PocketZenPhone really screwing up!

[bl4h]

Okay, I went against everything I know and bought the software untested. Boy do I regret it.

I have a Cingular 8125. I installed PocketZenPhone and instantly started having problems. The unit now plays the Activesync noise about every five minutes for no aparent reason.

Last night I went in to customize the settings for bed and my phone lost it's cell connection and couldn't place calls. I soft reset the unit and still no service. I reset PZP back to it's default settings, no service. I deleted PZP and still no service. It took a hard reset to restore my cell service. I just re-installed PZP and it's doing the same thing.

Whenever I go into Tools and try to scroll thru the different modes with the arrows, it pops up the "Save Changes" dialogue even though I didn't change anything. I click on "Cancel" and it goes back to the mode I was trying to change. I try to view and it goes to the "Save Changes" screen again. There's no way to view the other modes without saving changes that I haven't made.

I DO NOT recommend buying this software. The author should make a demo available to test on your unit.

Incidentally, the only other apps I had installed were Pocket Informant, Resco Utilities, Registry Wizard, SKtools, WiFiFoFum and Flexmail. None of the programs had been changed in days. The no service problem started after install PZP.

Anyone else with similar issues? :(

[guttrhead]

my phone started doing the constant active sync noise too and I could never figure out why. It still does long after uninstalling PZP. I wonder if theres a way to fix this without a hard reset. Maybe I'll just wait till I upgrade the rom, but I've been putting off upgrading because I wanted to wait for a new version that had a clock instead of a battery icon at the top.

[bl4h]

I just downloaded the PZP beta 6 and I'm going to give that a try.

As for the ROM upgrades, I'm baffled. I've unlocked my phone and I have the ROM from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=45295, I just don't know if I want to install it.

I just posted at the developers site and I'll see what he has to say.

Glad I'm not the only crazy one :wink:

[cut-157]

after installing the pocketzenphone I had to Hard reset because it would not boot up anymore, thats really @#$% up, the good thing is I had a backup... but very upset because I kinda like the idea of this software. Oh Well, anybody else has/had this problem?

[duman95]

WOW PZP never did those things to my 8125. I have the orginal rom installed never changed anything like that. I did find that I has some phantom alerts and I could never figure out what the heck it was trying to alert on as it was not any messages or appointments, I tossed it up to just a crazy check that I could never find in the options. But after I went through and customized all the settings for each profile the way I liked it, the phantom alerts ended.

It never locked up my phone, although my phone does routinely loss signal and goes into search mode for about a 1-2 minutes randomly during the day and that I can't solve or blame on any one thing!!!!! It is the most annoying bug of the phone so far.

I ended up giving up on PZP, yes after I purchased it with no trial, and moved onto PhoneAlarm, skinnable and it worked and was easy to see why the hell it was alerting you and was easy to dimiss... So at $20 it was a bit steep but I like the functionality and it worked for the most part. It still does not play nice with the back light, but I think I figured out settings to minimize it turning off the back lighting vs setting it to a lower value.

No I doubt you are crazy, PZP seemed to be a good profile switcher and an alright repeating alarm notification. There are acknowledged problems with having it switch profiles based on calendar events, but I really don't use it for that so I did not try it out....

[eva_d]

I DO NOT recommend buying this software. The author should make a demo available to test on your unit.

well, instead of complaining i'd suggest to conact PZP's author and submit it as a bug. it's always so easy to complain, isn't it..? but remember - not everything is perfect and if you'd like it to be perfect or almost-perfect - give a feedback to author. i'm sure he would like to make his application as best as he can, but without any feedback he won't do anything in that matter!

i'm using PZP without any problems, i really don't know why do you and others have such issues, but personally i think PZP is really good piece of software. there are few things which i don't like and i wrote it to author. he responded quite quickly, thanked for feedback and said that some new stuff is coming with new 6.0 version. however, whole case's bottomline is - FEEDBACK IS VERY IMPORTANT. always.

[wgary]

I DO NOT recommend buying this software. The author should make a demo available to test on your unit.

well, instead of complaining i'd suggest to conact PZP's author and submit it as a bug. it's always so easy to complain, isn't it..? but remember - not everything is perfect and if you'd like it to be perfect or almost-perfect - give a feedback to author. i'm sure he would like to make his application as best as he can, but without any feedback he won't do anything in that matter!

i'm using PZP without any problems, i really don't know why do you and others have such issues, but personally i think PZP is really good piece of software. there are few things which i don't like and i wrote it to author. he responded quite quickly, thanked for feedback and said that some new stuff is coming with new 6.0 version. however, whole case's bottomline is - FEEDBACK IS VERY IMPORTANT. always.
I agree with eva_d:
1. No major problems for me on a TMO-USA MDA. I am using the Version 6 Beta 10.
2. I find it very useful. There are a few minor issues, but...
3. The developer of PZP is very responsive. Visit http://zendrui.free.fr/PZPForum/ and leave a message... and/or check out the newest beta to see if your problems aree already solved!

[malencar]

well, instead of complaining i'd suggest to conact PZP's author and submit it as a bug. it's always so easy to complain, isn't it..? but remember - not everything is perfect and if you'd like it to be perfect or almost-perfect - give a feedback to author. i'm sure he would like to make his application as best as he can, but without any feedback he won't do anything in that

What the h*** are you talking about??? The guy bought, I repeat BOUGHT, as in spent money, the software and he is entitled to complaining as much as he wants if the product he purchased didn't deliver what was promissed. Yes, he should contact the developer and ask for a solution/ refund, but complaining and letting other potential buyers know about the issues is exactly the type of stuff that puts pressure on the companies to work hard to deliver good products and be responsible for their mistakes when they start selling a deffective product. I too had problems with PZP, but since I was using a trial, I simply uninstalled it. Great concept, not reliable AT ALL.
Man, am I tired of J.A.'s that act as if they were a superior form of life that's burdened with the task of teaching lesser beings moral values and forum rules. Gimme a break!

[eva_d]

What the h*** are you talking about??? The guy bought, I repeat BOUGHT, as in spent money, the software and he is entitled to complaining as much as he wants if the product he purchased didn't deliver what was promissed. Yes, he should contact the developer and ask for a solution/ refund, but complaining and letting other potential buyers know about the issues is exactly the type of stuff that puts pressure on the companies to work hard to deliver good products and be responsible for their mistakes when they start selling a deffective product. I too had problems with PZP, but since I was using a trial, I simply uninstalled it. Great concept, not reliable AT ALL.

this is EXACTLY what i mean! i can understand complains, it's totally acceptable, but don't forget that developers want hear these complains as well - in some reasonable way of course - to make their products better. but if you just give a shit and nothing else, don't expect anything more...

[bl4h]

well, instead of complaining i'd suggest to conact PZP's author and submit it as a bug. it's always so easy to complain, isn't it..?

I think I have every right to complain. I did contact the author and he had me upgrade to version 6. I did and it seems to have alleviated all of my problems.

Thanks eva_d and malencar for the backup! I didn't mean to come off as totally slamming the programmer, but if I can keep other people from having to waste their money, great.