Hi all,
on my o2 xda mini s / wizard. the today screen has a menu bar on the left part of the screen with shortcuts etc, which i really dont like.
ive been searching through the forums to find out how to get rid of this and but have only come up with changing the Rom on my phone to an unbranded one.
is there a way to get rid of this menu bar, without having to change my ROM from the o2 preset one, as messing with ROMS seems a little daunting to me.
thanks.
What you have there is O2 active (Not the web version), That comes in the O2 ROM. I did a basic install after a hard reset and it only shows up if I press the O2 active icon in programs, if i soft reset it goes. Might work for you? if not perhaps it is starting up after a soft reset? look in the \windows\startup folder to check. If so move it and if it works after another soft reset then delete it.
Hope this is of some use.
This forum is the best place to look for advice, just requires a lot of reading and bookmarking.
perfect! exactly what i was looking for.
thanks a lot!
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Hi,
I have a sim-free XDA II which as it happens is on 02. How can I get rid of that User Interface though - I really hate it, and want to remove it?
Can anybody help please?
Thanks
Rich
goto ad remove programs and remove anything o2 related, then soft reset. Change the dialer skin then all your left with is the boot screens and the o2 logo on the case
I'd recommend chaning the dialer skin back to the default before uninstalling o2 active; there are some images stored in dlls that are difficult to find, but can be changed via the phone skinning applet in o2 active.
The correct order (IMHO that is), is as follows...
1 - Firstly, while you still have the Active interface, use the menu item on the navigation bar, I think it might be listed as 'view' to go in and change the dialler skin to the default one.
2 - Then soft reset.
3 - Next up, now go into File Explorer on either the phone, or via ActiveSync, and go to the Windows/Startup folder, and delete the shortcut for "Active"
4 - Reboot again, to get the phone to load without Active running.
5 - Go into Settings > System > Remove Programs, and remove the Active app, the V2R stff, and O2 Xmail if you never use it. You will get warnings that some files or folders still remain - no problem, this gets resolved later...
6 - Another soft reset.
7 - Now, go into File Explorer again, to the Windows Folder itself, and delete the folder for the V2R stuff.
8 - Change your Today theme to something better looking, do a re-boot, and voila...
If I have missed anything that I think of, I will come back and editt this post, but that's it for now...
EDIT - even if you change the dialler skin back to default before removing the O2 stuff, you will find a strange quirk with the talk/end button, whereby even with the default skin, after ending a call, the old flat red O2 style button will display.
This can be resolved by downloading the XDA Phone Skin Chooser application available from DesignLab (do a google), and then setting the skin to use (even though you might already be using it) to the Default Skin, and then resetting the device. This is the only way I have encountered, other than hard fiddling with hard to find .dll's, to get ALL the buttons to use the default skin, and thus have a proper 'pressed in' appearance when touched.
XDA Phone Skin Chooser will work on my xda2 ?
Nice one Shadamehr. Getting rid of all that speeds the system noticeably
Thanks
XDA Phone Skin Chooser will work on my xda2 ?
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yes
davidand1 said:
Nice one Shadamehr. Getting rid of all that speeds the system noticeably
Thanks
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Better than just uninstalling it?
Will removing it in this way stop all o2 related programs reinstalling after a hard reset?
Not sure. I've never tried to uninstall everything.
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davidand1 said:
Nice one Shadamehr. Getting rid of all that speeds the system noticeably
Thanks
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Better than just uninstalling it?
Will removing it in this way stop all o2 related programs reinstalling after a hard reset?
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No, not by a long shot.
As the installation files etc, are stored in 'hidden' extended rom, and all a Hard Reset does is clear your phone, and then set about running and installing any files in the extended rom.
To remove it so that it is not installed after hard reset, is kind of achievable, but only if you know what you are doing.
You would have to use the Extended Rom Unlock tool on this site, to unhide and unlock your extended ROM, then you would have to remove any of the CAB install files from this folder for the O2 stuff you don't want (and its up to you to know what's what).
And then you would need to edit the config.txt file that 'calls' all of these installation routines, so that it no longer references any that you have deleted.
Then you could lock and hide the extended rom.
Thus, on a hard reset then, only the stuff you have left gets installed.
OK I have spent a lonley evening searching the forum for the answer on this - if its here I am sorry i cant find it - on my (new today) xda IIi there is an o2 Icon on the task bar - it sits in the most troublesome of places and covers up parts of program headings - it must be simple enough but I canot work out how to get rid of it - I have searched for the icon file itself to get the name and search for a value in the reg but no avail - please help - someone - anyone!!!!!!!!!!!!
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hi,
browse to the windows startup menu and it should be under connections, delete that shortcut and voila.....................
thank you somuch -
that was doing my brain in - what possesed them eh? - tell me that!!!!!
once again - thnks- it was the only thing PISSING ME OFF SO FAR
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no probs........here 2 help
You can actually just tap and hold for a second or so on the icon, and a menu appears with a slide bar...letting you move the icon wherever you want it, that's if you want to keep it anyway.
I just cancelled the install of that all that O2 Active rubbish.
As I've stated before in here, I quite like the version that's on the 2i as it allows you to have different themes without it looking crap. Some of the features on this version are quite useful as well.
I've always wanted a screen that makes use of all aspects of the screen as it would a normal Nokia mobile, for example with battery life up the side and signal strength up the other, with some space to actually show the picture you've chosen.
I don't suppose anyone's found anything like that recently have they? I gave up looking 6 months ago!
Cheers
Anthony
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Forgot the thread here...
Hi All
This is for the Imate III users and gurus out there.
After much teeth gnashing, hair pulling and Im sure a few new wrinkles Ive come to this conclusion.
The Imate III appears to lock the today item registry key preventing modification of today settings even though you have deselected the today item. This seems to be locked until such times as you soft reset the device.
In some cases this effectively leaves the key in place even after the removal of the item using remove programs.
A couple of people have highlighted this when trying to upgrade from one version to a later version of software. Wouldnt have been noticable except that I changed where I installed the application from the Windows directory to its own directory under Program Files.
What appears to be the fix is to deselect the plugin from the today screen. Then soft reset, then remove the program. After all this then install the new version.
BTW the Imate II doesnt have this problem. You still cant delete the programs main key until soft reset but the today manager does do its thing correctly in the today item part of the registry.
Any suggestions of what might be causing this and what would be the best way to tackle this would be very appreciated.
Cheers
Bretto
Hi everyone,
I am new to the forum, and thanks to you guys, i managed to unlock my O2 XDA11i . But, I haven't got the clock on the top most pane of my display.(next to the sihnal strength indicater) Can somebody help me to get it activated?
Also, I would like to install O2 Plus on my Alpine. Where can I find it?
Thanks
Priyal
Can I just bump this thread and also ask - how is it done? Driving me nuts, I've never had it on my 2i. :/
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Can I just bump this thread and also ask - how is it done? Driving me nuts, I've never had it on my 2i. :/
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Sorry for reading down a few pages and bumping old threads (again!) but I noticed this thread with no answer that I may be able to shed some light on!
From personal experience, the O2 Active stuff that installs with the 2i installs it's own clock on the Today screen, and completely disables the clock on the top bar.
Having originally owned a 2020i and then getting an XDAIIi forced on me by my insurance company when I broke the 2020i, I hated not having the clock on the top (aswell as having the useless O2 logo get in the way!), and managed to forcibly uninstall the O2 stuff manually. After a soft reset, the clock reappeared on the top bar and all was well in the world again!
If you have still got the O2 stuff installed on your 2i, AFAIK, no amount of playing in the settings will get the clock back in the top bar without uninstalling O2's crap!
If this is the case, I would be happy to put the procedure for manually removing the O2 software down in black and white! I'm not sure if it is actually on this forum - I haven't found anything other than preventing it installing in the first place!
Indeed - I found that when I did a hard reset of my phone and didn't install the O2 Active software (the 0506 corp install method) the clock appears and stays there on the top bar.
I also posted in another post about the reghack that you can perform to bring the clock back, and did some experimentation with registry values to see what different combinations would elicit (showing clock as digital / analogue, showing the date, showing both, different alignment and formatting etc)... You can find the post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=188032#188032 (it's in the thread called "XDA IIi Missing clock at the top right" in the Alpine forum, if the link doesn't work).
I've been searching around quite a bit but have been unable to find solutions for what I would like to do to my PPC.
I have a hermes running At&t wm5 with no intention of upgrading yet;
but my questions are:
1. I would like to change the icons of the programs in all of my menus such as start>programs and start>system>settings. I assume a program or patch, as well as a lot of work is needed. Any ideas how to go about doing this?
2. I want to change the 2 bottom soft keys on the today screen (phone/contacts) to Lock / Contacts. As in just hit my left hard or soft key to lock the phone.
Any help is much appreciated
(Also, sorry if this is the wrong forum)
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I've been searching around quite a bit but have been unable to find solutions for what I would like to do to my PPC.
2. I want to change the 2 bottom soft keys on the today screen (phone/contacts) to Lock / Contacts. As in just hit my left hard or soft key to lock the phone.
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try the attached file for this... called softkey changer.
hey. thank you for the app! I tried it but unfortunately it did not have an option to place the device lock as a soft key.
so unfortunately both problems are still left unsolved =/