Hi, I created a new games folder and put it on my main home scene and added all my games onto it. I cannot select this same folder if i choose a different scene without making a new folder and adding all the games again. This folder and its contents does not seem to be saved anywhere other than on the scene i originally created it in.
Is there a way to save folders and its contents so that if you change scenes you can just drag that folder onto the new scene like an app
tchi6 said:
Hi, I created a new games folder and put it on my main home scene and added all my games onto it. I cannot select this same folder if i choose a different scene without making a new folder and adding all the games again. This folder and its contents does not seem to be saved anywhere other than on the scene i originally created it in.
Is there a way to save folders and its contents so that if you change scenes you can just drag that folder onto the new scene like an app
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Simply you can´t...cos every scene has its own coding.
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Just wanted to create a Post so people can bounce ideas off each other as to what would be necessary to change themes on the fly. How does a normal phone change themes?
i just have a folder on my SD card called themes and i update it everyday with everytheme and the latest version of each, the themes folder has all my themes separated into adp1 adp1.1 rc30 and rc33 and i use linda file manager to move them to the root and rename them. i can flash any theme anytime i want. and if a new one comes out while i'm not near a computer i download with steel and try it out.this is the best way as far as i can see, at least with the tools i have access too
anyone seen the iphone emulator? it actually works where it will open a program associated with the icon, could that possibly help get a way to theme similar to how summerboard works?
jdwme said:
anyone seen the iphone emulator? it actually works where it will open a program associated with the icon, could that possibly help get a way to theme similar to how summerboard works?
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That's not even close to being a theme though.
A proper theme is more than just smoe icons.
IE. iKid has a much nicer looking media player.
i use the exact same method w the themes on sdcard... i take it one step further... i use andftp to upload to my qctx.org server and upload directly tested themes... so i can access and organize however i need
- great for backing up sdcards
This is how I edit my themes on the fly
Walkthrough for creating your own Android theme
First you need to get signing setup properly. This topic is covered in many places and my recommendation is to use the Stericson walkthrough or the Stericson auto-signing setup tool. Once you can click on any zip or apk file and get the option to Resign it you are ready to proceed with making your own theme.
1. Download an archive manager that allows you to open archives inside of archives without creating new windows. My recommendation for this is the application 7-zip. It is tiny, free, easy to use, and on all my computers it has replaced winzip and winrar.
2. Now take a blank theme from Stericson to use as your starting point, this will be the minimum needed to change your theme and will contain all the original artwork.
3. Open the update.zip and inside are typically 3 files, framework, system or app, and META-INF. Leave META-INF alone, you wont be touching that. Inside framework and system/app is where the files are that you can change. In this case we will open update.zip, then double click framework and then double click framework-res.apk (this is where the next archive will open inside the same window, your life just got a little easier).
4. Now you are looking at assets, META-INF, res, and a couple other random files, the resources.arsc can be edited but I will show you that in another tutorial. Now open up the folder res and you will see the treasure we are searching for, folders with the name drawable. All of the folders that start with the name drawable are where we can edit the themes, this includes drawable, drawable-land, drawable-port, and drawable-finger.
5. Now drag and drop the folders drawable and drawable-land onto the desktop. Once they are on the desktop you can edit the .png files in those folders until you are ready to put your theme together.
6. Now in your still open window at \framework\framework-res.apk\res\ you will open the drawable folders one at a time and drag and drop your edited files into the archive, only dragging and dropping the files you edited and not just everything inside the folder.
7. Once you have your new images copied into the archive in the correct place you can just hit the close button or browse up a couple directories and find other files to edit. Any time you edit an apk and browse out of it or close it you will be prompted to update it in the archive by 7-zip (this is my secret shortcut), always press ok.
8. Now you have a freshly created theme ready to install, all you have to do is right click, chose to Resign the file, and once its done you can copy it to your SDcard, make sure its named update.zip, and flash your new theme.
Its literally that easy! And you use this same technique in the system/app folder to edit the apk files for the individual apps on the phone. Explore around in the update.zip and see what you can find, I only told you about the major items but there is plenty more to find and change. You can always copy a folder out of the archive and if you cant edit anything just toss it but if you can find something to edit, do so and throw it back in the archive. You guys now have all the info I had when I started plus all my tricks to making that process 10x easier.
jdwme said:
anyone seen the iphone emulator? it actually works where it will open a program associated with the icon, could that possibly help get a way to theme similar to how summerboard works?
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The thing with the iPhone is that the applications are just folders with a .app extension at the end. This allows one to easily replace resources inside of them using just simple scripts.
In Android, the applications are zip files with an extension of .apk and must be signed. This makes it harder to replace resources on the fly.
I use the Discover App from the MarketPlace. I have a folder called Themes in my SD Card which I have separate folders labeled with the name of the theme. Inside the folder I have the update.zip. With discover I just move the update zips in and out of the folders to change themes.
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Using any registry editor go to
HKLM/Software/HTC/Manila/ProgramLauncher
these numbered folders corresponde with the order of your start menu shortcuts. starting from 0 folder being the 1st shortcut in manila start menu and then 1 being to the right then so on.
you can now choose where you want the location of your new games folder in your star menu. once in that folder editthe string... path ....to the folder in which you have your games located.
for sum it might read.../Windows/Start Menu/Games
others maybe.../Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Games
it really all depends on where u have your game lks located. i personally created a folder named Games in my storage card and then cut/paste all the lks for my games into this folder. this prevents have my games all scattered in the all programs tab. my string reads ... /Storage Card/Games
once done soft rest and your done.. hope others find this as useful as i have
i also did the same as above with a bunch of the programs lks that i dont use all that often that are installed to storage memory. only difference it was programs saved in a diff folder in my storage card not games.
have been doing this since wm2003
have been doing this since wm2003
thanks neways
all im trying to do is help..
how since 2003 when im talking about the new manila start menu??
this is good for new tp2/winmo users. i just wish this was up a while ago before i went crazy. took a while to figure out but i got it lol. i'm pretty new to the winmo phones so this could've been very useful when i had first gotten the phone.
good job
i meant that i used to organise all my programs into folders
like utilities
productivity
games etc
i just used file explorer
open windows_start menu_programs
there u will find all the program shortcuts
cut reqd shortcuts and paste in2 folders created by u in the Programs directory
press ok
when u open start_programs
u will find folders and all ur apps arranged systematically in those folders
its almost the same thing u told for manila
sorry if i am wrong
but even in my 1st post i thanked u bro!
y do u get agressive?????
in slim file manager or rom toolbox, if i copy a folder to a location that already has a folder with that same name, both apps will just append a number to the end of the copied folder. ex: if i copy folder "New" to a location that already has a folder called "New", then it'll copy the new folder over but will rename it as "New-2".
instead, i would like it to just merge the files from the old location to the new location and/or overwrite the old files instead of created another folder. i know i can do this just within windows, but windows is slow and it's faster to transfer stuff around on the sdcard from the phone itself.
Es file explorer.... Allows me to merge folders. Copy/cut, paste.
As for the items in the folders, it will overwrite if they have the same name.
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in slim file manager or rom toolbox, if i copy a folder to a location that already has a folder with that same name, both apps will just append a number to the end of the copied folder. ex: if i copy folder "New" to a location that already has a folder called "New", then it'll copy the new folder over but will rename it as "New-2".
instead, i would like it to just merge the files from the old location to the new location and/or overwrite the old files instead of created another folder. i know i can do this just within windows, but windows is slow and it's faster to transfer stuff around on the sdcard from the phone itself.
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I really like the app Solid Explorer (Play Store link). It has a great interface and has the functionality you requested. It is a paid app, but extremely worth its money.
wingmanjd said:
I really like the app Solid Explorer (Play Store link). It has a great interface and has the functionality you requested. It is a paid app, but extremely worth its money.
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Lol thanks for that. I thought es was the cats ass till I gave solid a try. They have a trial, I ended up getting the full version.
Cheers
I read... alot! And every time I download an EPub book it puts the cover art into my gallary as a new folder. I have over 200 in there now! Is there a way to put them into a separate folder and keep the main gallary folder for just my photos - still have them work as far as displaying the art and download to the new folder?? Or perhaps have my photos go to a specific folder?
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I read... alot! And every time I download an EPub book it puts the cover art into my gallary as a new folder. I have over 200 in there now! Is there a way to put them into a separate folder and keep the main gallary folder for just my photos - still have them work as far as displaying the art and download to the new folder?? Or perhaps have my photos go to a specific folder?
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Create a .nomedia file in your ebook folder and it will skip that folder for scans.
I had to do that for quite a few locations to skip them.
intelliriffer said:
Create a .nomedia file in your ebook folder and it will skip that folder for scans.
I had to do that for quite a few locations to skip them.
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I appreciate it but how would I go about doing that? Not a complete newb, just a partial one.
I use an app called es file explorer for all sort of file/folder related tasks.
I browse to the folder on my internal or external card and hit new to create file in that folder and name that file .nomedia
intelliriffer said:
I use an app called es file explorer for all sort of file/folder related tasks.
I browse to the folder on my internal or external card and hit new to create file in that folder and name that file .nomedia
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Tried that but it doesn't seem to be working. I"m searching the device for other places to do this with and see if that works.
That worked! Thanks alot!
Hello - I was going through my directories on an unrooted device to see if I can track how a
hosts.txt file keeps appearing in my downloads folder
Coming across some weird folder names and files - some are in the root and not in the folders
IE: There is as folder called "D" with very whacky /sus type names
Winrar allows you to see a lot more in depth than my files
Cool