XDA Exec in Corp mode
Starting my Inbox for text messages from the Today page is taking 4 seconds, I miss the speed of my XDA2s...am I missing something!? My Today Screen is virtually empty as I have virtually no plugins running in an attempt to get this thing running smoothly!?
Once Outlook has loaded/minimised, it takes around 1/2 seconds to appear, its just that using a Task Manager to close applications each time may be saving memory, but ultimately its making the Exec harder to use!
Most screens are taking a second or two to appear.
Did a search, but not coming up with anything....
Are there any known problems with the messaging program and other apps? Of all of the programs on my MDA/Wizard, that one gives me the most problems. It:
- looses settings
- freezes up
- has intermittant problems sending email
- wont launch from the Today Screen, the Start menu OR the designated hardkey.
I have to soft reset my device atleast 2x a day when the msging craps out and wont respond.
Any ideas?
thats odd, do you have any 3rd party apps related to do with messaging installed? the only messaging problem i've encountered is sending a message to a group.
Hi Thx for responding!
No, other than Agile, I have nothing else and my set up is not fancy - I'm only pulling my Yahoo pop3 to the device.
It's just so weird - no other program is giving me these problems. :x
what bugs me with messaging is that you can't move between the To: field and the Message body itself with tappin on the screen pressing TAB or the down keys just scrolls down the display but doesn't move you to the field very counter intuitive IMO. Hampers stylus free operation.
I have had some problems getting it to launch from the today screen or the hardware button.
I have the same problem with my t-mobile MDA> I called tech support and they said that it was a known problem that they are hoping to fix it withan upcoming ROM update but they didn't have a date. So, they are sending me another handset. -I don't know why as I'm sure that it's going to have the same problem.
Also, I have a qtek9100 as well and it has never had this problem.
That's something to note - that it is rom related. I wonder if flashing to a newer rom would stop it from happening all together.
bnycastro said:
what bugs me with messaging is that you can't move between the To: field and the Message body itself with tappin on the screen pressing TAB or the down keys just scrolls down the display but doesn't move you to the field very counter intuitive IMO. Hampers stylus free operation.
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I had this problem too. I found that it was caused when I enabled IE smooth scrolling in the registry.
I am running the iMate JasJam 1.31 ROM (which came with the Australian Telstra branded device)
The most common problems so far:
-Sound stops working, will only vibrate. This happen if you switch to silent mode, when you get back to normal sound mode, it stays in silence mode until you reboot. this doesn't always happen. can't reproduce it consistently
-BT turns off by itself once in a while, you have to turn BT on in comm manager
-The most annoying: If you have a data session active (not transfering any data) and a BT connection active (like headset, GPS), then you can't receive a call. The person calling you won't even get to voicemail. it just hangs up on them. if you disconnect the data session or turn off BT then you can receive calls again
-Switching username in MSN will often make messenger crash, you have to kill the process and start it again
-Sometimes will hang for no reason: you need to press the reset button
Then you have the GUI weirdness which make you think: what did they drink the day they designed this software?
Like if you receive a SMS, it will show you an extract of it at the bottom of the screen, you'll get off the following choice:
-Reply on the left soft menu
-More on the right soft menu with the option (delete, call sender, Save as Read, dismiss)
What if I just want to read the full content in the Messaging application? you can't.
If you select Mark as Read immediately it doesn't mark the SMS as read in the messaging application and you still get the notification in the top screen. You have to do "Mark as Read" twice.
Something I miss from my symbian phone, if you have a bluetooth headset paired with a unit (or your car kit) when you answer a call using the BT headset button, the call goes to the BT headset, but if you answer using the device itself, it doesn't go on the BT. This is great if you want to take a personal call in a car for example, and don't want your passenger to hear what's going on.
On WM5, you can't control that. it aways goes to BT if the headset/handsfree is set.
When the keyboard is open, if you tap on a text field, the screen keyboard will show up (and text half of the screen). Why show a software keyboard all the time when you have a full qwerty keyboard available !? Sometimes the keyboard doesn't show up, but I'm yet to understand the logic behind it. it's not consistent
And then of course you have some inconsistencies here and there, like the device will stop working as it did 2 minutes prior. You try it again: bank it works.
I wonder if Microsoft or HTC have any QA !
What other issues have you guys noticed? Or could this be that those problems are unique to thie version of the ROM...
Jean-Yves
I agree, there are quite a lot of interface issues, although I think most of these lie with wm5 as opposed to the unit itself.
here are some of my thoughts:
1) the sms bubble relly annoys me too. why can't I tap the bubble to open the message in full?! often the message is too long to fit in the notification. i'm pretty sure this is a wm5 design fault.
2) the software keyboard bugged me senseless until I realised that if you just keep typing on the 'proper' keyboard it disappears. I used to continually spend the time closing it!
3) the alarms in wm5 are pretty lame. if your phone is on silent they won't sound. you only get a warning if you set an alarm whilst the phone is in vibrate mode. the alarm should simply override the sound settings.
4) contacts - I think searching for contacts is poorly handled which makes one handed operation pretty difficult. it takes too many clicks to select a category to filter by and the display when someone is calling you is a farse! you get a tiny notification with tiny writing! I bought photo contacts pro to help with this and whilt it has its flaws I reckon it is worth it.
having said this, i'm loving my tytn. it is way better than my previous smartphone (nokia 6680). the symbian s60 based phones seem to just be half-assed to me.
cheers
Just to comment on the SMS notification.
I am on MDA Vario II from T-Mobile, and when I get an SMS my left button says read! so If I choose that he whole message is displayed. So I guess it is not the OS but the Operator or manufacturer who screwed up on this one.
I add that in some case the tytn wirless modem function dont work.
So you can use the tytn like modem.
festermania said:
I add that in some case the tytn wirless modem function dont work.
So you can use the tytn like modem.
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Exactly. Some units work as modem and others not (mine not)
Mine works, but since Vista RC2, I couldn't get the OS to install the drivers.
It worked well in Beta2 and RC1
Ken
danielherrero said:
Exactly. Some units work as modem and others not (mine not)
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Churchill said:
Just to comment on the SMS notification.
I am on MDA Vario II from T-Mobile, and when I get an SMS my left button says read! so If I choose that he whole message is displayed. So I guess it is not the OS but the Operator or manufacturer who screwed up on this one.
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well that's quite bugging! i'm also on t-mobile vario ii and mine appears with reply in the bottom left!!
Ha! my OS is in Dutch, so I am not sure it is comparable.
Mine aslso works as a modem just Fine.
I als want to post a small tip. The Envelope (messaging) hardware button on the MDA VARIO II (maybe the same on Vario as well) If you keep on pressing it it sycleds the Outlook Mail, Text messages, Hotmail, MMS accounts. Really nice since you do onot need to hit the menu button...
Cycling Mail
Churchill said:
Mine aslso works as a modem just Fine.
I als want to post a small tip. The Envelope (messaging) hardware button on the MDA VARIO II (maybe the same on Vario as well) If you keep on pressing it it sycleds the Outlook Mail, Text messages, Hotmail, MMS accounts. Really nice since you do onot need to hit the menu button...
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Churchill
Thanks for the tip, never spotted that before works on HTC TyTn.
Mike
mikechannon said:
Churchill
Thanks for the tip, never spotted that before works on HTC TyTn.
Mike
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Pressing left/Right on the d-pad does this too.
Cheers
yannyb said:
Pressing left/Right on the d-pad does this too.
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Thanks for that one too. Perhaps we need a thread for non-obvious key combinations or single presses. Perhaps what seems to be statin' the bleedin' obvious to some folks are just things that others have never thought of or tried. Often I discover things through pure chance. Another useful one I used to need a lot was the D-Pad and messaging key combo to go straight to screen alignment.
Mike
What about a new wiki page for all key combinations of the Hermes?
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well that's quite bugging! i'm also on t-mobile vario ii and mine appears with reply in the bottom left!!
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Im on T-Mobile too, and for me it depends on the length of the message ive received. If its a message that doesnt entirely fit in the "preview" popup box at the bottom it will give me a "View" option which will open the full message up in Messaging, otherwise it gives a "Reply" option as i have read the whole message anyway...
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While waiting to get my new phone (used to have PDA2k, and Jamin that I just sold after using for 3 months due to my disatisfactionof performance, sound quality, etc...) I had some chances to play the JasJam (Arabic ROM). First I noted that the call button is very badley placed at the verry bottom of the front as I felt the phone will fall out of my hand (unlike the HTC where the green botton is separatly on the very left side, as I see it in photos).
Second, if pull the out memory card for any reason and push it bacj in, the phone never recognizes the card again unless you soft rest it.
I hope that this issue will be resloved in the next ROM update by imate
Here it is:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Buttons
thanks didn't know about the cycle mail one
darky said:
thanks didn't know about the cycle mail one
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Yes, I too only discover the mail button could make you cycle between accounts. And this is not in the manual...
Another thing bugging me (I will pass on all the bugs and how to lock the device: there're just too many ways)...
There are 3 OK buttons, all doing the exact same thing. And the scroll wheel just just the same thing as the direction keypad.
If you want to read an email this is extremely annoying as you can't easily read it without tapping the screen to jump to the next screen page ; as up/down or the wheel will jump from embedded number to number.
It would be great if you could differentiate the wheel from the up/down, and if the OK buttons could be assigned another function. Right now there are a few buttons you can't assign.
Ok, this should be a rule to post here: list/describe one bug ...
With activesync program running, try changing the name of the PDA. Will make the device unresponsive for a few minutes.
My experience thus far..
Been using my T-mobile Vario 2 (ROM 1.21.110.3) for a couple of weeks now and have had a couple of problems:
1) The buttons don't work all the time. I've noted this when trying to pick up a call or dismiss a notification of something. I had thought I might have left the device locked but this isn't the case. It's a bit annoying that this only happens sometimes though.
2) About 50% of the time when I call comeone they can't hear me although I can hear them fine.
That's all I've discovered so far, but it's handy to note the comments about the pressing of the envelope button.
Given the problems I've experienced so far are generally located in the lower part of the phone, I'm beginning to suspect the phone has some sort of hardware fault so I've called the shop up and am going to swap it for a new one. Has anyone else experienced these issues?
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Im on T-Mobile too, and for me it depends on the length of the message ive received. If its a message that doesnt entirely fit in the "preview" popup box at the bottom it will give me a "View" option which will open the full message up in Messaging, otherwise it gives a "Reply" option as i have read the whole message anyway...
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You are absolutely right there. Noticed it today. long message you get a view and if it fits the popup then you get a reply. This is actually quite clever.
Hey guys, just got my HTC Touch HD from Orange and have been trying to set up weather for a few cities. I've got London and Hong Kong alright, but when trying to choose San Francisco, every time I try to scroll down further the list just jumps straight back to the top, even if you start from different alphabets.
Anyone else got this bug? Or has this been mentioned before?
When scrolling, try not to swipe at the screen. Tap and hold on the screen, then move your finger up or down.
The scroll action frustrated me greatly for the first couple of days, but it just seems to works quite easily now.
Hope this cures your problem. If not - then sorry, over to some-one else!!
Hello!
OT:
How I can edit a new city in the ist?
Search back to an earlier thread (about 3 pages or so back from here).
Or copy and paste this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408918
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Hope this cures your problem. If not - then sorry, over to some-one else!!
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Nah, that wasn't the problem - it literally jumped every time my finger had just touched the screen.
However, for some reason the bug no longer exists now (I didn't even reboot! Just synced it a few times). Thanks anyway!
Hello everybody.. I was playin around with the calendar on the home tab today and found out one issue with my diamond..
Only one appointment shows up on my home tab.. even if i flip the big clock upward (to make it small and show more appointment on the home tab) its of no use.. Cuz even then only one appointment entry shows up.. irrespective of whether the there are appointment entries immediately after the one showing up on the home tab, or whether there are for the next day.. I have seen the screenshots of a couple of other people using diamond.. And it is clearly visible that two appointments do show up when the big clock is flipped upwards and made small.. Could anybody tell me.. What could be the reason for this ??.. And how could i get this sorted ?!?..
I am constantly fighting it as well
I am still not sure I understand how it works on the home tab; there are times when I can see even 3 appointments while there are also times when the page stops refreshing and shows the old entry and does not change.
This is what I believe:
1. The page shows the upcoming appointment
2. During existing appointmetn, it shows the next one as well ... mainly when those appointments are adjacent to each other
3. It also shows the colliding apointments from time to time
However as I said, the calendar sometimes stops refreshing and the only way to get it updated is to a. restart touchflo or b. to re-sync through ActivSync