hi..newbie here..advise needed

[dheerpat]

hi all...just purchased dopod u 1000 with wm6 professional..any ways to change the ugly thick bold font....treid reducing the size to smallest..

also i tried installing true vga/ozvga..but couldnot find /windows directory on my mobile

regards

[irus]

try real vga it works great

[eaglesteve]

hi all...just purchased dopod u 1000 with wm6 professional..any ways to change the ugly thick bold font....treid reducing the size to smallest..

also i tried installing true vga/ozvga..but couldnot find /windows directory on my mobile

regards

If you're referring to the font size on the today screen, go to \start\settings\system\screen\text size and adjust it to any size you want.

Looks like you're in the process of customizing your device. This is a really exciting and fun journey. You would also be trying to find out cool applications that you can use, I'm sure. So, I thought you might want to check out the following:

1) WkTask writtten by Waku from Wk Software lab Click here:
http://soft.photoracer.net/docs/wktask_en.html
This utility displays all active application on the task bar and lets you switch to them.

2) RealVGA, and try out the 128dpi screen. If you have very very good eye sight, try out the 96 dpi display. Click here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327830

3) If you intend to use VOIP, this is still the best VOIP client that I can find.
http://www.sjphone.org/preview/SJpho...wsCE(preview)/
You need a service provider before you could make VOIP call though.

4) For backing up your contact, schedule, etc, try PIM backup. Click here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705

5) Try out the Tengo software keybaord. They have a free version here
http://free.tengo.net/

If you want to use your Thumb for input and do not mind the keyboard covering up too much of the screen, try out Tengo Thumb.
http://tengo.net/tengo_thumb.html

If you want fast input and want a keyboard that takes up only very little space, try out the regular Tengo here:http://tengo.net/tengo_pocketpc.html
The layout that occupies the least space is Tengo Nano layout.

6) To help you set your default software keyboard more easily, try out this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=271008

7) If you want to be able to access all your applications and system settings from the today screen, try out iLauncher, which is the only one that works with the realVGA display.
http://ilauncher.en.softonic.com/pocket
With this, you can have one click access to any webpages, therefore one click access to things such as weather, tv programs, flight arrival and departure time, cheapest petrol stations, etc etc. all from the today screen.
It also let you have the ability to do soft reset in safe mode. In addition, you can have a battery gauge at the top of the task bar. I won't use its program switcher though. See my today screen at the end of this post on how it could look like. My icons are of 43x43 sized TGA format files. You could easily make them yourself for iLauncher.

8) If you want to make sure you do not miss any call during meetings but find the normal rigntone too offensive to be left on, then try one of these mosquitoes ringtone. Choose one that you can hear.
http://www.freemosquitoringtones.org/

9) For an excellent task manager that let you see the CPU utilisation, running processes, and applications resource usage, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=280104

10) Try out this phone profile switcher:
http://www.winmobileapps.com/device/pocketpc/plt/plt.aspx
You can set up your own phone profile, for example, for for meeting and another for loud. You can then swtich from one to another from the today screen.

11) Try out the best enhancement to pocket IE, making it a lot better than Opera.
http://www.reensoft.com/PIEPlus/

12) Try out this very very cool enhancement to WM6, so that you don't have to use the vertical and horizontal scroll bar again. This enhancement lets you scrool up and down pages by dragging it. It takes some practice to use it, but you'll get use to it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=338143
This applications makes all applications a little more fun to use. Your native contact application will have the iPhone feel to it.

13) This is probably less important once you have installed 12) above, but if you really like the iPhone feel for your contact, try out the best enhancement to the contact applications.
http://vitotechnology.com/en/products/contact-manager.html

14) Try out the free google map. Gives you your street maps and satellite image. Even act as a crude GPS navigation software.
http://www.google.com.au/gmm/index.html

15) The best enhancement to the WM6 alarm system that I know of is Chronos.
http://www.pocketgear.com/en_US/html/display_product.jsp?id=prod5640770
I use this to set my device to give give me an hourly chime. Sounds like the old fashion grand father clock. It also let me have unlimited alarm entries, give me a good stop watch, as well as count down capability.

16) Replace the standard file manager with Total Commander and/or Resco File explorer. Lets you see hidden files, including those in extended ROM, among other things.
http://www.ghisler.com/
http://www.resco.net/pocketpc/explorer/default.asp

17) The best program for viewing picture that I know of is Resco Photo Viewer. It also has a screen capture utility which is really good.
http://www.resco.net/pocketpc/photoviewer/

1 The best program for watching video is TCPMP. The reliable version now is 0.72RC1. Don't use any version newer than this as they are still bug ridden.
http://picard.exceed.hu/tcpmp/test/
Make sure you also get the FLV plugins if you want to watch youtube downloads
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=196939

19) To quicky lock and unlock your device, try out this:
http://www.mr2-power.com/downloads/DeviceLock.CAB
I actually use one of the softkeys for this applications. The other softkeys is used for contact. I have phone as one of the icons on the iLauncher screen.

Yes, you can change the soft key to anything you want, both the left and right soft keys can be changed easily. There are many different ways to do this. One of the ways is to do it with a software called Sktools. This tool is one of the must haves. It also let you do many other tweakings.

20) Another very popular utility worth looking at is Tweaks2k2. I use this to change the color of my top and bottom bar. I often change the color, from red, to green, to blue, to black, etc, making my device more interesting. Go to system color under WM5 color to do this. Be careful NOT to let this software soft reset your device or else you will be frozen at the primary splash screen forcing you to have to hard reset. Always use your stylus poking into the hole to soft reset.

There are many more nice third party programs which greatly improves the ease of use and functionality of the device. Try them out as part of your exploration of what this device can do. For example I like the pocket weather program from SBSH, with a customized layout, I could display the day, max temp, min temp, precipitation and image of weather on just ONE line (not the one on my screen shot which takes up two lines). Another nice today plugin is Today Agenda, which displays task and date with just one line rather than the two shown on my screen shot.

My today screen changes constantly and it's fun that way. I tend to get bored with the same look and feel day in and day out.

My today screen (taken quite a while ago) after all the customization looks like this in 128 dpi. Note that I limit my short cuts to exactly 70. This would display very well in both landscape and portrait mode.

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa37/eaglesteve/todayscreen-1.png


Good luck to your journey of exciting exploration.

Edit" If you feel brave enough, do not mind lots of reading before hand, and do not mind risking not having your warranty honored by HTC, then you might want to try out the latest cooked ROM. Some of the applications listed above are already incorporated in the ROM. However, if you do not feel that the risk is worth taking, you could still improve your stock ROM's feel and look by a great deal with the applications above.

[dheerpat]

thanx irus..that really helped..i purchased this machine second hand..the seller assured me that its not six months old nad very less used

my device details as under
winmo 6 professional (build 179440.0.3.1)-PK
rom : AP touch
ROM date : 1.50.00.00
protocolL:32.83.7020.20h
call duration : 83 hrs incoming 24 hr outgoing

does above data reflects same? is everything latest..

one more thing i intend to use pocket div x converter for video conversion..what should be the ideal setttings(fps etc) for sttutter less playing...i have about 138 video songs on microdrive.divx players hangs when opened

[dheerpat]

wow eaglesteve,,that was nice..only one thing pending now.best converter and player to watch videos on the device stutterless.any advise..using tcmpm right now for playing and intend to use pocket divx fro converting

[eaglesteve]

wow eaglesteve,,that was nice..only one thing pending now.best converter and player to watch videos on the device stutterless.any advise..using tcmpm right now for playing and intend to use pocket divx fro converting

Sorry that I'm not the best person to ask in this area, as I mostly download stuffs from places such as youtube, and play it as it is without any conversion effort. Perhaps someone else could help out.

[dheerpat]

dear all...i am observing that there is certain lag in opening up of menus...is not it surprising consedering athena is 600mhz processer..any ways to boost up openings of menus and programs