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New Version of Skyfire

A new version of Skyfire was released today.

thank you for the update.

thanks for the update.

I third that.

Thanks
Downloading and testing out now.

Sweet. Going to try it now.

What are the improvements?

it says checking flight mode.
then when i untick the proxy,
it says locating. either ways its not working why?

Just tried it and with this version I could not get any audio on Last.FM, anyone else got an audio bug? I'll soft reset and try playing with it a bit more.

Still doesn't support omnia

For the curious, the version number is 0.85.0.8184

AkshayGenius said:
Still doesn't support omnia
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isnt the omnia a vga phone? im not so sure that skyfire supports VGA just yet...

Omnia its a WQVGA phone, i dunnow why developer hates omnia :/ just cause its a diferetn scren res

This new version is faster than previous .7927. Less lag and it perform fast on every click. Works fine here on Kaiser.
So, if there is any never version, do upload here again

edywanwan said:
This new version is faster than previous .7927. Less lag and it perform fast on every click. Works fine here on Kaiser.
So, if there is any never version, do upload here again
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If it accepts the click lol!
I have to re-tap links almost half of the time, but I love the vid playback.

jasonkx said:
Omnia its a WQVGA phone, i dunnow why developer hates omnia :/ just cause its a diferetn scren res
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yeah I contact them regarding the LG Incite (same res as Omnia) and they sent me a canned response indicating that 240X400 is not supported. It would have been nice if they at least said something about possible future support. At least Opera works.

anyone know how to get scrolling working with this? I have ftouchsl installed on my trinity and scrolling works great with opera but doesnt work at all with skyfire.... it doesn't support scrolling?

It supports native scrolling, maybe you should add skyfire to Ftouchflo exceptions (there may be a conflict).

XTRAKT: the first games to run smoothly on the touch HD! Works on the Diamond!

This is the first game with such great graphics and to run so soothly on the Touch Pro. The only thing I found to kinda be cut off because of the difference in screen size is the loading screen.
EDIT: Well after looking closer I found that while playing the game the left part of the screen is slightly cut off not allowing you to see your score. But is still good enough to play.
INFO
Test is out yourself!
DOWNLOADS
RapidShare
4Shared
If at first the game does not work thy this:
3D Drivers

looks fun! gonna try it right away.

crashes when starting for me..

Cerevian said:
crashes when starting for me..
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Try this
http://www.4shared.com/file/94903988/46937ade/Driver_Ati_d3d.html
They are 3d drivers

YouTube film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIOpF9bM7B0
Looks amazing ...

Works with HD!!!

Will you kindly post a mirror to this on 4shared, megaupload, or sendfile? rapidshare is forbidden in the middle east...
thanks in advance

shirreer said:
Will you kindly post a mirror to this on 4shared, megaupload, or sendfile? rapidshare is forbidden in the middle east...
thanks in advance
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Ya, check the first post I posted a 4Shared link

this game is amazing ad the shape of things to come on WM
does anyone know of a way we can get the g-sensor to turn the bike left and right? this would be the only thing this game need to be perfect!

it crashes for me even though I use the drivers.. weird.

It's an amazing game but to be honest the ati driver didn't make any difference at all... The htc d3dm driver ran just as good.
What does that mean?

owziee said:
It's an amazing game but to be honest the ati driver didn't make any difference at all... The htc d3dm driver ran just as good.
What does that mean?
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They are probably the same thing, but not sure, but some rom or devices don't have either

Thank you very much.It's a great game.(although it would be more fun if it was using the gsensor).
Ps.For those that they have problem:i noticed that when i had Idiamond enabled,it was crashing.So i disabled TF3D (from the settings) and it worked.Try it out,it might help you too

Oops! Apparently this is an opengl (gles) game so the Ati d3d drivers are completely unnecessary here

Shoddy_me said:
it crashes for me even though I use the drivers.. weird.
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try disable touchflo3d>softreset>run game

Thanks for the game!!! works really well, very impressed with the graphics. I did not know the Diamond could handle stuff like this.
Its quite troublesome for me thought, my phone runs average 60+% ram usage and this game takes 40%... So each time i want to play i have to disable TF3D and softreset too

DevilzGtr said:
Thanks for the game!!! works really well, very impressed with the graphics. I did not know the Diamond could handle stuff like this.
Its quite troublesome for me thought, my phone runs average 60+% ram usage and this game takes 40%... So each time i want to play i have to disable TF3D and softreset too
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try changing the rom. I use Nataly rom with manila and a lot of programs installed (by Mondilv), 47% free (55mb) after softreset,

thank you it work on my diamond

I'm having a problem. On my diamond it won't even let me install it, it keeps saying it is unsuccessful.

keyz86 said:
this game is amazing ad the shape of things to come on WM
does anyone know of a way we can get the g-sensor to turn the bike left and right? this would be the only thing this game need to be perfect!
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apparently it works with gcontroller. i manage to get it to work by tilting forward and backwards but not rotation
times like this i really wish i have multi touch, tapping the screen moves the bike making me run into things and i cant shoot while actively driving the bike
but we do need more games like this + acccelrometer
winmo is heavily under developed on its gaming and multimedia sections

HW Accelerated NFS Not Working - Solution Thread

Hey,
Due to the other NFS Hardware accelerated G-Sensor thread becoming cluttered with links and people comparing it to iPhone version, I have raised this thread.
Please can people post possible solutions to the various errors people get. I, for one, get a black screen and non-responsive phone right after the NFS UNDERCOVER screen after it asks if I want sound.
I've also had the no memory error on another ROM.
The strange thing is it worked on the original drivers, changed to ATI and it stopped working. Changed back - still not working. Reinstalled the ROM (hard reset) and STILL not working.
Solutions please, along with the problems that are solved with that solution.
Cheers!

Omnia drivers
Try Omnia 3d Drivers ;-)

elparra72 said:
Try Omnia 3d Drivers ;-)
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Thanks for the suggestion but I really don't think this is a good idea. For one, the Omnia drivers have already been tried and they are in relation to Direct3D-accelerated apps/games etc so it is not applicable to an OpenGLES-accelerated game such as NFS Undercover. Secondly, it has been found that in the case of D3D, the Samsung drivers have done better than the native software rendering drivers provided by HTC. However, the best drivers for the Diamond and other HTC phones with such a Qualcomm MSM7201A 528Mhz chipset is that the ATI ones are hardware-accelerated D3D drivers, and hence are the best for D3D. Not OGLES.
Some off-topicness, but some clarifications so others don't fall in the same pitfalls.
I think the real problem lies in the differences between the original HTC ROM and cooked ROMs. If we can figure out what specific difference is causing the black screen (I have it too), then we can figure out a solution quick enough. Hopefully.

Strange thing is - i've had it working on cooked roms. It was only after i changed to ATI drivers did it stop working.
Also, as I said, when I re-installed the same ROM (hard-reset) it wasnt working again.
Needless to say I'm completely confused!
Thanks for the clarification though Nuke, didn't know that!

nuke1 is 100% right... I'm also 100% sure that the ATI drivers does nothing to improve the performance in NFS Undercover since it's an OpenGL ES game.
The ATI drivers are D3D drivers.

nuke1 said:
I think the real problem lies in the differences between the original HTC ROM and cooked ROMs. If we can figure out what specific difference is causing the black screen (I have it too), then we can figure out a solution quick enough. Hopefully.
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After trying with several rooms and several ways (Cab extraction, cab instalation, etc) it worked with the MAcadam v1.2 when i extracted it and transfered to the storage. I don't know why also, but others cooked rooms didn't worked. Trying to foun out cause i want it to work on my own rom...

Found a way to fix it
Enable TF3D!
Any idea why enabling Touch3d would make the game work?
Down point about this : TF3D stops the fone going into landscape so cant play in landscape :-( But still works!

Need to see if anyone has an answer!

My recent experience with the black screen - it didn't work using Shep's WM6.5 until I enables TF3D2. Something about the G-sensor drivers with HTC versus the native WM6.5. I tried removing video drivers, adding drivers. For me, it all boiled down to the g-sensor. Cooked roms might be hit and miss based on what the chefs do with the g-sensor stuff.

In my case it just doesn't work. I use standard HTC ROM, I disable TF3D to get extra memory, and everything, but I just can't get pass the black screen that freezes my phone completely, so I have to soft reset. This only happens in G-sensor version. Other one, with on screen comands runs with no problem. It would just be much better to control the car with tilting. Tried to look for solution several places, but no one seems to know the solution to this one. Looks like no NFS for me

I am using XBMOD Manila Rom, in that it was working excellently

where do you guys get nfs i've looked for it but it says its not for diamond
can someone post a link?

you have to buy it.It's not free.Or if you want you can download the trial version

Yes i no that but i cant find the correct one there supoosively 2

[DEV] OpenGL ES Test Application

Hi everyone...
I've been playing around with OpenGL ES, struggling to get it to compile, and eventually succeeding to discover that some of the parameters I set wouldn't work on the Diamond.
I've fixed all of the issues that I know of and now I want to see what devices a little test application will work on.
Hopefully, it should work on all the MSM720X based devices, and anything else that supports OpenGL|ES, that support can either be hardware or software acceleration, so those of you without the more recent devices can give it a shot and see what happens.
You should be presented with a triangle, that you can reorientate with mouse click and drags...
If people could test it out and see what happens, I'd be very happy
It may even lead somewhere!
Tested and verified on:
HTC Touch Diamond
HTC Touch Diamond2
Xperia X1 (sortof...)
HTC Touch HD
HTC Touch Pro

it works perfectly on my HD !

hanackin said:
it works perfectly on my HD !
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Excellent.
Are the framerates good? (I know there's no display of framerates, but does it feel smooth?)

XDA Diamond Pro
I've tested it on my german O2 XDA Diamond Pro and it works very well and feels very smooth - even with chainfires gfxboost being disabled...

l3v5y said:
Excellent.
Are the framerates good? (I know there's no display of framerates, but does it feel smooth?)
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it looks really awesome dude ! it is really fast and the display is smooth

Fast and smooth for me
Did you do it in C++ or Managed Code?

MarcLandis said:
Fast and smooth for me
Did you do it in C++ or Managed Code?
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C++. Which is why I had trouble setting it up. Koush's managed API is easier to set up, but slower to run...

Attached is a new version that utilises a wrapper for some OpenGL ES functions, and l3v5yExtendedFunctions for some window creation etc...
It should have comparable frame rates, memory usage etc.
It also utilises the accelerometer of HTC devices, tap the center button (or anything that sends VK_RETURN) do toggle it.
You need to copy both dlls and the exe to your device, then run the exe.

Fast and smooth on my diamond here
and the new version is flickering a bit by fast moves

I don't know, if this has supposed to work on Iolite (different chipset), so i tried it . App even didn't start. It shows usual error with "either it is not signed..."

torrentonly said:
I don't know, if this has supposed to work on Iolite (different chipset), so i tried it . App even didn't start. It shows usual error with "either it is not signed..."
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That probably means your device doesn't have a libGLES_cm.dll file. Which means that by default there's no OpenGL ES support.

Something that may be of interest to people here...
This is a game built off the framework created earlier... Should work on the same devices

Tested all apps on HTC Jade and all run smoothly..

Tested on x1 Test1 in post1 works but freezes for a second here and there.
test2 run but displays hello! and then closes.
and in the coin thread i reported it worked flawlessly on my x1

shadowmike said:
Tested on x1 Test1 in post1 works but freezes for a second here and there.
test2 run but displays hello! and then closes.
and in the coin thread i reported it worked flawlessly on my x1
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Kinda odd...
But since the coin works, it may be because of the version of the dlls... No idea why... I'll have a look though!

works ok with topaz

shamus said:
works ok with topaz
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Awesome...
I'll add that to the first post.

ok, just gave it a go. You can edit Your first post - works on xperia. perfect.
umm... sorry. test 2 doesn't work. as above - just brief hello and exits.

Absolutely amazing work!
This is great. I tried the two tests and your coin app on a htc td - they were all perfectly smooth...
Do you think it's possible to add support for 3ds max model files? That would be completely fantastic!
Thank you for your work, I really appreciate it. Now I can show my iPhone friends that my device isn't just a lagging piece of crap..

bronx said:
ok, just gave it a go. You can edit Your first post - works on xperia. perfect.
umm... sorry. test 2 doesn't work. as above - just brief hello and exits.
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It'll be because of the lack of accelerometer... My code didn't contain that much error checking... :S

X2 or TP2, just 5 questions

i need an a WM phone with an hardware keyboard;
i've tried a touchpro2 for a couple of days: a so-so experience. now i need your opinions (or info) about some critical points of the X2 (i've just read almost the whole forum, so i know the software issues)
gps
the tocuhpro2 has a small gps lag, even after some patches
keyboard
the touchpro2 has a great keyboard, maybe the best 'ive ever tried
the optical pad
the touchpro2 lacks any hardware scrolling (the zoom bar sucks)
free ram
with a custom rom (senseless – i hate sense/manila) the tp2 has 120mb free RAM
i remember tha X1 suffers too low volume problem. what about X2?
thank you very much and sorry for my english

gps I don't use
keyboard on X2 is great
optical pad is very OK
rings volume is OK if you set it to max
there's less RAM than on X1 but actually no problem with that

X2, it's on HW side a way better phone than any HTC one.
But the power of htc it's not on the toy HW, but on the large customer base.
On the x2 side, instead, seem that the main job of the majority of users is complaining about the phone and blaming sonyericsson.
And scaring the potential new users, will keep them away.
So, few users= less probability that someone (or SE itself) discover a fix, or produce a good mod/utility/sw.
That said X2 (as tp2) is a bit underpowered to run wm 6.5 but is still usable using few attention and few tweaks.
The GPS is absolutely great (few seconds to get the fix in indoor)
The keyboard is almost perfect
The display is really really nice
And the optical pad is useful in most situations, although wm 6.5.3 is more finger friendly than previous versions.
The build construction is great and is light years from the one seen on X1.
The audio power requires a longer discussion, unlike the X1, is powerful on the multimedia side (you can easly hear the gps direction even in a noisy car), but the ringtones and notification are low.
I just discovered that is one of SE cab that lowers the ringtone's volume, so I'm just investigating in a way to get the sound back, w/o loosing some of SE features.

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X2, it's on HW side a way better phone than any HTC one.
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what do you mean? the specs seem to me almost the same.
That said X2 (as tp2) is a bit underpowerd to run wm 6.5 but is still usable using few attention and few tweaks.
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yeah i know. but generallly i use a naked WM; then i install my "businness" plugins (pocketbreeze, rcm and a launcher) on the today. with this configuration (and with a little boost from the overclock) the tp2 almost flies.
i've read (in the change language thread) that it's possibile a barebone X2 (no panels and no SE customization). is this true? and how does it work?
at last: is the SDfix necessary even after the last fw upgrade?
thanks

7ommy said:
what do you mean? the specs seem to me almost the same.
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I mean globally...
Better camera, better build construction, sexy design, optical dpad, and so on.
yeah i know. but generallly i use a naked WM; then i install my "businness" plugins (pocketbreeze, rcm and a launcher) on the today. with this configuration (and with a little boost from the overclock) the tp2 almost flies.
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With the almost vanilla WM you can obtain blocking most of the oem cab installation, the phone is fast enough and pleasant to use, i never used RCM, but the stock contact management in the x2 is nice, other than the bit odd dialer (no quicksearch on the default tab).
at last: is the SDfix necessary even after the last fw upgrade?
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I'm not sure: i got a (minor) fs corruption, with the original SW (which was the worst WM implementation ever seen) after 5 minutes of usage, then I upgraded to MR2 and edited the registry, now the problem is gone, but I can't say if the "culprit" is MR2 or the registry fix.

I'm actually using the X2, without panel manager, slideview and other SE's ****s, and the phone works fine with about 110-120 mb of free ram.
Keyboard is great, trackpad is great, GPS works fine, camera is not what it was supossed to be, but it's still is better than TP's one. SD cad fix is still necessary, i've lossed data even with the last firmware, but with the fix works fine.
The phone speed is not great, but is enough, and if you want you can overclock it, but it's not necessary.
So if you don't like manilla, and you don't mind the software issues that are still present, i'll go for the X2.

robuash said:
I'm actually using the X2, without panel manager, slideview and other SE's ****s
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I don't think that SE softwares are ****s, they are simply too heavy for the X2 processor and memory. pixecity and growing panel ares simply useless, but the panel switching and slideview are nice, too heavy, a bit buggy but nice.
camera is not what it was supossed to be, but it's still is better than TP's one
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Your English is better than mine, and your description of the camera is perfect.

I confirm almost everything above.
Actually I use TileView Panel and it's very well working.
As well as SlideView.
As for camera, X2 takes great pictures.
Actually is one of the best in class IMO.
Video is edgy on start but it's indeed ok, especially with bigger resolution you can watch this full screen on laptops.
It doesn't match some HD cameras on Symbian or Android but it's ok.
The main concern is stability, but it mainly means X2 needs reboot every 3, 4 days.
Even with this, I still hardly imagine any substitute for X2.
And SE graphic elements suit me.

P.S. SdCardFix is a must.

ouch, i've just read that X2 seems to have problem running iGo8. can you confirm?

7ommy said:
ouch, i've just read that X2 seems to have problem running iGo8. can you confirm?
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I'm running igo8 (double installation Navtec/ Teleatlas) and it's working fine but not out of the box, you need the correct data.zip.
Navigon (final) is also working fine.

well, just got mine...
damn sexy but a little small.
WM6.5.3 with R3AA035; so the latest one.

7ommy said:
damn sexy but a little small.
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It's matter of personal preferences, but I find the size of X2... ...well, the right size.

The Solutor said:
It's matter of personal preferences, but I find the size of X2... ...well, the right size.
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Yes, i know. But i'm coming from tp2...
In the meanwhile i've removed almost all the programs listed as installed, i've applied sdfix and installed some of my favourite sw, except igo8 and operamini.
The X2 runs smooth, as smooth as tp2 with no manila/sense. In the near future i will try the stop-customization trick and the overclock.
The keyboard is good: better than X1's one but ages from tp2's.
The pad seems to me as a killer feature; finally a device "touch-non-touch".
Hope aebuttons (another favourite of mine) will let me set all the other buttons.
thanks

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Yes, i know. But i'm coming from tp2...
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I have a milestone also, a wider screen is helpful sometimes, but a larger phone is also a disadvantage...
The pad seems to me as a killer feature; finally a device "touch-non-touch".
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The hard input devices are indeed not common in the age of iphone dumbness.
Seem that no one cares anymore on how a jog dial (like the one present on the P series) or a joystick (like te one present on the k800 or the imate 8502) can be handy.
Btw the optical trackpad is definitely better than nothing.
Hope aebuttons (another favourite of mine) will let me set all the other buttons.
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Yes I'm using it, it works perfectly on the clean phone, it works mostly when used with the stock SE SW.
I mapped the slideview button as start menu button with short press, and as task manager with long press.
I also mapped the volume buttons as a fake jog dial, so I can read ebooks happily as on my beloved p800.

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Yes I'm using it, it works perfectly on the clean phone, it works mostly when used with the stock SE SW.
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what do you mean with "clean"?
and: there is a way to wake up the phone with any buttons?
thanks

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what does you mean with "clean"?
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w/o the oem cabs (panel manager/slidewiew and so on)
and: there is a way to wake up the phone with any buttons?
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Not tried yet, I don't think that aebutton can do that but some pones like the i780 had this option via a little oem control, maybe the X1, also but I'm not sure.

The Solutor said:
I just discovered that is one of SE cab that lowers the ringtone's volume, so I'm just investigating in a way to get the sound back, w/o loosing some of SE features.
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try to modify "HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring\InitVol" from "3" to "4" or"5".
it can make the ring vol larger on my X2.
just try it!

jack-xda said:
try to modify "HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring\InitVol" from "3" to "4" or"5".
it can make the ring vol larger on my X2.
just try it!
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Thanks, indeed I just checked my X2 and the default w/o most of the SE cabs installed is 5.
I'm still havent found what is the cab that changes this value.

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Yes I'm using it, it works perfectly on the clean phone, it works mostly when used with the stock SE SW.
I mapped the slideview button as start menu button with short press, and as task manager with long press.
I also mapped the volume buttons as a fake jog dial, so I can read ebooks happily as on my beloved p800.
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I've done a clean install (softreset just after screen calibration), but now on every boot the system ask to me to resume the installation. i can say "no" but it's a little annoyance.