disabling roaming indicator on smartphone, home screen background oddities & comm mgr
Apologies if I've put too simple a topic in this forum. I have three questions. My phone is actually a Samsung i320, but I'm hoping these questions apply across any WM5 smartphone.
1) How can I disable the roaming indicator? I've got an older Voicestream SIM and most unlocked/import phones think I'm roaming. I tried the same reg key as on the K-Jam PPC but it didn't work.
2) I've created a custom home screen with a transparent top menu bar. When I select a background jpg for it the jpg is cropped (for lack of a better word) to the size it would display if the top menu bar was not transparent. So depending on how I align the image (top or bottom) I get to see the background color where more of the image should display. Even stranger it behaves normally on the jpg files on the phone labelled "protected content" which seem to make a copy of themselves in \Windows under a shared file name when selected.
3) If I have another WM5 HTC smartphone (a StarTrk for example) is it possible to take that comm manager and copy it over to my Samsung i320? I miss the option to turn on and off the MS push. Alternatively what is the reg key entry to turn this on and off? (Yes I realize I can set schedules,etc, but it was sure nice on my K-Jam to just hit one button to temporarily disable it)
Thanks all for your expert help.
-Jim
It works some registry hack: HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL
DisableRoamingIndicator
Change value to 1
...and it warks graeat. BUT !! remember afthe changing value wait some time, about 1-2min before make RESET, it is important !
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xdaII (Qtek 2020 1.72 actually)
I am not entirely certain that this issue is tied to the (official) rom upgrade but it has only started to occur recently.
I have implemented the registry hack which displays both time and date in the top header (rather than only the time).
Lately, the top header is displayed in thin text after a soft reset, for some seconds, and then the text turns bold. As a consequence of this, the displayed text is displaced to the right and the time and date disappears off the screen.
Is there any way of keeping the text from going bold?
Have you recently run a utility that would change any font settings at all? A program like Tweak2k, WinCETuner, or even Nyditot Virtual Display with it's appearance settings could have affected your display in this manner.
Also, if you had recently installed a new theme (TSK file), this may also change your font settings.
I have used none of the listed applications and only the MS WindowsMobileOrange tsk which is what I was using before the upgrade. Reverting to the standard does not help.
I would be happy if there were a registry setting which would force the top bar to remain non-bold just the way it is directly after a soft reset
Lars
LarsN said:
xdaII (Qtek 2020 1.72 actually)
I am not entirely certain that this issue is tied to the (official) rom upgrade but it has only started to occur recently.
I have implemented the registry hack which displays both time and date in the top header (rather than only the time).
Lately, the top header is displayed in thin text after a soft reset, for some seconds, and then the text turns bold. As a consequence of this, the displayed text is displaced to the right and the time and date disappears off the screen.
Is there any way of keeping the text from going bold?
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Hi LarsN,
I got round this by altering the format of the time in the registry (adding a spaces to the time format, from "HH:mm" to " HH:mm "). The result was that the width used on the taskbar by time/ date was broadened resulting in the missing date info not being cut off. Incidentally I placed spaces before and after the time simply so that the time would be being centered underneather the date.
reg: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\nls\overrides\
String Value name: STFmt
Data: " HH:mm "
The final tweak I made was to reformat the short date to give the short "day of the week" (ddd) and date of the week (dd) as I always know what month we are in and certainly the year (but that's only my personal preference).
String Value name: SSDte
Data: "ddd dd"
Be advised that this tweak has knock on effects e.g. Clock & Alarms (usually on Today Screen) follows the formating when tapped, similarly File Explorer. For me I can live with such things but if ayone else knows the reg setting needed to only effect the taskabr time/date that would be better (I noticed that although my setting was originally HH:mm:ss only HH:mm was being displayed not the ss part so there must be another tweak out there).
Cheers - Mallow1
NB for those less familiar with tweaking the quote marks are only there for reference in the Data field and are not to be actually included.
I'n getting exactly the same problem, but mine seems to happen after the "G" for GPRS flashes up - interestingly it then disappears, but my this time it has moved the date and time to the right (lets forget about the font for the moment) so there is just not enough room for it to display date/time.
Has anyone had this problem with O2's "G" vanishing?
How do you cure it?
If I could work out how to copy the file for the o2 battery plugin - I thought about doing a corporate o2 install, then copying the o2 plugin back. I think this may work, because I think the problem is still related to the o2 crap they put on the machine
any help appreciated
I did a hard reset & cured the problem
Maybe it was font after all
MYTODAYSCREEN.exe
or
Journal Bar - Weather, News & more! 3.4.3 JrnlOD343.EXE
which I had uninstalle4d - but it obviously left something lieing around
Can anyone tell me how to get the today screen back to the normal windows pocket pc today screen. Orange has put that bar of theirs on the left side of the screen. I have tried a few things to overide it but then it comes back up on the screen. How can I remove it or disable it.....
I want to use some pocket pc programs for the today screen but this orange bar overides the program.
cheers
The Dragon UK
What have you tried to remove it?
Presumably it's not shown in Settings > Personal > Today?
And \windows\start up?
V
Correct it does not work to disable the Orange Shortcuts Symbols on the Home Screen. I have in the shortcuts Contacts, Phone, Messaging, Calendar, Camera Expert Mode, Orange World on the Shortcuts Bar. I want to completely deactivate or remove it from the HTC. The problem I find is that if you go in the settings menu for today you cannot remove it.
Also when I did a hard reset the first time the screen was like it shows in the Windows Pocket PC Manual with the today screen. Orange seems to have put the overide settings in the rom of the unit when you boot-up the unit to show their tool bar symbols on the today screen.
I would like a an suggestion or fix in getting this removed since if I uses as a example a pocket PC battery program I can have full use of the program on my today screen. Currently the Orange seeting overide these setting to there own.
Regard,
The Dragon UK
Tried a hard reset again and went into the today settings. well this time it worked. I quess there was a lockup somwhere in the software. Question is in the items section what is the today timeout check box used for?
The DragonUK
Not sure I understand you but if you want to get rid of the Homescreen as Orange calls it go to:
Settings -> Today -> Appearance
and choose the Windows Default theme.
That will give you the standard windows start page.
If you do a search on these forums you will find most of the answers you need, it saves opening new threads all the time.
:lol: Problem Solved........ Thanks for the Help
DragonUK
DragonUK said:
:lol: Problem Solved........ Thanks for the Help
DragonUK
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Go to settings and go to today settings go to items and deselect orange today collate.
:shock: YUPP IT WORKED......
Thanks
I found there's a small icon on the bottom of my screen (see attachment circled in red) and i dunno how can i close it.
May i know how can i hide it?
Thank You.
Hi there,
its the comm manager icon at the bottom showing your phone to be in vibrating mode at the moment.
To revert it back to normal just turn off the vibration, to remove it altogether try Shap's Configuration tool or HTCustom by shadowmite or a similar solution.
Maybe your device will become veeeery slow upon removing it, so be prepared and in case this happens just revert it to showing it again.
Cheers Chris
PS. Maybe do a little bit of reading first next time.
It's not the comm manager icon, it's the icon that indicates the ringer is in vibrate mode. Two separate things and you can't get rid of the latter (except for putting the phone in normal ring mode, of course).
Hello.
This is the "reloaded" of SVMPowerMgr 1.0.
With this app. You can:
- turn off the screen of Your device
- put the device in suspended mode
- soft reset the device
- turn off the device (HTC devs.).
- turn on/off wifi
- turn on/off phone module
- turn on/off bluetooth (make discoverable/invisible)
- switch phone bands Auto-2G-3G
You also can create 7 shortcuts to the program with parameters:
0 - turn off the screen of Your device
1 - put the device in suspended mode
2 - soft reset the device
3 - turn off the device(HTC devs.).
4 - turn on/off phone module
5 - turn on/off wifi
6 - turn on/off bluetooth
somethig like this
[simbols count]#"[path to program]SVM Power Mgr.exe" [parameter]?[path to icon file you want to use],-[icon index]
You can change the images of backrounds button separator and buttons, they will be located in "Images" folder after install. With one restriction: now the buttons are black, so if you change the back of main program, consider this ...
Remarks: To close the main window you must tap anywhere outside the buttons or in space between buttons. Also to close additional windows tap the Close button or empty space of window.
P.S.
On/off bluetooth works well on Microsoft and Broadcom stacks, but discoverable/invisible mode for bluetooth is working just on Microsoft stacks, on broadcom is to be developped
P.S.S.
Supported screen resolutions: QVGA (240x320), Square (240x240), SquareQVGA (320x320), VGA(480x640), Square VGA (480x480), WVGA (480x800)
Regards.
Seems really useful. Gonna try it with powerbutton long press
Looks promising....will give this a whirl...thx
hello and thaks. i am looking for something like this.
happy new year
Looks useful... Gonna try it.
Thanks for sharing.
Best regards
It looks awesome. Will give it atry on my phone.,..
Looks great, thank you very much!
It works but there is no icon on each button on my HD. Using stock ROM
Works great on my Diamond. The only thing that does not work is the 3G and 2G switch, which I assume is because I am on CDMA. Would it be possible to get the button to switch from Ev (3)G to 1x? Good work.
mwalt2 said:
... Would it be possible to get the button to switch from Ev (3)G to 1x? Good work.
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Hi,
I'll try to find a way for this.
Best regards.
Error
For my device it can do almost all it promises including turning off the gsm but turning it on or switching between 2G/3G does nothing except gives me a dialog box named "Warning!" that containins the sentence
"The Phone status can not be switched."
Also turning the gsm and 3G on/off with HTC comm manager works just fine but as soon the gsm gets turned off by svmpm the HTC one also looses control over the gsm module (including 3G switch). I love your tool but how to get over this case?
I've got a feeling that this app has one of the best forum-replies per downloads ratio. I mean people just use it and don't complain. So great app when mapped to a comfortable hardkey. My issue was rare, so download it!
Hello and thanks for the program. I have instaled in my HD and mapped to one of the home bottom button. I have an spasnish stock ROM 1.56 and the final button doesn´t work and I would want to link it to another application like mylight. How can I make this?
Thanks for this applicatin
Missing icons
The app functions correctly for me, but the icons are missing (the text for each button are present). Anyway to bring the icons back?
Thanks
MEG
HTC HD2
Thanks a lot.
A very useful app for my GPS guided treeking.
works very well, thank you very much!
Example to create a shortcut please
s.virtan said:
You also can create 7 shortcuts to the program with parameters:
0 - turn off the screen of Your device
1 - put the device in suspended mode
2 - soft reset the device
3 - turn off the device(HTC devs.).
4 - turn on/off phone module
5 - turn on/off wifi
6 - turn on/off bluetooth
somethig like this
[simbols count]#"[path to program]SVM Power Mgr.exe" [parameter]?[path to icon file you want to use],-[icon index]
Regards.
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Dear Virtan, would you please give me an axample to create a shortcut please.
I think I don't know about [symbol count] and [parameter]?...
What should i write (i use resco explorer) when i want to create a shortcut, for suspend for example...
Thank You
EDIT :
It's okay...I found it..i just add number 1 after the shortcut.
For example :
"\Program Files\SVM Power Mgr\SVM Power Mgr.exe" 1
But Still don't know how to change the icon.
PS:
When i use this shortcut as a link to SPB Mobile Shell i found that everytime i wake up the device, the device starting with "something working" logo (circle that quartered and moving). This is not found when i use the SVM Power Mgr usual link (with menu). Any suggestion?
somehow i accidently changed the home screen and i cant return it back to the default screen, which has the icons of the different categories. i have tried all the different settings ann cant find anywhere to change it back. on the home screen it has calendar and contacts on the bottom and i can add other categories on top but it goes into list style without icons. can anyone help, without me having to do a hard reset? i cant even do a soft reset because going to settings where it used to allow me to choose all settings it now goes straight the icons where i cant find soft reset option.
It sounds like (not sure from your description) you have TouchFLO/Sense showing, but want the default Titanium Home screen.
Try going to Start>Settings>Today>Items and uncheck TouchFLO or Sense.
thank you for response
i have touchpro2 and sense is not checked in items. as far as what titanium screen is , i dont know what that is. the screen i want back is the screen you see on every touchpro2 you see online, background with icons to choose from, easily change items, weather , and the bar on the bottom that you can slidt e left or right for different tasks. now it is just the word calendar on left bottom and contacts on right bottom
I understood you backwards. You want Sense checked. Then click OK.
Sense is the HTC-made interface/home screen. If you check "Windows Default" instead, you will get Titanium home screen (the "standard" home screen for Windows Mobile). Right now, you actually have neither.