Help Removing o2 active!!

[Paul157]

Hi, i just got an XDA IIs and have been reading up as it does seam to crash regually. and i heard that removing the o2 active peice of crap helps. but i cant find anywhere how to do it?

Cheers Paul

[ice man]

The best way to get rid of O2 active is to hard reset, when the screen apears asking "PRIVATE OR CORPORATE" install select corporate then enter 0506 in the password field.

[mikealder]

If you do this back up your phone and address book to the SD card, before you hard reset - do not try to re-install all your programs etc from back up following the hard reset, as doing this re-loads part of the rubish you are trying to get rid of - believe me if you do this it really screws up the handset - I tried it - wouldn't charge in the car, kept locking up etc. The sooner you do the hard reset the easy it will be - less applications to re-load - good luck _ Mike

[Mackster]

Hi all,

I to am trying this reset process with an O2 XDA, when it hard resets I am not getting the screen asking me for "PRIVATE OR CORPORATE", any ideas as to why?

Can someone also confirm the Hard Reset sequene?

Many thanks
Paul

[somynex]

what i do is, after the hard reset (and choosing personal) and having it do all its stuff, first, remove/disable all O2 stuff from the today screen (start -> settings -> today -> remove all the o2 stuff in both tabs).

then start -> settings -> remove programs, remove all the o2 active VR stuff.

probably a message will pop up, noting some directories it doesn't remove. after removal is done, just go to file manager, and manually delete those directories.

seems to remove it for me =)

[mikealder]

Mackster, you only get about five seconds to select the mode you want, if you don't do anything it will install personel mode as default - Why O2 insist on puting this rubish on there badged machines is beyond me - it makes a nice bit of kit into rubish, Ive had no problems since getting shut of it, even O2 support by phone will tell you to take it off as the first line for most queries - Mike

[samofsiam]

Paul, the thing I did was hard reset, and when it gives me a warning that programs will be installed in 3 seconds, I did a soft reset. After the soft reset, it won't try to install the programs anymore. I think this gives you the CLEANEST install.
When I did the Corporate setup, it still installed the PDF viewer, blah blah... I would like to control what I put in my PDA, even if they are useful programs. Hope this helps.

Sam

[Trin]

Sorry to dig this topic up, but I was looking for a solution and came up with one myself and thought I'd post it incase it comes in handy for anyone else.

Right, to disable the O2 Active UI from running...


Programs -> File Explorer
- Go to \Windows\Startup (make sure you have \ not \\ at the beginning if entering a path name)
- Delete the "connections" program

Soft Reset


This should stop the little O2 icon from appearing in the taskbar. For completeness, you'll probably want to stop any of the other O2 apps from running as well...


settings -> today -> items
- untick o2aui
- untick clockinfo
- untick o2BatteryPlugin
- OK

Soft Reset (to be sure)


Personally, I like the battery plugin, because its actually quite practical. Anyway, if you want to completely remove the software, do as follows...


Programs -> File Explorer
- Go to \Windows\Fonts
- Delete or rename the xpdr_02 (font) file

Settings -> System -> Remove Programs
- Select the O2 active UI from the list and click remove.


The UI should now be removed. It will probably tell you that it was successful, though some directories remain. You can delete them manually if you wish, but they shouldn't matter.

If you need/want to re-install the O2 software, you can do so from the software CD provided with the XDA, or it may be still available from the add/remove programs menu in ActiveSync.

You'll have probably noticed there's quite a lot of programs in the \Windows\Startup folder. I'm not sure what all of them do, but I bet you can get better start up times by removing some of them. Be careful though!

Enjoy :-)

[Mackster]

Thankyou to all that helped me out.

Many thanks

Paul :lol:

[Nstar]

Thankyou to all that helped me out.

Many thanks

Paul :lol:

Thanks, finally got rid of o2 Active with the help I found here :D

[sunpat]

I think I want to do a corporate install (Because I'm now having problems with vanishing clocks) but was to keep my o2batteryplugin
Does anyone know where it is so I can copy it - I've tried searching but nothing comes up :(

thanks
Patrick

[sunpat]

Maybe it's
windows\batteryinfo.dll
?

[Seahorse]

Maybe it's
windows\batteryinfo.dll
?

I copied that accroos to my iPaq - doesn't work...;(

[rob_76]

O2 Active removed successfully - thanks for the help.

Also found how to add the BatteryInfo.dll back in on this thread

http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=26995

Rob

[indy]

Hi,
first hard rest ur device..when it will start installin a few files after u finish da setup...soft rest it..i.e. dun allow it 2 copy files nd u r done.
cheers,
ind

[triscleeire]

Hi there,
I have seen so many clever hints how to successfully remove the O2aui from the device that I wonder what's wrong with simply goint to settings/system/remove programs and remove Mobile Solutions SRL O2ActiveUI v... ?
Would this remove more functions that I actually need?
Thanks for your comments.
Cheers

[quinbus_flestrin]

[quote="Trin"]Sorry to dig this topic up, but I was looking for a solution and came up with one myself and thought I'd post it incase it comes in handy for anyone else.

Right, to disable the O2 Active UI from running...

You've sorted something I've been trying to do for ages. That interface was really annoying.
Thank you.

QF

[raymondu999]

The best way to get rid of O2 active is to hard reset, when the screen apears asking "PRIVATE OR CORPORATE" install select corporate then enter 0506 in the password field.

0506? Thought it was 0504?

[quinbus_flestrin]

[quote=Trin]Sorry to dig this topic up, but I was looking for a solution and came up with one myself and thought I'd post it incase it comes in handy for anyone else.

Right, to disable the O2 Active UI from running...

You've sorted something I've been trying to do for ages. That interface was really annoying.
Thank you.

QF

You guys are amazing.

That company HCT should put you people on a permanent retainer.

I can testify that 0506 works to stop the O2 interface program being installed.
My XDA is now O2-free, and my lady's XDA is running an Orange Pay-as-you-go card.

As good as we think the XDA is, it would be nowhere near as good without this board and forum. The only problem we have had is actually finding the tricks to use.
A sticky or a permanent post would be most helpful. You folks all know how to do things like Hard Re-sets and have forgotten the time when you didn't. Just those two simple things... a hard re-set and that 0506 trick... have profoundly enhanced my use and experience of my XDA.

BTW in case anyone is thinking of buying one, we got a Stowaway Portable Keyboard with one of our XDAs, and we think it's pretty good. You have to remember to turn off the IRD when you want to use the keyboard, but aside from that, it was a good addition for us.

QF