power off timer - Treo Forums

texasmason · 03-16-2006, 08:29 AM

is there any way to increase the time the treo is active . in other words wheni am reading an ebook if i stop switching pages it will power off and then i have to go back thru and find the mobipocket icon and then reenter the program where i was. can i increase it somewhere i have already went into prefs and set the timer to 3 min is there anything else i can do?

Kreth · 03-16-2006, 08:44 AM

There's a freeware app called AlwaysOn, that lets you set longer times. However, it has a habit of reverting back to a setting of 30 secs after a reset or Hotsync. I'm not sure why you need to navigate back to your reader. The Treo should open the same app when powered back on.

texasmason · 03-16-2006, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Kreth

There's a freeware app called AlwaysOn, that lets you set longer times. However, it has a habit of reverting back to a setting of 30 secs after a reset or Hotsync. I'm not sure why you need to navigate back to your reader. The Treo should open the same app when powered back on.

when the screen comes back up i have to hit the unlock screen and then i have to navigate back to the app. i would not mind the power thing so much if i could jus thave the app open back up to where it was before. can that happen .

drfitz · 03-16-2006, 01:19 PM

I had the same problem and it was doubled by having auto lock turned on. I got tired of unlocking every 30 seconds. I turned it off, although I've had a few appointments called "Sssssss" since then from bouncing on my belt!

I got the "StopDim" applet (http://gotreosoftware.com) and it solved the auto off problem - even after a phone call or hotsync, the setting I chose stayed (up to 3 min).

Cingular's new firmware upgrade was supposed to fix this bug (Palm called it a "feature" - I never tire of laughing about that one). It seems to have done the trick. So now I don't think I need StopDim.

stevetaz · 03-17-2006, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by texasmason

when the screen comes back up i have to hit the unlock screen and then i have to navigate back to the app. i would not mind the power thing so much if i could jus thave the app open back up to where it was before. can that happen .

Hi:

Just curious....when the screen goes dark and you have to "restart", what key(s) are you pressing? If you press the red telephone button on the right side (and then the center button to unlock) that generally brings you back to whatever program you were in before the screen went dark.

Does yours not work in that way?

Steve

texasmason · 03-17-2006, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by stevetaz

Hi:

Just curious....when the screen goes dark and you have to "restart", what key(s) are you pressing? If you press the red telephone button on the right side (and then the center button to unlock) that generally brings you back to whatever program you were in before the screen went dark.

Does yours not work in that way?

Steve

yes it does if my idiot a$$ would learn the key routines.. yes it works that way now that i know to push the red key and not the green one first. heheheh thanks for the tip.