A challenge to all gurus: Help me keep my phone!

[pdub73]

Cmass,
its true a lot of programs have overlapping functions, but you can mix and match and disable certain functions in favor of the ones you like...Mobile Shell does this well, I also use Photo Contacts pro, which is a contact manager, call manager, and gives me a nice full screen caller ID, but it cost 30 bucks...I got lucky and got it for 14.99...anyway...it offers a photo dial option but I like mobile shell's much better so I disable it on favor of mobile shell...

[Cmass]

Uh....so.....how DO I perform a registry hack?
Such as this for example:

Change the thickness of scrollbars
To change the thickness of the scrollbars at the right/bottom of documents larger than the screen, adjust...
For the horizontal (bottom) scrollbar:
HKLM\System\GWE\cyHScr = 9 (DWORD decimal)
For the vertical (right) scrollbar:
HKLM\System\GWE\cxVScr = 9 (DWORD decimal)
The default thickness is 13. You can set the value to anything you may like

I open up the editor and looked around at the various files but do not see those files.

This is what I see:

Classes Identifiers
Files associations
Home (My Device)
PCMICIA Drivers
RAS Book
Softwares - device settings
Softwares - user settings
TCP/IP Hosts
Today items

So, how do I navigate to find the right string of values to screw up?

- Chris

[Adrynalyne]

Screenshot?

[JonV]

Originally Posted by Cmass

Uh....so.....how DO I perform a registry hack?

...

So, how do I navigate to find the right string of values to screw up?

- Chris

Using what registry editor?

[Cmass]

Originally Posted by JonV

Using what registry editor?

PHM registry editor:
Website:

http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/


This is what I see:

[Adrynalyne]

Its a tree view.

So navigate where you need to go.

For example, if you were going to turn off the keyboard autopopup, you would go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER, expand it, go to ControlPanel, expand it, then click on Sip.

THen you would modify the appropriate value in there.

Shorthand would be HKCU\ControlPanel\Sip

Setting: TurnOffAutoDeploy
Value: 1

[Cmass]

Originally Posted by Adrynalyne

Its a tree view.
So navigate where you need to go.
For example, if you were going to turn off the keyboard autopopup, you would go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER, expand it, go to ControlPanel, expand it, then click on Sip.
THen you would modify the appropriate value in there.
Shorthand would be HKCU\ControlPanel\Sip
Setting: TurnOffAutoDeploy
Value: 1

Done!
There, see how easy that was? The problem I was not finding the menu option in the editor for seeing the numbers. I was only seeing the folders.

But how about this one? I don't see any folder with HKLM. I do find HKEY but not HKLM. I also find SYSTEM as well as GWE under HKEY .... but then no cyHScr = 9

And then as far as the altered settings go, is the #9 in this string:

HKLM\System\GWE\cxVScr = 9

the NEW value that is to replace the old value of 13. Also, which is larger, 12 or 14?

Change the thickness of scrollbars
To change the thickness of the scrollbars at the right/bottom of documents larger than the screen, adjust...
For the horizontal (bottom) scrollbar:
HKLM\System\GWE\cyHScr = 9 (DWORD decimal)
For the vertical (right) scrollbar:
HKLM\System\GWE\cxVScr = 9 (DWORD decimal)
The default thickness is 13. You can set the value to anything you may like

[Adrynalyne]

HKLM is shorthand for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

[aamon17]

I am CONTINUALLY amazed at the amount of assistance that users in this forum provide to each other daily! Kudos to all!!! . . . And certainly not to knock you CMass, but a little searching goes a LONG way to finding solutions. It's forum rule #1. . . . Indeed, nothing is perfect about this device. But there are so many resources already posted that this entire thread is a repeat of several repeats.

I read this entire thread with curiosity to see how long it would take before someone got flamed (as it does happen regularly in this world!)! But, thankfully, it has not happened. Through 8-pages of back and forth, people have contributed and helped out. To that end Cmass, I believe it was already stated, you may just want to get another device or go back to your old one if it's this much trouble to find satisfaction using the Omnia.

I wish you the best.

[Squantodog]

Cmas,

the GPS is the real thing - satellites positioning. I read about it on Samung-omina.org. Sorry don't have time to post the article link. Also you are correct about the bars in the Samung today screen. Earlier last year someone asked what the cross heirs where and it is the GPS connection indicator.