We have run you guys through a tutorial on how to create your own windows phone ringtones from your favorite music and now thanks to the work of windows phone hacker jbkkd from xda-developer we have the ability to automatically randomize your ringtones on Windows Phone. Say you have multiple custom ringtones on your device and you want the phone to play random ones when you get calls, with the homebrew app RandomRingtone it is now possible.
With Apps / games that are installed from the marketplace you automatically update the app when an update is pushed out via the Marketplace but if you are a sideloader then when the new version of the app comes out and you try to reinstall the XAP file the app is installed as a fresh copy and you lose the settings and customization but with a new homebrew app called XapHandler you can tell your phone to install the XAP as a clean install or force it to update the existing XAP. Update : The app can also be used on unlocked stock ROM ( thanks to WP7 Root Tools ) which will enable users to sideload XAP from IE or email )
Install instruction :
Install XapHandler
Run XapHandler ( if you are on a stock ROM you will need to add XapHandler as trusted using WP7 Root Tools ) and hit OK.
Here is an app that most people might not need but on a daily basis but once the hardware button gets stuffed then this will be an invaluable tool, Volume Slider is a homebrew app that allows users to adjust the master volume on the device. The app also has a mute button if you want to put the device on silent. The app should work on dev unlocked devices , I tried it on my Omnia7 using a custom ROM and it works well.
appSiege is a new homebrew app for Windows Phone that allows users to check the application install size and isolated storage usage for each of the apps and games installed on the phone. Granted its not something that you would want to use every day but there might be some developers in here who might find some use for it.
We did tell you about a way the windows phone homebrew app that will allow users to add live tiles on your windows phone lockscreen, which was a concept at the time from the clever hacker Jaxbot from windowsphonehacker. Now he has put up a video which shows off the app in action. Along with custom tiles like weather, ram or RSS feeds on the lock screen you can also allow the app to pull in daily wallpapers from the bing home screen.
WP7 Root Tools from Heathcliff74 is one app most Homebrew App users on Windows Phone will be familiar with. We have seen the app from its initial release and it has slowly grown to include a lot more features. You will need to be Interop Unlocked to use WP7 Root Tools on your phone ( which is currently at version 0.9 ) and it will give you true Root Access to devices with stock ROM !!!
WP7 Root Tools version 0.9 now add Certificate Installer and a Policy Editor along with File Explorer, Registry Editor and it will also support a lot more devices too
- Samsung first and second generation devices
- LG devices
- HTC first generation devices with Mango v1 drivers (SPL 4.x or lower)
- Samsung first generation devices with custom ROM and Full Unlock
- HTC first generation devices with custom ROM and Full Unlock
After pushing out DS Marketplace to all fully unlocked devices dotcompt has now pushed out another Deepshining ROM exclusive ( WP7 DS Supertool ) out to the general public. The app which looks more at home on Android / HTC Sense on Windows Mobile offers the following features
. Connectivity shortcuts.
. Favorites contacts speed dial.
. Quick web search tool.
. Easy find your local weather and news.
. Notes application.
. Reminder application.
. Easy launch camera shortcut
We have told you guys about Deepshining ROM‘s own Homebrew marketplace called DS Marketplace, unlike Bazaar the app was exclusive to windows phones with the Deepshining ROM but now dotcompt has released the app for all fully unlocked Windows Phone devices.
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