Turning the M2000 off !, Is there a hack? |
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 Mar 7 2005, 09:40
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Regular  Group: Posters Posts: 62 Joined: 30th January 2004 Member No.: 30,588 Device(s): M2000, SPV E200  |
Do you agree that whoever designed the M2000 to turn off/on with a quick press of the power button, and to dim with a long press should be sacked? !
Is there a hack to turn it off/on with a long press and dim it with a short press? Jim |
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Mar 7 2005, 09:55
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 I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left!  Group: Posters Posts: 802 Joined: 16th December 2003 From: Oxford, UK Member No.: 24,871 Device(s): Iphone (1st Gen) |
I doubt it. Its a feature which has been a part of the Pocket PC Operating system since the very first models; its always been like that.
-------------------- Phone-ography:
Current: Apple Iphone (1st Gen) Pwned & on Orange! Past: HTC TyTn II, HTC Touch, Nokia N95, Motorola Z8, Qtek 8500, T-Mobile MDA Vario, SonyEricsson W900i, SPV C550, SonyEricsson K750i, Nokia 9300, I-Mate Jam, C500, Moto V600, SonyEricsson P900, P800, Treo 600, SPV e200, Nokia 1100, Nokia 6230, SonyEricsson K700i, T610, Nokia 7650, SonyEricsson T68, T29, Moto T250, Nokia 8310, Samsung A100, SPV Classic, Moto V50, Nokia 7110, Vodafone EuroTel Stress is when you wake up screaming and then realise you havent fallen asleep yet! |
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Mar 7 2005, 12:33
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 137 Joined: 1st December 2003 From: Chorley, Lancashire Member No.: 22,979 Device(s): SPV C500 |
I don't have an M2000 but I have had a number of iPAQ PPCs and have never found this to be a problem.
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Mar 7 2005, 13:10
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 62 Joined: 30th January 2004 Member No.: 30,588 Device(s): M2000, SPV E200 |
I'm really surprised. It seems like such an obvious design flaw to me. The amount of times I have taken my m2000 out of my pocket and found it on, surely I'm not the only one that has this problem?
I know you can use a PIN to stop it doing things, but it still wastes battery, and I find the pin a little annoying. Perhaps the button is more accesible on the M2000? don't know ? I'm sure there is some really really clever person out there that can write this hack. :-) Jim |
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Mar 7 2005, 13:24
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 99 Joined: 7th December 2004 From: South UK Member No.: 100,874 Device(s): K850i/TyTN II |
I agree with you on this actually - it's annoying. I think something like you find on MP3 players would be good...a "hold" switch, so that you can put it into standby and then flick the switch, and it disables the keys....would be useful.
I often put my hand into my pocket and accidentally press the button, and then the calendar or contact button gets pressed, and then the call button and I end up making calls to people I didn't mean to call! -------------------- Previously owned phones: Maxon MX3204, Ericsson PH337, GA628, GF768, A1018, T18, T20s, A2628s, R320s, R380s, T65, T68m, SonyEricsson T68i, T300, T310, T610, T630, Z200, P800, P900, P910i, K700i, W800i, W900i, K800i, K850i Sony J70, Bosch 509, Philips Savvy, Motorola C520, m3788, T191, V600, V80, Panasonic X70, Nokia 3210, 3310, 6310i, NGage, 7600, N80 Sagem myX-5, Orange SPV, SPV C500, SPV C550, SPV M2000, SPV M5000, Amoi S6, HTC TyTN II
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Mar 7 2005, 14:14
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Hardcore  Group: Posters Posts: 1,810 Joined: 17th February 2003 From: Scotland Member No.: 2,867 Device(s): M2000 |
QUOTE(jmcglynn @ Mar 7 2005, 13:14) I'm really surprised. It seems like such an obvious design flaw to me. The amount of times I have taken my m2000 out of my pocket and found it on, surely I'm not the only one that has this problem?  I've got mine set so that the only button that will wake it up is the power button. That stops a lot of these. However, the phone switches itself on now and then to do housekeeping tasks (scheduled wakeup), and there's nothing you can do. Even when you don't want it off, I want to be able to fire up an mp3 and drop it in my pocket. Without having to arange the pocket lining so that it won't touch the screen and hit the stop icon!! Grrr! |
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Mar 7 2005, 14:20
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I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left! Group: Posters Posts: 802 Joined: 16th December 2003 From: Oxford, UK Member No.: 24,871 Device(s): Iphone (1st Gen) |
QUOTE(fraser @ Mar 7 2005, 14:18) Even when you don't want it off, I want to be able to fire up an mp3 and drop it in my pocket. Without having to arange the pocket lining so that it won't touch the screen and hit the stop icon!! Grrr! If you use Windows Media Player, you can use Screen toggle to switch the screen off whilst you listen to your music..... -------------------- Phone-ography:
Current: Apple Iphone (1st Gen) Pwned & on Orange! Past: HTC TyTn II, HTC Touch, Nokia N95, Motorola Z8, Qtek 8500, T-Mobile MDA Vario, SonyEricsson W900i, SPV C550, SonyEricsson K750i, Nokia 9300, I-Mate Jam, C500, Moto V600, SonyEricsson P900, P800, Treo 600, SPV e200, Nokia 1100, Nokia 6230, SonyEricsson K700i, T610, Nokia 7650, SonyEricsson T68, T29, Moto T250, Nokia 8310, Samsung A100, SPV Classic, Moto V50, Nokia 7110, Vodafone EuroTel Stress is when you wake up screaming and then realise you havent fallen asleep yet! |
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Mar 7 2005, 15:27
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Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,810 Joined: 17th February 2003 From: Scotland Member No.: 2,867 Device(s): M2000 |
QUOTE(Chaser81 @ Mar 7 2005, 14:24) If you use Windows Media Player, you can use Screen toggle to switch the screen off whilst you listen to your music..... You mean the backlight toggle? The light is off, but the screen is still active, so you can still hit the icons. Can't see any other options in WMP that you mention, could you clarify? |
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Mar 7 2005, 16:21
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I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left! Group: Posters Posts: 802 Joined: 16th December 2003 From: Oxford, UK Member No.: 24,871 Device(s): Iphone (1st Gen) |
Go into Media Player, hit Menu-->Options-->Buttons and assign a button to "Screen Toggle".
This switches the screen off whilst continuing to play music. -------------------- Phone-ography:
Current: Apple Iphone (1st Gen) Pwned & on Orange! Past: HTC TyTn II, HTC Touch, Nokia N95, Motorola Z8, Qtek 8500, T-Mobile MDA Vario, SonyEricsson W900i, SPV C550, SonyEricsson K750i, Nokia 9300, I-Mate Jam, C500, Moto V600, SonyEricsson P900, P800, Treo 600, SPV e200, Nokia 1100, Nokia 6230, SonyEricsson K700i, T610, Nokia 7650, SonyEricsson T68, T29, Moto T250, Nokia 8310, Samsung A100, SPV Classic, Moto V50, Nokia 7110, Vodafone EuroTel Stress is when you wake up screaming and then realise you havent fallen asleep yet! |
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Mar 7 2005, 16:29
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Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,810 Joined: 17th February 2003 From: Scotland Member No.: 2,867 Device(s): M2000 |
Neat, nice undocumented feature. I've started using MortPlayer to play music though, seems less "stuttery" for mp3, plus it makes playing albums easy.
EDIT: cool, Mortplayer has this as well!! This post has been edited by fraser: Mar 7 2005, 22:27 |
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Mar 7 2005, 21:22
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 62 Joined: 30th January 2004 Member No.: 30,588 Device(s): M2000, SPV E200 |
Thanks for the replies folks.
I have all buttons disabled for power except the power button, but I still knock it on occassionally. So, is there a clever developer out there? :-) Jim |
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Mar 8 2005, 12:15
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 120 Joined: 28th March 2003 Member No.: 3,996 |
The only decent way to stop calls etc being made is to set a password that activates after the device has been unused for 30 secs.
It's a bit of a pain to type each time you need access but it's better than making calls you don't want to. The device still wakes on mssg receipt but won't let you do anything until 4 digit-pass is entered. At least the keypad that appears is a large thumbnail-type you can hit with grubby fingers . . . . I tried MortSaver but couldn't get it to work. |
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Mar 8 2005, 13:47
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 26 Joined: 3rd February 2003 From: Birmingham, UK Member No.: 2,597 |
QUOTE(Chaser81 @ Mar 7 2005, 16:25) Go into Media Player, hit Menu-->Options-->Buttons and assign a button to "Screen Toggle". This switches the screen off whilst continuing to play music. Sorry if I'm being thick... but is this on the M2000? I can't find it anywhere. |
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Mar 8 2005, 16:06
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 Hardcore Group: Moderator Team Posts: 4,408 Joined: 19th February 2003 From: South Croydon Member No.: 2,910 Device(s): MDA Vario II |
QUOTE(Chaser81 @ Mar 7 2005, 16:25) Go into Media Player, hit Menu-->Options-->Buttons and assign a button to "Screen Toggle". This switches the screen off whilst continuing to play music. I've just looked for this on my MDA III... no Menu in Windows Media Player here... just Playlist and Tools. More info? |
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Mar 8 2005, 16:52
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Lurker Group: Posters Posts: 70 Joined: 14th February 2005 Member No.: 110,718 Device(s): Vario II |
try tools - settings - buttons... thats where it is on my mdAIII
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Mar 8 2005, 18:01
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Hardcore Group: Moderator Team Posts: 4,408 Joined: 19th February 2003 From: South Croydon Member No.: 2,910 Device(s): MDA Vario II |
QUOTE(stug @ Mar 8 2005, 16:56) try tools - settings - buttons... thats where it is on my mdAIII Hmmm... there is an option in that section called Full Screen Toggle but it doesn't do what Chaser described. |
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Mar 9 2005, 00:04
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Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,810 Joined: 17th February 2003 From: Scotland Member No.: 2,867 Device(s): M2000 |
It's on my M2000 right above Full Screen Toggle, the entry is "Screen Toggle". The media player MortPlayer does this as well. There is a slim but remote chance that some third-party software installed this feature, perhaps even MortPlayer if others who do have the option have installed it. I didn't notice it until someone pointed it out to me above, but I didn't exactly go looking either, never thought that there would be options that were only assignable to buttons.
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Mar 9 2005, 09:10
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Lurker Group: Posters Posts: 70 Joined: 14th February 2005 Member No.: 110,718 Device(s): Vario II |
QUOTE(Pondrew @ Mar 8 2005, 19:05) Hmmm... there is an option in that section called Full Screen Toggle but it doesn't do what Chaser described. Yep, and on my MDA III there is Screen toggle above full screen toggle |
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Mar 9 2005, 16:43
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 81 Joined: 21st January 2003 Member No.: 2,186 |
Mortsaver works a treat for me.
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Mar 9 2005, 17:35
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Hardcore Group: Moderator Team Posts: 4,408 Joined: 19th February 2003 From: South Croydon Member No.: 2,910 Device(s): MDA Vario II |
It may have just been me as the option is there now and I haven't installed Mortplayer! Time to get my eyes tested methinks...
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