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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bassett:
Greetings. Does Launch Manager allow the user to assign a photo to a shortcut? For example, a shortcut to a phone call or SMS. Of so, is a particular format required (png, jpg, etc.)? Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Yes the latest Launch Manager beta allows the user to change the icon of a shortcut, (Edit Shortcut, Icon Tab) it allows you to select any ".jpg", ".bmp" or ".ico" file.

For faster loading times I recommend the pictures be 32x32 pixels.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Released Launch Manager Beta 1.29

1.29 Added new skin files and new icons (Edit Settings Icons, click ok, to load the correct Icons from old settings).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Released Launch Manager 1.30 Beta

1.30 VGA compatibility and VGA skin in VGA version (see Advanced User Downloads).

1.30 Skin selector.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Download Launch Manager Beta 1.31 Release Candidate 2

1.31 Release Candidate 1:

1.31 Added NEW Skin!

1.31 Added On Screen Display for Bluetooth, Sound and Pages.

1.31 Improved speed, smaller, better memory consumption.

1.31 Removed automatic Owner Name in License ID field.

1.31 Added VGA Launch Manager Icon.

1.31 Added support for .lmskin files (Launch Manager Skin Installation).

1.31 Many internal changes.

1.31 Release Candidate 2:

1.31 When Bluetooth is on, goes directly to discoverable.

1.31 Fixed a rare bug while creating a setting shortcut.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Launch Manager 1.32 RC2 Beta Released

1.32 Fixed compatibility issues with Samsung Omnia i900 and Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 (240x400, 480x800) devices (Skin file Required, Download and Launch on device: 240x400).

1.32 Enabled support for more than 10 buttons (Skin file required, Download and Launch on device).

1.32 Release Candidate 2:

1.32 Improved Setting Navigation by device keys.

1.32 Fixed Square Screen (240x240, 320x320, 480x480) Issues. (Skin file Required, Download and Launch on device: 240x240 320x320 480x480)

1.32 Fixed importing old Launch Manager 1.1 settings on >10 shortcut skins.

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

Please add any suggestions here:

http://forum.fantasticbytes.com/index.php/topic,42.msg116.html#msg116
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Launch Manager 1.32 Now Available!

* 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.

* VGA, Square, 240x400 and 480x800 compatibility.

To download:

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

History:

* 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.

* 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").

* 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.

* 1.29 Added new skin files and new icons (Edit Settings Icons, click ok, to load the correct Icons).

* 1.30 VGA compatibility and VGA skin in VGA version (see Advanced User Downloads).

* 1.30 Skin selector.

* 1.32 New Skin 15 buttons
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] khaytsus:
I was thinking about checking it out, but the download for WM6 is the VGA version. Linked wrong?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Sorry about that the link was indeed wrong, fixed now and thanks for letting me know.

http://www.fantasticbytes.com/downloads/getfile/name/lmcabwm6
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mrdo:
hi,

i'm looking for a wvga skin on your website but i can't seem to find one.

is there one ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
There is a 480x800 (WVGA) skin, please contact me through Fantastic Bytes support:

http://www.fantasticbytes.com/support/

Please include the model of your device, and I will e-mail the skin to you.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] OceanSpray:
Nice APP. and love the flip option, but kinda hard to control it everytime flip(s) 2 page instead 1.

btw why is flip right-side only and left-side dont work?

running HTC Touch

can u add double tap to run. :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Thanks, yeah the new touch devices are a bit more difficult to use with the flip option, but I am working on solutions for the next version.

It is possible to edit the launch.hlcx file and adjust the sensitivity of what is considered a flip.

Edit launch.hlcx.

Look at the following line:

<TouchScroll Value="True" Width="16" WidthLandscape="16" TrackSize="16" />

Change TrackSize="16" to TrackSize="26"

Changing Width="16" to Width="26" might also make it easier to use.

Hope that helps and thanks for the double tap suggestion.

Take care

-Carolos
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] OceanSpray:
Thank you. :)

now work great, but i did this

<TouchScroll Value="True" Width="30" WidthLandscape="30" TrackSize="30" />

"26" give me around 85% to 95%.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Great thanks for letting me know :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] OceanSpray:
Hi, again your program is great but using regular basic keep not responding* and getting error :

Runtime error 216 at

$8004c2c8

$8004c2c8

sry no screen to capture this error

*not responding(mean) : launch a program any program then close or exit. will go back to LM then can't use touch to launch any program or click on it, but to work around need to use D-pad going up or down then can use touch again. "happen very rare"
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Strange, If you can please view your launch.hlcx file and post your settings between the settings tags, please don't post your shortcuts! Also please tell me what version of Launch Manager you are using.

Thanks

E.g.

<Settings>

<ShortcutHotTracking Value="True" />

<UpDownKeys Value="SkipPages" />

...

...

...

<LMButtonShortcut Type="1" Title="Comm Manager" Path="\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Comm Manager.lnk" />

</Settings>
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] OceanSpray:
Here is my setting and v1.32

<Settings>

<ShortcutHotTracking Value="True" />

<UpDownKeys Value="SkipPages" />

<LeftRightKeys Value="SkipShortcuts" />

<SkipCallVerification Value="False" />

<CloseAfterLaunch Value="False" />

<ShortcutFontSize Value="12" />

<ShortcutFontColor Value="FFFFFF" Selected="FFFFFF" />

<TouchScroll Value="True" Width="30" WidthLandscape="30" TrackSize="30" />

<WaitForIcons Value="True" />

<OneTapAdd Value="True" />

<PageOSD Value="True" />

<TouchGestures Value="True" Sensitivity="32" />

<Skin Value="Default" />

<LMButtonShortcut Type="5" Title="Next Page" Path="NextPage" />

</Settings>

<Gestures>

<Shortcut Gesture="L" Type="5" Title="Previous Page" Path="PrevPage" />

<Shortcut Gesture="R" Type="5" Title="Next Page" Path="NextPage" />

<Shortcut Gesture="DR" Type="5" Title="Close Launch Manager" Path="Exit" />

</Gestures>

HTC TOUCH

WinMo 6.1

.NET v3.5

soft-reset every 2day
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
NEW 2008/04/28: Launch Manager 1.35 Beta 2 and Video!

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] sathya:
carolos, u have done a fantastic job with ur application.As far as i am concerned this is the best application launcher i have used so far.

1)Can u incorporate transitions in ur app.That would be awesome.something like cube, slide, shove etc..

2)It would be nice if u can give an option of automatically rendering the programs inside ur app instead of we manually adding one by one.What i mean to say is.I want my complete program list.

2)So far only 1 good skin is there n thats the default black one.Is there a skin maker?how to create skins?I can come up with some cool designs if u want.plz feel free.

3)The most wonderful feature of ur app is that it consumes a very little memory coz i have a HTC p3400i running on WM6 n as u know these are basic PDA's but ur app runs soo smoothly, i am amazed.

4)Why dont u support folders? i have categorized all my programs like this

messenger

backup

optimizers

mediaplayers

Tools

Imaging

Theming n Ringtone etc

So if i want to add a perticular folder its not possible with ur app (If i am right)

5)Ur new sms linking is fantastic.

6)below can u give a slider...mmmmm lets say..Programs n settings..if u slide on the right it will take u to settings..

7)can u support .png's for icons..That would be cool as png's r neat n clear..

8)can we have different gestures per page??I know its too difficult to program..but...

These r just feature requests.

thanks..

EDIT:I figured out the skin..I have done some 4 themes n its easy..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Hi Sathya,

Thank you for trying Launch Manager. :-)

Firstly on Monday, we lost our server and the Fantastic Bytes Forum is gone at the moment, most of these features were mentioned there and also how to make skins etc. :-(

1) Transitions and PNGs are planned in future, however I never add a feature if it makes Launch Manager too slow or makes it take too much memory, so this is a slow process.

2) This is also planned.

2.5) I will post, how to make skins in the next post, it used to be on the fantastic bytes forum.

3) Thanks :-)

4) To open a folder: make a program shortcut, "\windows\fexplorer.exe" and add the path to the parameter "\Storage Card\", this used to be on the forum.

5) Thanks :-)

6) Should be possible in a future release.

7) See No. 1

Take care

-Carolos
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
8) Different Gestures per page, is not really difficult to program, but it may complicate the user interface too much, but I will think about it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sookyboo:
Launch Manager Skin

i love Launch Manager especially newest version!

Here is a skin i made , i hope everyone likes it!

there is two directories in the zip file, the one is the theme, the work directory is to help make your own theme like this

this one is only for WVGA devices 800x480

i provided files for others to make other resolutions

thank you

p.s. this is image used creativecommons:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wili/2090459727/

p.p.s. thanks to Carolos for his help!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Nice work :)

Thanks for sharing with everyone

-Carolos
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] AKAJohnDoe:
A few VGA skins just to try. I am running with #5 right now. Very minimalist.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lastnikita:
Hi, just discovered this app, you did an awesome job :)

However I strongly agree it should offer the possibility to add the whole programs/settings items to a page, then exclude some (with a long tap would be great).. If you can add this and maybe some intro/outro animations (slide up then down), you've got the killer launcher for me !

Thanks anyway.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bstylz911:
is this app free?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] AKAJohnDoe:
The ability to use .ico or .png or .tga would be nice.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Sorry for late reply I was not receiving notifications.

Thanks again AKAJohnDoe, high contrast and minimalistic :)

Launch Manager does support .ico for icons, set them by editing shortcut.

.png support is planned (may cost some memory though, we will see).

Thanks :)

Multiple adding is planned, animations too.

At the moment no, sorry.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lastnikita:
Thanks for the reply..

It would be better if the whole programs folder can be added, then some items excluded, so that you don't have to add/remove items each time you (un)install a program :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] AKAJohnDoe:
Some memory would probably be OK as long as the speed is maintained.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sathya:
The main strength of this app is the verylittle memory it consumes n being rock fast

.png would be a good feature but if it is comming in the way of speed and performance, then definetly no one wants it.There r a lot of app launchers but conusmes waytoo much memory.

Even i had the same feature request of incorporating .png's but when carlos explained me, even i felt that the performance of the app should not be hindered.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sathya:
Carolos any new versions???i mean to say beta 3??

If so any release dates?

Waiting for the new version.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] carolos:
Hi sathya,

No updates yet, been busy with some other projects but there will be soon. :)

Take care

-Carolos
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jimski:
But then that would make Launch Manager slow and bogged down, just like all of the other app launchers floating around. I really like this customization approach. It took me about an hour to create 10 custom pages and load about 90 links, including a bunch of web links. Now that everything is backed up I don't expect to have to do it again.

When I load a new app, I want to decide where and if I want to include it in Launch Manager. For example, I have lots of Tools, but only have 12 displayed on one screen. The others, I will probably never touch or need so seldom a trip to the Programs folder won't be such a drag.

To the developer, please don't over complicate this near perfect application. If it never got any better than it is right now, I would not be dissapointed. Thank you.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jimski:
I also asked about .png on the app website, but based on what you state above, I agree!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jimski:
If you consider this (and I don't know how with a limited number of boxes per page) please make this an option (not the default). I don't want to clutter Launch Manager with links I almost never use.

Thank you for a brilliant application.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lastnikita:
As long as data is cached and retrieved the same way it actually is, I don't see why it should be slower. I guess you're talking about the scan of programs folder, this is pretty fast and can be done manually, on demand (refresh).

Good for you ! I'm not asking the author to remove it, but to additionnally let us work the other way instead, if possible. That should not be too much of a problem.. Essentially some GUI design.. I hope :)

Anyway, I wish we see a new version soon with good stuff in it :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jimski:
Only made this point because every other app launcher that I have tried which uses the scan programs folder approach is ridiculously slow (9-12 seconds to launch) and uses a tremendous amount of memory (4-6MB) which are the two things that make Launch Manager special. I suppose if the information was cached as a part of a manual scan it might work. Personally though, with all the links and icons involved (I have 14 pages and over 150 links - utilization 184K when running) I have no idea how the developer is currently doing it but I sure appreciate it.

And that's why I requested that it be an option and not the default (in Post #115), which would ruin Launch Manager for me. I realize that everybody looks at things a bit differently. Guess I am just lucky that in this case, the developer and I appear to be on the same page.

I have been hammering this program for a week and have yet to find a flaw.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] uli77:
reboot cycle

Hello

Could it be that launch manager causes my HD2 into a reboot cycle when my HD2 starts WinMob.

The onnly way out then is a hard reset.

Thanks best wishes Uli
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jimski:
Have not seen many (or any) posts from users running 6.5 so anything is possible. When installing Launch Manager could you set it to NOT startup with a soft reset, and then try to open the app AFTER the device has booted up.

It would be sad to hear the Launch Manager is having problems with the HD2 as it's a "must have" app for any device I plan to own in the future.

NOTE: The developer replied to a question I posted in the app site forum and has assured me that LM works with 6.5 and 6.5.3 ROM's. He is working on Launch Manager 2, but there is no set release date at this point, so we will all just have to be patient :(.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] belveder69:
I have this problem since I got this phone, after looking for ages for an answer and going through heaps that didn't work I found this on another forum and figured I would post it here, hope it's ok to do this and that it helps others.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] xandros1:
first excuse my ignorance , so I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900A from AT&T unlocked with OS 4.4.2 baseband G900AUCU2ANG3 and no rooted , i currently live in FRANCE and want to update my galaxy to OS 5.0 Lollipop ,i dont care about root , what can i do?

so i can use ADB for update ?

directly NG3 to OA1 and OA1 to 5.0 ? just with adb or sd card

or i need to donwngrade to NCE ..... NCE TO NG3 .....NG3 TO OA1 ....OA1 TO 5.0 ?

what about SDK in my computer ?? i need sdk manager or no ?:confused:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Age135:
ok i have a bit of an issue.

simply put i was attempting to remove xposed, root, busy box. really just about any and all modifications. so i attempted to flash a stock 5.1.1 from google... i think i flashed the wrong one. because everything went fine through the flashing, but the phone wont boot past the google splash screen.... well as the derp i am. i locked the boot loader after because i was planning on sending it back to at&t. well now. im attempting to try a few different 5.1.1 images. (which in writing this im thinking... that isnt probably the best course of action.)

well i guess what this leads to is..... first.... which image do i use.

i was running 5.1.1 before all the modifications. so i just attempted to flash a 5.1.1 for all carriers cept T-moblie

i used shamu from this site https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#shamu

i also want to toss it out that the phone has been dropped....so internal damage might be a possibility, but i doubt thats it since it was fine before the flash.

so over what image should i flash? and is there a way to unlock the bootloader without going into the settings and chekcing the OEM box under dev options? because accessing the phone is basically limited to boot loader and recovery right now.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
If you locked the bootloader, you cannot flash factory images. If you still have a custom recovery installed, install a custom ROM. Otherwise, you need to find the Android N Preview 1 OTA zip, which should be on these forums, and flash it through stock recovery. The OTA is a complete system image, and will update your system regardless of whether the bootloader is locked or not.

Regardless of which way you install a ROM, reveal the Developer Options menu and check "Enable OEM Unlock". Then you can unlock the bootloader and flash a fresh Android 6.0.1 factory image from Google, which is carrier agnostic.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Age135:
ok well first i appreciate the reply

so basically the set up is i am running stock recovery with a locked boot loader.

if i use this Android N Preview 1 OTA zip. this will allow me access to the dev options which then i can boot up to check the bootloader box? then i can flash 6.0.1.

if that's right then awesome! i appreciate the help. so just so i don't fall back into this mistake. i have the AT&T version of the Nexus 6.

so if there is a specific Image i need, could you please point me to it?

I'd rather not have this happen again lol. the reason i ask is because the site i posted in my Original post has like 4 version of the 6.0.1 image that i can choose from. and since my track record of doing this hasn't panned out all that well so far i figured id just ask for specifics before attempting anything because clearly i messed up and have very little understanding of what im doing.

again. i really appreciate your advice
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
"Carrier agnostic" in my previous post means it doesn't matter what carrier you have. With Android 6.0.1, the system images no longer have carrier customization within them. The carrier-specific stuff is downloaded when the phone is set up with the SIM inserted.

As for your current setup, install the Android N preview OTA by sideloading it in recovery, boot into Android, enable developer options, and enable OEM unlock. From there, you need to make sure you have on the PC drivers for the Nexus installed, as well as Fastboot and ADB. Unlocking the bootloader as well as installing the Android 6.0.1 system image require it. If you need a walkthrough, there should be tutorials for both installing the Android N OTA as well as installing a system image in the General section of the Nexus 6 forums.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Age135:
well when using the adb devices command... my device wont show up. i can get it to show up when i reboot into bootloader and use fastboot devices, but it wont register in the recovery. could it be because i dont think i have ADB debugging checked? since i flashed new image on it and now i cant access the menus i cant chenc the debugging box either.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
So where are you getting stuck? The OTA needs to be copied to internal storage and installed from there. You shouldn't need ADB or Fastboot until after you install the N preview.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Age135:
ok so im lost now. i need to take the tgz file and put it on my phone then when i go to the recovery i need to sideload it?.. dont you do that by having it sideload the file from your PC? right? well my issue now is that i cant get it to show its storage on my PC. when booted into recovery the device wont even show up on my PC at all and when it boots into fastboot it regesters, but i cant do anything because the bootloader isnt unlocked i also cant unlock it via command because the OEM checkbox hasnt been checked. and i cant check the oem box via usb debugging because my device doesnt regester when in recovery.

so im not sure. where to go from here. is there a way to place the file on my phones storage via fastboot or usb debugging? preferably fastboot because ADB commands dont seem to regester to my phone at all.