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Any Genius Around?

Hi!
I have an imate jasjar and i have been facing all these problems..can u please help?
1) My Spb weather doesnt update. How can i make it update?
2) How can i show spb clock on today screen?(i have spb pocket plus v3 installed?
3) how can i distribute memory between storage and program? i cant find a slider which was earlier used to distribute the memory between the two( it was located in settings/memory..
4) How can i hear music thru my jabra car handsfree?
5) Is it possible to view my IP camera on PPC. I logon to website room.nishcam.ourlinksys to view my camera?
6) My Etrust antivirus is not working. It says avui cannot be opened. Is it possible to re-download the program without hard resetting my phone. This was supplied with 1 yr free subscription. i dont have the key as it was entered by default. Tried to contact imate. Their customer service is hopeless.
7) How can i hard reset i mate jasjar?
8) What all good plug in can be used with pocket plus?
Can you please help me with these questions. Thanks in advance.[/u]

Nishant, you might as well post my PM to you in this thread, in case it helps anyone else.
V

Still need help or everything solved/answered?

Here are the solutions!
Here is the solution from our friend Vijay
Nishant my friend, thanks for your compliments. I'm no genius, we've probably both have the same amount of experience with the pocketpc. I've just thrown myself at the board and various books.
SPB weather: how are you updating? Ensure you can browse the internet first (I use activesync)
Then go to settings and choose the comms tab. Click test connection. If that works, you should be fine.
I disable connection manager because it tries to connect everytime I connect to the net, which is annoying. I manually update by clicking the refresh button on the today screen, or just "download weather" from the comms tab.
2. No idea. I've never used it.
3. There isn't a tab on WM5. It's not needed because of persistent memory.
4. Never tried it. It's generally not possible, but you are looking for something called the audio gateway profile.
Check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=29508&highlight=bluetooth+handsfree+music
This thread will also help you out:
http://www.pdaphonehome.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=54951&perpage=20&pagenumber=1
6. No idea. Why do you need a virus killer? It just slows down your pda. Use good net hygene and you will be fine!
7. I've never tried it. I wrote a program to do it, but this is what I read on the forum:
* bootloader : light + power + reset
* bootmenu : camera + reset
* coldboot : power + reset
Basically I understand that there's a program on the universal to wipe storage memory. This is equivalent to a hard reset after you soft reset.
I'm sorry, I don't use my universal for anything other than development, so I do very little with it right now!
Let me know how you get on.
V

I forgot to answer q5.
IP cameras should be ok, but it depends on the camera. Some use an ActiveX download to view the camera, and that probably won't work.
If it dumps jpgs or gifs to a folder that would be easy.
If it uses a java plugin, use Netfront or another Pocket browser with java built in.
V

Answer to question 1:
I had the the same problem with Spb Weather: was not updating. If you write Spb, they will send you a link for v1.5.0, Build 478 which was designed for WM5. Current version on the website is only v1.1.1
Answer to quesion 2:
Having Spb Time show in Pocket Plus is a 'future' plug-in ability. It is shown at the bottom of http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/pocketplus/plugins.html?en
Answer to question 7:
Depress both keyboard softkeys (the two on the top row that are dash shaped and the soft rest button at the same time). Thankfully, this is awkward to do.
Boinger

That's nice, this is better!
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I agree with you, vijay555. I was just specifically referring to Spb Time (though some of the other Time skins might bring some additional uniformity to someone's theme).

Hi, what is cold boot?

I imagine it's hardreset. I just copied and pasted from the wiki (I think).
V

Sorry, I fell here by chance.
I'm not a genius.
:lol:

"For every complex problem, there exists a solution that is simple, concise, and totally wrong"
V

Thanks guys!
Hey Vijay! i totally agree with u m8. and btw we guys are still waiting for your application which could alter senders id. The day u release it mate..ill be the first one to donate 50 quid..thats a gentlemans promise.
where as the answers are concerned.
1) Managed to solve it by downloading a patch from their support section.
2) Still awaiting for the new release.
3) i was being stupid askin that question.lol
4) Not been able to do that..still looking for help
5) I guess it uses active sync..so again hard luck.
6) Imate customer service was hopeless..neways took vijay's suggestion and deleted the bloddy program. Hackers..my phone is free for attack. :lol:
7) Got it, program called "Clear storage" hard resets the device.
8) Using all spb products as plug in..n enjoyin every moment of it. Still hungary for some more applications.
Vijay doesnt yr phone go slow with all those PIMs n applications..man what do u feed yr phone with? lol..i wish i could have a today screen like u on my jasjar.
Guys..something is wrong with my jasjar's display..some weird mark has shown up on screen..looks like inks being spread..god!! This cant happen to me? My phone is under warranty? Do u think the screen would be replaced as i havent done anything..oh my baby..help.

Screen should be replaced under warranty. Sounds bad! Should post a photo so we can all complain about it if necessary! Did you bend it or anything?
My plugins are mostly standard stuff. Well, VJEphemeris is all written by me, VJAudioNotes is mostly rewritten by me, an invisible spacer plugin called VJTodaySpacer is useful, so only a couple of other 3rd party jobs.
On my magician I've never had a performance problem, but I'm very careful about what I keep resident in memory and store everything on storage or storage card. I keep very regular backups and restore them if I've tried a program I didn't like and want to remove. The registry easily gets full of cr*p! Just had the good fortune of hard resetting after finishing my new program, VJAccioPhone, discussed here. All in the interests of development!
I'll work on the SMS spoofer, but I'm on holiday for a week. But I'll be studying, so hopefully good things when I get back, and I'll work on releasing VJAccioPhone and updating some other stuff!
V

broken Screen?
hi Guys!
On Vijays suggestion iam attaching few pictures of my broken screen. I doubt if this is covered under the warranty, to be honest, i didnt even apply any kind of pressure..i always treat my phone as a baby..first i thought it was my today screen but now i have figured out ..its broken..anyways i tried to contact imate customer service..they were hopeless..got hold of their president,VP and few other management people email addresses..Sent them an email..Here is the copy of the email that i had sent and the reply i got..
Dear Mr. Jim,
I am Nishant Jairath, basicaly from India.
Iam a proud owner of jasjar,had been using it for a while. I had really started to love my device but one day i found some weird mark on my screen. something below the touch screen, it looks like kind of mini grey lines spread over an area of 2 -3 inches. As my device is covered under warranty, the phone should have been repaired. I tried to contact your customer services but recieved no response. i sent around 2-3 emails, tried to get in touch with the chat representative, all the 10 times i tried, it went on time out without any one assisting me. So all my hardwork to get a proper customer service have been rendered fruitless. I have maintained proper logs for the same and would send you if required.
I drove all the way from my home city ludhiana to delhi (6hrs drive) to get my phone repaired and you will be shocked to hear what was their response, they said they cant repair jasjar at this point of time as they dont have the necessary parts. I dont understand why you selling the phone, if you are unable to provide the requisite services. What am i supposed to do? Well, this is my last try before i launch a formal complaint in consumer court.
Looking for your help,
Nishant Jairath
The reply i recieved, i even got a call from imate representative from india..
Dear Nishant,
Firstly let me apologize to you for any inconvenience caused to you in handling your issue. Our online technical support sometimes gets very busy and drop lines. We are currently working on solving this issue.
As by now I am sure that Sandeep from our partners 4th Generation has already contacted you and arranged with you regarding the maintenance of your unit.
We are arranging to send them spare parts as soon as possible. I hope that we will be able to satisfy you and stand for your expectations.
Please feel free to contact me directly if you need anything.
Best regards,
Operations Manager
i-mate™ from Carrier Devices
The email i sent after their rep asked me to send imei and pictures of the device
Dear Mr.Sandeep
When i try to take an image with the print screen utility, the mark doesnt show up because probably it caputers images from the rom and not the screen. Anyways i have attached the picture, but there is no sign of the mark. iam sending you the picture taken from a digital camera. This mark has spread since the last time i had a talk with you and also sending you the information that you require.
Imei 3551950081....
S/N HT537.....
Thanking You.
Nishant Jairath
what do u think, what will they do? will they ask me to pay?

Nish, it reminds me of an old lcd screen i broke. it leaks and only gets worse.
if you didn't cause the break there's no way they can deny it's a hardware/manufacturing defect, and that should be covered by any warranty. i wouldn't get a 3rd party repair until they've examined it. they have to fix/replace if it's a legitimate purchase and fault... good luck.
v

Great going!
hey vijay!
Good luck with your work,if u need jasjar platform for beta testing,ill b happy to offer you my phone but u ll need to wait until ill get it fixed. My finger are crossed.. looking forward for the launch of VJAccioPhone And yaa..u have a good trip.
Nishant

Tell me your problems

I have an o2 XDA Mini S (also known as iMate kJam amongst other things).
For clarity, this is the phone I am referring to:
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I am a relativity new user of this phone, I've had no problems with set up, it works perfectly and I understand every feature of the phone.
If you have a problem with your phone, please reply here and be as descriptive as possible. I will try to answer your queries.. It helps you, and it'll help me to understand my new phone better also

How can I set my phone to notify me (vibrate or tone) when I receive hotmail or an IM with Pocket MSN?

u cant u have to be online to get your mail

technically, you could ping your hotmail account and display a notifier if you've got a new mail. But as musiccube says, you'd have to be online.
V

Problems:
- syncing with osx, calendar, addressbook and iTunes
- turning off the blinking green light
- stopping my wife playing bubblebraker all the time
- norwegian rom does not contain textrecognition allowing me to write on the screen.
- Card export from softick.com does not work yet on wm5
Andreas

HELP, Problem with my storage card
I Have a big problem with my storage card.When I put it into my wizard, when the screen shut down, it reboot.My card was working on a C500, I don't know what to do.Thx for your help

andemann: what device do you have?
-I've posted a solution on disabling the LEDs for the universal:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=36976&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
-I think Softstick is done now.
V

Frequently, almost daily my phone will say that it has a cellular signal (cingular) but I am unable to make or receive a call. I must soft reset to use the phone. Any reason why this is happening? Is there a fix?

Frequently, almost daily my phone will say that it has a cellular signal (cingular) but I am unable to make or receive a call. I must soft reset to use the phone. Any reason why this is happening? Is there a fix?

Do you man in general or with the wizard? what a stupid post
OK I'll play along.
why can never pick a winning lottery ticket?
Why won't my car start this morning?
Why is it when i drop my toast it always falls butter side down?
How can I connect my wizard to the NASA network and listen into comms with the space shuttle
How can we create world peace
Why does the last bit of my pint of guiness taste crap

Missing miniSD
I have a dopod 838 [aka WIZA 100]. I was fiddling with my device today and I noticed in Resco Explorer that my miniSD card was missing [I checked the slot and it was inserted] I look at it thru Explorer via Activesync and the miniSD was not there also. I did a soft reset and it came back. Has anyone else experienced a problem like this? I have a 1GB miniSD from SanDisk.

some contacts don't sync
I can't Activesync some contacts with Outlook. The problem seems to be only related to contacts with a note in Outlook. Removing the note doesn't help, I have to manually copy all the details without the note, then the new contact is synchronized.
Help! Help!
What I got:
Qtek 9100
Activesync 4.1
Office 2003

durrson said:
I have an o2 XDA Mini S (also known as iMate kJam amongst other things)
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Good!
For clarity, this is the phone I am referring to:
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So that's what my phone looks like!
I am a relativity new user of this phone, I've had no problems with set up, it works perfectly
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Good!
and I understand every feature of the phone.
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Of course you do :lol:
If you have a problem with your phone, please reply here and be as descriptive as possible. I will try to answer your queries..
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Perhaps you should look around a bit more to see how this place works. You don't get answers by putting all your questions in one big thread (other newbies please note). Even if that thread was started by a self appointed expert who's looking for some friends
It helps you, and it'll help me to understand my new phone better also
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Feeds your ego, more like. Try reading the 1000's of threads on this forum, and using the search tool before you set yourself up as a guru. And maybe answer some specific question you know the answer to. Although I see you haven't managed any yet

ActiveSync
When I connect the Wizard to my XP SP2 machine, AcitveSync starts with connecting, but somehow it keeps saying: "connecting" but it just won't become 'connected'?
thanks for the help,
T!nus

Re: ActiveSync
tinushighlander said:
When I connect the Wizard to my XP SP2 machine, AcitveSync starts with connecting, but somehow it keeps saying: "connecting" but it just won't become 'connected'?
thanks for the help,
T!nus
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I am also experiencing this from time to time, and this is what I do when it is happening.
Disconnect sync cable. Close all running apps on the pda. (I use an app called InClose) Connect sync cable again and I am connected.
Hope that this works for you too!

Answering machine for WM5

in GIGABYTE's new models like I-Teq Bond
there is built in answering machine you can see details in http://www.iteqonline.com/bond_details.html
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as far as i know there is no Answering system works with wm2003
so i think the problem regarding the answering machine has been solved in WM5 but there is no individual application to enable answering system on other wm5 phone edition PPC's like Prophet, is there any answering program like the one used in i-teq?
please introduce it if you any.
here is screen shot of i-teq bond

lover - this is a specific software and hardware solution provided by Gigabyte. It's not a generic WM5 solution.
Have a read around the board on why that might be the case.
V

http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,46925:dont_paginate,1
page down for Gigbyte answering machine built OS software, dam why didnt IMATE think of this !
Jus found this on Google. Supports HTC Universal
http://www.boointeractive.com/products.asp
SMS Answering Machine v1.0
Release Date 1/1/2006
Requirements Pocket PC
Desktop PC
1MB of space
100Kb of Memory
Answer your calls when you're in a meeting or can't pick up the phone. This sms answering machine becomes your personal assistant, and replies to your selected callers by sending your custom message.
Handle your calls when in a meeting or on vacation using this top of the line answering machine.
You can also reply to unknown numbers, the ones that are not in your address book, by selecting the "reply to unknown" checkbox.
You can view all your calls from within the application, the name of the person, time of call and how many times the phone rang.

Digs said:
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,46925:dont_paginate,1
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The overdub could be awesome too.
"If you don't feel like talking to a particular individual (i.e. annoying friend, boss, spouse, or debt collector) and need a digital alibi, the Background Effects feature adds a looping ambience of being in a car, airplane, concert, meeting, movie theater, and more."
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As I stated before, Gigabyte added some really neat functions, especially to the phone portion of the device. For starters, they've included answering machine software!
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so i think this is a software which is in ROM and there is no hardware added, ithink so.
it would be great if some one get that software from the original ROM.
thanks for sharing

lover: I'm inclined to disagree. I've tried the app on the Magician, Universal and Mio A701. No joy.
The attached, ripped from the ROM, may require other associated files, but I've tried the whole ROM in its complete form. It appears to be non English, so I may be reading it wrong, but let me know if you have any luck.
V

vijay555 said:
lover: I'm inclined to disagree. I've tried the app on the Magician, Universal and Mio A701. No joy.
The attached, ripped from the ROM, may require other associated files, but I've tried the whole ROM in its complete form. It appears to be non English, so I may be reading it wrong, but let me know if you have any luck.
V
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than you very much but
it didnt work on my JAMin., does any one knows which company is the developer of this software?

Maybe I'm missing something here, but can someone enlighten me as to why you would want an answering machine on your phone when your mobile phone carrier already supplies you with that service? Just want to make sure I'm not missing out on any features here.

i dun think its just a software api that does this answering machine..
most likely to be a hardware inside the phone that is not present in other phones.

It is just a software!
There is a rom (2.03 Beta TofClock Himalaya) and it has this answering machine...

bepe: I think that's specific to the Himalaya. Because of the way the modem works on PocketPC phones, not all (in fact, it seems, very few) have the audio path accessible by the device itself for two way recording.
Have a read through here. If you've had any sucess, please post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=40100&highlight=record+poll
V

thanks vj for clarifying

thank you all for you comments but still no way to make this software work with prophet

Digs said:
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,46925:dont_paginate,1
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Jus found this on Google. Supports HTC Universal
http://www.boointeractive.com/products.asp
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To pay $ 18.95 for an app that you can do for FREE? I've reported about a long ago (it's REALLY worth following my blog ) - I'd certainly prefer it to this one.

hope anyone can make it work, this will be great

gwassef said:
hope anyone can make it work, this will be great
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Just my two cents...
I don't think the software won't work on any device other than g-Smart range, it's to do with the hardware of the phone, not WM5. Without this hardware I believe it is impossible to record both sides of the conversation without some massive application, which will probably (a) slow the ppc right down, as will need to be integrated into the OS, and (b) not be that cheap either.
Regards.

just a quick qn.. if i want to try on my hermes, how to i 'install' it?
do i need to tweak any registry settings?
thanks

that would be a great app i think!! i'm on pay as you go and orange charge 10p per min to retieve voicemail!! would be super if the phone itself took over and saved an mp3 or something to the memory card!!! no charges!!
come on!!! some make or find it!!!

[UPD][9 Dec 2008] smsSender 0.3 - write sms with your pc ( faster..better.. )

IMPORTANT! A web admin(s) needed for Touch-Innovation: look this thread
It's a little pc program. Write with pc and send with your phone via activesync. It doesn't require any runtimes on the phone.
I wrote this little tool, because i felt alternate similar products too heavy for my use.
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Changelog:
[0.3]
+faster startup, uses different thread to find contacts
+nice icon
+minimizes on the system tray! double click to activate again.
+possible send directly without pocket outlook ( Notice that, when using that feature messages aren't preserved, it also request automatically delivery report from the operator, so keep those things in mind! )
Requirements:
-ActiveSync
-windows mobile phone
-CF 2.0 or above
-Outlook 2003 or above ( it takes contact informations from it )
I'm doing this on my free time so:
If like it, you can always buy me a cup of coffee to keep me motivated

Great to see another update already! downloading v .3 now

Cool! I will give it a try.

one of the greatest things i've seen on xdadev lately!
...just one thing:
if you can add simple "add contact" feature, and something like "write list to txt", - you are my Hero.
this is very, very good app, man.

link doesnt work..
tnx 4 this,i look 4 something like that 4 long time,since "jeyo mobile extender" doesnt work with outlook 2007,but link broken..

Works with Outlook2003 too
Keep up the good work.

Very nice. A few comments:
It does not actually send the message on my Diamond. The message window is opened, the message added but the
It would be nice if it minimizes to the systray instead of having to start it every time I want to send a message.
If you could get it to show new messages as well, then it would be absolutely perfect.

Hi
Thanks looks nice, on my hw6915 the sms message box is opened with nuber and message in, but it is not sent, nor is question asked?
Will you share the source, any idea how sms'ing on wm device can be done in delphi?

Program crashes on Vista..doesn't give any error, just stops working.

Great!
Hi,
i've tested it.
This programm is great and helps to save time.
THANK YOU.
Greating from Berlin

gkavin10 said:
Program crashes on Vista..doesn't give any error, just stops working.
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im using vista home and it works fine, although it takes a while before it shows the gui

Thanks all for comments!
joel2009 said:
great idea! i have not yet installed, (which i will be doing first thing in the morning) (working on resetting so stuff after a new flash ) but if there are no run times present, do you have to manually add contacts on your computer, or have you allowed for them to be imported.
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It reads contacts from outlook ( 2003 and above ), so just syncinc via active sync will import contacts
nothin said:
one of the greatest things i've seen on xdadev lately!
...just one thing:
if you can add simple "add contact" feature, and something like "write list to txt", - you are my Hero.
this is very, very good app, man.
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"add contact" can be done..
what do you mean by with writing list to txt, exportin contact or messager to txt?

kimusan said:
Very nice. A few comments:
It does not actually send the message on my Diamond. The message window is opened, the message added but the
It would be nice if it minimizes to the systray instead of having to start it every time I want to send a message.
If you could get it to show new messages as well, then it would be absolutely perfect.
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yes, it doesn't actually send those messages just open then on the phone, and then you have to confirm the send by pressing send softkey. I coded this program in four hours so all functions are made as easily as possible the sending function is made by running tmail.exe with parameters through opennetcf rapi, and i didn't find any way to send it with directly on calling tmail.exe? i tried also "-sync" parameter, but it didn't seem to have any effect. If somebody has some knowledge about this, please inform me
The systray minimizing and showing new messages would be cool, but i think that reading messages from phone would need somekind of runtime process running in the phone, because active sync doesn't syns sms's.
jpgrobler said:
Hi
Thanks looks nice, on my hw6915 the sms message box is opened with nuber and message in, but it is not sent, nor is question asked?
Will you share the source, any idea how sms'ing on wm device can be done in delphi?
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Read previous post.
About sharing the source, i could consider that i think i'm going to keep all the keys in my hand for little time though, but maybe later, i could publish source. the source is written in C#.
oldsap said:
im using vista home and it works fine, although it takes a while before it shows the gui
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It takes some time to load contact especially if you many contacts in your address book. I'm finding a faster way to fetch them for next version.

new version 0.3
+faster startup, uses different thread to find contacts
+nice icon
+minimizes on the system tray! double click to activate again.
+possible send directly without pocket outlook ( Notice that, when using that feature messages aren't doesn't preserve, it also request automatically delivery report from the operator, so keep those things in mind! )

Great
Works great with XP and WM6.1, even with Outlook 2002 (which makes all other SMS-Plugins I've found so far incompatible). It's fast, leal and--just nice. The only drawback: It can't handle German Umlauts and apparently some other characters out of my charset. WHen my message e.g. contains an ä, ö or ü, it will be send as an MMS instead. WHen avoiding such characters, all works fine. If you get that fixed and your app would be able to handle my German charset correctly, I'd strongly consider buying you a coffee (you'd just have to say of normal or grand, vanilla-flavoured or wth chocolate chips).

Fronf said:
Works great with XP and WM6.1, even with Outlook 2002 (which makes all other SMS-Plugins I've found so far incompatible). It's fast, leal and--just nice. The only drawback: It can't handle German Umlauts and apparently some other characters out of my charset. WHen my message e.g. contains an ä, ö or ü, it will be send as an MMS instead. WHen avoiding such characters, all works fine. If you get that fixed and your app would be able to handle my German charset correctly, I'd strongly consider buying you a coffee (you'd just have to say of normal or grand, vanilla-flavoured or wth chocolate chips).
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Great that you like it! Thanks
Nice to know it works with 2002 also.
Strange that umlauts aren't working for you, i use those all the time ( i'm finnish ) and they work for me. Does this problem occur on with direct sending and via pocketoutlook sending also?
I'll take coffee as it is offered i'm not so picky about that

Hi!
Alright, I tried around a bit, that's what I found out:
- The ,,Require Confirmation''-option makes no difference, in both cases the message comes up on my mobile and waits for confirmation to be send (which is no problem, this way I can have a second look of number and text are correct).
- As soon as I use ä,ö,ü,Ä,Ö,Ü or ß, my mobile treats the message as MMS (showing me a 70 character limit, compared to 160 characters for an SMS). A carriage return is no problem, yet it does not force a new line, but it shows up as little box (unknown character?). That I would consider a serious limitation, as MMS are merkedly more expensive, and not every recepient has MMS activated on his or her cell phone.
- long texts (I used a lorem ipsum generator) work fine, as long as no umlauts are contained.
I run XP SP3 in German, my mobile is Samsung Omnia WM6.1 in German, too.
Feel free to contact me if I can be of any help.
BTW, which part of Finland are you from? (Just curious, my girlfirend has been to Finland once for half a year, in Tampere, and loved the city and the people. So this country is on our places-to-have-seen-before-we-die-list. ;-)).
Cheers!
Marius

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Hi and sorry about delay.
"Require Confirmation'' function is only functional when
using "direct send" function ( turn off "Only open new sms on the phone" ).
And i didn't found any way to get problems you describe, i tried testing on different coding ( utf-8, ansi etc. )... very strange. I'm using winXp mui version ( in english ) and my rom is also 6.1 wwe. I would really like get some info what's causing this problem. I don't know if this has anything to do with this but which MMS software your phone uses? Mine rom uses ArcSoft MMS Composer.
Btw. I live in Tampere maybe your girlfriend can buy me some coffee instead lol... just kidding

Thanx mate

I'm suggesting to allow the software to send multiple recipient SMS. A contact list with checkboxes should be good enough to easily pick the recipients.
Keep up the good work!

[App] VJFastOff - instantly shut down the phone

Guys,
For part of my VJPoOf collection of tools, I made a tiny app that just instantly powers down the Blackstone.
I understand that it works on some other HTCs too, although I haven't tested it.
It's very simple - no warning dialogs, no shutdown animations, it just instantly shuts down the phone (like pressing and holding power, but faster). Please make sure you've finished what you're doing before launching this app.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I suggest using it with an app launcher, or replacing the existing PowerWarning app that shuts the phone down in the Blackstone.
No frills or installer.
http://www.vijay555.com/vj/releases/vjpoof/vjfastoff.exe
V
PS This should really be part of my VJEschaton app, which already does shutdown on some of the older phones (amongst other things).
This app was only made for the Blackstone, although it may well be compatible with other recent HTCs. For older ones, try VJEschaton if shutting down is your thing!
BTW, for the hard of thinking:
This app could lock your phone up if you put it in the startup folder. So don't do it

Vijay,
Just to let you know that I ran this on a HTC TyTN (Hermes) and it does not power off the device. It simply turns off the screen.
This is FYI only as I was'nt expecting it to work on this device.
Cheers
WB

@wacky.banana: I just updated the post, I should have mentioned that this is really just for newer HTCs, and VJEschaton should be compatible with some of the older ones.
Eventually VJFastOff will be incorporated into VJEschaton, if I don't forget to!
V

Damn you V
I only reversed how to do this the other day (assuming you are doing it the same way as me) for my xdaShutdown - which I'm still re-coding in C++.
Dave

@DaveShaw:
I did this a while ago, but somebody asked about it in one of the other threads, so I thought I'd give it a bit more publicity!
It's a nice little app, and for VJPoOf I made a replacement for both the long press and the short press (standby) function.
The standby function replacement was quite tough, more challenging then I expected (as returning from standby is the problem!).
Can't recall why I didn't release that one now...
V

Confirmed working on my Sprint Touch Pro (stock rom) Thanks for this.
dschoenike

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@DaveShaw:
I did this a while ago, but somebody asked about it in one of the other threads, so I thought I'd give it a bit more publicity!
It's a nice little app, and for VJPoOf I made a replacement for both the long press and the short press (standby) function.
The standby function replacement was quite tough, more challenging then I expected (as returning from standby is the problem!).
Can't recall why I didn't release that one now...
V
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V you have too many apps for me to keep track off (EDIT: you need to fix your RSS).
Nice work.
I'll have to up my game for xdaShutdown (I'm planning on a psShutXp clone with full power off support, etc... as soon as I figure out this pesky C++)
Dave

@Dave:
There's a particular problem related to VJSihaya which I've been puzzling about for 2 years. Last weekend I got 90% to my solution, and nearly wet myself. And yet, that remaining 10% is probably going to take me another year to solve! So I say to you, don't learn C++ - go and become a fisherman or something
Nah, I'm just joking
I love c++, but hate it with almost as much passion, although that's due to my lack of skill, not because of the language
I've got more apps than I can remember, and only about 60% of them have been released. I took a while away from xda devs working on some infrastractural frameworks (WinFX, my window manager, and related things) but am finally releasing bits and bobs again.
Nice to be back.
V​

Works nicely on a Niki

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@Dave:
There's a particular problem related to VJSihaya which I've been puzzling about for 2 years. Last weekend I got 90% to my solution, and nearly wet myself. And yet, that remaining 10% is probably going to take me another year to solve! So I say to you, don't learn C++ - go and become a fisherman or something
Nah, I'm just joking
I love c++, but hate it with almost as much passion, although that's due to my lack of skill, not because of the language
I've got more apps than I can remember, and only about 60% of them have been released. I took a while away from xda devs working on some infrastractural frameworks (WinFX, my window manager, and related things) but am finally releasing bits and bobs again.
Nice to be back.
V​[/CENTER]
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I'm loving it at the moment, it's different, but nice to get some proper control over stuff.
I might give you a shout if I get stuck. (feel free to bug me if you think I can help with owt)
Nice to have you back V
Dave

damn.. lovely!!
i was looking for this for years now.. successfully tested on trinity!

oh oh, what would happen if someone dropped this exe into his startup folder? He says he cant get his device turn on anymore. oops any way to fix it? hard reset?
dschoenike

@dschoenike: good question, but what would happen if said noob ate his phone? I can't account for every eventuality.
This app could lock your phone up if you put it in the startup folder.
So don't do it
V

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oh oh, what would happen if someone dropped this exe into his startup folder? He says he cant get his device turn on anymore. oops any way to fix it? hard reset?
dschoenike
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hard reset will do it.
did u actually do that? lol

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oh oh, what would happen if someone dropped this exe into his startup folder? He says he cant get his device turn on anymore. oops any way to fix it? hard reset?
dschoenike
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HR would fix it.
But that would be funny
Dave

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@dschoenike: good question, but what would happen if said noob ate his phone? I can't account for every eventuality.
This app could lock your phone up if you put it in the startup folder.
So don't do it
V
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A newb (come moderator) once dropped his phone in a vat of Oil, does your program prevent that
Dave

I remember many moons ago doing a biology research project which involved taking water samples from a small lake. Leaning over the water's edge, I looked down, only to watch my glasses fall in the lake, whereupon I stumbled my way home and cellotaped some old ones back together.
Now I have laser vision, so can see girls' delicates... Happy days.
V

You guys are funny. Honestly, i didn't do it. I shared this nice little app with a guy, and a little later im reading "i put this in the start up folder, now i can't get my phone back on, WTF??!!??" So, i just figured you guys might have a better solution than i already suggested (hard reset) Although i am a noob, i realize "turn of your phone" apps shouldn't go in that particular folder. workin great for me though

@dschoenike:
My goodness, I thought it was a hypothetical!
Sigh, who would put a shutdown app in the startup folder? To what end? It would surely create a paradox that could destroy the universe.
Hmm, I think a hard reset is probably the only option. I've added a warning at the top
Second: better not to use this app, but VJEschaton or xdaShutdown or similar, which make it a bit harder to shutdown the phone.
As I said, this was a spinoff app made specifically to cut out the crap and just shutdown! If you can afford to wait, just use the existing PowerWarning app in the \windows\ folder.
I feel bad for your friend. tasteless despair
V

Thanks again for responding. Yeah, i really wish it was a hypothetical question, but sadly, no. its funny you mentioned paradox, i was thinkin the same thing. Guess we learn from our mistakes. I really never thought a warning woulda been needed. I told him i'd buy him some apps for the trouble. I feel bad. Thanks for the fast replies. much appreciated.
dschoenike