I am a newbie here. I just want to know if there is a registry tweak on how can I adjust the display contrast/saturation of my Hermes. My brother has a HTC Tytn and the screen display seems to be more briliant than my HTC Hermes Softbank. Thanks.
I don't know about the contrast/saturation, but you will get a more brilliant screen if you adjust the brightness...
START/SETTINGS/SYSTEM tab/BACKLIGHT
docles2002 said:
I am a newbie here. I just want to know if there is a registry tweak on how can I adjust the display contrast/saturation of my Hermes. My brother has a HTC Tytn and the screen display seems to be more briliant than my HTC Hermes Softbank. Thanks.
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The brightness adjustment is set at the maximum level in both units and still the screen display of HTC TyTn of my brother is more colorful and briliant than my HTC Herm Softbank.
I can get a contrast icon to show up by adjusting the registry
open regedit and make changes then do a softreset
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Contrast
and renaming the "Redirect" value to "Redirect_" (or rename to something else, or remove it completley).
but I cant get it to adjust the contrast but it works in my Axim though maybe someone else can figure something out
I think this is one of those I didn't know I didn't know that moments
I did a bit of searching and came up with this link for the axim http://www.aximsite.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-10559.html It appears that this registry tweak only works if you have video drivers loaded which support the contrast feature. It worked for aximfan on his axim but not for other axim users so I guess this is the same for Hermes users.
@docles2002 - Can you check if you and your friend have the same video drivers? (I don't know how to do this (yet) so you'll need to search a bit).
aximfan said:
I can get a contrast icon to show up by adjusting the registry
open regedit and make changes then do a softreset
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Contrast
and renaming the "Redirect" value to "Redirect_" (or rename to something else, or remove it completley).
but I cant get it to adjust the contrast but it works in my Axim though maybe someone else can figure something out
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VJLumosIII
do a search for VJLumosIII, it's a cab file.
lincolnwong said:
do a search for VJLumosIII, it's a cab file.
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It has nothing to do with the contrast.
Back to the subject: as has been pointed out in some of my articles (guys, DO FOLLOW MY BLOG / DO READ THE ARTICLES I POST TO THE GENERAL FORUM HERE!!!), you can't set the contrast on any Pocket PC except the Dell Axim x50v/x51v, which has the 2700G and, therefore, enables contrast settings.
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I've started work on a VGA hack along the lines of OzVGA or SE_VGA.
I have identified the reg keys that need to be changed to get the display in to real VGA mode, and I have obtained the 96dpi files from a QVGA version of WM5.
Now, the VGA mode works fine with everything nice and small but, my icons aren't displaying correctly, with things like the phone icon being displayed for settings and mail icon for calender. Also, contacts won't display at all.
The reg keys to change are:
[HKLM\Drivers\Display\GPE\]
LogicalPixelsY change to 96 from 192
LogicalPixelsX change to 96 from 192
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today]
DPI change to 96 from 192
I'll post the QVGA files later.
Can someone with experience of how OzVGA was programmed give me a hand?
hey this is great...i have no experience with programming but im hoping you correct your vga hack and post it here for all of us to use
how about 144dpi
I've been messing about with 144DPI and I think this has the potential to be the perfect res.
Reckon there's any potential to get what we need to make this work?
I find 96dpi is a bit harsh when it come to quick stylus navigation ! caqll me a novice if you must!
MrGinger,
Rilot stated in an earlier post that when he adusts the font dpi settings the icons aren't displaying correctly.
Are your icons displaying correctly?
nope I get media player fonts all over the place in my start menu
and sbp pocket plus renders all over the place.
but the font looks nice for a non-native res
But if the right files and dll were found/built this would be a sweet res
This device would be excellent for "VGA Mode"...
Looks like it may take a while for a VGA hack for WM2005 to be implement...
The icons are stored in a .dll file that is loaded at startup - at least according to this article: http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=365279
It's detailed technical expalanation of how VGA works - at least in WM2003SE. I'm sure there have been minor changes, but for those who have some programming skills it may help get this working. I read the article but it's a bit over my head.
Nice job but i cannot find [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today] with a dpi setting to change.
Mike
It's there.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today
Looking at it right now.
Its there but there are no stings to modify for the dpi.
Keep it up.. We are waiting for your help with WM5 Real VGA...
Update:
I have all the 96dpi files from the BA version of WM5 but I can't seem to get the OS to call them when in 96dpi mode. It doesn't seem to work the same way as it did with WM2003SE.
Confused.
Did you make any progress with this, Rilot? I just got a jasjar and I'm very interested in this. Can I get a copy of the 96dpi files that you have?
Thanks,
Brett
I can upload them somewhere for you. Give me a sec.
here you go: http://www.rilot.nildram.co.uk/res96.rar
::sigh:: I'm getting the same thing you are... no icons, even with the files in place... but it looks so nice in real VGA mode. Hopefully someone with more knowledge than I can figure this out.
Brett
I think WM5 calls the DLLs in a different way to WM2003SE. We just need to work out how it decides whether to load the 192dpi files or the 96dpi versions.
need those files from BA/Himalaya WM2005 to test VGA Hack
Can anyone who owns a Blue Angel / Himalaya running WM2005 be kind enough to upload the following files? I want to test the VGA Hack, and really want to make to working for the Universial. Thanks in advance!!
11select.96.gif
arrow2.96.gif
blankbanner.96.gif
browsres.96.dll
complete.96.gif
coreres.96.dll
dayview.96.gif
disabledP96.gif
disabledSQ96.gif
exappres.96.dll
instmsgrresources.96.dll
landscape96.gif
landscape96.dll
msim.96.dll
myinfo.96.gif
ocxDefault96.gif
officeres.96.dll
outres.96.dll
pegcards.96.dll
pmsnresources.96.dll
portrait96.gif
portrait96.dll
pptres.96.dll
pushedP96.gif
pushedSQ96.gif
ratings96S.gif
riresdll.96.dll
seekthumb96S.gif
shellres.96.dll
shellresapps.96.dll
square96.gif
square96.dll
stylus1.96.gif
stylus2.96.gif
tapres.96.dll
TraRes0409.96.dll
tshres.96.dll
welcomehead.96.gif
wmpocx96.dll
Here you go.
I've not managed to get them to work with my hack. Let us know if you have managed to get the OS to call the files.
http://www.rilot.co.uk/res96.rar
It's not all of the files you asked for but is all of the ones that are needed for the icons to display correctly and the input panels to draw......if you can get the OS to call them.
Forgive my hignorance (my Exec is delivered this coming week ) but I thought it *was* VGA. :shock: What's the reason for this hack? Can you post screenshots?
TIA
rilot said:
Here you go.
I've not managed to get them to work with my hack. Let us know if you have managed to get the OS to call the files.
http://www.rilot.co.uk/res96.rar
It's not all of the files you asked for but is all of the ones that are needed for the icons to display correctly and the input panels to draw......if you can get the OS to call them.
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There seems to be a few files missing from the res96.rar you've got. Can someone with BA/Himalaya WM2005 do a search of *96*.* under \Windows and report how many files are there? Thanks.
I have seen mention of a registry setting to adjust the sensitivity of the touchscreen - especially useful after adding a screen protector.
Does anyone know what setting it is?
hi, are you referring to this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=282063
That thread mentions the method described here:
http://www.pocketpctweaks.com/pocketpc_tweaks/Minimize_tapping_Pressure
Unfortunately, the listed registry path/key does not exist on the Hermes, or at least, not on mine. A search of the registry for 'touch' finds two possible paths, but neither contain a 'threshold'-related key. It may be possible that creating the key might work, but I'd rather be sure first.
ok.
btw, you do have HKLM/Software/Drivers/Touch in your Hermes, don't you?
raymonds said:
ok.
btw, you do have HKLM/Software/Drivers/Touch in your Hermes, don't you?
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I don't have that in my Hermes
is there any way to make the screen brighter then the max setting? ive used the tmobile wing b4 and its screen seemed much brighter is there some kind of registry hack or anything?
SamuelAdams said:
is there any way to make the screen brighter then the max setting? ive used the tmobile wing b4 and its screen seemed much brighter is there some kind of registry hack or anything?
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locate and install vjay utilities... it has a screen brightener included...
SamuelAdams said:
is there any way to make the screen brighter then the max setting? ive used the tmobile wing b4 and its screen seemed much brighter is there some kind of registry hack or anything?
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Just another tid bit I thought I might add since I saw this post. You might like this one to .
VJLumos III for Hermes/TyTN
http://www.vijay555.com/forum/index.php?topic=62.msg432
I was saving this for a sugestion to add this to the brightness sortcut in the HTC Home Plug in. IMO I think this MAX setting being added and the OFF setting would be a MUCH better improvment, as who can use their PPC when the screen is Black LOL!
Hope one of these works for you .
Gem
debonairone said:
locate and install vjay utilities... it has a screen brightener included...
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where might i find it? i searched the hermes forums and nothing came up
LG KS20 have a really black WinMobile - isn't it?
I see it on official LG KS20 site!
So, lets extract it, an use on another devices!
http://ks20.lgmobile.com/
Here is screenshots!
Kpyto said:
LG KS20 have a really black WinMobile - isn't it?
I see it on official LG KS20 site!
So, lets extract it, an use on another devices!
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Sorry, but it isn't what it looks like!
The Flash Demo looks great with the Black WM, but in fact it looks just like every WM version. So no black. It's just fake!
It would be awesome if we could make our WM look that way!
hopefully we can change it to look like that soon, looks really nice
This can be done with SKTools
I have just started messing with this to get it to look like the LG images. With SKTools you can change the color of every item: window, background, text, etc. It will just take some time to get everything set right. I have attached a screen shot from my touch that shows the background color changed to grey from white. Once I get the black settings to work, I will post them. Or if someone can figure it out, PLEASE post the settings!!
Don't believe everything you see on a flash website. That's marketing at play!
well you are right about marketing, but, they lie to their own customers.
if you have some coding skills you can make almost everything in the flash to happen, but the impossible stuff - you can never get analizer in WMP, and you will defenately will not get black google page, also you will not get black windows live (maybe if you rewrite it), you must also rewrite a lot from the os to get genuine black looks
some black backgrounds work with SKTools but the icons look ugly
I am pissed at LG because they advertise this product to look like in it's page but in fact they deliver regular looking WM6 device which is not so much difrend then any popular WM6 device
Thanks for your answers!
Now I'm understand
It can be close...
Here are some screen shots of various windows screens and apps that have been changed to white on black. Not sure if I like it yet and obviously LG has done some things on their flash website that appear to not be on the actual phone. If people like this look I can post the SKTools settings.
One thing to remember is that in order to put your color changes back, you need to reload the correct / orriginal values into SKTools. You can't just uninstall SKTools. The settings will stay.
Link to the application. Not free but can be used in demo mode:
http://s-k-tools.com/index.html?sktools/m_feat.html
The colors are changed in the "TuneUp!" section, under the colors tab. Many color changes require a reset to apply.
Can you tell me what colors you modified?
koukifc3s said:
Can you tell me what colors you modified?
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There are a BUNCH of settings that you have to change. I still haven't got the pop up window / warning messages working right. I have attached a zip file with the screen shots of my settings as they are now. You should be able to get the idea of what changes what. For reference, keep in mind 255,255,255 is white and 0,0,0 is black.
2manyphones said:
Here are some screen shots of various windows screens and apps that have been changed to white on black. Not sure if I like it yet and obviously LG has done some things on their flash website that appear to not be on the actual phone. If people like this look I can post the SKTools settings.
One thing to remember is that in order to put your color changes back, you need to reload the correct / orriginal values into SKTools. You can't just uninstall SKTools. The settings will stay.
Link to the application. Not free but can be used in demo mode:
http://s-k-tools.com/index.html?sktools/m_feat.html
The colors are changed in the "TuneUp!" section, under the colors tab. Many color changes require a reset to apply.
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Actually, with SK Tools if you want to revert back to the original color you just have to press the file box in the upper right hand corner & select (X).
I have already done this over in a thread titled "Black Background in Applications Folder". Here is the link
It is not only the applications folder, it is an entire device color change to a Black/Slate Gray Theme.
The sys file is to be used by UITweaker.
UITweaker>SysColorChanger>Tools>Import
Many people have been requesting this across the XDA-Dev board.
2manyphones said:
There are a BUNCH of settings that you have to change. I still haven't got the pop up window / warning messages working right. I have attached a zip file with the screen shots of my settings as they are now. You should be able to get the idea of what changes what. For reference, keep in mind 255,255,255 is white and 0,0,0 is black.
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You can get color codes on this website HTML Color Codes.
Scratching head..
I'm confused guys.. what's all the fuss about? As I watch the flash demo for the KS20 on the LG site I don't actually see anything that isn't available on the phone out of the box.. with 2 mins of work, anyhow.
Both the KS20 and the KU990 (Viewty, I have one of those too ) use the nifty graphic UI you see in the demo. That being said, with the KS20 you can navigate the traditional way as well.. START | Programs | IE etc. so you can use whichever you prefer because ALL aspects of the device are accessible either way so.. maybe I'm missing the issue?
It does look very spiffy in black, I have to say.. WM6 utilizes themes and there are many already available, but of course you can always create one if you can't find one to suit your fancy.
As for black IE (and thus Windows Live, as it is currently only available through the browser if you want to use an official MS client to connect) it's a simple matter of a registry setting. Please tell me we haven't all been using alternate browsers for so long that we've forgotten that you can over-ride the default color settings in IE?
And last but not least.. the WMP issue.. haven't we ever heard of skins?
C'mon guys.. it's not so bad.. for Windows
IT Has 262K Screen
I know this is of topic, but how comes the lg ks20 has 262 144(262K) colours but i read somewhere the windows os is limited to 65 536 (65k) ?
defcomg said:
I know this is of topic, but how comes the lg ks20 has 262 144(262K) colours but i read somewhere the windows os is limited to 65 536 (65k) ?
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In the same way you can buy a monitor with 24-bit colour depth and use it with DOS that only has something like 4-bit colour depth
MTM said:
In the same way you can buy a monitor with 24-bit colour depth and use it with DOS that only has something like 4-bit colour depth
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They call it "marketing" - a good one dude
@Azimuth
Can u tell me how to install that software ..the one u provided up in ur post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1738011&postcount=79
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@Azimuth
Can u tell me how to install that software ..the one u provided up in ur post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1738011&postcount=79
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According to this post you will need UI Tweaker.
I looked around and all I could find on this subject was a couple threads on the sending limit of MMS so I figured it is safe to start a thread on this somewhat related issue.
I am used to my TyTN II (I've had it for years) so when I got the HD2 on the 24th I was really disappointed when I got my first MMS pictures.... They are so tiny I can't hardly see them...
Even when I open them they are extremely small.... Half the size of what would display on my TyTN II and way to small to enjoy.
Is there a registry setting anywhere that controls the display size of the MMS pictures? They currently open to no larger then 1/4 inch by 1/4 inch.
If I have the same pictures sent to my TyTN II they are almost full screen so I am assuming it's a setting.....
Thanks
i think, the different is made by the display resolution.
the kaiser has got qvga, 240x320, the hd2 wvga, 480x800.
so imagine:someone sends an mms with resolution auf 200x220
its even not a quarter of hd2, but nearly fullscreen on kaiser.
DN41
Go to the Themes & Apps section in the stickies.
DN41 said:
i think, the different is made by the display resolution.
the kaiser has got qvga, 240x320, the hd2 wvga, 480x800.
so imagine:someone sends an mms with resolution auf 200x220
its even not a quarter of hd2, but nearly fullscreen on kaiser.
DN41
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No, the pictures actually display at a larger size on my Kaiser..... Has nothing to do with the screen size of the device.
nuron said:
Go to the Themes & Apps section in the stickies.
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I looked through there and even did a search and didn't find anything that matched my issue but I'll look again.
**NEW** I looked through there again and the only thing I found was icon and home screen mods....
Thanks
sorry, was just an imagination of mine
DN41
DN41 said:
sorry, was just an imagination of mine
DN41
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I appreciate the reply and I understand where your coming from...it makes sense but all the pictures come in that 1/4 by 1/4 inch size no matter what size they were taken in.... Even a 3 meg pic taken comes in my HD2 at 1/4 by 1/4 and when opened is only slightly larger...
There has to be a setting that is making all picture come in the very same size.
Thank you.
maybe i understand you wrong...
but afaik mms are resized before sending, dont they?
DN41
I had the same issue. Solved with this.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=620277
Fixed it. For some reason the UserAgent in the registry was set to a Touch Pro 2 and as O2-UK don't supply that phone they were sending the MMS photos at small resolution. I changed it to an N95.
HK Local Machine\Software\Jataayu\MMS\SP
UAProfile = http://nds1.nds.nokia.com/uaprof/NN95-1r100.xml
UserAgent = NokiaN95/11.0.026; Series60/3.1 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1
mms fixed
Thanks for this info Leonardo. I can now finally see mms messages without a magnifier.
How exactly does one edit those registries? do you have to use a specific program other then ActiveSync?
You will need a registry editor. I prefer Resco Reg Editor but there are other variations around - some are free. If you are going to try for the first time make sure you back-up your device first with PIM Back Up and make sure you follow the instructions to the letter (capitalize when it shows, space when it shows, etc.). I have never had a problem and have carried out a few dozen "reg tweaks" now, but there is always a first time!! Good Luck
ok that didn't seem to work, but now I can't send SMS. do i need to click on the box that says"set as default keys value"?
I should have written down the original settings. Agh!!! how can I get those back?
I guess you didn't back up first. The TMOUS settings must be different to other roms. I am still a novice myself so I would advise you to try to find the original settings from another TMOUS user. Sorry I can't be of better assistance.
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I guess you didn't back up first. The TMOUS settings must be different to other roms. I am still a novice myself so I would advise you to try to find the original settings from another TMOUS user. Sorry I can't be of better assistance.
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Yea I didn't back up. So I did ask another user for settings, but it didn't work. Is this something that can be fixed by doing a hard reset?
cab fix
install this cab works fine
http://rapidshare.com/files/369805590/DocHD2MMSFix.cab.html
Tried that and 2 others. None seem to work. Hard reset is my next move. That's what I get for messing with the registry. HAHAHA. thanks for you help. Much appreciated!