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Hi,
I'm trying to find a way to change the device identification name. I'm using Itje's Touch-It Roms for a while and I don't want to be recognized as "pocket_pc" when friends want to send me files via bluetooth.
I'm sure there is a simple way to individualize the name but I can't find it.
Please?
its the owner of the devices name no?
i was also wondering if there is a way to change just the bluetooth game because i have got games registered to my device name so i cant change the device name otherwise the game doesnt work
skycamefalling said:
Hi,
I'm trying to find a way to change the device identification name. I'm using Itje's Touch-It Roms for a while and I don't want to be recognized as "pocket_pc" when friends want to send me files via bluetooth.
I'm sure there is a simple way to individualize the name but I can't find it.
Please?
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Go to Start>Settings>System>About and on the Identification tab set whatever you like.
Szadzik said:
Go to Start>Settings>System>About and on the Identification tab set whatever you like.
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Yeah, now my phone is called "whatever you like"
Just joking
Thank you very much, you helped a lot!
skycamefalling said:
Yeah, now my phone is called "whatever you like"
Just joking
Thank you very much, you helped a lot!
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You're welcome!
I have a couple of problems with the contact list and the phone favorites portion of the Sense UI.
1) Are there any way to display First name then Last name in contact list? Everyone in my contacts have Last name then First name.
2) Also, if it's just a company name, when you add a contact to the "shortcuts" (the 3x3 boxes), it says "No Name". There must be a way to fix that.. right? I'd hate to go into all of my contacts that only have business names and fix it by putting the company name in the first name field. Especially considering that I'm syncing contacts with Google contacts and I would prefer to have each field be accurate.
3) Lastly, because most of my contacts do not have pictures, and the "shortcuts" will only display first name. I would for example have 5 Johns w/o any way of immediately knowing which John it is. Are there any workarounds for that?
If it's a configuration setting for some/all of these issues, could someone please point them out to me? I apologize in advance if it's a simple thing and I just couldn't find where the settings are.
Allied to the points just raised - I would like to change my favourite contacts to display surname, not just the first name. Is there a workaround to achieve this please?
Bump. Are we the only 2 people that see these as issues? Or have you guys figured out some workarounds?
Count me in...i am shouting about this from my touch pro 2 time ... i have put a shortcut to contacts in main tab, and set it to view them filtered by company name, it helps a little.
To get first name first =
Find a contact, edit the contact... scroll all the way down to the bottom, and push the "more" button. Change the second "name choice" - I cant remember what exactly its named in english. But is should be the choice of how to vies the contact. In this form you can choose first og last name.
I have'nt figured out how to do/if its possible to mass change this. I have onlyd found one by one solution
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mobilebuddha said:
2) Also, if it's just a company name, when you add a contact to the "shortcuts" (the 3x3 boxes), it says "No Name". There must be a way to fix that.. right? I'd hate to go into all of my contacts that only have business names and fix it by putting the company name in the first name field. Especially considering that I'm syncing contacts with Google contacts and I would prefer to have each field be accurate.
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Company logo as the contact picture perhaps? I've done that myself, far better than a blank box anyway.
Similar thing with your collection of Johns.
scrabble8 said:
To get first name first =
Find a contact, edit the contact... scroll all the way down to the bottom, and push the "more" button. Change the second "name choice" - I cant remember what exactly its named in english. But is should be the choice of how to vies the contact. In this form you can choose first og last name.
I have'nt figured out how to do/if its possible to mass change this. I have onlyd found one by one solution
Hope it was helpfull
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I think what you're trying to say is change the 'File as' to First name, Last name.
Perhaps there's a registry hack to change the default behaviour of this field?
ContactFix
Search for ContactFix v1.3 & this will do what you're looking for. I use this & it works great on HD2.
ian_uk1975 said:
I think what you're trying to say is change the 'File as' to First name, Last name.
Perhaps there's a registry hack to change the default behaviour of this field?
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Yes ! That is the name of the field for changing first or last name Thanks !
could you point to me where ContactFix v1.3 is? I found a posting by someone with 4 cabs here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=966683&postcount=3
However, installing it does nothing on my HD2. Can you tell me where the ContactFix v1.3 is? thanks!
Bump. Could someone point me to the location for the ContactFix program? I searched but couldn't come up with exactly v1.3 of the program. Anyone?
Thanks in advance for the assistance!
Contact Fix
mobilebuddha said:
Bump. Could someone point me to the location for the ContactFix program? I searched but couldn't come up with exactly v1.3 of the program. Anyone?
Thanks in advance for the assistance!
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Check your PM......Cheers!
weepatc said:
Check your PM......Cheers!
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Could you pm me with the info to please
I'm sorry to dig up an old thread of my own, but I still have an issue un-resolved from the ContactFix solution. The ContactFix solution does provide the sorting fix. However, in the Sense UI's "shortcuts" for the People, I can still only have a first name.
So if you've got 5-6 Johns and you don't have a picture for them, then you are pretty much screwed - you can't really tell which is which unless you have memorized exactly where on the shortcut list you've placed them.
HTC, could you please fix this? I really don't understand how something as basic as this was missed in QA!
mobilebuddha said:
I'm sorry to dig up an old thread of my own, but I still have an issue un-resolved from the ContactFix solution. The ContactFix solution does provide the sorting fix. However, in the Sense UI's "shortcuts" for the People, I can still only have a first name.
So if you've got 5-6 Johns and you don't have a picture for them, then you are pretty much screwed - you can't really tell which is which unless you have memorized exactly where on the shortcut list you've placed them.
HTC, could you please fix this? I really don't understand how something as basic as this was missed in QA!
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I believe the shortcuts are meant to be used with a photo. There's no room there to put labels with first and lastname. So unless you name them John1, John2 etc, I don't think there's a solution.
30 seconds in MS paint should give you an image with Faceless John's full name typed on it. It's a reasonable workaround for those shadowy figures with no visible appearance.
Not perfect, but it's something.
Further to the earlier raised issue of contacts defaulting to File As.. Last Name, First Name.
I have between 450 - 500 contacts in Outlook and sync'd to my HD2 via Exchange Server. Works well. Nearly all of the time my contacts are added/edited on my laptop and I love the fact they are automatically 'there' on my phone.
I also like the HTC front-end interface for the Contacts bit of Windows Mobile 6.5, making it easier (finger friendly) to add contacts. However this interface neither gives you the option to default to File As.. First Name, Last Name nor let you change it on entry/edit. Instead you have to then go into the native WM6.5 Contacts bit and change it there. A bit of a pain and oversight in my opinion.
Ideally there'd be a way to set a default? Any ideas anyone?
Thanks in advance..
I'm sorry, but that's not a reasonable request from my point of view. The system should at least give you the option.
To be honest, I really think you've used to mediocre OS for too long. I did not just spend $800 so I can use MS Paint to paint a faceless John full name typed on it. If I spent $50, I might be okay with that, but not when I spend $800.
mr_Ray said:
30 seconds in MS paint should give you an image with Faceless John's full name typed on it. It's a reasonable workaround for those shadowy figures with no visible appearance.
Not perfect, but it's something.
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Actually, I have a question: Would a custom ROM for HD2 be able to fix this? I'm just asking about the possibility, not whether we can do it right now or not. I know that the phone is so new that we don't have custom ROMs yet.
But would it be possible for a custom cooked ROM alleviate issues like this?
Actually, I have a question: Would a custom ROM for HD2 be able to fix this? I'm just asking about the possibility, not whether we can do it right now or not. I know that the phone is so new that we don't have custom ROMs yet.
But would it be possible for a custom cooked ROM alleviate issues like this?
Hello guys.
thanks for your good support.
I wanted to know how can i fix this bug. i own a HTC TD2 and when using touchpal(i really like this program) for new sms, when i type a part of contact name in TO: field it doesnt show any list of contacts starting with characters that i had inputed.but HTC keyboard works well.i had the same issue in WM 6.1 as well as in WM6.5.
pleassseeee helpp me guys.any solutions?
I don't know of a fix but you can select "add recipient" from the menu.
Bruce Inman said:
I don't know of a fix but you can select "add recipient" from the menu.
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I know but is there any fix for this application or registry tweaking ? does some1 else have this problem or its just me?
pyouwsy said:
I know but is there any fix for this application or registry tweaking ? does some1 else have this problem or its just me?
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I too have this issue but don't know of a fix.
helllooO!!???
Nobody can help uss/???
pyouwsy said:
I know but is there any fix for this application or registry tweaking ? does some1 else have this problem or its just me?
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mine doesn't have this issue. on sms to: field i just type the name and it shows those contacts contain this name for me to select. mine is td2 original 6.5 rom from htc, hong kong english version, touchpal 3.5
I used to see this in selecting weather cities but I figured out it was because it would put a space in after the word, therefore not finding the city that was proceeded by a comma.
Unfortunately not the case in SMS contacts.
I too am running 3.5
Bruce Inman said:
I used to see this in selecting weather cities but I figured out it was because it would put a space in after the word, therefore not finding the city that was proceeded by a comma.
Unfortunately not the case in SMS contacts.
I too am running 3.5
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so there is no solution to this?
we should wait till the newer ver. arrives?
pyouwsy said:
so there is no solution to this?
we should wait till the newer ver. arrives?
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No solution...
Hi, the issue still exists in version 4.0.
+1 for issue in v4.00.. interestingly it works fine in the contacts list - so if you select names that way it's ok
how do i change the contact name from Last, First name to First last?
anyone know i cant bloody find this thing anywhere!!
ive search for this and couldnt find anything, in the end i just put peoples names in the first name space only.
ah thats abit annoying
Search for Contact Changer or Contact Fix. This does what you're looking for, even better it's free & works a treat. Hope this helps.
Try this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549477
Saw this somewhere, maybe on here..sorry to OP, cannot find original.
If you sync with outlook
Click on the person name
say the name is john smith if you click the “file as” drop down. it will show two option
“Smith john” and “john smith” click which one you want
You will need to do this to each name
Its only 3 click with a mouse so it wont take long unless you got 500 name to change lol…….
that sucks alot.. lol
Martyn Day said:
that sucks alot.. lol
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SIMPLE SOLUTION: Just download and install the freeware application Contact Fix, also called Contact Changer on this website. Install the application (click on the .cab file within the file explorer of your phone). Then open the application by clicking on the shortcut in the windows menu. When you run it, it orders ALL your contact at once in less than a second, almost instantly. It won't change the default order though, so when you a new contact, you'll have to run the app again. But it's so easy and quick!
Before I installed the new ROM I had a small cab called Owner info(I think) I have searched but cant fin it again. Nice program that lets me change the owner info. Anyone??
[People], [All Contacts] now edit the 'Me' contact
scaryprowler said:
[People], [All Contacts] now edit the 'Me' contact
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note that only the info you put in the first name box of the 'me' contact card will become the 'actual' windows user id used when unlocking programs such as resco.
(well it did that on mine, and i tested it a few times, heh)
THIS one you mean?
Just install BsB Tweaks... it will allow you to enable the owner panel in Settings, in addition to countless other things.
There's this too that gives you a litle melody when you turn on the phone as well. You have to tick owner info in today settings to enable it.
kaospiloten said:
Before I installed the new ROM I had a small cab called Owner info(I think) I have searched but cant fin it again. Nice program that lets me change the owner info. Anyone??
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Start- Settings- (Down bar) Menu- All settings-Personal-Owner?
Why would you need to change the owner information. Do you have the HD2 on time share?
Thanks all, I got it now
@Neville.Holland no, I just did not know what the owner name was after the new ROM
Neville.Holland said:
Why would you need to change the owner information. Do you have the HD2 on time share?
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Because certain programs that you have to pay for, the owner name in the Settings window is used in conjunction with the serial you get for it.
So the program asks you for a serial, and it will only work with the right name in owner's info in Settings.