MioPocket 3.0 (Release 58) - 03/09/2010

1.0 Introduction
1.1 Description
1.2 Programs and features
1.3 Device support
2.0 Installation
2.1 Installation methods
2.2 Installation Instructions
2.2a Method #1: SD Installation (Recommended)
2.2b Method #2: Flash Disk (SD-Free) Installation
3.0 Using MioPocket
3.1 Minimizing and task switching
3.2 Remotely controlling the device
3.3 Remotely accessing the registry
3.4 Taking screenshots
3.5 Jerry's 480x272 MioMap 3.3 skin
3.6 Using PocketGPS
3.7 Using BeeLineGPS
3.8 Accessing the device's original menus
3.9 WiFi SDIO cards
3.10 Adding media (books, movies, etc.)
3.11 Setting the alarm clock app
3.12 Playing music with the display off
3.13 Synchronizing contacts and calendars with Outlook
3.14 USB modes
3.15 Using Virtual Earth Mobile
4.0 Modifying MioPocket
4.1 Editing navigation app (iGo, etc.) paths
4.2 Editing icons on the skin menus
4.3 Installing applications
4.4 Adding registry files
4.5 Excluding registry files
4.6 Setting your time zone
4.7 Disabling the MiniBar
4.8 Configuring the quick launch button
4.9 Enabling/disabling the startup menu
4.10 Enabling alternate keyboards
4.11 Adding fonts
4.12 Configuring automatic registry backup
4.13 Freeing up memory/RAM for apps
5.0 Common Issues with MioPocket
5.1 My device freezes while installing or running MioPocket
5.2 Many icons return "Cannot find .mscr"
5.3 I frequently have to re-install MioPocket
5.4 MioPocket crashes when I click on the screen after returning from a long standby
5.5 I can't use my device while connected to USB or while charging
5.6 Explorer doesn't work
5.7 The date and time are wrong when I use apps like Alarm and Appointments
5.8 I get errors when I try to run an application that I installed/added
5.9 My original nav app won't run after uninstalling MioPocket
5.10 My device is stuck in an endless reboot cycle!
5.11 The keyboard button returns an error
5.12 My touchscreen has stopped working!
5.13 Some of my hardware buttons don't work
5.14 I have serious problems and MioPocket or MioMap is practically unusable
5.15 Installation completes, resets, then installs all over again
5.16 How do I kill my device's original software?
5.17 My device stays on when I turn the engine off
5.18 My Mio Moov won't boot or connect to USB!
6.0 Appendix
6.1 Included applications
6.2 Included games
6.3 Credits
6.4 License

1.0 Introduction
1.1 Description
MioPocket is a frontend for Windows CE-based devices, mainly GPS navigation devices. It is an installable package of programs, scripts, registry files and skins to "unlock" PNA/GPS devices and allow them to be used for far more than just navigation (ex. for music, movies, appointments, multiple navigation apps, etc.), like PDAs. Nearly all GPS devices use Windows CE as the core operating system, just as Pocket PCs do, but they usually try to keep you from accessing the operating system so that you can't mess anything up. MioPocket gets around that to open up a world of functionality to what is, ordinarily, a very limited device. MioPocket is the most-packed and most-fully-featured unlock for PNAs available and is free and legal to use, as it consists 100% of freely-distributable content. What MioPocket is not is a replacement for MioMap, Mobile Navigator or any other OEM navigation software. It is just a frontend from which you may launch your device's navigation software or other navigation software that you've purchased.
1.2 Programs and features
MioPocket comes with just about everything that you might want: three media players (video and audio, nearly all popular formats, including MP3, WMA, OGG, MP4, H.264, WMV, MOV, DivX and XviD), three e-book readers, multiple dictionaries (inc. English to 5 languages), dozens of games, two image viewers, two paint programs, MS Office document viewers, text editors, handwritten note-taking apps, a MioMap route manager, four general GPS plotting/mapping apps, three different appointments/tasks apps, a contacts app, a calculator, a unit converter, registry editors, task manager/switchers, file managers, an alarm clock and more (all free/shareware). See the Readme file for a full list. Note: MioPocket does not come with MioMap, iGo, Garmin, TomTom or any other commercial navigation software. Icons and scripts are included for them, but not the programs, themselves (since they are not free).
1.3 Device support
Technically, MioPocket should run on any Windows CE-based device. Due to the great many brands and types of devices out there, though, some will have better success than others when it comes to the ease of installation and the number of included features and programs that work. Most major Windows CE-based GPS brands, such as Mio (which MioPocket was originally designed for), Magellan, Navigon, Navman and Asus (and some other lesser brands) have installation instructions below. For obscure brands without included instructions, you may have to look around online (including the gpspassion.com forums) for unlock instructions and then adapt MioPocket accordingly... or be a pioneer and figure it out for yourself. Note that TomTom and Garmin devices are Linux-based and, hence, MioPocket (which is Windows CE-based) cannot run on them.

2.0 Installation
2.1 Installation methods
MioPocket can be installed to SD card or to internal flash disk (SD-free installation). Each has its advantages and disadvantages... Recommendation: Start off with SD installation if your device supports it and, especially, if you're a novice or newbie at this. It's the easiest to setup, upgrade and remove. It's also completely safe for all devices. More experienced/savvy/daring users can try SD-free later.
2.2 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Standard Disclaimer: MioPocket's contributors are not liable for anything unwanted that may happen through its use. All unlocks carry some small risk and this is completely free. Proceed only if you accept all risk and responsibility.
2.2a Method #1: SD Card Installation:
1) If you're running an earlier version of MioPocket or a different unlock, remove it and hard reset (or shutdown and power on) your device. For MioPocket, there should be a link on your Settings page to remove it and the hard reset will be automatic.
2) Unzip the MioPocket zip file (if you haven't already) to your computer. Do NOT unzip it directly to your SD card, as that often produces errors or corrupt files.
3) Copy the MioAutoRun and Media folders to the root of your SD card (ex. so that it looks like \Storage Card\MioAutoRun and \Storage Card\Media). Do NOT copy the SDFree folder; that's only for SD-free (flash disk) installation.
4) Choose either 4A (Mio Digiwalker models), 4B (Mio Moov & Spirit models), 4C (Asian Mios) or 4D (non-Mio brands) below...
4A) Mio Digiwalker (non-Moov) models only:
i. Copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr and Mortscript.exe to the root of your SD card, then rename them according to the following:

* c320, c520, c620, c720, c725 and c728: no renaming necessary †
* c310: rename MioAutoRun.exe to c310Auto.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to c310Auto.mscr
* c510: rename MioAutoRun.exe to c510Auto.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to c510Auto.mscr
* c710: rename MioAutoRun.exe to c710Auto.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to c710Auto.mscr. If that doesn't work, rename them to Oscar200DM.exe and Oscar200DM.mscr
* c220 and c250: rename MioAutoRun.exe to oscar91adm.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to oscar91adm.mscr. If that doesn't work, try the c230 names below.
* c230: rename MioAutoRun.exe to autorun_ABC.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to autorun_ABC.mscr. If that doesn't work, rename them to goce.exe and goce.mscr
* h610: rename MioAutoRun.exe to H610Auto.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to H610Auto.mscr
* 268 and 269: no renaming necessary (usually). Switch off the device from the back of the device, using the stylus. Just as it comes back on, quickly hold the Volume Up and Flag/Set buttons down for a few seconds. Choose No at the prompt, then tap on the grey taskbar at the bottom, choose Start, then Windows Explorer and browse to and run the MioAutoRun.exe that you copied to the SD card. Skip to Step 6. If none of that works, try renaming MioAutoRun.exe to Oscar100DM.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to Oscar100DM.mscr, then using the stylus and buttons as described.
* 268+ and 269+: rename MioAutoRun.exe to autorunce.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to autorunce.mscr. If that does not work, try copying the SDFree folder to your SD card and renaming it to MioMap.
* Other Digiwalker models: try all of the above names to see if any of them work. If none work, look around online for clues as to what the filename needs to be for your particular device (the posters at http://www.gpspassion.com should be able to help) or simply install to your flash disk (see below), instead.

Note: If the first file is listed in the folder simply as "MioAutoRun" (no ".exe"), then do not include the ".exe" in the new file name, either, because it means that the ".exe" is already there and being hidden by the operating system.

† If your cx20 (esp. c520 or c320) has MioMap 2008 (not 3.x), either out-of-the-box or due to flashing with Mio's firmware tool, then you may need to follow steps 4Bia, 4Bib and 4Bic below (ignore that they're for Moovs).

ii. Skip to Step 5.
4B) Mio Moov & Spirit models only:
i. Create, in the root of your SD card, a folder with one of the following names, depending on your model (Note: filenames ARE case-sensitive):
If the above does not help you to find the correct folder to use, connect your Moov to your computer and...
a) If you have a file named "app_startup.txt" in the root of your flash drive...
Open it, scroll down to the very bottom and look for the line that starts with RunSDCardExecutable. That line will look something like this...

RunSDCardExecutable(SmartST_CE - Run()): CreateProcess(\Storage card\\auto.exe) failed, error 2

...with "" being the folder name that your device requires. Create that folder on your SD card and proceed to step 4Bii below.
b) If you have a file named "version.ini" on the flash drive in \Program Files\Navman\SmartST_CE\...
Open it, look under the [VersionInfo] section for the "Name" entry. Create that folder on your SD card and proceed to step 4Bii below.
c) If you have a file named device.xml in the root of the flash drive, open it in a text editor, look for a string that starts with "Mantas" and create a folder with that name on your SD card and proceed to step 4Bii below.

If, for whatever reason, the app_startup.txt, version.ini and device.xml methods do not work for you, read the firmware version listed (usually in white on black text) when you boot the device up and use the first code that comes after "Cobia". For example, the Moov360's firmware version starts with "COBIA 420", so the folder should start with "Cobia_420" (note the capitalized first letter, the following lower-case and the underscore). After that, for most devices, comes the amount of internal RAM, "_32" for 32MB devices and "_64" for 64MB devices. Finally, North American models append "_NA" on the end and Australian models append "_AU" on the end.

If nothing works for you, try re-formatting your SD card or using an entirely different card, then look for an answer in the forums at www.gpspassion.com

ii. Next, copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr and MortScript.exe to the folder that you just created and rename the first two to Auto.exe and Auto.mscr, respectively. If the first file is listed in the folder simply as "MioAutoRun" (no ".exe"), then rename the file simply as "Auto" (because it means that the ".exe" is already there and being hidden by the operating system).

iii. Skip to Step 5.
4C) Asian Mios only
i. Create, in the root of your SD card, a folder named for your model (ex. "C320" for the Asian c320 and "C230" for the Asian C230).

ii. Next, copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr and MortScript.exe to the folder that you just created and rename the first two to Auto.exe and Auto.mscr, respectively.

iii. Skip to Step 5.
4D) Non-Mio devices
Warning: Some obscure GPS devices (especially no-name Chinese GPS devices) do not revert Windows back to an unmodified condition when you perform a hard reset. You are advised against putting MioPocket on such devices because there is no way to undo any undesirable changes and you might permanently brick your unit. Most reputable brands, including all of the following, are fine.
Asus: Copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr, MortScript.exe and ASUS_UserFlashCopy.dll to the root of your SD card. No renaming is needed.
Becker: Copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr and MortScript.exe to the root of your SD card, then rename MioAutoRun.exe to AutoRun.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to AutoRun.mscr
Binatone: Copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr and MortScript.exe to the root of your SD card, then create in the same place a file named shell.ini with nothing but the path to MioAutoRun.exe in it.
HP iPAQ: Copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr and MortScript.exe to the root of your SD card, then rename MioAutoRun.exe to CElauncher.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to CElauncher.mscr
Insignia: Create a folder named CNAV on the SD card, copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr and MortScript.exe to that folder, then rename MioAutoRun.exe to CNAVClient.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to CNAVClient.mscr
Magellan Maestro: Copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr, MortScript.exe and Magellan_AutoRun.inf to the root of your SD card and rename Magellan_AutoRun.inf to GS399AutoRun.inf. If that does not work, rename MioAutoRun.exe to ToCopy.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to ToCopy.mscr
Magellan Crossover: Copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr and MortScript.exe to the root of your SD card and rename MioAutoRun.exe to micManager.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to micManager.mscr. Next, make a copy of micManager.exe and rename it to DM.exe.
Medion: Copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr and MortScript.exe to the root of your SD card, then rename MioAutoRun.exe to GOCE.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to GOCE.mscr.
Navigon: Copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr and MortScript.exe to the root of your SD card, then rename MioAutoRun.exe to AutoRunCE.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to AutoRunCE.mscr. If that does not work, rename them to UpdateMe.exe and UpdateMe.mscr
Navman: Create a folder on your SD card named after your model (ex. "S50" for the S50). If that doesn't work (and it won't for newer models), find and open source.txt on your flash drive, read the "Software:" line and create a folder on your SD card with the name listed before the "6.0" (ex. "MERMAID_405" for the S100). Next, copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr and MortScript.exe to that folder and rename MioAutoRun.exe to Auto.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to Auto.mscr.
Nextar: Copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr and MortScript.exe to the root of your SD card, then create in the same place a file named shell.ini with nothing but the path to MioAutoRun.exe in it.
Route 66: Copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr and MortScript.exe to the Route 66 folder on your SD card, rename R66Navigate8.exe to R66Navigate8_orig.exe, then rename MioAutoRun.exe to R66Navigate8.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to R66Navigate8.mscr.
Sanyo: Copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr, MortScript.exe and Sanyo_AutoRun.inf to the root of your SD card and rename Sanyo_AutoRun.inf to AutoRun.inf. If this doesn't work, copy Sanyo_AutoRun.inf to the root of the flash disk and rename it to AutoRun_USB.inf
Wayteq (and, perhaps, other devices using Mobile Navigator): Create a "Mobilenavigator" folder in the root of the SD card, copy MioAutoRun.exe, MioAutoRun.mscr and MortScript.exe to that folder, then, rename MioAutoRun.exe to Mobilenavigator.exe and MioAutoRun.mscr to Mobilenavigator.mscr
Other devices: If your brand/model is not listed here, then you will either have to find out elsewhere if and how your device can be unlocked or try SD-free installation (2.2b) below.
5) If you have the USB cable attached, disconnect it. While your device is on, insert your SD card into your device. If it's already in, pop it out and back in. Alternately, on some devices, you may be able to initiate installation by tapping the power button once and then, once the screen goes off, once again. On some Mio Moov devices, you may need to move the slider switch all the way to the right, then back to the fully left position, and other Moov devices require that you load up MioMap and wait for a GPS lock before exiting out and attempting installation. On Nextar devices, press the Navigator icon on the main menu.

After a few seconds, an installation window should display on most devices. If it does not, perform a soft reset and see if that initiates installation. If your device simply freezes when you attempt installation, try re-formatting your SD card or using a different card. If re-formatting the device as FAT32 makes no difference, try re-formatting it as FAT.

Once the installation window displays, about 10 seconds will go by and your device will reboot to complete the installation. Note: you will need to repeat this step after every hard reset or shutdown because those operations flush MioPocket (and anything else that you installed) from memory and return your device to factory condition.

If no installation window appears with any of those suggestions, you may have renamed MioAutoRun.exe incorrectly. That's easy to do because some operating systems (especially Windows) hide common file extensions (like ".exe"). If the file was listed simply as "MioAutoRun" (without the ".exe"), then, when you rename the file, don't include the ".exe" either. If you are not sure, try removing the ".exe" from the file, anyways, and try all of the above suggestions again.
6) MioPocket ought to be installed. Enjoy. If you have problems, check out the forums at GPSPassion (particularly the MioPocket thread in the Mio sub-forum).

2.2b Method #2: Flash Disk (SD-Free) Installation:
Warning: SD-free installation involves modifying files on the flash drive. This can very easily render your device inoperable and be hard (if not impossible) to undo. It is especially not recommended for newer Mio models, including the Moov and Spirit models. Only advanced users who really know what they're doing and welcome the risk should proceed. For everyone else, it is very highly recommended that you stick to SD installation to be safe.
Warning: Some obscure GPS devices (especially no-name Chinese GPS devices) do not revert Windows back to an unmodified condition when you perform a hard reset. You are advised against putting MioPocket on such devices because there is no way to undo any undesirable changes and you might permanently brick your unit.
1) If you're running an earlier version of MioPocket or a different unlock, remove it and hard reset (or shutdown and power on) your device. For MioPocket, there should be a link on your Settings page to remove it and the hard reset will be automatic.
2) Unzip the MioPocket zip file (if you haven't already) to your computer. Do NOT unzip it directly to your device or card, since that often produces errors or corrupt files.
3) Free enough space on your Flash Disk. For Mio devices, you can move some maps from \My Flash Disk\MioMap\MioMap\Maps to your desktop computer or, preferably, to an SD card. If you move them to an SD card, MioMap will still be able to access them if you put them in the right folder. Create a MioMap folder on your SD card, create a Maps folder inside of that (so that the path looks like \Storage Card\MioMap\Maps) and then move enough maps there so that MioPocket will fit on \My Flash Disk.
If you want some ideas of what you can delete in MioPocket in order to make it smaller...
a. non-480x272 users: You may delete MioAutoRun\Skin\GSThemes, which is a skin for 480x272 displays. That'll free up almost 3MB.
b. non-800x480 users: Delete MioAutoRun\Skin\Backgrounds\WindowsUltimate800x480.bmp to free up almost 2MB.
c. Delete MioAutoRun\Programs\Metro\all (or just the city files that you don't want) if you don't care about public transport routing (trains, subways, etc.). Deleting all files will free up 11MB.
d. Delete MioAutoRun\Programs\Games\gfDoom if you don't care to play Doom. That'll free up 5MB.
e. Delete the entire MioAutoRun\Programs\Games folder if you have zero interest in any games. That'll free up 18MB.
f. Don't copy the included books or the sample video in the Media folder if you don't have any interest in them. Deleting them all will free up 10MB.
g. Delete MioAutoRun\Programs\Win32 (which are apps that must be run from a Windows PC). That'll free up 4MB.
4) Choose either 4A (Option #1: Copy via SD card) or 4B (Option #2: Copy directly to flash drive) below...
4A) Option #1: Copy via SD card
i) Follow only step 4 of SD installation above. If you previously tried SD installation and couldn't make it work, you will likely not be able to do this step and, therefore, will have to skip down to section 4B and do Option #2, instead.

ii) Copy the MioAutoRun, Media AND SDFree folders to the root (top level) of your SD card (ex. \Storage Card\MioAutoRun, \Storage Card\Media and \Storage Card\SDFree).

iii) Edit MioAutoRun\MioPocket.ini on your SD card and change OrigNavApp to point to the executable of your device's original navigation application.
Example:
* Mio Digiwalker models: OrigNavApp=\My Flash Disk\MioMap\MioMap\MioMap.exe
* Mio Moov models: OrigNavApp=\My Flash Disk\Program Files\MioMap\MioMap.exe
* Magellan models: OrigNavApp=\HDD\APP\Navigator.exe or OrigNavApp=\HDD\APP\magellan_pna.exe (whichever exists)
* Sanyo: OrigNavApp=\MyFlashDisk\MobileNavigator\MobileNavigator.exe
* Other devices: The setup will assist you to select your device's original navigation application. For Mio Moov and Spirit models without MioMap.exe, please do SD installation to avoid bricking your device.
Note: SD-free installation works by renaming the executable of your device's original navigation application appending "_orig". e.g. MioMap.exe will be renamed to MioMap_orig.exe and MioMap.exe.id to MioMap_orig.exe.id. This installation option will do the renaming for you. When/If you decide to remove MioPocket, remember this so that you can reverse the change and get your device back to working condition.

iv) If you have the USB cable attached, disconnect it. While your device is on, insert your SD card into your device. If it's already in, pop it out and back in. Alternately, on some devices, you may be able to initiate installation by tapping the power button once and then, once the screen goes off, once again. After a couple of seconds, a window will display and MioPocket will be copied to your flash drive. The copy operation will take several minutes, so leave it alone for a while. A message will appear once it's done. At that point, you may freely remove the MioPocket files from your SD card.

iv) Skip to Step 5.
4B) Option #2: Copy directly to flash drive
i) Copy the MioAutoRun and Media folders to the root (top level) of your Flash Disk (so that it looks like \MioAutoRun). If your device is an older Mio and you can't access it over USB, you may need to download the MioTransfer utility from Mio's website (but be advised that getting MioPocket onto your device via MioTransfer is a hassle and you're highly advised to use Option #1 above, instead). You do not need the MioAutoRun.* files (those are only for SD installation).

ii) Navigate to the directory of your device's original navigation application.
Example:
* Mio Digiwalker models: \My Flash Disk\MioMap\MioMap\
* Mio Moov models: \My Flash Disk\Program Files\MioMap\
* Magellan models: \HDD\APP\
* Sanyo: \MyFlashDisk\MobileNavigator
iii) Rename the executable of your device's original navigation application, appending "_orig" to the end (ex. App.exe to App_orig.exe).
Example:
* Most Mio models: Rename MioMap.exe to MioMap_orig.exe and, if it exists, MioMap.exe.id to MioMap_orig.exe.id. If MioMap.exe does not exist, do an SD installation, instead. Whatever you do, do NOT rename AppStartupSec.exe or modify paths.xml, as both will brick your device.
* Magellan models: Rename Navigator.exe to Navigator_orig.exe or Magellan_pna.exe to Magellan_pna_orig.exe (whichever exists)
* Sanyo: Rename MobileNavigator.exe to MobileNavigator_orig.exe
* Other brands/models: Identify the main executable of your navigation software (or accompanying software, like a music player, to be even safer), then rename it, appending "_orig" to the base name (ex. "Navigator.exe" to "Navigator_orig.exe"). Note the warnings earlier in this section about how this can be dangerous on some devices. Know what you're doing. If in doubt, look online for others who have successfully unlocked the same or similar model to learn what may be safe.
iv) Copy MioMap.exe, MioMap.exe.id, MioMap.mscr and MortScript.exe from the SDFree folder that came with MioPocket to the above directory (step 4Bii), then rename the three "MioMap" files to the original name of your navigation app:
Example:
* Mio models: no renaming needed
* Magellan models: Rename MioMap.exe to Navigator.exe, MioMap.exe.id to Navigator.exe.id and MioMap.mscr to Navigator.mscr or, if Magellan_pna.exe originally existed instead of Navigator.exe, rename MioMap.exe to Magellan_pna.exe, MioMap.exe.id to Magellan_pna.exe.id and MioMap.mscr to Magellan_pna.mscr
* Sanyo: Rename MioMap.exe to MobileNavigator.exe, and MioMap.mscr to MobileNavigator.mscr
v) Skip to Step 5.
5) If you have the USB cable attached, disconnect it. Next, in the same manner that you usually run it, run the navigation app that you renamed and replaced (ex. if you replaced Miomap v3, run it by clicking on the MioMap button on the menu). A menu will pop up, asking you whether you want to run your original navigation app or MioPocket. Choose "Run MioPocket" and a smaller message box will display with a question. If you choose YES, clicking on the button will always display the previous menu. If you choose NO, clicking on the button will always install MioPocket.

Once you've made your choice, an installation window should appear. Once installation has started, wait for it to finish and your device will reboot to complete the installation. Note: you'll need to repeat this step after every hard reset or shutdown because those operations flush MioPocket (and anything else that you installed) from memory and return your device to factory condition.
6) MioPocket ought to be installed. Enjoy. If you have problems, check out the forums at GPSPassion (particularly the MioPocket thread in the Mio sub-forum).

3.0 Using MioPocket
3.1 Minimizing and task switching
To minimize an application's window, use the task switcher icon, which is the second from the right on the MiniBar (lower-right corner). In MioPocket's default configuration, in order to re-activate or close a minimized window, you must minimize all windows to gain access to the task list. If, instead, you would prefer that the task list always be displayed when you minimize a window (so that you may more quickly activate a minimized window), go into "MP Settings" on the Settings page and select "Enable task list on minimize." Basically, the latter may be preferable for those who spend most of their time switching back and forth between open applications, while the default behavior is likely best for most users.
3.2 Remotely controlling the device
To control your device from your Windows desktop, connect via USB in ActiveSync mode, then run MioAutoRun\Programs\Win32\ASRDisp.exe from your Windows desktop. The error message is normal; click OK. Tip: it's a little less sluggish if you copy this executable to your Windows desktop before running it (rather than running it directly over the USB connection). If you would like a faster, more-powerful application for doing the same thing, try the free EveryWAN Remote Support Personal Edition at http://www.sparus-software.com.
3.3 Remotely accessing the registry
To access your device's registry from your Windows desktop, connect via USB in ActiveSync mode, then run MioAutoRun\Programs\Win32\Mobile Registry Editor\MobileRegistryEditor.exe.
3.4 Taking screenshots
You have two options for taking screenshots:
1) Use Remote Display Control (3.2 above) and press Alt+PrintScrn to copy the window to the clipboard. Open up a paint program, create a new image and press Ctrl+V to paste the screenshot. This is the simpler method, assuming that you have a Windows PC nearby.
2) Run the included screen capture utility, either from the link on the Tools page and in the start menu or by directly running \MioAutoRun\Programs\vSnap.exe.
3.5 Jerry's 480x272 MioMap 3.3 skin
For 480x272 devices running MioMap 3.3 (mainly the Mio c320, c520 and c720), Jerry's skin (http://miopassion.com) opens up a lot of functionality to MioMap. One of the features is his "StopWord panel", a floating toolbar of links to external applications, made for a pre-MioPocket unlock designed by Stopword. MioPocket comes with an override (a form of patch) to point these links to MioPocket's applications, instead.

To apply the override...
1. Make sure that you're using Jerry's MioMap skin and that it's installed as data.zip in your MioMap folder. If you simply copied it to a \Skin folder, then you'll need to move it out and name it as data.zip in the MioMap folder, since you can't have more than one data zip file in the \Skin folder.
2. If you used the override from an earlier MioPocket release, remove it.
3. Install MioPocket. Installation will change paths in the override files to match your installation directory.
4. Go to MioPocket's Navigation page, choose "MioMap Manager", then "Skin Manager", and, finally, "Load new override". If all goes well, you should see "Override_Jerry_MioPocket" listed. Select it to apply the override to your MioMap. If you do NOT see "Override_Jerry_MioPocket listed, jump down below to Step 4a.
5. Load up MioMap, go into the menu, find "My MioMap" and cycle through the options for "Extra button" (in the lower-left corner) until you get to "StopWord Panel". Return to the map screen and you should see a green orb with the Windows logo on it in the lower left. Pressing that will open the panel that now has icons correctly pointing to MioPocket programs and scripts. You are now done.

The following is ONLY for if "Override_Jerry_MioPocket" is NOT listed in Skin Manager.
4a. Go to "MioAutoRun\Programs\MioMap\Override for Jerry's skin" and zip up the two folders (\common and \mio) inside.
4b. Copy the zip to a "Skin" folder under your MioMap folder (ex. \My Flash Disk\MioMap\MioMap\Skin). If the "Skin" folder does not exist, create it. Proceed to Step 5 above.
3.6 Using PocketGPS
PocketGPS can use bitmap images calibrated with coordinates to provide visual location finding. For example, you can, with a bit of effort, create a map from aerial photographs of your favorite hiking location. PocketGPS is compatible with TrekBuddy and OSM maps, so look for sites that can save to those formats. One such site, an excellent one, will convert Google Maps for you: http://gm2tb.awokenmind.de. Choose your map, set the name, then click on the "Download map" button. Save the generated .tar file to MioAutoRun\Programs\PocketGPS-Map\Atlas and you'll be able to load it in PocketGPS. You can create maps from your own images using the PocketGPS author's own MapCalibrator program: http://www.andree.sk/projects-mapcalibrator-en. For details on how to tile your maps, see the PocketGPS tutorial in MioAutoRun\Programs\PocketGPS-Map\Tutorial or the wiki at http://pocketgpsmap.wiki.sourceforge.net/. Finally, you can use .gpx/.loc waypoint files bycopying them to MioAutoRun\Programs\PocketGPS-Map\Waypoints.
3.7 Using BeeLineGPS
For information on how to use BeeLineGPS, see the manual located in Media\Books. If you would like to read it from your GPS device, use uBook on the Multimedia page and, if you copied the Media folder to your device/card, the BeeLineGPS manual should be listed in uBook's "Books" section.
3.8 Accessing the device's original menus
Some devices (like pre-Moov Mios) come with a simple menu system and, often, it's the only place where you can configure certain features (like the backlight and Bluetooth, for example)... or you may just want to access any apps and utilities that came with your device. The "Device Menu" and "Device Settings" icons on the Settings page in MioPocket can be used to access those menus and will be automatically setup if a known menu is detected. If your device has a menu and MioPocket did not detect it, then, after you click OK on the error message, browse for and select the executable that displays the menu. Note that many GPS devices, such as Mio Moovs, do not come with a menu and, thus, these icons may be of little use (unless you set them to run something else, instead).
3.9 WiFi SDIO cards
MioPocket includes the DLLs and registry files for the Ambeon WL54C-SD card and the Spectec SDW-820 and SDW-821 WiFi cards, but support isn't enabled by default (because the registry settings conflict). To enable one, find the registry file for your card in the MioAutoRun\Registry\Exclude folder and move it to MioAutoRun\Registry\Custom. If you have a WiFi card from another manufacturer or with a different model name, try each of the included registry files to see if they work before resorting to installing the software that came with your model. According to one report, the Pluscom SDIO-54 card works with the Ambeon registry file. Once you have copied a registry file and if you have already installed MioPocket, either hard reset and re-install it or double-click the file from the device and soft reset to activate the change.
3.10 Adding media (books, movies, etc.)
With the inclusion of the Media folder (which sits alongside the MioAutoRun folder), you can now put all of your media in one place and expect most of the MioPocket multimedia apps to open to it by default. For example, place your e-books into Media\Books and the appropriate book reader(s) in MioPocket will find them; place your movies in Media\Video and music in Media\Music and they'll be easy to find with Media Player; and place your pictures into Media\Pictures and XnView will open to them upon loading.
Books in .txt or .htm format can be zipped up to dramatically reduce their file size. uBook will extract them on-the-fly when viewing. Many popular, non-copyrighted books from Project Gutenberg have been included with MioPocket in the Media folder. The Project Gutenberg website (http://www.gutenberg.org/) has over 25,000 free books for download. They're in the public domain and free because they were first published before the copyright laws of the early 20th century. Project Gutenberg, therefore, is an excellent resource for classical literature, such as the novels of Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Lewis Carroll, as well as historical and religious texts.
MioPocket's Media Player can play many popular formats (MP4, WMV, DivX, XVid, etc.), but I've found that the MP4 format with a bitrate of 500-1000Kb/s works the best in terms of size and quality in Media Player. One small sample video has been included in the Media folder for your testing. An excellent, free video converter which runs on Windows, MacOS and Linux is Handbrake. You can download Handbrake at http://handbrake.fr/?article=download. Another free video converter for Windows is Prism, by NCH Software. You can download Prism at http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/
3.11 Setting the alarm clock app
Here are the steps for setting an alarm:
1) Click on the "Alarm" icon on the Tools page (or manually run MioAutoRun\Programs\Clock.exe).
2) If the time is incorrect, exit and load up MioMap and wait for GPS lock. Your system time should be corrected. Alternately, you could manually set the time via the Date/Time applet in Control Panel.
3) Re-launch the alarm clock app and verify that the time is now correct.
4) Click on the little red clock button on the toolbar.
5) Put a check into the "Alarm On" checkbox and set the time of day, recurrance and length options that you want. You can click on the Sound button to test alarm sound and adjust the volume level. Once done, click on the Ok button.
6) Leave the app running, either in the foreground or in the background (after using the minimize button on the MiniBar). Do NOT close the app! It must stay running.
7) If you decide to turn the display off, use the "Standby (Display Off)" option in MioPocket's power menu. Do NOT press your unit's hardware button! If you do, the alarm app will not be able to wake up the unit. It WILL wake it up if you use the Standby option in MioPocket's power menu.
Tip: I recommend testing all of this on your device once before setting the alarm for good (so that you don't get yourself in trouble and blame these instructions).
3.12 Playing music with the display off
Here are the steps for playing music with the display off:
1) Make sure that you have the MiniBar running. If you don't, click on the < icon on the bottom toolbar. If you are using a skin without that icon, click on "MP Settings" on the Settings page, choose "Enable MiniBar on startup", then soft reset your device.
2) Load up the media player that you wish to use, then select and play the music that you want.
3) Press the minimize/task button, the button second from the right, on the MiniBar. Media Player will minimize with your music continuing to play.
4) Press the Close/Power button in MioPocket and choose "Display Off". The screen will go dark with your music continuing to play.
5) When you're ready to return to MioPocket, tap the upper-right corner of the screen.
3.13 Synchronizing contacts and calendars with Outlook
In order to sync contacts and calendars between your GPS device and your PC, you must be using Microsoft Outlook on a Windows PC. Also, you must be using the applications in MioPocket titled "Contacts", "Calendar" and "Tasks"; the other, similar applications do not support syncing.

First, install MioAutoRun\Programs\Win32\cePIMS_eva021009.exe on your PC (not on your GPS device). This will install the controls to allow Outlook to sync with the three applications in MioPocket. Once installed, connect your device to your PC and either Windows Mobile Device Center (in Vista and Windows 7) or ActiveSync (in XP) ought to load. If it does not load, find and launch it manually. In WMDC/ActiveSync, enable synchronization of "TeAce-Contacts", "TeAce-Calendar" and "TeAce-Tasks" with your device. Once done, initiate a sync and then check "Contacts", "Calendar" and "Tasks" on MioPocket's Productivity/Office page to verify that your Outlook data made it onto your device.
3.14 USB modes
Most devices, by default, connect through USB to a computer in "Mass Storage" mode. Usually, this means that you end up with a drive for the internal flash drive and a drive for the SD card, both of which look and act like hard drives. MioPocket, by default, re-configures the device to connect in ActiveSync mode, a Windows-only mode that allows for more than just copying and deleting files. For example, with ActiveSync, you can synchronize files/folders/contacts/e-mails between your desktop and your device, remote control the device from your desktop, access the device registry from your desktop and more. In ActiveSync mode, the device appears as a single entity (usually with the name or manufacturer of the device) in the drive listing, and double-clicking on it gives you access to the flash drive and SD card.

If you have Windows and don't see your device in the drive listing while in ActiveSync mode, download and install one of the following packages from Microsoft, depending on your version of Windows:

XP: ActiveSync 4.5
Vista/7: Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1

If you are not using Windows, then you will most likely have to switch the mode to Mass Storage mode. Use the "USB Mode" icon on the Settings page in MioPocket to do that. You will have to do that only once. Finally, on applicable Mio devices, there may be a "Moov mode" or "Mio Transfer mode" option in the USB Mode menu. If either appear for you, then you may have to use that to get USB connectivity.
3.15 Using Virtual Earth Mobile
Virtual Earth Mobile uses GPS to determine your position, but it needs to download its maps from Microsoft over the internet. If you don't have a WiFi card, you will need to use ActiveSync. Connect your device to your computer and, if using Vista/7 and the green Windows Mobile Device Center window appears, choose "Connect without setting up your device." Simply closing the window without choosing anything will not provide the device (and Virtual Earth Mobile) with an internet connection.

Next, run Virtual Earth Mobile and go to Menu->Options->GPS to configure your GPS COM port and baudrate. After that, wait a little bit, then go to Menu->Locate Me->GPS. If it tells you "Unable to obtain a location from a GPS device," wait a little bit longer and try again. Though it may not appear to be doing anything, it is trying to get a satellite lock and, like other GPS apps, that takes time (ex. 30 seconds to several minutes). If it still gives the error after several minutes of waiting, consider that you may have chosen incorrect COM port and baudrate settings.

Once the app has downloaded a map, as long as there's room in the cache, the map will be available for offline use. From Menu->Options, you can increase the map cache size in order to keep more of the maps that you download. You can also change the cache location to the SD card (which you may want to do if you substantially increase the cache size).
For any other issues, please head over to the Mio forum at http://www.gpspassion.com, look for a thread on MioPocket and ask there.

4.0 Modifying MioPocket
4.1 Editing navigation app (iGo, etc.) paths
If a navigation app icon is not assigned to an executable yet, clicking on it will display an error and then present a window for you to select the executable that the icon should launch. Once you have assigned the icon to an executable, if you need to edit your choice, click on "MP Settings" on the Settings page and choose "Edit navigation paths" from the menu. You should NOT use the "Edit Icons" button to edit these navigation icons, since they come pre-set to scripts that are important for running the apps with the least amount of interference and overhead from MioPocket.
4.2 Editing icons on the skin menus
To edit an icon, click on the "Edit Icons" button (in the lower-right corner of Windows7/Vista/Stopword skins). An "Icon Edit Mode" banner will display at the top of the screen that signifies that you are in Icon Edit Mode. While in this mode, tapping on icons will bring up the Icon Manager menu. From that menu, you can easily erase the icon or change it. When you are done, exit Icon Edit Mode by clicking on either the "Edit Icons" button or the "Icon Edit Mode" banner.

Tips:
1) Pay attention to the original paths (for the apps and their icons) before you change them, in case you need to use them again.
2) When creating new icons for apps that come with MioPocket, always check for a script for the app in MioAutoRun\Scripts before linking to the app directly. If a script exists, chances are that the app works better through it.
3) An icon that has no path (such as unused slots) will automatically launch the Icon Manager menu, so you need not enter Icon Edit Mode to modify them, initially.
4) If you have more apps to add than you have icon slots for on the provided pages, you can consider downsizing the icons and cloning (adding) new ones (both done through the Icon Manager menu) or simply using the "My Apps" feature in MioPocket (represented by a folder icon on most skins) to store links to the extra apps.

If you do not see an "Edit Icons" button (because you're using an older skin) or if you want to edit pages manually, browse to MioAutoRun\Skin\Pages and identify the skin page that you want to modify. For example, if you want to add an app to the Multimedia page of the VistaUltimate 480x272 skin, VistaUltimate_Multimedia.ini is the file that you want. If you are not sure of which set of pages corresponds to the skin that you want to edit, you can find out in MioAutoRun\Skin\SysInfoSetting.ini on your device. Once you have identified the file that you want to modify, open it in a text editor.

Each app has one ICONXPBUTTON section (consisting of 6-12 lines) that describes the icon and, optionally, one TEXT section just underneath it that describes the text that appears beneath the icon. Either modify an existing app's ICONXPBUTTON and TEXT sections to simply change an icon or copy and paste them to add a whole new icon. To change the app that the icon will launch, edit the NewIni/Command entry to equal the path to your program (ex. NewIni = \Storage Card\test.exe). To change the icon displayed for the app, edit the IconNormal and IconPushed entries. If you have copied and pasted a section in order to add an icon, you will need to change the x/y coordinates ("x = " and "y = " entries). To find and set x/y coordinates that line up with the rest of the icons on the page, look at the existing applications to see what their column and row values are.

Tips and notes for modifying pages manually (via a text editor):
a. Follow the format of the pages, their objects and their values that I provided and you'll limit errors.
b. Make sure that the icons and text that you're aligning don't wrap off of the edge of the page/frame. You may get errors or missing objects.
c. You'll get errors if you insert any blank lines in the middle of object definitions (an "object" being an icon or text label).
d. Pages must be saved in Unicode encoding (rather than ANSI, for example). Windows Notepad's "Save As" dialog is one place to check and choose.
e. If those familiar with the SystemInformation shell program are wondering why I use NewIni instead of Command to run most programs and scripts, it's because Command requires absolute paths, while NewIni (as I discovered) does not (yet runs programs and scripts just fine).
f. If you need an icon and those in MioAutoRun\Skin\Icons don't suffice, IcoFX (http://icofx.ro/) is a great, free icon editor for Windows that can extract an icon from the app (if it has one), among many other features. If you don't care much about the icon, Generic.ico is an appropriate generic icon for an application (it looks like an application window).
4.3 Installing applications
Since MioPocket runs on Windows CE, you will need to download applications that run on Windows CE, as well.

Here are some things to look for when downloading apps:
* The app must be compiled for ARM processors. Don't waste your time with Mips or SH3 applications. If the processor isn't listed, then it's probably for ARM.
* Apps supporting "CE" or "HPC"/"Handheld PC" have the best chance of working.
* Apps supporting "Pocket PC 2000/2002/2003" (PPC) or "Windows Mobile 5" ("WM5") have a fairly good chance of working (as long as they have the required DLLs), but there may be some odd display behavior (like menu bar issues and dialog boxes with options off of the screen).
* Apps supporting Smartphone will probably not work.
* Apps that have anything to do with the "Today" screen will likely not work (since these devices don't have Today screens).

CE/PPC/WM apps typically come packaged in one of two ways: as .cab files and as .exe files. To install an app with a .cab extension, copy the file to your device and then either press the "CAB Install" icon on the Tools page or double-click on the file in a file browser (such as FileMan). Files with .exe extensions are usually ActiveSync installers. To install those, ensure that you are in ActiveSync USB mode and that you are able to make an ActiveSync connection (see section 3.14 above), then double-click on them from your Windows desktop computer (they cannot be run from the device). ActiveSync will present an installer similar to most Windows apps, but will install the app to your device.

After initiating installation (of either type of install package), you will be prompted, on your device, to choose an installation directory. The directory that it will present to you will be "default location" or \Program Files (which are the same thing in this case), but do not install your app there. The internal drive that \Program Files is on does not have much free space at all and, worse, any files written there will be lost upon reset. Instead, go up a directory and select either your SD card or your flash drive, which will appear as a folder (ex. \Storage Card). My recommendation is to create a "Program Files" directory on the SD card (ex. \Storage Card\Program Files) and install there.

Once the app is installed, check to make sure that it works (see section 5.8, below, if it doesn't) and configure it the way that you want it. Next, go to the Settings page and click on the Backup Registry button. Parts of the registry will be backed up to MioAutoRun\Registry\Custom\RegistryBackup.reg so that your application's registry settings will be automatically imported during MioPocket installation. Finally, you may want to check \Windows to see if the application put any files there. If it did, copy those to MioAutoRun\Windows\Windows so that they're always copied to \Windows during MioPocket installation.

If a .CAB file will not install for you (and you can't find an alternate version of the app that will), try running MioAutoRun\System\wceloadext.exe, which can overcome some of the common error messages. If even that doesn't help, run MioAutoRun\Programs\Win32\MSCEInf (CAB Extractor)\MSCEInf.exe from a Windows computer to extract all of the files contained in the .CAB file. Once extracted, copy them to a folder on your device and run the main .exe file. If, for whatever reason, MSCEInf isn't usable, you will need to extract and rename the files manually. Use a zip program (like 7zip) to extract the files from the .CAB file. One of the extracted files ought to be a _setup.xml file (or similar). Open that file in a text editor and you'll find information for what the rest of the files should be renamed to. They'll be in pairs. For example, if you see "SetupProgram.exe" and, a few lines below that, "SETUPP~1.001"... then, you'll want to rename the extracted SETUPP~1.001 to SetupProgram.exe. Sometimes, files will need to be moved to sub-folders, in which case one of the nearby lines will specify where. Once you've renamed (and moved) as many files as you can, copy the files to your device and run the main .exe file.
4.4 Adding registry files
You can easily add your own personal registry files to MioPocket. First, make sure that your registry file is saved in ANSI (not Unicode) character encoding (or else you'll get "Syntax error" messages during installation and the files will not import). Registry files exported from TRE Regedit (on MioPocket's Settings page) are fine unless they've been opened in a text editor and accidentally re-saved in Unicode. Windows Notepad's "Save As" dialog is one way to check a file's encoding and re-save it with another. Next, copy the registy file to the MioAutoRun\Registry\Custom folder. MioPocket will automatically import any registry files in that folder when it installs. By keeping your personal files in Registry\Custom (instead of just Registry), it's easier to keep track of them and port them from one release of MioPocket to another.
4.5 Excluding registry files
You can exclude registry files from being automatically imported during installation by moving them to the \MioAutoRun\Registry\Exclude folder. MioPocket will not import any registry files in that folder when it installs. Of course, by moving it there instead of deleting it, you leave it available in case you choose to move it back.
4.6 Setting your time zone
To configure your time zone, click on "MP Settings" on the Settings page and choose "Set time zone" from the menu. MioPocket comes with some of the more common time zones where Mio devices are sold (NA, EU and AU). Choose a time zone and, from now on, MioPocket will install using that time zone. If your time zone is not in the list, select "My time zone is not on the list" and you will be allowed to set it via the Control Panel applet. Whether you select one from the list or not on the list, the setting will be saved permanently (i.e. you won't have to re-set it each time you install MioPocket).
4.7 Disabling the MiniBar
To disable the MiniBar temporarily, click on the right-most icon (">") on the MiniBar to bring up a menu. You have the option to disable it for 20 seconds (just long enough for you to see and use anything that the MiniBar may've hidden) or collapse it into one icon. To disable it permanently (so that it doesn't ever come back), go to "MioPocket Settings" on the Settings page and choose "MiniBar->Disable MiniBar on startup" from the menu.
4.8 Configuring the quick launch button
The quick launch button is a circular button in the upper-left corner of most Windows 7, Vista and Stopword skins. It's intended to be assigned to your navigation app of choice so that it may be accessed from any page with one click, but may be assigned to any app. To configure the button, simply click on it and a menu will appear. After it is configured, if you choose to change it, click on "MioPocket Settings" on the Settings page, then choose "Skin->Set quick launch button" from the menu. Note: this option will exist in the menu only if you're using a skin which provides the button.
4.9 Enabling/disabling the startup menu
In SD-free mode, the startup menu refers to the menu asking whether to run your original nav app or to run MioPocket when MioPocket is not installed (default: enabled). In SD mode, it refers to the dialog asking for confirmation prior to installing MioPocket (default: disabled). Thus, the startup menu gives the user some control over when MioPocket installs (since it's sometimes advantageous to use the device without MioPocket). To enable/disable the startup menu, click on "MP Settings" on the Settings page and choose the appropriate item from the menu. You will see only the single option available to you (depending on the current setting and the current installation type).
4.10 Enabling alternate keyboards
MioPocket comes with many different keyboards to choose from. Most rely on the software input panel (SIP) architecture of Windows CE. You can easily switch between any SIP keyboards by pressing the "up arrow" icon on the MiniBar, next to the keyboard icon. That will display a list of all SIP keyboards available on the system. Select one to switch to it and display it. If SIP keyboards don't work on your device or you just prefer it, go into MioPocket Settings, into the "MiniBar" submenu, select the "Set MiniBar keyboard" entry and then select "JOTKBD/Full Keyboard." The MiniBar keyboard icon will now run JOTKBD. If you have your own non-SIP keyboard that you have installed and with to use with the MiniBar keyboard icon, choose "Other" from the "Set MiniBar keyboard" sub-menu.

If you would like to add a keyboard which happens to be SIP-based, the process is a little trickier. First, make a copy of MioAutoRun\Registry\Exclude\CyrillicKeyboard.reg and edit it to replace "CyrLat.dll" (both instances) with the name of the keyboard DLL that you have and the string "Cyrillic Keyboard" with the name that you want for your new keyboard. Copy this file to MioAutoRun\Registry\Custom and then put the keyboard DLL that you have (and any other files that the keyboard needs) into MioAutoRun\System. Re-install MioPocket (or just double-click on the .reg file and soft reset). Ensure that MioPocketSettings->MiniBar->"Set MiniBar keyboard" is set to "SIP" (or "SIP List") and press the "up arrow" icon on the MiniBar. You should see the name of the SIP keyboard that you just added. Select it to use it and assign it to the keyboard icon.
4.11 Adding fonts
To add your own fonts, simply copy them to \MioAutoRun\Windows\Fonts and soft reset MioPocket.
4.12 Configuring automatic registry backup
By default, MioPocket backs up the registry every 10 minutes. If you wish to disable this feature, go into MioPocket Settings and choose "System->Manage Registry Backup->Disable Registry Backup." In the "Manage Registry Backup" sub-menu, you can also delete the backup file (so that the previously-saved registry settings are no longer imported), if you wish to do so.
4.13 Freeing up memory/RAM for apps
If you need to free up memory for running apps (esp. iGo8), there are a few thing that you can do. If it's a navigation app that you're using, the best thing is to go into MioPocket Settings and enable "Close MioPocket during nav apps." That will close MioPocket's shell (SystemInformation) before the nav app is run and then re-run the shell when the nav app closes. That will free up about 3MB of memory. Another thing that you can do is to go into MioPocket Settings and configure "Set CE wallpaper" to "No wallpaper." That will save about 1MB of memory by not loading the black and blue Windows logo wallpaper on the CE desktop (behind MioPocket). Normally, you won't see the wallpaper except when the system is booting up, so you're not losing much. If you don't like the look of having no wallpaper, though, you can compromise by choosing the 8-bit version of the wallpaper, which has reduced quality and saves about 600KB of memory over the default, high-quality version.
4.14 Changing languages and locales
Language locales define a few things in Windows CE that are often specific to a language or locale, such as the names of the days of the week (ex. Saturday/Sabado), the day/month/year syntax (MM/DD/YYYY), keyboard layouts and so on. Ordinarily, you do not need to change your language locale, but, if you bought a device designed for one locale/country (ex. China) and wish to use it in another (ex. the United States), then you might want to. The following instructs how to add a locale to Windows CE using MioPocket.

Instructions:
1. Browse to where you originally unzipped MioPocket, then enter the Patches\Language Locales folder.
2. Unzip Patches\Language Locales\Language Locales.zip
3. Decide which locale(s) you need (All/Most/Greek). Unless you need Greek, it's recommended that you try "Most Languages" first, since the file is much smaller and won't take up as much memory as the "All Languages" locale file.
4. Copy wince.nls to MioAutoRun\Windows\Windows
5. If a .reg file exists, copy it to MioAutoRun\Registry\Custom
6. If MioPocket is already installed, hard reset and re-install it.
7. Once MioPocket is installed, visit the Control Panel (on the Settings page) and configure the "Regional Settings" applet.

5.0 Issues with MioPocket
5.1 My device freezes while installing or running MioPocket
Freezes are usually the result of corrupt files. First, try re-downloading, re-unzipping and re-copying the MioAutoRun folder to your drive/card (make sure to not unzip directly to the drive/card). If that fails to solve it, it may be that the filesystem is messed up, in which case re-format the drive/card and put MioPocket back on it. If MioPocket is on SD card, format the SD card as FAT32 with an allocation unit size of 64KB. If that fails to do it, try a different card, as some cards aren't compatible with some devices.
5.2 Many icons return "Cannot find .mscr"
This means that script files have not been associated with MortScript, the scripting engine. You can solve this quickly by running MortScript.exe, but the real problem is that MioPocket did not install completely. You will likely come across other issues unless you resolve the real problem. Try re-copying and re-installing MioPocket, following the instructions in this Readme very closely, and pay attention to any error messages that appear for clues as to what the problem is.
5.3 I frequently have to re-install MioPocket
On most GPS devices, the Windows "drive" exists only in memory and is re-loaded from read-only memory (ROM) after every hard reset and shutdown. This means that any unlock, not just MioPocket, will lose all of the registry settings that are required for it to be installed (essentially, "uninstalling" it). You, therefore, will want to keep the number of hard resets and shutdowns to a minimum so that the need for re-installation is kept to a minimum, as well. Utilize "Standby (display off)" mode as much as possible instead of completely powering the unit down. I have found that Standby uses roughly about 6% of a typical battery per 24 hours, so it's practical to use most of the time unless you know that you won't be operating the device for a week or more.
5.4 MioPocket crashes when I click on the screen after returning from a long standby
If you installed to an SD card, you need to give the device time to initialize the card. This takes 5-8 seconds. Give it such time before touching the screen. For times when you forget and it does crash, simply double-click on the "MioPocket" icon on the desktop to re-launch it.
5.5 I can't use my device while connected to USB or while charging
Using the device while connected is possible only when using USB ActiveSync mode. If you are using USB Mass Storage mode, click on the USB icon on MioPocket's Settings page to switch, then connect your device again.
5.6 Explorer doesn't work
Click on "MioPocket Settings" on the Settings page and choose "Edit Explorer path" from the menu. On the "Edit Explorer path" sub-menu, press OK to select the default action (the highlighted option will automatically be the Explorer that is NOT currently being used). See if Explorer works now. If it does not, then, unfortunately, neither the explorer.exe on your device (if it exists) nor the one that comes with MioPocket will work on your device. You will have to try searching online for a different explorer.exe, then use the third option in the "Edit Explorer path" sub-menu to have your Explorer icons use it.
5.7 The date and time are wrong when I use apps like Alarm and Appointments
The date and time need to be synchronized before they'll be correct. Load up MioMap, BeeLineGPS, PocketGPS or other similar GPS software and wait for GPS lock. Exit out and your date and time should be correct. If you want to go further and ensure that they won't always be lost when you hard reset your device, go into "MP Settings" on the Settings page and choose "enable time sync during install". It will run a test and ask you to confirm that you want it to sync time during MioPocket installation. If you're wondering why we have to load up some other GPS app before the time sync utility, it's because the time sync utility does not actually sync with the satellites; it just retrieves the time kept by the GPS chip in your device (and which is updated only when a real GPS app is used).
5.8 I get errors when I try to run an application that I installed/added
First, verify that you have downloaded a compatible app by reading the checklist under section "4.3 Installation applications" above. Next, use EXE Check (on MioPocket's Tools page) to check the app's dependencies. EXE Check will return a list of the DLLs that the app needs. Check for the presence of those DLLs in \Windows, MioAutoRun\System and MioAutoRun\System\CE*. Those that you can't find in any of those locations, you will have to look for (probably online). Once you find them, put them into MioAutoRun\System and try running your app again. If it still complains about missing components, try using EXE Check on each of the DLLs that the app needs (since DLLs have their own dependencies). Note that, even with all of the required DLLs, you can't make every app work. A lot are just hopeless on these devices. In fact, I'd say that there are probably more "Pocket PC" apps out there that can't be made to work on these devices than can be. If the app has its required DLLs and still doesn't work, then I would give up (and usually do). See, instead, if you can find a differently compiled version of the app to download (it's common for apps to be available for multiple platforms), an older version of the app or a different app with similar features.
5.9 My original nav app won't work after uninstalling MioPocket
Browse to the nav app's folder and check for the existence of the nav app's main executable ending with "_orig.exe". If it exists, rename it, removing the "_orig" (ex. "MioMap_orig.exe" to "MioMap.exe), overwriting if necessary. If a file ending in "_orig.exe.id" exists (particularly for Mio Digiwalker models), do the same thing (ex. "MioMap_orig.exe.id" to "MioMap.exe.id").
5.10 My device is stuck in an endless reboot cycle!
This can happen on certain devices if the following three conditions are all met:
1) Your device boots directly into MioMap (instead of to a menu)...
2) You installed MioPocket to the flash drive (SD-free), AND...
3) You disabled the startup menu that has you choose "Run MioMap" or "Run MioPocket".

Under that combination of conditions, your device may get stuck in an endless reboot cycle that you're unable to interrupt. What you need to do is let the device sit for awhile and do its rebooting. MioPocket has been configured to re-enable the startup menu after 25 straight resets, which will break any such cycle.
5.11 The keyboard button returns an error
This indicates that your device cannot run the SIP-based CE keyboard. Click on "MP Settings" on the Settings page, choose the "MiniBar" sub-menu and choose "Set MiniBar keyboard." Set it to "JOTKBD\Full Keyboard" to use a non-SIP keyboard that's included in MioPocket. If you have your own keyboard that you would like to use, choose "Other" to assign it.
5.12 My touchscreen has stopped working!
This can happen on certain devices when you enable Transcriber or JOTKBD. On most devices, a hard reset or shutdown of your device will undo everything. Try holding down your power button for up to 10 seconds, waiting a few seconds, then holding it down again. If MioPocket is still installed (or that doesn't work), connect your device to USB. If it successfully connects and you last left it set to ActiveSync mode (MioPocket's default), then, from a Windows computer, run MioAutoRun\Programs\Win32\ASRDisp.exe (for the best performance, run a local copy). Are you able to use the device that way? If so, run one of MioPocket's file managers and skip the next paragraph before continuing reading.

If, for whatever reason, you are not able to use ASRDisp.exe to remote control your device, create a folder named 2577 on an SD card, copy the contents of MioAutoRun\Programs\FileManCE2 (from the MioPocket zip) to that folder, then rename FileManCE.exe to autorun.exe. Insert the card into your device and the file manager that you just copied to the folder should run.

From the file manager (that you ran through ASRDisp.exe or that autoran for you from the card), navigate to MioAutoRun\Scripts\UninstallKeyboardDriver.mscr and run it. Next, run MioAutoRun\Programs\Reset.exe or Restart.exe. If, after reset, MioPocket is still installed and the touchscreen still doesn't work, use the file manager to run MioAutoRun\Registry\Exclude\OriginalKeyboardDriver.reg and MioAutoRun\Registry\Exclude\TouchscreenBackup.reg (one of which contains your old keyboard/touchscreen driver settings). Repeat the reset. If even that doesn't work (or the files don't exist or you can't choose Yes to the prompt), run MioAutoRun\Programs\TroNik\TouchScreenFix.exe and reset.

If none of the above work and you have file access to your MioPocket installation (either through USB or, if installed to SD card, by removing the card and putting it in a card reader), here are some more things to try:
* Find the executable that you originally launched MioPocket from (either MioAutoRun.exe or Miomap.exe before you renamed them) and copy MioAutoRun\Programs\TroNik\TouchScreenFix.exe in its place, renaming it to the appropriate name.
* Open up MioAutoRun\MioPocket.ini, find "InstallTransciberDriver" and set it to 0.
* Open up MioAutoRun\Scripts\StartupPrograms.mscr, scroll down to the bottom and move the "Call("TestTouchScreen")" line to below the "EndIf" line.
* If you can connect in ActiveSync mode (but, obviously, can't use the aforementioned ASRDisp.exe to control your device), then, from a Windows computer, run Mobile Registry Editor from the MioAutoRun\Programs\Win32 folder. If that connects, then manually edit the registry back to the settings that you find in the OriginalKeyboardDriver.reg file mentioned above.

After each of the suggestions immediately above, try to hard reset your device and re-install MioPocket. Admittedly, this may be easier said than done without use of the touchscreen. Just keep in mind that, often, you can reset by holding the power button down/off for up to 10 seconds and, with SD installations, MioPocket can often be re-installed by inserting the SD card or tapping the power button off, then on again. If you have done an SDfree installation, try putting MioPocket on an SD card and performing an SD installation via the instructions in this Readme or elsewhere online.

If you are unable to complete any of the above suggestions and your touchscreen still won't work, post a request for help in the official support thread at http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=109690
5.13 Some of my hardware buttons don't work
Nearly all devices have, on their exteriors, a power button, and some have other buttons which control things like the volume, a camera and so on. These can sometimes stop functioning when you install MioPocket. That is because, in most cases, they are handled by a program that came pre-loaded on your device. Read the instructions written in MioAutoRun\Programs\TroNik\PowerButton.ini and modify that file accordingly. If there is no change, go into "MioPocket Settings" on the Settings page and ensure that the "PowerButton on startup" option is enabled (the option will say "Enable PowerButton" if it is not).

Sometimes, the buttons are handled by a keyboard driver and will stop working when you enable one of the alternate MiniBar keyboards. If you've done that, go into "MioPocket Settings", choose "MiniBar->Set MiniBar keyboard", select "SIP", hard reset the device and re-install MioPocket.
5.14 I have serious problems and MioPocket or MioMap is practically unusable
If MioMap is the problem, simply try restoring it from your Mio DVD. If MioPocket is the problem, first try re-copying it to your device, since it's possible that errors occurred the first time that you did. If that doesn't do it, try re-downloading MioPocket and re-copying it, since files can become corrupt during downloading or while just sitting on your hard drive. If you continue to have problems and you've been copying the files to an SD card (for SD installation or SD-to-SD-free installation), it may well be that your SD card's file system has become corrupt. Re-format the SD card (as FAT32), then re-copy MioPocket.
5.15 Installation completes, resets, then installs all over again
Open up MioAutoRun\MioPocket.ini, look under the [Unlock] section and set ResetAfterInstall to 0. That will prevent installation from resetting the device and will launch MioPocket without the reset. Note that the reset is required for some things in MioPocket to work as intended (because some important registry settings don't take effect until the next startup), so you should not disable this setting unless your device gets stuck in an install-reset-install loop. For those who do disable it, understand that doing so is more of a workaround than a real fix and do not be surprised if not *everything* in MioPocket works.
5.16 How do I kill my device's original software?
Warning: It's possible with the following instructions to accidentally stop USB from working and brick your device. Follow the instructions exactly to minimize risk.

Go into MioPocket Settings, then "System->Manage startup apps." The apps listed there are run at startup via the HKLM\init registry key. Identify an app that you think may be the one that you want to disable, but don't do anything yet! Exit MioPocket Settings first, load up Task Manager, find the app that you identified in the menu and kill its process. Next, test that USB still works by connecting the device to your computer. If USB still works, it's likely safe to remove the app from startup. Go back into MioPocket Settings, select the same app and choose "Delete this app." Exit out and soft reset to test the effect on startup. If you need to disable another app, follow the same steps. If you ever need to undo your changes, you can, at any time, choose "Restore original startup apps" to go back to the list of startup apps that you had before you made any changes. If, for some reason, you are unable to use that option, copy MioAutoRun\Registry\Exclude\StartupAppsBackup.reg to MioAutoRun\Registry\Custom and re-install MioPocket.
5.17 My device stays on when I turn the engine off
Go into MioPocket Settings, then the "System" sub-menu and choose "Enable AutoStandby." With that enabled and when the device switches from external power to battery power (such when when you turn the engine off), a menu will be displayed. Leave it alone and the device will put itself into Standby 10 seconds later or choose to postpone Standby by 3, 10 or 30 minutes.
5.18 My Mio Moov won't boot or connect to USB!
If this has happened to you (usually because you renamed AppStartupSec.exe or modified paths.xml, both of which you should never do), turn the device off and, while it's off, connect the USB cable (which, on the other end, is connected to your computer), then turn the device on. If a USB connection is not established, repeat this many, many times by turning the device off and back on; eventually, it may connect. If it connects, undo the file & folder changes that you did to the flash drive.

If that trick doesn't work, there *may* be a way to establish a USB connection by opening up the Moov and shorting two pins. Poster "al13lea" at gpspassion.com came up with this. Here is my interpretation of his instructions:
1. Open the Moov's case by removing two little screws.
2. Notice 4 pins near the RESET/OFF/ON switch in which pins 1 & 2 form a pair and, slightly further away, pins 3 & 4 form a pair (ex. "|| ||" or "1 2 3 4").
3. Connect the Moov through the USB cable to your computer.
4. Take a piece of conductive medal (such as a coin) and touch both of (and only) the middle two pins (pins 2 & 3) with it. If nothing happens after a few seconds, try doing the same with the two left-most pins (pins 1 & 2).
5. If successful, you should have the device recognized in Windows. At that point, undo the file & folder changes that you made earlier and which caused the problem.

To read the actual description of the solution, see the following thread and scroll down to al1elea's post: http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=114520

Note that these instructions apply specifically to the Moov 200, but might work for any Moov. There is no guarantee that this will work, though, so attempt it only if you have tried everything else and assume all risks.
For any other issues, please see the official forum thread at http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=126303

6.0 Appendix
6.1 Included applications
HPC Media Player (improved TCPMP) 1.07 (plays MP4, H.264, AVI, WMV, DivX, Xvid, MOV, FLC, MP3, WMA, OGG and more)
Nitrogen (MP3/WMA/M4A/OGG player)
Microsoft Windows Media Player (MP3/WMA player)
uBook (book reader, comes with Webster micro dictionary)
MobiPocket (book reader, comes with Trivopaedia)
Microsoft Reader (comes with Encarta Pocket Dictionary)
XnView Pocket (image viewer)
GQViewer (image viewer)
Pocket Picture (paint)
Pocket Paint (paint)
KeepRecordin (dictation recorder)
JB Piano (piano)
Pocket Clanger Theremin (synthesizer)
MDict (dictionary reader)
Microsoft Transcriber (handwriting recognition)
Microsoft Image Viewer
Microsoft Word Viewer
Microsoft Excel Viewer
Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer
Microsoft WordPad (similar to Windows' WordPad)
Foxit Reader (PDF viewer)
Pocket Notepad (similar to Windows' Notepad)
SpreadCE (spreadsheet writer)
TecAce cePIMS (Contacts, Calendar, Tasks)
CE Agenda (appointments manager)
Appointments (appointments manager)
ListPro (list manager)
PIM Booster (personal information manager)
HandWallet (finance software)
MoneyGoesAway (personal finances manager)
Touch Notes (handwritten note-taker)
Calc98SE (scientific calculator)
1-Calc (3-in-1 calculator, unit converter and tip calculator)
Opera (web browser)
Internet Explorer (web browser)
Skyfire (web browser)
Remote Desktop Connection (remote desktop controller)
nPOP (e-mail)
PocketGPS-Map (mapping)
BeeLineGPS (mapping/plotting/geocaching)
Metro (public transport routing)
FileManCE (file manager/browser)
Total/CE Commander (file manager/browser)
TreeSize Mobile (file size viewer)
PHM Registry Editor (registry editor w/ search)
TRE Registry Editor (registry editor w/ exporting)
iTask Manager (simple task manager)
Task Manager (advanced task manager)
WR-Tools ResInfo (system information utility)
BananaPC (task switcher)
vSnap (screen capture utility)
JOTKBD (full-size keyboard)
DeClock (alarm clock)
Pocket RAR (zipping utility)
Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 3.5 (application API)
Java (application API)
Flash Player (Flash video/animation player)
GAPI (graphics API)
PocketNav (task switcher)
SirfTech (GPS utility)
Various small utilities
Note: Due to space limitations (and sheer amount of work), not all applications are included with all skins, but all can be run from the start menu and via file browser (under MioAutoRun\Programs). If you like something that is missing from your preferred skin, simply add it as an icon via the "Edit Icons" button.
6.2 Included games
Solitaire
Patiences (three versions of solitaire)
GameBox (8 games in one)
Pipes
Minesweeper
Battleship
Chess Genius (demo, but functional)
Tetris
WinPoker
Nankin (Mahjong variant)
Doom (shareware)
Skinz Sudoku
Caisses
AquellaBall
Shift
Chain Reaction
HexaVirus
Tangled Bugs
Zuma
Bejeweled 2 (shareware)
Pentagon (new form of solitaire)
Shift Left (new form of solitaire)
GoMoku (also known as Naughts and Crosses)
Memory (also known as Concentration)
Ms. ParkMan (Ms. Pac-Man clone, shareware)
LodeRunner (shareware)
Peg Solitaire
Dots
Bubblets
Mastermind
Rubik Cube
FreeCell
Note: Due to space limitations (and sheer amount of work), not all games are included with all skins, but all can be run from the start menu and via file browser (under MioAutoRun\Programs\Games). If you like something that is missing from your preferred skin, simply add it as an icon via the "Edit Icons" button.
6.3 Credits
Mort: MortScript (used for all scripting), http://www.sto-helit.de
Daniel Schumann: SystemInformation (used for the GUI shell), http://www.ultimatelaunch.de
Osprey: MioPocket Releases 6, 7, 9-28 & 35-53, Win7 & Vista skins, most scripts, http://www.netfresco.com/MioPocket
TroNik: MioPocket Releases 29-33, specially-compiled apps, all utilities in MioAutoRun\Programs\TroNik, many bugfixes
Mathwiz314: MioPocket Release 34
Stopword: Stopword skins, many ideas, applications, utilities and registry files
gs4322: GS Vista, GS iClone and GS Chrome skins
Indabox: MioPocket 1.0 and 1.2 (Releases 1 & 2), Blue and Metal skins
Pat_ty: Ice skin
D0cN0: MioPocket 1.2 Plus (Release 2 & 8)
gps_newbie: MioPocket 1.2 Plus x1, x2 & x3 (Release 3, 4 & 5)
sixsixfive: Nitrogen skins
k4dz: Modified Route manager script
Cheerful: Some code contribution
Murphyfields: Some code contribution
Many, many other users who suggested programs, fixes and ideas and provided testing and support
Dennis Gröning: SirfTech, http://w5.nuinternet.com/s660100031/SirfTech.htm
Paludour: GPS2Blue, http://www.paludour.net
All of the authors of the various apps and other files included in MioPocket
6.4 License
Do pretty much whatever you want with MioPocket. It's an open project. You're encouraged to add your own modifications on top of MioPocket and release them for all to use. If you do so, just maintain the spirit of the project: it's free to all and all may add to it. You may even poach MioPocket's ideas, scripts and other files for your own unlocks (just as MioPocket poached many things from earlier unlocks). Any way in which the MioPocket project can continue to give back to the community is welcome. Finally, the contributors of MioPocket are in no way liable for any damage that the software might make to your unit. You assume the risk when you put it on your device.