Omnia II Today Screen problem (noob)

[LarryLauLive]

Hi!

Bought an Omnia II for my wife over the weekend. She says she doesn't like the new widget home screen, and so she deactivated it and turned on the old Today Screen with appointments, tasks, etc.

She complained about the uber large fonts, and so I managed to access the original ctrlpnl (it's hidden on the omnia II), opened "Screen" and changed the font size.

Immediately after that, I installed rlToday and added a (nice) clock plug-in that I made for her.

She now complains that clicking the next appointment now launches the old calendar.exe, and claims that it used to open the tcalendar.exe (by samsung) before I "messed it up". Other Today messages now launches the default WM6 apps (tasks, messaging), and she says they used to launch the samsung equivalents.

A hard reset and format didn't fix this, and now I regret helping her out.

1. Can anyone help me to confirm that clicking on the "next appointment" on the today screen on the Omnia II launches the tcalendar and not the original WM6.1 calendar? (To disable widgets - go to settings/display/items on today, click menu\edit and deselect widgets.)

2. If so (and I did mess it up), I assume that I somehow triggered a change in registry. Any ideas to change it back?

Thanks in advance.

[khsbenny]

As for number 2 a hard reset would change any registry changes back to its factory default.

[Bulldog]

I fully agree that a hard reset will set back all changes on the device to factory settings!
However after the reset if you did again able the MS normal today screen then you will open the normal pocket outlook calendar if you click on the calendar plug-inn (it is dll file short cut for MS calendar)

I don’t have Omnia but I do believe in order to open the Samsung calendar from the today screen you need to able again Samsung UI.

BTW. I am also very interested on the omnia II/I800 would you mind to share your opinion for that device and may I ask how much did you pay for it??

[LarryLauLive]

Thanks for your comments - the thing is that after the hard reset (format - re-setup), the today screen launches the default calendar.exe (not tcalendar.exe as my wife said it did before I tinkered on it). My guess is that my wife couldn't have launched tcalendar.exe from the today screen - but she was adamant about it.

The Omnia II is well made - the camera is VERY smart - besides the 5Mpix and the LED light, it has auto panoramic mode, smile detection and even a name card reader (yes - OCR directly into contacts). Half-press autofocus is great - much faster in picture taking than my HTC Touch Diamond 2.

The interface is good - the UI design is a little gaudy for my taste. Haptic feedback is better (even during flick-and-scroll). The screen colours are VERY vibrant - so much that the red and greens look luminescent.

The phone is also crammed with everything you can squeeze - GPS, microSD slot, standar phones jack, camera button, G sensor, etc.

Strange stuff includes a missing original WM6.1 settings page. The samsung UI has most of the items, but not all (eg: screen). The file explorer replacement is nice, but does not implement cut, copy and paste. Rather, it forces you to "copy to..." and "move to...". On a good side, you can move and copy multiple files via checkbox multiselect page. "Paste as shortcut" is not available. No Dpad means some games don't work. The stylus (if you need it) is external like the Omnia (but built tougher like a mini marker).

Price is irrelevant as it is operator sponsored (in return for 2 year contract).

Anyone has an omnia II who can test it for me?

[orb3000]

As this is an HTC devices only forum there will be a small amount of members answering, however if you look in off topic section there is a thread regarding samsung, perhaps there you´ll have more chances.
also you can go to winmodevs for non HTC devices

Good luck,

[cfchong]

Thanks for your comments - the thing is that after the hard reset (format - re-setup), the today screen launches the default calendar.exe (not tcalendar.exe as my wife said it did before I tinkered on it). My guess is that my wife couldn't have launched tcalendar.exe from the today screen - but she was adamant about it.

Anyone has an omnia II who can test it for me?

I have an Omnia II...

Can you elaborate on the "Next Appointment"?

On TouchWiz UI, it will go to Touch Calendar from the Today widget.

But if I go to Today settings, untick TouchWiz UI and tick Calendar, it will go to default calendar from the default Today screen.

Hope this helps.

[Bulldog]

cfhong, would you please share some your experience with Samsung omnia II. I was in love with the device but now I hear some bad comments which makes me little worried to buy as samsung has not much support as the HTC devices here in this forum (thanks)

[THE GRIZZ]

do you know where we can download omnia2/pro rom

it would be really usuful in extracting the cool apps and skin for other WM devices

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4246890&posted=1#post4246890

[LarryLauLive]

I have an Omnia II...

Can you elaborate on the "Next Appointment"?

On TouchWiz UI, it will go to Touch Calendar from the Today widget.

But if I go to Today settings, untick TouchWiz UI and tick Calendar, it will go to default calendar from the default Today screen.

Hope this helps.

Yes!! This is exactly what I needed. About "Next Appointment", that's the string of text on the Today Screen that shows something like... "Tomorrow: Buy Groceries 9:00am-10:00am" Clicking on this test will open up the default Windows Mobile Calendar. I DIDN'T SCREW UP HER PDA!!