E200 is in stores NOW - First E200 tweak released

[Guest Paul [MVP]]

Update: This tweak does not install on Retail E200s - we are currently investigating, watch this space...

That's right, the first E200 deliveries are now hitting Orange shops - so you can get your grubby little hands on one today!

So what better way to celebrate than releasing the first of many upcoming tweaks for the E200?

Myself (Paul_[MVP]) and Midnight have produced a tasty little CAB file that activates ClearType on your E200 for fantastic looking fonts!

Simply install the attached CAB file, restart your phone, and enjoy!

Portal viewers will need to click 'View Comments' to see the download, and downloads are only available to logged in users.

NOTE: This system-wide ClearType tweak only functions on Smartphone 2003

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Cleartype.CAB

[Guest Crispy]

"]NOTE: This system-wide ClearType http://smartphone.MoDaCo.com/viewtopic.php?t=7695>tweak only functions on Smartphone 2003

Damnit :x

[Guest edupin]

Waowww! Good news !

I hope it'll be the same here in France today or tomorrow !!!!

Can't wait no more for my e200.

[Guest Simon Desser]

It doesn't seem to work on my retail E200 :?

[Guest wbloore]

I wondered why there was no cleartype on my brand new E200. I thought it came as standard.

Anyway, the tweak doesn't work on my E200 either. I get the following error when I try to run the CAB on my phone:

"Installation failed. The program or setting cannot be installed because it does not have adequate system permissions."

[Guest statscat]

try de-certing before installing it (from www.developers.orange.com).

perhpas it has the old security policy *so you still need to unlock it first* ?

[Guest Paul [MVP]]

We are currently investigating this... further info as we have it.

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[Guest wbloore]

try de-certing before installing it (from www.developers.orange.com).

perhpas it has the old security policy *so you still need to unlock it first* ?

I was under the impression that all software should run on the E200 without requiring the phone to be decerted (except software which accesses priviledged APIs). I've also read that the old decert method will not work with SP2003 and SP2002 v1.6+.

[Guest Paul [MVP]]

As mentioned above, we are investigating, but the 'Completely Unlocked' policy doesn't seem to have been implemented.

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[Guest Richie M]

I've also read that the old decert method will not work with SP2003 and SP2002 v1.6+.

OT but you heard wrong, i unlocked OTA the UK 1.61 :lol:

[Guest Maverick]

How many have bought the phone already?

[Guest jcinfo]

This is similar but for CE 3y think.

Pocket PC 2002 now allows you to smooth the edges of screen fonts using ClearType.

Here is how to enable or disable it :

Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftShell

If it doesn't exist already, create a DWORD value named "ClearType".

Set the "ClearType" value data to 1 to enable ClearType, or 0 to disable it.

:roll:

[Guest midnight]

nope, sorry, that aint it :lol:

[Guest Paul [MVP]]

:roll: ?

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[Guest spacecowboy6982]

This is worrying. Is it just your app Paul & Mid. that wont work on E-200's or am I sadly guessing its going to be like this until the phone is properly de-certed for all emu's etc ?

Cheers

SpaceCowboy

[Guest Paul [MVP]]

It seems to be applications that write to particular areas of the registry.

Some things work, some don't...

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[Guest spacecowboy6982]

Intersting - Im sure it'll all get figured out soon enough ;)

Off Tpoic: Just noticed in my "thread notification" email that key words suck as "Tweak" appear as a direct link, nice touch !! If only I can get the address thread the same ! :lol:

spacecowboy

[Guest Pagemakers]

Nope this doesn't work on my e200. It says I don't have adequate permissions.

[Guest drblow]

so has anyone actually done OTA unlock on an e2000? Posted from my SmartPhone!

[Guest wbloore]

so has anyone actually done http://smartphone.MoDaCo.com/viewtopic.php?t=22908>OTA unlock on an e2000? Posted from my SmartPhone!

Contrary to what I had been led to believe, OTA unlocking does work on the E200, and Paul/Midnight's tweak will work after the phone has been through OTA unlocking.

Thanks guys. ClearType is sooo much better! It looks a little blurred at first, but I think that's more a problem with my eyes:)

[Guest Pagemakers]

Can they not re-tweak their tweak so it works with out-of-the-box e200's?

I think far fewer people will unlock their e200s and there seems no need anymore.

[Guest amo]

Right, call me naive but whats a cleartype font?

[Guest mcwarre]

Right, call me naive but whats a cleartype font?

Ok,

Hi Naive. :lol: ;) :( :) :)

[Guest Vector]

Right, call me naive but whats a cleartype font?

If you've got Windows XP, on desktop, right click>>Properties>>appearance>>effects>>and now tick the box next to the text that says "use the following method to smooth fonts", or something like that, and from the drop down box select "cleartype" ;)

It does what that does to the text on your PC, to the text on the phone, it smooths it all out for ya, instead of it being jaggedy :lol:

[Guest ajb3000]

that makes everything blurry and horrible on my PC :|