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setting wallparer in TF3D not Today

I promise that I have searched for this and got nothing but a headache for my troubles, maybe I'm entering the wrong search terms, I do not know.
Previously I had my HD set up with a .jpg file (irrelevant as to what it was) as the common background to all of the tabs in TF3D. After Orange swapped the phone, under insurance I have been living with the default theme for a few months now and reckon that it is time for a change.
However for the life of me, I can not work out how to change the background in TF3D.
Everything that I have read on here seems to apply to the Today Screen only, but clearly from the screen shots on various threads everyone else is showing TF3D with a spanking new background.
Some mention going to SETTINGS>WALLPAPER, I have no such option in the settings screen.
Have tried the SETTINGS>TODAY>Use this picture as the backghround, but this only gives a background picture if TF3D is switched off.
I know that this can be done with a change of theme, but I am pretty certain that this was not what I did last time. And I do not, yet, have the knowledge to make my own from scratch. (I have read the MaxTF3D Theme Maker thread).
Any advice or pointers greatfully recieved. No I do not want you to come and do it for me

Scratch that
Yes I know I am a tit.
Found it in the TF3D Settings, not the windows settings.

[Q] Got any suggestions for this homescreen?

Based on: http://mycolorscreen.com/2013/10/18/google-ui-13/
Screenshots here: https://imgur.com/a/u6yML#2
I'm quite happy with the 'Home' page, and the 'Google' page, but I'm not sure entirely how to go about doing the apps page.
I was thinking of doing it all with zooper widget (like the google page - none of those are actual icons, it's all zooper widget.) in order to position things properly, because the launcher grid doesn't allow actual icons to be placed in appropriate positions.
I need some music controls somewhere too - maybe at the bottom of the google page, or the apps page if I split the rectangle background?
Also, I'm thinking of swapping the position of the top 'navbars' and the bottom searchbar, so that I can have a persistent google search (which only displays on the top with no option to place it on the bottom (Nova Launcher). This would require changing the wallpaper background to have the zooper widget search box as part of the background, with the actual search widget on top of it, unless there's a way to have the search zooper widget act/behave exactly like the google search bar?
I plan to release the files when done if anyone is interested
Lock screen is temporary until I figure out what to do with that - ideas/suggestions?
Thanks in advance guys.

paradoxiumwind said:
I need some music controls somewhere too - maybe at the bottom of the google page, or the apps page if I split the rectangle background?
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With a layout as clean as you have now, I would be concerned that putting in music controls would complicate things unnecessarily. You might consider hiding the music controls using popup widget 2, or something similar. This would allow you to have music controls at the touch of a button, but not persistent (so that if you aren't listening to music they aren't in the way).

Auto popup with important info (short)
Hello,
I have been on this forum for a short moment now. And like to say thank you first for all the help so far. Thank you for your patience too!
You guys and girls have helped me root and customise my phones.
On topic:
I see there is a need to educate users for the right way to post messages. I suggest a kind of popup with the most important rules.
One of the important issues is that the forum is being filled with posts that are not at right place.
Like developer forum where questions are asked. I myself made myself guilty as well. Been thinking how to correct it.
The solution might be as follows:
- Create a popup that shows the most important rules.
- The same popup has a link to the more complete rules page.
- at the end people sign they acknowledge they have read it and understand.
- Then people can press ok
- A new popup shows (based on login). It shows a quiz and will ask questions. If the user does not know, he /she will not get access to
the forum at all!
- All users must complete this test! Not completing equals no access. After completing you will be sure the user knows the rules.
- Extra precausion, or called penalty if a user does something that is not right. No warning given, but the penalty will be given like
unable to login. Let's say 2 days to start with. With a second violation the period is extended to 1 week. Third time 1 month offline.
Forum admin keep the right to freeze a user and put that user onto a blacklist any time. Which means no access any longer.
Perhaps combine that with IP registration.
I don't know about you, but if I really need an answer fast, I would think twice to make big mistakes again and again.
I know the forum is not the quickest in answering, but people do answer, and usually have good answers.
Hope these suggestions are usefull. B.t.w. this website looks really good! :good: But the content that is offered, outmatches the looks
by a million times. The data, tools,apps made by you guys and roms are priceless!
Keep on the good work

new 2015 theme issues, possibility to get the old 2015 theme back?

it looks like the forum theme has just been updated, and I have 2 issues with it.
I'm using "Atlas" on android 5.1.1.
first a visual glitch: when a tap or mouse-over happens on a thread name in a thread list it adds extra space, causing the layout of the entire list to jump around.
this is particularly disruptive when using a mouse or an "air view" capable device.
and then a matter of convenience: device forum lists used to contain only a device description followed by a list of subforums.
now there's an extra-large list of the 4 most active threads between the device description and subforum list, which adds an entire screen's height of content to scroll through.
and each subforum link is followed by links to the 5 latest threads making a single subforum take up a full screen's height, instead of fitting all subforums on 1 screen.
this results in too much scrolling for me.
I'd like to revert to the old 2015 theme, but unfortunately there's no option for this in the theme selector.
is there any way I can get the more compact and less jumpy 2015 theme back?

@bitpushr is our server admin. He might be able to help with these issues.

We haven't pushed out any big changes to the 2015 theme - just incremental changes - so there isn't a way to 'go back'. I will pass your feedback along and also we should have a fix since it sounds like that first issue is a bug.

So the "jumping around" issue is fixed.
The device forum list: we just rolled out some "jumps" that let you more quickly get to a desired section. We still need to clean up the design a bit, but it looks like this: https://goo.gl/Ft32HO
Another option you always have is to use previous templates, like 2013 or 2010. You can change with the template switcher in the bottom left corner of each page here on the forums

the jumping is indeed fixed.
the "forum jumper" however unfortunately makes the scrolling worse for me.
what could perhaps work is if opening a link from a "forum jumper" in a new tab would open the entire subforum, while clicking/tapping it would scroll down to the preview like it does now.
and old themes aren't exactly an option on phones because they don't adjust to the screen width, and unfortunately after the "death" of opera mobile there aren't any browsers left that can do these adjustments by themselves.
edit: i thought of another solution, though it would probably take quite some work.
a minimize buttons like on the forums main page, which hides the "recent threads", and make it folded out on desktop and minimized on phones by default.
i've also included an image showing the amount of scrolling needed to go through a device page on a phone with a 1440x2560 screen.
that's about 13/14 screen heights, 33.000-35.000 pixels tall.
apparently the edit screen for these comments allows for link parsing and attachments while they aren't actually possible in comments.
http://imgur.com/WtRRqxB
that is the image i was referring to(i hope).

<APP> Access "Range" to empty to show on Launcher?

Hi,
I have an MTCB unit and the seller has created (what I think is) a custom app that controls the HVAC for the car. Within the app, you can choose to view "Info" - this screen shows Range to Empty, Average Speed, and another item.
I would like to figure out how to access Range to Empty so I can show it on the main screen of a Launcher I am developing. Does anyone know how to access this - I'm assuming it's through the CANBUS?
Thanks in Advance. (I would post this in the development section, but as this is my first post, I am not allowed to post in there.
Cheers

MTCH head units - replace clock 'screensaver'

Hi. I'm looking to write a screensaver clock for my unit, but I'm not sure it's possible.
All I know about the unit is that it's a Rockchip, PX5, Android 10, 4.19.111+, MTCH_MX2_V3.80_1.
I mean, there's more things in the settings, but these are the ones that seem relevant.
I don't know who manufactures it, even.
The (stock) launcher calls itself Launcher3, but I'm not sure that helps much.
First of all, to justify the thread title, I was surpised to find there are MTCB and MTCD forums, but not MTCH. At this point it's not even clear to me what the different is between the various MTC*, I gather it has something to do with chipsets, but my expectation then would be for chipset-specific issues and discussions to be a small part of the forum, and by the organisation that doesn't seem to be the case. So in lack of an MTCH forum I'm writing here, and hoping someone explains what would be the most adequate place.
My unit has a 'screensaver' which consists of a white on black digital hh:mm clock, with am/pm and the date in small letters. It doesn't seem to be configurable and is quite not what I wanted. The only setting availble for it seems to be Settings -> Display -> Audio Screen Timeout, which can be a certain amount of time or 'never'. That setting is actually OK for me, the problem is it doesn't do anything else other than controlling the 'when'. I'm not sure if regular Android has this setting. The name certainly sounds weird, and it has nothing to do with audio, the clock will start after the idle time regardless of what's on screen (unless it's the settings app or the navigation, and maybe other apps block it too).
The actual Screensaver setting where you choose a screensaver is not visible in the UI. By installing https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=systems.sieber.fsclock I'm able to open the Screensaver settings using a shortcut the app has, amd there I can see the stock clock app the unit comes with, plus the clock app I've just mentioned installing, as well as Picture Table and the other Picture Something whose name I don't recall right now. When I install other apps with screensavers, they show up in the list as well. The thing is, the first time I accessed the setting, none of the screensavers in the list were selected, and the 'screensaver' I'm trying to replace is not in the list. And choosing any one of the available screensavers apparently has no effect. Choosing 'Start now', which I imagine is a preview option, does nothing either. But the setting does get saved. I've tried rebooting, and the setting is kept, but it simply seems to do nothing.
Of course, probably this 'screensaver' is defined somewhere in some file, and not exposed in any UI. Worse, it may even be hardcoded, and worst of all I'm thinking it may not even be a screensaver at all. Maybe someone here has an idea what it is and if it can be changed, because I see that some other launchers also have their own screensavers or 'screensavers'.
Thank you for any input.

MTCH - is effectively MTCD platform