Posted in Tips and Tricks on Mar 26th, 2008
One of the things that really bothered me about the Eten Glofiish M800 is the touch-sensitive buttons. It’s a great device but those buttons are really sensitive to the touch such that when you brush against them, they activate the various applications tied to them. Which can be really troublesome at times. Even I got […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Mar 20th, 2008
So far, we know that there is only 1 way to flash your ROM from the SD Card of which I have written a guide here. However, that method is rather risky in a sense that if you were to load a ROM that was not meant for your device, you would brick it. This […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Mar 11th, 2008
Did you do a ROM upgrade with a cooked ROM recently and it bricked your device? That usually happens when you flash your device with a ROM that was not meant for your device. Scenarios include flashing your Glofiish X500 with a Glofiish X500+ ROM or even a Glofiish M800 ROM. When this happens, your […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Mar 6th, 2008
When you surf the web, do you find that it can sometimes take a long time to locate the web address that you just entered but once it does locate it, you can get the contents of the site so much faster? Is there something wrong with your device? Well not really. It’s just been […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Feb 28th, 2008
Have you ever tried opening or saving a file on Windows Mobile? You would know how much a pain it is because of the way Windows Mobile works. I really have no idea why it was programmed this way but I guess someone in Microsoft thought this would be the easier for people who were […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Feb 26th, 2008
Hard resetting a device can be done in 2 ways on an Eten Glofiish. There’s the software version where you just tap on Default Settings in the Programs > Utilities folder, enter the numbers shown and the hard reset process gets underway. But if you messed up your device to the point that you cannot […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Feb 21st, 2008
I have been putting the Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth headset through the paces these past couple of days and I must say that I am really impressed with its quality. Not to worry, I will do a really in-depth review shortly. I will even cover experiences with the PC so readers like May will get the […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Feb 19th, 2008
Doing a clean install is really great because your Pocket PC will not get loaded with all the unnecessary applications that would take up your precious main memory storage space. However, not all those applications, in this case the Eten applications, are useless. For me, I prefer having the GPS Viewer and Satellite Data Update […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Feb 14th, 2008
There seems to be a problem with Windows Mobile 5 and 6 where you sometimes lose your email account. Maybe lose is the wrong word because it is still there but you just are not able to access it. You know because when you try to create a new email account with the same mailbox, […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Feb 12th, 2008
If you are looking to purchase a phone with a global position system, then you might have come across the terms GPS and aGPS. Is one better than the other? What are the differences? What do they mean and which one should I choose? These are just some of the questions that may have crossed […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Feb 7th, 2008
Sometimes, the sound files available for your choosing just doesn’t measure up. When this happens, you tend to customize or add your own but how do you do it in Windows Mobile? Well there are 2 ways to do so, depending on which format your file is in.
Method 1: MP3
If the file is in […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Feb 5th, 2008
I am not really much of an email on the go kind of person, or a user who enters a lot of data at one go with my device. That’s because, I do not have a QWERTY keyboard and all those SIPs out there just don’t cut it for me to write long emails. That […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Feb 1st, 2008
The last ROM for the X500 came out in May 2007 or so and since then, there has not been a newer one available. It looks like ETEN has stopped developing ROMs for the X500 which is why I have decided to take matters into my own hands. I have decided to cook my own […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Jan 31st, 2008
A couple of months back, I wrote about the steps you should undertake when doing a ROM upgrade. It gave you a 3 step procedure, that when followed, will provide you with a smooth ROM upgrade process. However, it seems that a lot of people are having some problems with their ROM upgrades which bricks […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Jan 29th, 2008
How many of you use your Pocket PC devices to record audio notes, be it for reminders or something else? I used to be one such user for a while until I felt it was easier to just enter the data into my personal information manager (PIM). Anyways for those of you still using audio […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Jan 21st, 2008
If you one of those who have been given a Windows Mobile device by your company, chances are it is connected to the company’s Exchange Server. In that case, the server’s security policy is pushed to your device and while this is meant to protect you and the company in case of stolen device, there […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Jan 17th, 2008
Have you ever taken your device out for a road trip, using it’s navigation hardware and software extensively, only to find that at the end of the trip (or even during the trip if your trip is a long one) that your main memory has dropped? I have and it took me quite a while […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Jan 14th, 2008
If you wished to free up more RAM and in the process, get a more responsive device, then this tool is just for you. What it does is to tweak your page pool size which is indirectly related to your RAM. That means, the bigger your pool, the lesser your RAM and vice-versa. Will this […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Jan 8th, 2008
Have you ever wanted to change which program on your Windows Mobile device handles a certain filetype? Maybe you want all .html files to be opened by Opera for Pocket PC instead of the default pocket IE. For me, it’s because I want all compressed files like .zip and .rar to be opened by PocketRAR […]
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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Jan 3rd, 2008
This trick that I am going to show you will change the network operator’s name. This name is seen when you are in the Phone application. It’s the name of the network that you are currently connected to. This is more of a cosmetic trick than anything else.
Steps
Turn your GSM (Phone) function off.
Using a registry […]
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