SMS wakeup fixed on PPC2003PE

[JGUI]

:D

I made a small application (freeware in the first version) which allows you to fix the SMS feature of PPC2003PE.

You know: new SMS message arrived and only a short sound is played. The screen is black. (To be precise: your device was turn on to play the sound, but the screen was turn off - turn off the video buffer completely - to save battery. But I think in this way it is not working conveniently to read the message easy and useful.)

8)
Now your PPC PE device will wakup and display the SMS message popup bouble info. And you can read it right now!

You can free download:
http://geocities.com/myppcpe2003/PEFIX10FREE.zip
http://geocities.com/myppcpe2003/PEFIX10FREE.PPC2002.STRONGARM.cab

or from pocketgear.com (f.e. search for PPC2003PE)

This application displays a small icon on traybar, where you can access the options dialog or turn on/off the fix (SMS Wakeup). If you check the menu SMS Wakeup, your device will wakeup when the new SMS message arrived. Of course it will suspend again ion the time you set in general Settings/Power of your device. Then you can decide you can hide the icon and set it to auto-run after the soft-reset, so this application will work transparently.

On the home page, there is no descriptions or screens today. I will add it later when the shareware version will start (see the grayed options). Soon. I hope.

I'm awaiting any suggestions or comments: info@jgui.net

[Goofy07]

I 've tried it with 4.00.16 and it works fine. You rock! Thnx!

[Carlos]

I like the fact that it keeps the screen off, but would love to fix another problem with message notification. Could you make it repeat the notification sound?

[JGUI]

why you want to repeat alert?

I tried PocketPlus which gives you repeatable sound alerts. But in the short time, I decided I did not wanted to use it in this way. Just because it disturbes me too much (for example when I'm on the meeting), or... if I use "infinitible" it can discharge battery.

Any way.
Simpliest solution, if you want bigger alert with more attentions, it is to use a longer and lounder sound file. You can set any sound file as your alert. Even with the play-time in minutes.

But.
Please check my program MY|PHONE|PROFILE.
It will give you more options to set alert files and action. You can use storage card to keep your sound files. You can change volume. And in the next version 5.0. it will give you the option to repeat alerts: 1, 3 or 5 times. I use: longer sound file in one Profile when I'm driving or shoping, and shorter sound file (just "gong once") when I'm on the meeting, and not sound at all but only vibrate when I'm on the cinema. To change the Profile - it is only the one touch of the screen.

[jerome]

Selly question will this work on PPC 3.17.03 PEFIX10FREE.PPC2002.STRONGARM.cab i notice it says PPC2002.

[JGUI]

thanks,

it is just my mistypped, but it works for PPC2003 only, of course

[Goofy07]

Just another question: I noticed that Phone Edition Fixes occurs in the list of actual apps. It is a bit inconvience, because if you select close all apps also the PEF will be closed. As look at Phonext which occurs in the taskbar, but doesnot occurs in the list of running apps.

Jeffrey

[Carlos]

why you want to repeat alert?
In case I miss it. One of the things MS still hasn't fixed is that alerts don't play through the speaker if you have the headphones plugged in. Since it rings that way, obviously it is possible (any programmers want to take THAT on as a project?). So I miss things throughout the day since I leave the headphones plugged in while I do my business but don't always have them in my ears.

Does Pocket Plus repeat SMS alerts? I use SuperAlert, but it doesn't do those, just reminders.

Please check my program MY|PHONE|PROFILE.
I was one of the early testers over on PDAphonehome and just ended up with too many problems. I may give it another shot and see if it's stable now. I liked the idea.

[Peter Poelman]

In case I miss it. One of the things MS still hasn't fixed is that alerts don't play through the speaker if you have the headphones plugged in.
For a work-related project we're working on, we are also very, very interested in making sounds come out of the speaker when the headphones are plugged in.