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()
at Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterModalDialog()
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.ShowDialog()
at BGSwitchPPC.SharedSubs.main()
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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you mean like this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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.
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hi all...just purchased dopod u 1000 with wm6 professional..any ways to change the ugly thick bold font....treid reducing the size to smallest..
also i tried installing true vga/ozvga..but couldnot find /windows directory on my mobile
regards
try real vga it works great
dheerpat said:
hi all...just purchased dopod u 1000 with wm6 professional..any ways to change the ugly thick bold font....treid reducing the size to smallest..
also i tried installing true vga/ozvga..but couldnot find /windows directory on my mobile
regards
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If you're referring to the font size on the today screen, go to \start\settings\system\screen\text size and adjust it to any size you want.
Looks like you're in the process of customizing your device. This is a really exciting and fun journey. You would also be trying to find out cool applications that you can use, I'm sure. So, I thought you might want to check out the following:
1) WkTask writtten by Waku from Wk Software lab Click here:
http://soft.photoracer.net/docs/wktask_en.html
This utility displays all active application on the task bar and lets you switch to them.
2) RealVGA, and try out the 128dpi screen. If you have very very good eye sight, try out the 96 dpi display. Click here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327830
3) If you intend to use VOIP, this is still the best VOIP client that I can find.
http://www.sjphone.org/preview/SJpho...wsCE(preview)/
You need a service provider before you could make VOIP call though.
4) For backing up your contact, schedule, etc, try PIM backup. Click here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705
5) Try out the Tengo software keybaord. They have a free version here
http://free.tengo.net/
If you want to use your Thumb for input and do not mind the keyboard covering up too much of the screen, try out Tengo Thumb.
http://tengo.net/tengo_thumb.html
If you want fast input and want a keyboard that takes up only very little space, try out the regular Tengo here:http://tengo.net/tengo_pocketpc.html
The layout that occupies the least space is Tengo Nano layout.
6) To help you set your default software keyboard more easily, try out this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=271008
7) If you want to be able to access all your applications and system settings from the today screen, try out iLauncher, which is the only one that works with the realVGA display.
http://ilauncher.en.softonic.com/pocket
With this, you can have one click access to any webpages, therefore one click access to things such as weather, tv programs, flight arrival and departure time, cheapest petrol stations, etc etc. all from the today screen.
It also let you have the ability to do soft reset in safe mode. In addition, you can have a battery gauge at the top of the task bar. I won't use its program switcher though. See my today screen at the end of this post on how it could look like. My icons are of 43x43 sized TGA format files. You could easily make them yourself for iLauncher.
8) If you want to make sure you do not miss any call during meetings but find the normal rigntone too offensive to be left on, then try one of these mosquitoes ringtone. Choose one that you can hear.
http://www.freemosquitoringtones.org/
9) For an excellent task manager that let you see the CPU utilisation, running processes, and applications resource usage, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=280104
10) Try out this phone profile switcher:
http://www.winmobileapps.com/device/pocketpc/plt/plt.aspx
You can set up your own phone profile, for example, for for meeting and another for loud. You can then swtich from one to another from the today screen.
11) Try out the best enhancement to pocket IE, making it a lot better than Opera.
http://www.reensoft.com/PIEPlus/
12) Try out this very very cool enhancement to WM6, so that you don't have to use the vertical and horizontal scroll bar again. This enhancement lets you scrool up and down pages by dragging it. It takes some practice to use it, but you'll get use to it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=338143
This applications makes all applications a little more fun to use. Your native contact application will have the iPhone feel to it.
13) This is probably less important once you have installed 12) above, but if you really like the iPhone feel for your contact, try out the best enhancement to the contact applications.
http://vitotechnology.com/en/products/contact-manager.html
14) Try out the free google map. Gives you your street maps and satellite image. Even act as a crude GPS navigation software.
http://www.google.com.au/gmm/index.html
15) The best enhancement to the WM6 alarm system that I know of is Chronos.
http://www.pocketgear.com/en_US/html/display_product.jsp?id=prod5640770
I use this to set my device to give give me an hourly chime. Sounds like the old fashion grand father clock. It also let me have unlimited alarm entries, give me a good stop watch, as well as count down capability.
16) Replace the standard file manager with Total Commander and/or Resco File explorer. Lets you see hidden files, including those in extended ROM, among other things.
http://www.ghisler.com/
http://www.resco.net/pocketpc/explorer/default.asp
17) The best program for viewing picture that I know of is Resco Photo Viewer. It also has a screen capture utility which is really good.
http://www.resco.net/pocketpc/photoviewer/
1 The best program for watching video is TCPMP. The reliable version now is 0.72RC1. Don't use any version newer than this as they are still bug ridden.
http://picard.exceed.hu/tcpmp/test/
Make sure you also get the FLV plugins if you want to watch youtube downloads
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=196939
19) To quicky lock and unlock your device, try out this:
http://www.mr2-power.com/downloads/DeviceLock.CAB
I actually use one of the softkeys for this applications. The other softkeys is used for contact. I have phone as one of the icons on the iLauncher screen.
Yes, you can change the soft key to anything you want, both the left and right soft keys can be changed easily. There are many different ways to do this. One of the ways is to do it with a software called Sktools. This tool is one of the must haves. It also let you do many other tweakings.
20) Another very popular utility worth looking at is Tweaks2k2. I use this to change the color of my top and bottom bar. I often change the color, from red, to green, to blue, to black, etc, making my device more interesting. Go to system color under WM5 color to do this. Be careful NOT to let this software soft reset your device or else you will be frozen at the primary splash screen forcing you to have to hard reset. Always use your stylus poking into the hole to soft reset.
There are many more nice third party programs which greatly improves the ease of use and functionality of the device. Try them out as part of your exploration of what this device can do. For example I like the pocket weather program from SBSH, with a customized layout, I could display the day, max temp, min temp, precipitation and image of weather on just ONE line (not the one on my screen shot which takes up two lines). Another nice today plugin is Today Agenda, which displays task and date with just one line rather than the two shown on my screen shot.
My today screen changes constantly and it's fun that way. I tend to get bored with the same look and feel day in and day out.
My today screen (taken quite a while ago) after all the customization looks like this in 128 dpi. Note that I limit my short cuts to exactly 70. This would display very well in both landscape and portrait mode.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Good luck to your journey of exciting exploration.
Edit" If you feel brave enough, do not mind lots of reading before hand, and do not mind risking not having your warranty honored by HTC, then you might want to try out the latest cooked ROM. Some of the applications listed above are already incorporated in the ROM. However, if you do not feel that the risk is worth taking, you could still improve your stock ROM's feel and look by a great deal with the applications above.
thanx irus..that really helped..i purchased this machine second hand..the seller assured me that its not six months old nad very less used
my device details as under
winmo 6 professional (build 179440.0.3.1)-PK
rom : AP touch
ROM date : 1.50.00.00
protocolL:32.83.7020.20h
call duration : 83 hrs incoming 24 hr outgoing
does above data reflects same? is everything latest..
one more thing i intend to use pocket div x converter for video conversion..what should be the ideal setttings(fps etc) for sttutter less playing...i have about 138 video songs on microdrive.divx players hangs when opened
wow eaglesteve,,that was nice..only one thing pending now.best converter and player to watch videos on the device stutterless.any advise..using tcmpm right now for playing and intend to use pocket divx fro converting
dheerpat said:
wow eaglesteve,,that was nice..only one thing pending now.best converter and player to watch videos on the device stutterless.any advise..using tcmpm right now for playing and intend to use pocket divx fro converting
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Sorry that I'm not the best person to ask in this area, as I mostly download stuffs from places such as youtube, and play it as it is without any conversion effort. Perhaps someone else could help out.
dear all...i am observing that there is certain lag in opening up of menus...is not it surprising consedering athena is 600mhz processer..any ways to boost up openings of menus and programs
This version of Meteoray has been totally rewritten from the start, this done so that finally a weather tab worthy of its name is available also for Manila2D, with automatic offline hourly updates.
No comparison in our opinion, to the ineffective and statics forecasts that this interface has as standard. No necessary patch for Manila, no altered dll , no external server dedicated.
Very easy to use; It is possibile to easily obtain the forecasts for any location present in the database of Accuweather (over 2.7 million locations). This version is aided by the weather forecasts of "Accuweather.com", elaborating the data which is freely available on the internet enabling it to be shown correctly in the weather tab.
MeteoRay is "Donationware", therefore you are totally free to say a simple "thankyou" or to make a donation to the programmers (My daughter and myself) to add an incentive for further development, correction of bugs, release of new projects.
It is our intention, within the shortest possible time (considering that programming for us isn’t a profession but a passion) to expand the program with new features making it along the same lines as the Italian version shown here:
http://meteoray.mondoweb.net/topic779.html
Some screenshots:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Installation
It couldn’t be any easier: Just open up the zip file and copy the obtained folders wherever you want to. Preferably, but not absolutely necessary, copy them to the internal memory of the pda due to the slightly slower start up time of external memories such as SD, miniSD or Micro SD. Wherever the folders are placed the software will autodetect the paths needed and will act accordingly.
Requirements
Manila2D interface working normally (obviously) and the presence on the PPC of .Net Framework (freely downloadable from the Microsoft website however present in most of the cooked roms). Put in a number of locations inferior or the same as those set up before hand on your Manila2D interface, up to a total of no more than 5 on MeteoRay. The locations chosen in Manila2d can be any provided; It will be MeteoRays job to change them into the locations you have chosen for the software If for example you wish to choose 5 locations in MeteoRay you must first put 5 or more in Manila2D before updating.
Options description
A few options to simplify the use ,from top to bottom:
- ACCUWEATHER LOGO Opens Opera (if present) or Pocket Internet Explorer on the www.accuweather.com homepage
- ENGLISH/METRIC with this switch you are able to download the data directly in Fahrenheit or Celsius, this way you will avoid the bug present in Manila2D relating to the conversion from Fahrenheit to Celsius (not very accurate)
- BOX for CHOICE OF LOCATION put in a number of locations inferior or the same as those set up before hand on your Manila2D interface, up to a total of no more than 5 on MeteoRay. The real difference being that you are able to choose your own. The code that you must put in is that used at Accuweather.com; at the first start up of the software it will show 5 pre-programmed locations in the UK to use as an example.
- "EXPLORER ICONS" each of them opens the corresponding page of Weather Forecast AccuWeather (online)
- UPDATE use this for normal updates of the weather forecast. The forecasts downloaded will be for 3 days, and for 3 days the software will work offline putting the necessary weather icons in the correct place in the Manila2D. To reset the update interval, just do a normal Manila2D update before downloading the forecasts with MeteoRay. However, the Manila2D normally does this operation when the PPC is connected to the PC using Activesync
- >> use this to move over the screen of advanced options.. Also using the key << you can return the to first page. The advanced options aloe the selection and the download of the Satellite Animations from the whole world in .gif format. They will be saved in the directory "Meteo" and can be visualised using your preferred programme
- EXIT does this need explaining?
- INFO Information about this software.
Normal use
Meteoray downloads the necessary data to enable it to work correctly through any working connection on your PPC. Needless to say that it is ideal to update using "free connections" such as WI-FI, Bluetooth or Activesync. The data shown is that relative to the next 5 hourly steps (for example, if it is 21.12, Meteoray will show the forecast for 22.00 in large numbers and in small numbers it will show the forecasts for 23:00, 00:00. 01:00, 02:00) The second temperature in the small icons at the bottom is the "Realfeel" (the temperature that is actually felt by the human body depending on the wind, humidity etc).
Removal
Very easy : just remove the folder containing the software. On reaching the first hourly step you will get an error (then there will be others; basically the PPC is trying to use the software that has been removed)
For those who really want to remove all: you could remove the whole key "MeteoRay" from "HKCU - Software" to eliminate any trace of use from the registry, the file "MeteoRay.png" from the directory "\Windows" and you have finished. The others can leave everything as it is, it takes up just a very few Kb of space and there are no further consequences.
What is and isn’t allowed
You are free to include the links to the MeteoRay Forum to enable the download of the installation file, but Not allowed to enable those files to be directly downloaded from your Website, Blog, ftp etc...
For a very simple reason: To make it easier for the user during the update. To have on the web various versions, obsolete, incomplete or bugged won’t help you, in fact it will do the complete opposite .You are also allowed to include the software as it is , (without making any changes to it), to your own personalised roms. Just one suggestion, do it in such a way to allow the files to be overwritten to simplify any eventual updates.
Final notes
Unfortunately our English isn’t the best; this page has been translated for us, but our future replies won’t always be as grammatically correct. We are counting on the "XDA-Dev Power Users" for the most obvious replies to be given to the less knowledgeable Users. Thankyou in advance for your cooperation.
Important
At the moment it is only possibile to use MeteoRay with locations in your own time zone; after receiving your feedback and views about this present version we will further rewrite the software routines to eliminate this annoying limitation. This will allow MeteoRay to be able to easily visualise also the time in different time zones, therefore working as a mini-time converter (useful for those who travel or even just for curiosity).
If you are satisfied with the work that has been carried out up to now, you could offer us a pizza or a beer...
Enjoy it, Davide & Federica Ippolito
>> Download link <<
MeteoRay Forum (all software versions):
http://meteoray.mondoweb.net
MeteoRay AW English thread:
http://meteoray.mondoweb.net/topic790.html
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Hi RAY,
Many compliments for your hard work.
Very beautifull application... Very usefull and very simple to use...
@All: I suggest all of you to try it...
BYE, Bobo
This is working with the weather but how do i see the satellite views they have downloaded do i view them through Manila2d or your program ??
Check signature for phone and OS version
You can use your favorite program that supports animated gifs; you will find the images downloaded into the directory "MeteoRay\Meteo"
raytracer said:
You can use your favorite program that supports animated gifs; you will find the images downloaded into the directory "MeteoRay\Meteo"
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ok thanks great app i thought i was doing something wrong
Thanks for your consideration.
I could also implement an internal viewer (and probably I will do in the future), when I'm working on offline html report summarizing the Weather Forecast in table like this:
Great i look forward to using future versions and a lookaround your forum thanks
Interesting Man.
Will try asap. Thanks a lot.
Please enjoy
WOW!!!!
No word........
You are the international MeteoMan
bigix1 said:
WOW!!!!
No word........
You are the international MeteoMan
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Thanks, my friend! If this topic will be followed with interest, even this version will have soon the same features of the Italian...
At this moment has already been downloaded 58 times and this topic 815 read... any comment? Some impression of use?
Really cool app!!
If you can implement summarization, it would be outstanding. Or you can give options to set offline update steps to more then 1 hour. for having, like half day review
Thanks for your comment, cadac.
I can certainly implement summarizations and more, but before I continue working on I would understand if it can affect the Users.
And 'I will improve the graphics but, I repeat, is important for me read your impressions of actual use.
Problem whn pressing "update"
I have an HTC Touch Viva with Manila2D v.3.0 build 31508. I have put "MeteoRay AW 1.2" in the Program Files folder.
I get two basic4ppc errors when pressing "Update": "__main_aggmeteo" and "__main_assegnadati".
Check your internet connection.
It is not yet optimized handling errors, but the messages you read are due to a failure to update.
PS - 158 downloads at this moment, no others comments or suggestions?
How do I get this to work with US locations? Especially the ones not in the default Manilla 2D weather database.
Thanks
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{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Update 26th August 10 Due to twitter turning off Basic Auth, Twm6.5r will no longer work.
Update 04th October 09 Twitter are hosting their new "doesn't have an avatar" avatar on another server, causing error messages to appear. Like before to fix press Settings and then Reinstall / Update.
Update 10th July 09 Due to a change with Twitter and their image hosting new avatars can't be downloaded. You will see an error like '\Program Files\ArteseaTwitter\avatars\http:__a0.twitimg.com _profile_images298331929_twitty1_normal.jpg'. To fix press Settings and then Reinstall / Update.
Update 10th June 09 v0.5 with auto-refresh!
Update 17th May 09 Hopefully QVGA and WQVGA now supported, thanks codybear. (No changes to VGA and WVGA)
Update 12th May 09 Now highlights new tweets, and shows @replies
Update 7th May 09 VGA now supported, if you had previously downloaded the ZIP (even though it wouldn't work), please do it again. No other changes.
Having self taught myself MortScript in the last 24 hours I've decided to try and create a Titanium Twitter app. Unlike those already there, this one actually displays the 10 most recent tweets from your friends.
Features:
Displays the 10 most recent tweets on your Titanium Home Screen (value customisable)
Highlights "unread" tweets
Shows the last 3 @replies (value customisable)
Displays the avatars of your friends
Allows you to update your status
Tweets which contain URLs can be launched in the Default Browser by clicking on them
Define your own Twitter client/webpage to launch
Auto updates during the day (you choose the frequency and the hours)
Tweets at you when there is a new tweet from your friends.
Upgrade Instructions
Download the latest ZIP
Run Install.mscr
When prompted if you want it to Modify your CPR files say no (no changes here, and if you are using a custom theme it won't damage it).
Known Issues:
Your password is stored as Plain Text in the registry and it is passed in Plain Text to my servers (MortScript doesn't support BasicAuth, so I have to route the requests via my server)
Grey scale avatars don't display correctly, Titanium turn them multicoloured, their fault not mine.
Only works for WVGA/VGA/WQVGA/QVGA at the moment. I will work with people if they want to create alternate resolutions.
If your phone is asleep (when you press the power button) the script can't download the avatars and halts until the phone is woken again.
No Uninstall
Some characters (" ' £) might appear like & #123; if you see any please let me know.
The software is just a series of MortScripts.
The download ZIP file contains MortScript-4.3b5-PPC.cab for you, so if you don't already have Mort you will need to install this first.
The just run Install.mscr via any good file manager.
The Install script will download the latest package, create all the directories, modify the registry and if you let it tweak your CPR files.
If anything goes wrong you can find a backup of your CPR file in \Program Files\ArteseaTwitter\
WM6.5 Titanium Artesea Twm6.5r Version 0.5 Plans
Connects to the internet when you refresh or tweet (thanks mslug)
Settings menu
Auto refresh
Default Twitter Client / Website
Tidier errors
More HTML entities added to the list
Long Term Future Plans
Proper CAB file install
No routing via my servers to tweet
OAuth
Re-writing the code in something other than Mortscript (else the above isn't possible)
How to unistall
Artesea Twm6.5r doesn't do much damage, however below are instructions to remove it.
Your CPR files will have have a block of text like
Code:
<!-- ArteseaTwitter layout start -->
...
<!-- ArteseaTwitter layout end -->
just delete these and everything in between.
Just in case you will find backup CPR files before ArteseaTwitter was installed in the \Program Files\ArteseaTwitter\ folder
All the files installed on to the phone can be located at \Program Files\ArteseaTwitter\ just delete this folder
Registry settings are at \HKLM\Software\Microsoft\CHome\ArteseaTwitter\ again just delete these
i dont use twitter but this looks really nice
This looks great. Great job. You beat me to this. This kills my twitter panel.
cheers mate. this looks excellent. +1 for VGA when its done.
stuckonashelf said:
cheers mate. this looks excellent. +1 for VGA when its done.
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The VGA shouldn't be too hard, as there aren't really many differences between the CPR files. Hopefully will have something for people to download either Tuesday or Wednesday.
this looks outstanding!
mate you just realised my concept idea! i couldnt thank you enough! man so freaking great...
does this mean it wont show up in the system tray, but will do its work in the background?
would be nice to have the standard view of the plugin to be updating your status.. and then all the unread tweets as slides.. when slided over those they become unread.. and will vanish.. but still mate i already love it now.. cant wait to put it to the test!
Because it's all being written in Mort some features aren't possibe.
I have no way of knowing which tweet you are looking at to flag it as read, however I should be able to mark new tweets since last update (something I was planning until PaintShop crashed on me this morning when I was designing the icon)
It should be possible to build in an auto-update, however when Mort downloads the avatar it displays a dialogue box showing the progress. This could be a problem if you are using other apps. (Anyone here able to get the Mort command Copy() to download small jpg/png?)
With real work, nearly zero knowledge of designing apps for mobiles (I do websites) and a football match tonight most likely an early beta should be out sometime tomorrow.
very nice, cant wait actually
mmh for the time being until the image download issue is resolved you could give out 2 apps...
one with the jpeg download but manual update
one with a standardcoded image but with automatic update
this would be a little work around the problem but will do to test both things.
i hope the problems you have encountered up until now can be resolved, and if there is no solving the problem because of scripting limitations than we have to deal wiht it isnt it
what i would also like to see, further than the whats new ( what would be awesome ) is:
notification by sound/vibrate which you can set yourself
soft button to automatic scrolling to latest viewed tweet so you can from there scroll to the left to get to where the newest is.
mmh what about showing how many unread tweets? indicator as unreal email/sms/missedcall.. or will this mean it will only show the newest tweet gathered with the latest update? cause you dont know when a tweet will be read yes or no..
gl mate
I was planning to launch ArteseaTwitter v0.2 this morning, however testing it on a fresh X1 has shown some "issues"
For some reason it's not allowing me to modify the list of active plugins in the registery. Guessing something else is wrong and WM is restoring to default. As soon as this is fixed I'll upload the code.
Version 0.2 Released
Please see the first post for full details.
not working..
script cannot find the files to download at web location http://www.artesea.co.uk/arteseatwitter/
hey mate really nice that you can already show something usuable. will try it out within now and an hour sad it needs a server.. will it be always available?
hope we can see improvements soon..though its already ann awesome job
@jeep670 - are you able to use the Titatium Weather plugin, my code is a variation of this. How about trying to launch a webpage first, minimising the browser and then running the script again.
@strages - whilst it's written in Mort it will need to go via a third party site. I plan to learn how to write a real WM app but that could be a long way off.
working great with all the other plugins. I have added support for it in my most recent theme and it works great. One thing i cannot seem to accomplish is moving the test over to position 80 in the condensed form as well as add an icon for it. I have modded the registry and your code ot no avail. Just some thoughts I wanted to toss out to ya.
thanks for the hard work bro
Looks awesome!
Will we see a QVGA version as well in the future?
@mallman the registery only contains the text, if you are looking at moving the position it should just be a simple tweek to the Titanium cpr files. Haven't seen any icons on the condensed pages before (although I haven't play with any of the "themes").
@Star-Lite I'm gonna be busy for a bit, I hope to do a VGA skin next, but (W)QVGA might take some time (unless someone else wants to give it a go).
mmh i installed the wvga version on to my htc touch diamond which is a vga.. so i think that why i doesnt show up.. although i get the error that it cant connect... how do i uninstall the app
artesea said:
@jeep670 - are you able to use the Titatium Weather plugin, my code is a variation of this. How about trying to launch a webpage first, minimising the browser and then running the script again.
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yes, the weather plugin works fine. my evdo connection is ok. tried what you suggested and still not working for me... the script returns error saying cannot find the files to download.
I guess I'll wait for the next version and try again. thx.
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.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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'.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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.