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Backlight Manager

Is there an app that makes the backlight lit lower than current backlight for a time (secs) if the device is not used? (just to save some power) Just like in some nokia phones...
I'm managing to build one but I'm a super noob in CE programming using VB.
I dunno how to use registry so that user who modified the app will stay as it is when you softreset the device.

With Mortscript you should be able to write this quite easily. I once built one script to turn backlight back on when Tomtom mistakenly turned it off. The next day I received the Tomtom update that didn't have that bug...
There is hardly any learning curve, the manual is just a short reference, download some sample scripts, look into them and you can start writing.
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Maggy said:
With Mortscript you should be able to write this quite easily. I once built one script to turn backlight back on when Tomtom mistakenly turned it off. The next day I received the Tomtom update that didn't have that bug...
There is hardly any learning curve, the manual is just a short reference, download some sample scripts, look into them and you can start writing.
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Could you tell me more detail about Mortscript for TOMTOM?
I also worry about TOMTOM backlight. Now I use phoneAlarm to turn on backlight.

I actually used 3 scripts for Tomtom backlight problem, but didn't save them because Tomtom 6.03 no longer had that problem. Putting it all in one script didn't work because once the script started Tomtom it paused till Tomtom closed down. So one script called the Tomtom start script, that second script ended once Tomtom was starting but the first one was still able to call the third one, which wrote the correct registry settings for backlight.
Read all about Mortscript on http://www.sto-helit.de/index.php?module=page&entry=ms_overview&action=view

still downloading Visual Studio 2005... 2GB+ remaining...
Any suggestions?

Who said anything about Visual Studio???
Mortscript is a very tiny download from the link I gave you. And it's freeware.
Visual Studio is nice for very professional programmers, although lots of them use freeware/open source tools as well. For such a tiny utility as what you were talking about it's like killing a mosquito by setting off all nuclear bombs at once.

Well said
Plus, he wouldn't use MortScript with VS at all
nesty24, just take a notepad (or Notepad++ or something else you like) and voila

utak3r said:
Well said
Plus, he wouldn't use MortScript with VS at all
nesty24, just take a notepad (or Notepad++ or something else you like) and voila
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LOL! yeah, i dunno mortscript. And besides, i don't like to make a program on my himalaya...
utak3r, what's with notepad? It's very hard to code just imagining your forms. And I'm noob in this programming with CE, i don't have resources at all.

nesty24 said:
utak3r, what's with notepad? It's very hard to code just imagining your forms.
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But you won't code forms... Just a plain code. Consider it as batch files (or better - JavaScript scripts).

backlight is too dark
hi.
i have 2 xda2 and i have updated it to wm6 aku4.2 but one it backlight is darker, it have only 64mb but in the board have 4 chip infeon=128mb. i don't understand why it recognize 64mb? thanks.

thientan said:
i have 2 xda2 and i have updated it to wm6 aku4.2
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Then upgrade to AKU0.7.0, it's a newer build.
thientan said:
but one it backlight is darker
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Did you try adjusting it?...
thientan said:
it have only 64mb but in the board have 4 chip infeon=128mb. i don't understand why it recognize 64mb? thanks.
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64MB of what?...
Your 128MB of RAM is splitted between RAM, RAMDisk and page pool.

thientan said:
hi.
i have 2 xda2 and i have updated it to wm6 aku4.2 but one it backlight is darker, it have only 64mb but in the board have 4 chip infeon=128mb. i don't understand why it recognize 64mb? thanks.
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utak3r answered it already but just to be clear to all: EACH Himalaya has 4 chips infineon, always 128MB. Most of us never pick up a screwdriver to check that or any other hardware specifications.
I personally did, but that was just because:
-I bought mine with broken screens
-I'm a trained hardware technician
-I'm very curious
Unless you have similar good reasons to open your device, please don't. Curiosity does not only kill the cat. If you want to see what's inside, look at the perfect pictures in the Wiki

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Unless you have similar good reasons to open your device, please don't. Curiosity does not only kill the cat. If you want to see what's inside, look at the perfect pictures in the Wiki
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Holy words
I was opening my one several times - its connector is soooo bad If you're using it in a car for navigation, this connector gets broken
I was resoldering it 5 times till now

Speeds things a looottt.

So i backed up all the files in windows startup. Some i knew what they were and some i had no idea like:
-autoshortcut
-htcstartup
-poutlook.
The rest i knew like s2u2 etc..
So i erased them all and restarted kicks a** diamond. Shaves 3 seconds of boot up before i erased. Ver Nice.
And the best part of it all is that the memory shows a solid 60%.
If any of you noticed i belive 60% is the magic number, when the diamond runs on 60% it just feels powerful and quick.
Greetings boys. Hope it helps. Disable all your startups.

So you disabled even TF 3D?

pokevitek said:
So you disabled even TF 3D?
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That should improve startup time by quite a bit

No Touch flow is still there I mean it still boots on start.
I like touch flow.

After doing it only 1 % more memory free. Suspect this 1 % is not even for the erase but due to the soft reseting.

So no big improvement at all?

pokevitek said:
So no big improvement at all?
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Trust me there is an improvement if your startup file is empty. You shall feel it.

Sergio PC said:
So i backed up all the files in windows startup. Some i knew what they were and some i had no idea like:
-autoshortcut
-htcstartup
-poutlook.
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I have these in my startup also and noticed them the other day when perusing. However, I would really like to know what they do before disabling (i.e. moving) them. Will I lose some of the device functionality when doing this?
I don't use TF3D by the way but do rely on email which is received via Synchrologic from Notes - obviously, poutlook seems suspiciously like an email "thing").
Regards,
Gary.

gxprice said:
I have these in my startup also and noticed them the other day when perusing. However, I would really like to know what they do before disabling (i.e. moving) them. Will I lose some of the device functionality when doing this?
I don't use TF3D by the way but do rely on email which is received via Synchrologic from Notes - obviously, poutlook seems suspiciously like an email "thing").
Regards,
Gary.
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Yep i think U right just save them and experiment.
Luck dude!

Remove Diamond Dialer....

Hello sorry to ask but i was searching in the forums and i didnt found how to remove the diamond dialer so i will have 10 mb more so ............please someone know??? but also how to get it back when i decided.......

dimisxxx said:
Hello sorry to ask but i was searching in the forums and i didnt found how to remove the diamond dialer so i will have 10 mb more so ............please someone know??? but also how to get it back when i decided.......
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Schaps AdvancedConfig lets you do it, it's one of the options.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=69442&d=1202399126
Great little program.
Note: I was assuming by "Diamond dialer" you mean the phone skin, if that's not what you're talking about sorry. I didn't realize it gave that much memory, that's the only reason I'm putting this.

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Schaps AdvancedConfig lets you do it, it's one of the options.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=69442&d=1202399126
Great little program.
Note: I was assuming by "Diamond dialer" you mean the phone skin, if that's not what you're talking about sorry. I didn't realize it gave that much memory, that's the only reason I'm putting this.
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Thank you my friend thanks very much...

The problem is, you lose a lot of functionality by disabling it. (Video calls, Volume keys, turn phone upside down to mute, save to contacts popup etc. etc.)
I wish someone could find out why it takes so much RAM and compress the images or something to make it smaller.

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The problem is, you lose a lot of functionality by disabling it. (Video calls, Volume keys, turn phone upside down to mute, save to contacts popup etc. etc.)
I wish someone could find out why it takes so much RAM and compress the images or something to make it smaller.
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Eh, video calls aren't functional for me anyways... I have no front camera...
But yeah, I keep it on because I didn't notice a huge performance difference with it off, and it looks so much nicer when it's there.

It takes memory because of the images. The images are almost all stored in a dll, so compressing them is not easy.

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It takes memory because of the images. The images are almost all stored in a dll, so compressing them is not easy.
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Most images in DLL's can be taken out with a resource editor like Resource Hack. Then you can compress the images and put them back in. If I knew which dll we were talking about, I would give it a try.

I think here is another discussion about the same topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=417208

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Most images in DLL's can be taken out with a resource editor like Resource Hack. Then you can compress the images and put them back in. If I knew which dll we were talking about, I would give it a try.
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But they need to remain as the correct format to work, and they may not work well if compressed...
phcan.dll, and phcanOver.dll (or something like that) contain quite a lot of the images.
The thread linked above is indeed about this particular discussion, but not the same as the OP.

Possible to boost speed in HTC Dialer?

Hey there
I have learned that the HTC Dialer is pretty slow compared with the standard WM dialer. It will not only speed the phone up by disabling it, but also free up around 10 mb of ram! However, i like the dialers visuals, and the feature that i can flip the phone if i want to mute a call, which is disabled to if i disable the skin.
I saw the other day in some thread that by converting images from png to jpeg you could spare some ram and space, but can't remember if it was the dailer the topic where about nor where i found this topic.
So my question is. Is it possible to boost the performance of the HTC Dialer ? I do not care if it should take up 10 megs of my ram, all i wan't it to is to get quicker and more responsive, like the traditional wm default dialer, as i want the layout and the "flip to mute" functionality..
Is this possible in some way?
~D

Do you mean this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=417208
In here there is also a link to this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2365614&postcount=16
Havent tried it myself... but if It has all the fetures that HTC Dialer has I might give it a try..

Yup!
I'm using that manila VGA dialer, and it doesn't use more than 5.5MBs!! Thats pretty sweet.
And personally, I feel it looks better, with the black/white combination.
One thing to note though.. It takes like 0.8secs to launch the dialer from the moment you press the call button.. BUT, when it launches, it refreshes up your screen instantly!
Compared to the original diamond one, which may get activated quick, but takes a little more time to draw up to the screen.
Overall, it's a keeper for me. Try and.. if ya don't like, you can uninstall.
Cheers.

i found in the new advanced config 3, you can set the dialer hang up time from the default 3 seconds down to pretty much instant. i dont understand why in the world the default time from pushing hangup to actually ending the call would be 3 seconds. but im also a retard.

Blazeitup123 said:
i found in the new advanced config 3, you can set the dialer hang up time from the default 3 seconds down to pretty much instant. i dont understand why in the world the default time from pushing hangup to actually ending the call would be 3 seconds. but im also a retard.
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Ya mean right now it takes 3secs to hang up a call?
Yea I do notice its kinda laggy handling calls. K.. shall try AC3.
Thanks.

MasK said:
Yup!
I'm using that manila VGA dialer, and it doesn't use more than 5.5MBs!! Thats pretty sweet.
And personally, I feel it looks better, with the black/white combination.
One thing to note though.. It takes like 0.8secs to launch the dialer from the moment you press the call button.. BUT, when it launches, it refreshes up your screen instantly!
Compared to the original diamond one, which may get activated quick, but takes a little more time to draw up to the screen.
Overall, it's a keeper for me. Try and.. if ya don't like, you can uninstall.
Cheers.
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I've installed this one ... I like it very much...the 0.8 sec problem is ok for me... but I have another problem... when somebody's calling me ( I have the option to Vibrate and Ring) , after I press Talk ( Answer ) the phone vibrates for about 2 seconds.... very annoying... any ideas?

Go into the phone app and then menu -> options -> advanced and uncheck 'Vibrate device when connection is established'

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Go into the phone app and then menu -> options -> advanced and uncheck 'Vibrate device when connection is established'
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That is when youre making a call.
But what vibecatalin is saying is when youre picking up the phone, as it when it is vibrating/ringing. When you pick up, the vibrating doesnt cut off instantly.
Yea.. I got that too.. but somehow bearing with it.. heh.

But that sounds like 'vibrate on connect' to me

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But that sounds like 'vibrate on connect' to me
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No, not that vibration... .... the person who speaks with me can hear too that my phone vibrates for about 2-3 seconds... very annoying ... so I had to unistall the dialer ...

[Q]Memory Usage

Whats the deal with the RAM usage on the Diamond. Its getting to be a joke sometimes. After using the phone for 2 to 3 days, i have to switch it off just so the memory usage can drop back to around 60%. Its seems after using the music player, picture viewer and anyother apps the phone decides that it does not want to release the memory after they have been closed PROPERLY and doesnt even allow me a facility to release manually.
Am i missing something here ? Before anyone asks - yes i have closed programs properly and there is nothing running in the background (that i can see) but the usage jumps from 60% to 80% causing noticable lag.
Any help appriciated.

use a taskmanager and free the ram. i get with it 35% free ram (72 megs). you can close cprog and sip.

I use FreeUP Ram from SKTools but it´s not really good.
Normally i´ve got 60% used RAM and after using the Prog 57 % .
But I think that 40 % free RAM are enough?

whoops i mean i got 35% in used memory. the rest is free. sorry. sk tools is ok but doesnt help much. with the taskman you can close cprog. it seems to be the cache or something. if i had start a program. the cprog task gets bigger and bigger. i can close it without any error. and have a lot of ram. was sip or something is i dont know. i closed it too and no error.

Ok those points seem fair however my problem is that i cant actually see cprog or sip in my task manager. Im using the default one. Their are (apparently) no programs running....

Which taskmanager do you use ganxta?

Ther is no "SIP" running.
Only SIPGT_app.exe
Is it the same?

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Ok those points seem fair however my problem is that i cant actually see cprog or sip in my task manager. Im using the default one. Their are (apparently) no programs running....
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Both are not programs running; they are process running. So you can see them changing from menu > view > "application" to menu > view > "process" (sorry if the path is not correct, but my task manager is in spanish.
Then (viewing "process") you could see cprog and sip, but you won´t be able to close them. You only can close programs running, not process.

Yep i understand its a process but thats the problem im having i guess, i cant actually get to the process list. The task manager only has two options (not including the About) - "Stop All But Selected" & "Memory" - When i navigate to memory there isnt much i can do - its just a break down of whats in use.
So i guess i either need a new Task manager or can someone point me to which menu or program i need to access to get to the processes.
Task manager Info -
The version is: 2.1 Task manager for Pocket PC (Build 34563)
ROM -
1.93.405.1 WWE (The original from HTC)

Never mind I have found a really cool Task Manager tool - much more comprehensive than the crappy one provided with the phone. You can get it from: http://www.dotfred.net/TaskMgr.htm - pretty nifty tool.
So back on topic - WHAT is CPROG? It’s taking huge memory space so I’m reluctant to close it. If I can get any real information on the process, that would help me make a more informed decision whether to kill it or not.
Thanks for your help so far guys!
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Cprog is actually related to the phone portion of the PDA so its best to keep it running lol. You can close it but you'll find that when you want to make calls etc, it will run it self.

ShadowIXI said:
Never mind I have found a really cool Task Manager tool - much more comprehensive than the crappy one provided with the phone. You can get it from: http://www.dotfred.net/TaskMgr.htm - pretty nifty tool.
So back on topic - WHAT is CPROG? It’s taking huge memory space so I’m reluctant to close it. If I can get any real information on the process, that would help me make a more informed decision whether to kill it or not.
Thanks for your help so far guys!
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Cprog is actually related to the phone portion of the PDA so its best to keep it running lol. You can close it but you'll find that when you want to make calls etc, it will run it self.
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Thanks for the tool.
About Cprog... exactly; it´s is related to phone. If you close cprog process, the phone still be working but WM will not show the signal icon at the taskbar (you will be able to make an receive calls).
Everytime you make a call, cprog will be loaded in memory again.

With no programs running, how much memory should be being used? Mine says about 37% with no programs running. I have the Sprint CDMA version. I'm trying to figure out how to get the most battery life, so I'm trying everything I can.

Wow! Mine uses around 60% of the memory! When I start it up, It's around 50-55%, and after a bit of usage, it goes up to 60. After like many apps launched, and properly killed, it's around 64-68%. When I start feeling some lags, a soft reset cleans it back to to 50-55...
Of course, no program is running when I check this.
Any best practice in mind to maintain it as low as possible?

fhal said:
Wow! Mine uses around 60% of the memory! When I start it up, It's around 50-55%, and after a bit of usage, it goes up to 60. After like many apps launched, and properly killed, it's around 64-68%. When I start feeling some lags, a soft reset cleans it back to to 50-55...
Of course, no program is running when I check this.
Any best practice in mind to maintain it as low as possible?
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My Diamond shows after fresh start around 52% too,and after usage it goes upt to 70%
When I tried to stop cprog process, memory gone back to 51% but I was unable to recieve call, the phone doesn't show incoming call,even when caller hear ringing in his phone

i have a similar problem on my verizon touch pro. it has the same amount of ram as the diamond, so cprog.exe eating up 11mb of ram is a big deal to me. anyway, i disabled the dialer skin using the advanced configuration tool. the dialer looks ugly, but it's only eating 1.5mb of ram now.

ironi said:
i have a similar problem on my verizon touch pro. it has the same amount of ram as the diamond, so cprog.exe eating up 11mb of ram is a big deal to me. anyway, i disabled the dialer skin using the advanced configuration tool. the dialer looks ugly, but it's only eating 1.5mb of ram now.
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The grey is ugly isn't it? Fortunately it can be skinned, see my sig.

thanks, cool stuff. if i get some time, i'll play with this in photoshop. maybe something that matches the verizon tf3d a bit better.