yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Amazon Fire Phone] danishalirana:
dinnit work for me :(

the stock camera is like hell slow.. and i just want to remap some other camera
[General Questions and Answers] sravan@xda:
I ported a rom to my device,

Stock ROM 5mp nd 13mp cam,

Port ROM 5mp nd 8mp,

After porting ROM booted but when I open camera only front cam works coz both are similar 5mp when I open back cam camera gets force close please someone help me out
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
NEW 2008/04/28: Launch Manager 1.35 Beta 2 and Video!

Download

http://www.fantasticbytes.com/labs/launchmanager

Watch the video!

http://www.fantasticbytes.com/videos/

New in this version!

* Replace your Start Menu with Launch Manager!

* New Wifi, Bluetooth, Phone and Sound Indicators!

* New Minimize and Call History Shortcuts!

* Improved and faster shortcut editing!

* Easier to use on different resolution devices!

* Start Launch Manager with Windows!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nothin:
i wish you good salary...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jonnala:
Just a thought

Till now I have't seen any one making tabbed navigation based on category unless I missed. So here is my thought.

Design part1:Top row will have 30-40 pixels space for tabs and categorised header values in it Like office tools,Messaging tools,Phone tools, Fun tools, games,Networking tools, Misc tools etc.

Functonality:Clicking on each tab will show respective lauch icons in the bottom area.Ofcourse users should be given option to catagorise their tools into one of given headers list. Its nice if we can give users an option to define header tab values as well.

Design part2:Now bottom 250-260 pixels area is reserved for icons as shown in your attachment.Place a graphic background with spiral binding in middle of two vertical columns and overley our launching icons on that back ground. its nice if users are given option to change background.

Functonality:scrolling finger from right end to back should turn to next page which is having next set of icons in the selected category.Its nice if we can show some page turn animation. In the same way swiping finger from left end to front should turn page back.

It looks more great if it is full screen and added 3D graphic background with some shadows on spiral and tab.

No need to mention that application is lauched on clicking the icons :)

Best of luck.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Thanks for the suggestions jonnala,

Launch Manager has something called shortcut pages,

which is a group of 10 shortcuts,

and you can create a shortcut to a page, so its like your category.

Keep in mind launch manager can handle hundreds of shortcuts not just the 10 displayed :)

I am working on ways to indicate pages better.

And the fancy graphics are planned too. ;)

And changing background is also planned, you can change tiles.bmp for now.

Please download it and give it a try, I have a feeling you may like it.

Thank You

Take Care

-Carolos
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jonnala:
Wow i really like it. its almost 60% as I said in my eariler post.I can create one page called home (having page short cuts) and dedicate one icon space to home page in all remaining pages(having program shortcuts).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Thanks :)

I think I need to work on my description of it a bit more hehe, been too busy actually writing it.

Please keep any suggestions coming,

And if you need any help please let me know.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Thank you, nothin, I hope everyone who uses it finds some use for it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Fightthegoodfight:
I really like the idea and the program. You should try to get some sort of touch scrolling in it. Otherwise, very useful
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Thank you for your kind words,

I will see what I can do about touch scrolling, it was a planned feature.

Please keep sending any suggestions and thank you for trying it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gerald_s:
Hmmmmmmmmm.

Its similar to the build in launcher from wktask and thats freeware.

But of course its a nice application, it has more shortcuts and its fast.

I would suggest to add one feature:

If the shortcut is one to a phone call contact it would be great to see the picture of this contact (if theres a picture).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] generalriden:
hope this is a freeware...but its nice!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] DeathsArrow:
It reminds me of mortbuttons which is freeware as well.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Thank you for your kind words gerald_s.

Your suggestion has been noted thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Thanks generalriden, I will see if I can release a lite freeware version.

My ChARMeD Disassembler is freeware :)

Take care
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Thanks DeathsArrow, never knew about mortbuttons.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gerald_s:
And this is a nice piece of software too, thanks for releasing it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] DaVince:
Hey.. cool. Touchflo type scrolling (make it work like the touch cube and you're a legend) and showing the contact picture will make this a real gem. It's like a launcher and contact management type of software in one.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Thanks :) and thanks for your suggestion.

Good description :)

May I use your description and quote you on first post?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
If you like please post screenshots of how you have used Launch Manager :)

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
New Blue-Black skin can be downloaded from

http://fantasticbytes.com/lmaddons.html

No installer yet.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gerald_s:
Sorry to say it, carolos, but I found this on the web:

http://www.touch-commander.com/

Less shortcuts, but same price and "fingerscrolling" AND pictures in phone shortcuts. Also its using .net its not to slow on my tytn.

Guess you can do this better? :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] generalriden:
@carolos

hi there... where is the lite version/freeware you promise. actually for sure , there are lots of capable to donate for this program. Most of us here are doing this. The idea of selling the program is quite being business minded. but its ok , its ur program and ur choice. I just hope to try this well. Sorry i hate trial version, i just want to see if the 15$ is worth. anyway, its up to u how generous u r, even only for xda dev member...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] generalriden:
this touch commander is good also but i like the looks of this launchmanager. Much appreciated in the eyes.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Maybe :)

Thanks generalriden, the trial period was extended to 30 days for XDA-developers,

many people on this site flash their rom once a month.

I am thinking how to make a lite version that is fair.

Give me suggestions and ideas.

Thanks :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cautret:
It's exactly what I was looking for : a launcher for finger !

I try touch-commander but it has some bugs when I try to add a new page on my wizard.

Your is fine and easy to use.

Next step might be to let to choose another icon for the shortcut ;)

I'm trying it for one month.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Thanks cautret,

Glad you like it :)

Working on many great new features for Launch Manager.

Thanks for your suggestion, everyone's suggestions help me decide what I will include in the next version.

Take care
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gerald_s:
Can you enlighten us?

What exactly will be included in your next version?

And when?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Hi general_s,

The next version of Launch Manager (unless I get notified of a bug)

Will have many great new features from the requests I have been receiving.

Your request is being worked on.

I am not ready to freeze the feature list and say what is definitely in the next version of Launch Manager, but expect a beta in the next couple of weeks, with many improvements.

Hope this answer satisfies you for now, I will post more details very soon.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gerald_s:
Hi carolus,

no news about your launch manager?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Hi,

Working on it, and it is going well :)

I will post details on how to get the beta soon.

by the way,

The site has a forum now, and I fixed a bug in the site that didn't let you download launchmanager cab files using internet explorer on a windows mobile device.

Take care
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mort:
Since it was already mentioned in this thread, I allow myself to note MortButtons 2.5 is out.

Btw., it offers similar features since about 3 years (first betas were only for app button usage)...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hrb:
VGA

VGA is NOT supported.

Cheers

(sigh...!!)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gerald_s:
And it also can handle phone shortcuts including the picture of the contact.

Shame on me, also I'm visiting Sto Helit sometimes I never tried mort buttons. Guess the reason is that people from Ankh-Morpork don't trust those from the west :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] klmsu19:
not trying to be an a-hole but i dont see the advantage over simply making program shortcuts in your start programs menu? other than the quickdial part, seems like you could do that stock with some simple know-how.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mort:
Some reasons:

- You can assign the finger-usable menus directly to app buttons, WBA items (e.g. to replace start menu), today launchers (e.g. I've assigned my main menu to a big clock in rlToday), ... without having to use the tiny start menu first (and you can invoke different menus directly)

- You can arrange the icons in an order you prefer, instead of alphanumerical sorting

- It's nicer to look at (skins, own icons and backgrounds, ...)

- Switching to other menus and pages is faster and more comfortable (DPad keys in Launch Manager, finger gestures or menu entries in MortButtons)

- MortButtons additionally can be handled with a single application button (repeated pressing to select entry, activation after timeout)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mort:
Though only by assigning the photo yourself. EVC4 doesn't allow to access the picture assigned in the contacts, and newer Developer Studios would cost some money and probably break compatibility with WM2003 devices...

There are also some other features, like finger gestures, transparancy support, invoking settings and new documents, ...

But father-in-law Death is very reliable... ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
VGA will be supported, I have a beta of the VGA version, but there are a few minor things I need to fix before I release it.

Soon though!

It's a matter of personal preference. I myself like the speed of it and I don't like things on my today screen.

Aswell as the points Mort already mentioned.

As Mort said the developer tools don't allow you access to the contact pictures, but I am working on that for our wonderful Ankh-Morporkian "dis-organisers"
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gerald_s:
Completely OT

:D :D :D :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Launch Manager 1.2 Beta Release Candidate

Launch Manager 1.2 Beta Release Candidate is now Public

To download:

http://forum.fantasticbytes.com/index.php/topic,7.0.html

YouTube Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr-pwd8Xnto

Description:

Tired of wasting time looking for programs or contacts in Windows Mobile?

Launch Manager is the fastest way to launch hundreds of applications and call or sms contacts, quickly, effortlessly and in style on your Windows Mobile Device!

Please email, or post comments.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Launch Manager 1.2 Full Version

Launch Manager 1.2 Full Version now Available!

To download:

http://www.fantasticbytes.com/downloads.html

YouTube Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr-pwd8Xnto

Description:

Tired of wasting time looking for programs or contacts in Windows Mobile?

Launch Manager is the fastest way to launch hundreds of applications and call or sms contacts, quickly, effortlessly and in style on your Windows Mobile Device!

Please email, or post comments.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nikjensie:
How about a "Page Title" at the top or bottom?

Best Regards,

Nik
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Thanks for the suggestion, it is a planned feature, hopefully it will make it in version 1.3.

Take care
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gerald_s:
And again no chancelog........ :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
There is :)

http://www.fantasticbytes.com/release.txt

Haven't finished your request yet but getting there
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
New Release - Launch Manager 1.21

Bug fix for some phones where Launch Manager would not Launch and say components missing.

I doubt there are any HTC phones with this problem though, posted just incase.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Launch Manager 1.25 Beta Version now Available!

Launch Manager 1.25 Beta Version now Available!

To download:

http://www.fantasticbytes.com/lmbetas.php

Highlights:

* One-Tap Adding and Editing of Shortcuts.

* Control Panel Settings Shortcuts.

* Launch Manager Button Shortcut.

* Backup and restore shortcuts.

* Shortcut Parameters.

* New Device Shortcuts: Bluetooth On/Off/Discoverable, Sound On/Off/Vibrate, Rotate Left and Right, New Note, New Appointment, New SMS, Suspend, Show Today Screen.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tmz:
I have it and love it , when does it come out of beta ? Thanks T M Z
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Thanks,

There will be a second beta, hopefully sometime next month, no promises yet though.

The final release depends on how the second beta goes.

I will post here if there are any updates.

Thanks again,

Take Care

-Carolos
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] brunoisa10:
Hi Carolos

I've downloaded your program for testing : I have only 14 days

I've sent a mail in your site and I'm now on your forum

very good program
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Thank you for testing Launch Manager and for your positive review :)

The new betas of Launch Manager will only have 15 days trial period.

The stable release continues to have a full 30 day trial period.

Thanks

-Carolos
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] brunoisa10:
I've downloaded the beta version so I understand why 14 days
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Red49er:
Can someone tell me what the advantage is of this program over MortButtons?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tmz:
carolos, do you have any black skins for the app, Thanks T M Z
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
There will be one released very soon. :)

I will let you know when it is released.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tmz:
Thanks so much, Love the APP, T M Z
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] washi:
i just wanted to test launch manager and i can't get it to launch.

1. installed the ap from cab

2. at the help screen entered button config and assigned a button (for testing the voice command button)

3. pressed "x" in the help screen and "ok" in installation screen.

launch manager is not starting when i press the button or selecting it in "programs"

did i do something wrong?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sathya:
some functions not working on WM 2003SE

Is this really compatible with WM 2003SE??coz i just installed ur cool software to try n i found few bugs..such as..if i try to assign a contact..the browse button dosent work..R u adding any cool gestures such as cube effect?that would be great..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Hi there, yes Launch Manager works with WM2003 except for the contacts browsing (which will be corrected in a future version).

You can enter the number of the contact manually for now and it should work.

Touch Gestures do exist, if you enable touch gestures.

As for animations, I am working on it. :)

Thanks for trying out Launch Manager, I know what it's like having an older device.

If you find any more bugs in WM2003 let me know please.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sathya:
WOW that is really cool..then even we(2003SE users) will have cube effect n all animations like wm6..thanks..If that is the case i would like to buy ur cool software!and plz do support skins for 2003SE users..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mort:
It's mostly a matter of taste. Different handling, different setup, different "special items", different skins, probably different speed and memory usage, ...

btw: MortButtons runs with WM2003, too. Though many of those older devices are a bit too slow for the cube animation ("stretch away" is a good alternative), and there's no "show contact" in WM2003. (Sorry for the competition commercial ;), BTT now...)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
There will be support for skins for WM2003SE soon (hopefully Beta 1.27), and keep using the betas until animations are added. ;)

No Problem :)

As Mort said, it is a matter of taste, I wrote Launch Manager because that is how I wanted to use my device, and before Launch Manager I personally wasted a lot of time browsing for files.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] brunoisa10:
hi carolos

something new about new version ?

:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
This release was a bug fix for browsing on non-english devices.

New features are planned on the next release in 2 weeks, unless we find any bugs.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Launch Manager 1.27 Beta Released

* 1.26 Bug Fix: Start Menu and IE Favorites are now displayed when browsing, on non English devices.

* 1.27 Change Shortcut Icons (Edit Shortcut, Icon Tab, may slow down on startup if loading big images, opens .ico, .bmp and .jpg and can use the icon of any other file).

* 1.27 Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete shortcuts (Tap and hold a shortcut while in Edit Mode).

* 1.27 Added support for specific tabs in Control Panel and Settings Shortcuts (E.g. Edit "launch.hlcx" file in a Text Editor and replace Param="1" with Param="1,1").

http://fantasticbytes.com/lmbetas.php
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Sorry Washi I didn't see your post!

What device do you have, and which version of Windows Mobile?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ycimpir:
?!

It's

not

freeware !

..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Released Version 1.28 Enjoy!

* 1.28 Fixed Cut and Paste bug, when cutting, adding new page and pasting.

* 1.28 Fixed Icon and Parameter Bug, If icon added, replaced parameter.

* 1.28 Added parameter tab when editing shortcut. (Use to pass parameters to an .exe or to specify a tab number for setting shortcut starting at 0)

* 1.28 Fixed Icon bug, loads all images now.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] brunoisa10:
Hi carolos

my last download had no time for testing , so I had only 15 days and I have to remove all , now , can you do something for me to have another 15 days ???
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Hi thanks for letting me know, that's a bug in this beta.

It will be fixed for 1.29 I will try push for a sooner release date.

Sorry for the inconvenience.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Released 1.28b to fix the bug and added a few visual improvements.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] wearefree:
I just tried your launcher and I have to say I'm impressed. Originally I was hunting for a today screen launcher but none of them gives me the flexibility and capability of what I want. So I settled down using the today screen just to display a clock and reminders, and using your launcher to operate.

This launcher is very good, highly customizable (in terms of what it controls, not how it looks) and very capable.

If you open up the skinning possibility to the community and also maybe make a few freeware versions (like some with limited functions) it may be much better appreciated. I have to think twice before I decide whether I should buy this.

Mortbuttons is also nice and offers similar functionality but seems slower compared to launch manger on my device.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Thank you for your kind words,

I have thought about making a free version any ideas on what limitations would be fair are welcome.

Attached are the bmps for the Silver Launch Manager skin, any changes or mods are also welcome. Replace the bmp files in the "\Program Files\Launch Manager\" directory to preview.

Please post any skins you make here and I will make proper installers for them at some point.

Thanks

-Carolos
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] wearefree:
I'm not good at graphics at all. The only wish for skinning I have is a little more contrast when selecting a shortcut. Light blue and pure white and sometimes too close on my eyes.

About limitations, I can think of a few things:

1) Limit the number of pages, say 2 pages max for unregistered version

2) Limit the type of shortcuts, say only offer program and call shortcuts, or something else, not the full range

3) Make a permanent register shortcut on each page for the unregistered version, which can be removed upon registration

4) Offer no touch slide or touch scroll, etc

The idea is NOT to ask the user to register every time they open the software, or every time they change something. What ultimate launch does is good, it's very unobtrusive yet still reminding. What thumbcal 1.06 does is totally unacceptable, which prompts for register every single time user does anything. Fortunately there is still a thumbcal 0.51.

You can try to limit one or few limitations I suggested, but I don't recommend doing all of them because it'll turn the users off. I personally would go a combo of (1) and (3), because you need (2) and (4) to demo the power of this program.

Just my 2 cents.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Great suggestions thanks, if anyone else has any suggestions please let me know.

There is a black skin which might offer more contrast:

http://www.fantasticbytes.com/lmskins.php

(You will have to change text colour to white in appearance tab.)

There are more skins on the way, which have not been launched yet because the way Launch Manager handles skins is changing soon.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] curious george:
What kind of memory foot print, cpu load and RAM Usage does it take? When not in use it closed or minimized?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] wearefree:
Right now I'm looking at:

~250K space occupied

negligible CPU usage

~650K memory needed when minimized/running
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
The Launch Manager Program itself takes about: ~87 Kb Storage Space

The Launch Manager Skin Takes about: ~140 Kb Storage Space

The Launch Manager Process takes about: ~650 Kb RAM

CPU usage should be Idle (Near 0%) if it is not in use.

The Launch Manager Exit Softkey, does not minimize Launch Manager, it closes (terminates) the application.

The application can also be closed after Launching another application if the "Close After Launch" option is enabled.

If the skin is deleted the Launch Manager application will take about ~500 Kb Ram