yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mikkelnl:
Hi Daniel,

So far the problem is gone, so it seems the server being down was the cause...!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Nice to listen it. Your case has been very strange. I really dont know what caused your problem. Anyway, next version allows to disable automatic check version.

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] patatmeister:
Yes, if possible. Cause I'm using PZP for phone profiles, and when I switch to "work" profile, I don't need any connection, cause I've outlook right in front of me. So I would like to disable all data-connections then ... So if I could activate bandswitch by command prompt within PZP to disable all data-connection, this would be great! :)

PS. And the time schedule is no solution, cause I'm not at the office from 8 to 5 ...

Thx!

P.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wpbear:
Can someone post the new bandswitch file here. I am traveling and for some reason the isp here won't let me download from commmgrpro site.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Of course...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wpbear:
thanks much
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mthomas:
bandswitch conflict w/m$ livesearch

I noticed that if I start live search app, current bandswitch 1.2.3 is not able to close my connection after idle time out. I thought I noticed this the other day, and just confirmed it minues ago. i'm not sure if this was an issue with prior versions of bs or not. Just thought I would tell daniel. off to load cmp and see if it happens there as well.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Maybe "live" keeps a low constant traffic flow so bandswitch doesnt try to close it. In connections page you can see the current bytes transferred so you can see if this number increases...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Karl der Käfer:
hallo daniel

i'm back happily after 8 days 38...39,5 fever.

the first i did when i could hold the pda was installing the new gps-rom from htc (helped a lot to find the bathroom at night ...) and bs 1.2.3

both work quite well. gps hangs from time to time, but bt switching 'como la seda'.

only issue that still refuses to do its job:

bs still does not identify the active line and therefore always chooses the line 1 PIN.

if you told me how, perhaps i could help you looking up things in my pda ...

¿que tal semana santa en santander?

salodos

ralf
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spanky310:
Quick question....

I have one quick question.

Will it let me lock it on GSM all day long if I choose to?

I live here in LA and Cingular's 3G network does not switch over to GSM seemlessly so I would get cut off everytime I get out of 3G area. I need something that will allow me to keep the phone in GSM mode so I can finish my calls without having to redial 3 or more time.

thanks!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi Ralf. I hope you feel better. Stay in bed one week more :)

BS doesnt identify the current line. When BS resets the radio simply tries both pins to find the correct one. Do you need BS identify the active line?

Santander holiday was nice. I am waiting for next free days :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi.

Sure. This is the main feature of bandswith. Lock bands and make easier the process of switching between them...

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MyDraadloos:
Hi Dani,

Just a quick note to say thanks for the great little app. :D It is amazing how something this small can improve my day and stop me from wanting to throw my phone against a wall.

Keep up the great work ! :cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] smads:
Yeah, could I second that Daniel. Your app is excellent - Thank you very much
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Happy to listen it :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mikkelnl:
Hi Daniel,

Guess what: the same problem from earlier is back: I see the weird html codes on the line where it should normally say that there is a new version. BS stops working, just like it did when your update server was offline... Does it happen to be offline again?

Thx.

EDIT:

Hmm, after a soft reset, it works again... weird huh!?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Karl der Käfer:
yes, I do. the sim card chooses the line by the pin I enter. so if I enter 2 pins in bs, both are valid and the first that bt tries will hit the clew. so recognizing the active line is crucial to me.

I had an idea:

if it was a problem to identify the active line, perhaps you could put some alternating checkboxes and bs simply uses the checked pin. when y alternate the box checked, I indicate so that I want to change the active line and bs "simply" does a phone reset.

that way bs will be also the line switch tool.

by the way you don't need to find out the active line, what could be difficult to make compatible with all providers, I imagine.

what do you think about that idea?

gripe (flue) is over, I'm well and, by the way, I lost 5 kilos, in only 1 week. wow !!!

saludos
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
ops, strange. Anyway, Its time to include option to disable automatic check for updates for people with your problem. (These days I am very pressed in my job because final date of a project but when I have some minutes I will do. Sure:cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turt:
Hello,

I have an O2 XDA Atom Life, and the app doesn't work: when I set to "GSM" or "UMTS", the radio reboots but always comes back in "Auto" mode...

Any idea what the problem could be?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi Turt.

XDA Atom doesnt support 3g. When Bandswitch cant change the band It puts "auto" mode but really cant do nothing with the band
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turt:
Hi, no it's Atom Life, which actually supports 3G and HSDPA...

In my Bandswitch settings I can choose "Auto", "GSM" or "UMTS" so normally your app should work, but it doesn't...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Nice oportunity to learn about other devices ¡¡

Could you tell me if there is a key in your registry named HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\OEM\UMTS ?

I think your device isnt manufactured by HTC so bands are managed in different way. HTC always use the same way. In fact I ve just bought HTC Athena and uses this system.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turt:
Hi, indeed Atom Life is from Quanta, not HTC...

in OEM, there is no directory UMTS, only a directory named VoiceCommand which contains a key "Path"...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
There is a easy way to discover how Quanta switch the band.

1) Export registry (using resco or what you want).

2) Switch the band using classical way (phone/settins/band)

3) Export registry again (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE only needed, I think)

Post both files or compare these by your self.....And tell us your conclusiions....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turt:
Okay I'll try, but how do you "export" registry? I have Totalcommander (freeware), is there a way to do it?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
I dont use TotalCommander. Maybe someone knows how to do it. Or you can install Resco trial and export...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turt:
Okay I exported the registry in auto and gsm mode. Where can I send you this?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Post here.....or send me to herrero.daniel@gmail.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turt:
I couldn't attach such files so I've sent them to your gmail address!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mikkelnl:
Hi Daniel,

The strange problem returned......! Is the update server maybe down?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
exactly. Tomorrow I come back and I promiss you a new version where you can disable automatic check. You know murphy law,when I go out all falls. Tomorrow will bne out mickey version :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mikkelnl:
:D I'm like a personal server downtime-monitor... :) :) :cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] uman2k:
Oh, man!

Thank you very much! I love you!

Buen trabajo tío :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Server up :D

tomorrow new version with automatic check for updates optional....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Karl der Käfer:
Hola Daniel

no te olvidarás ... ;-)

Hey Daniel,

is there still a chance to optimize the dual line SIM option?

Every time I change the line, I need to change the PIN in BS too. This is annoying. And if I forgot to change the PIN in BS, at the next switch of band, it would fall back to the line according to BS setting.

Apart from this: no more problems changing lines. Every thing switches smooth.

Perhaps a little point: when switching to UMTS when there is no UMTS-Coverage, the phone stays in some inoperative mode. When I'm without UMTS coverage I'll try it again. Perhaps I can describe better the problem then. As I always look for the result of switching, this is no big problem. But when installing PCM, how will this work (as I understand, BS is sort of a subset of PCM, as it was the starting point of its development)

Is there a posibility that BS checks the existance of coverage some seconds after switching and if there is no coverage falls back to the prior state?

Parece que estás más en Santander que en Madrid ;-)

Saludos
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cyrus Kourosh:
Seems to work perfectly on the Trinity.

Thanks a lot.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi karl. You know I love north of spain :)

A friend is going to give me some days his dual hermes. In this way I will be able to develop it.

There is no way no know if (being in 2g) if there is 3g coverage. I suggest you to switch to auto mode. IN this way if there isnt 3g coverage then 2g will be chosen.

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
:) It seems all HTC 3g devices uses the same way. Works in HTC Athena too.....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Karl der Käfer:
Hey Dani

It seems I was blind :cool: . You're perfectly right (¿como no?), Auto mode instead of UMTS where I donot know perfectly if there is UMTS at all ...:D

Una duda (I love spanglish): is there a way to switch automatically to auto or 3G when outlook is trying to download mail? I'm going to have a flat rate on 3G but still want to stay in 2G mostly, for battery coverage.

I'm afraid that I am whishing to much ... :confused:

Qué tal tu mujer? Va todo bien con el embarazo?

Saludos
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Mi mujer genial....todo va fantastico :)

this is very requested feature but It isnt easy. I suggest you to setup a direct push account over your mail using 2g. Thats what I do. I only switch to 3g surfing web or video streaming...

Un abrazo.

dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cyrus Kourosh:
After one day of use and test on the HTC Trinity...

I would like to say:"One of the best add-on for a communicating PDA. Very useful and intuitive"

Big Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] laft2k:
Schedule problem

Hi Daniel, thanks for creating an excellent program howeve I am having aproblem with the schedule. I can set the schedule to enable contract interent and contract wap from 09:00 until 18:00 however when it gets to 18:00 it doesnt disable all the data it enables it all. then if i disable it all manually it will not then re enable it at 09:00. Is there something i am doing wrong? I am running this on WM5 vodafone vpa 1605. Thanks very much
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi.

In the schedule time period all connections are disabled. And when arrives End Period then all connections are enabled again. It is used when you want to disable all connections in a time period, for example, at night.....

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] laft2k:
Hi daniel, thanks for your response however I cannot get the schedule to start the data connection again at 09:00 i have set the begin time to 18:00 and end time to 09:00, it will successfully stop the connection at 18:00 but will not re enable it at 09:00. I am sure I am doing something wrong. Sorry if I have missunderstood you. thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
mmmm. Strange. I suppose you checked the "Check box" isnt it?.

When Its 09:01 the connections are closed or disabled (or both)?

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] laft2k:
Yes the check box is checked when it is 09:01 the connections are still disabled, it does seem strange. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling and it still does it. I have to re enable the data connections manualy.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
It seems the time notification isnt executed or windows doesnt notify BandSwith. Do you have some program to view your system and time notifications?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] laft2k:
Yep i have memmaid
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Nice. Then when you are in the schedule (from 18:30 to 09:00) you should see a time event at 09:00. In this way BandSwitch tells windows to be notified when 09:00 arrives. Can you verify it?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] laft2k:
Yes I can verify this it says argument: enable_end_notification 07 May 2007 - 09:00:35. I take it this means at that time tomorrow the conections will be enabled again. However if i move the date and time forward to tommorow at 08:59 and wiat until 09:00:35 it still does not re enable. Maybe i need to start looking at removing some programs and see if this helps as i assume that what the notification is saying is correct. Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
how many items has your queue?. Sometimes, when the queue is full then sometimes notifications doesnt work correctly....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] laft2k:
I have 18 items in queue, 1 for bandswitch and no duplicates.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] laft2k:
Hi Daniel i decided to perform a hard reset, and installed bandswitch before anything else and scheduling now works. must have been something interfering with it. Thanks very much for all of your help and for writing such a great application. I will start re installing my programs and see if anything casues it to stop working again, if it does I will post it up here to let you know. Keep up the good work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dr. Jones:
First of all I would like to thank Daniel for the effort he has put into BandSwitch and kudos to the community which has sprung up to help test and provide feed back.

I read all 57 pages of this thread and I want to help!

It seems people want a way to program a band switch in conjunction with applications, i.e. turn up the juice when a certain programs need fast transfer and then to run G2 speed to save on battery for others.

I understand the concept of changing the registry values to select your desired band, all I really need to discover is the most effective way to cycle the radio for WM5 or WM6 devices.

Daniel, could you be so kind as to share the name of the C API or you are using to cycle the radio? If it isn't an API, maybe you could suggest a DLL and some exported functions...

After learning how to cycle the radio, I think it would be easy to write an .exe file which takes a application name and a desired band as command line parameters, and then sets the band, reset the radio and finally launches the application. Users would just have to (wrap) shortcut all their favorite applications. I can post instructions and the .exe when I'm finished.

Do you have some radio reset API suggestions for me?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
sure. I dont renember exactly the names of the functions but the process is standard in wm5 api. Using microsoft telephone api. I found them goggling and found many examples (many of them here, in programming forum of xda). search 'reset radio hardware windows mobile'. If not find then ask me again.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tmoden:
Can someone post the new Bandswitch file here. I am currently traveling and for some reason the isp here won't let me download from commmgrpro site. Thanks :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
View attachment BandSwitch.V1.2.3.CAB

Here goes.....:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tmoden:
I installed it on my Cingular 8500 (HTC) and it appears to be working great! Thanks for a great application, you rock man!

and thanks for all effort and time you have put into this. It's really appreciated!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
:) you re wellcome...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] eNgoT:
Thanks!

Wow!! This fixed my persistent battery drain.

Thank you very much for making this available.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
.vibe did you install in rom or Sd?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] .VIBE:
I installed ROM. It's so small, I don't need to store it to SD.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
ops, then I dont have any clear reason. I will try to repeat the problem in test devices....I will keep you informed...

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aarman:
Great app - thank you

This is one of the apps/patches that make the Tytn actually usable. Great job my friend.. Thank you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
It is a pleasure. I ve spent much money in my tytn and I every day when i woke up the battery was at 20%. Now i keep directpush on and the battery lasts 2 days and when i really need HSDPA I get it in 10 seconds and two clicks.....:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DogPatch:
i found this post via howardforums, so first off, thank you for creating this app!

my question is that after i've moved the .cab file onto my phone and launch it, i get an error saying that the install was unsuccessful.

am i missing a step?

thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
mmmmm, not. It's very strange. Witch model you have? and rom?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DogPatch:
oops, i probably should have specified that initially.

HTC TyTn (aka cingular 8525)

ROM ver 1.34.502.1

ROM date 9/21/06
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 0212353:
I am having the exact same problem, with the exact same device/rom.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] URPREY:
Mine is working fine with same device and ROM. Are you installing to main memory?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 0212353:
don't even get the chance to say where to put it. i double click on the cab, and it comes up with the message saying it was unsuccessful.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DogPatch:
exactly the same problem i'm having.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DogPatch:
alright, problem solved!

here's what i did initially.

i had emailed the .cab file to myself, and dowloaded it to my phone.

apparently, somewhere down the line, the file gets borked, thus causing an error in the install.

feeding my curiosity, i did the following:

downloaded the file on my lap top.

transferred it to my miniSD card.

popped it into my phone.

launched the .cab file.

install was successful.

again, thank you very much for this sweet app!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 0212353:
hmmm, I just looked at the file I downloaded. It was 11.5kb. I used your "fix" the first time I did it (moved through microSD first). I re-downloaded the file and emailed it. It works now.

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] delvauxy:
It is possible to avoid to have to type your SIM pin code each time you switch from one mode to the other one? I suppose it is linked to the switch to flight mode?

Thanks for reply and for this nice apps
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
New version. SIM UNLOCK

Hi :D

New version. Those who use sim lock only have to enter the sim code once in main screen (password protected) and the plugin will enter the sim automatically when switching from one mode to other. This code is stored in registry so only enter it the first time you run the app. The app only will unlock the phone if detects it is blocked so those who dont use sim lock doesnt matter what enters

Renember to close the app before installing it.

Enjoy it and report me bugs, suggestions, etc.

Pending things:

Close idle connections (optional)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ghz:
Great. So far I am not encounter any bugs.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcb_home:
No bugs yet

I've loaded the lastest version and it is working fine for me no problems yet.

Thanks for all the hard work,

Jeff
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rbroudo:
Works great !

Thank you for a great util.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Baxter:
Works fine on my Trinity as well.

If you are interested, I have a little more input after using it for a couple of days. It would be nice if it didn't have to load it first and you could set the modes and timout without being prompted when you run it. With one tap, running the app would switch between preset modes with optional timeout and then it would close without the need for any notification. Run completely in the background.

Just my two cents. Nice utility repargless.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dherrero:
Hi Baxter. First I thought to show only the tray icon. Each tap would switch between gsm and umts but then I thought..."What happens with auto mode", "how to set the parameters?".

I could, for example do what you do and then, if you execute the program again then it would show the actual pages...to configure the actual parameters and to configure what must happen when you tap the tray icon (switch the band or show the page....).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Baxter:
You could have a 2nd app to access the settings like Ilauncher.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ghz:
danielherrero, I think you need to sort out some security issue here. What I mean is the way of the program store the SIM PIN number. I browse the registry key & look my PIN is there. Perhaps you can implement some encryption?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Landy_2002:
Great, great, tool. Working fine in HTC Trinity.-

Thanks.-
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pronor:
Thank you Daniel. Works fine, very good idea!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] d1eter:
just using it, linked from another thread.

great tool.

thanx!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
:) you re wellcome
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] d1eter:
anyway.., it's version 1.2.3

is it the latest?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wpbear:
There is a newer one but the only difference is a tab for BT and WIFI. I am still using 1.2.3 since all I use it for is the occasional restrict to GSM only and I have it always set to drop unused conn after 60 sec.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Current version is V2.1. It allows too management of BT, WIFI, Phone and speaker....

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] slpro:
Daniel: Any way to put this app fully working on Samsung I600?

Thanks!

Regards/saludos!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Hi.

Band switching is a procedure OEM dependent. If I get one of those devices I will try to spy how Samsung switch the band and I will include it....

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] slpro:
Ok! I only need bandswitch to close idle connections. If you need anything, just let me know!

Saludos!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] EOTEROG:
I cannot find the link to 2.1 version, Can you help me?

Thanks a lot for the program and the time you spend with all of us.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] leopardone:
2.2 = http://commmgrpro.com/db5/00454/commmgrpro.com/_download/BandSwitch.V2.2.CAB
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Thanks Leopardone. I didnt see the post....

Dani
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] leopardone:
de nada! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wpbear:
Having issue with Bandswitch 1.23 and 2.2. When used with VP3G 2.0 HYBRID. Radio 1.43 and 1.48.

My phone with BandSwitch 123 or 2.2 wont come out of flight mode sometimes and wont switch UMTS to Auto sometimes either. I think it is the ROM hybrid of VP3G and Bandswitch. my guess is that the newer advanced dll in the ROM are causing problems with the Bandswitch kinda like when WM5 and WM6 the bandswitch app was modified to work with WM6.

I am only posting this here so the app author has knowledge of this. I posted very similiar comment in the 1.48 radio thread as I thought the issue was radio related but after testing found it was an app issue.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielherrero:
Thanks. I will install this rom.....

Dani