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Comic Reader Mobi
by Ty Landercasper
I just realised that its been a whole year since I started this project!
A look back...
A lot has changed (including going commercial) but I thought it'd be fun to go over all the changes
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Ah the difference a graphic artist can make!
Loading and saving
The first iteration of the load menu was quite crude! In fact for most of the non commercial development, I pretty much relied on everyone just opening it through their favorite file explorer and ignoring my built in load completely
Issues arose when people wanted to read a different comic. Since Comic Reader Mobi only remembered the very last one you opened, you'd lose your place! A recent menu was put in, and that worked great as long as you didn't read more than 10 comics. I tried implementing a crude version of bookmarking, but it was extremely buggy, and difficult to manage.
Now adays, everything is built into Comic Reader Mobi. Your place is remembered in every series, and every comic. So you can easily see where you last, and whats already completed. Everything is done automatically, so you never have to worry about again.
Onscreen Controls
Back in my day, we had these fancy things called "Buttons". And boy, it sure was great, because I hardly had to put any thought at all into the onscreen controls!
Just use the action button to change a page, the up and right to change your comic, (or zoom in) and left and right to change pages. Button binding got more sophisticated in the later versions, and in the commercial version you can bind any button to any action, and it even supports overriding the volume, close and phone buttons!
But alas, the days of buttons soon ended, as more and more people started getting the new Touch HD. Without an action button to press, they were stuck with keeping the menu's open all the time and using the clunky menu system. Having to hit "Menu-> next page" over and over. Eventually some ugly onscreen controls were thrown in. They were small, and before I knew how to do transparency. So they either blocked important parts of the comic or were difficult to press on the screen because they were small!
Now we have a whole new menu system which is layed out for all the important actions. Its easy and quick to drag your finger on it to get to the suboptions. Users have the option of always showing the menu bar, or showing super transparent controls. The transparent controls are even draggable now, so if they're blocking part of the text, you can just move them out of the way
Comic Reader Mobi even has a brand new feature with a center hotspot. If you press in the center of the screen and drag within the box, than the onscreen controls will quicly popup and you can easily change pages or access controls that way! Its like being able to swipe to change pages
Lens Mode!
And who can forget the lens! initially created because someone requested a "zoom box" and I didn't know what that meant, the lens has because a powerful feature for letting people read comics without needing to scroll around.
I noticed early on that I was having a hard time reading my comics, because I'd constantly get lost, or not understand what was happening. By being zoomed in and scrolling around, I could read the text clearly, but most of the gags and action scenes were lost on me, because I was unable to see them entirely.
The first iteration of the lens just opened at a set size, didn't have any borders, and believe it or not, wasn't even draggable!
Most of the development was focused on the lens from that point on. A lot of good well as well as bad ones were implemented in order to get it to be usable. Users could change the size of it, on option was added to make it dragable, another one was added so that it would only appear while you were touching the screen(this feature was quickly scrapped), there was even a "lens mode" option where everywhere you touched a dragged a lens would come up(another scrapped feature). It eventually finished with being on tapping the screen to pop the lens up, and you could drag it by dragging the lens, or drag the page by dragging off the lens.
I created a way to detect text on the screen so that the the lens would autosize to the bubble, and I'm constantly improving the algorithm so its more and more reliable.
And now its just as easy to read on the small screen as it is on the large one!
On the iphone side, one of my customers requested being able to change the zoom level, because he was legally blind and the lens was the only way to read comics at all for him! So now Comic Reader Mobi lets you set the zoom level to 2x,3x, or 4x.
The Commercial version also lets you select "Box Zoom" from the buttons, which lets you drag your own custom box to create a lens.
It also has the option to fit to the entire page, so you can draw custom lens anytime you don't have to scroll at all
The Name
Originally deemed "Comic Reader" because my naming ability is not one of my stronger skills. I eventually asked forum members to help me come up with a name, but as it turns out most of them actually liked the name "Comic Reader!" They said it made it easier to find and identify. Someone suggested Comic Reader Mobile, for Windows Mobile, and it instantly stuck. By simply adding another word, it magically changed from a description to a legitimate title!
When I was about to go commercial, I was worried that the "Mobile" part might get me in trouble since it was going to be out for the iphone and Blackberry. So I set out to find a new name. That was when I learned that there was a whole .mobi domain out there, and since it was new, there were actually domains still available! Like a kid in a candy store, I snatched up as many as I could. I was very excited when I realised I could call the program Comic Reader Mobi, and people would be able to get to it by going to http://comicreader.mobi
And that is how the program ended up with what is quite literally the most generic name I could possibly give it
Loading Times
Throughout the development, people complained about the comic load times. Since I only read manga, which is traditionally very small and light files, and only had one or two second delays between pages, I pretty much had no idea what you were all talking about, and just assumed everyone was crazy.
When I started the development of the commercial version, I figured if I wanted to take your money, I should probably look into this issue..
I eventually tested it with an American comic, and it turns out you guys weren't crazy and the loading times were indeed slow! I immediately reworked the loading system, and now the program buffers the next page while you're reading so all the pages changes are usually instant.
Kinetic Scrolling and swiping
The most common feature request has finally been implemented! Now the program features kinetic scrolling, and a great page turning feature!
Final Remarks
Its been quite a ride this past year, and I'm planning on making many more improvements for the next one!
If you'd like to buy it, or read more about it, you can go to my website here:
http://comicreader.mobi
or, if you want to wish me luck, ask any questions, or just feel like populating my forums you can go here:
http://forums.comicreader.mobi
Thanks!
This sounds great but where is the App?
whoops, I remembered to upload the attachment, but didn't realise I needed to add it in the body!
Thank You
thx
thx! nice app
Ive been looking at something like this for awhile! Interested to see how it performs!
Any chance for an update to read .cbr files?
yeah, the next version will support cbr and rar files
Kudos for the program. I like it!
I am waiting for the update for the cbz format. Its going to kick some serious butt. Also is it possible to access files from the storage card? When I am given the access to the open menu, I can only open files that are on the device memory.
Cheers tho.
Ben
It actually will open files on the storage card but only one level deep
so anything in \comics\xmen will not be seen
but
\xmen will be.
I really really don't understand why Microsoft choose to make their open dialog work that way, but there you have it
In the next release I'll have an option to associate comic reader with cbz and cbr files, so that you can open them from File Explorer and get around that.
Ah I see that. Thanks for the tip.
This is a really nice idea btw. I have been using just the included image viewer up until now to read my comics and stuff. I will totally be watching for the updates.
Thank you.
where do you find comics that work in this?
New version is up
As for where you get them... I think you can find comics in all the usual places.
I think DC or Marvel supply some for free, but I don't know for sure. I use it mostly for reading manga.
This program doesn't use a propretary format so it should be able to read any comic file or any rar/zip with images in it.
haha i dont know the usual places i havent downloaded any before
just seemed like a cool idea
Best app. Ever. All it needs is a zoom box, and it would be perfect. Thanks.
Any thought of open sourcing this? You could get some help on features from people. Maybe up on Google Code? or CodePlex.
I was thinking of making one of these myself, but just couldn't get around to getting the initial work done.
Just a suggestion.
Hi thanks,downloading and giving it a go!
now that i got some comics it really is cool
but yea the only suggestion would be speeding up time between pages
even with the manga setting turned off whenever i go to the next page it still starts at the top right
great app, gratz
pls optimize it for hd screen, it should be nice
does it read cbz and cbr too?
Hello
Following discussion and development on AndyZap's GPS Cycle Computer thread, I'm starting this new thread.
It's all about navmi...
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navmi is a GPS sports application, currently available for Windows Mobile touch screen (professional). It contains lots of DNA from AndyZap's GPS Cycle Computer - and it's now been tested on a few devices including:
- Omnia II
- Diamond
- HTC HD (and HD2 Leo)
- Axim x51v
- Omnia
Current download is shown on navmi.com.
There is currently a 1 dot 1 dot 1 release in Beta testing
Among navmi's features are:
Time and distance tracking
Autopause
Auto lap (auto waypoint) recording
Manual lap recording
Integrated sports photography
Map display – including offline caching of maps
Chart display – speed and elevation
Multiple settings for multiple sports
Training Diary – including lap, map, photo and chart review
Integration with runsaturday online training log and analysis tools
KML and GPX track export
navmi proudly contains:
DNA from the GPS Cycle Computer – by AndyZap – with design by expo7 and special thanks to AngelGR – used under new bsd license
integration with runsaturday.com
mapping by OpenStreetMap served by Cloudmade – used under creative commons license
voice from acclivity on freesound.org – used under creative commons license
sound effects from sowatt and milton on freesound.org – used under creative commons license
extra graphics input from clker.com – used under creative commons license
I hope this is the right place to start this thread!
Omnia II, Diamond, HTC HD, Axim x51v...hmmm...does it work in other resolutioin like WQVGA or QVGA? Looks nice...
hi...im a big fan of AndyZap GPS Cycle Computer...and use it on every occasion, while on the go. unfortunately development seems to be abandoned . so hope you will get best of it and follow his high standards... will watch that development closely.
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Omnia II, Diamond, HTC HD, Axim x51v...hmmm...does it work in other resolutioin like WQVGA or QVGA? Looks nice...
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I think it does... although I've not tested it on a real device of other sizes yet.
Please do feel free to try it and let me know
the touchHD is wvga and navmi does almost perfect on it.
Switching between apps does bring the winMo taskbar back into the picture tho and consequently that covers part of the function buttons.
Not a major problem.
Tho I did click the winMo 'Ok' button (top right taskbar corner) once and navmi asked whether I wanted to proceed, as logging would be canceled. After clicking 'No' it canceled anyway, toughy...
rhtizzy said:
the touchHD is wvga and navmi does almost perfect on it.
Switching between apps does bring the winMo taskbar back into the picture tho and consequently that covers part of the function buttons.
Not a major problem.
Tho I did click the winMo 'Ok' button (top right taskbar corner) once and navmi asked whether I wanted to proceed, as logging would be canceled. After clicking 'No' it canceled anyway, toughy...
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I'll take a look at the switching thing - that doesn't happen on my Omnia when I use Samsung's cube button task switcher thing. What are you using to switch on the HD?
As for the "No" problem... I've just checked the code and it definitely should work OK...
I use Quickmenu to replace the regular startmenu and following your comment I switched back to regular and indeed, no more winMo taskbar pop-over... good stuff!
Wow, been after something like this for ages but havent got round to looking! Will try to get to grips with it before my next snow boarding trip so i can see how far i rode!! Good work!!
HollyWolf, are you the coder of this?
Also, add Samsung Omnia to the list of working phones. Works fine on mine.
digital_biscuit said:
Wow, been after something like this for ages but havent got round to looking! Will try to get to grips with it before my next snow boarding trip so i can see how far i rode!! Good work!!
HollyWolf, are you the coder of this?
Also, add Samsung Omnia to the list of working phones. Works fine on mine.
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Excellent - thanks for letting me know
Yes, I am the coder - I've taken AndyZ's GPS Cycle Computer as a start, merged in lots of code from Runsat and am loving writing code
What use using to write it in and with what language?
Also, is there a "how to use" guide at all?
Cheers
Almost all written in C# compact framework - 2.0.
There's no manual yet - so best to write here or on navmi.com if you have a question.
Thanks hollywoof, sure am gonna try this!
Looks great - gonna give it a try!
thumbs up +1
hollywoof, will there be an option to import kml or gpx files in the future? Would be nice if I could add the runs from RunSaturday to navmi. This way I have totals on my Omnia.
Installed it, looks very nice. Will test it soon while running.
I'll have a play in a bit on the HD2, pity it's snowing so much, I've not got a chance to get out in the velomobile to see how accurate it is.
One thing that is missing from gpscyclecomputer is a seperate EXIT function..
Using winmo 6.5.x versions (with the bottom buttons) you cant close the app, short of using a secondary taskmanager, so if you can include something along those lines (not tried it yet) then that would be great (and future proof it a bit).
I'm intrigued by the lapfunction, how is it going to work? I've tried a couple of other ones in the past, that haven't been quite as obvious as could be.
Especially when racing, I tend to find that pressing something is a no-no (especially cycling at 35mph and above on a 440m velodrome yo can lap quite quickly) and some of the others don't seem to realise that when you go past the place you started logging then that's the end of the first lap.
anyway, glad to see someone has taken on the basics of andyzaps app looking forward to seeing how it progresses.
roma said:
hollywoof, will there be an option to import kml or gpx files in the future? Would be nice if I could add the runs from RunSaturday to navmi. This way I have totals on my Omnia..
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Thanks
I've written the GPX/KML code for course following (similar to the GCC's implementation), but I'd not thought about syncing all activities/the totals that way - maybe I'll give that a try! I do want to sync photos in as well at some point.
As another alternative I was considering writing a separate runsaturday app...
Thanks for the feedback - you're helping to make the app better
fards said:
One thing that is missing from gpscyclecomputer is a seperate EXIT function..
Using winmo 6.5.x versions (with the bottom buttons) you cant close the app, short of using a secondary taskmanager, so if you can include something along those lines (not tried it yet) then that would be great (and future proof it a bit).
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You should be able to close the app by:
- " - pausing the activity
- square - stopping the activity
- home - go to home page
- exit - exit
- yes - I really want to exit
But maybe that is a bit too long winded. I'm mainly testing on 6.5 (Omnia II) so I know it works there...
I'm intrigued by the lapfunction, how is it going to work? I've tried a couple of other ones in the past, that haven't been quite as obvious as could be.
Especially when racing, I tend to find that pressing something is a no-no (especially cycling at 35mph and above on a 440m velodrome yo can lap quite quickly) and some of the others don't seem to realise that when you go past the place you started logging then that's the end of the first lap.
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The autolap currently goes off measured distance - you can set up the autolap distance in the settings for each sport and then the just laps whenever it measures that you've reach the distance.
From personal experience of athletics tracks, I doubt you will get very good performance for cycling around a velodrome - it's just not a nice track for GPS to estimate distance... the estimation errors really build up around the circle :/ For example, I once did a 6 hour track race (normal 400m track) - and my Garmin 301 was almost 10% inaccurate compared to the lap counter. Some of this was due to me not always taking the inside lane, but (looking at the recorded track) most of it was just down to nasty GPS readings. Surprisingly that 10% was an overestimate, not an underestimate. In more normal runs, I think I'd expect my Garmin to be 1-2% accurate?
rhtizzy said:
Tho I did click the winMo 'Ok' button (top right taskbar corner) once and navmi asked whether I wanted to proceed, as logging would be canceled. After clicking 'No' it canceled anyway, toughy...
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I've now seen this too... looks like a winmo/compact framework issue (as the code looks right) - I'll look into a workaround to fix it!
How do you import map files?? I can't find anything in the prog nor do i understand the folder structure in the maps folder?
Cheers
digital_biscuit said:
How do you import map files?? I can't find anything in the prog nor do i understand the folder structure in the maps folder?
Cheers
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By default navmi uses downloaded maps from an OpenStreetMap server - as selected under Settings->Maps - the default is a fairly easy to read Navmi format served from CloudMade.
If you want these to download live during your ride, then on the "Plotting" page, choose "Auto download maps"
Personally, I tend to download maps offline - before I head out running - I'm on prepay! I do this by connecting to the web over ActiveSync or WiFi, starting an activity (that I never intend to keep), waiting until I get some GPS lock, switching the display to the map page and then scrolling around the UI to download all the areas I want to.
This OSM format maps is the main direction I want to continue moving forwards - it's easiest (requires least effort!). When you use this the structure in the maps folder is split up using zoom levels, then latitudes -it's a structure that's easy for navmi to read, but it's not a structure you want to play with yourself!
Beyond OSM, navmi also supports (adapted from the GCC code) a couple of alternative ways to use maps. To use any of these other methods, you must:
1. select "off" on the Maps settings
2. do not check Auto download maps
3. use File Explorer to ensure that the navmi maps folder is empty
With these 3 steps done... you can create your own maps using your PC - see instructions in line 547 and beyond in http://code.google.com/p/gccv2/source/browse/trunk/GpsCycleComputer/Readme.htm
I know at least one person is currently using GPS Tuner .gmi files with navmi - if you are, then please feel free to post with advice.
Hope that helps - sorry it's a bit long winded!
Stuart
This is my first ever smartphone app, but it's based on a full-fledged windows app of mine that I've been using for a few years now.
Basically, I like to change my desktop background alot, each time I log on in fact. So I wanted something similar for my phone. Also, I wanted a way of having an appropriately dimensioned image for when the keypad was open/closed as I own an Xperia X1.
So I've created this little app for my X1.
What it does is choose a random image from a preset directory (different directory for portrait/landscape images - to allow for correct dimensions - can be the same dir if you're not fussed) and sticks it in as your Today Screen background image.
Current Features
Random Background Selection
Supports any resolution device
Different Image For Portrait/Landscape mode
Supports Different Directories To Select Portrait/Landscape Iamge From
Preview Backgrounds In The Config Util
Scheduling Support
Timer Support
New Background After Hard Reset Option
Current Wishlist:
Automatic image resizing/scaling etc
New Background After Suspend
Current Known Bugs
Hard Reset update seems buggy - but could just be my phone taking a while to load up! You might get a very scary error, but your phone won't be borked! I promise.
View attachment BGSwitchPPC.zip V0.5
Installation notes:
Copy the .exe file to wherever you want it on your WinMo device
Run the exe
Please download it and have a play. Any/All feedbacks, criticism and requests more than welcome. Let me know if you like it too
Currently tested on windows mobile 6, 6.1 and 6.5 via my X1 and the microsoft device emulators.
After you close the program it remains resident in memory? It still continues to change wallpaper, cause it would have been nice if... It's a great program, and waiting for new features like automatically changing wallpaper after a custom time (15-30 minutes for example).
The program doesn't remain in memory. It sets itself to run as a notified program at the appropriate time. Much the same as a windows scheduled task.
I should be able to make it run every xx minutes as opposed to at a set scheduled time though. So watch this space!
Ok, thanks. And there's a little thing that worries me, on my HD2, it hangs the OS for some time after I press to change wallpaper (I'm on 1.66 stock ROM), then it lets go and OS works normally after a while. Maybe others encountered the same? Also, will it change the lock screen too?
how long are we talking about the OS hanging here?
it takes a few seconds, maybe 5 to 10 on my phone to do the file copies when you're setting an image. I get the spinning timer, and don't believe i've tried to access the start menu, although I doubt it'd work. I imagine it would lock for longer if you're using bigger pictues, all mine are 800x640 or 640x800 to start with.
and it should change the lock screen, providing of course you're using the standard winmo one.
Something missing for all the other similar programs:
Choose DESTINATION.
I mean i could have a wallpaper for WAD2, one for S2U2, one for PowerRadio, one for G-Alarm etc. etc. etc.. and each of them have it on different paths.
Your program would need a way to choose multiple pairs like:
SOURCE PATHS -> DESTINATION FILE
I hope my request it's clear
Thank you very much
I'm using stock ROM (as stated above) and it hangs the OS for some time, need to do more testing how long. Could the proggie be updated to change pictures at regular intervals, in the near future?
Well, the app is hanging the OS, it won't quit or respond to taps, not even to OK or anything else just right after I choose the wallpaper and set it, then I have to keep pressing keys until the phone responds and end program with X on taskbar. The wallpapers are 480x800 normal size.
deio:
What phone / version of WinMo are you using? I've only got my X1 for testing and the Windows Mobile SDK Emulators. Therefore only tested on WinMo 6.1 and 6.5.
I'll have the timer based update wrote today I reckon, just need to get some coding done between watching old lost eps
dagosjt:
to clarify: What you want is a way of changing wallpapers other than the windows today screen one. And to do this you want the ability for the program to replace a custom image file you specify when its run?
New version with timer support uploaded and added to front post
Graymi said:
deio:
What phone / version of WinMo are you using? I've only got my X1 for testing and the Windows Mobile SDK Emulators. Therefore only tested on WinMo 6.1 and 6.5.
I'll have the timer based update wrote today I reckon, just need to get some coding done between watching old lost eps
dagosjt:
to clarify: What you want is a way of changing wallpapers other than the windows today screen one. And to do this you want the ability for the program to replace a custom image file you specify when its run?
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Absolutely yes! just to make an example, there are apps like G-Alarm or PowerRadio (and many others) supporting custom backgrounds. So I ask for something like:
/My Wallpapers/ -> /PowerRadio/backPowerRadio.jpg
/My Wallpapers/ -> /G-Alarml/backGAlarm.jpg
even if /My Wallpapers is the same directory, I would like the chance to choose different images (so the randomizing would happen two times, one for PowerRadio, one for GAlarm). Instead for people who like having everything the same, you could make only one randomizing for the same source, and copying that chosen image to all destination.
Hope I was clear, thanks a lot for your attention!
cool, i should be able to do that.
As a word of warning, I can't garauntee that changing the original file will make these progs auto update. it might be they cache the bg somehow (an issue that caused me a few probs with the tday bg)
But changing additional BGs should be doable. Will take me a while to add an extra config screen, but as always, watch this space!
Well, no one ask you to make other programs update their background
I'm asking this features because I've already a mortscript doing everything I'm asking. However it has two "big" shortcomings:
- It's quite difficult to configure for the other people
- I've implemented the scheduled update (let's say every 30 minutes) however often something block the update and I've to relaunch the script.
Hope your application will be able to make better than my script
well, I'm speccing it at the moment, probably take me a week or so to write the actual code (My evenings tend to get tied up doing other stuff). But fingers crossed, should have something by next weekend.
Another little request, if you don't mind
you could give the option to use your program command line, for example:
BGSwitchPPC -path:1 -next
BGSwitchPPC -path:2 -previous
BGSwitchPPC -path:3 -random
Where path:<id> needs to refer to one of the configured path list, while next, previous, random option let you move around in chosen path file.
This would be handy for somebody wanting to build a slideshow/photoframe inside applications like WAD2 or HS++ or iPhoneToday or similar
Thanks again
Your program crashes on my SE X1 whenever I try to specify the wallpaper directory.
Code:
BGSwitchPPC.exe
IOException
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError()
at System.IO.Directory.InternalGetFileDirectoryNames()
at System.IO.DirectoryInfo.GetDirectories()
at BGSwitchPPC.frmDirPicker.RecurseNodes()
at BGSwitchPPC.frmDirPicker.RecurseNodes()
at BGSwitchPPC.frmDirPicker.RecurseNodes()
at BGSwitchPPC.frmDirPicker.frmDirPicker_Load()
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad()
at System.Windows.Forms.Form._SetVisibleNotify()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Visible()
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.ShowDialog()
at BGSwitchPPC.frmDirPicker.ShowDialog()
at BGSwitchPPC.frmMain.btnPortraitPick_Click()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick()
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick()
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WnProc()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control._InternalWnProc()
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works great on my HD2
thanks
Can you make it change the lock screen wallpaper too? that would be fantastic
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Can you make it change the lock screen wallpaper too? that would be fantastic
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screen ?
because it does at mine
That's the one, but the lock screen wallpaper is different to the home screen wallpaper.
Does this app change lock screen too?
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That's the one, but the lock screen wallpaper is different to the home screen wallpaper.
Does this app change lock screen too?
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Because you're using HTC Sense. This one only changes the wallpaper on default winmo interface iirc.
google for antworks wallpaper changer.
Edit: For the new version, see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8512590#post8512590
Hello
Welcome to my thread for my Windows Phone 7 Theme. The ultimate goal of this theme is to have a fully featured Windows Phone 7 theme that allows many similar functions as the real device.
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To use it, install the cab file below, then click on the icon in the start menu.
To exit, long-tap on the right side of the screen.
Settings is also listed in the long-tap menu.
To lock the device, click on the top of the screen, near the clock.
Current version: 1.15:
Performance greatly increased, lockscreen password, etc.
"Treats"
The real WP7 contains something called "Treats". These are little, fairly useless, but cool features.
Some of the ones included in this theme:
Text icon changes depending on amount of messages. First it is a smile, then a frown, and finally a gasping face.
Bing search background changes depending on the day's image.
Upcoming features
Pictures hub
Office hub
Games hub
Integration with Steam
Appointments tile
Smoother interface
Known issues:
Facebook does not stay logged in
...More later
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEYzUhnmRFk
Download: http://windowsphonehacker.com/wp7s.php
See website for full details and screenshots: http://windowsphonehacker.com/wp7s.php
People Hub
- Allows seeing contacts on homescreen
-Favorites list
-List of contacts. Tapping on a blue letter brings up a letter list.
-List of latest friends facebook status
Text tile
-Displays number of new messages
-Changes emoticon based on number of messages
Outlook tile
-Displays number of new mail messages
Phone tile
-Displays number of missed calls
Pictures tile
-Displays pictures, fading in and out new ones
-Takes you to default album viewer
Search
-Displays latest Bing background
-Searches Bing with custom keyboard
See website for full details: http://windowsphonehacker.com/wp7s.php
nice
is it only for WVGA screen?
chriscsh said:
nice
is it only for WVGA screen?
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VGA/WVGA. It also works (in theory) on QVGA, but it may not run well due to older devices being slower.
Looks and runs nicely on my Blackstone, have noticed a few things though:
- the blue squares shake a lot if you press and hold the screen...not sure if it's intentional but personally I feel the 'vibration' effect isn't too nice to look at.
- when scrolling on the apps screen some program names get broken. For example: 'FreeUpRam' becomes 'FreeUP' and 'pTravelAlarm' becomes 'pTravelAl'. The scrolling motion is also a bit jumpy.
- could not find a way of returning from bing search to the main screen without exiting the app and reloading it.
- pictures tab does not see images on the SD card in \Storage Card\My Documents or \Storage Card\DCIM (it would be nice if it could be set in the settings to look at 2 paths - storage and phone)
- none of my music is listed (also stored on storage card).
VERY nice start though! I'll be watching this one!
...also for some reason your website just comes up grey on my PC in IE8.
sweet, why not put it on your diamond2?
what are your thoughts on changing the faded black background to pitch black?? I am guessing you're trying to make it look like what's shown in the microsoft demos on that prototype device...? That's probably due to the display on that device though and i'm going to take a wild guess and say MS will make it black like on the zune hd when it's done. Or maybe you have a different reason for it?
cool
Jaxbot said:
Hello
I have released the BETA version of my Windows Phone 7 Series Theme, and am looking for some feedback
To use it, install the cab file below, then click on the icon in the start menu.
To exit, long-tap on the right side of the screen.
Settings is also listed in the long-tap menu.
To lock the device, click on the top of the screen, near the clock.
Current features:
People hub with recent, all contacts, and a list of contacts Facebook status updates.
Bing search with background changing depending on Bing picture of day.
Live tiles (Javascript based, set a URL in the settings to your own)
Program launcher
Lock screen
Upcoming features:
More hubs (give me ideas!)
Better animations
More social network integration
(Ideas?)
Known issues:
Facebook does not stay logged in
Facebook lags when viewing What's New
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEYzUhnmRFk
Download: http://windowsphonehacker.jaxbot.com/files/wp7s_beta.CAB
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going to go try it out its going to look good
wm7
keep gettin a error when i launch the app
are you using windows form control/user control to display items? You can't get any smoother animation with windows form controls, because everytimes the control Location changes, it repaints itself regardless and as you can see it is very resource consuming. You gotta paint individual control for better performance.
But overall, it's looking pretty nice
I trie on my ELF P3450 and runs fine but a little bit slower, understand that, older device...
Very nice app... any chance to edit menu ( the right side)???
ohhh...and tell the trick to unlock screen i spend about 2 min to find out...looool
Feedback
I tried this on opal (201mhz processor) qvga screen.
I can tell one thing its just awesome on my device i didnt expected it to be so smoothe (iam comparing this with the preview version) its much smoother just one thing on home screen while scrolling the tiles move with hands thats absolutely smoothe but for some time it leaves a trace of the tile say 1 or 2 seconds if u fix that u can officially say its compatible with qvga.
I expect more pages, more likelyness to original wp7
Hey Jaxbot,
It's getting better - the only that has disappointed me with this build (as opposed to the one I've tested for you) is the animations seem to have got slower rather than faster - especially for the people hub.
I see you have fixed some bugs - some still remain but I will not double report those.
A new one, it's nice to see you've added the contact surname, however, it is now shown underneath the next person's first name (i.e. you've not given it enough space/padding).
The same goes for the program list (the second part of the program name is cut off). good to see it's actually working now - though still not scrollable.
The live tiles still take a long time to animate out/in.
More to come...
Casey
Update: In qvga device there is no tile for images.
Plus this homescreen needs kinetic scrolling its a must coz scrolling between the left and right pages is excellent the animation is perfect but scrolling down is little hard so i am saying kinetic scrolling please add in next version.
very nice start.
theres alot of shaking around on the icons, and arent any smooth transitions. btu seeing as this is version 1, im sure that you will refine it in the coming weeks
i look forward to the more refined version. good work and thanks for the download!
很漂亮,qvga也可以用,但是提出几个问题:
1. 使用过程中,容易造成崩溃死机。
2. 上下左右滑动,速度很慢。
3. 不支持中文路径。
4. 程序图标不显示。
:d:d
This app is awfull
I'm running it on my HP614C, WM6.5 with a 520Mhz processor.
It's stille pretty slow, but it surely is an improvement over the alpha release!
Keep it coming
welki1979 said:
- when scrolling on the apps screen some program names get broken. For example: 'FreeUpRam' becomes 'FreeUP' and 'pTravelAlarm' becomes 'pTravelAl'. The scrolling motion is also a bit jumpy.
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My guess is they are taking up more room than available, which means the auto-font size is broken. I'll look into it.
welki1979 said:
- could not find a way of returning from bing search to the main screen without exiting the app and reloading it.
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The hardware arrow button on my device works for that, but I'll add a software button for people who don't have one.
welki1979 said:
- pictures tab does not see images on the SD card in \Storage Card\My Documents or \Storage Card\DCIM (it would be nice if it could be set in the settings to look at 2 paths - storage and phone)
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I'll look into it, currently it only allows one picture path.
welki1979 said:
- none of my music is listed (also stored on storage card).
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Haven't gotten around to a music+video hub yet, but it's coming.
welki1979 said:
...also for some reason your website just comes up grey on my PC in IE8.
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Uh oh. I'll look into that.
Casey_boy said:
A new one, it's nice to see you've added the contact surname, however, it is now shown underneath the next person's first name (i.e. you've not given it enough space/padding).
The same goes for the program list (the second part of the program name is cut off). good to see it's actually working now - though still not scrollable.
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Interesting, and yes I noticed that. The problem is that most testing was on the Device Emulator at QVGA resolution, so the fonts worked perfectly on low res. I'll play with the numbers at get that fixed.
About the speed being lower, I'm confused by that, as not much was added (just fixes from the list you sent me). By chance do you have anything running in the background?
Otherwise, I'm still working on speeding up the animations, expect some changes soon
jzlchl said:
很漂亮,qvga也可以用,但是提出几个问题:
1. 使用过程中,容易造成崩溃死机。
2. 上下左右滑动,速度很慢。
3. 不支持中文路径。
4. 程序图标不显示。
:d:d
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I'm under the impression this is an English-only forum, but I'll answer your concerns as best I can.
1robably takes too much memory.
2:Obviously, since it's QVGA, it runs slow. (since the device is older)
3:I don't know what to say, because .NET CF handles all that.
4robably due to #3.
Man this was a beast to get working.
Let me start by saying thank you to Ninja4Hire and Steel Reign for helping me get this rom out. This was a team effort and without them this rom would not exist. Also would like to thank nOObody and Rapid for their Sense 2.5.cab used on the i8000 side of the house. Ninja helped cooked up a newer sense version 2015, but they were the pioneers for putting sense on the Omnia II. Thank you Beta Testers as your input was invaluable.
This is a Sense 2.5 rom based mostly off the 2015 version. Yes it is intended for HTC devices, but we Omnia users could use a little lovin'.
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As always this version is based off the Samsung Official Update and uses the PDA portion of DC23. What does this mean? I means you should update your phone to the Samsung Official Update for DC23 before flashing this rom. You only have to do it once, so if you already did it, you are good to go!
XDA_UC is installed in this rom so let it run through before you start tapping away. And a Soft reset after it is complete wouldn't hurt as well.
To use XDA_UC
Before you flash my rom, make a folder on your "Storage Card" called XDA_UC. Make a folder in that folder called SD. Whatever you want installed to main memory will go in XDA_UC folder. If you want to choose the install location, use the SD folder. Should be working 100%, but let me know if you have any issues.
Current Issues with phone:
- Adding favorites to Samsung dailer menu does not work. There is a fix, just search for it (Ninja even posted a pretty little cab for you guys).
- Black on Black text, this is only seen in the edit contacts portion. I'm too tired of looking for the fix, and I don't like white on black for my themes.
- Not really an issue, but some have requested the original dialer skin, as the one I skinned is difficult to read in the sunlight
If you want the original dialer skin, just unzip the dll and place it in the windows directory and overwrite.
You have to use Total Commander, or Resco File Explorer (not free).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=349048&stc=1&d=1277403675
Current Issues with Sense 2.5:
- Home Tab >Edit Home Layout" currently does not work on Omnia 2's. If you try it, it will freeze your phone. If you want to edit the layouts you will need to change some simple values in the registry. This i8000 post will help, but I will try to put together a simpler list for us.
Version 1.5 Update
Fixed the dismiss with options problem for appointments
Fixed the Music and Facebook tab menu button
Touched up the theme a bit, changed some icons
Version 1.0
Removed:
Verizon crapware
Samsung TouchWiz, Cube, MainMenu
Opera
Bing, Live Search
Solitaire and Bubble Break
Added:
Sense 2.5 Build 2015
Co0kie's Home Tab Editor 1.8.0
XDA_UC
Google Maps 4.0
MortScript 4.2
Microsoft My Phone
Overclocking + shortcuts (only run one after softreset)
Orientation Detection
SKTools 5
Slide2Shutdown
Youtube
Titanium theme
SMS Skin
OpenGLES v1
Sparta Startup
Download
Latest
ZeroSense v1.5
Archived
ZeroSense v1.0
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If you like my work, drop a thank you. If you want do buy me a beer:
AMD!!! i love it bro!!!! especially being that my call quality and signal strength are where it should be !! that was the only problem i was having with the other sense roms. thanks bro for the hard work. and also, i really like the fact that you have the overclock set as a one press setup now. i can tell you put some time in this one man and its awesome.
I'm glad you like it! Also thats great news about the call quality.
man o man, I spent the last week working on this probably more than 5-8 hours a day trying to get it perfect.
Thanks again!
HI, i m new to OMNIA II, my first phone was XPERIA x1.. can you please tell me is this rom ok about speed, stability and how much free ram we get after flashing ?
can I return to stock rom afther this and how ? tnx
thats a whole lotta Qs in a short span. I'll try to help:
Speed is good just a wee bit laggy at times when weather fills up the whole screen (can be turned off).
Ram/Storage, with Sense on and enabled it is about 30-50MB Ram free and Program Storage is about 180MB free on first boot.
You can reflash using OCTANS full v2.11, there are directions over at MoDaCo - http://www.modaco.com/content/veriz...ssion/304107/how-i-flashed-my-omnia-vzw-i920/
Nice
Beautiful ROM, but she sure is a hog. I think it has to do with the GPS being on for the HTC Sense to work correctly. I am new to this so I do not know much but I do know if you turn it off your weather stops working and there doesn't seem to be a way to have it go off your zip code so the GPS can be turned off. I watched the battery drain from 100 to 75 in about 2 hours.
It also freezes a lot. I tried lowering the mhz back down to 800 that still doesn't seem to help. Had a couple calls not even come in because the ROM is so heavy and locks up on itself. I got text message complaints about not taking my calls after I wiped it out and tried the ROM again after clearing all data.
Other than that it seems pretty slick. I am not sure the purpose of the Facebook application built into sense. It showed me my status and that is it, nothing else.
Other than that it is beautiful, but I have to find a way to keep my calls coming in without checkin if the ROM is stuck doing something all the time.
This is the first I've heard of this.
Are you overclocking during this time?
The weather actually doesn't us gps, but google my location service. So if you have an internet connection, then you will get a weather location AND update.
There is a program that turns off data connection after 1-5 minutes, but I haven't found this to be a problem with my phone.
I haven't had one lock up since I've used this ROM, only when I tried to overclock it to 950-1000MHz.
I re wiped it with "delete all information" and it seems to be running okay now for the freezing issues. I would like to know how to turn off the animations and such, or at least make it so Google, or my GPS doesn't run all the time, the battery is already dead since my last post, and it used to stay for 4 or 5 days wit moderate use (that is running on high performance @800mhz). "Something" is definitely draining this device. I usually make a short cut and task manage end task everything before I lock the device and put it away. Maybe you folks could throw me some ideas.
X
and...
yes I am overclocking at this time. 1000mhz. Think that is the massive battery drain? I got the lockups to stop after I "cleared all data" . I am thinking its something to do with Google location service and my GPS, but let me know me know.
X
The new BING if you have it installed MAY BE a issue. It seems IMHO to keep the GPS going even though you exit it.
My guess anyone else??
Helping out.
I am really interested in helping out with these projects, especially for the i920. I have a B.A. in New Media Design, and spent 3 years doing comp-sci, and currently do web design on the side of my real job.
I would like to take part in these projects and become a cooker as well. If ya can do it on a WinVista machine
I know this is off topic or whatever, but where would I get started to get the tools I need and to figure out the structure and how to edit, pull ROMS, get CABS, test them without physically puttin them on the i920, etc?
For example, how would I pull the original Verizon i920 ROM and decipher how to remove the bloatware from it. Is there software where you can run the ROM on the computer without physically putting it on the phone to test? Just questions like that.
PM me if you think I would be of assistance, with anything, finding software, etc, updating graphics, or whatever. I am really interested in doing this.
Battery Drain
Ok, on ROM Install it is defaulted in battery mode to have the BACKLIGHT ALWAYS ON, and TURN OFF DEVICE is set to ALWAYS ON.
Think that might be the problem with the battery
X
you know also I have performance set on high, instead of auto like the stock rom.
If you want to cook pm me and we can hook you up.
I have a thread on MoDaCo about cooking your own rom. Even provided a kitchen.
Lock Screen
Running everything at normal speeds, the ROM once in a lock screen for a while, will be unable to return. Screen lights up, you see the top icons (bat, speak, signal, etc) but the keys for the lock screen will not appear and you will only see the background image that you have themed.
Just figured I'd throw that out there. Running good other than that so far.
X
This is because the lockscreen is using the 6.1, instead of 6.5
you will notice at the bottom there is an unlock button. Press it, then press the unlock button in the middle.
I did this so people can use their own lockscreens if they want.
Like S2U2 for example.
lock
Ok, I would like to be able to set that up.
S2U2 will restart the device fine. When I select shutdown I believe it just goes into hibernate mode.
There's a lock button showing after you hit the windows logo on the bottom left.
If you utilize that lock option will it prevent it from crashing out? I have to keep removing my battery to get it freed.
There are 3 ways to get to the lock screen with this ROM and I have utilized both except the one at the bottom left which I think is just another link.
I have to have it password protected after 0 minutes so when I hit lock i can actually put it in its case and not worry about random calling of people.
S2U2 would pose useful if its functions did what they were suppose to
X
S2U2 works great, also if you are looking for auto locking consider smartlock.
it is a program that configures the default windows lockscreen for you and it shows up as a setting under system settings.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=265443&d=1263018810
thanks
I'll check it out.
I'm going to post a new ROM hopefully today. Just touching up somethings and setting the 6.5 lockscreen
If you want to edit the registry try this:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\LockScreen]
"Active"=dword:00000001
"Enable"=dword:00000001
New version is up, but lockscreen is still 6.1 by default. Forgot to put in the 6.5 reg edits, so use smartlock if you want.