Low on battery juice on E71?

Recently my E71 had been running flat pretty quick. With normal usage of a few calls and messaging, the phone went from a full charge to flat in a matter of 3 days. Wow!! What happened???! Well..as puzzling as it could be, it was down to my installation of Garmin XT latest version 5. This version activate the cardrunner.dll on your sys\bin folder which runs garmin tsrautostart.exe file to run in the background.

How to get around this problem.

1) Install nokia's energy profiling program.

2) Close all phone programs and run the above program checking your phone running wattage. With the garmin tsrautostart.exe running in the phone's background, your power usage will be around 0.09-0.15w.

3) Plug your phone to your computer and access your memory card sys\bin folder and look for cardrunner.dll file.

4) Edit and rename the file (ex. disable_cardrunner.dll)

5) Now reset your phone and run nokia energy profiler again. You should see that your phone will be running about 0.02-0.14w. Yes..now you are getting the life back on your E71, you will get back the battery juice and the phone will last another 3-4 days more under normal usage.

6) However, do take note. Whenever you run your garmin xt, tsrautostart.exe will be ran and you will start losing battery juice. Reset your phone after you use garmin xt and things will be back to normal.

Hope this post helps.

Garmin mobile XT on your gps enabled Eseries

My wife got a Garmin Nuvi 250 for her car because she couldn't find her way around Cockeysville. I loved to travel and used to stop my car and look at the maps just to get to my destination. Since she got one for her car, it itched me for quite a while thinking of getting a nuvi but I wanted something I could carry around without a large touchscreen.
Part the reason why I bought the E71 is the built-in gps chip, and although there is nokia maps loaded on the phone, I wanted something that I didn't need to pay for data. Garmin mobile XT fits all my requirements. All I needed to do is to install the navigation software which is free and get my map for my gps E71, no monthly data fees at all. And it works just like any Garmin navigator application minus touch screen. The downside is that locking on to gps satellites on gps smartphones takes longer. Garmin website

mEarth v4.03 : java application

I came across this unknown mobile solutions provider mEarth, all their applications are made in Java. How competitive they are compared with google maps, nokia maps and garmin xt remains to be seen until you try out their products.

Basic version requires no registration but for versions with 3D support will need registration and a small monthly fee.

Review mEarth list.

google maps on your Eseries

If you have an unlimited data plan, google maps is the best application for your built-in gps on your E71(Eseries without gps also works) where you can switch between map or satellite view to get around. You do not need to buy a map like nokia maps or garmin mobile xt to load onto your E71, which may cost quite a bit depending on the country.

By far the most innovative application ever created. Download here.