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Hi Guys,
I've made available the dialler skins and ring tones that I've put together on http://www.howardshortt.com
If you'd like to request a ring tone or have a specific graphic you'd like to be a dialler skin, let me know and if I can I will make them for ya.
Cheerio
Howard
thanks hshortt for the phone skins...
i appreciate that a lot
regards ize|man
thanks m8!
Good stuff
Thank you
We love everything altruistic on XDA forums!
thanks
You guys are most welcome!
Drop me a note if you have a favourite song that you'd like to be a ring tone, if I have it I'll make it.
Cheers
Howard
It doesn't bother me, but people on the other end of the line complain that the beeping the Tytn makes when changing volume during a call is too loud. Especially the beep at the top end of the volume slider.
I did a little digging (after searching and checking the wiki fruitlessly) and found a solution that I thought I'd share. 8) I'm new here so I'll let someone else update the wiki if this looks useful.
There are actually 3 different sounds in play here: the one at the bottom end of the slider (quietest), the one in the middle posisitions (standard), and the one at the top end of the slider (loudest). These are handled by 3 registry keys:
HKCU\ControlPanel\Sounds\LoudestInCallVolume
HKCU\ControlPanel\Sounds\QuietestInCallVolume
HKCU\ControlPanel\Sounds\StandardInCallVolume
within each of these keys the default 'Script' value is 'p' for 'play'
Change the 'Script' value to blank (erase the 'p')
Now the sounds won't be played and won't annoy your friends. Bonus - at least perceived by me - since the tytn isn't playing those sounds, the volume actually changes MUCH FASTER, practically instantaneously - the way you'd (or at least I'd) like it to.
Hope this is useful to someone...
Great - that really REALLY bugged the hell out of me! One for fit4cat Hermes Tweaker maybe?
Wiki updated, but don't be shy to do it yourself next time
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Registry
BTW, the tweak works perfect on my TyTN, thanks!
Great! I'm glad I wasn't the only one. Thanks pof.
Thank you so much.
Excellent update!
nice one! that was doing my nut!
FANTASTIC
This is my first post to this forum... and I have to say that since buying my TyTN I have been plagued with the obvious "buying it in france and wanting it in english with the french HW keyb" problems, and then annoying things like the volume beeps were just exasperating.
This has made a huge difference
THANK YOU very much!!!
sorry guys but i forgot to go into the registry editing... how can i do it? thanks ;-) and sorry
jasjar said:
sorry guys but i forgot to go into the registry editing... how can i do it? thanks ;-) and sorry
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You need to use 3rd party software, like PHM Registry editor or Resco Registry...
I fixed my problem when i updated my tytn with imate rom. Now, volume changes are faster with no annoying sound.
Very nice!!!
Thanks - Rich
Thank you! It's always nice to find these new tweaks, and this one certainly makes a noticeable difference.
Thanks for the tweak, my ears are pleased with it already!!
nice one cheers!!
WOW ! I didn't realize so many people would benefit from this. I didn't find any discussion of it when I searched.
Glad I could help. I won't be shy about posting new stuff I find in the future.
I also suffered from this stupid htc/windows programing bug.
Thank you!!
I read about and implemented this right after you posted it. It works a treat.
THANKS!
Nice one, mightyeric. I've spread the word on other forums... (but made sure I credited you!!!)
Does anyone have the skills to make this into a CAB for easy install?
Excellent, thanks for the tip- My 'dial' sound seems to have changed or corrupted somehow (I don't see how I would have changed it) so I've turned it off now- very handy- thanks
Am new to Windows Mobile and would really appreciate if someone could answer atleast some of my doubts.
1) The speakers ... is that the loudest we can go? I have a P1i that I tweaked thanks to Swmail and its like real loud!
2) Most decent Nokia have a feature that when a call is received "speaks out" the caller name from the address book. Do we have a similar option in Xperia/ Windows Mobile?
3) When I receive a call, the callers name is almost invisible ... I mean its so small that a person like me having below average vision has trouble figuring out the caller's name! Is there no in built tweak to rectify this problem?
4) I have downloaded and installed the MyLostBlog HTC Calculator.cab ... why are all the backgrounds black for most softwares around here??? Is it not possible to adjust colours to go with the theme? I mean, can I just not install any software and the theme gives the software the looks?
Having got the Xperia, I'm now in a stage where I have to learn the OS fresh ... feels uncomfortable with all the small fonts and buttons. I'm now wondering if this was a mistake and if I should give up so soon or work my way into comfort zone!
Your advises and help will help me hang on!
Cheers!
1 - I'm sorry, but this was a mistake by SE. The speaker is awful, but there is nothing you can do about it. I wish we had stereo speakers on par with the N95 too. When I use it for video or audio, I always put my headphones. I don't see a problem about it. The only irritating thing is that you won't be able to hear the ringtome, but that is what vibration is for right?
2 - There are many programs that do this. I haven't tested them, because I find the feature annoying. Do it on your own risk:
Voice Call
Phone Tray Free
Ascendis Caller ID
Audio Caller ID
and many more. Just use google .
3 - You need a program like SPB Phone Suit or PhoneEx 1.3 (the one I'm using). PhoneEx is great. Big names and numbers. It is very finger friendly.
4 - Because black = cool. After all everyone wants to be Mr. Black (10 points to whoever caught the reference ). Anyways, HTC devices are black and the Xperia most people have is black, so people make programs with black fonts.
And no, the theme cannot change the colours of the programs that you install.
You say that you are a new WinMo user. Well, that means that you have to read and learn a lot of things. No way around that. WinMo is not intuitive. It is not like most of the smartphones or featurephones with their flashy, but often useless oparating systems. It is annoying at the beggining, but when you learn how it works and get the little quirks here and there, it will become the best operating system for ppc's.
Plus, there are literally countless number of applications for WinMo and a lot of them are free.
Xperia has great touchscreen that allows you to click even the little icons with ease. If it is not responsive, you should change the settings for the screen sensitivity. Start>Settings>Screen or use this method, but be careful what you do and read the instructions carefully:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=485037&highlight=screen+sensitivity
It really depends on what kind of phone you want. Xperia is perfect for me and as I have said before, I cannot imagine my life without it. If you want to have a pocket pc with you and if you are preapred to spend many hours reainstalling, hard-reseting and tweaking, then you have made the right choice.
A piece of advice I give to every newcomer:
Read the topics in this forum. Just open random topics and learn about your device. Use the search functions. 99% of all your question have been answered in other threads.
I had some experience with WinMo when I bought the X1, but I wasn't very good. Now, I have full control over every aspect of my device. It has integrated itself in my way of life. All thanks to this forum...
I don't want to promote myself in any way, but check this thread out. I have put some random thoughts concerning the X1 there :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=506512
Cheers
For bigger incoming call notification you can also use a few other options:
-S2U2 has slide to answer support
-the touch HD caller also offers full screen caller ID
-resco (don`t know for sure)
orelsi said:
1 - I'm sorry, but this was a mistake by SE. The speaker is awful, but there is nothing you can do about it. I wish we had stereo speakers on par with the N95 too. When I use it for video or audio, I always put my headphones. I don't see a problem about it. The only irritating thing is that you won't be able to hear the ringtome, but that is what vibration is for right?
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Sorry but this is absolutely wrong... I used the OPTXperiabeta02.cab and experienced great loudness from that single speaker and hear the ring all the time, in fact the cab worked so well that I had to turn the sound down for calls as well... too loud...
Shadowdh said:
Sorry but this is absolutely wrong... I used the OPTXperiabeta02.cab and experienced great loudness from that single speaker and hear the ring all the time, in fact the cab worked so well that I had to turn the sound down for calls as well... too loud...
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No problem. We are here to help each other aren't we?
You can make it louder, but the SOUND QUALITY will not change. There is no bass and the high frequencies sound awful. The speaker is tiny and of bad quality. You had to turn it down, because the sound was unpleasant. Am I right?
I installed optxperia, too, and am very happy that I can hear my phone ringing better. The sound is somewhat distorted due to the limited speaker quality, so I turned it down. I am enjoying having good volume for games, alarms, and calls, though!
I don't need great speakers on a phone, because they are never going to equal the sound quality of good headphones, anyway. I always listen to music with really good headphones for a better listening experience, as I'm picky about sound quality.
i also help big problem looking at the caller id for incoming calls. stressing my eyes to do it. which application is better? where can i download PhoneEx 1.3?
thanks
Thanks orelsi for your detailed explanations ... it is really appreciated
A couple of googles later and I've got the Phonex 1.3.5 with which I am very happy now! Loyjwe ... if you are googling it, be sure to get the one for WM6.
@orelsi you mentioned a couple of programs such as Voice Call, Phone Tray Free, Ascendis Caller ID, Audio Caller ID. Do these work with windows mobile? I searched, but I go the general feeling that they were all for the regular windows.
As regards "black" ... yeah I guess I got myself the 10 points ... anyways, I'm a person that loves the colour blue and feel uncomfortable with black ... get a kind of "black is unlucky" feel! I'm certain I saw a link somewhere where I can set backgrounds everywhere to a picture I like ... guess I'll search for it!
@Shadowdh ... thank you for the OPTXperiabeta02.cab suggestion. Just got hold of it and will see if I'm happy with it
Generally .. a nice start! I guess I'll have more queries as I go along .., guess I really have to get used to WinMo
Thanks
Gibbs said:
I installed optxperia, too, and am very happy that I can hear my phone ringing better. The sound is somewhat distorted due to the limited speaker quality, so I turned it down. I am enjoying having good volume for games, alarms, and calls, though!
I don't need great speakers on a phone, because they are never going to equal the sound quality of good headphones, anyway. I always listen to music with really good headphones for a better listening experience, as I'm picky about sound quality.
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I prefer headphones too, but the N95's great stereo speakers + surround are something amazing...
loyjwe said:
i also help big problem looking at the caller id for incoming calls. stressing my eyes to do it. which application is better? where can i download PhoneEx 1.3?
thanks
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I have tested many apps and I find that PhoneEx is the best for me personally. Remember that it messes with your 3G video calling though. I hope they fix that in future versions.
Paparasee said:
Thanks orelsi for your detailed explanations ... it is really appreciated
A couple of googles later and I've got the Phonex 1.3.5 with which I am very happy now! Loyjwe ... if you are googling it, be sure to get the one for WM6.
@orelsi you mentioned a couple of programs such as Voice Call, Phone Tray Free, Ascendis Caller ID, Audio Caller ID. Do these work with windows mobile? I searched, but I go the general feeling that they were all for the regular windows.
As regards "black" ... yeah I guess I got myself the 10 points ... anyways, I'm a person that loves the colour blue and feel uncomfortable with black ... get a kind of "black is unlucky" feel! I'm certain I saw a link somewhere where I can set backgrounds everywhere to a picture I like ... guess I'll search for it!
@Shadowdh ... thank you for the OPTXperiabeta02.cab suggestion. Just got hold of it and will see if I'm happy with it
Generally .. a nice start! I guess I'll have more queries as I go along .., guess I really have to get used to WinMo
Thanks
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No problemo. Feel free to ask , that's what I did hehe...
You can change the backgrounds in the menus of WinMo (the general theme), but I don't think you can change the colours of diff programs. That is what you wanted right?
I'm sorry abut the apps. I said that I never tested any of them. I just googled them . I asked around a little bit and here is what I got .
Try these:
Mobile Speak - (this one is for blind people, but maybe it can be set to say only callers' names and nothing else)
MS Voice Commander has such an option.
HollerID
Cheers
Seriously, if u hate the tiny fonts and un-user friendly UI on the X1, read up and flash a custom ROM.
Like "dumbphones", the ROM/firmware in WinMo phones can be upgraded. The biggest advantage / benefit of WinMo over any of the other "smartphone" OS's around is that there are loads of ppl who are willing to setup and build customised firmwares so u get the benefits and features of other (HTC!) phones....
Read up on "HardSPL" in the Custom ROMs section and give it a go - if u do it right there's no way u'll brick your phone and it'll come out the otherside like a brand new (completely different + better!) phone...
orelsi said:
No problem. We are here to help each other aren't we?
You can make it louder, but the SOUND QUALITY will not change. There is no bass and the high frequencies sound awful. The speaker is tiny and of bad quality. You had to turn it down, because the sound was unpleasant. Am I right?
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Hi mate... sorry for the seemingly terse post above, was studying for exams and so was trying to be quick...
Yes we are indeed mate... I did not have to turn it down due to rubbish quality rather it was very very loud... like another poster mentioned I tend to use earphones for listening to podcasts (rather than music) and when I play video its usually pretty decent if through the speakers... sure its not dolby etc but hey its such a little bitty speaker...
hi.
i need an application for my diamond to find it easier. maybe you guys know the old keychain-thing ... you make a whistle sound and the device made a sound so you could find your keychain.
i´m thinking about an app always running behind (so it should not be very power/ressource consuming) where you can simply choose the sound from your ringtones and maybe define the whistle-sound like on voice dial. in the final version integrated in the whole windows sound-option menu ... just dreamin´
hope there is a developer out there who likes the idea as much as i.
greetz from germany
ede
wow that would be awesome!
Great idea! Though I've never lost any phone, always know where it is
unless it is on silent like my one allways is. Afterall you could just phone your phone from an anotherone
I'd love something like that!
That would be a brilliant app.
Awesome idea
+1 for me, would be a nice feature!
+ 1.
Great idea !!!
glad you guys like the idea ... somebody out there capable of programming this?
sesese
sesesesses
is this really possible? i mean, if you put your phone somewhere and you don't use it for a certain time, it will switch to standby and then it won't hear you whistling
The new Microsoft My phone in the app store is free and you can make your phone ring, but you need to use your computer
As you may already know, the tones that came with the HD2 are lame So for ring tone, I use one of my fav songs. But I have trouble picking a tone for sms. I've searched the forum but most of the links offer cheesy sms tones like "hey baby" or something. So, does anyone know where can i get some classy sms tones? Thanks.
Weeell...
My idea of classy might be quite different to yours but check the link in my sig.. you might find something there.......
You can pretty much set any sound you want as long as you can get a hold of it on your computer, just cut out the part you want, save it as a .wav file and throw it in your /windows directory...
Theres plenty of free .wav editing software on download.com or other such sites.......
dan138zig said:
As you may already know, the tones that came with the HD2 are lame So for ring tone, I use one of my fav songs. But I have trouble picking a tone for sms. I've searched the forum but most of the links offer cheesy sms tones like "hey baby" or something. So, does anyone know where can i get some classy sms tones? Thanks.
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I have just remastered all the Street Fighter II Turbo sounds for my HD2.
I have 'Hadouken!' for SMS, 'Shoryuken!' for e-mail and 'Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku!' for MMS, and I use this for a ring tone!
Loads of good free ringtones here:
http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/
Kalavere said:
I have just remastered all the Street Fighter II Turbo sounds for my HD2.
I have 'Hadouken!' for SMS, 'Shoryuken!' for e-mail and 'Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku!' for MMS, and I use this for a ring tone!
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you have got to share the " Hadouken " please.....................
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Loads of good free ringtones here:
http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/
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thanks, but they're too flashy. i want simple elegant tones
if you can describe what kinda sounds you want I can make some custom tones for you........
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if you can describe what kinda sounds you want I can make some custom tones for you........
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like the default diamond sms tone. you know that? or:
http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/937695/windows-7-sms-ringtone/
http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/1034105/htc-sms-ringtone/
http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/1033160/best-2010-sms-ringtone/
http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/1032641/nice-sms-2010-ringtone/
Im sure if you ask nicely in the diamond forums somebody will be able to point you in the direction of the stock tones........
Or you can try these........ they're not the best but hey..............
http://audiko.net
Best ringtone site on the net bar none. There aren't many ringtones and message tones that haven't been uploaded by someone.
EDIT - make sure you change the search to audiko from the default Google search.
antilagman said:
you have got to share the " Hadouken " please.....................
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Here you go, I have remastered it for my phone so I have changed the volume level to suit my preference, if it's not quite right let me know and I'll redo it for you so it's a bit louder/quieter.
Kalavere said:
Here you go, I have remastered it for my phone so I have changed the volume level to suit my preference, if it's not quite right let me know and I'll redo it for you so it's a bit louder/quieter.
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Nice.. Thanks for sharing.......
Thank you
Anybody played splinter cell? Ive been after the sound where you switch on his night vision goggles.... searched high and low on google to no avail
http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/0-0-...night vision&searchcat=ringtones&sug-search=0
like those but they are abit short
ezee_gee said:
Anybody played splinter cell? Ive been after the sound where you switch on his night vision goggles.... searched high and low on google to no avail
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Is this the one?
Kalavere said:
Is this the one?
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Spot on mate thank you! im after a longer one but this will do thank you pal
ezee_gee said:
Spot on mate thank you! im after a longer one but this will do thank you pal
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You're going to love me.
*Edit* I did a remastered version, it sounds a little better to my ear, I'll leave the other one up as well.
*Edit 2* Definately go for the remastered version, it sounds much better.
Kalavere said:
You're going to love me.
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Indeed I do!!!! awesome work my man! you are indeed a legend cheers
just gotta wait for someone to txt me now