My VX-6700 Mods

I have owned the VX-6700 for a few months now and have loved every minute....except the first few when I found out that the phone came with some features crippled.  That's right, crippled.  Leave it to Verizon Wireless to cripple the best mobile device to be released this year.  Well it wasn't soon after I got it that I started trolling the boards and found how to make the most of my VX-6700.  Here is a list of mods that I have made:

  • Enabled Bluetooth DUN - this allows me to use my device as a modem from my bluetooth enabled laptop.  Its not without issues but it works well and when it does hiccup it is easy enough to correct.
  • Enable GPS Settings In Control Panel - this will show me the GPS settings in the control panel.  I have not figured out how to incorporate this into a program like Streets and Trips but I'm sure I will soon (see below).
  • Wifi And Phone at the Same Time - this will allow you to be working at a hot spot and still have a call come in.  Out of the box its one or the other.  Pay attention with this one 'cause it will eat your batter up if you use it much (see below).
  • Other Registry Hacks - this is a link to a list of other hacks.  I have not implemented all of them but I put them here for your benefit.

Some of the mods involve hacking the registry.  While there are freebies out there, I paid for Resco File Explorer (after the trial expired of course).  It comes with a great file explorer that lets me map drives on the LAN as well as modify the registry.  It also has a Today screen plugin that tells you system stats.  I HIGHLY suggest you turn off the part that reports on the SD card since there is a known issue that makes your PDA look like it is freezing when it comes back from a sleep. 

Thats it for now.  Hope this helps you all get the most out of your 6700 (the coolest phone on the planet).

Show GPS settings within Settings menu
- HKLM\ControlPanel\GPS Settings
- Change "Hide" to 0

Wifi and Phone @ same time
 
Go to key: HKLM/Services/WirelessMgr
Find a key called 'MutexFlag'
Change it's value from '1' to '0'

Published Tuesday, June 06, 2006 5:19 AM by dotnetgeek
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# re: My VX-6700 Mods

Sunday, June 18, 2006 1:20 AM by vern
Remove Tray Icons (WiFi Mgr, Power, Landscape)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Services\WirelessMgr
DWord: Keep
Set Value: 0 0x0(0)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Services\Power
DWord: ShowIcon
Set Value: 0 0x0(0)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Services\ScreenRotate
DWord: ShowIcon
Set Value: 0 0x0(0)

Disable LED Lights
Hkey_Local_Machine/Drivers/Builtin/AllLEDMgr
And change the Index value from 1 to 0
Note: This deactivated the vibrate mode on my phone

View Extended ROM
Hkey_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSYEMS\StorageManager\Profiles\TRUEFFS_DOC
Mount Flags should be set to "0"
To disable set Mount Flags to "1"

Boost/Increase Windows Media Player Volume
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences
Volume = 52444 (default)
I changed it to 82444

Enable Time Synchronization
HKLM\SOFTWARE\OEM\PhoneSetting
HiddenTimesyncPage
set the value to 0

Disconnect/time online
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Phone
"Flags2"=dword:00000000 = no button disconect in buble con.
"Flags2"=dword:00000008 = button disconect on buble con.
"Flags2"=dword:00000010 = button disconect and time con. on buble conection (hex)

I did 0x10. (Make sure you set HEX 0x10.. 16 decimal).

Registry Hack for keyboard LEDs
HKEY_Current_User\Control Panel\Backlight
QKEYLED TIMEOUT
change from 10 to whatever seconds you want

Getting rid of the Message Sent notification for text messaging
navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Inbox
Next, click on Inbox (make sure the Inbox is highlighted) and select Edit, New Key
Name the New Key as "Settings"
Click on "Settings" (make sure the Settings is highlighted) and select Edit, New String Value
On "Value name:", key in SMSNoSentMsg and in "Value data", key in 1
Soft reset your device

Supposed to increase the quality of the video the camera takes:
HKey Local Machine\Software\HTC\Camera\ReParam\MP4Large (or Medium or Small).
Change the FramRate value from 10 to 19
*don't exceed 19

# re: My VX-6700 Mods

Friday, March 21, 2008 3:58 PM by konrad

i like the tips you posted  but i think im a  dummy here   i dont even know how to get to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\    etc..  any  pointers ? thanks

# re: My VX-6700 Mods

Saturday, April 19, 2008 2:52 PM by dan

its not called hkey_local_machine  i went to \\ then click registry then hklm  from there you can go to software and continue with the directions

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