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Group SMS Solution - My Very Own

Hi Everbody,
I am Shailesh Ashar and this is the first time I am getting my hands dirty with Windows Mobile development.
So here is a little app that I developed : Group SMS Solution.
As the name suggest it is basically a program to send smses to a group of people at the same time.
Foll. are the features:
1. Category Wise Contact Pickup
2. Individual Contact Pickup made easy
3. works with WM5 and WM6.
4. Seems to be moderately paced as it is written using managed code but does the job well.
5. It is free.
PREREQUISITES:
.NET Compact framework 2
download here :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6b-356b-4a2c-857c-e62f50ae9a55&displaylang=en
DISCLAIMER:
This program is written using managed code so it technically cannot harm your windows mobile device but anyways do not blame me for anything.
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To Download go to http://shaileshashar.110mb.com/groupsms.php
Feel free to link to the download page but please do not link directly to the cab files. I want some traffic on my website.
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Fixed a small bug while loading categories , as pointed out by SayMobile

Hi shailesh, great work..let me test and come back

Feedback
Pls do give me Feedback, suggestions etc as this is my First app & it will really Keep me ticking.

Very well done shailesh now it will help me send group message.
Thanks

'I love walking in the rains so that no one can see me crying ...'
Geez how depressing... cheer up, have a beer and a night out with the boys.

I confirm working on Athena,Universal and Wizard..shd work on all the devices..it is really a good app

hdubli said:
I confirm working on Athena,Universal and Wizard..shd work on all the devices..it is really a good app
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Thanx hdubli for testing this on various devices and also for appreciating my work, u have made my day.

esseff said:
'I love walking in the rains so that no one can see me crying ...'
Geez how depressing... cheer up, have a beer and a night out with the boys.
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Hey I am not a depressed soul although the quote is very thought provoking. Checkout the Superman logo as my avatar.

thnaks first
it is working with my imate jasjam although i installed net framework 2
the message appear:ERROR
"this application requires a newer version of Microsoft NET Compact Framework than the version installed on the device."!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:confused:

Nice app - well done. Works just fine on my artemis, cheers

Hi Shailesh,
This is certainly a very nice and extremely useful app for WM devices.
I've tested it briefly on my WM5 Herald and it works great. I do have a few minor bug reports and feature suggestions for your next version:
1. When contacts belong to multiple custom groups, it lists the same group twice with a space before the group name. So if some contacts are in the group called Ping and others are in the group called Pong and yet others are in both groups, it will list "Ping", "Pong" and " Ping" and " Pong"
2. Could you possibly add a context menu for the text editor where you do Cut/Copy/Paste rather than the Paste from Clipboard button?
3. In the final screen, if you press Back, it takes you right back to the first text entry screen rather than just one screen back.
Will test and give you any further inputs soon.
Thank you for the excellent app that you've given to the community for free!

SayMobile said:
Hi Shailesh,
This is certainly a very nice and extremely useful app for WM devices.
I've tested it briefly on my WM5 Herald and it works great. I do have a few minor bug reports and feature suggestions for your next version:
1. When contacts belong to multiple custom groups, it lists the same group twice with a space before the group name. So if some contacts are in the group called Ping and others are in the group called Pong and yet others are in both groups, it will list "Ping", "Pong" and " Ping" and " Pong"
2. Could you possibly add a context menu for the text editor where you do Cut/Copy/Paste rather than the Paste from Clipboard button?
3. In the final screen, if you press Back, it takes you right back to the first text entry screen rather than just one screen back.
Will test and give you any further inputs soon.
Thank you for the excellent app that you've given to the community for free!
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Hey thanks for pointing out the bug SayMobile,
#1. I have fixed the bug as pointed out
#2. I thought the framework would automatically provide the Cut/Copy/Paste feature but it did not, anyways the button is doing the needful.
#3. It have purposely kept it that way
Please download the new cab from the first page.

myRIGHT said:
thnaks first
it is working with my imate jasjam although i installed net framework 2
the message appear:ERROR
"this application requires a newer version of Microsoft NET Compact Framework than the version installed on the device."!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:confused:
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Please restart your device after installing NET Compact Framework 2.
If it still does not work then re-install GroupSMS.

shaileshashar said:
Hey thanks for pointing out the bug SayMobile,
#1. I have fixed the bug as pointed out
#2. I thought the framework would automatically provide the Cut/Copy/Paste feature but it did not, anyways the button is doing the needful.
#3. It have purposely kept it that way
Please download the new cab from the first page.
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Hi.
#2: This is really easy to implement, i can help you if you want..
what are you programming in?

Inphyy said:
Hi.
#2: This is really easy to implement, i can help you if you want..
what are you programming in?
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I am programming using C# pls tell me what to do.

shaileshashar said:
I am programming using C# pls tell me what to do.
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Just had to download the app first
lets see, drag a ContextMenu on to your form in designer, then select your textbox, or whatever, and set ContextMenu to ContextMenu1 in teh properties-window.
Then click your contextmenu and add Menu-options to it.
it is probably located on top of your left softkey
tell me if you need more help

Inphyy said:
Just had to download the app first
lets see, drag a ContextMenu on to your form in designer, then select your textbox, or whatever, and set ContextMenu to ContextMenu1 in teh properties-window.
Then click your contextmenu and add Menu-options to it.
it is probably located on top of your left softkey
tell me if you need more help
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Thanx Mate will implement it.

error
doesnt open is my xdaIIs
gives the error
file or assembly name
'micrsoft.WindowsMobile>pocketOutlook, Version =1.0.0.0,Cultyure+neutral,
PublicKeyToken+31BF3856AD364E35', or one of its dependencies, was not found,

meehaa said:
doesnt open is my xdaIIs
gives the error
file or assembly name
'micrsoft.WindowsMobile>pocketOutlook, Version =1.0.0.0,Cultyure+neutral,
PublicKeyToken+31BF3856AD364E35', or one of its dependencies, was not found,
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pls check whether u have .net compact framework 2 installed.

yes
yes its installed, I tried re-installing .Net, but no solution

I fonz as a panel?

http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-ifonz-v0-9-9.html
Quite a cool I phone looking app. How hard would it be for someone to make this a panel?

I guess really the question should be... Why don't you just buy an iPhone? My guess is this is just a today screen plugin, similar to TF3D. If that is the case, running it should be about the same at TF3D on the X1. I know some people in the Diamond forum were trying to get ifonz to work.

Jep, same thought! Go und lock yourself up with an iPhone...

i really dont get why anyone on earth likes the iphone. but whatever.

Well why not a iphone lookalike panel when the tf3d seems very popular,it´s all about to replace/complement the panels we already have onboard as i see it..

iphone is a nice phone and i cant say i havent put iphone like apps on my 6800 and thought about it for my tp but i thought again and whats the point i may as well have just gotten an iphone. its probably best to get apps from iphone (if at all possible) instead of the flashy looking ui. it gets boring after a while. not taking anything away from the people that develop those programs because its something i cant do and it amazes me. so keep up the good work but just not for me at least not for extended periods.

you could ask the author
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=436656&highlight=ifonz

Does this install as a Today plugin or an app itself?
Oops... found the answer. It ain't a Today plugin. So guess it somehow replaces the today screen? And that why TS's there asking about if anyone can convert it to a panel?

I find this is a discussion worth picking up again! so has anybody put some thought to it?
I tried the latest version of ifonz ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=436656) and it works pretty good with full landscape support and loads of customisation options.
Now ... I know nothing about programming .. but is it hard to make it come up as a panel?
The way it works now it is an .exe which u need to start manually (similarly to the T3D before the panel .cab came out) ... so what does it take to get a panel .cab for this little app?
I thought about contacting the author but then again I dont see why this should be his business ... he probably doesnt even have the Xperia!
So any ideas on this?
thx

I'd think the one most able to come up with a panel for this at the moment should be the guy who did the panel for TF3D.

I tried installing the ifonz using the .exe but they mentioned about throwing an exception?

I've searched almost everywhere for an answer but have yet to find one. I still can't install iFonz on the XPERIA. I was wondering, do I download the files on the phone itself then run the exe (if that's possible) OR run it on the desktop/laptop with the XPERIA connected via activesync which I have been trying to do. But on my Laptop, I get an error that it has failed and on my desktop it says something about an exception.

no u are supposed to install it on the xperia ... maybe u r doing the same mistake that I did the first time I tried to install ... this may sound stupid but u need to copy the .zip onto your xperia and then actually extract the files before u can install them!
Reason I m saying this is because when u click on .zip after u copied it onto your xperia it will automatically change folder and show u a list of all the files that are in that .zip.
intuitively u would probably click the .exe right away however if u do this u get an error saying that the file cannot be installed for unknown reasons etc. if you however, extract the files to a folder of your choice then u can click the .exe and the installation works just fine
alternatively, u may just be needing to install microsoft net framework 3.5 which u can download for free on the microsoft website .. if you search this forum u will find a link to it ..
sorry for late reply, hope that helps

Ah thank you! Yes, I have installed Microsoft Net Framework (I did do my research haha). I will try it out now!

Okay, now that I have ifonz I realised that I don't like it. Worst of all, when I switch on my phone, it starts off in the ifonz page. And so I deleted the ifonz folder. But now, when I switch on my phone, they mention an error as they are unable to find ifonz.exe. How do I get rid of this annoying pop up?

[APP] SOCIAL NETWORK ENGINE (full working by GriFolle)

Ok, yesterday I've played a little with the Social Network Engine and I've finally dioscovered how to get it to work...
Prerequisiste: have HTC album installed...pretty obiousvly. Then..
1) Install the cab extracted from the Blackstone (I've found it somewhere in this forum, can't remeber exactly where: sorry to the author)
2) Extract the SocialNetworkEngine archive and copy it into your SD. Then move all files into windows folder (using totalcommander, resco or similar). Theese files are part of the oem pack of the original app.
3) Extract the last one archive, that contains only the provxml file, and copy it into your SD. Then open Advanced Configuration Tool made by Shaps, select "Menu" then "Import provxml".
4) Softreset.
That's all guys.
PS: I've got no time to make a cab now, sorry again.

sorry for my dumb question, but what exactly is "the social network engine" ?

hebbe said:
sorry for my dumb question, but what exactly is "the social network engine" ?
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You can upload pictures to Facebook ex. And Videos to Youtube

Youtube and Facebook options for multimedia files
bye!

ah, thanks for the informations!

It doesn't seem to work here ... I followed your instructions to the letter but cannot login to facebook or youtube afterwards ..
Youtube says " You input the incorrect username or password " and
facebook says : " There was an error while attempting to login "
I'm using Dutty's V4 Rom
Am I to dumb or missing something ?
Garf

No...don't think you've missed something (just to ask: did you made a softreset?) because:
A) youtube should work even without my istructions, just installing the cab.
B) facebook should give you anotherone type of error (something like "connection attempt...")
Theese errors seems to be related to the user/password you've digited.
EDIT:
the facebook error is the same that I had befor import the provxml I've posted here. Did you do it and then softreset?

Found it !!!
This social Networking implemetation from HTC seems stoopid ....
Guess what the problem was ???????????
My passwords were too complex or too long !!!
I had a password in with 8 letters , Upper & Lower case , Numbers and Special Characters both for facebook and youtube .... Just changeing the password to something simpler made both work perfectly
*** AARGHHHHH ***
Now I just need to figure how complex I can make my passwords without breaking the social networking again !
Thanks
Claude

Ahahah...no comment!!!
Anyhow: happy that you solved.
Cheers.

Worked perfectly
Got this up and running perfectly doing your steps exactly on a Sprint Diamond running Juicy 3.9 ROM.
Thanks!
-Mike

works on pistonrippers rom.
cheers

brilliant app, love this many thanks
Chris

I'm glad to see that it works without any poroblem.
I'm really interested to know, discover, test...if this app can be used also with other services (not just with faceboo, youtube, ecc...) but also to upload photos to flickr, or songs to myspace in example. Dunno, but maybe it's just a base and it can be "expanded"...

doesn't work here on a german rom!?!

@Herr_Knigge:
I'm sorry, but I don't know cause I've got a WWE rom.
Maybe some files (that were extracted from an international rom) will cause some "compatibility" issues with a localized rom.
Can't help you a lot on this plane.
Sorry again.

i know this might sound daft, but is there any way to use a html doc to open the Album.exe ?
one of the guys posted the following in the dev and hacking section as a front for facebook mobile,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3080511#post3080511
i like the idea and have been playing around with it to make it more usable for me, then thought about trying to include a link to the album now it can be used to upload to facebook. ive included my edit to give you an idea of what im thinking but the code is beyond me
if anyone thinks this could work feel free

I'm not an HTML expert, anyhow I'm pretty sure that's not possible.
I think the only link to an external program (without that the browser ask you for a confirm) will be made with the command "mailto:" to send an email with you favourite desk app.
Moreover, if you use opera to open the page that you've posted above, the space needed on the bottom bar to create the new shortcut will be overdrwaned by the small menu button of the browser.
Anyhow, I found this "trick" very nice and I want to try it sometimes. So I've just correct a small line of the code to erase the useless (and very annoying) horizontal scrollbar. If you want to test it, just rename the file to fbook.html then copy it into the original folder and say "yes" to overwrite the old one.
Cheers.

im running the stock rom for sprints touch pro... will this still work for me?

Think so.
Don't imagine why it should not...
Regards.

Ok I followed your step to the letter and everything seemed to work great, no hiccups during install I was even able to login to facebook with no errors. I tried the other facebook program and could not get it to login so that was good (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3125204#post3125204).
On the top my little data transfer thing is going but its going and going and going, and no picture has been uploaded. How long do I have to wait for 1 picture? I have a feeling that this is not working right on the Sprint Touch Pro stock ROM.
Is there a way for me to view the uploader (did not see it in program files), also the album seems to be more responsive and easier to navigate, is it just my imagination? Last Some of the thumnails wont populate, I have to exit and then come back in and then they appear, is this a bug in this version of the album or always there>

Contact on Today

Hello;
I would like to have 5 contacts on my today screen.
Can you give me the name of the file cab for doing it.
Thx

Titou1309 said:
Hello;
I would like to have 5 contacts on my today screen.
Can you give me the name of the file cab for doing it.
Thx
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Ok First How about you give some info to help us help you. Like I dont know Device type, Rom, What Ui your using ( TF3D, Chome, Manila, Standard). With out this info this post just may well sit here. Oh and doing a search for it might save some time to.

I'm using standart;
A few month i installed that today plugin but i don t remember the name.
It is a 3 today in one (3 x 5 contacts).
Thx

SPB Phone Suite

It is not this one;
Mine is a small freeware with only the contacts.
Edit: It is not this one but it is something like this http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-...-treo-700w-today-plugin-speed-photo-dial.html

I'm close to find it.
It is a part of SPB mobile shell; i only want the plugins call dialTab1, DialTab2 and DialTab3.
Thx

I have used these in the past.

[Q] Polaris Office problems

Hello to all:
I have two issues with Polaris Office 5 on my note 3:
1-When I put the phone in horizontal position, Polaris Office does no fill the whole screen. That was the case with Polaris Office version 3. When I put the phone in horizontal position, the text would fill the whole screen and there was no bar at the top. This is annoying in phones, because the screen is already small and the bar at the top is really unnecessary.
2-Whenever I open a Txt file to read, the keyboard comes up. It annoys me because I don't need the keyboard and I don't want to edit anything.
I also have a problem with Polaris Office version 3:
When I open it, this annoying watermark comes up which says:
THIS IS A MODEL WHICH THE LIBRARY DOES NOT SUPPORT.
CONTACT INFRAWARE INC."
If you help me solve these issues, I would owe you big time.

Need your help here

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For Polaris v5:
1. Yes, the menu bar takes up larger than necessary space when horizontal. I have not found way to make a word document display full screen.
2. To get rid of the keyboard press the Back button. It is just one press.
Sorry, no idea about older Polaris v3, as only have Polaris v5 installed free from Samsung Apps store.
farhad_persona said:
Hello to all:
I have two issues with Polaris Office 5 on my note 3:
1-When I put the phone in horizontal position, Polaris Office does no fill the whole screen. That was the case with Polaris Office version 3. When I put the phone in horizontal position, the text would fill the whole screen and there was no bar at the top. This is annoying in phones, because the screen is already small and the bar at the top is really unnecessary.
2-Whenever I open a Txt file to read, the keyboard comes up. It annoys me because I don't need the keyboard and I don't want to edit anything.
I also have a problem with Polaris Office version 3:
When I open it, this annoying watermark comes up which says:
THIS IS A MODEL WHICH THE LIBRARY DOES NOT SUPPORT.
CONTACT INFRAWARE INC."
If you help me solve these issues, I would owe you big time.
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Thanks bro.
Does anyone know about Polaris Office 3? Can you please download and install it and see if you'll have that annoying watermark:
http://pool.apk.bazaarandroid.com/o...-2028209-650dc1906b0d96a1e99fdbe56cd0c6b4.apk
Guys I really need your help. I read books all the time and I can't do without Polaris Office.

I have SM-N9000Q Version for Turkey I had same problem second one before this morning. New update about 105mb and the keyboard changed (now black themed), polaris viewer's problem solved and kernel changed. Can u check fota?

Mine is N9005
What update should I get for Polaris to be fixed?

farhad_persona said:
Mine is N9005
What update should I get for Polaris to be fixed?
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I don't know. I saw Ota update about 105 mb setup and it solved.
Maybe it will come for 9005 next days.
Sorry for my bad English.

Where did you get this update?

farhad_persona said:
Where did you get this update?
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28-30 october (I can't remember) it came but I setup it 2 noveber.

Is this an official update? Did you get it from Samsung website?

farhad_persona said:
Thanks bro.
Does anyone know about Polaris Office 3? Can you please download and install it and see if you'll have that annoying watermark:
http://pool.apk.bazaarandroid.com/o...-2028209-650dc1906b0d96a1e99fdbe56cd0c6b4.apk
Guys I really need your help. I read books all the time and I can't do without Polaris Office.
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Please install this on your phone and see if you have the watermark problem.

Yes it's official. I setup it from phone settings. Most probaly you know it.
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Is this an official update? Did you get it from Samsung website?
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Yes it's official. I setup it from phone settings. Most probaly you know it. Sorry for my bad English.

Guys! what should I do about this watermark problem? Please install Polaris Office 3 on you phone and see if you have the same problem:
http://pool.apk.bazaarandroid.com/o...-2028209-650dc1906b0d96a1e99fdbe56cd0c6b4.apk

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How can I solve the watermark problem? Here cheatman explained something that I don't quite understand :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24707796&postcount=12
:
Code:
There are only two known workarounds for this issue:
1. You get the lib files from a different source.
2. You trick the lib into thinking you have a different phone model.
You might want to try editing your build.prop file to reflect a different phone model (compatible one) for example.
I never had this issue. Maybe because I'm doing it across related Samsung devices? Or maybe I am running a different version?
I have been searching the whole day:silly:

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You installed an old free version polaris 3 that was free for a limited number of phone models, and the note3 is not one of those, simply because it didn't exist.
So you have 2 solutions, root your phone, change the build.prop file info to let polaris think you got a different phone, and live with all the other **** that is going to give you.....
Or just download the polaris 5 , which is free for the note 3.....And live with the bar at the top. and no need to ask other to install polaris 3 from your link they WILL have the same watermark

friedje said:
You installed an old free version polaris 3 that was free for a limited number of phone models, and the note3 is not one of those, simply because it didn't exist.
So you have 2 solutions, root your phone, change the build.prop file info to let polaris think you got a different phone, and live with all the other **** that is going to give you.....
Or just download the polaris 5 , which is free for the note 3.....And live with the bar at the top. and no need to ask other to install polaris 3 from your link they WILL have the same watermark
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Thanks man! What did you exactly mean by this part? :
and live with all the other **** that is going to give you.....
What's wrong with solution number 1?

The problem is that other apps might also look at the build.prop info to see what phone you are using.
So changing it into something else, will make polaris 3 run without the watermark, but it will probably
screw up other apps