Windows Mobile Registry Tweaks-Part 4
Change location of ringtones
You can change the location where WM5 will look for ringtones by adjusting the following key (example given is for ringtones placed on the Storage Card root folder)
HKCUControlPanelSoundCategoriesRingDirectory = “Storage Card” (REG_SZ string, no quotes)
The default location may be “Windows” or “WindowsRings” depending on your Device provider
Change slide-out keyboard layout
If you have a Device from one country, but would like to use the keyboard layout of another, you can change the keyboard’s language setting to do so…
For US layout (QWERTY):
HKCUControlPanelKeybdLocale = 1033 (DWORD decimal)
For German layout (QWERTZ):
HKCUControlPanelKeybdLocale = 1031 (DWORD decimal)
For French layout (AZERTY):
HKCUControlPanelKeybdLocale = 1036 (DWORD decimal)
Show Edge network indicator instead of GPRS
If your network provider supports the Edge network (and your device does as well), you can use the following to show a little ‘E’ icon instead of ‘G’ icon when connected to an Edge network:
HKLMDriversBuiltInRILEnableDifferGprsEdgeIcon = 1 (DWORD decimal)
To disable again:
HKLMDriversBuiltInRILEnableDifferGprsEdgeIcon = 0 (DWORD decimal)
Note that your device -and- your network operator need to support Edge, otherwise you won’t see it. Also note that if you connect to GPRS, you will still see the ‘G’ icon.
Make reminders show only once
By default, reminders will keep bugging you for 2 minutes. You can change this to zero minutes by adjusting this value in Windows Mobile registry:
HKCUControlPanelNotificationsRemindersAutoSnoozeAutoSnoozeMins = 0 (DWORD decimanl)
Note that you can set this to any value you like. Alternative to setting this value to zero is to delete the ‘?AutoSnooze’ key altogether
Remove operator skin from Phone app
If your device’s Phone app is skinned, you can remove by setting:
HKLMSecurityPhoneSkinEnabled = 0 (DWORD decimal)
Similarly, you can restore it with:
HKLMSecurityPhoneSkinEnabled = 1 (DWORD decimal)
Hide/Show Screen orientation icon
If you wish to hide the Screen orientation icon, shown in the task bar on some Windows Mobile devices, you can set:
HKLMSystemGDIRotationHideOrientationUI = 1 (DWORD decimal)
And to show it again:
HKLMSystemGDIRotationHideOrientationUI = 0 (DWORD decimal)
If this doesn’t work, you can try:
HKLMServicesscreenrotate = 0 (DWORD decimal)
And to show it again:
HKLMServicesscreenrotate = 1 (DWORD decimal)
Note that this icon and its feature may not be available on your device at all.
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