NotesWindowsMobile6

Notes Windows Mobile 6
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This note is not meant to be a comprehensive guide on Windows Mobile 6 smartphones or PDAs. Instead it is a collection of useful notes and tips about Windows Mobile 6 that may not be found easily elsewhere. Please send a comment if you wish to add to this blog.


Contents
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ActiveSync 4.5
Software Resources
Explore - File Structure
Low Battery Warning
SMS
Changing Display / Wallpaper


ActiveSync 4.5
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Some extra details on using Active Sync 4.5
1. In ActiveSync on the computer: On the File menu, click Connection Settings and select the Allow USB connections check box.
2. In the Start -> ActiveSync program on your device: Click Menu > Connections and select the Synchronize all PCs using this connection check box.
3. In the Start -> Settings -> Connections -> USB to PC: select Serial Sync Mode

Software Resources
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Some software for Windows Mobile can be found here.
http://www.cnet.com.au/best-free-windows-mobile-software-339273436.htm

Here is a list of some other Windows Mobile Software. You should be able to find more details by Googling the titles of these software.

Games
Death Drive – driving game
Kevtris – mobile version of Tetris
Pocket Heroes – Heroes of Might and Magic game clone for Pocket PC
Realms – A space based shooting game.

Internet Tools
Fring() – Allows you to instant message with AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN, SIP, Skype, Twitter() and Yahoo.
Opera Mobile – Opera() browser in mobile format
Slick – instant message with AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, MSN and Yahoo.
TwitToday – A plugin to post to your Twitter account.
Web Viewer – a tabbed browser

Media Players
MPlayer for Windows Mobile – play Flash videos as well as videos in the RV40, RV30, R20, sipro, cook and atrac codecs.
RealPlayer() – An official mobile release for Real One Player.
The Core Pocket Media Player – supports video and audio formats from DivX to Ogg Vorbis.
YouTubePlayer – lets you to search YouTube() for videos and then plays them in their native FLV format.

Phone Applications
Call Firewall – create blacklists and whitelists for your Windows Mobile powered cell phone.
iDialer – new dialing interface that feels similar to another popular phone’s dialing system.  It does offer compatibility with popular Internet phone services such as Grand Central and JaJah.
Skype() – make Skype calls from your mobile

Utilities
CapSure – capture your screen in BMP, GIF, JPG or PNG and then add captions, obscure sensitive information and more.
Dashwire – Allows you to sync your phone at all times including pictures, files, contacts, messages and more.
GSync – allows you to synchronize your Google Calendar with your Windows Mobile powered phone.
iContact – changes your contact interface to more of an iPhone style system
Pocket RAR – archive manager that you can use on your mobile device.
SoftKey Manager – allows you to edit the soft keys on your Today screen.
PHM Regedit - Registry Editor


Explore - File Structure
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When the Windows Mobile device is connected to a PC via the ActiveSync 4.5 software, there is an Explore feature to view
the files and folders of the device.
Below is the hierarchy structure for Windows Mobile 6 on a O2 Atom Life smartphone.


Mobile Device
   My Windows Mobile-Based Device
       Databases
       Application Data
       AUTEMP
       ConnMgr
       Documents and Settings
       My Documents
       Program Files
       Temp
       Windows
   Business
   Calls
   Dictionaries
   GPRS Monitor Data
   My Library
   My Music
   My Pictures
   My Records
   My Ringtones
   My Sounds
   My Videos
   Templates
   UAContents
   VisualOn

1. My Documents folder is a mirror to the root file structure. In other words, you will find inside My Documents exactly all the folders from Business, Calls, .... to UAContents, VisualOn.

2. MP3 and perhaps other formats of musics can be placed in My Ringtones and it will automatically be available as a ringtone for the phone.

3. StartMenu folder for shortcuts are found under Windows folder.


Low Battery Warning
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 in Settings|Sounds & Notifications|Notifications tab. You can disable the "Display message on screen" option and only have it play a sound. If you can't find the "Low Battery Warning" under the events pull-down, then you will need to apply a tweak as suggested above. Instructions for the tweak were originally taken from Philippe Majerus' site but the link no longer works.
First get yourself a good registry editor such as PHM's free regEdit. Use it to navigate to HKCU\ControlPanel\Notifications.

Then look for a key named {A877D663-239C-47a7-9304-0D347F580408}. If it doesn't exist then create it.
Under that key create a new String Value named Default with its data set to "Low Battery Warning".

Exit out of the registry editor and go to Start|Settings|Personal tab|Sounds & Notifications|Notifications tab. Under the "Select an event" pull-down select the new "Low Battery Warning" event that you just created. You can then disable/enable both sounds and the message for this event.

SMS
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Backup SMS
- located in two places:
   - in Memory - directly under Mobile Devices
   - in Card - \Memory Card\My Documents
- if located elsewhere, then the phone may not find the files.
- file extension is *.jaf

SIM vs Memory (Phone) vs Storage (Card)
- new SMS received is placed on Phone
- each SMS on Phone can be copied to SIM
- each SMS on SIM can be copied to phone
- batch of SMS can be BACKUP to *.jaf files stored in Phone Memory or Storage Card
- batch of SMS can be RESTORE from *.jaf files stored in Phone Memory or Storage Card to SIM



Changing Display / Wallpaper
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1. Download the theme in CAB file format.
2. Copy the CAB file onto the phone.
3. Using the phone's File Explorer, find the CAB file and run it. If there is an option of where to install, then install in the device rather than the Storage Card.
4. Once installed, the theme pictures will be in My Documents/Themes/....
5. Go to Settings - Home and select the new theme.