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I lost all of my Input methods!

I don't know what the deal is, I had them this morning, and even after a restore, I don't have any of my Input methods anymore. They all show but when I select one it doesn't apply. I should have:
Block Recognizer
Compact QWERTY
Full QWERTY
Keyboard (it defaults to this every time)
Letter Recognizer
Phone Keyboard
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I have recently installed the new Landscape Full Manila update but I had these options even after that.
Anyone know how I can reinstall these options?! I hate that default keyboard!

It seems like they are all there still, like I can see options for them all, etc but it just wont change, also its like the small arrow by the keyboard isn't activated and I cant click it, I can change the default keyboard from small to large, but that's it!
ERRRR, what pisses me off is I backup ALL THE TIME, before every app install even, and when I do a restore, it still doesn't work, WTF good are backups then! Or does Spite Backup just suck and I should be using another?
This worrying about everything from one min to the next with this device is the only bad thing about it.

The only suggestion I have for you is to do a hard reset and restore using the most recent back up file until you find a back up file that works for you. I have used sprite back up many times before but this has never happened to me.
Are you using the stock Fuze ROM?

Yeah I'm using the stock ROM but I bypassed the bloatware and installed TF3D that was just released in the software thread, the full one with landscape mode.
I tried several backups and none worked, strange, not sure what caused this but I did find a work-around, its a small app called SIPChange, it was a shot in the dark but it worked for me, for anyone else with this issue, try it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=271008
This actually even fixed the little arrow issue I have that wasn't letting me select the Input method on the fly, I did notice it loads at every reset tho, I don't care as long as it works!
Thanks guys, I hope this thread will help anyone else with the issue.

Original Registry Settings for Touch Pro

Hey guys,
I hate for my first post here to be a problem, but while trying to get Wargus running on my Touch Pro I changed the registry setting for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEDriversConsoleOutputTo to 0 to use PocketCMD.
While browsing around trying to figure out why PocketCMD won't display text unless I scroll up or down, I found someone who said they managed to kill their Pro after reboot by changing the value to 0, like the instructions said. Before I reboot I was hoping to change it back to the original value so that I don't have this problem.
They claimed that by doing this, it caused the console to come up on boot and they were unable to continue past this. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I just got this a few days ago and would hate to have already killed it .

just do a hard reset....

That is what I ended up doing. I was just hoping I wouldn't have to lose all my contacts and installs I had already entered. I guess I have learned my lesson to backup the registry before messing around. Thanks anyway, though.

Whenever I do a hard reset, I save all my contacts to my sim card, or I do a back up with HTC data back up.

Here is the backup tool I use

Thanks, I will probably end up using that regularly. The problem I was having before is that WM wouldn't boot far enough for me to do anything from the phone. It came up with a console menu once the task bar loaded, displayed some diagnostic info and then froze.
I guess this would be a seperate topic as well, but what console do you use for the Touch Pro since the registry editing needed to run PocketCMD causes the phone to freeze on boot?

iScott78 said:
Here is the backup tool I use
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My HTC Touch HD also freezes at a same way because of the same situation.
How is it possible to install/use this tool since it freezes around at the 5th second after boot?

Why is my phone going to Landscape Mode

I can go to setup/system/screen and change the orientation to "Portrait". but it's changing right back to landscape if I put it in sleep mode and wake it up. Or if I slide the keyboard and slide back it stays in landscape.
Any clues on why it's defaulting back to landscape and not staying in portrait mode?
Thank you in advance!
Jonathan

You really need to give a little more info. What rom are you using? Stock? 6.1? 6.5? What carrier? Do you have a newer manila on there? No one can help you with the information (or lack thereof) that you have given.

It's happening with both ROM I tried (NFSFAN's WM6.5 build 14 & Mighty 21840.5.0.60). I've got the phone on MetroPCS service. Manila 2.1 I think with the Mighty Rom flash. Hope this helps, Thank you in advance -Jonathan

I dunno; have you done anything weird with Advanced configuration? There was a dude once who set his angle for causing the switch from portrait to landscape to 0 degrees, and his phone when haywire. Also, what programs have you installed, and do you have anything weird that runs at startup that you installed, like any g-config programs? Maybe you installed something that is screwing with the phone in a big way. It's just a guess. I know from personal experience that the Iris browser can screw with the phone in a big way, particularly if it switches the phone to landscape and you close it that way.
I'd suggest doing a hard reset, not installing any apps or any tweaks, and see if the phone is still acting up. If it is, then you may have a hardware problem. also, you should probably try calibrating the g-sensor. I've never done it myself, but if yours is out of whack, it may be messing with the orientation.

This happened to me as well, I tried a hard reset that only succeeded in pissing me off. Got with HTC Tech support, they pointed me toward a new sprint ROM that was released (just as bad as a hard reset) didn't work either. Then they set me up with getting it repaired, since I was still under HTC's warranty of 12 months. Just got it back last week and all seems fine now although they did not say what happened.
Sorry I can't tell you what the issue is. But try Tech Support just make sure you have the phone set up like it's fresh out of the box, make sure you check the registry as well for lingering traces of previously uninstalled programs or edits.
Hope it helps.
Good Luck

Sprite Backup lockscreen issue after restoring

Wondering if anyone encountered the below issues with Sprite Backup.
1st issue. I had done full restores from 2 minor versions of Sprite Backup 6.5.x.x which presents the same issue.
After a hard reset followed by restoration from the Sprite backup, everything looks pretty normal and functioning great. So I thought.
The lockscreen kicks in. As usual, I press the End button. I get a BLANK screen with all the 5 buttons lighted up ! Not the usual screen where one had to slide to unlock the lockscreen.
The same happens irregardless whether I am using the Manila lockscreen or S2U2.
2nd issue is with partial restore. Somehow, I had deleted the Tools folder in the Start Menu and decided to perform only a partial restore by selecting this particular folder from the backup. After reboot, HTC Sense got started but after a minute, it freezes.
For both the issues above, I ended up doing a hard reset again and faithfully install my cabs all over again.
Anyone have any idea or fix for 1st issue.

I have backed up many times with Sprite. No problems. Stock ROM 1.43(?) WWE

Same problem
Same problem as discussed above. Sprite version 6.5.5.6, ROM - Dutty 4.1.
Would appreciate any solutions to the issue.

Personally I would use PPCPimBackup it is free, easy to use, and WORKS great, I even transferred contacts from one WM system to another phone.
h***://***.pocketpcfreeware.com/en/index.php?soft=1806

I believe I had resolved this issue all by myself.
There is a restore option setting in Sprite Backup which by default is enabled to do a "Merge" operation.
The blank/black screen with all buttons lighted up was caused by the Today timer which was at the 4-hr factory default setting.
I am not sure how the "merge" operation in Sprite Backup is carried out but had since changed the default setting to "replace".
Last fortnight, I had to do a hard rest and then full-restoration from Sprite backup file. Phone is working normally.

I just upgraded from Elegancia 10 to Elegancia V3. The 'replace' option works so much better. I had to enter all of my CHT quick links again with the 'merge' option. The 'replace' option restored them all perfectly. Neither option restored my 'People' contact images properly. No big deal...

[Q] Weird/sudden unresponsivity + hard reset question

Hi,
Yesterday, my touch pro suddenly became unresponsive.
The hardware buttons still seem to work sometimes with a delay, but the touchscreen only rarely responds and with a huge delay.
I seem to remember that this kind of behavior was the reason for my last hard reset, so that might help.
However, I would rather not do a hard reset since I have it configured the way I like it (nothing recent though to mess with the touchscreen or something, it really came on suddenly).
So 2 questions:
1) anyone else had this behavior and knows what went wrong?
2) any easy way to easily get back to my familiar configuration if I would hard reset?
TIA!

I've experienced this behavior once or twice using NRGZ ROM but I think it was partly due to my inexperience with the ROM itself at the time. Needless to say, I re-flashed and it seemed to have worked till it happened again a few flashes afterwards. I then suspected a possible bad block, I decided Task29 was the way to go. To my surprise, I have yet to experience anymore "freezes". Keep in mind, I don't use many of the mods nor apps to tweak my Fuze. So, I would say your experience will vary with each additional app or mod you use as I have attempted a few and noticed gaining either performance but lacking in stability.
As for how to get back your configuration after a hard reset, I use a few things. All of which are included in the ROM itself. Settings exporter and from time to time, I use XDA_UC which requires some prior knowledge but I hear if you use a lot of registry mods and the likes, it would probably be more beneficial. I also use MS MyPhone to get my contacts back.
n-Joie! (Enjoy)

One thing to try is a full backup/hard reset/full restore cycle. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Just use Sprite or some other backup utility (sk tools is better than sprite). It's easy enough to do, and you won't lose anything.
The other question is what else is going on? Are you really low on storage memory? Low on ram? How many processes are running? Perhaps you have some garbage processes (like manila.exe, lol) running that need to be killed or removed from startup. You might try running a storage memory cleaner (like in sk tools or clear temp), and see if that helps. You could also try running a registry optimizer. There's a tweak posted in this forum where you export the entire HKCR\CLSID registry key and then re-import it to your registry (immediately after), and it has noticeable speed effects on some actions (namely, switching SIP's). That might help you out. I do it now immediately after flashing, and it's a great tweak.

Let's see.
Hard reset, yes I know that might work, just first looking to find a reason and hopefully avoid that (or at least prevent it next time around).
I connected my touch pro to my pc at the moment and jeyo mobile companion gives me the folowing:
Power 63% (charging)
Program memory Free 58% 115.92/200.87
Storage Free 41 125.7/309.97
Storage card Free (same as above since I removed this one to check if that might have been the problem)
Task manager
|-Task
KMS 9 (checking if virusses might be the problem)
Desktop \windows\shell32.exe
|-Process
Doesn't seem to give anything
Is there a better desktop app to check my processes? 'cause this just can't be right.
Task29 seems to be to flash or something which I never did, I just didn't let the automatic settings thing continue last time I hard reseted because I don't want manilla and all that stuff, I installed Spb mobile shell among others...
SK tools I still have to try/install, perhaps I can use this to backup too... we'll see
Meanwhile, no viruses found, gonna install sk tools now (seems to be easier to control my device using MyMobiler than touch screen, although still teribly slow)
Thanks for the sugestions already and more always welcome

Wow, you're pretty low on storage (not dangerously, just low), but you're on a stock rom, so that's probably the reason. I couldn't tell you what desktop task managers to us; I'd just check your processess with dotfred's task manager, or use sk tools task manager if you're installing it. Also, try the registry optimizer in sk tools, and see if it helps (I'd do a full system backup first, though-it's a somewhat risky operation). And use the shortcut wizard in sk tools to create the 'compact heaps' shortcut. I have the issue where my buttons and the d-pad stops working, and running compact heaps usually fixes things (for a while). It's especially an issue using the capacitative part of the d-pad. That thing is incredibly unreliable.
I'd say the odds of a virus are really low, so I wouldn't have anything running in the background to monitor for them. If you have a good task manager, it's pretty easy to see if anything weird is running.

I removed the anti virus thingy, didn't find anything anyways.
I installed sk tools, did some cleans and it seemed to improve the responsiveness a little, but it's still useless a lot of the time.
I looked at the processes and tmail.exe seemed to be using a lot, is this normal?
I would copy the list of processes here, but atm I'm trying to get the device backed up as good as possible for a possible hard reset.
I am thinking about trying a non-stock rom, after backing up the stock one. Any suggestions are always welcome.
Thanks

Tmail's a normal process; I personally don't run it (there's a reg key in HKCU\Software\HTC\Bootlauncher that launches it at startup), but it won't mess w/ your device.

Hi,
I decided to do a hard reset, screen is responsive again.
Then I also decided to dump my ROM, install HardSPL and Energy Rom.
So everything is working now, still no real idea what went wrong.
Actually I hoped the Rom would improve speed more than it did. I haven't used TF3D for a long while, spb mobile shell was way faster than TF3D. So actually energy rom might be faster than the original, but when it was still working, it was actually quite OK using spb mobile shell.
Thanks for all the help, I'm glad it doesn't seem to be a hardware problem

Manila sucks the life out of the device. I'm pretty sure there are manila-free versions of NRG rom; you could give that a shot, since you like mobile shell. Might as well flash a few roms anyway and not fall in love with the first one you try, anyway.