Ikarus suggested we start a new thread with our customized themes and questions on theming, so I thought I would post my current to start it off.
Theme includes the segoe ui font. Ikarus said he would assist in this thread as time permits for him, otherwise anyone with BS experience can jump in and assist anyone with problems.
If you don't know what the excellent Battery Status is, check out here
Here is the online-manual for customization, which is linked in the first post of BS-Thread too.
Yet another clock theme
Here's a clean and simple theme i made for my wizard. Not all meters can be shown, since i made icons for only the ones i use (no operator info, no AM/PM indicator for 12h clock, maybe something else is not implemented).
Includes icons for tray launcher - BT on/off, WiFi on/off, Phone on/off, rotate screen, disable screen and lock device.
With Ecqlipse 2 icons used for Touch commander and ppcProfiles Pro with modified tray icons and profile selection menu to match the overall look (done with ResourceHacker since ppcProfiles has no skinning option) it makes quite a good impression
Works best with HTC Touch Today screen theme, or other dark backgrounds.
Enjoy.
mr_deimos said:
Here's a clean and simple theme i made for my wizard. Not all meters can be shown, since i made icons for only the ones i use (no operator info, no AM/PM indicator for 12h clock, maybe something else is not implemented).
Includes icons for tray launcher - BT on/off, WiFi on/off, Phone on/off, rotate screen, disable screen and lock device.
With Ecqlipse 2 icons used for Touch commander and ppcProfiles Pro with modified tray icons and profile selection menu to match the overall look (done with ResourceHacker since ppcProfiles has no skinning option) it makes quite a good impression
Works best with HTC Touch Today screen theme, or other dark backgrounds.
Enjoy.
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Nice job Mr_Deimos, looks great with a dark theme.
great job thank you
All the themes will be moved here this weekend
maybe interesting for theme-makers..
Eyecandy for KDE
Many sets of images in png-format.. maybe useful for making themes
Just started using this program and love it.
I actually got rid of Ilauncher since all I was using it for was the meters.
Keep those themes coming
TKS
Hi ikarus,
- How do you add the class="start_app" in the class "date" or the class "cpu_utilization" ?
I tried <Item class="date" ontap="\Windows\Calendar.exe" > but it doesn't work.
- How do change the icons for class="battery_ac_icons" ?
- Sorry to ask : where can I find the manual with all the tags ?
- Something strange : if the view with the CPU load is not active, the CPU load is not displayed in the taskbar. If the view is active and BS is minimized, the CPU load is still displayed in the taskbar.
- I believe the skin setup should override the option setup : if the option is set, the CPU frequency is bold, even with :
<Item class="cpuspeed" >
<label fontfamily="Tahoma" fontsize="12" bold="0" />
</Item>
- When trying to display the CPU utilization below the icon, using :
<Item class="cpu_utilization" ontap="CtlPnl" index="4" subindex="2" >
<image src="CPU.png" width="12" top="2" left="10" />
<label fontfamily="Tahoma" fontsize="12" width="40" top="7" left="-25" align="center" />
</Item>
Only the label area below the icon is refreshed (12 pixels) instead of the whole area (40 pixels).
Thanks again for this great apps.
Kind regards,
Herunim
Themes
Theme by Nostramo. Many Thanks to Nostramo for his great work!!!
Download -> see attachement
ClockTheme by RedUsr:
Download -> 4pda.ru
Theme by banan4ik -> internal Link
Minimalistic theme by utak3r --> Download
Example for application launcher:
Code:
<Row seperator="1" >
<View height="20" itemselect="1" >
<Item class="space" >
<image left="-25" src="rotate.bmp" transparent="020202" />
</Item>
<Item class="start_app" onhold="StartApp" path="\Windows\fexplore.exe" path1="\Windows\solitare.exe" />
<Item class="start_app" path="\Windows\BubbleBreaker.exe" />
<Item class="start_app" path="\Windows\solitare.exe" />
<Item class="start_app" path="\Windows\pword.exe" />
<Item class="start_app" path="\Windows\iexplore.exe" />
<Item class="start_app" path="\Windows\Calc.exe" />
</View>
<View height="38" itemselect="1" >
<Item class="space" >
<image left="-25" src="rotate.bmp" transparent="020202" />
</Item>
<Item class="start_app" path="\Windows\Calc.exe" />
<Item class="start_app" onhold="StartApp" path="\Windows\fexplore.exe" path1="\Windows\solitare.exe" />
<Item class="start_app" path="\Windows\iexplore.exe" >
<image smallicon="1" />
</Item>
<Item class="start_app" path="\Windows\ppt.exe" />
<Item class="start_app" path="\Windows\pword.exe" />
<Item class="start_app" path="\Windows\solitare.exe" />
</View>
<View height="62" absolute="2" itemselect="1" >
<Item class="space" absolute="0" >
<image left="-25" src="rotate.bmp" transparent="020202" />
</Item>
<Item class="start_app" title="Calc" path="\Windows\Calc.exe" >
<image top="1" left="25" />
<label width="40" top="36" valign="top" align="center" left="-2" fontsize="-3" />
</Item>
<Item class="start_app" title="File Explore" path="\Windows\fexplore.exe" >
<image top="1" left="65" />
<label width="40" top="34" valign="top" align="center" left="-4" format="wordbreak" fontsize="-3" />
</Item>
<Item class="start_app" title="Internet Explore" path="\Windows\iexplore.exe" >
<image top="1" left="105" />
<label width="40" top="36" valign="top" align="center" left="-2" format="wordbreak" fontsize="-3" />
</Item>
<Item class="start_app" title="Power Point" path="\Windows\ppt.exe" >
<image top="1" left="145" />
<label width="40" top="36" valign="top" align="center" left="-2" format="wordbreak" fontsize="-3" />
</Item>
<Item class="start_app" title="Solitare" path="\Windows\solitare.exe" >
<image top="1" left="185" />
<label width="40" top="36" valign="top" align="center" left="-2" fontsize="-3" />
</Item>
</View>
<View height="112" itemselect="1" multi="1" >
<Item class="space" >
<image left="-25" src="rotate.bmp" transparent="020202" />
</Item>
<Item class="start_app" title=" Calculator" path="\Windows\Calc.exe" >
<image top="1" />
<label width="180" bold="1" valign="top" top="10"/>
</Item>
<Item class="start_app" onhold="StartApp" title=" File Explorer" path="\Windows\fexplore.exe" path1="\Windows\solitare.exe" >
<image left="-216" top="38" />
<label width="180" bold="1" top="46" valign="top" />
</Item>
<Item class="start_app" title=" Internet Explorer" path="\Windows\iexplore.exe" >
<image left="-216" top="76"/>
<label width="180" bold="1" top="84" valign="top" />
</Item>
</View>
<View height="112" itemselect="1" multi="1" >
<Item class="space" absolute="1" >
<image src="rotate.bmp" transparent="020202" />
</Item>
<Item class="start_app" absolute="1" title=" Calculator" path="\Windows\Calc.exe" >
<image left="25" top="1" />
<label width="180" bold="1" valign="top" top="10"/>
</Item>
<Item class="start_app" onhold="StartApp" absolute="1" title=" öFile Explorer" path="\Windows\fexplore.exe" path1="\Windows\solitare.exe" >
<image left="25" top="38" />
<label width="180" bold="1" top="46" valign="top" />
</Item>
<Item class="start_app" absolute="1" title=" Internet Explorer" path="\Windows\iexplore.exe" >
<image left="25" top="76"/>
<label width="180" bold="1" top="84" valign="top" />
</Item>
</View>
</Row>
Example for Clock with seconds:
Code:
<View height="58">
<Item class="clock_digit" >
<image left="-18" resize="85" />
</Item>
<Item class="clock_digit" />
<Item class="clock_seperator" >
<image top="8" />
</Item>
<Item class="clock_digit" />
<Item class="clock_digit" />
<Item class="clock_seconds_sep" >
<image resize="50" top="25" />
</Item>
<Item class="clock_seconds" >
<image top="22" />
</Item>
<Item class="clock_seconds" >
<image top="22" />
</Item>
<Item class="clock_alarm" ontap="CtlPnl" index="16" subindex="2">
<image left="-43" top="4" />
</Item>
<Item class="clock_apm" >
<image left="4" top="2" />
</Item>
</View>
Themes 1
THEMES !!!!!
Theme from banan4ik, modified/fixed miniBS by utak3r --> Download
nothinpack_xo1BSTheme by nothin --> Download
SkinBS_Tiggerbcn --> Download
mini theme by nihil0 --> Download
Themes 2
Mini Theme by nihil0
--> Download
HTC Home style by tzm0510
--> Download
Hello Herunim,
Herunim said:
- Sorry to ask : where can I find the manual with all the tags ?
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online-manual for customization, which is linked in the first post of BS-Thread too.
Shall i make the fontsize in first thread bigger?
Basically i don't like to emphasize so much, because it irritates more then..
Herunim said:
- How do you add the class="start_app" in the class "date" or the class "cpu_utilization" ?
I tried <Item class="date" ontap="\Windows\Calendar.exe" > but it doesn't work.
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you have to use ontap="StartApp", which specifies the action to do.
btw. the class="start_app" implicitly makes use of ontap="StartApp"..
After that you can supply the parameters for that action (see manual) e.g. path="\Windows\Calendar.exe"
Don't you've seen the example for AppLauncher at first page of BS-Thread?
Anything you need is used in the example...
btw. i've just moved it to first page of this thread.
Herunim said:
- How do change the icons for class="battery_ac_icons" ?
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there are a lot of methods, e.g.
- replace the bitmaps for that icons (copy the resources from default-folder to your desktop-computer and check which ones to change)
- use two <image src="..."... > for the images, where you can use png/bmp/gif/jpeg..
Herunim said:
- Something strange : if the view with the CPU load is not active, the CPU load is not displayed in the taskbar. If the view is active and BS is minimized, the CPU load is still displayed in the taskbar.
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It's by design. The taskbar-indicator is primarily for showing the cpuspeed.
If no cpu-utilization reading is on today-screen (and cpuscaler is disabled), then there's no need to hold the resources for cpu-utilization. Any resources for cpu-utilization will then be released.
Herunim said:
- I believe the skin setup should override the option setup : if the option is set, the CPU frequency is bold, even with :
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search for toggleBoldFont-Attribute in the online-manual
Herunim said:
- When trying to display the CPU utilization below the icon, using :
<Item class="cpu_utilization" ontap="CtlPnl" index="4" subindex="2" >
<image src="CPU.png" width="12" top="2" left="10" />
<label fontfamily="Tahoma" fontsize="12" width="40" top="7" left="-25" align="center" />
</Item>
Only the label area below the icon is refreshed (12 pixels) instead of the whole area (40 pixels).
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I will check this as soon as possible, but i don't know when...
Nevertheless, thanks for reporting your observation
Hi ikarus,
The download link for "HTC Home style by tzm0510" in post #10 seems to be incorrect?
Hi ikarus,
Thank you for your answers.
I'm still having troubles with the battery icons:
<Item type="icon" class="battery_ac_icons" ontap="CtlPnl" index="3" >
<image src="OnBatt.png" />
<image src="OnAC.png" />
</Item>
doesn't work.
It seems that path with accents are not correctly handled. Using:
<Item class="cpu_utilization" ontap="StartApp" path="\Windows\Menu Démarrer\Task Manager.lnk" >
<image src="CPU.png" width="20" top="2" left="10" />
<label fontfamily="Tahoma" fontsize="12" width="20" top="7" left="-20" align="center" />
</Item>
makes BS revert to the default theme.
Kind regards,
Herunim
Hi,
I had this code in my xml. The date and clock is showing fine but the alarmon image is always showing even when alarm is set to off.
Anybody knows how to make it work?
Thannks!
Edit : Another question...what does absolute parameter do?
Code:
<Row>
<View height="14">
<Item class="date" ontap="CtlPnl" index="16">
<label text="dddd, dd MMMM yyyy" bold="1" fontsize="12" left="-28" top="2" align="center" />
</Item>
</View>
</Row>
<Row seperator="1" >
<View height="50">
<Item class="clock" ontap="CtlPnl" index="16">
<label text="HH':'mm':'ss" fontsize="40" left="-28" top="2" width="240" align="center" fontfamily="Alien Encounters" />
</Item>
<Item class="clock_alarm" ontap="CtlPnl" index="16" >
<image top="6" left="-22" />
</Item>
</View>
</Row>
From what i've seen, the alarm icon works only if you use png image-based clock. I think it was mentioned somewhere that it won't work with a label class based clock.
Try getting digit files (0.png - 9.png, separator.png and empty.png") and clock code from any of the themes using png clocks to confirm if it is in fact the case.
d8302530 said:
The download link for "HTC Home style by tzm0510" in post #10 seems to be incorrect?
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oh, okay. thanks for report.. i will delete it. Actually i don't have a more recent link.
Herunim said:
I'm still having troubles with the battery icons:
<Item type="icon" class="battery_ac_icons" ontap="CtlPnl" index="3" >
<image src="OnBatt.png" />
<image src="OnAC.png" />
</Item>
doesn't work
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could you attach your xml and the images for battery_ac_icons?
Herunim said:
It seems that path with accents are not correctly handled. Using:
...
makes BS revert to the default theme.
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it's mentioned in the online-manual, but i don't know whether it works with accents.
You must load the xml on your PC with wordpad and "save as" "Unicode-document".
It's defaulted to ansi-encoding which is good for english. Even german users should do it btw...
whysolate said:
I had this code in my xml. The date and clock is showing fine but the alarmon image is always showing even when alarm is set to off.
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This will NOT WORK yet.
alarmon is part of digit_clock-component and does not work without the digit_clock. I don't know when, but maybe next year i have more time to make it work..
whysolate said:
Edit : Another question...what does absolute parameter do?
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check the online-manual
Hey Ikarus,
Is there anyway that using "ontap" for a row, we can toggle the view of the next row (right now, for next row action, I can only find "ToggleNextRow" which enables or hides the next row. I was looking for something similar to ToggleView, i.e., ToggleNextRowView)..
build 0264 - 22/12/2007:
- fixed: png allowed for battery_ac_icons
- removed: version-attribute from Window, version < 1 not supported any longer
- added: <Window ... custombg="0" > for using default-system-theme-background
- added: for RegistryTracker,
<image src="filename%d.png"...> respectively <image src="filename%s.ext"...>
for using images depending on registry-value
if a value is not covered by an image, then filename-1.ext (dword) or filename_empty.ext (string) will be used
- added: Mask to apply to registry-value (dword)
e.g. <label text="%d" mask="0xFF" >...
Herunim said:
I'm still having troubles with the battery icons:
<Item type="icon" class="battery_ac_icons" ontap="CtlPnl" index="3" >
<image src="OnBatt.png" />
<image src="OnAC.png" />
</Item>
doesn't work.
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fixed in build 0264.
shantzg001 said:
Hey Ikarus,
Is there anyway that using "ontap" for a row, we can toggle the view of the next row (right now, for next row action, I can only find "ToggleNextRow" which enables or hides the next row. I was looking for something similar to ToggleView, i.e., ToggleNextRowView)..
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hello shantzg, there's no way yet. Do you mean to switch the view or open a certain view?
ikarus, i meant open a certain view. Actually, I thought that if we have this feature we can have a "full-fledged" app launcher with BS. In one row, we can have 3-4 items that work as "tabs", and next row contains launcher icons. So, whenever we click on a tab, it switches the view of the next row accordingly so we see the corresponding icons.
Ikarus said that i have to post my problem here...
Here it is:
Screen1 = my Today-Screen
Screen2 = view 2 of BS in my Today-screen
It takes the red marked Field in Screen4 to open the tasks. When I tap onto the Tasks ("7 aktive Aufgaben") it switches to View 1.
Is there something wrong?
And my Problem 2: the green marked Field (in Screen3 and Screen4) doesnt change anything... it should change the views, but it doesnt change...
Please help me. Thanks you!
Anyone know if its possible to pull the number of unread stories in rss hub from the registry?
Im working on modding a battery status skin to my own needs, replacing the mms icon and counter with an rss icon and counter, just cant find out how i can pull this in.
Rss hub has a today screen plugin (which is a bit ugly) but id assume it stores it in the reg somewhere.
Any help would be great.
Not to worry, just found it at HKCU\Software\Ilium Software\Rss Hub\NewsItemsCount
however my mod just seems to break it, anyone here good with batterystatus?
Original xml file.
<Item class="registry_tracker" ontap="InboxMms">
<image src="MMS%d.png" left="0" />
<label text="%d" suppress0="1" fontsize="+3" bold="1" color="ffffff" left="-28" width="30" align="center">
<registry key_value="HKCU\System\State\Messages\mms\Unread\Count" />
</label>
</Item>
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and then my version
<Item class="registry_tracker" ontap="InboxMms">
<image src="rss%d.png" left="0" />
<label text="%d" suppress0="1" fontsize="+3" bold="1" color="ffffff" left="-28" width="30" align="center">
<registry key_value="HKCU\Software\Ilium Software\RSS Hub\NewsItemsCount" />
</label>
</Item>
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i have created the relevant rss0 and rss-1 graphics same as the mms but when i load my version of the mod that icon or where the mms icon would be is gone completely and the two other icons get shunted to the left in its place, but it does seem to be there because if i click to the right of the first icon it loads the "inboxmms" which i havent changed yet, that will ultimately need to be linked to rsshub.
Hope all this makes sense.
There's a BS dedicated thread here.
Hello,
I don´t like, that sms app gives me only two rows for writing sms and the whole screen is covered by sms chat history.
Is there a way to tweak this and have more space ? (3 or 4 rows?)
thanks for helping me!
Prolly not the solution you were hoping for, but you could always turn off threaded messages with HD Tweak,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452505&highlight=HD+Tweak
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Yeah, I know this, but thanks anyway.
Here is howto:
1. Open Total Commander
2. Browse to the "Windows" folder
3. Find the file: thread_sms.htm
4. Press to edit with the little notebook below from Total Commander
You will see this HTML code:
Code:
<html XMLNS:Inbox>
<head>
<object id="HTMLFormFactory" CLASSID="clsid:29d48cf7-ed6a-4a9d-a17a-ae9115c07a90" />
<?IMPORT NAMESPACE="Inbox" IMPLEMENTATION="#HTMLFormFactory" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="file://\windows\thread_style.css" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<Inbox:ThreadIFrame>
<Inbox:content id="THREADIFRAME" links />
</Inbox:ThreadIFrame>
<div id="threadbottom">
<hr class="divider" size="1" />
<Inbox:ComposeBodyCount>
<Inbox:content ID="COMPOSEBODYCOUNT" format="%1!d!/%2!d!%4 (%3!d! messages)" title />
</Inbox:ComposeBodyCount>
<Inbox:ComposeSubject class="sms">
<Inbox:content id="COMPOSESUBJECT" width="98%" height=35 spell focus count links noclearonbackpresshold limit=0 autocap inserttab scroll />
</Inbox:ComposeSubject>
</div>
</body>
</html>
go and find:
<Inbox:content id="COMPOSESUBJECT" width="98%" height=35 spell focus count links noclearonbackpresshold limit=0 autocap inserttab scroll />
Replace the height "35" with "90"
Like so:
height=35 to height=90
*You can put the value as much as you want really....just see 35 as 2 text lines*
Hit save and softreset. And There you go. Space.......
Fallen Spartan said:
Here is howto:
1. Open Total Commander
2. Browse to the "Windows" folder
3. Find the file: thread_sms.htm
4. Press to edit with the little notebook below from Total Commander
You will see this HTML code:
Code:
<html XMLNS:Inbox>
<head>
<object id="HTMLFormFactory" CLASSID="clsid:29d48cf7-ed6a-4a9d-a17a-ae9115c07a90" />
<?IMPORT NAMESPACE="Inbox" IMPLEMENTATION="#HTMLFormFactory" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="file://\windows\thread_style.css" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<Inbox:ThreadIFrame>
<Inbox:content id="THREADIFRAME" links />
</Inbox:ThreadIFrame>
<div id="threadbottom">
<hr class="divider" size="1" />
<Inbox:ComposeBodyCount>
<Inbox:content ID="COMPOSEBODYCOUNT" format="%1!d!/%2!d!%4 (%3!d! messages)" title />
</Inbox:ComposeBodyCount>
<Inbox:ComposeSubject class="sms">
<Inbox:content id="COMPOSESUBJECT" width="98%" height=35 spell focus count links noclearonbackpresshold limit=0 autocap inserttab scroll />
</Inbox:ComposeSubject>
</div>
</body>
</html>
go and find:
<Inbox:content id="COMPOSESUBJECT" width="98%" height=35 spell focus count links noclearonbackpresshold limit=0 autocap inserttab scroll />
Replace the height "35" with "90"
Like so:
height=35 to height=90
*You can put the value as much as you want really....just see 35 as 2 text lines*
Hit save and softreset. And There you go. Space.......
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it works fine! great!!! thank you for this solutions!!!!
Thanks for the tip.
Works fine.
Thanks, I was looking for this solution!
Fallen Spartan said:
Here is howto:
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Hit save and softreset. And There you go. Space.......
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Great! - I've added it to the WIki.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BlackstoneFAQ#SMS
Thankyou, thats one niggle sorted
Mick
It Does Work but one Question
I first tried using this tweak by copying the thread_Sms.htm file to the storage card, modifying the file as instructed and then copied over the original file in the windows directory and this did not work. Opening a threaded SMS did not work. Fortunately saved a backup copy on the phone. Copied it back and then threaded SMS would open. I then followed the instructions above very carefully and modified the file in the windows directory (had to change it first from read only attribute). Now the tweak works perfectly, actually set space to "120".
Curious, why does this only work if you edit the file directly in the windows directory.
Tip to everyone else, save a backup of the original file on your phone and edit it in the Windows directory.
When you copied it back to the windows directory did you do so with Total Commander?
Another tip is don't go too large when setting the space if you're planning to go to Landscape mode. Anything above 70 and you'll lose the the upper window.
Kangburra said:
When you copied it back to the windows directory did you do so with Total Commander?
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I copied it back via the explorer function in Pocket Controller.
+1 this is just what I wanted.. 70 works fine to ensure it fits nicely in landscape too!
Thanks!!
Change max char count for SMS
Hi all,
In the same line of thought, does anyone here know how to change the max char count for outbound SMS?
Most of western carriers are allowing 160 char, hence your phone will automatically split your SMS if they are too long and the destination phone (if recent enough) will combine them again together. Still on your bill, this counts as more than one SMS out.
I've read other people here have tried to change that limit, or send longer SMS over GPRS instead of GSM, but if your carrier does not allow it, it simply does not work. None seem to be a stable solution.
Now the thing is that in Asia, countries using double-byte character sets, like China, allow up to 400+ english char in 1 SMS (that is 400+ Bytes). Phones you'll buy here will allow that much. However, I bought my Touch HD in France and it will by itself split my SMS every 160 char (or even 70 chars if I use Chinese - and don't ask me why it's not 80).
> Does anyone have an idea whether this can be tweaked? I'm not too keen on flashing my phone to a chinese rom just for that...
thx.
Fallen Spartan said:
...Replace the height "35" with "90"...
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This is awesome. Thanks"
I tried this using Total Comander, set the value to 70 and saved the file.
Now, if I try to reply to an SMS I receive an error message "The message cannot be signed and/or encrypted".
Even after changing the value back to 35 I still get the same error.
Appreciate any advice how to recover - thanks.
iihughes said:
I tried this using Total Comander, set the value to 70 and saved the file.
Now, if I try to reply to an SMS I receive an error message "The message cannot be signed and/or encrypted".
Even after changing the value back to 35 I still get the same error.
Appreciate any advice how to recover - thanks.
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Did you soft-reset?
Thanks for your reply. Yes, soft reset done after making the change and again after reverting to original value.
Next time I'll back up the file BEFORE making a change!
Is this tweak possible to do in regedit??
When I go to view a video from a webpage or a news app I am always presented with a list of potential players (some of which I don't even have). I check the little box at the bottom of the list that says "always use this" or whatever, and then select RockPlayer. It all works fine but the Nook doesn't seem to remember this choice. It asks each time. Very annoying.
Does anyone know where this default app information is stored? A database file I could look at perhaps? Maybe something is not being set properly. I've made other default selections for other situations and they seem to take. Or maybe it's a RockPlayer issue?
<preferred-activities> inside /data/system/packages.xml
Always in the last place I look
So... this is what is there, but it's repeated over and over (and over--like for every time I've done it):
Code:
<preferred-activities>
<item name="com.redirectin.rockplayer.android.unified/com.redirectin.rockplayer.android.OpenRockPlayerActivity" match="600000" set="5">
<set name="com.estrongs.android.pop/.app.BrowserDownloaderActivity" />
<set name="com.estrongs.android.pop/.app.PopVideoPlayerProxyActivity" />
<set name="com.opera.browser/com.opera.Opera" />
<set name="com.alensw.PicFolder/.StreamingActivity" />
<set name="com.redirectin.rockplayer.android.unified/com.redirectin.rockplayer.android.OpenRockPlayerActivity" />
<filter>
<action name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<cat name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<type name="video/mp4" />
</filter>
</item>
I don't see the BBC News app mentioned in a similar vein, but it behaves in exactly the same way. Nothing in the code above jumps out at me as a novice, but the fact that there are many, many entries in the file all the same does not seem good.
Ideas?
Well, the easiest solution is to just gut the preferred-activities:
Code:
<preferred-activities>
</preferred-activities>
Your Nook may ask you once about a few intents, but that should be it.
It's possible that packages.xml got corrupted.
Also, depending on how a file gets opened there may be different filters for mimetype vs. path filters.
If you are still having problems, narrow it down to exactly how you are trying to open the file.
Use logcat and see what intent generates the picker dialog.
I'm sick of the default save location "in phone" as it doesn't sync with google (learned it the hard way and i always forget to choose google when i'm adding new ones) so today i decompiled the LGContacts.apk with apk studio and under /res/xml/ i found contacts_settings.xml with code looking like this:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<profiles>
<profile>
<siminfo operator="TMO" country="AT" mcc="232" mnc="03" />
<item name="NEW_CONTACT_DEFAULT">In Phone Memory</item>
<item name="DEFAULT_DISPLAY">Phone and USIM</item>
</profile>
<profile>
<siminfo operator="TRA" country="AT" mcc="232" mnc="07" />
<item name="NEW_CONTACT_DEFAULT">In Phone Memory</item>
<item name="DEFAULT_DISPLAY">Phone and USIM</item>
</profile>
<profile>
<siminfo operator="A1" country="AT" mcc="232" mnc="01" />
<item name="NEW_CONTACT_DEFAULT">In Phone Memory</item>
<item name="DEFAULT_DISPLAY">Phone and USIM</item>
</profile>
<profile>
<siminfo operator="ORG" country="AT" mcc="232" mnc="05" />
<item name="NEW_CONTACT_DEFAULT">In Phone Memory</item>
<item name="DEFAULT_DISPLAY">Phone and USIM</item>
</profile>
First of all i should say that i'm new to this stuff...
Thats just a small part of it, but it seems like depending on which country and carrier you have lg decides where you should save your contacts by default, and all of them are set to phone memory.... If i'm right this is really stupid!! Why would they override something like that??
Now i guess i could just replace "in phone memory" with google account but i dont know the right term for it. I tried google, google accoumt and gmail as long shots but it didn't work. Can someone help me please?? Of course it's under /system/priv-apps/LGContacts.apk
Thanks
No one?
chripopper said:
No one?
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Have tried a bunch of editing in that file now with no avail...