"Network message"(s) are really annoying!

[dma147]

[english version]

Hello all,

I've the HTC Prophet called XDA Neo since a few weeks and I'm absolutly glad with it, except two points:

1. The accu really isn't the best thing... it only runs exactly 48 hours (two whole days), when doing *nothing* with it.

2. and this is much more annoying:
I'm getting so called "network message" every few seconds! They're only containing one large number, nothing more.
Every time when my Neo receives such a msg, it switches the screen on again.
How can I get rid of these messages???

Many thanks for any tip about this second point.

Sincerely
Alex

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[german version]

Áloha hey, ;)

Ich habe seit ein paar Wochen den HTC Prophet, bzw. XDA Neo und bin eigentlich, abgesehen von zwei Dingen, absolut begeistert davon!

1. Die Akku-Laufzeit ist echt nicht das Wahre... wenn man nichts mit dem Gerät macht, dann hält der gerade mal 48 Stunden, also zwei volle Tage durch.

2. und das ist jedoch noch viel schlimmer und nerviger:
Ich bekomme alle paar Sekunden eine sogenannte "Netzwerk Nachricht", deren Inhalt dann immer nur aus einer mehr-stelligen Zahl besteht. Mehr ist da nie drin.
Das nervt wirklich, da dann auch jedesmal der Screen wieder angeht und so der XDA eigentlich kaum zu Ruhe kommt.
Ich wohne in Berlin und kann mir gut vorstellen, das diese Msgs von diversen WLAN-Stationen kommen, oder ähnliches. WLAN muss ich aber an haben und will dieses auch nicht ständig ein und wieder ausschalten müssen.

Wie zum Geier bekomme ich diese absolut nervigen Netzwerk-Nachrichten weg??

Danke für jeden Tipp dazu!

Alex

[kevino]

Could it be Settings->Phone->More then untick Broadcast Channels ?

[yoda_143]

Could also be part of the homezone service of O2. Do you have a contract with homezone?

[hanmin]

>1. The accu really ...
What is the 'accu'?

>2. ...I'm getting so called "network message" every few seconds...
I've got this problem also with my Charmer with O2 network. However, I've only got it everytime I switch on my phone (soft reset). And once a while (as I suspect) it will came out every 2-3 hours, which may caused by the disconnection of my phone from the network (e.g. signal too weak). For my case, it is even worse. When the message appears, any other notification (including reminders for Tasks and Appinments) will not show (they will queue at the back of this network message).

I'm not able to solve the problem, even I've cleared the Broadcast thing as kevino mentioned here. So, I just got used to it and check my phone every once a while.

However, after the new Charmer ROM has been release, Ive upgraded my phone and the problem is now gone forever. So, you may want to check if you have any official ROMs that you can used to upgrade and possibily get rid of this message thinky.

[dma147]

Could it be Settings->Phone->More then untick Broadcast Channels ?

In german this should be named "Sendekanäle" which means in english something like "Sending channels".
I've deactivated this thing now.
Let's wait for those network messages...

Could also be part of the homezone service of O2. Do you have a contract with homezone?

No. I'm a prepaid user without contract and so without a homezone (afaik).

>1. The accu really ...
What is the 'accu'?

I meant the accumulator or in other words the rechargeable battery of this device.

>2. ...I'm getting so called "network message" every few seconds...
I've got this problem also with my Charmer with O2 network. However, I've only got it everytime I switch on my phone (soft reset). And once a while (as I suspect) it will came out every 2-3 hours, which may caused by the disconnection of my phone from the network (e.g. signal too weak). For my case, it is even worse. When the message appears, any other notification (including reminders for Tasks and Appinments) will not show (they will queue at the back of this network message).

I'm not able to solve the problem, even I've cleared the Broadcast thing as kevino mentioned here. So, I just got used to it and check my phone every once a while.

However, after the new Charmer ROM has been release, Ive upgraded my phone and the problem is now gone forever. So, you may want to check if you have any official ROMs that you can used to upgrade and possibily get rid of this message thinky.

Hmm... I'm thinking about to flash my Neo with another ROM. But I'm absolutly new to this and so I still have to inform myself about how to do this and which ROMs I'm able to use for the german O2 XDA Neo.

[yoda_143]

There's an official rom update at the german O2 site. it's an .exe just start it and follow the instructions, very easy.

//EDIT:
searched the link for you: http://o2online.de/o2/kunden/technikundeinst/exclusive/xda/xdaneo/index.html?nidx=1

[dma147]

There's an official rom update at the german O2 site. it's an .exe just start it and follow the instructions, very easy.

//EDIT:
searched the link for you: http://o2online.de/o2/kunden/technikundeinst/exclusive/xda/xdaneo/index.html?nidx=1

Unfortunatly, or in most cases luckily I'm not using Windoze on any of my PCs. I'm only using Linux (Gentoo) and an old G3 PowerBook with Mac OSX 10.4 (which will be soon "converted" into a gentoo box too).

Any other way to "flash"(?) my Neo with a new ROM without the use of Windoze and ActiveSync, which only runs on Windoze?

[dma147]

Could it be Settings->Phone->More then untick Broadcast Channels ?

Btw. this seems to do the trick. Many thanks!
I've got no "network message" since about two hours now! Cool. ;)

[levenum]

Regarding the battery:
The reason it ran out so fast for you is because of the messages that turned your device on all the time.

With push mail and Bluetooth off the device can sit on standby about a week (at least for me)
With push mail it's less than half that, BT about 2/3 I think.

Browsing the internet (over GPRS) while listening to MP3 about 3.5 hours.

[dma147]

Regarding the battery:
The reason it ran out so fast for you is because of the messages that turned your device on all the time.

With push mail and Bluetooth off the device can sit on standby about a week (at least for me)
With push mail it's less than half that, BT about 2/3 I think.

Browsing the internet (over GPRS) while listening to MP3 about 3.5 hours.

thanks for this explanation, I thought so too.

Another question regarding the battery: Is it normal that it is fully re-charged again in about one and a half hour??!
I know from older devices and from my old handys that it normally needs much more time (From 5 up to 12 hours) to re-charge the battery.

[ikarus]

I haven't fully discharged the battery yet, but your battery has 1200mAh and the usb is capable of max. 500mA (likely to be less) and according to "adam riese", you need at least 1200/500=2.4h to charge a fully discharged battery.

With the ac-adaptor it is possible if it's capable of about 800mAh and the device is capable of this. I haven't tested yet.

I also observed that the battery-driver of prophet charge the battery more (more remaining capacity) than others like xda-mini. I fully charged the battery of xda-mini and put it afterwards into the prophet and the prophet shows about 92%... leads to continue charging...

But prophets batteryload decreases very fast (100%-96%) after fully charged the battery. Fortunately only untill 96%.

[Update] I've checked out prophets ac-adapter and it's capable of 1A, so 1.5h seems to be okay :)

greets
ikarus