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HomeScreen PlusPlus UI - Plugin
This is HomeScreen ++ UI Edition:
it's a fully customizeable today-plugin, which shows the remaining batteryload of the main battery... In addition to that, it can invoke the DeviceLock on wakeup of the device and overclock the omap cpu to a customizeable cpuclock.
WARNING. Use the latter one at your own risk ! It CAN damage your device !
{
"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 project site is HomeScreen PlusPlus
and you can download it with this link -> HomeScreen PlusPlus Download
If you have a problem with BatteryStatus then the community can help you in case you supply your settings by:
- Export your settings by options->Advanced->Save/Export
- check the reg-file and remove your personal data
- attach the reg-file to your report
Cheers,
ikarus
You want to spend me a pint?
First of all: Feel free to use HomeScreen PlusPlus free of charge ! If you like HomeScreen++UI, you can make a donation to buy me a beer or two through PayPal by using the button below. Just pay whatever you think is reasonable.
--> donations
CallLogs preview -04/07/2008:
- extract CallLogs from zip-archive
- Copy CallLogs.exe to the same directory as BSCallTimes.xml
- start CallLogs.exe
Beta-Testing of advanced version - RC2
Customization of HomeScreen++UI Edition
-> Manual for customizing and creating a theme
--> Thread for Themes (Collection of themes) and Questions about making themes !!!
Examples for xml-customization -> Project-Examples
Version 1.06 - build 0349 - 03/02/2009:
- added: command-sequence for command-queue seperate by a ‘;’, e.g. 1;1;1
- added: increase priority of gestures for last/first view of a row (only if animate > 100) to animate left-to-right if it’s the first view of a row or right-to-left if it’s the last view of a row
- fixed: changing of language-translation for "Remain:"
- fixed: taskmanager for WVGA
- fixed: selection of Items
- fixed: crash while theme reloading (UPDATE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
- fixed: relative path for StartApp
- added: allow arbitrary string-size for registry-tracker
- changed: allow length of operator name up to 20
- added: for class="start_app", allow relative paths for loading icons
- added: order="1" (attribute for View-Tags, 0 = left to right, 1 = right to left)
to use right-to-left (order="1") check-order for finding the best matching Item on tap-action.
order="0" is default
order="1" allows the following item-placements:
- added: switching up to 5 Views simultaneously (using index/index_1/../index_5 respectively subindex)
- added: ontap="Message" (Send a message to a window),
param: path-attribute has the windows' class name
param: title-attribute has the windows' title (Optional)
param: msg-attribute has the numeric window message
param: index-attribute has the numeric wParam
param: subindex-attribute has the numeric lParam (Optional)
e.g. ontap="Message" path="HHTaskBar" msg="1156" index="2" (Send msg=1156 to Taskbar-Window with wParam=2 - Set Vibra Mode)
ontap="Message" path="HHTaskBar" msg="1156" index="0" (Set Normal Sound Mode)
ontap="Message" path="HHTaskBar" msg="1156" index="3" (Set Silent Mode)
- changed: do nothing on tap of empty area (area with no Item beneath)
- added: actiontype for SoftReset ( ontap="SoftReset" )
- added: top/down-gesture
- added: round incoming calltimes in options
- added: Language-IDs 1603 (Outgoing), 1604 (Incoming) for "Round CallTimes" (HSLanguage Updated)
- added: log missed calls to CallTimes.xml
- removed: default startapp of mobile operator (starting of commanager)
- fixed: Allow up to 255 Views and up to 255 Rows
- fixed: Update Region for selmode="x"
- added: attribute (in View-Tag) for extending "Reach"/"UpdateRegion" of a View, e.g. extend="6" for 6 pixels.
This is particularly for sliding Views that have Items which are oversized if selected,
that is they overlap with adjacent Views.
Don't extend a View if it's not needed, because it could reduce render performance
- added: gesture-attribute (can be 0 or 1) for Window/Row/View-Tags
- added: AppToDate-support (http://www.modaco.com/content/apptodate/267096/download-apptodate-supported-applications/)
- changed: animatebg="0xFF000000" for using todayscreen-background
- added: actiontype for toggling flight mode, ontap="ToggleFlight"
- added: animatebg-attribute for background color (BGR-Format) of animation, e.g. <Window ... animatebg="0x000000"...>
- added: first working version of View-Switching for up to 3 Views, View0 (index/subindex), View1 (index_1/subindex_1), View2 (index_2/subindex_2)
--> e.g. <Item .. ontap="View" index="0" subindex="1" index_1="1" subindex_1="1" index_2="2" subindex_2="1" >
- added: actiontype for "Do Nothing", ontap="DoN" or ontap="DoNothing"
- added: registry-value DWORD TempMultiply; e.g. 1100 results in multiply with 1.1
- changed: Name of Plugin changed to "HomeScreen PlusPlus UI"
- added: awareness of unicode-sms
- changed: DWORD TaskBarBattery under BS-RegistryKey for showing Batterylevel instead of CpuSpeed
- added: data-counter support for HTC Diamond
- recommended editor: Komodo Edit
Updated AppLauncher.exe to use sliding --> AppLauncher.exe
--> (XML) Example for AppLauncher.xml
- added: for TaskManager of BS - DWORD CloseButtonWidth ( create this registry-value and set it to 60 will span the [x]-button over the clock for a finger friendly handling )
BS Reloader by Lastnikita:
For theme-makers to download their themes and reload the theme
--> Explanation
--> Download
i have an ut starcom x-v6700 and it orks great. thank you . the only issue i had was when i installed it my backlifght immeditely goes out and i have to go to settings to make the backlight meter at 100%. also i dont think it matters much but the only theing that shows up on the line is the battery icon not the mhz. Thanks again
BatteryStatus Today-Plugin for XDA Neo
Thanks a lot !
i think your device has Intel's PXA 270 XScale processor build in. The overclocking features of BatteryStatus only affect the hardware registers of texas instruments's omap850 processor.
But its a good idea to show the cpu-speed of any cpu...
Wait for the next release ...
[Update] See version 0.02.200 - added always show cpu speed - testing state
works great on a Dopod 818 Pro!
what's the little \/ arrow to the left of the battery meter in the taskbar btw? (would be great if it was task manager )
you mean the right of the batterymeter ?
indeed its a taskmanager. Its vBar 2.2
Works great on my XDA Neo
awesome - two new things for my phone now
One of the best add-on.
Thanks!!
Perfect plugin. But when i turn of the battery in options the hole plugin is not shown on my homescreen. And couldt you please make an option that shows the mobile operator instat of battery load. that wouldt be realy cool.
yes, the plugin should disappear when the batteryload is unchecked. (Its not a bug, ) Its a feature, because its a batterystatus-plugin by design
If enough users report the current options to be stable, i can add more features. The mobile operator is a good idea for the next releases.
It works pretty good
fantastic! thanks, pal. great prog
Near apocalypse!
Oh man! I nearly killed my phone and I don't know why!
I installed your plug-in only cause I liked the battery status thingy. I've never overclocked my Prophet so far because I never needed it. So while I was looking through the options for your program I thought I'd just overclock it once to see the improvements. So I set the speed to 221 MHz and BAMM!
The screen had all kinds of strange colors that where not supposed to be there. I mean, the contents on the screen were visible but there were some red lines and some shorter green lines and some black dots and I don't know what everywhere. Right then I knew I was in trouble! I tried to go back to the options menu of your program but couldn't. I wasn't even able to get to the options of the today screen since only MSN Messenger was displayed on the "Personal settings" screen. Damn Microsoft, everything breaks apart but I can still use their messenger which nobody wants!
Anyway, after a soft reset my Prophet just froze. After the next soft reset it worked again but I still couldn't use it in any normal way. I read through your instructions on your page (a thing which I maybe should have done earlier) and wanted to put a "dontoverclock.txt" file on my SD Card. Only problem: the SD Card inside the phone wasn't accessible, neither through the phone itself nor through my laptop. So eventually I took a digital camera, put my SD card in it and the file on the SD Card. The phone still didn't work though. I cursed myself and thought of all things lost should I have to hard reset the damn thing while I kept on doing soft resets. Well, suddenly it worked again, the clock speed is back to normal and all is fine.
But still. Isn't this strange? I thought almost everybody's Prophet still acts normal at 240 - 260 MHz while mine pretty much collapsed at 221 MHz. By the way, I don't blame YOU or your program for any of this.
From now on my Prophet stays the way it is. It obviously doesn't want to be changed and personally I understand that!
so first of all, thanks for your feedback. Any feedback is welcome
Your report is a better warning than my bold written lines hehe
The behaviour of your device is really strange. Anyone have had the same experience ?
I tried your steps and couldn't observe what you've described.
Did you checked "Set clock on wakeup" ? This should not be done at first time. Not at all.
Again: If you use the OMAP-Features, be careful with overclocking ! It CAN damage your device !
Following steps are important:
1) rtfm
2) Prepare a SD-Card for emergency case
3) try the options (careful)
You can try with OmapClock.exe prior to use the omap-features. (OmapClock.exe calculates with a Clock-Ref of 12MHz and BatteryStatus calculates with a Clock-Ref of 13MHz. This explains the difference.)
I think your device dont like to be overclocked, thus it would be a great help to post some of your devices details (ROM-Image, Branding ?, special software?, when did you buy it?, Do you use o2-homezone? i dont.).
This gives other readers to compare and think about before overclocking.
Nevertheless, i removed the cpuclocks not useful for XDA Neo and added the mobile operator name in V. 0.02.300.
There is a new version 0.02.300 !
I found a new bug. on my xda neo the alarm sounds such as sms or incomming email are not played reguarly when the loch device on wakeup obtion is enabeled. they are just played very short. after disabeling and softreset it work normaly
Thank you for this plugin
Thank you for your time and effort with this plugin.
Just installed on my M600 Prophet and running well and stable at 260 Mhz.
Will add to the forum if any problems arise but as i say running very well at the moment.
Adey.
sebi112 said:
I found a new bug. on my xda neo the alarm sounds such as sms or incomming email are not played reguarly when the loch device on wakeup obtion is enabeled. they are just played very short. after disabeling and softreset it work normaly
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I can't reproduce this issue. Are the ringtones on the SD-Card or in mainmemory ?
The sounds are in mainmemory
sebi112 said:
The sounds are in mainmemory
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I'm sorry, but i can not reproduce this. Anyone else experienced the same ?
When I set the speed to 260Mhz, Omapclock itself says it's only 240Mhz.
Hey man, sorry I was away and couldn't reply earlier.
Anyway, as I said, I did not read your warnings very attentively prior to overclocking my Prophet. So, yes, I did check "Set clock on wakeup". That was probably stupid.
The information for my device:
ROM-Version: 2.15.4.29 GER
Radio: 02.19.21
I got the phone in May, it is O2 branded, but I installed nothing of the Extended ROM. I don't use the home zone app. As a matter of fact I don't use any plug-ins (except yours) and the system is generally held slim. That's also why I never needed overclocking. Everything's running smoothly!
As I said, once overclocked my Prophet started acting weird which I totally didn't expect at 221 MHz. I got everything back to normal, so no problems anymore!
Hot fix - v1.219 (posted on 17 September)
1. fixed the problem that all incoming calls were identified as "unknown" on some devices (e.g. Treo)
2. fixed the problem to treat data connection as voice call
3. fixed the power drain problem (but not 100% sure yet, pls report your findings as my device never has this issue)
4. fixed the blank screen when responding a call on some devices
5. fixed the abnormal call waiting screen
6. fixed the data reconnection problem
Pls get this hot fix of iLock.exe at the end of this post. It's only applicable with v1.21 has been installed first.
After the installation, pls soft-reset the device.
BTW, I'm very happy to let you know that we now have 2 versions of Configurator for S2U.
English
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1501071&postcount=1458
Chinese
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1479572&postcount=1217
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Cheers,
A_C
Hey guys, (posted on 31 August)
It's now udpated to v1.21, the changes are:
1. moved the phone part from SNAPI to TAPI for higher reliability
2. fixed the "Unknown/Private Caller" issue
3. added option DialedID (DWORD): it will appear when dialing a call. But there are limitations:
- it only has a "End Call" key, i.e. no key for mute, speaker, contact... etc... but it has a big pic depending on your CallerID setting.
- it only works when CloseApp is 0, CallerID is 1 or 2, DialedID is 1 & SLIDE is already running in the background. WHY? Simply because don't want to slow down the normal dialing process.
{
"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"
}
4. improved the responsiveness of keys on the Caller ID screen
5. added option to stop showing the total no. of "Active Task" - set ShowTask (DWORD) to 0
6. fixed the bug of displaying wrong "missed call" when CallerID is disabled
7. fixed the sliding date issue when a call comes in & out very quickly
8. SLIDE now awares of the running of HTC's Audio Manager
9. some bugs fixed
Please remember to RESTART iLock after any registry settings (under \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\Slide2Unlock) changed, otherwise it won't work.
The download links are:
CAB file
http://rapidshare.com/files/52374401/Slide2UnLock1.21-WM5.cab.html
http://www.sendspace.com/file/4s1grz
http://www.badongo.com/file/4208845
Updated files only (for experienced users if you don't want the old settings changed by the installer)
http://rapidshare.com/files/52374619/Slide2UnLock1.21.rar.html
http://www.sendspace.com/file/2r57xk
http://www.badongo.com/file/4208862
Please read the readme.txt for more details.
If you're happy with it, don't forget to buy me coffee or send me a post to show your appreciation. I need your motivation. Thanks.
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Cheers,
A_C
Hey guys, (posted on 24 August)
Just updated to v1.20, the changes are:
1. reworked part of Caller ID function (as before, you're still recommended to set CloseApp to 0 when using the CallerID function)
2. when Caller ID is enable & works, the Caller ID of the latest missed call will be alerted
3. added option Slide2Answer (DWORD, 1 is enable; 0 is disable): when a call comes in & your device is locked by SLIDE, you'll have to "slide to answer"; or press the power button to decline the call. Please test this function carefully, otherwise you'll not be able to answer any call! If your device have power off problem with the previous versions, please do not enable this option. This option will only work when CallerID is enable & SafeMode is disable.
4. added support to show the total no. of "Active Task"
5. added support to show current day's Weather info from the HTC Home plugin: set "ShowWeather" to 5
(since I have to remap the icon index of HTC to WP/PW manually, if you find any mismatch icons, pls let me know)
6. iLock now accept several command switches:
-slide to start/invoke SLIDE
-nomsg to not to show any message even it closes itself & SLIDE
-refresh to close SLIDE & reload the registry settings (except for SafeMode changes, the device need soft-reset before it's effective)
7. some bugs fixed
Please read the readme.txt for more details.
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Cheers,
A_C
Hey guys, (posted on 2 August)
Here is another update v1.19, the changes are:
1. fixed some issues of Caller ID
2. added support to animated Wallpaper (but not GIF)
you have to make muliple frames of pics with same size and concatenated them together to a single BMP file;
add to registry - "WpFrameNo" (DWORD) with the number of frames in the file;
add to registry - "WpFrameRate" (DWORD) with the number of milliseconds the frames will be changed;
for the Landscape wallpaper, use "WpLFrameNo" & "WpLFrameRate" correspondingly
Pls be WARNED that the larger the animated BMP file, the more RAM will be consumed; and more POWER will be drained!
I've uploaded a sample (Animated Globe) at the bottom of this post, please read the readme on how to use it.
3. added user input Weather info: set "ShowWeather" to 4;
add to registry - "UserWeather" (DSTRING) with the format X|Y|H|L
where X could be S for using the weather icon from SPB; and P will use the weather icon from WP/PW;
Y is the weather icon's index no;
H is the highest temperature;
L is the lowest temperature.
e.g. S|10|30|20 means to show SPB's icon no. 10 with highest temperature 30 & lowest temperature 20
4. the weather forecast of WP & PW will not show the icons for night
5. increased the length of the paths of Wallpaper to 128
6. fixed the keyboard icon problem with Wisbar
7. some bugs fixed
Please read the readme for the details.
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Enjoy,
A_C
Hey guys, (posted on 21 July)
After more than 2 weeks, here is another update... v1.18. I'm so excited to announce that now SLIDE supports UNICODE, i.e. it shows the operator name, date & appointment details in your native language.
Secondly, it has its own Caller ID...
and a new Call Waiting Caller ID...
other changes are:
4. Appointment details can be displayed in multilple lines
5. supports the device's native screen size, make sure you have a wallpaper with proper size & enough free RAM (it may take around 6.5M)
6. SLIDE loads a bit faster
7. fixed the memory leak when WP or PW is enabled
8. some graphics changed
9. some bugs fixed
10. from v1.18, it only supports WM5 or 6
How to enable/disable Caller ID
========================
Please read this session thoroughly before attempting to enable the CallerID setting, otherwise it'll not work & you may need to soft-reset your device.
1. Please disable other 3rd party Caller ID apps.
2. As the system has a default Caller ID notification, iLock has to depress it before showing it's own Caller ID. But the problem is different Language device has to be handled differently. So far, iLock is coded to identify the system Caller ID notification in English & Traditional Chinese devices only (i.e. for these devices, simply change the value of "CallerID" as below). For other Languages, please follow these steps:
a. stop iLock.
b. try to call your device, write down the Windows TEXT of the incoming call notification (i.e. the TEXT on the top window bar, for e.g., WM6 English will be "Phone - Incoming")
c. new a registry value "IncomingText" (STRING) under "\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\Slide2Unlock" and enter EXACTLY the above TEXT
d. set "CallerID" to 1 (fullscreen mode) or 2 (thumbnail mode)
e. start iLock & SLIDE
f. try to call your device again. If there is no new Caller ID, the TEXT you just enterd is not exactly match with the system's Caller ID notification. Please repeat the above steps.
g. see the new Caller ID, enjoy!
3. It's suggested to set "CloseApp" to 0, otherwise you'll have to wait more than 1 second before you know who's calling. The downside is it'll eat about 5.5M RAM.
4. As displaying a Caller ID screen is a mission critical job, pls install SLIDE in device instead of Storage Card.
5. Sometimes, the Caller ID screen may come out more than a second after the ring begins, but it's out of iLock's control.
6. Pls do not use the built-in PIN LOCK, otherwise the Caller ID will not be shown up properly.
7. How to recover the system default Caller ID notification?
a. stop iLock
b. set CallerID to 0
c. soft-reset the device
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Cheers,
A_C
Hey guys, (posted on 4 July)
As you may already notice that this app is recently unwelcome here, this is probably the last update.
Admin, don't panic, I'll not post any files here. Besides, the update I provided will not contain any copyright graphic files that Apple claims to have. I was wondering how you or they know this app contains the iPhone code?!
Why this patch exists? Because some nice guys provided me some great info about WeatherPanel & PocketWeather. Now, SLIDE can show weather data from these apps too. And there is some minor bug fixing as well (includes getting data from SPBWeather).
Please follow the readme file for this update & enjoy!
A_C,
your apps is nice and I have updated and tested on each release...
please don't leave us... >.<
A_C you are the best!!!
skypirate said:
A_C,
your apps is nice and I have updated and tested on each release...
please don't leave us... >.<
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I totaly agree with you!!!!!
Quality A_C,
Don't let the buggers grind you down........off to eat my *pple pie
Hey A_C, you have been making a great contribution to the xda's real meaning, i.e. "developing". So, I'd request you to continue ur stay here..
Moreover, I think the main prob is that xda-developers cannot "host" the files here. You can still provide a rapidshare (or similar) link to ur creations. But maybe u can clear this up with admins...
Thanks so much A_C for everything, you definately have to stay.
(Won't you guys look over at www.slide2unlock.co.nr , it looks like somebody must have seen this page and updated it already )
i like this soft.thank you very much!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for the application, it is a great app......
If you continue to make changes it would be great if you would add the city name for the Weather Application...
hi A_C,
just tested out the the latest v1.172 patch on my magician and it now works 100% perfect! again, thank you for looking up the WM2003se bugs!
with your hard work all said and done, slide2unlock truly has become THE most useful and must have app for the pocket pc (even surpassing the iphone's keylock app by a mile). and with this being the final release, you really know how to go out in style!
thanks A_C,
myownregister
No Weather Icon Showing??
I just updated to 1.17 and added the patch. I've followed the instructions in the "readme.txt" file to a T, as follows:
Update steps:
1. install v1.17
2. stop iLock & SLIDE
3. overwrite SLIDE.EXE with the extracted file (the default path is \Program Files\Slide2Unlock\)
4. extract the weather icons to the default program path.
5. create a new registry key "ShowWeather" under "\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\Slide2Unlock"
0 is disable
1 show data from SPBWeather
2 show data from WeatherPanel
3 show data from PocketWeather
6. start iLock, & then SLIDE.
I created the new registry key from step 5 to show data from PocketWeather, which is installed to the Storage Card.
In Step 4, exactly where does the weather icons go?? I've tried copying the entire weather folder to \Program Files\Slide2Unlock, and even into the \GFX folder. I've tried putting the weather folder into the bmp folder of Pocket Weather also.
Still, I'm getting nothing as far as a weather icon. Everything else works great!! I just really need help with getting the weather icon to show. What am I missing here??
A_C, this is a really GREAT app. I've been using it ever since your initial release and keep updating (although I somehow missed the 1.16 update). Looking forward to even more excellent apps from you!!!
for some reason, the file i donwload from the link is always error, broken.
anyone kindly send me one? to my email?
thank you so much, great app!!!!! and it always wrong on my Asus a696 when i use landscape mode. wierd.
[email protected]
Here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/a9so9e
MAN, thank you so much! got the file!
now, anyone has the same problem i have? on landscpe mode, it runs, but doesn't work.
i got Asus A696 PDA, not phone. 240*320.
thanks again!
Thanks for the great app, A_C. One of the most outstanding PPC apps ever.
Absolutely flawless.
Hey guys,
Thank you for your comment & support. Glad to hear to that you like this little app.
@newbie2
Pls make sure the key "ShowWeather" is DWORD.
The weather icons included in the patch should be placed under the folder where you installed SLIDE.
@delude
Thank you very much!
@tonyso68
It's a known problem that PPL cannot run on certain device's landscape mode. No solution yet.
Great work A_C. I have been playing with this in my custom roms for the Apache for a little while now. I would like to bring your attention to one thing that I have found in your newest version dealing with Weather Panel. Now, I did convert this to an OEM and put it in a custom 3.5 rom for the Apache. As part of the conversion, I tried to minimize the amount of copying that was necessary so it roms from \Windows instead of \Program Files. That said, I have not had any problems before the latest version.
Here is a screen shot of what is showing when I have the reg for Weather Panel enabled. As you can see, it moves the date to the bottom and is only displaying the forcasted temp with an incorrect "high temp". The actual forcasted temp at this time shoudl read --/65. Perhaps it is an incompatibility issue, but I was wondering how it reads the info from the WP data. Perhaps my version of WP is not the same as the one used to create the WP compatibility.
Sorry for the bad screehshot. I had to resize to post it. If you cannot read it, in the lower left it says "-9999/65"
Great program. Love it on my 6800.
Can anyone help direct me how to get slide2unlock to show up on my Today screen like a plugin so I only have to click once to execute it on my ppc6800?
Creating Today screen plugins doesn't look very easy.
This would be a nice feature and would make it similar to the 6800s original unlock app on the Today screen.
Just set it up to lock on wake (or idle I guess it is). Then, when you hit the power button and shut the phone off, it is locked when it comes back on.
I just installed this after having problems with some other locking apps and it's working great for me. I do have one question though. I couldn't read through the entire previous thread and I didn't see anything about this is the readme.
I see that I have slide.exe running all the time taking up 2.65mb of RAM. There's also iLock.exe taking up 15.90kb. It was my impression since iLock is in the Startup folder that it is what needs to be running to trigger slide which actually locks the device. So I killed the slide.exe process and tested, everything worked fine. However slide.exe showed back up among my running processes after locking the device.
So, should both processes be running all the time, and if so, why? If not, any idea what's going on?
Thanks again for the great app!
Feel free to share it with anybody. BUT PLEASE DO NOT PUBLISH BINARY ON YOUR WEBSITE, link to mine. (And that includes: binary, zip, OEM version, cab remake, package, ROM.).
{
"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"
}
For those who don't know PocketCM or ContactManager, it's a contact application:
What it does:
- Can be used completely with finger, no need for stylus
- tapping the contact make appear a screen with contact info (photo, name, phone, sms and mail). Selecting one option launch the default compose dialog or make the call. You can also change the contact picture from the detail directly.
- display contact photo if present (in the list and the contact detail).
- allow you to see SMS conversation history
- fully skinnable
- All basic contact operation
- Access to WM contact application if required (for some specific operation taht can't be done using PCMC).
Build a theme:
http://pocketcm.com/phorum/read.php?8,363
History
For a complete changelog, you can look here.
Version 0.15
* Edit before call option: press a call button for 250ms, you'll be able to edit the number
o If you press a contact for 250ms in the list, you can call the contact directly
* SMS optimization, read message faster, doesn't block the device
* Support for second and third e-mail address.
* 40% improved startup time
* PocketCM 0.10 support
* Fixed for landscape mode
* Bug fixes
* Lighter executable, about 200Kb less
Version 0.14
- Current index position indicator
- Better list scrolling feedback at beginning and end of list
Option menu to choose theme (Theme don't need to be called theme.cmt anymore, they can be called anything.cmt. Put them in the program folder, hold the phone button for a second, choose option, then choose theme, and pick the one you like)
- SIP setting is persistant and independant of Windows Mobile: You choose the SIP you like (or no sip) and it will be used by PCM no matter what SIP you're using in WM
- Staying pressed on a message mark it as read/unread
- Fixed PCM looks without theme (it's definitly better with a theme, but is usable).
- Bug fixes
- And yes for some really annoying people (I hope they have some sense of humor), an option to get out of fullscreen
And of course you can get the stuff: here
finally you decide to made a native version... what language are you using to do that ? because your exe is very big and it still use more of 1 Mbyte of memory in my phone... eheheh i saw also you decided to use letter dividers as my iMedia, now I'm in holiday and i can continue my work too
btw You are doing a very good job congratulations
hi,
what's the difference between this log and contactmanager 0.11 ?
bye
Did you even read the message?...
read the 10 first line... right after the "From ContactManager here's what's new/modified:"
Guybrush said:
finally you decide to made a native version... what language are you using to do that ? because your exe is very big and it still use more of 1 Mbyte of memory in my phone... eheheh i saw also you decided to use letter dividers as my iMedia, now I'm in holiday and i can continue my work too
btw You are doing a very good job congratulations
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And I'll be happy to test your version as soon as it's usable.
By the way, how were the exam?
exams very well thanks... and finally holiday for a month!! my version about scrolling is already usable... I have to make a class to make some nice bitmap buttons, assign commands for direct call and direct SMS (they are just two strings of code) but the most is done... all the other are features to add, I'm using just C++ and API why you choosed to use MFC ? I think you could do it without, it's better.
Wow.
I have to admit this is very impressive. Small memory footprint, fast, elegant...!
And thankfully no .NET, lol.
That threaded SMS is very nice as well. That's a huge bonus.
Couple of things/requests:
- 240x240 support
Right now, it's mostly okay. But in a Contact, some of the formatting gets cut off.
- Type as well as scroll
I understand the primary purpose is to scroll with your finger, but what about having something similar to other Contact managers? So say I want to find "Steve" I type S-t-e with each letter narrowing down the list. Right now, I can type "S" but if I hit "T" it jumps to all of the "T" contacts. Also, better D-pad support. Like say I hit "S" it would be nice then to select each contact by using the D-pad.
I obviously use a Treo so it's much faster for me to type than scroll with the KB always open.
- Any plans for further integration of the threaded SMS into the system?
Like hooking into the notifications and having it "take over" from the default system? I would suspect this is very difficult, yet you've certainly proven yourself already with this app!
The graphics and transitions are simply superb too.
best,
Mal
hi,
thx for this new version but at the moment i will stay with contactmanager 0.11:
1. the alphabetical index on the left has smaller letters than in the .net cf version.
2. scrolling in the previous version works better. the new one has an unnatural acceleration during the scrolling.
edit:
3. on the previous version i could tap for example on "W" and it jumped to the last contacts in my list, which start with the letter "T". in the new version nothing happens.
edit2:
could you please try this:
the current problem with the alphabetical index is that i want to use the device one-handed. while it is in my right hand i have to use my right hand's thumb to use the index. using the left (visible) index means, that i have to stretch my thumb over the whole screen and it often covers display of the currently pressed letter. and with the invisible index on the right holding the device gets a bit difficult and it could drop if i am in the bus for example.
i wanted to ask you if you could try, how a horizontal alphabetical index on the bottom would work. it that too small on a 2,8" display or could it be useful?
Bugs
1. When I press the the hide button it actually exits the program.
2. Text on the Favorites screen is off the screen at the edges.
edit: I also agree with LordDeath that the alphabetical index on the left side should be bigger like on the .Net version.
kDub
how to i adjust the settings for the new PocketCM? in the older version (.11) there was a settings.ini file, however, i dont see such a file in the .zip folder. am i missing something here?
Bugs with 0.5
1.) Contact pictures in details view are cropped in the middle of the picture, so it appears there's missing pixel rows in the middle.
2.) When favorites is empty, the text displayed on the favorites screen runs off the screen, it should be word wrapped.
Great works so far!
Is it possible to tweak the speed of the scroll/flick?
Not trying to be a pain but is there an ETA for the .cab version? Sorry if you posted this, didnt see it in your post. Thanks
Wow so much faster, its great.
Just to offer my 2 cents
1. I love the SMS Threader. Anyway you make the keyboard retractable? Possibly change the font size even?
2. Also related to the keyboard. its actually very good, I just find it difficult to get the buttons on the edge because of the design of the 8525 in my case. Maybe to move the Q,A, etc in a little more? Maybe im retarded but I tried writing 'mwah' to my gf and I hit s instead of a 4 times in a row, lol
3. Lastly, can we set up the order that the contact page is displayed for a particular contact. IE right now it looks to be in a strange order (for me anyway) ..showing Company, Home, Work, Mobile, then SMS. Ive love to have Mobile, then SMS then whatever. Or something like that. If we could modify it that would be even better.
Thanks for taking my input. =P
Great product!
I like it better then the ContactManager version but I have one problem your keyboard does not suport many of the letter we use in my contry like æøíóýð so is it posible to not use your keyboard and insted just use the one inside WM6? I know I can use the builtin keyboard but I don't want the one built into the app to show
Hi tene
Just tested your new work. Superb! Few observations:
1) To fast scroll, move finger across the full screen. Short scroll, just the centre portion. Cool!
2) Threading SMS display not perfect yet. When I switched from keyboard to Phonepad, the sms threads moved up automatically, but it didn't display properly until I touch it, move it. But the fact that you can read your previous sms is... cool too!
3) Sending of SMS, no problem I believe, cos' it appears in the Messaging 'Sent' box. Will know when my wife reply.
- But one thing that's strange. In the 'Sent' box, it didn't show the my wife's name, but just the phone number. Any idea how come?
4) The 'twirling' effect - moving from contact screen to SMS panel is COOL!
5) Index scrolling.. You lengthen the display of letters is also a great enhancement. Not so easily block by hand now.
6) Index scrolling 2 .. When you scroll to 'E', it will stop at E section (with the 'E' title bar on top). Think this is good cos' it's very clear that you are at the section of your selection.
Overall, a great job!!
Great upgrade!
Definite improvement over 0.11--good job!
Observations
--Loads much faster as advertised!
--I like the scrolling effect in 0.11 better. It was smoother, but now seems less fluid and "stiffer"
-- New single letter headers to break up the contacts list is interesting--not sure I like it yet
-- How do I delete a contact? Appears I have to select the contact, tap to bring up the menu, tap to view contact, then click menu softkey then delete and another tap to confirm...too many steps (6 taps on screen). Can you add a "Delete contact" option with confirmation in the menu for eact contact? Wouls reduce to 4 taps anyway...
--PageDown and PageUp were not added as mentioned in 0.11 thread--can you consider adding this to function just like up/down on the d-pad?
It seems as if the A-Z index on the side is designed more in mind for one-handed operation for left handed people. Is there any way you'd consider adding an option in the settings.ini file to allow us to move around components? Say for example, moving the A-Z index bar to the right side, move contact pictures in the list view, etc.
Other than that, the only things I'm not wild about is the 'snappiness' of the scrolling as opposed to how soft it was in the previous version, and the small area on the details page to use a finger gesture to go back to the contact list. The last one isn't such a big deal, but the other two would definitely improve usability.
Absolutely fabulous application (as before) and now lightning fast!! Thank you!
I love the SMS Threader. However, I noticed, that the sort order is not always correct. I send an SMS at 19:55 and received an SMS at 19:56. However the last one was put above the first one on the list.
Also: Where is the settings.ini? In my Zip.file of PocketCM there was none.
Read the "Build a theme" section in the original post.
The settings are stored in "theme.cmt". It's just a zip file. There should be a "settings.ini" in the "theme.cmt" file, that you can mess with.
You can do this by :
1.) Renaming "theme.cmt" to "theme.zip"
2.) Unzipping theme.zip to a temporary folder
3.) Modify the settings.ini to your liking
4.) Zip up the contents of the temporary folder
5.) Name the zip file theme.cmt.
Looks great.
Thanks
A couple of observations: Can't change order of phone numbers, if you have a few numbers for a contact the normal mobile contact number ends up off screen, where secondary numbers appear at the top of the list.
Does not seem to be a way to show email address on the contact screen, used to be able to do this thru the .ini.
When using the indexing (which works very well) the "letter" in the bar is too close to the scrolling finger, would be nice if it was in the middle of the screen (portrait mode) so it can be seen when using either hand.
Also I have seen when in portrait mode that when you select the contacts picture the drop down box can come up with 3 x 2 boxes ( 2 lots of 3 side by side) insrtead of the 6 in a row.
Please ignore part of this email, will play with the theme editing to see if it solves some of my issues
Keep up the great work
The main improvements in the iPhone Slider over A_C's slide2unlock are that it's compatible with any devices that can run the .net framework, So it can be QVGA or VGA, 2003SE, WM6, And it's even compatible with running on desktop windows versions. All this by running the same executable. (edit: running on windows desktop produces errors now due to using some pocket pc libraries)
It also uses the proper iPhone fonts, and it should be less ram usage. (Tested under WM6 using memmaid it only used 1.87mb ram. some users are reporting strange memory issues which is being fixed though)
Screenshots: (Running on Pocket PC Emulator)
(QVGA)
{
"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"
}
(VGA)
if you're one of the people that find A_C's slide2unlock is incompatible with your ppc or eating up your ram, you can donate through paypal to motivate me to finish this: [email protected].
Downloads:
- This is the main program: Slider.zip.
Try using this first. Just extract it to your device or SD card and run.
Note: To use the proper iPhone fonts, copy the included iPhone.ttf to your windows fonts directory (may also require soft-reset).
- If the 'slide to unlock' animation or arrow button don't scale properly on your VGA screen, extract Slider_VGAPATCH.zip to the folder of the original version.
- If you want to change the wallpaper, use this: Slider_Config.zip.
You can only run this on WM5-6 and on VGA devices at the moment.
Put it in a different directory to your main slider app directory. Put the wallpaper you want in GFX\Res\wallpaper.bmp. Then let run the app and let it exit by itself.
It will create a directory called 'GFXOUT' that contains the necessary graphics to use with your main slider app.
Then simply copy the contents of the generated 'GFXOUT' folder to your main app's 'GFX' folder (or delete it and rename GFXOUT to GFX and put it in there).
Note: If you aren't using the VGAPATCH version you will need to resize the slideanis.bmp to half the size using an image editor.
- Due to the larger VGA icons and a different filename, my slider app isn't compatible with the original iPhone launcher anymore.
So here's a modified version of the launcher: launcher.zip that uses different icons.
It's also modified to show 'AT&T' instead of 'Unknown' if you don't have phone capabilities.
Source:
Slider_Source.zip
Slider_VGAPATCH_Source.zip
Slider_Config_Source.zip
Updates:
-Update @ 4th September:
made images load externally. the app executable is only 18kb now.
added a function to make it fullscreen, but it's commented out atm as it leaves the screen mucked up when you close the app (until you soft-reset).
but as it is, adding the window state to maximized already makes it in fullscreen everything i've tested except for on the device emulator.
added vga quality background that will stretch to the resolution of the screen.
-Update @ 5th September:
added clock and date display.
added signal strength status and carrier name functions.
added lock icon.
added power status function (temporarily uses a built-in value and does not actually grab the power status at the moment though).
-Update @ 6th September:
added some 'fake' transparency effects. this would actually mean less resources are used. but i hope to find out how to do real transparency later on.
-Update @ 7th September:
added fake transparency to the slider bar and to the animated 'slide to unlock' images.
added real transparency for all the labels. the only thing left to make transparent now is the arrow button.
added dpi scaling method and VGA sized images. so it now fully supports VGA. if you are using a QVGA device, it will scale down to your screen size.
the clock will remove the leading zero from the time if it starts with it.
positioned labels more accurately.
-Update @ 8th September:
added function to animate the 'slide to unlock' image on the ppc the same way as with A_C's app
added proper battery status function.
added transparency on the arrow image.. but it's only a solid color so it's still not very good.
added iPhone fonts! if you want the app to use the same fonts as on the iPhone, copy iPhone.ttf to your windows fonts directory and soft-reset. if you don't do this it will simply revert to tahoma fonts.
-Update @ 9th September:
added a new way for drawing the fonts transparently. it will ensure compatibility across all screen sizes, and can draw the font positions exactly the same as on the iPhone (font sizes will need to be changed though).
the fonts are now always centered properly.
added an error check on the battery api. so it's now compatible running on desktop pc's again. it might also fix some ppc's.
-Update @ 10th September:
made fonts relatively positioned and accurate to the iPhone.
made fonts sized accurately to the iPhone.
changed font color of the date to the greener color it is on the iPhone.
fixed the huge performance hit and screen flashing when updating the images with fonts ontop of them. now all images that get refreshed will only do it if it's needed.
fixed a bit of code i left out in the previous vga fixes (binary and source). sorry about that, the vga fix will work now.
-Update @ 11th September:
changed speed of the slideback function to be more accurate to the iPhone.
-Update @ 12th September:
made arrow button image transparent, BUT.. once you move it it won't update the transparency.. so only when it's in the start position will it be transparent. it's still an improvement though.
modified the launcher app to use 'slider.exe' instead of 'slide.exe' so you can just use it with my slider app straight away. also fixed a problem with it still showing one battery image too big.
-Update @ 13th September:
finally got the arrow button image to stay fully transparent!!
it will now automatically open in fullscreen.
changed wallpaper and other images as the wallpaper was cropped a bit different to the iPhone.
changed slider app to use one toplock.bmp instead of a lock.bmp and top.bmp.
made a 'Config Creator' to generate the images for different backgrounds.
hosting the files on my server now as there are more than the maximum limit allowed in a thread.
improved fluency and speed of the 'slide to unlock' animation by a huge deal.
removed the blurryness of all the images.
due to using the 'config creator', the images are now VGA quality and not scaled up from QVGA.
changed carrier name font to arial. the rest will still use the iphone fonts though.
cleaned up arrow button image and moved it to the proper position.
-Update @ 15th September:
thanks to LlamaV3, the following bugs have been fixed:
exiting doesn't leave the titlebar from making it fullscreen.
glitchy graphics on the arrow button have been fixed.
carrier name no longer has a box symbol next to it.
because of this, i'm proud to announce the app as V1.0 stable! thanks LlamaV3 for getting us there!
-Update @ 23rd September:
Added LlamaV3's code to dispose of the images before exit, memory might be saved.
Thanks to Reichi, I've updated all projects to use png images instead of bitmaps.
Todo:
- add option for WM5/WM6 users to use proper alpha-blending transparency instead, so it's easier to modify the images like the wallpaper while not effecting everything else. (already have this working in another test project too)
- add wifi, bluetooth etc. status functions and icons.
- add better image buffering and/or option to use gapi/dx mobile to make moving the arrow image smoother.
- make config creator compatible with running in QVGA.
- add 'slide to answer'.. maybe..
- add registry/ini configuration. (will only add this once all the functions are complete though)
Thumbs up from my side!
I'm really curious what we'll get to see.
I'd really like to test when you are at beta stage. Hopefully it will become a bit smoother and consume reasonably less ram.
Great!
I don't get it... why would we need an slide 2 unlock if the device stays locked when we press once the power button?
Its just to add another step to do just to turn your device on!
more info pics???
Yeah I second that, pics woud be nice thanks.
dferreira said:
I don't get it... why would we need an slide 2 unlock if the device stays locked when we press once the power button?
Its just to add another step to do just to turn your device on!
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Very true haha. The damn iphone craze is addicting though.
slide2unlock has worked fine for me, but if this will hog up less memory then i will definitely give it a try.
what programming language did u use. c .net or no. could you let me know . thank you
I think he used Visual Basic .NET ;-)
Nice Code
thanxx
nEuDy said:
I think he used Visual Basic .NET ;-)
Nice Code
thanxx
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C#.net
superflysocal said:
slide2unlock has worked fine for me, but if this will hog up less memory then i will definitely give it a try.
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it only uses 18kb ram for the executable.
the other slide2unlock uses the PPL interpreter and requires use of gapi etc.
so if i get time to actually do the rest of the GUI, this would be better to use cos it's better performance (and would be compatible with all screen sizes and OS's due to using .NET framework).
but as it is now, it's just proof of concept for the slider.
btw people asking for screenshots,
theres no point atm really.
the point was to show how the slider works, and compatibility/performance. the graphics/UI has hardly been started on yet.
anyways:
dferreira said:
I don't get it... why would we need an slide 2 unlock if the device stays locked when we press once the power button?
Its just to add another step to do just to turn your device on!
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Obviously just haven't understood the advantage of a devicelock application yet. How is your device reacting after a call has come in you didn't take or you received a message that is shown on the display or a reminder popped up for your next appointment and you carry your device in your pocket?
Yes, the display stays on sensitive for every input to come until your preset timer shuts it off again after, say, 2 minutes.
A devicelock application is there to prevent e.g. calling someone by accident or triggering programs without knowing while you carry your device in your pocket. As long as it stays quiet and all buttons are out of function except for your powerbutton then it's fine without such an application - then you just have to be careful not to press it by accident. On every other occasion described above you just (ok, maybe not you, but many other people around ) need a devicelock.
And: why I'm not using the default devicelock by Windows Mobile? Because it's not auto-locking my device when going to standby as Slide2Unlock can and it is not as good looking as the smooth slider...
Understandable?
chrismrulz said:
even with all the images embedded in the executable as it is now, it's 68kb.
when it loads all the files externally it will probably only use about 20kb ram for the executable.
the other slide2unlock uses the PPL interpreter and requires use of gapi etc.
so if i get time to actually do the rest of the GUI, this would be better to use cos it's better performance (and would be compatible with all screen sizes and OS's due to using .NET framework).
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That's quite a difference to 5,5 MB of RAM consumption of Slide2Unlock!
Great, I'm really appreciating your work! Please don't stop your development.
Just a quick question:
How are you planning the transparency? I don't think you can do it with vb.net, can you?
cYa ~Neo
Mistellisch said:
That's quite a difference to 5,5 MB of RAM consumption of Slide2Unlock!
Great, I'm really appreciating your work! Please don't stop your development.
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Except it's a bit naive to count ram this way
As it's .NET it require the .NET runtime, if he adds feature like SMS counter, etc... it will add some libraries to that.
Graphics are in memory also, so for instance, one image (the background) 240*320*16bit will takes around 160Kb.
Anyway, I wish you good luck for your project.
Mistellisch said:
Obviously just haven't understood the advantage of a devicelock application yet. How is your device reacting after a call has come in you didn't take or you received a message that is shown on the display or a reminder popped up for your next appointment and you carry your device in your pocket?
Yes, the display stays on sensitive for every input to come until your preset timer shuts it off again after, say, 2 minutes.
A devicelock application is there to prevent e.g. calling someone by accident or triggering programs without knowing while you carry your device in your pocket. As long as it stays quiet and all buttons are out of function except for your powerbutton then it's fine without such an application - then you just have to be careful not to press it by accident. On every other occasion described above you just (ok, maybe not you, but many other people around ) need a devicelock.
And: why I'm not using the default devicelock by Windows Mobile? Because it's not auto-locking my device when going to standby as Slide2Unlock can and it is not as good looking as the smooth slider...
Understandable?
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I usually answer my calls, so I never had noticed this issue...
dferreira said:
I usually answer my calls, so I never had noticed this issue...
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So you see: you never ever stop learning...
Great
I'm looking forward to future releases
Welcome to the hell of SLIDE
Just out of curiosity, how long the program takes to start? And when comparing to PPL, which one is easier to code?
Good luck & hope you enjoy the trip.
A_C said:
Welcome to the hell of SLIDE
Just out of curiosity, how long the program takes to start? And when comparing to PPL, which one is easier to code?
Good luck & hope you enjoy the trip.
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Slide2Unlock is slower to load but in Slider there isn't signal bar, battery and so on...
PPL and VB.net are both quiet easy to code...
cYa ~Neo
tene said:
Except it's a bit naive to count ram this way
As it's .NET it require the .NET runtime, if he adds feature like SMS counter, etc... it will add some libraries to that.
Graphics are in memory also, so for instance, one image (the background) 240*320*16bit will takes around 160Kb.
Anyway, I wish you good luck for your project.
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I've just updated it to load the images externally.
So it's 18kb for the app now.
btw those images are jpeg's and gifs. so it can actually be at vga quality for that size you mentioned (160kb).
.NET is a more optimized framework than just a runtime. and shouldn't use up anywhere near as much ram.
try comparing ram usage with a benchmarking tool before and while using both apps, if you want to get actual proof though.
NeoPheus said:
Just a quick question:
How are you planning the transparency? I don't think you can do it with vb.net, can you?
cYa ~Neo
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i'm fairly certain this would be easy to do and that there are apps with transparency using .net cf.
i know for a fact that it's dead easy to do for just plain vb.NET (not the compact framework version).
if all fails i can just use gapi which would definitely have it. just trying to stay away from using that so it can still work on older devices aswell.
A_C said:
Welcome to the hell of SLIDE
Just out of curiosity, how long the program takes to start? And when comparing to PPL, which one is easier to code?
Good luck & hope you enjoy the trip.
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lol thanks,
the program starts a bit under 1 second on my iPAQ.
i'd have to say C#.net would have to be a hell of alot easier when coding from scratch than a lower-level one like PPL.
but it would be alot easier if the current slide2unlock on PPL was able to work on WM6/VGA rather than just me starting from scratch.
if i ever get it to the stage slide2unlock is at, this would be alot easier to add stuff to for sure.
would you be interested working with me on this C#.net one?
i just need someone to setup the graphics stuff properly. it would need to be relative positioning to the screen size, so it can work in VGA.
i can easily do the coding parts like grabbing the time and registry keys for the phone stuff and update them,
and work on making it fullscreen,
and add an ini file to configure it, and add the ability to make it use gapi with sprites.
it's just getting the graphics setup relative to the different screen sizes that is my priority now.
it's slowing me down cos i'm just thinking about how to do it, and not actually spending time coding anything.
would really appreciate some help.
To mark the end of 2012, here is a further updated ‘operational’ edition WM6.5 ROM for those who still favour a 'traditional' interface on their TG01
It is derived from WM6.5 ROM, Original build CE OS 5.2.21876 (Build 21876.5.0.72) TG01_KPW100707.005.tsw. It builds on and refines number of previous releases. It contains a significant number of additional tweaks, including in particular:
- A heavily customised new edition of the TRITanium Weather application. This includes a ‘current weather’ icon overlayed on the Titanium home page.
- Addition of the i-nigma 3D Barcode reader application
- Adoption of Opera 10 as the default browser
- Addition of Skype
- Updated editions of a number of other embedded applications (eg. Google Maps)
- Various further Registry amendments to improve operation
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I hope this may continue to be useful to users wanting a stable ROM with good base features and apps, onto which they can add own preferred choices to quickly have a fully featured phone. It is configured with a well-featured Titanium interface together with the option to toggle seamlessly between Titanium and the WM Classic Today screen.
Summary of Changes:
- Some 950 further files have been removed, together with addition of various registry changes and rationalisation of .provxml.
- All Titanium configurations for non-WVGA screen formats removed
- Titanium oriented with Carbon theme and harmonised Toshiba Keyboard / Freepad
- Titanium / WM Classic Today toggle incorporated
- Carbon-skinned Core Player included
- Custom edition of TRITanium Weather with current weather overlay. Streamlined by removal of all non-WXVGA configs and setting with Accuweather icons throughout as default.
- 3D Barcode reader added
- Screen sensitivity auto-applied during .cab load
- Full app Close with selectable options.
- Taskbar Battery Meter
Contains:
Style:
Win 7 style opening Splashscreen optimised to the TG01
Win Phone style animated Shutdown splashscreen
Colour Icon Taskbar with Windows 7 Orb [Based on GFreek’s with many own amendments and new icons]
Carbon_TG01 electric blue theme as default
System:
Custom Start Menu structure and Folder Icons
- Power sub-Menu including Power Off, Soft Reset, Screen Light, Standby, Settings and hidden Hard Reset options
- Home Screen Settings sub-Menu including Sliding Albums, Favourite People, TRITanium Weather, My Location
2 pixel full-width Battery meter at top of Taskbar
Real X to ‘Close’ functionality ‘InClose’
.net Framework 3.5 [Based on Arag0n85’s implementation in the original debranded ROM]
Audio Test (5.1 channel identifier)
Preset Registry Settings / Tweaks
- Power
- ClearType
- UK Regional
- SIP
- Wireless G active
- Screen sensitivity applied during .cab load (can be further refined if desired using usual screen.cpl)
Apps:
MS Office Mobile 2010
Google Maps
Arcsoft PhotoBase
Pictures & Videos
Camera with Muted Shutter Sound [To turn off Shutter completely use Novembre5’s .cab]
Video Editor
Skinned edition of CorePlayer
Windows Media Player
Games: Bubblebreaker, Solitaire
Titanium Plugins: TRITanium Weather + My Location; Sliding Albums; Favourite People; Application Launcher
Titanium Toggle
i-nigma 3D Barcode reader
Opera Mobile 10
Skype
Notes:
- AGPS FixMode set to to 0 instead of 2
- It was originally recommended NOT to use the 'Close' function of InClose with the Start Menu to avoid accidentally completely close it down. This could be resolved by clicking on eg. the Time bar on the Titanium home screen to open an applet and then use the X button top right to soft reset (press & hold to bring up the InClose menu).
- The current edition of the ROM overcomes this issue by 'excluding' shell32.exe in InClose settings. An additional, optional exclusion which has been found useful is fexplorer.exe. You may want to amend to include Resco or Total Commander equivalents depending on added 3rd party software.
- Beyond that, it is very much up to the individual how it is preferred to configure InClose - please refer to the settings for the variety of available options.
Memory:
Storage: In Use – 41 MB Free – 221 MB
Programe: In Use – 125 MB Free – 80 MB
Removed:
Orange everything
Video Player
Toshiba ‘Blinds’ UI
All MS Themes [All available to install to taste if desired]
MSN Money, Weather Widgets [Available here: Money.zip, Weather.zip]
Some 900 further files compared to previous ‘clean’ WM6.5 edition
For information on Titanium Setup please refer to Post #2 below
Acknowledgements:
Cedesmith for the development of TGTool, without which this and every other TG01 ROM would not be possible.
arag0n85 for great patience as I learned to take baby steps and began to understand.
Farmer Ted for giving the key to unscrambling Start Menus.
GFreek for the original colour Taskbars from which this version is derived.
adzman808 for helpful injections of common sense.
virgilp for the original app behind the Screen Off function
TinTin for the original app behind the Standby and Soft Reset functions
djedric for permission to utilise elements from his work in the Carbon Theme
AndrewSpec for permission to include the SlidingAlbums Titanium plugin
chriscsh for permission to include the Clauncher Titanium plugin
arealityfarbetween for permission to include Tritanium Weather
copenhagen for permission to include TiToggle
Sleuth255 for the myLocation service (permisison requested)
appstar for permission to include the Favourite People Titanium plugin
David Andrs for the Batti battery meter (permission requested)
Most of these items have been customised for this build.
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Installation:
1. Download and unzip the ROM below
2. Copy SDDL+ to the root of your uSD Card
3. Create a directory \prg on the uSD Card
4. Copy the ROM .tsw file to uSDCard\prg
5. Run Sddl+ from \Storage Card
6. Further information is available here.
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Update Release at 27 Dec 2012:
TG01_KPW121227.001.tsw Radio Version 5001.0300.76
Downloads: 221
Update Release at 18 Jun 2011:
TG01_KPW110618.007.tsw Radio Version 5001.0300.76
Downloads: 425
Update Release at 6 May 2011:
TG01_KPW110506.001.tsw Radio Version 5001.0300.76
Downloads: 534
Initial Release at 8 March 2011:
TG01_KPW110308.003.tsw Radio Version 5001.0300.76
Downloads: 184
Reserved #1 - Titanium UI Setup Information
Here are a set of screen shots illustrating the layout and usage of some of the additional Titanium Plugins and also Core Player whch is started direct from Sliding Albums:
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Titanium Setup
[Please go to Start | System | Home Setup]
Sliding Albums
- Please ensure albums (up to 30) are stored in \Storage Card\Music. Additional files can be stored anywhere, but will not appear in SA.
- To initialise, open SAConfig. Coose where you want the plugin to be positioned (double tap). Then go to the home screen, tap the SA plugin to configure. Music Player is set to Core Player as default. Tap Create Lists (Left SoftKey). Albums, with cover-art will now display. Tap the plugin to activate Core Player.
Favourite People
- Use the Favourite People settings to add Contacts to the list which will then be directly accessible from the home screen.
- Set Actions (eg. which phone no. to associate) and Layout to taste
TRITanium Weather
Follow on-screen prompts to:
- Set Language
- Choose weather icon theme (Accuweather is now default but other icons can be added if desired)
- Set Units
- Choose Network connection
- Choose Sleuth’s myLocation or Google Latitude if preferred/subscribed
- Select weather feed, eg. Accuweather
- Go Display Options and select ‘Create Titanium Panel’ ; add MYLOCATION for present position (moves with you)
- Also in Display Options, toggle Titanium Weather Overlay and select the icons from \Program Files\TRITaniumWeather\Overlay\Accuweather
- Go Location Options and select ‘Create New Location’ to add specific location. Repeat as needed.
- Finally Run Weather Update and Exit
- Downloaded weather data will then appear on home screen plugin
Titanium Toggle
- Provides capability to set up both a conventional WM6x Today Screen and Titanium UI and switch between as desired while retaining all configuration.
- Before running TiToggle, set up your classic Today screen plugins as desired.. [Start | Settings | Today | items (Uncheck windows default); now select the classic plugins you want working when you switch to classic mode. Click OK. This must be done BEFORE running the script the first time, and only needs to be done once.
- Now use the TiToggle to switch seamlessly back and forth between Uis.
- In the event of issues with Classic Today items not displaying carry out the following steps:
1. Switch to classic today, enable the items you want active
2. Run NoPluginsToday (to make sure they disappear)
3. Then run NoPluginsToday again (to reenable them)
- If the reverse or something else happens you are trying to set classic items up when NoPluginsToday is set to "hide items”. In this case change state and repeat.
Further Titanium Editing
- If further editing of the Titanium UI is desired, showaco’s Titanium Editor is recommended
- Please note that in the event that eg. Iconsoft’s Phonex is installed, the People plugin would not be required and can be hidden with the editor.
- If further 3rd Party apps such as Spb Time 3 are added then, for example, the Titanium Clock plugin can be re-directed to activate Spb Time instead of the default Windows Clock by editing the Registry as follows:
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Rai\:MSCLOCK]
"1"="\"\\Program Files\\Spb Time\\SpbTime.exe\""
"3"=dword:00000000
"2"=dword:00000002
"0"="World Clock"
Reserved #2 - A Connundrum - can anyone please help ?
In attempting to extend the carbon theme into this ROM, I have sucessfully replaced the Toshiba deep magenta/black background to the Motion Sensor control panel app, but have completely failed to be able to figure out how to achieve the same effect with any other of the CPL applets.
Motion Sensor.exe unusually contains the bitmap, so a simple job to replace. An exhaustive trawl of the other .exe, .cpl, .dll and .mui files has failed to identify any other such applet containing a similar bitmap. The equivalent Toshiba wallpaper files in \windows were removed long since.
So I am stumped as to where these images are being sourced. If anyone can suggest any viable clues as to where they may be and how to replace, will be very much appreciated
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Wow, nice new great ROM Kevin! But are you able to achieve to additional ROM and RAM unlock that Fepont suceeded in? Nice to see a themed ROM, keep it up man!
The skinned motion sensor ( Toshiba Settings) looked great! Well done for finding it out. Unfortunately I cannot help you here, but hopfully some else may point you in the right direction!
Cheers!
olyloh6696 said:
Wow, nice new great ROM Kevin! But are you able to achieve to additional ROM and RAM unlock that Fepont suceeded in? Nice to see a themed ROM, keep it up man!
The skinned motion sensor ( Toshiba Settings) looked great! Well done for finding it out. Unfortunately I cannot help you here, but hopfully some else may point you in the right direction!
Cheers!
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Hi @olyloh6696 .... many thanks for your kind comments. Much appreciated.
I'm afraid I don't have the expertise to replicate @Feropont's success with the ROM/RAM capacities, but in principle it would be relatively straightforward to translate the setup, if the unprotected base becomes available to work with in due course. In the meantime, I'm hoping someone will be able to resolve the mystery of the Toshiba Settings applets
Best regards,
Kevin
kevinpwhite said:
Hi @olyloh6696 .... many thanks for your kind comments. Much appreciated.
I'm afraid I don't have the expertise to replicate @Feropont's success with the ROM/RAM capacities, but in principle it would be relatively straightforward to translate the setup, if the unprotected base becomes available to work with in due course. In the meantime, I'm hoping someone will be able to resolve the mystery of the Toshiba Settings applets
Best regards,
Kevin
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hi Kevin, really nice your MOD´s on this ROM. i have to much to do with my updates, but if you like i can, in few days, for you re cook your great ROM to improve and gain more free ram- with feroponts kichen!
Best regards, miro
mirolg said:
hi Kevin, really nice your MOD´s on this ROM. i have to much to do with my updates, but if you like i can, in few days, for you re cook your great ROM to improve and gain more free ram- with feroponts kichen!
Best regards, miro
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Hi Miro, Many thanks for the offer - it would be very good to be able to upgrade the core of the ROM to benefit from the recently released capacity. Not certain if it will work by trying to recreate via @feropont's kitchen, but I think I could do the other way round if I had the 'super clean' core ROM as a start and remixed back all the various additional files, registry changes, provxmls and so forth. I have all those components in separate files and with a bit of thought could probably reassemble. Maybe we should try approaching from both directions and see if there is any difference with the result ?
Thanks for this rom Kevin. I have re flashed your old one.
cheers
mkultr4 said:
Thanks for this rom Kevin. I have re flashed your old one.
cheers
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Hi @mkultr4, thanks for checking the new version out. Just out of curiosity, can you indicate why you preferred to go back to the previous edition ?
I am using your new rom. I was using your first rom and has been really good, but recently the phone would boot numerous times before I could use it. So I looked back on here for other roms and you had cooked a new one! I like the icons on the tool bar (simple I know..but its the minor details).
I will let you know if I encounter any problems, I don't think I will though.
thanks again
Ah ! My apologies - I'd misinterpreted the sense of your note. Very pleased that you like the new edition.
I'm puzzled though about the issues you were having with the original as have been using myself ever since last July and not encountered that type of problem. I'm not sure if you may have eventually developed some registry corruption which eventualy caused instability. Possibly doing a hard reset would have cured - for all practical purposes the same as a re-flash.
Do please let me have feedback as you use the new one and let me know if any glitches become apparent.
Best regards,
Kevin
kevinpwhite said:
Ah ! My apologies - I'd misinterpreted the sense of your note. Very pleased that you like the new edition.
I'm puzzled though about the issues you were having with the original as have been using myself ever since last July and not encountered that type of problem. I'm not sure if you may have eventually developed some registry corruption which eventualy caused instability. Possibly doing a hard reset would have cured - for all practical purposes the same as a re-flash.
Do please let me have feedback as you use the new one and let me know if any glitches become apparent.
Best regards,
Kevin
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Hi Kevin, regarding the 'issue' with your other ROM i can confirm it is not a ROM specific problem but occyrs when you mess around with the registry keys (like you said - corrupt reg keys)i was playing around with SK Tools on numerous ROMs and they have led me to the same problems and hard resets. So there is no faults with your ROMs
Thanks Oly - nice to know my initial diagnosis was on the right track !
Regards,
Kevin
Added to the table:
#203 08/03/2011 6.5 kevinpwhite 110308.003 21876 5001.0300.76 E 214 80
ROM Table HERE
Thanks Pere..... my apologies - should have advised you direct a while ago. Quite staggering to see the scale of overall activity you have managed to capture
Best regards,
Kevin
It's useful for me, and I hope this table can be useful as well for other ROM fanatics as me . Not, seriously, not always is easy keep it updated (each chef has a different way to launch new ROMs) but at last , I'm just a mere notary, the merit is yours, the cooks.
UPDATED [ROM][ENG] WM6.5 TG01_KPW110506.001 - Radio 0300.76
Please see Post #1 for the most recent edition of this ROM.
It is a further refined version of my ROM TG01_KPW110308.003.tsw. and contains a significant number of additional tweaks, including removal of further files and also various Registry amendments to improve smooth operation.
Best regards,
Kevin
As promised: Updated Rom list:
#213 06/05/2011 6.5 kevinpwhite 110506.001 21876 5001.0300.76 E 214 80 #203 improved
ROM Table HERE
This ROM
I''m currently using this ROM right now and i'm very happy with it.
Two little issues:
- Couldn't download GPS data, but after playing with my location, it worked.
- Back button (green button) of the standard phone dialer not visible.
And titaniumweather is downloading weather information twice, both for MyLocation and
the city I live currently in, but who cares...
Found an old microsoft voice command CAB and now i'm a happy TG01 user.
Keep up the good work, Kevin.
amwinkels said:
I''m currently using this ROM right now and i'm very happy with it.
Two little issues:
- Couldn't download GPS data, but after playing with my location, it worked.
- Back button (green button) of the standard phone dialer not visible.
And titaniumweather is downloading weather information twice, both for MyLocation and
the city I live currently in, but who cares...
Found an old microsoft voice command CAB and now i'm a happy TG01 user.
Keep up the good work, Kevin.
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Many thanks for the feedback
In response....
- Back button (green button) of the standard phone dialer not visible.
I have now tracked down the problem - apologies - too zealous in removing 'unneeded files' when cleaning the ROM. Turns out there were two vital images... As a temporary measure, please copy the following files to the \windows directory and correct WM6.5 stock dialler will resume. One is the Back Arrow; the other is the handset icon on the green Talk button. I will issue an update to the ROM with this corrected and also some key files compressed to improve performance in the next few days.
{
"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"
}
- Couldn't download GPS data, but after playing with my location, it worked
Not quite sure what was happening here but if you can give some more information may help understanding... Normally GPS likes to have some indication where you are to get it going, eg. by identifying rough location on the map in Garmin XT or via the AGPS in Google Maps. MyLocation does a similar thing.
And titaniumweather is downloading weather information twice, both for MyLocation and the city I live currently in,
Sounds like you have set up 2 tabs on the Titanium Homescreen - one for MyLocation and one for the named city ? In which case the behaviour you describe will happen if you are in that location. However, if you then move elsewhere, while your specified city will continue to show the data for that place, MyLocation will follow you and show data pertinent to wherever you happen to be.
Hope the above is of some help ?
Best regards,
Kevin