i am using WM6.1_21048_M2.1 [Jackos Oldschool ROM v1.1] for several days, I am satisfied with its speed,stability and battery life so far.
But the lock/unlock screen is too primitive,you touch "Unlock" twice to unlock the screen,I want that slide-to-unlock thing which is cooked in every wm6.5 roms.
I looked to s2u2,but feedbacks appeared that s2u2 is battery drain maker. so i am not going to try that.
Another lock/unlock program,called PocketShield,no much opinion about its battery drain,so I may try it,but before I do,i want to ask you for opinion,is it ok to install PocketShield? I worry this thing will bring some battery drain to my phone.
I cannot tolerate my phone battery drain,I am always stay outdoor,it scares me if I realize my mobile drains blood like there is open wound.
What about the default lock/unlock software which is cooked in every wm6.5 roms? what is its name?where to download? If every chef cook it into roms,so i think it doesnt have that battery drain thing? a second thought,maybe it comes with wm6.5 itself,not third party software?
Need your guidance,thanks.
Edit:I came back to wm6.1,that's because wm6.5 roms,so many i tried,were of this or that problem,hope wm6.1 is better,will write a post about my finding.
I use s2u2, and I never noticed any battery drain increase. And even if it does drain it a little faster, it is completely worth it. There is nothing about s2u2 that cannot be customised to make it look and behave exactly as you want it to. And if for some reason it drains your battery, you could always just uninstall it.
This may not be exactly what you are looking for, but its a very cool unlocking app for android that has recently become available for winmo. It's called ThrottleLock, you unlock it by a pattern you specify with the dots. You can even skin it to however you like. Just google throttle lock and youll be able to find the developers site.
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My vote goes to S2U2 as well. It's awesome and does pretty much everything a screen lock should and way, way more.
PocketShield is nice but you have to pay for it and if not you ocassionally get an annoying screen when you go to unlock that says some crap like "blah blah puchase this product blah this screen will go awya in 8 seconds".
Lockdevice v1.6 is reccomended byJackos. I allso looking for one lock app but never find one.
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Hello.
Im going to get my brand new Wizard tomorrow, Im really excited
Well, what to do when I get it? Update the OS? What "must-have" apps should I install?
Overclocking?
Remove any standard apps that steal performance?
Where can I find apps to this device?
Im relly newbie at this, only had an Motorola A925 with Symbian before, as much tips as possible would be fine. If this question been asked before please link it to me.
// Mikke!
It really depends on what exactly you want to do with it. Here's a quick list of apps I can't live without though:
PocketBreeze http://www.sbsh.net
iLauncher http://www.sbsh.net
Cash Organizer http://www.inesoft.com
Voice Command http://www.microsoft.com
Mapopolis http://www.mapopolis.com <-- For GPS usage
Total Commander (don't have a link handy)
Resco Explorer http://www.resco.net
I'm also running a "clean" ROM, with a few Cingular customizations installed. My extended ROM is completely blank, so I'm just picking and choosing what I need. Also a variety of reg hacks have been done as well.
Good luck with the new device! Make sure you're reading here a couple of weeks before doing anything to the ROM.
Cheers!
anyone? Going to get it tomorrow, so help me please
Mikke,
There are many threads on this.
Best thing to do is think about how you want to use your device, and configure it from there.
sk0t's apps are a very good start - remember, the main things you want to configure are the Today screen (the first screen you see, something like your desktop on your pc), and then the apps that run on top of the phone.
The more 3rd party apps you run, the more impact they have on performance, so keep them reasonable.
This is a good thread to start with, but there are many others:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=57930&highlight=
This is a nice setup:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=46855&highlight=
You will have to decide if you want to run Wisbar to dramatically change your Today screen. It's beautiful, but uses a lot of memory.
I can't use a PocketPC without PhoneAlarm. Other people like PocketZen.
If you want a good indication of some great software, check out the PocketPC Mag awards. I'm judging the awards, so they must be great :wink: (btw, check out their Best of collection: over $3000 of software for less then 1/10 of the price. PM me if you want it at an even better reduced price, or a free trial issue of the Magazine :shock
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Anyone has the problem where the battery indicator is not accurate? I'm using QM's digital battery indicator and the percentage doesn't seem to change after a while.
I have to do a soft reset for it to be updated. And it will stay updated for a while before it "hangs" again.
Anyone knows how to deal with this?
Thanks!
I have the same problem. There is some mysterys with bettery percentage indications. Sometimes it's stay at on place for a hours and in other cases could run every minute down. What could be a reason for this? Maybe it's problem with battery?
Can't confirm this with my device. The default indication works just fine. Tried also Batti for a few days and no problems occured, progress bar showed correct information and even the temperature info seemed to be perfectely believable... I don't know what the QM's digital battery is but looks like the problem might be in that program...
2ArMikael: Probably nothing new for you, but just for sure - consumption hugely deppends on actual ussage, biggest drainers are GPS and Wi-Fi each of these can completely drain your battery within few (~4?) hours. Also check for processes with permanent CPU ussage on background etc.
2Dair, you right, that's not new for me. I'm not so stupid.
That's the catch that the battery going down even with turned of wireless protocols, GPS and programms at all.
But maybe it's a problem of a new battery. Last few days, after a full discharge of battery this problem disaperead. Battery percentage showings seems like a normal.
So guys, if you have a new phone don't forget to do a full dischage and recharge before you take it hard.
I've stopped running QM, however, it seems frozen still. Do you think I might need to uninstall it, or even do a hard reset?
Ethermind has created a new batterydriver for Xperia which also seems to be working really nicely on other devices.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=513480
It shows, with the right icons, the exact percentage of your battery in steps of 1%.
Read his thread to get more info.
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I've tested it with gtrab's SEX1 1% increments Battery ENHANCER
with Windows Mobile 6.5 taskbar icons and it works just dandy!!!!
All the credits go to Ethermind for creating the driver!!! Many thnx
And if you use gtrab's wm6.5 taskbar icons with the driver don't forget to thank gtrab!
Are there any sms-pop ups like this one for wm?:
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Would be great to have a good looking sms pop-up app that shows photo of the sender like this one, seems there are several available for Android but all the ones I've found for wm looks like ****
Try SMS-Chat by Vito Tech, it has a pop-up that is pretty similar to that.
I know but I don't think it shows an image of the sender...
S2U2 does this, but it will only show if the lock screen is on.
And the picture wont be that big.
Just use XDAndroid, or get an Android phone haha.
Edit: Wait nevermind, I see use already use it, haha. Good choice.
Yes it's very nice, the problem is I can't use it at daytime or at work due to the battery drain, so I only use XDANDROID at home at the moment. But it was XDANDROD with handcent sms that first made made me go wow! and wondered why we don't have anything like it in wm...
You've probably already seen it but it takes it even one step further and allows you to fast reply in the pop-up:
Oh, really? With the latest builds I have been getting fairly decent battery life as long as I'm not constantly using data connection. So I have been using XDAndroid pretty much as my main OS throughout the whole day. But I also have an extra battery just in case.
I do really like the SMS popup with Handcent. The quick reply is really what sells it for me. Very useful.
Well I have constant data connection with push mail and stuff running so it really makes some difference I've noticed but yes the battery life has improved a lot in new releases and isn't way behind wm now except for when using wifi that is!!!
I'm searching something like this too?
+1
Im looking this!!!!
Cheers!
Hey guys
anyone who can tell me how to change the controls of the htc lockscreen so that the "menu" button doesn't unlock the tattoo? Is it possible at all?
thx in advance for your answers
Pottkopp
there is not a official option for that maby a hack but i never seen it
I'm interested in this too. I keep unlocking the phone when it's in my pocket then call random people and whatnot.
There is one app called Lockbot Pro.. try it.
tried it and I think that this app is very big but thats not the problem the problem is that it's also very slowly loading the clock.. rly no other way than using other apps? I like the htc lockscreen except of that enerving "menu" unlocking..
I can try to port the hack for nexus, but I'm not sure that I can get it to work... anyone would be interested?
I am! you'd be my hero if you get it to work! what's the lockscreen on the nexus looking like? or you only port the hack?
i'll try and port the hero mod aswell
where you get the code for this? maybe I can try something, too
Last evening I managed to reboot my phone into recovery mode and erase it. All in the pocket of my jacket!
That button is evil...
wow thats very bad.. till now I had luck with it so that I lost no data or money because it started apps that require wifi because i disabled mobile data connections but I hate taking it out of my pocket and seeing the display enabled and that the battery is low.. and I think I'm speaking (or writing ) out the thoughts of every user in this moment when I say someone MUST change this
Two pages in this thread and no solution yet, but the simplest solution is just to buy a proper hard case, like this:
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I have one of those (similar but cheaper) and never had any problem with unlock.
I have H24 my tattoo in my pocket without nothing, and it doesn't wake up alone...
What can I say? I live a more active life..
..any news? pls post your progress
I looked at a few lock screen replacement apps but they all sucked.
They're either unstable or slow... or both.
I also looked at the API but I can't code. The menu key is KEY_SOFT1 or code 229. I'm guessing this needs to be disabled in the HtcLockScreen.apk app? There's no source code for it anyway
that's where baksmali comes into the picture ;D
What about the Google lockscreen? Isn't there a source code for that one? Or for the lockscreens of those custom roms..
Mod. edit: not dev related, moved to general
no news about that problem???
Hi volks,
I tried some roms since my warranty period is over.
But I can't find any 100% satisfying right now.
Hevoc was a desaster, lineageos proved better, but there was no fingerprint sensor and huge bettery drain, which is critical for me. The most fitting so far is Pixel experience. But this ROM does not support instant tourch with long pressed powerbutton, which is very useful for me and USB connection to the computer seems corrupt.
So what ROM do you suggest?
iCuba said:
Hi volks,
I tried some roms since my warranty period is over.
But I can't find any 100% satisfying right now.
Hevoc was a desaster, lineageos proved better, but there was no fingerprint sensor and huge bettery drain, which is critical for me. The most fitting so far is Pixel experience. But this ROM does not support instant tourch with long pressed powerbutton, which is very useful for me and USB connection to the computer seems corrupt.
So what ROM do you suggest?
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Hi @iCuba, the issue answering your question is and will always be highly biased due to individual experiences. That said, my suggestion is to stay on LineageOS 14.1, that's what I use since long time. I do tried version 15 and 16 but I had a couple of issues that were show stoppers: camera not working and too many random reboots.
Tha bad news is that the ROM is not being maintained anymore in XDA, see this thread.
The good news is that you can compile it by yourself and that security patches are still backported, so you will have a certain degree of extra security.
As per my experience, note that I don't use Google Apps in my phone, and I use the phone very seldom. I install a few apps with f-droid and self-host all my services. Also, the fingerprint sensor works, and I have no battery drain at all, check these screenshots, 4 days is very very good for me.
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Hi knzor,
thank you very much for your time to create this detailed review of your personal experience with Lineage14.
Since no ROM fitts completely to my needs until now perhaps I will give it a try at the weekend. I hope it is not that difficult to compile my own version of lineage. I lost my interest in computers a few years ago, since one problem creates a nother and updates seems to make things more worse than bevor.