Haus Intrepid Tips and Tricks

[sharpe4]

Originally Posted by haus

I don't use it, but I believe Total Commander is both a file manager and registry editor. The "HKCU" and "HKLM" designations are shorthand for root registry locations, so you'll need to skim the manual or instructions for Total Commander to learn how to use it to edit the Windows Mobile Registry.

Someone else asked a similar question over PM and I think I found a wiki about the windows mobile registry. Google it and give it a read if you can, it'll help explain what HKCU means, etc. Or if someone else here wants to take a stab at explaining it, that'd be super.

Haus,

Well, I finally managed to be able to see access the HKEY files with regedit, instead of total commander. Used some of your edits, Thanks Haus!! I'm heading over to c lick on the tanks button next.

Can you tell me which registry file can be edited to extend the amount of time the keyboard lighting remains on, beyond the 5/10 second options?

Dave

[haus]

Thanks Dave, always appreciate feedback.

To answer your keyboard question...read this post very carefully:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...00&postcount=3

Note the line in the script about the keyboard backlight. It's the third item that my backlight fix alters, or you can use that info to change the registry key yourself. Note that unless you use my mortscript to make the change, your phone may go in and revert your changes every now and then (appears to be a bug). You can change the value from 30 seconds by editing the mortscript file. 30 seconds seems to work well for me.

[kcknsummonstaz]

Wow, great thread, thanks Haus.

I'm currently thinking about getting the intrepid and I know you can tether the phone to your laptop via BT or cable to get internet. However, can you connect it to an iPod touch w/o having to download wmwifi?

[haus]

Originally Posted by kcknsummonstaz

Wow, great thread, thanks Haus.

I'm currently thinking about getting the intrepid and I know you can tether the phone to your laptop via BT or cable to get internet. However, can you connect it to an iPod touch w/o having to download wmwifi?

No idea, unfortunately. If your iPod touch supports bluetooth PAN, then maybe...but maybe someone who has both devices here can give it a shot and let you know. I believe USB tethering requires Activesync on the PC to work (or mobile device center if you're running Vista/7).

[katew]

I know this may seem like a stupid question but this is my first windows phone. I read the post about stopping the annoying roaming beep but I am not sure where to start to execute it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[kornpopz]

I found that the following reg tweaks from Moto Q have made my Samsung Intrepid much more responsive and speedy.

? Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\
Changed limit from 16384 to 32768
? Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS
Changed - CacheSize to 4096

Navigate to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\StorageManager\Filters\f sreplxfilt]
Change ReplStoreCacheSize dword decimal value to 4096 or 8192

[SComp23]

Originally Posted by kornpopz

I found that the following reg tweaks from Moto Q have made my Samsung Intrepid much more responsive and speedy.

? Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\
Changed limit from 16384 to 32768
? Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS
Changed - CacheSize to 4096

Navigate to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\StorageManager\Filters\f sreplxfilt]
Change ReplStoreCacheSize dword decimal value to 4096 or 8192

My initial limit was only 8192, not 16384....

I also don't even see the last registry line in the phone at all.

[SComp23]

Originally Posted by kornpopz

I found that the following reg tweaks from Moto Q have made my Samsung Intrepid much more responsive and speedy.

? Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\
Changed limit from 16384 to 32768
? Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS
Changed - CacheSize to 4096

Navigate to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\StorageManager\Filters\f sreplxfilt]
Change ReplStoreCacheSize dword decimal value to 4096 or 8192

Just thought I'd let everyone know, I made these few changes, and it seems to have made the Intrepid a brand new phone. I haven't had to reset it in a very long time, it seems much faster, and it hasn't malfunctioned once.

[SComp23]

Also I don't know if this has been covered, but you can just drop an MP3 into the "Rings" folder and have it work as a ring tone for incoming calls. I just downloaded that obnoxious ring tone from the Geico commercial in MP3 format and it works great.

[kcknsummonstaz]

Anybody have any luck with activesync-ing via bluetooth? I'm able to establish a connection with my computer and send files via "bluetooth ftp" onto my phone, but i haven't had any luck establishing a connection via bluetooth to activesync. Also, i can activesync just fine with the cable.