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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] omnichaos:
Hi all,

I'm having problems getting any program to run in true VGA mode. I have read every article on SE VGA and true VGA and forced VGA but I think I'm still missing something. Either I don't understand what forced VGA really does or I just cannot get it to work. From what I understand is that the HTC Universal runs standard in se VGA mode which does the pixel doubling so you still get the same amount of space but it looks alot sharper. Now you also have true VGA mode which lets you run everything on your Universal in VGA mode without pixel doubling which means you have lots of space but everything looks very small. For this you have to use SE VGA or OzVGA. Now there is also a third mode which is Forced VGA and if I understand correctly it let's you get the best of both worlds cause it allows you to run in normal mode (se VGA with pixel doubling) but you can force some programs to run in true VGA mode.

Well I tried getting some programs to run in the third mode (forced VGA) with Tweaks2k2.Net and the Force High Resolution v1.60 tool from Mad Programmer but neither one works or I'm not doing something right.

If I use forced VGA mode am I not suppose to see the programs run in true 640 by 480 at 96 DPI without pixel doubling while the rest of the system runs on normal se VGA mode with pixel doubling?

I really hope someone can help me out here and explain this to me or just send me in the right direction.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
omnichaos,

I think your description sounds correct. Have a look here:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=206523#206523

This pic best describes the ideal hack - QVGA double pixeled UI, but with VGA apps.

Technically it's perfectly possible with all apps, if they've been written correctly. However, I've only ever seen it done with NetFront. I'm sure more examples exist.

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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] omnichaos:
Yes that is exactly what I'm looking for.

So the program has to be written a certain way for us to be able to see it like that?

I thought that this could also be achieved with the Forced VGA hack.

I guess not then?

I wonder why developers don't make their programs this way.

Why couldn't they give you the option of choosing in what resolution a user might want to run the program in.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
It's likely to become more common once VGA devices start becoming more established. Basically, PIE is written to ALWAYS pixel double. Most other apps could be forced, but I've not really looked into it. I always and only run in VGA on my universal. But I use a magician as my phone, Uni is just for developing!

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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] omnichaos:
Ah I see.

You say you use universal only for developing. Now if you were to use it all the time as your main phone, would you still always run in true VGA?

Btw, VJSihaya looks very nice. I will be keeping my eye on it.

Is VJSihaya kind of like explorer.exe on WinXP which runs in VGA and in it you can run other programs or do you plan to make it a today screen replacement. I would rather not use it as a today screen replacement though. I think it would be much better if it runs separately from today screen because then you would still be able to have QVGA today screen and use your other programs in VGA or QVGA if you wanted to.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
Depends on how it's set up. My Magician is my main phone, and I barely use it as a phone. I use calendar, contacts, ebooks etc.

On the Uni, I can set it up at VGA to be comfortable for most things, but this semi-VGA idea would be best. At VGA, you can set up large scrollbars, chunky fonts etc and have it set well for the hand. But I use my Uni right in front of my face most of the time, again, ebooks, watching "Frasier" in bed etc. So for that kind of stuff, VGA is fine. However, VGA all the time for "normal" use, and I'm sure you'll go blind.

Semi - VGA is clearly possible, the Netfront example shows it, and all it requires is for programmers to take it into consideration when programming. I'm sure it will become standard in time as an option.

VJSihaya will be like a "shell" replacement. Hopefully, it can "be" your Today screen, but it's not intended as a replacement for your Today screen, although if you look at the screenshots, it can contain your Today screen anyway. I've recently implemented Today screen functionality directly, so you don't need Today at all, but I don't advise it. It's not a replacement, just an alternative.

VJSihaya doesn't really have a "function". Most people intend their PDAs to be handheld: can you use it with a finger? VJSihaya is best at VGA resolution, and basically just makes good use of the extra space, but will tie you to the stylus quite a lot (although in time, there's no reason why you couldn't make a chunky finger powered skin. The Vista skin is quite finger friendly already). You can run an app in a QVGA size screen in VJSihaya - you can see an example of a QVGA sized app running unskinned in VJSihaya here.

VJSihaya won't pixel double it to fill a VGA screen. It will merely let you run a QVGA app at QVGA size on a VGA screen. The screenshot at the above link hopefully explains better!

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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] omnichaos:
Well thx for taking the time to explain this.

If I'm not mistaken Terminal Services also runs in Semi VGA.

Do you think VJSihaya will support Semi-VGA sometime in the future?

That would be pretty cool.

You could then have everything run in QVGA pixel doubling mode and only VJSihaya run in VGA. And then every program you run inside VJSihaya could either run in a QVGA window (as shown in some of the screenshots) or you could maximize the program and have it run in VGA. All this without having to softreset everytime.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
VJSihaya windowed apps dynamically resize to fill their window, generally and depending on the app (eg for now, in the Vista screenshot, gsfinder isn't. But the other apps all are). But they don't do any kind of pixel doubling etc. Which apps were you thinking of as running in QVGA?

Ok, I'll clarify.

VJSihaya in the screenshots is running at 640x480.

If the Benchmark screenshot linked above, Flash is running at 320x240 - QVGA size, and takes 1/4 of the screen. That's VJSihaya's raison d'etre, to run apps windowed in that manner. Those apps can be dynamically resized, so eg the calendar can run in a small window (eg 150x150), or be enlarged to fill a whole 640x480 as required.

Oh. I think I just de-clarified myself! Are you're suggesting that the system is run at normal QVGA dpi, but make VJSihaya VGA native, so apps can run in the QVGA system pixel doubled, or otherwise live inside VJSihaya as resizable, potentially VGA windows? Even I barely understand that, but I think I know what I mean. I think. I'll try it out if I can.

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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] omnichaos:
Yes this is all getting a little bit confusing :lol: but I think you got what I meant in you last phrases.

Yes this is what I'm suggesting.

So to clarify.

You use your uni in normal QVGA pixel doubling mode.

You then use VJSihaya which runs in VGA 640 x 480 non pixel doubling mode (as it would run if you use OzVGA).

Then every program that you run inside VJSihaya would run in a windowed QVGA NON pixel doubling mode (as seen in your screenshots).

And since the programs inside VJSihaya already run without pixel doubling but in a QVGA window you would just maximize them to make them run fullscreen in VGA.

Pffewww..... :shock: :lol:

I don't know if this is feasible but it would be very cool since you don't have to use OzVGA anymore and softreset if you wanted to run an app in true VGA and then have to softreset back to use your uni in normal mode for everything else.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
Yes, exactly what I thought I was thinking :shock:

I really don't know, I'll try to check out VJSihaya in a QVGA environment ASAP. It's not currently expressly hi res aware, because I always run in a hi res environment, but I'll incorporate the settings. I'm not optimistic, but it'd be interesting to see what happens...

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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] omnichaos:
I hope that you can get this to work. 8)

And if you do I would really like to know about it.

It doesn't have to be in this post but if you could mention it somewhere as a feature, maybe on your own site or a new post here at xda-devs.

Somewhere where I can check back and see if you managed to get it working. I really don't want to be one of those guys that keeps asking "when is it going to be implemented". :roll: I know that can be quite irritating.

And you don't have to feel pressured into doing this either. All of this was just an idea/request. I know you code in your free time.

Keep up the good work...
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
No problem. I was reading a bit more on hires_aware yesterday, and it would be a wonderful combination - general OS in QVGA, but apps running in VGA if required. But, I don't know if it can work, it would be magic - can the system jump from pixel doubling to hires_aware like this? I don't know, but I'll try it this weekend I hope.

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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Waltzing Mathilda:
vijay555 - for me that would be great - OS in QVGA and switching into VGA on the fly for IE. I am new to WM5 and can find no way of doing this (I used the .MUI hack in 2003SE on an iPAQ 4700 which was ideal). All I need (or want) is IE in VGA - I assume I'm reading this forum right and currently IE in VGA and everything else in QVGA is not sussed yet ?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
Waltzing Mathilda: this is all absolutely hypothetical right now. I'll give it a go shortly though (once I stop posting!). However, it's likely PIE will always have to be in VGA for VGA.

msdn

However, it should be relatively easy to make a new browser based on the IE web browser control, which can be hires aware.

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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
Hmm, bad news :(

Although you can see that VJSihaya is running in VGA, the native apps are still being run native QVGA.

Now, what this means: well, I think there is another way. It would require quite a significant hack, which I don't think is feasible, but I'm going to have to do part of it for VJSihaya anyway, so at some point I'll try investigate this hack as well. This would require making VJSihaya trick the OS into selectively using pixel doubling, and on other occassions not... not sure if it can happen... but if and when, it'll be quite a while until I can put that particular hack in place.

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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
Guys, this might be obvious, but has anyone tried resource hacking PIE to include the Hi_res_aware resource?

I just tried, but unfortunately my rom ripped files won't allow me to edit the resources (a by-product of rom ripping?) and mamaich's rom tools haven't created contiguous files, just directories of files like S000 etc

Anyway, if we can get the files, we need to have a look at

browser.dll

browsres.192.dll

browsres.96.dll

browsres.dll

compime.dll

iexplore.exe

shlwapi.dll

webview.dll

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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] omnichaos:
That really is too bad. :cry: Maybe it can be done the way you suggested. Will keep my fingers crossed.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
hdubli: that's not my pic, if you follow the source of the image back you'll see the guy who posted the info. He explains how he hacked it like that. I think it just works... but I've never touched NF, so you'll have to take his word for it :)

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[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Netko Drugi:
Hi,

I'm moving from HD7 to 8S and I'm just curious if there is any way to move contacts pictures as they are not stored on my live accaount?

thx in advance,

Teo
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaptas1:
If you choose custom foto from pictures, these will be saved in yout live acc. If you have foto from another service(like Facebook), you only need to reconect services on your's 8S and thats all :)
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
Smart Hide Calculator is a fully functional calculator app but with a little twist. Once you enter the password(u get to set it on first start of app and can also be changed in future) and press the '=' button then boom you are presented to an interface where you can hide, unhide pictures, videos, documents or files with any file extension placed in a folder on sdcard, and if your device have root you can also hide (freeze) and unhide (un-freeze) apps.

Features:

1.) Everyone will think it as a simple calculator

2.) Hide and Unhide pictures, videos,documents or any other media type

3.) Hide and Unhide apps **ROOT REQUIRED

4). Don't show itself in recent apps

5). In case user forgets the password he can recover it by going into password recovery mode(by pressing 123456789+987654321 in calculator) and providing the secondary password

This is a Beta release. More and more features and improvements will be made available soon. Suggestions are always

welcome.

Note:

1. The secret screen's UI(the one with hide and un-hide buttons) may look a little weird on small screen sizes

2. Refresh gallery button will not work in android kitkat 4.4 (and it is not possible fix this). Don't worry its not even needed and will most probably be removed in future release.

Please Rate and Review. This is my first app.

Screenshots

APK ATTACHED (5-1-2013)

PREFER DOWNLOADING FROM PLAY STORE IF POSSIBLE
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
Beta 6

-Hiding and Un-hiding files now shows loading dialog

-minor bug fixes
[Android Apps and Games] devilkingforever:
great idea!!!

this app will solve a lot of my problems :D
[Android Apps and Games] JoeFCaputo113:
This is an amazing idea... so simple, yet elegant.
[Android Apps and Games] kroewe:
Very nice app. So far so good.
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
thanx for positive feedback :)

This is my first app and I have just completed high school.

Rating and reviews are much welcome and needed.
[Android Apps and Games] devilkingforever:
Rated it 5 star

all the best :good:
[Android Apps and Games] thanhnamPDAviet:
thank for you
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
Thanx..

b/w beta 6 is released with many improvements and this app is now compatible with andorid 2.2+
[Android Apps and Games] mety333:
Surprising concept!

This app caught me by surprise! using a calculator with programmable codes to access information and phone features and its disguised as a working calculator!! Genius!
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
thanx :)
[Android Apps and Games] boggartfly:
It's actually good. But isn't it done before? Like in some other form? I'm not discouraging you though...
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
maybe but this approach is different. And its always good to have options available.
[Android Apps and Games] lastspartan09:
Great Application dude! This really caught be off guard by just reading its functions but I have been using it for the past few days and it has really made my device allot cleaner from the apps I do not care to see as well as freezing undesired bloatware from taking my resources. Thanks dude!

Ps One idea that I think would be nice on a future update would be to be able to send a copy of your passwords to an email address as a backup to ensure that there is a copy of it off device just in case :good:
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
Noted. That feature will be added in the next update ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Anubhav Agrawal:
Hi,been using ur app for quite some time now...

Didn't gave any problem until last update...

Using under root force closes the app,mayb I m the only one with such bug exp?or may no one uses ur app as calculator?

see and do keep me posted

and thanks for the app
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
Yes I am well aware of this bug and its already been fixed. The fix will be rolled out along with last update. And the square root is such that it calculates root of the number on screen. Like pressing square root button on 123 or 123+12 will give square root of 123 and 135 respectively. Whereas the app will force close if you press square root button on just "123+" or any invalid number.

In future its planed to improve the whole mechanism of calculator and also implement features of scientific calculator.
[Android Apps and Games] Anubhav Agrawal:
lol just dnt forget ur app's main focus is on ''hiding'' things, not calculator :p
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
lol :D

But I made this app basically to expand my knowledge :P This is my first app and I keep on learning and adding features ;)
[Android Apps and Games] N.M.E.:
Great idea!! Love your work.
[Android Apps and Games] carloswii5:
I was wondering if you can implement changing the sd card because i have an optimus f3 and it emulates the sd card and then has the external sd card and thats why i ask, because it automatically goes to the internal sd card, thank you and its really awesome app :D

-Sent From My Jelly Frosted F3

-Axios!!
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
I have added this feature in my todo list. But sorry you won't be seeing this feature soon. You should have messaged me this earlier :P I past moth(i.e. first moth of my app) I released a total of 12 updates and now I will release next update after a short break with large improvements in the interface and usability unless someone complains about some bug.
[Android Apps and Games] carloswii5:
I understand, and this was the first time i saw this app and after using thought i would let you know about that, anyways looking forward to the next update, dont quit on this app though its a really good idea :D

-Sent From My Jelly Frosted F3

-Axios!!
[Android Apps and Games] JoeFCaputo113:
[MENTION=5503929]IDSprofile[/MENTION] I want to hide a certain folder with pics in it (lets just say they are NSFW pics that my GF sent me ;) but the app won't let me select my EXT SD Card so I can't hide the pics :(
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
By default the app should select the ext sdcard if available otherwise internal memory. Anyways you will seen the feature to select internal memory as well as ext sd card soon.

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Seems like I will have to add this functionality soon :P [MENTION=4730658]carloswii5[/MENTION]
[Android Apps and Games] j.posarekar70:
Hahaha now thats a great Idea :p

awesome app :good: :good: :highfive:
[Android Apps and Games] carloswii5:
Haha i guess so :P

-Sent From My Jelly Frosted F3

-Axios!!
[Android Apps and Games] JoeFCaputo113:
How do I select ext sd card then?
[Android Apps and Games] Legendhidde:
Incredible idea!

This is one of the best app ideas Ive ever seen, and for a person that has quite some private pictures and files on his phone this is the perfect solution. Thank you for making this!
[Android Apps and Games] Xanza89:
I'm glad I came across this. Awesome app, great idea!
[Android Apps and Games] Alberto96:
This is the best app i ever seen :D

Great job!
[Android Apps and Games] pankomputerek:
Will it be possible to go 'up' s folder to like external storage? At the moment I can only give items on internal storage...
[Android Apps and Games] carloswii5:
Theres another one [MENTION=5503929]IDSprofile[/MENTION] :P

-Sent From My Jelly Frosted F3

-Axios!!
[Android Apps and Games] :
Nice app. Great to see something like this without weird permissions. There are ways around finding the files that were hidden though. The files that are hidden are stored in a hidden folder on sdcard. If someone is trying to get to your hidden files they can easily with a file explorer that can view hidden folders and files. They can then rename the hidden file with a .jpg or .png for example and open it through gallery. The files should be encrypted if you really want the files hidden.
[Android Apps and Games] Graveen:
Hello mate, your app is nice, but can you simply:

- encrypt the files, with strong encryption possible

- make the app kill itself as soon as you loose focus (ie lock, app switch, etc...)

The fact of hiding files is not really robust ;)
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
-maybe in future the files will be encrypted

-I thought of this then thought what if the app is still hiding files and user changes focus..nyways will have smthing like this in future,
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
Most problem you will be able to select between internal memory and ext sd card by the end of next 7 days.
[Android Apps and Games] themitch:
This is a great idea if I have ever seen one. Cleverly disguised with so many uses. Keep up the good work!
[Android Apps and Games] aarish1:
suggestions..

The app is great, I think you should add some features like the app selected give a force close and then you tap on it some time and app would open and if we could give an app a specific code and then write it in the calculator and it would open..
[Android Apps and Games] mallikarjun170:
But not the external sd files
[Android Apps and Games] j0hnbh0y:
after hiding some jpg files, then unhiding files are corrupt and wont open in gallery
[Android Apps and Games] AarSyl:
[MENTION=5503929]IDSprofile[/MENTION]:

What do you think about pressing the "=" button to activate the password mode, and "=" again after the pin? I think that there is a slim possibility of someone actually managing to enter the correct pin while actually using the calculator, and hit "=" instead of their intended operand. Unlikely, but possible.
[Android Apps and Games] jeremystyle:
very cool app. is it possible to add a gallery type viewer so that one can see the hidden pictures and things like that?
[Android Apps and Games] JKab:
simple but brilliant.

However I asked myself what to do during the first use... The "Edit password step" was not obvious to me. But maybe it's just me ;)

(5 stars anyway ;) )
[Android Apps and Games] renatobring:
It would be perfect if there is a option to hide specifically images, working like a new gallery; we could see the hidden pictures directly on the app without hiding and unhiding all the time.

Nice work, OP! :good:
[Android Apps and Games] nerotNS:
Genius idea, why haven't people thought of this sooner? In my opinion it should be included in stock android...
[Android Apps and Games] microsd28:
thanks for this apps :)
[Android Apps and Games] genecis:
Great app!

Why don't you add log and trigo functions so I can use it as a 'calculator' as well :p
[Android Apps and Games] A. n. D.:
nice calcularor idea, but it has so few functions...

i'm using an app "hide it pro(audio manager)" since almost 2yrs. N I would like to replace in ur app but it has no in app gallery to see hidden files, without unhide them, n I can't select। Specific file to hide,

Check out "Hide Pictures - Hide It Pro" - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartanuj.hideitpro

an। It's awesome app on same concept, but instead of calculator it has working audio manager, and has a lot more functions and options. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] meganukebmp:
Interesting concept :silly:.

Will try out as soon as I get to a better conection :)
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
This souldn't happen. Have you tried pressing refresh gallery button :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
I think that will make things confusing.
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
It is already planned for future release :) Stay tuned ;)
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
I thought of something like this but look at the situation like this. If you try opening a application and calculator opens up instead to type password, then this calculator will appear suspicious. And the whole point of this app was that user thinks it is a calculator. Although maybe in future I will think of some other ways.
[Android Apps and Games] j0hnbh0y:
Yes tried refresh after unhiding files show 0kb so lost my pics
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
That should not happen generally. Sorry for the files you lost.
[Android Apps and Games] j0hnbh0y:
No worries,had backup just wondered if anybody else had same prob.
[Android Apps and Games] IDSprofile:
I havn't yet received this complain from anybody else.