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[APP] NoStylusWarning (some warning when stylus is probably lost) - 2nd release

Hi All,
Unfortunately I lost the original 2 stylus. Don't ask me how, but they were disappeared somehow. So based on an idea from someone on a Hungarian Touch HD forum I wrote a small and very simple application called NoStylusWarning. It is simply monitoring the stylus state and if you set up some warning then it can put a notification onto the task bar and vibrate when e.g. the device is moving.
Improvements:
- language file support (xml)
- sound notification
- autostart
- partial solution for full hiding (background processing)
- vibration on stylus state change
- last settings are saved to the registry, application will load them on startup
- cab for easier installation
- some minor redesign
Features:
- notification icon and balloon for switched on device
- vibration for suspended device
- monitoring g-sensor to detect moving
- monitoring light sensor to detect stylus loosing in pocket/pouch
- running in unattended mode to detect events in suspended mode
- smart minimize (X using your default setting, to minimize, use the menu)
Installation / requirements:
- .Net 3.5 is required as well as an HTC device with g, light and stylus sensor
- Install the CAB file. For language support find the EN_Language.xml in \Program Files\NoStylusWarning directory rename it to language.xml and edit it to your language or rename an existing xml file to language.xml (only Hungarian is available at the moment)
Known bug(s):
- light sensor changes are not detected in suspend mode.
- registry values are not deleted when uninstalling (it can be a feature also )
- full hide mode is available only when taskbar notification is selected, there's no return point to the application when it is hidden except the button in the notification bubble. :-(
Comments and requests are welcome. Thanks!
Sponsors:
the0ne - 10 USD
Thanks!

Cool, function like a charm.
One jdea, if its possible to make a lang.ini, than I can make you also translate to GER. ;-)
I know a few people that like this app to much after.
Good work!

Ddriver said:
Cool, function like a charm.
One jdee, if its possible to make a lang.ini, than I can make you also translate to GER. ;-)
I know a few people that like this app to much after.
Good work!
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Thanks! Great idea, I will put it to the next release.

Will this work on a Diamond/Pro?

Testet on Diamond and function like a charm.

chrisnash said:
Will this work on a Diamond/Pro?
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I hope yes, because of the same sensors in Diamond, Pro and HD. I have a HD so I could test just on the HD. If one of the sensors is not reachable / available, the application will warn you and exit. But I think Diamond and Pro is supported.

It seems that not memorize the settings when I close it.

The app is in the background on.
Is it possible to make, that is the app only in the Autostart active.
Look the pic.

Ddriver said:
The app is in the background on.
Is it possible to make, that is the app only in the Autostart active.
Look the pic.
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Do you mean that if you autostart the application, it will run minimized by default? This connects to the previous suggestion about saving/loading previous settings. If so, (I hope) I can put it to the application...

Jes.
hi is in the autostart and also like on my pic.
If I make minimize then is it so.
If I close, then is the app not active.

Neato little app!.. but no sound alarm??
I have set MemoryMagic to play an alarm sound when the stylus comes out... works for me.
Ddriver said:
hi is in the autostart and also like on my pic.
If I make minimize then is it so.
If I close, then is the app not active.
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If you want to hide it from showing in the task manager (like in your pic), do this...
Settings > System tab > Task Manager ... When you see NoStylusWarning running click and HOLD on it, choose option 'Add Exclusive'

Cab file is attached, install to main memory

thanks
ill have also lost my stylus,but i have fond it back it was in my car

Does it work on Xperia??
However thanks for this great app

imayoda81 said:
Does it work on Xperia??
However thanks for this great app
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Hello, I don't think so. As far as I know Xperia has different sensors and maybe the vibrator function is not on the first led.
I hope i will have enough experience to extend my app to other winmo devices, but it is a big requirement that the device must have a stylus sensor.

Great function would be to use gps data to check where the stylus has been lost just in case you didn't notice the notification.

Mishael said:
Great function would be to use gps data to check where the stylus has been lost just in case you didn't notice the notification.
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As an optional monitoring feature this is a great idea. I will try to do my best to implement this (and all above mentioned) function to the following release.

Mishael said:
Great function would be to use gps data to check where the stylus has been lost just in case you didn't notice the notification.
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And if you lose the stylus in your bag, and the program stores with gps data the place where it starts notification, but you are going around with your bag or leave it at home or in office?? Where is your stylus?? where indicated from gps data or in the bag but you don't know??

Thanks for sharing ! Very useful for me lol !

Is there any way to run this automatically on startup??
Putting a shortcut in the startup folder doesn't work right??
~John

Turn off auto rotate and other manila v3 changes

Hey all. I've done a few searchs and read through a bunch of ROM threads (god, the dutty ones are full of stupid posts by stupid people), but haven't found any real answers.
How do we disable auto rotate / landscape mode in the new v3 Manila?
Is there any way of getting back the old notifications functionality where you click any of the icons along the top, and it brings up a screen with bigger icons for Notifications/Sound/Connections.
Use the old pop up menus? I am aware there's a tweak to make the 8 item menu into a 10 item. Can that hack be extended to 15 items?

strifej said:
Hey all. I've done a few searchs and read through a bunch of ROM threads (god, the dutty ones are full of stupid posts by stupid people), but haven't found any real answers.
How do we disable auto rotate / landscape mode in the new v3 Manila?
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If you use Dutty Extreme, then you had to enable the landscape rotate in the first place! In which case, to turn it off you just uninstall the "Dutty Enable Landscape" cab from "remove programs"
strifej said:
Is there any way of getting back the old notifications functionality where you click any of the icons along the top, and it brings up a screen with bigger icons for Notifications/Sound/Connections.
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Nope, which is a real shame because the new notifications screen is USELESS! the "new text" is not the only thing that's useful to see! You can, however, disable the new notifications menu by going to the Task Manager (built into Duttys Extreme - sorry I can't help with where in the start menu it is because I've moved everything around to my own taste!) then go to Services and change the Notifications thingy to be "manual"
strifej said:
Use the old pop up menus? I am aware there's a tweak to make the 8 item menu into a 10 item. Can that hack be extended to 15 items?
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The thread that tells you how to get to 10 items actually meantions that these settings were just how that person had arrived at something that used the whole screen height perfectly. He explained which values change what and you should be able to adapt that to get whatever height of menu you want!
Hope that helps!

chaosdefinesorder said:
If you use Dutty Extreme, then you had to enable the landscape rotate in the first place! In which case, to turn it off you just uninstall the "Dutty Enable Landscape" cab from "remove programs"
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I'm using a different ROM now. I'm using the Lite one to try the speeds and the auto landscape is already cooked in. I was reading Dutty's because his ROM was the first to have it. I searched the thread where I got my ROM, but no one seems to dislike the auto rotate *shrug*. I don't mind it except in bed when I'm on my side.
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Nope, which is a real shame because the new notifications screen is USELESS! the "new text" is not the only thing that's useful to see! You can, however, disable the new notifications menu by going to the Task Manager (built into Duttys Extreme - sorry I can't help with where in the start menu it is because I've moved everything around to my own taste!) then go to Services and change the Notifications thingy to be "manual"
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I've tried that I believe, but doesn't really help. Oh well.
chaosdefinesorder said:
The thread that tells you how to get to 10 items actually meantions that these settings were just how that person had arrived at something that used the whole screen height perfectly. He explained which values change what and you should be able to adapt that to get whatever height of menu you want!
Hope that helps!
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Ok, I guess I'll modify the registry. Was hoping to disable it altogether as I don't find it all that pretty and it's simply bloat. On many apps, the new menus don't fit the theme at all.
Thanks for your helpful suggestions!

strifej said:
I don't mind it except in bed when I'm on my side.
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In that case, I suggest using AE Button to map one of the volume buttons to "rotate screen", then you can over-ride the auto-rotate on a case by case basis by rotating the screen manually. I've got it set to long press of volume up and down for rotating each way, so if something gets stuck, or as you say I'm lying down, then I can over-ride whichever way I want.

strifej said:
Hey all. I've done a few searchs and read through a bunch of ROM threads (god, the dutty ones are full of stupid posts by stupid people), but haven't found any real answers.
How do we disable auto rotate / landscape mode in the new v3 Manila?
Is there any way of getting back the old notifications functionality where you click any of the icons along the top, and it brings up a screen with bigger icons for Notifications/Sound/Connections.
Use the old pop up menus? I am aware there's a tweak to make the 8 item menu into a 10 item. Can that hack be extended to 15 items?
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delete "manila" from
HKCU\Software\HTC\HTCSENSOR\GSensor\WhiteList
soft rest

ty ! trying it !

taiseer999 said:
delete "manila" from
HKCU\Software\HTC\HTCSENSOR\GSensor\WhiteList
soft rest
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I've tried disabling the auto rotate for all programs, and while it works, it interferes with some other rotation programs. I use kaisoft's screen rotate, and when i rotate something, the orientation gets forced back to portrait a few seconds later.
I've gone back to Dutty's 1.7 ROM as it suits my needs better. I'm finding auto rotation with the new manila has not improved any more since the old gsen/gyrator days when people had tonnes of problems. It's still a hassle controlling what you want rotated.
Thanks

try this which i found somewhere in dutty's thread:
HKCU\Software\HTC\HTCSENSOR\GSensor
Change the autorotation key to 0
this is the only thing changed, i've not tried the above reg.
it stopped the auto-rotation for me and also solved the photo orientation bug while in camera
opera will still rotate

it works!
swampy said:
try this which i found somewhere in dutty's thread:
HKCU\Software\HTC\HTCSENSOR\GSensor
Change the autorotation key to 0
this is the only thing changed, i've not tried the above reg.
it stopped the auto-rotation for me and also solved the photo orientation bug while in camera
opera will still rotate
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Yes, this way works. It stop Manila auto-rotation, but it also effects the orthers software.

It works
taiseer999 said:
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yes, it works specificly on Manila rotation. Thanks

Flip It

Is there any cab file for this application?
Thanks!

Have u tried "ChangeScreen"?
Works great on Diamond.

I've tried changescreen, but i found that the exception program function sometimes not work...

Go to dutty site there is one.

You can download the package posted by Luxatr in Program COLLECTION for Blackstone.
Somewhere in the package you'll find a .cab for FlipIt.
Grtz,
Degake

Flip_IT_by_WildBerry_Team [HD].cab - 46 Kb
here it is! TADAAAAAAA

Thank You Very [email protected]!

Where can I find some instructions on how to set up Flip It? I like it, but would only want it working in a couple of apps... it can be annoying how slight movements make it spin the screen round all the time.

dnbcat said:
Flip_IT_by_WildBerry_Team [HD].cab - 46 Kb
here it is! TADAAAAAAA
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thanks man!!!

Hi friend, who know a mode for reduce a sensibility of flip it, i reduce whit HD twik but i whant reduce more, THX

domenic79 said:
Hi friend, who know a mode for reduce a sensibility of flip it, i reduce whit HD twik but i whant reduce more, THX
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I agree..wot i dislike it's the sensibility of flipit. in example...it's totally impossible to drive with my tomtom in landscape e flipit on, the programm goes in landscape and portrait continuosly..very ****ting. I would know if i can set up a 2 second delay in flipit.

First off, huge LOL at '..very ****ting'
But yeah, I agree. I turn it off right away as it is far to sensitive. For example, when holding my HD reasonably flat, I don't want it to rotate at all... only when I'm holing it upright, once I lay it flat, it should stay in whatever I have it in... portrait or landscape.

I find it can get confused and mix portrait and landscape elements together and you have to wait more than a few seconds for it to sort itself out, this is a real pain, I can't see how anybody finds this useful

Right - I'm getting to grips with Flip IT and setting exceptions for programs that I dont want to flip and mostly having success... however... I can't for the life of me work out how to stop the phone dialer & call history (amongst others) to stop flippin flipping!
Where I have to enter a "class name or window text" I have put "phone" as this is the "window text" but this has no effect.. I have searched using Total Commander for an executable but cant find anything. Have seached and googled with no joy... Any suggestions welcome!!

Since I'm using Dutty's ROM (2.5), I'm trying to set up FlipIt according to my wishes... I want Manilla to rotate (works fine), but when the screen is locked (using the standard lock), I want the orientation to allow 0 degrees only. Which application should I add to the list to do this?
(by the way, I've set the default orientation to 0 degrees only, and Manilla to 0, 90 and 270 degrees. Now, when I apply the screen lock, the screen remains in the orientation it is in (being either 0, 90 or 270), but I want it to return to 0 degrees under lock)

skribzy said:
Right - I'm getting to grips with Flip IT and setting exceptions for programs that I dont want to flip and mostly having success... however... I can't for the life of me work out how to stop the phone dialer & call history (amongst others) to stop flippin flipping!
Where I have to enter a "class name or window text" I have put "phone" as this is the "window text" but this has no effect.. I have searched using Total Commander for an executable but cant find anything. Have seached and googled with no joy... Any suggestions welcome!!
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I believe cprog.exe is used for the phone screen, you could try to add rules for that

GurbNL said:
I believe cprog.exe is used for the phone screen, you could try to add rules for that
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It is! Thanks for that. If I happen upon a solution to your problem I shall let you know!
Thanks again,
S

flipit doesn't work
i installed flipit on the french custom rom but it doesn't work. please help

Flip IT is in settings> system.
Open Flip IT and there is a box to "Enable GSensor"... tick this. Then you can choose to have all applications enabled by using the global function or set specific rotation angles for specific applications.
Good luck!

it's installed in the devise, enable Gsensor is cheked, a soft reset is done after install, cheked the app to rotate, redo a soft reset ..... but always not working
only the normal rotation in photo album and opera is working
EDIT: my flip it is in programmes not in settings

{REQ} Landscape Texting

Hello im looking for something that will allow me to always enter next via landscape - i have tried changescreen but that didnt really work that well, it took ages for it to turn the screen on its side and would always change my lifestyle screen on its side despite telling the app that i wanted it always upright. im just looking for something that will allow me to enter text using the screen on its side - got any ideas?

ArmageddonAsh said:
Hello im looking for something that will allow me to always enter next via landscape - i have tried changescreen but that didnt really work that well, it took ages for it to turn the screen on its side and would always change my lifestyle screen on its side despite telling the app that i wanted it always upright. im just looking for something that will allow me to enter text using the screen on its side - got any ideas?
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Sounds like you didn't quite have changeScreen configured correctly, as it should work fine. Did you turn up the sensitivity all the way? Manila always in portrait? If it's giving you alot of trouble, you can always try gyrator (or GSen).

Try Flip it and make sure you have the 270 degree box ticked then you can enter txt via landscape

Svegetto said:
Sounds like you didn't quite have changeScreen configured correctly, as it should work fine. Did you turn up the sensitivity all the way? Manila always in portrait? If it's giving you alot of trouble, you can always try gyrator (or GSen).
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i tried all the setting and none worked how i wanted. yeah i want mobile shell only displayed in portrait but it always changes to landscape after sending messages which then takes ages to go back

The best way, in my opinion (after trying all different rotation apps and seeing how they crash the system all the time..), is to assign the long press call button (instead of voice dialing) to screen rotation. The only thing you need to do is enable (using Schaps' Advance Config 3.3) "Show Screen Orientation" and then go into Start->Settings->Personal->Buttons and assign "Button 1(Hold)" to "Rotate Screen".
After all my other attempts, I think this way you control when you want it to rotate and it is the best option..
Good luck..

since one week ....
without any crashes i use
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-changescreen.html
changescreen - nice tool - works in background with no problems...

reworkdata said:
without any crashes i use
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-changescreen.html
changescreen - nice tool - works in background with no problems...
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i have already tried this app, but it doesnt work as well as i hoped it would

ArmageddonAsh said:
i have already tried this app, but it doesnt work as well as i hoped it would
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sorry man. no other options then.

wktask works great for me.
rotate assigned to a horizontal swipe top right to left, perfect for texting or spreadsheets.
also has a nice program launcher too (I have this assigned to vertical swipe).
http://www.1800pocketpc.com/2008/11...-and-program-launcher-for-windows-mobile.html

[Utility] Taskbar autohide utility

Hello
One thing make me crazy using surface. In landscape mode, I have taskbar on the left side. It give me easy access to program with thumb and it don’t use much space... but when I switch surface to portrait mode for reading or note taking, it take too much space on the left....
So here comes my solution small program that can change taskbar auto hide property based on screen rotation.
You can change if taskbar auto hide or don’t in landscape or portrait mode , and you can mark this program to start automatic on startup
Feel free to use it and share it please leave comment of what you thing about this utility and what more you want

Cool! Doesn't work on the RT though, even thoughit looks like it should (.NET, AnyCPU target). I may hook it up to a debugger for some investigation. Thank you for including the source!

I love this utility! I've actually been unsuccessfully looking for something to do exactly this for a few weeks, and I stumbled on this when I wasn't looking for it.
There's one minor issue I seem to be having with it. If I restart my computer, wait for all the programs to load up (including yours, which is set to run at startup), the program is running, but doesn't have any effect on the status of the taskbar -- the taskbar simply maintains the last state it was in before I restarted the computer: autohide or not -- it doesn't change with orientation. If I exit the program and restart it, it performs as it's supposed to.
In short whenever I restart my Surface Pro (and sometimes when waking from sleep) I have to restart the program to get it to continue working properly.
Great utility by the way!
EDIT: It doesn't fail to respond every time I start and shut down, but it seems to happen whenever I restart with the Surface Pro still in portrait mode. I just tried it with it in landscape mode and it worked fine.

Hello
Many thansk for using this utility, I
nearly forgot that i post it public. I know about this issiu and after finals i have plans to fix this but unfortunetly some problem with position senzor shows up on my surface pro ( like in this blog surfacetablethelp.com/2013/06/surface-pro-simple-device-orientation-sensor-not-working-or-disconnected.html#comment-16957 but whit no android thing )
So soon as i fix this and have woring chang. oriantation i will wok on this utility

Are you still working on it?
A nice feature would be to have the bar always on the same (physical) side of the screen.
For example to save space: Having it on the left side in portrait and as soon as the orientation changes it will now be on the bottom.

slater_g said:
Are you still working on it?
A nice feature would be to have the bar always on the same (physical) side of the screen.
For example to save space: Having it on the left side in portrait and as soon as the orientation changes it will now be on the bottom.
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EXACTLY what im after. please please do this.

FROM ]caffiene IN Q&A
Would someone provide this link:http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/soft...tablet-pc.html
as a reply to this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2234549
?
There are at least two people looking for solutions (as was I) and I stumbled upon the answer looking for something else. The program they are looking for sounds like Taskbar shuffler in the tabletpcreview forum. I cant post it to make these people super happy, as I don't have 10 posts. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated, and I would be super happy.

slater_g said:
Are you still working on it?
A nice feature would be to have the bar always on the same (physical) side of the screen.
For example to save space: Having it on the left side in portrait and as soon as the orientation changes it will now be on the bottom.
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THIS. Totally want some way to have taskbar automatically switched depending on screen orientation.
keifus.rahn said:
FROM ]caffiene IN Q&A
Would someone provide this link:http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/soft...tablet-pc.html
as a reply to this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2234549
?
There are at least two people looking for solutions (as was I) and I stumbled upon the answer looking for something else. The program they are looking for sounds like Taskbar shuffler in the tabletpcreview forum. I cant post it to make these people super happy, as I don't have 10 posts. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated, and I would be super happy.
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The links don't work. Does the one to tabletpcreview have a way to move the taskbar when the screen rotates?

Brent212 said:
THIS. Totally want some way to have taskbar automatically switched depending on screen orientation.
The links don't work. Does the one to tabletpcreview have a way to move the taskbar when the screen rotates?
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http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/software/56322-apps-tablet-pc.html

Again thanks for using this utility. Orientation sensor on surface suddenly start working after ages of malfunctions so i was able to fix some bugs and add one new feature
So let me introduce v2:
-fixed bug when auto hide wasn't initialize after reboot.
-added feature to move task bar based of screen orientation.
Since changing task bar orientation isn't possible via API since windows vista, i am using some way of "bay pas". Program start task bar property windows. Switch focus on it and emulate keystrokes ( tabs for moving between options, arrows for switching orientation, enter for submit changes ) ... and i cant bele it .. it work :fingers-crossed:
So fell free to test it and post any comment and feedback

Dude, that's awesome. I haven't tested it extensively, but from brief usage, it puts the taskbar at the bottom on portrait and on the left in landscape. Exactly what I want. Thanks!

It still working in win10.. Thanks,