Guys,
For part of my VJPoOf collection of tools, I made a tiny app that just instantly powers down the Blackstone.
I understand that it works on some other HTCs too, although I haven't tested it.
It's very simple - no warning dialogs, no shutdown animations, it just instantly shuts down the phone (like pressing and holding power, but faster). Please make sure you've finished what you're doing before launching this app.
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I suggest using it with an app launcher, or replacing the existing PowerWarning app that shuts the phone down in the Blackstone.
No frills or installer.
http://www.vijay555.com/vj/releases/vjpoof/vjfastoff.exe
V
PS This should really be part of my VJEschaton app, which already does shutdown on some of the older phones (amongst other things).
This app was only made for the Blackstone, although it may well be compatible with other recent HTCs. For older ones, try VJEschaton if shutting down is your thing!
BTW, for the hard of thinking:
This app could lock your phone up if you put it in the startup folder. So don't do it
Vijay,
Just to let you know that I ran this on a HTC TyTN (Hermes) and it does not power off the device. It simply turns off the screen.
This is FYI only as I was'nt expecting it to work on this device.
Cheers
WB
@wacky.banana: I just updated the post, I should have mentioned that this is really just for newer HTCs, and VJEschaton should be compatible with some of the older ones.
Eventually VJFastOff will be incorporated into VJEschaton, if I don't forget to!
V
Damn you V
I only reversed how to do this the other day (assuming you are doing it the same way as me) for my xdaShutdown - which I'm still re-coding in C++.
Dave
@DaveShaw:
I did this a while ago, but somebody asked about it in one of the other threads, so I thought I'd give it a bit more publicity!
It's a nice little app, and for VJPoOf I made a replacement for both the long press and the short press (standby) function.
The standby function replacement was quite tough, more challenging then I expected (as returning from standby is the problem!).
Can't recall why I didn't release that one now...
V
Confirmed working on my Sprint Touch Pro (stock rom) Thanks for this.
dschoenike
vijay555 said:
@DaveShaw:
I did this a while ago, but somebody asked about it in one of the other threads, so I thought I'd give it a bit more publicity!
It's a nice little app, and for VJPoOf I made a replacement for both the long press and the short press (standby) function.
The standby function replacement was quite tough, more challenging then I expected (as returning from standby is the problem!).
Can't recall why I didn't release that one now...
V
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V you have too many apps for me to keep track off (EDIT: you need to fix your RSS).
Nice work.
I'll have to up my game for xdaShutdown (I'm planning on a psShutXp clone with full power off support, etc... as soon as I figure out this pesky C++)
Dave
@Dave:
There's a particular problem related to VJSihaya which I've been puzzling about for 2 years. Last weekend I got 90% to my solution, and nearly wet myself. And yet, that remaining 10% is probably going to take me another year to solve! So I say to you, don't learn C++ - go and become a fisherman or something
Nah, I'm just joking
I love c++, but hate it with almost as much passion, although that's due to my lack of skill, not because of the language
I've got more apps than I can remember, and only about 60% of them have been released. I took a while away from xda devs working on some infrastractural frameworks (WinFX, my window manager, and related things) but am finally releasing bits and bobs again.
Nice to be back.
V
Works nicely on a Niki
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@Dave:
There's a particular problem related to VJSihaya which I've been puzzling about for 2 years. Last weekend I got 90% to my solution, and nearly wet myself. And yet, that remaining 10% is probably going to take me another year to solve! So I say to you, don't learn C++ - go and become a fisherman or something
Nah, I'm just joking
I love c++, but hate it with almost as much passion, although that's due to my lack of skill, not because of the language
I've got more apps than I can remember, and only about 60% of them have been released. I took a while away from xda devs working on some infrastractural frameworks (WinFX, my window manager, and related things) but am finally releasing bits and bobs again.
Nice to be back.
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I'm loving it at the moment, it's different, but nice to get some proper control over stuff.
I might give you a shout if I get stuck. (feel free to bug me if you think I can help with owt)
Nice to have you back V
Dave
damn.. lovely!!
i was looking for this for years now.. successfully tested on trinity!
oh oh, what would happen if someone dropped this exe into his startup folder? He says he cant get his device turn on anymore. oops any way to fix it? hard reset?
dschoenike
@dschoenike: good question, but what would happen if said noob ate his phone? I can't account for every eventuality.
This app could lock your phone up if you put it in the startup folder.
So don't do it
V
dschoenike said:
oh oh, what would happen if someone dropped this exe into his startup folder? He says he cant get his device turn on anymore. oops any way to fix it? hard reset?
dschoenike
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hard reset will do it.
did u actually do that? lol
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oh oh, what would happen if someone dropped this exe into his startup folder? He says he cant get his device turn on anymore. oops any way to fix it? hard reset?
dschoenike
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HR would fix it.
But that would be funny
Dave
vijay555 said:
@dschoenike: good question, but what would happen if said noob ate his phone? I can't account for every eventuality.
This app could lock your phone up if you put it in the startup folder.
So don't do it
V
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A newb (come moderator) once dropped his phone in a vat of Oil, does your program prevent that
Dave
I remember many moons ago doing a biology research project which involved taking water samples from a small lake. Leaning over the water's edge, I looked down, only to watch my glasses fall in the lake, whereupon I stumbled my way home and cellotaped some old ones back together.
Now I have laser vision, so can see girls' delicates... Happy days.
V
You guys are funny. Honestly, i didn't do it. I shared this nice little app with a guy, and a little later im reading "i put this in the start up folder, now i can't get my phone back on, WTF??!!??" So, i just figured you guys might have a better solution than i already suggested (hard reset) Although i am a noob, i realize "turn of your phone" apps shouldn't go in that particular folder. workin great for me though
@dschoenike:
My goodness, I thought it was a hypothetical!
Sigh, who would put a shutdown app in the startup folder? To what end? It would surely create a paradox that could destroy the universe.
Hmm, I think a hard reset is probably the only option. I've added a warning at the top
Second: better not to use this app, but VJEschaton or xdaShutdown or similar, which make it a bit harder to shutdown the phone.
As I said, this was a spinoff app made specifically to cut out the crap and just shutdown! If you can afford to wait, just use the existing PowerWarning app in the \windows\ folder.
I feel bad for your friend. tasteless despair
V
Thanks again for responding. Yeah, i really wish it was a hypothetical question, but sadly, no. its funny you mentioned paradox, i was thinkin the same thing. Guess we learn from our mistakes. I really never thought a warning woulda been needed. I told him i'd buy him some apps for the trouble. I feel bad. Thanks for the fast replies. much appreciated.
dschoenike
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Hi!
I have an imate jasjar and i have been facing all these problems..can u please help?
1) My Spb weather doesnt update. How can i make it update?
2) How can i show spb clock on today screen?(i have spb pocket plus v3 installed?
3) how can i distribute memory between storage and program? i cant find a slider which was earlier used to distribute the memory between the two( it was located in settings/memory..
4) How can i hear music thru my jabra car handsfree?
5) Is it possible to view my IP camera on PPC. I logon to website room.nishcam.ourlinksys to view my camera?
6) My Etrust antivirus is not working. It says avui cannot be opened. Is it possible to re-download the program without hard resetting my phone. This was supplied with 1 yr free subscription. i dont have the key as it was entered by default. Tried to contact imate. Their customer service is hopeless.
7) How can i hard reset i mate jasjar?
8) What all good plug in can be used with pocket plus?
Can you please help me with these questions. Thanks in advance.[/u]
Nishant, you might as well post my PM to you in this thread, in case it helps anyone else.
V
Still need help or everything solved/answered?
Here are the solutions!
Here is the solution from our friend Vijay
Nishant my friend, thanks for your compliments. I'm no genius, we've probably both have the same amount of experience with the pocketpc. I've just thrown myself at the board and various books.
SPB weather: how are you updating? Ensure you can browse the internet first (I use activesync)
Then go to settings and choose the comms tab. Click test connection. If that works, you should be fine.
I disable connection manager because it tries to connect everytime I connect to the net, which is annoying. I manually update by clicking the refresh button on the today screen, or just "download weather" from the comms tab.
2. No idea. I've never used it.
3. There isn't a tab on WM5. It's not needed because of persistent memory.
4. Never tried it. It's generally not possible, but you are looking for something called the audio gateway profile.
Check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=29508&highlight=bluetooth+handsfree+music
This thread will also help you out:
http://www.pdaphonehome.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=54951&perpage=20&pagenumber=1
6. No idea. Why do you need a virus killer? It just slows down your pda. Use good net hygene and you will be fine!
7. I've never tried it. I wrote a program to do it, but this is what I read on the forum:
* bootloader : light + power + reset
* bootmenu : camera + reset
* coldboot : power + reset
Basically I understand that there's a program on the universal to wipe storage memory. This is equivalent to a hard reset after you soft reset.
I'm sorry, I don't use my universal for anything other than development, so I do very little with it right now!
Let me know how you get on.
V
I forgot to answer q5.
IP cameras should be ok, but it depends on the camera. Some use an ActiveX download to view the camera, and that probably won't work.
If it dumps jpgs or gifs to a folder that would be easy.
If it uses a java plugin, use Netfront or another Pocket browser with java built in.
V
Answer to question 1:
I had the the same problem with Spb Weather: was not updating. If you write Spb, they will send you a link for v1.5.0, Build 478 which was designed for WM5. Current version on the website is only v1.1.1
Answer to quesion 2:
Having Spb Time show in Pocket Plus is a 'future' plug-in ability. It is shown at the bottom of http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/pocketplus/plugins.html?en
Answer to question 7:
Depress both keyboard softkeys (the two on the top row that are dash shaped and the soft rest button at the same time). Thankfully, this is awkward to do.
Boinger
That's nice, this is better!
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I agree with you, vijay555. I was just specifically referring to Spb Time (though some of the other Time skins might bring some additional uniformity to someone's theme).
Hi, what is cold boot?
I imagine it's hardreset. I just copied and pasted from the wiki (I think).
V
Sorry, I fell here by chance.
I'm not a genius.
:lol:
"For every complex problem, there exists a solution that is simple, concise, and totally wrong"
V
Thanks guys!
Hey Vijay! i totally agree with u m8. and btw we guys are still waiting for your application which could alter senders id. The day u release it mate..ill be the first one to donate 50 quid..thats a gentlemans promise.
where as the answers are concerned.
1) Managed to solve it by downloading a patch from their support section.
2) Still awaiting for the new release.
3) i was being stupid askin that question.lol
4) Not been able to do that..still looking for help
5) I guess it uses active sync..so again hard luck.
6) Imate customer service was hopeless..neways took vijay's suggestion and deleted the bloddy program. Hackers..my phone is free for attack. :lol:
7) Got it, program called "Clear storage" hard resets the device.
8) Using all spb products as plug in..n enjoyin every moment of it. Still hungary for some more applications.
Vijay doesnt yr phone go slow with all those PIMs n applications..man what do u feed yr phone with? lol..i wish i could have a today screen like u on my jasjar.
Guys..something is wrong with my jasjar's display..some weird mark has shown up on screen..looks like inks being spread..god!! This cant happen to me? My phone is under warranty? Do u think the screen would be replaced as i havent done anything..oh my baby..help.
Screen should be replaced under warranty. Sounds bad! Should post a photo so we can all complain about it if necessary! Did you bend it or anything?
My plugins are mostly standard stuff. Well, VJEphemeris is all written by me, VJAudioNotes is mostly rewritten by me, an invisible spacer plugin called VJTodaySpacer is useful, so only a couple of other 3rd party jobs.
On my magician I've never had a performance problem, but I'm very careful about what I keep resident in memory and store everything on storage or storage card. I keep very regular backups and restore them if I've tried a program I didn't like and want to remove. The registry easily gets full of cr*p! Just had the good fortune of hard resetting after finishing my new program, VJAccioPhone, discussed here. All in the interests of development!
I'll work on the SMS spoofer, but I'm on holiday for a week. But I'll be studying, so hopefully good things when I get back, and I'll work on releasing VJAccioPhone and updating some other stuff!
V
broken Screen?
hi Guys!
On Vijays suggestion iam attaching few pictures of my broken screen. I doubt if this is covered under the warranty, to be honest, i didnt even apply any kind of pressure..i always treat my phone as a baby..first i thought it was my today screen but now i have figured out ..its broken..anyways i tried to contact imate customer service..they were hopeless..got hold of their president,VP and few other management people email addresses..Sent them an email..Here is the copy of the email that i had sent and the reply i got..
Dear Mr. Jim,
I am Nishant Jairath, basicaly from India.
Iam a proud owner of jasjar,had been using it for a while. I had really started to love my device but one day i found some weird mark on my screen. something below the touch screen, it looks like kind of mini grey lines spread over an area of 2 -3 inches. As my device is covered under warranty, the phone should have been repaired. I tried to contact your customer services but recieved no response. i sent around 2-3 emails, tried to get in touch with the chat representative, all the 10 times i tried, it went on time out without any one assisting me. So all my hardwork to get a proper customer service have been rendered fruitless. I have maintained proper logs for the same and would send you if required.
I drove all the way from my home city ludhiana to delhi (6hrs drive) to get my phone repaired and you will be shocked to hear what was their response, they said they cant repair jasjar at this point of time as they dont have the necessary parts. I dont understand why you selling the phone, if you are unable to provide the requisite services. What am i supposed to do? Well, this is my last try before i launch a formal complaint in consumer court.
Looking for your help,
Nishant Jairath
The reply i recieved, i even got a call from imate representative from india..
Dear Nishant,
Firstly let me apologize to you for any inconvenience caused to you in handling your issue. Our online technical support sometimes gets very busy and drop lines. We are currently working on solving this issue.
As by now I am sure that Sandeep from our partners 4th Generation has already contacted you and arranged with you regarding the maintenance of your unit.
We are arranging to send them spare parts as soon as possible. I hope that we will be able to satisfy you and stand for your expectations.
Please feel free to contact me directly if you need anything.
Best regards,
Operations Manager
i-mate™ from Carrier Devices
The email i sent after their rep asked me to send imei and pictures of the device
Dear Mr.Sandeep
When i try to take an image with the print screen utility, the mark doesnt show up because probably it caputers images from the rom and not the screen. Anyways i have attached the picture, but there is no sign of the mark. iam sending you the picture taken from a digital camera. This mark has spread since the last time i had a talk with you and also sending you the information that you require.
Imei 3551950081....
S/N HT537.....
Thanking You.
Nishant Jairath
what do u think, what will they do? will they ask me to pay?
Nish, it reminds me of an old lcd screen i broke. it leaks and only gets worse.
if you didn't cause the break there's no way they can deny it's a hardware/manufacturing defect, and that should be covered by any warranty. i wouldn't get a 3rd party repair until they've examined it. they have to fix/replace if it's a legitimate purchase and fault... good luck.
v
Great going!
hey vijay!
Good luck with your work,if u need jasjar platform for beta testing,ill b happy to offer you my phone but u ll need to wait until ill get it fixed. My finger are crossed.. looking forward for the launch of VJAccioPhone And yaa..u have a good trip.
Nishant
in GIGABYTE's new models like I-Teq Bond
there is built in answering machine you can see details in http://www.iteqonline.com/bond_details.html
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as far as i know there is no Answering system works with wm2003
so i think the problem regarding the answering machine has been solved in WM5 but there is no individual application to enable answering system on other wm5 phone edition PPC's like Prophet, is there any answering program like the one used in i-teq?
please introduce it if you any.
here is screen shot of i-teq bond
lover - this is a specific software and hardware solution provided by Gigabyte. It's not a generic WM5 solution.
Have a read around the board on why that might be the case.
V
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,46925:dont_paginate,1
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Jus found this on Google. Supports HTC Universal
http://www.boointeractive.com/products.asp
SMS Answering Machine v1.0
Release Date 1/1/2006
Requirements Pocket PC
Desktop PC
1MB of space
100Kb of Memory
Answer your calls when you're in a meeting or can't pick up the phone. This sms answering machine becomes your personal assistant, and replies to your selected callers by sending your custom message.
Handle your calls when in a meeting or on vacation using this top of the line answering machine.
You can also reply to unknown numbers, the ones that are not in your address book, by selecting the "reply to unknown" checkbox.
You can view all your calls from within the application, the name of the person, time of call and how many times the phone rang.
Digs said:
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,46925:dont_paginate,1
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The overdub could be awesome too.
"If you don't feel like talking to a particular individual (i.e. annoying friend, boss, spouse, or debt collector) and need a digital alibi, the Background Effects feature adds a looping ambience of being in a car, airplane, concert, meeting, movie theater, and more."
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As I stated before, Gigabyte added some really neat functions, especially to the phone portion of the device. For starters, they've included answering machine software!
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so i think this is a software which is in ROM and there is no hardware added, ithink so.
it would be great if some one get that software from the original ROM.
thanks for sharing
lover: I'm inclined to disagree. I've tried the app on the Magician, Universal and Mio A701. No joy.
The attached, ripped from the ROM, may require other associated files, but I've tried the whole ROM in its complete form. It appears to be non English, so I may be reading it wrong, but let me know if you have any luck.
V
vijay555 said:
lover: I'm inclined to disagree. I've tried the app on the Magician, Universal and Mio A701. No joy.
The attached, ripped from the ROM, may require other associated files, but I've tried the whole ROM in its complete form. It appears to be non English, so I may be reading it wrong, but let me know if you have any luck.
V
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than you very much but
it didnt work on my JAMin., does any one knows which company is the developer of this software?
Maybe I'm missing something here, but can someone enlighten me as to why you would want an answering machine on your phone when your mobile phone carrier already supplies you with that service? Just want to make sure I'm not missing out on any features here.
i dun think its just a software api that does this answering machine..
most likely to be a hardware inside the phone that is not present in other phones.
It is just a software!
There is a rom (2.03 Beta TofClock Himalaya) and it has this answering machine...
bepe: I think that's specific to the Himalaya. Because of the way the modem works on PocketPC phones, not all (in fact, it seems, very few) have the audio path accessible by the device itself for two way recording.
Have a read through here. If you've had any sucess, please post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=40100&highlight=record+poll
V
thanks vj for clarifying
thank you all for you comments but still no way to make this software work with prophet
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http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,46925:dont_paginate,1
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Jus found this on Google. Supports HTC Universal
http://www.boointeractive.com/products.asp
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To pay $ 18.95 for an app that you can do for FREE? I've reported about a long ago (it's REALLY worth following my blog ) - I'd certainly prefer it to this one.
hope anyone can make it work, this will be great
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hope anyone can make it work, this will be great
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Just my two cents...
I don't think the software won't work on any device other than g-Smart range, it's to do with the hardware of the phone, not WM5. Without this hardware I believe it is impossible to record both sides of the conversation without some massive application, which will probably (a) slow the ppc right down, as will need to be integrated into the OS, and (b) not be that cheap either.
Regards.
just a quick qn.. if i want to try on my hermes, how to i 'install' it?
do i need to tweak any registry settings?
thanks
that would be a great app i think!! i'm on pay as you go and orange charge 10p per min to retieve voicemail!! would be super if the phone itself took over and saved an mp3 or something to the memory card!!! no charges!!
come on!!! some make or find it!!!
Hi Folks
Well, I did my hard reset yesterday... and it didn't all recover as it should.
It failed to start most of the Orange customisation and I had to manually enable the Extended rom and run those programs there
Also the text messaging has gone a bit wonky! I don't know how to put it but when I try and send a text message it wants to send it via email. I know the SMS is setup, but I can't use it. I suppose this means I don't actually have SMS setup
Any suggestions before I speak to the Orange Support People. I figured you'd be more knowledgable than most of the call centre bred lot
TIA for all the help
Do you really want people to have an Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) for helping you???
for real now...
Had the same problem when recovering my Tytn with a Sprite Backup file, the SMS-folder had been replaced by a folder called IRM-root or something... problem was solved by using SPB backup... I heard this can be solved by not having Sprite backup restoring the mail boxes but in this way, your messages won't be recovered.
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I meant "Thanks In Advance". I've been using that for years
for real now...
Had the same problem when recovering my Tytn with a Sprite Backup file, the SMS-folder had been replaced by a folder called IRM-root or something... problem was solved by using SPB backup... I heard this can be solved by not having Sprite backup restoring the mail boxes but in this way, your messages won't be recovered.[/QUOTE]
Hmm. I was aiming to get this as a fresh install, so haven't used SPB Backup to recover the files on the drive... If I ran it now to recover it would proabably cause more damage than good because of the different setups. But I shall look into that.
Thanks
Elwyn
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Sorry about that, but as you can see I can't actually send any text messages. Tmail is running but doesn't seem to do much...
Anyone??
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Sorry about that, but as you can see I can't actually send any text messages. Tmail is running but doesn't seem to do much...
Anyone??
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Hi Elwyn
You may well have seen this post on how to reset sms etc accounts, but in case you have not - may be relevant - not an area I know much about but here's the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1094774&postcount=5
Mike
Reference: Monthly Minutes
For those that asked, the lower section that reads "Monthly Minutes" is a program called "Phone Dashboard" by Hudson Mobile Technologies. It's available through PocketGear and the like Has been invaluable and prevented me from stressing and worrying about my usage. As it is I'm waaaay underusing my 3000 landline minutes a month and 550 cross network mobile minutes Thankfully!
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Hi Elwyn
You may well have seen this post on how to reset sms etc accounts, but in case you have not - may be relevant - not an area I know much about but here's the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1094774&postcount=5
Mike
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I'm thinking there is something different between 2003 of which he's testing on and the 2005 of which I have. I followed it through to delete all the databases, messages, attachments and the like but when I restarted poutlook (Pocket Outlook) the 3 other messages that were in there previously were still there.
This ARCSoft cab file is reportedly "not a valid program"
Spoke to Orange today. After over an hour on hold went through the basic messaging systems (ie, check the voicemail/text messagin numbers they use). I did explain I couldn't even get as far as that section of sending a message but she didn't seem to grasp that. Advised to delete all messages and then switch phone off for 15 minutes.
Done that, but the update that was supposed to come hasn't arrived.
Then again, ActiveSync has now keeled over
I am doing well... I have not sworn at them yet...
You did remember to turn off the advanced USB functionality after the hard reset.... sorry.....I'll shut up now.!!!!
You realise there are, just at the moment, 3 or four folks (and dozens of the unknown out there) waiting to get the answer to this problem i.e reconstruct the messaging setup. There is very probably somebody around here that knows exactly what to do...if they would be good enough to let us know.
Sorry it's not working out - worth another hard reset??
By the way I got the word mobile problem you had. Googled it and dozens of folk had it but the only solution was a hard reset - which I did and it worked. Unfortunately my full sytem backup was done at a time after the word mobile problem started (Unbeknown to me!) and so it was useless to recover the system...damn. Learned the lesson - take periodic backups, keep a few going back in history and also perform a few routine checks before doing the backup. Otherwise I find Spb full system backup superb, keeps all my customisation settings, all installed programmes, tweaks etc., everything in fact.
Mike
mikechannon said:
You did remember to turn off the advanced USB functionality after the hard reset.... sorry.....I'll shut up now.!!!!
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Yep, disabled all of that /before/ I did the hard reset....
mikechannon said:
You realise there are, just at the moment, 3 or four folks (and dozens of the unknown out there) waiting to get the answer to this problem i.e reconstruct the messaging setup. There is very probably somebody around here that knows exactly what to do...if they would be good enough to let us know.
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Indeed. It's not a common thing but when it happens it's pretty annoying. Considering the hassle I had last time to get the operators' customisations to work even after the hard reset I'm not sure if that is the fault or what...
I had to open the ExtRom myself and run the files in there before I even got anything Orange like working...
Although it might be an idea to hard reset it and check the messaging works before going any further, although I seem to recall it looked pretty messed up back then as well!
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Sorry it's not working out - worth another hard reset??
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We'll see. I'll try and get is sorted this week... Somehow!
mikechannon said:
By the way I got the word mobile problem you had. Googled it and dozens of folk had it but the only solution was a hard reset - which I did and it worked. Unfortunately my full sytem backup was done at a time after the word mobile problem started (Unbeknown to me!) and so it was useless to recover the system...damn. Learned the lesson - take periodic backups, keep a few going back in history and also perform a few routine checks before doing the backup. Otherwise I find Spb full system backup superb, keeps all my customisation settings, all installed programmes, tweaks etc., everything in fact.
Mike
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I did fix that fault with a Hard Reset
I do have some SBP Backup Files here, so I might see if I can restore that level and go on from there.... Oooh
Thanks for a detailed reply! It's people like you that add a bit more stability into these forums!
Right, I've got some backup files. SO the choices are:
1. Restore & not be able to use WORD as the templates are snafu'd
2. Don't restore and can't send text messages
Well. An update.
This evening I did a reset. SPB Backup had been performing backups every twice a week for most of December
I ran the latest one.
I restored everything but the files.
It did it and not only do I now have text messaging back properly but I also DON'T have the Word bug. This was where templates had been overwritten for creating a Word doc.
I kinda worked out that of the two it was better to have text messaging than word files working I can get around word files. Text messages are, um, different. Don't think I can survive without them
Thank you all for your help. I am now happier with it. Well. I have to reinstall a lot now, but hey ho!
I'm running WM6 w/spb mobile shell and trying to use SPB Backup, but for the last two days i've been seeing a log message about someting called the "NK.EXE" process blocking a read on "windows/compimeh.0409.dat"
Any help appreciated.
Thanks.
Darkeyce said:
I'm running WM6 w/spb mobile shell and trying to use SPB Backup, but for the last two days i've been seeing a log message about someting called the "NK.EXE" process blocking a read on "windows/compimeh.0409.dat"
Any help appreciated.
Thanks.
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NK.EXE is a required kernel system process.
Mike
Ah...thanks...I wonder if i can exclude that...
???
I too am having the same problem. Can this be fixed? Am I missing something? Am I always going to have this problem now that I am running WMBE 1.2? Is it a big deal? Is there a way to fix it? I would like SPB Backup to work without any problems.
Many thanks for the answers to my questions.
Thanks
Marc
It's no big deal.
compimeh.0409.dat is data only meant to be written/read by the operating system
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NK.EXE is a required kernel system process.
Mike
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actually... it's THE kernel
Olipro said:
actually... it's THE kernel
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Stripping the peach:
the skin is not the kernel, neither is the fruity juicy flesh. Most people would call the stone the kernel, but is it? No, inside the stone is a nut. Is that the kernel? or is that tiny little baby plant inside the nut the actual kernel?...
Maggy said:
Stripping the peach:
the skin is not the kernel, neither is the fruity juicy flesh. Most people would call the stone the kernel, but is it? No, inside the stone is a nut. Is that the kernel? or is that tiny little baby plant inside the nut the actual kernel?...
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I am pink therefore I'm spam.
But seriously when you find the value of X you will have the answer to your kernel conundrum:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
It's all very simple really
Mike
Maggy said:
Stripping the peach:
the skin is not the kernel, neither is the fruity juicy flesh. Most people would call the stone the kernel, but is it? No, inside the stone is a nut. Is that the kernel? or is that tiny little baby plant inside the nut the actual kernel?...
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nk.exe is the kernel, period.
Okay, okay, I'll take your word for it ;-)
Back to serious: Do you know if NK.EXE is very different for different devices and if it changed a lot over the years?
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Okay, okay, I'll take your word for it ;-)
Back to serious: Do you know if NK.EXE is very different for different devices and if it changed a lot over the years?
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yes...
every CE version since CE 1.0 has seen changes in the kernel... sometimes very big changes...
and yes it is device specific because the hardware abstraction layer (which is called OAL in our case) is linked into the same exe as the kernel, i.e. NK.exe.
this will change in CE6 (no, WM6 is not CE6!!).
....why did you ask about this ?
Because I own a Himalaya and a Backpack (CF slot, extra battery and VGA/composit output for Hima). Lots of Hima users who upgraded to WM5 or WM6 have their Backpacks laying in a drawer unused because there are no working drivers. I guess I found out why they refuse to work, the cause is IMHO in NK.EXE. I'm trying to gather courage to dive deep into disassembling it...
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Because I own a Himalaya and a Backpack (CF slot, extra battery and VGA/composit output for Hima). Lots of Hima users who upgraded to WM5 or WM6 have their Backpacks laying in a drawer unused because there are no working drivers. I guess I found out why they refuse to work, the cause is IMHO in NK.EXE. I'm trying to gather courage to dive deep into disassembling it...
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sorry for slow reply.
if you need help with kernel disassembly let me know
also, do you know asm? that'll be needed a lot. and reading the C sources as well.
i've had some fun before with nk.exe..
but why do you think the cause for your problem is nk.exe?
can you tell me more details?
Thanks for the kind offer. I've done some x86 ASM programming in the late 80's, early 90's, so no, I'm not an experienced XScale ASM programmer and much less capable of of porting bits and pieces of drivers and kernel from WM2003 to WM6. But I'm willing to learn and there are many backpack owners who currently can't use it for anything else than for VGA/composit output.
BTW I've read lots of C sources over the years, some I do understand at first sight, some I'm totally unable to read. But how is C related to this problem?
All that's known about Himalaya ASIC5 as far as I can find it:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HimalayaASIC5
This chip handles PCMCIA so it's very likely that it's responsible for R/W access to CF card, right?
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HimalayaGPIO
As you can see GPIO2 Backpack IRQ hooks into nk.exe, that is the Himalaya WM2003 any version official releases... There are several other known details about Backpack in these pages http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HimalayaHardware but the amount of information does not yet make me happy.
There has been a leaked out WM5 Hima beta that has never been officially released, but some, very rare, ppl on buzzdev reported having Backpack battery and/or CF working using that ROM...
if you want to understand the kernel disassembly, you must understand C too, because using the C sources for the kernel (the shared source in platform builder) will make it *lots* easier.
i don't think you can port the driver without rewriting it in C/C++, so that's another reason why that'd be a requirement.
unless the modification that is needed is simple in asm...
but even to find what the problem is, is not a trivial task at all.
BTW what is your guess about how nk.exe is related to the problem? i'm curious.
do you have this beta wm5 where this backpack thing works? that would make this task quite a lot easier.
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if you want to understand the kernel disassembly, you must understand C too, because using the C sources for the kernel (the shared source in platform builder) will make it *lots* easier.
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Are the kernel C sources public? Or is there a way to decompile them?? That would indeed make things easier.
BTW what is your guess about how nk.exe is related to the problem? i'm curious.
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IMHO,MVVHO it seems clear to me from the GPIO table
do you have this beta wm5 where this backpack thing works? that would make this task quite a lot easier.
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It did not work for all, most tried and failed, some where lucky. Himalaya's can be nasty critters. I have here two "identical" Hima's, both type PH10B, both same ROM, same bootloader, same radio, same RAM configuration. I bought both with broken screen, bought 2 screens with identical part # from same seller, but one is much darker than the other. No problem, I use mine (the darker one) always at 40% backlight and it's still comfortable reading. But strange.
Even stranger, I tried to install the same bunch of software on both, even in the same order. Some programs that ran smootly on A crashed B vice versa...
I think HTC was still trying to find out how to separate the experimental department from the construction line in those days...
Back to your question, it was a very early unstable beta, I tried it, went back to WM2003, deleted that beta :-( I could not foresee that it could play such a crucial role later in history.
Shortly afterwards Microsoft started law suit threats against the founders of xda-dev and buzznet, all these early ROMs were taken off ftp sites. I PMmed some of the members who tried it, especially those who reported working Backpacks... no chance...
as i said: shared sources from platform builder. most of the kernel source is available in there. let me know if you can't find PB 5.0. i have the download links for the eval version and the eval license key.
decompiling, dream on..
could you please go into details on the GPIO? this would make matters much more clear.
i hope you can find that rom somehow. that would make this case less hopeless.
Is it correct modify NK to extend its memory from 84 to 100mb as we are dealing with the Kernel?
I tried by altering the following hex address in S000 but it didn't work
From 9FE530559FE5A13EA0E38224A0E3
To 9FE530559FE5A13EA0E38324A0E3
I can't boot anymore. Always stuck on 2nd splash. But if I removed it, it boots fine but keeping 84mb program memory instead 102.
Any idea folks?
Thanks
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I'm getting the error: 800705B4 when trying to update my phone.
So I found a solution on Microsoft's website.
However, the instructions say turn the phone off, which is fine.
Then turn it on, which is fine. But then hold the camera button immediately after turning it on to put it into update mode and this should appear on the phone's screen:
http://i51.tinypic.com/2euibkj.png
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
But when I hold the camera button (the call button), nothing happens and it just boots as normal.
Help please?
You can not update your phone as it is not a Native Windows Phone device
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I see. So none of us HTC HD2 WP7 users will be able to update unless we flash a new rom or something?
ive been trying to find out exactly what is happening, i suspect its driver related, or at least partially driver related. ive been trying to find out exactly what is happening and why it doesnt work, but i cant find out exactly what driver is installed when a HD7 goes in to update mode,
ive asked on the HD7 forum but no one seems capable of telling me what VID and PID is associated with the device when it goes in to update mode.
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ive been trying to find out exactly what is happening, i suspect its driver related, or at least partially driver related. ive been trying to find out exactly what is happening and why it doesnt work, but i cant find out exactly what driver is installed when a HD7 goes in to update mode,
ive asked on the HD7 forum but no one seems capable of telling me what VID and PID is associated with the device when it goes in to update mode.
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Let me know if you find a solution.
And out of interest, does everyone get this problem when trying to update?
Because I haven't seen any threads similar to this one on xda, and I would've thought at least one person would have tried to update and reported their error by now?
I do. I also can't enter in update mode with my HD2. Absolutely the same situation as you ...
ive given up, i dont have the money to get an HD7 and the hassle of trying to get someone else to do things to their HD7s is too much, im still very much of the opinion that at the very moment updating fails, Windows desktop identifies the device as a LEO device, its not a coincidence, it might not be the whole story but im sure its a big part of it.
to be honest, i really cant be bothered updating the ROM or reflashing as we will need to do, im going to wait until we have some worthwhile updates, ideally even some kind of back up program so i wouldnt need to do it again, in the mean time it works just perfect the now so im not to fussed.
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I do. I also can't enter in update mode with my HD2. Absolutely the same situation as you ...
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Look people..YOU CANNOT UPDATE THE HD2 WP7 ROM USING ZUNE NOR ANY OTHER TOOL CURRENTLY OUT THERE!!!!
WPSupportTool does NOT work on the HD2. Chevron7 Updater (in my case and I haven't heard anyone else having success) does not work neither!!!!
As for not flashing any new updates to WP7, to each is own, but how much stuff have you got loaded on your phone that you wouldn't want to re-flash with WP7 releases?
I personally can have all my contacts, calendar entries, most of my marketplace and sideloaded apps, and 6 email accounts loaded on to my phone after a flash inside 45 minutes. And it wouldn't take long to put customer ringtones and alerts, and any music/video on there through Zune. It's not as though we have anything to flash again anytime soon. Release 7008 is it until the NoDo release is put out by DFT. Who knows when that is coming, although I've heard gossip it's supposed to be in the next couple of weeks.
Chill mate, think he gets the picture already, we know it doesn't work, I would like to find out why it doesn't, its nit a matter of being impossible, its a matter of finding out why! As for reflashing, I have several apps that are essential, they do not support skydrive so any reflash will mean me losing the data, although in saying that, with everything being sandboxes it might be possible to manually locate and copy it....hmmm there's an idea =). Next project set!
of course, little bit later, we can hack more easily then now. but when i connect the phone to pc. it identifies hd7.
kasapoglu said:
of course, little bit later, we can hack more easily then now. but when i connect the phone to pc. it identifies hd7.
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yes it will until you put it in to update mode where by its identified as a LEO, the phone wont update unless in update mode
dazza9075 said:
we know it doesn't work, I would like to find out why it doesn't, its nit a matter of being impossible, its a matter of finding out why!
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Yep, pretty much this.
I want to find out why it doesn't work, and if there's a solution.
Osca said:
Yep, pretty much this.
I want to find out why it doesn't work, and if there's a solution.
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If there was a solution, I think the XDA cooks would have found it by now. Demanding aren't we. WP7 was never supposed to be run on the HD2. The entire OS and UI was built around hardware criteria driven by Microsoft to the phone manufacturers.
Error Code
I also get an error code : 80180048 when I try to update my hd2 win7 with zune. Has anybody also received this message and has it been fixed by anyone yet? Will we be updating any time soon without re-flashing?
80's Pecho said:
I also get an error code : 80180048 when I try to update my hd2 win7 with zune. Has anybody also received this message and has it been fixed by anyone yet? Will we be updating any time soon without re-flashing?
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Are you serious dude?
hjhjhj said:
If there was a solution, I think the XDA cooks would have found it by now. Demanding aren't we. WP7 was never supposed to be run on the HD2. The entire OS and UI was built around hardware criteria driven by Microsoft to the phone manufacturers.
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So we souldnt even bother to try and work stuff out because "someone else" will fix it?
There is a patch available for a Samsung phone for this very error.
Perhaps it holds the key to solving this issue on HD2?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12640984
ozzy lion said:
There is a patch available for a Samsung phone for this very error.
Perhaps it holds the key to solving this issue on HD2?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12640984
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Tried this, The phone is not recognized by Windows Phone Support Tool .
Regards
Just bumping this thread to check if a fix is available yet; does a fix exist yet?
nope there isnt im afraid