First Post
I am trying here to assemble as many registry hacks as I can find for the T-Mobile Shadow. There are a couple I have done myself and am also constantly on the lookout for more on the Internet....
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The tool I am using to edit the registry of my Shadow is CeRegistryEditor. All tutorials in this blog will assume that you have it installed and know how to work with it. In case any other tool is...
View ArticleChanging IE Default Homepage
I shall begin with a very easy one - changing the default homepage for IE.Click onHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLsChange the string value home_0409 data to the URL you...
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Shortcuts to your Favorite Programs
This one will be a little long, but it shows the power of what you can do with these hacks. So, I am posting it soon. The instructions here are to add a "My Programs" tab to the home screen. It enables...
View ArticleChanging the Order of the Items on the Home Screen
This one follows from the previous tutorial we went through.Goto HKLM/Software/Microsoft/ and click on CHome. Notice the Plugins string value, a list of items separated by semicolon. The order of these...
View ArticleRemoving an Item from the Home Screen
For people without data plans, the t-zones item is not desired on the home screen. Removing it, or for that matter, any item from the home screen follows from our previous tutorials.Goto...
View ArticleRemoving (or changing) the T-Mobile Shadow Splash Screens
The T-Mobile Shadow splash is the animated sequence showing "T-Mobile Shadow". It appears during startup and shutdown. To change (or remove) the startup splash:click on HKLM/Software/HTC/Startup....
View ArticleRemoving Contacts from Home Screen
If you do not want your Contacts to map on to the Right SOFT key on the home screen (when the clock in showing), then there is small hack that lets you map it to anything else you want.Goto...
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Enabling the myFaves Interface
This article is outdated. Please see myFaves Revisted for updated instructions.The tutorial here shows the steps required to enable the myFaves interface for those who do not have a myFaves account...
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Enabling Notifications in the myFaves Interface
This article is outdated. Please see myFaves Revisited for updated instructions.After enabling myFaves on my Shadow, I found that the notifications were not working, like missed calls, messages, and...
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Colored Iconbar Plugin
I developed this plugin because I got tired of those monochrome icons at the top of the colorful home screen. With this plugin I have been able to replace most of the basic icons that appear on the...
View ArticleIconbar Cab Installer
Freddy Reyes developed a cab installer for the iconbar plugin - Thanks Freddy!! Use it for easy installation - CAB. He also updated his themes with required changes to the xml files. So, check his...
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Iconbar Plugin Update
I added some more notifications to the iconbar. Notifications now include -missed callsnew messagenew voicemailbluetooth status (on/off)wifi status (off/on/networks...
View ArticleYour favorite application on the Shortcut Key
Paul from Modaco has already released an utility that adds all your applications in the start menu to the Shortcut Key configuration program. If you have not tried the utility, and just want to access...
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myFaves Revisited
After the initial bug found in the my5Notifier, I decided to redo the whole project. Here is what I have now -A Contacts editorA light weight replacement for My5MsgCenter to facilitate the...
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Iconbar Plugin Update 2
Its here!! For those who are not happy with the black background on the Iconbar plugin, or are willing to have their own notification icons, this update to the plugin is just meant for that. I have...
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Neo Dockstation
After successfully implementing the Iconbar plugin, I wanted to do more. Unfortunately, the way the Neo interface is designed, it does not leave much room to hook more than one plugin. The only way...
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Configuring the Weather Dock
The Weather Dock is a plugin for WM6 Standard reading weather information from Yahoo! Weather feed. The plugin displaysTemperature and text description for current weather at a location provided as a...
View ArticleHow to make NeoDock Manager see my Plugins?
The NeoDock Manager is an application to build the Neo Dockstation. It detects installed plugins and shows them up on the interface so that you can add it to the dockstation. This tutorial shows how...
View ArticleHow to make a theme NeoDock compatible?
Making a theme NeoDock compatible is easy. If you have read "How to make NeoDock Manager see my Plugins?", then you might have already figured it out. The Neo Dockstation is nothing but a layout...
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