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"Power Profiles" - is there such a program?

I suggested the following to Spb ( because I use Spb Pocket Plus & Spb Diary )
But mabye ( I know there is a tool for Ringtone Profiles, but I want more! ) there is a software out there that maybe does what I am looking for.
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Hi, I have an idea for either a new product or a plugin for Pocket Plus. I call it "Power Profiles". As a business & private user of an MDA Vario I also have docking stations, one at home and one in the office.
Many MDA Vario Users ( which is basically the HTC Wizard ) use their PPC the same way I do. So bascially when I get into the office, first thing I do is turn of the phone volume and give the PPC only half the volume ( for appointments, reminders, etc. ).
One special thing on some dockingstations is that you can have your PPC sitting in front of you ( in the docking station ). My dock has the neat option that you have the MDA sitting their in landscape mode, which is great but also bad at the same time. Because with Diary & Pocket Plus installed in landscape their just isn't enough space on the screen.
So the Plugin would create Profile Shortcuts and do the following. I have two profiles setup, one called HOME the other called OFFICE.
I tap on a shortcut on the today screen (OFFICE) it:
1. Sets the volumes as I need them
2. Turns the screen into landscape
3. Turns off Pocket Plus ( or hides it, it only matters that Diary gets the full landscape view )
4. The Display light gets turned up all the way
Once I am on my way home, I tap on the another shortcut (HOME) which then:
1. Sets the volumes as I need them
2. Turns the screen into normal view
3. Turns ON Pocket Plus ( or makes it visible again )
4. The Display is set to my normal level ( two levels under the max )
Of course their could be lots more stuff that a realy Profile Program could/should do ( Different Ringtone Settings, Different Theme in the Office then at Home - don't wanna show your boss your girlfriend all the time now do you ;-), Different Items displayed on the Today Screen, etc. etc. )
So maybe you are able to think about my suggestions, it would be a great addition to your product portfolio I believe )

Very good idea! Not seen any software like that and just done a search in my normal sites - mainly freeware. Maybe a commercial one somewhere but none on a google search. Hope SPB listen to you

Hmm, funny, i was thinking in the same direction.
And why not let the 'Power on/off and 'USB connect' (etc) events trigger the profiles also ?
After developing the Tomtom Navigate2 script, i think i can do it, if i get enough information on the desired settings.
- Like BT on/off ; Needs a 'real' tool, there's no internal command, and changing regkey ain't enough.
So solved it with a script that calls BTon/BToff tool and changes regkey of the BT headset profile:
Ok, BT On/Off + BR Profile Toggle works !
What do i need then ?
"What setings should be changeable ? "
My suggestion :
- BT + BT HeadsetProfile (Done !)
- "ActiveSync when Craddled" option On/Off (Done !)
- Change Today Theme ? Would be nice.. (Not even looked at...)
The suggestions i just heard :
- Change ScreenRotation (isn't there a free tool for it ?)
- Change Today Items.
- Change Display Birgightness.
"How do we change these settings ?"
- BT is done,
- ASync is done,
- Screen rotation; Need commandtool (Doesn't VJ have a tool that does this ?) + Subroutine for script. So done, apart from writing it in the tool
- Screenrotation; if there is a commandtool for it, same as for 'Screen Rotation'
- Change Today items; Haven't got a clue, is thanging regkey and refersh today enough ?
- Display brightness; idem as Today Items....
So, let's get it rolling then

That would be so wonderful if this could be achieved! I have absolutly no plan on how do to it - but I have the ideas 8) :lol:
Pocket Plus lets you also rotate the screen with a tap on the screen, but what I wanted to achive is automation - simply by click ONE shortcut it does the whole thing for me - I am know I am a lazy person but hey thats a reason I got myself a PPC :wink:

This is similar to the one thing I miss from my nokia phones which is one click profiles for outdoor, indoor, meeting, etc. hope something comes of this.

What about PocketZenPhone???
PZP lets you set up anywhere from 2 to 7 profiles, controlling virtually everything you might associate with a profile, such as:
- ring / vibrate / volume / flash (and about a dozen variant combinations)
- the above for notification on just about any kind of event
- power settings for each profile both on battery and corded power
More features than it makes sense to list here. But I've been playing with it over the last couple of days. Very clean, and very functional. Many ways to use it also -
- today plugin (just tap an icon to switch profiles)
- task tray popup
- menu
- automated switching in sync with pocket Outlook
I've also traded email with the developer (zendrui) and it turns out to be pretty straightforward to get MS Voice Command to also switch profiles - I should have this all set up in the next hour. Love the idea of tapping the button to invoke Voice Command and just telling it to go to "silent" or "meeting", and having all settings adjusted at once.

Pocket Zen Phone
Hello all,
Check http://zendrui.free.fr . This sw is very good and keeps beeing updated.

Yes, this is a great program.... it is amazingly small for what it does and it does an amazing amount. It even controls which radio's are on or off and when.
Anyway... here is the link to open the forum thread that has 6.0 beta 7 http://zendrui.free.fr/PZPForum/viewforum.php?f=5

When I had Nokia phone, I used a program called miniGPS from Psiloc.com. This was the best program for profile switching. It worked by detecting all the cells at a location and allowing those cells to be put into a group. Then I could create events like "upon entering group, switch to meeting profile, turn off bluetooth, map the keys to do this...change screen saver, change wallpaper to this one..." etc. and upon exit from the cell group, change the ringer volume to max, switch wallpaper, and so on. Unfortunately, the Windows mobile equivalent of this program does not work on 8125. The PocketZenPhone is nowhere close. It works on fixed time basis. What if at that time I am not in office? Though I like the 8125, I badly miss the miniGPS program. It is sad that such a nice utility is not available for Windows.

axgupta1 said:
When I had Nokia phone, I used a program called miniGPS from Psiloc.com. This was the best program for profile switching. It worked by detecting all the cells at a location and allowing those cells to be put into a group. Then I could create events like "upon entering group, switch to meeting profile, turn off bluetooth, map the keys to do this...change screen saver, change wallpaper to this one..." etc. and upon exit from the cell group, change the ringer volume to max, switch wallpaper, and so on. Unfortunately, the Windows mobile equivalent of this program does not work on 8125. The PocketZenPhone is nowhere close. It works on fixed time basis. What if at that time I am not in office? Though I like the 8125, I badly miss the miniGPS program. It is sad that such a nice utility is not available for Windows.
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That is a awesome... I never new it existed. Add that to the forum for ZenPhone to see if they can add that functionality.

axgupta1 said:
When I had Nokia phone, I used a program called miniGPS from Psiloc.com. This was the best program for profile switching. It worked by detecting all the cells at a location and allowing those cells to be put into a group. Then I could create events like "upon entering group, switch to meeting profile, turn off bluetooth, map the keys to do this...change screen saver, change wallpaper to this one..." etc. and upon exit from the cell group, change the ringer volume to max, switch wallpaper, and so on. Unfortunately, the Windows mobile equivalent of this program does not work on 8125. The PocketZenPhone is nowhere close. It works on fixed time basis. What if at that time I am not in office? Though I like the 8125, I badly miss the miniGPS program. It is sad that such a nice utility is not available for Windows.
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Sounds really powerful, although I'm not sure I'd want the phone deciding when to switch profiles for me.
I've been experimenting with a set of shortcuts to invoke each profile, renaming them to be meaningful to me, such as, "HomeProfile", "OfficeProfile", "Silent", etc. Then I can use Voice Command to switch by saying something like "Run Silent" or "Run HomeProfile"...and it does.
One thing I liked about the built-in profile capability on the Nokia's we have is the fact that they would switch to my headset profile when I plugged in a pair of headphones, or when I simply turned on my pre-paired BT headset -- THAT was nice. I'd be curious to see how WM5 recognizes such an event -- I'd think that zendrui, the author of PocketZenPhone, would be able to hook such an event and offer us the option of having it trigger a profile change.

Here is the freeware version of Pocketzenphone 4.5.1 tested on my phone and works well. You have to fiddle with the settings but I got it working properly . If you like it can buy the full version 5 euros I think which is cheap. (me prob will)

I bought the currently shipping version (5.52?) and it works fine...but I wanted to try installing the shortcuts to invoke the various profiles, and the cabs that automatically create and install them (and the associated EXE's) in the right dirs assume NEW directory structures different than what the currently shipping version (5.52) uses. Instead, the new dir structure corresponds to the beta of version 6.0 -- currently at beta 7 I believe, and quite stable. I suspect it's nearing commercial release.
Anyway - ver 6 beta 7 can be downloaded free, and will function for a month. If you like it, it's something like $8 directly from the site, or $10 via Handango or a couple of others. This also buys you all future releases, and the author continues to upgrade this regularly. It's a good deal.

I tried to download 6.0 beta 7 but unable too. If anyone else has any joy please post

what about this one found on modaco http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=205779? it's free and wm5 compatable. i've not tried it. if you do, please report your opinion.
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meschle said:
I tried to download 6.0 beta 7 but unable too. If anyone else has any joy please post
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The download link on this page:
http://zendrui.free.fr/PZPForum/viewtopic.php?t=12
...still works fine for me. Only thing I can think is that I was registered and logged into the forum -- were you? Maybe this is a requirement for download...

lpasq said:
what about this one found on modaco http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=205779? it's free and wm5 compatable. i've not tried it. if you do, please report your opinion.
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Just looking at the screens suggest to me that, while this one might work, it has far less control than PZP. Might be worth a try, but I like controlling power, backlight, vibration, etc along with ringtones and volume.

The Modaco Tool works, but as stated is by no means as powerful as ZenPhone.
Another problem with the modaco tool for me ( and many others, just check their forum ) is that after you UNINSTALL the tool it will most likely mess up your ringtones/settings.
Lucky me I had a backup of my system so I could recover without a hitch. The problem was that I had some weird ringtones listed that did not work and were actually never on my system and I could not choose any other ringtones after the uninstall.
I am gonna give Zenphone a try, it looks promising but also time consuming to setup - will give it a go this evening.

thanks jon for both tips. pzp beta won't download I think cuz I am browsing on pda and sometimes cabs won't download. Got ppcprofiles though great find well done. Initial testing promising.

DREAMBOXER said:
The Modaco Tool works, but as stated is by no means as powerful as ZenPhone.
Another problem with the modaco tool for me ( and many others, just check their forum ) is that after you UNINSTALL the tool it will most likely mess up your ringtones/settings.
Lucky me I had a backup of my system so I could recover without a hitch. The problem was that I had some weird ringtones listed that did not work and were actually never on my system and I could not choose any other ringtones after the uninstall.
I am gonna give Zenphone a try, it looks promising but also time consuming to setup - will give it a go this evening.
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well poo and that then!

one click bluetooth on/off and wifi on/off programs for wiz

On my xda2i i had a one press icon on the today screen for enabling/disabling wifi or bluetooth. Is there anyway i can do this on the wizard ? I hate going thru the comm manager screen.
thanks

Re: one click bluetooth on/off and wifi on/off programs for
maltloaf said:
On my xda2i i had a one press icon on the today screen for enabling/disabling wifi or bluetooth. Is there anyway i can do this on the wizard ? I hate going thru the comm manager screen.
thanks
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This program could be what you're looking for: http://www.vijay555.com/index.php?Releases:VJVolubilis
It's developed by vijay555 of this XDA-forum!
It creates shortcuts in the start > programs menu, to toggle BlueTooth, WiFi, IrdA and in the latest version it even toggles Phone Radio. You can put the shortcut tot Bluetooth toggle and wifi toggle as an icon on the todayscreen usining any program launcher or you can put them in the system tray using PHM traylaunch as i have done. Only nag is that you have to switch wifi on from the Commmanager only once before the shortcut works. Then no problem until the next soft-reset.
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thank you i'll give that a shot now

I use this tool to turn/off Bluetooth for my headset in the car. Its a really usefully little helper!
You can even edit the .ink files so that you do NOT get a status message on the screen ( which I would have to click away to see my today screen again ).

i installed the cab and have found the shortcuts, however i get an error when i tap any of them- any ideas ? Also how do i intergrate your cool icons to the shortcuts ?
thanks,
malty

maltloaf: you may be getting errors because you installed to a non default location. There are warnings I hope on my site, but I've been too busy to write a custom installer, so the provided shortcuts are hard coded for English default installation. If you change location, they don't work. But just edit them and you should be able to change the location so they point to the right place.
I've (hopefully) added GPRS control as well, as of yesterday, so can finally re-visit Wizard wifi and get it fixed as a next step to global domination, bwaa haa haa...
The status messages will also be tarted up as an upcoming update.
To change icons - search my username for the word "completeness" for various posts.
V

ok can see the link working now i installed it on the device rather than the storage card. I'm having a little trouble getting a working link to your ready made shortcuts in phm traylaunch.

maltloaf said:
i installed the cab and have found the shortcuts, however i get an error when i tap any of them- any ideas ? Also how do i intergrate your cool icons to the shortcuts ?
thanks,
malty
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how to change the icons:
step 1:
Find the icons you would like to use. My bluetooth icon comes from a program called CicleBT, which is also a Bluetooth switcher but has an annoying confirmed-message. i got it here: http://www.winmobileapps.com/device/pocketpc/cbt/cbt.aspx
My wifi-icon comes from the wifitray.exe file in the \windows diretory.
Step 2:
Modify the shortcuts (also to redirect them to the locationwhere you installed Vijay's VJVolubilis program.
The shortcuts are placed in the folder:
\windows\startmenu\programs\vijay555\VJVolubilis\
I changed the BT-toggle shortcut from:
73#"\Program Files\vijay555\VJVolubilis\VjVolubilis.exe" -status -bluetoggle
to: (i have a Dutch rom so my Program Files folder is called Programmabestanden)
73#"\Programmabestanden\vijay555\VJVolubilis\VjVolubilis.exe" -status -bluetoggle?\programmabestanden\CicleBT\CicleBT.exe,-101
(where after the questionmark is the location of the icon)
and changed the wifi-toggle shortcut from:
73#"\Program Files\vijay555\VJVolubilis\VjVolubilis.exe" -status -wifitoggle
to:
73#"\Programmabestanden\vijay555\VJVolubilis\VjVolubilis.exe" -status -wifitoggle?\windows\wifitray.exe,-105
(You could also remove "-status" from the above strings so that you don;t get a confirmation message.)

you are a star, i just go my wifi icon working perfectly using your instructions. Thank you.

maltloaf: what are you using for your wifi control app?
V
PS anyone tried the GPRS yet? It's untested AFAIK... I'd like to know if it works

@ vijay555
Hi! I'm also using VJVolubilis and i like it very much! I have 2 shortcuts in my bottomtray to toggle Bluetooth and Wifi. (see above screenshot)
I tested the GPRS toggle and this also works like a charm!
But i'm having some problems with the radio toggle: when radio is on and i click on a shortcut to switch it off (- radiotoggle) it switches perfectly to flightmode. But when i then click again on the shortcut (- radiotoggle) it tries to switch the radio back on again but i get an antenna-symbol with a explanationmark, No Service! This problem also accures when using the command -radioon, but does does not appear when using the build in (clicking the network icon an selecting flightmode off) way.
Furthermore i tried -AGon and -AGoff commands and they also work fine!!! I have paired my bluetooth headset to my device a couple weeks ago. When i now click a shortcut -AGon it turns on Bluetooth and i get instandly the sound over my (mono) headset (I do not have to push any further buttons to make it work). Soundquality is not so good but that surely has to do with my lowbudget headset! Also -AGoff works just fine! My question: does this mean that when i buy a stereo bluetooth headset the sound would be much better?
So the only problem i ran into was to switch the radio back on, that doesn't work for me!
My configuration:
- T-Mobile MDA Vario
- Latest version VJVolubilis (downloaded today april 12th at 09.00 am)
- ROM version: Qtek 2.18.7.6 NLD
- ROM date: 2/22/2006
- Radioversion: 02.07.10
- Protocolversion: 413.1.03
- Windows Mobile 5.1.195 (build 14847.2.0.0)
- Headset: Cellink Mini Bluetooth Headset BTHS 6023-F
- Not using Voice Command

1-2tje: I'll look into it. I have the same headset as you, I think it's a generic - mine was branded "Medion", but I know other shops that sell it
Not sure why the radio on off wouldn't work. I'll look into it. You're not using a sim switcher or anything are you?
Has anyone else tried this on WM5? I've only tried radio switching on WM2003 and the WM5 Emulator.
Regarding the stereo bluetooth, the sound works in a different way and is a much higher quality. Read some reviews though, some apps don't work well with the limited bluetooth bandwidth, but it will certainly sound better then the little headset
V

vijay555 said:
1-2tje: I'll look into it. I have the same headset as you, I think it's a generic - mine was branded "Medion", but I know other shops that sell it
Not sure why the radio on off wouldn't work. I'll look into it. You're not using a sim switcher or anything are you?
Has anyone else tried this on WM5? I've only tried radio switching on WM2003 and the WM5 Emulator.
Regarding the stereo bluetooth, the sound works in a different way and is a much higher quality. Read some reviews though, some apps don't work well with the limited bluetooth bandwidth, but it will certainly sound better then the little headset
V
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No not using any sim switcher or something like it. It would be nice if radio toggle would work
I created some icons to put in the traylaunch for your shortcuts. Maybe someone else is interested
The icons are in the attached toggleico.dll.
gprs = -1
bluetooth = -2
radio = -3
wifi = -4

vijay555, or anyone, I'm using your VjVolubilis and VJDevicelock to turn off my wifi, turn on my bluetooth, and lock my device before I ride my motorcycle. I'm using two links, one for VjVolubilis and one for VJDevicelock but would like to do it all with one button. Is there a way to execute 2 programs in one lnk file or some other method to accomplish this?
Thanks,
Mike
P.S. VjVolubilis will not turn my wifi on for the first time ater a reset but works fine for on, off and toggle after I use the connection manager to turn it on. I have a cingular 8125 with the new Cingular_RUU_WIZARD_217_AKU2_WWE rom.

holmanm: I only have a Universal (and Magician), not a Wizard, so I'm stuck when it comes to testing on that hardware. But I'm trying to work on a more generic solution, not hardware specific.
To execute more then one app, use mortscript, or if your Japanese is slightly more fluent then mine, ExecMulti. No, I can't tell you how to use it
1-2tje - that's a great solution! Looks cool - any chance of a bigger screenshot though, for context?
V

Just to clarify re: the GPRS function, does this totally disable GPRS? At the moment I have a dummy GPRS connection set up as my default (to stop GPRS accidentally being used when I'm surfing over a wifi connection), and switch back to the 'real' GPRS connection when I need to use it. Obviously, though, it's a bit of a PITA and having a 'disable GPRS' option (without disabling the phone) would be really handy....

large image with my custom made icons:
I'm not happy yet with the GPRS and Radio icons. I 'borrowed' the Bluetooth and Wifi icons from other programs but the GPRS and Radio i have to create myself and that's not so easy. I would really like to have "interactive" icons such as Comm Manager icon. Where you see a red cross when disabled en the icon turns green when enabeld! Any idea how to do this? Is it for a part programming or is it just a maater of putting different icons in a dll file? I suppose there is a programming aspect because the program has to know wich icon to use. Do you have any ideas about this?

Webreaper: no, hopefully it's just the same as tapping the GPRS icon and perssing connect/disconnect. It should use your default GPRS connection. I haven't made it disable GPRS (yet).
1-2tje: Nice shot, thanks.
Just an idea - you can rip the original icons from the OS, they're in shellapp.96.dll or something like that. I've got some posts on the issue somewhere.
What you're suggesting would be fairly tough to implement. I could make VJVolubilis return a return/error value to indicate if a particular function is enabled/disabled (eg Wifi is on = 1, off = 0). However, returning several values (eg bluetooth, wifi etc) would be confusing. But either way, you would then need a tray launcher app able to respond to this error value and update the tray icon accordingly. I don't know of any app that can do this.
Theoretically I could build tray icons into VJVolubilis, but I think for now it goes against the idea of what the app is to me (a tool to be used with other launchers). I may consider building in an interface and other interface options later.
This is a confusing possiblity, but you could, I think, use something like mortscript. This would work thus:
Make a mortscript to:
1. Launch VJVolubilis -wifion.
2. Use a taskkiller to kill a VJTrayLaunch icon.
3. Launch VJTrayLaunch to ANOTHER mortscript to launch VJVolublis -wifioff.
Also making a matching companion for the OFF version.
So the idea: launch VJTrayLaunch shortcut to mortscript for ON version. The ON version would do wifion, and remove the old icon, and launch a new icon. So clicking the icon removes old icon and adds a new one.
Complicated, and might not work, but could work!
V

vijay555 said:
To execute more then one app, use mortscript, or if your Japanese is slightly more fluent then mine, ExecMulti. No, I can't tell you how to use it
V
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vijay555, mortscript works perfect.
Thanks, awesome programs.
Mike H

GPRS Toggle
Hi,
My question might be
But how do you toggle the GPRS connection with VJVolubilis ?
What is the command line or how do you do this ?
Thanks
Moo
Have find -gprson / -gprsoff / -gprstoggle

V_Vibrate - wm5 command line control of sound mode (On / Vibrate / Off)

V_Vibrate v1.0 (c) 2006 ValeraVi - This is my small program , for control a sound mode (On / Vibrate / Off) of WM5.0 PDA from command line.
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Here is a list of command line parameters:
-toggle - toggle vibrate (i.e. toggle beween sound on mode and vibrate mode);
-on - vibrate mode on (i.e. set vibrate mode);
-off - vibrate mode off (i.e. set sound on mode);
-noforce - do not switch if current state illegal (i.e., for example, if current mode is sound off and you run -toggle sound will stay off);
-togglevs - toggle vibra/silence (i.e. toggle beween sound off mode and vibrate mode);
-togglesnd - toggle sound (i.e. toggle beween sound on mode and sound off mode);
-offall - vibra and sound off;
But in most cases you do not must know this parameters, because, after installing .cab file you can use a links in Programs\ValeraVi\V_Vibrate for executing any of this commands. Also you can assign any command on hardware button, place it on your favorite today programs launcher , execute it at specified time from your favorite scheduler (vibrate mode at morning, sound on mode at evening, sound off mode at night ), etc.

Great Idea but...
Hi,
I have been searching it for a long time!!!!
But I've a Magician with WM2003.. :-(
Do you think it's possible to port it on WM2003?
Thks,
Norby

No, wm2003 do not have functions for changing vibrate mode of device, that i use. May be it is exist some other method, but i do not know. When i was using wm2003 on my BA, for turning vibrate mode on / off i used script for nScriptm that emulate stylus tap's on volume bubble. Not very convenient, but for use in schedulers it is enough. I attach that my script, if you interested , but i think you may need to correct some coordinates of taps and path to ns in .lnk...

Thanks!
Dear ValeraVi,
thank you for your fast response.
I have already thought makinge a script but I didn't known where to start.
So your script and your advice are precious!
Have a good week end!
Norby

CoooooooooooL
thank you so much

Hi Valera,
your tool is a great idea. I have installed it on WM5 on Qtek 9600, and the files show in the application folder, but when I assign a hardware button, I get a pop up saying the certificate may be unknown or a component is missing...
I installed in twice onto the memory card, but for some reason its always the same.
Do you have a clue ?
Greetings
Paddy

2 phonepad
Is V_Vibrate.exe is exist in \Program Files\ValeraVi\V_Vibrate on your device?
V_Vibrate.exe is signed by dummy digital signature - may be for your rom/device it is not acceptable. You may try do disable digital signature checking...
; Disable digital signature security
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Policies\Policies]
"0000101a"=dword:00000001
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ValeraVi,
Hi.. I was ever looking for something like this... Great you have done this, however, is it possible to control the way the vibrator activated? To further elaborate, for example if I chose music ringtone the vibration doesn't intermit because it's a song tone where there isn't a break. I really wondr if it's ever possible to have the vibration stop intermittently despite the nature of the ringtone chose?
cheers.

2 ferioz
may be this link can help you:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BA_Hacks
(scroll down to the "Phone Settings")
But if you mean to change behaviour of v0 srcipt - then no - i do not know how to change it... may be only by using other 3rd paty calledr id software ...

Thanks ValeraVi for your reply. The link you gave me is quite close to what I wanted, it's really useful and interesting, I tried changing v0 to v2, it vibrates just for 2 seconds and stop while the ringtone (because it's a minute long) was still ringing. I'm not sure if it can vibrate for 2 seconds then stop for 1 second then vibrate for 2 seconds again and so on...? (it's something like that that I was trying to find).
I'm not sure of any third party program that has this function, would you recommend any?
thanks bro.

ferioz said:
.. vibrate for 2 seconds then stop for 1 second then vibrate for 2 seconds again and so on....
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...I'm not sure of any third party program that has this function, would you recommend any?...
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sorry, i don't know...

This is NICE!!!
Thanx for this great tool! It does exactly what I want. Why didn't they build this into WM5 after all?!?
Thanx for all your effort made to create this little toy!

ValeraVi said:
V_Vibrate v1.0 (c) 2006 ValeraVi - This is my small program , for control a sound mode (On / Vibrate / Off) of WM5.0 PDA from command line.
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Interesting... I did something similar using Mortscript in combination with the registry hack "Change ringtone/vibrate/LED flash characteristics" on http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Registry .
Basically, for every profiles I want, I made a script. The script changes the above regisry setting (some scripts ask using a yes/no dialog box if I want vibrate on or off). I have added a small twist though: the script also copies the file that is assigned as ringtone:
In one folder, I put all the ringtones I want to use (let's call them ring1, ring2, ...). In a second folder I have copies of these files (let's call these ringA, ringB, ...). The tones ringA, ringB, ... are selected as the ringtones (both for specific contacts as for the general ringtone and sms tone. The scripts for the profiles also include copy instructions, to overwrite the files ringA, ... with files from the folder where ring1, ... are stored. I suspect this will allow me to change ringtones depending on the profile I want (I have included a file with silence, to get the behaviour of call filtering).
As a list optimization, I use the registryhack "Put custom text on bottom-right of Today screen" to display the active profile on the todayscreen.
I say "suspect" for the ringtone changes, as I haven't been able to test if the phone system effectively use the files I replaced though (my device is now sent back a 2nd time for replacement ), or only reads those files once (and caches them somewhere).
Jörg

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My program is not changing anything in the registry. It is using documented API functions for control global sound mode of PPC. This API functions is exist only on WM5.
...I say "suspect" for the ringtone changes, as I haven't been able to test if the phone system effectively use the files I replaced though (my device is now sent back a 2nd time for replacement ), or only reads those files once (and caches them somewhere)...
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I check this for you - the system is using new files, i.e. the system do not cache them and re-read them in every use.

ValeraVi said:
My program is not changing anything in the registry. It is using documented API functions for control global sound mode of PPC. This API functions is exist only on WM5.
I check this for you - the system is using new files, i.e. the system do not cache them and re-read them in every use.
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Thanks...
I used my method with the scripts, as I'm not a software developer but wanted this kind of functionality (scripts seemed to be the easiest way to go). I know it is far less elegant to edit the registry, but no program I found allowed for what I wanted.
What my scripts also allow, is to change the ringtone assigned for specific contacts. In my contacts, some people have their own ringtones assigned in the contacts application (for instance, my colleagues have their own, as does my family).
By using soundfiles which contain only silence, I can have a call filter functionality (e.g. copy a silent soundfile to all ringtones, except for the work-ringtone). Other calls will come through, but will be inaudible (system will play back a silent ringtone).
This filtering was something I miss in most ring-profile softwares I found.
I currently only use the registry setting to be able to make a difference between vibrate or not, but I could get the same functionality using your software...
Jörg

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...I currently only use the registry setting to be able to make a difference between vibrate or not, but I could get the same functionality using your software...
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I do not know where is located in the registry some parameter, which can control global sound mode of device. Thats why i wrote this tool, which (as i mentioned above) is used only documented Windows API functions and do not use registry. If in your script you want to control global sound mode of device - just run my program from your script with desired command line parameters.

Thanks. I've been looking for this tools for my script programming.
Cheers,
A_C

greate tool
10x

Just what I was looking for...
This little program is just what I was looking for! Thanks very much.

Hi, ValeraVi!
Make PLS a command line parameter for toggle beween sound on mode, sound off and vibrate mode (in one).

Resco Releases Beta Version 1.80 of Resco Pocket Radio

Resco released today the beta version 1.80 of a major update of its Pocket Radio application. The new beta version supports Bluetooth Stereo head-sets (A2DP and AVRCP profiles) which allows people to listen to internet radios without the need of carrying cables. The new beta version also contains a player suitable for the Today Plugin with which the radio can be controlled in a fast and stylus-free way. Resco greatly appreciates the effort of all users who are willing to try out the new beta version and by producing feedback to help and improve the application so it can best fit user needs.
You can download the exe installation file from here
The cab installation file for Pocket Radio is here
The cab installation file for the Today Plugin can be downloaded here
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Like the idea of the today plugin. Gonna try this out.

is this mean we can listen to radio without using headset?

Cool,
Giving it a go now, not sure if it will ever replace my beloved SiriusWM5 but I will give it a shot. yet another feather in the cap for Winmo. A2DP should be universally supported.

On the today plugin how about adding the ability to scroll if the song text goes off the edge of the plugin?
I went in to today settings to see if there was any option for the today plugin. When I went back to the today screen the plugin was frozen except for the stop and play button. Name of the radio station no longer showed and you could not tap on the radio to open the program. I had to remove the plugin from the today screen and add it back in for it to work again. (happens every time I do this)
Make the radio button open the program all of the time not just when you are first opening it. This way I have a quick way to get to the main player.
Add skinning to the plugin. This is a must in my opinion.

will try it right away. thanks resco papi

Hopefully someone will skin this. Would love to see a Diamond skin.

It's about time, thanks.

resco said:
The new beta version supports Bluetooth Stereo head-sets (A2DP and AVRCP profiles) which allows people to listen to internet radios without the need of carrying cables.
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I'm confused... I've been using bluetooth headphones with the old version what does this statement mean exactly?
glad to see an update finally btw... any chance at getting wma codec working in here too?

Zenoran said:
I'm confused... I've been using bluetooth headphones with the old version what does this statement mean exactly?
glad to see an update finally btw... any chance at getting wma codec working in here too?
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oh i c... u can use the controls on the headphones now for forward/back stop/play... ook cool
what other changes have been made other than the today plugin?
not sure if you care about feedback right now or not but the today plugin is way too big to be feasable to stay on the today screen... would be nice if it was more compact (about one line or 2 line max) to just show the song title and some basic navigation

This works well. I downloaded a .pls file from a local station and it works great. Doing this via WIFI is a battery killer tough

TouchX Theme for Resco Pocket Radio
In order to consolidate threads, you have to go here for more info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2609476#post2609476

It would be nice if you made the font color adjustable in the skin. I've tried about every xml color code without success.
Also, I nice feature might be to scroll a welcome message at startup on the bottom screen. Something like "Welcome to Resco Pocket Radio Version 1.8" or something to that effect. A lot of stand alone mp3 players do that.

itrooper said:
Cool,
Giving it a go now, not sure if it will ever replace my beloved SiriusWM5 but I will give it a shot. yet another feather in the cap for Winmo. A2DP should be universally supported.
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Yes, A2DP is supported "universally", but not AVRCP (remote control). The Pocket Radio also support AVRCP on the iPAQ 21x (I tried more applications which support AVRCP but it doesn't work on this iPAQ, except WMPlayer and now Pocket Radio).
blazingwolf said:
On the today plugin how about adding the ability to scroll if the song text goes off the edge of the plugin?
I went in to today settings to see if there was any option for the today plugin. When I went back to the today screen the plugin was frozen except for the stop and play button. Name of the radio station no longer showed and you could not tap on the radio to open the program. I had to remove the plugin from the today screen and add it back in for it to work again. (happens every time I do this)
Make the radio button open the program all of the time not just when you are first opening it. This way I have a quick way to get to the main player.
Add skinning to the plugin. This is a must in my opinion.
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We will add ability to scroll text also on the today plugin.
Now I tried go to settings and back to the today screen and realized that Radio plugin go to the unexpected state. System checks plugin dll when you go to the settings and maybe also call some function. I don't know why it freeze and play/stop button stay active. This button have to be active only when the radio is opened and "communicating" with the plugin. I am going to debug it... Thanks for the bug repport.
Radio button (icon) will open program every time when it isn't opened yet. If it is not active The Pocket Radio should be runnig (in the background). When you close the Pocket Radio then the radio icon will be active again. Also when you stop the radio then after 3 minutes pocket radio will be closed and the radio icon on the today plugin will be active.
The Radio Today Plugin is already skinnable, but in the beta version there isn't options dialog where you will be able to change the skin. Now it is done and there will be soon final version.

Does anyone know if it is possible to set this up with tzones hack and instructions how. Thanks for anyones help.

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We will add ability to scroll text also on the today plugin.
Now I tried go to settings and back to the today screen and realized that Radio plugin go to the unexpected state. System checks plugin dll when you go to the settings and maybe also call some function. I don't know why it freeze and play/stop button stay active. This button have to be active only when the radio is opened and "communicating" with the plugin. I am going to debug it... Thanks for the bug repport.
Radio button (icon) will open program every time when it isn't opened yet. If it is not active The Pocket Radio should be runnig (in the background). When you close the Pocket Radio then the radio icon will be active again. Also when you stop the radio then after 3 minutes pocket radio will be closed and the radio icon on the today plugin will be active.
The Radio Today Plugin is already skinnable, but in the beta version there isn't options dialog where you will be able to change the skin. Now it is done and there will be soon final version.
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Thanks for the reply.
I asked for the radio button to work all of the time because one might need to open the main program to make changes. It would be nice to have a dedicated button to do this instead of having to go through start/programs and then tap on the radio icon. Call me lazy.
Good to know about skinning. Thanks.

[Beta4][17-Dec] Navigation Panel for Xperia

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17-12-2008 Beta Release 4 (version 1.0.BETA-4)
Fix some stability problems with regards to Navigation windows manipulation
Fix localised folder path support for non-english rom
Added support for Garmin Que (Garmin Mobile XT predecessor), on top of existing TomTom & Garmin MXT.
14-12-2008 First Beta Release (version 1.0.BETA View attachment 137081
First Beta Release
Support following configurable settings (see screenshot)
Navigation Application - Currently Garmin Mobile XT & TomTom Navigation are supported)
Screen Orientation - support portrait (default) and landscape
Volume - Enable (default) or disable the option to set the system volume to maximum level automatically
Bluetooth Mode - Enable or disable (default) the option to turn on bluetooth radio automatically
Display Brightness - Enable or disable (default) the option to turn display to maximum brightness automatically
** You need to set the navigation software in the panel configuration UI for it to work **
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To Do List
Improve the UI with animated icon, to replace text status
Revamp panel UI as a navigation dashboard, instead of Garmin or TomTom navigation screen. Garmin/TomTom will be activated/displayed on demand.
I have posted something related to the topic in another thread, but thought I would now create a thread separately to discuss this topic, given that there's some progress being made over the weekends.
Of course, this panel was developed as a prototype, based on a personal need, as well as for me to examine what panel SDK has to offer. so it may not necessary be suitable/useful for others (different spin for different people!). But I do welcome feedbacks/ideas, if it helps to bring the panel development to a new height
After I owned the Xperia, and read about the concept behind the panel, I thought it was a very innovative idea. The point about panel, in my own interpretation, is that different people has different primary usage of the pda phone, and for each individual, the primary usage also changes based on a certain event or time of the day. For e.g, when I'm in the office/meeting, I uses the phone PIM software to ensure that I don't miss the next meeting. Once I'm taking my break, or having some personal entertainment time, I would be either watching a movie or listening to mp3. Each panel indicates the primary "theme" of the moment, and so I thought I could create something similiar when I'm in my car.
So there comes the idea of Navigation panel, since I always switch on my Garmin Mobile XT, while making sure that the volume is set to the maximum while my car's handsfree carkit is connected to my pda phone.
The prototype has shaped very well over the long weekend.
1. Garmin Mobile XT is the background application for the panel (could extend to other navigation applications such as TomTom or Mapking)
2. Automatically set the volume to maximum, turn on bluetooth (so that I can connect to my car's handsfree carkit), rotate the screen to landscape mode
3. Toggling panel (i.e. pressing of the panel button) will quit the Garmin application automatically. Quitting Garmin (i.e. pressing the 'X' button in the UI) will switch back to the panel list page (finally found the way to call the panel manager, but would be checking with nelsh to see if there's a better way to manage this)
4. Will automatically revert back to the original volume level, bluetooth mode and orientation once the panel is unloaded.
5. Could have turn on the display brightness to maximum and disable pin-lock, but at this point, I have not done anything since I don't need them yet grin.gif
here's the video clip of the prototype in action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19LV6r80iOU
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nice... could be useful...
, awesome to see ppl dev-ing panels

Cool...

would be nice if you could make a tomtom panel as well or make the panel configureable

Awesome idea!
Would be willing to test if you need testers.
Nice to see panels being developed..

why does it turn on and off bluetooth?

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would be nice if you could make a tomtom panel as well or make the panel configureable
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yes, that's the plan, but it means I have to start working on the configuration UI, which I have not done so yet. However, I do need the executable path of Tomtom, and the window name of Tomtom, so if you can provision these information, I can work on it later.
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Awesome idea!
Would be willing to test if you need testers.
Nice to see panels being developed..
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I hope I can release the alpha version this weekend for limited testing. The current panel is alittle flakey, so that's what I'm hoping to resolve in the next few days.
tarnaman said:
why does it turn on and off bluetooth?
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Probably more for my own requirements. I don't need to use bluetooth unless I'm in my car (so that the phone can connect to my BT car kit) In anycase, it doesn't turn off once the panel exits, it merely reset back to the last bluetooth mode prior to the navigation panel activation.

Would be looking at TomTom as well. If you could disable all notifications (maybe allow incoming calls) from poping up, and then return them back to the previous state on exit that would be REALLY useful.

well I'm just suggesting here, but perhaps it will be better if panels are for things that DON'T NEED to be able for multitasking ---> that is multi'panels', like TF3D and others UIs out there; because IMO it is useless if an important application had to be stopped just because we need to see our real today screen regardless what application is that.

so tomtom normaly installs here on german rom:
\programme\navigator\tomtom navigator.exe
window name should be "Tomtom Navigator"

Zenkinz, could you tell me where you got that System Status tweak for Xperia?
I found something called HTC Enlarge Title Bar in an old Kaiser post, but it doesn't seem to do anything on my phone.

schurl85 said:
so tomtom normaly installs here on german rom:
\programme\navigator\tomtom navigator.exe
window name should be "Tomtom Navigator"
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Ok, I have added TomTom in my first beta release
it's now available for download btw, see the first post in this thread. You need to select the Navigation software in the panel option UI.

matthewf01 said:
Zenkinz, could you tell me where you got that System Status tweak for Xperia?
I found something called HTC Enlarge Title Bar in an old Kaiser post, but it doesn't seem to do anything on my phone.
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Get the HTC Enlarge Title bar for HTC HD

The panel does nothing here
I installed the cab, softrested the phone and chose the panel. Then I just see the Panel picture and the phone freezes. Not even the power button works, had to remove the battery.
Are there any programs that need to be installed for using the panel?
I use the TomTom Navigator which is installed on the Memory Card.
Update:
Okay, after a few more restarts the panel doesn't cause a crash anymore. But it does not seem to find the TomTom software, so everytime it starts it turns the screen as I wanted and then puts me back to the Today-Panel.

same thing here.... just the navigation panel screen but not going anywhere... I can open up both garmin xt and tomtom in its own program tho

odobo said:
same thing here.... just the navigation panel screen but not going anywhere... I can open up both garmin xt and tomtom in its own program tho
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did you guys run the option setting UI? Go to panel manager, select the tool button (at the bottom right corner), then select the nav panel, and click on the 'tool' icon.

Tried this out and the panel loads and the reverts back to my original panel. Does garmin need to be in a specific location for this to work? If so where? and what is the file name the panel is looking for?

Bxsteez said:
Tried this out and the panel loads and the reverts back to my original panel. Does garmin need to be in a specific location for this to work? If so where? and what is the file name the panel is looking for?
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It assumes garmin to be in \Garmin directory. Do you have \\Garmin\\Que.exe?

My garmin is on my storage card. and its in "\storage card\garmin\apps\wm\queppc.exe"
Can the location its looking at be changed? Also will it work if its a lnk file?

zenkinz said:
did you guys run the option setting UI? Go to panel manager, select the tool button (at the bottom right corner), then select the nav panel, and click on the 'tool' icon.
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ok I set it and it does something... then jump back to today panel...
I have the QuePPC file in my storage card\garmin\wm folder and tomtom in my storage card\navigator folder.... neither 1 of them work and they both jump back to today panel
maybe I can try to copy the queppc to garmin and try it again
EDIT: that didnt work =P garmin wont even start XD