Settings for phone/3g in corp mode?

[allanmb]

I got my XDA Exec last week and was impressed apart from the speed of the unit when switching screen modes. I thought that the O2 active would be to blame, so found out how to stop it running, and voila my Exec was instantly faster.

After further reading I found that a hard reset and selecting corp (or corporate) mode would install the bare minimum, so I decided to try this to see if it was better. Unfortunately, the phone and gprs/3g now do not work, as the settings are not installed. Does anybody know how to set these up? The Exec does appear to be much faster so I would quite like to get it running in corp mode.

Thanks
Allan

[SiliconS]

AFAIK, Basic mode is identical to Corp mode, except that it does pre-configure the connection settings. The O2 Active interface doesn't appear in Basic mode.

However, I think Basic mode does include an O2 icon in the Start bar and a battery monitor thingy there too. It's relatively easy to stop them appearing by deleting the relevant links from the \Windows\Startup folder though, and then you have a clean Exec like God intended :D

[allanmb]

The one thing did like about corp mode was that it didnt say "running in basic mode" when resetting, and it had a battery monitor on the today screen. But I guess I can live without those...

Allan

[Dave Baumann]

Remember: The "Search" button is your friend (http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=30647&highlight=o2web)

[Dave Baumann]

AFAIK, Basic mode is identical to Corp mode, except that it does pre-configure the connection settings. The O2 Active interface doesn't appear in Basic mode.

The Basic mode also uses the O2 Phone Dialer skin, which is removed in the Corp install.

[allanmb]

Remember: The "Search" button is your friend (http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=30647&highlight=o2web)

Erm, I have already used the search and couln't find anything thats why i made a new post!

Allan

[SiliconS]

AFAIK, Basic mode is identical to Corp mode, except that it does pre-configure the connection settings. The O2 Active interface doesn't appear in Basic mode.

The Basic mode also uses the O2 Phone Dialer skin, which is removed in the Corp install.
Oh. :( Just tried selecting Corp and did a soft reset and the phone looks exactly the same to me. Ah well. It's not exactly an ugly skin so I don't care if it is the O2 one. :)

What does the non-O2 skin look like?

[Dave Baumann]

Remember: The "Search" button is your friend (http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=30647&highlight=o2web)

Erm, I have already used the search and couln't find anything thats why i made a new post!

Allan

Try clicking that link, it leads you to your answers! ;)

What does the non-O2 skin look like?

Similar, but less "flashy", but more in-keeping with the default WM5.0 theme.

[allanmb]

Doh! Thanks Dave, didnt notice that was a link before!

Is there anything else I would need to setup in corp mode that would otherwise be setup in basic mode? I cant think of anything off-hand.

Also, if you know anything about this it may be useful. I connect to 3g but the connection often hangs. In IE I see either "connecting..." or "locating..." in the status bar and nothing else. The only way to fix this once it gets to this state is to reset the unit. Merely restarting the connection doesnt seem to work. I get similar probs in any prog that uses the 3g connection, they just stop working. (I am in good reception areas too).
Do you think this is a setup issue, a simcard or phone issue? I am inclined to think it might be a simcard issue.

Thanks
Allan

[Dave Baumann]

Doh! Thanks Dave, didnt notice that was a link before!

Hehe - No worries. :)

Is there anything else I would need to setup in corp mode that would otherwise be setup in basic mode? I cant think of anything off-hand.

I've just done this myself yesterday, and all the services I've tried appear to be working - I can send and recieve calls, text and use the web. The only thing I've not tried yet is MMS. The only thing missing from the Corp mode that I would like is a decent battery bar, but I'd imagine that I'll be able to find a little utility that will do that.

Also, if you know anything about this it may be useful. I connect to 3g but the connection often hangs. In IE I see either "connecting..." or "locating..." in the status bar and nothing else. The only way to fix this once it gets to this state is to reset the unit. Merely restarting the connection doesnt seem to work. I get similar probs in any prog that uses the 3g connection, they just stop working. (I am in good reception areas too).
Do you think this is a setup issue, a simcard or phone issue? I am inclined to think it might be a simcard issue.

To tell you the truth, I don't know. This is the first time I've used a 3G phone myself (been a user of all previous XDA's, none of which were 3G) so I had to get my SIM switched over. All I did notice is that one my account was switched to the new SIM connectivity seemed to be very bad in the 3G areas - I phone O2 about it and they said they had some issues with their network then. That was last week, but now everything seems to be fine.

[ice_coffee]

To you restore your battery meter in corporate mode you need to make sure that batterNFO.exe is here

\Windows\Mobile Solutions\O2ActiveUI\Modules\BatteryNFO\batteryNFO .exe

and makesure that batteryNFO.lnk is here

\windows\startup\batteryNFO.lnk

if anyone needs a copy of the file let me know and I will post a link

[allanmb]

If you install the gprs monitor from the o2 app disc, it has a nice little battery info built in to the gprs monitor icon.

Allan

[Dave Baumann]

if anyone needs a copy of the file let me know and I will post a link

Yes, please - the files haven't been extracted on my XDA since I did a hard reset and started in Corp mode.

Cheers.

[ice_coffee]

if anyone needs a copy of the file let me know and I will post a link

Yes, please - the files haven't been extracted on my XDA since I did a hard reset and started in Corp mode.

Cheers.

Im sorry I got it wrong, I thought I had got it because there was an on screen battery indicator in corporate mode, but I have come to realise that it might have been their already (the one next to the wireless manager)