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Unneccesary startup items...

Does anyone know if any of the items in my starup folder are unneccesary as my XDA II seems to be running really slowly:
Aflashman.lnk
Battery Monitor.lnk
BPinsert.lnk
BTIcon.lnk
CFlashMan.lnk
CheckAutoRun.lnk
HandsFree.lnk
IA_Caller_ID.lnk
MMReg.lnk
MultiIE.lnk
NFlashMan.lnk
poutlook.lnk
SMSreceiver.lnkstk.lnk
TFlashMan.lnk
USSD.lnk
VoiceCommand.lnk
There seems to be a lot here. Any ideas of what I could lose?

Look at www.ppcw.net (special story about it) or at www.tekguru.co.uk (last part of his review).

Your problem of running slow is probably due to a MS Mobile 2003 bug My I-mate was running really slow.
Download this freeware (both of them), install them and run them. I had over 500 entries in the database which I cleared with the util and it went to 9 The speed of my Imate returned to normal.
http://www.scarybearsoftware.com/ppc_cn_overview.html
Hope that helps....

Thanx drj bro! I had 830!!! Down to 11 after running app. My XDAII is running real smooth now. The second app says its only trial though....

Your welcome...glad it worked!
It will build up over time and as you soft reset. Just run the util every once and a while and all should be well.

drj said:
Your problem of running slow is probably due to a MS Mobile 2003 bug My I-mate was running really slow.
Download this freeware (both of them), install them and run them. I had over 500 entries in the database which I cleared with the util and it went to 9 The speed of my Imate returned to normal.
http://www.scarybearsoftware.com/ppc_cn_overview.html
Hope that helps....
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Thanks from me too! I had my alarms fail, which made me oversleep, which could have been very embarrassing on any other night as the bands I drive rely on me getting them to the next gig on time.
I installed this freeware which seems to have (a) cleared a lot of unwanted dross & (b) sorted out my alarm problem (I think!)
I also use the very useful pocket alarm from Burr Oak Software, check it out here:-
http://www.burroak.on.ca/pta2.html
Top banana! Thanks again!

My Australia i-Mate came with a whole bunch of Telstra customisations. I would actually like to get rid of these because they interfere with telephone functionality (e.g replaces caller ID with a telstra logo!).
However I am unable to delete the Telstra setup files using File Explorer. Anybody have any ideas how to do it?

**UPDATED** MIDlet manager

i will give credit to risidoro for this one.. and im lazy som im just going to copy/paste. original post can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1079560&posted=1#post1079560
This new MIDlet Manager comes from the new HTC Herald ROM, version 1.2.405
This new version is JTWI 1.0 compliant and SUPPORTS Google's SATELLITE Maps (of course, you need to download Google Maps' client from www.google.com/gmm
This release also supports sending SMSs from Opera Mini 3.0 (mini.opera.com)!!!
Some Details about the program:
Developer: Intent
Name: MIDlet Manager
Version: 11.1.7.1023
Build: 20060907
JWTI v.1.0 Compliance!
------- HOW TO INSTALL ------------
- download the zip archive from:
Risidoro_Intent_MIDlet_Manager_v11.zip
- extract the cab (inside the archive) somewhere in your PC (e.g. Desktop)
- copy to somewhere in your PocketPC (e.g. \storage card)
- in your PocketPC, navigate with File Manager to the cab and tap on it to install
- when asked, choose to install in the Device (and NOT in Storage Card!)
- reboot when asked
PS: It can be installed over previous version (or in roms where the old midlet is included)!
-------- COMPATIBILITY ---------------
So far, i've only tested it with the midlets i use the most.
- Google Maps runs fine. Satellite maps are supported!!!
- Opera Mini 3.0 runs OK too and supports SMS sending. Even softkeys works! Photo blog feature, however, is not supported
- Mobile GMaps, beta 1.30.08 http://wap.mgmaps.com/ simply wonderful. Sat images for google and yahoo maps.

Does this replace the MIDP manager suplied by default on the phone? Can I use both once this is installed?
(I'm using an Orange branded M3100 with the Intent Midlet Manager, v10.1.7.559 if that matters. I guess thats the same on all hermes devices.)
Thanks,
Sam

mikechannon said:
Hi
Interesting good info.
Couple of ever so picky things shogunmark, a couple of the links need attention the www.google.com/gmm). one needs the ). removed from the end and the (http://wap.mgmaps.com/): one needs the ): removed.
My obsessive compulsive personality disorder forced me to point these out.
Cheers
Mike
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i should have proof read that stuff if i was gonna copy/paste so i will take the blame for not proof reading it!

sambartle said:
Does this replace the MIDP manager suplied by default on the phone? Can I use both once this is installed?
(I'm using an Orange branded M3100 with the Intent Midlet Manager, v10.1.7.559 if that matters. I guess thats the same on all hermes devices.)
Thanks,
Sam
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this does replace the current midlet on your phone

You had me at the soft keys working in Opera 3.0. Thanks!!

Shogun are you working on a new rom for the Hermes? Your rom for Wizard was the best one.

Anyone else having problems downloading through Firefox and IE?

bump can anyone email me it to [email protected] can't seem to be able to download it.

right click on the link in IE and choose "Save Target As" and see if that works for ya

ZzFDKzZ said:
Shogun are you working on a new rom for the Hermes? Your rom for Wizard was the best one.
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and no not yet, i am still a little busy with life, my wife is due to pop out #4 any day now, plus with all the bootloader security stuff going on i dont feel comfortable on making a rom quite yet.. we will see what the future holds

Wowz! Great news! Thanks! I post a link to this thread to all PPC forums / my blog!

Congrats on number 4 Shogun!
I hate to high jack a thread but...
Is there a launch command to put at the end of the .exe file to lauch to start the midlet manager and launch a midlet.
Found my answer and here it is incase anyone else wants to launch midlets from a shortcut. Works for me on iLauncher.
jmm.exe -r"suite","vendor","name" runs Opera Mini and Google Maps for me.
If I try to put the whole line in quotes "name,vendor,name" - it doesn't launch the midlet - only JMM.exe.
You can run any midlet that you have installed. You can find the parameters such as a midlet name and the exact vendor name in Application Data\Tao\intent\app\jam\midlets\midlets.db. I just repeat the midlet name instead of the suite.

Just installed 11.1.7.1023 on my 8525. I first got a system message "access denied"... Oh yeah... I guess I should close MIDlet first
2nd try (once I had a cup of coffee and turned on my brain) install went A-OK. Opera Mini gave me an error and would not connect to anything. I uninstalled the midlet and re-installed and now everything is working. GMaps is faster than map4pda. Softkey functions work as advertised. Thanks for this update!

Install failed
I tried installing it on my MDA Vario II and received the following error
"Installation was unsucessful. The program or setting cannot be installed because it does not have sufficient system permissions." Any suggestions?
Thanks
Richard

shogunmark said:
and no not yet, i am still a little busy with life, my wife is due to pop out #4 any day now, plus with all the bootloader security stuff going on i dont feel comfortable on making a rom quite yet.. we will see what the future holds
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Congrats on the 4th kid!
Also I try the right click save target and still won't work. It just downloads a 1kb file.

ZzFDKzZ said:
Congrats on the 4th kid!
Also I try the right click save target and still won't work. It just downloads a 1kb file.
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dont know if congrats are in order.. i will be a 26yr old with 4 girls under the age of 6 in house plus my wife... i will take sympathies though anyway, i just emailed it to you!

Hi,
I don't know if some body knows about it, but soft keys function is replaced by the following keys in the stock version of JAVA VM from TyTN.
Left Soft Key = Q
Right Soft Key = P
I did a search but I didn't find any related to this, then I'm posting this info.
Regards,
Taguapire.

Hi,
I don't know if some body knows about it, but soft keys function is replaced by the following keys in the stock version of JAVA VM from TyTN.
Left Soft Key = Q
Right Soft Key = P
I did a search but I didn't find any related to this, then I'm posting this info.
Regards,
Taguapire.
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BTW: I don't know if it works in every app, but is working in Opera Mini 3.
Regards,
Taguapire.

My experience,
I just installed it JVM, Google Mail worked fine, in previous version it just do not retrieve the mails, this new can get them but... When I pop the menu it returns an error.
Gmail stuff is still a buggy app for this JVM.
About the rest, I mean, Soft keys... all is OK.
Regards,
Taguapire.

i havent had any major issues with the gmail app, i did run into one buggy issue but havent had it since.. but i wont call it a solid app yet, everything else has worked great for me, soft keys, etc

CoPilot Live 8 On Verizon TP2

I posted this in another thread, but I wanted to make sure that it gets seen because this is really frustrating....
I might be just stupid, but I've been trying to get Copilot Live 8 working on my TP2 for about a week now. I bought a 16GB SD card for the main purpose of storing the app and the whole North American map on it. I installed the App and activated it on my phone and downloaded the map via CoPilot Central, but it won't let me transfer it (the button is grayed out). The only thing that I can think of why it doesn't let me transfer is that CPCentral shows me only having 208MB free on my device, when the map is 1.01GB. How can I get it to see the SD card? I found the map files on my PC. Could I just copy them into the SD card? If so, where? I'm seeing something in Program Files and in the root of the card, but I'm not sure.
Anyone who's gotten this working, how did you do it? I reached out to their support yesterday and haven't heard anything back from them.

ok i have copilot 8 north american maps on my touch pro 2...i bought the 32 dollar one since i didnt upgrade. there was no need for me to download any maps into my memory card...all i had done was place the two folders onto my memory card the copilot folder and the 2577 folder and it installed and the maps and all were on there. i didnt have to go and download any other maps from copilot central. but make sure you are connected to your phone through active sync to be able to transfer any files from copilot central. once connected through active sync open up copilot central then log in...once on go to explore my copilot and then click on maps. then once you are there click on maps on my device to make sure you dont already have it installed...it will show up under there if its already installed if not click on maps on my computer then hit the check box under select then click on add to device. you should be good to go.

OK - so I checked the original 2 folders (COPILOT and 2577) and the maps ARE in there.... When you transferred them over, were both of those directories in the root of the card? Or were they in a subfolder? That might be part of my problem. I have a folder called "Apps" that I generally dump all my installers to and I stuck them inside a folder in there... so my path is actually \Storage Card\Apps\Copilot Live\2577
Are yours in the root?

I downloaded the European maps version. I copied across the copilot folder as it was to the SD card, and then copied the cab I needed out of the 2577 folder rather than copying the whole thing.
Works fine

they have to be on the root of the memory card not in any other folders...so it should be \storage card\COPILOT and for the other folder it should be \storage card\2577... both need to be on the root of your memory card and that should work let me know ok

I'm copying the files out now and I'll let you know how it turns out

i was about to tell you to uninstall it and then move the two folders over where they need to be and reinstall it but let me know how it turns out for you

Works! Thanks guys.

your welcome man...i like copilot for the price and i do like the program setup and overall experience too bad it doesnt call out the city names for me

jeebustrain said:
Works! Thanks guys.
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question: I had copilot 7 on mine and the north american maps are way out of date it seems. I've been living in my house for 11 years and my street doesn't even exist on the map. any help?

cyberscribe said:
question: I had copilot 7 on mine and the north american maps are way out of date it seems. I've been living in my house for 11 years and my street doesn't even exist on the map. any help?
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you may want to upgrade to copilot live 8 or download the north american maps im sure those have been updated.

just for grins, I tried to put my house (on a relatively new street, but in an established neighborhood) as a destination on my way home from work. It seemed to work pretty well, but my street wasn't on the map (no surprise, it's not in google maps either), but the existing streets in my neighborhood were all named wrong. Plus, when I just picked a coordinate where my house was, it said that it was in some town that I'd never heard of.
Weird. I'll do some more experiments on it as the week goes just to see how it is. Running this thing sure makes my TP2 hot though.

Do you guys notice choppy framerates in landscape mode and smoothness in portrait? That is my only bug that I've really found with my VZ TP2 and Copilot 8.

cyberscribe said:
question: I had copilot 7 on mine and the north american maps are way out of date it seems. I've been living in my house for 11 years and my street doesn't even exist on the map. any help?
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With CPL8, ALK has introduced the MapSure program; just report map omissions/errors at the linked URL, and they promise a map update within 45 days of their verifying the error.

CoPilot Live 8 on Vz TP2
Bought CPL8 a few weeks ago for my TP2. Live in California but have traveled to LA (different country!), Florida, Nevada, Arizona, and DC. Works great. I have seen a couple of instances where old roads still show up where freeways now break the road up and things like that. Overall it's been a great experience. Certainly an excellent experience for the price. When I was in DC I saw a vertical display that showed where construction and accidents will appear in my route. I really like the tool and would recommend it to anyone. The POIs are very extensive as well. I'll have to try the mapsure thing to make change recommendations. Only con is that the voice levels on the notifications are tool distorted even at the lowest volume setting. It's already had 2 updates completed in the few weeks I've owned. I set it up to do it manually. Seems like they are working to make sure it's current.

Copilot 8 Live - lockscreen / autolock still active in use !!!
Hi All,
I'm using NRGs ROM (see signature below) and just recently loaded CoPilot Live 8, which also works too, but I noticed the lockscreen / autolock still kicks in as you're watching the map, which is not good when I'm driving. Has anyone else noticed this or had this problem? I've contacted CoPilot Support, as I think it's their product, but I'm posting a note here, just in case there's a quick fix or something like that.
Went to CoPilot as I was fed-up with TomTom dragging their damn heals!!

Unable to run HTC hotfixes (.exe won't run)

Hi everyone
I just recently bought an HD2 and already seem to be havnig problems with my storage card. It is 2GB and is already full (I only added about 5 pics and 2 mp3 files! I have all the default progs and stuff that comes on it after buying it new. I decided to update the phone with HTC's various 'updates' (hot fixes), one of which addresses the storage card problem. I followed their online instructions but it fails everytime to run the .exe
Steps taken:
- Downloaded the 'storage card' update from their website to my PC
- Sync'd the phone to the PC and put the downloaded .exe file into 'My Device>My Documents>Personal'. Don't ask my why I put it their. I didn't really know where was best.
- Unplugged the phone from the PC and searched for the file using the 'file explorer'
- Tapped the .exe
Unfortunately I can't remember what the reason was for it not running but it was something to do with not being compatible with my device
Reasons?
Before trying to run the hot fixes, I had already updated the ROM. The ROM that I used is the latest one on HTC's website. Should I have run the hot fixes first?
Any ideas?

if you are using an updated rom it proably already has the hotfix applied

rapaz05 said:
Hi everyone
I just recently bought an HD2 and already seem to be havnig problems with my storage card. It is 2GB and is already full (I only added about 5 pics and 2 mp3 files! I have all the default progs and stuff that comes on it after buying it new. I decided to update the phone with HTC's various 'updates' (hot fixes), one of which addresses the storage card problem. I followed their online instructions but it fails everytime to run the .exe
Steps taken:
- Downloaded the 'storage card' update from their website to my PC
- Sync'd the phone to the PC and put the downloaded .exe file into 'My Device>My Documents>Personal'. Don't ask my why I put it their. I didn't really know where was best.
- Unplugged the phone from the PC and searched for the file using the 'file explorer'
- Tapped the .exe
Unfortunately I can't remember what the reason was for it not running but it was something to do with not being compatible with my device
Reasons?
Before trying to run the hot fixes, I had already updated the ROM. The ROM that I used is the latest one on HTC's website. Should I have run the hot fixes first?
Any ideas?
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If you check the hotfix descriptions they tell you what version ROM they apply to. They'll all say something like "ROM versions lower than 1.61" or similar. Basically, if you've got 1.66 you don't need any of the hotfixes.
If you're having problems with space on your storage card then the hotfix wouldn't have fixed that anyway. It just changed the way that images are compressed (I believe), so you could fit mor pics on the card.
Manually go through the storage card (connect your device as a USB drive so it's quicker, and windows explorer works properly with it too). Just try and find whatever it is that's filling it up. 2GB is not that big, but it's hardly small.
I reckon you just need a good, hard hunt.

Great thanks for the quick replies.
I'll do as you suggested and check the ROM version. I did the update late at night so guess my brain wasn't functioning. I'd had really annoying problems with synching, which after an exhaustive search I found were down to my motherboard's P55 chip! Needed to flash the BIOS of all things. Last thing I would have thought was causing sync probs. Soz to waste your time with something so simple.
Connecting as a mass storage device makes sense. I'll be it's the free Navigation software that takes up all the space.

rapaz05 said:
Great thanks for the quick replies.
I'll do as you suggested and check the ROM version. I did the update late at night so guess my brain wasn't functioning. I'd had really annoying problems with synching, which after an exhaustive search I found were down to my motherboard's P55 chip! Needed to flash the BIOS of all things. Last thing I would have thought was causing sync probs. Soz to waste your time with something so simple.
Connecting as a mass storage device makes sense. I'll be it's the free Navigation software that takes up all the space.
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The CoPilot folder doesn't take up too much space actually. I've got the app and the maps all on the storage card in the same folder and they only take up about 220MB. I can't imagine what could be taking up so much space!
Good luck with your hunt. Let us know how you get on mate

Just connected to the phone and checked through the SD card. Would you believe, CoPilot takes up 1.7GB!!! Which left me with very little after you add the other photos and music etc that comes with it. I guess it's so big because it is the Europe pack (their website quotes aprox 2GB for the Europe pack!).
So I'll be formatting the card now and loading it up with all my own stuff
I also checked and it appears that the ROM update I did the other day included all the hot fixes (makes sense) so all good
Now I just wanna start tinkering with all the goodies from this site to tweak it just how I like it (can imagine that I'll keep wanting the newest .cab and ROMs)
Cheers for your help guys

rapaz05 said:
Just connected to the phone and checked through the SD card. Would you believe, CoPilot takes up 1.7GB!!! Which left me with very little after you add the other photos and music etc that comes with it. I guess it's so big because it is the Europe pack (their website quotes aprox 2GB for the Europe pack!).
So I'll be formatting the card now and loading it up with all my own stuff
I also checked and it appears that the ROM update I did the other day included all the hot fixes (makes sense) so all good
Now I just wanna start tinkering with all the goodies from this site to tweak it just how I like it (can imagine that I'll keep wanting the newest .cab and ROMs)
Cheers for your help guys
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Glad you got it sorted mate. I didn't realise how much space the EU maps would take - I only have UK and Northern Ireland and it's tiny by comparison!
Good work matey

Consider buying a bigger storagecard, 8gb ain't that expensive

[WARNING] To all CoPilot users

Dear CoPilot users,
Over the last month I have been having a bit of a battle with the makers of CoPilot 8, ALK, with regards to my license which I purchased in early 2010.
Like many of you here, I'm a bit of a compulsive phone updater, be it new windows builds, android or this new android NAND stuff.
Anyway, every time I flashed a ROM, I'd have to reactivate Co-Pilot over the internet. No problem. However, one day, it stopped working, saying that my code was invalid!! Much to my horror, I sent ALK an e-mail asking what had happened. Here was my response.
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Response (Brandt) - 08/11/2010 11.45 AM
Dear Jon,
Thank you for contacting CoPilot Technical Support.
Unfortunately the reason why you are no longer able to continue activating CoPilot is our Activation server has seen that you have reached the maximum permitted activation limit for a product.
Unfortunately there is nothing further I can do to unlock your Product Key Code to allow for further activations as this falls under excessive uses of activation.
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Well, I didn't realise I could only activate so many times before the product was no longer mine. So I did some fishing through my T&C's for CoPilot 8 and there is no actual figure to indicate what "the maximum permitted activation limit for a product" is.
So I replied with an e-mail to that effect, saying that there is nothing in black and white for me to have known this. A month later they finally got back to me and said that I can now reactivate my code.
Now - I can understand what's happened. From their server's point of view, lots of people could be using my code on a large number of devices. So how do you get around this?
Well, every time you go to flash a new ROM, **MAKE SURE YOU DEACTIVATE YOUR LICENSE FIRST**!!
In settings (assuming you have show all settings selected), you will see a license button. Select your map in the list of things and press deactivate.
If you do this then you will be okay. But I suspect ALK will be updating their T&C to prevent this from occurring again.
Anyway, I hope that saves some of you from some potential trouble in the future.

why dont you backup & restore using titanium?
works for me
as far as im aware the activation code is linked to your phones IMEI, so it doesnt matter how many times you change your build, (with the same os) if restoring from backup

this is common practice with drm'd software.
the solution is just not to use it.

In The windows ver .. there is a file called : licp8.dat
That keeps your lic Info ...
Wonder if there is one for thr Android ???
then it will not matter
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Requirements:
- A *LEGAL* copy of CoPilot 8 for Windows Mobile and the license key
- The latest version of CoPilot 8 for Android (works in Froyo now) Link to ALK Web Site
I bought it about 8 months ago for my HD2, for Windows Mobile 6.5. Great piece of software. I contacted ALK to ask if I could transfer between OS's and they said no, it wouldn't work! It also clearly states on their web site that transfers don't work:
Link
So being stubborn, I thought I'd take my own license from WinMo and deactivate it, stick it into Android and needless to say - it works and I have a fully legal copy of CoPilot 8 running on my Android Froyo device. Those cheeky beggers at ALK!!!
So how to get it working:
•Make sure you still have CoPilot installed under Windows Mobile and activated;
•Launch CoPilot. Go to the Menu|Settings|Licensing (NOTE: If you can't see this, find "More Settings" and select that first to show Licensing);
•Select your Map Region from the list (Mine was UK and Ireland), then press "Deactivate";
•CoPilot will now shut down;
•Boot into Android and using an installer, install the APK file which is in the requirements section at the top of the page or here;
•Open CoPilot from the Menu and it will ask for your license info. Enter this as you did when you first bought CoPilot (usually a username and password);
•Bada Bing. That should be it, all working!
Just to clarify one further time, this is only for legally purchased licenses. No questions about dodgy software please. Thank you.

WarlockW said:
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LOL Warlock, that was my original post