Registry Hacks, Tweaks and .cabs

**Malatesta** · #1 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 02:48 PM

[temperamentalman suggested this thread originally...]

Here's a collection of common registry tweaks, mods and cabs for the Treo Pro. Most should work on the GSM and CDMA versions. I've attached all the .cabs locally for convenience and original links to the TreoCentral threads.

Mega thanks to Codyppc, Hannip, Zbop and others for doing these.

Battery and Preformance Hack = changes "powermanagement" settings in the registry. saves battery life a little.
Wireless Today Plugin removal = removes that pesky plugin from the today screen
Wireless Today Plugin Controler = alows you to control the plugin like all the other plugins
Date and Time in Title Bar = puts the date in the title bar over the time
No Ringer bug = sometimes the notification for incoming calls has no sound

**Malatesta** · #2 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 02:48 PM

TreoAlerts: Control the LED, beacon, weather and repeat notifications--thanks to Hannip, Codyppc and Slingbox
IE6 Downgrade Toggle = make PIE like it use to be on older devices.

Force Roaming = Forces Roaming. An option left out lately
Ebag WM AlarmNotification Hotfix = Fixes the alarm so it will work.
Push Side Button = allows you to asign the side button to a "Press" and not just press and hold.

**Malatesta** · #3 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 02:49 PM

Keylight Toggle = Toggle the keyboard lights on/off with a click (works well with Side key hack above) -zbop
Disable the dial pad sound--kills annoying beeps on dialpad
Increase Volume/SRS WOW = Make the sound louder in speaker and headphones + improve quality with preset using SRS WoW
McCune 5 Column = In the Programs menu, make it 5 icons across--Original thanks to Lord Bricks!
McCune 4 Column = same as above but 4 columns (looks better--mal)

McCune/Lord Bricks 4 Column Program Menu

**Malatesta** · #4 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 02:49 PM

Mobile Internet Explorer shortcuts comes from CellNeuron. Simply install the attached .cab and use Cody's rollback, then follow these shortcuts.

Only works on the rolled back IE, not IE6.

This is really good for toggling fullscreen with "F" since we don't have softkeys to jump in and out.

Quote:

E : page up
D : page down
T : top
G : ground

P : Pictures toggle
enter: enter
backspace: back
F : full screen toggle
space : when no link is selected, page down.
when a link is selected, same as enter.

U : horizonal Page up
I : horizonal Page down
J : horizonal top
K : horizonal down

x : Default layout
C : Desktop layout
V : One column layout

**Malatesta** · #5 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 02:49 PM

WeatherPanel Program + 320x320 Theme by StoryR
KeySwop = freeware app to quickly change the soft keys/what they launch
OpenDNS Hack = speed up DNS lookups for Internet Explorer, etc using OpenDNS servers instead of Sprint's

Slot Cycle Index

Change Slot Cycle Index (SCI) = default is 2, change to 1 or 0 for faster incoming call notifications--this setting changes how often the phone "pings" the cell tower for incoming calls; has a slight negative effect on battery

Use BAF MSL Grabber to get your MSL code (needed)--install, turn off radio, run app and get MSL
Go to dialpad and type ##778#
Navigate to SCI value and change from 2 to 1 or 0
Hit okay/save and exit

**Malatesta** · #6 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 02:49 PM

Palm Messaging App = replace the default WM 6.1 threaded SMS with the Palm version from the 800w. Thanks Hannip!

This helps with the "unread" SMS error and Palm screensaver whereby you always have 1 unread SMS in a thread, until you open the message directly. It also looks better and you get picture ID and emoticons back.

*Note MMS works for GSM version (attached) but only for sending with the CDMA version. Using sMMS helps to alleviate that issue on CDMA.

**Malatesta** · #7 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 04:13 PM

Replace the WM/HTC dial lookup system with the superior Palm version.

Works from today screen, enables Picture Dial and 26 Alpha Speed dial as opposed to the 9 numerics from WM.

Use "Hide Carrier 1.0" (attached) to hide the now present Sprint/BT carrier line plugin.

Thanks Zbop!

**Malatesta** · #8 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 04:32 PM

Adjust screen sensitivity:

HKLM\Drivers\TouchPanel\PressureThreshold

Change PressureThreshold setting to 240 (decimal). You can also increase this number, but do so at your own risk.
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Keep Wifi on when Power is turned off:

Start > Settings > Connections > Power Mode
Select "on Button Press" or "Always on"

**MightyMike** · #9 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 05:40 PM

Well this certainly helped me get going

Thank you kindly sir!!!

**Malatesta** · #10 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mightymike

Well this certainly helped me get going

Thank you kindly sir!!!

heh, no problem..been meaning to do that for awhile

like every WM devices, this one has quite the ton of initial annoyances, but once past those it's a damn solid device (well, except I miss calls in low-signal areas, but oh well)