Guest lesgainous Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 (edited) Disclaimer: Editing the registry on your device may cause irreparable harm to your device. I am not responsible for any mishaps. Edit at your own risk. (please accept my apology if this tip has already been posted in another thread. I searched this forum, but searching this forum is difficult and is a real pain) :x To enable the Cap/Shift and Dot indicator on the screen when typing: - Using your favorite Registry Editor for Windows Mobile, go to \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Keybd - Create a DWORD called EnableIndicator with value of "1" (without the quotation marks) - Save changes and exit the registry editor - Power off your device (do not soft-reset it at this point--unwritten changes are still cached in RAM and powering off will flush them to ROM) - Soft-reset your device (by inserting the stylus into the reset button hole) -- . -- I'm assuming that this will work on any HTC Wizard. I know it works on the Cingular 8125 version. Enjoy! . Edited February 20, 2006 by lesgainous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Nice, I'll give it a go as soon as install a reg editor again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest orangezorki Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Works well for me on a Vario, though it only shows when there is a text field to enter into (i.e. not the Today screen) - Thanks! David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest melvynadam Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 it only shows when there is a text field to enter into (i.e. not the Today screen) - I would have thought that was the ideal behaviour - not taking up screen space unless there's a purpose in doing so. Works for me (on a Vario). Thanks OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest b6x Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 (edited) I'm assuming that this will work on any HTC Wizard. I know it works on the Cingular 8125 version. Superb. Works fine on an O2 XDA mini-S. Thanks alot. :) Edited February 20, 2006 by b6x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RichardD Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 That's already on my o2 XDA Mini S. Perhaps the hack was part of another cab file I've installed ?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest st3ph3n Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 It's enabled on mine, but I can't remember when it got enabled. Can someone tell me how to get into the symbols menu when typing an email? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lesgainous Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 (edited) Can someone tell me how to get into the symbols menu when typing an email? Basically, you type the character that most close resembles the character you want, and then press the round "dot" key and the Sym (Space) key. Repeated pressings of the Dot+Sym key cycles through all related symbols for the original character that you entered. For example, when composing a document or email, enter the "(" character. Now press the Dot, then Sym key. You'll notice the "(" changes to "[". Pressing Dot, then Sym again, produces the "{" character. Repeat and you'll see "<", then "«". Edited February 20, 2006 by lesgainous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest st3ph3n Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Basically, you type the character that most close resembles the character you want, and then press the round "dot" key and the Sym (Space) key. Repeated pressings of the Dot+Sym key cycles through all related symbols for the original character that you entered. For example, when composing a document or email, enter the "(" character. Now press the Dot, then Sym key. You'll notice the "(" changes to "[". Pressing Dot, then Sym again, produces the "{" character. Repeat and you'll see "<", then "«". <{POST_SNAPBACK}> WOW! That worked. Makes sense now. I guess I should have RTFM in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 This was posted a few months back. Worth stickying though :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest robbmasters Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Hmmm.... maybe I'm doing something stupid, but it doesn't seem to be working properly for me. I used BreakSoft's MobileRegistryEditor to edit the registry on my O2 XDA Mini S (with the O2 customisation removed as described at http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=...dpost&p=707087). Now I'm getting the C and dot symbols... but the "C" appears when I'm typing LOWER case. That's not right, is it? :?: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest robbmasters Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Yes, I was doing something stupid. Why is it you always realise this immediately after posting... :oops: Anyway, seems I had caps-lock turned on in the on-screen keyboard and this was reversing the effect of caps-lock on the physical keyboard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PayableOnDeath Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 (edited) since i put this hack on, my dot+sym(Space) doesnt work so i cant change # to * or ( to { , etc anyone else had this problem? Edited March 1, 2006 by PayableOnDeath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ericharlz Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 nice one.. working smooth on my wizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sgeary Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Thanks Works a treat!!!! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim.mason Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 What a great tip. Used Resco Reg editor to do mine with no problems at all. Only had my XDA Mini S a couple of days and was really annoyed at not being able to tell what mode the keyboard was in (until you type :) ) but now its much easier to use although it did take me a while to realise that if you hit either key twice in a row it changes all the keys you press rather than just the next one. Cheer Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeejUK Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 Nice, but why oh why can't it work on the Password screen? Maybe it's my own stupid fault for having all maner of strange case variations and symbols in my password... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howiehowie93 Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 This is Great. Just tried it on my O2 mini S. such a pain wondering what a key press is going to produce! regards Howie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alfmetal Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 worked instantly at the moment of adding the value, no need to reset thanks a lot :D :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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