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Full (non transparent) background.. is this possible?

I have a custom background image on my windows mobile 6 and it comes in slightly transparent. Its like WM6 lightened it up or something automatically. Is there an option where I can turn this off to make the image show up in its original full color?
Thanks in advance.

Quickest way to do that, in my experience, is to open the image you want in the picture viewer and then select "set as background" (or something like that) from the menu. This gives you the option to set the transparency. If at 0% it will show the full image.
For some strange reason WM always sets the background to half transparent when you use the today screen setup to select a background, making it look very milky and mostly ugly. Don't really know why you can't change the transparency from there.
You could also make your own theme but that might be a little overkill for just a background.

Got it! Thanks!

Ok, Got a quick questions here figured i wouldnt post a new thread, i figured out how to set as background but theres no option to apply, if you hit OK in the top right it nevers sets it as the background, any ideas??
Thanks!

supercobaltss said:
Ok, Got a quick questions here figured i wouldnt post a new thread, i figured out how to set as background but theres no option to apply, if you hit OK in the top right it nevers sets it as the background, any ideas??
Thanks!
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If you view the pic with picture viewer then right softkey for menu, there is a set as background option.

I seen that but when you hit that button it opens you can set the transparency, But then if you Hit OK in the top right corner it does absolutely nothing to change the background..... any ideas

supercobaltss said:
I seen that but when you hit that button it opens you can set the transparency, But then if you Hit OK in the top right corner it does absolutely nothing to change the background..... any ideas
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Ive never had that problem. After setting the transperency it always sets it as the background. I would say its file type problem. Are you using a gif or jpeg?

jpeg i can post a screen shot if need be

supercobaltss said:
I seen that but when you hit that button it opens you can set the transparency, But then if you Hit OK in the top right corner it does absolutely nothing to change the background..... any ideas
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Instead of hitting the ok in the top right corner, hit ok on the key that says ok underneath the right soft key.
Let me know if that works.

hey Whataya Know it worked haha, Thanks!!!!!!!! I really appreciate it, I shoulda thought of that lol

supercobaltss said:
hey Whataya Know it worked haha, Thanks!!!!!!!! I really appreciate it, I shoulda thought of that lol
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Wow......never thought someone would mix those up. GOOD CALL. The ok on the top of the screen is basically a X. Always use the menu keys at the bottom.

i figured that but instead of it having a X in the top right this time it was just an ok so i figured it was the apply button but haha i guess not

[APP] Confetti v.1.0

When you have to sketch something quickly without the need for fancy features, this small application is fit for the task. All the application does is to display a full screen white page for you to draw on. The down button will erase the doodle and the center button will close the application. This application weights under 50kb and was designed to give me a paper to draw what I’m trying to picture something.
Download Confetti v.1.0 (.cab file)
PRESS THE CENTER BUTTON ON THE D-PAD TO EXIT!

thanks man !
any screen shot ?

Does it save the file?

nice little tool. i've posted it HERE with a screenshot

nice!
but how to exit the application?

chriscsh said:
nice!
but how to exit the application?
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i just clicked on my dpad to exit

chriscsh said:
nice!
but how to exit the application?
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Says center button closes.

why'd you name it confetti? Shouldn't it be like Graffiti?
cool app tho

this is wonderful. very useful for me as i draw graphs to understand stuff in uni all the time.. and for writing down phone numbers.
i'd suggest the options to write in black only as this colorful writing is pretty terrifying
maybe... a settings menu to change the color options?
thank you

nir36 said:
this is wonderful. very useful for me as i draw graphs to understand stuff in uni all the time.. and for writing down phone numbers.
i'd suggest the options to write in black only as this colorful writing is pretty terrifying
maybe... a settings menu to change the color options?
thank you
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It used to be that way when you pressed the up button but i removed it to get the most barebones app possible. I'll change it, add onscreen instructions and add a way to launch with the previous drawing.
A few more kilobytes cannot hurt!
EDIT: Actually the up button does exactly that. Press it for black ink.

N1c0_ds said:
It used to be that way when you pressed the up button but i removed it to get the most barebones app possible. I'll change it, add onscreen instructions and add a way to launch with the previous drawing.
A few more kilobytes cannot hurt!
EDIT: Actually the up button does exactly that. Press it for black ink.
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Actually the up (down,left,right) does not draw black for me. It erases the screen
Great app though!!

having black and maybe the ability to save as image would be two great additions, good job.

yup, when i click any of the DPAD buttons it just erased the screen, no black ink.

menu icon on home screen removal and bind to phisical key

The menu icon on the home screen takes a lot of space. There could be 4 icons in there instead. Can it be removed and then bond to another phisical key like the press of the ball?

zenderady said:
The menu icon on the home screen takes a lot of space. There could be 4 icons in there instead. Can it be removed and then bond to another phisical key like the press of the ball?
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Not really understanding what your asking. Are you talking about when you hit your menu button?

I am also not really understanding the question which is why I didn't respond the first time the OP created the thread.
To OP:
Please don't make multiple threads for the same question just because your not getting a response!

DirectMatrix said:
I am also not really understanding the question which is why I didn't respond the first time the OP created the thread.
To OP:
Please don't make multiple threads for the same question just because your not getting a response!
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Ok I'm glad I wasn't the only one. This was the first thread I looked at when I got into work. Had to wipe the sleep out my eyes take a sip of coffee and try to figure out this question.

Are they talking about the app drawer and phone tab slider on a Hero ROM maybe?????

DirectMatrix said:
Are they talking about the app drawer and phone tab slider on a Hero ROM maybe?????
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Thats what I was thinking, but not quite sure. Just waiting on OP to respond.

I think he/she means the app draw, that's the only thing that makes sense.
1) That would require a complete re-write of the app
2) It wouldn't give you enough vertical space for the icon and text
3) All the buttons are already used (shocker!) The trackball can be used to select an icon and click on it, so that would have to be disbaled.

ok thx for the answears and sorry I crated 2 threads about this one. On the first one I messed up the thread name so I thought nobody would read it. Going back, I am talking about the button that is on the bottom of the screen, the one that pulls up all the apps. That one takes a lot of space, actually a whole row where there could be other icons instead.
So I was thinking if there is a possibility to link that menu to an actual phisical key, like pressing the scrolling ball.

zenderady said:
ok thx for the answears and sorry I crated 2 threads about this one. On the first one I messed up the thread name so I thought nobody would read it. Going back, I am talking about the button that is on the bottom of the screen, the one that pulls up all the apps. That one takes a lot of space, actually a whole row where there could be other icons instead.
So I was thinking if there is a possibility to link that menu to an actual phisical key, like pressing the scrolling ball.
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Yep, that's what I thought, read my post above, it will explain why it's pointless.

actually the ahome does put 4 new icons on that bottom part but I don't know how to bind the trackball. No it would not have to be disabled the trackball action as long as there is no icon pressed. So the drawar would be pulled when the trackball would be pressed only if no icon is pressed, otherwise the icon would start

Yes because aHome moves all the other icons closer together, which would require lots of work to get launcher.apk to do the same.

dxtop has a 5 icon dock, and can deploy launcher by holding menu key.

[Q] part of screen capture

i know how to do a whole screen capture. I am asking if there is some app that can capture any selected part of screen. Like freehand on PC when you press f5 then you can draw a rectangle on your screen and selected part will be copied to clip board where you can paste the clip to a word file.

thotwielder said:
i know how to do a whole screen capture. I am asking if there is some app that can capture any selected part of screen. Like freehand on PC when you press f5 then you can draw a rectangle on your screen and selected part will be copied to clip board where you can paste the clip to a word file.
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Well, you could always do a full screenshot and then crop out the part you want.

thotwielder said:
i know how to do a whole screen capture. I am asking if there is some app that can capture any selected part of screen. Like freehand on PC when you press f5 then you can draw a rectangle on your screen and selected part will be copied to clip board where you can paste the clip to a word file.
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snapseed app

klvnhng said:
Well, you could always do a full screenshot and then crop out the part you want.
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sure. It's just not as convienent.

calanizzle said:
snapseed app
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snapseed? are you sure? it's a good photo editor, but seems not having the feature I want.

[Q] home screen/home button

Somehow in fiddling with my new Note 3 N900, I changed the screen that appears when I press the home button. Also the little home icon appears second in the line of page indicators (dashes) about a third of the way down the page. Is there some way of moving that icon?
Can a forum wizard tell me what I did with an eye towards undoing it?
Thanking you in advance.

Screenshot please?
Sent from my SM-N9005 using xda app-developers app

humphster said:
Somehow in fiddling with my new Note 3 N900, I changed the screen that appears when I press the home button. Also the little home icon appears second in the line of page indicators (dashes) about a third of the way down the page. Is there some way of moving that icon?
Can a forum wizard tell me what I did with an eye towards undoing it?
Thanking you in advance.
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Pinch together to zoom out on one of your home screens and you should see all your homescreens in an overview layout. On each mini homescreen you'll see a little home icon at the top. Press the one on top of the screen you want to designate as the main home screen. Remember in TouchWiz you can have a maximum of 7 screens.
*EDIT* I forgot to mention that you can also change the order of the homescreens by dragging the mini screens when in the overview mode.
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thanks, Fellas
I appreciate your help.