Low battery warning alarm ????

[p800]

Is there an built in alarm in WM5 to tell you when the battery is getting low. There does not seem to be any setting in the sounds & notifications area to set it, or will it just happen of its own accord.
I swear someone said it was possible, but probably in an older version. :?
I do not want to have to use any third party software if possible.

[bilbo_28]

Mine pops up with a low warning at 20%, think its set under power options

[p800]

Mine pops up with a low warning at 20%, think its set under power options

Is it an alarm sound, or just a visual notification.

Just noticed your ROM Version - 2.16.9.1 WWE, did you get the XDA with this or upgrade it.

[ZeBoxx]

I don't know about the AKU2 ROMs, on pre-AKU2 it doesn't appear to be in the Power control panel applet normally.

You can add it to the Sounds & Notifications applet by using this registry tweak:

Low Battery warning
By default, a PPC will sound a warning sound when the battery is running low (10%, fixed value), but there's no way to disable or change the notification. To enable this, so that it is visible in the "Sounds & Notifications" control panel, set:
HKCU\ControlPanel\Notifications\{A877D663-239C-47a7-9304-0D347F580408}\Default = "Low battery warning" (REG_SZ string, no quotes)
Note that the string used can be whatever you like it to be


The warning seems to be hardwired to 10%. An alternative is to use a third party application. I use "Batti" to display my battery status, and version 1.4 added sound events, so I've got one set for 'low' battery at 15% and 'critical' battery at 5%.

[ChaosBiker]

cna anyone explain waht all these options are?

I added the key, and it auto filled in a lot of stuff,
yes it appears now under sound and notifications, but not witht he proper WAV

I also can;t seem to find my CUSTOM wavs in the scrollbar??

[+ Que PPC]

Is a default alarm and the file is located at windows folder
is calles lowbat.wav for the first time, and when critical is called LB.wav just change it if you wanna change the sound but the percentage of notify i cant figured out how to change it...

[ALICIA21]

It just pops up with about a quarter left on the meter

[STRAFALCIONE]

Sorry: how is it possible to change the file "lowbatt"?

[+ Que PPC]

get a file .wav call it lowbatt.wav and just overwrite it! thats all i can do it with the total comander program or synced with activesync. :D

[STRAFALCIONE]

Sorry, but the file in my PDA is named lowbatt.wma, and the syncro program does not allow to overwrite it, it seems to be a file of the system.

[+ Que PPC]

yes lowbatt.wma :o

if the activesync dont allows you to overwrite so... use the total comander.cab

[STRAFALCIONE]

Sorry: could you suggest me where to find the "commander.cab", what it is and how it works?
Many thanks

[+ Que PPC]

Well if not i can tell you if you type there "Total Comander.cab" it tooks you surely to google and just take a choice... but

I can recomend you to visit my Cabs web page, just click on the image at my signature MY HTC SKYDRIVE and download it is in the cabs folder... Is a File explorer that unlocks the proteccion to overwrite system files on your Pocket pc...

If you dont see it post again surely i can send you the exact link. im a little busys at my work now.

Sorry.

[STRAFALCIONE]

Many thanks. I entered your folder. Is it the file ExplorerExt.cab?

[+ Que PPC]

the explorer extended place more options to the normal explorer...
the "TOTAL COMANDER CAB is here..."

http://cid-f13430056005795d.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/HTC/CABS/tcmdpocketarm.cab

it is called tcmdpocketarm.cab the link sends you to the download page just get it... install it.. and now you can change all the system sounds! :D

[STRAFALCIONE]

Many thanks.:)
I will prove it next days.
Regards.

[+ Que PPC]

There on my skydrive i have many sounds you can download whatever you want from my public Folder! ;)

Any question dont doubt in PM me

Good luck!

[STRAFALCIONE]

Many thanks for the suggestion of commander prog: it works.
I take the occasion to ask you: is there a way to exchange files between the PDA and the PC without installing the WM active sync? The fact in fact is that I do not want to synchronize any files or address book between them, and hence I have always to stop the automatic synchronization action. But if I set the active sync option to not synchronize, it cancels all my addresses.
Do you know other systems, that is I connect the PDA with USB, and the pc looks at the PDA like a disk, without installing WM active sync prog?

[+ Que PPC]

its called WM5torage and it goes on v1.8 its the newer
just install it on the device not on sd card ok? but it only shows your miniSD like a USB pendrive not the phone memory.

If you want it search on my HTCSkydrive at my signature.