Re: Audible notifications gone on Dell Axim X59v running WM 2003 SE with Spb Pocket Plus v4

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"normc" <norm-c@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:_fhOj.7445$GE1.7335@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hmm, no. PocketPCTechs does service these things. They are quite reputable. I've had work done by them as have others I know with excellent results.

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Thanks.

Are you POSITIVE you actually performed a hard reset? (I know these are silly questions, but you'd be surprised...!) Also, I assume you tested the alarms after the reset but BEFORE you added any software to the device? (Particularly SPB, especially if you use the Repeating Alarms function.)

Frankly, I really have a hard time believing your problem is hardware if it plays music. I'm not an engineer, but I don't think Windows Mobile devices have any kind of tone generator- all of the system sounds- even the "dings," "beeps," and "boops" are simply recorded .wav files preloaded on the device- not the output of an on-board tone generator. If the device will play a ..wav file in WMP, that probably eliminates the hardware as a culprit. Can you record a "note" and play it back, for example? Is it playing .wmv and ..mp3 but not .wav?

It almost sounds like your Notifications Queue is buggered up, but a hard reset would've cleared that. Spb Pocket Plus warns you that it's Repeating Alarms feature can cause problems on WM2003 devices (which would also clear up with a hard reset, though.) Before sending it off ofr repair on binning it, I'd probably remove all the batteries (main and backup) overnight to ensure no vestige of user-installed software is left and give it a try first thing next day with absolutely nothing installed on it but what it has pre-loaded after a hard reset. Then, if it works, try testing it as you add apps to find out which one "breaks" it again...

Good Luck!




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