lately, ive tried just about every Icontact edition/app that is available on this forum...some look totally awesome from the screenshots..but I have yet to get one that work and display properly on my athena. I do not use REALvga to change my dpi at all, and I always use my athena in landscape mode. Anyone got a working contact app with smooth finger scrolling for their athena yet? Most of the ones ive tried either have displays that are overlaying other buttons...or the app just starts completely black and graphics begin to glitch.
pocketCM works in any realvga resolution.
Just avoid non vga skin, or install just the .exe file
freeware (donate if you like)
I use Icontact, works fine but I'm in realvga, PocketCM hasn't palyed well since 0.21 on my athena, not certain why.
iContacts has not worked at all on mu x7510. The alpha selection that appears on my TyTN does not appear on my x7510 and contacts themselves do not scroll without theuse of page down and page up i.e. not with finger or stylus gestures. Has anyone had better response than this?
I have tried Icontact with no avail, it just wont display properly in landscape on my advantage. PocketCM works with the standard orange skin, however it seems kinda laggy and some of the overlays like the keypad when it pops up is translucent. I have tried the mmchtc skin, as well as another one, and the black style one works...but I really dont like all the black buttons heh. Since im running a 6.1 rom, ive already got threaded messaging, so no real need for the fancy pocketcm style either.
I've decided to start using Vito FunContact. it loads quickly, and has a great gui....very eye pleasing, and it scrolls pretty decent as well. I am trying to use Vito SMS, however it seems to take F O R E V E R to load...only thing I can think of is vito sms threading actually shows ALL txt history, where the base win mob 6.1 threaded sms app only displays recent txts, then you must click on "older" to display previous messages.
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Hello all,
I did some searching and haven't really been able to find an answer so far. I am using the eten skin with smartdialer with the black glass blue skin. The problem is that all of the buttons have a gray shadow behind them. What's even more funny is the "History" button has a shadow behind it that says "Call History" and they don't seem to match up at all. Overall, none of the buttons are aligned correctly. Does anyone else have this problem and have you found a workaround?
I have attached a screen shot of what I'm talking about
First and foremost the Eten dialer program doesn't seem to work properly with smartdialing. It takes up too much space in the upper portion and causes the replacement of some of graphics like you are seeing.
Second you are using a skin pack on top using the Eten dialer. The Eten dialer replaces almost all of the phone program graphics, then you have replaced them again. The Eten dialer does not put the graphics in the same place as the original dialer program, so things aren't aligned properly with the text.
There's a (hacked?) version of Eten that supports smart dialing.
Unfortunately I'm also suffering from the same problem. WarlockLord, were you using any of paulyA's skins before this? The text looks like "legacy text" from his classic skins. I was using the original Eten dialer with the famous orange skin before this.
I'll post again if I find a solution to this...
I use the E-Ten dialer with smartdialing for over a week now on my Wizard.
(Pauly A) Said that it has some bugs and that it is a beta version, I didn't find or noticed ANY bugs!
It works just perfect on my device (with the standard blue skin).
Screw the original dialer.....E-Ten dialer for life
The problem with th e*Beta* version of the Eten dialler is that, even though the original (non-SD) version used 'drawn' buttons, the new version uses a comination of the two, the number pad is 'drawn' while the in-call pad seems to require system fonts, the PaulyA versions of skins have drawn buttons in both version... there are versions of the Eten Dialler with SD support that use drawn or system buttons here, and also a landscape skin, however I find either one has the same issues on the in-call pad!! Others seem to have had success though...
Has anyone had a problem with the Eten dialer and SPB Pocket Plus?
Every time I have them both installed, once I reboot, my device gets hung on the Windows boot screen. Any ideas?
yes I have the same problem with spb pocket plus!
First I installed pocket plus 3.0 and afterwards the E-Ten Dialer, then I tried it the other way round: first Eten Dialer, then SPB Pocket Plus...same result:
It hangs up in the windows mobile startup-screen.
After searching high and low, and less than honest websites, forums, et al I have finally managed to create proper themes for 640x480 (and by default, 480x640). Apparently it is as easy as taking your favorite VGA theme and changing the DPI from 192 to 96. Brilliant.
So searching further, and now really entering shady sites, there does not seem to be any WM5 (nor 6) proper VGA skins for the phone dialer.
VJbigphone is ok and all, but leaves a lot to be desired. Basilings Dopod 900 hack (the black one with the apple logo) doesnt improve on anything.
Installing a QVGA skin works, but you only cover 25% of the screen with the rest imaging the previous screen.
I have resorted to voice dialling until something shows up and allows a 640x480 skin to be applied.
Is there anyway to get a truevga phoneskin?
Hi Calavaro,
I am switching from M600 - QVGA device to X7500 - VGA and looking for all info I can get... What TrueVGA programm exactly you would recomend. Where to download?
For Dialer Pad check http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=4832
it is in Russian, but you can see screens and links. There are many QVGA, but also VGA nice theams.
Any other ideas on VGA stuff?
Regards,
Di
I use OzVGA (http://oz.sciox.org/) with great success. Its very easy to switch rom 640x480 back to defaut. Im sure that is true for TrueVGA as well, but I found Oz to fit my taste more.
I also use WA2 default skin, it helps with the top bar status icons. The default skin is perfect for my needs.
I also use Pocket Informant 2007. I absolutely dislike the built in contact list. Horrible, and a step back to before WM2002...
I also use Pocketbreeze 5 to fill up the extra today screen space. All thanks to one helpful soul here at the forums. The name eludes me right now.
Other than that I dont use any more specific things for VGA mode.
Thanks for the link, Ill be sure to study it in detail.
Thanks a lot!
On Eten M600 (QVGA) I am using:
Spb pocket plus
Spb Time
Spb Weather
Spb Keyboard
AE Buttons plus
Skype...
Smart Dial (Eten)
Pocket Music Player with custom skin
looks like Spb shell is not working on x7500... You like WA2 better?
This is the thread on WA2 theams:
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=2428
Regards,
Di
Not totally not working, only the spb menu on landscape is didn't work.
Hi guys, as soon as we get some more money the 2nd athena should be arriving to me, so in light of this i'd like to see what your feature requests are for the rom i will be building
Everything will be considered, but no guaruantees
Dont forget to
or this cant happen
suggestions...
Midget_1990 said:
Hi guys, as soon as we get some more money the 2nd athena should be arriving to me, so in light of this i'd like to see what your feature requests are for the rom i will be building
Everything will be considered, but no guaruantees
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- Fix all trueVGA graphical problems. Icons, screens, etc. I would like to run in trueVGA full time without having these types of issues.
- Unlock Extended ROM so people can put their own apps in for the next hard reset. ;-)
- Put the "Tray Display" utility into the ROM so people can show or hide their trays. File name "traydisplayinstall_196.CAB".
- Setup the "BlueTooth Tray Status & BT Audio Util" on the ROM. File name "btIO-0.5.CAB".
- Maybe the functionality to add/remove program icons from the tray without having to modify the registry? ;-)
- All black VGA theme. Similar to the default WM6 theme but all black.
- If possible, maybe an updated version of Pirazu so we can control a mouse cursor with the joystick?
- Alternative to BlueMouse so we can use a BT mouse cursor on the device. BlueMouse is nice but it costs.
Make it work like "Touch" may be the looks....
vueFlo for everything.
jab said:
vueFlo for everything.
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Yes...how did I forget this. For sure trying to tie the vueFlo into other apps and possibly games, etc.
ltxda said:
- Fix all trueVGA graphical problems. Icons, screens, etc. I would like to run in trueVGA full time without having these types of issues.
- Unlock Extended ROM so people can put their own apps in for the next hard reset. ;-)
- Put the "Tray Display" utility into the ROM so people can show or hide their trays. File name "traydisplayinstall_196.CAB".
- Setup the "BlueTooth Tray Status & BT Audio Util" on the ROM. File name "btIO-0.5.CAB".
- Maybe the functionality to add/remove program icons from the tray without having to modify the registry? ;-)
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For me, these first five would be a darn good start.
- With #1 - Usable dialer in TrueVGA would be #1 on my list.
Couple more (may already be fixed in WM6, but have yet to plunge):
- WiFi On/Off is flaky unless you actually go into the Comm Manager (e.g., PhoneAlarm and other programs are not effective)
- I still have problems doing multiple mappings to Win and OK buttons. AEBPlus does this kinda, but then other buttons get mucked up. Given few number of buttons, this is really limiting.
Wish list:
- USB-powered Beer Tap. I know the low-power port might be an issue, but I'm sure this should be doable. Integration with MS VC would also be great, "Computer, pour beer." (All I can say is, it's been a long day!)
Actually I should have just put mapping of the vueFlo API. That should open up the rest of the developers to building cool widgets also.
VueFlo for rotate screen like iPhone
bebox said:
VueFlo for rotate screen like iPhone
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That would be cool! I'm in favour!
i think rotate screen would a great feature when you see a photo .
widcomm bluetooth stack =) for dun
also a way to use another windows phone as a bt headset like the touch (if possible)
Solid & Fast ROM compatible with previous backups
Damn guys...you're not asking for much are you...hehe. Actually I quite like the sound of the all Black VGA ROM with Touch like interface.
But hey, I'll settle for a an all black super reliable and damn fast ROM in vanilla favour.
You guys have made some great suggestions, that I can't argue with. All I can say..is I'd love a ROM that I can use my Spb Backup files with...without corrupting any software, so when you release version 0.1, 0.2 etc...it will still be compatible with my backup files, making the switching of ROM's a quick thing to do.
I hate my phone being out of action. and having to re-install everything again.
I third the black vga theme. Also in vga mode is it possible to make the start bar a little bigger so it is more finger friendly. Something the size of when it it is in qvga mode would be great. Also when you push the start bar and the drop down list pops up it would be great if that was larger with larger text. Also at least for me in vga mode in wm6 none of the 3g, signal strength icons show up in the start bar only the time does.
The only thing i'm against is the vueFlo. Except the part about using vueFlo to sense when to rotate the screen.
c0mput0r said:
I third the black vga theme. Also in vga mode is it possible to make the start bar a little bigger so it is more finger friendly. Something the size of when it it is in qvga mode would be great. Also when you push the start bar and the drop down list pops up it would be great if that was larger with larger text. Also at least for me in vga mode in wm6 none of the 3g, signal strength icons show up in the start bar only the time does.
The only thing i'm against is the vueFlo. Except the part about using vueFlo to sense when to rotate the screen.
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why not just make vueflo toggle ?
c0mput0r said:
I third the black vga theme. Also in vga mode is it possible to make the start bar a little bigger so it is more finger friendly. Something the size of when it it is in qvga mode would be great. Also when you push the start bar and the drop down list pops up it would be great if that was larger with larger text. Also at least for me in vga mode in wm6 none of the 3g, signal strength icons show up in the start bar only the time does.
The only thing i'm against is the vueFlo. Except the part about using vueFlo to sense when to rotate the screen.
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i think i can fix the larger text part...
here try this
WARNING...THIS IS NOT REVERSIBLE....NOT WITHOUT CHANGING SOME REG. ENTRIES... AT LEAST (and i don't know which one's need to change!!)
works well with se VGA too esp. if you have fading eyesight!!!
How about an icon on the task bar that rotates screen.
Also, when using the device in QVGA mode, smaller icons on today screen, start/program screen, start/setting screens.
When in VGA mode, but running a QVGA program , show a matching size bigger soft key buttons.
Show connection icons (H, 3G, G) correctly when in true vga mode.
Is out (since 2/17) and works flawless at 96 DPI.
Fast, smooth, BIG contacts, nice skins
What's new:
- Category edit in contact
- Backspace button on phonepads
- New theme option in order to allow clean bubble
- Preloading of some image to allow smoother use
- Added menu to all panel, you can now choose the SIP while editing note or contact
- Performance enhancement
- Greatly enhanced performance in some scenarios
- SMS counter is back
- Bug fixes
http://pocketcm.com/contact.php
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May be it is well known, but if you push PHONE button for more than 250 msec a menu' will appear. Releasing the button PocketCM minimize itself, moving the finger to the other button's area you can choose the options menu'
Have you successfully installed pocketCM 0.2 on your athena?
I've tried several times but I never succeed in. The installation process doesn't cause any problem but the program graphic is completely a mess. I' have tired to change the theme with a VGA-compliant one but it doesn't work well anyway. Can you explain me how have you exactely installed it? I feel kind of idiot, but i badly need a decent contact manager (and the default one, in my opinion, it is not decent at all).
HI.
I just installed PCM Contacts in my Athena. It is necessary to install in the same
directory the vga-test.zip file that can be found in the Theme section of their forum.
This version wants directly the .zip files instead of the old .ctm (?) ones.
Hope this helps.
Mauro
I'm also a user of PocketCM. It just looks perfect on my Athena running with 128dpi.
It ist Important to use a vga skin (.zip file in the Versions newer than 0.15) !!
They also offer a very usable SIP (PocketCM Keyboard) that i use as a default.
Everything is freeware ans runs without any problems on my Athena.
On good thin is that PocketCM and PocketCM Keyboard can easily be set to other languages (German in my case) just by using an other skin.
Thanks to everybody. I've installed the program and the VGA them but still there are some issues. In addition of being a little slow, when I tap on the phone button the keyboard doesn't show up correctly. Can you send me the theme that works on your device?
filippo.visintinATgmail.com
i've got pocketcm0.20 and i basically use it for its threaded sms function...is there a way to map the hardware message button to go directly to pocketcm's sms function page instead of the WM sms page...or when i get a new message and click read or something to go directly to pocketcm's sms service?
here you have a VGA theme perferctly working with the athena. Thanks to Gidello, great job http://pocketcm.com/phorum/read.php?22,8595
bapssystupr3m3 said:
i've got pocketcm0.20 and i basically use it for its threaded sms function...is there a way to map the hardware message button to go directly to pocketcm's sms function page instead of the WM sms page...or when i get a new message and click read or something to go directly to pocketcm's sms service?
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anyone know of this??
try this one :
http://pocketcm.com/phorum/read.php?22,8595
which one do you guys think is better?
Its the way you need ?
iContact only for browsing contacts and make calls/sms with
standard WM apps.
PocketCM with above and threaded SMS function inside itselfs.
Both progs are skinnable and need less memory...so, take what you like ?
gula187 said:
which one do you guys think is better?
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icontact loads a little faster for me
depends what you need. If you have WM6.1 you prob dont need threaded text pcm offers and have to shut that part off. Icontact runs on less than 100kb RAM while PocketCM takes up .5-1mb. I prefer icontact for basic contact scrolling and initiating calls/sms/emails
well, i've tried both and do have some comment :
POCKETCM is a complete application and you can have many choice of theme, but one pity thing is when you try to edit the contacts information, there is no "copy" and "paste" feature which I think is most required feature.
As to ICONTACTS, it's fast and simple application ontop of the original contacts software inside the WM6, now you can also have some choice for the theme, and at least it's much fast than POCKETCM and you can also have the "copy" and "paste" feature. So now I just transfer from POCETCM into ICONTACTS.
gula187 said:
which one do you guys think is better?
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Can I ask why this is in the "Development and Hacking forum"? Seems to be related to neither...
Anyway... I prefer iContact as it is much more light weight, but it's down to personal preference.
With WM5 PocketCM is the best IMO. You finger-scroll contacts with fotos, favs, categorized, sms, and by phone number. The "new contact" page is fine (and still finger friendly), the sms are threaded and when you receive an sms it pops up PCM.
... TRY BOTH ! And make your own opinion
They are free, so you won't loose bucks trying them for a long time... And you will be able to choose witch one you want to support...
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icontact loads a little faster for me
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Yes me too. PCM loads with unicode very slow. I Like iContact
POCKET CM! for me
I don't need threaded SMS and icontact is much faster on my Device, so I'm using icontact, even it doesn't show the contactpictures...
If you have a fast device PCM is nice but otherwise take iContact because it takes less resources and just runs smoother.
chihliouma said:
well, i've tried both and do have some comment :
POCKETCM is a complete application and you can have many choice of theme, but one pity thing is when you try to edit the contacts information, there is no "copy" and "paste" feature which I think is most required feature.
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HINT! Pocket Keyboard from the same dev has copy&paste integrated! jast tap&hold the return key und you get copy and paste functions. this work for any application.
as these later versions of pocketcm loads more graphics, it slows it down even more, but if you want the latest themes, you have to use the later versions.
I just recently discovered iContact and its speed makes it much more usable for me with my device (Sprint Touch).
What about neither? Use TouchFlo on your device, and you got scrolling on with your finger while you use the Random Access option on your regular contacts? You want a prettier one then get the one from the Diamond. It comes in different colours! I find that I hardly use the side-finger action as much. Because once you have the contact you normally just dial it. So it is about the same amount of steps.
Just sayin'....
iContact for me!
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...Use TouchFlo on your device, and you got scrolling on with your finger while you use the Random Access option on your regular contacts...
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I like my contacts on SIM card (old school ), so I'm using exactly the same option. Anyway, if both support SIM, my choice will be iContacts - faster is always better for me.
I prefer icontact:
1) Faster.
2) ABC grid is nice, selects a contact much easier than vertical scroll IMHO.
3) Auto close when dial a number or sms.
4) Can dial from call history.
5) Phone icon goes to real phone pad.
The advantage of pocketcm:
1) More details when view contact
2) Threaded sms (not too useful if on wm6.1)
3) Can use phone pad to search contacts
pocket cm
pocket cm is better in the sense that it had more options for customization like adding photos....but it does not let you edit contacts as easily. icontacts loads faster but does not have features like threaded texts. Its up to you decide for yourself. It depends on what you are looking for. Enjoy
icontact is much better for battery life and slower devices
pocketcm is fine for 400 mhz and above devices i think it looks better and more customizable at least to me