Tips & Tricks

[ln1234]

Thought this might be a good place to start listing any quick tips and tricks you might have discovered.

To Lock Device quickly
Keep finger on the Red (Call End) button and it will bring up some options including keylock.

[gfreek]

Not sure if anyone's noticed this but when I end a call on my Dual there is annoying little delay of about 3 seconds before the actual call is ended so I searched the registry and found this:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\PHONE\PhoneExtendS etting]

And I changed the value of EndCallTime from 3000 to 1000 re-booted and voila no more delays when ending calls;)

[nilles]

Hold the on/off button for soft reset.

[mkhattab]

This is an advertised feature but apparently not too many people are aware of it. Go to the phone app and start tapping the first couple of letters of the contacts name and the name matches will appear for you to choose from. I find this much easier than opening up the Contacts app and scrolling down to the name you need.

[Thyraz]

after pressing send for phoneapp u see last calls.
If u press left/right on the highlighted contact the phone switches through home/mobile/office...

[Thyraz]

HKLM\Software\HTC\Biotouch\Biotouch\ regulates the FPS of the cubeanimation.
Change "DownFPS", "LightFPS" und "UpFPS" to something higher for a smoother (and faster) animation.

[raid]

Disable 3G, if not needed (it drains the battery faster than GSM):

Edit the registry key HKLM\Software\OEM\UMTS\OpMode and set it to "1"

Then also you could change that setting
Phone Settings --> Band --> Network Type --> GSM

To activate the changes, open the comm manager from the Cube, disable the phone and enable it again.

In italy with Vodafone I can't able to select also the Network Band GSM/UMTS to "GSM(900)" but I have to let it configured as "Auto" or "GSM(900+1800)+UMTS(2100)"

[dapoldi]

Ello, new here.. no idea if this helps a few Dual owners but..

Apps found to work on the touch dual:

S2u2 (iphone slide to unlock app), works like a charm:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=343256

HHC, HTC Home Customizer (name says it all), also working like a charm:
http://www.pocketemu.com/download4.html

gfreek, thnx for the EndCallTime key, works perfect and.. 1 less annoying feature to go ;)

Things I'm still looking to solve:
1. Mp3 ringtone seems to fade out after picking up a call, for about 2/3 seconds the ringtone is still audible :S
2. Looking for settings for the Handsfree profile, i have an Lm959 bluetooth bracelet (how geeky, i know), works fine.. but only for calls, the device is capable of blinking the leds on receiving msgs, im looking for the settings to enable just that on the TD.
3. Polling frequency of the TD seems to be on the high side, f.e. it takes about 3 rings from someone before the TD starts "ringing", since voicemail kicks in @ ring 6 I miss a lot of calls.
I found a topic about just this problem with the touch(Elf) on sprint networks, with a quickcode (##7380# I think, well.. I'm not on sprint..so that doesnt work over here.. anyone with any clue would be welcome.. My current solution is disabling voicemail..)

[kerrance76]

To Lock Device quickly
Keep finger on the Red (Call End) button and it will bring up some options including keylock.

to do this quicker go to settings => long press end key
and select automatically execute and then lock device

holding the red button then locks the device in one press

[therealholg]

You can invoke s2u2 instead normal devicelock

just install s2u2, rename Slide2Unlock.exe to EndKey.exe and copy all files to windows directory, with resco explorer.

[tminghan]

the ilock doesnt seem to be working on my touch dual. when i try to go to settings, the screen goes blank.

[isix]

You need to disable directdraw, do it via the registry as you can't access the settings.

[GpsPasSion]

Disable 3G, if not needed (it drains the battery faster than GSM):

Edit the registry key HKLM\Software\OEM\UMTS\OpMode and set it to "1"

Then also you could change that setting
Phone Settings --> Band --> Network Type --> GSM

To activate the changes, open the comm manager from the Cube, disable the phone and enable it again.

In italy with Vodafone I can't able to select also the Network Band GSM/UMTS to "GSM(900)" but I have to let it configured as "Auto" or "GSM(900+1800)+UMTS(2100)"

Is there a way to add the "3G setting" directly in the Comm Manager as seen here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354380 ?

[patrickNLgld]

Is there a way to add the "3G setting" directly in the Comm Manager as seen here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354380 ?

Go with Total Commander to:

\\registry\HKLM\Software\HTC\CommManager and change the key
"SupportedFunctions" from 4 to 5

then make a new map named "5" (without the quotes)
go to that map and make a STRING named "default" and the string must
be "3G" (also without any quotes).

Then turn the phone off and on again and there is a 3G setting in your CommManager. I did not manage yet to add a icon in front of it ;)
(and also not tested the working of the new setting)

[GpsPasSion]

Thanks, someone also pointed me to Schaps' app that has that setting http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317070

[nightfear]

Is there a way to add the "3G setting" directly in the Comm Manager as seen here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354380 ?

Another way ...

Go to ... Start > Settings > Phone > GSM/UMTS Band , Set Network to "GSM" & Leave GSM to "Auto".

[eroG]

Another way ...

Go to ... Start > Settings > Phone > GSM/UMTS Band , Set Network to "GSM" & Leave GSM to "Auto".


nice one..thanks:)

[Lord of the Badgers]

3. Polling frequency of the TD seems to be on the high side, f.e. it takes about 3 rings from someone before the TD starts "ringing", since voicemail kicks in @ ring 6 I miss a lot of calls.
I found a topic about just this problem with the touch(Elf) on sprint networks, with a quickcode (##7380# I think, well.. I'm not on sprint..so that doesnt work over here.. anyone with any clue would be welcome.. My current solution is disabling voicemail..)


that is driving me MAD at the moment. I'm missing almost all my calls.

Wish there was a way to change the amount of rings before voicemail kicks in.

please help someone!

[Lord of the Badgers]

that is driving me MAD at the moment. I'm missing almost all my calls.

Wish there was a way to change the amount of rings before voicemail kicks in.

please help someone!


ah found it, at least for UK Orange people:

Please bear in mind that the following code is only valid for phones on the Orange UK network.

The code to set the length of time your phone rings is:

**61*07973100123*11*??#

Where ?? is the time in seconds, e.g. to set the ring time to 30 seconds you would type the following code at the standby screen then press the green send button:

**61*07973100123*11*30#

To make your phone ring for only 10 seconds:

**61*07973100123*11*10#

The code works in 5 second intervals, i.e. you can set 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 & 30 seconds.



works fine. thank god.

[arnonrgo]

that is driving me MAD at the moment. I'm missing almost all my calls.

Wish there was a way to change the amount of rings before voicemail kicks in.

please help someone!
go to the phone application
Settings->Services->call forwarding
Set the time to what you want

Arnon

[Lord of the Badgers]

go to the phone application
Settings->Services->call forwarding
Set the time to what you want

Arnon


hmm, don't have a services option, but no worries.. my above fix worked fine :) thanks though

[graffitisurf]

Settings...Personal....Phone......Services.....Cal l Forwarding

[comlab]

Hi to all

The Touch Dual is my first touchscreen phone and I have a smal problem. If I'm in a phone call and I press my ear against the touch screen it opens always applications or do other unwanted things while I'm talking. After the last phone call I was in a settings menu :eek: I know it sounds stupid but it realy irritates me. Is it possible to disable or lock the touchscreen while I'm in a phone call? Thnx for all the other Tips and Tricks

daniel

[ariandax]

Is there a way to add the "3G setting" directly in the Comm Manager as seen here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354380 ?

try this
AdvancedConfig_v1.1

[kerrance76]

Hi to all

The Touch Dual is my first touchscreen phone and I have a smal problem. If I'm in a phone call and I press my ear against the touch screen it opens always applications or do other unwanted things while I'm talking. After the last phone call I was in a settings menu :eek: I know it sounds stupid but it realy irritates me. Is it possible to disable or lock the touchscreen while I'm in a phone call? Thnx for all the other Tips and Tricks

daniel
Try this

PalmarySoft Phone ScreenLock


http://www.palmarysoft.com/products/wm/psl/overview/

[SDVB]

Hi to all

The Touch Dual is my first touchscreen phone and I have a smal problem. If I'm in a phone call and I press my ear against the touch screen it opens always applications or do other unwanted things while I'm talking. After the last phone call I was in a settings menu :eek: I know it sounds stupid but it realy irritates me. Is it possible to disable or lock the touchscreen while I'm in a phone call? Thnx for all the other Tips and Tricks

daniel

Maybe this is a solution ?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=353008

[cunter]

I just hit the power-button before my dual gets contact with my ear. Works!

[xmrjx]

Try this

PalmarySoft Phone ScreenLock


http://www.palmarysoft.com/products/wm/psl/overview/

...or you can use Slideactions.... it also stops a call when you close the keyboard. found it on this site

[rmsa786]

can anyone help me remove sim contacts pls?

tried schaps advanced config v1.1 but no joy..

tia!

edit: found: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=369918

[RickCain]

Is there a way to disable the menu when sliding the keyboard up?

[kerrance76]

settings => system => keypad quick tasks

[RickCain]

settings => system => keypad quick tasks

You made my day~!

[arnonrgo]

I don't know if it is common knowledge or not but the dual distinguish between finger-nail (=stylus) and finger
So, for example, in the email app, you can use your fingernail to select multiple emails vs. flick your finger to scroll the email list

Arnon

[cbreze]

Wondering...is there a way to adjust the keypad light to stay on longer? It's kinda short and I always have to hit a key to get it to lite back up. I guess I can get used to using some harmless keypress to do it, just a tad annoying.

[badaas]

Wondering...is there a way to adjust the keypad light to stay on longer? It's kinda short and I always have to hit a key to get it to lite back up. I guess I can get used to using some harmless keypress to do it, just a tad annoying.

there is a key but it does bugger all!!

[badaas]

double tap empty space in outlook to open current highlighted message :)

also, to make the touch keyboards draggable around screen do:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sip\

Now go to 'DragStyle' and change (0) to (1)

Reboot

[twolf]

dont know if anyone noticed this post, but i tested the cab and had a (very slow) today plugin from the diamond working in my QVGA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=398173
:)

[2001bmw330xi]

anybody remember what is the registry tweak that auto-disconnects your data session after a certain period of time? just picked up touch dual from best buy yesterday and don't want to kill the battery!



is there no compilated tweak program like "KaiserTweaK' for the Tilt?

[burnsey]

go to the phone application
Settings->Services->call forwarding
Set the time to what you want

Arnon

life saver (well the life of my was soon to be stamped upon phone life anyway)

[cbreze]

Didn't see this one on here, thought only S60 nokias did this: Holding down the key a sec or two longer gives you the character above the letter. Comes in handy for inputing numbers, exclamations or question marks, periods etc...:cool:

[guizas]

Hey there can someone please tell me how to disable the sms chat, so i can use the entire screen to reply to a message like in a normal phone.

And how do i only display phone numbers when i press contacts instead of phone numbers and msn email addresses all mixed up??

Thanks

[twolf]

Hey there can someone please tell me how to disable the sms chat, so i can use the entire screen to reply to a message like in a normal phone.

Thanks


Edit this key or recreate this key dword in:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Setting s\OEM]
SMSInboxThreadingDisabled
dword, 1

[jbngar]

xt9 half qwerty tips:

XT9 is actually incredibly intelligent software. It uses complex algorithms based on what keys were near the one you actually typed, and combines them with its dictionaries to guess what you were trying to type. And it does very, very well. Anything that can guess the word 'friend' from the keystrokes 'ddeuabd' or 'thorough' from 'ggoedoujgg' is pretty darn clever.

* first thing to do is tick on the all the xt9 settings except 'next word prediction' which is mildly amusing at first but after a while just plain annoying.

* To stop the default keyboard from always going back to 'ABC' aka multitap, change/create the registry key 'CarrierDefaultTextMode' as outlined here:

http://www.ppcsg.com/index.php?showtopic=97265


* Use the 'Alt' key to access numbers and symbols on the top of the keys. Pressing and holding does the same thing. If you want to type all numbers/symbols double press 'Alt' to lock it on, press ONCE again to go back to normal. Double press the shift key to type in ALL CAPS.

The little 'xt9' icon at the top of screen tells you what format you're typing in.

Shift key toggle:
- xt9 = normal
- XT9 = single capital
- XT9 underlined = all caps

Alt key toggle:
- 12# = single number
- 12# underlined = all numbers


* every so often XT9 uses a strange default word. My issues were 'boy' for 'not', and 'st' for 'at'. You can fix this by selecting the word you want three times in a row. This seems to 'teach' it and sets it as the first word it chooses each time.

* the first row of symbols can be quickly accessed by pressing * and the relevant number (e.g. *4 gives an apostrophe, *7 will give you a smiley).

If anyone figures out how to change the symbol map, pls let me know!

[berre]

For the people who don't like the XT9: you can disable it using the following file: HTC+Touch+Dual-default-ABC.cab

In fact you're not disabling it but just setting the "abc" mode as default...

If you want to undo the change, check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=406128

Cheers
B

[AdzHTC]

Can anyone point me in the right direction to the 'registry' that you talk about as I want to edit the settings but don't know where to find it.

P.s. I have the Orange firmware which is fugly and ruins the OEM one by making it totally unituitive.


Finally I would be very grateful if someone could please tell me how to change the key tap in messaging (XT9) when I want to put in the letter 'a', it gives me, for some stupid reason, the letter 'c' (wtf!?!?!)

Thanks in advance

Adz

[jbngar]

Registry editor = PHM Regedit: http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/

A to C fix: http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=265559&pid=879213&mode=threaded&start=

[thisisyourho]

For the people who don't like the XT9: you can disable it using the following file: HTC+Touch+Dual-default-ABC.cab

In fact you're not disabling it but just setting the "abc" mode as default...

If you want to undo the change, check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=406128

Cheers
B

Thanks....been annoying me for a while! :)

[jamesluo]

thanks for everyone, very useful

[Pik-27]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\PHONE\PhoneExtendS etting]


I'm very new to these kind of stuff and I was wondering that where can I find that file? Is it on the phone or the PC? What does that HKEY mean?

Please help a neewbie :o

[twolf]

You need a registry editor, I use resco explorer with the registry plugin, but thats not freeware.

[russellcoutts]

Is possible to select only a UMTS band?

[xxxneoxxx]

You need a registry editor, I use resco explorer with the registry plugin, but thats not freeware.
Or you could try total commander.. Which has a registry plugin and is easy to get used to.. www.ghistler.com . Did i mention it's totally free?

[impuls3]

Hi all, i just updated my touch dual to WM6.1 and having this problem. When the phone rings and I want it to ring silent, i used to have a silence key on the bottom left but its missing now. Any assistance is appreciated. Thanks.

[rling]

Hi all, i just updated my touch dual to WM6.1 and having this problem. When the phone rings and I want it to ring silent, i used to have a silence key on the bottom left but its missing now. Any assistance is appreciated. Thanks.

Tapping the volume up/down on the left side of the phone should bring up the options for volume/vibrate/silent selection.

[Section9]

dont know if anyone noticed this post, but i tested the cab and had a (very slow) today plugin from the diamond working in my QVGA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=398173
:)

Hi twolf,

I am running the TOUCH 3G version of M2D on my Niki100 and so far, no problems, except when I turn on bluetooth, the icons never shows up.

But I if receive a beam, the icon came on briefly... heard it's a bug.

But Jade version is running smooth on my niki. Might wanna consolidate our findings...


----------------------

Anyway, just some things that you need to note with htchomsettings.xml for manila 2D

1. any changes to the home screen (additional or minus) will change the formatting of your clock (analogue or digital) greatly.

This includes lines, analogue or digital clock, alarm icon so on and so off.

2. The only way to overcome this is to take the htchomesettings.xml and edit the positions again.


Hope these helps.

[twolf]

Hi twolf,

I am running the TOUCH 3G version of M2D on my Niki100 and so far, no problems, except when I turn on bluetooth, the icons never shows up.

But I if receive a beam, the icon came on briefly... heard it's a bug.

But Jade version is running smooth on my niki. Might wanna consolidate our findings...

Sorry, that post was originaly for M3D, not M2D.
When M2D came out, it was changed.
;)

[Section9]

Sorry, that post was originaly for M3D, not M2D.
When M2D came out, it was changed.
;)
no problem... any quirks about M2D so far?

[twolf]

no problem... any quirks about M2D so far?

I've been using it since the first version and upgraded along them, but no problems to report on the latest version, bear in mind that I only use 5 tabs, all the others I dont need.

[formosanman]

Not sure if anyone's noticed this but when I end a call on my Dual there is annoying little delay of about 3 seconds before the actual call is ended so I searched the registry and found this:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\PHONE\PhoneExtendS etting]

And I changed the value of EndCallTime from 3000 to 1000 re-booted and voila no more delays when ending calls;)

how do i get to the registry to edit the settings? thanks

[nagi603]

e.g. with Total Commander (http://www.ghisler.com/ce.htm). (go to the root, and there is a Plugins dir with a registry editor)

[chris__d]

Is there a way to stop alarms during a call? Mine always seems to check my email as soon as I answer a call and I can never hear the 2nd thing anyone says to me!
Christian: "Hi Christian speaking."
Caller: "Hello this is x."
Christian: "Hello x, how can I help?"
Phone: "BONG... BONG... BONG...
Christian: "I'm sorry, can you say that again please?" :(

Also; my phone is pretty vanilla but when I put it on vibrate only using the T-Mobile/HTC Today screen app it still makes a ringing sound if I get voicemail. Pretty annoying when in a meeting & I remembered to put it on vibrate only!

[trjons]

Anyone get S2V to work? I saw the fix for S2U2 and that works fine but S2V locks up on my touch dual.