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Make Your MDA Vario Wizard Work Better - tips and tweaks

Make Your MD Vario Work Better
This document is to save you time and make life easier. Updated from my earlier version.
ROM Update
Current Operating System: 1.6.2.4 (updated 9th March 2006)
Updates and instructions available at:
http://t-mobile.iris-global.com/download_manager_mda_vario.html
If the device appears locked at any stage, please check first the keypad lock isn’t “on”.
UNLOCKING THE SIM
So you can use it with any SIM card eg abroad on holidays with local SIM cards to reduce cost
Go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/
Do a search for the program lokiwiz (current version at this time is 0.3a)
Follow the instructions.
To download it, you must log into the site first. Then the link to the download is displayed. Download it to somewhere on your PC.
 Take out the SIM of your Vario
 Synchronise with PC via activesync
Copy enablerapi.cab to your PDA device (file from lokiwiz zip folder, in utilities folder. It is a zip file and not to be confused with enablerapi.bat)
 Run enablerapi.cab from your device
 Then run lokiwizmsl.bat from your PC, let it run in the DOS window
 DON’T CLOSE THE DOS WINDOW
 If successful, you’ll see your SIM unlock code – write it down
 Now insert a new SIM card and enter that number to unlock your phone
 Once complete, remove SIM card and re-insert your original SIM
 You’re done
Hard Resetting MDA Vario
There are different severities of hard resetting your MDA vario. Which one you use depends on what you are trying to achieve. If your phone is stuck and wont let you play, try the hard core resets (progress from method 1 (less sever) to method 3 (most severe). If it’s just a bit slow, try the soft reset.
HARDCORE RESET 1
start>settings>system tab> Clear Storage
This will still clear all your data and all the programs you have loaded onto your device. You’ll need to start all over again.
HARDCORE RESET 2
I hold the Comm and Voice Button (top two buttons on the side) AND the camera button (bottom right). Keep them pressed in and hit the reset with your stylus. Keep pressed in and let go of the stylus. Release when you see the following message:
PRESS Send to restore factory default,
SEND is the green lift up phone button on the left
It will do a brief format and restore to factory settings.
HARDCORE RESET 3
If your MDA wont budge with HARDCORE RESET 1 or 2, try this:
Enter Bootloader, - hold the "camera" (bottom right) and briefly press the reset button, don't release "camera" until you can see colour screen, connect USB cable, and start to re-flash the ROM (download the latest flash rom update from http://t-mobile.iris-global.com/download_manager_mda_vario.html
SOFT RESET METHOD 1
This is the lightest of the reset methods. This is the one to use if you want to reset your device without having to re-install all your personal programs and data
 Simply press the reset hole with your stylus on the right hand side of the MDA device.
Essential and Non-Essential Programs
See at the end of this document for a guide to some good programs “out there”. Try and decide which you feel are essential must haves and which are not necessary but useful (non-essential). Make two columns on an A4 sheet because this will come useful when setting up you Vario as detailed below.
Setting Up Your Vario for the First Time
1. Unlock your SIM card as above if you ever plan on using it on another network – If you got your phone from T-mobile, it’s likely that they’ve locked it so that you stay with them. However, it is your phone and it’s not illegal to unlock it: so unlock it in case you want to use it with another mobile network provider or even use a different local SIM card for instance when you are on holiday in Spain or somewhere (much cheaper way of making calls whilst abroad)
2. Install all the ESSENTIAL programs you will always want
3. Tweak the settings of all the programs you use eg setting Mobile Word to store documents on the storage card rather than eat away at your valuable device storage space. A full list of tweaks for programs I use can be found in the “Program Configuration” section at the end of this document.
4. Now BACKUP that device using software like SPB Backup so that you can always reset your device to this point if you ever get “stuck”. Call it something like “BACKUPESSENTIALPROGSANDTWEAKS”. ENSURE ALL BACKUPS ARE STORED ON THE SD CARD. With a program like SPB Backup, the backups are stored as self executable files on the storage card so that when your MDA goes pear shaped, you can simply reset it, insert your SD card and click on the back up file to restore your device without having to even load SPB backup again! How cool is that? Especially when you are on the move.
5. Then install the Registry Wizard program to help you tweak your PDA phone. You can download it here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=39725&highlight=registrywizard
but you have to have logged into the site to see the downloadable files.
This really is a super program that you’ll be glad to have installed. However, I found that if you change the default input from keyboard to something else, your device may lock itself; leave it at keyboard and everything should be Ok.
To install, download the latest version or RegistryWizard AND the OpennetCF programme to your storage card. These are cab files and they might appear like zip files. Insert the SD card back into the device and navigate to where you stored them using your device’s file explorer (or something similar). First install the OpennetCF program (bottom of the list of the downloadable files in the link above) into the device memory. Second install the latest version (1.0T) of the RegistryWizard to the device memory. You install them simply by clicking on them. Once installed, soft reset the device (
Now tweak it as required
6. Install the camera patches – to make your camera work better
You can find the files on these links: (again, you need to be logged in to see the downloadable files)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/download.php?id=10524 : for the camera fix which gets rid of any speckling (a permanent fix that remains on hard resetting)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/download.php?id=10396 : a fix to make the camera image more sharper (needs re-installing after any hard reset)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=45123 : a list of discussions about these two fixes
The camera will work best on the auto setting and much better than before.
If you know how to registry tweak, consider this:
Increase camera frames per second: this tweak will let you increase the frames per second of the video camera to make more fluent movies:
HKey Local Machine\Software\HTC\Camera\ReParam\MP4Large (or Medium or Small).
Change the FrameRate value from 10 (default) to 19. Above 19 it is laggy .. so don’t go above it.
7. Synchronise your device with your PC to load calendar, diary and contacts.
8. Alter active sync settings to how you want them eg Tools>options>email; set to 2 weeks, 5Kb, max 50Kb attachments, Click OK. PDA will re-synchronise
9. Consider backing up again after this point. Call it something like Backupstage2. If your device causes problems for what ever reason, you now have two options where you can reset your device to.
10. After that, you can start installing programs that you’d like to “play” with. If things go wrong or the system slows down, no worries  you have a backup of the essential ones anyway.
A Note on the Two Backups
You might be wondering why the need for the two types of back up. Let me make this clear: you only need to do these backups ONCE. The two back ups then give you the flexibility of restoring to whichever point you want to when the need arises. Don’t ever delete these three backups.
Having said this though, don’t forget to regularly back up your device just to keep the most up to date back up at hand in case your battery goes dead and you simply want to restore it back to the last configuration (with email, calendar and contacts data). SPB Backup utility is ideally placed for this.
Resetting Your Device – if it starts to play up
1. Consider a soft reset, if this fails then do a hard reset (details above)
After the hard reset:
2. Run your back up program eg “BACKUPESSENTIALPROGSANDTWEAKS” ( to re-install all your ESSENTIAL programs
3. Then install the registry wizard program to help you tweak your PDA phone
4. Install camera patches (if you’ve installed the de-speckler before, u don’t need to do this particular one again)
Remember, install OpennetCF cab file first into the device memory; second install the latest version (1.0R) of the RegistryWizard.
Now tweak it as required
5. Synchronise your device with your PC
6. Voila! Your ready to go.
1. Essential Programs – all on www.handango.com
Program Location to Save to Notes
Pocket Informant DEFAULT DEVICE Great diary, contacts, tasks program; use international version
SPB Pocket Plus DEFAULT DEVICE for the X close button utility
Solvoed EngSpa Ultralingua SD CARD Spanish Advanced Dictionary
Paragon Spanish Sound Gold SD CARD Spanish Sound Module for the dictionary
SPB GPRS monitor DEFAULT DEVICE Monitor your data transfer when browsing the web to ensure you don’t exceed your monthly limit
SPB Backup ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL SD CARDSimply the best backup utility – backs up registry, PDA settings and programs all into one little executable program that you can save on your SD card and restore without even needing SBP backup loaded when your PDA goes funny
Vidya Pocket Registry Editor DEFAULT DEVICE Necessary for making the registry tweaks outlined below. Simplifies registry editing.
OMAP overclock ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIALDEFAULT DEVICE The MDA Vario has a TI OMAP processor running at 180 MHz. With this utility, improve performance by increasing it to max 240 Hz (some say 264Hz is the upper limit). Read instructions below; need to add an instruction to the startup menu to ensure it always runs at the set rate on soft-resetting the MDA (rather than defaulting back to 180 MHz)
Memmaid Tweaking program DEFAULT DEVICE Again, needed for processor clocking, BUT has a great clean utility to clean out all the crap that cumulatively builds up with use.
Resco File Explorer SD CARD Super program for finding the files you want. Much better than the file explorer in WM5
SMARTSKEY ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL DEFAULT DEVICE A nifty little program that enables you to operate your MDA with one hand without the need for getting out the stylus. It does this by reconfiguring the buttons on your PDA so that a quick press of them does what they already do but a longer sustained press adds new functionality.
Read instructions below; the program already has an inbuilt startup instruction to set it to restart on reboot; smartskey will automatically set the OMAP clocking facility to 240; this means you can install OMAP and let smartskey do the tweaking.
NON ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS:
 Home pocket mobile inventory
 My Last Cigarette
 Speedreader (heavy and slow on CPU) vs fast reader
 Vito sketch artist
 Lexionary/English Pro Dictionary
 Bible
 Turboinvaders
 Microsoft Arcade Pack
 Palm games for pocket PC
Specific Program Installation and Configuration Instructions
Today screen = main screen you see
Pocket Informant
Start Pocket Informant (say yes to colour schemes)
Yes to customise it
Yes to make it the default
Add registration code
Start outlook messages on today screen
Menu>tools>options>storage
Click store attachments on storage card
Click  empty deleted items immediately
SPB Pocket Plus
After installing, remove the pink colour on the bar at the bottom: start>settings>personal>today>appearance; select windows default
On today screen tool bar click the system tab of SPB Pocket Plus
Click the house to get the screen display you want (takes time – I like the 5th one)
Then press right hand corner of screen (to the right of where the time is at the top)
Select options
Remove (uncheck the box):
 Safe mode
 Buttons
 File explorer and
 Today plug in
Click ok
OMAP Overclock
Instructions for overclocking Wizard (tested on Imate K-JAM). Use at your own risk!
1. Download the following file and unzip. Save the OmapClock.exe to your \Windows folder on your device: http://forum.xda-developers.com/download.php?id=9181
2. Open File Explorer on your device and open Omapclock.exe. Find the maximum speed that your device will handle without locking up. On each test, test all applications you use. This is important because once you place this in your startup, it will load up automatically and could cause your device to stop responding! 240Mhz works for me. Suspending the device at this point will cause the speed to be reset back to default. Execute Windows\OmapClock.exe again if this happens and you want to continue testing.
3. Download and install Resco File Explorer 2005: http://resco.net
4. Open Resco Explorer and go to the \Windows folder. Locate the OmapClock.exe file and hold the stylus on this file until menu pops. Choose “Copy”.
5. Now browse to \Windows\Startup then hold stylus in an empty area and when menu pops, choose paste shortcut.
6. Hold the stylus on the newly created OmapClock shortcut and choose Properties then click the Shortcut tab.
7. Target should be: “\Windows\OmapClock.exe” –clock 240
Change the 240 to the clock speed you tested in step 2 above.
8. Soft reset and test. Suspending the device will reset the device back to the default speed. This is a secondary test to make sure the device does not lock up!
9. Download and install DinarSoft MemMaid: http://www.handango.com/PlatformProd...23995&R=123995
10. Open MemMaid and choose the Notification queue button/tab on the bottom (second from left) then click the ADD button.
11. For Program, click the browse button and browse to the shortcut you created in steps 5-7. The location of the shortcut is \Windows\Startup.
12. From the event dropdown choose “The device woke up”.
13. Click Add.
14. Soft reset and you are done. The Clock speed will remain at the specified speed you specified in step 7 even when the device comes out of suspend.
Source: XDA-Developers
SmartsKeys
Enables mapping holding softkeys to close apps, open start menu, turn volume slider into scroll slider. Absolutely, the best software I've used on my device. Makes one handed use a breeze. Must register with XDA Developers to download.
The following functionality can be enabled by running the program:
• Tap soft key: orginal Soft Key functions
• Tap and hold left Soft Key: Start Menu
• Tap and hold right Soft Key: Close/OK button
• Volume Slider at the left = Page Up and Page Down
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=41060&sid=fe9919e547cea5c146f1de0d7156a30a
To reset to default, soft reset the phone.
To make the program run after reset, put a shortcut at /windows/startup
Smartskey now includes a configuration file so you can make your own settings like which Soft Keys to alter, whether to use the Close/OK function to really close or only hide a program and an exception list for the Close/OK function.
That’s all great, but the best enhancement is the integration of the OMAP overclock program. From Smartskeys configuration you can overclock your processor to a configurable speed at start up, and even better, have that automatically activated after your devices comes back up from a soft-reset.
You can find Smartskey on
http://htcwizard.westlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/smartskey0.4.zip .
It includes the program itself, the configuration file and a readme.pdf . It does not include the OMAP overclok program, but I have it here for you:
http://htcwizard.westlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/OmapClock.exe
2. More MDA Vario Settings to Alter:
Word
Open Word
Menu>Options
Check the box “Save to storage card”
Other Settings
Check the box “Remove from display” (start>settings>today)
Check box “Cleartype”
Start>Settings>Personal>Input>Word Completion>Uncheck “Suggest words when entering text”
Start>settings>Personal>Menus: select which 7 programs you want listing in the start menu
Start>settings>Personal>Owner Information>Set Stuff in Identification; also look at “Notes” and “Options” tabs
Start>Settings>Personal>Today>Items tab: Decide which programs you want in “Today” screen
start>settings>system tab>Regional Settings>Choose your location
Start>Settings>Systems Tab>Screen>Cleartype tab>Enable ClearType
Registry Tweaks
(If you have installed RegistryWizard, you don’t need to read this section as you can do it all easily from that program)
These are all quotes I've compiles from other forums. I think I've done most of these and they work. Select whichever you would like to apply to your MDA device. You're going to need a registry editor. I strongly recommend Vidya Pocket Registry Editor. After you have made all the changes you want, soft reset the device to get them to “kick in”.
Improve Performance Generally
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS\CacheSize=8192
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS\EnableCache=1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Filters\fsreplxfilt\ReplStoreCacheSize=8192
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\
MSFlash\FATFS\Filters\DataCacheSize=8192 [this needs adding]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\ MSFlash\FATFS\Flags=40 [this needs adding]
All values are D-values
Caps/Shift Keyboard Notifier on Screen
Go to:
\HKCU\ControlPanel\Keybd
Create the registry entry called EnableIndicator and assign the DWORD value of 1
After soft-resetting the device, an indicator will appear next to the keyboard icon on the bottom of the screen! Tapping the Shift key shows a "C" while tapping the Dot key shows a dot! Very cool!
Keep the GPRS Connection Active At All Times
Remember, you’re only paying for the amount of data that is transferred; so why not keep the GPRS connection active all the time rather than waiting 1-2 mins for the device to connect every time you want to browse the net? You don’t pay anything for an active GPRS connection when you are not in internet explorer.
HKLM\Comm\ConnMgr\Providers\{7C4B7A3...}\Connections\GPRS...\
change value "AlwaysOn" from 0 to 1
Store Internet Clutter on Your SD Card to Save Device Memory
Put IE cache on storage card instead of memory; this increases the performance of your device. This hack will increase your available ROM memory and people have reported storage gains of over 9 mb. You will need to have a storage card with some free memory installed to utilize this hack.
First open up internet explorer and navigate Menu>Tools>Options>Memory
Press the delete files button to clear the cache
Press delete the cache
Press delete the history
Then open up file explorer from the programs folder in the start menu.
Navigate to the Storage Card and make sure that you are in the base directory of the card.
Then create an I.E. folder and within that folder create a folder called “cache” and “history”
Open up a registry edit program
Navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Cache"
Change the default value "\Windows\Profiles\Guest\Temporary Internet Files" to "\Storage_Card\ie\cache"
Change the other values in the Shell Folders section of the registry to the folders you created and then soft reset.
Be warned that you will create errors in I.E. if you do not have a storage card inserted with those directories on it while you are surfing from now on.
Get a Different GPRS/EDGE Icon
Registry: HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL
Key: EnableDifferGprsEdgeIcon (dWord)
Value: 0 = disabled
1 = enabled
Disable SMS Received Notification – switch it off if it annoys you
Hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\inbox\settings\SMSDeliveryNotify
Change Dword: 1  0=off
Disable Message Sent Notification
Registry: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Settings
Key: SMSNoSentMsg (dWord)
Value: 0 = disabled
1 = enabled
Turn On GPS Application (GPS not GPRS ie Navigation Stuff)
First of all, your MDA does NOT have GPS built-in; let's make that clear from the start.
However, Windows Mobile 5.0 includes a GPS Control Panel for ease of configuring Bluetooth GPS devices. This includes creating 'virtual ports' so that multiple programs can access the same NEMA GPS stream from said BT/GPS device. This is helpful for anyone who uses GPS for Navigation, War-Driving and lots of new emerging location-based programs which use GPS information available to your MDA.
Unfortunately, the Registry Wizard for tweaking the MDA available in this FAQ and over at xda-developers does not work with the T-Mobile ROMs. You have to manually edit the registry by following these instructions:
Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MASCHINE\ControlPanel\GPS Settings
Delete the DWORD marked "hide"
Add a DWORD called "Group" and give it the value of "2"
The GPS panel will now show up in your connection settings
***Note: You must delete 'Redirect' and 'Hide' keys completely***
Soft restart, wait 30 seconds, restart and viola, GPS Control Panel is now enabled.
NB 2=show; 1=hide GPS icon
How I set-up (after BT pairing with the GPS)
Open the new GPS Icon, I then set my GPS Settings on the MDA for 'GPS Program port:' to COM8 (the 'virtual port' for your programs to access the same GPS data) .
Then set the 'GPS hardware port:' to COM6.
Also set the Baud Rate to 9600 (default for my BT/GPS unit)
Check the box 'Manage GPS automatically'.
I'm using WiFiFoFum2, Socket MyNavigator and VisualGPSce to simultaneously run utilizing my BT GPS device. It works flawlessly.
Enable 802.11g WIFI Speed (rather than the default 801.11b)
For more info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=38898
1) Locate the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMM\TNETWLN1\PARMS
2) Add the following key:
name: dot11SupportedRateMaskG
D value: 8
Glyph Cache
Your MDA uses a section of the memory called glyph cache to store your fonts' glyphs and other graphical outputs for things like gaming. You can modify standard graphic rendering so that games run more smoothly with faster graphics. Noted improvement especially for racing, action and arcade games.
Enable Cleartype in Landscape mode
Clear type smoothes the edges of screen fonts for many programs to make reading easier and make your device appear more slick. You can turn this on by going to Start>Settings>Systems Tab>Screen>Cleartype tab>Enable ClearType
However, if you view anything in Landscape mode (by opening the keyboard for instance); for some reason, landscape doesn’t work in this mode. To enable it in landscape mode too, do this to the registry
HKLM\System\GDI\ClearTypeSettings
Key: OffOnRotation (string)
Value: 0
(NB 0 = on; 1 = off)
Hide SIM contacts
Registry: HKCU\ControlPanel\Phone
Key: ShowSim (dWord)
Value: 0 = hide
1 = show
Alter Horizontal Scrollbar Width
Registry: HKLM\System\GWE
Key: cyHScr (dWord)
Value: 13 = default
Alter Vertical Scrollbar Width
Registry: HKLM\System\GWE
Key: cxVScr (dWord)
Value: 13 = default
Alter Taskbar Date/Time
Registry: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell
Key: TBOpt (dWord)
Value: 0 = Nothing
1 = Time
2 = Date
3 = Time and date
Enable Bluetooth Receive
Registry: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Obex
Key: IsEnabled (dWord)
Value: 1 = enabled
2 = disabled
Increase Font Cache
Registry: HKLM\System\GDI\SYSFNT
Key: CS (dWord)
Value: 0 (Default)
4096
8192 (preferred)
16384
Store Internet Clutter on Storage Card
Registry: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Exp lorer\shell Folders
Key: Cache (string)
Value: \Storage Card\Temporary Internet Files
\Windows\Profiles\guest\Temporary Internet Files
Disable IE background sounds
Registry: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Key: Play_Background_Sounds (dWord)
Value: 1 (Default)
0 Disabled
Alter the Default Input Method
Registry: HKCU\ ControlPanel\SIP
Key: DefaultIM (string)
Value:
Keyboard {42429667-ae04-11d0-a4f8-00aa00a749b9}
Letter recogniser {42429690-ae04-11d0-a4f8-00aa00a749b9}
Block recogniser {42429691-ae04-11d0-a4f8-00aa00a749b9}
Transcriber ***0034DD0-2AD4-11d1-9CB0-E84BE8000000}
Phone pad {51A2CB38-154E-4C92-A625-A83871C99EC2}
OTHER USEFUL THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Changing the Clock
You can change out of 24 hour clock mode by going to regional settings and choosing a non-capitalized option like hh:mm:ss
Switching between vibrate and ring mode
Hold down the Comm Manager button for a second or two on the side of the device above the volume slider. This will toggle the unit between silent (with vibrate) and your regular ringer on settings.
What do the LED lights on the front indicate?
Left LED:
Blinking blue - bluetooth enabled
Blinking green - Wifi enabled
Right LED:
Blinking green - Phone enabled
Blinking orange - Battery Low
Solid orange - Charging Quote:
Note: the right led blinking orange could also mean that you have an alert in addition to the low battery. It is dependant on how you set up your notifications.
Installing Your Own Sounds for Ring Tones, Alarms and Notifications
You need to have a set of “ring tones” and “alarms and notification sounds” in two separate folders to begin with on your PC.
Make sure those in” ring tones” are in mp3 format
Make sure those in “alarms and notifications” are in wav format
Connect and synchronise your device with the computer
On your PC:
Open the ring tones folder
Copy the mp3 files you want
On ActiveSyn, Click on Explore>My Device>Windows>Rings Folder
Paste them there
On your PC:
Open the “sounds and notifications” folder
Copy the wav files you want
On ActiveSyn, Click on Explore>My Device>Windows
Paste them there
That’s it. Now you should see them all. If you can’t see one or two, it is probably because they are too big in size.
Also I neglected to mention that you can load them on the minisd card (obviously if you have one) to the root folder and they will work. To change it to your new ringone, go to settings > sounds and notifications > notifications tab > change the event to incoming call check play sound and select the sound
Bluetooth Messaging
I've seen people send and receive messages via bluetooth with regular phones like Nokia, and I was wondering whether this is possible with a T-Mobile Vario (Windows Mobile 5). Would I need to install any application for this? Thanks.
Well i think theyre not really sending SMS Messages.. these are actually Notes. You don´t need a program for it. Just create a new Note/Text-File and send it via Bluetooth!
I hope this document has proved useful.

this is a very very nice guide to wizard starters

That's great! Good work.

Superb!
This is great for new users!

mehayuk said:
Bluetooth Messaging
I've seen people send and receive messages via bluetooth with regular phones like Nokia, and I was wondering whether this is possible with a T-Mobile Vario (Windows Mobile 5). Would I need to install any application for this? Thanks.
Well i think theyre not really sending SMS Messages.. these are actually Notes. You don´t need a program for it. Just create a new Note/Text-File and send it via Bluetooth!
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Very useful guide thanks
the bluetooth app for sending messages and bluejacking is here:-
http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=241921&st=0
or like you say you can send text files via bluetooth
R

help
How do you install .cab files?

Re: help
diesel1218 said:
How do you install .cab files?
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ActSync them to your device and run them using file manager.

Re: help
diesel1218 said:
How do you install .cab files?
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1. Open the Drawer.
2. Place Manila Folder in the Drawer.
3. Close the Drawer.
Now it isn't always this easy. If there is securoty in place you will probably need a key or combination to unlock the Drawer before you can open it.
Also, these instructions assume that you have enough space in the Drawer for the Manila Folder and that you don't need to install any "Hanging Device" as it is already installed if needed.

Excellent read
This was a really helpful guide thanks so much for taking the time and care to produce something so readable and useful.
Two things don't make sense to me:
What is the benefit of having a backup that doesn't include my PIM data? Also, even if I could see the point I don't know how to do it. The moment I started installing my "essentials" was the moment that ActiveSync synced all of my PIM data.
Why backup before tweaking the registry? Wouldn't you want these included in the backup so that you only have to do them once?

reg editor on sd card?
do i install the registry editor on the sd card or directly on to the device?
thanks!

does it will work US T-Mobile MDA (not Vario)? thanks

I think we should all help and contribute to updating this. This is a VERY useful guide...as I've only had my MDA for 4 days and I'm learning more and more everday. ..

Re: reg editor on sd card?
simshady said:
do i install the registry editor on the sd card or directly on to the device?
thanks!
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Either should be fine for programs like that. Generally anything that runs on the today screen should be installed directly to the device, most other programs are OK on a storage card. There are exceptions....best bet is to just give it a try

Bluetooth Messaging
I've seen people send and receive messages via bluetooth with regular phones like Nokia, and I was wondering whether this is possible with a T-Mobile Vario (Windows Mobile 5). Would I need to install any application for this? Thanks.
Well i think theyre not really sending SMS Messages.. these are actually Notes. You don´t need a program for it. Just create a new Note/Text-File and send it via Bluetooth!
If u r still interested
Using "btCrawler" might be solution. Search for in this forum or google I do not remember right now..

That's great mehayuk!!
Very useful!
As you seem quite clued up with tweaks and stuff, u may be able to help me on a couple of other things. (I'm only a n00by!)
I'm left handed, so using the stylus on the scroll bar is fiddly. Is there a registry hack/tweak to swap it to the LHS?
Is there a program to manage GPRS/WIFI more effectively? When I use my mobile at home I connect it to my wifi network to browse the net or go on IM (if I can't be bothered booting up PC etc). Yet my phone still wants to connect to GPRS! Even tho it's got a perfectly good source for checking my emails/browsing etc....
Hope u/someone can help, and thanks again for the guide, you must've put a lot of effort in.
Chewy

Fantastic guide, thanks.
Matt (about 10 days old in the Wizard world - and already my wife hates me/it! lol)

You are a genius for taking the time to make such a long and detailed guide. I wish you had made it a few months before you did because I had to learn it all the hard way
A new user is always lost at first and this guide really puts them onto the right track. Good work!

Smartskey Quirk
For an otherwise outstanding product, you would think they could find a way to make the program memory resident (in other words, not have to be reset every time you do a soft reset). And no, I don't feel like spending more money for memmaid, I already bought more software than I should have to make this thing work the way I want it too.
How can I alter my registry to make this reload on bootup?

Smartskey Quirk
For an otherwise outstanding product, you would think they could find a way to make the program memory resident (in other words, not have to be reset every time you do a soft reset). And no, I don't feel like spending more money for memmaid, I already bought more software than I should have to make this thing work the way I want it too.
How can I alter my registry to make this reload on bootup?

smartskeys link is dead
hi. i"ve been trying to download smartskeys forever and it keeps giving me the "404 Not Found
The requested URL /wp-content/uploads/2006/02/smartskey0.4.zip was not found on this server."
incase it matters, I registered with xda and I'm signed in when i hit the download link. any suggestions?
thanks, adam

Annoying remnants of uninstalled programs

First of all, I am very very satisfied witj my TyTN II.
Video playback WAS an issue for me (as a AV professional), but I am absolutely satisfied after installing CorePlayer and looking forward to the upgrade to version 1.2 of that program.
Other programs were less to my liking and after evaluation I decided to uninstall them using the uninstall utility of MS Active Sync.
But some of these programs simply refuse to uninstall. So I still have a shortcut to the Feedreader program News Gato in my programs map and I cannot get rid of it.
Even more annoying is the Spite Backup program that came with the TyTN II on CD, which I uninstalled, but still givbes me a warning at startup that the file Sprite.exe cannot be found.
DO ANY OF YOU HAVE A CLUE HOW I SHOULD CLEAN UP?
Thanks!

I know what you mean about annoying programmes which won't disapear when they are uninstalled.
One of them for me is a windows live messenger version which I installed. I couldn't get rid of it by softresetting so I had to do the hard reset.
Moreover, PointUI is anothe programme that when uninstalled, still remains on my programme list. Because of this, I had to also hard reset my device.
The hard reset function is the only solution I know that will rid me of troublesome remnants of programmes...

Try SKtools its a good program and has a few features that clean up your registry and it also has an uninstaller better then the one provided by windows. Don't know if it'll work, but worth a shot.

I had the same problem with Sprite - at their web site I found the following fix, which worked for me:
To uninstall everything from your device and PC please follow these steps;
To remove from your device;
1. Use File Explorer to delete the entire folder on your device;
"\Program Files\Sprite Software" if Sprite Backup was installed on device
or
"\Storage Card\Program Files\Sprite Software" if installed on storage card
2. Use a registry editor (e.g. www.phm.lu) for Windows Mobile device to delete the following key in the registry on your device;
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Sprite Software\Sprite Backup]
3. Please also delete the following link file if it exists:
- My Device\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Sprite Backup(.lnk)
To uninstall from your PC;
Steps for manually removing ALL Sprite Software entries from your PC. Please follow these steps carefully to manually remove all Sprite Backup software;
1. Click Start> Run on your PC and type "Regedit" in the bar
2. Delete the following keys;
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows CE Services\AppMgr\Apps\Sprite Software Sprite Backup]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sprite Software\Sprite Backup]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{D8FD4D0D-E171-4FFC-91CE-BA38EEAC5E06}]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sprite Software\Sprite Backup]
3. Close the Registry Editor
4. Use Windows Explorer to delete these folders;
C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{D8FD4D0D-E171-4FFC-91CE-BA38EEAC5E06}
C:\Program Files\Sprite Software\Sprite Backup
C:\Program Files\Sprite Software\Sprite Explorer
This will uninstall everything related to Sprite Backup.

246810 said:
I know what you mean about annoying programmes which won't disapear when they are uninstalled.
One of them for me is a windows live messenger version which I installed. I couldn't get rid of it by softresetting so I had to do the hard reset.
Moreover, PointUI is anothe programme that when uninstalled, still remains on my programme list. Because of this, I had to also hard reset my device.
The hard reset function is the only solution I know that will rid me of troublesome remnants of programmes...
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I tried that same application ths morning and 2 hours later I was uninstalling it. It looked cool, but my internet was painfully slow, and the gestures were all backwards. To get the menu to slide left, you had to slide your finger right on the screen. The hardware keys didn't work, and then when the application locked up on me that was it. The only way out I found was to hit the end key repeatedly until it finally exited. Then the uninstall instructions didn't work. I think that could be a fine program once it is refined, but right now it was a pain.
-Jay

Jay2TheRescue said:
I tried that same application ths morning and 2 hours later I was uninstalling it. It looked cool, but my internet was painfully slow, and the gestures were all backwards. To get the menu to slide left, you had to slide your finger right on the screen. The hardware keys didn't work, and then when the application locked up on me that was it. The only way out I found was to hit the end key repeatedly until it finally exited. Then the uninstall instructions didn't work. I think that could be a fine program once it is refined, but right now it was a pain.
-Jay
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I know what you mean about the gestures being in reverse. This took a while to get used to.
By the way, I had the previous blue version installed on my Kaiser, not the latest black version. I suppose I could give it anothe go, but I can't be bothered to do another hard reset if I don't like the programme and want it fully removed
But yes, I do agree that it would be a good programme once all the little technicalities are fixed. I still do like the normal windows 6 UI, after installing Dutty's CAB which makes the start menu bigger

246810 said:
I know what you mean about the gestures being in reverse. This took a while to get used to.
By the way, I had the previous blue version installed on my Kaiser, not the latest black version. I suppose I could give it anothe go, but I can't be bothered to do another hard reset if I don't like the programme and want it fully removed
But yes, I do agree that it would be a good programme once all the little technicalities are fixed. I still do like the normal windows 6 UI, after installing Dutty's CAB which makes the start menu bigger
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Dutty's enlarged start menu is fantastic. I can navigate the start menu w/o my stylus. One of the best, easiest, and most useful mods out there!
-Jay

I tried SK Tools...and it did the job!
Thanks for the tip

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.

Tilt uninstalls programs, but not really...

OK, so it seems that just about every time i want to uninstall/upgrade a program on my tilt (not cracked, only bypassed the att crapification...er, customization).
what happens is, certain programs (most recently cetwit) will not fully uninstall when i goto remove them from remove programs. it says this and asks if i wish to remove the program from the list of installed programs, and i usually say yes. that program is still listed when i goto start/programs, and the program files are still safe and secure in the program files folder through file explorer.
the worst part is, when i try to reinstall/install an updated version, it shows two icons in my programs list, which is very frustrating...enough so that it causes me to hard reset and reinstall everything over again. i've run registry and junk file cleaners to no avail.
is there any way to COMPLETELY remove a program in this situation, or am i required to hard reset each time it happens?

maybe here i will also ask for a good registry cleaner that knows what to kill and what to leave...
sktools wiped out some important things, had to hard reset and start over because even my backup app couldnt fully recover.

Get a file explorer, delete the program's folder in Program files, delete the shortcut in the start menu and most of it is done. You can then use a reg cleaner to remove the last remains in the registry.
That has happened to me with a couple of programs, I'd blame the programs rather than WM.

I have a similar issue. I've removed the program folders, shortcuts, registry entries, etc. but the programs still appear in the remove programs list under settings / system. Although it's not causing me any problems per se it is really annoying. If anyone knows how to fix it I'd love to know.

on pc's the list in add/remove
is
located in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
would asume that they are stored in reg on pda's too

I've had that happen a few times also, what usually fixed it besides manually deleting the folders and shortcuts, is to remove it in add/remove programs in activesync. Just check the box that says to delete from handheld and desktop.

I've tried that - using AS to remove the applications - but it still doesn't work. They all show up with a size of 0.0K but removing the tick in the box and selecting the remove from both device and computer option does nothing - they still show up in the list on both devices.

Remove Programs from Add Remove Program List Help!!

I have uninstalled programs and still have them in my add remove program list how do I remove them?
Is it in the registry i have tried everything and no luck thanks.

megs8888 said:
I have uninstalled programs and still have them in my add remove program list how do I remove them?
Is it in the registry i have tried everything and no luck thanks.
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what program exactly, because I believe that some of them have this problem

programs
MAME CE3 and Concrete software bowling, i have uninstalled them no problem but it wont remove the from the add remove list and i dont know how to, thanks.

In similar cases, I use SKTools, an excellent program.
Here is the link http://s-k-tools.com/index.html?sktools/m_feat.html

I want to know why certain programs don't uninstall 100% even when it was installed and uninstalled correctly meaning the name still shows in the list as installed and there's no file traces left.

I have installed the SK Tools, but I cant seem to find how to do it, any instruction or fixes pls, thanks

In the registry, HKLM\Software\Apps if I remember well.

nope, apps still showing in "remove programs list" even though they were uninstalled like anything else

megs8888 said:
I have installed the SK Tools, but I cant seem to find how to do it, any instruction or fixes pls, thanks
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Before starting, I would recommend a backup, just in case.
On the main SKT opening screen, go to
- left soft key "Category"
- select "Maintenance"
- select "Installed Programs"
- after a short search, SKT displays the list of all your installed apps
- when you point your stylus on the app you want to completely delete, you will see all its installed components in the lower half of the screen (a good thing at this point is to make a screen capture so in the worst case you can manually delete the remains, but normally it shouldn't be necessary, SKT usually doing a better removal job than the default remover)
- make sure that all boxes are unchecked, except the one you want to delete, and then go to left soft key "Action" and select "Uninstall marked".

I always just go into File Explorer/Windows/Start Menu/Programs
Then remove broken links from there.

He means removing the entries from the add/remove programs panel, not the start menu.

Tried this and no go any other ideas guys, the sk tools might be ok if i had programs installed, i might install them again and then uninstall via sktools see how that goes. any other ides.

sktools can remove it, but it is always on uninstall list!!

abc001 said:
sktools can remove it, but it is always on uninstall list!!
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Reference link:http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...nstalled/7bad6dc7-d042-4bc2-8516-c9eeaeb5af58
I have found the solution to the various posts listed on not being able to get rid of an uninstalled prog in the remove progs window. Using MemMaid 2.3 go jump to/databases/database usage, highlight SwMgmtMetadataStore and click browse, highlight offending entry and delete it. Then do and soft reset and you will find that the prog is no longer in the remove prog window. Hope this helps.