Hi all,
Alot of flashing been going on recently, and XDA_UC is pretty handy for getting all the cabs installed back on the device, this coupled with the ability to have my email/bluetooth and various other settings imported is excellent.
But still the main slow down when installing a new rom is that once the programs are installed they still need the program specific settings adjusted. Things like entering registration info for resco and Galarm or seting up tomtom.
Is it possible to automate this part of the install process?
Export the programs' registry value to reg file and put into XDA_UC folder
Try to find them in HKLM and HKCU
thanks,
i'll be flashing another ROM over the next few days, i'll see how this works
Related
I did some searching for this, but couldn't find an answer...
Are there any tweeks, reg hacks or applications that I can use to enable files received via Bluetooth (or irda) to automatically get stored to my Storage Card?
Thanks!
Reg Change with consequences
There is one way that I know of to change the location of the Bluetooth/IRDA storage location. However, on my Universal when I made this change, there were significant delays in opening certain applications and other processes. Therefore I wrote a small app to change the location as and when I needed it, so by default it is the location on the phone.
As background, the default location is stored on the phone under Application data\volatile
This is set in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\FileSys\TempPath
Attached is the program, it was only written for myself to use so not very fancy at all, but does work. Unfortunately as my PPC programming experience is so minimal, I had to use the only tools I know which was VB.Net 2005 and therefore you will need the Compact .Net Framework 2 installed on your device.
Hi
Thanks for that...
I just downloaded and installed the .cab, but I can't see it in my Programs or in Program Files...
Where does this cab install it's stuff?
If I wanted to manually change the location in:
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\FileSys\TempPath
... Would I just change
Code:
Application data\volatile
To
Code:
Storage Card\BT Receive
?
Thanks
D'oh!
I was looking for it in programs, not settings>system!
Hehe
Thanks a lot for this
I can't seem to figure out how people restore their apps, data, ActiveSync, etc. after updating their ROMs. It seems like people on this site replace their ROMs a few times a year at least, and with all the cleverness required to follow all the ROM issues, surely you can't all be manually re-installing every single app every time, etc. Are there some tools I don't know about that are useful for backing up/restoring files before/after ROM burn? Every backup program I see says you must not use it to restore after ROM update (which I understand, since you don't want to restore old versions of many key files). But surely someone could create a backup/restore app which knows which things should NOT be restored.
Thanks!
I do rom upgrades quite frequently, now I can have my device back with my settings and programs installed in around 10 minutes, here's what I did:
1)Install registry workshop on your desktop computer, this program allows you to remotely browse / export the registry on the PocketPC and compare current regitry settings on PocketPC with a previously dumped registry file.
2) Install RegDiff on your desktop computer, it allows you to generate .reg files out of two exported registry dumps done by registry workshop.
3) Spend a few hours going setting-by-setting and exporting the registry after changing each setting, compare and generate .reg file for that. Keep in mind that sometimes you need to power off the device for a while or soft reset for the registry setting to be permanently stored.
4) Once you have all the .reg files for your settings combine them in a single .reg file
5) Use WinCE Cab Manager to combine the cabs of all the programs you install, set the registry settings, and put shorcuts to all applications into the right places. This is the most "time consuming" part of the process.
Finally I end up with 2 big cab files:
- First one is around 9Mb which I install on pocketpc memory, this includes all today screen plugins, plus Net CF 2.1 and some registry settings (mostly WM5 settings and preferences from the today plugins)
- Second one is around 25Mb which i install on storage card, this includes all the other 3rd party apps I like and registry settings for those apps.
What I do after hard reset or rom upgrade: Install the two cab files, setup mail accounts and mms manually and use directpush to sync all my contacts and calendar items again.
The process of exporting all the registry settings is a PITA, but it is worth spending the time if you're going to switch roms frequently.
Look for an app called Sprite Backup.
pkx said:
Look for an app called Sprite Backup.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yup, Sprite is the easiest. Be warned, however, that it isn't able to restore PIM databases over the AKU3 upgrade. See my Backup Bible, where I;ve explained this all.
Wow, thanks. That's a lot of work to get things set up! Clearly worth it if you can re-install everything in 10 minutes, though.
I started to investigate your recommendations, installed Cab Manager, and see how you use that.
How do you get the cabs if the install isn't directly via cab? In other words, if the install is initiated via ActiveSync, then are the necessary cabs always found under the Program Files\ActiveSync directory?
As for Sprite Backup, it looks great, and maybe that would be enough for me for now. I wasn't clear (I did search through and skim the Backup Bible and the WM5 backup software comparisons but couldn't find exactly where it talked about the issue regarding AKU3) is the PIM issue a known bug? Or some limitation/problem related to new security or something?
Quincy
quinxy said:
How do you get the cabs if the install isn't directly via cab? In other words, if the install is initiated via ActiveSync, then are the necessary cabs always found under the Program Files\ActiveSync directory?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If it's installed via activesync you can find them there, but generally what I do is extract the cab files from the exe using orange in Linux, don't know if there's a windows equivalent.
pof,
Don't know if you ever ActiveSync since you use Linux, but is there a way to NOT break your ActiveSync by upgrading your ROM? I thought I tried once, years ago, to set the device name back to the original name and ActiveSync still didn't recognize it as the old partnership.
quincy
quinxy said:
pof,
Don't know if you ever ActiveSync since you use Linux, but is there a way to NOT break your ActiveSync by upgrading your ROM? I thought I tried once, years ago, to set the device name back to the original name and ActiveSync still didn't recognize it as the old partnership.
quincy
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If it doesn't recognize it, just delete the old partnership and recreate / reconfigure it . It's just some seconds.
Im sure there is a very simple way to fix these issues im having, but I havent found the application to do so yet, so im in need of some help.
I just performed a hard-reset on my t-mobile mda to the new rom update. Since then my contact list is showing my sim contacts, and the contacts in the actual phone (which is a copy of the sim contacts); and i'd like for the list to show only the phones contacts. Also any theme I download doesnt seem to work. i usually get them from littlethemes.com and they are .tsk files. I had a few working before the update. I had a similar program to tweaks2k2; basically a compilation of different registry tweaks, except it was a free version. if anyone can help me to find the app. and/or fixing any of these issue's i would def. appreciate it.
Thank you in advance
In order to hide the sim contacts get yourself a decent file explorer such as total commander (http://www.ghisler.com/ce.htm) and make the following changes. . . .
\\ > Registry > HKCU > ControlPanel > Phone
Add the following value to it:
Key: ShowSim (dWord)
Value: 0 (decimal)
I am not sure what the problem is with your today themes. Try placing the themes in the root directory of your storage card or windows\my documents. Browse to start>settings>personal>today and see if your files are populating the list under 'appearance'
For further tweaks check the following thread - it may prove useful: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=259113&highlight=hide+sim+contacts
And: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=WM5_Tweaks_Other
Hi all,
My other half bought a Touch Plus yesterday and I've been adding software to it to make all that much better.
The contacts are stored on the SIM and I've copied them all into Pocket Outlook. I then made the reg tweak to hide the SIM contacts which worked immediately, hiding all the SIM contacts. However, when I soft reset the device (via software or holding down the power button and then re-powering on) the registry value goes back to what it was - showing the SIM contacts!
Is there any way that reg value can be kept to 0?
Cheers
ND
Hi
I have the exact same problem and asked this question previously here, never got a answer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=359152
The first thing after a reboot is to hide my SIM contacts... If anyone have a solution it would be very nice.
Kind Regards
I have found a solution...
Download dotfred's excellent TaskManager/Registry Editor from: http://www.dotfred.net/TaskMgr.htm
Copy the exe to wherever you want on your device,
Use the registry editor in there to set the ShowSIM value to 0.
Export that registry value... to \My Documents\HideSIMContacts.reg (for example)
Create a shortcut to the task manager exe in Windows\StartUp.
Edit the properties of that shortcut (I use Resco Explorer) and set the Target as follows:
"<path to task manager>" \My Documents\HideSIMContacts.reg /silent
Make sure you have "'s around the Task Manager path BUT NOT around the path for the reg file.
Reboot...
Bob's your uncle.
I had the same issue with my previous Orange UK stock ROM, don’t know why the registry tweak does NOT stick after SR on certain ROM’s :-/ so in the end I resorted to installing the attached cab which fixed the issue
On my current HTCAsia WEE ROM the registry tweak works so no need for the cab fix! Anyway for those with ROM where the registry tweak does NOT work, you can use the fix mentioned here by NinjaDonkey or install the attached cab and soft reset, that should do the trick
AWESOME...thanks, I have a locked rogers HTC Touch and have tried many different Reg tweaks that would not stick to hide the SIMs in my Contacts, but the NIKI Sim fix above finally got it. Thanks, thank you, thanx again.
nikisimfix
hello !!
Thank you very much for this soft
Thanks guys for the wonderful solution.. I was going bonkers having to delete and add in all my contacts everytime I factory set my Niki. Cheers..
Other solution is RilhasHideSIM, for more see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467147
thanks gfreek this thing worked fine...
Thanks for sharing
Well done and thanks a lot for sharing!
gfreek said:
I had the same issue with my previous Orange UK stock ROM, don’t know why the registry tweak does NOT stick after SR on certain ROM’s :-/ so in the end I resorted to installing the attached cab which fixed the issue
On my current HTCAsia WEE ROM the registry tweak works so no need for the cab fix! Anyway for those with ROM where the registry tweak does NOT work, you can use the fix mentioned here by NinjaDonkey or install the attached cab and soft reset, that should do the trick
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I downloaded and installed this but it didn't work. What did I do wrong??
tks,works well
ok my question in here might have been asked in the paaast but now i can not find the answer..
if we have serial no for some appz for registartion..
so every time when we flash rom or do hard reset wehave o set up owner name and enter that sn to that application./
what a ****..
so any way to create .reg file that contain info both owner name and sn for particular appzz.
like
XXXXX app
owner:XXXXXXX
SN:XXXXXXX
and voilaaaa cook it in rom and forget about everything
Post Mod edited
Just get sk tracker and use it to find where the registration keys are stored. Of course this stuff can be cooked in. I must have 20 paid-for apps that I cook in with all the reg info. It's usually in an obvious place (especially sk tools; c'mon, it takes no effort to find that one). It's normally just in the apps registry keys; sometimes it's a file (ae button; resco keyboard). In rare cases, it requires multiple reg keys that are kind of hidden (Phatware Database Editor).
I would expect you're already cooking in user settings, so you should have found some by accident. Don't tell me you input fresh preferences for SK Tools after every flash?!? The registration info for all SK software is all in hkcu/software/sk. You should just have the entire key in an app.reg in you sk tools package.
C`mon guys... dont do it again... you have all the info in the main stickie... check the so many regs tweaks thread link for that and dont hide the m,ain question with another bud... and dont prvide serials... is not good even if it isnt a real one or what ever...
Edited post.
if i m not wrong there is a pc tools that can make mortscripts..
if yes then anyone help me to find out..
i do just googling but not yeild whatt i want..
its only about mortsripts..
This isn't really a rom cooking question, anyway. This is a flashing/restoring question. The best place to find answers to questions about restoring user settings is in threads on sashimi or UC or XDA_UC. There are many threads out there that catalogue where user settings for specific applications are stored. Cooking them in is pretty trivial.
mortscript download has files to install both in pda or in desktop pc. The syntax is the same but some commands are restricted to the pda. In addition to xda_uc there are two other threads: the mortscript compendium and mortscript examples. you can restore provxml/xml files with mortscript, xda_uc, sashimi (they are all mortscript), with a cab, with a UC file, runcc, with sk tools and most of backup programs, etc, etc. you can do it sending keys to the screen or writing to the registry / restoring files. You can also restore many things: passwords, voice labels, contacts, configurations, bt pairings, wifi connections, email accounts, weather parameters, etc...It is a whole world but no distributed ROM should contain any registration keys.
cruiserrr said:
It is a whole world but no distributed ROM should contain any registration keys.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, you'd be nuts to do that, since you'd also have to have your own owner info cooked into the rom. That's a recipe for disaster, lol. This is more for cooking personal roms (which is all that I do).
can someone hel me how to cook xda"uc?
i tried everything but that is not working