Turn Phone ON automatically - Treo Forums

Glitch860 · 12-10-2005, 10:57 PM

Very sorry if this question has already been asked but I couildnt find anything in the searches...

If I am in an area where I dont have service the phone will shut itself off. I have to manually turn the phone back on when I am in an area that has a signal. If the phone is mutted, I may not know it was shut off until hours later.

Is there any way to have the phone automatically turn itself back on? I dont care how much battery power it wastes. It is critical that I dont miss an email or a phone call!!

Jmtyra · 12-11-2005, 11:58 AM

It may not be what you're looking for, but TreoAlarm will let you turn your wireless function of the phone on or off, but at set times.
If you're wanting something that's automatic, this may not be the solution.

Glitch860 · 12-12-2005, 11:47 AM

Cool, its a start.

So its not just MY phone that doesnt turn back on when signal is available. I was hoping there was some setting I couldnt find.

This is really a stupid feature. Can you imagine if all cell phones did that? People would have pitched them a long time ago. I am going to try asking Palm support also.

Jmtyra · 12-12-2005, 07:31 PM

I have not had my phone turn the wireless function off personally, but I have pretty much always had a signal, too...very weird.

I am curious as to if this is everyone or just your phone.

Glitch860 · 12-12-2005, 10:47 PM

Stairwells in big buildings usually do the trick. The computer room at my work is well sealed to wireless also. Would be nice to hear it is happening to someone else (and possibly fixed!)

Glitch860 · 12-14-2005, 08:33 AM

I guess I may have been confused. If my phone is out of a service area, it will say so. Soon as I get into an area with coverage, it does reconnect to the network.

So I must have some other problem that shuts my phone off.

I love this thing but I am going to have to let it go if I cannot reliably get my emails. It is so critical in my line of work that I do not miss one. This really sucks.

kevinmichaels · 12-14-2005, 06:07 PM

Hello Glitch860,

This is Kevin from Palm. Is yours a Cingular branded phone? If so, it could be the SIM tray and you could obtain a replacement tray. Information on this is here.

Sincerely
Kevin

Glitch860 · 12-14-2005, 07:54 PM

Thanks for the reply Kevin

It is an unlocked GSM phone with service through T-Mobile. I have tried playing with the Sim Tray putting slighjt pressure on different area etc. and cannot seem to reproduce the problem. I will try the upgraded sim tray and see if it fixes the problem.