Quickie Newbie Question - Turning Phone on/off

[cojones]

Hi. The instructions say that you can turn the phone on and off by holding down the red phone button. This doesn't work on my xda II. Does anyone know why? Could it be something I've installed?

Thanks.

[Rudegar]

i think you have to hold the button down for a bit and then press once more there were a thread about this not that long agoe

[McDoPDA]

Rudegar, I try what you explain, but it doesn't work on my Qtek 2020 too. And friends from a french forum (PDA France) with the same Qtek as me have the same problem. Do you remember where is the thread about that pb ?

[Rudegar]

well it works on xda1 and the guy in the last post claim that it's the same for xda2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=4979

[McDoPDA]

Thanks Rudegar. It's written in the Qtek 2020 user's Guide too that pressing and holding the red button should toggle the phone on/off, but it doesn't work. The only way is to select the "flight mode". That means : ejecting the stylus, making 2 clicks and put the stylus in his hole again. Not very intuitive. If you have an idea on how to activate this function, it would be nice ... :wink:

[Rafiki]

Pressing the red button with picture turn the "GPRS" off it it is on not the phone.

Toturn the phone off use the stylus and tap on the signal strength connectivity indicator on the top of on the display screen. You will then get a message " turn wireless off " in blue and if you tap this you will turn the phone off. You may need to use your PIN code to turn it on again ....... - So don't forget you PIN code!!!!! :mrgreen:

To turn it on again ........tap the same indicator again and you and turn on the phone.
Good Luck!! :D

[McDoPDA]

Pressing the red button with picture turn the "GPRS" off it it is on not the phone.

Toturn the phone off use the stylus and tap on the signal strength connectivity indicator on the top of on the display screen. You will then get a message " turn wireless off " in blue and if you tap this you will turn the phone off. You may need to use your PIN code to turn it on again ....... - So don't forget you PIN code!!!!! :mrgreen:

To turn it on again ........tap the same indicator again and you and turn on the phone.
Good Luck!! :D
I know that Rafiki ! Maybe my english is not good enough and you didn't understand me.

What I want is only to be able use the red button to switch the phone on and off, as it is described in the user manual ! :cry:

[Rafiki]

McDoPDA : My manual says that the red button is to end phone call or turn GPRS Off.

Most unhandy and I also find it a pain to switch the phone Off & On quickly !
:mrgreen:

Hopefully "they" will have fix for this in the future!

:roll:

[McDoPDA]

McDoPDA : My manual says that the red button is to end phone call or turn GPRS Off.

Most unhandy and I also find it a pain to switch the phone Off & On quickly !
:mrgreen:

Hopefully "they" will have fix for this in the future!

:roll:
so, let's hope "they" will do it as quick as possible ! And that it works on a french Qtek 2020 too... not only on an english XDAII ! :wink:

[wouterk]

Hi guys,
This problem was introduced with the 1.60ROM. Before with the old ROM, I could turn my MDA II off using the red button. After the ROM upgrade it turns the GPRS off. Too bad they didn't make that a user choice.
Wouter

[McDoPDA]

On my french Qtek 2020, I had the problem with the 1.52 ROM. When I upgraded to the 1.58, I still had the problem. There is no 1.60 french ROM availiable for the moment...