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Speeddial and Call History Icons on Today Screen

Okay, I've been reluctant to post this, but I've search the forums and I've search Google, etc, etc. and can't find the answer... What I want to do is add two icons on my Today screen that go to my Call History and my Speed Dial. I'm using iLaunch and can pretty much create an icon to anything, but for the life of me I can't figure out the link/path to Call History or Speed Dial. I'm pretty sure it possible bacuse it's right there as a button on my dialpad. Can anyone tell me the link or how to create a link to those two applets?
Thanks!
Oh, I have a 8525 running Black 2.0

egypt123 said:
Okay, I've been reluctant to post this, but I've search the forums and I've search Google, etc, etc. and can't find the answer... What I want to do is add two icons on my Today screen that go to my Call History and my Speed Dial. I'm using iLaunch and can pretty much create an icon to anything, but for the life of me I can't figure out the link/path to Call History or Speed Dial. I'm pretty sure it possible bacuse it's right there as a button on my dialpad. Can anyone tell me the link or how to create a link to those two applets?
Thanks!
Oh, I have a 8525 running Black 2.0
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Download the attached file, unZIP it, copy CallHistory.exe to your phone, and you will have CallHistory. I dont know the solution for Speed Dial. sorry.

Thanks! Worked like a charm. Now if I could only find the Speed Dial app....

egypt123 said:
Thanks! Worked like a charm. Now if I could only find the Speed Dial app....
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can you guys please post a Screen Image?
I just want to see if it's what I'm looking for

I currently don't have a screen-print app on my device to get you the actual image of my Today screen, but this image is similar to the look of mine with the larger icons pointing to various applications/shortcuts. The Call History and Speed Dial screens are the same as you get to by going to the Dailpad and clicking on the History and Speed Dial buttons.
I find myself using the Call History and Speed Dial more than my Contacts or manual dialing so I wanted access to those two options with one click rather than going through the dial pad or fumbling around with the bottom jog pad.

Try
http://www.vijay555.com/?Releases:VJPhoneShortcuts; try it
or I made myself a small cab that I can send u with one the apps above (speedialer) to install to left soft key straight.

dan1967 said:
Try
http://www.vijay555.com/?Releases:VJPhoneShortcuts; try it
or I made myself a small cab that I can send u with one the apps above (speedialer) to install to left soft key straight.
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hello dan1967 could i have a copy of this cab please ??
Thankx
John..

Why should you have a piece of software running for his.
Press the "green" button and directional pad "right" and you will have the calle history
Press the "green" button and directional pad "left" and you will have the speed dial list

speed dial
thanks for that Davuzal and it very useful ,but i can not get to both buttons when its in car holder what i needed to do was a press of the top side button or voice comand iv done both with help from here
http://www.vijay555.com/
thankx to all
John..

towinguk said:
hello dan1967 could i have a copy of this cab please ??
Thankx
John..
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here it is; let me know if it works for you.

hello
yas that works fine thanks
John

Contacts from the Todayscreen

Hi, did anyone know how i can take my contacts on my Todayscreen? Like IContacts, just for the todayscreen Thx

body85 said:
Hi, did anyone know how i can take my contacts on my Todayscreen? Like IContacts, just for the todayscreen Thx
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All your Contacts? Or just some of them (e.g., Quickdial)?
If you just want key contacts for quick access, there is a cool product called Face Contact by CNetx that might work. If you want ALL contacts, I have not seen one....

Yeah, I have been thinking about this too, would be great if iContact could be made into a Today Plugin. I will pose this question in the icontact thread.

body85 said:
Hi, did anyone know how i can take my contacts on my Todayscreen? Like IContacts, just for the todayscreen Thx
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Try SPB Phone Sweet. I know you have to pay for it but there are plenty of places were you will be able to find it below one penny if you get my drift, I just cannot post them on the site. SPB Phone Sweet will allow you to post picture contacts, up to 15 I believe on the Today Screen. Really good function program which I used in conjuction with SPB Pocket Plus but have since then moved to SPB Phone Suite. Good luck.

first... thx for the answer´s and sry about my English
So i really looked for a today plugin who show ALL CONTACTS, like icontact i have now Facecontacts, thats great but i can only show a few contacts or all with many work... spb.... hm i have ultimate launch if i use spb too my kaiser will be slow i think.... so lets search another one

I wrote it in BURT thread...
I got UL too and in combination with spb phone suite there is no problem. My HTC touch is slower

ok but i think this have to look so:

Even I am looking for such thing from quite a while now.. but without luck.. I am trying to search or develop something which can integrate programs like Icontact/PCM image viewer to today screen.. Something like we can see in HTC Diamond but with less memory usage.. There are prgs like Throttle Launcher which does this, but heavy on memory.. consumes like more than 10 MB.. Anyone has any idea on how can we achieve this..

try this
you can use face contacts, its the best looking contact plugin available. and it scrolls like s2p cover flow (but smoother)

if u read u will see.... i use this.... but its not so good i think

As I've mentioned in Icontact thread
use one of your softkeys to invoke Icontact, or use Mortbuttons - you can assign one in today screen with Icontact and other phone app inside

Again Pisca, how does this establish a today plugin

1. not only icontact, any software what can do this, but in the today screen.
2. if u can look on my today screen? NO SoFTKEyS

I have set Spb Diary to show photo contacts on the Today Screen and it works out great...

iggy said:
Again Pisca, how does this establish a today plugin
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See post in Icontact thread

You can also use DialTab.

Everything listed here are the best options. Trying to fit all of iContact as a plugin on your today screen eliminates the app itself. Doesn't make much sense to me.

Perhaps "Ineosoft Adressbook". You have a bar on the todayscreen, like the HTC Random Access and then the adress is popup. Have a look on it.
Or we can make a shortcut to HTC Random Access for the today screen.

i am currently playing around with my own made C# picture dialer that is displayed as a today item (very early beta i might add ). it enables a user to see pre defined photo contacts (which is of course nothing new).
as with most photo dialers, a long (2 second) press on the photo dials the number that belongs to the contact. (it also has an option to assign two numbers to one photo contact, which i find very usefull, eg the first number is dialed when you press the photo for two seconds, the second number is dialed when you press the photo for four seconds.)

NEO130 said:
Perhaps "Ineosoft Adressbook". You have a bar on the todayscreen, like the HTC Random Access and then the adress is popup. Have a look on it.
Or we can make a shortcut to HTC Random Access for the today screen.
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The same thats all the other said... i click on a button and i get my contacts.... ok thats work with allllll software, icontacts also....
i show my idea again ok....

how to disable the auto dailing when touching the contacts in the dail pad?

how to disable the auto dailing when touching the contact in the dail pad? Is it possible to display the contact details like I-phone does? When using the prevous Diamond's netvigation pad, it is possible to open the contact details. But how can it works for HD with no direction pad? Please help, very inconvenient when choosing the contact with multiple phone number. HELP!!!

THAT is something that also really annoys me.
i would love an option to turn that off!

I am using Pocket CM and it doesn't has that problem.
1 click on the contact to show detail and another click to choose which number you want to dial.

does it replace the standard phonepad app?
what we mean is when you press the dial button - then the dialpad and the call history appears.
clicking on a contact in the list leads to dialing the number.
in the normal wm contact app the klick leads to the contact like we know and want it.

matyu88 said:
how to disable the auto dailing when touching the contact in the dail pad? Is it possible to display the contact details like I-phone does? When using the prevous Diamond's netvigation pad, it is possible to open the contact details. But how can it works for HD with no direction pad? Please help, very inconvenient when choosing the contact with multiple phone number. HELP!!!
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I completly agree, I have been seaching for a solution..

didnt find a registry key that could solve that

this would be a nice feature to find

actually you have to slide the contact name to choose the phone number you dial, or the action you launch.
i agree this is the most annoying thinh in hd

I think you are talking about the Phone interface (Refer to User Manual P.50 Using Phone Features), when you short-list the contact you would like to select, on Point 4 of the Manual, it instructs you to
To call a different phone number
associated with the contact, select
the contact, then tap Menu >
Open Contact.
Instead, you can just simple "tap" on the right hand of the contact, it will pop up the contact detail, then you can select (tab on the associated number) to dail
Hope this can help.
matyu88 said:
how to disable the auto dailing when touching the contact in the dail pad? Is it possible to display the contact details like I-phone does? When using the prevous Diamond's netvigation pad, it is possible to open the contact details. But how can it works for HD with no direction pad? Please help, very inconvenient when choosing the contact with multiple phone number. HELP!!!
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To call a different phone number
associated with the contact, select
the contact, then tap Menu >
Open Contact.
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...select... How it to make, without calling number? Explain...

One way that I have tried is to change the phone dial skin to standard windows mobile. If you install the htc tweak written about in this forum you can easily change phone skins. The standard phone skin does not dial the phone when you tap the contact but gives you a list of phones for that contact. It does mean however that you will have another look for your phone dial.

yongkang said:
I am using Pocket CM and it doesn't has that problem.
1 click on the contact to show detail and another click to choose which number you want to dial.
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Are you using a skin other than the default one for PCM? if so, wanna give a link?
gien29 said:
actually you have to slide the contact name to choose the phone number you dial, or the action you launch.
i agree this is the most annoying thinh in hd
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I'm fine w/ just sliding, thanks a lot! Dunno why I didn't think of it lol...

This is also something that bugs me but not only that.
I drive to work by bycicle. When I do, I have my HD in my pocket, playing radio.
The HTC headset has 2 buttons embedded of which 1 auto dials the last number when pressed. Unfortunatly when your wearing a headset, have a laptop bag around your shoulder and during these Winter times are wearing sturdy coat, the button gets pushed accidentaly all the time.
Disabling that function would be brilliant too.

jim256 said:
Are you using a skin other than the default one for PCM? if so, wanna give a link?
All I know is that I found it as an option in the HD Tweak under the heading 1.8 Phone Pad Style. There are two options HD (Default) and Windows Mobile Standard.
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apap said:
jim256 said:
Are you using a skin other than the default one for PCM? if so, wanna give a link?
All I know is that I found it as an option in the HD Tweak under the heading 1.8 Phone Pad Style. There are two options HD (Default) and Windows Mobile Standard.
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Right thanks. I was merely referring to your use of PocketCM. Obviously some things are tiny using the standard included theme.
So my question was, aside from any dialing issues, I just wanted to ask real quick where you got a WVGA theme if you did (anyone know of one?)
Thanks.
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i finally switched to the classic windows mobile phonepad. since i dont videocall anybody that is ok for me.
unfortunately the list doesnt support sliding with the finger for browsing the entries. and the entries are a bit small

andykha said:
...select... How it to make, without calling number? Explain...
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if you just slide your finger across a certain contact, it will not call directly that contact, but change the phone number selected, if more numbers available, or switch to send text message etc.
I also discovederd that by accident, but its working and enough to solve this most annoying problem.

it seems there is no solution to solve it. Anybody have further suggestion. Please help for the frequent user of the smart dailing. Or if we could change the registry of the phone. Help!

promexx said:
i finally switched to the classic windows mobile phonepad. since i dont videocall anybody that is ok for me.
unfortunately the list doesnt support sliding with the finger for browsing the entries. and the entries are a bit small
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...and the bluetooth status icon disappeared from the title bar, if you haven't noticed yet :-(

yes, and also the incomming call is not as it was before. didnt notice that until i got a call.
i now switched back to htc dialpad and have to live with that press and call thing

Strange Dialer thing

Is it only me?
I'm coming from WinMo only phones. I owned a lot of them, the last being the Touch HD. I was so used to press the "green" key to access the dialer and look for a contact using that mixed numbers/letters phone keyboard.
On Nexus One, I select "phone" shortcut on my homescreen and I get the dialer. But if you push buttons on that keyboard, you only get to dial that number (no contacts lookout, matching what you have pressed). So you have to go to Contacts or Favorites to select someone you want to call (too many operations to not get annoyed )
Is this a normal behavior on Nexus One? Or am I doing something bad?
I made a movie to see what I am talking about (not a native English speaker).
Movie 1
The second movie is made showing what I am talking about using a Market application I found: SuperDial. It works as expected, but still I am confused why Google didn't make this a default (I see this on every phone)
Movie 2
Thanks for any suggestions.
Alin.

On the N1, you can press the "search" button at any time and begin typing a contact's name, and they should pop up as a top result. Alternatively, you can hold the Search button, and simply speak your contact's name. I find this to be the easiest way.

Yes, I've seen this, but it gets more general results, not only contacts. Also, after you find a contact that way, you click on it and it won't dial directly. You still have to select what to do.. not that fast ...
I'm not an American/Englishman and nor my contacts are , so speaking names is useless. Last try was: "Alex Axon" and the phone undesrtood "alex sucks own" .. you got the idea
Thanks for answering anyway. Are there other methods?

You can install aContacts from the market. It does what you want and very configurable. Unfortunately android stock dialer doesn't support T9.

Thanks.. will try that also. As I mentioned, I already found some replacement for my issue.
The question was: is this normal behavior for the default dialer? Or am I doing something wrong?
It looks plain stupid to open an application (Phone in Nexus case) always on a tab that nobody uses (dialer with this behavior). How many times someone will dial a number directly instead of using a saved contact?!? At least the application should remember the last tabs it was in: Favorites, Call Log or Contacts... Dialer is plain useless most of the time with this implementation

alithenake said:
Thanks.. will try that also. As I mentioned, I already found some replacement for my issue.
The question was: is this normal behavior for the default dialer? Or am I doing something wrong?
It looks plain stupid to open an application (Phone in Nexus case) always on a tab that nobody uses (dialer with this behavior). How many times someone will dial a number directly instead of using a saved contact?!? At least the application should remember the last tabs it was in: Favorites, Call Log or Contacts... Dialer is plain useless most of the time with this implementation
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This is how mine reacts as well. There's another "application" called "Contacts" in my tray (it also started out on my desktop but I've removed it) which takes you to the same four-tab screen but starts on the "Contacts" tab. This sounds like it would be perfect for you if you used it instead of "Phone."

I also really miss the smart dailer (I think that's what they called it) on the Windows Mobile phones. I'm amazed that it wasn't implemented in one way or another in the stock dialer since it's been in the WinMo phones since forever.
I remember trying out some apps in the market that emulated the smart dialer. On is called SuperDial and the other was Star Contact. Both looked too ugly for me to use, though.

alithenake said:
On Nexus One, I select "phone" shortcut on my homescreen and I get the dialer. But if you push buttons on that keyboard, you only get to dial that number (no contacts lookout, matching what you have pressed). So you have to go to Contacts or Favorites to select someone you want to call (too many operations to not get annoyed )
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I also wanted to point out that at this screen, you can long press "Menu" to bring up the soft kb, which you can begin typing contacts with.

kozm0naut said:
I also wanted to point out that at this screen, you can long press "Menu" to bring up the soft kb, which you can begin typing contacts with.
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That's something cool I never tried, but OP wants to dial immediately after tapping on the contact's name. Doing it this way would be the same as hitting the magnifying glass while in the dailer/contacts app, which brings you to the contacts page where you'd have to then tap on the number you wish to dial. On Windows Mobile, after you T9 the contacts name into the dialer, you can select them and it'll automatically dial the contacts default number, which was very useful.

if you say "call" before the contact's name when using voice input, it will default to dialing them.

aContacts actually do the job really, but really well. It replaced my Phone application from this moment on.
SuperDial was good also, but ugly looking.

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if you type or say "call" before the contact's name, it will default to dialing them.
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Where do you type "call"? OP can't use voice dial because he's not from an English speaking country.

you type call on the keyboard as far as I understood, just before entering contact name.. but the process is long in my opinion...
I'm a bit lazy myself
EDIT: tried to enter contact using keyboard on Dialer.. and nothing happens, contact is not found, and dialer just starts dialing the corresponding key number

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you type call on the keyboard as far as I understood, just before entering contact name.. but the process is long in my opinion...
I'm a bit lazy myself
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It doesn't do anything... I type "call John" in the search box and my contacts don't come up.

Yeah, I edited my original post. I only had the misinfo in there for about 30 sec. Jeeze, you guys are fast

NOOB to Android kindly guide me

hi
i just got my tattoo today(yes i know i should have waited for a wilf fire but this was in my budget) well it was just made craze to buy android and im kinda lost here(in a Winmo user) can u kindly guide me on the following and im writing this after searching in this forum so kindly help
1. how to set various ring tones i mean my personal tone as my incoming ring tone on the Winmo i just need to move the tone called ringtone on the base
of the phone memory i searched my phone i cant do it on the android phone
2. on the winmo i had some thing called people ie i can put the contacts of the people i call often on a Widget on the screen i go to it and touch the name and i can call him can u pls tell me how to do the same here
if u can kindly point me out to the thread also i would be most obliged
thanks in advance
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haree said:
hi
i just got my tattoo today(yes i know i should have waited for a wilf fire but this was in my budget) well it was just made craze to buy android and im kinda lost here(in a Winmo user) can u kindly guide me on the following and im writing this after searching in this forum so kindly help
1. how to set various ring tones i mean my personal tone as my incoming ring tone on the Winmo i just need to move the tone called ringtone on the base
of the phone memory i searched my phone i cant do it on the android phone
2. on the winmo i had some thing called people ie i can put the contacts of the people i call often on a Widget on the screen i go to it and touch the name and i can call him can u pls tell me how to do the same here
if u can kindly point me out to the thread also i would be most obliged
thanks in advance
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to set notifications,
on the sd card there will be a folder called media.
in it will be folders called ringtones, notifications etc. add files as u want in the required folders.
then goto settings, sound and display, and set the tones..
for people, there is nothing such on the android os. ppl was a part of the touch flo that htc gave over winmob. tatoo has nothing such// so use the contacts manager of android..
cheers
chetan

For people you don't need a widget, on Android you can add a shortcut to a contact to the desktop (long press on the desktop, shortcuts > Contact/Direct dial/Direct message), choosing whether you want that shortcut to be direct dial, direct message or just list all available contact methods. If you first create a folder on the desktop (long press on the desktop, folders, new folder) you can add all the contacts you wish there, personally I just use the right most desktop screen for contacts.
Also you can try playing with Favourites (UK spelling!) in the contacts menu, it may do what you need.
However saying this I'm not sure which version of Android runs on the tattoo so you may not have some of these features...

long press on home screen > shortcuts > direct dial > pick whatever contact you want.

or simply read the user manual which can be found let's say here http://www.htc.com/www/userguide.aspx?p_id=313

GavinN said:
For people you don't need a widget, on Android you can add a shortcut to a contact to the desktop (long press on the desktop, shortcuts > Contact/Direct dial/Direct message), choosing whether you want that shortcut to be direct dial, direct message or just list all available contact methods. If you first create a folder on the desktop (long press on the desktop, folders, new folder) you can add all the contacts you wish there, personally I just use the right most desktop screen for contacts.
Also you can try playing with Favourites (UK spelling!) in the contacts menu, it may do what you need.
However saying this I'm not sure which version of Android runs on the tattoo so you may not have some of these features...
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long press on home screen > shortcuts > direct dial > pick whatever contact you want.
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or simply read the user manual which can be found let's say here http://www.htc.com/www/userguide.aspx?p_id=313
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hi
thanks to all of u i did sort out all my issues by asking the same in the tattoo thread and got all that i need
but thanks again for ur kind help