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Help! Slow input type selection window!

When you need to input text, you can click on the icon at the bottom of the screen to bring up the text entry area. You can tap on the little triangle beside the icon to bring up a window to select between block recognizer, keyboard, letter recognizer, phone pad, and transcriber.
On my 8125, it is taking a long time for this window to pop up after tapping the triangle. It is taking a few seconds, when it used to take maybe 1/3 of a second. It is quite frustrating!
Why is is doing this? And what can I do to speed it up like it used to be?
This has happened before. It was when I first got the phone and was installing apps and games on it. One day I noticed this slow behavior, and I ended up doing a hard reset and slowly adding my apps and registry tweaks back on one at a time to see what would cause the problem. Well, nothing caused the problem and it stayed fast for a long time.
Then yesterday I updated to Summiter's latest ROM and started adding my apps back on. This text entry type window was working just fine through most of it, and suddenly as I'm finally finished putting everything back to where I want it, this problem is back!
Help! I don't want to do another hard reset already!

I have the same problem, I use transcriber as SIP but since it takes so long to show up when you click the triangle, I just put a shortcut to transcriber.exe in the start menu folder. So, I just use the Programs menu, it's much faster

I like to switch between letter recognizer, keyboard, and transcriber. I suppose I could put links to them in the start menu, but it would be so much nicer if I could just figure out why it's being so slow!
Any ideas?

I've read this is due to having MS Voice Command installed, although I haven't confirmed this myself.

I have the problem and never installed Voice Command, so there must be another explanation

anyone idea what the keyboard exe is called?
thanks

This is supposedly caused by a bug in the OS. I use an application called 'Smartskey'. There is a setting that talks about reboot notification for a Wizard. This affects the time it takes for the input method choice popup-. See the text about it from the manual:
REMOVEDUPSDDAEMON=0 (0 or 1)
Only for HTC Wizard. The function is originally not related to SmartSkey. The HTC Wizard contains a program called sddaemon that is the voice command program for wizard. It contains a bug that it will automatically create one more
notification for each reboot. It will make the program slower and slower after a number of reboot and overflow the notification system. To set this to 1 will automatically remove the duplicated notification event. If you are a user of Wizard, it is suggested to set it to 1. The flag is harmless for other machines.
I cannot remember where I downloaded the program, but if you search this forum, you should be able to find a copy.

i dont use smartskey, so is it something else causing my slowdown? i dont understand.
is that a reg key your talking about there?

funy said:
i dont use smartskey, so is it something else causing my slowdown? i dont understand.
is that a reg key your talking about there?
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Smartskey isn't the problem. It solves a problem with the OS. zIt appears that every time the device restarts, it makes a record in a log file somewhere. Eventually, the log is so full, it takes longer and longer to pull up the menu. I don't recall all of the details, but I found it here. You can probably search to find more information.
The setting I put in the post is a smartskey.ini setting to resolve the problem.

thanks, might give it a try then

mrschwarz said:
Smartskey isn't the problem. It solves a problem with the OS. zIt appears that every time the device restarts, it makes a record in a log file somewhere. Eventually, the log is so full, it takes longer and longer to pull up the menu. I don't recall all of the details, but I found it here. You can probably search to find more information.
The setting I put in the post is a smartskey.ini setting to resolve the problem.
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just put that ley in but stil doesnt seem to have done anything

1 Unread SMS

hey guys,
my brand new TYTN (Vodafone 1605) it says that I have 1 unread sms although I don't have any sms's in my inbox.
any ideas?
thanks.

have u checked all your inboxes? i.e. MMS, SMS, emial etc ?

it is called phantom sms...try this link
Moderation: Link removed - no longer valid/exists

The link's Dead, use this instead. FixUnreadCount.zip. This will remove all messages from the Today screen. Works like a giff for me.

serphinox said:
The link's Dead, use this instead. FixUnreadCount.zip. This will remove all messages from the Today screen. Works like a giff for me.
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Thanks for the update to above post and and for the link to the file at XDA ftp.
Mike

Worked for me
This util saved me the insanity of always having 1 unread SMS message, when didn't. Thanks guys!

How to use the zip-file
Maybe a stupid question - how do I use the zipped file ?? I have one uread sms that I would like to get rid of on my tytn.

bjorerik said:
Maybe a stupid question - how do I use the zipped file ?? I have one uread sms that I would like to get rid of on my tytn.
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The file downloads as a zip file.
Extract it using winzip.
It will unzip to an EXE file. This is an exception to the usual rule that you run EXEs on the PC, in this case move it to your device SD Card using active Sync explorer button or by using a PC card reader. Once on the device tap it to run it.
Mike

Unread SMS
Thanks for your help - it worked !!
B

I get 1 undread sms message after i installed the palm message app.. Tried this and it didnt clear it.. Any ideas how to get rid of that?

yea i get that palm 1 txt too.. i have to delete all my palm msgs then make sure the app is closed out then start it and that fixes the issue

fixunreadcount.exe didn't work for me either so here is what I did:
1) Backup using Sprite. Uncheck messages so they aren't included in the backup.
2) Hard reset the device
3) Restore using Sprite
4) Re-setup your email accounts
How to hard reset (from the wiki):
Hard Reset **NB** This cannot be performed while the device is connected/charging!**
* Press and hold both soft keys
* Using a stylus, press and hold the soft reset button at the bottom of the phone
* Keep all three buttons pressed until the keypad lights turn off and then flash
* Release the soft reset button while still pressing the soft keys
* Let go of the two soft keys once the message "This operation will delete all your personal data, to manufacturer default" appears on screen
* Finally, press the green call button to perform the hard reset, or press other key to cancel

Whew...
Thanks for this post. This has to be one of the most annoying glitches I've encountered with my phone. For the first couple of days, I'm like; ok, no big deal. I'll figure it out, or I'll just get by with the dumb little message showing a text. But after 2 days, I had to figure it out somehow. ATT tech support is useless. I'm not going to factory restore!!! That's simply not an option.....
Long live this board and it's contributors. This find was GOLDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks!

1 unread sms on Rhodium (TP2)
Hello,
I've got a stuck SMS message since the end of November, I find this very annoying and I've tried everything! I even dumped out all the messages once, after I've clicked 'm all..
Anyway.
I'm an owner of a Rhodium with WM6.5 (1.88.404.3) version, I've installed it around 20th Nov. jl
I hope someone does have a solution for me,
Dr. Sun

Dr_Sun said:
Hello,
I've got a stuck SMS message since the end of November, I find this very annoying and I've tried everything! I even dumped out all the messages once, after I've clicked 'm all..
Anyway.
I'm an owner of a Rhodium with WM6.5 (1.88.404.3) version, I've installed it around 20th Nov. jl
I hope someone does have a solution for me,
Dr. Sun
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"I've tried everything" doesn't help us much.
Did you run http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=219102&d=1250917002
If not then try it.
If you have, run it again, possibly twice. Following each attempt do a soft reset BUT NOT by sticking the stylus in the hole. Soft re-set by LONG pressing the power button until you get the warning message.
(Just ramming the stylus in the hole can actually delete the changes that runnng the program has just made - so don't do it. The program makes some changes to the "registry". Unfortunately registry changes are not "written back" immediately - thus doing a stylus in the hole reset may be too quick and the changes lost forever. Doing a "long press" ensures all pending write backs are done before the reset is executed - which is what you want.)
Mike

Thanks a lot for this contribution.
FYI: I ran it twice, but it didn't fix it. Then I restarted. Then ran it again. Then it fixed it.

PocketCM Noob help

i searched a ton of the threads and have found a lot of these questions asked, but not answered. so please if anyone can help me i am clueless with this. i dont like to touch registry stuff unless i absolutely have to, but i am willing to DL other programs like SIPChange to get stuff to work. anyway:
1. i am able to send texts via PocketCM which i think is awesome, but when i get a text, my phone no longer vibrates like it used to be4 PocketCM took over. is there anything i can do to fix this?
2. related to that one, can i make PocketCM my default text app? cuz it still pops up as new text notification and if i hit reply it goes to the WM default one
3. since ive been screwing around trying to solve these myself... i held down the phone icon, bringing up a new set of tabs, and went to the one all the way to the left. that brought up the default contacts page. now when i click on contacts on my screen, it brings that up instead of the incredible PocketCM! this is heartbreaking since i want PocketCM to be my default everything. even if i restart PocketCM it now defaults back to the Windows Contacts page...
any help at all is appreciated, thanks in advance

put this command inside the settings.ini of the skin (.cmt) file.
bring_pcm_to_front_on_sms=0
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1. Not sure without looking into it further.
2. On my device I disabled the new text notification. Its now setup that whenever a new text msg comes in it goes to the pocketcm sms screen. The most recent msg's are at the top. Not sure how to change the reply button though.
3. Happened to me.. did a soft reset and it was back to normal again. Give that a try.
Also pocketcm has a forum on their site (www.pocketcm.com). Might wanna try there if you don't get the answers.

c_shekhar said:
put this command inside the settings.ini of the skin (.cmt) file.
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I cant find the settings.ini file in my programs folder, and im using PCM 0.15.

Knockz said:
2. On my device I disabled the new text notification. Its now setup that whenever a new text msg comes in it goes to the pocketcm sms screen. The most recent msg's are at the top. Not sure how to change the reply button though.
3. Happened to me.. did a soft reset and it was back to normal again. Give that a try.
Also pocketcm has a forum on their site (www.pocketcm.com). Might wanna try there if you don't get the answers.
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3. soft reset worked! thank you.
2. thats a good idea ill do that and if anything it will trick me into thinking that PocketCM is my default
1. soft reset actually fixed this too, but im wary that it might change...
as for shekhar, what issue is that addressing? making PocketCM the default text app?
thanks a lot for your help

AWSOME new software for wm5/wm6 PPC's (FREE)

hey guys i just stumbled into a nice new(launched 1-1-08) program called Pointui it's a skin program for wm5 & wm6 phones. i am running it right now on my wing and i love the damn thing. but don't take my word for it check out what JASON CHEN from Gismondo had to say about it :http://gizmodo.com/339835/pointui-sk...?autoplay=true . btw guys i am in now way whatsoever affiliated to whoever made the program, i've learned so many things about my wing from this site that i just wanted to give everyone a heads up. again the program it totally free with absolutley no hoops to jump through.
btw the program has to be installed through activesync ( just so u know) also the link to the website it at the bottom of the review.

please only one thread for one and the same thing....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=356177

papamopps said:
please only one thread for one and the same thing....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=356177
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yeah i know sorry i thought i was posting it here but for some reason i posted it under accessories, i just wanna get the word out. i know alot of ppl will like it.

Is it Skinnable?
Can we change the skin?
That Blue is really boring to me...
Great program, i'll test it soom...

So I decided to play around with this for a minute to see how well it works....I'm pretty bored at work. Anyway, i installed pontui home and it works pretty nice. I also installed OTO on touch task and calandar program. Once i did this on my bottom bar where i have my contacts and calandar, the calandar button now says HOME but still activates the calandar. I removed and deleted both programs to see if i could figure it out and it continues to say HOME. I did a soft reset and still nothing. Any ideas?
correction..... The home button actually prompts pontui to start and once activated, if you press the button again it prompts the calander. I want my calander button to prompt the calandar not the program. anyone with experience?

after installing pointui.
hkcu\software\microsoft\today\keys\112
default = calandar
open = \windows\calandar.exe
but then you have to choose point.ui somewhere else on a button or put a link into
\windows\startup
btw - after editing the key -powercycle (3 sec push power and say yes)
mrmikemcguire said:
So I decided to play around with this for a minute to see how well it works....I'm pretty bored at work. Anyway, i installed pontui home and it works pretty nice. I also installed OTO on touch task and calandar program. Once i did this on my bottom bar where i have my contacts and calandar, the calandar button now says HOME but still activates the calandar. I removed and deleted both programs to see if i could figure it out and it continues to say HOME. I did a soft reset and still nothing. Any ideas?
correction..... The home button actually prompts pontui to start and once activated, if you press the button again it prompts the calander. I want my calander button to prompt the calandar not the program. anyone with experience?
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papamopps said:
after installing pointui.
hkcu\software\microsoft\today\keys\112
default = calandar
open = \windows\calandar.exe
but then you have to choose point.ui somewhere else on a button or put a link into
\windows\startup
btw - after editing the key -powercycle (3 sec push power and say yes)
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Thank you! much appreciated. I actually figured it out and was comming back to edit my post. But again, thank you for your prompt response!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355961
have a look here

I didn't know this was available yet! How much RAM does it eat?

hidavi said:
I didn't know this was available yet! How much RAM does it eat?
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don´t know- some told about 13mb - but i cannot belive it. isntall - try and report
hehe

Doesn't surprise me. I mean, look how slick that looks?

it uses about 4mb
hidavi said:
I didn't know this was available yet! How much RAM does it eat?
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i'm running the stock t-mo ruu without the t-mo customizations
and after 5 reboots (to make sure ram use is consistent) i show 4 megs of use (from 16mb down to 12mb) the program works very well but there is room for improvement, ie you cannot shutdown programs only minimize them. one thing i really like is that the weather feature works fine with the 5.99 proxy, there is no need to set it up, it works right off the bat. i suggest you give it a try.

You CAN shut them down, when app is opened, just press the top bar,
there you can choose Force Close, only counterpart is that .Home
goes back to your normal Today-Screen

In thier forum they have a link to download a modified .exe for the app that closes applications instead of minimizing them. Them forum link is here

HTC Touch Contact Manager

Is the PocketCM-like Contact Manager from HTC available anywhere in CAB form for install on the Mogul? I've searched the forum and didn't come up with that actual program.
It's at 0:45 in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DCNZbXFuUo

you've tried the updated version of random access???

I already have a few versions of it from the threads I did find:
Random access.cab - 65.53 kb
Random access corrected.cab - 65.42 kb
HTC Random access fixed.cab - 64.76 kb
I haven't tried this updated one. Thanks.

I installed the first and tried to uninstall, but it wouldn't remove. Installing the second over it caused my contacts to not work at all anymore (pressing the softkey brings up the app for a split second before it closes.)
I'll have to hard reset, but I don't want to do that 4 times over. Does anyone know the difference between them?

aph said:
Is the PocketCM-like Contact Manager from HTC available anywhere in CAB form for install on the Mogul? I've searched the forum and didn't come up with that actual program.
It's at 0:45 in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DCNZbXFuUo
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I think this is what you're looking for Contact Manager v 0.11
http://rapidshare.com/files/44050917/ContactManager-0.11.cab.html

nutymez said:
I think this is what you're looking for Contact Manager v 0.11
http://rapidshare.com/files/44050917/ContactManager-0.11.cab.html
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A Google search tells me that that's just an old version of PocketCM.
It seems that the behavior in the video is a combination of Random Access and TouchFlo. FTouchFlo doesn't quite match up since it scrolls in increments instead of smoothly.

aph said:
A Google search tells me that that's just an old version of PocketCM.
It seems that the behavior in the video is a combination of Random Access and TouchFlo. FTouchFlo doesn't quite match up since it scrolls in increments instead of smoothly.
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Not really, its moreso the contact manager from Pocket CM, like in the video but it doesnt have the SMS and everything, trust me, its exactly the same thing thats in the video, I have it on my phone right now and its the same exact program in that video

Thanks for the link. I just got my phone last week and this is a pretty sweet contact manager. Only issue is that it doesnt show up with an icon on my xv6800.....any way to fix that?
Also - what about all the other flashy stuff in that video? Where do I go about customizing my phone to do all that? Does it take any special ROM first, or are they all plugins that I can install?

pocket cm
aph said:
Is the PocketCM-like Contact Manager from HTC available anywhere in CAB form for install on the Mogul? I've searched the forum and didn't come up with that actual program.
It's at 0:45 in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DCNZbXFuUo
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your looking for pocket cm...
goto www.pocketcm.com

Alphabet Contact Bar
Hi,
I am an owner of a HTC Touch (enhanced version) but for some reason, my contact manager doesn't have the alphabet bar on the right side of the screen. Is there a fix/patch that I can download to obtain this?
thanks guys!

tians said:
Hi,
I am an owner of a HTC Touch (enhanced version) but for some reason, my contact manager doesn't have the alphabet bar on the right side of the screen. Is there a fix/patch that I can download to obtain this?
thanks guys!
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Hi. Pull up your contact list, then tap the menu then option menu. There you can ckeck or uncheck boxes. If you check the show by alphabetical index, the scrooll bar will be there when you reenter the contact list. Uncheck that option and when you enter the contact list again you will have an alphabetical letters on the the side bar instead. Hope this will help. Play aroundwith it, to see which one works for you. Also you can use the filters to change how you want your contacts to appear.

tians said:
Hi,
I am an owner of a HTC Touch (enhanced version) but for some reason, my contact manager doesn't have the alphabet bar on the right side of the screen. Is there a fix/patch that I can download to obtain this?
thanks guys!
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Think random access does the job of putting the alphabet bar next to the contacts!!

Might I suggest finger friendly contacts?
It rules.