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Project: I.M.F.

Reason:
¤ having the advanced mobile device with full-colors screen on hand
¤ with dynamic multimedia capicities, video, sounds
¤ and what's up? static ordinary Today Screen, plain background
¤ I want to really improve the impressions
¤ I want to spice my mobile device's interface
¤ ... and surprise my friends, certainly
Purposes:
¤ display background as the live image from camera picture
¤ display highly animated content (25fps) on the top of the above background and play special sound effects
¤ display all daily necessary information on the above content: incl. calendar events, missed phone calls, received messages, weather status
¤ show this interface when the device's power turns up, and start animation
¤ probably: replace the default Today Screen
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(the above image is not any edited picture, only the very real photo)
See more screenshots:
www.jgui.net/imf_x/
JGUI

The project sounds very interesting, and possible with the WM5 camera API that should make camera access standard for all devices.
But wouldn't and app like that eat up a lot of CPU cycles, and slow down the device, especially with the OMAP units? Plus more CPU usage means shorter battery life right?
Any way, I will be following your progress and should some kind of demo/alpha/beta become available, will be happy to test it on my brand new imate jamin.
Good luck with the project! 8)

not Camera API but DirectShow video buffer
No, we cannot use Camera API.
We have to use DirectX and get camera streamed image directly from DirectShow video buffer.
Surprise, it does not slow down device any more. At least until my current observations and measurements. But I just play with this project w few days. But still, a few more problems exist and should be fixed.
Certainly I will update this thread if something will go up.

this sounds like a brilliant project, very gutts'y too because its gotta take ALOT of testing and practice.
All my luck to you
we will be watching
Thanks

JGUI,
I know there are heaps of giid apps by you...I request if u can just advice something which anuimates the gif image in today...that wud be much appreciable

[ROM] *************** GhostXSeries ROM New available to downlaod ***************

This is my new GhostXSeries roms that I have been developing.
I have designed the ROM for a combination of speed, looks and battery power. I have been getting good results, about 1% per hour power drain with HSPDA in stand by.
I have developed the rom with the following:
Base rom: Stock WWE 1.66
OS: 24169
Sense: 2.5.2014
I have not enabled 512mb of ram as I have read a lot of reports that the phone does a lot better with it disabled.
******* Noticed an issue with the people tab. Fixing now and uploading shortly, also think I have a fix for the dial pad issue ********
Here are some screen shots of my rom:
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Download Here:
I have modified the ROM to make it as stable as possible and skined it as well.
I will be developing the ROM more in future versions
I would like to hear what you think of the rom.
Change Log:
Removed Packages:
Adobe PDF
Bing
Jetcet
MP3 Trimmer
Orgional Facebook App
Quick GPS
Volume Control ver 2.22
You Tube
Added Apps:
.Net 3.5
4 row start menu icons
Clock skin
Dialer skin
Updated Facebook app
Disabled flip clock 1 hour 2 minute issue
Keyboard skin to match dialer
Iphone style lock screen
Manila tweaks
Power Management tweaks
Skinned quick links
Removed top Curtian
Skinned bottom buttons
Transparent calendar
Transparent slider icons
Created my own boot screen and back ground wallpapers

good luck with your rom looks nice
a change log added would be nice

look nice but can u mention about which apps are added and which ones are removes? also i see dialpad overlap issue

Thanks dude, I will put a change log in at some stage. Some things I have done is for example I have upped office to 2010 and put in the upgraded version of facebook as well.

benveq said:
look nice but can u mention about which apps are added and which ones are removes? also i see dialpad overlap issue
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There you go, sorry about that, this is my first rom that I have posted. I have only been using kitchen for about 2 weeks so still new to this. I know about the dialer issue, I hope to fix this in the next release.
I just wanted to get a stable rom built and out there so people could test for me.
Let me know how you get on.
Cheers

Windows 8 Live Tiles Help Needed

Hello guys i just installed windows 8 preview to be able to see the progress made so far. I have a small question is it possible to edit the icon of a live tile to make it full resolution since it looks really weird like the image below
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I dont thing so....i thing its down automatically
You cant do it with normal settings in Windows 8 ^^

i see oh well then thanks for the information mate

You can't but when Windows 8 hits RTM the icons will be bigger , they look a lot better

Hi, I'm searching a way for having live tiles too. I've done some kind of research in my thread, here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1707172
Unfortunately, none of those idea work yet

Currently applications living in the Win32 world don't have any access to the WinRT side of the system. As they don't know anything about the existence of Live Tiles they also can't feed them with data.
If that is what you meant by "Live Tile" - a tile that actually IS LIVE.
If you want to change the Icon only this might be what you're looking for: http://www.gohacking.com/2008/10/how-to-change-icon-of-exe-file.html
That solution might geht reversed whenever the .exe is overwritten during an update of the Application, some Applications (Skype for example or games) do an integrity check on launch which is likely to fail when the exe gets modified and lastly updates of applications might fail due to incremental updates and again a modified exe file. So my suggestion would be to create a backup before trying this out. Should solve your problem though (and if it still works like in XP were the first icon in the exe file is used this explains why you don't find a way in the registry, etc. to change it).

I probably explained it badly, the aim is not to have a live tile but a mere static one, making it more aesthetically coherent with WIN8 metro apps..

As somebody wrote above the Icons should be bigger in the RTM version as Microsoft is still working on parts of the UI - we'll have to see.
As for actually changing them, did you try my suggestion or didn't that lead to any new conclusions?

I can not change icon in screen

[ZooperPro] Dark & Loaded Theme (red/blue) **FREE**

..."Dark & Loaded Theme" for Zooper Pro Widget & Nova Launcher is now available to public !!!
- 3 homescreens
- 2 main color themes to choose from (red/blue)
- missed calls, sms and gmail notifications
- 20 hotspots
- dynamic color changes for active/inactive states for location, alarm, mobile data and play/pause
- dynamic sceen change between your wallpaper and album art and track info when music is playing
- your most used apps such as playstore, chrome, google+, quickpic, email and camera on your main screen
- custom agenda displaying your next 4 calendar events including the date and time (smart appearance for all day and specific time events)
- all your basic system info including battery statistics, free ram and storage
- hotspots for Play Music and Viper4Android
Detailed Set Up Guide available on .zip file...ENJOY!!!
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Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/efkd386d6jy2dhw/Dark&Loaded_ZooperPro.zip?dl=0
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The "Black Edition" of my Dark&Loaded Theme for Zooper Pro/Nova Launcher Pro is available @ http://mycolorscreen.com/2014/09/22/dark-loaded-black-edition-theme/
This is my favorite, everyday variation of the original theme with minor changes. Hope you enjoy this dark theme. It features lots of useful hotspots in 3 homescreens, including a custom agenda and smart music player.
LOVE THEME @ MyColorScreen, +1 on Google+, RESHARE!!!
Thanks!

I really like this theme, it's very well done, thanks for sharing! :good:
I can't seem to get the Media Utilities portion to work though. The album art, the music background, and the Play/Pause buttons are all always visible.

Chris Hansen said:
I really like this theme, it's very well done, thanks for sharing! :good:
I can't seem to get the Media Utilities portion to work though. The album art, the music background, and the Play/Pause buttons are all always visible.
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Then you must be on L Preview...Media Utilities is not compatible with this version of Android (hope it will work in the future).

itasoulas said:
Then you must be on L Preview...Media Utilities is not compatible with this version of Android (hope it will work in the future).
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Yep, that would be it! I tried checking the MU thread before this to see if there was anything regarding Android L compatibility, but I couldn't find anything. Searches using one letter are rough.

Best Features of EMUI 5.1

The Honor 8 Pro runs the feature packed EMUI system. This user interface has all sorts of hidden gems that can really improve your experience with this phone. Here are some of my favorite.
Screen Recording
The built in screen recording features saves you from having to install a third-party app. Hold the Volume up and Power button to trigger the screen recording feature.
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Phone Manager
The phone manager app has many different optimizations to speed up your phone, as well as security features like virus scan and app lock.
Themes
The theme manger is easy to use while having plenty of customization options to get your phone looking exactly how you want it.
Home Screen Settings
EMUI lets you change the icon grid, screen animations, badge icons and much more.
What is your favorite feature of EMUI?

First thing to do is to disable "App suggestions".
I am totally fed up with being "suggested" what to do. I have a brain and intend to continue using it.
The whole business of looking at what we do in order to sell us more is reaching a point where the world gets divided into sheep who will do what they are told and people who still want to use their own judgement, investigate and find things by themselves. I aim to remain part of the "people" group.
Sorry about the rant but it's getting out of control.

Hii @DrGreenway
I think I saw you at Honor 8 forums
Just a question to ask
Did you own a Honor 8 and is the Pro a good upgrade??
And what is the diference between EMUI 5.0 and 5.1
Couse the things you said as best features of 5.1 are mostly present in EMUI 5.0 and Honor 8
Maybe from me to add that if you are on lock screen and swipe UP from the very bottom
you get some shortcuts ( on Honor 8 )
And it includes a default bar code scanner.. not much but I usually used to install it from play store