Radio/record button settings to wake in suspend mode

kujo · 03-10-06, 06:10 PM

Re all,

I'm trying to disable both the radio and record buttons on the side of my X51, so they don't accidentally turn the unit back on while in suspend mode.

I've gone into System | Settings | Power On and removed the tick marks beside "if a program is pressed" and "if a record button is pressed".

Everything works fine an dandy, UNTIL I do a full power off, or the battery runs out. After I power on from one of those states, the tick marks I removed above have magically returned, and the blasted buttons are re-activated.

Has anyone else noticed this bizarre behaviour? Is there a fix?

TIA.

03-10-06, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by kujo

Everything works fine an dandy, UNTIL I do a full power off, or the battery runs out. After I power on from one of those states, the tick marks I removed above have magically returned, and the blasted buttons are re-activated.

That's odd.
Not sure what to do about that.
But how often and why are you doing a full power off or letting the battery die?

An option would be that little lock switch above the Wireless and Record buttons.

kujo · 03-11-06, 01:48 AM

Actually, the PDAs are to be deployed to regular end users running a custom application. Unfortunately some users won't be using the unit frequently, and thus the battery ends up draining down.

I want to disable those side buttons to minimize the chances of the unit coming out of standby, and thus eating extra battery time.

As I noted, I made the correct settings changes in "Settings", but they keep reverting back if the battery goes dead, or if a full power off is done.

Seems like a bug to me.

Anyone else have suggestions/ideas?

TIA.

Originally Posted by BrandenRussell

That's odd.
Not sure what to do about that.
But how often and why are you doing a full power off or letting the battery die?

An option would be that little lock switch above the Wireless and Record buttons.

kujo · 03-11-06, 10:46 AM

I just noticed that if one does a soft reset, the settings stay in tact. It's only if a full power off via the power button, OR the battery runs down or needs to be swapped out.

Is anyone seeing this?

I have 4 X51 (416mhz) units here for testing, that are ROM version A03, and hardware version A01.

TIA

Originally Posted by kujo

Actually, the PDAs are to be deployed to regular end users running a custom application. Unfortunately some users won't be using the unit frequently, and thus the battery ends up draining down.

I want to disable those side buttons to minimize the chances of the unit coming out of standby, and thus eating extra battery time.

As I noted, I made the correct settings changes in "Settings", but they keep reverting back if the battery goes dead, or if a full power off is done.

Seems like a bug to me.

Anyone else have suggestions/ideas?

TIA.

amadeus_rex · 03-11-06, 02:19 PM

I've noticed the same thing on my x51v. It's kind of an annoyance at times. I just try to do a full power off only I need to.

coolbre304 · 03-11-06, 02:51 PM

Ditto, just noticed the same thing on an X51Mid and an X51V...

How bizzare...

kujo · 03-11-06, 03:40 PM

Ok, glad I'm not the only one seeing this issue.

Can anyone explain what's the best way to report this problem? Dell support? Microsoft?

Reading other people's experiences with Dell, I have this gut feeling it will be a waste of time going through them.

Thanks to all that have replied.

cglaus · 03-11-06, 04:06 PM

I have the same problem too

qqfob · 03-13-06, 03:57 AM

yup i noticed this a few days ago when i finally took my axim out of its case and clamped it on my arkon mount. (arkon mount slips with the innopocket case)

i do a full power off at least once a week... just when activesync annoys me enough.

kujo · 03-13-06, 04:35 PM

So who can actually get this problem fixed?

From the replies above, it would appear to be a WM5 issue, rather than a specific device model.