yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shadowlabs9:
doesen't work on kaiser?

i try to insytall pbar 1.4 all on kaiser without sucess... installed sdkcerts but still can't install pbar...

cheers
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cstewart:
pBAR 1.5 and Noonski's SPC

This is a really great program. I am using Noonski's SPC 4.6g Rom on my Touch which comes with this great app already cooked in. Really useful program

These are not complaints, but questions / comments:

1. Have you considered making the triangle larger and replacing the "X" position completely. The larger size would make pBAR more finger friendly.

2. Same size comment for the pBAR menu, if you could increase the size a little a stylus would not be necessary.

3. Pocket screen capture saves to main memory. Have you considered allowing a setup selection to but on SD?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dbelan:
Really cool one... In my pocket pc (hx4700) I am using Magic Button, which is really good task manager. For ma TyTN I am using this one as I found it workable together with HTC Task manager, which is preinstalled in system (WM6) and I cannot get it uninstalled.

Thx for nice utility...

-dusan-
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dbelan:
...and one more thing:

It would be great to have possiblity to set some apps to be not viewed in task manager. I am using CallCalendar and do not want to see it there. For example Call Firewall app has this option...check it out....

Ones again...thx for nice task manager...

-dusan-
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] vapor:
What are the changes from 1.4 to 1.5? I could not find the changelog anywhere
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bmw2320:
I just find out pBar 1.5 and this replace iLauncher as my task manager. My pda is Dopod 818 c (cdma) with WM2005.

I encounter one problem so far, that is every time I soft reset my phone, my favorite icons which was installed on SD Card, could not show up, just "folder" icons. But favorite icons which was installed in phone internal memory show fine. In order to show up the relevant icons again, I have to enter pBar settings and exit. How abt others?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kess:
hidden speaker/volume icon on home screen

thanks again for your great program - in version 1.5 even nicer looking. :)

Is there a chance to fix the problem, so that the clock/date/menu arrow don't any longer hide the speaker/volume icon in the title bar on the home screen? :confused:

Thanks again and best regards

kess
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itesla:
Feature Requests:

-option to hide the application name and Start text (make room for more icons)

-option to increase size of time font

-option to have a secondary date area. in the size of an icon i'd like to see something like:

Mon

26

I want to keep the time in a big/bigger font.

-optional battery icon rather than the row "on top"

-a way to change the image of the Windows logo and the X

Thanks :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] godzillaman:
If only that would be possible

If that would happen, This would be the best task manager in the world.

I have the seme anoying problem.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kess:
hidden speaker icon issue solved

if one knows what has to be done: ever so easy!

In my case I just had to change a setting in the HHC (HTC HomePlugin Configurator): Options > Title Bar Clock > Enable.., Soft Reset and done! :D

Hope this helps others as well.

Best

kess
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] paulsky:
Can't get BT to work

Hello,

I cannot get Bluetooth on/off to work via pbar 1.5 shortcuts (Wifi on/off works perfect) in my Dell Axim x51v WM6 A03. What could be the reason?

Any ideas, maybe my mistake??

Paul
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] :
Hi nncuong,

i like pbar, but i do no use stylus, only fingernavigation, but the icons are very small on qvga device. Will you add big icons and menu for fat finger support as an option?

Did somebody figure out how to show running tasks on taskbar (instead of "Start")?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mapi:
pbar icons disappearing in pBar 1.5 beta 2 (downloaded from phudongsoft)?

Hello,

I've installed this excellent tool on my Universal/WM6, but there seams to be a problem with the user interface (see the attached screenshot): after some time (first stand-by?) pbar icons disappear (but are still functional if you remember their positions) and when I hit pbar exit (lower right ;-) font on exit confirmation message is unrecognizable. After exiting and starting pbar again everyting looks fine (for some time).

I have also some related questions that perhaps one of you can answer:

1. how to disable HTC Task Manager burned into my ROM (I've tried to find come registry entry, but couldn't)

2. is there any way to change the time format for the clock in top bar (my settings>regional>time is set to hh:mm:ss tt) and unhide the speaker icon?

--Piotr
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] godzillaman:
Could You Post It Here

HI, I tried to get the new beta, to see if it solved the date/header/speaker problem, but I couln't. Can you help me...

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Misha v.3:
first of all thank you for great program. I like it.

but I have a problem with 'OK' button too (as were described above): when I press 'OK' in top/right corner the program minimized (minimize -- my action on tap X). only workaround now: tap and hold on X and then press 'ok' near program in list.

if it's too hard to ignore pressing on 'OK' button please allow to bind 'None' action on 'tap X'. in this case people can use tap and hold everytime when they need to control program behaviour but in the other cases the default action on 'X' button will works.

I tried version downloaded from your site today (1.5 on About page)

ty.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carne:
can i enlarge popup menu?

can i remove some icons?i use only bt, wifi, phone and setting..and down only shutdown and restert
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dbh369:
Speaker icon dissappearing

I tried Kess' solution, and it works to put the clock in the title bar, then have pBar on top of that, but not in the Today screen (which disables the clock in the title bar since there is a big clock already I guess) Has anyone fixed this speaker disappearing problem? BTW, I note in landscape mode, it shows fine, just in portrait that it gets covered up...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kwng:
Hi. I need help. How do I remove pbar1.5 completely from my PDA. I have installed it and it works fine initially but after killing off some active programs, the top panel and the bottom panel become blank and looked slightly greyish. So all the power off, reset, and other buttons are missing. Only the middle panel where it indicates current active program is seen with a button to X (to kill) or OK. Hence, I wanted to uninstall the software but I can't find the installation in the setting>system> remove programs. I am also know the software is started up when the system starts and I do not know how prevent it from starting up during the start of the system. I can't pbar program in program menu also. I am using Acer C530 with WM5.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dioxda2:
HEY HEY ~~~

1. EXIT THE PROGRAM (tap and hold the triangle),

2. install again, if partial was removed previously, ( if needed ),

3. disable the startup option of the 1.5 (a must),

4. REMOVE THE PROGRAM SHORTCUT from the startup folder use file explorer ( for double check), go to : windows\startup\

5. soft reset,

5. DONE !!

;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sunny127:
I think there should be an option to disable the X button feature

Not everyone needs the X button features ( close/minimize) but need other features pbar provides, like the battery display at the taskbar.

I think there should be an option to disable the X button feature, ot assign "None" action to it.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] the Hannya:
XD

Beautiful! Thank you so very much!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] endoracing:
I would think that if you just set the tap setting to minimize it will function just like the button would without pbar
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dmsacks:
pBar 1.4

On wm6 standard, I've installed pBar, but I don't see how to access it?

Using t-mobile (htc) shadow.

D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mccune:
Create a shortcut, and assign a hardware button after that if you like ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chococrazy:
Hmm i need some help when i hit the top right corner sometimes it opens like 5 things (phone progams and settings etc) is there a way to fix im using the qvga version
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] natong:
where is v1.5 ?

http://www.phudongsoft.vn/phudong/Upload/File/pBar_15_En.zip
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ovidiaconescu:
I have a bug, i've tried both 1.4 and 1.5.

There is a 2 pixel line on top of the screen, that is always visible.

It goes like 95% of the screen width in white, and the rest in the color of the theme (blue-green-ish).

I am using HTC Polaris and the default ROM.

As a side note, i like the new looks & features of 1.5 but it works much slower than 1.4. When i click the arrow it takes significantly longer to display.

Do you think this will get solved by the "promissed" video drivers?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mccune:
The bug you are talking about is a battery indicator.

You can disable this:

pBar Settings > Indicator > Uncheck: "Show battery level on top".

Those "promissed" drivers will not make up the difference in speed between v1.4 and 1.5. I checked this and both are working just as fast for me :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ovidiaconescu:
Thanks mccune!

I made a total fool of myself :o

As for the load time, I was checking both versions and 1.4 seems to show up faster. My assumption that it would be the "drivers" fault, was that I thought it is more graphics intensive to display the icons. I know that probably they have nothing to do with it, as the only performance hit you get by displaying icons is in the File System and in the CPU. However this is not significant enough for my case.

I am using a HTC Polaris with the standard ROM and I have installed a lot of applications. Maybe it has to do with something else I have on. If i get different results after a hardware reset, I'll post here.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] richard.zatorski:
I'm glad someone else notice this too. it seems Pbar can get confused between the "x" and "ok" button items. It would be nice to just have it not intepret these at all.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] richard.zatorski:
I don't habe a fix for the speaker going away, but would you like a workaround? If you need to get to the speaker icon, just switch to the today screen. For some reason Pbar loses the speaker when it goes to apps, but it comes back when you go to the Today screen. My guess is there lies the bug. There might be a slightly differnt interface to the Today screen then the other apps screens.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hilwood:
that's what i want, thx for sharing:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ericyeohpj:
pbar 1.5 - how to change the order in favourites

hi nncuong,

superb work of pbar.

i'm using pbar 1.5

but i have a problem in arranging the order in favourites.

in the options, i'm not able to use the up or down button. there is no response.

appreciate your help.

regards,
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ericyeohpj:
Assigning hardware button

Hi,

how to assign pbar to hardware button?

i'm can't find the program pbar appearing under the normal program folder (even though i have moved the pbar. exe to that folder

i'm using wm6 (LG)

thank you.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mccune:
Create a shortcut in your StartMenu using TotalCommander or any File Explorer.

Now you will see pBar in the ButtonAssign settings.

Note: You have to create the shortcut before you open the settings!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] roppert:
problems with pbar

I am from Germany and my Englisch ist not very good!!!!

Hi,

I have a problem with pbar.

First I install pbar 1.5. and it was all ok. It works very good, but there was not the line with the favorits and the battery-controll-panel also was not there. Also I can not add any favourits to the program.

So I deinstall the program and install pbar 1.4.

I have also the same problems, but i can not deinstall this version, because it was not listet in my programs.

Also when i startet the PDA new. the programm was not there. I always must start it with pbar.exe.

Last but not least I want to install the version 1.2, but I have the same problems as with pbar 1.4.

At least I install pbar 1.5 together and hope, this time I have no problems. But I also can not install this version together.

Can someone tell me, what I must do, that I can install the pbar 1.5 together and what must I do, to add favourits to the pbar and I also can see the battery-control-panel.

I use siemens loox C550 and Win Mobile 5.0

Thanks very much

roppert
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] S.V.I:
p-bar1.5 is a standalone exe. which means you do not need to "install" it just copy it into your phone. tap and hold the file name where you copied it. go to "Windows\startmenu\Programs" paste shortcut. then go to "Windows\Startup" paste shortcut. reset. the app should appeare in the corner of your screen where the xButton used to be.

If it does not show:

You may have the htc xbutton or wktast installed... or some other task manager app that conflicts with it.

To change options: the 4th icon from the right is the options icon. tap that and you will have your sys info / favorites / battery etc showing once you set it up to do so.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] roppert:
Hello,

thanks you very much.

I have copy the pbar.exe in Windows/Programms, open pbar and then go to change options. There you can set "run on start up" and the progran starts with the pda.

Also I change the settings how you whrite.

I am very happy about your answer.

Thank you very much for the info.

I wish you A nice sunday from Germany

roppert
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ericyeohpj:
Thank you for the reply. But i'm having problems following your instructions.

How do i create shortcut in start menu using the default file explorer.

and how do we create it in the start menu?

Your further advise is greatly appreciated.

thank you.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mccune:
Basic stuff man.... ...Using standard fileexplorer: click and hold on the file > Select COPY.. ..go to the location where you want the schortcut... ..again tap and hold > Select Paste Shortcut...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ericyeohpj:
Thank you very much.

I managed to do the hardbutton assignment.

Once again, very much appreciate your guide here.

regards,
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ericyeohpj:
can pbar helped to open multiple excel files for WM6?

any idea on this one?

thank you.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mccune:
I don't think this is possible. This is not a pBar thing. But a Windows Mobile thing. You can only run one instance of a program...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ericyeohpj:
how to use pbar to open multi excel files? for wm6

thank you.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] roppert:
Problems with pbar 1.2 vga

Hello,

I had the pbar1.5 installed on my pocket loox C550/WM5.

I also have the programm E2c (from FSC) installed for connection to WiFi, Bluetooth and Infrared.

So I had problems with WiFi-connecting, when I used the button from pbar or the button from E2C. I become no connection. So I must Reset the PDA.

So I deinstall pbar 1.5 and install pbar1.2vga.

Pbar 1.2 works ok, but I have one more programm-line over the line with the buttons: close..minimize...close all...etc. In this line there stand "no programm" every time.

When I open the menü-button "options", I find the menü-bar from pbar1.5 with for example the options: "Show battery level on top". But this level is not by pbar 1.2.

I think, I have not deinstall the pbar 1.5 complete and yet I have problems with pbar 1.2

My questions:

Why have I this empty programm-line on the to?

Is there any file in the system, who I have not delete? By deinstall the pbar 1.5?

I only delete pbar.exe and the file in windows/autostart.

Thanks very much
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] maelcum:
WOW! Thank you.

Wow. What a great, simple and perfectly configurable little task manager.

*Just* what I was looking for. Thank you, nncuong. Well done!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ericyeohpj:
pbar favourites

Is it possible to change the order of favourites in pbar 1.5?

Any guides?

thank you.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] maelcum:
Not really. pBar adds Favorites to the Registry-Key \HKCU\Software\PhudongSoft\pBar\Shortcut, reads the keys from bottom to top (from the last entry to the first), and displays them accordingly.

So if your Registry-Entries where:

Total Commander \Some\Path\To\cecmd.exe

Registry Editor \Another\Path\To\regedit.exe

ActiveSync \Third\Path\To\rellog.exe

pBar whould show the Favorites as

ActiveSync - Registry Editor - Total Commander

Renaming the Entries does *not* work (like aTotalCommaner, bActiveSync, cRegistry Editor) to sort them differently.

There is a max of 8 Favorites. I've written my own "Favorites-Registry" which I'll import once, and thats it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] drzchulo1010:
does pbar disable txt notification on anyones phone? when i installed it my phone stoped vibrating or sounding when i get a text.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kcrumbley:
Remove original task manager from today screen

I have installed pbar and I love it. My question is, how can I remove the original task manager that came with the phone? I really only want to hide it just in case I ever need it again. I now have two task managers on my phone (look in upper right hand corner in picture).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] maelcum:
Are you using a HTC Touch?

Then go to Start > Settings > System > Task Manager and turn it off.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ericyeohpj:
thank you very much for your explanation.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shanti11:
pBar

Hi! Thank you for a great job!

But I find little trouble: when using browser Minimo, pBar not response to clicks. Is it possible to solve this problem?

OS: WM6. Device: toshiba g900.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] norbkre:
pbar "kills" applications

Hi,

pbar is a nice tool!

1. how do I customize?

2. is there a manual available?

The english version on http://phudongsoft.com/index.asp?pid=23 doesn't work

Thanks Norbert:confused:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kaefert:
pbar 1.5 - icons disappear

I have exactly the same problem as described by those two posts.. is there some solution? i tried to use pbar 1.4 instead but its really slow and unresponsive compared to 1.5.

thanks for your help
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] voxid:
My problem with 1.5 is that it pops up at anytime...

options -> tab [x] button close or minimize don t have an effect
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thedogger:
I just want to second or third that this is the best task manager out there, hands down. I'm using it on a Kaiser (AT&T Tilt), WM6.1, no problems so far. Thanks nncuong!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aydc:
It's good but I have some problems on my Diamond:

- icons disappear sometimes (like so many others reported here)

- Long pressing the OK button minimizes first, then shows the menu when I don't want it to minimize at all. This happens only sometimes, not everytime
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kleptodathief:
neat little prog...i like how it shows the avail RAM memory! duz this prog ACTUALLY can terminate processes?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gersa:
Same problem :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] EViS:
Only been using this for a couple of minutes & so far so good. One cosmetic problem is that the 'arrow' which brings up the popup menu partially covers the clock on my HTC Wizard running WM6.1.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kleptodathief:
been having this problem on my vga pda eten x800

if i leave it running and my pda goes into standby, it will almost surely FREEZE my pda and i have to HARD RESET ie take out the battery/case very annoying

maybe its the cooked rom im using + many other appz :confused: conflicting
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tk_berlin:
hmm i got a little problem i used AEButtons to map pbar on 2x click on the red phone button on my HTC Touch Pro.

The problem is it doesnt show mostly ,( when i press the button twice i hear a sound but nothing happens ... sumetimes it pops up .. do i have to give pbar sume optional parameter in AEButtons to pop up when i press the buttons ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Darmach:
Exactly same problem here - also on WM6.1 (LG KS20)

Can it be fixed?

EDIT - Bluetooth icon doesnt change color based on bluetooth adapter state (like WiFi do) - is it a bug - or its just the way it is?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Darmach:
bump!up

anyone?

Does your BlueTooth icon change color

when active? Mine is always grey...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mccune:
Bluetooth changes depending on the BT state. On = green, discoverable = blue. If I'm correct.

Tested on: SPV M500, HTC Trinity, Touch Cruise, Kaiser and Diamond.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 2daMax:
Regarding missing icons in pBar.....

Did u place pbar in Device memory or SD card? I had the same issue when I placed it in SD Card. Moving it to Device Memory solved the problem.

This is the best task manager. I wonder if there's any continued development as there seems to be no more updates.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Darmach:
Nope - its installed on device memory, not sd card. BT icon is always grey :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] SharkD:
I can't get the program to work on my PPC 2002 machine. Is it compatible?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] vactor:
i have a samsung sgh-i900 / Epix. i installed pbar. i have a question, when the cursor on the Epix goes to the top right of the screen where the pbar menu button is, when the cursos touches it, it automatically seems to minimize the program. this means that i cannot use the cursor to hit the "ok" button that is normally in the top right corner. what setting do i change so that "minimize" is not what happens when the cursor touches the pbar menu button / "ok" button? thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] latingo:
Looked nice 1st place with its options and capabilities.

On my Glofiish X800 with VGA screen it does not work properly though.

I. e. date/time overlap with speaker and connection icon on todays screen (works properly on other screens).

Most annoying is that every other hour the menu gets corrupted.

I installed it to my device and not to storage card but difference.

So I am going to uninstall and look for some other tool.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joubertvasc:
I used this tools for years, but now with WM 6.5 the icon overlaps the clock :( There is another version?

Joubert
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lttung:
The same with me. There is another version or another software ?