upgrade to 1.42 ROM.what is caller id application? - MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading

Just upgraded to 1.42 ROM and when I hard reset the device it asks if I want to install caller id application. I am not sure what this is or does and what I should reply. Can anyone give me any advice?? Thanks John

Caller ID app allows u to assign different ringtones/music and photos to different callers - ie to personalize it. Just like on regular cellphones.
However the app that comes with phone is crap. Doesn't work half the time.
Download Photo Contacts Pro by pocketx. DOnt bother with any other caller id apps - i tried them all.
The latest version of PCP is decent, tho not perfect IMO. But at least it works like it's supposed to!

Thank you Starik and also for the recommendations..This means I can decline this app when it say do you want to install? Thanks again..jd76

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starik said:
Caller ID app allows u to assign different ringtones/music and photos to different callers - ie to personalize it. Just like on regular cellphones.
However the app that comes with phone is crap. Doesn't work half the time.
Download Photo Contacts Pro by pocketx. DOnt bother with any other caller id apps - i tried them all.
The latest version of PCP is decent, tho not perfect IMO. But at least it works like it's supposed to!
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Where do we get the Photo contacts pro from????
also after the upgrade to latest 1.40 i can't find file explorer anywhere on my pc.. what do i do...

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Large Picture-ID

One thing that annoys me to no end is that you can put a picture in each contact but when they call it's just this tiny little pic on the screen.
Does anybody know of a program out there that will show a full screen (or close to it) picture of the person calling in? This has always annoyed me!
I remember someone with an iphone 'skin', which I believe brought up the full picture while you were RECEIVING a call. I can't remember if it also worked when placing a call.
alaiwy said:
One thing that annoys me to no end is that you can put a picture in each contact but when they call it's just this tiny little pic on the screen.
Does anybody know of a program out there that will show a full screen (or close to it) picture of the person calling in? This has always annoyed me!
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http://www.pocketx.net/products/photocontacts_ppc/index.html
Enjoy
Thank you much!
I've always wished that there was a caller ID program that did not come with all the bloat of Photo Contacts Pro. Seems like no one has ever bothered to make a simple program like that though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1591991#post1591991
Try Inesoft Address Book, very good with skinning support for the caller ID. www.inesoft.com
why cant there be just a simple program for photo caller ID? ive tried all the other programs and dont need the address book and everything else. Its a part of all these other programs, someone must know how to do this. thanks...
S2U2 v0.72 supports full screen photo caller ID. Search the forum and u'll get it free. Need to edit registry key though for caller ID to work. Just read the first post of the thread.
The iphone skin reffered to is the program Slide 2 Unlock. This is available via this forum. Within the post there are details of a registry setting which gives you two different options for setting caller ID pictures. One is a small pic and the other is full screen. Works well !
j1ngles said:
The iphone skin reffered to is the program Slide 2 Unlock. This is available via this forum. Within the post there are details of a registry setting which gives you two different options for setting caller ID pictures. One is a small pic and the other is full screen. Works well !
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now it comes with it own config settings... so no need to do a reg edit....very nice app...
I installed S2U2 v0.86 last night and it appears at this early stage to do the large incoming caller photo very well. I also use PocketCM both for browsing contacts and to assign the caller photo. Both apps are from here at XDA-Developers and have excelent support. They are both skinnable.
friguy33 said:
why cant there be just a simple program for photo caller ID? ive tried all the other programs and dont need the address book and everything else. Its a part of all these other programs, someone must know how to do this. thanks...
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as mushipkw said slide to unlock does this. it's free and on xda

Custom Caller ID's

Are there any good custom caller ID's out there? I'm looking for something similar to the iPhone w/ a nice BIG picture w/ answer and ignore. The default WM doesn't do it for me. I've searched the forums and can't find a thing, thanks in advance.
you can use S2U2. it is iphone like app that is used for locking device screen and it has built in caller id function. you can even change the phone number format. just look in S2U2 settings and you will find what you are looking for.
there are also some threads about this application so you can find all info in there
Thanks, I've tried S2U, didn't really care for sliding everytime i'd unsleep the phone. I've got big fingers, and it sucks when i'm driving having to slide a bar, i'm looking for a standalone caller ID app.
nufsaid said:
Thanks, I've tried S2U, didn't really care for sliding everytime i'd unsleep the phone. I've got big fingers, and it sucks when i'm driving having to slide a bar, i'm looking for a standalone caller ID app.
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You can enable D-Pad and slide to unlock using the D-Pad.
nufsaid said:
Thanks, I've tried S2U, didn't really care for sliding everytime i'd unsleep the phone. I've got big fingers, and it sucks when i'm driving having to slide a bar, i'm looking for a standalone caller ID app.
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In the new version you can use the green button to answer...
Next time follow the link on my sign....
You can also disable the sleep feature, and just use the Caller ID like I do.
id also like to enlarge the picture on the caller id ..... any other options?
You guys should look at PhotoContacts Pro.
You guys should look at PhotoContacts Pro.
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There's got to be a free/better looking caller ID replacement out there somewhere, I'm going to try the S2U2 again and disable the sleep function as suggested...I'd still really like to see a GOOD replacement for the WM caller ID. Thanks for the ideas though.
dathrillr said:
id also like to enlarge the picture on the caller id ..... any other options?
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you can enlarge picture to almost full screen
A few things to note:
If you've set your contact pictures using the default WM contacts program, your pictures have been resized to the size you see on your caller ID right now. Using a full screen caller ID with these low resolution pictures will look like crap. You CAN, however, use a third party contact manager to set a high resolution contact photo, but from what I understand, Outlook doesn't like that and refuses to sync the contact picture when you do so.
nufsaid said:
There's got to be a free/better looking caller ID replacement out there somewhere, I'm going to try the S2U2 again and disable the sleep function as suggested...I'd still really like to see a GOOD replacement for the WM caller ID. Thanks for the ideas though.
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Just ensure you assign the phto's to the contacts thru S2V....
antihrist said:
you can enlarge picture to almost full screen
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sorry maybe im missing something... i can enlarge the picture with a stock phone? or do i need a new caller id program?
dathrillr said:
sorry maybe im missing something... i can enlarge the picture with a stock phone? or do i need a new caller id program?
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if you use s2u2 1.05 and also s2v and assign you contact pics thru s2v the caller id pics will take up pretty much most of the screen with good sized answer and ignore buttons its pretty much the best option out there and easiest to use i think try it if its not what you are looking for you can alway remove it
i gave in and installed s2u2, although im not using s2v i can still assign photos via outlook. some photos get distorted when they are blown up... i prolly just have to use a better quality photo
dathrillr said:
i gave in and installed s2u2, although im not using s2v i can still assign photos via outlook. some photos get distorted when they are blown up... i prolly just have to use a better quality photo
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Nope, that's Outlook resizing your picture. You have to use S2V if you want pictures to look good when blown up. The only problem with this is that I think pictures won't sync up properly with Outlook if you use that feature.

Disable Incoming Calls Display

My question is two part, so here goes:
I'm running ManillaPlus Phone Dialer for my phone dialer skin, and just recently installed Resco Contact Manager (which I must say, to date is one of the best contact managers thus far. It's also free since it's in beta). In addition, I have S2U2 installed as my phone lock device. S2U2 gives an option to answer calls, which I've disabled, and the Resco CM has a pretty nice one as well (which i want to use), but is covered up by the default Kaiser's one. Also, for some reason, the manillaPlus distorts the caller ID box when receiving a call. My question is (after this long winded statement), how can I disable the default caller ID box that comes up when a call is received so all i see is Rescos caller ID box?
Does that make sense? Hopefully someone can help, or understands what I'm asking.
AFAIK the Resco app would be supposed to override the default caller ID box itself. Probably a bug of the beta... but I see the final version is now out so you might want to give it a try and see it it's fixed.
kilrah said:
AFAIK the Resco app would be supposed to override the default caller ID box itself. Probably a bug of the beta... but I see the final version is now out so you might want to give it a try and see it it's fixed.
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Thanks, I installed the new version, and while it covers up the default display, it still allows the WM6.1 display to show for 2 sec.
Still haven't figured out why the caller ID (WM 6.1) is all distorted when I get a call. Any ideas?

caller ID ??? wtf??

So I loaded a new rom (energyrom3.0) running WM 6.5.
and when i did my restore for all my contacts etc using pimbackup, i see my contacts list just fine. but when someone calls, i just see their number no name or anything!!
i restored again and still no caller id....
I did a search and im not finding any info on this.
can someone tell me what Im doing wrong??
(htc fuze running energy rom 3.0)
it sucks not knowing whos calling or texting me, now I have gotten into the habit of not answering my phone because of this issue...
I cant memorize all my contacts !
Thanks for any help
anyone seen this?
its probably some setting that I have not seen...
yep - im getting the same problem and raised a
separate thread - lots of views but no replies
i think its a wm6.5 issue.
im on energy rom - which is superb so far - but the callerid and sms id is causing me problems so i may have to revert to an older rom
I can't say that I've experienced this. (Running RRE's rom though) Have you tried install slide to unlock just for the full screen caller id that it has? (you can disable the actual locking part if you dont want it). Also, what dialer are you using?
I used active sync and outlook for my syncing and backing up my contacts and it all worked fine with nrg 3.0.
yea i have a buddy that uses outlook sync to restore.
how do i use that?
im using the stock dialer.
try s2u2 you say?
i ahve had it in the past, i will install that and see how it works. just so many dam options when setting it up. can be a bit time consuming...
thanks for the replies peeps
where are your contact pictures located? In the past, if you stored them on the Storage Card, then it could also cause a delay/issue. Just a thought for something to try.
yep - i also used pimbackup - and energy 3.0 - and im having the same problem.
wonder if its to do with the backup/restore rather than syncing
element2zz said:
I cant memorize all my contacts !
Thanks for any help
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I think you should just memorize all of your names and numbers. Think how much more that would impress your friends than a fancy phone...
Try ActiveSync on the PC. If you are on Vista, you will need Windows Mobile Device Center, which unbeleivably does not auto-install with a new OS image. You can find it on Microsoft website for free, the same for ActiveSync if you are on XP. However, to use Activesync, you really need Outlook to get much value out of it. The huge upside is that if you use Outlook and ActiveSync, you will have a copy of all your contacts in 2 different physical locations.
Doug M.
if you hit the pwr button quick 2x on incoming call, it will show...
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if you hit the pwr button quick 2x on incoming call, it will show...
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lol really?
Sounds like an issue with energyrom. I am running Da_G's clean fuze 2 WM6.5 and i did a pim backup and restore and it works fine for me.
sevenalive said:
Sounds like an issue with energyrom. I am running Da_G's clean fuze 2 WM6.5 and i did a pim backup and restore and it works fine for me.
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it could very well be...
is this happening to anyone else??
i have fixed this - somehow ?!
removed icontact - and deleted the icontact 'contacts file'
did a new PIM backup - hard reset
when i looked at the texts they still had numbers not names, however i spotted that i had over 500 texts !!! cleared the lot of them out and everything working fine. callerID and text recognition perfect ....
Whether it was PIM backup, icontact or sheer volume of texts i dont know but what I can say is that its NOT the ROM.
im a happy bunny now
I am having the same problem, curently running At0mAng V5.1 WWE with WM 6.1. I did use PIM backup to restore, but to try to fix this problem I erased all of my contacts and restored them with Activesync. No luck, I suppose I should try a hard reset.
element2zz said:
lol really?
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Yes really,.... If you hit the pwr button to off then back on, the callerID will be displayed. It's like a refresh of the lock screen. As for Energy Rom, I've been using Da_G's kitchen to cook since 21169 till 21222 and CallerID hasn't worked on the lock screen unless I do the pwr button trick.
I however have been using Exchange 2007 to sync my contacts in all versions though. Maybe it's something with that? I don't know...hopefully it will get resolved though.
Same prob here, I can tell u how to fix it..
Ive had the exact same problem with my stock Fuze. I checked HTC and even called them. Tried for nearly 3 hours on ATT talking with tech support. Yet these ppl only know whats written in their books. We, the ones that actually tweak and figure out the "bugs" in certain systems r the ones that know the answers. Thats why I love this site! .... sorry, got carried away. ... OK, ur most likely using the Advanced Config 3.3, if so, thats where the problem lies. If u go down to the "Phone" tweak inside of Advanced Config and set the "purge SIM contact when no SIM" Set this to YES. Now it DOES NOT delete the contacts as it says it should when u remove the SIM card and reboot. Instead it cuts off the NAME of ur caller ID yet still shows the number. Ive done about 12 master resets tryin to find the exact reason I kept losin my Caller ID name. This IS why. Though I have a different ROM, this just may be a bug that affects the entire system of any fone. Now my Caller ID works fine. When I install Advanced Config 3.3 and tweak it, the only things I change under the "Phone" catagory are Clean Period, cuz I like having all my calls in the dialer, and number of ID matches. Also when u install HD Tweak or Diamond Tweak do not set the ring to "Instant Ring". This will also cut the name of the Caller off. Yet u can change the "Ring Delay" to WITHOUT DELAY. This will solve the delay problem as well as the Caller ID disappearing act. I actually found that under another thread here. Both tweaks r set and my Caller ID has yet to cut off again. I may be wrong, yet it never hurts to try right? Good luck, hope this helps!
hi there,
also in advanced config is an option to use x digits as id.
i had the issue of it not recognnising contacts between 0 numbers and +44 numbers.
so i set this valuie to 10 digits then it doesnt matter about the zero or +44.
worth a shot.
panthersdzynes said:
Ive had the exact same problem with my stock Fuze. I checked HTC and even called them. Tried for nearly 3 hours on ATT talking with tech support. Yet these ppl only know whats written in their books. We, the ones that actually tweak and figure out the "bugs" in certain systems r the ones that know the answers. Thats why I love this site! .... sorry, got carried away. ... OK, ur most likely using the Advanced Config 3.3, if so, thats where the problem lies. If u go down to the "Phone" tweak inside of Advanced Config and set the "purge SIM contact when no SIM" Set this to YES. Now it DOES NOT delete the contacts as it says it should when u remove the SIM card and reboot. Instead it cuts off the NAME of ur caller ID yet still shows the number. Ive done about 12 master resets tryin to find the exact reason I kept losin my Caller ID name. This IS why. Though I have a different ROM, this just may be a bug that affects the entire system of any fone. Now my Caller ID works fine. When I install Advanced Config 3.3 and tweak it, the only things I change under the "Phone" catagory are Clean Period, cuz I like having all my calls in the dialer, and number of ID matches. Also when u install HD Tweak or Diamond Tweak do not set the ring to "Instant Ring". This will also cut the name of the Caller off. Yet u can change the "Ring Delay" to WITHOUT DELAY. This will solve the delay problem as well as the Caller ID disappearing act. I actually found that under another thread here. Both tweaks r set and my Caller ID has yet to cut off again. I may be wrong, yet it never hurts to try right? Good luck, hope this helps!
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Mine was set to Yes by default, should I set it to no? How about show Sim contacts in contacts? Very interesting though...
The only thing I save with PIM backup are my phone calls and messages. Therefore, I rely on Outlook to sync the remaining data such as contacts and appointments and I never have issues with any rom from any device using this method.

[Q] bloody phone dialer

guys,
I'm a new comer here, having just flashed a few nand rom to my hd2, after having used WM for many years...
I quite like the idea of android, but there are 2 things that annoy me:
1. the sync to outlook for my contacts...
2. but most importanatly, the dialer. I'm used to typing the first letters of a contact, but here it seems i can only dial a number, otherwise i have to search manually for the contact... Is there an alternative dialer i can instal?
The dialler works the same way as on WinMo. For example if you're looking to call "Mike" just tap 6 then 4 then 5 then 3. The letters for Mike are on those keys. Get it?
Sent from my FutureShocks HD2 MIUI using XDA App
Skellyyy said:
The dialler works the same way as on WinMo. For example if you're looking to call "Mike" just tap 6 then 4 then 5 then 3. The letters for Mike are on those keys. Get it?
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That depends on the build. Stock Android ROMs don't have this.
There are, however, alternative diallers available in the market, so it's really not an issue. There's even one available on XDA that allows you to type names, as well as numbers....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784778
I just went into the Android Apps & Games forum and searched for the word "dialer"
johncmolyneux said:
That depends on the build. Stock Android ROMs don't have this.
There are, however, alternative diallers available in the market, so it's really not an issue. There's even one available on XDA that allows you to type names, as well as numbers....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784778
I just went into the Android Apps & Games forum and searched for the word "dialer"
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so did I but it didn't return anything
thanks though
matthieup said:
guys,
I'm a new comer here, having just flashed a few nand rom to my hd2, after having used WM for many years...
I quite like the idea of android, but there are 2 things that annoy me:
1. the sync to outlook for my contacts...
2. but most importanatly, the dialer. I'm used to typing the first letters of a contact, but here it seems i can only dial a number, otherwise i have to search manually for the contact... Is there an alternative dialer i can instal?
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1. I use companion sync, it syncs to google -> to my phone
2. The only dialers that didn't work for me were the Nexus builds, all the ones based on the Desire ROM work like the old WM dialer
matthieup said:
so did I but it didn't return anything
thanks though
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If those apps aren't turning up in your Market, install 'Market Enabler' and spoof your location to view and install apps.
If 'Market Enabler' doesn't show up... Google for the apk and side install it.
You wiull then be able to download 'any' app you like, regardless of whether you are meant to be able to download it or not.
Install "Dialer One" from the market.
There are heaps of dialers on the market. Being a long time Win user myself, i admit Phonex, Resco contact manager, etc were quite good as far as diallers go.
Im currently using aTakephone (market) which isnt bad, there is even Contapps which looks nice as Phonebook 2.0 which links to each contacts details like FB, history, SMS etc.
As for sync to outlook contacts, i use MyPhoneExplorer, syncs contacts, calendar and you can use it to SMS etc.
dialer one
totally agree about dialer, seems a great step backwards!
'Dialer one,' is the best!
search the market for it, then thank me
thanks guys.
I've dnld dialer one and it seems to be doing the job well

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