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alternative speed dial app

I've been getting more and more annoyed with the standard speed dial in wm5. You have to press on the the relatively small number to dial the contact, cause if you tap the name you go to the edit part. Besides that it just looks really dull and doesnt match any theme.
Does anyone know of an alternative app for this? Preferably something you can get or make skins for...
(I have searched google and this site for hours btw)
thanks,
Robert

not quite sure what you are refering to, do you mean you would like bigger numbers on the dial pad? if so do a search for the eten dialer.
Maybe you would prefer a photo dialer? there are plenty around.
Alternatively try searching for MS voice command it is so easy to use and that is the only way i 'dial' numbers.

No i mean the actual speed dial part. It kind of looks like this:
1. Voicemail
1233
2. John Smith
1234567890
etc.
What i find annoying is that you have to press on the speeddial number (so like 2. for john smith), instead of the name. If you tap the name it brings up the edit screen. Besides that it looks very dull (grey and white).
I see what you mean about a photo dialer, but i dont want to use up precious space on the today screen.
Therefore i was hoping there might be some other app around, preferably one you can customize with skins or something. I haven't been able to find anything so I guess there isn't?
Maybe i should try asking in the Development and Hacking forum? Maybe someone there can put something together? I cant imagine it would be too complicated? Or am i asking(expecting) too much?

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You like these?
This speed dial is the one I got in my E-ten, doesn't look great, though works beatifully!
I love to use this one in the car.
Couldn't find it in the extended dir but I could extract it and make you a cab if you like it.

if you could?
this looks promising

in-call screen --> Manipulate?

Samsung JACK running WM6.5
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Is there any way to manipulate the in-call screen? It puts up this tiny little picture and the rest is this weird blue/gray nothing. It seems as if it would be much better to have the picture much bigger, or include some additional contact information, or just better utilize the space.
Anybody know how to mod this?

Contact picture on incoming call
I found an answer here:
Samsung SGH-i200 - FAQ - 4PDA
Is it possible to increase the contact picture on incoming call by regular means, ie no extra software?
AVB2107 5.3.2009, 7:08 Date 5.3.2009, 7:08
If you disable Samsung-style dialer the photo caller is displayed on the screen size.
0scar 26.1.2009, 23:07 Date 26.1.2009, 23:07
In Registry change:
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Phone\Skin: Enabled to 0
PS this is nothing more than a trip samsungovskoy "dialer"
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Our try "PHOTO CONTACTS PRO WM Smartphone Edition".

Thanks.
But, it doesn't seem to change anything. The phone still looks the same with incoming our outgoing calls.
Is there a template or something that I need to change? Is there a "skin" file that I can tweak?

Does anybody know what the .cpr file is for the in-call screen? That's all I'm looking for, and I'm striking out.

if i remember right its extcall.dll, dialog "MS_PHONE_CONTACTPICTURE" i've made some small attempts in the past but wasn't to driven to try to make it work. hopes this helps you.
or... you can give this a try, i can't tell you if it'll work for you or not.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=515012&highlight=bogart+htc&page=2

Thanks.
It is a lot more complex than I thought. I've never edited .dll's before... and spending the last day or so trying to get it to work isn't taking me very far.
I might keep trying, but I think I need some assistance. Feel like a bull in a china shop right now, just feeling my way through and not very successfully.

mellojoe said:
Thanks.
But, it doesn't seem to change anything. The phone still looks the same with incoming our outgoing calls.
Is there a template or something that I need to change? Is there a "skin" file that I can tweak?
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I can't get it to work with my BJ2 either. Any other ideas?

clock and weather same line

Hi all and many thanks for all the great themes out there,
couple of questions have been googling all night but cant find what i'm looking for.
1. I would like to have the time in digital and the weather on the same line so its smaller.
2. remove the words calendar, the alarm and the date, if possible, basicaly declutter the screen.
also is it possible to remove the hotkeys at the bottom but when slide the screen up they all apear again, at the moment i am using the 20 quick key cab, dose any of this make sense lol.
if not will take a screen pic and show you.
Thanks all.
Steve

heres a pic to help
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as you can see the sun gets in the way of the wifes face.
Thanks again.
Steve

you want the latest version of cookies home tab my friend that will do all that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=625483
youll wanna get the editor also

thanks mate, installed both them like you said, tried to change my wall paper and when i go back to my home screen it says, unexpected error has occured CHT_Wall.exe quit and then restart.
Any ideas mate??
Thanks

have you got compact framework 3.5 installed?
BTW ya wish that was ya missus

belive so.
Will look into it tommorow. and get back to you, many thanks

cfw will give you that error code if not install
will sort out every issue you've marked out after CHT has been installed through editor

Hehe anything for a beautiful woman dude ;-)

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cfw will give you that error code if not install
will sort out every issue you've marked out after CHT has been installed through editor
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lost me mate,through what editor thanks

sussed it but only by in settings clicking on use standard ones, but then they look squashed lol
cant sus how to install it within editor.

Dialer Applications

Hey Everyone,
Just wondering what everyone is using as there Dialer??
The Stock one is quite sad considering that you have to click like a few times to call someone...
Is there a application out there that displays all your contacts and you just have to press once on the name to dial?? ( Not like MeContacts that only displays so many for speed dialing)
I was looking at Dialer one but can't seem to download it...seems discontinued or something...
Please give your preference and if you can, why you chose it.
Thank you all for your input.
Chad

check out superdial

There is 2 in the market place at the moment,
1 that is a paid version but says it's for chinese users but we can use it still and the 2nd one has bugs in it and isn't being continued?

B1AcK kN1GhT said:
Hey Everyone,
Just wondering what everyone is using as there Dialer??
The Stock one is quite sad considering that you have to click like a few times to call someone...
Chad
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me too looking for something like this , checked superdial, not so impressive though.

Check out Youlu. A number of Android sites have recommended it. I just installed it, and though it could use more options (such as disabling dial-sounds, and hiding of email-only contacts), it looks nice.

wow this is actually better than atakephone, i kinda regret paying for it now!

I always had hard time searching contacts to dial.
I used modified acontacts on my donuts. But im now using Dialer One.
It have call log, dialer. contacts at once. easy to use. and its Free
Try it
Link
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Thank you all for your inputs and links
Going to try Youlu and Dialer one out right now and see which one I like better!

Another vote for Superdial. I've been using it for a few months now, can't live without it. It's definitely one of the best dialers out there.
My main concern is having quick and easy access to contacts without having to click through 17 menus to get to them. I simply start spelling the name of the contact and it appears, tap their name and it's calling. Takes a mere 2 seconds before I'm calling the person I want.

System Colors?

hi @all
i'm using the latest energy rom from here. I was trying to change the colors of outlook and the rest of the original windows mobile stuff from white background to black background and white text with sktools.
So far, so godd but i have the problem, that now the contact list is white background/white text just the highlighted one is ok. in SMS view via outlook it works great and even some menus are good some others not working that way but i think these are sense menus which would be ok for me. For example the file manager is also as i like it. what to do to solve this problem is there a solution? or maybe an easier way to change just this white background into black and the main text into white?

you probably will not able to do, wm background color value is used for others screens, I mean: when you set a black BG ,the same value is used for something else (can't remember which element.. text or highlight).
then every black background has this side effect.
the best you can reach is this dark grey combination (from Artemis rom thread and a WP7 variation) that let you read the text in all situations
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you can also play with the attached UITweaker , not every option work on wm6.5 but the most of them do, and make all your tests.
for more infos check out the windows mobile forum and look for skinning WM6.5 threads

thanks alot! i got an compromise now which is working well so far. with sktools i swapped the color values and somehow now it works great even the highlighted stuff is ok so i found nothing which is incorrect so far even the settings menu or so it's fine don't know why it wasn't working the first time i did that. i would go over to android but i need the garmin app which is not working under it.