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