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Hi All
This is for the Imate III users and gurus out there.
After much teeth gnashing, hair pulling and Im sure a few new wrinkles Ive come to this conclusion.
The Imate III appears to lock the today item registry key preventing modification of today settings even though you have deselected the today item. This seems to be locked until such times as you soft reset the device.
In some cases this effectively leaves the key in place even after the removal of the item using remove programs.
A couple of people have highlighted this when trying to upgrade from one version to a later version of software. Wouldnt have been noticable except that I changed where I installed the application from the Windows directory to its own directory under Program Files.
What appears to be the fix is to deselect the plugin from the today screen. Then soft reset, then remove the program. After all this then install the new version.
BTW the Imate II doesnt have this problem. You still cant delete the programs main key until soft reset but the today manager does do its thing correctly in the today item part of the registry.
Any suggestions of what might be causing this and what would be the best way to tackle this would be very appreciated.
Cheers
Bretto
If anyone can help me. I would thank you 1million times. Ive searched and searched and searched and couldnt find the answer. Heres the problem:
When i hit buttons on the slideout keyboard, the letters come out wrong.
For example
When I press "i" it shows ".i"
When I press "q" it shows "zq"
When I press "e" it shows "ce"
When I press "g" it shows "lg"
When I press "l" it shows "lg"
When I press "z" it shows "zq"
When I press "c" it shows "ce"
Pleaseee help me!. Ive tried everything. Im using ROM 2.17, it had the same problem even with the original ROM.
did you check your registry yet? Go to
\HKCU(HK Current User)\ControlPanel\Keybd
And see if you have a key named "Locale". If you do what number does is have. For english keyboard it should be 0809. if you don´t see anything in that folder calles locale create a new String named "Locale" and set the value to 0809. then power your device down with the off button and switch it back on again. If that didn´t help.i have no idea.
i have the key "locale" already set with hex 0809. I guess thats not it. Im still trying to fix this thing. i really wished i knew what caused this to happen. it sucks not being able to use the slide out keyboard.
has it been like this from the beginning or when did it start?
try changing it to let´s say german settings and see if it still happens. change the value to 0407. you can always chang it back.
that didnt work either. I cant remember exactly when it happened. Im pretty sure I didnt buy it like this. Even after the ROM upgrade they keyboard problem still exists..
Would you or anyone else give me the settings from their HTC Wizard phone at HKCU/Control panel/Keybd ?
Mine look like this:
DefaultKeyLock 1 (0X000001)
EnableIndicator 1 (0x000001)
InitialDelay 375 (0x000177)
Locale 0407 (was just changed, but i will change it back)
MuteSwitch 1 (0x000001)
repeatrate 8 (0x000008)
ShowWangingMsg 1 (0x000001)
the settings are the same as in my registry. did you do a hard reset bevore you flashed the new rom on your device. that should have reset your regestry also. and if that was the case then i don´t believe that it´s a registry problem. Do you have any thirdparty software on that might conflict with the keyboard? maybe some SIP program or something?
just to make suer. check under
HKLM\Hardware\Devicemap\Keybd
CalVKey 0
ContLessVKey 0
ContMoreVKey 0
DriverName keybddr.dll
TaskmanVKey 35
just wondering what you have there.
hmm... If i do a hard reset now, would could go wrong? Do i lose any settings? does it revert back to factory defaults?
How do you do a hard reset anyway?
Do you think I should try that ?
This is whats listed in "Remove Programs" under system settings:
PC Counselor Tweaks2k2.NET
XDA Developers Registry Wizard
PHM Registry Editor
Zoki A2DP
Cingular Get Xpress Mail
FdcSoft PPCContactsMgr
ammar Wireless Today Plugin
yes a hard reset delets everything of your phone and then reinstalls the rom. so you loose any data that you have on your phone and it puts all settings back to factory default. and you have to install everything from scratch.
for a hard reset you need to hold the comm and voic dial button on the sides of the phone pressed and push the reset button with your stylus.
But that should only be the last option.
I dont have anything stored on memory anyway. I keep everything on my storage card. So losing everything is not a problem. I even have the pim file stored on my memory card that holds all my contacts info.
So by doing this, it will revert back to original ROM?
Wheres the reset button on the phone? How can u press it with the stylus?
yes it will clear your storage on the phone and then install the rom you have on there from scratch.
the reset button is the small hole under the IR on the left side of your device. be sure to sync before you do a hard reset to have your contact/calender/mails all backed up. If you have any reg tweaks made you will have to change those again after the hard reset because they will also be back to default.
Hey, sorry to bug you still but when i press the 2 buttons on the side (comm and voice), a recoding window pops up then when i press the reset button, it does reset, but it comes back up, nothing got erased.....
yeah it´s a bit tricky. try turning the phone off first. then when it´s off press and hold the two buttons and press reset. make sure you hold the comm and voic dial button until you get a grey screen which askes you to press send to format. Send is the green phone button.
OK, its formatting right now. I will let you know how it goes.
I had to turn it off, turn it back on. As soon as i turned it on, before it even loads up, I had to press both buttons and hold down the reset button. You're right, was a bit tricky.
Well, I hope this works! =)
I will let you know how it goes in about 5min.
That didnt help any. It formatted and reloaded everything but not to factory defaults. It still shows as ROM 2.17 etc.
that´s the last rom you have on there. it only resets to the factory setttings of the rom which is currently on your phone.
yeah. I need to find the factory ROM somewhere.
Unfortunately I cant access ftp servers from my pc here @ work.
which version do you want? you can try a new one if your phone is unlocked. i just recently put on the new Mr.Clean 2.3 rom and like it pretty much actually. I can access the ftp here from work. if you want i can email you the file you want.
You wouldnt believe it, but i downgraded back to 1.xx and still had the problem, im currently upgrading back to 2.17.
I opene dup the port to allow me ftp access from here.
Whats the link to get to the rom you use?
then i really don´t think that it´s a software problem. maybe you should contact your customer support. the rom i have you can get here
ftp://xda:[email protected]/Wizard/Roms/MrClean_RUU_WIZARD_224a_AKU23_WWE.zip
sorry i couldn´t help. hope you find a way to fix it. i couldn´t live to have a keyboard i can´t use.
How can i get it?
Just upgraded to 2.3, having the same problem
how do i change the pad?
has anyone else problem with the htc home customizer??
i need to take a hard reset after rebooting
Same thing
You have to change the originale HTC Home with Kaiser.HTC.Home.v2.0.814.722-schen
But i prefer keep 4 tabs 'cause the display is smaller and tabs would became too small
I hv the same problem,
finally I need to restore the backup file ....
I used HHC without installing any homeplugins.
Just installed HHC and modfied the original homeplug from the device.
No problems so far.
But i have a xda star (o2 branded dual), so the roms may differ...
Same here - worked like a charm
Same here it crashed on me!! had to hard reset! I guess it only works with certain touch dual ROM's e.g. O2.
Hi Folks.. just tried the HHC also and cant enter the device lock code.. no response of any soft or hard key of my nike (o2 xda star)
any chance to solve that without hard reset? made so many customizations without backing up
Hi guys, when you installed the customizer into the phone, did you ever see an error message "Can't find the tapsetting" ? I guess this is the main problem ....
DO NOT touch the "Tabsetting" key!!
i tried to manually add the "Tabsetting" key under HTCHome... now, like after installing HHC, all soft & physical keys not responding.
hard reset in progress...
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(further update)
seems the HTCHome version can really handle this key... yet i couldn't find the right data type and data value to enable the music player tab.... i could only find some possible values that lead to zero tab or disabling all soft & physical keys.
Guys,
I've a worster problem that is after install htc customizer my touch Dual goes nuts and neither soft and hard reset solved the problem.
I say worster, because at this moment I even can't start my Touch Dual. It block always or in windows screen or in PIN screen and don't let me write anything.
I don't have more ideas.
CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
t0p0gigi0 said:
Guys,
I've a worster problem that is after install htc customizer my touch Dual goes nuts and neither soft and hard reset solved the problem.
I say worster, because at this moment I even can't start my Touch Dual. It block always or in windows screen or in PIN screen and don't let me write anything.
I don't have more ideas.
CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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Done
Stupid manual..... say to do ENTER to reset phone, but do not specified that enter is not exactly the enter key of keypad but it's the key in middle of direction cursors that is between RED and GREEN keys.
At least I hope this helps anyone.
UK Orange Touch Dual here, no problem with HHC at all
U have to change the language of the HHC, i had the same problem with italian HHC and English Home plugin.
After reboot, WM6 don't loads. ( sorry 4 my bad english )
Haven't encounter no problems, works smoothly and nicely.
I bought an xv6700 with a broken touchscreen. The guy I bought it from said that it could be navigated decently with just the buttons. But before he gave it to me he hard reset it and now it is stuck on the screen saying "Tap the screen to set up your Windows Mobile based device." I tried pressing all the buttons and doing hard and soft resets, but nothing will get me past that screen. I don't really want to get a new digitizer because the guy who sold it had tried that already and it hadn't worked.
Anyone have any ideas to get past that first screen? Is there some way that I could access it through my PC and modify some file that would make it think that I had set it up already? (I flashed it with wm6 if that makes any difference.)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
News Flash!!!
I figured out that if I hold in the action button and press the windows logo key, it will skip past the first screen. But now it's on the 'align screen' screen. There has got to be a key combination to skip past that too. So.... I'll keep pressing buttons.
i dont think its posible because it ask you to do a lot of touch programs after that
not to seem pesamistice but if it dosn't work out can i buy your talk end keys module
I have the same exact problem with my 6700.. (this was days before my contract with Verizon ended)
The touch screen stopped working and I thought a hard reset might fix it, but now i'm stuck at the Welcome screen..
I upgraded to the 6800/mogul and updated to No2Chem's 6.1 rom. I noticed that he removed the welcome center and it booted right to the today screen.
I will have to ask him how he removed it and find an Apache rom to modify.
Solution
1. Connect device to PC using Activesync.
2. In Activesync click explore.
3. Navigate to Windows/Startup
4. Delete the 'Welcome' file.
5. Reboot.
I downloaded a program called 'fake cursor' which lets you use the buttons to move a cursor on the screen. Most things can be done with just the buttons though.
I have the same problem. My PDA is HTC TyTN and I have WM6 installed. But I can't find any Startup folder. I've found welcom.exe and welcome.lnk, but they can not be deleted. Help to solve the "initial set-up" problem.
axissolutions said:
I have the same problem. My PDA is HTC TyTN and I have WM6 installed. But I can't find any Startup folder. I've found welcom.exe and welcome.lnk, but they can not be deleted. Help to solve the "initial set-up" problem.
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Same Prob here want to use the phone but no way to get past "tap the target firmly" "tap the screen to set up your windows mobile-based device" or and dont want to brick the phone by using a rom without unlocker think I saw somewhere you could use ceregeditor but tried deleting the welcome center in hkclassesroot and still does same thing
pmcculfor said:
1. Connect device to PC using Activesync.
2. In Activesync click explore.
3. Navigate to Windows/Startup
4. Delete the 'Welcome' file.
5. Reboot.
I downloaded a program called 'fake cursor' which lets you use the buttons to move a cursor on the screen. Most things can be done with just the buttons though.
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ps. are these instructions fpr wm 6 or 5?
Bump, what file to delete in what Registry to skip tap to setup?
Bump, what file to delete in what Registry section to skip tap to setup? 6.1 pretty please?!
pmcculfor said:
I figured out that if I hold in the action button and press the windows logo key, it will skip past the first screen. But now it's on the 'align screen' screen. There has got to be a key combination to skip past that too. So.... I'll keep pressing buttons.
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i have the same problem with my x1i pls which is the action button
solution fix the screen cheap prices
Best solution is to fix the screen cheap prices
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Hello,
Connect you phone to your PC with Activesync and browse.
create an empty text file and rename it "welcome.not"
Place it in the root of your phone storage and reboot.
It's magic !
It worked for me but now I have this problem : how to substitute the soft keys ???
Most of the menus ask for the "OK" or "Cancel" with the 2 soft keys on the screen... how to deal with that ??
Thanks for your replies
Hello,
im using an old htc magician with wm2003.
so i can only use the wm2003 PointUi.
my question is, can i change the icons of the 4 buttons down ?
(i cant post images, so i remove them...what a shame)
when looking in google picture search, there re tody screens with 2 or 4 buttons down, some have like me a star button, other have there music button.
id like to change the buttons and programs when pressed, also id like to remove in the middle of the screen the clock, task and so on.
any one can please help me on this ?
thanks !