Hey all,
Great forum! Just a quick question. I have exams at the moment, and the last thing I want is my phone going off in the middle of them (which could cost me my degree). I was wondering if there is a way to turn off the device, like a complete shutdown (but not as far as a hard reset) so that the phone is off, and it won't wake up if I do something stupid like leave an alarm set? I'm sure it must be possible, just doesnt seem too obvious to me.
I could turn off the radio, then hit the power button to put it to standby, but I'm assuming it's still possible to wake from standby with alarms (or maybe other things).
Hope this isn't too much of an annoying stupid question.
i think that if you put both sound levels to OFF, put your phone in flight mode, you'll be safe.
Timmeh said:
Hey all,
Great forum! Just a quick question. I have exams at the moment, and the last thing I want is my phone going off in the middle of them (which could cost me my degree). I was wondering if there is a way to turn off the device, like a complete shutdown (but not as far as a hard reset) so that the phone is off, and it won't wake up if I do something stupid like leave an alarm set? I'm sure it must be possible, just doesnt seem too obvious to me.
I could turn off the radio, then hit the power button to put it to standby, but I'm assuming it's still possible to wake from standby with alarms (or maybe other things).
Hope this isn't too much of an annoying stupid question.
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If you check the forum for a thread called PzP you can set modes that switch automatically and within those modes you can set what happens with notifications (such as incoming calls\reminders).
i.e. if you set that between 8am - 12pm you have exams and that is set to mode display only then set incoming calls and reminders to only display then that is all that would happen.
Thats nice. I will defenately look at that as well.
I sent 5 euros his way, I look forward to downloading it. :lol:
It happens to all of us that we miss a phone call or we don't hear when an sms arrives. My old mobile phone used to continue to beep or vibrate briefly every few minutes until I actually confirmed that I knew I had missed the call or the sms. But the HD does not do that. So, I feel like I regularly have to be waking up my HD to see if I have missed something. Is there any way to set the HD to keep reminding me every few minutes after I missed a call, an sms or any other event?
PhoneAlarm is what you need. Find it here at PocketMax
Hi,
You don't have to 'wake up' the phone to know you've missed something. In Start>Settings>Personal>Sounds&Notifications you can tell your phone to keep blinking its small LED (on the power button) when you've got missed calls/txt msgs/etc...
Probably not as good as the suggested programm but still saves you having to push any buttons. Just look at the top of the phone from time to time.
Kind regards,
Rolf (35, m, The Netherlands)
Thank you both for the help. I didn't realize I could set the blinking LED light to do that. I'll see how that goes. It might be good enough for what I need. If it is still not enough for me, I'll definitely consider PhoneAlarm. I saw it has a ton of features, but I really only need the repeating alarm feature, so I don't know if I would get it just for my one needed feature. But definitely nice to know the option is there.
I wish there were a registry hack where it would vibrate every so often for a given amount of time or until I checked what I missed.
Hi Developers!
I'm new here, although i've been reading the forum for a couple of weeks now.
I had a flash yesterday night, that we need a program/mod that allows us to vibrate the phone by shaking it if there is a new message.
My phone usually in a pouch, and i always have to take it out at least to check if the led is flashing. Would be nicer to shake, and it would vibrate in response.
[(if newmessage = 1 AND tiltingactive = 1) then vibrate]
Thinking about something like this
Is there a program like this exists, or would anybody be so kind making, or implementing it to an other program for us?
Comments are welcome.
Happy diamonding for next year too
Soniboy84 said:
Hi Developers!
I'm new here, although i've been reading the forum for a couple of weeks now.
I had a flash yesterday night, that we need a program/mod that allows us to vibrate the phone by shaking it if there is a new message.
My phone usually in a pouch, and i always have to take it out at least to check if the led is flashing. Would be nicer to shake, and it would vibrate in response.
[(if newmessage = 1 AND tiltingactive = 1) then vibrate]
Thinking about something like this
Is there a program like this exists, or would anybody be so kind making, or implementing it to an other program for us?
Comments are welcome.
Happy diamonding for next year too
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+1 here!! Sounds very nice!
Hope some more people fancy this idea
Indeed...to all of you HAPPY (*DIAMOND*) NEW YEAR!
Regards
Jeroen
Ya +1 it sounds awesome....dunno hw u ppl get such supeb ideas......
Ermm.. I thought thatz already in the vibrate settings?
I think you missed the point.
Very neat idea indeed
in silent mode my phone is vibrating log for calls and tree time short for SMS, in factory seting, original ROM
Another one, who missed the point - we're talking here about an app that would respond by vibration after we shake the phone in case there's a new (unread) message.
as far as i know this isn't possible, when your phone is in standby mode, 3rd party applications can't interact with it, so you'd have to turn the phone on first before shaking it, which would be pointless.
I was afraid of that. But yes - there's a point - Diamond (for example) doesn't "blink" with the alert LEDs when in standby.
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I was afraid of that. But yes - there's a point - Diamond (for example) doesn't "blink" with the alert LEDs when in standby.
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but the ring around the nav-pad "blinks"
If there is a text comes, it automatically wakes up the phone(there is an option somewhere to check it). The ring around the navipad also flashes.
Interesting improvement would be to tell you how much text arrived by vibrating twice, 3 times, etc after shaking...
How about using one of those expanded alert programs setting it to vibrate every 30 sec when you have new messages. It would save you even having to take the phones out of your pockets.
This is a great idea!
My diamond normally sits inside its beyza case, where I have easy access to the button on top of the device, but have to use 2 hands to take it out the case. It would be so useful to be able to quickly tap the button to take the phone off standby, and shake it and wait for a vibrating response.
Sounds good, but we need a professional to implement. Anybody volunteers?
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This is a great idea!
My diamond normally sits inside its beyza case, where I have easy access to the button on top of the device, but have to use 2 hands to take it out the case. It would be so useful to be able to quickly tap the button to take the phone off standby, and shake it and wait for a vibrating response.
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Why shake it?
Then I would use lightsensor, when carrying = dark. So tapping butting makes it shake the amount of messages and goes back to standby again within 5 seconds.
Why AND push button AND shake?
Hhm... it would be enough just to beep or vibrate every 2 minutes until you read the message. My old samsung R210 could do that, and it was a pretty handy feature.
I've made something up that alley some months ago, check out my signature (3 utilities) and VibraNotify.
My concept was to vibrate when there's been activity while your phone was left on i.e. a table and you pick it up again...
The point of it is if you've missed SMS, while it's in the leather case or whatever you use - you shake it and it vibrates. which i think its useful, saves you having to take it out the case, and either look at the ring light or turning it on to check.
having it vibrate every 2 minutes would be a bit crazy as it would kill your battery surely?
Well, thanks to audiophil, it seems the problem solved with vibranotify. I haven't tried it yet tho, somebody could give a feedback about it.
Hi guys,
I'm a new user to the TP, so i'm not sure this is normal or problematic?
When I put my cell on vibrating by sliding the switch on top, and when someone calls me, the phone vibrates nonstop without any intermediate pauses. Is this normal for TP? If so, is there a way to make it vibrates with pauses? I really cant get used to constant vibration for now. Thanks!!
zer
zer037 said:
Hi guys,
I'm a new user to the TP, so i'm not sure this is normal or problematic?
When I put my cell on vibrating by sliding the switch on top, and when someone calls me, the phone vibrates nonstop without any intermediate pauses. Is this normal for TP? If so, is there a way to make it vibrates with pauses? I really cant get used to constant vibration for now. Thanks!!
zer
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Palm sucks ass for this!!! they know about the problem & they refuse to do anything about it.
Inesoft phone 4 or 5 actually fixes this problem. it's stupid that you have to pay $30 to fix something that should actually work out of the box
I am now a proud owner of Locale - great stuff! Expensive but good.
Has anyone else used this? Any hints or tips? It *seems* to sense location somehow even with GPS and wi-fi turned off for example, and how to use 'variables' properly.
Any must have plug-ins? Any way to change scenes with it?
What do you use it for? and how do you configure it?
Look for "Locale location plug-in". Brilliant, it's a localization service based on the mobile network cell you're in. it works without wi-fi or gps of course. "Locale cell plug-in" does the same but it will expire on August, maybe to become a pay app.
I like locale very much but realized that with the many plug-ins I've put I've easily reached 20 bucks..overall quite expensive for an android app!
Anyway, a priceless thing imho is using it to switch the phone to the airplane mode at late night ("Locale airplane mode plug-in", the free one)..you keep your alarm clock on but save the battery!
More to come..
I use locale to automatically put my phone in silent mode when I go to sleep (time plugin). In the morning it opens up my calendar so it's the first thing I see when turning on my phone (shortcut plugin). When going to college my phone turns to vibrate mode (calendar plugin). And I've got some power saving options when my battery runs low.
Lately I've come across the incoming sms plugin, and I use it in case of emergencies for my family and friends. Because my phone is always in silent mode when I'm sleeping, my parents for example can't contact me if there's something really urgent going on. If my phone receives a sms with the keyword 'SOS' in it, it switches to the loudest volume and changes my ringtone in an emergency tone, so they can call me after sending the text. This way the most important people in my life can always contact me, and my drunk buddies won't bother me at night