Have these WM6 issues been resolved?

[myk_83]

There's been a few problems that some people have mentioned, but have either been lost among all the unlocking/upgrading questions or just not followed up for whatever reason. These are some of the issues I had with older versions of wm6 that I tried, which made me go to a wm5 3.3 to get rid of.

1) Auto-fill of names in messaging when typing in the "to" field doesn't happen
2) Windows Live messenger only connecting over GPRS even when wi-fi is enabled
3) I think it's what it's supposed to do, but it's annoying - is there a way to stop Windows Live adding all your contacts to your phone? I don't use my Wizard for e-mails or anything very often, so this is pretty useless, and just fills up my contacts list and then it takes longer to find the people I want to call
4) In the messaging application, the left softkey in wm6 is used for Delete, and to create a new message you have to go into the menu and then select New, whereas wm5 just had New on the left softkey (I'd rather not use 3rd party software to do this, if there is any that can!)

Can't think of any more right now, but feel free to add your own!

Anyone who's got Faria's new wm6 ROM, could you please comment on whether you have encountered any of these issues or if anything has been changed in relation to these?

Thanks,
Myk

[paschott]

There's been a few problems that some people have mentioned, but have either been lost among all the unlocking/upgrading questions or just not followed up for whatever reason. These are some of the issues I had with older versions of wm6 that I tried, which made me go to a wm5 3.3 to get rid of.

1) Auto-fill of names in messaging when typing in the "to" field doesn't happen
2) Windows Live messenger only connecting over GPRS even when wi-fi is enabled
3) I think it's what it's supposed to do, but it's annoying - is there a way to stop Windows Live adding all your contacts to your phone? I don't use my Wizard for e-mails or anything very often, so this is pretty useless, and just fills up my contacts list and then it takes longer to find the people I want to call
4) In the messaging application, the left softkey in wm6 is used for Delete, and to create a new message you have to go into the menu and then select New, whereas wm5 just had New on the left softkey (I'd rather not use 3rd party software to do this, if there is any that can!)

Can't think of any more right now, but feel free to add your own!

Anyone who's got Faria's new wm6 ROM, could you please comment on whether you have encountered any of these issues or if anything has been changed in relation to these?

Thanks,
Myk

Can't speak for much, but from the websites I've seen detailing WM6, #4 is actually a code change to the Messaging app. MS' research indicated more people wanted a Delete button than a New button and they made the switch. I don't know if it's something that can be changed through the registry or not, but it is native to WM6.

-Pete

[notyourdaddy]

When you setup Widnows Live, uncheck the option to import contacts and it doesn't import them. At least thats what works for me.

If it is already configured, open windows live and go into options. choose sync options and uncheck contacts and messenger.

[maymaymay]

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1) Auto-fill of names in messaging when typing in the "to" field doesn't happen....

Thanks,
Myk
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[fryman]

2) Windows Live messenger only connecting over GPRS even when wi-fi is enabled

it is the way M$ designed it...they claim it helps battery life...it could not possibly be to make more money off of people by making them use GPRS

I turn off my phone sometime to make it connect via WiFi but faria said in his aku 3.3 ROM he pacaged it so it did not do it...I am trying to find out how to take windows live out of there and install it on WM6?!? but i don't know how I would go about that so if anyone could help please let me know...thanks for reading

[myk_83]

Cancelling the GPRS connection before it's complete makes Windows Live switch to Wi-fi anyway, so I don't get why it even tries GPRS first and doesn't just go off wi-fi. Maybe there's a setting somewhere, like when you boot your PC and it goes through the various boot-up devices in order until it finds one that works.

Anyway, my problem with Live contacts being added to the phone contacts... I tried signing in to Windows Live, and going in the options and de-selecting "Synch contacts" as suggested. The problem is, when I try and sign in to Live Messenger, it comes up with a dialog box saying "signing in will add your contacts to your phone" or something, which is exactly the same as before.

Messenger is the only bit of Live (apart from e-mail, I guess) which I'm actually interested in at the minute, but I can't use it because I don't want all the contacts from my messenger account in my phonebook!

[nottoosmart]

Cancelling the GPRS connection before it's complete makes Windows Live switch to Wi-fi anyway, so I don't get why it even tries GPRS first and doesn't just go off wi-fi. Maybe there's a setting somewhere, like when you boot your PC and it goes through the various boot-up devices in order until it finds one that works.

Anyway, my problem with Live contacts being added to the phone contacts... I tried signing in to Windows Live, and going in the options and de-selecting "Synch contacts" as suggested. The problem is, when I try and sign in to Live Messenger, it comes up with a dialog box saying "signing in will add your contacts to your phone" or something, which is exactly the same as before.

Messenger is the only bit of Live (apart from e-mail, I guess) which I'm actually interested in at the minute, but I can't use it because I don't want all the contacts from my messenger account in my phonebook!


Again, This is M$ design. Nothing we can do about this. Messenger live will not work unless the contacts are in your phonebook. Sorry.

[eljoe]

i don't know a solution but pls read my post for a workarround...there is a way to remove added contacts after u use live messenger....

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291945&page=2

[fryman]

Cancelling the GPRS connection before it's complete makes Windows Live switch to Wi-fi anyway, so I don't get why it even tries GPRS first and doesn't just go off wi-fi. Maybe there's a setting somewhere, like when you boot your PC and it goes through the various boot-up devices in order until it finds one that works.

Faria just released this fix for windows live a few hours ago...I don't have WiFi at work or I would test it here...I don't even know if this is the fix that I am looking for but I will try it over lunch and see. Hopefully it is! :)

ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Wizard/Roms/faria-roms/windows-live-conection-fix.cab

[fryman]

Faria just released this fix for windows live a few hours ago...I don't have WiFi at work or I would test it here...I don't even know if this is the fix that I am looking for but I will try it over lunch and see. Hopefully it is! :)

ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Wizard/Roms/faria-roms/windows-live-conection-fix.cab

I tested it over lunch and think that it is the fix that I needed...but still have to play with it some more to make sure...not enough time during my break:(
- After palying with it some more I think that All this did was set the GPRS to always off


I would love to learn how to create a fix like this myself but I am still trying to learn how to create some basic .lnk files...i am such a newbie
- Haha just found it...here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=280680). Now to learn how to make cab files...something tells me its harder