[HACK] WALLPAPER poor quality issue - SOLVED! - Touch HD Themes and Apps

UPDATE:
I believe I have a solution for poor quality wallpaper image!
I have explained it in the thread in general Hack and App forum (link below).
Would like some of the developers dealing with background images to check that thread out (Mun_Rus, you especially).
This solution at this moment requires using Manila editor to update the files, but also opens a door to a very cool feature I think many would be interested in: having 2 different wallpapers for portrait and landscape.
Please, show some attention to this!
Rozenthal
Hi guys,
I opened up a thread on the good ol' bad quality wallpaper issue that's been hanging around Touch HD from day 1.
It seems there might be a way to solve this after all. The thread is here.
Apparently, there is an image compression algorithm being applied to wallpaper images before they go to the screen, and this is what's causing the low-quality appearance. This is a special compression algorithm that's not available in standard graphic editing programs such as Photoshop.
However, there is also an XDA user made software that was originally designed to convert VGA Manila interface images to QVGA devices. The author of that software has implied that it might be possible to use his software to achieve better results. There is also some other interesting stuff.
So, please, people with Manila skills, join us on that thread so we can finally get a solution for this.

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Holy Quran WVGA - optimised for WVGA 2 pages on-screen

This Qur'an Viewer was developed for my own use and will be invaluable to anyone who has memorised the Quran and wants to view two-pages at once so that it looks very similar to the mushaf.
Two types of Indo-Pak script are available, as well as two types of Uthmani script.
WVGA (800x480) resolution is an absolute necessity to run this application, any higher or lower resolution will probably not work properly and has not been tested.
You may find the size of the script is a little small, but as a Hafiz I find it invaluable as a quick reference when out and about.
You can click the page to move next/previous. You can also click the upper part of the page to go next/previous juz or surah.
You can choose from three bookmark positions, which will automatically remember your page position on each of the three virtual bookmarks.
Download it here. Unzip and see readme.txt for full installation instructions:
http://www.acclaimit.co.uk/downloads/HolyQuranWVGA_Release_20091001.zip
*** Please completely uninstall the previous Quran13Line application if you installed it before. This new application uses all new script images and a different folder structure. ***
Screenshots attached.
Jazzak Allah Khair
Could you please tell me which screen resolutions are compatible ?
qvga,vga,wqvga,wvga ???
Thank you
I'm sorry, WVGA (800x480) resolution is an absolute necessity to run this application, any higher or lower resolution will not work and has not been tested.
Thank you very much
DOWNLOADED AND INSTALLED
It is wonderful !
But could we get better Pictures ? with better script ?
Jazak-Allah, I'm glad it works. I tried my best to make the pictures look good using the 480 pixels page height so that we can fit two pages on-screen at a time. It's not going to be possible to make it any better unless we have more pixels to play with, or do you have any alternative ideas?
What do you mean by better script? Which part of the script are you having difficulty with exactly?
Thanx for your reply
I meant a different set of pictures, even the 15 line ones
attached are two samples (Zipped with WinZip)
and if you like, I can guide you to the link where you will be able to download the whole set of the first or the second sample.
Thanx again
I see. You forgot the attachments.
Please let me know the link to the whole sets of any other images you know of and I'll see what I can do... 15 or other lined ones, but I will have to rename the application too
I've resized the sample images to 480-pixel height. See attached.
I think the script on these images is much finer than the 13-line ones and is unreadable with two pages on-screen at a time. It would make more sense to show a full page at a time for the 15-line ones, which does not quite fit with the original design goal of this application.
I guess the answer would be to create a new application called "Quran15Line" showing one page at a time, but I am not sure how many people would be interested in this. Poll?
So? have you checked the samples ?
I guess the images without the frames can be visualised better especially when two of them are joined together on a horizontal WVGA screen, right ?
waiting for your reply
Well, as I have mentioned in my previous post, ( sorry just seen ur answer ), the ones without the frame are better.
Regarding your suggestion of the "Single Page", I don't think too many people will be interested in it since the images are originally taken from a software with a single page, full screen style.
These are the links to the 'non frame images' try them and give me your feedback ( Horizontal and Vertical )
http://www.4shared.com/file/96364556/390c2fa6/v_wvga.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/97539687/b3476020/h_wvga.html
Thanx again
Ahh, about your attachment, in fact they both seem readable ! and do not forget that this software is intended for a 'two page style' which means that it is obviously with smaller pages.
I am so interested in the new images !
hope you can make them.
and regarding the software, you can change the options in the TOOLS key, to 13 lines ( your old images ) and 15 lines ( my suggested images ) !
What do you think ???
Jazakhallah Khair Brother Ashiq
Inshallah you will receive Sadqah Jariya every time i use it
this is what i have been looking for for ages
if you do update it can you consider a transalation in english which corresponds to same
13 line quran if possible,maybe i am asking too much
but thanks anyway
Salaams
I was already considering English translation which should correspond with the script. However, it will take a while to do this because there are so many English translations and because we have tell the application which aayaat are on each page so that they can be matched up to the translation. It may take a few weeks, but Insha-Allah I will work on it during any spare time I have.
jaguaralani said:
These are the links to the 'non frame images' try them and give me your feedback ( Horizontal and Vertical )
http://www.4shared.com/file/96364556/390c2fa6/v_wvga.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/97539687/b3476020/h_wvga.html
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bro what difference with this?
Code:
http://www.4shared.com/file/134351630/60362269/h_wvga-800x480-medina2.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/134114828/f2fe41e9/v_wvga-480x800-medina2.html
thanks bro
we need another resolutions plz
thanks alot
there is a collection of indopak script at pdaquran .com
which is clearer to read as it is a page per screen
wonder if you you could use the images in you excellent software
ibrahimh said:
there is a collection of indopak script at pdaquran .com
which is clearer to read as it is a page per screen
wonder if you you could use the images in you excellent software
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This application is designed for WVGA to show two pages per screen, so unfortunately I cannot use the pdaquran images. I would urge you to contact pdaquran and ask them to provide you with a Windows Mobile application (they already provide an iPhone one). In any case, couldn't you just download the PDF and view it using Adobe Reader one page at a time?
Dear monzoyt and all - thank you for the various uthmani images you sent - I am currently preparing the Uthmani/Madinah images and will release a new application within a few days InshaAllah.
It takes a while because I have cropped the images to maintain high quality after resizing and need to also match up the bookmarks to the page numbers, and also need to render the page numbers in arabic on the page sides due to the fact that the images do not have enough space to render the page numbers at the top.
monyozt said:
bro what difference with this?
Code:
http://www.4shared.com/file/134351630/60362269/h_wvga-800x480-medina2.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/134114828/f2fe41e9/v_wvga- -medina2.html
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800x480 and 480x800, landscape and portrait screen mode!

Project coming soon (prop 215 app)

Well I am interested in developing an app but would like to gauge some interest. Here are the details of the app:
1. App will take advantage of built in light sensors to read your lights lummens output.
2. App will have a nutrient calculator based on (advanced Nutrients, Canna, Dutch Masters, and General Hydroponics)
3. App will also include nutrient charts for all the companies.
4. App will include a DB of pictures with descriptions of different plant diseases and deficiencies.
I have more ideas as well as in how to optimize air flow for your room and much more also will include for outdoor growing as well.
If your interested in seeing an app like this for our winmo phones let me know through this thread and i will post updates and beta versions once they are ready if there is enough interest in something like this.
Sounds nice. Good luck.
seems good,
later i will be doing some project may be i can seek you help then
It seems nice
can be useful
All the best
it is coming along. right now the strain app supports WVGA 480 x 800 resolution. follow my progress in the thread in my sig. I should be about a week away for the MJ's Strain Guide beta. all that is posted right now is an alpha so you get a feel for the UI. Still a lot to do.
Sounds good! Being completely crap at maintaining plants this seems quite useful
I know what you mean. I hope this app helps guide people but when it comes down to it a major factor in your outcome is the genetics. bad genetics of a good strain will give you bad results. i am attaching here a alpha version of my strain app. its also located in the HD2 app section. im not sure it will work on other phones as i have a hd2 right now. I due plan to port to other resolutions and sizes after completion. It will be easier as its just resizing of what i have done. I am also bringing in some friend to port the app to android and iphone/ipad and to make a windows pc based version. if anyone has suggestions or think they can help in anyway let me know. i can always use the help.
PS:
This is the 4th app i have ever made in my life.
Notes:
when app is installed and launched you will get pop up menus. These are due to the controls. Currently they are trail controls. I am sending a payment to get the full license to that will be removed by beta.
currently all list are populated but no data is inputted so when you try to launch a strain in kinetic scrolling it will do nothing. Only one works right now. It is located in Sativa Strains List. It is Cannalope Haze. Let me know what you think of how the data is displayed. If you install this on WVGA device 480x800 it should work so HD2/TP2 should look perfect. Let me know what device you have it installed on and your screen fitment issue only if its WVGA. QVGA and WQVGA are not supported.
enjoy!!
Update:
I have attached a newer version it is the latest i have made so far. I have updated the indica and sativa list and updated how the data is displayed for cannalope haze. The way the cab is made is different so now it will ask if you want to install on sd or phone. I also finally added an icon for the app. i still have a long way to go but i hope you like where its going.

Live Wallpaper Generator??

Has anyone contemplated creating a Android app that can take several images or a video clip and create a live wallpaper? That way, someone without any programming skills (like me) could make live wallpapers with our own video or picture collection. Would be awesome if something like that existed.
Just thinking out loud which I assume is better than talking in my head. Dunno...
DroidAppGen for this !
Hello,
We have just launched today our service droidappgen allowing to create Android livewallpapers.
For now, we display some images that the user can change automatically or on touchscreen. And another that can play a video if you have each frame.
We plan to add some new feature soon !
searching on google you can find droidappgen (I don't post often on xda, that I read a lot, so I can't post external link)
Don't hesitate to give your feedback here or using website.

Trying to modify Camera.so to bring back some 1.2 functionality

Been a lot of complaints on other forums about the crippled camera app in bada 2.0 and I'd like to restore some of the fuctionality from 1.2. Perhaps it's not actually possible as all I have seen is the KK5 app brought back to enable front camera, and no 1.2 app for bada 2.0 to restore some of the other missing functions like pause in video recording or editing options. So if this is waste of time please let me know, but I though the main problem was passing the sequrity check which has now been solved thanks to kubika. SO if possible this is the precise scope of the project:
It's not just the ability to pause a video recording, or edit anything after, there's a lot of other stuff too...
NO Image Quality selection
NO countinous/sequance shoot mode
NO sharpness, saruration, contrast adjustment... but still have auto contrast check box... as oppesed to what?!?!?
NO thumbnail or info view for picture when reviewing from cammera app
NO edit fuction for anything from anywhere as already mentioned... though admittedly if I really want to edit a pic I'll probably do it on my PC anyway.
Although a noob at this I do have some expeciance with PC's, and my understanding is that bada apps are in C++ so if one can decompile and recompile the camera app. Then ALL missing functions, with possible exception of editing that probably calls on seperate app, should be easily recoverable in the bada 2.0 camera app. I've actually checked the samsung developer website, and it gives guidelines on how to implemnet many of these functions if whishing to create your own app, so the code should be easy to reinsert even for me in their own app. The one problem may be creating/inserting buttons/tiles for the menus if not already available but simply uncalled, which I hope is actually the case since one can easily recover the record call button.
The main issue is I don't know how to decompile the two apps to read and compare the code, and then recompile them, so could someone please point me to the appropriate program(s) with hopefuly some instructions on how to use them. I think this is something that may be appreciated by many since we can now more easily upload modified apps, and is a relatively simple mod for a noob to atempt... so if anyone can offer some help with that to get me started, it's a project I'd be looking to take up .
innovative ..
liked your idea.
+1
to keep it simple, you can't 'decompile' a binary code to a c++ code, the compiling process is a one-way procedure..

[Q] Image Optimization for "Find Differences" Game

Hi! I'm ertha from BKK and now i'm investing on one application. To start with, i'm not developer myself, so some of my vocab might look silly or may not sound right for developer (maybe) so i apologize for that
Now i'm struggling with my apps development, since the agreement i've made is that i'll responsible for the design and images for every stage in game, i'm facing the difficulty for the images optimization.
For the original images, they are downloaded from my account in ShutterStock (biggest quality) i have 2 of them for each stages (2 different images).
Then i use "tinypng" converter in website to reduce their size in order to optimize my application size. However the size is still too big (according to developer) he's looking for something smaller?
Do you have any suggestion to "optimize these images" that are already converted by "tinypng" ? My developer tell me some method like save it to jpg first and then convert it back to png? is that a really good idea?
Really thank you for every answer, i truly appreciate all the help coming here
ertha013 said:
Hi! I'm ertha from BKK and now i'm investing on one application. To start with, i'm not developer myself, so some of my vocab might look silly or may not sound right for developer (maybe) so i apologize for that
Now i'm struggling with my apps development, since the agreement i've made is that i'll responsible for the design and images for every stage in game, i'm facing the difficulty for the images optimization.
For the original images, they are downloaded from my account in ShutterStock (biggest quality) i have 2 of them for each stages (2 different images).
Then i use "tinypng" converter in website to reduce their size in order to optimize my application size. However the size is still too big (according to developer) he's looking for something smaller?
Do you have any suggestion to "optimize these images" that are already converted by "tinypng" ? My developer tell me some method like save it to jpg first and then convert it back to png? is that a really good idea?
Really thank you for every answer, i truly appreciate all the help coming here
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Hey there, Ertha.
I'll tell you the way I optimize images and see if this may help you.
When you save a .png, it saves uncompressed(or very little) which means your data is pixel-for-pixel. Highest quality you can reach.
When you save it as a .jpeg, it runs an algorithm and compresses what you have thus making the file size smaller, yet still producing a clear image.
So in essence, his theory will work, and you can tell him you did exactly that. Pretty much all mobile platforms will handle a .jpeg as well so my recommendation would be to tell the dev to use them.
I use Photoshop for my image compression. When I have the image I'd like open in Photoshop, I choose "save for Web and Devices" which will give you an optimization screen. Most of the time you can still get a really good image if you save as a jpeg and reduce the quality to 60%. This will greatly lower the file size and garner the "optimization" he is looking for.
A further recommendation would be to use 1:1 aspect ratio(square) images to optimize across devices if you're new to it. It will make life much easier later on.
Thank you so much Im Saint!
So i can save for web to "jpg" first and then save back to "png" again?
ertha013 said:
Thank you so much Im Saint!
So i can save for web to "jpg" first and then save back to "png" again?
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Yes, you can do that. :good:

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