Database Users

(20 February 2008) S2U2 v0.99p - beyond the basic

Just a minor update of S2U2 to v0.99p... (pls note the on-screen version no is still v0.99)
- added support to S2P (Slide2Play) - does not suspend the system when S2P is running.
- fixed a possible system hang up when an incoming call arrives after the device has been sleept for a long while.
- some minor bugs fixed.
CAB files (Thanks Xenpain for hosting the file)
http://ac.xenpage.eu/S2U2-0.99p-WM5.rar
http://www.mediafire.com/?2cetl3wajxm
Language Pack (Afrikaans, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese BR, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish & Turkish) Most of them are still not completed yet. Read the LangReadme.txt for the changes. Please let me know if you can complete them.
http://ac.xenpage.eu/S2U2LanguagePack.rar
http://www.mediafire.com/?nm31ufmhtye
Clock Pack
http://ac.xenpage.eu/S2U2ClockPack.rar
http://www.mediafire.com/?7hltdx29ee3
For details, as usual, please read the Readme file or the next post.
Besides, please read the README FIRST, especially the Known limitations & FAQs before posting your questions here.
Finally, to show your appreciation, pls CLICK HERE to make a donation.
Cheers,
A_C
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Thanks all for your quick notice about the memory leak of v0.99. It's fixed and updated as v0.99c...
- fixed the memory leak introduced by v0.99.
- in sync with S2V v0.32.
Cheers,
A_C
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Just another fine tuned verions v0.99...
- added the connection icon.
- added a default unknown caller pic (to disable it, delete the unknown.png under \GFX\).
- the ExceptionEXE0-9 only effective when the exception application is running in the foreground.
- larger weather icon can be used.
- DPAD will be enabled when it's running on a Smartphone.
- better memory management.
- in sync with S2V v0.30.
- some minor bugs fixed.
Cheers,
A_C
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Just another bug fix release v0.98...
- fixed the malfunction of ExceptionEXE4-9 again.
- fixed the Landscape blank screen issue on some devices.
- fixed some graphics displacements for VGA devices.
- in sync with S2V v0.20.
- some minor bugs fixed.
Cheers,
A_C
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Hi
It's now v0.97, mainly a bug fix release...
- speeded up the GIF loading a little.
- fixed the issue with Pocket Weather 2.0.
- fixed the malfunction of ExceptionEXE4-9.
- fixed the "unknown" caller issue on some devices.
- fixed the issue with devices that have Landscape orientation as default.
- changed the "Blank Screen" codes with higher compatibility.
- added pressing End key to close "s2u2 Settings".
- changed the scrolling hehaviour of "s2u2 Settings" a little.
- some bugs fixed.
Cheers,
A_C
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Hi,
Have you finished your testing with S2U2? Another one is coming... v0.96...
- added option GifEndless to allow endless playback of GIF wallpaper (be warned to charge your device).
- added option not to override the animation speed of GIF wallpaper by turning off the GifSpeed.
(I really like this rat... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1755707&postcount=323)
- hard coded some devices not to use DirectDraw. If your device's screen goes black after DirectDraw is enabled, follow these steps:
1. pretend there is a slider on the screen; try to slide to unlock
2. stop iLock2
3. there is a iLock2.log file created under the S2U2 installed path (e.g. \Program Files\S2U2\); post it to the xda forum, I'll black list this device not to use DirectDraw in the next release
4. edit the registry; go to \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2U2; set DirectDraw to 0
5. run iLock2 & S2U2
- fixed the GIF playback will continue after the device wakes up.
- fixed the issue of showing blurred over-sized Wallpapers.
- fixed when S2A is enabled, the Answer key was not locked on some devices.
- fixed sometimes the weather info would not be updated for HTC Weather.
- changed some wordings of "s2u2 Settings.exe".
- some bugs fixed.
Cheers,
A_C
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Hey guys, (19-12-2007)
It's almost a month after the last update of S2U2. Take a deep breath & enjoy this early Christmas joy...
- added GIF format support to Wallpapers; with option GifSpeed to control the animation speed. (there is no GIF file included in the CAB file as I don't want to get into any copyright trouble)
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
- added option to select a directory for S2U2 to change the wallpapers (*.jpg) automatically; with option to control the changing period & change them randomly.
- added support to display over-sized Wallpapers.
- added option to change the font of the Clock (clock\, clockH\ or clockHS\).
- added option to display an Analog Clock (clockA\).
(From left to right: clockH\, clockHS\ & clockA\)
- added ARGB PNG format support to all graphics files.
- added ShowWeather to retrieve today's weather forecast from other weather applications. For UserWeather, you have to manually update the registry key UserWeather (STRING) under \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2U2. The format is "icon|index|high temp|low temp" where icon is S, P or W.
- added SIM card support to CallerID.
- added option S2AEndKey to enable/disable the End key when S2A is activated.
- added option NoSoftKey to hide all soft buttons. But how to UNLOCK? Press the RIGHT-DPAD.
- added option TopCurtain to enable/disable the display of the topbar.png.
- added the BT headset status icon.
- added an Exceptional applications list that when these applications are running, S2U2 will not start automatically. (Edit the Registry, under \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2U2, add a key ExceptionEXE0 (STRING) with the name of the application (e.g. iexplore.exe). A total of 10 (0-9) ExceptionEXE can be added. Then restart iLock2.)
- fixed the issue that DirectDraw could not be used when the device is in Landscape.
- fixed the issue when S2A is enable, the BT headset button did not work.
- fixed the issue when "Password/Pin Lock" or "Owner Information" are enabled.
- changed some wordings of "s2u2 Settings.exe"
- some bugs fixed
I'm quite excited about this release. Not only because a lot of features are added, it now can read ARGB PNG format graphic files. Meaning that you can tailor S2U2 even further through different level of opacities, and I'm expecting more themes from you guys in the near future.
Merry Christmas!

Readme First
Installation:
- If you have Slide2Unlock installed, please uninstall it first & then soft-reset.
- After installation, there are 3 shortcuts created under \Program Files\S2U2:
iLock2.lnk - start/stop ilock2.exe (on the 1st run, it runs silently in the background; on the 2nd run, it closes iLock2 & S2U2)
s2u2.lnk - manually start S2U2 (be sure iLock2 is running in the background, otherwise the Battery status will not be updated).
s2u2 Settings.lnk - change the settings of S2U2.
- A shortcut for iLock2.exe is created automatically under "\Windows\StartUp" as well.
- Installation on Storage Card is not recommended for the sake of stability.
- For hi-res devices, d/l the S2U2ClockPack.rar & follow the steps in the ClockReadme.txt. Otherwise the clock will be shown as half-sized.
- For additional clock fonts, d/l the S2U2ClockPack.rar & follow the steps in the ClockReadme.txt.
- For non-English devices, d/l the S2U2LanguagePack.rar; extract your language's ini file; rename it to lang.ini; copy to the S2U2 installed folder; restart iLock2.
Configuration: (in the Registry under \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2U2. Please remember to RESTART iLock2 after any registry settings changed, otherwise it won't work):
- Use the "s2u2 Settings.exe" to change the settings.
- Through the lang.ini, the default values of DateFormat, TimeFormat, AppointmentTimeFormat, PhoneNoFormat, Wallpaper(Protrait & Landscape) & ClockPath can be customised. They are s_DefaultDateFormat, s_DefaultTimeFormat, s_DefaultAptTimeFormat, s_DefaultPhoneNoFormat, s_DefaultWallpaper(L) & s_DefaultClockPath.
- For advanced users, you can edit the registry directly. The default values are added on the first run of iLock2:
Autostart=1
IdleStart=0
OffLCD=17
BlankScreen=0
BlankOnTalk=0
ACIdleStart=0
ACOffLCD=0
ACBlankScreen=0
ACBlankOnTalk=0
DateFormat=dddd', 'd MMMM
TimeFormat=H':'mm
ClockPath=clock\
ShowAlarm=1
ShowAppointment=0
ShowTask=1
ShowWeather=0
AppointmentTimeFormat=h':'mmt
CallerID=0
Slide2Answer=0
S2AEndKey=1
PhoneNoFormat=
Wallpaper=
WallpaperL=
GifSpeed=5
GifEndless=0
WallpaperChangeTime=0
WallpaperRandom=0
DpadOn=0
NoSoftKey=0
TopCurtain=1
NoPowerSuspend=0
SafeMode=0
DirectDraw=1
KoreanSMSpatch=0
ExceptionEXE0=iexplore.exe
ExceptionEXE1=VoiceCommander.exe
ExceptionEXE2=AlarmPopup.exe
ExceptionEXE3=
ExceptionEXE4=
ExceptionEXE5=
ExceptionEXE6=
ExceptionEXE7=
ExceptionEXE8=
ExceptionEXE9=
- All files under \GFX\ can be modified. To keep the transparent effect of some graphics, the top left corner pixel must be the transparent color; or use the ARGB PNG format.
Command Switch of iLock2:
iLock2.exe accepts the following command switches:
-slide to start/invoke S2U2
-nomsg to not to show any message even it closes itself & S2U2
-refresh to reload the registry settings & restart S2U2
-reset to reset the unread counts of SMS, MMS, email & vmail
Known limitations & FAQs:
Q. Do I have to install the old version before using this version?
A. No.
Q. How to use the .RAR file?
A. Use WINRAR to extract it.
Q. How to use the .CAB file?
A. http://www.google.com/search?q=install+cab
Q. My device shows a blank/black screen when run S2U2 or "s2u2 Settings"?
A. It's not compatible with S2U2. It's a h/w problem. Try to turn ON or OFF the DirectDraw option:
1. stop iLock2
2. edit the registry, under \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2U2, find the key DirectDraw
3. set it to 0 or 1 (depending on which mode it doesn't work, set an opposite value)
4. start iLock2 & S2U2
Q. How to change wallpaper?
A. Create a jpg file with resolution the same as your device (QVGA is 240 x 320; VGA is 480 x 640); rename it to "wallpaper.jpg"; copy it to the gfx folder (default is \program files\s2u2\gfx\); restart iLock2. And the file "wallpaperL.jpg" is for the Landscape mode.
Q. How to edit the registry?
A. You need 3rd party software like "Task Manager" & "Total Commander". Try to google them & they are very user friendly apps.
Q. After changing the registry settings, iLock2/S2U2 do not behave as instructed??
A. Pls RESTART iLock2 after any registry settings is made.
Q. S2U2 always run unexpectedly?
A. Try to disable the IdleStart.
Q. S2U2 does not start automatically?
A. Check if there is any applications which are included in the ExceptionEXE list are running in the foreground.
Q. S2U2 consumes a lot of power?!
A. Make sure there is no music player s/w running in the background.
Q. If "Password/Pin Lock" or "Owner Information" are enabled to display at wake up, S2U2 may go ALL BLACK?!
A. Tap the screen to refresh the screen.
Q. When system notifications come in (e.g. SMS, email or alarm...), S2U2 will be unlocked with a black background?!
A. Yes, otherwise you will not be notified. But S2U2 will reappear after these notifications are dismissed.
Q. S2U2 shows the wrong no. of unread SMS/MMS/email/vmail?!
A. It's a device specific problem. You may reset these counts by:
1. stop iLock2
2. run iLock2 -reset
3. start iLock2
Q. My device's special Keys are not blocked by S2U2?! (e.g. HTC Touch, the camera key on some devices...)
A. This is a device specific problem that cannot be resolved.
Q. The quality of the CallerID pic is so bad even the original photo is in high quality?!
A. DO NOT use the system contact to add photo to a contact. Use S2V or PocketCM to do so.
Q. How to mute an incoming call when CallerID is enable?
A. PRESS the volume up/down keys.
Q. After soft-reset, the first call's callerID is not shown sometimes?
A. It's an OS issue, no solution yet.
Q. How to restore the system caller tab?
A. Set CallerID to 0 or uninstall S2U2, then soft-reset.
Q. Even CallerID is enabled, the system callerid is still there when a call is incoming?!
A. That's a device specific problem that is no solution yet. DO NOT enable the CallerID then.
Q. What is S2AEndKey?
A. When S2A is enabled & the screen is locked, the only way to reject an incoming call is by pressing the Power button. But if S2AEndKey is turned on, you may reject a call by pressing the End key as well.
Q. Some keys are not blocked?
A. Please check if you have installed any key mapping s/w that will break S2U2.
Q. My device shows a blank/black screen on start?
A. It's not compatible with S2U2. It's a h/w problem. Try to turn ON or OFF the DirectDraw option:
1. stop iLock2
2. edit the registry, under \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2U2, find the key DirectDraw
3. set it to 0 or 1 (depending on which mode it doesn't work, set an opposite value)
4. start iLock2 & S2U2
Q. Some of my device's background jobs (like email sync or bluetooth connection) stopped unexpectedly when S2U2 is running?
A. Try to enable NoPowerSuspend.
Q. Some of my scheduled tasks did not run as schedule, but it'll start when manually turn on the device?
A. Try to set OffLCD longer (17 seconds or more) or add it to the ExceptionEXE list as below.
Q. How to configure S2U2 not start when some applications are running?
A. Edit the Registry, under \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2U2, add key ExceptionEXE0 (STRING) with the name of the application (e.g. iexplore.exe). A total of 10 (0-9) ExceptionEXE can be added. Then restart iLock2.
Q. My GIF file does not shown?
A. Currently, there seems to be a limitation to the size of the GIF file. Sometimes, even your device has enough free RAM, it still cannot be shown. Recommended to reduce the dimension (not the file size) & no. of frames of the GIF, then try again.
Q. The GIF animation stopped after a certain period?
A. Turn on the GifEndless option.
Q. I've set up a folder of GIF files & set the Wallpaper point to that folder, but S2U2 shows nothing?
A. Wallpaper(L) folder only supports JPG files.
Q. When ShowWeather set to HTC Weather, it does not show any icon?
A. You're probably running a custom-made HTC Home plugin. Try to figure out where the plugin is installed (e.g. \HTCHome\), then copy all HH_Weather_XXsmall.png files to \Windows\. Restart iLock2.
Q. There is no registry key called UserWeather in my device?
A. Create it (as STRING) by yourself.
Q. How to make use of UserWeather?
A. You have to manually update the registry key UserWeather (STRING) under \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2U2. The format is "icon|index|high temp|low temp" where icon is S, P or W (Spb Weather, Pocket Weather or Weather Panel).
Schettj has created a MortScript to update it through Yahoo's weather, details at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=358952
Q. Why there is no current weather info shown?
A. Because S2U2 only shows TODAY's FORECAST info from other weather applications.
Q. When getting temperature (in Celsius) from HTC, there is always 1 degree discrepancy?
A. That's the bug of HTC when converting the readings from Fahrenheit to Celsius.
- NOT Compatible s/w: AEButton Plus, RealVGA
Special Thanks:
- Forum fellows at xda-developers (http://forum.xda-developers.com). Thank you for your testings, comments, supports & patience.

I can't wait to test it, too.
Very good job, A_C!
Marshall

DUDE THIS IS AWESOME!!!! testing now...

nice Christmas present indeed...
what an evolution.

Great many thanks, mate... very good job

Wow, it's great to hear from you again!
Tnx, for this xmas gift!

Thanks ..... Great Work brother

I stopped checking the v0.86 thread hoping that there'll not be smthhng new. But here ur with a new version.

works great it totally kicks ass!!! it uses my sbsh weather to put the waether up on the front as well... great work!!!
anyone know where we can find some good .gif that are 240x320

Can you explain me, what S2AEndKey does?
I expected, that it makes that the red phone button has no function while S2U2 is running.
I tried it with holding the button. Usually this should disconnect the GPRS connection. It doesn't matter, what value it has (1 or 0) but the button disconntects GPRS all the time.
Has the S2AEndKey an other function or did something went wrong?
Anyway this is a nice update. THX!

Amazing.
wonderful changes and awesome program. can I donate bandwith or anything to the development to this? Ihave a few servers at data centers all over th us. let me know.

Damn, what a great Release
If I want to use png clock files.
How should they be named? same name as jpg?
What files do S2U2 prefer if .jpg and .png is in the folder?
edit, ok they are already png files
stupid me...

You are THE MAN!!!! This is as close to perfection as I can think of....I will test later, but I can't think of one other think I could ask for, or need in this app!!!!!
Merry Christmas A_C, I appreciate your gift to us, and another donation will be sitting under your tree!!!!!!!
Thanks again!!!!!!

Thank you very much! This is much more stable on my i760 then v.81.

Great work. Love it.

my device hangs whenever I run the app or the settings. I get a black screen, then when I power the device off then back on, I get the proper image (whether it be s2u2 or the settings) but there is no response to screen taps or hardware buttons. I had the previous version of s2u2 working perfectly and uninstalled it prior to the new installation, I also soft reseted. im using a sprint vogue btw

mr.jcarter said:
my device hangs whenever I run the app or the settings. I get a black screen, then when I power the device off then back on, I get the proper image (whether it be s2u2 or the settings) but there is no response to screen taps or hardware buttons. I had the previous version of s2u2 working perfectly and uninstalled it prior to the new installation, I also soft reseted. im using a sprint vogue btw
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Also getting the problem on the HTC (Sprint) Mogul. It looks like it's hanging, but I can still slide it (just the animation never changes).

its a problemwith direct Draw I had the same issue. simply uninstall it. remove the directory. remove the registry enteries and reinstall and dont turn on direct draw.

remlle said:
its a problemwith direct Draw I had the same issue. simply uninstall it. remove the directory. remove the registry enteries and reinstall and dont turn on direct draw.
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I just turned off the directdraw in the registry and restarted ilock2, works again. Guess direct draw is enabled by default this time.

(27 February 2008) S2P v0.17 - Slide2Play (CLOSED)

Hey guys, (29-02-2008)
I'm sorry to tell you that I have to suspend the development of this application for a while until I found or develop another decorder library. The reason is that S2P has used the MAD library which is under the terms of GPLv2. Under the terms of GPLv2, S2P has to open its source to the public if it's distributed to the public. Obviously, I haven't done that and not willing to do so. So, I have to stop distributing it to the public.
However, again, thank you for your support to S2P.
Cheers,
A_C
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Hey guys, (27-02-2008)
S2P is my third S2 series application. S2P is a stylus-free MP3/OGG player application. It simply lets you browse your music files & play.
Prerequisition:
- WM5 Phone or WM6 Professional devices
- free RAM: at least 3M for QVGA
v0.17
- added preliminary AVRCP support to those devices use Broadcom BT.
- further lowered CPU usage when minimized, about 50% of the previous version.
- added option (SaveLastMusic) to reload the last playing music. (read the Settings section below for details)
- added option (AlwaysLoadAlbumPic) to always load an album art for each music. But if you've already organised the music files in folders, it's not necessary to enable it so as to safe battery life. (read the Settings section below for details)
- fixed cannot retrieve some ID3 embedded album arts.
- some minor bugs fixed.
v0.15 (25-02-2008)
- added volume control by DPAD Up/Down.
- added ID3 embedded album art.
- lowered CPU usage when minimized.
- fixed occasional file name mismatch issue when navigating.
v0.12 (22-02-2008)
- added album navigation keys - Left soft key to go to previous album; Right soft key to next.
(besides, it can also be done by sliding the screen to right/left)
- fixed the single channel problem on some devices.
- fixed the slow response of the on-screen volume control.
- lowered the screen refresh rate (should help some slow devices).
- some minor bugs fixed.
v0.10 (20-02-2008)
- initial release.
Installation:
- Under your PC/MAC/device, extract the content of the downloaded file & copy the CAB file to your device.
- Under your device, run any File Explorer application; go to the folder where the CAB file is copied; run the CAB file.
Operations:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
- Since S2P simply scans music files in your storage card, it's suggested to have your music files well organized by folders. So that you can browse your music files through the folders instead of a plain list. (e.g. \Artist Name\Album Name\Music title.mp3)
- When browsing, press the folder name to list all music files under that folder, including subfolders; or press the arrow button to list the subfolders.
- Press any one of the filename to play.
- To go back to the music file list, press the top left back button.
- To view the current album list, press the top right icon. Then press any one on the list to play that music.
- To go back to the single music view, press the top right icon again.
- On the single music view, tap the screen to call up the timeline. Press the left repeat icon to repeat the current playing album; press the right shuffle icon to play the whole music list randomly. When both icons are on, only the current album will be played randomly.
- The hardware keys are:
End - minimize
Vol Up/Down or DPAD Up/Down - volume control
DPAD Action - play/pause
DPAD Left/Right - previous/next
Left/Right soft key - previous/next album
Power/Record - turn screen off
For details, as usual, please read the README.TXT file or the next post.
Besides, please read the README FIRST, especially the Known limitations & FAQs before posting your questions here.
Finally, if you like S2P, pls CLICK HERE to make a donation. Thanks.

Settings, Known limitations & FAQs
Settings:
The behaviour of S2P can be altered by changing the following registry values stored at \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2P\
- OffLCD - the no. of timeout seconds that S2P will turn off the screen when using battery; default is 25.
- ACOffLCD - the no. of timeout seconds that S2P will turn off the screen when using external power; default is 0 (disabled).
- SaveLastMusic - remember the last playing music when quit; default is 1 (enabled).
- AlwaysLoadAlbumPic - always try to search for an album pic when playing each music file; default is 0 (disabled).
Known limitations & FAQs:
Q. Do I have to install the old version before using this version?
A. No.
Q. How to use the .CAB file?
A. http://www.google.com/search?q=install+cab
Q. Do I have to install S2U2 before installing S2P?
A. No. But if you have installed S2U2, make sure you have updated your S2U2 to 0.99p or later. Otherwise S2P will be stopped by S2U2.
Q. What music files can S2P play?
A. MP3 & OGG.
Q. Will there be other plug-in to support other file formats?
A. Probably.
Q. How to turn off the screen when playing music?
A. Press the Power button or the record button.
Q. How to adjust the auto screen off timeout?
A. Edit the registry - under \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2P\, edit the keys OffLCD & ACOffLCD (in seconds). OffLCD is for use when using battery; while ACOffLCD is for external power. The default value of OffLCD is 25 & ACOffLCD is 0.
Q. S2P shows weird characters for the music info?!
A. Try to resave those info in ID3V2.4 format.
Q. How to have cover shown on S2P?
A. Either the music file already has cover pic embedded or you have to copy the cover file (either cover.jpg or folder.jpg) to the corresponding album folder.
Q. Does S2P support A2DP?
A. Yes, as long as your device has a proper OS.
Q. Does S2P support AVRCP?
A. Yes, if your device used Broadcom BT. For others, if you know how to do that or if you have spare time and eager to aid me to find the solution, you can PM me at the xda forum.
Q. Does S2P support playlist?
A. No, not yet.
Q. Does S2P have function similar to CoverFlow?
A. No, not yet.
Q. Does S2P integrated with S2U2?
A. No, not yet.
Q. The system icons on the top bar do not update?!
A. Yes. They only show the start status. But the battery level icon is up-to-date.
Q. Why S2U2, S2V & S2P are all free?
A. Because MS has left them in the factory.
Special Thanks
- Underbit: MAD (http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/)
- GreenSoftware - GSPlayer (http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA032810/)
- Forum fellows at xda-developers (http://forum.xda-developers.com). Thank you for your testings, comments, supports & patience.

finally....

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dowloading..........

Excellent, downloading ....

A_C is going to rewrite every application from microsoft... in better !!! You're crazy man !!! Very good work !!!

Thanks ... Downloading ...

Great job!
Hopefuly we can expect a S2V update shortly too

Very nice! thank you very much, works well on my T-Mobile MDA CIII
Keep up the awsum work!

It is very slow on my Qtek S200 200mhz.
When I try to scroll in list when a song running background is very slow. When i pause the song, scroll become smooth.
Why ?

please, put a pic to playlist background
great app!

downloading and testing
hope it's as great as your other programs
thanks for your efforts

Thankssssssssssss
Hi A_C
thanks for another great app
works great with my Eten M700 with WM6
all functions work as described & no freezing
very nice ideas for minimizing & screen off..i like
comments:
- scrolling of music list is working but i think can be made smoother like S2V for example, here it feels little jumpy & sluggish (and its not RAM or speed i think on my device)
- waiting for the playlist function (i think that is very important)..and maybe picture flow in te future for covers
THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSS again
your stuff is the best

Great app 1 major bug: a2dp on my device only plays music through 1 side on my heaphones...

i found a bug:
when i was browsing mini playlist(top right button) it shown wrong titles of songs

Thanks A_C it's a great program
Working like a charm on my PDA Xtel ONE (WM5)
comments:
- I can't forward the song
- sound adjustable is not smooth
by the way, what is the proper size for the album art
to fit in the screen without missing any part from it

Excellent!
the best player ever done!
Do you think it's possible to integrate a cover flow system to choose the album?
Something like this :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=365656
thanks

Great App. Many Thanks for A_C. Can you add more Equalize function by next Version? Sorry for my English

Hey guys! I found that if you slide left to right on the screen, It will jump to the next song! when slide right to left, the current song restart from the beginning!
I try to slide twice to let it jump to the prev song but It doesn't work every time.
Nice gesture feature! But I didn't see A_C mention this in the 1st and 2nd post, why?

Thank A_C ...
1 - Key Mapping ...
2 - Support Playlist
3 - Gesture does not work at home, left-right and right-left restart music
4 - power do not work (asus p535 - Music play but S2U2 0.99p displayed without cutting the music while the Record button off the screen and dpad always works)
5 - Equalizer maybe
6 - A_C, i want more kiss Your Ass ...
Edit/
Correction ... The change in music through gestures work after a soft reset ...

(2 May 2008) S2P v0.40 - Slide2Play - Reborn

Hey guys,
After the situation happened in the last thread, I'm so glad to tell you that the development is resumed. S2P now simply uses the device's built-in music decorder WMP.
What is S2P?
S2P(Slide2Play) is my third S2 series application. S2P is a stylus-free MP3/WMA player application. It simply lets you browse your music files & play.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Prerequisition:
- WM5 Phone or WM6 Professional devices (with built-in WMP)
- free RAM: at least 3M
v0.40
- added AVRCP support (play/pause/next/previous) to devices that use MS BT stack.
- added DPAD control to "move" the playback when the timeline is shown.
- added "Repeat Single" - tap the repeat icon until a small "1" is shown.
- limited the way to change to portrait Album View by double tap the album title area only; to go back, double tap the album title area again.
- fixed the issue that some devices cannot run in Landscape mode.
- some minor bugs fixed.
Download
http://asapload.com/111263 or
http://cid-cddbf77985693632.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/XDA files/Mirrors/S2P-0.40-WM5.zip (thanks l3v5y) or
http://www.1800pocketpc.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/s2p-040-wm5.zip (thanks theOne) or
at the bottom of this post.
v0.39
- added option (NoSoftKey) to hide the bottom soft music control keys.
- added to show Album View at portrait mode by double tap the screen; to go back, double tap the screen again.
- now runs properly with RealVGA at 96dpi.
- rearranged some keys - END/OK to minimize; ANSWER to quit.
- fixed some embedded album pic problems.
- some minor bugs fixed.
v0.38
- reduced the RAM usage, especially when there are a lot of music files on the list.
- reduced the start up time.
- added option (FullScreenAlbum) to display a larger album art. For 240 x 240 device, please set it to 0.
- added a sliding button to "move" the playback.
- added minimize S2P by tapping the top right corner of the screen.
- rearranged some keys - END/OK to quit; ANSWER to minimize.
- integration with S2U2 v1.00 or later (read the S2U2's readme.txt for details)
- all system icons are live when S2U2 (v1.00 or later) is already running in the background. (but it doesn't mean S2U2 is mandatory)
- runs properly on a 320x320 emulator, but not tested on any real 320x320 devices.
- some minor bugs fixed.
v0.32
- fixed the issue that S2P did not start due to some problematic ROM/OEM.
If it still not work, pls download & install the WMP-OCX-fix.cab (for WM5 square device, pls try the WMP-OCX-WM5-square-fix.cab) attached below.
v0.30
- changed the music decorder from MAD to WMP, so no more OGG support, but now preliminarily supports WMA.
- added Album View screen. Under the music playback screen, slide up or down the left or right side edge of the album art will change to the Album View screen. To move to previous or next Album, tap the adjacent albums. To move faster, slide to left or right. To go back to the normal playback screen, slide up or down the left or rigth side edge of the album art.
- added option (ResumeAfterCall) to resume or stop the playback after a call is finished.
- added support to load Album art of WMP (Album*.jpg).
- added minimize S2P by pressing OK.
- added Landscape support: Under whichever Portrait or Landscape mode, the music playback screen will always in Portrait; and the Album View screen will always in Landscape.
- added more power saving for AVRCP: Normally, when an AVRCP command arrives, the LCD will be forced to turn on even it's offed. Under the same condition, S2P will turn the LCD off immediately.
- changed the layout a little so that the whole album art will be shown.
- smoother animation.
- a lot of minor bugs fixed.
Installation:
- Under your PC/MAC/device, extract the content of the downloaded file & copy the CAB file to your device.
- Under your device, run any File Explorer application; go to the folder where the CAB file is copied; run the CAB file.
Operations:
- Since S2P simply scans music files in your storage card, it's suggested to have your music files well organized by folders. So that you can browse your music files through the folders instead of a plain list. (e.g. \Artist Name\Album Name\Music title.mp3)
- When browsing, press the folder name to list all music files under that folder, including subfolders; or press the arrow button to list the subfolders.
- Press any one of the filename to play.
- To go back to the music file list, press the top left back button.
- To view the current album list, press the top right icon. Then press any one on the list to play that music.
- To go back to the single music view, press the top right icon again.
- On the single music view, tap the screen to call up the timeline. Press the left repeat icon to repeat the current playing album; press the right shuffle icon to play the whole music list randomly. When both icons are on, only the current album will be played randomly.
- Under the music playback screen, slide up or down the left or right side edge of the album art will change to the Album View screen in Landscape mode. To go back to the normal playback screen, slide up or down the left or right side edge of the album art.
- Under the music playback screen, double tap the album title area will change to the Album View screen in Portrait mode. To go back to the normal playback screen, double tap the album title area again.
- The hardware keys are:
ANSWER - quit
END/OK - minimize
Vol Up/Down or DPAD Up/Down - volume control
DPAD Action - play/pause
DPAD Left/Right - previous/next
Left/Right soft key - previous/next album
Power/Record - turn screen off
For details, as usual, please read the README.TXT file or the next post.
Besides, please read the README FIRST, especially the Known limitations & FAQs before posting your questions here.
Finally, if you like S2P, pls CLICK HERE to make a donation. Thanks.

Settings, Known limitations & FAQs
Settings:
The behaviour of S2P can be altered by changing the following registry values stored at \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2P\
- OffLCD - the no. of timeout seconds that S2P will turn off the screen when using battery; default is 25.
- ACOffLCD - the no. of timeout seconds that S2P will turn off the screen when using external power; default is 0 (i.e. disable).
- SaveLastMusic - remember the last playing music when quit; default is 1.
- AlwaysLoadAlbumPic - always try to search for an album pic when playing each music file; default is 1.
- ResumeAfterCall - resume the playback after a call is finished; default is 1.
- FullScreenAlbum - to display a full-screen album art; default is 1. For 240 x 240 device, please set it to 0
Known limitations & FAQs:
Q. Do I have to install the old version before using this version?
A. No.
Q. How to use the .CAB file?
A. http://www.google.com/search?q=install+cab
Q. Do I have to install S2U2 before installing S2P?
A. No. But if you have installed S2U2, make sure you have updated your S2U2 to 0.99p or later. Otherwise S2P will be stopped by S2U2.
Q. What music files can S2P play?
A. MP3, WMA & WAV.
Q. When viewing an album of WMA/WAV files, there is no duration show?!
A. Yes, it's not implemented yet.
Q. The Album View only show a few covers even there a lot different music files stored?!
A. You have to organize the files into folder structure like \Artist Name\Album Name\Music title.mp3, otherwise it won't be recognized by S2P.
Q. Why the music files have to be placed in folders?
A. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2035359&postcount=253
Q. How to turn off the screen when playing music?
A. Press the Power button or the record button.
Q. How to adjust the auto screen off timeout?
A. Edit the registry - under \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2P\, edit the keys OffLCD & ACOffLCD (in seconds). OffLCD is for use when using battery; while ACOffLCD is for external power. The default value of OffLCD is 25 & ACOffLCD is 0.
Q. S2P shows weird characters for the music info?!
A. Try to resave those info in ID3V2.4 UTF-8 format.
Q. How to have cover shown on S2P?
A. Either the music file already has cover pic embedded or you have to copy the cover file (either cover.jpg or folder.jpg or album*.jpg made by WMP) to the corresponding album folder.
A. Sudermatt has a script to update the album art directly from your device, goto http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2164454&postcount=920 for details.
Q. Does S2P support A2DP?
A. Yes, as long as your device has a proper OS.
Q. Does S2P support AVRCP?
A. Yes, for v0.40 or later.
Q. Does S2P support playlist?
A. No, not yet.
Q. The system icons on the top bar do not update?!
A. Yes, they only show the start status. But the battery level icon is up-to-date. However, they will all be live if S2U2 v1.00 is already running in the background.
Q. Why S2U2, S2V & S2P are all free?
A. Because MS has left them in the factory.
Special Thanks
- Forum fellows at xda-developers (http://forum.xda-developers.com). Thank you for your testings, comments, supports & patience.

Lets try...
THANKS.
You're da man!!!

Many Thanks For Your Great Work!!

Strange....
This version doesn't open on my HTC P3600 (WM 6).
0.17 works well.
Any suggestion?
Obs: I'm using S2U 0.98.

All RIGHT! Thanks for everything you've done
EDIT: Yeah, sorry dude, but I've got the same thing happening... VZW700wx. It won't start. Just says S2P for the current open application on the taskbar
EDIT2: v.32 is working beautifully

Dont start!
Hey there!
Also does not start on my Himalaya.........
Tried soft resetting!
Thanks for your great software!

i`m squirt

A_C
A_C, you are the best programmer out there. Thanks for another good application.

Thanks for program,but and on my RoverPC (Amoi) does not start.

Wow, great release!

Damn this is some solid piece of programming, PROPS!

Suggestion
For the next version, can you make it so that you can sync your iTunes library?
Lumen was going to do that, but it looks like that project is dead. You are the fastest and best developer, any chance that that can happen soon? It would be really cool. Thanks A_C.

Rossnl said:
Damn this is some solid piece of programming, PROPS!
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What devices do you guys have that is working?

works perfectly for me on my HTC mogul...
great software!

WOW!
A_C you're great...it incredible...but I Loved That full Screen album art that takes all-over the places...all the toolbars are transparent so the artwork could be seen...is it possible to view the playback-artwork that much big again?
tnx anyway...you're the man you know

M.A.S., ^^rac, xd1936 & EvgeniyKo
I need further info:
- OS version
- WMP version
- how many songs stored? where?
Try a soft-reset. If still not work, try to delete the registry tree \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2P\ and start S2P again.
Thanks.

won't start
per usual great work, but wont start on glofish M700 wm6.1

This program is truely awesome. Besides of the player as whole, I really like the idea of sliding up/down on the images to see the coverflow (which is working very well). I guess the iPod does not do it like this due to its gyrothingies our HTCs lack, so I thought I'd mention this and give an extra "bravo"
Everything is running pretty good on my HTC Touch Cruise.
Big thumbs up!
Thanks very very much, a donation will surely follow

It doesn't start on my I-Mate JAMA.........while the last S2P 0.17 works well
however thanks for your job, great as always!!!

Mort player 3.31b75 (BETA)

It's an MP3/Ogg player which is optimized for the needs on a Pocket PC.
That's (among others) big screen buttons, simple playlist update from the contents of certain directories, and support of hardware buttons.
MortPlayer is freeware, i.e., you can use it without paying.
The target was originally to create a simple player, which "simply plays the music" and doesn't nag me every time I add or remove some songs (playlist management).
But since back then, the player growed a lot, and by now does almost everything you'd wish from an music player...
Included features:
All basic functions (Play, pause, skip track, spooling, ...)
Supports:
-MP2, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and WAV (thanks to MAD, libovd, and Green Software...)
-GSPlayer plug-ins (e.g. for MIDI files)
-Playback of files on the net, e.g. http://foo.bar/mytrack.mp3 or serversharepath rack.mp3
-Shoutcast and IceCast streams
-PodCasts and online playlists, e.g. http://foo.bar/playlist.m3u
-WinAmp and MediaPlayer playlists (M3U, PLS, ASX, WMP, read only)
-Native playlists (MPL, read and write)
Equalizer (only MP3), sound effects
Bookmarks (memorize positions in songs or audio books)
Auto continue from position and/or start playback after restart
Big screen buttons, easy to tap with your finger (at least in most Skins)
Assignable hardware buttons (all buttons, almost every function)
Screen saver (switch off display after some time or on button press) with optional button lock
Fall asleep timer
Alarm clock
-different wake times for each day of the week and a one time alert
-the player doesn't need to be running
-play a special file and/or continue current playlist
Optional volume change on start, exit, and alarm clock
Automatically pauses when doing a call (Phone Edition)
Display of ID3 (V1.0-V2.3) and Ogg tag informations (track name, artist, album, year, track no., cover), as well as external cover images per track or path
Add your favorite folders and playlist to Favorites. This enables you to choose them easily from a list in Open dialog or skip between them with the press of a button. You can even automatically include all subfolders. I.e., skip easily between all folders of StorageMy music or wherever you put your audio files.
Changer Mode: Automatically skip to the the next path or directory of your favorites when one is finished. Or shuffle between all directories.
Simple file selection when adding new files
Skins and Screens
-Full Skin support, you can decide for all elements if, where and how you want to show them! (sorry, own format only...)
-Multiple Screens (Easily switchable displays contained in one Skin)
-Extended screen switching support: Switch easily between a selection of Screens from multiple Skins
-Fullscreen support for Skins (no title and/or menu bar, e.g. for a car screen)
-"Always on top" option for small windows, thus allowing a small track display or similar on top of your navigation program
-You can turn off images to save memory and CPU
-User defined Playlist Font (or Skin default)
File associations (start with double click on e.g. an MP3 file)
User defined startup action (Changer Mode, recent playlist, update playlist, continue last track, ...), repeat and shuffle mode
Write informations about the currently played track in a file or append it to a logfile
And many more settings
Attention updaters: There's a "relative volume" now, which can be modified with the volume bar. Due to this, the preamp slider isn't required any longer for many users. I.e., you should set "Skip volume and preamp" in "Handling" to "No" and check "Relative volume" in "Program start" if you want to use it. Or simply use the Wizard...
Changes since V3.3 (please check the forum for changes between betas):
- Settings extracted to separate program
- AVRCP support (buttons on BT stereo headsets)
- Audiobook option in the favorites. Click the "?" next to it for details. E.g., the last position is memorized and stop doesn't modify the position.
- New alarm clock options: increasing volume and repeating of alarm sound file
- "Relative volume": Modifies the volume relative to the system volume
- Reworked the options for screen toggle, now more easy but still powerfull
- Sort playlist by filename, entry title, date, or ID3 tags - also immediately when added (settings, in "Shuffle/repeat" or "Open")
- Several modifications and new options to ease the use of playlists and favorites, e.g. selection of start song, faster adding of single tracks, automatical activation of Changer Mode, ...
- Fixed several display bugs, esp. on VGA devices with WM5
- Fitted dialogs to work with square screen devices and sometimes look better with "real VGA"
- Modifications for skin designers, e.g. square screen support, volume up/down, spool buttons, ...
- Easier translations
- Some improvements regarding stability and speed
- Several other (mostly minor) bugfixes
CHANGES
-SOME BUG FIXED......
-SUPPORTS ALPHA BENDING IN SKIN.......
- AND MUCH MORE ERRORS FIXED...
LINK (ERROR IN UPLOADING)
MORT PLAYER
http://www.sto-helit.de/forum/download/file.php?id=79

what is this ..is this a skin or a new player..please clearly specify

its a new beta version of an existing music player (maybe the best player?)
The original poster appears to have confused things by adding their own skin to the post to make mortplayer appear like S2p

[MORTSCRIPT] S2PC for iPhonetoday (Albumart yeha)

Hi,
Since iPhonetoday is such a great today plugin I decided to add some more functionallity.
What does it do?:
Basicly it starts S2P minimizes it then starts playback and replaces the top 6 (or 8) icons with control/status icons for S2P and reverts to your original icons once S2P exits .
Features:
- Replaces top 6 or 8 icons with S2P control/status icons
- Refreshes icons on track change
- Display current album or artist
- Display current title
- Display current albumart
- Play/Pause, Volume up, Volume down, Next, Previous, Maximise S2P (Mute, Exit only on 8 icon setting)
- Energy saving option for stopping the script once the phone gets locked by S2U2
- revert to your original icons once S2P exits
- crops Artist/Album/Title if it is to long to be displayed by iPhonetoday
- If no titles are loaded into S2P it will show a reminder and maximize S2P
- creates a backup.xml on first run
Requirements:
- Mortscript
- S2P
- iPhonetoday
Installation:
- extract S2PC.zip
- edit the s2pc.ini to your desired settings
- copy the extracted content into \iPhonetoday\
- in iPhonetoday add an icon linking to \iPhonetoday\S2PC\start.mscr
Changelog:
(I will follow iPhonetoday version numbering so my v. 0.6.1 will be compatible to iPhonetoday 0.6.1)
- 0.6.1
-Initial release
Known Bugs:
- Sometimes the icon refreshing is slow (no solution on my side, sorry has to be done in iPhonetoday -> Refreshing icons from external exe)
- When using S2U2 to control your volume and/or to answer calls(when not locked). The script will revert your icons to original and exit the script when receiving a call and/or changing volume with s2u2.
I will try to convince A_C to add a "Device is locked" Registry value. If not I don´t see a solution for this other than not using s2u2 for calls/volume.
Last but not least
I used some programms from different sources i would like to thank
No Plugins Today
Mortscript
thebond for his volume control scripts.

The s2pc.ini:
s2ppath=\Program Files\s2p\
Here you specify the folder where S2P is installed (mind the slashes).
s2pproblem=No music files are loaded into S2P. Please load music files and start playback.
Here you can edit the message that is displayed when no files are loaded into S2P.
s2pabort=Aborting S2PC
Here you can edit the message that is displayed when S2P aborts.
albumorartist=
Here you specify if album or artist shold be shown in the first row.
1 for album
0 for artist
pageselect=0
Here you specify on which page the controls sould be displayed (0 for the first page and so on) If the selected page doesn´t exist it will be displayed on the last page.
energysave=1
If this is set to 1 the script will revert your icons to original and exit the script when S2U2 locks the device.
!There is a bug in this function. When using S2U2 to control your volume and/or to answer calls(when not locked). The script will revert your icons to original and exit the script when receiving a call and/or changing volume with s2u2.
I will try to convince A_C to add a "Device is locked" Registry value. If not I don´t see a sollution for this other than not using s2u2 for calls/volume.
resumeafterunlock=1
If this is set to 1 and energysave is allso set to 1 the script will rerun on unlocking but only if the script already ran at locking
eighticons=0
If this is set to 1 8 Icons are displayed instead of 6

great work dude....!!!!

tried on htc touch (elfin) works gr8....???
cant we implement current time using same way..

thebond said:
tried on htc touch (elfin) works gr8....???
cant we implement current time using same way..
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As you can see the icon updating process takes pretty long so updating every minute would render iPhonetoday nearly unusable.
Maybe when another refresh option is there I will try to make a digital clock for the first row.

ya it take a bit more time... but tuning it would do better
digital clock would be great help to all...