yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 General] sub69:
So as far as I can tell, you want to be able to keep WiFi on whether the device is in standby or not. As you now know, that's possible with reg tweaks.

But then you don't want WiFi on all the time because the battery will drain. So again, I will suggest something like PhoneAlarm that you can set up so that WiFi is automatically switched on when you're near a saved access point, and off when you're not

Do both of these things, and you have what you want don't you? Or am I being completely irrelevant again?

Of course, even if you do these things, you do realise that being near a WiFi access point for a couple of hours, and keeping it connected for all of your programs (or even just some of them - but let's not even bother with that idea anymore) will kill the battery whether you're using a Leo or an N900?

Do enjoy whichever device you decide to go for. From your comments, I'd have to say a Nokia is more your thing.
[HD2 General] siamchen:
Hi, This guy did it. :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=582804
[HD2 General] clubtech:
I didn't do it . this is how it came out if the box. I am trying ti get WiFi off when I am in standby mode LOL.
[HD2 General] bemymonkey:
Correct. I've known about the registry tweaks for keeping WiFi on for a while, but am hesitant to use them because of the battery drain.

How does WiFi know it's near a known access point if it's not on to detect the known access point in the first place? Or are you just trying to mitigate the issue of connecting to open hotspots without me knowing it?

Sadly, no. I want to be able to sit at uni for 12 hours without using a single KB of network data, and still be able to make 2 hours worth of phone calls afterwards. Supposedly the low power modes on the N900 make this possible - not sure yet myself, but that's what they've been telling me on the Maemo forums.

That's just it... apparently on the N900, this is not the case. Older Nokia Internet Tablets were able to stay in standby (but connected to wifi!) for days at a time without a recharge, and new IMs etc. would still come in. THAT is the feature I'm asking about... I know it's a lot to ask for, but I figured that HTC can't be playing catchup _that_ much...

I'm not sure - I like the hardware keyboard and resistive screen, but Snapdragon is pretty tasty too...

How's the battery drain? :P
[HD2 General] davidcopus:
LOL :D

Poor old clubtech, and me too. Fancy bumping into you here with all these guys discussing how to get something we don't want ;)

bemymonkey: I'll take a very crude look later re how much battery percentage my HD2 drops and let you know...
[HD2 General] davidcopus:
Hi vangrieg

You say, "...or adjust power settings so that WiFi stays on in standby...". Apologies for butting into this thread if that's inappropriate, but where can you change whether WiFi stays on in standby?
[HD2 General] jrvenge:
Yeah where is this setting, my phone was staying on, but now has decided to turn of from now on.

And as for battery drain, depends what your doing, on my nokia 5800 i can idle on msn and facebook for 2 days.

Man i so need this feature, how to change????
[HD2 General] shirreer:
To put you all at ease, I quote you this directly from Qualcomm's website:

Qualcomm's Snapdragon™ platform offers an unprecedented combination of processing performance and optimized power consumption for the new generation of smart mobile devices. With Snapdragon chipsets, devices are always connected and aware and can offer all the communications users demand, including 3Ghttp://xdaforums.com/products_services/glossary/index.html#3gmobile broadband, WiFi, Bluetooth® and GPShttp://xdaforums.com/products_services/glossary/index.html#gps. Snapdragon-based devices are thin, ultra-portable and easy to use, with an intuitive user interface and mobile OS. etc...
[HD2 General] davidcopus:
Ahh... Thank you. I feel soothed :o
[HD2 General] clubtech:
With Wifi always on the battery drain is 2-3%/hour when in sleep mode and wifi on.

My device came out of the box where Wifi won't shut down in sleep mode. initially I was afraid it will kill my battery but I ran tests for the past several days and the battery drain is nothing.

It is actually a nice feature:

I leave Wifi on all the time and close the GPRS connection while long pressing the END button.

When I leave the Wifi coverage area in my house, GPRS will automatically connect.

When I am back to Wifi coverage, Wifi will auto reconnect and GPRS will auto disconnect.

This setup is PERFECT for me and this is how it came out of the box. No tweaks were needed.

no battery drain whatsoever.

So yes…this is an always on device.
[HD2 General] jrvenge:
"I leave Wifi on all the time and close the GPRS connection while long pressing the END button.

When I leave the Wifi coverage area in my house, GPRS will automatically connect.

When I am back to Wifi coverage, Wifi will auto reconnect and GPRS will auto disconnect. "

WTF, mine does not do any of this, its a pain in the ass, what rom version do you have?, mine is the sim free version stock.
[HD2 General] Karlos G:
Yup thats how I have mine too, but i have WiFI turn off in standby mode, and use this App... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=478519 ... to turn off Data connection after 30sec of data idle, instead of having to do it manually!! ;)

It then auto reconnects as and when it needs to, auto email, facebook, weather, etc... through WiFi or 3G whatver is available at the time.

So...... Always on, and economical battery use!! :D
[HD2 General] jrvenge:
Can you let me know your config settings for longlife, cus mine dont seemto work properly?
[HD2 General] davidcopus:
Karlos, out of interest, how do you get your WiFi to turn off in standby? Was it like that out of the box, or have you adjusted something?

Also, not sure how to put this technically, but where did you get your HD2? (I'd read Orange weren't offering the HD2). I'm wondering whether mine's the same and whether I'd have the 100% success with ChainFire's app that you have had.

Mine's from T-Mobile (UK),

OS: 5.2.21864 (21864.5.0.81)

Manila: 2.5.19202525.0

ROM version: 1.43.405.1 (70124) WWE

ROM date: 10/26/09

Radio: 2.04.50.22_2

Protocol: 15.26.50.07U

if that's useful to know..?

Cheers
[HD2 General] davidcopus:
Sorry for the delay.

With only a couple of apps open (ActiveSync, "Start", and maybe something else light-weight) and WiFi power set on the compromise, middle option, and Vigor2800G say 20ft away through 2 brick walls, my battery drops 1% per hour. Which equates to drawing 12ish mA which tallies with what PowerGuard was reporting.

That seems good to me. Fits shirreer's quote.
[HD2 General] Karlos G:
The settings I have on are under the 'Data' heading, 'Disconnect Idle Connections' set to 30sec, 'Disconnect Idle Connections when screen is on' set to on, and 'Disconnect Idle Connections when applications are running' set to on.

Under 'Screen', 'Return control to WMlonglife when the screen is off' set to on, and then 'Vibrate Notifications' is also set to on.

Thats it..

My wifi is set to balanced in the Wifi settings, and has done it out of the box mate, you only notice once you press a button and the screen lights up it's starts to look for wifi (symbol changes from G to wifi symbol searching), and it takes a little while (not sure how long exactly) to turn it off when you lock the screen.

I bought it SIM free, as you are correct Orange dont do it yet.

Karlos
[HD2 General] davidcopus:
An answer?

My mind's fried - and I haven't looked at these forums as obsessively over the last few days as I was doing, so I hope I'm posting in the most appropriate place (no comments, thank you)...

You know the HD2 wifi always on thing? Well, in investigating my HD2's power usage I discovered a trick I used to know about from my old WM days. Ie. to change ActiveSync's schedule so that it doesn't always start up a few minutes after you've killed it.

Let me go back a step or two.

I wanted a task switcher and so installed MagicButton, again something I'd found for my old TyTn.

Then I noticed that ActiveSync kept re-starting every time I'd killed it.

So I changed ActiveSync's schedule in order to solve that problem.

And now...? I notice that my wifi reconnects whenever I bring my phone out of standby.

My conclusion: my HD2 was sleeping its wifi, but AS was keeping it connected.
[HD2 General] jolbars:
Well, I'm an owner of one of those older Nokias (n810 with Maemo 4), and all I could say - well, maybe not your actual days and days, but 30+ hours of standby with wifi on (IRC + ICQ + Skype always online) with an hour or two active usage, without a single recharge - easily done. Maybe even longer, especially if device just sits there with it's screen turned off.

No WinMo device is *that* good with wifi. That's a pity, but my leo is more for mobile usage.
[HD2 General] kholk:
Clarifying all.

*- The HTC HD2 is an always on device.

*- It doesn't drain the battery because of this.

*- When it's in standby, it puts the CPU in a low-power state, lower the frequency and let the device do its tasks without problems.

*- The GPRS/3G/HSPA connection is always on by default, unless you hack the registry (or change some settings). It doesn't drain your battery so fast, as it really sucks power only when it's exchanging data. (at the more data exchanged corresponds the more battery consumption).

*- The WiFi connection will be shutted down when your device goes to standby by default. This can be changed by a registry hack or a settings change. Be aware that WiFi sucks power.

:)
[HD2 General] jrvenge:
Im normally plugged in at home anyway, so where is the reg hack?
[HD2 General] Nemeth782:
Tried the reg hack and it doesn't seem to work at all. The device is already set to "0" which apparantly means full power mode, setting it to "1" means low power mode and this doesnt help.

Which is really annoying as I'm having to carry my touch pro 2 around still to listen to the radio over wifi, or set the HD2 to never power off, meaning the screen stays on and the battery life is measured in seconds.

*sigh*
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amranmiah:
Does anyone know if there will be a ROM update for the HTC Hero that is available from Hutchinson 3 UK?

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord Lucan:
Presumably yes but HTC Hero 3 branded is very new at the time of writing so we will have to wait. It is basically same thing as eg Orange or T Mobile with there own spash screen and perhaps home page. There may be Planet 3 , I dont know , only 3 users can tell us here.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusufdaud:
3 Branded

I have 3's HTC Hero. There is no splash screen or any branding apart from 2 shortcuts on the homescreen(which you can easily remove) to Planet3 and 3favourites. Does anyone know whhther 3's Hero is running the latest version of HTC's Sense or is it still running the first version?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord Lucan:
Thank you for info.

You can check that by going to settings>> scroll down>> About phone or something like that.

I think this thread should have been placed in General section.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusufdaud:
Software Version

My software version is 1.0.0.A6288 or something like that. What is the latest one?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
Don't look at the software version - look at the build number. If it starts 2.73, you are effectively on the latest firmware.

Regards,

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tweedie:
@yusufdaud - did you get any specific software for 3 network by any chance? (ie skype, msn or anything)?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusufdaud:
3 Software

Didn't come with Skype or WLM preinstalled. According to Three's website it should have Skype out of the box though.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord Lucan:
WLM to be launched soon according to three portal which will also be totally free like skype.

I think other network subscribers are going to be jealous;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amranmiah:
@yusufdaud - can you confirm the firmware number on your hero? Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pkspidermonkey:
I am having some major issues with this.

I bought a Hero from Amazon last month, not knowing that it would be packaged and released by Three Uk, so essentially I have setup everything : I now have internet etc.

I am a Three user however, so when I called the Customer Support (HA!) line they said I should be able to install the skype client once they release their packaged phone this month.

I was able to install the skype client this morning, which, as it was on my old 3 phone, worked perfectly with using any of my minutes.

The issue I know have is that it does not put the phone back to sleep, even after I removed the installation and power cycled my phone... it is awake 100% of the time even after skype has been removed and my power usage has suffered as a result.

Does anyone have any ideas how to remedy this? I am a complete noob when it comes to this :<
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusufdaud:
Firmware

Firmware Version - 1.5

Build Number - 2.73.771.62

Software Version - 1.0.0.A6288
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amranmiah:
Thanks yusufdaud - Seems like 3 UK ship the Hero with the latest version of the firmware :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusufdaud:
Unlock

Anyone know anyway to unlock 3's Hero? I called Three yesterday night and they told me I couldn't get a code from then until the contract finishes.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] belfbri:
yusufdaud:

when some calls you on Skype, does it show the contact who is calling?

i bought my Hero before it was released on 3 and downloaded the official Skype client via Planet 3 but mine always says "Skype Service" instead of the person who is calling. a guy in the Richmond shop told me if i had bought the handset from 3 it would work properly. sounds like nonsense to me.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord Lucan:
I have unbranded Hero from yesterday and before that an unlocked orange branded. Both worked very well with Skype on 3. Including caller ID.

Is it related to radio rom? You can update radio easily on rooted one but not sure about "virgin" Hero.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] belfbri:
I actually updated the radio before Skype on 3 was released. My radio version is 63.18.55.06FU_6.35.07.08 - I just tried updating it to 63.18.55.06IU_6.35.08.22 and had some interesting results. Now Skype won't work at all - i get a message saying "Skype couldn't connect over your phone connection." (tried uninstalling and re-installing too but that made no difference.)

However, it's the first time i've ever seen all four bars on my signal so that at least is a slight improvement.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] belfbri:
Don't know why it wasn't connecting before but it is now. However, it's still not showing the caller.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] belfbri:
@Lord Lucan

Can you tell me your Rom and Radio versions please? I tried a 2.73.405.38 rooted ROM (the HTC Generic one) off MoDaCo but still didn't get caller id.

Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demon_ref:
skype on 3 is still in beta testing for HTC hero. both msn live and skype need to be downloaded to the phone from planet 3.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonesy:
could someone please send me the planet 3 and 3 bookmarks apk's please? im using an orange branded hero unlocked to three and would like those apps!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord Lucan:
I think if you ask DanH48 in this thread>>>>

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=616991

he may be able to extract.
[Touch HD General] milosn:
Hi Guys, i have a noob question.

How do you watch videos from your HD on PC, what player or codec do you use? I can see the image, but MPC reports there is no codec installed for the sound.
[Touch HD General] pkshr:
Try VLC http://www.videolan.org/
[Touch HD General] milosn:
I tried it before, now i tried it again, i get the same message every time for 3gp or mp4:

No suitable decoder module:

VLC does not support the audio or video format "samr". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.

Does anyone know how to solve this? Where can i Find that codec? I googled it with no results.
[Touch HD General] mancsoulja:
Have you tried the k-lite codec pack?

www.codecguide.com

or the community codec pack

www.cccp-project.net
[Touch HD General] vidojajce:
probaj sa gom plejerom,pušta sve a i džabe je
[Touch HD General] Fallen Spartan:
Please abide by forum rules and use English language. Free translators can be found online using Google
[Touch HD General] kitzie:
Google a Coreplayer. Plays anything without any conversion.
[Touch HD General] mancsoulja:
he is trying to play videos he made on his hd on his pc, not play videos on his hd :rolleyes: lol
[Touch HD General] jigners:
you mean to say you've never seen this application?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=467112

you missed one half of your blackstone life mates!
[Touch HD General] mancsoulja:
do people on here not read lol
[Touch HD General] milosn:
As I said, I'm trying to play mp4 or 3gp that I made with my phone on my PC. Thank you guys for your advices. This evening, for the first time since I got my HD, i heard the sound. I'm usimg MPC Home Cinema and Windows 7 x64. I don't know what happened, yesterday nothing worked, and today all is fine !!?? Strange, I didn't install anything except VLC.
[Touch HD General] BigGiantFish:
I was going to suggest VLC it will play just about anything. My guess would be it has installed the required codecs.

BGF
[Touch HD General] milosn:
I think VLC is using it's own codecs, i just tried the demo 3gp from my phone and there is no sound. In MPC Home Cinema x64 everything works fine, i guess it's this latest version (1.3.1249.0) :cool:
[Touch HD General] Actorios:
i've tried vlc, quicktime alternative, mpc, mpc-hc, but still, i always get the same error: ".samr files cannot be opened" or sthng like that.

there's got to be a way...

im using win 7 x32.
[Touch HD General] Chris Cross:
Has anyone found a solution for this problem? I am also trying to play videos (that I recorded with the touch HD in mpeg4 format) on my PC, but no player can play the sound. VLC gives me the error that it cannot play samr audio. I also have the full k-lite codec pack installed, but still no sound.

How do you guys play Touch HD videos on your computer?
[Touch HD General] willcor:
you most probably know this...

... but here is a reminder...

i view my hd video's on pc.....

by going to video settings on hd......advanced ..capture format and set it to H.263 instead of mpeg4...

i then view it with quicktime..etc..on my pc..!!

...why persist with mpeg 4..?

above method still gets you there ....to view on pc..

(maybe picture quality not fantastic ...but still good to view..)

good luck

willcor
[Touch HD General] Chris Cross:
Thanks. You're right, I'll stick with H.263 and play the 3gp video in Quicktime.

:)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] iTouch24:
Anyone know if there is a way to toggle sprint nav from driving to walking?

I know with google u can pick .. walking, driving and or public transportation ... but how about with sprint navigation?

Also i was looking for a way to find a bussiness and then being able to save the address and TN to my contacts ... i can find the business with google and get directions from google .. but there are no options to save the address found to contacts ... to make it easy to pull up with sprint navigation...

i tried the application Where but it was not finding what i was looking for ... when i googled the restaurant on phone it came up 1,2,3
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] iTouch24:
i am trying

yellowbook

.. which seems pretty promising right now
[Windows Mobile Software Development] mua30:
Pals,

Anyone have customized SPB Shell 3.5 files to appears like manila!

Just with difference, the Msgs should appears in 3D, also the Email accounts!

If not, can somebody lead me to how to do it!

Hence Iam working on firmware that replaces CHOME and Manila

Thx All
[HTC Excalibur] maartenva:
Hi all,

i've flashed my excalibur to 3VO.2.80.0925 and I'm trying to get my keyboardlayout to dutch.

I've followed this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=576175

I've got the T9 working in Word and notepad, but in the main window of the phone (like whem I'm dialing for a name or numbre), it stays in qwerty.

can somebody explain me how I can solve this problem?

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] ColonelZap:
Hi everyone:-)

I have a P3470+ (HTC clone from China) Phone (Hisilicon K3, 460MHZ, WM 6.1) and my problem is that whatever navigation software (or Google Maps) I use, the phone doesn't find any satellites anymore :-( It USED to work but now it doesn't?!?

Anybody know how to fix that problem?

Also, can I update the ROM? Where do I find an ENGLISH ROM (WM 6.1 or even 6.5?). I know how to set this phone into an "update mode", I also have a software called "IDT" from Hisilicon, the only thing I am missing is a ROM. Maybe this is the only chance to get the GPS working again?

Anybody know how to do a hard reset on this baby?

Thanks for your help and greetings from Germany :-)
[General Questions and Answers] ronp76:
Download GPSToggle CAB from this link http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7VRBH5RS . It is called GPSToggle and is a Today screen app. It works best when installed to main memory.

Once installed, you will need to add it to your Today screen. From your Today screen go to Settings, then choose Today settings. Go to the Items tab and you should see BAF GPS Toggle at the bottom of the list. Click the box to have it added to your Today Screen. Close the Settings screen and go back to your Today screen.

Now, a little bit of info about your GPS. It will work best when it has an unobstructed view of the sky overhead. It should stationery (not moving) and uninterrupted from the time you turn on the application.

Some people can get satellite signals inside a building. I can because I live in a one-story condo. If you can sit outside with your phone for about 30 minutes, GPSToggle should do the trick.

On your Today screen you will now see an item called GPS with the word OFF next to it. Click the word GPS and the word next to it will change to On indicating that the app has turned on your GPS.

Now sit back, be patient and wait. If you're lucky and outside, the SIRF III chip in your phone should lock on within as little as 42 seconds (doubtful in your case) and as long as five minutes.

Attached to this message are four screens showing what your screen will look like:

GPSToggle 01 - Initial turn on. GPS is in search mode (no satellites detected).

GPSToggle 02 - GPS on. Communication beginning. 12 satellites possible.

GPSToggle 03 - GPS on. Four satellite bars displayed. Satnav not possible yet.

GPSToggle 04 - GPS on. Four satellites locked on. 3D satnav possible.

Note 1: I had not turned on my GPS today which meant it took about 2.5 minutes to lock on. This is not bad considering I am sitting in my front room. Normally, it takes about 60 seconds when I have turned on the GPS previously in the day and eperemis data which is satellite position and timing information is available from a previous session.

Note 2: According to most SIRF manufacturers, it takes three satellites for 2D satnav to occur. Most GPS programs can operate with that mode. Four satellites provide 3D satnav which is preferred.

See if this works for you. If it does, whenever you need to use your GPS, go to the Today screen and use GPSToggle to turn on the GPS for you which will quote warm it up for your GPS program. Once you see four green bars, you can turn on your GPS program and navigate like a champ!

You can read further about GPSToggle at this URL and thank the developer: http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-gps-toggle.html

Good luck!