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.