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where would you put a CAB phone? and once you put it there, how do you install it?
sorry for all the questions but i'm new to this
A cab file can go anywhere. To install it, just open up your file explorer, navigate to where the cab is and click it once. It will ask you where you want to install (Device or Storage Card, if you have one). Then you are all set!
Ramsport said:
where would you put a CAB phone? and once you put it there, how do you install it?
sorry for all the questions but i'm new to this
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Best to store all the cabs in a folder in your storage card called Cabs (or something like that). This way, when you remove a program for whatever reason, you can go back to that folder, find the cab, tap on it and the program is immediately reinstalled.
Easiest way to install cabs is with this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=295531
Just put the CAB on your PC, hook up your phone so that ActiveSync is working, then right click on the cab file and choose CabViaActiveSync. Presto, CAB is transferred via ActiveSync to your phone and the install starts.
But yeah, if you want to keep CABs (for future setups) on your storage card, then copy them over to your storage card. I have a folder called Setup on my storage card so that after I flash a new rom, I just go through that folder to reinstall the apps I use on teh new rom.
hey everyone! new user here! just have a quick question. i have all the files necessary to run tomtom 6 on my wing. i put the whole folder(tomtom nav/usa canada maps/etc) on my sd card and when i run the tomtom .exe file it starts up fine but then on the screen it says "no maps found!" how come when i have all the files on the sd card! am i doing something wrong???
also, when i ran the .exe file, there was no "icon" created in the programs folder or start menu. is there any way to install one so i dont have to use file explorer EVERYTIME i wanna use tomtom 6?
thanks dudes!
rush2zerogja said:
hey everyone! new user here! just have a quick question. i have all the files necessary to run tomtom 6 on my wing. i put the whole folder(tomtom nav/usa canada maps/etc) on my sd card and when i run the tomtom .exe file it starts up fine but then on the screen it says "no maps found!" how come when i have all the files on the sd card! am i doing something wrong???
also, when i ran the .exe file, there was no "icon" created in the programs folder or start menu. is there any way to install one so i dont have to use file explorer EVERYTIME i wanna use tomtom 6?
thanks dudes!
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I believe Tom Tom needs to be installed through your PC using activesync.
I dont use it though...
p.s.
all the tomtom files i had was from the old "universal" i used to play around with!
at that time, it worked fine with my wing(stock t-mobile ROM) but then i sold those two devices and then just recently, i decided to make the wing my MAIN phone again so i bought another one(lol) but now i cant get it to work!
i flashed my device with opentouch 2.7 biggy(GREAT ROM btw, kudos ttran!) if that makes any difference.
rush2zerogja said:
all the tomtom files i had was from the old "universal" i used to play around with!
at that time, it worked fine with my wing(stock t-mobile ROM) but then i sold those two devices and then just recently, i decided to make the wing my MAIN phone again so i bought another one(lol) but now i cant get it to work!
i flashed my device with opentouch 2.7 biggy(GREAT ROM btw, kudos ttran!) if that makes any difference.
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Did you even try what I recommended? Make sure all of the files are in a folder on your PC hard drive and run the .exe from there. Make sure your phone is connected through activesync.
thanks
hey thanks for your reply JLine05! that was quick!!!
ok. we'll do. im gonna try it out right now. ill post back up in a bit! thanks again, man!
ok. tried that but it didnt work! my pc says tomtom 6 is not a valid win32 app. this is with my wing connected via activesync too! hmmmm... im gonna try just separating all the items in the tomtom nav folder and put 'em out on the main dir. of my sd card.
or should should i just put the tomtom .exe file in /windows or /windows/programs or something like that and then run it???
this is also a bit off topic(sorry) but in the meantime, does anyone know how to change the clock colors? i've downloaded the files for the different colors but i cant put it in /windows! it says that the files im trying to replace is a "read-only" file therefore i cant delete/overwrite it!!!
is there a reg tweak or something that im missing???
one more thing. do you guys experience having issues turning on bt & wifi AT THE SAME TIME??? bec. see, i wanna surf the web while listening to mp3s via a2dp and i have my bt headset connected but then when i turn on wifi it just keeps on asking me for my password(wep key). i have all my wifi settings configured and it connects w/o asking for the wep(no problems) it just asks for it when im streaming mp3s to my bt headset!
as always, any help is appreciated!
I GOT IT!!!
i just extracted the file folder contents into the main dir. of the sd card and it worked!!! now all i need is to buy me a gps receiver & im all set! hehehe...
but i still got no tomtom icon in programs/start menu so i have to use file explorer everytime i wanna use it! is there any way to fix this?
rush2zerogja said:
i just extracted the file folder contents into the main dir. of the sd card and it worked!!! now all i need is to buy me a gps receiver & im all set! hehehe...
but i still got no tomtom icon in programs/start menu so i have to use file explorer everytime i wanna use it! is there any way to fix this?
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Use total commander.
Find the .exe file and highlight it.
Click on File, then >>>>> (A), then choose create shortcut.
Click on Tree when the box comes up.
Click on the + to expand the windows directory.
Expand the Start Menu Directory.
Then you can point it to either programs or settings.
Now when you want to open it, a shortcut will be in the folder that you chose.
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Use total commander.
Find the .exe file and highlight it.
Click on File, then >>>>> (A), then choose create shortcut.
Click on Tree when the box comes up.
Click on the + to expand the windows directory.
Expand the Start Menu Directory.
Then you can point it to either programs or settings.
Now when you want to open it, a shortcut will be in the folder that you chose.
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thanks for the help, mate! everythings good!
i just put the shortcut in /windows/start menu/programs and it works like a charm!
I've searched and I've asked and no one wants to help...Could someone please point me in the direction that I need to be in
Purpose
Sliding sounds
Games
and other applications..
Thanks
A CAB installation is just like a Desktop installation but on your phone... Transfer the CAB to you phone (I put all mine on the memory card), click on the CAB, then install app. Generally if you have a memory card, the CAB installation will give you the choice to install to the phone or card.
mchapman007 said:
A CAB installation is just like a Desktop installation but on your phone... Transfer the CAB to you phone (I put all mine on the memory card), click on the CAB, then install app. Generally if you have a memory card, the CAB installation will give you the choice to install to the phone or card.
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So I copy the folder to the card..Then I click the cab from the desktop or using the phone???
*tries it out now*
Thanks man for you input
On your storage card create a folder called "cabs". Then put the cabs you want to install on your phone in this folder. Then open up file explorer (on your phone) and go to the cabs folder. Then select the cab you want to install by pressing it on screen or with the hard down key. Your phone will start to install the cab and it will ask you where you want to install (either phone memory or your memory card), choose which one you want. Note that some programs work better when installed to the phone (read and you'll find out suggestions). After the installation is complete your phone will tell you that it was successful.
Ron
I don't know
"click on the CAB, then install app. Generally if you have a memory card, the CAB installation will give you the choice to install to the phone or card."
Do I unzip with the phone or the desktop???? I copied the folders to the card...after that I'm lost...How do I run the application???
smoka said:
I don't know
"click on the CAB, then install app. Generally if you have a memory card, the CAB installation will give you the choice to install to the phone or card."
Do I unzip with the phone or the desktop???? I copied the folders to the card...after that I'm lost...How do I run the application???
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Unzip the folder on your computer and transfer the cab over into the "cab folder" on your memory card. Open file explorer on your phone, navigate to the "cab folder" on your memory card, select the cab to install and your done. No need to copy the whole folder to your phone, just the cab.
Ron
mark43 said:
On your storage card create a folder called "cabs". Then put the cabs you want to install on your phone in this folder. Then open up file explorer (on your phone) and go to the cabs folder. Then select the cab you want to install by pressing it on screen or with the hard down key. Your phone will start to install the cab and it will ask you where you want to install (either phone memory or your memory card), choose which one you want. Note that some programs work better when installed to the phone (read and you'll find out suggestions). After the installation is complete your phone will tell you that it was successful.
Ron
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Thanks for your input...I tried that and it gives me
"There is no application associated with"00CABE91".Run the application first,then open the file within the application"
What am I doing wrong????
smoka said:
Thanks for your input...I tried that and it gives me
"There is no application associated with"00CABE91".Run the application first,then open the file within the application"
What am I doing wrong????
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That is not a .cab I will attach a cab for you to try. I it is the transformers sliding cab. No need to unzip. Just download it to your computer and transfer it to your phone with either activesync or take out your memory card, stick it into your computer and put it in the folder you want. Let me know if it works.
Ron
thats the one I'm trying to use...So I need to pull the memory card out and active sync it... So how do I add those to the active sync task????
Thanks for your patience
smoka said:
thats the one I'm trying to use...So I need to pull the memory card out and active sync it... So how do I add those to the active sync task????
Thanks for your patience
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Open activesync and conect your device. Make sure you have a green symbol and click explore which is to the right of schedule. It opens your device and navigate to your memory card and cab folder if you have one. Then on your computer right click on the cab you downloaded and select copy. Now go to the window you brought up when you hit explore and right click in the destination and select paste. Now you have the cab on your phone. Next, on your phone open file explorer and navigate to the folder where you just pasted the cab and select it.
Ron
Come ON!!!!!
Please don't take offense. But, if you need this much help to install a CAB, you better spend a whole lot more time reading this forum before you touch you phone and really mess it up.
mchapman007 said:
Please don't take offense. But, if you need this much help to install a CAB, you better spend a whole lot more time reading this forum before you touch you phone and really mess it up.
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no offense
mchapman007 said:
Please don't take offense. But, if you need this much help to install a CAB, you better spend a whole lot more time reading this forum before you touch you phone and really mess it up.
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+1!!!!!!!!
Do not uncompress (unzip or rar) cab file.
He is uncompressing the cab into a folder and transfering it. His compression software shows the cab as compressed.
Just transfer the cab uncompressed and click on it and it will install. I bet that does the trick.
Also, if you want you can change it so that your compression software doesn't see CABs. I use WinRAR and you can just uncheck it under options>settings>integration and just uncheck CAB.
... LOL?...
a .cab is the "installer file" in windows mobile.
Steps:
1. Copy the .cab file into your phone
2. Open the File explorer in your phone and look for the .cab File
3. Click on it
4. Choose the place where you want to install it
5. Enjoy your new program(or sliding sound or anything)
Batchell said:
Do not uncompress (unzip or rar) cab file.
He is uncompressing the cab into a folder and transfering it. His compression software shows the cab as compressed.
Just transfer the cab uncompressed and click on it and it will install. I bet that does the trick.
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Thanks Batchell..However I was able to get my question answered by ANOTHER HELPFUL FORUM!!!!! I've only had my phone for 2 months and I DIDN'T know that you didn't have to unzip the files...I didn't have to worry about that stuff with a TREO... So to all that was helpful I really appreciate it..and the others with all of the slick jokes are bunch of assholes...yep I said it..Thats why I asked for a tutorial for cab installation smartass!!!!!!
This is a developer forum. If you ask a question here, it is assumed that you have a moderate level of computer literacy. This includes being able to unzip files.
Next time, please state you know NOTHING and people will give you the appropriate level of help.
Before others flame you even more for your last comment, I'm closing this thread for being inflammatory.
hi guys, im new here and got my diamond just yesterday.. its my first pocket pc, and i need real help..
looked around the forums and found a lot of good stuff..
downloaded a couple of applications like advanced configuration tools, gsen, registery editor, but i dont know how to install them. when i unzip the files on my pc the are in xml format and when i double click on the setup file it opens in notepad..
plz help me, what should i do? how do i install these applications?
Instead of unzipping the .cab files on your pc, you need to copy them to your diamond (using activesync or select 'disk drive' when you plug it in).
Then open file explorer on your diamond, navigate to where you copied the .cab file, and run it - .cab is an installer file for windows mobile applications
Marridi said:
hi guys, im new here and got my diamond just yesterday.. its my first pocket pc, and i need real help..
looked around the forums and found a lot of good stuff..
downloaded a couple of applications like advanced configuration tools, gsen, registery editor, but i dont know how to install them. when i unzip the files on my pc the are in xml format and when i double click on the setup file it opens in notepad..
plz help me, what should i do? how do i install these applications?
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StarMonkee said:
Instead of unzipping the .cab files on your pc, you need to copy them to your diamond (using activesync or select 'disk drive' when you plug it in).
Then open file explorer on your diamond, navigate to where you copied the .cab file, and run it - .cab is an installer file for windows mobile applications
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Do the following, hehe
When you download most programs they will be in .CAB format. Now all this means is that they can be installed DIRECT from the phone.
What I do is create a folder on my Diamond in Internal Storage called APPS and make sure my Diamond is synced to my pc / laptop using Activesync on XP or Windows Mobile Device centre if on Vista and then copy all the .CABS that i have downloaded into the APPS folder on my phone.
Once im ready to install the applications its very simple.
On your Diamond click on START and then PROGRAMS and locate FILE EXPLORER.
When FILE EXPLORER has loaded up in the top left of the window you will notice a memory card icon with the current directory you mobile is pointing to, push this and you will then see MY DEVICE and the location you are currently at.
If you have used a pc before its very similar to how the pc windows explorer used to navigate, anyway, select MY DEVICE and then choose INTERNAL STORAGE and then APPS.
Then its just a matter of selecting which application you wish to install as all the .CABS will be displayed. Select the one you want to install and follow the installation process.
If there are any small programs 1mb or less then I tend to install these onto my phone storage memory and for games I install them onto INTERNAL STORAGE but its up to you. Some programs require a SOFT RESET to work.
The SOFT RESET button is located where the STYLUS is stored on the phone, pull the STYLUS out and then you will see a RED BUTTON inside.
Push this and your phone will restart.
There is more information here at good ol xda-developers.com and also http://modmydiamond.info
Hope this helps!
Tom
thnx guys, but i know this, i did install some applications that end with caB, but when i tried to install the gsen or the advanced config for example, they didnt come in .CAB form. they came as zip and when i opened the file, all there was files and the one names setup was as xml.
i dont know, maybe i downloading the wrong files!! plz help? where do i download those files in .CAB format?
it worked, thnx guys..
xda is the best forum all around..
I have this problem with Opera Mobile 9.5 where I try to download a cab file to install on my phone but it instead opens the cab file as text. There isn't a "Save file as" option in the menus so how can I download the cab file without opening it as text?
Type in opera:config and check through the settings, or you could reinstall.
Guys I am having this problem also and need to fix it.
The thing is when I type :config in Opera and try to log into settings nothing happens. Please how can I remove that **** Opera off my phone?????????
Need to install all the cabs that I need...
Any help would be appreciated, thanks
I have never had any problem downloading anything with Opera... Actually, I tend to try and use Opera to download with because it's download manager works so well.
It sounds like you have a setting off somewhere in your phone... probably with Opera, assuming you can download with IE just fine.
Also, you want to type in the address bar "opera:config" without the quotation marks, and that is where you will find the advanced settings that control downloads with Opera.
As well, maybe try downloading a different version of Opera? I like this one:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ywydu3iczxn/WM6_PPC_HTC_Opera9-build_15954_WWE_QVGA.CAB
That is not what I mean.
I downloaded files throught my PC, hooked Omnia to it and copied the files to the phone's SDcard.
The cab files of all progs are "branded" Opera. meaning if you want to run them, they open through Opera and not execute style. Got it?
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That is not what I mean.
I downloaded files throught my PC, hooked Omnia to it and copied the files to the phone's SDcard.
The cab files of all progs are "branded" Opera. meaning if you want to run them, they open through Opera and not execute style. Got it?
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Ah, ok... I don't think that is the same problem they were having... I don't know what the solution to that would be, since a .cab file is an .exe file written to run a PPC, thus when you click on it, it should run itself without any other program opening it...
I would say try downloading the cab files directly on to your phone with the built in browser, save them to your memory card of course...
But if you are copying a .cab file on to your phone, and using file explorer to launch it, there is no reason it shouldn't work, it is a self executing file that doesn't look for a mother program to run it... Unless somehow you have managed to change them so that they try and open with Opera, either through your phone settings or properties of the cab itself type thing.
I think I have no choice but to disable or uninstall Opera in some way.
If someone can help me to do this, I think I can manage with the cab files then...
I don't think that will fix your problem. Those files will still be linked to Opera. And if Opera is part of your ROM, you can't uninstall it... actually even if you loaded it yourself, unless you did one of the uninstallable versions, it can't be uninstalled...
At this point, it would help if you gave more information:
What, if any mods, you have done to your phone?
What program did you use to copy the files to the SD card?
Where did you get the cab files?
Heck, what cab files are they?
These mods:
http://www.samsung-omnia.org/how-to/howwhatwherewhichwhywhen/
And the cab files are related to advanced configuration tools, Omnia patched dialler, SPB mobile shell and a couple others.
You might want to ask that forum for assitance? It looks like they are pretty dedicated to the Omnia, which most everyone here does not have one. This forum is for the HTC Kaiser specifically, and the site as a whole is dedicated to HTC devices. Perhaps post in the general section of this site, but I think you will have better luck with the omnia site you got all of your cabs from.
In general, without having screen shots, or hands on knowledge of the cab files you are trying to use, about all I can say(and anybody really) in this forum is that there is something corrupt with the .cab files or your file explorer is corrupted. I would bet the .cab files are corrupted, and that somewhere along the way you did something wrong. Maybe you skipped a step in the whole process, and Opera is coming up not because they are tagged to run through Opera, but because it is suggesting to search for something using your default browser.
It really is hard to say, but I would suggest asking that forum for some support. Also, I would flat out re-download all the cabs straight to your phone from the site, not your computer. This will make sure you don't have any issues with the sync process. As well, save them to the root of you SD card, in other words not in a folder.
Sometime i got this problem but it seem it happen when the page is not fully loaded
Do you open cab files through Opera?
Open link in new tab
Hi
I have also had this problem with opera version 9.5.16277. I have found a couple of work arounds:
1) Tap and hold on the link and then select "Open in new tab"
2) Tap and hold on the link and select "Copy link location". Then manually open a new tab and paste the address into the address bar.
I have found that if 1) above does not work 2) will.
Cheers
andrew-in-woking
Sometimes it's the website itself.
For example, for Josh's Test ROM, if we click directly (even on PC) on the link, it'll open the zip file on the page. I had to 'right-click' and 'save the link as' to save the file.
It might be some code on the page ..
Input the two .reg files to the registry, should just solve the problem. You can use any regiedit tools or taskmgr.exe or total command to do it. If don't know how, please search some info first.
Skrp said:
Input the two .reg files to the registry, should just solve the problem. You can use any regiedit tools or taskmgr.exe or total command to do it. If don't know how, please search some info first.
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The above is my answer to origional poster of this thread.
But since this thread is already goes to off-topic, I would also write my comments:
Opera opens compressed file as text on page, is a big bug for opera software, it happens to both its mobile and desktop vdersions. But latest releases of Opera Mobile seems have some progress on this issue, although still can not completely avoid it.