Windows Mobile Tweaks

prasannavigneshr · #61 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 04:26 AM

Show screen orientation icon

This will show or hide the small icon that let you change your screen orientation:

HKLM\system\GDI\rotation\HideOrientationUI = 0 (Dword)
or a 1 to hide the icon

If that doesn't work, you can try:

HKLM\services\screenrotate = 1 (dword, 0 to hide)

Note that this might not work at all on some devices

prasannavigneshr · #62 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 05:34 AM

Custom text on today screen

You can set a small custom text message on the bottom right of your today screen.

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Devicebeta\today = "text message" (REG_SZ, no quotes)

prasannavigneshr · #63 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 05:39 AM

Yahoo Mail on PPC

You may already know this but most PPC internet browsers choke on viewing and replying to Yahoo! mail Use this link instead. Yahoo! Front Page

prasannavigneshr · #64 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 05:40 AM

Change call history size

Navigate to

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Phone]
"CallHistoryMax" contains the number of numbers that will be kept in history. F.e. change it to 100.

prasannavigneshr · #65 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 05:41 AM

Disable camera shutter sound

This will turn off the sound when you make a picture:

Navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ArcSoft\Camera\]
To turn it off change the value "Shutter sound" to "0"

prasannavigneshr · #66 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 05:43 AM

Internet Explorer Homepage

If you bought your PPC from T-Mobile, whenever you use it to surf the net the first page that opens will always be T-Zones, even if you have set a different homepage from with in Internet Explorer. this is annoying.

Here is how you can stop it.

1) Using a registry editor go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\PIEplug.

2) Under this key you will find an entry called "Home". The value of this entry is the T-Zones homepage. Delete this entry to give your browser complete control of setting your default homepage.

3) Alternatively, you can change the value to a page of your choice. However, whatever you enter here will override any homepage set within Internet Explorer.

prasannavigneshr · #67 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 05:44 AM

MSN Messenger Notifications

Using Windows Mobile 5, there are no Sounds and Notifications options for MSN Messenger.

Below is a registry hack to change this:
1)Using a registry editor go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications\
2) Make a new key called {A877D65F-239C-47a7-9304-0D347F580408}

3) Open the key and set the (Default) value to "Messenger: New Message"

4) Make a new String Value called "Wave" and set its value to "notify"

5) Make a new DWORD value called "Options" and set its value to 8. The base for this value should be decimal.

6) Make another DWORD value called "Duration" and set its value to 0. The base for this value should also be decimal.

7) Go back to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications\

8) Make a new key called {A877D65E-239C-47a7-9304-0D347F580408}

9) Open the key and set the (Default) value to "Messenger: Contact Online"

10) Make a new String Value called "Wave" and set its value to "notify"

11) Make a new DWORD value called "Options" and set its value to 8. The base for this value should be decimal.

12) Make another DWORD value called "Duration" and set its value to 0. The base for this value should also be decimal.

If you now go to Start > Settings > Sounds & Notifications you will be able to set notification options for MSN Messenger.
Please note that you may have to perform a soft reset for these new settings to take effect.

prasannavigneshr · #68 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 10:43 PM

Change the photo storage location to storage card

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Camera\Image\Savet o 0 change 1

prasannavigneshr · #69 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 10:44 PM

How To Stop ActiveSync From Launching Itself

If you (like myself) regularly check how many running programs you have on your WM5 device, you may have noticed that ActiveSync is usually on the list, despite the fact that you may have already closed it down. This is because it has an in-built function that schedules a synchronization appoximately every 10 mins. Having ActiveSync running for long periods consumes a lot of power and memory, causing accelerated draining of your device's battery and also poor performance and "slow-down". . I've tried it and it does work. All the best!

Disabling automatic syncing (and activesync startup) did. The new activesync is a dog, even worse than it was on WM2003SE and makes my x50v almost useless while running. I will list the steps to disable it. Note that you will still be able to sync, but AS will no longer start up on it's own.

1) Start up AS on your x50.
2) Tap the menu tab/soft key and tap "Add Server Source"
3) Configure a server source with a dummy IP address, user id, password and domain name; these do not have to be real
4) Once configured you should have another sync source show up on your main AS screen...continue on.
5) Tap the menu soft key again and you should see that the sync schedule option is no longer greyed out.
6) Change your schedule from a timed automatic start of AS to manual under both fields
7) If you try to sync now, AS will try to contact your imaginary exchange server and that will take forever until it times out, so you can now delete the exchange server from your list of sync sources. Your changes to the sync schedule will remain and will survive soft resets too.

prasannavigneshr · #70 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 10:47 PM

Copy Paste

With the onscreen keyboard you can do the cntrl+c to copy a selected content and copy with cntl+v in another application

prasannavigneshr · #71 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 10:48 PM

Remove System Tray

To remove the system tray just delete the init_tray.lnk from the windows\startup folder on your device and soft reset. Don't forget to back up that file in case you want to revert. Works great...

prasannavigneshr · #72 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 10:48 PM

MMS Reports

To permanently enable delivery reports for MMS messages, do the following:

1) Using a registry editor go to HKLM\Software\Arcsoft\Arcsoft MMS UA\Config\UI\SendOption

2) Change the value for NeedDeliveryReport to 1

3) Change the value for NeedDeliveryReportFac to 1

To permanently enable read reports for MMS messages, do the following:

1) Using a registry editor go to HKLM\Software\Arcsoft\Arcsoft MMS UA\Config\UI\SendOption

2) Change the value for NeedReadReport to 1

3) Change the value for NeedReadReportFac to 1

prasannavigneshr · #73 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 10:49 PM

Change T-Mobile Dialpad color

For t-mobile WM5:
Disable T-mobile ugly Pink and Grey dialpad and set it to the default microsoft blue

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = Security = Phone = Skin

then change "enabled" from 1 to 0 then reset your device

*might work on other pocket pc's ... never tested it

prasannavigneshr · #74 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 10:50 PM

Internet Explorer Navigation

The default behaviour for your device's four-way direction button in Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE) is to jump between hyperlinks/form fields on a web page. To change this behaviour so that the button scrolls the page left, right, up and down, use the following tweak: \HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Navigation\4-Way Nav = 0 (DWORD decimal) And to re-enable hyperlink/form field navigation: \HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Navigation\4-Way Nav = 1 (DWORD decimal) NB: You may still jump between links using Tab and Shift-Tab if your device has a built-in hardware keyboard.

prasannavigneshr · #75 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 10:50 PM

Wireless Today Item

The following tweak will add a "Wireless" item to your today screen that displays WiFi name/status as well as Bluetooth status. 1) Using a registry editor create the following key: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\"Wireless" (You must include the quotation marks). 2) Add the following values to this key: DLL = netui.dll (STRING) Order = 0 (DWORD) Enabled = 1 (DWORD) Type = 4 (DWORD) Flags = 0 (DWORD) Options = 0 (DWORD) NB: THis tweak will only work with ROM version 1.30

prasannavigneshr · #76 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 10:51 PM

How to increase the volume of MS voice command

Took long time to search, here it is.
When you upgrade to WM5, MS voice command sound during announcing a call will be very low ( Imate Jaz Jar).

In order to increase the volume , navigate to HKCU\Control Pannel\SoundCategories\VoiceCommand1 Then change the value of AttenuationCategory from 4 to 1

Sound of the voice command will be even higher than the ringing tone.
You can also change the value of InitVol to 40.

prasannavigneshr · #77 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 10:52 PM

Disabling Cyberon Voice dialer from I-mate JasJar

The Cyberon Voice dialer conflicts with Microsoft voice commands, as well as conflicts with the bluetooth headset on the I-mate Jas Jar. The application is installed in the ROM. In order to disable the voice tag application, please follow the following steps

1-delete the shortcut in the \Windows\Start Menu as well as the SDDaemon.lnk file in the \Windows\Startup folder

2-In the following registry locations: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Shell \ Extensions \ ContextMenus \ Contacts \ Main_ContextMenu Remove this key entirely: {2C0E9904-F32D-4f53-875F-479F5CA81E18}

3-In the following registry locations: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Shell \ Extensions \ ContextMenus \ Contacts \ Main_Tools Remove this key entirely: {2C0E9904-F32D-4f53-875F-479F5CA81E18}

4- In this registry location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ ControlPanel Remove this key entirely: VoiceTagCPL

5-In this registry location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ OEM \ VoiceCommand Change this value: Path = \Program Files\Voice Command\VoiceCmd.exe

Switch off the device for 15 seconds for the registry changes to be committed, then soft reset.

May be you want to backup the registry so that if you hard reset , you can get it back.

These steps should also work on K-Jam and Jam-in from Imate.

I have tried using the bluetooth for triggering voice command by changing the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OEM\VoiceCommand Path = "\Program Files\Voice Command\VoiceCmd.exe

However, the quality of the recognition was not good, as well as the device kept on triggering voice command after each call. Also, voice command kept on hanging, so I kept the value as is, and I change voice command to be value 0 (disable) at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OEM\VoiceCommand Path

prasannavigneshr · #78 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 10:52 PM

Speed up SD Card Transfer

Modify the following two reg keys to increase the transfer speed of your memory cards

hklm\drivers\sdcard\clientdrivers\class\mmc_class
hklm\drivers\sdcard\clientdrivers\class\SDMemory_c lass

And change value of BlockTransferSize from 64 to 128 or 256.

prasannavigneshr · #79 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 10:55 PM

GPRS Notofication Options

To add a 'Disconnect' button to the GPRS notification area at the top of your screen:

1) Go to HKLM\ControlPanel\Phone.
2) Set the value of Flags2 to 8.
3) Soft reset of on your device.

To add a 'Disconnect' button and a connection timer to the GPRS notification area:

1) Go to HKLM\ControlPanel\Phone.
2) Set the value of Flags2 to 16.
3) Soft reset of on your device.

To remove the 'Disconnect' button and the connection timer from the GPRS notification area:

1) Go to HKLM\ControlPanel\Phone.
2) Set the value of Flags2 to 0.
3) Soft reset of on your device.

prasannavigneshr · #80 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 10:56 PM

Changing the speed of Microsoft voice command

This is a funny one, you can increase or decrease the speed of the voice command narrator.

Navigate to
\HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Speech\Voices and on the key DefaultTTSRate (default value is 4 )

Increasing the number will increase the speed of the narration, while decreasing the number will slow it.

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