Stop power-on button returning to today screen!?!

[bigredone]

Okay this is driving me nuts. Every time I press the power button whether to turn screen back on or to return the device from standby, it always returns to the today screen instead of the screen in which I turned off the device, I have got security on, but the timeout is 24 hours. My exchange server did set some security policy, but I can't remember if the today screen problem was there before it did this. Is this a WM6 thing, I can't remember it doing it in WM5.

Example, if I'm using memory map while I'm out on my MTB, I'll power down the screen with AEButtonPlus and then use the power button to turn it back on, which used to be ideal, but now the Power button always returns me to the today screen forcing me to use the AEBUttonPlus task manager to switch to memory map again. Not easy with gloves on :-(.

I don't think its AEButtonPlus as I used this under WM5 along with everything else.

Anyone else having this problem?

[bigredone]

After installing Zenyee.com_Stay_Unlock.zip, I was able to uncheck the previously greyed out "Prompt if device unused for" button, this has stopped it returning to the today screen, but obviously my phone is now insecure. So it would seem even if you have a 24hr timeout, the OS still goes back to the today screen, but if you disable the password completely it doesn't. Result - sort of anyway!

[NeilM]

Maybe a silly question, but in Settings/Today, Theme tab, have you unchecked the 'Return to Today Screen after....' item?

[bigredone]

Yeah - that was the first thing I verified - and it was already unchecked, but it looks like its down to how the password applet works rather than any kind of timeout, you can basically put it in standby and then press power on and it will return to the today screen immediately.

Thanks for the input though :-)

[NeilM]

:) Good luck!

[Moaske]

I'm having the same issue here with WindowsMediaPlayer; when i arrive at work and toggle the screen back on (i've mapped the enter-button to screen toggle in WMP), i always have to go into taskmanager to switch back to WMP to turn the darn thing off.... really annoys the heck out of me as well.... :(

I hope someone will find a fix for it. It seems to be a typical WM6 problem, cause this never occured on WM5, and it does occur under every WM6 version i've tried so far...

The Today applet is set to 2 hours to return to todayscreen (and it certainly ain't no 2 hour ride to my work), and security set to prompt for password after 30 mins. (The ride to work is only 15 mins)...

[palmpalm2004]

I got the same problem. Would you mind to tell me where can I download Zenyee.com_Stay_Unlock.zip? Thanks.

[saminegm]

I got the same problem. Would you mind to tell me where can I download Zenyee.com_Stay_Unlock.zip? Thanks.

Took me 2 minutes to find it using google..... why dont u try yourself?

[palmpalm2004]

I tried but couldn't find this. Anyway, thanks a lot.

[madcow_x2]

any solution? :(

[Moaske]

Official WM6 also suffers from this 'bug'....seems to be a WM6 'feature'.... :(
Anyone know any registry hacks to fix this ?

[mkheraj]

My .02.

I recently hard-reset my Schap's 3.57 ROM and have installed minimal software that interact with the Today screen. Before hard-resetting the device, my system would also go to the Today screen whenever my device came out of standby. After the hard-reset, it no longer goes to the Today screen until after the timeout period defined in the Today Settings.

Before Hard-Reset on Today Screen:
Office Communicator
Windows Live Search
Activesync Exchange Server Direct Push
Palm Messaging

After Hard-Reset on Today Screen:
Palm Messaging
No Data Connection or Direct Push

Hope this helps.

Edit:
Also, make sure you remove everything from the Today screen to see if that's the issue. Then, slowly add back items.

Murad
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Running Schap's 3.57 ROM, not the Official HTC WM6 ROM (as in my signature)

[sanjay1951]

Hello from the hx4700 kozhura ROM forum. Have the same problem with returning to the today screen on my 4700. Love WM6 otherwise, but this is really annoying. Hope someone finds a patch.

[s1rl4ncel0t]

Try installing battery status. In the options menu, you can turmn that option "ON" or "OFF"




Bye

[sanjay1951]

Try installing battery status. In the options menu, you can turmn that option "ON" or "OFF"




Bye

Thanks but that didn't work. Seems to be ok for WM5, but under WM6, nothing seems to keep it from going straight to the today screen when the power button is pressed or when the screen is toggled.

[VivaErBetis]

The return to the today screen after power-on the device is a known problem of Windows Mobile 6 and the password protection system.

If you want that your device doesn't returns to the today screen you should deactivate the password. Try it and tell us :)

[oliverr871]

i have the wm6 rom for my hx4700 and i dont have this problem. but also my device isn't password protected. funny though, the today time-out is set to 4 hours and when i turned on my device this morning from last night, it didn't return to the today screen

[sanjay1951]

The return to the today screen after power-on the device is a known problem of Windows Mobile 6 and the password protection system.

If you want that your device doesn't returns to the today screen you should deactivate the password. Try it and tell us :)

Thank you VivaErBetis, yes that did the trick. It works fine without password protection. It's not ideal, but I can put application passwords on my sensitive data like PocketQuicken so this is a good enough workaround until someone comes up with a patch.
Thanks for your help.
Regards.

[davidbessler]

this problem started suddenly for me when I installed FUI .. the flash user interface that makes your wm6 device like and iphone. To fix it, I had to enable the password first, then disable it. all fixed. thanks guys ... as usual.

[cravaus]

Zenyee.com_Stay_Unlock.zip does not fix the issue. This is a password protection bug. Disable password protection and the problem goes away.

[dgelfuso]

Anyone know what registry entry to change to reduce the "Today Timeout". I want to change it to 1 min down from the minimum of 10 min in the UI.