I've Got Shift! Now, Some ?'s Please

[ArchiMark]

Greetings,

Just received Shift X9500 today....so far, very nice!!!

As my last device was the lil' Fujitsu U810 which was very nice, but just a bit too small (keyboard & display) and before that an OQO E2, which was very nice, but really small, the Shift feels just right size-wize....

:)

However, have a few questions, have taken a lot through this forum, but didn't see my questions covered, unless I missed it.... ;)

1) Chirping Sounds

After I turned on Shift and went through various startup screens, I heard periodically a sort of chirping set of sounds periodically for a few seconds at a time, then it went away for awhile, but then it would do this again periodically.

However, Shift did some sort of automatic install; Intel Graphic Driver7.14.10.1364, HTC Control Center and maybe some other items, but didn't watch display the whole time...

At some point Shift rebooted and since then chirping sounds have not reappeared....

So, just wondering if anyone knows what this sound was for? and if it comes back what should I do?

2) Software Solution Package

There's a small piece of paper that's titled "Downloading and Installing the Software Solution Package to the HTC Shift".

It says that this package has the latest drivers and apps in it...could this be what was being installed automatically when Shift first booted up to desktop??

If not, should I install this?

If so, where do I get it on the HTC e-Club site?

I registered and then checked on what's available for Shift. However, I could only find 2 files for downloading; a Vista Sidebar Hotfix and one other file (forget which one..), but that's all I see as available there for the Shift...

3) Windows Updates

Should I do a Windows Update now or do I need to install the package in question 2 above first or ???

Thanks in advance for any and all input!

[ArchiMark]

Just thought I'd update this post a bit...

The only issue that really I'm wondering about still since my original post, is question number 1.

I still occasionally get some sort of series of sounds; maybe 'chirping sounds' was not the right description...more like a set of repeated sounds, somewhat like a muted phone ringing or something like that??

I don't have a SIM card installed in my Shift.

Could this be some sort of alarm notification??

Came on yesterday, when I thought Shift was shutdown....don't know how to shut it off when it happens, but finally went away after happening a few times...

Any ideas as to what to check to stop this???

Thanks!

[thaihugo]

Hi archimark,
is you chirping sound sound like some noise,or a regard system sound? If the sound comes from WM side, you should check the alarm setting, and maybe your appointments.

You can update using windows update,except for the touch drivers update, which are a kind of downgrade.

[ArchiMark]

Hi archimark,
is you chirping sound sound like some noise,or a regard system sound? If the sound comes from WM side, you should check the alarm setting, and maybe your appointments.

You can update using windows update,except for the touch drivers update, which are a kind of downgrade.

Thanks for your help, thaihugo!

Good question about that sound...hard for me to describe it in words, but is somewhere between a soft telephone or alarm sound, series of repeating, modulating tones, is best I can describe it.

Will check on WM side, but I haven't really used WM side at all.....

[studdocs]

the sounds are likely from the WM side ... i usually get those sounds for notifications, new email allerts, etc... shift gives quite a few notifications etc if it feels ur connection is not configured properly etc.. hence these sounds.. do one thing:

Liberate ur shift and then from WM side mute all sounds .. then soft reset and see if u find any such sounds...

[ArchiMark]

the sounds are likely from the WM side ... i usually get those sounds for notifications, new email allerts, etc... shift gives quite a few notifications etc if it feels ur connection is not configured properly etc.. hence these sounds.. do one thing:

Liberate ur shift and then from WM side mute all sounds .. then soft reset and see if u find any such sounds...

Thanks for the suggestion, studdocs, will give that a try and report back...would be great to get this solved!

:)

[salmon]

Sounds a lot like the low-battery notification to me... that's when mine makes a kind of 'chirping' sound... if not that, it could be that sound used for something else...

[ArchiMark]

Sounds a lot like the low-battery notification to me... that's when mine makes a kind of 'chirping' sound... if not that, it could be that sound used for something else...

Aha!....I'd wondered if that might be a possibility....

One thing I just remembered that I didn't mention before, is that when I hear the sounds, I also see the indicator lights pulsating below the display area located on the frame surrounding the display....

Does yours do that too???

Thanks!

[thaihugo]

that would definitly be a reminder on the WM side...