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Are you happy with the PPCPE dailer?

Having had my XDA 2 now for a few weeks, and having finally worked out most of the kinks of the really inadequate bluetooth stack (by installing the widcomm stack) I am now moved to address my other annoyances: the very feature poor phone software.
I expected a very configurable phone, but was very disappointed with the microsoft dailer. The short list of features I find missing are:
No separate ring tones can be assigned to each contact. This could be very usefully, as you would know who is phoning without checking the screen.
No software to keep track of your calls or GPRS allowance. Even my old nokia from 3 years ago could do that.
No way to transfer a call from the handset to a headset. I know you can do it the other way around, why not this way too?
Very little status information on the dailer screen. Why is this,when most cell phone screens look like the status display on a jet?
Anyways, there is alot more, and people may want to add their annoyances. Im really wondering if there is any software that can replace the microsoft Dailer (like Pocketinformant replaces the pocket outlook).
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Surur

Took me a minute to know what you're talking about.
No, I hate the built-in dialer on the Pocket PC.
The author of mobidial (http://www.mobidial.com) told me there will be an XDA II version.. hopefully soon.
-arebelspy

hey,
just a few comments....
re: No separate ring tones can be assigned to each contact
- i beleive the o2 xda site has free software for download; one of which is called powercontacts. i believe it allows you to assign a ringtone to each contact. i tried it when i still had the xda1...never got it to work. so, i downloaded a trial version of ringtonex; it works like a charm and i'm able to assign individual ringtones to any contact i want. i immediately bought the software, i think it was for around 9usd. now that i'm using the xda2; the software still works great. for ringtones what i did was record the voice of my friends, officemates, my wife, and used those wav files for ringtones corresponding to their contacts. it also works in tandem with the photocontacts app in the xda2
re: No way to transfer a call from the handset to a headset
-the xda2 has bluetooth and i use it together with the bt200 headset. incoming and outgoing calls are automatically transferred to the headset.
2 cents worth.
cheers mate
robson

Transferring from phone to headset is a headset dependent thing. My HBH-65 allows me to transfer to phone and back to headset, but my Jabra wouldn't have.

Thx for the great pointers. I am definitely getting the RingtoneX app, and mobidail or something similar, when it comes out.
I just wish that developers would design more for handed use, not using a stylus, especially as bluetooth voicedailing does not work.
About transferring to a headset, I mean after you pick up a call with the XDA, transferring the call to a headset should be possible, but has not worked for me yet.
Another minor peeve, why is the sms option not on the dialler, but on the menu bar, and why is speaker phone also not on the front, but you have to press a key for it. There still needs to be alot of improvement. Hopefully independent programmers will kick in and fix all these deficiencies. It does make you wonder if the developers actually use their own devices or not...
Surur

Very little status information on the dailer screen. Why is this,when most cell phone screens look like the status display on a jet?
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i think it's because that most cell phones screens is their version of the today screen
i most surdenly would not wish such a confusing cluttet messy interface on my worst enemy
(yeah of cause not all cellphones are all that bad some many are)

I dont know. At least they should have the battery status on the screen, and the network logo would not be ammis either (currently its difficult to know when you have no reception, or just no reception)
Alot of the stuff thats currently in the task bar could also be bigger icons on the dailer, and it would also make it look less plain and just incomplete, as if its been thrown together at the last minute.
Surur

well not sure if it's much help but if you install some bar like advanced wisbar on your pda you'll have batt status in the bar both in today and the dialer
suppose this is a pre customised vs. free 3. party customising
some people like to set up their device with personal customising and some people want the place they buy it to handle that
in that way i suppose xda and other such devices are more like computers then std phones are
of cause if one get a xda with all the stuff in the preloaded provider rom they get more of that stuff you want
of cause thats not saying that they get enough

Ive been a user of Icbar for a long time, but as notifications is so important on a PPCPE device, and its not supported, I am not able to use it anymore. This is unfortuanate, as I enjoyed knowing what my battary status is all the time.
Surur

If you want to use your finger to dial contacts try Fingerclix by imaginet software. I used it on my Samsung I700 and now my I-Mate and it works just fine.
http://www.imaginet-software.com/index.aspx?p=fingerclix_en

This is brilliant. It would be even better if it could use the phone key insteadof loosing my contacts button. Any idea how to do htis.
Thx
Surur

vetie said:
If you want to use your finger to dial contacts try Fingerclix by imaginet software. I used it on my Samsung I700 and now my I-Mate and it works just fine.
http://www.imaginet-software.com/index.aspx?p=fingerclix_en
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Thanks Vetie for posting the link also can somebody post the link for RingTonex. Man this is great stuff! 8)

Qman said:
Thanks Vetie for posting the link also can somebody post the link for RingTonex. Man this is great stuff! 8)
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http://www.mtux.com/info_ring.aspx
-arebelspy

First Official Video Ringtone App for PPC

VRINGO(FULL FEATURED AND STABLE RELEASE)(just 2mb installation)
hello friends,while browsing internet,i came through this software which i suppose is the 1st ever video ringtone application for pocket pc.The most important thing in it is that its totally free.
STEPS TO INSTALL VRINGO
1)JUST REGISTER ON http://www.vringo.com by providing your own mobile number with country code.
2)DOWNLOAD APPLICATION(well the cab is already attached below) from http://mobile.vringo.com.
3)INSTALL it to your desired location,either on storage card or on device memory,but storing on device memory allows faster operation
4)LOGIN once using your account details,then from the third menu(FIND VRINGOS) select any one of the online provided videos to set as your videotone.
5)BUDDIE-LIST-you can also set different video ringtones for different callers by creating a buddie-list and adding your personal contacts.
6)NOW if anyone wants to have their own made videos to be set as videotone,then convert the whole video(max 30 secs) to .3gp format,rename it to pre_vringo & copy it to My device/Application Data/Vringverwrite the previous file & restart the application.
7)REMEMBER-you need to have a working internet connection in order to login to this software,however after logging once,it dont requires it afterwards....try it & enjoy

I guess somebody try this out. Sometimes my phone lags enough as it is if I get a call while streaming music over BT. I probably dont have enough memory for this one a Titan.

1999TL said:
I guess somebody try this out. Sometimes my phone lags enough as it is if I get a call while streaming music over BT. I probably dont have enough memory for this one a Titan.
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no yaar iam using it on my wizard with my own videos,works flawlessly

Its battery life that concerns me most, and why do i need a video ringtone. While it may be ooo aaaahhh initially it will wear off.

No issues here. Works great!
Thanks for sharing.

Hei, this is nice..looks like my nokia software..last time I used it on my nokia and now I can use it on my ppc also thanks

cant get the videoringtones cause it would always say no connection to server try again late though i'm connected to internet

Diamoond
I just loaded it up on my Diamond and it works great.

great software, very nice, thank you , and good job

Thanx for this app. I've been looking for this app for a long time now! Hey, but I have a doubt. Do I have to have a Internet connection on my mobile for this software to work? Can't I just download the cab file provided here & install it? Do I have to register at vringo.com & login for this to work? Please reply anyone.

thanks
Thanks for the app. I've been looking for someting like this on my phone for a while.

what are people using to to convert there video to 3gp

Hmm.. ok just works, but... it is on small notification bubble that come when u have a call coming is there a way to do a full screen caller view? and..
Is it too hard to ask some skilled guy to do an application like this? i've asked in a far time ago a simple animated gif on a call coming, maybe now it's time to a video ring sorry for my bad english
Chooo

for HD yet??

...i think it is compatible on all ppc with wm6, but on HD it will be so ugly for me.. in vga already look bad
Chooo

what are people using to to convert there video to 3gp
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This is what I use for 3gp (I just couldn't get a working 3gp from SuperC)

Just tried it on my i900 and it works for the existing videos but when I attempt to use of my own that I have edited to 30seconds or less (tried 30 and 18) it doesn't pick up the file at all?
I then went to upload file, wondering if I can upload it then download it (just out of curiosity) it was saying file size to large.
Not sure if or where I am going wrong, any advice?

Hi,
At Vringo.com I found a great selection of video ringtones from TV shows, movies, and bands.. It's also a great mobile video sharing site which allows to find and create video ringtones and then share them with our friends.

mayur9890 said:
5)BUDDIE-LIST-you can also set different video ringtones for different callers by creating a buddie-list and adding your personal contacts.
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Hmmm.... Looks like all your contacts have to be registered on Vringo too to get this feature.
If I'm wrong, let me know. I haven't found a way to just add buddies any other way.

you can try it
http://steelsoft.tech.officelive.com/RingPro.aspx

[APP][UPDATED]audioswitch

Hello,
I have been working on a new audioswitch app to replace troca2 and audioswitch.
I have started to make a new app called audioswitch v2 but soon ran out of time... and xiexin1008 got the project and had made and new experimental app.
Today, I had some free time, and made other app with a "switchclass" that deal with all the ril stuff(based on my first class that is on the Xiexin project), so others can improve and use it even as a dll in c#(u have to build it as a dll first)
I called it "simple audioswitch".
How it works: run the program and "put it on the background"
volume "up and down" switch the audio.
volume "down and up" close the app.
if an incomming call shows up, the audio will be routed back.
I have tested it only in my p3301. so I do not know if it works or not in other phones.
Once more the license:
It is free code, free binaries, and all work derived from it.
use at your own risk and I am not responsible for nothing...
Support on the forum.
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about the various methods of switch the audio...
mostly uses drivers messages.
u can find very useful information about it at www.teksoftco.com, even a audio driver wrapper that spy at audio messages.
by this time it is not for me, too busy.
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will open sorce of this app so others can inprove it.
Thanks to Xiexin, I will not post his work now, will wait for his email.
Thanks Dan-Marius to all the feedback.
Thanks.
Hop u like. sorry for the messy code(is an one hour work).

@MarceloFB
The ideea of listeninng RIL for incomming calls is a very good one! Congratulation, you did a great job. Yes, a really great one.
The simpleAudioSwitch.cab file is attached.
Guys, it works very fine.
Thank you Marcelo!

I tried this program and I like using hardware keys pattern to change audio. I like the most that I don't have to change the way buttons worked before. this is the best solution I saw till now.
But there's is still a problem. It seems all programs of this sort use same procedure to route audio. But when audio is routed in my phone it seems it doesn't come from internal speaker. Or maybe not exclusively from internal speaker.
Sound still can be heard from external speaker but quieter.
So I can say now that we have good user interface but routing mechanism needs to be improved.
I have HTC Touch Cruise with 3LIT3 FULL ROM

kulen said:
I tried this program and I like using hardware keys pattern to change audio. I like the most that I don't have to change the way buttons worked before. this is the best solution I saw till now.
But there's is still a problem. It seems all programs of this sort use same procedure to route audio. But when audio is routed in my phone it seems it doesn't come from internal speaker. Or maybe not exclusively from internal speaker.
Sound still can be heard from external speaker but quieter.
So I can say now that we have good user interface but routing mechanism needs to be improved.
I have HTC Touch Cruise with 3LIT3 FULL ROM
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The "routing mechanism" is using RIL lib, by now thre is no other "easy avaliable" way to rout the audio.
Try changing the radio or the entire rom of your phone, I have tested in touch cruise this method and works fine, but with the stock rom.

can you please tell me which ROM, radio and protocol version have you tried it with, so I can try the same and compare with this one I have?

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can you please tell me which ROM, radio and protocol version have you tried it with, so I can try the same and compare with this one I have?
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I think the latest official ROM.

Great app.
Just started using it on my HTC Touch HD with Dutty ROM v3.3. It seems as though Up & Up switches the audio for me (not up and down). Down and Up exits the app.

what is the basic use of this prog...

Also, earphone is silent when the phone is on vibrate (and probably when it's on silent too although I haven't tested it).
Any way of fixing this?

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Also, earphone is silent when the phone is on vibrate (and probably when it's on silent too although I haven't tested it).
Any way of fixing this?
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can be the volume or the ril mutting the audio. If the problem is the first is easy to solve, if it is the the second it wont be... just programming...

Request
Hi,
I still use the old version with mortscript to control the program and I love it .
I have a request for this new version.
1 - Can we decide which key controls the audio switching ? ( Since I have a Fuze and I have a PTT button which I never use )
2 - also is it possible to add the bluetooth handfree to audio switch options as well ? sometime when I'm driving I love to use my voip or skype over 3G using my bluetooth handfree .
Sincerely
Thunder

Will there be a new version, which is working with Skype 3.0 mobile beta?

I am having problems trying to get this to work with my Benq e72 phone running Windows Mobile 5.
I am trying to use it at the same time as Ageet Agephone mobile 2.76.
http://www.ageet.com/us/products-agephone-mobile.htm
It seems like Agephone mobile 2.76 takes over controls of the volume up and down button.When I push the up and down volume control button it just wants to change the volume and not switch the speaker/earpiece - I can't get Audioswitch to work. [Maybe I am not doing something simple properly?] But at least it installs correctly.
So then I try AudioRoute http://www.teksoftco.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1995
Unfortunately this won't install properly - it says something like:
installation file is not intended for this device
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I have tried modifying the cab file like it says here on the teksoftco forum:
I'm also a creator of WinMo apps (www.saman-cz.com), so I know that recreating cab is just a piece of cake.
But OK. To modify cabinet get WinCE Cab Manager (trial is good enough), open cab, go menu Cabinet->Properties, Operating System tab, set minimum version to 5.0 and maximum to 9.9, hit Ok, then File->Save
Just another result from my tests:
After restarting phone I tried rerouting once more and the microphone worked well. Weird but nice
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but it still didn't install properly.
Has anyone any suggestion where I go from here?

thunder6290 said:
1 - Can we decide which key controls the audio switching ? ( Since I have a Fuze and I have a PTT button which I never use )
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I second this. I never ever use this button

MarceloFB said:
I called it "simple audioswitch".
How it works: run the program and "put it on the background"
volume "up and down" switch the audio.
volume "down and up" close the app.
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I don't understand controling. Too hard.
"up and down" can't switch the audio.
"down and up" can't close the app.
"down, up and up" switch the audio.
"down, up, up, and down" close the app.
"up, down, and down" close the app.
I'm using Xperia X1i.
We need GUI

i have just white screen and nothing.
windows mobile 6.1 / qtek 9100

nothing working for windows mobile 6

it works on my htc hd2
i downloaded the newest version from the official homepage.
greetings

can we get a link to the "official" website?

I was looking something like this ! could somebody tell me if in the HTC Touch HD works well? how do i use it? ive downloaded the .cab file but still dont know how to use it...
when i call someone on skype it uses the external speaker.. help please!
Thanks

Midomi - Windows Mobile (Try it out)

This application is truly AMAZING much better than MusicID - it found every song a threw at it and found it easily, ported from the Omnia here is the link:
http://www.modaco.com/content/i8000-omnia-ii-http-i8000-modaco-com/291182/samsung-omnia-ii-apps-cab/
Also when you first install it it only works over Wi-Fi so you have to change this reg entry to make it work over Data Conection
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Melodis\Midomi\midomiGU IDType
from 3 to 1"
Also the menu button crashes the application but i dont see what it is needed for anyway - runs very well on my xperia

It indeed works pretty good! thnx for sharing!

What does it do?

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What does it do?
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Finds in the internet the info about the piece of music it hears.
SE phones had it, I had it on my P1.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=543101
it still needs to be repackaged with the missing some files

it never finds the right music. i think my singing/huming skills are really ****

I tried 5 songs and it did find...... 0 of them.

are you using the sing aplication or the record from speaker thingy? cuz i tried the second one and i got like 8 out of 10 correctly... even from tv and radio and from my computer... even songs from soulfly and stuff!

The latter one.

I tried it and all it does is "error in recording"...

Try my version on my signature.
No need to modify the registry.
You can install on Device/Storage Card/Internal Storage/RAMdisk as your choice.

Thank you!
Only thing here is the menu does not work(on a X1) and after some seconds closes the app ....which I then found out it is a known bug...
Any solution though?

i tried it......it works great...... it even find chinese songs.... but the song name is returned in english... = ="
the one on SE's K850 can return chinese name...... but it's good enough already
thanks for sharing

Thanks for the reg solutions
Great found

Absolutley legendary app NICE FIND.
It found a lot of my dancehall tracks and even founr Kings Of Leon sex is on fire when i sang it !

Those who do not want to edit the registry manually to switch between GRPS and WLAN online mode can use this tool to simply switch between the modes:
http://www.addyourservice.net/midomionlineconfigurator.php

new version in marketplace
for those that don't know, version 2.0 is in the marketplace..finally with a history tab to save all your searches
only problem is it loads IE for youtube videos and not skyfire (or other default browser) but still works the same

really nice app but can't find the exact songs that i wanted. Hmmm...maybe my singing skill really sucks haha

link? version 1.6.57 keeps giving "Error in recording" and when I press update it says "server error" so please post or send the link to version 2, maybe that will work on my Touch PRO

I was recently refunded midomi from the marketplace for somereason, and apparently it has been removed from the market place because it had to many problems??? :S
any 1 else heard this or experience similar?

Pandora on the HD2

Any solution to this predicament? I hate not having it...
www.pandora.com
I NEEDS IT!

Diesel-30 said:
Any solution to this predicament? I hate not having it...
www.pandora.com
I NEEDS IT!
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I hear you man. Will have to do with crappy old Slacker until they release a compatible Pandora for the HD2. I know there's supposed to be a crappy version you can load onto the HD2, but I don't think it has all the functionality.

cu2cool said:
I hear you man. Will have to do with crappy old Slacker until they release a compatible Pandora for the HD2. I know there's supposed to be a crappy version you can load onto the HD2, but I don't think it has all the functionality.
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It's actually pretty good! You should try it before you judge...

there is a way. use search. i'm to lazy to find it.

I have it on mine! You just have to add your stations on your PC, and when you install it you have to set your left soft key to bring up the keypad so you can enter your email and password. it works though. i Use it alot. i have the file so if you want i can email it to you

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=654302
I found this, haven't tried it out yet. I get my HD2 tomorrow so I will try it out then.

The QVGA Pandora .cab works fine on my HD2 ... the screen is all jacked, but my bluetooth headset controls skip to next song if I want, etc. & I found the spots on the screen for like & dislike.
The link with the "fixes" for VGA/WVGA sound like a pain...I've switched to slacker on my phone, cuz it's there & seems to be ALMOST as good. When someone fixes Pandora cab for VGA/WVGA, I'll install & will go back & forth.
I dig the built-in channels on Slacker for various genres that I can switch to when I want a variety from my custom station(s) -> like when kiddo is in the car for some Barney & teen pop, or pipe the jazz through my home stereo when I'm cleaning house, etc.

Lol there is like 3 different post regarding Pandora radio YOU SHOULD USE THE SEARCH BUTTON instead of the the new thread button

I tried it out and I gotta say I'm not hating this Slacker radio but how do you create the custom stations? I guess you can't on the basic version the phone comes with?

Diesel-30 said:
I tried it out and I gotta say I'm not hating this Slacker radio but how do you create the custom stations? I guess you can't on the basic version the phone comes with?
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Log onto slacker radio from a computer using the same log in information as your phone, create your custom stations. Log back into it on your phone and like magic your custom station will appear.