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Hi everyone,
I was not able to adjust CPU speed in System menu, because the is no such. I installed BatteryStatus and it detected 312MHz. Is there any way to check/adjust system performance?
oleg_ku said:
Hi everyone,
I was not able to adjust CPU speed in System menu, because the is no such. I installed BatteryStatus and it detected 312MHz. Is there any way to check/adjust system performance?
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Ah yes, you may be right. I installed Pocket Hack Master 4.00 and I noticed when I unplugged the power, the CPU speed dropped down to CPU 100Mhz, Bus 104, Mem 52, LCD 52
and when I plugged in the power adaptor the speed became
CPU: 624Mhz, Bus 208Mhz, Mem 104Mhz, LCD 104Mhz
It seems that Athena has already Scaling feature bulit-in. Awesome! but with PHM you can go into advance and then tick checkbox: Disable Device Built-In Scaling. And You would be running Athena always at full speed non-stop!! woohoo!!
And watch the battery last 2 minutes Boohoo.
There was a reason it autoscales! But yes, it kinda sucks that they say its great because of this 620mghz cpu, then run it at 100mghz half the time.
This is very interesting information. I see the wait icon quite often and wondered if the device was running at full speed! I think I'll get PHM!
-Krip
Assuming you're talking about PHM Registry Editor:
Which registry key is this?
jlingo said:
I installed Pocket Hack Master 4.00 and I noticed when I unplugged the power, the CPU speed dropped down to CPU 100Mhz, Bus 104, Mem 52, LCD 52
and when I plugged in the power adaptor the speed became
CPU: 624Mhz, Bus 208Mhz, Mem 104Mhz, LCD 104Mhz
It seems that Athena has already Scaling feature bulit-in. Awesome! but with PHM you can go into advance and then tick checkbox: Disable Device Built-In Scaling. And You would be running Athena always at full speed non-stop!! woohoo!!
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Well, Thanks a lot. I installed it and apprently it helps. Cause I use Navi software and always connect the device to a charger - so there is no worry about standby time.
Again - Thanks!!!
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Assuming you're talking about PHM Registry Editor:
Which registry key is this?
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No they're talking about Pocket Hack Master 4.00. You can find it here:
http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Tweaks/Pocket-Hack-Master-2006-5051.shtml
Hope this helps,
Fin
It keeps locking up my machine when I load it.
Worked long enough to test one speed setting (the normal high one), then every time I start it up it locks up.
Glad it's a trial. Seems to lock up on the nag screen, so the developers will get an email saying "Um. This locks up when it nags me to buy it, so I won't".
RichardKAthena said:
It keeps locking up my machine when I load it.
Worked long enough to test one speed setting (the normal high one), then every time I start it up it locks up.
Glad it's a trial. Seems to lock up on the nag screen, so the developers will get an email saying "Um. This locks up when it nags me to buy it, so I won't".
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You'll need to go into settings, then advanced and check off the box to disable built-in auto scaling. Two auto scalers working at the same time would definately give you grief.
mysticbluebmw said:
You'll need to go into settings, then advanced and check off the box to disable built-in auto scaling. Two auto scalers working at the same time would definately give you grief.
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do you know how to disable the tray icon that PHM puts? it's wasting one row of my screen's space....
findus said:
No they're talking about Pocket Hack Master 4.00. You can find it here:
http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Tweaks/Pocket-Hack-Master-2006-5051.shtml
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Ah! Thank you for the information.
wu5262 said:
do you know how to disable the tray icon that PHM puts? it's wasting one row of my screen's space....
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Sorry, I really don't know, but it does allow you to change CPU speed on fly (after you've set your favorite speeds), which makes a pretty useful tray icon. Though I hate to waste screen real estate, too! If I find out a way, I'll post it here.
mysticbluebmw said:
Sorry, I really don't know, but it does allow you to change CPU speed on fly (after you've set your favorite speeds), which makes a pretty useful tray icon. Though I hate to waste screen real estate, too! If I find out a way, I'll post it here.
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here is the solution, just install this and it will be fine
Ahhhh, very useful. Thanks.
What speed settings are you guys running your Athena using PHM?
great tool - how about overclocking? lol
i read of guys running the pxa270 @667mhz...
Hey guys,
Go to http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=1466855
this is the original website.
Software you will need:
Phm RegEdit
QUOTE: "Speed up your Metro HTC Mogul with a Micro SD Card I would like to share this hack with my friends that have a smartphone on metro pcs.
I found this hack on a different site, tried it and works great on my mogul (flashed). One way I tested to see if it worked or not was by using Opera mobile. Everytime I surfed the internet on my phone, Opera would pop up saying i was out of memory (I have so many apps installed on my pda) and to close the tabs. It got so annoying that I uninstalled it and have been using PIE since then. Until recently, installed Opera mobile again, and notice the difference with this hack. No more pop ups. I went from site to site and it loaded it up. I notice major speed. I went to sites that had a hard time loading without the pop up warning me. This time, no pop up and fast upload... Now Opera mobile is the best web browser. My phone also has less freezes and boots up very fast after a reset.
I have an Kingston HC 8gb micro sd card and it works great.
As usual, use this tweak at your own risk.
How to use Micro SD card as RAM
1.Open a new folder “Volatile” on the SD card
2. Change the following key, using the registry editor:
from \HKLM\System\Filesys TempPath = \Application Data\Volatile
to \HKLM\System\Filesys TempPath = \Storage Card\Volatile
3. Turn off the pocket pc with the power button for about 30 sec (not soft reset/hard reset).
4. Turn it on again.
What software you can use to edit the registry:
PHM RegEdit (freeware): http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/
Here is also another speed hack if you don't want to use the one up above.
I have applied both tweaks to my phone.
Speed Hack
Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\
Changed limit from 16384 to 32768
Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS
Changed - CacheSize to 4096
(NEW!) Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\StorageManager\Filters\f sreplxfilt
Change “ReplStoreCacheSize” dword decimal value to 4096 or 8192
Posted by: Malatesta
Source: http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=127164
This was tested on Sprint HTC Mogul 6800 flashed to metro pcs"
I tried this in my Mogul and it seemed to work with my MicroSD 1GB. I noticed it booted up very fast, but the Opera Mobile 9.5 beta still showed Out of Memory. I guess I'll just have to wait until my 4GB MicroSD comes in from Amazon! There is some speed difference though with both on. No wonder it worked so well on his phone because he had an 8GB MicroSD! Anyways, just wanted to let most of you guys know.. PEACE
I posted this same message on the original thread as well.
This shouldn't work for the fact that it's not giving you additional memory, all "folders" in the phone are part of ROM memory, not RAM, so even tho you point that at your sd card, it's still not giving you back any ram which is what the Moguls lack, I think it's just a coincidence that you see a different in Opera. To prove me wrong, undo this hack, (reboot your phone) check your "free" ram, and then redo the hack reboot, and check it again.
You should see the exact same amount of free ram. And therefore won't gain any benefit.
Another thing, depending on your SD card, some being faster than others, if the SD card memory is slower than the built in ROM memory of the phone, this could actually lead to things being slower. I imagine in your case you have a fast card, and you see speed improvements because of it being able to write faster to the card than your ROM, but not any other benefits.
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WOW
Best registry edit hands down i have about 7 apps open and it isn't lagging or freezing the apps i have open are thumbcal total commander tcpmp palringo calculator skyfire W.V.D. and task manager ... simply amazing and unheard of opening this many things with out lag just wow
hmmm doing some testing now .. will report later.. so far so good.. BTW
the regedit it damm cool..
I have cabbed up all of these tweaks for those of you that don't want to do the registry edits yourself. I have tested it with the emulator and it works great, but install this at your own risk.
Enjoy,
dwizzy130
Now it says I'm using up 10% more RAM than I was using before. Doesn't work for me....placebo? Has anyone else looked at their RAM usage?
Meditato said:
Now it says I'm using up 10% more RAM than I was using before. Doesn't work for me....placebo? Has anyone else looked at their RAM usage?
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Ditto..
Un mod
This is a very interesting idea. I've tried it and also found the loss of free ram to be a problem. But I'm running M2d. I tried dwizzy130's cab (which uninsulated with no prob). The volatile folder was populated with hidden files but i did get the low mem warning.
dogw/mogul: Are you running a stock rom? Whats your setup? I'd like to see if i can reproduce your results. I have made so many mods to my phone that one or a few maybe causing the prob. Maybe a different rom/radio/setup would produce better results.
This is an eyebrow raiser for sure!
Edit: Ok, By following the instructions manually I have the edit in place with out the extra loss of memory. The phone will still close apps after a point but your are correct in saying that the lag is reduced! It is noticeable. I'm thinking of dropping M2D and going back to dcd 3.4 just to see what performance would be like.
has anyone removed the SD card just to see what will happen?
I'm running M2D Reload 1.1
DCD 3.6.3
Radio 3.4
Sandisk 8GB HCSD
the cab install makes my phone use about 10% more ram but when i uninstalled it and just have the first hack i had 10 programs open including s2p and wmp playing music on both and still ran pretty smooth with very little lag. works nicely. i have 4gb card and 2gbs taken up by music and cabs ect. the other 2gbs is free.
dogw/mogul said:
Hey guys,
Go to http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=1466855
this is the original website.
Software you will need:
Phm RegEdit
QUOTE: "Speed up your Metro HTC Mogul with a Micro SD Card I would like to share this hack with my friends that have a smartphone on metro pcs.
I found this hack on a different site, tried it and works great on my mogul (flashed). One way I tested to see if it worked or not was by using Opera mobile. Everytime I surfed the internet on my phone, Opera would pop up saying i was out of memory (I have so many apps installed on my pda) and to close the tabs. It got so annoying that I uninstalled it and have been using PIE since then. Until recently, installed Opera mobile again, and notice the difference with this hack. No more pop ups. I went from site to site and it loaded it up. I notice major speed. I went to sites that had a hard time loading without the pop up warning me. This time, no pop up and fast upload... Now Opera mobile is the best web browser. My phone also has less freezes and boots up very fast after a reset.
I have an Kingston HC 8gb micro sd card and it works great.
As usual, use this tweak at your own risk.
How to use Micro SD card as RAM
1.Open a new folder “Volatile” on the SD card
2. Change the following key, using the registry editor:
from \HKLM\System\Filesys TempPath = \Application Data\Volatile
to \HKLM\System\Filesys TempPath = \Storage Card\Volatile
3. Turn off the pocket pc with the power button for about 30 sec (not soft reset/hard reset).
4. Turn it on again.
What software you can use to edit the registry:
PHM RegEdit (freeware): http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/
Here is also another speed hack if you don't want to use the one up above.
I have applied both tweaks to my phone.
Speed Hack
Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\
Changed limit from 16384 to 32768
Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS
Changed - CacheSize to 4096
(NEW!) Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\StorageManager\Filters\f sreplxfilt
Change “ReplStoreCacheSize” dword decimal value to 4096 or 8192
Posted by: Malatesta
Source: http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=127164
This was tested on Sprint HTC Mogul 6800 flashed to metro pcs"
I tried this in my Mogul and it seemed to work with my MicroSD 1GB. I noticed it booted up very fast, but the Opera Mobile 9.5 beta still showed Out of Memory. I guess I'll just have to wait until my 4GB MicroSD comes in from Amazon! There is some speed difference though with both on. No wonder it worked so well on his phone because he had an 8GB MicroSD! Anyways, just wanted to let most of you guys know.. PEACE
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I originally posted that on HowardForums... my mogul was fast and never lagged... but, I like to experiment with tweaks and 3rd party apps... so I had to do a hard reset... here is where an issue came up... using Resco Backup, I was unable to successfully restore for the fact that it was tweaked toward the SD card... my suggestion... use Sprite Backup... make an original exe copy and save it to your external card... then save another exe copy of the tweak version... so now you have two back ups...
Now, with the opera mobile... use this tweaked version of Opera Mobile browser http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=459378
No more "out of memory" issues Opera Mobile with Dexter's version....
I am still using my old 1GB SD card I had in my old phone (LG VX8300). Since I use orb for everything, I didn't see a need to get a new card. But with this hack I am tempted to do so. Hmmm got to think about this one.
edit: going to do this hack first then see if there is improvement. If its slow but have more memory then I will definetly get a faster card.
edit (again): can someone make a cab file for the first set of registry settings? Thanks!
If you were using your microSD card as RAM it would last you a few hours a best, cards cannot sustain the amount of data writing required to emulate RAM. Plus RAM operates on a bus directly with the processor, hence why it's directly assignable in assembly, which absolutely is not the case with SD cards which have to deal with a file system and interfacing hardware. Honestly extending RAM onto an SD card would make your phone run infinitely SLOWER.
Maybe there are other parts of this "Hack" that work but the idea that you can use and SD card as RAM is simply garbage.
ok cool I don't want do it then. u know that opera mobile that monte linked is great. no memory errors. It just doesn't work too good in landscape or with a hardware keyboard.
Ok so I installed the cab but I don't see any change. I still have 12 to 14MB running Manila 2D. ideas? I have 300MB or space left onmy SD Card
As I said in my first reply, this will NOT give you extra memory. Depending on the speed of your SD card, it may increase the performance on some programs, but there is no way to give the phone more ram with any registry changes. You would have to write a very low level driver that would then cause it to see additional storage as available memory, but since it's not ram, it will be extremely slow. On the original PPC's, 2003 and earlier, it had no rom, just ram, and it balanced the storage and available ram with software so that you could adjust. With the newer versions of windows mobile there is ROM and RAM, each with it's own function. So unless you were involved in the original development of the OS, it's doubtful you would have the knowledge to be able to write this kind of driver, and therefore it will probably never happen.
So this is a hack worth testing, and if you have a very fast memory card, you may see some improvements, but it will not give additional ram, and could actually cause your phone to crash if you remove the memory cards because background processes will be utilizing the memory card.
My suggestion is to not even bother with this unless you just want to test with it.
Moving the volatile storage from FASTER internal rom to SLOWER external rom is not going to get you any additional RAM, and at best will simply slow things down.
Placebo caused by the soft reset that you must do.
regarding the statements about the tweaks or cab file that the other guy provided causing you to lose ram. That is correct and thats what speeds up your system. Increasing those values allocates free ram for those specific areas speeding up the filesystem and speed of the device. So technically you didnt lose any ram its just being used for other parts of the devise to speed it up
I saw no improvement... could just be me. And my audio manager would just skip through all songs with this reg edit applied. When i put it back the way it was audio manager played all songs fine.
Wow.
Wow. I manually did the reg-edits just now and I'm not on crack. Manila 2D is considerably smoother, Skyfire loads much faster and I was able to open up multiple other progams without any lag. This is ridiculous! Nice find!
My phone ran much slower with the update, I did it just for sh*t and giggles, and was right, no additional memory, and apparently my 8gb sd card is slower than the onboard rom because it ran probably 15% slower.
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I've waited for a while to see how everything would develop, but RA2 just remains slow as hell.
I'm getting main memory write of ~1700 and read of ~6100.
Storage card gets stuck at ~650 write and ~ 2600 read.
It's drama. Did anyone find a way to improve this, or must we start PM'ing tnyynt?
All I did was reflash back to the R1 firmware. I didn't see anything in the R2 that was better. So unless I missed something, I just went back to the R1 with the tweaks and it seems to be a lot smoother and quicker than the R2. Just my .02
I think and maybe wrong here, but the r2a roms are using a different memory model, that caches a lot more.
I've found that letting wm control the cache works best.
16mb pagepool is also good
despite the benchmarks I definitely find r2a faster than 1, inclduing sdcard access.
have you tried spb benchmarks "real world" tests, using word etc?
fards said:
I think and maybe wrong here, but the r2a roms are using a different memory model, that caches a lot more.
I've found that letting wm control the cache works best.
16mb pagepool is also good
despite the benchmarks I definitely find r2a faster than 1, inclduing sdcard access.
have you tried spb benchmarks "real world" tests, using word etc?
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So what exactly did you change?
I haven't tried a SPB benchmark. I know SKtools isn't the most reliable test, but I think that the numbers I gave you tell us enough; it's not good.
Angelusz said:
I've waited for a while to see how everything would develop, but RA2 just remains slow as hell.
I'm getting main memory write of ~1700 and read of ~6100.
Storage card gets stuck at ~650 write and ~ 2600 read.
It's drama. Did anyone find a way to improve this, or must we start PM'ing tnyynt?
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Can you verify that the registry entries from the cab have been indeed written to the registry?
If yes, use a tweaking program to verify File System Cache is enabled and set according to SD TuneUp.
Write operations should not be cached by default, so that result I seem fair but the SD read result I find low. What was your result on the previous ROM?
I checked and I think I found the issue. The settings are not applied indeed.
Funny thing is, I can't change them. I've tried with SOTI Pocket controller, as well as with SKtools' regeditor. The registry keys cannot be modified! Will try in another way, will post results.
EDIT: After some more thorough inspection, I found something is wrong.
The registry does show the correct HEX keys. In decimal however, it shows completely the wrong thing!
For instance the DWORD CardDetectControlMask:
In tnyynt SDtuneup.cab
Hexidecimal: fffff3ff
Decimal: -3073
In my registry:
Hexidecimal: fffff3ff
Decimal: 4294964223
How can this be explained? I've never seen HEX differ from decimal before..
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Third inspection shows me that the registry doesn't like a "-". In your CAB, - values are used. I can now modify positive values (took the SD card out), but can't enter minus.
Angelusz said:
EDIT: After some more thorough inspection, I found something is wrong.
In tnyynt SDtuneup.cab
Hexidecimal: fffff3ff
Decimal: -3073
In my registry:
Hexidecimal: fffff3ff
Decimal: 4294964223
How can this be explained? I've never seen HEX differ from decimal before..
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i can explain this one. (i will use h for hexadecimal numbers and d for decimal numbers and b for binary numbers)
normally FFFFF3FFh =4294964223d in 32bits
but in binary you can not enter "-" in a cpu registry only 0 and 1
and you can only do addition. So to do 5d-2d they must do 5d+(-2d).
but (-2d ) can not be express in ordinary binary.
the example is only on 4bits
5d=0101b
2d=0010b
3d=0011b
the result must be 3d=011b
0101b
+xxxxb
_____
0011b
we find that xxxxb=1110b=(-2d) but 1110b also = 14d !!!
it works because of a registry overflow. on 4 bits you can only count up to 15 normally 0101b+1110b = 10011b -> 5 bits but only 4 bits can be stored so the one on the left is not in memory. so the result of the operation is 0011b.
the shortest way to find the representation of (-2d) is
take the biggest number on the number of bits you use. remove the absolute value of the negative number you are are looking for and add 1.
(computer can not do binary subtraction but human can )
on 4 bits
1111b - 0010b +0001b =
1101b +0001b=1110b
or 15d-2d+1d =14d
now on 32bits.
3073d=00000C01h
so
-3073d=FFFFFFFFh - 00000C01h +00000001h
-3073d=FFFFFFFFh- 00000C00h
-3073d= FFFFF3FFh !!!!!
all that to say that the value in the registry are the same....LOL
all depend if you consider it or not has a negative number.
normally we use the first bit on the left to know if its a positive or negative value.
Alright. So it actually is the same. Thanks for your elaborate explanation, it's never a bad time to learn something.
So it's all in the way it's displayed. I gues WinCE cab manager does allow showing -xxxx in registry entries, where the winmo registry does not.
This does mean that the values should indeed be applied correctly. Tnyynt?
After updating my firmware I've notice, faster boot up times, and TF3D is a lot smoother. A lot. Before the update TF3D would crash my phone. It hasn't crashed yet. I wondering why you guys are experiencing a sluggish update.
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After updating my firmware I've notice, faster boot up times, and TF3D is a lot smoother. A lot. Before the update TF3D would crash my phone. It hasn't crashed yet. I wondering why you guys are experiencing a sluggish update.
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This thread is not about it being sluggish, I'm pointing at the raw numbers. File transfer btw, is much slower.
Angelusz said:
This thread is not about it being sluggish, I'm pointing at the raw numbers. File transfer btw, is much slower.
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My apologies. I didn't mean to highjack the thread.
tnyynt said:
What was your result on the previous ROM?
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i got around 3000 on R2A
on R1A i use to have 12000 on my 16g sd card.
so it's significantly lower on R2A
Angelusz said:
Alright. So it actually is the same. Thanks for your elaborate explanation, it's never a bad time to learn something.
So it's all in the way it's displayed. I gues WinCE cab manager does allow showing -xxxx in registry entries, where the winmo registry does not.
This does mean that the values should indeed be applied correctly. Tnyynt?
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it depends if Tnyynt have used decimal or hexadecimal to enter the values. registry are always imported in hexadecimal
if Tnyynt has entered the initial value in hexadecimal so the values are good but if Tnyynt entered the initial value in decimal there is a problem, but this one can be easily solved. it will just mean that R1A and R2A may not use the same code for numbers so in this case we will just have to recode the value to have the good numbers.
but i logicaly for a mask you use hexadecimal...
Has somebody tried to contact se about this problem?
Tylwith said:
i got around 3000 on R2A
on R1A i use to have 12000 on my 16g sd card.
so it's significantly lower on R2A
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yeah same here. This is why I was wondering if it was worth staying on the R1A since most programs are installed onto the mem card, the R1A firmware should be quicker at loading programs correct?
Ok, why are you people so keen about the benchmarks? Copy a file on your SD and compare the result. This is a lot more realistic test and there you can see if there is any real difference for your programs. Everything else is just for bragging, sorry.
Dandie said:
Ok, why are you people so keen about the benchmarks? Copy a file on your SD and compare the result. This is a lot more realistic test and there you can see if there is any real difference for your programs. Everything else is just for bragging, sorry.
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it's not that simple because of the file system and how machine handles access to them. depending of the size of file you are copying the result can be very different. Some fs are better with tiny files some other with bigger files. there is also the access speed of the file that you can not really tell even if it has a big importance. it's a bit like internet speed . you can have a fast non responsive internet connection(will take long time to access a server but will download very fast for example). Or a responsive but very slow internet connection(remember of the days people were playing counterstrike on rtc modem because the rtc modem gave them a better ping than adsl or cable)
benchmarks try to copy different kind of file size and try to make an average score they also test multiple simultaneous access and thing like that which is important for multitasking. Futhermore it's not easy to try launch a copy a several tiny files by hand.
if your system is faster reading bigger file it doesn't mean that program that use smaller files will be faster.
Very true. tnyynt, what does all this tell you?
Sorry to be so late, time is not on my side nowadays.
I find it really strange that the TuneUp would work on any device sporting a Card but on the Xperia with the latest firmware. I think we can easily rule out registry and import incompatibilities since it's the same operating system.
Nothing clever comes to my mind but this:
try exporting the regustry entries from my CAB with WinCE CAB Manager and apply them as a registry patch on your device. See how that goes.
I noticed that the keyboard has a shortcut to the browser. I put a pic to show what I'm talking about. Anytime I click on it, it takes me uses the Internet Explorer I was wondering if there was a way to change it so when I use it it takes me to Opera instead of Internet Explorer.
what you need to do is go into your windows folder with total commander or resco not file explorer and look for Short_Explore.lnk or Short_IE.lnk...push and hold on it and go to properties then shortcut, then change the target to the program location of what you want to use...
I think You must set Opera as your default browser.
jdmsleepr I tried to use total commander to do what you told me and one I choose the program I want to use and click ok and the file changes back to the default one.
AxlR how do I make Opera the default browser?
weird...mine never defaulted back...but to change the default browser...using a reg editor naviagate to HKLM\Software\microsoft\Shell\Rai\DEFBROWSER...change this to whatever browser you want to use!!
Well I kept trying nothing worked so far
it doesn't bug me that much just wish I could change the feature for quicker use.
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Well I kept trying nothing worked so far
it doesn't bug me that much just wish I could change the feature for quicker use.
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I remember doing this for my old Q9h and it was a reg edit in HKCU\Control panel\Keybd I will look for you tonight and see what I can come up with
jdmsleepr said:
weird...mine never defaulted back...but to change the default browser...using a reg editor naviagate to HKLM\Software\microsoft\Shell\Rai\DEFBROWSER...change this to whatever browser you want to use!!
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Ok I'm kind of a noob at windows mobile how do I do this? HKLM\Software\microsoft\Shell\Rai\DEFBROWSER
And I downloaded the new beta for opera and it changed the browser for me but as far as the button on the keyboard it still goes to the ie browser.
Eg, when using Task Manager on PC, i go to the CPU prosess tab and now im able to change the CPU priority of any program to: very high/high/medium/low/very low.
Can we do this with WM?
Rn
You can set the priority level of a thread, not of a process.
The system scheduler works quite different from desktop Windows. A thread with a priority level above normal can lock the entire system. An application must be designed very well if it want to change the priority level of one of its threads.
...
id like to 'trial and error'.
i understand the risk of locking the system = my own fault if it does.
but id still like to know your info about the system scheduler and changing the priorties please.
even if i cant get it to do what i want, ill still learn something new
Rn
ps, thanks for your reply
raving_nanza said:
but id still like to know your info about the system scheduler and changing the priorties please.
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Here you find to both subjects a very good answer.
Just install dotfred's task manager, and set the priorities with it. If you screw up, it doesn't matter. A soft reset restores them to the stock configuration.
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cheers dude, ill download and try it now.
Rn
update
i tried dot fred TM, but didnt like it though :/
cant i just add a .reg for each specific program that i want to have a higher cpu priority?
eg, something like this:
Dword="priority256", Value="XXX"
("XXX" = eg: "255" is normal priority)
???
Rn
raving_nanza said:
i tried dot fred TM, but didnt like it though :/
cant i just add a .reg for each specific program that i want to have a higher cpu priority?
eg, something like this:
Dword="priority256", Value="XXX"
("XXX" = eg: "255" is normal priority)
???
Rn
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Not that I'm aware of; this stuff isn't set in the registry, except for a few thread priorities for the file system that are in the boot.rgu, and aren't user accessible. You can get a program called Speedbooster that will automatically watch for specific processes opening, and will then adjust thread priorities to however you want them. Wait, I'll save you the time and money, because it sucks. It changes all thread priorities for a given process, and most of the time makes things worse instead of better. You're better off just doing it with a task manager manually for a while, and then giving up and realizing it's a waste of time. Lol.
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Farmer Ted said:
Wait, I'll save you the time and money, because it sucks. It changes all thread priorities for a given process, and most of the time makes things worse instead of better.
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Yeah i already found SpeedBooster on google but its not freeware, which cant be cooked into roms
I suppose it would be cool if someone develops an app dedicated to do this = no task manager, no nonsense, no nothing, just a simple small app which lets you select a program and set its priority.. Simples!
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and then giving up and realizing it's a waste of time. Lol.
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Basicly i wanted to increase the priority of Total Commander and Opera10 because their the main two programs i use. (probably the main two programs everyone uses.)
I think your right though dude, ill take your advice and give up now before i do waste my time, my precious ORD time! lol
Cheers dude!
Rn
I tried increasing the priorities of PIE and UCWEB with sppedbooster, and the problem is that it slows down finger-scrolling dramatically, to the point that the browsers were unusable. You can make a sppedbooster package, but just not distribute it. I cooked it in for a while, when I was determined to convince myself I hadn't blown twenty bucks on a piece of crap.
Why do you need to speed up total commander? I use it all the time, too, and it's pretty snappy. I'd suggest limiting the number of processes and not using manila to optimize speed.
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I tried increasing the priorities of PIE and UCWEB with sppedbooster, and the problem is that it slows down finger-scrolling dramatically, to the point that the browsers were unusable. You can make a sppedbooster package, but just not distribute it. I cooked it in for a while, when I was determined to convince myself I hadn't blown twenty bucks on a piece of crap. Why do you need to speed up total commander? I use it all the time, too, and it's pretty snappy. I'd suggest limiting the number of processes and not using manila to optimize speed.
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i wanted to speed up total commander because its slow at accessing some folders eg, accessing the windows folder, there is a lag i dont like waiting for and increasing the cpu priorities for TC would reduce this lag
ive deleted the manila package, it eats up way too much storage/ram, so iv made my own skin for a today screen, which is aprox 1mb.
obviously manila is eye candy but im prepared to loose it for the increase in storage/ram.
i also didnt want manila in my rom due to the fact i dont actually like it, ok some stuff is cool eg, album and audio manager the way they rotate and the slide effect but its so gdam popular so most roms look the same, i wanted my rom to be differant. (i didnt want to be a sheep )
you gave me an idea for increasing the touch velocity of the finger scrolling, could anyone tell me whats the highest velocity were able to use?
(both up and down velocities? )
is there one for left and right?
(obviously there must be, but do you know whats it called so i can find it?)
thanks again dude!
Rn
The easiest way to speed up access to the windows folder is just to select 'hide files in rom' in the settings. Then you can get into it quickly. Looking at rom files is pretty useless most of the time, anyway. The downside is that TC then doesn't show the plugins folder in the device root. You can also set shortcuts on the hotlist to folders you might want to access, like startup or the start menu. Finally, you can just limit the number of rom files during cooking to speed things up; the fewer the better, obviously.
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The easiest way to speed up access to the windows folder is just to select 'hide files in rom' in the settings. Then you can get into it quickly. Looking at rom files is pretty useless most of the time, anyway.
The downside is that TC then doesn't show the plugins folder in the device root. You can also set shortcuts on the hotlist to folders you might want to access, like startup or the start menu. Finally, you can just limit the number of rom files during cooking to speed things up; the fewer the better, obviously.
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id rather have everything viewable in the rom rather than to hide files, useless or not. im sure everyone else would probably do the same, that way you can see exactly what you have got.
i also like to have hidden files always viewable on my pc too. eg, in my kitchen nothing is hidden, ive went through every folder and almost every file has had its hidden properties removed, including the files that dont un-hide when using the hidden files toggle on pc, which was weird
the plugin folder is one of the main functions i use TC for as i dont use regedit.exe or any other registry viewer other than TC. so i wouldnt want to be dissabling that function, if i dissable it i may as well add fexplore.exe back into the rom and use that instead
yeah, thats one of the good things about TC = the ability to create shortcuts with the >>>, however i always make them myself with a good old .txt file with the link wrote inside
agreed, the less files the better, obviously lol
at the moment my rom for blackstone is 103mb ... storage is aprox (18 - 20mb) ... ram is aprox (40 - 50mb) in use after the initial first boot and customisation.
ill search my kitchen for the finger velocity up/down scroll tonight.
if i can improve the scroll ill be nbecause the scroll is really crap!
Rn
btw:
if anyone wants to Alpha test my rom then private message me because i wont be uploading it for public use untill its Beta.
im just finishing the today screen skin but ill start letting people Alpha test it after that.
(basicly to find bugs, recomendations bla bla bla.)
I totally forgot this, but the process manager in sk tools has an option to create shortcuts with a command line that will change priorities. You could create one for total commander, and then use a mortscript that would launch TC, maybe wait a few seconds, then run the shortcut to bump up the priority.