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Phone Skin

Hi all,
It's freezing in London, UK! Anyways...
I hate the o2 phone skin I am stuck with, I noticed once before after a hard reset there was a much nicer skin - im guessing it was the default WM5 skin...I know it was blue... Well - I want it back ..
So today's question from me..
How do I change my phone skin.. WITHOUT HARD RESET..
Ta

lol..its bloody freezin!..
here u go...speeded up my exec..and actually prefer the simple default skin anyway..use resco or any other registry editor
To set or remove the operator phone skin
The setting is at 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Phone\Skin'
The 'Enabled' DWORD value can be set to '1' to show the operator skin or '0' to show the default skin

wow that is so much faster! Thanks!
Although - I was talking about a completely different skin? Unusual!
Ahh well this one is just what I need - a phone.
Ta!

The problem with method is that you lose the button for video calls. Is there a way around it?
Thanks

redjupiter said:
The problem with method is that you lose the button for video calls. Is there a way around it?
Thanks
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the button on the keyboard? Does that work?

look for the post called "a collection of hacks" or something on those lines. I remember seeing a cab to change the phone skin...
cheerio
San

Riceburner said:
redjupiter said:
The problem with method is that you lose the button for video calls. Is there a way around it?
Thanks
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the button on the keyboard? Does that work?
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HI,
I tried the buttons and I cannot get video calls with the default phone skin (as explained above).
Thanks.

the most interesting about it actually is that it will give you 10 Megs of RAM...if you can live without the videocalling.

My videocalling button appears to work. :?

AndyME said:
the most interesting about it actually is that it will give you 10 Megs of RAM...if you can live without the videocalling.
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How exactly do you get that extra space?? Does it require a hard reset or can you delete the extra files? If the latter which are the correct files to delete?

ScreenShot using MvRTrueVGA_v1.3

2 screen captures of my ameo running MvRTrueVGA_v1.3
i found this to be better than ozvga as all screens are ok apart from the
comms screen
to capture the screen ive used Pocket Controller-Professional

You can see some other pictures in this Thread. There are also the download Links for True VGA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=301853

only thing i have noticed is you cant make a phone call the keypad gets covered as you try to dial and all you can enter is a one

my phone MvRTrueVGA pic and comms pic
here are the pics of my phone screen and comms screen

cryptkiller said:
here are the pics of my phone screen and comms screen
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yup same thing only thing is if i dial using that keypad it brings up contacts list and covers the other keys so you cant dial

Use this one:

Yep sorted thanks for that
i cant seem to get the comms screen to change tho should that change with
this prog ?

cryptkiller said:
Yep sorted thanks for that
i cant seem to get the comms screen to change tho should that change with
this prog ?
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were you able to get that .cab file to work

for dialing I figured out to disable smart dialing and you can dial without the contacts coming up and covering the keys

The CommManager is not added in this programm, maybe someone knew another programm for it.

cab works great and is what i was looking for sorry for being newbish. Thanks alot for the cab

what today themes are you guys using with this program. Im finding that most the themes out there will load but the picture on the theme will only be small picture in the middle of the screen instead of taking up the whole screen.

jasonmoe said:
what today themes are you guys using with this program. Im finding that most the themes out there will load but the picture on the theme will only be small picture in the middle of the screen instead of taking up the whole screen.
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you can use Resco Photo Viewer to set your today wallpaper which will fill the whole screen

or just get a free registry editor and change the DPI setting from 192 to 96.
HKCU/software/microsoft/today/dpi
then do something that will refresh display, say rotate screen or soft reset...

shockboy2000 said:
or just get a free registry editor and change the DPI setting from 192 to 96.
HKCU/software/microsoft/today/dpi
then do something that will refresh display, say rotate screen or soft reset...
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No DPI Dword value in my registry....

Will WM6 support full VGA, so, no hacks are necessary?

cryptkiller said:
2 screen captures of my ameo running MvRTrueVGA_v1.3
i found this to be better than ozvga as all screens are ok apart from the
comms screen
to capture the screen ive used Pocket Controller-Professional
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cryptkiller,
What Start Menu replacement are you using? I'm looking for one myself.
Thanks

danieletroiano said:
No DPI Dword value in my registry....
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are you looking in the correct place? i.e. HKCU
its there on Tmobile Ameo ROM, and seems to be a standard WM5 reg setting since i got the info from an old WM5 site explaining how to get pictures bigger in the background on WM5 devices.
if your provider has removed it, try adding it

Added HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\DPI as Dword value 96 in dec (0x60 in hex)
Nothing happens

danieletroiano said:
Added HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\DPI as Dword value 96 in dec (0x60 in hex)
Nothing happens
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Remember to do a soft-reset after every reg edit. Use a software, or turn off device for 10 seconds and turn on again, before doing the reset

Does Slide 2 Unlock (S2U2) Work?

Hey guys.
I cannot get this application to run on my dual! It just loads a black screen. It works though because I can slide to unlock it without being able to see the screen which isn't all that useful!
So is this just me?
Sam

Same problem on my Kaiser
Hi there!
I am having the exact same problem on my Kaiser phone.. :-(
Who can help?
Henk.

It's known bug with certain devices but here's a workaround disable Direct Draw:
Edit your registry, navigate to \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2U2
Find the key DirectDraw and change the value from 1 to 0.
Funny enough on my dual I didn't have to do this tweak!

'slide' to unlock?
I assumed 'slide' to unlock was sliding the phone open..
after a couple of resets I found out that you had to 'slide' on the screen
I there really no way this to may it work with sliding the phone open,
thought this would be really nice..
Besides from this misunderstanding of mine it works fine, caller Id is very nice!

gfreek said:
It's known bug with certain devices but here's a workaround disable Direct Draw:
Edit your registry, navigate to \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2U2
Find the key DirectDraw and change the value from 1 to 0.
Funny enough on my dual I didn't have to do this tweak!
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Wow.
You are actually amazing for making that work!
You know, that may be one of the best answers I have ever recieved. Thank you so much

My Wing was doing this also. I changed the name from wallpaper.gif to Wallpaper.gif and it works fine now.

Worked!
Worked fine for me; thx!

works after the registry key change, but....
It works lousy if you activate the callerID. When you get a call , the internal phone app. takes over the S2U2, and after you finish the call the screen just remained in the position of the incoming call picture of the S2U2 and you cannot do anything except soft-reset. :-(
Does anyone has an idea or suggestion?
TIA/Zohar

sorry for my stupid q:
may i know why you choose s2u2 instead of the WM6 built-in key-lock feature? just due to big wallpaper instead of the Today screen, or some other great features attracted you?

Hey good question.
I prefer it because its a sleeker interface to go with a sleek device and also mainly because it annoys iPhone users that I know.

mini_man said:
Hey good question.
I prefer it because its a sleeker interface to go with a sleek device and also mainly because it annoys iPhone users that I know.
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haha.. lol
i personally like the big caller photo most. yet i still can't make up my mind on using it for long term, because now sliding out the keypad can only wake up the device but no longer unlock it. and personally i still prefer using the green/red keys to answer/reject calls, which means the built-in key-lock feature can also do.

..and one more
It seems that all the keys and everything is locked except the iCube.
This can be activated even thouth the S2 is in keylock state.

zoharbl said:
It seems that all the keys and everything is locked except the iCube.
This can be activated even thouth the S2 is in keylock state.
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(for Sprint Touch (Vogue) and Touch Dual (Nike))
you can lock the cube as well by adding this reg key:
[HKLM\Software\HTC\Biotouch\Disable4SpecificApp\S2U 2]
"ClassName" = "S2U2"

is the ' ' space at the end of the key name correct? 'S2U 2' or should it be 'S2U2'?

gmlogan said:
is the ' ' space at the end of the key name correct? 'S2U 2' or should it be 'S2U2'?
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no space. just S2U2.

Caller photo size

Hi there, I have a "problem" with the photo that appears when someone is calling. To be more specific, the size is very small. Is there an app that makes it bigger, like iphone for example?

You can use S2U2 and enable S2A (slide to answer).
Then you get full-screen photo and you need to use a Iphone-like slider to answer. Bonus is you won't answer accidentally anymore.
Hope this helps.
Search to find the app (is in the general software section, I think)

You need to enable Caller ID to Full Screen to get S2U2 to work with the Caller ID It's working really well on the Diamond. Might have a slight increase in speed if you disable the Diamond Dialer. But that's personal of course..

Yes S2U2 is the solution to your problem. Very handy application.
For you guys that use S2U2 do you have the weather info on S2U2 screen?
It worked for me once but not anymore

it works! thank you for the help...

After a day of tests, I found that with S2U2 installed, when someone calls me I cannot hang up. By pressing the hard button (or even the soft button when enables) it only mutes. Any idea?

U can use Inesoft Address Book (not free) to get big Picture
and u get better contact with photo too..

arix said:
U can use Inesoft Address Book (not free) to get big Picture
and u get better contact with photo too..
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I've already tried it but I didn't like tha fact that it changes my phone keyboard and the whole contact layout...

S2U2
I find that after S2U2 it drains my battery much more faster. anybody else notice this...

xenos3 said:
After a day of tests, I found that with S2U2 installed, when someone calls me I cannot hang up. By pressing the hard button (or even the soft button when enables) it only mutes. Any idea?
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You can find an answer in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2783558&postcount=2405
Ciao, Andrea

mccune said:
You need to enable Caller ID to Full Screen to get S2U2 to work with the Caller ID It's working really well on the Diamond. Might have a slight increase in speed if you disable the Diamond Dialer. But that's personal of course..
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How can I disable this Diamond Dialer?Please explain step by step.It rings with delay.

revizoro said:
How can I disable this Diamond Dialer?Please explain step by step.It rings with delay.
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Use Diamond Tweak to disable it. Just changehone Pad Style, from Diamond to Windows Mobile Standard.
One setting above this you can disable the Ring Time delay.

xenos3 said:
I've already tried it but I didn't like tha fact that it changes my phone keyboard and the whole contact layout...
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U can disable the Dialer keyboard and use system defalt,
About the contact layout, it's much more better with photo
while looking for caontact, and 100% compatible to outlook..

S2A 480x640 picture
it would be great if S2A can use pictures from its own folder, because the standard pictures are very poor quality, what i mean is if i can prepare jpg pictures in 480x640 resolution of people from phone book, name these pictures like contacts in phone book or numbers and S2A will use them instead standard ones. anyone know is it possible?

I've noticed too that s2u2 caller pics look kind of blurry. Is there any solution?

xenos3 said:
I've noticed too that s2u2 caller pics look kind of blurry. Is there any solution?
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Use Slide to View (S2V) to set as outlook contact picture.
You can download from A_C site (http://www.ac-s2.com/)
Ciao, Andrea

_wizo_ said:
For you guys that use S2U2 do you have the weather info on S2U2 screen?
It worked for me once but not anymore
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hey Wizzo,
Did you try to have it on manila 3 weather?
mine works fine, I kept changing it till it appeared

Slide-2-Unlock on HD2 ?

Would someone lucky enough to actually own a HD2 already
(thursday 6th Nov. 2009)
try out the http://s2u2.ac-s2.com/ SLIDE 2 UnLock v2 version (free)
This app will give you full screen photos when someone is calling you,
has a very nice homescreen with SMS, Email,Weather and all.
On the 6.5.1.ROM's on the HD it doesn't work well anymore.
Please test this on HD2.
File is attached from http://s2u2.ac-s2.com/
Hmmzz cannot attach the file even tho filesize is < OK

lucid said:
Would someone lucky enough to actually own a HD2 already
(thursday 6th Nov. 2009)
try out the http://s2u2.ac-s2.com/ SLIDE 2 UnLock v2 version (free)
This app will give you full screen photos when someone is calling you,
has a very nice homescreen with SMS, Email,Weather and all.
On the 6.5.1.ROM's on the HD it doesn't work well anymore.
Please test this on HD2.
File is attached from http://s2u2.ac-s2.com/
Hmmzz cannot attach the file even tho filesize is < OK
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I would want to try it, but I don't see why it's usefull.... The Windows 6.5 Slide to unlock works very good!

xmoo said:
I would want to try it, but I don't see why it's usefull.... The Windows 6.5 Slide to unlock works very good!
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But you can't see "Tasks" with the Windows 6.5 Slide to unlock !...

Noam23 said:
But you can't see "Tasks" with the Windows 6.5 Slide to unlock !...
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That is correct, will think about it, and will try mayb when I get back @ home.

disable hardware keys
S2U2 works fine on my HD2 (though I don't use the CallerID function).
The only problem is that all hardware keys (except volume) wake up the phone. And worst, a long press on on-off key start the power-off panel (quite troublesome given that you can shutdown the phone accidentaly in your pocket).
Someone has a solution ?

superfougere said:
And worst, a long press on on-off key start the power-off panel (quite troublesome given that you can shutdown the phone accidentaly in your pocket).
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I think it's ridiculously unlikely that that will ever happen! Do you keep random button pressing machines in your pockets?
I've had mine for 2 weeks now, and it's not even been out of standby mode when I've taken it out of my pocket, ever.

xmoo said:
I would want to try it, but I don't see why it's usefull.... The Windows 6.5 Slide to unlock works very good!
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Apart from the fact that wm6.5 slide to unlock doesn't show all day appointment
By the way s2u2 works fine to me.

johncmolyneux said:
I think it's ridiculously unlikely that that will ever happen! Do you keep random button pressing machines in your pockets?
I've had mine for 2 weeks now, and it's not even been out of standby mode when I've taken it out of my pocket, ever.
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I've had the problem of power-off panel yesterday, that's why I ask this question.
And the problem for the other hardware key is that it is battery draining to have the screen on (and I don't wear baggies, thus it happen quite regurlarly)

Already installed on my HD2 very nice, anyone know how to disable the slider lock of origin HD2?

Look at the sticky "Leo hints and tips" item 27 Disable Auto Screen Lock

You can disable the original slider with the cab in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4996782&postcount=2961
Also all day appointments is an option in the settings you need to enable!
S2u2 Works perfectly for me BTW, on HD2

bakskj said:
You can disable the original slider with the cab in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4996782&postcount=2961
Also all day appointments is an option in the settings you need to enable!
S2u2 Works perfectly for me BTW, on HD2
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thanks, you make my day.
i'm using this cab: S2U2 QVGA/WQVGA version
is the one to HD2? i think so.

pack21 said:
thanks, you make my day.
i'm using this cab: S2U2 QVGA/WQVGA version
is the one to HD2? i think so.
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You're wrong, get the VGA/WVGA for HD2

superfougere said:
The only problem is that all hardware keys (except volume) wake up the phone. And worst, a long press on on-off key start the power-off panel (quite troublesome given that you can shutdown the phone accidentaly in your pocket).
Someone has a solution ?
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You are right. S2U2 lacks a quick resleep function (which is present in TouchLockPro). When TouchLockPro has fixed the G-sensor detection, I think it is way better than S2U2 in terms of locking (except that it doesn't have the sexy interface). I don't really care what it shows on the screen when it is locked.
No, with S2U2 active, I can't long press the end key to turn off the phone without first slide-unlocking.
Fortunately, the panel is still locked after HD2 is waked up by a hard key. At least it won't be sending mails or dialing phones in your pocket.

superfougere said:
And worst, a long press on on-off key start the power-off panel (quite troublesome given that you can shutdown the phone accidentaly in your pocket).
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Thats not true. With the newest version that doesn't happen. I tried to replicate the behavior and nothing...

Ive asked this question on another thread but has anyone noticed a problem with caller ID, if the image is from a linked facebook profile it doesn't show up when someone calls.

monty_rm said:
Ive asked this question on another thread but has anyone noticed a problem with caller ID, if the image is from a linked facebook profile it doesn't show up when someone calls.
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for caller id pics u need s2v and add contact pics from it

MerLinh said:
for caller id pics u need s2v and add contact pics from it
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The pictures aren't actually on the phone though, they are just retrieved from facebook. Is there any way you can get S2V to utilise them?

monty_rm said:
The pictures aren't actually on the phone though, they are just retrieved from facebook. Is there any way you can get S2V to utilise them?
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well in that case you have to download them, get a nice fullscreen image, believe me its very impressive when someone calls you and its pic is fullscreen and clear

Bit of help please:
Do I have to uninstall S2U2 Version 1.62 before I install Ver 2.24 please?
Or can I just install ver 2.24 over 1.62?
Thanks