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Excalibur in 96 DPI: Finally A Semi-Working Solution (Testing Purposes Only)

Hello Guys,
Finally, we have an almost working solution. A member has posted a .cab that changes your DPI from 131 to 96 DPI.
It works ! I have personally tested it myself. However, it still needs work done.
This looks great but it still needs some minor work done. If I do come across any solutions, I will keep you guys posted. If you guys come across anything, please post here so we can figure this one out.
Setup Instructions:
1) Run the WM6.1-131to96dpi.CAB file
2) when it asks for you to restart, do not restart.
3) Click Start, Accessories and run Command Processor, and click the "..." button.
4) Go to Menu, Browse Folder, and select the folder where you put the dpi.ccs file.
5) Now you will see the dpi file, and then go ahead and run it.
6) Wait for it go back to the homescreen and then reboot your phone.
Uninstall Instructions:
1) Start > Settings > Remove Programs
2) Select .CAB (131 to 96 dpi)
3) Click Remove Program
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Issues:
1) Programs in storage card - do not run OR files are missing
2) Rinku's Iconbar is slightly cut off from the bottom
3) Smart tool kits "start" button is misaligned
4) Wallpaper is slightly cut off from the bottom
5) NRG Miniweather - Date & Day are not properly aligned either
6) Pocket Nester Plus not working (maybe due to ROMs stored on storage card)
ATTENTION: PROGRAMS ON SD CARD ARE NOT WORKING, NOR ARE MY IMAGES FOR MYFAVES SHOWING UP. HOWEVER, STORAGE CARD SEEMS TO WORK.I UNINSTALLED IT AND EVERYTHING WORKS FINE.
I am posting screenshots for you guys and I have attached the .zip (which includes .cab and dpi.ccs) for you to download. The experts out there, use this as foundation and see if you can fix it for our phones.
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DISCLAIMER: USE THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. FOR NOW, THIS IS STRICTLY FOR TESTING PURPOSES ONLY. I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR DEVICE OR ERASE THE CONTENTS OF YOUR DEVICE.
Credit goes to falleny for posting this .cab and pudgedaddy for instructions on how to fix dpi.ccs - Great Job!
Best Regards,
lukybandit

thanks for your updated screenshot...
try to delete lcd.ttf and plumsip5.dll from your windows folder
if it still have problem, i may ask the guy who make this cab

pudgedaddy said:
One thing i have a question with is how does this behave when using PIE or Opera Mobile or Opera Mini? or other applications such as games ?
Secondly, now un-installable is this app? If it's not something i want to use at this point, am i at the point of no return without hard-reset?
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i can sure this is safe and uninstallable...have a try, if u don't like it...just uninstall it...from your setting menu

aiight it works fine...if u have LCD installed and use medium or larger format in Opera it won't look right. and yea...other than that...seems to be working fine...another note.
dpi.css.zip has to be renamed to dpi.css and then in CeleCMD you have to make it so it can see all files then u can run dpi.css...at least that is what i did. and all works fine.
edit: Or that.

works great...few issues...the messaging icons are a bit messed up...in celetask the 'reboot, shutdown, etc' icons are a bit messed up...hmmm...picture viewer is acting funny....and i cant access folders on my storage card just the storage card itself.

What's the purpose of lowering the dpi?

Please Check Post 1
I have fixed the dpi file by renaming dpi.css to dpi.ccs as well as unzipped it into the ZIP folder in first post. Thank you pudge for the instructions
Now you can follow the instructions and it should work as shown but there are still some minor issues except one being major that is SD programs are not working. I don't know how to fix this. If anyone comes across any fixes, please post here.

another issue...PocketNesterPlus not working (ROMS are stored on storage card so that may be the issue) get :
Error
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can not open or Mapper not supported

Thank you, and thanks to everyone that worked on this. I have been waiting for this for a while.
I was going to install it earlier today but i was getting a corrupt message from the dpi.css; Im glad you updated it very quickly.
If anyone is running Rickywatts vanilla ROM, you can find the command processor in "My Tools". Just a heads up.

Dang it, that sucks cause I got guitar hero three on my SD card... What the heck...

this is a great day thank you for your hard work. I tried this myself but my WM kung-fu is lacking anyone else?

First of all, thanks to all the developers and researchers responsible for making this happen.
Second, I'm getting the following error when I try to Install the cab (I open the cab, the progress bar goes all the way 'till its end the this is displayed):
"Installation was unsuccessful. The program or setting cannot be installed because it does not have sufficient system permissions".
Is anybody else getting the same error and/or knows what should I do to get past it? I really want to try this...
BTW, my excalibur is app unlocked already (surreal networks app used).
Thanks in advance.
Cheers.

I really like the way this looks, but is there anything i can do to make the text a bit bigger?
Im running WM6.1 and the small text is somewhat hard to read.

Sorry guys if this is a repitive question, but what is the purpose of lowering the dpi? I have read post one Lukybandit, but it doesn't say what the benefit is.
Would someone mind posting a few reasons why this mod is desired?
Thanks.

Big_O said:
Sorry guys if this is a repitive question, but what is the purpose of lowering the dpi? I have read post one Lukybandit, but it doesn't say what the benefit is.
Would someone mind posting a few reasons why this mod is desired?
Thanks.
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Although i personally wouldn't recommend installing this at the moment ( issues with the storage card and alignment issues)
basically this works similarly to increasing your screen resolution on your PC.(minus the actual resolution changing) meaning it fits more stuff on your devices display since it shrinks down what is placed on your screen.

Big_O said:
Sorry guys if this is a repitive question, but what is the purpose of lowering the dpi? I have read post one Lukybandit, but it doesn't say what the benefit is.
Would someone mind posting a few reasons why this mod is desired?
Thanks.
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Hey,
Sorry, that post wasn't directed at you.
The only benefit I can see from this is what pudgedaddy said. By lowering the dpi, you are able to fit more things onto the screen and i guess it looks cleaner. Like that of a pc. I hope that answers your question.

That's great. Appreciate the info. Sounds like a fun mod. Will give it a try when you guys say it's ready .

man - great find. this would be so awesome if we can get the storage card isue working. the extra screen real estate is great for contacts, texts, damn near everything.
works as advertised and uninstalls perfectly.

Anyone have any progress with any of the issues? So far, I haven't been able to dig into it.
This thread is especially for people who showed deep interest in this project. I suggest you start testing, post feedback and try and find solutions since this has been made possible for those who wanted this.
Good Luck and Keep Us Posted.

Need help to be able to test...
lukybandit said:
Anyone have any progress with any of the issues? So far, I haven't been able to dig into it.
This thread is especially for people who showed deep interest in this project. I suggest you start testing, post feedback and try and find solutions since this has been made possible for those who wanted this.
Good Luck and Keep Us Posted.
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Hi!
I'm willing to test it, but i can´t get around the problem i posted before:
"I'm getting the following error when I try to Install the cab (I open the cab, the progress bar goes all the way 'till its end the this is displayed):
"Installation was unsuccessful. The program or setting cannot be installed because it does not have sufficient system permissions".
I've already checked my phone's registry for any lock on the policies, but it's effectively unlocked, and other cabs/apps signed and unsigned install without any problem... BTW, I'm using Ricky's wm6.1 v23 ROM...
Can someone give me some help on this? I'd really appreciate it!
Thanks in advance and cheers.

[Q] Some ideas for psxperia PSX multidisc support

Ok. So I wasnt sure how to word the title but I had an idea for converting PSX games to work with the Xperia PLAYs bult in psx emulator. Couple years ago when I was still in the PSP scene I used to use I believe it was called POPstation or PsGUI300. It allowed you to take 2 ISOs like for example disc 1 & 2 of grandia and convert them into a single eboot which you could then play on the PSP, but the POPstation also lets you convert that eboot to a stand alone ISO. I was thinking even though uit would be a long process and quite a PITA we may be able to take a 2 disc game convert it through POPstation as a single eboot and then convert that back ot a single file ISO which we can then convert hopefully with Yinfanlu (I apologize if I misspelled) conversion process and make it work in the Xperia PLAYs emulator. Any thoughts and or ideas? I apologize if this is long... just wanted to make it understandable..... which i hope it made sense.......
Here is a link to the application Popstation GUI:
http://endlessparadigm.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=57

That actually might work I will try and give it a go tomorrow if I have the time and tell my findings.
Ps I also use to chop and screw the psp
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Ok, so I have tried 5 times to get it to convert in the back to a ISO and I have had no luck, maybe its just been so long since I have used this stuff I forgot the correct settings, but anyway if you happen to get it successfully converted can you let me know? It would be awesome to get it to work, especially Grandia as I love that game... more then FFVII (dont shoot or burn me... I just like it better, not saying FFVII is not badass)
I have never tried to use Yinfanlu's (again apologize if its misspelled) conversion software and i cannot figure out why its nots workig. under the extract tab what wold I extract as there is no apk and zpak file with this eboot to iso converted file? oodst0016 if you get it working right can you assist me in what I am doing wrong....
I tried to load the eboot to ISO file in the fpse app and it works great, now all I have to figure out besides trying to convert it in yinfanlu's app is how to convert the save file from my psp for Grandia to work in the fpse and Xperia plas built in emulator, I am stuck at the end of the game where I am fighting the last big boss before the credits roll and I really dont want to redo all 60+ hours it to me to get there..... again if anyone knows how to convert the save to work on our Xplay I would appreciate it. Thank you

You can just move the save file over with a file manager, Its not convenient but it does let you play multidisk games.

I tried moving it over and the game does not see the save file, even though its in the right folder....

jgregoryj1 said:
I tried moving it over and the game does not see the save file, even though its in the right folder....
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You sure you moved the memory card save and not the save state? the memory card file is called raw0 I think... Just thinking off the top of my head haha.

I moved the save file from my PSP to my phone. its all .bin and .sfo and .vmp file extensions. I thought I saw somewhere where you can covert the psp save file to work in the Xperia PLAY... I will start looking for it again....

jgregoryj1 said:
I moved the save file from my PSP to my phone. its all .bin and .sfo and .vmp file extensions. I thought I saw somewhere where you can covert the psp save file to work in the Xperia PLAY... I will start looking for it again....
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Oh I thought you meant you moved a save file from disk 1 to disk 2. The psp save format is totally different.

yeah I am aware that ps1 files are in .raw format while psp is in .vmp i think. I have been scowering the internet trying to find a way to convert the psp save file to a ps1 .raw file type.

It's likely that we'll have to wait until a multi-disc game is released officially before we can fully discover how it is supposed to work.

Great news..... the process of taking Grandia disc 1 & 2 and making them into a single PSP eboot file then using POPstation to put it back to a single file ISO then using Yinfan Lu's conversion tool worked. I now have Grandia in its full form as a single game, no disc swapping. SWEET!!!!!!!!!

Have you gotten to the second disc yet? I wouldn't exclaim success unless you've been able to do that yet.

I agreed with jay.
If it does work then ff7 full package yay
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Ok... you guys are right... got excited as I was struggling to get this to even load right, goit excited when it did. the final file size is around 680mb. I will see what I can do to get to an area where its the 2nd disc and give you my results. Cross your fingers ya'll
anyone have a game save from Grandia ending with a .raw file extension I could try out? I cannot find a way to convert my psp .vmp save file to .raw to see if it works on the xperia play emulator. Or if someone knows of a website where people can download a .raw psx game save?

just an update,i checked out the new metadate.xml for crashbandicoot and there was this nice option:
'standalone = yes'
if you put it no,and add other settings there couldb a chance it would work
also this is the NEW crash apk and ZPAK! So compatability and MULTIDISK are iN THIS!!

Nice find Cat_On_Droid. I think I may have found a gamesave... dont know if it will work. Just to make sure I am doing this right. THe save game file should go under the /Android/Data/Grandia/all the way to the folder that says "saves" correct?

update time...... Damn. Got the save files I downloaded to show up in the game, but the files for disc 2 are faded. Selecting them says "wrong disc". Guess its back to the drawing board. Thoguht it would work as the game is both discs made into a single iso file......
Cat_On_Droid where did you get the updated apk and zpak? Did you just redownload the files from the Crash app? Not asking you to share the files just curious.

convert snesoid saves to snes9x?

hi guys.
I know it's a funny question, but i really be happy if it can be done. I played translated seiken densetsu 3 on snesoid cause it worked there (even if i had flashing screen at avery conversation bubble), now i found out with latest update of snes9x (which was my favourite to begin with) seiken densetsu 3 works PERFECTLY.
But yeah, don't wanna start over again. So, again, is it possible to transfer my save state or save point (you know, the save feature existing in "battery" inside every cartridge-stuff) to snes9x from snesoid?

pelly_jelly said:
hi guys.
I know it's a funny question, but i really be happy if it can be done. I played translated seiken densetsu 3 on snesoid cause it worked there (even if i had flashing screen at avery conversation bubble), now i found out with latest update of snes9x (which was my favourite to begin with) seiken densetsu 3 works PERFECTLY.
But yeah, don't wanna start over again. So, again, is it possible to transfer my save state or save point (you know, the save feature existing in "battery" inside every cartridge-stuff) to snes9x from snesoid?
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could you load that save then save it as a emulator .sav file then use that on the other emulator
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Yea you can, only the battery save though, not save states. You just change the .sav from snesoid to a .srm that snes9x uses, its been a while since i did it but i think they are the correct extensions.

Mael5trom said:
Yea you can, only the battery save though, not save states. You just change the .sav from snesoid to a .srm that snes9x uses, its been a while since i did it but i think they are the correct extensions.
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thanks to both, you're the best
didn't actually believed someone would give 2 shts and answer
God saves online communities

pelly_jelly said:
thanks to both, you're the best
didn't actually believed someone would give 2 shts and answer
God saves online communities
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so did it work?
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http://forgottencoders.co.uk

it works, i did it myself, they are basically the same core emulator, yongzh just changes the save file output for some reason.
you can also use save files off many pc emulators and put them on the play if you wish. They might not all work but some will.

ups, delete me pls...

[Q] Kodi Backup's "Restore" function brings up empty window

I finally got my wife interested in the Kodi box, and she went in and added scores of movies to Genesis' "Favorites." Apparently, the thumbnails ate up all the space on my Fire TV and I started getting disc full warnings during movie playback. From the Kodi launch area, I cleared all the data (3.5 GB), and I was back to square one with my Kodi installation. Since I've been using Backup to make backups of my setup, I reinstalled Backup and pointed it to where my archived backups are. But when I hit "Restore," all I get is an empty window with the following header text: "Backup - Backup Folder Name." Any suggestions?

Skin Problem? Confluence skin? Seems more like a kodi question

desmoloch said:
Skin Problem? Confluence skin? Seems more like a jodi question
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I am using the default Confluence skin, but I don't think it's a skin problem. (Insert Proactive reference here.)
I'm not convinced this Backup add-on is quite ready for the light of day.

Raymondo17 said:
I am using the default Confluence skin, but I don't think it's a skin problem. (Insert Proactive reference here.)
I'm not convinced this Backup add-on is quite ready for the light of day.
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It's worked for me in the past on the same build--13.2 and aeon nox skin. But, yes last week the restore function brought up a blank page, no file to select. You could try adbFire for backup/restore. I was told tvaddons has this feature but I looked everywhere in maintenance tool and it just isn't there.

KLit75 said:
You could try adbFire for backup/restore. I was told tvaddons has this feature but I looked everywhere in maintenance tool and it just isn't there.
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Yes, I tried using adbFire's "Restore" function, but apparently it will not read XBMC Backup's backup files. At least it didn't work for me. I believe you have to have made the backups using adbFire in order to use adbFire for the restoration, and unfortunately, I did not.

Yes. That's probably right. Sorry. What I should've said is if you still have it setup make a backup with adbfire then restore.
're-reading the op, there is an advancedsettings that will store all your thumbnails on external. I use it myself. It does of course required root. I can send it to you if you want.

KLit75 said:
Yes. That's probably right. Sorry. What I should've said is if you still have it setup make a backup with adbfire then restore.
're-reading the op, there is an advancedsettings that will store all your thumbnails on external. I use it myself. It does of course required root. I can send it to you if you want.
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Please do! That seems to be a big issue with the Fire TV's limited space, so I'd love to avoid that problem.
Do you know whether it will store the thumbnails on my Mac that's on the network, or does it have to be on a hard drive connected to the Fire TV?

Sure. I'll pm you when I get home later.
No these are for usb drive. There maybe a way to store to a network share (that'd be cool) but I'm not sure how to amend them. Plus I'd wonder about how bad the lag would be loading them. I've got the xml on both aftvs. One's a 500gb , ones a thumbrive. I find I don't need a big drive though. I use network shares like you. I don't do much gaming.
Usb 3.0 is the way to go. And I notice at Wal-Mart, a 16gb for around 10 bucks.

Help with thumbnails taking up too much space

Hi i set up my advancedsettings and they are working fine,mbut i seen lots of complaints about thumbnail taking up too much room, so to avoid that problem i want to set up some advancedsettings to stop this before it happens..
Im using the easyadvancedsettings tool in xbmc, can anyone tell me some good numbers to set so thumbnails dont take up too much space...
Thanks

pte123 said:
Hi i set up my advancedsettings and they are working fine,mbut i seen lots of complaints about thumbnail taking up too much room, so to avoid that problem i want to set up some advancedsettings to stop this before it happens..
Thanks
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Im using the easyadvancedsettings tool in xbmc, can anyone tell me some good numbers to set so thumbnails dont take up too much space...
you have 2 options.
1) move the thumbnails to external drive, if you are rooted and you can do this, here are some basic guides below from AFTVNEWS siste btw greate source for AFTV but do more research before you do anything since i haven't done this my self.
2) delete the thumbnails from AFTV drive on regular basis, i do every few weeks, it takes less 1 min. You should installed ES explore and run SD analyzer function to see which folders are taking up how much space. You can also install SD Maid PRO this app will find old files are no longer used which whill help even free up some more space on AFTV drive.
here is the link on xda form which user have been using to move thumnails to external drive.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2790246
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-use-a-usb-drive-as-the-fire-tvs-internal-storage/
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-play-media-files-from-external-usb-storage-on-amazon-fire-tv/