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Purpose
Swiss Manager is a composite system utility for UIQ smartphones.
It provides task manager, file manager and system information services,
giving you more access to and more knowledge about your phone.
Swiss Manager can be considered as an essential addition to your UIQ phone.
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Compatibility
Swiss Manager Pro UIQ2 can be executed on smartphones running on Symbian 7.0 with UIQ 2.0 or 2.1.
Compatible devices include the SonyEricsson P910, P900, P800, and Motorola A1000, A925, A920 phones.
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Installation
The distribution package can be installed directly by using the PC install program,
or after uploading the .sis file to the phone.
Refer to your phone's User Guide for details on installing.
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General
Swiss Manager has three separate views, each representing one of its three distinct functions.
You can switch between the Task, File and System views by tapping their respective tab on the screen,
or by the left/right arrow keys.
At the bottom of the screen there is a button bar that provides fast access to the most frequently used commands for each view.
Additional commands are present in the main menu of Swiss Manager.
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Status icon
Swiss Manager features a Status icon that floats over other windows and is always visible on the screen.
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The lower part of the icon displays the current time.
The upper part has two overlapping bars: the green bar shows the percentage of used RAM, and the cyan bar shows CPU usage.
The RAM bar turns red when the amount of memory usage reaches a critical level.
Icon colors can be changed in Settings/Icon
The icon can be moved with the stylus to any screen location.
Tapping on the icon brings up the Task menu.
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Task menu
The Task menu is activated by tapping on the Status icon.
It provides instant access to the most important task management functions,
even when Swiss Manager is in the background.
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The menu consists of the following items, from the top to the bottom:
End [application]: Exit the application currently in foreground.
Cleanup/End all apps: Exit all running applications.
Cleanup/End background: Exit all applications running in the background, leaving the foreground application active.
Cleanup/Reclaim memory: Maximize the amount of free memory without ending tasks.
Tools/Lock icon: Fix the Status icon at its current screen position.
Tools/Hide icon: Make the Status icon temporarily invisible.
To unhide the icon, bring Swiss Manager to fore- and then to background.
When the Remember icon hide option is on, the icon will be visible again as soon as to switch to another application,
but will be hidden again automatically when the original application comes to foreground.
Favorites: Displays a list of the most frequently used applications that are currently not running, for convenient launch.
[Task list]: List of currently running applications. Tapping the items will switch to the respective application. The bottom item represents Swiss Manager.
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Task view
The Task view lists currently running programs along with their memory consumption in kilobytes.
System tasks that are not to be closed under normal circumstances are marked by an * asterisk.
Tasks that are excluded from the End all tasks command are marked by a # sign.
Applications over which the Status icon is auto-hidden are marked by a ¤ sign.
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Commands available for the Task view are the following:
Task info: Bring up the Task information dialog,
displaying detailed information about the selected task.
Switch to task: Bring the selected task to foreground.
You can also switch to a running task by tapping on its name on the task list.
End task: Request the selected task or all marked tasks to perform their normal shutdown process.
Programs that are essential for the phone's normal operation can not be exited.
Kill task: Attempt to end the selected task immediately.
Only use this option if a task can not be exited normally, via the End task function.
End all tasks: Extend the End task command to all running tasks.
Use this option when you do not work with the currently running programs any more and want to release all possible memory.
Toggle exclusion: Toggle the participation of the selected task in the End all tasks command.
Exclude those tasks that you want to preserve running when a manual or automatic End all tasks command is issued.
Reclaim memory: Maximize the amount of free memory without ending tasks.
Reset icon hide: Revert auto-hiding the Status icon over the selected application.
This command is available in the menu when an auto-hiding application is selected in the task list.
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File view
The File view lets you navigate the file system of the phone.
The size of files is indicated on the right in bytes (or Mega/Kilobytes, depending on their magnitude).
To enter a displayed folder, tap on its name on the list.
To go one level up in the directory hierarchy, tap on the uppermost ".." item or use the Folder up button.
To invoke the associated viewer application for a file, tap on its name on the list.
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Commands available for the File view are the following:
File info: Brings up the File/Folder information dialog that displays information about the selected file or folder.
You can rename the file or folder using this dialog.
Folder up: Display the folder one level upwards.
Cut: Prepare the selected or marked files and/or folders for moving to another location.
Copy: Prepare the selected or marked files and/or folders for copying to another location.
Paste: Execute the last Cut or Copy command, by copying or moving files and/or folders to the currently displayed folder.
Delete: Permanently remove the selected or marked files and/or folders.
New folder: Create a new subfolder in the currently displayed folder.
This command is available in the menu.
Select drive: Change the drive whose contents is displayed in the view.
This command is available in the main menu, or the drop-down category menu in the upper-right part of the screen on phones that support this feature.
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System view
The System view provides information about the most important characteristics of the phone.
The following items are listed:
Device: The IMEI number (unique device identifier) is shown.
Time: The system uptime (elapsed time since the phone was last restarted) is shown.
RAM: The amount of free RAM (operative memory) is shown in Megabytes and percents of the total.
Drives: The amount of free space on Drive C: is shown in Megabytes and percents of the total.
CPU: The speed of the CPU (central processing unit) is shown in Megahertz.
Display: The number of display colors is shown.
Note that this value may be different from the true color capability of the screen.
Applications: The number of installed applications is shown.
Battery: Battery level is shown in percentages.
Operator: The name of the current GSM network is displayed.
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Commands available for the System view are the following:
Details: Brings up a System information dialog, displaying additional details that are related to the item currently selected in the list.
You can also tap on an item on the list to display the same detail dialog.
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Task information dialog
This dialog is accessed by tapping the Info button when the Task view is displayed.
It displays technical information for the selected task, which may be useful for analytical purposes.
Tap on any displayed item to bring up an additional dialog that shows the respective item text in full.
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File/Folder information dialog
This dialog is accessed by tapping the Info button when the File view is displayed.
It shows detailed information about the selected file or folder.
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To rename the displayed item, change the contents of the Name field.
To adjust time, change the Time field's contents.
To set attributes, use the controls on the Attributes tab.
For drive information, switch to the Drive tab.
To accept changes, press the Done button.
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System information dialog
This dialog is accessed by tapping the Details button when the System view is displayed.
It displays further system information related to the selected list item.
Tap on any displayed item to bring up an additional dialog that shows the respective item text in full.
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Settings - Task
Use the provided options to set the behavior of the task manager.
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Show hidden tasks:
Check the option to display system and hidden tasks in the Task view.
End system applications:
Check the option to allow manually closing programs that are marked as "system applications".
Note that Swiss Manager alwyas refuses closing system tasks that are essential for the phone's normal function.
Moreover, automatic cleanup functions never include closing system tasks.
Cleanup on closing the flip:
Check the option to instruct Swiss Manager to automatically perform the End all tasks command whenever you close the flip.
This option is only available on phone models that have a flip keypad.
Cleanup when idle:
Check the option to automatically perform the End all tasks command when the default screen is displayed and a certain amount of idle time has elapsed.
Aggressive memory reclaim:
Check the option to use a more forceful method to release memory.
When this method is used, the built-in Task Manager application's Recent list will be cleared during the process.
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Settings - File
Use the provided options to set the behavior of the file manager.
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Show ROM drives: Check the option to have access to read-only drives that are not indended to be visible to users.
Show system folders: Check the option to include those folders in the file navigator that are not intended for accessiing by users.
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Settings - Behavior
Use the provided options to fine-tune the behavior of Swiss Manager.
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Resist exit requests: When this option is checked,
Swiss Manager will keep on running when the operating system closes all tasks to free up memory.
Button tooltip help: Check the option to display a short help text when command buttons are pressed.
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Settings - Icon
Use the provided options to change the appearance of the Status icon.
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Icon mode: Select Full or None to switch displaying the Status icon on or off, respectively.
Icon part: Select the icon component whose color you want to change.
Icon part color: Pick a color for the selected Icon part.
Remember icon hide: When this option is checked, Swiss Manager will remember applications over which you hide the Status icon,
and will hide the icon automatically whenever you bring that application to the foreground.
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We at CellPhoneSoft hope you enjoy using Swiss Manager, and find it useful in making your smartphone a more pleasant experience. Thank you for using our product! |
Swiss Manager Pro S60 3.00