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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] adza:
Hi,

Just installed the app on my WM6.5 device and are also experiencing problems with it not sounding the reminder when there is an unread text message. Have run the config program and done the save&exec thing.

Do we need to restart the phone in order for this to work? (Or if I do restart the phone, do I need to re-run the application to make it work?)

Running Windows Mobile 6.5 on HTC Touch Diamond 2

Have the following settings:

Active: YES

Check When Screen is On: NO

Turn off Screen: NO

Check Every (s): 120

Max Number of Notific: 7

Items to be Checked: SMS Only

Play sound only between: 8:00 and 21:00

Cheers

Adza
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] homar:
Please run MChecker.exe and send me Mlog.txt that will be generated in the same folder.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] simone929:
Yes, it's working but until I made a soft reset..:)

Have a good day.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] homar:
You can try to create a shortcut for MSentinel.exe and place it in Startup system folder. This should always register MSentinel in the system.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mitsi:
Hi Homar, this is a very interesting looking program - well done.

I have tried Reremind, but there are a few problems I have encountered which made me uninstall it. Can I ask a couple of questions about your program?

1. Can it be set to wake up on a notification? I mean, just wake up then follow the device settings? In my case for example, my Touch Diamond 2 is set to sleep after 2 minutes of inactivity when not charging or not to sleep at all if being charged.

2. Do the LED's take priority over the charging LED's? My TD2 only has one LED. If it is being charged, the LED is solid orange. When it is being charged AND is fully charged it is solid green. When a notification comes (SMS, email or missed call) the LED carries on solid orange or green regardless of the notification. I think this is silly because I know it is being charged and would like to have the LED flashing on a notification instead. The charging LED currently takes priority...

3. Can your program be set to be activated just by a simple shortcut in the Windows\Startup folder? Or does it need arguments?

4. Does it notify you that it is running (for example a popup box or something)?

Many thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] homar:
To be honest - I was trying to do my best to avoid waking up the device :) If the device is sleeping (and any notification should be executed) it will be woken up to idle state - it's enough to play sound etc. After that it will be back set to sleep mode. It saves the power and changing the state from sleeping to full on really drains the battery. I'm not going to change it unless you can maybe provide me some more reasons why you want to wake up the device. And what do you mean by saying "follow the device settings" - maybe that's the reason I didn't get ;)

MSentinel doesn't interfere in any way with LEDs.

This is in the relation to the next question I think. For most devices/OS all you need to do is just running MSentinel config app (in Programs menu), modify the settings (sound file etc) and select 'Save & execute'. That registers MSentinel.exe (which is core app) as a 'system notification' (not related to unread sms, missed calls etc). It should stay like this even after soft reset. There are no visible signs it's running (the app should stay in memory then for all the time to do it and I wanted to avoid this) but as I mentioned few times in this thread - you can use Dotfred's Task Manager http://www.dotfred.net/TaskMgr.htm to check the notification list.

However, some users experience problems after soft reset - it seems MSentinel is being deleted from system notifications list. In this case you can indeed create a shortcut to MSentinel.exe in Startup folder (but notice that the shortcut created in Programs menu by the installer points to MSentinelGUI.exe). No arguments needed.

See point 3. But possibility to easy check if MSentinel is runnig that's one of the things I need to think about in the future.

If you have any other questions - just let me know :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mitsi:
Hi Homar,

Many thanks for your quick and clear reply. Perhaps I should tell you why I am asking the questions I asked!

Sorry, I don't know how to multi-quote like you have done.

I have an FM transmitter built into my car cradle. When it is docked, my Touch Diamond 2 thinks it is connected to headphones. It charges at the same time. If I turn the screen off (which I prefer to do especially when I am driving in the dark), I cannot tell (visually) if I get an email because the LED doesn't change and the device does not wake up. All audible notifications are transmitted through the FM transmitter, so if I am listening to Radio 2 :rolleyes: on the stereo and not the music from my device, I cannot hear any notifications either.

Ideally, I would like the LED to flash on a new notification even if it is charging, or to wake up my device. I haven't discovered any application that will do this so far. ReRemind was close but buggy. It could wake up my device, but then it kept it woken up (thus draining the battery if it was not charging at the time) instead of simply waking up and then going back to sleep according to my settings in Start/Settings/System/Power/Backlight, which for me is 2 minutes if not charging. Your program is also close to achieving what I want because it does seem to control the LED!

The reason for asking the question about how the shortcut and popup box is a quite long-winded one to answer. Basically I have Blackberry on my device. After a soft reset, I have a Mortscript to start most of my normal startup programs. This is because I have a security procedure enforced by my Company's IT Department which I get around by Mortscript. To make the startup process following a soft reset consistent and as easy as possible, I need to manage the order of the startup process which is why I use Mortscript. I am no expert in Mortscript so I need something which will startup fairly easily (without arguments) and in addition I don't want popup boxes as this just adds to the Mortscript program which makes the whole procedure more unstable!!!!

Unfortunately I am not a programmer like you and you do seem to be able to manipulate some of the features I would dearly like to change.

Sorry to bore you with my waffling and many thanks for your help. I will keep searching! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] homar:
I'll think about it and probably will try to add in one of the next versions.

I don't plan to do it in the near future but maybe you can try to use 'blinking' option? It's not perfect and have some problems (e.g. with other software blocking the screen) but maybe will work for you.

As I don't know what these procedures limit in the system, I can't guarantee MSentinel will work properly :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dahauss:
does the new beta version FIX the issue we reported with the TOUCH PRO 2 where it never runs the program??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] daniel93:
great program i really like. I hope it doesn't geto too much battery life.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dahauss:
Is there ever going to be fix for the Tp2? a few of us sent logs but there is not a fix yet....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] homar:
I'm not planning to prepare any fix for TP2 as I use it also by myself and I haven't experienced any problems so far. However, the new version will fix the problem with not working after soft reset.

Please, try to run MChecker included in v2.53 version and send me MLog.txt - it's more detailed log file then the previous one.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dahauss:
Here is my log file.. the program always (as it did before) say ACTIVE CALL even when there isnt one and the is no notification in the notification list for the program and it never works... any help would be appreciated
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] homar:
Please find zipped MSentinel.exe file - this one doesn't check if there are any active calls. Hope it will work for you better.

Just replace MSentinel.exe in the installation folder, execute it and try to test. Check also if it is on the system notification list.

As always - let me know the results.

I'll try to make the option to check active calls selectable in the next version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dahauss:
Wont this now sound the alert EVEN when you are on a call??? Thats not good.... IM going to try to see if this version even works and I will report back...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dahauss:
WIth the new file, it is now on the notification list.. HOWEVER, I still wonder if it will go off during a call???? Im going to test it now to see if it actually works and plays the sound...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dahauss:
it appears to be working but it was going off even when there were not any notifications.. I had to clear duplicate notifications to get it to stop..

BUT can you tell me if it will now activate even when on a call?? I dont want that.. I know that was the issue I was having (active call check) but we need to fix it not remove it. I do appreciate your help with this....and at least I can start using the program..

a suggestion would be different sounds for different types of missed items...

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dahauss:
PROBLEM!

I see a problem with the software on my TOUCH PRO 2.. I have it set to NOT notify me for EMAIL MESSAGES but when there is a notification for EMAIL I still get the MSENTINEL notification.. I dont want that..

any ideas??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dahauss:
ANYONE???????????????????????
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] seva1968:
Some system cleaners, like SKtools, clean "system notification" in Auto Clean mode
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] toadlife:
I just installed it on my t-mobile touch pro 2 and it doesn't do what you are describing. Are you running Windows Mobile 6.1 or 6.5
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Faguopal:
Hello,

I have installed MSentinel on my HD2 with the following settings "on":

Active

Turn off screen

Check every 30s

Max number of notifs 0

Miss calls

Reminders

SMS

Vibration ID1

3 repeats

0.5 Vibration length

0.7 Break length

Then I saved n execute.

But when I receive an SMS it will then vibrate 3 times and that's all!!!

I was expecting to have 3 vibrations every 30 s if the message was still unread, I'm I right? Do I misunderstood the settings?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] toadlife:
Are you running Windows Mobile 6.5? I just flashed my T-Mo Touch Pro 2 from 6.1 to 6.5 and this app suddenly doesn't work. I think this app doesn't work with 6.5.

:(

This is a HUGE bummer.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] toadlife:
Hi homar,

Like the others here I am having the exact same problem. Here is what I have found...

* mchecker successfully creates the notification

* After the MSentinel.exe notification runs for the first time, it detects an active call (according to the log) and subsequently fails to create another notification.

The special version that you attached that doesn't check for active calls works properly on my phone.

If there is anything I can do to help, let me know. I am a systems guy and need repeat notifications for when I get alerts from work and this is by far the best repeat notification program I've found. For now, I will put up with the possible beeping during calls.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] goody1926:
Msentinel thinks active call when there is none

Hello Homar and everyone, I think I now have this great application working since I replaced the original Msentinel with the special version which does not check for active calls. I too experienced the issue where it would not notify and no matter what I would do I could never get it to work. I suspected that it was the active call check when I viewed Mlog and active call was always there. At the same time MSentinel never showed up in the notifications list. Now with the special verion it shows up as a notification.

I have an Omnia II i920 with 6.5 stock ROM running Spb Mobile Shell. All TouchWiz interfaces disabled. No additional phone call/management type apps installed.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Faguopal:
Hi,

I have tried to install the MSentinel.exe file, the one that doesn't check if there are any active calls, on my HD2 but it is still not working :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chaoming:
Chinese Traditional language..!

Thanks for a good job!!

View attachment ChineseTraditional.zip
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Faguopal:
Hello guys,

Any news? is this topic dead?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] toadlife:
Looks like the author checked out. :(

Oh well, the version that doesn't check for active calls works perfectly for me.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dahauss:
actually the program on 1/2 works on my Tp2.. I can not select what type of events I want notifications for. The author is aware of that and said he would work on it but I havent heard anything...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Faguopal:
Taodlife,

You installed the initial version of post 1 and then changed the MSentinel.exe file, right?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] toadlife:
Yes.

:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Faguopal:
After many tests I made a hard reset and re-installed again everything and now with the exe file it's working :)

thank you All
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bouzanka:
HTC HD

Hello! I is not working on my HTC HD2!!!! any idea?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jen.gabriel:
HTC Diamond 2

Hi,

MSentinel 2.53 not working on HTC Diamond 2 (WM 6.5 eng with .NET CF 3.5).

Hmmm...I am not trying hard reset after install, maybe it helps.

Or any idea please? Thanks

Program does not send any notifications.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fwt:
If you do a Hard reset ... all of your Data and Programs will be deleted! (Not on your Storage Card)

I assume you ment "Soft Reset"
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jen.gabriel:
Sorry, I mean soft reset... :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] homar:
Can you send me the results of MChecker tool - you can find it in this thread.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
Very stupid! Don't working on smartphone... any a alternative for me?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dahauss:
I gave up and am using a program called G-PROFILE which works 100% and does more... G-profile also works 100% correct in selecting the typw of notification you want. I didnt want notification for email and gprofile works but MSENTINEL didnt work and still gave me notifications for that... I can also set different things for different days ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] EnderPsp:
I have two feature request, please. My device is Samsung GT-I8000 Omnia (II) on WM 6.5.

1. When the default WM screen is locked, the visual notification (blinking) doesn't work properly (only the top part seem to change color).

2. Can you separate the sound and visual notifications (blinking)? I mean separate the number of repeats for each type. For example I'd be interested in say: repeat sound 3x times and repeat 0x(endlessly) blinking.

Btw, any progress on getting the vibration to work on Omnia2?

Thank you for a great app!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teti77:
On my Touch HD there is something strange. When phone is in normal mode there is everything great with program, but when it's going to stand by mode, after few seconds device wakes up (display is still OFF) and gives notifications as well. This is strange, because volume buttons are working (hear "beep" sounds when touching them) and I think this is not realy stand by mode anymore... Battery drains like crazy...

anyone has the same problem?

I'm using v2.4 and tested v2.53b too (same thing). Stock ROM WM6.1, TF3D 1.3
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] homar:
Version 2.6

Finally I have found some time to fix a few things.

Please find the new version attached in the 1st post.

As usually - report any errors found.

If only I have any spare time I'll try to fix them.

P.S. tested on HTC Touch Pro 2, WM 6.1, stock ROM Build 21048.1.6.3
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Baldrick1:
Great work...but any chance of a WVGA version? :o
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] homar:
Yeap - that's also one of my plans :)

I will completely redesign the interface to make it touch friendly.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Baldrick1:
Hi homar

Thanks for the reply. Good to know. I will look forward to that being released.

Regards

Balders
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mareka:
Problem with Samsung i780

It application looks great, but I have problem on my Samsung i780. When I have missed call or SMS and activate reminder for it , when I unlock screen an go to mailbox or register for missed call, screen again automatically lock after 2-3 sec. So I have to unlock my screen two times. When I have no missed call or SMS all is OK and I can unlock in first try.

I have NET Framework 3.5 and S2U2.

Any resolution?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] homar:
I've never experienced this kind of behavior.

However,do you have 'Turn off screen' option selected? Have you tried to uncheck it? Maybe it makes a problem in your rom build.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] andreatozzi:
wow

It's no perfect yet, but it's the best one :)

-I've to install it in main memory or in SD ?

-What "ignore system volume" is for ?

i've made a new italian traslantion for the latest version 2.6

left_menu=Salva impost.

right_menu=Salva e esegui

tab_main=Generale

tab_notifications=Notifiche

tab_other_notifications=Altre notifiche

tab_advanced=Avanzate

tab_about=About...

lb_active=Attivare MSentinel ?

lb_check_when_screen_ON=Verificare se lo schermo è acceso ?

lb_turnof_screen=Spegnere lo schermo ?

lb_check_every=Controlla ogni (sec.):

lb_sound_file=File audio

lb_change_volume=Cambia volume

lb_led_id=ID

lb_items_to_check=Elementi da controllare

lb_play_sound_between=Riproduci audio solo tra le

lb_and=e le

lb_lang=Lingua

lb_acknowledgments=Riconoscimenti:

lb_ID=ID

lb_repeats_number=Numero di ripetizioni

lb_length=Durata vibrazione

lb_break=Durata pausa

lb_notifications_max_num=N° massimo di notifiche (0 - nessun limite)

chk_vibration=Vibrazione

chk_calls=Chiamate perse

chk_SMS=SMS

chk_MMS=MMS

chk_reminders=Promemoria

chk_voicemail=Messaggi vocali

chk_emails=Emails

chk_blinking=Lampeggiare

chk_ignore_system_volume=Ignora volume di sistema

chk_check_when_call=Disattivare durante le telefonate ?

chk_log_mode=Salvare file Log ?

btn_change_lang=Imp.

btn_color=Colore

msg_time=Orario 'Da' deve essere più basso dell'orario 'A'.

msg_error=Errore

msg_registry_error=Errori durante il salvataggio delle impostazioni nel registro. L'applicazione potrebbe non funzionare correttamente. Codice errore:

msg_mon_app_error=Impossibile eseguire l'applicazione per il monitoraggio.

msg_file_missing=File 'MSentinel.exe' è mancante. Potrebbe essere necessario reinstallare l'applicazione.

msg_save_settings=Le impostazioni sono state salvate.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] homar:
I recommend main memory.

As mentioned in the 1st post:

Ignore system volume

-----> if selected the sound file and/or vibration will be always executed;

-----> if not selected and system volume is set to 'silent' nothing will be executed;

-----> if not selected and system volume is set to 'vibrate' and vibrate option is selected - vibration will be executed

Many thanks :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] d.vertz:
I have had this progrm loaded on my Omnia for some time now. It always seems to work great when I am running tests. But when I miss a call, it never seemed to notify me. I think I have now found the reason. I am currently testing the theory. I am running InClose which when the "X" is tapped, it closes the application. That may have something to do with it closing completely (its not listed in the running tasks) when I tap "Save n Exec.". This time I forced a minimize to see if it begins to notify me of missed ... anything.

But something I would really like to see added would be a Today Screen Plugin that has notifications for missed items. Something similar to the SPB Phone Suite without all the extra bloat that SPB includes.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] homar:
It's working in a different way - MSentinel doesn't stay running in memory - it uses system notification mechanism (user task mgr from this website to check it http://www.dotfred.net/).

I'm not able to test my app on many devices and I could see there are some differences (e.g. in registry names) between different devices/system versions. The info about missed calls should be also stored in registry. In my devices it is under HKCU\System\State\Phone\Missed Call Count. Maybe in your one it is somewhere else.

However, in MSentinel v2.6 it is a possibility to manually specify this reg entries for my app. You can do it in registry: HKLM\Software\MSentinel\RegKeys.

I have also noticed some issues with Manila and currently trying to investigate it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] d.vertz:
Thank you for your suggestion.

I have had it running since my last post (last night). No calls have come in to ignore and let the reminder catch it. (hence the need for a reminder, since there are so few of calls I tend to not have it near me always).

I had just finished re-loading Total Commander to look for these values when an SMS came in. I let it go unread while I continued to look at the registry. The values for this Omnia are the same as you stated.

While writing this, the reminder has sounded twice. So I think that is my solution. Leave it running in thebackground. I have not noticed any additional battery drain in doing so.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ilgaspa:
Maybe it's a stupid question... but is it normal that MSentinel keeps notifying me after I have "ignored" a message clicking dismiss in the notification popup? the message is still unread but I choose to ignore it, so MSentinel should stop ringing, shouldn't it?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] toadlife:
Yes, that is normal. In regards to SMS messages, MSentinel checks for unread messages - not notifications.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Croms:
Hi,

unlimited features flashing LEDs would be nice.

Otherwise, great program.:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kurdtkuei:
Hi,

it seems to be a great Prog. I see that it's also informing about unread mails. My question is, is it alerting about new mails in non-default folders too?

Outlook doesn't have this functionality so it would be great if this program could inform about any new mail no matter what folder it arrives.

Rob
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] trobinou:
Many thanks Homar for your software, it's very useful and works great on my HTC HD :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] beenox27:
been testing this apps, had problem with Xperia X2 notification when a message is receive only sound is play but no led notification, but this apps after i miss a message will notify me once again which also awake my phone, thanks a lot once again
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Vladimirus:
Is very nice! Good work! Just installed this on my Samsung i920 Omnia 2. What I like is that it works with my other notification software (watchflag). It doesn't interfere with incoming notifications by Watchflag yet if I miss one or don't hear it, mSentinel will notify me with different sound and do so until I acknowledge it. Vibration does not appear to work but that's no real issue as I rarely set it to vibrate. Also, I may not have it set properly to vibrate. But so far, in my tests, it appears to work very well. Thanks!

Unfortunately, I discovered it didn't alert on unread email so had to uninstall it. I need for both, sms and email to alert to unread. Perhaps the next version will correct that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] neverdude:
Thx

Thx man, very nice application !:)

keep up the good work !

Neverdude