PHM RegEdit
PHM Regedit is a nice on-phone registry editor for the Samsung Epix. I don’t normally like modifying registry keys on the phone, but PHM RegEdit has very nice interface.
Utilities
SmartSKey (aka VolFix)
SmartSKey is a free utility that lets you remap the functionality of some of the Samsung Epix’s keys. By default it adds mapping to the Left and Right soft keys and the the Volume slider (found on the left side of the Epix).
- Volume slider at the left = Page Up/Page Down
- Tap soft key = Original soft key functions
- Tap and hold left soft key = Start Menu
- Tap and hold right soft key = Close/OK Button
The remapping of the Volume slider is golden! It makes scrolling through Messages and E-mail, or anything that spans multiple screens, so much easier. I highly recommend this little utility.
To check if SmartSKey is running, run Start > Programs > Applications > SmartSkey. If you receive a pop-up asking if you’d like to Close SmartSKey, that means its running. If you don’t then you just started it.
For the more adventurous you can follow the instructions in the SmartSKey Readme PDF to configure even more buttons on the Samsung Epix. The SmartSKey.ini file is located in /Program Files/SmartSKey/ on your Epix.
Big thanks to LOU Chi Wai over at www.waterworld.com.hk for the awesome application.
CeRegEditor (Mobile Registry Editor)
CeRegEditor is a Windows registry editor allows you to modify your Samsung Epix’s registry. Be forewarned, making uninformed changes to your registry can cause your phone to not work properly, though you can always revert back to the default factory settings if something does go wrong (you will lose all the data on your phone, but the phone won’t be permanently broken).
Q. While I trying to edit keys or values in registry, the application shows “Access denied”.
A. The operating system of PDA, bloks any writes to registry. To disable blocade, please use the tool embedded into CeRegEditor, Tools-> Unlock registry.
To use the CeRegEditor you must have your Windows PC connected to your Samsung Epix via ActiveSync/WMDC. When this connection has been established, run CeRegEditor from your Windows PC.
chgFingerMouse
As you’ve probably already figured out, the Samsung Epix has two navigation modes: Optical Mouse and 4-way Navigation. Optical Mouse allows you to move a mouse cursor around the screen by moving your finger over the optical mouse pad (between the “Start” and “Ok” buttons). 4-Way Navigation allows you to move Up, Down, Left and Right by finger your thumb over in the corresponding direction.
My default there are two ways to change the navigation mode:
- Start > Settings > System Tab > Finger Mouse > Toggle “Activation Method”
- Go to the Today Screen, and press “Fn-N”. This will toggle the navigation method; but only works from the Today screen.
For the most part I like using 4-way navigation but sometimes when I’m in an application want to switch over to “mouse” mode – but theres not good way to do this without going all the way back to the Today screen.
Which brings me to chgFingerMouse! chgFingerMouse is a simple little program that toggles the navigation mode (much like Fn-N) except you can bind it to a hard-key and toggle the navigation method from within any program.
Here’s what you do:
- Download (using the above link) and install chgFingerMouse on your Samsung Epix.
- When you install chgFingerMouse, it will create a Shortcut to chgFingerMouse in Start > Programs > Applications.
- Go to Start > Settings > Buttons
- Select a button from the list to assign chgFingerMouse too. I set:
- Camera button > chgFingerMouse
- Camera Hold button > Camera
- Click “Ok”
Now you can switch between Mouse and 4-way navigation mode quickly and easily by just pressing a hard-key on your Samsung Epix!
Zenyee Notif Blinker
Direct Download (Download Page)
Zenyee Notif Blinker fixes a rather annoying bug that the Samsung Epix ships with: The Epix’s missed call/SMS/E-mail LED light notification stops “blinking” when the Epix enters “sleep mode”. Notif Blinker keeps the LED blinking for a preset amount of time (15, 30, 60, or 120 mins).
To configure Notif Blinker’s settings you must launch the File Explorer and navigate to: /Program Files/Zenyee/Notif Blinker and run Notif Blinker Config.exe (I’m not sure why Zenyee didn’t make a shortcut in the Start menu to this config utility but he didn’t.)
Also, for Zenyee to operate correctly, you must tell Windows Mobile not to manage the LED for the notifications you want Zenyee to manage.
- Start > Settings > Personal tab > Sounds & Notifications
- Uncheck “Flash light for” for the notifications you want Zenyee to control
Sam noted in the comments “for those that disable Windows Notification (the above step) and still can’t get the program to work, you will also have to select NotifBlinker on the drop down menu in Notification and check “Flash Light”.
Below are the Notif Blinker LED Index slider values:
- Off
- Red
- Green
- Blue
- Yellow
- Purple
- Aqua
- White
- Off
- Off
- Off
To restart Notif Blinker just click on Start > Programs > Notif Blinker and follow the on-screen instructions.
.NET Compact Framework v3.5
Microsoft has a set of programming tools that aid developers in making software for Windows Mobile phones. This set of tools is referred to as the .NET Compact Framwork. As with most things software related, new versions of the .NET Compact Framework are released, and your Windows Mobile phone much be upgraded to if you want to use software built on the latest Framework.
The newest version of the .NET Compact Framework is 3.5 and unfortunately the Samsung Epix doesn’t have it pre-installed. If you run into a program (it will alert you when you try to run it that you can’t without the correct version of the .NET Compact Framework intsalled) that uses the the .NET Compact Framework 3.5, download and install it using the link above.
Don’t worry, the .NET Compact Framework is backwards compatible, meaning that programs that require older versions of the .NET Compact Framework will run on the newer versions as well.
rlToday
Direct Download (Download Page)
rlToday is a free Today screen plug-in that aids in the creation of light-weight, simple themes for the Samsung Epix.
Themes on MySamsungEpix.com that require rlToday will be marked as such and automatically install the theme files in the correct directories. If you are using a rlToday theme from some place other than MySamsungEpix.com, you will have to copy the theme folder to /Program Files/rlToday/ on your Samsung Epix to install the theme.
If you’re new to rlToday, follow the steps to activate the rlToday plug-in:
- You must install rlToday on your Samsung Epix (Device) and not on your Memory Card.
- Start > Settings > Today > Items tab
- Uncheck everything except for “rlToday”
- Select “rlToday” and press the “Options” button
- General tab > select the theme you would like to use (You must have already install at least one rlToday theme)
- Time tab > set your local Time and Location
- Apps > Add/Edit/Delete the application shortcuts that will show up on the selected rlToday Theme
- Select an application entry and press the “Edit” button
- You can update the Name, Path to Application and set a Custom Icon as desired to the selected application.
- Calendar tab > Set weekday abbreviations
- Click “OK”
Please note that most rlToday themes (including the examples in the above image) are not created for the Samsung Epix’s 320 x 320px screen (they are rectangular, not square), so they won’t work on the Epix.
I want to give a big thanks to Rotlaus for this great software!
Slide 2 Unlock 2
Download Page (Download QVGA Version)
Slide 2 Unlock 2 (S2U2) is a very neat little application that adds iPhone-esque unlocking to your Samsung Epix. S2U2 also includes Caller ID (check if it works on Epix) and Volume Control.
To change the defauly wallpaper:
- Create a 320×320 jpeg file with the new wallpaper image and name it “wallpaper.jpg”.
- Copy it to the gfx folder (default is \Program Files\s2u2\gfx\)
- Restart iLock2 (Run Start > Programs > S2U2 > iLock2 twice, the first time will stop it, the second time will re-launch it).
For S2U2 to operate correctly on the Samsung Epix, you have to modify its settings as follows (big thanks to sfleuriet at HoFo for the settings):
- Lock when device wakes up – ON
- Lock when Screen is Blank – OFF
On Battery Power: - Lock when backlight turns off – ON
- Power Off in – 15 s
- but Blank Screen only – OFF
- Blank Screen on Talk – OFF
On External Power: - Lock when backlight turns off – ON
- Power Off in – 15 s
- but Blank Screen only – OFF
- Blank Screen on Talk – OFF
Information: - Date Format – option 2
- Time Format – option 2
- Clock Font Folder – option 1
- Next Alarm Info – OFF
- Task Count – OFF
- Today’s Weather Forecast form – OFF
- Unread MMS – ON
Appointment: - No. of Appointment – OFF
- (All rest greyed out)
Phone: - Caller ID – Thumbnail
- Slide to Answer – OFF
- (Next 3 greyed out)
- Phone No. Format – option 1
- Volume Control – OFF
- (greyed out)
Wallpaper: - Show full-screen Battery – Charging
- File/Directory (Portrait) – option 1
- File/Directory (Landscape) – option 1
- Override GIF Speed – 5
- Endless GIF Animation – OFF
- Change JPG Wallpaper Every – OFF
- Change JPG Wallpaper Randomly – OFF
Appearance: - Hide all Soft Keys – OFF
- Top Curtain – ON
- Bottom Curtain – ON
Others: - ALL OFF/Greyed
Advanced: - Don’t Suspend Power – OFF
- Safe Mode – ON
- Display Mode – DirectDraw
- SMS Patch for Korean devices – OFF
- Don’t double check Backlight – OFF
- Don’t use KeyBoard Hook – ON
- Check Exceptional EXEs run.. – ON
- On wake up, delay (ms).. – OFF
- Delay (ms) the Blank Screen on Talk – 300