Official Q9M Hack Thread

[jespley]

Originally Posted by TommyTuna

Some great tweaks here. Anybody figure out how to remap some of the keys? I'm looking to remap the windows media key to another exe. All I can find is the old Q key maps but they don't seem to apply to this new phone.

I'm completely with you on this -- seems like a big waste to have keys that I won't ever use. I'll keep an eye on this thread to see if anyone comes up with anything and I'll keep poking around in the registry myself.

[jespley]

Originally Posted by nanis

Hey i have a q9m and i have tried everything to change the startup sound, Ive read almost every forum and most are based on the original q,, can u help?

This is true. The hack posted in the original thread does not work for my wife's and my q9ms. When one tries to get to the \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sounds\SystemStart \Sound path, the key value is already *none*. Setting it to \Windows\*none* does not get rid of the startup sound. Any other suggestions are welcome!

[jespley]

Originally Posted by jespley

This is true. The hack posted in the original thread does not work for my wife's and my q9ms. When one tries to get to the \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sounds\SystemStart \Sound path, the key value is already *none*. Setting it to \Windows\*none* does not get rid of the startup sound. Any other suggestions are welcome!

Here's the solution I came up with myself:
http://www.everythingq.com/forum/mot...html#post99851

[jasoraso]

Originally Posted by jespley

I'm completely with you on this -- seems like a big waste to have keys that I won't ever use. I'll keep an eye on this thread to see if anyone comes up with anything and I'll keep poking around in the registry myself.

Here's my solution for changing some of the buttons:

this isn't the most elegant solution (I think a reg hack would be better) but:

On my Q9m, the buttons are "hard-programmed" to launch a program by its name from the \Windows\Start Menu directory. For example, the button with the envelope launches the messaging.lnk program in the Start Menu directory. The button for speakerphone/voice recognition launches "Voice Recognition.lnk" after a long press (2 second press). The email button launches "Messaging.lnk". By renaming a shortcut to that name in the \Windows\Start Menu directory, I have been able to change the behavior of the buttons (I first rename Messaging.lnk to Messaging2.lnk, then rename the program I want to launch, Xtremetxt.lnk to Messaging.lnk).

[U2502]

I tried doing the IE speed boost by changed the DNS IPs, but I have a series of HEX values. Is there a way to change this, or has verizon disabled this feature? Thanks for all the wonderful info.

best,
--micah

[gadget]

Originally Posted by TommyTuna

Some great tweaks here. Anybody figure out how to remap some of the keys? I'm looking to remap the windows media key to another exe. All I can find is the old Q key maps but they don't seem to apply to this new phone.

I don't know if this has been answered yet but that's one of the first hacks I done on my Q9m, that media home screen is rediculous! I remapped mine to the missing camera key. Now pressing the home screen toggle button launches the Camera.

1. navigate to HKLM\\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Camera
2. Edit the String Value "Application"
- Change the Value Data to: \Windows\Camera.lnk
3. Edit the String Value "Class Name"
- Change the Value Data to: Camera
4. Back/save your way out of the Registry Editor software.
5. Press and hold the (until recently useless) Home Screen Toggle key (2 seconds) until the camera pops up.


This was found on qusers.com.

[JBK617]

Originally Posted by gadget

I don't know if this has been answered yet but that's one of the first hacks I done on my Q9m, that media home screen is rediculous! I remapped mine to the missing camera key. Now pressing the home screen toggle button launches the Camera.

You need to edit the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Motorola\Keypad

You will see the values below it, the one you need to change is:
0x14
Change the value to CAMERA

When I went to the above area the value already shows camera, and pressing the button takes me to the media home screen, what is there to change?

[gadget]

I dug up the original post from qusers.com and edited my original post (post#26) with the correct information.

gadget

[DIGItonium]

I notice MMS and Instant Messaging is autolaunched after the unit boots up (Q9H), and I don't have immediate interest to launch these applications. I can't find something equivalent to Run or Startup. Any suggestions?

[rudeboy]

Originally Posted by DIGItonium

I notice MMS and Instant Messaging is autolaunched after the unit boots up (Q9H), and I don't have immediate interest to launch these applications. I can't find something equivalent to Run or Startup. Any suggestions?

did you check \Windows\StartUp\ ?