vodafone(.de): how to show the home-icon?

[fraham]

Hi, i have some special interests regarding the home-area-icon by vodafone:

1. How get a HTC the info "you are in the home-area"?
I think in the OS is integrated a special program from Vodafone, that is reading the digital informations from the data packets from the GSM network (cell ID?) and compares this informations with the saved datas on the SIM card, so that the device can show the home-icon. Is it correct?
(So i know: O2 works with a broadcast channel. But VF and T-mobile works with a other System.)

2. If it be a special program: is it for different HTC devices (like "VPA..." or VPA compact...") identical or is the program for each VPA type specialy programmed?

3. If it be identical: whith cab files from Vodafone i need, to show the home-icon on my today screen?
Are specialy prerequisites needed?

4. Are this program and the settings not identical in each country, so i'm searching the german CAB files. (or the names of the files)

I'm grateful for each information for this thread.

Greetings Frank

[maoam]

1. You need a special SIM, wich is able to support the Service.
(Not all UMTS SIM Cards support this service)
2. Sometimes, the Customer Service have to send your a configuration Message to the SIM...

[fraham]

I know and i have from Vodafone.de the SIM card with integratet STK. VF also has send the configuration-SMS for the home area setting.

In the last time i have found informations about showing the home area into the display.
In the OS is a file (stk.exe) thats communicate with the STK from the SIM.

OK, if i deal a number, i have the acousic signal for the home area. But there isn't a icon in the Display, if i be in my area.

I think, i have a older version of STK-software, that's can't show the home-icon, because i have a WIZARD (VPAc2) with original WM5.

If i call the STk-Soft ("Vodavone-Services") it's only list SMS-InfoServices, MMS-InfoServices and Mobile fun.
I can't see other services. In the OS i also missing some files to get all services. In the WM6 ore on newer devices after the VPAc2 are more files for the STK. As sample: STK_uippc, tkitapp, STKTray, StkStarter.

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Another Problem is the follow:
If i flash to WM6 (german), the STK-tool is absolutly not available:
- No shows in programmfolder and
- it's not run, if i call it manualy into the Windows folder and the other STk Utilitys shows clean windows.
Why work the original WM5 STK half and the WM6 STK not? :confused:

Thanks for answer.

Greetings Frank

[fraham]

Now, i have tested the follow:

new flash of the original Rom for VPAc2 (Wizard). After the flash the device is reboot and after the reboot it's say, that's want to setup the Provider settings after 3 seconds => Softreset on this message.
(No Provider settings installed)

After softreset it is shows a window named STK-Service: "Zuhause"
(i'm in my home-area. In this time i dosn't have tested the Displaying "Zuhause", if i leave the home area and come again.)
But it's only the STK-Service windows and not showing a icon!

I think, it's needed some additional entrys for the STK settins in the registry. But what?

By different HTC devices i've found different positions for STK-settings.
By one device it's call "STK", another device call's "Stk" and again by another device "HTCSTK"... :confused: :eek:
So are the different positions in the registry:
- [HKLM \ SOFTWARE \ OEM \ STK]
- [HKCU \ ControlPanel \ HTCSTK] (This is original from VPAc2)
- [HKLM \ Services \ Stk] (this was written by TMo-STK-Setup)
And every of this registry entrys has different entrys for the settings!

Now i'm verry confused!

PS: Someone has a tip for me?
I need the references for the registry entrys. But, where are this references to find?

Greetings Frank

[fraham]

In this time i have searched in the dll files for references of registry entrys. i mean, that i have found some references. but i don't know, if it be registry entrys or program work codes. There are some for me known references and many unknown codes.

Anyone can give me the correctly registry entrys (with the path in the registry) for the STK services, so that i see the icon for the home-area?

Or anyone can help me to find the correctly entrys from the dll files?

greetings Frank

PS:
I can not find some new references of Registry-Entrys in the dll files for displaying a "Home"-Icon. Without help i must give up.