New Wizard owner, questions

[WizardN00b]

Hi, I recently acquired an HTC Wizard, and really love the device. I'm a quick learner, and have been tinkering with it to make it perfect for me.

It has WM5, and while I know it is recommended to flash to a rom from here, the fear of bricking is too much, even though I know it is safe.

I've installed the following onto it:

PocketNester
Macromedia Flash Player ActiveX (is this necessary btw?)
KevTetrus
SP Time Sync
Burt iContact
Ilium Software Tipster
Aspecto Software WiFiFoFum2
Corner-A PDA Status
Weatherbug Direct
Google Search
Spb Tech WMP Skin
MS .NET CF 2.0
Google Maps
Microsoft Live Search

As the phone I acquired was 2 years old, I noticed the battery couldn't seem to hold a charge, so I bought a new one.

However, the new battery doesn't seem to fair much better...I kept the phone in my pocket, unused but on, and it ran down from 100 to 40% in 8-9 hours, is this normal?

I keep the WiFi off unless I'm using internet, and I have the screen turn off after 10 seconds. Are there any other power-saving recommendations, or concerns? I noticed this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2508856&postcount=5
and I'm going to try the power tool.

[WizardN00b]

Power test results back:

Battery stayed at 100% until it read 99% at 44:06.
It went to 98% at 48:06 and 97% at 54:07, where it remained until the test was over.

What does it mean?

[jordyk]

Hi,

It means your battery is fine.
But wich helped for me to stop the power drain was setting the active sync to manual:
1. open active sync on your ppc
2. tap options and add a server
3. give some dumy information (false address, username, and pass)
4. if you're done tap options again and press schedule (or something like that:P)
5. set both dropdown boxes to manually and save the settings.
6. close active sync from taskmanager

You still can use active sync by connecting to pc, but when not connected, the active sync won't start automatically. you can also search for some tweaks for PPC using google.
There you'll find some egistry tweaks (you can enter registy using a 3rd party registy program)

With many tweaks and the active sync trick, I could use my htc wizard for 3 days without charging (I must admit that I'm not calling much, witch uses much power)

I hope this will help you;)

Good luck!

[Myrddin Wyllt]

I don't think I see anything in your current lineup that requires a flash player. I'd ditch it, unless you plan on playing flash media on your Wiz.

I'd also ditch the time sync. You can sync time every time you sync your phone with a computer, so unless your phone's clock is WILDLY inaccurate, I wouldn't bother with the extra junk on the phone.

Aside from that, I'd recommend Total Commander CE. It's a file manager and has built-in registry editing, built-in ascii editing, built-in zip file management, and and FTP manager. Best free tool I ever installed.

Oh, and for the record, there's a reason why HTC never ported WM6 to the Wizard. It's a slow processor and an old phone, and even though you can overclock it easily enough (search for OMAPClock Plus), it will dramatically affect battery life if you do so, never mind the risk of damaging the processor and possibly perma-bricking your phone.

That said, many have had success with overclocking and loading WM6. Your mileage may vary, however. Consider the friendly warning before you proceed. Also, see this post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2380300&postcount=2). It's a good bet your next question will be answered by this post, especially if you're a ROM junkie "in the making."

[WizardN00b]

With many tweaks and the active sync trick, I could use my htc wizard for 3 days without charging (I must admit that I'm not calling much, witch uses much power)

That's impressive, I'm curious as to specifically what tweaks you used.

The ones I've found useful thus far are changing the location of Temporary Internet Files to storage, allowing PIE to navigate with the directional, and adding time sync Tab to Phone Settings.

That said, many have had success with overclocking and loading WM6. Your mileage may vary, however. Consider the friendly warning before you proceed. Also, see this post. It's a good bet your next question will be answered by this post, especially if you're a ROM junkie "in the making."

You misread my post, I said I have no interest in changing my ROM, or overclocking.