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Light weight PPC ringer profile manager

Hi All
Ive been requested to develop a simple profile manager for the xda II.
My users thought thet Zen's was gr8 but too complicated and too big on the today screen.
Here is what Ive come up with thus far. If anyone is interested feel free to check it out and of course any feedback is welcomed.
Cheers
Bretto
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Old download files deleted. The latest apps are further down the thread.
Cheers

Hi All
How it works.
Profiles :-
Silent
Turns system and ringer volume down. Can still use bluetooth and bt headset. Can still select vibrate functionality.
Soft,normal,load
User definable. Can set system volume. can set ringer volume, can use bluetooth and bt headset, can select a number of different ring options (ring, ring and vibrate, etc)
Automatic
This profile is a special one. as above but can opt to trigger on appointment status of meeting or busy. When selected it used the previously selected profile's options (if using normal then switch to automatic, normal profile settings are still in use) but when an outlook appointment of status busy or meeting starts as per outlook entry the profile changes to whatever the settings are you selected in the setup for automatic. When the appointment ends the profile settings switch back to how they were and it all goes around again for the next meeting until such time as you switch to another profile.
Here is the lastest version (v1.06 ) of the app and some screenshots.
Cheers
Bretto

Hi Bretto.
I haven't installed your application yet, but why are they called 'demo'? Is this utility commercial?

Well, for Zen's PhoneProfile not only can you make the icons smaller (I used paintshop pro and reduced them 50%), so that it's smaller on teh today screen, you can now also use PocketZenPhone Tray, the version of PZP that resides in the tool tray rather then the today screen....

Hi all
Im just calling them demo versions at the moment. Of course when its finished I wont.
I was using pocketzenphone myself but I simply got pushed into this project because some of my users wanted an alternative to what else is around. Something simple that handles the basics.
Cheers
Bretto

bretto said:
Hi all
Im just calling them demo versions at the moment. Of course when its finished I wont.
I was using pocketzenphone myself but I simply got pushed into this project because some of my users wanted an alternative to what else is around. Something simple that handles the basics.
Cheers
Bretto
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IMHO:
With PocketZenPhone you can both manage the simplest options and have some more sophisticated options like run a program on profile switch, switch a profile according to any outlook status, manage all the available profiles on a timed base... etc., etc,
With it you can do all of this or just use its basic functions, and the settings page is "newbie proof" (oops...I was using a less polite expression :shock: :lol: )
Finally... I cannot see any reason to develop another application... also considering the price that PZP costs: if your nice sw will do less it will have to cost less...
But of course the choice is up to you, good luck !

I certainly appreciate your comments but I would have thought choice for the consumer was always a good thing.
Not withstanding that its users who have requested this application after reviewing whats available.
I certainly dont take anything away from PZP its a great product and Im sure will only get bigger and better. Personally I like it.
Cheers
Bretto

Thank U Bretto for a exelent work .. Love it ..
Carlis

Thanks for the feedback
I do have a new version with some enhancements that were requested.
The ability to have bluetooth on/off/leave as is.
The ability to have a point and click selection mode as well as the popup selection mode.
A couple of fixes.
The app is still being tested so when it has been cleared I'll post a new version for you.
Cheers
Bretto

Hi All
Here version 1.08 for you to play with.
Cheers
Bretto

nice work, only bad thing is the "demo" popup after setting the profile..

Hi All
Thanks very much for all your comments and feedback.
This app has been released for sale as at V1.09.
You can grab demos and the full version here.
Handango
http://www.handango.com/PlatformPro...C&platformId=2&productType=2&productId=158471
Pocketgear
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=16872
Cheers
Bretto

lol...

Alarm Clock for wizard Help

hi, i have problems with wizards alarm and i was wondering,
dose any one have or know any good third party alarm clock software?

someone else in another forum here asked a similar question. My favorite bar none is Chronos. I've used it for a year or so and have never once missed an alarm

where do i get this Chronos?
where do i get this Chronos?

Firstly, ever heard of google?
Secondly, don't bother it will not wake up the device from standby so it is effectively useless.....

Says who it won't wake a device out of standby? I use my wizard as an alarm clock to wake me up in the morning. After 8 hours it is most definitely in standby.
Agreed, google is your friend, you should be able to find a trial of Chronos on any of the normal pocket pc software sites (handango, pocketgear, etc.)
Try the trial and see if it fixes your problem... I would be willing to bet that it does.

Errmmm,
I have the trial version (so it is the latest and not cracked or illegal); it does not wake the K-Jam out of standby (especially when snooze feature is used). This is also the case for my wife's XDA Mini S as well. Alarms are a well known problem on the Wizard; you must be a lucky one.

Hi,
Give pTravelAlarm a shot...
It's really great... it does wake up the device - and it turns it into an effective alarm clock. Really nice. Using it on all my business travels.
Google pTravelAlarm
Oh, and it also has a today plugin. Great little proggy.

marsonist said:
Says who it won't wake a device out of standby? I use my wizard as an alarm clock to wake me up in the morning. After 8 hours it is most definitely in standby.
Agreed, google is your friend, you should be able to find a trial of Chronos on any of the normal pocket pc software sites (handango, pocketgear, etc.)
Try the trial and see if it fixes your problem... I would be willing to bet that it does.
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WELL i have installed it. (pTravel Alarm) and it dose not wake up.
the simple way of doing this if anyone wants to use this software is that you use th wizards standard alarm to wake the wizard and then time it to set off after 1 min.

After my hardreset i did not install SPB pocketplus and my wizard never missed an alarm again. Although some people with pocketplus do not experience any alarm trouble i will stay away from it.
Also there is a free program called "check notifications" or something like it. It searches for duplicates/corruptions in your notification database. (probably responsible for the problems)
i'ts a standalone .exe file that you can copy to your ppc and then run from there. I heard it does wonders...
You know what, i will attach it to this post as an extra service

leploep said:
After my hardreset i did not install SPB pocketplus and my wizard never missed an alarm again. Although some people with pocketplus do not experience any alarm trouble i will stay away from it.
Also there is a free program called "check notifications" or something like it. It searches for duplicates/corruptions in your notification database. (probably responsible for the problems)
i'ts a standalone .exe file that you can copy to your ppc and then run from there. I heard it does wonders...
You know what, i will attach it to this post as an extra service
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THANKS
if i remove the duplicate file will take currupt my Wizard?

eeehm i have no clue as to what you're asking here :shock:
But i guess the question is about the notification checker
just run it on your pda,you'll get a list of all your notifications (alarms), it will show the duplicates in red to delete.
the file will not take corrupt your wizard, but don't give your corruption wizard taking of the database :lol:

Pocket Wakeup
Go there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=43419&highlight=
Hope it helps

Chronos... the alarm clock of the gods!
I've been using Chronos on my K-Jam with the original and new ROM and it works a treat, waking me from stand-by, snoozing etc.
check out http://www.activekitten.com/en/games/detail.php?ID=351 for more info and a trial... their support is great as well... let 'em know how you find it for you on your machine

try Mobialarm 3.2 - works for me and plays most types of media files including wma. And its free
http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=587
And yes it does come out of standby

Re: Chronos... the alarm clock of the gods!
OffBeatMammal said:
I've been using Chronos on my K-Jam with the original and new ROM and it works a treat, waking me from stand-by, snoozing etc.
check out http://www.activekitten.com/en/games/detail.php?ID=351 for more info and a trial... their support is great as well... let 'em know how you find it for you on your machine
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AHHHHH
This is driving me crazy.
Downloaded, installed and looked really good BUT......
When the alarm goes off and I press dismiss, it just keeps on vibrating.
I cannot stop it NOTHING I have done short of going to my running programs list and KILLING the app stops it vibrating.
Is it just me???????
Robin

Re: Chronos... the alarm clock of the gods!
Robster said:
OffBeatMammal said:
I've been using Chronos on my K-Jam with the original and new ROM and it works a treat, waking me from stand-by, snoozing etc.
check out http://www.activekitten.com/en/games/detail.php?ID=351 for more info and a trial... their support is great as well... let 'em know how you find it for you on your machine
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AHHHHH
This is driving me crazy.
Downloaded, installed and looked really good BUT......
When the alarm goes off and I press dismiss, it just keeps on vibrating.
I cannot stop it NOTHING I have done short of going to my running programs list and KILLING the app stops it vibrating.
Is it just me???????
Robin
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not good. it's done that to me, only once on the original (pre AKU2) ROM but I've not seen it do that since. might be worth a support request just to let 'em know

ALARM
I use mp3alarmpro.net and it wakes my k-jam just fine and without fail..
Best part is you can choose any mp3 or wav file from any folder in your device

check out http://www.activekitten.com/en/games/detail.php?ID=351
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How did you download this?
Each time I try their download link it takes me to their site map page.

seems to be broken. have sent an email to the ActiveKittens to find out what's broken! Hopefully they're just releasing v2.9....

Thanks Offbeat - I will keep an eye on the site.

Timed Profiles

Hi, I'm hoping that someone's going to know how to do this..
On my old S60 Nokia I could set up timed profiles and zoned profiles.
The timed profiles was useful as it meant the phone would automatically turn to a "silent/vibrate" mode between a certain time, like late night/early morning, and then automatically change back in the morning.
The Zoned profiles meant, that when I was in the office the phone would automatically set to quiet, then when I walked out would go to loud, by use of mobile tranmitters, not GPS, but either would be great!
Does anyone know whether there is an application that would work with WM5 on the Uni that can do this? Or even just Timed Profiles... Or even Profiles PERIOD!!!
Cheers and best regards!!!!

Take a look at www.s-k-tools.com and SKSchema which does not do all you want but it has the basis and the author is very helpful if you ask for extra features.
regards cjb

Any one would be PhoneAlarm which supports timed profile.

Cheers I'll have a look at both of those. They the only ones?
Regards.

Hi,
PhoneAlarm (Current Latest Version 1.31) supports both timed profiles as well as zoned profiles.
Regards

srmz said:
Hi,
PhoneAlarm (Current Latest Version 1.31) supports both timed profiles as well as zoned profiles.
Regards
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I use phonealarm - does exactly whats its meant too and quite stable too.
Still a few minor issues but I couldnt live without it now.
Matt

matt1971 said:
srmz said:
Hi,
PhoneAlarm (Current Latest Version 1.31) supports both timed profiles as well as zoned profiles.
Regards
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I use phonealarm - does exactly whats its meant too and quite stable too.
Still a few minor issues but I couldnt live without it now.
Matt
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I miss the VGA landscape skins..

srmz said:
Hi,
PhoneAlarm (Current Latest Version 1.31) supports both timed profiles as well as zoned profiles.
Regards
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Hi, I can see the bit for the zoned profiles, where you go to location bit.
But I can't find out how to add zones Any ideas?? :-s

Hi,
PocketZenPhone is better for what you want to do... Changing profiles on time, calendar...outlook...

Hi,
I've tried PhoneAlarm and PPCProfiles, but they've both got some problems :-(
PhoneAlarm did something but for the life of me I can't remember what It was annoying and needed a hardreset I know that!
PPCProfiles messes with my Ringtones, it conflicts with the Phone and Notifications options in the Control Panel :-(
I can't find a demo of PocketZen, all the links get me to 404 errors :-/
Is there anything else? What I want is so that between 0800 and 2200 Mon - Fri and 0900 - 2000 Sat and Sun my phone rings as normal, but other times the ringer is automatically turned off (leaving alarms to sound as normal)
Any ideas?
Cheers.

x1 profiles ?

what are you guys using for switching profiles ?
i'm looking for a basic profiles app along thelines of ppcprofiles or phoneweaver.
unfortunately, i cannot seem to get phoneweaver to work at all - changing profiles says that the notification has changed but it never does.
is anyone else having this problem or should i blame it all on tf3d ?
thanks in advance

I always use the SPB movile shell and want more profiles too!

you could use spb phone suite. it works but imho it takes up too much place on the today screen.

phenx said:
you could use spb phone suite. it works but imho it takes up too much place on the today screen.
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i did try that and i agree - it's far too complex !
have decided upon a hard reset and retrying phoneweaver :-(

mrdo said:
what are you guys using for switching profiles ?
i'm looking for a basic profiles app along thelines of ppcprofiles or phoneweaver.
unfortunately, i cannot seem to get phoneweaver to work at all - changing profiles says that the notification has changed but it never does.
is anyone else having this problem or should i blame it all on tf3d ?
thanks in advance
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Hi there all,
you could use the Touch HD\ HTC profile manager. It can be found under the Xperia Programs, Panels and tweaks section for the Xperia. I was also looking for the same thing a while back, and found that.
hope that helps!

winmowgster said:
Hi there all,
you could use the Touch HD\ HTC profile manager. It can be found under the Xperia Programs, Panels and tweaks section for the Xperia. I was also looking for the same thing a while back, and found that.
hope that helps!
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Can you post a link please? I can't find it and neither can the search engine.
At the moment I use SPB Phone Suite and it integrates into the Mobile Shell panel, if you don't like it on your today screen.

Sorry, my mistake... first post! Link Contained.
Here is the link to the whole thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=441439
the section your after is under Touch HD utils its called volume control
Regards
Winmowgster

I dont think we are talking about the same thing? ... the volume control is just a new skin for setting the volume right? .. I think with profiles we mean like they are used in nokia phones where depending on your selected profile u ve a different ringtone, volume, message tone etc. ?
cause I d find something like this really useful .. at the moment I cant even figure out how to change the tone of when I receive a text message.

Looking at the Original Poster's request, I suggested a solution, which I thought fits the bill pretty well.
If you want to switch between silent, ring and vibrate then this does the job.
having read the request again, and googling the programs that mrdo tried, i see that i may have made a mistake. :S

The SPB Phone Suite is awesome! Well worth the dosh! Have as many profiles as you want plus automatic time or event based profile switching.

winmowgster said:
Looking at the Original Poster's request, I suggested a solution, which I thought fits the bill pretty well.
If you want to switch between silent, ring and vibrate then this does the job.
having read the request again, and googling the programs that mrdo tried, i see that i may have made a mistake. :S
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thanks for your input. i do have the touchstone volume control installed and it's very handy but i am looking for something that will allow me to switch ringtones, alerts and volumes at the touch of a button.
after a hard reset and yet another reinstall of my apps, phoneweaver still doesn't work. grrr and double grrr.

mrdo, what is the problem specifically? Is there an error on the device or do you start the application but nothing of significance appears?
I briefly tried phoneweaver and had the latter problem. Couldnt figure out whether it was running or not.
In the end I ended up giving up and going for the Touch HD simple profile manager.

I don't find HTC profile manager in that thread, can u post the direct link?

winmowgster said:
mrdo, what is the problem specifically? Is there an error on the device or do you start the application but nothing of significance appears?
I briefly tried phoneweaver and had the latter problem. Couldnt figure out whether it was running or not.
In the end I ended up giving up and going for the Touch HD simple profile manager.
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the application installs and seems to work properly but the alerts and ringtones don't actually change. not really sure what the issue is at this stage ...

nap007 said:
I don't find HTC profile manager in that thread, can u post the direct link?
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it's just a larger volume control rather than a profile manager :
Blackstone Volumecontrol - WORKING ON EXPERIA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442154
direct link :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=127106&d=1225749027

sound profiles?

is there a way to set different sounds for different sound profiles i.e. new txt alert is silent within the silent profile but I would like a noise when the phones set to normal?
I have tried setting this in the sound settings but if I turn 'play sound' off when phones set to silent it seems to do the same thing when i change to normal mode. must be a way to change this but cant seem to work it out?
thanks for any help.

Anyone? Someone must know the answer to this?

Hi,
maybe something like:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/phonesuite/?en

or maybe a free Version:
http://www.pdagold.com/software/detail.asp?s=1162

I use PhoneWeaver and it s for me the best
http://www.sbsh.net/products/windows_mobile_pocket_pc/phoneweaver

Does those Apps also work under TF3D? I suggest they only work on the normal today screen as an Today Plugin... so what about a working Profile switcher under TF3D?

Sure ... it works fine.
You just have to install "Second Tody" and here we go.

I'd love a similar app which can also change things like, how often new mail is checked for, wether BT should be on, WiFi etc. Is such an app out there?

AndyCr15 said:
I'd love a similar app which can also change things like, how often new mail is checked for, wether BT should be on, WiFi etc. Is such an app out there?
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PhoneAlarm is what you're looking for.
Go to PocketMax.net
Absolutely brilliant application! Controls just about everything
(and will work with or without Second Today)

Okay, this does look quite cool. I have it installed... but how do I select a profile? How do I run it without second today?

But how can i make a second today?

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But how can i make a second today?
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Hi,
I installed SPB phone suite but it is not compatible with TF3D. wat do i need to set? Thanks

I am also interested in this, I am trying to edit Silent Mode, when it rings I want to replace the silence with a "beep.mp3" so it just beeps any ideas?

Get PHONEWEAVER.