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WM6 Easter Eggs - WM6 Features (search terms)
This is a list of new and little known features in WM6.
Please add any I miss to this thread and I will try to put them in this post (with credit of course)
1. Typing on the keyboard on the today screen will automatically bring up the phone with matching contacts. Certain phone skins do not support this and you will just get a text box with scroll bars covering half the screen but nothing in it. If this happens switch your phone app with the Tweak app (varies depending on who’s WM6 you are running)
2. From Messaging (Outlook, SMS, MMS, [POP/IMAP? not tested] ) if you start typing it will search through your messages for whatever you type. Hold “H” for a list of shortcuts. I think the shortcut keys mean hold that letter.
3. Under calendar; If you create a new appointment and decide you don’t want it, you can now pres menu and cancel (cancel was not in wm5)
4. When typing in WiFi keys (WPA, WEP, whatever) you can actually see what you are typing instead of just ******.
5. The new feature I found that I love is if you go into the options for the calendar you can now set it to start in Month view (or whatever view you prefer). I couldn't stand the fact that WM5 kept reverting back to agenda!
(Thanks chymmylt!)
6. The camera finally keeps adjustments like contrast and sharpness saved.
Previously if you soft reset or power off and on the phone, these settings would always revert back to the defaults.
(Thanks abubasim!)
7. In Contacts, when you edit a contact you now have 'File As' useful if you want Forename Surname instead of the default Surname, Forename
(Thanks nbedford! [I installed the "File As" plugin and never noticed that it the ability to change it was built in =)] )
8. In Outlook, if you [Reply All] by default it copies your own email address into the recipient list, so you receive your own mails, even if you auto-save them already in Sent Folder. I found that extremely annoying because with every [Reply All] I had to manually remove my email address before sending.
You can avoid this easily:
1. Programs -> ActiveSync
2. Menu -> Options
3. Select the E-mail information type and tap Settings
4. Tap Advanced
5. Enter the e-mail address you want to remove when replying to all senders in My e-mail addresses
(Thanks aublumberg, This applys to WM5 also but not to many people know this one.)
Let me know if this is a waste of space, and if not, lets keep this thread on topic and point out all the fun reasons to use WM6.
Later, Lew
thanks. couple those i didnt know about.
not quite "easter eggs" though are they
thanks for sharing this information
i found the firts two points very usefull, and (correct me if i'am wrong) due to the lack of a propper wm6 manual i think this thread comes quite handy
The new feature I found that I love is if you go into the options for the calendar you can now set it to start in Month view (or whatever view you prefer). I couldn't stand the fact that WM5 kept reverting back to agenda!
The camera finally keeps adjustments like contrast and sharpness saved.
Previously if you soft reset or power off and on the phone, these settings would always revert back to the defaults.
In Contacts, when you edit a contact you now have 'File As' useful if you want Forename Surname instead of the default Surname, Forename
Bump for added Features.
Not new, but little known and well hidden:
- press and hold the action button
- tap and hold the clock in the title bar until the dots stop moving
- when you release both the stylus and the action button, you get a small menu with an "execute" (or "run") entry. Tap that to get sort of a command line prompt.
Cheers
Daniel
Very nice thread. thnx for the little hints
Are there any real easter eggs in win mobile?
Pisquee said:
Are there any real easter eggs in win mobile?
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I hope that is a joke. i wouldnt be surprised if it's not
tadzio said:
Not new, but little known and well hidden:
- press and hold the action button
- tap and hold the clock in the title bar until the dots stop moving
- when you release both the stylus and the action button, you get a small menu with an "execute" (or "run") entry. Tap that to get sort of a command line prompt.
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This is a real easter egg!
WIKI Pls
In the interest of WIKI and promoting the use of knowledge being written once and used many times, there is already a knowledgebase for this with lots of stuff, if you can add yours and close this, everybody will know where to go for their easter eggs...
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Buttons
Tap and hold the clock on the title bar lets you switch between digital and analog disply - no idea that happened until now!
I guess, you already know this...
Pressing the "power button" for 3 seconds turns off (not just standby) the device (with WM2003 it wasn't possible...)
This is probably an old one but I didn't know it myself until Googling for it:
In Solitaire, open the on-screen keyboard, tap Ctl and Shift and then Deal. It gives you the perfect hand.
Source: The Easter Egg Archive. The site has a few more . . . of which this one is the only one that seems to be working.
VivaErBetis said:
This is a real easter egg!
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. . . but an old one. I could do this one on my old JAMin (WM5 AKU2.0).
pello said:
I guess, you already know this...
Pressing the "power button" for 3 seconds turns off (not just standby) the device (with WM2003 it wasn't possible...)
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it's in the manual
panzer said:
it's in the manual
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Yes i know but...i have never touched a manual for mobile devices
BTW: i don't need this function
Good and handy tips!!! Thank you.
Dear All:
Does anyone know how to customize the short cut inside the HTC Home plugin Launch Tab, I have trying very hard on changes the short cut, cut find no answer.
Regards,
joelwu said:
Dear All:
Does anyone know how to customize the short cut inside the HTC Home plugin Launch Tab, I have trying very hard on changes the short cut, cut find no answer.
Regards,
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Hi,
The HTC Home launcher is limited to 9 application, so you need to delete one or more.
This is done in the following way:
1. select the lower rightmost icon marked with "x". Then you'll see all apps marked for deletion.
2. tap on the one you want to delete, and the location will become blank.
3. tap again on the "x" to unmark.
4. tap on the blank square (deleted location) and a pop-up screen with all application will come.
5. choose the appliction you want to assign to this square.
Good luck!
Zohar
joelwu,
Did my suggeted steps help?
Dear Zohar:
It does!!!
Actual it is just my fool . . . that can't see the button.
Thanks a lot.
Joel
Is there anyway I can put a link on the today screen which will take me to writing a new SMS?
TIA
Have a look for tnsms.exe This file launches the sms creation app, you can copy it to the start menu somewhere and assign a hardware button or by using the Launcher tab in the HTC Home plugin you can create a shortcut to it there.
Many thanks for that mate. I will have a look now.
Hello,
Is there a way to disable all big tabs in HTC home and just keep the clock and and the MMS,SMS, and missed call small tabs ?
Thanks in advance
Yes you can. Just search over here. Good luck!
HTC Home with no Tabs
Hello,
Thanks for your usefull reply ;-) Before posting I haven't look this new website !
LoL
gdbtg said:
Hello,
Is there a way to disable all big tabs in HTC home and just keep the clock and and the MMS,SMS, and missed call small tabs ?
Thanks in advance
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any body have a answer`?
MG8 said:
any body have a answer`?
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Take a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319308&highlight=HTC_Home_Customizer_v07
Bump for justice, this link was no use, the HTC homescreen editor DOES let you change the number of tabs, but when set to 1 tab (home) it will still display the tab bar.
its the tabbar i want gone to get some space in the today screen for other apps.... anyone ?
I have been looking for the same thing without any luck.
To modify the taps "thanks to Bepe" copy the attached to your SD card, run HTCHomeSettings.exe
Or
Check this app HTC Plus (an independent application)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327160
I have a question, suppose if i have to search some contact name on the xperia.
Suppose contact name is Jones...
Like in normal mobiles if you press J and then O, the contacts will show all then name starting with JO,
but in xperia if i press J and then O it start showing contacts first starting with J, and then later if i press O, it shows all the contacts which have O in them.
why is that so? i just want that i should be able to search the contacts as we do normally in other mobiles?
Any suggestion.
contact problems
JYousuf said:
I have a question, suppose if i have to search some contact name on the xperia.
Suppose contact name is Jones...
Like in normal mobiles if you press J and then O, the contacts will show all then name starting with JO,
but in xperia if i press J and then O it start showing contacts first starting with J, and then later if i press O, it shows all the contacts which have O in them.
why is that so? i just want that i should be able to search the contacts as we do normally in other mobiles?
Any suggestion.
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yaa am having the same problem some one pls help
Lets wait, and see if some senior member or xda xperts come up with some solution for this basic need.
I don't understand the problem at all. When I type J and later O the contacts app shows contacts starting with JO.
Or do you mean the scrollbar? That is in any case only a scrollbar.
Maybe i am not in explaining it properly, Let me do again
Suppose i have 20 contact start with the alphabetic chracter ' A'
Ali
Ahmed
Amir
Aly
Aliza
Adnan
Appz
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.
.
and alot more starting with 'A'
Now if i have to search for the number for "Appz", in contacts i will press "A"
and the xperia will show all the contacts starting with "A", but to reach the contact "Appz" quickly, in other symbian mobiles if i will press "Ap" it will directly take me the contact Appz.
But what happen in xperia, if i press A, it will show me all the contacts with A, later if i press P, it will start showing the contacts starting with P, so its not easy to find the particular contact, especially if you have 20,30 contacts starting with the same alphabet, and to reach the contact you are looking for is not easy task.
So i am looking for this option to reach the contact quickly. I hope this i explain in better way.
Thanks
this option is already there in xperia, in the top of the contacts page there is one text box, click there and enter the characters which you are looking for(like Ap..in your case)
I didn't meet this problem ever since I bought my X1
smnrock said:
this option is already there in xperia, in the top of the contacts page there is one text box, click there and enter the characters which you are looking for(like Ap..in your case)
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I also have never encountered any problem. It's easy to just slide out the keyboard or press the software keyboard button.
Still, when using the scrollbar (the line with the letters aligned to the right) it doesn't add up the letters forming a new word or name.