| Windows Mobile 5 gives us some important new | | | | power it will write to ROM. |
| features including persistent storage. When I | | | | |
| heard that there was an upgrade for my HP | | | | Now, soft reset your device. |
| iPAQ hx2410 Pocket PC I was eager to upgrade, | | | | |
| along with many others. Unfortunately, the | | | | We aren't done yet, although you will |
| upgrade has not been smooth for many and | | | | probably notice a difference in performance |
| performance has been a real problem. But I | | | | right away. |
| can tell you that the performance issue is | | | | |
| solved by doing the following: | | | | Now, you need to stop Activesync from |
| | | | periodically starting on it's own. To do so |
| *If you are not comfortable with editing your | | | | open Activesync on your WM5 device and tap on |
| registry you should not do so, just get the | | | | Menu>Add Server Source. Add any info to |
| newest version of Tweaks2k2 ( it can be | | | | create a fake server sync. After that is |
| found at mobiletopsoft.com) * | | | | complete go to Menu>Schedule and change the |
| | | | two dropdowns to "Manual" and tap "ok" at the |
| Using a registry editor lookup and change the | | | | top right. You can now go to Menu>Options and |
| following three values: | | | | delete the Exchange Server setting you just |
| | | | added. Now Activesync will not start when you |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FAT | | | | cradle your device. |
| S\CacheSize=0x1000(4096) | | | | |
| | | | Error Reporting is real drain on the battery |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FAT | | | | and on performance. It is simple to disable, |
| S\EnableCache=0x1(1) | | | | just go to Start>Settings>System(tab) and tap |
| | | | the Error Reporting icon. Change the setting |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Fil | | | | to "Disable error reporting". |
| ers\fsreplxfilt\ReplStoreCacheSize=0x1000(409 | | | | |
| 6) | | | | For good measure, soft reset again. |
| | | | Everything should be MUCH snappier!! |
| Be sure to choose Tools>Exit in order to have | | | | |
| the settings applied to the registry and then | | | | For more Windows Mobile Tricks and Tips or |
| turn off your Windows Mobile device, don't | | | | Software and freeware for pocket pc and |
| reset yet! You have to do this because WM5 | | | | smartphone you can visit us at mobiletopsoft. |
| keeps some things in RAM and by cycling the | | | | |