Slow Performance, wrong storage, missing calc

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Today I got a new MDA Compact (T-Mobile, German, Ext-ROM-Version: 1.01.125).

I synchronized about 1.500 contacts and the whole system went so slow, that I had to disable the contact synchronisation. Is that to much for the Magician?
It was no problem for my MDA II and MDA III.

Using the intellidialer is also awfull without any contacts. It needs more than one second to delete a dialed number.

Another annoing point is that the email attachements can only be outsourced to storage - not to the storagecard. Is that "normal" for the Magician?

Last but not least ist the calculator Missing. Its only the link and I could manage to make my own link to the calc.exe, but it seems that this software version is a bit buggy.

Do you have also problems like this?

Re: Slow Performance, wrong storage, missing calc

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Originally Posted by MBastian

Today I got a new MDA Compact (T-Mobile, German, Ext-ROM-Version: 1.01.125).

I synchronized about 1.500 contacts and the whole system went so slow, that I had to disable the contact synchronisation. Is that to much for the Magician?

If you installed all T-Mobile apps from Extended ROM, then you may run a bit short on RAM. Do a hard reset, and after you aligned the touchscreen, just before the MDAc starts installing programs, a soft reset. You will get a clean MDAc, and a freely accessible Extended ROM, from where you now can selectively install only those apps you really want.

Then try to install only those apps that are deeply connected to the system (mainly today plug-ins and stuff that gets launched automatically) into RAM, and all other apps to \Storage_Card.

Using the intellidialer is also awfull without any contacts. It needs more than one second to delete a dialed number.

If you mean the backspace button: this is due to the sound that is played every time you hit it. Disable the sounds for intellidialer, and backspacing will be much faster.

Another annoing point is that the email attachements can only be outsourced to storage - not to the storagecard. Is that "normal" for the Magician?

I do not know, but you can extend the Storage to 27MByte (not trivial, though), which should be big enough for a few attachments.

Last but not least ist the calculator Missing. Its only the link and I could manage to make my own link to the calc.exe, but it seems that this software version is a bit buggy.

Never heard of this before. Are you sure it was neither in the Programs menu nor in the Start Menu directly?

Cheers
Daniel

Now I reduced my contacts and everything works quite well... So it had to to with the mass of contacts. I hope, that there'll be another rom update wich fixes this inconvenience...

Yes, I meant the backspace button - I hope a software update will fix this, too...

Is there a chance to set the path for storaage of mail attachements. Tweaking the "Storage" to a bigger sice may be a sollution, but I'd like to use my 512 MB storage card.

I looked mor than twice for the calculator. I inspected a second MDA Compact (also T-Mobile). The calculator was missing, too.

Bad Rom...

Hi MBastian,

looks like an Ösi could help you out of your calculator misery: :lol:

Go to your MDAs /Windows-directory (this can be done with the file explorer - opening the directory will take some time, as this is a biiiiig one). There should be a file named calc (with a lovely calc-icon :wink - that's your calculator!

So you should be able to make a shortcut wherever you want (start menu, programs folder, etc.).

HTH,
BGK

My calculator is working but there is no calc.exe in \windows
The shortcut I have is pointing to this target :

:MSCALC

If it could help...

Originally Posted by MBastian

Is there a chance to set the path for storaage of mail attachements. Tweaking the "Storage" to a bigger sice may be a sollution, but I'd like to use my 512 MB storage card.

Open the email application. Go to Tools - Options. On the Storage tab you tick the box labelled "Store attachments on storage card". Done.

@BGK: Thanks for the Tip. I allready linked the Calc.exe. I was just wonderung, how buggy the new Rom is,

@Bamse: The problem is, that this option only allows to store the attachements at "storage" not "storage card". That sucks.

Buggy Rom...

Interesting, that german and austrian T-Mobile ROMs differ that much.

I'm using the original austrian T-Mobile ROM with which the device was delivered and haven't had any problems with it wheras I often read of problems with other buggy roms (lousy phone sound, etc.).

Although they have the same version number, they obviously differ in other ways except the language too. Strange, but true...

Greetings,
BGK

P.S.: ...but you're right - M$ calculator s*cks. They never enhanced that since their early versions of Windows CE (had most of them)...