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[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] YEYE77:
problem with the 4th side

Hi,

I tried to enable the 4th side on my dual with the files in the second post of this thread but unfortunatly the 4 side show no icons and the transition to switch to the 4th side don't work either. Am I missing something?

(by the way I copied and renamde the APLauncher.exe file in order to get the CustAPLaucher.exe file...)

Thanks for your help
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
as said in post #1, theoretically Biotouch.exe supports unlimited number of sides in the "cube". yet, will need separate .exe to let it call. like the 3rd and 4th sides, we need 2 .exe (aplauncher.exe and custaplauncher.exe) so that they would read from different registry keys to display different set of shortcut icons. if you want to add extra sides working like aplauncher.exe, you'll need to create extra similar .exe.

after all, personally, i'd prefer musicman247's solution -- more icons on one side, rather than having more sides. it may be a bit troublesome to flip through so many sides... it makes me doubt whether this would still be "short" cut. :P
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
1. copy and rename aplauncher.exe to custaplauncher.exe will NOT work. r u using a Touch Dual?

2. biotouch-4side.reg is only to enable the 4th side, but not the full set. you'll need all necessary .brn files as describe in post #1. if you want a quick try and don't mind ugly plain image for this try, you can use those .brn in "placeholder brn.zip". combining with biotouch-4side.reg, it'll give a blank 4th sides with only shortcut app title but no icon.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] YEYE77:
Hi pp18, thanks for your answer.

1. I'm using the touch dual. Where can I get the CustAPLaucher file?

2. is there a way to get the brn files from the original 4th side cube from HTC? (I heard some touch dual do have the 4th side automatically enabled...)
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] petio92:
i don't find "4side-cube-3hk.reg"

the step are good in the third post now?
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] petio92:
i have the 4th side but i have a problem:

my cube turn normaly for the first ,second and third side but when i turn to the 4th it doesn'turn normaly do you know why, i don t know how to explain how it turn exactly in english because i'm french :o .
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] petio92:
in fact i have the same problem than alexnalexn (first page)

but i don't understund why i don t understund how he manage to have the good flow for the 4th side after that problem
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] petio92:
ok now i manage to ha the 4th side , i have 9 box on it and i can see the earth in the center box but all the other are blank so how to have something in those box?
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] petio92:
yeahhh i have shortcut and title now :D

but can we have some pics with title? and can we chose what we want to put on those box, for exemple games or other tings?

sorry for all my post and sorry for my english it was difficult to me to understand how to have the 4th side in english.

thanks for the work!!
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
sorry for this. 4side-cube-3hk.reg was in a temp testing set and already removed. i've just edited post #2 to include steps on quick trial with the blank 4th side
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
to choose which program to be called by each button, you need to edit the Name, Path and Param registry keys for the concerned button.

to use your custom icon for each button, you need to edit the IconPath and IconPressPath registry keys for the concerned button, and copy your custom icons (in .brn format) to \Windows\.

please see "(B) Involved image files" in post #1 for details.

p.s.: my English is not much better than you. I'm a Chinese. :)
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
oops. you mean no \Windows\CustAPLauncher.exe shipped with your Touch Dual? um... may i know your biotouch version, which can be found under the [HKLM\Software\HTC\Biotouch]"BioTouch Ver" registry key?

i've seen only those .brn files on a Hong Kong device. all the buttons are specific to one specific network operator here, which means useless to customers of other network operators or in other locations. i don't know whether any location around the world would have a copy of general buttons on the 4th side. :(
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] petio92:
i think i have no understund how to put pics in the 4th side of the cube,

i understand that i must to have pics ion .brn but i don't understund how to have pics in brn and where to put those...

and i don't understand how to customize the shortcut if i wan't to call an other thing thanthings you have put.

it seem to be diffucult and more in english for me:D
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
to create a .brn pic:

1. create pic in 24-bit .bmp format

2. use brnconvert.exe to convert it into .brn format

the .brn filename must start with "Blue" (i.e. your ColorSkin), e.g. BlueIE.brn, BlueMyGame.brn, and must be placed in \Windows\

well, maybe you can tell me the program you want to call (give me the fullpath of the target .exe and necessary calling parameter) and your custom iicon (size=80x80). maybe i can produce a sample for your reference.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] YEYE77:
yes I mean CustAPLaucher.exe :-) version is 2.0.28555
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] ohyeahar:
how to modify profile icons?

hey guys, i'm still a noob when it comes to the customization of my phone. have learned a lot so far from reading this forum. Anyway, how can I modify the profile icons of the HTC Home plugin? ie, the icons for normal, silent, vibrate, automatic.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
overwrite \Windows\hh_profile_*.png
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
@YEYE77

pls check private message
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
thanks to YEYE77 for pointing out that APLauncher.exe and CustAPLauncher.exe are in fact just the same.

just tried on Touch Dual and verified that we can duplicate APLauncher.exe to become any additional number of launcher sides in the cube. the corresponding reg key will simply be same as the .exe.

e.g., if we create a copy named APLauncher2.exe, its corresponding registry key will be:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Biotouch\APLauncher2]

we can then define our custom number of buttons by adding child App0-N keys as on the APLauncher side.

(above added to post #1)
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
as you pointed out, yes we can simply duplicate APLauncher.exe to create CustAPLauncher.exe. just place it in \Windows\ as well. :)
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] Ko0ka:
Hi guys,

Just installed the iCube cab file and it works great !

Though I saw a tiny "bug" : When sliding to or off the MediaHub Side, the animation doesn't show the 3 texts "Music", "Photos" and "Streaming Media", which are the default on this theme, but "iCube" instead of each text...

Ok U only see that for like 1/10000000 second, but still ^^

Keep up the good work boys !
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] TheOnlyDidi:
Grafic tools for animations?

Hello,

I´ve also installed the iCube cap and started to change the icons, programs, etc. in the registry. Works perfect but of course the animations do not fit. Which grafic tools do you recommend to develop the bmp for the animations?

BR

Didi
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
hehe... i guess Musicman purposely designed it like that, as the "iCube" text is part of the images. :)
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
i'm of beginning level in graphics creation, and simply used GIMP "map object" feature to create the "ball" as shown in post #3. you may want to consult Musicman how he created the cool iCube animation.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] kuanyew:
How do i access the regedit tools? Is it a program in the device itself or do i have to download it from external sources?
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
you need to install one. e.g. TaskMgr, PHM Registry Editor, Resco Registry, MemMaid... and many more can be found through google
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] themasterfk:
customize cube

is there some other programs like htc customizer or biotouch to change the appearance of the cube.

which one is the easiest and the best program??
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] swingover:
helpmeeee pleeaseeee...

hi to everyone,

Before all i'm new WM user and so i don't understand WM world well.

1_ Where can i find the .reg files? on \windows or \windows\setup or which other path...

2_ I can't manage nothing about the files with native File Explorer. Where can i use as alternative program at File Explorer? (something like Fexplorer on Symbian...)

3_ Why the native "Search" feature doesn't find nothing ...

4_ There are some wizard to customize the GUI of WM6, Today menu and Touch Flo Gui?

Thancks a lot
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
see Touch Settings from carlos:

http://ww2.fatattitude.com/software/software-item.aspx?appid=10

for Touch Dual you may try v1.29e, but pls note that it is still in beta version and not yet able to customize as free as you modify corresponding registry keys manually.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
1. why do you need .reg files? .reg files are transient files for exporting/importing registry values and normally not shipped with your device.

2. try Resco Explorer

3. system files are hidden?

4a. Today menu -- Start | Settings | Personal | Today | Items

4b. TouchFLO is a group. which particular feature of TouchFLO you want to customize?
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] swingover:
... because at first in this topic it said to modify also the relative files '.reg' as HKEY/.../.../... to customize the HTC cube.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
"registry keys" mentioned in first post refers to the registry database. "HKLM/.../..." refers to path in the registry database. you'll need a registry editor tool (e.g. TaskMgr, Resco Registry, MemMaid, PHMRegedit) in order to access the registry keys.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] swingover:
Thanks very much for your news about the reg. file

is Resco explorer freeware? Can you give me any link where i can download?

Hi pp18:)
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
resco explorer is not free.

for freeware, you may try:

PHM Registry Editor

TaskMgr
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] hochgattererjohann:
After reading your information I changed the iCube from musicman to a 6 sided cube for german version of htc elf.

Questions:

1) Is it possibele to make a second side for quickdial as same as with aplauncher?

2) How can I make a cab for installation?

thanks for reply
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] eyecrispy:
pp18, do you have a cab for your peanuts cube? i think it's awesome!
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] ahmad.yousry:
Any reviews on the cube of life people ???

hehe
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] sgl9x:
Work on Touch Cruise

I wonder if this would work for the Polaris (Touch Cruise).

Seems to have a lot of the same registry keys.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] hochgattererjohann:
Files for 6SideCube

HI!

Sorry the **** XDA-Developers site do not let me do uploads.

Do have someone such infos for me. I will upload the files if the system is ready again.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
i haven't created one and only have the raw files. i can create one later when i have time. yet, the 4th side is specific to the network operator i'm using. do you really want the 4-sided cube but you need to customize the 4th side (hopefully using a later version of Touch Settings)? or, you want a 3-sided one (without the 2nd aplauncher)?
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
could you tell us the version of cube of Touch Cruise? it should be in the registry key:

[HKLM\Software\HTC\Biotouch]

here's the version number in Touch Dual (asia version):

Biotouch Ver = 2.0.28597

APLauncher = 2.0.29038

MediaHubMini = 2.0.28927

QuickDial = 2.5.28927

if version number near enough, i suppose it should work on Touch Cruise as well. maybe you can have a try with Musicanman247's iCube (of cos, do a full backup for safe before the trial). pls share with us the testing result. :)
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
the registry keys for the 9 slots in quickdial is [HKLM\Software\HTC\Contacts]. it doesn't seem to relate to the exe name like in aplauncher. hence i guess the chance is slow. unless somebody tweaks quickdial.exe to clone a copy to read from another registry key, we can't have a 2nd quickdial.

Musicman247 introduced this to me, though i haven't given it a try:

http://www.aperitto.com/content/view/14/159/
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] swingover:
help

hi pp18,

i have installed the "Touch Setting" program as you told me and it generally works well, but it doesn't save the modify from APlauncher Session.

At startup of the program a popup window is showed to me with the following message:

"Cannot read exiting setting - is HTC TouchFLO installed?"

Into APlauncher session, the relative icon in not show at upper right corner and when i press the "Save" SWKey other two popup windows is showed:

First-"Could not save APlauncher settings to registry!" add an errors threat list.

Second-"Settings Saved - Reset to activate changes."

So i have done a SWreset, but noone changes has been activated.

I tryied to search the relative reg file with regedit of TaskMgr, but i don't know to use the features of this program...

what can i do?

Thanks

ps: Sorry for my English.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
@swingover

which version of Touch Settings did you use? the symtom you mentioned looks like the formal version which supports Elf only (but not for Vogue and Nike). for Touch Dual (aka Nike), v1.29e should be used.

[edited] sorry. wrong info. should need v2.x for Touch Dual. here's the latest beta:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1806091&postcount=347

after all, if u don't want to be guinea-pig, you'd better wait for a stablized version.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] sgl9x:
Compatibility of Touch Cruise

@pp18

My version of the cube for the Touch Cruise is:

Biotouch Ver - 2.0.29087

MediaHubMini - 2.0.29077

APLauncher - 2.0.29077

QuickDial - 2.5.28927

Looks to be quit different number wise...

There are a lot of similarities though, I could probably go by your work and figure it out.

Thanks for all your work on this
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
well, the version numbers look closed enough to me. normally only the first 2 parts really make difference while the last part normally due to bug fixes. fyi, the last part can be different even on Touch Dual euro version vs asia version. so i guess worth a try. :D
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] swingover:
In fact i think it's so. The Touch Setting version is 1.22 !!

Into link "...attitude..." it is not always clear & sharp which Touch model.

I hope to not have to reset my Touch dual because I hate to reinstall every program!!

By the way, how can i modify one reg file with Regedit of TaskManager?

When i found a reg file, i don't know what i have to press to modify this.

Where can i found any tech manual about ppc world?

Thanks :)
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
beagle-cube

due to encouragement from eyecrispy, i compiled this cab for sharing with other beagle lovers:

prerequisite: your ColorSkin must be Blue (i.e. the default scheme)

Post-installation Notes:

1. due to limitations in the cab creator program, need to import "beagle-cube-fix-SMS.reg" after installation in order to fix the shortcut to launch the Pocket Outlook SMS/MMS Inbox (top-right corner of AL)

2. the CAL side are all IE bookmarks (i hate the small bookmark text in PIE, which forces me to use nail or take out the stylus). most of my bookmarks are specific to the content page hosted on 3 HK

(a) for users of other network, you can disable the CAL side by importing "beagle-cube-disable-CAL.reg"

(b) for users of 3 HK, pls import "beagle-cube-CAL-3hk.reg" to fix a couple known prob that resulted from the limitations of the cab creator program.

meanwhile, those beagle fans like me may also want to change the Action Screen to the same theme. the beagle-as.cab contains image files only. it works only if you didn't swap the positions of the buttons or modified the registry keys to use non-default .brn filenames.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] petreme:
...thank You very much, run it.

Please I not good see, I am older man. I have problem with small letter in SMS.calendar, contacts i.a. You know change registry?
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] hotzekeung:
It looks so cool, thank you....:)
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] swingover:
help me please

hi pp18,

I have never used Taskmgr and so i am a bit confused because i have not found any user's manual about this.

It is not comfortable to modify the regfile with RegEdit of Taskmgr and aboveall it is not understandable what i will modify... So i think this:

Regeditor of the Taskmgr has one feature to EXPORT the reg file into a specified user path like a "backup_Registry_....txt".

So, i would like to know if i can modify this "reg" file with one editor on PC and after to copy this into Dual. will Dual works with new regfile ?! :confused::(:(....

Even if i also think, there should be one method to IMPORT this modified reg file with RegEdit of Taskmgr....

last question:

what is the "Un/Register dll" tag on Regedit ofp taskmgr?

Thanks again in advance
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] eyecrispy:
either is fine. thx!

oops, you've already posted. i'll test it soon!
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
it's true. that's why we are all waiting for new Touch Settings. though i couldn't run it successfully, some Touch Dual users reported that they could successfully use v2.20PRE. hopefully it's coming soon. :)

yes, .reg file exported by TaskMgr is of compatible format as the .reg file for pc Windows. i also like to use Notepad.exe on pc to edit registry when i need to modify a bunch of entries. remember to open .reg file from Notepad; double-click a .reg file from File Explorer will import the registry values into your pc Windows, which you won't want to see. and yes, .reg file edited on pc can be easily imported back to WM6 -- if TaskMgr is installed, click a .reg from File Explorer on WM6 can import it.

it can be used when installing/uninstalling an app. seldom used by normal users.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] eyecrispy:
i installed your snoopy cube tonight. it looks great! i noticed that it's not as smooth as the HTC cube, especially when you first swipe up and bring up the cube (or in this case, the globe). the HTC cube, overall, seems faster and smoother but this cube looks so much cooler!

i imported this cab file as well. but i don't know what you mean by Action Screen. sorry, i'm just learning this terminology. can you please let me know what that action screen cab does? thanks.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] swingover:
hi pp18,

Thanks a lot, i have understood how to import a reg file with Taskmgr: i'm really stupid :rolleyes: !!

Do you know how to modify Biotouch.exe with any "invertion Engeneering method?

What kind of application is Biotouch.exe?.... C, C++, VisualBasic, .... what?

Tancks a lot again

Post 2:

Doing the "Hard Reset" every time is so much annoying !! And much more when i will re-install every things ...

Is there a method to do an update of whole ppc system?

Post3:

I have tried to modify biotouch adding 4 side, but it doesn't work well. Biotouch doesn't change the side anymore.

So i have downloaded your example and i have reed it. You have added the following propriety: .../Biotouch/Biotouch/Cube4 ...as REG_BINARY.

On PC, I have used CERegEditor to modify the reg file, but i don't know what to write for that propriety.

How do you write this?
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
well, re the slow speed for first swipe up the cube, it should be the prob in the 4th side only. this is because the CustApLauncher.exe is not pre-loaded upon system start up like the other 3 sides. once it's launched once, it should reside in memory and cause no further problem.

re smoothness of the animation, one possibility is my bad art work in creating the images. in particular, i dunno how to produce an interim state between the expanded side and the globe view. as a result, it's just a flash between these two states. one possible workaround -- adjust the speed of the animation by manually editing these registry keys:

[HKLM\Software\HTC\Biotouch\Biotouch]

LeftRightFPS

UpFPS

DownFPS

(personally i'm using 20 for left-right and 15 for up-down)

it's the menu you see when you slide open the keypad (see 2nd screenshot in post #93). of cos, you need to have the Action Screen enabled in Settings|System|Keypad QuickTasks
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
sorry i don't know. i haven't done hands-on programming for quite some time and dare not pick it up again. :p

in asia edition Sprite Backup is shipped with the touch dual device (on software cd). after hard reset, you can restore using the last known good backup image and need not re-install everything. if it's not shipped in your copy, you may consider buy a copy of Sprite Backup or Spb Backup.

you need to read Cube4 as a series of hex value, one byte for each. Cube1-4 tells the series of image files to be played along the animation, each byte tells the number for lookup to PathNN key. the simplest way to you maybe importing biotouch-4side.reg which can be found in post #2. then you can concentrate on image creation and need not bother this. :)
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] Dagnelinos:
Error Error! :D

I'm installed the 3 files of the 3#post.

The 4 side cube is present now, but i don't view any icon on the 4 side and the transition is different for 3 to 4 side and 4 to 1 and the Showing Hide cube of the 4 side.

HELP ME please, i would like a normal standard cube, with standard htc transition (present in the other side)

i understand how to customize the 4 side, but not the transition effect from side to side and the disappear of cube from 4 side.

heeeelp :D
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] randomelements:
Interesting.

The T-Mobile Touch Plus variant already has a hidden 4th side which relates to their My Faves service.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
post #2 or post #3? from your description, sounds like you've installed biotouch-4side.reg + sample-3x3-CAL.reg + placeholder brn.zip, which are in post #2. then, the behavior is just as expected (as said in post #2, it's supposed to be "a super-ugly blank face".

to fix the transition, you need to create your own BlueD01-05.brn and BlueD0-5.brn (totally 11 images).

a quick dirty mitigation if you just want a "look like original cube" feel and don't mind wrong icons being seen upon animating:

simply copy BlueC*.brn to BlueD*.brn (e.g. clone BlueC1.brn to BlueD1.brn) then, you'll see an animated cube but the 3th face is shown where you expect the 4th face during animation.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] rhaynukaa:
TyTN II / Kaiser

Apologies in advance - am a complete N00b hehe!

This theme looks fab but would it work on the Kaiser? I've got Alex's WM6 Home ROM which doesn't have the TouchFlo cube app on there so do I need to have that on my ROM or can I just use this theme ...

Thanks in advance for your help and btw FANTASTIC theme :)

Rhaynukaa
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] pp18:
well, i think it's not a matter of which device you have, but which version of Biotouch you're using. the attachments on post #3 are "themes" only, meaning there is no program inside in .cab and only works with the right version of Biotouch - aparently they were packed for Touch Dual (Nike)

sorry i have no idea on the Alex's WM6 Home ROM. you'll need to find out from which device the Biotouch was extracted to cook this ROM. i think it won't work for Biotouch extracted from Touch (Elf) or Sprint Touch (Vogue), while worth a try on Touch Cruise (Polaris).

um... maybe the first thing to check -- see reg keys on post #1. if you can't find the "ColorSkin" key on your device, very likely you're using an incompatible version of Biotouch.