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WM6 on Dash - Switching to Vibrate permanently silences Reminders ! Vincent 05-04-2007
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Posted by aaronjwood on May 8, 2007, 5:38 pm
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I would also like to know what microsoft has to say about this issue. I have
a T-Mobile Dash that I upgraded to WM6 and am having the same problem.

Regards,
Aaron J. Wood

"Vincent" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have loaded the WM6 upgrade onto my T-Mobile Dash and have a few issues.
>
> The background ...
>
> On the new ROM build there are only 4 Profiles available - instead of the
> previous 7/8 on WM5.
>
> These are Normal, Silent, Vibrate, Outdoor.
>
> in the profile selection screen, the right menu allows you to edit the
> settings within a profile. This is as with WM5.
>
> However, it seems that WM6 distinguishes between Notifications and
> Reminders - and that of the 4 profiles installed, only Vibrate actually has
> the settings for Reminders exposed.
>
> The problem ...
>
> If you load the ROM and are in the Normal profile, you get audible alerts
> for your calendar entries. everything is good.
>
> But, if you switch to Vibrate, the settings for the vibrate profile get
> written to the registry. At this time the Reminders sound and the Reminders
> Volume get overwritten with those from the Vibrate profile.
>
> Now, if you switch back to the Normal profile, the settings for the Normal
> profile get copied back to the Registry - BUT as there are no settings in
> the Normal profile for the Reminders Sound/Volume the Vibrate settings for
> those stay in place.
>
> Potential cause ...
>
> The four profiles on the phone - Normal, Slient, Vibrate, and Outdoor appear
> to be provisioned onto the phone from four XML files in the Windows folder
>
> Normal - Normal.def.prof.xml
> Silent - Silent.def.prof.xml
> Vibrate - Meeting.def.prof.xml
> Outdoor - Loud.def.prof.xml
>
> If you look into these files, you will see that they contain the entries to
> populate the Configuration Manager database for the Control Panel. However,
> of the 4 files, only the Vibrate one contains the entries for Reminders.
>
> Potential Solution ...
>
> I can easily add the additional Reminder settings into the other Profile
> definition files to expose all the settings. That part seems easy .
>
> Anyone know how to run the Provisioning "whatever it is" to get it to
> activate the settings ?
>
> Thanks,
> Vincent
>
>
>

Posted by John Cody on June 6, 2007, 11:28 pm
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I created a CAB file that fixes this issue:

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1165655&page=1&pp=15

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