I was wondering if anyone knows of a replacement phone dialer. I want something with bigger buttons if possible.
Thanks
Try PhonePlus.
It is great for simply dialing and for using phone numbers from your contacts as well as for sending SMS.
Sascha
Thanks for that, I'll download the trial and give it a go.
Cheers
Large Mute Button
Anybody know of a replacement dialer with a large 'mute' button? I need this for when I'm using the phone in the car. Thanks in advance.
Yes PhonePlus is great but only if it worked in Landscape mode would have been even better.
Kind Regards
Thanks for the tip, but I tried Phoneplus and the mute icon is still very small at the bottom of the screen. Is there a way of making it larger, or assigning a hardware button?
Try this one:
http://vitotechnology.com/en/products/quickcontact.html
You can call contacts using Touchpad/Joystick with it.
phoneplus is really great.
www.mesoftware.biz
also they have released a new software called ezdial but it is not yet on their site:
http://www.handango.com/PlatformPro...latformId=2&N=96806&productId=174887&R=174887
phoneplus is a great software, havent tried yet ezdial but it seems to be even better.
I had phoneplus installed for about 1 month and yes is miles better than dialler. Sadly during this time my unit locked on average once a day (normaly when trying to activate phoneplus) needing soft reset, I uninstalled the few apps I had until phoneplus was the only thing remaining, took that off approx 1 week ago and since then not one reset required!
but
Does anyone know why? Is it poss to uninstall the default dialer and does this help?
For now I stuggle on with Dialler, at least my unit works when I need to use it.
this might have been discussed before so apologies in advance. any way to skin the white area for the phone dialpad? i know it's been done with wm2005 but i was wondering if this can also be accomplished for 2003se. or would anyone know the "gif file name" of the white background? instead of having a custom pic for the dialers i was hoping you can fill the whole screen with an image you want..
cheers
rob
Grill Oven said:
phoneplus is a great software, havent tried yet ezdial but it seems to be even better.
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But apparently no SMS support (predefined phrases).
Sascha
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i have a strange problem and its the same as this one
http://www.everythingtreo.com/forum/treo-750/cant-answer-phone-on-750-a-11588.html
Sometimes when the phone ring i can push the green button or the softbutton but the phone didn't pick up. After a while the phone goes into voicemail.
The phone is working correctly after that and no soft reset is neccesary.
It looks like the problem has something to do whena lot off programmes are in the memory because it looked lit it happends more often with more programmes open.
Does anyone has an solution?
iNiels said:
i have a strange problem and its the same as this one
http://www.everythingtreo.com/forum/treo-750/cant-answer-phone-on-750-a-11588.html
Sometimes when the phone ring i can push the green button or the softbutton but the phone didn't pick up. After a while the phone goes into voicemail.
The phone is working correctly after that and no soft reset is neccesary.
It looks like the problem has something to do whena lot off programmes are in the memory because it looked lit it happends more often with more programmes open.
Does anyone has an solution?
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You should provide us with more info.
What apps do you have installed?
What apps are running when this occurs?
What tweaks did you make?
etc.
It's hard to say if it's because of the memory or due to a call filter program like MagiCall
mccune said:
You should provide us with more info.
What apps do you have installed?
What apps are running when this occurs?
What tweaks did you make?
etc.
It's hard to say if it's because of the memory or due to a call filter program like MagiCall
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I have no tweaks installed
programmes:
phoneweaver (tried to switch off but didnt help)
agendaone
TOMTOM
Calander+
hidelogo
SPB phonesuite
SPB Weather
iNiels said:
I have no tweaks installed
programmes:
phoneweaver (tried to switch off but didnt help)
agendaone
TOMTOM
Calander+
hidelogo
SPB phonesuite
SPB Weather
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You could try to remove PhoneWeaver or PhoneSuite, since they share some functionality...
Go into settings/owner information/options and make sure thetwo boxes in there are unchecked. There is a bug which will prevent you from being able to answer the phone properly if those two buttons are checked...
mikej4 said:
Go into settings/owner information/options and make sure thetwo boxes in there are unchecked. There is a bug which will prevent you from being able to answer the phone properly if those two buttons are checked...
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Let us know if this works, never heard of this
They are both uncheked already!
I had the same problem and in my case found out this happens when receiving an sms. The phone become unresponsive before the sms arrives, and this can last for several seconds. If you happen to receive a call in that period, you won't be able to answer.
Could not find a solution to this problem.
Try disabling voice commands as per the following:
http://kb.palm.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEB...00000000684754152,K=9400,Sxi=6,Case=Obj(43101)
Seemed to work for me.
Hi there,
Installed the Crossbow version of WM6. It's really good apart from a few annoying probs.
- My backlight button doesn't work! So I can only turn on the phone using the 'POWER' button. VERY annoying!! Anyone know how this can be reprogrammed?
- When sending a SMS Text, the 'NEW' button has gone and now is replaced by the 'DELETE' short cut. This means that it more clicks to send a SMS. Again a bit annoying.
Any ideas how I can get passed these problems??
kanulondon said:
Hi there,
Installed the Crossbow version of WM6. It's really good apart from a few annoying probs.
- My backlight button doesn't work! So I can only turn on the phone using the 'POWER' button. VERY annoying!! Anyone know how this can be reprogrammed?
- When sending a SMS Text, the 'NEW' button has gone and now is replaced by the 'DELETE' short cut. This means that it more clicks to send a SMS. Again a bit annoying.
Any ideas how I can get passed these problems??
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Not sure on your backlight issue as have not used that particualr rom.
Is there not an option to remap the buttons in settings?
As far as SMS issue, if you go to contacts, you can simply right click on a contact to send a new SMS, or if you are in messaging it's just one extra click, menu, new.
You can always install the "New Menu for WM5" applet which will replace your
calendar and give you the functionality you had in WM5, new note sms etc.
A simple search on the forums should bring up the cab for you.
Hope this helps
Regards
Beast
Thanks for that. I will have a look.
The 'NEW' button just meant I could create a text really quickly without tapping too many buttons. I know its only one extra click but its annoying
Also it means I might delete texts by mistake!
KL
beast0898 said:
You can always install the "New Menu for WM5" applet which will replace your
calendar and give you the functionality you had in WM5, new note sms etc.
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I use this app and think it really transforms WM6. Very useful, takes up no system resources significantly and is customisable (I have it as the left option button in the today screen, with new SMS, new Word doc, new contact, and a couple others).
Recommended.
OK will search for it
Anyone know how to fix the LIGHT button issue????
kanulondon said:
OK will search for it
Anyone know how to fix the LIGHT button issue????
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Hi,
Can you explain in more detail what your Backlight button issue is?
Are you syaing the backlight doesnt turn on/stay on I'm a little confused as to what you require. (maybe I need more sleep)
Cheers ,
Beast
could be a nice replacement for the now defunct videocall button..
but i think this is a really annoying problem, which by the way is not affecting everyone as far as I can see..it must be solved since these solutions are a good replacemente, but that's it, a replacement...are there any ideas about the origin of this issue?
cyberpunk627 said:
could be a nice replacement for the now defunct videocall button..
but i think this is a really annoying problem, which by the way is not affecting everyone as far as I can see..it must be solved since these solutions are a good replacemente, but that's it, a replacement...are there any ideas about the origin of this issue?
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look at this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=307538
and this
http://msmobiles.com/news.php/6398.html
as for backlight button not waking up the device..
settings>buttons>lock>
and next time USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION
kanulondon said:
Hi there,
Installed the Crossbow version of WM6. It's really good apart from a few annoying probs.
- My backlight button doesn't work! So I can only turn on the phone using the 'POWER' button. VERY annoying!! Anyone know how this can be reprogrammed?
- When sending a SMS Text, the 'NEW' button has gone and now is replaced by the 'DELETE' short cut. This means that it more clicks to send a SMS. Again a bit annoying.
Any ideas how I can get passed these problems??
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yes i has the same problem not just with wm6 but also after i had downgraded my jasjar to wm5.0 latest rom so what i did was i searched and downloaded a program called button mapper or map or somthing like that or better yet if youve got the SPB pocket program it will allow you to reconfigure your hardware button for Backlight to switch to " Screen toggle" otherwise this function is not usually available to reconfigure.
fallenczar said:
look at this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=307538
and this
http://msmobiles.com/news.php/6398.html
as for backlight button not waking up the device..
settings>buttons>lock>
and next time USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION
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Fair play.
I did try and search but found F-All. I'd like to see your search string that brings up this finding. I am not going to spend my whole day searching
Anyway the other problem still exists re: New Button
But thanks for helping regarding the backlight button, I can confirm it NOW WORKS!
KL
fallenczar said:
and next time USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION
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I do not have any problems since i don't even have wm6, I was just wondering about the origin (not solution) of this problem another user had and begging for the expert to solve those annoying bugs; moreover I suggested a small and personal solution for his problem, so it's not my task to search for something I don't even need. please next time read carefully before reproaching who is not involved in the fact!
Moreover, I think I'll have a prize for having used since the first time the function "search", one of the few, and having always begged for pardon when many pointless researches obliged me to post about a topic already discussed
kanulondon said:
When sending a SMS Text, the 'NEW' button has gone and now is replaced by the 'DELETE' short cut. This means that it more clicks to send a SMS. Again a bit annoying.
Any ideas how I can get passed these problems??
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Have a look HERE
A lil work around to allow the video call button to be used to create a new SMS message.
I was going to tell you to use the search function too, and show you how my search for "new sms" or "sms" brings up that result...but when I tried using those terms it brought up nothing?!? Searching for "softkey" does bring up my post. Maybe you have to enter words with more than 3 characters for the search to work, which is a bit annoying!
Either way, hopefully the link provided will be of use...
cyberpunk627 said:
I do not have any problems since i don't even have wm6, I was just wondering about the origin (not solution) of this problem another user had and begging for the expert to solve those annoying bugs; moreover I suggested a small and personal solution for his problem, so it's not my task to search for something I don't even need. please next time read carefully before reproaching who is not involved in the fact!
Moreover, I think I'll have a prize for having used since the first time the function "search", one of the few, and having always begged for pardon when many pointless researches obliged me to post about a topic already discussed
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my appoligies to you, i did not intend to qoute you, but once i did i was too lazy to change it..
however if you look at the second link...you will find the origin of the problem.
Anyone know how to do this? I would like to be able to do this instantly from a shortcut or script. Thanks.
Bump... Anyone?
A great man comes to the rescue (i don't mean me, i mean ViJay):
http://www.vijay555.com/?Releases:VJPhoneShortcuts
Thanks a lot RPG0. Unfortunately that software only works on WM5. Also, that's just one of the features of the software - I was actually hoping to have an EXE or something to toggle speakerphone on/off, or figure out how to do that. Thanks again though.
Hmm, I know you can put a button on the today screen with PhoneAlarm for that.
Did you try it? I think it says WM5 only as is WM5 or newer. The system didn't change so much from WM5 to WM6... And it does give you a link (i was using it for callhistory)... Just try it.
One of the built-in settings in AE Button Plus allows you to map that functionality to any button you want.
There's a new version of VJVolubilis lying on my harddrive somewhere that does this (written literally years ago!), but for now, go with AEButtonPlus.
V
Thanks guys! That worked great. One last question - what about disabling the phone's external speaker altogether?
Hi
I received my XDA ORBIT 2 and have been using it for 2 days now.
Just got a few questions to ask..
1) When making a call to the device, it is normal for the phone to ring 3 times before the XDA ORBIT 2 starts ringing? I just thought it was quite a big delay.
(Yes it is normal - credit to gnick666 for the help there, thanks)
2) Does anyone have a problem with the handsfree kit - if you are listening to the radio and press any button on it, you will get a really bad signal for a few seconds. Its even worse when you press MUTE, it just gives a really loud static noise even if the signal was perfectly fine before
(Problem dissappeared with hard reset)
3) Doesn't the main camera seem very choppy and bad quality? I mean the camera is meant to be 3 Megapixels but if you compare it to other 3 Megapixel phones it is obvious that the XDA ORBIT 2's camera is crap! It looks like a 2 Megapixel!
(Fix provided, however doesn't really fix the problem - download from this linK: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2049527)
4) Is there any way to edit the Touch Cube? It has CoPilot on it but frankly CoPilot is very bad in my experience and uses really old maps - it couldnt find any of my destinations that TomTom could. Is it possible to swap the CoPilot button with a TomTom one on the cube?
(A program can edit the Touch Cube - download from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=71953&d=1203658279)
5) Also, has anyone had the problem where the phone takes forever to send a text mesage even if you have full signal? Every 30 seconds or so it will tell you your balance but it will take a long time before it actually sends the text message - could be as long as 10 minutes!
(Problem resolved - do not send any messages to 20202 or this blocks the outbox queue)
Also, has anyone had the problem where the phone takes forever to send a text mesage even if you have full signal?
Every 30 seconds or so it will tell you your balance but it will take a long time before it actually sends the text message - could be as long as 10 minutes!
prank1 said:
1) When making a call to the device, it is normal for the phone to ring 3 times before the XDA ORBIT 2 starts ringing? I just thought it was quite a big delay.
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Sadly it is... I don't know about the homebrew ROMs, but in the original ROMs the delay is definitely there...
prank1 said:
2) Does anyone have a problem with the handsfree kit - if you are listening to the radio and press any button on it, you will get a really bad signal for a few seconds. Its even worse when you press MUTE, it just gives a really loud static noise even if the signal was perfectly fine before
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Is that a Motorola hands-free kit?
prank1 said:
3) Doesn't the main camera seem very choppy and bad quality? I mean the camera is meant to be 3 Megapixels but if you compare it to other 3 Megapixel phones it is obvious that the XDA ORBIT 2's camera is crap! It looks like a 2 Megapixel!
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There's a fix for it on the HTC support site, free to download...
prank1 said:
4) Finally, is there any way to edit the Touch Cube? It has CoPilot on it but frankly CoPilot is very bad in my experience and uses really old maps - it couldnt find any of my destinations that TomTom could. Is it possible to swap the CoPilot button with a TomTom one on the cube?
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Check out the Polaris Upgrading suborum... you'll have to dig a bit, but there are detailed descriptions and programs for it...
prank1 said:
Also, has anyone had the problem where the phone takes forever to send a text mesage even if you have full signal?...
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No, never noticed something like this... My messages are sent instantaneously...
Hi
The handsfree kit is the one that came with the PDA.
can you give me a link for that fix? I looked on the HTC website and I cant find it...
Did a hard reset and ithe text messaging issue appears to be working fine now.
Thanks for your help!!!
You need to log in into the HTC e-club to download the patch.
Register, Log-in and select the Touch Cruise under software downloads.
Greetz.
virbotrix said:
You need to log in into the HTC e-club to download the patch.
Register, Log-in and select the Touch Cruise under software downloads.
Greetz.
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Could you possibly upload the file here for me? Just thought that it would result in not needing to register because all I need is just one file..
Thanks and I know i'm asking a lot here but i'd really appreciate it.
Thanks!
The fix has actually has been posted on this forum... search the attachments...
Thanks finally found it
Eerm about the text messaging problem, I thought I fixed it but its still there..
I found the culprit, infact. Because I am a pay and go customer, I regulary check how many free text messages I have got.. this is done by texting BALANCE to 20202. But everytime I text that number to check my balance, my phone never sends the message, it gets stuck in the outbox queue and every 30 seconds it will tell me my balance. Because of this the phone cannot send any other text messages. The only way to solve this problem is to delete the text message from the outbox, soft reset the phone and never text 20202 again.
It works fine now and an alternative to check you free allowance is by calling 4444 and selecting option 2 twice. This bypasses the text problem.
Just thought I would explain it incase someone else gets the problem.
HI to prank1,
I have the same camera problem with my touch cruise. been searching the forum for hours, still cant find the fix for camera, can you help me by showing me where to look ?
THanks so much.
Hi leynos
The camera fix does not help that much, still a bit choppy. In fact it is meant to address a different issue:
If you zoom in on a captured photo and notice grainy, maze-like patterns within the image itself (this problem is caused by too much sharpness enhancement being applied in bright-light environments), please download and install this hot fix to solve the problem. Sharpness parameters within the photo will then be reduced with only a minimal loss of image sharpness
If you still want to download the patch, visit this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2049527
The choppyness of the camera is because of the drivers, the fix only helps whith some quality issues...
I've noticed that when I'm texting using the keyboard, it can take a few seconds for the words to catch up to what I am typing. Its weird, I'll be finished typing my thought, but I have to wait for all the words to show up after I'm done. I've turned off the autocorrect and other options thinking it was the cause .. but to no avail. Is there a fix for this?
Thanks
also want help with this
I have the same problem. A friend of mine with a non-HTC, WM6 device also has the issue too. My guess is it's just WM6 being slow and not the fault of the device.
Same thing here...
but i think it happens to be due to the lag.
Because ill get a text message...and ill open it...and it will be on the screen.
Then i will open my keyboard it would switch to landscape and i will start typing, and if i look up, it would be as if the words were trying to "catch up" to my typing. But after like 5 secs it would be back to normal.
Maybe just the lag that comes out of openning the keyboard?
I think it's the lag too. Because if this happens when I notice my device is running slow. After I do a hard reset though, when it's the fastest, i don't have this problem.
The other day I typed a six page paper on my phone and there was no lag; I had just done a hard reset.
you guys try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=436795
It worked for the Tilt. I haven't tried i yet on the Fuze but it was a game changer for the Tilt.
I would blame wm6.1 for the lagginess since all the phones i've used have this sort of issue. Add to that tf3d and your processor is working ot.
umma have to try this on my Spint Touch Pro
bugsykoosh said:
you guys try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=436795
It worked for the Tilt. I haven't tried i yet on the Fuze but it was a game changer for the Tilt.
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anyone tried this yet?
By the way my Fuze (with stock ROM) doesn't have a delay. It's one of the few things I really noticed on the change from the Tilt so I don't have a need to try it...sorry but hope this helps
This is likely entirely related to the amount of 'stuff' you have going on in the background, on a clean ROM you'd be hard pressed to get this to happen. The more stuff you pile on, the less responsive it's going to be. I didn't notice this behavior for the short time I was running the stock Fuze ROM, though, so a 3rd party program may be the culprit.
I think its because the OS give priority to redrawing the screen, and your text message comes second. Every WinMo phone I have ever used will lag a little bit when chaging the screen.
bugsykoosh said:
you guys try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=436795
It worked for the Tilt. I haven't tried i yet on the Fuze but it was a game changer for the Tilt.
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lbhocky19 said:
anyone tried this yet?
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I just installed the cab and everything seems to be a lot faster. Once I get typing more during the day will be the real test but just some messing around typing words I didn't notice the delay. So far so good
Thanks for the link
Is it just me (showing my age) or is the font in a threaded conversation REALLY small? Anybody know where/how to enlarge it a little?
TIA!
hopper13 said:
Is it just me (showing my age) or is the font in a threaded conversation REALLY small? Anybody know where/how to enlarge it a little?
TIA!
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It is pretty small if you ask me. I've found that rotating your thumb "around" the center circle hardware button zooms in / out on the text. It doesnt work so 100% smoothly (WinMo again probably lol) but it does let you enlarge text. you can also set your typing text and system font to be larger elsewhere but I dont recall off hand.
thisperishedmin said:
It is pretty small if you ask me. I've found that rotating your thumb "around" the center circle hardware button zooms in / out on the text. It doesnt work so 100% smoothly (WinMo again probably lol) but it does let you enlarge text. you can also set your typing text and system font to be larger elsewhere but I dont recall off hand.
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Duh, never thought to try zooming! lol Thanks.
Creel said:
I just installed the cab and everything seems to be a lot faster. Once I get typing more during the day will be the real test but just some messing around typing words I didn't notice the delay. So far so good
Thanks for the link
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Do you own a touch pro?
Tell us,is it worth installing this cab?
Are you really seeing an improvement?
i just installed it it definetly seems quicker
of course when sliding out the keyboard there will be catchup just because its working extra but after a few seconds its all good and stays fast
Kostas-Pro said:
Do you own a touch pro?
Tell us,is it worth installing this cab?
Are you really seeing an improvement?
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Yeah I have a Touch Pro and I think its worth it. I've been texting all day on it and the catch up has been improved greatly.
Yea I also just did the suggested tweak and now it takes about half or less of the time to catch up. The lag is usually only a few characters now.