Basic Questions..

[Guest sgray]

Hiya,

just got my mpx200 this morning, and been playing about with it.. just got a few questions for you seasoned users:

1.. activesync doesn't seem to have an option for file transfer. how can i get images, etc on and off the phone?

2.. how can i change the back ground wall paper?

3.. how can i change the icons on the homepage to have apps/links that i really want?

other than that im kinda impressed =)

[Guest Bonzo]

OK well lets see if we can't get U the info U want :lol:

1. to transfer files too and from the phone just open ActiveSync and click on the 'Explore' tab then double click on the 'Mobile Device' icon in the window that appears and U then have access to the memory areas of your phone... Windows being the ROM, (anything placed in here will not survive switching the phone off/onn), IPSM being the storage section of the phone, the root directory being the RAM, (again this is refreshed with each off/onn action), and storage card being the storage card :D

2 Changing background images is easy... on the phone go to Programs/Settings/Home Screen and then U will see the background image selection box... Images need to be stored in the IPSM/Application Data/Home folder on the phone

3 This is a more tricky issue... it means editing the registry which means U need to application unlock the phone, (See here for how), to do it & then insall a registry editor program such as PHM registry editor and then the best thing I can say is to click here and check out Midnights excellent tweaks for how to achieve what U want to do

Hope this helps :)

[Guest sgray]

Bonzo..

Thanks for the tips.. made a lot of sense.. will investigate those threads =)

One more thing. I set up my phone to do email over activesync, which im starting to think was not such a clever idea (ie: the email is now useless when i am not connected to the pc)

Can I revert to having POP/SMTP mail??

[Guest Bonzo]

I don't sync my e-mail... don't really have any need to as I just need the phone to check my mail when I'm not around & then I can delete or keep mails on the server as necassary for when I log on back at home... but if I read U right yeah it's easy enough... open ActiveSync, click on the options tab and just de-select the Inbox icon & that will stop your phone synchonising your mail when it's in the cradle :lol:

[Guest sgray]

i did that, but it didnt remove all the stuff thats on the phone, and i cant get in to the email settings options.. the phone just ignores me. is it worth re setting the phone and starting over again?!?

[Guest Bonzo]

Not sure why it should be doing that :?

I'd just try turning it off removing the battery then turning it on again first before U go down the road of a hard reset!

[Guest sgray]

i tried what u said, didnt make a bit of difference, so i decided to hard reset it. i wiped the flash and it formated itself.

it takes a while (and got me quite scared) but i've defaulted the phone and going to have another bash from the start... just need to re-create the programme list now..!

:lol:

[Guest Bonzo]

Yeah I know it can be a little worrying the first time U do a hard reset :D but hey U should be fine from there tho... if not U know where to come for help... there's always plenty of people with the will & knowledge to help others out here :lol: