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Can align screen shortcut be disabled?

I'm curious if its possible to disable the align screen shortcut on the Wizard (Enter Button in center plus Messages Button) Its really annoying when playing Doom or an emulator in landscape and having that popup all the time. Does anyone know a fix for this?

Unfortunately i dont have an answer for you. but i do have aquestion that i hope youcan answer. I got myself a doom launcher. It works well, but the control setup is terrible on the wizard. If i play in portrait mode, the fire button is the left soft key. So i ahve to fire with the same finger that i use to move. That makes the game unplayable. What launcher are you using and where did you get it?

I haven't done any testing or trying yet, but here is my idea...
what if you rename the align screen app, just so it stops it from launching?

Unfortunately i dont have an answer for you. but i do have aquestion that i hope youcan answer. I got myself a doom launcher. It works well, but the control setup is terrible on the wizard. If i play in portrait mode, the fire button is the left soft key. So i ahve to fire with the same finger that i use to move. That makes the game unplayable. What launcher are you using and where did you get it?
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Its called GF Doom (I'm sorry but I don't remember where I got it or whom made it. Although if the creator see's this I would love for him/her to PM me as I also have some questions.) Anyway the launcher shouldn't control the Key Mapping, usually thats done in some sort of config file. With the program that I have the keys are mapped in the skin file's txt document.
Try this, unzip all contents into your storage card and run the launcher you should get Doom, Doom II, and Plutonia (sometimes called Ultimate Doom) as well as a 3rd party mod called Evilution. Keep the default skin, with that the keys I have mapped are:
The directional Buttons for Movement, Messages button for Fire and strafe(I would like to change strafe to volume up/down or Internet but have not been able to if you can figure this out let me know), and the softkeys for Select and Start.
The screen defaults to protrait with your choosen skin. To play in full landscape start the game in the options change the resolution to "low" and it will switch, Hope this helps
I can't seem to get the attachment to work here is the link ftp://[email protected]/Uploads/
the file is pocket doom.zip

A Flock of Seagulls are in my Wizard
It would be awesome to find a way to disable this. Is there maybe an entry in the registry that corresponds to what key combination turns on the align screen program. Maybe it could be changed to some combination of keys that is very unlikely to be executed simultaneously.
Until then, I'll continue to drink foo-foo drinks to calm myself while trying to play any action games.

GF Doom
Dragonedge:
What version of GF Doom do you have? Maybe I have an old version. When I enter full screen mode, the soft keys are shoot and strafe, while the message/IE buttons are menu and escape. I have to use the same hand to shoot as I do to move.
Thanks for the tip about full screen, I would never have figured that out. Now I'm not dissapointed with the program anymore.

Lol, funny posts. Is this still a problem? Does it need investigating?
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I still have the problem........ working on some things now.

What version of GF Doom do you have? Maybe I have an old version. When I enter full screen mode, the soft keys are shoot and strafe, while the message/IE buttons are menu and escape. I have to use the same hand to shoot as I do to move.
Thanks for the tip about full screen, I would never have figured that out. Now I'm not dissapointed with the program anymore.
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Not sure what version it is. Check out the ftp I uploaded a zip file with everything I use. Also you can edit the skin files to remap the softkeys as well as the messaging and internet keys. All the information about remapping the buttons is in the skins folder in a txt file names Skin Specs.
Lol, funny posts. Is this still a problem? Does it need investigating?
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The only problem I had was being able to map the message and internet buttons as different keys. Also I would like to use the volume slider as a left and righ strafe but could not seem to get that mapped either. Any help there would be great.

I've made an app to disable this - VJCalibrula for Universal and Hermes.
Wizard requires a slightly different hack, and I don't have one to test on.
dragonedge: what hardware/ROM are you using? I'll try to get you to alpha test if you want.
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dragonedge: what hardware/ROM are you using? I'll try to get you to alpha test if you want.
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I wouldn't mind at all . I have the T-mobile MDA/Wizard with the 2.26 ROM
An app to disable this would be handy another idea that would be nice is an app that would let you specify another button combination for system shortcuts would be awesome.

VJCalibrula - disable align screen settings (alpha)
Guys, please give this a go.
I don't think it supports AKU 3.2 for now. Soon...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=282152
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how to turn screen off while still playing audio?

i want to use my magician as an mp3 player, but is it possible to turn the screen of while playing audio? maybe there is some application or mediaplayer which let me turn the screen off to save battery power? is it even possible to turn the screen off while playing audio (thus using the pda function)?

I use VJ device lock. It locks the device and then turns off the screen. You will have to create a shortcut that runs the app with this flag: -pwroff
I have mine setup on the right soft key and it works a treat.
http://www.vijay555.com/?Releases:VJDeviceLock

or use GSplayer, it has an option "display off"

pBar is also a good alternative...and it is a good task manager...IMHO

gsplayer is nice, i especially like the button assignment (next, forward etc.) which works with the screen of.
vjdevice lock does not work (invalid pocketpc application error). pbar looks nice!
i already was looking for a task manager, so i'll try pbar out!
any experience with how much running time you get out of a single charge when using as a mp3player with screen off?
thanx

Theres a setting in Media player, to tell it what to do when you press the middle button. Mine is set to turn the screen off which works great.

mediaplayer skin matchin htc/dark/default heme

made a new mediaplayer skin...
currently only portrait version- if wanted i can do landscape...
feel free to comment

Nice.
Canyou put a stop button and the internet connection on either side of the play button?Useful functions, but you get to keep it symmetrical. It goes well with the S2U2 theme http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=341926

My personal favourite for black themes
It looks good. As I don't use the screen buttons (I always use the Dpad in Media Player) I made one as well! Take a look at the Zune-inspired black theme here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=335927&highlight=zphone
I'd be interested to hear what you think of it.
Sorry if I'm out of order mentioning it here.

I cant switch off the screen without switching off WMP. Used to get away with it when I had the Alpine. Damned if you do,damned if you dont.I got play/pause on the action button,so I need 'stop' on the screen. Does the screen display playback time?

Vukile said:
I cant switch off the screen without switching off WMP. Used to get away with it when I had the Alpine. Damned if you do,damned if you dont.I got play/pause on the action button,so I need 'stop' on the screen. Does the screen display playback time?
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I use the down button to reduce the volume, but the hold down (pressed for a bit longer) set to Toggle Screen, which turns the screen off.

Vukile said:
Nice.
Canyou put a stop button and the internet connection on either side of the play button?Useful functions, but you get to keep it symmetrical. It goes well with the S2U2 theme http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=341926
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does not seem to be possible
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb262096.aspx)

hi. i want to ask if there is any theme for media player that make it look like an ipod or iphone's music player?
thanks!

T3D0nG said:
hi. i want to ask if there is any theme for media player that make it look like an ipod or iphone's music player?
thanks!
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you can get one here (scroll to "uPod Sliver: Windows Media Player Skin" <-free one)

aldur said:
you can get one here (scroll to "uPod Sliver: Windows Media Player Skin" <-free one)
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then extract the file where? do help!
thanks!

maybe reading the "Installation Guide" on the download site may help? (above download)

littld said:
I use the down button to reduce the volume, but the hold down (pressed for a bit longer) set to Toggle Screen, which turns the screen off.
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Did you do that using the WMP settings? Sounds like a good idea.

Yes, settings, buttons.

Turn Off Phone but Keep Music Playing

With some WM6 ROMs, one can turn the phone off and keep WMP playing. The DOPOD ROM acts this way but the BA WM6 and the Sprint WM6 Titan shut off WMP when the phone is turned off.
Does anywone know a hack or have a .cab to keep the music playing when the phone's turned off?
Thanks

in the forums there was devicelock cab which can just lock the device and turn off the screen which prevents the working programs of closing

rambo6 said:
With some WM6 ROMs, one can turn the phone off and keep WMP playing. The DOPOD ROM acts this way but the BA WM6 and the Sprint WM6 Titan shut off WMP when the phone is turned off.
Does anywone know a hack or have a .cab to keep the music playing when the phone's turned off?
Thanks
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Just a small trick for you guy, without having to install any new software or cabs, but using your current WMP:
1. Turn on your WMP,
2. Go to Menu / Options
3. Chose tab Buttons (at the end to the right)
4. Scroll down to the bottom and you will see "Toggle Screen"
5. Select "Toggle Screen" and click Assign button.
6. Press any arrow button (up or down, as right and left are assigned to Previous and Next already) to assign to this function (I chose "up").
7. OK and done.
Now when you play WMP, you just need to press that button and the screen is totally off.
Enjoy listening! Cheer!

There is a little trick to it
Just keep your WMP playing and do not minimize or toggle back to Today Screen or anywhere else. Jus keep WMP your active program and then press I/O button jus once, your PPC will get off, but you should know thats only the backlight thats getting off. Yep if you want more than your backlight to get off, proceed with the tweak as someone is hinting here. But why tweak your PPC?

Install GS Player and make a hot key for "display off & lock".

put slide to unlock and set it turn off with backlight.
minimize wmp.
wait backlight to off or run s2u.
it turn off ur screen without pausing the wmp and also lock the device so u can put it in cover or pocket.

WMP Playback in Standby
ever tried to use this regkeys:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences]
"UnattendedPlayback"=dword:1
"FastCacheReserve"=dword:800000
"LocalCacheReserve"=dword:800000

it means turn off screen, not phone. there r so many software can turn off screen: pbar, pocketplus...

Thanks guys. I'll try some of these out. My BA is working great with WM6.

petervbeck said:
ever tried to use this regkeys:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences]
"UnattendedPlayback"=dword:1
"FastCacheReserve"=dword:800000
"LocalCacheReserve"=dword:800000
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I tried this but it didn't work. Thanks anyway. Any other ideas? I notice that on my hermes, there are similar registry settings. It works on the Hermes. But not on the BA or Kaiser

Instead of WMP...
You should try PocketMusic... it's much better than WMP... aside from what you want to happen...
it has a graphic equalizer... a Bass booster... an alarm option... and i think a better playlisting...

Can the HTC Touch HD rotate screen in landscape mode?

Hi!
I just got the HTC Touch HD a couple of days ago.
Just wondering how to make the screen rotate on the HTC Touch HD in landscape mode.
Can anyone guide me on how to get the screen to rotate please?

download gyrator 2
also, use the search

Get a registry editor, then: HKLM - System - GDI - Rotation - HideOrientationUI (change from 1 to 0)
And yes.....you the search function.....it´s all been discussed before.......like here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=448142

Hi,
Great information, thank you very much ! I have successfully 'activated' this extra option with the use of Total Commander's built-in Registry Editor (another excellent find on this site ).
It is a great way to get a feel for what programms look like in Landscape Mode, since I haven't (yet) installed any Auto-Rotate programms.
Now I'd like to find a way to make accessing this Setting easier/faster because everytime you go back to a TouchFlo 3D screen the Device changes back to Portrait-mode. Back to browsing the forum; am getting my HD set-up the way I like it...one step at a time...
Regards,
Rolf (SmartPhone-newbie from The Netherlands)

This is the Must-Have :
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-gsen.html
GSEN makes exactly what you asked

Hi,
zeltron4u said:
GSEN makes exactly what you asked
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I understand popular alternatives are Gyrator 2 or Mobile Magic
I myself would like to be able to rotate the screen manually only. After editing the Registry as per the above description this is now possible on my Touch HD.
This however takes a lot of clicks so I hope to find a way to assign this option to either a Start Menu Shortcut or a long-press Hotkey. I think I stumbled across a post regarding this issue in one of my many hours reading through this forum and its Wiki. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time so I'll have to try and find that information again...
Regards,
Rolf

^Rook said:
Hi,
I understand popular alternatives are Gyrator 2 or Mobile Magic
.....so I hope to find a way to assign this option to either a Start Menu Shortcut or a long-press Hotkey.
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So why don´t you do just that? Assign the rotation to the long-press-answer-key. That´s what I´ve done from day one....

^Rook said:
Hi,
I understand popular alternatives are Gyrator 2 or Mobile Magic
I myself would like to be able to rotate the screen manually only. After editing the Registry as per the above description this is now possible on my Touch HD.
This however takes a lot of clicks so I hope to find a way to assign this option to either a Start Menu Shortcut or a long-press Hotkey. I think I stumbled across a post regarding this issue in one of my many hours reading through this forum and its Wiki. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time so I'll have to try and find that information again...
Regards,
Rolf
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I found this little utility, it opens a pop-up window that rotates the screen and gives you the option of which position you want. I have used AEPlus button mapper to assign it to the "volume up" button. It works great, but the only thing is....don't try to rotate the TouchFlo3d windows, it doesn't like that at all. I think that is why the HD doesn't auto-rotate yet, TF3d can't take it. Start the app that you want to use, then activate the "Screen Rotate" utility.
http://classic.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=27016

Hi Michi,
michi123 said:
So why don´t you do just that? Assign the rotation to the long-press-answer-key. That´s what I´ve done from day one....
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Because I didn't know one COULD do that Hahaha... Thanks so much for pointing this out to me I did it right away and it works great...even with TouchFlo !
Was this option available in Key Assigment right away or only after the registry was altered as described above
Regards,
Rolf

Hi Matterhorn,
Matterhorn said:
I found this little utility
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Thanks for the link, don't think I saw that one mentioned before It seems "there are many roads that lead to Rome"
Regards,
Rolf

Matterhorn said:
I found this little utility, it opens a pop-up window that rotates the screen and gives you the option of which position you want. I have used AEPlus button mapper to assign it to the "volume up" button. It works great, but the only thing is....don't try to rotate the TouchFlo3d windows, it doesn't like that at all. I think that is why the HD doesn't auto-rotate yet, TF3d can't take it. Start the app that you want to use, then activate the "Screen Rotate" utility.
http://classic.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=27016
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I might be being blind, but I can't see a "download" link anywhere on that page!

http://www.pocketkai.com/asp/en/download-demo.aspx
here you go! hope this helps

umexed said:
http://www.pocketkai.com/asp/en/download-demo.aspx
here you go! hope this helps
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yeah, thanks, that's where I got it from in the end, but it took until th 9th google search result to find that website and thus a working download location! That's rediculous for a freeware application!
Amusing thing is, I went to assign this to a button using AE Button Plus, and it turns out there's already an option in that program to assign buttons to "rotate screen" and "rotate screen clockwize" (american-sic) missed it before due to not looking for it specifically at the time!

Which screens are TF3d?
Is that the home screen (when tf3d is enabled)?

The screen doesnt remain in landscape mode.
After accessing the call menu it goes back to portrait mode.

CorruptedSanity said:
The screen doesnt remain in landscape mode.
After accessing the call menu it goes back to portrait mode.
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I can get the phone screen to go landscape with the rotate app in AEBplus, but if I'm in landscape in another app and switch to the phone app, it goes back to portrait. Maybe the problem is the HTC phone screen, the generic WM probably works ok.

Matterhorn,
Actually I turned off TF3D from the Home menu in settings.
It still resets to portrait after accessing phone menu.

chaosdefinesorder said:
yeah, thanks, that's where I got it from in the end, but it took until th 9th google search result to find that website and thus a working download location! That's rediculous for a freeware application!
Amusing thing is, I went to assign this to a button using AE Button Plus, and it turns out there's already an option in that program to assign buttons to "rotate screen" and "rotate screen clockwize" (american-sic) missed it before due to not looking for it specifically at the time!
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I didn't see that in AEButtons Plus, thanks for the tip.

Can some 1 post a direct link with a program which rotates the HD's screen. Plix Plox
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nigga886 said:
Can some 1 post a direct link with a program which rotates the HD's screen. Plix Plox
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http://gyrator.brins0.net/