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ringetones for contacts on the universal

Hi
While im waiting for my universal to arrive (need to wait for 7th of november :-() i have been rading though this forum.
I was just wondering, now that it seems like ringtones for contacts has been integrated into the contact software, is this a HTC implementation or is it a microsoft? would the the selection sync to outlook 2003 so i wont have to set it up everytime i hard reset?
Regards,
Allan Boegild Pedersen
www.pda-faq.com (howto's to improve the everyday use of you pocket pc)

ive not tried contact ringers, but i do use the contact pictures, which does sync with oulook 2003, i shall experiment with ringers shortly

As far as I can see it does NOT sync the ringers with outlook. But maybe I am wrong.
After a hard reset I had to do them all manually.
If there is a solution for this I would be greatful.
Maybe the contacts database on the Jasjar can be backed up?
Huib

Just as i thought :-(
anyone knows if the ringetones support is integrated into wm5 or is it a htc add on?
Regards,
Allan Boegild Pedersen
www.pda-faq.com

integrated by microsoft into wm5....
San

you can store your ringtones on the root of your sd card....and can assign them to your contacts etc....thats a sly trick
so, you can preserve space on your device root....
S

dreamtheater39 said:
you can store your ringtones on the root of your sd card....and can assign them to your contacts etc....thats a sly trick
so, you can preserve space on your device root....
S
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And you think, after a hard reset, Outlook Mobile finds the ringtones where they were if they are on the storage card? Or better said: is the relation with the location synchronised/stored in the main outlook file?
When I search the Outlook fields on my PC I cannot find any field containing this information.
It is however a good advice to store them on your card because they take pretty much space.
I had the same problem on my Nokia 9500.
Huib

Ringtones on Storage Card
I used to put my rings (wma/mp3/wav) in the storage card. A problem I faced was that the Universal would sometimes need more than 5-10 seconds to wake-up/read the ring tone/play it/show the incoming-call-box.
I moved all the tones in my windows/rings folder and it is all okay now. I believe my MMC card is slow or may be it takes too much time after waking-up to power the card and read from it.
The tones are converted to smaller versions, so a 30secs ring i no more than 200-400k with good quality.
Dean

here's how u can manually back up ur pim info....
1. use the built in file explorer (u cant use resco etc.)
2. choose show all files
3. go to device root, and copy "pim.vol"
4. paste it on to ur storage card....
to restore,
copy it back the same way using file explorer....
hope this helps!
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dreamtheater39 said:
here's how u can manually back up ur pim info....
1. use the built in file explorer (u cant use resco etc.)
2. choose show all files
3. go to device root, and copy "pim.vol"
4. paste it on to ur storage card....
to restore,
copy it back the same way using file explorer....
hope this helps!
Thnaks San,
Will defenitely back it up this way.
Huib
San[/img]
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Contacts: Sim to Memory

Is there any way to transfer my contacts from my sim card to my phone memory, or my memory stick?
Thanks!

You can do that through the Sim Manger application. there should be a shortcut in the Programs menu. if you have deleted the shortcut it should be under the \windows directory. You can select all of the contacts there and use the menu to select "save to Contacts"

Thank you very much . Is there anyway to transfer from phone to simcard just in case I need to switch my phone?

Yeah, that's the question.

use this freeware to select all contacts and copy them to sim card

Thank you so much, just what I needed, I'll give it a try.
Oh, BTW, does anyone have an idea how to edit your contact's information via computer? I've tried but I can't seem to figure it out. I find it a really big hassle to edit everyone's information through my 8125 because I just transferred them from the sim card so I only have their names and numbers. I have a lot of contacts. :? Thanks if anyone can help.

Oh, BTW, does anyone have an idea how to edit your contact's information via computer? I've tried but I can't seem to figure it out. I find it a really big hassle to edit everyone's information through my 8125 because I just transferred them from the sim card so I only have their names and numbers. I have a lot of contacts. Thanks if anyone can help.
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You can do it through MS Outlook>Contacts. Sync and edit, and sync again. I use Outlook 2003.

Oh, so simple, thank you! I tried it before but I was using Outlook Express so I guess it didn't work.

to sync data from OE you would need 3rd party software like
http://www.syncdata.it/faq.html
This is a link to their FAQ page.

abuawab said:
use this freeware to select all contacts and copy them to sim card
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I extracted the files and copy them to my vario (program files on the ) card, but how do I get it to work or install them? Thanks.
... heheh.. sorry for the stupid question...

nixter said:
abuawab said:
use this freeware to select all contacts and copy them to sim card
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I extracted the files and copy them to my vario (program files on the ) card, but how do I get it to work or install them? Thanks.
... heheh.. sorry for the stupid question...
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Not a stupid question mate, I can't figure it out either, :lol:

TyTN, WMP problems

Randomely, my TyTN will no longer add mp3s on my microSD card to the library. it will search for files, find them, and then freeze while adding to library. also i can no longer sync mp3s to the microSD using WMP on my PC. any solutions?

Hi There,
I have the same problem. The only solution seems to be to delete the MSMETADATA folder from the storage card and add the tracks again. I can't find any other way of fixing it.
Hope this helps

that worked, thanks for the quick response! so this may happen again? odd glitch if you ask me...

pointything said:
Hi There,
I have the same problem. The only solution seems to be to delete the MSMETADATA folder from the storage card and add the tracks again. I can't find any other way of fixing it.
Hope this helps
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Yip, This seems to be the standard way of dealing with this at present. For those that need a little more info:
Use native file explorer set it to show all files (hidden files) or use other file explorer to view hidden files,
Browse storage, delete hidden folder MSMETADATA,.
Update Library in WMP
Mike

mikechannon said:
Yip, This seems to be the standard way of dealing with this at present. For those that need a little more info:
Use native file explorer set it to show all files (hidden files) or use other file explorer to view hidden files,
Browse storage, delete hidden folder MSMETADATA,.
Update Library in WMP
Mike
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I've used that fix a number of times but now it doesn't work...
I've now flashed a new Rom Schaps 4.3 and formatted my SD Card. Still no luck!!!! Argggghhhh....
The card shows up in the camera app as well as file explorer, however both media players don't recognise it.....
Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED.....
Thanks
Sammy
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samlives said:
I've used that fix a number of times but now it doesn't work...
I've now flashed a new Rom Schaps 4.3 and formatted my SD Card. Still no luck!!!! Argggghhhh....
The card shows up in the camera app as well as file explorer, however both media players don't recognise it.....
Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED.....
Thanks
Sammy
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Did the problem occur immediately after flashing the Schaps Rom?
If it did then you may get more help asking in the Schaps 4.3 thread as it may be a Schaps registry setting or a change being loaded by a program in that ROM.
Mike

mikechannon said:
Did the problem occur immediately after flashing the Schaps Rom?
If it did then you may get more help asking in the Schaps 4.3 thread as it may be a Schaps registry setting or a change being loaded by a program in that ROM.
Mike
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Ok....just sorted it out.....But to answer your question, it happened before I loaded Schap's 4.3, I was using TNT....Now...here's how it was sorted.
Normally I don't sync with Windows Media Player, I just copy the files over onto the SD card using a USB adapter (which incidentally sometimes screws up my media player and that's when I delete METADATA, but it's far quicker than copying through the phone)...The problem fixed itself when I ticked the button to sync media player...it rewrote another METADATA and I can now see the card once more......
Have a great day
Sammy
(in sunny Byron Bay )

I just lost all my contacts with NO backup by deleting a parternership. HELP

How do i get them back... they are not in outlook... are they somewhere on the phone still... can i get them back? i haven't reseted...
it's not really my phone but i'm the one who did it...

found a pim.vol on the device... it has 420 kb... it's quite big? any clue?

samov said:
How do i get them back... they are not in outlook... are they somewhere on the phone still... can i get them back? i haven't reseted...
it's not really my phone but i'm the one who did it...
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A little more info could be helpful... I've had simaler problems...
~What are you syncing with? Activesync, SyncML or ?
~What are you syncing to? Exchange, Outlook via USB or ?
~Are you Syncing OTA?
~What OS? WM5 or WM6?
~Are there copies of the Contacts on a PC that you sync with?
PS: Knowing this info will really help to resolve your problem

ok.... sorry about the lacking info...
1. Outlook was not installed... so no transfer to my pc.
2. Using Activesync and i deleted the partenership.
3. I'm on wm6.
4. No copies anywhere... only copy was in the phone.
Found a thread which mentioned "pim.vol" file (420 kb)... i managed to extract it from the phone... but i don't know what to do with it...

There's a program called PIM backup, which is used for backing up all the things on your phone like contacts, messages, calender entries etc.
The default is to create a *.pib though...
Try here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705
I've got mine scheduled to backup everything on a weekly basis to my storage card, so if it all goes belly up I have something to restore from. I suggest you do the same ;-)

[Q] Activation Successful, Market place Cant get info when downloading

So i got the activation code and followed the instuctions from the tutorial
all worked well but it wont let me download anything :S
when i try to download / install it say cannot get information.. please try later
is there a fix or any suggestions whats wrong here ?

Same problem here

Did you do the reg fix before activationg your phones? Check in settings, about and your phone should be listed as HD7.
If it's listed as LEO70, then the market place won't work. You will need to reflash your HD2 again, read the installation guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912218

I had the same issue...Please sync your phone with Zune on pc and then log in to Zune using live id and download some free apps from Zune's market place ... Marketplace on Phone will also start working

Think i found the problem
my phone is listed as an hd7
its connected to zune and i logged in
but i think it might be my memeory card on zune its now showing
o% memeory left.
i got an 7gb if i copy the files over to that from my current memory card via a card reader
will i still have my files ?

mattockham said:
my memeory card on zune its now showing
o% memeory left.
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You left that curcial bit of info out.
No you can't copy the files from one SD to another. WP7 was not built to support swapable SD cards.

Xbox Live can't connect either. I hope it's only MS server...

Idhor Naergon said:
Xbox Live can't connect either. I hope it's only MS server...
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All you have to do is sync with zune and sign in and let it set up your phone. then you will be good to go

reenable the cache in internet explorer
this is a bug of wp7 if you disable the cache of the browser you cant use the marketplace

See in config/info if your device is identifying as an HD7.
If not, you will have to re-run connection setup with a database supported carrier SIM, and then uninstall connection setup before you re-insert your SIM.
Suerte.

braxtyn said:
All you have to do is sync with zune and sign in and let it set up your phone. then you will be good to go
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It didn't work...
IO ME MEDESIMO said:
reenable the cache in internet explorer
this is a bug of wp7 if you disable the cache of the browser you cant use the marketplace
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How do I do this?
My device ID is shown HD7, I can't even sign in Xbox, "can't find info" from market, can't upload pictures to SkyDrive. But I can listen to music in Zune Market!

open internet explorer pres the three point and select in the menu "setting"
select " use cookie etc(i don t say the exact wod because i use wp7 in italian but this option is the first )" now your market work(if this option was unchecked of course in other case i don t say how repair your issue)

Fixed
I ran out of memory on my card so i reinstalled WP7 with my new memory card
and reinstalled all the patches for the live services put the code microsoft gave me first of all worked again now its all working..