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O2 XDA 2S Contacts list problems

Hello I have an o2 xda2 s running Win Mobile 2003 se that is about 1 month old.
I have a problem. If I use the contacts app to dial a phone number, the contacts app locks up and will only work again after a re-boot. This is getting a pain because I dial my contact numbers in this way.
Whilst the contacts app is locked up the rest of the pda and its applications work fine.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Fatzzz

what plugins u have and what SIP method are u using?

Hi you mention SIP what do you mean?
I have no plugins installed, and only a few extra apps. TomTom Navigator, closeall app, uk postcodes for TomTom, Checkpoint. Thats it a basic standard installation with a few extra apps.
Cheers
Fatzzz

keyboards program, do u use any?
ie tengo
spb full screen keyboard
resco keyboard

No, I only use the standard on-screen keyboard.
Thanks
Fatzzz

Guyz,
I have exactly the same problem.
I was using pocketNav..and i realise if i close the contacts using pocketnav (which i have to do everytime), it randomly stops working.
Do not know if pocketNav's the culprit, but it's a great app that closes applications quickly..
Again, a soft reset solves the problem..but this isn't the long term solution we all want, do we? hehe
Hope someone can shed some light on this issue..
Cheers.

Linking Contacts and Tom Tom

Hi,
Is there a way that we are able to go to the contacts in the HTC-P3300 and hold the contact so that it links with the Tom Tom to navigate to that specific destination?
Thanks,

I don't know about going TO TomTom FROM contacts, but you surely can do it from within TomTom:
With TomTom active, tap the screen to bring up the options menu. Then click "Navigate To." Now go to the second page in that menu and you should see the "Contact" option. Click it to browse your contacts and navigate directly to the ones for which you have addresses. It's pretty cool!
Good Luck!

While in Contacts list, long click on a contact with an address and a menu will pop-up, select "Navigate to".

Hi Zerimar I have tried that however there is no navigate to. I did a factory restore which reinstalled 6.020. I also installed the 6.010 back to 6.020. I have called TT and they are supposed to get back to me.
Thanks,

Stupid me. I replied without checking my device. This options seems not to be available in tt6 but I just installed the PIMAddIn.cab from tt5 and it works.

could you email it to me at [email protected]?
Where do you install it.
Thanks,

I've checked the .cab file with WinCE Cab Manager and I have not found any registry entries. It just installs .dll files in the \Program Files\Contact Navigation\ directory thus it should work on WM5 devices. Remember my device is only running W2003SE.

Hi,
I took the PIMAddIn.cab and installed it in the same folder however when i double click on it all my contacts open up. The navigate to is still not there.

Hi Zerimar,
I followed your instructions. Everything works now.
Thansk a million!!!!!!!!!

Just curious guys, what is the advantage to getting the option within your PIM contact list when TomTom is going to open anyway when you navigate? Why go through all that work to hack an option that is available to you from within the program itself?
Just wondering...

zerimar said:
Stupid me. I replied without checking my device. This options seems not to be available in tt6 but I just installed the PIMAddIn.cab from tt5 and it works.
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TomTom 6.02 has the "Navigate to contact"option! You do not need extra cabs to do this. When you select "Navigate to" you then use the arrow to the next page, and the 'Contact" option is very clear for you to select.
Victor

The original question (in a rephrased fashion) was the possibility of activating tt6 and navigating to the contact's address from Outlook Contacts. This was a feature in tt5. With the small trick, I can have it both ways.

psargent said:
Just curious guys, what is the advantage to getting the option within your PIM contact list when TomTom is going to open anyway when you navigate? Why go through all that work to hack an option that is available to you from within the program itself?
Just wondering...
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In a way I agree with your line of thought, but when dicin raised the question and I found out that "Navigate to" was no longer an option in Outlook Contacts the idea poped-up. The hack took about a minute and doesn't occupy much space. Now we can have it both ways.

I noticed on the HTC-P3300 using the feature does work however it is slow. That is the only part that is slow. I also noticed that company names do not show up. If you use contacts and calendar heavily through outlook it is much faster than going within TT.

dicin said:
Hi Zerimar,
I followed your instructions. Everything works now.
Thansk a million!!!!!!!!!
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You're welcome dicin. Btw, you can retain the PMAddIn.dll and the PMAddInXXX.dll (XXX=language of choice) and delete the rest.

dicin said:
I noticed on the HTC-P3300 using the feature does work however it is slow. That is the only part that is slow. I also noticed that company names do not show up. If you use contacts and calendar heavily through outlook it is much faster than going within TT.
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I think it looks slow because tt has to fist load, etc. What do you mean by comany names do not show up?
Btw, I pm'd you regarding quick gps fix, any ideas?

If I have in my outlook a contact listed by company name only it will show up as a blank listing in the TT contact list.
In the TT it is slow when you type in the contact list letters to find a specific name otherwise everything else is great.
The HTC works very good even though the processor speed. I have been able to have the wifi, gprs, phone mode and GPS navigation on all at once with no problem. It will navigate and receive calls with no problem. The volume is great and the reception is outstanding. I have had many phones and I mean many. I also modd all kinds of Moto phones and this is the first WM5 and must say i am impressed.
I have read your PM.
Where do you want me to send the files? It will be towards the end of the day.
Cheers,

zerimar said:
Stupid me. I replied without checking my device. This options seems not to be available in tt6 but I just installed the PIMAddIn.cab from tt5 and it works.
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Hi, I have been after this as well, other than running the PIMAddin.cab is there anything else to be done, I know dicin had trouble at 1st but you the gave him some instructions what to do?
Cheers

NickR said:
Hi, I have been after this as well, other than running the PIMAddin.cab is there anything else to be done, I know dicin had trouble at 1st but you the gave him some instructions what to do?
Cheers
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Copy the cab file somewhere in your device, ie. Storage Card. Using an Explorer program, go to where the cab file was saved. Double-click on the cab file and do a soft reset. If you want you can delete the undesired dlls from the folder \Program Files\Contacts Navigation\. Be sure to keep the PIMAddIn.dll and the dll file of your language choice.

dicin said:
If I have in my outlook a contact listed by company name only it will show up as a blank listing in the TT contact list.
In the TT it is slow when you type in the contact list letters to find a specific name otherwise everything else is great.
The HTC works very good even though the processor speed. I have been able to have the wifi, gprs, phone mode and GPS navigation on all at once with no problem. It will navigate and receive calls with no problem. The volume is great and the reception is outstanding. I have had many phones and I mean many. I also modd all kinds of Moto phones and this is the first WM5 and must say i am impressed.
I have read your PM.
Where do you want me to send the files? It will be towards the end of the day.
Cheers,
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Kindly send it to [email protected], preferrably in zip format.
Thanks in advance.

How to repeat Text Message Notification

Is there a way to repeat "Play Sound" until you acknowledge the incoming text message? Repeat is grayed out in the notification area. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Allen

Hi Allen
I use DontForget for this and its a pretty good freeware/donationware program
http://blog.softimage.cz/?page_id=83
Its designed for WM5 smart phones but will work on any WM5 with a small registry tweak:
quote from developer Hujer:
However, you are running DF on the PocketPC device and it is intended for Smartphones in this version.
The next release version will run on PocketPCs as well (even this is not "real" PPC version).
For now you can try to "fix" it by adding following registry entries.
Please add following keys to you device registry:
Create the key HKCU\ControlPanel\Profiles
Create the key HKCU\ControlPanel\Profiles\Silent
Create the key HKCU\ControlPanel\Profiles\Loud
Create the key HKCU\ControlPanel\Profiles\Normal
Create the key HKCU\ControlPanel\Profiles\Meeting
Now you should be able to run the DontForgetAdmin and set up all parameters.
Please note that due to missing Profiles on PocketPCs you have to switch off following options in the Admin:
- deactivate in following profile:
- switch to following profile (in both deactivation and re-activation section)
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Enjoy!

"Dontforget" "dont" work for me...
I installed it and made the reg entries. But never have been able to get it to work. When I start the admin app I get...
"An unexpected error had occured in DontForgetAdmin.exe.
Select Quit and then restart this program, or select Details for more infomation."
For Details...
DontForgetAdmin.exe
Exception
MISC::HandleAr+0x5b
ComboBox::set_SelectedIndex+0x13
MainForm::MainForm_Load+0xa7f
Form::OnLoad+0x15
Form::_SetVisibleNotify+0x1d
Control::set_Visible+0x1f
Application::Run+0x7
MainForm::Main+0xa
Oh well... I guess I'll have to wait for the upgraded version unless someone has any idea about this???
Thanks,
-Pad

Found this hack on another website, which seems to do the trick (and yes, I did try it first ) - only problem is, the notification seems to carry on "for a while" after you've read/deleted the text message.
Give it a go, see what you think.
Mark.
Repeat notifications for text and email messages
Under HKCU/ControlPanel/Notifications find the following keys for Email and Text messages:
A877d65Axxxxxxx
A877d65Bxxxxxxx
Also find Key 15F11F90xxxx for reminders.
Copy the Options value from the Reminders key and overwrite the options value in both email and text message keys with this value (1073741853)
Once you do this, go to start - settings - sounds and notifications - notifications.
Under events, select new email message OR new text message and you'll notice that the repeat option that was greyed out is now enabled and can be selected.
You need to power off (NOT Soft Reset!!) your device to ensure that the HKCU registry hive is written away correctly.
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I personally use phoneAlarm. Don't use this feature, but it can do the trick.

Great. But how do I...
Mark, Great reg hack but I have a question...
How do I tell which key is for what message applet?
Email ?
SMS ?
Palm SMS ?
Etc.
You have listed them for email and sms but is there a way to tell from within the key which one is for which msg applet?
Also, does anyone know where the value of "1073741853" is derived from?

@Padawan,
Each of the keys has a description field - just click on it in PHM RegEdit (or whatever you're using) and you can see what type of message action it relates to; e.g. A877d65B-xxxx-xxxx has "Messaging: New Text Message" as the value of the "Default" key.
The value "1073741853" is equivalent to 0x4000001D, and it's obviously some sort of bit mask - don't ask me what each bit means, coz I ain't found that out yet!
One other thing - the "Duration" key seems to be the length of time (in minutes) you want the notification repeated for - as I said earlier, it keeps going even if you've read/deleted the message, so it might be prudent to set it to 5 minutes in the Start | Settings | Sounds & Notifications | Notifications screen (it's the "Flash light for" setting). Setting it to zero/ seems to keep it going forever (well, I got bored of listening to it after 15 minutes and did a soft reset to shut it up ). You can also change it to another value (mine's set to 2 at the moment) using the registry editor.
Bit of a long reply, hope this explains everything in a bit more detail
Cheers,
Mark.

Repeat notifications for text and email messages
Under HKCU/ControlPanel/Notifications find the following keys for Email and Text messages:
A877d65Axxxxxxx
A877d65Bxxxxxxx
Also find Key 15F11F90xxxx for reminders.
Copy the Options value from the Reminders key and overwrite the options value in both email and text message keys with this value (1073741853)
Once you do this, go to start - settings - sounds and notifications - notifications.
UNder events, select new email message OR new text message and you'll notice that th repeat option that was greyed out is now enabled and can be selected.

Read, read, read and read again......
I already posted that...about 8 hours ago.....if you'd bothered to read the thread, you would have known that.....
sigh

ok you're right, 1 unuseful post on 237 is acceptable... excuse me :emb:

Fair enough....apology accepted, you're free to go

Mark, Just got the "long reply"...
Outstanding! I thought it was probably a bit mask too.
I owe you a pint if your ever in Indiana.

WM6
Mark, I just realized you are running WM6.
I'm still using WM5 on a Wiz100.
Must be why these mods dont seem to work quite right for me.
Please excuse my momentary lapse of stupidity...

WM5 or WM6....shouldn't matter
@Padawan, I don't understand why these don't/aren't working with your WM5 device - I only upgraded to WM6 over the weekend and I had tried the registry changes before that (though I lost them after a soft reset and never bothered to put them back in) when my Hermes was running WM5.
I don't think the registry changes are the definitive answer - I'd like to find out what all the bits in the 0x4000001D value mean....that might help the solution be a little more elegant.
What is happening to you to make you say "these mods dont seem to work quite right for me" - do you get repeated notifications, or nothing at all??
Mark.

Testing...
Mark, I have not had time to do any real experimentation on what is working and what is not. I'll get some data in a couple of days.
For a little rant... I have tried apReminderPlus- joke, SuperAlert-joke, DontForget- didn't run, PhoneAlarm- bloated, slows my device. Why cant someone make a simple, small footprint, reminder config app that actually works? I love everything else about my Wiz100 except for the awful reminder/notifications disfunction. I would gladly pay for something that worked.
Rant over.
;-)

Don't Forget Does Work
But you have to use a small WAV file. I tried using a ring wav for it and it freaked out. When I used an Alarm1 -3 it's fine. It's working great.
What I don't understand is why do they have to Gray out the Repeat option thats already built into the OS? Seem's like that would be the easiest way for it to work.
Thanks, Allen

Original settings?
Mark, What were the original settings for the registry entries under:
HKCU/ControlPanel/Notifications find the following keys for Email and Text messages:
A877d65Axxxxxxx
A877d65Bxxxxxxx
Also find Key 15F11F90xxxx for reminders.
Copy the Options value from the Reminders key and overwrite the options value in both email and text message keys with this value (1073741853)
(Per your posting). I lost my notes. I thought it was "16". You were right... the notification seems to keep going after you have acknowledged it or dismissed it. Its a little annoying.
Anyway, I found this and am trying it out.
http://www.pocketmax.net/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=6d01b99b3c3f6d40c466801ad6bee953&board=41.0
Found it on another posting on xda. Small footprint, lean app just for notifications.

Nice little app, will give it a try myself!
@Padawan,
Thanks for your response; as far as the original values for the Email/SMS registry keys go, I thought they were both set to "1" Theoretically, if you go back into the Sounds & Notifications applet, select the New email or New text event and turn off the repeat tick box, the values should revert to their default. I'll give that a try in a few minutes.....
EDIT: The above doesn't work!! What you need to do is to go into the registry keys again and rename "Options" to "XOptions" (or whatever). Then go back into Start|Settings|Sounds&Notifications again, select the Notifications tab and find the "New email" and "New text" events; you'll find that most of the options are un-ticked and that the repeat option is grayed out again - just tick the options you want and the "Options" key get re-created in the registry - mine was set to 13.
Hope this helps....post back with your experiences of the new app - I'd be interested to hear!
Cheers,
Mark.

alarmPal from Pocketmax
Mark, I have started a dialog with Penguin at pocketmax to add support for the PalmSMS and Emoze email inbox event. I'll keep you posted how it turns out. The "normal" sms and email event repeat notifications work fine so far with alarmPal. Give it a try and see what you think...
Pocketmax told be they'll try to get back to me by Monday.
Looks promising so far...
-Pad

Desperately need help with NOTIFICATIONS (prob. a bug)

Hello I have a M3100 (HTC HERMES) running Windows Mobile 6 Pro
Specs:
CE OS 5.2.1413 (Build 17913.0.3.0)
I really can't understand why every 4/5 days or after having installed some program (like spb shell) my notifications for SMS and e-mails disappears.
I tried to look in Settings/Sounds but everything looks fine.
In the registry under the ControlPanel folder the keys look to be ok.
When I receive and SMS or an e-mail I only get the writing "1 Message to read" (or similar) with no sound nor popup nor vibration....
Is there a way to control this notification system? How does it work?
It's really frustrating because I continuosly have to look at the today tab to see if I got a message... grrrr.
Thanks

Just dont install those programs...that might fix the problem

I'm having the same problem without any installed apps.
Sometime, soft-reset does the trick and sometimes not.
However, I did not let the device continue to install everything after my hard-reset, what is in the extended ROM in Schaps 4.01?
Did I miss some critical update?

Have you 'TICKED' the box in Settings/Sounds&Notifications/Programs ?
Otherwise it has to be one of your installed programs.

allan1 said:
Have you 'TICKED' the box in Settings/Sounds&Notifications/Programs ?
Otherwise it has to be one of your installed programs.
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Yes, it is ticked. The problem is that most of the time, just as mattjakob described it, there is no notification and the messeging today plugin shows unread mail. While in other times (after SR?) everything works good.
Coming to think of it, it may have started around the time I assigned a sound to incoming mail... I'll try and remove it and see what happens.

I'd personally reflash the ROM for something this odd...

GPS / Battery status / Selecting text or messages

Hello,
This is actually my first post on XDA; in the past I only downloaded the great roms for my older HTC Touch and never posted something. Now I'm the proud owner of the TP2 and have some questions to ask
It's a great phone, but there are a few things I can't get working properly. I'd like to excuse myself for the awful English I'm writing, but that's because I'm a "Dutch guy" (I also have a default Dutch rom btw)
The Questions
[1] GPS, I've applied all of the tweaks I've found on the Rhodium forum for a better GPS response, I've also installed TomTom 7 - v7.910.9185 with Western Europe 1GB 815.2024. When I try to navigate I don't get an GPS fix, the gps on my TP2 has never worked before. I also tried 'quick gps' for getting some gps settings, but that also didn't work.
[2] On my old HTC touch I could press the battery-icon on top of the taskbar to quickly see the remaining battery-power. Now you get the 'notification screen'. The notification screen is quite good, but I'd like to see my battery-power in just one or two presses.
[3] I'm using Opera browser and when I go to any kind of websites, which have thumbnails of images on it, I have to press several times before the phone opens the link 'behind' the thumbnail image. I also can't select any text on a webpage. How do I fix this?
[4] On my sms inbox I want to select multiple messages with just a sweep on the touch screen. I've read somewhere on the forum that you can change this with a simple registry tweak, but I can't find it anymore.
[5] the TP2 has I nice Facebook future, here in the Netherlands Facebook isn't that popular, Hyves is the rulling social network over now, does anyone now if HTC is going to release a Hyves plugin instead of facebook?
[6] the TP2 stores contact pictures in a larger format than outlook, but because I've imported some photo's to my contacts via outlook, they all have a resolution of 72x72px, which looks quite blurry at my touch pro.. is there any option to increase the resolution of the outlook contact pictures? I've searched on the net, but no luck so far..
[7] I've installed the .cab which gave me the option to delete the first 4 icons on the start menu, but I accidently removed the 'settings' icon, and can't set it back anymore..
[8] My last question, where did the 'audio manager' go? On the tabs you've something like audio manager, but it's always running on the background, right? I want to start it at my own.
In the past; on my HTC touch, I've mapped the camera hardware button to launch 'audio manager', but on the TP2 it isn't even listed anymore at the program list.
Thank you for reading and helping me out!
Brent
EDIT: [9]whoops, another question came up in my mind.. Is it possible to activate the light sensor all the time? When I'm calling someone the screen turns off when you hold the phone next to your ear.. this would also be an nice option for putting your mobile in your pocket or something.

[1] solved: I did a hard reset and then it worked
[2] solved: I installed a customized notificationscreen
[7] solved: After the hard reset the icon was back