
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Hi Elwyn
Just to be absolutely clear in order to pass your findings onto others - You believe it was the removal of SPB Pocket Plus that was slowing down messaging and that it was it's removal that got things going again normal speed?
Shame about the "word" thing. I started a thread asking about whether from the extended ROM individual applications (like MSWord) could be reinstalled without hard reset - but got no replies I would have done more research on this myself but time has not allowed it.
Mike
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Hi Elwyn
Just to be absolutely clear in order to pass your findings onto others - You believe it was the removal of SPB Pocket Plus that was slowing down messaging and that it was it's removal that got things going again normal speed?
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Last night whilst at work I tried another text message and got quite, ah, annoyed with it. I also had a problem with alarms as well that I was setting with a different tone/sound but it always defaulted, and I thought that was to do with the reminders options in PP. So I uninstalled it. My today screen looked quite empty without it, and was reminded that as I was 300 miles from home was this a good idea? Anyway, did it. Tried to send a text message and it worked flawlessly
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Shame about the "word" thing. I started a thread asking about whether from the extended ROM individual applications (like MSWord) could be reinstalled without hard reset - but got no replies I would have done more research on this myself but time has not allowed it.
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Thanks for your help I suspect that now that the machine has overall speeded up I might not do a reinstall but instead work my way around it.
Of course, if I get really annoyed... I have the memory card to backup onto
Off to buy a bigger memory card today. At a camera shop. I may have to buy stuff for my DSLR as well. Shame huh!
Hard Rest M3100
who to remove password in M3100? help me and am not forget my password
merza said:
who to remove password in M3100? help me and am not forget my password
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If you've locked your M3100 with a password and forgotten it, the only way to get in would be with a hard reset.
If you're lucky and you already have it synchronised with Outlook then you might be able to sync it there before hard resetting to start again.
Ok, this is a real doozy.
This happened on my original Hermes, and now it's happening on my (three day old!) new one too (just tried to Ring Areti Internet to speak to someone on behalf of one of my clients, and the moment I pressed 0 to speak to someone the microphone seems to just cut out).
The root of the problem is: I can ring a number, whatever, and if I get to a menu system, I tap in the appropriate number to navigate through the system. However, the moment I do so, when I do eventually get through to someone they can't hear me. I can hear them fine, but my microphone has totally cut out - and even trying things like hitting mute / unmute makes no difference.
If I don't press a button, and either hang on until the menu system just puts me through to someone, the mic works fine. The worst thing about this problem is that it's unpredictable; it can happen all the time or it can just happen every so often, and there's no visual or audio indicators to say otherwise that the problem is occurring.
My two Hermes models are quite vastly different in model: the old one was an HT634 and this one is a 643, so the question of the problem being a hardware one spread across several models doesn't apply. This is REALLY ANNOYING, not only does it piss off the person on the other end but if you're stuck in a queue waiting to speak to someone for 20+ minutes, finally getting through and finding that you can't be heard is TOTALLY ANNOYING!
What's even more confusing is this: I thought it might be a permanent problem, so I tried ringing my home phone, then getting my friend to make like an interactive menu system and just say "press 1 to test this, press 2 to confirm that this is a really stupid thing I'm having to do for you, press 3 to confirm that you don't mind me hitting you after we're done testing this idea of yours"... You get the idea. I pressed a button (more than one in fact, the second time I tried it), waited the appopriate length of time that it would take in the real world to get connected, and started speaking - and the person on the landline could hear me fine.
The problem was also present (and intermittent) on my first Hermes, but it was unpredictable. I'm not in a great 3G signal area, and as I look at my phone at the moment it's gone back to GPRS. I also noticed on the MoDaCo forums that some people in London were suffering from problems where they couldn't hear callers, but the person at the other end could hear them fine (they suppose, as they weren't hung up on even though they couldn't hear their caller) - they had to force their phone back to 2G to resolve the problem. However, my microphone doesn't cut out during normal phone usage, so it's just really bugging me that I can't figure out why the hell this is happening!
My Hermes is pretty much stock: T-Mobile ROM, nothing cooked or patched, I just have the odd little bunch of harmless utilities installed: a screen cap application, Map24 Mobile, Microsoft Reader, Media Metrics Meter (usage tracker, you get paid £5 a month for submitting your stats to them so it pays for the Web 'n Walk), Opera Mobile, TCPMP, SMSDRFix, Vibra Switch, WM5NewMenu and Total Commander... They're the only significant additions.
This is driving me nuts! I never had this problem on my old Alpine, though granted it was on O2. I've even had this problem when calling the T-Mobile support line! Which as you can imagine is MOST frustrating.
Anybody have even the faintest idea as to how to solve this problem? It SEVERELY hinders my ability to ring any kind of helpline or support / sales line... And until I found an alternative (direct dial) number to get through to T-Mobile Customer Services, I wasn't even able to ring them!
had exactly the same problem with a Vario II. I couldn't set up my voicemail!
Exchanged unit for a new one and now works fine. No problems so far
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had exactly the same problem with a Vario II. I couldn't set up my voicemail!
Exchanged unit for a new one and now works fine. No problems so far
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Argh... It took me long enough to get this replacement!!! Vario 2s are like golddust at the moment.
What model number is your new unit? Mine is an HT643 (first one was a 634)...
I keep getting calls that drop the second I hit the answer key. I'm using the latest Cingular based firmware for my 8525. Is anyone else experiencing this? I'm trying to determine if it is one of my installed apps or a problem with the phone itself. Thing is I have no apps that are meant to handle calls or VM so if other users are experiencing this please post.
I am not having this problem, 1st I've heard of anyone dropping calls instantly.
Were you located, I'm in chicago and know 4 other with the 8525 without any dropped calls.
NJ. I've been on the Cingular network for a few years now. I had an MPX220 before this.
In my opinion it may come from the magnet of the default case; give some try without it.
yeah, I've had it happen to me too. Interesdtingly, it didn't seem limited to my TyTN either. I had it on my 8125. Seems to happen most often when I answer using the softkeys instead of just pressing the green phone icon.
hmm. im not really sure which i answer the phone, both if im not wrong. I'll have to keep my eye out for that.
I was having a similar problem that turned out to be my case hitting the buttons as I pulled the phone out. I switched to a seidio clip case and it hasn't happened since.
there was a slight delay, so it actually disconnected about the time I hit the button. sometimes the call would answer instead of dropping, depending on which button was hit.
Same Problem on Vodafone
I bought 2 V1605s (tytn) 2 months ago for my business. I seem to have the exact same problem on both phones - about 20-30% of calls have this issue. Scenario is as follows:
Phone rings, after any amount of time Answer with either the green button or the soft keys and the call dies. The other party is routed to Voicemail at that time. While this problem is present I sometimes get a problem where I can't initiate a call - get an error that Cannont make an outgoing call due to lack of signal.
I have seen some suggestions that this (or similar problems) can happen when you are going into and out of coverage blackspots. My work and home areas both have blackspots, so it seems to fit with this.
Only solution I have found is a soft reset. I have tried the following:
- Set band selection to Manual - didn't work
- Set UMTS/GSM to GSM only - didn't work
- Do a hard reset (wiping data and other installed programs) - didn't work
- Make sure that all other applications are closed properly through task Manager (especially data-using ones) - Trying now - no results.
I'd appreciate any suggestions as I need this sorted - no matter how good this phone is as a PDA, I can't tolerate losing 30% of my incoming calls!
I've had similar issues. Last couple of days have been worse than others.
I am beginning to consider an alternate carrier -- the big V is better in and around NYC from what I understand
I bought this device because I thought the screen would be good for my poor old eyes but...
It doesn't alert me to incoming text (SMS) messages. I've downloaded a couple of programs ('reminders'), including one from this site, but neither will run on my HD. I told HTC that the lack of this alert was a major fault as far as I was concerned but the company seems blithely indifferent.
I'm still using Windows XP (waiting for Windows 7 before I get a new PC) and find ActiveSync a nightmare. It fails several times a week, requiring restarting Outlook 2003 and unplugging and replugging of the HD. I hope its equivalent in Windows 7 works because Microsoft should be ashamed of ActiveSync 4.5.
I've gone back to my trusty Treo 680, with its smaller, lower-resolution screen. It alerts me to incoming texts and synchronizes faultlessly and speedily.
I may well sell my HD in disgust.
you can change the sms alert settings, if you go into notications, you can check the box that says "display message on screen".
basically the HTC home page will show a small 1 next to the message icon, this is how you tell you have a new text. if its not enough for you you can enable the standard windows mobile notification by doing what i said.
i've never had any problems with activesync 4.5. i wonder whats causing it. maybe you should try deleting your partnership and repartnering it.
Have you checked the settings?
Select: start - settings - personal - sounds & notifications - notifications.
Then find the incoming SMS menu item and check you have sound, display message, etc.
Also, in settings - system - screen - text size you can set the font to really big !!
as to Active Sync, this is not good with Outlook 2003. I have now on XP outlook 2007 which is totally reliable with Active Sync. I would recommend an upgrade. One feature in 2007 is the contact photos which I don't think you can do in 2003.
When the HD is in standby mode, the SMS alert does not sound. I have failed to respond to numerous text messages because I didn't know that they had arrived. My Treo always sounds an alert. This is an acknowledged flaw in the HD or WinMo 6.1 and nobody wants to fix it.
I tried to load and run two programs that were supposed to be workarounds but WinMo took exception to them and wouldn't run them (various errors). One was a 'reminder' program from this site (OS Remind Me, IIRC).
I shall upgrade to a new PC (and Office 2007 or its successor) once Windows 7 is out. Whether I shall still have the HD at that juncture remains to be seen. I am at a loss to understand why Palm can synchronize so quickly and effectively and Microsoft, which wrote the blooming OS, can't.
I have put my expensive brick back in its box for the time being and am using my trouble-free (if less flashy) Treo 680 because it gets the basics right.
Funny I get alerts...
A little noise and the vibrattion for the following even when in standby
New Email - Active synch and Gmail
SMS
MMS
And all alerts.
Maybe the Telstra Rom isn't as bad as it seems
I'm using the HTC ROM in the UK.
So am I - standard HTC ROM on O2 network in the UK - and I do get incoming text message alerts. Make sure you've got your notifications set correctly as described above.
I've set everything up correctly but I do not receive notifications if the HD is in standby. HTC has agreed that this is how the software that is in my HD works. If HTC has issued a revision of the software, it hasn't seen fit to tell me despite my lodging a fault report.
I'm on O2 Simplicity 25 (now £20!).
My Treo 680 receives notifications when in standby (I had one this morning!), so it's not 'an O2 thing', it's 'an HTC thing'.
I'm an old hand at using PDAs and smartphones, as well as at using computers. Though I'm in my 60s, my brain still works quite well, so, when I describe what is happening in my case and say that HTC has acknowledged this fault, you can be sure that it is so. I do not deny that you receive notifications; I do not receive them on my HD, though I do on my Treo, and HTC agrees that my HD works as I describe. (HTC even told me that the fault might be cured in a later release of the software.) In any case, if things were otherwise, why would this site offer 'cures' or 'workarounds'?
What cures or workarounds? No one but you has acknowledged this as a flaw, every HTC and WinMobile device receives and notifies you of SMS/Voicemail/Email/Alarms/Reminders/Etc. when in standby. If yours doesn't chances are about 20 million to 1 that you have it set up wrong.
Ya, mine always rings and vibrates when I get a txt/email and/or w/e else I tell it to if it's in standby. I don't know what this 'aknowledged' problem is u speak of.
Maybe your device is faulty. Try getting it changed for a new one...
As per most people here, my HD notifies me when in standby.
Always did this on original rom and Dutty's ones.
+1 as above, my new UK Orange one is fine for sms/e-mails etc. Have you tried a hard reset if you have backed your HD up? Apart from that I'd take the fecker back.
I've cleared the storage because I couldn't get the hard reset to work and then put all the kit back in the box.
Tomorrow, I'll reassemble it, put my SIM in, boot it, and set it up as I want it. Then, I shall see what happens and report back.
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Good idea - but can you please check the following?
sound ON, vibrate OFF, ringer vibrate: my Touch HD only vibrates when the display is on. In other words, when in standby mode (display dark), no vibration. And this is no real option since you don't get notified when you get a new sms.
Does this happen to you as well?
Thank you for testing; it's a real bad behaviour that it vibrates for several seconds when the ringer is on. "
Further, http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BlackstoneFAQ#SMS has:
"I'm not getting SMS notifications
this may help",
This leads to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=446594, which is a thread entitled "message/mail notification not working"
Progress Report!
I've reassembled the HD, applied the HD Tweak tweaks, and reinstalled ActiveSync.
My equivalent of hard reset (clear storage) and HD Tweak seems to be working at present.
However! I am having endless trouble with ActiveSync, which, having taken ages to synchronize, failed to copy all my appointment data to the HD and is now refusing to connect at all! I suppose it's progress but I'm not too sure.
I've now spent 5 hours trying to get ActiveSync to work - that's 60 times as long as it took my Treo 680 to do a complete synchronization. I've just downloaded 4.5 from Microsoft's site and installed it (in case the HTC CD was damaged in any way, however unlikely): it's just chugging along as though it's running on an original IBM PC! If it behaves like it did earlier, it will just quit and refuse to reconnect, requiring me to reboot.
14:24 As expected, ActiveSync disconnected and now can't find the device! I've just cleared storage again and am waiting while the HD initializes...
Seems like a faulty device if NOTHING works good for u... Have u tried one of the custom roms to see if they work? I don't have an Touch HD yet (trying to get my sister in the uk to switch to an O2 contract so i can get it LOL) but as i understand Dutty's is A+ work...
Give that a shot hopefully everything works.
I do have the SMS notifications too. The only bug about alerts reported is the reminder for all-day events.
Concerning a faulty unit, I don't understand how an hardware problem could cause a bug like this ? I mean, if it's hardware (like memory), you should have random freezes or reboots, but a "no SMS ring" is strange for me.
15:50 and the ActiveSync initial synchronization is still running. At least it hasn't disconnected yet.
did you try a sync on another PC ?
My data are on this machine; in any case, I shouldn't have to faff about like that.
My Treo 680, with HotSync Manager, took about 5 minutes to do a complete initial synchronization. Why has ActiveSync taken over 2 hours and still not finished? The only answer that I can think of is that ActiveSync is poorly written. Presumably, Microsoft doesn't care about those customers who still use XP. Windows 7 seems to be better but it's a bit early to be sure.