Is it possible to autolook the device after 5 minutes or something.
I use SPB Mobile Shell which has the option to lock the device for example. But I do not want to do it manually but automatically.
Thanx!
I still have not found a good solution for this problem.
Has someone else a nice app?
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Hey Guyz,
Long time no see..! I have been assigned to develope a barcode scanning application using .NET Compact Framework 2.0 (I can use 3.5 if necessary).
Right then to the point, I have already developed and finished the barcode application and there came a new demand from the business team who uses the application.
Basically the devices we use are HP iPaq (Windows Mobile 6 Professional) in combination with Grabba barcode scanner. They have requested that the application I wrote starts automatically and covers the entire screen. Now as for covering the entire screen is working fine but I need to do something about starting the application when the device starts up or when a device is put to sleep by clicking the power button and then bring back, the application should start up or show up automatically.
Now I have been researching and exploring a lot of third party applications and one application so far that comes the closest to my needs is the SPB Mobile Shell. It does pretty much what I want apart from locking down all buttons.
Now what I would like to know is, is it even possible to lock down all buttons at all? If not then how would I atleast go about developing an app which behaves like a SPB Mobile Shell? I know that the SPB Mobile Shell is very complicated application but all I want if the behaviour of SPB Mobile Shell's Today screen.
If I need to start by creating my own custom shell then where would I start from?
Regards
I'm not a developer, but hopefully this will help. You would be better off looking at kiosk software such as spb kiosk, whick locks down the whole device apart from programs you specify, ie. your developed app, and any other apps that are used.
This is a virus, not an application.
You use your pocket pc only for barcode reading. Why not use just a reader which costs 10 times less??
And no, SPB is not a complicated application.
HTC-Master said:
This is a virus, not an application.
You use your pocket pc only for barcode reading. Why not use just a reader which costs 10 times less??
And no, SPB is not a complicated application.
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Please don't judge me by my post count or the type of question. This is a genuine question.
Tell me what sort of device you think I can use which costs 10 times less.
I need a device with Wi-Fi so users can take it with them while attached to the barcode scanner. Then using the Wi-Fi the application connects and talks a web service running on the intranet server so users from all around the country can manage state of things that are needed to be tracked of their movement.
This was a specific request from the CIO that users are not needed to use any other applications and thus complicate things for themselves. All they want is just to use the application without any special training.
Hope this clears things a little.
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I'm not a developer, but hopefully this will help. You would be better off looking at kiosk software such as spb kiosk, whick locks down the whole device apart from programs you specify, ie. your developed app, and any other apps that are used.
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Thanks mate
I will pass this down to the chief architect so we can decide if the SPB Kiosk can do of what we need.
Cheers again.
FYI, we are going to try the PocketKiosk Builder
http://www.askarya.com/pocketpc/pocketkiosk/pk.asp
Will see how that goes.
And what about puting a link to your app in the windows\statup folder?
janemanno1 said:
FYI, we are going to try the PocketKiosk Builder
http://www.askarya.com/pocketpc/pocketkiosk/pk.asp
Will see how that goes.
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this is interesting...
(btw, http://www.hjgode.de/dev/iLock/index.html )
Another idea
Old thread, but...
Why not go for a unit with a built in barcode reader and Wifi/GPRS like the Motorola MC55 / MC75A?
Then you can use the Motorola AppCentre software which allows you to restrict which programs can be launched and presents a really simple interface for the user. I'm pretty sure you can download this software free with the serial number of one of their units.
Users will have no need to hunt for Wifi connectivity as the units have built in connectivity to the Internet. All you need is a low data allowance SIM with voice calls blocked.
The units are more expensive than the HP iPAQ, but they do more as well.
Hopefully someone might find this information useful.
HD.
Hi
I installed the trial of Mobile Shell onto my diamond, really just to see what it was like.
However it doesnt seem to have installed properly, and now neither mobile shell or TouchFLO are working. The phone still works in that I can use all the applications, settings etc, theres just a blank screen where TouchFLO should be.
I've tried to uninstall mobile shell using the Remove Programs feature on the phone and also through Sync Centre but it doesn't appear as an installed program.
If anyone could help me fix this i'd be really grateful
I don't know SPB Mobile Shell at all, but u should disable
TouhFlow from Today screen if u want to use SPB....
check the option in "today" if touch flo is flagged. or backup and hard reset
Try SKtools.It has the best tool for removing programs.
I don't know SPB Mobile Shell at all, but u should disable
TouhFlow from Today screen if u want to use SPB....
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you can use both TouchFLO and SPB Mobile Shell.I have done it and I wrote a way to do that in the SPB Mobile Shell 3 Thread.
the same thing happend even to me. just disable touch flo and than try to install again spb mobile shell.after that reset your mobile phone and u will have again spb. than u can find spb in your unistall list so that u can uninstall. do a soft reset again and than u can activate yout touch flo.
myself i did this and it worked perfectly.
Ah yes that worked thanks guys
hello
I am loving the profil manager in Phone Suit. And therefore I am wondering if its possible to make an plugin one the homescreen, showing the profils?
And if so, can some one help me, making it?
Please help me!
please help me, any answer is a good answer.
its not imposible but i think that not everyone in into the SPB applications now....
soo u need to wait and see for furthur update of it...
I replaced a lot of the SPB Phone Suite using these three plugins:
CVolume
CComm
AT Favorite People
the most important application in phone suite is the profile manager (there you can manage the sound level), it is made a widget to the profile manager, in the spb mobile shell. Is it possible to use this widget in some kind of way in the today screen?
Is it possible to make a titanium plugin out of a widget form SPB Mobile Shell 3?
I too was bummed to find out that Phone Suite doesn't play nicely with 6.5, but have since resolved this using ageye's G-Profile. It seems to work just fine with 6.5, and has a bit more flexibility than Phone Suite. Just map the QuickSwitch to one of your CLauncher slots. Not as smooth as a native Titanium plugin but it'll do for now.
hmm..we have a panel for volume profiles
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=512529
The thing is that you can't switch profiles automatically with CVolume, using ex. time rules(between 11pm and 12pm use loud profile, and between 12pm-2am use silent profile).
Is it me or does the T-mobile Dash 3g randomly closes out of apps. I was in my Internet explorer and it juss closed out. It also does this when i recieve messages. Is it my setting or something because i cant uderstand whats doing this.
Mine too
I have the T Mobile Dash 3g unlocked with win 6.5, same thing started happening today...all apps closing after abiyt 10 seconds. Looking for the problem.
closing
this seems to be a win 6.5 issue, and possibly a problem with SPB software.
I foind this thread but there are others too:
I also found a reference to SK Tools which i also have installed. If I cant find a solution soon, I am going to reset the phone and start a clean slate
reset the phone
well i reinstalled win 6.5 and it was not so bad since i was near the beginning anyway and had all programs saved in one spot. I did not install SKTools this time, i did install SPB online, and so far so good, the apps are staying open.
BTW A GREAT free program is SMARTToolKit which will expand your soft keys and give you lots of quick options....works well.
Yup,it's not all apps, just seems to be IE only. And yes it wont stay open like all the other programs when phone goes to standby. Very annoying. FYI, I'm using 6.1
Dash 3G Apps minimizing
There are few threads on this issue. I have narrowed this down to some change in the registry. I will know which part of the reigstry shorty. After running one of many apps (SPB online, SPB radio, Wunder Radio, Pocket Tunes, SK Tools, even the native Bluetooth app) application windows will not stay open and apps minimze on their own after about 10 seconds. If i restore the registry the phone works fine again. Since this problem spans so many different apps and developers, it is a MS problem. MS may say it is the developers problem, either way someone needs to fix it./
Hi guys i have an htc sence on my phone and i like it but i like the spb mobile shell also.
so is there a way that i can have my htc sense as my main theme and put a shortcut to run the spb mobile shell whenever i want it.
because when i try to run it it just exit out right the way ???
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Hi guys i have an htc sence on my phone and i like it but i like the spb mobile shell also.
so is there a way that i can have my htc sense as my main theme and put a shortcut to run the spb mobile shell whenever i want it.
because when i try to run it it just exit out right the way ???
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You can run SPB MS from the WM start menu, there should be an icon for that. However you are wasting a lot of memory by doing this. Both Sense and MS are UI (User Interface), and they are designed to be operated by themselves. I don't see what you are accomplishing by doing this. It is simpler to just disable sense in the settings today menu if you want to run MS, and then re-enable it to run Sense.
You will need to remove the MS lnk file from \Windows\Startup if you want to run SPB Mobile shell manually. By default it loads every time you reboot.
I tried to disable the sense but then when i re-enable it the phone freezes ??
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I tried to disable the sense but then when i re-enable it the phone freezes ??
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Does it work after a soft reset?
yes it works after restart but i found an application that let me switch between sense and spb mobile shell
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yes it works after restart but i found an application that let me switch between sense and spb mobile shell
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Was that mskip's shellswitcher, found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=667371&highlight=mskip ? It runs various UIs, disabling what isn't needed.
I just use TF3D to Mobile shell switcher... I remap it to my PTT button and when I want to use the different interface i just push the button and the program checks which one is running and then switches to the next one...
Although I like a little bit of Sense 2.5 I think i run 99% of the time Mobile shell.... its lighter in memory usage, lighter on battery drain, and also i have all the apps at fingertips with ease....
You can try my ShellSwitcher, published on xda forum (see my signature for link)
ShellSwitcher is the application that i found and it works good. basically it disables one and enables the other.
i attached the file to save the time for searching for it. enjoy