Develop Bugs

Almost transparent picture frame...

Hadn't seen any themes that had even really changed the picture frame (maybe no one uses it?), but I took it into my own hands to modify it for my phone. I tinted it blue, and it turns out mostly transparent with a black wallpaper. I think it is pretty damn cool, and will share the file with people if they like it, of course it means you have to know how to add it to your current theme - which I take no responsibility for. In landscape mode it has more of a blue appearance, but how often do you view your phone in landscape mode? Anyway, here is how it looks. My phone has a very modded theme that has a lot of elements from other themes, and several that I have created myself.
Any interest and I can post the actual pictureframe.9.png.
Sorry, I didn't feel like rotating the landscape shot. Lazy, or tired, I guess.

daveid said:
Hadn't seen any themes that had even really changed the picture frame (maybe no one uses it?), but I took it into my own hands to modify it for my phone. I tinted it blue, and it turns out mostly transparent with a black wallpaper. I think it is pretty damn cool, and will share the file with people if they like it, of course it means you have to know how to add it to your current theme - which I take no responsibility for. In landscape mode it has more of a blue appearance, but how often do you view your phone in landscape mode? Anyway, here is how it looks. My phone has a very modded theme that has a lot of elements from other themes, and several that I have created myself.
Any interest and I can post the actual pictureframe.9.png.
Sorry, I didn't feel like rotating the landscape shot. Lazy, or tired, I guess.
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Yeah, I was wondering the same thing... when will somebody edit the picture frame. Good job, looks great! Can't wait to see actual picture frame.png. Your baby is very cute btw. Congratulations!

I was wondering the same; why no one edited the picture frame widget to match themes/skins. Maybe you are right and nobody uses it. I would love to see someone edit it to match theur skin/theme.
So theme/skin developers, now you know at least someone people would use it!

if you look at the last few post of my MoOn DUST theme you will see a pic of a pic with no frame that i added to my latest build.

manup456 said:
if you look at the last few post of my MoOn DUST theme you will see a pic of a pic with no frame that i added to my latest build.
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Cool. I am attaching what I did, if anyone wants to use it, drop it into the Launcher.apk and have fun.

I likey likey! But, couldn't download it. Can you update your link/file again?

shaneaus said:
I likey likey! But, couldn't download it. Can you update your link/file again?
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There is no link, this is not an update you can apply. The image is attached to my last post, if you want to use it right click and save it, you will have to put it into your Launcher.apk, resign it and create an update.zip with an install script.

sorry, I misunderstood. I downloaded it. It'll take awhile before I can play around with it and get it installed into an apk.
But, thank you for the image! You ROCK!

Problem with picture frame widgets
Not really on topic here about the transparent frame but it's as close as I could find without having to start a new thread. With that said... I've always had issues adding a picture frame widget to my screen. I select Picture Frame from the widget list, I select my picture from Gallery, crop it, select Save and then it takes me back to Gallery again! Then repeats. Eventually it'll seem like it's saving and go back to the screen... but alas... no widget. Time wasted. Anyone have a solution?

Zoom Bar Hacks Wanted

I'm assuming that the zoom bar is just an extension of the resistive touch screen beyond the visible screen, so what are the chances someone will make a program/hack that will let you use it for other functions, like a dpad and a mouse?
TD2 users already have it sort of working as a scroll wheel.
I've been watching the M900 on Pocketnow, and while I'm not swayed, the potential of the navigation functions of the biosensor do wow me. It'd be a welcome addition I think. I'm new to xda-dev, but whenever I've come across the name/link, it's always with effusive praise and admiration. I figure if anyone will, it will be someone here.

Bump for this one!!
As soon as I saw the zoom bar on the TD2 and TP2 and the limited functionality of usage only in messaging, web browsers and pictures, it just screamed hack hack hack
I was also thinking gestures like the Palm Pre...

ooooh... I'm intrigued! I'd like to see what some developers can put together for this. That would be a sweet feature to hack.

evojulz said:
As soon as I saw the zoom bar on the TD2 and TP2 and the limited functionality of usage only in messaging, web browsers and pictures, it just screamed hack hack hack
I was also thinking gestures like the Palm Pre...
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Agreed. The zoom bar seemed like a good idea when I first read about it, given the multitouch zooming was a no go with the resistive screen. But then in the reviews, it just seemed so under-utilized.
I'd love to have a configuration utility that let you use it in different ways in different applications, kind of like some screen rotating apps let you set up rotation differently for different apps.

Or like the Jog Dial on the hermes. (only wished the TP2 had that, and it would have been perfect. One handed control of the device...). But it will have to be pretty precise, and it isn't yet.
If it can register touch pressure (tapping) I would like 2 see 4 sectors (up down left right)

quarintus said:
Or like the Jog Dial on the hermes. (only wished the TP2 had that, and it would have been perfect. One handed control of the device...). But it will have to be pretty precise, and it isn't yet.
If it can register touch pressure (tapping) I would like 2 see 4 sectors (up down left right)
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D2 Zoombar as buttons request asks for 3 buttons. Hopefully someone will do more.

Would LOVE to see 3 or 4 buttons on the zoom bar!!
(And maybe sliding button 1 to the right or button 4 to the left still means scrolling)

Bright.Light said:
Would LOVE to see 3 or 4 buttons on the zoom bar!!
(And maybe sliding button 1 to the right or button 4 to the left still means scrolling)
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The main screen can tell the difference between a press and a flick, so I imagine the zoom bar could have assigned buttons and still scroll.

Hi All
For my TP2, i'd really like to have Zoom Bar that zooms ....everything!!
I would like to just zoom the screen (any screen) to a larger size. I did kinda think (or at least hope) that it was what it was going to do anyway, not just zooming pictures, browser etc.
I would like the simple (??) funtion of being able to zoom any app, any screen, anything - to be able to read stuff maybe a little more easier.
I do use glasses for reading only and it is a real drag to have to get them out to read a text clearly, or see whose calling or just to get a better look in daylight etc.
A zoom 'anything' or 'any screen' would be really awesome and a supremely useful utilisation of something that is already there. Then you couild just drag the screen around to get to what you want to see better (yes, just like a picture, so basically i guess, the current screen becomes like a picture).
The other ideas of buttons, d pads and so on all sound great too, but this would probably benefit so many people get better use out of their devices.
I wonder if it can be done...????
Cheers and happy TP2ing.
Jabberoo

jabberoo said:
I would like to just zoom the screen (any screen) to a larger size. I did kinda think (or at least hope) that it was what it was going to do anyway, not just zooming pictures, browser etc.
I would like the simple (??) funtion of being able to zoom any app, any screen, anything - to be able to read stuff maybe a little more easier.
I do use glasses for reading only and it is a real drag to have to get them out to read a text clearly, or see whose calling or just to get a better look in daylight etc.
A zoom 'anything' or 'any screen' would be really awesome and a supremely useful utilisation of something that is already there. Then you couild just drag the screen around to get to what you want to see better (yes, just like a picture, so basically i guess, the current screen becomes like a picture).
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Probably better than just magnifying the screen, for readability in text heavy apps at least, would be setting font sizes to the zoom bar--zoom up, Font Sizes get larger, zoom down, they get smaller. I think that might actually be enabled in some text apps already, but I'm not sure. The touchpad on my Acer Aspire One does this in some word processors.
For things like Caller ID, a screen magnifier would be needed. I'm guessing you'd need a resident program to be able to do this anywhere and everywhere.

Thx fortunz
All true, but wouldn't the simple 'magnify the whole screen' thing be a really (really) good thing to have - and logical too. Just an extension of the way it works for images. Just seems like something that it should do.
I did notice on the HTC Manila 2.5 demo video from Germany, in the Settings area, under 'Other', there was a setting for 'HTC Magnify'.
Uncertain of any further details, but it could be just what i am talking about, maybe!
Cheers to all
Jabberoo

jabberoo said:
Thx fortunz
All true, but wouldn't the simple 'magnify the whole screen' thing be a really (really) good thing to have - and logical too.
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I don't disagree at all.

zoom as scroll and on manila start screen not only inside

I just wish the zoom ball zommed in on pictures (going towards center of picture) rather than how it works in opera (the upper left corner)

Bump...
Anybody anything?

i would be interested to know if this is possible too.

I would luv the zoom bar to wash my car and mow the lawns for me... any chance?

....LOL....
Yeah, the zoom bar is really under-utilized. I often forget it's there and go to screen -> larger text to increase my fonts... Guess it's because it only works in a few apps. Without realizing, I've gone to settings -> screens before I realize I have a zoom bar...
Would love to see some gurus here hack this to a mini d-pad, or at least and up/down arrow. Currently, I have the vol up/down to do this using AEB.

i agree with all of these .. we need a genius programmer to make some kind of super aeb where you could have different button profiles and set a shortcut to profiles on the homescreen .. my perfect setup would be to have zoom be able to switch open applications and somehow map the back conference mute thing to play/pause in music player .. or have zoom button be able to switch songs for you (like with screen off/lock on) and hold for running applications list ... then have it all skinned pretty like some translucent palm pre thing .... lol .. just dreaming..

games
they can also utilize in racing games like as steering wheel instead of touching the screen

[Q] Would this work on the Desire? (Screen Density)

I came across this ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771684 ), and I wondered if this would work on the Desire (obviously needing to be in Recovery to access the system directory)?
Seems pretty cool!

or there is this on the front page, mentioned in the comments in that thread. looks a whole lot easier http://www.xda-developers.com/android/lcd-density-changer-application-v3-0-released/

The app doesn't work on desire.
I changed my dpi to 180. It looks great. No glitches if you turn off compatibility mode in spare parts.
Works great with adw launcher. Can fit 7x7 icons on the homescreen with ease.
Another bonus is the keyboard is shrunk to about 1/3rd of the screen.
I cannot recommend it enough.
The way I did it was copy build.prop from system, edit it and flash it back by a custom update.zip

[Q] Stock registry values

I was screwing around with different colors and now its not displaying a couple fonts correctly.
Is there a list of stock reg values floating around? I searched quite a bit and couldn't find one for wp7.
Specifically for HKLM\ControlPanel\Themes\1
Edit: Forgot to say its an HTC HD2/HD7

if it's an hd2, can't you just reflash it?

nrfitchett4 said:
if it's an hd2, can't you just reflash it?
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Yeah I was hoping not to lose all my apps plus I have my activation code written down at work and I wont be able to get it till Monday. Right now it works fine w/ the white background, but the black background is having issues.
here are the ones I need...
Text Neutral Color:
Base Theme Color:
Text High Contrast:
Text20
Text30
Text60
Text75
Text80
KeyPadBackround
PageBackround
Chrome
Contrast
SysTrayBackround
CheckBox
CheckBoxDisabled
CheckBoxBackroundPressed
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3-D Texting!

Hi everyone, forgive if anything like this is already up (I searched and found nothing). But I completely customized the text messaging appearance so that it takes advantage of the pure black that the AMOLED uses.
(This is all using the app: "Handcent SMS")
I downloaded "handcent SMS" went into settings --->custom style--->bubble settings:
Here is where I Changed Conversation style to: Android
Background color: pure black (all colors to zero)
Incoming background and outgoing background to: pure black
(By then everything should be black)
Now this is what makes the effect happen:
I adjusted incoming font color to pure red (255)
Then I put outgoing font color to 138-Green and 255-Blue
I adjusted both fonts to size 22.
I Also noticed that the date font color also helps with the effect and I have mine at 83-green.
So once you have all these setting in place, the pure black and the incoming red font should look like it pops right out at you, while the blue outgoing font color sits in the back!!!
I noticed the effect pops out more outside or whenever theres a more light in the room!
(First write up, forgive if I'm not as thorough as I should be)
Give it a shot, mess around with the colors!

Interesting effect. I do like the glossy black background. Though I found the pure red to be too harsh. I settled on official Android Blue (51, 181, 229) for the incoming text font color.
Will try it out for a few days to see whether it's a keeper.
Update: Making the incoming text font a couple of points larger than the outgoing enhances the 3D effect.

uhhh, screenshot?

emerica243 said:
uhhh, screenshot?
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screen shot or didnt happen..

ummm...not even sure what to say about this. my mother always told me if i have nothing nice to say, dont say anything at all.
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I'm gonna give this a shot when I get home today. Sounds like a neat little effect.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

I've noticed 3D looking text in other apps like tibu but I've never though of using it for texting, its pretty cool

can you take a screenshot of it?

Crazy! It actually does give a semi 3D effect

z06mike said:
Crazy! It actually does give a semi 3D effect
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Can you post a screenshot?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

Eh, the red text certainly pops out but I wouldn't say it does so in a 3d kind of way. In fact it looks sort of pixelated to me and harsh to look at. More like it's grabbing my attention by being so stark compared to the rest of the screen.
I think I like your color settings for the outgoing text though, very easy on the eyes. I'm messing around with options for the other color, so far I'm working with max green, mid blue and red.

Still waiting for a screenie
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Blue and red colors always appear to have depth on a solid color hence the red and blue 3D glasses. It's an optical illusion but neat if you like that sort of stuff.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Can someone post a screenshot

Wow pretty cool!!!!!

Ok so clearly a troll post. Looking at the instructions alone you can tell nothing 3D about it. I'll post a screenshot in 10 mins. Maybe we can get an op to get rid of it.
Screen shot attached

ellimistx99 said:
Ok so clearly a troll post. Looking at the instructions alone you can tell nothing 3D about it. I'll post a screenshot in 10 mins. Maybe we can get an op to get rid of it.
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It actually gives you an optical illusion of a 3D effect.
And it works, I tried it on my phone.
Nice find OP.

SynFox said:
It actually gives you an optical illusion of a 3D effect.
And it works, I tried it on my phone.
Nice find OP.
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I just updated a screenshot of it. Look at my results. I followed the instructions in the OP. If you think it's any different then provide a screenshot as proof.

You can see same illusion/effect in Titanium backup's app list

ellimistx99 said:
I just updated a screenshot of it. Look at my results. I followed the instructions in the OP. If you think it's any different then provide a screenshot as proof.
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Ever thought that this effect won't come out in a screenshot because it's an effect of the AMOLED screen or the specifical display?
Ever thought that this is an optical illusion and not an actual 3D-effect and you might just not see it because it is, in fact, an illusion?