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is there only phonealarm?

in order to manage missed calls, incoming notifications emails and sms,
are there others apps?
i use my magician since few weeks and i have to say that altought ppc s.o. could make many things, there are not good application to have simply phone functions..... : (
am i right?
my goal is a good screen locker, locking pda also after a missing call (standard lock wakes pda, screen and buttons are active);
good sms manager: big screen and big fonts when a sms arrives;
manage sms and mms sounds separately from other system sounds.
which app do u use for manage phone, sms and profiles?
can u advice me?
thanks in advance

photo contacts pro

For profiles and different sounds I use PocketZenPhone.
The one and only good screen locker is ScreenGuard in my opinion.
For your SMS and MMS issues, I don't know a solution. Maybe there just is no because the phone API of Windows Mobile is not completely officially documented from what I've heard.

stratoboom said:
in order to manage missed calls, incoming notifications emails and sms,
are there others apps?
i use my magician since few weeks and i have to say that altought ppc s.o. could make many things, there are not good application to have simply phone functions..... : (
am i right?
my goal is a good screen locker, locking pda also after a missing call (standard lock wakes pda, screen and buttons are active);
good sms manager: big screen and big fonts when a sms arrives;
manage sms and mms sounds separately from other system sounds.
which app do u use for manage phone, sms and profiles?
can u advice me?
thanks in advance
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I have tried most of them outthere, but have to say that PocketMax PhoneAlarm is the best ( IMHO )...

yup, PhoneAlam for me

zerimar said:
photo contacts pro
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i'll second this. For photo contacts pro v4, there's profile for your ringtones such as 'outdoor, meeting, silent & etc' apart from the individual ringtone assigned to your contacts and photo id.
do a search on aivanet or iphone-forum.org
cheers

Hack the vibrate function on a WM5/6 device - possible?

Just like this topic about LEDs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=295729 I would like to ask if it's possible to take full control over the vibration function. I never use the sound alarms, except for my wake-up alarm. SMS, incoming calls, reminders, etc. - I have it all setup to vibrate. I work with sound and music a lot, and I don't like the idea of a disruption because my phone would ring. So the ideal option would be for me to have full control over vibrate function - eg. SMS two quick vibrations, incoming call one long, new e-mail one quick, one long, one quick... of course that's just an example. WM6 already has this nice diferrence between a reminder and an SMS, but I would like to expand on that idea, and add a full control and something like "vibration-ringtones". I could setup one contact to make 5 very quick vibrations, and another one two quick, one long, and two quick... etc. There's a lot of combinations. I feel that this is missing from Windows Mobile. The best possible implementation would be via midi files (interpretting the percussion as vibrations).
So, is this possible?
Have a great day,
NIXin

Better Management of Notifications?

I get a number of notifications for tasks that are due, calls to attend, new emails, other appointments etc but they don't seem to be very nicely handled on the Touch HD.
I had an Excalibur before and that presented a screen with all the notifications listed that you could delete or postpone.
On the Touch an icon appears, the you have to select another alerts icon, then you get one alert shown at the bottom of the screen and when you have dealt with that, the next one is visible.....
Have I missed something native or is there a better notification manager application?
TIA
Mal

+1 this is annoying
why did they remove the usual popup and event-based softkey remapping

+1 same here, there should be something better for handling those popups

I thought i was the only one. Is there some way that we could fix this issue?

phonealarm
Have a look at pocketmax phonealarm which handles all notifications in a very flexible way.

Well pocketmax is not free, and as the notifications were pretty ok in the stock OS... I think there must be a way to get rid of the roadblock that prevent these to happen as usual without adding another 3rd party

Same here, it is ****ing annoying to press 3 buttons all over the screen just to turn alarm off.

Someone posted on Friday I think a tweak to settings to allow the pop ups to appear better....
start>settings>Sounds&Notifications>Notifications (choose Messaging: New e-mail message) then check the Display Message on Screen box. Repeat for Reminders etc.
Still not perfect cos you don't get the message on screen if it was activated whilst the device was locked.
HTH
Mal

Nice one (and so easy.... )

How to ensure your new SMS alert plays ever time a new SMS is received :)

Not receiving SMS when the HD is not on standby or SMS alerts not playing has been an issue for many users;
For example see the following threads
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=499582&highlight=sms*
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=523128&highlight=alert
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=513748&highlight=alert
However, I have now found a method that works all of time (I have not missed a SMS alert now for over a week and that is 200+ texts received)
You do, however, need to install the following software
HDTweak
Pockshield (other screen lock software may also work - but i've not tested them)
Set the following on your alert settings on your phone (this is just what I use, other settings should work fine too)
Vibrate on new SMS
Play sound on new SMS
Flash LED on new SMS (i've set this to indefinetely)
Show message on new SMS
Set the following in HD tweak
Wake on new SMS enabled
Then, every time a new SMS arrives, the phone will always wake up and play the SMS sound You don't have to worry about the keys becoming unlocked if you have the HD in your pocket, as pocketshield will be active and prevent the keys from working. If you aren't around to hear your alert your HD will just go back to sleep depending on your power settings, but the LED will continue to flash to alert you to the missed message.
Hopefully, this little quirk of the HD is now fixed for everyone
Spud
PS please feel free to add this to the wiki if you feel it worthy of inclusion

Change Vibrate pattern for incoming calls

So Handcent allows you to change the vibrate notification pattern for SMS.
Is there any way to change it for incoming calls? I find the current pattern bad, as it is one small 'blip' followed by a fairly long pause before it vibrates again. I'd want it to start big to get attention faster.
Is there any application out there that allows this to be changed?

+1 on this one too...I think short multiple vibrate is effective for calls too

Missed Call allows for this.

daveid said:
Missed Call allows for this.
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Just installed it, and it only seems to allow it for after the call has been missed?