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WM6 on TMobile Dash - Reminder Sound Bug Aaron J. Wood 05-09-2007
Posted by Aaron J. Wood on May 9, 2007, 7:56 pm
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 Hello All,

As you may or may not know, T-Mobile release a free upgrade to WM6 for
people who purchased a Dash smartphone (came with WM5). There seems to be
many problems with this upgrade, but one is simply mind boggling. I am not
sure if it a Microsoft or T-Mobile issue, but I have no idea how it was
overlooked.

On initial ROM upgrade calendar reminders work just fine. They sound when
they are supposed to and they are indeed audible. However, once you switch
you phone from the normal profile to the vibrate profile and then back to
the normal profile calendar reminders are no longer audible. The reminders
still remind at the correct time, but the phone only vibrates (no audible
alarm). This sounds more like a dumbphone to me.

Any ideas or suggestions welcome.

Regards,
Aaron J. Wood



Posted by Todd Allcock on May 9, 2007, 10:30 pm
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 At 09 May 2007 19:56:46 -0400 Aaron J. Wood wrote:
>
> On initial ROM upgrade calendar reminders work just fine. They sound
when
> they are supposed to and they are indeed audible. However, once you
switch
> you phone from the normal profile to the vibrate profile and then back
to
> the normal profile calendar reminders are no longer audible. The
reminders
> still remind at the correct time, but the phone only vibrates (no
audible
> alarm). This sounds more like a dumbphone to me.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions welcome.

This has been discussed in HowardForums and xda-developers.com, but the
simplest work around is to rename the "Vibrate" profile to "Normal" (and
change it's settings to match what "Normal" does) and rename "Normal" to
"Vibrate" (and change the settings to match the Vibrate profile.)
Obviously there is no "reminders" option in that profile (hence the bug)
but setting the other options to silent or vibrate mutes the alarms as
well.


Posted by Chester on May 10, 2007, 6:37 am
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Sounds good -- sort of. What's also been discussed in both places is that
when you do as this poster instructs, switching to the new 'vibrate' mode
doesn't vibrate reminders. This 'solution' creates the same problem in
reverse. Instead of not being able to hear a reminder, you can't shut them
off.

Currently, there is no workaround. A few posters have written about their
calls to T-Mobile tech support, eventually it'll be fixed. You're better
off following the issue in the forums than here.


> This has been discussed in HowardForums and xda-developers.com, but the
> simplest work around is to rename the "Vibrate" profile to "Normal" (and
> change it's settings to match what "Normal" does) and rename "Normal" to
> "Vibrate" (and change the settings to match the Vibrate profile.)
> Obviously there is no "reminders" option in that profile (hence the bug)
> but setting the other options to silent or vibrate mutes the alarms as
> well.
>

Posted by John Cody on June 6, 2007, 11:27 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

(middle of page)

> Sounds good -- sort of. What's also been discussed in both places is that
> when you do as this poster instructs, switching to the new 'vibrate' mode
> doesn't vibrate reminders. This 'solution' creates the same problem in
> reverse. Instead of not being able to hear a reminder, you can't shut
> them off.
>
> Currently, there is no workaround. A few posters have written about their
> calls to T-Mobile tech support, eventually it'll be fixed. You're better
> off following the issue in the forums than here.
>



Posted by todd on May 10, 2007, 9:20 am
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Just to chime in, I am having the exact same issue. I can't even
preview the reminders sound in the sound settings. If anyone finds
anything, please post it back here.

> Hello All,
>
> As you may or may not know, T-Mobile release a free upgrade to WM6 for
> people who purchased a Dash smartphone (came with WM5). There seems to be
> many problems with this upgrade, but one is simply mind boggling. I am not
> sure if it a Microsoft or T-Mobile issue, but I have no idea how it was
> overlooked.
>
> On initial ROM upgrade calendar reminders work just fine. They sound when
> they are supposed to and they are indeed audible. However, once you switch
> you phone from the normal profile to the vibrate profile and then back to
> the normal profile calendar reminders are no longer audible. The reminders
> still remind at the correct time, but the phone only vibrates (no audible
> alarm). This sounds more like a dumbphone to me.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions welcome.
>
> Regards,
> Aaron J. Wood


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