Disabling the animated CallerID on the Audiovox SMT5600

As I've mentioned earlier, I've traded my Samsung SPH-i600 Smartphone for the hot new Audiovox SMT5600 from AT&T Wireless Cingular.  A co-worker of mine was determined to disable the animated caller-id application and finally determined how to take it out of the startup folder so it doesn't run. The result is the caller id screen from the base OS which is much less annoying and faster load

• Start -> File Manager (over a decade since Windows 3.1 and now my phone runs File Mangler - nice.)
• Navigate to \Storage\windows\startup and move the file ID_CID_Startup.exe somewhere else (I put mine in \Storage\Program Files)
  Note: You may not see this file by default as it is hidden. Open the options dialog via the right soft key and change the settings so you can see hidden files.
• Power cycle the phone

To get back to the original configuration, just copy the ID_CID_Startup.exe back to the directory.  Also note that this will disable the photo caller id functionality, which I wasn't going to use anyway.

Comments

• Anonymous
  November 02, 2004
  I picked up this same smartphone. I have run into an issue where when recieving a call, as I am getting the phone out of the holster, the phone picks up and the call begins. I turned off 'Answer any Key'. Have you had this issue?
• Anonymous
  November 03, 2004
  I haven't seen that issue, but I have seen one weird issue so far. I still use my Pocket PC for a few things, so on a whim I set it up so it could sync over-the-air via Bluetooth (if you go through the AT&T configuration wizard, it will say you can only do this via IR. I'll post my configuration steps later.)
  
  Now that the Pocket PC is partnered (or bonded as they say) with my smart phone, I can tap-and-hold a contact on the PPC and say, "Dial via Bluetooth" pick the number to dial and tap "Dial Number". I tested this dialing my desk phone, and watching the phone, nothing happened. So I thought to myself it didn't work, my suspicion all along.
  
  A couple of moments later my desk phone rang. I answered it in my normal way (expecting it to be a customer call), and there was a weird silence. Then I realized the smart phone had actually placed the call. If I tapped on the phone or desk (on which the phone was resting) I heard in through my desk phone. Again, there was absolutely no indication on the phone that a call was in progress. Hitting "End" did hang up the call.
• Anonymous
  January 30, 2006
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