Now that some people have gotten root and started modifying things, has anyone tried turning the onscreen buttons back on via the build.prop edit?
If you don't want to play with build.prop, /data/local.prop can also be used to override build.prop values. Usually that file is not there and needs to be created.
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 is the key that needs to be there (which already seems to be in our build.prop -- I wonder if it's getting overrided somewhere else or if they did strip it out of the ROM).
EDIT: nvm, I was thinking of something else
EDIT2: Looking at the build.prop, it looks like three more props are imported at the very end:
import /system/vendor/default.prop
import /system/vendor/vendor.prop
import /system/vendor/power.prop
Maybe one of those is overwriting the softkey settings?
Wouldn't enabling it in Gravitybox through Xposed also work?
conspiracyBE said:
Wouldn't enabling it in Gravitybox through Xposed also work?
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That would be Pie Controls, not the stock navigation ones ,
I really don't have the need to enable soft keys but I try and the change stick at boot but No Nav. Keys ,there's must something else at play here.
DrakenFX said:
That would be Pie Controls, not the stock navigation ones ,
I really don't have the need to enable soft keys but I try and the change stick at boot but No Nav. Keys ,there's must something else at play here.
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There is also an option called "Navigation bar tweaks" that let's you enable a navigation bar.
conspiracyBE said:
There is also an option called "Navigation bar tweaks" that let's you enable a navigation bar.
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Just following up on this since I do very much want on screen buttons as an option- Gravity Box does not enable any kind of on screen buttons. Pie controls don't work, nav bar does not show up, build.prop edit also does nothing. We probably need a more in depth look at this to figure out how to get the nav bar to show up.
xgerryx said:
Just following up on this since I do very much want on screen buttons as an option- Gravity Box does not enable any kind of on screen buttons. Pie controls don't work, nav bar does not show up, build.prop edit also does nothing. We probably need a more in depth look at this to figure out how to get the nav bar to show up.
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Where do you want these buttons to show up? Above the buttons we have right now?
tolymatev said:
Where do you want these buttons to show up? Above the buttons we have right now?
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Correct. Some people, me included, want to have actual on screen buttons in addition to the capacitive buttons. It would make a 2-row sort of configuration. Not having the buttons light up is actually throwing me off at times at night.
xgerryx said:
Correct. Some people, me included, want to have actual on screen buttons in addition to the capacitive buttons. It would make a 2-row sort of configuration. Not having the buttons light up is actually throwing me off at times at night.
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Have you tried checking /system/vendor/default.prop or /system/vendor/vendor.prop? I saw that the build.prop called them (and power.prop) at the end, so maybe one of them hold the key to controlling the on-screen nav buttons.
xtermmin said:
Have you tried checking /system/vendor/default.prop or /system/vendor/vendor.prop? I saw that the build.prop called them (and power.prop) at the end, so maybe one of them hold the key to controlling the on-screen nav buttons.
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I looked at those and they seem to be mostly radio related things. In the build.prop, there is a line labeled "enable navigation bar" ...I mean duh...but it is set to qemu.hw.mainkeys=0, which is precisely the line that was suggested be added to the bottom of the build.prop to enable nav buttons. Since it was already in there, I figured they were disabled some other way. Also, obviously 0 vs 1 is a thing, but changing the 0 to 1 does nothing.
xgerryx said:
I looked at those and they seem to be mostly radio related things. In the build.prop, there is a line labeled "enable navigation bar" ...I mean duh...but it is set to qemu.hw.mainkeys=0, which is precisely the line that was suggested be added to the bottom of the build.prop to enable nav buttons. Since it was already in there, I figured they were disabled some other way. Also, obviously 0 vs 1 is a thing, but changing the 0 to 1 does nothing.
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Yeah, it's setup in build.prop correctly, so they removed it some other way, rather than just turning off the build.prop (which seems odd). I wonder if they removed it from frameworks.apk.
TeutonJon78 said:
Yeah, it's setup in build.prop correctly, so they removed it some other way, rather than just turning off the build.prop (which seems odd). I wonder if they removed it from frameworks.apk.
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I only have a very basic knowledge of these things. Maybe someone can make something user friendly out of this GitHub page. It's for changing the height and width of a nav bar, but it could probably be used to enable it as well.
It does probably have to do with the framework-res.apk though.
https://github.com/ReinhardStrauch/framework-res-overlay-sample
EDIT: This may also be of some help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33851927#post33851927
I decided to attempt to look at the framework-res.apk (first time) and was able to decompile it and saw that the showNavigationBar XML setting is indeed set to false. I tried to change it to true and recompile it but my device wouldn't boot after that. Maybe someone with more experience with recompiling the apk's can get it to work.
Just thought I'd chime in and point out that it does indeed appear disabled in the framework-res.apk. FYI, there is also a framework-zte-res.apk in the same folder but it doesn't appear to have any keys related to the navigation bar.
shifuharris said:
I decided to attempt to look at the framework-res.apk (first time) and was able to decompile it and saw that the showNavigationBar XML setting is indeed set to false. I tried to change it to true and recompile it but my device wouldn't boot after that. Maybe someone with more experience with recompiling the apk's can get it to work.
Just thought I'd chime in and point out that it does indeed appear disabled in the framework-res.apk. FYI, there is also a framework-zte-res.apk in the same folder but it doesn't appear to have any keys related to the navigation bar.
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Did you use APKTool (https://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/)? I was able to use that for another device and still get it work. There could also be bugs in whatever software you used. Even for APKTool, there was a bug in one version that caused problems where the previous version didn't (something to do with the NULL values).
I did use apktool (v2.2.0). I followed some guides online but no joy. Not sure where I went wrong.
shifuharris said:
I did use apktool (v2.2.0). I followed some guides online but no joy. Not sure where I went wrong.
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If you think you did it right, it could be a bug in apktool (like I ran into). you can always send the before and after to the dev, and he'd check to see if the tool did anything wrong.
That's the thing. I have no idea if I'm doing it right.
I tried again with some different steps based on another guide and had the same result. Just sticks on the Axon splash screen at boot.
I can try sending it to the dev when I get some free time. Maybe he can check it out. The interesting thing about it though is everytime I push the file to my device (or just copy it to the sdcard), the size of the file reflected by the push varies each time. Strange.
xgerryx said:
I looked at those and they seem to be mostly radio related things. In the build.prop, there is a line labeled "enable navigation bar" ...I mean duh...but it is set to qemu.hw.mainkeys=0, which is precisely the line that was suggested be added to the bottom of the build.prop to enable nav buttons. Since it was already in there, I figured they were disabled some other way. Also, obviously 0 vs 1 is a thing, but changing the 0 to 1 does nothing.
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From what I've read on other sites you may need to disable the hardware buttons as Android will detect them and not show the onscreen buttons. I didn't google how to do that as I love having hardware buttons again.
if you use Gravity Box, the virtual buttons work. I'm on a A2017G (European version)
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"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"
}
hardspartan360 said:
if you use Gravity Box, the virtual buttons work. I'm on a A2017G (European version)
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They do not. Not from what I have seen. Screenshots of the buttons on the screen?
Oh i see them now. That's so strange. Can you take a screenshot of those settings in the gravity box app? I tired about a million ways and it wasnt working. Did you disable the hardware buttons?
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Thank you JUVS for the original 6 button comm manager.
The reason I fixed the graphics for this 6 buttons comm manager because its very cheap looking, I still want to remove the additional text and leave only the main titles and the buttons, but I coud'nt figure it out, I looked at the registry and changed the disablebuttontext to different values to see if it will change but actually it messes up the whole thing and I didnt wanna play with it anymore, hopefully someone here can figure it out and let me know so I can make different screenshot.
here is the before and after picture so you guys see what was done.
before
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"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"
}
after
Is it posble 2 hv th choic of app. ?
Good start, Poorlyduck. Key question for me is how customisable is your version going to be?
Example here is that you use Airplane Mode; we use Flight mode. Semantics, perhaps, but important, nevertheless, in the customising game. Also the range of apps you display isn't necessarily what everyone else might want to cover, hence the question on flexibility.
All the best.
WB
uhmmm, no Wi-Fi???
I have this and Poorlyduck's yellow cube installed, and in both of these apps. these apps look like the writing is in cursive. In the screen settings the text size is set to the center (default), and Clear Type disabled. If I change the text sizeI get very large blocky letters, it also has the same effect if I turn enable clear type. I know that This has been asked before but I cannot find how to do it. I just want to have the basic type of font as shown in Poorlyduck's. My device is a Titan
Thanks.
saenzjoseph said:
I have this and Poorlyduck's yellow cube installed, and in both of these apps. these apps look like the writing is in cursive. In the screen settings the text size is set to the center (default), and Clear Type disabled. If I change the text sizeI get very large blocky letters, it also has the same effect if I turn enable clear type. I know that This has been asked before but I cannot find how to do it. I just want to have the basic type of font as shown in Poorlyduck's. My device is a Titan
Thanks.
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you need to go to \windows\fonts delete watever font you have there, maybe you installed somerthing that had those 2 fonts. reset the device and you will have normal text.
burkay said:
uhmmm, no Wi-Fi???
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there is wifi, just install the cab file and you will get it the wifi button automatically, I removed it in mine through the registry, because I have the wifi hardware switch. look at the picture above this post, those are the main buttons you will get when you install. to customize just replace whichever you want in the registry editor.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\CommManager]
"0"="FlighMode"
"1"="Phone"
"2"="WLAN"
"3"="Bluetooth"
"4"="DataDisconnection"
"5"="Ir"
additional keys
"6"="vibrate"
"7"="Activesync"
poorlyduck said:
you need to go to \windows\fonts delete watever font you have there, maybe you installed somerthing that had those 2 fonts. reset the device and you will have normal text.
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hmm the fonts folder is empty already. so it must be caused by a program that was installed. ill have to check it out later this week when rebuilding my phone from that new rom is comming out
saenzjoseph said:
hmm the fonts folder is empty already. so it must be caused by a program that was installed. ill have to check it out later this week when rebuilding my phone from that new rom is comming out
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I'm interested in whatever you find out. I have the same issue with a cube I have just installed and like you, I found th efonts folder to be empty.
WB
can you copy from your computer \window\fonts Tahoma and Arial fonts to your ppc \windows\fonts and reset, let me know how it goes.
Yup that fixed it. Thanks Poorlyduck
Well it fixed the Comm Manager but not the Cube, oh well never really found the Cube usefull
Gets more interesting, I got the correct font for the Comm Manager by copying over the fonts, then installed the Cube and then soft-reset and now the Comm Manager and the Cube have the cursive font. Uninstalling the Cube didn't help, and now I cannot delete the fonts because everytime I try to it gives the "being used by another program issue"
Here is the fonts if anybody needs them.
poorlyduck said:
there is wifi, just install the cab file and you will get it the wifi button automatically, I removed it in mine through the registry, because I have the wifi hardware switch. look at the picture above this post, those are the main buttons you will get when you install. to customize just replace whichever you want in the registry editor.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\CommManager]
"0"="FlighMode"
"1"="Phone"
"2"="WLAN"
"3"="Bluetooth"
"4"="DataDisconnection"
"5"="Ir"
additional keys
"6"="vibrate"
"7"="Activesync"
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I am using Karmba's ROM & in the comm manager there is "3G" instead of Data Connection.
I checked in the registry value, number 4 = "3G" not "DataDisconnection". Is it the same function when i want to disconnect my data connection?
I need the "Data Connection" in my comm manager instead of "3G", should I delete the registry value or replace the value? please explain it to me.
thanks
I know this is off topic with the thread but since you guys are talking about it. How easy is it to change the System font? Can it be done?
allan1 said:
I know this is off topic with the thread but since you guys are talking about it. How easy is it to change the System font? Can it be done?
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Go to this thread and it might answer your question.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=340763&highlight=segoe
Is this Comm Manager compatible with WM5...more specifically a HTC Wizard?
widihol said:
I am using Karmba's ROM & in the comm manager there is "3G" instead of Data Connection.
I checked in the registry value, number 4 = "3G" not "DataDisconnection". Is it the same function when i want to disconnect my data connection?
I need the "Data Connection" in my comm manager instead of "3G", should I delete the registry value or replace the value? please explain it to me.
thanks
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Im with sprint service and we dont have 3G, I cant tell you if it will work if you replace the "3G" with "datadisconnection", dont delete it it, just try to replace it with "datadisconnection" .
Either way both are wireless data, if you turn off "3G" actually it will disconnect your data connectivity.
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Is this Comm Manager compatible with WM5...more specifically a HTC Wizard?
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sorry I cant answer that question because I own WM6, The only way to find out is to try it or someone that had it working in his WM5
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Im with sprint service and we dont have 3G, I cant tell you if it will work if you replace the "3G" with "datadisconnection", dont delete it it, just try to replace it with "datadisconnection" .
Either way both are wireless data, if you turn off "3G" actually it will disconnect your data connectivity.
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Thanks.....I found that 'advance configuration tools' could fix my problem.
Now I get my "datadisconnection" back again.
widigol said:
Thanks.....I found that 'advance configuration tools' could fix my problem.
Now I get my "datadisconnection" back again.
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good to know your issue was solved, enjoy the comm manager
Thanks Poorlyduck .... very helpful.
fab
Just put this on my touch .. had to instal it on my main mem and not my stor card
works fab thanks !!
For CABs See Post #2
Added hAndyPowerButton WM6.1
Updated hAndyNotify to install in hAndySoftware folder.
Added hAndyPowerButton - WM6.5 ONLY
Over the last couple of months I have written a number of tweaks, using Mortscript, for my TP2 to enhance it's use for me personally.
The story to date are the following bits and pieces I have created -
DPB v1.1 - A utility to disable the power button when the keyboard is open
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=546094&highlight=disable+power+button
Hide Folder - A utilty to hide folders from HTC Album
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548841&highlight=hide+folder
hAndyFlip - A utility to turn off the screen when the device is face down.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=560206&highlight=handyflip
hAndyUtils - A number of utilities and tweaks I use, wrapped together including some of the above.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=553784
So why this new thread, you may ask
I have decided to split the tweaks/utilities into seperate packages and rewrite them all as standalone packages. You can then pick and mix which, if any, you may find useful.
I am no expert, so it makes it easier for me to fix an individual app if something is wrong rather than trying to fix several things at once.
The one tweak that I could not do without is the disabling of those annoying BT Notifications. So that is the first one I have worked on and you can find the program in Post #2.
I will be working through the other tweaks one at a time and hopefully finding new tweaks and utilities that enhance our devices. So in advance thanks for your patience.
I will continue to listen to feedback and offer any help I can on the threads above until I have posted the updated apps on here.
Apps - start here..............
hAndyNotify
This little app allows you to disable the annoying BT Notifications when you connect/disconnect the device.
Run the app select the option you would like from the dropdown box and press 'Process'.
Hopefully, it's as simple as that !
CAB at the bottom of this post.
hAndyPowerButton - WM6.5
Added hAndyPowerButton WM6.1 Version
This app disables the power button when the hardware keyboard is open.
Run the app select activate - soft reset and the power button will be deactivated when you open the keyboard. Also, the device will be set to any key power on should it fall to sleep.
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dahoarty said:
hAndyNotify
This little app allows you to disable the annoying BT Notifications when you connect/disconnect the device.
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Thanks for this; annoying is definitely the word for these notifications!
Does the application need to be re-run after a soft-reset, or do the changes persist?
Ed
eepyaich said:
Thanks for this; annoying is definitely the word for these notifications!
Does the application need to be re-run after a soft-reset, or do the changes persist?
Ed
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It should persist after a soft reset.
I have now added hAndyPower button that disables the power button when the keyboard is open. I have also changed hAndyNotify to install in the same folder on the start menu.
@dahoarty
many many thanks for disabling this damn notification
i like it so much
You are the best Thanks
regards
zehn
I have just uploaded a version of hAndyPowerButton for WM6.1 Devices.
I tried hAndyPowerButton 6.1 and, initially, all was well, but then I managed to get into a state where the power button didn't work at all (open or closed).
No bother, I'll just remove the app and reboot, I thought.
Sadly, after a soft reset I'm getting various warnings about the handyPowerButton executable not being found and the power button is still not working - I'm getting an error about "Sleep" cannot be found.
Any ideas?
Update
I managed to recover the power button by reinstalling hAndyPowerButton, enabling it and soft resetting a couple of times. Is there an "official" way to uninstall this, though?
eepyaich said:
I tried hAndyPowerButton 6.1 and, initially, all was well, but then I managed to get into a state where the power button didn't work at all (open or closed).
No bother, I'll just remove the app and reboot, I thought.
Sadly, after a soft reset I'm getting various warnings about the handyPowerButton executable not being found and the power button is still not working - I'm getting an error about "Sleep" cannot be found.
Any ideas?
Update
I managed to recover the power button by reinstalling hAndyPowerButton, enabling it and soft resetting a couple of times. Is there an "official" way to uninstall this, though?
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Hi, sorry this does not seem to work for you. I am using WM6.5 and it works perferctly for me not sure why you have had a problem.
A small bug I will look into is that you possible need to deactivate the software in the program before you uninstall.
The way to fix the problem is delete hAndyPoweButton.exe from \windows\startup - also check that the following 2 links short_power.lnk and long_power.lnk are not in \windows if they are you need to delete them manually.
Apologies for causing you problems if you need any more info please let me know.
Andy
Thanks very much for the response and there's no need to apologise. I appreciate all the time and effort the contributors to xda-devs put in and understand that what works for one person may not work for me; it's just part of the fun!
I like the function provided by hAndyPowerButton, so I think I'll give it another try and will let you know if I see problems again.
Thanks for all your apps!
Ed
i didnt even notice you updated and renamed the DPB to handy power button.
how does this one differ from the older version? i didnt see much info on it in the thread. i use DPB only 4 the fact it has the no timeout (keep kb lights on) when kb open.
thanks
I'm probably the only dumbass who tried to install this awesome utility to the card, but I'll just note for the record that you MUST install it to the device.
MrPib said:
I'm probably the only dumbass who tried to install this awesome utility to the card, but I'll just note for the record that you MUST install it to the device.
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Hey, we are both dumbasses. Thanks for posting that little detail
Great app, just what I was looking for.
Unbelievable that no one at HTC realized that the placement of the power button would interfere when a normal persons hand when the hardware keyboard is in use.
You'd think they test these things a bit more!
hAndyNotify for other HTC Windows Mobile 6.5 phones?
Apologies if this is the wrong thread. I recently upgraded my HTC Ozone (Verizon's variant of the HTC Snap keyboard-style phone) to Windows Mobile 6.5. An annoying new "feature" is that when you turn off your Bluetooth car kit, a notification appears telling you to put the phone to your ear, and you can't do anything else until you dismiss the notification (OK on left softkey.) I could understand the notification if Bluetooth dropped in the middle of a call, but otherwise it's just a pain.
It appears that hAndyNotify.cab might be just what I need, however it also appears that it's designed for touchscreen phones (running Windows Mobile Pro). For example, it references a "Sounds and Notifications" section of Settings, but I don't have such a section, only "Sounds". Does anyone know if (a) will it work on my phone, (b) if I try it, will it hurt anything, and (c) is there any other way to fix the problem? (In other threads there is another registry hack, but it also seems to be for touchscreen phones.)
Thanks for your help!
Thank you thank you thank you!
... for getting rid of that retarded bluetooth message! You are da man!
Roccobass
Will this app (handy power button) work with cdma phones, it should right? Same operating system just key mapping. Thanks in advance.
Touch Pro2 Icon
Thanks for the app, very useful.
I didn't really like the icon, so I made a new one (can be changed using JWMD Icon Changer).
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"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"
}
Get and unpack Chome Visual Editor
copy original LS_LockScene_480x800.cpr file from your phone /windows/lockscreen/ to the chome folder
copy all the png graphics that start 'htc_' from your phone /windows to chome/windows on the pc.(not necessary, you can happily edit without this step)
The starred section below is what chome instructions say you should do, and is connected to importing registry, however i can't make it work properly yet, so this is kind of useless for now, and again, it isn't necessary for these simple positioning edits.
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*copy bronzeres.dll from phone to chome/windows
*copy cmhomeres.dll.0409.mui from phone and rename it cmhomeres.dll in chome.windows.
*You need ROMExtractor from Cotulla to get the .mui file
*http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1571715
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If you want to enable the animated arrows on the lockscreen left and right of the slide button, open your LS_LockScene_480x800.cpr in notepad, and look for the two sections that have been commented out. Find and remove the entries
<!--
and
-->
there are 4 of them.
EDIT using the animated arrows affects music playback when in standby. i guess that's why it comes commented out.
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Run CVE (chome visual editor) and open your lockscreen.cpr
The first thing you will see is that the buttons aren't there. I haven't figured out about importing registry and what not yet, only tinkering with the layout.
At the bottom of the preview, set the size to 480 x 800 and zoom till you can see it all. I opened the default wallpaper.png in windows/ folder and erased the background to leave it clear, get rid of that ugly coloured thing.
{
"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"
}
on the left, open the tree at 'scene'.
Of the 5 entries, the three layers are Lockslider, Notifications list (for missed calls, txts, email) and TimeAppointment. Pretty self explanatory which is which.
If you select those three on the left, and look at the info on the right, you will see these three panes are given positioning info relative to the top of the screen.
So the notification List panel has a Top value of 115. (And it also lights up blue in the preview, not all panes do this)
Sub items of the main panels have their positioning relative to the panel, so notification/focus has a top value of 0 - the top of the notification panel.
IMPORTANT - if you move an item above the start of its panel, either by dragging, or by setting a top/left/right or whatever outside the panels edge, it won't show when you use the lockscreen.
This is most notable when dealing with the
TimeAppointment/DateTime and
TimeAppointment/Appointment
because they have zero height and width, so don't show up shaded blue on the preview - easy to mistakenly move a time/calender entry above it.
We're going to keep it simple, and not mess with the sub entries, just rearrange the three panels. Time/calendar at top, msg/call notification panel in the middle, and unlock slider at the bottom.
Select the LockSlider panel on the left, and on the right, set the Top value to, say 650
Select the TimeAppointment panel, and on the right set top to 0
Select the Notifications List, set top to 250 and height to 400
Don't forget to move the TapOrSlide and SlideToUnlock entries to just above the LockSlider, select them one by one and set top to 630 for both. You will also see on the right that different options have come up. Font, colour, shadow etcetera.
Now lets tinker with the time / appointment display a little.
Select and delete the ugly red calender symbol, and then with the entries for time, date, appointment subject, just play with them. Personally i move things by manually editing the top/left/right etcetera rather than the mouse.
TRAP - select TimeAppointment/Appointment, see the small blue dot? if you drag the appointment items above that they wont show, so be sure and set that's top value to 0.
In the image, subject will not show.
If you select DateTime, you will see this has a top value of 14, so if you move the clock up without changing it, you get the top cut off.
If you want to play with graphics, click and select the calender icon as a test, and you will see on the right there are two references to a file in the windows folder, you can edit that, but you need to edit both refs or it wont change.
Testing
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Copy to your phone, move to windows/lockscreen, and soft reset. A bit of a pain, the soft reset, but it won't update till you do.
and that's it, i haven't gotten into anything deeper, I'm going to branch into kitchens and see if i can get importing the registry to work, but here's how mine looks for now.
and version 2...
I don't know what the buttons down the left do, certainly nothing for me.
If anyone knows more about using this prog, please let me know.
I'll add as/if I find anything about how importing registry works.'
That is nice!! Thank you very much for this!
Very nice. Thanks.
Very nice , very useful!
you are very knowledgeable!
XXXXXYYYYY said:
you are very knowledgeable!
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hehe thanks but sadly no, I just have too much free time. )
This is cool!
heres my lockscreen
just made myself a cab installer for my lockscreen, so thought id attach it here.
Includes animated slide arrows.
Thanks to torsergey who's font and clock background image i borrowed.
EDIT - fixed time alignment
Excellent tutorial indeed....
My falicitations to you...
is it possible to show 2 appointments instead of only one?
radzi said:
is it possible to show 2 appointments instead of only one?
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no, it appears not. I have searched several times for info on this, and not found anything.
Task bar with % and time from screenshot "sams lock screen"
Off topic, but how could I get the same task bar configuration that you have in the screenshot of your lock screen. It had both the time and battery percentage and volume-together. I haven't been able to find that config. for my TMOUSHD2-stock ROM.
Thanks for all your posts, helped me out more than once.
update - I had wondered why the animated slide arrows had been commented out by default, but now I know why.
When you are listening to mp3 and the phone drops to standby, the playback stops and starts every 10 - 20 seconds (well it does on the 15/20 meg mp3 podcasts i listen to using media player).
Comment out the arrows and voila, no more jerky playback.
edited cab attached.
tcoots said:
Off topic, but how could I get the same task bar configuration that you have in the screenshot of your lock screen. It had both the time and battery percentage and volume-together. I haven't been able to find that config. for my TMOUSHD2-stock ROM.
Thanks for all your posts, helped me out more than once.
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sorry, its from the rom i use, dont know what its called, except 'colouredtaskbar.cab', though i think thats just the colours, not the actual items.
Everything is working well with this app but there is something I'm not seeing. how do you remove the actual text that displays "slide" or "tap or slide" above the lock icon?
PhantomApollyon said:
Everything is working well with this app but there is something I'm not seeing. how do you remove the actual text that displays "slide" or "tap or slide" above the lock icon?
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there are two thin wide panels just above the slide path, and i think it says tap or slide. just delete the two panels.
i'll grab a screenshot when i get home.
Anyway to remove the time and calander bar completely?
I tried but could not.
pugsid said:
Anyway to remove the time and calander bar completely?
I tried but could not.
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you should be able to just select the layer you are interested in in the list on the left and just delete it, no?
"can't test it, not near my pc, i'll double check tomorrow)
samsamuel said:
you should be able to just select the layer you are interested in in the list on the left and just delete it, no?
"can't test it, not near my pc, i'll double check tomorrow)
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Thanx. Appreciated
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Thanx. Appreciated
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yep, thought so. To completely get rid of time and app layer, in the list on the left select 'TimeAppointment' and hit delete. Save it, done.
Well crud. I can't copy the PNG's off my HD2 Windows error code 0x80030001 - Server Device Error
Double drats!
{
"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 visual font glitches are from andy's rom, not the keyboard itself - that and ddms takes such lousy screenshots.
GB keyboard clone: mdpi only
Glossy black, otherwise stock aside from a few usability enhancements - see changelog for details.
Install
Install, enable in settings->keyboard, from keyboard change input method to Esp Keys.
Important: If using any version prior to 11/11/11 you must uninstall before installing later versions.
Known bugs
English only supported at this date.
Sensitivity suppression doesn't work well when plugged in.
Black themes wash out easily in sunlight - not a bug per-say, but i might yet add a contrast mode.
Changelog
11/11/11
New glossy theme.
Removed unused layouts, resources & some debug code.
Extended popup dimming to include suggestion bar.
Improved drawing routine.
Single popup characters auto insert as opposed to popup.
Iconized emoticon popup.
Settings: Last chance - Vibrate when unable to correct.
Settings->Advanced: Suppress Sensitivity - Suppress erratic sensitivity defects, unintentional key repeats etc.
07/10/11
Fixed main dictionary & FC's.
Removed excess bottom margin in portrait mode.
Increased initial repeat delay to avoid over-sensitivity.
Other trivial optimizations.
04/10/11
Side by side installation.
Looks good..Downloading..
28 Downloads, ... the verdict?
Great works well no force closes looks great to. Thank for the apk
Sent from my LG-VM670 using xda premium
Very nice, any chance of turning this into a skin for smart keyboard pro?
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I know there are a few keyboard skins floating around xda but none were quite what i wanted so i designed this to compliment andy's rom.
It looks slightly flatter on the phone due to viewing angle differences (intentionally).
To install: backup then remove /system/app/LatinIME.apk and /system/app/LatinIME.odex and adb push attatched apk in it's place - you'll also need to open the keyboard settings before it will be loaded.
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Nicely done, maybe i include this inside my ROM...
DaxElectro Nicely done, maybe i include this inside my ROM...
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Thanks and sure you're welcome to.
Mellexx Very nice, any chance of turning this into a skin for smart keyboard pro?
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Sorry but unlikely as i'd have to purchase skp.
Thanks for the feedback - I don't like that the outlines almost disappear in bright sunlight but the alternative would look chunky in dim light.
Would this work if I used a root explorer instead?
Edit: root explorer doesn't work. I'm not surprised. Pushed the apk, looks good but it doesn't match my overall theme. Tried reversing to backed-up apk and odx but the phone can't see Android Keyboard after that. Is it because I copied the original using root explorer instead of pulling it via adb?
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA App
Would this work if I used a root explorer instead?
Edit: root explorer doesn't work. I'm not surprised. Pushed the apk, looks good but it doesn't match my overall theme. Tried reversing to backed-up apk and odx but the phone can't see Android Keyboard after that. Is it because I copied the original using root explorer instead of pulling it via adb?
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I'm not sure really, I've not tried to return to the original, merely saw no reason why it wouldn't revert. If your apk/odex are in the right place and have the correct permissions the only other thing i can think is to boot into recovery, clear the dalvik app cache and reboot.
Thinking out loud - When you backed up via root explorer were the odex/apk there? your sig says cynogen rom, is that deodexed already? if they weren't perhaps the keyboard is named something else, devoids was aime.apk if i remember correctly - and i did read somewhere having two gb-based keyboards causes conflicts, if so - try just removing LatinIME.apk then reopening settings etc.
No. They were both Latin apk and odex. I'll try clearing later, thanks.
On hindsight, what should the permissions be?
Edit: Nah, just pushing it back and correcting permissions then rebooting worked. Didn't clear. Thanks!
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA App
No problem, glad you fixed it.
Great skin, I like it very much!
But could you please share some more detailed information about how I can install it?
I don't know how to access /system folder and remove the files. Is it the "pull" command on adb, and if yes how can I backup the file?
I really don't know how to use adb so I would appreciate some more details.
First post updated to fix outstanding issues.
New version uploaded - see first post.
Also, am i the only one plagued by an over-sensitive touchscreen? - eg: keys unintentionally repeating. I figure it's an optimus one issue, but i might be the only one. That being said, my sister's samsung i5503 suffers from a similar problem but heat/static related as opposed to continually.
oldmanmoz said:
The visual font glitches are from andy's rom, not the keyboard itself - that and ddms takes such lousy screenshots.
GB keyboard clone: mdpi only
Glossy black, otherwise stock aside from a few usability enhancements - see changelog for details.
Install
Install, enable in settings->keyboard, from keyboard change input method to Esp Keys.
Important: If using any version prior to 11/11/11 you must uninstall before installing later versions.
Known bugs
English only supported at this date.
Sensitivity suppression doesn't work well when plugged in.
Black themes wash out easily in sunlight - not a bug per-say, but i might yet add a contrast mode.
Changelog
11/11/11
New glossy theme.
Removed unused layouts, resources & some debug code.
Extended popup dimming to include suggestion bar.
Improved drawing routine.
Single popup characters auto insert as opposed to popup.
Iconized emoticon popup.
Settings: Last chance - Vibrate when unable to correct.
Settings->Advanced: Suppress Sensitivity - Suppress erratic sensitivity defects, unintentional key repeats etc.
07/10/11
Fixed main dictionary & FC's.
Removed excess bottom margin in portrait mode.
Increased initial repeat delay to avoid over-sensitivity.
Other trivial optimizations.
04/10/11
Side by side installation.
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u want help translating to swedish, ill be there
Looks ok, but the `english only` makes it useless to me.
NO0B said:
Looks ok, but the `english only` makes it useless to me.
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It ought to still work in other languages - with caveats: no settings translations, and i deleted some language specific layouts in order to make it easier for me to adapt.
SWEATTAIMI said:
u want help translating to swedish, ill be there
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Sure, that'd be great thanks - will pm you some files soonish if you like, just need to get a few things sorted first.
oldmanmoz said:
It ought to still work in other languages - with caveats: no settings translations, and i deleted some language specific layouts in order to make it easier for me to adapt.
Sure, that'd be great thanks - will pm you some files soonish if you like, just need to get a few things sorted first.
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Ok i will be waiting
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium
I updated to WP8.1 yesterday from fully unlocked GDR3. Early finds:
Seems that Im still unlocked, editing accents works, chaning "start key wakes up the screen" works etc...
The toast launcher does not work anymore (as was expected I guess).
I read the registry values done for the unlock using SamWP8Tools and they seem to be still all there. Reading PortalUrlProd and PortalUrlInt results an error, but the value is found and is still 127.0.0.1.
I tried to run full unlock again, BootstrapSamsung resulted Success!, but EnableAllSideloading returned an error (screen capture below). The Non-Production Errors.txt was not present at Documents anymore, putting it there does not change anything.
{
"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"
}
Seems that enabling more tiles have changed their registry values. Changing the setting from SamWP8Tools or WPHTweaks does not do anything, except the setting status does change to the other tweaking app.
On WP8.1 and more tiles enabled, the text in the tiles is smaller than we had earlier with our tweak. This would be great setting to find and make possible to have bigger font on the tiles. Its readable but we had it better.
On people hub the recent contacts page is gone, so that setting in WPHTweaks does not do anything anymore.
Strange that EnableAllSideloading should fail. That suggests that either they've changed the permissions of the various "secret" capabilities, or they've changed the structure of the capability system. The error code 5 means Access Denied. "CapabilityMapping" was not a capability before, and doesn't really sound like one either (no ID_CAP_* name). I'll need to investigate...
Does the web server still work? What can you see? I haven't updated yet but I shall need to do so soon, I can tell...
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Strange that EnableAllSideloading should fail. That suggests that either they've changed the permissions of the various "secret" capabilities, or they've changed the structure of the capability system. The error code 5 means Access Denied. "CapabilityMapping" was not a capability before, and doesn't really sound like one either (no ID_CAP_* name). I'll need to investigate...
Does the web server still work? What can you see? I haven't updated yet but I shall need to do so soon, I can tell...
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WebServer doesn't see that entry.
Do this "ID_CAP_*" thing or your app can break something.
-W_O_L_F- said:
WebServer doesn't see that entry.
Do this "ID_CAP_*" thing or your app can break something.
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@-W_O_L_F- is it posible to interlop unlock Ativ S on wp 8.1 ( before update update i hamev fully interlop unlock GDR3, but i need to hard reset after update. now i hamev problem to reg phone as a developer phone) Can you give me some more info?
Guys, on ativ s interop unlocked i updated last night to 8.1 . Everything is ok so far as i see, but the phone became to act like an old version of android - lagging , freezing and everything that you can think. Is there any cure about that ? And one more thing, i cant log in skype with my own username
GoodDayToDie said:
Does the web server still work? What can you see? I haven't updated yet but I shall need to do so soon, I can tell...
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I dont have the WebAccess.xap installed, I had to flash my device under month ago and dont have everything anymore. My phones filesystem was messed up. I couldnt access some memory cards + my computer would recognize the phone only if it was booted recently. After flasing and starting fresh, everything is working 100% normally.
I can sideload it in the evening and see whats going on. Whatever you guys want me to check just let me know?
Stefan Caromov said:
Guys, on ativ s interop unlocked i updated last night to 8.1 . Everything is ok so far as i see, but the phone became to act like an old version of android - lagging , freezing and everything that you can think. Is there any cure about that ? And one more thing, i cant log in skype with my own username
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I had the same problem. Just restart your phone, then the lagging should be gone.
MosquitoD4K said:
I had the same problem. Just restart your phone, then the lagging should be gone.
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I restarted it most than once... Nothing happened. And still i cant connect with my skype, the lag is here ... horrible
Sideloaded WebAccess_0_5_0_AllCapabilities.xap, no problems and Im able to browse the registry. Any ideas what to check here?
Intresting resolution here listed:
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\NavigationBar
1080x1920
1440x2560
480x800
540x960
720x1280
768x1280
Cool functions would be to enable the 5th quick toggle found in 1520.
Also the texts are now bigger in apps list and smaller in the tiles (compared to what we had when using a tweak). I would live to get these back the way they where.
Also I wonder why they dropped the recent page from people hub... Could that be enabled again via simple reg edit?
Stefan Caromov said:
I restarted it most than once... Nothing happened. And still i cant connect with my skype, the lag is here ... horrible
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Do you have a lot of apps installed? It seems it has to NGEN all the MDIL assemblies for all installed apps - took around 6 hours on my phone (apps say they're "installing").
My phone's acting up a lot post update, so I'm going to factory restore it. Anyways I was just looking and there's a file in my documents folder on my phone, called 256.err.
It's just a single line:
Code:
\PROGRAMS\COMMONFILES\OEM\PUBLIC\ADC\TLS_base_update.xml[80004005]
Any idea what this could be?
desolateone1 said:
My phone's acting up a lot post update, so I'm going to factory restore it. Anyways I was just looking and there's a file in my documents folder on my phone, called 256.err.
It's just a single line:
Code:
\PROGRAMS\COMMONFILES\OEM\PUBLIC\ADC\TLS_base_update.xml[80004005]
Any idea what this could be?
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your phone had Problems (it coudn't find) the file TLS_base_update.xml.
the file is normally stored here: PROGRAMS\COMMONFILES\OEM\PUBLIC\ADC
I had that too but on all os versions , this has to do with bad/real bad reception of your network .
normally it get fixed when you reboot at a place where you know you have good reception.
desolateone1 said:
My phone's acting up a lot post update, so I'm going to factory restore it. Anyways I was just looking and there's a file in my documents folder on my phone, called 256.err.
It's just a single line:
Code:
\PROGRAMS\COMMONFILES\OEM\PUBLIC\ADC\TLS_base_update.xml[80004005]
Any idea what this could be?
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Don't worry. My custom CSC can't find any file in this directory. And there were only 2 problems:
1) You have to add APN manualy
2) DataSense is missing
However, in 8.1 DataSense is there.
Lost the "Smaller text in system apps", now it just seem HUGE!!! lol Any chance to get it back again?
Cheers
cromourso said:
Lost the "Smaller text in system apps", now it just seem HUGE!!! lol Any chance to get it back again?
Cheers
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you set your phone too 3 rows ?
I think that when you use 2 rows they are small and when you use 3 they are bigger.
ceesheim said:
you set your phone too 3 rows ?
I think that when you use 2 rows they are small and when you use 3 they are bigger.
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You mean in WPH Tweaks app, or in WP8.1 settings?
cromourso said:
You mean in WPH Tweaks app, or in WP8.1 settings?
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wp8.1 settings
the wph or sam tools can't do that anymore
Yes we need to find these things (if possible via registry):
Text smaller again when 3 rows enabled, as was before.
Text bigger inside tiles when 3 rows enabled, as was before.
Also I liked smaller navigation tiles in pictures etc better. Picture gallery is small now, but albums view is huge.
History page from people hub is gone, I imagine some would like to see this back?
Loco5150 said:
Yes we need to find these things (if possible via registry):
Text smaller again when 3 rows enabled, as was before.
Text bigger inside tiles when 3 rows enabled, as was before.
Also I liked smaller navigation tiles in pictures etc better. Picture gallery is small now, but albums view is huge.
History page from people hub is gone, I imagine some would like to see this back?
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History page from music player is gone. That's the pain!