Does anyone know how to refresh the thumbnail images used for favourite shortcuts on the internet tab?
I added one that took me to a login page, and I'd rather it showed the page I actually get now that I've logged in and got a cookie for auto-login. A bit pedantic, yeah, but I want it refreshed.
I've already tried 2 things, but neither of them works.
I located and deleted the thumbnail image (\Windows\Thumbnail), and now can't get it to create a new one.
I've removed the shortcut, and added it again as a new one, but it still remains "empty".
Any ideas anyone?
I'll answer my own question, in case anyone else ever wants to do this!
I think removing the shortcut and then adding it again may do the trick, but my deleting the thumbnail may have caused an additional problem, so that wouldn't work any more.
What I did to resolve the issue was to edit the favourite. It was a URL with a querystring on the end (it was www.blahblah.com?something=stuff&this=that etc..) I just added &bllx=1 (bollocks = 1 ) and it now sees it as a new URL.
If you're not particularly techie, that might sound like gibberish to you, so if anyone ever comes across this thread and wants advice, send me a private message, as I'll probably miss it if you ask on here.
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I installed the Palm Messaging App that threads text messages just to see how it looked and wasnt really fond of it so I wanted to remove it. Well, It was unable to be fully uninstalled for whatever reason and now the hardkey for messaging doesn't list text messages, and the today plugin is still there and launches the Palm app.
Does anyone know a way to manually uninstall this, via registry or something?
Palm Messaging App
Worst case scenario ... which is what I've done many times in the past ... is physically delete the directory and all the files in it. Go into your Today settings and remove the app. You can try searching for the app name in the Registry and remove it manually (backup your registry first).
WARNING ... this is a last case scenario. Perhaps someone else has experience with this specific application. Perhaps you can list the application's full name and version. Maybe even where you got it from, in case someone else wants to play around with it and see if they can find a better way to remove it.
Good luck!
go to the buttos settings and change it.
I have finally discovered the best method to download youtube videos in the highest quality in playable format on our G1's.
I will update this as frequently as I can to make sure it stays current/works properly.
Alright, so steps 1 and 2 only need to be done one time.
1st: Go to the market and download MyBookmarks.
2nd: Open it, click import your bookmarks (type in 0420420420 when asked for your phone #)
Simply import the bookmark! (one by one or all at once)
3rd: Just go to the youtube page of choice on your stock browser, and once on it go to your bookmarks. Find and click the new bookmark (usually at the very bottom) called "YouTube Downloader".
Thats it. It'll instantly start downloading.
If you would like to rename the file, get a file manager such as ASTRO from the market. For Astro open it up, find the file in /sdcard/downloads and long press it. Then choose edit and rename..
Don't forget to 5* Rerwares great apps! Show them some support
Also Steel functionality has been added.
1. Go to www.xblight.com/tube.html on your steel browser.
2. Since copy and paste doesnt work too well on steel, do this. Hold down shift (arrow facing up, bottom left of keyboard) and start moving the trackball around until the code it all highlighted. Then hold down the track ball and copy all.
3. Now simply add a new bookmark and paste that in the bottom portion.
4. Now just do it the same way as before. Go to a youtube video page and click on the bookmark.
The good thing about the steel method is that it lets you rename the file on the fly
If you are on the youtube application, watching a video, and suddenly decide you want to download it, do the following. Hit menu -> share. Long press the link and copy all. Then just paste it in the URL hit enter, and click on your bookmark =)
I've also added several things which you can see below in the changelog.
Don't try to do it any other way, the steel code does NOT work in the stock browser and vice versa.
E-mail me at [email protected] with any suggestions or problems.
Changelog:
1.0 - Works and downloads the very highest available quality.
1.1 - Quick fix. Found out that our g1's don't like to play the HD videos so now it gets the highest quality that isn't HD.
1.2 - Now it will check to see if you are actually on a youtube video page. If not itll redirect you to the youtube homepage. (Code altered to work on steel)
1.3 [1-3-09] - It now gives you a message right before you redirect so you know whats going on =P. Also the name was changed to YouTube Downloader.
Enjoy!
Where does it store the stuff you Download? Just wondrin...
EDIT - Never mind - I had a go and it goes in the downloads folder on the sdcard an d it works WONDERFULLY!! Thanks for this
Dais xx
I have no clue how you got that to work but great job!
Can't you just cut/paste the bookmark here instead of us needing to get it from that saved bookmark via the import bookmark program?
My guess is it must just be a URL to a site that uses the previous URL you were at (I think it's called the Referrer URL)?
I would but it doesnt work.
If you copy and paste the code in a bookmark on android it'll instantly add http:// to the beginning.
The code is in javascript and adding http:// will render it useless.
This is the only way around it.
Plus its quicker for everyone
so you are just changing the url on the fly?
can it be done with a simple http referrer check?
if you are one of the people who setup one of those sites I think you could do it that way and then it would work from any browser/phone/pc without javascript
1. goto youtube.com/foo?goo=hoo&ioo=joo
2. goto someutubehack.com/getmedavid
3. script getmedavid looks at the referrer which is the url in 1
4. script getmedavid gets the vid and sends it back to you
5. you save it
6. profit! (sorry I read to much /.)
Yeah,
That works, but this way is the quickest way for android phones.
And yea, it just changes the url on the fly,
and if the video has HD available, it gets that version.
Meaning best quality every time =)
Go to the URL in my first post.
There are several methods to do the same thing.
This rocks! Thanks for sharing...
I had previously used another method for downloading, but how does it get any easier than this? You just hit Youtube, find the video, and hit the bookmark.
Only downside is needing to rename the video after download, but that's the same as with any PC-based downloader as well.
worked like a charm
EDIT- So do you have to go through step 2 again everytime? I had to because i couldnt find the "DL Youtube Video" bookmark in my bookmarks..??
If you downloaded it within the past 6-7 hours it will be called Youtube Downloader.
I updated it last night and found that name more fitting.
EDIT: New instructions added check above.
am I crazy or is mybookmarks gone from the market? Lost it when I did a wipe installing 1.41
You're carzy! hehe
I just literally downloaded it from the Market myself... maybe do a search.
Phil
0420420420
Hey fyi 0420420420 no longer has the bookmark. Can you reup it or give a similar solution like you gave to steel users? It was working earlier today but I went to jf1.41 and forgot to save it. Thx
Use the steel link and copy the code and save it to your own bookmarks and upload it to your own number in mybookmark. I just did this and it worked. Plus now you have your own personal copy.
Yes, it appears someone has replaced the bookmark.
I put it back up, still 0420420420.
Don't know why anyone would do that.
Also, the steel code does NOT work with the stock browser.
The easiest and basically only way to get this working on the stock browser is like this.
sweet another reason to get sidetracked at work. good stuff.
Yea don't pay any attention to me. Whoa I got 2 now I'm on a row baby. Well thanks for this anyways, I can't stop downloading from youtube.
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Yes, it appears someone has replaced the bookmark.
I put it back up, 7647647000.
If this happens again then I will start constantly changing the numbers.
Don't know why anyone would do that.
Also, the steel code does NOT work with the stock browser.
The easiest and basically only way to get this working on the stock browser is like this.
If you notice that someone has changed this one let me know here or email me asap and i'll put up a new one.
Don't listen to su3ng he has 1 post .
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Thanks for the update, but is it really that easy to change a book mark, what a crappy way to set up that app then...
btw, you may want to tell people to do it one by one. cause when your old 420 bookmark was overwritten, there were about 25 bookmarks. i did one by one, and went thru each one hoping that yours was still there, but it'd be a total pain in the ass if you imported all 25 and had to delete them
thanks this is great. i love the fact that it downloads in mp4 format which is great for easy importing into your computer.
I just never thought anyone would overwrite mine.
So sad
I'm gonna talk rerware and see if theres a way to lock it.
EDIT: RERWARE IS GOING TO LOCK 0420420420!
Just got my Dash 3G, and I have found my first issue. The builtin HTC Home Weather app isn't updating. I have it checked to automatically update, but it doesn't. I have also tried doing a manual refresh, and still no luck. The only time it does seem to update is if I change my Homescreen, and it reloads. Anyone one having a similar experience? Any solutions?
thats a common issue with T-Mobile for years.
theres a few threads already constructed with possible solutions dating back to 2007.
just go thru the search function, see what comes up, theres way too many for me to post.
Later!
I had searched, but most of the posts were for other phones/OS's (6.0 instead of 6.1). Plus, I am not sure if the HTC Home Weather has changed since these other fixes were posted. I don't want to be mashing old fixes into my new phone unless I can be assured it will work. Probably means I will have to wait for someone else to be the guinea pig. Can anyone point to a fix they have confirmed to work?
Just restart phone and notice that it reloads. Myfaves automatically reloads no matter what homescreen you choose.. Have vista need to stop the sync
The problem is with connecting to the network, Mine refused to update until I changed my connection to always on, now it works perfectly. All you need to do is edit the reg:
This wont drain your battery as this is only a GSM network state flag and nothing is transferred, all it does is eliminate the connection wait time.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\ConnMgr\Providers\
{7C4B7A38-5FF7-4bc1-80F6-5DA7870BB1AA}\
Connections\*your connection name*\AlwaysOn = 1
There will be two *your connection name* to look for, one is Data the other Internet
Bupahs,
Thanks for the reply. I tried your suggestion, but still no luck. I am now having issues trying to get the initial update. (Had to do a hard reset). I've been looking at the registry entries at:
HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCHome\Weather
HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCHome\SlidingPanel\HTCWeather
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Chome\HTCWeather
but I don't know what to edit to try, and fix the issue. I've changed the State and Status values at HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCHome\Weather. These seem to control which message the app displays such as "Add City", or "Unable to download..", etc. I've noticed the WeatherApp.exe process isn't running in the background by default, and that the value of the key HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCHome\Weather\Settings\UpdateCmd\ seems to be a date followed by a time. (2009,7,19,12,21,43) Any suggestions on what else to look at? Do apps referenced in the Registry default to the Windows directory? I noticed CommandLaunch references WeatherApp.exe, but I get no action when I hit refresh. Just wonder if that had anything to do with it.
Do others have this working? Sorry for the rambling post. Useful input or suggestions are welcomed.
mine wont update either tried 3 different networks.
OK, this is possibly going to be a very silly question, but please take me seriously (I guess the reason for this question is that I'm a new HD2 user, and so I'm still trying to set it up "just right")...
When I discovered that the contacts on the "People" tab are automatically sorted (alphabetically) and cannot be manually reassigned... I made this face:
What's the point of having a fast-dial tab if you cannot assign it the way you want to?
Shaamaan said:
OK, this is possibly going to be a very silly question, but please take me seriously (I guess the reason for this question is that I'm a new HD2 user, and so I'm still trying to set it up "just right")...
When I discovered that the contacts on the "People" tab are automatically sorted (alphabetically) and cannot be manually reassigned... I made this face:
What's the point of having a fast-dial tab if you cannot assign it the way you want to?
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They're not automatically sorted alphabetically. I don't know what you've done to make it like that because there's no sorting option. Have you installed anything recently?
the people tab is there so you can put who you want where ever and choose call or txt option it should be in the order yu put them
johncmolyneux said:
They're not automatically sorted alphabetically. I don't know what you've done to make it like that because there's no sorting option. Have you installed anything recently?
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When you add them, they appear to be in the order in which you put them in... but if you restore contacts via synch with Outlook, they're in alphabetical order.
In either case, it seems impossible to rearrange them, which is why I'm baffled; does the system assume someone will fill that list perfectly on the first try?
the same if you use PIM Backup... i hate that too...
ccezar2004 said:
the same if you use PIM Backup... i hate that too...
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personally dont see the point in the people tab anyway
Shaamaan said:
When you add them, they appear to be in the order in which you put them in... but if you restore contacts via synch with Outlook, they're in alphabetical order.
In either case, it seems impossible to rearrange them, which is why I'm baffled; does the system assume someone will fill that list perfectly on the first try?
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So it's restoring from Outlook that is the problem then. You suggested that the tab itself was re-ordering what you did!
Yes, I'm afraid you're stuck with that. The people tab is somewhat lacking in some areas. That's why most people don't use it and just use the home tab instead. At lease you can rearrange the quicklinks on the home tab (with mods).
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So it's restoring from Outlook that is the problem then. You suggested that the tab itself was re-ordering what you did!
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Apologies; on reflection, I see it may have seemed that way.
Yes, I'm afraid you're stuck with that. The people tab is somewhat lacking in some areas. That's why most people don't use it and just use the home tab instead. At lease you can rearrange the quicklinks on the home tab (with mods).
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So I'm not alone in feeling that it's usefulness is limited. Cookie makes this such a far better deal...
I wonder if it would be possible to substitute the People page for a page of "cookie" links... While this one is kind of useless, tabs are generally cool.
Shaamaan said:
When you add them, they appear to be in the order in which you put them in... but if you restore contacts via synch with Outlook, they're in alphabetical order.
In either case, it seems impossible to rearrange them, which is why I'm baffled; does the system assume someone will fill that list perfectly on the first try?
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ahh now you mention it, some months ago when i set mine up, the next time i restored the order changed, but its not alphabetical, its based on with think is the contact reference number. it hasn't changed since.
in the registry, find
hkcu/software/htc/people/favoriteorder
and you will see what i mean.
i'm not at a pc so i can't examine what the numbers are.
I just use QuickLinks now - but if you want the tabs to stay in the right order, sync using the MS My Phone app - I'm pretty sure they come back exactly where I put them
I have found the registry link to keep your favourite contacts in the same order after a hard reset. Will post it in the new forthcoming update in the hints and tips thread tonight.
So I went to google, downloaded an image of something I wanted to put for sale on facebook, but facebook doesn't recognize the image.. So I opened it, took a screenshot of the image and tried again, same bad luck..
It shows up in my images as a blank image (The centered image icon with the little crossed out circle in the bottom right corner), and won't let me click on it, and it does this with more than one type of image as well.. It doesn't do this with all images, mainly just any that I download or screenshot.. Anyone have any tips on fixing this..??
PS - if I open the gallery app, I can view the images just fine, but for some reason it won't let me use them in texts, facebook, etc..
Here's a screenshot so u can see what I'm talking about when trying to add the pics through facebook.
Now when I open the gallery app, they show the image thumbnails, and they open just fine..
Wonder is a new copyright thing, I can see FB limiting you (if so) but kinda odd you couldn't use the pic in question in a text., Mind linking what it was and I can try to posting it in my dummy FB account.
I use the mobile web browser side of FB,no FB app. and I initially had trouble posting ANY pic when I 1st got my V20. The issues sorted itself magically one day. Only way I could post a pic was to hit request desktop version & proceed like normal.
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Wonder is a new copyright thing, I can see FB limiting you (if so) but kinda odd you couldn't use the pic in question in a text., Mind linking what it was and I can try to posting it in my dummy FB account.
I use the mobile web browser side of FB,no FB app. and I initially had trouble posting ANY pic when I 1st got my V20. The issues sorted itself magically one day. Only way I could post a pic was to hit request desktop version & proceed like normal.
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Sure, I actually deleted all of those images and removed them from my "For Sale" posts, but the next time it happens I'll send it over so you can have a shot..
Thanks!