yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chris.wilcox:
possible bug

I've tried getting this working and have had no luck.

- I tried deleting the lnk file from \Windows\StartUp\, soft resetting and running MWC manually.

- I tried re-creating the shortcut from the MarshallWaitCursor.exe.

- I tried running the exe directly.

Every time I try running the app it says "Error locating process". And the original wait cursor runs. Its like the app is not running at all. I tried changing the Reg Key to another folder to see if it was working at all and no go. :(

I have an HTC Wizard with WM5 and have the Compact .net framework 2 SP2 installed. Do I need another program running in the background or something?

c
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Marshall07:
It is very strange. Can you see if you have the fille \Windows\gwes.exe (and also gwes.exe.xxxx.mui where xxxx is something like 0409) and tell me the size and the date of those files?

Which language is your OS?

Thanks

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chris.wilcox:
I have the gwes.exe.0409.mui file and it is 213072 bytes and from 6/19/2006. no gwes.exe file.

I'm running the Tmobile USA WM5 OS for my MDA (HTC Wizard).

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Marshall07:
The lack of the gwes.exe file is the reason why you get the "Error locating process" error. Try this solution:

- Make a copy of the file gwes.exe.0409.mui file and name it gwes.exe.

It should do the trick.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chris.wilcox:
When I try to copy and paste the file in Explorer on the device I get:

Cannot copy 'gwes.exe.0409':

Executable and resource files in ROM cannot be copied.

When I try to copy the file to my PC via activesync I get:

Cannot convert file 'gwes.exe.0409'.

Access is Denied.

I soft reseted between trying again on each and oddly enough the wait cursor is now working! I have the zmwc.lnk in startup and its not giving me the error. So, its apparently working after enough resets. Does that sound reasonable? I don't think I did anything other than reset a bunch of times.

Nevertheless, its working now! Thanks! Love the icons! Keep up the great work and thanks for your help.

edit: It actually seems to sometimes not display any cursor at all, but it comes back after a few minutes or so. Either way, I'm happy with the hourglass :D I don't think its effected my device at all when theres no cursor.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jcute:
Is there any solution ? I would like to get cab file for this problem.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Marshall07:
MWC tries to inject a DLL into the gwes.exe file so it should not work if you don't have this file. I guess that it is hidden because your device should not work if you miss that file (even if you have the .mui localized version only).

Anyway, a 1.1 version is being developed and should solve the 1.0 major issues.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jcute:
Great NewS!!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] queer~dude:
Report

i found Only Vista waitcursor confirmed working on my WWE6 AXL_Lite_Fixed version....

thank you
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] vonlance:
hi guys,

is there a step by step guide to changing the registry?

ive downloaded total commander to my pc

any help would be great
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Marshall07:
Hi vonlance,

to edit the registry follow these simple steps:

- Go to HKCU\Software\Marshall\MarshallWaitCursor (Note that in the readme is reported the wrong HKLM key)

- Here you'll find all the configurable parameters for MWC (at the moment only the cursor option can be changed but in the next version there'll be another parameter)

If you need further help, I'll be happy to help you.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ga!nusha:
when will the next version be released?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Marshall07:
I don't know exactly when the next version will be released.

It is not finished, yet and I can dedicate only few time on its development.

Anyway, the major changes will be:

- Configuration utility (you'll not need to edit the registry anymore)

- Boot delay to prevent the "Error locating process" message

- Little improvement at startup

- Some small bug fixes

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] vonlance:
thanks marshall07,

great job.

any chance of seeing a thumper wait icon for the new version :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Marshall07:
:D

It would be very nice. But till now I couldn't find a good animation to use. If someone is able to make it, I'll appreciate...

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NP9660:
@ Marshall, any change you can answer my pm ? Thnx
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Marshall07:
Done! ;)

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NP9660:
Thnx allot. I just installed it buth on htc touch you see oil effect because the screen is to clear. So like i ask in the pm, is there any change you will make the backgrounds black ? Realy hope you can/will do this. Or if thats possible just send me the psd file and i add my own background to it :) . Thnxx
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mr_deimos:
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work on my wizard running WM5 (polish version). When it's enabled, it desn't show any cursor at all. Tried unloading, waiting and reloading. Didn't help.

The gwes.exe file is present, the .mui file is gwes.exe.0415.mui

@NP9660 - Why a psd? You can add the background to the png files as easy as to psd (eg. using gimp, or photoshop), since they have the transparency information in them.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Fitz:
The standard Tux "skin" doesnt work on my wizard neither, change it to blueglass or something....:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NP9660:
Can you teach me exactly how to do that ? That will be great ;). Thnx in advance
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mr_deimos:
Thanks for the tip, Fitz. With some loading.unloading i managed it to work with the hourglass theme, and one i made.

In case someone is interested, it's attached in the post (gif animation is only for preview - png's have 8 bit transparency so they look a bit better). Feel free to use/modify/redistribute it.

However, there is another problem with the cursor - sometimes it shows up when it shouldn't. For example, when i bring up TouchCommander (not launch it, just unminimize), the windows cursor doesn't show up, but the customized one does, and to make things worse, it's being drawn when i navigate trough TouchCommander's menus, and even when i minimize it back. It disappears only after i launch some other application, but not when i unminimize one, so probably drawing a new wait cursor is what resets it.

[EDIT]

The funny thing is that i can't recreate this problem with any other application... Anyone having similar problem?

[/EDIT]

@NP9660 - exactly the same way as if you were adding a bg to psd file. If you're you using photoshop or gimp, you'll have to open up the file, add a new layer, fill it with the color you want on the background, move it below the cursor layer, and save the image (make sure to choose the .png as file type)

Anyway, that's a really great work you've done so far, Marshall. Can't wait to see the next version :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Marshall07:
Thanks, the Gear WaitCursor is very nice! do you mind if I put it in the next Release/CursorsPack?

Please, try increasing the StartDelay value in conf.mwc of the current cursor.

The reason why you get this behaviour is that the default WM cursor handler reloads all the resources every time a process calls the LoadCursor() API. This process takes some time and if the app tells the system to stop showing the cursor before it has finished loading it, you'll not see the WaitCursor.

MWC keeps the resources in memory (they are only few KBs) but the drawback is that you'll see the WaitCursor as soon as the process calls the API. For that reason I introduced the StartDelay parameter.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mr_deimos:
Of course i don't - as i said, feel free to redistribute it. I'll try to make some more cursors when i've got a bit more time.

I'll try incrteasing the dalay, as you suggested.

Also, i've got a feature request - Is there any chance that MWC could read zip archives? Having a skin in one file is a bit more practical than having them lying around as directories with lots of files in them.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Marshall07:
Well it's a good idea. I decided to make a folder structure because it was easier to be implemented. I'll have to investigate on it and see if it is feasible. Anyway now I'm focusing on solving the major bugs of the first version.

Thanks for your suggestion.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Marshall07:
The problems you are experiencing are also explained in the FAQs. The "Error locating process" message may happen in that version of MWC and if you experience this problem too much times, I suggest you to remove ZMWC.lnk from the \Windows\Startup folder and launch MWC manually after the boot.

Also the "WM default Wait Cursor always showing on the Today screen" bug is reported and the solution is just the one you tried. This bug usually comes when the PIN dialog is showed. The solution is to delay the startup of MWC and in the next version it will be done. I'm sorry but I'm really busy and I can't spend much time on the development of MWC.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] manaaa:
hi marshall,

im experiencing exact the same issue with all the time spinning cursor. i softreseted several time to get rid and deleted the the ink in startup..nothing helped..

so im just asking for a new release dear marshall.. i know you been busy at the initial release time, but maybe u can offer some developing time yet to continue this genius project.. really really appreciate your work.

thanks for all
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kushdeck:
i would love to see an OEM of just the hour glass cursor. Although im going to try to do it myself. Ill keep u guys updated if i can get it to work.

-deck
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NetSkipper:
I've found a temporary solution for the delay problem.

Use MemMaid or SKTools (the latter has numbers for the priority) and move the loading of the MWC to the bottom of the list, i.e. MWC must be loaded last, after all the programms at startup.

The "Error locating process" message is showing once in a while, but I'm unloading MWC and then loading it back.

But there is another problem - the drawing of the cursor.. It's leaving "marks".
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Marshall07:
@manaaa: I have already spent lot of my free time on the development but I can't spend more. I have more free time on the weekend and this is why I could make little steps forward for the next release. The next release will come, slowly but it will come.

@NetSkipper: Thanks for your solution. The loading time problem has been addressed in the next release and I found that it works pretty well.

About the "marks" problem you are reporting is due to the fact that I draw the pictures directly on the screen DC instead of a dedicated window. In the next release the pictures will be drawn in a dedicated window so those problems will disappear. I have to say that this feature is the more time-consuming one because it forced me to re-write the application from the beginning. Maybe I'll release an intermediate version without this feature so you can have a new better version earlier.

Please be patient guys. I really love this application and I'll not leave it on his way.

BTW, if you want to encourage me or show your appreciation you can buy me a coffe! :) I only received one donation till now... :p

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] manaaa:
hi,

can you guide me how you changed the priority with memmaid? im in that folder and see the inks, but cant change it :S

***edit*** i managed to change the priority, now its not spinning all the time...now i have already no cursor anymore :)

thanks

@marshall

thks for every minute of work you put in this
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NetSkipper:
manaaa, tap on the ZMWC.lnk and just press the down arrow, 'till it be the last item on the list.

If there is some kind of error, read it, and see what application causing it. Then you have temporary diable this application (you can also use MemMaid), and try again to move the ZMWC.lnk to the bottom of the list.

In my case it was the PCCommLoader.exe

After all the manipulations, Soft Reset the device.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] manaaa:
hi,

this one worked 1 day! i couldnt see first the cursor after i changed the priority. then i change the Tux to the Butterfly, Reloaded MWC and viola i had the new cursor. sure i softreseted

2nd day, again no cursor (device ran out of battery due night). i did the same steps like on the first day with different cursor skin. wasnt working. tried the same with first unloading mwc... i tried so many combinations... couldnt get it to work a 2nd day

i just keep patience and w8 for the next release, even if it takes another month :cool:

since its kinda device specific because others can run it without probs and some not like me...

im using the xda orbit 2 with custom rom (polaris)

bb
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] haam1978:
thank you so much marshal for your great work and for the time you spent to make and fix this . i installed it and it works ok and i can confirm that the problem of appearing of the original cursor is because of installing a new cursor without uninstalling the old one , when i remove the old version first it works ok

only one thing i couldn't know how to fix it . it's changing the skins i need little guid of anyone who succeded to change it

here are screenshoots for the folder in the regisitry i found three files and i don't know which one to change and how
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Marshall07:
Hi haam1978,

Can you tell me the path of the registry keys in your screenshots? I mean HKLM or HKCU? They have to be under HKCU.

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] haam1978:
thank you so much man , now i knew where is the right place i was looking in the wrong path as you said i looked at the HKCU and i found the folder for the skins and i changed it and it works great thank you again for your respond and may god bless you for all good things you are doing for others and for beeing patient for all the idiots just like me :D

very big greeting for you from the netherlands where i stay now and from egypt where are iam from

:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Marshall07:
Eheh! :D

Thank you so much!

Marshall
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Marshall07:
MWC2 Released!

Check it out

HERE

.

Marshall
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] RoFrie:
Installed oxygen OS 4.0 everything seems to become OK

but after flashing twrp 3.0.2 to the phone it is just hanging in a black screen.

I tried several twrp alternatives from XDA: always same result.

After some seconds up to some minutes it is possible to reboot but no twrp has been flashed.

The twrp 3.0.2 works fine in the old version of OS oxygen
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] sakarya1980:
Hi, you can fix it. Flash OnePlus3_OpenBeta7-FIRMWARE+MODEM-flashable.zip

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767116249

I use this twrp and works!
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] null0seven:
You need PC to see youre phone in FASTBOOT. ADB + drivers instaled.

Reboot youre phone in Fastboot (Boot loader), then flash recovery. After flashing reboot to recovery.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] RoFrie:
I'd like to know some details before installing:

FIRMWARE+MODEM what is this? Is firmware the whole oxygen OS? Modem is for mobile connection like LTE?

What are the advantages in comparison of using the originals?

Can you give me the origin of the twrp you attached?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] RoFrie:
I think I did exactly what you described. But nothing in the newly flashed TWRP resulted must in a black screen.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] anup807:
Install the modified TWRP v 3.0.2.1-28. Search in XDA you should find it. Flash it and boot into recovery. I installed it and flashed OOS 4.0 OTA through this recovery. Everything is working fine.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] null0seven:
Black screen means you did not flash it.

Open Command Promt. Type:

fastboot flash recovery "recovery".img. (name of the recovery between commas)

reboot bootloader.

reboot to recovery.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] abhibnl:
Because we don't have any twrp updated to support Nougat oos roms. The ones we have can only read decrypted storage. I'm too waiting for someone to pick up the development and build an updated twrp.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] mavidser:
Flashing this one works
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] RolfFrie:
But the log said the flash was ok:

fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-1-oneplus3.img

target reported max download size of 440401920 bytes

sending 'recovery' (18964 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.432s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 0.160s]

finished. total time: 0.594s

---------- Post added at 12:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:33 PM ----------

YES

This one works.

But my phone is encrypted and as written by abhibnl decrypting is not possible right now.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] mavidser:
Yeah, I noticed that too, after writing the comment.

For me though, I only needed to create the Nandroid backup and flash SuperSU, so I flashed the recovery, cancelled the decryption, formatted the data (removing the encryption), adb push'd the zip and installed it.

Any idea how I can turn the encryption back on now?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] DiMatador:
[MENTION=7416406]RoFrie[/MENTION] I originally had the same problem as you but with the difference that my phone was on OOS 3.2.8 and it upgrade to N. after that I tried TWRP but the phone would replace it every time I rebooted. Once I got the right TWRP I can boot to it but the internal drive was encrypted so TWRP was useless. I said forget this crap I'm going back to CM14.1. And as always I felt that I had to get this done. So once on CM14.1 I used TWRP to switch the file system to s2fs flash OOS3.2.8 than I let it do the upgrade yet again. This time when I flashed the TWRP .28 the phones was no longer encrypted,I rooted than its all good now.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Pondake:
What was the file?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] uudruid74:
You need the unreleased beta twrp. Encrypted and rooted OOS 4.0.3 here
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] AgusMariss:
Hello guys, i have a problem, i tried to install RR 5.7.4 via TWRP ZCX, but the first boot asks me for a password

PS: I tried flashing RR while i was in MIUI 8 global stable
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] theoneofgod:
Factory reset in TWRP.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] gulshanstrider:
using TWRP filemanager go to /data/system

Delete all .key files and also delete locksettings.db file.

Reboot enjoy
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] AgusMariss:
Guys, my TWRP ZCX crashed, it is stuck on its logo
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] YasH@Dev:
HI, I am also facing same issue. For every boot I am being asked to draw the pattern. Factory reset in TWRP will not effect my current rom and data stuff ????
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] theoneofgod:
Yes it will.

Do what's said here https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70354200&postcount=3
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] YasH@Dev:
Thanks for the info :)

Can you explain what is this feature? because I didn't get this when i am in miui 8. But as soon as I flashed ZCX TWRP and installed RR I started getting this. Thanks in Advance
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] theoneofgod:
What he suggested will delete the lockscreen password/passcode etc so you can boot the phone without any prompts. You do this within TWRP.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] YasH@Dev:
Many thanks guys..You are quite supportive :angel:
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] smustafasms:
this is because force encryption of internal storage. do a factory reset in twrp after flashing lazy flasher. and if its stuck on twrp boot logo thn u have to flash latest fastboot dev rom through miflash. thn unlock bootloader thn flash twrp thn flash lazy flasher thn factry reset. .

hope it helps
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] YasH@Dev:
oh in that case, should I have to factory reset everytime I flash a rom through my TWRP? I use ZCX TWRP, so Lazy flasher is not required after rom flashing right?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] smustafasms:
you just need it once . to decrypt your storage
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] YasH@Dev:
In the information about the ZCX TWRP I found below:

ZCX TWRP : http://xdaforums.com/redm...persu-t3462448

- Based on official TWRP 3.0.2-0

- Patches boot.img automatically (Removes dm-verity flag)

- Disables forced encryption

Should I have to tweak anything in TWRP settings to remove this dm-verify flag everytime?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] smustafasms:
no ,but you should flash lazy flasher once . to decrypt ur internal storage. dm-verity flag does nothing to decrypt storage
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] YasH@Dev:
Thank you very much :angel:
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] AnilLonely:
I tried it. Earlier i did not have any issue even if i install custom rom on my Redmi note 3. But today i thought of trying Pure Nexus *Substratum* rom. And on the first boot it asked me to enter password. though i have never kept password for my mobile, i tried all the passwords that i remember, which didnt solve my issue. then saw ur reply and tried it, and still it didnt work for me. Any other way?:crying:
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] kimxk:
Are you coming from MIUI? If so then MIUI encrypts the data partition, hence the new ROM asking for a password.

Before you install the ROM, you must "format data" on wipe in TWRP, this is different from wipe data.

Note that this will delete all your data obviously.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] AnilLonely:
Yes i am coming from MIUI. I had done that But no use. Tried what ever that has been discussed in the following thread as well, but that also did not work for me.

http://en.miui.com/thread-324522-1-1.html

Posted a thread on MIUI forum as well. Waiting for some sort of help. Earlier i was able to install Custom Rom's without any issue, (though i am coming from MIUI), but now what ever may be the rom that i am trying to flash, the first boot is asking me for password. Unable to understand what is the issue.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] kimxk:
Are you sure that you used "format data"?

Wipe data doesn't remove the encryption.

See this page for an image:

http://xiaomitips.com/media/2016/07/Format-Data-TWRP.png
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] AnilLonely:
Perfect. Worked bro. Thanks a lot for the help. I was wiping cache,and internal storage. Now only came to know this. :highfive:
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Duncan1982:
Like always battery life is subjective & can vary from user to user as there are so many variables.

However this is craaaazy , thought I'd deliberately use my phone as heavy as I could, emails, YouTube, checking forums etc ......

And I have nearly 6hrs SOT with 47% left in the tank......

Think Oneplus has improved on something here.....
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] J.Diogo:
Wow! That's impressive.

Did you update via the OTA or fresh install?