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Old Notification Manager,for gods sake..Please..

I have searched the whole xda forum but couldn't find a solution to remove the crappy new notification manager on my TD2. This is so useless,why a Notification Manager will pop up when I click the Battery or volume or network icon,it should show the details of every icon separately.I just want the OLD notification manager and I am sure I am not the only person who wish to have the Old one. So guys please tell me some positives,will look forward to your inputs.
Thanks in advance.

ya, i need it too

Yes, that was the first thing that struck me too!
I went and disabled that crappy notification manager completely. I now get the WM 6.1 bubbles.
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Actually.. my issue with the new notification manager is the speed.
I want instant access to these.. not requiring me to wait abt 1-2secs.
the diamond1 screen was simple and basically had enlarged icons only.. but that was instant. Does anyone know if we can use the D1 notification manager on our D2?

TinTin said:
Yes, that was the first thing that struck me too!
I went and disabled that crappy notification manager completely. I now get the WM 6.1 bubbles.
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How did you do that?

I already wrote about it on my blog (in german) at
http://mytd2.blogspot.com/2009/06/unnutzer-benachrichtigungsmanager.html
about it, google translates it to:
http://www.translate.google.de/tran...nager.html&sl=de&tl=en&history_state0=&swap=1
Not a very good translation lol - might post things here shortly, but you should get what it's about.

TinTin said:
I already wrote about it on my blog (in german) at
http://mytd2.blogspot.com/2009/06/unnutzer-benachrichtigungsmanager.html
about it, google translates it to:
http://www.translate.google.de/tran...nager.html&sl=de&tl=en&history_state0=&swap=1
Not a very good translation lol - might post things here shortly, but you should get what it's about.
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Hm,but didn't understand the last two .cabs. There are two cabs,why are they there? If I install the 'NoNotification' cab will it work? or it's a must to install TaskManager 3.1 and Registry Editor?

CABs that only have registry tweaks in them don't appear as "programs" so they can't get uninstalled that way. That's why I put 2 CABs, one to make the change, one to revert it.
NoNotification.CAB will deactivate the notification manager (soft reset required)
Notifcation.CAB will activate it again, in case you don't like the changes it brings
No need to install FDCSoft's TaskManager or a Registry Editor, those are both alternative ways to the CAB installation.
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TinTin said:
CABs that only have registry tweaks in them don't appear as "programs" so they can't get uninstalled that way. That's why I put 2 CABs, one to make the change, one to revert it.
NoNotification.CAB will deactivate the notification manager (soft reset required)
Notifcation.CAB will activate it again, in case you don't like the changes it brings
No need to install FDCSoft's TaskManager or a Registry Editor, those are both alternative ways to the CAB installation.
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Thanks a lot,that cab did work great.

Hi,
I agree that the Topaz Notification Manager is quite useless..but did anyone try the Enhanced Notification Manager?It's functional, without going back to old notification systems. Because finger tapping the icon you want has become very difficult (e.g I have a modded task bar with tiny icons), you still get the entire list of ongoing notifications, but each of them is clickable and redirects to the relative settings.I'm happy with it .
Greetz

You can find Topaz Tweak Software here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502102 , with it is possible turn off and on Enhanced Notification.

Does Enhanced Notification Manager works with MS Shell 3.0?
Cos I disable the TF3D and runing MS shell 3.0

sualc said:
e.g I have a modded task bar with tiny icons
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How did you get the small task bar icons? Would it work, or do you know how, to change the keyboard (SIP) button size - the button has a large tap area which prevents me from tapping the toolbar buttons in some programs - it seems to overlap the other buttons so when I tap them only the keyboard pops up!!

good info here!

TinTin said:
I already wrote about it on my blog (in german) at
http://mytd2.blogspot.com/2009/06/unnutzer-benachrichtigungsmanager.html
about it, google translates it to:
http://www.translate.google.de/tran...nager.html&sl=de&tl=en&history_state0=&swap=1
Not a very good translation lol - might post things here shortly, but you should get what it's about.
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Thanks TinTin - excellent tweak. It worked for me. I used MemMaid instead for Option 1.

[REQ] Slingplayer fix for WM 6.5.3?

Hi...
has anyone got a solution for the bottom softkeys/menu and icons on 6.5.3..when using the Slingmobile app?
thanks
Singh

I second the request for help on this. The program is very difficult to use without the bottom row of buttons.

Moved as not software release requests go to Q&A

i would also like to see some solution for this problem

Nothing seems to forthcoming. Anybody?

Come on guys...
Someone must have a solution?
I can't go into the ins and outs.. but lets just say... v1.6 is the one that we all be using.
So.. we need to fix this version and not wait for a new version. It's not going to be fixed in a newer release.

88fingerslukee said:
I second the request for help on this. The program is very difficult to use without the bottom row of buttons.
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Difficult or impossible? Without the bottom row, I cannot bring up the channel panel to change channels. Is there a way to change channels at all without that panel?

Chuck_IV said:
Difficult or impossible? Without the bottom row, I cannot bring up the channel panel to change channels. Is there a way to change channels at all without that panel?
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Yes... Program the on screen shortcut keys...
thats how i'm using it... but I cannot go into full screen. there simply is no way to click on it on the bottom bar.

!SINGH! said:
Yes... Program the on screen shortcut keys...
thats how i'm using it... but I cannot go into full screen. there simply is no way to click on it on the bottom bar.
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The only way I can get into full screen is to open the keyboard. Of course that's not totally practical having to have my keyboard open all the time for full screen. Have you tried something like Gyrator 2 to maybe see if when Gyrator puts it into landscape, the fullscreen activates?
I have a Touch Pro 2 BTW.

!SINGH! said:
Yes... Program the on screen shortcut keys...
thats how i'm using it... but I cannot go into full screen. there simply is no way to click on it on the bottom bar.
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The keyboard will do the remote control tasks for you. I believe the keystrokes are the same as for the keyboard on the Desktop version:
The Numbers type numbers
G is Guide
Up and Down Arrows change channels.
X is exit, etc. I don't know where to get a full list.
Also, I set Slingplayer to Auto-Rotate using G-Config. The Window Class name is SlingClient. This gets me to full screen without opening the keyboard.
That's about the only way I can make it so I can use it.
If anybody wants the files in the program's folder I can send them. Just PM me.

88fingerslukee said:
The keyboard will do the remote control tasks for you. I believe the keystrokes are the same as for the keyboard on the Desktop version:
The Numbers type numbers
G is Guide
Up and Down Arrows change channels.
X is exit, etc. I don't know where to get a full list.
Also, I set Slingplayer to Auto-Rotate using G-Config. The Window Class name is SlingClient. This gets me to full screen without opening the keyboard.
That's about the only way I can make it so I can use it.
If anybody wants the files in the program's folder I can send them. Just PM me.
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Hmm, strange. I added Slingplayer to the Whitelist for autorotate, using G-Config and it's not rotating. I reboot and looked at the registry and can see it there(SlingClient), but Slingplayer just won't rotate unless I open the keyboard.

Chuck_IV said:
Hmm, strange. I added Slingplayer to the Whitelist for autorotate, using G-Config and it's not rotating. I reboot and looked at the registry and can see it there(SlingClient), but Slingplayer just won't rotate unless I open the keyboard.
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Hmm, weird, it stopped working for me as well. To be honest, I can't remember when it stopped, but it used to work. Perhaps it's the standard 6.5 builds that do it.
Well, this makes it even more important to fix this issue. I have submitted a support request to Slingbox, so we'll see what they have to say.

They fixed it!!!! YAY!!!
http://download.slingmedia.com/player/mobile/windows-phone/SlingPlayer-Mobile-2.0.0.14.CAB

I did some modifications on SlingPlayer.exe 1.6 version to at least look better on my phone.
You can check out here:
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7242404&postcount=5

I have a Samsung Intrepid, I tried installing and customizing with the SPB Mobile Shell 3.5.5 but no luck. The toolbar was on the right side and my pictures wouldnt fit on the screen as well.
I was curious to if anyone had any other custom roms for Windows 6.5 on a Samsung Intrepid worth trying out??????????????

Porting Bottom Start button from WM6.5 to WM 6.1

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!
littld said:
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

RAMMANN said:
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.
littld said:
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

J-Pro said:
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

[THEME] ColorOS 3.1.1 For R7 Plus

Greetings Folks , A gorgeous imagined Notification Panel concept theme Fully working on R7Plus. A cool change of flavors.
Download :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0EbJbBLex5ZS2c1dmR1Q1Frd2s/view?usp=sharing
Install :
Open Stock File Manager and navigate to downloaded file , open it with theme Store. Apply. Enjoy.

superb thnk u

srujanchinni said:
superb thnk u
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You're welcome , don't forget to press thanks.

Love it! Many many thanks! Keep it up..

aissa27 said:
Love it! Many many thanks! Keep it up..
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My Pleasure!

I'm trying to make a theme for colorOS. I have Oppo Theme Editor, and can change system icons. But is it possible to change user apps icon too ?

Great work, but I need a fix?
Wonderful theme! Thanks a lot, I'm using it and it's really fresh!
I don't like though that the navigation menu/recent-apps button changed into search icon and while writing, the back button becomes a 3 dots (options like). Why the icons are all colored in blu. How come?
Suggestion for maybe a new theme:
Is there a way to create a theme with the full settings section in black background instead of the white one? Also, I would really like to have the whole nav bar thinner with the nav icons starting 1 pixel above the black bezel (the one that creates the impression of a bigger screen). And having the new Android navigation icons would be a nice touch!
Thank you again, the quick settings drop down/notifications look very dope!

catboy111 said:
Wonderful theme! Thanks a lot, I'm using it and it's really fresh!
I don't like though that the navigation menu/recent-apps button changed into search icon and while writing, the back button becomes a 3 dots (options like). Why the icons are all colored in blu. How come?
Suggestion for maybe a new theme:
Is there a way to create a theme with the full settings section in black background instead of the white one? Also, I would really like to have the whole nav bar thinner with the nav icons starting 1 pixel above the black bezel (the one that creates the impression of a bigger screen). And having the new Android navigation icons would be a nice touch!
Thank you again, the quick settings drop down/notifications look very dope!
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Oh I feel the same ! But luckily for me , I've been using LMT Launcher (Google it) and have had absolutely 0 need for the nav bar so I disabled it and got a lot of screen estate as a result !

ASK
Can theme 3.1.1 apply in different type of OPPO device? for example, oppo neo 7..

OtakBesar said:
Can theme 3.1.1 apply in different type of OPPO device? for example, oppo neo 7..
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Try it ! There's a chance it'll work !

rch.aj34 said:
Try it ! There's a chance it'll work !
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This version is not working in my device, so i'm try to apply version 3.0. But, the problems are:
1. Screen blinked after applied it in my device. But solution for the problem is just restart the device and done.
2. There are some bugs on the interface, like categories icon at file manager app is too big . It maybe caused by resolution issue. Maybe someone can fix it..
But thanks anyway...

This Theme work in mirror 5??? i love it

Is root required for this?not working on my oppo r7plus f showing "problem occurred while parsing the package"

Kindly asking for help
Hi I like your theme so much, looks perfect.
But can you kindly make a version without the blue soft keys below?
Waiting for your reply, Thank you.

Nice one. Thanks much!

Same theme
Earlier I found the colour OS 3.0 theme on XDA. I'm presently using that. Is there any change in this 3.1.1 theme?

Any chance this is also available for the Oppo R7sf?

namquang93 said:
I'm trying to make a theme for colorOS. I have Oppo Theme Editor, and can change system icons. But is it possible to change user apps icon too ?
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Is the theme editor you have English version? If yes, is it okay for you to share it?

Yes

how to download

Dont know if to buy or not.

In thoughts to by an Mate 9 but have a few questions:
1) Is there a expanded desktop option on Huawei Mate 9?
2) Does Nova Launcher work well on the letest update on it?
3) I would appreciate if someone could post a screenshot with the View Mode on the smallest and the Font Size on the smallest? It is important for me to get the very small text you find in Lionage Os.
4) Hows it going with the release of the Kernal of the phone? Lineage Os?
5) How well have the camera worked on previous Huawei phones with custom roms, have they still been the same afterwards? I have experienced on three different phones that the camera went worse after installing Cyanogen Mod, Lineage Os...
6) How hard is it to port the camera app from Huawei to an custom rom?

I can't answer the custom rom and root questions, i can help you with the other stuff though.
1) No there isn't
2) It works amazingly well!
3) what do you want to screenshot me? The settings page with the font size or a specific app?
Sorry for not being able to answer everythinf, hope i still helped you a bit

ZleMyzteX said:
I can't answer the custom rom and root questions, i can help you with the other stuff though.
1) No there isn't
2) It works amazingly well!
3) what do you want to screenshot me? The settings page with the font size or a specific app?
Sorry for not being able to answer everythinf, hope i still helped you a bit
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1) I really dont want to see the clock,battery ... While webbrowsing and wathcning pictures, movies... it qould be great to have the whole screen without the icons and navi buttons.
2) Great!
3) Just a screen shot from settings and also from the webbroweser chrome so I see the size.

@Peterrrrr said:
1) I really dont want to see the clock,battery ... While webbrowsing and wathcning pictures, movies... it qould be great to have the whole screen without the icons and navi buttons.
2) Great!
3) Just a screen shot from settings and also from the webbroweser chrome so I see the size.
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If you want custom ROMs I'd advise you to find another device if not this is the whole package the best phone I have ever used and I've used most of them.

Great phone. My set up attached with google now swipe left and pixel launcher

What size do you use in view mode and font size on that picture?
Here is my OPO with smallest in both settings

@Peterrrrr said:
What size do you use in view mode and font size on that picture?
Here is my OPO with smallest in both settings
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I use custom DPI of 365 set in developer options.

Sorry for bumping a week old thread. Just wanted to let you guys know that you can actually hide the status bar up top. Download Tiles from the Play Store. It lets you add quick settings tiles for just about anything. There's one for immersive mode, where you can press the tile and it'll hide the status bar, navigation bar, system bar or a dialog for your choosing. I have it set so whenever I toggle the quick setting tile, it hides the status bar up top, which is what you are looking for. It works great.

Here is a pair of screenshots of the quick tiles from the app, and how it looks like without the status bar. Let me know if you need any help or have any other questions.

Xev_10177 said:
Sorry for bumping a week old thread. Just wanted to let you guys know that you can actually hide the status bar up top. Download Tiles from the Play Store. It lets you add quick settings tiles for just about anything. There's one for immersive mode, where you can press the tile and it'll hide the status bar, navigation bar, system bar or a dialog for your choosing. I have it set so whenever I toggle the quick setting tile, it hides the status bar up top, which is what you are looking for. It works great.
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Thanks! The only thing left is a way to hide the Navi buttons in choosen apps, for an example chrome.