how can i make the screen rotation smoother (by gsensor)when using opera, photo, my gsensor seems doesn't work well, i want it do the rotation once i make the movement, but it doesn't. like i need to shake it after the turn. sound stupid....
also, any application like the samsung i908 one? the animation rotation.
Thank you
kickmys - there is a program called "Gyrator 2" not too sure if that's the correct spelling, but yeah, there's that program, which not only makes it alot nicer to the eye, but also makes landscape and the g-sensor work together in every screen. ie you can have the portrait homescreen in landscape if you just turn the phone as with everything else.
oh wow i had no idea gyrator 2 lets TF3D work in landscape as well. damn i cant wait for the fuze. i already downloaded so much software in preparation
lbhocky19 said:
oh wow i had no idea gyrator 2 lets TF3D work in landscape as well. damn i cant wait for the fuze. i already downloaded so much software in preparation
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no no no. You misread. That is a hardcoded issue. TF3D is made to work in portrait. IT WILL NOT WORK IN LANDSCAPE. Only the shortcuts will. So it will not allow you to access tf3d in landscape. That is a manila issue, not software.
Kraize92 said:
no no no. You misread. That is a hardcoded issue. TF3D is made to work in portrait. IT WILL NOT WORK IN LANDSCAPE. Only the shortcuts will. So it will not allow you to access tf3d in landscape. That is a manila issue, not software.
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oook haha i got excited for a second
all someone has to figure out is how to change the programs available in landscape and id be happy
Kraize92 said:
no no no. You misread. That is a hardcoded issue. TF3D is made to work in portrait. IT WILL NOT WORK IN LANDSCAPE. Only the shortcuts will. So it will not allow you to access tf3d in landscape. That is a manila issue, not software.
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I'm sorry Sir, but I beg to differ, it WILL and does work. As you can see for yourself on youtube, there's a video from the channel PocketNow, I believe the video is called "Touch Pro software"
sadams39 said:
I'm sorry Sir, but I beg to differ, it WILL and does work. As you can see for yourself on youtube, there's a video from the channel PocketNow, I believe the video is called "Touch Pro software"
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Um, I'm sorry. Do you know what you're talking about? And which youtube video are you referring to?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecvGg8qgq5o&feature=related
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2cju8y39CY
and even if you're talking about any of the above, when you switch to landscape in manilla it brings up the following screen:
{
"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"
}
So again it does not show TF3D IN LANDSCAPE like lbhocky19 thought and I hope that is what you meant. Because I'm pretty sure I know what I'm talking about since TF3D was hardcoded to be portrait only and
when in landscape. So again. If you have proof, I'm willing to believe you.
Is that when you open the keyboard that would be the screen that is displayed is it not?
If you leave the phone in portrait mode, turn on the Gyrator 2 program and then turn the phone 90 degrees clockwise or anti-clockwise it should just turn the screen to the landscape mode and not have the quick links buttons or whatever they're called.
I'm not arguing just trying to get my thoughts through the fingers and onto the keyboard.
Unfortunately, I'm not the owner of a TP YET, I get mine this coming Saturday.
So I hope I do not spoil the fellowship of this site, as I will come to it often.
sadams39 said:
Unfortunately, I'm not the owner of a TP yet, I get mine this coming Saturday.
So I hope I do not spoil the fellowship of this site, as I will come to it often.
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Hey sadams39, let's learn together. I am from NSW, and just last week got my hands on a 3 Mobile build of this brilliant phone. I jumped from Vodafone (with a Nokia N70) to this work of art on Optus, simply because Voda have totally ignored the Hunter Region and Newcastle for installation of HSDPA/EDGE. And, just in case you ask, Yes! the model you buy from 3 Mobile is capable of going on Telstra's Next-G; the Raph automatically sets itself up depending on what provider SIM card you put in.
First things first, get rid of the 3 Mobile ROM once you get it. I threw on the original HTC ROM the day after I got my hands on my Raph (links below to stuff you need) and it works beautifully. Only pain in the ass I'll say about the blokes on this site, though - when they post stuff it seems they forget there's an awful amount of no0bs reading the forums, and they subsequently let verbosity go out the window on a few occasions.
Ok, links to get you started.
1st, here's where you'll find the programs that update the phone to a state where you can update the 'firmware' (ROM). You have to do this first, or a ROM update won't work (they call it 'bricking' the phone)
HardSPL - Raphael Unlock thread
2nd, go here to find the original HTC ROM - as well as other people's designs:
Raphael ROM Developers thread
Success is assured if you follow the instructions posted by these guys to the letter - they've been mucking around with these things a lot longer than us, so they honestly do know what they're talking about. Search this Raphael thread thoroughly, be nice to others (and be helpful, if you find out something that you think may be worthwhile sharing) and you will find gold!
sadams39 said:
Is that when you open the keyboard that would be the screen that is displayed is it not?
If you leave the phone in portrait mode, turn on the Gyrator 2 program and then turn the phone 90 degrees clockwise or anti-clockwise it should just turn the screen to the landscape mode and not have the quick links buttons or whatever they're called.
I'm not arguing just trying to get my thoughts through the fingers and onto the keyboard.
Unfortunately, I'm not the owner of a TP YET, I get mine this coming Saturday.
So I hope I do not spoil the fellowship of this site, as I will come to it often.
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I apologize for coming off so rudely. I do that sometimes. Well it does, but it will still have the quick link buttons because that is manila's landscape. I mean it doesn't change the program's display. Just the orientation. So it would have the same effect as when the keyboard is slid out. Just to clarify. It would work in any program except for touchflo3d since it doesn't work in landscape. It will only show the quick links. That is because the program just access it's landscape orientation. Not fit it to screen.
Found the video
Kraize92 said:
It would work in any program except for touchflo3d since it doesn't work in landscape. It will only show the quick links. That is because the program just access it's landscape orientation. Not fit it to screen.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2cju8y39CY - that's the video I was talking about, in that, you can see that even the TouchFlo3D will rotate into landscape mode.
Sorry my friend, couldn't leave it alone, just knew I was right.
No hard feelings?
Right about what? I personally didn't see him rotating on the homescreen. Plus, that could've been Diamond, but regardless, I didn't see the TouchFlo2D (Manila2D) part flick to landscape.
sadams39 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2cju8y39CY - that's the video I was talking about, in that, you can see that even the TouchFlo3D will rotate into landscape mode.
Sorry my friend, couldn't leave it alone, just knew I was right.
No hard feelings?
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Here's a direct link to the Gyrator 2 downloads page:
Code:
http://gyrator.brins0.net/?page=downloads
Check out the guy who wrote this application's thread on the program, at:
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2661850&postcount=1
and be good to your Mother.....
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This theme even has the slide to unlock feature!
check it out here....
http://www.ozankilic.com/?p=31
And here's a better link straight to the forum and other files!
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10036&page=44
It's been out for a while, the slide uses a SWF. You must first load WA2 and WAD then load the slide program. And im pretty sure it does goes back to the slide after the device goes into hibernate. I'm sticking with the WAlite and WAD. I really like the original WM6 look and feel.
Here is my current setup.
{
"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"
}
envmyz said:
It's been out for a while, the slide uses a SWF. You must first load WA2 and WAD then load the slide program. And im pretty sure it does goes back to the slide after the device goes into hibernate. I'm sticking with the WAlite and WAD. I really like the original WM6 look and feel.
Here is my current setup.
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Hey, that's pretty slick. What theme files are those?
envmyz said:
It's been out for a while, the slide uses a SWF. You must first load WA2 and WAD then load the slide program. And im pretty sure it does goes back to the slide after the device goes into hibernate. I'm sticking with the WAlite and WAD. I really like the original WM6 look and feel.
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Maybe you can help me then. I'm trying to install the theme with MortPlayer and a iphone.mpz file, but im supposed to select it
here's what the instructions say:
mortplayer and iphone player theme (install and copy mpz file to mortplayer folder and select it)
but I can't do anything with the iphone theme.
any1 kno how to take that zip and those files and put it into a landscape aplyable...because this is kind of useless with out being able to look good in landscape and the other way
killacam13 said:
any1 kno how to take that zip and those files and put it into a landscape aplyable...because this is kind of useless with out being able to look good in landscape and the other way
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no, the theme doesn't support landscape
b.mann said:
Maybe you can help me then. I'm trying to install the theme with MortPlayer and a iphone.mpz file, but im supposed to select it
here's what the instructions say:
mortplayer and iphone player theme (install and copy mpz file to mortplayer folder and select it)
but I can't do anything with the iphone theme.
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wish I could be more of a help guy, but I have never used mortplayer. So im no help there.
To answer the other question. I made that theme from scratch. I wanted a Vista look and feel. Some icons are from the Expea2 icon set. I made the sidebar and clock from scratch.
I could post the files if anyone wants um.
envmyz said:
wish I could be more of a help guy, but I have never used mortplayer. So im no help there.
To answer the other question. I made that theme from scratch. I wanted a Vista look and feel. Some icons are from the Expea2 icon set. I made the sidebar and clock from scratch.
I could post the files if anyone wants um.
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nvm, i got it to work. idk how, i just pushed buttons, and now i see my little clownfishy :]
envmyz said:
It's been out for a while, the slide uses a SWF. You must first load WA2 and WAD then load the slide program. And im pretty sure it does goes back to the slide after the device goes into hibernate. I'm sticking with the WAlite and WAD. I really like the original WM6 look and feel.
Here is my current setup.
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To clarify a little, though I have been using the slide for a while now, the slide program does not require WA or WAD to be ran, you copy the lock folder to anywhere on ppc, and then run the slide.exe program, and you may also change the background of the wallpaper to any image in bmp format by renaming it to wallpaper.bmp and also, the program does not automatically run after comming from standy, you have to activate the program by running the .exe file, or by assigning to hardware button as for right now. Not sure of anyway to have an app to auto run after comming from standbu, hopefully someone knows.
Heres a screeny of my slider.....and yes it actually slides across...
envmyz said:
wish I could be more of a help guy, but I have never used mortplayer. So im no help there.
To answer the other question. I made that theme from scratch. I wanted a Vista look and feel. Some icons are from the Expea2 icon set. I made the sidebar and clock from scratch.
I could post the files if anyone wants um.
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Yeah, post them if you can. It would be nice to check it out.
Thanks envmyz!
And I like mine . Customize ppl, customize. We've got such a great devices and soft, do something by yourselves, to suit YOUR needs.
@Silentkilla;
can you tell me where you found the theme (black panther)?
and if it isn't that can you tell me where you found it?
b.mann said:
@Silentkilla;
can you tell me where you found the theme (black panther)?
and if it isn't that can you tell me where you found it?
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Hey, the theme is called ipocket, found here..........
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10855
And you can also find different wallpaper b\g's in this topic as well.
thnx
i was actually looking for some way to make the slider slide, but i got confused trying to make a program work
what's the phone in the you tube vid?
b.mann said:
This theme even has the slide to unlock feature!
check it out here....
http://www.ozankilic.com/?p=31
And here's a better link straight to the forum and other files!
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10036&page=44
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what model is the phone in the you tube video?
and can it be used in the uk?
rjshah said:
what model is the phone in the you tube video?
and can it be used in the uk?
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umm honestly i don't know
i would ask the guy (shoot him an email, he replies pretty quickly) who made the theme
@SilentKilla:
can you help me figure out how to get the slider to work? I'm using Xplore 1.1, but everytime i click lock, i get an error message saying "devicelock" cannot be found.
iphone boot screen
Just install cab and you will get your wondows boot screen changed.
My 5cents
I have gotten the slider program to work via SkTools (memmaid will work too) and made a notification to run the program coming out of a wake up. However currently I have found this extremely buggy... ie sometimes the program runs multiple times when coming out of standby and sometimes causes an error..
My main use was to replace the now screen from mobile shell with this, seeing as that was my favorite part of mobile shell. If anyone knows of a program better for this, or has had better experience with getting the slider to work in wm6 out of standby, please let me know.
envmyz said:
It's been out for a while, the slide uses a SWF. You must first load WA2 and WAD then load the slide program. And im pretty sure it does goes back to the slide after the device goes into hibernate. I'm sticking with the WAlite and WAD. I really like the original WM6 look and feel.
Here is my current setup.
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I Wan't that theme to where can i find it? Does anyone has the files?
SiLeNtKiLLa said:
To clarify a little, though I have been using the slide for a while now, the slide program does not require WA or WAD to be ran, you copy the lock folder to anywhere on ppc, and then run the slide.exe program, and you may also change the background of the wallpaper to any image in bmp format by renaming it to wallpaper.bmp and also, the program does not automatically run after comming from standy, you have to activate the program by running the .exe file, or by assigning to hardware button as for right now. Not sure of anyway to have an app to auto run after comming from standbu, hopefully someone knows.
Heres a screeny of my slider.....and yes it actually slides across...
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To have it run after you come out of standby, you need to add a "Notification Queue" entry for the slide.exe file with the WHEN setting of " The Device woke up"
You can add entries for any system state changes to the notification queue to run any program.
Hey guys,
I posted a little teaser for my skin/theme, and I've got some pretty positive feedback/lots of traffic to my site. I have now released the theme in it's entirety, and it is available on my site for which you can find the link at the bottom of this post.
Lots of time and development have been put into creating this, and I couldn't have done it without the majority of graphics from Corleno. Thanks to him for allowing me to 'remix' his Wisbar Advance theme, "Vista Pocket".
Anyways, take a look at the pics below, and find a link to the download at my site. Sorry I did not post the actual files here, but posting it on my own site will allow me to update the theme easily if need be, and people from many other sites can comment on it there too. I really hope you enjoy this, as it took me much longer than it should have! (I'm not surprised, because I'm a pixel-perfectionist)
{
"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"
}
Full installation instructions can be found on my site, as well as the link to the actual .zip file itself. Check that out here:
protogenLabs.com - VistaMobile PocketPC VGA and QVGA theme finally completed!
(P.S. - HTC PLEASE RELEASE THE OMNI! Us Universal owners deserve a respectable successor!!)
ok dude, i'm impressed! One question though, http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/ have two softwares listed:
1) Wisbar Advance 3.1.0.4
2) Wisbar Advance Desktop 1.3.0.7
Which one of these is required on my JASJAR to have your theme installed and fully functional?!?
zeeshansohail said:
ok dude, i'm impressed! One question though, http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/ have two softwares listed:
1) Wisbar Advance 3.1.0.4
2) Wisbar Advance Desktop 1.3.0.7
Which one of these is required on my JASJAR to have your theme installed and fully functional?!?
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Hey man, glad you enjoy the theme. You actually need both of the software titles that you mentioned above. "Wisbar Advance (WA)" AND "Wisbar Advance Desktop (WAD)". That version of WAD should give you no problems, however I built and test this theme only on WA v2, and not the newest v3. I'm sure that it will work in v3, since I don't believe anything major has changed, however I cannot guarantee that since I only tested it with v2.
If you do try out v3, please let us know how it works.
Thanks!
Hey, excellent skin.. but will it consume alot of memory, last time i installed wisbar advance on my uni and it lagged until the camera app cannot be initiated
/b/-TarD said:
Hey, excellent skin.. but will it consume alot of memory, last time i installed wisbar advance on my uni and it lagged until the camera app cannot be initiated
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Hi /b/-TarD,
That's actually a great question you ask. I have never had any memory issues with my Uni while running this theme. I also just checked my current memory status after a fresh reboot, and "DesktopApp.exe" (Wisbar Advance Desktop) is using 2.56mb of RAM, while "wisbaradv2.exe" (Wisbar Advance) is using 303kb of RAM.
This makes sense to me because the WAD theme is much more detailed and has larger graphics than the WA skin. For me, its worth sacrificing 2.9mb of RAM to run this theme set. I hope you'll agree too
Let me know if you do run into any issues with RAM usage, but I can tell you that everything works fine for me!
this is a great skin however i have had a few problems, not sure if it is the skin or my setings, i am using it on a SPV M5000 running WAD and WA2, not had issues with other sking but my machine keeps on "freezing" after a short while and the only way to respore it is to so a soft reset and load the skin up again. WAD and WA2 are installed to my SD card, dont think that that is the problem though
Any idea's ....????????
hooperman said:
this is a great skin however i have had a few problems, not sure if it is the skin or my setings, i am using it on a SPV M5000 running WAD and WA2, not had issues with other sking but my machine keeps on "freezing" after a short while and the only way to respore it is to so a soft reset and load the skin up again. WAD and WA2 are installed to my SD card, dont think that that is the problem though
Any idea's ....????????
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Hey Hooperman, I would have personally installed WA + WAD to the Main Memory and NOT the Storage Card. I know this requires a fair bit of free space in the Main Memory, but WA + WAD will definitely respond faster and keep running optimally.
My theme has been downloaded a sh*tload of times, and I haven't heard anyone else with your problems, so I would think that having your WA/WAD on the Storage Card is definitely the issue.
If you have the space, try installing WA/WAD to the Main Memory and let us know how it goes...
Hope this helps!
installation problem
I'm having problem installing the theme.,maybe having trouble on where to copy the components.,I've succesfully installed the vista theme but when i load up the theme for wad.,I only got empty squares.,pls help me out
your theme is so cool.,forgive me Im new..
azzkicker said:
I'm having problem installing the theme.,maybe having trouble on where to copy the components.,I've succesfully installed the vista theme but when i load up the theme for wad.,I only got empty squares.,pls help me out
your theme is so cool.,forgive me Im new..
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Hi azzkicker, I apologize for not getting back to you sooner. It's quite unfortunate that the WAD skin is not working for you. Not to single you out, but no one else has contacted me with the issues you are having, which leads me to believe that you just haven't copied the folder structures properly.
Read my blog post again here, and make sure that you copy each of the files/folders EXACTLY where I described in that post.
Hope this helps!
-scar45
It looks very sexy!
Hope you don't mind
scar45,
I happened upon your post last night and I have to tell you this is one awesome theme! I hope you don't mind, but I modified it for QVGA. I've only completed the portrait_QVGA so far, but I'm working on the landscape tonight or maybe tomorrow. Here's what it looks like on my Wizard......
kcguy said:
scar45,
I happened upon your post last night and I have to tell you this is one awesome theme! I hope you don't mind, but I modified it for QVGA. I've only completed the portrait_QVGA so far, but I'm working on the landscape tonight or maybe tomorrow. Here's what it looks like on my Wizard......
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Hey there kcguy,
First off, let me say that I have no problem with you creating a QVGA version of my theme. I just request that you keep all graphics as high-quality as you can, so that the theme doesn't lose it's visual appeal.
Also, please just send me a private message before you release the theme, so that we can ensure that everyone who participated in it's development is credited properly. I can also (and prefer to) host the QVGA version for you on my protogenLabs.com website.
Let me know how it's coming along, and if the above sounds good to you. Looking forward to seeing your work!
-scar
not a problem
scar45,
I didn't modify any of your graphics, only edited the sizes to fit the QVGA format. I'd be happy to send it to you so you can release it. That is the way it should be, since a lot of effort went into the design.
I have modified the landscape files also, but have had no success getting it to display when I'm in landscape mode. My wizard switches from portrait to landscape when you slide the qwerty out. Any ideas why it won't display? Only displays the default wisbar desktop theme in landscape, but instantly goes back to your theme when I close the keyboard and go back to portrait mode.
kcguy, can you post your qvga format? I would like to try this on my HTC hermes. Thanks.
kcguy said:
scar45,
I didn't modify any of your graphics, only edited the sizes to fit the QVGA format. I'd be happy to send it to you so you can release it. That is the way it should be, since a lot of effort went into the design.
I have modified the landscape files also, but have had no success getting it to display when I'm in landscape mode. My wizard switches from portrait to landscape when you slide the qwerty out. Any ideas why it won't display? Only displays the default wisbar desktop theme in landscape, but instantly goes back to your theme when I close the keyboard and go back to portrait mode.
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hey kcguy,
Thanks for the effort you've put into making a QVGA version of my theme. I'm not sure why the landscape mode won't work, as I didn't run into the same problem as you. What I might suggest is to put the device in landscape mode, then try to re-select the landscape version of the theme, and hopefully it will stick (vistaMobile_L_(Q)VGA).
Anyways, let me know when you've completed the theme, and please send this to no one else but myself first, and following that, I will package it up for download and host it on my site.
Hope it's still coming along nicely!
-scar
It's complete
Hey scar45,
I don't know what the issue is with the landscape mode, but I have a work- around, if anybody else has the same issue. On my wizard, I had to open the landscape QVGA while in portrait mode on my phone as well as WAD. I then rotated the screne 90 deg. to the right so it displayed properly, opened my qwerty which switched the device to landscape mode, and no more problems. When you receive the zip file back, you'll notice that p_QVGA now shows two pages, 0 & 1 which I assume is because I opened the L_QVGA in portrait mode, but for whatever reason, it now works perfectly. I am trying to send you the files as we speak so you can take a look and decide if you want to release them. Thanks for the awesome theme!
Hi is there possible to have a similar home screen for smartphone QVGA?
soalle said:
Hi is there possible to have a similar home screen for smartphone QVGA?
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Heya soalle,
At this point, I would say that this theme is not possible to use on a Smartphone QVGA device. The main core of the theme is based on Wisbar Advance/Wisbar Advance Desktop, and I don't believe that this program is available for the Smartphone version of Windows Mobile.
I wish there was a way that I could develop it for that, but unfortunately there isn't at this point in time.
I will be releasing kcguy's QVGA version of my theme for PocketPCs, so if you obtain one of those devices (or better yet, a VGA PPC), then you would be able to use this theme set.
Keep an eye out on this post though, and if anyone finds a way to make this theme usable on a Smartphone QVGA device, it will surely be posted here.
Thanks!
-scar
scar45 said:
Heya soalle,
At this point, I would say that this theme is not possible to use on a Smartphone QVGA device. The main core of the theme is based on Wisbar Advance/Wisbar Advance Desktop, and I don't believe that this program is available for the Smartphone version of Windows Mobile.
I wish there was a way that I could develop it for that, but unfortunately there isn't at this point in time.
I will be releasing kcguy's QVGA version of my theme for PocketPCs, so if you obtain one of those devices (or better yet, a VGA PPC), then you would be able to use this theme set.
Keep an eye out on this post though, and if anyone finds a way to make this theme usable on a Smartphone QVGA device, it will surely be posted here.
Thanks!
-scar
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I think it should suffice to let the grid of icon be browsed with the smartphone joystick but I have no clue how to do it ;-)
Hey guys, I just wanted to *bump* this message up because thanks to kcguy (and some further configuring by me), my VistaMobile theme has now been released in a QVGA format!
A LOT of people had been asking for this version after I released the original, so after some time, and some help from kcguy, I was able to rewrite the theme to support QVGA devices.
I have tested it out on my QVGA Pocket PC Emulator, and it seemed to work perfectly fine. If anyone else runs into any issues, please post them in this thread, and I'll do my best to address them as soon as I possibly can. You might get a quicker response if you post an actual comment to my protogenLabs site where the file is hosted.
You can grab the actual .zip file here:
protogenLabs.com - VistaMobile PocketPC VGA and QVGA theme finally completed!
Anyways, Merry Xmas to all, and I hope you enjoy!
-scar
I've tweaked the qwerty keyboard a little bit so I don't have to hunt for the £ and € sign and \ on secondary pages. In landscape the arrow buttons have been moved to the left-hand side, which centres the letter keys better which think is easier for 2 thumb typing; the side-effect is that xT9 doesn't work correctly.
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I've added the cab file below. It should uninstall correctly but it will need a soft reset afterwards.
21/01/2010 - New cab with some fixes to the layout, mainly affecting the xT9 toggle in portrait and landscape.
14/02/2010 - I've added an additional cab that works with WM6.5.5, it's almost identical to the other version but the button placement is correct.
Oooh, that's quite good. Must come in fairly useful. Now if someone could add ".co.uk" to the long press of the ".com" button, it would be perfect!
bennyhillslovechild said:
Now if someone could add ".co.uk" to the long press of the ".com" button, it would be perfect!
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I've poked and prodded but the TLDs are not stored in the layout files, I think they are in the binary , I've not given up looking though!
sulphuricaciduk said:
I've tweaked the qwerty keyboard a little bit so I don't have to hunt for the £ and € sign and \ on secondary pages. If anyone is interested in using it I could package it as a cab.
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Nope. Sorry. I don't get it...
I can see what you've done with the £ sign (nice!). But I cannot see any change to the location of the € and \ signs on the screenshots provided. Or have I misunderstood what you meant...?
UK keyboard
Duplicate post!
johnkst said:
Nope. Sorry. I don't get it...
I can see what you've done with the £ sign (nice!). But I cannot see any change to the location of the € and \ signs on the screenshots provided. Or have I misunderstood what you meant...?
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I can't take a screen shot of it, but holding down the "f" key pops up "£ € $", likewise with the "/" key I've added "\".
The only problem I've got with the landscape keyboard is xT9 doesn't work properly as the keys are offset, that said I find in landscape xT9 isn't useful; in portrait I find it a necessity.
I dont suppose you know if its possible to disable or remove the xt9 button do you? It bugs me as I'm constantly catching it without noticing owing to its stupid placement and I find it pretty pointless - I always have t9 on and it automatically switches off in password input sections anyway
leoni1980 said:
I dont suppose you know if its possible to disable or remove the xt9 button do you? It bugs me as I'm constantly catching it without noticing owing to its stupid placement and I find it pretty pointless - I always have t9 on and it automatically switches off in password input sections anyway
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The toggle is just a few lines in the layout file, so it's possible to remove it.
sulphuricaciduk said:
The toggle is just a few lines in the layout file, so it's possible to remove it.
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Could you do it for me? it would have been better I think if HTC had made that button smaller and had it as a toggle to pop up the up/down/left/right keys instead of them being constantly on show as they aren't used very often. I don't know about you but i actually haven't had a single need to turn xt9 off since I got the phone and I really can't understand why they put the button there in the first place.
leoni1980 said:
Could you do it for me? it would have been better I think if HTC had made that button smaller and had it as a toggle to pop up the up/down/left/right keys instead of them being constantly on show as they aren't used very often. I don't know about you but i actually haven't had a single need to turn xt9 off since I got the phone and I really can't understand why they put the button there in the first place.
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Yeah, I'll do it this evening. I don't use xT9 all the time, it can be a bit awkward when you are trying to enter names and such or website logins etc, and I have no use for it in landscape (doesn't work properly now anyway).
I could make the toggle box much smaller, so it's harder to hit accidentally, which I think is a better idea. Do you want it shrinking in both portrait and landscape?
sulphuricaciduk said:
I've tweaked the qwerty keyboard a little bit so I don't have to hunt for the £ and € sign and \ on secondary pages. If anyone is interested in using it I could package it as a cab.
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I'll happily put this in a cab for you mate. Just let us know when you're done tinkering and I'll get it done for you.
Cheers!
sulphuricaciduk said:
Yeah, I'll do it this evening. I don't use xT9 all the time, it can be a bit awkward when you are trying to enter names and such or website logins etc, and I have no use for it in landscape (doesn't work properly now anyway).
I could make the toggle box much smaller, so it's harder to hit accidentally, which I think is a better idea. Do you want it shrinking in both portrait and landscape?
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Could you do that? Maybe a tiny box right to the far left. The more fiddly to activate the better! I really never use the keyboard in landscape as I find it harder owing to the greater travel needed for the fingers.
sulphuricaciduk said:
I can't take a screen shot of it, but holding down the "f" key pops up "£ € $", likewise with the "/" key I've added "\".
The only problem I've got with the landscape keyboard is xT9 doesn't work properly as the keys are offset, that said I find in landscape xT9 isn't useful; in portrait I find it a necessity.
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Very nice! Thanks for the extra explanation. Glad it wasn't just me being blind or stupid (this time...)
johncmolyneux said:
I'll happily put this in a cab for you mate. Just let us know when you're done tinkering and I'll get it done for you.
Cheers!
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Thanks for the offer but I had a go before I saw your message. If you could test it though, that would be great.
It's the same keyboard layout from the screenshots in my first post, and as mentioned xT9 is won't work properly in landscape (portrait is unaffected). I've been able to uninstall the cab (soft reset required) and go back to the defaults without any problems; but if anything goes wrong don't sue me!
leoni1980 said:
Could you do that? Maybe a tiny box right to the far left. The more fiddly to activate the better! I really never use the keyboard in landscape as I find it harder owing to the greater travel needed for the fingers.
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Sure, I'll do it some time tonight.
I actually like landscape as my previous phone was a Touch Pro; I find I can be fairly quick typing with two thumbs.
leoni1980 said:
Could you do that? Maybe a tiny box right to the far left. The more fiddly to activate the better! I really never use the keyboard in landscape as I find it harder owing to the greater travel needed for the fingers.
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I've updated my original post with a cab for you. I've made the xT9 toggle on the portrait layout harder to accidentally press, let me know how you get on with it.
I have tried just about all the on screen keyboards and they all fail in one are.
EASE of typing! Can someone make a keyboard that leavev out most of the side and bottom keys. Just make it qwerty with ABC key and NOTHING else!
If we need to use numbers make it when pressing and holding a key will switch to numbers and other needed keys. Make the space bar for space and double tap to make a piriod. Is that really that hard to make?
I know for me it is but for you guys out here that so so much in these forums, is it that hard?
I will GLADLY pay if anyone makes such a keyboard.
I'm about to get rid of the hd2 because its a paing to type.
The iphone's keyboard is what I somewhat want it to be.
Big keys with the alphabet only.
Any suggestions??
JasjarMan said:
Any suggestions??
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Yes. Try reading the numerous threads about typing issues and try all the suggestions. If you cannot type after doing everything that has been suggested in this forum then either one of the following...
You have a defective device and need to return it. It will never get better.
You need to practice typing more.
I have used many different types of input methods, with various phones, and I find the HD2 to be one of the best (I don't think there is a clear winner).
Just stick with it (and use the pads of your thumbs, not the tips).
as the above said
as the poster above said.
also try (pay) touchpal 4.0 i use it on all my winmo devices and it is very good
I had a TP2 and got me a HD2.
What a bloody pain in the you know what
But its what John says.
Learn to control the beast
It toke me some time to work the keys to.
But in the end it all worked out oke.
You simply have to get used to it.
So dont give up
Greetz.
Swype ftw!!
matthend said:
Swype ftw!!
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Agreed.
Problem is, idiots dont understand swype so its hard for them
Hi guys, well i somehow have to agree partially to what the TS has to say.
It is not really THAT bad, but I am really keen to see someone edit the layout of the keyboard. The main problem for me is the 4 arrow keys at the bottom of the screen. I tend to always hit that when I am actually trying to tap on my spacebar, and the consequence is bad, because by hitting the arrow key, T9 actually thinks that I want an alternative word.
So in conclusion, if anyone could just remove the 4 arrow keys at the bottom row, HD2 will be COMPLETE!
on top of that, without the 4 arrow keys, a lot more can be seen on the screen!
also can any1 here share their experience if they ever use the 4 arrow keys?
Thanks!
leejiahui said:
Hi guys, well i somehow have to agree partially to what the TS has to say.
It is not really THAT bad, but I am really keen to see someone edit the layout of the keyboard. The main problem for me is the 4 arrow keys at the bottom of the screen. I tend to always hit that when I am actually trying to tap on my spacebar, and the consequence is bad, because by hitting the arrow key, T9 actually thinks that I want an alternative word.
So in conclusion, if anyone could just remove the 4 arrow keys at the bottom row, HD2 will be COMPLETE!
on top of that, without the 4 arrow keys, a lot more can be seen on the screen!
also can any1 here share their experience if they ever use the 4 arrow keys?
Thanks!
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I do use them. And i hate keyboards that lacks them. Navigate through text only by tapping of my finge is the real pain.
i have had my hd2 for a about 4 months and still i dont get on with the keyboard tried all differnents one, i agree.
the keys should be made bigger
danjohnson19855 said:
i have had my hd2 for a about 4 months and still i dont get on with the keyboard tried all differnents one, i agree.
the keys should be made bigger
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im a touchscreen junkie and while i agree the Hd2 keyboard is one of the best. it could be better. bigger keys would be an improvement, its not like our screen isnt big enough!
@op: try Fingerboard2.1 also swype and SlideIt
The friend who started this thread sounds to be an old JasJar user, and I do really agree what he reckoned: we're never going to get a keyboard performing the same features like a Jasjar one!!!
johncmolyneux said:
You have a defective device and need to return it. It will never get better.
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it's not true. hd2 has got a very poor keyboard ... just a nice way to say that it sucks.
his hd2 is like all the other one: it sports a bugged keyboard.
main problem, when pushin a button it types other buttons sorrounding. it was one of the reason I wanna get rid of my hd2. but I discoverd swype..so my suggestion: use SWYPE. simply the best keyboard ever maden for touchscreen
Its not about getting use to the keyboard. Its about making a keyboard that will use the SIZE of the screen!
Just picture a BIG KEYS keyboard with only the alphabet A-Z. Than just 1or2 small keys that by pressing once, press hold will pop out the numbers, the bottom arrow keys to scroll through words.... and whatever else.
THAT would be a killer keyboard, and when switched to landscape with that setup the keyboard would rule.
So, its not about having to get use to junky keybords, its baout making a real practical one. The more we ask devs to develope/make one the faster one will probably make one.
I would pay some good cash for such a keyboard. I'm sue others will too!
cd78 said:
im a touchscreen junkie and while i agree the Hd2 keyboard is one of the best. it could be better. bigger keys would be an improvement, its not like our screen isnt big enough!
@op: try Fingerboard2.1 also swype and SlideIt
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WILL DO, THANKS! But I still want a keyboard as I described.
alexleon said:
it's not true. hd2 has got a very poor keyboard ... just a nice way to say that it sucks.
his hd2 is like all the other one: it sports a bugged keyboard.
main problem, when pushin a button it types other buttons sorrounding. it was one of the reason I wanna get rid of my hd2. but I discoverd swype..so my suggestion: use SWYPE. simply the best keyboard ever maden for touchscreen
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The majority of people can type with no issues, as a poll a while back proved. Most of the people that did have problems could solve them with tweaks to lower sensitivity.
If you read my original post I only suggested that if none of the other things worked then he had a defective device, which is what it turned out to be for an unfortunate but small number of people.
Get FingerKeyboard AND the following layout by nir36 - it has much larger keys compared to the standard Fingerkeyboard layout and takes advantage of the HD2's larger screen space with bigger keys.
Just got it two days ago and it's much better than the standard HTC keyboard. If you need arrow / d-pad keys, I modded nir36's digits layout to include them.
Skin Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6280735
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(modded digits layout with arrows)
Swype has literally changed my texting life. LOL. I used to be lucky to get out 20 words a minute, and now I'm like a freakin' court stenographer, all with one thumb. It's brilliant!
to the Htc programmer who decided that the T9 toggle switch should be put right under the letter A and next to the letter Z. Your days are numbered.
Swype's best for me, quick on the go, don't have to bee too accurate, learns as you go along and there are some nice skin's floating about for it +++
Swype is a great novelty, but hopeless for passwords, numbers etc etc.
The standard keyboard, with XT9 on and a screen desensitizer = orsm sauce.
I've tried nearly every keyboard (even FB2) and keep coming back and perserveering with the standard one.
I came from a JasJam then an i780, so it's been a learning curve for me with a software keyboard. XT9 helps me heaps.
Ok so my Galaxy S2 is COMPLETELY driving me insane today. I got an ADWLauncher, didnt like it, now i went back to my TWlauncher. Whenever i want to set my wallpaper, no matter if i want it on ONE screen, or stretched on ALL screens, i ALWAYS get the same result, the wallpaper is stretched on ALL screens. I searched the forums, someone said its probably the launcher causing this problem. Cant find the settings on how to turn that retarded feature off!!
My goal is to have: Single Picture for all screens (Picture doesnt move when i scroll my screens).
If i set it for the lock-screen, i get what i want, but not when i unlock the screen.
Thanks.
Deniska11 said:
Ok so my Galaxy S2 is COMPLETELY driving me insane today. I got an ADWLauncher, didnt like it, now i went back to my TWlauncher. Whenever i want to set my wallpaper, no matter if i want it on ONE screen, or stretched on ALL screens, i ALWAYS get the same result, the wallpaper is stretched on ALL screens. I searched the forums, someone said its probably the launcher causing this problem. Cant find the settings on how to turn that retarded feature off!!
My goal is to have: Single Picture for all screens (Picture doesnt move when i scroll my screens).
If i set it for the lock-screen, i get what i want, but not when i unlock the screen.
Thanks.
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I doubt if the default TW launcher has the option to disable Wallpaper scrolling. If i'm right, your only option is to use a Launcher that does have the option. Simple really.
I am also going to mad with this retard launcher because of this. I CAN'T choice 1 wallpapers also.
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I doubt if the default TW launcher has the option to disable Wallpaper scrolling. If i'm right, your only option is to use a Launcher that does have the option. Simple really.
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I wish it was that easy. TW doesnt have the option, but when i select the wallpaper style, all screens or 1, it actually DID work. Didnt need no option. After i got ADW Launcher, it stopped working. Tried deleting the ADW and set TW as default, still doesnt work.
Just got GO Launcher, that one DOES have the option of wallpaper scroll. Does it work? Of course, not really, still zooms the picture!!!!!!!!! Paper doesnt move, but the picture is zoomed out like no tomorrow. I have a girl as my picture, all i see is her breasts, i wanna see the rest!!!!
The picture needs to 960x800. Make sure the important part of the picture is centred. Disable wallpaper scrolling, and now you have what you want no matter what homescreen you are on.
Easy.
Post the picture here so we can help...joke
Its annoying that you cant display the entire picture.
I usually give up and put on a live wallpaper!
I know it's not the ideal answer, but you can create a blank 960 x 800 image in an image editor (MS Paint will even work) and paste your image in the center of it. It may be a pain, but it will give you the result you're looking for.
DirkGently1 said:
The picture needs to 960x800. Make sure the important part of the picture is centred. Disable wallpaper scrolling, and now you have what you want no matter what homescreen you are on.
Easy.
Post the picture here so we can help...joke
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Sorry, gonna have to bother you a bit more. I downloaded a picture, 960 by 800. Here is what happened, i will provide screens. 4 of them!
Scenario 1.
Before i press "Save" i see this.
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"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"
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And the Result: EXACTLY whats expected right? Stretched out on all screens.
Scenario 2.
Before i press "Save" i see this.
And the result: ABSOLUTELY NOT WHAT I SAW IN PREVIEW!!!! =)
Disabling wallpaper scrolling, seems logical but i NEVER used that feature before. Whatever i saw on my preview, is exactly what i get on the background. Single screen background preview was the same as the background. Now, i dont know what happened, my preview for single screen and actual background dont match at all. You can see from the picture #4, on the preview i see the road, in the background, im seeing only the bumper. Am i making sense? If Im confusing you please ask, i really want to get this to work. Thanks.
Try using Superwall Lite. You can use any image without cropping & it will scroll accordingly (or not, if the image is the size of your screen). If you have a photo that you only want a portion of, crop it before setting it in Superwall.
Superwall is a live wallpaper so you must have a phone/rom that supports live wallpapers. It doesn't drain battery like most live wallpapers because it's merely displaying an image. It's worth a shot, if you don't like it then you haven't lost much.
Sent from my Evo + MIUI using Tapatalk!
Deniska11 said:
Sorry, gonna have to bother you a bit more. I downloaded a picture, 960 by 800. Here is what happened, i will provide screens. 4 of them!
Disabling wallpaper scrolling, seems logical but i NEVER used that feature before. Whatever i saw on my preview, is exactly what i get on the background. Single screen background preview was the same as the background. Now, i dont know what happened, my preview for single screen and actual background dont match at all. You can see from the picture #4, on the preview i see the road, in the background, im seeing only the bumper. Am i making sense? If Im confusing you please ask, i really want to get this to work. Thanks.
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In scenario 1 the picture isn't 960x800. You can see by the apect ratio that it's more like 1280x800 which means you have to choose a section of it to use.
In scenario 2 the picture looks to be the correct size but you're not selecting the whole picture. The guidelines need to be pulled out around the whole picture. Then you will have the entire picture over three screens, but with wallpaper scrolling turned off you would have just the centre 480 pixels showing on every screen.
Example:
That is the picture cropped correctly @ 960x800, with the car centred as well as can be acheived. The red box is the centre 480 pixels. (One screens width).
You can see that the car is wider than 480, so on your homescreen it will disappear off the edges onto the adjoining screens. The only way around that is if the car was narrower on the original picture. Imagine if it had been a person standing in the picture instead. They wouldn't be so wide so it would be easier to fit that person on one screen.
Try setting that picture with the red box as your wallpaper. Pull the guidelines around the whole image and set it. You'll see on your centre screen exactly what i marked out in red.
Edit: Superwall sounds like a good suggestion. Give it a go!
Hey. Yep the wallpaper, sorry that was my bad, its actually 800x480, the number is correct just not in this case. Need the 800pi to be vertical. Anyways, once again thanks a lot for the reply.
This time i got a TRUE 960x480. Results, same layout as before.
Ill start by saying, superwall doesnt work, read comments, many people have the same problem. I cant find it ANYWHERE.
I totally get what you are saying, please dont get mad =) Not saying you are mad. You can see that "1st scenario" i see the road on both preview and actual wallpaper, right? Right. 2nd scenario....preview, i see the road, actual wallpaper....no road, not even close.
I understand you example with the person, it was narrow the picture would fit, no sides would be chopped off. I get that part. Where i am having trouble is, the zooming in part. Why does my preview for "stretched out on all screens" matches, but the preview for "one for all screens" doesnt. Why can i see the road within the preview box, but not on the screen??
Please and thank you.
Deniska11 said:
Hey. Yep the wallpaper, sorry that was my bad, its actually 800x480, the number is correct just not in this case. Need the 800pi to be vertical. Anyways, once again thanks a lot for the reply.
This time i got a TRUE 960x480. Results, same layout as before.
Ill start by saying, superwall doesnt work, read comments, many people have the same problem. I cant find it ANYWHERE.
I totally get what you are saying, please dont get mad =) Not saying you are mad. You can see that "1st scenario" i see the road on both preview and actual wallpaper, right? Right. 2nd scenario....preview, i see the road, actual wallpaper....no road, not even close.
I understand you example with the person, it was narrow the picture would fit, no sides would be chopped off. I get that part. Where i am having trouble is, the zooming in part. Why does my preview for "stretched out on all screens" matches, but the preview for "one for all screens" doesnt. Why can i see the road within the preview box, but not on the screen??
Please and thank you.
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THIS SAME THINGS HAPPENS ON MY GALAXY ACE!!! I'm going insane! I don't even know what to do with it anymore. I'd set a live wallpaper but I don't want the battery to suffer. Aw man >:/
I have the same problem. The weird thing is if you set the single wallpaper for the lock screen it works as you see it on the preview screen (not stretched). The problem occurs only for the home wallpaper.
Download backgrounds from the market and check the option to resize wallpaper automatically. PROBLEM FIXED ! If you're gonna set a new background, open it with that app so the option can apply to it.
ADW doesn't have the option to use more than 1 picture. it use the same wallpaper for ALL the page.
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ADW doesn't have the option to use more than 1 picture. it use the same wallpaper for ALL the page.
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Lol he's just talking about the zoomed in wallpaper, not about different ones for the other home screens.