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(STOPPED) New Omnia graphic shell

The development of this project has come to a stop.
I'll post any future update here, in case the project will resume.
Thanks for your support.
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UPDATE 03/12/08 - Images added + Lock Screen Demo
Hey all,
i've been following the board for a little. I'm an lucky Omnia owner and i really love it, particularly it's versatility.
I just regret the lack of cool interfaces (put Manilla 2d aside, it's awesome, but it's like having an htc device on our phones, not very exclusive).
Here are some quick layouts of an idea I had today, it's practically just eyecandy stuff, maybe not the top usability around but, you know, in our life we must satisfy ourselves...
So here they are, a portrait and a landscape view of what's laying in my mind:
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the home screen design:
the lock device screen:
-the audio profile control
- Programs folder
- Contacts page
the idea is to have a spinning wheel of icons, that allow to navigate between the main ambients of a mobile shell when tapped, just like SPB mobile shell or manilla, only more "graphic". The thing is conceived to be touch driven, with hrizontal sliding to spin the icons wheel and a vertical slide to access a secondary menu.
Actually the design phase is still underway, more screens will come.
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OMNIA USERS ONLY
>>>HERE<<< is the FIRST RELEASE OF THE SCREEN LOCK, coded by DeimosLP at MoDaCo.
Just unzip it everywhere you want and launch OmniLock.exe.
THIS ISN'T MEANT TO BE USED EVERYDAY at the moment, probably it drains battery very fast, haven't tried yet on long usage times.
A few notes about it:
- this is somehow a mockup since not everything has been implemented properly and we are still working on performance issues
- the main goal of this release is to get feedback and new ideas so we can improve the usability
what has been done :
- clock+date
- missed calls counts/sms count/mails count
- swing to unlock
- fade out on unlocking
- cool breathing "swing" logo
- fade in/out of the clock digits
what remains to be done:
- phone status and audio profile integration (as seen in the design)
- xml configuration file
- close the application on incoming call
- a lot of code cleaning/performance fixing
- interact with Speleomaniac's launcher
Cheers.
Hellbender.

this is a neat idea, here's what i think would make it even more practical for use and won't just fall off after its been developed. Cuz the problem with good ideas is that they aren't good enough to keep and people always switch back to some other interface...
here's my thought:
Take the portrait pic you have posted for example... Maybe you should shift that Spinner of tabs closer to the top of the screen, then have a spinner on the bottom half of screenshots of running programs, something like taskfacade or visualtaskswitch in the spinner style as well!! I think that would be freakin AWESOME and would really be functional from that front screen.
Its simple, attractive and would be incredibly functional... what else would ya need?
So yeah, 2 spinners, one of tabs, one of screenshots of open tasks (maybe even a zoom animation when you tap on an open task, just like visual task switcher)
whatdya think?

Yah, the idea is to have differente spinners of icons layered vertically (the green arrow pointing up means you can go up another level).
In landscape view looks difficult to have the secondo wheel visible, but the portrait version could be more useful with more than one visible at a time.
About the open task switcher, that would be awesome! I thought about it but i didn't want to push it too far from the beginning, but i agree it would be really useful. And i agree about zoom animation.
The only problem right now is that i need a programmer to do the "dirty" job, cause i'm just a designer, i don't have the knowledge to do that.
Still waiting for a sign
Cheers.
Hellbender

maybe, when you turn landscape, the icons just twist 90degrees, and the spinner becomes up/down, rather than left/right...
I'm a designer too, so i feel your pain... I throw together some wicked ideas but can't seem to find someone who will put it together... developing is VERY time consuming Wish i knew how

it will be difficult to remove the window bars and softkeys while keeping the touchflo.
This will have to be done in C++ (basically rework the whole frontend.) -meaning we need to know alot about each API to be able to create a flawless frontend that works with WM6.0+ backend
This will be quite a project.
I like how it looks
Integration will be the most beneficial way and with the best performance

zeezee said:
...Integration will be the most beneficial way and with the best performance
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I'm prone to get to an accomodation with the Os limits, could be great just having that with bars, i tought it was cool without, but not essential. Performance are, indeed, crucial.
This is ment to be kinetic, so it must be as quick as possible mantaining a cool appearance. Initially i proposed an app made in flash lite thinking that could have some os interface tweaking overridden with a fullscreen app (and keep things easier for me to animate), but i suppose it isn't performing like a full c++ app.
Still looking for a coding partner

S2P
The album selection in the S2P software is somehow similar to what you are looking for, maybe you could ask it's developer for some help.
Please make it customizable: Let each one chose what software each icon is gonna open. It's easier if each icon opens a panel where you can configure any plugin you want. Make it a Launcher.
Great Idea!

dmro said:
The album selection in the S2P software is somehow similar to what you are looking for, maybe you could ask it's developer for some help.
Great Idea!
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Don't know, i'm sure he follows these boards, so if he haven't gave a word here it is because he doesn't like the project, or have no time to spare. I don't want to bug anyone to take a part on my project, that's not a job.
dmro said:
Please make it customizable: Let each one chose what software each icon is gonna open. It's easier if each icon opens a panel where you can configure any plugin you want. Make it a Launcher.
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It's what it mean to be right now. And i thought that customizable icons/apps was a must feature, cause everyone uses his fave apps for everything, and it's difficult to write an entire suit of applications with this visual approach, many tasks would bel impossible.

hellbender_it said:
Don't know, i'm sure he follows these boards, so if he haven't gave a word here it is because he doesn't like the project, or have no time to spare. I don't want to bug anyone to take a part on my project, that's not a job.
It's what it mean to be right now. And i thought that customizable icons/apps was a must feature, cause everyone uses his fave apps for everything, and it's difficult to write an entire suit of applications with this visual approach, many tasks would bel impossible.
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I would presume he didn't see your thread since the first time you read it, it looks to be about some special interface for the omnia, and he doesn't own one. Just PM him anyway.
I would suggest you change your thread name to one which attracts the attention of the appropriate people.
I would love to see development for this project, and I'll do my best to help, I have an omnia, so atleast I can BETA test it out and provide feedback or w/e required.
Akshay

Something like flShow Carousel...
Click on the different examples...
http://www.flshow.net/carousel_examples.php
That would be awesome
EDIT: And make it for all devices!!!!

WildSioux said:
Something like flShow Carousel...
Click on the different examples...
http://www.flshow.net/carousel_examples.php
That would be awesome
EDIT: And make it for all devices!!!!
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Exactly, same concept, but touch driven and with inertia. Very cool examples.
About the all devices subject, well if that depends on me i can make the graphic assets for every platform i think, with the given time obviously.

hellbender_it said:
Exactly, same concept, but touch driven and with inertia. Very cool examples.
About the all devices subject, well if that depends on me i can make the graphic assets for every platform i think, with the given time obviously.
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I don't know anything about coding for PPC/WM. But I have used the above examples of flShow Carousel that I posted above for a website.
Aside from the flash in that, it uses XML. Since dazzlingdaz built a GUI using only XML http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=407900 I wonder if its possible to implement the flShow XML in that somehow?
BTW, the flShow Carousel uses inertia as seen in the "Mouse Interaction" example.
EDIT: I just noticed this on the flShow website...
Stand alone applications
The Carousel can be used in stand alone applications (like Delphi and C++ applications). Provided that you know how to embed flash movies in applications (and you also know how to handle fscommands issued by the movie), you simply have to associate fscommands to your photos:
<photo href="fscommand:mycmd" target="myparm">path/image.jpg</photo>
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I have seen some here developing apps under C++ Lets make this happen. With my limited knowledge, I could try helping with some XML code.

mhhh... I'm thinking about a c++ fullscreen app embedding a flash application, this could keep things easy especially when porting the app on other devices (flash lite friendly), so resizing the movie to different resolutions should be like a snap, and the c++ base would allow to access device parameters that are not accessible directly from flash.
Furthermore using flash will allow more control over animations and visual quality from the design side.
Could that be a way?

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mhhh... I'm thinking about a c++ fullscreen app embedding a flash application, this could keep things easy especially when porting the app on other devices (flash lite friendly), so resizing the movie to different resolutions should be like a snap, and the c++ base would allow to access device parameters that are not accessible directly from flash.
Furthermore using flash will allow more control over animations and visual quality from the design side.
Could that be a way?
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There is no easy way of doing. Either you do it complicated in C++ or you do it with C++ and complicated flash.

zeezee said:
There is no easy way of doing. Either you do it complicated in C++ or you do it with C++ and complicated flash.
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You are right, i'll stop talking about things i don't know.

Things are moving a bit at MODACO

http://www.modaco.com/content/i900-...to-build-a-new-graphical-interface-for-omnia/
There's an interface demo done by a guy over on MoDaCo which is pretty decent for a quick mockup

http://www.modaco.com/content/i900-o...ace-for-omnia/
There's an interface demo done by a guy over on MoDaCo which is pretty decent for a quick mockup
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Just posted a skinned version.

A little UP cause i'm slipped past the tenth page ...

*bump*
A li'l help from the guyz at xda would be appreciated, things are really moving at modaco and I'm sure they wouldn't mind a little hand from the xda experts.

[Work-In-Progress 1.13] Prime TV: Show Tracker for WP

*NEWS* Version 1.12 is up on Marketplace! Version 1.13 with social goodies is coming real soon!
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Howdy! I need some feedbacks from you guys
At the time I was coding this app, there wasn't any decent shows tracking app out there, so I decided to give back the WP community a little, hence the born of Prime TV.
[Functionalities wise...]
What's new (in version 1.12)?
65% faster load and resume time
Shake to change tile image (paid users only)
Image gallery for shows
More screen captures/images for episodes
Change default genre for shows grouping
Much more stable saving and loading mechanism
Fail safe mechanism to detect missing shows and automatically re-add them
Grouping options and alphabetical sorting option for tv shows
Live tile notification (paid users only, for now)
News feeds integration (general news on main page, show specific news on show page)
Auto mobilized browser for reading news (faster load time and to conserve bandwidth)
Search for missing high quality background on show page (see video)
The core is pretty similar to other apps.
You can follow shows (US, UK, Anime etc) as long as it's in thetvdb.com database.
My efforts in this app are to make it lighting fast and smooth transitions between pages.
It also supports auto timezone correction, so if you're in Australia but following US series, you'll know when it will air on local time.
In the future releases, I've planned to include
Notification system (Graduated)
Mark as watched (Graduated)
Preview trailer (In current version - beta)
JumpList to group episodes by Season number and/or air date (Graduated)
Support more languages (I only know 5 so I might need help from you guys
Social integration (twitter/facebook)
News integration from tv.com etc. (Graduated)
[So the questions are...]
I'd like to hear some feedback from you guys
What do you think about this app?
As a developer or user, what do you like to see in this app?
Don't be shy, request any features you like! I listen to everyone that has something to say!
You can find version 1.10 on Marketplace, and version 1.11 has been submitted for certification just a moment ago (26 April).

App is fast and the layout is pretty sharp, so points for that.
Some negatives: you need "feedback" to let you know you've added a show after you searched it. Right now you tap it and it adds, but you don't know that till you backed out of the search.
The app crashes in trial on a second launch, erasing my 2 saved shows--not sure if that's a limitation or not.
At $0.99, it's not yet there. You might be better offering a "lite" free version with basics (what you have now) and then a paid $0.99 with notifications, etc. Right now though, TVShow Lite is more stable, useful and free even if yours seems a tad faster and nicer (background image).

Hey malatesta, thanks for the feedback.
Sorry about the crash, I investigated into that and it's a bug.
Version 1.2.1 has been submitted with tons of bug fixes, even faster (framerate from 45 to 58) and better transitions.
I'm thinking of making an ad-supported free version with all current functionalities. And ad-free version with notification, mark as watched etc this week. I'm revamping the search page, adding something like "top shows", and of course the "feedback" you mentioned, thanks!
Also I'm thinking of removing the "aired" section, what do you think?

I played with the trial as well
The overall design is nice and pleasing and i like the backgrounds. I cannot comment on the loading since I could only load 2 shows and that's certainly not enough to say anything about loading time/transitions.
I agree with malatesta, when adding from search, you need some sort of way to let me know I have added it - also I would do away with the tap-add, just have a button that specifically adds, because you can imagine the accidental tapping would add a show and that would be annoying.
Panorama view is fine so far. I would personally expect to have only the most important things in pan view: my tv shows - upcoming - missed/aired (although only useful if i can track/check off episodes) - and maybe new/upcoming tv shows
I would also leave adding and news to the bottom as visible buttons and every other function should be hidden in the ... slideout menu
i like clean panoramas that contain only whats really and immediately useful, so that ^ is why i would not prefer to have a panorama page for every function
also the calendar-type view of the date is fine and i would say 24hr format is better, and it would get rid of the am-pm that sits off to the right
and last, i'm personally against ads i avoid apps with ads (except perhaps only to test and then buy or not), they destroy the whole design of the app, so if you want you can make a trial app with very basic functionality (have a look at other apps to see what is considered basic)
this is especially true since your layout is great and pleasing, any ads would make it look horrible
cheers

@nick109, hey thanks a lot for the comment! I'd like to invite you to be official tester of upcoming releases, what do you think? I develop this everyday it's just the annoying certification process that's slowing it down. But having said that you'd have to have a developer account or jailbroken phone to sideload the app though.
I too avoid apps with ads, I don't think putting ads is the way to go. So I'll consider putting ads seriously, at most it'll only appear in trial mode, definitely no way in paid mode.
Currently I'm implementing "mark as watched" feature, so that aired section could be useful. And also JumpList (like in People app you can select the alphabet and quickly jumping to a group) to group episodes by season number and by air date.
Time formatting is really troublesome here, I'm also changing the format according to user preference, e.g. what you set on your phone (region and languages), so this app will have a consistent look and feel.
Lastly, these days seems like social integration is the only way to make app popular, sadly But I'll make the app more solid before adding news/twitter etc.
Again thanks for your reply.

sure i'll gladly test it as best i can and inform you of any bugs i come across
and yes i will have to sideload it
and speaking of ads, i noticed google has released their sdk for wp7, and their design is actually quite great and fits well with the metro ui
news here

I bought the app (1.0) but it's still telling me i am using the trial version and i am unable to add multiple shows... already tried reinstalling/re-buying, no luck. any suggestions?
General suggestions:
- live-tile support as the "all-white" tile does not look so great (would have payed even more for the app with live-tile)
- fix for the "trial mode not being removable"
- maybe a link to "buy app" from within the app to fix the issue?
- as I have a LOT of shows i follow, maybe some way to rate shows or prioritize these
- confirmation once a show was successfully added
really looking forward to some updates and hopefully a fix to my issue!
cheers!

@nick109, thanks! I saw that as well, will definitely experiment it when critical features have been implemented/improved.
@pencilcase, I'm so sorry! I just investigated into that issue and it was totally my fault, an update (1.2.1) is on the way, i think it'll be approved tomorrow. Fortunately I revamped the trial system, it's still only 2 shows allowed on trial, but it won't have that nasty paid version issue. Again I'm sorry.
Good suggestions @pencilcase, I was thinking of using the settings page to allow collection sorting, like according to added time or rating. I have tested adding 20 shows, including America's Next Top Model which has 15 seasons, and it doesn't slow down version 1.2.1 at all.
I'm working on version 1.3.0, which has "Mark as Watched" and grouping system. Today I even bought a $149 developer library (from telerik) just to improve this app! Hopefully you guys will like it!

i gave the 1.2 version another go, i added simpsons which has a lot of seasons and episodes, and it did not lag, so very good on that
i also added Terra Nova, or tried to, but the app didn't respond by adding it, give it a try and see if it happens to you as well
yes, focus on the critical stuff for now, and in the future if you could keep in mind to have a setting to refresh background on each launch, that would be a nice eye candy

@nick109, currently my implementation is to cross reference thetvdb.com and tvrage.com database to find matching series. So that I could pull information from both databases and integrate them together.
That's actually why some series appearing on the selection couldn't actually be added, e.g. if information couldn't be matched.
I'm thinking to go with tvrage.com, they have more solid database, almost 99.99% uptime. And updating mechanism is simpler, plus I could actually implement video trailer for each episode with that database.
I'm implementing this on version 1.3, and a major UI overhaul is coming!
By the way, what do you mean that refreshing background on each launch? Currently it's getting the background of latest upcoming episode. E.g. if The Vampire Diaries has the latest upcoming episode it'll be the background of that, so at first glance you'll instantly know the latest upcoming episode. And if you delete that show (by tap and holding on "collection"), the background will be refreshed to the next upcoming episode.

ah i see now : )
and yes if from tvrage you could implement trailers that would be really nice!
looking forward to it

hey nick109, check out the preview video below, what do you think?

aha now you've done it! good work. have you sent this for approval yet?

thanks! no i haven't. there's still a couple of things i need to do, like manual timezone adjustment, because i don't live in a country with daylight saving, so i don't understand time property as well as others.
as a user, it'll be very frustrating that a tv show tracking app shows all kind of incorrect time, so i'm working on a page for "settings" to manually adjust each tv show.
at the same time i'm also working on live tile notification what do you think of the mockup live tile image below?

good idea for the time part, should help with non local TV series
The live tile looks great - I suppose it will update the picture too? Else I think the today part is unnecessary since it's understood

The new interface looks quite a lot to TVShow !
I bought 'Prime TV'and 'TVShow' and I prefer TVShow largely because he has already 'live tile' (which are updated every night without restarting the application) and converting local times for foreign TV shows. And it has more feature like : subtitles, translation, recaps, pictures

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theoce2n said:
Howdy! I need some feedbacks from you guys
At the time I was coding this app, there wasn't any decent shows tracking app out there, so I decided to give back the WP community a little, hence the born of Prime TV.
[Functionalities wise...]
The core is pretty similar to other apps.
You can follow shows (US, UK, Anime etc) as long as it's in thetvdb.com database.
My efforts in this app are to make it lighting fast and smooth transitions between pages.
It also supports auto timezone correction, so if you're in Australia but following US series, you'll know when it will air on local time.
In the future releases, I've planned to include
Notification system
Mark as watched
Preview trailer
JumpList to group episodes by Season number and/or air date
Support more languages (I only know 5 so I might need help from you guys
Social integration (twitter/facebook)
News integration from tv.com etc.
[So the questions are...]
I'd like to hear some feedback from you guys
What do you think about this app?
As a developer or user, what do you like to see in this app?
Also do you like thetvdb.com database better or tvrage.com?
[Special treatments for XDA...]
If you guys like, I can probably release beta versions to some testers before it hits Marketplace, working on this alone I just can't seem to catch every bug
Don't be shy, request any features you like! I listen to everyone that has something to say!
You can find version 1.0 on Marketplace, and version 1.2.1 has been submitted for certification yesterday (even faster and more reliable).
I've set up a static website just for viewing pleasure, check it out at http://nineverse.com/.
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You interested in making an app release thread in the Apps and Games section?

mine seems to not be saving shows i add anymore (FIXED by reinstalling)
any news on the new version with live-tile support? really looking forward to that

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hey nick109, check out the preview video below, what do you think?
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Thanks guys to steal the design of TVShow...

Sound equalizer app

Wp7 needs a sound equalizer app so us music listeners ca tweak the sound to our preference like beats by dre android edition phones.
I'm thinking the sound processor chip would need this capability. Would appreciate if this was able to be made. I would make the app if I knew what I was doing.
Sent from my Venue Pro using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

I've brought up the subject before but no one showed interest.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414394
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I've brought up the subject before but no one showed interest.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414394
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I was possible on Windows Mobile and I don't see why it wouldn't be possible on Windows Phone which is more sophisticated.

i'd be interested in an EQ. WP7 apps are sooo far nehind other devices. It would be nice to see an customizable (user adjustable plus a few typical presets) EQ like available on Android, etc.

It truly would be nice.... i also miss some apps from android. Eventually they will come to wp7... i hope but an equalizer would be cool!

HTC had a sound enhancer app that was available for their phones. It was good enough. It must have since been taken down, cause since my phone crashed about a month ago, i cannot find the app at all...
sucks

sinister1 said:
I was possible on Windows Mobile and I don't see why it wouldn't be possible on Windows Phone which is more sophisticated.
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WP7 API is too limited (comparing with WM/native WinCE), so it simple not possible for regular developers. But manufacturers can do, definitely (as HTC did). Or you may ask ROM cooks to embed any open source equalizer for WinCE (if any exists) to their custom ROM's.

That´s the reason, why windows phone will die... too much unnecessary limitations and no chance for an individual style...just the ability for changing the neon colors and to move the tiles around. Too less for user with experience... and the hacks also are not satisfying. I see no future for these phones. I´ve bought after one year without WP7 again one, but after three weeks i´m so disappointed about the changes and the slow development. MS has no interest in this system, because WP8 is on the start. And it will be again a new episode of hopes without getting really improvements for users with more wishes. The concept is for older people and very boring, if you use it longer than a few months - the desk style is for teenagers... a little bit "Kindergarden". There have been concepts like transparence effects for the tiles with background pictures... much more elegant....nothing was realized, too much limitations. No Folders in the long start menu and so on. Also this thing here... no equalizer app... that´s not a modern phone.
My next phone is HTC One X... i think, this is a really good development from HTC. It will be my 25th smartphone/ pocket PC... the best until now was the HTC HD2. But the prettiest was the Dell Venue Pro (i know - it´s my personal taste).

I made this quick concept of what it might look like using Gimp, not the best mock up but it's just an idea of what a Windows Phone version might look like.
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sinister1 said:
I made this quick concept of what it might look like using Gimp, not the best mock up but it's just an idea of what a Windows Phone version might look like.
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I know Windows Phones are locked down and restricted but look at the Home Screen (World Time) Clock; most of us thought it wouldn't work because of how the home tiles refreshed and how most of us also thought that only phone carries were the only ones that could make wide tiles. There is a bunch of talent here on XDA, another exsample is the Lock Screen Widgets.

Krissrock said:
HTC had a sound enhancer app that was available for their phones. It was good enough. It must have since been taken down, cause since my phone crashed about a month ago, i cannot find the app at all...
sucks
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Here you go, hope it works for you.

sinister1 said:
Here you go, hope it works for you.
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i got this error while deploying on my fully unlocked htc hd7
"error-instalation of application failed.XAP package signature is not valid or the wp file is invalid."

navi200 said:
i got this error while deploying on my fully unlocked htc hd7
"error-instalation of application failed.XAP package signature is not valid or the wp file is invalid."
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Oh man maybe someone here has another copy.

An EQ would be nice, but I'm more interested in Beats Audio. HTC will enable this on the HTC Vivd when they release ICS. If the can be enabled with a software update, can their other phones get it? Unlike the Rezound the Vivid didn't launch with it. Are the same audio chips being use in their WP phones?

navi200 said:
i got this error while deploying on my fully unlocked htc hd7
"error-instalation of application failed.XAP package signature is not valid or the wp file is invalid."
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Try with the one from this post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19193876&postcount=7
or with the following one:
http://www.4shared.com/file/pjZZy-LE/Sound_Enhancer_-_v12000.htm&showComments=true
Read also this article:
http://www.wpxbox.com/htc-wp-sound-optmization/

I got the working sound enhancer
I got the working sound enhancer.................click below to download it...........

navi200 said:
I got the working sound enhancer.................click below to download it...........
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Already have it, it's the second link in my post...
But now I'm waiting for new version from HTC!!!

lordmago said:
Already have it, it's the second link in my post...
But now I'm waiting for new version from HTC!!!
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Howe do we install on a New HTC Surround updated to 7720?

Neo XL said:
That´s the reason, why windows phone will die... too much unnecessary limitations and no chance for an individual style...just the ability for changing the neon colors and to move the tiles around. Too less for user with experience... and the hacks also are not satisfying. I see no future for these phones. I´ve bought after one year without WP7 again one, but after three weeks i´m so disappointed about the changes and the slow development. MS has no interest in this system, because WP8 is on the start. And it will be again a new episode of hopes without getting really improvements for users with more wishes. The concept is for older people and very boring, if you use it longer than a few months - the desk style is for teenagers... a little bit "Kindergarden". There have been concepts like transparence effects for the tiles with background pictures... much more elegant....nothing was realized, too much limitations. No Folders in the long start menu and so on. Also this thing here... no equalizer app... that´s not a modern phone.
My next phone is HTC One X... i think, this is a really good development from HTC. It will be my 25th smartphone/ pocket PC... the best until now was the HTC HD2. But the prettiest was the Dell Venue Pro (i know - it´s my personal taste).
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Have you noticed that nobody else has stated that this platform would die? Or that they're going to Android? This has absolutely zero to do with the original topic, and honestly, nobody really cares if you're going to Android. If you think the platform will die, then stop posting here and giving it attention. I thought we had gotten past all of these nonsense posts. And for the record, your opinion isn't fact - it's actually far from it, and you sound ignorant stating it as though it's a factual future.
Anyway, I have the HTC Sound Enhancer app, but find myself rarely using it. I'm pretty sure it's currently disabled. I remember it causing crashes a few months ago as well.

I've posted this Eq long time ago but no one answered.

Plus 1 for the EQ app. I tried the app from HTC phone but didn't worked on mine. If someone could make it, it would be great.

Krissrock said:
HTC had a sound enhancer app that was available for their phones. It was good enough. It must have since been taken down, cause since my phone crashed about a month ago, i cannot find the app at all...
sucks
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goto the marketplace,download an app named reinstaller,sign in with your live ID ,look for sound enhanced in the list and hit download . That's what I did to get it on my HD7 for the first time today since I bought it on eBay back in November.

How to create a material ui app for my website??

Hello guys i want to create a material ui awesome app for my device can anyone tell me how to do it?? I had android studio sdk.. But don't know how to do please help me guys
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Hi,
do you have any development skill?
If not I suggest you start learning. Codecademy provides nice tutorials.
If you wanna stick to web technologies for your app I suggest these:
codecademy.com/tracks/javascript
codecademy.com/tracks/web
Then I recommend to build an app usign ionic framework (ionicframework.com).
Pretty easy to setup.
Once you are done setting it up you can apply materializecss.com for example. Gives you nice material design controls.

Reply: How to create a material ui app for my website??
I am a little confused. Are you wanting to make an Android app or a Web app with material design. If your thinking about design at this stage, I think you going at this backwards. The design depends on the functionality, but the functionality is what makes an app. But to answer both for Android and Web apps:
Android: Google basically gives you everything you need for a material design app. All you have to do in make the back-end and a lil front end work then you have yourself an app. I know its simpler said than done but here is my philosophy when working with something new or I am trying to learn: Don't Imitate! Understand! Programming requires a lot of mental energy and knowledge. I think tutorials today fall in the mindset of holding your hand too much and making you reach a product by the end of it with no knowledge of what you just did. And then you try stuff on your own then your like "Well where do I start?". You will save yourself a bunch of time by not just diving in and trying to make something big as your first app, but instead just take it little by little. Can you make an activity say "hello world"? Great now try to put a fragment in the activity with a list view that has many "hello worlds". Did you figure that out? Then try to make a pop up(toast) say hello world. Your going to have to start somewhere. I have no idea how skilled you are but most likely you either know how to program but are stumped or you just don't know how to program at all. Trust me buddy, I have been there. After learning Java at my University I thought well I could do it, but I was sadly mistaken. My professor taught us Swing when JavaFX came out long ago. UHG SO UGLY! So I just went back to Java and tried to understand Java as must as I could without going too deep into it. Then as I explained I made "hella" amounts of hello world programs. "Hello Worlds" that appeared in the notifications, "Hello Worlds" that were in a settings activity. I even made a lil app that popped up with "There is no spoon" then you can switch it in the settings to "Oh Theirs My Spoon!". You just gotta not do what most tutorials do and stop and think about what you wrote. You will go farther than you would ever imagine. :good:
Web App: Ok if you want to make a material design web app its pretty simple with the CSS framework called Materialize. It may take getting used to and you may have to edit your own CSS but its all there. Though I have no idea why you want to make an "Android App" for you website. Are you wanting to show a concept of the app? You seem a lil out of focus of what you want. I would watch this talk on youtube: Making Badass Developers - Kathy Sierra (Serious Pony) keynote. Its saved me from ultimately quitting programming as a whole. But the point is to just that you need to be honest with yourself on your own skills. If you feel stumped then its time to go back to some basics or maybe take it in a smaller steps. If you do this you will definitely be able to make your app.
Sorry I wish I could post links to the things I recommend but I am still new to these forums. Anyways I hope you read this and other beginners read this. Sorry if its tldr post. I just wanted to give some good advice.

You could use React and Material UI components.

flodev said:
Hi,
do you have any development skill?
If not I suggest you start learning. Codecademy provides nice tutorials.
If you wanna stick to web technologies for your app I suggest these:
codecademy.com/tracks/javascript
codecademy.com/tracks/web
Then I recommend to build an app usign ionic framework (ionicframework.com).
Pretty easy to setup.
Once you are done setting it up you can apply materializecss.com for example. Gives you nice material design controls.
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No i don't have developing skill
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jackcarter3456 said:
If you are a beginner than the use of IDE is good like Android studio. Read some guides on Android app development, so that you can have a basic idea.
Once you clear all the basics, then start developing with simple UI. Don't go into deeply. When you successfully build the app with simple coding, then start with the next level.
For designing material UI, it is better to use Pre-made UI kits instead of designing the app from scratch. With these UI kits, you only need to customize the elements according to your need in the Photoshop or Illustrator, without giving too much efforts.
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I created a app for my site... Can anyone help me in uploading it on play store?? I'll be glad if u do soo
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Vijay chandra said:
I created a app for my site... Can anyone help me in uploading it on play store?? I'll be glad if u do soo
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Why don't just upload it here? In xda? Will get better feedback here then play store. Besides, it will give bad impression to the account owner if users give bad rating to your app. XDA already provided a thread dedicated exactly for what you're trying to do. Use it.?

ionicmaterial , google this keyword, i think you can get demo in all web and mobile with this. Because I am a newbie, can't post link .

codinginthebigcity said:
ionicmaterial , google this keyword, i think you can get demo in all web and mobile with this. Because I am a newbie, can't post link .
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Ionic Material is buggy and hasn't been updated for a while.
I would actually bite the bullet and try angular material.
Far superior support barring a quirk or two...

karandpr said:
Ionic Material is buggy and hasn't been updated for a while.
I would actually bite the bullet and try angular material.
Far superior support barring a quirk or two...
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It is updated near: June 30, 2016
http://blog.ionic.io/ionic-2-beta-10-is-live/
I don't know about bugs because ionic 2 is beta, but UI is really good with 700 free icon:
http://ionicframework.com/docs/v2/components/

codinginthebigcity said:
It is updated near: June 30, 2016
http://blog.ionic.io/ionic-2-beta-10-is-live/
I don't know about bugs because ionic 2 is beta, but UI is really good with 700 free icon:
http://ionicframework.com/docs/v2/components/
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http://ionicmaterial.com/
This is ionic material.
Truth to be told ,Ionic v2 is not ready for production and due to the Angular 2.x dependency it's wayyy different.
The difference between v1 and v2 is night and day.

With beta 10 of Ionic, we are closer to "ready for production".

A UI/UX guy will tell you about how to achieve that exactly but the way I look at it, you can achieve a similar thing by using a background(this has the vertical line )to the list view and the profile picture circles will be image views to which images are loaded dynamically. I am sure there is a much better way to do this but this is definitely one way you can try to do that

There are many guidelines on the web for to upload your apps on google play store. If you are going to do this with ionic you should check folder struture very carefully.

Hello friends,
I have an app of my own blog, one of my friend just made it, but this app is showing an note as shown in picture as Application Running in Demo mode,
Can someone please tell me, how can i remove this water mark, this water mark only visible on main screen....
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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How to create a material ui app for my website..?
To be completely forthright, I think you got a major issue to utilize this stuff.
Firstly, it relies on upon Facebook's View system called React so you need to know well some essential things.
Secondly,React is absolutely a javascript stuff and on the off chance that you utilize it by coding plain javascript, that would be an other enormous issue which may stop you.otherwise in the event that you utilize it's sentence structure sugar called jsx, despite everything you have to pay a lot of times to learn well it with the goal that you could know how React function and afterward you could utilize it in your venture.
Thirdly, before the previously mentioned happen, there are still a few things required that you dont need to know well NodeJs or webpack or NPM yet at any rate you ought to know well how to utilize them as the straightforward apparatuses.
All in all, is it an absolute necessity that you have no other decision yet need to utilize this stuff and just act it as a basic css system?
If not! you can surrender now aside from you are prepared to learn huge amounts of conditions!!!
On the off chance that yes! I guidance you to introduce nodejs first and after that introduce npm and after that utilization npm to introduce respond perhaps despite everything you have to introduce a few devices like babel browserify or webpack(the best) and afterward plunge into React and after that you could start figuring out how to utilize MUI~ sounds...mass
There isnt a speedy pickup route for MUI simply like they said!

Material-UI is a set of React components in addition to being a CSS framework. I don't know if you can get much use out of it without understanding React.
The easiest way to get started is to install the examples and start from there.
If you don't want to deal with a front-end framework like React, and just want CSS and JS files with a setup time as quick as Bootstrap, check out the Materialize library.

Samsung DeX

Welcome to DeXDA forums.
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Official Samsung info page
Sync Chrome desktop bookmarks with 'Samsung Internet' browser:
Chrome desktop extension
Run Windows apps:
WINE
Install a custom Linux OS:
Linux on Galaxy
Apps built primarily for DeX:
Desktop Hub
<WEBSCAPE/>
Simple developer guide to add DeX improvements to your app:
Official developer page
Promo video:
DeX dock:
If you already have DeX and want to enable resizable windows for all apps either follow the guide available in the Desktop Hub app or just go into the 'Settings/Samsung Dex/About Samsung DeX' and keep tapping the DeX logo until you see the version name change to show the message (Developer) after it!
Popular Youtuber 'Mr Mobile' review:
Screenshot of DeX Desktop:
Screenshot of DeX desktop multi-window
Find more XDA discussions on this in the S8 section thanks to @oF2pks:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/discussion-dex-to-to-true-t3594012

So far it is great I am typing up this comment using the S8+ in Dex.
It is great to use any of my Android apps in a desktop environment. I use more Android apps than Windows apps daily, so having access to those Android apps in a desktop like environment makes the whole experience so much greater.
But there are a few small things bugging me.
/* Audio: My mistake, this turns out not to have any problems... */
* Vibration: I am hearing the device vibrate when in Dex because it is not disabling haptic feedback.
* Fullscreen apps: Unfornately if your app doesn't support resizing it is only displayed in a fixed window size which can not be manually changed to anything other than a phone sized UI although you can switch between portrait & landscape, although this is not very effective when you are trying to use something like Microsoft Remote Desktop, video players or games.
* Singular notificaton pop-ups: This can often lead to notifications fighting over which is visible, and effectively makes it unviewable.
So my conclusion is that there are a few bugs, but surely they will be fixed with updates when Samsung is made aware of these bugs.
But I wouldn't write it off because of these bugs, as the device has only just become available to pre-order customers, so feedback is still required for Samsung to become aware of these bugs.
But well done to Samsung for making a usable desktop experience which imo is better than Remix OS by the way.
p.s. I'm not aware of how to report these bugs to Samsung directly.
*EDIT*
Also worth noting is the fact that Android O supports launching any app (not just specially developed apps) on a secondary output display, I have tested this in a custom launcher I made for the Nexus 6P running Android O. This could mean that eventually we will be able to use Dex whilst the devices screen will still be usable for additional content.

SmilerOnline said:
So far it is great I am typing up this comment using the S8+ in Dex.
It is great to use any of my Android apps in a desktop environment. I use more Android apps than Windows apps daily, so having access to those Android apps in a desktop like environment makes the whole experience so much greater.
But there are a few small things bugging me.
* Audio: currently Iam experiencing a bug where the device doesn't send audio over HDMI and it continues to use the phones speaker.
* Vibration: I am hearing the device vibrate when in Dex because it is not disabling haptic feedback.
* Fullscreen apps: Unfornately if your app doesn't support resizing it is only displayed in a fixed window size which can not be manually changed to anything other than a phone sized UI although you can switch between portrait & landscape, although this is not very effective when you are trying to use something like Microsoft Remote Desktop, video players or games.
* Singular notificaton pop-ups: This can often lead to notifications fighting over which is visible, and effectively makes it unviewable.
So my conclusion is that there are a few bugs, but surely they will be fixed with updates when Samsung is made aware of these bugs.
But I wouldn't write it off because of these bugs, as the device has only just become available to pre-order customers, so feedback is still required for Samsung to become aware of these bugs.
But well done to Samsung for making a usable desktop experience which imo is better than Remix OS by the way.
p.s. I'm not aware of how to report these bugs to Samsung directly.
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Fo the audio part there is a setting for it...

@Jeshter2000:
Where about do I find that setting?
I have tried tinkering in audio settings but I cant find it...

SmilerOnline said:
@Jeshter2000:
Where about do I find that setting?
I have tried tinkering in audio settings but I cant find it...
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It is in de bottom right corner if I recall correctly...

I can see the volume control settings but nothing to do with redirecting audio to the connected display...

SmilerOnline said:
I can see the volume control settings but nothing to do with redirecting audio to the connected display...
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When Im home ill make a print screen for you!!

Not sure if it is of any assistance, but under development settings there is a tab "media" (almost at the bottom) with the setting "Prevent USB audio routing". Maybe this has something to do with it.

Jeshter2000 said:
It is in de bottom right corner if I recall correctly...
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Jeshter2000 said:
When Im home ill make a print screen for you!!
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Thanks! ?
*EDIT*
FOUND IT!!!
My apologies...
Thanks for your help though.
It was just that Iwas not clicking the up arrow in the bottom right tray area, Iwas just thinking that audio settings would be under the speaker icon...
*Slaps head*

where can I buy it here in UK ?
I will be in Montreal in a couple of weeks, maybe it's better to buy there? or ?

ndee92 said:
where can I buy it here in UK ?
I will be in Montreal in a couple of weeks, maybe it's better to buy there? or ?
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I purchased mine from Mobile Fun UK Link below:
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/official-samsung-dex-station-galaxy-s8-s8-plus-display-dock-p63089.htm
p.s. It was delivered within 2 days (about April 12th), so I'm sure you'll get it rather quickly!

I ordered mine as soon as pre-orders opened up on Amazon and now their saying I wont get it till may 29.....

Gurule92 said:
I ordered mine as soon as pre-orders opened up on Amazon and now their saying I wont get it till may 29.....
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If the cost is not very different you may want to try cancelling your order with Amazon and see how quickly you would get it from the link in my last post (I'm not sure if they do international services though for those of you interested).

SmilerOnline said:
If the cost is not very different you may want to try cancelling your order with Amazon and see how quickly you would get it from the link in my last post (I'm not sure if they do international services though for those of you interested).
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good call, I just ordered it. should be here like 15 days before the other one lol thanks

Gurule92 said:
good call, I just ordered it. should be here like 15 days before the other one lol thanks
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No problem!
To be honest, I'm happy to help anyone get their hands on this tech as soon as possible, because I've wanted to see this become the norm for years. So the more people that buy into it, the more likely we are to see all vendors getting behind this idea and bringing us their own alternatives and maybe even Google might bring this functionality natively to Android!.
Some look at others who have tried and failed to deliver this experience and assume that this is going to go the same way... but it is brilliant and I think that now we have the right level of hardware performance to enable this to be usable (I've got 7 windows open and the device hasn't even got remotely warm!!!) it now makes sense, and with a company as big as Samsung in the mobile industry behind this tech, it can only be a positive in my honest opinion!
Goodbye to the Microsoft Windows & Intel (Wintel) monopoly and welcome to Android desktop on ARM.
This can only be good for consumers going forward as prices come down eventually!

SmilerOnline said:
Thanks! ?
*EDIT*
FOUND IT!!!
My apologies...
Thanks for your help though.
It was just that Iwas not clicking the up arrow in the bottom right tray area, Iwas just thinking that audio settings would be under the speaker icon...
*Slaps head*
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Glad I could help my friend....

I preordered the Sentio Andromium Laptop off Kickstarter last year. Gonna wait for that and see if I need to invest in DeX.

SmilerOnline said:
I purchased mine from Mobile Fun UK Link below:
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/official-samsung-dex-station-galaxy-s8-s8-plus-display-dock-p63089.htm
p.s. It was delivered within 2 days (about April 12th), so I'm sure you'll get it rather quickly!
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Thanks SmilerOnline , I am thinking about buy it here or in Montreal..thanks
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ndee92 said:
Thanks SmilerOnline , I am thinking about buy it here or in Montreal..thanks
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No problem, glad to be of any help! ?
Enjoy your trip to Montreal ?
p.s. I think that Dex would be great for you when in an hotel room by the way! ?

I can't wait to get a Dex. I work in IT and I think having one device to do basically everything would be great.
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