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BA Screen Resolution Hack (960 X 1280 dpi) at 268288 colors

Oh **** ... it didnt get in ....
sorry folk i forgot to zip it up before attaching.
there you go ...
btw ... i'm already using the hack ... no side effects at all ... just a more beautiful screen !!!!

Tis is how i got the numbers
16 bit = 64K = 65536 colors
1 bit = 65536/64 = 1024 colors
18 bit = 262K = 268288 colors (262 X 1024)

Does it work for Blue Angels

Re: Does it work on Blue Angels ?
The answer is "YES !"
I am using a Blue Angel with This Hack and I'm very happy about the result !!!
Try .... If u wanna revert just jot down the values so u can key them back in.
I never thot it was possible but by heaven's will I chanced upon the genius who discovered it .... i lost the link but lucky i saved it as mht. file.
Now i want u all Blue Angels out there to have the same beautiful screen i am enjoying !!!
Cheers Mates
One for all and all for One !!!

Danger !
Please don't try going above resolutions more than 18 Bit
Although it is possible to do it ... there's no guarantee that the hardware can support resolutions that high .... if your pixels start dying it's your own fault.
18 Bit is safe and good enough .... don't kill the screen by overdosing it !!!
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One for all and all for one

Would someone be kind enough to post a guide on how to do this in their own words?
I've tried both apps suggested and also replaced the files but nothing seems to work.
ozVGA's files already exist in /windows and wont let me overwrite them, and when I start up SE_VGA it opens a dialog box without any text and when you close it the closes the app.

Biohead said:
Would someone be kind enough to post a guide on how to do this in their own words?
I've tried both apps suggested and also replaced the files but nothing seems to work.
ozVGA's files already exist in /windows and wont let me overwrite them, and when I start up SE_VGA it opens a dialog box without any text and when you close it the closes the app.
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I agree with Biohead, instead of reading long info from the link on you rar file, why don't you just give us step by step how you make it worked on yours.
TX

here it goes .....
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\ Display\Active\Built In LCD
In "LCDcolors" Enter Decimal Value 268288
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\ Display\Citizen
In "CxScreen" Enter Hexadecimal Value 30
In "CyScreen" Enter Hexadecimal Value 30
Install OzVGA
These are the settings I use ...
ozVGA
MEnu&Bar Font 650 (Checked)
System Font 700 (Checked)
Hor. Scrollbar 10
Ver. Scrollbar 10
Min Scrl Thumb 10
Fonts Arrays :
SEvga : 500,600,650,800,1000
SEvga : 750,900,975,1200,1500
oz=SE* Ratio 2
Soft Reset
Goto Start/Settings/System/Screen
Set the font size to (Smallest)
As has already been pointed out, a lot of applications don't take into account the system-level font sizes in the Registry. Also, the vast majority of them doesn't check for the actual size of the screen to give you exactly the same view in VGA and in QVGA. (The most notable exception is the excellent document reader application, µBook , which offers the same resolution in both QVGA and VGA modes.)
View the screenshots below for an idea of wat it'll look like.

:shock: Can Someone please tell me why my screenshots don't show up in this page ?????
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:?: :shock: This Page Does Not support JPG files ????? :shock:

Today Screen

hardware?
friends, do our blueangels' lcd hardware support that resolution? Or is it just a programm tweak and is not a real resolution enhance?

i have no idea at all whether the hardware supports the resolution ... but the OS definitely allows for different resolutions.
Does anyone have any idea how to check if it is real ???
The only way i know how is to compare the same screen with same brightness settings against another device which is 18bit screen ... like the BenQ P50.
If anyone can do it ... please post your findings Thanks
I can only afford 1 device ... I am Poor

Thanks for the setp by step info...Iam going to try it...so it is safe to modify all the setting right?

yes it is absolutely safe ... just remember your original settings so you can key them back in if you want.

Hi Ivan, I have try it, not working so good, and the text are mixed up, even after changing the setting to the smallest, and the resolution remain the same, yes I follow your step by step, Thanks anyway.

Oh dear ... Sorry about that ... But the prospect of having an 18bit resolution blue angel would really have been a dream cum true ...
I'll experiment some other settings and post it for u guys can try ...

Will it work with a Blueangel running WM5?
Thanks.

I got no Guts to flash my ROM ... So I dunnoe if it work on WM5
But it seems quite safe to change the values back and forth ... it only affects how your screen displays stuff ... if you don't like still can go back to original settings ... I'm still experimenting

Need someone with WM5 to have the guts to try it and tell us his views.

I'll do it, but someone will REALLY have to create a really basic guide. I've never really gotten into modifying the Windows Mobile thing so I'm not 100% whether I'm doing it right.
If someone creates a 100% step by step guide then I'dbe more than happy to try it out. I understand WHAT I have to do, its just HOW to do it.

Custom Animated Startup Screens

I know that this has been discussed elsewhere, but I couldn't see anything in the Hermes forum.
For those of you with devices that support animated startup screens, you may be interested in this. I have been looking at making custom startup animations and have decided to post the two that I have made so far.
If you like them, let me know as I will probably do some more.
Instructions
Copy the file you want to use (all of mine will be called htcsplashani.gif for simplicity if you wish to change it) to the \Windows directory.
Use a registry editor to change the following value
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\StartupAnimation\GIFFile
To: \Windows\htcsplashani.gif
You can use Resco Explorer, PHM Regedit etc for this. Personally I use Pocket Commander Pro on my PC which lets you edit the mobile registry from your PC. If you need help with this, please search elsewhere in the forum.
Soft-reset and watch!
The files are:
HTC Black - HTC Black animated logo
HTC WM White - HTC & Windows Mobile logos animated
Please note: I haven't changed the startup sound, but I may do some sort of theme thing later.

Thanks! That's great!
I can do it with my own gif files.

Looking good, thanks!
I am waiting for more...

Question
Burns nice job,
I had a question for you, do you have to have the same size file .gif, and do you have to have the same size .wav file, if you wanted to use your own personal .gif, and .wav files?

my gif files are different filesizes (they are just in the normal filesystem not replacing the ROM) but they have to be 240x320px - i used 7ms delay on each frame

burnes said:
my gif files are different filesizes (they are just in the normal filesystem not replacing the ROM) but they have to be 240x320px - i used 7ms delay on each frame
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What about the .wav file, and out of curiosity can that be changed to .mp3 format?

am just looking at that at the moment - i don't think you can change it to an mp3. I am having trouble with wav files. It seems that it must be an uncompressed wave file set at 44.1KHz, 16bit stereo. If you use 44.1KHz 16bit mono it plays double speed. So it looks like it doesn't even check the header, it just regards the file as this format.

burnes said:
am just looking at that at the moment - i don't think you can change it to an mp3. I am having trouble with wav files. It seems that it must be an uncompressed wave file set at 44.1KHz, 16bit stereo. If you use 44.1KHz 16bit mono it plays double speed. So it looks like it doesn't even check the header, it just regards the file as this format.
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yup just tested this - has to be that exact format!

I see, what about the size of the .wav file? The at&t startup's are about .793 kb's in size. Can we go beyond that threshold?

going over that :s mien was 258kb and worked fine. so therefore I assume a bigger size would work - something to look into. why you got something in mind?

I was just curious regarding how long we could create a .wav file for, without causing the startup of the device to crash, or adding more time to the startup. My kids love Naruto, and I must say I enjoy watching it with them, so I was thinking of creating something with that kind of theme.

i didnt notice it taking longer as it plays the sound at the same time as the animation and the animation is longer than the sound. i suppose if the sound was longer, the animation would just freeze until it stopped playing - without checking that is

Ok, I'm going to play with this, but before I start let me just get a few things straight the .gif files must be 240 x 320, and you used a 7ms delay. What prog did you use to create the .gif file?
Once I'm done, I will post what I come up with.

Great work Thanks BRO !!

minor issue
that value doest esist on my hermes....
ive been navigating all over the reg but cant seem to find where the splash screens are...

LiNuS555HoD said:
that value doest esist on my hermes....
ive been navigating all over the reg but cant seem to find where the splash screens are...
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If you have a WM6 ROM based on the Official Core, your phone will not support animated screens.

LCARS - One for all you Star Trek fans
Now I know there must be some Star Trek fans on here lol
I came up with this last night. In my opinion, the best one I've made so far.

Great job, especially the white htc animation!

Can I integrate those animated startup screens on a HTC Prophet? An animation on startup sounds really great!

animelover said:
Can I integrate those animated startup screens on a HTC Prophet? An animation on startup sounds really great!
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If your ROM support it yes. I did see a CAB file to install animated startup - but I don't know what devices are supported or if it is the same thing to be honest, so you would have to try it if you can find it.

Background for all Tabs

Hi
I have a question.
I found a thread in which they put some files in to change all backgroounds in all tabs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2869354&postcount=571
So I downladed the files and unzipped them on the PC.
I got 2 files:
5c9aa261_manila
4a087e41_manila
So I thought I had to copy them into the windows folder of the touch hd (am I right?). So I did. The file "4a087e41_manila" copies as it should, but when I try to copy the file "5c9aa261_manila" it says that it has to replace an already existing file. Then I click yes and it says thats not able to overwrite the file, cos its in use.
So does somebody know how to do that and if I am on the right way to install it? (didnt find a howto to install this backgroundmod )
Thanks in advance!

Ascenca83 said:
Hi
I have a question.
I found a thread in which they put some files in to change all backgroounds in all tabs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2869354&postcount=571
So I downladed the files and unzipped them on the PC.
I got 2 files:
5c9aa261_manila
4a087e41_manila
So I thought I had to copy them into the windows folder of the touch hd (am I right?). So I did. The file "4a087e41_manila" copies as it should, but when I try to copy the file "5c9aa261_manila" it says that it has to replace an already existing file. Then I click yes and it says thats not able to overwrite the file, cos its in use.
So does somebody know how to do that and if I am on the right way to install it? (didnt find a howto to install this backgroundmod )
Thanks in advance!
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use total commander to copy and paste it then it will let you overwrite it or stop tf3d and use TC. it worked great for me but just an FYI, you have to mod the manilla file with a 256x256 pic or you will end up with a white backgroun on every tab instead of your pic

Ascenca83 said:
Hi
I have a question.
I found a thread in which they put some files in to change all backgroounds in all tabs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2869354&postcount=571
So I downladed the files and unzipped them on the PC.
I got 2 files:
5c9aa261_manila
4a087e41_manila
So I thought I had to copy them into the windows folder of the touch hd (am I right?). So I did. The file "4a087e41_manila" copies as it should, but when I try to copy the file "5c9aa261_manila" it says that it has to replace an already existing file. Then I click yes and it says thats not able to overwrite the file, cos its in use.
So does somebody know how to do that and if I am on the right way to install it? (didnt find a howto to install this backgroundmod )
Thanks in advance!
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turn off touch flow 3d in the today screen settings and then try and copy it over

mallman said:
use total commander to copy and paste it then it will let you overwrite it. THe regular file expolrer in WM is very very basic. Let me know what happens when you do this.
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tried like you said and it worked perfektly!
Now I have the dark sky background in every tab expect the today tab, there I have EU at night
Thanks for the help. At least its easy to apply the skin
Ascenca

I made my own manila file and think it looks terrible with this. IT stretches the 256x256. Any chance odf using 512x512 or soemthing that doesnt have to be a perfect square?

You've probably worked this out for yourself by now, but i think the trick here is to pick an image that looks good at 800x480 and then use PSP or similar to squish it to 256x256. The HD seems to resize the image to something acceptable when it renders it.
Worked for me anyway. Having said that, the image quality isn't fabulous - decent but not spectacular - from what looked to be a good starting image, so maybe I'm doing something wrong - I'd expect a decent image on a screen like the HD's.
Any other suggestions from those that have already replaced backgrounds?

that is precisely what I am doing with the exact same result. In addition, it seems to position the image a hair to the left..... not sure why.

I reckon we're losing detail when the image is compressed and which the HD can't recover when it renders the image. There ought to be a way of sorting this out as there seem to be other examples of decent quality backgrounds on the forum. Maybe these are only home tsb backgrounds though?
Of the two files that change the background I reckon the one that starts with 5 is the one that tells HD what and how to display. If I knew how to edit this I reckon it the displacement issue could be sorted out and it might even be possible to use a bigger image. I'm poking around in the dark though.

work great for me !! tnx !!
daniel

Can somebody explain this to me?
Hi guys
I installed the two manila files "5c9aa261_manila" and "4a087e41_manila" (see attached in "manila files.zip") into the windows folder and then reactivated TF3D.
Then I say that the background changed well in all tabs. It seemed everything was all right til I saw this (picture attached). In the all programs list and the share portfoilo tab I see instead of a all white backgroud a dark bar in the upper half of the screen showing the background installed on all tabs.
Now I wanted to know how I could solve this. Hope someone could help me.
Thanks in advance!
Ascenca

Ascenca83 said:
Hi guys
I installed the two manila files "5c9aa261_manila" and "4a087e41_manila" (see attached in "manila files.zip") into the windows folder and then reactivated TF3D.
Then I say that the background changed well in all tabs. It seemed everything was all right til I saw this (picture attached). In the all programs list and the share portfoilo tab I see instead of a all white backgroud a dark bar in the upper half of the screen showing the background installed on all tabs.
Now I wanted to know how I could solve this. Hope someone could help me.
Thanks in advance!
Ascenca
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I have the same problem. I've even hard reset the device and applied this tweak with the same result. Anyone else have a suggestion??

I have the same problem... and it didnt bug me before but it really bugs me now... it happens in all TF3D applications, all programs, Album etc.
Appreciate any advice on how to fix this.

Anyone.. perhaps the original author of the thread.. are we the only two people seeing this issue?

I do not have a solution to that, but what I have noticed quite often earlier on the HD (not sure if it was the case with the Diamond, as the Diamond backgrounds looked better) but whenever you set a background the NORMAL way (using the settings tab) then the background also becomes quite unsharp, indicating that the phone makes a snapshot of the image which is a lot smaller, and which then gets scaled back up when displayed on the home screen.
I don't know why manila does this, or why HTC decided to do this, perhaps to conserve memory but come on, an 800x480 image does not have to be big.
Wanna see what I mean, watch a razor sharp picture in album viewer then put it on your background, it will be unsharp, like it's a blown up very small image.
If anyone has any clue on how to change this, to be able to use sharp backgrounds, i'd be grateful.

mun_rus promised to make a special HD version of his Background4AllTabs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2952527&postcount=603

any news for background?

ringhio99 said:
any news for background?
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Would also be interested. Very annoying problem
Ascenca

Up,Up, for this problem......

i would have this picture in all my tabs
How i can make this?

Is anything known about a new version for background4alltabs?
I'm really excited for this application, can hardly wait

[SKIN] Black/Dark Manila Dialer for Rhodium(Roms)/Touch Pro 2 (UPDATED 06-03-09)

i'm working on a black/dark manila dialer.
for now i only have a dialer. this is for rhodium/touch pro 2.
Works also on Duttys 3.7 XT
install on device and soft reset.
Invade

Look at the attached file, there are all original Pics.
Rgds
MyPass

Thanks dude.
just what i needed

The rhodium dialer reads from a dll file, phcanimages.dll in your Windows dir. Thanks to InsecureSpike for pointing this out to me a while back...

oke thanks this is what i need to

I used the instructions here: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=54514 under "How to create your own Start Icon (VGA)" in the first post, except obviously you're fiddling with the graphics in phcanimages.dll not a shellres icon. I didn't get very far with my own black dialer attempt as I found re-writing and signing the dll a very tiring process, and there seems to be some compatibility requirement for the bmp's (indexed or rgb colour, never really worked out which) otherwise you get graphical corruption. Good luck, please post any info you find that might be helpful. I just wasn't patient enough to work it out myself BTW as I mentioned in my earlier post InsecureSpike of the Albino project has successfully re-skinned the rhodium dialer in his theme, he just hasn't finished it all yet.

ok thanks for the info.
i will look into this and when i'm done with it, i'll post some info ( i hope hehe)

You inspired me to return to my project Invade I found the problem I was having with bmp formats was just a limitation of ResHacker (I think). Switching to Restorator Trial has solved it Here's a preview:

millski said:
You inspired me to return to my project Invade I found the problem I was having with bmp formats was just a limitation of ResHacker (I think). Switching to Restorator Trial has solved it Here's a preview:
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`Don't like the icons of video and confrence.
But the other things look good.

I also had this problem with bmp files. So if you use Restorator Trial you can easily edit and replace the bmp's ?

i cant get it to work. i always end up with white images in the phone.
in which bit format do you save the bmp file?

Hey Invade, I unsigned the phcanimages.dll by dragging and dropping it on to unsigner.exe. Then I opened it up in Restorator, extracted the images I wanted to work on. I edited them in photoshop and saved as bmp's. I saved using default settings in photoshop. In restorator I can see a mix of 16bit, 24bit and one of the ones I've changed and can confirm is working is 32bit. Not sure if the original was 32bit too. Anyway I find the file I want to replace and use Resources>Assign>Assign To... to enter the new image. After that I use mssigner to re-sign the phcanimages.dll (with default settings). I suspect this last bit might be what you're missing as I think I accidentally did the same a couple of times After using mssigner it leaves a log file in the same folder as the dll which will confirm (or not) the signing process. After it's signed the dll is ready to use.
As for the icons in my dialer I like 'em, but it is a WIP

hey millski a big thanks for your very usefull info. you keep me from not going to bed last night
take a look at this preview

Invade said:
hey millski a big thanks for your very usefull info. you keep me from not going to bed last night
take a look at this preview
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nice. will you share this when your done with it.

Update in first post

Many Many Thanks just installed over L26_THDV2.3_Ultimate ...just GREAT Work looks beautiful. I would say the best. Can you make it for landscape.. since this is only for Portrait mode. Thanks in advance.. That would complete the wonderful work.

is there a .cab file ?

This looks really nice invade! If someone could make it into a cab file I would definitely be interested!

Update in first post!!

Not working on my device either. Is there a separate program to activate this or will it just overide the default dialer?

Manilia Files and Coloring.

Hi everyone,
First I use the Eu rom with the black theme, I hate the green highlight bar, I searched thru the registry to see if I can find the setting, but no luck. Is there a simple way to change this or not, dont care if I have to edit the registry.
Second something thats been crossing my mind for awhile now and its really a general question, but it came to mind after reading about compression tools being used on ROMs. Why does HTC have so many files for manila to work? Isnt there a way they can either condense the files or move them to a folder on the device so as not to clutter the directories and hence possibly speed up the phones? I know in the rom section they are working with standard compressions and dual compressions, but thats compressing the file, it still takes time to uncompress a file to read it. Why couldnt they make for example like a SQL db and store all the pages/files in there so that access to them I would think would be much quicker, which in turn I would presume make the phone and the manilia run faster and smoother.

you obviously have not cooked a rom before.
copying the files to a fat partition on the device (meaning another folder as you can do with manila 2d) will take more space and will still keep the files in the windows directory.
manila is bloated indeed. however, unless you are willing to edit the xmls for each page (and there are a lot of them) to reuse the same files, you will not be able to change the fact that it is bloated as hell.
you can find themes on line such as the dusk theme. pull some of the files you want to change the colors. pain in the @$$, but it is worth it if you know what you are doing.
unfortunately, there is no reg tweak to change the highlight colors. you ahve to change some of the gfx in the manila files them selves. Tmo has blue highlights. I have been working for about a week to desaturate them... and quite frankly I am thinking of giving up. too much work for an experiment.

S.V.I,
Ur right I never have cooked my own rom. And I wasnt referring to the cookers as to why, I was referring to HTC as to why they hadnt done something to reduce the bloat, and possibly make it more efficient in utilitizing space and speed as I said in my first post. And if its that of a pain to change the green highlight bar then I'll live with it.