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'Align Screen' is ruining my games! need hackers help!

hello guys,
on my HTC Wizard if you press the center key of the d-pad (joystick) along with the Message key (Calendar key in different PocketPCs), it takes you directly to the Align Screen page, where you have to align your screen.
when using MorphGear, i like to hold my Wizard in landscape mode and use the d-pad with my left hand and use the Message button as 'A' and Explorer button as 'B', So during my gameplay i'm accidentally opening the 'Align Screen' page, which i cannot bypass except after going through the alignment process.
it's a pain, and it's ruining my gameplay experience.
i searched around and couldn't find a quick solution to the problem, that's why i posted here hoping that a hacker will help me.
thanks,

This is old, but wondering about the same thing. at least I searched

Mapping Power button

Hi peeps !
Searched all over the forum, but couldn't find the answer.
Is there a way to assign a function to the Power On/Off button other than to turn the Athena on / off ?
I typically, for instance, would like to bind the "DisplaySwitch" psShutXP shortcut to the Power Button so that when i press it, it doesn't turn the Athena off but only the screen.
Additionnaly, if one knows how to assign a sequence of actions to the Power Button (like "locking the device + switching screen on / off"), that'd be great.
Thanks guys !

Turning off only the screen is the default action for the power button...
There is an app that many on here use (I can't think of the name) which lets you reassign most of the buttons on the Athena, including the OK and Windows button, to many different functions. You can also hack the registry to reassign the camera/comm/browser buttons if the standard reassignments that Windows Mobile gives you aren't enough - but really odd things like locking + screen off may require you to also write your own small app first.

Hi there, thank you for your answer.
Actually, the Power button must do something more than just flicking the screen off, like scaling the CPU down, spinning out the microdrive, flushing a bunch of buffers, etc.
I'm asking because of a problem I posted about in the forum (here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=353456), about my Athena being strangely slow, and its CPU being 80% used by nothing that I can see or find, when I wake it up using the Power button.
I'm trying to see if I can circumvent the problem if I can't manage to find its source and solve it, in fact.
I used AEButtons Plus, which works pretty well with ALL buttons but the Power one, and I couldn't find a reference to it in the registry either.
Thanks for your time !

Yup, that's the app I was thinking of. I don't use it so I couldn't think of the name. Sorry to hear of your slowdown problems, I've been monitoring that thread. I agree that it sounds like a hardware problem at this point.

You need DevieLock.cab. It can be set to switch off the screen and lock the device. It can by mapped to any button but Power on/off though.

Thanks man, gonna look it up right away !

Yes i searched but i cant find answer

I got my phone today...
All is cool if I'm in mail on main screen and i open the keypad the thing scrolls like crazy even after i close it... Any ideas... S/W or H/W issue?
and how do i do a master reset?
Thanks
Jason

Heres more info... If i open the keypad it's like the arrow key is stuck in the left to right direction.(scrolls up and down on screen) If i hit a key on the keypad it stops.. and when i close it it scrolls again (right to on screen left).. and hitting a key fixes it... Any ideas?

hard reset:
comm manager + Voice record + reset
Release reset while holding the other buttons
Prompt on screen follow directions
Hard reset from UI: go to programs/ Clear storage. it will ask you to type in 1234 and press the "yes"soft key.
If you ever decide to flash your rom with one of the roms here you will NEED this:
BOOTLOADER MODE: (in case you don't read all of the directions)
Camera+Reset. Release reset while holding the camera button.
when the screen turns 3 collors plug the phone back in to the computer and rerun the rom utility.
also make sure that you figure out if your wiz is G3 or G4, and the roms are apropriate to your model

Well it's a g3 i just unlocked it.. any word on the sticky key issue? can i clean it or is it software?

screen alignment

EDIT: Well i finally found it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=282152
works on trinity! thanks vijay555!! i use vjtoggletoday on every boot now i add another super useful file by you many thanks!!
every time i press the voice speed dial button and the record button simultaneously it sends me to the screen alignment tool.
is there a way maybe a registry change to not send me to that screen when i press those buttons?
even in games and apps where i have the keys remapped to those two keys as soon as i accidentally press them together it makes me realign the screen its frustrating. TiA!

well after more messing around i realize it is the action button and the voice speed dial buttons pressed together to launch screen alignment.
like i said it is horrible feature it interrupts everything i try to do. please someone help me disable this. anyone?

Can I assign the Home button with the startmenu?

Hello,
I don't like this Home button on the Touch HD. I can get back to the today screen with the normal End Call button.
I am missing a startmenu button which I got used to over the last years. And the startmenu on this display is so far away from my thumb, that it makes one handed usage difficult.
Is there an easy way to reassign the Home buttion to the startmenu? The default Settings-->Buttons dialog offers only one long press customization. Can I enable the other buttons to get changed there?

Use aebuttons or mobilemagic, search a little for

A tool to change the buttons is AEButton Plus.
But the home key cannot be changed so far.

I concur with AE Button plus not being able to assign/reassign the home button

This is bad.
So we have to wait for a solution. I hope someone works on this.

The end call button and the home button are redundant.
Why have 2 buttons that primarily do the same thing? I know that the home button takes you to the main screen during a call where as pressing the end call will end it. But you could easily press the on-screen end call button, thus freeing up the home button to something more useful or customisable.
I guess HTC need to keep thier devices "conventional" looking to avoid scaring off potential pda newcomers!