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push of choice?

just curious what everyone is using for push? i was using mail2web but was seeing serious battery drain when it was on. anyone else seeing this? anyone use something with more success?

Push of choice:
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I'm using mail2web as well, but I've not got it set for push, but scheduled sync.
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Reno, what do u consider battery drain? I also use mail2web push and if I use my phone normally and don't surf for more than 2 hrs a day, the battery lasts the entire day. That's fantastic in my book.
Does your battery not last that long?

well i guess my issue is then that im surfing more throughout the day. that has to be why im seeing more drain.

i just use the messaging app that comes with windows

I don't think your battery drain is dependent on the provider you use for push email. It has more to do with the constant GPRS connection and the data that is transferred. I am not really sure about this, but perhaps the interval that is used to check for new mails is very short, so the phone sends a lot of data? Perhaps this interval is dependent on the provider after all, could it be that mail2web contacts your phone more than other providers do? On the other hand, it only needs to contact your phone when a new mail comes on their servers, so I don't see the need for constantly contacting your phone. the other way around, your phone only needs to contact their exchange server to sync when something changes on your phone in the calendar, tasks, etc. Why would mail2web keep contacting your phone to see if something has changed when the device should be able to send the message to the server that there are changes and a sync is needed?
not a lot of help from me I'm afraid, sorry!

I'm using mail2web as well. I have it set for push ("as items arrive") and the battery life isn't really that much shorter than normal. I just put the phone on the charger after 36 hours of moderate to high use, including 2-3 hours of gaming) and had %12 when I connected it.
Do you keep the clock speed at 200mhz? Are you using wifi or bluetooth excessively? My use was at 200mhz and with wifi and bluetooth disabled.
fwiw, I'm using Summiter's AKU2.3 rom "test2"
I think it's a no-brainer that direct push is going to use extra battery life. Perhaps you could set it to push only during peak times, which would cut down on your use of the GPRS heartbeat.

I'm using both mail2web's Exchange Direct Push and also using VGSMail's IMAP push transport as well. On a typical day I never drop below 70% battery, but I'm not getting that many emails either. The VGSMail transport does have a nice feature where you can customize the heartbeat to the IMAP server between 1 and 20 minutes. I'm guessing that the Direct Push has a hard coded or registry configured heartbeat period. Either way I'm quite happy with the battery life.

Password help

When I go to settings>lock the option where it says "prompt if device unused for" is greyed out and I can't deselect it, please help this is very annoying.
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did you tick the box next to "Prompt if device is unused for"

It's ticked already but it wont let me un-tick it.

I did some searching and this guy has the same problem
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=986936
I also just set up an exchange server.

bump... anyone?

sekks said:
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if you remove the exchange server does the option come back? Im looking over my exchange settings now to see if there is a fix, i dont have the problem though

It is a policy thing that your exchange administrator has set up. I have Goodlink, which is just like exchange sync (it is exchange sync with an exchange server that is behind a firewall, in effect), and I have an unremovable password policy as well. The really annoying thing with my policy is that it is a 30-minute max, so the password screen keeps popping up at inopportune times, like when I am using GPS in the car on a trip that is more than 30 minutes long (I have to type in the password while driving to get back to the GPS screen; sheesh, talk about unsafe at any speed!).
If you have friendly exchange admins, talk to them about it. I work for a big company, and don't even know what continent the admins are in.

i just removed the server source then did a soft reset and it still wont let me un-tick that option, when i first set up the exchange server on my mda it kinda hung for a while when it attempted to connect to the exchange server then it said something about security crap and prompted me to enter a pin. if there's no work around for this i wouldn't be surprised.

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It is a policy thing that your exchange administrator has set up. I have Goodlink, which is just like exchange sync (it is exchange sync with an exchange server that is behind a firewall, in effect), and I have an unremovable password policy as well. The really annoying thing with my policy is that it is a 30-minute max, so the password screen keeps popping up at inopportune times, like when I am using GPS in the car on a trip that is more than 30 minutes long (I have to type in the password while driving to get back to the GPS screen; sheesh, talk about unsafe at any speed!).
If you have friendly exchange admins, talk to them about it. I work for a big company, and don't even know what continent the admins are in.
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30 minutes? wow the max on mine is 24 hours which is still inconvenient cause it still asks me when i reset my phone. But 30 minutes that sucks

I was having this problem and found the following solution:
You have to edit the registry and change the following value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Policies\Policies\0000 1023
(DWORD Value) (Base Dec)
Change it to 1

Organising Contacts

Does anyone have an easy way to organise contacts?
I just installed WM6 and added the contacts from my SIM to the phone but it has added them all over the shop- eg. instead of having one contact for "John" with 3 phone numbers in that contact i end up with 3 contacts (one for home number, one for mobile and one for work).
I tried to use a program called Pocket PC Contacts Synchronizer so i could reorganise them on the desktop but i cant figure out how to use it..... bloody thing......
How does everyone else do it?

i think you'll just have to bite the bullet and cut and paste them into 1 phone memory contact. i stopped using sim memory for contacts years ago. if you have them all in your phone/pda memory, they are readily available to be backed up in dozens of programs. right now my phone syncs with outlook, if i get a new phone(i am next week) outlook will just sync all my contacts onto the new phone.
the problem is that sim cards are only able to store one number per name.
i may be wrong, check out ppcwarez they have a section on contacts software - there may be an app that can merge numbers with the same name into one entry on your phone.
good luck

I couldn't live w/o Pocket Mirror - $$$ but if you have Many outlook contacts organized into subfolders, this is great.
http://www.chapura.com/pmp_wm.php

Inesoft Address Book is the best in my opinion. Used a lot of contacts organizers, but this one is very useful and configurable. Easy contact search, nice design, contacts pictures, caller ID and, and, and....check it on http://www.inesoft.com/eng/index.php?in=addressbook.htm.
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Does it sync all that info with Outlook? I'm an Outlook junkie with 700 contacts - much of it is work related.

Yes, without any problems...I'm using it all the time, editing (even the pictures) my contacts in outlook and then, after next sync (auto sync, no no need to reconnect your phone), you've got them in your address book. Nice and easy. Same with sync contacts from phone to outlook.

MSN Talk, hep, please

Can anyone chat on MSN Talk app with no hotmail contacts? I can do it on Meebo with my friends with yahoo account same way as Windows Live Messenger on my pc, but yahoo contacts don´t appear in MSN Talk.
Meebo works fine but it's quite simple looking.
Regards

Noone using this can help?

Im not sure which application you are having trouble with.
Try Hi MSN its free and themes and lots of stuff available.
It wont drain battery like MSN droid by running in background.
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I think i've tried it too, but i´m not sure. can u tell me if it's working for u with no hotmail contacts when ur logged into msn. Meebo does.
Does Hi MSN drain less battery than this one? Sure?
Btw i'll try again

I've tried Hi MSN now again and no, it doesn't show any yahoo contacts as WLM on my pc or meebo on my phone do.
Thanks a lot , I think i'll use it anyway.

Honestly man, just try ebuddy. I thought it would be crappy before and tried pretty much all of the msn apps.... they all suck. Ebuddy turned out to be the best one. Give it a shot. I'm pretty sure yahoo works on ebuddy too and plus unlike some of the other apps you can actually message your offline contacts
I couldn't send offline messages from half the apps I used but ebuddy allowed that. So give it a go and see how it is, I'm pretty sure you'll like it

Yeah eBuddy is great, but it drains a lot of battery Oo

Think i' gonna stay with Meebo, it shows my contacts' alias not email...
Thank u all

Since we are on the topic on MSN Talk, I think compare with eBuddy, MSN Talk should be more battery efficient. And, MSN Talk allows you to do group chat whereas eBuddy does not have this function for Android phones.
Are there any MSN Talk user? Can I check if you can see your own display photo? Because no matter what display photo I change, it still shows the blue & green man.

Try Nimbuzz. I find it in SE Play Now

2 Exchange-Accounts on my HD2?

Hi,
i want to use 2 Exchange-Accounts on my HD2. One for my work and one for myself.
How can i set up my device? In ActiveSync Settings i only can enter the account-information for one.

i think there was another thread on this ... the ideea is that you kind of cannot do this...

ccezar2004 said:
i think there was another thread on this ... the ideea is that you kind of cannot do this...
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It's kind of funny that I believe Android can do this, but pocket outlook made by microsoft interfacing to a microsoft exchange server can only do one exchange account. Kind of silly.
Though i can kind of see why its done too, since there are device policies that can be pushed over the exchange connection, if 2 servers have conflicting policies, then which policies is the device supposed to follow?
Im guessing exchange support on android just ignores any policy settings, and its just strictly email.
Probably what MS needs to do is have it setup in such a way that the device follows policies from whatever exchange account is setup 1st. any subsequent account are email only, and the primary policy setting account has the option to disable setting up additional exchange email sources for security reasons.

actually android does lots of things better than windows...

Pick one to be fully sync'd and one to use pop3 for email only.

actually android does lots of things better than windows...
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In this case only for individuals... But then Android is, (for want of a better way of putting it), a "toy" phone.
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In this case only for individuals... But then Android is, (for want of a better way of putting it), a "toy" phone.
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Yeah for enterprise id have to say winmo or blackberry is the way to go, with both you get security and policies
as you put it android and iphone are "toy phones" good for end users, both can interface with corp mail servers, but leave much to be desired in terms of security and policies

Why not exchange one and imap the other?

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Why not exchange one and imap the other?
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All depends on the configuration of the servers, which you may have no say in how they get configured. If you are in a 100% exchange/outlook environment, there is no need to have pop/imap services running on the server. Enabling those services and then opening those ports in the firewall present yet another security risk to have to watch after. So unless there is a real legitimate use the sys admin may not even want to bother enabling. Its just more things to worry about having open facing the wild internet.

Use OWA instead