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Verizon Samsung Omnia i910 BETA ROM Leaked!

mobiletechbykevin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:00:12 +0000

The much long and awaited Verizon Samsung Omnia i910 ROM has arrived. At least the unofficial BETA that is.

04/08/2009 – Verizon Version: i910WM6.1.REV10.CC20.VZW

What’s New:

Microsoft Live Search Widget

Weather Bug Widget

Much improved popup Samsung Keyboard (similar to iPhone)

Timer/Unlock functionality to to auto lock keypad

Opera 9.5 Mobile build 15679

5% Battery Increment

unlocked GPS (confirmed working by many!)

Latest version of Internet Explorer (6?) w/ Youtube Flash support!

and few others

What is still missing:

Samsung Today 2 still isn’t auto enable. You can still manually enable this using a registry setting. See my Samsung Unleashed article for detail (LINK)

No escalating Ring Tone

Can’t select folder and other music format for Alarm

GPS, while unlock, still iffy

Still no Microsoft .NET 3.5 Compact as standard

Tips / Tricks / Hacks

To enable the “External GPS” icon, you will need to do a registry hack. Open your favorite registry editor and go to

HKLM -> ControlPanel -> GPS Settings

Delete the key “Redirect” and do a soft reboot. See screenshot of it below.

How To Flash New ROM (thanks theidoctor.org) – http://theidoctor.org/omnia.html

Thanks to “Theidoctor.org” for this useful information and write up. All credit on these steps goes to him.

URL: http://theidoctor.org/omnia.html

Theidoctor.org is in no way responsible for damaged hardware through this process. PLEASE DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. DO NOT CONTACT US FOR ANY QUESTIONS. USE THE LINKS TO GET ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED!

Before you begin, make sure to download the Samsung Omnia UMDL and the Samsung i910 Firmware update on the right.

*TIPS BEFORE STARTING*

*Backup your data and do a hard reset to avoid any mishaps.

*Make sure your phone is more than 50% charged. It does not take long to update the firmware, but if it dies in the middle of the install, it will not come back to life.

*Be careful with overheating the battery, it will cause the phone to shut off as well.

Do not plug the phone into the computer until you are told in step 7.

STEP 1: Make sure that the active sync connections on your computer is set so to *DO NOT ALLOW USB CONNECTIONS.

Step 2: In your phone settings, switch the USB connection from active sync to sync with Mass Storage. Then turn off your phone until later.

Step 3: Open the Samsung Omnia UMDL

Step 4: Select Unified Image File (*img) and search for the samsung i910 firmware (i910WM6.1.REV10.CC20.VZW.img)

Step 5: Click the detect button

Step 6: Plug in your phone while it is still turned off.

Step 7: When you plug it in, turn on the phone.

Step8: Your phone should have been detected and the firmware should be written to the disc. Wait for the blue highlight on the UMDL.

Step 9: It should be rebooting and you will need to setup windows again.

Step 10: To turn the GPS on, go to settings -> Phone -> GPS -> Change settings from 911 to location on.

Step 11: Soft reset the phone

TROUBLESHOOTING

If your phone needs to be programmed, press *228 and hit option 1. Also do option 2 to update the prl.

If your phone needs to be authenticated, you have 2 options.

1: Go to your verizon wireless account and switch the esn to a different phone. Go to the other phone and dial *228 option 1 to program it. Wait a few minutes and then change the esn back to the omnia. do *228 option 1 on the omnia to pogram it back.

2: Call verizon tech, tell them you did a hard reset on your phone and it needs to be authenticated.

If your phone shuts off randomly, take the battery out for a while and let it cool off.

Where is Dialer Touch Lock Setting

Settings>Personal>Phone>Services

Discussion Threads

Modaco i910 ROM Discussion -> http://www.modaco.com/content/i9×0-omnia-http-omnia-modaco-com/286526/new-rom-for-omnia-i910/
PPCGeek i910 ROM Discussion -> http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=64111
Modaco i910 Unlock GPS Discussion -> http://www.modaco.com/content/i9×0-omnia-http-omnia-modaco-com/276371/unlocking-cdma-i910-gps-please-help-us/
Howard Forums i910 Firmware Discussion -> http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1514617

Other discussions and comments:

Boy Genius Report -> http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/04/09/new-unofficial-verizon-wireless-i910-rom-unlocks-gps-and-more/
Custom i910 Rom Discussion -> http://www.samsung-omnia.org/rom-discussion/i910-rom-dump/
Modaco Custom i910 Rom Discussion -> http://www.modaco.com/content/i9×0-omnia-http-omnia-modaco-com/286568/verizon-omnia-sch-i910-custom-rom-discussion/
Unlock i910 aGPS Effort Discussion -> http://www.modaco.com/content/i9×0-omnia-http-omnia-modaco-com/286632/verizon-i910-omnia-agps-unlock-effort/

New to Omnia? See my Samsung Omnia Unleashed article for some tips and tricks (LINK)

Screenshots / Pictures

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Blackberry Storm 9530 Unleashed

mobiletechbykevin — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:12:34 +0000

The all new Blackberry Storm, released through Verizon Wireless in North America, is the first full touch screen experience unlike any other. According to RIM, it takes the mobile devices by STORM. What makes this device unique? The touch screen is similar to Apple’s iPhone support heat sensitive touch, but the entire screen also click using the “SurePress” technology. It is truely a world phone that support both GSM and CDMA for global support.

Blackberry Website: http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/blackberrystorm/

Verizon Wireless: http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=4286&lid=//global//phones+and+accessories//blackberry+devices//blackberry+storm

Features

Network Support: Dual–band 800/1900 MHz CDMA/EV–DO Rev. A networks; Quad–Band: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks Single–Band: 2100 MHz UMTS/HSPA networks

SIM Card: pre–installed in BlackBerry® Storm

Memory: 128MB Flash Memory, 192MB RAM, 1GB On–board memory

BlackBerry 4.7 Desktop Software Integrated Email, Phone, SMS, Browser, Calendar, Address Book, and additional organizer applications

BlackBerry Internet Solution (BIS) – integrate up to 10 personal email accounts

BlackBerry Enterprise Solution (BES) – works to provide functionality such as single mailbox integration, remote address book look–up and more

SurePress™ touch screen with portrait and landscape views

Display: High resolution (480×360 pixel), 3.25″ color, TFT LCD. Supports over 65k colors

microSD™ memory card support: 8GB SanDisk® card installed (device supports up to 16GB)

On–Screen/virtual keyboard – portrait SureType and multi–tap; QWERTY landscape.

3.2 Megapixel Camera w/Flash, auto–focus and Video Capture

Integrated speaker and microphone, Hands–free headset capable (3.5mm 4 Pole)

Media Player – videos, music, games and more…

Bluetooth® (v2.0) including A2DP for Stereo sound

Ring Tones: Polyphonic + vibrate

Text, Picture, Video and Instant Messaging

VZ Navigator^sm for spoken turn–by–turn directions

Visual Voice Mail compatible

Mobile Broadband Connect capable (Windows only)

Instant Messaging applications for BlackBerry

V CAST Music with Rhapsody® (Subscription, Wireless & PC downloads)

Password protection and Keyboard lock

Device Insurance is available

Specifications

Dimensions: 4.43″ (H) x 2.45″ (W) x 0.55″ (D)

Weight: Approximately 5.47 oz. including battery

Standard Lithium Cell (1400 mAh)

Usage: Up to 270 minutes of talk time OR

Standby: Up to 372 hours

SAR Information: 0.50 W/kg at ear; 0.57 W/kg on body

Hearing Aid Compatibility = M3

Reviews:

Cnet Review: http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/rim-blackberry-storm-verizon/4505-6452_7-33311850.html?subj=re&tag=centerColumnArea2.1

Engadget Review: http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/blackberry-storm-review/

WallStreet Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123292905716613927.html

Image Gallery:

Discussion Threads:

CrackBerry BlackBerry Storm Forum: http://forums.crackberry.com/f86/
HowardForums BlackBerry Storm Forum: http://www.howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=478
CrackBerry Storm Beta OS Discussion: http://www.howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=478
How To Get BB Storm On AllTel: http://forums.crackberry.com/f135/how-get-storm-9530-fully-functional-bberry-data-alltel-118654/
How To Do Wireless Sync On MAC: http://forums.crackberry.com/f135/how-do-wireless-syncing-storm-mac-122163/
How To Get BB Storm On T-Mobile: http://forums.crackberry.com/f135/howto-get-all-features-browser-mms-working-t-mobile-w-unlocked-storm-95xx-106023/
How To Get BB Storm On AT&T Wireless: http://forums.crackberry.com/f135/howto-get-all-features-browser-mms-working-t-w-unlocked-storm-95xx-107154/

Available ROM For 9530:

A full list is maintained here (http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/updated-all-leaked-beta-os-links-here-9530-9500-a-213716/)

4.7.0.148
http://knguyentu.com/wordpress/2009/06/blackberry-storm-9530-offical-os-148-upgrade
New MR2 Submission (4.7.0.148)

Enhancements to prevent some rare occasions, where the viewfinder of the camera may have remained enabled and caused the device to become unresponsive.

Enhancements to prevent intermittent resets under various circumstances.

Enhancements to prevent some cases where when using a wired headset while on a call, you may not have been able to change the audio path to handset or speakerphone.

Enhancements to prevent some occasions where when receiving a voice call, the device may have displayed a blank screen.

Enhancements to prevent some occasions where when receiving a voice call while on another voice call, the device may have not displayed the Caller ID of the incoming call.

Enhancements to prevent the condition where when the battery became low enough that the connection to the wireless network was turned off, when the device was plugged back into the charger, the connection might not have turned back on automatically once the battery was sufficiently charged.

Enhancements to prevent when exiting standby mode, pressing any of the four hard keys would unlock the device. Password-disabled devices will not exit standby mode unless the lock key is pressed to unlock the device.

Enhancements to prevent some rare occurrences where the device might freeze when receiving an incoming call.

Enhancements to prevent some rare occurrences where a phone call was placed when the device was in lock mode and the user tried to open the virtual keyboard, the keyboard might not have displayed.

Enhancements to prevent some occasions where when a user changed the Camera color to any effect, the changes might not have been saved as expected.

Enhancements to prevent an occurrence where if the user was playing an mp3 song on the device at full volume and received an e-mail message while the song was playing, the audio might have been permanently lowered as a result of a problem with the audio boost feature and the user may have been required to set the ring tone to vibrate so as not to receive audible alerts when an e-mail message is received.

Enhancements to prevent some occurrences where if a user was listening to music on the Media Player at the maximum level and received an audio notification that they have received an e-mail, SMS or BlackBerry Messenger message and then the song continued to play, the volume level at which the song was playing might have decreased and the user might not have been able to increase it.

Enhancements to prevent some occurrences where when a user would try to create a custom profile and browse through the tones, the device would not play preview sounds. If the user clicked on the TRY button, it would not play the preview sound.

Enhancements to prevent some rare occurrences where the device would display a blank white screen when receiving an incoming call.
4.7.0.141
http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/leaked-os-4-7-0-141-storm-9530-a-217986/
4.7.0.132
http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/leaked-os-4-7-0-132-storm-9530-a-212788/
4.7.0.122
http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/bell-os-4-7-0-122-download-207862/
4.7.0.114
http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/leaked-os-4-7-0-114-blackberry-storm-9530-a-179742/
4.7.0.113
http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/storm-9530-4-7-0-113-os-download-here-189149/

Fixed bug where Mute and End buttons would work incorrectly while using an A2DP headset on a call.

Fixed bug that caused display to briefly show small, multi-colored dots across the entire screen.

Fixed bug that could cause a white bar to display on the screen.

Fixed bug that could cause custom ringtones to play even when phone is set to vibrate.

Fixed bug where pictures taken in landscape mode and sent could show in portrait.

Fixed rare bug causing notifications not to show for incoming text messages.

Fixed bug causing call timer to intermittently show incorrectly.

Fixed bug causing an error and possibly display issues when more than 40 items are present in the call log.

Fixed rare bug where multitap keypad could behave like SureType keypad.

Fixed bug where if a music artist is deleted from the phone, the artist’s tracks could still show.

Fixed bug preventing renaming of file extensions on music playlists.

Fixed bug causing choppy audio playback on downloaded WMA files.

Fixed rare bug where phone could reset while recording a video for MMS attachment.

Fixed bug that could cause the device to stop responding and display an error when pausing a video recording.

Fixed bug that prevented the backlight from timing out while playing streamed video content.

Fixed bug with display of track names containing periods.

Reduced amount of time it takes to being playing MP3 files.

Fixed bug that could cause viewfinder to not display correctly when camera is started in portrait mode and quickly flipped to landscape.

Fixed bug that occasionally caused screen to briefly show white after taking a picture.

Fixed rare bug that caused phone to reset when taking a picture with image stabilization and white board effect enabled.

Fixed rare bug where camera application would remain open after user had closed it.

Fixed rare bug where camera application would start without being commanded to do so.

Fixed bug that could cause phone to go to EV-DO after an automatic reset when it is in 1X-only mode.

Improved capability in auto off/on functionality for connecting to wireless networks when turning back on.

Enhanced system to ensure OTA updates continue if media card is removed.

Added Arabic language support.

Added full support for English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish in the East Asia language pack.

Added rendering support for Indonesian Bahasa, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

Added “Go” buttons next to address and search fields in the browser and search application respectively.

Added Phone icon to home screen.

Removed Call Log icon in Applications folder.

Device can now be upgraded OTA using either internal memory or a media card.

Improved volume consistency across applications and calls.

Fixed rare bug to prevent uncommanded scrolling of text.

Improved speed when composing messages.

Improved speed in Calendar application when selecting “go to date”.

Fixed bugs to ensure Application Permission screen is always correctly displayed.

Fixed various bugs causing device resets.

Fixed rare bug causing device to freeze while using Voice Dial.

Improved accuracy of signal strength meter.

Fixed rare bug where phone could lose data connectivity.

Fixed bug to ensure new languages can always be added.

Fixed bug to ensure phone always vibrates and beeps for incoming text messages when it is set to do so.

Fixed bug that could cause device to not allow text messages to be sent to numbers in the Frequently Dialed Number list.

Fixes to make sure emails are always displayed correctly.

Fixed bugs that could cause static on phone calls.

Fixed bug that could prevent audio from routing through a Bluetooth headset when using speed dial.

Enhancements to ensure that phone features are not accidentally accessed when phone is held up to ear.

Fixed bug to ensure holding down the 1 button always triggers voicemail.

Fixed bug that could prevent .odf files stored on media cards from playing correctly.

Fixed bug that could inform the user they don’t have rights to play music when the message is not necessary.

Fixed bug causing popping noises in downloaded songs.

Improved display of files saved on media cards in all applications.

Fixed bugs preventing creation and opening of playlists in some circumstances.

Fixed bug that could prevent access to the Music Library from the Options menu in the media player.

Improved support for streaming video content whose URLs are longer than 512 characters.

Fixed bug preventing correct display of streaming video content sent in a text message.

Improved accuracy of progress bars displayed when downloading files.

Fixed bugs preventing preview of songs when using V CAST Rhapsody.

Fixed bugs preventing playback of video recorded on the phone.

Improvements to prevent intermittent error messages displayed in the media player.

Sped up display of pictures.

Fixed bug that could cause pictures to display at the wrong resolution.

Fixed rare bug causing device to lock while typing.

Fixed bugs involving incorrect display of keyboard.

Made sure device remains in portrait mode while being unlocked in portrait mode.

Full QWERTY keyboard now available in portrait mode.

Improved performance and stability with pre-loaded games.

Fixed bug causing Incoming Call screen to not show when user is in some applications.

Fixed bug that could prevent LED indicator from turning on when device is charged.

Fixed bug causing Enterprise Activation screen to show after activation is complete.

Improved display rotation speed while viewing contacts.

Improved data call setup when switching wireless technologies

4.7.0.109
http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/official-9530-109-leak-thread-167458/

4.7.0.90
http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/official-9530-4-7-0-90-leak-thread-142273/

How To Update To A Leaked / Beta OS

http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/how-update-leaked-beta-os-122851/

INSTRUCTIONS:

Download the leaked OS

Back up data on Desktop Manager under Back up/restore option. NOTE: If you get an error during this process, clear your browser cache (Browser > Menu Key > options > cache operation > clear all of them)

Back up your 3rd party apps. How to backup 3rd party applications

Disconnect your BB from Desktop Manager

Download desired OS to your PC

Install/run OS to PC

If you are NOT on Verizon, delete vendor.xml file. It’s located in c:\program files\common files\research in motion\apploader

Connect BB to Desktop Manager and it should

Click Application Loader

Click Update

At this point, disconnect your computer from the internet

Select the OS you would like to load and continue

Do not unplug BB during the process. It will take around 20-90 minutes to complete upgrade.

How To Downgrade Your OS

http://forums.crackberry.com/f132/how-downgrade-your-os-pix-129984/

After Upgrade If You Are Missing BlackBerry Browser

This happened to me when I went from .113 to .122, it might for you. Do this will solve the issue.

On the Blackberry, go to:

Options -> Advanced Options -> Host Routing Table

Scroll through the list until you find the one entry that is in BOLD. Highlight it, click the BB Button, and click Register Now.

Useful Tips / Tricks:

Missing Browser after OS Install

On the Blackberry, go to:

Options -> Advanced Options -> Host Routing Table

Scroll through the list until you find the one entry that is in BOLD. Highlight it, click the BB Button, and click Register Now.

Bring Up Contact List w/Send Key

Holding the “Send” key for a few seconds will bring up the contact list istead of the number pad

Quick Vibration Mode Change

While in lock status, holding the “Mute” button will put it in vibration mode.

Uptime Screen (from Crackberry)

In portrait:
!?123 (alt), hold down a couple secs to lock, then 1 ? 7 1

In landscape:
!?123 (alt), hold down a couple seconds to lock, then 2 * 9 2

This will tell you your Signal Strenght, Battery Level, among other things.

To activate capital lock

bring up the onscreen keyboard and then hold down the “Shift/Arrow Up” key for about two seconds until a lock appears on that button. The number pad will then stay on screen until you either hide it or tap the “Shift/Arrow Up” key again to return to the normal keyboard layout.

To quickly hide the Storm’s keyboard

swipe a finger downward from the top of the keyboard to the very bottom of the device’s Screen

Call your voicemail without having to enter password each time

1. Click on CALL button (green button)
2. Press BB button (Blackberry button)
3. Scroll and click on OPTIONS
4. Click on VOICE MAIL
5. Under “Password”, enter two pauses by pressing BB button twice
6. Now type in your 4 digit password after the pauses.
7. It should look like PP1234 under “Password”

So now, when you press and hold down 1, it will call your voicemail and will pause automatically and enters your password for you.

Tips & Trick by rage151 @ Howardforums - http://www.howardforums.com/showpost.php?p=11968346&postcount=1

Home Screen Icon Settings
While in main menu, hit the BB menu key. Select Options. In the Set Home Screen Icon Layout, you can choose 1 – 3 Rows. One row will give you more screen real estate for your wallpaper. In addition, Wallpaper can be changed here too.
Note – while in the main menu, the icons in the top row is what will appear on the Home Screen.

Main Menu Settings / Move Icons
Icons can be placed however you want them. Highlight one > press menu > select Move > tap where you want it to be > press menu > select Complete Move. Alternatively, once an icon is highlighted, you can press the menu button twice. Press where you want the icon located, then press menu twice again to complete the move.

Icon Settings
The number of icons per row can be set from 1 icon per row to 4 icons per row.
Menu > Options > Advanced Options > Accessibility. Home Screen Grid Layout. Be sure to hit menu > Save after changing any settings.
(Contrast can also be set in this screen. Reverse Contrast is worth looking at..)

Select links while browsing the internet
With the browser open, a row of icons is at the bottom of the screen. Tap on the one in the middle, an arrow (cursor). Now when you move your finger across the screen, the cursor will follow. Move it over any link and press. Very accurate!

Edit text that you have already typed.
Hold your finger over the text, anywhere in the text you’ve typed, the outline of a rectangle will appear. Now, slide your finger throughout the text and the outline will follow. Tap the screen to place the cursor to begin editing.

Typing
It seems that if you use your left thumb (while typing in landscape) to press a key on the right side of the screen, or vice versa, it presses the wrong key. It’s like there is a center plane. If you keep your left thumb to the left and right to the right, accuracy and speed will be much improved!

Number Lock
Hold down the !?123 button on the keyboard. A tiny lock will appear in the upper left hand portion of the key. Now, type all the numbers and symbols you want! Pressing the !?123 button again will remove the lock.

Keyboard Show/Hide
With the keyboard showing, swipe downwards over it to have it hidden. If it’s hidden, swipe up on the screen to have it appear. If these methods fail, you can always hit the menu key and select Show or Hide keyboard.

Vibrate Mode
Holding the mute button while locked will put your phone in vibrate mode.

Browsing
Touching (but not pressing) a webpage while browsing will put the toolbar away and vice versa. Enables full screen browsing.

Switching Applications
Holding the BB key (menu) down will bring up the application switcher. You can also set a convenience key to do the same. It will show the most used applications and let you toggle to them. I understand that there is nothing similar to Windows Task Manager to let us close all active applications. Be sure to use Menu > Close or Exit if you are concerned that too many applications may be running.

Retrieve Contacts
Holding the Send key for a short duration will bring up the contacts list instead of the number pad.

Email/SMS/MMS recipients
After addressing a message to one or more recipients who have more than one email address assigned to their name(s), you can hover your finger over each name to see which address you chose. Allowing you to verify you chose the right one before sending.

Setting up your phone Blackberry email address
Main Menu > Setup > Email Settings > Create your Blackberry email address. You now have an email account accessible only from your Blackberry.
Note – If you need to send a large file, a large MMS for example, to another Blackberry user, you can bypass the MMS file size limit (although it has recently been raised) by sending as an email to their Blackberry phone email address. (I sent a 1.2 mb MMS today using it. Never would happen using the traditional MMS process.)

Creating and Editing your BIS account and settings
While in Email Setup, press Menu and select Create Username. Create your username and password. Now, you’ll be able to log into the BIS site (https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=vzw&locale=en) and apply filters, etc., to your email accounts. Note – this is different than the username/password for your Blackberry email address. You can also edit the “Sent from my Blackberry” signature here.

Sending Message
Instead of pressing Menu, highlighting and pressing send, just press the Blackberry Key (menu) twice.

Free-up Memory (thanks cx)
In landscape mode, BB key > Show Keyboard > Press & hold the !?123 key to enable Num lock > Press “/”/ (The event log will appear) > BB Key > Clear Log > BB Key > Close. (This can be done from the homescreen.)

Uptime Screen (from Crackberry)
In portrait:
!?123 (alt), hold down a couple secs to lock, then 1 ? 7 1

In landscape:
!?123 (alt), hold down a couple seconds to lock, then 2 * 9 2

This will tell you your Signal Strenght, Battery Level, among other things.

Search Email Sender
Hold your finger over the received email for a couple of seconds and it will automatically do a search for and display only emails from that sender. Note – this does not appear to work with SMS and MMS.

Music into Ringtones
Any song loaded into your Music media library can be made a ringtone by BB Key > Set as Ringtone.

Deleting Multiple Messages
In any Inbox, tap and hold on one message. With a finger on it, touch to highlight another message. All messages in between will be highlighted too. You do not have to continue touching the first message – just touch up or down the list of messages and all will be highlighted. Great for mass deleting.

Misc
I’ve been hearing that GPS works with Google Maps only if you do not open and use VZW navigator first. Apparently, VZW Navigator ‘locks’ the aGPS system to itself and disallows other programs from accessing it. (This is still up in the air from what I’ve read, so please correct me if I’m mistaken).

Convert DVD To Play On BB Storm – http://forums.crackberry.com/f135/dvd-storm-walkthrough-pictures-107961/

How Does BIS Email Work – http://forums.crackberry.com/f3/how-does-bis-email-work-152955/

How to Put DRM Protected Movies on BB Storm – http://forums.crackberry.com/f135/howto-put-drm-protected-files-your-storm-pics-118585/

Recommended Apps:

iPhone Style Screen Unlock – http://forums.crackberry.com/f134/new-app-stormslider-iphone-style-lock-unlock-169483/

WeatherBug For Blackberry Storm – http://forums.crackberry.com/f134/new-weatherbug-beta-read-106624/#post1085636

Casino StormSlot - http://forums.crackberry.com/f134/stormslots-major-upgrade-202103/

Google Map w/Latitude -> http://www.getjar.com/products/15897/GoogleMapsformobilefeaturingLatitude

List of Blackberry OTA (over the air) applications (last update03/14/2009) -> http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1465690

3/14/2009 – Coin Toss - Coin Flip app
3/14/2009 – Starry Night – See the stars in your area
3/14/2009 – Where – See Whats Around You.
3/14/2009 – Speed Test - Speed Test
3/14/2009 – Level – Leveling App
3/14/2009 – Vlingo – Speech to text to send texts and more
2/25/2009 – StormSlider - slide to unlock app that’s used on the iPhone
2/25/2009 – Calendar Pro - Calendar and tasks replacement App
2/25/2009 – BBScreenShooter - Screenshots on your storm
2/25/2009 – Canadian Business Mobile – Get info issues facing Canada’s business leaders today.
2/25/2009 – Canadian Living Mobile - Regular lifestyle columns and articles
2/25/2009 – RISMedia Mobile – The latest developments in the world of real estate
2/25/2009 – Maclean Mobile – Maclean’s News articles
2/25/2009 – reQall – Voice-to-text recorder, task/shopping list/idea manager, reminder service and memory aid all in one
2/25/2009- The Hockey News – Hockey News
2/25/2009 – Sit Or Squat - Find a toilet anywhere
2/25/2009 – Traffic Eye - View Traffic cameras
2/25/2009 – Poynt – searchable access to business listings, then maps you to them (based on your GPS) & more i.e. movie listings
2/17/2009 – Guitar Tuner - Displays frets and strings. When a string is tapped it plays the appropriate tuning note.
2/17/2009 – Storm Sketch – Emulates the functionality of an Etch-a Sketch.
2/17/2009 – Storm Piano – Displays a piano keybord section with playable notes.
2/17/2009 – FaceCall – Assign your contacts to the application, and pulls in your already assigned contact picture
2/17/2009 – Light Saber App – Light Saber
2/5/2009- Slacker – Streaming Music
2/4/2009- Google Maps w/ Latitude – Replaces Google Maps AND has location sharing with friends
2/3/2009- Beyond411 – Directory Listing and More! * GPS still not functional on this app
2/2/2009- Screen Lock – Locks screen during calls
2/2/2009- GPSed – Trip Tracker *Pro version is $9.95
2/2/2009- IStockManager - Stock Manager
2/2/2009- Twitter Berry – Updates Twitter
2/2/2009- QiPit – Copy and Share Documents
1/27/2009- Funambol – OTA syncing of contacts, tasks, notes, and calendar events w/o BES
1/27/2009- Log Maid - Clears event log every hour
1/27/2009- BuzzME - Vibrate and Ring simultaneously
1/13/2009- Bank of America – Mobile Banking, Finds local BofA ATM’s based on GPS
1/10/2009- Guitar Chords – Guitar Chords
1/10/2009- Sunclock – World Clock
12/22/2008- TalkLock - Lock the phone while on a call
12/16/2008- AP Mobile News - Associate Press News
12/16/2008- AutoLock – Automatically locks blackberry when the backlight goes off
12/11/2008- Handango In Hand – Handango App Store *Apps Listed are all pay apps
12/11/2008- BBLight - Display turns on upon receiving a SMS/Email
12/9/2008- CitiCards – Online banking for Citi Credit Cards
12/8/2008- Wall Street Journal – Financial News
12/7/2008- TheStreet – Stock Analysis and News Articles
12/7/2008- TinyTwitter – Update Twitter
12/7/2008- WorldMate Live – Presonal Travel Assistant *Free, but $99 annually for gold version
12/6/2008- WeatherBug – Weather
12/6/2008- Instango – Instant messaging AIM/GTalk/MSN/Yahoo etc…
12/6/2008- GMail – Email
12/6/2008- Google Sync – Sync Calendar/Contacts from your Google account
12/6/2008- GCalc – Graphing Calculator (In Alpha testing)
12/6/2008- Got 2 – Task Management (In Alpha testing)
12/6/2008- Opera Mini – Browser
12/6/2008- Jabplite – Bank/Credit Card Tracking
12/6/2008- FileLock – Locks/Hides Files (i.e. Porn) See Thread for info
12/6/2008- AIM – Instant Messenger
12/6/2008- Facebook – Social Networking
12/6/2008- Flickr – Photo Sharing
12/6/2008- Google Talk – Instant Messaging
12/6/2008- ICQ – Instant Messaging… Do People still use this?
12/6/2008- Windows Live Messenger – Instant Messenger
12/6/2008- Yahoo Messenger – Instant Messaging
12/6/2008- Myspace – Social Network
12/6/2008- Flycast – Radio Streaming
12/6/2008- YouTube – Video Streaming
12/6/2008- Nav4All – Navigation
12/6/2008- TwitterBerry – Update Twitter
12/6/2008- Orb – Stream Music Collection from desktop to Blackberry (App to install on Desktop – See this Thread for more i
12/6/2008- Viigo -RSS Reader and More
12/6/2008- Trapster – Social Network for Police hideouts and red light cameras

PAY
3/15/2009 – StormOTA.com – Newer apps listed at this website
3/14/2009 – PageOnce – Track, manage and maintain online accounts
3/14/2009 – MobiScope – View Webcams * $29.95
3/14/2009 – Call Blocker - Call Blocking Manager * $0.99
3/14/2009 – Who Was That? – Reverse Phone number look up * $0.99
2/25/2009 – MiaWallpaper - Automatically change the wallpaper on the home screen randomly
2/25/2009 – EveryHour - Notifies owner about clock event * $4.95
2/25/2009 – SafeWallet Pro – Store your private information in one secure place* $24.95
2/25/2009 – MyCaption- enables you to speak your business-length emails — and memos, contact notes, etc. * $6.95 – $24.95
2/25/2009 – Tip Helper – Calculates tip and divides the total by # of people * $0.99
2/25/2009 – PodTrapper - Pod Catcher and Player * $9.95
2/5/2009 – Follow-Up – Creates task or calendar item with reminders when an email is received that requires further action. * $9.99
2/3/2009- IM+ - Instant Messaging * $49.95
2/3/2009- IM+ for Skype - Instant Messaging for Skype * $29.95
2/3/2009– Level Pro – Level and Measurement tool using accelerometer * $4.99
2/3/2009- Mobiola X Player - Media Player & Manager * $19.95
2/3/2009– Quick Launch – Easily access frequently used programs * $4.99
2/3/2009- StormLock - Locks Screen while on calls * $2.95 – No Trial Available
2/3/2009- VR+ Voice Recorder – Premium Voice Recorder (See Post 920 on this thread for more details) * $29.95
2/2/2009- Mileage Manager – keeps track of paid miles for taxes * $9.50
2/2/2009- NotNow – Sends a custom text message to calls you ignore * $5.95
1/27/2009- Beam Reader – * $19.99
1/27/2009- RDM PLUS – Access your home office computer * $49.95
1/27/2009- Repligo Reader - PDF Reader * $19.95
1/27/2009- ScanR - Scanning/Faxing Service using the camera * $3/mo or $21/yr
12/22/2008- Phoneface – Creates speed dial picture icons * $9.95
12/22/2008- Ringomo - Create ringtones from MP3’s * $19.95
12/22/2008- txtForward - Forwards all text messages sent and received to a specified email address * $9.95
12/11/2008- Visual Voicemail – Verizon Visual Voicemail APP * $2.99/ month with subscription from Verizon
12/9/2008- BeamBerry – PDF App *
12/7/2008- Devil Hunter – First Person Shooter * $9.95
12/6/2008- Agendus – Calendar, Contact, Task Integration * $19.95
12/6/2008- Appetite – Download Recipes/ Manage Grocery List * $9.99
12/6/2008- Ascendo Money – Personal Finance Manager * $29.95
12/6/2008- Ascendo DataVault – Password Manager * $29.95
12/6/2008- Blackberry Alerts – Repeating audible alerts and color LED modification * $12.95
12/6/2008- Nintaii – Game using Accelerometer * $9.99
12/6/2008- PeeKaWho – SMS/Email Popup Notification * $10
12/6/2008- VibAndRing – Vibrate and Ring * $8.95
12/6/2008- VisualArts – Auto change wallpaper * $4.95

MAY NOT BE COMPATIBLE. TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK *SEE BELOW Re: Compatibility Mode
3/15/2009 – StormOTA.com – Newer apps listed at this website
3/14/2009 – BerryVine – RSS Reader * $6.50
2/5/2009- YouMail – Free Visual Voice Mail App
2/2/2009- YouVersion Bible Reader – Bible Reader
1/27/2009- Slacker – Radio App
1/27/2009- BB Task Pro - Task Management *19.95
1/27/2009- Microsoft Live Search – Search
1/27/2009- Mapquest – Mapping
12/22/2008- BBNotePad - Text editing tool
12/22/2008- MarketFilters – Stock quotes
12/9/2008- Pocket Day - Home Screen Replacement
12/7/2008- Quick Pull - Reset without a battery pull
12/6/2008- CaptureIT - Screen shots of your Storm
12/6/2008- SlyDial – Call a cell phone voice mail directly
12/6/2008- Soft Reset – Reset without a battery
12/6/2008- VRingo – Synchronize Facebook Contact Pictures With B
12/6/2008- XBerry Live – Retrieve XBox Live Stats

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Mini USB – Micro USB Adapter

I am sure all of you might be in the same boat as I am. If you are a long time Windows Mobile user or a Blackberry user (i.e. Pearl), you might have tons of mini power cable or USB cable laying around the house. It is pointless to spend $30.00 on a new power cable, car charger, or a USB cable. Luckily, there is a solution. A Mini USB to Micro USB adapter for under $10.00 solved the problem! (click on pictures below for more detail).

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]

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If you have more you would like to share, please submit them!

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Windows Mobile Browsers War!

mobiletechbykevin — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:46:34 +0000

Introduction

Since the release of the Apple iPhone, the Window Mobile world has been trying to release a competitive browser to Apple’s Safari. Pocket Internet Explorer, first introduced in Windows CE 1.0 around November 1996. Up until the shocking new Safari browsers, surfing the internet through mobile devices had issues. It never display full HTML website correctly.

Now in 2009, there are several new exciting browsers that could compete with Apple Safari.

Iris Browser – http://www.torchmobile.com/

This baby is based upon the same engine as Apple’s Safari. How will it hold up on Windows Mobile?

See it in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpX5JZWtu-g

Opera Mini – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455655&highlight=Opera+Mini

A lighten fast browser, but limited support for Flash and other stuff. http://www.opera.com/mini/features/

Opera Mobile – http://www.opera.com/mobile/

The big brother of Opera Mini with flexing power, still in beta but has great potential. Some popular devices such as Samsung Omnia and HTC Diamond comes with this built in and was developed specifically for those devices.

There is a thread on XDA stick hoping to track the latest version / build of Opera Mobile (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486502). Several builds are available out there with slight variation from each other. These had been extracted from the latest ROM released on popular phones, such as Samsung Omnia, HTC Diamond, HTC Touch HD, etc.,

SkyFire – http://www.skyfire.com/

Great potential and support actual Flash pages

See it in action: http://www.skyfire.com/product/demo

Bolt – http://boltbrowser.com/

The latest addition to the WM family. In actual, group behind bolt was in the browser business on WM before others. They had a version pre WM2003!

Fennec – https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile

How can we have a browser war without Mozilla involvement? The team that brought us Firefox on the desktop is working heavily on a Windows Mobile version, code name Fennec. More information to be release soon. They just release their initial pre-alpha (http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/12/new-firefox-fen.html)

Which one will is the best? Why don’t you try them out and decide. My personal favorite has been the original Pocket Internet Explorer and Iris Browser.

There several flavor of Opera Mini and Opera Mobile port available for Windows Mobile devices. You could find them on http://www.xda-developers.com

Various Opera Mobile Build Versions

NOTE: There are several version of these between QVGA and VGA. Make sure you use the correct one for your device. For example HTC Touch Pro uses VGA version, not QVGA. Samsung Omnia uses QVGA version. Also read the thread and their detail, some version are not unistallable and does require hard reset on your device if you want the original Opera back!

Opera Mobile 9.5 Build 2392 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=401643)
Opera Mobile 9.5 Build 2745 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442252)
Opera Mobile 9.5 Build 15086 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=458542)
Opera Mobile 9.5 Build 15200 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3042791)
Opera Mobile 9.5 Build 15233 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=401643)
Opera Mobile 9.5 Build 15316 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467852)
Opera Mobile 9.5 Build 15445 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=477179)
Opera Mobile 9.5 Build 15529 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=476447)
Opera Mobile 9.5 Build 15613 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3352911)
Opera Mobile 9.5 Build 15746 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3229267)

From the Omina ROM i900XXIB5

Opera Mobile 9.5 Build 15895 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486380)

This version is the same as Opera Mobile 9.5 b2 w/ Gear currently found on Opera website. It is not an actual build that was extract from other phones, similar these other builds listed.

Opera Mobile 9.5 Build 15954 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486799)

Speed Tweaks / Tips / Interesting Info

Twelve Opera 9.5 Speed Tweaks (http://namchangkorpa.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/twelve-opera-95-speed-tweaks/)
Browers Performance Smackdown (http://www.pocketables.net/2007/09/browser-perform.html)

Additional Notes / Updates

EDIT 02/26/09: I came across a really good thread from Mennisys @ XDA on browsers for WM devices. Check it out! (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467173)

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GSMA 2009 – New Exciting Phones!

mobiletechbykevin — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:41:20 +0000

In recent GSMA conference in Barcelona, Spain, a host of new exciting phones have been annouced. Check it out! New HTC Touch Pro 2, New HTC Diamond 2, New Samsung Ultra Touch, and many more!! Wow!

Newspress: http://www.gsmworld.com/newsroom/press-releases/2009/2548.htm

Mobile World Congress: http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/

GSMA Association Blog: http://www.gsma.org/

Cnet GSMA Info: http://reviews.cnet.com/gsma-world-congress/

HTC Diamond 2

HTC Diamond 2 Overview: http://www.htc.com/www/product/touchdiamond2/overview.html

When you first see and start exploring the HTC Touch Diamond2, you’ll be struck by its brilliant looks and amazed by the intuitive controls.

A More Intimate Conversation

In today’s world, a conversation can take many forms, from voice to text … but there’s always a person on the other end. The HTC Touch Diamond2 arranges your conversations by people, not just by how you speak with them.
When looking at your contacts, you now can see a history of your conversation in whatever form it took place. It doesn’t matter if you get asked about a recent email while you are talking on the phone, or if you’re in a café reminiscing about a friend’s recent text – all your interactions are neatly laid out for viewing and follow-up in a tree of communication with that person.

Broaden Your Vision

One indisputable fact about smartphones … a big screen on a small phone is good. That’s why we’ve stretched the display on the Touch Diamond2 to its very limits, while still keeping the same compact size. Enjoy videos, websites, photos and any other images on the ultra sharp wide screen display. The high resolution screen will reveal every minute detail in the most vivid way.

Beautiful Yet Capable

These days, a phone is one of the few items that never leaves our side. It not only helps us keep connected with friends, business partners and world events, it also helps complement who we are. The Touch Diamond2 is your perfect companion in both the way it helps you keep in the loop and the way it accentuates your sense of style.

HTC Touch Pro 2

Engadget Info: http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/02/16/htc-touch-pro2-is-awesome-in-ways-the-touch-pro-never-could-be/

HTC Touch Pro 2 Overview: http://www.htc.com/www/product/touchpro2/overview.html

Business success depends on human interaction. You can often get more done with a quick phone call or a face to face meeting than you can in strings of emails. So why do all business phones seem to ignore the importance of calls? The Touch Pro2 treats your calls with as much care and attention as your messages.

Speak Out When It Matters
Sometimes your opinion needs to be read, but sometimes it demands to be heard. The Touch Pro2 is equipped with a spacious keyboard that makes it breeze to get your message out. But when written word is not enough, it only takes one touch to respond to an email with the urgency of a phone call.

Get all the key stakeholders involved. If they were in on the email, then simply tap next to their image icon to get them in on the call. The HTC Touch Pro2 helps make it easy to share your ideas with all the people that matter.

Straight Talk™ – Speakerphone Innovation
Nothing ruins a conference call faster than not being able to hear what is said, or make yourself heard. The HTC Touch Pro2, featuring Straight Talk™ technology, puts crystal-clear sound quality and voice reception at the core of its design. In fact, it is a palm-size professional conference phone with a loudspeaker and dedicated noise-cancelling microphone that delivers superior quality conference calls.

Conference Calls … Made Easy
Before today, the simple task of multi-party calling required the nimblest of maneuvering around your phone menus. Now, HTC Touch Pro2 introduces a new worry-free interface that makes multi-party calling as easy as tapping on your contacts.

That’s not all, even if you are traveling and need to join a conference bridge back in the home office … the Touch Pro2 will ensure that you connect without delay. Appointment reminders will conveniently cue up the phone number and PIN, ready for you to press … you won’t miss out on the latest strategy changes back in the HQ.

Samsung Omnia HD / Ultra Touch

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HTC Diamond and Touch Pro Unleashed(aka: Raphael)

mobiletechbykevin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:35:52 +0000

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/

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.

Google GPhone Barcode Scanner – http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=567669#post567669
Opera Mini + Google Street View - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455655
Free Registry Editor – http://www.phm.lu/products/PocketPC/RegEdit/
Advance Config Tool – http://www.touchxperience.com/en/advanced-configuration-tool/downloads.html
You Tube Cab – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=412418
You Tube Cab – http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/index.p…&st=20&start=20
Diamond TF3D Config – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=405749
Manila Editor (change clock fonts) = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=437420
Ultimate TF3D Collections -http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=436867
HTC Touch Diamand as a lightsaber – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=40814

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

TouchLockPro v1.5 – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=444215

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

Microsoft Live for Windows Mobile – http://mobile.microsoft.com/live/en-us/mobile/default.mspx?wt.dl=1&sid=dc85f4ec06a2b0ecf8b49498e96f28978e4c099f

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

Get the full Windows Live experience—including e-mail, instant messaging, contacts and more—right on your Windows Mobile phone for free!

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

24 Lucent Telephone Ring Tone

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

Hot Items From Amazon!

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Verizon Dsl Gw Modem 802.11G

HTC Touch Pro2 Pro 2 Back Cover Door

Durable Flexible Soft Black Silicone Skin Case with Belt Clip and Armband + USB Car + USB Home Travel Charger + USB Data Cable for Sandisk Sansa Fuze

Etón American Red Cross ARCFR600R Solarlink Digital AM/FM/SW/NOAA S.A.M.E. Weather Radio with Flashlight, Siren, Solar and CellPhone Charger (Red)

HTC Touch Pro 2 (T-Mobile) Black Rubber Feel Hard Case Cover w/Belt Clip

Verizon XV6900 – aka HTC Touch CDMA (HTC Vogue)

mobiletechbykevin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:23:00 +0000

Finally after a long delay, many speculations, and endless sleep for a lot of people, the HTC Touch has been officially released to Verizon as XV6900. It had been launched via http://www.vzw.com website as of 04/16/2008 and might show up in stores around 04/30/2008.

The Verizon XV6900 is the cousin of the HTC Touch released in GSM for T-Mobile in the past. The CDMA version had been released to Sprint as Spring Touch in 2007 with a black rubber cover. Verizon, as always wants to be special and different, decided to release this in an all white shinny plastic cover. It comes standard with Windows Mobile Professional 6.0 (also known as Windows Pocket PC version)

This phone tout a nice 65000 color LCD screen, EVDO Rev A ready (not active), and a nice thin design. It would be nice to have wi-fi on this as well, for poor soul who can’t afford to pay the unlimited data plan. A common comments you will find about this device is the fact why Verizon went with the white shinny cover instead of the nice rubber version Sprint had released. Another comment would be the lack of multimedia offering on this device. Sprint came with Sprint TV. VZ Navigation isn’t available on this device yet.

To make this phone even better is the fact Verizon annouced a new data plan for Smartphone. The Web and Email data plan for Smartphone is only 29.99 unlimited per month. While it currently cover the XV6800 and other smartphones at the moment, it is only time until the XV6900 gets added to the eligiblity list.

Below are some reviews and information on this new device.

HTC Touch Specification
http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=362

Compare XV6900 vs XV6800
http://www.xv6900.com/Compare-the-XV6900-to-the-SMT5800-and-XV6800-Verizon-Phones

User Interface Screenshot
http://www.xv6900.com/XV6900-User-Interface-Screenshots

Interactive E-Learning
http://www.htc.com/uploadedFiles/Common/Training_Guides/HTC_Touch/e-Learning/htctouch.htm

User Guide / Manual
http://www.htc.com/uploadedFiles/Common/Training_Guides/HTC_Touch/Manual/HTC_Touch_English_Manual.pdf
HTC Touch CDMA FAQ
http://www.htc.com/www/FAQ_Detail.aspx?p_id=1&act=faq

HTC Touch CDMA Read Me First Doc
http://www.htc.com/uploadedFiles/Common/Training_Guides/HTC_Touch/QSG/HTC_Touch_English_RMF.pdf
XV6900 Unbox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpfWy6tXM0

Verizon XV6900 Internet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhcWVLdbITo

Sling Player Mobile on XV6900
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o56Oaf4-BmA

Verizon Wireless XV-6900
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LXNUK9q6o8

Verizon Wireless XV6900 Browsing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzPN6XlG_6U

HTC Commerical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sLZiwzNsFQ