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I like it, good work. I like it especially it is a 3rd party software so that I can keep my Today screen. BTW, whats the diff of yours compared to the one at the other thread?
Anyway, although getting the aye-Phone interface is good for a start, I think it ought to be able to get some artist to make a better looking interface than aye-Phone.
BTW, as suggestion (for feature), I'm just wondering if you can make your app to respond to the D-Pad (the directional button), like those (say) SonyE phone and then display another graphics to show that the button is being selected.
Design case example:
All icons are black-white. Using your directional button, it goes from one icon to another. The selected icon will have colour (depending on design), and pushing the 'action' button will make it launch the app.
Final thing, whats the difference between yours and the one mentioned at the other thread?
hanmin said:
I like it, good work. I like it especially it is a 3rd party software so that I can keep my Today screen. BTW, whats the diff of yours compared to the one at the other thread?
Anyway, although getting the aye-Phone interface is good for a start, I think it ought to be able to get some artist to make a better looking interface than aye-Phone.
BTW, as suggestion (for feature), I'm just wondering if you can make your app to respond to the D-Pad (the directional button), like those (say) SonyE phone and then display another graphics to show that the button is being selected.
Design case example:
All icons are black-white. Using your directional button, it goes from one icon to another. The selected icon will have colour (depending on design), and pushing the 'action' button will make it launch the app.
Final thing, whats the difference between yours and the one mentioned at the other thread?
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The Difference is that the other one was in 12/24 hour format, it has no exit button, its 1Meg in size, it has some memory leaks that people complained about. Im sure mine has issues as well so please test and let me know.
I can possible make it work on the dialpad with different icons when they have focus. I just wanne make sure it wont eat too much memory and become to slow. Im not good with graphics at all so any suggestions will be appreciated
I was thinking of a config module, for easier? configuration.
interested?
Inphyy said:
I was thinking of a config module, for easier? configuration.
interested?
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Good Idea, Ill work on that unless you wanna make it? What do you mean by enabled, should it not show or should it be grayed out?
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Good Idea, Ill work on that unless you wanna make it? What do you mean by enabled, should it not show or should it be grayed out?
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I can try make it(i hope). Kinda newbie at programing, but i think i can make it work.
should i make it a seperate app and just make it change the config files?
think that would be the easiest, maybe.
Inphyy said:
I can try make it(i hope). Kinda newbie at programing, but i think i can make it work.
should i make it a seperate app and just make it change the config files?
think that would be the easiest, maybe.
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Yep write a new app if you want and access the config files it would be the easiest. Im also new at programming. What i know i taught myself so thats why its so difficult to do this. This app took my 8 hours to write and im sure someone else could have done it faster and better. Lemme know if you know how to get the Network operator name and Signal strength and battery level out of the registry. I know where they are stored but cant seem to read data from the registry
try this one: http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/show/4640/2/
dunno what you can make out of it, since im learning VB.NET atm and have no clue about C#
found something from a previous app i made for windows, here is some of the code i used, dunno how it's done in C# but im guessing it wouldnt be very different
Imports Microsoft.Win32
Dim RegKey As RegistryKey
Dim regSubKey As RegistryKey
RegKey = Registry.LocalMachine
regSubKey = RegKey.CreateSubKey("SOFTWARE\Example")
regSubKey.SetValue("ExampleDwordValue", "0")
i think i would have used
regSubKey.GetValue("ExampleValue")
in VB but you should just try to find it.
hope it helps you in some way.
Lightweight and fast is good. As what you're doing is basically possible with WA + WAD. BTW, as for the settings, you may want to have the (4 x 4) + (1 x 4) icon grid flexible, incase people want to have large icons (less stuff to launch?). An ayeFone alternatives design, take a look here
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2007/04/deeda_piphone_up_next.html
More at the official page
http://www.deeda.com/
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Good Idea, Ill work on that unless you wanna make it? What do you mean by enabled, should it not show or should it be grayed out?
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I was thinking of removing the whole icon if you dont want it
edit: removing as in hiding
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I got the signal strengt working as well as reading the operator name from the registry. The only help i need now is to get the battery level from somewhere withing the registry, ill update the zip files on th first post
sounds good with the provider and signal info, will test it right now.
the icons: since i just arrived home, i did not have any new icons yet. but for workaround reasons, i attached a zip-file with the original iphone-icons , and a zip-file with the alternative icons. i numbered them in the original-iphone-order and added an additional rss-icon (for the 16. field).
(i was not really shure why you choose these other icons in the release (where are they from?)), but the original icons worked just fine for me. the alternatives also.
a blurry picture with before-and-after (left->your release right-> the original icons) is also attached.
nicolas said:
sounds good with the provider and signal info, will test it right now.
the icons: since i just arrived home, i did not have any new icons yet. but for workaround reasons, i attached a zip-file with the original iphone-icons , and a zip-file with the alternative icons. i numbered them in the original-iphone-order and added an additional rss-icon (for the 16. field).
(i was not really shure why you choose these other icons in the release (where are they from?)), but the original icons worked just fine for me. the alternatives also.
a blurry picture with before-and-after (left->your release right-> the original icons) is also attached.
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I was just messing around to see if the autosizing will work, the icons you have look good so ill use them. I still need an .ico file for the actual app. Any Ideas? O i attached a screen capture app you can try so you dont have to take funny pics hehe
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I was just messing around to see if the autosizing will work, the icons you have look good so ill use them. I still need an .ico file for the actual app. Any Ideas? O i attached a screen capture app you can try so you dont have to take funny pics hehe
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roger that! and thanks for the screen-capture application.
i'll try to install it via parallels (a mac and a pocket pc is a disastreous combination )
one request: maybe you should use version-numbers by now. its hard to follow which iphone-zip-folder is the "up to date" one.
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roger that! and thanks for the screen-capture application.
i'll try to install it via parallels (a mac and a pocket pc is a disastreous combination )
one request: maybe you should use version-numbers by now. its hard to follow which iphone-zip-folder is the "up to date" one.
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Ok ive changed it version 0.91
Grumps said:
I got the signal strengt working as well as reading the operator name from the registry. The only help i need now is to get the battery level from somewhere withing the registry, ill update the zip files on th first post
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Tried using SNAPI?
Trying to remember but I think it was something like SystemState.GetValue(SystemProperty.PowerBatteryStrength).
Will test/check when I get home
*Edit* If you don't want to download the sn api then I think wm stores all state information in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\State (battery strength, display orientation, num missed calls, num new sms's etc) */Edit*
Erg, sorry, just noticed the "Visual Studio 2003" part now. SNAPI requires 2005 afaik. Gonna have to grab it from manually from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Status\Battery
ok just tried the latest release. could it be that other file-extensions then *.exe are not recognized?
i.e.: .tr3 or .lnk (i tried to access a tomeraider file and a link to my contacts - but no luck)
furthermore, german pathnames including umlaute ÄÖÜßöäü doesnt work
attachment: was in need for a quick wikipedi /wikimedia icon
does this one have the slide lock?
Link to the other Lock-file
Ok, I'm sure others have noticed this, but I just want to try and get to the bottom of this because I don't think anyone has gotten it right (Or so I think).
I know my way around Photoshop and all, so I figured I'd make my own home screens for my WM6 HTC Touch. What I found out is that normal images lose quality when I put them on the device. This has been the same with all the skins being made for Manilla 2D. I know because I compared a bunch of the images to the original skin images extracted from the Opal. So, what it comes down to is: How do these guys at Windows/HTC save their images, that's different from the way we're doing it? Anyone know? I'm sure SOMEone has figured this out.
You probably can't notice the difference in the green image, which was apparently taken from the Diamond and downsized; however, when it is on the device, it looks worse:
EDIT: Ok, so the issue HAS been resolved!
Here's what's up:
1. When you save images for your pocket PC, they DO have to be in a loss less format, such as .png or .bmp... This goes for Homescreen backgrounds as well, so when you save a picture off your phone camera, it'll be pixelation by default because they're usually in .jpeg format.
2. When you save images in Photoshop, in a format like .png. Save them as Interlaced images, or they'll come out crappy on the device.
3. If you are using the color overlay feature in Photoshop to, say, change the color of the image, There will be pixelation if there are any gradients in the picture. Most of the images in the Manilla 2D theme files have gradients, so almost all of them result in pixelation. What you have to do for those is: Zoom in and use the Blur tool (Smart Blur filter on larger images.) to smooth out the pixelation!
4. When you make Themes for Manilla 2D Customizer, and zip the file for the .m2dct format. Don't make the compression higher that normal. This MIGHT also cause some changes. Though, I haven't tested this.
Hope this works for other people, and if someone can contribute anything else, it would also be appreciated.
What do you mean?
If you are setting it as the wallpaper, make sure it is all the way transparent (not opaque).
And remember that the HTC Touch is QVGA, not VGA as the Diamond.
Haha, you misunderstood me. I know that the image is QVGA and I know how to set the wallpaper. This isn't about the opacity of the wallpaper. It's about the quality of the image. The image seems to become lower quality when it is set as a wallpaper. Heck, it becomes lower quality before even transferring it, I think. The same happens when you save it in a theme file for Manila 2d customizer. I'll give you an example of what I'm talking about:
When I simply open the above blue image in Photoshop and, without doing anything, just save it. The original size of the image is 23.9KB, but after resaving it, it is 17.8KB. Something was lost, don't you think?
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Haha, you misunderstood me. I know that the image is QVGA and I know how to set the wallpaper. This isn't about the opacity of the wallpaper. It's about the quality of the image. The image seems to become lower quality when it is set as a wallpaper. Heck, it becomes lower quality before even transferring it, I think. The same happens when you save it in a theme file for Manila 2d customizer. I'll give you an example of what I'm talking about:
When I simply open the above blue image in Photoshop and, without doing anything, just save it. The original size of the image is 23.9KB, but after resaving it, it is 17.8KB. Something was lost, don't you think?
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May be its compressed by photoshop. Compare both images using your eye
I concur. However I am using an Omnia with a M2D rom - so I thought it was just because it was the omnia being wqvga... but maybe its for a different reason...
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Haha, you misunderstood me. I know that the image is QVGA and I know how to set the wallpaper. This isn't about the opacity of the wallpaper. It's about the quality of the image. The image seems to become lower quality when it is set as a wallpaper. Heck, it becomes lower quality before even transferring it, I think. The same happens when you save it in a theme file for Manila 2d customizer. I'll give you an example of what I'm talking about:
When I simply open the above blue image in Photoshop and, without doing anything, just save it. The original size of the image is 23.9KB, but after resaving it, it is 17.8KB. Something was lost, don't you think?
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Don't forget that .jpg isn't a lossless format like .png or .bmp. EVERYtime you save a .jpg the quality will drop UNLESS you specifically tell Photoshop to keep it at 100% quality. Also you have to realize that the hardware on your phone isn't as powerful as the hardware on your pc so it makes sence that it wouldn't look exactly how it does on the pc.
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Don't forget that .jpg isn't a lossless format like .png or .bmp. EVERYtime you save a .jpg the quality will drop UNLESS you specifically tell Photoshop to keep it at 100% quality. Also you have to realize that the hardware on your phone isn't as powerful as the hardware on your pc so it makes sence that it wouldn't look exactly how it does on the pc.
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Well, the images are in .png format. : D
And it's not a matter of the pc having better hardware here, because the images from the original skin view just fine on the device.
The images seem fine on PC, but I noticed that Windows Vista's Image Viewer(Photo Gallery) views the image as our devices would view it. There's certain type of information in the image that our devices can't read, so the image quality is worse when you view them on there.
No ideas, eh?
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May be its compressed by photoshop. Compare both images using your eye
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Yup, i think it IS some sort of compression by Photoshop, but which software doesn't do this compression? THAT's what I'm trying to figure out here. I think this would help a bunch of us make better homescreens and skins. : D
What are your Color Managment settings in Photoshop?
stickfigure said:
Ok, I'm sure others have noticed this, but I just want to try and get to the bottom of this because I don't think anyone has gotten it right (Or so I think).
I know my way around Photoshop and all, so I figured I'd make my own home screens for my WM6 HTC Touch. What I found out is that normal images lose quality when I put them on the device. This has been the same with all the skins being made for Manilla 2D. I know because I compared a bunch of the images to the original skin images extracted from the Opal. So, what it comes down to is: How do these guys at Windows/HTC save their images, that's different from the way we're doing it? Anyone know? I'm sure SOMEone has figured this out.
You probably can't notice the difference in the green image, which was apparently taken from the Diamond and downsized; however, when it is on the device, it looks worse:
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same here with my blackstone:
when I display an image on abum application the pic looks great, but if I set it as wallpaper I clearly see quality loss, imho is a manila issue
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What are your Color Managment settings in Photoshop?
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My settings are for North American General Purpose 2 with RGB color mode.
OK, so i figured it out and shot myself in the head, because it was SO simple!
Check the first post for details...
stickfigure said:
OK, so i figured it out and shot myself in the head, because it was SO simple!
Check the first post for details...
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Sorry, I'm confused. What's the problem, and what did you figure out as the solution?
Yup, I found the solution. Refer to post #1 for the problem and the solution.
stickfigure said:
Yup, I found the solution. Refer to post #1 for the problem and the solution.
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I understand now. I guess you were still editing the first post when I read to look there.
I thought you were possibly having a problem rendering gradients in 24 bit images on the 16 bit display. This appears to be a different issue, though. Are you sure that interlacing the images helps?
well, i tried it myself by making a theme out of it, and it worked.
Hey,
my questions:
1. I love Evernote app but I just hate the fact it's just online app!
Do we have any comparable normal, offline application??
2. One thing I deeply miss on my X1 comparing to P1 also by SE,
is advanced photo/picture editor on the phone.
Do we have it available?? With working on contrast and effects....
Grateful for any replies....
Try XnView to work a little bit with your pictures.
de Wolfe said:
Try XnView to work a little bit with your pictures.
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Lol indeed great thanks!!!
Almost perfect app. The only missing feature is writting on picture...
Anyway great application and has a great features to enhance pictures! Almost full profi!!!
there is also the ms office app
which you get a free windows mobile version
off if you have the pc office version which
include onenote
tough personally I'm trying to move away from ms office
on my pc
Ach yes indeed,
I do have a One Note on my X1..
But it doesn't allow writing ON the picture........
de Wolfe said:
Try XnView to work a little bit with your pictures.
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Heh,
deWolfe
did you actually manage to save any changes?
I can't seem to be able to save ANY changes made to the picture.
After choosing to submit any changes the picture comes back to it's original state.
Are there any tips to do that?
You have to choose one picture, then change what you want and then you have to click "set" (don't know if it is really "set" because I'm working with the German version; if not something similar). Then the programm saves automatically a copy of the edited pic with all changes. You should just click really through all the options-dialogues and see what you can do there
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You have to choose one picture, then change what you want and then you have to click "set" (don't know if it is really "set" because I'm working with the German version; if not something similar). Then the programm saves automatically a copy of the edited pic with all changes. You should just click really through all the options-dialogues and see what you can do there
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Actually i did so ;-) and couldn't save it.
Anyway I will check it again, the app promises alot!
Ok, I got it to work!
It saves the picture when you choose to submit/set it on the second page,
where the first is the options like contrast etc,
and the second is the file type/quality choice.
Thanks again.
The app works quite nice. Can do enough with the pictures to really enhance it or completely remake it graphically.
Almost like a PC app!
Yo,
Anyone got a cab that edits the 'People Favorites' tab to be 4x5 or maybe even 5x5 rather than the standard 3x5?
Sorry if this is on the forum somewhere already... I have been searching through the forum and google for something to do this for the last 2 days but can't find anything on either. This is me giving up my search and hoping for one of you good people to help me out here :-D
Cheers
Timmzy89 said:
Yo,
Anyone got a cab that edits the 'People Favorites' tab to be 4x5 or maybe even 5x5 rather than the standard 3x5?
Sorry if this is on the forum somewhere already... I have been searching through the forum and google for something to do this for the last 2 days but can't find anything on either. This is me giving up my search and hoping for one of you good people to help me out here :-D
Cheers
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i also looking for something that.....
one more...here..
and maybe is there any way to increase thumb image resolution?
Spirit81 said:
one more...here..
and maybe is there any way to increase thumb image resolution?
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The image resolution has been already discussed... and solved. Try to search this forum. Basically, you need to put the images on your Leo (SD card, if you wish), because the import from Outlook is low res.
I am looking for that tweak too
About photo quality...I have photos on sd card and the quality after seelcting the photo for contact is the same
I have my pictures through Facebook and can't complain about res. Does no one know of a tweak for this? If not, anyone fancy making one? i would but really don't have the know how of where to even start let alone do it...
I think that it doesnt matter how you add photo to the contact, because on the computer the contact photos are in good quality, it is just how the phone shows them in people tab and when someone calls you...
I guess it is something about photo resizing and all these stuff which are involved in raster photos, sampling, resizing....I guess that phone doesnt know to do it better...
yes gimme that 5x5 contact tweek too
there are tweeks for 20x directlinks on homepage, and for 6-Row Icons on start menü page
but no for contacts =/
wy
NoSecks said:
yes gimme that 5x5 contact tweek too
there are tweeks for 20x directlinks on homepage, and for 6-Row Icons on start menü page
but no for contacts =/
wy
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6-row start menu?
Where did you see that...link please
Bence said:
6-row start menu?
Where did you see that...link please
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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JBL2GXWZ
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still want to get moa rows at fav. contacts tab =(((
i dont know if this has been posted but i did a quick search and didnt find anything.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Software
HTC
camera
general--macrmode 1 to enable
tsalate said:
i dont know if this has been posted but i did a quick search and didnt find anything.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Software
HTC
camera
general--macrmode 1 to enable
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Any chance we can get this in cab form?! I am not comfortable messing with my reg!
toreone said:
Any chance we can get this in cab form?! I am not comfortable messing with my reg!
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that would be great if someone could do that but i dont know anything about making cabs.
if anyone can please do, thanks.
Have you seen this web site for making cabs
Wil Badger said:
Have you seen this web site for making cabs
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thanks Wil!
Does this actually do anything? do you have any pics to upload?
I did the reg edit tsalate listed above, and I don't see any new options in the camera menus, and it doesn't seem to focus any different in regular mode...so I'm not sure if there's something else needed for it to work or take effect...?
i dont have any pics to upload at the moment im out of town. but after i did this i get better images when im taking pics really close up.
tsalate said:
i dont have any pics to upload at the moment im out of town. but after i did this i get better images when im taking pics really close up.
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Cool..I didn't do any hard testing, I'll try some A-B comparisons and post what I find.
Thanks again for the find though tsalate, we do appreciate you sharing it!
i just did the same registry edit did'nt notice a difference although it did seem easier to focus up close, idk it that could've just been me though :/ would appreciate your side by side comparisons when you get a chance sirphunkee and i'll to do the same whats the best settings for shooting in macro?
I will deffinately give it a shot )))
You know what is weird.... I tried shooting some video really up close - it focused fine from an inch away. I shot it, stored it and once I tried the same routine it didn't focus that close anymore. Restarted the Camcorder and everything was fine, but after the first try it always messed up the focus thing? Anyone had the same issue.....?