Setting up and Optimizing the 7135

Setting up and Optimizing the 7135

This thread is for posting information about setting up and optimizing the 7135 for those that first get the phone. I've tried to compile a list of things that I recall from previous discussions. I hope others will add suggestions as well.

Settings:
Set the keypad sounds to clicks in the Phone Prefs: this speeds up the reaction time of the keys

Set the Date & Time option to manual in the PDA prefs: this alleviates the flip delay associated with the phone trying to synch the time from the cell phone network each time the phone is openned

Lower the brightness: it has been reported that this helps with battery life

Turn off beam recieve: Old Palm trick that supposedly also helps with battery life

Soft reset: Many have reported more stable operations by doing a regular soft reset .

Utility Applications-
Contrast fixer (Dave Walthall): helps solve an issue with the contrast washing out on the phone.

Energy Saver (Dave Walthall): Utility that turns off the phone side when no cell phone signal is present then turns on the phone at regular intervals to check for a signal. This prevents excessive battery drain when searching to a signal.

Jot or Teal script: adds extra graffiti functionality especially for those that don't prefer Grafitti2

BackupBuddy VFS (www.bluenomad.com): Backup utility for backing up/restoring the phone and PDA data to/from an SD card. Usefull for restoring PDA/Phone data in the field without having to hotsync in the event of a crash.

Crash (www.79bmedia.com): automatically soft resets the palm when it locks up. Version 2.3a which doesn't require a hack manager but I think the newest version requires one.

7135/Smartphone Applications:
Beebopper (Jonathan Bell) & KyoAmp: replacements for the under powered built in MP3 player

TakePhone (Shimon Shnitzer): Excellent dialer app that searches the address database

Minutes PLUS (Rick Whitt): Application to monitor and estimate phone minutes usage.

Directory Assistant (Rick Whitt): Look up phone numbers and addresses on a phone enabled Palm PDA.

Blazer/WebPro: Replacement browsers for the built in web browsers

SnapperMail: More featured email client that the built in mail app.

1Button voice recorder (Mike Evans): Launches the Voice Memo app and starts a new Voice memo on the 7135

Voice Memo Exchange, VMX (Stephan Marchant): Utility for exporting voice memos from the 7135 to the SD card.

Speaker Phone monitor (Dave Walthall): Turns off the speakerphone after a call.

Known Problem apps-
Avantgo- Many have reported resets associated with the use of Avantgo. Often it can be resolved by exiting Avantgo before closing the phone. Others have reported having to remove it.

That's it for now to get things started. I'm sure others have suggestions for applications and configurations that help them increase the functionality of thier 7135, so bring it on!
mg

Postscript: Ok mods shoot me for crossposting. This is the first post of a thread I started in the 7135 forum... but this seems like a more logical place for it... Here's a link back to original thread in the 7135 forum:
http://www.pdaphonehome.com/forums/s...threadid=37501