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XDA2 volume slider hack

if you want use side slider on your XDA2 for something else then changing sound volume now you can do it (with some restrictions):
This utility unmap volume slider on MDA2/XDA2/iMate (and probably other PDAs).
Disclaimer:
By default side slider change system volume and can not be used for something else (only exeption is some games).
What it do:
This prog remove mapping of side slider on changin volume making possible to use it in other programs (scrolling pages in Haali Reader for example).
Installation:
Copy file unmap_volume.exe to "/Windows/startup" folder
soft-reset device
Uninstall:
delete file unmap_volume.exe from /Windows/startup
soft-reset device
How to map this slider in other programs/which programs are supported:
Side slider generates virtual-key codes 0x75 (equal to "F6" button) and 0x76 (equal to "F7" button). If your programm can use this buttons then it can use slider.
Is it possible to run programs by slider (like by ordinary application buttons)?:
No, maybe this feature will be implemented later.
all
feel free to send suggestions and bugreports to des[at]mail.cz
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h**p://des.nm.ru/unmap_volume_buttonz.zip

Excellent!!!
This button is very usefull now!!!

This sounds like a useful trick - I never use the volume control, except accidentally while on a call :roll: . Can anyone say what applications they've found to use this hack? I don't have a lot of extra software on my machine - how many of the built-in apps could use the slider to scroll? Perhaps one line at a time in Pocket IE?

Very nice Thank You!!
Ive managed to change the registry entry in WMP so I can use it to change tracks.
To make it truly useful though it will have show up in the button assignment window.
Thx again
Surur

Can anyone say what applications they've found to use this hack? I don't have a lot of extra software on my machine - how many of the built-in apps could use the slider to scroll? Perhaps one line at a time in Pocket IE?
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unfortunately this hack can be used in very few apps (see readme.txt) but v.2 is coming soon
Main feature of v.2 is driver, that remaps unstandart vKey codes (0x75 and 0x76) to the standart "application-buttons" range, wich make possible to use "volumeup" and "volumedown" buttons like calendar/contacts/camera/record button. the code I've at this monent is not 100% stable, and configuration interface is far from user-friendly, but it is quite workable, so final version will be released shortly.

Des, unfortunately the notification is not always working for new posts...
Can I be included in your mailing list (if takovoy imeetsya ) when new version v2 will be ready for trial?
Thanking you in advance (Zaranee blagodaren)
Paul

Des, good stuff!!! I also never use the slider for volume, but would be quite keen to use it in MS REader for Page Up / Page Down. Is that possible?

Just a question, Des. What registry settings are you changing or removing? A friend of mine has a PocketLOOX which has sliding buttons to be used for Up and Down - I would be keen to find out what settings he has got in the Registry...

farnold this hack isn't registry tweak so it dosn't change, create or delete any registry keys. unlike PPC2002 in WM2003 handling of keys with vKey codes 0x75 and 0x76 is hardcoded in shell32.exe and current version of hack just rollback RegisterHotkey() maked in shell32.exe

Thanks, mate. Well explained... so is there hope for using the slider in MS Reader at all?

farnold said:
Thanks, mate. Well explained... so is there hope for using the slider in MS Reader at all?
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i don't use microsoft reader so i can't tell you exactly, but if MS Reader is able to bind desired actions to application buttons (calendar/contacts/camera/record but NOT joystick/action) then most probably that you should be able to use volume slider in it (with next version of button remapper).

Hm, I think I will be left out then... I would think that SCROLL FOREWARD and SCROLL BACKWARD in MS Reader are nothing but JOYSTICK TOP and JOYSTICK BOTTOM ...
But that makes me thinking as well... you mentioned that you change something in shell32.exe... the PocketLOOX has a similar slider which does nothing but scrolling... maybe someone knows which function is required???

you mentioned that you change something in shell32.exe...
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no i don't change anything in shell32.exe
let's make things a bit clearer: there is no problem to make volup/voldown dublicate joyUp/joyDown, but I'm not planning to include "per application profiles" in this version, so such remapping would be systemwide.
ps: why peoples are using M$ reader ? there are lot of e-book readers (iSilo, mobi pocket, uBook, Haali reader) that are (imho) much better than M$R, and there are converters from drm'ed .lit to open formats (plain text/xhtml/XML e.t.c.)... so WHY ?

Des said:
there is no problem to make volup/voldown dublicate joyUp/joyDown, but I'm not planning to include "per application profiles" in this version, so such remapping would be systemwide.
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No worries, mate - even I didn't say it, that's all I want the sliders to be used for in any apps
Des said:
ps: why peoples are using M$ reader ? there are lot of e-book readers (iSilo, mobi pocket, uBook, Haali reader) that are (imho) much better than M$R, and there are converters from drm'ed .lit to open formats (plain text/xhtml/XML e.t.c.)... so WHY ?
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Because it's just the best program for reading a lot - I mean "best" when it comes to things like display quality, fonts and so on... and I don't have a problem with DRM, but probably 1,000 free eBooks in lit format... that should be enough for my life :lol:

And is there any hope to use it with XDA1 (T-Mobile MDA) - the volume button is stupid and absolutely useless! :evil:
I would have it changed into JogButton and start all the apps with it...
PS: i voobshe, ya tozhe xochu v Mail List - just in case I buy MDA 2!
[email protected]

Hello Des!
Привет Des!
Не могу ни от кого добиться - как переписать ROM 1.60 в O2 на новый ROM 1.72, который выпустила T-Mobile?
Подскажи, please, если знаешь.

Ну вы, блин, даете! xda-developers.ru? шутка! :twisted:

er.. WTF?
BTT: why not add to this tool to allow the slider to be mapped to custom keys? PageUp/PageDown would seem like an obvious choice to me, making it instantly compatible with the majority of readers, but others might want it to be mapped to other keys. All the same, PocketQuake could have PgUp/PgDn mapped to weapon changes
I have to say I find the In-Call volume control indespensible - some phone calls come through quite loud, while some come through very quiet.

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 16:00 Post subject: Hello Des!
Hey Prince.
Ti uveren chto hochesh upgrade to T-Mobile 1.72? Is it already official release or you want to try BETA? If BETA - run from there
Better find I-Mate 1.72 (official) - the fastest ROM i tried up to know...
As of how to upgrade - use http://wiki.xda-developers.com/wiki/ER2003Edit to change the ROM Carreir ID to what you need for each of the roms included. More details can be found if you search the forum (ili mozesh poslat mne pm i ya postaraus tebe pomoch)

Hello. Thanks for a prompt reply.
Hello, Noviur
Thanks for a prompt reply.
I install program ER2003 Edition. But I do not know as correctly with her to work. Please, help to me. You asked to send you pm. What is pm? How to you him to send?
Thanks for the help

registry findings ?

I want to find some things in the registry and perhaps run a clone of the device itself on the PC so that I can test some things out. I understand there is a way to emulate a device on the PC. Is that correct? How?
Also, I need a way to export the MDA registry so that it can be opened and searched within Windows XP. Is this possible?
Things I want to find initially in the MDA in the registry.
mapping for the green phone key among other keys
backlight for phone keys and keyboard keys.

Use a good registry editor or Visual Studio.
I use Kilmist. I understand Total Commander is good.
Export registry in standard PC format and then copy to pc, browse in notepad. Just DON'T import it by accident onto pc.
You can't just copy a registry into the emulator - they are based on different hardware designs. Most stuff will work, some is likely to screw up emulator. No permanent damage, but bare it in mind.
What device are you looking for these keys on?
I can tell you that the settings for backlight for green and red key and keyboard backlight aren't settled in the registry. Some settings there, but not all.. at least AFAIK.
V

vijay555 said:
Use a good registry editor or Visual Studio.
I use Kilmist. I understand Total Commander is good.
Export registry in standard PC format and then copy to pc, browse in notepad. Just DON'T import it by accident onto pc.
You can't just copy a registry into the emulator - they are based on different hardware designs. Most stuff will work, some is likely to screw up emulator. No permanent damage, but bare it in mind.
What device are you looking for these keys on?
I can tell you that the settings for backlight for green and red key and keyboard backlight aren't settled in the registry. Some settings there, but not all.. at least AFAIK.
V
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IC... No wonder nobody had found a way to map them. However there is software that maps hardware keys for other devices. If not settled in the registry then where/what/how is the software changing them?

Hi all, where can I found a full descriptions of every single registry key & function/purpose of those key. Now I become interested to play with this setting. I know that are VERY DANGEROUS thing. Appreciate for help

zaidam said:
Hi all, where can I found a full descriptions of every single registry key & function/purpose of those key. Now I become interested to play with this setting. I know that are VERY DANGEROUS thing. Appreciate for help
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And it's frowned upon by T-Mobile. Watch out for the phone police .

Now now, lets not scare any one.
Playing with registry on windows mobile device is only dangerous if you care about whats on that device and don't want to hard reset. Otherwise you can go ahead an experiment as hard reset will restore original reg settings.
Oh and as for the phone police, well they don't carry real guns do they?
But seriously there is no list of every reg key. Registry is a general settings database for the whole windows mobile OS and the apps on it. It was designed to replace a hoard of ini files.
Documentation of relevant settings is usually attached to documentation of what ever they control (if there is any such documentation) and since any app can write to the registry there may be settings no one ever documented (there certainly are undocumented settings for the system it self like NeverDorkMemory).

Guys, you should know what you're doing when playing with the registry. But it's always best to make a backup. You'll find it hard to irrepairably damage your phone (which is always fixable by a hardreset or rom flash) in the registy, but a backup is safer.
zaidam - seriously man, what do you think we do here? If microsoft gave us a list of every registy setting, a lot of guys would be out of a job, it'd be too easy! If you're brave enough, experiment with the registry and discover a new hack. If not, just browse around and see what's possible through the registry hacks.
trpenner - you answered your own question with a different answer. The keyboard can be remapped, quite easily. Some of it can be done though the registy, some requires apps like AE Button Plus. AEBP doesn't use the registy (I presume) because it requires a lower level of programming not exposed by the registry.
However, the red and green key are not mappable (AFAIK) through the registry alone.
V

vijay555 said:
Guys, you should know what you're doing when playing with the registry. But it's always best to make a backup. You'll find it hard to irrepairably damage your phone (which is always fixable by a hardreset or rom flash) in the registy, but a backup is safer.
zaidam - seriously man, what do you think we do here? If microsoft gave us a list of every registy setting, a lot of guys would be out of a job, it'd be too easy! If you're brave enough, experiment with the registry and discover a new hack. If not, just browse around and see what's possible through the registry hacks.
trpenner - you answered your own question with a different answer. The keyboard can be remapped, quite easily. Some of it can be done though the registy, some requires apps like AE Button Plus. AEBP doesn't use the registy (I presume) because it requires a lower level of programming not exposed by the registry.
However, the red and green key are not mappable (AFAIK) through the registry alone.
V
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It's the red/green keys I am after. Maybe one day we someone smarter than I will be willing to take up the challenge.

As I said, they can certainly be reassigned through code, fairly easily, but not through the registry alone I believe.
V

trpenner said:
It's the red/green keys I am after. Maybe one day we someone smarter than I will be willing to take up the challenge.
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Red and green buttons are mappable using the third party softs like AE button Plus. I am using it and I have mapped the red button to close (not minimise) the running application when pressed twice. You can also try...

c_shekhar said:
Red and green buttons are mappable using the third party softs like AE button Plus. I am using it and I have mapped the red button to close (not minimise) the running application when pressed twice. You can also try...
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AE button plus.... THAT's hopefully what I was looking for. I'll check it out. Thank you SO much! What's the best checkbook app?

Need an app that does NOTHING!

This might sound strange, but I'd need a program for WM5 Smartphones that can be called by a symbolic link (*.lnk) that I'd assign to a HW key and that does not do anything, just immediately returns without even switching the display. Does anyone have a crazy thing like that?
Thanxx, Mixx
PS: I am not totally crazy. I just have an HTC Excalibur (but the O2 XDA Cosmo version) that has a HW key for the Internet Explorer. I need to hijack that key, because I need to have a way to enter accented characters and I refuse to pick them from a huge table with the cursor. I managed to use AEKeymap, but if I use the current IE-key to switch to accented, it will first call the IE and only when I return (by e.g. ESCAPE) does it put down the right symbol. I figure, if I remap that key to this "does-nothing-app" (and I know how to use SHORT_IE.lnk), I'll be OK.
Currently I hijack the Messaging key for this purpose. That has the same problem, but if I am in an Email or SMS, it is no harm that it jumps to Messages (ends up where it started from, since I am in that app already). Thus I can have accented character in Emails, but not in any other application.
Nobody could help so far, but I am just too stubborn. This must be a solvable problem.

Some wrote just what you want:
http://www.pocketpcfreeware.com/en/index.php?soft=382

Wonderful, wonderful, thanks a million.
Works exactly as I described above.
Thanxx, Mixx

Installing Asukal cab on X1 to input and read japanese in WM6.1

Hi,
I found a lot of infos about some fantastic files from Asukal that allows Japanese input and reading on windows mobile 6.1 devices. But it seems there are some differences in registry editing for every models to get all the characters displaying correctly and the right keyboard layout.
But I am still looking for someone who has actually installed those files on the xperia and a list of what to do exactly to get everything right.
So far here is what I found:
Everything we install has to be installed on the main memory and not on storage card or device will not boot anymore.
we have to install this file for output:
http://hn801.hkes.com/Data/Localize/LetsJapanNo6.zip
do a soft reset
And this one for input:
http://hn801.hkes.com/Data/SIP/IME_31J_F.zip
But we have to do some registry edit before the soft reset or the keyboard will not work. And maybe this patch will do the editing but I am not sure if it for HTC device or not and I am not sure anyway if Xperia is considered an htc device or not (because it is made in part by htc):
http://hn801.hkes.com/Data/SIP/Enable_IME_2.zip
there is also an Enable_IME_3.zip but I don't know what it is nor where it is.
do a soft reset
Note, if you don't install the Enable_IME patch before restarting, you will most probably have to hard reset your device.
So to make it short:
- LetsJapanNo6.cab
- soft reset
- IME_31J_F.cab
- DO NOT reset now!
- 2_Enable_IME_2.cab
- 2_Enable_IME_3.cab (not sure about his one)
- restart
I just got my xperia today so I did not tried it yet. If anyone has time to try, please report the results here. thanx all.

Some things I forgot to mention.
When you install those files the OS is supposed to stay in English (but I think some stuff like calendar get japanized but you can revert to english by reg edit).
Also the japanese IME is supposed to be the best you can find (better than Ce star cause it works with everything like the dictionnaries) and is the best at kanji recognition (you can draw a kanji with the stylus to search the meaning in a dictionnary!). there is a freeware that claim to do kanji recegnition but needs right kanji stroke number and order, which is useless for us learners cause if you know the stroke order you probably don't need to search the kanji.
So I can't wait to try this.

Strob were you ever able to get this working? I'd love to here a follow up on what happened when you tried install Asukal's on your X1.
I was able to get ce-star working pretty easily, but Asukal's sounds like a better option if its possible to get it working on the X1.

hi, may be someone have unicode fonts with hieroglyphs fo xperia?

Strob-さん
Just to let you know I managed to get LetsJapanNo6 and IME31J_F working perfectly fine on my Xperia.
You don't need Enable_IME_2 or 3, just install the two CABs and modify the following registry entry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Layouts\e0010411]
"Keyboard Layout"=00000409
After that reboot and everything works, but the keyboard and SIP will default to かな. If you want it to default to alphanumeric, there's another registry entry to put in:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IMEJP\3.1\MSIME]
"option3"=0000000D
The "D" is hex for 13, it's not a string.
The Xperia works great browing Japanese web sites, running EB Pocket and Google Maps user interface changes to Japanese.
Hope this helps you get it working on your Xperia.

YES!!! Finally it's working for me too! Thanks to Asukal!

Long Press

Do you know, is it possible to map longpress-action for button (start, back and home) ?
I know, in menu i can add action for long-send button.
I use longpress-action on my previously elf and it was great
Thx for reply

I doubt that the stock ROM will give you that option. This type of functionality is Windows Mobile specific, not device specific; so considering that, look around the generic software (Windows Mobile) sub forum and see if you can find a tool that will help you with that. I can't recall any apps off the top of my head, but I know there are some floating around that will allow you that functionality. I'll do some searching and give a shout if I find any.

Scope this and give it a shot - I've heard of others having success with it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=554240
Or here for Touch 2 / Tilt 2 specific instructions:
http://www.wmexperts.com/turn-att-tilt-2-ptt-button-something-useful
It should do what you need. Let me know if it helps or not!

I have tested it, install program OK, run program - add key
but touch2 freezed.
Dont work with key on touch2
grr, freezed everytime after SR

Long Send OK
if you create file Long_Send.lnk and put it in directory windows, it works...
In file is path to program for example:
"\Program Files\Total Commander\cecmd.exe"
the problem is, how are named the buttom (start-back-home)