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How to speed up selecting input method

I encounter a problem when i wan to select different input method. It's so slow to show the menu after i tick the arrow, it's about 5-7 second before it shows up the menu. How to speed it up?

I really do not have an explanation for this but it was like you said 5 - 6 seconds slow my HTC Touch as well.
The other day I wanted to try out a program so I did a complete backup with SPB Backup. After trying out the program I did a hard reset and restored using SPB Backup. Since then the selection has speeded up and now it takes hardly 1 second for the selection list to appear after I have pressed the small triangle on the right side of the SIP icon.
Before I did the backup I also had Cootek's TouchPal installed on my system which was obviously restored as well.
The above is just an observation for which I do not have an explanation. Ideally the SPB Backup should have restored my system to an exact similar state that it was prior to the backup which means that the selection should have continued to remain slow.
Regards

You can try:
Export the registry - CSID and import it again,
using Resco registry

A Few things I recommend
The first would be install omapclock if you don't have something like it already. A setting between 240 - 264 puts most devices safely on crank....
Monitor that along with open running programs. If you have a lot opened but minimized, that will cause the processor to have to free up before it will cycle through the menu selections on the keyboard. You can use oxias memory program called "OxiasMemory". It is a cab file and you can google this site or that name and immediately get a hit. Two programs in the download. One is a kill all running programs which I use rarely, the other is a memory release that will actually dump the ROM cache for programs you have closed out, not just minimized. Remember, windows mobile keeps a small cache open that normally closes out after a long time(hours) of not using a program even if you completely killed the task or you would have to reboot to get it. This program handles it without the reboot.
Use "Sipchanger"(you can search this site or google it). It is a small program, I want to say about 15-20k, that will overide the SIP on your device and run your SIP. Once installed don't forget to reboot and then you can find it under your programs tab.
Anytime you get issues like these they are due to slow performance of the processor. Usually getting bogged down with other more important and more frequantly used apps. Freeing up that processor to do work by offloading the ROM seems to do the trick.
Happy using!!!!!!!!!
Curious George

GoodLink problem, anyone can help?

I have goodlink installed on my Kaiser and can't remove it since it is required by the company.
Well, the bad things are:
1. The goodlink main program "GoodApp.exe" can somehow start itself automatically. It really eat a lot of battery and can cause extra GPRS traffic.
I've remove the .lnk file from \Windows\Startup directory so that GoodApp can't start during system startup.
But, it will still run after several minutes and can't be correcly stopped.
Generally, there're two Good applications displayed in the TaskMgr: GoodApp.exe and GmdMoniterApp.exe, it's easy to kill the GmdMonitorApp.exe but when you want to kill GoodApp.exe, it will always prompt an error, though after that it seems the GoodApp.exe disappears in the TaskMgr. However it will start again after several minutes. CRAZY!
Anyone knows how to kill the GoodApp.exe so that I can run it on my will?
2. The Good software modifies the shortcut to the "Contact" menu (on the bottom-right corner of the screen). Normally when you hit the "Contact" menu it should display the contact list of your SIM card or so. But after installing Good, this menu points to the Good contact list. It's really annoying!
Where could I get the "Contact" menu back?
Thanks a lot!

I'm in the same boat, hate what Good Mail hijacks! Found a couple of ini's but since Good's support site is garbage, it didn't help much.
Have tried a whole mess of things, all to no avail....
If anyone else comes up with any suggestions, I'm all ears.
MBN

Just as a follow up, I've reflashed my phone umpteen times trying various "fixes" with no luck. Thought I'd found the registry entries (HKLM\Sofware\Microsoft\Shell\RAI) and tried tweaking those.... no help, DOH!
Tried to overwrite the various exe's with empty "fabricated" ones (renamed empty text docs and overwrote the Good mail ones), still nothing.
A couple of weeks ago I had a version of Good that at least left the contacts in my dialpad intact...latest version hijacked that one as well.
I have my IT dept contacting Good to see if they will offer any insight (not holding my breath). I fear I am left only with trying a third party PIM.... but the way things are going, Good will hijack that too!!!
If I hear or find anything, I'll update.
MBN

I have to say that GoodLink is the most dirty PDA software I've ever seen.
It uses a lot of dirty method to protect it from being disabled.
There are 3 main programs related with the protection(I can't remembet all the names):
1. GmdLockApp.exe: to protect your cellphone with a password. it will force you to set a password and you'll have to input the password every time the phone come back from standby mode (or so...).
2. GmdProtector.exe: to protect GoodLink components. With this program running, you'll never get a chance to modify any configuration of GoodLink (such as renaming a GoodLink program, or change a Reg key of it...).
3. GmdLaunchGuard.exe: this is the most dirty program, it hijacks almost all other application's shortcuts. Try to search "GmdLaunchGuard" in the Reg table you will find there's many results indicating the original windows configuration was changed by it.
For problem 1 & 2, I got a workaround so that you can at least modify some Reg key to do furthur test and can kill the GmdMonitorApp.exe & GoodApp.exe at last:
Steps:
1. Use GoodLink backup tool to backup it on to the storge card;
2. On the root of storage card there's a directory "GoodLink Backup", enter that dir and just delete the GmdLockApp.exe;
3. Also in that dir, rename the GmdProtector.exe to GmdProtectorBak.exe or something like that;
4. Soft reset you cellphone (by pressing both function keys then press reset) to let it return to the original state;
5. After restart, in the storage card root dir, there's a Restore GoodLink short cut, excute it will restore GoodLink to the memory;
6. Enter Windows\Startup dir, delete the short cut which points to GoodLink;
After above steps at least GoodLink will not start immediately after system startup, but it can start at anytime (I'm not sure).
However you can kill the GmdMonitorApp.exe and GoodApp.exe in the TaskMgr. You'd better stop GPRS before you kill GoodApp.exe, or it will prompt you an error.
For problem 3 (actually it relates with displaying the contacts), I still didn't find a good way to resolve it (simply rename the GmdLaunchGuard.exe will not work, and perhaps will make you can't load any program).
However you can see your SIM card contact by pressing "Send" key, it will bring out the contact list though it's very inconvenient and lossing some functionality such as smart searching...

You can rename the GoodApp.exe so it will never be started.

I could probably live with the constant presence of Good, I just hate that it hijacked my contacts....
It links contacts to only one of our company's address books, and it happens to be the employee addy book.... doesn't exactly help me much.
Oh, and have I mentioned that it's pushing Lotus Notes...another favorite of mine!

Resurrecting an old thread here... I hate how Good hijacks the Calendar and Contacts softkeys and I want to work on that issue again. Has anyone made progress with that?
As far as the GPRS activity and battery life, if you launch GoodMail and then goto the options menu you can set it to "Work Offline" which prevents it from auto-checking for new mail. You can then go to that same options menu whenever you want and select "Send/Receive" to manually pull your mail.

App Uninstallation Problem

I'm hoping someone here can help. I've searched to the point where my eyes were glazing over, and didn't manage to find a solution to the problem I'm having, so here goes (it's more an annoyance than an earth-shattering problem, but one I'd love to sort).
I had a game installed (Bitforge Runes) on my TyTn II, which I've tried to uninstall. Despite the uninstall process apparently going through Ok, the app is still listed in the 'Remove Programs' list.
The program directory on the storage card has gone, as has any trace of related files on the device itself. Also, searching the registry for either 'Bitforge' or 'Runes' finds nothing.
Despite this, the game is still listed in 'Remove Programs'. Trying to remove it gives the usual message stating that the program could not be removed, and offering to simply remove it from the list. Selecting 'Yes' at this prompt also appears to go through Ok, but on looking through the list, the app is still listed.
Any idea where I can go to remove this from the 'Remove Programs' list?
Thanks guys.

*** Nudge ***

I've got the same problem with some programs. They are (partially) removed from my device, but still appear in my program list. They don't show op in SKTools and i can't find any trace of the programs on my device or registry. It's not a problem. More annoying. I like a clean rom.
Some of those programs aren't entirely removed from my device. I can see that in my free storage memory.
Any ideas?

Can't remove program
I also have this issue. I have tried everything to remove TCPMP. I even went into the registry and searched and deleted all references to TCPMP. My final search came back empty.
Remove programs list still includes TCPMP.
The reason for wanting to remove TCPMP....It does not work!!! I keep getting a crash.txt message.

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Anybody have any thoughts on this one, or am I flogging the proverbial expired equine?

Live Search cannot be opened

On my phone (see signature for ROM) I have LiveSearch on the START menu. When you choose it from there I get the message "The file 'livesearch' cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate or one of its components cannot be found. If the problem persists try re-installing or retoring the file."
This started happening when I Updated Live Search - I suspect that I installed the new version to the card the the original was installed on the phone.
If I navigate to Start > Programs > Live Search - the program works fine.
I would ilke to know - how can i get the program on the START menu to go away (I cannot uncheck it in the menu - it says "Cannot move that item")?
Bill

I guess you indeed installed it at a different place, hence the old shortcut is not valid anymore.
If the shortcut you want to get rid of is in the upper part of the start menu, try looking in \Windows\Start menu, and delete it. If it's in the middle part, those are the recently launched programs, it will just go away after you haven't used it for some time.

I would try to remove both programs completely through remove programs and the try to remove any signs from the storage card. Then try to load live search as a stand alone app, instead of an update.
If that doesn't work, well you know what to do next. The same we have all had to do numerous times to clean all that pesky hidden crap on our phones

denco7 said:
If that doesn't work, well you know what to do next. The same we have all had to do numerous times to clean all that pesky hidden crap on our phones
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
he he he...
Yup -
OK - Thanks
Bill

Tasks/ "no program memory" error

Evening all,
I'm running a Tytn II with a standard Orange UK WM6.1 ROM, have done so for about a year with minimal problems.
This evening it's started with an error in the tasks/ to do list - 'No program memory available, tap start > settings... etc'.
Numerous soft resets haven't solved it; I haven't yet tried a hard reset although obviously this is on the cards if I can back it up. I also can't access the bootloader screen.
Edit: when it comes up with this error I check the task manager to find that nothing in particular is running. And it's the same very time I try to start the tasks list. Grrr. Interestingly, on the home screen, it clearly recognises that there are tasks (7 active, 1 high priority), but I can't access them
Sooo... anyone had this problem or any pointers on how to fix it, other than trying a hard reset?
Ta

not sure...but you might want to check how much free storage space is remaining on the device. goto Settings->System->Memory and report back the amount of "Free" space available under the "Storage" and "Program" columns.
if free storage space is low, try to delete unnecessary files from the device (or move these unnecessary files to the storage card). uninstalling unneeded programs will also help free up some storage space.

I've gotten these sorts of errors while browsing if Opera tries to cache more data than there is space available. Definitely double check you available space like ASCIIker said.

Storage space free is 41MB; program memory is 53MB (32MB used)
Update: Just did SPBackup and a hard reset. Good news - it did the hard reset. Bad news, I still have the same problem. Argggh!!

OK, update on that - the tasks and calendar no longer work, and rebooting brings up a message that there's an error with cprog.exe.
Gah!