So I can go in and change the ring settings (vibrate, ringtone, volume, etc), but is there a quick way to switch between profiles (normal, meeting, silent)?
I don't know of any inbuilt function for this but their is a 3rd party app that might achieve the desired effect.
Pocket Zen Phone ( http://zendrui.free.fr/)
I just the volume slider to switch between vibrate and such. Different from a phone, but once you get used to it, no much different.
Use the attached profiler cab. only 43 KB, have not tried it myself, but heard good things about it. Let me know how it works out.
thanks koksie. That seems to work well.
Yep, just tried it myself and works allright. Small, simple and does what people need. Uninstalled it again though, since I hardly ever change profiles and if I do, I do it through holding the comm manager button ( for vibrate) or by tapping the speaker icon and switching sound off or on. But a very nice app indeed. Almost a shame I have no use for it.
where did you get this profiler.cab? where is silver bullet? good program, needs update.. cant do ringtones from the ringtone folder.
check here for the latest news/update on the above profile.cab (currently version 1.2.1, the attachment is only version 1.x)[/url]
Here is the updated winmobile profiler. 1.2.1
Pretty good - ms smartphone/nokia type profile chooser.
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Can i assign different ringtones to different contacts ? I tried to do it, but it seems i can't do such thing...Anyone can help ?
You have to buy third-party software, which is ridiculously silly.
The only software I've found is MTUX's RingToneX. I purchased a copy, but I'm not entirely happy with it. If I'm going to pay for a "feature" that's pretty standard on most other phones, I want more stability, and a few additional features out of it.
Addressing stability: RingToneX sometimes unloads for no reason, resulting in the default ring for all contacts. RingToneX sometimes loses its ring settings for no reason, forcing you to manually reassign contacts to ringtones. (This may not be MTUX's fault; it may merely be because ActiveSync is a categorical piece of crap that Microsoft should be embarrassed to tears over.)
Addressing configurability: I'd like ringtone categories by time and/or profile, and for phone numbers not in contacts. E.g., don't ring at 3AM, except if it's someone really important. Don't ring for "Unknown Caller," ever. Ring differently for people in my contacts but not with a specific ringtone assignment. Etc. Etc.
Other than my rants, it's a great product.
mates,
on the issue of ringtonex, i noticed that when you perform a soft reset then the app is disabled even if the icon is still showing in the tray bar. what you do is click on the icon and click exit. then go to settings-personal-ringtonex. when the app is up just click "ok". you'll then see the icon back in the tray bar in your today screen. click on the icon again and click "reload contacts". the app is then fully enabled again. not sure if this is a bug but doing those steps above works fine for me.
as strange as it may seem; the icon also sort of "prefers" to be on the left-hand most on the tray bar. example; you have the bluetooth icon then you have the ringtonex icon. when performing a soft reset you may notice that sometimes the rintonex icon is now on the right side of the bt icon. that's where you have to exit it and do the above-mentioned steps. enabling the rt icon brings it back to the left side of the bt icon. when you have 3 icons (for me i have the animated today icon as well), you may want to do the above-mentioned steps and have the rintonex icon appear on the left-most of all the icons.
hope that helps.
2 pence worth
Well, I have found MTUX RingToneX is very good. I agree with you, there are some bugs in old version, but if you upgrade to 1.44, it is stable, no bugs, and works perfectly. I am very happy with it. I have used Version 1, which is unstable, and full of bugs.
Any way, new version (1.44) had taken care of the following issues:
Supporting Wave, Midi, Wma.
Vibration goes off even turn off vibration setting.
Recognize International Phone Number (not like older version)
Sometimes get default ringtone (had been fixed).
However, regarding Registration number of the software, it got to match your name (which you registered) and the one written in the "Owner Information" in the imate.
I also use RingToneX (v1.44) and find it stable and user friendly. Also works with the PocketZenPhone profile software I use. Combined they providfe the flexability I was looking for. Yes it is a shame they need to be purchased but they do work well.
I am new to this whole windows mobile stuff, on previous mobiles i have had i have always been able to easily switch between ring profiles (silent, loud, vibrate etc.) however i cant find a way of doing it on my O2 Mini S, am i missing something obvious?
Yeah, something fairly obvious..... the phone doesn't really have them.
You can choose silent, vibrate or ring though via clicking the speaker though. Click and choose off, vibrate etc...
Depends how many profiles you want!
Std (basic) usage:
Set ring tone in the sounds & notifications settings page
Adjust volume on LHS slider
Hold slider "down" to enter vibrate mode (and up to go back to normal)
Click the speaker (top of the windows display) to adjust the master & phone vol (not incall vol, that is adjusted by the slider whilest in a call)
Multi-profile way:
Get software, i use Pocket Zen Phone, but there are others.
Fight through the software config (PZP isn't the easiest to config! but seems good once setup)
I now have:
Sleep mode (quiet but changes to home mode in the morning at 9:30)
Sleep-work mode (as above but gets noisy at 4:45am so the alarm wakes me up for work @5)
Home mode: General mid settings
Work mode: Max vol so i hear it
I can also use windows to adjust in the short term, and simple re-sellect the profile i want to go back to my personal settings (ie a meeting at work i can make it go to vibrate then back to loud after)
yeah i did see that but its not really suitable, reason being i actually want the ring tones to change. The ring tones i use whilst not at work are very unsuitable to use whilst i am at work/meetings etc. Its a pain having to go and change this ring tone each time!
You can also quickly switch to vibrate by holding down the Communications key (left side at the top) and to switch back to ring you hold it down again. Another way is to move the volume slider on the left down and then back up.
Seem to recall using a program called Mortring for this sort of thing but that was a while back, don't know if it's WM5 compliant though.
try searching for Mortring over the site
thanks for the suggestions - i'll give them a try
Yes as somebody suggested PocketZenPhone is a good profile management software.
Also give PhoneAlarm a try. Though this profile management utility is still in Beta-2 phase but to me it looks more powerful than PocketZenPhone, in that it also offers Repeat Alarm function. For each of the 7 possible profiles you can set up a different ringtone. So maybe this addresses your requirement to be able to change ringtones with just a click.
Kind Regards
There is also a profiles management software that ships with the Eten M600
I wonder if anyone tryied to run that on the Wizard?
Arnon
s4vva said:
yeah i did see that but its not really suitable, reason being i actually want the ring tones to change. The ring tones i use whilst not at work are very unsuitable to use whilst i am at work/meetings etc. Its a pain having to go and change this ring tone each time!
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Check out PZP - change every setting for each profile from wifi/radio/BT to ring tone (for different alerts, ie ring, message, email, etc) auto-switch with outlook meetings etc.
As i said before, it IS a pain in the ass to config (IMO atleast) but once its set its pretty good (also a tip for config is to set the profiles basically on the pda and then edit the files on windows PC then copy back to pda - made my life much easier and also provides a 100% working and very quick backup for PZP as its far too easy to edit 1 setting and break another!)
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s4vva said:
yeah i did see that but its not really suitable, reason being i actually want the ring tones to change. The ring tones i use whilst not at work are very unsuitable to use whilst i am at work/meetings etc. Its a pain having to go and change this ring tone each time!
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Check out PZP - change every setting for each profile from wifi/radio/BT to ring tone (for different alerts, ie ring, message, email, etc) auto-switch with outlook meetings etc.
As i said before, it IS a pain in the ass to config (IMO atleast) but once its set its pretty good (also a tip for config is to set the profiles basically on the pda and then edit the files on windows PC then copy back to pda - made my life much easier and also provides a 100% working and very quick backup for PZP as its far too easy to edit 1 setting and break another!)
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i am going to try pzp, i'll let you know how i find it. thanks for your help.
So I'm looking for a ringing tone profiling program that;
-can be used fast; i.e. can be put on a today-screen for quick customization or can be used with hotkeys
-can switch between different profiles, f.ex., full silent mode, vibrate only, high volume, low volume etc.
And also I'd like it so that alarms have sound, but ring tone and SMS do not! Just like I would have on my Nokia at night; alarm rings in the morning so I can wake up but SMS and calls are silent.
-John
Hi John,
I'm currently using Phone Profile http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=217991 for this. It's freeware, but you might want to have a look at PocketZenPhone, not free more capable.
Regards, M
Also look for Ppc profiles pro
Using pocket zen phone, its a ***** to configure, but once its up & running it works well.
i am using pocket zen phone, cheap software and does everything (and more) than i need.
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Also look for Ppc profiles pro
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Which is free too:-
http://www.modaco.com/Reminder_PPCProfiles_Pro_free_at_MoDaCo_-t235506.html
Hello People,
I would like to hear what software you are using to handle profiles.
I find the options offered by TF3D/Sense UI, very basic and unsatisfactory.
So far I have heard of:
G-Prifle,
Phone Alarm
Phoneweaver
Problem is that, with the exception of phoneweaver, these apps don't integrate well with graphic shells.
Advice is most welcome.
Profiles!
I use Second Today, with it you can get second today screen and put all today-plugins there and still have TouchFlow on.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=401907
I use 2today with PhoneAlarm and it works just fine. I assigned 2today to send button. PhoneAlarms latest beta can operate Touch pros 2 bluetooth stack. There is 7 diffrent setting at bluetooth and mine device worked with setting BluetoothFix=5. Itried Phone Weaver, but it crashed sometimes with 2Today, and it cannot handle BT toggle.
I havent test G-Profile, but i read at they forum that its not fuction good with Touch Pro 2.
I used a long time Phone Suite 1.3 and that worked good with profiles, but it cannot handle BT toggle. And its version is rather old and it hasnt been updated for long time.
So im very happy with 2today with phonealarm, when im in car and put BT handsfree i can set a profile to that, and my volumes go up to 100%.
MadAri
Sorry for my english
I had the same question. Ultimately, I am back with PhoneAlarm. Nothing beats it, functionally, and there's now a solution to specifically support TF without needing a second today screen. Installing the latest version allows an icon on the taskbar using the new "paHost" mode. Try it.
I'm using the "FlippedOutV_B_w" skin to get all kinds of neat switches available at the touch of a button. Added a row of apps to launch and a row of folks to call and it's pretty slick. I just wish I could change the icon to a clock with a date or something like that.
Hi,
Only had my HD2 for a couple of days having come from iphone and have a couple of gripes with it. Maybe it's just me though as never had a windows phone before.
When using opera internet browser you have to zoom in quite a bit to press links, which I find a little annoying. I've tried skyfire which is much better, but you can't use pinch/zoom. Is there a browser that has the best of both worlds?
Is there a quick way to turn bluetooth on/off without having to go into settings?
Is there a quick link to profiles? I know if you hold the end call button you can select between vibrate or ringer, but not silent. I must admit, this is one thing I liked about the iphone, there was a simple switch to change from silent/ringer without having to turn the phone on and press buttons.
When making/receiving calls sometimes the screen comes back on and my ear presses other functions, or disconnects the call. Has there not been a fix for this issue yet?
The call quality isn't great, sometimes the caller distorts on certain words/letters
And finally, is there any way to change the vibrate? Can it be set to 'pulse' rather than just a continous vibration. Can it be set just to give one or 2 pulses when receiving a sms/mms message, rather than vibrating for the full length of the message alert? (I've personalised mine and goes on for about 10 seconds)
I think the phone is great, and these niggles aren't the most major of things (accept the screen turning back on during calls) but it would make the phone more of a pleasure to use.
Cheers
There are fixes or programs for most of your niggles, but they may not integrate with the HTC Sense interface! That's one downside of such a deeply coded front end, and one reason why I personally have stopped using it!
There is a file available which can allow links in Opera to be clicked when zoomed out- sorry, but I don't have time to link to it at present!
For profile and radio (BT/WiFi/Phone) switching, I'd recommend SBSH Phoneweaver . OK, it costs $15 but you can set any number of profiles with switching based on time, location, busy status etc, or manually. The pop-up menu also has a set of switches for the various radios. It can be launched via one of the 3 Program buttons on the front page of Sense, or via a small icon in the Taskbar. I'm, not sure if it can have the vibrate times defined or not!
NeilM said:
There are fixes or programs for most of your niggles, but they may not integrate with the HTC Sense interface! That's one downside of such a deeply coded front end, and one reason why I personally have stopped using it!
There is a file available which can allow links in Opera to be clicked when zoomed out- sorry, but I don't have time to link to it at present!
For profile and radio (BT/WiFi/Phone) switching, I'd recommend SBSH Phoneweaver . OK, it costs $15 but you can set any number of profiles with switching based on time, location, busy status etc, or manually. The pop-up menu also has a set of switches for the various radios. It can be launched via one of the 3 Program buttons on the front page of Sense, or via a small icon in the Taskbar. I'm, not sure if it can have the vibrate times defined or not!
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Thanks for your response. What are you referring to when you say radios? Please forgive my ignorance, I'm still learning
You say that you have stopped using the HTC sense interface so what do you use instead?
Just having a look at the phoneweaver, can this be used with the sense interface? Does it overide the phone settings?
Radios = WiFi, Bluetooth and Phone Radio. These are the things you see in the Comm Manager with the little green On/Off sliders
I'm now using a 'Light' custom ROm without the HTC Sense stuff. I prefer to use a plain 'Home Screen' (which you can achieve by going into Settings/Home (or Today) and selecting the Items tab. From there you can turn on or off any of the Today items or Sense itself.
A lot of the programs I use have their own Today screen plug-ins which suits me fine- Resco Contact Manager, Elecont Weather and Chronos clock/alarms, plus I use a Launcher program called Launchpad by Panoramic Software that is opened by tapping the top left of the screen; this has 40 definable 'Favourites' links plus a full set of Programs/Settings links.
Back to work now!
snerkler said:
Just having a look at the phoneweaver, can this be used with the sense interface? Does it overide the phone settings?
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It can take over all the phone settings and can be manual or scheduled, plus some other useful switching options. You can try it free for 15 days!
NeilM said:
Radios = WiFi, Bluetooth and Phone Radio. These are the things you see in the Comm Manager with the little green On/Off sliders
I'm now using a 'Light' custom ROm without the HTC Sense stuff. I prefer to use a plain 'Home Screen' (which you can achieve by going into Settings/Home (or Today) and selecting the Items tab. From there you can turn on or off any of the Today items or Sense itself.
A lot of the programs I use have their own Today screen plug-ins which suits me fine- Resco Contact Manager, Elecont Weather and Chronos clock/alarms, plus I use a Launcher program called Launchpad by Panoramic Software that is opened by tapping the top left of the screen; this has 40 definable 'Favourites' links plus a full set of Programs/Settings links.
Back to work now!
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Cheers for your help
If you read this sticky thread you will find the answers to all of your questions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583638
It should be pretty obvious since its the first and most talked about topic.
Enjoy.
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If you read this sticky thread you will find the answers to all of your questions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583638
It should be pretty obvious since its the first and most talked about topic.
Enjoy.
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Thanks for that thread, the trouble is I'm not a real computer/phone buff (yet) and so a lot of it goes right over my head. I don't even know what registry's are, and wy you need to edit them???
Ok, the concept of registry is quite simple. I'll put in a way so anyone can understand. Its a repository of stored key/value pairs.
Imagine a folder like structure, when you open a folder you will find a series of keys which, when opened, reveal the value.
Every key/folder is used by the OS or by some application. Its where all the back door settings are stored. So if you wanna make an app or the OS behave in a way you need to change the settings.
Using the registry is easy, but you have to make the first step... so what are you waiting?
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Ok, the concept of registry is quite simple. I'll put in a way so anyone can understand. Its a repository of stored key/value pairs.
Imagine a folder like structure, when you open a folder you will find a series of keys which, when opened, reveal the value.
Every key/folder is used by the OS or by some application. Its where all the back door settings are stored. So if you wanna make an app or the OS behave in a way you need to change the settings.
Using the registry is easy, but you have to make the first step... so what are you waiting?
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Can I bugger up the phone if I don't know what I'm doing?
You can always make a backup of the registry you are changing. In resco registry editor tap and hold and press export. If the changes you made are not good, go to the folder where you exported the backup and open it. It will automatically imported and problem solved. But if you follow the instructions you won't have any problems, just don't change the registry for something you don't know or never seen in any tip/suggestion.
You could affect stuff if you dont do it right... but if you follow the instructions carefully without any typing errors, you will be fine...
Use this to Turn off BT easily.... it also does a lot of other stuff... basically, your bottom left softkey will become an "action" button... prssing that will bring up the screen shown in the screenshots. Works really well for me... also give you soft reset options without opening the back cover or powering off
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=587493&highlight=action+button