yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] scar200:
Houser, thank you very much.

This is a fabulous plugin.

I have a request though, maybe you can make the context menu a "tap and hold" one instead of being activated by tapping in the unused plugin area.

If my gif fills the entire screen width, i cannot access the menu becasue tapping any part of the plugin area would merely start/stop the animation.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
Ah ok. I will change this in the next version of the plugin.

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Crwfds:
Comment and a question.

Keep up the great work, I have tried Active Today and I think your program has better options such as the X Y positions something the Active Today lacks. However when I use a gif it fades in and out and ideas on why this may be happening? Thanks again for any help and the nice program.:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shirline:
Changing gif pic

Hi Houser, thanks for this fabulous plugin. However, i encountered some problems with changing the pic.

After I install, I click on the animated pic and directly select the .gif pic I wanted instead of going to Windows to replace the gif file already saved in it. When I go to Start - Settings - Today - Items (TodayGif), there is no option for me to make any changes as well. My gif fills the entire screen width and I could not "tap and hold" to make any amendments. Tried to replace \Windows\Today.gif. Doesn't work either.

I tried to uninstall and reinstall but the previous pic I have replaced remains unchanged i.e. will not go back to original setting.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
The gif file that is displayed is stored in the registry.

Look at HKLM\Software\HouserSoft\GifToday and change

the parameter "GifFile" to the file you want. After this

deactivate and reactivate the plugin under Settings - Today.

I will change the config access in the next release so that

when you have a gif that fills up the entire screen the config

is accessible.

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
Can you post your gif file so I will check it out.

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shirline:
Hi Houser, thanks for the info. Pardon me, can you please let me know how to go about doing this i.e. how do i go to the registry?

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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
You can use TotalCommander tool to access the registry.

In the root directory goto \\ and then to registry.

Tool is attached at the bottom.

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Imer:
Thanks for this very amazing plug in. Works fine on my french Artemis and I like it !

Imer
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
Thanks Imer for your comment! :)

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] triplejay:
great work houser! very nice to see such freeware.

By the way, I, too, had the problem with large gifs filling the screen.

I couldn't be bothered to mess with the registry, so simply deleted the offending gif and all was back to normal.

This software is working very nicely for the majority of gifs I have tried with it.

(some appear grainy, like powder on the screen...strange...)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nmeister:
On the few I have tried the background shows up through the GIF in certain parts. Instead of a clean view of the GIF it looks grainy.

Great idea though, thanks for the work so far.

edit:

added the .gif I am trying to use.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
The color in the top left pixel is used for the transparency, so this is white

in your gif. I will make a new version next week where you can toggle

transparency on and off for the gif.

So your gif is painted solid without transparent areas.

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nmeister:
Thanks for your response. I really like this program and am looking forward to the next version.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
Updated to a new version 0.0.3.

Look at the first post of this thread.

Hope you enjoy. :)

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] YLA G:
so in the 0.0.3 is there now an option for full screen gif background or not?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
You can select in the 0.0.3 if the first pixel (0,0) color should

be used for the transparency. So every pixel that has this color

will not be drawn if transparency is enabled, you will then see the normal

today background. If not activated the gif is drawn solid with all it colors

and you will see the gif in a rectangle on the today screen.

See the 2 screenshots for comparison.

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nmeister:
Unfortunately this still doesnt solve the problem with my previously attached GIF. It is a good feature though, and the program is still very cool.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
This seems to be an encoding problem. I know that with some gif files

there are problems with the encoding. I dont have a solution for

this at the moment sorry but I will make some investigations with

your gif.

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] freeyayo50:
The new transparency option works fine.

The problem i have now is wit WAD. When you change the gif used in the options and tap Ok, the gif image does not update and it stays the same. If I remove the plugin from the page, than re add it. I get the previous and current gif playing together. The gif looks sort of corrupted.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hotdog53:
You can find lots more GIF animations for your today screen here: www.funformobile.com/ several other categories there, also.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MadMichi:
Hi Houser, after searching for days i've found this thread and your program. Very nice work! But i wonder if it would be possible to run the gif "behind" the todayscreen... like an animated background picture?

I learned c++ a year ago in shool and tryed to figure this out myself with the wm5 sdk, but i didn't find a book or informations on this on the web :(

Greets Mad
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
Hello MadMichi,

so you want your gif to be displayed on the whole today screen behind all

today plugins that are displayed on the today page right?

With a today plugin it is only possible to display things in an area of the today

screen. So you must display your gif on the root today window first and

then display the today plugins. I think that would be very very difficult,

and I do not know if it is possible.

On good place to start today plugin development is: http://www.pocketpcdn.com/sections/today.html

Hope that helps you. I you have any ideas how to make it work let me know.

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MadMichi:
Thnx Houser,

thats exactly what i wanted to do.

I will search a bit more and if i find a way, i'll let you know...

Greetz Mad
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
Have done a small research.

Maybe it is possible to subclass the main desktop window.

If you use the CE remote spy tool you can see the main desktop

window has the class name "DesktopExplorerWindow".

If you can subclass the window and paint your own things in this window

then may be it can work. Have not tried it.

But you can change the picture that is shown in the background of the

today screen in the today settings.

So the aim is that the animated gif shines through the today plugins,

so at every frame the today plugins must be repainted, this could

cause in to much cpu usage.

If I have time the next days I will give it a try.

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] forcedv:
AVI to gif.

I have created gifs using Jasc animation shop from AVI's that look great using the "Album" viewer on the HTC Magician, but look very poor when I use the same gif with your plugin. The gif has the "snow" effect (as mentioned by another poster) or has black specks all over the animation.

What program do you recommend to create gifs from AVI's and what exact settings should I use ?

Also, thanks for making such a cool plugin.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] forcedv:
Any update ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] forcedv:
Well, I've messed around with some programs and found that AVI frames saved in jpeg format by some programs (and then made into a gif animation) create animations that look bad using this plugin.

Saving frames using photoshop JPEG (and then made into gif animations) play well and look cool with this plugin.

It's a case of finding something that works for you.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
Thanks forcedc,

I know that some gifes do not work and some look ugly because they have

an encoding that my gif decoder does not support.

I hope I can some day support all gif formats but currently I am to busy.

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] std:
nice stuff!

is it stops animation while Today is not visible, i.e. at the background, to save resources?

does it suitable for static GIFs?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
No the animation is not stopped when today screen is not visible.

I will add this in the next release. Static gifs should work, they only

have one frame. ;)

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] std:
maybe this link whould be useful: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/08/29/54728.aspx ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jackson12375:
help

how to shrink a gif?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
The gif is always displayed with its original size, shrinking to

a special size is not supported by the plugin.

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] forcedv:
So what GIF creator program are you using to get the best results ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ls6tt:
has there been any new releases yet? I am looking for a gif app that would allow me to use my entire screen and scroll images.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] BigDede:
Yes im looking for same, app that allow you display the gif, jpeg or bmp on the entire sceen and scroll images from a specific folders.

I found some on the net but they are old and didn't worked on my WM6 Athena.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] blinkingLEDs:
thanks

awesome freeware.

working great on my trinity with wm6.

thanks alot :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] town229:
great program but gif still not perfect, for some of the gif if the color pixel of the last frame same color to the next frame will be transparent.

and here is my video screenshot:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rnzk8:
still awaiting update of this great software! :) hope you add more features to it!! thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] forcedv:
I'm waiting too.

I love someone to explain step by step, how to create gifs (from avi or jpegs) that look great with this plugin.

Please.....please....please
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] forcedv:
Any updates with this ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hotdog53:
Yes it is possible Houser..using your today gif I configured it to a gif of a dancing girl that covers all of the today screen with Battery Status, also on the today screen. More items can be added, but the animated gif will be cut off. Here's a shot of the gif where the girl is actually dancing...just can't show it here.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
Next version

Currently I am working on the new gif decoder that will

be included in the next version of the plugin.

I think this will help with some color and animation problems

some people reported.

So guys you must wait until end of september. :)

Thanks.

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] town229:
can you work on that power management?? if I left it like that my phone only last about 4 hours without using the phone.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rnzk8:
i dont think i understand your example... the dancing girl is still on top.... what was asked was that the animated gif be located at the back of the other today plugins and not with the other plugins....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rnzk8:
wow! many thanks mate! i will eagerly await the end of september... :)

hope you can add other features to it as well... thanks! :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] forcedv:
any new updates for this great program ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
No sorry have not finished the new version. But I am working on it.

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rnzk8:
hi any update? hehe! just really love your software and i cant wait for the fixes... good luck with your work man
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] forcedv:
So, how it going ?

I'd also love to know what gif creator program works best for this plugin ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mn3kgtvr4:
Hey, I use an Apache with Helmi's wm6 kitchen and just tried your .03 version and it seems to work like a charm. Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Kpyto:
Thanks for your great program!

Say me please - can I use a 2 Today Gif plugin at same time?

How to do it? I just want to play 2 animations at the same time...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Houser:
Hmm never tried it. You can try: Copy the todaygif plugin dll \windows\TodayGif.dll to another name in windows dir.

Then add in the registry under: Software \Microsoft\Today\Items a copy of

the TodayGif subkey and rename it to TodayGif2 or so and change the dll name

under this subkey to the new dll file you have copied. Then goto Start - Settings and Today and check the second page.

Houser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] karneson:
Houser,

I love your plugin and have used it a lot. Guys, I use Adobe ImageReady to make gifs for todaygif and they look great. One key is this...

The way many gifs are optimized is by creating frames of just the pixels that change. That is why you see gifs that have a static background flash the static pixels once and the animate the stuff that changes. Has to do with how Houser is decoding them.

The key in imageready is to select all frames, right click and select 'restore to background', this greatly increases gif size (one I was just working on was 28k when optimized just for changes versus 180k when saved with all frames for todaygif)

Attached are a couple of gis I made for the athena. One is 640 pixels wide, the other should fit on a standard screen. Notice, quality is high but size is large.

ken
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 12ka4:
There's problem in pressing 'OK' of settings>personal>today upon selecting TodayGif, it hangs my ppc :mad:. I then have to soft-reset the device
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] flaviopac:
Thanks for this great app man!!

It works correctly on my TOUCH...

The only "bug" is that on my device I can't select gifs stored on the main memory... I'm only able to select gifs stored on the memory card..

Keep up your good work!

This app is incredibible....:D

PS: Someone know how can I do a recording of my screen to show you how the plugin appears??

EDIT:

Don't know why, but it doesn't work correctly on my Wm 6.0 Touch with these 2 gifs:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ttherapon:
This was working great, but i was stupid enough to change the gif file with one in templates, which is TOO big! As a result my ppc boots ok, the today screen loads ok, but not the today plugins.After that the ppc stays there with no response to anything i do, i.e remove program.Any good suggestions??Please NO HARD RESET!!! I HAVE AN HTC TOUCH
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lastnikita:
Just FYI, battery status (today plugin you can find in prophet general section) can display anywhere on the today screen once you play with its config file.

I mean, even on the top of other plugins. Maybe a way to explore ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] flaviopac:
I don't know if you can install something on your device, but this could be the solution:

http://www.monocube.com/content/view/5/37/
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] flaviopac:
Any news?

:rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] flaviopac:
This thread is a bit dead....

Any news or upgrades??

:rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] :
brilliant, not stupid @ll...

I've just uninstalled animatedtoday... this version 4 is still causing problems in my ppc 6.1

... cheers... off now to look for gif images...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ceramic:
Hi Houser

can you make an application for using swf files for today screen ( of home screen wallpaper on win mobile standard ) ?

apparently anybody knows about this matter !!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ceramic:
up !

nobody answer me ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrFeelgood246:
I'm S-Off, running a rooted version of 4.4.3 with Sense 6.0. For whatever reason, I can't get kernels to work for me. I've tried ElementalX (specifically the Verizon version) as well as teaMSeven, and they both make my phone bootloop on the HTC Logo screen. Why is it doing this? Like I said, I'm S-off and rooted. I'm installing kernels that are listed as supporting my ROM. (stock, rooted 4.4.3) What the heck is the problem?

I have a Nandroid backup, so recovering my device isn't an issue. I'm just really aggravated that I'm not able to flash a different kernel.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danny201281:
So its safe to assume your phone is Verizon but Can you please post a getvar all.

As far as I can see the Verizon Elemental x Kernel only supports 4.4.2 Sense 5.5 so that's probably your issue. Can you provide a link to the Kernel your trying to flash.

If you found my posts helpful, no need to say thanks. There's a button for that ;)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrFeelgood246:
Okay, I think you're right about Elementalx. However, the teaMSeven Kernel says it works with Sense 6/Android 4.4.3, so I'm really confused about that one. How do I obtain my phone's getvar?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
reboot in bootloader/fastboot mode:

fastboot getvar all
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danny201281:
Connect fastboot usb in the bootloader. And in the fastboot command window type

fastboot getvar all

Although looking at the teamseven thread that kernel is for GSM phones.

Verizon use CDMA so it probably not compatible with your device. Unless I missed it in there I haven't read the entire thread. :good:

Edit:- using the search box in the teamseven thread turned up this

[quote name="nprez" post=51673515]Hello, and thank you for all the great work. I'm on verizon, running Stock 4.4.2, 3.11.605.1, sense 5.5, rooted, S-OFF. I flashed the appropriate version of the kernel and ended up in a boot loop, tried clearing cache and dalvik several times, and also reflashed the recovery with no joy. I checked the MD5, and download is all good. Restored my backup of the stock kernel and all good. Any tips? I'd really love to use this kernel. Thanks[/QUOTE]

If you found my posts helpful, no need to say thanks. There's a button for that ;)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrFeelgood246:
Dammit. Maybe it's just bad luck that I managed to miss important information twice. I'll have to try a kernel that 100% certainly supports my ROM and device. (although the teamseven post showed up in the Verizon HTC One section of the forum)

Although I did produce a getvar.

(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.57.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.13.41.0421
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) serialno: FA3AGS908421
(bootloader) imei: 990004282576317
(bootloader) meid: 99000428257631
(bootloader) product: m7_wlv
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0731000
(bootloader) cidnum: VZW__001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4305mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-e47fb74b
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
[General Questions and Answers] venadHD:
I unnistalled an app(com.lge.ims) and now i cant access to settings, USB depuration, battery options, wifi settings, etc etc,

I maked factory reset and nothing, same errors

Reinstalling firmware can resolve this? I CANT USE USB DEPURATION, ONLY "APPLY UPDATE FROM EXTERNAL SD" from recovery menu

Any resolve for this Big Big BIG BIG problem?

Or i need apk LG IMS (com.lge.ims)

Enviado desde mi LG-D320
[General Topics] shadricksimms:
I miss being able to update to the newest firmware but now with the new technology I guess we can't use the update.
[General Topics] shadricksimms:
You think someone is working on it so it could be used?
[General Topics] ShadowLea:
What are you even asking?

If Android 5.0 is coming to the Note 3? Yes, it is. Officially, from Samsung.

http://www.sammobile.com/2014/11/19...roid-5-0-lollipop-on-samsung-galaxy-note-3-2/
[General Topics] shadricksimms:
If my imei is blank does it mess with the update
[General Topics] shadricksimms:
I'm trying to update to 4.4.4 but I use my phone with boost mobile but I had used a imei fix which erased my imei
[General Topics] thatBilly:
An IMEI "fix"? Why did it need fixed unless it was already blank?

Without an IMEI, you'll have no mobile connectivity.
[General Topics] shadricksimms:
I was having a problem connecting to programs like dfs and someone said to use that but it cleared it so like I asked does it mess with update. Stick to what's asked plz instead of just asking me questions
[General Topics] thatBilly:
Stop being a prick. My question is relevant since others may find themselves wanting to use your "fix". This is why we have discussions on forums. It's not all about you.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QA Bot:
Q&A for [ROM & KERNEL] **crDroid Lollipop 5.0.0** [20141128]

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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zubaser:
Thank you for a great ROM. But there is one oddity in my status bar icon constantly have geolocation, geolocation even if turned off. How can it be removed? Very much off the screen by double clicking the home button. Sorry for my English.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexinve41:
:)

Thank you very much! Awesome ROM!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manul00:
HEAD UP

With your rom Can i disable head up notification ? or use the " old " style ? like android 4.4
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epwt:
Dorimanx Kernel V9.5 KK

Can I use Dorimanx Kernel V9.5 KK for this ROM?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AXStorm:
How long when flashing

im in TWRP recovery for 20 min.

how long is it. this is normaly ?

What i need to do if im still flashing.

Thank you
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AshikBekal:
Query

Does it work on Moto G Falcon XT1033 Dual Sim variant Without conversion to GPE
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerosum0:
Very good rom. Thx