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Text truncated on device

O2 Xda Orbit in cradle

The problem

Here’s something that I found annoying a few weeks ago, until I found a hack: when I have particularly long text notes stored in my Outlook tasks and then synchronize them with my Windows Mobile 6-powered O2 Xda Orbit phone/PDA I discover that the notes are truncated. I get this message at the foot of notes:

[Text truncated on device]

Which is really annoying, because I track a lot of projects using these notes, and on a couple of occasions I’ve lost notes that I really needed to refer back to.

The hack

After a search on the Web I discovered on the PocketPC magazine forum that there is a hack to get around this. The forum topic is ironically called “Active Sync MS Mobile 2005 Truncated Contacts Issu”.

  1. Download and install a Registry Editor for Windows Mobile — I used the demo version of Resco Explorer 2007.
  2. Open up your Registry and apply this hack: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ActiveSync] “BodyTruncation”=dword:00005000.
  3. Switch off the screen, then reboot the PDA.
  4. Wait 3-5 minutes after rebooting to absolutely make sure that the Registry has been updated.
  5. That’s it … when you next sync your PDA you should be able to sync longer notes.

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4 Responses to “Text truncated on device”

  1. Ricky Says:
    February 21st, 2008 at 10:42 pm

    For some reason, that photo really (and presumably unintentionally) conveys many of the different aspects of your personality, there’s the geeky gadget phone (obviously), but look deeper and you see a glass of milk, a ‘Join Me’ mug and a ‘madonna and child’ picture… All you really need to add is some Real Metal CDs, Mahjongg and a picture of Jane to convey the whole Gareth.

  2. Jenni (your sister) Says:
    February 22nd, 2008 at 12:34 pm

    Celebrate your geekocity, I say! ;)

  3. Nav Says:
    April 3rd, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    Hi, I have found this site vary interesting , and thought i might shoot a majour problem i have with my O2 Orbit. I didnt use the damn thing for about a month and seems that it’s battery is 100% drained , and when i connect the AC or USB charges wont seem to work , no signs of charging or lights (green or red) .. i read somewhere in the net that when the battery is completely drained that it’s not possible to get it charged with the standard chargers ? is that true ??? if so how may i get this charged?

  4. Gareth J M Saunders Says:
    April 8th, 2008 at 7:55 pm

    I replied in person to Nav saying that I wasn’t 100% sure, but I do know that O2 sell replacement batteries so that might be an option to explore.

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