Screen alignment and wm2005 - MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 2005 Upgrading

After a soft reset my screen alignment is gone and it takes some time and work to get to screen in the settings window (because the alignment is lost)to solve the prolem Has anyone have the same problem and hopefully a solution?

What device are you using?
I've never encountered this problem, but you can navigate with the dpad, or alternatively make a shortcut to the screen control panel and launch that on every reset (put it in your startup folder).
Bad solution to a strange problem though!
V

screen alignment
Thx, the shortcut is not a solution since I cannot click where I want. Dpad is the solution that I use, but it is very ennoying.I am using a QTEK2020

I meant make a direct shortcut to the particular control panel screen. Then one click with dpad will take you straight into screen alignment settings.
But whichever works!
V

screen
THX, but I don't find a way to make a shortcut to screen or screen alignment in the settings screen.

I'm afriad I don't have my phone in front of me, I left it at home by accident :shock:, but look here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnppcgen/html/ppc_tcuts2.asp
I'll try to make the shortcut if you have no luck.
V

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Today Screen Scrollbar ...

Hello!
I am wondering if it is possible to remove the scrollbar that shows up on the today screen? I have seen somewhere on the threads that you can remove the scrollbar from a today plugin. But is there any way using the registry?
- TKN
The only way to do that is to not put more on it than it can show all at once. You can however make the scrollbars thinner by editing the registry.
HKLM\System\GWE-cxVScr for verticle scrollbars and changing the value to a number less than 13
HKLM\System\GWE-cxHScr for horizontal scrollbars
ehhh...
......
Well I do not have more than the screen but it still shows the scrollbar and moves just a little bit up and down. And because of that, it is covering one of my tabs from SPB Pocket Plus.
- TKN
if u have good eyes, you can reduce the text size, go to start > settings > system > screen and the text tab....
You could take off an unnecessary plugins from Start -> Settings -> Personal -> Today -> Items
But i'm guessing you need all the stuff on the today screen...
I have the same problem occasionally with cLaunch. If you have even one pixel more than what can be shown on the screen it'll put up that damn scrollbar. I also ran in to that problem before when I didn't have too much on the screen but for some reason it would be there anyway until I rotated the screen by opening the keyboard and then when I closed it again it would magically dissappear. I never did figure out why that was happening, but it hasn't happened since I started flashing new ROMS.
Just came up with 3 possibilities to fix your problem.
1. Check and see if pocket plus has a heighth adjustment. If it does, adjust it to be a few pixels shorter and see if the scrollbar dissappears.
2. If you don't use the icons in the system tray for anything, use explorer or explore in activesync and go to windows\startup and remove the Init_Tray.lnk and then soft reset. The system tray will be gone and you'll have that much extra room on your today screen and the scrollbar should dissappear after that.
3. Install this cab that I'm uploading. It's called vjtoggletoday-removing bottom bar. It removes the bottom bar that has the calendar and contacts links on them. You will still be able to use the soft keys just above the call and end keys to bring them up when ever you want, but you'll gain the extra space on your today screen where the bottom bar used to be.
another option would be to use the nice today plugin SPB Mobile Shell. It makes it possible to safe a lot of space on your today screen. It works very well with any other today plugin (eg Pocket Plus, Phone Alarm, SPB Wheather, etc). Still one of my favorite pocket pc programs!
I am using all of the SPB today plugins. I fixed the problem by having two lines instead of three in BatteryStatus. Appreciate everyones help.
- TKN
yeah but i still rather have someone do a hack that will remove the scrollbar on the today screen. somtimes we want to have stuff there on the right height just without the scrollbars ...
can someone come up with a hack for this ? removing the scrollbar for today screen.

HTC Action Screen & Screen Alignment

Can somebody help me please, I tried installing a cab of the HTC Action Screen app from the touch dual on my Herald, after installing I noticed that the top right corner of my screen was not responding to my stylus taps. tried realigning the screen still no joy.
So I uninstalled the app but I still have the screen alignment issue, is there anyway to fix this without a hard reset?
sorry if this is posted in the wrong section as I didnt know if this was just a herald problem or if everybody had this problem?
s4vva said:
Can somebody help me please, I tried installing a cab of the HTC Action Screen app from the touch dual on my Herald, after installing I noticed that the top right corner of my screen was not responding to my stylus taps. tried realigning the screen still no joy.
So I uninstalled the app but I still have the screen alignment issue, is there anyway to fix this without a hard reset?
sorry if this is posted in the wrong section as I didnt know if this was just a herald problem or if everybody had this problem?
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It could be an old issue with a new device. Back in the day of PPC's it was found that some screen protectors slid under the case of the touch screen causing the screen to not respond appropriately. If you have recently put on a new screen protector or removed one, check the area just beyond the location where it is not responding. You might find something holding the screen down permenantly causing it to not respond. If there is nothing there and none of the things are present, I too am at a loss.
Just an idea.
Did you try a soft reset to remove the remnants of the application you removed?
@Just about right
Dont think it is the screen protector as I have had the same one on since I bought the device (almost a year now) without any problems.
@wovens
yep tried that
Ineterestingly if I open notes and tap the screen I get a dot in the right place, if I tap the top right corner it draws a vertical line downwards from the top right to the bottom. In the meantime what I have done is run the screen alignment, placed the styles in the middle of all '+' except the one in the top right corner. For the one in the top right corner I aimed a little lower than the centre, this allows me to click the X in the top right with the stylus if I aim above the box. not ideal but it will do for now as I dont have the time to reset this week...

Screen lock for TOMTOM

Just wondering if anyone knows if there is a screen lock for Tomtom software. I have the polaris running V7 of tomtom. The problem is I use it with the motorbike and earpiece.
So basically I set the destination, drop it in my pockets and listen for directions however the screen needs to be active. If it looses focus or the screen goes blank then directions updates stop. Otherwise the screen keeps getting pressed while riding so directions get interrupted.
Anyway I can get around this. tom tom screen lock would be great.
Hi Dusty, I'm a biker too so I already faced (and solved) that!
There are two problems using TomTom as we need to use:
1. if Polaris goes in sleep mode (blank screen), TomTom looses focus and stops working;
2. random screen taps (typically wen you store your PDA in a pocket) can of course modify/interrupts itineraries.
To solve both of them, I suggest you not to use any third parties' screen lock.
Just do as follows:
set your battery saver off (so your Polaris never get sleep);
launch TomTom and choose your destination;
go back to WM without quitting TomTom (you can easily do that setting one of the hw buttons to launch "Today" screen);
use stock WM screen lock
enjoy your ride
Hi
Could you, please, explain what is "stock WM screen lock" exactly?
Does it a 3rd party application itself?
I have TomTom V6. I stops to respond when it goes to the system tray, which means that the trick with "Today" is not good enough for TT V6.
Regards.
PS. Correction: I was wrong, TomTom V6 works when in the system tray
The stock WM screen locker is an utility I've found preloaded on my Polaris so I do believe is a standard WM tool (see first picture, it's the red rounded icon).
I also have TT6 (see second picture) and it continues to work fine when I press the Hw button that brings me to "Today" (I assigned the "explorer" button, but you can configure any other Hw command).
Thank you very much, deepblue68
I was wrong, your advise works fine!
Best regards!
Hmmm
I think the key is disabling screen saver/poweroff which is what it will do when on the home screen.
I have re-felashed my phone now and can't find a lock function (do know what you are talking about. Sure its just a little menu option somewhere.

NEED HELP!!!CANNOT PASS the ALLIGN SCREEN

need help...i'm using htc universal with wm 5.. it seems the top right screen when landscape mode doesnt point what i'm ponting with the stylus, SCREEN CALIBRATE..such as the "x" or "ok" button so i'm often using the "ok" keyboard... so i'm performing hard reset..ohh and after i'm doing hard reset...when it showing the"ALIGN SCREEN" i'm pointing the cross target...and its always continue to ALLIGN SCREEN UNTILL NOW AND ITS BEEN 1 HOUR... CAN ANY BODY HELP ME...PLEASE...
ryan47 said:
need help...i'm using htc universal with wm 5.. it seems the top right screen when landscape mode doesnt point what i'm ponting with the stylus, SCREEN CALIBRATE..such as the "x" or "ok" button so i'm often using the "ok" keyboard... so i'm performing hard reset..ohh and after i'm doing hard reset...when it showing the"ALIGN SCREEN" i'm pointing the cross target...and its always continue to ALLIGN SCREEN UNTILL NOW AND ITS BEEN 1 HOUR... CAN ANY BODY HELP ME...PLEASE...
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Seems your digitizer is gone.
Connect the device in active sync and then try MSP remote allignment.
Use search button, hope you'll find it...
regards
ryan47 said:
need help...i'm using htc universal with wm 5.. it seems the top right screen when landscape mode doesnt point what i'm ponting with the stylus, SCREEN CALIBRATE..such as the "x" or "ok" button so i'm often using the "ok" keyboard... so i'm performing hard reset..ohh and after i'm doing hard reset...when it showing the"ALIGN SCREEN" i'm pointing the cross target...and its always continue to ALLIGN SCREEN UNTILL NOW AND ITS BEEN 1 HOUR... CAN ANY BODY HELP ME...PLEASE...
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maybe the problem is that you dont tap at the screen right.
i had a similar problem before
look closer into the cross, you will see a white dot
tap right into the center and i think that will solve your problem
you just gotta be precise
I had the problem before. You need to change the touch screen,it cost about 20$
Try to shift the screen from horizontal to vertical (i had the same problem with an old rom)
It is hardware failure,that's all.I got one Alpine - xdaIIi like that.
ryan47 said:
need help...i'm using htc universal with wm 5.. it seems the top right screen when landscape mode doesnt point what i'm ponting with the stylus, SCREEN CALIBRATE..such as the "x" or "ok" button so i'm often using the "ok" keyboard... so i'm performing hard reset..ohh and after i'm doing hard reset...when it showing the"ALIGN SCREEN" i'm pointing the cross target...and its always continue to ALLIGN SCREEN UNTILL NOW AND ITS BEEN 1 HOUR... CAN ANY BODY HELP ME...PLEASE...
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buddy your touch sensor is gone.....i have the same issue......here's what you need to do:
Option 1: connect your phone to your pc via activesync, explore to windows directory and delete / rename the file called welcome.exe
Option 2: create a blank file on you pc called welcome.not and place it on the root of your storage card.
Option 3: use the MSP remote alignment.
Some people say event turning the device off then on again will kill the align screen but i can't say cause i haven't tried it.
after you're setup and all good, there would still be some applications that require a 'touch' some place....for that, since you (and i) don't have a touch screen anymore, the best thing to do is to get a MOUSE on your ppc
virtual mouse attached below.....just assign a hardware button to it to turn it on or off at will.....i use backlight button for it.....
P.S: was having some probs in uploading so i've renamed the file to .zip. just rename to .rar if you have problems extracting it
enjoy and PM me if you face anymore problems.
cheers
Hi junooni ,
I hv the same problem with my XDA IIs, and now my phone has been sitting in my drawer for 1 months.
Just some question, the above option that you stated above. After going through your option will the phone still be useable. I mean after that can i still used the phone to make a call since i need to use a remote mouse.
And also do i need to use activesync and connect it to my PC everything i need to use my XDA.
try taking out sim & memory card
i was also stuck on that.. this is how i got it solved, take out sim & memory card and to do it you need to take battery out as sim is under battery then hold two softkeys and reset button at same time and press 0 instead of x . now you should be able to go pass the align screen.... hopefully it helped....
Well.. it didn't help to me.. How can I browse windows directory via activesync? Am I so stupid or it's just invisible or what?

Sunno HDi Trouble (not respond to touch)

Could you help me
My phone is
NEW 5.0MP Navigation 3.2'' WM6.1 WI-FI GPS Sunno HDi
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160355993000&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
I received the phone but when
I tried to change the orientation Screen menu
Start
Settings
Screen
I pressed the button Align screen
When I closed the tab (Align screen), the screen does not respond to touch, not press any button
.
How to reset?
Please help
ilias.hdi said:
Could you help me
My phone is
NEW 5.0MP Navigation 3.2'' WM6.1 WI-FI GPS Sunno HDi
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160355993000&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
I received the phone but when
I tried to change the orientation Screen menu
Start
Settings
Screen
I pressed the button Align screen
When I closed the tab (Align screen), the screen does not respond to touch, not press any button
.
How to reset?
Please help
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You might want to look at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=552024 and specifically this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4482313&postcount=22. It may be that when you aligned the screen you did not accurately tap the center of each cross-hair which is causing problems. You might to try using the stylus and tap clockwise in a small circle to see if your screen responds. If it does, note approximately where you tapped and then try to do an align screen again - this time with the stylus to tap the center of the cross-hairs.
If this does not work, the general answer to your problem is to do a hard reset of your Sunno. Sunnos vary with how the hard reset is done and some users in that thread report not being to do it.
The other option to do a hard reset is somehow go from the Today screen to Settings to System and do the Mass Clear function. The Mass Clear program will effectively restore your ROM to the factory blank state by erasing all the data stored in flash memory.
This means that any data you have stored (contacts, programs, settings, etc.) will be wiped out. At this point, I think that is the least of your worries and you need to do the Mass Clear.
Good luck!

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