During the testing of the native Windows Mobile version of the current Opera Mini 5 beta (see THIS for more info), I've routinely tested it on my old, WM2003-only iPAQ 2210 Pocket PC.
Of course, the CAB installer didn't work as it's compressed; nevertheless, after manual decompression, the app itself did. That is, it's fully compliant with both WM2003 and WM2003SE, which is great news for all users stuck with those old operating systems and not having received any WM2003(SE)-compliant browser for ages. (AFAIK, it was Opera Mobile 8.65, almost three years ago, that still supported the OS – nothing after that, except for, of course, the PIE plug-ins.)
Therefore, I quickly remade the CAB file so that it also runs under WM2003(SE). It's HERE for download. (UnZIP it before installing!)
Here's a quick tutorial for anyone wanting to do the same:
1, in order to decompress the original CAB file (along with its INF file), download MSCEInf from, for example, HERE
2, in order to recompress the new and, now, WM2003-compliant CAB file, download CabWiz. It's part of Visual Studio and can also be found bundled with many CAB creator tools; for example, QuickCab 2.0 available HERE. Download the latter; you'll only need to keep the two cabwiz.* files (cabwiz.exe and cabwiz.ddf).
Incidentally, should you just quickly want to deploy some files in some predefined places (the app doesn't support relocation) and/or make some changes to the Registry, feel free to play with QuickCab itself. For our needs, it's not adequate as it doesn't support relocation, while Cabwiz does. Therefore, we only need to download it in order to extract the CabWiz files from it.
3, decompress MSCEInf anywhere on your PC; run it. Drag-and-drop the original, WM5-only CAB file in it.
4, click the „Extract CAB Files with original names in a folder” icon (the 7th on the toolbar from the left). Unpack the files to a previously empty directory anywhere. It'll, in addition to the files, create an INF file, containing the names of the files to pack, the shortcuts to create, the strings needed for installing the app in any other place than the built-in RAM and so on.
5, copy the two cabwiz.* files in the same directory where the just-generated INF file resides and enter „cabwiz name-of-exported-inf-file”. The CAB file will be created. As the cabwiz.ddf file defines cabwiz's output as uncompressed (see the Compress=OFF flag in it), the file will already be compliant with pre-WM5 operating systems.
Note that you'll need the excellent and free CabInstl app to install the app on any other location than the built-in RAM.
Also note that I've also tested Opera Mobile 10. Neither beta 1 nor the final version are compatible with WM2003(SE).
Thanks a lot my friend!!
This will be very useful for a lot of people!
I´ll include it on Opera Mobile Official Thread
Cheers,
Hi Menne,
Thank you!
Here is my HP iPAQ H3970 and your OM5:
Wow! Finger-scrolling works on my mypal a716. This is cool.
Opera Mobile 9
Hello. But what’s about Opera Mobile 9.* on Windows Mobile 2003 CE, does it work (like Opera Mini 5; thanks for it’s working)?
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Hello. But what’s about Opera Mobile 9.* on Windows Mobile 2003 CE, does it work (like Opera Mini 5; thanks for it’s working)?
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Dunno, will check it and report back.
BTW, the recently-released OM 5.1 has a native WM2003 build; no need for hacking.
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Dunno, will check it and report back.
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Tested http://rs543.rapidshare.com/files/178322331/Opera_v9.5_build_15233_QVGA.cab - no go. Sorry.
Yes, you are right: there is Opera Mini 5.1 for WM2003; at present time it is installed on my device. But I hoped to find something like Opera Mobile 8.65, which is able to act like desktop browser. There is also a problem with Flash... Well, thanks anyway.
Thank-you
Just downloaded and installed it - I can't believe my Ipaq 4150 (WM2003) is running something so modern !
Many thanks Menneisyys.
This is truly my lucky day, just stumbled on this by pure chance.
This is working great on my HP rx3715 and gives it this much needed browser upgrade.
Thank you so much for this!
Cheers
Related
Hi guys,
(I have searched for this and similar topics so my apologies if I'm duplicating)
Bought my Compact about a month ago with T-mobile UK and am only just opening my eyes to its possibilities!
Thanks for all the information on web n walk etc.... i'll be signing up tomorrow!
I have just been on pocketgear.com and have seen all the games a pocket PC can use..... so I downloaded a trial version of a poker game (as is fashionable these days it seems!), but once transferred to my phone it wouldn't work.
Got the error message '[game] is not a valid pocket PC application'
So I tried Bookworm... and got the same message.
Am I doing something wrong, or is it because I downloaded it from an American Website to an English phone?
Any (and I do mean any) help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. I haven't tweaked my phone in any way or improved it at all, so any further hints and tips would be appreciated too!
Cheers
J
When you DL software for your device, make sure that you DL software that is designed for your device. If you DL Pocket PC 2003 Software, and you are using a Windows Mobile 5.0 device, the software may NOT work on your device - also, if you are using a older device, you need to be aware that some software is designed for certain types of processors - so if you are using a PDA with an ARM processor, you have to DL software that will run on an ARM processor - not software that is designed for a MIPS processor. The newest devices all use the same processor (as far as I know) - but if you DL older software to run on the newer device, you will have to use software that was originally designed for anARM procesor. This may seem a little complicated, but the best way to find out how this works, is to go to a software distro site (like Handango), and download the different versions of the same software, and then install them. Hope that helps!
Black-wolf
Well, I think it is just plain bad luck. I've downloaded and install.. quite a large amount of software/games to test on my MDACompact2 and most of the software that said to be meant for WinCE, WM2003, SE, etc works well with WM5. I can say, in my experience, the chances of getting one not working in WM5 is like. 20% or less. So, keep trying
Hi onemanfloats!
Did you download an exe file an copied it directly to the device?
If the download is an exe that means it is an installer and needs to be run on you PC while the device is synchronized. Most PPC programs are distributed this way.
Also programs for PPC some times come as cab files. Those you have to copy to your device and tap on them in the explorer so they will install.
As for processor type - don't worry, all devices sold today come with ARM, or ARM compatible (like OMAP) processors, and most of the new software supports only that type.
As for OS, I'm not sure if your device is running Windows Mobile 5 or Windows Mobile 2003, but as far as games and ordinary programs go, if it works on 2003 it usually works on 5 (2005).
The only problem is with some utilities which are very OS dependent.
Finally let me recommend you this site:
http://www.pocketpcfreeware.com
Tons of free stuff for you device.
Good luck.
ms should make pda's error msg
tell the user that it's a pc application they are trying to
run on the pda
tons of ppl get confused but this
The "not designed for" message on WM2003 only meant that the application perhaps didn't support screen rotation, and other resolutions than 240x320
It's a bit off topic, but the warning "This program may not display correctly..." pops up on every program whose installation cab supports OS lower the 4.21 (that's WM 2003se in plain English ).
According to MSDN that's because the OS assumes the program inside can't support VGA, screen rotation and square.
It's pretty stupid design since a lot of programs try to be backwards compatible, at least to WM 2003, and the message just scares users.
It's a good thing they got rid of it in WM5.
cheers guys,
just got back from a tiring weekend in snowdon and read your replies.
Will digest in the morning and see what I can do!
Thanks again for your help!
This tweak: http://www.pocketpctweaks.com/pocketpc_tweaks/change_pocket_internet_explorer_6
... worked perfectly in PIE6 and I was wondering if an equivalent tweak existed for PIE7.
The tweak for PIE6 above does not work for PIE7.
The pure reason for such a tweak is to allow more sites to be usable/accessible from the Universal. In its current form, PIE7 does not function well with a lot of sites.
I know I could just install another browser, but I want to work with what is already there and not use up the Universal's precious free space.
Sorry for misleading the name.
Its not called "Pocket Internet Explorer 7" but instead it is officially called "Internet Explorer Mobile 6.9".
I did some tests with http://web-sniffer.net and found out that the User-Agent string IEM6.9 gives out is:
Mozilla/4.0 (compatibale; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 6.9)
To make IEM 6.9 look like a desktop IE intead of a Pocket/Mobile IE, all that is needed to be done is to change the User-Agent string iexplorer.exe broadcasts from the one defined above to the following:
Mozilla/4.0 (compatibale; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; IEMobile 6.9)
I have gone through the registery to find out where "Windows CE" is defined as far as IE is concerned and could not find any.
I wanted to transfer iexplorer.exe from the Universal to the PC so that I can try a binary string search on it, but trying to make a copy of iexplorer.exe anywhere produces an error. Does anybody know how to get around this?
FYI, the reason why I intend to probe into iexplore.exe is because of:
http://blogs.msdn.com/iemobile/archive/2006/08/03/Detecting-IE-Mobile.aspx
nvatvani said:
FYI, the reason why I intend to probe into iexplore.exe is because of:
http://blogs.msdn.com/iemobile/archive/2006/08/03/Detecting-IE-Mobile.aspx
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hi nvatvani
tweaks2k2net gives you the free choice of changing your user agent as you wish. you can even "disguise" your PIE as Internet Explorer 7 if you like to do that.
for more info gor to http://www.tweaks2k2.com/
see ya
bel
Beltemps said:
hi nvatvani
tweaks2k2net gives you the free choice of changing your user agent as you wish. you can even "disguise" your PIE as Internet Explorer 7 if you like to do that.
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Err, only IE 6 actually and it doesn't work on WM6 anyway
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Err, only IE 6 actually and it doesn't work on WM6 anyway
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I've searched and searched and would love the answer as well.
I tried using Advanced Config but no matter what I put in for User Agent, my Tilt adds info about Windows CE and web sites give me their mobile version (not their desktop version, what I'd really like).
I've tried Registry changes as discussed above and they don't work either.
Somehow, Opera is able to pull this off but I can't use it because of display purposes.
Help, please??
The regisrty Key you are looking for...
Hello,
Was just browsing and read your questions about where to find the registry settings for PIE... The key you guys are looking for is located in the following:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent]
The values are strored in the follwing:
@="Mozilla/4.0"
Compatible="compatible"
Desc="Default (Windows CE)"
Platform="Windows CE"
UA-Language="JavaScript"
Version="MSIE 6.0"
Just change the value for "Platform" to the following and it should work:
"Windows NT 5.1"
I hope that helps,
-Jwrightmcps
^^worked in wm5
Jwrightmcps said:
Hello,
Was just browsing and read your questions about where to find the registry settings for PIE... The key you guys are looking for is located in the following:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent]
The values are strored in the follwing:
@="Mozilla/4.0"
Compatible="compatible"
Desc="Default (Windows CE)"
Platform="Windows CE"
UA-Language="JavaScript"
Version="MSIE 6.0"
Just change the value for "Platform" to the following and it should work:
"Windows NT 5.1"
I hope that helps,
-Jwrightmcps
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Hi Jwrightmcps,
First of all congratulations are in order for being one of the best ROM builders ever!
The free software from ANB Software called Web Viewer (28 kb) not only put the above registry entries into the PPC registry. But it also gives tab browsing too.
Basically, it turns the PIE into Firefox, as Firefox for PPC is dearly missed.
Link for download:
http://www.anbsoftware.co.uk/download.php?id=8
Once again, thank you for all you do for us at this beautiful site!
Best Regards,
KOR!
Jwrightmcps said:
Hello,
Was just browsing and read your questions about where to find the registry settings for PIE... The key you guys are looking for is located in the following:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent]
The values are strored in the follwing:
@="Mozilla/4.0"
Compatible="compatible"
Desc="Default (Windows CE)"
Platform="Windows CE"
UA-Language="JavaScript"
Version="MSIE 6.0"
Just change the value for "Platform" to the following and it should work:
"Windows NT 5.1"
I hope that helps,
-Jwrightmcps
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Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, when I went to change this registry value, I found it didn't help.
Based on some prior research, the User Agent seems to be preserved in a browser.dll file. See:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=305008&highlight=browser.dll+user+agent
Now, I did some comparisons by going to www.useragentstring.com. I found that no matter what registry settings I changed, my Tilt was adding in user agent data to indicate I am on a Windows CE device; I am sure that this is why I keep getting shunted to Mobile versions of web sites.
Here's what I got from PIE:
"HTC-8900/1.2 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IE Mobile 7.6) UP.Link/6.3.1.17.0"
But interestingly, when I use Opera with the setting checked to emulate a desktop machine, I get:
"Mozilla/4.0 (Compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1) Opera 8.65 [en]"
Clearly, Opera is able to modify the data that browser.dll is sending out. If only Opera met my needs, I would be golden; unfortunately, it takes forever to load a page, and it throws screen after screen of empty space in the middle of some pages.
I'd love to use PIE enhanced with PIEPlus, but I just have to figure out how to spoof a desktop machine.
Perhaps with this extra background someone will have a suggestion??
Thanks -
King of Rapture™ said:
Hi Jwrightmcps,
First of all congratulations are in order for being one of the best ROM builders ever!
The free software from ANB Software called Web Viewer (28 kb) not only put the above registry entries into the PPC registry. But it also gives tab browsing too.
Basically, it turns the PIE into Firefox, as Firefox for PPC is dearly missed.
Link for download:
http://www.anbsoftware.co.uk/download.php?id=8
Once again, thank you for all you do for us at this beautiful site!
Best Regards,
KOR!
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Thanks for this suggestion. I tried this software, but it did not work well for me. Some problems I have:
• It is unable to be the "default browser" despite the check box in Prefs. Thus, clicking on a link in an email sends the link to PIE.
• I can't even cut/copy a link and paste it into the address bar - pasting doesn't work.
• Even when I type a link directly, it goes to the mobile version.
I would gladly try another browser if it worked as I need, but so far no luck.
I'm running WM6 on a wizard. I have a program which shows airfields and information about them called smart companion (attached for anyone who wants to play) which would be really useful for me as a commercial pilot. Unfortunately the associated database file is in pdb format which I was told would work on both Palm and WM (The executable is the WM version) but my wizard wont read it.
Does anyone know how to make this work or do i need a different database format? Can it be converted to the right one?
I have attached the pdb file as well.
Cheeers
Worand
For reading my PDB files I use a free program: OLIVETREE Bible READER: http://www.olivetree.com/pocketpc/
It has an option to read other stuff like ebooks, etc...
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Thanks
Thanks for that I have downloaded it & will try it.
Ideally I would like to get the database to work with the 'smart companion' program as it allows you to add notes & shows the airfields in a proper diagramatic way.
Can pdb files be converted to work like this?
Thanks again
W
worand said:
Thanks for that I have downloaded it & will try it.
Ideally I would like to get the database to work with the 'smart companion' program as it allows you to add notes & shows the airfields in a proper diagramatic way.
Can pdb files be converted to work like this?
Thanks again
W
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I am confused, are you trying to run an application made for a PALM device? If your answer is YES, try StyleTap you won't regret it: http://styletap.com
I just don't know if it is supported though. I use StyleTap to run SUperMemo for Palm. Although there is a SuperMemo for PPC but from a different company, and it sucks. The MapleTop SuperMemo software is better.
Thanks for the post cktlcmd.
The smartCompanion program has two versions. One for palm (a prc file) and one for WM (an exe file). However it only has one database file (a pdb file).
When I run the exe file on my wizard (tried it on wm5 and wm6). the programs runs fine but does not find the database. I made sure the database was in the same directory/folder as the exe file but no joy.
My mate who gave it to me reckons he knows people running it on WM and it is to do with where the database is stored but he runs it on Palm & doesn't know much about WM.
Since your post I have got it running using styletap and the prc (palm) version so I am very happy about that.
I would still very much like to work out how to use the exe version as it runs smoother (orientation changes very slowly using styletap when I want to use my keyboard and a few other minor annoyances).
Anyway your suggestion means I actually have use of the program, and I can run other palm programs if I want as well. Thanks.
Does anybody know if I have to have a pdb file in a specific folder for it to be found by a program?
Ta
Worand
worand said:
Thanks for the post cktlcmd.
Does anybody know if I have to have a pdb file in a specific folder for it to be found by a program?
Ta
Worand
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Let me get this straight, when you install the PPC version it runs fine but can't find the pdb file, right? If the answer is YES, then there should be a setting within that PPC application on pointing to where you should place the pdb file. Otherwise, try the very root of the SD Card, that might be the default setting of the PPC application.
Hi!
I do not know if many users know that MobileOffice is already available. It was possible to download from the website of Microsoft but it suddenly disappeared on Saturday, so here: http://rapidshare.com/users/X3P898/1 is the alternative download. CABs are already extracted.
I hope this info will be useful
Thanks, getting it now
You welcome Just in case, the files are also here: http://www.mybigdir.com/7543 I packed it with 7-zip, which compresses much better than Zip. Newer WinRARs will have no problem with decompressing it.
Mobile Office 6.1 recognizes Office 2007 files which is useful because .docx files rare more compact than old .doc files. Docx are xml files compressed with Zip (the extension is different). What is interesting one can read .doc files compressed with Zip without decompressing them.
Thanks for this! Can you please tell us which cab to use? In this archive, there are 4 cabs, which one is right for WM6.0?
Yeah, can anybody explain diferrence betwen "office_smartfon_WM6_96.CAB"
and "office_smartfon_WM6_131.CAB" ?
Regards
Screen resolution. 96 is for 176x220 pixels, 131 is for 240x320 pixels.
BTW, this version is an update, not a full app (not my fault, AFAIK Ms does not plan any full version in the nearest future) so you have to have Office Mobile 6.0 installed before the update.
I forgot something. Language #409 is English, #415 Polish, so in your case you must go to MobileOffice_6_1_409 and install the 131 version. Or you can learn Polish. It is easy, just repeat: Chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie w Szczebrzeszynie
Thanks (dzienks ) yokozuna.
Great thanks
yokozuna said:
Screen resolution. 96 is for 176x220 pixels, 131 is for 240x320 pixels.
BTW, this version is an update, not a full app (not my fault, AFAIK Ms does not plan any full version in the nearest future) so you have to have Office Mobile 6.0 installed before the update.
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do u mean that "office_wpc_WM6" is an update?
Microsoft released MobileOffice 6.1 as an update to 6.0. But it is possible to extract the .cab files from inside the .msi file and install it without already having 6.0!
Here's a list of MobileOffice 6.1 in many languages: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1556510&postcount=9
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Due to a violation of our terms of use, the file has been removed from the server. "
Trying to make things easier with Opera Mini 5 java (as the native WM Opera Mini is still beta and has some issues), I created a cab which spares you of headaches. I'm aware that there are other similar project in the forums, but this one is a little bit different.
This cab contains:
- latest Esmertect Jbed Java (20090506) (credits to Agrab)
- Opera Mini 5 final, presigned - it will ask no permissions
- Mortscript 2.5 and a connection script- this will automatically initialize your default internet connection when clicking the Opera Mini shortcut, thus saving some seconds of waiting times.
INSTRUCTIONS:
- If you already have Opera Mini 5 installed and don't wan
t to loose your data (bookmarks, quicklinks), before installing my cab go to Opera Mini>Settings, click Opera Link and create an account (this is fast and easy). Than login and synchronize your data.
- Important: if you already have Opera Mini and jbed installed, uninstall them and navigate to Windows folder and delete the appdb folder. Note that you will loose any other java apps installed.
- Install the right cab for your device (it will automatically install into internal memory)
- Perform a reboot, to allow registry updating.
- Enter Opera Mini>Settings>Opera Link, login and synchronise your data.
NOTES:
There are two versions of the cab:
- W/QVGA version - this one has the classic logo of Opera Mini as shortcut image in start menu, and is more suitable for low res devices. However, it works ok on W/VGA too.
-W/VGA version - this one uses the Opera icon part of Anastasia Iconset created by Dinik. This version is wm6.5/6.5.x only!
The font sizes are optimized for high resolution. If you encounter problems, post them here.
In this version of Jbed you are able to select all text in fullscreen edit mode by performing a double click. You can copy it if you use a keyboard which has copy-paste function (like Touchpal).
NEW RELEASE (April 22nd ):
- replaced Opera Mini 5.0.18365 with the very latest build 5.0.18741
- fixed security tap notification; now Opera Mini will install itself when clicking it's shortcut the first time.
- fixed the qvga cab; now you should have the right font sizes on qvga devices;
- these updates should fix the login issue reported in this thread
- I strongly suggest to all users who downloaded the previous versions to uninstall them and upgrade with these ones
UPDATE (April 27th )- ADDED CABS FOR MORE LANGUAGES:
For now, I only had the time to modify the WVGA version of my cab for 7 different languages. Will modify the QVGA cab for these languages as needed (by requests). If your language is not here, make a request; I'll consider to add other languages only based on at least 3 requests per language (however, I cannot promise).
DOWNLOAD
-Deutsch, Greek, Italian and Romanian see post #4 to get the cabs
-Polish, Russian and Swedish check post #6 to download
Known bugs:
- Esmertec Jbed doesn't respond well on screen rotation, occasionaly making Opera Mini bars go under system bars (this is a jbed problem). To make opera go back to normal exit the program (without closing it) and re-enter by clicking its shortcut in start menu (or Sense link ,today shortcut etc). recommend you deactivate G-sensor rotation for Jbed. To have Opera Mini in landscape just use it's dedicated option (under Opera's settings menu).
- on rare occasions Opera Mini refuses to connect. Just try again, it'll work.
- I noticed Opera Mini has problems with uploading long texts (it's a problem related to browsing timeouts). If you use it to post messages on forums, my advice is that you copy your text before you press the "Submit/Post" button. Sometimes you may find out that after you pressed submit, the browser just brings you to the last page, and your text has gone. This can be painful when you wrote a long text... but if you have copied it, it's easy to go again and just paste, then submit the text.
Congratulations man! I'll finish up the final version, to test the worth of your proposed applications. Keep up the good work.
Already posted on Opera Official Thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486502
(post 3)
Will compare versions and if not the same I´ll include it on the list
Thanks,
OK, I modified the WVGA version of my cab with Opera Mini in few different languages. Now the cabs are compressed. Each cab is tested on my device. To install, please uninstall previous versions and delete "appdb" folder within Windows directory.
Ok then, will add to official thread
Thanks,
OK, thank you!
PS: by creating this thread I didn't intend to hijack other people work. I just found my own way of compiling Opera Mini and Jbed in a convenient way and wanted to share this with the community.
Added cabs for Russian, Polish and Swedish:
Great news! Will surely mention this in my next Web browsing-related article.
optyqus said:
OK, thank you!
PS: by creating this thread I didn't intend to hijack other people work. I just found my own way of compiling Opera Mini and Jbed in a convenient way and wanted to share this with the community.
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No prob. Mate
Already included on Opera Thread
Great work!! Thanks for sharing!
Nice
Thanks
Hello,
I used this cab and logged into a ppcgeeks account. logged out and an hour later logged in, took me to someone else's account on PPGgeeks. so I was logged in as another user. This may be a problem especially if other users are logging in to more secure sites. Just wanted to let you know.
What a great idea, this auto-connect addition! I downloaded the QVGA version, but the menus are huge on my Kaiser: I think it is a VGA/WVGA version... haven't tried the version called WVGA.
@Cerberus_tm, just go to this registry: HKLM\Software\Apps\Esmertec Java\Device Info\Java Font and change the values inside these 3 keys:
-Size large: 32 (change it to somewhere between 22-26);
-Size Medium: 28 (change it to 18 or 20)
-Size small: 23 (change it to 16 or less)
Do a reset , than go to opera mini settings and choose your font size. Now you should have the right font sizes for your qvga screen.
rileyd5 said:
Hello,
I used this cab and logged into a ppcgeeks account. logged out and an hour later logged in, took me to someone else's account on PPGgeeks. so I was logged in as another user. This may be a problem especially if other users are logging in to more secure sites. Just wanted to let you know.
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How strange! I must admit that this happened to me too once! I wanted to login to my xda account, but apparently the browser logged me into somebody else's account (I don't recall the nickname). I immediately logged out and tried again and this time it logged me in correctly, in my account. That was kinda' creepy, you know...
However, my cab contains clean components, like many other opera mini and jbed builds. Something tells me the problem comes from opera servers and this is why I strongly suggest to all users not to use Opera Mini to login to their sensitive accounts (paypal, ebay etc), as sending and receiving data through intermediate servers is very unsafe.
To all downloaders, if you encounter this nasty problem occuring when using this build of opera mini, please report here immediately, I'll take the necessary measures.
the login issue it happened to me just now when login into gmail.
the second time I opened gmail it showed me some other user inbox.
I remember that the last time I used opera mini java, it asked me to press on the touchscreen or type random letters to create some sort of unique key to increase security.
maybe you (accidentaly) disabled this on your cab?
the last time I used the java version was one of the betas, so maybe this random key is no longer needed on the final version.
edit: I tried the final version of opera mini with jbed and installing manually, and indeed it asked me to tap the touchscreen randomly to improve security. after that (and changing my gmail password) I have not encountered the login-as-other-user issue (yet)
optyqus said:
I can assure you it's not the same. My cab uses Mortscript to do autoconnect, and you don't have to do the crappy job with that "selector.utf" file, as the jar file is pre-signed and the application will ask the permissions only the first time it connects/downloads/reads user data.
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unfortunately does not remember passwords
totriz said:
the login issue it happened to me just now when login into gmail.
the second time I opened gmail it showed me some other user inbox.
I remember that the last time I used opera mini java, it asked me to press on the touchscreen or type random letters to create some sort of unique key to increase security.
maybe you (accidentaly) disabled this on your cab?
the last time I used the java version was one of the betas, so maybe this random key is no longer needed on the final version.
edit: I tried the final version of opera mini with jbed and installing manually, and indeed it asked me to tap the touchscreen randomly to improve security. after that (and changing my gmail password) I have not encountered the login-as-other-user issue (yet)
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Thank you for your post, it gave me an idea on what could be the cause of the problem. As the opera mini contained in this cab is practically preinstalled, it will not ask to do the security screen taps. I'll study a way on how to bring back those security taps, it appears they are indeed important. Again, thank you.
I removed the cabs from first post in order to prevent further downloading, I will re-upload them as soon as I find a fix in the matter.
OK, first post updated with fixed cabs (or at least I hope so ). The nasty login bug should be history now. Please read carefully the install instructions, they're updated accordingly to this latest release.
Great job man.
How about the option to install on hard drive or memory card . And option to set as default browser. Great app , you did a great job on this.
Thanks for sharing. Great work.