I kicked the tires on Remix OS for PC. I had an extra SSD in my desktop. I got everything up and running, but the road block was not being able to scale the resolution for my two 42" TVs that I am using as monitors. Without being able to scale the resolution, I don't really have access to the task bar.
I did some searching around, and only found solution for standard resolution. I also need to scale the resolution. I got silly enough to search for Nvidia control Panel for Android (running a GTX 970). I was not able to find a solution.
If anyone has a solution for scaling resolution, I will give Remix OS another look, but right now it just won't work for me. I would love to be able to move to one platform for everything.
Thanks all!!
Also have the same problem really love the Os but want to run it on my TV, but missing the bottom and top bar and some of the sides. Love to get a fix cheers.
Hankafyin said:
I kicked the tires on Remix OS for PC. I had an extra SSD in my desktop. I got everything up and running, but the road block was not being able to scale the resolution for my two 42" TVs that I am using as monitors. Without being able to scale the resolution, I don't really have access to the task bar.
I did some searching around, and only found solution for standard resolution. I also need to scale the resolution. I got silly enough to search for Nvidia control Panel for Android (running a GTX 970). I was not able to find a solution.
If anyone has a solution for scaling resolution, I will give Remix OS another look, but right now it just won't work for me. I would love to be able to move to one platform for everything.
Thanks all!!
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Try Second Screen from playstore.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farmerbb.secondscreen.free
ufjgot said:
Try Second Screen from playstore.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farmerbb.secondscreen.free
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Thanks for the suggestion. I will give that a shot this weekend, when I have more time to play.
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Hello all,
I am about to get my mitts on an Ameo with Project Dual on and like using RealVGA on my Uni so looking forward to it on the big screen however as we all know some progs just will not take to working under VGA. In another thread that I started in Hack & Dev hacking in the hires string using reshacker was suggested but some programs still use QVGA for the touchscreen mapping so all the inputs are somewhere up in one corner or another for example.
My idea is this, would it be possible to have a wrapper or something similar that forces the screen back to 192dpi while running a non VGA happy app then hops back to 96dpi when you exit. This could help with a lot of apps from some of the GPS stuff to old games that people still like to play.
Is this possible or am I asking to much of the Windows Mobile platform
unfortunatly when changing the resolution, it has to soft reset, so I dont think this would be possible.
Another possible solution?
OK if we can't change the screens DPI on the go another thought is this . . .
At present some apps mainly games (although there must be a few applications like GPS or such with similar issues) can display the graphics at fullscreen 96dpi but the touchscreen only accepts input from the top left of your screen which is basically a QVGA 320x240 sized box as they were only ever programmed for that type of screen, I have attached a quick layout drawing to give the idea (the same thing would happen if the app is in portrait as well)
This leads to the problem that you have to guess where everything is in relation to the display which is not much use really, my idea is if we could hijack the input on the screen and translate the 96dpi x,y co-ords to the apps native 192dpi co-ords (halfing them should work I guess) so as far as the app is concerned it's back on a regular screen and everyone wins
If this is a possible way round it we just need a program similar to Hou Ming's (a.k.a. the Mad Programmer) Force-Hires tool to list which apps we want to fix and when it runs away we go
The final version is out and it doesn't work with the 96 DPI on the athena. The tabs are missing in the settings list, which isn't a problem but the tabs have no icons on the home screen. This program looks really useful and I am hoping we can find a way to make it work.
Mods please don't move this thread, it is device specific and I believe the issue would be overlooked in the main thread in the general forums.
Working great over here at 96 DPI! I've installed the final version (2.0.0 build 3275) And so far I haven't seen any drawbacks. Works very smooth, animations without hasitation and a few nice new features.
xvanwaart said:
Working great over here at 96 DPI! I've installed the final version (2.0.0 build 3275) And so far I haven't seen any drawbacks. Works very smooth, animations without hasitation and a few nice new features.
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Hi
Can you see the home tab icons? Can you see the Tab settings list?
see my screenshots there are still problems.
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The final version is out and it doesn't work with the 96 DPI on the athena. The tabs are missing in the settings list, which isn't a problem but the tabs have no icons on the home screen. This program looks really useful and I am hoping we can find a way to make it work.
Mods please don't move this thread, it is device specific and I believe the issue would be overlooked in the main thread in the general forums.
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The tabs can be Replaced in 192 DPI if you using spb weather or phone suite or diary then switch back to 96 DPI, but Home tab you cannot do anything.
Tab settings list still missing in 96 DPI.
See my screen shots and see my previous post.
A blogger on ZDNet reviewed SPB on an Athena, and said it worked well.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=927
techntrek said:
A blogger on ZDNet reviewed SPB on an Athena, and said it worked well.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=927
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Good find however I believe he is ignoring the problems with the 96 DPI. Look at his screen shot the list of tabs are missing. And he has no screen shots of the home plugin, which I thought was a big feature of this application.
Thanks sabes143, I forgot to move the information about 192 DPI in this thread.
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Good find however I believe he is ignoring the problems with the 96 DPI. Look at his screen shot the list of tabs are missing. And he has no screen shots of the home plugin, which I thought was a big feature of this application.
Thanks sabes143, I forgot to move the information about 192 DPI in this thread.
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I agree. It is completely useless. It is impossible to get the tabs working or showing anything meaningful and impossible to get the other menus to stay on the homepage. I would steer clear.
No joy here either with 2.0. No tabs. Today screen plugin is totally useless without them.
Too bad, there are some pieces of it I like!
I saw this posted in the development forum: Password for dat files that are really zip files: b0fm18zq Maybe this will help make the icons show up on the tabs...
Their forums also note that they don;t support RealVGA - that could be the problem (and if it is, that is really shortsighted on their part)...
same problem here,
mobile shell works fine with RealVGA and the 192 dpi setting
but is pretty useless with 92 or 128 dpi activated.
besides the today plugin not working:
in the spb menu (right softkey by default) the icons of all my custom programs look totally crappy, and next to each icon half of the icon of another program is visible.
I have the same issues, except that on my today screen, there are three other icons appearing next to all the icons.
I don't like having so many gestures to go access my applications. Currently my setup is far better than spb mobile.This is what I have:
1.I have date and time on the task bar so what I can see it everywhere. In addition, I have the big clock on my today screen provided by spb time. This lets be have fuller function than spb mobile.
2. I have spb phone suite on my today screen.This is better than what spb mobile offers because in addition to what spb mobile offers, I also havethe ability to switch on/off bluetooth,wifi etc.
3. I use SBSH weather watch today plugin, which of better than spb mobile's weather program because it shows more info,occupies less space,and has much more comprehensive weather stations for smaller towns.
4. I use ilauncher to launch programs. It is much easier and effortsless to configure and customise the icons for all dpi. I also get the safe mode reset capability.
5. I use today agenda to show my calendar and tasklist on my today screen. This is better than pocket informant IMHO because each item takes only one line, so more items could be shown on less space on today screen.
All items are visible at once on my today screen, without any need to swipe any fingers, which is a fun thing to do for just the first few seconds, but is really annoying after that for me.
Don't know, but even i don't like the way it behaves.
Its quite jerky when it does the so called "Animation" when you open contacts or any sub screen.
Its far better to use spb pocket plus or even resco today plugin and get the basic things you need right on your today screen.
Though, its something good to play around for a few days ... but then eventually it boils down to performance. It the device is not snappy, no matter what you do, it will not satisfy ...
Let's give 'em a call!
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The final version is out and it doesn't work with the 96 DPI on the athena. The tabs are missing in the settings list, which isn't a problem but the tabs have no icons on the home screen. This program looks really useful and I am hoping we can find a way to make it work.
Mods please don't move this thread, it is device specific and I believe the issue would be overlooked in the main thread in the general forums.
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Has anybody tried to contact SPB Softwarehouse and gave them a version of the TrueVGA to test it with their software? I would think we are a large community with a voice!
Hey all, got 2 questions...
1) So whats up with the screen rotation..
Recently got the HD2.. im left handed, sometimes i have the reflex of inclining to portrait mode the other way.. and thus the phone doesnt switch to portrait mode...
Also, why isnt it possible to just rotate the screen in all aps? Even older aps that ran in windows mobile of older versions?
It seems to me that the screen rotation is not well adapted on HD2 than Iphone, for example (even if i hate that phone)
2) How to ensure compatibility between old apps, like those i ran on my old Qtek S200, and HD2? i had magnificent chess applications, like opening databases explained.. (convekta opening instructor) i installed that app on my HD2, and even tho the screen is huge, the app run in like 20% of the screen and the rest is just a yellow background...
Thx for your answers
1) You can use BsB Tweak to make app rotate but some of app will be displaied not properly because of itself code (gues)
2) I think u can't. As I know all app are made for some kind of resolution of display. well newer phones are with bigger display and higher res so they opened app 1:1 in pixels.
Yes, i heard about the BSBtweaks, but heard also it is riddled with bugs for some, good for others.. why didnt HTC provide a good screen manager in first place?
Its such a shame for old apps.. its possible to run windows95 on new computers (with a little tweaking), isnt there something similar?
Idlove to run the convekta apps (http://app.downloadatoz.com/windows,games,40.html) on my phone, would consider donating to some guy who could port them (why arnt i an expert in portability, whyyyy)
Still nobody?
No chance of running old WM5 apps?
It's all about the screen resolution that the programs where made to display. That app was written for 320X240, so yeah it's not gonna take up the entirety of the HD2's 480X800 screen...there is no way around it. If an older program was written specifically for a certain resolution, then thats what it's gonna run under.
Yeah, ur right, its a resolution thing.. its just a shame, all the info and databases are there, the work is 90% done.. just a shame its coded for an old resolution screen
Isnt it possible to edit the file and redo the resolution part? Even if its streched and ugly and pixelled..
Just wanted to congratulate you guys on a great app.
I have a Galaxy Mega 6.3 i9205 which has a resolution of 1280x720 but unfortunately a default 240 dpi.
Most parts of various themes working correctly, its just a few items are not correctly aligned.
From experience, the 240 dpi causes problems with other launchers and changing to 320 dpi fixes those launchers but makes the rest of the interface far too big and breaks some of the menus.
I was wondering if there was a way to adjust some of the themes manually or anything else I could do?
Much appreciated.
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Just wanted to congratulate you guys on a great app.
I have a Galaxy Mega 6.3 i9205 which has a resolution of 1280x720 but unfortunately a default 240 dpi.
Most parts of various themes working correctly, its just a few items are not correctly aligned.
From experience, the 240 dpi causes problems with other launchers and changing to 320 dpi fixes those launchers but makes the rest of the interface far too big and breaks some of the menus.
I was wondering if there was a way to adjust some of the themes manually or anything else I could do?
Much appreciated.
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Hi, it's hard to say as Themer is designed to look what phone it's on, in this case the Mega isn't fully supported. The advice we could give would to to maybe try changing the resolution as well, but we can't guarantee this will work and that you should try it at your own risk.
neodoughnut said:
Just wanted to congratulate you guys on a great app. Most parts of various themes working correctly, its just a few items are not correctly aligned. From experience, the 240 dpi causes problems with other launchers and changing to 320 dpi fixes those launchers but makes the rest of the interface far too big and breaks some of the menus.
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Hi, it's hard to say as Themer is designed to look what phone it's on, in this case the Mega isn't fully supported. The advice we could give would to to maybe try changing the resolution as well, but we can't guarantee this will work and that you should try it at your own risk.
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This is why I created a similar thread a few days ago. Themer does not play well with non-stock DPI. If widgets and other graphics could be placed relative to the display margins/center (instead of absolute pixels), they should render correctly regardless of DPI.
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This is why I created a similar thread a few days ago. Themer does not play well with non-stock DPI. If widgets and other graphics could be placed relative to the display margins/center (instead of absolute pixels), they should render correctly regardless of DPI.
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Zooper already does render things like this. Try out something like Simple Sea or Pro UI. I rebuild these themes so that the anchor points for objects are relative to the side of the screen they are on. IE Top Center, Top Left, Top Right, Center, Center Left, Center Right, Bottom Center, Bottom Left, Bottom Right.
The only things that you will likely have issue with are when Zooper adds spacing, so layers such as Regular Text thats curved, Series based layers, and Progress bars that have spacing splits. Also Regular and Rich Text, that is set to an anchor of left or right, but also has a text alignment of Center, will be off by a bit. These are all as you are saying based on absolute pixel. Everything else in Zooper is based off of DIP (device independent pixels, http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html#density-independence)
There is NO WAY to fix these issues without breaking every Zooper widget, be it stand alone or in Themer, that was produced before your suggested change.
We do not support non-stock DPI. So if you want to use non-stock then you are going to have to do a little leg work on your own to fix the themes on your device.
ritalin said:
Zooper already does render things like this. Try out something like Simple Sea or Pro UI. I rebuild these themes so that the anchor points for objects are relative to the side of the screen they are on. IE Top Center, Top Left, Top Right, Center, Center Left, Center Right, Bottom Center, Bottom Left, Bottom Right.
The only things that you will likely have issue with are when Zooper adds spacing, so layers such as Regular Text thats curved, Series based layers, and Progress bars that have spacing splits. Also Regular and Rich Text, that is set to an anchor of left or right, but also has a text alignment of Center, will be off by a bit. These are all as you are saying based on absolute pixel. Everything else in Zooper is based off of DIP (device independent pixels, http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html#density-independence)
There is NO WAY to fix these issues without breaking every Zooper widget, be it stand alone or in Themer, that was produced before your suggested change.
We do not support non-stock DPI. So if you want to use non-stock then you are going to have to do a little leg work on your own to fix the themes on your device.
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In my original thread, I mentioned the fact that graphic elements were still irregular when DPI was changed to stock. This persisted after multiple uninstalls/reinstalls, cache & dalvik wipes. But thanks for the feedback.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk
Was Was thinking about getting that phone but it doesn't have a Stylus and I thought it wasn't a quad core too.
From time.... CM users await DPI support....
Hispanico
Themer for Xperia U
I have an Xperia U ST25i and i have trying to install themer on it....while i can install it. I cannot access the themes.
I know that you currently do not support Xperia U for this app.. but i just wanted to know if there is a work around to this by changing the Dpi of my screen and if so, could you point me in a direction where i can get further information. Thanks
This would be a great addition for those roms who change the default dpi. In my installation of slimkat most themes are simply unusable,
karanvir90 said:
I have an Xperia U ST25i and i have trying to install themer on it....while i can install it. I cannot access the themes.
I know that you currently do not support Xperia U for this app.. but i just wanted to know if there is a work around to this by changing the Dpi of my screen and if so, could you point me in a direction where i can get further information. Thanks
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Full Xperia U support is on its way. You can try modifying the DPI and resolution, but we'd recommend just waiting a few more weeks, it will be worth the wait
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Full Xperia U support is on its way. You can try modifying the DPI and resolution, but we'd recommend just waiting a few more weeks, it will be worth the wait
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I am not the kind who nags but i really can't wait anymore to get themer on my phone..... any news ??? is there light at the end of this tunnel?
Thnx man.... That Worked
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I am not the kind who nags but i really can't wait anymore to get themer on my phone..... any news ??? is there light at the end of this tunnel?
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There is light, it's just going to take a while :fingers-crossed: Delays in this current version pushed everything else a few weeks behind schedule.
Hello,
i already thank you for reading this and trying to help me, I've started to become desperate. I have a Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 (SM-T535) (rooted) and i would like to either fake the screen resolution given to a website or change the screen resolution itself. The website I want to go on has diffenrent styles for different resolutions and it cannot be changed by just going into the sites preferences. I know it is about the resolution and not about something else because when I'm on my computer and change the resolution in the Firefox developer tools, the page has exactly the style I want on my tablet. I tried the resolution changer that was suggested in another thread, but it didn't have any effect, and I tried changing the build.prop which resulted in a soft brick.
If anyone could tell me what i could do to make a website think i have a certain resolution, that'd be great.