Asus P320 WM 6.5 Weather plugin

If you have upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.5 , details given here

http://p320.blogspot.com/2009/11/asus-p320-windows-mobile-65-rom-build.html

you probably would want to have the cool weather plugin that is available for this version as seen below.


On sliding right it give further daywize details as well



In order to get this to work you need to first download the required install files. I have kept the name of the file the same to give due credit to the creators without which this would not be possible.

The file is located here

It is Showaco-Titanium-Weather-QVGA-by-Mnemonique-v3e-M2D-Icons.cab


http://www.mediafire.com/file/w2izdnimmmz/Showaco-Titanium-Weather-QVGA-by-Mnemonique-v3e-M2D-Icons.cab

Now once you have the file you need to follow the installation procedure carefully.

1. Make sure you turn off the Windows default as part of the home screen. To do this you need to navigate to Start --> Settings --> Home



2. It will load up with the Appearance Tab, Move to the Items tab, its located on the right of appearance



3. Make sure you uncheck the Windows default



4. Now install the cab file you have downloaded earlier, make sure that you install on the device and not on the SD Card

5. It may ask for a restart, complete the restart.

6. Now go back to Start --> Settings --> Home and enable the Windows Default that you disabled in step 3

7. You should now see the weather plugin on your main screen, just below the time. Navigate there and select setup

8. You should see the following options. Make sure you select Option 3, Forecast Options/Setup


9. In the sub menu that now pops up , you need to select Option 1 to enter your location, what the use otherwise :)



10. Almost there, now you need to just enter the required code in the below screen and your done !!


Oh wait , you don't know what the code is for your city, that could be quite a pain :) Have a look at the codes available in the file below hopefully it should contain your city information. The zip file contains a text file with all the cities

http://www.mediafire.com/file/mnuzomzm2od/Weather Location Database.zip

11. Now just run option 1 in the setup screen and you should have the latest weather on your phone !



Hope that was helpful, do drop me a comment if it was !

The main article for this device is located here, it would be pretty useful if you are an owner !

http://p320.blogspot.com/2008/11/asus-p320-how-what-where.html

Asus Missed Call Problem Windows Mobile 6.5

If you are one people who flashed to Windows Mobile 6.5 but have a problem that your missed calls are not getting recorded properly. Often it will show a much older call that you have missed instead of the latest one.

I have faced these issues across various builds of Windows Mobile 6.5 such as 23004 / 23016 / 23085 to the extent I often went back to the stock version of 6.1 because I couldn't afford to not know who had called me.

I would like to credit Rayraven from the Winmo forum for helping me resolve this. By adding a patch file to the windows startup this solves the issue. The file is called ks20.exe as it would built for that phone where users faced the same problem.

The original file is posted on Xda, I have however mirrored it here for ease of use. The program on running will consume little bit of system resources and will only be visible in the task manager process view as seen below.










The file is located here

http://www.mediafire.com/?mycjr02tnqr

Put it in the following location

My Device --> Windows --> Startup


The article about flashing to windows mobile 6.5 is located here

http://p320.blogspot.com/2009/11/asus-p320-windows-mobile-65-rom-build.html


The main page about this blog is available here

http://p320.blogspot.com/2008/11/asus-p320-how-what-where.html

Asus P320 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Build 23085

Been some time since builds were available for this device, however the good news is that a new build 23085 is now available for this device.

Credit goes out to DmBob who has taken the pain to put this together for the vast majority of us who required the WWE version.

Most the the earlier release were only in RUS. Please thank him for his hard work on the build and also to include WWE for all future builds.

Am posting the screenshots that he has put up along with a couple of mine. I have flashed and am running this ROM for more the last week. As always all ROMs are provided without any guarantee. Your doing this at you OWN RISK.

Having said that, here you go ....





The link to the post is here ....

http://winmo.forumpro.eu/p320-f5/build-23085-chome-wwe-t71.htm

Do update on your experience

UPDATE: I have faced missed call problems with this build. Have posted solution for same here

http://p320.blogspot.com/2009/11/asus-missed-call-problem-windows-mobile.html


UPDATE: I have added a separate blog on enabling the weather plugin for Windows Mobile 6.5 located here

http://p320.blogspot.com/2009/12/asus-p320-wm-65-weather-plugin.html

The main article on the phone is located here. You might pick up some useful info if you are an owner ...

http://p320.blogspot.com/2008/11/asus-p320-how-what-where.html

Cheers !

Asus P320 Web Camera

It is possible to use your windows Mobile as a Web camera. This would work even if you have upgraded your OS version to Windows Mobile 6.5

There are multiple applications out there and you could do a google search for the same. The one I am talking about is called Ateksoft WebCamera Plus, you could get a trial download here

http://www.ateksoft.com/download.html

It installs a component your computer that lets you view the capture of your mobile camera on your screen. It would need you to be connected to your mobile with activesync running.

There is also a component that gets installed on your device, you could choose to install either on device or on the storage card. You should run the Web Camera Plus application that has just got installed.


It would open up an application that you could see below

It will show whatever the camera is currently pointing ...


The menu options are simple enough, have taken a shot of that as well. You just need to click on start and your good to go. Make sure the PC software is also running.


Hope this is helpful, the main article on this mobile is located here

http://p320.blogspot.com/2008/11/asus-p320-how-what-where.html

Do drop me a comment if you have found this helpful, you could also check out the ads if your feeling generous :)

Asus P320 Windows Mobile WM 6.5

Have been busy the last couple of weeks, but I have been able to try out some of the amazing work of "hdubli" over at xda who has cooked a ROM for the P320 with Windows Mobile 6.5

First things first, this is not supported by Asus and there is a possibility that it won't agree with your hardware so this is on OWN RISK.

Update !! DMBob has been kind enough to share one of the latest builds 23085. Please check out the details here

http://p320.blogspot.com/2009/11/asus-p320-windows-mobile-65-rom-build.html

I have flashed the ROM released on 21st April released from xda here

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3542813

Its very stable and it looks fantastic as you can see over here


The Today screen has been totally revamped much more finger friendly, it is currently on the time option. There is a weather plugin that can be added as can be seen below to point to your city for the latest weather.


Windows Media player has been integrated into the today screen showing you the latest song player and navigation can be done directly from the today plugin itself


Moving within the option can be done using the direction arrows or by flicking your finger across the screen up or down

The calender is also present and brings up the latest appoints once synced with your outlook, later appointments can be viewed by scrolling your finger across the screen horizontally.


The start menu is completely changed to the honeycomb structure that can be seen below, much more finger friendly



There also now exist a softlock for the screen, might not be as cool as the iphone but is quite function in its purpose incase you don't want to use the asus hard lock on the side.


Another nice thing about the change I would like to mention is the change in the menu, have posted one screenshot of the new menu that is again quite finger friendly as it is much larger.


Do let me know what you feel about the same, would love to hear it from you. If your feeling generous do check out the ads :)


UPDATE: Have added a separate blog on the weather plugin for windows mobile 6.5 located here

http://p320.blogspot.com/2009/12/asus-p320-wm-65-weather-plugin.html

UPDATE: A newer version of Windows Mobile 6.5 , build 23085 for this device is now available , details are available here

http://p320.blogspot.com/2009/11/asus-p320-windows-mobile-65-rom-build.html

The main article on this phone is located here

http://p320.blogspot.com/2008/11/asus-p320-how-what-where.html

Important update, couple of users are facing issues on losing their IMEI number which is critical for running the device. Would recommend having a full backup using Resco if you do decide to go ahead with this ......

Asus P320 firmware upgrade

I finally managed to upgrade my phone to the latest Firmware P320_V4_15_0_V4_10_V1_11_0_WWE

So I figured I it would be helpful to explain how it is done. The first step is to go the the asus site and download the latest firmware for the phone.

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx

Select Mobile phones ---> P Series ---> P320 ---> Windows Mobile

In the firmware make sure you download the latest file for your country.

eg. ASUS PDA Phone firmware P320_V4_15_0_V4_10_V1_11_0_WWE only for India, Malaysia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Lithuania user of English language version

Backup all your files / data / contacts because everything gets wiped clean.

Upgrade procedure:
1. After downloading P320_V4_15_0_V4_10_V1_11_0_WWE.ZIP, please unzip it

2. Please directly copy folder “2577” into the root directory of your micorSD card. Please insert microSD card into P320 after the copy

3. Keep the battery in charge during upgrade procedure

4. Please follow the steps on the phone to upgrade

5. Press and hold Volume Down key (on left side, shown below) and poke reset button (on bottom side), the system will boot up. Then release reset button and continue to hold Volume Down key until the screen shows writing percentage

6. The system will start installation automatically

7. It will re-start when system installation is completed

8. System will start upgrading after touch panel calibration and date/time setting

You should know be on the latest firmware ! Do drop me a line if this worked for you. If your feeling generous do check out the ads.

The main article is located http://p320.blogspot.com/2008/11/asus-p320-how-what-where.html

Mobile Registry Editor for Asus

As you begin to play around more with your phone, you realize being a windows device there is not too much you can change without being able to open the registry and make some tweaks here and here.

In one of my earlier posts I had talked about using Total Commander as a a registry editor but it still is quite difficult to navigate in the small screen and make changes using your stylus. Wouldn't it be great to be able to make all these changes from a computer with a a key board ?

Well that just what this program does , its called Mobile Registry Editor v1.1 from Breaksoft. Unfortunately I could not find the original site as the page was down however I was able to find an alternative download here

http://www.mediafire.com/?xyn0znz0tmd

The way the application works is that it connect to the registry on your mobile phone once you have connected it to your computer via activesync. You just need to run the MobileRegistryEditor.exe on your computer.

It will pop up the following screen on your computer. You should be able to navigate the entire registry just as you would with regedit on your windows machine. Have just browsed the registry using my mouse ....





In case you want to make can changes you could either just double click on an existing entry and make a change



In case you need to add an entry , it can be done by using the right click on the location you are required to make the addition in


Hope you have found this useful, do drop me a line would love to hear from you, if your feeling generous do click on an ad :)

The main article on this mobile is located here

http://p320.blogspot.com/2008/11/asus-p320-how-what-where.html