Don't suppose anyone has time to post their original (or working) HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell\RAI\:MSStart registry entries?

I am looking to purchase some BT headphones. However, before I do so, I have a few questions:

1. How is the sound quality? Same as the default, corded headphones or worse?
2. If worse, how much worse? Are there sound distortions? Do higher pitched sounds create a tinny distortion?
3. What brand BT headphones do you have? I had the Motorolla stereo headphones, but it really sucked because the sound quality was not very good on my MDA and there was sound distortion. I sold my headphones soon afterwards.
4. Any other issues I should know about?

How do I do a hard reset on my Shadow? Will I lose any installed T-Mobile apps if I do this?

It was turned off. I had set an alarm to go off 9:30 everyday, but i turned it off and it still goes off. Not only that it shows two alarms going off at the same time. I choosed dismiss but then the next day the same alarm will go off. Also am i only able to set one alarm? or multiple? Thanks in advance

Wow, how much music do you have on the device? I have about 75 songs and it takes a minute or so to update the libary when I add tunes. I haven't tried shuffle mode yet.

I also had the exact same issues. However, all my files were in .wma format so I went ahead and converted them to .mp3 format.

(1) Coreplayer 1.1.1:- works very well with mp3 (I'm not sure about AAC) but completely sucks with wma (it skips after about a minute). It is also fast and only takes about 1-2 seconds to switch songs. Also, AVRCP works well (without skipping) with mp3 files but has the latency issue (it just stops working after sometime. I wonder why)

(2) Windows Media is horrible on the shadow. In shuffle mode, it takes forever to change to the next track and with AVRCP, the music goes blank after sometime. It also has the latency issue.

(3) PocketPlayer 3.2: I hated myself when I tried this player. It is dead slow (almost unresponsive) on the Shadow and when it's running, the phone becames very slow. AVRCP also didn't work for me and also, disables AVRCP on both WMP and CorePlayer when it's installed.

(4) TCPMP 0.81 :- Was very good with all types of media. However, AVRCP doesn't work on it cuz it uses the Widcomm Bluetooth Stack.

Therefore, till there's a registry hack, I'd recommend converting all your media to mp3 and using CorePlayer. The only issue was the latency of the AVRCP.

The Shadow does stand-by well, but once you start using it you can watch the battery meter go down. On mine, the combination of streaming internet radio via EDGE to stereo bluethooth headphones brings up the battery recharge alert after around 2.5 hours. They really should've shipped it with a 2nd battery; and to really make up for battery-life, a separate plug-in battery charger.

The ScreenShield came, a bit more convoluted install process than I've run into before -- spray both sides with a special liquid, put in place, don't use device for 24 hours while it 'sets' (and any liquid that seeped inside the Shadow dries). Good thing I ordered 2, as the first one got trashed.

Looks great though. At $12 (the price jumped $2 since I purchased at $9.95), it's overpriced -- and I'd say at least 2/3 the cost for the decal is the packaging -- big sleeved box, spray bottle, rubber squeegie. Others brands should be out before long... Now the wait for Krusell or someone to come out with a custom leather case

I don't yet have a Shadow(thinking of getting one), and have never used shuffle mode in any case, but I'm surprised about this. From everything I've read, the Shadow is supposed to have better performance than the SDA and MDA, due to more memory, and WM6 (instead of WM5).

Have others also had this problem?

I don't think TCPMP includes AVRCP, so of course that wouldn't work.

Let us know what you find out.

Same here. I suspect the problem is that there is too much going on in the device for such a weak battery. Perhaps T-Mobile wanted to save $0.05 on the battery.

Kermit Woodall
Managing Editor
GadgetNutz.com

Thanks for the heads up.

Would you (or anyone) happen to know if the SPV E650 (based on WinMobile 6) gets around this limit ?

Thanks again,

Boo

BLAH! Unless you are getting a new contract and NEED to pay $199 for the phone w/ a two year contact...I'd say get an SP5 or SP5m with WiFi and NO HUMP.

Unless that thing really gives better reception to you TMobile/1900 Band users.

The main channels work, like 22mix, etc., the same ones that work online (but doesn't do CNN, those type channels). I tried low power and aside from a slight glitch about every 4 minutes mine worked well. I have not tried it on high yet.

"The pin 4 and 5 short hack will work-there's examples here on modaco that talk about that."

Hi guys,

Judging from the above, you might be able to answer my question.

I've got 2 C500s & just bought an iRiver mp3 player but I don't have a car charger for it (a bit off forum but bear with me).  Basically, what I want to know is, since I can connect the mp3 player to my pc using the C500 USB cable (although it doesn't seem to charge through this cable), does anyone know if I'll be able to charge the mp3 player in the car with my C500 car charger?  I just don't know if the wiring inside the plugs is different (i.e. whether the live is on a different pin).

I would try it but I once did a similar thing with the charger from an O2 XDA into my HP iPaq 2210 & my iPaq whistled, popped & had to be repaired (lucky I had insurance).

If anyone knows the answer to this, I'd be grateful coz I don't seem to be able to buy a car charger for the mp3 player & my glove box is full of the bloody things for all my gadgets 

Cheers

Dan

I lost my main charger in some hotel room. Found out the hard way that it would not charge from USB when completely dead. Had to find a Cingular store and ask them to charge it for a few minutes. Then it seemed to work fine. Seems quite strange that this happens...

FDuvall

I'm having the same problem with my SMT5600, has anybody figured out anything yet. I have to plug up the phone every night there's no chance it is going to make it a whole 24 hours without a charge.

Hi again,
I've had the phone on the charger overnight, so I'm assuming that the battery is OK...but I have no way of knowing for sure.  If I try to do a hard reset while it is plugged into the charger, the black pop-up screen never shows up--it just goes to the Audiovox splash to the Windows Mobile splash and then hangs.

Mmmm... upon reading the manual it says that the LED in the upper-left corner showing a steady amber means the battery is charging.  Mine is showing steady amber.  Perhaps the battery itself is damaged and won't charge?  Wonder if it's worth investing in a replacement battery at this stage, or just get a new phone--although I'd be hard-pressed to find a better one, IMHO.

Any further advice?

TIA.
Stephen Porter
LA, CA, USA
stp@pobox.com

No I didn't, I went to the site, had to enter in my username, password and what channel I wanted to listen to and then after a few moments loaded onto WMP10. Do you get the password page or does it try to go directly to WMP10?

I ran into a similar problem.  Just purchased a car charger at Fry's, bought an inexpesive one about $10.  When I plug it into the car, it lights up showing me that the power is on and when I plug it into the phone, the display will light up momentarily showing me that it knows something has been plugged in, but it will not go into charge mode.  Tried two of these on two diffrent cars and two diffrent SMT's and have the same issue.  I don't know if a setting on the phone needs to be changed (can't imagine why) or if the connector on the charger does not have all the pins necessary to make it work.  Guess will need to buy another brand or hear from someone else who might have a solution.  Maybe it is a power issue? :shock:  ?


The pin 4 and 5 short hack will work-there's examples here on modaco that talk about that.

i dont think so, but you can download betaplayer and it will play your acc/m4a files without converting anything....plus i think betaplayer sounds better than wmp10 because wmp10 doesnt have enough bass, the highs are stronger and it hurts my ears....in betaplayer you can use the equalizer to adjust the sound.

I kind of got curious at the idea of adapting the car cigarette adapter rather than the cable and as you say it indeed only has 4 pins. but when you think about it, the extra pin on the end of the usb must be connected to something at the lighter plug. So I have justed this second shoved some silver foil (not recommended!) between the ground pin and the one next too it and voila it bloomin works, though you do need to plug the lighter adapter in to the car and THEN the plug into the mini.  Now I have a car charger and a sync cable all in one with very little modification, I will be soldering the pins in a moment , the siver foil is a dangerous idea and was only used for test purposes, hey I actually have some of that conductive paint they sell for repairing the heated windscreen on the car, I wonder if that will do the trick!