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How to get into registry to tweak

Hi,
I just got my universal and want to apply so simple registry tweaks found on this forum, only I have no idea how to get into the registry. I know this sounds stupid, trying to tweak without any knowledge and experience, but changing a value from 0 to 1 is not beyond me.
So please if anyone would be so kind as to help me out with some info on to do this safely, ‘cause I don’t want to screw up this fantastic device. And without tweaking I would be missing out on a better running universal.
Thanks

There is no built in registry editor in most of the ROMs. You have to install the appropriate program like Resco Explorer, or Regedit etc.

Personally I prefer to use the my PC to edit the registry of my devices.
http://www.breaksoft.com/Blog/Utilities/2005/1/Mobile_Registry_Editor.aspx
This app uses the active sync connection to your PC and works with WM5 smartphone & pocket pc.

I personally prefer PHM Registry Editor. It is FREE and has a small foot print, plus it is installed in your device or SD Card if you prefer, so you don't have to drag around your computer just in case you have the urge to change something or try something out. Here is a link: http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/phmregistryeditor.shtml

I prefer Total Commader CE from ghisler.com

thanks for all the suggestions. Only I don't understand how to use total commander to edit the registry. I use it as a great file explorer,but couldn't find a way into the registry.

cktlcmd said:
I personally prefer PHM Registry Editor. It is FREE and has a small foot print, plus it is installed in your device or SD Card if you prefer, so you don't have to drag around your computer just in case you have the urge to change something or try something out. Here is a link: http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/phmregistryeditor.shtml
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Yeah - PHM is nice.

@ng .. make sure that you open the root directory on TC. There you wil see that you can select and open the register.

personally, I prefer Resco and have used all the others
Resco provides a much better file exporer, registry, ftp and a recycle bin, not free, but really, this software is cheap for so much extra functionality and simplicity all built into one.
i have TC used PHM and have never used the standard windows explorer built in....

registry editor cab that works?

When using lite roms, there is usually no registry editor included.
Anybody have an editor cab that actually works? I have tried phm editor, but can't get it to work. It if does work, how do you get the thing working?
Currently using K's 6.0 final, but have noticed the same problem in other roms I have used.

tora201 said:
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Anybody have an editor cab that actually works?
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I use Kilmist. It's a great little editor with a good search function. Only trouble is it costs a little bit of money. You get a free trial period, and so long as you change ROMS often enough, you might never have to buy it.

Total Commander
Total Commander comes with a great little Reg Editor.

thanks man. I should have thought of total commander. I just wanted a simple free editor, often like the ones that are pre-cooked into roms. Total commander is good, but almost five times the size of phm editor, for example. Anyway, I will use total commander in the meantime as an emergency measure until I can get hold of a small free editor that works without having to be pre-cooked in.

tora201 said:
thanks man. I should have thought of total commander. I just wanted a simple free editor, often like the ones that are pre-cooked into roms. Total commander is good, but almost five times the size of phm editor, for example. Anyway, I will use total commander in the meantime as an emergency measure until I can get hold of a small free editor that works without having to be pre-cooked in.
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I see. Wasn't thinking of the size. I wonder if someone could just extract the reg editor from it? Just a thought.

tora201 said:
a small free editor that works without having to be pre-cooked in.
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"Small", "free" and "working properly" - these are merits... an all-in-one - seems like impossible.
I use Resco Registry - is excellent, but not free.

Hmm.. I installed total commander and found no registry editing option. (I remember now, I tried it before and couldn't get the registry part going then, either). Instead I found a free one (Mobile Registry Editor) that runs from xp and connects to your device while it is synchronized. Better than nothing, I suppose.

Apps

Anyone know any good ones??

i use xperia tweak and a trail from spb mobile shell 3.0 (considering to buy the legal stuff)
and for now, i don't know any usefull of funny apps...
hope someone will add some cool apps here

Usefull apps I use:
-spb pocket plus
-s2u2
-s2v
-total commander

Hi there,
-music id
-resco photo viewer
-resco file explorer
-spb wireless manager
-spb contact manager
and of course it always depends on personal taste, needs and usage of the device.

AEButtonPlus
Evernote

stuff in my sig

If you're not heavy on using data and prefer to avoid any fees.
Nodata is the app for you!

I just want a message notifier
All I'm looking for at the moment is a simple mail and sms notifier for the today screen, preferably a transparent one.. ZoomSMS doesn't seem to work, and I have been unable to find anything other than an entire shell or a plugin with loads of other uncustomizable addons.

Easy newb question: Registry editor?

I did do a search, and there are plenty of threads out there on what to tweak, and what settings to use.... but specific thread on what registry editor everybody uses... what do you use?
Thank you!
-Michael

Search for Total Commander in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550973

Google search PHM Regedit. It is small, fast and uncomplicated.

FdcSoft Task manager. Seems a bit more advanced than Total commander for the registry side of things.

sleze said:
Google search PHM Regedit. It is small, fast and uncomplicated.
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I'll second that recommendation...PHM is smooth, uncomplicated, lean (low resource use) and works great for regediting duties, just doesn't have all the extra feature-sets found in Total Commander, etc (which aren't required for reg editing).
Hint...just remember to use it (or whatever editor you choose) to make a backup copy of your reg before any tinkering, and to do a soft-reset after any changes.

What text editor do you use?

What text editor do you use for your windows mobile phone?
I did a quick search for a lightweight plain text editor for Windows Mobile and I was not pleased with the results... I started to develop my own Notepad clone about 30 minutes ago and I decided perhaps I should ask around here, first, just in case there is some awesome one around that I don't know about.
So, does anyone know some great, light-weight plain text editors for Windows Mobile?

I use the one built into Total Commander - it has about the same number of features as the desktop version of Notepad

Try Jot, an excellent text editor, with rich settings and functions builtin, which is able to handle files with the size up to 30M and various encoding formats.
http://pandora.sblo.jp

If you mean editing on the phone i use Notepad. It works very well, but has a sizelimit above which it does not work anymore. Basically i use it for small/medium size mscr, xml, cpr, ini etc.
On my PC i use Wordpad.

TextPad32 - www.TextPad32.com is a awesome app for PC.
For mobile:
Tillansoft Notepad
Shimashi Notepad
Osymo Textpad
i will find links shortly...

I use CKE (http://www.animaniak.com/cke/cke_main.asp). It is old but if you are thinking of features to add to a more modern text editor, this is a good one to look at to get ideas.

TehPenguin said:
I use the one built into Total Commander - it has about the same number of features as the desktop version of Notepad
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+1 Total Commander makes editing any txt file easy.

Using NotepadMobile on my device. More info HERE.

mccune said:
Using NotepadMobile on my device. More info HERE.
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Heh, this one looks a little better than the other link that I saw about Notepad Mobile.
Interestingly enough, it looks very similar to my implementation (I actually called the project Notepad Mobile before I saw this one. ) It does seem to have all of the functionality of my own, though it lacks the keyboard shortcuts for the clipboard that I implemented with the Touch Pro 2 in mind.
EDIT: Now downloading it, I'd also notice that it poorly implements some other features such as the status bar and the font selection. It's also not nearly as light-weight as they advertise. Personally, I think Total Commander is much better implemented in features, yet it isn't stand-alone which is my only problem with it. I'm also not completely sure if you can associate file types with the text editor in Total Commander as I have implemented.
If you like this one, I will package mine and upload it a bit later in the week.