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Yorkshire Yellow
31st October 2008, 06:47 PM
Hello from a relative newbie to this forum, with an O2 XDA Orbit 2. I’ve a few things I wanted to tweak on my handset, and have found some answers on here, but not others. Here goes with my ‘shopping list’: -

1. Despite what try to do to keep the input method as ‘keyboard’, it has always reset to ‘touch keyboard’ when I have switched the phone off and then powered up again.

2. Can someone give me a simple to understand list of instructions to cure the annoying fact that when you come to unlock the device, the screen brightness is so low that you can’t see the buttons you need to tap to unlock! (on a previous device I had, when you tapped the first of the two buttons you needed to tap in sequence to unlock the device, the screen brightness increased)

3. I have managed to change some of the programs I have on the TouchCube, but can’t find where the pictures/icons are that I want to use to represent the new programs I’ve put on it (in particular, I’m referring to Memory Map, the GPS application using OS maps).

4. How do I point the email button on the TouchCube to link directly to the inbox for my O2 email web mail account, which I can already get to through Start> Messaging> O2 UK?

5. How do I find where the photos I take on my camera are going? (I haven’t changed any of the ‘save location’ settings, but the photos I can’t seem to find any of the photos I’ve taken, nor do they appear on the ‘camera album’).

6. Is there any way of using the device to listen to BBC radio stations streamed over the internet?

Sorry if I’m asking questions that have already been answered in other threads, and thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

chris10230
1st November 2008, 03:18 PM
2. Can someone give me a simple to understand list of instructions to cure the annoying fact that when you come to unlock the device, the screen brightness is so low that you can’t see the buttons you need to tap to unlock! (on a previous device I had, when you tapped the first of the two buttons you needed to tap in sequence to unlock the device, the screen brightness increased)

to do this upgrade the rom to 6.1 from http://www.my-xda.com/software_updates.jsp this will sort the backlight issue which is very annoying there are other ways search the forum and im sure you will find them

Bobby.pike
2nd November 2008, 12:17 AM
1.

6. Is there any way of using the device to listen to BBC radio stations streamed over the internet?



Can use SPB Mobile Online for this, has TV, Radio and more. Google it, I don't know the link by memory. Downside is that it costs $30. But it is easy and avalible to get for free.. (torrents).

-Bobby

runningtiger
2nd November 2008, 01:28 AM
1. SipChange 1.0 (you will have to use search to find it...free download somewhere on XDA forums, sorry I don't know the link)

2. agreed, upgrading to 6.1 fixes problem but, if you haven't upgraded yet then read through everything I will type below before you do anything:
This is the fix I found for non-Polaris...
\HKCU\ControlPanel\BackLight\LockLevel\
Change LockLevel to what ever value you want the backlight set to when your device is locked.

It didn't stick on my Polaris, found a thread talking about installing BrightLock.cab (created as a Kaiser tweak) to fix this issue. Turns out that may cause a different backlight issue (screen timeout sets itself to 7-10 seconds).

Fix was to rename locklevel folder to xLockLevel and reset. After soft-reset the LockLevel folder is back, along with the original that I renamed to xLockLevel. But now the screen returns to full brightness for about 7 seconds when locked AND it stays On for the duration of the settings>system>power>advanced tab>"on battery power: turn off device if not used for" backlight timer is set for when un-locked.

3. Can't help, haven't messed with it myself.

4. \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Biotouch\CustAPLa uncher\App0\parameter
was -service "ActiveSync"

change to
-service "DesiredAccountName" (DesiredAccountName= whatever the name of YOUR account is for instance "Yorkshire Yellow" - include the quote marks around your "account name")

5. my documents/my pictures is where the photo samples that came with my phone are located
also try looking (just to make sure) they aren't on your storage card, try...
storage card/dcim
or
storage card/my documents/my pictures

6. I'm in the US...I use the http://www.thestreamcenter.com/pda/
and
http://www.radioshows.mobi/ to find radio station streams.

The Stream Center has a UK link http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/pda/ that I've never used but just tried by typing BBC into the search box and got a bunch of results.

Radio Shows.mobi has a BBC link on their home page.

Good luck!