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I just bought this Siemens SX-56 used, it's got XDA-developers Special Edition Rom already installed. I discovered this forum and this is my first post. Definitely a newby.
I am in the USA and the only options for auto configure are USA T-Mobile, so I skipped the auto config. and called AT&T to get the correct settings. Now the phone says it is connecting to GPRS, then indicates it is connected. But when I type in ANY URL, it gives an error message "The page you are looking for cannot be found." :x
The people at AT&T said I need to upgrade the ROM to PPC 2003. So I tried doing that and couldn't upgrade because the numbers don't match. Then I tried calling Siemens and they told me I was on my own because the ROM had been changed to XDA-dev. SE. :shock:
Otherwise, everything seems to work fine. It must just be a simple setting problem or something. I read through these forums for a couple hours and couldn't find anything like this. :?:
I thought about trying to use AdaptRom to try to upgrade to PPC 2003, but I don't know if that would work.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Dayne
People that should give support always say this kind of things just to get rid of you...
1. Try provider's web to find out the correct settings (access point).
2. The fact, that the phone shows "connected" doesn't really mean anything.
3. Common mistake is putting "Cellular Line" instead of "Cellular Line (GPRS)"
4. Sometimes it helps simply to erase all other connection settings!
Good luck!
PS: xda-dev. SER is pretty old one, actually...
You can upgrade to WM2003 using sd card bootloader method.
Hello, Thanks for the responses. When I called AT&T, they had me set up a connection we called "Gprs connection". I entered all the numbers they gave me and it wouldn't work. I then went to the AT&T website and retrieved the gprs settings listed there, (they were different), and they didn't work either. Finally tonight I deleted the "gprs connection" settings, and used the "Internet settings" connection instead, and it worked! I don't know why of course. :roll:
The baud rate is listed as 19200. Should I turn that up? (Some of the web pages don't want to completely load, and it seems a little slow, But maybe that's just the way it is?)
Also, would you recommend upgrading to PPC 2003 (is that the same as WM2003?) as someone has posted I can?
Thanks again. Dayne
1. The baud rate I used was 115k. Actually the system should choose it itself, as far as I remember you can't adjust this option at all in WM2003.
2. If you want to make the connection faster you should try tweakers that increase "window size" and probably upgrade to WM2003 to speed up the entire IE (in PPC2002 the system became unbelievably slow when you opened more than one window of IE)
3. Never tried bootloader method - I always run rom.exe (you can cook it at www.romkitchen.de) on my PC (ActiveSync 3.7 + cradle required)
Hey all. I use the old cycleBT utility to turn BT on and off constantly. I am looking for a utility that could sit in the start menu as a single program that would change my roaming settings from Sprint Only to Automatic, etc.
Has anyone come across such a utility. If not, is this something that could be done in Mortscript? Could anyone take a stab at it?
Thanks,
Josh
PS-I want to have this to save battery life and turn on roaming easily only when there is no signal at all. I work in a hospital and there is NO cell service in the basement and then I get one bar roaming and then back to sprint, etc...and it fries the battery
i too would like to request such a feature
I am not a programmer, but I have dabbled a little with mortscript. I was tweaking TalynOne's GPS script. I noticed that he made some registry edits, which worked well for changing battery and backlight timeouts. I don't have time to figure it out now, but if I did, I would start by getting cregedit (http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/?lang=en) and saving a copy of my registry. I would then change the setting to the other one, and compare the current registry to the saved registry. This would show me what key(s) were changed by changing the setting. I would then go about learning how to write a mortscript to change the registry settings. This is the hard part for me but I'm sure it's elementary for the programmers. There are lots of examples on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=289197
EDIT: dcd is right, no setting in registry. I'm out of ideas.
studentjunk said:
I am not a programmer, but I have dabbled a little with mortscript. I was tweaking TalynOne's GPS script. I noticed that he made some registry edits, which worked well for changing battery and backlight timeouts. I don't have time to figure it out now, but if I did, I would start by getting cregedit (http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/?lang=en) and saving a copy of my registry. I would then change the setting to the other one, and compare the current registry to the saved registry. This would show me what key(s) were changed by changing the setting. I would then go about learning how to write a mortscript to change the registry settings. This is the hard part for me but I'm sure it's elementary for the programmers. There are lots of examples on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=289197
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i believe that changing the setting sends a command to the radio. notice this setting survives a hard reset? my guess is that you will not find a setting in the registry. need to find a way of scripting epst or sending the command to the radio.
I hope this isn't too terribly off topic, but I really don't want to try this and incur a huge bill.
Does sprint still charge for roaming? Or is that a thing of the past? I remember accidentally making a couple roam calls not not seeing anything on my bill but I don't stay on the phone long to begin with sooooo....yeah.
I guess the main point I'm trying to get to is, are there any negative consequences for making roaming calls?
topdawgn8 said:
I hope this isn't too terribly off topic, but I really don't want to try this and incur a huge bill.
Does sprint still charge for roaming? Or is that a thing of the past? I remember accidentally making a couple roam calls not not seeing anything on my bill but I don't stay on the phone long to begin with sooooo....yeah.
I guess the main point I'm trying to get to is, are there any negative consequences for making roaming calls?
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It is off topic, but it doesn't bother me. Hopefully won't bother others. I have gotten several bills over last 6 months with roaming calls. They reimbursed me because it's included in our plan. I would disable it on the phone and call them and see if they can disable it. If so, then then they will flag your account so if you get roaming charges, they can easily reimburse you.
Try this script - One Touch Toggle
You must have mortscript installed on your ppc in order for the script to work.
There will be two files in this zip.
1. Roaming Shortcut.lnk
2. Roaming Selection.mscr
Place the roaming shortcut.lnk in your \windows directory of pocket pc.
Place the roaming selection.mscr anywhere on your phone. You can tie it to a button if you place it under \Windows\start menu\programs
Run the roaming selection.mscr. It will aks you which of the 4 you would prefer Roaming, Sprint Only, Automatic or Toggle
It will default to Toggle if the time runs out.
Once you make your choice it will open the phone settings by use of the roaming shortcut.lnk.
It will then choose roaming and then it will pick the correct roaming selection and then exit out of both of the phone settings windows.
Before Toggle can be used you must first either select Roaming or Automatic.. from that point on the Toggle selection will go from either
Roaming or Automatic by itself.
Thanks
andason
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not what ya wanting?
Thanks a bajillion!!! Haven't been on in a while cause work's crazy...This works like a charm..
-Josh
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2182381#post2182381
glad it could help at least one person : )
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glad it could help at least one person : )
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Nice script. Great idea. It doesn't work for my Diamond because the screen mappings are for QVGA. I'm currently using your shortcut to at least save a few steps.
I looked at your script, and the Mortscript commands. I think it's a simple matter of remapping the mouse clicks for VGA. How does one go about determing the x and y locations on the screen?
Thanks!
snovvman said:
Nice script. Great idea. It doesn't work for my Diamond because the screen mappings are for QVGA. I'm currently using your shortcut to at least save a few steps.
I looked at your script, and the Mortscript commands. I think it's a simple matter of remapping the mouse clicks for VGA. How does one go about determing the x and y locations on the screen?
Thanks!
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Instead of trying to determine x and y locations, you could just give it commands to go up/down/left/right/center on the d-pad.
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Instead of trying to determine x and y locations, you could just give it commands to go up/down/left/right/center on the d-pad.
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Interesting. I might give that a try. Thanks.
andason said:
You must have mortscript installed on your ppc in order for the script to work.
There will be two files in this zip.
1. Roaming Shortcut.lnk
2. Roaming Selection.mscr
Place the roaming shortcut.lnk in your \windows directory of pocket pc.
Place the roaming selection.mscr anywhere on your phone. You can tie it to a button if you place it under \Windows\start menu\programs
Run the roaming selection.mscr. It will aks you which of the 4 you would prefer Roaming, Sprint Only, Automatic or Toggle
It will default to Toggle if the time runs out.
Once you make your choice it will open the phone settings by use of the roaming shortcut.lnk.
It will then choose roaming and then it will pick the correct roaming selection and then exit out of both of the phone settings windows.
Before Toggle can be used you must first either select Roaming or Automatic.. from that point on the Toggle selection will go from either
Roaming or Automatic by itself.
Thanks
andason
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All credits go to andason. I took his script and modified it to work with VGA. I remapped the screen coordinates and change the wait time on each action. I found the wait time did not need to be so long.
To use w/ VGA:
Download andason's zip, install as instructed, download my VGA script and replace his with mine. You will still need the .lnk file.
prerequsite:
You must have roaming enabled. If you do not, follow this:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OEM\InitProv\PhoneSetting
1) Change ItemCount to 3
2) Create new string (if doesn't exist): ItemName3 = Roaming. (Default = Automatic-B on my Diamond)
3) New Dword: ItemValue3 = 3
Soft reset. Go back to the settings you should now see roaming option.
Enjoy...
snovvman, you are the man! thanks for the VGA roaming script.
onlinespending said:
snovvman, you are the man! thanks for the VGA roaming script.
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Right on, glad it works for you. Credit goes to andason for creating it in the first place!
snovvman said:
Right on, glad it works for you. Credit goes to andason for creating it in the first place!
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I've attached a modified VGA roaming script that simply toggles between Roaming and Automatic without showing the Mortscript choice menu. I have it mapped to a softkey so I can quickly toggle between the two.
andason or snowman,
Installing the zipped files as well as mortscript I get only as far as the Settings menu. I then have to manually toggle to Roaming, Settings and make the change. I made sure to insert the shortcuts file to the windows directory and the .mscr file to the programs folder so that I could shortcut to a button. Any ideas as to why it will not complete the toggle for me. Thanks in advance,
Gordon
I've been looking for something I can put in my startup folder to run when the phone boots to do the opposite. If I change my phone from "Automatic" to "Home Only" as soon as I even soft reset the setting is changed back.
Just recently called Telus to have them remove the roaming data charges ($32 for 4mb!) I got when I was near the border (didn't even cross). The person tried to look into a way to permanently disable roaming and after talking with their data department she said it was impossible and then tried to tell me I should get a BlackBerry.
I'll have to try some of the stuff in this thread later tonight.
So, I searched, but couldn't find anything. If I missed it, please direct me w/ a link.
I recently upgraded my XV6800 to DCD's 2.3.2 ROM and Radio 3.27.00, and now my radio takes 17+ minutes to acquire a cellular signal. This can't be normal. So, once I did get a signal, I dialed *228 option 2, but that didn't fix it. I also re-entered my MSID and MDN from ##778. Nothing seems to be fixing my issue. Any suggestions?
-Randy
Why would you use 2.3.2 and radio 3.27 when you could upgrade to 3.0.4 and radio 3.37.20? Radio 3.27 is a beta radio that was leaked and is very unreliable and buggy. I could see not upgrading to 3.0.4 and 3.37.20 maybe if you didn't care about GPS or RevA, in which case you could use 1.7.0...but 2.3.2 is a GPS rom, so why wouldn't you use the official WM 6.1 3.0.4 rom with the official latest radio?
Yeah dude, get with the program. If you are going to update your rom (i.e. hack your phone) anyway, why not go with the latest.
Go here and follow the instructions closely. You wont look back.
Okay, loaded the Sprint ROM to get the radio, then loaded the VZW version of DCD's 3.0.4.
Looked in Device Info and it shows ROM version: dcd 3.0.4 and Radio version: 3.35.04
Still having the exact same problem. It's taking 15+ minuted to acquire a cellular signal.
And yes, I have plenty of reception here. I have tried it in numerous areas actually, where I know I get full reception.
There's a whole thread devoted to this right here somwhere...
You need to do the following:
phone app, dial *22803 or *22802 (whichever one gets you a signal) and hit phone hang-up when you get a signal and it says it's starting to program. Now that you have a signal do the next step.
phone app, dial ##778
select "EDIT" and enter the 000000 unlock code
select "VIEW INFO" and select "M.IP Settings"
Edit MIP_MODE and change to something else, then go back and change it again back to "Mobile IP Preferred".
Do the smae for MIP reg retried, retry timeout and pre-registration timeout.
Change all the values, ok, then change them again back to the original setting.
Settings are: Mob IP Pref, 2 retries, 1750ms retry timeout, 0 pre-reg timeout.
When you're all done save and exit - soft-resets your phone.
You should be good after this.
Good luck!
rp3319 said:
There's a whole thread devoted to this right here somwhere...
You need to do the following:
phone app, dial *22803 or *22802 (whichever one gets you a signal) and hit phone hang-up when you get a signal and it says it's starting to program. Now that you have a signal do the next step.
phone app, dial ##778
select "EDIT" and enter the 000000 unlock code
select "VIEW INFO" and select "M.IP Settings"
Edit MIP_MODE and change to something else, then go back and change it again back to "Mobile IP Preferred".
Do the smae for MIP reg retried, retry timeout and pre-registration timeout.
Change all the values, ok, then change them again back to the original setting.
Settings are: Mob IP Pref, 2 retries, 1750ms retry timeout, 0 pre-reg timeout.
When you're all done save and exit - soft-resets your phone.
You should be good after this.
Good luck!
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AWESOME~! Thanks for the help man, nobody else seemed to know.
Any way to thank you on here like you can on ppcgeeks?
wait... didnt work lol
looked like it was working, rebooted, LED started blinking, signal bar was up and EVDO icon was showing, went to sent a text message, and it failed, said there was no signal. rebooted, then back to what it was doing before, signal bar has a "..." under it and it just keeps searching till it acuires a signal 15 minutes later.
holy crap.... it's working now. i have no idea what the hell is goin on. i did a soft reset like 3 times and it's still working, so i'm not worried about it.
thanks again for the help
shapiror06 said:
holy crap.... it's working now. i have no idea what the hell is goin on. i did a soft reset like 3 times and it's still working, so i'm not worried about it.
thanks again for the help
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Yeah, I've done it about 4-5 times now and the instructions are from memory, so the exact sequence may or may not be exactly correct, but since you've got it working you should be fine.
You may or may not run into this again if you do another ROM update in the future. The Sprint ROM update did NOT mess me up, but some of the following updates for DCD's rom have had this happen. Not all the time though. You should be able to hard reset (I think) w/out this happening and definitely you're good for soft resets.
It's like something in the settings is getting changed, but not such that when you open the EPST settings that they are different... when you go and modify the values and resave them, they get written back to where they need to be.
If you look unter Titan on PPCGeeks I think you'll find a couple threads on this issue. It seems to be a VZW thing I think.
Also - there is a thread somewhere about where you can download the latest PRL to update your phone. I never did that, but probably should.
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Also - there is a thread somewhere about where you can download the latest PRL to update your phone. I never did that, but probably should.
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hmmm if you find that thread, let me know! because i think after going through your process to to fix my signal acquisition problem, if I do a *228 opt 2 to update the PRL, it will mess up my signal acuisition again. So if I can manually download the latest PRL, that would be sweet.
OMG this worked for me too! I've been looking for a fix for this for two months. I found a workaround by d/l an old outdated prl from corolada.com but it was a non-nationwide PRL. Did the above fix and I've got a signal again with the latest PRL! Thanks guys!
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hmmm if you find that thread, let me know! because i think after going through your process to to fix my signal acquisition problem, if I do a *228 opt 2 to update the PRL, it will mess up my signal acuisition again. So if I can manually download the latest PRL, that would be sweet.
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Oh, forgot to mention, the PRL's can be downloaded and placed on your storage card from corolada/prl...
i have the same problem, and i have done EXACTLY what this thread sys, yet i still do not get a signal on restart. i have to wait 15 minutes. i have the latest prl also, 51020
whats the deal?
im runnin 3.1.2 and radio 3.39.10
ok...i got calls back,but no data... (so o text or web), do i need to call verizon to get a new akey now? is that it?
-connor
crobs808 said:
ok...i got calls back,but no data... (so o text or web), do i need to call verizon to get a new akey now? is that it?
-connor
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ok, anyone??? i tried *228 option 1, to get my data back, but it didnt work and when it restarted i had no signal again, so i redid the abov step, sgot my signal back so i can make and receive calls, but still no data, back where i was a minute ago, so how do i get the data back without losing my signal again?? i know if i call the verizon rep he will want me to try *228 and option 1, which will lose my signal, but of course he will say no it wont, so what do i need? just the A Key? or what? how do i call up and just get that without them trying to do all the other steps...cause i have one of the older xv8600 that clears some settings like the akey when you do a hard reset (i know some do that and some dont), so what do i need to fix my data without re-losing my signal?
-thanks
SOLUTION!
ok this worked for me just takes the right combination and order of events.
so if you have no data or calls or a combination of one or the other - go ahead and call verizon, tell them you got cut off right before they rep was going to give you the Authentication key, they will give it to you, restart, this will still show no signal and no data...dont worry. now follow the ##778 steps above, and when you restart you will have both calls and data
-connor
Just in case anyone checks this (I had to after I flash to a stock ROM and back to a DCD ROM and do the MIP settings again), here is the link to manually download PRLs
http://www.corolada.com/prl/
Now, I was going to download an updated PRL manually, but I just did *228 (on Verizon) and it actually gave me a more updated version than is currently on that website, so you might try that before manually updating the PRL
-crobs808
Ok so now since I no longer have my ipaq 4700.... im loving my mogul.
I do however have the latest srpint rom and dont mind it....
the only question I have is this...
I do not have a dataplan and when I use the internal gps and or messenger....the unit constantly dials out to #777. I called sprint and they disabled HAI or HIA or something like that so they said my internet is disabled...
I just get tired of the constand dial out, failed to connect messages..
which rom would be the best for just getting this to go away....in a tweak somewhere I read that there was a reg key to set to not dial out and I did that... also it said go into manage connections and add a user name. However everytime I do that the name gets removed.
any suggestions?
THanks
Jeff
I don't think any rom would fix that problem, cause the vast majority of users use data plans.
I believe the gps dialout is a reslt of the assisted gps capabilities. I recently disabled this in my wife's sprint touch by altering this key:
HKLM\Software\HTC\SUPL AGPS
I changed both the 'enableAGPS' and 'enableGPSSmartMode' from 1 to 0. I remember which of the two fixed the problem. Probably just the first is necessary. You'll probably need a soft reset.
To get rid of the dialing out completely, you can go to settings\connections\connections\manage existing connections and then delete the sprint. Of course sprint makes it come back, so you'll need to delete the htc_cm_guardian.exe file from your startup items. I am pretty sure that will work. What ends up happening is you get an error when you try and connect to the internet. I'm not sure that's any better than trying to dial out, but at least you know sprint won't screw up your bill (they do a pretty good job of reimbursing for these when they screw up).
guess im batting a 1000....
I already had both keys set to 0
also I do not have that exe in my startup so cant removeit...
oh well...
Try going into your Connections setting and deleting the #777 profile - it shouldnt dial out after that.
I'm thinking of getting a Verizon Touch Pro when it's available.
Right now, my battery life on my Motorola Q is terrible. I live in an area where the signal is pretty poor and I think that's the main reason for the bad battery life.
If I go into the "secret" settings on the Q, I can change it to CDMA Only and that disables EvDO and probably gives me at least a 50% increase in battery life.
Unfortunately, it's pretty much of a PITA to go back and forth.
So, if I get a Touch Pro, I guess I have to hope that it's better at picking up a signal (probably not, right?) or that there's some way to put it into CDMA Only mode.
Does anyone know, for sure, that'll be possible?
Now, if that's possible, does a program already exists or could someone easily just write a program that would give me a program icon that if I click it, it toggles the phone between CDMA Only and Automatic? I'm thinking something like the nodata program that I've used before, but even better would be just click on the icon to toggle and no submenus to go through.
I know on the Q when I change back and forth, the change is immediate (Ev icon turns to 1x and vice versa as soon as I make the change), so if I had an icon to just make the change for me without digging through 4 menus to make a change, I might be able to live with just activating EvDO when I'm going to use it.
Any help is appreciated.
Thoughts?
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I'm thinking of getting a Verizon Touch Pro when it's available.
Right now, my battery life on my Motorola Q is terrible. I live in an area where the signal is pretty poor and I think that's the main reason for the bad battery life.
If I go into the "secret" settings on the Q, I can change it to CDMA Only and that disables EvDO and probably gives me at least a 50% increase in battery life.
Unfortunately, it's pretty much of a PITA to go back and forth.
So, if I get a Touch Pro, I guess I have to hope that it's better at picking up a signal (probably not, right?) or that there's some way to put it into CDMA Only mode.
Does anyone know, for sure, that'll be possible?
Now, if that's possible, does a program already exists or could someone easily just write a program that would give me a program icon that if I click it, it toggles the phone between CDMA Only and Automatic? I'm thinking something like the nodata program that I've used before, but even better would be just click on the icon to toggle and no submenus to go through.
I know on the Q when I change back and forth, the change is immediate (Ev icon turns to 1x and vice versa as soon as I make the change), so if I had an icon to just make the change for me without digging through 4 menus to make a change, I might be able to live with just activating EvDO when I'm going to use it.
Any help is appreciated.
Thoughts?
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I just upgraded from a q, i havent recieved my htc yet so ill try and help with your q problem.
First and foremost never ever let the battery run down. My q worked fine for a year and a half until tuesday the battery ran down and i got this
Anyway, make sure its not going out and checking your email every 1,5,10,15 minutes etc. That really kills the battery fast. Bluetooth too. When I disabled those i saw my battery life skyrocket, but it still went down pretty fast when i used the internet and camera. maybe those two things will help you in the interim though.
you think your moto q battery is bad wait til you get to the your touch pro. i forced my touch pro (data speeds sucked big ones) to 1x by going to settings phone and roaming i set it to roaming only? but that is a sprint version i dont know if verzion allows you to pick roaming only
benitojuarez, I appreciate it, but it's none of that. The reason for the bad battery life on the Q is that the signal is low and it's fluctuating between 1x and EvDO. When I set it to 1x only, the battery life is fine.
cjmedina, yes, I'm worried about that.
That's why I'm here. I'm still hoping someone could come up (either it exists already or someone could make it) with a little utility that when clicked would toggle between 1x (CDMA Only) and Automatic modes. I think I could live with that.
I can't imagine that'd be too difficult. You can force 1x on your Sprint, I can force 1x on my Q. The change takes effect immediately. There's got to be an easy way to program it to happen.
It sounds like you might benefit from this type of program as well. I know on my Q, I rarely switch back from 1x only, just because it's about a multi step process that's a slight PITA to make the change. If I had a one step process, I could leave it as 1x while it's just sitting around and quickly change it to EvDO when I want to use the net. At least that's how I envision it.
Lastly, I'm not certain that my Q hasn't just been defective for 2 years now. I even have the 2100mah Seidio battery and if i leave it as Automatic, I pretty much can't get a full day out of it. If I set it to 1x, I can make it though the day unless I use it real heavily.
I'm worried that unless the TP has a better radio, I might not even make it though the day on 1x only mode. I guess we'll see what happens.
Is there anyone who can assist here?
I can't imagine this is something too difficult. Everyone phone I've had so far allows it to be put into a 1x only mode.
With the work all of you guys do customizing, someone must have a good handle on what needs to be changed to put the phone into 1x mode.
Am I in the right place or should I have posted this in a different forum?
Well, hopefully, someone can come up with something...or point me to something that already exists.
Thanks!
lexluthor said:
Is there anyone who can assist here?
I can't imagine this is something too difficult. Everyone phone I've had so far allows it to be put into a 1x only mode.
With the work all of you guys do customizing, someone must have a good handle on what needs to be changed to put the phone into 1x mode.
Am I in the right place or should I have posted this in a different forum?
Well, hopefully, someone can come up with something...or point me to something that already exists.
Thanks!
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I didn't come up with it but I have tested and it works like a charm.
To do this, you will need your MSL number, which only Sprint (or your provider) can provide you.
1) Open up the phone app and dial ##778# (PST).
2) You will be asked to enter your MSL. Enter it, and you will be brought into the provisioning of your phone.
3) From the top left, select Modem Settings
4) Preferred Mode: The Default is Automatic, which is the best available mode (EV that will roll back to 1X when EV is unavailable). There are times when you might be in a fringe area and your mode may cycle frequently and this can seriously drain your battery. Setting this to HDR will force EV-DO only if you demand an EV-DO connection. Changing this setting to CDMA Only will force the phone to ignore an EV-DO tower and maintain only a 1xRTT connection.
*Change your "Slot Cycle" while you are on this page to one so your phone polls towers every 2 sec instead of 5 sec. I did know about this trick but did not know the force 1xRTT was one of the setting on the same page.
here is the cab for roaming only un zip and install
mrrogers1, I appreciate the response, but, first of all I'm on Verizon.
On my Q, I can do ##*, go into the "secret" menu, to to the option to change it to CDMA only, save it and back out.
It's just too long a process to really do it frequently, so I just wind up leaving my phone in 1x mode and that stinks.
So, what I was looking for is just a program to install that would activate/deactivate that option by just clicking the program icon.
cjmedina, before I install that, can you tell me exactly what that is? Is it for Verizon? What do you mean by roaming only? I want 1x/CDMA only. Will it just disable roaming or is it a toggle thing? I don't want to risk installing something that's not easily reversible.
Roam only wouldn't really address this because if you (at least for me) roam in EVDO coverage the phone stays in that mode. Forcing 1x is something different all together.
Changing in the modem settings is it for now and works well.
I went from a 9c to a Diamond. Maybe the TP is much different but my Diamond signal strength is a little lower than my 9c.
Combine that with the Diamond/TP already bad heat issues, battery life I don't think you'll be happy with it.
Just go to reg and mimic these keys.. It will enable the ability to switch it on and off in the settings panel.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting]
"HiddenModeOperationPage"=dword:0
"HiddenAlertPage"=dword:0
"HiddenNAMSelectPage"=dword:0
"HiddenAlertPage"=dword:0
"HiddenVoicePrivacyPage"=dword:0
I actually found this elsewhere and it works.
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Here is the Registry edit for enabling Hidden Phone Settings "Mode of Operation" option to pick 1X mode only.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\OEM\PhoneSetting
Change the option HiddenModeOperationPage from 1 to 0
Then go to Phone/menu/option/service/and check in the list, "Mode of Operation" should be at the bottom. You have 3 choices, Hybrid, EVDO, and 1X.
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With your way, it is supposed to appear somewhere else? You mention settings, but I don't see anything new there.
What does changing HiddenAlertPage, HiddenNAMSelectPage and HiddenVoicePrivacyPage to 0 do?
I'd still like an easier way to do it, like a toggle I can put in my start menu.
lexluthor said:
I actually found this elsewhere and it works.
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Here is the Registry edit for enabling Hidden Phone Settings "Mode of Operation" option to pick 1X mode only.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\OEM\PhoneSetting
Change the option HiddenModeOperationPage from 1 to 0
Then go to Phone/menu/option/service/and check in the list, "Mode of Operation" should be at the bottom. You have 3 choices, Hybrid, EVDO, and 1X.
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With your way, it is supposed to appear somewhere else? You mention settings, but I don't see anything new there.
What does changing HiddenAlertPage, HiddenNAMSelectPage and HiddenVoicePrivacyPage to 0 do?
The others were already defaulted to 1.
I'd still like an easier way to do it, like a toggle I can put in my start menu.
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Start> settings> phone
What would be really neat is an app that would force 1x unless you were in certain applications (like opera or you tube) and than switch to hybrid for the duration of the session.
-Space
For what it's worth, someone posted a mortscript over here
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=47045
that toggles 1x/hybrid.
Works pretty quickly too. I'm happy.
lexluthor said:
For what it's worth, someone posted a mortscript over here
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=47045
that toggles 1x/hybrid.
Works pretty quickly too. I'm happy.
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that post works great, one of the guys on the post made a program that lets you run a script that does it all for you whenever you wanna switch back and forth between 1x and hybrid.
mnasr87 said:
that post works great, one of the guys on the post made a program that lets you run a script that does it all for you whenever you wanna switch back and forth between 1x and hybrid.
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That script is probably the best option. Otherwise there's a registry key that enables the menu option, though I can't remember where it is. Verizon usually has the option disabled so the key needs to be added to the registry.
So I found through the Advanced Config a way to add a 3G on off button in the comm manager, but as we are CDMA it does not work for us. Can anyone confirm what this button is trying to do? Perhaps a redirect to the reg setting for hybrid/1x?
-Space
http://www.fuzemobility.com/?p=555
mrrogers1 said:
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1) Open up the phone app and dial ##778# (PST).
2) You will be asked to enter your MSL. Enter it, and you will be brought into the provisioning of your phone.
3) From the top left, select Modem Settings
4) Preferred Mode: The Default is Automatic, which is the best available mode (EV that will roll back to 1X when EV is unavailable). There are times when you might be in a fringe area and your mode may cycle frequently and this can seriously drain your battery. Setting this to HDR will force EV-DO only if you demand an EV-DO connection. Changing this setting to CDMA Only will force the phone to ignore an EV-DO tower and maintain only a 1xRTT connection.
*Change your "Slot Cycle" while you are on this page to one so your phone polls towers every 2 sec instead of 5 sec. I did know about this trick but did not know the force 1xRTT was one of the setting on the same page.
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I know you noted that it wasn't your idea, but maan, did it work. Thank you so much. that was the last step I needed for my HTC Touch PRO to work on MetroPCS web... this is the easiest method (rather them editing registry)!! Thank you much.
Has anyone made this work on a Verizon HTC Touch Pro2?
My extended battery lasts about 12 hours (EVDO 0-1 bars in buildings) and I think this could help me.
The *-something and #-something numbers place a call that says invalid number. The registry edits don't make anything for Mode of Operation appear under "CDMA Services" on Phone Settings.
Help?