Just a reminder for anyone having an issue with games / applications not being full screen. I have heard this can cause an issue with older software but have yet to run into an issue. Download spare parts from the market (free) and run the app. Scroll down to the bottom and uncheck compatibility mode. Reboot the phone and your applications should now be full screen.
karmak said:
Just a remind for anyone having an issue with games / applications not being full screen. I have heard this can cause an issue with older software but have yet to run into an issue. Download spare parts from the market (free) and scroll down to the bottom and uncheck compatibility mode. Reboot the phone and your applications should now be full screen.
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O RLY? okay lemme try that !
Will try it, NZBMobile Pro and Weatherbug are not filling up the screen for me.
EDIT: Worked like a charm, thanks for the heads up
EDIT2: I broke your Thanks cherry
Good to know, thanks for the tip!
Chuzzle (from Amazon) is still messed up for me. Anyone else?
karmak said:
Just a reminder for anyone having an issue with games / applications not being full screen. I have heard this can cause an issue with older software but have yet to run into an issue. Download spare parts from the market (free) and run the app. Scroll down to the bottom and uncheck compatibility mode. Reboot the phone and your applications should now be full screen.
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XiiaLive Lite was the only app that was giving me that issue and your suggestion worked. Thanks!!!
Hmm I downloaded spare parts and the app just Fcs over and over..
I'm trying to hold off on doing the OTAs but I may not have a choice .
the reason why some of the apps dont fill up the screen is because the 3D's screen resolution higher than normal
Yeah I needed it for the sirius app, surprised side since this isn't the first qhd display
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I have not taken any of the OTAs so that should not be related. Maybe try menu>settings>applications>manage applications> select spare parts and force stop and clear data. Also check to make sure its installed to the phone not SD card.
Rippley05 said:
Hmm I downloaded spare parts and the app just Fcs over and over..
I'm trying to hold off on doing the OTAs but I may not have a choice .
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lyric911 said:
Chuzzle (from Amazon) is still messed up for me. Anyone else?
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Most of my old games do not show up full screen even with spare parts.
lyric911 said:
Chuzzle (from Amazon) is still messed up for me. Anyone else?
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yes, Chuzzle is all messed up for me too.
Even the spare parts itself does not appear in full screen !!!!
you have to use the spare parts plus --- while it didn't solve the problem with me !!!!
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Most of my old games do not show up full screen even with spare parts.
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I was using magic gem on my hero, looked great, now it is too small on the screen with my 3vo and after installing spare parts and unchecking compatibility mode and rebooting, it is even smaller. No biggy, I am sure they will have one out for the 3vo soon with the right resolution.
worked for me
Settlers HD did not take up the whole screen on my EVO 3D, spare parts and now it looks perfect, thanks
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So I have noticed this on a few apps now. Sprint family locator & SwiFTP. When you open them it doesn't fill the entire screen. It's smaller, also my LiveBlackjack 21 game by dragon the menu fills up the entire screen but the deal button no longer shows at the bottom. Any settings that can be changed or will this have to be fixed from the dev side?
Get spare parts on market, unchecked compatibility mode (scroll down), restart phone
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Eat it iPhone said:
Get spare parts on market, unchecked compatibility mode (scroll down), restart phone
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I'll give it a try, thanks
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Get spare parts on market, unchecked compatibility mode (scroll down), restart phone
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It didn't help. I noticed this with Photobucket and an NES emulator.
I'm getting the same thing with the Droid auctions app.
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My best guess is the "qHD" display is not support it by android natively that's why I'm kind of afraid getting the phone so , spare parts is a fix but it should have been fix from the beginning
Were gonna have to email the app devs and let them know what's up.
I had a few apps that did this...TD Bank, Spare parts, and 1 or 2 others. The spare parts option fixed all of them. Some apps are probably not programmed to take advantage of qHD, and thus its the devs fault, not HTC/Android. Maybe im wrong on that count, but thats my guess.
Spare parts kinda works for some aps, it didn't fix blackjack and kinda fixed family locator. The map came up full screen and then after you try and do a locate it gets all jacked. Hopefully these aps will get fixed soon.
Same with datpiff music app.
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Eat it iPhone said:
Get spare parts on market, unchecked compatibility mode (scroll down), restart phone
I had the same problem, I followed your advice and it fixed some of my issues. Thanks
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Get spare parts on market, unchecked compatibility mode (scroll down), restart phone
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i had some apps that bothered me with the new resolution
, checkbook app, roundtimer ...
and this idea fixed them for me ... thanks
This fixed my issue with the Sirius radio app. Thanks for the info!!
Glad it helped guys, for the people who are still having issues, i suggest you write the devs of the apps you still have issues with and ask them if they can fix it.
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My best guess is the "qHD" display is not support it by android natively that's why I'm kind of afraid getting the phone so , spare parts is a fix but it should have been fix from the beginning
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No, it means the app creator did not set it up to work with all resolutions...nothing to do with android
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Glad it helped guys, for the people who are still having issues, i suggest you write the devs of the apps you still have issues with and ask them if they can fix it.
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^^What this guy says...
FWIW, I've been setting up custom icons on most of my apps and I noticed the ones that don't support the new res have a generic "drawable" folder vs the others having "drawable hdpi," "drawable mdpi," and "drawable ldpi." The 3D uses the HDPI setup...
notice that on radar now app, I think apps will soon have updates on this issue.
Has anybody noticed that some apps are not resizing properly? I've had problems with Tap Tap Revenge, Air Horn (don't judge, I use it to scare my friends), and a few others.
They show up on about half of the screen, something that I never had an issue with on my OG Evo.
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Has anybody noticed that some apps are not resizing properly? I've had problems with Tap Tap Revenge, Air Horn (don't judge, I use it to scare my friends), and a few others.
They show up on about half of the screen, something that I never had an issue with on my OG Evo.
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install spare parts from the market, uncheck compatibility mode in spare parts, you need to scroll down when you open spare parts. Reboot. Problem solved.
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The only apps I have this problem with is Sirius XM, Speedtest.net and NHL GamerCenter Live, not a big deal for me at this point.
Yeah I was getting it with datpiff. And spare parts. Thought they needed updates
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00_MACKIE_00 said:
install spare parts from the market, uncheck compatibility mode in spare parts, you need to scroll down when you open spare parts. Reboot. Problem solved.
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That seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks
Every app mentioned I had problems with..until I installed Spare Parts from the market and unchecked compatibility mode. I know its not technically a FIX but it is a workaround that WORKS.
Spare Parts is a good workaround, but the majority of my apps still aren't scaled properly.
Started it today and its really amazing for the NOOK since it requires a big screen to be playable in my opinion.
Great graphics and really interesting.
I can't find it in the market, where can I get it?
ETA: Ah, its from Gameloft.
How did you get yours to work? Mine says has to download data and then after it downloads it still small screen like for a phone. How big was your data?
generalpelmen said:
How did you get yours to work? Mine says has to download data and then after it downloads it still small screen like for a phone. How big was your data?
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Go into the app "spare parts" and un-check compatibility mode.
May need a reboot, then you should be in full screen.
I don't have this game, but most frequently this is the issue when an app plays on a small portion of the screen.
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How did you get yours to work? Mine says has to download data and then after it downloads it still small screen like for a phone. How big was your data?
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Extra data was around 200mb and the screen is full.
Probably the problem is what Blue6IX says.
yup, worked for me after goin into spare parts
Blue6IX said:
Go into the app "spare parts" and un-check compatibility mode.
May need a reboot, then you should be in full screen.
I don't have this game, but most frequently this is the issue when an app plays on a small portion of the screen.
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THANK YOU! This worked perfectly!
Given you have to disable compatibility mode to get full screen...doesn't that implicitly imply that this is _not_ "HD"?
Rodney
rhester72 said:
Given you have to disable compatibility mode to get full screen...doesn't that implicitly imply that this is _not_ "HD"?
Rodney
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HD means whatever you want it to mean... The original android phone (G1) was 320x480 so modern phones (800x480) are very "HD" in comparison. The NC just happens to be even higher definition (1024x600).
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Given you have to disable compatibility mode to get full screen...doesn't that implicitly imply that this is _not_ "HD"?
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I would think the better question is, when compatibility is turned off and it works in full screen, does it look like it's scaled to fit? Or does it actually look proper high resolution?
When I say "scaled to fit" I mean like how PvZ/Peggle from Amazon are obvious scaled to fit and not full high resolution.
stock 1.2?
Any thoughts on how to make it work on nootered BN stock 1.2/froyo?
Video playing problem on other Gameloft games.
Thanks!
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I would think the better question is, when compatibility is turned off and it works in full screen, does it look like it's scaled to fit? Or does it actually look proper high resolution?
When I say "scaled to fit" I mean like how PvZ/Peggle from Amazon are obvious scaled to fit and not full high resolution.
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even when you fully zoom inside the game, graphics are great without any distortion.
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The games that I've had to disable compatibility mode for to get full screen haven't appeared to be scaled. They look like native 1024x600. Wave Blazer comes to mind.
I can't seem to get this to work on my CM7 NC. I purchased it with the $1 india method, and bought it for the droid X, but after it downloads the data, plays the gameloft intro video, shows the disclaimer, it crashes to launcher with no message.
Any ideas? how did you all buy the game? which device did you buy it for?
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I can't seem to get this to work on my CM7 NC. I purchased it with the $1 india method, and bought it for the droid X, but after it downloads the data, plays the gameloft intro video, shows the disclaimer, it crashes to launcher with no message.
Any ideas? how did you all buy the game? which device did you buy it for?
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I know that this apk works to Nook
The_Settlers_HD_LG_P990_Optimus_2x_1.0.3_Cracked_tag3r.apk
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this looks like a fun game must go and buy!!!
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Downloaded "regular" (not HD) settlers... couldn't get full screen, regardless of compatibility mode. Downloaded HD settlers, got full screen, was able to download data, again, regardless of compatibility mode.
Game plays great, i have a feeling that once I sit down and get a chance to play it, its gonna be addicting!
where did you get the game? I could not find it in market place. Please help. Thanks.
dapu said:
where did you get the game? I could not find it in market place. Please help. Thanks.
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You need to sideload the APK file.
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It seems to freeze up a lot. I will select apps and they do nothing, same with downloads from the market. They just hang at showing them as downloading.
I use SPB Shell and sometimes when it does this it will also stick between pages rather than just flinging to the next it will actually just stop in between pages until you continue to scroll though.
When I select links to open, it does nothing until I actually open the browser. I have only had the phone for a few days and it worked fine, now its doing all these weird things.
Anyone got any suggestions or ideas, let me know otherwise I'm afraid I may be taking it back...
Something may be wrong with the phone. I haven't experienced none of that. Even out the box. Actually its been so fast for me that if I experience the littlest bit of lag it drives me nuts. Might be hard ware related.
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It seems to freeze up a lot. I will select apps and they do nothing, same with downloads from the market. They just hang at showing them as downloading.
I use SPB Shell and sometimes when it does this it will also stick between pages rather than just flinging to the next it will actually just stop in between pages until you continue to scroll though.
When I select links to open, it does nothing until I actually open the browser. I have only had the phone for a few days and it worked fine, now its doing all these weird things.
Anyone got any suggestions or ideas, let me know otherwise I'm afraid I may be taking it back...
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LOL dude you have the data guard enabled. There is a setting in their that holds downloads and other things in a queue until you are using WiFi in order to save battery. Just disable that and you'll be on your way And the SPB Mobile Shell problem is probably a problem with the app. Contact the developer and tell them about it. There aren't many nVidia Tegra 2 phones out there so it's not very likely they have done much testing on the architecture. Also, what kind of links are you talking about? Like a link you receive in a text message?
Hey buddy aren't you from Hero Land??
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LOL dude you have the data guard enabled. There is a setting in their that holds downloads and other things in a queue until you are using WiFi in order to save battery. Just disable that and you'll be on your way And the SPB Mobile Shell problem is probably a problem with the app. Contact the developer and tell them about it. There aren't many nVidia Tegra 2 phones out there so it's not very likely they have done much testing on the architecture. Also, what kind of links are you talking about? Like a link you receive in a text message?
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I used to have the same problem with apps not responding after pressing. I was using adw launcher I reverted back to stock and everything is good now. Emailed the developer about the compatability and waiting for an answer but the photon is good otherwise
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Yeah it really sounds like you have Data Saver enabled which is located under Battery & data manager in the phone settings. If not you may want to exchange the phone as faulty. I have a lot of issues which my Photon: stuttering during music playback, random reboots (twice in 2 weeks so far), and feedback when using the audio out (buzzing / static). These seem to be common problems but the performance issues you are mentioning do not seem normal from what I have read in these forums.
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I used to have the same problem with apps not responding after pressing. I was using adw launcher I reverted back to stock and everything is good now. Emailed the developer about the compatability and waiting for an answer but the photon is good otherwise
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Been using ADW launcher pro for 4 days now without any issues
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radrian92 said:
Hey buddy aren't you from Hero Land??
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You would be correct. Although i went from the Hero to an LG Optimus S, and now the Photon.
No problems like that with SPB Shell here. Check the data saver mode. You can also try changing the vm heap to 48 or 64. Mine is on 64 but never had an issue with the stock setting either.
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It does appear that it was SPB Shell which sucks because I was really liking it. I will send a message to the dev and see what happens. The funny thing is that is was working great the first few days that I was using it and then started acting up which was why I didn't thing it was SPB
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No problems like that with SPB Shell here. Check the data saver mode. You can also try changing the vm heap to 48 or 64. Mine is on 64 but never had an issue with the stock setting either.
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How do you get it that high? I am using VM Heap Tool and the highest it will let me check is 48.
It's not data saver. Or it shouldn't be. It's an Android flaw.
I've had an Incredible, Thunderbolt and then Photon. Which means I've used a few Android phones over a couple of networks (more if you consider the 4G's as their own networks).
99% of the time my phones work fine. Every so often it will stall downloading an app, or an email will just sit on sending for a longggg time. Unless I am recreating the same conditions over three phones and two networks I think this just happens every once and a while.
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It seems to freeze up a lot. I will select apps and they do nothing, same with downloads from the market. They just hang at showing them as downloading.
I use SPB Shell and sometimes when it does this it will also stick between pages rather than just flinging to the next it will actually just stop in between pages until you continue to scroll though.
When I select links to open, it does nothing until I actually open the browser. I have only had the phone for a few days and it worked fine, now its doing all these weird things.
Anyone got any suggestions or ideas, let me know otherwise I'm afraid I may be taking it back...
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I'm glad you found the issue, this right here always tells me it was something you installed that caused the problem. When it worked fine out of the box and then....
Just watch what you install, install one app at a time and see how it flows for awhile after each app. Yes, it may take awhile to get all your apps on but you will know what apps are causing you issues! Like a previous poster said, there aren't many T2 phones, so just be careful what you install!
Glad you found the problem!
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I have installed Street Fighter IV on my device. Want to download game data on device itself. problem is that it needs to keep screen awake for doing so. I am afraid I will get a burn in, keeping it awake overnight. Any solution. ?
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Suppose I download game data on torrent and just copy it to my device in appropriate folder, will it work ? I saw a description which used Titanium Backup. Mine is not rooted. do I need to use Titanium App?
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I have installed Street Fighter IV on my device. Want to download game data on device itself. problem is that it needs to keep screen awake for doing so. I am afraid I will get a burn in, keeping it awake overnight. Any solution. ?
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Suppose I download game data on torrent and just copy it to my device in appropriate folder, will it work ? I saw a description which used Titanium Backup. Mine is not rooted. do I need to use Titanium App?
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No your screen will not get burned if you let it awake but it'll drain your battery so you'll have to connect to a power source.
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Why don't you just turn your screen off or download the data from computer??
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Go ahead, the screen won't burn. I have done it many times.
LOL. you should clear your myths
Sagar Khanapurkar said:
Go ahead, the screen won't burn. I have done it many times.
LOL. you should clear your myths
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I think you don't have a clear idea of screen burn on AMOLED.
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No your screen will not get burned if you let it awake but it'll drain your battery so you'll have to connect to a power source.
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I have got my screen replaced once (during warranty period). Is quite a common issue in forums. Was a similar reason earlier also. Trying to know any alternative as download will NOT occur with screen off.
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Suppose I download game data on torrent and just copy it to my device in appropriate folder, will it work ? I saw a description which used Titanium Backup. Mine is not rooted. do I need to use Titanium App?
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If you copy it to the correct destination, it should work... They might mentioned the TB mod, cause it's much easier just to tap restore, and you dont have to google for the destination, it takes it to the correct place
Don't do that.
Use torrent or something else.
Coz one I was on YouTube in portrait mode for at least 1/2 hour... half of my screen got burnt with a blue shade. Thankfully it has gone now after a week (it ideally can't go... but I might have reversed burned it without knowing). Try your best not to burn it, it will look ugly and might need to be replaced.
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Screen burn occurs when you take a photo of the sun at a specific angle. According to my knowledge. Correct me if I am wrong.
Couldn't you just use this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nkahoang.screenstandby it puts the display off and keeps the phone on. Also i have done this loads of times and no sign of burn in. Oops sorry just read you're not rooted it may not work
R: [Q] Download game data without risking Screen Burn
I always download games data and never had my screen burned..
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Wifi Sleep
Go to the following:
"System Settings" -> "Wi-Fi" -> Menu (three dots or button etc) -> "advanced" -> "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" and change to something like "Only when plugged in"
(if this option is available on your ROM)