According to my site statistics, a lot of people ended up on the HTC Wizard Blog after entering search terms related to soft resets and hard resets in search engines. Could it be that you don’t know how to perform a soft reset or a hard reset? Or maybe you don’t know when to perform a soft reset or a hard reset? Here is some more information.
Soft reset
A soft reset is comparable to the occasional restart your Windows OS needs after you installed new software or after you changed some configuration settings. In those cases, changes have been made to the registry, which cannot be activated with the OS still running. Hence a restart is necessary. On your HTC Wizard there are two methods to perform a soft reset.
The first method is to put your stylus in the Reset button located on the right side of your HTC Wizard. Just give it a little push, and your HTC Wizard will immediately reset. Be aware that this method causes an immediate reset. Changes you made in the seconds before the reset may not have been written back to your device yet, and may get lost. That’s why people sometimes complain that registry tweaks are not activated after a soft reset.
The second method to perform a soft reset overcomes this problem, and is even simpler. You don’t even need your stylus. Just push and hold the Power button located at the right top of your HTC Wizard for 5 seconds. Your HTC Wizard will prompt you with a message that unsaved data may be lost, but you can just ignore that. In fact, recent changes will be written back to your device. Just confirm that you want to shut down your device, and power your HTC Wizard back on after the screen went black.
Hard reset
A hard reset of your HTC Wizard can be compared with a complete new install of the Operating System. Be aware that all your data and installed software will be erased by performing a hard reset, so make sure you have backups available before performing a hard reset.
Again, there are two methods available to perform a hard reset of your HTC Wizard. The first method is the easiest, but seems to be the least known method:
- Open the Start menu
- Select Settings
- Select the tab System
- Select Clear Storage
- You will now be prompted with a warning about the consequences of a hard reset, and will be asked to copy a word into a form and to confirm by pressing the left Soft Button
The first method is only availalbe when your HTC Wizard is functioning correctly. If that is not the case, a second method using only hardware buttons is available:
- Press and hold both the Comm Mannager Button and the Voice Command Button
- While keeping those two buttons pressed, press the Reset Button with your stylus
- After about a second you will be prompted for confirmation. Press the Talk Button to confirm
Installing programs on your HTC Wizard
Installing programs on your HTC Wizard is easy, if you know how to. From the comments I learnt that not everyone knows how to, so here is some explanation. There are three ways to get a program to run on your device, which method to use depends on the type of file you downloaded.
Installation from your desktop PC
The majority of programs are distributed as an executable file with the .exe extention. Those are the easiest to install. To be able to install these programs, you will have to set up a ActiveSync connection. When the ActiveSync connection is active, simply execute the file on your desktop PC, and installation will start. Just follow the directions you'll be prompted with.
Installing .cab files
Some programs are distributed as .cab files. If you download these programs to a desktop PC that has Winrar installed you might be prompted with the question if you want to either open the .cab file in Winrar, or save it to disk. Do not open the file with Winrar, save it to disk.
Now you need to get an ActiveSync connection active again. Click the Explore button in ActiveSync, and an explorer window will open on your desktop PC. You can now navigate to the My Documents directory and copy/paste the .cab file onto your HTC Wizard.
All you have to do now is open File Explorer on your device, navigate to My Documents and tap the .cab file. Follow the directions on your screen.
Main Memory or Memory Card?
In theory you should be able to install programs either in Main Memory or on the Memory Card. However, some programs will not run when you install them onto your Memory Card. If you installed a program onto your Memory Card and find that it doesn't run, first de-install and then re-install in Main Memory before you start pulling your hair out.
This .exe file will not run on my desktop PC!
A minority of programs available for your HTC Wizard is distributed as a single .exe file that can be run straight from your device. You will know when you deal with such a program the minute you try to install it using the standard method for .exe files. Your desktop will complain that the file is not a valid Win32 application. That is your cue to put the .exe on your device just like you would do with a .cab file. The difference is that this does not install the program, it justs allows you to run the device straight from the HTC Wizard.
This method has a downside, programs are not available from Programs in the Start Menu. To remedy that you can make a shortcut though, for example with Total Commander.
Installing Software Without Functioning ActiveSync
- It seems pretty obvious that ActiveSync (even 4.1) has a LOT of problems on different setups. Some people can't get it to work ever, others can only get it to work once, and others use a mac (so they're pretty much screwed.).
This article is about skirting the problems with ActiveSync to install sofware on your Wizard.
The first, and simplest is to just download the CAB file version of the app you want to the mobile device. I see 3 ways to do this.
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- Use the Wizard to get the CAB file from the internet.
- Download the CAB file to a desktop/laptop machine and use Bluetooth to send it to the Wizard. (HOWTO for a Mac)
- Download the CAB file to a desktop/laptop machine, put it on an FTP server, and get it with Total Commander on the Wizard.
- Download the installer from the internet on a PC.
- Run the installer.
- Windows will tell you that the software will be installed on your mobile device when you next sync it. (it might, but if you can't sync it, it will never install.)
- Locate the CAB file the installer created. Usually they are located in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft ActiveSync" in a sub folder for each application. (the .NET compact framework does not, it installs the CAB to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\CompactFramework\v2.0\WindowsCE\wce500\armv4i" by default and you have to pick the RIGHT CAB file there - it's NETCFv2.wm.armv4i.cab)
- Treat this CAB file as you did in the first set of instructions except that step 1 isn't possible.
ROMs explained
You probably have been searching for information about your HTC Wizard, and you probably read about the terms ROM and Extended ROM. I will try to explain what a ROM or Extended ROM is, and will try to explain what their relation is and what the differences are.
You, being a human being, want to have a nice interface to control your HTC Wizard. Controlling the hardware inside the HTC Wizard is not something you can do directly, and it is in most cases not even something that the software you install on your HTC Wizard can do directly. You need an interface for controlling the hardware, an interface that translates your actions to calls to the hardware inside your HTC Wizard. That interface is Windows Mobile 5, the operating system built by Microsoft. This operating system is the interface between the HTC Wizard hardware and you and vice versa.
Unlike the available operating systems for your ordinary PC, you can’t just go to a computer store and buy yourself a version of Windows Mobile 5. Microsoft only delivers Windows Mobile 5 to manufacterers of handheld devices, and they put it on these devices. That is where the branding by the different manufacterers begins. Before they put the operating system on their devices, to have the ability to make changes. For example, most manufacterers disabled the option to connect to 802.11g wireless networks, even though the HTC Wizard hardware supports 802.11g.
After the manufacterer made the desired changes, they create a ROM that can be installed on your mobile device. This ROM contains the operating system including the changes the manufacterer made to is.
Then there is the Extended ROM. Do you remember what happened the first time you powered on your new HTC Wizard? It booted, asked you the walk through the screen alignment proces, showed you some basic user operations, and asked you to fill in your owner information. So far, every HTC Wizard will have the same experiences with the first boot of his HTC Wizard.
From that moment on, what you saw happening depends of the brand of your HTC Wizard. That moment was the moment that the Extended ROM on your device got installed. This Extended ROM can be compared to the OEM versions of windows operating systems on your ordinary PC. After the base operating system is installed, software added by the manufacterer gets installed. Which software that is depends on your manufacterer. I-mate for example, added Skype and anti virus software in the Extended ROM in their K-JAM.
Because the hardware on all HTC Wizards is the same, ROMs and Extended ROMs from any HTC Wizard, can be used on any other HTC Wizard. Have a look at the ROMs categorie on this blog. The articles in this categorie will lead you to sites with lots of information about the different ROMs and Extended ROMs out there.
You may have run into the term Radio ROM as well. What, a third kind of ROM? Yes, indeed. The processor in your HTC Wizard is in fact a dual core processor. One of the cores is used for the PDA functionality, the other core is used for the telephony. Just like with any other mobile phone, your HTC Wizard needs software to be able to use the phone related hardware in your device. This software is called the Radio ROM. It enables you to connect to the GSM/GPRS/EDGE network, makes sure that your device rings or vibrates on incoming calls etcetera. Newer versions of the Radio ROM generaly provide better connectivity and better sound quality. Again, the articles in the ROMs categorie will lead you to sites with lots of information about the different Radio ROMs out there.
Upgrading the ROM on your HTC Wizard
Upgrading the ROM on your HTC Wizard is a relatively simple task, but there a few things you should do before attempting to do so.
When you upgrade your ROM, your device will be completely wiped. That includes all software, all data, and all settings. If any of those are valuable to you, you should make sure that you save it in a safe location.
The easiest way to save your calendar items, contacts etc., is to sync them to your desktop PC. You can simply set up a fresh sync relationship after the ROM upgrade to get the data back on your device.
Software and settings are a different story. To be able to backup and restore those, you need special backup software. Pointers to good backup software would be appreciated. Please be aware that restoration of backups made on a pre-AKU2 ROM may not be possible on a device loaded with an AKU2 ROM version.
Now that you have all your valuable date stored in a safe place you can start upgrading the ROM. If you try to upgrade for the first time, go for an upgrade with a RUU version. This an executable file that you can simply start from your desktop PC while having an ActiveSync connection active. Just follow the directions on your screen and you'll be good. All ROMs currently available here on the HTC Wizard Web are of this type.
Please note that you should CID unlock your device if you want to use a ROM that was not released by your devices manufacterer.
When you want to upgrade, please make sure that your battery is fully charged. A failed ROM upgrade can be remedied but that takes a lot more effort, so you don't want your battery to give up on you at 50% of the upgrade proces.
The total upgrade proces should take about 10 minutes, and might appear to stop a few times. Don't worry unless the process takes well over these 10 minutes.
SIM unlock and CID unlock your HTC Wizard
- Your HTC Wizard can be locked in two ways. There is the well known SIM lock that your operator may have put on, and there will be the CID lock. This CID lock is sometimes called Vendor lock, because it was put on your device by the manufacterer to prevent installation of a ROM not released by them.
Both these locks can be removed.
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Before we get into the details, please take a moment to consider wether you want to and are allowed to remove the SIM lock and CID lock.
Operators put a SIM lock on their phones because they do not charge you the full price for phones you buy from them. Putting a SIM lock on the devices they sell prevents end users from using the device with another operators SIM and protects the operators investment in getting you to sign a contract with them.
With most operators, you can have the SIM lock removed after a certain period of time into your contract and/or by paying them. Check your contract, removing the SIM lock yourself might be a breach of contract and might be unnecessary because your operator will do it for you. Furthermore, removal of a SIM lock might be illegal by law where you are, and (charging for) unlocking someone elses device may be illegal by law where you are. It is up to yourself to investigate the legal consequences of removing any SIM lock before you attempt to do so. And of course, it is up to yourself to consider wether it is okay to remove the SIM lock from an ethical point of view.
Removing the CID lock is not illegal, but it will void your warranty. Again, it is up to yourself to consider the ethics.
Removal of the SIM and/or CID lock is made easy by Lokiwiz, a program developped by machinagod at the XDA Developers Forum. Registered members of the HTC Wizard Web will find his tool attached to this article. Unzip the file on your desktop and follow the following instructons, which I copied from this topic on the XDA Developer Forum.
- Unzip lokiwiz.zip to somewhere in your computer
- Copy EnableRapi.cab to your Wizard
- Execute the EnableRapi.cab in your phone. Wait for it to finish
- Guarantee that your phone is connected via ActiveSync with the computer
- Execute lokiwiz.bat (on your desktop computer!) and follow the instructions on your screen
A ROM for every HTC Wizard brand (Qtek)
- Qtek has a very close relationship with HTC (they share the same owner), so HTC Wizard owners have been waiting for ROM updates from Qtek with a lot of anticipation. Not without reason, benchmarking in the pre-AKU2 days showed that the Qtek 1.6.7 ROM was the fastest HTC Wizard ROM available. A leaked test ROM from Qtek is the only HTC Wizard ROM available that includes A2DP, however, this feature did not make it into the official release. Because of this, many people still favour the test ROM over the official AKU2 release from Qtek.
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The HTC Wizard Web runs on a dedicated hosting machine. I get a fair amount of monthly traffic included with the contract, but extra traffic needs to be paid. Feel free to download any ROM you want to try, but please don't download them all just for the sake of downloading. If you got a few cents to spare, please consider a small donation. If things get out of hand (i.e. my monthly bill gets scary), I'll have to take the links down.
Of course, downloads are available to members only. For now, only World Wide English ROMS are available here.
Qtek ROMs
The following three ROMs are available:
- Qtek 1.6.7 shipping ROM
- Leaked Qtek 2.8.7 test ROM, includes A2DP
- Official Qtek AKU2 ROM
- ROM Version
- ROM date
- Extended ROM version
- Radio version
- Protocol version
- What did Qtek customise?
- What extra software is included?
- Your experiences running this ROM
- Anything else you would like to share
A ROM for every HTC Wizard brand (Cingular)
- The HTC Wizard can be tweaked, and there are several ROMs available for the HTC Wizard. The combination of that makes the HTC Wizard the most fun Pocket PC Phone out there. I posted some tweaks yesterday, today I a gathered a set of HTC Wizard ROMs for you to download. I'll release a set daily.
- Original shipping ROM
- Custom Cingular 8125 AKU2 ROM
- ROM Version
- ROM date
- Extended ROM version
- Radio version
- Protocol version
- What did Cingular customise?
- What extra software is included?
- Your experiences running this ROM
- Anything else you would like to share
Windows Mobile 5
Furthermore, some Windows Mobile 5 settings are very wanted by many, but few know where to find them. The same goes for some actions Windows Mobile 5 can perform. You know it is possible, but don't exactly how.
In this part of the HTC Wizard Handbook you will find tips and tricks to tailor Windows Mobile 5 to your needs simply by using its built-in configuration options, and tips about how to perform those powerfull actions. So, no tweaking of the registry in this part of the handbook, just click around.
Better file browsing on your HTC Wizard
- The standard file browser in PPC applications only shows you a small selection of directories, it does not allow you to browse the entire internal storage and storage on your Memory Card. That isn’t really helpfull if you for example want to send someone a e-mail with a attachement that you have stored in a non-standard directory.
This tweak solves that, by activating an alternative file browser you can freely browse your entire directory structure.
[adsense:300x250:3:3]Unzip the file attached to this article (only visible to members of the HTC Wizard Web), and move the two extracted files into the Windows directory on your HTC Wizard.
Now go to the Start Menu, Settings and System. You will find a new menu item called File Dialog Changer. When you open it, you can enable the alternative file dialog by ticking the box. In the same screen you can add applications to the exception list. Those applications will use the standard file dialog.
From now on, when you for example want to attach a file to an e-mail, you will be able to select it from the entire file tree on your HTC Wizard, instead of only being able to browse a pre-selected set of directories.
Send files over Bluetooth from your HTC Wizard
- People send files from one mobile phone to another over Bluetooth all the time. On the HTC Wizard the method to do this is not too obvious. A short explanation:
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- Enable Bluetooth on the receiving device and on your HTC Wizard
- Use File Explorer to browse to the directory that contains the file you want to transfer
- Tap and hold the file, and select Beam File...
T9 input in your own language on your HTC Wizard
- Many people own a HTC Wizard with Windows Mobile 5 in a language that is different from their own language. In order for those people to be able to use the T9 input method for text messaging in their own language, some settings need to be made:
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- Go to Settings in the Start menu
- Select Input
- Select Phone Pad from the drop-down menu
- Select Options
- Select the tab Languages
- Select the desired language from the drop-down menu
Useful software
Your HTC Wizard came with a basic set of programs pre-installed. They are either part of Windows Mobile 5, or were added to the Extended ROM by the manufacterer.
In this part of the handbook we gather what members have written about additional software they installed and use. Their experience can be positive as well as negative, that does not influence wether their writings end up here in the handbook.
If you are a member of the HTC Wizard Web and have written an article about some piece of software that you think should be in the handbook, please send me a private message. I or one of the other contributing members will review your article and either add it to the handbook or ask you to make the changes that we feel are necessary before adding your article to the handbook.
2.xx ExtendedROM unlocker
- Just read at Buzzdev there is a program for unlocking the extended rom for version 2.XX of the wizard.
Could be intresting for tweaking a bit more.
origenal post is here : Forum post
Link to the file
- unpack
- copy it over to your device
- run it
This will make your ExtendedROM writable, NOT visible.
Sometimes, files in ExtendedROM are marked as READONLY and you have to clear that bit.
Use TotalCommander CE to display content of your ExtendedROM for now.
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Battery Pack Pro, Pocket Zen Phone, Magic Button
- I tried out Battery Pack Pro for a few days. While all of the stuff on there looked cool, I started getting annoyed at the lady with a British voice letting me know that my "Memory Is Low" and so forth (I never found a way of disabling this). I also found myself having to do soft resets several times daily because the device would lock up and figured that this program was the problem. I uninstalled it and I haven't had to do a reset since. I can't seem to get it to work properly. I'm wondering if anyone has had a pleasant experience with this program or perhaps some tips on getting it to function properly.
[adsense:300x250:3:3]I just installed Pocket Zen Phone this morning because I need something that will silent and enable sounds according to time/day. The user interface is somewhat easy to figure out without having to read the instructions. This is a great program if you want your ringer silenced while sleeping but need to have it come back on automatically.
I've also installed Magic Button and I don't know why I didn't install this earlier. This makes opening/closing programs much easier to manage. I originally installed Battery Pack Pro because I wanted something that would close out programs from the memory without having to click a bunch of times to get to the memory through Settings.
BlackBerry Connect
- So some may say that with a device like the HTC Wizard, that there is little or no need for a service like BlackBerry Connect. Just in case you were not aware, RIM has software called BlackBerry Connect that runs on non-BlackBerry devices, devices that run Windows Mobile, Palm or Symbian.
Anyway, the software exists and has been released in some European and Asian countries that RIM operates the BlackBerry service. Now that the NTP legal battle has been settled, there may be a chance that BlackBerry Connect for Windows Mobile makes it's way to the US and other countries.
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From some recent Googling, I've learned that T-Mobile Germany has the software available for their version of the HTC Wizard, the MDA Vario. There is a great discussion over on XDA Developers on the installation of the software, and unfortunately few are having success at getting it to work.
One thing I think many may not understand is that RIM themselves manage the BlackBerry service through their many Network Operations Centers (NOCs) located around the world. Each carrier and corporate customer has a unique account, and PIN code for their devices. This way a corporate customer can have devices from many, many carriers and still provide service through one system. Knowing this, it is absolutely critical that RIM support the software on the device that a person is trying to run it on.
My hope is that RIM starts supporting the BlackBerry Connect software with their corporate customers, who's employees may want to purchase a Palm, Windows Mobile, Symbian or Linux based device instead of a true BlackBerry.
I for one can't live without the functionality of my Windows Mobile 5 based T-Mobile MDA varient of the HTC Wizard.
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Blogging from your HTC Wizard with Pocket SharpMT
- Not too long ago moblogging was an enormous hype. Maybe that hype came a little too early, mobile devices just were not up to the job. That has now changed. Devices like the HTC Wizard offer everything you need for moblogging. A camera, networking through WIFI, GPRS or EDGE, and a full fledged operating system.
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On March 4th, Pocket SharpMT 3.2.1 was released. The program was tested on a Cingular 8125, and according to the author is works perfect. Pocket SharpMT supports the Moveable Type blogging API which is well supported by several blogging systems.
Pocket SharpMT is available as donationware. HTC Wizard Members will find the program attached at the bottom of this article. The program requires the .NET Compact Framework version 2.0, so you should download and install that first.
I would love to hear if people can use Pocket SharpMT to blog here on the HTC Wizard Web as well. The HTC Wizard Web supports the Moveable Type blogging API, which is available in the web root as xmlrpc.php. You should change the configuration for Pocket SharpMT accordingly. I am not sure if posting images will work. You'll have to specify the upload location in the configuration, thah should probably be files/.
I can here you all thinking. "Why the hell does he ask us to test, can't he do it himself?". Well, I could and eventualy I will. However, I promised my girlfriend that I would do some housekeeping tonight. If she finds me with my Qtek 9100 in my hand and the dishes still in the sink, I will be in big trouble. So not tonight, maybe later.
Create your own tiny launch tray
- There are a lot of Today plugins available out there, some of them good, some of them not so good. Most of them come with a lot of features, and in a lot of cases at the cost of rather hefty use of resources.
PHM TrayLaunch is a very small application that does only one thing. Only one thing, but it does it very good. It lets you creat one bar filled with launch icons of your choice at the bottom of your screen.
[adsense:300x250:3:3]Installation of this application is simple, just upload the file that you'll find attached to this article (only visible to members of the HTC Wizard Web) to your device. A subdirectory within the Program Files directory is advised. Then place a shortcut to the .exe file in \Windows\Start Menu\Programs so you can start the application from your Programs menu.
Configuration of the program requires you to manualy add the path to your favorite applications. You can even add launch icons for specific items in your Settings menu’s, but that requires some more knowledge about the path and command to be used and about how to assign the icon of your choice to appear on the tray bar. I you are interested, I suggest you have a look at the thread on the XDA Developers Forum.
Flits Nav, (Dutch) mobile speed cameras as POI in TomTom Navigator
- If you are a TomTom user, then you know the Point-Of-Interest that really has your interest are those annoying mobile speed cameras. FlitsNav is a cute little app that will fetch the current list of Dutch mobile speed cameras as a POI file.
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It can do it once, or at fixed intervals (e.g. every 15 min.). The files are small (usually less than 1 kB), so one need not fear high bills for GPRS datatraffic.
TomTom will pick up the POI file on the fly. And of course, don't forget to configure TomTom to sound a sirene when approaching a speed cam. Definately a killer app if you ask me!
You can find more info on FlitsNav (in Dutch) here
GameBoy Advance on your Wizard!
- I recently got my Wizard (T-mobile MDA), spent a few days configuring my device. Syncing with MS ActiveSync via Bluetooth, installing all nifty utility software on board (Resco, Spb Software, etc..). Did all the registry hacks possible and even clocked my CPU. After this was all done and said my device was extremely functional as a PDA but there was no fun!
The games on board were mediocre. I went searching on the web and I wasn’t too impressed with the selection of action games that were out there. So I started to look for any possible GameBoy emulators that could be out there. There weren’t too many and the few that were out either didn’t quite run to well or didn’t run at all on WM5 (Windows Mobile 5.0). I finally ran into one and I’ve been happily playing Mario Kart and other games that I’ve found the ROMS for on the web.
[adsense:160x600:3:3]Note: A video game ROM is just and image of the game that can be copied over to your device so that the emulator can load for you to play.
So I wanted to outline in this article the steps for you to get this up and running on your wizard…
1. Download these files to your PC:
Note: Must be signed in to see files attatched to this article
a. fmodce.zip
b. PocketGBA.zip
c. MarioKart ROM could not be uploaded due to some potential copyright issues, however there are many ROMS are available on the web.
Unzip all files to there own respective directories.
2. From the decompressed fmodce.zip file, Copy files fmodce.dll and fmodce.lib to your \Windows directory on your wizard.
3. Create a folder on your device (\Program Files\GameBoyAdvance) and from the decompressed PocketGBA.zip file copy all files gsgetfile.dll, PocketGBA.cfg, PocketGBA.exe to this folder you’ve created.
4. Create a folder on your device (\My Documents\My Games\GameBoyAdvance) and from the decompressed MarioKart.zip file copy all files to this directory.
5. Navigate to where you copied PocketGBA.exe to (From Step 3) and execute. The interface will load up, now with your stylus touch the “load” icon.
Navigate to where you saved the MarioKart ROM to (From Step 4). Click Ok in upper right hand corner.
Now click the “Run” icon on the emulator’s interface.
Game will Load! Your wizard should display something that looks like this...
Emulator view set to full screen:
6. This is just an extra tip that I’ve done to simplify navigating to the GameBoy emulator executable through your file browser, just simply create a short cut to GameBoy Advance and put it in your “\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Games\” folder and your GameBoy Advance emulator will now show up there from now on.
Happy Video Gaming!
-LeLe
IIWPO: Let your HTC Wizard phone home
- Imagine how you would feel if someone stole your HTC Wizard. Wouldn't you do anything within your power to get it back? Well, IIWPO empowers you a little more. Originally written for the HTC Himalaya it turns out to work on the HTC Wizard as well.
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From the XDA Developer Wiki:
If someone steals your device, they probably want to either change the name of the owner, or cold boot it altogether. Either way, with IIWPO installed the device detects that the owner name doesn't contain the name that you have set at the next wakeup, and sends one or more SMS messages to a number you have set. In the best case, the new 'owner' provided address and all other relevant information. If he/she didn't, at least you have the new phone number of your device.Installing and configuring IIWPO takes a little effort, and a little extra effort is needed to nicely hide IIWPO in Extended ROM. But hey, it will give you the phone number and/or address of the thief if your HTC Wizard ever gets stolen. You can find the instructions at the aforementioned link. Do mind that your Extended ROM may not be accesible for you. The Extended ROM in older ROM versions could be accessed with Total Commander by navigating to \Extended_ROM\. In newer ROM versions you will still be able to navigate to the Extended ROM, but you will not be able to make changes to it. Bummer... Registered members of the HTC Wizard Web will find IIWPO attached at the bottom of this article. [adsense:468x15:3:3]
Keep an eye at your device stats with this Today plugin
- I recently found THIS great freeware Today plugin in the XDA forum for the HTC Prophet. Although ment for the Prophet, since it features the same OS (WM5) and processor (OMAP) it runs equally well on the Wizard. I won't describe all the features in depth, but limit myself to this (impressive!) list:
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- Battery status, both bar and percentage
- GSM network name and cell broadcast
- Current speed of the processor, and CPU speed management
- Total time called today and this month, total SMS-es sent this month
- GSM signal strength
- Free program memory, free data memory, free Storage memory
- Battery temperature in C or F
- Power consumption in mA or mW
Mobile Registry Editor
- I found a cool little program the you run from you PC that accesses your Wizard's registy (and favorites). It's called Mobile Registry Editor and is a whole lot easier to make changes to your mobile's registry.
Personal Mobile Vault from 1800Message.com
- A new piece of software I found today was "Pocket Mobile Vault" which is an online archive service for your photos, your text messages and your calls. In combination with the pocket recorder, you've got an online archive service for your *PHONE CALLS* as well!
This software comes direct to you from 1800message.com and is definately now going to be one of the first bits of software I install on my phone when I reset it!
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Installation is in CAB form only, with no exe installer, which I think is a shame as I have been hard-resetting a fair amount just recently (for various reasons), and having the ability to just tick a box which says "install me" rather than copying a file to the device, would have been much better... but I digress.
The software identifies itself to the server by phone number which it identifies for itself when you install it, with a password you provide for authentication. If you forget your password, you can ask 1800message.com to resend it to you, so therefore you must provide an e-mail address as well.
The program can be set to auto-archive your text messages, pictures, contacts, phone calls and voice "notes" (aka calls I think) every x hours (which is configurable). It's got a funky psychadelic colourscheme and I guess after the first time its loaded, you shouldn't need to touch it again (to the extent, I think I'd like to see it as a Today plugin and also maybe loaded on startup? - comments I'll be making to them after I finish this post).
With the pmRecorder, you can tell it to record a voice note, or set it up to record every phone call you take on there. I guess if you're using it as a police officer, private investigator or... well, anything else like that where you need to a) record the fact you've taken a call and b) keep more than "detailed notes" of the call, I guess it's perfect for you. If you don't need that much detail, I guess you'll be trashing more than you keep!
It's definately not a program to be running without either a data-intensive scheme or Wi-Fi access for your phone, although you can make the pmVault only sync over ActiveSync. Perhaps this should also be something that pmRecorder could be encouraged to do?
You can create an RSS feed from the photos you upload, so you could use this application as a automatic pictureblog, perhaps using that and hubdog (www.hubdog.com), combined with a blog of your choice to create a full mobile blog???
Something I could see done to it is to be able to run in "stealth mode" for undercover cops or having an auto-insert tool for insertion into the extended rom, so that it will install automatically with a defined password (perhaps) if the phone is hard-reset once stolen (honeypot?) to identify who is using the phone and what is being done with it? - although this could be seen as a breach of certain rights I guess!
Anyway, get it if you want it and give it a shot. It looks good!
Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs
Pocketmax Redial (Software)
- Pocketmax redialer is a good program for automaticly recalling someone that would not pick up the phone. You can activate and deactivate it whenever you like.
here is a link :
PocketMax Redialer
* Redial a busy number automatically at scheduled interval
* Pop-up quick dialer
* Activate / Deactivate via tray (visual feedback of current state)
* Simple installation
Only Heroes Live forever!!
Redirect audio to your Bluetooth headset
- Bluetooth profiles for streaming and stereo audio are not in the ROM updates that we all have been impatiently waiting for. Untill A2DP becomes available for the HTC Wizard, we'll have to do with the much lower quality of the current profile. That doesn't mean however, that we can't do nifty things with it.
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If you are a Skype user, there must have been moments when you wished that you could use Skype with your Bluetooth earpiece. Well, that turns out to be possible.
In this forum topic I found a .zip file containing 3 executable files that you should place on your device. The three files and their functions:
- BTAudioOn.exe redirects all audio to your paired headset
- BTAudioOff.exe stops redirection of all audio to your paired headset
- BTAudioToggle.exe toggles between redirection on and redirection off
Registry Wizard for your HTC Wizard updated
- The excellent Registry Wizard by XDA Developer's nicodekker has been around for quite some time, and is still under active development. Nico released a new version yesterday, and I thought it was about time to get up to date with the version here on the HTC Wizard Web as well.
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Registry Wizard is a nifty little program that lets you make several changes to the registry from a Graphic User Interface.
Registered members of the HTC Wizard Web will see two files attached to this article. You need to install the OpennetCF SDF before you install Registry Wizard. Just put it on you Memory Card and execute it. Make sure you install it into Main Memory, it will not work when you install on your Memory Card!
The last file is Registry Wizard itself. Install it by putting the file on your HTC Wizard and executing it. After you installed Registry Wizard, run the program and select the tweaks you want to apply. Registry Wizard will perform the required soft reset for you.
Several new options have been added to this last version of Registry Wizard. There are 28 tweaks now, problems with recognizing the HTC Wizard type have been solved, and Registry Wizard now detects if you are running an AKU2 ROM.
SBSH Clock beta
- You ever wanted some clocks on the today. And want a free program wel here is a beta realesed bij SBSH (Creators of the PocketBreeze program. Looks prommissing.
Clock Program
Comments are welcome.
Only Heroes Live forever!!
Smartskey for your HTC Wizard
- Smartskey is a great little program for your HTC Wizard. It was written and is stil being actively developed by water, a user on the XDA Developers Forum. You can follow the development in this topic on that forum.
Smartskey lets you remap your volume slider so you can use it to scroll, and lets you remap you D-pad so you can use it to open the application of your choice. Furthermore it makes your left Soft Button open the Start Menu by pushing and holding the button, and makes your right Soft Key function as a Close/OK button by pushing and holding it. Last but not least, Smartskey comes with configuration options for the OMAP overclock tool. You can now overclock your HTC Wizards processor and have the overclocking work when your HTC Wizard comes back from standby as well.
- You should edit the smartskey.ini file on your desktop PC. Do that with Notepad, editting in other text editors will probably brake the Unicode the smartskey.ini file needs to be saved in.
- When you want to use Smartskey to control overclocking through OmapClock (attached below, only visible to members), you should install Smartskey and OmapClock somewhere in Main Memory. If you were to install them on your Memory Card, you would be confronted with error messages after your HTC Wizard comes back from standby. This is because your HTC Wizard cannot access the Memory Card in the first few seconds after coming back from standby.
- Finaly, if you want to use OmapClock, dont forget to remove the ";" sign at the beginning of the configuration lines for OmapClock in the smartskey.ini file. You may also want to lower the value of 264 for OMAPCLOCK in the smartskey.ini file to a somewhat lower value. I use 240 myself, but it may be wise to start with an even lower value, just to make sure that your HTC Wizard remains stable at your chosen speed.
The Core Pocket Media Player for your HTC Wizard
- The Core Pocket Media Player is the ultimate replacement for Windows Media Player. The software formerly known as BetaPlayer supports a broad range of audio and video codecs out of the .cab, and there are additional codecs available on the TCPMP website.
[adsense:300x250:3:3]TCPMP is the ultimate companion for your Orb account. Windows Media Player has problems with playing multiple songs from a streaming playlist, replacing Windows Media Player with TCPMP as the standard application for streams works around this. Some tweaking is required to have your streams played by TCPMP instead of Windows Media Player:
- Associate TCPMP with Windows Media (.asx) in the TCPMP configuration (Options > Settings > Select Page > File Associations)
- Use Total Commander to navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Shell\Rai\:WMPLAYER
- In the String Value 1, replace wmplayer.exe with the path to TCPMP (“\Program Files\TCPMP\player.exe” when you have TCPMP installed in main memory, “\Storage Card\Program Files\TCPMP\player.exe” when you have TCPMP installed on your memory card. Include the quotes!
- Perform a soft reset by holding the Power button for 5 seconds
The Opera Web Browser
- One of the nice features of a device like the Wizard is the ability to browse the web anywhere, anytime. Unfortunately, the pre-installed Internet Explorer browser is very substandard. My main objective is that it doesn't support Javascript, so many websites won't work. The other Big Missing Feature are multiple windows or tabs. But there is a very good alternative, the Opera Webbrowser for PPC.
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- Superb rendering of webpages on a small screen.
- Supports Javascript.
- Tabs.
- Status bar showing progress of page being loaded.
- This Beta expires in June, the final version will not be free.
- There's no keyboard shortcut for going back a page. You either need to navigate through the menu (Menu>Navigate>Back) or get your stylus out to click the Back button. Hopefully, they will implement the backspace shortcut in the final version.
Total Commander
- There's frequently a catch with free software for Windows platforms: it comes with limited functions, with built-in expiry, or some sort of malware attached.
Imagine my surprise when I loaded Total Commander's CE/PPC version onto my HTC Wizard. It's neat, powerful...and there are no strings attached.
It may look like a return to the early 90s (all 'Commander' software seems to be based on the legendary 'Norton Commander' of yesteryear), but hidden inside that bit of code is probably the most useful file-management utility ever for the HTC Wizard: cross-LAN access.
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Having run into all kinds of problems transfering files back and forth from my PC via bluetooth, infrared and USB, the ability to directly access my desktop's 'Shared Documents' folder was a godsend. No more connection problems with ActiveSync when you can do it all the easy way via wifi at superfast speeds.
Other useful function are the FTP client, the registry editor and the built-in text editor.
Thank you Christian Ghisler!
Working NES/GBA Emulator
- Actually 4-in-1: NES, MasterGear, Gameboy, and Gameboy Advance:
From http://fms.komkon.org/MorphGear/
Install the trial (see attached zip) and see for yourself...it works quite well! Sound is emulated well and it has good, smooth graphics (once you overclock ;-) )
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1. Note that you first install the MorphGear host application (for PocketPC 2003), and THEN install MorphGear plugins (basically an exe that installs one dll for each console). See attached zip.
2. I run my wizard overclocked (OMAPCLOCK.exe -clock 260) and then games run smoothly with sound.
3. This program doesn't detect landscape mode. Solution: I set global video settings to east orientation. I then open the keyboard halfway.
Writing software for WindowsCE/PocketPC/Windows Mobile Devices
- Roll Your Own Software
Having downloaded every application, plugin and theme for your phone under the sun, you may be thinking about writing your own stuff. Here are some hints and tips for you:
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- Do you know C++? If so, get the Embedded Visual C++ software from Microsoft at this link - Take a note of the Serial Number at the bottom of this page!
- Want to use a .Net language? For that you'll need at least the Pro versions of Visual Studio (2003 or 2005) Do you want to write a today plugin? You will have to do this in C++, you can't do it in VB.NET or C# (edit: Well, OK, so you can use a combination of C++ and C#, but to get it, you'll need the code and walkthrough from here). Looking for some forums with good information about software development? Try the forums at xda-developers.com - specifically the Hacking and Development forum (where you'll also find an interesting post about one software author's tools).
Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs
Registry tweaks for your HTC Wizard
One of the great things about the HTC Wizard is that you can tweak settings in the registry. This allows you to change settings that are not accessible throught the configuration menu, or apply parameters to settings that are not available in the regular configuration options.
Accessing the registry
The registry is not accessible with the standard File Explorer that comes pre-installed with Windows Mobile 5. You'll have to install an alternative file explorer to be able to get into the registry. The two most widely used alternative file explorers for Windows Mobile 5 are Total Commander and Resco Explorer. The latter is non-free software, registered members of the HTC Wizard Web will find two versions of Total Commander attached to the bottom of this article.
The attached executable can be installed over ActiveSync from your desktop PC. The .cab version is available for those of us who are having problems with ActiveSync (for example because they use a Mac, just kidding). They can put it on their device and execute it.
Total Commander is a perfect file manager, not just because it gives you access to the registry. For example, Total Commander allows you to create shortcuts, which is a great way to have programs run at startup. Just put a shortcut in \Windows\StartUp.
To access the registry you should navigate to \\\registry (yep, that’s 3 backslashes). You will find yourself at the top of the registriy hierarchy. From there on you can navigate to any place in the registry to change settings, add settings or remove settings.
Soft reset required
Changes to the registry require a soft reset of your HTC Wizard to be activated. Please use the second method to perform a soft reset that is described on www.htcwizardweb.net/node/116. As explained in that article, the "standard" method with the stylus sometimes prevents the changes to be written back to your device before it resets, making it look like the changes you made were reverted.
Networking
In this part of the HTC Wizard Handbook you'll find registry tweaks that change settings in various networking options that can not be achieved through te Settings menu.
Disable "message sent" notification on your HTC Wizard
- Use Total Commander to navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Inbox
- Create a new key with the name Settings
- Enter Settings
- Add a new DWORD Value with the following values
- Name: SMSNoSentMsg
- DWORD Data: 1
- Base: Dec
- Perform a soft reset
The HTC Wizard notifies you that it successfully sent an SMS message by default, which you may find annoying. The following registry tweak disables the feature:
EDGE icon on your HTC Wizard
- Use Total Commander to navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL\
- Create a new DWord EnableDifferGprsEdgeIcon and assign it a value of 1
- Perform a soft reset by holding the Power button for 5 seconds
For those of you with access to EDGE networks, it is nice to have an icon showing that you are connected to an EDGE network. That can be achieved with this tweak:
En/Disable receiving of files over BlueTooth/IrDA Registry Tweak
- Originally I had a lot of trouble with my Wizard and Bluetooth, I could HEAR through my headset but couldn't speak through it. I tried this Registry tweak and it fixed my problems. I don't know WHY it worked, I just know that it did.
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Got this one over at the XDA Developer Wiki too.
This is all about the value HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Obex\IsEnabled
I'm fairly certain i had this value, but if i didn't, I created it.
- Use Total Commander (or your favorite Registry Editor) to go to \\registry\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Obex\
- if the value 'IsEnabled' doesn't exist, create it as a DWORD value.
- Set the value (decimal) to
- 0 to disable Bluetooth File Transfers.
- 1 to enable Bluetooth File Transfers.
- Soft Reset your Wizard.
Engineer mode in AKU2 ROM
- It was already noticed that the HTC Wizard has registry settings reffering to an engineer mode, but in previous ROM versions it did not seem to work. In the new AKU2 ROMs however, it does. You can enable engineer mode as follows:
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- Use Total Commander to navigate to \HKLM\Software\HTC\EngineerMode
- Assign a value of 1 to BuildIEngineerModeApp
- Close Total Commander and perform a soft reset by holding the Power Button for 5 seconds
- Power on your device, and wait for it to boot>/li>
- Now dial *#*#364#*#*
GPRS always on
- Use Total Commander to navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\ConnMgr\Providers\{7C4B7A3 *****}\Connections\GPRS*****\
- Assign a value of 1 to AlwaysOn
- Perform a soft reset
When your plan with your operator includes flat rate GPRS service, it is conveniant to always be connected to GPRS. This saves you a few hands full of seconds every time you go online and let's face it, you want your HTC Wizard to be online! You can achieve this with the following tweak:
People have been asking wether having GPRS always on would affect the ability to use WIFI. Don't worry, WIFI connectivity prevails over GPRS or EDGE, so whenever you have a wireless connection available GPRS will be shut down.
GPRS Disconnect/Timer Registry Tweak
- Read about this over at the XDA Developer Wiki.
Add a 'Disconnect' button (and Timer) to the Connection List for GPRS
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This is all about the value HKLM\ControlPanel\Phone\Flags2
Note: I had to create the value "Flags2" on my Wizard.
- Use Total Commander (or your favorite Registry Editor) to go to \\registry\HKLM\ControlPanel\Phone\
- if the value 'Flags2' doesn't exist, create it as a DWORD value.
- Set the value (decimal) to
- 8 to add a Disconnect button.
- 16 to add a Disconnect button and a timer display showing how long GRPS is in use for the current session.
- 0 to hide both the Disconnect button and the timer
- Soft Reset your Wizard.
WIFI 802.11g on your HTC Wizard
- Use Total Commander to navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMM\TNETWLN1\PARMS
- Assign a value of 1 to dot11SupportedRateMask
- Assign a value of 8 to dot11SupportedRateMaskG
- Perform a soft reset
The HTC Wizard has WIFI built-in, which in itself is wonderful. However, some manufacturers have decided not to enable 802.11g connectivity by default. More and more people own wireless network equipment based on the 802.11g standard and want to connect with their HTC Wizard.
The following registry tweak allows connecting to a 802.11g network. Be aware that using this tweak will not give you a much faster wireless connection on your HTC Wizard, the hardware is simply not fast enough to cope with the theoretical speed of 54 Mb/s. However, the tweak will enable you to connect to 802.11g-only networks, which is a big advantage.
Please take a look at this topic on the XDA Developers Forum for more information. In this topic people discuss a .cab file that tweaks some more settings on your HTC Wizard than just the enabling of 802.11g, but I’ll discuss those in a future post.
To enable 802.11g capability to your HTC Wizard make the following changes in the registry:
Those of you who don't feel comfortable editing the registry can download the attached .cab file, put it on their HTC Wizard, execute and soft reset. The attached file is visible to registered members of the HTC Wizard Web only.
WIFI status today plugin for your HTC Wizard
- Built-in WIFI is one of the many great features of the HTC Wizard. The following tweak shows the WIFI status on your today screen and shows the name of the cellular network you are on. Please note that this tweak only works on a AKU2 ROM.
[adsense:300x250:3:3]I found this tweak in this topic on the XDA Developers Forum. Originaly for the HTC Tornado, it turns out to work for the HTC Wizard as well.
- Use Total Commander to navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Today\Items\"Wireless". If it does not exist you can create it. Don't forget the double quotes
- Create an entry DLL and assign it a value of netui.dll
- Create an new DWORD called Order and assign it a value of 00000000
- Create a new DWORD called Enabled and assign it a value of 00000001
- Create a new DWORD called Type and assign it a value of 00000004
- Soft reset your device by holding the Power button for 5 seconds
Performance
In this part of the HTC Wizard Book you'll find tweaks that have better performance of your HTC Wizard as a main goal.
Disable menu animation on your HTC Wizard
- Use Total Command to navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GWE\Menu
- Assign a value of 0 to AniType
- Perform a soft reset
When you move around throught the menu on your HTC Wizard, you will notice that the menu’s are animated. That looks nice, but the menu animations use valuable memory resources and slow down operations. You can disable menu animations with the following registry tweak:
Increase the speed of your HTC Wizard
- Use Total Commander to navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS\
- Assign a value of 4096 to CacheSize
- Assign a value of 1 to EnableCache
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Filters\fsreplxfilt\
- Assign a value of 4096 to ReplStoreCacheSize
- Perform a soft reset
The following registry tweaks will increase the operating speed of your HTC Wizard:
These changes give you extra speed at the cost of some extra memory usage on your HTC Wizard.
Windows Mobile 5 behaviour
In this part of the HTC Wizard Handbook you'll find tweaks that change the default behaviour of Windows Mobile 5, or add new functionality or features to Windows Mobile 5
Add a keyboard status indicator on your HTC Wizard
- Use Total Commander to navigate to \HKCU\ControlPanel\Keyb
- Create a new entry with the name EnableIndicator
- Assign the new entry a DWORD value of 1
- perform a soft reset
One of the best features of the HTC Wizard is its extractable keyboard. However, using the Shift and Symbol key can be quite confusing because it is not always obvious what the status of these buttons is. Here is the solution:
From now on when you extract the keyboard, a keyboard status indicator will be visible. A C indicates that the Shift key is active, a dot indicates that the Symbol key is active.
Add vibration to buttons to buttons when dialing
- I found the following tweak on mdatweak.com. The tweak makes your HTC Wizard vibrate when you dial numbers on the dial pad. That's nice, since many people feel like they have little control over the dial pad because of the lack of anything that feels responsive.
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- Rename Standard DWORD parameter Sound to Sound1
- Create new String Parameter Sound
- Assign value *vibrate* to this new parameter.
Change the location for ringtones
- Depending on your device's manufacterer, the default location to store ringtones is either \Windows or \Windows\Rings\. You can change that location by edting the register.
- Use Total Commander to navigate to HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring\
- Open Directory, a new window should pop up now, containing the current location for ringtones
- Change the value to wherever you want to store your ringtones, for example \Storage Card\
- Soft reset your device by holding the Power button for 5 seconds.
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Choose where to install programs on your HTC Wizard
- Your choice for the installation path for programs is limited to either Main Memory or Memory Card by default. The following registry tweak lets you choose the installation path yourself:
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- Use Total Commander to navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apps\Microsoft Application Installer
- Assign a value of 1 to fAskDest
- Perform a soft reset using by holding the Power button for 5 seconds.
Cleartype in landscape mode on your HTC Wizard
- Start
- Settings
- System
- Screen
- ClearType
- Tick Enable
- Use Total Commander to navigate to HKLM\System\GDI\ClearTypeSettings
- Assign a value of 0 to OffOnRotation
- Perform a soft reset
Cleartype is a technique that smooths out the strong aliasing effect when displaying small, high-contrast graphic elements such as text on computer displays. Cleartype is available on your HTC Wizard in the Settings menu. You can enable ClearType to enhance readability on your HTC Wizard as follows:
Even if you enabled Cleartype using the method above, ClearType will not be enabled in landscape mode. Your HTC Wizard screen's LCD red/green/blue ordering required for proper ClearType display is only correct for Portrait display. You may or may not prefer to leave ClearType in Landscape mode disabled. If you want to give it a try anyway, you can use the following registry tweak:
Disable security warning when installing non-certified software
- When you try to install non-certified software on your HTC Wizard, you will beprompted with a warning. You then need to confirm that you want to install the software before the installation continues.
[adsense:300x250:3:3]I can see why you would want to be warned about software not being certified, but I understand that the message can be annoying as well. You can enable or disable this behaviour in the registry:
- Use Total Commander to navigate to HKLM\Security\Policies\Policies\
- Assign the DWORD called 0000101a a value of 1 to disable the warnings
- Assign the DWORD called 0000101a a value of 0 to enable the warning
- Soft reset your device by holding the Power button for 5 seconds
Keep your CAB files after installation
- Default behaviour of WM5 is to delete .cab files after you installed a program. It saves space on your device, but if you need to reinstall programs for any reason, you'll have to put the .cab file on your device again.
There is a registry entry that controls this behaviour:
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- Use Total Commander to navigate to HKLM\Software\apps\Microsoft Application Installer\nDynamicDelete
- Assign a value of 0 if you want to keep the original .cab after installation, assign a value of 1 if you want it to be removed after installation.
- Perform a soft reset by holding the Power Button for 5 seconds and confirming.
Remove operator phone skin
- Using Total Commander, navigate to:
HKLM\Security\Phone\Skin
Change the value of Enabled to 0
Soft Reset
You will now have the original blue windows phone skin and no more operator skin.
Tweak the scrollbars on your HTC Wizard
- The width of the scrollbars on your HTC Wizard as well as the size of the arrow buttons on those scrollbars can be changed with two simple tweaks in the registry. You can either make the scrollbars thinner if you want more space on your screen, or make them wider if you can't seem to hit the regular sized scrollbars with your stylus or finger.
[adsense:300x250:3:3]To change the height of the horizontal scrollbar:
- Use Total Commander to navigate to HKLM\System\GWE
- Change the value of cyHScr to a value lower than 13 to make the scrollbar thinner or to a value higher than 13 to make the scrollbar thicker. The default value is 13.
- Use Total Commander to navigate to HKLM\System\GWE
- Change the value of cxVScr to a value lower than 13 to make the scrollbar thinner or to a value higher than 13 to make the scrollbar wider. The default value is 13
- Use Total Commander to navigate to HKLM\System\GWE
- Change the value of cyVScr to a value lower than 13 to make the arrow in the vertical scrollbar shorter or to a value higher than 13 to make the arrow in the vertical scrollbar longer. The default value is 13.
- Use Total Commander to navigate to HKLM\System\GWE
- Change the value of cxHScr to a a value lower than 13 to make the arrow in the horizantol scrollbar shorter or to a value higher than 13 to make the arrow in the horizontal scrollbar longer. The default value is 13.
Mobile Phone Service Providers
UK Mobile Phone Service Providers
- In the UK are five major mobile phone service providers. These are:
O2
Vodaphone
Orange
T-Mobile
3
I believe Vodaphone is the oldest mobile network in the UK, followed closely by O2 (as was Cellnet, then BT Genie, then O2) and use the 900Mhz band, while Orange and T-Mobile (as was One2One) come third and fourth, using the the 1800Mhz band. Lastly is 3, which is another Hutchinson Telecom started company, selling only 3G telephones.
Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs
UK Mobile Phone Service Providers - O2
- O2 currently sell the following phones from HTC:
XDA Mini S = HTC Wizard
XDA Exec = HTC Universal
XDA range of phones
Tariffs
O2 Website
Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs
UK Mobile Phone Service Providers - Orange
- Orange in the UK currently sell the following phones from HTC:
Orange SPV M5000 = HTC Universal ?
Orange SPV M2000
Orange SPV M1500 = ?
Orange SPV M600 = HTC Magician?
Orange SPV M500
Orange are NOT selling the HTC Wizard in the UK (as per the comment below), but it's called the Orange SPV M3000 where it is sold.
Orange Phones
Tariffs
Orange Website
Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs
UK Mobile Phone Service Providers - T-Mobile
- T-Mobile in the UK currently sell the following phones from HTC:
T-Mobile MDA Compact II
T-Mobile MDA Pro = HTC Universal
T-Mobile Vario = HTC Wizard
T-Mobile Phones
Tariffs
T-Mobile Website
Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs
The HTC Wizard Web Handbook
This handbook is there to guide you, member of the HTC Wizard Web. It contains information about the HTC Wizard Web itself, the HTC Wizard Community, membership of the HTC Wizard Web and information about contributing to the HTC Wizard Web.
The idea behind the HTC Wizard Web
I decided to set up the HTC Wizard Web Community web site when I had been running the HTC Wizard Blog for about a month. The number of visitors of the HTC Wizard Blog was rising, and more and more people started asking questions I could not answer.
I wanted those questions to be answered for those people, but did not have sufficient time to go find all the answers myself. I did notice however, that some people started to help eachother in the comments. That's when it struck me that any question could probably be answered if I would create a community website where people can ask their questions and answer other peoples questions. All it would take is a website that allowed for structured archiving of all questions and their answers.
The Content Management System that the HTC Wizard Web community web site is built on, Drupal, does just that. It allows people to ask questions, answer other peoples questions, and it allows people to share information the have that could answer questions that have not been answered yet. On top of that, Drupal allows to archive all that information in a very structured way by adding the information to the handbooks.
Why become a member of the HTC Wizard Web?
- You get your own blog, with the option to promote your entries to the frontpage
- You can post comments on blog entries and pages
- You can participate in discussions in the forum
- You can send private messages to other members, and receive private messages from other users
- You can write your own stories/articles, with the option to promote them to the frontpage
- You can download files that are attached to blogs, stories, forum topics and book pages
- You can subscribe to blogs, blog entries, stories, forums, forum topics and comments. You will be notified of new content through e-mail
- You can vote in polls
- You have access to the chatbox
Membership of the HTC Wizard Web is completey free and comes in two flavours. Let's have a look at those flavours.
Non-members have full read access on the HTC Wizard Web. Anyone can read articles, blogs, forum topics and the handbooks or subscribe to the collection of RSS feeds. Non-members can't contribute however. They cannot comment on blogs and articles and they can't participate in the discussions in the forum. Non-members can't have e-mail subscriptions either. All these options are available to members only
Authenticated users
When you register at the HTC Wizard Web, you automaticaly become an authenticated user. As an authenticated users you have the following privileges:
Contributing members
Contributing members have the same privileges as authenticated users, but they also have the permissions needed to administer the handbooks.
At the moment I am the only user with the status contributing member. I am going to leave it like that for at least a few days. Anyone is free to add content to the HTC Wizard Web, but the handbooks need to become the core of the HTC Wizard Web. I don't mean to be a snob, but I want to be selective about promoting people to contributing members.
I expect from contributing members that they are very serious about their writing, and very serious about building a well structured handbook. It is going to take at least a few days to get an idea of which members would fall into that categorie.
If you feel that you have what it takes to become a contributing member, please let me know through a private message. Tell me a little about yourself, especialy about your experience with writing in general. Write some stories or blog entries here on the HTC Wizard Blog, or send me the URL to work that is available online.
To sum it all up in on sentence: Contributing members have elevated privileges, but they are not privileged. But, we are going to need them. Don't hesitate to message me if you want to work on the handbooks. It will be fun, and it will be rewarding.
Content Management on the HTC Wizard Web
The HTC Wizard Web is running on a dedicated server running FreeBSD with a so called LAMP configuration. LAMP stands for Linux (FreeBSD is "similair" to Linux), the Apache webserver, a MySQL database and the PHP scripting language as a module compiled into Apache. On top of all that runs Drupal, a Content Management System with a strong focus on community web sites.
If you want to get more familiar with Drupal, there are several things you can do. First of all, you can simply register through the block in the top of the right hand sidebar and click around. When you register you will become a authenticated user, which will give you several privileges allowing you to contribute to the HTC Wizard Web community web site.
If you want to know more about Drupal and what it can do, I strongly encourage you to have a look at the Drupal website. There is a active community of Drupal users and developers, and reading up on what they have written in their blogs and forums should give you a pretty good idea of what Drupal is capable of.
Do mind that Drupal itself does not have all functionality that is available for Drupal built in. The core system supports basic features, more advanced features are available through modules. If you run into modules that you think can be a addition to the functionality of the HTC Wizard Web community web site, please let it know in the forum or comments and explain why you think a module should be installed.
How to add content to the HTC Wizard Web
Adding content to the HTC Wizard Web comes as a standard privillege for members of the HTC Wizard Web. Drupal, the Content Management System under the hood of the HTC Wizard Web, provides a backend that allows members to write their own content. There are several types of content that members can commit:
Forum topics
Any member of the HTC Wizard Web can open new topics in the forum and respond to existing topics in the forum. Opening a new topic can be done simply by clicking the appropriate link above the forum of your choice.
Blog entries
Every member of the HTC Wizard Web has his own blog. Members can write their own blog entries which will be visible on http://www.htcwizardweb.net/blogs/[userid]. Every blog entry written by HTC Wizard Web members will be visible on The HTC Wizard Blog, where all blog entries are shown in chronological order. As a bonus, HTC Wizard members have the choice to promote their blog entry to the frontpage of the HTC Wizard Web.
To create your own blog entry, click the create content link in the top of the left sidebar, and then click personal blog entry. Read the next page of the HTC Wizard Web Handbook to learn how to format your blog entry.
Story
If you feel that information you want to share does not fit the other entries in your blog, you can write a story. A story is completely similair to a blog entry, but it does not appear in your personal blog, nor in the HTC Wizard Web Blog where blog entries from all HTC Wizard Web members are aggregated.
Please note that before submitting a story, you should tick the option Promoted to frontpage. If you don't, your submitted story won't be linked to from anywhere on the HTC Wizard Web, except for the pages for the categorie(s) that you assigned your story to. If that situation is what you you want to achieve, feel free. If it is not, promote your story to the frontpage.
To create your own story, click the create content link in the top of the left sidebar, and then click story. Read the next page of the HTC Wizard Web Handbook to learn how to format your story.
Book pages
Only contributing members can create book pages. Book pages are added to either The HTC Wizard Handbook or The HTC Wizard Web Handbook. Like stories, book pages are completely similair to a blog entries, but they don't appear in your personal blog, nor in the HTC Wizard Web Blog where blog entries from all HTC Wizard Web members are aggregated. Book entries can be promoted to the frontpage.
Contributing members can create book entries by clicking create content in the top of the left sidebar, and then clicking book page. Read the next page of the HTC Wizard Handbook to learn how to format your book page.
Though members who aren't contributing members can't create book pages, their blog entries, stories and forum topics can be added to the handbooks by contributing members. If you feel that content you submitted should be in the handbook, please send me a private message
Formatting your content contribution
On the HTC Wizard Web you can format the content you contribute using HTML tags. Some Content Management Systems include so called WYSIWYG editing (What You See I What You Get). Working with WYSIWYG editors is like working in Word. Those editors let you select text and assign formatting to it by clicking buttons in menu bar, just like you would in for example Microsoft Word.
The HTC Wizard Web currently does not offer a WYSIWYG editor. WYSIWYG editors are available for Drupal as modules, but my experience is that those editors often fail to do what you want them to do. Instead, they do what you tell them to do. They are just like computers...
Not offering a WYSIWYG editor on the HTC Wizard Web was a choice. If you feel I should reconsider that choice, please let me know.
If you know HTML, formatting your entries should be a breeze. The HTC Wizard Web supports two input formats, both based on HTML. The first format is Filtered HTML, which only supports a limited set of HTML tags. The second format is Full HTML which supports all HTML tags. The HTML tags available in the Filtered HTML should be sufficient for most entries. Those of you who want to apply more advanced formatting to their entries are free to use the Full HTML input format.
Additional to these input formats, Unfiltered HTML is available for contributing members. The difference between Full HTML and Unfiltered HTML is that Unfiltered HTML supports the JavaScript language as well. This is not needed for regular contributions, and thus not available for regular members.
You can select which input format to use for your entry below the input area for the text of your entry (the area directly below the bold word Body).
Below the selection area for the input formats, there is a link to a page with compose tips that can be usefull for those members who don't have much experience with marking up text with HTML. If you don't have (much) experience with formatting text with HTML tags, I strongly suggest you read that page before you try to submit an entry to the HTC Wizard Web. While writing an entry, I suggest you open the compose tips in a seperate window, so you can swap between browser windows if you want to check the markup syntax for your entries.
Get rewarded for your contribution
- You probably have noticed that the HTC Wizard Web uses Google AdSense to generate income. The revenue from the ads is used to pay for hosting and bandwidth. It does not cover all the costs, but it helps.
You as a member are asked to contribute to the HTC Wizard Web. I think it is only fair that those who contribute get their share of the revenue generated through AdSense as well. This is now possible.
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In the block in the top of the left sidebar (the block with your name in the title) there is a link my account that will bring you to your personal profile. Click the tab edit and then chose revenue sharing. There you will find a field to fill in your AdSense Cliënt ID. Instructions on how to place an ad inside your content is on that page as well.
When you place an ad inside the content you contribute, your AdSense Cliënt ID will be included with 40% of the impressions of the ad in your content. Every time an ad with your AdSense Cliënt ID is clicked, you earn a little money.
Please be aware that you should only place 1 ad in your contributed content using the tag provided in the instructions.