The Messaging hardware button on my MDA Vario III is not working properly. When I press it, sometimes the top task bar shows "messaging" for a second, then disappears and the app does not start. Sometimes when I press it again, the messaging app starts after all, sometimes it does not. The strange thing is, that when I attach another prog to the button, it works flawlessly. I think that is is a software/registry issue, since this started after I installed AEBPlus. I deleted AEBPlus, but this has not helped. The only difference that I see in the registry is the first value, BTNWND. it has the value 2080975920, where all other keys have 0. I tried resetting it with PHM regedit, and it stuck for a few minutes, but after a while it resets to the old value again.
Does anyone know how to fix this? The registry key I am talking about is HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Shell/Keys/40C2.
I had a similar problem with my hermes on the original WM5 orange rom... but only if I had lots of apps open.
I would suggest that you experience this problem when you have left lots of programs running in the background.
Thanks, but I have no other apps running in the background. I have HTX X-button configured to close an app when I hit x. Strange thing is that the x-button does not close messaging when I hit x. I installed Pocket Plus and that x-button does close the messaging app.edit: SPB Pocket Plus, like HTC X-button, does not close the app properly, although it is not in the exclusions list. I have to kill it manually in the memeory/taskmanager app.
I played around a bit and noticed that the app is opened almost instantly when I go into settings-buttons, assign another app (Bubble breaker) to the button, then I close the button settings and the other app pops-up the second I hit the button. Then I go back to button settings, assign messaging to the button and when I press the button, I have the problem appearing again. It works this way till a soft reset. After the reset, the button does not work at all, untill I first assign another app to the button and then re-assign the button to messaging. Very strange behaviour. Can someone perhaps post the values in their registry ( the key is HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Shell/Keys/40C2). My value there differs with every soft reset, but is always something like 2080960048. When I set it to 0, the app opens instantly when I press the button, but for some reason after a while it resets to a value like 2080960521.
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For some reason the camera button on my kaiser stopped working. whenever I press it I get the message attached. If I start the camera from the programs interface and I use the Dpad button to take the pic everything works all right. Anyone having the same problem, or anyone knows how to fix it?
have you tried reinstalling the camera?
theres a polaris camera cab for the kaiser floating around somewhere
Did you use the camera cab? If you're using a shortcut to control camera by linking it to a button, check the button shortcut properties. Also, this can happen if your device security is on or if you moved the .exe.
First go into settings/buttons & reassign the camera to the correct button. You may want to use the browse function & make sure you assign the .exe in \windows instead of any .lnk shortcuts you may use. Then try re-installing the camera app. if that doesn't work.
Have you checked that the button is still assigned to the camera.
Start>settings>Buttons icon.
If the camera works ok by going to programmes then the camera is fine, it's just the association to the button that's either broken or has been reset by accident or by a new installation.
Mike
I feel really stupid! I should have checked what button 4 is atually for. I got confused by the icon of the button, which represents a tape, so I thought that was the recording button.
Thank you for your help!
Today, I noticed that my remapped PTT button was no longer remapped and I got that annoying message if I want to use PTT. I had it mapped to Vibraswitch and then voice recorder for holding. I looked at my registry settings and they were back to default. And the PTT key was recreated in services/ptt. I redid the settings then soft reset. When I turned it on my changes were once again taken off. Any one else have this issue?
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Today, I noticed that my remapped PTT button was no longer remapped and I got that annoying message if I want to use PTT. I had it mapped to Vibraswitch and then voice recorder for holding. I looked at my registry settings and they were back to default. And the PTT key was recreated in services/ptt. I redid the settings then soft reset. When I turned it on my changes were once again taken off. Any one else have this issue?
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I believe there are some registry changes that get automatically written when doing a soft or hard reset. There are some provxml files that based on their name automatically set certain reg entries. I'm not 100% sure how these work, but it might be your issue.
I would suggest writing a mortscript or something similar to run on startup, that time every time you reboot the script will change the entries back.
I'm looking for a task manager that I can launch with a hard button with the help of AEButton,
in which I can scroll though my open programs using the scroller not the touch screen and close each in turn or close all.
I've tried a lot and they all either;
- They dont have the facility to use the buttons as a scroller, touch only.
- They cant be launched to open using a hardware button, as in the program launches but all I get is the little cross, dot button appear in the top right of my today screen, not actually open the task manager.
- Or they dont have the facility to close all apps.
there must be a simple little program that does this, and im starting to feel like i've tried them all...
I can distantly remember using a version on RomEOS 1.2.1 but cant find any reference to it, it allowied me to 'check' each program and close them, and launched as an actual program, rather than enabling a cross on my today screen. And it wasn;t HTC Taskmanager.
Any suggestions you lovely people? I think one handed PPC use is they way to go and this is frustraiting me.
Install SPB Pocket Plus
Soft reset
Go to Settings-Buttons
Assign "Alt-Tab" on any button you want.
Press button, see all open prg's and scroll with the wheel to the one you want, press wheel and you are there.
Hi,
ever tried WkTask (freeware) ?
Quickmenu does the trick for me. Much better than WKTask. Also freeware. X button closes the app, gives a PC feel to menus and you don't ever have to use stylus.
Thanks for the replies
tried both WKTask and Quickmenu, but evenually settles on HandySwitcher, turned out to be a bonus that you can customise the colours, since i have a white background and couldn't read the white text on the menu.
Success!
Why wouldn't you use the task switching part of phoneAlarm?
You can set the default function to the switcher and be managing open tesks with 2 button pushes.
I second Quickmenu. Once you click the exe once it'll auto start after soft resets. Goto the settings and customize the startmenu the way you want. I set mine up to have Running programs first and that set to be shown as submenu and then it allows you the close one or close all feature, quickmenu popout second, then a break and then program, settings, and office folders all set to submenus and then my regular programs as links below. I can control it all with my finger or with the jog dial. Retains your windows TSK theme and if you set it to replace windows start menu it is like the other never existed. Excellent program and very lightweight. To fix the text issue I use UI Tweaker. Also helps me match the color to my TSK better. Just my personal preference.
These two programs have been killing me lately. The biggest problem (and the one I didnt see anything on when I searched) is with S2U2. My problem is that pressing the end key on my Verizon Touch Pro seems to stop S2U2 and puts me on the home screen. This is a problem because I installed S2U2 so that I wouldnt accidentally call people when the phone is in my pocket. The only reason I posted this is because I accidentally called someone today because of this problem. Is there any fix that will stop S2U2 from ending when the end key is accidentally pressed? Right now I am locking the keys using windows built in key lock and then using S2U2. This takes much more time than just pressing the power button and letting S2U2 kick in when it wakes up. If I could get the built in keylock to kick in on wakeup also or if I could get S2U2 to not respond to the end key, my problem would be fixed.
My second problem is with HTC's Task Manager in the top righthand corner of touchflo. Every once and awhile it will just disappear. I searched for this and came up with a couple of solutions that didnt work. I tried checking and unchecking the box in the buttons section that says "Enable quick menu on today screen." The only way to get it to reappear is to do a soft reset. Thats really frustrating. So is there any real fix for that? If not, what would you suggest for a replacement task manager that blends in with touchflo? I really just want something simple like HTC's task manager where it shows my tasks in a drop down and I can exit out of each one just like I do now. I really like how HTC's task manager is setup, but I cant deal with it disappearing.
Quite randomly, the start, OK, and application shortcut buttons on my Orange tytn ii have stopped working properly.
In ScummVM, I can use them as normal, they're not DEAD, but they don't do what they should. The start button doesn't open the start menu, the ok button does nothing, and the application shortcuts seem to think they're the softkeys...
Yet the softkeys do as well.
I suspect scummvm of having something to do with it, it only started after I remapped a key I was using in that.
So, does anyone know of this problem?
If not, do you think it's likely that ScummVM is changing registry entries or something to prevent windows from intercepting the keys then changing them back on exit, and not done it for some reason?
It's got to be as easy as changing some registry keys, I just don't know which ones and what to.
Thanks in advance
Hmm, after re-setting all the buttons in the "Buttons" control panel they're working again. I'll just put this down to general windows annoyances.