Hello,
I'm following the beta's off the release from Mobillityflow Touch-Shell.
More info: http://www.touch-shell.com/beta
I'm testing this all on my HTC Kaiser (Tytn II) with WM 6.1.
It has a slide-out keyboard, so that explains the screenshots (portrait & landscape)
They release the one beta after the other but don't update what has been changed.
I posted in an other post a review how i thinked about the program with screenshots and they liked my review:
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=412823).
So i got a free copy!
Because off that i want to follow the beta's more. I started this new post so i can manage the first posts and it's easier to follow the updates for you guys.
For now there are my older reviews in the #2, #3 & #4 post, please tell me what i could test and what you want to see changed in the program (the developers will read it to!)
If there are enough people enjoying, giving feedback, etc. I'll update this post more and more.
It's a bit messy for now
Ow, don't forget to fill in the poll!
Tested on 2009-01-22 Version 0.0.2.28 beta
Today i tought again about this program and installed the new beta.
They don't say what the diffirent is, they just uploaded it.
2009-01-22 Version 0.0.2.28 beta:
Changes I notifced:
It corrected displayed now all the tabs when switching from portrait tot landscape (unlike in earlier versions, see post #22). I do this by sliding out my keyboard on my Kaiser.
BUT when removing to much tabs, it shows something off the last page (see what I marked red in screenshot 7 & 8)
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- The music tab seems to function, i miss the buttons repeat and shuffle, but that's all. First time you press play or something else on the page it will load Windows Media Player.
- Everything seems to work smoother (switching to pages, clock animation, weather animation, etc...).
Touch Shell uses 3.3 MB memory on my Kaiser without Windows Media Player playing. With Windows Media Player it uses 3.5 MB
Everything was slowing down when playing music, but i noticed that Windows Media Playser used 33.6 MB (!), so i killed it and everything worked normal again.
I will test this more (I don't think this has anything to do with Touch-Shell).
Older beta test 1/2
1/2
I used many different Today Shells (spb, m2d, m3d, ultimatelaunch, touch-commander, etc.)
Touch-commander was great, but was to simple for me.
What I think is about Touch-Shell (tested it with M2d shutted down):
- It's a program, not a plugin.
- Nice lay-out on my Tytn II (320x240)
BUT when i turn it to landscape by sliding my keyboard out (240x320) sadly enough it doesn't re-allign.
Screenshots:
- The Weather page looks great, many chooses (accuweather & gismeteo) and great graphics.
--- Continued at next post (i may only post 4 images) ---
older beta test 2/2
2/2
- The launcher and contact page are both the same (you can add contacts and programs whatever you want). Disadvantage: one click call, so no link to the contact to choose call or sms, but 1 click calling.
- Music page is just a link to Windows Media player, nothing more!
I was playing music in the background, but you can't see it in the screenshot.
So I think (and hope) it's developing. Support for coreplayer, TCMP, etc.?
- The plugin page, is just 1 page where you can add plugins (hope there will come more support. Like plugins below the clock or something).
- The lowest "menu" where you can choose wich page you wanna go isn't as great as m2d but works fast.
- Choose to close pages you don't use (see plugin page, there i've left the close button)
- Choose the start page (after booting, wake-up)
- Much options if you compare it with m2d: Very short most off the options (hope it will be more)
-Load on Windows start
-Home page: 12/24 hours clock, blinking every 1-5 seconds on or off. Date format (dddd dd MMMM yyy for exapmle)
-Weather page: choose all the citys from AccuWeather or GisMeteo. Units. Connection, choose wich one to use, or default. Auto update interval, show or don't show connection status balloon.
-Plugins page: wich plugins and move them up and down
-Choose wich page is the start page and when to display it (device wakup, device idle for...)
-Switch page visual effect: Horizontal Slide, Page Turn, Rotation and choose a background color
I think it will be a great program, i've played a couple of hours with it.
It is to much beta to say anything really good or really bad about it.
Hope you enjoyed my review (feedback is welcome...)
You can ask questions, the program will stay a couple off days (15?) on my phone .
does it support square screen?
I have installed Touch Shell on my Wizard and is working fine. But it needs to be activated. Please let me know the activation key...
garsim said:
does it support square screen?
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It should support it. Not sure about it.
If you could test it and report it in this threat it will be great
Omnia (WVGA) is not supported as i readed it from 2 "testers".
madan26 said:
I have installed Touch Shell on my Wizard and is working fine. But it needs to be activated. Please let me know the activation key...
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man you're on the wrong site...
works with vga?
I´ve copied some post from the original post:
BUT, that was before the newer betas come out.
Before it doesn't reallign on my Kaiser (from portrait to landscape), now it does. That does mean that the application probaly is "streched" to the screen where it was before just 240x320 and nothing else.
The best thing you could do is test, make screenshots and post it back here
Answer is short: probaly it does, not sure, test it yourself please.
gbertoli said:
- about 3 weeks ago:
Anyone tried Touch-Shell on a Palm Treo pro?
It doesn't fill out the 320x320 screen, keeps you from locking the screen unless you exit T-S.
Any fixes out here for these issues?
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mchapman007 said:
in 2008:
Touch Shell does not work on VGA devices which is a let down for me. Or at least it's not working on my Fuze... I did however test it out on my wifes Tilt and it only seemed to be a glorified Touch Commander.
I was highly looking forward to this so I hope future versions become more robust like TF3D. I know it's early beta so I still have high hopes.
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thank you
i'm waiting for a new release
Touch-Shell v0.0.2.46 is out still not fix the animate weather on HTC Touch and little slow on respond.
I was a big fan of Touch Commander and made many skins for it. Now since getting a Fuze and having TF3D, Touch Shell seems too far behind and is no comparison. It may have taken too long to get Touch Shell going and people might have moved on. (Just my opinion with no facts to back it up)
With the popularity of the Touch Pro / Fuze / Diamond / Touch HD, all with TF3D included, can TS compete? I'll still support them and will most likely purchase when there is a full VGA release and crank out some skins..
mchapman007 said:
With the popularity of the Touch Pro / Fuze / Diamond / Touch HD, all with TF3D included, can TS compete? I'll still support them and will most likely purchase when there is a full VGA release and crank out some skins..
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VGA has been supported for weeks now ( not sure about official though). I used it on my Diamond but it's still not quite up to speed and is still a little buggy so I again uninstalled it.
Also, TS CAN compete in one way to TF3D. I offers something that TF3D does not: a complete Today Plugin tab within the shell that exactly mimics the traditional Today screen. That one feature sets it apart from any other shell I've used.
garsim said:
does it support square screen?
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Yes, it is .
But You should to replace original "Skin_landscape.xml" with modiffied by me.
On my i780 works fine.
Related
If you're looking for my C++ version of the cube, called SCLPC++, then click here
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Program Title: SCLPF
Recent Version : 1-62
Purpose : Basic Clone of the HTC Cube Launcher coded in Flash and C#.Net Compact Framework Version 2
Author : Slither2006
Start Date : 12-10-07
Demonstation : 1-60 Beta 8 Demo - Not Complete yet....will email to Beta Testers soon! -YouTube Video Here <--------------------------------Noobs Check this out!!!!!
Demonstation : 1-60 Beta 8 Demo Update 2 - Not Complete yet....will email to Beta Testers soon! -YouTube Video Here <--------------------------------Noobs Check this out!!!!!
Before you enjoy this software please donate!!!! Click Here
SCLPF Version 1-62
Corrected Typo in 1-61 instructions step 8.
Fixed cab deployment issue in 1-61 (missing Thumb folder)
Speed Improvements
Faster Loading time than SCLPF 1-60 Beta 8
All files are in a CAB
4th Applications Menu
Programs are sorted and listed recursively
Icons on the Applications Menu can be changed
Text and Text colour can be changed on the Applications Menu
Extra Contacts Cube rotating down animation
Extra Email & SMS application
Extra Call/Email/SMS to Mobile/Work/Home diagonal 180degree flip animation
No Call verification when calling a contact number
Smaller memory consumption than SCLPF 1-60 Beta 7
Smoother animations than SCLPF 1-60 Beta 8
Its own custom Configuration Application
NO MORE LINK EDITING!!!
Take your Pick :
Original Skin:
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Download here : SCLPF Version 1-62
Slither's Uno Skin :
Download here : SCLPF Version 1-62(Uno Skin)
(All graphics in this skin has been remastered from originals by Slither2006...This took AGES!!! So please donate...link below)
After you enjoy this software please donate!!!! Click Here
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Credits :
Special thanks to efrost for his FTouchFlo 1.4.1 and Minimize program!!!
Also special thanks to poorlyduck for help with final graphics, excellent job mate!!!
Many thanks to ALL BETA TESTERS for the great ideas and great bug testing to get the cube where it is today!!!!
Also Many thanks to everyone who donated to this project, I hope it is what you wished for!!!
Fantastic work so far mate... would love to see this once you have completed it.
The image reso was low but im assuming that its due to only being a prototype but love where your heading, works great.
Thanks DJKai,
Don't worry its well underway. I did a basic mockup of this prototype with the buttons for the music/photos/vids....and it worked great...i just have finish what I mentioned above plus also implement the "DownSlide" code so that the app minimize but not close the app....this way it'll prevent you seeing that annoying "Flash Player" title bar when it starts....if efrost is successful in getting the touch.dll to work with Hermes then you could launch it buy sliding your finger up and that would make it closer to the real thing.
Yeah sorry bout the low res....I had to take screenshots of Youtube to get those menu pics....if anyone has any better 240x320 bmps or pngs of them I'd be very interested...even if their just screenshots straight from a HTC Touch phone.
I'm at work right now so won't get a chance to code for another 5 hours.
BTW : Did you try enabling the Fullscreen option in the FlashPlayer ? Because upon opening the swf it will not open fullscreen.......yet.
Yeh I ran it in full screen mode.
Ouch you had to resort to youtube for the pics... i'll see if I can find those images for you... may have of seen some around somewhere.
It sounds as though you've got everything all planned and set.. great work again mate.
Edit: How are these? One still missing LOL
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m211/deejay_kai/misc/2.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m211/deejay_kai/misc/1.jpg
You're a champion DJKai!!! I'll use these pics as soon as I get home!
No worries.
Final piece to the puzzle.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m211/deejay_kai/misc/3.jpg
They look great! I'm thinkin I might touch up the text as it doesn't appear to be anti-aliased/smoothed. What do you reckon?
Slither2006 said:
They look great! I'm thinkin I might touch up the text as it doesn't appear to be anti-aliased/smoothed. What do you reckon?
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Yeh sounds good.
Anti-Aliasing Done!
What-do-ya think of these apples??? They were compressed jpeg hence the artifacts a little....the photoshop files I got look great!
Slither2006 said:
I'm intrigued by the HTC Cube Launcher and after testing out ByKa's great Cube Launcher I was inspired to make as close a port to the HTC Cube Launcher as possible.
You'll need FlashLite 2.1 and will have to manually run the swf file in fullscreen mode....ill fix this later.
Here is what I've done so far (12-10-07) :
- Implemented 3 menus (contacts, Main menu, pics/photo/vids)
- Navigate between menus by sliding finger left and right.
- Only implemented a sliding animation not cube rotate animation.
To do very soon :
- Configure all buttons to launch their corresponding programs.
- Create the rotating cube animation (shouldn't be hard just time consuming with photoshop.)
- implement a config file that can read in contacts and assign contact pics.
- implement the DownSlide code very similar to the left/right code so that it minimizes the app.
This is really just a prototype so far and I'm sure many of you hate prototypes but be patient and I will deliver the final port as soon as I can.
Decompile my swf if you wish and reuse the code just give me credit where it is due. I'll upload the .fla file when I'm finished.
Hope you like it and if you have any feedback or suggestions
Slither2006
BTW : I contacted efrost and tested out his alpha release but had no luck getting his touchFlo working on my Hermes.
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can u give me the fla file so that i can make a chinese verion?
thanks
No probs, I will once I have completed more code.
Im flattered you'd like to convert the language....I'll go one further(be extra helpful) and give you the blank AI files or BMP's for the Menu so you can edit them and right the chinese characters on them.
Please be patient once it is finished or at least close to finished I'll publish my FLA straight away. But once again remember me when the credit is due please.
Thank for your help
Hi Slither2006,
Your work looks great - it will be very nice to have something close to HTC Cube Launcher.
BTW, I was also thinking that Efrost's FTouchFlo Cab must be very complementory to your effort. I tested it today, and it works very well on my Hermes (Softbank X01HT Herm 200) - it is still running. If you need some help with testing on Hermes just le me know
Good Luck
Hi Marttin,
Thanks for the props! Yeah I will do my best to get at least the buttons finished as soon as possible. The contacts page will be the most challenging as I want to make a easy way to add and remove contacts with as little stylus action as possible.
You're absolutely right about efrosts TouchFlo efforts working on the Hermes and I agree that it could complement it very well!
I'll PM efrost later down the track once I have something decent to offer and see if we can assign the UpSlide motion to my flash app. I was also thinking the left and right slideMotion from the home screen could be assigned to different pages on the cube and open them accordingly....the latter could be tricky tho.
Greate effort
I hope it will work on Himalaya, only Byka cube worked
Best Regards
here are all the original Cube images for rotation 34 images total, hopefully it will save you time and you can start with buttons functionality
poorlyduck said:
here are all the original Cube images for rotation 34 images total, hopefully it will save you time and you can start with buttons functionality
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You the man poorlyduck!
Hope to get a functional cube soon.
poorlyduck said:
here are all the original Cube images for rotation 34 images total, hopefully it will save you time and you can start with buttons functionality
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Hollllyyyy CRAAPPP!!!
Thanks poorlyduck!!!!!!
Thats just what I needed!!!
I had my bucks night last night and have the worst headache so i'll be coding slowly today.
Xda community rocks!!!
Hoping to see your release soon. Best is with the help of efrost and the ability to open this flash app through an upward gesture.
Slither2006 said:
Hollllyyyy CRAAPPP!!!
Thanks poorlyduck!!!!!!
Thats just what I needed!!!
I had my bucks night last night and have the worst headache so i'll be coding slowly today.
Xda community rocks!!!
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Im glad I could help and hopefully will see your outstanding release soon
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I'm very happy to present the custom cube skin dreamt up and created by Musicman247 and myself…the iCube. Inspired by the user interface of the iPhone while understanding the amazingly small size of the Touch, the iCube interface blends both together to form a unique “cube” skin is both aesthetically and functionally pleasing.
Through modifications to the TouchFlo Cube made by Musicman247 the iCube utilizes a 4 line by 3 column format of icons and “4th Wall” for its launchers. This format provides slightly larger, more finger friendly icons than standard iPhone interfaces while at the same time providing a greater number of shortcuts than a standard 6 cube or Music’s original 8-icon cube mod. The use of a “chalkboard” icon set furthers the effort to give the iCube its own personality while the “flush” animation used for exiting/opening and shifting the cube gives homage to the iCube’s inspiration.
The following are examples of the iCube’s “flush” animations and the full cube in action.
Cube Rotation
Up/Down
Button Press
Currently, release 1.0 which should be out within the next few days, will feature a “stock” launcher as the “4th” wall, with each icon connecting to a stock HTC program. The second application launcher, the Custom Launcher, will be able to be edited using registry edits, as will the Media Launcher page. It will also feature the skinned Media and Contacts pages.
We will continue work on the iCube in coming weeks to make it more feature rich and user friendly. We currently have a wide range of ideas so definitely stay tuned for updates.
Finally, major thanks to Musicman247 who is truly the mind behind the iCube’s programming and creation. If not for his talents this would’ve never been more than a wild idea kicking through my mind. Huge props goes out to him.
We hope you all enjoy, feel free to ask any questions you have
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UPDATE 12/08: .Cab of Version 1.0 posted
UPDATE 12/12: .Cab of Version 1.10 (newest!) can be found posted on Post 4 of this thread
Greetings
man this looks just nice,
nice done,
where can i get this
I wrote Tene two months ago asking how I could use that animation from PocketCM to create something like this,but the iPhone twist is the ultimate in ingenuity. i'll be the first to scrap my cube for a settings page....
Edit 12-11-2007:Version 1.10 is now up. This includes the previous bug fix, plus adds the ability to change your icons on the 4th side through registry edits. This also allows the icon "blink animation" on the fourth side. BIG thanks to Kona_Mtbkr for making this possible! No un-install needed before installing this version.
Edit 12-10-2007: Version 1.01 is up. This fixes the bug where the File Explorer button would not work. you will find it attached to this post.
Edit: Icon pack is now up. All of these icons are already installed in the \My Documents\iCube\Icons directory, but I figured you'd like your own shot at them. Here they are, all 34 of them in BMP format, including a carbon fiber background so you can change the bottom icons as well.
here is a list of all icons included with the iCube CAB (no extra install needed, they're already there!). These are their acutal names, just add .brn after them, and _HL.brn for the highlighted versions. You'll also find the "hub" icons in there as well.
1. beam
2. calc
3. calendar
4. camera
5. clock
6. delete
7. dice
8. disc
9. discdown
10. excel
11. im
12. ipod
13. light
14. lock
15. mail
16. maps
17. money
18. nes
19. pages
20. pencil
21. phone
22. photos
23. reel
24. safari
25. search
26. settings
27. sms
28. stocks
29. tasks
30. terminal
31. tv
32. weather
33. word
34. wrench
[size=+1]Click Here If you have a GSM Touch[/size]
Verynice job guys looking for to have the cab....keep going!!!!
THANK YOU very cool job
Hi, quick question. To install this all I need to do is load the CAB onto the phone correct? I was reading all about the customization stuff and going in and deleting specific files (which I wasnt able to do) and all that stuff. I'd love to change some stuff on my cube but it seemed sort of complicated and just never took the time to sit down. Wondering if this will be a bit easier or will I have to do the same steps described in the customization thread.
Thanks!
I was just skimming through the today posts and happened to come across this awesome looking iCube of yours. I saw you mentioned the Touch is that all that this will work on or will it work on other phones?
Any news on when we can expect the CAB to be posted - really keen to give this a go?
lol
the cab! the cab ! the cab lol
cmon please we cannot wait
Hope within today!!!!L&P
iCube
by Musicman247 and Zyphlin
Please un-install any other Cube modifications you may have.
In this CAB:
QuickDial has been skinned to match the theme.
Media Hub
1. Windows Media
2. Sprint TV
3. YouTube
App Launcher
1. Slide2Unlock Pro.....File Explorer.....Programs Menu
2. AccuWeather.........YouTube.........Clock
3. MS Money 2006......Calculator.......SMS
4. IM........................Pocket IE.......Windows Media
2nd App Launcher
1. Comm Manager........Calendar...........Tasks
2. Word Mobile............Excel Mobile.......Notes
3. Camera..................Camera Album....Live Search (updated version)
4. Mail.......................Pocket IE..........Windows Media
Here are the programs needed to make every button work as well as where you can download them (Install them to your device):
Slide2Unlock Pro: http://slide2unlockpro.spaces.live.com/
MS Money 2006 for Mobile: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...65-42f5-4dca-b301-9f05a8583692&DisplayLang=en
Have fun!
Fantastically well composed! Thank you for your efforts.
Hi,
Just installed it and it looks great! couple questions. How do I set the buttons to go to places I want.. like Sprint TV (which I dont have) to go somewhere else.. back to the preset videos and other buttons too. How do I get into the registry to change these?
Also, in the slide 2 unlock program how can I change the background to match my background on my phone. I read it somewhere before but I cant seem to find it. I did check around so.. any help would be appretiated.
grreat
man o man works like a hookers shoes. i had the 4 page cube previously i did not uninstall anything works good great work
Hi guys no way to get it works on qtek 9000?????
I installed the CAB , then what? How to start this?
@nofate
The install the programm directly over the old one. So try the normal finger tips to show the cube. The new one should appear then.
@Zyphlin
After installing the cab i could open the new icube. But the site where the commmanager etc. is is still the old one! Only the one with sprint tv (which i don´t have) and the favorite contacs changed...
I think I must be doing something wrong, I downloaded and synced the cab file. Then I opened it, pointed it to install it on the card as there is not enough room on the device (even though I removed everything except tcpmg and full screen kbd!) and it still tries to install on device, then fails.......Help!
Tried it on the HTC Touch Dual..
Tried it on the HTC Touch Dual and it didnt work???? Installed fine and seemed to run but the transition didnt work and the icons were missing and it appeared that most of the graphics were mis-aligned.... Sigh.... still waiting for a Touch Dual Forum but will keep trying "other" stuff in the mean time..
UPDATE: NEW CAB Installer !(Many thanks to SaBo)
THE Buttons for active video calls and Landscape are not skinned at the moment but they are working with your default Buttons.
This is just working on any Polaris (touchcruise, Orbit2) and maybe Kaiser (?)and changes just your graphics in windows folder to Diamond Style and changes/adds some registry entries for the progress screen to get a dark text color on the white buttons (screenshot 2). It works with any language.
This is only tested with wm 6.0, i can cause small graphic Problems with wm 6.1 (see last Post).
Thanks for the People who helped me, and for one background i found here somewhere and SaBO for the new cab installer.
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update: working on real diamond graphics/buttons, will post the next days.
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update: working on real diamond graphics/buttons, will post the next days.
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thank you great work
Tried on TyTN II with Hyperdragon IIIs full rom, main dialer screen works but the end call screen doesn't seem to work, or is it the new skin doesn't include the end call screen.
Smartdial is working, but Video call is working, error message saying that 3G network is not available. Not sure at this moment if it was due to Rom 3G dialer or not.
Thanks for the great work.
I have a touch cruise! The graphics are stored in the windows folder?
XTREEM|RAGE said:
I have a touch cruise! The graphics are stored in the windows folder?
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yes, it is.
zard said:
Tried on TyTN II with Hyperdragon IIIs full rom, main dialer screen works but the end call screen doesn't seem to work, or is it the new skin doesn't include the end call screen.
Smartdial is working, but Video call is working, error message saying that 3G network is not available. Not sure at this moment if it was due to Rom 3G dialer or not.
Thanks for the great work.
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Alright, confirmed 3G video working.
Hi,for easy install,here is the cab .
- thanks for the cab
- my Idea was, why install a new "not working" Dialer if whe can change just the graphics of the existing one ? so on Polaris everything must work.
- im still working with original Diamond graphics now and you will get a much more beautifull Dialer (see Post 2),
- the video, erase.... buttons are to bright at the moment, this will be solved with next version.
- the End-screen will come also, its not included at the moment, first i must search for all buttons in my windows directory
- maybe i do landscape too, but never seen anyone phone in landscape
if anyone finds a bug (forgotten graphic) post here.
bluemetalaxe said:
- thanks for the cab
- my Idea was, why install a new "not working" Dialer if whe can change just the graphics of the existing one ? so on Polaris everything must work.
- im still working with original Diamond graphics now and you will get a much more beautifull Dialer (see Post 2),
- the video, erase.... buttons are to bright at the moment, this will be solved with next version.
- the End-screen will come also, its not included at the moment, first i must search for all buttons in my windows directory
- maybe i do landscape too, but never seen anyone phone in landscape
if anyone finds a bug (forgotten graphic) post here.
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That's great! Looking forward to the next version. Thanks.
Update to a better Version, see first Post
Here you find a Quick GPS-Skin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=405548
wow, great minds think alike. I was just thinking about which icon to use for my 3g idaler skin and came across one I like on Google search. Then I run across this and you ended up using the same exact one! Guess i will use something else.
btw, can you post a screen shot of the progress page during call and after hang up. i need to see what are the functions of the buttons during and after call.
hy super.
I used with a little of reworking original Diamond buttons found in the oem pack of diamond. The video/Call list and erase buttons are made by me with using diamond background buttons.
at the moment this is just the dialpad, but i am working on a solution for dialing in progress. Here is a first screenshot:
Problem that will come:
1. this dialer uses white text on blank black buttons, so there will be a problem when using white Buttons ? maybe i have to do some changes in the registy to solve that problem.
2. I Can´t locate exactly the other blank buttons without text. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHICH ARE THE EXACT NAMES OF THIS BLANK BUTTONS; FOUND 3 OR 4 BUTTONS THAT COULD BE USED BY THE DIALER IN MY WINDOWS DIRECTORY ?
2. The VideoCall Button was easy, its skinnable on its own and not using the other blank background buttons with text, so i could use a picture for it.
It works on my HTC Touch Cruise. Thank you very much.
thank you for feedback.
still working on Dialing screen, but now i got this graphics bug on the first row
i found out that the blank buttons the dialer uses are called CmdBtn..., EdBtn... and TkBtn... but my same button has the bug only in first row ?
Problem two is the white text (what a surprise he he)
will work on this tomorrow.
i copied these files to my windows folder but there was nothing to replace. I did a soft reset, and i still had the same htc dialer. doesnt work on the Kaiser i guess.
For different color of Progress page text, try:
HKLM\Security\Phone\Skin\PROGRESS\portrait(landscape)\VerbButton\textFlags
it is probably at ffffff (white), try changing it to 0 for black. remember to wait a few minutes before soft resetting.
I use to also think that making skin for Landscape was a waste of time. But if you don't do it, there will be a line of people asking for it, so you might as well do it.
bluemetalaxe said:
UPDATE: The NEW VERSION, using original Diamond Graphics (and some from me )
it was a little bit more work then first Version.
If you already have my first version, just replace the files with this.
THIS IS JUST tested on POLARIS !!! and its only the Dialpad, will do more next days.
This is working because i changed only graphics.
Its just tested on Polaris Dialer (touchcruise/Orbit 2). No Landscape support.
This is not working if you have another Phone or Dialer. maybe on Kaiser if it has the same htc dialer ?
-make a copy of original graphics (see in my folder which graphics are replaced) or make a backup. When you do a hardreset your original graphics are back of course.
What to do: download, unzip and put the Folder on your touchcruise, use TotalCommander and put all graphics from my folder directly in your windows directory. Make a softreset. Ready.
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Tested on my TyTN II running on Hyperdragon IIIs full rom. I like the previous version of video call button better. Anyway, appreciate the efforts. BTW, I think the last screen buttons had not been done.
Thanks.
- mikeeey: thank you for feedback, so the original kaiser rom seems to have another dialer/button names.
if someone has the time he can find out how the buttons are named on kaiser and rename my graphics ?
- superflysocal: i dont have the textflag or any text or textcolor-key in this regitrypaths or other paths ?
-zand: you dont like all buttons or just the video eye-button? the first version was in most parts original touchcruise with changed white/black buttons, this version has original diamond buttons, just made new green display, function buttons.
Hi all,
I have lurked on this forum many times and have found it very useful especially in terms of my recent ROM update issues with my new Diamond .. which turned out to be the HK version - gah! .. but that is another story.
I just wanted to let people know that I have written a tool to show storage space use on your Windows Mobile in a TreeMap. There probably are other tools like this kicking around, but I couldn't find one that was any good.
Main Memory fills up pretty fast on the Diamond if your not careful to install absolutely everything to the storage card, and also set your default save location to the storage card.
The screen shot below is of the app and the Main Memory of my Diamond after I found and killed off the offending files.
Anyhow, if your interested you can mosey on over to the download page: here
Cheers,
James.
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Update 1.2 Standard:
- Added a version for Windows Mobile Standard (or Smartphone in the old terms - non-touch screen)
Update 1.2:
- Improved performance, added more status notifications to indicate what its doing during delays
Update 1.1:
- Orientation switching added
welcome to our forum. interesting tool!
Thanks for the welcome
I am curious to find out if anyone will find it useful. I have put it on several phones of guys I work with and they have found all sorts of garbage clogging up their phones.
Will give it a few days - maybe some people will try it out.
J.
thank you for the app/tool!
working fine and showing all...
in yr pic i can see you are using the app in portrait but it takes all the screen.
warning: this app is better viewed in landscape. this mean i have to stop tf3d and rotate the screen or use the gtool....in portrait the app is 1/3 of the screen. anything i should know? vga/qga related?
i can not see any garbage but this might be as a result of intensive use of SkTools and it's cleaning tools.
opera is a monster in device and iGO8 is the champion on my internal memory.
i'll take a better look in the evening.
Thanks for trying it out!
Yeah - I'm not handling the switch to landscape mode, however if you start the app while already in landscape mode it should be fine.
I'm using the HTC stock ROM in my Diamond so I'm not really sure how to disable TF3D and change into Landscape. However its fairly easy to change the code to handle the event and have it recalc for the new dimensions. Will put it in 1.1! Shouldn't take long
Cheers,
J.
thank you
will try this out on the rom im using when i get home later
Oh yeah - and something that is probably not obvious to everyone is that you can click on the folders to zoom-in and take a closer look at the folder contents.
Maybe I should underline the folder names or colour them blue or something ... Hmmm.. will have a think about that.
J
Jamzb said:
Oh yeah - and something that is probably not obvious to everyone is that you can click on the folders to zoom-in and take a closer look at the folder contents.
J
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lol i already tried with no success! maybe because is too small (1/3 of the screen).
btw, disabling tf3d is easy. go to settings/personal/today/items and disable the tf3d like any other plug in . after that you''l have the "old" today screen.
go to settings/system/screen and rotate yr screen.
i did the above, rotate the screen and open yr app but again i got only 1/3 of the screen!
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lol i already tried with no success! maybe because is too small (1/3 of the screen).
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Okay - will get that resize event hooked up tomorrow
KukurikU said:
btw, disabling tf3d is easy. go to settings/personal/today/items and disable the tf3d like any other plug in . after that you''l have the "old" today screen.
go to settings/system/screen and rotate yr screen.
i did the above, rotate the screen and open yr app but again i got only 1/3 of the screen!
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Thanks for telling me about the Setting->Today->Items. That did indeed turn off TF3D, but then on the Settings->System->Screen couldn't find the screen rotate thing. There are three tabs (Alignment, Clear Type, Text Size) - It is 1am here, perhaps it will be there in the morning.
J.
Jamzb said:
Okay - There are three tabs (Alignment, Clear Type, Text Size) - It is 1am here, perhaps it will be there in the morning.
J.
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i have 3 tabs also: general, clear type, text size.
on general you have on the top of the tab "orientation" with 2 options "portrait" and "landscape" and underneath you have "align screen".
ye, sure try again after a good sleep..lol
interesting that you have "alignment" and i have "general" containing "orientation" and "align screen". this is wm thing...why different?
Very nice app, thanks
Version 1.1 Support for orientation changing
KukurikU said:
ye, sure try again after a good sleep..lol
interesting that you have "alignment" and i have "general" containing "orientation" and "align screen". this is wm thing...why different?
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Hmmm checked it again this morning but its still not there - HTC must have taken it out of their latest stock ROM (I'm on 1.93.831.1)
Oh well - I tested it in the emulator and new version (1.1) handles the orientation change fine now
Can you tell me if it works for you on your Diamond? 1.1 CAB is here
Cheers,
James.
Tried doing the rotation automatically using GSen with v1.1, rotates the screen and app fine but can take up to 15 to 20 seconds to rotate.
Rotation delay
Radeon123 said:
Tried doing the rotation automatically using GSen with v1.1, rotates the screen and app fine but can take up to 15 to 20 seconds to rotate.
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Could you try 2 scenarios for me?
- Start up the app and then rotate to landscape before doing a scan
- Start up the app, do a scan and let it render, then rotate.
If there is a major time difference in the time taken to rotate between these two scenarios, then the problem is something to do with MobileMonger. Otherwise it must be something else. Hmm.
Cheers,
J.
Jamzb said:
Could you try 2 scenarios for me?
- Start up the app and then rotate to landscape before doing a scan
- Start up the app, do a scan and let it render, then rotate.
If there is a major time difference in the time taken to rotate between these two scenarios, then the problem is something to do with MobileMonger. Otherwise it must be something else. Hmm.
Cheers,
J.
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- Start up the app and then rotate to landscape before doing a scan
Did that and the screen and app rotate instantly.
- Start up the app, do a scan and let it render, then rotate.
Doing the above and it's a little quicker, but still takes and average of 10 secs to rotate once the results are displayed.
looks like a great tool , is this QVGA compatable ?
@ Jamzb ... does 3 have the Diamond on a plan or did u get urs from elsewhere ?
the0ne said:
looks like a great tool , is this QVGA compatable ?
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Yes - should be - I have DPI detection to change the font sizes up for devices less than 192 DPI ... i.e. 320x240. Obviously since there are less pixels the folder depth displayed can be less ... but on the up-side rendering is faster
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@ Jamzb ... does 3 have the Diamond on a plan or did u get urs from elsewhere ?
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I got mine pre-release from Hong Kong and since had a difficult time getting the official updated 1.93 stock ROM for it. (It came with 1.34!!!)
3 do not offer the Diamond as one of their supported phones, but I can tell you its works really well (Just have to get the URL for their Planet 3 service - which I have if you need it)
I'm on the $8(100MB) data plan and have push HTML email from Exchange 2007 enabled with full attachments - and it works very well. Small email takes 5 seconds from the time it hits exchange to then hit my phone.
J.
Great little application ... thumbs up.
Made it to Portugal
Someone in Portugal likes it!
http://www.portalppc.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15506
via Babel Fish:
"This is a tool that allows it to visualize to the detail which the programs/filing-cabinets that are “to eat” the memory of its PDA. Without you doubt that this application is exactly impressive! to know more and to make download of this program, it consults the page of the programmer: http://wss.boman.biz/Pages/MobileMonger.aspx"
Hmm perhaps I'll have to add a Portugese language satellite assembly
Hi,
is there a way to include an overview about the RAM usage into this program?
[size=+2]Now supports ALL HTC Diamond/HTC Diamond Pro variants![/size]
Gyrator has an advanced graphical configuration interface which can be used to create
thousands of combinations of events to suit every users needs. Windows can be excluded
from all events, or only some of them. Customisable sound events can be triggered, and
the device can be made to vibrate for any event. The keypad can be locked, the screen
can be turned off, or the entire device can be instructed to suspend.
There's alot more information, too much to display here, along with advanced information
and guides on the project website which can be found at: http://gyrator.brins0.net
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Hope you enjoy using this program and that it's useful to you in some way...
____________________________________________________________________________
Requirements:
- HTC Diamond / HTC Diamond Pro
- WM6+
- .NET Compact Framework v3.5
If you really like this program, and want to buy me a coffee, you can do so here
A big thanks to my beta tester "LucidObscurity" from the forums, who's helped me iron out some of the small bugs.
Also a big thanks to one of my kind users, "Kiekeboe100", for donating the webspace gyrator.brins0.net is hosted in.
Forum user "starbase64" has written a useful tutorial for German Gyrator users which can be found here: http://www.handy-faq.de/forum/windows_mobile_6_6_1_forum/54564-gyrator_screen_rotator.html
More information and download HERE
Doesn't rotate programs on the Touch Pro here, but it can somehow rotate the TouchFlo interface.
Same on HTC Diamond. Rotates main screen (messes up graphics for the icon tab) but still rotates it. Wont rotate anything else i tried so far.
Got an error 2 after few rotates
levka said:
Same on HTC Diamond. Rotates main screen (messes up graphics for the icon tab) but still rotates it. Wont rotate anything else i tried so far.
Got an error 2 after few rotates
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- Make sure you have the .NET Compact Framework v3.5 installed. It will work with 2.0, but can have issues (I've run my tests with 3.5)
Also, there are known issues with the touchflo interface. Normally screen rotation is completely disabled on the diamond to remove any possibilities of program messing up, so it's bound to cause issues i'm afraid. When I ran tests on my device, I didn't come across any errors, although I have completely removed TF3D from my diamond.
Can you try and make the error happen again, and record the steps you took to make it happen, as well as all the information the error window gives you, and i'll try and correct the problem.
Edit 1: Forgot to add that the library cannot retrieve orientation information on some devices with certain roms installed, but that's out of my control i'm afraid. It will affect all programs that rely on the "Sensors" sdk library.
Edit 2: Can you also tell me which roms (OS/Radio) you are using as well, as this will likely be related to the problem in some way (See Edit 1)
App works .... but manila freezed.
And i don´t can find any options to configure
Röchelhilpert said:
App works .... but manila freezed.
And i don´t can find any options to configure
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As I mentioned in a previous post, Manilla (Touch Flo 3D) is known to cause problems in non-portrait orientations...
The options are in the top of the right softkey menu, there's 3 of them:
Enable Rotation
Enable Sounds
Enable Images
Application is ver similar as gsen in regards to Telus Mobility Diamonds.
Rotation does not work except for within the programs list. Any where else (text messages, ie, etc) absolutely does not work
darn!
mightymike84 said:
Application is ver similar as gsen in regards to Telus Mobility Diamonds.
Rotation does not work except for within the programs list. Any where else (text messages, ie, etc) absolutely does not work
darn!
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Yeah, i'm afraid that's a limitation of the library which has been made availabel to us. It Telus want to go and destroy the ROM/device, then unfortunately we have no control over it. It's like T-Mobile removing 64MB of the RAM when they changed the shell, it's only got 128MB now. I do wish I knew why companies like to bastardise perfectly good phones, then sell them on as if they were the same... It's quite insulting sometimes...
[2008/09/22] New version!
A new version has been released, so have added this post to bump the topic up.
This is a large update, and should be used instead of the older version as it confains various new options and features, as well as performance updates.
Link to information post concerning the updates, as well as download information.
Thanks for this mate,works like a charm.Tried the rotation out on most of my programs and it works flawlessly.My contacts rotate fine and the text message also,the text input even changes to full qwerty keyboard on rotation,amazing.
owz206 said:
Thanks for this mate,works like a charm.Tried the rotation out on most of my programs and it works flawlessly.My contacts rotate fine and the text message also,the text input even changes to full qwerty keyboard on rotation,amazing.
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Your welcome, hope it's not too hard to configure, I have put alot of thaught into how to make it simple for the end user to configure...
brins0 said:
Your welcome, hope it's not too hard to configure, I have put alot of thaught into how to make it simple for the end user to configure...
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No problems to configure at all,the only problem is when rotating touch flo 3d,but i know thats going to be a problem for any rotation app.thanks again
owz206 said:
No problems to configure at all,the only problem is when rotating touch flo 3d,but i know thats going to be a problem for any rotation app.thanks again
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I've disabled TouchFlo 3D on my device, so unfortunately I can't get the window title/class for it, to add it to the blacklist. If you would be kind enough to find the class for it (i'm guessing the entire today screen) then it can be added to the configuration file for all to see.
I've added the "Applications.ini" file to my server for folk to download. this will be updated more frequently than the application, so keep an eye out for changes
I don't think it likes my Touch Pro. It works fine using File Explorer but that's it. After trying to test it out in the all settings and all programs menus it gives the error that Levka posted.
enrique999 said:
I don't think it likes my Touch Pro. It works fine using File Explorer but that's it. After trying to test it out in the all settings and all programs menus it gives the error that Levka posted.
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As other users have stated, as well as myself in the first post, it suffers form the generic error what all programs using the GSensor library. It has been covered in the GSen program info page too...
CharlyV said:
Not working on HTC Touch Pro with ROM version 1.90.0.0 or newer and HTC Touch Diamond with Telus ROM.
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As previously stated, i'm afraid this is out of my control, although hopefully in the near future, the library will be improved, and will be able to deal with these "different" devices. As soon as support has been improved, i'll be sure to include it in my latest build.
[2008/09/23] New version!
A new version has been released, so have added this post to bump the topic up.
This is only a small update which adds a few new features and improvements.
Link to information post concerning the updates, as well as download information.
hope this works for Sprint ROM?
i liek this app and wish i could use it. im on a telus device.
Hit me up if you want anything to help out on getting this to work on telus/sprint devices i have all the rom files and can make reg dumps.
how is the power consumption if i may ask?
awesome app tho, gonna try it today
I have some question...
1)Framework v3.5 is 35MB...need I install Framework v3.5(35MB) to my diamond...because my diamond free space only 40 MB....
2)install Framework v3.5 via ActiveSync?