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Phone Skin

Hi all,
It's freezing in London, UK! Anyways...
I hate the o2 phone skin I am stuck with, I noticed once before after a hard reset there was a much nicer skin - im guessing it was the default WM5 skin...I know it was blue... Well - I want it back ..
So today's question from me..
How do I change my phone skin.. WITHOUT HARD RESET..
Ta

lol..its bloody freezin!..
here u go...speeded up my exec..and actually prefer the simple default skin anyway..use resco or any other registry editor
To set or remove the operator phone skin
The setting is at 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Phone\Skin'
The 'Enabled' DWORD value can be set to '1' to show the operator skin or '0' to show the default skin

wow that is so much faster! Thanks!
Although - I was talking about a completely different skin? Unusual!
Ahh well this one is just what I need - a phone.
Ta!

The problem with method is that you lose the button for video calls. Is there a way around it?
Thanks

redjupiter said:
The problem with method is that you lose the button for video calls. Is there a way around it?
Thanks
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the button on the keyboard? Does that work?

look for the post called "a collection of hacks" or something on those lines. I remember seeing a cab to change the phone skin...
cheerio
San

Riceburner said:
redjupiter said:
The problem with method is that you lose the button for video calls. Is there a way around it?
Thanks
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the button on the keyboard? Does that work?
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HI,
I tried the buttons and I cannot get video calls with the default phone skin (as explained above).
Thanks.

the most interesting about it actually is that it will give you 10 Megs of RAM...if you can live without the videocalling.

My videocalling button appears to work. :?

AndyME said:
the most interesting about it actually is that it will give you 10 Megs of RAM...if you can live without the videocalling.
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How exactly do you get that extra space?? Does it require a hard reset or can you delete the extra files? If the latter which are the correct files to delete?

Does Slide 2 Unlock (S2U2) Work?

Hey guys.
I cannot get this application to run on my dual! It just loads a black screen. It works though because I can slide to unlock it without being able to see the screen which isn't all that useful!
So is this just me?
Sam

Same problem on my Kaiser
Hi there!
I am having the exact same problem on my Kaiser phone.. :-(
Who can help?
Henk.

It's known bug with certain devices but here's a workaround disable Direct Draw:
Edit your registry, navigate to \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2U2
Find the key DirectDraw and change the value from 1 to 0.
Funny enough on my dual I didn't have to do this tweak!

'slide' to unlock?
I assumed 'slide' to unlock was sliding the phone open..
after a couple of resets I found out that you had to 'slide' on the screen
I there really no way this to may it work with sliding the phone open,
thought this would be really nice..
Besides from this misunderstanding of mine it works fine, caller Id is very nice!

gfreek said:
It's known bug with certain devices but here's a workaround disable Direct Draw:
Edit your registry, navigate to \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2U2
Find the key DirectDraw and change the value from 1 to 0.
Funny enough on my dual I didn't have to do this tweak!
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Wow.
You are actually amazing for making that work!
You know, that may be one of the best answers I have ever recieved. Thank you so much

My Wing was doing this also. I changed the name from wallpaper.gif to Wallpaper.gif and it works fine now.

Worked!
Worked fine for me; thx!

works after the registry key change, but....
It works lousy if you activate the callerID. When you get a call , the internal phone app. takes over the S2U2, and after you finish the call the screen just remained in the position of the incoming call picture of the S2U2 and you cannot do anything except soft-reset. :-(
Does anyone has an idea or suggestion?
TIA/Zohar

sorry for my stupid q:
may i know why you choose s2u2 instead of the WM6 built-in key-lock feature? just due to big wallpaper instead of the Today screen, or some other great features attracted you?

Hey good question.
I prefer it because its a sleeker interface to go with a sleek device and also mainly because it annoys iPhone users that I know.

mini_man said:
Hey good question.
I prefer it because its a sleeker interface to go with a sleek device and also mainly because it annoys iPhone users that I know.
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haha.. lol
i personally like the big caller photo most. yet i still can't make up my mind on using it for long term, because now sliding out the keypad can only wake up the device but no longer unlock it. and personally i still prefer using the green/red keys to answer/reject calls, which means the built-in key-lock feature can also do.

..and one more
It seems that all the keys and everything is locked except the iCube.
This can be activated even thouth the S2 is in keylock state.

zoharbl said:
It seems that all the keys and everything is locked except the iCube.
This can be activated even thouth the S2 is in keylock state.
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(for Sprint Touch (Vogue) and Touch Dual (Nike))
you can lock the cube as well by adding this reg key:
[HKLM\Software\HTC\Biotouch\Disable4SpecificApp\S2U 2]
"ClassName" = "S2U2"

is the ' ' space at the end of the key name correct? 'S2U 2' or should it be 'S2U2'?

gmlogan said:
is the ' ' space at the end of the key name correct? 'S2U 2' or should it be 'S2U2'?
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no space. just S2U2.

AWSOME new software for wm5/wm6 PPC's (FREE)

hey guys i just stumbled into a nice new(launched 1-1-08) program called Pointui it's a skin program for wm5 & wm6 phones. i am running it right now on my wing and i love the damn thing. but don't take my word for it check out what JASON CHEN from Gismondo had to say about it :http://gizmodo.com/339835/pointui-sk...?autoplay=true . btw guys i am in now way whatsoever affiliated to whoever made the program, i've learned so many things about my wing from this site that i just wanted to give everyone a heads up. again the program it totally free with absolutley no hoops to jump through.
btw the program has to be installed through activesync ( just so u know) also the link to the website it at the bottom of the review.

please only one thread for one and the same thing....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=356177

papamopps said:
please only one thread for one and the same thing....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=356177
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yeah i know sorry i thought i was posting it here but for some reason i posted it under accessories, i just wanna get the word out. i know alot of ppl will like it.

Is it Skinnable?
Can we change the skin?
That Blue is really boring to me...
Great program, i'll test it soom...

So I decided to play around with this for a minute to see how well it works....I'm pretty bored at work. Anyway, i installed pontui home and it works pretty nice. I also installed OTO on touch task and calandar program. Once i did this on my bottom bar where i have my contacts and calandar, the calandar button now says HOME but still activates the calandar. I removed and deleted both programs to see if i could figure it out and it continues to say HOME. I did a soft reset and still nothing. Any ideas?
correction..... The home button actually prompts pontui to start and once activated, if you press the button again it prompts the calander. I want my calander button to prompt the calandar not the program. anyone with experience?

after installing pointui.
hkcu\software\microsoft\today\keys\112
default = calandar
open = \windows\calandar.exe
but then you have to choose point.ui somewhere else on a button or put a link into
\windows\startup
btw - after editing the key -powercycle (3 sec push power and say yes)
mrmikemcguire said:
So I decided to play around with this for a minute to see how well it works....I'm pretty bored at work. Anyway, i installed pontui home and it works pretty nice. I also installed OTO on touch task and calandar program. Once i did this on my bottom bar where i have my contacts and calandar, the calandar button now says HOME but still activates the calandar. I removed and deleted both programs to see if i could figure it out and it continues to say HOME. I did a soft reset and still nothing. Any ideas?
correction..... The home button actually prompts pontui to start and once activated, if you press the button again it prompts the calander. I want my calander button to prompt the calandar not the program. anyone with experience?
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papamopps said:
after installing pointui.
hkcu\software\microsoft\today\keys\112
default = calandar
open = \windows\calandar.exe
but then you have to choose point.ui somewhere else on a button or put a link into
\windows\startup
btw - after editing the key -powercycle (3 sec push power and say yes)
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Thank you! much appreciated. I actually figured it out and was comming back to edit my post. But again, thank you for your prompt response!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355961
have a look here

I didn't know this was available yet! How much RAM does it eat?

hidavi said:
I didn't know this was available yet! How much RAM does it eat?
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don´t know- some told about 13mb - but i cannot belive it. isntall - try and report
hehe

Doesn't surprise me. I mean, look how slick that looks?

it uses about 4mb
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I didn't know this was available yet! How much RAM does it eat?
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i'm running the stock t-mo ruu without the t-mo customizations
and after 5 reboots (to make sure ram use is consistent) i show 4 megs of use (from 16mb down to 12mb) the program works very well but there is room for improvement, ie you cannot shutdown programs only minimize them. one thing i really like is that the weather feature works fine with the 5.99 proxy, there is no need to set it up, it works right off the bat. i suggest you give it a try.

You CAN shut them down, when app is opened, just press the top bar,
there you can choose Force Close, only counterpart is that .Home
goes back to your normal Today-Screen

In thier forum they have a link to download a modified .exe for the app that closes applications instead of minimizing them. Them forum link is here

Xperia X1 Constant Crashing

This is something i've never experienced with a windows mobile phone and i've had a ton with much worse hardware. My Xperia has crashed like 25x today and i just got it this morning. Granted i've been adding a lot of software and playing around with the device but the way it crashes is what i don't like. It just shuts off and restarts abruptly. It seems like it has to do with this panel system. When i press the panel button the phone crashes or restarts. Sometimes it just works fine but not often. Is anyone else seeing that? I have the touch 3d installed as well.

Mine has yet to crash. Although I haven't installed hardly any SW. Here's what I have installed:
Touch HD Keyboards
FlashLite3.1
SPB Panel
MissingSync
XperiaTweak1.6
I'm trying to take the software installs slow. I'm still feeling out the device and WM too.
Have you tried removing TF3D? I'm holding out until the bugs get worked out.

Yea i just did that and it seems stable now. I think i have to agree with u. It has too many bugs but it was nice to use for a second :-D I wonder why windows freaks out from this software.
I'm really hoping someone comes out with a the utility that asks you how u want connect ur device when you plug it in. I miss that from my touch pro.

i had the same problems! After i got rid of TouchFlo 3D all was fine again, so there seem to be issues with that.

Uninstall TouchFlo3D. For sure is the guilty
Dani

As a lot of people stated here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=428351&page=21
TFL3D works well in X1 until you press the switch panel button. So until things are ironed out it is either TFL3D or panels.

its the touch flow 3d! it happenned to me

Well its official :-D Touch flo3D is gone. I wonder if its possible to skin spb mobile shell panel. I really hate the look of the one that is on here.

I found TF3D unstable until I installed the soft keyboards from the Touch HD. Not had a crash since.

steelydan said:
I found TF3D unstable until I installed the soft keyboards from the Touch HD. Not had a crash since.
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hm thats interesting, can anybody confirm that ?

I had the keyboards installed and its not that TF3D was unstable it seems that TF3d makes the panels unstable. I think if u never press the panel button then u should be able to keep TF3D working decently

Bxsteez said:
Yea i just did that and it seems stable now. I think i have to agree with u. It has too many bugs but it was nice to use for a second :-D I wonder why windows freaks out from this software.
I'm really hoping someone comes out with a the utility that asks you how u want connect ur device when you plug it in. I miss that from my touch pro.
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Any other comparisons to the Touch Pro. I like the X1 but thought I would check out a Fuze when it hits stores on Nov 11th. I'll still be within my return window for Expansys. I do like my X1 so far though.

Bxsteez said:
Well its official :-D Touch flo3D is gone. I wonder if its possible to skin spb mobile shell panel. I really hate the look of the one that is on here.
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There is actually a very nice TF3D skin for SPB Mobile Shell.
Edit: Forgot to mention that the skin has been named Touch Diamond Skin, its not WVGA resolution either so it probably wouldn't look all that great.
Here is a link if you want to give it a shot..obviously it doesn't work like TF3D does, but you can see in the video on the page is "similar."
http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=5675

veloaudio said:
Any other comparisons to the Touch Pro. I like the X1 but thought I would check out a Fuze when it hits stores on Nov 11th. I'll still be within my return window for Expansys. I do like my X1 so far though.
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Hmm i have a few comparisons but they are probably stuff u already know. The touch pro keyboard is a million times better. Its way more comfortable. The touch pro light sensor management is better as well. I like touch flow 3d more than i like the panels. The volume rocker on the touch pro is way better too. Speaking of volume the speaker volume of touch pro is MUCH LOUDER. I can't hear anything when someone is on speaker phone with the xperia.
The xperia's triangular call and end buttons are too small for my fat fingers i find myself hitting the panel button quite a bit when i try and make a call. Other than those things i think the xperia is the greatest phone i've ever used. I still have my touch pro and i'm gladly selling it. Oh and i would say get the touch pro or change the keyboard mapping or something cause the stupid fuze gets rid of the ctrl key which means no more cool shortcuts which is something i loved. Then again u do get an ok key it all depends on ur use.

Hi, I have also experienced the frequent crashing of my X1 when running TF3D and then switching to Panels using the PanelButton.
This is my current work around for this problem:
1. I have assigned my LeftButton to call a Mortscript that toggles TF3D on or off.
The script first kills of the Panelmanager.exe process and then launches TF3D.
2. When I want to switch panels I first press my LeftButton to kill of TF3D and then
press the PanelButton as usual.
It seems that my crashes mainly occur when TF3D and Panelmanager.exe are running at the same time.
To use the script just make a .mscr file with the following:
# Toggle TouchFlo 3D in HTC Diamond
bool = ProcExists("Manila.exe")
bool1 = ProcExists("PanelManager.exe")
If (bool1)
Kill("PanelManager.exe")
EndIf
If (bool)
Kill("Manila.exe")
If (NOT WndActive("Desktop"))
Show("Desktop")
EndIf
Else
Run("Manila.exe")
EndIf
Please note I found the idea to toggle TF3D from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=398285

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Slide-2-Unlock on HD2 ?

Would someone lucky enough to actually own a HD2 already
(thursday 6th Nov. 2009)
try out the http://s2u2.ac-s2.com/ SLIDE 2 UnLock v2 version (free)
This app will give you full screen photos when someone is calling you,
has a very nice homescreen with SMS, Email,Weather and all.
On the 6.5.1.ROM's on the HD it doesn't work well anymore.
Please test this on HD2.
File is attached from http://s2u2.ac-s2.com/
Hmmzz cannot attach the file even tho filesize is < OK

lucid said:
Would someone lucky enough to actually own a HD2 already
(thursday 6th Nov. 2009)
try out the http://s2u2.ac-s2.com/ SLIDE 2 UnLock v2 version (free)
This app will give you full screen photos when someone is calling you,
has a very nice homescreen with SMS, Email,Weather and all.
On the 6.5.1.ROM's on the HD it doesn't work well anymore.
Please test this on HD2.
File is attached from http://s2u2.ac-s2.com/
Hmmzz cannot attach the file even tho filesize is < OK
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I would want to try it, but I don't see why it's usefull.... The Windows 6.5 Slide to unlock works very good!

xmoo said:
I would want to try it, but I don't see why it's usefull.... The Windows 6.5 Slide to unlock works very good!
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But you can't see "Tasks" with the Windows 6.5 Slide to unlock !...

Noam23 said:
But you can't see "Tasks" with the Windows 6.5 Slide to unlock !...
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That is correct, will think about it, and will try mayb when I get back @ home.

disable hardware keys
S2U2 works fine on my HD2 (though I don't use the CallerID function).
The only problem is that all hardware keys (except volume) wake up the phone. And worst, a long press on on-off key start the power-off panel (quite troublesome given that you can shutdown the phone accidentaly in your pocket).
Someone has a solution ?

superfougere said:
And worst, a long press on on-off key start the power-off panel (quite troublesome given that you can shutdown the phone accidentaly in your pocket).
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I think it's ridiculously unlikely that that will ever happen! Do you keep random button pressing machines in your pockets?
I've had mine for 2 weeks now, and it's not even been out of standby mode when I've taken it out of my pocket, ever.

xmoo said:
I would want to try it, but I don't see why it's usefull.... The Windows 6.5 Slide to unlock works very good!
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Apart from the fact that wm6.5 slide to unlock doesn't show all day appointment
By the way s2u2 works fine to me.

johncmolyneux said:
I think it's ridiculously unlikely that that will ever happen! Do you keep random button pressing machines in your pockets?
I've had mine for 2 weeks now, and it's not even been out of standby mode when I've taken it out of my pocket, ever.
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I've had the problem of power-off panel yesterday, that's why I ask this question.
And the problem for the other hardware key is that it is battery draining to have the screen on (and I don't wear baggies, thus it happen quite regurlarly)

Already installed on my HD2 very nice, anyone know how to disable the slider lock of origin HD2?

Look at the sticky "Leo hints and tips" item 27 Disable Auto Screen Lock

You can disable the original slider with the cab in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4996782&postcount=2961
Also all day appointments is an option in the settings you need to enable!
S2u2 Works perfectly for me BTW, on HD2

bakskj said:
You can disable the original slider with the cab in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4996782&postcount=2961
Also all day appointments is an option in the settings you need to enable!
S2u2 Works perfectly for me BTW, on HD2
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thanks, you make my day.
i'm using this cab: S2U2 QVGA/WQVGA version
is the one to HD2? i think so.

pack21 said:
thanks, you make my day.
i'm using this cab: S2U2 QVGA/WQVGA version
is the one to HD2? i think so.
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You're wrong, get the VGA/WVGA for HD2

superfougere said:
The only problem is that all hardware keys (except volume) wake up the phone. And worst, a long press on on-off key start the power-off panel (quite troublesome given that you can shutdown the phone accidentaly in your pocket).
Someone has a solution ?
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You are right. S2U2 lacks a quick resleep function (which is present in TouchLockPro). When TouchLockPro has fixed the G-sensor detection, I think it is way better than S2U2 in terms of locking (except that it doesn't have the sexy interface). I don't really care what it shows on the screen when it is locked.
No, with S2U2 active, I can't long press the end key to turn off the phone without first slide-unlocking.
Fortunately, the panel is still locked after HD2 is waked up by a hard key. At least it won't be sending mails or dialing phones in your pocket.

superfougere said:
And worst, a long press on on-off key start the power-off panel (quite troublesome given that you can shutdown the phone accidentaly in your pocket).
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Thats not true. With the newest version that doesn't happen. I tried to replicate the behavior and nothing...

Ive asked this question on another thread but has anyone noticed a problem with caller ID, if the image is from a linked facebook profile it doesn't show up when someone calls.

monty_rm said:
Ive asked this question on another thread but has anyone noticed a problem with caller ID, if the image is from a linked facebook profile it doesn't show up when someone calls.
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for caller id pics u need s2v and add contact pics from it

MerLinh said:
for caller id pics u need s2v and add contact pics from it
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The pictures aren't actually on the phone though, they are just retrieved from facebook. Is there any way you can get S2V to utilise them?

monty_rm said:
The pictures aren't actually on the phone though, they are just retrieved from facebook. Is there any way you can get S2V to utilise them?
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well in that case you have to download them, get a nice fullscreen image, believe me its very impressive when someone calls you and its pic is fullscreen and clear

Bit of help please:
Do I have to uninstall S2U2 Version 1.62 before I install Ver 2.24 please?
Or can I just install ver 2.24 over 1.62?
Thanks