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must haves

whats changes from standard and what app do you consider vital on ur device
thank you
sorry im new to this and searching and reading as much as poss.any help or tips wlecome
thank you

i think a lot would agree with me when i say the ultimate must have app is Spb Pocket Plus 3.0

I would add Resco explorer with reg.& ftp plugin, Sprite back-up, PHM mechanic, PHM powertoys & VGS mail (runs imap on your magician, found on this forum). Running airscanner firewall & Trend micro mobile security as well. Testing magic button for really closing apps. I belief spb leaks too much memory. That's personal ofcourse.
Regards, M

Oltp
Can you please give some more details on the PHM mechanic, unable to find anything googling :shock: whats the company?
cheers

phm.lu
My must haves
SPB Pocket Plus
Pocket Breeze (with Contact Breeze)
BT SwitchIT
Voice Command
PHM PPC PowerToys
New Bluetooth stack
VCABT ;-)
TCPMP (BetaPlayer)
PPC VNC
Tweaks2K2
all that and Im good to go ;-)

Most of the about +
1. Memmaid (It saves U a lot of RAM)
2. AE Button Plus (1 button handles 3 programs) http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus.php
3. Phone Alarm (Signal strength report, Phone profile, turn on/off BT w/ single click) http://www.pocketmax.net/
4. Agile Messenger (ICQ + MSN + Yahoo)
5. Skype
6. GPS Gate, if U use any GPS software
7. Mort's MortButtons (open program w/ yr finger instead of stylus)
8. MTUX Remote (control yr PPC thru PC, good for copy & paste very long & complicate software serial number to yr PPC)
9. Omega One 1-Pass (Lock yr PPC and unlock it w/ hardware button)
10. Resco Picture Viewer (support more format than the default one)
11. Lots of game.

marto_martin said:
Oltp
Can you please give some more details on the PHM mechanic, unable to find anything googling :shock: whats the company?
cheers
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Hi marto_martin,
Hope this helps sure it does, it ain't free though
http://mobile.handango.com/ppc/Plat...pe=2&platformId=2&sectionId=0&productId=94860
Cheers, M

Here's the list of my must have's and how to's. To start with, installing the Big Storage ROM will make your device way faster, but ONLY IF you install most of the programs in Storage. This way, your free RAM will be 13Mb Prog/9Mb Storage most of the time!
The list of essential programs I don't do without:
1) SBSH Pocket Breeze: gives a lot of information on the Today screen and is not performance hungry. Very very stable. I installed in Storage.
2) Pocket Max PhoneAlarm: Today plug-in that allows you set profiles and assign MP3 tones to SMS as well.
3) Sprite Backup: Simply the best backup tool that also comes with Sprite Space Detective and a Today Plug-in for battery and memory monitoring. Using this plug-in I saved myself from installing SPB Pocket Plus (I don't want to run programs from a today plug-in, most of them are accessible from the Start menu anyway).
4) TKCreator: a theme editor that allows me to modify themes on the PPC and also select themes stored anywhere on the device without modifying the registry. FREE.
5) PSShutXP: a program that lets you soft-reset the PPC without having to fiddle with the stylus. FREE.
6) TCPMP (Beta Player): for those weird formats that WMP10 does not recognise
7) MemMaid: Mostly useful to delete Internet Cache and Mail attachment. You wouldn't need the Bad Installation clean ups if you stick to only the software you use and the only software that works. When I want to fiddle with some new software I just take a backup before I start and restore if I need to.
8) Microsoft Voice Command: ideal in the car, where I just say "Play ..." or "Call ..." at the press of a button.
9) Modified MS BT stack: at least this stack works properly with my wife's Nokia 6230. A2DP is also welcome with this stack.
10) MobiPocket Reader: a very cool RSS/News reader that I snychronise every morning, thus making my favorite daily readings available off-line any time of the day. (I'm subsribed (FREE) to CNN, BBC News, BBC Tech, The Register, Pocket PC Thoughts, MS Windows Mobile Team Blog, The Times of Malta and Soccer Net.)
Finally, with regards to closing apps as opposed to minimising them (one of the most popular features of SPB Pocket Plus), I found that with plenty of RAM available (after installing all progs to Storage), leaving the apps runnning in the background makes the Magician MUCH MORE responsive.
Since I installed the above setup I never ever had to reset the device. It's the best I ever had. Almost flawless.

fone_fanatic said:
i think a lot would agree with me when i say the ultimate must have app is Spb Pocket Plus 3.0
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I have only two apps running. Spb Pocket Plus and tAgenda. Between the two, I have all the information I need. I prefer to keep my memory useage low, so that when I open those two or three applications, they have lots of memory.

kta: I've searched, but can only find onfo on the Bluesoleil BT stack - not a modified MS stack. Can you please direct us to info on how to do this upgrade.

You can find it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=33532 in the first post.
Cheers, M

You can find it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=33532 in the first post.
Cheers, M

[solved] BT-Icon disappeared

I upgraded to the WWE BigStorage ROM v1.13, but the Blutooth-Icon is missing somehow...
It disappeared after I installed some software (actually on my device: Resco Explorer, TCPMP, SPB GPRS Monitor, SPB Diary, SPB Pocket Plus, CELab CAB Installer, Ericz Call Filtering)
does somebody know how to bring it back?
greetz Stefan

Re: BT-Icon disappeared
Nemesis311088 said:
I upgraded to the WWE BigStorage ROM v1.13, but the Blutooth-Icon is missing somehow...
It disappeared after I installed some software (actually on my device: Resco Explorer, TCPMP, SPB GPRS Monitor, SPB Diary, SPB Pocket Plus, CELab CAB Installer, Ericz Call Filtering)
does somebody know how to bring it back?
greetz Stefan
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What causes your problem is that you have a lot of stuff automatically loading at startup. From your list, all of the three SPB applications and I would expect also the Call Filtering app.
The bluetooth tray-icon is also loaded at startup, but after the today screen apps. For some reason BTTray needs to be loaded within a certain time after reset, or it will not load at all.
The quick way to solve it is to "trim" your today apps to load a bit quicker. Like only showing the next 7 days in Diary.
This has been discussed here before, and If you search this forum for old postings you should find more info (and solutions).

those 15 seconds you can change in tweaks2k.net?
I'll try, thx
==>even starting with no single todayplugin and after removing the callfilter the icon is not back...
will have to live without it
greetz Stefan

icon reappeared, but greyed out...it says that there is no bluetooth-hardware installed on this device :shock:
wicked sick...
edit: weird: after starting in safemode and now coming back to normal starting mode he wanted to install a USB device...
1.time: didn't do anything, ckicled cancel, BT-Icon was greyed out again woth no installed device...
2.time: typed "BT" in, device showed a failure and didn't install it, BT-Icon still greyed out, but I could enter the blzuetooth menu without any problems.
-->activating blutooth made the icon appear normal, but showed that bt is inactive, the blue LED blinked, so I knew it WAS active.
Deactivating and activating now made the Icon get to work again
==> problem solved
greetz @all, Stefan

SafeMode: Which programs offer it & are WM5 compatible?

I require my VARIO to have the option to boot in SafeMode. So far I've done this with Spb Pocket Plus - but since it is such a memory hog I want to get rid of it.
So far I only found two tools that offer SafeMode:
Spb Pocket Plus ( which I want to get rid of )
mCubeSafeMode or SafeMode 1.02 ( not WM5 compatible, installed fine but did not work for me )
So what other choices do I have? What other ( hopefully tiny tool ) will let me enter safemode at boot time?
Help is appreciated. Best regards.

Slightly off topic, but do all of these programs provide the same form of "safe mode"? And if so, what does that consist of? Safe Mode is not an OS feature, so I'm curious what cross over there is.
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Sometimes programs are unable to be un-installed because some parts are loaded, or maybe a newly installed program makes trouble.
So you simply enter SafeMode and are then able to un-install these "troublemakers". Since I try out alot of stuff I don't want to miss this great feature.

I'm not sure, but what I've noticed from Spb's safemode, it disables added today screen items and startup processes. There may be more that it does too.

guttrhead said:
I'm not sure, but what I've noticed from Spb's safemode, it disables added today screen items and startup processes. There may be more that it does too.
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Yep, thats what it does. So any chances that another program will do this?

There's a buzzdev thread about this. Someone posted a file in the last post. I didn't try it out because I have that feature with pocket plus, but you may want to try it.
http://buzzdev.net/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&Itemid=59&func=view&id=15076&catid=26

If you use memmaid and look at services these 'programs' are moved to the top of the service order list, (therefore they are the first things the OS runs)... they basically have a small gui that says "you want to run safe mode" and if you say yes... they stop all the other services from starting, stop STARTUP items from running, and don't let any of the dlls load for today plugins.
The problem with mCubeSafeMode on WM5 is that services have to be certified signed to run in WM5, so even though it installs, its not allowed to run at boot time. I would have thought though that the un-certified builds on buzz/xda-dev would get around that?
I have a Jam now, no WM5 for me

Yep mCubeSafeMode would be great if it would only work with WM5 - but so far only Pocket Plus is able to do a SafeBoot on WM5 that I am aware of. I hoped I only missed another tool, but sad to say it seems to the only working version for WM5

SPB Pocket Plus
pocket plus has the option of booting in safe mode also

Re: SPB Pocket Plus
gwassef said:
pocket plus has the option of booting in safe mode also
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I know! Thats what I said in my first posting - but I want to get RID OF POCKET PLUS - that is the whole reason for this thread!

DreamBoxer: Are you running a certification-free WM5 ROM though? I actually talked to the mCubeSafe author about this, and the belief is services might actually need a Microsoft certificate, but he wasn't sure.... if it doesn't work with a cert-free ROM then I guess he was correct...
I had the same problem when I had a WM5 device I despirately wanted to NOT run SPB (too much bloat) but ultimately its the only one that had it...
You could install SPB and hunt around with memmaid and the registry to try and figure out how to just set the services only and remove everything else. You would have to install the service program, (maybe using memmaid) and move it up the service list to be first... in theory it should be do-able...

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DREAMBOXER said:
gwassef said:
pocket plus has the option of booting in safe mode also
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I know! Thats what I said in my first posting - but I want to get RID OF POCKET PLUS - that is the whole reason for this thread!
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sorry i did not read the whole statments.

Problem with Removing Application

it seems my JAMin can not remove some applications like CA antivirus...
also i can not install VBruntime in my JAMin any Idea?

Going to safemode by SPB pocket plus 3.x
In the safemode you can uninstall almost every programs cleanly!!!
cause it doesn't load any plug-in when the windows start.
Although, now I seeking some program that can go to safemode in WM5 without use of pocket plus, but it seem to not have, yet. Because the pocket plus use a lot of memery, I don't like it, but I need it safemode function.
Or anyone have the safemode booting program without pocket plus, please share it hear.

thanx dude it works but my JAMin kills me when reboots, it takes 3 minutes

Requesting software like wisbar

Hello,
i heard from a friend that he knows a pocket pc software.. that u can make ur pocket like real windows xp. the theme ofcourse.. should look like.. this
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?i...mages?q=pocket+pc+xp+theme&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=
does anybody know.. the names of this software that can do for pocket pc.. this above link is for palmos.
but he doesnt remember the name anymore.. i hinted him many software like wisbar.. none of them were right.. maybe u guys can help me to fill in the names of all wisbar alook like.

That is clearly WisBar Advance Desktop. Take a look at the few screen shot / today thread, they have the exact (or rather similar) screen shot.

nope..
wisbar cant be..
1. its a graphic design company that released that.
2. my friend says.. wisbar aint.
3. it comes with softreset, hardreset, shutdown etc. wisbar aint.. u have to install separately..

hi i found this software Shutdown (Windows XP Style)
Shutdown (Windows XP Style) enhances your PocketPC with an XP-style shutdown screen. It includes a shortcut in the start menu and can be used to perform a soft-reset without having to use the reset button.
or
PocketWin is a new kind of Pocket PC launcher that is intended to completely replace your Today screen. It features a sleek design and a Windows-like interface. PocketWin is made with Macromedia Flash and requires Flash Player 6 for Pocket PC installed. What makes PocketWin different from other program launchers is it's extreme flexibility. You might compare PocketWin to a set of Lego pieces that you yourself can add up to build that very thing you've always dreamed of. With it's extended plugin capability there are virtually no limits to what can be accomplished with PocketWin. The new update provides a number of new features and interface improvements that will put all other launchers to shame!
Please visit our website to read about PocketWin's exciting features.
The latest update has the following set of new features:
Full WM2003 compatibility!
Requires only Flash Player to run, no need for extra software such as Flash Assist or eVB libraries!
Free skins that support animation and transparency effects (two free skins included!)
Create your own skins with our SDK (Skin Developer Kit) *soon to be released
Browse for files - no more inputting by hand
Create unlimited number of folders to arrange your shortcuts more efficiently
New interface elements, such as improved Windows XP like start menu and control panel
Shut down and restart your Pocket PC - XP style!
Requires only 800kb of storage memory
Plus MUCH more!!!!

im talking about a software like wisbar.. which includes shutdown, softreset, hardreset etc.. its INCLUDED.
and beside.. if u look clearly.. the wisbar windows xp are nothing compared to the link i showed.. first of all.. start is at the bottom. and there are alot ****s.. that u dont find in wisbar.. if u look close to that site.
for pocketwin.. i gotta check it out.

I think what you have is the iSpin Launcher which is a Palm OS program, not for Pocket PC. That's as far as I can read, I can't read Thai, sorry.

What about this:
http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/experience.shtml
A little program called eXPerience. Never tried it. Could this be it?

helterskelter..
i asked my friend. yes thats it.. thanks alot man..
pocketwin looks alike.. but its far from experience.

hi just install pocketwin on my spv m500 i did not like it was making my pocket pc slow so i uninstall it and now my sound it not working try to turn the sound up but i gose back to the bottom agine any body i need your help thanks

use experience.. its alot better