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...speed up your graphics...
This tweak might help improving visual performance of your pocket pc:
1. Open your registry editor o*n your Pocket PC
2. Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\
3. Change the value of 'limit' from 8192 to 32768
4. Close registry editor and soft reset.
5. soft reset
...boost performance and speed...
Boost Windows Mobile performance up to 20 percent
1. Open your registry editor o*n your Pocket PC
2. Navigate to
3. HKEY Local Machine\System\StorageManager\FATFS
4. change CacheSize to 4096
5. change EnableCache to 1
6. navigate to
7. HKEY LOCAL Machine\System\StorageManager\Filters\fsreplxfilt
8. change ReplStoreCacheSize to 4096
9. Soft reset for changes to take effect.
*Default values for all keys are 0*
...turn off anoying clicking sound in spb keyboard!!...
1. Open your registry editor o*n your Pocket PC
2. Navigate to HKEY\LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SPB SOFTWARE HOUSE
3. then select FULLSCREENKEYBOARD2
4. find DWORD\SOUNDMODE
5. change value to 0
6. then find SOUNDSCHEMA
7. change to NONE
8. soft reset
****if there are any other reg tips hacks tweaks anything post in here****
***if you have any tips or tricks not in reg edits but just normal tips please post here***
i have tested all my reg edits and they do you work!!!!! like a charm
Thanks bereda , Very Good One. I Saw the difference in performance
no problem if you no anymore just list them my favorite one is the annoying sound one for spb it clicks really loud when you strike a key and i mean its loud!! it made my head pound like a drum haha and the performance one if you pair it with the graphics speed up it makes a big difference
ROM
Hi,
Does it matter if I have changed from the original ROM ?
@bereda
What´s the source this tweaks come from?
Tip: Backup the registry before changing it!
i was googleing and found the site i think its ppc tweaks but the stated that these will only work in wm5 but i gave them a shot on my elfin and it worked even with the custom rom but i guess you can do them on a stock rom you just need a registry editor
Easier way..
Easier way for who do not know / want to touch the register in the first person..
the cabs only made the first two reg hacks..
(i do not made the third reg hock because I not have the spb, so I could not test it..
Thanks a lot bereda!
Or use Schap's Advance Config -> tab Performance to change the values comfortably
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317070
that works to haha bo problem guys it was risky but way worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!1
PDA Registry Tweaks, hope you like it:
Disable SMS Sent Notification :
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Settings]
"SMSNoSentMsg"= dword:00000001
->1 to disable
->0 to Enable
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SMS Notification Always On:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Settings] SMSDeliveryNotify = dword:00000001
->1 to disable
->0 to Enable
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Disable start menu animation:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GWE\Menu\
- Change the "AniType" value from 6 to 0.
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Change Display Name order in Contacts:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\contact\cproghook]
"FL"-> Set 0 if LastName then FirstName, 1 if FirstName then LastName
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Change Internet Explorer Homepage:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Start Page"="http://yourpage.com"
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Enable CLeartype in Pocket Internet Explorer:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ClearTypeText" = 1 to Enable,0 to Disable
Probably requires a soft-reset.
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Move IE Temporary Files to Storage card:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\shell Folders
Change
"Cache"="\Storage\Temporary Internet Files"
To:
"Cache"="\Storage Card\Temporary Internet Files"
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Change ringtone location:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER ControlPanel Sound Categories RingDirectory registry key
- Edit the default value of "WindowsRings" to "Storage Card"
- Place those ringtones into Storage Card
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Change scrollbar size:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GWE\
- Adjust the following values
cyHScr : Horizontal Scrollbars
Height in pixels (default is 13)
cxVScr : Vertical Scrollbars
Width in pixels (default is 13)
- Soft-reset
Extras:
cxHScr : Horizontal Scrollbars
Width in pixels (default is 20)
cyVScr : Vertical Scrollbars
Height in pixels (default is 20)
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Disable camera shutter sound:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ArcSoft\Camera\]
To turn it off change the value "Shutter sound" to "0"
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Increase Wireless Connectivity:
KEY_LM/Software/Wireless/Driver
- make the Value Data 30, ( or more for faster connectivity )
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is there any detriment to doing these tweaks??
i.e. frying your cpu. etc.
i am running bluetouch rom and its good if a little slow to start up after stand by.
and didnt want to do endless tweaks so it ends up a total mess that i cant revers. if you know what i mean.
thanks.
There is no detriment for doing those tweaks.
Anytime you can reverse all this with a hard reset.
Jasjam Battery Meter
Hi,
I've got a JasJam Hermes100 WM6 and the battery icon is on the bottom right of the screen. How do I change it to the taskbar near the clock? Ive seen a reg edit but cant find it anymore.
Thanks
Which program should i use, to do these changes?
Thanks for these nice threads!
Ahc2008 said:
Which program should i use, to do these changes?
Thanks for these nice threads!
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There are so many registry editors, the most used is PHM Registry Editor
http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/
My Mobile isn't able to install that program, really dont know why :s
Maybe you have another one?
NP - i found another program.
It loads the registry from the mobile, but it
runs at the computer, sounds great actually!
Here's a link:
http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/index.php?id=3&lang=en
Ahc2008 said:
NP - i found another program.
It loads the registry from the mobile, but it
runs at the computer, sounds great actually!
Here's a link:
http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/index.php?id=3&lang=en
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This one is really good!!! great tool!
More Tweaks!
look here for more tweaks
http://www.pocketpctweaks.com/
Mail tweaks
Hello.
Were can I change mail box registry. Because after change of several Rom's I can not name E-mail box as I want says name already exists.
The Touch Tools thread has moved. For support and updates please goto the HD2 (Leo) Forum thread. Click Here!!
Be great to have everything in one place! Keep us posted!
Here's the "tweaks" I have used:
Nodata
Aktogglewifi
psShutXP (display off, turn off, soft reset)
FDCSoft TaskMgr
hc4 ObexInboxEx VGA (send bluetooth files to SD card)
htcAddicts CleanRAM (not sure if this works 100%)
David Andrs Batti (battery indicator across top of screen)
Showaco All_Programs (4 column Start, Programs for TF3D) - but the implementation isn't bug free
4 column programs and settings - WM standard
Rotation control
Would like to have better implementations of:
Birthday, anniversary reminder - currently using NS birthday
Short cut to Device lock (save wear & tear on hardware key) - the options around seem to take memory or resources
Cheers
will it be program like advanced config or hd tweak or diamond tweak only for topaz?
TD2 Tools - Programs Tab Fix - Released: 26/08/2009
If you are experiencing problems and bugs with the Programs Tab, you need to search for a patched manila file to make it function correctly. The setting option in TD2 Tools only Shows or Hides the Programs Tab.
so i guess you need to see what's in diamond+hd tweak & advanced config & sktools and pick from there whatever relevant for topaz.
A method for preventing the web browser from ever attempting to use 3G / EDGE for data connections while still allowing data for MMS.
Is such a thing possible?
Nice idea !
So,
- Allow TF3D2 in landscape
- Enable change of TF3D2 programme launcher background
- Enable change of colours and fonts of TF3D2
- Enable to add new shortcuts in the programme launcher page
- Boost TFL3D Performance
- Speed up camera shutter Speed
- Enable to change softkeys
- Enable assigning actions to hardware buttons
- Audio louder
Some already works on my Topaz but there is no app yet. So, thank you.
yes, there is a way to prevent the PDA from connecting to 3G and EDGE every time: settings - all settings - connections - advanced network - in the HSDPA/HSUPA tab, select enable HSDPA only. I did this and I've no problems...
post your views please people!
Some suggestions:
-TouchFLO: option to choose between wm6.5 start (or 6.1 start menu) & manila programs tab.
-Comm manager: option to set 8 buttons & choose which. (in advanced config i can choose 8 buttons & press ok it writes error but still saved).
-Camera: high res panorama, additional modes thats not enabled by default.
-Enable/Disable notifications manager.
-Enable/Disable threaded sms.
from advanced config:
-Performances settings.
-Power management settings.
from hd tweak:
-Call settings.
-Camera settings.
from sktools:
-Enable/Disable wifi-g
This might be good replacement for many tweaking app alltogether like hdtweak, advanced config, sktools, gconfig...
hope you make it......good luck!
Latest Update!!!!
White List integration is now implemented and fully functional! if you would like a chance to test the alpha version then please drop me a pm.
BR
I know I'm late but can you add functionality from the touchincall tweak also (maybe in next version)? would be very handy all tweaks in 1 prog. especially keeping light on while calling and putting it upside down for speaker/conference are nice!
hope you get it 2 work!
So Gurus .........
When this great tweak program will be up for try???
Hope it will be much user friendly than Advance Config. tool.
this somehow related to Tom's Topaz Setting Tool?
tom_codon said:
Welcome
Anyway Topaz Setting Tool will be better for us , still developing
preview here
look like u can play with photoshop well , if u can help me some graphic in topaz setting tool will be nice
Contact me via msn if u want help
Tom
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bnm7bnm said:
this somehow related to Tom's Topaz Setting Tool?
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no, my program has nothing to do with this one, however, it looks really impressive compared to mine. I have designed mine with simplicity in mind, so it will only contain relavent settings to tweak.
Released! Grab it now!
Sounds very interesting, lyriquidperfection! Yet some screenshots would be highly appreciated...!
screenshots are to follow, havent got time at the minute, but feel free to test it and let me know what you think!
I installed it! It is nice... It would be good however, if the user (especially if he is of average knowledge, like me! ), knew what the default value in each setting is. For example, I do not know what is the default value of the "Enlarge Start Menu" or "Enable PopUp UI" value is, or what they do...
jcan said:
I installed it! It is nice... It would be good however, if the user (especially if he is of average knowledge, like me! ), knew what the default value in each setting is. For example, I do not know what is the default value of the "Enlarge Start Menu" or "Enable PopUp UI" value is, or what they do...
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The settings for each item are read from the registry upon application starting. so if you install this app after a hard reset, you will see straight away what the defaults are as to which boxes are checked and which ones arent!
hello everyone! I wander how to unlock values in “Power settings” applet. For example I would like to have 20 sec. of backlight and suspend device after 30 sec. Now I can choose only between 10 – 30 sec. of backlight and 1+ min. of suspend.
You can do it in the registry. Check these settings:
Code:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\BackLight]
"BatteryTimeout"=dword:00000014
That's your 20 seconds to dim (14 in hex; 20 in decimal). Here's the timeout settings:
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\Timeouts]
"BattSuspendTimeoutSave"=dword:0000001e
"BattSuspendTimeout"=dword:0000001e
Tanks allot, it’s really works! But if somebody know how to edit the entire Power applet to have a choice in part of selection between 10 sec to 1 min with 10 sec step in both Screen off and Device off?
I think that's gonna be a lot harder. You could probably get the settings into Advanced Configuration-I've never made custom tweaks for it, but I know that it can be done. You could definitely do it for the SK Tools Tune Up! panel. That would be easy, if you have sk tools. You could also convert the reg keys to cab files pretty easily (without uninstall would be better), and just put them somewhere convenient.
So, what happens when you open up the applet? Does it switch to a default setting, or are the boxes just unchecked? I didn't actually test it out.
Yeah, I have SK tools, but I have never come across with such possibilities in it. Were is it?
If you check the help section in Tune Up! it describes how to input the tweaks. It's pretty easy (you need a newer version, though). I've got a thread on doing it here. You can download some of my tweak files and just modify them. Also, you should have user.ctwsk and default.ctwsk files in your sk tools program folder. I've got one for notification snooze time that will be similar to what you want. DWord files are easy (haven't figure out the string values yet)-make sure you use decimal values and not hex values.
wow, that's grate, thanks allot!
If you put together a working tweak file, you oughta post it up. I'll re-post in the other thread.
I’ve made file with following text, but it changes value only in first parameter “BattSuspendTimeoutSave”, but not in the second “BattSuspendTimeout”. How to make multi parameters change?
#tweak(Adjust Battery Pwer off)
#description(Turn off device after XX seconds)
#key(HKLM)
#path(System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\Timeouts)
#name(BattSuspendTimeoutSave)
#type(DWORD)
#value(20)
#value(30)
#value(40)
#value(50)
#value(60)
#key(HKLM)
#path(System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\Timeouts)
#name(BattSuspendTimeout)
#type(DWORD)
#value(20)
#value(30)
#value(40)
#value(50)
#value(60)
#text(20)
#text(30)
#text(40)
#text(50)
#default(60)
#tab(system)
I'm not sure you can do multiples at once. I think you just need to create 3 separate entries, and change the two at the same time.
Farmer Ted said:
I'm not sure you can do multiples at once. I think you just need to create 3 separate entries, and change the two at the same time.
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Ok, I’ll make some, but what’s the difference between "BattSuspendTimeoutSave" and "BattSuspendTimeout" parameters then? how to dicribe them at menu?
EgorLev said:
Ok, I’ll make some, but what’s the difference between "BattSuspendTimeoutSave" and "BattSuspendTimeout" parameters then? how to dicribe them at menu?
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Yeah, I don't know what the deal is with that-try playing around with them (maybe set them at different times). See if you can figure it out. You may only need one. You can add in the description that the two need to be set at the same level, if that turns out to be the case.
I'm curious about peoples' opinions of the app "LectureNotes" by Acadoid Developer and how it stacks up against the other main players in the active digitizer game. I've only been using my TPT for a few days' worth of note taking and haven't settled on a specific app yet, so I would like to hear thoughts on how you chose your primary note taking app.
i use ezpdf reader usually and just annotate my notes onto the pdf lecture slides.
if i need free form writing, i use free-note as it has keyboard + pen input
or quill if i just need pen input.
personally i haven't tried lecture notes, but it seems like MyScript Notes Mobile preloaded with the TPT
Wow, pretty good app. I didn't know about it. Thanks!
I've been using TPT for about 2 weeks now, and like the OP, I haven't really quite settled on a specific handwriting app..
Key uses for me are:
- taking notes during meetings
- something to help me in my Japanese language study
- some silly doodling/sketching fun
Some apps I've tried:
- Notesmobile
- Antipaper
- Writepad stylus
- Lecture notes
- Asus' supernotes
- Freenote
- Quill
For lecture notes specifically, I like that I can choose checkered pattern for the background and set the pattern size, as that is perfect for writing in Japanese.
But I found that it lags quite a bit when writing, and there isn't an easy way for me to scroll between pages.
So I haven't really been using it much in the past week.
For the moment, I've sort of settled with using a mix of Writepad, Supernote and Antipaper. Sadly, neither Supernote nor Antipaper has stylus only option
Still waiting for the one app that can do it all!
Might never come, but I can always hope, can't I?
I use Lecture Notes and have more or less canned every other note software. Lecture Notes just has way more features that I need. It can export in many ways. It can backup all my notes to dropbox, great support for inserting images and easy to change color, pen thickness etc.
Only think missing is better organization of the notebooks themselves. When that's here, it will be perfect.
It's also by far the most stable of Quill, Notes mobil and asus supernotes.
Personally, I have tried a lot of handwriting notes apps until I cam to this one. At that time this one worked the best overall in my opinion. When I first started using it didn't have everything it has now. But it was already robust and never crashed. I had one issue after a full system crash and reboot that wiped out the content of one notebook. But I simply loaded my backup from the day before without issue and kept rolling.
I have about 15 different notebooks on there now and I use them daily for work notes as I am walk around the office working on equipment or meeting notes.
It doesn't have the handwriting recognition features you find in other apps but I think that is what keyboard are for and I wouldn't write a document up that way anyway.
My good things list.
First, The developer is always adding things per user requests. Options for everything you can think of.
Second, it is being developed directly on the TPT and it seems to be one of the only ones able to be truly palm rejection friendly by only allowing the app to pull input from the pen (Option can be disabled for those that don't have a pen).
Third, and again the endless options... every type of custom settings, scrolling options (one finger, two finger, scroll bars and bar thickness), export options, backup options, sharing options, zoom options, page size - color - patterns, simple drawing tools, cut paste - copy paste, and on and on... every time I turn on the tablet it seems there is anther update to this app.
The dev listens to the feedback and finds ways of making the ideas work. I have submitted several ideas that have become reality.
It isn't free... but I would buy it a second and third time if I could just to support the dev team.
I see a brighter and brighter future of this app.
Hi folks,
I am the author of LectureNotes, I was glad to read that the app is useful for you. Sorry for joining this forum and this thread so late, but I learned only very recently that there are couple of forum threads related to LectureNotes.
Note that I uploaded v1.12.2 today with a couple of minor additions, the most important one probably being the possibility to choose the directory where the app stores your notebooks.
Best regards,
Markus
acadoid said:
Hi folks,
I am the author of LectureNotes, I was glad to read that the app is useful for you. Sorry for joining this forum and this thread so late, but I learned only very recently that there are couple of forum threads related to LectureNotes.
Note that I uploaded v1.12.2 today with a couple of minor additions, the most important one probably being the possibility to choose the directory where the app stores your notebooks.
Best regards,
Markus
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I am using the trial version, but i am already convinced of buying the full version. I have a suggestion to make :
The software really needs a laso eraser it will make it more feature-full
Dear trt44,
LectureNotes has a `lasso´ eraser, moving the eraser in a closed path so that start and end point are close deletes the interior.
Best regards,
Markus
Perfect, i just tried the laso eraser and it works like a charm, so i bought the software .
I have another suggestion : The software lacks the ability to draw basic shapes (rectangles, circles, lines...), and from my humble point of view, basic shapes are very important for fast and accurate drawing when taking notes.
Many thanks for purchasing the app.
The app contains simple drawing primitives, they are part of the pencil toolbox (as long as you do not disable this in the settings). Choose `Show pencil toolbox´ in the pencil menu to get the toolbox displayed, click-and-hold to move it around. A single click on one of the standard or custom pencils chooses the pencil and a double-click on one of the custom pencils opens the `Custom pencil settings´ dialog; a click on one of the drawing tools activates the drawing tool, another click inactivates it.
OK, thank you, i will try it once i get home.
acadoid said:
Many thanks for purchasing the app.
The app contains simple drawing primitives, they are part of the pencil toolbox (as long as you do not disable this in the settings). Choose `Show pencil toolbox´ in the pencil menu to get the toolbox displayed, click-and-hold to move it around. A single click on one of the standard or custom pencils chooses the pencil and a double-click on one of the custom pencils opens the `Custom pencil settings´ dialog; a click on one of the drawing tools activates the drawing tool, another click inactivates it.
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OK, so far this is the best note taking application for android platform, it works exactly the way it should. But the UI is a bit ugly frankly you should work it more. A software like yours deserve a sexy fantastic UI :
- Attractive icons cause the actual ones looks dead to me, note Books icons for example looks horrible
- The ability to go forward and back in pages using forward and back buttons (more convenient sometimes instead of just scrolling or doing a notebook overview and select the page from there)
- Notebook overview should have an icon in the top tools bar for easy access
One last thing, when you use palm heuristic there is no way to zoom but using the zoom function in the menu witch have a fixed zoom ratio, i suggest to add a zoom slider in the top tools bar where you can specify how much you want to zoom when using (or not) palm heuristic.
Thank you for the fantastic software and keep the good work on .
Many thanks for your kind comments. I certainly agree that the icons can be improved, but I am not an artist and I do my best.
The app allows to go forward and backward page-wise by using `One page forward` or `One page backward´ in the hand menu; alternatively, to move quickly through your notebook without changing mode or switching to notebook overview, switch on `Permanently display scroll bars´ in the settings and drag on the scroll bars (the bar thickness can be increased in the settings).
`Notebook overview´ is just two clicks away in all modes (one click on main menu and one click on the item), I do not think that it is worthwhile to add an extra icon.
When using the heuristic palm rejection, one or two fingers gestures for scrolling and zooming are restricted to the hand mode, but being in this mode you can scroll and zoom continuously. Besides that, there is a zoom slider at the left side, you can change zoom by dragging it (the bar thickness can also be increased in the settings).
Just wanted to say hello to you Markus and thank you for your amazing app.
I am loving your app more and more. I appreciate your email correspondence about features I asked about. It truly puts you and your application above the rest.
Cheers.
I just uploaded v1.13 into Google Play. The major new feature is to allow folders of notebooks (and folders of folders of notebooks, etc.), but I also added LectureNotes as an image receiver (so that the app shows up when you share an image) and fixed a bug that could cause the app to crash when using a template for a new notebook.
To allow folders affects all parts of the app (notebooks board, notebook content view, notebook overview, notebook index, notebooks board index, ...). I carefully double- and triple-checked all features and things should work as before. Please drop an email to me in case you noticed something unexpected and I will do my very best to fix it quickly.
Best regards,
Markus
Sweet, I requested this feature cause of large number of notes
Works good, but maybe change the icon of folders so they stand out more from the regular.
acadoid said:
I just uploaded v1.13 into Google Play. The major new feature is to allow folders of notebooks (and folders of folders of notebooks, etc.), but I also added LectureNotes as an image receiver (so that the app shows up when you share an image) and fixed a bug that could cause the app to crash when using a template for a new notebook.
To allow folders affects all parts of the app (notebooks board, notebook content view, notebook overview, notebook index, notebooks board index, ...). I carefully double- and triple-checked all features and things should work as before. Please drop an email to me in case you noticed something unexpected and I will do my very best to fix it quickly.
Best regards,
Markus
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This is a wonderful feature Markus that I didn't realize I needed until just recently. Love it I like the idea of changing the icon on the folders so they stand out more. I also love the new storage location setting, it eases my mind to know it is on my external_sd.
Also, I dunno if I am just being dense, but I cannot seem to figure out the navigation menu when enabled in settings. Within settings, under Settings > Menu > Enable app's launcher icon menu and it says it provides a navigation menu at the app's launcher icon. I've always assumed this was an extra navigation menu in the top left corner, but cannot seem to ever be able to use it.
Any thoughts?
I am glad to hear that you like the new feature.
In case you switch on the menu at the app's launcher icon, you should see a menu when clicking on the icon in the left upper corner (in difference to the case when this option is off, then you get a message that there is no functionality assigned, with the exception of notebook content view where the changed pages are flushed to the file system). What happens in your case? Does the icon highlight when you click on it?
acadoid said:
I am glad to hear that you like the new feature.
In case you switch on the menu at the app's launcher icon, you should see a menu when clicking on the icon in the left upper corner (in difference to the case when this option is off, then you get a message that there is no functionality assigned, with the exception of notebook content view where the changed pages are flushed to the file system). What happens in your case? Does the icon highlight when you click on it?
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It doesn't seem to do anything when I click on it, with either my finger or with the pen. And it doesn't seem to matter if I have it enabled or not. Neither scenario causes the icon to do anything. It doesn't highlight or say/do anything. It also does not matter what screen I am at, the icon never does anything. Whether I am within a notebook, folder or at the notebooks board screen. Odd.
Would this have anything to do with that I am running ICS?
Before my Asus tf700 Infinity, I owned a Samsung Galaxy Tab. I purchased some programs and games for it, and all was well until it was stolen. The problem? Now I've downloaded and used those same apps on my tf700 Infinity, and the orientation is off by ninety degrees on quite a few. It has to do with Android's API and Honeycomb, and how the default base orientation is set in the framework policy. Before tablets, the default orientation for the Android API was portrait, but tablets made landscape defaults a possible better default. Apps not written to accommodate this would have the sensors read 90 degrees skewed for landscape default devices (like my tf700), because the sensor data is being read from landscape (regardless of orientation), but interpreted as portrait by the app. Even though my Galaxy Tab was a tablet, it's default orientation was portrait, so there was no 90 degre skew. I have read enough to know that it's possible to change the Android system default value, but it has to be changed in the framework . . . No easy task, especially if the rom is ODEXed.
So . . . anyone have any advice or fix so my paid apps aren't wasted money? I don't think emailing every single developer is the key, when I could modify a single system value to fix the problem for all apps. Thanks in advance, any help is appreciated.
Doesnt ever gyro-based app/game have a recalibration setting? Have you tried that?
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GrayHat137 said:
So . . . anyone have any advice or fix so my paid apps aren't wasted money?
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You could try Ultimate Rotation Control. It can have an individual setting for each application (Forced Portrait/Forced Landscape/Forced Auto).
ShadowLea said:
Doesnt ever gyro-based app/game have a recalibration setting? Have you tried that?
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The problem is that the data the app is getting is from the sensors is rotated 90 degrees. For example, if the app assumes the tilt data it is getting is from the left and right: tilt left, go left. On my tablet, it's default boot state is landscape, so if the app is asking for the sensor info the wrong way (a deprecated way - from before the Honeycomb API), it's getting the tilt axis from the top and bottom, so: tilt up, go left. I can calibrate, but I still have to tilt up to go left.
Sounds like badly programmed apps to me. Have you tried asking the devs to update based on the correct APIs?
HeartWare42 said:
You could try Ultimate Rotation Control[/URL]. It can have an individual setting for each application (Forced Portrait/Forced Landscape/Forced Auto).
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I had hoped it would override the default framework, but apps were still polling the sensors wrong no matter which orientation they were displayed in. The sensor data was rotating the same amount as the app, but the original sensor data was still originally off by 90%.
Thanks for the tip; Ultimate Rotation Control is a good app that solved another issue I had, just not this one.
sbdags said:
Sounds like badly programmed apps to me. Have you tried asking the devs to update based on the correct APIs?
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Yes, that's the consensus. Some I've asked, others are no longer in active development (nostalgia for holding onto these apps). I stumbled upon a web hit while googling for answers, the solution was about changing a simple setting in the android framework, but I'm a not experienced with ADB, and things like ODEXing and DeODEXing are nerve-wracking while I learn and experiment.
Also, thanks for coming sbdags. Running Xenogenesis since late April, fantastic job! :good:
GrayHat137 said:
Yes, that's the consensus. Some I've asked, others are no longer in active development (nostalgia for holding onto these apps). I stumbled upon a web hit while googling for answers, the solution was about changing a simple setting in the android framework, but I'm a not experienced with ADB, and things like ODEXing and DeODEXing are nerve-wracking while I learn and experiment.
Also, thanks for coming sbdags. Running Xenogenesis since late April, fantastic job! :good:
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Which part of the framework do you need to change?
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Which part of the framework do you need to change?
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Navigate to the androidpolicy\com\android\internal\policy\impl folder and open PhoneWindowManager.smali in your favorite text editor (Notepad++ is my favorite)
Search for the method "rotationfororientation"
(Picture of code here)
Make note of the variables (v#) for portrait and landscape (in my case portrait is v5)
Scroll to the end of the method and you should find something like:
"move v2, v5" (make sure it's the last move command before the end of the method)
Change the second variable (in this case v5) to whatever orientation you wish to be default. In my case I have set portrait as the default orientation.
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There are other steps, but this is the only variable changed. I can't post links yet, and I didn't want to copy all of the text there, but that's it. The attached picture is the picture of the code.
Eureka!
GrayHat137 said:
There are other steps, but this is the only variable changed. I can't post links yet, and I didn't want to copy all of the text there, but that's it. The attached picture is the picture of the code.
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Dear friends,
As I was also facing the same problem in my Ubislate 7C+(EDGE) tab by DATAWIND. While reading your post an idea struck to my mind. With the help of Root Browser app I navigated to /system/build.prop, opened it in text editor and in "ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES" changed the value of "ro.sf.hwrotation=270" 270 to 180 saved it and rebooted the tablet. Yes! the problem was solved but it created a new problem that the orientation of animation while boot and camera orientation has changed now but in order to rectify it I pulled bootanimation.zip to my computer and after unzipping it changed the orientation of animation files from portrait to landscape. Changed the orientation in 'desc.txt' from 480 800 to 800 400 and zipped both without any compression. Pushed it back to /system/media and changed the permission, user,group to original one with the help of root browser. Then for camera orientation with the help of root browser I navigated to /system/etc/camera.cfg opened it in RB text editor and changed camera orientation from 90 to 0, saved it and rebooted my tablet and now all the games using gsensor tilt are working fine.
Thanks,:good:
rotation gyro off
I had the same problemen, i resolved it by going to setting, location and then status (only GPS) then i started GPS tools , just waited a min or so . now everthing is oké again.
I hope thuis helps you