Touch Pro 2 Tweaks, Hacks, Tips & Modifications

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Originally Posted by Gilliland

OK, I think I've discovered a useful new registry tweak. At least I haven't seen it listed elsewhere. Admittedly, though, I've only had my phone two days, so perhaps it's been covered somewhere.

My phone is the Sprint model, so I don't know to what extent this will apply to other versions of the TP2.

Under HKLM/SOFTWARE/HTC/CommManager, there are a series of eight subsections (numbers 0-7) listing features of the Comm Manager. However, the Comm Manager actually shows only the first six. The last two are potentially useful, though, as one can be used to switch the phone between Ring and Vibrate, and the other can be used to turn Internet Sharing on and off.

To make them visible, you have to either move them into the lower numbered entries, or you have to tell the Comm Manager to show all eight. The latter is the simpler approach.

Under CommManager, you'll find a key (dword) called SupportedFunctions, which is set to 6. Change it to 8, and all eight features will show up in CommManager.

I haven't played with the Internet Sharing switch, so I can't tell you how it works.

The Ring/Vibrate switch, though, works correctly to change the ring mode of the phone. However, the UI is a little strange. Even though it shows the same toggleswitch icon that you see on the other entries, the toggle doesn't actually change. Instead, the text changes. But the important thing is that the feature does correctly set the phone to Ring or Vibrate. Pretty useful!

Keep in mind that you have to soft-reset the phone after making these registry changes to allow them to take effect.

I hope this proves useful to someone. I know it's useful to me.

Ok I have a sprint tp2 and all I see are 5 folders and if I change support to 8 I get an error on boot and also if I try to open the comm manager. Can you post all the registry entrys you have under that key please