A Guide to Windows Mobile 6.5

[joel2009]

Windows Mobile 6.5

I am dedicating this thread to tips and tweaks for the newest era of Windows Mobile, version 6.5. I will be updating it everyonce in awhile with my findings, if you have something to share please feel free to post it as well.

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QUICK LINKS TO THE CONTENT OF THIS THREAD:

New MS Services:
Myphone
Tag Reader
Reader
Market
Facebook

cHome:
Themes and theme tutorials
How to create a Titaniam theme


ScrollBars
Moving the "lock" slider (with brief cpr tutorial, thanks drkfngthdragnlrd)
Changing the Lock Slider Text (without editing dll's)
Auto Device Lock
Menus

► Original CPR's and PNG's [QVGA here] ◄
► Shellresapps.dll here ◄

Phone:
Always slide to answer

Startmenu:
WKtask on WM6.5
Enable Honeycomb
reStart (change icons and reorder startmenu)


Free Tools:
Total Commander (Registry editor and advanced "file explorer")
cHome Editor by Showacco
WinMerge (for file merging and comparison)
Titanium CPR Helper
Program to change Start Menu Icons Here

PS: I'm adding cab files for each hack to each post. If things look to difficult or you just aren't feeling adventurous, just hit the easy button in the bottom right corner.

 

[witschey]

This ROM is not nearly as good as Juicy's current build. but still, nice guide.

Is Juicy's current build WM 7 or is he using another operating system....because as far as I know this thread is about all builds of WM 6.5.

I would want to check out the ROM you are talking about. Could you point us to the URL.

 

[furry]

I want to know how to skin or change the color of the scrollbars. The first post has a link to scrollbars but it loops you back to the same page so there is no info. I have looked all over, what do I edit, image file, registry edit or windows file????

 

[radzish]

And another update for those who's interested:
After investigation I've come to the conclusion that this totally can be managed by themes, i.e.: theme can define images used for skinning items as well as it defines margins and gaps in registry

 

[WarByte]

Layers

I solved the issue by adjusting some values with the following CPR file:

LS_LockScene_240x320.cpr

Which is located in the following source directory:

Sources\SYS\23034\LockscreenNonEA

Note: Directory will be slightly different if you are using a different build of WM 6.5. File name resolution will be different if you are using a PPC with a different screen resolution.

Within that file one needs to find the following row and replace the TOP value by a different value depending on whether you want to move ALL the notification icons (SMS/Phone/Voicemail/Missed Call) up or down). The top value applies to the icon that goes at the very top. I changed the value to 25 and that worked for me.

<LockScreenListView ID="Notifications List" Top="25" Left="9" Width="222" Height="235" Columns="1" Rows="4" ItemWidth="222" ItemHeight="46".....

Hope this helps others with similar issues.

You're right, that's how that works, so I'm just gonna add a bit more info if anyone needs it:

The build I am using is 21725, so for those using that build there is no need to move unless you wanna customize my .cpr

The .cpr is basically an xml file, there are a few important elements:

Slider ID="LockSlider"
Text ID="TapOrSlide"
Text ID="SlideToUnlock"
This is the slider thing and the text that appears over it. Change Top, Left, Width and Height to customize.

LockScreenListView ID="Notifications List"
The big block with all notifications. Change Top, Left, Width and Height to customize. Be careful not to overlap this with your appointments. More on this later.

Layer ID="TimeX"
Layer ID="AppointmentX"
This is your clock and your appointments area. Change Top, Left, Width and Height to customize.

Alright, if you are using the default wm .cpr then TimeX and AppointmentX do not exist, instead they are a big Layer (Layer ID="TimeAppointment") which causes the automatic hiding of the appointments area and therefore you don't need to worry about overlapping, if you change the default .cpr you might end up with a clock ALWAYS showing the appointments graphics.
If you are using the one in my cab then please worry about overlapping since the graphics are not hidden but placed where I found them graphically appealing (to my personal needs) instead.

 

[quadzilla122]

text on titanium

Hey im new here and wanted to ask how to find out how to rename the links in the titanium screen like music, phone, voicemail, pictures, etc(i just want them capitalized =))

 

[azaberl]

Hey im new here and wanted to ask how to find out how to rename the links in the titanium screen like music, phone, voicemail, pictures, etc(i just want them capitalized =))

use chome editor

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=506951

 

[joel2009]

Read the wiki on how to flash if you are new to the process. Follow instructions precisely or you will end up with a very expensive paper weight.

 

[bingman9517]

Does anybody know a way to prevent the phone from going into standby mode after every call? I am sure it is just a matter of editing a registry entry, but I do not know which. I have tried editing the UnattendedModeTimer, but it did not work after a soft reset. This file can be found in the following:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting

Any help would be appreciated. I am unable to wake-up my device by pressing the power button due to a severe physical disability.

If this is not possible, is there anyone that could create an app that would ask if you want the phone to go to standby?

 

[FTC]

...last week I upgraded my MDA compact V (T-Mobile Germany) from
WM6.1 to WM6.5 using the official T-Mobile ROM. There are some bugs
I could not figure out how to resolve and I hope to get some hints..

1. Battery Information: The Battery Information doesn't show any more
the elapsed time since the last full charge.

2. Sounds and Signals: The time for the flashing LED for incoming messages
is fixed at 5 minutes and can't be changed.

3. I am using ThumbCal for my calendar. Since the upgrade, it doesn't take
or store any new schedules or activities. However I found them stored
in the HTCcalendar.

FTC

Edit: Problem #2 has been solved

 

[FloatingFatMan]

Hmm.. Only just found this thread. Aside from all the people asking how to upgrade to 6.5 and taking the thread off topic, a very informative source for editing the CPR's, but I've come across a problem.

It seems that newer versions of CHome/Titanium support panel types that older versions don't. This causes panels to either not appear at all (CWeather is one of them), or in the case of that Hero Titanium theme, the Lockscreen just reverts to the old 6.1 one.

Clearly, I can't get an older version of CHome to use these new paneltypes, such as LockScreenPaneView, so is there any way I can update the version of CHome in my device ROM? I can't upgrade the ROM to a newer build of WM6.5 unfortunately, as there aren't any for this device.

An updated guide as to what builds support what panels would be really good, but I've been searching for such information and can't find it anywhere. Hell, it took me ages to find THIS thread!

 

[timmymarsh]

Fatman is quite correct, thread cleaned for the purpose of clarity, please dont be offended if your OT post has been deleted

 

[giacomarko]

wm6.5 owner disappear

Hi all, do someone of you know where can I found owner icon ?

it's necessary to several apps (g-alarm.. resco explorer..) because such apps need user ID to get activated

thanks a lot, cheers

 

[cheetahbadri]

Help plsssssssssss

actually iam havin windows 6.5 .Now in that my ram memory always goes to 76 - 80 and only 10mb left as free memory .................. can any body tell how to free more space???? also wen i was using windows 6.0 i was having nearly 25 mb as free memory(56% ram usage)............ can any one tell me????????????...................

 

[rareness4]

Dodadadoo! Ok I now have a tweaked LockScreen CPR for VGA devices that improves usability dramatically. Here you go!
Just UnZip and move to the Windows folder with TotalCommander!

First I want to say thanks, this worked, but the problem I have is that it seemed to have moved over the Time (year is cut off) and the appointment is suppose to be starting from the left. So it looks like it shifted (pic at the left below), I want it to look like how it was before the switch from TAEL's ROM (link on the right). How do I go about doing that exactly? Thanks again.

Correct Way

 

[cyanide911]

Okay, this is regarding 6.5.1. I installed Opera Mini 5 in JBed. But I dont know it's some glitch, or because of the OS, the text is very large. The menus, titlebar, etc. I have to set OM's font size to 'Very Small' and even that only fixes the in-page text, not the text in the application.
How do I fix this?

 

[UKenGB]

Weather cities

Even in HTC Sense these are somewhat lacking. Is there an easy way to add your own? Is it the same procedure as for Manilla 2.1, i.e. get the City ID from Accuweather and edit a Manilla file?

 

[timmymarsh]

Even in HTC Sense these are somewhat lacking. Is there an easy way to add your own? Is it the same procedure as for Manilla 2.1, i.e. get the City ID from Accuweather and edit a Manilla file?

Yes there is, see the link in my sig below and use the app. If you follow the creators instructions, you cannot fail. Works with manila 2.5 also

Greetz.

 

[FloatingFatMan]

It seems that newer versions of CHome/Titanium support panel types that older versions don't. This causes panels to either not appear at all (CWeather is one of them), or in the case of that Hero Titanium theme, the Lockscreen just reverts to the old 6.1 one.

Clearly, I can't get an older version of CHome to use these new paneltypes, such as LockScreenPaneView, so is there any way I can update the version of CHome in my device ROM? I can't upgrade the ROM to a newer build of WM6.5 unfortunately, as there aren't any for this device.

An updated guide as to what builds support what panels would be really good, but I've been searching for such information and can't find it anywhere. Hell, it took me ages to find THIS thread!

Anyone any ideas on how I can solve this?

 

[Charlie8]

How to increase the System volume on the Acer NeoTouch - WM6.5?

Hello - I've just bought an Acer Neotouch running on WM6.5. It's a great machine apart from the system volume (alarms, text messages, etc.) being too low. Does anyone know a hack I can use to increasre the system volume please?

 

[Howell]

I want to edit the text above the sliders "slide" and "tap or slide". Im thinking i need to edit something in the shellresapps.dll but i am unable to copy it so i can edit it. Any help on how to copy it? Total Commander wont work and file explorer says i cant copy it.

I found how to edit this text WITHOUT modifying Shellresapps.dll

In Ls_LockScene_480x800.cpr (adapt to your resolution) :

In

    <Text ID="SlideToUnlock" Top="90" Width="480" Height="34" FontFamily="Tahoma" FontSize="9" Wrap="False" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Middle" InnerTextType="Resource" Text="shellresapps.dll,18149">

Replace "Resource" by "Literal" and Text="shellresapps.dll,18150" by Text="Slide me if you dare !" (or whatever you want to be displayed here) !

Same for the "TapOrSlide" section