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[monsterpt]

Wow! This actually worked.  The settings were not far from my i910 original ones but it got rid of the annoying hesitation with scrolling, zooming and draggiing.  Cool thanks!

[adzrm]

guys i have tried a new omnia in a store... screen sensitivity was way better then mine... and my phone has a later ROM then the one of the store... i guess for different HW revision for screen ( i bought my phone first days of september).

[Yunabeco]

That means you added a space or removed one when inputing the data.

Anyway, if it restarts only when you touch the screen, you might be able to boot it up, plug it to the PC and use mobile registry editor to reset the value.
If you don't know what I'm talking about then you can also well Hard Reset it. This will however clean your device memory and remove all contacts and applications (this will not erase your My Storage memory).
As the device resets, press and hold the Green Call button and the Red End Call button. More information here in this forum.

[squeezo]

Yunabeco, on Jan 4 2009, 10:06, said:

That means you added a space or removed one when inputing the data.

Anyway, if it restarts only when you touch the screen, you might be able to boot it up, plug it to the PC and use mobile registry editor to reset the value.
If you don't know what I'm talking about then you can also well Hard Reset it. This will however clean your device memory and remove all contacts and applications (this will not erase your My Storage memory).
As the device resets, press and hold the Green Call button and the Red End Call button. More information here in this forum.

I tried editing the values to other ones thru My Mobiler on the PC.
That did not work either.
I guess a hard reset is the only option now.

Eric

[Dr Sam]

aleis, on Jan 1 2009, 15:15, said:

MY SCREEN IS ALMOST TOOO SENSITIVE!!

this is what worked for me:

Improve Screen Calibration
1. Open your Registry Editor(PHM Registry Editor)
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/HARDWARE/DEVICEMAP/TOUCH/
3. Click on CalibrationData
4. Value Data change to > 519,503 177,881 182,129 847,127 849,872
5. Click OK to save it.

You may also wish to copy down the old data before you input the new one.
My OLD Value Data was 505,512 172,875 163,147 846,148 829,876 and yours might be different a bit.

I have a Samsung I-900, and these changes did not produce any effect ... I have one of the earliest ROMs, may if I upgrade it to a newer one (in a week's time) this might change . keep you posted

PS. when I first made these changes, I lost some point accuracy, so I did a "screen align" . lost all the numbers, and had to enter them again .... anyway, no changes either way ... I wonder <_<

Edited by Dr Sam, 12 January 2009 - 07:55 PM.

[Chris@r5]

Ok, maybe it IS psychological, but I don't care. This really works for me. Dragging the widgets and scrolling the menu is far better after editting the registry.

[dwallersv]

Well, I can't say I completely understand why, but these values made a big difference for me too. I can reliably operate the SIP button now with a realtively light touch, whereas before I couldn't get the thing to recognize a press down there without pushing hard and with something finer than my big adult male thumb, no matter how carefully I calibrated the screen with the WM application.

Now, my thumb works perfectly. It works well on the [X] button to close things too, where that was problematic before. Accuracy and lighter touch seems better overall everywhere on the screen.

As for saving the old values, why bother? You can recreate them again just by going through the screen calibration procedure. Rather, saving away these values is what's useful. Easiest way is just to export the key and store it on the internal 8GB.

[dwallersv]

Emre SUMENGEN, on Jan 1 2009, 23:24, said:

(By the way, capacitive and resistive screens look different, especially under sunlight. The second layer over the first on resistive screens make it reflect and fade much more, IMO)

Speaking of which, the best damn color LCD screen I have ever seen anywhere is on my Garmin Trex Vista Cx handheld GPS. Beautiful and crisp in dim environs with the backlight. Walk out into daylight, and it's still bright and crisp, very readable, colors vivid, even in indirect sunlight (i.e. not shining directly on the display).

The Omnia, much as I love the phone, is almost unusable in direct sunlight.

[dwallersv]

quantys, on Jan 1 2009, 23:25, said:

The Values are great, we see directly the difference. but are ther other values to have the sceen more sensitive?
What are the meaning of each value, more bigger is the number, more sensitive is the screen?

I'm guessing these are grid coordinates on the touch sensor.

[dwallersv]

Okay gang, found this, and indeed it improved sensitivity for me noticably. My test is scrolling the Programs list -- with this change, I can sweep my right thumb up or down quickly and get the list to scroll right along. Before this change, getting the list to keep scrolling with my finger was a PITA.

Credit to Kevin for this... visit his sitefor a good list of hacks for the 910.

Here's the hack:

• Improve Touch Sensitivity

[ H K E Y _ L O C A L _ M A C H I N E \ \ H A R D W A R E \ D E V I C E M A P \ T O U C H ]
” C l i c k ” = d w o r d : set to 2000
[ H K E Y _ L O C A L _ M A C H I N E \ \ H A R D W A R E \ D E V I C E M A P \ T O U C H ]
” D o w n U p ” = d w o r d : set to 750
soft reset required

I've been interested in getting in to hacking up apps for WM6, so I think I'll get myself going with .NET 3.5 lite (or whatever it's called) and make a simple app to adjust these keys via sliders, as well as load/save the improved calibration settings. Watch this space...

[strummer1]

Pete2, on Jan 1 2009, 09:16, said:

How long have you run your device after the reg change above?
Has it had any affect on the battery life?
Has anyone else tried it yet?

hello, i saw this reg. trick and decided to try it. I did not notice a difference at all, although my original values were a bit different.
MY ORIGINAL VALUES 523, 511, 179, 885,170,133,847,141,834,892
I guess im gonna have to play with then numbers more until i notice any difference at all.

CHEERS!!!

[sweetpiggy]

adzrm, on Jan 4 2009, 07:53, said:

guys i have tried a new omnia in a store... screen sensitivity was way better then mine... and my phone has a later ROM then the one of the store... i guess for different HW revision for screen ( i bought my phone first days of september).

oh yes...
THIS is the very Hack!
the newest Omnia ..... have a different touch panel (different hardware!) sensible!!!!
The new panel have a 'visible light sensor' near the frontcamera. the old omnia have too the sensor, but it's not visible.
if you see a Omia with visible light sensor, try his touch ! is VERY sensible!!

[justpratik]

q8doctor, on Jan 1 2009, 12:06, said:

I had the chance to try the new HTC HD and was amazed with its screen sensitivity compared to the Omnia (my ROM is DHH3 with SPB Plus Smart-scrolling activated)

Its Super easy to scroll the Internet pages and emails and the program menu in the HD.


As far as I understand its only about software setting as both devices have the same version of the operating system WM 6.1

I have searched the forum and even google for how to increase Omnia screen sensitivity but couldn't find any software or .cab that can fix the problem, only re-calibration of the screen with sharp objects which seems to do a little help

So what do you guys think??   

hi friend.
check this on your omnia and mail me ([email protected]) if it works for you

• Improve Touch Sensitivity

[ H K E Y _ L O C A L _ M A C H I N E \ \ H A R D W A R E \ D E V I C E M A P \ T O U C H ]
” C l i c k ” = d w o r d : set to 2000
[ H K E Y _ L O C A L _ M A C H I N E \ \ H A R D W A R E \ D E V I C E M A P \ T O U C H ]
” D o w n U p ” = d w o r d : set to 750
soft reset required

improve Screen Calibration Accuracy -
1. Open your Registry Editor(PHM Registry Editor)
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/HARDWARE/DEVICEMAP/TOUCH/
3. Click on CalibrationData
4. Value Data change to > 519,503 177,881 182,129 847,127 849,872
5. Click OK to save it.

[Pinto2000]

Quick question ...

I'm using a Reg Editor for the first time to try this, but I get "Access Denied", when clicking OK after the changes are made.

What do I do, to bypass that.

Thanks ...

[lantony]

There's a new topic opened where it explains everything about the new omnia touchscreens, have a look here:

http://www.modaco.co...omnia/page/100/

[Reuben (MY)]

yeah one fine calibrationdata works for all omnia. besides, i also change the click and downup to prevent fast select while scrolling

click = hex 1000 (originally 500 i think)
downup = hex 50 (originally 100)

[bilguun]

aleis, on Jan 1 2009, 21:15, said:

MY SCREEN IS ALMOST TOOO SENSITIVE!!

this is what worked for me:

Improve Screen Calibration
1. Open your Registry Editor(PHM Registry Editor)
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/HARDWARE/DEVICEMAP/TOUCH/
3. Click on CalibrationData
4. Value Data change to > 519,503 177,881 182,129 847,127 849,872
5. Click OK to save it.

You may also wish to copy down the old data before you input the new one.
My OLD Value Data was 505,512 172,875 163,147 846,148 829,876 and yours might be different a bit.

thanx aleis. You r my man. It really works.

[chokia]

Can anyone put in in .reg file and attach here.

This can prevent anyone from screwing up screen and keep restarting phone.

[jhickey]

I used the values posted and actually had a harder time hitting the buttons accurately on my i910. The SENSITIVITY, however, had not changed at all. Go figure.

[msra6la2]

jhickey, on Mar 30 2009, 04:12, said:

I used the values posted and actually had a harder time hitting the buttons accurately on my i910. The SENSITIVITY, however, had not changed at all. Go figure.

try mine

509,497 161,887 161,129 852,129 852,887

click:

3000

UpDown:

1000