Hi everyone,
is it possible to put shortcuts on HW Keyboard on BA? For example, I'd like to open a new SMS without using the stylus...
Thank You in advance. Bye
fabbor75
Get SPB Pocket Plus. That'll do the trick
Am I missing something here?
Your Blue Angel has a little silver Messaging button, it's the second one from the left under the screen. I press that then use the dpad...
With the silver button you can open the program, but you do not automatically open a new message (unless you change the button's settings)
With Spb I managed to put an icon on the today screen to open a new SMS. Now I can access the icon with the arrows without using the stylus (thank you!).
But I meant something slightly different. I'd like to put shortcuts directly on the BA's keyboard: to set combinations of keys that give access to specific programs or files... Even with Spb I didn't manage to do it.
Thank You for your help. Bye
fabbor75
fabbor75 said:
With the silver button you can open the program, but you do not automatically open a new message (unless you change the button's settings)
With Spb I managed to put an icon on the today screen to open a new SMS. Now I can access the icon with the arrows without using the stylus (thank you!).
But I meant something slightly different. I'd like to put shortcuts directly on the BA's keyboard: to set combinations of keys that give access to specific programs or files... Even with Spb I didn't manage to do it.
Thank You for your help. Bye
fabbor75
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how did you manage to add a shortcut to your new messages on the today screen using spb?
In Spb settings I went to the today plug-in options -> objects -> add -> file (I hope the translation is correct since I refer to the italian version...).
Then I added the file \windows\start menu\programs\spb pocket plus actions\[new message].ink
Bye
fabbor75
fabbor75 said:
In Spb settings I went to the today plug-in options -> objects -> add -> file (I hope the translation is correct since I refer to the italian version...).
Then I added the file \windows\start menu\programs\spb pocket plus actions\[new message].ink
Bye
fabbor75
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You can also add this shortcut to harware buttons through SPB.
Go to SPB options\buttons and add the shortcuts you need.
Then go to start\settings\buttons to assign these shortcuts to hardware buttons
helterskelter said:
You can also add this shortcut to harware buttons through SPB.
Go to SPB options\buttons and add the shortcuts you need.
Then go to start\settings\buttons to assign these shortcuts to hardware buttons
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Thank you again, helterskelter!
But my problem's that I'm not able to assign shortcuts to the BA's keyboard buttons. I can only choose (I think) among the 9 HW buttons. Bye. fabbor75
Does anyone know of a good switch for the today screen I have an att 8525 with the standard rom and HTC Home plugin, the hhc home customiser and really no other tweaks....any help would be appreciated, i have searched but can't seem to find anything, I have seen several things in screenshots I like but don't know how to utilize them.
Cheers.
phillyg8r said:
Does anyone know of a good switch for the today screen I have an att 8525 with the standard rom and HTC Home plugin, the hhc home customiser and really no other tweaks....any help would be appreciated, i have searched but can't seem to find anything, I have seen several things in screenshots I like but don't know how to utilize them.
Cheers.
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Try this. Gives you a today plugin for wireless and bluetooth
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The only thing I would like different is if it didn't open up the comm. Manager to actually switch it, if it made the change right from the home screen it would be perfect, anyone know of something like that???I found something called cicleBT that work well however its not on the Today screen home page, I have the HTC home plugin and can put it in the app launcher and its cool. Any way of making it so it works as a plugin on the home screen.
phillyg8r said:
The only thing I would like different is if it didn't open up the comm. Manager to actually switch it, if it made the change right from the home screen it would be perfect, anyone know of something like that???I found something called cicleBT that work well however its not on the Today screen home page, I have the HTC home plugin and can put it in the app launcher and its cool. Any way of making it so it works as a plugin on the home screen.
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Nice! Haven't seen this one before.
can this be changed to be a plugin
Just want to see if there was a way of making this so that it was a plugin on the today home screen say just under the HTC home plugin aligned to the left side and have my calendar show up to the right of it??? A nice little icon there that is large enough to use my finger to push???
Anyone know how to do a mod like this??
Thank you I wish I knew how to do it, any help would be appreciate.
Cheers!!
are you lookin for freeware? b/c if NOT then spb phone suite has today screen components, 1 of which is like a button that displays a sub menu allowing you to turn phone, bluetooth, and wi-fi on/off and also flight mode. you can even tap and hold on each to access more options (ex: bluetooth modes, vibrate etc.) i dont want to sound like i'm selling this to you, but it's a great app. maybe the 1 app i install over every rom.
more info here
more screens here
search for a program called pockettoolman its freeware.
yeah freeware
Definately looking for a freeware to do this, not really wanting to pay for an icon on the today screen. I found this cab but can't get it to work looks like what I want but it don't work
HELP needed any good coders...............
I have found a quick launcher on the web with 5 icons to launch apps. Is there any coders out there that can manipulate this for me to 3 icons, bluetooth toggle on/off, wifi toggle on/off, and phone toggle on/off, justified to the left side of the today screen, again I am using an att 8525 with the att rom. Any help would be appreciated. thank you all in advance.
cheers,
attached is the cab for the quick launcher.
I am beating this to death
I am sorry to keep on with this, this is the last CAB that i will upload I really hope someone can help me with building what I want but til then this little plugin will suffice. Please try and help me with what I described above in the other posts. thanks.
the plugin you want CommCEntric v1.11 (hell I want it if someone can make it into a today plugin for pocket pc) is an xml file. unfortunately you need some type of a homescreen to view it. I dislike the homescreen concept because they take up so much space, but I love the look of comcentric)
hopefully anyone technically inclined can make it into a cab that will make it viewable on a pocket pc screen (not just smartphone)
CommCEntric v1.11, release date 2007/06/14
http://web.gemini.dynalias.net/default.asp?c=index_ek_cc
A home-screen plugin for the Smartphone to instantly turn on and off the two main communication sections of a device, bluetooth and wireless, without having to go into the settings or even bother with the slow Comm Manager.
Displays a bluetooth icon and (if available) wireless icon which, upon pressure, display a context menu to quickly control their status.
how to install
Download the CAB installation package from below
Make sure you remove older versions before you proceed!
If you had an older version, please reboot the phone after uninstalling it.
Copy the CAB to your phone and install into internal memory
Edit your favorite homescreen's XML file to include CommCEntric:
Customize the following line as you need:
<plugin clsid="{42661036-6FE8-4194-B549-3CC38D8B90C9}" align="..." time="..." date="..." > </plugin>
align attribute: Required, tells the horizontal position of the icon(s). Can be left, right, center or borders
time attribute: Optional, specifies the format string for the time display. Format string is as per MSDN specification (look at the lpFormat section). If it's omitted, no time is shown.
date attribute: Optional, specifies the format string for the date display. Format string is as per MSDN specification (look at the lpFormat section). If it's omitted, no date is shown.
Optionally, the plugin can also be translated. You just need to add some attributes, each one translating a specific string:
str_bt0: translates "Disable Bluetooth"
str_bt1: translates "Enable Bluetooth"
str_bt1d: translates "Set discoverable"
str_btconf: translates "Configure Bluetooth"
str_wifi0: translates "Disable Wi-Fi"
str_wifi1: translates "Enable Wi-Fi"
how it evolvedknown behaviors
bug: "Bluetooth settings" shortcut not working in some conditions
limitation: height fixed to 42 pixelsversion 1.11
testing for bug where the context menu doesn't appear
fixed internal notification issue (icons not updated)version 1.1
support to WM2003 devices
improved WiFi detection
fixed WiFi switching
new digital clock feature
new "Bluetooth settings" shortcutversion 1.0
initial release
downloadClick on the link below to download the tiny CAB package.
CommCEntric should be compatible with all bluetooth-enabled Smartphones running Windows Mobile 2003 and up.
Cert unlock may be required!
download
CommCEntric v1.11, release date 2007/06/14
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Here is the link, this little program does what you guys want. It's really cool. It has a little icon for toggle bluetooth, toggle wifi, disconnect GPRS and tons more.
http://pockettoolman.blogspot.com/
http://members.shaw.ca/pockettoolman/PocketToolman2.26b18.CAB
Suspend - allows you to power-off the Pocket PC without having to press the Power button. You can also add the Suspend icon in the tray for easier access
Soft Reset - reboots the Windows Mobile device
Settings - quick access to Control Panel applets
ScreenOff - switches off the screen. You can assign ScreenOff to a hardware button for easy access
Stay Alive [Power] - allows you to temporarily stop your Pocket PC from auto power-off
Battery Meter - displays the battery life percentage in the systray
Disconnect - Disconnects current RAS connection
PIN Lock - Invoke the PIN prompt. *You must have the PIN prompt enabled for this to work (Settings -> Personal -> Lock)
Quick access to toggle Bluetooth on/off by adding a Bluetooth icon into the systray. *Supports Microsoft Bluetooth Stack ONLY
Quick access to toggle WiFi on/off by adding a WiFi icon into the tray
*Quick access to HTC Task Manager by adding an icon to the systray for easy access to provide one hand operation to close running applications
Hides SIM Contacts - SIM Contacts is set to hide even after soft-reset
Data Connections - Allows you to disable data connection entries to stop them from connecting automatically. This feature is great when you are roaming and do not want to pay for costly data roaming charges. You can also set data connection entries to be AlwaysOn
Disable SMS 'Message delivered" popup
Disable HTC screen off after a call has been connected
Enable/Disable window animation
Enable/Disable menu animation
*Enable/Disable sliding keyboard to wake up phone
Increase System Font Cache
Increase File System Cache
Increase File System Filter Cache
*Enable GPS Photo for HTC TyTN II
Disable camera default 90-degrees clockwise rotation
Enable/Disable SMS Delivery Report
Enable/Disable Flight Mode
Use one line to show date in Today Date plugin if possible
Make reminders show only once
Enable/Disable Lunar Calendar
Change 4-way pad behavior in PIE
Enable/Disable ClearType in PIE
Enable/Disable running scripts in PIE
Enable/Disable running ActiveX controls in PIE
Enable/Disable ClearType in Landscape mode
Show EDGE network icon instead of GPRS
Adjust keyboard backlight timeout
Increase TCP Window Size
Enable/Disable security warning if program is not digitally signed
Increase number of TCP Connection Retransmissions
Increase number of TCP Data Retransmissions
*Enable/Disable TouchFLO Scroll - This is the finger-scrolling feature. NOT the cube scrolling as found on the Touch.
*Adjust TouchFLO sensitivity (This tweak has been temporarily removed)
Enable/Disable HSDPA
*Set HTC camera to save pictures to \Storage Card\My Documents\My Pictures
Set number of phone number digits to use for Call ID matching to your Contacts
Enable/Disable wireless network detected notification
Keep WiFi connection active when device goes into Standby
Add Disconnect button and connection duration timer on Connectivity bubble
*Enable/Disable Assisted GPS
NavBar (Title bar) Clock options
Disable Sleep when in calls
Disable in call volume change tone
Enable/Disable Power Management SD Card (SD, MiniSD, microSD), PPTP, L2TP, and AsyncMac
Enable/Disable ClearType for all applications
Change display orientation
thnaks for cicleBT
phillyg8r said:
The only thing I would like different is if it didn't open up the comm. Manager to actually switch it, if it made the change right from the home screen it would be perfect, anyone know of something like that???I found something called cicleBT that work well however its not on the Today screen home page, I have the HTC home plugin and can put it in the app launcher and its cool. Any way of making it so it works as a plugin on the home screen.
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Thanks for that little app. I used pocket plus to put it on the home screen and it works wonderfully
No Problem
birdheh said:
Thanks for that little app. I used pocket plus to put it on the home screen and it works wonderfully
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Has anyone figured out a way to make the commcentric app work for pocketpc??? Would love just to have the Bluetooth icon on home screen and be able to toggle just bluetooth on/off....any help here would be appreciate, basically bluetooth icon on the left with my calendar plugin showing up next to it on the right...
Cheers!
The easiest way to do this is to use cLaunch (http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~welic/claunch.html) which allows you put to icons onto your today screen. It's really configurable so you can just have a couple of icons, or your can have multliple tabs with many icons on. You need to play about with it to get it working how you want, but it'll do what you're looking for.
For the Bluetooth icon, here's a useful utility that toggles Bluetooth on and off without opening CommMgr. Copy it into Program Files on your phone and cLaunch should be able to see it so that you can have the bluetooth icon on your today screen.
An even simpler method is to stick BTSwitch in your Program Files and then map one of your soft buttons to it... No need to take up any screen real estate with pretty icons!!
HTH
M
HELP me
Where exactly do I navigate to to put the BTSwitch so I can map it to a button already on my phone, what a brilliant idea! Thanks, I just don't know what to do with it. I have placed it in several locations and went to map the button but can't find the file....I am dumb or am I missing soemthing.
Thanks and Cheers!
the_matho said:
The easiest way to do this is to use cLaunch (http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~welic/claunch.html) which allows you put to icons onto your today screen. It's really configurable so you can just have a couple of icons, or your can have multliple tabs with many icons on. You need to play about with it to get it working how you want, but it'll do what you're looking for.
For the Bluetooth icon, here's a useful utility that toggles Bluetooth on and off without opening CommMgr. Copy it into Program Files on your phone and cLaunch should be able to see it so that you can have the bluetooth icon on your today screen.
An even simpler method is to stick BTSwitch in your Program Files and then map one of your soft buttons to it... No need to take up any screen real estate with pretty icons!!
HTH
M
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Sorry, should have been more specific!
Put the BTSwitch.exe file into Windows/Start Menu/Programs. You can then use the standard Settings > Buttons method to map one of the hardware buttons to the BTSwitch programme.
You can also map one of the soft buttons at the bottom of the screen, but will need a separate utility to do that... (eg Schap's Advanced Config : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317070)
Also, have a look at these threads for other ways of changing your soft keys:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=313171
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=359371
Good luck!
noellenchris said:
Here is the link, this little program does what you guys want. It's really cool. It has a little icon for toggle bluetooth, toggle wifi, disconnect GPRS and tons more.
http://pockettoolman.blogspot.com/
http://members.shaw.ca/pockettoolman/PocketToolman2.26b18.CAB
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Thank you very very much my friend!!!
This app is more than anyone could ask! Really appreciate it!
you should also look up a2dptoggle. it also automates turning on a2dp headset from today screen. a buzz kill to get to thru the menus
Hi,
I had the same question, and someone did answer what you and I where looking for.
It was answered by: slavik @ www.pocketpcfreak.com
The software is called: HTC BT Quicklink
His link was: http://rapidshare.com/files/42718525/HTC_BT_Quicklink.cab
There is no manual, but play with it and you will figure it out...
Good luck.
I am running wizbar v3 which changes my Start Menu which I like, but I'd like to be able to keep a way to access the default Start Menu that includes app shortcuts (without restoring the Programs tab on the touchFlo interface). What I want to do is create a soft key on the homescreen labeled "Programs" that points to the TF3D start menu so I can have it available while running wisbar. Anyone know how this can be done?
I think I understand what you are trying to do but Wisbar is a today screen plugin that replaces TouchFLO 3D. Without TouchFLO 3D running, you will not be able to access it's program menu interface. I think Wisbar has an icon based start menu, could you use that instead?
thanks for the reply. I'm not sure about that though, my touchFlo is definitely running while I run wisbar..I can go through the tans and all the touchFlo features are fully functioning as wisbar is running. Wisbar's start menu is like a list view instead of the larger icons that touchFlo displays for its design of the Start menu.
Ok, sorry for the misunderstanding. There are several different versions of Wisbar. I thought you were talking about Wisbar Advance Desktop which will replace the TouchFLO 3D. Wisbar Advance is just a start menu replacement and I think that is the one you are using. I don't know if there is a setting to allow you to see the original icon based start menu in Wisbar. You may have to edit the registry to change the soft key or modify one of the xml files for TouchFLO 3D. I have used a different program called Quick Menu that replaces the start menu with one like in Wisbar. It has an option that you can set that will open the original start menu with a long press on the start button. You may want to try Quick Menu, it is a free application and does what you want.
mav519 said:
What I want to do is create a soft key on the homescreen labeled "Programs" that points to the TF3D start menu so I can have it available while running wisbar. Anyone know how this can be done?
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Not real sure what wisbar does, but this cab will put the manila start menu as just another tab on your slider and gives the original start menu back. If wisbar is just another start menu replacement, then that would still work. credit cookiemonster
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=539107
Right I'm using the Wisbar Advance 3 so my Desktop is the default design. I've used QuickMenu before it's pretty neat, didn't know it had that function with it. In general though I think it would be great to have a way to change each of the softkeys for this new TouchFlo since they change depending on which tab is selected. Hopefully someone is working on this...
Hello guys,
After a long search on the web I can't find the answer to "How to create a control panel shortcut on Windows Mobile".
Out of the box, our Rhodium are packaged with a "Settings" shortcut in the start menu which links to the Settings tab of Manilla. I find this annoying, if i want to go to the manilla settings, i use manilla not the start menu.
So I want a direct link to Windows' control panel. I've seen many ways to link to a specific applet, but not the whole control panel.
Anyone can help ?
PS : Also I'm looking for the HTCSettings.exe file stored in every Rhodium (WM6.5 version)... I've accidentally deleted it :/
Thanks !
I am not sure I understand the question, but I think what you want is to be running TouchFLO instead of Windows Default.. If that is correct, the solution is simple. Click Start>Settings>ToDay>Items>TouchFLO 3D>OK>X and you should have it. What you want is to be running TouchFLO instead of Windows Default.
Hope that helps.
what he is saying is that he wants to got to the control panel or "settings" from the start menu, when you hit start and then settings it takes you to manilla settings
What annoys me is that the Bluetooth and Today screen prefs are ONLY available through the Windows CPL, things like QuickMenu don't see them..
You got is cs400, that's what I'm looking for.
Someone can send me the original HTC Settings.exe (Located in \Windows\Start Menu\Programs) ?
Okay guys, I figured out how to solve this problem by hanging around in the registry !
How to change the "Settings" icon in the Start Menu to make it open WM's Control Panel rather than Manilla's settings panel ?
- First go to \Windows\Start Menu\Programs and remove (or move) the file HTC Settings.exe
- Then go to the registry \HKLM\Security\Shell\StartInfo and change the value HideSettings from 1 to 0
- Reboot your device, it's done !
I am trying to change the 'Settings' button in the Start Menu to open the WM Control Panel instead of the Manila settings, however, the \HKLM\Security\Shell\StartInfo key does not exist in my registry. Is there another way to link to the Control Panel? Thanks!
WM control panel shortcut
I would appreciate anyone telling me how to make a shortcut that links to the WM Control Panel.
Thanks!
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How to change the "Settings" icon in the Start Menu to make it open WM's Control Panel rather than Manilla's settings panel ? it's done !
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Thank-you a million times! Just installed something that crashed my HTC Sense, and couldn't for the life of me work out how to get to Remove Programs so I could un-install it! I now have my phone back, without having to go down the hard-reset route which I'd feared was my only option.
you could do as htc intended and clicked "all settings" on the settings tab for those manila doesnt cover.
Which would have worked brilliantly....had I been able to get to the settings tab in the first place.
With Sense freezing, I had to run the 'change my background' option from 'Getting Started' to get into the Today options and disable Sense. Then use the tips in this thread to get the Settings folder back on my Start Menu. Normally I would have used the All Settings option, but couldn't in this case, and it's funny how much you don't realise is missing from a start menu....until you need it!
I'm a wkTask user but lately I've upgraded to WM 6.5.3 and it's no longer an option.
I gave a chance to some other software but didn't find anything fast and usable enough (I have Leo, so no HW button adjustment unfortunately [long press takes too long…]).
Here's my idea for a new task manager:
I really like the manila slide-selector. In my opinion it’s one of the best UI concepts in WM world.
Let's make another slider
I thought of replacing (covering) the Windows button in the bottom left corner with a slide-chooser. First option would have to be the Start menu to maintain the functionality of a single press, but if I want to switch to another opened program I could always slide while pressing the button along the bottom of the screen. Some visual notification would be awesome of course: icons of running programs [windows?] to start with and maybe even some fullscreen preview like in manila.
I think that speed of this program should be the main target – slow task manager is useless. Also it should be configurable so that I could exclude from the list anything I want, maybe optional animations and previews?
Of course the slider would become visible only by touching the Windows icon so that other softkeys remain usable.
What do you think and is this possible to code?
My programming skills are not there yet, but I’m sure someone’s are
Tomus
a good taskmanager must be fast and available in all pages no matter which window you are on. so this idea is not very good.