Hi Guys,
I've just got a HTC Touch HD. I've got a few questions.
1. With HTC Interface disabled, on the normal start menu there is a gap at the top, I'm wondering how I can get rid of this
2. The font on the start menu is too big and other menus too, any way to change this via registry? and also the font on dropdown (well drop up) Menus.
3. Any way to get the default windows 6.1 style volume control instead of the HTC One?
4. Getting rid of the HTC Style input selection and replacing with normal windows type.
5. Is there anyway to get the "New" menu on the Today Screen on WM6.1, pretty sure i've had it on other wm6 phones
6. Is there any "must do" tweaks on this device to improve performance and functionality, I've found that it's not much more responsive/fast as my old HTC Himalaya using the classic WM6.1 Screen. Photos seem to zoom in quite jerky on the Touchflo interface etc, just expected a bit more from this quite new device, and the game "Teeter" also seems a bit slow, would have thought the 500mhz processor would be more than enough to play it smoothly, seems the only device that I've seen play it smoothly is the 1.2ghz HD2. Also a HTC HD Fake I had, with a Marvell Monohans chip ran much faster.
7. How Can i Change the fronts on the today screen to the normal type, I have put Clearview off but it's still the "calibri" type font, wondering how to change
to the normal font like this :
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
8.
Also I'm having a problem with my GPS, my program cant detect it, the program I'm using is called GPS Performance it cant connect to the GPS.
In the "External GPS" Option, what settings should be selected on the Programs port, hardware port, Baud rate and should I use the "Manage gps automatically" checkbox. I find that It doesn't let me change the Hardware port, it's set to none.
Thanks guys, P.S I've read the FAQ's before posting.
1. the gap at the top of the start menu will eventually fill up with your recently used programs in big icon style.
2. the font size can be changed with HDTweak, a must have program for the blackstone
3. if you on't like it at all, you can look up a rom that does not have it, or install another volume control, and then uninstall it again, that way, it should revert to windows mobile standard, and not htc standard.
4. have a look into input options, afaik the stock rom still comes with all the classic input options like keyboard, block recognizer, transcriber...
5. what menu exactly, describe a little more or make a screenshot.
6. the blackstone by default has 528mhz, the leo has 1ghz, and if even teeter does not run smoothly, you might want to perform a hard reset or have a look which rom is installed and change that, either to the latest stock rom or to a cooked rom. that behaviour is not normal
7. you can change fonts by putting new fonts in the windows\fonts\ folder and use a tweak app to apply them (i'm not sure, whether they all have fonts options though)
8. the external gps option, as the name points out, is for the use with an external gps receiver, which would be connected via bluetooth. it has nothing to do with the internal one. all programs that use the gps should have the option "gps managed by windows" or "internal gps". using that setting you have to do nothing more to set up gps. for instance: i use gps in manila, google maps, klicktel and navigon mobile navigator. manila and klicktel didn't need any gps settings, in google maps you just need to activate "use gps" and in navigon, where there are detailed gps settings for all kinds of devices, i just set "let windows manage my gps". you never have to set a com port, baud rate... if you are asked for those settings, you picked the wrong option in the first place.
no offense, but let me ask you a question: i know we talked before, about the classic wm6.1 home screen. these are many questions that are very special and all revolve around the basic interface of winmo. do you really need every single thing to be exactly like with old devices like the himalaya? windows mobile was developed further than that and most of the development is a good thing. for one thing, winmo distanced itself a bit from being a pda to becoming a phone, that could be used for fun as well and it has become finger-friendly. castrating this wonderful finger-friendly phone to becoming a mid-2000's pda, with the need for stylus control and an ugly interface does not make sense to me. i had a blueangel and a universal for years, and i know the pda feeling from all the time i used them with stock wm2003se (and stock wm5 respectively). then i got bored and tried cooked roms, and in the end, when i knew, the devices are too weak and lack a lot of hardware features (g-sensor, gps, ambient light sensor, stylus sensor, 3.5g, proper camera...), i decided to get myself a blackstone, and basicly, after a few minutes of getting used to it, i am happy about all the change, that's why i bought a new phone.
so why did you buy a new phone, to castrate it to behave just like a very old phone?
Hi Tony,
1. Thanks, I just noticed that it fills up with recent programs, anyway to remove this Gap though, it is useful for some people but I don't have much use for it
2. Thanks, Will try that out
5. I want to get this menu at the bottom :
6. Yeah I would think that 528mhz is enough to run Teeter as smooth as possible but on the HD2 its much smoother, I wouldn't think that game would require a very fast processor, I don't know if the Drivers for rendering graphics are bad on some of the Blackstone ROMS? or would it be the Teeter game itself? Anyone found a way to smoothen it up. I don't know if it's true but I've been reading lots of info saying Qualcomm Chipsets are junk for Video/Graphics.
As for the responsiveness of General usage, I don't know if the stock ROM is somewhat a bottleneck.
7. Thanks will try that
8. Ok, I had that set to Automatic, my program asks me which Port and Baud rate? What should I select, I went through all the Ports and it cant connect, I guess it might be a problem with the program, I'll see if the GPS Apps pick it up.
Also I might ask on this thread instead of starting a new one, my computer keeps telling me that I need Flash Player 8 to run the Getting Started disk, but I have already installed flash player and it still asks, other people have had this problem too. I've got Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Really, I am not a fan of Flashy interfaces with clouds descending and vibrating storms to tell me what the weather is, HD tried to copy Apple, but the Touchflo interface is often slow, buggy and non responsive, it's better in the Leo but on Blackstone it's somewhat problematic. I'm just used to the old Pocket PC's wtih the old Interface. The only reason I bought a Blackstone was for a higher res screen, better camera and Wifi
Another question - I've noticed the Blackstone seems to have no dedicated graphics/video accelerator that Coreplayer can support, so the Video playback is pretty appalling for a device named "HD". I have a video that isn't even the resolution of the screen of the HD and it only benchmarks at about 75% playback speed.
Is there any drivers that can make use of the MSM Chipset to give good video performance? I don't know but I thought the predecessor HTC Diamond had a 3D Accelerator. I'm not at all keen on converting every single episode on my computer using the Application for video playback on the HD that is out, so any chance to improve playback on the HD with coreplayer? Again coming from a person who had a Himalaya, it had an ATI Imageon chip that coreplayer supported.
kidcash said:
5. I want to get this menu at the bottom
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here dude
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{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
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Doesn't rotate programs on the Touch Pro here, but it can somehow rotate the TouchFlo interface.
Same on HTC Diamond. Rotates main screen (messes up graphics for the icon tab) but still rotates it. Wont rotate anything else i tried so far.
Got an error 2 after few rotates
levka said:
Same on HTC Diamond. Rotates main screen (messes up graphics for the icon tab) but still rotates it. Wont rotate anything else i tried so far.
Got an error 2 after few rotates
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- Make sure you have the .NET Compact Framework v3.5 installed. It will work with 2.0, but can have issues (I've run my tests with 3.5)
Also, there are known issues with the touchflo interface. Normally screen rotation is completely disabled on the diamond to remove any possibilities of program messing up, so it's bound to cause issues i'm afraid. When I ran tests on my device, I didn't come across any errors, although I have completely removed TF3D from my diamond.
Can you try and make the error happen again, and record the steps you took to make it happen, as well as all the information the error window gives you, and i'll try and correct the problem.
Edit 1: Forgot to add that the library cannot retrieve orientation information on some devices with certain roms installed, but that's out of my control i'm afraid. It will affect all programs that rely on the "Sensors" sdk library.
Edit 2: Can you also tell me which roms (OS/Radio) you are using as well, as this will likely be related to the problem in some way (See Edit 1)
App works .... but manila freezed.
And i don´t can find any options to configure
Röchelhilpert said:
App works .... but manila freezed.
And i don´t can find any options to configure
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As I mentioned in a previous post, Manilla (Touch Flo 3D) is known to cause problems in non-portrait orientations...
The options are in the top of the right softkey menu, there's 3 of them:
Enable Rotation
Enable Sounds
Enable Images
Application is ver similar as gsen in regards to Telus Mobility Diamonds.
Rotation does not work except for within the programs list. Any where else (text messages, ie, etc) absolutely does not work
darn!
mightymike84 said:
Application is ver similar as gsen in regards to Telus Mobility Diamonds.
Rotation does not work except for within the programs list. Any where else (text messages, ie, etc) absolutely does not work
darn!
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Yeah, i'm afraid that's a limitation of the library which has been made availabel to us. It Telus want to go and destroy the ROM/device, then unfortunately we have no control over it. It's like T-Mobile removing 64MB of the RAM when they changed the shell, it's only got 128MB now. I do wish I knew why companies like to bastardise perfectly good phones, then sell them on as if they were the same... It's quite insulting sometimes...
[2008/09/22] New version!
A new version has been released, so have added this post to bump the topic up.
This is a large update, and should be used instead of the older version as it confains various new options and features, as well as performance updates.
Link to information post concerning the updates, as well as download information.
Thanks for this mate,works like a charm.Tried the rotation out on most of my programs and it works flawlessly.My contacts rotate fine and the text message also,the text input even changes to full qwerty keyboard on rotation,amazing.
owz206 said:
Thanks for this mate,works like a charm.Tried the rotation out on most of my programs and it works flawlessly.My contacts rotate fine and the text message also,the text input even changes to full qwerty keyboard on rotation,amazing.
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Your welcome, hope it's not too hard to configure, I have put alot of thaught into how to make it simple for the end user to configure...
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Your welcome, hope it's not too hard to configure, I have put alot of thaught into how to make it simple for the end user to configure...
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No problems to configure at all,the only problem is when rotating touch flo 3d,but i know thats going to be a problem for any rotation app.thanks again
owz206 said:
No problems to configure at all,the only problem is when rotating touch flo 3d,but i know thats going to be a problem for any rotation app.thanks again
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I've disabled TouchFlo 3D on my device, so unfortunately I can't get the window title/class for it, to add it to the blacklist. If you would be kind enough to find the class for it (i'm guessing the entire today screen) then it can be added to the configuration file for all to see.
I've added the "Applications.ini" file to my server for folk to download. this will be updated more frequently than the application, so keep an eye out for changes
I don't think it likes my Touch Pro. It works fine using File Explorer but that's it. After trying to test it out in the all settings and all programs menus it gives the error that Levka posted.
enrique999 said:
I don't think it likes my Touch Pro. It works fine using File Explorer but that's it. After trying to test it out in the all settings and all programs menus it gives the error that Levka posted.
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As other users have stated, as well as myself in the first post, it suffers form the generic error what all programs using the GSensor library. It has been covered in the GSen program info page too...
CharlyV said:
Not working on HTC Touch Pro with ROM version 1.90.0.0 or newer and HTC Touch Diamond with Telus ROM.
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As previously stated, i'm afraid this is out of my control, although hopefully in the near future, the library will be improved, and will be able to deal with these "different" devices. As soon as support has been improved, i'll be sure to include it in my latest build.
[2008/09/23] New version!
A new version has been released, so have added this post to bump the topic up.
This is only a small update which adds a few new features and improvements.
Link to information post concerning the updates, as well as download information.
hope this works for Sprint ROM?
i liek this app and wish i could use it. im on a telus device.
Hit me up if you want anything to help out on getting this to work on telus/sprint devices i have all the rom files and can make reg dumps.
how is the power consumption if i may ask?
awesome app tho, gonna try it today
I have some question...
1)Framework v3.5 is 35MB...need I install Framework v3.5(35MB) to my diamond...because my diamond free space only 40 MB....
2)install Framework v3.5 via ActiveSync?
Hello,
I'm following the beta's off the release from Mobillityflow Touch-Shell.
More info: http://www.touch-shell.com/beta
I'm testing this all on my HTC Kaiser (Tytn II) with WM 6.1.
It has a slide-out keyboard, so that explains the screenshots (portrait & landscape)
They release the one beta after the other but don't update what has been changed.
I posted in an other post a review how i thinked about the program with screenshots and they liked my review:
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=412823).
So i got a free copy!
Because off that i want to follow the beta's more. I started this new post so i can manage the first posts and it's easier to follow the updates for you guys.
For now there are my older reviews in the #2, #3 & #4 post, please tell me what i could test and what you want to see changed in the program (the developers will read it to!)
If there are enough people enjoying, giving feedback, etc. I'll update this post more and more.
It's a bit messy for now
Ow, don't forget to fill in the poll!
Tested on 2009-01-22 Version 0.0.2.28 beta
Today i tought again about this program and installed the new beta.
They don't say what the diffirent is, they just uploaded it.
2009-01-22 Version 0.0.2.28 beta:
Changes I notifced:
It corrected displayed now all the tabs when switching from portrait tot landscape (unlike in earlier versions, see post #22). I do this by sliding out my keyboard on my Kaiser.
BUT when removing to much tabs, it shows something off the last page (see what I marked red in screenshot 7 & 8)
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
- The music tab seems to function, i miss the buttons repeat and shuffle, but that's all. First time you press play or something else on the page it will load Windows Media Player.
- Everything seems to work smoother (switching to pages, clock animation, weather animation, etc...).
Touch Shell uses 3.3 MB memory on my Kaiser without Windows Media Player playing. With Windows Media Player it uses 3.5 MB
Everything was slowing down when playing music, but i noticed that Windows Media Playser used 33.6 MB (!), so i killed it and everything worked normal again.
I will test this more (I don't think this has anything to do with Touch-Shell).
Older beta test 1/2
1/2
I used many different Today Shells (spb, m2d, m3d, ultimatelaunch, touch-commander, etc.)
Touch-commander was great, but was to simple for me.
What I think is about Touch-Shell (tested it with M2d shutted down):
- It's a program, not a plugin.
- Nice lay-out on my Tytn II (320x240)
BUT when i turn it to landscape by sliding my keyboard out (240x320) sadly enough it doesn't re-allign.
Screenshots:
- The Weather page looks great, many chooses (accuweather & gismeteo) and great graphics.
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older beta test 2/2
2/2
- The launcher and contact page are both the same (you can add contacts and programs whatever you want). Disadvantage: one click call, so no link to the contact to choose call or sms, but 1 click calling.
- Music page is just a link to Windows Media player, nothing more!
I was playing music in the background, but you can't see it in the screenshot.
So I think (and hope) it's developing. Support for coreplayer, TCMP, etc.?
- The plugin page, is just 1 page where you can add plugins (hope there will come more support. Like plugins below the clock or something).
- The lowest "menu" where you can choose wich page you wanna go isn't as great as m2d but works fast.
- Choose to close pages you don't use (see plugin page, there i've left the close button)
- Choose the start page (after booting, wake-up)
- Much options if you compare it with m2d: Very short most off the options (hope it will be more)
-Load on Windows start
-Home page: 12/24 hours clock, blinking every 1-5 seconds on or off. Date format (dddd dd MMMM yyy for exapmle)
-Weather page: choose all the citys from AccuWeather or GisMeteo. Units. Connection, choose wich one to use, or default. Auto update interval, show or don't show connection status balloon.
-Plugins page: wich plugins and move them up and down
-Choose wich page is the start page and when to display it (device wakup, device idle for...)
-Switch page visual effect: Horizontal Slide, Page Turn, Rotation and choose a background color
I think it will be a great program, i've played a couple of hours with it.
It is to much beta to say anything really good or really bad about it.
Hope you enjoyed my review (feedback is welcome...)
You can ask questions, the program will stay a couple off days (15?) on my phone .
does it support square screen?
I have installed Touch Shell on my Wizard and is working fine. But it needs to be activated. Please let me know the activation key...
garsim said:
does it support square screen?
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It should support it. Not sure about it.
If you could test it and report it in this threat it will be great
Omnia (WVGA) is not supported as i readed it from 2 "testers".
madan26 said:
I have installed Touch Shell on my Wizard and is working fine. But it needs to be activated. Please let me know the activation key...
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man you're on the wrong site...
works with vga?
I´ve copied some post from the original post:
BUT, that was before the newer betas come out.
Before it doesn't reallign on my Kaiser (from portrait to landscape), now it does. That does mean that the application probaly is "streched" to the screen where it was before just 240x320 and nothing else.
The best thing you could do is test, make screenshots and post it back here
Answer is short: probaly it does, not sure, test it yourself please.
gbertoli said:
- about 3 weeks ago:
Anyone tried Touch-Shell on a Palm Treo pro?
It doesn't fill out the 320x320 screen, keeps you from locking the screen unless you exit T-S.
Any fixes out here for these issues?
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mchapman007 said:
in 2008:
Touch Shell does not work on VGA devices which is a let down for me. Or at least it's not working on my Fuze... I did however test it out on my wifes Tilt and it only seemed to be a glorified Touch Commander.
I was highly looking forward to this so I hope future versions become more robust like TF3D. I know it's early beta so I still have high hopes.
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thank you
i'm waiting for a new release
Touch-Shell v0.0.2.46 is out still not fix the animate weather on HTC Touch and little slow on respond.
I was a big fan of Touch Commander and made many skins for it. Now since getting a Fuze and having TF3D, Touch Shell seems too far behind and is no comparison. It may have taken too long to get Touch Shell going and people might have moved on. (Just my opinion with no facts to back it up)
With the popularity of the Touch Pro / Fuze / Diamond / Touch HD, all with TF3D included, can TS compete? I'll still support them and will most likely purchase when there is a full VGA release and crank out some skins..
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With the popularity of the Touch Pro / Fuze / Diamond / Touch HD, all with TF3D included, can TS compete? I'll still support them and will most likely purchase when there is a full VGA release and crank out some skins..
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VGA has been supported for weeks now ( not sure about official though). I used it on my Diamond but it's still not quite up to speed and is still a little buggy so I again uninstalled it.
Also, TS CAN compete in one way to TF3D. I offers something that TF3D does not: a complete Today Plugin tab within the shell that exactly mimics the traditional Today screen. That one feature sets it apart from any other shell I've used.
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Yes, it is .
But You should to replace original "Skin_landscape.xml" with modiffied by me.
On my i780 works fine.
I get my X1a tomorrow and I have the following questions that I was unable to find after massive reading of many posts.
1. Is TF3D running and stable on X1?
2. I understand landscape mode is available now? Stable?
3. Can you run TF3D as a standalone interface versus running it as a panel, and I assume this makes it run much smoother (since I'm reading that panels consume a lot of power).
4. Can someone point me to or post a pic of the TF3D dialer and incoming call screen (TOUCH-IT-BLACKSTONE-DIALER to be exact). It does replace the hiddeous little incoming WM call screen right?
5. What is the difference between the MANILA TouchFlo and Blackstone? That's where the confusion is coming in.
6. Are there ANY limitations running TF3D on Xperia, I don't want to loose any functionality of my Xperia, so is there any part/function that doesn't work with TF3D?
7. Where can I find the end all be all step by step instructions for installing the most stable and functional TF3D? Is it the TF3D Blackstone (Touch-IT)?
Than you in advance.
yea, same here, im getting my x1 tmw, and i had gotten used to the touchflo 3d interface... however, one thing i absolutely HATE about touchflo is that it forces you to use htcaudio manager, it is absolute piece of junk when it comes to playlist and organizing the music, i just wish somehow and someone is skilled enough to tweak it and use something else to play music
Yeah I have an iPhone right now. I've always used WM devices before and I love my iPhone for many reasons, but I hate it for just as many reasons as well. I'm fed up with Apple even with a jailbroken iPhone I'm tired of the lack of BASIC stuff. I want an open phone again. So I'm going back to WM. I'm really going to just test out this SEX1 to see if I like it It's going to be hard leaving my iPhone after I got so used to it. I've always hated the SEX1 Panel interface, it's garbage in my opinion. Even worse there are like 12 panels. That really sucks. A poor attempt at putting a frontend on WM. HTC has always been on the right track when it comes to a WM frontend so seeing it ported to the SEX1 is great. I just hate unstable equipment so I'm not willing to risk stability for looks just yet. Hence the 50 million questions.
derrickonline said:
I get my X1a tomorrow and I have the following questions that I was unable to find after massive reading of many posts.
1. Is TF3D running and stable on X1?
2. I understand landscape mode is available now? Stable?
3. Can you run TF3D as a standalone interface versus running it as a panel, and I assume this makes it run much smoother (since I'm reading that panels consume a lot of power).
4. Can someone point me to or post a pic of the TF3D dialer and incoming call screen (TOUCH-IT-BLACKSTONE-DIALER to be exact). It does replace the hiddeous little incoming WM call screen right?
5. What is the difference between the MANILA TouchFlo and Blackstone? That's where the confusion is coming in.
6. Are there ANY limitations running TF3D on Xperia, I don't want to loose any functionality of my Xperia, so is there any part/function that doesn't work with TF3D?
7. Where can I find the end all be all step by step instructions for installing the most stable and functional TF3D? Is it the TF3D Blackstone (Touch-IT)?
Than you in advance.
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1. yes
2. only a workaround for now, but I guess it will fixed VERY soon
3. yes
4. sorry, use search an you'll find It. Look for yota dialer also, very nice. Anyway, yes again, they replace the ugly wm one
5. manila and tflo3d are the same thing. ManilaHD is for wvga (as xperia) resolution but it's the same interface
6. As said, landscape for now, but I guess it will fixed VERY soon
7. Yes. Go to rom subforum, start reading about flashing and then have a look to itje rom (my favourite ) or something else that includes tflo3d... All custom rom are pretty mature now
and... yes panels sucks for me also
derrickonline said:
Yeah I have an iPhone right now. I've always used WM devices before and I love my iPhone for many reasons, but I hate it for just as many reasons as well. I'm fed up with Apple even with a jailbroken iPhone I'm tired of the lack of BASIC stuff. I want an open phone again. So I'm going back to WM. I'm really going to just test out this SEX1 to see if I like it It's going to be hard leaving my iPhone after I got so used to it. I've always hated the SEX1 Panel interface, it's garbage in my opinion. Even worse there are like 12 panels. That really sucks. A poor attempt at putting a frontend on WM. HTC has always been on the right track when it comes to a WM frontend so seeing it ported to the SEX1 is great. I just hate unstable equipment so I'm not willing to risk stability for looks just yet. Hence the 50 million questions.
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im using an iphone right now too... after 4 months with it, besides the touch sensitivity and the audio player, i hated every other aspects of it; weak 3g reception, insufficient memory causing the programs to exit, no multi-program running, etc
im coming from symbian to wm to iphone, while i like symbian very much, but i think wm is probably the best fit for me
Thanks guap!
Thanks guap! But what do you mean by landscape is a workaround? I assume it either works or doesn't work. Since it appears to work, what part about it is a workaround?
I mean this -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=476163
read about his limitations... It's a very good work but in fact is a daemon that poll landscape state triggering an action screen rendered by an external program. Complicated.
A proper version will be a manila with embedded landscape support. We should have it in 24h for blackstone according to dutthroy announcements in blackstone forum, and then hope even on our xperia as they are very similar devices
Hmm
I also have been using an iPhone for almost 2 years now. Just switched to the Xperia 2 weeks ago. as a hater of Apple I thought this device would make my life easier. On the whole it's nicer, but simple things like the touch sensitivity of the screen make a huge difference and "pressing" is somewhat difficult on the Xperia after using the extremely responsive "touch" interface of the iphone. My iPhone was used mostly for music and it does that much nicer than my xperia. (Why does the music stop when i press the power button to turn screen off on xperia?) also the email is much more fnctional because wifi switching and email checking seems to work much nicer on the iPhone without killing the battery. I have had to disable wifi on my xperia and disable autochecking email just to make the battery last a day.
All that being said, having installed the TouchFlo3D cab, the phone is muuuuuuch less responsive and the "touch" sensitivity of the TF3D is much worse than even the standard interface. (Pressing "comms" in the settings tab sometimes doesnt work for me if it's already highlighted after aving just exited the comms manager.)
tweak the pressure treshold to fit your needs with schap's advanced config. BUT READ carefully before do it.
Winmobile is customizable, we are not apple
guap said:
I mean this -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=476163
read about his limitations... It's a very good work but in fact is a daemon that poll landscape state triggering an action screen rendered by an external program. Complicated.
A proper version will be a manila with embedded landscape support. We should have it in 24h for blackstone according to dutthroy announcements in blackstone forum, and then hope even on our xperia as they are very similar devices
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Please show me where. I can't find it. Thank's for some happy news today when I noticed a crack in my casing :-(
alias_neo said:
My iPhone was used mostly for music and it does that much nicer than my xperia. (Why does the music stop when i press the power button to turn screen off on xperia?)
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thats not normal ... of course u can turn the screen off and listen to music at the same time ..
After I've updated my firmware, TF3D is very smooth on my xperia. No issues at all. And also I have it as a panel. No crashes yet.
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Please show me where. I can't find it. Thank's for some happy news today when I noticed a crack in my casing :-(
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look at this
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link to Dutty's HD XTREME rom thread (Blackstone) -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=483822
He's porting this beauty to xperia (there are very similar, shouldn't be a big deal for him)
I Know
Amanox said:
thats not normal ... of course u can turn the screen off and listen to music at the same time ..
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Yeh, I didn't think it was normal, that's why it annoys me so much. I end up leaving it with the screen on in my pocket until it times out, but then it ends up getting pressed accidently.
Anyone know of a possible cause/solution? I listen to music every day and I really want it back to normal with power button turning screen off but music still plays.
Thank.
Thought I'd start this thread for those who are looking to speed up there wm6.5 phone as well as increase their phones battery performance. Thanks to stanip over at Rhodium Development for heads up on this jem of a program that works great on my Kaiser. This is a must have on your phone. I noticed so many chefs in rom development try their hardest to achieve maximum stability and speed and some are very sucessful. I was skeptical about this program until I installed and applied settings recommended and WOW I swear my phone is SUPER FAST and RESPONSIVE with little effect on battery life. In fact I've noticed longer battery life with Battery hack setting found in this program. I have attached the cab for this program along with settings provided to make your phone FLY try it out you'll see!
Note: Upon installation you will note that the taskbar will turn a greenish and orange like color upon 1st soft reset. Don't worry. Just soft reset once or twice and this will dissappear. Settings and Cab below:
1) Under processes: select highest for all. Select Refresh and select Monitor.
The best part here is the "Add" function which allows you to pick applications you want to add and speed up. Once you add, select highest speed as other processes. The improvement is really noticeable.
2) Memory: similiar to other clean Ram type of utilities. No setting required. Just hit Free.
3) Video speed: I select fastest and disable window animations.
4) Storage performance: Just select all to tick.
5) Tools: I only need battery hack (to last longer).
6) Benchmark & reset to default - as needed.
Install to device not Storage Card
Unregistered version only allows for 1 full system setting. I currently have File System Cache set to maximum and boy does this thing respond.
Wow!!
It sounds a great superb tool!
Any comments from members already tested?
Thanks,
intereting. will have to try this out. thanks.
sweet. hope that this will help my kaiser.
Installed on my 64mb Universal does not even run the app
Now I can´t uninstall.....
EDIT: Uninstalled took like 10 min
Perhaps my memory is very slow...
Any other experiences to share?
1) Under processes: select highest for all. Select Refresh and select Monitor. - wont this increase battery consumption?
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1) Under processes: select highest for all. Select Refresh and select Monitor. - wont this increase battery consumption?
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I havent noted any battery consumption. In fact ive noted low battery consumption due to the battery hack settings. my battery seems to stay charged longer now but i guess it all depends on your usage. note on unregistered version you can only select highest for 1 setting. I increased file cache to full and thats it until i buy full.
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Installed on my 64mb Universal does not even run the app
Now I can´t uninstall.....
EDIT: Uninstalled took like 10 min
Perhaps my memory is very slow...
Any other experiences to share?
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dont know why it took so long to uninstall. on my kaiser i just go to settings system and remove programs and take installed programs off. also dont know if this works on universal but it should cause its built for ppc. google speedbooster 2.0 teksoft and there more info on this fine program.
okI tried it. running it now. it seems to be loading the windows folder much faster and I have quite a few files in it.
I mostly focused on device.exe.
so far the keyboard has not been misstyping. (although I still cant spell woth a damn.
thanks for the heads up on the program... now if I can only figure out how to make these setings permanent in my rom...
Thank´s for the SpeedBooster...
I install the version V2.0.0.10 because of Tyra
I have one HTC Touch Elf 0100 P3450 (64/128Mb) & Onyx 5.0.1 WM6.5, and i take less of minute to install SpeedBooster... I set all like the #1 and the soft give me this BenchMark:
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After the TIP on #11
I can see some quick effects , much more faster, the memory RAM is lower ( usually was 70% ur 72% and now is @ 60% )...
I say Cooooool to this app for now...
Thank's
can this work on a cdma device? like the htc touch?
this program is very interesting, great find.
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okI tried it. running it now. it seems to be loading the windows folder much faster and I have quite a few files in it.
I mostly focused on device.exe.
so far the keyboard has not been misstyping. (although I still cant spell woth a damn.
thanks for the heads up on the program... now if I can only figure out how to make these setings permanent in my rom...
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Cool. Ive been trying to let a few of the cooks in Kaiser Rom threads about this program noone seems to be paying it any mind so i thought I would just start a thread. This app is a must have. regarding all the settings I think you have to purchase the full program for like $14 to be able to have all, but the way my phone is moving now who needs the others. A little secret if you have advanced configuration 3.3 go into performance settings and enable file system cache set file system cache size to 8mb and file system filter cache to 131072 sectors , Glyph Cache to 128kb hit done phone will do soft reset and be ready to anchor your phone down this baby will fly.no effect on battery either. report back tell me what you think.
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can this work on a cdma device? like the htc touch?
this program is very interesting, great find.
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Yep it should I read where it currently has some peoples touchpro2 running like its on steroids. Give it a shot you shouldnt be dissappointed.
my old htc blue angel scored higher than my touch pro, things like this makes me want to nuke htc's headquarters FFS -____________________-
One question: i have set it NOT TO SHOW the battery bar. But, after each soft reset, the bar keeps reappearing. Anyone knows a registry setting to disable it for good?
Thank's, Paul
This little program is indeed a wonder.
I've used it on several models, and allways with good results, since early versions.
Best practice tip, from one of the authors of this app:
I suggest you add higher priority to gwes.exe and shell32.exe, and to 2-3 of your favorite programs that are not running fast enough.
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And you can get a free license, check this topic on Teksoft's forum. You can also get more info browsing their forum.
Anyhow, a little explanation, on how it works: it does not overclock your processor. It just assigns more processor time (cycles?), to the running apps that were tweaked to a higher priority, thus making them run faster.
I'm always a little sceptical when it comes to "speedboosters", but this one really works.
I pointed it to
poutlook.exe
gwes.exe
shell32.exe
and applied the rest of the settings as the topicstarter. It gives a very noticeble speedboost in Titanium in WM6.5. I work with the Romeos 6.5 ROM.
paulyluca said:
One question: i have set it NOT TO SHOW the battery bar. But, after each soft reset, the bar keeps reappearing. Anyone knows a registry setting to disable it for good?
Thank's, Paul
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install it manually...not by uc may fix the problem
I noticed in the title it says for wm6.5. Does this work with 6.1 as well. Seems as though it would if people with the Touch Pro2 are praising this app. I know I would like to give it a try on my TP2.
+1
Could you please tell if this app only works on wm 6.5. ? or also on 6.1
Also, is it supposed to work on every ppc, such as Diamond I, Touch HD, etc...
Thanks
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MOD EDIT:
No warez on this forum.
i know there is a perfectly good topic here for recommended apps, but I wanted to make a list with screenshots and include apps that you buy as well as freeware
1) SPB Mobileshell with MobileSense
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The interface of SPB Mobile Shell along with the beauty of Mobilesense really makes my phone an impressive and elegant sight. With these two packages, the ease of use bests the iphone and rivals android (we're not even going to mention Titanium).
2) SMS-Chat
The best chatting problem I’ve found - it makes it really easy to follow your txts as an actual conversation. The only downside is it takes a few seconds to start up - but the design and ease of use makes up for that many times over.
3) Comic Reader Mobi
I wasn't sold on Comic Reader. I used the 0.8 release, but it wasn't until I actually tried v2 on my phone that I realized how well the software worked to read comics. Possibly the best program on any platform - once you customize it to best suit your reading habits you won't understand how you coped without it. The only downsides are that it doesn't support gif images and the interface is a bit confusing to start with. I love the zip support and lens feature.
4) Mobipocket
Beating ubook, Reader and anything else I’ve found on the iplatform hands down, mobipocket is the best way I’ve found to read books. The library sucks, so use your file explorer to navigate your collection, but in terms of ease of use, rendering quality, selection of fonts and features you can't go past Mobipocket. It's free software and reads html, mobi, pdb or txt format.
You can get free ebooks here here or here (click CD Listing). If you know how to use mIRC, then check out this page for step by step instructions on finding awesome free ebook channels.
5) TCPMP
Better then any free or paid alternatives I've found for video playback - TCMP is THE Media Player Classic of phones. Easy to use, easy options to change, skin support, easy controls and codec support you can't go past it.
6)S2P - Slide 2 Play
Slide to play is a really awesome music app which integrates with S2U so you can control your music while your phone is locked. I really love the "exit on headphone disconnect" and "start on headphone connect" options.
7) Resco File Explorer
A great improvement on the included file explorer, this one lets you move and copy files, uncompress and compress with ease. As well as that, the interface is much better for thumb control.
8) S2U2 - Slide to Unlock
This is easily the most essential little app I've ever installed. Previously my phone was always calling people in my pocket and doing random stuff. Now, I never need to worry about that again! The lock controls provided by Windows mobile are inconsistent, unreliable and woefully inadequate.
UPDATE 7/07/10
9) SenseTasks
I never used the tasks app in Wimo, too tiny to use with my finger, too annoying to use with a stylus - I have always been wanting a finger orientated task app which will let me tap stuff completed and quickly and easily keep track of what I have to do. This app does it all.
10) Actionscreen
A quick pop up menu from holding down the power button which gives you access to handy toggles and shortcuts. Saves you exiting or minimizing a program to use something.
Pocket GBA
Plays gameboy advance and original roms. Worked perfectly on the Mogul (just the right amount of hardware buttons) but on the touch pro2 there aren't enough buttons to play. Working on finding an alternative method.
Project Android - Eclair
A working port of android on your phone. There is a tiny bit of slow down compared to WiMo, but it's definately enough to get a taste of the OS and let you form an impresson of Android. I'm not too sure if you'd want to run this permenently, but almost everything is working including wifi and the phone function, so it's a great representation. You can even download and install apps from the marketplace.
GWatch
Great to have on your phone, just incase you ever need a stopwatch or countdown timer
Rhodium Keyboard Controller
Essential for any Touch Pro2, this app lets your remap most of the limited butons avaliable on the TP2 as well as assigning multible actions for double, triple and long presses!
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LOCKSCREENS:
S2U2 - Slide to Unlock
+Free
+Works really well, have never ever had any problems
-can lock a bit too frequently
-when security locked have to slide to unlock and then enter your pin
-doesn't show your today screen
PocketShield
+looks amazing (i haven't used it)
+lots of different skins, can show today screen
- slide to unlock + enter pin if pin enabled
- paid app
Throttlelock
+Shows today screen
+secure to unclock, no seperate number pad, based just on combination
-a little bit buggy, doesn't always lock, sometimes unresponsive for a split second.
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UPDATE 8/07/10
Browsers:
SKYFIRE
-doesn't work for anyone outside america
OPERA 9
+great page rendering and controls
-very slow
-youtube is broken on my copy
OPERA 5
+fast
-not as full featured as 9
IE
+youtube works
UZARD
+full featured
+youtubr works
-no minimize
-can't zoom all the way out
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Stuff I'd tried and it hasn't worked for me:
TaskFascade (wouldn't start from action button, crashed a few times, won't pop to the main windows when I click on the shortcut)
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the 5th should be TCPMP (╯3╰)
all apps you recommend are really nice!
thanks for the correction! Have updated.
Thanks for the review, I really enjoyed reading it!
bump. Have added in a few more apps.
This is a great thread, and very informative. Thanks for taking the time to do this so us newbs can see the good stuff that's out there for our TP2 phones!
good list of apps!
Thanks
I've spent the last 2 days downloading tons of different apps, on my next days off I will try and write up more of my favorites with screenshots.
TODO:
Resco Keyboard v5 + Skin
Swype
Resco Explorer Skin
Vostradamus's widgets
JWMD Icon changer thingy
Anastasia's Icons
Pocket Shopping vs MiCarrito
Virtual dPad
MConvert
GPS Speedo
Crudcleaner
Arkswitch
SPB Insight
Browers
Shake to Save vs Whip2Snap
new TCMP skin
S2V
RPG Friend
Throttlelock
XDA Market
XTHack
+others
1 more suggestion:
hAndy PowerButton
Disables the power button when the keyboard is open so you dont turn off the screen in the middle of sending txts/emails.
that sounds awesome, im always doing that too
HomeScreenJump
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687078