Develop Bugs

kavana rom... sliping panel issue!!

hey love the rom!! but is there a way or registry edit to make the sliding panel's picture album to read from the sd chip instead of internal memory?! ANYBODY?

i saw this topic being talked about around here somewhere. Do a search of the Kavana rom thread

koolkidcrankdat said:
hey love the rom!! but is there a way or registry edit to make the sliding panel's picture album to read from the sd chip instead of internal memory?! ANYBODY?
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this may sound absurd (i thouth it was until i tried it) but do this:
create a folder called "pictures" in the main directory on your storage card. then put your pictures in that folder. go back to your homescreen and you will notice that those pictures are now included in your pictures now.

The pictures sliding panel plugin is hard-coded to look in specific locations. Unfortunately in the excalibur our camera's store in \my documents\my pictures (on either main or storage card) and this location is not in the list.
to fix this would require hacking the hard-coded list, in whichever file that is in.

estranged_inc said:
The pictures sliding panel plugin is hard-coded to look in specific locations. Unfortunately in the excalibur our camera's store in \my documents\my pictures (on either main or storage card) and this location is not in the list.
to fix this would require hacking the hard-coded list, in whichever file that is in.
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The only thing you can do is follow my instructions in the above mentioned steps and cut & paste your pics to see them on the home screen. I know that if you take pics they wont immediately go into that folder, but you can still move them after the fact. Hey, it's not perfect , but it's the best we've got at the moment

Yea it's really easy...Just make that folder and copy them over...attached are some regular sliding panel homescreens that I modified to have the pictures on there and not the media...I don't use my Dash as a mp3 player so I didn't want that taking up space and having to go past it everytime.
http://rapidshare.com/files/101610342/Modified_Sliding_wPictures.rar.html

You can just edit the XML file. you will see a string of options within the sliding panels plugin, chome, pictures etc. just remove the ones you do not want.
\application data\home
e.g.
<plugin clsid="{E9267CAB-02EE-4f37-8216-6BF6A8FF5A71}" name="Bronze" height="266"><Plugins Order="CClock;CHome;CAppointments;CWelcomeCenter;CWindowsLive;Settings"/></plugin></home>

Yeup that's what I did...just added the CMyPictures for the pictures to show on the regular sliding themes, just wish there was a way to edit the appointments and have it show more

pudgedaddy said:
this may sound absurd (i thouth it was until i tried it) but do this:
create a folder called "pictures" in the main directory on your storage card. then put your pictures in that folder. go back to your homescreen and you will notice that those pictures are now included in your pictures now.
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Holy Sh!t it worked ive been trying to do this for ever...thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you're using one of Ricky's later ROM's, you can go to the Settings Panel and Click on the last link in that panel. It will allow you to enable/disable panels. Less panels=faster screen flow.

pudgedaddy said:
this may sound absurd (i thouth it was until i tried it) but do this:
create a folder called "pictures" in the main directory on your storage card. then put your pictures in that folder. go back to your homescreen and you will notice that those pictures are now included in your pictures now.
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that just answered my question before i could even ask it. thanks

Testing new wallpapers

Hi guys
I have been playing with my pc and my G1,I am trying out some wallpapers,resolutions and little by little I like what I am getting.....this is not amazing and I am sure some of you have done something similar....but I thought it would be nice if I share it with you,so that we can share our ideas and thoughts.The resolution is 480x320,I will change the resolution and try others out.
Put the wallpapers on the same folder as your pictures once you've done that you can start using the new wallpapers.
You can download them from the link:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?enwnnkjiqmi

Here are you have some more.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5m2tfzfiydz

nice wallpaper what I have read the wallpapers resolution is 640x480 here is some I made

Yours are really nice too
Thanks for sharing those screenshots.
by the way how did you get the screenshots?

you can do it like here http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/22/taking-screenshots-on-an-android-based-phone/#comments or
if all you won’t to do is screen shots all you need to do is enable usb debugging on the G1 buy going to Settings, then Applications, and then Development. Check the checkbox for “USB debugging.install the sdk and install the windows drivers from here http://www.anddev.org/debugging-installing_apps_on_the_g1_windows_driver-t3236.html this is all i did and it works for me on vista did not install eclipse or jdk just go to the tools folder in the android sdk main folder

Ok...I got it..took me a while but finally I can post some screenshots.
Once again thank you so much.

nvm noob moment

dta1974 said:
Here are you have some more.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5m2tfzfiydz
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Nice work, seems like the 800x600 wallpapers fit perfect! We need some more 3d wallpapers now

Thanks man....I am glad you like them.
I'll get some more and upload them.

Here you are some more wallpapers,I think I found the right resolution 640x480.As you can see below there are some different ones....download the folder and get the ones you don´t see.
Enjoy it.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gdujjnjnuhg

dta1974 said:
Here you are some more wallpapers,I think I found the right resolution 640x480.As you can see below there are some different ones....download the folder and get the ones you don´t see.
Enjoy it.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gdujjnjnuhg
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hehe, thanks...
--M

Wallpaper problem
I created this wallpaper...... When going into photo viewer, it looks fantastic. Can zoom in without any dithering.
However, the moment I apply as my wallpaper, it looks like poop.
Have tried as a JPG and PNG

Awesome wallpaper... but question do you have root? maybe you can replace the originals.

neoobs said:
Awesome wallpaper... but question do you have root? maybe you can replace the originals.
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I do have root and will try that. Anyone wanna put this on their phone and see if it's just me?

When you select it as the wallpaper, do you expand the box to cover the whole pic? So far, every pic I've resized to 640x480 and thrown on have been absolutely flawless. I'm using paint.net to resize and convert them to jpg, if that makes a difference.

Mi|enko said:
When you select it as the wallpaper, do you expand the box to cover the whole pic? So far, every pic I've resized to 640x480 and thrown on have been absolutely flawless. I'm using paint.net to resize and convert them to jpg, if that makes a difference.
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Yes I have.... Can you try and use it yourself and see what it looks like on your device?

When I use a 640x480 image and try and set it as a wallpaper it always asks me to crop it. Does it then strech the cropped image?
Im really confused about the wallpapers atm.
Btw, I know tmobile (in the UK) reduces image quality if you browse a image on the web via there data connection (eg save picture as, in the browser) but over wifi you loose no image quality.
[Edit] This Kinda helped slightly.... http://www.androidwallpapers.mobi/help.php
Imp

Adding wallpapers to system default options
I wanted to add some wallpapers to the SD card but have them pop up under the phone wallpaper options instead of under photos. Is there a place on the SD card I can put them so they are grouped with the default ones? I have a lot of pics so it takes a long time to scroll through them to find my wallpapers so I am hoping I can make it a bit more organized.

The defaults reside in /system/app/Launcher.apk/res/drawable/

Can I add wallpaper and apps to an update.zip?
I have created a custom theme and I am wondering if I can just throw more .apk programs into the app folder to install additional programs?
Also, I am trying to add my own wallpaper to launcher.apk with the 2 file sizes and proper naming but they arent coming up, is there something else I need to edit to have them showup as "default" wallpaper?

Problems with setting wall paper

Hi Guys,
I just got my new HTC touch HD and downloaded a few applications from here, does any kind souls can tell me why my wallpaper cannot be changed even thou i tried alot of times to set my background using different pictures and it still does not work.
TQ
gashee

gashee said:
Hi Guys,
I just got my new HTC touch HD and downloaded a few applications from here, does any kind souls can tell me why my wallpaper cannot be changed even thou i tried alot of times to set my background using different pictures and it still does not work.
TQ
gashee
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wich rom have you?
wich procedure have you done?

Hi im not sure if this is right ROM version - 1.18.723.3 (23358) WWE
and i have installed this following progs black dialer, finger keyboard, black calculator, flash player, HD tweak, crystal mail and music.
plz advise.... thks...

i understand that you have go to start/settings/today and use this picture as the background and choose image from your device or storage card?

yes but it could not work.. any idea how can go about this without activating the hard reset?

i have the same problem... :/

just rename the wallpaper you want in the existing one and replace,reset.

Where is the default file located, and what is it called..?

Just go to setting if you are using touchFLO, on the menu that slides below and choose wallpaper (home wallpaper) select no whe it ask to change default wallpaper and choose your picture, don't go to today or change wallpaper from the picture viewer it doesn't work, this problen is not fixed in the original rom.
Bye...

danixx said:
Just go to setting if you are using touchFLO, on the menu that slides below and choose wallpaper (home wallpaper) select no whe it ask to change default wallpaper and choose your picture, don't go to today or change wallpaper from the picture viewer it doesn't work, this problen is not fixed in the original rom.
Bye...
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as far as I remember changing it on today would only be seen if you can see the today screen and with TF3D running , you can't see it
TF3D is effectively an app that hijacks the screen so it's background is the one you should change

if you are using TF3D you need to scroll to the settings tab on TF and choose wallpaper there.

Cannot select multiple files in File Explorer

Just found another problem with my TP2. I want to move some files to another location but I cannot select multiple files in File Explorer by draging the stylus to highlight them.
Is this behaviour by design or is there a bug on my device?

Shd be by default. Pls correct me if I am wrong.
I use resco for multiple file selections.

Simple.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Gestures\Touch]
"Disabled"=dword:1

It works! Thx Monx!

No problem. If the avatar is you, what about gimme a simple kiss. if it not u, pls dont. i'm not gay. but ur avatar is really cute . sorry off topic. just cant resist
(you know i'm kidding)

I also was looking for this solution.
And indeed, it works.
But it introduces another problem: To switch between your mail account, you can swipe from left to right.
But after this patch, that doesn't work anymore
So I've put the old setting back.

@ronh
can u give more details about email switch by swipe mate?
in manila or messaging app? mine is just fine. maybe there is some tmob customization.

monx® said:
@ronh
can u give more details about email switch by swipe mate?
in manila or messaging app? mine is just fine. maybe there is some tmob customization.
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It's in the messaging app, not in manilla.
When you're in the messaging app, and you move your finger from left to right, it toggles between the configured mail accounts.
In mine TP2 for example: Outlook - Gmail - SMS (and then it starts over with Outlook.)
And although my provider is TMO, I have an unbranded Touch Pro2 WWE edition.

@ronh
Ok mate, got it, thanks (i always use navigation pad with raphael to do this)
Just for info, in wm6.5, we can swipe to switch between tab (iehone settings). So it cause a side effect in messaging.

ronh said:
It's in the messaging app, not in manilla.
When you're in the messaging app, and you move your finger from left to right, it toggles between the configured mail accounts.
In mine TP2 for example: Outlook - Gmail - SMS (and then it starts over with Outlook.)
And although my provider is TMO, I have an unbranded Touch Pro2 WWE edition.
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Indeed, that's a problem.
The Xperia I had recognized if you are using the finger or the stylus. When using the finger the application scrolls and when using the stylus you can draw a frame to multiselect items.
Maybe that's possible with the TP2 too?

skycamefalling said:
Indeed, that's a problem.
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Maybe it is related to OS build features or AKU changes.

Surely by disabling that reg key you're pretty much switching touchflo off?
So scrolling of anything in any WM apps (contacts, text messages, emails, calendar entries) will no longer work without using the scroll bar?

I just checked stock shipped Raphael (SEA 20764) OEMDrivers rgu, the value is set to 1 by default. And yes, messaging still scrollable to switch email account

I can still left< >right scroll between email accounts after this tweak.

Mesquire said:
I can still left< >right scroll between email accounts after this tweak.
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after this tweak can you make a zoom to photos with stylus or rotate photos...????

You mean in photo albums? I have never been able to do either, even before the tweak.
I can double tap the image to enlarge it, or use the slider at the bottom of the screen to zoom in.
In any case, the inability to group files together in File Explorer is more of an issue for me than being able to rotate a photo (can always turn the phone 90 degrees instead), and the registry tweak has fixed that.

Very strange, just tried it again: With the patch --> no swiping, undoing the patch --> swipings works.
Too bad, I'd loved to have the best of 2 worlds like Mesquire...
(I guess she looks the TP2 lovely in his display )

Hi all,
The easy way to select multiple files in Explorer is the Windows way of selecting multpile files. Just press CRTL on your keyboard (you have one ) en select the files you want... It's Windows isn't it?

monx® said:
Simple.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Gestures\Touch]
"Disabled"=dword:1
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so weird! My TP2 suddenly lost it even with this set to 1
already tried rebooting: still nada.
UPDATE:
on further investigation, I found I can select multiple files only in some folders, e.g., root directory of the storage card, My wallpapers, Templates, files and folders directly under My Device, Application Data, Program Files...
but not files directly under My Documents, whether under My Device or storage card
UPDATE #2
The only way to have the ability to select multiple files in any folder AND keep left< >right scroll to switch email accounts is to set the it to 1, but not reboot. If I reboot with it set to 1, it behaves like the above.
Right now I have decided to set to 1 only when I need to select multiple files with the stylus, and change it back to 0 thereafter, or before a reboot. What a pain!

Planet X said:
Hi all,
The easy way to select multiple files in Explorer is the Windows way of selecting multpile files. Just press CRTL on your keyboard (you have one ) en select the files you want... It's Windows isn't it?
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True
but I prefer doing in portrait - if I open the keyboard to use its CTRL key, the screen switches to landscape mode.

New Touch Pro2 Owner with a couple of questions

Hi guys-
this is really a great forum - thanks for the great work! Excellent help for a TP2 newbie.
Touch Pro2 impressions: I just upgraded (vzw) from my ancient (and yet incredibly reliable) Motorola Q, and this thing is truly awesome. I used a Touch Pro almost a year ago, and returned it because it felt sluggish and a bit buggy. I think the 2 is a major improvement. Very responsive, great phone and speakerphone, great wifi and bluetooth and gps, great keyboard (but no tab key?), better battery, surprisingly inexpensive.
Questions that I couldn't find answers to in previous threads:
1. Reminders: I see that the calendar reminders do not allow any option for changing the snooze time - it is just 5 minutes. Weird, as my WinMo 5 Q would let me choose a range of time, from 5 minutes up to a week, as I recall. This is disappointing. But even more disappointing is that when it is attached via usb to my pc, synched, and a reminder pops up in Outlook (2003), I can snooze on the PC, but that snooze does not synch with the TP2. Any ideas or suggestions? This is actually very frustrating.
2. Calendar: I have seen screen shots of the day view that has weather, even for future dates. I don't have that - anyone know how to enable?
thanks in advance for any help!

This worked for me to get the snooze options back:
Start a registry editor and navigate to key:
HKLM/System/Shell/Notification/OEM
Change the value of CustomUIDLL from NotificationLayout.dll to NotificationLayoutNew.dll
Just add New, it won't find that .dll and starts the old interface, with the snooze option.
Don't forget, after the registry change, turn the TP2 off and back on to activate.

Regarding your question about the weather forcast in the calendar day-view, you need to set your city in the World Clock screen (ie, tap the large clock on the Home tab).

There's a great hack (cRaCKwHoRe's Snooze Options) which gives you the snooze options back.
Also worth looking at are "InboxExtender", (allow read all, delete al options) and "Smaberg X1 Powerbutton 12 icons actionscreen" (12 options on holding the power button down)

You guys rule!
@itm - reg fix works great - thanks
@ohyeahar - that's it, thanks
@en_croute - I will try it as soon as i get some time, sounds useful, thanks

Weather not shown on current date
ohyeahar said:
Regarding your question about the weather forcast in the calendar day-view, you need to set your city in the World Clock screen (ie, tap the large clock on the Home tab).
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I just noticed that the current weather is not shown for me either.
I do have a city selected. In the "day" view on the calendar is just shows the single appointment I have. If I change to yesterday. I do see a weather picture. I went to the TF3D weather tab.. it was initially blank.. it updated and showed the current weather. I went back to the calendar view.. still nothing for "today". Only yesterday. Any ideas?

What is a good registry editor?
Never used one before and I need to find one so I can get my battery icon back after doing Battlevel.cab .

d1hamby said:
Never used one before and I need to find one so I can get my battery icon back after doing Battlevel.cab .
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PHM_Regedit or Total Commander are the two most recommended ones here.
PHM is a little easier to navigate/use (mostly due to visual elements), but Total Commander also has a full set of file-explorer functions that PHM does not. Both are free.

Thank you so much sirphunkee. I was beginning to think nobody talked to newbies on this forum. I'll definetly be looking both of these up.

Okay I looked at both of them and downloaded the PHM_Regedit. Now I can't figure out if I should use MyMobiler to drag the Zipped cab file over or if I should unzip it first? When I unzipped it it did not look like a cab file. Does this work on a Sprint phone? Some of the cabs don't work on a Sprint phone. I'd hate to do another hard reset to get it to work like it is.

d1hamby said:
Okay I looked at both of them and downloaded the PHM_Regedit. Now I can't figure out if I should use MyMobiler to drag the Zipped cab file over or if I should unzip it first? When I unzipped it it did not look like a cab file. Does this work on a Sprint phone? Some of the cabs don't work on a Sprint phone. I'd hate to do another hard reset to get it to work like it is.
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Hey there, no problem...we were all new here at one point, and asking the same types of questions
I'm not sure what source you downloaded it from, so I'm not entirely sure how it might have been packaged, but I would have guessed it should have just been a regular .cab file inside of a .zip. Either way, you can just download and use the cab I've attached here, I can confirm this one works just fine.
You can use MyMobiler to drag the cab over to your phone (it drops it in your "my documents" folder by default), and it will start the install automatically for you. Once you have it installed, you'll just find the icon to run it in your regular list of programs. And yes, it will work just fine on the CDMA (Sprint/Verizon) versions of the TP2...it's specific to what type of processor your phone has, not what type of radio.
Now, if you're not entirely familiar with registry editing, it's a good idea to read up on it a bit...it's very simple to do, but also very simple to create issues by doing the wrong thing. Also, it's always a good idea to create a backup of your registry (PHM can do that for you, just store it the backup on your SD card for safe keeping), in case anything goes wrong, you can just revert back to the working version