[Q] Remapping search button on startscreen to contactlist search? - Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Since im not a big fan of bing and the app is useless for search results in my country, i dont like the search button at all and it annoys me when I accidently press it and a useless picture with a textbox comes up... now that this problem is solved with the instant start hack its less of a big deal.
However it would be much nicer if we could map this searchbutton to a contactlist search, like when in the people hub hitting search. Having this same action on the main page. Idk if this is possible, since it is possible to tap into the browser search button, maybe it is possible to change the action for the homepage, or something else.
Anybody an idea?

would like to remap that button, too.
For now I just deleted that button, by removing websearch.exe in /windows/ . should be possible to copy another file to that location

diboze said:
would like to remap that button, too.
For now I just deleted that button, by removing websearch.exe in /windows/ . should be possible to copy another file to that location
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Cool, however I have samsung and cant acces the file explorer. Do you know if there is a link to that file specified in the registry? So we could just modifie that link and see what it does.

diboze said:
would like to remap that button, too.
For now I just deleted that button, by removing websearch.exe in /windows/ . should be possible to copy another file to that location
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I got error. "Unable to delete."

mikokwan said:
I got error. "Unable to delete."
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There is something comming up which can replace the search button for something nicer, they have still some hurdles to overcome but its comming along pretty nicely i believe and it will truly add a usefull function instead of no results bing

Marvin_S said:
There is something comming up which can replace the search button for something nicer, they have still some hurdles to overcome but its comming along pretty nicely i believe and it will truly add a usefull function instead of no results bing
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I always ACCIDENTALLY hit the button, especially during game. So, I would like to disable.

Marvin_S said:
Since im not a big fan of bing and the app is useless for search results in my country, i dont like the search button at all and it annoys me when I accidently press it and a useless picture with a textbox comes up... now that this problem is solved with the instant start hack its less of a big deal.
However it would be much nicer if we could map this searchbutton to a contactlist search, like when in the people hub hitting search. Having this same action on the main page. Idk if this is possible, since it is possible to tap into the browser search button, maybe it is possible to change the action for the homepage, or something else.
Anybody an idea?
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it's a really nice idea i agree with you bing search really useless and it would be really cool if we can map as a people search button.

diboze said:
would like to remap that button, too.
For now I just deleted that button, by removing websearch.exe in /windows/ . should be possible to copy another file to that location
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Does disabling it on the home screen impact the button's functionality in it's other uses, such as search within Marketplace?

munkeyphyst said:
Does disabling it on the home screen impact the button's functionality in it's other uses, such as search within Marketplace?
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I have no idea, but for us the whole bing thing is useless so i never use it. Have to navigate to google.com to get the results i want to have. However to call somebody it would be really useful to have it working as people search. I dont mind if this behaviour is universal.
However i hope we will have a fully functional taskmanager soon which will override the bing app

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Returning to middle of listing?

Lo all, great phone this, I really like it.
One thing that bothers me though:
When using a listing like the WMphonebook, when I scroll down and select an entry and accidentally press the one next to it and then press "return" I'm at the top of the PB-list again. Meh.
Anyone know a tweak or program to make it remember the last position in a long listing? Both Phonebook and filelistings would be useful f ex.
Also has anyone got a way to Cut/paste w/out an extra program or do i need a separate program for that? Try f ex copying a phonenumber from Contacts list and try pasting it into another application.
Cheers beforehand,
Paul
HorzaSe said:
When using a listing like the WMphonebook, when I scroll down and select an entry and accidentally press the one next to it and then press "return" I'm at the top of the PB-list again. Meh.
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yep this bothers me too.. but nothing found to solve this
HorzaSe said:
Also has anyone got a way to Cut/paste w/out an extra program or do i need a separate program for that? Try f ex copying a phonenumber from Contacts list and try pasting it into another application.
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i do this by switching to WinMobile standard keybord and Ctrl+X, C, V
Cheers, how can I switch to the standard windows keyboard? Only got the numbers and the Qwerty ones?
After looking alot around the net I found Fingerkeyboard which gives a nice layout keyboard and Cut/paste-functionality wherever there is a SIP.
Can recommend it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=501122
Somehow I can't seem to find the Question mark on iot though.
Still It can be fixed.
Anyone found a solution to returning to the same spot in listings?
Bump anyone?

Any way to change a button on swype keyboard

Topic pretty much says it all. I would really like to replace the tutorial button with a speech to text button on the swype keyboard. Anybody know if this is possible?
Thanks,
Travis
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That tutorial button serves a number of purposes and shouldn't be replaced.
Yes, it's like swype's main menu. I mainly use it to delete gibberish words that I end up adding when I'm on a swyping marathon. It's also useful to correct a word that's already been swyped.
Not to sound like an ass, but my question was not what the button was for. I know that already, I have only actually used it once after a few weeks with the phone. There is also another way to get to that same menu. So for ME, changing the key would be useful. I was under the impression that making my phone more usable for ME was what android was all about. If I wanted to be told how to hold/use my phone I would have just bought an iphone 4.
Again I do not want to be an ass, but this is the 2nd time(first not at xda) I have been told the purpose of something instead of getting an answer to my question.
So please anybody, is there a way that I can change the swype key to something else(speech to text)? If so what do I need to go about doing.
I would just like a straight yes or no answer, and some direction.
Thanks,
Travis
You probably shouldn't have called it the "tutorial key" then. It made you sound like you had no idea what you were talking about.
Hello, I believe the captivate and vibrant are similar so this may be of use to you:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=742084
I know it's not changing the swype button to a voice button, but it is adding a voice button which is half of what you asked for
Best of luck!

[MOD] Remap Search Button to Camera

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837271
This is not mine, but I found it useful as I don't care for the search button as a search button. By looking at the melfas-touchkey.kl in keylayout it seems that the keys can be remapped to whatever you want by simply changing them using a script editor like BBEdit on Mac or notepad++ on a PC. Mapping the search key to the camera, personally I'm getting a 30% failure rate, which isn't good, but some people aren't having the same problems.
Something to look into if you are interested.
Kudos to thatdudebutch over in the Fascinate forum for this, btw.
I wondered about this as well, what do you mean failure rate? You would think remapping would be cut and dry there must be a step missing?
droidroidz said:
I wondered about this as well, what do you mean failure rate? You would think remapping would be cut and dry there must be a step missing?
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By failure rate, I mean that about 30% of the time that I click the button the app closes automatically or fails to open. In the thread, there are several people who have the same problem, but others that don't. I'm not sure what the deal is, but when I get time I am going to do an adb logcat to see what exactly is happening.
Will this only open if I'm not using an app? I usually use the search button in the browser
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[Q] Bing button remapping.

Is there a way to remap the Bing search button (when it opens Bing to search in WM7 "HD2 Rom") to be the stock {SEARCH} button (The functionality that actually lets you search inside your music folder in Zune, Help you sort out 1 (one) name from all my (300) Facebook contacts (People Icon).
I would of found this functionality to make more sense than to have the Bing come up (i don't use it, i could just open Internet Explorer and get it over with)
No and doubt Microsoft would allow it.
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N8ter said:
No and doubt Microsoft would allow it.
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Well Microsoft didn't allow WM7 on our HD2 and we have that now don't we? and it was more of a Q if there's something existent that i can do to search in app's (people, Zune) on my HD2
btw i can't even search in Marketplace -___- how am i supposed to find apps?
NYGraFFit1 said:
btw i can't even search in Marketplace -___- how am i supposed to find apps?
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Lmao took me a while to find it out, i even downloaded a market searching app.
But the Bing button you want re-mapped is the search button in the market ;p
ceo4eva said:
Lmao took me a while to find it out, i even downloaded a market searching app.
But the Bing button you want re-mapped is the search button in the market ;p
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Sweet ****ing jeebus your the ****ing man! thank you
Now for the functionality to search in Zune, or am i also overlooking it?

New SlideIT keyboard version

We are about to release a new version of our SlideIT keyboard for Windows Mobile and are looking for people to test it and send us feedback. If you are interested, please install the attached application and try out the different options.
Please send us feedback to feedback at mobiletextinput.com, or leave a comment here.
As a small thanks for your help, we will give a free activation code for the full version when it is out to whoever helped us with useful feedback
Thank you
[EDIT] There is a new beta here
[EDIT] There language packs are now at http://www.mobiletextinput.com/Download/Windows_Mobile/Download/Language_Packs/
SlideIT said:
We are about to release a new version of our SlideIT keyboard for Windows Mobile and are looking for people to test it and send us feedback. If you are interested, please install the attached application and try out the different options.
Please send us feedback to feedback at mobiletextinput.com, or leave a comment here.
As a small thanks for your help, we will give a free activation code for the full version when it is out to whoever helped us with useful feedback
Thank you
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hmmmm. installed this beta 5 cab. after uninstalling slide it 4.1.0.2 - but it dossent work propper for me ? the activation page pops up over and over again ?
Why Is that happining ? even if i chose demo button it stils pops up!
Its not possible to write anything at all?
2thomsen said:
hmmmm. installed this beta 5 cab. after uninstalling slide it 4.1.0.2 - but it dossent work propper for me ? the activation page pops up over and over again ?
Why Is that happining ? even if i chose demo button it stils pops up!
Its not possible to write anything at all?
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Do you have a internet connection? Did you press the "Use as demo" button?
SlideIT said:
We are about to release a new version of our SlideIT keyboard for Windows Mobile and are looking for people to test it and send us feedback. If you are interested, please install the attached application and try out the different options.
Please send us feedback to feedback at mobiletextinput.com, or leave a comment here.
As a small thanks for your help, we will give a free activation code for the full version when it is out to whoever helped us with useful feedback
Thank you
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Do you have a internet connection? Did you press the "Use as demo" button?
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Yes i have good Internet connection, and yes i did press Use as Demo
2thomsen said:
Yes i have good Internet connection, and yes i did press Use as Demo
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I did even turn off the phone and startet it again, and try once more the same problem still there. I can surf the internet.. with the orginal HTC HD2 keybord
2thomsen said:
I did even turn off the phone and startet it again, and try once more the same problem still there. I can surf the internet.. with the orginal HTC HD2 keybord
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If you could tell us more exact details. When does this pop up? Can you type anything?
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If you could tell us more exact details. When does this pop up? Can you type anything?
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Yes now i know more !! its like the "use as demo" button dossent work.. if i press "enter activation key" button it is possible to use slide it to write my email..
I can surf internet using other keybord
It just not happening anything when i press the "use as demo" button
the activation page pop up as soon as I finished the installation, and when I press "use as demo" it gives me this messege:
Your license validation failed. Please, try again later (Validation error number5 )
great keyboard works great
Took at look at your website, looks like a very good keyboard. I have the TMOUS HD2, and I've never liked its keyboard -- its keys are too close together.
I'd like to try SlideIT, but I have a question first. Can this keyboard be uninstalled if I don't like it by using "Remove programs" on my HD2? Thanks!
Looks like a great improvement. I'll post some feedback after some use. I already like the numbers/symbols being available by long press. That was one of the features lacking compared to Swype in my opinion.
Asquared said:
Took at look at your website, looks like a very good keyboard. I have the TMOUS HD2, and I've never liked its keyboard -- its keys are too close together.
I'd like to try SlideIT, but I have a question first. Can this keyboard be uninstalled if I don't like it by using "Remove programs" on my HD2? Thanks!
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I got problems running my orginal SLIDE IT 4, after uninstall of det beta 5...
mwalt2 said:
Looks like a great improvement. I'll post some feedback after some use. I already like the numbers/symbols being available by long press. That was one of the features lacking compared to Swype in my opinion.
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mwalt2:
Did you install SlideIT on a TMOUS HD2? If so, when you installed the program, does it show up under Settings - Application - Remove programs? Have you tried uninstalling it? Thanks in advance for your reply.
Asquared said:
mwalt2:
Did you install SlideIT on a TMOUS HD2? If so, when you installed the program, does it show up under Settings - Application - Remove programs? Have you tried uninstalling it? Thanks in advance for your reply.
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No, I installed it on a RhodiumW. It shows up fine in the Remove Programs though. I haven't tried uninstalling, but it's generally pretty easy to look at a cab and just delete files from your phone if it won't uninstall. There's only 5 files, a shortcut added to \windows\startup, and 1 registry entry. A .dll goes in \Windows and 4 other files go in \Program Files\SlideIT. There's a setup.dll, but that probably just pops up the registration screen after install (though I don't know how to take the dll apart and see what it does ).
mwalt2:
Neither do I (know how to dissect dll's)!! Thanks for the details. I'll probably give it a try after I backup my phone with SPB Backup, just in case.
Works smooth, i like the keyboard also, doesnt lag. Some words to need to be spelled out tho, other than no problems. Definitly a GO
I tried to try the keyboard. It's always asking for an activation key. So it wasn't possible for me to try it. But it looks great. I'm using Goatrip 5.5..
Asquared said:
I'd like to try SlideIT, but I have a question first. Can this keyboard be uninstalled if I don't like it by using "Remove programs" on my HD2? Thanks!
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Yes, since it didn´t work at my device (allways asking for activation) I uninstalled it using the windows routine. Everything seems to work as it should afterwards.
Here's my review after a few days of use.
Errors/Bugs
-General Settings - It says ‘Taping’ instead of Tapping.
-Check for update returns “You have a last version. Update is not available.” It would probably be more grammatically correct to just say "You have the latest version."
-Did have some problems getting it to type after initial install. I needed to switch to different keyboard and back to slideit in order for it to work correctly.
-At one point, I got stuck on registration/settings page and a task manager showed almost 11 MB of memory being used by SlideIT. It locked up the phone. This seems to be almost exclusively related to the registration pop up. It appears at different times (not just after a soft reset). I have a problem of it appearing after ending a call. It makes the device non-responsive for several seconds until the phone allows me to press 'OK'. I imagine this would not occur if I had a licensed version.
Likes over previous version
-Symbols above letters
-Smiles
-Moving the period to right of space bar. I was always pressing "," before in the previous version of SlideIT.
Suggestions
-Add a feature for one letter words like “I” an “a” where you can slide from I to space and have a space-I entered. As it is now, a space has to be entered manually before pressing “a” or “I”.
-Change Brown to default to the color instead of the name (lower case). Just personal preference I suppose .
Thanks and looking forward to the final version.
I would like to try it, looks nice to me, but when I press demo button it tells me that I need internet connection to activate demo. Probably becouse I am on wi-fi not on data connection. When I will have working intetrnet settings for prepay O2 UK I will try again. It would be nice to be abble to register with wi-fi internet co
nnection. Sorry for my English.

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