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alternative calendar software?

is there any software which can totally replace the windows mobile 6 calendar / notes system?
as the calendar/notes etc installed on my phone currently never save when trying to add a new one
TIA

why doesn't the informations save? most programs seem to still use the pim information and re-organize it...todayagenda is a good one, imo.

monkey_knight said:
why doesn't the informations save? most programs seem to still use the pim information and re-organize it...todayagenda is a good one, imo.
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I second today agenda. But it will not resolve your issue. Neither will other software.
1. What Rom and device do you use?
(i know it's the wizard forum but these days you never know)
2. Have you performed a clear storage?
3. Have you tried a clear storage and then exiting when the customisation starts?
4. .............................

i changed to a different rom and the calendar now works ok

d9 said:
i changed to a different rom and the calendar now works ok
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Have you notified the Chef of the ROM build about the calendar issue?

SPB Diary is another brilliant tool for diary, notes, tasks etc...

yeah i tried spb diary but it still wouldnt save any new items
ive posted the problem in the chefs thread but no one replied and also the thread didnt have anyone else mention it so i assumed it was a issue relating to my device or flash but i find the rom i have now works flawlessly so all good

That's why myself i'm sticking with NBD Rom from Zoki.
He reads the thread and regularly updates.
Enjoy you new ROM, but it's still weird that it didnt interact with the calendar.

[Cab] Leo SMS Fix for HD (new fix cab added)

Hi all,
I made a cab from the 2009-12-15 Leo SMS fix (http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=812&news_id=407), so this can be installed on other devices with Sense 2.5..
I'm on a sense 2.1 rom currently, so can't test it...So be careful, it might break ur SMS function, test with your own risk and always backup (I guess the new 2.02 package has the update already or even a better fix)..
happy new year!!
George
New SMS Fix Cab added (dated 2010-01-14):
http://www.mediafire.com/file/wodzbyyzdmy/SMS_LEO08007.cab

wath exactly it fixes?
[]s

yes...what exactly it fixes??

Is this to fix the slow Messaging with Leo Roms ??

jigners said:
Is this to fix the slow Messaging with Leo Roms ??
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i'm not sure what it fixes... but it doesn't seem to fix the annoying slow messaging thingy... I was just coverting the .exe which can only be installed on HD2 to a cab that can be installed on every device..
I have heard that the htc messaging in the 2.02 pack is fast, anyone tried it?

what is your point in creating a thread with a cab entitled "sms fix" and you are
not sure what it does? shouldn't you have tested it first and shared to us what
exactly it can help?

no offense, but i agree with jigners... hopefully the OP has had time to test it by now!

jigners said:
what is your point in creating a thread with a cab entitled "sms fix" and you are
not sure what it does? shouldn't you have tested it first and shared to us what
exactly it can help?
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Am I the only one in this thread that uses the actual HTC site? or do people just like to hijack threads and flame people who are doing what they can to help the community... As I remember no one else knew what the Leo Camera Fix did either, but it proved useful, at least for some.
HTC Website said:
Update for HTC HD2 – SMS Function Update
This update for HTC HD2 messaging lets you reach out to your friends and family with instant notifications. Keeping in touch has always been very important, and this update delivers just that: fast and reliable SMS messaging.
Date : 2009-12-15
Category : Update
Download
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Looks to me like HTC don't really say what the fix "fixes" but THANKS for creating the CAB, i'll have a look and see what it effects if anything. If it's worth it I'll cook it in for my next flash

Okay, have just installed the CAB.
So far no noticable difference when sending / recieving SMS.
I'm using my own custom ROM, using WinMo 6.5 28014, and most of the packages from Leo 1.48.
Thanks again for the CAB anyway.

Hi guys,
be easy, read the link:
"this update delivers just that: fast and reliable SMS messaging."
these files have been updated:
Messaging.dll
Messaging_Client.exe
MessagingClientDll.dll
MessagingNotification.dll
MessagingRes.dll
MessagingService.dll
mms.dll
MsgSettingDll.dll
PushClient.exe
DlgHelper.exe
GetHtcMmsLimitDll.dll
HtcMailAccount.dll
JSRHandler.dll
MessageStore.dll

@Jigners
When the fix first came out, I tried it but it won't install on hd. and now I learned how to create the cab, so I just made it. I need to have my phone switched on all day right now and I'm with a sense 2.1 ROM, so can't test it, but I thought someone with a lower leo build may want to try it...
yes, you are right..sorry for let you down.. I won't do it next time.
@Swarvey&PooPoo
Sorry for wasting your time... thanks for your kind words

also gonna give it a go
still on a energy rom of 23-09 whit m2.51919
will report back later
ps gonna restore over 800 messages to test it to the ultimate

well tested it and it works sort off
i can type directly but the message im replying to isnt shown
so its kinda a fix

hi,
have you tried restoring tons of messages to see if the slowness has been somehow fixed ? Last time I've tried with 2.5 the phone almost got stuck (with about 600 messages)

miniterror said:
also gonna give it a go
still on a energy rom of 23-09 whit m2.51919
will report back later
ps gonna restore over 800 messages to test it to the ultimate
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miniterror said:
well tested it and it works sort off
i can type directly but the message im replying to isnt shown
so its kinda a fix
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andycted said:
hi,
have you tried restoring tons of messages to see if the slowness has been somehow fixed ? Last time I've tried with 2.5 the phone almost got stuck (with about 600 messages)
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I sort of think the 2 posts directly above your post answers that question don't they

thanks, I could read those, but I'd like a bit more of an explanation:
you installed the fix and restored tons of sms, what I'd like to know is this:
- adding a contact with a lot of sms history to favourites slows down the phone ?
- opening such contact slows down everything ?
- I understand there is no sms history shown in the manila contact at all ? actually that point isn't very clear to me. where is that the original message is not shown ?
what I'd like to know, if you have got time to explain it to me, is what actually the fix changes, and how fast it makes opening sms history on a contact.
One last minor point is that a big sms history had most sms cut to one or two lines.
Regards
Andy

andycted said:
thanks, I could read those, but I'd like a bit more of an explanation:
you installed the fix and restored tons of sms, what I'd like to know is this:
- adding a contact with a lot of sms history to favourites slows down the phone ?
- opening such contact slows down everything ?
- I understand there is no sms history shown in the manila contact at all ? actually that point isn't very clear to me. where is that the original message is not shown ?
what I'd like to know, if you have got time to explain it to me, is what actually the fix changes, and how fast it makes opening sms history on a contact.
One last minor point is that a big sms history had most sms cut to one or two lines.
Regards
Andy
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well for from the contact page i cannot tell you as i have flashed my phone a couple of times afterwords(im trying to build my own)
for the sms not shown
when i get a new message i go the message tab and click the sms
there im supposed to see the threaded conversation between the person im replying to
the whole conversation doesnt load(waited about 3 min)
but i can directly type a reply to the text message whitout a lag
hope this sorts of that question
best regards
miniterror

here is a fix for the slow sunny animation....
I have tested this, it works

does it work for 2.1 manila?
and come on people! just thank this guy for even bothering to create a cab and sharing it in this community.

bertrandno7 said:
does it work for 2.1 manila?
and come on people! just thank this guy for even bothering to create a cab and sharing it in this community.
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no, the sms fix is only for Leo package lower than 1.49...and the weather fix is for any sense 2.5.. I think 2.1 manila does not need any fix, both sunny animation and sms are working ok in 2.1 manila

Can too many Contacts slow down HTC Sense?

I can't find any information on any threads regarding this, but I have tried several different ROMs, and everything is perfectly speedy until I synch up my Contacts list via Exchange ActiveSync. I've tried deselecting JUST my contact synchronization and everything seems to load just fine after that. Does anyone else know of any recommended limits for Contact lists? (I have a little over 300 contacts...)

I have more than 300 contacts, and no slow down after sync...
Loading contact list take less than one sec...

457 contacts here, no issues whatsoever, takes a while to sync to exchange 2010 though if only on GPRS

Have you tried the latest update. It is a radio rom (2.06.51.07) but the description says it has fixes for contacts. Here: http://www.htc.com/uk/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=297&cat=0&dl_id=839

I have 500+ contacts.
No issues.
But, the peoples tab in manila slows sense a bit.

I have 2200+ contacts and 2500+ Calendar items but sensed no slow-down on my HD2.

skr_xd said:
I have 500+ contacts.
No issues.
But, the peoples tab in manila slows sense a bit.
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Same here: I can open a "Favorite" contact quickly but it takes forever to go back to the screen with all of the "Favorites" and with forever I mean like 7/10 secs.

SolusCado said:
I can't find any information on any threads regarding this, but I have tried several different ROMs, and everything is perfectly speedy until I synch up my Contacts list via Exchange ActiveSync. I've tried deselecting JUST my contact synchronization and everything seems to load just fine after that. Does anyone else know of any recommended limits for Contact lists? (I have a little over 300 contacts...)
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From my last restore .... I got about 3,334 contacts in my phone.
Didn't experience any slow down.

you guys are scary manzzz..2k contacts??? salute guys....i only have 250

I have only 150 contacts, but compared to other solutions like Resco Phone Contact or standard wm application HTC Contacts seems to be slow in general.
For sure, thousands of contacts may slow down every software, but this piece og software is never really smooth. Scrolling is a little bit choppy, switching between the different views always takes a while.
I don't think we ca change that behavior.
Sebastian

I have the same issues - happy to hear that I am not alone.
I am syncing my contacts with Lotus Traveler.
On the stock german rom 1.48 I did not had this issue
I did not had on Anja_31 rom from 1.1.2010 (but with this rom I had battery problems)
I had it with Mitris 1.1
Dutys v1, V3a
Now I am on Anja_31 from 15.1.2010 and the effect is the same again.
Mayb some of the tweaks are causing this dealy, that Sense is "looking" for something.
Mayv also some with the file system.
But the problem is I have absolutly no clue about rom cooking and the potential tweaks which could interfear in this area.
dingolino
Cosmocronos said:
Same here: I can open a "Favorite" contact quickly but it takes forever to go back to the screen with all of the "Favorites" and with forever I mean like 7/10 secs.
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Thanks everyone. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy. It looks like my problems are actually related to my storage card and Manila version... Trying a new ROM now..

Unfortunatly not in my case.
Contacts are on internal storage and I have now Duty´s WWE V1.1 rom with Manila 1921, but with some "new Versions from 2.02"
To me int looks like that htc-contact is building up during each opening of a contact a index or cache or what so ever and is not storing this information for the future.
Or it has to do with some tweaks of the roms.
My contact list is not so large (maybe 120-150 contacts) but each contact is filled with all the adress details and not just a phone number, I am using also using "Groups".
Please report if you have a good result with a new rom.
Best regards,
dingolino
SolusCado said:
Thanks everyone. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy. It looks like my problems are actually related to my storage card and Manila version... Trying a new ROM now..
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I have reverted back to the default 1.48 ROM. It is the only one that I have found to be stable and quick.

Hey just to let you know that the latest Dutty rom WWE multi lang V 1.5 solved my problem!!!
From my signature you can see my details
Best regards,
dingolino
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I have reverted back to the default 1.48 ROM. It is the only one that I have found to be stable and quick.
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Hi
Same here.. I have test like 5 diferents custom rom.. I have only 400 contacts... slowwwwww. But with the stock rom is fast!
Any more news??
thanks

Damn you guys are popular!! over 4/5 hundred of contacts? yikes i only have abt 100 i think hahaha

Same problem here, I have my Leo from 2 weeks, without any kind of updates (everything is stock so far), I have about 200 contacts (about 50 of them with image thumbnail 256x256px) and it is sooooooooooooo sloooooooooooow ...
... seems I have to try some updates you mentioned already

HTC Sense slow in loading or boot up
I have a few thousands of appointments, contacts, and multiple email accounts set up.
I was very frustrated about the very slow bootup (more than 5 minutes at most time) before everything is loaded and Sense works normally after that.
After much troubleshooting, I've confirmed that the Email accounts on the SD card is the cause. After deleting all emails in my Yahoo! and 2 Gmail accounts, the startup time reduced to less than 1 minute most of the time. I guess that Sense somewhat tries to load the emails!! Or possibly the SD card is slow (only rated 2x speed).
Hope this helps others who are frustrated over the same issue.

Why should I install other roms?

Hi everyone
I finally changed my phone to htc hd 2 after being hooked to iphone for 3,5 years and frankly, I'am pretty happy with my choice
But i really can't get some thing straigt, why do people change their original rom's giving by the manufacturer to the custom ones made by those genius developers?
Is Manila the name of the rom made by the developer? And isn't sense the real name of the firmware?
Where can I purchase a ebook reader to windows mobile 6.5?
And finally is there a quicker way to connect my contacts to their facebook profile then to do it individually?
Thank you for taking the time to read the post and thanks for all the help that may come.
Sincerely
Alan

Hi,
I can help you as to why you would upgrade the roms, simply because the phone has lots of stuff on it you wont use and if its not there then the phone works faster and better, also the roms may have other utilities built into it that are very handy that do not come with stock...personally its also taste as well...roms are made in the 'kitchen' and the people that put them together are called 'chefs' they are all different and i am finding that out myself...as for the other questions...cant help you there........YET.

celeb1981 said:
Hi everyone
And finally is there a quicker way to connect my contacts to their facebook profile then to do it individually?
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once you have done it once, so long as you backup your contacts you don;t need to do it again.
Their facebook info is held in each contacts 'notes' field. So long as that gets synchronised when you backup/restore, facebook associations will still be there as soon as you log in to facebook from the phone.

celeb1981 said:
Hi everyone
I finally changed my phone to htc hd 2 after being hooked to iphone for 3,5 years and frankly, I'am pretty happy with my choice
But i really can't get some thing straigt, why do people change their original rom's giving by the manufacturer to the custom ones made by those genius developers?
Is Manila the name of the rom made by the developer? And isn't sense the real name of the firmware?
Where can I purchase a ebook reader to windows mobile 6.5?
And finally is there a quicker way to connect my contacts to their facebook profile then to do it individually?
Thank you for taking the time to read the post and thanks for all the help that may come.
Sincerely
Alan
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Manila and Sense are both names for a user interface built by HTC to sit on top of WM and iron out some of the wrinkles.
Latest versions of WM6.5.5 have a reader tab built into Sense but there are a number of other options out there. I believe Freda is a free reader? You should find it via Google.
Whilst I appreciate that your question in the thread title is hypothetical, I would suggest that the direct answer for now is 'you shouldn't'. Get used to the phone, do a lot of reading here, try out some of the tweaks and apps, and forget about ROM upgrades until you know the phone and the operating system better - may save a bit of heartache in the short term to fight any initial temptation!

originally i flashed mine to get rid of all the telstra lock downs imposed on the phone and remove all the foxtel and bigpond junk, but as a byproduct of flashing my phone is now faster, has longer battery life, is much prettier, has loads of customizing tools and upgraded browsers, and can perform many more functions.
in the all contacts section the events tab auto detects possible matching facebook and local contacts, where you can attach them with 1 click, i find the manual way much better in the long run however.
i am experienced with flashing other devices though and i would recommend a lot of reading first before attempting it, and never flash with the sd card as it will end painfully.

Best ereader in my opinion is allreader:
http://shapeservices.com/en/products/details.php?product=allreader&platform=pocketpc

Does it break the warranty to flash it?
And do you know of a rom that would allow me to write in Russian/English and preferably also Norwegian? Thank you!

Linking contacts to Facebook
To automatically link all your contact to their Facebook profiles:
1. Go to 'All people' in the contact tab.
2. Slide across to 'Updates and Events'.
3. All the profiles that match up (by name) will appear below your profile at the top. This will take a while if there are loads.
4. Select this, check they all are right and click done.
Also you have to put HSPL on your phone to install a cooked (or any other) ROM which will invalidate your warranty. Although it can be uninstalled to send it back if necessary. (Read all about it in the sticky HSPL thread in ROMs and development).
Hope this helps.
Murg

murgers said:
To automatically link all your contact to their Facebook profiles:
1. Go to 'All people' in the contact tab.
2. Slide across to 'Updates and Events'.
3. All the profiles that match up (by name) will appear below your profile at the top. This will take a while if there are loads.
4. Select this, check they all are right and click done.
Also you have to put HSPL on your phone to install a cooked (or any other) ROM which will invalidate your warranty. Although it can be uninstalled to send it back if necessary. (Read all about it in the sticky HSPL thread in ROMs and development).
Hope this helps.
Murg
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Thanks for the tip about linking fb profiles, for some reason mine dont save when i restore my contacts using 'microsoft my phone' so this has saved me a bunch of time !

Manila 2.1 feature lost in 2.5... devs help please

this question has been asked before, i have searched as I know many will request me to do. The problem is there has been no solution yet, and possibly A) because not enough are away of it and B) because it hasn't been asked in the right way.
almost all the cooks, and devs have worked and manipulated 2.1 and 2.5 to their liking so i believe there has to be a way to fix this:
In manila 2.1, when facebook was logged in to, and the profile picture was updated with the FB pic, that picture was also updated to the WM directory and then would save to outlook. Most people brought this up when it stopped happening in 2.5 because of the dialer, but my reason is for the outlook part.
Now what I would like from the devs, if anyone can check, HOW 2.1 saved the pic (like what was the registry setting) compared to 2.5 causing the latter to not save to the WM contact directory itself. All i know now, is 2.5 saves it in a path of windows\fbcontacts.
I searched registry settings last night, left and right in hkcu and hklm, to software, htc, then manila to see how it handled "people" but no luck there as i don't know how to add values to make it do what I want.
Thank you in advance, and I hope we can come up with a solution.
P.S. I understand there are other "programs" namely booksync and outsync but if we can fix this it will completely eliminate the need of having to use our pc just to "try" to match it up with our phones (since with outsync you can't manually link profiles like our manila 2.5 fb can.)