Hidden button in camera (WM5)

This will show an extra button in your camera to take pictures in a special size for contact photos:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Camera\AppDefSetti ngs\P4] "Enable":
Set to 1 to enable and 0 to disable
Default value = 0
Turn off device for 15 seconds and then soft-reset. (Always needed before a soft-reset to save registry changes)

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Customize SMS delivery message (WM5)

Using this tweak you can change the confirmation message that your SMS message has been received:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFWARE\MICROSOFT\INBOX\SVC\SMS]

Edit the value of the key:
"MessageSent" to suit your preference.

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Wi-Fi Resume Fix XDAII (WM5)

Windows Mobile 5 on blue angel XDA II can have a bug that wifi is not enabled after you resume from standby. To fix this edit the following line:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\\Parms

You'll find a DWORD value named ResetOnResume. The value is set to '1' by default. If you set it to 0, the WiFi signal will turn on automatically when you power on your device.

TIP: To find your adapter name go to: Start -> Settings -> Connections -> Network Cards -> Network Adapters, and look for "xxxxxxx Compatible Wireless Ethernet" called 'tiacxwln Compatible Wireless Ethernet' on most (if not all) BA devices.

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Change word completion settings

This key lets you change advanced settings of the word completion:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\SIP
"SuggAutoCorr" = 1 if AutoCorrect or Replace text as you type, 0 if not
"SuggChars" = Number of letters before suggesting a word
"SuggWords" = Number of Word/s to be suggested, set 0 to disable Word Suggestion
"SuggSpace"= 1 to add space after suggested word, 0 if not

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Change screen orientation

This will change your screen orientation to landscape or portrait by registry changes:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GDI\ROTATION]

Change the Value of "Angle" to the
dword:00000000 or dword:00000360 -> Portrait Mode
dword:00000090 -> Landscape(Right-Handed)
dword:00000180 -> Portrait Up-side Down
dword:00000270 -> Landscape (Left-Handed)

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Enable built-in handsfree during a call

Just press the call button (the green one) and hold for two seconds while calling.

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End a GPRS connection fast

Just press the red button and hold for two seconds while connected.

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PocketPC UI Colors

Here are some of the color entities for the
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Color] registry key:

5 Task Bar color left
8 Task Bar color right
9 Vertical start bar and Application Title/Clock text
4 Today Screen text
6 Today Screen horizontal bars
7 System tray background
10 Notification multi-icon highlight (when tapped to show Notification Tray)
11 Notification Tray background
12 Notification icon highlight (when icon is tapped on Notification Tray)
13 Normal Notification title color left
14 Normal Notification title color right
15 Notes/Tasks/etc List background color left 2 (only PPC2003)
16 Notes/Tasks/etc List background color right 2 (only PPC2003)
25 Critical Notification title color left
26 Critical Notification title color right
27 Normal Notification title text (works in 2002 and 2003)
28 Critical Notification title text (works in 2002 and 2003)
36 Notes/Tasks/etc List background color left 1 (only PPC2003)
37 Notes/Tasks/etc List background color right 1 (only PPC2003)
39 Start Menu text
40 Tap-and-hold dots

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Speed up your Pocket PC Guide

While new Pocket PC owners are usually excited with their purchase, their enthusiasm is often dampened once they run into stability and speed issues.
This guide will walk you through several tips to keep your machine slick and well-oiled.
As with any system or registry tweaks, always backup in case something does go amiss. Remember, we're not responsible for any loss of data.

1. Disable Windows menu animation
Switching off eye candies like animation keeps your handheld zippy. To do so, you'll need a registry editor like PHM RegEdit to modify the registry. Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM\GWE\Menu,
then change the value of "AniType" from 6 (default) to 0. This disables the menu animation.
If doing this is a daunting task, an easy alternative is with RegKing. This nifty freeware lets you toggle the menu animation easily and offers other tweaks.

2. Increase display cache
Another tip to speed up the display is to increase the glyph cache value. However, this will take up more system memory. Launch your registry editor and browse to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE.
Change the value of "limit" from 8192 (default) to 16384 or even 32768.
If meddling the registry is unnerving for you, RegKing gets this done in a few taps.

3. Close not minimize
If you are unaware, when you tap on the close button, the program only minimizes. Hence, you may end up with a string of programs running on the background taking up valuable memory. Check out some freeware task managers to better manage your device's resources.

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Show GPS control pannel

In some WM 5 PPCs, GPS control panel is disabled by default. To enable it:

HKEY_LOCAL_MASCHINE\ControlPanel\GPS Settings

Add a DWORD called "Group" and give it the value of "2" (dec) keep the Hide key but change the value to 0 and delete the redirect value and soft reset

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Open RUN dialog...

This will open a "Run.." dialog like in normal windows:

- Hold the 'action' button *)
- Tap and hold the clock icon
- Release both and select 'run'

*) On mij HTC Wizard it's the center button of the d-pad.

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Increase camera frames per second

This tweak will let you increase the frames per second of the video camera to make more fluent movies:

HKey Local Machine\Software\HTC\Camera\ReParam\MP4Large (or Medium or Small).
Change the FramRate value from 10 to 19

*don't exceed 19

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Change default input method

You can follow these steps to change the default input panel. For example if you always want to use the telephone pad, :

- Use a search tool in a registry editor like PHM Registry editor, search for phone pad and you will find a string like this one:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{51A2CB38-154E-4C92-A625-A83871C99EC2}
(note: this is an example, your clsid can differ )

Then navigate to this thread:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sip\

Change the “DefaultIm” value to the ClassID string of the input method you want to use as the default.

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Internal Use Spy...

Hold the 'action' button *) and tap and keep the stylus on the name of the active window. Release both and a window pops up with info about the selected window or it's parent. *) On my HTC Wizard it's the center button on the d-pad.

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Disable GPS Icon Display in Settings Tab

Using a registry editor navigate to: [HKLM\ControlPanel\GPS Settings] Create a new DWord key named: Hide Set the value to 1 and soft reset. *Some devices may not have the "GPS Settings" key so you may have to create it.

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2.16 ROM add battery icon to tray

Add the following string value HKLM\init\Launch71 The value should be set to \Windows\PowerTray.exe Soft reset your device and the power button in the tray as you are accustomed to in the older ROMS is there.

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Use SD Card as My Documents folder...

Open the key
HKLM\System\StorageManager\Profiles\SDMemory
and change the value of the string "Folder" to "My documents".

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Timezone and time update

In the branch HKLM\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting Change the value of the Key "ShowTimeZonesPage" to value of 1 (dword). Close your registry editor (no reset required) and tap START-SETTINGS-PHONE, there should be a new tab where you can automatically set the phone to get time and timezone information from the network. Really useful for me as I do extensive travelling. Tested on WM5

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Never defragment Memory

This tweak will make sure your memory will never be fragmented, for optimal memory use.

HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\SHELL

Create an empty key with the name "NeverDorkMemory"

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