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[Nook Color Themes and Apps] skwalas:
*le sigh*

Keep planning to try a public location and keep forgetting. I need to remember to do that one. Not sure the benefit of fiddling with the card install, as I'm on emmc, but I have a great spare lying around so could try a couple nightlies and RCs on a clean wipe as well. Just for kicks have thought about trying through MIUI and rooted stock too.

Between this and the current market crap going on, messing with the nook has lost a lot of its appeal.

Will report back when I get the chance.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] skwalas:
So finally got to try the app at a public wifi location (in town broadband) and immediately went to the login screen. No error messages (other than I couldn't actually login). It would appear that the app requires some minimum DL speed to work... which is a bummer, as I would rather use Netflix on my existing account rather than shell out $4 for a Google movie.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] DizzyDen:
Most likely not the dl speed but the latency. Not sure what your ISP options are... but it seems that you have a high latency connection.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] skwalas:
Personally I have thought it was the latency all along, since it is already a known problem for other types of streaming, most notably all forms of video chat. Mostly I just don't get why it should impact the Netflix app but not google movies.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] CLTatenza:
I've tried installing this a few times now, and its now showing up. I'm currently running cm7.1...
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] russtang:
Don't know how you tried installing it, but here's how I did it.

Downloaded on my pc and copied to the sd card.

put sd card in the nook and ran "appInstaller". It found the app and I clicked on it. Installed just fine.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] nook-color:
I've not sideloaded an apk file yet. This will be my first go at it.

I D/L your file - it's a zip file. Do I need to unzip the file ( to an apk I assume ) before I do a sideload install?

Thanks
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
I personally use the file manger Astro to browse to and install packages. You shouldn't have to unzip it if you use a proper file manager but if not you'll want to unzip it.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] fit333:
Omg.. epic. Thanx a million

edit:best used with "orientation control" $1.49 on the market by coin soft

can set on boot lock any orientation nuf said .

edit2: may need to "uninstall updates" to market (settings-applications-manage applications-market .., will revert in a couple app DLs.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] binarytrek:
Would there be a way to also rotate the video player? it would be great for watching the older non-widescreen videos on Netflix. I know I'm asking alot but you did such a great thing by removing the rotation lock when browsing the library that some one was bound to ask. And being as I'm a noob, I thought why not me? and thank you for the app:)
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
Ask and you sha... er... may receive! It works, you can play movies in portrait but and that's a big butt, is you have to decide on orientation before you hit play, if you change orientation while it's playing it will exit the video and the netflix app will freeze. It may be unusable with this "bug", if you accidentally change orientation while watching a movie.... well there goes movie night!

here is it, fresh out of the oven

http://api.ge.tt/0/8djsH77/0/blob/download
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] binarytrek:
Thank you! You sir are indeed the netflix master!! it's working perfectly.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] JohnH4:
Just wondering....

Is it possible to tweak the netflix apk so that it cannot be paused or closed until a combination of screen strokes are done like in the baby lockscreen apps?

I have a very inquisitive 1 year old who I'd like to keep occupied.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] hololight:
If you google 'netflix rotation xda', the first link is a modified version of netflix that has had rotation enabled for a while. Also allows rotating video on the fly. Other colors than red also available, I use black.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
Beyond my abilities, sorry.

Nice find, my googlefu isn't what it used to be.. I see how he got around that bug and updated the OP with a fixed version.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] JohnH4:
Oh well, had to ask. Thanks anyways!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] TehPwnd:
Dish Network

I know this may be asking alot, but is there any way we could remove rotation lock from the dish network remote access app. It plays the tv shows in landscape, but all menus and program guide is in portrait. If you can't I totally understand, but the netflix rocks so much I just had to ask. Great work.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] sensboston:
Download, install and use a free "Smart Rotator" app from the market.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] TehPwnd:
smart rotate doesn't work. The Dish app doesnt natively support rotation
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
I'll take a look and see what I can do.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] TehPwnd:
Thanks for checking it out. I really do appreciate it!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
Dish Network Remote Access Download

http://api.ge.tt/0/8lIQrZ7/0/blob/download

I don't have an account so I can only test the login screen
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] TehPwnd:
hubba hubba! Dish works like a charm! You, my friend, single-handedly made the app go from cool to tablet friendly awesome. Thanks so much!

Since you are now taking requests, hbo go could use a fix.

You should set up a paypal to take donations. This seriously rocks. Big props.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] craigbru:
Requests? How about the Nook's original Pandora app? :D
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
The HBO GO app is proving difficult, it won't decompile, I haven't given up, i'm going to see if i can find an alternative way to edit its manifest.

Not the Pandora app from the Market? From the stock firmware? If you have the apk, post it, if not let me know which and I'll dig around for it.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Sh8dyDan:
Here is the Pandora app from Nook 1.3
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] craigbru:
That's it! The market version is not optimized for tablets. The buttons are incredibly small and the album art is relegated to a small area in the upper left of the screen. The Nook version is much better for tablets, but is portrait only.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] les02jen17:
I'm waiting for this! :D The stock NC's Pandora is optimized for the nook though it lacks a widget like the market's Pandora! I have them both though, but it'll be great to see the Stock NC's Pandora in landscape mode! :D Joenathane, you're on a roll! :D
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
OK, so I unlocked Pandora, problem is it was setup in a very static way, which means things don't scale or move when you rotate, so there are often parts of the UI that you can't see in landscape mode. I'll attempt to "fix" it but it'll be a pretty major rewrite of the code and I'm not sure I can do it successfully. I'll keep you updated to any progress...
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] craigbru:
Good luck! We all appreciate the effort you are putting in to this. :D
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] les02jen17:
It'll take some time I guess. Thanks for doing this for us, though. :) You really should consider getting donates.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] koopakid08:
Any chance for the newest Netflix update 1.4? It didn't add anything but the update pop up gets annoying after awhile. I love your work. Keep at it.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
I should have something in a couple of days. I'm trying to make it change dynamically, where it'll look the same as it always did in while in portrait but while in landscape it'll use a different set of layout parameters but it's been force closing on me with that method. I'll keep playing around with it, at the worst I have to try and make use of the same layout parameters for both landscape and portrait but make it still look good at the same time...

I've been meaning to get around to that. Modded and added to the OP.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] les02jen17:
Umm... can I add another app on the list? The Tumblr App. It's stuck on portrait mode. I'll post a link if you don't have the APK.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] koopakid08:
Thanks a ton!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
Tumblr modded and added to the OP. I'm still working on the Pandora app.

Everyone can keep the request coming in, the only good app is a rotation lock free app!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] SCWells72:
This is very cool, but I've always wondered if there's just some way to tell Android that the screen's home orientation is landscape instead of having to address it on an app-by-app basis like this. Is that something you can do in Android 3.0+ but not in 2.x?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
Applications can specify an orientation and effectively lock the screen into that mode, overriding whatever orientation Android would be set to, this is part of the API and baked into the OS.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] les02jen17:
Hey Joe.

You must be hard at work right now to get the Pandora app to be rendered in landscape mode. Were all waiting for it! I guess there would be apps that are easier to mod than the others. I mean, the tumblr app I requested seems easy enough!

Hey, if you have the time, I hope you can add the DiskUsage app on the list. Oh and tumblr app recently updated. I wonder if you can include that too.

Thanks so much!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] binarytrek:
Can you remove the video lock in fox news app? It will only play videos on nook color in landscape mode making them stretched out of frame. I did use the build.prop sch1500 with 160 which seem to help a little. Thanks for all your good works.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] smiley4017:
QQLauncher

I was wondering if you can make the qqlauncher be able to go horizontally. I use it with nightly 77 to imitate the MIUI rom. I love MIUI, but I can not do without the embedded soft-keys.

Thank you in advance.

Gary
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] les02jen17:
Is it just me or is the Engadget app unable to render in landscape mode? Start screen does render in landscape but the selection itself is stuck in portrait. Can I add it in the requests? :)

Thanks, Joe.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Jiv_au:
Hi guys.

Just wanted to clarify that this lock-rotation is a feature of CyanogenMod 7, and not a hardware fault on my NC.

I have tried 177 and 197 and realised I couldn't rotate a lot of apps (including ADW.Launcher). The one that I found that rotates is Google YouTube app, so I guess it's not a hardware issue...

I actually wish there's a way to pick and choose which app you want to auto-rotate using the accelerometer.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
I'll take a look at all your request tomorrow, if all goes well I should also have them modded and uploaded tomorrow.

Hmmm, the Nook is starting to bore me.... Not too much interesting happening around here as of late...

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You are mistaken, orientation is set by the application:

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#screen

You are confusing quite a few different things relating to screen orientation and I'm not even sure where to begin to untangle your comment...
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] binarytrek:
Speaking for myself, I for one would like to thank you for all your help with apps, themes and build.prop . You've been a great help.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Jiv_au:
*facepalm* :eek:

Apologies. You're right... I've been confusing Android with iPad... (I'm re-learning my NC after it was away overseas on a warranty-replacement trip, and I've been unfaithful by purchasing an iPad2 during its absence).

Yep, auto-rotate is app controlled.

...Why have everyone suddenly drawn their guns out...? Is it the "i" word? :rolleyes:
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
I wasn't trying to come off harsh....:o

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The Engadget app doesn't seem to be working at all at the moment, i'm getting "page not found" and "service not available" errors trying to use the app. If/when the app start working again I'll mod it.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] binarytrek:
Thanks for the fox news app its working very well .
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
If you check post #70 on the previous page you'll see that I already modded and uploaded the 1.4.1, thanks anyway!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] binarytrek:
Could you take a look at the zoodles kids mode app, I know its of topic but I'm always having to switch back and forth from 160 to 161. It will not scale properly at 160. Any help would be much appreciated.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
Engadget app modded and added to OP.

It looks fine to me, only off thing seems to be the painting portion, the tools are a bit hard to select, is that what you are referring to? The rest of the app seem to look normal and function fine.

Do you have compatibility mode enabled in "spare parts"? If so disable it and reboot and see if that helps...
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] binarytrek:
Did try turning off but did not help. The painting section has three size options and alot more colors when at 161 but they get pushed out of frame and overlapped at 160 , also the main game and video page forces the third row out of frame and seems to be overlapping the rest. This is the only app that's giving me any problems. I just have to switch back to 161 before using. cM7 nightly 201 is setting to 160 by default now to get around the gapps problem.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Dblfstr:
Hey, cool thread. I did not know you were here doing this stuff. I do Netflix with some themeing. I also put out a tutorial on how to open and edit the apk. I think I might add a link to here so people can see this in action.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
I played around with the XMLs in the apk and I don't think I can help you, whatever is controlling that scaling doesn't seem to be in the XMLs and the rest of the code is compiled.

Spread the word, the world must know! :p
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] saulhaul:
Minamalistic Text

Joe,

I use minamalistic text for my landscape homescreen and it works great. The only thing is whenever I click on a text to go to its properties, it brings up the settings in portrait view. Is this something that you can fix or is it different than these other mods you've done?

Thanks a ton for your Netflix work (other stuff too.. i just haven't used them)
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] smiley4017:
I just noticed you did qqlauncher. I can't believe it. I will be downloading it now. You are the bomb. Thank you

Gary

Me again. Just installed it on my nook color and it does work but does not align with the app drawer when tilted horizontally. Is there anyway to adjust this? Also, can you do the newest build, they fixed the widget alignment problem with the new one. I wish I knew how to do this, I hate bothering you with it.

If not, I understand, I see a lot of people requests on this thread.

Again, thank you for all your hard work.

Gary
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] les02jen17:
Hey... I've been meaning to request this for a long time now I just keep forgetting it.

Say for example you have your NookColor in landscape mode. You have a Minimalistic Text widget on your homescreen and you want to edit it. Problem is, once you click it and do so, it will rotate vertically, as if it's its default orientation. I just find it annoying since you're already holding the nook in landscape and you have to view it in portrait mode whenever you edit the widget.

Hey, thanks for everything. I ditto that we do hate bothering you with this. :D
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
Wherever the setting is controlling the rotation of the layout editor is, it's not in the normal spot, I'll keep looking but I preformed a search on all the XML files in the apk and got no hits for "portrait", I'll keep looking though.

In other news I got HBO GO modded finally, added to the OP.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] les02jen17:
Thanks for all of your hard work, joe. :)

Have you heard of the Software Data Cable app? It's free and it lets you access your microsd card's files on your pc if your pc ad NC shares the same wifi connection. I use it all the time. Only problem I have with it is yup--its stuck in portrait mode. :P
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] DizzyDen:
You might also look for anything with "undefined" it may cause it to default to portrait mode.

Here ya go... tested and works on my Nook... named softdatacable_DD.apk to indicate signed by my e-sig.

On a side note: Might put together a program similar to my IMEI Generator for editing these things... pondering... but do not want to hijack Joe's thread... he's been doing an amazing job with all of these.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] les02jen17:
With all due respect for Joe, I believe you should still consider making that program. I mean, we DO hate bothering joe with our request and we would also like to do it ourselves if only we can. :D Thanks for the Software Data Cable though! :D
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
Instant gratification is what life is all about, you make that program DizzyDen, you make that program and set the world on its edge. :)
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Dblfstr:
Look for vertical

;)

Edit:

I saw nothing in the manifest, so I think it is defined in the layout. Having trouble decompiling it with apktool however.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
Try this newer apktool http://dl085.zshare.net/download/3f.../1317373727/90250768/apktool1.4.2.269870b.jar

Figured it was in the layout but there are about 30 XML's in there, and I wasn't sure of what to use to make it dynamic, it seems that attribute can only be either horizontal or vertical, not sure if the solution would be to remove the attribute all together...
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Dblfstr:
That worked. Thanks for the link, why is it not on the source page for apktool?

Anyway, I will see about adding the layout code to the manifest

android:screenOrientation
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] DizzyDen:
Joe... you can absolutely upload the Software Data Cable app on the site you use for your files and put in your first post if you would like.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
That the apktool 1.4.2 built from Brut.all's source several months ago, looking at his git(https://github.com/brutall) i'm not seeing any recent activity...
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] michelbites:
Netflix 1.5.1

Is it possible that you can unlock the rotation to the latest netflix for my nook? thanks.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] koopakid08:
Netflix is unlocked in the newest version

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[Nook Color Themes and Apps] krackers:
Is it possible for you to do the mail'd app from the notion ink?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
Not sure why you'd want this in portrait, it doesn't work very well...

http://api2.ge.tt/0/9KDzid9/0/blob/download
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] krackers:
Thank you! I requested it because I have the touchpad w/cm7 ported. It is quite cumbersome trying to use the mail'd app with the cover.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
It sucks that the cover doesn't work well in Landscape mode, I returned mine after trying it for a day.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] les02jen17:
Hey, Joe. Can I request the MinimalisticTextWidget Preferences menu in landscape? As well as the wallpaper/LiveWallpaper menu? Is it possible? I've been meaning to ask this for awhile now, I just always forgot. Thanks!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] captainskyhawk:
Might have to make a new thread but any idea how to make my standard lockscreen on my CM7 NC landscape?

I'm using a password but would like to type in landscape.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
You asked for that before, I wasn't able to do it... :(

Don't think it's possible for someone like me to do, it would require rewriting some Android source code....
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Harlley Sathler:
Hi again Joe,

If I can request, could you explain how to unlock the screen rotation? Is there any "cake recipe" can we follow to do this or each case is a different case?

I request this so we don't overload you with so many requests...

I have a dozen apps that I would like to unlock, many of them not so popular (some local content only - I live in Brazil)...

Thank you so much for what you've done so far. Use Mail'd flipped 180 degrees when use my nook with its cover is a must!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
It's actually very easy in most cases, in the AndroidManifest.xml you want to look for this guy

android:screenOrientation

and change all instances to equal sensor, like so

android:screenOrientation="sensor"

That should work for most apps.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] les02jen17:
Reviving your thread here joe. Want to request BatteryCaliberator App by NeMa for auto rotation? It's a free app. :D

Tapatalkin' it from my rooted NookColor running CM7 MiRaGe [KANG] [7.2 RC] overclocked @ 1.2 GHz
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
This might be it, maybe, not sure, could just a easily be a tiger.

http://api2.ge.tt/0/9P7dvPB/0/blob/download
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] les02jen17:
Didn't want to bother you with this man, but I just don't know how to do it.

There's an app in the Market found in the link below which is an mp3 downloader. Only problem is it's stuck in portrait. :P Thanks, man. :D

http://market.android.com/details?id=mick.graten.ringtone

Tapatalkin' it from my rooted NookColor running CM7 MiRaGe [KANG] [7.2 RC] overclocked @ 1.2 GHz
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] joenathane:
Why are there 4 of them in the market? https://market.android.com/search?q=Make+a+Ringtone+MP3+PRO&c=apps

very strange...

Downloaded it an it's not suck in portrait for me, rotates fine...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Bfitz26:
so I have a rooted evo and pretry happy work however I am thinking about the nexus a but I am trying to get the benefits if each device I lover under thin and big screen on enter evo don't like locked kernel spurse evo can only be rooted into 1.6 I was going for the best cds support as well as overclock rooms and kernels placed help
[HTC Sensation] xuni89:
I feel like there isn't enought FPS that makes animation and visual effect looks fluid, for example when moving the lock screen's ring, It follows your finger really well but it looks like its lagging due to the fact that you can see like a trails of the ring (if that make sense). Is there a way to fix this issue? I feel like this phone could be way faster and smoother than it already is =o..
[HTC Sensation] familyhousing:
Lockscreen ring is very smooth for me (even with weather lockscreen on). I get disappointing fps on the homescreen though, if any live wallpaper is enabled. It feels like a bug or memory leak though, as performance starts off fine and deteriorates sharply over time. Even livewallpaper with minimal animation makes a big difference to performance. With a static wallpaper, all my animations are fluid, except if I press the home key to spin back to the first homescreen.
[HTC Sensation] hassan:
Indeed there will be a way once perm root is gained.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] grenademasta:
Just saw this article about LG slashing its sales figures for their phones for 2011.

Wow they are estimating their sales of only 24 million phones for 2011. Samsung sold 19 million in the second quarter alone!

http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/08/lg-slashes-sales-targets-struggling-in-the-smartphone-market/
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Xargon321:
Might want to mention that its 24 million smartphones 114 million phones total. lg is just getting into the high end smart phone market samsung has been here a while its no wonder they can sell 19 mill smartphones lg has a great hardware platform now if they can just get it the software together they might be a contender