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[Shift Development] aquasesh:
Does anyone have the original HTC driver and application set?

(not the one from the website, the one which comes with the Shift)

I want to try the older Control Center, but I am too lazy to extract the install.wim... ;)
[Shift Development] deadnex:
I got about the same results as aquasesh. Drivers installed ok except control center and touch screen. Windows 7 feels faster than Vista.

Let me know if you fint a solution to the control center and touch screen issues :)
[Shift Development] aquasesh:
Touchscreen is fixed. Just install the Embedded Controller driver first, right after the installation. After that I installed fingerprint, chipset and

finally touchscreen.

I am about to test AVI performance. And after I will try to fix the Control Center.
[Shift Development] deadnex:
Thanks mate ;)

I really appreciate your work...
[Shift Development] studdocs:
Thanks a ton for testing Windows 7 on Shift ...

Thanks a ton for testing Windows 7 on Shift ...

I am very eagerly following your feedback on the windows 7 experience as it was always my personal feeling that the culprit behind shift's slow response is vista ...

I will download windows 7 soon and will give it a try ...

Look forward to reading your's and other's experiences and refining my install when i take the plunge ...
[Shift Development] deadnex:
Aquasesh - did you find a way to make the 1024x600 interpolation work in Windows 7?
[Shift Development] aquasesh:
Not yet, the main problem is that the tool to switch the resolution, relies on the control center to work.

So far, I have not been able to get this working and i havent found the problem either.

I want to try the shipping version of the control center, but i have to extract it from the recovery partition first...will do that in a couple of hours.

If this doesnt work, I will try a different approach and try to mix my own tool.

I also tested the AVI performance, but video plays slow as ass...so nothing changed here.
[Shift Development] saiweb:
From where did you get your Beta?

thanks

Ram
[Shift Development] devictoria:
Try this SwapResolution utility.
[Shift Development] deadnex:
Search the known torrent sites for something like "windows 7 build 6801 32 bit".
[Shift Development] optimuspt@mac.com:
snapvue

The button switch to snap vue don t work, in this case i can t acess the wm

there are any process to acess the snapvue via w7 ?

tks for your interest

i have bt and wifi work fine, but dont try the 3 G
[Shift Development] deadnex:
Hmmm, that sounds strange... Have you tried removing and reinserting the battery of your shift?

I don't think there's much you can do from win7 as long as Control Center is not working. I guess you could try to restore Vista to see if it works then. If not you will have to try to hard-reset SnapVue.

Let me know how it works out :cool:
[Shift Development] marcocc:
aquasesh, thank you very much. It will me great to receive an Acronis image!

thanks!

Marco
[Shift Development] Sundown6:
Don't do that just do this...

download: http://hpcmonex.net/ECShift.exe

you can type ecshift.exe -help to get command info

ecshift.exe -reset

That will soft reset SnapVue and trun it back on.
[Shift Development] optimuspt@mac.com:
snapvue

Tks

I reinstall the windows 7 and now the snap its ok.

really the 3g work in the wm but dont work in w7, and i disconect the phone in wm the wireless in w7 dont work anymore, i need reinstall the marvell driver

tks for your help
[Shift Development] Pfeffa-rah:
I have the same problem after installing Installing XP. (have dualboot with W7 now)

Whenever I switch to WM and then back to PC the brightness is at maximum.
[Shift Development] Pfeffa-rah:
Hi all,

W7 works great there is one problem I cannot solve...

After my shift wakes up from Hibernate, There is no WIFI BT and SD-card anymore. When I reboot everything works again.

I have fiddled around with the powerplan settings (like in Vista) but it didn't help.

Any pointers anyone?

greetz,
[Shift Development] deadnex:
Since win7 is still a beta OS I wouldn't recommend using it as a primary OS. I'm dualbooting Vista and win7 myself.

3G works fine in win7 as long as you have USBTool connected on the WM side. You also have to download and install Windows Mobile Device Center in Win7.
[Shift Development] Bullson:
Hello,

is there anywhere an step by step how to for installing Windows 7 on the shift?

I saw many difficulties in this thread
[Shift Development] Bullson:
double post sorry
[Shift Development] Bullson:
Wowwwwwwwww

I know thats a lot work

Thank you very much

So I will try it this night. With my USB Stick ;D

I´ve got no ext. DVD
[Shift Development] deadnex:
USB-stick install might be a little tricky. I tried this with windows XP on a different computer and got an error when the installation program restarted the computer after copying the installation files. Use google to try to find a guide on this if you're attempting to install from a USB-stick.

My advice is to spend 30-40$ on an external DVD drive instead...
[Shift Development] hetallerbeste:
I tried to do it also with a USB Stick, but i gave up for that solution. Could not find the solution for that problem. Then i bought a external DVD player for the installation.
[Shift Development] koala996:
I have received my shift yesterday... Win7 installation went fine :) I have forgotten Wifi .. DAMN ! .. but I will install vista on another drive to have all the files I need.

Everything is great in Win7, really impressive the difference between Vista & 7 !

Have you been able to make USBTool.exe working through win7 and winmob? It seems that there is no driver for the "Generic RNDIS" .. someone got it?
[Shift Development] feyisetan:
Bluetooth and wifi off button?

I need some help here, I took a total plunge and clean install windows 7 on my shift, everything seems to be working okay apart from the manual enabling of internet sharing (Which connects automatically in vista). My problem actually is that the bluetooth is always on and there is no way to also switch the wifi off. And finally, has anybody got the resolution changer and comm centre buttons working?

Thanks a lot.
[Shift Development] koala996:
you have to read the instruction there :

step by step installation for windows 7
[Shift Development] alazarid:
One question

I have everything working but I need a way to bind the commands for enabling disabling and change resolution to the shift keys.

has anybody done this?

best regards

and thanks to every body for the effort.

especially to deadnex
[Shift Development] koala996:
not sure if it is possible to set any shortcuts in windows... but you can bind what you want to the 4 buttons of the shift (left-click, right-click, resolution switcher and control center buttons).
[Shift Development] alazarid:
Thanks for the quick response.

but how can I do this ? :confused:
[Shift Development] koala996:
go to the mouse settings -> device settings (with red icon) -> settings -> Buttons

You will see that you have 6 buttons listed if you have correct drivers.. :)

If not, go to the synaptics website to download the drivers.

:)
[Shift Development] alazarid:
Thanks

I already have found this (searching) but it needs something more that I cant find because although I have set the scrollup button to change resolution it does not do anything.

Probably I will find it so I am searching .....

Thanks again

PS Found it it was the scrolldown key
[Shift Development] koala996:
yeah exact :)
[Shift Development] ciao11:
hi thank you for the tips they were fundamental!

I read almost everything; i installed the win 7 beta and all the drivers, but i read in a post that for make work the 3g connection i have to "liberate" the win moblie...

My question is..is it the only way? I must liberate it or i can fix the problem in an other way? thank!!
[Shift Development] deadnex:
You need USBTool and Windows Mobile Device Center to make the 3G connectivity work... In order to get USBTool you need to liberate your SnapVue.
[Shift Development] koala996:
well.. just upgrade from 7000 to 7022... and touchscreen not working... even after installing the EC driver and then the touchscreen .. is it working for you?

currently downloading the 7048 .. I will install it as a clean install... and try to report any issue to Microsoft to get it working in final release :)

I have really good hopes for the Shift and Windows 7 ! ShagCtrl is now working.. and that's a really good thing !
[Shift Development] koala996:
Well.... Build 7048 (RC branch) installed !

1°) by default, 800x480 aero but nothing more.. no wifi, no ethernet, but usb hub works, no touch screen functionnality. Control center works (but no bluetooth and wifi).

2°) after installing EC - Intel drivers (I like it... but disable aero before installing it and never use 1024 resolution !) - Touch screen, newest Synaptics and WiFi. Everything is working even Control Center, wifi and bluetooth !

After some hours of use, it feels good. I'm using the Vitakey FingerPrint reader but I'm not that convinced..

I really really really like this version.. it is faster than 7000 and 7022 and is the latest version appeared on the internet.

A must HAVE ! Better than XP, Vista and other Win7 versions... (I don't know about linux). Be careful about not using 1024 because it goes to a BSOD (bluescreen of death).

Have fun !
[Shift Development] wr6969:
I upgraded straight from build 7000 to 7048. The only thing that didn't work was the touchscreen - easily and quickly fixed by reinstalling the touch screen driver. Didn't even have to reinstall EC driver.

And shagctrl works fine in this version. Wonderful. This is what Vista should have been, but I guess that's stating the obvious :D
[Shift Development] ssn04:
WR6969,

I'm curious - does screen rotate work with the latest build or is it still broken?
[Shift Development] koala996:
it's not broken.. intel drivers are not supporting it right now.

I have tried to find drivers with rotation working.. but still no luck :(
[Shift Development] ssn04:
Thank you for the update.
[Shift Development] wr6969:
Sorry for the late reply, but did it ever work, even in Vista, out of the box? I've never tried it, to be frank.
[Shift Development] ssn04:
I think (seem to recall, but could be wrong) that screen rotation worked under XP. Screen rotaton has not been made to work under Vista as far as I know.
[Shift Development] koala996:
it should be fine to get print screen of monitor driver recognized by XP and Vista...
[Shift Development] shiro:
I have Build 7057 running on my Shift. SHAGcontrol works perfectly as does switching screen res.

In fact, everything works perfectly, much better than vista!
[Shift Development] koala996:
is 1024 with aero working? and what about rotation screen? (using iRotate for example)

thanks
[Shift Development] shiro:
1024 with AERO still results in BSOD. I'll try iRotate shortly.
[Shift Development] turnipy:
I can confirm this also. So there is no need to go through liberating your snapvue, usbtool and all of that other annoying stuff to get your 3g working in Windows 7. The shagctrl.exe works and as soon as you turn modem on, it detects new hardware and then connects to the internet just like it did in Windows Vista.

I am using Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7057

Nice and fast... very happy. Much faster to starup and load apps than Vista. Also much better than to have to admit defeat and install XP. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this forum so far.
[Shift Development] koala996:
nice :) do you mean that Win7 is the best OS that you have been using with the shift from your point of view?
[Shift Development] TheoMobile:
Win7 sync works but black snapvue after rom update

Hi win7-7057 did not work for me have now 7049 that works in vista great,

but the rom updated snapvue has now a black screen but win7 has connection , wmdc has contact, sync works too, internet file browser works!!! Under Vista I had never that connection, so that is improved and much quicker too. But wat to do with that black screen.

I have removed battery without succes the snapvue utility fix from Htc website gives error service program is not running, shagctrl is maybe that service program but that is not working.

What kind of shagcrtl version do you have. Like to try yours, is it possible to upload??
[Shift Development] deadnex:
Download shaqctrl from HTC's support website. Don't know if it's working in build 7049, but it's working flawlessly in 7057.
[Shift Development] TheoMobile:
Thanks for your response.

I have the same file as you , I am bussy with upgrading win7 to 7057.

If this does not help I think I will flash the rom again

I used latest Thaihugo rom and radio. It was so strange because evrything was working gps phone but after reset all was gone.

I wait if these things will help

What roms did you use???

regards, ha det bra
[Shift Development] deadnex:
Try to hardreset WM to see if that helps...

I'm using i00's latest ROM.
[Shift Development] premier69:
I bought my HTC Shift yesterday and booted up the pre-installed vista and tested it out few minutes before I made a bootable usb memory with build 7057 x64 before i realized it had a 32bit cpu and did it all over....

Now it's installed, everything is installed concerning the Shift drivers.

I found the hidden partition using acronis true image home 2009 and it's pretty big partition so can i move and archive it on my desktop and if ever i need it i can usb boot it?

Can things be extracted from that partition?

And what about this origami thing how do i get the installation files for that?

Are there any good win7 tweaks I should know to make everything work better/faster/more batteri etc..?
[Shift Development] deadnex:
Check out Pof's blog

Microsoft Origami 2.0 can be downloaded here

Use google for info on how to speed up win7
[Shift Development] premier69:
thanks I'll check that out...

when referring to tweaking I meant, like good programs to use for such a small screen, touch sensitive apps maybe, stuff like that.

I am new to tablet pc thinking so I need to learn a lot.

Much of win7 is good out of the box....
[Shift Development] optimuspt@mac.com:
tks deadnex

yes the 3g work fine, all work fine now, but i have intall a printer in devices and printers, and work fine with many programs, like adobe reader, ,explorer etc, but with the live mail no, i cannot printer emails, crash.

any idea ?

best rgds
[Shift Development] str8upn2:
Is it still worth buying

Hi there ... doesn't appear to be anything new to compete ... but is this an everyday use computor and ... best place to buy

thanks for any advice and suggestions
[Shift Development] nmhusa:
I tried running the Touchscreen driver in Troubleshoot Compatibility mode (via right click option) and was told to run in Winxp compatibility. This did the trick and the touchscreen now works. Thanks for the pointer.
[Shift Development] Marsy1:
Unless it is possible to make win7 on eeePC?
[Shift Development] siriokeliang:
I have installed Windows 7. Where I find the driver?
[Shift Development] aquasesh:
You didnt read the thread... use the Shift drivers from HTCs website

or from your Shift recovery partition.
[Shift Development] deadnex:
Activation

It's worth mentioning that the version of Windows 7 that is available will need to be activated within 30 days of installation.

However, if you were a registered beta-tester for windows vista you can use the same cd-key to activate Windows 7 :)
[Shift Development] aquasesh:
Thats correct.

Windows 7 doesnt nag you about the activation, as other Windows versions do, so be careful.

Alternatively you can use a Win7 beta key and use Automated Phone Activation.

@devictoria

Thanks mate. How have you been?

Unfortunately, I havent been able to get the resolutionswitcher working. Any hints?
[Shift Development] saiweb:
Thats neat.

Thanks

Ram
[Shift Development] aquasesh:
I am thinking to create an Acronis image of my installation with drivers

preinstalled...

But so far, i cannot get the control center to work.

If you guys dont mind that, I can upload tonight.
[Shift Development] Soween:
Hello,

I tried to install WM7 on the shift, it was easy, quick and not really efficient right now... 8-) because I didn't take time for the drivers yet.

But I found many interesting things :

- as I'm french and my Vista is too, I can't "update Vista to WM7", I need a "from scratch" install

- the install is very quick compare to Vista (especially the one from the recovery partition, and I don't count the SP1 and so on)

- the boot time is, I think but didn't measure, less long than Vista

- the "battery time" expressed by WM7 was higher than in Vista, 87% = 2h48

- the sleep mode is not yet stable, because when you quit this mode, a lot of things seems to be KO (mouse, keyboard, wifi, ...), still without drivers.

I like the way it runs, need to do more work on it (by myself) to be sure that many functionnalities work : Wifi, 3G, VLC, Firefox, ...
[Shift Development] koala996:
it seems great... I would like to know more about the sleep more "issues".

Others can try and say what happens? I don't have the Shift right now but I might get one before the end of the month. I am currently using Win7 on two very very old computer (one with a 2Mb graphic card... and it's working nice in 1024x768 !! of course without AERO effect).

I am using it on a "old" laptop (3 years old) and it works quite nice too ... I think that Win 7 is far far far better for UMPCs and Netbooks .. almost.. no need for ORIGAMI which is too heavy for UMPCs right now.

I hope that we will soon be able to get Win7 fully functional on the SHIFT :)
[Shift Development] deadnex:
Resolution changer

@aquasesh - still no luck with making control center work with windows 7?

I've been reading on some Asus EEE forums (EEE is also using Intel GMA graphics) and came across a tool called AsTray Plus to emulate higher resolutions.

The wiki page says "It was programmed for non-platform-limited, which means AsTray Plus should work for all computers which have an intel GMA device installed."

I tried installing it to windows 7 on my shift but when I changed resolution I got a BSOD. Maybe anyone else is able to modify this tool to make it work with the Shift?

http://wiki.eeeuser.com/astrayplus

EDIT: Maybe this page can be of help too:

http://wiki.eeeuser.com/resolution_scaling_in_xp
[Shift Development] civilization:
can i get back to VISTA after installing windows 7?

thanks
[Shift Development] deadnex:
Yes, you can hard-reset your device by doing the following steps:

1. Shut down the Mobile Computer and then power it on again.

2. At the start of the boot-up process, immediately press F3 to run the hard disk recovery utility.
[Shift Development] Huuk:
Atleast im waiting for that image... dont mind for that control center cause you can upload another image when you got that right :rolleyes:
[Shift Development] EinSiedler:
Serial Number

I'm willing to install Windows 7.

As far as I learned you can start with a Vista beta or Vista RC serial number which were valid for ten pcs.

Is there anybody willing to share such a serial number with me?

Thank you
[Shift Development] rorydaredkign:
search it on google, i was lucky enough to get a real windows 7 key that wasnt blacklisted and it worked. on my other pc, i searched for an rc1 key and that worked.

i had one legally, but im at uni, and its on some paper in a drawer at home.

so dont go lecturing me on legality
[Shift Development] deadnex:
Has anyone been able to make the control center and resolution changer work yet?
[Shift Development] devictoria:
Have you tried the new version of resolution changer?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=438768
[Shift Development] aquasesh:
I tried the new resolution changer...thanks for the great work but it gives me a BSOD.

It actually DOES switch the resolution appropriately. The mouse coursor changes and you can see the interpolation, but before the screen is built it will crap itself.

How about I give you the WINDOWS 7 iso and you can try and see

if you can alter Resolution Changer to get it to work...????

(I have some legit keys as well, since I have an official BETA account)
[Shift Development] joshuauy:
on / off wifi and bluetooth

install the attachment and open the Windows Mibility Center
[Shift Development] joshuauy:
screenshot
[Shift Development] aquasesh:
nice work, will try it out soon
[Shift Development] devictoria:
Thanks, but I would find no spare time to try it. May be, I will try when it appears on MSDN. Till then there is still a lot of time, I suppose. If you like, you can still send me a PM with a key :-)
[Shift Development] htakahasyd5:
Unfortunately, the procedure doesn't work for me. I installed Embedded Controller, Fingerprint, Chipset, and Touchscreen right after the W7 installation.

Do you have any suggestion?
[Shift Development] aquasesh:
Sure, you install Windows and then install the Embedded Controller, after you should install the touchscreen and then fingerprint. Chipset is not necessary. you can do Windows Update to receive the latest chipset drivers.

Important! For every driver (****.exe) RIGHT CLICK and run in VISTA RTM Compatibility mode and Run as Administrator.

Also, devices controlled by the EC can be enabled/disabled using pof`s HSECT2 and Cygwin.
[Shift Development] Dammo:
Are you able to access the internet in Windows 7 via the WM side (Via GPRS)? or is this part of the control centre thats not working?
[Shift Development] studdocs:
i was also thinking about the same ...

i too was thinking about the same before taking the plunge ... because internet connectivity via gprs is very very crucial to me and i'll prefer to have it the HTC way "automatic"

I know we can always use the USB tool thing etc but that makes it un-cool at business meets and during presentations etc ...

So all friends who have loaded Windows 7 on HTC Shift, plz shed some light on connectivity in Windows via GPRS!
[Shift Development] aquasesh:
The internet works perfectly. no difference to Vista.

Once you connect the Windows 7 to the Snapvue side, you

can receive WMDC through Windows Update as well.
[Shift Development] Soween:
Please Aquasesh,

Can you make a short description of the differents steps to install WM7?

I was thinking to something like this, but in the good order, and with the good name of the driver if needed :

-------Windows Mobile 7

a. VISTA_INTEL Chipset Driver v8[1].3.0.1014

b. Intel VGA driver(7[1].14.10.1461)

c. VistaECDrvV1[1].0.1.10

d. TouchScreen(1[1].1.0.2)

e. Synaptics MicroPad(10[1].0.11.1)

f. Realtek Audio Driver R197(6[1].0.1.5653)

g. Vitakey _AC5023_Fingerprint AP v5[1].0.2.0 and Driver v7.10.1.0 *

h. Extension Kit USBLanDriver(3[1].8.3.7)

i. Shagctrl_1[1].2.6.122-control center

j. Marvell WiFi driver(8[1].114.123.139)

Perhaps it will be great to put it on the first post, to help people and avoid them to search in all the entire posts...

Thank you in advance.