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SafeMode for PocketPC

Hi guys,
I developed an application that simulates, somewhat, the Safe Mode on Pocket PC. I needed it because many times my PDA kept self-reseting or froze after I installed certain programs. It just temporary disables the Startup programs, allowing you to uninstall them.
How it works:
-soft reset device with stylus
-immediately afterwards, keep pressing the Action key until you see a message saying that the PDA is running in Safe Mode.
-uninstall any buggy program, if necessary
-soft reset device normally, and the Startup programs will run again.
The application is freeware and you can find it at www.monocube.com.
Let me know what you think.
Regards.

Brilliant idea. :idea: :idea: Thank you.

Let me know if you have any ideas in further developing it. I will make a new version tomorrow, so you can also disable the 3rd party Today plugins (i.e. only the standard ones will be loaded).

Hi guys,
I've updated SafeMode to version 0.2. Now the program also disables Today plugins, showing a "Safe Mode" screen instead.
Please check www.monocube.com for updated info on usage
Regards.

Updated to v0.3, added Landscape/VGA support
EDIT:
Updated to v0.41, changed the functionality a bit. Now you will see a message asking you if you want to enter Safe Mode.
Please get the updated version, it fixes some issues with some PDA models and adds this new functionality.

Updated to 0.5
Added disabling of Services, and a few other features.
Please let me know what u think.

monocube said:
Updated to 0.5
Added disabling of Services, and a few other features.
Please let me know what u think.
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Nice one and good safety tool for beta testers (and not only )
One small bug though: on my xda II it mixes up the blue screen with the today theme :shock:
nothing important, anyway
thanks for this useful tool

ummm, do you have v0.5? there's no more blue screen, just your currently selected theme as background.
if you are using it, could you post a screenshot?

FANTASTIC util - and a great idea Many thanks m8!

I tried it but how can I use it using WM2005.
Can I rename/delete ROM/System files under Safe Mode?

Fantastic Idea!!! this is a must have to every people who has a pda.. good work

Unfortunately it will not work yet work with Magneto, one of the reasons being services now require a digital certificate (which costs a lot, at least for me). So I guess we should all thank Microsoft for that

hi guys,
just updated to v0.6. it now disables 3rd party SIP plugins.
enjoy.

cool! i like. hehe.

updated to 0.65. SafeMode is now unloaded from memory on normal reboots. Also, you can have your own "safemode.wav" file in your Windows folder (also changed the default sound to voicbeep.wav, the alarm seemed to annoy people ).

Thats really EXCELLENT work, pravo :wink:
This is really what I wanted, long time ago, cus sometimes I install programs that hangs up my PPC & forces me to do a hard reset!
I have one comment: if you can change the text's color to be something else other than white; cus I have a white today backround image, so I couldn't read the text!
Maybe you can use an XOR text mode (I use it in windows desktop application, but I don't know if it's supported in WinCE)
Anyway, thanks alot monocube,, really its something great
I wonder why Micro$oft missed it out! :roll:

Thanks ezzkht.
I've also updated it to v0.67. It now fixes some issues with Korean (and perhaps other) ROMs and with Password screen being enabled.
The text color should be the same as your current Today font color (so it changes with the theme) - but that apparently doesn't work with some older themes. Anyhow, for next version the color will be user selectable.
Take care all.

As I have said on the other thread, I will be using this app so long as I keep testing betas and alphas thanks for the time and effort m8.
Unfortunately it will not work yet work with Magneto, one of the reasons being services now require a digital certificate (which costs a lot, at least for me). So I guess we should all thank Microsoft for that
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Now aint that a ***** no safemode and no wifi activesync. Are we going backwards here?
One cquestion about using this app though. I guess it would be easy to circumvent the password protect screen login if it were enabled?

I'm not sure I understand what you mean. You would want the password screen automatically disabled in SafeMode?

safemode.wav
Anyone has a pleasant safemode.wav to share?

Phone Profiles 1.1.0.287 is out!

Hi guys,
Since almost 350 Magician fellows have downloaded my application, I dare informing you all that I have released an updated version.
Come over my site and download it:
http://www.winmobileapps.com
See you there.
Bye.

slvrbllt said:
Hi guys,
Since almost 350 Magician fellows have downloaded my application, I dare informing you all that I have released an updated version.
Come over my site and download it:
http://www.winmobileapps.com
See you there.
Bye.
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Hi slvrbllt,
Just been to your site. Many thanks for the cycle bluetooth app, just what I was looking for.
I tried your Phone Profiles app and its good but unfortunately conflicts with my Qtek firmwares flight mode - it's a long story.
Anyway I'm trying to remove the app but finding it a little difficult. It keeps saying that /windows/profiler.dll is open or read only even after a soft reset. Any ideas how I can remove the app? It suggests doing a stop all but no apps are listed there.
Thank you,

hi slvrbllt!! Can we assign only a vibration for the new SMS without ringing (for a silent profile for example with a vibration for the ring)? Thanks for this great update!bye

borgs said:
Just been to your site. Many thanks for the cycle bluetooth app, just what I was looking for.
I tried your Phone Profiles app and its good but unfortunately conflicts with my Qtek firmwares flight mode - it's a long story.
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Have you tried DKToday? It's a great BT cycler & more.
@slvrbllt,
Very nice app. you can expect Dutch translations soon. Only thing I like as an improvement is small buttons to quick pick a profile or a possibility to put it in the tray.
Cheers, M

Hmm, looks Good...

borgs said:
slvrbllt said:
Hi guys,
Since almost 350 Magician fellows have downloaded my application, I dare informing you all that I have released an updated version.
Come over my site and download it:
http://www.winmobileapps.com
See you there.
Bye.
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Hi slvrbllt,
Just been to your site. Many thanks for the cycle bluetooth app, just what I was looking for.
I tried your Phone Profiles app and its good but unfortunately conflicts with my Qtek firmwares flight mode - it's a long story.
Anyway I'm trying to remove the app but finding it a little difficult. It keeps saying that /windows/profiler.dll is open or read only even after a soft reset. Any ideas how I can remove the app? It suggests doing a stop all but no apps are listed there.
Thank you,
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Try to uncheck Phone Profiles on Today Items before uninstall.
It works for me.
Regards,
Arto.

looks great, but there is a problem with my magician. it crashed when I try to run it, i just saw a window appearing and immideately disappearing .... (my system is runing windows mobile 2003 simplified chinese edition)

Artosoft said:
Try to uncheck Phone Profiles on Today Items before uninstall.
It works for me.
Regards,
Arto.
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Cheers Arto, that's exactly what I was forgetting to do.
Thanks.
oltp said:
Have you tried DKToday? It's a great BT cycler & more.
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Thanks, I gave it a try but it has problems with flightmode also (note. these problems seem to be due to a particular Qtek firmware). I think I'll stick with radiooff and CicleBT. Thanks for the info though.

I've downloaded and installed the software, it look good !!
But when I get an incomming call the callerid popup appears followed by a short beep, not the ringtone I setup in the profile... What am I doing wrong ??
Regards,
Dennis :?

I installed it on my Dopod 818 Pro and it was working fine. However I noticed that the ringtone I assign for any profile is disregarded! It always plays the default ringtone.
So I had to remove it

[Posted to wrong thread]

I can't even install it... I just have this cab(?) file called Winmobileapps_PhoneProfiles.zip but what do I do with it? If I unzip it to my home pc, three files come out from it but none of them is an installation file (.exe)
-John

Try this link http://www.modaco.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=15580 then

Yeah, but the specific thing here is; Where do I put the CAB file on my device - which directory??? As you can see I don't know ANYTHING about Win CE
-John

Hi John,
you'll get used to it. I suggest you put the .cab on your SD-card, either via Act.Sync, a card reader or direct download with Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE). Then click it from within File Explorer to install. I've installed it to my storage folder (not the default location) & it runs well.
Another suggestion: get caninstl (google for it), then you can choose where to install cab-files far more easily & it got an option not to delete the cab after finishing the installation.
Regards, M

Nice work slvrbllt, everything that was missing in your first post in now in it. You made me happy hehe

V1.2.0 is out!
Question for Silver Bullet: I saw there is a new feature: Hi-Res icons added.
What is exactly the feature is (I haven't install v1.2.0 yet)?
Thanks!
Regards,
Arto.

@artosoft
Hi-res Icons are for VGA devices only... ;-)
Thanks for your appreciations.

is it possible to set a vibration to an incoming SMS without a ringtone?thanks

Hi slvrbllt, i have tried your other app Flightmode on my BA WM5 and it works great. I have a question on Phone Profiles; would it be possible to add control over the backlight and power save options? This would be helpful to create a profile for "Car" for instance where i need the backlight on and power save disabled for my GPS and would be easier to setup a profile to do this.
Thanks for your applications and hard work.

XDA Neo HomeZone app - can someone upload?

Hi,
I flashed my XDA Neo with the latest Dopod ROM but I lost my HomeZone app. Can someone upload it here? Thanks!

home zone o-2 de
Hi,
Did home zone application ever worked for you? I had my neo with german rom and home zone application never displayed home icon or any visual indication that I was in home zone, when in fact I was in the home zone area. And yes application was loaded.
It worked on my magician (xda mini), but not on prophet (neo).
As far as actual application cab. I've seen it somewhere on this forum an attachment with german ext rom folder. Try that.

home zone o-2 de
Hi,
Did home zone application ever worked for you? I had my neo with german rom and home zone application never displayed home icon or any visual indication that I was in home zone, when in fact I was in the home zone area. And yes application was loaded.
It worked on my magician (xda mini), but not on prophet (neo).
As far as actual application cab. I've seen it somewhere on this forum an attachment with german ext rom folder. Try that.
here we go, log in to see attachment.

Hi,
here you go. For me it works with the XDAneo. The icon only shows when I klick on the "Phone-Connection" Button. Not the best solution in my opinion, but it works.
Bye,
Sven

Very strange :?
Installed the app, works, says that HZ is running, but also "No coordinates received". And no little house anywhere

HZ problem
I've got the same problem.. I think there is something else you have to install from xda neo ext rom.. I've tried installing everything though, it didn't fix the problem. This issue accure after the rom upgrade to WWE from German. But to be honest, the HZ didn't work for me even before upgrade. I didn't have a problem with coordinates though. It just wouldn't display the home zone icon..

Yeah man, doesn't work for me either. What do you think, if I just wrote to O2 customer support and explained that I didn't install their crappy extended ROM, would they be so kind as to give me step by step instructions on how to get my home zone icon?

HZ and o2 tech reps
Not a chance! : ) At least not with O2 in Germany. Sorry for bursting your bubble, man. I’ve called them before, several times intact. I’ve spoken to a few different tech reps regarding this issue on few different occasions. Their only solution is a hard reset! They only go by the basic manual they have for this, where’s the only solution for fixing anything is hard reset. These guys there have no idea how to reset PPC without manual!
On one occasion I’ve asked them about “English WM” ( WWE Rom), since my previous phone (Magician) was in German, (that is when I was plain uneducated about flashing this phones and etc.) and guess what their answer was?! They’ve said that flashing the phone or putting any localizer third party software was going to kill the device without chance of restoration! I mean c’mon, how smart is that? So much for the tech support!
But any way, you try that, may be you’ll have more luck! May be they just wanted to prevent me from half flashing my phone or incurring any other errors to the point of no recovery on my own. But I have half flashed my prophet few times, had RUU stopping with all kinds of errors half way trough the process, leaving the phone with no rom Installed, and still, managed to restore the rom. It only cost me my fingers that I bit of in the process and tons of beer for the recovery : ) any way, good luck! Let me know if you find the solution.
By the way, you can ask them to enable voice indication of home zone. You’ll here Voice indicator “Home” when dialing from home zone. It’s kind of inconvenient, but it’s the only solution for me right now.

Unfortunately, aleksandr is absolutely right. The German O2 XDA support is not just poor - they disinform you! Come on, I know much more stuff about those devices yet than those guys, and I've had a PPC for only a couple of months. The "home" voice is the only solution for me too so far.

Awww, come on! I was kidding, that's why I put a smiley behind my post and used a somewhat sarcastic choice of words!
So for Home Zone voice confirmation I just call the hotline and ask them to enable it? That would work for me I guess. A simple icon would be better though... Sometimes I wish I was smart and could just write my own little programs!

HZ working now!
Hey guys. The other day I had nothing better to do then taking apart Neo’s german extended rom content and tried the home zone application on my prophet (wwe, dopod 818 pro rom) I’ve installed Home Zone cab posted by Sauron1978de and then RilGSM patch from the O2 (can be found in german O2 extended rom content. And funny thing it worked! I tried it a hundred times before and it never worked up until now. Just make sure you install rilgsm patch last. It does the soft reset at the end. I have home icon now in my connections notification bubble. Let the pda run for a few minutes until it receives new sms with coordinates and you should be all set. Make sure you have home zone short cut in your start up folder.
Good luck!

Hi!
It works for me too! But I would like to see this icon on the top of the screen without pressing any buttons.

icon at the top bar
yeah, me too! no luck on that though..

do you know how to get rid of the sting "HZDisplayDataSMP" which appears on the top of the screen?

how to get rid of the sting "HZDisplayDataSMP"
No idea. never had this. may be by unchecking "Receive channel list" in Phone settings - More- Broadcast Channels- Settingds.
But by doing this, you also will no longer recieve new coordinates for HZ.
But again, this is MAY BE, as I don't really know what I'm talking about here I don't have this problem to play with.

i too have HZDisplayDataSMP popping up as the active app after waking up. most annoying, though pressing OK or red phone button gets rid of it. still, as i said, annoying. would like to know if there's some way to disable it being displayed, without turning off the "Broadcast Channels"-enabled option, as the HZ app seems to receive and use these broadcasts to enable the HZ display. well, that's my experience, anyways...
so, in short, anyone know how to hide an app from being displayed? or maybe forcing it to always run in the background?

Athena/Ameo Tray Applet...

Hi all. Need some help please. I had recently used the 'hide' TrayApplet program but after uninstalling Spb Shell, decided that I could do with it being back, but don't want large icons on my Today screen again.
Hkey_Local_Machine\SOFTWARE\HTC\TrayApplet
above I found the links to each of the icons in the tray and can successfully point them to programs of my choice. Great!!
No! The links now work a treat, but the old icons remain the same (therefore hard to distinguish what does what until you tap it).
Does anyone know how to or where the registry entries are for the icons in the TrayApplet? e.g when I tap on the web n walk icon, I now get my configured Internet Explorer, but no associated icon.
Any help appreciated.

No one here hot on Reg-editing? Tried looking at the Universal wiki and their Reg hacks, but it most of it seems to be filed using different naming conventions and some alternative methods.
In any event. The above post shows where the links are (in seperate folders)....which can be permanently deleted and will then remove them from the TrayApplet.

Thanks for the info. I am still trying to decide what to do with the tray on my phone.

Try this cab file.........i'm using it on my Ameo now. It creates a programe in your programe folder with which you can turn on/turn off your tray applet as you wish. Hope it helps
Sorry MACKABY007, never read your firsy post correctly oooops

thank you!
neildunne said:
Try this cab file.........i'm using it on my Ameo now. It creates a programe in your programe folder with which you can turn on/turn off your tray applet as you wish. Hope it helps
Sorry MACKABY007, never read your firsy post correctly oooops
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SWEET!!! Now I can change my mind as often as I wish!!!! YEA BABY!
Thanks for the post bro.

neildunne said:
Try this cab file.........i'm using it on my Ameo now. It creates a programe in your programe folder with which you can turn on/turn off your tray applet as you wish. Hope it helps
Sorry MACKABY007, never read your firsy post correctly oooops
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No probs neildunne..at least you tried to help.
And someone else has benefitted from your answer.

Is there a simple regedit to enable/disable the trayapp?

Yep there is
Yes you can do it manually.
Go to HKLM\init and create a strin Launch92 and give it the value TrayAp.exe. When you want to remove it delete the key.
Can somebody post the HTCHomeplug plugin so I can use this one instead of the taskbar?

WA3 will solve it.
I'm happy. God is listening.
System Tray Features
* Added the ability to place program icons on the system tray.
On the screenshot above, you'll see icons that don't normally appear on the system tray. WisBar Advance 3 now allows you to place icons on the tray as a "quick launch" bar, similar to iLauncher and several other software packages.
Get it here:
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11258

hide tray
hello!
can I simply remove the tray? can I put the hidetray somewhere when e boots up it removes the tray?
tried on \windows\startup with no sucess..
best regards,
Deiota

WA3 still rocking...
Deiota said:
hello!
can I simply remove the tray? can I put the hidetray somewhere when e boots up it removes the tray?
tried on \windows\startup with no sucess..
best regards,
Deiota
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Yes you can in Wisbar Advance 3...still in Beta, but well worth a look IMHO.

Please can you help me doing it with WA3????
What do you mean by "but well worth a look IMHO"...
Best regards,
Deiota

Deiota said:
hello!
can I simply remove the tray? can I put the hidetray somewhere when e boots up it removes the tray?
tried on \windows\startup with no sucess..
best regards,
Deiota
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I too would like to remove this tray bar at the bottom. I dont like it and cannot find how to remove it on my X7500.
I know how to do it on my universal, but the registry is not the same.
Any light on this would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Adam

Anyone? I am using WAD right now but I do not appreciate how slow it run in comparison to not using it.

neildunne said:
Try this cab file.........i'm using it on my Ameo now. It creates a programe in your programe folder with which you can turn on/turn off your tray applet as you wish. Hope it helps
Sorry MACKABY007, never read your firsy post correctly oooops
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Thanks from me for this too.
Although I am curious to know... from the community at large perhaps... the Today screen is evidently made up of a series of components... TSk files for the theme... applet files for additional display options... the HTC plug-in software to modify the HTC HomePlugin etc.
It seems a bit odd to me... given the apparent effort put into theme creation software by quite a few writers... that those same coders stopped where they did... at themes.
It seems like only half of the job... even the admittedly-clever HTC Home Plug-in Customiser goes that far and no further.
I'd expect at least one developer to come up with a more comprehensive product... the modules do exist as separate entities... theme designers... plug ins and customisers... and especially with the advent of WM6 and VGA screens...
I've had two Blue Angels now for a couple of years. It never occurred to me to play with themes. The only modfication of the desktop was from whatever software went in and did so as part of the package... XCPU Scalar and some SPB items for example. I never even bothered to upgrade the Windoze from 2003SE. Everything seemed to work alright, and most software that I try to use on it still does too.
Now we have two Ameos as well... both running different versions of WM6... different ROMs... one of which (the later) is T-Mobile.
And, probably due to the larger screen, I decided to take a look into the desktop.
The T-Mobile flavour did indeed come with this Tray App, and it is only today and on here (naturally) that I have actually found out the designation of the thing.
XCPUScalar knew all about it long before I did, and stuck it's Speed, Reset, and Off buttons in it.
The other Ameo came with what I think may be a vanilla (HTC) version of WM6 and the HTC Home Plug-in... and I only recently learned about that here too... none of this appears in the little manuals T-Mobile inlcude with the Ameo of course.
I wonder now, as I write, if a fairly basic and simple method of getting rid of the Tray App may simply be either removing it from the Windows folder or perhaps renaming it.
Either way, your method works well for me... as does XDA-developers per se... and without whom all HTC customers, whether members here or not, would be a great deal poorer.
Personally, I do wish that I understood a good deal more of the subject matter, especially in the deeper-delving posts... but at least with xda-developers being here... all of you... the possibility exists.
Thank You once again... all of you.
QF

Unlock Extended Rom

Hi there
I've just got my shiny new Touch HD. Wow - what an upgrade to my Orbit 1 (don't laugh). I loved my Orbit but this is so much better. It's not revolutionary, but everything has evolved so well i.e. the big screen, no horrible frame around the screen, USB 2 connection, love the Drive mode thingi when you plug it to your computer ect.
Only problem is I can't get TomTom to work - I'll sort that out later...
Now to the question - how do you unlock the extended rom (I think that what they call it)? I want to prevent the applications from installing i.e. TouchFlo Home Plugin after a hard reset. I find the combination of SPB Pocket Plus 4 Tabs, Today Agenda (and a few other apps.) a much better combination for me.
Hope someone can help.
Anis

Did you try a soft reset when the waiting screen pops up after a hard reset?

Why dont you just uncheck TouchFlo in Settings-Today?

Thanks for the replies.
Ideally I wouldn't want unwanted apps to install. I know it's a fast device but I like to have a clean system.
I could reset the device when it's about the install everything (don't even know how to reset) however I want to keep certain things like the Black HTC theme and a few other things.
Anis

Tried and failed - what did I do?
RacerII said:
Did you try a soft reset when the waiting screen pops up after a hard reset?
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I just tried this last night and tried at multiple stages... and no matter what it insisted on installing all the bloatware. Any idea what I might be doing incorrectly?
When you say "wait screen" - do you mean the initial WinMo v6.1 green-splash screen, or the same display with "Please wait while we [something] for first time use"? I also tried at the Home screen before the customization begins, and while it was running... all still ended up with the software being installed. :/
I've read some great posts (here and Howard Forums) about using Total Commander and entering "\Extended Rom\" but that doesnt open anything on my device. Does that area need to be unlocked?
Thanks for any tips!

I think you need a custom Rom without all of the applications. I had one on my Omnia.

hmm...
typing "\Extended_Rom\" in total commander does not work.
those registry which hide/unhide and lock/unlock extended rom are not there too.
check the wiki, nothing about extended rom or customed rom which is meant for Service Provider specific.
Or is it because the HD I am having is tied to 1 provider, but it is already SIM unlocked which can use other providers SIM.
The original rom is lag, very lag, lots of rubbish in "\windows\" directory beside M$ original files.
How are the cooked roms around in the forum?

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I think you need a custom Rom without all of the applications. I had one on my Omnia.
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+1 for this plan. I'm running a lighter custom 6.5 rom (NRG) with none of the startup ui's. I've loaded Mobile shell#3 and it works very well. Quickest combo I've found so far for snappy-ness and speed. Battery life is fine with it. Try diff light roms without the startup bloatware and you may find something that you like.