Alpha-Dial Cheat Sheet

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One incredibly annoying thing about my Windows Mobile Smartphone is its quite difficult to dial Alpha-phone numbers (ex. 1-800-EAT-CAKE or 1-800-CALL-ATT) .. The Blackjack’s number-pad doesn’t come with the number-to-letter translation like most non-smartphones do. This isn’t something that you generally use on a daily basis, but it sure helps out in a pinch.

MyBlackjack2.com user Terry found a solution to this problem by modifying the image at the top of call screen:

This is a very simple yet effective solution. I’ve packaged up Terry’s image into a CAB file for easy install/uninstall.

Prior to installing make sure you’ve application unlocked your Windows Mobile Smartphone.

After installing/uninstalling you must restart your Windows Mobile Smartphone.

If you would refer an application for your phone that will convert Alpha to Numeric on the fly, check out:

• Tom Rizzo’s AlphaDialer CAB File Download
• MDS’ AlphaDial Download Page

I think its more convenient to use the cheat sheet than to open a program that will automatically covert the phone number for me, but to each his own.

After App Unlock I Can't See My Windows Directory

Several people have been reporting that after an application unlock they still can’t see the Windows directory on their Blackajck 2 after connecting with ActiveSync.

To fix this in Windows XP:

1. Connect to your Windows Mobile Smartphone with ActiveSync
2. Navigate to your Windows Mobile Smartphone in Windows Explorer
3. Tools > Folder Options > View Tab > Select “Show Hidden Files and Folders

To fix this in Windows Vista:

1. In Folder Options
2. Check “Show Hidden Files/Folders”
3. Uncheck “Hide Protected Operating System Files”

Now you can see the Windows directory on your Windows Mobile Smartphone.

Thanks to OHMYMY and thbhouse for these helpful hints!

Remove Default Shortcuts from Start Menu

Out of the box the Windows Mobile Smartphone’s Start Menu is cluttered with useless shortcuts for AT&T Mall, AT&T Music, MediaNet and other applications you will never use. Good news, you can remove them.

You will have to App Unlock your phone using the MoDaCo GPS Hack or SDA Application Unlocker.

Once your Windows Mobile Smartphone is App Unlocked, connect it to your Windows PC using ActiveSync. Browse to your Windows Mobile Smartphone using Windows Explorer; Navigate to your Windows Mobile Smartphone’s /Windows/Start Menu/

You will a file listing of all the Folders and Shortcuts displayed in your Start Menu. Select the Folders and Shortcuts you wish to remove and delete.

Presto - your Windows Mobile Smartphone’s Start Menu is clean and clutter free!

If you can’t see your Windows directory after Application Unlocking, click here.

Disable Text/SMS Notification Message

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You know that really annoying alert message that pops up after every Text/SMS message you send? Well, now you can get rid of it!

I’ve been putting off creating a CAB for this hack, but over the past couple weeks its really been annoying me. What’s been happening is I send a text message, and immediately start writing another text message. The SMS Notification dialog appears and I start jamming on “OK” to make it disappear, lose my train of through (along with a couple key strokes) .. and inevitably i’ll double-press the “OK” soft-key which corresponds to the “Send” correspond soft-key in the Text/SMS entry screen .. so an incomplete Text message is sent.

It’s been suggested I make note of the following:

• If for whatever reason (bad signal, etc) your Text/SMS Message does NOT send, you will not be notified. You will have to check your Outbox (Start > Messaging > Messages > Menu > Folders > Outbox).
• If you would like your “Sent Text/SMS Notifications” back after installing this hack, just uninstall it. (Start > Settings > Remove Programs)

Pocket IE Home Page Hack

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Update Pocket IE’s Home page — the default AT&T MediaNet homepage sucks.

I’ve created a CAB file that will update your PocketIE’s home page to be “www.google.com”. Download the CAB file to your Blackjack2 and run it like any other CAB file.

Note: Your Blackjack2 must be Application Unlocked for this hack to work.

If you want to undo the Registry Hack, just go to Start > Settings > Remove Programs and remove the program.

If you would like to change it to something else use the Mobile Registry Editor (found in Applications > Utilities) and edit the follow key:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs
• Change the “home” string’s value to point at any site you like.

Leave a comment if you would like me to make a CAB to update Pocket IE’s Home page to some other URL — If I get enough requests for a particular URL I’ll whip another CAB file up.