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New SMS softkey missing **Partial Fix**

Hello,
After upgrading to WM6, I found when viewing SMS messages that the left softkey no longer gave the option new, just delete.
I put together this little shortcut which will send you straight to a new SMS.
I then mapped the shortcut to the now defunct video call button.
Download and unzip the attached file. Copy the extracted file to somewhere on you device (I put in in \Windows\AppButtons) and then edited the following registry entry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Keys\40C2
amending Default from "\Windows\AppButtons\Video Call.lnk" to "\Windows\AppButtons\New SMS.lnk" (you will need to amend this to wherever you put the New SMS.lnk file)
Hope that helps, but you are amending and playing with your phone/registry so I take no responsibility for anything you mess up!
Sorry if this is a known resolution, but I hadn't seen anything specifically in this forum, and not one with a complete solution.

Hi Steve,
Thanks for the little tool. I was wondering if the 'Delete' option could be turned into the old 'New' setting without loosing the video call button?

AFAIK No!
I've searched the forums and nobody seems to have an answer for this. I can't find where in the registry to edit either (I'm no expert of registry settings)
This seems like the only option for now. I think the softkeys in the mail app are hardcoded, so would need someone with more ability than I to take apart the tmail.exe file and make the required alterations. Still after nearly a year of ownership I've never used the video call button, and find it handy to be able to go to a new sms from anywhere on the device. Maybe this will be addressed in a future build of WM6? Or possibly someone will give the option of either NEW / DELETE...

Well.. Thank you for the workaround.
I'm looking for a solution, too.
I HATE that "delete" button, it's really boring!

Please help me!
Hi!
Please help to me! i want to create a shortcut send SMS in PPC, but i don't know how to do that? (example: send "GPRS +" to 8125 by SMS)
Many thanks

1. I don't understand what you want to do.
2. This is the forum for the HTC Universal device, judging by your username, you'd be better asking your question here
(anyone else think that HTC has made life a little complicated calling one of their models the UNIVERSAL...)

try vjphonetools do a search on the forums

Please help me!
Hi!
I want to design a page web run in PPC, so in this page, i create a hyperlink. when i click this hyperlink , the PPC will be send "GPRS +" to 8125 by SMS.
Many thanks.

Awesome, this is exactly what I needed!

My OEM Packages to Share

I know you can get them from other places either in CAB or in OEM Packages. However, it's just too difficult to get them all together.
So I present you some of the OEM packages which I collected, extracted or created for use in my ROM.
1. The first one is taken from Schaps' ROM. It's a 3G-Battery with Indicator. I didn't ask Schaps' permission for this. I hope he's cool with it.
2. O2 Backup is taken from O2 Life and has been fixed to work on all devices. It allows you to backup PIM & My Documents data
3. O2 SMS Plus v1.6 is also taken from O2 Life. It's sorta like SMS Threaded applications. It also allows you to send/receive vCard from other dumb phones. It also support group SMS & Scheduled SMS
4. HTC Album v1.1030.720. Taken from a CAB file with fixed English Interface (Originally Chinese). You can choose which Folder to browse.

Here are another 4 Packages:
1. Newer version of HTC Home v2.1.105.722
2. Adobe Flash Lite v2.1 with the Cool HTC Animation from Schaps
3. Schaps' Advance Configuration v1.1
4. Palm Threaded SMS with fixed database folder. Instead of in Windows Directory, I patched the database to be stored on 'My Documents' folder for easy backup. You need to rename your backup SMS data from 'PalmMsgv001' to 'Palm01' and copy it to 'My Documents' folder.

Another 4 Packages
1. KeepAlive is a very old freeware from WinCE days. It prevents your PPC from turning Off. It's very usefull when you need to let you device on all the time.
2. PowerOff is another old freeware from Scott Seligman. It just shows a tiny PowerOff buttons at the Today Screen.
3. O2 Smart Text is also taken from O2 Life. It's just another thumb inputs with T9 capability. Good for One-Handed Operation
4. Picsel PDF Viewer. Taken from PPCGeeks. A superb PDF viewer compared to Adobe offering.

I downloaded all but I couldn't install even a single one.
These are not cab files nor installation .exe files nor a folder placed in the machine to run off with.
What are they? If these are for ROM cooking only then they are outside what most of us want to deal with.

These are OEM packages for ROM cooking and since this is the upgrading forum its the right place for things like this to be posted (IMO).

I personally wouldn't mind a separate forum for cooking, as some of the questions here are rather 'off topic' from ROM upgrading (flashing) or cooking, since installing an application is not an UPGRADE in any sense of the word...
Until then, it seems like this is the right place for this...
Thanks for your contributions [email protected]...

wow...a package for palmsms...hopefully it works.

Thanks for the packages! Am sure some cookers will find these handy!

how to benefit from thsoe if you are not a cook?
Hello,
a lot of thsoe packages look really useful, but, noby uses them so far in the offical release ROMs.
Cooking your ownROM still sounds intimidaing to me (and mybe others), so is there an easy to get thsoe as cab files, or is it posible to cook a delta ROM just adding those pakcages to one of the release ROMS?
Thanks
Juju

As requested by you here or via PM. Here are the CAB files for the OEM packages.
The 3G Battery Level will replace a system file. So you need to install Certificate CAB to allow the installation.
For Keep Alive, PowerOff, Advance Configuration, just copy the execute file to your Kaiser. No installation is needed.
HTC Home & Album CABs are widely available so I won't post them again. To change the HTC Album to English menu (from Chinese) you need to copy the 'RFileShell.dll' from Resco Explorer english Version.
Enjoy!

There is another nice application called O2 Theme which works well with kaiser. This is the WM6 version of O2 Plus. To learn about this, you can go to this thread I posted in Athena board:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=328080
Cheers!

[email protected] said:
Another 4 Packages
3. O2 Smart Text is also taken from O2 Life. It's just another thumb inputs with T9 capability. Good for One-Handed Operation
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I have some updates about Smart Text, here is my conversation with company maker, it's inversed, but you'll understand:
subject RE: M8 help hint
Reply
Hi,
the M8 is standard Software input panel (hereinafter SIP) modules, that's means if applications that follow the windows mobile design guide, it will work properly with different sized SIP.
your idea will be take in to account and thanks for your supports.
Thanks and best regards,
Micro Cheng
J&M Soft
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 11:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: M8 help hint
hello developers
your product M8 is very good!
one more idea, to improve usability:
make an option to let keyboard appear from top of screen, till the middle.
the reason is: some applications have text input field at the bottom, but doesn't recognize keyboard allocated this place. and doesn't redraw it's input field higher (on the top of new appeared keyboard), so application text input field becoming invisible until the end of input.
another solution on same problem:
make your keyboard application it's own temporary input window on top of keyboard.
(it may optionally include increased font size for better visibility on street)
will be waiting for your reply, and a new version
thanks
now, let's wait for new release of it (under name of O2 or standalone M8)

Palm Threaded SMS changed database folder
[email protected] said:
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4. Palm Threaded SMS with fixed database folder. Instead of in Windows Directory, I patched the database to be stored on 'My Documents' folder for easy backup. You need to rename your backup SMS data from 'PalmMsgv001' to 'Palm01' and copy it to 'My Documents' folder.
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I guess this is somewhat helpful because it's easier to back up the My Documents folder than find PalmMsgv001 in \Windows and back that up.
However, I hardly ever put anything into \My Documents because of the chance of forgetting about backing it up before flashing a new ROM. Hopefully someday we'll see a Threaded Messaging app that has more options - like save folder, and font size (the font is so tiny!). That's why I liked TxtMan - but it crashes too often, and isn't completely integrated into the Windows messaging system.

if someone could fix palm to work on the kaiser thatd be fabalous.. i know im jumping off topic but im willing to offer up $25.00!

here is the O2plus 2.3 cab , working on touchpro

[January 09, 2008] Lightweight ATT Tilt ROM Cooked From Alex's Kitchen

I downloaded the tools Alex posted in his thread, followed the directions, and after about 15 attempt finally ended up with a ROM for my ATT Tilt that I can live with. It is based off of his ultraclean ROM, but with additions I find tolerable. The start menu is very clean, with no shortcuts activated. When I first loaded Alex's ultra lean ROM with no shortcuts on the start menu, I was sure it would not be long before I filled it with shortcuts. I have since decided to leave it barren, since it fills itself with recently used programs, and this is far more useful to me. You can create the shortcuts yourself if you like.
This ROM does not have PTT in it, nor does it have any reference to it whatsoever (no context menus, etc.). The button is free to map as you wish. Good riddance to what I find to be a useless application. I did not include an MMS composer, opting to download one from the CAB collections all over this forum. The packages I included from the kitchen are:
1-Calc
NETCF 3.5
SqlMobileCE 3.5
O2 Running Programs Today Plugin
HTC Kaizer (sic) 9 Button Comm Manager
Inbox Menu Extensibility (Mark All As Read/Delete All)
Windows Media Player Touch Skin By DuttyThroy
Office Requirements
Office Mobile 6.1
BT_SAP.2.02.b0925.r3
Connection Setup 1.0 build 30726.PPC.003 (you can just cancel this when it tries to run if you are on ATT because the connection will be already set up on bootup)
StreamingMedia.2_20_807715_00
Symbolpad.1_0_28284_0
QuickGPS__1_00_905716_00
BT Explorer 1.2.30477.1
Camera Templates
Enterprise DLLs (IPSec, L2TP and SmartCard)
BubbleBreaker and Solitaire
Error Reporting
HTM Help Files
OEM Templates (Templates for memos, phone call logs, etc.)
Welcome Header
Real Player
This ROM includes radio 1.27.14.09
This ROM does not include any of the menu tap sounds.
This ROM only includes 1 ringtone (Ring-Standard). I do not like to clutter my device with ringtones I never use. If you want more ringtones, go here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q039KPOU .
This is a collection of sounds I have saved over the years and keep on my storage card when I want an interesting sound or ringtone. It contains most (if not all) ringtones found on Pocket PC Phones in the last several years. Put whichever ones you want in Windows/Rings or in My Ringtones in your My Documents folder on your device.
For whatever the reason, when I cooked this ROM some of the ATT Tilt stuff gets installed (like the ATT Theme, Media Net, ATT Mall), but not all the rest of the bloatware, and the internet sharing tool is available as well.
I installed the new camera floating around (the stock camera is installed by default), as well as HTC album (needed for the new camera). I installed the new Touch Dual Dialer by Navadi and Dutty modified by Shayd found in this thread at post #9 (how is that for spoon feeding): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355085
This dialer includes the useless Video Dialer buttons and context menus. Nonetheless, it has big and easy to read and use buttons and it has the ability to reject a call with a text message. Try it out. If you do not like it, uninstall it or use KaiserTweak or Advanced Configuration utility to change it to the stock dialer.
I also installed a bunch of other CABS, but I am not going to get into that now. I only mention the new camera and HTC album because they work very well together. You can find them through this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355587 .
This is a base working ATT Tilt ROM that you can customize as you want. It is quite fast and stable on my device.
There is no icon for Cellular Video. You can get to it by going to cingularvideo.cingular.com . Bookmark the site if you like. It will open up videos in the installed RealPlayer. You can watch videos from m.youtube.com, but, by default, they will try to open up in RealPlayer and fail. To fix this just go to the registry and navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rtsp\Shell\Open\Command and change RealPlayer.exe to StreamingPlayer.exe. After you do this both Cellular Video and m.youtube.com will work.
You can download it from http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T0OR1DGC and I do not give any warranties on this. Use it at your own risk. I am very happy with it, and hope you will be too.
Thanks to Alex for making it so easy to become a Chef!

Flashed - appears to be working well with KAIS_Radinly_1.27.14.09_CustomRUU. Thanks and job on the cooking.

VoIP ?
No VoIP?
Stefano

Screeshot's?

i click on the link and i get the webpage
but the messege is this
The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable.
is it off for good?

I am downloadding it know!

leoiden said:
I am downloadding it know!
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r u using this link?
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T0OR1DGC

sorry link is no good!

link unavailable

Tab for Skyscape programs...?

Hey guys!
First off just like to say that this is an amazing site and especially for a pocket pc newbie such as my self has enabled me to do great things with my HTC touch pro.
I have downloaded a series of programs from skyscape (medical ppc books) and i added them to the programs tab on the TouchFlo 3D. The prob is, they all have the same icon and no text shows so hard to tell them apart.
I was wondering if there is a way to add a new Tab on the touchflo so that it would work like a folder for all of my skyscape programs with text preferible to distinguish between them. That way i could access the programs with a seperate program tab just for special programs...
Thx in advance and keep up the great work!

Fibroblast said:
Hey guys!
First off just like to say that this is an amazing site and especially for a pocket pc newbie such as my self has enabled me to do great things with my HTC touch pro.
I have downloaded a series of programs from skyscape (medical ppc books) and i added them to the programs tab on the TouchFlo 3D. The prob is, they all have the same icon and no text shows so hard to tell them apart.
I was wondering if there is a way to add a new Tab on the touchflo so that it would work like a folder for all of my skyscape programs with text preferible to distinguish between them. That way i could access the programs with a seperate program tab just for special programs...
Thx in advance and keep up the great work!
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The simplest way would be to create a shortcut to the folder the apps are installed in, and copy the folder shortcut to your windows programs folder.
or create a new folder with shortcuts to your apps and then create a shortcut to that folder in the programs group.
There are many other ways it could be done, but this would be the simplest for you, with very little room for making a mistake.
Cheers,
Beasty

Where did you get your version of skyscape for the touch pro?

codydavis22 said:
Did you pay for skyscape or did you find a cracked version with a keygen somewhere? I can't seem to find it.
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Do not ask, direct, instruct, discuss, or mention warez. I.E. trying to get retail software for free.
You have been warned.

sorry....what way should I go about stuff like that?

Warez discussion leads to a ban. No more warnings... the rules are clearly stated, it's nobody's fault but your own if you didn't read them. See you in 3 days...
To the OP:
Check this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3125006&postcount=16. It's actually directions on how to remove the AT&T tab from the Fuze's stock ROM, but adding lines to the file mentioned should allow you to add a tab.

SMS applications for Windows Mobile?

Are there any applications to replace the standard Windows Mobile SMS application? I find using the WM SMS app with a virtual keyboard to be cumbersome and the UI is less-than elegant.
I'm certainly not asking for iChat, as I'm not exactly fond of how it looks either, but I do want something that will at least let me easily proof-read my texts that are longer than 2 lines without having to stab the up and down arrow with just the right sensitivity as to not make me lose my place.
Anyone have any suggestions on how to make the SMS experience better for WM 6.1?
Thanks,
Nick

You're not the first to ask.
Whilst unfortunately I cannot aid - what I can tell you is that I know several have asked/tried and i've not found a decent solution.
Manila has a different interface for sms these days but its not without its problems, particularly on a landscape device (at least with the rom i have on my x1)
Non-Threaded sms allows for better proof reading but of course its not threaded.
I'm interested in something aswell, unfortunately any of my programming knowledge is useless for such an application

Have you try "Vito SMS"??

Bulldog said:
Have you try "Vito SMS"??
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Looks like an interesting option, thanks for recommending it. Do you have any screenshots of how it handles long messages (multipart SMSs over 160 characters)? I can't install it on my phone right now nor can I find any screenshots showing that functionality on various search engines.
I'm fine with the Windows Mobile 6.1 implementation of threaded SMS; my main problem lies in the presentation of reading back long messages in a tiny, tiny text area that is impossible to scroll just using touch.
Thanks,
Nick

PCM??
Have you looked into Pocket CM yet?