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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
@LeoDH: That's strange. I haven't come across this so far. Are your pics in storage card or device itself?

About the randomness, right now it chooses things only in circular order because randomness had some performance and usability issues. But that might change in near future. Stay tuned ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] LeoDH:
Thanks for your quick respond :)

These pics are placed in storage card since it's quite numberous. However, I don't think it's the reason because if I change once by once by using parameter "-c", I can have all pics cycled. But if let it cycle automatically then about 10 first pics are cycled. I myself found it very strange, too :D

Anyway, I will test more and keep you posted :)

Best regrds,
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
@LeoDH:

Actually the problem with keeping the pics in storage card is that when the phone is awake, and u do the cycling by clicking manually, u wont see any issue. But when the phone is sleeping, then there "might" sometimes be issues in accessing the storage card (that is why it is preferred to keep em in device). So, if on a particular run, if it is not able to find any files, it resets to 0..

Can you test by keeping, say, 20 files on ur device and see if this still happens?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] testdasi:
Hey!!! I think I know why it doesn't work with WM6.1!!!

I tried, it basically just changes the background of the START MENU instead of the Today background.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
@testdasi: LeoDH confirmed that it's working for him now on his WM 6.1 phone.

What is the time interval for cycling that you've kept for ur phone? And does it happen all the time or after some particular images/themes?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] LeoDH:
@testdasi: Yeap, it works well on my Zinc WM6.1 ROM cooked by cruzzmz (thanks cruzzmz for his excellent work :) )

However, it took time to test and try different settings. You may want to look back my conversation with shantz001 to see if there's anything can help :)

@shantz001: I really do not want to keep pics in device so still keep my pics in SD. However, it has a "progress" recently :D. The number of pics are cycled now is about 20, with some missing in the middle, which means some first pics are cycled as normal, and then having the default pics (which I found in Windows folder under name as Default_stwater_240_320 and Default_stwater_320_240) shown, and then the other pics are cycled. Maybe it's because of the "sleeping issue" as you said.

Another problem I noted is sometimes the wallpaper just stop cycling even when the notification still on, and when I check the pics folder, all pics in this folder seem disappear. But after a soft reset, all the pics are back and the wallpaper is cycled as normal.

For more reference, during about a month so far using your app., this problem have occurred about 4 or 5 times, more frequent at the beginning and seldom recently. Maybe the reason is the "sleeping issue" too, I guess.

P/s: Sorry for a long post and my improper English. Just try to give you a detailed feedback :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
Leo: I think most of your problems are stemming from this reason. If you are not able to see the pics through explorer also, that means there is some problem in accessing them, in which case the changer will also not work. You could try changing your card or atleast low level formatting it once.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] LeoDH:
Thanks for your advice, but what do you mean by saying " low level formatting" ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
I mean there is a quick format option that basically just erases all the data, and there is another formatting option, that wipes everything clean and rebuilds the file system etc. You need to use the second option.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] newone757:
tried it with a 60 second interval and it applies my backgrounds tiled instead of one big picture like regualr. and it reloads my whole today screen. if i can fix these two issues then ill def use it
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
@newone:

1. Which phone model is it? Does it have a VGA screen?

2. It HAS to reload the today screen. Without reloading, you won't see the changed images/themes until you make a soft reset. Even if you change your wallpaper/theme through Windows Mobile Today applet, it'll reload your today screen as well.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] newone757:
dont thinkits vga. Its a Sprint mogol or 6800 or titan running wm 6.

Might not mind it reloading i'd just up the time interval. But i need it to be a centered fullscreeen wallpaper instead of titled

im using the aurora theme from here and i want the different colored walls that are attached to cycle
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] brunoisa10:
Hi shantzg001

I have your program

I want it to stop

is there a program in Startup?

I have used stop cycling , soft reset and now the change is already there

help me please , can i remove a link in startup ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] LeoDH:
There's no link/shortcut in startup. This app runs basing on notification mechanism.

Why don't you use the stop function? Run the config (TdyChangerCfg.exe) and choose stop cycling or run the "stopTdyChngr", both of them can be found in installtion folder.

If none of those can help, let try other softs that allow you to modify notification queue, i.e. Mermaid, and del a notification of this app then it'll never show up again.

Hope this help.

P/s: What a pity that you don't like this app. I myself find this app very useful :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
@newone: That problem of tiling shouldn't have occured because I had specifically added protection for that. But anyways, can you attach the theme that you are using here. Let me take a look again.

@brunoisa10: U can use any one of the methods as told by Leo to stop cycling. And yes, let me know if you had any specific reasons to stop using it :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] brunoisa10:
Hi shantzg001

I just wanted to stop for a test with another plugin ( I imagine it was the theme changing which can freeze my PDA) I know the Stop Cycling Options but not working after soft reset ,

I have problem about your program just about the startMenu (I notice it is not changed at all time) , but I'm using SD Card for themes , perhaps it is the reason

I've noticed the program is stopped when changing theme manually so it is OK now

notification queue I don't know that (I have to check)

thank you to Leo for his answers
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] HaiLe512:
Issues with TouchCruise

I load this program and everytime it changed the theme the system hangs. My TC is running wm6.1. I configured for 4hr theme rotation and twice today everytime it runs it hangs the unit. :(

Anyone have this issue. This is a very nice program and I would like to use it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
@brunoisa10: It should stop when you press stop cycling. And it should not stop if you just change the theme manually.

Can you tell me ur registry settings (HKCU/software/shantztodaychanger/) before and after you press stop cycling button?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
A small update: I've added a cab file as well in the zip file download at my site to make the installation easier: http://tech.shantanugoel.com/projects/windows-mobile/shantztodaychanger
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] LeoDH:
Hi shantzg001,

Just want to let you know that ur app. now run perfectly on my device. There're no longer errors that I mentioned before, such as not recognising some of pics used to be set as wallpapers, or unexpected stop of cycling. Now all my pics (about 70 pics) are cycled smoothly :D

The strange thing is that I did not do anything to fix the used-to-be bugs. Just try using with bugs several times and then on a beautiful day, all the bugs are gone.

Now all thing are ok, and I'm thinking maybe in ur next version, you could add options of cycling pics in order as now (order of date, if I'm not wrong) and at random.

Thanks again for your great app. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
Good to kow it's working for u leo. I've started working on the next version..need to get some time to test it properly..will make a release soon...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] daxliniere:
Great mate! We're looking forward to it :)

(Hope you're well)

Dax.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shadowmike:
Have you looked into non touch screen devices at all ?

It will run on 6.1 standard but will not change the wallpaper. Im assuming because pro and standard handle the wallpapers differently .
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
@shadowmike: I haven't. And most probably it will no work for standard as I remember getting some reports of the same some time back..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lisa_sg:
Hi guys,

I have read all your posts about ShantzTodayChanger and it looks like a great app. I downloaded the software but i just cant get it to work. I am using a Samsung i900. Here are some questions which I have:

(i) Where do you store your ShantzTodayChanger Program? Is it in My Device (preferably) or in Storage Card?

(ii) Where do you store your pictures?

(iii)What do you mean by "cycles"? 600 cycles? 14400 cycles?

(iv) What do you mean by "masking"?

(v) Why need to run a ".exe" file (there is an option there)?

(vi) Can the program change to different wallpaper every time when it is due to change?

(vii) Can someone list out the steps which I can follow to make the program work on my Samsung i900?

I read so much on how good this app is but i kinda of miss out the fun of this program :(

Cheers

Lisa
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
Hey Lisa,

I think i900 has a custom shell by Samsung on top of WM, and that might be the reason why u can't get it to work. I don't have the device with me to test so can't really tell. Anyways, ur answrs:

i)Preferably device

ii) Preferably device

iii) that is "cycle interval" in seconds, so 600 means wallpaper/theme will change after every 600 seconds (or 10 minutes)

iv) Masking means that during that particular period, file names that have the specified "mask" will not be used as wallpaper/themes.

v)U don't "need" to run an exe, but the option is there so that u "can" if you want. (e.g. I run Oxios close apps to free up RAM. Some ppl use shantztodaychanger just for this exe feature. For a copy of oxios close apps without the naggin screen, u can look at my tech blog in the link in my signatures)

vi)Yes, it changes to a diff wallpaper every time

vii) The steps aer given in the first post. Apart from that I don't know what special thing u can do for i900.Lemme know if u have any more questions.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lisa_sg:
Hi shantz,

Thanks for your reply.

I will try the program once i get back home. Anyway, even if it may not work on mine, i am glad u have created this program which have benefited those who are enjoying your program :) Good job!!! ;)

By the way, do you have a cracked version of this wonderful app (quoteToday v1.61)? alternatively, can u try to crack it? it is another wonderful program.

http://www.pocketmax.net/quoteToday.html

It contains more than 1500 quotes from famous and not so famous people to improve your day, make you think or make you smile.

Cheers.

Lisa
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hotrod101:
Lisa

This site does not support pirated software, Cracked, Warez etc.. Do not ask members for these, Do not post any cracked software. Read the forum rules - If you havn't been warned by a moderator yet, you will be if you don't follow the rules. Could result in a ban from this site.

Rod
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
Guys,

I've not been getting enough time to work on ShantzTodayChanger anymore (and couple that with the irritation of having to boot into windows just to work into this). The motivation levels are simply not there. I'm trying to see if there is someone willing to take up and continue development for this, so that I can release the source code. If anyone is interested, please drop me a word at the project's home page: http://tech.shantanugoel.com/projects/windows-mobile/shantztodaychanger
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nickelocene:
This is a great tool. but I have one problem, the WM 6.1 default transparency setting. I know how to change that setting for a single jpg image, but how do I do that with all the jpg images I want to rotate?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lisa_sg:
does it mean u may be able to use ShantzTodayChanger on a Samsung Omnia?

plsssssssssssss help. i am dying to use this program on my Omnia.

thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nickelocene:
I'm trying this tool on Sprint Touch with WM6.1. So far, I feel the program works better with tsk than jpg. The rotation of jpg seems a bit off from time to time. But jpg has a bigger problem, that's why I asked the question. WM has a default transparency setting of 65% for jpg backgrounds, which make the image looks very faded. I also found the Changer doesn't handle the rescaling of jpg very well. If the jpg resolution is bigger than the screen resolution, the Changer won't reduce it automatically. But if you use WM to set it to the background, the image will display right. But this can be easily taken care of by resizing the image to the screen resolution. So the transparency problem is the biggest problem. That's why I'm using tsk now.

I also found the Changer doesn't get along with SPB Pocket+ and SBSH's iLauncer. My Touch freezes every time when I have either of those software (never installed both of them at same time). So, if you have any of them, be careful. The Changer seems to work with SPB Mobile Shell well though.

Hope this help. But I'm still waiting an answer about the transparency setting.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
@nickeloscene: Yes, it will not rescale the jpg's and I'm not sure abt how to change the default transparency setting for wm6.1 either.

abt using with spb pocket, sbsh ilauncher. I think the problem with these softwares is refreshing of today screens which locks them up some times. I found the same problem sometimes even when manually changing the themes.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nickelocene:
Hey, Shantz, thanks for the reply. This is a great tool you developed. I guess I will use TSKs then. A bit more work, but I asked for it, didn't I. Thanks again for the wonderful program. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] skywalker107:
Anyone get this to work on a tilt?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rowsbear:
i780

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me why ShantzTodayChanger isn't working on my sgh-i780? I have a windows mobile 6 installed as my OS. Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
@rowsbear: I think i780 is WM standard phone (without touch screen). ShantzTodayChanger works only with phones having a touch screen.

@All: The source code for ShantzTodayChanger has been released. See the announcement and download details here: ShantzTodayChanger Open Source
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rowsbear:
hi shantz,

umm just a correction the i780 is a touch screen phone. Although I have managed to install it in the phone and run it but the problem is that my background screen doesn't change. I tried to cycle a folder with jpegs but the background image doesn't change at all :confused: any ideas about this one? Thanks shantz!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] LeoDH:
I installed this soft on my Zinc WM6.1 and it works like a champ :D I guess you did something wrong when istalling.

If you dont mind, you can detail about your installation (how and where you install, your setting - screenshot prefered) and basing on that I might help :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
@rowbear: oh yeah now i remember i780 is an Omnia.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
oops omnia is i900. anyways, if it is a touchscreen version, it should work. let me know ur settings screenshot..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] devinc:
I really wanted this application, as I have been designing custom themes (using ThemeGenCE), and wanted to enjoy them all. The problem was that whenever a change would take place while some other application was busy trying to work, often the system would crash and I would have to soft reset.

Even worse, one of my applications became corrupted when a crash happened during a theme change and I had to uninstall and reinstall the app.

Since there is really no way for Today Changer to accommodate every possible application routine, and since, frankly, there is almost no need for a Today Theme change DURING the running of an application (after all, what do I care what my Theme is when running Youtubeplay?), this program desperatly needs a feature where you can specifiy that it not cycle when certain applications are running. The best would be a settings screen that lists all exe files and gives you a checkbox for each.

But something needs to be done to turn the cycling off when certain apps are running.

Like I said, I really want to use this app, but simply cannot overlook constant soft resets and having my files corrupted.

Regards,

Devin
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
@devinc: I'm not sure why you are seeing so many lockups. I get a bit of lockup reports here and there but none very severe ones.

Anyways, yes, I acknowledge that a feature as u suggest would be good to exlude cycling when some "chosen" apps are running (through checking a running process or window in focus). However, the caveat is that I'm no longer developing it. I've released the source code for this though (found on my site, link on first post in this thread). If somebody would like to take this up, I'd be more than happy to help out in adding this feature.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rowsbear:
Shantz,

Does your program work on a Windows Mobile 6? (not the new version of Windows Mobile 6.1) Coz I think that could be the reason why the changer won't work since mine has Version 6 installed. The program tells me that the ShantzChanger is now running but it still doesn't change the background. Well I'll try to post a screenshot of my configuration later. Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] SeanFromSoCal:
Shantz,

I'm still using your application, its wonderful. Thank you. I think most of the freezing and slowdown problems are because the themes are too complicated. I've seen some VGA or higher res photos inside QVGA. I've also noticed that depending on which software was used to create them the TSK file is more complicated. Plus there is also a lot corrupted themes out there on the PPC theme websites. I'm now using JPGs which switch much much faster.

Also for the future developer who is going to continue on Shantz's great work...perhaps an idle checker. If the CPU is under 5% utilization then it'll change the theme. If the CPU is over 5%, it will check one time every minute until it drops below 5% and then produce the change.

This way any application being used in the foreground is going to halt the change regardless of the application. Just not sure if what the %-age should be? Perhaps that should be a setting options.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] airacutie:
Hi,

I know this is not in development anymore, I am however experiencing quite interesting feature and cannot find what caused it. When I am using this app, all pictures (even when they have the same resolution as screen) are tiled - they appears multiple times on the today (with layout 2 x 2). Any idea? Thx.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] skypawel:
Has anyone managed to use this program succesfully with HTC touch HD (Blackstone)? Default soft, WM6.1. Background simply does not change. I've used the un-check "Use this picture as background" fix, did not help. I have installed the program in program files. I can set all the options, but wallpaper never changes (neither jpg's in dedicated folders nor inside the Shantz program folder :(

Any ideas to make it work? (or maybe recommend another program changing wallpapers?)

EDIT: did not succeed but found another program AntWorks Auto Wallpaper Changer 1.41

http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Wallpapers/AntWorks-Auto-Wallpaper-Changer-82453.shtml

works like a charm :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] SeanFromSoCal:
Shantz might not work well with newer devices. Here is another app that might better suit your needs and is still being developed:

AntWorks Auto Wallpaper Changer

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=557248
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
@200mpx: Wait for the weekend ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] wacky.banana:
Shantz,

Just got back to this and I see you have been doing some bug fixing. Not had chance to try the tool yet as have been away on business. The tsk file version should prove interesting. Await that development with interest.

Incidentally I have another small project for you, if you are interested, that should help solve a major irritant for me (see my other post in this forum).

If you can find the time and can help, it would be appreciated.

As I said before happy to contribute for any of your work if necessary.

Cheers

WB
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
sorry, have been busy lately and then my laptop went kaput..will post the new version within a couple of days hopefully..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 200mpx:
Don't worry, we can wait :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sathya:
hi,

any good news for win 2003SE users?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
Sathya, I have attached a test build for 2003SE users (in the first post of this thread). Please download it and test it and lemme know the results...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sathya:
HI,

Thanks for ur strain on doing this amazing software for wim 2003SE devices also,i tested it but when i click on the icon nothing is happening.

$athya
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
New version added to the first post. v1.2 includes:

1. GUI for configuration

2. Added theme support (along with system colors support which no other program has)

3. Input files can be kept in a separate folder

4. Option to choose between gif\jpg\png\tsk to be cycled.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 200mpx:
Good work! Now it works perfectly!

Some suggestions: is it possible to save the entered info in setup exe, cause if you try to modify smth you should reenter all data. And is it possible not only setup time to start cycling but the period (time start - time end) of cycling - I do not need to cycle themes in night time for example, so I will enter there start at 7:00 AM and stop at 1:00 AM.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
@200mpx..Thnx for the compliments..:)

About the suggestions:

1. Nice suggestion (Saving of previous data). I'll try to incorporate this feature soon.

2. currently the start time was meant to be a "once-off" feature, i.e. it was to be taken into account only the first time., but your suggestion looks better. I'll see if I can squeeze both things in or just replace the earlier meaning of "start time" with this new "start-stop time"