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[General Questions and Answers] ZaidSenall:
I've tried using third party players (TCPMP, Nitrogen, Mortplayer) but i can't control any of those with the forward/back buttons on the HD2 hands free, and when I lock the phone with the end key to put it in my pocket, the only player that keeps playing music is the Sense Music Player, all the others stop playing and i have to unlock the phone and hit play again.

Also, with Sense Music Player, I can be reading something on the internet, or using my GPS and I can still change songs without having to go to the music tab or switching applications by simply using the forward/back buttons on my hands free, so i prefer to skip the files i don't want to listen to (little annoyance) to having to switch applications or to not being able to lock the phone (big annoyance)

So in my opinion, the only thing that the Sense Music player is missing to be perfect is the ability to tell it which folders to scan for music, like Mortplayer does, for instance.

I use mortplayer for audiobooks, the ability to add bookmarks to mp3 audiobooks is great, no other player can do that as far as i know. (there is Overdrive Media Console, but you have to use THEIR audiobooks)

thanks for your reply, though... as i said, all help is appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] Menneisyys:
btw, as far as button assignment problems are concerned, did you try third-party tools? see my dedicated article at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=337602
[General Questions and Answers] r3s-rt:
Create a file named .nomedia in the directory in which you don't want them to show up. This works on Android, not sure what OS you're using.

Edit: You're using sense. It will work. Worked for me anyways. I have "Better Keyboard" installed and it stores all sounds on SD Card so I created .nomedia and viola, it's all gone from my music player. File needs to be blank, just needs to be named .nomedia.

Another edit: I guess you're not android. I thought you were talking about Android Sense. I'm sorry, but I can't help on this matter. Very sorry. However, if you ever get Android, there's a trick for you. ;)
[General Questions and Answers] ZaidSenall:
will check this out and see what I can do with it.

Tried it, but windows doesn't let you create a file with only an extension and no file name... it would have been great if it had worked! There's got to be a registry setting somewhere! if only somebody knew it and shared it!

thank you for your help, though! I appreciate it!
[General Questions and Answers] ZaidSenall:
One workaround i found is making a playlist with all the songs on the device and skip all other audio files, but this is annoying and takes a lot of time...
[General Questions and Answers] lui22:
try using A_C S2P AND S2U2
[General Questions and Answers] felixdd:
S2P will only detect play/pause. It will not detect track forward/backwards.
[General Questions and Answers] chelsea_fc:
iam also looking for this solution on my omnia 2 with sense 2.5, went to the registry with no luck :confused::confused:
[General Questions and Answers] coolmen777:
Another option is to hide all folders you don't want SENSE to scan. Read more here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=5504259
[General Questions and Answers] kontroversus:
I have the same problem... I can't believe HTC didn't think about this issue!
[General Questions and Answers] jfrm:
In old version of windows mobile a dummy "ignore_my_docs" file use to do the trick.

Don't know if it is still effective in wm6 or if it works with the sense media player....
[General Questions and Answers] zacariasgarcia:
+1 i have the same question
[General Questions and Answers] amonterou:
The .nomedia works

This is what I did, I followed the advise of the .nomedia, but since windows does not allow a nameless file I created a "a.nomedia" and pasted into the folder I wanted to exclude.

Then with ES File Explorer in the phone I did a rename and removed the "a". It worked like a charm!! Now I can use HTC Sense Music and no third party.
[General Questions and Answers] leecavturbo:
The .nomedia worked however how do i remove it if I wanted to?

Hidden file?

Es file explore doesn't find it
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] robson10:
Whats the name of the first bootscreen (the white screen with green HTC in it)

and can it be changed?

If so, i need the full name and where its stored.

Thanx.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Dic3ptor:
The first screen after turn on phone can only be changed with flashing a new

bootscreen. For second screen with sound you find some cabs and for the welcom screen too.

Take a look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=625911&highlight=bootscreen
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] robson10:
Ok ....thanks, I already have the second and welcome screen and now i can change the first screen into something better.
[XPERIA X10 General] boo6:
I always get windows mobile news when I choose the X10 in the news section ?!? ;)
[HD2 General] jiggahj:
i seem to have altered something between last night and today, now my hd2 wont pick up any networks. and there is no icon in the top task bar where battery is any body have regular settings to for tmobile maybe i hit something last night that changed a setting. last thing i did was iphonetoday and then i had the wifi icon set to run wifi toggle it was working last night and today after a soft reset all connections were off but fone so i enabled everything and it wont work i get no green dot on the icon and no notification of not connected to networks any idea or help ?
[HD2 General] egzthunder1:
If everything else fails... hard reset. But I would try a few soft resets first, just to make sure. What are you running? (rom)
[HD2 General] jiggahj:
yea

stock tmobile us 2.10.531 , yea i guessss ima have to har reset ima put all my cabs on my mac reset and i guesss start over haha this sucks, i deleted the toggle and theres still no animation ima reset it a couple times i guess

wifi routrer still works and theres the tower with arrow anitmation and now it seems to be pickin up wifi i wonder if it will work after i turn it off or if it will continue to act up
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Apk1:
Not sure what is happening, but as soon as I switch on wifi, then I lose all data connection, email, weather, internet etc

Could I have inadvertently changed a setting somewhere? this only seems to be happening for the last few days.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] da9th_one:
mine does that when im tethered via wifi...to get around that, i tether via usb...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Apk1:
This oes it when not tethered.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] dik23:
Yeah, I get this too but only when the wifi signal's weak. I live in a big old house with really thick walls. I already have 2 routers putting out the same ssid but in the bedroom it's pretty much a no go.

By weak I mean it says it's getting 1-5meg down and 1 up. It just stops the phone getting any data at all. Don't know if that's the same for you. Is it like that when stood in the same room as your router ?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Apk1:
Router is about 3 ft away!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] luke6283:
try this

Start, settings, connections, wifi, wireless networks, network adapters tab and make sure the "my network card connects to..." dropdown box says "The Internet" Hope that helps
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Apk1:
Thanks Luke, I think that has sorted it, I knew it would be something obvious, but didn't know what.
[HD2 General] le_cactus:
Hi,

I've installed the update for Navipanel hoping it would work now, even though I don't have the CU-S400. I start the Navipanel.exe from the exe in the Windows folder, and it starts up as expected. When I try to make a call the dialer always switches to portrait even though Navipanel is in landscape.

Could this be a dialer problem (I have the latest Energy ROM) or is it because I started navipanel by hand.

Anyone knows how to solve this? Is there a registry key that forces the dialer to stay in landscape mode? Or is there something I can do with the microusb power connector (short pins?) to force the landscape mode?

It would be great if anyone is able to give me some details on registry changes when the CU-S400 connects (can be detected using SKTracker) so I can maybe write a utility/tool force this mode without the actual carkit.

Any help is apreciated, I hate it when the device return to portrait while I'm driving.

Thanks in advance.

Edit: Nothing was available so I cooked up something myself. See post 31 for a cab file.
[HD2 General] rp-x1:
Its more of a quick work-around rather than a total fix, but have you tried Gyrator2? Its a program that allows the screen to rotate in pretty much all programs.
[HD2 General] le_cactus:
Hi,

I did, but it doesnt work; the dialer goes to portrait mode, and only switches to landscape again if I hold my phone in portrait and then to landscape again.

Is there noboby who has got it working and is willing to check somethings?

TIA,

Cheers,

/Cacti
[HD2 General] popsrle:
I have htc car holder CU-S400 and for me it stays in the landscape even in dialer mode.

I have tried to start navipanel without car holder but then in dialer mode it goes to portrait.

I belive it is related to micro usb on car holder.I hope this will help.
[HD2 General] le_cactus:
It does, thanks. I've send you a PM.

Cheers,

/Cacti
[HD2 General] rawmondwlesmana:
I'm in Jakarta - Indonesia.

My car kit CU S400 has arrived yesterday, in navi panel mode can we use another program beside co pilot for navigation, how to choose or change the default (co pilot).

I've ask to support center and it's been 36 hours and still no answer to my question.

hope someone can help me.

regards,

Raymond Widya
[HD2 General] le_cactus:
Pinout?

So, digging in some more I found this post. The IsCarKitMode registry key does exist on our HD2's, and changing it's value to 1 briefly brings up the Navipanel. But sometings ( I guess the HTC Application service) changes it rights back to 0, disableing the 'true' landscape mode. Disableing the service isn't an option I think; it handles much more then just the car kit mode. An looking at the DLL that handles the service (HTCApplication.dll) didn't give me much info; the IsCarKitMode strings didn't even exist in it.

So now I'm looking for the pinout of the CU-S400 micro USB connector. I know the three coper connections beside the SIM may have the answer, but I also found threads stating certain Mini2Micro USB adapters made the device think it's in car kit mode. Anyone with any input on how to hardwire this please speakup :)

TIA,

Cheers,

Cacti
[HD2 General] le_cactus:
Never mind, I got it working now :)

Thanks for all your help :D

I've got a working NaviPanel and landscape dialer even withou the CU-S400. It detects AC power, waits for my BT Carkit to connect and then starts NaviPanel. True landscape, even if the dialer is started and when a call comes in.

Now all I need to figure out why every navigation shortcut in NaviPanel adds the Show parameter to CoPilot, and how CoPilot knows need to Go Home, Show Recent places, Addresses of simply start.

Again, I need the help. this time from someone using CoPilot and who is willing to use SKTracker to find out what's going on. I almost have the perfect solution, I'm nearly there :)

TIA,

Cheers,

/Cacti
[HD2 General] ivku:
Would you like to share your setup ?
[HD2 General] popsrle:
Go on le_cactus,and I am glad to see that you found solution for your problem.

I am sorry for didn't send you requested screenshot,but I was on trip and I didn't have good internet connection.

I hope you will find solution how to integrate alternative navigation system with navipanel,and I hope one of them will be GarminXT.
[HD2 General] iBlade67:
You know I really hate when someone says "I found a solution" and does not care enough to share the solution with others, but yet had to ask here in the first place. As for the navipanel, if you connect pin 4 to ground it will start up navipanel and let you use the dialer in landscape without it rotating to portrait first. Hope this helps others finding their way here for a solution.
[HD2 General] bob_bournemouth:
duplicate sorry!
[HD2 General] bob_bournemouth:
Yes that was Bl**dy annoying.

However here is the answer.

It is possible to modify any car power adapter to enable navipanel. You must indeed connect pin 4 to ground pin 5. However I have discovered it is not that simple, that did not work on my power adapter. The reason was this.

Most power adapters connect pins 2+3 (the USB data lines) together to identify that it is a charger capable of supplying higher power than a PC USB port. This enables "fast charge". with these pins connected the HD2 wont go into navipanel.

It is neccessary to remove the link between pins 2+3 and instead link 4+5.

This allows the HD2 to switch to navipanel mode and at the same time recognise there is a high power charger present!!

The pins look like this from the rear

* * *

* *

numbered

5 3 1

4 2

I hope this helps someone else looking for this solution. It would be great if you could buy a "proper" aftermarket car adapter for the HD2 that had this mod done!

Cheers all and enjoy!
[HD2 General] extrapurifier:
Hi Bob,

I was also annoyed ybout the missing possibility to start the car kit mode. The Navi Panel was not a problem to start with a shortcut but unfortunately the predefined connect to my Parrot hands free set via bluetooth wouldnt work. So I have to crack it on the hardware side :-)

I was very happy about your posting and the provided solution. I plan to start a field trial with a micro USB cable, my side cutter and my soldering iron. Hopefully I can affirm your pin-bridges :-)

But before I start, I have to be sure that I count the plug pins right. Is the numbering of attached picture right or should I have to count otherwise?

Thanks for your help.
[HD2 General] extrapurifier:
Here I got the answer!

http://translate.google.at/translat....cz/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=73&p=1037#p1037
[HD2 General] Motagaly:
original usb adaptor solved this issue

I am coming from tytn II and I have the original htc car charger, when I purchased the HD2 I found that the charger can't be used with it, then I went back to HTC store here in Saudi Arabia and asked for an adaptor (USB mini to USB micro), and it cost less than 3 USD :) and once I attached to the HD2 it went to the Navipanal.

I think the solution of the resistor was built in it or it is because of using the original HTC car charger (which was for the Tytn II).

Funny thing that I thought that this is natural with any Car charger till I saw this thread :)
[HD2 General] le_cactus:
CU-S400 Emulator

Hi,

I finaly got a working CU-S400 Car Holder emulator! When using my HD2 in landscape mode in my car I ran into the following problems:

The device changes to portrait mode everytime the dialer comes up

The device always goes to speakerphone on incoming calls, even though my Parrot carkit is connected. Outgoing call are routed through my Parrot carkit though. I always had to manualy disable speakerphone on every incomming call.

I have to switch on Bluetooth everytime I enter my car; having BT on all the time drains my battery to fast

Running NaviPanel (to solve part of the above problems) disables the StartMenu hardkey, and changes the Home hardkey to always change to NaviPanel instead of Sense.

The attached ZIP file contains the following files:

CarKitMode Detect Helper.exe - A modified file that is originaly used by the Via Michelin GSP software. It detects if AC Power is connected of disconnected, and the launches my HTC_car_kit_mode_auto.exe. It either launches with the AC_ON or AC_OFF parameter, depending on wheter AC is connected or disconnected.

CarKitMode Detect Helper.lnk - The shortcut that is placed in \Windows\StartUp to autostart the monitoring of te AC connection.

HTC_car_kit_mode_auto.exe - A Basic4PPC file I created. If started with the AC_ON parameter it changes the registry so my HD2 thinks it's connected to a CU-S400 Car Holder. It enables Blueooth and then waits for 2 minutes to see i the bluetooth device specified in NaviPanel settings is connected. If not, shuts itself down after disabling Bluetooth. If Bluetooth is connected sits, and waits for a call, and then disables speakerphone if it sees that speakerphone is enabled. That way the call is routed through the BT device.

When started with the AC_OFF parameter it changes the registry back, disables BT and shuts itself down.

VJSpeakerPhoneOFF.exe - The program that is called to disable speakerphone. It's part of the VJPhoneShortcuts suite that was created many years back by Vijay555. Big thanks to him, although I'm sure there are other programs that will do the same.

I've tested a lot, and can't find any battery or performance penalty for the always running helper application. And the HTC_car_kit_mode_auto only runs if AC power is connected, and then only for two minutes if the BT device isn't connected. Just unzip the attached CU-S400 Emulator.zip to the root of your device and soft reset. I tried to make a CAB file, but installing it always failes, haven't got a clue why. If anyone find a way to create this cab file, please let me know.

Best way to use this if BT is disabled by default. And it's not necessary to enable the auto launch of NaviPanel. I don't use it anymore. It disables the StartMenu hardkey, and since I don't use CoPilot it doesn't do much for me. By using these utilities I do have true landscape support for the dialer, and I works with any AC power connection, no need to modify the USB connector. I'm very happy, my in car experience is 100% better now.

Hope this helps anyone, if not I'm still happy, it works for me!

Cheers,

/Cacti
[HD2 General] extrapurifier:
Hi,

unfortunately this wont work on my ROM. I use original german ROM with all updates. If I copy your "Startup" shortcut to my "Autostart" folder I get an error message, that the application is not certified or some components are missing. I already dissabled the "uncertified" message with HD2Tweak and it works for other apps.

Best regards
[HD2 General] le_cactus:
Hi,

At what point does the error message occur? At startup (while launching CarKitMode Detect Helper.exe) or when connecting or disconnecting power?

Cheers,

/Cacti
[HD2 General] extrapurifier:
At StartUp. Maybe it's because I use german ROM?
[HD2 General] le_cactus:
Hi,

I ran it a while on a Dutch ROM, so I don't think that will be the problem. Did you try install the sdkcerts?

Cheers,

/Cacti
[HD2 General] extrapurifier:
Unfortunately wont work. I installed the sdkcerts cab attached at your last post but got the same error message again :( When I try to start the CarKitMode Detect Helper.exe directly by cklicking it in the File Exxplorer, the same error message occurs.

I also was a little bit suprised ybout your problem descriptions with the loud speaker. I never have had them. I use a Parrot CK3100 BT hands free set in my car and if I activate bluetooth on phone it connects directly to the parrot hands free set.

But I also have the same problem with landscape and Sense, dialer etc. so I was looking long time for a software solution which you provided for you for now :)

I am looking for a solution which activates car kit mode automatically with AC on and deactivates it automatically with AC off. I never had an issue with loud speaker!?
[HD2 General] le_cactus:
Hi,

What happens if you manualy start HTC_car_kit_mode_auto.exe? Do you also get errors?

Cheers,

/Cacti
[HD2 General] extrapurifier:
When I start HTC_car_kit_mode_auto.exe I get a popup with "CarKitMode Disabled"

When I start HTC_car_kit_mode_disabled.exe I get an error message with "An error occurred on sub_main_app_start. Win32Exception Continue?". Followed by two buttons ("Yes" or "no").

When I start HTC_car_kit_mode_enabled.exe I get the Navi Panel (and also the full Car Kit Mode). To stop the Car Kit Mode I have to start the HTC_car_kit_mode_auto.exe manualy. :confused:
[HD2 General] extrapurifier:
Any idea? :confused:
[HD2 General] le_cactus:
Hi,

No sorry, haven't got a clue. It's alle working for me on my Energy ROM, but I've tried various other ROM's and they all worked OK. I didn't try stock ROM's though.

Sorry...

Cheers,

/Cacti
[HD2 General] extrapurifier:
hi,

I tried with original ROM and als with the ARTEMIS one, it wouldnt work ... hmm, strange.

But, I got another solution. I use Phone Weaver. A little utility which allows you to raun profiles dependen from different actions (e.g. Power on). I actually use it that way, that Power on, starts "HTC_car_kit_mode_enabled.exe" and Power off starts "HTC_car_kit_mode_auto.exe" That works perfectly for me because Car Kit Mode gets running and colsed autmatically. It also connects automatically to my Parrot Hands free set.

But!

When Car Kit Mode gets dissabled, I always have to quit a little Pop Up menu. so my question to you is:

Could you modify the "HTC_car_kit_mode_auto.exe" programm in that way, that i closes the Car Kit Mode without prompting up a pop up? That would be very great :-)

Best regards
[HD2 General] le_cactus:
Hi,

Weird, I reaaly don't get why the CarKitMode Detect Helper.exe doesn't work for you guys. It ought to start \Program Files\CarKitMode\HTC_car_kit_mode_auto.exe with the right parameter. If your language is let's say German your Program Files folder might be names Programmen and then would explain the errors. Creating the folder like \Program Files\CarKitMode\ and placing the files in there should solve it.

But anyways, coming to your problem, did you try Phone Weaver to start HTC_car_kit_mode_auto.exe with the AC_ON and AC_OFF parameters? This should work. If it doesn't work, what are the errors you are experiencing?

Cheers,

/Cacti
[HD2 General] le_cactus:
CU S400 Emulator V2.0

Hi,

I created a new single application taht does it all. Just start copy it to your device. If you like it and wanna keep just it create a shortcut in the \Windows\StartUp folder. I may create a Cab if anyone wants it.

Again (as with the earlier version) it assume U already entered the settings for NaviPanel. I for example have it Auto connect the below Bluetooth device in car kit mode to my Parrot CK3100, but I don't let it Auto launch NaviPanel in car kit mode. That way it turns on Bluetooth for me and connects my CarKit.

Nice side effect is that it auto close the LockScreen (even if you don't wanna use the Car Kit Mode functionality). I haven't found another way to kill / close / unlock the lockscreen programmaticaly, but NaviPannel does it flawlessly :)

The program is event driven so it doesn't use any processor/battery power. Only if you have it to connect your BlueTooth device it runs for two minutes to connect to that device.

Hopes someone benefits from it, like I do,

Edit: Uploaded v1.1 due to a bug in Power signaling. As soon as the device was charges to 100% it would be seen as a ACPowerDisconnect.

Cheers,

/Cacti