[Q] Scrabble Help - Nook Color Themes and Apps

Scrabble used to fit the screen fine and now it is 1/4th the screen size and is unplayable since updating. I've tried editing Spare Parts to set Compatibility Mode both On and Off and neither do anything, any recommendations?

I've never been able to get it to work.
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Same issue here. NC CM7 on Sandisk card.
Since many of my friends play Scrabble, I need to reboot to the stock NC just to play it.
Turning this around, if Words With Friends would be available inside the B&N app store, I wouldn't need to reboot to the CM7 card as often.
Either way, these things are addicting.

meber said:
Scrabble used to fit the screen fine and now it is 1/4th the screen size and is unplayable since updating. I've tried editing Spare Parts to set Compatibility Mode both On and Off and neither do anything, any recommendations?
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Search for Scrabble v1.12.15. That version is full size on my NCs. The updates after that display 1/4 the size. I tried compressing the apk to attach but it is too big. You should be able to find that version outside the google market. That is how I found it. I do not update Scrabble due to the 1/4 display issue.

hwong, THANK YOU! Your suggestion works! It doesn't fill the whole screen, about 80% of it, but it's usable and works fine.
Thank your for your help.

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[Q] screen scaling issues in many apps.

Ive noticed that many apps do not scale properly on my nc. They just seem to be about a quarter of the normal size and then the rest of the screen is black. Can this be fixed? Has anybody else noticed this?
Latest kernel, nightly #102
Uncheck use compatibility mode in either spare parts or the development app.
Thank you! I had given up on Floodfill ever working right again. This fixed it.
quikt said:
Uncheck use compatibility mode in either spare parts or the development app.
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Awesome tip. I use the tv.com app on my phone and it wasn't scaling on the NC (or my wife's XOOM). After this fix it is working perfectly. Interestingly enough though, when my wife runs it on her XOOM she doesn't see nearly the amount of available episodes as I do on the NC. Not sure it it has to to with the fact that she's running honeycomb, but she's all jealous of my NC now. lol

[Q] Onlive running on Gtablet?

Hi,
As some of you may know Onlive recently released an app for the HTC Flyer.
From the bottom of: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138194
It has been exported and gotten to run on a number of devices, however I am unable to get it to run on the Gtabet. I am running a rooted stock rom with the enhancement pack.
When running the Onlive viewer app the screen turns black for 1 second and then it goes back to the home screen with no messages. Has anyone has any luck with this app or any ideas as to why it does not work on the gtablet?
No one has any ideas? Onlive on the gtab would be amazing!
Havent tried it but it might be possible under CM7.
CM7
Just tried it on CM7 the market online says its compatible but won't download it.
Also on CM7: sideloaded it, but same issue as OP (turns black for 1 sec, then nothing).
Works on Gtab Comb v3.3
gtabletguy said:
Hi,
As some of you may know Onlive recently released an app for the HTC Flyer.
From the bottom of: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138194
It has been exported and gotten to run on a number of devices, however I am unable to get it to run on the Gtabet. I am running a rooted stock rom with the enhancement pack.
When running the Onlive viewer app the screen turns black for 1 second and then it goes back to the home screen with no messages. Has anyone has any luck with this app or any ideas as to why it does not work on the gtablet?
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Downloads & installs on Gtab Comb v3.3. I've so far sucessfully played the demo version of Darksiders, Lego Batman & Lego Harry Potter. Play has been smooth. I have had it lock up a couple of times. CPU seems to get rather warm so not sure if it's a heat issue.
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fmatgnat said:
Also on CM7: sideloaded it, but same issue as OP (turns black for 1 sec, then nothing).
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I've seen this issue on my gTab while trying to play some other games, like Contract Killer & C.K. Zombies.
This usually do to pixel density. You can change the default pixel desity by using Prop.Editor.
There are serveral posts that discuss how use it, but the value is in Build.prop, I'm sure google will return the post that has the file and specifics on how to use the app. Its not difficult at all.
Good luck

[Q] scrabble free will not install on flashback rom

I assume that everybody is having he same problem given the popularity of Scrabble, but I can't get Scrabble to install on Flashback **I have tried the spare parts thing and I have downloaded an apk to try to side load. It simply says that the install was not successful. Does anybody have any ideas?
just a question, are you installing from the market or amazon?
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just a question, are you installing from the market or amazon?
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I don't see it on Amazon, but I have side loaded it and downloaded from market. Weird thing is that it will say installing and then it will say installation not successful. I think it has something to do with the app checking pixels before installing, but I am not sure.
Ok, I inserted a 1g Micro SD card and Scrabble has installed from the Market. I am not sure how that helped, but it was just a hunch and it worked. Now Scrabble Free opens in the top left quadrant in a very small area. I assume that the screen pixels are incorrect for the game. Any ideas on how to make Scrabble come to full screen?
so i installed it last night from the marketplace on Flashback. The problem you had with installing I had also with FB but that was with 8.0. On the upgrade to 8.1 I didn't get that error any more.
also forgot i get the tiny screen as well in the top right and it looks like it's not optimized for tablets yet
Thanks, I have not upgraded to 8.1 yet, I am a bit of a noob and don't know quite how to update without loosing all of my apps and settings. I can install a new ROM, but I haven't had to upgrade.
Anyway, Scrabble works on my Acer A500, but I guess the Gtab won't simply resize the screen like the Acer does. Guess I have to wait for a tablet version of Scrabble.

The Sims 3 on Touchpad

I bought the Sims 3 a long time ago for my daughter to play on my phone and I thought I'd load it up on the Touchpad for her, but it doesn't show up in a search in Android market, and doesn't show up in my app list as purchased. If I go to the market on my PC though, it's there and showing purchased. I try to send it to my TP as a HP GT-i9100 and it never sends it. My build.prop has been edited to a GT-i9100.
Thoughts on this issue?
There are threads on this topic already. The gist of it is you're going to need to sideload a backup from your phone. Changing your build.prop to a Nexus S will allow you to download it from the market, but once you launch it you'll still need to download the sum of the game from EA's servers, which won't be fooled.
You need to install the game on your phone, back up the apk and the downloaded data from the android system folder on the SD card, and then transfer them to your touchpad.
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There are threads on this topic already. The gist of it is you're going to need to sideload a backup from your phone. Changing your build.prop to a Nexus S will allow you to download it from the market, but once you launch it you'll still need to download the sum of the game from EA's servers, which won't be fooled.
You need to install the game on your phone, back up the apk and the downloaded data from the android system folder on the SD card, and then transfer them to your touchpad.
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I searched and only one other thread came up, and it didn't pertain to my question. Thanks though! It's already installed on my phone so it'll be easy to do. Thanks for the reply.
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From what I understand, EA has not updated the game for ICS and I am personally not convinced it can be made to work until (if!) they update it.
I had my build.prop set to a T989 Samsung Galaxy S II and under this setting it did show up in CM7 but it is not showing up with the same build.prop settings in CM9 which is making me think the issue is not the device setting but the actual version of the OS. Comments in the reviews seem to confirm it does not work with ICS and EA has not gotten off their ass to update the game since September, which is BEFORE ICS was even released.
I suppose it might be possible to obtain the apk from some, ahem, unofficial source (and before anyone gets their panties in a bunch I paid for the app a while back it just won't show in the market anymore) and sideload it.
Even if you do that and manage to get it to load and then load the data from another device there is still the issue that the game is made for 16:9 aspect ratio and will not work properly on 4:3. The only way I know of to fix that is to get hacked files that force a 16:9 ratio (with a portion of the bottom of your screen unusable) and I don't believe there is an ICS version of those files, just Gingerbread.
TL;DR - I'm not convinced it can be made to work under ICS and to even attempt it is a huge pain in the ass.
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From what I understand, haEA has not updated the game for ICS and I am personally not convinced it can be made to work until (if!) they update it.
I had my build.prop set to a T989 Samsung Galaxy S II and under this setting it did show up in CM7 but it is not showing up with the same build.prop settings in CM9 which is making me think the issue is not the device setting but the actual version of the OS. Comments in the reviews seem to confirm it does not work with ICS and EA has not gotten off their ass to update the game since September, which is BEFORE ICS was even released.
I suppose it might be possible to obtain the apk from some, ahem, unofficial source (and before anyone gets their panties in a bunch I paid for the app a while back it just won't show in the market anymore) and sideload it.
Even if you do that and manage to get it to load and then load the data from another device there is still the issue that the game is made for 16:9 aspect ratio and will not work properly on 4:3. The only way I know of to fix that is to get hacked files that force a 16:9 ratio (with a portion of the bottom of your screen unusable) and I don't believe there is an ICS version of those files, just Gingerbread.
TL;DR - I'm not convinced it can be made to work under ICS and to even attempt it is a huge pain in the ass.
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It works fine on ICS. I have it running on alpha .6. The problem is the unsupported touchpad resolution of the TP messes up all the onscreen touch buttons. Maybe EA will update it in the future.
danknee said:
It works fine on ICS. I have it running on alpha .6. The problem is the unsupported touchpad resolution of the TP messes up all the onscreen touch buttons. Maybe EA will update it in the future.
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I wouldn't hold my breath. I don't think Android is much of a priority for EA right now.
I did a full wipe when updating to CM9 and reinstalled everything but haven't been able to reinstall Sims due to it as far as I can tell being blocked for ICS. Have you had luck getting it to show up in the market with a particular build.prop under CM9 or did you already have it installed from CM7?
I'm afraid the whole aspect ratio issue makes it not really playable though. I was using the hack posted here that forces 16:9 and it did work fine under that but those files were meant for CM7 and I have my doubts that they will work for CM9.
Anyway, it requires manually copying files, changing permissions and rebooting back and forth which is a pain in the butt. :-/

Using chat in Words With Friends on CM9?

I can't seem to figure out how to access the chat portion in words with friends. I can barely see the chat box on the right hand side of the screen and can access the typing area and the keyboard comes up but I can't figure out how to shift the box over to see what the other person is typing. I'm on cm9 with one of the march nightlies. Anyone else have this problem? Any fix? I can upload a picture if you don't know what I mean but I assume this is a widespread problem.
+1 on this. i love how the app is but something is def not right with the screen size or something. anyone have it working correctly?
Same problem here. I can't even send chat. To let friends know it doesn't work for me. If I have time I will try to change video to that
120 size and see if that helps. looks like the game is set up for a wider screen. Hope they give us a way to adjust it.
My mom is limited in how she can text me and we were using wwf on a regular basis. Real nice app when it works.
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What version of words are you using on the cm9 touchpad? I can't seem to get any of the versions to run. 4.50 seems to run correctly but it forces an update to 4.6, which doesn't seem to work. Are you running the nightly?
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What version of words are you using on the cm9 touchpad? I can't seem to get any of the versions to run. 4.50 seems to run correctly but it forces an update to 4.6, which doesn't seem to work. Are you running the nightly?
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I haven't had any problems getting any versions of WWF to run on any of the CM 9 nightlies. I do have the chat problems. I've tried it at 120, 132, and 160 dpi. It seems to be a little messed up in all of them. At 120 and 132 parts of the game board are obscured. It also doesn't seem to update game status correctly all the time. My phone is always up-to-date no matter which device I played on last. Sometimes the touchpad will be days behind and hard to get to update.
Have the same issuse

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