Problem with ppc 2003 Reminder - please Help!!!

Trax · 01-09-04, 11:38 AM

Hi, i have a Problem with Pocket PC 2003 Callender Reminder, the PDA sometimes miss to wakeup and show the reminder, when i turn it manualy ON all mist reminder messages appeares.
I have try a hard reset, it doesn't helped.

Have some one a solution?

01-09-04, 11:57 AM

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Originally posted by Trax
Hi, i have a Problem with Pocket PC 2003 Callender Reminder, the PDA sometimes miss to wakeup and show the reminder, when i turn it manualy ON all mist reminder messages appeares.
I have try a hard reset, it doesn't helped.

Have some one a solution?

This is a bug in WM2003 and doing a hard reset won't really help. There are several thread on this site that discuss this and possible fixes. The issue is believe to be a timeout issue when the OS does its cleanup at night. There are some workaround fixes available that can help with the notification issue in WM2003. Burr Oak software offers a free tweak called WakeupTweak that changes the default Wakeup timeout set in the registry to help with the alarms/notifications problem in WM2003.

WakeupTweak

zoltar · 01-12-04, 09:04 PM

I am not sure if I am having the same prob. I dont really use the Outlook calendar (on the PC), but occasionaly there are times that I would like to set a time and date in the Pocket Pc with the intention that it will beep to remind me of that appointment. It doesn't, and I don't know how to make it do so. Is this the bug you are talking about, and if not, can you help me do this? My old Palm worked really easily at this task.
Thanks

01-12-04, 10:37 PM

Yes, this is the bug that I was talking about. The problem doesn't happen all the time but enough to be annoying. I would look into some of the PPC tweaks available to help fix this issue. The link to one of them is in my earlier post.

zoltar · 01-12-04, 10:43 PM

Thanks...but how do you choose in which direction to tweak!

papowell · 01-13-04, 07:53 PM

I'm glad to hear that others are having trouble with the reminders, alarms, etc. on there axim. I have already downloaded and installed the wakup tweak and it still won't wake up to alarm.

I have even downloaded "trial" alarm programs in hope they will work for me and they won't alarm either.

Any suggestions would be appreciated on this end.

zoltar · 01-13-04, 07:56 PM

Interestingly I called Dell tech support, and he said he simply did not know how to fix the problem!
He suggested entering the info on Outlook, but I dont think that will help.

01-13-04, 08:02 PM

I had this prblem with my x5 running PPC2002, when I upgraded to WM2003 it was solved. Now I have changed to x3i running WM2003 and I have the same problem - confused, I certainly am? I'll try 'tweak' and let you know if it makes a difference, although I have tested setting a reminder same day and it seems to work which would seem to bear out Whitelyt's remarks.

01-13-04, 08:03 PM

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Originally posted by zoltar
Interestingly I called Dell tech support, and he said he simply did not know how to fix the problem!
He suggested entering the info on Outlook, but I dont think that will help.

Not much surprise there then!

robow8 · 01-13-04, 11:51 PM

papowell,
I downloaded Burr Oak's wake up tweak and it didnt' work for me until I checked the box "Always wake up PPC to full power". Works every morning for me now!

01-14-04, 02:03 AM

Thanks, I'll give it a try today

raelin75 · 01-14-04, 09:49 AM

Using the tweak and setting it to "Always wake up PPC to full power" worked for me also. Thanks to whitelyt for the link!

01-14-04, 10:20 AM

Don't you just love when things finally work the way that they are supposed to? :D

raelin75 · 01-14-04, 11:19 AM

Yeah, its such a nice change from time to time!

01-14-04, 04:43 PM

Unfortunately didn't work for me. Thosethat have got it to work - did it work on existing tasks/appointments or just new ones??

Anyone else with any ideas? also those that got it to work, are you using x5 or x3 although I cant see that that should make any difference.