yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch HD General] funk1980:
It takes about 10 to 30 seconds, depending on where I'm standing. It indeed should take about the same time as Garmin.

But 3 to 4 minutes is a LONG time for any GPS app to get a fix... If you get that working right, GPS-Photo will probably work fine too.
[Touch HD General] WM_Rizzo:
Any suggestions? :confused:
[Touch HD General] funk1980:
- Well, offcourse the obvious. Try it outside, with no high buildings etc. around you and that sort of things.

- Then, try to update QuickGPS with new satelite info (makes a lot of difference).

- DISABLE AGps. Does more harm then good.

- Maybe try a different radio. I'm using 1.12 and get very quick GPS fixes. Faster then 1.9 and 1.10.

Let us know how it turns out!
[Touch HD General] Psyberd:
Anyone know any thing new on any effort to port Footprints to Blackstone? all posts are a bit old. there's a standalone that sorta works on Blackstone but the resolution is wrong so text is misaligned and its not very usable. anyone made any headway at porting it to a tab or at least a usable standalone? It would REALLY rock if anyone could port it to an manila v3 tab!!! i'd donate for the effort. sure many would!
[Touch HD General] WM_Rizzo:
Tried it - the same result.

Again, the same result.

How do i disable it?

I can't do that cause i still don't know how to backup the original radio. I would like to backup everything i need for warranty sake. I posted a thread here, but got no answers. I know it's all been explained here, but it's just too confusing. I know how to backup ROM, but i need to know what else i need to backup an HOW, before i flash a new radio and ROM.

The current device info is:

ROM: 1.14.479.3 (25874) WWE

ROM DATE: 11/12/08

RADIO: 1.09.25.14

PROTOCOL: 52.49a.25.26U

ExtPkg: 1.14.479.302

I did all you said, and nothing helped. However, i did notice this - i started Garmin, got a lock in a matter of seconds (after i did the fast GPS thing, so i'm guessing Garmin is using that), turned it off and geotagging worked instantly. So, i'm guessing camera has a problem using quick GPS or starting GPS by itself. Any ideas on this?
[Touch HD General] funk1980:
Ah ok, so Garmin gets a quick GPS fix... Strange. Then the camera should get one as well. I'm afraid I don't have an exact answer for you, besides that the problem might be fixed in future rom (or current custom one).

Concerning updating the radio. You don't need a back-up. All known radio versions are available for download somewhere here on XDAdevs. However, you need to install HardSPL to be able to update to another radio...
[Touch HD General] DerrickD2:
I just went outside and tried it. It does work. After making the registry change, and turning on the GPS feature, I went out to the street and snapped a couple pictures in Chicago. Uploading them to http://www.panoramio.com allowed the tags to be read and the pictures were placed on the map.

http://www.panoramio.com/user/2973227
[Touch HD General] skullbcn36:
How I edit the registry?

Thanks
[Touch HD General] funk1980:
You can do that by using the search function of the XDA-Developers forum :p
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] binning:
I'm after a password manager for the device to keep track of all my online passwords.

What is the best one for this device?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] deepinside88:
i think "spb wallet 2" is really great ;)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] binning:
Thanks. Will check it out.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] farqui:
give KeePass a try
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] binning:
checked out ewallet. Looks good but costs a fair bit after the trial. Not sure I want to pay this much if I'm honest.

There seem to be various versions of keepass about. Not sure which one to try out. Anybody got a link of the best one to use for the HTC touch hd
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] binning:
Also checked out spb wallet but this is a bit pricey as well. . Would prefer a freeware option if at all possible
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] farqui:
I use KeePassPPC wm6 v0.4.9

sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=175898&sel_platform=2374

On the PC i use the classic version. v2 is beta and looks good.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] binning:
thanks. tried the version listed and it's excellent.

can this link with the desktop version of the software?

If so this would be excellent.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] farqui:
the pc version that's compatible with the non beta version I'm using is the classic v1.5

http://keepass.info/download.html
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] binning:
Thanks. Do you reckon it would work with 1.15 portable edition?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] hottmeeel:
Databases of Keepass 1.15 on PC and KeepassPPC 0.4.9 on PDA are compatible. I sync the databases with ActiveSync between PC and PDA. Works great.:)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] t0k0m0k0:
Keepass is the best... the PC version is always sync with your PDA version and its very useful... and it is free and opensource ;)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] evorgevol:
I haven't tried it yet, but MobilePasswordSafe looks good. I'm in the process of writing my own app and using the controls he wrote for this. It's really good and quite intuitive. Best of all is the nice Touch UI :)

EDIT: oh yeah, and the other best thing... it's free!! lol.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Visoredge:
1. Is there a desktop application?

2. Can you attach this file here?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] evorgevol:
Dont know about a desktop application.

And it's not my work, so not really wanting to upload it myself. If someone else wants to build and upload the cab then they are welcome to :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ticcarsgsm:
Hi boss i have herm 100 after flashing there is no gsm pls help me what is the next stage
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bbk:
You must test to flash a new ROM RADIO. (only a rom radio)..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] boog:
You could try just a radio rom, or even an entire stock shipped rom.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ultramag69:
Or better yet, Try the SHIPPED STOCK ROM... Yhis should stabilize any problem areas on the radio ROM as it was supposed to be there. Sometimes the updated stock roms will work too as the CID is the right one. Hard SPL gets you around needing the correct CID but I find it still lurks in the background waiting for problems like this...

Cheers...:D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] galaxys:
try one of the above recommendations...

btw, what rom did you flash? do you have hardspl? what is your current radio?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] chrizzo:
I was helping my wife to personalize her Diamond when after installing the Diamond TF3D config, tsowen's taskbar and trying out a few different themes suddenly the font size of the volume control increased a lot, making it look very ugly.

I tried installing a new volume control but this doesn't fix the problem. Maybe while changing themes something in the windows folder was changed causing this? Does anyone know how to fix this again? I tried a search in the forum but I couldn't find anyone with a similar problem.

Help would be greatly appreciated.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] HTCLeener:
A lot of people have had this issue, for some reason the Volume screen got englarged, not sure how it happened.

Here is a HTCVolumeControl.dll file (corrected one) that you can swap out using Total Commander, but just so you know, it will change your volume's icons to the following below:

I'm not sure if it'll work because you've said you tried already but it's worth a shot. If you want to change those icons you can just edit the .dll file by doing a swap of the icons, remember to Unsign the .dll first, edit the icons, and then re-sign it.

Let me know how it goes or if you have any other questions.

-HTCLeener
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] chrizzo:
Thanks a lot, that worked like a charm! Now the old boring icon is back again so I think I'll give changing the dll file a shot. Now to find out how to unsign, edit and sign a dll :P
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] chrizzo:
Okay apparently the first time the phone just put the original .dll file back and the new dll never worked :p

Right now I got it to work, I get the new icons as you mentioned in your post, but the font size is still large. I tried a few different .dll's such as the original ones in the cab file and the one you gave me, but neither of them seem to fix the problem.

Any other suggestions?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] kaos_king:
Ive got this same problem.

Not a big deal but ive customized the phone exactly how i want it and this is the only thing left.

Any help please?
[General Questions and Answers] kkchan:
Hi,

I am using HTC Touch HD. I have experience that the phone call just "dropped" once I pick it up. I was suspecting my lock application problem. After a conversation with my friends, they said that they head "duuuu... duuuu..." tone instead of "dudu... dudu" tone while calling me. They were thinking it is busy tone therefore they hang up.

My question is, is it my phone service operator or phone problem?

Thank you
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] hogar_strasni:
Hello there I am a total newbie in this whole ROM flashing business but would like to learn. After reading some posts with tutorials I'm still scared because there are no clear instructions on how to remove some annoying wm apps, namely Mobile Office, Internet Explorer, Media Player and Manila (its not annoying at all, but I have a very nice skin in Wisbar Advance that I like more, iphonish, don't flame me or ignore me now lol).

My ideal ROM would be finger friendly and fast

Remove:

Manila

Mobile Office

Notes

Calculator

Solitaire

Internet Explorer - is remove possible???

Media Player - is remove possible???

Windows Live Messenger - is remove possible???

Pictures & Videos - is remove possible???

All unnecessary sounds and pictures, leave only rudimentary ones so there is more space for later

Include:

Tweaks to make wm more finger friendly (wider scrollbars etc.), responsive and faster

HTC Album

HTC Camera

HTC Start with bigger items

HTC Task manager

HTC Calculator from Diamond 2

HTC Dialer with slide to answer and keypad block

HTC Sensor SDK for screen rotation (but only if stable)

YouTube app

FM Radio

Latest Opera with flash

Latest Acrobat Reader

Java

MP3 Trimmer

BubbleBreaker

Teeter

Wisbar Advance Desktop 2.1 (it can be added later as a cab together with skin)

Optional software on Internal Storage:

(This of course can be according anyone's wishes but I prefer the following software)

Resco Explorer with Registry Editor

Virtual Spaghetti Notepad 2

Google Maps

GPS Cycle Computer

Mobipocket Reader

CorePlayer

SoftMaker Office

Sprint Backup

Skype

Worldcard Mobile

Spb Walet

Resco Sudoku Touch

Can anybody shed some more detailed light on how to remove Manila, Office and the rest of the stuff if possible? Or maybe a pointer to a custom made ROM according the upper proposal, ahmmm I would not complain at all :-)))

Anyway please just give me some info I can work with, I really would not like to brick my phone in the process. Experienced advice wanted ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] l3v5y:
To learn how to cook a ROM, this will help.

Alternatively, I have a "Request a ROM" service here.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] hogar_strasni:
Thx for the reply and for the effort you are putting to us thickheads that cannot learn the basics so easily :-)

I am basically interested in a 'half clean' ROM lol, some things removed, some not as you can see from my post above.

I see that in the ROMs usually the IE and Media Player don't get removed, is it because they cannot be removed or just nobody did it until now (hard to believe...)

Anyway, I'd be happy to donate for a custom ROM if you are interested?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] binning:
I've added the account but email only downloads when i click on send and receive,

the enable microsoft direct push is on but it doesnt seem to have any effect.

any ideas?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] bravo261:
gmail won't push to these devices using that method.

you gotta try seven.com or other alternatives...a search will turn up a lot more information, but seven is a push alternative that works
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] binning:
Got it working in the end.

Solution was fairly easy after all.

Thanks
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] axlback:
how did you get it working? as far as i knew gmail doesn't offer a push service..?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] binning:
Bit of lateral thinking in the end :)

I found out that Windows Mobile 6 supports Hotmail push email for free without any added software. It's built in to the operating system.

I simply set my Gmail account to auto forward all email to my hotmail account. It's an option within the settings.

Voila free gmail and hotmail pushed to my phone without any 3rd party software.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] O and O:
Well done.

I use SEVEN and it's a wonderful piece of software, best of all it's FREE and uses the in-built mail application on your phone. So it runs in the background and then the windows mail does the rest.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] triniboi:
presently i'm also using seven to push my mail since mail2web started charging for its push services.i have only one problem with seven.i don't get any alert when i have new mail?do u? my notification for new email is one but nothing happens.hummm...
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] zegermans:
my only issue (and its only a minor one) with seven is that the message text preview normally shown on the mail envelope icon is no longer there - all it says is 'click to view message'.

Is there any fix for this?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] nhuda:
How do you manage to reply when you receive mail from gmail in hotmail inbox?

Thanks and regards.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] gordonzhao:
i wished i found this thread earlier, so i didnt have to create one!

but i thought about doing what binning did, but its not a real solution, you can reply but your going to be replying with your hotmail account rather than your gmail account but you get all the messages

google did release sync, but right now its only calendar and contacts from what i know of, as of an actual email sync, i heard rumors theyre working on it, but lets hope they release it soon.

but another thought is, the only thing thats missing right now is the gmail push server. blackberry bypassed this by using their own BES but only restricted to BBs obviously.

lets keep our fingers crossed and hope that google will release a gmail sync!!!! =]

edit:

im also curious but havent had time to look into it, a couple of friends of mine have the g1, the g1 supports gmail push, but how can we wm users get this to work on OWA!! if g1 supports gmail push shouldnt it be possible for us? i mean like a standalone push service rather than having to forward or use a separate server like the BES?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] CorruptedSanity:
is seven.com free? When I try to download it, it takes me to my country operator. The link then takes me to my country's website which charges me 15$ per month to use it? I already have a 5GB data plan, why am I going to be charged 15$ to use seven.com?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] furrypotato:
Look for the Beta program instead. That's where you'll find the free software download.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] CorruptedSanity:
Thanks furrypotato(good nick). I figured it out.

Is it reliable? I noticed that sometimes ill get the email directly (testing by sending email from another account via PC). and sometimes I wont.

Also, the internet remains connected right?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] cxkx:
hotmail push

how does one enable push hotmail? I created a live.com account but I can't find anything in the settings for push mail.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] nhuda:
Goto Windows live and click Options-> Sync Schedule and change 'Sync Frequnecy' to 'As items arrive'. DONE! You have push hotmail now.

Cheers
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] cxkx:
windows live on my blackstone or the pc? what about the exchange server, do i have to configure that?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] nhuda:
Blackstone (WM6.xx) ofcourse! No need to configure exchange server.

I hope it helps. Good luck.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] cxkx:
Thanks , I just did, now I have to figure out how to answer with my google account.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] nhuda:
If you find a way let me know. I have been looking for this option as well. :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] cxkx:
Another question, when you soft reset do u have to restart the windows live app or does it start by itself?
[General Questions and Answers] kkchan:
Hi,

I found that the T9 mode word suggestion is not smart enough. For example, when I type "colle", it would suggest "collecting" instead of "collect".

Is it by design or any special pattern used by it?

Thank you
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] magicozero:
Is possible i need info for remove touch on topbar(battery,line,etc).

If possible delete file systemstate but where is?
[General Questions and Answers] magicozero:
Is possible i need info for remove touch on topbar(battery,line,etc).

If possible delete file systemstate but where is?

p.s. i have kaiser
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] wedge666:
This is my first contribution here. Hope someone find it useful.

WHAT IS IT

It's a 18 buttons action screen for the Touch HD, in the following of some 12 buttons versions already available, but with some twists.

HOW DOES IT LOOK LIKE

See the attached screenshot.

HOW TO INSTALL

You'll need to have MortScript installed, you can get it here. Tests were made with version 4.2.

You may need .NET Compact Framework 3.5, but I'm not sure. Anyway installing it is a good idea, you can get it here.

After that, just download and install the attached CAB.

The installation follow the rules and everything should be installed properly independent of you ROM language.

All the files will go into their own folder: \Windows\ActionScreen.

HOW TO USE

You can just press the right selection key. There will be also a configuration icon in Programs.

As for what each icon does, I'll let it up to you to figure that out!

HOW TO CUSTOMIZE

To change the images you need to replace the installed .brn files. Search these forums for details.

To change the links (say you want to use iGO instead of Google Maps, for example) you'll need to edit the registry.

Open HKLM\Software\HTC\Biotouch\ActionScreen\APP_0-17. Each number corresponds to a button.

Change Path to point to your desired application.

If needed change Param to pass parameters to the application.

To translate you'll need to edit a registry key and a file.

To translate the right selection key text, open HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila and change the text in HomeRSKText to anything you like.

To translate the confirmation message before a restart, open the Restart.mscr file and change the text in the first two lines.

VERSION HISTORY

1.00 (20090228) - Initial release.

1.01 (20090302) - Doesn't stay in memory saving 92kb!

1.02 (20090306) - Better management of memory unload.

Added configuration tool to choose if you prefer to keep it in memory (faster loading time) or unload it (saves 92kb).

Added another possible state for WiFi off.

Have fun!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] k33lin:
Wow! Thanks for sharing this wonderful app.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] shafizal:
thanks

thanks for this one man i did not try till now and i will test it
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] zoulag:
Great post with a very good looking and practical action screen. Thanks man :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] pauernet:
get this error

Dutty1.9 Rom @ TouchHD Blackstone
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] wedge666:
Do you have MortScript installed?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] pauernet:
read, post, think.. i am sorry. works perfectly. looks awesome.

thanks a lot
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] 7Bit:
Looks great, thanks! Trying it now...
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] BadCluster:
Good Job wedge666!

That's amazing!

only a thing... the button 16 and 15 (in registry)

do the same thing, turn off the monitor

the 17 do a softreset

How can i change the button 16 for Turn off the device?

thankyou!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] wedge666:
Not exactly the same thing. Button 15, will turn off the screen but 16 will put the HD in sleep mode.

I really don't know how to do a real shutdown (like a long press on the power button) but I'm open to sugestions...
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Yerry:
Can this app be started with multiple configurations?

E.g. different hotkeys start different button menus?

How to configure that?

Or A button opens a sub menu by starting the app with another config?

Is there an editor for the button mapping?

Regards,

Yerry
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] neosf:
Hello! I do not see how reaching the parameters? Solutions? how to prolong the exposure time of the program!

Sorry for my bad english :rolleyes:
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] wedge666:
I just changed some of the original behaviour, graphics and number of buttons of the HTC Action Screen.

Some things like sub menus or the time it takes to close can't be changed.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] neosf:
OK!

THX for this very good application.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] farqui:
Nice application, well done.

Question: how best to stop it running so I can update the .brn file(s) ?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] wedge666:
You can kill it with a task manager, but I was able to replace the files with Resco Explorer even with it in memory. You can also soft boot and replace the images before the first run.

Or, even better, add the following lines to the end of LaunchAction.mscr:

Sleep(10000)
Kill("HTCActionScreen.exe")

EDIT: This is in fact such a good idea that I've uploaded a new CAB with this change, see first post.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] farqui:
Thanks for helping me out so promptly, cheers. If you're unloading the app from memory does that mean a slight delay on each start-up ?

Would it be possible to revamp the background.brn and BG*.brn files so it's easier to adjust the icon order ? At the moment it's quite fiddly, with basic pic editing tools.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] wedge666:
Slightly, yes.

Sorry, but we're working with the limitations of the original HTC Action Screen application.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] gpoint:
So useful!!! Thanks a lot for this nice app!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] reminiscent:
Do i need to uninstall the old version before installing the new version or i can just "upgrade" it?

One bug i found is that my wifi icon remain lighted up even after i click on it to turn it off.

Click wifi icon (become lighted up) -> Turning wifi on.

Click wifi icon (icon remain lighted up) -> turning wifi Off.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] wedge666:
Just install the cab, WinMo will take care of the uninstall/install stuff.

Strange. Make sure you have both WiFi and BT off before upgrading. Even if you already upgraded, turn both off and install again. Let me know if it solved it.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] reminiscent:
Upgraded with both WiFi and BT off.

Try turning WiFi on and Off ... again, the light is still lighted up.

If there's any chances, i'm currently roaming, will that affect the flag you are reading?

I'll try on a normal SIM card and see if it happens.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] wedge666:
Maybe. Do me a favor if you can: check the value of HKLM\System\State\Hardware\Wifi in the registry. I'm not sure about all the possible values and their meanings and it would help to know which ones mean "off" besides 1.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] reminiscent:
I tried with a non roaming SIM card and it's still the same.

These are the values i gotten off from the registry.

After soft reset: Wifi - 1

Turning WiFi ON - 7

Turning WiFi OFF - 5

I'm not sure why my WiFi stays at 5 rather than go back to 1....
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] wedge666:
That's what's causing it, I really don't know what values are supossed to signify off... Maybe I should add 5 to the list...

In the meantime try replacing LaunchAction.mscr with the one attached.