as written by Title, is possible to increase the scrolling speed of the star menu?
I don't know if is possible to set a parameter with one system editor..i would like to have a scrolling as,for example,in the program "S2U2",and precisely when you chose in this program your wallpaper because is too much fast of the normal velocity of the htc star menù
I hope I don't ask too much.
thanks in advance!
is my first post and so I would to thanks all of you for your fantastic work for htc device,thanks so much, because now I love my device.
I love this forum!
I hope someone can help me, I think is not difficult for all of you.
97 wiews, anyone that can help me...
perhaps because the question is hard to understand. What do you mean with "star menu" ?
greetz
Micha
I think its already impressively fast enough..
MichelDiamond said:
perhaps because the question is hard to understand. What do you mean with "star menu" ?
greetz
Micha
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I mean the star menù in the photo...
thanks in advance
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ok, i see you are talking about the start screen and i guess you do not know that scrolling here is programmed to stop after each screen.
for each swipe the screen is scrolling and it stops when full, next swipe another one screen down and so on...
the scrolling is not continuous like in the all programs or contacts but it is screen by screen. this gave you the impression that is slow.
this is done so u are not going to "over shoot" / over scroll and then have to scroll back.
i know i might be not clear enough but this the best i can do.
i do not think u can improve it.
is the START MENU'
excuse me to all.
I forget the "T" letter.
KukurikU said:
ok, i see you are talking about the start screen and i guess you do not know that scrolling here is programmed to stop after each screen.
for each swipe the screen is scrolling and it stops when full, next swipe another one screen down and so on...
the scrolling is not continuous like in the all programs or contacts but it is screen by screen. this gave you the impression that is slow.
this is done so u are not going to "over shoot" / over scroll and then have to scroll back.
i know i might be not clear enough but this the best i can do.
i do not think u can improve it.
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I understand,thanks for your explanation, is precisely that I tried to say,but english is not my language and it is for me not simply to say.
thanks so much for your interest.
if someone discover a method to increase it,say me.
thanks =)
ah-start menu. I read star,then s2u2,then wallpaper...so I was confused.
Did you tried this:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=499837
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greetz
Micha
This start menu make my crazy too .
For me this is absolutly stupid way to scroll page by page.
The idea of this kinetic scroll (if I not wrong with the name) is the scroll distance to depend of the finger slide speed.
If somebody have solution, I will be grateful too!
You need to flash either a WM6.5.X ROM (builds 28xxx and 23xxx) or a ROM based on Windows Mobile build 23016.
OR you try this: Copy the physicsengine.dll file from the attached .zip to your Windows directory and overwrite the old one. Then restart the device.
You need a file manager like Total Commander or Resco Explorer for this, the built in File Explorer is not able to overwrite system files.
However, this could do all sorts of damage to your system, maybe it won't boot anymore or something else. Try it at your own risk
MichelDiamond said:
ah-start menu. I read star,then s2u2,then wallpaper...so I was confused.
Did you tried this:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=499837
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Micha
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yes I did much confusion, sorry.
well, i tried it but doesn't work in my htc, I have an original italian rom and he say me: Unexpected Error.
thanks anyway for your interest.
we hope in the future we will find a method for this situation.
gen5328 said:
This start menu make my crazy too .
For me this is absolutly stupid way to scroll page by page.
The idea of this kinetic scroll (if I not wrong with the name) is the scroll distance to depend of the finger slide speed.
If somebody have solution, I will be grateful too!
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You are absolutely right, I'm like you.
waiting for someone to help us
Look two posts above! There's no other possibility than what I explained there.
freyberry said:
Look two posts above!
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where I can find these posts?
thanks in advance
What? Just scroll upwards!
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What? Just scroll upwards!
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ok,thanks so much.
so,I must only Copy the physicsengine.dll file to my Windows directory for overwrite the old one and reset, is correct?
Yes, but I cannot guarantee that it will work, and you should maybe back up your system before you do this.
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Is there a way to do this in the registry or so?
Making the message-area bigger in the threaded sms-messaging that is.. because I feel that only three rows is way to little when typing.. tried to raise the bar but it seems hard stuck..
Um? this is limited by your screen size
you can always change the font size to see more...
unless i misunderstood your intention
I think he means that he wants to make the area at the bottom bigger, the area where you type in the message.
afaik you can resize the textbox by editing the "thread_sms.htm" in \Windows\ there is a "height=50" when you change it to 60 you get a bigger textbox
hope that helps
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I think he means that he wants to make the area at the bottom bigger, the area where you type in the message.
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exactly what I meant! Thanks! I will try this out!
tomoffel said:
afaik you can resize the textbox by editing the "thread_sms.htm" in \Windows\ there is a "height=50" when you change it to 60 you get a bigger textbox
hope that helps
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I can't find that file under Windows dir.. :/
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hehe.. i should read everything before replying. i got used to reading so many posts in the Q&A section.. i started missing parts of sentences.
nir36 said:
hehe.. i should read everything before replying. i got used to reading so many posts in the Q&A section.. i started missing parts of sentences.
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so.. is there really any html file to edit or is it possible in the registry mabye?
This problem really annous me, I'm surprised that no one else mentioned it.. Mabye it is only for us with QVGA resolutions that are bothered..
How do I change the font for messages btw?
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so.. is there really any html file to edit or is it possible in the registry mabye?
This problem really annous me, I'm surprised that no one else mentioned it.. Mabye it is only for us with QVGA resolutions that are bothered..
How do I change the font for messages btw?
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Use Total Commander and search for "thread_sms" and the file will come up. Choose the edit option, and edit away!
very useful... someone's already asked me that before.. i think i'll add it to the guides thread.
sorry, forgot to subscribe to the thread :/ but hope you figured it out
Thank you everyone, I searched and edited the html-file with resco/word at first but it couldn't save the file cuz it said it was used.. then i searched/edited it with total commander and it worked like a charm after a soft reset! Default height was height="35", changed it to 80 = perfect
Cheers
//Mattie
Hello, guys!
You all are professionals and know almost everything about different versions of WM. I have one very important question: is there at least minimal possibility to port somehow this WM 6.5.5 feature - bottom start button to the old WM 6.1 firmwares?
Thank you very much in advance and sorry if this question is a foolish one
It's sort-of possible but would take a little work. Why not just use a 6.5 rom instead?
I think the greater challenge would be resizing the top bar (smaller) and the bottom bar (larger).
Thanks for the answer!
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It's sort-of possible but would take a little work.
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I even can't imagine how it could be implemented... Don't you know if there already was some work for achieving it?
littld said:
Why not just use a 6.5 rom instead?
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Because it seems more slow to me. Official WM6.1 is very fast and simple as I see, faster than 6.5. I've tried a lot of 6.5 builds. But what I really miss in WM6.1 - is this bottom start button. If it be there - it would be the best firmware for all people like me, who like simplicity and usability instead of these huge slow animations and pictures.
littld said:
I think the greater challenge would be resizing the top bar (smaller) and the bottom bar (larger).
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Yeah, it's useful too. Would be nice if somebody experienced considered this interesting and made some investigation...
it's easy to erase the Start menu link from the top bar. you can just overwrite the WindowProc and replace/enhance the WM_PAINT method and here you go.
It's no problem to launch the start menu. But changing the bottom bar is a *****! You could just overwrite the paint method as well. But this is not the full truth. The problem here is that every window got it's own bottom bar. So first you'd have to go through list of all windows/processes, retrieve it's menu bar and from there finally replace the window proc. Then you need to watch out and terminate your window proc if the application closes. And of course you also need to know if a new program is starting up. A nice-to-have feature of this solution would be that you can explicitely tell what happens when you hit the X button (hide or close) and don't need another hack for it.
Thanks a lot for your explanation, RAMMANN. It's very clear.
I can't do it by myself due to lack of experience. Well, the thing left is to wait if somebody experienced wants the same
Well it's a project that probably involves A LOT OF soft resets during development. I was originally planning to make the WM 6.5.x bottom bar look like PHOTON (the WM 7 that got abandoned) but when I figured out it's not THAT easy I postponed the idea for the time being, and will rather start with a smaller project (enhancing bottom bar of WM 6.5 start menu). But I reckon this might still be a very interesting project! hmmmm
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Well it's a project that probably involves A LOT OF soft resets during development. I was originally planning to make the WM 6.5.x bottom bar look like PHOTON (the WM 7 that got abandoned) but when I figured out it's not THAT easy I postponed the idea for the time being, and will rather start with a smaller project (enhancing bottom bar of WM 6.5 start menu). But I reckon this might still be a very interesting project! hmmmm
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Haha - that's exactly what I'd been doing years ago. I abandoned it as well, probably for the same reasons.
I think a decent compromise would be to set the Start menu in your left bottom bar on the Today screen (pretty easy to do, just registry change) and use a button assignment for other programs. If you install one of the start menu replacements (Green software) you can overwrite the start icon with something blank.
RAMMANN is right - a lot of work to repaint all those application windows!
littld, thanks for your answer too.
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set the Start menu in your left bottom bar on the Today screen (pretty easy to do, just registry change) and use a button assignment for other programs.
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Could you please give some links to these tweaks? Thanks in advance!
littld said:
Haha - that's exactly what I'd been doing years ago. I abandoned it as well, probably for the same reasons.
RAMMANN is right - a lot of work to repaint all those application windows!
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Well I didn't give up yet. I didn't even start dev for it. I just coded few lines to print something like "Hey your bottom bar is hacked!" in the Manila and start menu bottom bars. This is a very interesting project and has potential to allow a lot of things like Photon style or even an Android style bottom bar and I mean not only a standalone app like Androkkid but a full system replacement. I'm still looking around for an efficient way to realize this project and first things first so I'll be doing a start menu enhancement to warm up
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littld, thanks for your answer too.
Could you please give some links to these tweaks? Thanks in advance!
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I don't have the links but you can search. You want an app called VJKeypress - one of the keypresses will launch the start menu for you. Make a shortcut (.lnk file) for it. Search for how to change the left softkey text and program (somewhere in registry) to the new VJ link.
Thanks for your answers, guys.
RAMMANN, when you have some progress on this project, please, update this thread. I think people would appreciate it.
Thanks again!
RAMMANN said:
it's easy to erase the Start menu link from the top bar. you can just overwrite the WindowProc and replace/enhance the WM_PAINT method and here you go.
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I know this is an old post i dug up here, but i was wondering how i would go about earasing the start menu link from the top? i'm using 6.5 and i want to totaly dissable the top start soft key. thank you
Hi!
How can I change the hexagonal icons layout in the Start and Settings menu ("Honeycomb") back to the square layout? The hexagonal makes me feel dizzy.
Thanks
It's nearly impossible to do that, since the code for the hexagon layout is hidden deeply.
There are a lot of .cabs for that kicking around. What kind of phone.
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denco7 said:
There are a lot of .cabs for that kicking around. What kind of phone.
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Thanks
I spent about an hour searching via Google
Phone - Xperia X2.
It is enough to just point me to the right registry value, if there is any.
denco7 said:
There are a lot of .cabs for that kicking around. What kind of phone.
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I think I understood your question then... you mean the start menu, don't you?
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I think I understood your question then... you mean the start menu, don't you?
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Yes, the Start Menu and Setting menu. Sorry for not being clear
OK, no problem. Well I'm surprised that Denko is saying that there are a lot of cabs for that, because as far as I know, it is not possible.
Will await his reply then.
OK, I'v found something. A small configurable application called XTask, download link here.
Btw, if you don't know where to start, just click on the taskbar and drag the line down. The XTask Settings allow you to configure its internal menu and also replace the Start Menu entirely with its own diagonal icon layout.
Alternatively in its settings set it so its file manager starts when clicking the Start Menu icon and browse to Windows\Start Menu\Programs directory. It is normally alphabetically sorted and you can arrange shortcuts to various subfolders. It can be even more easily done with Total Commander or from PC.
And for phone settings click on Control. It arranges icons by same strange order, probably like the original Start Menu, but maybe I'll find how to change that.
Just wanted to know is there a way to change the layout out the of the start menu icons?
Mine is currently in a row of 3 . . .the right and left one's on the same level and centre just below. .
Can this be changed at all?? so maybe all icons are at the same level and in different rows??
Thanks ALL
it sure can..... hope that helps!! and the solution is even in a sticky!!!
and today i'm not feeling really "fatherly" like... so i won't help you get dressed for school....
now say thank you daddy.... it's called manners....
thank you so much!!
your so kind and thoughtful!!
Its so hard to find a page and copy/paste the link!!
So Friendly
With friends like that
WHO NEEDS ENEMAS!!!
Here you go Bro'
Davej
He's not asking for 4 row hexagon, he wants the icons all aligned in a standard x,y axis grid. Basically, no, this cannot be done. You can alter the size of the icons/text, and the number of columns, but not the 'hexagon' effect, except;
There is one setup that lists all of your start menu icons in a single vertical list, similar to how your contacts are listed. I don't have a link to that .cab, but if you have a quick search on here and/or google I'm sure you'll find it.
That list view is called AwesomeStart. Because it's, y'know, awesome.
Edit: Here, turns out I still had it in the Cabs folder on my SD card.
ProjektFuze said:
it sure can..... hope that helps!! and the solution is even in a sticky!!!
and today i'm not feeling really "fatherly" like... so i won't help you get dressed for school....
now say thank you daddy.... it's called manners....
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haha.. Funny Fatherly Advice
Grandpapa
Been looking at some of your wallpapers and they look fantastic ,how do i go about changing mine ,one of the main ones is the battery level and is there a way to see it in digits rather then bars ie: 49% or similar
I am very new to alll this stuff so please could you explain in very very simple terms
Thanks
Anyone help please ?
jasext said:
Anyone help please ?
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Can you post a screenshot what you want ?
I dont understand what you want.
greetz
Please, meet your new best friend:
Macelangelo77 said:
Please, meet your new best friend:
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Hmmm trying to help is that hard.
This is not helping, so why post ?
Please if you can help, then help oke.
Pointing someone to search is not there answer to the questions.
So please , a litlle help and then point out that the can search.
Or simply don,t post if you don,t want to help
Greetz. ( And if you want to know, i once asked for help to )
A little help in case it's needed...
I think I know what you are aiming at...
1./ You'd like to change your wallpaper. It's the easiest thing what you can do on a WM device, just go to Windows Settings > Home > Mark "Use this picture as the background" and Browse your file(s).
Or in the Manila settings go to Personalize and then to Home tab wallpaper, and select a file...
Or if you want to have the same background in All Tabs, install CHT Editor, and then in the Home Tab click "Menu", and select Set Wallpaper.
Here you can find as many pictures as you want...
2./ You want to have a percentage-displayed battery icon, don't you? THIS will do the trick (works only on the 1.66 ROMs!), just download and then install to the Device Memory, do an SR, and experience the difference!
If you have a dissimilar ROM to 1.66, download this "circular" % battery icon! THREAD LINK (XDA)
Hope I could help...
Macelangelo77 said:
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Thanks but i have spent the last few hours with my new best friend with not to much luck
I am all new to this and dont understand what to do to try and change my icons and wallpaper .
I am not sure on what people mean by manila editor and cab files and such ,i am totaly confused
I have read most of this thread but some people say that they are having problems after following the tutorial posted on how to do it .
Basically i have a new phone and would like to change it to something very similar if not exact to the first picture on the thread ,what programmes or files would i need and is there a tutorial somewhere as i cant seem to find it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=601369&highlight=manila+editor
Kromosome said:
I think I know what you are aiming at...
1./ You'd like to change your wallpaper. It's the easiest thing what you can do on a WM device, just go to Windows Settings > Home > Mark "Use this picture as the background" and Browse your file(s).
Or in the Manila settings go to Personalize and then to Home tab wallpaper, and select a file...
Or if you want to have the same background in All Tabs, install CHT Editor, and then in the Home Tab click "Menu", and select Set Wallpaper.
Here you can find as many pictures as you want...
2./ You want to have a percentage-displayed battery icon, don't you? THIS will do the trick (works only on the 1.66 ROMs!), just download and then install to the Device Memory, do an SR, and experience the difference!
If you have a dissimilar ROM to 1.66, download this "circular" % battery icon! THREAD LINK (XDA)
Hope I could help...
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Thanks ,but what is manila and how do i find out what rom i have ?
jasext said:
Thanks ,but what is manila and how do i find out what rom i have ?
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Sorry, the HD2 have "Sense 2.5" interface, instead of Manila, I made a mistake when I wrote it. The Manila 2D / 3D is the former interface on the older HTC phones, but since the Touch Diamond 2 it has changed to Sense 2.x!
So the Sense is the main interface on the HD2, it appears first when you switch your device on, and if you want to change the wallpaper, go to Settings Tab > Personalize > Home tab wallpaper and select a file of yours.
You can find out what ROM version you have at the Settings Tab as well, just go to "About Phone" and choose "Software information", and check "ROM version" out!
I have
Manila version 2.5.20
Rom version 1.72.206
Radio version 2.07
Will the clock download work for me ?
jasext said:
I have
Manila version 2.5.20
Rom version 1.72.206
Radio version 2.07
Will the clock download work for me ?
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Clock? I don't know what kind of clock you're talking about, but the circular battery icon will certainly work on your HD2!
Sorry meant battery icon.
Will give it a go tomorrow ,
Many thanks for you help
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Sorry meant battery icon.
Will give it a go tomorrow ,
Many thanks for you help
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You're welcome, I'm glad if I could help!
The battery trick worked a treat many thanks again ,will look into installing wallpapers now
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The battery trick worked a treat many thanks again ,will look into installing wallpapers now
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If the battery trick worked for you, you'll definately not have problems with setting up wallpapers!
xXJohnXx said:
Hmmm trying to help is that hard.
This is not helping, so why post ?
Please if you can help, then help oke.
Pointing someone to search is not there answer to the questions.
So please , a litlle help and then point out that the can search.
Or simply don,t post if you don,t want to help
Greetz. ( And if you want to know, i once asked for help to )
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Hi John,
It wasn't my intention to be rude, actually I was trying to be helpful. Although I must admit that I could have used some more/other words. I really think that the best help is to learn to use the search function. I've also asked for help, even frequently, but never after I searched for the answer myself.
Sincerely,
Mac