problem with traffic counter

[Guest humz]

I've just downloaded and installed the trial version of GPRS Traffic Monitor and everything seemed to go to plan, but when I tried to turn the thing on (through "settings > general > enabled), I get an error saying "error activating ISPMProgram FilesTraffic Counter Smartphone EditionTCTrayApp.exe".

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

[Guest Tim]

Did you install it on your sd card? It only works if you install it onto the phone, it has hardcoding to assume it's on the phone itself.

[Guest humz]

That did it. Thanks buddy.

Edited March 13, 2006 by humz

[Guest humz]

its a bit crap that it has to be stored on the phone though. I know its a program that really needs to always be there, but most people dont really remove their SD cards anyway unless they've got a couple of small ones. I would have prefered to keep the phone memory as free as possible but never mind.

[Guest humz]

does anyone know what settings were supposed to put under "connection" and "subscription".

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

The phone itself (at least going by the manual specs :/), has 20meg of ROM total. In which applications data and settings are installed and held.

The phone has another 16meg of RAM to do calcualtions and run applications. Freeing this up is what speeds up the phone, programs aren't installed onto the RAM due to its design where by it is wiped when the power to it is cut. This is why the phone speeds up if you reboot it, installing extra applications won't have any effect on the overall speed of the phone until you run them.

[Guest humz]

Ah right I see. But I thought ROM means read only memory, so how can the phone write to it?

[Guest Bazz]

To clarify what Monolithix meant there are 4 pieces of memory:

ROM: System files (readonly)

RAM: Used to run apps

Storage on phone

Storage on card

Granted you need to you leave some free storage space on the phone for temp files, but you should be able to get away with installing a few essential apps in the phone's storage without slowing the phone down.

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

The ROM (as with all ROMs :lol:) _is_ writeable, in a special type of way, as this is where ISPM is stored.

If it was totally read-only no-one would have de-cert'ed phones or custom home screens ;)

[Guest humz]

I see. Does this mean that we will still be able to de-certify our phones even after Orange brings out its update if we find another way? Or is it too early to know that yet?

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

We don't know what Orange is gonig to update, or if or how they are going to reset/prevent current and further de-certification methods. We'll just have to wait and see what the first person to trys the update reports.

[Guest Bazz]

The ROM (as with all ROMs ;)) _is_ writeable, in a special type of way, as this is where ISPM is stored.

OK, OK you win, I'm wrong ;-)

Because it is Flash ROM it is writeable, but only the IPSM area is actually writeable normally as it is the only part remembered after a power cycle. I simplified it slighty because in effect IPSM is a seperate part of the ROM.

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

Yus heheh. Either way back on topic, the number of applications you install shouldn't have any effect on the phone's performance until you run them.