The official Asus M530w 'Ask Chris' thread

The official Asus M530w 'Ask Chris' thread

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wapz

Mar 27 2008, 09:34

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QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ Mar 27 2008, 10:29)

Yup!

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Done that, started reinstalling software again, and the battery level seems to be at the same level again. It actually reads in the manual that you should charge it fully before first use, so I'll leave it to charge while shutdown for two hours, and see what battery status it will report. I am using the official charger that came with the phone to do this. If that doesn't fix it, I'll guess RMA would be the best option!

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Montala

Mar 27 2008, 09:43

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QUOTE(wapz @ Mar 27 2008, 08:32)

Got mine yesterday as well. It is also running v4.1.10_EU1, and it contained Dutch and Belgium profiles for GPRS as well, unlike what some other users experienced here. It even worked for my provider.

It would appear that the profiles are region specific.... possibly loaded when you initialy select your country etc.

You are in the Netherlands, are you not, whereas I am in the UK.

Still not sure why our two reviewers didn't have any on theirs though.

Edit: Just read your last post... certainly a good idea to give it a full charge first I would have thought. That should then give you three 'bars' on the battery level indicator.

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Paul (MVP)

Mar 27 2008, 09:44

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Sounds like it's broken, I never charge devices when they first arrive (too impatient) and it makes no difference

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Mar 27 2008, 10:02

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QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ Mar 27 2008, 10:44)

Sounds like it's broken, I never charge devices when they first arrive (too impatient) and it makes no difference

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I was too impatient, and now it actually shows two bars in the battery level measurement to my surprise. However, CeleTask still does not display the power levels properly. Would there be another WM6 app that can display power levels properly, like in voltages, what CeleTask does? Or did any of you guys check the power levels with the default CeleTask 2.2 (from the official website), and tried checking the battery status?

Thanks for the quick support guys, much appreciated!

wapz

Mar 27 2008, 10:18

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I've just installed the Fizz Monitor 3.2 - and this freeware tool you can get from the URL below. The status now reports 70%, let's see if I can get it fully charged.

http://blogs.msdn.com/leonbrag/archive/200...smartphone.aspx

wapz

Mar 27 2008, 11:11

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Even more interesting, it seems to go higher after some time of charge, but now when I check it says 70%, 80%, 90% or 100%. It seems to swap between these values, everything in between never shows up. One second it can be a 100%, and other second 90%. Weirdo? Random numbers?

Please let me know if anybody else can measure voltage-levels with CeleTask, that would be an indication that mine is not reliable, or even, working at all.

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Montala

Mar 27 2008, 12:09

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Changing the subject slightly, when I first activated my Asus M630W the icon 'bar' (showing recently used programs) was below the carrier and time settings... now it is right at the top of the screen, with the time below it.

I haven't changed anything intentionally, and wonder if anyone knows the reason for this?

Thanks.

wapz

Mar 27 2008, 12:16

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QUOTE(Montala @ Mar 27 2008, 13:09)

Changing the subject slightly, when I first activated my Asus M630W the icon 'bar' (showing recently used programs) was below the carrier and time settings... now it is right at the top of the screen, with the time below it.

I haven't changed anything intentionally, and wonder if anyone knows the reason for this?

Thanks.

Did you fiddle with any of the homescreen options? Try to re-apply them maybe and make sure you reboot after applying the theme.

Montala

Mar 27 2008, 12:20

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QUOTE(wapz @ Mar 27 2008, 12:16)

Did you fiddle with any of the homescreen options? Try to re-apply them maybe and make sure you reboot after applying the theme.

I have tried most of them, but can't seem to get it back to the way it was.

As I am also having problems installing CoPilot Live 7 software, I think a full 'factory reset' is called for!

wapz

Mar 27 2008, 12:33

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QUOTE(Montala @ Mar 27 2008, 13:20)

I have tried most of them, but can't seem to get it back to the way it was.

As I am also having problems installing CoPilot Live 7 software, I think a full 'factory reset' is called for!

Montala, can you quickly check what your battery status shows in CeleTask when you check it on your M530w?

Thanks.

Montala

Mar 27 2008, 12:49

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QUOTE(wapz @ Mar 27 2008, 12:33)

Montala, can you quickly check what your battery status shows in CeleTask when you check it on your M530w?

Thanks.

Not a program I had ever heard of before until you mentioned it.

It looks a bit 'old' now, and is not really one which appeals to me actually

I am anxious to get my CoPilot 7 sorted out first!

Monolithix

Mar 27 2008, 13:45

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Just tried to grab celetask, seems their site is down though...

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Mar 27 2008, 14:07

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I thought lots of people we're actually using CeleTask, a decent small little program to manages background processes and normal processes! Here is a local mirror I made with the pc setup.exe and the .cab.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~rkkoop/celetask

Thanks.

wapz

Mar 27 2008, 14:09

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QUOTE(Montala @ Mar 27 2008, 13:49)

I am anxious to get my CoPilot 7 sorted out first!

I'm running TomTom 5.2, works quite well, except for the layout of the menu that is wasted by the format of the screen

Montala

Mar 27 2008, 14:33

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QUOTE(Monolithix @ Mar 27 2008, 13:45)

Just tried to grab celetask, seems their site is down though...

Seems to be available at: http://www.efficasoft.com/celetask/index.html

Not sure whether or not that is the latest version though!

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Mar 27 2008, 14:47

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Heh, i don't think Celetask likes the M530w all that much

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Mar 27 2008, 16:12

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QUOTE(Monolithix @ Mar 27 2008, 15:47)

Heh, i don't think Celetask likes the M530w all that much

Thanks for checking that! My phone however has been at 90% battery whole day, unchanged. That's impossible

Opened a ticket with Asus VIP support. They should come back within 48h. Let's see what they say.

update: Now back to 80% in one go. Does it maybe only measure in 10% increments? I also see 70% in your screen Monolithix!

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Mar 27 2008, 16:21

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Wouldn't be unusual! The increments are set in the registry i believe...

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Mar 27 2008, 16:46

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QUOTE(Monolithix @ Mar 27 2008, 17:21)

Wouldn't be unusual! The increments are set in the registry i believe...

I've tried this one: http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156544, too bad it didn't work. Let's see if somebody can figure out how we can fix this

Montala

Mar 28 2008, 15:40

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QUOTE(Montala @ Mar 27 2008, 12:09)

Changing the subject slightly, when I first activated my Asus M630W the icon 'bar' (showing recently used programs) was below the carrier and time settings... now it is right at the top of the screen, with the time below it.

I haven't changed anything intentionally, and wonder if anyone knows the reason for this?

Thanks.

Answering my own question here, I though I had tried most of the Home Screen options, but now find that the default one is actually called 'Summer in Turkey' which gives me the layout I like (and in a smaller font size to!).

Talking about battery levels (which wapz was) I have just found quite a useful battery level indicator hidden under "Settings / Power Management", which might just be of help to someone!

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