WM 6.5 / Tips & "De-samsungizing"

[Guest zyclonenuz]

I'm using WinMo 6.1 and I can't find the StartInfo on my registry can anyone help me out here coz I need to enable the Windows Mobile Settings. :)

Open any registry editor, go to path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Shell\StartInfo\

Value 'HideSettings' Set to '0'.. and soft-reset... Voila

Mine has only HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Shell and inside Shell is RegFlush that is it.

Sorry for being a newbie.. I just got my phone a couple of days ago and everytime I try to compase a text/SMS message my qwerty keypad wont auto rotate to landscape mode ;)

Edited December 28, 2009 by zyclonenuz

[Guest tones75]

Hello everybody!, After trying today new 6.5 secany rom, which i waited for so long time, and reading lots of posts of people with similar issues and wishes as me, i decided to put hands in the matter, and with my little knowledge try to tune up this new rom.

(PD. i am and old htc & xda-dev user so i have that strong influence)..

I here share what i managed up to now, and i would love to everyone finding new useful tweaks, to post them in this thread....!

1) SHOW WINDOWS SETTINGS IN START MENU (AT LAST!!!!!! CREDIT TO MYSELF :( !) :

Open any registry editor, go to path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Shell\StartInfo\

Value 'HideSettings' Set to '0'.. and soft-reset... Voila!

2) Windows Marketplace works fine.. actually you can download there a newer Windows Live version (MSN included) which isn't available anywhere else. However, its mostly a graphic restyle, no new awaited functions (nudge, video call, offline messages) :(

PD. In order to work , soft-reset after installing (although it doesn't instruct you to do so)

3) For some who said that screen rotation is not available in this rom, not true, you can still use the known trick to set reg. value 'HideOrientationUI' to '0', then goto control panel 'buttons', and remap any button to special function '(rotate screen)'.

4) A-GPS improvement: asides from 'XTRA' function (HTC QuickGPS equivalent), the A-GPS server value is not set by default.

Don't know if setting it actually improves performance, gotta test it tomorrow:

HLKM\Software\Samsung\RIL\GPS\ServerAddress = 'some_agps_server' (eg. supl.nokia.com).

........

I'll keep adding while i remember more !!

See ya

hi there!

topic: SHOW WINDOWS SETTINGS IN START MENU

i have gone into regitry editor but cannot find the path.

i have connected my phone viz usb.

i have an Omnia II i8000.

I live in Australia.

can you help me please?

tones75

[Guest figue]

hi there!

topic: SHOW WINDOWS SETTINGS IN START MENU

i have gone into regitry editor but cannot find the path.

i have connected my phone viz usb.

i have an Omnia II i8000.

I live in Australia.

can you help me please?

tones75

You should install a Registry Editor in your phone, and browse your phone's registry

(connecting your phone to your pc and using windows registry editor won't work)

You can use SKTools, a software that has a Registry Editor, and a lot of other usefull tools.

Here you can find a lot of tools for your phone (including SKTools and other registry editors), and also, you will find a .cab installer, that modifies that registry key, so you don't have to deal with a registry editor (you can download it from here)