MDA Tips, Tricks, Hacks, and Questions Thread!!!

Originally Posted by mrpena

SSH

I didn't know if i passed a good SSH program for WM5. Also in all honesty, is the 802.11 and WM5 the only thing this device has over a Treo 650? Could I do EDGE with a 650 and use tmobile hot spots if i had a wifi card for a 650?

I like the device, but it just seems very buggy over all.

Originally Posted by mrpena

SSH

I didn't know if i passed a good SSH program for WM5. Also in all honesty, is the 802.11 and WM5 the only thing this device has over a Treo 650? Could I do EDGE with a 650 and use tmobile hot spots if i had a wifi card for a 650?

I like the device, but it just seems very buggy over all.

Originally Posted by The Trooper

metalzo: Can you send me the wav you are trying to use? I would like to test it out and see if it works for me. Right now I have successfully assigned one I found from the movie Eurotrip (when he gets the mail, it says "mail m.......") to my incoming text messages and its working perfectly.

Originally Posted by mrpena

SSH

I didn't know if i passed a good SSH program for WM5. Also in all honesty, is the 802.11 and WM5 the only thing this device has over a Treo 650? Could I do EDGE with a 650 and use tmobile hot spots if i had a wifi card for a 650?

I like the device, but it just seems very buggy over all.

Originally Posted by jonazen

I haven't come across any working ssh clients yet. There's a VNC clone I wanted to check out -- commerical products ($22) claims to be 100% compatible with Real VNC, etc.

Need to research this a bit more...

Originally Posted by shackk

Have you had a Treo 650? If not then you may be in for surprise. Both need some tweaking in order to work well imho.

Originally Posted by metalzo

Has anyone tried uninstalling the included OZ IM client on the MDA? I'm thinking about doing it since it's pretty useless and uninstalling it will free up some memory (and maybe even speed up the device who knows). Plus if I ever need it back for some reason I can always hard reset.

Originally Posted by metalzo

This VNC is linked from the MDA Faq...might wanna try it out: http://dotnetvnc.sourceforge.net/

Originally Posted by metalzo

Has anyone tried uninstalling the included OZ IM client on the MDA? I'm thinking about doing it since it's pretty useless and uninstalling it will free up some memory (and maybe even speed up the device who knows). Plus if I ever need it back for some reason I can always hard reset.

Originally Posted by Yze

AGILE MESSENGER - all you need for your ppc

Originally Posted by jon01

there a way to have wifi enabled whenever i turn my phone on? does having it on drain a lot of battery or something and that is why its defaulting to off?

Originally Posted by ilrosewood

This will get burried and will probably end up in a new thread but...

We all know the MDA is kind of memory limited. No biggie. We can put in a mini sd card and be on our way. Besides, the more memory that is installed, it becomes more expensive and has less battery life. BUT, we still want to maximize this storage space.

So, we all know to clear the temp files in IE and close programs when we aren't using them anymore. However, browsing around in file explorer, I noticed there are a lot of random files like "b183f2a7-06c3-4f27-9679-7baf97e94efa.rgu" in my windows directory and files like "mxip_notify.vol" in my root directory. Does anyone know wtf these are and if I can delete them? Ive lost well over 8 megs to this stuff.

-_EDIT_-

Well, the .rgu files are registry entries and the .vol are system settings too. Crazy way to store **** like that, especially since custom notifications also have to just sit in the windows folder.

Originally Posted by jnyepu

Anyone who uses Spb Weather -- is there anyway to configure the program to update from the MDA, e.g. access the web via the MDA, to update weather, if I don't sync everyday? It looks like there is space to enter a proxy and password, but I'm not sure what do from there.

Originally Posted by azaouk

I am hoping that someone can help me with this, I received my MDA this past Monday and I have installed the following apps so far:
Registery Wizard (enable G&E, 802.11G, etc..)
Total Commander
MS Voice Command (with reg. edit for bluetooth headset)
SPB Pocket Plus
SPB Pocket Weather
Smartskey (for soft key setting)
MIdlet (HQ) from IBM for Google glm (does not work)

I have been reading this forum for a while in anticipation of getting my MDA, so i hope i am not repeating questions. The device is great, i love all the features in it, but I am have having the following problems:
-Battery life will not last more than 7-9 hours with very little usage, bluetooth and WiFi off (in the past 1.5 hours the battery drained to 81%).
-Cannot get google glm to work throught the IBM MIdlet download (i followed the instructions on the MDA FAQ sticky).
-When i open MSN messenger it created a hotmail account in pocket outlook that I cannot seem to be able to delete, any idea how to delete it, i don't use hotmail, but do use messenger.

Really the main issue is the the poor battery life. I did drain the battery completely and recharged, but it still is very poor.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Thank you.

Originally Posted by azaouk

I have the brightness set to the 1st dash, backlight at 30 sec. and 2 minute turn off.

When you press the power button it just suspends it correct? so can you still received calls when in suspend mode.

Thanks

Originally Posted by djayrage

Okay I figured out how to create a custom notification/ringer.
1: go to http://public.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
And type in what you'd like for the notification or ring to say and then download it after picking a voice. (keep in mind sometimes you have to purposely misspell certain word to get them to be pronounced correctly. For example for DJ I had to spell it as d j).
2: rename that file you downloaded into something you'd like.
3: move that .wav file to your devices /windows directory.
4: go to start - settings - sounds & notifications - notifications (select the event you'd like to change the ring for and select the respectable audio file).

Originally Posted by mrjwhit

I think the website is HOT. Not as hot as my MDA battery, gosh. But I digress.
How do I drop the .wav file into the windows directory? I seem to be missing something.

Originally Posted by azaouk

I have been reading this forum for a while in anticipation of getting my MDA, so i hope i am not repeating questions. The device is great, i love all the features in it, but I am have having the following problems:
-Battery life will not last more than 7-9 hours with very little usage, bluetooth and WiFi off (in the past 1.5 hours the battery drained to 81%).
-Cannot get google glm to work throught the IBM MIdlet download (i followed the instructions on the MDA FAQ sticky).
-When i open MSN messenger it created a hotmail account in pocket outlook that I cannot seem to be able to delete, any idea how to delete it, i don't use hotmail, but do use messenger.

Originally Posted by azaouk

mystic11 I am having the same issue with activsync. Everytime i check on running programs activsync is there, i would be curious to hear if anybody else has that problem, or if there is a solution.

Originally Posted by mrpena

same here, its ALWAYS running until i kill it.

Originally Posted by mrpena

two questions:

1)if i've got GPRS to always on, will MMS tweak thats posted in the forum not work?

2) is there any way to change the color of the font on the today screen? white isn't workin out for me ATM.

Originally Posted by shackk

If your gprs is set to wap.voicestream.com then yes it will work, if not and your "always on" connection is internet2 or internet3 then no it will not work.

Originally Posted by mrpena

Yeah, i'm on internet3 in order for it to work.

Originally Posted by shackk

Then in order for mms to work you will have to create another connection using the wap gateway and then check/send mms using that connection.

Originally Posted by mrpena

did that already, but now my GPRS isn't always connected and needs to connect when i go on the intarweb

Originally Posted by kdenninger

You can't have it both ways.

You can't send MMSs through Internet2 (or internet3), so if you have both defined and "auto choose" then the phone can't leave the session up.

Unless you need VPN there's no reason to do that any more - T-Mobile opened the ports on wap for those with MDAs and SDAs (and a data plan) so it works fine without that nonsense....

Originally Posted by kdenninger

You can't have it both ways.

You can't send MMSs through Internet2 (or internet3), so if you have both defined and "auto choose" then the phone can't leave the session up.

Unless you need VPN there's no reason to do that any more - T-Mobile opened the ports on wap for those with MDAs and SDAs (and a data plan) so it works fine without that nonsense....

Originally Posted by metalzo

Has anyone successfully tethered their MDA to their laptop (via either USB and/or Bluetooth) and used it to access the internet on the laptop via GPRS/EDGE? I'm not sure how to do this since the ActiveSync connection seems to prevent the MDA from connecting to EDGE...any ideas?

Originally Posted by AlexSoCal

FYI: I-mate has released a new ROM update for the K-Jam today. It has the aku2.0 update on it but there is some mixed thoughts on A2DP. I am planning to update right now, will let you know how it goes.

A

Originally Posted by mystic11

Thanks for the responses! At least I know it isn't just happening to me.

For those of you with registry hack programs, this site may help you.
http://www.bevhoward.com/ASync.htm

As for me, I am not running one, so I'll continue to try to find out for us any information I can. Please continue to post any information you may have on this issue.

Originally Posted by AlexSoCal

OK, new ROM is up and running. So far so good. I wish we had Exchange 2003 to test the push email. Will report later how it runs when I have more time to play around.

A

Originally Posted by mystic11

UPDATE: After another call to tech support at TMobile they suggested a work around and so far I think it works. I have yet to sync w/my USB but at least the icon/program has not opened up again. If you want to try it yourself, here goes...

1. Activesync>Menu>Configure Server>
2. Under Server Address: Type anything!
3. Box is checked "This server requires an encrypted connection> Next>
4. User Name: Type anything you want
5. Password: Type anything you want
6. Domain: Nothing
7. Advanced > Next > Uncheck all items to sync > Finish

1. Activesync>Menu>Schedule
2. Peak Times > Manually
3. Off-Peak Times > Manually
4. Uncheck "use above settings when roaming & send outgoing items immediately.
5. OK > close Activesync.

I even performed a soft reset on my device and it hasn't opened ASync yet.
Hope this helps others with the same issue!!! Let me know if it works for you.

Originally Posted by evilninja

Has anyone easily removed their boxwave screen protector? I got the antiglare clear touch, and there's this spec of dust that was flying in the air and got stuck to the sticky part before I put it on. Other than that, I did a pretty good installation with no bubbles. Is it still sticking after running it under water?

Originally Posted by shackk

Yes although I dont think it looks as nice once you run it under water. Also I didnt find it very easy at all to remove which imo is a good thing but I had to use a small suction cup to remove mine

Originally Posted by Surtur

I have heard that the adapter for the Moto Rokr will work. This was from a HTC Wizard specific board. I haven't had a chance to get to a Cingular store to try one out yet.

Originally Posted by evilninja

hey shackk, "dont think it looks as nice" how? Just wondering if I should put up with the lil spec of dirt or try to wash it off. Also, where'd you get the small suction cup? I was thinking of using some chewing gum hahaha

Originally Posted by pjhollin

1. I cannot get the wifi G registry tweak to work. The registry has changed, but I can only connect via wfi when my router is in B-only or Mixed mode, and I suspect it connects at B when in Mixed mode. It's not too important since, even at B speed, I typically get between 850 and 950 kbs on the dslreports.com 600k speed test, but I am curious what may be causing this behavior.

2. For those of you with Spb Pocket Plus 3.1: Have you gotten the Backlight Up and Backlight Down options on the Close button to work? They appear on the drop-down menu on the X button, but when I select them nothing happens. I thought I'd ask here before reporting it to Spb.

3. Occasionally, not always, after soft resetting from a registry tweak, the backlight will not come on. It comes on briefly with the T-mobile splash screen, but goes off before the Today screen comes up. Powering off and back on doesn't bring it back. I have to find a bright light and navigate through Start -> Settings -> System -> Backlight on the dark screen. There I see the slider is all the way to the left, even though I always leave it at the first tick mark from the left. When I move the slider to the right, the backlight comes on. Has anybody encountered this?

4. The clock only shows up on my Today task bar. It disappears from all other program task bars. Is this normal or the result of having Spb Plus and/or Pocket Informant installed?

5. Another registry tweak that may not be working is the one for making PIE appear as MSIE 6.0. When I go to www.disneyland.com/ap it comes back telling me I should upgrade my browser to 6.0. That site, anyway, doesn't seem to recognize my registry settings. If anyone knows of any other sites I can test with, I'd appreciate hearing about them.

Thanks for any help. And double-thanks for all the posters who have alerted me to all the wonderful tweaks and supplied the settings for getting my T-Mobile web to work.

Originally Posted by mmeyer4663

Looks like there might be a new version of the MDA ROM coming out. CHeck out the following post. #23 in the thread.
http://mobilitytoday.com/forum/show...59997#post59997

Additionally, I spoke with T-Mo CSR yesterday and he confirmed a new release would be coming soon.

Here is the link to the MDA suport page on T-Mo to watch for the release.
http://support.t-mobile.com/main.ht...d7-40b52cf362eb

Under handheld section in the middle, when they release the new version, a system update link will appear at the top.

Originally Posted by mmeyer4663

FYI, my MDA finally showed up yesterday. Ordered 2-21 PM. Unfortunately the outer box seal AND the inner box seal were broken. Being the conservative that I am, I call CSR and recommendation is to return the phone for a NEW one. More waiting!

Originally Posted by kdenninger

No. Mark and I talked and the call timers were all zeros. It was certainly opened but had no time on it. I know how to clear those but its quite a bit of effort and I doubt very much that T-Mobile did - its more likely it was opened but never actually used.

Nonetheless, new means new, and if the seals are broken.....

Originally Posted by mmeyer4663

Oh! More bad news. I have shipped the original MDA back. Now I am told that I am not even on a back order list now! I need to keep checking back with T-Mobile (they have also grasiously offered to call me back in a week) to re-order the MDA. Their system is not allowing any new orders on upgrades due to the loack of devices in stock. They were "nice" enough to offer me 200 bonus minutes for my inconvinience. They also suggested I re-register on the be the first to know site. Maybe I'll get notification this time as never did get notification the first time.
Anyone have the original BeTheFirstToKnow link?

Originally Posted by shackk

tmobile.com/bethefirst

and i wasnt even notified of the release either and to date still have not been.....

Originally Posted by JCM

Is it possible to have macromedia flash on the MDA? Like to view such websites in full (such as Gianfrancoferre.com or giorgioarmani.com). I read there is a way to view it, but you have to install a beta version of macromedia flash player onto your MDA, and its just a whole big process.

anyone else know of anyways to do this?



EDIT::
Nevermind. I figured it out. Pretty neat. Anybody else try it?

Originally Posted by foofighter

with regards to sending MMS while being constantly connected to GPRS/EDGE...i just sent a test picture to my friend and he received it. Unless i'm reading the posts wrong.

Originally Posted by MicroChip

Why doesn't anything google work on my MDA?

If I web surf to google.com I get redirected to google.com/pda and nothing works.

If I browse to m.gmail.com it doesn't connect.

I set up gmail using both my tmo email and directly as a pop account and even setting the dl to 999k trick, either way the inbox keeps emptying itself.

As an aside I have unl internet with corp emal, use the connector with outlook because my exch svr isn't exposed outside our firewall, and it empties the inbox all the time too. when ak2u comes out will exch need to be exposed for push to work?

MC

Originally Posted by jonazen

Is your network connection for GPRS the same one you use for MMS?

Are you using the same APN for GPRS and MMS?

What APN(s) are you using?

Originally Posted by mmeyer4663

Going to post how you did it?

Originally Posted by Jay Raptor

Can't help with 1 or 5 but as for 2 and 3, I have experienced the same things you have. For 4, if you go to Settings > Clocks & Alarms > More > then check "Display the clock on the title bar in all programs."

Originally Posted by djsars

Anyone having any issues with reminders? I swear I got a SMS message at around 4:30 in the morning one day - and didn't know it unitl I went to use phone a good 8 hours or so later. No beeps, no vibration, notta.

Under settings - sounds and notifications - notification tab - there apprs to be one generic "reminders" event - set to play a sound, display mesage on screen , flass the light and vibrate. Doesn't say how often, etc.

Is this truly the only setting for ANY type of reminder? Missed call, sms, etc. Wonder why mine did absolutely nothing....maybe it did while I was asleep - then gave up?
lmao

Originally Posted by shackk

You can set up a different alert, notification method, etc.. for text, email, mms, etc.. in that same menu. The "reminders" is usually only for calendar and task items.

Originally Posted by djsars

Now that I examine those options more in depth - it appears the only type of missed anything reminder is a "missed call" reminder and the only option on by default is flash light for 15 minutes. I wonder if you set an audible alert, how long and how often it would play? Anyone test that yet?

Originally Posted by JCM

lol sure no problem. I was assuming that I wasn't the only one who knew about this.


Anyways, what I did was go here:

http://www.macromedia.com/software/...ketpc/2002.html

Click where you see: "Download Macromedia Flash Player 6 for Pocket PC 2003 Installer (EXE, 473K)" and save it someplace where you can go back and use it (I saved it on the desktop).

Then after its done downloading, open up the file, following after the installation, if you have activesync, a screen will pop up and say something around the lines of "The next time you connect activesync to your mobile device, this software will be placed on it." Then after you take out the plug and put it back in, activesync connects to your phone, it'll install itself. Then it'll say something around the lines of "follow further instructions on your phone if any."

Go to your phone and the installation should be complete. I tested it on myspace w/ a page that had music, worked perfectly. I could even pause the track and play it back like you normally can on a PC. Also tested it on seanjohn.com (has flash) and it worked great. Seems like this little program really makes my pocket PC really feel like a Pocket 'PC'.



Any help needed im available all the time on AIM or on here.

Originally Posted by sitinon32

Can someone please give me a link to a post that has a step-by-step walkthrough of how to download Registry Wizard tweaks onto the MDA from a PC or a MAC? I'm new at this and don't know where to begin and I'm going in circles trying to search for it. I'm sure someone has posted how to do it on here somewhere. I'm specifically interested in 1) turning SMS msg confirmation OFF, 2) hiding SIM contacts and 3) installing Magic Button to close applications.

Thanks in advance.

P.S. For those who have turned off the SMS confim, does it totally eliminate the confirmation, or just turn off the vibration when the phone in vibrate mode? I don't mind seeing the msg...but the long a** vibration is annoying.

Originally Posted by djsars

Anyone having any issues with reminders? I swear I got a SMS message at around 4:30 in the morning one day - and didn't know it unitl I went to use phone a good 8 hours or so later. No beeps, no vibration, notta.

Under settings - sounds and notifications - notification tab - there apprs to be one generic "reminders" event - set to play a sound, display mesage on screen , flass the light and vibrate. Doesn't say how often, etc.

Is this truly the only setting for ANY type of reminder? Missed call, sms, etc. Wonder why mine did absolutely nothing....maybe it did while I was asleep - then gave up?
lmao

Originally Posted by sitinon32

No one has a link to this information? Can anyone please give me a hand finding this?

Originally Posted by foofighter

APN is wap.voicestream.com

MMS is
t-mobile mms
216.155.165.50 port 8080
216.155.174.84/servlets/mms
connect via - t-mobile gprs

Originally Posted by lokimon

lol.. Check out the feature summary page on the MDA support site at TMobile.
JAVA virtual machine (J2ME, CLDC1.1, MIDP 2.0)

Originally Posted by mmeyer4663

Looks like there might be a new version of the MDA ROM coming out. CHeck out the following post. #23 in the thread.
http://mobilitytoday.com/forum/show...59997#post59997

Additionally, I spoke with T-Mo CSR yesterday and he confirmed a new release would be coming soon.

Here is the link to the MDA suport page on T-Mo to watch for the release.
http://support.t-mobile.com/main.ht...d7-40b52cf362eb

Under handheld section in the middle, when they release the new version, a system update link will appear at the top.

FYI, my MDA finally showed up yesterday. Ordered 2-21 PM. Unfortunately the outer box seal AND the inner box seal were broken. Being the conservative that I am, I call CSR and recommendation is to return the phone for a NEW one. More waiting!

Originally Posted by ilrosewood

Wap.V has been working on and off for some of us since launch. Change that to internet2 if you have connection issues and you wont be able to use MMS.



Things like this should get a company in big ****. I do mean should. Like every other cell phone company these days I am sure my conversation would go like this.

"I saw that my phone supports JAVA virtual machine (J2ME, CLDC1.1, MIDP 2.0) but I found out it doesn't."
"Right"
"Well, you told me it supported JAVA virtual machine (J2ME, CLDC1.1, MIDP 2.0) and you still tell me this on the website."
"Right"
"Well ... ?"
"Well, bend over."



I hope it gets straightened out for you. I've been following you for a bit in these threads. My goal is to make you love the MDA.

Also, I am stoked for a new official rom. You know, one that doesn't have retarded limitations like the Edge icon, 802.11g, and a camera program that doesn't make me want to hurt small children.

Originally Posted by JCM

Im having a small problem. (Nothing major)

There's a program that I've recently deleted (GPS IDEAS) but the icon still remains in the programs files folder. When I try to open the program, it says the components and what-not aren't in the folder, so its a blank folder inside, but the icon is still under the program files folder. Is there a way that I can delete the icon from my computer?

Originally Posted by thexenoncodex

not sure if this is off topic or not but notifications and reminders for missed calls,voicemails, or text messages have always been an issue with me. starting with my i-mate jam and now my mda, i've used phonealarm by http://pocketmax.net . it's not free, but was worth every penny to me. very configurable and customizable to your needs.

Originally Posted by ilrosewood

Things like this should get a company in big ****. I do mean should. Like every other cell phone company these days I am sure my conversation would go like this.

"I saw that my phone supports JAVA virtual machine (J2ME, CLDC1.1, MIDP 2.0) but I found out it doesn't."
"Right"
"Well, you told me it supported JAVA virtual machine (J2ME, CLDC1.1, MIDP 2.0) and you still tell me this on the website."
"Right"
"Well ... ?"
"Well, bend over."

Originally Posted by sockeyes51

Hey, I just got the MDA last week, and I love the phone. I was on BoxWave's website looking for a screen protector and I was wondering if anyone new which MDA version that T-Mobile sold. There are 5 different one's listed and I didn't know which one to chose. Can someone let me know? Thanks.

Originally Posted by sockeyes51

Wouldn't the OS take up that memory? I would think that is what might be taking up that 25mb of program memory. Just a thought.

Originally Posted by tomho

Anybody having trouble getting ActiveSync to work? It installed OK, but won't connect to my MDA

Originally Posted by eep02b

Turn off any firewalls you have on. I had the same issue, but as soon as i turned my firewall off, it connect to the MDA.

Originally Posted by jnyepu

The folks who have 1GB MiniSD cards -- any problems? If so, how'd you fix?

The folks who have 2GB MiniSD cards -- any problems? If so, how'd you fix?

Originally Posted by moschops

Where is the voice memo app for the MDA? I'm amazed it doesn't have this kind of app out of the box... Anyone got any recommendations for a third party app - otherwise I'm reduced to creating MMS messages and saving them to draft.

Originally Posted by jnyepu

The folks who have 1GB MiniSD cards -- any problems? If so, how'd you fix?

The folks who have 2GB MiniSD cards -- any problems? If so, how'd you fix?

Originally Posted by kdenninger

I have the Invisible Shield installed on the screen.

First impressions - its VERY different than any of the other products. Its a "wet" install, which has its good points - you can reposition it if you goof it without problems, among others.

I'm going to pull and reinstall it tonight, as I got one tiny bubble when it all dried (you can't touch the unit overnight while it dries once installed)

I like the protection - a lot. Its got a bit of a "sticky" feel to it with the stylus, but that's ok. Still ok for letter recognition and no problems otherwise.

My initial impression is that its very nice and well worth it - going to put the other pieces on this evening as well. The "full armor" comes with pieces for the back cover and sides.

All in all I vastly prefer it to the "hard" protectors I've seen... and it has essentially zero impact on screen press sensitivity....

Originally Posted by eep02b

There is an included voice memo app on the MDA. If you go into the programs menu and open up notes. When you open "notes" click new. At the bottom should be a recording toolbar. If not, click menu and activate the recording toolbar. Another faster way to do this is by holding down the voice speed dial button on the upper right hand side of the MDA. Don't just press it, you have to hold it down to open up the recording program.

Originally Posted by kdenninger

All in all I vastly prefer it to the "hard" protectors I've seen... and it has essentially zero impact on screen press sensitivity....

Originally Posted by eep02b

There is an included voice memo app on the MDA. If you go into the programs menu and open up notes. When you open "notes" click new. At the bottom should be a recording toolbar. If not, click menu and activate the recording toolbar. Another faster way to do this is by holding down the voice speed dial button on the upper right hand side of the MDA. Don't just press it, you have to hold it down to open up the recording program.

Originally Posted by snoslicer8

Jonazen:

What midlet app did you download for your JVM? The "generic" midlet claims that our phones can't display jpeg (satellite) images. You need to download the last phone listed under the Audiovox category. That will give you full functionality.

Originally Posted by Jay Raptor

kdenninger. thanks for the update. Can you possible post some pics or have a website that sells these kits? Thanks!

Originally Posted by snoslicer8

Jonazen:

What midlet app did you download for your JVM? The "generic" midlet claims that our phones can't display jpeg (satellite) images. You need to download the last phone listed under the Audiovox category. That will give you full functionality.

Originally Posted by JCM

Is it possible to have macromedia flash on the MDA? Like to view such websites in full (such as Gianfrancoferre.com or giorgioarmani.com). I read there is a way to view it, but you have to install a beta version of macromedia flash player onto your MDA, and its just a whole big process.

anyone else know of anyways to do this?



EDIT::
Nevermind. I figured it out. Pretty neat. Anybody else try it?

Originally Posted by mmeyer4663

Hey! Watch that now! I have 4 small children! Maybe that's why I have a lot of patience with big children, like T-Mo!
Seriously, right now, I am #11 on back order list with local store which has PROMISED to sell me MDA for upgrade price, when they get a new batch in. Also, CSR with saves has PROMISED to call me every day (uh...yeah, right) with an update on the availability of the MDA. I will also be watching the MDA support site like a hawk for the update. As soon as (or if) it's posted, I will be on HF with a post faster than you can say MDA (just checked again. Not yet).

Originally Posted by djsars

You haven't seen the class action lawsuit against verizon for misleading customers on the Motorola V710 phone have you? The lawsuit not only won in court, but also if I remember correctly an appeal proces. Verizon is paying a good amount of money or services to people who bought the phone under the false claim that it fully supported Bluetooth. Unforunately I sent in my claim form late and get left off the lawsuit. (sigh)

I see no difference between that lawsuit and the one that should be filed against T-Mobile for claiming the phone has java support.

Ryan

Originally Posted by moschops

Does that actually start recording a voice note on your phone, or just take you to the Notes app? On mine it does the latter. However I'd previously installed some software called AEButtonPlus which I suspect may have screwed up my buttons...

Oh well, I expect when the next ROM image comes out I'll have a chance to fix that!

Originally Posted by ilrosewood

Well ... what crazy *** lawyer do I call to get the ball rolling on this?

Originally Posted by gizm0luvsu

i downloaded agile as well as other wm5 apps to my fone and well everytime i execute an application it says this is not a valid win32 application. i use the t-mobile mda nothing done to it i just got it a few days ago. can ne1 help me with this

Originally Posted by tonkabui

i hope this question hasn't been answered yet... i tried searching but came up empty.

on the mda, once i get on a wifi connection, it remains in the mda's connections list. in order to get to a different or new wifi connection, i have to manually go in and select "remove settings:"

settings > connections > wireless LAN > menu > network cards

then hold down on the available wifi connections to disable the ones that you aren't near.

so my question is, is there any way to disable the mda from remembering all its wifi connections so that it can just link up to the available network, rather than one that is invalid at the time of trying to get wifi? thanks!

Originally Posted by jonazen

I'm wondering if there are any other settings that we've set up differently. For example -- I have NOT added any hack to get PIE to identify itself as IE6 -- have you?

Originally Posted by jonazen

You don't have to remove your settings in order to get a new connection. Assuming your MDA remembers your home settings, if you turn on WiFi when you're at a public hotspot, it will check out the local networks -- NOT find the SSID of your home network, but it WILL find the public WLAN and offer to connect. If there's more than one available, it will offer a list of WLAN's by SSID, and let you choose which to connect to. Works quite well in fact. The only time you'd have to tell it to drop old settings would be if you need to change the connection parameters on an existing, saved, WiFi connection.

Originally Posted by metalzo

Does anyone have Orb working via EDGE on the MDA? I can use it via Wifi but not EDGE...perhaps because Port 80 is blocked? I'm on the $19.99 T-Mobile Internet plan...has anyone tried using Orb with a different port for Windows Media streaming? Let me know thanks!

EDIT: Well I seem to have gotten it working on EDGE, but the connection (about 130 k) seems to be too slow to stream video without frequent rebuffering. Anyone else experiencing this?

Originally Posted by Vampgirl

I cant find the answer to this question....

If I set up my email on the MDA will the device use SMS to get the mail (messenging) or use data?

Originally Posted by rabilancia

Unable to install apps to MiniSD
Just got my 1GB MiniSD. I had been waiting to install the larger applications (Microsoft Reader v2.2.3 & Voice Command v1.5). When the MiniSD came I tried the installations. In both cases the checkbox next to "Install program into the default installation folder" was greyed out but checked, not allowing an installation to anywhere but main memory. During the installation of Voice Command, there is a message that clearly states that it can be installed on removable memory cards.

Anyone else have similar problems or know a solution to allow the greyed out selection to be unchecked?

Originally Posted by tonkabui

i wish it was this easy. the stupid thing kept trying to search for an unavailable wifi network because it was on there earlier. like today when i was trying to get the hotspot connection at my local starbucks, the mda kept reverting back to my home network, even though i've chosen to be on the hotspot network. it was weird. the only way i was able to stop it from doing this was by disabling my home network.

Originally Posted by tonkabui

i'll double check everything again tomorrow. as of right now sitting at my local borders, i no longer have the problem even though i was on my home network before i came here. this thing definitely quirky. i'm still getting used to everything.

Originally Posted by kdenninger

Works fine but video isn't great due to the rebuffering.... if you're getting too much buffering you can set a slower speed manually, which will help the codec - at some loss in quality.

Originally Posted by eep02b

Has anyone been able to send a file to another phone over bluetooth?? If so how did you do it. Is sending files over bluetooth disabled on this phone??

Originally Posted by Vampgirl

I cant find the answer to this question....

If I set up my email on the MDA will the device use SMS to get the mail (messenging) or use data?

Originally Posted by snoslicer8

Yeah, I think you can SEND Obex, but can't receive...or something like that. When I try to initiate Obex from my PC to my MDA, the MDA gives the PC a response of "Business Card Not Available" or something like that.

Originally Posted by gizm0luvsu

didnt know the mda had gps in it and well when ever i try and sign on to the msn messenger i get something as to

"temporary conditions currently prevent connecting to the pocket msn service"

i get it to connect every once in a while can any one help

Originally Posted by snoslicer8

The MDA doesn't have GPS...but WM5 has a control panel in it to show basic GPS info when connected by BT or serial cable. It just seems that T-Mo's WM5 build has the GPS app removed.

Originally Posted by snoslicer8

SENDing is accomplished by selecting the "beam" option when you click and hold on a file in file explorer. You can "beam" by IR or BT.

Originally Posted by eep02b

Maybe there is a bug in my programming because when i chose the beam option i don't see a way to do it using bluetooth. All i see is beam by IR.....

Originally Posted by snoslicer8

SUCCESS!!!

I have now successfully OBEX file transferred a file both ways: from my MDA to my Bluetooth Exchange folder on my PC, and from the desktop on my PC directly to the MDA. Neither file was sent while the MDA was connected via activesync.

I did nothing to enable the send by bluetooth. To enable Bluetooth receive, I used the latest version of Registry Wizard, and checked the "Enable Bluetooth Receive" option on the second page. I'm not sure if this will work the same for sending/receiving from another device, but it works with my PC.

Originally Posted by gizm0luvsu

just wondering but is there ne way to put certain apps onto the start screen (the today screen) for like a desktop effect like shortcuts

Originally Posted by snoslicer8

NO...I just said I did nothing to enable SEND by BT. I had to use Registry Wizard to enable RECEIVE by BT. You should be able to "beam" by BT out of the box.

Originally Posted by snoslicer8

go to http://htcwizard.westlands.org/ as one of the entries should have a direct download of registry wizard...I don't think it redirects you to another site to get it...