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Customizing System Sounds, Notifications, Ringtones, Alarm, etc. for Windows Phone OS

techparaiso@gmail.com (Mr. Makol) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:34:00 +0000

Sound Settings:

These are the 1^st set of settings wherein you’ll decide what all sorts of Sounds you want to Activate or De-Activate:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Volume]
"Key"=dword:00000000 ; Sound on tapping Hardware Buttons -0=Off, 1=Low, 65538=High
"Screen"=dword:00000000 ; Sound on tapping Screen -0=Off, 1=Low, 65538=High
"Mute"=dword:00000003 ; Different Sections where Sounds can be activated as described below.

Customizing HTC Camera Settings and Adding more Camera Modes on Windows Phone Device

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:17:09 +0000

There is nothing much to actually explain because all the Camera Settings or Preferences are saved in Hex Strings such as you can see below. Do note that these are Specific to HTC Camera Application ONLY.

Customizing Default Phone Volume Levels on Windows Phone Device

techparaiso@gmail.com (Mr. Makol) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:13:30 +0000

Some highly finicky people like me do not like to do anything after flashing the rom, and want it ready made.

Even setting the Volume Level of your Device to what you like by default. So the below Registry Entries do the Same.

Disable Error Reporting and Customer Feedback PopUp on your Windows Phone Device

techparaiso@gmail.com (Mr. Makol) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:08:39 +0000

This is a must must registry entry for any chef to add to his kitchen. These disable the most annoying messages that we get from Windows Phone OS on the install of New Applications, Error Reports, and frequent Customer Feedback Pop Up Screens which are really annoying. So just cook these to your Roms.

Fully Customize HTC TouchFlo 3D/Manila Settings and Functions

techparaiso@gmail.com (Mr. Makol) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:06:42 +0000

HTC’s Most Famous UI, TouchFlo 3D or Manila, is one of the most simple, intuitive and user friendly UI for Windows Phone OS and is still evolving. This tutorial is to Customize the Manila as per your needs before cooking it to your device.

*Note – Some Functions are supported to some versions of Manila and some may work for other.

Customizing HTC TaskManager and Hiding TaskManager QuickMenu Icon for Windows Phone Device

techparaiso@gmail.com (Mr. Makol) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:04:28 +0000

Here am going to explain how to customize your HTC TaskManager before cooking it to your ROM.

These Registry entries can be added to your kitchen whichever way you want.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\TaskManager]

"EnableTodayX"=dword:00000001 ;1=Enables the TaskManager to show on TaskBar, 0=Disables

Expand MMS Send/Receive Limit to 3Mb on Windows Phone Device

techparaiso@gmail.com (Mr. Makol) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:01:13 +0000

Here what i found somewhere at PPCGeeks and have always added to my ROMs, the Capability to send 3Mb Files over MMS. Pretty Cool. Just add this registry to your Kitchen or Install the below Installation file to your Existing Device. Its supports every Windows Phone Device.

Default InCall Recorder and 2-Way Record Patch for all Windows Mobile Phone Devices

techparaiso@gmail.com (Mr. Makol) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:56:35 +0000

This one is another important tweak which will enable the system Voice Recorder to record Incoming Calls from both Sender and Receiver's side, without the need of any external Application. It can also be used as a patch for 2-Way recording enable. Da_G from XDA gave the Recorder for Default Dialer but i found other tweaks and added them to make this work for all sorts of dialers.

Customizing Date - Time and Regional Settings in Windows Phone OS

techparaiso@gmail.com (Mr. Makol) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:53:46 +0000

This is a simple explainnation on how to set different Date Time and Regional Settings while cooking your ROM.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\nls\overrides]
"STime"=":" ;Time Seperator
"STFmt"="h:mm:ss tt" ;Time Format "IDate"=dword:00000001 "S1159"="AM" ;Am Format "S2359"="PM" ;Pm Format "SCrcy"="Rs" ;Your local Currency "SDate"="-" ;Date Seperator "SLDte"="dddd, dd MMMM, yyyy" ;Date Format "SSDte"="dd-MMM-yy" This is just an example, you can simply replace the formats as per your requirements. Like you time can make the seperator be : or - or / etc."

How to Delete a Registry Entry in Windows Phone OS

techparaiso@gmail.com (Mr. Makol) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:51:06 +0000

This has been very usefull recently with latest Wm6.5 to activate the missing Buttons in the Settings. In this case of Retrieving some Missing Imp Icons we need to delete the Redirect key under them.

Customizing HTC ActionScreen and How to assign it as Power Button Application for any Windows Phone Device

techparaiso@gmail.com (Mr. Makol) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:33:32 +0000

One application from HTC i find really customizable for any device of any resolution is the HTC ActionScreen. It started off with a Simple 6 Button Action Screen on HTC Touch but can be customised for any device. A simple and fast shortcut screen to reach out to most used application on touch of a button or a just a single Tap. You can use it as package and cook it to your roms or make a cab of it and install.

But the main use of this application is not the easy access but the extent of Customization. So this tutorial focuses on every customization function in this application for your specific device.

3 Battery Life Enhancement Tweaks of your Windows Phone-Network, Backlight & General

techparaiso@gmail.com (Mr. Makol) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:23:05 +0000

This is my favorite article in terms of its utility. Because Extended Battery BackUp from our devices is something we always look forward to. You can also read How to improve Battery Life of Electronic Devices.

Am giving 3 Main ways which can improve the Battery Life of your Device: