Windows mobile speed up.

Will it work?

Posted at ppcgeeks.

Check out this site, and then the following regedits, and hope that it will speed things up a little bit.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...=NoSentMessage


found here http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...t=regeditsMake Your PocketPC Faster

Open your registry editor on your Pocket PC
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\
3. Change the value of 'limit' from 8192 to 16384… or even to 32768 for a faster setting but eats up more memory
4. Close registry editor and soft reset.

HKLM\System\StorageManager\FATFS

I changed the CacheSize key from 0 to 8192 and it seems to have sped up my ppc.

Windows Mobile Backup Software

Sprite Backup
Link
$29.95
Sprite Backup is also available with Sprite Terminator for $39.95

Resco Backup
Link
$19.95
Resco saves the files inside .zip archives and you cannot manually restore.

SPB Backup

Alltel Touch Software Updates

Here are a few links to firmware updates for the Alltel Touch

• http://software.alltel.com/
• http://www.htc.com/us/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=64&cat=all
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SetVolume - A better way to set the volume

SetVolume, from xda, hooks into the hardware volume control keys and makes it much easier to change the volume with your finger.

The .cab file is not added to the phones start up folder so you might want to do that manually. Otherwise you should just run it once after rebooting the phone.

Other skins are available so check the xda forum post.

Reskinning the Windows mobile calculator.

Tired of that horrible calculator skin? Refer to this xda thread for more information.
Download this .zip file and install the .cab that's inside.


Pick your favorite (if you want) SbpCalc... skin from the .zip. Remove the -1, -2 etc. from the file name and move it to the \Windows directory on your device.

Storm Clouds on July 23

Allison Montana

Clowning around in a Hannah Montana wig in the Wal-Mart clearance aisle.

Ultimate Launch and CJY custom theme.

Installation:
Visit ultimatelaunch.de and download the english .cab file. Install it. Now go to the Settings->Today->Items and uncheck all the today plug-ins. This is important. Ultimate launch will manage the today plugins for you and will be the only plug-in checked on this screen.

Visit drop.io/cyatesxyz to download dcinobar to remove the bottom bar. Install the cab.

Download my ultimate launch icons and .ini file from drop.io/cyatesyxz

Unzip the contents into \Program Files\UltimateLaunch

Move the Links folder into \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\

Go back to Settings->Today->Items and check the Ultimate Launch plug-in.

Did it work? Some of the icons may not work and you may need to fix them manually.

Long tap on the bottom row of icons to reach the UL settings page. There are MANY settings available.

Ultimate Launch is $14.95 from Handango. Well worth the money. It's a great program. Use the code 2NDCHANCE and get $2.99 off. That makes it just $11.96 and even bigger bargain.

Call timers in Homescreen PlusPlus UI

Download from drop.io/cyatesxyz

Tap the clock to show the:

• Incoming calls (day, month, sms)
• Outgoing calls (day, month, sms)
• In/out calls (day,month,sms)
• Data (day,month, connected time)

Settings:

Constantly syncing ActiveSync and how to make it stop.

Ok, so this doesn't seem to work...more research required.

This very useful information courtesy of bevhoward.com


Stopping WM5 Activesync 4.x Five Minute Sync Interval and Constant Wakeups
There are some frustrating behavioral problems with Activesync 4.x and since it's new, approaches to deal with 4.x's specific problems are still evolving... the following two approaches deal with two different needs... first, throttling 4.x's insitance to sync constantly which is not only unnecessary in most cases, it robs the sync computer of valuable resources neeeded for other apps and tasks... second, connecting a device in need of a charge triggers it to "turn on" even if turned off... not only irritating, but, since juice from a USB connection is limited, it significantly extends the time needed to charge the device.
Restoring the Manual Sync Option
Use Regedit and find the key;

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows CE Services\Partners\**********\Services\Synchronization

Set the following values to 0 in hexadecimal value.

- Continuously Update
- Update on docking

Thanks and a tip of the hat to Raj Pillai MS MVP - Mobile Devices for this find.

http://bevhoward.com/ASync.htm#RAPI

http://snipurl.com/3nlu7

More information from xda.

Edit registry entry on treo:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ActiveSync\Engines\{guid }\Settings\SyncAfterTimeWhenCradled

The original value is 5 (5 minutes? Like how often ActiveSync seems to run? hmmm!). If you change it to 0, it will revert back to 5. Instead, change it to something like 300.

Then SOFT RESET.

Homescreen PlusPlus UI indicator colors.

Have a light background and can't see the indicators? Here is the soloution.

Use Total Commander and open the \Program Files\HomeScreen PlusPlus\CJY BennTech.xml

Look for the section that starts:

Now scroll down until you find all the : color="ffffff"

and change them to: color="000000"

This changes the text color to black.

DotFred task manager

The Task manager application is a bunch of several useful tools in just one tool. The name is maybe not appropriate anymore because of all the stuff it provides now. But at the beginning it was just made to manage all running processes as the Task Manager does in Windows on a normal pc.

Download the cab file and install.

Total commander

Total commander is a windows mobile file manager replacement. It has a built-in editor for text files and supports zip files directly.

Install the arm version from this link and install.

Batti the battery meter.

Did you notice the hatched bar at the top of the screen shown in this post? It's Batti, the always on top battery meter.

Just download the .cab file from the google code page and install.

Go to the Start Menu and tap on Programs->Batti Settings. If you want the grey status bar, uncheck Gradient Indicator from the Appearance page. Next change the Foreground color to light gray.

Homescreen PlusPlus UI with Visual Contacts

Here is a today screen plug in with a few customizations that will show phone status and when tapped will change to a picture phone dialer.



First you'll need the Homescreen PlusPlus UI edition (freeware) from chi-tai.info. Get the latest beta and install it on you're phone.

Be sure to enable it in the Settings->Today->Items page.

Next download this zip file and move the contents to \Program Files\HomeScreen PlusPlus

Now long tap on the new today screen plug in and choose Options. Go to the Advanced tab and choose CJY BennTech and tap OK.

Long tap the plugin again and choose Show Indicators. Put a check mark by CJY Ind and Contacts.

Lastly it's back to xda for go2contact, a command line utility that displays a contacts info when you tap on there photo.

That should be it.

Support for HomeScreen PlusPlus UI is at this xda-developers thread.