HTC Diamond and Touch Pro Unleashed(aka: Raphael)

Jan 9th, 2009 | By dikiem | Category:Cell Phones | 2 comments | 5,444 views |

I had used this for about a month before returning it for the Omnia, but did came across many really good tips during that time I wanted to share.

Personally, I like the design and attention to detail of the Touch Pro over the Omnia. What caused me to return was the added thickness and not having the need for the keyboard. The magnetic stylus and crisp LCD was the top seller for me on the Touch Pro. Also paying over $250.00 bucks for the Touch Pro vs under 90 bucks for the Omnia was a no brainer for me. :)

Touch Pro Reviews

  • Cnet Review: http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/htc-touch-pro-verizon/4505-6452_7-33408745.html
  • Mobile Tech Review: http://www.mobiletechreview.com/phones/Verizon-HTC-Touch-Pro.htm
  • InfoSync World Review: http://www.infosyncworld.com/reviews/cell-phones/htc-touch-pro-(verizon-wireless)/9959.html

Recommended Accessories

Jabra BT 3030

I was curious how the A2DP Bluetooth function works, so I went out and purchase the Jabra BT-3030. I have to say, it is a pretty niffty device. It allows me to use whatever headset I want (i.e.: Bose Quiet Comfort 2, Shure Earbud, etc.,).  I’ve used with my Bose QC2 and it worked nicely. The Jabra BT-3030 has a microphone jack, so you can also use it to take calls too. I already have the Motorola H12 and on order the Plantronic 925, so I’ll just use this to listen to music. Useful when I can leave my phone charging or dock at my desk, and still listen to music while I am around about. It is especially great for the gym, don’t have to carry an ipod and my phone at the same time now. It uses bluetooth signal to control the media player on the Omnia. Not too bad!

Jabra BT-3030 Stereo Bluetooth Earphones (Black)


Plantronic 925


I recently had to replace my Motorola H12 because it went bad. This is a nice replacement. Fairly comfortable, the travel case is actual an extended battery mobile charger, and the sound was crisp. You should check it out.

Plantronics Discovery 925 Bluetooth Earpiece (Black)[Retail Packaged]

SPB Mobile Shell Info / Skin

SPB Mobile Shell is a commercial software that takes up less space than trying to use TF2D. It allows you to customize your theme to look and feel very much close to TF2D or even the apple iPhone. Not only does it allow you customize the look and feel, it comes with a weather applications. Which is fairly nice!

You can download the trial version: http://beta.spbsoftwarehouse.com/

SPB Mobile Shell screen09

  • http://mysamsungomnia.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/spb-mobile-shell-skins-for-omnia/
  • http://www.samsung-omnia.org/spb-mobile-shell-skins/spb-mobile-shell-skins/
  • Omnia SPB Skins – http://www.imarche.net/omnia/index.php
  • SPB Customization Guide – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=378367
  • SPB As Default Today - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2029338

Popular Hacks / Tips / Tricks

  • Microsoft .NET Compact 3.5

1. Download the .NET Compact 3.5 – http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=E3821449-3C6B-42F1-9FD9-0041345B3385&displaylang=en

2. Do Registry Hack to enforce usage of 3.5 – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=373721

3. Goto HKLM\Software\Microsoft\.NETCompactFramework (this is usually the first entry
4. When you open this you’ll see all the .NET installed version change the DWORD value of 2.0.7045.00 from 1 to 0

5. Chang ethe DWORD value of 3.5.7283.00 from 0 to 1.

This is HIGHLY recommended. People have commented good stablity and improvement in their Omnia with this method!

  • Increase Scroll Bar Thickness (for finger friendly) - http://www.howardforums.com/showpost.php?p=12085704&postcount=229
  • Increase Font Cache (Boost TF3D Performance)

HKLM\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\limit = 16384 (DWORD decimal)
To change it back to the default:
HKLM\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\limit = 8192 (DWORD decimal)
You can set the value to anything you like

  • Enable Filesystem Cache (Boost TF3D Performance)

HKLM\System\StorageManager\FATFS\EnableCache = 1 (DWORD decimal)
To disable again:
HKLM\System\StorageManager\FATFS\EnableCache = 0 (DWORD decimal)

  • Increase FileSystem Cache (Boost TF3D Performance)

To increase the file system cache:
HKLM\System\StorageManager\FATFS\CacheSize = 4096 (DWORD decimal)
To return the file system cache to zero:
HKLM\System\StorageManager\FATFS\CacheSize = 0 (DWORD decimal)
You can set the value to pretty much anything you like

  • Setup ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) on Touch Pro – http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=47075
  • Hard Reset on VZ Touch Pro

1. Turn off the power.
2. Press and hold the ENTER key, and then press the POWER key.
3. Release the POWER key, but continue pressing the ENTER key until you see the following message on
the screen:
This operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to manufacturer default.
Press VolUp to restore manufacturer default, or press other keys to cancel.
4. Release the ENTER key, then press the VOLUME UP button to perform the hard reset, or press any other
button to cancel the reset.

  • Specify What Browser TF3D Launch and Customizing Touch Pro – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=407777
  • Add Cities To Weather Tab - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408918
  • Boost Speaker Volume – http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=41385
  • Disable Dialer Skin

Want 8-12 more MB of free RAM on your horribly gimped 6850???? Just disable the pretty HTC dialer skin. The dialer will switch back to the default WM one, which to be honest, I still prefer. Little did I know the HTC skin was sucking up about 10 MB of RAM.

-’HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / Security / Phone / Skin’
-change the value of ‘Enabled’ from 1 to 0.
-do a soft reset

  • Adjust Screen Sensitivity

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\TouchPanel
Value = PressureThreshold
Change from the default dword:00000027 or 34 to dword:000000f0 or 240 in decimal

  • Enable GSensor / Tilt When Keyboard Opens

To Enable It With Keyboard Open

HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCSensor\GSensor\KBDSlideOut_To_Stop_GSensor = 0 (DWORD decimal)

To Disable It With Keyboard Open

HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCSensor\GSensor\KBDSlideOut_To_Stop_GSensor = 1 (DWORD decimal)

The default Is Disabled “1″



Popular Applications / Software

  • Touch Response – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=450256

For Omnia user, set the ID to 11 for it to work.

  • Touch Back – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478407

Features

  • Haptic feedback (!) within SIP, DialPad or Both.
  • Support for multiple dialers (stock DialPad and iDialer so far).
  • Activate feedback On Press, After Press or Both.
  • Configurable vibration length (minimum: 1ms)
  • Configurable ignore press period (prevent multiple vibrations).
  • Start-up automatically on reset.
  • Settings persist across resets.
  • Omnia user, please set ID = 9
  • Schap’s TF2D/TF3D Operator Setting - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317070
  • Extensible tweak list (more than 200 tweaks)
  • Multi-devices support
  • Multi-languages support
  • Customize key mapping
  • Customize file associations
  • Custumize ClearType settings
  • Customize connection settings
  • Customize HTC Comm Manager
  • Customize HTC TouchFLO 3D
  • Import/export settings using provisioning XML
  • S2U2 (iphone slide unlock interface) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=464695

  • Schap Reg Editor - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=347178
  • Iris Brower (based upon Apple Safari Engine) - http://www.torchmobile.com/download/

I like this more than Opera. It process / render images load faster than Opera. Works pretty nice. It is based on the exact same engine as Apple iPhone Safari.

  • YouTube Player - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=385227

Not as nice looking as the YouTube that came with HTC Touch Pro / Diamond. But it does work fairly nice and in a way, faster.

  • Manila Customizer M2DC - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427392&highlight=M2DC
  • Microsoft Live Search w/Traffic and Maps - http://livesearchmobile.com/windows_mobile.htm
  • Google Maps – http://www.google.com/mobile/default/maps.html
  • Microsoft .NET Compact 3.5 – http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=E3821449-3C6B-42F1-9FD9-0041345B3385&displaylang=en

See the tips and tricks above on registry hack once you have this installed. You will see good improvement and stablity with the new .NET.

Funny thing is, I used this on the iPhone 3G, funny to have.

Summary
There are already a lot of applications to disable touchpanel and/or hardware keys for the Touch Diamond and Pro. I added the next step of improvements on top of StylusLock:
* lock using the Power button, BattClock and/or Stylus Sensor
* auto-unlock by the Light Sensor
* unlock using triple touch of the Capacitive Sensor
* unlock using Stylus Sensor
* unlock when on AC/USB power

  • Pandora Internet Radio For WM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=407305
  • CERegEditor – http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/

Highly recommend this one. It is a Windows desktop application that connects to your phone via ActiveSync and allows you to modify your registry. If you could use Windows regedit, this is just as simple to use.

  • Opera Mini + Java – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455655\
  • Beejive IM Chat – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=472500

(Including Windows Live Hotmail, Messenger, Contacts and Spaces)

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RingTones

  • HTC Diamond Ring Tones – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2237644#post2237644
  • Fox 24 TV Show Ring Tones

24 Digital Clock Tick Ring Tone Download 24 Show Clock Rington Version 1.0

24 Lucent Telephone Ring Tone Download 24 Phone RingTone Version 1.0

  • Microsoft Total Access Ringtones – http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/totalaccess/personalize/ringtones/default.mspx

SPB Mobile Shell Info / Skin

  • http://mysamsungomnia.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/spb-mobile-shell-skins-for-omnia/
  • http://www.samsung-omnia.org/spb-mobile-shell-skins/spb-mobile-shell-skins/
  • Omnia SPB Skins – http://www.imarche.net/omnia/index.php
  • SPB Customization Guide – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=378367
  • SPB As Default Today - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2029338

Popular Discussion Thread & Forums

  • Sprint Touch Pro on VZW Network – http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=44663
  • Stream Local FM to Phone - http://www.thestreamcenter.com/pda/
  • Howard Forum XV6850 Release Thread – http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1463616
  • PPC Geek CDMA Touch Pro Upgrade Forum – http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=68

This includes the discuss for Sprint and Altell version as they are both CDMA. The discussion is toward custom rom, unlocking rom feature (i.e.: GPS)

  • PPC Geek  Touch Pro Forum – http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=63

This include both GSM and CDMA version. All HTC Touch Pro related. Since they share the same OS and similar hardware, some of the tweaks are very similar and in some cases, identical.

  • XDA Developer Touch Pro Forum – http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=437
  • Modaco Touch Pro Forum – http://www.modaco.com/category/341/raphael-http-raphael-modaco-com/
  • XDA Developer WM Hacks and Tips – http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=260
  • GPS Unlocked VZ Touch Pro – http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1475223
  • Touch Pro Performance Improvement Hacks – http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=51735
  • How To Install HTC Home – http://howardforums.com/showpost.php?p=12001863&postcount=495

  • HTC Manila 2D HomeSetting.XML Explained – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427531

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