yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] astage:
Can't say for sure, but I had a problem. I copied all the OzVGA files into "\Windows\" but (like a dumb ass) forgot to execute the Security cab. Started OzVGA, answered Yes to a few prompts about unsigned files, then chose OzVGA and the device rebooted.

Upon repeated reboots, it totally hung everytime at the password input screen. Had no choice other than a hard reset and re-install of everything. Since I had only just finished the install, you can imagine the air was blue....
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] ehabh:
JasJar With arabic support

has anyone successfully done this on a JasJAr with arabic support. When I do this, I get in VGA but everything is messed up, even file explorer has nothing in it. Can not run ozvga after getting in VGA mode have to hard reset every time.

What I really get are the icons but no text what so ever kind of like all fonts are invisible.

I then tried to hard reset my jasjar and reset before the exteneded rom programs are installed thus ended up with a jas jar without arabic support and then installed the vga hack like before and this time it worked seem like the arabic and the vga do not work nicely together.

So does anyone know how to make them work.

Is there a way to install the arabic software but reset the jasjar and not load it for one time only ( to run theozvga for instance )

Any help will be appreciated I bought the jasjar just for the VGA screen please help me use it with arabic.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] ehabh:
Arabic VGA issue

Is it possible that the problem is just a font problem with arabic and ozvga?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] eappel:
Hi

I would really like to go 144dpi and I am trying to do so with ozvga 1 -->1.5 settings.

I did try the manual registry changes 90hex(144binary) which did chnage the text size however ozvga icons\spacing cant be changed (ozvga also seems to overwrite these settings when run). However I do get all my wifi\signal icons etc back

Which settings on ozvga can I use to get 144dpi?

I have all the 96dpi and 144dpi files in my windows dir and i have executed SdkCerts.cab and done a suspend\resume before rebooting...

Help..

eric
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] michaelg:
Hi,

In regards to the VGA file install, I run the SDK Cert cab, however after the install I still get prompted when I run OzVGA and for a file called outres.96.dll

I basically copied the DLLs from the zip file straight to the /windows folder using Windows Explorer on my desktop. Am I missing something?

Or do I need to unzip the file on the PDA and transfer files between folders on the device?

Regards

Michael
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Kassad:
hey Guys, I also have the missing icons problem..

I copied and ran CdkCerts.cab on my mda pro, then copied the gifs and dll's to the windows directory (18 in total), ran ozvga but am still missing the icons. I tried these steps 5 times now but no luck..

these are the files I copied:

arrow2.96.gif

browsres.96.dll

complete.96.gif

coreres.96.dll

exappres.96.dll

miscres.96.dll

msim.96.dll

officeres.96.dll

outres.96.dll

pegcards.96.dll

shelres.96.dll

stylus2.96.gif

stylushead.96.gif

syncres.96.dll

tapres.96.dll

TraRes0409.96.dll

tshres.96.dll

welcomehead.96.dll

Am I missing something?

thanks in advance
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] ehabh:
VGA with ARABIC JasJar

The only way to run in VGA mode with JasJar is to disable Arabic from the control panel. Then enable VGA mode. Take care, if you go in VGA mode with arabic enabled you will not be able to switch back to normal mode at all and nothing will be visible for you. So take care since the only way out is a hard reset with loosing data.

If someone can write a version of OZVGA that will automatically switch to nonvga just by running it from start menu that will solve this problem of needing to hard reset your device if you comit such an error.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Khashim:
Installation CAB

Hey guys,

For all you that are having trouble installing the files. Attached is a CAB that will install all that is needed. You do not need to run the cdkcert cab either as the cab automatically installs the entries.

This should help for all those that want to have ozVGA installed after a hard reset.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] argh2000:
Nice one...thanks man :)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Kassad:
Khashim, if I didn't know you only over the internet, weren't convinced you're a guy and didn't have a girfriend, I'd marry you in a second! it works :-)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Khashim:
Lol......thanks (a bit creepy, but thanks). I was really surprised no one made a CAB when I first read this thread, so I decided.........why the hell not do it myself. And of course, this site it about sharing.

All I hope for now is that somebody finds a way to fix the problem with WM10 display in VGA mode.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
Eh? What's the problem with the display in WM? Non fullscreen video or something else?

I haven't read the thread, but perhaps VJBigPhone technique might work on it...

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Khashim:
The WMP10 problem was posted in your thread http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=33971&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=100 Page 5

Was that ever solved?

Edit: Vijay555, can I get the WirelessManager fix?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
I see, the problem with the buttons being too high? Hmm, I never looked into that, I thought everyone used TCMP!

I can have a quick look at it...

The wireless manager code was removed because it seemed to work for some people and not others, and I need to investigate why. I will try to reinsert this code at some point, but for now I'm working hard on finishing ToggleToday for WM5 (it works very well, but need to test it for interaction with another plugin I'm writing). If I can get a little spare time, I'll try to have a look at the other things too...

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] zohaer21:
can i just have IE in real vga?

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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] TraumaTiger:
Has anyone tried it with the new O2 Rom ?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
Just in passing, for those who have difficulty reaching the ok button, I'm working on a solution, but as an interim, I've made this teeny tiny app (yet to be optimised) which simulates ok/close button presses.

However, it closes programs, not minimises, so it can act as a tiny task killer. Assign it to a hardware key and close away. It's in beta, because the technique used to close may be specific to some apps, but it generally works.

Read about VJOkButt

v
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] citlee:
I have read this thread several times and I am still not clear on a couple of things. I've installed OzVGA using Khashim's all-in-one .CAB, and it works brilliantly :) The problem is font sizes -- when in true VGA (640x480), what font/font size is currently recommended to give the best usability on the device without breaking things (green artifacts mentioned in a post in this thread), and what exactly do you have to do to change the font/size?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] gaofi:
Trouble with the O2 Rom

Hello,

I tried a few times with the O2 Rom below, which is my rom of choice for the time beeing.... Unfortunately this hangs after the soft reset.., I have just a blue screen with the two soft-keys options ("select" and another). Both seems to be "clickable" (color change when I tap) but then it hangs.

Too bad, for it was working nicely (although there was probably a lot of things to fix, like the size of the buttons of the phone app) with the shipped-in rom (French SFR)

Interesting enough, I tried (briefly) minimo, the "mini mozilla" beta browser, and it seems to be switching to some kind of vga flawlessly, and without reboot... Unfortunaly, it's just too unresponsive to me

Gael

O2 Exec ROM 1.13.82

ExtRom 1.13.188

Radio 1.04.02

.. plus a few goodies gathered here and there :-)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] aefelix:
Re: Trouble with the O2 Rom

Take a look here ... http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=195706 install opera 8.5 and the patch.

you'll be happy.

:lol:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] gaofi:
Wow !

Quite impressive, I admit !
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] knowsleyroader:
Just put opera 8.5 on and its really nice. Not sure I really understand all this vga stuff as for me if the browser text etc was any smaller than it already is I dont know how I would be able to read it.

Opera formats pages better than pie and its much easier to view forums etc as things are more in their right place. Also I notice the full google page comes up as opposed to the cut down pda version in PIE.

Luvly.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] garyhartaz:
Still can't get the phone pad working...what is the fix?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
garyhartaz:

Have you tried VJBigPhone?

http://www.vijay555.com/index.php?Releases:VJBigPhone

Search the forum for more details.

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] darkblak:
Is anyone else having problems with the size of icons on their XDA EXEC's or it is just me. If I'm running in 192 dpi mode everything is beautiful. For example WA2 - looks very, very nice. However running in 96 dpi mode - all of the icons are way too big and no longer fit in their positions. For example you'd have a big X that would be cut off as it's bigger than the space it is allowed to be shown in. It's not just WA2 it's a few other apps as well. There seems to be a problem with some apps recognizing that the screen resolution is no longer QVGA mode but VGA mode

I've also noticed a difference between OZVGA and simply switching the values between 192 and 96 as shown by the buzz method earlier in this thread.

If I use OzVGA to change resolutions - the system fonts are slightly out of place or menus are larger than normal. Now, a hard reset and only using Buzz's method - the fonts are OK. For example - the start menu - the word Start - with OzVGA it's slightly higher on the top menu line/border/bar - whereas with the simple registry change it's slap bang in the middle of the menu bar (by middle I don't mean left to right I mean up/down).

Other things that I have noticed include other menus such as Resco File Explorer also have menu fonts - slightly out of place. But these are Ok when using the buzz method.

This is by no means the least of it - it's just very annoying and off putting and I don't know if there is any easy way of resolving this - but switching from one reolution to another does not gaurantee things are going to work well.

I figure that one last hard reset and it will be back to the registry only change not the ozVGA method as this seems to make things worse. But whichever version I use there are downsides to getting things working in VGA mode.

Any thoughts?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Carnivor:
Simply put i think its down to application development to sort these issues out and not down to operating system amendments and tweaks, as each app has its own quirks
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] steiale:
How can I put everything back? My whole phone looks really bad now!! Any easy way to reverse all setting made by OzVGA??
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] darkblak:
I was expecting that.... :cry:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
darkblak:

You have to remember that our systems weren't designed for VGA, it's a hack we've thrown together. As with all hacks, your mileage may vary.

Obviously since all apps had previously been written to expect QVGA, we're lucky when what works works!

With some minor tinkering you should have a usable enough system, but as most of us are finding, VGA is hard on the eyes for day to day use, but it's undeniably useful for some uses.

I tweaked one or two things but never had troubles with start bar etc:

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] darkblak:
V - I think I get confused with the term 'VGA'. To some authors - this means increasing the size of the icons to waste all that extra desktop area. I don't want this - I want to be using the QVGA sizes on everything so that I can USE the extra space offered by 480x640 mode. I seem to be installing VGA programs and then hunting around for QVGA icons all the time.

Thanks for the help though.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
darkblak: Sorry, I think I confused myself perhaps. QVGA is 320x240. So that's the max resolution you'll get out of QVGA apps - normally.

Perhaps unrelated but if we can disable pixel doubling on selected apps, we should theoretically be able to get more like vga resolution out of QVGA apps. This has been done for Netfront, and is theoretically possible with PIE but requires some work...

eg see here:

http://i2700gpower.blogspot.com/2005/02/netfront-vga-without-sevgaozvga-for.html

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] steiale:
Could anybody do this kack for 128x128? 96dpi is really small...

Thanks, Alex
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dt_matthews:
really noobie stoopid question, but I have an exec - there isnt anyway of hiking the resolution is there?? I'm assuming this thread is for increasing the resolution on some other device (could someone very nice confirm what device this thread is for??? ;))...

i'm also thinking of getting an exec mini - can I vga hack that???

aorry again for all the q's...
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
dt_matthews: the Exec is the o2 brand name for a phone built by a company called HTC, and their code name for it is the Universal. So yes, the Universal == Exec, and so VGA hack is designed particularly for that device, or any other VGA screened device.

The Mini S is the Wizard I think. That device has a 320x240 (QVGA) screen. So although you could force the device to increase the amount of data it shows on the screen to VGA, it wouldn't be able to physically draw it any better to the screen. Quart into a pint pot as they say...

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dt_matthews:
thanks vijay555, so waht does this hack do, the exec is a vga device already!?!?!?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
The exec is VGA in the sense that the screen is capable of 640x480.

However, the operating system is setup to run the system at QVGA, 320x240. All apps will, by default, run at that smaller size. The operating system is designed by default to use "pixel doubling" to fill the 640x480 screen with a 320x240 image. VGA hack will convince the operating system to use the full VGA resolution by default.

So what that means is that instead of this kind of resolution:

You get this instead:

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dt_matthews:
ah, now i see! (and now i understand all the excitement! wow....)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
[edited my post to hopefully show a proper QVGA screenshot]

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] TraumaTiger:
I think it needs mentioning that in order to get the full vga working you have to replace some system dll's, these system dll's have been edited by someone so they will work when the dpi for the system has been changed. However, if you do a rom update, the version of your system dll's will probably have advanced and if you now perform the vga update you will overwrite newer dll's with older ones and possibly stop your system from working.

I do believe someone has tried and their Jasjar/Exec will now not boot up.

Is there anyone who can apply the same edits to the newer dll's that get installed during the rom update ?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dt_matthews:
Can anyone comfirm how to roll this back if neccessary??

cheers!

dan
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] rolandkamsika:
Where can I get the VGA cab file? It doesn't seem to be on the FTP server.

TIA
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
rolandkamsika: I think further up the thread I've posted a link to my website where I'm hosting it. Could be an old version, but it works fine for me.

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
PS for those interested in what you can do with the extra space, here's a screenshot of a new program I'm working on, VJSihaya:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=216445#216445

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Cyber-mate:
Re: VGA with ARABIC JasJar

...Ooh! At last someone guided me of what wrong I was doing. However, it is such a pain that I cant read nor write arabic!!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] buzz_lightyear:
hi vijay,

that screen really rocks!

another incredible rabbit out of your incredible hat!

however, one would need one of those fresnel lenses, to see such screen comfortably :o)))

buzz
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
Hi Buzz. You always said I'd write a new shell, I finally gave it a go!

Yep, fresnels would be cool. Quite a few on ebay for my 15cm television...

VJSihaya is suprisingly usable if you're sitting in front of it. I'll have to make selectable interfaces to have a chunky one to be thumb friendly (particularly in VGA mode) and then more delicate ones for when I'm feeling girly. I'm going to have a go at an OS X one tonight.

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] SiliconS:
I never use my fingers on my screen, so small is fine for me :D
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] shivafool:
Vijay, that looks INCREDIBLE!!

I saw you refer to yourself as a relatively novice programmer in some thread not long ago.

Look out world when you become a good programmer. :wink:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
Thanks shivafool. I've really got to tidy up the screenshot. I was going to do a bit more graphic work yesterday, but my better half cracked her whip so to speak, so had to go to bed early after being up until 5am the night before posting that screenshot.

I'll try to post a video shortly, but it's hard to get good frame rates recorded at VGA.

Very much so. But I am very persistent... and I've got more ideas then time to program. So many mods I'd make but no time to give effect to :(

I really must start programming full time one day... ah, to dream.

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] philtech44:
yes please V!

are you a mac user then??
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
philtech44 - No, not at all, but curiously, when you have the freedom to choose any window style available, subject only to your imagination, few come to mind. I have a great one I would like to develop, but I'm keeping it in my head because I'm not sure if I'm artistic enough!, but OS X is relatively pretty, and shouldn't need much more work - just brushed metal bitmap and control widgets I hope. But I don't have much time, so I'll see how it goes.

I quite like how Vista Glass looks (real one - mine is obviously not finished yet!), but if you have some good OS ideas for inspiration, PM them to me :wink:. I don't want to derail this thread... I would like to try a kind of BEOS one as well. Have to see if my transparency works properly.

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] zYxMa:
I am new user of ozVGA - This is excellent! :shock:

But for now I have one problem - with Phone feature:

Sorry, I found the tools that fix me this.

Problem solved ;)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] SiliconS:
That's because the phone dialler doesn't cope with the changed resolution very well.

It's the same for everyone. There are things you can do that will help you minimise the hassle though. Search the forum for 'VJBigPhone' and you'll find the biggest solution you need.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
Any of you guys watch Red Dwarf?

Yes, I'm that much of a nerd, but I was cannibalising some of the code for VJBigPhone yesterday, and realised just how clunky some of it looked internally with hindsight. I've really got to get around to fixing some of this up. If you can think of obvious but doable problems or requests, feel free to post them or PM. Please be nice, I'm very busy on VJSihaya and a million other things. And the curse-ed VJOkButt.

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] zYxMa:
And I have something else :/

Some text options are allright and some are to big, see below:

This is OK:

but not these:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] SiliconS:
zYxMa, on page 1 of this thread, :roll:

I guess you're new to this tweak, but could you have a look over that list and the rest of this thread and check whether any of your new 'problems' have already been covered or mentioned by other people? It'll save us a lot of time if you're going to be asking questions about every imperfection you find. :) You will notice many but most don't affect functionality.

This OzVGA hack isn't perfect. Many of the built-in screens don't work perfectly in true VGA mode (shame on Microsoft) and quite a number of third-party apps will behave strangely (although generally they're better than the OS).

If you find problems, chances are they're problems that we're all seeing. Some problems have been fixed (thanks vijay555) but others you just have to live with. See if you can fix them yourself. They won't be unique to your machine, I'm sure, and we'd all appreciate any solutions you can provide.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] zYxMa:
Ta ;)

Sorry to bother, but there is so much to read :P but I'wll try to find it ;)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] eappel:
Ozvga fullscrren theme (TSK)

Hi,

Ive been trying a few themes from http://www.pocketpcthemes.com/vga.asp with OZvga but they dont full the screen.

Does any one have to pointers to some good links...

Eric
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] eappel:
Re: ozvga themes

whoops, just enabled in ozvga :)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Mano3:
original phonepad

Hi there,

I'm running in real vga mode for a while now and really liking it :) However I never got the phone working right. The only solution that kinda works right now is turning off skins in the registry and using vj's phone program. (I tried a few skins that were QVGA.) The problem with this however is that due to the smaller bars on the top and bottem of the screen the background isnt big enough.

If someone could please attach a reg file with the original wm5 skin settings (HKLM\Security\Phone\Skin). I could start over and try again (i dont want to do a hardreset right now...)

Also is there a good source for phone skins that work with vj's tool and real vga?

Thanx in advance
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
Mano3: you need to read the VJBigPhone thread, or the page on my website carefully.

I think this is the solution:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=33971&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=117

Read back a few pages to confirm that it's your problem though!

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Mano3:
It did fix it! Installing VJBigPhoneButtons did the trick! The smaller completed it. Thank you!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] taurus_bull2005:
Re: VGA with ARABIC JasJar

Hi Vijay,

When u r planning to release this it looks awsome & do not forget to make it compatible with Wm 5.0

Cheers Taurus
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
taurus_bull2005: if you mean VJSihaya, it is Wm5 and Wm2003. It's miles and miles away from final. However, the window idea is pretty close to complete, hence a couple of testers trying it out.

But the full shell - phwoo, could take months!

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] DrSirLes:
Hi there, sorry if this has been already answered but what settings on OzVGA do you need to simulate 144 or 192 dpi modes? Current setup looks very good, but I fear that I'm going to be doing some Ray Charles impressions if I countinue with it much longer.

TIA

Dominic
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Mano3:
Call History

Hi there, I am having another problem with my phone. If I start it with VJBigPhone is doesnt remember my calls. Its a weird thing, after I stop calling there is no Last Call: ... and the Call History doesnt get updated. If I start the phone normally it does work. I'm also using Magic Button, with "keep alive" checked for the phone (maybe that has something to do with it although i dont think). Thanx for any help!