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iPhone App for WM - LookAlike

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I like it, good work. I like it especially it is a 3rd party software so that I can keep my Today screen. BTW, whats the diff of yours compared to the one at the other thread?
Anyway, although getting the aye-Phone interface is good for a start, I think it ought to be able to get some artist to make a better looking interface than aye-Phone.
BTW, as suggestion (for feature), I'm just wondering if you can make your app to respond to the D-Pad (the directional button), like those (say) SonyE phone and then display another graphics to show that the button is being selected.
Design case example:
All icons are black-white. Using your directional button, it goes from one icon to another. The selected icon will have colour (depending on design), and pushing the 'action' button will make it launch the app.
Final thing, whats the difference between yours and the one mentioned at the other thread?

hanmin said:
I like it, good work. I like it especially it is a 3rd party software so that I can keep my Today screen. BTW, whats the diff of yours compared to the one at the other thread?
Anyway, although getting the aye-Phone interface is good for a start, I think it ought to be able to get some artist to make a better looking interface than aye-Phone.
BTW, as suggestion (for feature), I'm just wondering if you can make your app to respond to the D-Pad (the directional button), like those (say) SonyE phone and then display another graphics to show that the button is being selected.
Design case example:
All icons are black-white. Using your directional button, it goes from one icon to another. The selected icon will have colour (depending on design), and pushing the 'action' button will make it launch the app.
Final thing, whats the difference between yours and the one mentioned at the other thread?
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The Difference is that the other one was in 12/24 hour format, it has no exit button, its 1Meg in size, it has some memory leaks that people complained about. Im sure mine has issues as well so please test and let me know.
I can possible make it work on the dialpad with different icons when they have focus. I just wanne make sure it wont eat too much memory and become to slow. Im not good with graphics at all so any suggestions will be appreciated

I was thinking of a config module, for easier? configuration.
interested?

Inphyy said:
I was thinking of a config module, for easier? configuration.
interested?
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Good Idea, Ill work on that unless you wanna make it? What do you mean by enabled, should it not show or should it be grayed out?

Grumps said:
Good Idea, Ill work on that unless you wanna make it? What do you mean by enabled, should it not show or should it be grayed out?
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I can try make it(i hope). Kinda newbie at programing, but i think i can make it work.
should i make it a seperate app and just make it change the config files?
think that would be the easiest, maybe.

Inphyy said:
I can try make it(i hope). Kinda newbie at programing, but i think i can make it work.
should i make it a seperate app and just make it change the config files?
think that would be the easiest, maybe.
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Yep write a new app if you want and access the config files it would be the easiest. Im also new at programming. What i know i taught myself so thats why its so difficult to do this. This app took my 8 hours to write and im sure someone else could have done it faster and better. Lemme know if you know how to get the Network operator name and Signal strength and battery level out of the registry. I know where they are stored but cant seem to read data from the registry

try this one: http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/show/4640/2/
dunno what you can make out of it, since im learning VB.NET atm and have no clue about C#
found something from a previous app i made for windows, here is some of the code i used, dunno how it's done in C# but im guessing it wouldnt be very different
Imports Microsoft.Win32
Dim RegKey As RegistryKey
Dim regSubKey As RegistryKey
RegKey = Registry.LocalMachine
regSubKey = RegKey.CreateSubKey("SOFTWARE\Example")
regSubKey.SetValue("ExampleDwordValue", "0")
i think i would have used
regSubKey.GetValue("ExampleValue")
in VB but you should just try to find it.
hope it helps you in some way.

Lightweight and fast is good. As what you're doing is basically possible with WA + WAD. BTW, as for the settings, you may want to have the (4 x 4) + (1 x 4) icon grid flexible, incase people want to have large icons (less stuff to launch?). An ayeFone alternatives design, take a look here
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2007/04/deeda_piphone_up_next.html
More at the official page
http://www.deeda.com/

Grumps said:
Good Idea, Ill work on that unless you wanna make it? What do you mean by enabled, should it not show or should it be grayed out?
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I was thinking of removing the whole icon if you dont want it
edit: removing as in hiding

Follow Up
I got the signal strengt working as well as reading the operator name from the registry. The only help i need now is to get the battery level from somewhere withing the registry, ill update the zip files on th first post

sounds good with the provider and signal info, will test it right now.
the icons: since i just arrived home, i did not have any new icons yet. but for workaround reasons, i attached a zip-file with the original iphone-icons , and a zip-file with the alternative icons. i numbered them in the original-iphone-order and added an additional rss-icon (for the 16. field).
(i was not really shure why you choose these other icons in the release (where are they from?)), but the original icons worked just fine for me. the alternatives also.
a blurry picture with before-and-after (left->your release right-> the original icons) is also attached.

nicolas said:
sounds good with the provider and signal info, will test it right now.
the icons: since i just arrived home, i did not have any new icons yet. but for workaround reasons, i attached a zip-file with the original iphone-icons , and a zip-file with the alternative icons. i numbered them in the original-iphone-order and added an additional rss-icon (for the 16. field).
(i was not really shure why you choose these other icons in the release (where are they from?)), but the original icons worked just fine for me. the alternatives also.
a blurry picture with before-and-after (left->your release right-> the original icons) is also attached.
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I was just messing around to see if the autosizing will work, the icons you have look good so ill use them. I still need an .ico file for the actual app. Any Ideas? O i attached a screen capture app you can try so you dont have to take funny pics hehe

Grumps said:
I was just messing around to see if the autosizing will work, the icons you have look good so ill use them. I still need an .ico file for the actual app. Any Ideas? O i attached a screen capture app you can try so you dont have to take funny pics hehe
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roger that! and thanks for the screen-capture application.
i'll try to install it via parallels (a mac and a pocket pc is a disastreous combination )
one request: maybe you should use version-numbers by now. its hard to follow which iphone-zip-folder is the "up to date" one.

nicolas said:
roger that! and thanks for the screen-capture application.
i'll try to install it via parallels (a mac and a pocket pc is a disastreous combination )
one request: maybe you should use version-numbers by now. its hard to follow which iphone-zip-folder is the "up to date" one.
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Ok ive changed it version 0.91

Grumps said:
I got the signal strengt working as well as reading the operator name from the registry. The only help i need now is to get the battery level from somewhere withing the registry, ill update the zip files on th first post
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Tried using SNAPI?
Trying to remember but I think it was something like SystemState.GetValue(SystemProperty.PowerBatteryStrength).
Will test/check when I get home
*Edit* If you don't want to download the sn api then I think wm stores all state information in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\State (battery strength, display orientation, num missed calls, num new sms's etc) */Edit*

Erg, sorry, just noticed the "Visual Studio 2003" part now. SNAPI requires 2005 afaik. Gonna have to grab it from manually from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Status\Battery

ok just tried the latest release. could it be that other file-extensions then *.exe are not recognized?
i.e.: .tr3 or .lnk (i tried to access a tomeraider file and a link to my contacts - but no luck)
furthermore, german pathnames including umlaute ÄÖÜßöäü doesnt work
attachment: was in need for a quick wikipedi /wikimedia icon

does this one have the slide lock?

Link to the other Lock-file

Finger Friendly File Explorer-Just An Idea

With all the touch roms and in particular Tene's beautiful software, and a new calendar app on it's way, I got thinking that a finger friendly file explorer would be a great enhancement to our devices. I imagine that when launched it would come up with a list of your favourite file locations in a user defined scrollable list. For example "my documents" or "all music files" etc. If you select "all video files" it would then show them, when a video is selected it would ask what software you wanted to open it with and if it should do the same every time for that item.
I have done a few really bad diagrams and have more ideas, I just thought it would be nice to collect other peoples thoughts and hopefully inspire a developer. I am not suggesting a replacement for the built in file explorer or something with all the functions of resco, just something that looks good, like the upcoming calendar app, that allows you to get where you want to go easily and perform a defined action when you are there.
I hope that made a bit of sense, apologies if not.

Must be a really dumb idea.

uniqueboy said:
Must be a really dumb idea.
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Hi!
Not at all, I liked the idea! Maybe some graphic artists around here could make a mockup?
Regards,
PK

uniqueboy said:
Must be a really dumb idea.
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Because you are impatient and no one jumped on your thread? Relax and give it time.

as finger friendly file exlores go then gsfinder+ is pretty easy to havigate and copy/cut/paste files around with
not that that will ever make be stop using totalcommander

i like that idea

if no one takes it up, i'll definately give it a shot - provided i get the time to do it.
i'll dig up this thread after couple of weeks and check if anybody has taken it up.

Good Idea

I'm starting to play around with development stuff right now, and I'll probably work on all kinds of new finger friendly apps. Right now I'm creating an extremely simple picture preview program that has finger functionality like the iPhone picture viewer. Obviously we can't do the multitouch stuff, but swiping one way or another goes forward or back through the pictures in that folder, and sliding your finger up and down zooms in or out. That's it, no other fancy stuff that the other picture viewers have. I just want this to be used to view photos on my phone, not for editing or anything. I don't know if anything like that is around, I've never seen it, and I wanted something to mess around with, so I gave it a try. I've only been working on it for half a day so far, but it's almost finished. Any interest in that? I might make a thread for it.
Anyway, if all goes well I'll definitely be interested in taking on a few other projects to help make our devices more finger friendly.

Sounds real Good, Goodluck with it!

its a great ideia,
only need to be a clean and light app, or no one will use it....
i hate need to use total commander with my fingers, thanks god my fingers are realy small

I am so pleased there is some interest in the idea, every time I use PCM I imagine it with files instead of contacts and I think how cool it would be to have a set of filters for my files, it would be the ultimate launcher really. I hope someone can pick up the idea and run with it. I just have millions of ideas and no way to make them reality. Ahh, a rose from a dream.

it sounds great.

Interestingly, this could possibly be the most useful of the finger friendly apps if it's done because the current file explorer may be the least finger friendly builtin app(with the possible exception of a web browser, but I think opera's already working on that), but no one's attempted it yet

Simple (not PhoneAlarm) program to switch between Silent (Vibrate) and Normal

I am wondering if there is a simple program that I can use where if my Tilt is on battery it will switch to Vibrate, and on power, Normal.
I don't want the overhead of PhoneAlarm and was hoping for something much simpler (and smaller)
Does such a thing exist?
Thank you!

lcohen999 said:
I am wondering if there is a simple program that I can use where if my Tilt is on battery it will switch to Vibrate, and on power, Normal.
I don't want the overhead of PhoneAlarm and was hoping for something much simpler (and smaller)
Does such a thing exist?
Thank you!
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search for vibraswitch. bind it to hardware key and you are ready to go.
i'll might post it later when i get home

marcelvanblankers said:
search for vibraswitch. bind it to hardware key and you are ready to go.
i'll might post it later when i get home
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Thank You
I am curently using Vibraswitch.
I am hoping to find a program that can changed based on battery vs aC
Thanks Againq

I like these wonderfull SmartTools

Borsti99 said:
I like these wonderfull SmartTools
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I did not see anything in SmartTools that accomplishes this (on their website...)?

If you don't mind a pay app, check out SBSH Phoneweaver.
www.sbsh.net

Vibrate on/off switch
with Vibra Switch
google it.
Nadavi

lcohen999 said:
I am wondering if there is a simple program that I can use where if my Tilt is on battery it will switch to Vibrate, and on power, Normal. I don't want the overhead of PhoneAlarm and was hoping for something much simpler (and smaller)
Does such a thing exist?
Thank you!
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Uh, have you looked into VibraSwitch yet? I think you need a few more people to tell you about a utility that doesn't suit your needs... eventually you'll accept that it was EXACTLY what you needed all along.
But if not, then look into these applications. They all claim to allow automatic profile switching based on power source (battery or charger). Enjoy!
Spb Phone Suite
JGUI Phone Profiles
PocketMax PhoneAlarm

Borsti99 said:
I like these wonderfull SmartTools
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Well, it isn't the perfect solution, but those smarttools mapped to a button is pretty handy - and you can't beat the size!

hotmail said:
Uh, have you looked into VibraSwitch yet? I think you need a few more people to tell you about a utility that doesn't suit your needs... eventually you'll accept that it was EXACTLY what you needed all along.
But if not, then look into these applications. They all claim to allow automatic profile switching based on power source (battery or charger). Enjoy!
Spb Phone Suite
JGUI Phone Profiles
PocketMax PhoneAlarm
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I appreciate the response, but if you look above I have mentioned that I did not want phone alarm and I am using Vibra Switch.
However, I have not run into any documentation which states that Vibra will automatically switch based on power/battery.
If it is there then great! I have just not seen it...

lcohen999 said:
I appreciate the response, but if you look above I have mentioned that I did not want phone alarm and I am using Vibra Switch.
However, I have not run into any documentation which states that Vibra will automatically switch based on power/battery.
If it is there then great! I have just not seen it...
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Yeah, I read that... I was being sarcastic. You are correct, VibraSwitch by itself will not do what you are looking for. Very few utilities will do what you want - automatically change profile based on power state. Many will do it automatically based on time, but not power.
So if you can't tolerate the extra memory consumption of the applications I listed, you'll need to search VERY high and low to find an alternative. I've looked extensively in the past and haven't found any others. Advanced Google search is your friend - you may get lucky.
If you turn up anything promising feel free to post it.

or...I just posted in the Vibra (Switch) forum post asking him to add it on as a feature

One other thing you can look into is Mortscript. It can poll battery level or power state and perform a function, or call another application... such as [gasp] VibraSwitch. It's not quite as simple as what you're looking for, but it can be made to work. Not sure if it will meet your minimal memory usage expectations either. It would be running in the background "watching" the power state. But it might be worth looking at. There are also a some really good examples from experts in the Mortscript forum. Happy scripting!

Two apps I need

Hey,
my questions:
1. I love Evernote app but I just hate the fact it's just online app!
Do we have any comparable normal, offline application??
2. One thing I deeply miss on my X1 comparing to P1 also by SE,
is advanced photo/picture editor on the phone.
Do we have it available?? With working on contrast and effects....
Grateful for any replies....

Try XnView to work a little bit with your pictures.

de Wolfe said:
Try XnView to work a little bit with your pictures.
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Lol indeed great thanks!!!
Almost perfect app. The only missing feature is writting on picture...
Anyway great application and has a great features to enhance pictures! Almost full profi!!!

there is also the ms office app
which you get a free windows mobile version
off if you have the pc office version which
include onenote
tough personally I'm trying to move away from ms office
on my pc

Ach yes indeed,
I do have a One Note on my X1..
But it doesn't allow writing ON the picture........

de Wolfe said:
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Heh,
deWolfe
did you actually manage to save any changes?
I can't seem to be able to save ANY changes made to the picture.
After choosing to submit any changes the picture comes back to it's original state.
Are there any tips to do that?

You have to choose one picture, then change what you want and then you have to click "set" (don't know if it is really "set" because I'm working with the German version; if not something similar). Then the programm saves automatically a copy of the edited pic with all changes. You should just click really through all the options-dialogues and see what you can do there

de Wolfe said:
You have to choose one picture, then change what you want and then you have to click "set" (don't know if it is really "set" because I'm working with the German version; if not something similar). Then the programm saves automatically a copy of the edited pic with all changes. You should just click really through all the options-dialogues and see what you can do there
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Actually i did so ;-) and couldn't save it.
Anyway I will check it again, the app promises alot!

Ok, I got it to work!
It saves the picture when you choose to submit/set it on the second page,
where the first is the options like contrast etc,
and the second is the file type/quality choice.
Thanks again.
The app works quite nice. Can do enough with the pictures to really enhance it or completely remake it graphically.
Almost like a PC app!

WM 6.5 List Style Start Menu Grid (QVGA)

I thought doing a list style start menu would be a different approach to take, so I whipped something up, nice and simple. I like the look of it so far.
Take it and run, I don't know if this has been done before. I like the look, but I'm not sure if I like it better than a grid of icons yet. I only have a QVGA device (Titan, 240x320), so that's what I've uploaded. Feel free to modify or throw around ideas if you like the list style (or say if you don't ).
Just put the files in you /Windows directory and reboot your device.

looking nice..i'll try it

So, I put it in my windows directory as stated, and it did nothing. I don't get how this is suppose to work?

Nice! But someone already did this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=522755

Ahh darn, thanks for pointing that out.

Well, landscape support was never added to that old version, I think. Maybe you can make that happen on this one (if you haven't done so already, I didn't really look.)

Yes there is landscape support, even paginated scrolling is disabled.
You can do this by adding:
Code:
PaginatedScrolling="FALSE"

Hi
Nice but not too practical when you have a lot of progs in start menu. However may I suggest adding on the 1st line 4 or 5 folders that will limit the amount of scrolling, what do you think?

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You can do this by adding:
Code:
PaginatedScrolling="FALSE"
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Thanks, I've always wondered about that!
Hi
Nice but not too practical when you have a lot of progs in start menu. However may I suggest adding on the 1st line 4 or 5 folders that will limit the amount of scrolling, what do you think?
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Yeah, that's true, with a lot of apps it can get pretty long.