Ok, I am still new to my touch pro 2 and call me crazy but I don't want to flash the rom yet.
I'm trying to create a custom HDWalls wallpaper in landscape and portrait mode.
I need to to know the size(aspect ratio, width height) of each image (landscape and portrait) and I need to know if this even works for my stock t-mobile rom.
I got the phone only maybe 2-3 weeks ago.
When I make a cab from HDWall and install it (either manually or through HDWallS) It only loads the landsacpe picture. I've read a lot of posts and I want to know
1. Will this work for the stock rom.
2. What aspect ratios should I be using.
3. What settings should I be using in HDWall.
I've spent 3 entire days with mixed results trying to figure this out. Please someone help!
(also) here are some methods I've tried, and the only thing I can come down to is the aspect ratio is wrong?
I've tried chainging the config of WM 6.5 - No Compression - Etc.
Tried 480 x 800
tried my own res
tried 1333 x 800
Tried the Auto Crop
And editing my reg, my today settings. nothing gives me the portrait image. and nothing displays my current landscape(the last one I updated.)
It never works! I'm sad because it's posted here in the TP2 area...and it seems to work?
Did you post your question in one of the HDWall posts? Seems to be a better place to find your answer. Try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=529576&highlight=hdwall, or maybe even http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=503511&highlight=hdwall.
Well, still no luck at all. I've had a little bit of luck that seems to have only lasted a few days using a cab I found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4517735&postcount=9
But now that's stopped working. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling but that doesn't seem to work because it doesn't uninstall all the way(I Think because TF3D is still running). I can't believe that something so simple is giving me such a head ache
Any suggestions?
You can test by install 1 of the cab post from this thread to see if it work for you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5447017&postcount=865
And don't forget to follow the instruction below in the 1st post of this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=529576&highlight=hdwall
One more thing. I don't personally get this problem, but if the picture doesn't load on the home tab, but all the other tabs are ok, you will need to clear the following 3 values in the registry (after the first install):
In HKCU/Software/HTC/manilla/
clear the value of
1: Cachedbackgroundpath
2: DefaultHomeBackgroundPath
3: HomeBackgroundPath
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I'm Kinda new to the forum and have only recently tried to add new apps and stuff to my X1.
There is a lot of information here about various versions of TF3D/Manilla and if I'm honest there is a little too much and I'm a bit lost amongst it all.
I should state that I have successfully installed a version of TF3D from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442154
but have since removed it due to 1 or 2 issues (worst of which was really slow performance when looking at the photo albumn and not being able to see photos taken with the camera on the pictures tab). So I thought I'd ask for some advice before re-trying.
Question 1.
Which is the best version to install from a stability/features included point of view. Also I am not confident with burning a new ROM so would prefer just a .cab instrall.
Question 2.
For the install recomended is there a way to have it as a seperate panel rather than a today screen replacement. Are there any drawbacks to installing as a panel?
Question 3.
Are there any issues when switched to lanscape mode? (there was on the version I used) if so which modification would be compatable with the one recomended.
Finally if there are any other recomendations you have, for example, further modifications to make the TF3D experience more pleasurable, should I not worry about rom flashing and are there any alternatives to TF3D which could give me the polished interface i am looking for.
Cheers all
Check this post...
I had the same question, check out the below thread for your TF3D answers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=514377
Regards
Sonny
Thanks but that leads me to one of the things i was confusedf about.
In the TF3D in Landscape mode thread it is stated that support for the app has been discontinued due to the release and porting of Manilla 2. So should I be using that? if so where can I get it?
Thanks to Sonny
Just wanted to bump this post to see if there was any other advice out there.
I did find the x-panel which look like it may have potential but just wasn't feature filled enough yet.
Cheers
Try TF3D 2 Beta 3
Ah! Just had a ton of pop-ups and now have to type all of this out again..!
Okay, will try to keep it short this time.
Try Daran_Clarke's TF3D 2 (Beta 3). It's taken from the new HTC Touch Pro 2. It includes the official HTC landscape view which works very well. You can install the CAB from here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=448178
Some advice though. The Right Softkey function gets changed when you install this so the function is to take you to the Today screen, rather than the option above it on the screen (such as Contacts or Menu etc). You can change the Button settings but whenever you restart the machine, this gets reverted back, so that it takes you to the Today screen.
Himuraken was kind enough to point me in the direction of a .dll file which corrects this problem. It's called ManilaToday.dll. There will already be a file named this in the Windows directory on your phone, which you will need to delete. You can't delete this from your PC using ActiveSync. You need to use the FileExplorer on your X1 and browse to the Windows directory. Once there, select 'Menu' then 'Show All Files'. It may take a minute or so to display anything because there are so many files there. Delete ManilaToday.dll and then use ActiveSync to copy the new one across to that same location (Windows directory). You might need to set the Right Softkey button function to Right Softkey, but then when you restart it will keep this setting. You can get the new ManilaToday.dll from here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=185239&d=1242263678
Now just if someone could make a Panel for this new TF3D 2! May be awkward tho, as I think there is a new Panel Manager with the new R3AA roms. The Panels designed for that don't work on R2 roms, such as the Growing Panel. So we need someone to make a Panel for this on both the new and old Panel manager! Doubt it'll happen though, and I doubt I'll have the R3AA rom for quite some time. O2 in the UK took literally about 5 months to release the R2 rom!
Regards
Sonny
Thanks again to Sonny I'll probably try that next.
I had i little bit of success with the original Touch-it install now though. I istalled the version 2 of the album app which seems to work much quicker that what is packaged in the Full CAB.
I still have 1 issue tho i wonder if anyone can help?
I want to be able to see all my pictures on the Photos and Videos tab without having to use album app. Currently only images in the my pictures tab display, I'd like to see images that have been taken with the camera whether they are stored in mypicture/camera/100xperia or on the memory card /dcim/100xperia/.
Is there anyway to change this?
Nevermind I sorted it now. Everything is working nice.
Now if only the lanscape app would work properly it would be perfect. Maybe a move to the install Sonny suggested will give me everything I'm after
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Ah! Just had a ton of pop-ups and now have to type all of this out again..!
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Now just if someone could make a Panel for this new TF3D 2! May be awkward tho, as I think there is a new Panel Manager with the new R3AA roms. The Panels designed for that don't work on R2 roms, such as the Growing Panel. So we need someone to make a Panel for this on both the new and old Panel manager! Doubt it'll happen though, and I doubt I'll have the R3AA rom for quite some time. O2 in the UK took literally about 5 months to release the R2 rom!
Regards
Sonny
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you can find TouchFlo 3d as a separate panel here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2878314&postcount=3
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you can find TouchFlo 3d as a separate panel here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2878314&postcount=3
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That's provided you're using Beta 2 or earlier of the TF3D cab.
Hi all,
I have been searching high and low on XDA and using Google to try and find some answers to this but I have not had any luck. I've looked through the wiki and other threads. I'm sure that if I had looked when I first got my HD I would've found answers but now I can't. Did they ever exist? Anyway, my question....
My friend has a Diamond and his TF3D interface speed is amazing compared to mine. I have the stock rom and my TF3D version is 1.3.35350.1_1630.38.
The reason I ask now and didn't follow any developments when I first got my HD (around a year ago) is that I just installed SPB MS2. Now I am trying TF3D again but it is so slooooooow?
Another thing, my friend can just swipe his finger across the tab bar at the bottom and the different tabs load. Mine, I have to tap each button to see the relevant tab and even then, I wait sometimes half a second, sometimes a second or two. Edit: Sorry, wasn't pressing hard enough however, it is still slow at loading?
If it is suggested that I flash the ROM, I've never done this and so when doing so, do you lose all the installed programs and such? If yes, I have SPB Backup and so would doing a backup, flash ROM, run backup put me back to how my phone was pre-rom flash?
Thanks for any help offered.
Try searching this forum for a tweak software such as Tweak HD. If you install this and configure it with the adviced settings (ADV) your HD will be a lot faster.
You can also try and install the new VGA Driverpack from the project you can find in the ROM development section.
ThaDoc said:
Try searching this forum for a tweak software such as Tweak HD. If you install this and configure it with the adviced settings (ADV) your HD will be a lot faster.
You can also try and install the new VGA Driverpack from the project you can find in the ROM development section.
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Thanks for the reply. I've installed HDTweak (did see this before) but was hoping for some registry tweaks instead. Would rather know what does what instead of installing an application that is supposed to perform certain changes/improvements.
See what happens after installing HDTweak.
Oh, I did also install the new Driverpack but found that games played slower. Maybe this has something to do with the screen having to draw more frames and so stressing the CPU more to do the same thing as if the driverpack wasn't installed? I'll post this question in that thread just to keep this one specific to TF3D!
Thanks
wayneywoo said:
Hi all,
I have been searching high and low on XDA and using Google to try and find some answers to this but I have not had any luck. I've looked through the wiki and other threads. I'm sure that if I had looked when I first got my HD I would've found answers but now I can't. Did they ever exist? Anyway, my question....
My friend has a Diamond and his TF3D interface speed is amazing compared to mine. I have the stock rom and my TF3D version is 1.3.35350.1_1630.38.
The reason I ask now and didn't follow any developments when I first got my HD (around a year ago) is that I just installed SPB MS2. Now I am trying TF3D again but it is so slooooooow?
Another thing, my friend can just swipe his finger across the tab bar at the bottom and the different tabs load. Mine, I have to tap each button to see the relevant tab and even then, I wait sometimes half a second, sometimes a second or two. Edit: Sorry, wasn't pressing hard enough however, it is still slow at loading?
If it is suggested that I flash the ROM, I've never done this and so when doing so, do you lose all the installed programs and such? If yes, I have SPB Backup and so would doing a backup, flash ROM, run backup put me back to how my phone was pre-rom flash?
Thanks for any help offered.
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Are you sure? i had a diamond and the tf3d was crap even with the stock rom, i can use the swipe gesture on my HD to move from page to page aswell, and pages load pretty much instantly with mine, sounds like your device hasnt been optimed enough, just like a pc after extended use, it will become slow and unresponsive if you dont keep the file system and registy optimised
wayneywoo said:
Thanks for the reply. I've installed HDTweak (did see this before) but was hoping for some registry tweaks instead. Would rather know what does what instead of installing an application that is supposed to perform certain changes/improvements.
See what happens after installing HDTweak.
Oh, I did also install the new Driverpack but found that games played slower. Maybe this has something to do with the screen having to draw more frames and so stressing the CPU more to do the same thing as if the driverpack wasn't installed? I'll post this question in that thread just to keep this one specific to TF3D!
Thanks
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Be sure to go through all HDTweak settings. Change values to ADV under the performance section.
i agree you have to....
optimize your device to its fullest capacity..i have stock rom ... on hd and have used hd tweak, plus few other applications found here, like driverpack 3 , gfxboost.. and few registry tweaks .etc...i am very impressed with touch ( sensitivity ) , speed of opening of most applications (yes ,some does have slight lag ) but overall, programs eg..file exployer,programs..settings etc..open instantaneous ...
( i also set sensitivity,finger pressure in hdtweak to very high )
i further hardly swipe manila ..."home " tab and it slides ,right through to last tab ( settings tab ) on manila ( vice versa)
my advice is also optimize ,( trail and error ) and seach, seach ..xda threads..
good luck
Yes we've seen a lot of threads with this title and tons of instructions how to make the damn thing work on our devices, but I notice a lot of people still have problems with it. Mine didn't want to start and just exited so I had to reset my device every time to try again with another sys file. None of those worked for me in any possible combination. since the solutions usually point to a certain build of the program it's hard to actually make it work. I finally found a version that worked for me. 8.3.4.102680 is the version that works for me in portrait and landscape mode with no problem for now. I can't say anything about the numerous settings and additional data that people add and test all the time. This version at least fixes my issues. It's only 55 mb and nothing is in it, no maps and stuff. Only basic english voice, the rest you can get in any other file or you already have. I found this on the net as probably most of you could by yourself and since I can't post links here if anyone would like to know where I got it from feel free to pm me.
Debely
I had a Touch HD and I just put the SD card into the TP2 and reinstalled the program and it just kept working. All my history and favourites are there so I think it has to do with getting the right data.zip with the correct screen resolution in it.
NOTE: Updated the text file on 07/04/2010 with additional info after feedback.
Hey, has tried this cab manila 2.5_2012.1225?
I found out about it on forums after much searching. I wish I could post the links but because I'm a new user I'm not permitted
It works pretty well for me so far I just need some help trying to fix a few things like getting landscape mode to work, getting the photo browser to work properly (you can only browse ie. no slideshow or enlarging photos), getting the wifi tab to work in settings etc.
If you need help installing it just ask, I have all the necessary files and instructions - just don't know if I'll be able to post the links or upload them?
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Ignore the above - I have resolved most of these issues. I have attached a text file instruction on how to install this and where to get it in my last post below.
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Deleted means what?
Got the photo album to work now
Got landscape mode to work as well
Everything working bug-free now - just a few of the tabs in settings like gsensor calibration not working but nothing serious. Phew, no need for cooked roms.
manila 2.5 cab
Can you post the link?
I would like to try witht the lastest official rom
Thanks
Stan
Here is the link: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=632519
Can you let us know what additional steps are needed to take after you install to get it optimized on our phones? What are the remaining bugs that still need to be fixed? I read the forum and it looks like there's alot of extra steps... this sounds great though, look forward to hearing from you...thx!
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Here is the link: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=632519
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Stan
Instructions for installing manila cab
OK for all who are interested, I have uploaded a text document detailing how to go about getting this Manila CAB to work. So far I'm very happyThere may be 1 or 2 tabs that don't work in the settings tab but they really don't bother me - one is Gsensor calibration for example. Let me know if this works. I had to try and search for all the links again so I hope I got them right for you.
Known issues thus far:
1) Music doesn't play when the screen is switched off
2) Album searcher can't see videos
Am trying to get these fixed. Will let you know when I find anything.
Just one thing you must be aware of: without installing this I had about 100mb program ram; after installing with all the fixes it goes down to roughly 70mb. It's not a problem for me because I don't demand a lot from my phone and never use more than 1 application at a time but I could perhaps recommend installing netnerds custom business rom which is ultralight and then trying this CAB over it. If any of you try this approach and have success with more memory let me know
snelopy said:
OK for all who are interested, I have uploaded a text document detailing how to go about getting this Manila CAB to work. So far I'm very happy and have found no bugs. There may be 1 or 2 tabs that don't work in the settings tab but they really don't bother me - one is Gsensor calibration for example. Let me know if this works. I had to try and search for all the links again so I hope I got them right for you.
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Thanks for your instruction, it's very helpful.
Thnks its working
Very helpful instructions but the contacts tab isn't working for me. I can see all the details and insert contacts as I like, but when I press on the contact to call them (even from the detailed screen) nothing happens.
the weather wallpaper not working on home screen any idea to fix it?
veethree said:
Very helpful instructions but the contacts tab isn't working for me. I can see all the details and insert contacts as I like, but when I press on the contact to call them (even from the detailed screen) nothing happens.
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You have to install Phone Canvas:
http://www.freeza-inc.com/freezaROM/OEMCAB/05.%20fi.%20Phone%20Canvas%203.40.1920.1930.cab
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You have to install Phone Canvas:
http://www.freeza-inc.com/freezaROM/OEMCAB/05.%20fi.%20Phone%20Canvas%203.40.1920.1930.cab
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Thanks, appreciate it.
Hi
I followed the steps and most of things work perfectly.
A few things that doesn't work for me, maybe I am doing something wrong
1. My location doesn't work
2. Music can't continue playing when I turn the screen off
3. No video in "pictures and video" tab and no landscape mode.
Thanks
Stan
Did anyone else have problems with the weather? If so try this cab file. I found it wasn't necessary for me but it was for the previous version of the manila cab file. Please note that you need to update the weather manually at least I found this to be the case. Personally I don't mind this. As far as the weather screen saver goes, I have never actually seen manila 2.5 in live action, only in videos so I don't know how exactly its should work but it does work full screen in the background but only when the home tab "reloads" so to speak, when it plays once through the animation and then returns to normal. I'm not sure if it's supposed to show the weather in the background continually without end - I thought not or it would drain the battery?
For landscape mode you need to press the 3rd "<" key on your phone.
I haven't got any videos on my phone so I haven't been able to test if it can find them or not.
Is music supposed to carry on playing when you press the left hard button? If so it doesn't mine either.
I've followed all instructions to installing M2d in one but my buttons are cut off and the digital clock is all messed up. I'm trying to use 128 dpi and copied the HTChomesettings.xml too.
No go. Help!
personally i definately say use 96dpi. you can actually use your phone for real, and while the font may be a bit smaller, it really opens up your eyes to the potential of the phone =] good luck, i thought the same thing until i tried real vga and i have used it since