There's been a few problems that some people have mentioned, but have either been lost among all the unlocking/upgrading questions or just not followed up for whatever reason. These are some of the issues I had with older versions of wm6 that I tried, which made me go to a wm5 3.3 to get rid of.
1) Auto-fill of names in messaging when typing in the "to" field doesn't happen
2) Windows Live messenger only connecting over GPRS even when wi-fi is enabled
3) I think it's what it's supposed to do, but it's annoying - is there a way to stop Windows Live adding all your contacts to your phone? I don't use my Wizard for e-mails or anything very often, so this is pretty useless, and just fills up my contacts list and then it takes longer to find the people I want to call
4) In the messaging application, the left softkey in wm6 is used for Delete, and to create a new message you have to go into the menu and then select New, whereas wm5 just had New on the left softkey (I'd rather not use 3rd party software to do this, if there is any that can!)
Can't think of any more right now, but feel free to add your own!
Anyone who's got Faria's new wm6 ROM, could you please comment on whether you have encountered any of these issues or if anything has been changed in relation to these?
Thanks,
Myk
myk_83 said:
There's been a few problems that some people have mentioned, but have either been lost among all the unlocking/upgrading questions or just not followed up for whatever reason. These are some of the issues I had with older versions of wm6 that I tried, which made me go to a wm5 3.3 to get rid of.
1) Auto-fill of names in messaging when typing in the "to" field doesn't happen
2) Windows Live messenger only connecting over GPRS even when wi-fi is enabled
3) I think it's what it's supposed to do, but it's annoying - is there a way to stop Windows Live adding all your contacts to your phone? I don't use my Wizard for e-mails or anything very often, so this is pretty useless, and just fills up my contacts list and then it takes longer to find the people I want to call
4) In the messaging application, the left softkey in wm6 is used for Delete, and to create a new message you have to go into the menu and then select New, whereas wm5 just had New on the left softkey (I'd rather not use 3rd party software to do this, if there is any that can!)
Can't think of any more right now, but feel free to add your own!
Anyone who's got Faria's new wm6 ROM, could you please comment on whether you have encountered any of these issues or if anything has been changed in relation to these?
Thanks,
Myk
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Can't speak for much, but from the websites I've seen detailing WM6, #4 is actually a code change to the Messaging app. MS' research indicated more people wanted a Delete button than a New button and they made the switch. I don't know if it's something that can be changed through the registry or not, but it is native to WM6.
-Pete
When you setup Widnows Live, uncheck the option to import contacts and it doesn't import them. At least thats what works for me.
If it is already configured, open windows live and go into options. choose sync options and uncheck contacts and messenger.
myk_83 said:
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1) Auto-fill of names in messaging when typing in the "to" field doesn't happen....
Thanks,
Myk
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1. HKCU >> ControlPanel >> Keybd >> Locale
0415 (Your country code)
back to 409
2. HKCU >> keyboard layout >> Preload >> 1 >> Default
e0010409
back to 409
3. HKCU >> keyboard layout >> Preload >> Default
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Windows Live GPRS Issue
myk_83 said:
2) Windows Live messenger only connecting over GPRS even when wi-fi is enabled
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it is the way M$ designed it...they claim it helps battery life...it could not possibly be to make more money off of people by making them use GPRS
I turn off my phone sometime to make it connect via WiFi but faria said in his aku 3.3 ROM he pacaged it so it did not do it...I am trying to find out how to take windows live out of there and install it on WM6?!? but i don't know how I would go about that so if anyone could help please let me know...thanks for reading
Windows Live
Cancelling the GPRS connection before it's complete makes Windows Live switch to Wi-fi anyway, so I don't get why it even tries GPRS first and doesn't just go off wi-fi. Maybe there's a setting somewhere, like when you boot your PC and it goes through the various boot-up devices in order until it finds one that works.
Anyway, my problem with Live contacts being added to the phone contacts... I tried signing in to Windows Live, and going in the options and de-selecting "Synch contacts" as suggested. The problem is, when I try and sign in to Live Messenger, it comes up with a dialog box saying "signing in will add your contacts to your phone" or something, which is exactly the same as before.
Messenger is the only bit of Live (apart from e-mail, I guess) which I'm actually interested in at the minute, but I can't use it because I don't want all the contacts from my messenger account in my phonebook!
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Cancelling the GPRS connection before it's complete makes Windows Live switch to Wi-fi anyway, so I don't get why it even tries GPRS first and doesn't just go off wi-fi. Maybe there's a setting somewhere, like when you boot your PC and it goes through the various boot-up devices in order until it finds one that works.
Anyway, my problem with Live contacts being added to the phone contacts... I tried signing in to Windows Live, and going in the options and de-selecting "Synch contacts" as suggested. The problem is, when I try and sign in to Live Messenger, it comes up with a dialog box saying "signing in will add your contacts to your phone" or something, which is exactly the same as before.
Messenger is the only bit of Live (apart from e-mail, I guess) which I'm actually interested in at the minute, but I can't use it because I don't want all the contacts from my messenger account in my phonebook!
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Again, This is M$ design. Nothing we can do about this. Messenger live will not work unless the contacts are in your phonebook. Sorry.
workarround windows live messenger
i don't know a solution but pls read my post for a workarround...there is a way to remove added contacts after u use live messenger....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291945&page=2
Faria's windows live fix cab
myk_83 said:
Cancelling the GPRS connection before it's complete makes Windows Live switch to Wi-fi anyway, so I don't get why it even tries GPRS first and doesn't just go off wi-fi. Maybe there's a setting somewhere, like when you boot your PC and it goes through the various boot-up devices in order until it finds one that works.
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Faria just released this fix for windows live a few hours ago...I don't have WiFi at work or I would test it here...I don't even know if this is the fix that I am looking for but I will try it over lunch and see. Hopefully it is!
ftp://xda:[email protected]/Wizard/Roms/faria-roms/windows-live-conection-fix.cab
I think it works
fryman said:
Faria just released this fix for windows live a few hours ago...I don't have WiFi at work or I would test it here...I don't even know if this is the fix that I am looking for but I will try it over lunch and see. Hopefully it is!
ftp://xda:[email protected]/Wizard/Roms/faria-roms/windows-live-conection-fix.cab
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I tested it over lunch and think that it is the fix that I needed...but still have to play with it some more to make sure...not enough time during my break
- After palying with it some more I think that All this did was set the GPRS to always off
I would love to learn how to create a fix like this myself but I am still trying to learn how to create some basic .lnk files...i am such a newbie
- Haha just found it...here. Now to learn how to make cab files...something tells me its harder
Hi,
I have had windows devices for years now, and for some reason over the years every person that I have put there birthday in with there contact details has about 6 - 8 entries in my calender.
Its very annoying, Im going to wipe my calender clean and start fresh but I dont want it to happen again.
Does anybody know what causes this so I can avoid it.
Thanks
Ive just had to hard reset my Elfin, but I had all my contacts backed up using "Microsoft MyPhone" (which is awesome)
When it downloaded all my contacts back to my phone, its saved them all with their last names shown first.
What I want to know is if there is a way to change them all to show with the "First" name first in the contacts list, without having to go through and change them all manually?
come on, surely someone must know some sort of registry hack or a stupidly hidden setting?
plz :'(
....in my opinion you have to go through your contacts one by one, but if you really like to, there's Resco Contact Manager that can customize your contacts in the manner you want...cheers!
when i got bored today, i went through and changed them all ¬_¬
lol Cris, there is no reg hack to change it.... make sure you do a PIM backup next time!!! (is ok, before i learnt about PIM, i had to do the same with 500 duplicate contacts lol... bummer!!)
yeh, I always used to use PIMbackup, but then when I tried out "MyPhone" which is actually pretty cool, I thought I would use it from now on.
but yeh, i think im gonna go back to pimbackup ^_^
(but I will also still use myphone, because it means i can edit my contacts on the net etc, which is easier than on a tiny virtual keyboard
Bit late but here's what i use
Shubaroo Contact changer
:O
i havent tried it, but this is EXACTLY what ive been trying to find.
:3
well, at least I have it for next time
I have the same frustration and created my own program to fix the contacts, even allowing for your own custom formats and using the Company Name field. I hope you find it helpful!
http://wargolet.com/wm6/
Ever since I got my TB, I realized that my Gmail doesn't sync correctly. I put contacts on my device and it does not show up on my contacts list in GMail. on my PC. What do I need to do?
04CiviCon20s said:
Ever since I got my TB, I realized that my Gmail doesn't sync correctly. I put contacts on my device and it does not show up on my contacts list in GMail. on my PC. What do I need to do?
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an annoying feature of sense is that new contacts entered onto the phone dont get saved as gmail contacts but rather contacts saved in the internal memory of the phone. to change that either when u edit or make a new phontact there is an option to set the contact type and u gotta always select gmail. it doesnt default to it which is annoying thing to remember coming from an AOSP phone
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an annoying feature of sense is that new contacts entered onto the phone dont get saved as gmail contacts but rather contacts saved in the internal memory of the phone. to change that either when u edit or make a new phontact there is an option to set the contact type and u gotta always select gmail. it doesnt default to it which is annoying thing to remember coming from an AOSP phone
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Thanks for the Speedy quick response. I will try that right now. That "Link" icon that always pops up when booting from a wipe, Confuses the hec out of me. I always choose "Dismiss". I checked my contacts the other day and I had doubled what it was supposed to be and had to manually delete all the dups..Never had this issue w/DX..Guess am still learning Droid still..Thanks again..
edit..That worked. i had no idea that was the case. You're right..That's annoying and there's no way to make that "Google" option a default setting. That's just wrong considering goolge runs android..
Thanks ddar, for answering my question so forum moderator may delete this posting please. Thanks
Hi to all.
So i know that after i bought a new phone i can´t sync events older than 1 or 2 months. But i my old phone i have all the entries. My question is: i can backup all the calendar entries from my old phone and restore them in my new phone but if i do that, in the next sync from my new phone would it cause duplicate entries?
Regards
What kind of phone
mrmarque said:
Hi to all.
So i know that after i bought a new phone i can´t sync events older than 1 or 2 months. But i my old phone i have all the entries. My question is: i can backup all the calendar entries from my old phone and restore them in my new phone but if i do that, in the next sync from my new phone would it cause duplicate entries?
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Hi, if this phone is an HTC phone you could have clicked backup my stuff and that will sync your calendar, and would replace the entries (no duplicates theres other apps to back up data from your old phone, and you could go into calendar and go to settings and look for a googley? syncy? cloudy? option to sync/recovery everything, im not sure if this will answer your question or not, you just have to search the app store and settings and stuff, tell me what happens!