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Best Backup program

Hi guys, I like my phone the way it is at the minute and its taken ages to setup (the handwriting settings and stuff).
Anyway, I need a good backup program that will make an exact copy of my phone on my computer (like Activesync 3 did - how I miss it) so that I can feel free to try new apps without having to worry about them screwing my fone and having to hard reset from scratch.
I tried some kind of Sprite thing once that seemed to pretty much kill my phone so I don't want that again :/ Any ideas?

Hi mike, couple of prev threads here on same topic - inc my comments
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=50241
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=50302

Cheers dude. This forum moves so fast that I can never remember where threads are, and I never have much luck with the search function :/
Anyway, can SPB copy to PC? It's just that I don't have a memory card (My wizard fried my memory card in under a week and the replacement still hasn't got back from Hong Kong).
I don't trust Sprite after last time and it's too heavy/complex of an app for what I need. Any other ideas?

mike freegan said:
Cheers dude. This forum moves so fast that I can never remember where threads are, and I never have much luck with the search function :/
Anyway, can SPB copy to PC? It's just that I don't have a memory card (My wizard fried my memory card in under a week and the replacement still hasn't got back from Hong Kong).
I don't trust Sprite after last time and it's too heavy/complex of an app for what I need. Any other ideas?
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Spb doesn't write directly to PC but a full backup takes less than 16mb. You can copy the exe to pc after it's finished.

sorted. the spb site was unclear. cheers

Sprite backup writes directly to the PC and/or the memory of the phone. So far it has saved my A$$ twice!

a few questions about the phone software and in general

Ok, I just picked up a cingular 8525 today and had a few questions I wanted to ask you guys.
First, I was told there is a program out there that closes down the programs when you click the x instead of minimizing it. Where can I find this program?
Second, is there an AIM client for this phone that I can get somewhere? Is it free? Please post any links for that.
Third, do any of you have any second thoughts about putting the phone directly in your pocket with nothing else in there? I am wondering how safe it is for this phone to be in just a pocket. I was looking at perhaps one of those hard metal cases for it, but as a student and person I like my phone in my pocket. What solutions can you folks offer?
Thanks a lot

SuperMoose said:
Ok, I just picked up a cingular 8525 today and had a few questions I wanted to ask you guys.
First, I was told there is a program out there that closes down the programs when you click the x instead of minimizing it. Where can I find this program?
Second, is there an AIM client for this phone that I can get somewhere? Is it free? Please post any links for that.
Third, do any of you have any second thoughts about putting the phone directly in your pocket with nothing else in there? I am wondering how safe it is for this phone to be in just a pocket. I was looking at perhaps one of those hard metal cases for it, but as a student and person I like my phone in my pocket. What solutions can you folks offer?
Thanks a lot
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You can close properly using (and there's loads more out there):
Magic Button (also shows running apps. on task bar)
http://www.trancreative.com/mb.aspx
or HTC's X button on this sites wiki (presumably thoroughly compatible as it's made by HTC)
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Utils
an AIM example Agile Messanger (seems to be a question whether it's free or not)
http://www.agilemobile.com/downloads.html
or MSN there is a thread on this in this forum
Also check this forna few other ideas:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1054903&highlight=mikechannon#post1054903
as well as apps by sleuth255 and vijay555 who have developed quite a few goodies.
As to keeping in pocket, I wouldn't for fear of developing the Screen Alignment problem. I use leather pouch mine came with.
Mike

thanks for the fast response, one thing i forgot to ask, is there a website anywhere where i can get games for it? thanks

SuperMoose said:
thanks for the fast response, one thing i forgot to ask, is there a website anywhere where i can get games for it? thanks
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Here's a few mostly freeware. Lots of rubbish in these but some maybe worth it. Better ones, say doom etc just lookup with WM5 (or windows CE) added into a search on Google.
http://www.pdagold.com/software/list.asp?p=1
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/tags.php?tag=clocks&order=date&page=2
http://www.getjar.com/software/universal/all/Applications/Email/set2
Mike

last question for today i hope, how do i change ringtones to something custom? I transferred the mp3 i want to the phone, where do i put it in order to get it to show up in the directory to select ringtones?
thanks again, you have been most helpful and it is appreciated

SuperMoose said:
last question for today i hope, how do i change ringtones to something custom? I transferred the mp3 i want to the phone, where do i put it in order to get it to show up in the directory to select ringtones?
thanks again, you have been most helpful and it is appreciated
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if you tick and hold on the file it will bring up your options like copy/paste, etc.. it will also give you the option to set as ringtone

mikechannon said:
You can close properly using (and there's loads more out there):
Magic Button (also shows running apps. on task bar)
http://www.trancreative.com/mb.aspx
or HTC's X button on this sites wiki (presumably thoroughly compatible as it's made by HTC)
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Utils
an AIM example Agile Messanger (seems to be a question whether it's free or not)
http://www.agilemobile.com/downloads.html
or MSN there is a thread on this in this forum
Also check this forna few other ideas:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1054903&highlight=mikechannon#post1054903
as well as apps by sleuth255 and vijay555 who have developed quite a few goodies.
As to keeping in pocket, I wouldn't for fear of developing the Screen Alignment problem. I use leather pouch mine came with.
Mike
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Keep my new Cingular 8525 in my pocket with my Monaco Aluminum Case from Dealone. No problems, all buttons accessible and if keyboard is needed, simply pop open cover and slide top forward. Black in color. I really like the protection and peace of mind this case gives.

balld said:
Keep my new Cingular 8525 in my pocket with my Monaco Aluminum Case from Dealone. No problems, all buttons accessible and if keyboard is needed, simply pop open cover and slide top forward. Black in color. I really like the protection and peace of mind this case gives.
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That sounds like a good solution to me.
Mike

SuperMoose said:
I transferred the mp3 i want to the phone, where do i put it in order to get it to show up in the directory to select ringtones?
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If you put the MP3 file in \Windows\Rings it will show in your list of available ringtones.

Philip said:
If you put the MP3 file in \Windows\Rings it will show in your list of available ringtones.
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This is right of course, as is shogunmarks solution of :"if you tick and hold on the file it will bring up your options like copy/paste, etc.. it will also give you the option to set as ringtone"
Either way I prefer to keep my ringtone in device memory rather than storage card. The reason for this is that I, along with some others have discovered that storing on SD card can cause freezing when phone rings or a lengthy delay before phone begins to ring. Some others have also reported that mp3s, particularly larger file sized ones can also cause delays. On this matter I tend to stick to basic short file sized Windows Audio fornatted tones just to ensure as rapid a response from the phone as possible when calls come in. (Not very adventurous I know, but still...)
Mike

Any body knws where i can get visual studio for my m3100

luke1708 said:
Any body knws where i can get visual studio for my m3100
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http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/default.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700832.aspx
Mike

Thanks mate!

mikechannon said:
This is right of course, as is shogunmarks solution of :"if you tick and hold on the file it will bring up your options like copy/paste, etc.. it will also give you the option to set as ringtone"
Either way I prefer to keep my ringtone in device memory rather than storage card. The reason for this is that I, along with some others have discovered that storing on SD card can cause freezing when phone rings or a lengthy delay before phone begins to ring. Some others have also reported that mp3s, particularly larger file sized ones can also cause delays. On this matter I tend to stick to basic short file sized Windows Audio fornatted tones just to ensure as rapid a response from the phone as possible when calls come in. (Not very adventurous I know, but still...)
Mike
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well when you tick and hold and choose set as ringtone it copies the file to that folder.. or at least it did on my 8125

shogunmark said:
well when you tick and hold and choose set as ringtone it copies the file to that folder.. or at least it did on my 8125
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I don't disagree with you. I could have been clearer in what I said. It is possible to put ring tones on storage card and assign them without obviously putting them in the rings folder or using your way of getting them there. All I meant to do was issue a cautionary note about lengthy ring tones in non windows audio format being stored on SD card - this warning Does NOT apply to your method of assigning the ringtone.
Hope this clarifies - mind you reading it I'm not so sure!
Mike

when looking for a wifi network is there some sort of browser to use so you can choose which one? also how do you clean the screen on the phone? rubbing alcohol and a water mix?

SuperMoose said:
when looking for a wifi network is there some sort of browser to use so you can choose which one? also how do you clean the screen on the phone? rubbing alcohol and a water mix?
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Good app. to connect to and see available wifi networks
http://www.kasuei.com/hitchhiker/
Wifi on radar type screen or list view (good to look at but doesn't really help to connect) If you are GPS enabled it shows remarkable true radar type image of networks around. With no GPS you still get radar but really only illusion of radar as it tells distance only not direction. Looks good though.
http://www.clickapps.com/moreinfo.h...PC&PHPSESSID=dab6151724de5b0e1826422f04a6d521
As for cleaning screen I just use a tissue barely more than damp without any chemicals - seems to work ok.
Mike

MP3 Ringtones in your SDCard!

This may just be the greatest find ever !
Please excuse me if Im the only one who does'nt know.....
Place you MP3 ringtones or music in SDCard/My Documents folder and then select them in Sounds and Notifications! no tweaks, no third party apps!
After yrs I just discovered this!

homer285 said:
This may just be the greatest find ever !
Please excuse me if Im the only one who does'nt know.....
Place you MP3 ringtones or music in SDCard/My Documents folder and then select them in Sounds and Notifications! no tweaks, no third party apps!
After yrs I just discovered this!
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It works...
Wow, thanks for the sharing bro..
Well you are the first for sure... congratulate..

i have been doing this since i upgraded my devices to wm6

lukeap69 said:
i have been doing this since i upgraded my devices to wm6
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So? You not share the information..
Homer is the first one who post this information here..
And for me that's what I call fantastic and I must say thanks for his sharing..
No hurt feeling dude..

Yup, so simple.
On my previous handset (iPAQ 6365), i have to put mp3 ringtone files in Storage Card \Rings then change the string value in HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ControlPanel \SoundCategories \Rings to \Storage Card\Rings\
On atom it's so easy, just put mp3 files in the ROOT of Memory Card (you don't have to create My Documents folder if you don't want to), and voila! The files are automatically shown in sound setting.

What I do is create folder \My Ringtones and put every mp3 that I what to set to ring tones and works like wonder =)
No third party apps or tweaks needed aswell...

adinda said:
Yup, so simple.
On my previous handset (iPAQ 6365), i have to put mp3 ringtone files in Storage Card \Rings then change the string value in HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ControlPanel \SoundCategories \Rings to \Storage Card\Rings\
On atom it's so easy, just put mp3 files in the ROOT of Memory Card (you don't have to create My Documents folder if you don't want to), and voila! The files are automatically shown in sound setting.
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kok ga bisa mba kalo langsung????
I have to create My documents folder first, I try just put it on memory card/storage card but it won't work. (btw I am using atom black)
So simple I just used as Homer suggest..

hiro77 said:
kok ga bisa mba kalo langsung????
I have to create My documents folder first, I try just put it on memory card/storage card but it won't work. (btw I am using atom black)
So simple I just used as Homer suggest..
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Are we allowed to use Bahasa here?
I'm using Atom Black too, and put all my ringtones on root.
Maybe it's because mine still use the official WM5 ROM from seeO2
*just had it for a week, haven't tried to flash yet*

hiro77 said:
kok ga bisa mba kalo langsung????
I have to create My documents folder first, I try just put it on memory card/storage card but it won't work. (btw I am using atom black)
So simple I just used as Homer suggest..
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it should work as well. I just put \my Ringtones so that mp3 files for ringtone are not scattered in the storage card and be organized.

Are we allowed to use Bahasa here?
Sometimes maybe but don't say to much..
I'm using Atom Black too, and put all my ringtones on root.
Maybe it's because mine still use the official WM5 ROM from seeO2
*just had it for a week, haven't tried to flash yet*
Welcome to comunity..

brian_2cool4u said:
it should work as well. I just put \my Ringtones so that mp3 files for ringtone are not scattered in the storage card and be organized.
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It works if I create a folder first, but it not work if I put it directly in to storage card.
Anyway thanks for the info dude.

adinda said:
Are we allowed to use Bahasa here?
I'm using Atom Black too, and put all my ringtones on root.
Maybe it's because mine still use the official WM5 ROM from seeO2
*just had it for a week, haven't tried to flash yet*
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well, after a week with WM5. You should try one of the ROM's for WM6 and try the difference =) (sorry OT)

brian_2cool4u said:
well, after a week with WM5. You should try one of the ROM's for WM6 and try the difference =) (sorry OT)
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Well, a week is too soon for me, I'm thinking of a month, hahaha...
Still adjusting myself, cause I'm used to WM2003 on large screen. I even have to install 3rd party keyboard software to cope with unfamiliar (and such small buttons ) keyboard.
Anyway, back to topic, does anyone ever have problem with delayed reaction? On my previous PPC, sometimes the memory card is too slow to load. When that happens, on incoming call instead of custom mp3 ringtone (which I put on memory card), sometimes the ringtone is back to Windows Default

adinda said:
Well, a week is too soon for me, I'm thinking of a month, hahaha...
Still adjusting myself, cause I'm used to WM2003 on large screen. I even have to install 3rd party keyboard software to cope with unfamiliar (and such small buttons ) keyboard.
Anyway, back to topic, does anyone ever have problem with delayed reaction? On my previous PPC, sometimes the memory card is too slow to load. When that happens, on incoming call instead of custom mp3 ringtone (which I put on memory card), sometimes the ringtone is back to Windows Default
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hehehehehe same here.... after using WM2003 for almost 6 months in my xda mini (which is sooo sad no updates for WM5!) I upgraded to atom.... it's impresive! have just used it for a week then upgrade to WM6. I can say it's much better than WM5. (Sorry OT again)
Anyweiz, I would encounter delay(slugish) in opening memory card contents in my mini before when there are too many apps loaded. In Atom (using WM5 1G miniSD) I never encountered that prob same goes now, wherein im using WM6 AKU 0.7a 6PP @ 2Gb mini sd. free storage is only 600MB left, RAM is around 20-25 free.
Regarding change in ringtone, yes I did encountered that when I tried installing 3rd party apps like phone alarm. It messed up all my configuration when I uninstall it. I need to make a hard reset coz tones(ringtone/sms/alarms et. al) where greyed out is unchangeable.

Music on HTC Diamond 2

Hi all,
Long time lurker, first time poster. Firstly, thank you to everyone for such an informative forum, I have learnt a lot from so many of you!
Now, on to my question/problem:
I would like to have my albums (MP3 format) which are stored on my SD card to be available in the Music section of Touch-Flo, but I cannot work out how to do this. I have installed Advanced Configuration Tool v3.3, and modified the default location for audio files, but when I acces the Music section of the Touch-Flo menu, I still only see the two default songs. I can access the file through Windows Media Player no problem, but it would be good, and easier, to access them through Touch-Flo.
Some information on my phone: HTC Diamond 2, standard ROM, WM6.1 (no modifcations).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you in advance!

spyder4 said:
Hi all,
Long time lurker, first time poster. Firstly, thank you to everyone for such an informative forum, I have learnt a lot from so many of you!
Now, on to my question/problem:
I would like to have my albums (MP3 format) which are stored on my SD card to be available in the Music section of Touch-Flo, but I cannot work out how to do this. I have installed Advanced Configuration Tool v3.3, and modified the default location for audio files, but when I acces the Music section of the Touch-Flo menu, I still only see the two default songs. I can access the file through Windows Media Player no problem, but it would be good, and easier, to access them through Touch-Flo.
Some information on my phone: HTC Diamond 2, standard ROM, WM6.1 (no modifcations).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you in advance!
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Manila should see all of your songs on your storage card.
Do you have them several folders deep or?
You may try reinserting your SD card and see if it brings the songs in.

Bruce Inman said:
Manila should see all of your songs on your storage card.
Do you have them several folders deep or?
You may try reinserting your SD card and see if it brings the songs in.
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Thanks for the reply.
I have several files on there (as well as rintones in MP3 format), and it still only sees the 2 default songs, even after re-inserting the card.
The directory structure is:
\Storage Card\Music\Album Name\Filename.mp3
\Storage Card\Ringtones\Filename.mp3
Thanks again!

Hi. It should normally appear in the audio section of TF3D. Try to click on "library" and then "playlists" (maybe there is a different expression of it in english, dunno .. I have a language localization of my country) then try to add new playlist and your songs should appear. Hope it helped.

I had this happen when the SD card wasnt being recognised, have you tried another SD card?

How many MP3 files you have? Try to reduce them.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I have solved the issue, and thought I would post back here for anyone else having the same problem.
vikicek: unfortunatley, this didn't help. I could access the files through the library, but not through TouchFlo.
mlk: the card is fine, as it works in other devices
rspillo: At the time of testing, there were only 3 mp3 files on the card.
After trying a lot of different things, a hard reset, and a rom upgrade has fixed the problem. I was also unable to Sync with any of my PCs, so I suspect there was something fishy going on inside my standard rom.
Thanks again for all your help! Very much appreciated!

Glad to hear all is now fixed, so gently back to lurking you go!

mlk said:
Glad to hear all is now fixed, so gently back to lurking you go!
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I think I will be a bit more active now - with the foot in the door and such Looking at developing some ROMs in the near future.

[prob]strange sd card error in hd2

hello fellow chefs
i am making a hd2 rom for a friend of mine
the first rom i made it couldnt read the sd card at all
so i thought maybe its sd tune up thats conflicting so i deleted those regsettings
now the next rom i made it sees the sd card so i thought it whas fixed
then i tried the music tab and trouble came
i can start a song but after 3 sec the music stops and the entire list of songs disapear and reappeer
and it keep continiuing to disappear and reapeer
i know the packages are good as i use the same packages on my hd1 rom and tp2 rom(also for a friend) i made
also all certificates i used in the kitchens are the same so it cant be error of it
the second problem is mo-fo-ing youtube
i can play movies and got sound but no picture whats playing
anybody can help me with these problems
thansk in advance for any suggestions
could it be these settings interferring the sd card on hd2?
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\SDCARD\ClientDrivers\Class\SIM_Class]
"DisablePowerManagement"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\SDCARD\ClientDrivers\Class\NAND_Class]
"DisablePowerManagement"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\SDCARD\ClientDrivers\Class\MMC_Class]
"DisablePowerManagement"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\SDCARD\ClientDrivers\Class\MMC_Class]
"DisablePowerManagement"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\SDCARD\ClientDrivers\Class\SDMemory_Class]
"DisablePowerManagement"=dword:0

I think missing "mencfilt.dll" from XIP can cause that...but I am not real sure. You want to try that first.

ai6908 said:
I think missing "mencfilt.dll" from XIP can cause that...but I am not real sure. You want to try that first.
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thanks for the hint
gonna give it a try as i have taken out of msxipkernel to make it a little lighter
on a side note
wondering why it never gave trouble on my hd1