HTC Snap (WM6.5)

[Dolby]

Just got this phone - just got 3 questions from someone that hasn't had an HTC before ....

.... is there anyway to disconnect 3G easily? It seems to be logged in all day which eats battery :/

... HTC weather. How often does it refresh? Is it possible to have it connect, sync, disconnect occasionally?

... anyway program or way to map a shortcut to a button? My old Samsung had quick shortcuts (1 button - either a press or hold) that anything (even a program) could be assigned to.

Thanks!

 

[garyb01]

Just got this phone - just got 3 questions from someone that hasn't had an HTC before ....

.... is there anyway to disconnect 3G easily? It seems to be logged in all day which eats battery :/

... HTC weather. How often does it refresh? Is it possible to have it connect, sync, disconnect occasionally?

... anyway program or way to map a shortcut to a button? My old Samsung had quick shortcuts (1 button - either a press or hold) that anything (even a program) could be assigned to.

Thanks!

Are you running the standard HTC Rom?

 

[Dolby]

Yea I guess - got it Saturday and haven't touched anything

EDIT : You're saying that's the issue?

 

[the_don46]

Your first question I've asked before and haven't got an answer.

The other 2 I can't remember, but if you read the manual the answers are there

 

[garyb01]

Yea I guess - got it Saturday and haven't touched anything

EDIT : You're saying that's the issue?

No no, just asking because the various ROM's have different ways of addressing the issues that you raised. To be honest, I haven't had a stock HTC ROM on mine in such a long time that i cant really think of how to answer your questions correctly. At the moment I'm running this Rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551642 latest 3.00 version with the Titanium panel layout.

Give me some time to look at the stock ROM again and I'll what answers I can get for you.

 

[garyb01]

Dolby, quick one, what happens when you press and hold in the "Home" button, second from left, from the green call button?

 

[Dolby]

don - maybe gary will help us with an easy way to disconnect

Holding 'home' brings up a quick list with power off, lock, task man, comms man and profiles. It'd be great if I could add Internet to the list?

How about snooze in the alarm? An option Im missing somewhere?

I know im being finicky though ,,, just gt used to it with the old Samsung

 

[charlie_82]

Ok I have a Touch Pro 2 which is a Pocket PC and as I understand, the Snap is a smartphone so things might work a little differently on mine.
But it may help you anyway so here goes.

.... is there anyway to disconnect 3G easily? It seems to be logged in all day which eats battery :/

I normally assign the long end call press to this function.
Settings -> Personal -> Buttons -> End Key -> Select "Terminate data connection"
Now when you press and hold the end call button, it should disconnect the 3G

... HTC weather. How often does it refresh? Is it possible to have it connect, sync, disconnect occasionally?

My phone uses Manila, so I can't be sure how yours works. But I should think that when you open the weather application and see the 5-day view, there should be something under "Menu" to get to the settings for this.

... anyway program or way to map a shortcut to a button? My old Samsung had quick shortcuts (1 button - either a press or hold) that anything (even a program) could be assigned to.

Not too sure about this on Smartphone, sorry

 

[Dolby]

Thanks Charlie ... can't see that option here :/ Ah well ...

I must say I really do love this phone. I ordered my BB Bold 9700 on Saturday and they said stock towards the end of the month - so I bought a Snap to tide me over for 2 weeks.

They have just told me by Bold has arrived ... and Im not as ecstatic to collect it because of this!