As an avid Rockbox user, I was excited when I discovered this page with precompiled apk's for us. Link I then sadly found out there was no VGA version, only QVGA, HVGA, and WVGA. So I decided to compile it for our beloved VGA RAPH devices. I attached the .apk. Download and install rockboxfixed.apk, download this and extract the "fonts" folder (Inside the zip it is /rockbox-fonts/.rockbox/fonts) to the "rockbox" folder on your sdcard then it should look like the second image and should be more usable. It appears, however, if you extract it to the sdcard you have to manually use the rockbox filebrowser or the theme settings to set it to your selected font. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Outdated: Haven't really gotten to test it so I expect I made an error somewhere, possible in signing the app or whatnot. I'll fix it tomorrow.
P.S. For anyone who doesn't know what Rockbox is: http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/WhyRockbox
Edit: Noticed some issues then realized I compiled it for 640 x 480 landscape not 480 x 640 portrait like it should be. Uploaded a new version. *Crosses fingers*
Edit 2: To fix the tiny font follow these steps:
1. Download and extract this and extract it to your sdcard so you have a folder called "fonts" at the root of your sdcard.
2. Open terminal emulator and type: su
3. Type cd sdcard
4. Type cp -af fonts /data/data/org.rockbox/app_rockbox/rockbox
That should do it. It should now look like the second screenshot when you open rockbox. I'll see if I can incorporate the fonts into the apk but not sure how to do that right now.
Edit 3: Wow, just discovered something. You can just copy the fonts folder the the "rockbox" folder at the root of your sdcard. Makes it significantly easier.
Thanks for doing that. Man, i used to have an iRiver, and used and grabbed daily builds for that thing. For other's, it's a really awesome mediaplayer. Well, more then that. I was playing arcade games and doom and such thanks to Rockbox really. This was amazing for an MP3 player that is.
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Thanks for doing that. Man, i used to have an iRiver, and used and grabbed daily builds for that thing. For other's, it's a really awesome mediaplayer. Well, more then that. I was playing arcade games and doom and such thanks to Rockbox really. This was amazing for an MP3 player that is.
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Yeah, I have a Gigabeat S that I LOVE with Rockbox. Best music experience hands down. But also, like you said, I played through doom and every Pokemon for Game boy. Sigh... good times. Anyways, have you tried my apk? Just curious how it works.
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Downloaded it, and will give it a shot later and report back. Thanks again.
Ok, tried it last night, and not usable. Something about the screen size might be wrong, as the screen fill's up the top left corner (about 1/16 of the screen), and the menu is so small you literally have to squint to read the text, instead of it filling the whole screen. I don't have a picture, but honestly, if you think about an icon size in "Sense", the whole screen menu is honestly MUCH smaller in size in whole then 1 Sense icon.
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Ok, tried it last night, and not usable. Something about the screen size might be wrong, as the screen fill's up the top left corner (about 1/16 of the screen), and the menu is so small you literally have to squint to read the text, instead of it filling the whole screen. I don't have a picture, but honestly, if you think about an icon size in "Sense", the whole screen menu is honestly MUCH smaller in size in whole then 1 Sense icon.
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Yeah, I noticed the same thing. I found a fix and am about to edit the first post.
ok,sounds good, will definately try the new version. Not meaning to get off topic,but noticing ur sig, what's ur take on Ubuntu on our devices? Lots not working,but not needing 3d accel for now, if mouse,keyboard, and screen at least works at a usable state,just to play with. Since guessing u use or at least test it, wanted to get some feedback from ya.
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ok,sounds good, will definately try the new version. Not meaning to get off topic,but noticing ur sig, what's ur take on Ubuntu on our devices? Lots not working,but not needing 3d accel for now, if mouse,keyboard, and screen at least works at a usable state,just to play with. Since guessing u use or at least test it, wanted to get some feedback from ya.
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Well, it's not so much a new version as a way to fix the previous one. Anyways, Ubuntu is actually rather usable. Mouse, keyboard, and screen all work; it's just a little slow but not too bad. Sound is now partly working too.
Does it play .flv files?
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Does it play .flv files?
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No, it's a music player first and foremost. The only video format it supports is mpeg2 and I'm not even sure if video is supported in the Android version.
Hi there,
Not a dev or anything, just an avid music junky...
Wanted to let you know that the fonts fix doesn't work on HTC Desire w/ Froyo. Sort of did everything as described but nothing.
Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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That's a native Android device... Not sure why you're posting in the Fuze section. Do they have the same resolution, and there is no RockBox app that is for the Desire...? I'd be surprised.
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Hi there,
Not a dev or anything, just an avid music junky...
Wanted to let you know that the fonts fix doesn't work on HTC Desire w/ Froyo. Sort of did everything as described but nothing.
Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
V
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First off, you should download the WVGA version from here not the one I posted. Second, did you try copying the fonts folder to both locations, within the data folder and the sdcard? Just curious if one might work and not the other. I also changed the first post to be a little more clear. Actually I'm having a little trouble with getting it to recognize the fonts on the sdcard too. I just took the rockbox people's word for it. One way to fix it is to use the rockbox filebrowser and just select the font you want. That should do it.
P.S. I'm no dev either, I just know how to use a Linux command line somewhat.
JesusFreak316 thank you for the info. Im a huge fan of Rockbox for audiobooks. when someone gets Timestretch working it'll be content.
graybix said:
JesusFreak316 thank you for the info. Im a huge fan of Rockbox for audiobooks. when someone gets Timestretch working it'll be content.
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You're very welcome. Timestretch has nothing to do with me, as I'm sure you already know. That's up to the real rockbox devs to incorporate. Just out of curiosity, what do you use timestretch for? I use it for learning guitar licks in songs.
Finally... I've been asking for a Rockbox port for ages!
Will try it out on my Desire and let you know... keep it up dude!
News ?
some news ?
meo said:
some news ?
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News on what? It should be working relatively well, and I updated it to 3.7, the newest stable build of rockbox.
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News on what? It should be working relatively well, and I updated it to 3.7, the newest stable build of rockbox.
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That's sounds like there was a stable Rockbox build for Android which totally isn't true. It's *unstable* and largely unusable. 3.7 is stable for a lot of other devices, but not even a single android phone.
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That's sounds like there was a stable Rockbox build for Android which totally isn't true. It's *unstable* and largely unusable. 3.7 is stable for a lot of other devices, but not even a single android phone.
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I guess that's true, but what should I call it then? It didn't seem unstable to me though, just incomplete.
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Confirmed working on 1.51 ADP as well (and most likely UK also, I imagine, since it also lacks the Cramfs lol, sounds like a disease).
JrBourque's blue VK was used for this theme.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/uztmiumamjj/Jfv1.5_CowboyBebop.zip
Score! It looks nice, going to be testing it out Thanks man. You don't have a place to donate do you?
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Score! It looks nice, going to be testing it out Thanks man. You don't have a place to donate do you?
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Ha ha. I haven't actually looked into that yet. I might. I enjoy making these things so much it's like... just building stuff I wanna see on my phone and sharing it w/ the community while I'm at it =)
I'm really haggard today for some strange reason. Jus veggin on the couch for a change. Ill prolly start workin on that Samurai Champloo theme here tomorrow night when I get back from work I imagine...
Oops... just realized I hadn't included a shot of the clock. Here it is.
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Oops... just realized I hadn't included a shot of the clock. Here it is.
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I'm surprised you didn't put the watch from episode 10 (the one Alisa gives back to jet).
"Time doesn't stand still." -Alisa
Good episode =p
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I'm surprised you didn't put the watch from episode 10 (the one Alisa gives back to jet).
"Time doesn't stand still." -Alisa
Good episode =p
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Oh yeah huh? That's a good idea =) unfortunitely my stinkin computer won't let me do screenshots from a DVD no matter what program I'm running it with =( which limits me to whatever I can find running image searches. I also wanted to incorporate as many characters/ships as I could into the clock, it being a centerpiece of sorts. Tried a few dif ideas and ended up liking that one the best. Kept it simple and clean. Everything else I tried got too muddy and didn't look sharp enough.
It requires you to redraw the image, but here it is.
Image is huge, just open the thumbnail =p
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It requires you to redraw the image, but here it is.
Image is huge, just open the thumbnail =p
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Cool. Might give that a whirl when I get home from work =)
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Cool. Might give that a whirl when I get home from work =)
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If you need more scans of it, let me know. Was going to use it in a winmo theme I was skinning =p
Actually, if you need any scans at all, let me know as I rip/convert all my dvds to AVI for easier storage (plus I use my xbox as a media center so that I can grab an episode/movie whenever from my home server)
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If you need more scans of it, let me know. Was going to use it in a winmo theme I was skinning =p
Actually, if you need any scans at all, let me know as I rip/convert all my dvds to AVI for easier storage (plus I use my xbox as a media center so that I can grab an episode/movie whenever from my home server)
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Meh. Gave it my best whirl but it didn't end up lookin as sharp when all was said and done =( extremely hard to center (the wand graphics are independent from the clock graphic of course) and when I got it it just got way too messy. Was a great idea though =)
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Meh. Gave it my best whirl but it didn't end up lookin as sharp when all was said and done =( extremely hard to center (the wand graphics are independent from the clock graphic of course) and when I got it it just got way too messy. Was a great idea though =)
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I think it's your civic obligation to create (program) a widget for it then... =p
oh well
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I think it's your civic obligation to create (program) a widget for it then... =p
oh well
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Yeah. Id definitely take pleasure in doing so if making it happen properly was within my means. My graphic art skills are intermediate at best. I definitely know my way around Gimp pretty well, but still lack some of the skills that others commonly put to good use when it comes to such matters
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Yeah. Id definitely take pleasure in doing so if making it happen properly was within my means. My graphic art skills are intermediate at best. I definitely know my way around Gimp pretty well, but still lack some of the skills that others commonly put to good use when it comes to such matters
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Same here. I know my way around PS and Gimp but I lack the background/education to go from the basics like cutting/cropping/applying filters to making crazy looking pictures/whatnot...
this won't work on the crb43 release? of jf1.5?
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this won't work on the crb43 release? of jf1.5?
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Not the US one (works fine w/ UK and ADP, I'm running ADP 1.51 myself)). Haven't tried it myself (so feel free to give it a shot and let me know) but from what I understand, if flashed w/ the US build of 1.51 you won't have the modified launcher (app drawer) elements of the theme due to an extra measure that JF took to compress the files within the Launcher archive... (that seems to be a headache to edit so I haven't bothered messin w/ the US build at all).
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Not the US one (works fine w/ UK and ADP, I'm running ADP 1.51 myself)). Haven't tried it myself (so feel free to give it a shot and let me know) but from what I understand, if flashed w/ the US build of 1.51 you won't have the modified launcher (app drawer) elements of the theme due to an extra measure that JF took to compress the files within the Launcher archive... (that seems to be a headache to edit so I haven't bothered messin w/ the US build at all).
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It's because of those cram things that you have to go around and stuff, but it does work on ADP 1.51.
Hey was going to tell you something, or a little suggestion, but after seeing some other themes, I was wondering that instead of posting full pictures for icons, is there anyway that you can post figures. If you look at Nightmare before Christmas one I'm sure you would understand what i mean. That's an idea of course, still like your work so don't get me wrong *shakes fist incase*
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It's because of those cram things that you have to go around and stuff, but it does work on ADP 1.51.
Hey was going to tell you something, or a little suggestion, but after seeing some other themes, I was wondering that instead of posting full pictures for icons, is there anyway that you can post figures. If you look at Nightmare before Christmas one I'm sure you would understand what i mean. That's an idea of course, still like your work so don't get me wrong *shakes fist incase*
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Yeah it's possible. It's all variable on the source that i get my hands on. I'm not sure if KilaTattz actually created those icons (drawing them from scratch) or if he found them somewhere/created them by editing a source... but I imagine a lot of times you see icons like that, they're even drawn from scratch or taken from a windows desktop theme of somekind.
I usually create my icons from pictures cuz there's a lot more to work with. In some cases they're almost figurine-like (see the swordfish Browser icon, Dialer icon, Calculator icon, and youtube icon from the bebop them if youre running it, or even better, most of the icons i did in my megaman theme - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=515742 ).
But I'm guessing he's got legit enough graphic design skills that he drew them himself or he found a killer desktop theme that he pulled the icons from.
when working w/ Bebop and Champloo, Robotech and Spider-man... desktop themes are/were either non existant or completely outdated. There are some icons I used from a windows desktop theme that looks straight outta the 90s on my spider-man theme lol. They looked aight though. If you have Openhome you should scope it out. They jus threw it up on the Market via an Openhome skin the other day.
The other day I read that awesome Tut on how to create a Boot Animation by kusotare [link] because of this I started creating a few animations. While doing this I would test them out by flashing them, I did not like this so I created an applet that will basically animate them for you... Its pretty simple code, I am sure anyone on here could do it(and im sure some one has) but I figured I would share it with anyone who wanted it.
All you have to do is extract the .zip into a folder, and when you want to test your animations drop 'android-logo-mask.png' and 'android-logo-shine.png' into the folder. After you put them into the folder, open(double click) 'BootAnimationTest.htm'. This will open up your browser and show you the animation.
Requirements:
-This requires that you have the JRE installed
-'android-logo-mask.png' should be 256x480(Other sizes will work, but the app will resize them)
-'android-logo-shine.png' should be 512x480(Other sizes will work, but the app will resize them)
If you want, until I make it fix it automatically you can
find dimensions of android-logo-mask.png n put those values in BootAnimationTest.htm
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Future:
-In the future I plan to make it were it doesnt matter what size your images are.
-Turn this into a full fledged theme tester!
Feature Request: If you have an idea that you want me to add to this let me know, and most likely I will do so.
Just added a Video!
Change Log:
V 1.02:
-Added buttons that increase/decrease the speed of the shine
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Nice dude...just dimensions get messed....cuz it treats ur boot imgs like theyre full...but its k i just edit the html to my custom dimensions
Just put in ur post to find dimensions of android-logo-mask.png n put those values in BootAnimationTest.htm
Oh n whts with all those red dots underneath the img ?
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Nice dude...just dimensions get messed....cuz it treats ur boot imgs like theyre full...but its k i just edit the html to my custom dimensions
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Awesome, I will have it where it does it automatically though, among other things... I also think I may turn it into a Jar and have it launch in its own window.
Edit - those red dots, are actualy my name... what happened is that you resized it, so it shrunk the applet.
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Awesome, I will have it where it does it automatically though, among other things... I also think I may turn it into a Jar and have it launch in its own window.
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tht wud b sweet 2...this is especially awesome for slit animations cuz u gotta modify over n over...n this makes the process easier
Daneshm90 said:
tht wud b sweet 2...this is especially awesome for slit animations cuz u gotta modify over n over...n this makes the process easier
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Yea, thats why I made it, I got tired of having to flash over and over to test mine.
Thanks for the kudos on my tutorial. I had a tough time doing it my first time around, and after six or seven hundred of my friends with G1s asked me how i did it, I finally broke down and did the tutorial.
On the other hand, I absolutely love what you've done with the applet. That will certainly make it easier for people to come up with something they'll really like instead of having to tweak-and-flash as most of us have been doing for ages. Excellent work!
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Thanks for the kudos on my tutorial. I had a tough time doing it my first time around, and after six or seven hundred of my friends with G1s asked me how i did it, I finally broke down and did the tutorial.
On the other hand, I absolutely love what you've done with the applet. That will certainly make it easier for people to come up with something they'll really like instead of having to tweak-and-flash as most of us have been doing for ages. Excellent work!
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Thanks! it really only took me 3 minutes to right but I think it will help me for as long as I make boot animations
hey, the tutorial didnt take me much longer, so dont feel too bad. the longest damn part of it was writing the script for the video down so i could read it back into the mic!
by the way, i added a link to the first post here into the tutorial post. you really did hit a keystone here thats gonna help people. cheers!
How do you guys feel about the speed of the shine? I think I will add a button that will let you make it faster or slower
Helpful, fast and time saving tool...
This is really a great and helpful tool. Its a must have on the utility belt of all theme-er's.
Excellent work...
This is an awesome tool, it'll help me cut down on wearing out my NAND flashing theme updates over and over just to test the boot screen. Thanks a lot!
Edit: Just tried it out on one of my old non used boot animations I had, the 'animation' scroll should be faster in my opinion. I remember seeing it speeding by at least 2x the speed as the applet does it. BUT the buttons to increase/decrese speed would be ideal. Some people may prefer it slower, some fast.
Again great job on this, you saved a lot of trouble!
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This is an awesome tool, it'll help me cut down on wearing out my NAND flashing theme updates over and over just to test the boot screen. Thanks a lot!
Edit: Just tried it out on one of my old non used boot animations I had, the 'animation' scroll should be faster in my opinion. I remember seeing it speeding by at least 2x the speed as the applet does it. BUT the buttons to increase/decrese speed would be ideal. Some people may prefer it slower, some fast.
Again great job on this, you saved a lot of trouble!
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Ok, I will start working on it... I should have a new build up tonight
Edit - So I was thinking, why not take this a step farther? What do you guys think about me making it where it will also show you what your theme will look like?
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Ok, I will start working on it... I should have a new build up tonight
Edit - So I was thinking, why not take this a step farther? What do you guys think about me making it where it will also show you what your theme will look like?
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Is that possible? IF you're able to do that, you'll hear a lot of "I LOVE YOU"s from theme makers, especially me.
I understand it would be a 'rough draft' sort of thing considering the .9.png and such but really just to see everything 'together' before flashing it would be a welcome change than what we can do now.
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So I was thinking, why not take this a step farther? What do you guys think about me making it where it will also show you what your theme will look like?
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That would be history making...Please do...
fantastic! i just whipped out a spare hard drive and installed windows xp 32bit all b/c i CANNOT GET SIGNING TO WORK IN VISTA 64bit. anyway thanks for the great tool man this is a must have.
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Is that possible? IF you're able to do that, you'll hear a lot of "I LOVE YOU"s from theme makers, especially me.
I understand it would be a 'rough draft' sort of thing considering the .9.png and such but really just to see everything 'together' before flashing it would be a welcome change than what we can do now.
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Yea, I don't think it would be hard at all... It will just take me a while.
Edit - Ok, so I just posted the new build. This build just added the speed buttons. By the end of the week I hope to have a build that is a full theme tester up. I also think that later on down the road I will make this into a JFrame instead of an applet. Also, what is the deal with the .9.png?
Ok I have been messing with themes, and its coming together good. Its going to take me a while because I have school though.
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Yea, I don't think it would be hard at all... It will just take me a while.
Edit - Ok, so I just posted the new build. This build just added the speed buttons. By the end of the week I hope to have a build that is a full theme tester up. I also think that later on down the road I will make this into a JFrame instead of an applet. Also, what is the deal with the .9.png?
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.9.png are images that Android resizes to work in any situation. like the buttons. sometimes they are small sometimes they take up the whole screen. you have to sign them in eclipse for them to work right. check out this thread for a more detailed description of them and what it takes to get them working properly.
if you do make a theme tester I will have kids just so i can name them Burlyskink.
For theme and boot testing...did anybody see the news story about running an emulated Android os (complete with G1 skin) on a Windows PC?
It looks just like a brand new fresh stock G1 and it works. I wonder if that could test out themese and mods?
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For theme and boot testing...did anybody see the news story about running an emulated Android os (complete with G1 skin) on a Windows PC?
It looks just like a brand new fresh stock G1 and it works. I wonder if that could test out themese and mods?
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Are you talking about the standard emulator that comes with the official Android SDK?
Now I find out I cant even set an animated gif as a wallpaper.
For all this **** this phone can do there seems to be SOO much it can't do.
It's 'the new way forward' Be glad you don't have a device that starts with an i ... Even more restrictions and things it can't do.
On the other hand, who wants ugly old obsolete animated gifs as wallpaper anyway? Android allows for much much better and nicer wallpapers.
But oh well, it's all personal eh. So far I didn't run into anything the Desire couldn't do when I wanted something done... no.. NO! That's not entirely true, I want to use my Desire as a bluetooth keyboard for my PS3. It can't do that ... YET!
oursol, I have to agree with RaptorRVL - who nowadays would want to set an ugly looking pixelated, repetitive gif animation for background? We have muuuuch better Live wallpapers!
RaptorRVL ... bluetooth keyboard... I can only add a finishing YET to your post They got android on a f...n washing machine!
Okay, agreed.. but I am finding the little things just a little bit annoying so I needed to rant.
Is there a way of converting animations (flash or gif) to a live wallpaper?
tbh I feel your pain oursoul.
I've been looking at modding the Desire with themes, and icons etc. and I've pretty much hit a brick wall. While this phone is good for Dev's and people seriously into computing, to someone like me, whos wizo on photoshop but not into cmd:// stuff i'm finding this phone pita. The iPhone was much easier to fiddle with.
and I never thougtht I'd say that.
simples
Jailbreak, EXE, follow instructions, done
OpenSSH, find files, edit, compile into folder.
Open Winterboard, tick theme, Restart springboard.
Done
Android
Root phone, follow long drawn out process, upposed to EXE
At this point I'd had enough, frankly bricking the Desire, isn't worth it, and by what i've been told so far, making a theme will require java coding, and repacking into a APK.
tbh I'm seriously considering a iPhone 4, the only thing keeping me on the Desire is the idea of 2.2 with flash 10.1 if it doesn't show up, i'll be off.
so yes oursoul, I understand your frustrations completely...
U can install skins with metamorph MUCH easier than winterboard u can NeVER say that theming and editing of the phone in iPhone is easier than in Android thats just stupid!very stupid!
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It's 'the new way forward' Be glad you don't have a device that starts with an i ... Even more restrictions and things it can't do.
On the other hand, who wants ugly old obsolete animated gifs as wallpaper anyway? Android allows for much much better and nicer wallpapers.
But oh well, it's all personal eh. So far I didn't run into anything the Desire couldn't do when I wanted something done... no.. NO! That's not entirely true, I want to use my Desire as a bluetooth keyboard for my PS3. It can't do that ... YET!
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lol, I haven't found 1 live wallpaper out of the 30 I have tried which hasn't
lagged the hell out of my phone. I don't know weather it's simply bad coding
or what - but for now, live wallpapers are simply unusable for me.
(this is also with the processor at 1200mhz)
hopefully with all the claimed performance enhancements found in froyo however, the desire will handle them better
ill try metamorph out, but what i'm saying is from a n00bie, position is i'm trying to add to this community with themes, etc but i can't find out jack and when i do people tell me i've got to go routing through the guts of the phone, which i don't want to be doing, if i'm wrong, and it's not that involved i retract my previous statement, but at the moment i'm not getting very far, and thats not from a lack of effort.
Live wallpaper work fine for me at 1ghz! No lag at all.
On the subject of theming. Why not use an alternative home? Freedhome allows for a LOT of customization.
What exactly would you change? There are a million homes that change the look and function of the bottom bar. Wallpapers obviously you can change. There isn't much to change really.
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ill try metamorph out, but what i'm saying is from a n00bie, position is i'm trying to add to this community with themes, etc but i can't find out jack and when i do people tell me i've got to go routing through the guts of the phone, which i don't want to be doing, if i'm wrong, and it's not that involved i retract my previous statement, but at the moment i'm not getting very far, and thats not from a lack of effort.
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Give it time... it'd be crazy to do too much skinning just yet because who knows the full impact of the coming OTA on Sense.
I'm also a noob on android... so there's much to learn.
well all the icons would change the wallpaper obviously, colour scheme, probably even audio too to suit the theme. I want to complete skin the OS.
I've just managed to root the desire, got the SU icon on the menu. and i'm now trying to work out how to access the phones internal files?
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Live wallpaper work fine for me at 1ghz! No lag at all.
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i conquer, maybe lag issues are down to branded phone bloatware
Sorry to jump on the post but I am have an animated gif issue too:
I can't play them in a web browser, I have tried the built in browser, opera and dolphinHD but they just wont play. I am sure I read somewhere that 2.1 gives this functionality, yes I know some of you may say why would you want to play them anyway but this is old and basic functionality that I could do years ago on non smart phones.
Is it just my Desire that is at fault?
diablous said:
ill try metamorph out, but what i'm saying is from a n00bie, position is i'm trying to add to this community with themes, etc but i can't find out jack and when i do people tell me i've got to go routing through the guts of the phone, which i don't want to be doing, if i'm wrong, and it's not that involved i retract my previous statement, but at the moment i'm not getting very far, and thats not from a lack of effort.
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That's what I've felt like as well, coming from an iPod touch I expected Android to be like an already jailbroken iPhone, turns out it's not that easy and there is a lot of stuff you just can't do. I am very tempted to get an iPhone 4 for other reasons as well, such as the fact that this phone is terrible as a media device.
I agree. For an open os and 1ghz, there seems to be alot it can not do with this phone. I cant use total recall to record calls what even my old nokia could. I can not use an screenshoot app without rooting the stupid thing. I can not record video with smooth fps. I can not play divx/xvid out of the box like with samsung spica. This are just some things im missing.
The live wallpaper do slow down my unbranded phone also. This isnt free on the cpu and battery either.
Just a suggestion...
Why don't you stop whining and next time before you buy a phone - research it and find out if it does what you need it to do! There is no point in *****ing in here. Coming from an iPod Touch user (mainly as a PDA) I AM IN HEAVEN WITH MY DESIRE AND I WOULD NEVER LOOK BACK!
xtcislove said:
U can install skins with metamorph MUCH easier than winterboard u can NeVER say that theming and editing of the phone in iPhone is easier than in Android thats just stupid!very stupid!
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... Very Very VEry VERY stupid! Completely agree.
diablous said:
well all the icons would change the wallpaper obviously, colour scheme, probably even audio too to suit the theme. I want to complete skin the OS.
I've just managed to root the desire, got the SU icon on the menu. and i'm now trying to work out how to access the phones internal files?
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It sounds more like you're just expected something to be simple and getting in a huff when it's not. Rooting is quite straightforward (easier on the Desire than the Hero in my experience say) if you can follow instructions and copy and paste.
But anyway, now that you have rooted. Go into recovery, use adb and pull '/system/framework/framework-res.apk', extract that, play around with it (change graphics and what not, but be careful and make sure you backup your original framework-res.apk file), repack the apk (it's just a signed zip - it might not even need signing) and push it back with adb. I warn you, I've not actually tested this myself but give it a go.
I'd make a nandroid backup before to be on the safe side (worst comes to worst you'd have to flash a new rom). If you didn't understand anything I said then look it up as I only know it from reading it.
Good luck, Rowan.
Edit: I just tried this to edit my alarm icon and confirm it doesn't need signing.
Hi,
Attached is a build of Honeycomb for DesireHD, I managed to find this by browsing the net and take no credit for creating it whatsoever.
I'm hoping one of our more clever members can do what needs doing with this to make it work on our beloved HD2.
Thanks.
http://www.multiupload.com/DLJ46IG55Q
Nobody is interested? Or is it a fake? Can anybody (with the right skills and tools) check this please.
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Are you serious ?! someone can verify that build or can you make some screenshots ?
Could be, but dont know if his link is trusted.
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/72741/ontwikkelaar-installeert-android-honeycomb-op-htc-desire-hd.html
Also wrong section.
honeycomb is not really made for phones as I understand?
FrAsErTaG said:
honeycomb is not really made for phones as I understand?
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Yes that's what i read
but hey
DFT can make it a reality as usual XD
If you check the link in my post, ist already ported and working.
There is a video there to, its a Dutch site though.
Yes its ported to EVO & is working..!!!
PS: - I haven't tried yet though
The LINK
[ROM-DEV] ||Honeycomb on EVO||Alpha||SpyderComb||Honeycomb Android 3.0||2/17/2011||
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957842
It is a genuine link, I haven't tested because I don't have a desire, I have seen video footage of it running from the same source and I have inspected the file which looks about right to me, just needs correct drivers and repackaging I believe. If only I knew how to do the repackaging and which driver files were needed I would do it myself.
Yup this is built for tablets and not phones but there are a few tablets with screens not much bigger than our hd2's. It may not even be practical for daily use but I'd love to have a play. : )
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May be we can have a working one on our HD2's, can't say, DFT & the cheifs here ROCK..!!!
I like the lock screen & the home screen, it a really an evolution from the older Android Versions..!!!
So hope we get a working port pretty soon..!!!
here's a video for DesireHD release..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5-yO4FOAvI&feature=player_embedded#at=75
I know that mdeejay or one of the other devs on here could get it working in no time, I just don't have the knowledge, fingers crossed.
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the expert cooks should be working to port it to the archos tablets
Booted it on my HD2, but... it lags, nearly nothing works by now etc, and it's hard to hit interface buttons... not sure this will be really useful, but I'll try to work on it
Don't ask for upload please...
Can someone point me in the direction for a tutorial for creating clockwork mod roms please?
this would be probably better suited for viewsonic g tablet
Probably, would still be fun to play with on my phone though.
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I haven't had any fun
Nothing really works, sdcard mount, wifi, radio, bluetooth, etc etc, even some buttons are not properly mapped, so i couldn't turn the screen off, i haven't took a closer look though.
Default launcher, and some interface parts lag SO much
But this will really take time, cause everything should be fixed, and cause it's still preview SDK - not really worth it.
imilka said:
I haven't had any fun
Nothing really works, sdcard mount, wifi, radio, bluetooth, etc etc, even some buttons are not properly mapped, so i couldn't turn the screen off, i haven't took a closer look though.
Default launcher, and some interface parts lag SO much
But this will really take time, cause everything should be fixed, and cause it's still preview SDK - not really worth it.
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i appreciate you taking the time and look forward to IF anything can be done.
Would someone mind posting the half working version so I can have a look please?
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Blur edition of Elocity tegra2 based software ready.
If you don't know Blur, its wellknown from motorola models and has a different layer of a launcher using resizable gadgets and other features.
Another update, with the new compiled kernel adding support for native "move2SD" missing on A7.
So what is new here,
- Flash 10.2 works now (included)
- Native Apps2SD (move to sd in application settings)
- full int/ext sdcard support (external card is /mnt/sd-ext)
- HDMI -> dual screen Mediacenter in the works (photo for now works)
- G sensor fix included (games like SpeedX works)
What is not working:
- Bluetooth cannot be activated
- Camera
Download v0.3 here
remember to unpack the zip file after download.. you find the real "Update.zip" inside zip file.
updates like other updates, put in root of sdcard and boot into recovery and install.. remember to WIPE/factory reset /data & /cache.
That sounds amazing! Are we looking at speed boost running blur?
That's awesome! Thanks so much, Dex - you're the man! ;-)
I<3Android said:
That sounds amazing! Are we looking at speed boost running blur?
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no difference in speeds actually.. looks pretty much the same here.
Awesome, I'll give it a spin!
I'm a multimedia integrator, I would surely like to help on that project if you need any interface.
masterfred said:
I'm a multimedia integrator, I would surely like to help on that project if you need any interface.
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? sorry, in which way can you be of assistence?
Nice! Flashed perfect! Weird seeing something other then the stock rom on my device. The main screen launcher looked a bit cheaper then the norm. Something that did stand out was the keyboard. I loved the look and feel of EloBlur's keyboard. Id love to see that moved to your mod. And im sure others would agree once they have seen it. Great work! You make havin this thing fun!!
I<3Android said:
The main screen launcher looked a bit cheaper then the norm.
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the main screen (launcher) is not really cheap i think its a design, and remember you can resize widgets here which is a Blur feature..
but its different, yes.
coming from a 3.7" display where i had motoblur is really strange on 7"
if you have problems installing from Market, with bigger games like Samurai II, just unmount the sdcard, and games install fine.
if its from sdcard you install, then copy the apk to the internal storage first.
i know its bit complex, but it works
The link doesnt work....... can you repost it?
plazau said:
The link doesnt work....... can you repost it?
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its ok now
Dexter_nlb said:
its ok now
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Just wondering, what features/options does this afford us over the stock/other ElociMod ROM?
Maybe that will get a few more people to jump on board.
DroidxRage said:
Just wondering, what features/options does this afford us over the stock/other ElociMod ROM?
Maybe that will get a few more people to jump on board.
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for now, just a few.. but also problems like some games download does not work as kernel has no real loopback device support (Froyo 2.2 native function)
but it has a fat browser, support sdcard/usb/internal storage management.
support re-sizable widgets?..
and some of the other Blur functions known from Blur devices..
The hype on this really seems to be the re-sizable widgets. Having never owned a blur device I really have no point of reference, but wouldn't running ADW Launcher really give the same effect without the unfortunate side effect of more stuff not working?
FYI: re-sizable widgets does happen to be one of my favorite features of ADW Launcher
netstat_EVO said:
The hype on this really seems to be the re-sizable widgets. Having never owned a blur device I really have no point of reference, but wouldn't running ADW Launcher really give the same effect without the unfortunate side effect of more stuff not working?
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i never tried adw, as my intial impression was not good, so i never used it again, don't know how it works today.
but i guess its somehow comparable but there are differences.. which makes blur a different product..
security warning in blur when trying to install app?
I installed blur but when I try to install app from sdcard or dropbox it wont let me. I get security message and when I press ok it drops me out of install. How do you get around this or allow installs from other sources?
thanks ninetoes
a reboot solves it
a little update,
i tried to include the "ubuntu" partition for webtop and see if it worked , to run the hdmi based desktop solution, but its not working well.
seems the drivers for hdmi (nvrm pack) are recoded to work with the X environment, as i cannot get hdmi to show me anything.
but the idea seems good, would be great to have ubuntu running using X.. i will see if i can use their initial steps to use X in another way.
i finally got flashplayer 10.2 working on this edition as well.. and its using the patched 10.2 with hulu support..
ill post an update, when its ready..
still got "install 2 sdcard" isssues, as no kernel has the support for it.
but most does work.