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Hi, first off im new to the XDA EXEC so be gentle , I've already unlocked and updated the device and now I'm just getting use to customizing it.
I've installed GSPocketMagic and although i can get it running theres a few things im unsure of.
1. it seems to slow the boot up of the device considerably, don't know why or if that might be some remnance of O2 stuff kicking around on the device.
2. The icons don't seem to blend into the themes properly. For instance the close buttons seem to be of a different colour and you can easily see that. On the main today screen when no apps are running I have an obvious discoloured sqaure in the top right hand corner. I'm guessing this might have something to do with the bmp pallettes for the images? anyone done anything about this?
3. Skining the menu , on the download site is shows its possible but i've had no luck.
it looks like a good app but its just not reaching what i need any ideas on how to configure it properly as so far from what i've seen theres limited information on it and i've not found any translations etc.
Regards
Download the latest here: http://homepage3.nifty.com/UK-taniyama/tools/GSPMagicPP.html
Goto Start menu > Option > Setting... and and "play" with the settings of GSPocketMagic++
Cheers
i've had a play with the settings already and could really find what I was looking for the most i've managed to do is change the startup menu button to an image but it didn't resolve the fact that the button images for say close are off colour (even if you install the VGA xscale version (as i stated before).
Also I can't see how you skin the menu so it'd look similar to that of the existing menu bar (just for continuity of the plug in). Then finally theres the fact on boot its terribly slow to start up with this addition (or so it seems). However its still a vanillia(ish) device so i could be som O2 crap kicking around that i haven't removed yet?
dunno..hence the thread.
Smallmenu and GSPocketMagic will take quite a while to generate the icon cache on first launch. Just let it do it. It doesn't do it again after the first launch unless you manually refresh. It takes about 30 seconds for me.
V
If you goto Goto Start menu > Option > Setting... and directly close de Setting page it wil refresh the cache again. You can time it how log it takes. I have about 30 shortcuts in the menu (which I pointed to \windows\start menu\programs and not the standard folder), also to the SD card, and it takes about 4 to 5 secs to refresh it.
installing GSPocketMagic
Hello downloaded it
How do I install it on the Exec
Thx.
Tim
lol
is there an update 2 this? where can i find skins?
Is there a way to clear the programs used in the start menu and prevent how many are showing up?
thanks!
I did a SEARCH for "recent programs start menu" and found this little gem of a thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=251164
who woulda thunk?
Do you mean the recently used programs?
There is a freeware out there by Vicsoft called ClearTemp. I got it from freecabs.de, but they send you to: http://mobile-sg.com/software/mobile.asp?p=ClearTemp
The items it will clear from memory are:
Temp
Cache
Cookies
History
Large Mail
Mail Attachments
Internet Address
Boot Count
Dead Shortcuts
RECENT PROGRAMS
It will tell you how much space these are taking up, you check the box if you want these items cleared. Then tap Tools - Clean
VJEschaton will also clean the recent used entries. But I think you have to soft reset (with any solution?) for it to take effect.
V
My MWG Atom Life has developed a screen fault rendering it unreadable and therefore largely useless. It's under warranty so I can send it for a repair but before I do that I'd like to synch it to get my diary changes etc from when it was last synched. The problem is it's currently in mass storage mode so I can't link via activesync. Although the screen is fubar, it appears to be runing fine underneath that. So, what I need to do is change the usb mode without being able to see what I'm doing...
I'm pretty sure that if I press the start menu key and then up twice before pressing the select key, that gets me into settings. Then I think up once will take me to the tab selection at the the bottom and right twice to the connections tab. Hopefully, you're with me so far. I'm also fairly sure that the USB to PC icon is on the far right, 3 from the top but I don't know where the 'cursor' goes when I press up once I'm on the settings tab, so I don't know how many left/right/up/dpwn etc I need to get to the right icon. Also, once there, I don't know how many ups/downs I need in order to select the normal synch mode (is it rndis? can't remember).
So, if somebody feels like doing a good turn could they PLEASE give me a step by step on how to get to the right icon and then how to change it. Also, if I'm wrong about the keystrokes I mentioned earlier please put me straight. I know this is a long shot but I'd love to at least give it a go before I have to send it off for repair so I'm really hoping somebody might be able to reply quickly.
Thanks for reading and if somebody can help I'd be incredibly grateful.
Regards
Mark
First thing You must do is soft-reset because You could have different focused icons in each settings tab.
Next lets have those mean:
L - left
R - right
U - up
D - down
C - center
W - windows
RP - red phone
Proceed as is: W, U, C, U, R, R, U | R, D, D, D, C - this changes the window, and next: U, U, U, C, RP - this will select RNDIS Sync Mode.
I hope You have same icons as me in the third tab. (You are in third tab with first icon selected, when You reach "|" sign).
My icon is in second column, fourth row.
Wish You luck on this .
Thanks for the reply
I really appreciate the time you've taken to post these instructions. Unfortnately, they haven't worked for me but I think I'm close... Could I just clarify a couple of things?...
You start as: W, U, C but from memory and also from taking clues from
http://www.tracyandmatt.co.uk/blogs/index.php/2008/02/04/mwg_atom_life_unboxed
I think the bottom icon on the start list is 'help' and settings is the next one up? Certainly, that seems to fit what I 'see' on the screen - although I can't read the screen at all, there are a few visual clues eg. when I press W there is a discernible line that appears at the side of where the start menu would be. When I followed your pattern, there were no visual clues that I was on the riht track, but if I assume that UI'm right about 'help' being at the bottom and settgins bext up and amend your instructions slightly, proceeding as :
W, U, U ,C, U, R, R
pressing R twice seems to make the garbled mess on the screen change slightly on each press which corresponds with what I imagine to be the changing of tabs. So, assuming I'm right about that, your info that pressing U then takes me to the first icon in the first row is very helpful. However, exactly where the USB icon is is unsure. On the video referenced above it's in the third column 3rd row (I think, certainly 3rd cloumn anyway) but I don't know if mine is! Is there anything non standard in your settings tab that may have moved it?
Also, if I leave my phone connected via USB whilst I try these things, if I happen to hit upon the right icon and then press up to move away from mass storage mode, will the change be reflected immediately? ie will active sync start or do I need to disconnect and reconnect?
One last question, on the USB menu, what options are there, I can only remember mass storage, RNDIS sync and maybe a serial type connection? But your instructions seem to imply that there are 4 options here with RNDIS sync being at the top (I seem to remember that it IS at the top). Could you tell me which options there are under the USB option?
Again I offer you my heartfelt gratitude for bothering to try and help me with this. I can't possibly tell you how grateful I really am. Thank you so much.
Well yes, I have removed help from my Start menu (forgot about it - sorry).
Unfortunately every ROM may have different icons in third tab.
But usually USB settings are either on second or third column.
Remember that when You re-enter Start menu and third tab, after U You'll be on LAST selected icon. You can use this to get throught all icons there to find USB options (using instinct ofcourse ).
USB menu contains three options (RNDIS, Serial, Mass Storage). There's no focus on any setting and I'm going from down to Your option. That's why You have to click U 3 times (but You can do it with only one D instead 3x U).
You can still run autorun apps from SD card.
Maybe someone can make a console app to start with showing USB options.
(putting SD card - autoruns consol app - You are in the right window)
BTW. Do You have latest .NET CF framework instaled (2.0 SP2 or 3.5)?
Ok, found a perfect solution for You.
1) Get this file I created - http://www.driveway.com/e6p1b7o2w8
(requested NET CF 2.0 SP2 or later)
2) Copy the folder "2577" along with file inside to Your Storage Card root.
3) Unplug USB if You were connecting with SD card via PDA-PC connection
4) Take off You card from Atom life, whisle two times and put it again into slot
5) You'll notice something changing on the screen
6) Now You are directly in the USB panel press: D, C, RP
7) Plug Your PDA to PC
8) Get synced
Have fun.
Is it possible to add extra functions/programs to the ITEMS menu in the today setting so they will show up on the today screen.
as you install programs, some come with that option, they will automatically pop up in the today items list, and so u simply check the respective box, and voila it's on the today screen. but if what your asking for is other system settings being displayed on the today screen, that is usually done by specifc 3rd party applications. for e.g. PDA status gives u detailed information on battery life, RAM etc... l
Hmm... not sure what you mean but it certainly not answered the question
Hi,
As part of my customization process, I would like to disable some icons from the Setting menu's of WM6.5 (not TouchFlo).
I managed to remove a lot of icons through the registry settings in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Speech, by moving them to a non-existing group (Group=3). This works fine.
However, some of the icons in Settings/System do not appear below this registry key, such as External GPS, Encryption, Remove programs... Is there a way to remove these as well?
Alternatively, removing the entire Settings menu would also be fine. My first approach, deleting the Settings folder from \Windows\StartMenu causes the entire Start Menu to appear empty!
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
UPDATE: I managed to remove the Encryption icon by ADDING an 'Encryption' key to the ControlPanel part of the registry. Other icons I haven't so far. I suppose the key lies in correct names.
How can I obtain the names for:
Managed Programs
External GPS
Error reports
Memory
Info
Country Settings
Regional Settings
Microsoft My PHone
Remove programs
Screen
Task Manager
Connection settings
??
Setting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Shell\StartInfo:HideSettings to 1 hides the Settings folder from the Start Menu. That fixes my problem for now!
I rather choose to "hide" my icons.
You can do this by changing the registry like this:
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Encryption]
"Group"=dword:00000002
"Hide"=dword:00000001
This will hide the Encrption icon in the Settings panel. I use this on the Rhodium, Blackstone, Diamond etc. but it should also work on the HD2 I guess
mccune,
The "hide" could be done for entries that are present in HKLM\ControlPanel like Encryption. For those entries that DO NOT EXIST in ControlPanel but whose icons appear in Settings like "Microsoft My Phone", do you have any idea how to suppress them?
Thanks for your assistance.
Noticed there are also some numbers in that registry key. Guess you'll have to trial and error a little to see what number corresponds to what icon.
I'm still looking for a way to hide the "Managed Programs" icon ;-)
Perhaps this program can help you out.....either hide the icons or put them away in a folder......
This program only applies to WM6.5 and also just to the Start Menu. It's fairly easy to remove icons from the Start Menu, just delete the LNK file in \Windows\Start Menu\
The discussion was about the icons in Settings. Most of these files are CPL files.
mccune,
It's exactly that! The file underlying that icon is Windows\MyPhoneLauncher.cpl for the application "Microsoft My Phone". I tried a number of ways to rename the file, rename the extension CPL in CPL2, move the file to other folder, even delete the file in order to remove it from Settings/System but always failed.
The file appears protected as part of the ROM. This is the 2nd day I'm after this problem and I still see no light...
(I tried to use the tool JWMDIconChanger but it doesn't work. Thanks anyway.)
mccune said:
I'm still looking for a way to hide the "Managed Programs" icon ;-)
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Does anyone know the name of the .cpl file, or the name of the registry key in \HKey_Local_Machine\ControlPanel\, for "Managed Programs"?
I looked, but can't find anything that even remotely looks like "Managed Programs".