Is there a way (i know there must be ) to remap the start menu icon to open something else in wm5 / wm6 pro? if so, how?
shouldnt it just be a reg hack?
bump......but i think its rather function in coredll, or wherever that function is...
it would be NICe to have wm5newmenu on that damn button imo...
i am thinking about changing image of m$ for something else...and i have almost same problem as yours...it may be possible with ROM kitchen...but..mabye not.
there are apps i have seen, just apps, that seem to replace the start menus with there version of a start menu, but idk how they do it
Hmm, if it is not possible to change the start menu icon functionality, it may be possible to make a workaround (something on the lines of wisbar)..
atomicshockwave said:
Is there a way (i know there must be ) to remap the start menu icon to open something else in wm5 / wm6 pro? if so, how?
shouldnt it just be a reg hack?
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I've been looking for ages! Only solution I've found is SK Menu. What it seems to do is overlay its own window on top of the Start button, & you can assign pretty much whatever you like to it (Tap & Tap n Hold)
does anyone know how to make a shortcut for "settings"? or what code of the link to call it?
With Battery Pack Pro, if I want to add a shortcut, I hold the stylus to a blank area of the 'Today' screen and get the prompt to "add icon"; the options given by the program include 'settings' for About, Backlight, Beam, Bluetooth, Buttons, Certificates......all the way to X-Button. Makes it very easy. I really like Battery Pack Pro and highly recommend it.
Examples:
Settings-About
Settings-Backlight
Settings-Beam
Setting-Bluetooth
and so on, and so forth
this has been done before... there is a threa with a downloadable zip with all the commonly usedssettings. in fact i have the shortcuts installed on my device as we speak.
just do a seaech.....
mr_yellow said:
this has been done before... there is a threa with a downloadable zip with all the commonly usedssettings. in fact i have the shortcuts installed on my device as we speak.
just do a seaech.....
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do me a FAVOUR, GIMME a link..;p
or goddamn keyword.
the zip file is in saman's new menu thread. search using the words "saman", "shortcut" and "settings"... it's two posts before nothin's.
you use it in conjunction with wm5newmenu.
ty........
Hi
I´m wondering if somebody can port the EnlargeStartMenu from Topaz to VGA???
It´s on the video on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7OCyN1PuYc at 1:40 min
Or is there somewhere a better one that takes up the hole screen? In lines or in cubes...
PS: Sorry my English isn´t so good but I think you understand what I ment
DjMIKKI said:
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I´m wondering if somebody can port the EnlargeStartMenu from Topaz to VGA???
It´s on the video on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7OCyN1PuYc at 1:40 min
Or is there somewhere a better one that takes up the hole screen? In lines or in cubes...
PS: Sorry my English isn´t so good but I think you understand what I ment
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It looks to me very much like the "Programs" tab. There must be a way to port your start menu items to the programs tab and then you could change your tab order so "programs" is first and act like your start menu, although that means losing your home tab as the main screen. Or maybe the "Start" button could be remapped to flip to the programs tab. (am I opening a can of worms here?)
Would this be possible, or can the programs tab only contain *.EXEs? If it was possible to contain different shortcuts, it would be nice if we could change the name of the tab to "Start" as well. Then the only difference would be the button you use to get to it (Providing the Start button isn't remapped).
So, my idea involves:
1. Finding a way to add things other than EXEs to the "Programs" tab
2. Remapping the "Start" button to make TF3D flip to the "Programs" tab
3. Remapping the right soft-key to open the start menu (so you can still get to it if you need it, but only from the Home tab)
4. Rename the "Programs" tab to "Start" somehow.
Damn, it sounded so much easier in my head...
Maybe porting the Topaz's Start Menu would be quicker!!!
Nice idea but I thought if we can add folders in to the programs tab of manilla (like settings folder and then it opens all settings like when you press on "all programs" in program tab in manilla). or something like that. That`s what I am after. Something like THE TOUCHXPERIENCE PROJECT. Sorry schaps if you have something against it just say it.
We don´t need the start menu at all if this can be done.
solved..!!??
hey guys
i think xboxmod (or a rom cooker) already solved this in his rhodium port for vga devices...
i just remember a post that says "program tab is mapped to start button"
dunno exactly use search engine
bye
Hello. I've a DHD and it's really a great phone. But I've a question about personnalisation, I've install another home with gingerbread menu, and I'd like to know if it's possible to have this menu with the default HTC sense home ? I'd like to have the 2.3 menu with sense then some how edit the sense shortcuts and make the "sense menu" become my "other home menu" ?
I'm still no root, but if I have to root to do that, maybe I'll do
Thanks a lot
I've seen miscellaneous info around on the common task of repurposing the "n" button. I'd like to see a concise rundown of ways to hack it.
The "n" button is a scancode 102 that normally gets mapped to keycode 3 with /system/usr/keylayout/gpio-keys.kl
Keycode 3 in intercepted by the interceptKeyTi method of PhoneWindowManager in /system/framework/android.policy.jar
Keycode 3 is handled directly without using any intents.
It's not easy to hack a key to give an intent. You have CALL_BUTTTON, CAMERA_BUTTON & MEDIA_BUTTON. I haven't managed to catch them. The easy one to hack is SEARCH_LONG_PRESS.
You can easily change gpio-keys.kl to key 102 SEARCH
A normal press will bring up the default Nook search. A long press will generate an intent. All you have to do is insert another intent filter in your favorite app.
Code:
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH_LONG_PRESS" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
I have this running on my ADW Launcher and I uninstalled Button Savior.
Personally, I prefer hacking to installing yet another app just to do one thing. I would like to come up with a solution for a dedicated action for the "n" key.
Any thoughts?
If you use NookTouchTools this allows you to remap the buttons/quicknav etc without all the hassle.
GabrialDestruir said:
... without all the hassle.
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Well, I'd really like to learn things, not just load another app.
So how exactly do the Tools work? Do they need to have another process just to listen for a keycode and translate it to an intent?
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Well, I'd really like to learn things, not just load another app.
So how exactly do the Tools work? Do they need to have another process just to listen for a keycode and translate it to an intent?
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It uses modification of various .jar files
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* Patched android.policy.jar:
*** Injected home button code from AOSP, with configuration check between goto home and b&n quicknav toggle
*** Fixed recent apps dialog with configuration check to launch recent apps dialog or configured app launch
* Patched services.jar
*** "Reading now" button check for configured launch value (possible values: Home, Back, Menu, Search, Long Search, Custom App, B&N default)
*** All quicknav buttons configurable and will load icons (once, onCreate) possible values same as above.
* ActivityPicker - B&N removed default activity (usually in Settings.apk) to serve ACTION_PICK_ACTIVITY requests, so I added it back to the app and now able to add shortcuts/edit doc shortcuts in Launcher Pro...
* Configuration - All above configurable values stored in Settings.System so both system jars and Conf app can access it.
* Clear dalvik-cache button
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Thanks, Gabrial. I had read through this entire thread before and it had left me confused. 10 pages of talking about changing the UI and not a single screenshot? I'm still not sure how an activity picker or a recent apps dialog looks like. Heck, I'm not even sure what additional things you get in Settings. Is there even a tree list of what people should have?
Yes, I do have a penchant for doing things the hard way. I like things lean and mean. If I knew how to inject code into jars I would just have fixed android.policy.jar and left it at that. My main need was a way to globally get back to my launcher desktop without onscreen controls (like Button Savior).
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Thanks, Gabrial. I had read through this entire thread before and it had left me confused. 10 pages of talking about changing the UI and not a single screenshot? I'm still not sure how an activity picker or a recent apps dialog looks like. Heck, I'm not even sure what additional things you get in Settings. Is there even a tree list of what people should have?
Yes, I do have a penchant for doing things the hard way. I like things lean and mean. If I knew how to inject code into jars I would just have fixed android.policy.jar and left it at that. My main need was a way to globally get back to my launcher desktop without onscreen controls (like Button Savior).
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Well said
I'd try to ask Nook Color forums too...
Well, I finally learned how to hack compiled Java code.
Now, I've got a simple press the "n" and it goes directly to your desktop.
It required just a bit of editing of android.policy.jar
Why would anyone want "QuickNav"?
It's not part of Android anywhere, it's just something B&N put in.
Sometimes I use library...
brendan10211 said:
Sometimes I use library...
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You can drag the stock Library icon onto your desktop.
You can even put the stock Home or Shop there also.
I also use it to force refresh, but XorZone just made that soo
Renate NST said:
Well, I finally learned how to hack compiled Java code.
Now, I've got a simple press the "n" and it goes directly to your desktop.
It required just a bit of editing of android.policy.jar
Why would anyone want "QuickNav"?
It's not part of Android anywhere, it's just something B&N put in.
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Hi,
I, same as you, like to modify my Nook as little as possible. In case of a future software upgrade, I would like to know what to change back before applying it.
Of course, I know I can just save the partitions (internal disk) and restore it as needed, but I would like to not need to do this.
Right now, I modified the gpio file for Search and created my own Launcher (base on Home Sample code in Android SDK).
Still, I don't like the need for Long Press on Search.
Could you please post the links which shows how to hack the android.policy.jar?
Maybe, if I don't ask too much, your edits to it?
Thanks!
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[...] Why would anyone want "QuickNav"?
It's not part of Android anywhere, it's just something B&N put in.
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Mainly because I don't like every device looking like an iPhone wannabe with a grid of icons. I like the reader focus with apps secondary. I do wish the QuickNav could be fully customized, including icons, easily.
bobstro said:
Mainly because I don't like every device looking like an iPhone wannabe with a grid of icons.
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Mmm, Ok. Still, I don't like having to do three taps to do a non-book activity.
"n", then [launcher select] gets me anywhere.
The "currently reading" icon gets me back to my book.
I'm not fond of icons at all and have considered a list-oriented launcher,
but the fact remains that visually locking onto an icon is quicker.
That's why the QuickNav has icons on it.
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Mmm, Ok. Still, I don't like having to do three taps to do a non-book activity.
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There are only a few apps I use regularly on the NST, so I've just remapped the QuickNav buttons using Xor's NookTouch Tools to launch them directly: Library, maildroid, astrid tasks, calendar pad and dropsync. I find it quicker than pulling up a full launcher.
It's definitely a personal preference thing. I rather like that the NST isn't trying to be an iDevice. There's a minimalist 'Zen' to it I like.
I know you don't like additional software, but you can take it a step further using Folder Organizer. I set it to show items in the Notification menu, then show the "Starred items" and "Applications" menus in the Notification menu. You can launch apps and submenus this way, and also shortcuts, which can be handy to have 2 clicks away.
"n", then [launcher select] gets me anywhere.
The "currently reading" icon gets me back to my book.
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For me, it's:
"n" then run my top 5 most often used apps directly from QuickNav (2 taps)
or tap Notification->app for regularly used (still 2 taps)
or at worst, Notification->Menu->app for stuff I don't use regularly (3 taps)
This give me progressively more focused listof apps. At no point do I have to go through a launcher, thus avoiding the dreaded iPhone-wannabe look. I never use a launcher except for maintenance tasks.
I'm not fond of icons at all and have considered a list-oriented launcher, but the fact remains that visually locking onto an icon is quicker. That's why the QuickNav has icons on it.
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Folder Organizer does essentially what you've described. You can change the folder display to show:
icons with text
icons only
list with icon and text
list with text only.
I don't recall which features are available in the free version, but I like to toss a few bucks to developers when I can, so happily paid the few bucks for the full version.
Unfortunately, NookTouch Tools only allows you to set the 'n' key to show QuickNav or not. If it allowed setting it to launch a shortcut, you could pull up a nice targeted list of apps directly, thus bypassing the 5 item limit of QuickNav.
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Unfortunately, NookTouch Tools only allows you to set the 'n' key to show QuickNav or not.
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Although I have no experience with any of the Tools, I presume that they
(like my mod) just generate an android.intent.category.HOME/android.intent.action.MAIN
Most "home-based" apps should already have this as a filtered intent.
You should be able to easily select one of them as the default.
Using specific "shortcuts" defeats the purpose of the Android intents system.
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[...] Using specific "shortcuts" defeats the purpose of the Android intents system.
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Does it have to be one or the other exclusively? For a basic launcher, pulling up the main app is sufficient. Other programs, such as Folder Organizer, provide shortcuts to user-defined categories, so I could have a subset of all available apps appear rather than a full launcher. Various readers provide shortcuts to books, and so on. Sometimes you don't want/need the full program.
Looks like they have the new Nook 1.1.5 OSS released: http://images.barnesandnoble.com/PResources/download/Nook/source-code/nook2_1-1-5.tgz
The "n" button is used turn the light on and off I think with long presses.
I pre-ordered mine already so will see when it arrives how it works.