EDIT -- Unfortunately, I don't really have time to mess with this any more at the moment. Reefermattness has offered to merge this with his utility, so I'd check there for any additional updates/requests/etc. Thanks!
I posted this over at PPCGeeks, but thought I'd go ahead and post it here too:
I like having my backlight auto-adjust in WM, but for the time being we still have to turn that off before launching Haret in order to have backlight control in Android. So... here is a little app that does just that... disables the automatic backlight adjustment and then runs haret. Just install the cab and look for "Android Launcher" in your Start menu (you still need your own Android package on your storage card - including haret).
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I made this mostly just for myself, but figured I'd share in case anyone else finds it useful. I'm by no means a developer (more of an amateur tinkerer) so I don't really intend to offer much support or additional development.
Also, I had originally intended to write another little program to run at Windows startup to re-enable auto-adjustment, but it doesn't seem to be necessary. The setting doesn't appear to stick after the system reboots. Maybe there isn't enough time before haret runs for the registry to be committed. Not really sure, but I'd be curious if anyone else's results vary.
Edit - new version configurable via the registry. Change the string value at HKLM\SOFTWARE\AndroidLauncher -- HaretLocation to reflect the location of haret on your storage card.
Edit2 - added app to re-enable the auto-adjustment on Windows startup, since the results seemed to be inconsistent. This will ensure that it is back on when Windows starts. If you've downloaded previously, you might want to update to this version.
this is pretty cool, nice goin
This IS pretty cool! Thanks!
I'm really glad you shared this. I always forget to turn off auto backlight in Windows when I boot Android. Thank you.
android luncher
hello all!!!
first sorry for my bad english!
where i find android luncher for HTC P3300 ARTEMIS????????????
bedoig said:
Also, I had originally intended to write another little program to run at Windows startup to re-enable auto-adjustment, but it doesn't seem to be necessary. The setting doesn't appear to stick after the system reboots. Maybe there isn't enough time before haret runs for the registry to be committed. Not really sure, but I'd be curious if anyone else's results vary.
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Though I do not know for certain, I tend to agree with your statement that the registry isn't getting committed prior to running haret.
I was having issues where I would install this app, edit the registry to point to \Storage Card\andboot\haret.exe, I could run Android Launcher that _one_ time and it would work.
When I rebooted into Windows, the registry would be reset and Android Launcher would give .NET errors, and my automatic backlight settings are restored.
I finally installed android Launcher, edited my registry as needed, and then rebooted (soft reset) my phone. All the settings stuck.
I can run Android Launcher fine now without issue. Thank you, I like this small app for launch xdAndroid the best.
JJHiemenz said:
Though I do not know for certain, I tend to agree with your statement that the registry isn't getting committed prior to running haret.
I was having issues where I would install this app, edit the registry to point to \Storage Card\andboot\haret.exe, I could run Android Launcher that _one_ time and it would work.
When I rebooted into Windows, the registry would be reset and Android Launcher would give .NET errors, and my automatic backlight settings are restored.
I finally installed android Launcher, edited my registry as needed, and then rebooted (soft reset) my phone. All the settings stuck.
I can run Android Launcher fine now without issue. Thank you, I like this small app for launch xdAndroid the best.
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I hadn't considered that, thanks for bringing it up. I need to force that registry key to be saved before running haret. I'll post a new version as soon as I have time to make the change.
this app is really nice love to have one extra icon on the sense desktop
Hi everybody. I don't really have time to mess with this any more at the moment, but Reefermattness has offered to merge this with his utility, so I'd check there for any additional updates/requests/etc. Thanks!
cool! many thanks, sir.
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I feel kind of silly here. I did a search on the forum, and didn't find much.
I want to be able to look at my phone and see how much power is left. Right now I have to go Start-->Settings-->System-->Power.
Ridiculous!
Am I missing something?
You will need to install some plugin on the today screen to get the feature you are looking for. I personally use PowerCheck version 3.5, which is freeware and allows you to monitor both the battery and memory state.
I have attached a a CAB file with PowerCheck. Just copy it to you device execute it there to install.
dont install this program. i did and I have to hardreset my XDAIIs
Is this a general issue with the Blue Angel (or what device do you have xcalibur)?
Honestly, I have been running this plugin for more than a month on my Magician. It hasn't caused me any problems at all - not even something that required a soft reset. I find it strange that it should cause problems on the Blue Angel but not on the Magician given that they both run Windows Mobile 2003 SE PE. Moreover, this plugin has received almost purely positive reviews on several ppc freeware sites.
I'm sorry xcalibur, but I have ask: could it be that your hard reset was caused by something else than this plugin - or perhaps by a bug in some other software that doesn't work if this plugin is installed?
I have an O2 XDAIIs with ROM Version 1.12.62WWE. ROM DATE 10/4/04.
Try SPBPocketPlus http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/
You can create today shortcuts and put a small block style powerbar across the very top edge of the screen.
Loads of other features as well including the option to make the X button really close apps rather than just minimze them.
Completely customisable as well
anyway, thanks.
Hi!
I remember when i load the O2 Uk ROM there was this battery bar in the today screen, any know what program they use?
I hope if possible it can be extract from the O2 UK extend ROM, i just need to know which file?
I have recently upgrade to the iMate Arabic 1.31 ROM so lost the O2 features.
Alvin
Try this one: TodaysInfo
Hi
Try this on: TodaysInfo. I'm using it on SPV M1000 & M2000 and it works fine with direct access to memory and bat.
There is one TodayScreen add-in where this one will disappeare but I don't know which one. Un/reinstall it and it's back.
:?
Cheere, AG
Hi! Ag,
Thanks very much, appreciate your help. I have search the net for this today battery plugin but the one im looking for was like in O2 UK XDA IIs.
Cheers,
Alvin
Dster said:
I feel kind of silly here. I did a search on the forum, and didn't find much.
I want to be able to look at my phone and see how much power is left. Right now I have to go Start-->Settings-->System-->Power.
Ridiculous!
Am I missing something?
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I'd recommend Magic Button 1.8. It's supposed to give you control of running programs, but also incorporates a powermeter, as seen in the top right corner.
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It's freeware and can be downloaded here http://www.trancreative.com/mb.aspx
Try It :wink:
Try this one out
This is the smallest and nicest I've ever seen. You can also choose the position on the top bar.
No installation required, just copy it wherever you want and execute (\windows\startup is a good place).
Tapping on it you will have immediately all your bat and mem information at a glance.
Cheers.
hello
i am very much happy to get this file from u..really nice ****GOOD WORK*
Thanks alot
spb pocket plus makes the blueangel slow. I heard this from some other users.
magic button is fine but sometimes creates prob.
If you guys talking about yishin powercheck then I do have that on my blueangel for months now and not got any problem with it. I also have from the same worldtoday and tdlauch from the same place. These all are free apps and tdlaunch gives u the ability of have shortcuts on today screen.
GS Battery Meter
Hi all,
I use GS battery bar.It works in 25% sections,
Attached file for download......................
Hi all,
This is what i use to check bat. and mem.
hope this is what you are looking for.
ammar...
Forgive the (perhaps) simple question: I tried battery_OU. Now I'd like to uninstall, but don't see it anywhere where I can remove, either on my xv6600woc or in ActiveSync or anywhere else for that matter. Any helps or hints, please? Thank you.
websparc said:
spb pocket plus makes the blueangel slow.
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Yes, its true.
Re: ammar...
DWIM said:
Forgive the (perhaps) simple question: I tried battery_OU. Now I'd like to uninstall, but don't see it anywhere where I can remove, either on my xv6600woc or in ActiveSync or anywhere else for that matter. Any helps or hints, please? Thank you.
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hi,
this file don't has uninstall option but you can uninstall it manually,
1- go on your pocket pc to windows folder you will find a file called bettery.exe,,, delete it
2- now most important you have to edit the registry because the phone will be looking for battery file every time you reset it and it will give an error because you deleted it , now using any reg edit software go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\init
"Launch250"="\windows\battery.exe" <= delete this key.
that should work.
please make first a backup for your pocket pc, you may need it in case something wrong happened.
Regards.
'Uninstalling' battery_OU
Thanks for the reply; appreciate it. After I posted here, I started looking at files w/in the CAB & found the reg entry. I also thought it's _250 init meant that the corresponding pgm would get started in the order implied (basically about last if I remember correctly). Reminded me a little about the root pcs start sequence dependencies in Unix. So I removed the reg entry, restarted & the upper right icon disappeared. Then I was comfortable w/deleting the windows\battery.exe.
Rebooting, that-all looked fine. So then I thought I'd wait for your reply, to see what else I might have missed, then reply back.
Again, thanks for your reply. I think whoever built the CAB didn't build the corresponding uninstall; kind of 'hacky' to me, but, no harm.
FWIW, I'm using the kbattery executable that 'dave' posted in his post dtd Thu Mar 10, 2005 12:20. Small, works fine, can place in the Start where I want. Shows primary battery strength, which is what I'm mostly looking for most-all the time. Can click it to get more info if I want too (although it shows more detail about memory only).
Is there some way to remove the Honeycomb effect (offset fonts) from the Start menu?
Also, I'd like to have more control over the order of things in the Start menu. Are there any tweaks that provide this control?
i really wish microsoft would do something about the start menu. its not honeycomb anymore without the honeycomb. its just staggered and it doesnt make sense anymore. if you want to place icons in certain order you have to press and hold and move up and down. its tedious but thats the way it works. switch to htcs manila start menu if you want it different.
This article actually suggests the staggered layout is more finger friendly than a regular grid. Not sure I buy it. Like most people, I think it makes the menu look jumbled.
http://onlygizmos.com/windows-mobile-65-honeycomb-menu-is-more-than-just-looks/2009/03/
Its true that the lack of sorting and re-organizing features for the Start Menu is annoying and a bit puzzling.
Don't know of any hacks for changing the staggered layout.
But reStart and Icon Changer are XDA user-developed programs that allow you to re-order icons, or change them. I've tried reStart with limited success. For some reason, the icons don't always end up where you put them on the list. I haven't tried Icon Changer yet, but intend to.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=481379
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567080
Seriously, this is the best Microsoft could do with a start menu? This is what was supposed to compete with the fluid cleanliness of iPhone's home screen? Ridiculous.
I avoid the "Start" screen at all costs and use Manilla whenever possible.
I organize the Start menu into folders and then alphabetize the icons with re/Start.
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As I always say, QuickMenu. You can make the individual items as large as you want to make it increasingly touch-friendly, and it makes sense, includes the ability to end programs, recent launched, links to settings, etc..
I've been using an app called Panoramic Launchpad downloaded from Microsoft Marketplace for a few bucks. It's been working great, you can reorganize any icon you want on the fly by hold and drag. The only downside is it takes up about 8MB of RAM the last time I looked.
adp9626 said:
I've been using an app called Panoramic Launchpad downloaded from Microsoft Marketplace for a few bucks. It's been working great, you can reorganize any icon you want on the fly by hold and drag. The only downside is it takes up about 8MB of RAM the last time I looked.
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8 megs!?!?! Hahahahah, refund.
i actually wasnt a fan of the old start menu. the drop down didnt make sense. going straight into all programs did so microsoft threw you in there. and the honeycomb prototype design was super snazzy. http://stevewiilliams.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/win-mo-6-5.jpg i think htc did a good job at replacing that through the manila start menu in tf3d 2.0. but it doesnt really fit in with sense 2.5 so rather than updating it, they just dropped that all together. seems no one can make a good looking cohesive start menu.
Are you saying that Sense doesn't have a Programs tab?
i was actaully saying it didnt have manila start menu but yeah it doesnt look like it has a programs tab either.
Looks like the original question hasn't been answered yet - how do you get rid of the honeycomb? I tried the Showaco start menu program (from the folks that did REstart) but it did not work on my Sprint TP2 with 6.5.
AWESOME START
That's what I use, it creates a drop down listing which you can scroll through, if you tap and hold you can set to the top or down. I think if you pair this with ReStart you can get a pretty workable start menu.
I first found the cab on xda, but cannot remember which thread, so I apologize to the dev.
Hope this helps.
Awesome Start shows a list rather than icons. That still doesn't answer the question in this thread. How do we show the start menu with icons like normal, just not honeycombed?
vogelap said:
Is there some way to remove the Honeycomb effect (offset fonts) from the Start menu?
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Awesome Start removes the Honeycomb effect
vogelap said:
Also, I'd like to have more control over the order of things in the Start menu. Are there any tweaks that provide this control?
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ReStart provides more control over the order of things in the Start menu
►@Madmartian, I do not know for sure how to fix the honeycomb effect (perhaps the Cookies tweak, but I do not know for sure), but I think the OP was answered.
Re: Default Windows Start Menu Alternative: Winstart
Many users in the NRG Rhodium thread recently recommended Winstart for WM 6.x. The paid version ($5) offers more RAM savings & tweaks vs the free version. And it works w/ or w/o Sense.
*****
I think one of my apps may have caused this problem. It just happened out of the blue. Is there any way of fixing this without needing to hard reset?
I have a link to show you guys how it looks, but apparently I'm not allowed to post links...
Thanks for any help!
tprisco said:
I think one of my apps may have caused this problem. It just happened out of the blue. Is there any way of fixing this without needing to hard reset?
I have a link to show you guys how it looks, but apparently I'm not allowed to post links...
Thanks for any help!
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Messed up, or gone entirely? If you're just back on the stock WM 6.x interface, you can turn sense back on in your settings menu, select the "today" option, then the "items" tab, and you'll see the check box to turn sense on, then just "ok" to close.
If it's graphical corruption, can you describe it, and have you tried a soft-reset yet? You may need to go back and uninstall any recent apps/cabs one-by-one, soft-resetting after each, to see if that clears it up.
It's messed up; it's not back to the stock WM 6.x interface.
The clock is completely messed up, the numbers are all unintelligable. It constantly says "Title" on the center. The slider bar is always there but without any icons. Background wallpaper is darkened.
img44.imageshack.*insert ".us" here*/img44/3608/screenshot1rum*insert .png here*
to see the picture of the screen.
tprisco said:
It's messed up; it's not back to the stock WM 6.x interface.
The clock is completely messed up, the numbers are all unintelligable. It constantly says "Title" on the center. The slider bar is always there but without any icons. Background wallpaper is darkened.
img44.imageshack.*insert ".us" here*/img44/3608/screenshot1rum*insert .png here*
to see the picture of the screen.
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First off Here is your Pic
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Sh** dude what did you install?!
what ROM are you running? stock, 2.1?
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If you are using the stock 2.1 that came with your phone you can try installing this, i dug it up from an old thread...no
guarantees but it might save you a hard reset!
http://www.4shared.com/file/109330961/b9be5561/TF3DIIBlack.html
These are the instructions given by Stunno for the install:
"Before installing it copy the "2330fc3c_manila" file from the windows directory *Use Total Commander or the Resco file manager to copy the file* and put it back after installation. When installing DO NOT let your screen turn off!!! and it takes AGES to install, about 20-30 minutes.
Once it is installed, reboot and you have the default HTC black TF3D theme, with white fonts. You can then install any theme you want without CFC compression"
To replace the Facebook installation look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...38&postcount=5
Make sure you copy the manila file as it says above....hope this works for you.
Below is the thread it came from, it should replace any and all of the messed up manila files whatever you have installed has messed up, and its prolly easier to replace them all than to try and find the specific files as there are thousands!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=545787&highlight=vodafone+theme
Of course someone more wise than me may have a better solution, but all the same here is mine, good luck
tprisco said:
It's messed up; it's not back to the stock WM 6.x interface.
The clock is completely messed up, the numbers are all unintelligable. It constantly says "Title" on the center. The slider bar is always there but without any icons. Background wallpaper is darkened.
img44.imageshack.*insert ".us" here*/img44/3608/screenshot1rum*insert .png here*
to see the picture of the screen.
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I'm running 6.1 as well, and I get that kind of issue when I install clocks or other themes/elements that are for 6.5 and up, but it would always go away after uninstalling the incompatible cab. Again, I'd just go backwards through your installs and remove them one by one...
sirphunkee said:
I'm running 6.1 as well, and I get that kind of issue when I install clocks or other themes/elements that are for 6.5 and up, but it would always go away after uninstalling the incompatible cab. Again, I'd just go backwards through your installs and remove them one by one...
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I totally missed that,it would make sense. how do you know he is running 6.1?
osrix25 said:
I totally missed that,it would make sense. how do you know he is running 6.1?
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I was assuming really, the screenshot just looks like the dirt-simple clock and home screen that's found natively in 6.1
I had a similar problem after using Max TF3D Theme Maker v4.1. If you used this app, you should be able to do a restore from with in Max TF3D
sirphunkee said:
I was assuming really, the screenshot just looks like the dirt-simple clock and home screen that's found natively in 6.1
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I think he's also running WM6.1 because it looks like he only has TouchFlo3D (not Sense; yes, you can tell by the clock).
Now, call me crazy, but seeing he has a plain, white Start button at the top-left of the screen, wouldn't that hint more towards him running WM6.5? Isn't it that WM6.1 has a colored Start button whereas WM6.5 has a white Start button? Just a thought...
To the OP: Can't you just uninstall your mods in Start > Settings > System > Remove Programs? Or is it not showing up there?
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New 2.3 version 22/12/2012!
Hello everyone, I would like to publish on this application that I developed. This application allows you to create desktop shortcuts to most of the Metro app.
In this new version there are a lot of new functions, such as new Ui, link to charmbar functions and start menu and an integrated update chacking.
For ptoblems, you can comment here
You can read thge help by clicking "?" in the program
DOWNLOAD 2.3 beta
My Website article (translate with google translator)
Sorry for the double post, but I saw that there were about 400 visits and had no feedback yet.
I need feedback to improve this program and to determine if it works or if I should keep off this project.
Thanks a lot for downloads and possible feedback.
Pasquiindustry said:
Sorry for the double post, but I saw that there were about 400 visits and had no feedback yet.
I need feedback to improve this program and to determine if it works or if I should keep off this project.
Thanks a lot for downloads and possible feedback.
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I have tried this and many of my apps are not loading. Reader, Mail, Video, Music, etc.
Music gives me an error that states: "No apps are installed to open this link (zunemusic)"
Mail gives me a full blown Error Message that states "ERROR in action number 1 of Mouse Event for Left Released for object 46: cannot execute {randomnumbers}:" and gives me an abort, ignore, copy and clear buttons.
This is a pretty cool app if you can get it to work.
It function correctly only for Windows 8 RP and not for RTM for now. An update is on my list
Damn, well alright.
Kindly post update for RTM ...this can really become an awesome app ... since neither RTM allows one to create shortcuts ...
Now I'm working on a minor update that change name (ModernApp link) and o.s. support (only RTM).
However, I'm near to find a solution for creating lnk files for all apps installed.
I'm working on
I'm developing a new version now, but it may request a registry edit (such as first version), but I maybe will able to start all installed apps or a big part.
Because the school, I don't have a lot of time to develop
The app is great, and the paths it uses are teriffic, I can finally use the hotkeys on my keyboard.
I see you use the following command for chat:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start "" "mschat:"
how do you find out the name of the app? This simple command line allows me to map hotkeys to apps. I would like to know how you found these so I can find them myself for new apps.
This app has a great future....keep it up op.
Hit thanks if i helped you
kid1988 said:
The app is great, and the paths it uses are teriffic, I can finally use the hotkeys on my keyboard.
I see you use the following command for chat:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start "" "mschat:"
how do you find out the name of the app? This simple command line allows me to map hotkeys to apps. I would like to know how you found these so I can find them myself for new apps.
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Windows protocols
mrappbrain said:
This app has a great future....keep it up op.
Hit thanks if i helped you
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I've really no time to develop in this days, but there are a lot of new features in new version, with shortcuts to a lot of Windows 8 functions.
I've problem with some apps (all apps, native and thirdy), bu I believe in a solution.
Maybe in xmas holidays I can do something (or relase )
Pasquiindustry said:
Windows protocols
I've really no time to develop in this days, but there are a lot of new features in new version, with shortcuts to a lot of Windows 8 functions.
I've problem with some apps (all apps, native and thirdy), bu I believe in a solution.
Maybe in xmas holidays I can do something (or relase )
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Could you elaborate on "windows protocols"? I could update the list for you as far I can find, cause I would like to use it as well...
And since you have little to no time to update I could help you update the current shortcuts that aren't working anymore so you could provide a small update.
cheers.
Thanks, but in this version It's no necessary.
However, in this weeki Will pubblish the 2.3 Beta
Pasquiindustry said:
Thanks, but in this version It's no necessary.
However, in this weeki Will pubblish the 2.3 Beta
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Looking forward to it!
As I promise, the new version is now avaliable! (link in openpost)
Hello everyone, you might all remember the samsung app called Game tuner which was for me really a game changer. Especially the resolution option it offered. As you might know samsung caps all the games on their devices to 75% resolution, so your never getting that 1440P image probably to save power. Now with most games this isn't an issue, I honestly don't even notice it. However games which include "pixel art" do suffer issues. For example rollercoaster tycoon classic. Which honestly does not look good because it's not 1:1, it's especially noticeable when you zoom out, everything becomes a pixelated mess. Here's an example, the first image is from my s5 which does still have a working game tuner (put to 100% of course otherwise it's the same mess as the s9), as you can see things are nice and sharp, the second image is from my s9.
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So naturally I would love to get game tuner back, so that's what I tried. Now the main cullprit seems to be the Samsung Game optimizing service. Because Game tuner has worked on android pie for me, it stopped working after a certain update from the optimizing service, with that update game tuner stopped working and now display's something along the lines of please update the game optimizing service. So my first idea was to to revert to an older version of the service, unfortunately it wasn't quite as easy as it sounds. I'm trying to do this all on an unrooted s9 btw. Since it's a system app I couldn't just remove and reinstall it, so I tried to uninstall updates which didn't quite work. Than I tried to edit the apk of an older version of the service so it had a higher version code than my current installed version with APK Easy tools (decompiling it, chancing apktool.yml and recompiling). Which unfortunately didn't work, it spit out the following error on ADB: INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE: Package signatures do not match the previously installed version; Now i'm definitely not an expert on this topic and didn't know how to fix this it's different from the normal upgrade error though which is: INSTALL_FAILED_VERSION_DOWNGRADE so i kinda felt like I made progress but since I didn't know how to fix this new issue I left it as a Dead end (if anyone knows how to maybe fix this, please let me know). So I went with a differente route I tried to uninstall it completely with ADB so I used this guide on XDA: https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/ (which uses the following command to "remove" and app/package: pm uninstall -k --user 0 <name of package>) And it indeed disappeared from the phones app list, but when I tried to install the older version It still didn't work, on the phone the installation failed again, and on pc I got the same error messages didn't matter if I used the edited APK or the normal (old) one. I did some more research but I couldn't really find a solution, it's a rather unique problem I guess. My rather limited knowledge about android development and ADB didn't really help either. So now my question is, does anyone know a way to make it work? I pretty much just want to change the resolution from 75% to 100% on games, so It doesn't necessarily have to be Game tools, any other tool which could do the same thing would also be perfect. As long as I'm able to remove that pixilated mess from the game.
TL;DR:
Need Game tuner or something else to change the default game resolution from 75% to 100%, tried a lot of things to get it working again by downgrading the Samsung game optimizing service, but couldn't get that downgraded. Does anyone know a solution?
Greetings Thomas Mulder
EDIT: hah while proof reading this post I noticed the aspect ratio of the second image wasn't right which reminded me of something else, the s9 forces an aspect ration of 21:9 on the game. RCT classic does not like this which causes the mess. So that kinda fixes my RCT problem, still not as sharp as could be but way better now. If anyone still has the answer to a fix for game tuner I would stil gladly receive it though!
İ hope we get it back in android 10
I've been wondering about that too. I notice there is a "decrease resolution" toggle for the stock game launcher app. I wonder if that provides the same functionality