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mysterious arrow symbol instead of marking text

Hello Folks!
my mdaII has extraordinary symtoms when i want to mark some text in notepad ore other text application!
instead of the black block (shows marked text) i get a extraordinary arrow symbol (see attached picture) and so i cant mark text any more.
this serious function does not stop till i make a softreset. after this everything works well.
has anybody an idea For what reason this arrow appears and how i can get rid of it??

Did you install TenGo?? I think that either TenGo or Fitaly produces this and I've no idea how to stop it. I also have this occasionally.
Cheerio
Howard

hshortt said:
Did you install TenGo??
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No what is this?
Maybe we can find out which software we have both ?
i use:
ZenPhone
Repligo
TotalCommander
Visual CE
Code Wallet Pro
Spritge Backup
ScreenCap

if nobody knows an answer i have to hardreset my device because this problem is very distempering...

hmmm... from your list I have Zen Phone and Sprite backup. I recently upgraded both applications too.
Hmmm.... what to do, I thought it was TenGo and I removed it, but the problem is still there. I was then thinking that this could be Fitaly but you don't have fitaly so it can't be that.
I've found that when this problem happens if I switch input modes to another sip, then back again the problem is gone. This is a work around, not a fix and like you I do not know what's causing it.
I'm reluctant to hard reset as I've just done a rebuild recently. I'm hoping my next hard reset will be for Second Edition.
Have you had any more luck with it?
Cheerio
Howard

hshortt said:
I've found that when this problem happens if I switch input modes to another sip, then back again the problem is gone.
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Sorry for my lousy english what do you mean with "switch to another sip" ??

@Guest,
Just select another input method like character recognizer and then back to the keyboard or whatever software input method (SIP) you preffer.
Regards,
Rayan

I also have the same problem. It seemed to appear after I installed ThinkOutside BT Keyboard.

Rayan said:
@Guest,
Just select another input method like character recognizer and then back to the keyboard or whatever software input method (SIP) you preffer.
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Thanks for explaining me ;-)
I understood right but this tip did not work on my mdaII :-(

Hi Folks!
Now i got my MDAIII an have THE SAME PROBLEM!!!!!
that means it HAS TO BE an part of software i install because my new device has windows mobile 2003 SE!!
Did nobody find out how we can get rid of this "feature" ???

This is very interesting indeed! Are you saying you have the "feature" on a XDA3 out the box? Did you install any keyboard related software? Then again the XDA3 has the internal keyboard and therefore I assume it has some form of drivers pre-installed to support this.

k_kirk said:
Are you saying you have the "feature" on a XDA3 out the box?
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No!
I installed all my software already. i will try to find out which program it is!
But i have to use the device so i cant hardreset it every day :-(

This was resolved just before the site crashed and lost data. Send me you installed software and I should be able to remember which one it was, PM when you update as I may miss this thread.

paulmc said:
This was resolved just before the site crashed and lost data. Send me you installed software and I should be able to remember which one it was,
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Wonderful, here is the List:
Pocket Zen Phone 5.0
SPB Pocket Plus 2.2
Visual CE 8.0
ScreenSnap 1.0
Sprite Backup 3.1
Codewallet Pro 3.6
Resco File Explorer 4.30
Total Commander
Audio Note
Pocket Controller 4.09
i hope i did not forget something ....

spb if I remember correctly, I would then try total commander second

paulmc said:
spb if I remember correctly, I would then try total commander second
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I'll try! Thanks for your hints!

hmmm...
I still have this too, I thought it might be Fitaly but coming to the conclusion that it's not. It's a severely annoying problem.
Narrowing down the lists of software that have been published, I have the following in common.
SPB Pocket Plus
PocketZenPhone
Sprite Backup.
I noticed that both PocketZenPhone and Sprite Backup appeard on both published lists, has anyone found the culprit?
Cheers
Howard

hmmm.... starting at the top, I removed SPB Pocket Plus and the arrow is gone from notes.
Two soft resets and the arrow is still gone!
Yet another bug with PocketPlus then???
Cheers

I have seen this on my XDA II - and the only applications from the lists that I have installed are PocketZenPhone and Resco.

Well having removed Pocket Plus to check, I've reinstalled it and I still don't have the arrow. So far, so good.
I don't know if the soft reset cured it (temporarily) or if installing the latest build of PocketPlus did it.

Magician: Today Screen trouble sorted out!

Hi,
some of you may have experienced all sorts of strange problems with Today Screen plug-ins - redrawing errors, plug-ins displayed twice, the "options" button in the Today settings bringing up the wrong app's settings etc. I had all these, plus a few more.
Thanks to Plantagoo, there is now an explanation and a way to sort them out!
It seems WM2003SE has a bug keeping the "Order" value of the plug-ins' registry entries correct. It assigns the same "Order" value to more than one plug-in, which seems to be the root of all evil!
To correct the problem, use your favorite Registry Editor and check the values
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Today\Items\<PlugIn-Name>\Order
for all your Today plug-ins (where <PlugIn-Name> is obviously the name of the plug-in... )
Change these values so that each "Order" value is unique. Start with 0 for the plug-in you want at the top of your Today screen.
If you want a more comfortable solution, get
SKTools for US$ 9. It can, of course, do much more than just correct this problem.
I just went through this exercise, and all the problems I described were gone!
Planta, thanks again!
Cheers,
Daniel
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Hm, seems I forgot to log in. The previous post is from me.
Cheers, Daniel

Thanks for your info!
It seems this problem is quite serious on XDA 2 Mini.

Hi!
Hey I just wanted to post this here. Thanks for doing this already for me.
And thanks for mentioning that I (accidently) sorted this out...
So if you have trouble with your MDA compact/iMate Jam/Qtek S100 go and check the order and numbering of your today plugins either manually or with a tool called SK Tools.
My MDAc runs fine for 2 days now. No problems yet - even with SPB Pocket Plus and VBirthday Gold installed.
Greetings
plant

Ring tone Profiles like nokia

Hello all,
Does anyone know if there is a program that allows you to set various ring profiles like on the nokia phones. This is a very useful and quick way of changing ring settings. :roll:

Hi,
I use phone alarm from pocketmax and have done for about 6 months. I think it works perfectly especially when getting on a flight.
www.pocketmax.net
Hope that helps,
M.

Or try PocketZenPhone, it's much easier that PocketAlarm.

Try PocketZenPhone, is the better!!

Have to say originally I tried - ok 6 months ago - PocketZenPhone and didn't like it. It hung alot and just didn't integrate well. Haven't tried the newer version.
Phone alarm though I like for the following reasons:
1. Allows MP3 SMS tones
2. Repeating alarms (like Motorola) to avoid missing alarms
3. Integration with WebIS mail
4. Integration into Today screen
5. Skins
6. GPRS settings
7. General notification settings
It seems to do what PocketZenPhone does and more. Just my opinion though
M. :lol:

Here you go!
Hi mates,
I have spent several days looking for a phone profiler (ala Nokia) as much simple as possible... no whistles and bells, no bloatware... just profiles.
I miserably failed!
So I decided to develop myself a software solution to accomplish this simple task.
I am so happy with it that I have decided to share it with you.
It is completely FREE. Take it as it is, of course!
I've been using it for several weeks now, and could not experience any failures. Nonetheless there could be bugs or malfunctionings I would be glad to fix if you let me know.
My "Phone Profiles" includes a control panel Applet to change your settings and a Today Item plugin to easily select or change the current profile.
Just select the today item, tap-n-hold (or hold the action button down) to display a popup menu with your profiles.
For all the CLaunch lovers, it also possible to activate a given profile from a command line using the following sintax:
ctlpnl.exe profiler.cpl, n, 1
where n is the profile number. Change 1 to 0 if you want just to edit the profile's settings.
This software has been tested on WM2003SE Phone Edition only.
That's all, I guess.
Enjoy.
M. Panzica (aka Silver Bullet)
UPDATED: Looks like it does not work properly if compiled with VS2005. Recompiled with eVC4. Please re-download. Sorry.

Pocket Zen Phone can be found at http://zendrui.free.fr/ :wink:

@TheBrit
Do you mean you didn't like mine ?

@slvrbllt - does your profiler work on WM5 - I have a universal and am interested to know if it works on that. I can't test it on it tho just now cuz it's away for repair

@NinjaDonkey:
Nope, buddy.
As far as I know it doesn't work (yet) on WM5, since I use API calls that require the code to be signed. I am currently working on a new version that is supposed to be running on WM5 as well... stay tuned.

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@slvrbllt - does your profiler work on WM5 - I have a universal and am interested to know if it works on that. I can't test it on it tho just now cuz it's away for repair
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works on WM5 as well....just tested :wink:

slvrbllt said:
@TheBrit
Do you mean you didn't like mine ?
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I'm sure yours is just fine.
I've been using PZP for a while now and it really does the trick. It not only profiles ring tones but lots of other settings too. 8)

...and here is the ITALIAN version many of you have requested.
Cheers.

hi! i'm a new magician user. may i ask how will I install your Profiler to my phone?

Try PocketZenPhone or PhoneAlarm
Those 2 should be the best in the market now
I just try both of them as of late
And I must say I choose PhoneAlarm better than PZP, PZP is a little slow and would hang once in a while
Plus PhoneAlarm got more feature like billing info, better skining...ext

@Silver Bullet: Could you post some screenshots please?
Greetings,
BGK

PZP has full instuctions here: http://zendrui.free.fr/

Re: Here you go!
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So I decided to develop myself a software solution to accomplish this simple task.
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Hi,
I just downloaded and installed your little program on my Magician, and I am seriously impressed! The Today DLL is a mere 12k, and everything works flawlessly so far!
Great job - thanks a lot!
Would you allow me a few comments, in no particular order?
- your program needs a name.
- the GPRS problem that PZP has seems to not exist in your program - well done! I'm almost convinced to switch...
- this thread here is about the three existing profiles programs. Could we have a separate thread for your program?
- would you care to comment how you manage to switch on/off Bluetooth? I remember that for Zendrui this was not easy to implement. Does your program also handle Widcomm stacks?
- I would be interested in a German version, and if you send me a string table, I'd be more than happy to to provide German translations.
- one wish: I certainly do not want all of the settings PZP offers, but there are a few I do miss:
-- setting the volume for system sounds. There are situations where any sound is unacceptable, even the beeps when tapping.
-- set the backlight time-out. For example, when I navigate, I do not want the backlight to turn off at all.
-- backlight level independently for battery and charging mode.
Yes, I know that this already sounds like beginning featuritis. But afaik all these settings are simple registry entries, so should not bloat the code. Trying to put this into the UI may be a bit tricky. Well, just my personal wishes - feel free to ignore if you disagree.
Overall, I find it a really well-done little program. Thanks a lot again!
Cheers
Daniel

In my opinion the best is Profiler :lol: Very simple and friendly program.

In my opinion the best is Profiler :lol: Very simple and friendly program.

Phone Profiles 1.1.0.287 is out!

Hi guys,
Since almost 350 Magician fellows have downloaded my application, I dare informing you all that I have released an updated version.
Come over my site and download it:
http://www.winmobileapps.com
See you there.
Bye.

slvrbllt said:
Hi guys,
Since almost 350 Magician fellows have downloaded my application, I dare informing you all that I have released an updated version.
Come over my site and download it:
http://www.winmobileapps.com
See you there.
Bye.
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Hi slvrbllt,
Just been to your site. Many thanks for the cycle bluetooth app, just what I was looking for.
I tried your Phone Profiles app and its good but unfortunately conflicts with my Qtek firmwares flight mode - it's a long story.
Anyway I'm trying to remove the app but finding it a little difficult. It keeps saying that /windows/profiler.dll is open or read only even after a soft reset. Any ideas how I can remove the app? It suggests doing a stop all but no apps are listed there.
Thank you,

hi slvrbllt!! Can we assign only a vibration for the new SMS without ringing (for a silent profile for example with a vibration for the ring)? Thanks for this great update!bye

borgs said:
Just been to your site. Many thanks for the cycle bluetooth app, just what I was looking for.
I tried your Phone Profiles app and its good but unfortunately conflicts with my Qtek firmwares flight mode - it's a long story.
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Have you tried DKToday? It's a great BT cycler & more.
@slvrbllt,
Very nice app. you can expect Dutch translations soon. Only thing I like as an improvement is small buttons to quick pick a profile or a possibility to put it in the tray.
Cheers, M

Hmm, looks Good...

borgs said:
slvrbllt said:
Hi guys,
Since almost 350 Magician fellows have downloaded my application, I dare informing you all that I have released an updated version.
Come over my site and download it:
http://www.winmobileapps.com
See you there.
Bye.
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Hi slvrbllt,
Just been to your site. Many thanks for the cycle bluetooth app, just what I was looking for.
I tried your Phone Profiles app and its good but unfortunately conflicts with my Qtek firmwares flight mode - it's a long story.
Anyway I'm trying to remove the app but finding it a little difficult. It keeps saying that /windows/profiler.dll is open or read only even after a soft reset. Any ideas how I can remove the app? It suggests doing a stop all but no apps are listed there.
Thank you,
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Try to uncheck Phone Profiles on Today Items before uninstall.
It works for me.
Regards,
Arto.

looks great, but there is a problem with my magician. it crashed when I try to run it, i just saw a window appearing and immideately disappearing .... (my system is runing windows mobile 2003 simplified chinese edition)

Artosoft said:
Try to uncheck Phone Profiles on Today Items before uninstall.
It works for me.
Regards,
Arto.
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Cheers Arto, that's exactly what I was forgetting to do.
Thanks.
oltp said:
Have you tried DKToday? It's a great BT cycler & more.
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Thanks, I gave it a try but it has problems with flightmode also (note. these problems seem to be due to a particular Qtek firmware). I think I'll stick with radiooff and CicleBT. Thanks for the info though.

I've downloaded and installed the software, it look good !!
But when I get an incomming call the callerid popup appears followed by a short beep, not the ringtone I setup in the profile... What am I doing wrong ??
Regards,
Dennis :?

I installed it on my Dopod 818 Pro and it was working fine. However I noticed that the ringtone I assign for any profile is disregarded! It always plays the default ringtone.
So I had to remove it

[Posted to wrong thread]

I can't even install it... I just have this cab(?) file called Winmobileapps_PhoneProfiles.zip but what do I do with it? If I unzip it to my home pc, three files come out from it but none of them is an installation file (.exe)
-John

Try this link http://www.modaco.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=15580 then

Yeah, but the specific thing here is; Where do I put the CAB file on my device - which directory??? As you can see I don't know ANYTHING about Win CE
-John

Hi John,
you'll get used to it. I suggest you put the .cab on your SD-card, either via Act.Sync, a card reader or direct download with Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE). Then click it from within File Explorer to install. I've installed it to my storage folder (not the default location) & it runs well.
Another suggestion: get caninstl (google for it), then you can choose where to install cab-files far more easily & it got an option not to delete the cab after finishing the installation.
Regards, M

Nice work slvrbllt, everything that was missing in your first post in now in it. You made me happy hehe

V1.2.0 is out!
Question for Silver Bullet: I saw there is a new feature: Hi-Res icons added.
What is exactly the feature is (I haven't install v1.2.0 yet)?
Thanks!
Regards,
Arto.

@artosoft
Hi-res Icons are for VGA devices only... ;-)
Thanks for your appreciations.

is it possible to set a vibration to an incoming SMS without a ringtone?thanks

Hi slvrbllt, i have tried your other app Flightmode on my BA WM5 and it works great. I have a question on Phone Profiles; would it be possible to add control over the backlight and power save options? This would be helpful to create a profile for "Car" for instance where i need the backlight on and power save disabled for my GPS and would be easier to setup a profile to do this.
Thanks for your applications and hard work.

why text messages are recieved with different timestamp?

Whenever I get a next text message, I noticed that the messages have a time stamp way way off from the current time. How can that be if the time of the phone is right?

Have you tried this fix?
1) Goto HKLM/SOFTWARE/OEM/PhoneSetting
2) Add DWORD Value 'TrustTimeZoneField'
3) Set value = 0
4) Soft Reset

I had a similar issue where all the Delivery Reports from OrangeUK (sent from "System Administrator") came up before all the other messages regardless of when they were received.
Maybe something for me to try.

Can't find it
Where is that file at? Or it a registry?
I looked on the explorer on the HD but so many folders I haven't found it. Can you elaborate more?

stzd8 said:
Where is that file at? Or it a registry?
I looked on the explorer on the HD but so many folders I haven't found it. Can you elaborate more?
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hi stzd8,
it's the registry
HKLM is short hand for Hkey local machine

How do I get to the registry?
I apologize for asking these type of 'questions' but how do I get to the registry?
I can only see files. Do you access the registry from the connected PC or on the phone itself. So this is the right way to fix the timestamp?
thanks

Edited the registry 'trustedtimezone' didn't work
The registry thing didn't work, any other ideas?

the tweak WORKED for me.
Thanks alot!

I'm having this same problem running duttys 6.5 r8 and the reg edit did not work. Is there any other solution?

type-x said:
I'm having this same problem running duttys 6.5 r8 and the reg edit did not work. Is there any other solution?
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Did you change correct registry key? Did you soft reset afterwards?
EDIT
This fix may not work on different rom version, i.e. wm6.1 & wm6.5 as well as different manila versions. Try asking question in relevant rom thread and you may get a quicker response to your query