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help me identify this

Downloaded a cab file from a chinese website, its a today plugin that when you click takes control of your today screen and gives you many buttons to cycle through move around etc drag and drop. Has its own background and signal bar etc. Seems to be a simple application launcher which slightly resembles the iphone. Found it in an elf thread but not sure if it is from an elf. I searched the forum and cannot find anything really like it(i mean apon looking at the contents of the cab versus the content of other things I have found here) I would like to find it in english if I could figure out what to call it. I am attaching the cab file, havent gotten a screen shot of it yet but its not gonna trash your phone just the characters wont display if you do not have chinese installed.
Any help appreaciated.
Jeff

Anyone know what this is? Is it malicious? I stupidly installed it, but it shows up nowhere in directory structure, remover programs, settings, or program folder.

It is not malicous I have installed it myself and it shows up in remove programs to uninstall. It not showing up at all is strange, what are you running? Did you reset after you installed it?
I am running LVSW's latest wm6 release. It installs and works fine except for the fact that chinese characters do not show.

I did a check on the CAB, and it seems alright. It is called "dDockView", installed to your "Program Files\dDockView" dir. All files are installed there, 2 at "\Windows" and a shortcut. Nothing in the registry, nothing nastily `malicious`. Two of the files in \Windows are "dDockView.xml", "dDockPlugin.dll". Delete these if you want to remove it.
From what it seems, it only execute if you run the "dDockView.exe" in "Program Files\dDockView"
And runs on WM6 only.
UPDATE:
Attached screenshots. It looks.. ifoney. From what it seems, to be a launcher, that, the bottom part gives you the 'Menu' or 'Page' for the programs icons above.
You'll have to modify the XML in \Windows to point to your program and icons, I think.

Hey thanks for posting the screenshots I was just about to upload some myself. I knew it was a launcher but none of the chinese would show up as I did not have the local installed.
Is this comparable to the iphone app posted in these threads? Ive been searching but I havent found anything close to what files it installs I can only assume that its something the chinese have made but do not quote me on that. I wonder how hard it would be to convert it to english.
Jeff

Psiodon said:
It is not malicous I have installed it myself and it shows up in remove programs to uninstall. It not showing up at all is strange, what are you running? Did you reset after you installed it?
I am running LVSW's latest wm6 release. It installs and works fine except for the fact that chinese characters do not show.
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I have yet to take any rom plunge. I am runing wm5 on my 8525 all I have done is put on the newest version of radio 1.43.
When I installed it I told it to use my storage card and it did not fail but said install was ok.

Your afraid to upgrade os but are ok updating the radio? I seem to remember reading that it is easier to brick your device radio updating than just upgrading the os but do not quote me on that.
@hanmin Since you were able to see the chinese characters, what was displayed on the normal today screen where you launch the program? Mine just showed an icon with many squares of course because I could not see chinese.
It seems like a decent launcher for one handed operation and the drag and drop works nice, still havent figured out how to customize it all yet but time will tell.
Jeff

Psiodon said:
Your afraid to upgrade os but are ok updating the radio? I seem to remember reading that it is easier to brick your device radio updating than just upgrading the os but do not quote me on that.
@hanmin Since you were able to see the chinese characters, what was displayed on the normal today screen where you launch the program? Mine just showed an icon with many squares of course because I could not see chinese.
It seems like a decent launcher for one handed operation and the drag and drop works nice, still havent figured out how to customize it all yet but time will tell.
Jeff
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Didn't say afraid, said I hadn't done it yet. Still reading and checking on what one I want to try first.

@Bohemian, I'm sure Psiodon doesn't meant to say 'afraid', probably the word 'worried / doubtful' is the word he is trying to use. Anyway, good that you are doing that. There are various newbies around that jump in and die without knowing why
@Psiodon
I didn't install the app myself. I've just examined the CAB contents and did a bit of goggling myself. I don't even know that there is a today plugin (probably I've missed some lines in the CAB). From what it seems, you can happily skip the today plugin and launch it 'normally'.

@Boh, yes I did not mean scared afraid as hanmin said, just that you did radio first as I have not done radio yet but have done os many times hehe.
@Hanmin, I must be retarded how did you get those screenshots without installing it, some emulator or other way of extracting them? The retard thing can be verified with your reply haha.
Jeff

@Psiodon You can google for screenshots? There are forum discussing it with screenshots. Just grab it from there? And, yes, there are emulator for WM5 devices if you are interested. Get it free from M$.

Are those forums in chinese or english, could you post a link to it?
Thanks in advance
Jeff

can anyone covert it to english Please

@Psiodon Google for "dDockView"
@aih1977, from what it seems, it uses a XML file for all the setup and stuff, but it also has a few DLL files which maybe difficult to convert to English.

Hi Guys,
This today plug-in come pre-installed in S1 Dopod in china which is the HTC Touch "Elf". But this is only availible in default for china market.
You need to edit the xml to do batches change to del unwanted icon.
Too bad this come in chinese lang only. And I having some program in adding new program using the standard GUI. Think I need to use the xml to add new program.

That makes sense the chinese care nothing about copyrights which sometimes is a good thing.
The software has its own custimizing app built in, you just click the little down arrows and it gives you options to delete and add new as well as lock unlock the drag and drop capability, you can change text font colors etc, it has its own button library graphics you can select from etc.
It does what its supposed to do, launches apps, displays your messages count etc, goes directly to what you want it to go to, email for email, text messages for sms etc, self customizing (to an extent) drag and drop icons for ordering. Clicking the clock brings up time of course, clicking the service bars brings up phone properties. Its pretty quick to do its various tasks and seems to be a complete program, I did notice that it doesnt seem to show the status of bluetooth wifi etc at the top or maybe I havent figure out how to configure that.
If it were in english would be alot better thats for certain.
Psiodon

Translator needed...Chinese
I know that some people here speaks chinese, so could any of you please look into this and translate it

Is there a easy way to break of a DLL change (e.g. translate) it and put it back?

easy way hmmm. I tried translating it myself but with my limited knowledge on such things I couldnt really get anything important changed to english, just a few menu options that you could already figure out yourself. I had to change my local to chinese to get those characters to show up in my editing programs. Then had to make shift sign the exe then copy it over to the phone. Couldnt figure out the signing cab thing and didnt work much on that since I couldnt get much changed into english. I guess the other chinese is hidden in there somewhere but with the programs I used I couldnt figure it out. The other thing that bothers me about the program is that it will let you add control panel items, but not program items, when you select that option it just sits there. I assume some path being different on the chinese version of windows mobile 6? So with all the effort I didnt get far.
There are many people out there who translate programs from different languages, maybe they have more of a clue than I do, and the ability to fix the path problem with adding programs.
Psiodon

Psiodon said:
That makes sense the chinese care nothing about copyrights which sometimes is a good thing.
Psiodon
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Does this have something to do with the subject? So you're White western good thinking people? I wonder what you do around here?

[APP]BattMon - Translate to WWE - Need some help from Chinese people

I've seen a screenshot a while back here, and got curious about a battery status application called BattMon from a Chinese developer. After talking with hkpeople by PM, I finally got my hands on it, only to realize it's not in English but in Chinese instead.
I've burnt my eyelids searching for a way to translate the program to WWE, but haven't been successful so far, because I can only find the application on Chinese forums, which is unreadable to me (and also needs registration).
By editing the exe with a resource editor, I've analized the file and I'm thinking it may also have some sort of settings pannel (maybe by executing the exe with some parameter, unknown to me so far).
So, what I need is someone that can provide me with the author's contact (e-mail, msn, yahoo... some kind of messenger, etc), so I can ask for his permission to edit it, and also would need all the program visible texts translated into English.
Tomorrow I'll be posting some screenshots of the things I'd like to translate. I'll also need someone with a device running a Chinese ROM so you can see what to translate (because in my device i can only see squares)
For now, you guys can think about this and tell me what you think, and if you're willing to help.
[EDIT]
Well, thanks to devilteki, this is starting to look better, as you can see in the screenshot:
But there's still something bugging me, because as I said before, in the resource editor, I can see some sort of settings panel, which I still don't know how to use or what it's written there. See the screenshot:
Why make the menu, if you're not gonna use it?

I've tried to translate it.
But due to the default language was not tranditional chinese.
some of the meaning there, I could not totally understand, and i'm also not good at English
Please tried and might give me the right sentences or words you think .

just before this thread was created i have tried this but due to chinese i have uninstalled it. the version i had was suplied by holyfox. so if yoy need anything he might be able to help you, drop him a pm.

你找我呀?
哈哈!

FInixNOver said:
I've seen a screenshot a while back here, and got curious about a battery status application called BattMon from a Chinese developer. After talking with hkpeople by PM, I finally got my hands on it, only to realize it's not in English but in Chinese instead.
I've burnt my eyelids searching for a way to translate the program to WWE, but haven't been successful so far, because I can only find the application on Chinese forums, which is unreadable to me (and also needs registration).
By editing the exe with a resource editor, I've analized the file and I'm thinking it may also have some sort of settings pannel (maybe by executing the exe with some parameter, unknown to me so far).
So, what I need is someone that can provide me with the author's contact (e-mail, msn, yahoo... some kind of messenger, etc), so I can ask for his permission to edit it, and also would need all the program visible texts translated into English.
Tomorrow I'll be posting some screenshots of the things I'd like to translate. I'll also need someone with a device running a Chinese ROM so you can see what to translate (because in my device i can only see squares)
For now, you guys can think about this and tell me what you think, and if you're willing to help.
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Tranditional Chinese Rom
Need I help?

batmon (the dark knight ) rocks.
but it has one disadvantage:
the battery icon will be hidden / covered by a speech bubble when u receive mail or sms.

First post updated with screenshots.
sumitescp said:
just before this thread was created i have tried this but due to chinese i have uninstalled it. the version i had was suplied by holyfox. so if yoy need anything he might be able to help you, drop him a pm.
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Thanks, I guess I'll try to contact him about this.
tyler08 said:
batmon (the dark knight ) rocks.
but it has one disadvantage:
the battery icon will be hidden / covered by a speech bubble when u receive mail or sms.
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Sure, I'm well aware of that, but since I'm thinking of using this program as a complement of my battery icons, it's not really a problem.
In fact, it will make me realize more quickly that I have pending notifications to check.

Try this
CAPTION "Setting"
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
FONT 9, "Tahoma"

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Try this
CAPTION "Setting"
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
FONT 9, "Tahoma"
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This is a no go. It doesn't so nothing.
And I've also found another problem with this nice little program.
We can't use VGA icons (32x32 pixels instead of 16x16 pixels). The program will only display a quarter of the icon. Damn!!!!
I'm aware of another similar application, called GS battery monitor (GSbmon - Green Software battery monitor), which allows the use of 32x32 pixel icons, but it'll not display the battery status from 0% to 100%. It's like the stock battery indicator.
I have what seems to be the source code of the app, but I have no programing skill whatsoever, so, if the author of the program reads this, or anyone is willing to take this project on, it would be awesome!!

Yes, this is a really nice looking app. The icon match the diamond style. Let me know if you need helps in any Chinese translation. (PM me)

chinese input writing system

Hi there am using HTC 7501 looking for a software that can input Chinese words
using stroke method (writing) am not familair with the pinyin system
tks

i personally am using the CE-Star app.
It works pretty well as you can use the stylus for brush strokes or via pinyin
this is my first post and not sure about the linking etiquette, but you can goggle for it easy enough
hope that helps

Hi there,eddiepbauer,thanks for your reply,I have been told about CE Star,but
from a posting in a forum,there was this problem that the input frame for Pen-power is too small and the text is tiny,do you have the same problem???
btw which version of CE Star you are using??
tks

sogou chinese input
sogou sip.. chinese input is the best chinese input nowadays.. FREE, easy to use, fast.. and also support to all smartphone include WM5 , WM6... and symbian all version. if you already have CE star... u don't need to uninstall it.. it can also work together.
let's have a try to http://shouji.sogou.com/ and choose your mobile operating system
the latest update is 2009-08-17

Hi there elvia thanks for the info,will give it a try and will let you know the
result

For Chinese suport, Personally, CEstar is not a good option. What you need are just FONT and INPUT.
Try to find this if you can read Chinese. INPUT
http://mobile.ccw.com.cn/ltjh/htm2009/20090422_618705.shtml
See how they use Michy's ROM for Chinese.
http://bbs.pdafans.com/viewthread.php?tid=785753&showk=175&extra=page=1

Hi there wadeshi,may I know what type of input you are using??
I am basically looking for a pen-input (writing) to use with my dictionary
I am not familair with pin yin system

well, now that you mention it and I went back to check, the pen power sip IS rather small.
it's irrelevant tho. I don't know how others use it, but for me, I could draw anywhere on the screen and it works fine. the only time i use the input area is when i "spell" a character incorrectly or if there are similar looking characters and it gives a list of chars to choose from.
as for text size... it's rather small on the 92dpi resolution, but i'm able to read it and don't need to adjust text size
/shrugs
the best way is to simply try it for yourself, as far as i know there aren't any crash issues involving this program

Quran and Hadith Software HD2

Anyone came across and proper Quran (with Arabic, English, Search, navigation, bookmark, audio, etc) like in the Iphone? And any Hadith software? The one i bought from market place has a nice interface but it is very weak, no search, no arabic, no audio nothing but surah by surah flicking (which is very annoying)

Here you go:
http://pocketpc.qurancomplex.gov.sa/front
The only thing it lacks is hadith in english. As long as you can read Arabic its fine, but I don't think there is any functionality for incorporating translated books of hadith.

a friend and i got our HD2s imported from dubai. and it had an option for "value added service" or something like that. i never tried it but my friend did...and he said that it totally "arabized" his device and even a hard reset wouldn't get rid of the "arabization"!
anyway, i remember reading on HTC's middle east website that this "value added service" pack also contains the holy quran and applications for prayer timings, etc...
again, i'm not 100% sure about the previous paragraph so you may want to do some more research. do post back and let us know about such applications if you find some good ones. good luck!

yeah i know about the Arabic RoM ones but that converts your entire phone into Arabic, I tried it. and everything went Arabic. (werid). Even on the HTC page they have the Quran etc there, but again only for Arabic rom machines
I will try the suggestion the senior admin made

look here and here...im currently downloading from the second link

i installed it, it is def the best thus far. BUt all the controls settings are in Arabic.

@ damnshah
the Quran software in the link you sent is the worst software I have ever seen. It is basically a collection of photos link together. And not even very nice Photos. I am trying to pocket salat, as the one i use needs to be restarted everytime I reset the phone. The gps function is amazing, i tell you. The minute you get off the plane it adjust and corrects you salaat time-- no more excuses.
Try the Quran suggested by pkchips, If only it had english menus.

[Q] Chinese on MP7 on HTC HD2?

Yesterday i flashed my wife and my phones with MP7. We both have HTC HD2 T-mobile editions. First i flased with XBmod ROM and found while it was brilliant, Chinese isnt supported.
We installed about 100 apps from the marketplace that allowed us to input chinese, but everytime we sent messages to each other, all we got was a message with some characters, some weird symbols and lots of squares.
As we both live in China, its kinda importants for us to be able to read and write Chinese.
Previously we used WM6.5.5 and we had to install two .cab files (1 for the chinese font, and 1 for the input keyboard) I know MP7 is different and uses .xap files (hense its not backwards compatable), but ive seen on the 'net and here that the chinese fonts are in MP7, but as they are 14mb, most chefs take them out.
Does anyone know of a ROM that has the fonts is embedded or is there a way i can get a modded ROM and put the fonts in myself?
Thanks in advance!

Try YukiXDA ROM.
I remember him testing chinese on WP7.

Brilliant, thanks for the tip. ill check it out!

Not sure if he has stopped support, but i downloaded the ROM with chinese in it from Yuki and didnt support Chinese, but thanks anyway!

Its WP7 not MP7.

Yes thanks. saw my mistake

For what it is worth, I was in a public relations office in Taipei that represents Microsoft Taiwan. One of the managers of a Microsoft account has an HTC HD7. Microsoft Taiwan sent him a program that allows him to read and write Traditional Chinese on his HD7. I am not sure if it would support Simplified Chinese, or if it would work on an HD2 with WP7, but you might try contacting either Microsoft Taiwan or Microsoft China and ask them about your problem. Otherwise, it seems that your only course is to wait until the Mango update is ported to HD2, as I understand that update does support Chinese.

Thanks for that info, ill check it out. We are currently using the "i'm Chinese app". Its ok, but to write an email, sms or search the 'net, you have to open the app, type what you want, then it opens the normal web or sms or email, insert the chinese, then send! i do miss the keyboard from WM6.5 i had!
My next question is trying to get Windows phone device manager to work! i installed it (as admin), plug my phone in, close Zune and wait. WPDM says "connecting to Nips HD2", so it knows my phone is there. It then says "Nips HD2 plugged into USB", but doesnt show the total storage, cell network or battery info and when i click on sonething in the list (manage apps, explore files etc) it says connecting for about 5 mins, then fails with "couldnt connect to Nips HD2". My phone is hacked(?) with chevron, i checked. WPDM also seems to fail to install touchxplorer on my phone. (on the WPMD post it says it should auto install the first time you use WPMD)
Ive read all the pages in the XDA DEV post about WPDM and nothing has worked, ive tried their website, no luck. Ive even contacted themm but no reply. Do i need to give them a donation to make it work, or am i missing something and being a complete noob?
Any suggestions and/or abuse would be great!
Thanks!