Installing O2 settings without the O2 interface, on UK XDA2

[sublimatica]

Got my new XDA2 today and have resolutely set about making it my own. With the various guides on this site and others, I've modified the Config.txt file in my Extended_ROM to remove the O2 Active interface from the machine when I do a hard reset. All looks good. :)

However, this means that the default O2 settings for SMS, GPRS and so on aren't installed either. There are two solutions:

- Either someone knows how to stop the O2Active interface running while preserving the installation of the O2 network settings at a hard reset, or;
- Someone knows what the settings should be for the O2 service in the UK, and wouldn't mind helping me set my machine up manually.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help with either of these options! :)

PS. I got pass-through Internet connection working (when the XDA2 is docked) if the O2 settings weren't configured automatically, but never managed it with the thing O2-branded :( Another good reason to ditch the O2Active setup!

[stryker]

To stop active loading after powerup of soft reset simply remove its shortcut from the /windows/startup folder.

[sublimatica]

Perfect! Thanks, stryker. Didn't realise yet how all this works.

I took the opportunity to get rid of the Flashman apps from startup too, since nobody seems to need them, they eat into the precious 31 allowed processes, and I'll be synching all the time anyway. Anyone know of any other StartUp-folder items that can be safely removed? I'll be keeping the IA_Caller_ID for the moment, but what else could be stopped without causing a problem?

Any idea what USSD and stk are?

Cheers,

[tyfy]

look in the comments at the bottom of this (http://www.ppcw.net/index.php?itemid=1645) article.

stk = SIM Application Toolkit
BTIcon = BT icon in the Today screen
USSD.exe = unstructures supplementary service data (whatever that is)

[sublimatica]

Thanks to you too, tyfy. I've seen that article before in the last few days, but had forgotten it/ lost track of it, so cheers for reminding me.

I need to start building a list of all the tweaks I'm applying every time I do a hard reset. Things like removing these startup items, customising configuration etc. I've got a couple more days before my SIM is activated and I want to get it right before that happens. I need to get onto Handango too, and buy some of these power tools that people are raving about.

Got PocketQuake2 running last night, though :) It won't be staying - too slow, disk-hungry and difficult to control, but seriously cool!