When my device is synced with my PC I get a shortcut to 'Mobile Device' on my PC If I click on that I can see the whole folder structure of my XDA. However, if I go into the 'databases' folder there's only a few databases there...
Where are the databases for tasks and appointments etc...does WM5 hide them from prying eyes in case we try to acccess them? :lol:
they are hidden in open view - files in the root folder.
Databases...
So, are they viewable AT ALL (ie by using a 3rd party utility)?
Thanks
I use this:
http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=152
Cheers
that won't help for WM5
Databases...
Thanks, brilliant! - Does it work under WM5?
Go for it...
Well, I installed it and it only show 2 databases. 'MSN moved' and 'MSN Contacts'
Am I doing something wrong here or does it not work with WM5
Thanks
HI,
I'm new to HTC and Windows mobile having come from iphone. I have a few teething problems and could do with some assistance. I have searched the forums but can't quite find the answers I'm looking for.
I've synced my Gmail account but it won't retrieve my old mail, how do I do this?
How do I find files that I have dragged on dropped into the "my documents" folder on my phone. I've dragged a folder of documents inc. word docs, excell and pdf's but I can't find them on the phone. How do I open these files using excel etc on the phone?
How do I add personal ringtones for my contacts?
I have read somewhere on here about an issue when making/receiving calls where the screen turns back on and your ear starts pressing all sorts of buttons/apps, has there been a fix for this and where do I find it as my phone has been doing this?
Cheers
I've figured out how to add personal ringtones, so that question doesn't need answering now.
to recieve old emails on your gmail account you need to change how far back you would like mail retrieved. this option can be found like this
email tab, any email account, press inbox, press menu, press tools, press options
now choose the account you want to edit
pick send/recieve schedule
now you can amend your sync settings
to assign a ring tone to a particular contact:
press start, press contacts, pick the contact you wish to edit, press menu, press edit
now find the ringtone field and add the tone you desire
As for finding editing files you should download a file explorer, total commander is popular and free
Resco explorer is better (my opinion only as its more finger friendly) but is not free
hope some of this helps
rumpleforeskin said:
to recieve old emails on your gmail account you need to change how far back you would like mail retrieved. this option can be found like this
email tab, any email account, press inbox, press menu, press tools, press options
now choose the account you want to edit
pick send/recieve schedule
now you can amend your sync settings
to assign a ring tone to a particular contact:
press start, press contacts, pick the contact you wish to edit, press menu, press edit
now find the ringtone field and add the tone you desire
As for finding editing files you should download a file explorer, total commander is popular and free
Resco explorer is better (my opinion only as its more finger friendly) but is not free
hope some of this helps
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Yes, big help, many thanks. Is it possible to set your email accounts so that everytime you go into the email it automatically checks for new mail rather than going into the menus and pressing send/receive? I've figured out how to change how often it checks for new mail, ie every 15 mins etc, but I would also like it to automatically check for new mail if I go into my emails
Does anyone know about the screen coming on whilst taking a call issue?
Having more problems with Gmail. The advice above worked for my inbox, but on my googlemail on my laptop I have different folders for different mail. I can't get these folders to sync with the HD2. I tried the same as above but no joy. Any help?
There should be an option for manage folders in that tools menu, where you can pick which folders to synce (I had to add one of my hotmail folders this way) should be the same for gmail I think.
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There should be an option for manage folders in that tools menu, where you can pick which folders to synce (I had to add one of my hotmail folders this way) should be the same for gmail I think.
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Yeah there is, but I've done that already and it's still not syncing
snerkler said:
HI,
How do I find files that I have dragged on dropped into the "my documents" folder on my phone. I've dragged a folder of documents inc. word docs, excell and pdf's but I can't find them on the phone. How do I open these files using excel etc on the phone?
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How exactly do you drop to "my documents"? Do you drop to Computer\HD2\\\My Documents using the Windows explorer, or using other methods?
Normally you don't need to search for a file. Drop a Word document somewhere? Open Word, and File Open lists all the Word documents no matter where they are. Most applications have this type of pan-location file-open dialogue.
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How exactly do you drop to "my documents"? Do you drop to Computer\HD2\\\My Documents using the Windows explorer, or using other methods?
Normally you don't need to search for a file. Drop a Word document somewhere? Open Word, and File Open lists all the Word documents no matter where they are. Most applications have this type of pan-location file-open dialogue.
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I open up my phone's card storage from "computer" on my laptop's start menu, and then simply drag files from my laptop to the "my documents" folder on the phone's card storage. I can open them using file explorer on the phone, but if I go into excel I can't figure out how to open them. When I open excel mobile it displays a blank spreadsheet and I can't figure out how to open files. Can you help?
snerkler said:
I open up my phone's card storage from "computer" on my laptop's start menu, and then simply drag files from my laptop to the "my documents" folder on the phone's card storage. I can open them using file explorer on the phone, but if I go into excel I can't figure out how to open them. When I open excel mobile it displays a blank spreadsheet and I can't figure out how to open files. Can you help?
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This is a (stupid) limitation of the WinMo file system
Pocket Office programs only look in the 1st tree branch of files on a storage card- so files in Storage Card/My Documents will be listed, but files in any My Documents subfolders won't.
Files in main memory can look one level lower (ie My Documents/Business)
So, if your files are smallish in size, you may be better to store them in main memory as long as you don't have more than one level of My Documents subfolders.
Another option would be to create a shortcut to the folder holding your files in File Explorer. Tapping file names direct from explorer opens them in the linked program.
NeilM said:
This is a (stupid) limitation of the WinMo file system
Pocket Office programs only look in the 1st tree branch of files on a storage card- so files in Storage Card/My Documents will be listed, but files in any My Documents subfolders won't.
Files in main memory can look one level lower (ie My Documents/Business)
So, if your files are smallish in size, you may be better to store them in main memory as long as you don't have more than one level of My Documents subfolders.
Another option would be to create a shortcut to the folder holding your files in File Explorer. Tapping file names direct from explorer opens them in the linked program.
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That is a strange limitation. Perhaps they may address this issue with winmo7?
How do I create shortcuts, do I do this on the phone, or active sync on the laptop?
It's a bit of a kludge, but if you decide which folder you want to create the shortcut for, navigate to that using File Explorer on the HD2, then Tap/Hold on the folder name and select Copy from the context menu
Now navigate to My Device/Windows/Start Menu/Programs; use the keyboard to move the cursor to any item that isn't a subfolder, and then go Menu/Edit/Paste Shortcut. This will place an entry in Programs pointing to your subfolder, called 'Shortcut to...' You can rename this to remove the 'Shortcut to..' bit, or call it something more representative.
Once it's in Programs, you could then assign one of the 9 program shortcut tiles on the home page to this shortcut. Executing it will open File Explorer at your subfolder, from where you can open any of the files.
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It's a bit of a kludge, but if you decide which folder you want to create the shortcut for, navigate to that using File Explorer on the HD2, then Tap/Hold on the folder name and select Copy from the context menu
Now navigate to My Device/Windows/Start Menu/Programs; use the keyboard to move the cursor to any item that isn't a subfolder, and then go Menu/Edit/Paste Shortcut. This will place an entry in Programs pointing to your subfolder, called 'Shortcut to...' You can rename this to remove the 'Shortcut to..' bit, or call it something more representative.
Once it's in Programs, you could then assign one of the 9 program shortcut tiles on the home page to this shortcut. Executing it will open File Explorer at your subfolder, from where you can open any of the files.
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wow, that's a process and a half
Ok so did exactly what you said and I get an error message saying
"The file "x" cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. IF the problem persists try reinstalling or restoring this file"
What do I do now?
Also how do I remove things from the start menu?
If you press the Windows hardware key, can you see your new 'shortcut' there? If you press it, do you get the same error message?
It might be that the HTC Sense shortcut can't open a folder- if so I'm a bit stuck for further ideas! You could look at a program called Launchpad . This installs itself as a program launcher and is opened by pressing the top left of the taskbar- it has a number of configurable shortcuts, which can include folders and subfolders. At $3.99 it is an excellent program, though I appreciate it is a bit rich to expect to have to pay for something that ought to be in the default OS
[Edit: I wrote a review of Launchpad Here ! ]
NeilM said:
If you press the Windows hardware key, can you see your new 'shortcut' there? If you press it, do you get the same error message?
It might be that the HTC Sense shortcut can't open a folder- if so I'm a bit stuck for further ideas! You could look at a program called Launchpad . This installs itself as a program launcher and is opened by pressing the top left of the taskbar- it has a number of configurable shortcuts, which can include folders and subfolders. At $3.99 it is an excellent program, though I appreciate it is a bit rich to expect to have to pay for something that ought to be in the default OS
[Edit: I wrote a review of Launchpad Here ! ]
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Yeah I got the same message. No worries, I'll just have to open them through file explorer. Cheers
OK- must be a limitation of the system! Works OK with Resco File Explorer rather than the built-in one!
Might be worth a look at Launchpad- it does make life easier for a lot of program or settings launches
snerkler said:
When I open excel mobile it displays a blank spreadsheet and I can't figure out how to open files. Can you help?
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That's strange. I've never seen a blank sheet on excel mobile. When I start excel, it goes directly to the fileopen screen, showing me a list of xls(x) files on the device.
If you are looking at a sheet, tap OK (top right) to close it. You'll go back to the fileopen screen.
alex fung said:
That's strange. I've never seen a blank sheet on excel mobile. When I start excel, it goes directly to the fileopen screen, showing me a list of xls(x) files on the device.
If you are looking at a sheet, tap OK (top right) to close it. You'll go back to the fileopen screen.
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If there are no existing files for that program, Pocket Office will start with a new blank document. You only see the list once there is at least one existing file.
alex fung said:
That's strange. I've never seen a blank sheet on excel mobile. When I start excel, it goes directly to the fileopen screen, showing me a list of xls(x) files on the device.
If you are looking at a sheet, tap OK (top right) to close it. You'll go back to the fileopen screen.
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Thanks, didn't realise that. HOwever, it still won't recognise files probably due to the subfolder system mentioned by NeilM. I will try adding the files to the business folder later and see what happens
anyone know of a utility which cleans up phone? I got clean ram but I usually gotta restart phone...my memory starts at 58-60% but climbs to 75+ and gets slow...
any ideas?
thanks
htc tilt2
incucrash said:
anyone know of a utility which cleans up phone? I got clean ram but I usually gotta restart phone...my memory starts at 58-60% but climbs to 75+ and gets slow...
any ideas?
thanks
htc tilt2
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MemMaid is another utility that does the same and a bit more, but probably won't give you much more than cleanram does.
However, if you haven't already run it, you should try the cab I have attached, it changes the way the TP2 frees up memory when apps are done with it. It won't totally clean your memory, but it should make a significant difference in how quickly your memory fills up (or doesn't). Just run it once and that's all you have to do. The TP2 is known to have issues with available RAM, especially if you're running a WM 6.5 ROM and Sense on top of it.
I can attest that SSK TP2 Dynamic Resource Proxy helps. Also, not sure if your ROM version has Push Internet but if it does...kill it with "Manila NoPushInternet".(somewhere here @ XDA) Push Internet is useless when you weigh the resources that it consumes versus the very small time savings of loading frequently visited internet pages. After a soft reset I am at 53%-54%. At most I gain only about 10% by the end of the day after using many apps. I also use the FreeUP RAM Service in SK-Tools. I have messed with the FreeUP Ram Service settings and find that a stress prevention level of about 12 in "Only Light" mode works well. SK-Tools (paid app-$12) will do all of what you mention and more.
From their website;
This multi-function application includes more than 60 tools and allows an easy but powerful maintenance of Windows Mobile devices. Clean up your registry and file system, free-up RAM, backup and restore, find duplicate contacts, appointments and tasks. SKTools can manage installed applications, Today plugins, software keyboards.
Features:*
Cleaning:
•Clear temporary and cache folders such as IE contents, IE history, Mail attachments, Terminal Server client cache, Opera cache, NetFront cache and custom user folders
•Find and delete:
◦temporary, empty and obsolete files
◦bad registry keys and values
◦empty registry keys
◦bad shortcuts
◦duplicate shortcuts
◦duplicate notify queue entry/entries
◦bad uninstall info
◦files depending on their size or/and names (wipe optional)
◦duplicate files (search by the name,size,crc)
◦MS Reader bookmarks (taking into account the bookmark's in-use/not-in-use status)
◦empty folders
◦past appointments
•Delete PIE history (registry)
Built-in Uninstaller:
•Show the list of the installed programs including their size and date
•Show the list of files and registry keys of the installed programs
•Uninstall program
•Create CAB file(s) from installed program(s) (WM5/6)
•Save the installed programs list to a text file
FreeUP RAM:
This option can free up 50K-2M of RAM
•Send hibernation message
•Compact Heaps (WM5 only)
•Imitate the "memory low" situation
•Close tasks
•Scheduler for silent background start
•FreeUP RAM Service
System tweaks:
•more than 90 tweaks in 13 categories
•custom (user defined) tweaks from external files
Registry Explorer :
•Browse registry
•View keys and values
•Delete keys and values
•Create new keys
•Create/Modify values (REG_SZ, REG_MULTI_SZ, REG_BINARY, REG_DWORD)
•Export (Unicode REGEDIT5)
•Import (Unicode REGEDIT5, REGEDIT4)
•Backup/restore
•Convert REG files to CAB files (WM5/6)
•Search
CABs Manager and CABInstl :
•View and manage CAB, CPF and TSK files on device
•Show content (files, registry, shortcuts) of CAB, CPF and TSK files
•Files extraction
•Installation ("standard" and "by SKTools") from CAB files
•"Installer" - one executable file from multiple CAB files, registry data, folders and files
•Other...
Move Data :
•Move Installed Programs
•Move folders
•Move files
•Other...
Notifications Queue:
•View, enable/disable, add and delete records
•Find duplicates
Network Tools:
•Ping
•Trace Route
•Port Scanner
•Lookup
•Whois
•HTTP GET
•Information
Backup/restore:
•Auto (may be disabled) backup of a registry key prior to its deletion
•Full system backup (may not work correctly in some cases with certain devices)
•Sheduled full backup
•SFX full backup files
•Storage cards backup
•Independent registry, filesystem, databases, PIM, ActiveSync Partnership, MSReader activation backup
•Self backup
•Password protection for the backup files
•Find and restore all of the SKTools backup files
•Good compression of the backup files
Storage card maintenance:
•Display the card(s) info (size, ID, slack, ...)
•Format, Scan and Fix (hardware dependent)
•Empty
•Rename
•Other...
Database maintenance:
•Show the list of databases (CEDB, EDB)
•Delete, Empty
•View content, find and replace text
•Export/Import to/from an XML file (device and database dependent)
Process list:
•Show all the processes including the list of process' modules
•Display the info of memory usage, threads, command line
•Close one or selected processes
Windows Startup:
•Display the list of the programs run at the system's bootup
•Delete program
•Add new
•Programs startup sequence management (device dependent)
PIM and Messaging:
•View and manage PIM categories
•View and manage tasks
•View and manage recurring appointments
•Find and manage past appointments
•Find and manage duplicate appointments
•Find and manage duplicate tasks
•Find and manage duplicate contacts
•View and manage SIM contacts (PocketPC PE)
•View and manage text messages stored on your SIM (PocketPC PE)
•Manage Messaging files
•Find and delete messages
•Delete ALL contacts, appointments, tasks, messages and mail accounts
•Export/import contacts, appointments, tasks, messages
•Set ringtones to contacts with selected category
Contacts:
•Show all contacts or search by substring
•Add/remove category
•Delete selected contacts
•"Replace" operation (replace text in selected field(s))
•"Set" operation (set text for selected field)
•Set Ringtone for selected contacts
•Set picture for selected contacts or contacts category
•Import Birthdays and Anniversary to Calendar
Automation mode:
•Run SKTools at the system's bootup
•Run SKTools every day at the user defined time (powering the device off after the operation is complete)
•User defined operations list
•Background mode (run in the background, just LED blinking)
Other:
•Shadow Services
•Registry optimization for WM5/WM6
•Windows services maintenance
•CPU usage
•Search and replace in Registry
•Delete ALL contacts, appointments, tasks, messages option
•Show Messaging Files
•Show Replaced ROM files
•View and manage Today plugins
•View and manage Input methods
•Compact and purge call history (PocketPC PE)
•Windows list
•File Explorer
•System Information
•Storage Analizer - display all the folders including their sizes, display all files by types, attributes etc..
•Change the location of PIE cache, PIE history, PIE coockies, AvantGO data, NetFront cach, Messaging (outlook) files
•System optimization option
•Soft and Hard(for certain devices) reset
•Command line support (screen off/on,power off, soft/hard reset and more...)
•Shortcut Wizard
•Change system files paths (you can move some dlls from the windows folder to any location, for example to storage cards)
•Multi-language support ( English, German, Russian, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Chinese)
•Free updates from SKTools 4.xx.xx to SKTools 4.yy.yy versions
•More...
Compatible** with WM5 Pocket PC (Phone Edition), WM6 WM6.1 WM6.5 Classic and Professional
sirphunkee said:
MemMaid is another utility that does the same and a bit more, but probably won't give you much more than cleanram does.
However, if you haven't already run it, you should try the cab I have attached, it changes the way the TP2 frees up memory when apps are done with it. It won't totally clean your memory, but it should make a significant difference in how quickly your memory fills up (or doesn't). Just run it once and that's all you have to do. The TP2 is known to have issues with available RAM, especially if you're running a WM 6.5 ROM and Sense on top of it.
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thanks for this.works well
thanks
Thank you to you guys above , these things rock!
on the SK Tools lite, it find a bunch of cache and temp files but never seems to get rid of it, is it because it's "lite" or cause i suck? lol
incucrash said:
Thank you to you guys above , these things rock!
on the SK Tools lite, it find a bunch of cache and temp files but never seems to get rid of it, is it because it's "lite" or cause i suck? lol
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No, the TouchPro2 does not have the suck-sensor, or even the loser-bar, so it can't be that
According to the website, the limitation of the lite version is "only 6 entries in any list"...so I'm guessing that the files you're asking about go far over that limit, and are only getting cleared 6 at a time...