Sprint Pocket PC6700
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'Big Daddy Diggler'
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From: Yonkers NY
Originally Posted by uu
I recently purchased the PPC 6700, yeah, it is a good phone, has everything in it, no doubt about it. However, I have encounter some weird things withe phone:
1. It would turn on on its own. I turned if off by pressing the top power button, the screen shuts off, then after few minutes, the screen lit up on its own. Hmmm.... kind of creepy when you wake up middle of night and see a column of light straight up to your ceiling.
2. It would set the backlight to the darkest on its own (for both on battery and on power). So sometimes, I was trying to hard to turn it on in broad day light, then I realized that it is on just that the screen is in dimmest mode!!!
Anyone else have those problems? Thanks
1. It would turn on on its own. I turned if off by pressing the top power button, the screen shuts off, then after few minutes, the screen lit up on its own. Hmmm.... kind of creepy when you wake up middle of night and see a column of light straight up to your ceiling.
2. It would set the backlight to the darkest on its own (for both on battery and on power). So sometimes, I was trying to hard to turn it on in broad day light, then I realized that it is on just that the screen is in dimmest mode!!!
Anyone else have those problems? Thanks
Originally Posted by bigman
Back your stuff up and get the phone re fleashed. somehow you must have gotten the older firmware which had those problems. Also you can combat the screen turning on by setting it to turn off after a few minutes when plugged in.
^^^ nevermind, i found where to get the software..
it's basically on the sprint website after you login to your account. You view the "phone details" for your phone, and click the download software link and it will list all the software for "Windows Mobile (CE)" after you select it from the drop down list
However, this firmware update is dated march of 06 so most of the phones out today may already have that pre-installed.
it's basically on the sprint website after you login to your account. You view the "phone details" for your phone, and click the download software link and it will list all the software for "Windows Mobile (CE)" after you select it from the drop down list
However, this firmware update is dated march of 06 so most of the phones out today may already have that pre-installed.
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alright i just had a recent problem with my phone. dead center of the screen is no longer responsive to my stylus or touch in general. i have not dropped it or anything. I tried to allign the screen but that won't work because the first thing you're supposed to touch with your stylus is in the center of the screen. any sollutions? also, there is no scratches or dents of any form where it's unresponsive
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From: Lenexa, KS
Actually guys it's a Windows CE feature that wakes up the phone 
it's activesync. The firmware will help. But it will still wake up on it's own every once in awhile. You have to disable Activesync's connections to totally stop the phone from waking.
Go Microshaft!
In case you missed my earlier posts...
A MUST DOWNLOAD and install is "magic button". It makes CE act like XP.
http://www.trancreative.com/mb.aspx
In case some of you didn't know, when you click the "X" to close the app. It's not really closing it, it's just minimizing it. Want to see all of the apps you have running chewing up memory?
start->settings->system (tab at bottom)- >memory->running programs (tab at bottom)
Magic Button will show all of your running apps on the task bar like in XP with tiny icons, it will also change the "X" to actually close the app if you want it too.
Another download would be TCPMP for CE. 100% free movie player, plays near everything.
http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about
I also use Opera as a browser instead of IE. It supports tabs and javascript natively.
it's activesync. The firmware will help. But it will still wake up on it's own every once in awhile. You have to disable Activesync's connections to totally stop the phone from waking.Go Microshaft!
In case you missed my earlier posts...
A MUST DOWNLOAD and install is "magic button". It makes CE act like XP.
http://www.trancreative.com/mb.aspx
In case some of you didn't know, when you click the "X" to close the app. It's not really closing it, it's just minimizing it. Want to see all of the apps you have running chewing up memory?
start->settings->system (tab at bottom)- >memory->running programs (tab at bottom)
Magic Button will show all of your running apps on the task bar like in XP with tiny icons, it will also change the "X" to actually close the app if you want it too.
Another download would be TCPMP for CE. 100% free movie player, plays near everything.
http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about
I also use Opera as a browser instead of IE. It supports tabs and javascript natively.
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From: Lenexa, KS
Originally Posted by ccbl
alright i just had a recent problem with my phone. dead center of the screen is no longer responsive to my stylus or touch in general. i have not dropped it or anything. I tried to allign the screen but that won't work because the first thing you're supposed to touch with your stylus is in the center of the screen. any sollutions? also, there is no scratches or dents of any form where it's unresponsive
Try removing the battery for 30 seconds and cold boot the phone. Otherwise get it swapped out.
If you have a Sprint phone you can download the firmware from Sprint's website after you login.
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From: Lenexa, KS
Originally Posted by GIBSON6594
Thanks, any reason you picked that one? There are so many I don't know which is a reliable one.
Well I can tell you the BT USB dongle I bought got flaky after 6 weeks of use
The blue LED light no longer works, and the phone disconnects randomly from it
It's from "kensington"
Windows CE 6 arrives with 100% kernel source
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From: Philly
Originally Posted by ccbl
alright i just had a recent problem with my phone. dead center of the screen is no longer responsive to my stylus or touch in general. i have not dropped it or anything. I tried to allign the screen but that won't work because the first thing you're supposed to touch with your stylus is in the center of the screen. any sollutions? also, there is no scratches or dents of any form where it's unresponsive
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From: Lenexa, KS
Originally Posted by Sly Raskal
It's going to be released tomorrow (Friday).
Thus making your 6700 into a 6800. But even one better, it'll have a newer release of WM6 than the 6800 has...
And once a WM6 kitchen gets released they'll be even less of a want for a 6800. As you can cook your own custom ROM with a kitchen. I run my own WM5 ROM on my 6700 now...
^^^ Yea sorry siggy, I posted the link and didn't include info about it. I tried to go back and edit the post but my computer here at work has been having page loading issues with AZ this whole week.
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From: Lenexa, KS
Originally Posted by Sly Raskal
^^^ Yea sorry siggy, I posted the link and didn't include info about it. I tried to go back and edit the post but my computer here at work has been having page loading issues with AZ this whole week.
for posting it! You beat me to it 
I can't wait to flash my phone with it; I only hope a ROM kitchen get released so I can cook my own with my own 3rd party apps
^^^ Cool, post your results.
I should be getting my 6800 today. My phone is acting all wacko now. I took it apart to fix the button but couldn't. And the problem is just getting worse, it has a mind of it's own and does whatever it wants if the screen isn't locked.
I'm thinking about getting a hammer and beating the shyt out of it after I get my 6800 working and the data off the 6700. Of course I also thought about recording the mayhem and putting it on youtube.
I should be getting my 6800 today. My phone is acting all wacko now. I took it apart to fix the button but couldn't. And the problem is just getting worse, it has a mind of it's own and does whatever it wants if the screen isn't locked.
I'm thinking about getting a hammer and beating the shyt out of it after I get my 6800 working and the data off the 6700. Of course I also thought about recording the mayhem and putting it on youtube.
WM6 for the 6700 has OFFICIALLY been released as of 20 min ago!!
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=7671
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=7671
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I;ve had my 6700 for over a year. I've also been a member of ppcgeeks for quite some time. If it wasn't for them, I'd have gotten the new 6800 already. I love my 6700 with all the roms these people have cooked up.
I'll be updating to WM6 after more people start to use it. I'm not gonnn be the guinea pig
I'm currently running a Clean and Simple rom from Jeff Kirvin. It's freaking awesome.
I'll be updating to WM6 after more people start to use it. I'm not gonnn be the guinea pig
I'm currently running a Clean and Simple rom from Jeff Kirvin. It's freaking awesome.
Cooked WinMo 6 ROM verified for PPC-6700, XV6700
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/c...c-6700-xv6700/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/c...c-6700-xv6700/
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'Big Daddy Diggler'
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I finished installing it a little while ago and it's running awesome. I ran skype, orb with live tv streaming, siriuce, slingplayer, and some other apps and it's running smooth and faster than ever before. Just to let you guys know, i have my Sprint PPC6700 with WM 6.0 and a 2 gig card with all original packaging on sale for 250 + shipping in the for sale forum.
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