WM6 contact lookup key mappings

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Hello fellow T-mobile Dash users running WM6 beta...

As you all know, there is a bug (if that's indeed what it is) in the "smart dialing" capability that inserts "A,B,C" for numeral 2, "D,E,F" for numeral 3, and so on. Numeral 1 is a metacharacter (i.e. typing 1 repeatedly will just select all of your contacts).

I was looking in the registry and found a few keys that look interesting.
They are:
1) HKLM/Security/Phone/PhoneKeyMatch
2) HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Shell/PhoneKeyMatch

There could be others, possibly relating to the keyboard driver being used, or the keyboard layout itself.

it does look interesting....i hope someone is able to do something with it...

I wish someone would be able to look into this and let us know how to fix this issue. thx

i don't think its a big deal. just hold the down key.
i'm sure it will be fixed in the final release. you can't wait a few weeks?

SOLUTION

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Here's the fix to the problem... attached to this post (contained inside a zip file)

The registry settings were exported using Resco Registry. You should have that installed to import the settings back to your APP UNLOCKED phone.

I'm pretty sure this problem will be fixed in the final version, as it was a terribly simple solution. Just a few key mappings that needed to be changed.

If you don't have Resco Registry on the smartphone, you can edit the registry with whatever editor you have, and just open up the .reg file in notepad, and make the entries match.

Note that the # key also acts as the wildcard key, so if you type in the first couple of the letters of the first name and then # and then the first couple of the last name, like JO#SMI, it will match John Smith as well. Also, if you are trying to search for something like Ralph using Ra, it will bring up all of the R's, since # also acts as the wildcard character.

Thanks a bunch. Worked like a charm.


Don't forget to reset your phone after you change the keys.

Originally Posted by kmattoo

Thanks a bunch. Worked like a charm.
Don't forget to reset your phone after you change the keys.

Sorry, forgot to mention that part Kind of an important step.

Works like a charm, thanks!

Excellent, Merwin. Well done.

Agh, you beat me to it, I wanted to post the answer first!

Well good job! Not sure if this has been covered yet but you can get rid of the BETA text on the Today Screen by modifying the following registry key"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Device Beta]
"Today"="Beta"