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[Shift General] rpawly:
Ok word to the wise:

I blew up snapvue................... I tried to change the today screen layout, the ok button wouldnt work, reset device, and now i have 3g ATT and the phone symbols across the top but no interface below that at all. Guess its time to reset snapvue from vista, :) thank lord that option is there.

side note all the icons on the top work, so wm is still working fine just a something to do with the today screen

mmmm more uh-ohs in vista it only allows you to reset snapvue (reboot) not reset back to factory like it does for vista........................................ HELP?!?
[Shift General] danielherrero:
I dont know where is it. We will have to create the items manually. You know, ctlpnl.exe, mycpl.cpl,0....
[Shift General] rpawly:
Need some help guys, snapvue is fux0red have reset via vista but still same state.

Ideas?????
[Shift General] sbueschi:
same here, screwed it up the same way. i opened a .tsk file in the mobile explorer and disabled the snapvue element without enablng the others, now i have a completely empty homescreen...

I emailed myself another .tsk file to reaccess the homescreen settings, but its blocked to open. havent found a way to hardreset snapvue yet.
[Shift General] rpawly:
I guess ill call UK support in the morning on it. USA support had no idea how to do it, and the guy told me that he has not even seen 1 first hand. They are waiting to get some inhouse in the next couple weeks.

UK support opens at 4am EST USA.

There has to be a way to reset snapvue to factory defaults.
[Shift General] rpawly:
so you can still get to your email?? within snapvue?? i can see that everythign is running, i see the 3g connection connect when i reset the device as to check email but cant press anything or there is nothing to press outside of the top row of icons.
[Shift General] danielherrero:
You can hard reset using \windows\ClearStorage.exe, if needed....
[Shift General] rpawly:
Daniel,

Is that from the Vista side? I cant see anything in snapview but the carrier line at the very top.
[Shift General] danielherrero:
Remove a link on \windows\start called block...exe and restart....
[Shift General] danielherrero:
Before that step I installed quickmenu to ensure start button on top-left. Hard reset since vista doesnt work?
[Shift General] tito.golder@hotmail.co.uk:
bad news rpawly.

I've done the same thing - glad i wasn't the only one!!!

UK support said "send the unit back" and we'll sort it out.
[Shift General] rpawly:
http://www.humpster.net/images/snapvue_fux0r.JPG

I think i follow what your saying but this is what im dealing with
[Shift General] sbueschi:
yes i can email but only when a new mail arrives and the notificaqtion pops up , then i can open the message application. I dont close it anymore.:-) homescreen is empty. can t access mobile explorer whatsoever.
[Shift General] rpawly:
If thats the case ill hold on to it, it will take a long time to ship it to UK then back to me after they do whatever.

Somone here will give instructions or a way to hard reset the snapvue side. Or even the whole box if needed. Would still be way faster than shipping to UK
[Shift General] faisal.husain:
MIssing Space

Hi guys thanks for getting us as far as we have. Just wondering on the vista storage side, we have a 40GB hardisk, so when i fire up disk management it shows as a ~34GB disk. Given ntfs overheads etc max say 1.5GB, the rest i assume is like a recovery partition. Just wondering if anyone has been able to access this?
[Shift General] cmonex:
yes, the rom can't be released because then the source of it would be obvious

the rom includes SD and GPS, didn't check wifi yet. these drivers should be usable.

you can dump the rom using pdocread, examples for kaiser will work but you need to change part of the commands that refer to the size. i had someone dump it off a shift and that worked.

then you can easily dump the files from it with imgfstools (tadzio stuff for kaiser should be best)
[Shift General] cmonex:
it is not so weird, part of it is taken up by the OS image (and some by the bootloader image, etc). only the rest is for user storage
[Shift General] cmonex:
irc would be great, you can find me at #xda-devs on irc.freenode.org
[Shift General] cmonex:
thanks, yes, this would really help. see my post (9th post in the linked thread) about my opinion on this ;)
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
Attached is a pic of my current today screen, Real VGA at 96 dpi, start menu and snapvue today plugin, and SPB pocket plus tweaked to fit under the snapvue plugin without having any scrollbars on the screen.

I'll be sticking with this for now.
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
Excellent work! Please post this again in a new thread and we'll ask the mods to sticky it.
[Shift General] danielherrero:
Nice work Tito
[Shift General] :
Great work indeed!

The one thing I wonder about is what do I/we need to do to (hard)reset the SnapVue side of the Shift?

As far as I know there has not yet been found a way to actually hard reset the device. So that makes me a bit wary when trying things like this.

Any pointers?
[Shift General] killer_t:
Very very great work!!!
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
Cmonex got hold of an spl dump, and confirmed there is no button combination to hard reset.

Clearstorage.exe on the WinMo side will hard reset, but if you bork it so badly that you can't get to the file to run it, then you'll have a problem.
[Shift General] killer_t:
Guys, nothing for Windows media player??
[Shift General] tito.golder@hotmail.co.uk:
ClearStorage.exe does the hard reset, which is at the top of the instructions. It does assume that you are able to get to settings or file explorer from within SnapVue.

There is no way (that we know of) of doing a hard reset from Vista.
[Shift General] zackss:
Hi there, how did you get the screen to fit, i.e. use all the screen? Running real vga I have the borders on the side. I have read most of the sixty pages but am unable to find a way of using the whole screen.
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
Why would you want that on there, there's room for maybe 2 mp3s before the memory is full.
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
Not using the whole screen, I still have the black side borders, but with a black today screen background they aren't so obvious.

That screenshot was taken within WinMo, so it only shows the used part of the screen.
[Shift General] zackss:
Hmmm gues that is a good cheat, LOL
[Shift General] retir0:
I'm impressed by all you guys! Thanks a lot!
[Shift General] killer_t:
Then why put quickoffice??

I want wm6 with all his addon..
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
This is a good idea, problem solving is much easier in real time, and a lot of the Devs hang out in #xda-devs.

There are plenty of different IRC clients, i just grabbed a freeware one from

http://www.icechat.net/site/

Set it up, use the add new server button, and add irc.freenode.org, then add the channel #xda-devs.
[Shift General] arrymas:
I agree.

Oh, sorry, first of all i must to thanks all you for magnific results.

Well, i think that now, to allow best results, it would be important to activate the SD reader and, i hope, the GPS.

Have I exaggerated? Thanks ...
[Shift General] tito.golder@hotmail.co.uk:
Okay, I've done the new thread bit.

Don't know how to do a sticky - in fact, I don't know what one is! :confused:

Can I leave that to you, Pantaloonie? :rolleyes:
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
I'll PM Midget_1990 and ask him to do it.

Edit - a sticky thread stays at the top of the list of threads in the forum.
[Shift General] zackss:
hi, how do you get windos mobile full screen.
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
Can't be done yet, give it a few more weeks - we'll get there.
[Shift General] citivolus:
If anyone is looking at gaining access to the sd card, can you post your status? is the only likely method through a custom rom?
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
Status of SD access? The idea guys have plenty of ideas, they think they'll get it to work, but they currently don't have any Shifts to work on. Donations to the Shift Project are still coming in, currently they can get around a third of a Shift....
[Shift General] HDLord:
De-selected SnapVUE in Today Settings

In file explorer, I found Guava Bubbles and went into the Today view set up. I selected Guava Bubbles as a them and de-selected SnapVUE. I now have a beautiful orange screen with no access to anything, and nothing showing except the connectivity!

I have tried re-setting SnapVUE from the Control Panel in Vista, but it does not take it back to factory settings. If I could get back to file explorer, I could fix it, but I have no idea how to get there, as I cannot call up Settings from the main screen.

Can anyone help, or am I stuck?
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
Uhoh, you've done what Daniel did, and he ended up returning his Shift to get another.

You can follow the saga from page 5 of this thread, you may find something useful there.
[Shift General] Settembrini:
Hi tito,

great work you did. Please, can you or one of the experts (Daniel) check the above part in your "instructions, post 587".

Is the part you've written correct? Compared with the above correction it seems to be wrong, doesn't it?

I am just watching in amazement while I am waiting for my Shift. Sometimes I think I'll give it a shot myself, but then again it gives me the creeps as I am just an interested user. And the system (startup) will be German. Thanks for your great work!

Settembrini
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
Well spotted, I'm sure Tito will edit that to read correctly.

I've made a note on the thread.
[Shift General] danielherrero:
If your device is a english one then there is a solution. You ve to send yourself an sms to get a notification. Rest of the procedure is described a few pages before. Post again if you cant solve it and me ( or any other) will chat with you using msn or similar....

pd. If your device isnt english you ve 2 options:

1) return it to the shop

2) wait a few days for the shift project find a way to flash a rom from vista side.....
[Shift General] danielherrero:
The second one is the right one.. :)

Dani
[Shift General] Vs1979:
Hi cmonex, I'm totally up for SD driver tests. Just let me know what to do and I'll try it.
[Shift General] HDLord:
Found a nice way to get it back.

1. Text (not email) your Sim.

2. Get a notification.

3. View and then cancel and you are in Emails.

4. Create an email, insert a picture, copy start up into My Docs.

5. Email a theme to yourself.

6. Save theme to Start Up in My Docs.

7. In insert picture, copy Start Up from My Docs to Windows ('Yes' to replace).

8. Yank out battery and power lead.

9. When SnapVUE restarts, you have the Today options, and can re-enable SnapVUE.

10. Thank Heavens!!
[Shift General] rpawly:
Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Cabfile\Shell\Open\command and change the default value to wceload.exe ''%''1 /nodelete

- Close RegistryEditor.exe.

- In File Explorer, delete the PKG.exe and BlockTitleBar.exe files.

these 3 steps do not work,

i have put the 1 inside the quotes and it still does not work, delete is grayed out also is there a space between the last " and / or is it "/
[Shift General] rpawly:
anyone??????

something is missing there, im stuck at this point
[Shift General] rpawly:
oh boy im all by myself in here, right in the middle of deleting snapvue and something not right and no one around to help :/ la la la la la
[Shift General] rpawly:
- In File Explorer, delete the PKG.exe and BlockTitleBar.exe files.

i found the problem, there are 2 sets of these files, 1 is in /windows (whcih you cannot delete) and 1 set in windows/startup which you can delte, insturctions need to more clear.
[Shift General] rpawly:
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[Shift General] parkertseng:
I have same issue, can not delet PKG.exe and BlockTitleBar.exe files.

Neither in the startup directory.

In fact, I can't find those 2 file inside the startup folder.

Can any body be more specific on this?

thanks!
[Shift General] thatboyp:
"I have same issue, can not delet PKG.exe and BlockTitleBar.exe files.

Neither in the startup directory. In fact, I can't find those 2 file inside the startup folder.Can any body be more specific on this?

thanks!"

Try to install Reso Explorer and go into the general option tabs, turn on show all files and system files.

The two files above are just the short cuts in the start up folder. I couldn't delete them either in the window folder. It work after I delete the short cut in the start up holder.

Regarding the "wceload.exe ''%''1 /nodelete"

Double click on the default icon and copy this and paste it into the value box: wceload.exe ''%1" /nodelete

there a space between .exe and "

and also a space between " and /

Yeah, the instructions here are pretty vague, oh well....:(

I just got my HTC Shift yesterday. LOL..I am trying to screw it up already.....

Guys..my Shift keyboard is in English, but some of the keys are all screw up...the @ is not under the 2 and other keys are located differently..is this normal for the Shift?

thatboyp
[Shift General] tito.golder@hotmail.co.uk:
To everyone who has tried my instructions and fed back - a very big thank you! :D

I have made the changes in the other thread here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=377441 and I will keep that one up-to-date.
[Shift General] sbueschi:
I had both files in the windows/startup folder and deleted them without problems. Same for the registry deletion of snapvue.

I have pretty much the status as described in titos "manual" which is a very good summary of all efforts over the last 7 days.

I have an english standard unlocked retail version of the shift. Maybe there are differences with shifts released by operators.
[Shift General] danielherrero:
Anyway those links must not be important because I didnt remove them and I ve no problems....
[Shift General] tito.golder@hotmail.co.uk:
Daniel, you're probably right - never thought to check whether they have any effect. I'm of the opinion that if it doesn't serve any purpose then get rid of it. Space is our biggest issue until we work out how to use the SD Card.

I've just installed Acrobat Reader and that's swallowed about 8mb. :eek:
[Shift General] danielherrero:
Yes, you are right. We should remove all the unuseful stuff.....I couldnt install office because I havent disk space :(

we need sd access now.....
[Shift General] arrymas:
SD

SD...the only way for the success :rolleyes:
[Shift General] danielherrero:
It would be nice if HTC finally releases 3d drivers for the ati chip. In this way and with sd and gps access tomtom should look nice in our toys.....
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
You need to change your regional settings to the correct country, including the keyboard settings, that way you'll get the correct layout.
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
I didn't have to do any of this... I simply copied the taskmanager.exe to WinMo, and used it to change the Snapvue(SVT0) service from Auto to Manual, then stopped the service. This gives access to the top and bottom bars on the today screen without deleting any files, and can easily be put back the way it was without having to hard reset. The service stays off after a soft reset, so this seems to be the best way to do it.
[Shift General] HDLord:
I cannot gte 'Computer' to see the Pocket_PC.

Each time, I have to stop and start the modem, as Vista loses the network after WM6 disconnects. The problem seems to be that WM6, after telling me to check the USB cable, actually establishes a connection, and I do not seem to be able to switch to Vista and back to WM6 fast enough to stop the connection happening. Even when it is showing 'check the USB cable' when I switch back to WM6 it manages to show 'connected' while disconnecting.

Can anyone suggest a solution, please?
[Shift General] danielherrero:
DOnt forget to turn phone off before running usbtool...
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
Are you using ubstool.exe, or the other, more complicated method?
[Shift General] HDLord:
I must be using the complicated method, as I do not know what usbtool.exe is. I am in internet sharing in WM6, wait till a netwrok is established in Vista, hit connect in WM6, switch to Vista, switch back, disconnect, switch to Vista and refresh My Computer (repeatedly, for hours, and to no effect, having tried as many variations as I could think of!). My phone service provider charges an arm and a leg for data transfer, so I need this to work!

Thanks
[Shift General] sbueschi:
Try the same but with windows mobile center opened on vista side.

And the usbtool is posted in the thread as well as in titos step by step description. cheers
[Shift General] killer_t:
Happened to me too.. the only way i found, is formatting with clearstorage.exe.
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
Download the attached file, unzip it, and get it into the windows folder on the WinMo side. This may involve removing the .exe extension so you can email it to yourself, then putting the .exe back when you save it into windows.

Then, on WinMo. browse to the windows folder and run usbtool.exe.

You get a white screen with the message "Please plug in cable first".

Click on menu and select 'usb cable in'.

Then go back to Vista and wait for up to one minute.

You should hear the connecting noise, and Windows Mobile Device Centre will connect.

Disconnect by going back to WinMo usbtool screen, and select 'usb cable out'.
[Shift General] rpawly:
my keyboard is the same, in vista it will act normal ie. @ will be above 2 and in winmo the " will be above 2.
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
That will solve it - this applies to both Vista and WinMo.
[Shift General] rpawly:
it is set in winmo to english (united states), just opened sms message and " is above the 2
[Shift General] rpawly:
Pantaloonie,

after doing realvga are the black bars on the side (left and right) suppose to be gone?
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
That is how it should be - for me at least. That is what I get with the UK layout. You have to reboot WinMo after changing the regional settings, have you done that?

No, we are stuck with them for now.
[Shift General] rpawly:
it sure likes in daniels screen shots that his 96dpi is stretched horizontal more have a look its the green screen shot about 7 pages back
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
I think you're mistaken... looks the same as my screen, with the bars at the side.
[Shift General] rpawly:
i did reboot and the " are still above 2
[Shift General] benktlottie:
I have followed all the instructions given in the other thread. Everything workded first time, and I am so chuffed. Thanks to everyone for putting these tips together. My Shift now feels more complete!!! :)
[Shift General] guidogiangiacomo:
Open image in email with snapvue

How can I view image attached to email in Snapvue? If I tap on the image attached I get no action (in my Treo it open Pictures and Video and I can see the image), if I tap and hold I can just save the image but no view it.
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
There is no photo viewer installed on the Shift by default.

I installed Resco Photo Viewer, which works well.

You could try HTC Album.

http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-htc-album.html
[Shift General] :
Just a (hopefully) small side question.

On the screenshots posted I often see SnapVue clock in the 24hour time format while my own device only shows the time in the 12hour AM/PM time format.

How did you change the time?

I cannot find any options in the SnapVue part where I can alter the time format nor any other international options.
[Shift General] Pawel062:
yes but that isnt the vga version. the vga one will be in 4.0 athena rom :) maybe some can extract it then and put the cab on here.... or i can if there is still a need once i get finished with the rom.
[Shift General] Pawel062:
most likely thats just the version of the device they have. but if u get the proper files from snapvue u can change it.
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
You can change the 12/24hr format in Regional Settings/Time
[Shift General] michael85:
Yep, after you got the startmenu, you have access to the regional settings in the original settings menu (not the snapvue settings)
[Shift General] HDLord:
I have no idea what I am doing wrong.

I have placed USBTool in Windows and executed, and get 'Plug the USB cable in firest' (love the typo). On the Vista side, there is a GPRS connection, but nothing happens in the WM Centre or in My Computer, and the message in WM does not change.

Don't know if it makes any difference, but I am using an English machine.
[Shift General] :
Yeah,. but the idea is to be able to have the proper time without haxoring the device ;-)

I find it truly odd that HTC decided to rip out that specific part of the settings menu....
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
Are you clicking on 'menu' in usbtool and selecting 'USB_cable_in'?
[Shift General] michael85:
You're right about that. There must be some file somewhere that starts the regional settings program.

Does anybody knows this? :confused:
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
On the subject of things being removed by HTC, has anyone found a way to change the volume in WinMo when vista is not running?
[Shift General] killer_t:
In the keyboard push FN + I to decrease volume, and FN + O to increase
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
Heh... I've sorted all the tricky stuff, but couldn't spot that obvious answer... Thanks killer_t
[Shift General] michael85:
Do those keys work on Vista?

Here They are not working except the F1 etc.. keys
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
Yes, they work in Vista for me.
[Shift General] killer_t:
they work me too..

you have disable any htctool in vista side?
[Shift General] michael85:
Hmhm... just noticed it's only my sound. I didn't do anthing on Vista except installing sp1 :)
[Shift General] Pantaloonie:
Several people have reported problems with SP1 and removed it.

I won't be installing it until HTC release driver updates.
[Shift General] michael85:
It's working again after a restart :D

BTW: SP1 is much beter on my shift, much faster :)
[Shift General] HDLord:
Yes, I clicked on USB_cable_in, but it does not change the message in WM, and there are no connect/disconnect sounds from Vista. Could I have screwed up something in Vista?

Vista does keep making connection/disconnection noises when I hit the connect/diconnect button in Internet Sharing, but neither the Windows Mobile Centre nor the Computer reacts, even when refreshed.
[Shift General] killer_t:
you have power off the phone capabilities?
[Shift General] HDLord:
I didn't read anywhere that the phone had to be off. I disabled the phone and when I hit menu and USB_cable_in, I got the connection sound from Vista. But I could not see the Pocket_PC in My Computer or in WM Device Centre.

OK - done it. I have AVG firewall, and had to disable it totally (through task manager services) before anything would happen.

Thanks all!
[Shift General] HDLord:
Using CERegEditor to unlock the Registry, it tells me that the Registry is unlocked, and I appear to be able to hack the registry, but when I try to import the 'today' registry file, I ignore the warning that it appears to be a PC file, but when I accept the first key, I am given an 'Access is Denied' warning, and the process aborts.

Something basic, no doubt?
[Shift General] rpawly:
same thing happens to me, i had to use resco explorer with the registry plugin (download the exe and install from vista) to get the today.reg in.
[Shift General] rpawly:
daniel were you able to get pocket weather with vga icons to display only 5 days across where it has a good layout?
[Shift General] rpawly:
Guys and Gals,

Im trying to get a black background in winmo, i had it before, by using a all black jpeg (attached) and setting it as the background. Its black but when i set it as background now it comes out grey...........what gives.

On my phone its black, on my desktop its black, on my vista (shift) its black, grrrrrrrrrrr
[Shift General] cmonex:
that's because of that stupid transparency setting that's usually enabled by default on WM

the snapvue probably doesn't have the menu to disable it though. a way to disable it is get the imageviewer from any WM6 rom then add the pic as background from that program, and you will have the option to disable transparency

sorry if that's not your issue