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Am I really that stupid? Where's the Photo Album gone?

Ok, MDA Pro newbie here, as you can see...
On the good old MDA III there was a servicable Photo Album that let you rotate pictures, and view them full screen etc. The "Pictures&Video" on the MDA Pro is wholly inadequate for that, none of them functions seem to be there, unless I missed them all...
Am I right? Is the Album somewhere else where I didn't see it? Should I get a different picture viewer altogether, and if yes, which?
THAAAANKS!

Anyone?

It's called "Pictures and Videos" and is standard with WM5
Cheers
hrb

its gone.
i use resco photo viewer, bit resource hungry, but far more powerful.

...and There is NO Photo Album, Caller ID, & Xbackup on Universal... :wink:

After having used this machine for 3 weeks now I find it really annoying that so many tried and tested things have changed for the worse, this being just the one.

Since you seem to have pictures&video then all you really need to do is learn how to use it again. The pictures&video app (at least on my MDA pro) can do pretty much everything you're looking from it. To rotate a picture, open it, tap menu - edit and on the editor screen tap rotate at the bottom left. To view a picture full screen select it, tap menu - "play slide show", then tap the screen and hit the pause button to stop it from moving on to the next picture. If the slideshow shot is the wrong orentation for you then you can change that in the slide show options (set for portrait mode by default but you can select landscape as the default). You can even crop your pictures in the editor or have it autocorrect for colour and exposure.

XnView
You can also use XnView. it's free and very performant.
Cheers
hrb
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g/xnview/uk_pocket_home.html

ScreenShot using MvRTrueVGA_v1.3

2 screen captures of my ameo running MvRTrueVGA_v1.3
i found this to be better than ozvga as all screens are ok apart from the
comms screen
to capture the screen ive used Pocket Controller-Professional

You can see some other pictures in this Thread. There are also the download Links for True VGA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=301853

only thing i have noticed is you cant make a phone call the keypad gets covered as you try to dial and all you can enter is a one

my phone MvRTrueVGA pic and comms pic
here are the pics of my phone screen and comms screen

cryptkiller said:
here are the pics of my phone screen and comms screen
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yup same thing only thing is if i dial using that keypad it brings up contacts list and covers the other keys so you cant dial

Use this one:

Yep sorted thanks for that
i cant seem to get the comms screen to change tho should that change with
this prog ?

cryptkiller said:
Yep sorted thanks for that
i cant seem to get the comms screen to change tho should that change with
this prog ?
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were you able to get that .cab file to work

for dialing I figured out to disable smart dialing and you can dial without the contacts coming up and covering the keys

The CommManager is not added in this programm, maybe someone knew another programm for it.

cab works great and is what i was looking for sorry for being newbish. Thanks alot for the cab

what today themes are you guys using with this program. Im finding that most the themes out there will load but the picture on the theme will only be small picture in the middle of the screen instead of taking up the whole screen.

jasonmoe said:
what today themes are you guys using with this program. Im finding that most the themes out there will load but the picture on the theme will only be small picture in the middle of the screen instead of taking up the whole screen.
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you can use Resco Photo Viewer to set your today wallpaper which will fill the whole screen

or just get a free registry editor and change the DPI setting from 192 to 96.
HKCU/software/microsoft/today/dpi
then do something that will refresh display, say rotate screen or soft reset...

shockboy2000 said:
or just get a free registry editor and change the DPI setting from 192 to 96.
HKCU/software/microsoft/today/dpi
then do something that will refresh display, say rotate screen or soft reset...
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No DPI Dword value in my registry....

Will WM6 support full VGA, so, no hacks are necessary?

cryptkiller said:
2 screen captures of my ameo running MvRTrueVGA_v1.3
i found this to be better than ozvga as all screens are ok apart from the
comms screen
to capture the screen ive used Pocket Controller-Professional
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cryptkiller,
What Start Menu replacement are you using? I'm looking for one myself.
Thanks

danieletroiano said:
No DPI Dword value in my registry....
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are you looking in the correct place? i.e. HKCU
its there on Tmobile Ameo ROM, and seems to be a standard WM5 reg setting since i got the info from an old WM5 site explaining how to get pictures bigger in the background on WM5 devices.
if your provider has removed it, try adding it

Added HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\DPI as Dword value 96 in dec (0x60 in hex)
Nothing happens

danieletroiano said:
Added HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\DPI as Dword value 96 in dec (0x60 in hex)
Nothing happens
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Remember to do a soft-reset after every reg edit. Use a software, or turn off device for 10 seconds and turn on again, before doing the reset

Today screen...Picture transparency?

When you choose a photo/picture to use on your today screen the picture is very washed-out. Is there any way the transparency can be altered to make the photo clear? Thank-you

neildunne said:
When you choose a photo/picture to use on your today screen the picture is very washed-out. Is there any way the transparency can be altered to make the photo clear? Thank-you
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Yes. Go to the picture and video application, then from there, browse to the directory containing your image. Then pick up the image, and from menu, say that you want to use this for your desktop.
The next screen that appear will have the ability for you to adjust how wash out you want the picture to be.

Thanks for your help buddy, worked perfect.

neildunne said:
Thanks for your help buddy, worked perfect.
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You're welcome!

eaglesteve said:
You're welcome!
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Check out Resco Photo Viewer 6. It is not freeware but well worth a look at the trial. It does all that you want and much more. Additionally, it displays your photos sharper than the buit-in Photo & Video app.

Caller photo size

Hi there, I have a "problem" with the photo that appears when someone is calling. To be more specific, the size is very small. Is there an app that makes it bigger, like iphone for example?

You can use S2U2 and enable S2A (slide to answer).
Then you get full-screen photo and you need to use a Iphone-like slider to answer. Bonus is you won't answer accidentally anymore.
Hope this helps.
Search to find the app (is in the general software section, I think)

You need to enable Caller ID to Full Screen to get S2U2 to work with the Caller ID It's working really well on the Diamond. Might have a slight increase in speed if you disable the Diamond Dialer. But that's personal of course..

Yes S2U2 is the solution to your problem. Very handy application.
For you guys that use S2U2 do you have the weather info on S2U2 screen?
It worked for me once but not anymore

it works! thank you for the help...

After a day of tests, I found that with S2U2 installed, when someone calls me I cannot hang up. By pressing the hard button (or even the soft button when enables) it only mutes. Any idea?

U can use Inesoft Address Book (not free) to get big Picture
and u get better contact with photo too..

arix said:
U can use Inesoft Address Book (not free) to get big Picture
and u get better contact with photo too..
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I've already tried it but I didn't like tha fact that it changes my phone keyboard and the whole contact layout...

S2U2
I find that after S2U2 it drains my battery much more faster. anybody else notice this...

xenos3 said:
After a day of tests, I found that with S2U2 installed, when someone calls me I cannot hang up. By pressing the hard button (or even the soft button when enables) it only mutes. Any idea?
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You can find an answer in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2783558&postcount=2405
Ciao, Andrea

mccune said:
You need to enable Caller ID to Full Screen to get S2U2 to work with the Caller ID It's working really well on the Diamond. Might have a slight increase in speed if you disable the Diamond Dialer. But that's personal of course..
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How can I disable this Diamond Dialer?Please explain step by step.It rings with delay.

revizoro said:
How can I disable this Diamond Dialer?Please explain step by step.It rings with delay.
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Use Diamond Tweak to disable it. Just changehone Pad Style, from Diamond to Windows Mobile Standard.
One setting above this you can disable the Ring Time delay.

xenos3 said:
I've already tried it but I didn't like tha fact that it changes my phone keyboard and the whole contact layout...
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U can disable the Dialer keyboard and use system defalt,
About the contact layout, it's much more better with photo
while looking for caontact, and 100% compatible to outlook..

S2A 480x640 picture
it would be great if S2A can use pictures from its own folder, because the standard pictures are very poor quality, what i mean is if i can prepare jpg pictures in 480x640 resolution of people from phone book, name these pictures like contacts in phone book or numbers and S2A will use them instead standard ones. anyone know is it possible?

I've noticed too that s2u2 caller pics look kind of blurry. Is there any solution?

xenos3 said:
I've noticed too that s2u2 caller pics look kind of blurry. Is there any solution?
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Use Slide to View (S2V) to set as outlook contact picture.
You can download from A_C site (http://www.ac-s2.com/)
Ciao, Andrea

_wizo_ said:
For you guys that use S2U2 do you have the weather info on S2U2 screen?
It worked for me once but not anymore
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hey Wizzo,
Did you try to have it on manila 3 weather?
mine works fine, I kept changing it till it appeared

screen capture app

what would be the best screen capture app (possibly free) for x2
tried spb capture but cant assign key

indycar said:
what would be the best screen capture app (possibly free) for x2
tried spb capture but cant assign key
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CapSure, also utility in Resco Photo Manager

gonna try it now thx
edit:
got the capsure v1.11 works but im kinda lost with it

have a read of this thread HERE
I've just installed MyMobiler, its pretty cool and you can take Screen shots from your computer

indycar said:
gonna try it now thx
edit:
got the capsure v1.11 works but im kinda lost with it
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CapsSure is a very advanced app.
Basically set it to shoot screen OR certain app,
like Opera - because it covers all the WM control button,
once you set it for Opera it will bring the app and make screenshot...

Can someone suggest a Screen Cature for Htc HD2
Please