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We all know that recent HTC phones have been designed to directly compete with the iPhone. However, this does not change the fact that it is Windows Mobile under the hood, and that's like trying to bring a 1980s car up to 2000s standards and features. Sure you can add the navigation to it if you wanted to, but honestly, it won't look pretty, nor will it operate like a champ. This is why our phones still feell sluggish. The more features HTC adds to our phone to compete with the iPhone, the more resources it takes, and the more sluggish it'll feel. We've got plenty of RAM, but performance wise, we're sort of lacking. Part II focuses on HTC services and apps that startup and what is safe to delete.

We start off with HKCU\Software\HTC\Bootlauncher\Apps

These are various apps that startup with your phone per HTC's request. Again I'm starting with what I have in mine compared to stock.

SIP_Menu: This app is responsible for the finger friendly SIP selector that you get instead of the ugly default Windows Mobile one. If you don't care or it, you can safely remove it.

Startkey: This app is responsible for making sure the HTC SIP package is set to default instead of the ugly Windows Mobile keyboard. If you use some other SIP and wish to disable this, it's safe.

Here's what I deleted:

AutoShortcut: Research leads me to believe this is responsible for first boot activities, maybe when customizations run, this is responsible for some things going on.

Opera9: This is responsible for "pre loading" opera into memory so that if you launch it later, it starts up faster.

TMail: Why HTC wanted tmail.exe (pocket outlook, text messaging) to start in the background is beyond me. My disabling this has not affected anything.

Now we move on to HKCU\Software\HTC\Bootlauncher\Services

Here's what I have:

HTCAPM: Research leads me to believe this is some sort of Power Management service that HTC has developed. Hey, anything to save battery life. Disabling it should have no adverse effect, but I've decided to leave it in just incase it actually does do something to preserve battery life.

QuickGPS: This is responsible for launching the Quick GPS app in the background at certain intervals to update it's cache so that your GPS can lock on to satellites faster.
What I have disabled:

HTCSENSOR: This is responsible for controlling the Accelerometer. Don't get me wrong, the accelerometer is an awesome feature, but until there's more programs that utilize it, i've decided not to bother. (Note: disabling this will cause teeter not to work as well as opera to not auto rotate and if you use the HTC dialer, you will no longer be able to flip your phone over to mute ringer. Basically anything that relies on the accelerometer to function will no longer work. This does NOT affect the light sensor.)

HTCUSBtoPCPopUp: This is responsible for displaying the dialog when you connect your phone to a computer if you want to connect with activesync or use the phone as a disk storage device. I almost always connect my phone to activesync as disk storage mode doesn't let you copy files to the phone, only the MicroSD card. So i've disabled it.

HTCVOLUME: This is responsible for the pretty volume control screen you see when you use the volume up/volume down arrows on your phone. I use the stock Windows Mobile dialer and S2U2's volume control thus making this useless.

OutlookEnhancement: This is responsible for the "reply all" problem everyone seems to dislike about replying to emails. Disable this and you will get the old reply back.

TaskManager: This is responsible for launching/displaying the HTC task manager in the top right corner of your phone. I use AEButton Plus and SPB Pocket Plus instead.
That covers part II. Stay tuned for part III.