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I dont understand why you can not use cleartype in landscape, is there a cab file floating around that will enable this?
Yes there is, and a registry hack likewise.
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,45808
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vijay555 said:
Yes there is, and a registry hack likewise.
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,45808
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thanks for that, i am not too keen on editing the registary but i will if i have to, i dont suppose you have a link to cab file that will do it for me? (man i'm lazy!) otherwise dont worry i'll give the registary a go.
I hadn't noticed that until now. Yet another Microshaft cockup !
anyone able to cab this up. I'm not near my home pc right now. And i just got a paper cut
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And i just got a paper cut
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Paper?
What are you doing with that outdated media?
I reckon the reaosn it's not on by default in landscape is becasue subpixel smoothing does not work as well when the subpixels run top to bottom, not left to right.
Tintoy - exactly, the technique wasn't really designed for the hardware in that orientation, and suposedly gives a headache long term. And as some on PocketPcThoughts call it, BlurType
a1laserboy: do you know what I do for my day job? Lots and lots and lots of paper! Did you know it's the bleach in paper, along with the rough serrations, that causes the excruciating pain and geysers of blood coming from my poor liddle piggy. Yes, I have a low pain threshold.
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if they wrote the code for subpixel hinting to have 2 different modes, one for horizontal and one for vertical orientation of the pixels, it would work.
vijay555 said:
Tintoy - exactly, the hardware wasn't really designed for it in that orientation, and suposedly gives a headache long term. And as some on PocketPcThoughts call it, BlurType
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i figured that would be the case but i just wanted to test it and see for my self
tsiros said:
if they wrote the code for subpixel hinting to have 2 different modes, one for horizontal and one for vertical orientation of the pixels, it would work.
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Basically they should switch between ClearType (LCD) and their smooth font rendering as used on CRTs (where whole pixels are addressed, just 'anti-aliased')
is there a free registry edit program?
http://www.breaksoft.com/Blog/Utilities/2005/1/Mobile_Registry_Editor.aspx
The default dialer (dark green background with black letters) is attractive but nearly impossible to read out doors. I've searched and found lots of skins but none that say they work on my Athena using WM6. I tried two programs from Zombienexus without success. Using those programs, the Today screen is changed but the dialer is either not changed or is scrambled.
Can anyone suggest a dialer skin that can be read out doors- maybe white background with black letters.
I am not afraid to change registery values if that will help.
Many thanks,
nrm
nrm said:
The default dialer (dark green background with black letters) is attractive but nearly impossible to read out doors. I've searched and found lots of skins but none that say they work on my Athena using WM6. I tried two programs from Zombienexus without success. Using those programs, the Today screen is changed but the dialer is either not changed or is scrambled.
Can anyone suggest a dialer skin that can be read out doors- maybe white background with black letters.
I am not afraid to change registery values if that will help.
Many thanks,
nrm
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Although I can't answer the question...might consider posting any Athena/WM6 questions to http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=380 in the future.
nrm said:
The default dialer (dark green background with black letters) is attractive but nearly impossible to read out doors. I've searched and found lots of skins but none that say they work on my Athena using WM6. I tried two programs from Zombienexus without success. Using those programs, the Today screen is changed but the dialer is either not changed or is scrambled.
Can anyone suggest a dialer skin that can be read out doors- maybe white background with black letters.
I am not afraid to change registery values if that will help.
Many thanks,
nrm
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i dont know about a dialer skin that can be used outdoors but may i suggest using an anti-glare screen protector. i have not found one for the htc x7500 but i have found a bunch for laptops, which i bought and cut to fit my screen
irus said:
i dont know about a dialer skin that can be used outdoors but may i suggest using an anti-glare screen protector. i have not found one for the htc x7500 but i have found a bunch for laptops, which i bought and cut to fit my screen
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How does that effect sensitivity of touch screen? What brand do you use?
I found a good solution
I was able to get very good results using SPB Mobile Shell. It gives very good contrast on the phone display. Not perfect for outdoors, but good enough for me.
I too would recommend SPB Mobile Shell. It really does work well onm the Athena
does the "now"-screen also work with vga enabled ?
mojo2000 said:
does the "now"-screen also work with vga enabled ?
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Yes, it does. Not trueVGA mindyou, just the 'normal' resolution
spb mobile shell and vga mode in wm6
I was not able to get spb mobile shell and vga mode in wm6 to work.
spb mobile shell worked fine in QVGA, I switched to VGA and the today screen was corrupted at the spb line. I had to hard reset to clear it
I have noticed that the phone signal for different phone companies in the UK give different icons for thier type of signals. Some show 3 some show G etc, is there a list as to what they all mean plus new ones coming along.
You could at least look inside your manual..
prodinho said:
You could at least look inside your manual..
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I did look inside the manual & there is nothing there about the different icons I mentioned
G== gprs covering
E== Edge covering
3== UMTS Covering
H==HSDPA covering
Thanks Rudegar
JohnWB said:
I did look inside the manual & there is nothing there about the different icons I mentioned
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Sorry about that but mine does include a description of the icons, I just didn't look at them tho.
prodinho said:
Sorry about that but mine does include a description of the icons, I just didn't look at them tho.
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No problem
Description updated 08 Nov 2008
I stopped using the HTC Diamond dialer after I found out that it uses 10MB of memory (8MB on some improved ROMs like SwiftBL) at all times and is partly responsible for the device's laggy dialer performance.
The default WM dialer is an ugly grey but after finding this thread about QVGA skins I decided to make my own black skin. I'd like to thank the starter of that thread, Raceit, for helping me to get started with the image files and trying to fix them for me. Cheers dude!
I don't know how to make CABs yet so here's a zip. (EDIT: CAB available in post #3.) The orange colouring in the screenshots was part of my theme, not part of the skin.
To install, first disable the HTC dialer, see post #2 for more details.
If you would like to install the black 3D skin pictured below, the easiest method is to install the CAB provided by mic_888 in post #3. If you plan to use another skin that doesn't have a CAB then I advise installing the CAB anyway, then copying the images files from the ZIP archive into the Windows folder. There are 2 advantages of installing a CAB - firstly so that the image files are unprotected and easier to overwrite and secondly to make uninstallation easier. Just uninstall the CAB to remove whatever skin you are using and revert to standard the standard WM grey skin.
Hint: The Matrix, Flat Black and Sunset skins in this thread feature transparent buttons with different edge colours, feel free to use them with your own backgrounds. It's just a case of replacing the two png images with your own choice of portrait/landscape images
EDIT: Matrix and Flat Black skins added, see post #24 - CAB now added!
EDIT: Sunset skin added, see post #29 - CAB now added!
EDIT: Grey/White skin added, see post #71 - CAB now added!
EDIT: Dark TouchFlo skin by nhvoltagenh, see post #74-#75
Please also check out the skins by holdemdogg, starting at post #49!
Edit: More Skins, good ones too...
Ryon Skin
Noonski Diamondish Skin
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Dave
Information about using the standard WM dialer
The main drawback of the standard WM dialer is that you cannot use it for video calling. Not an issue for me personally.
The advantages are that it saves almost 10MB of memory, even on ROMs with an optimized dialer, and gets rid of that slight lag when making or answering a call when you're not sure if it's actually going to do anything. A further benefit is that the answer and reject keys are much more difficult to press accidentally, removing the need for an additional locking program (Answerkeys Disabler, TouchLockPro, S2U2, etc.)
The HTC dialer can be disabled using DiamondTweak or Schaps Advanced Configuration Tool. You must also disable the HTC Volume Control if you wish to be able to adjust the volume in-call. The only working method that I know of is to use this CAB here.
Edit: It turns out that disabling the HTC dialer also loses the Bluetooth icon in the taskbar. I had a quick google and found this solution. I've tested it and it works fine on my Diamond. File attached below for convenience.
Edit 2: The developers of the bluetooth icon app have released a new version that's more compatible with VGA! See below.
Made a cab - I haven't tested it though
mic_888 said:
Made a cab - I haven't tested it though
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Perfect! Tested OK.
Thanks!
cab doesn't work. and image files can't be copy to the windows folder.
Great work I was looking for this and will include in my Lite rom, can you tranform also Phone_DPI_192 files? (call history), many thanks....
ciberus said:
Great work I was looking for this and will include in my Lite rom, can you tranform also Phone_DPI_192 files? (call history), many thanks....
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Nice one, glad someone else finds it useful! Can you post any more information? I don't know where those files are.
If anyone has any requests for other colours or designs, let me know. Also please feel free to post your own designs here.
so all i do is run the cab and then 10 mb will be freed up? does this work on the sprint diamond?
Any idea how to undo disable HTC volume control if I plan to go back to default HTC dialer?
Is the cab changing some registry settings?
stuckonashelf said:
so all i do is run the cab and then 10 mb will be freed up? does this work on the sprint diamond?
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No you need to disable the HTC dialer and volume control too. See post #2 for details. I don't know enough about the differences in the sprint but I expect so.
raspdeep said:
Any idea how to undo disable HTC volume control if I plan to go back to default HTC dialer?
Is the cab changing some registry settings?
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I don't really know what that cab does. Have you tried uninstalling from remove programs then soft-resetting?
Davey101 said:
If anyone has any requests for other colours or designs, let me know.
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Well done, I'd like to try this!
But, as I use skilty's TF3D Matrix theme with it's skinned dialer, I'd like to request a Matrix WM dialer skin, please. For personal use and to share it in the Matrix Trilogy theme resource thread.
Maybe you want to have a go at it? It would be great if you could design one with 'real' 1234567890 digits. Perhaps from one of the free Matrix fonts.. And it would be bonus if you could design another skin with 'actual' Matrix font digits, like these.
Or maybe you can just use skilty's dialer artwork? I could ask skilty. Anyway, TIA!
Thanks Davey101!
I'm waiting for that since a long time!!!
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Well done, I'd like to try this!
But, as I use skilty's TF3D Matrix theme with it's skinned dialer, I'd like to request a Matrix WM dialer skin, please. For personal use and to share it in the Matrix Trilogy theme resource thread.
Maybe you want to have a go at it? It would be great if you could design one with 'real' 1234567890 digits. Perhaps from one of the free Matrix fonts.. And it would be bonus if you could design another skin with 'actual' Matrix font digits, like these.
Or maybe you can just use skilty's dialer artwork? I could ask skilty. Anyway, TIA!
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News flash!
The Matrix trilogy ended, lamely, 5 years ago!
I think it might be easiest to use transparent buttons with a simple green border so that the matrix background image is seen through the buttons. I'll see what I can come up with, unless you'd like to have a go?
I don't know how to change the button font, sorry.
I use Vito Winterface....
I have made these buttons but not centered!
(I take the same gif mesure of Black VGA Dialer skin: 86x56, 128x54, 142x56 and 180x54)
If somebody could help me...
THX!!!
ZeuBug said:
I use Vito Winterface....
I have made these buttons but not centered!
(I take the same gif mesure of Black VGA Dialer skin for example, 86x56, 128x54, 142x56 and 180x54)
If somebody could help me...
THX!!!
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Sorry I don't understand that!
Davey101 said:
Sorry I don't understand that!
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My (very) bad english or my problem???
ZeuBug said:
My (very) bad english or my problem???
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Your problem (maybe because of your English!)
Hi all,
Is anyone able to develope a Dialer skin that increases the numeric button sizes, There is a big bar of space at the top of the dialer that could be used for the other buttons we use, Or can we remove the call history list to increase the buttons?
Dan
creeky said:
Hi all,
Is anyone able to develope a Dialer skin that increases the numeric button sizes, There is a big bar of space at the top of the dialer that could be used for the other buttons we use, Or can we remove the call history list to increase the buttons?
Dan
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I'm sure it is possible but that would involve replacing or editing the dialer software, not just the skin. The standard software has a fixed layout and we can replace the images used but not change their size or position.
It might be worth looking around for an alternative dialer...
Davey101 said:
News flash!
The Matrix trilogy ended, lamely, 5 years ago!
I think it might be easiest to use transparent buttons with a simple green border so that the matrix background image is seen through the buttons. I'll see what I can come up with, unless you'd like to have a go?
I don't know how to change the button font, sorry.
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Ouch
Well, I don't know how to change anything on the WM dialer, so please, try transparent buttons and a simple green border and I'll check it out. Cheers!
icons when I am viewing my icons in programs on the HTC DIAMOND. I'm using the EnergyROM DIAMOND 20090714 Standard rom? The icons are kinda small as is the writing, but other than that seems pretty nice.
I've tried changing setting in the tweaks, but no joy!
cheers
Here it goes, I found it on PPCGeeks a while back bu forgot which post it originally came from, but here it is!
3 to 4 instead?
Ahem....
I have the opposite problem...
Just came from Energy Rom and actually liked the 4 per raw layout, but I have absolutely no idea how to restore it..
any hint please?
Get the application "Diamond Tweak":
http://www.montecristoff.com/diamondtweak.htm
There is an option in that program to change this!
Sleehond said:
Get the application "Diamond Tweak":
http://www.montecristoff.com/diamondtweak.htm
There is an option in that program to change this!
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do you believe me if I say I just finished downloading it when you replied?
Sadly it doesn't work. I modified and soft reset but no luck...
Thanks for the info anyway
Try this cab, works for me
http://www.mediafire.com/?qlzldm7ss0h
kien said:
Try this cab, works for me
http://www.mediafire.com/?qlzldm7ss0h
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thanks kien, but did't work either...
It doesn't matter... at the end of the day it's still working
we are getting confused
I think we are getting confused between the Touch Flow programs panel (3 icons wide) and the Start menu / Programs window1 it is the Touch Flow programs window that I would like 4 wide.
3 Columns
That works http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535725