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Show/Hide SIM contacts

HI all!
How can I hide the sim contacts? Which is the registry key to modify?
I've tried TweakUI (modified for Trinity) and all tweak works, except "Show/Hide SIM contacts".
Greetings

Using htc sim manager, you can:
A) Move all sim contacts into an outlook contact(put pictures, etc) vice versa
B) Delete all sim contacts/outlook contacts
No reason you need to have both

I've all my contacts on device, but I want to leave saved the contacts also on my SIM card. The method to hide them, there is.

Ravenlord said:
HI all!
How can I hide the sim contacts? Which is the registry key to modify?
I've tried TweakUI (modified for Trinity) and all tweak works, except "Show/Hide SIM contacts".
Greetings
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Registry: HKCU\ControlPanel\Phone
Key: ShowSim (dWord)
Set it to 0
But it'll go back to 1 if you Reset the device.
I installed PocketCM, since it doesn't show SIM i don't have to hide it anymore. Looks nicer too.

There was a file posted on this board to fix that issue. I forgot who posted it but here it is.

Thank you a lot! It works

bastienvans said:
There was a file posted on this board to fix that issue. I forgot who posted it but here it is.
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Just moved over from Symbian UIQ 3 (m600i). I have no idea what CABS are and how to install the file you attached.
I also want to rid myself of seeing duplicated names as I want to see phone contacts but also retain SIM contacts. I go diving and change mobiles and still need the names & numbers.

copy the CAB to your phone and browse to it via the File Browser.. then execute.

not work!
please

This DOES work:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Phone]
"ShowSIM"=dword:00000001 ->0 to disable, 1 to enable.

bastienvans said:
There was a file posted on this board to fix that issue. I forgot who posted it but here it is.
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I made and posted it only to modaco.com, but it's nice to know it made it here too; considering it's the only one I know of that works after soft-reset.

grizzley said:
This DOES work:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Phone]
"ShowSIM"=dword:00000001 ->0 to disable, 1 to enable.
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only that to every soft reset it is repeated!

simfix
Thank you..it is working with the kaiser simfix!!!!!

works great! thx

nishv said:
works great! thx
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Till your next restart.

Hiding SIM contacts
f1ip said:
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I installed PocketCM, since it doesn't show SIM i don't have to hide it anymore. Looks nicer too.
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CorruptedSanity said:
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I also want to rid myself of seeing duplicated names as I want to see phone contacts but also retain SIM contacts. I go diving and change mobiles and still need the names & numbers.
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@f1ip: I don't have Pocket CM, but KaiserTweak is an easy way to hide SIM contacts (and it's only 377 kB + 47 kB for the .xml file, so it's not a memory hog)
@Corrupted Sanity: I too switch phones sometimes - don't want to take the expensive PDA to some environments.
@Everybody: I find that even though I have "Hide SIM Contacts" enabled, Voice Command still looks at them when I ask to dial a contact, and says "Showing 2 Found" and then asks which one you want to dial - a - anyone else have this experience?
Would like to have Voice Command ignore SIM contacts - the "Showing 2 Found" thing is so annoying that I ended up deleting all my SIM contacts, then I have to copy them back to the SIM if I want to transfer the SIM to another phone.

CorruptedSanity said:
Till your next restart.
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Did you even bother to read the release notes comment on Modaco? Or any followup comments? KaiserSimFix is the ONLY fix that still works after restart.

I don't know how i managed to fail in installation, but it seems not to work.

NuShrike said:
Did you even bother to read the release notes comment on Modaco? Or any followup comments? KaiserSimFix is the ONLY fix that still works after restart.
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I dont visit Modaco very often, so no I have not read their release notes (where are they anyway?).
Got a link to kaisersimfix?

CorruptedSanity said:
I dont visit Modaco very often, so no I have not read their release notes (where are they anyway?).
Got a link to kaisersimfix?
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Post #11 of this thread. Enjoy.

slide2unlock and Call Display

I'm using the latest version of Slide2Unlock found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=381588
Tried asking my question there, but no responses so far so I thought I'd ask in the Kaiser specific forum.
Everything seems to be working fine except when I get a call from someone in my contacts, it displays only the Number instead of their name. Anyone know how to fix this to get their name to be displayed instead?
Thanks.

I had that same problem before and it was because my contact list was from my SIM card and not the phone's memory. I had to move all my SIM contacts to the phone memory and it was fixed. Hope that fixes your problem..

i am quite sure if you open the slide to unlock settings there is an option for how you want the contact to be displayed.

zakiwashi said:
i am quite sure if you open the slide to unlock settings there is an option for how you want the contact to be displayed.
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There is something to display how the number is displayed ie. (###) ###-#### or ###-###-###
I haven't come across anything that says whether or not to display the name of the contact. If you could point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated.
shl6737 said:
I had that same problem before and it was because my contact list was from my SIM card and not the phone's memory. I had to move all my SIM contacts to the phone memory and it was fixed. Hope that fixes your problem..
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That could be the problem. All of my contacts are on my SIM card as I just got the phone about a week ago and haven't transferred them over yet. I'll see if that makes a difference. Thanks.

yeah, my contact names show up..... i am using S2U2 1.00 w/o any issues

adidas4275 said:
yeah, my contact names show up..... i am using S2U2 1.00 w/o any issues
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Are your contacts from your SIM card or stored on your phone?

there is an option to 'enable caller id' this puts the contact picture on screen

Slide2Unlock which Ver????
I,m a noob and I read so much. But which version works 100% in a ATT Tilt with out a cooked ROM. I really like to know

impossibile to Hide SIM contacts

I've modified the registry entry, i've try to use advancedconfig, but no lucky...
I've try to shutdown after modification, I've try to softreset, but every time the sytem goes up, the sim contacts is visible and the regisrty key comes back to "1"...
Any suggestions?
Thanks guys.

this works on my dual hopefully reg is same ?

Same
Same with me , always sim contacts, did all the same, no luck
I have WWE 1.35
grts

Get Schaps Advanced Config. Newest version is around 2.1, but the old ones all had the option to hide sim contacts too.
Rory

i use SK Tools. does the job!

rorydaredkign said:
Get Schaps Advanced Config. Newest version is around 2.1, but the old ones all had the option to hide sim contacts too.
Rory
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doesn't work...

phankhi said:
i use SK Tools. does the job!
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I don't think so...try to softreset (or power down) ...the SIM contact will be visible again.
I think that there is a startup program that recovers some registry keys.
Something similar happens also with deveicelock. If you use the device lock, the backlight timing is always set to 10seconds. If you change it, it works with the new timing until the next devicelock. (then it will be resetted to 10 seconds)

lightman3dd said:
I don't think so...try to softreset (or power down) ...the SIM contact will be visible again.
I think that there is a startup program that recovers some registry keys.
Something similar happens also with deveicelock. If you use the device lock, the backlight timing is always set to 10seconds. If you change it, it works with the new timing until the next devicelock. (then it will be resetted to 10 seconds)
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Using SK tools works for me, i have soft resetted my phone many times and theres no sign of the sim contacts....

phankhi said:
Using SK tools works for me, i have soft resetted my phone many times and theres no sign of the sim contacts....
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I've try several times with Sktools but after the softreset the sim contacts is visible...maybe something in my italian rom (1.35)? i really don't know.

yeah maybe. You could try to upgrade to 1.37.707.1

NikiSimFix
Had the same problem...
NikiSimFix.cab (program runs on startup) fixed this for me (probably imports a reg key on startup).
Cheers.

NikiSimFix
Tnx a Lot it works!!!

Excellent! It needs just a soft reset after installing

There is also a simpler way, which does not however survive a reset either (but it can be set through the standard menus instead of the registry, and it has the advantage of being easily toggled).
If - like me - you are synching your contacts from Outlook and do not want to see the SIM contacts, the easiest is to assign a category in Outlook to all your contacts, and then simply filter the All People view by that category. All your contacts are still there, and the SIM contacts disappear...

Doesn`t work for me. tried installing it to Device and Internal Storage performed a soft reset after both but sim contacts are still displayed. I think the only way to get this working is to delete all contacts from the sim then they definitely won`t show up.
**Edit** It seems to have worked after a second soft reset, brilliant

lightman3dd said:
I've try several times with Sktools but after the softreset the sim contacts is visible...maybe something in my italian rom (1.35)? i really don't know.
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I've tried several tools and it keeps on coming back with me as well. Why oh why are such basic things so very badly implemented?
I'm using an O2 XDA Orbit 2 which I believe is basically a rebadged HYC Touch Cruise.
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Marc Cornelius

works a treat thanks

I had to same issue... did everything but couldn't fix the prob...
I reflashed the rom to 1.93 and it works fine now :>

use POCKET TOOLMAN, it's working on my diamond

Same issue here! How have you fixed?

If you forgot you phone - Text it and automatic lock it [This really Works!]

Does any one know of a program that will do the following...........
-If you leave your phone somewhere and the phone is not locked or you just forgot to lock it.......You can call a certain number to lock the phone for you.
-it might sound dumb, but that would be a neat program
Update:
This program really works......... Thanks to hbatra!
Sprite Terminator
http://www.spritesoftware.com/?page_id=280
HTML:

http://usa.kaspersky.com/products_services/mobile-security.php
Don't know about any free software for it though...

you can power-off with "eye on thief" app
by sending sms with command
or u can command to run "eye on privacy" app,
which could lock yr phone
http://www.mycnknow.com/LockAppen.htm

Thank You I will try these and let you know how they work

yeah
yeah let all know brotha!, i cant wait

Take a look at SpriteTerminator (http://www.spritesoftware.com/?page_id=280).
Not freeware - but not only does it allow you to lock your phone, it also allows you to track it, erase the contents, disallow the changing of the SIM etc. etc.

hbatra said:
Take a look at SpriteTerminator (http://www.spritesoftware.com/?page_id=280).
Not freeware - but not only does it allow you to lock your phone, it also allows you to track it, erase the contents, disallow the changing of the SIM etc. etc.
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That is one of the hottest programs I have saw so for. If you are a business person, someone who just forgets there phone all the time or even if you just lost your phone..............You can use this program , so that you can txt yourself to lock, unlock or even erase everything out of your phone and alot more from just txting your phone. Thanks again hbatra

all the nokia E-Series come with this functionality built in.
it definitely is a cool option for when you lose your phone.

Elisha said:
all the nokia E-Series come with this functionality built in.
it definitely is a cool option for when you lose your phone.
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There is another cool feature to, if you lose it or someone steals it.........You can text your phone and it will delete everything off th phone included you memeory card

gsessons said:
There is another cool feature to, if you lose it or someone steals it.........You can text your phone and it will delete everything off th phone included you memeory card
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this "eye on thief" doing the same. I thought it'll be obvious from name..
I am running it on my phone as for protection.
What's specially cool about this one, is that it's just 1 exe, no install, very tiny and simple. u can burn it in ROM. This way it's hard to notice and disable by thief.
Also it's free with sort of limitations, but still usable.
in help you'll find list of comands. I just tried poweroff and reset.
poweroff switched only to stand-by but reset worked OK. on wm6.1
and no incomming sms showed up.
eeh, be carefull by testing.. I forgot about having it and after inserting new prepaid SIM, I find out my credit's gone with no sign of SMSs being send out.
ok, but as this thread is about forgotten phone, besides reset and not working power off, there are commands to forward calls and SMSs so maybe this is what you've been after? if you'll give it a try, let us know if it coculd be used this way.

papo said:
this "eye on thief" doing the same. I thought it'll be obvious from name..
I am running it on my phone as for protection.
What's specially cool about this one, is that it's just 1 exe, no install, very tiny and simple. u can burn it in ROM. This way it's hard to notice and disable by thief.
Also it's free with sort of limitations, but still usable.
in help you'll find list of comands. I just tried poweroff and reset.
poweroff switched only to stand-by but reset worked OK. on wm6.1
and no incomming sms showed up.
eeh, be carefull by testing.. I forgot about having it and after inserting new prepaid SIM, I find out my credit's gone with no sign of SMSs being send out.
ok, but as this thread is about forgotten phone, besides reset and not working power off, there are commands to forward calls and SMSs so maybe this is what you've been after? if you'll give it a try, let us know if it coculd be used this way.
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I tried that one, and followed the commands but could not get it to work. Maybe you have to have a certain model (phone) for it to work. I have the ATT Tilt and I could install it but the commands would not work. But I did try it, and yes it is a very small app.

gsessons said:
I tried that one, and followed the commands but could not get it to work. Maybe you have to have a certain model (phone) for it to work. I have the ATT Tilt and I could install it but the commands would not work. But I did try it, and yes it is a very small app.
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sms has to be it format: passreset
where pass is your remote password
and have you set up both password, added your sim and turned autorun on?

I love throttlelock it automatically locks the phone when it goes to sleep so no need to worry about if you locked it or not and to unlock the phone you simply slide your finger over a preset pattern. Very simple but very effective.

papo said:
sms has to be it format: passreset
where pass is your remote password
and have you set up both password, added your sim and turned autorun on?
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Yes I tried that as well, I even downloaded the pdf file with the step by step instuctions and it just does not work. That is why I said maybe it is the type of phone that I have, because the Sprite Termintor works perfect and they both use the sms commands to shut off, lock or what ever you what to do.
What type of phone you have.

i've got tytnII, T-mobile device but ROM by orange UK.
this app was working perfect on all my prev phones. trinity, rwo artemis. another tytn II unbranded. and different ROMs.
no idea then..
It beeps after every phone start, signaling that it's running ok.
I have it in windows folder, link in StartUp was created automatically with -startup parameter - "\windows\lockapppen.exe" -startup
I just set both passwords (used the same)
have check-on on first 4 boxes
have added my two SIMs
added both 2 numbers in SMS list.. ..maybe this could be problem. maybe it only accepts requests from numbers on SMS list. but that would not be too practical.
after sending sms with "passreset" (say "pass" is my password) it didn't show this message and replied back that command was processed.
was running this on wm6 and 6.1 too. no more ideas, sorry

How to permanently hide sim contacts after resets?

I have seen the tweaks to hide sim contacts after a reset but when you reset again, they come back.
There must be a way to permanently hide the sim contacts but I have not been able to find how to do so in the threads.
Any help appreciated.

try this cab

Try Advanced Config, there you can set it up, and many more things...

gtpete said:
try this cab
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It doesnt work.

nope, cant do it...atm atleast

this one worked for me

doesnt work for me either
im using panosha 2.4
both advanced config 3.3 and diamond tweak 0.5.3 fail to perm hide sim contact
if i use default contacts or burts icontact 6.4... the result is the same
both tools show double contacts
anyone know any fix??????

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=302796
try the hidesim.cab file in the above thread

Other solution in: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467147