03-26-2004, 11:00 PM
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Frustrations Of Setting Up A Device
I installed an update to an app this week that made a change to the UI that I really didn't like. In trying to revert to the old version I caught the bug that some of you have - failing alarms. :? Two days in a row they have failed. Now it is time for a hard reset. I figure now is as good of time as any to upgrade to the new iPAQ 2215 ROM 1.10, so off we go.
The upgrade ran smooth. Now for the hours and hours of putting apps back on through this weekend. There were several things I wanted done today though and one was to get my bluetooth partnership with my Nokia 3650 going. I am sure you can see where this is headed. I start the process on my 2215 and the Nokia keeps seeing "Pocket_PC" which is wrong. I've already named my device Hans2215. Buried deep within not the iPAQ Bluetooth Manager but the Bluetooth icon in the Connection tab I finally found out why. For some stupid reason it says "Pocket_PC" for the device name. Fine. Change that, ok, ok, ok, hit New Connection in the Bluetooth Manager again. Same thing. Reboot the iPAQ and Nokia. Same thing. Screw it. Connect as "Pocket_PC" then rename it on the Nokia side, because, yeah, I'm anal about that sort of thing. :grumble:
But do they connect? Noooo.... Now I try to establish a partnership from the Nokia to the iPAQ and that works. I have no clue why I have to do it both ways. Fine. Enter the impossibly long connection string to get T-Mobile working, connect, nothing. Sigh... The iPAQ and Nokia are talking, but the dialup isn't happening. For some reason I have to open the Bluetooth Manager and tap-hold on the phone icon, click connect then tell it to use my "TMobile" connection because for some reason, me telling the TMobile connectoid to use the Bluetooth Dialup Modem involved too much common sense. I am beginning to understand that bluetooth is like a black hole. It lives in the same Einsteinian universe I live in, but like black holes, it doesn't obey the same laws. So, as you get closer to the bluetooth event horizon, logic is crushed in on itself and a whole new set of rules kicks in. I am not well versed in quantum physics, or bluetooth apparently. :roll: After this step, the connection finally works. :werenotworthy:
Now to launch inbox and connect to my corporate email server. I know this works because I have already set up the VPN server with my Socket WiFi CF card. It blows sky high. Fine. Start|Settings|Connections. Where did all of my network connections go?!?!?! "My ISP" and "My Work Network" are gone and in their place is a single "Bluetooth Settings" configuration. Now, keep in mind I was in a foul mood before this because:
� Audible has changed their Pocket PC software in an apparent answer to my post here and my trick no longer works.
� Microsoft has changed the default black text in the Start Menu to White somewhere in the Theme logic and all of my favorite themes are rendered useless.
Dig around and find out that the HP Bluetooth Manager has added this new "network" for bluetooth settings and moved all of my ISP and VPN settings into it. Not copied. Moved! Fine. But HP, like the rest of us, doesn't fully grasp the finer nuances of Connection Manager because if they did, they WOULDN'T HAVE MOVED MY VPN SETTING FROM "MY WORK NETWORK" TO THEIR BOGUS "BLUETOOTH NETWORK INTERNET" SETTING! You can't do that. That is like setting everything to WORK WORK WORK in the Connection Manager then wondering why your VPN never fires. Trust me. It won't.
So I change everything back to the way it belongs with My ISP and My Work Network, make a new connection string, which I have to call TMobile2 because TMobile is used in the Bluetooth area :roll: and my VPN is called VPN2 for the same stupid reason. And yes, I did go and delete the ones in the Bluetooth network and rename mine because, yeah, I'm anal about that sort of thing.
Oh, one more thing. For the first time since moving to Windows Mobile 2003, I got the "Not enough memory" error when starting up the bluetooth stack. I am not impressed with ROM 1.10 at all. And I am not upgrading anything for quite some time. I am sick of loading apps and playing "Find the UI control we moved" and it has happened several times in the past 2 weeks with both Pocket PC and PC apps I got an urge to update.
One good thing did happen today though. My new CDs by Sugerplum Fairies arrived. Bliss...
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03-26-2004, 11:20 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 574
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Ed,
We have found a fix for your white letters problem. With regedit, go to HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Color
You find a lot of keys there:
1 color of 'status' in activesync cnnct msg.
4 today screen font color
5 background of starticon.
6 horz separator lines in todayscreen
7 color of command bar background
8 color of status bar background
9 color of status bar text
10 navigation bar highlite color
11 tray background
12 tray highlight
13 msgbar left
14 msgbar right
25 alert left
26 alert right
39 color of startmenu letters
This last key should be there (if not, make a Binary Word with name 39). Basically it is a RGB-code for the color:
00 00 00 00 = Black
FF 00 00 00 = Red
00 FF 00 00 = Green
FF FF 00 00 = Yellow
00 00 FF 00 = Blue
FF 00 FF 00 = Purple
00 FF FF 00 = Lightgreen
FF FF FF 00 = White
Hope this helps
Jaap
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03-26-2004, 11:41 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Friday, Bluetooth rant day 8O
I personally blame connection mangler, which is trying to impose some weird paradigm on ppc users, instead of simply allowing them to set a default connection as on a pc.
but blame it on bluetooth if you want... :roll:
Surur
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03-26-2004, 11:53 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Originally Posted by Surur
I personally blame connection mangler, which is trying to impose some weird paradigm on ppc users, instead of simply allowing them to set a default connection as on a pc.
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I agree. One of the "features" of WM2003 was an improved, less conveluded Connection manager. Ummm, excuse me? :grumble: I long for us to be able to just set up connections and manually initiate them (if need be). MS, how about an option to use Connection Manager's "features" or not? I wonder if WM2003 S.E. fixes (or removes) connection manager?
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03-27-2004, 12:15 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by JvanEkris
Hope this helps |
Thanks! Unfortunately, it deletes #39 everytime you change themes, but I don't do it that often. Much appreciated. Got my old theme back.
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03-27-2004, 12:24 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Three words: labor saving devices.
Until makers of devices and software start using real beta-testers during their quality control and evaluation phase this kind of stuff is always going to happen.
Big, multi-million dollar, highly capitalized firms skimp on the beta-testing phase by bringing in poor representative samples to kick the tires, gadget geeks. Sure they don't have to pay these testers anything (just give em a free copy of the software (or in my case a keyring... thank you Microdoft). These kind of testers are great for pushing the operating limits of the device or code but they are notoriously bad for evaluating the usability of the thing being tested.
If you want your iThing-a-ma-jig to penetrate across all market sectors then you better test that Larry the tech junkie can't crash it and that Loretta the cosmetology drop-out can at least get it set up and running.
Like anything else... you get the quality control that you pay for.
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03-27-2004, 12:26 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
I am beginning to understand that bluetooth is like a black hole. It lives in the same Einsteinian universe I live in, but like black holes, it doesn't obey the same laws. So, as you get closer to the bluetooth event horizon, logic is crushed in on itself and a whole new set of rules kicks in. I am not well versed in quantum physics, or bluetooth apparently.
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8O This quote is like poetry - very well done! I feel your pain, but like the Marquis, I keep coming back for more, hoping that things will improve in time. Fortunately, I've been pretty lucky with bluetooth so far - my Fortuna Clip-On BT GPS works very well - two taps and it's ready to go. :way to go:
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03-27-2004, 12:33 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
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My iPAQ 5555 has been running slow lately, probably from some junk I installed and uninstalled, so I'd love to hard reset and install everything from scratch. What's holding me back is all things wireless -- and particularly the bluetooth connection to my t608; even with some instructions from sprintpcsinfo.com it took me several tries, and finally seemed to work totally by accident; I'm afraid to touch it.
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03-27-2004, 12:42 AM
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Thoughts Media Review Team
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I know it's a bit late for you Ed, but maybe for others considering the ROM upgrade...
I found that when I took an iPAQ backup to CF card, did the ROM update, then did a restore from the CF card, I got the message "...not from the same machine or OS level. May cause significant problems." I ignored this and went ahead anyway. Voila! all my apps and connections back where they should be.
I have gotten the 'Not enough memory stack' once when trying to initiate the Bluetooth Manager, but a soft reset seems to have gotten rid of that.
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03-27-2004, 03:18 AM
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I'm setting up my 5550 again because last night I was playing with PI and it managed to hard-reset the device (the first time I've ever had a hard-reset occur that I didn't initiate). And it didn't like the Sprite Backup I had performed less than an hour earlier. But I use Pocket Quicken and the latest version won't install unless ActiveSync or lower is installed on the desktop, So I unstall 3.7.1, reboot and reinstall 3.7.0. Then there are the programs that won't (or don't like being) install from cabs so I have to sit in front of the desktop while I'm installing those.
Then there's WEP settings, BT bonding (which, in my expereince isn't too bad) and all the little tweaks I like to have.
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