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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dcdivenut:
www.awesome.com/mort!

Seriously I am loving this program... I just spent the last 2 hours playing around with it...

Then I get online here and see that you have uploaded new versions (which I must have) and then I start crying about re-doing all the assignments and settings. Is there a way to save a config file or something so that when you upgrade versions or reflash ROMs you could import settings and have it all come back?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Pisca:
When you add a new Version, and run the Cab, you have two options:

1 - Remove previous version yes/no - "yes"

2 - Remove Settings - Yes/No (if you say "no", all previous settings are keep)

at least works to me
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dcdivenut:
Great... thanks... I didn't want to try it until I checked! Only "problem" with that method is that it will not survive a flash. Now I understand that after a flash a lot of things are going to be different, but even if 50 or 75% stayed the same that would still be better than starting from scratch.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mort:
The menu entries are saved in the *.mbi files (mind those in "Submenus", too!), so you can simply copy them.

All other settings are stored in the registry, and there's no backup tool yet. But it's not that much to configure anyway...

I might move the settings to MortSetup (like with MortPlayer), which includes a backup feature, in a later update, but not anytime soon.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mort:
Small bugfix, page down by finger gesture or button didn't work correctly sometimes.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
Well the Command Line parameters work Dandy,

Rockin!

Maybe it's just me again, but i can't run the last build straight from windows.

I'll recheck go back to 16 build first.

Nah it must be me It's working with the older build.

Yup it was me,..... forgot to rename the icons file back to .gif (stoopid Silly Rat Creatures)

Okay here's a little issue i have found of which i could not determine if it was due to my own playing.

The Task manager used to work correctly in the b16 build.

In 17b it does close the app but then when returning to taslist.mbi it will still show the killed tasks but without the icon loading.

in 16 returning to tasklist without running tasks it would bring up the main menu.

Can anyone else check this to be sure it's not just me ;)

EDIT:

The weird behaviour of the Tasklist was when i set the Home Window to not show in the running tasks list.

MORT, i would like to say thank you very much,

Thanks to you:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=2481882
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wearefree:
Just upgraded from 2.5 to b17. Very nice!

I have keen using pointui for a while till I realize I was merely using it as program launcher. So I decided to give mortbuttons a try and I immediately fell in love with it. The black aqua theme plays really nicely with the glossy black bars as if they made for each other, very beautiful.

As for the today plug in, I have a small suggestion: instead doing all five, you can allow user to choose one or two mortbutton to spread on the today screen. This way it won't conflict with wm today plug in limit and still give users the flexibility to use it. I would love to be able to punch on the today screen to launch apps like doing in the mortbutton, do you think it's possible?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
The question of integrating mort completly has been anwsered and as i recall it was not do-able.

But you can limit the amount of buttons on the home screen.

In every menu's settings you can tick of "Show on Home screen"
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mort:
Well, it's not impossible, but it would require lots of work because MortButton's current architecture doesn't allow most of the source to be easily adapted for a Today plugin. I.e., the "main MortButtons" as plugin would be an entirely new program with only few parts "recycled". E.g. the image loading library is already working for the "lite" starter plugin, and some parts of drawing and mouse handling shouldn't be too hard to reuse. But about everything else (file handling, internal data classes, event handling, ...) would need to be rewritten. (For those who understand: MortButtons still uses MFC, and in my experience MFC cause more troubles than they help in Today plugins. And of course there are the different messages and draw handling.)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
Euh Exactly what Mort Said, that's what i meant in the first place ;)

Mort here's another screwy Question?

Button state depending on Registry info Read (not something for regular use)

I'm still thinking about making a Commmanager out of Mort Buttons/(Menu's)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mort:
How should that work? Only one button can be selected, otherwise you'd have lots of apps being started with one click on the DPad... ;)

For a later update, I want to implement a plugin interface, so that default icon/image, label, and action come from a DLL. For example, one could program a "special entry" showing a battery meter and current percentage which opens the battery settings. However, that wouldn't be something to be programmed by everybody...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
I'll just have to be creative then ;

It will only require 25 Scripts and 25 Menu's.

But the main intention/idea is to show a graphic (and use a specific Command) depending for instance on the Wifi State or Phone etc states.

But even if it would be do able it would make configuration screens way to complex. Forget I mentioned it. I'll fix up a little Proof Of Concept of the Mort Buttons CommManager. (Using VJVolubilis, to lazy to learn how do it completely with mortscript
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zvhotboxru:
Dear Mort!

First thanks for the best launcher. In devices like Touch there is always the lack of memory, so your app is the best thing i've found!

Being playing with it for somewhile i've made some skins that i cannot download to your forum, 'cause cant get registered.

If you are interested show me the way)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mort:
Where's the problem? Didn't you get a mail? (Maybe in your spam folder?) Troubles with the captchas? If you can't read the code, try to reload for another image. And the admin's nick obviously is "Mort"... ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
Here's My skin it's big buttons only.

The cab also includes a icons32.gif that replaces the original one.

I made it to be as adaptive to whatever Homescreen theme is being run.

But i found that it sometimes gets a black border on the right side with themes that did not correctly include a landscape backdrop. But i can't feel quilty about that. Here's some screens using different home themes.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Noonski:
I know exrta post but it was to large to save.

Also a user pointed out that setting finger gestures to back will do an Exit when in a main menu.

I explained this as default expected behaviour as there is no "Main Menu You Came from" to go back to.

So the Gesture back is set to in this situation becomes an exit gesture at the moment.

But maybe it would still be an idea if possible to have an "If no Previous Main Menu is detected" to default the Back command to Previous Main Menu Menu.

Again just an idea, because someone mentioned it testing the rom out.

Also was in another thread (moderating yeah i know i need to get a life:))

Where someone asked for a sliding Programs launcher.

Now as i understand Mort Buttons does the page flipping by making a Screenshot to do the animations so this idea probably does not fit the current set up and structure.

It's probably been mentioned before.

Again just relaying something i saw.

For the rest it's all positive like "I really am enjoying the way i'm using my device now".

And Mort Buttons is now even doing the animations better because the files are cooked as modules.

(was first not using cube because it sometimes had to calculate the animation) But it's now working great.

So it's great as an in Rom Application.

Expect some new skins (i'm not the fastest with graphics) in a few months.

Cheers

And a bit off topic but having mortscript in rom t actually help extend cooking is also marvelous. Clean Windows folders because all shortcuts are written using mort and uzing ZIP files instead of applications that do not like to be installed directly into Windows folders. Doesn't improve space that mush beside the zip compression but it does speed up overall performance.

Practicly no more initflashfiles.dat fileoperations.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mort:
If there is a previous Main Menu, MortButtons goes back to it (i.e. if a main menu was invoked by a menu button). It just "forgets" previous main menus when using gestures resp. remapped (device) buttons to switch the menu, because this might cause quite an annoying "back" history when you thumbed through the menus and then want to leave the program...

Well, MortButtons can slide in (just select another start animation, will soon be available in menu settings, too, so you can choose a different animation for each menu), but it's not possible to let a started app slide in. At least there's no way I know, and even if it were possible to redirect the started app's screen output to an "invisible virtual screen", which then comes in with a transition, it would probably cause troubles with some apps (e.g. games or tools writing directly to the screen buffer). Not to mention the unnecessary delay...

Hm, this shouldn't have much influence to the animations. Maybe the initial startup time, because the icons can be read faster...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ufufu:
I've been using MortButtons and it's really nice and customizable, thanks a lot Mort!

What if on exit (but just exit buttons, not exit on program launch), MortButtons slides out using the screenshot that you take for screen transparency? I don't know if it's as easy as it seems, but it would be a nice eye-candy!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mort:
Sure, I could do that. But it could lead to funny effects (e.g. if you started from Today screen, and it contained a clock, status/gauge items, ... which will show current time/status only after the transition is done) and would slow down the start of the invoked item (which could only be done after the animation, otherwise there'd be conflicts).

Thus I think any "out" transition would only be useful if it'd be possible to redirect the output to some "virtual display" and use that as target.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aydc:
Hi Mort, thanks for implementing my request for no transition effect on start option. I'm now using MortButtons as my main launcher and I'm recommending it to anyone who asks for a start menu alternative.

Now, I have a different vision for MortButtons. Yeah I have a vision about someone else's program. :):)

Here's my vision:

MortButtons doesn't cover the whole screen even with 12 buttons. It covers about 80% of the screen and it's in the center. It has an opaque frame, but the background of the buttons is 60% transparent. The icons and names of the programs however are totally opaque.

Either as information on the frame or as seperate buttons you can see the battery level, memory level, number of missed calls, new SMS etc.

How about it? Might require a complete reprogramming, but would be great.... :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aydc:
An extension to my "Vision":

How about showing already running programs with an arrow underneath in the launcher. So when the user presses the icon of a runnign program, you'll switch to that app instead of trying to run it again. When the user presses longer, he'll get a menu with "Close App, Close all others etc."

In this way, you'll have joined the launcher and task manager together. How about that?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] neuro159:
+1 for some kind of joined task manager and launcher on one screen
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] AndroPlus:
Please do not upload my kernel to other hostings!

Official website for my kernel is

https://kernel.andro.plus/tone.html
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] jakebriggs:
So, if I was to relock my bootloader after installing TWRP and rooting, what would happen? Would TWRP go away? I'd like to let the phone OTA update to nougat, and you can't do that with an unlocked bootloader....
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] Arturiuz!:
your phone will soft brick..or rather bootloop..if you're still on MM,do a nandroid backup..& here's what you do:

-relock phone using Flashtool.

-repair device using Xperia Companion(it will update automatically to Nougat).

-unlock phone again using Flashtool.

-install AndroPlus Kernel through command prompt(or you can also use Flashtool to do it.however you prefer).

-install TWRP recovery..you're all set!

P.S.

on steps i said(this is optional),you may not turn on your device along the process..that's what i do & i find it easier that way..goodluck!
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] jakebriggs:
Thanks heaps! Now, to find a couple hours spare
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] jakebriggs:
Following this left me with a phone that boots to a screen "To start Android, enter your password". I don't have a password to enter :/
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] Arturiuz!:
that occured to me too!my apologies but i forgot mention about that..but you could try again that after you fixed/updated your phone using Xperia Companion to turn your phone first & set up everything.then unlock using Flashtool.install kernel & recovery.. :good:
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] jakebriggs:
I did try that - although, I set it up with a pin rather than a password. It didn't accept my pin when asking for the password.

Now I have a phone with a locked bootloader, running nougat, and I set it up with a password. I wonder if that password you use on the lock screen is the same password that Android is asking for when I unlock my bootloader?

I also could not seem to get the phone to boot into recovery after rebooting when I got the password screen. So weird....
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] Arturiuz!:
you can't use recovery or root your phone when bootloader is locked..could you try now unlock your phone using Flashtool?then install kernel & recovery?mind that data will be wiped..
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] jakebriggs:
So if unlocking the boot loader wipes data, how can android ask for my password when I reboot? I am a little mystified at how this is supposed to work :) Rooting Marshmellow was easier than Nougat....
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] Arturiuz!:
true!MM was easier but Nougat is a bit complicated..however,you could still make changes on Nougat when phone is rooted.anyway,try again from the very beginning then this time after fixing phone using Xperia Companion,do the steps i mentioned..i myself couldn't figure out how it's asking for any password at first.AndroPlus also mentioned it before but didn't explain further.but it's alright coz i got it working now.
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] jakebriggs:
I think my issue with the unknowable password after unlocking the bootloader on Nougat could have been fixed by wiping data+dalvik cache. I was having issues with the camera under nougat so I flagged trying to get it going and flashed MarshMellow. Once that was done, I got the bloody password prompt again, so I wiped data + cache and it booted correctly.

Anyway, gonna ignore Nougat until fastboot supports nougat
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] AdrianDC:
Issues with passwords kept / unknown and blocked are due to the fact the security portion is stored

next to the data partition area, in what we call the footer, and that area was wrong for you.

By wiping data completely (most reliably, a factory reset which will format the data partition),

the footer is also erased instead of simply deleting the files like a Wipe would do.
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] mongastein:
lost system?

I got as far as getting boot.img and twrp.img in my phone, and then appeared to lose my system since it stuck on the Sony logo and wouldn't boot into the system despite several tries. Idiot that I am, I panicked and come onto the forum to post a plead for help. I've managed to get my system back on now and feel very foolish, so just editing the post to remove the request for help. Thank you so much for the guide, very greatly appreciated! Looking forward to upgrading to Nougat.
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] udelgadochio:
Will this guide work with Nougat? I have a F8132 with 39.2.A.0.327
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] Wimz3n:
Don't feel like a fool. I'm panicing right now.

Can flash boot.img and twrp.img and even enter twrp to flash su and kernel. But thats it. When done i reboot and i can pass SONY logo and enter bootanimation but it stucks here forever. Been trying with everything exept flashing official MM.

You did get the system back. So I'm the fool :o

---------- Post added at 07:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:40 AM ----------

Didn't for me. Have a softbricked phone in front of me since yesterday. Going to try to flash MM soon but my internet is terrible slow. Won't give up. :D
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] orkanamn:
It works if you get updated files. I struggled a bit before I finally extracted the boot.img from the AndroPlusKernel for my version which I flashed in fastboot and flashed the kernel and supersu in twrp. I think that's what did it. I was so eager to root that I missed that I was using MM-files at first. :silly:

Edit: oh I answered a pretty old post. Anyway, this is another way https://xdaforums.com/xperia-x-performance/development/mod-sony-stock-patcher-xperia-x-t3528148
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] chris_j26:
I ended up finding a way to downgrade to marshmallow following some instructions from from [MENTION=1236246]sdugoten[/MENTION]
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] nickcaper:
The instructions are updated.. With proper files for the latest and greatest kernel and SuperSU and TWRP. NOUGAT Only .. Will not work for any other OS versions
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] deboopi2:
AS flashtool does not work for 7.1.1 how to proceed to install nougat 7.1.1 and enable root and install twrp?
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] AdrianDC:
Inside the FlashTool data folder that contains all models, find yours (F81XX),

and while FlashTool is waiting for you to do something like Flash a ROM,

copy / paste the 39 (Marshmallow) script to 41 (Nougat).

Upon flash, confirm using the 41. script and the warning, and done.
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] deboopi2:
I thought there was a more elaborate explanation on how to use flashtool, It's been a while since I used it. Is it an option to use Sony's flashtool to flash the new ftf (it seems it can handle an unlocked bootloader) and then continue for root and twrp?
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] deboopi2:
I had to reinstall flashtool 0.9.23.2

copied the 39.fsc file to 41.fsc

I pressed Tools - bundles - create to create a n ftf file

I used the frech vesion of 41.2.A.2.223 to create an ftf file

Then I pressed the flash symbol with my phone already connected in flashmode

I selected the french FTF file to flash

Then I cannot get by the message reading device info

What to do to get the flash to continue?
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] deboopi2:
I recreated the ftf fileand flashed again, the operation is almost directly done, nothing hs been flashed, the phone boots in its previous configuration, so no Nougat 7.1.1
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] Mike2456:
Super user not found

I have flashed boot.img and the latest TWRP on to the system as instructed and I got OKAY in both the cases. But I am unable to go to a screen where I can install superuser. I tried holding the volume up and volume down during the reboot. But it is booting to the home screen always. How do i enter into that mode?

through adb root , adb shell I can see all the root folders (I am getting the # sign in the command indicating I am root.) But when execute "su", su is not not found is the error. I think this is because I did not install the super user. How do I do it?

PS: My device is Sony X Performance with Android 7.1.1 Build number :41.2.A.7.8 Kernel version :3.18.31-v24
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] Beetle84:
Turn your phone off completely.

Wait 5 seconds.

Hold power and volume down.

Once the Sony logo comes up release power, then a few seconds later release volume down.

Profit.
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] Mike2456:
It worked

This worked. Thank you
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] nickcaper:
As of 6-26-17 I have updated the procedure to update the F8132 to the latest Nougat 7.1.1 and beyond firmwares...
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] Beetle84:
Sounds like you are flashing a kernel version thats not compatible with your software.

What software version and what kernel version are you using?
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] Beetle84:
Thats the issue. I would update to 7.1 then do root/recovery, otherwise you are flashing the 7.0 kernel for nothing as flashtool will overwrite it anyway ;).
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] polykoma:
where do i get matching boot.img from?

ist it just the file from the andro pluss kernel.zip?

I got me the right kernel v29 for the latest Firmware

Im on F8132_41.2.A.7.53_R1D_Thailand Generic_1304-6595

I managed to make TA backup on 6.0.1.

Update to latest FW.

Unlocked Bootloader. Install TWRP.

Where do i get right boot.img from ? Does it matter to be the right one from F8132_41.2.A.7.53_R1D Firmware. Or does yours simply work (your boot img is only compatible to v26 kernel?)

Thank you so much for you help !
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] polykoma:
success with latest FW and v29 androplus kernel!
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] nickcaper:
Updated 11-26-17. The phone is now old and will not have any more updates. Buy another device if this concerns you.
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] Beetle84:
Google is your friend.
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] ramirrat:
Time to make root guide for 8.0 Oreo
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] nickcaper:
By the time this f8132 is updated to Oreo I'll have the xz1. I don't think anyone is or will be doing anymore advance ments in kernel or rom's etc for f8132.
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] nickcaper:
No updates. Oreo still not able to be rooted on this device
[Sony Xperia X Performance Guides, News, & Discussi] harits.sugianto:
How to root xp docomo?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeprius:
So doing a stock Ota update to 7.0.breaks the phone? Yikes...... Is it better just to keep Marshmallow with the phone. Does exposed work? I have the Nexus 6 and used alpha apk for xposed then the 86 framework
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pipe16:
I only had my 5x for less than a week. The 7.0 update over wifi went smoothly the first day, meaning I have only been running stock images.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2943498:
Who says the OTA to Nougat breaks the phone? For me it didn't.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bblzd:
Correlation does not imply causation.

There is a boot loop issue but it's not related to a software update.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeprius:
Thanks for the heads up. Is Xposed working ? I'm still trying to get a 5X cheap....although most auctions have gotten away from me or are getting higher than what I'd like to pay. I'm interested in the 5x,.....at the right price....