Hi, I'm pretty much a noob to this forum as you can see from my number of posts.
Recently got a HTC Iolite and been reading the forums, there are some things that I wasn't able to find, so I thought I'd just ask about it here.
Programs affecting interface
Currently I have the following installed, QM2.8, M2DC, PHM reg editor, Touchflo of course, I'm planning to try out SPB Pocket Pack and SPB Mobile Shell.
Here comes the confusing part, what's the difference between each of these? Which programs are a complete overlap? I read somewhere that SPB Pocket Pack and MS can complement each other, but for TF and MS, it's either TF or MS and not both together. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated!
About Hard Reset
I recently had a service.exe error after a soft reset. But it only happened once, I'm wondering whether it might have been caused by the installation of M2DC. So, I'm thinking of doing a hard reset. However, I do have some concerns. I have PAPAGO X3 installed when I first bought my Iolite. Upon doing a hard reset, will it remove PAPAGO as well?
What about programs that I installed on my storage card? What happens to it upon a hard reset? I'm sure it will have to be reinstalled, but what about the space it occupies on the storage card? Do I need to remove them as well, in other words, uninstall them first then do a hard reset?
Having said all that, I'm not particularly too concerned about the services.exe issue, since it's only happened once.
Appreciate any advice I can get! Sorry if some of these questions have been addressed in the forums, perhaps someone could direct me to the respective places?
hardreset return your device to how it was the first time you ever started it up
any program you installed after this will be gon untill you reinstall them
hardreset will not of cause change any programs located on the sdcard
but if any of those programs require dll's to be placed on the main device
or require some reg keys to be placed in the registry
then they too will require a reinstall
Rudegar said:
hardreset will not of cause change any programs located on the sdcard but if any of those programs require dll's to be placed on the main device or require some reg keys to be placed in the registry
then they too will require a reinstall
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Does that mean that if the programs do not require dll's to be placed on the main device, I will still be able to find it immediately after a hard reset?
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How do i erase the memory in my XDA2 of the software that just expired, without HARD-RESETTING my XDA2? Do i need the Registry editor program? Thanks a lot. :lol:
Have you tried using the Remove Programs option in Start/Settings/System?
If you have already done this and are trying to re-install the same application, then it probably has a hidden file or value in the registry or special data written somewhere in memory, but would be very difficult to find any of these.
dcs, what i mean is i want to re-install again a expired software without hard resetting my XDA2. since it would detect that i already installed that particular program.
Yes, sorry, I edited my response above shortly after posting it
So you mean to say that particular memory is hidden in the Registry? Aren't you interested enough to find the exact location of where to erase the memory? On hard re-setting what particular memory are erased?
I am saying that software vendors employ several different methods to ensure that potential customers don't just keep re-installing the software once the trial period has elapsed. By their nature they are difficult to work around. Personally, if I have used software for a trial period and I liked it, then I have bought it .
There are sites where you can request 'work-arounds', but it is not here.
I see...anyway thanks for that wonderful information :lol:
My pleasure
ah ha amen!
I've searched for months for an answer to removing the system tray on WM5 & WM6
Edit your registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ Software/ HTC/ Trayapplt
Export the Trayapplt string just to be safe you can merge it back if you change your mind.
Once exported delete the Trayapplt string completely and then soft reset your device.
System tray gone and the space is usable
Enjoy
You could have just removed the Init_Tray.lnk in the windows startup folder.
I afraid for most people that doesnt work as they dont even have that link file. I think the difficulty with the system tray is that different people have different circumstances. Some people can remove the int_tray link but If you search the web your'll see a lot of people desperate for a alternative method as they do not have this file on their devices.
It maybe the case that my method may not work for everybody but until someone produces a stable app to remove the system tray we'll keep searching for the best way individually to achieve this.
Sorry, didn't realize that that link didn't exist on all WM devices, but I haven't owned every device to know that. There are however programs that force the system tray such as DotFreds task manager and MyMobiler, etc, which even removing the Init_Tray.lnk doesn't fix because the icons will create their own system tray. Does your fix for it stop them from doing that? If it does, then I might just have to try your fix out for myself.
So far ive been running this setup for 2 days.
I use xcpuscaler which 110% uses a system tray icon whilst running. Ive also minimised many programs and the tray has never reappeared. Im not garenteeing this will work but I do know that its worked perfectly for me.
I hope this helps and if you export the reg as I sugested if the tray doesnt stay hidden for you for some reason then you can always merge it back
Hmm, my kaiser doesn't even have that key so I guess I'm out of luck there. I'm not sure if my wizard does or not, I'm working on cooking a new ROM for it and the ROM I have on it now is kind of messed up. I'll have to check it out when I get my new one cooked though.
fair enough, it seems to be very device related, im talking intensively to a strong programmer to try and sort out something permemantely.
Im running a XDA Orbit (Artemis).
Willl post any findings here
sorry it didnt work for you
Darren_Bridgeland said:
ah ha amen!
I've searched for months for an answer to removing the system tray on WM5 & WM6
Edit your registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ Software/ HTC/ Trayapplt
Export the Trayapplt string just to be safe you can merge it back if you change your mind.
Once exported delete the Trayapplt string completely and then soft reset your device.
System tray gone and the space is usable
Enjoy
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that did the trick for me - thanks
Thanks, just joined today and i am now very happy with the fact this hack worked for me
Joined the forum chasing icons and now i think i wont be able to ever leave
Thanks again.....
No TrayApplt in my registry, unfortunately. Still can't figure out how to remove the tray bar on my Vario II (WM5) permanently. Whatever I tried, nothing worked to my satisfaction..
Edit: No Init_Tray.lnk either! Still looking for solutions, every solution is very welcome as long as it works...
Disable system tray for everything
xeno1 said:
Hmm, my kaiser doesn't even have that key so I guess I'm out of luck there. I'm not sure if my wizard does or not, I'm working on cooking a new ROM for it and the ROM I have on it now is kind of messed up. I'll have to check it out when I get my new one cooked though.
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My Tilt doesn't have that key either. I don't use the tray, have it disabled, but Task Manager always creates it again, until I exit Task Manager.
My Wizard doesn't have that key either.
Programs I have found so far that may cause the system tray to appear:
- Dotfred's Task Manager
- My Mobiler
- Pocket Informer
- SOTI's Pocket PC Controller (or similar: I don't recall its name)
- SPB Pocket Plus
All of these can be made to not create a system tray through their respective settings or otherwise, I believe. Currently I have MyMobiler, Dotfred's, Pocket Informer and Pocket Plus installed, and I have no system tray on my Kaiser. The above registry hack didn't work for me.
So I swapped the iPhone for the Tilt, and so far so good. But now I have a questions about my wifes Pantech Duo.
It also uses Windows Mobile 6, but it is full of ATT bloatware, and is slow, locks up and freezes from time to time, and sometimes she has to reset the phone because it doesn't show her contacts, pictures etc...
I have searched all over the internet, and the only thing I can find that even relates to the phone, is a program that makes the slider actually work the phone when you slide it up and close it.
Any help would be fantastic as my wife is all over me lol...
thanks in advance,
memnoch
Hard reset & then soft reset as soon as the "The device will customize in three seconds" appears. Also check out SK Tools. You can do several performance tweaks & it's UI is pretty easy to understand.
Can't find the soft reset
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Hard reset & then soft reset as soon as the "The device will customize in three seconds" appears. Also check out SK Tools. You can do several performance tweaks & it's UI is pretty easy to understand.
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Hrm...well I don't see a soft reset anywhere on the Pantech Duo, and I just did the hard reset, and it never went through the same customization setup that my tilt did, and all the bloat ware is still there
there is no reset button on it. its running a smartphone os your pretty much stuck with the rom on it intil some cooks one
There are quite a few differences between how WM6 Pro (Kaiser) works and how WM6 Standard (Duo) works.
I would recommend that you check out some of the Smartphone threads on this forum. Here are some things that you should look at doing.
1) Application Unlock your device (allows unsigned program installs, System Files and Registry changes, ect...) Search for a smartphone Application Unlock cab.
2) Look in the Windows\Start Up\ folder and delete any unnecessary start up apps (I couldn't tell you what to delete without looking at what is in there)
3) Delete unnecessary things from start menu (Windows\Start Menu\) This won't improve the speed but it will reduce clutter
Check out http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1267636 for more info on the Duo.
Hope that helps.
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There are quite a few differences between how WM6 Pro (Kaiser) works and how WM6 Standard (Duo) works.
I would recommend that you check out some of the Smartphone threads on this forum. Here are some things that you should look at doing.
1) Application Unlock your device (allows unsigned program installs, System Files and Registry changes, ect...) Search for a smartphone Application Unlock cab.
2) Look in the Windows\Start Up\ folder and delete any unnecessary start up apps (I couldn't tell you what to delete without looking at what is in there)
3) Delete unnecessary things from start menu (Windows\Start Menu\) This won't improve the speed but it will reduce clutter
Check out http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1267636 for more info on the Duo.
Hope that helps.
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...8C-D587-47E0-908B-09FEE6EA517A&displaylang=en
This link is for the security configuration manager for windows mobile 5, but I used this and changed the policy to unlocked, and it worked fine as an application unlocker on the Duo. Still looking for a cooked ROM, but guess you can't have everything.
Hi, I would like to give my dad my old Kaiser and my copy of TT6 now I don't need them.
However, I doubt very, very much that he will remember to keep it charged (He uses his phone like once a month) and it will most likely hard reset, losing the TT install.
I was wondering, is it possible to set it up so that should it hard reset, he will not need to reactivate tomtom maps.
I am thinking something along these lines:
1) Install a bit of s/w that monitors for registry changes.
2) Install TT6 and the maps, and activate.
3) Take a dump of the registry changes, and a copy of the files installed to the device
4) Build a CAB to install the REG and files in the right places and inject it into the ROM.
I guess that the maps could be installed to the SD card, as long as the s/w had the correct activation info then they would be OK?
Would that work? Any advice appreciated.
If a device running WM5 or newer goes flat it doesn't lose any of the applications or software that are installed, this used to be the case with WM2003SE or earlier OS, so let him have the device and it won't give you any issues with lost applications/ hard resets.
If you are still worried about this consider Sprite Backup, but it really isn't needed for this - Mike
evilc said:
Hi, I would like to give my dad my old Kaiser and my copy of TT6 now I don't need them.
However, I doubt very, very much that he will remember to keep it charged (He uses his phone like once a month) and it will most likely hard reset, losing the TT install.
I was wondering, is it possible to set it up so that should it hard reset, he will not need to reactivate tomtom maps.
I am thinking something along these lines:
1) Install a bit of s/w that monitors for registry changes.
2) Install TT6 and the maps, and activate.
3) Take a dump of the registry changes, and a copy of the files installed to the device
4) Build a CAB to install the REG and files in the right places and inject it into the ROM.
I guess that the maps could be installed to the SD card, as long as the s/w had the correct activation info then they would be OK?
Would that work? Any advice appreciated.
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Another approach could be to keep the required cabs in the extended memory, modify the autoinstall.exe (usually by changing the autoinstall.ini) that runs after a hard reset to install the required files.
the only problem is that you would have to manually register the application.
(simply making changes in the reg. will not register/activate TOMTOM).
maybe you could have a note installed that would have the required registration info??
the other way would be to use a pre-activated tomtom.
Hey guys,
Today I noticed that my installed programs list under settings is empty. Did some research on the forum and found out that multiple users have had the same problem, mostly on other devices. Couldn't find a thread on the Raphael forum, so I thought I might aswell post it.
Some users state that screwed up policies are the sources of this problem. Could one of you post his/her registry settings under HKLM/Security/Policies/policies so I can compare to mine? I'm using the stock rom of the Dutch T-Mobile MDA Vario IV.
Oh yeah, while you do that, please make sure that you've disabled your device lock. Since if I start taking over your policies, my device will think I'm using a security code too. Not useful when I want to backup my stuff and hard reset when this policy thing fails... (Read that of from some user here on the forum).
Or does anyone know another fix rather than a hard reset?
Thanx!
Rahza
EDIT: No need for your input anymore, I just gave in and hard-resetted my Raphael. If anyone of you ever gets an empty list in the "add/remove programs" screen, the problem is in the databases. I found out after installing a backup after the hard reset --> all my installed programmes were gone in "add/remove programs". I hard-resetted again and in the backup file, I unchecked "restore databases" and everything worked fine.
Hope some of you finds this info useful.