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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] deepminder:
WVGA bugs:

Incorrect battery meter and analog clock

PS. The best iPhone launcher for WVGA (device - Portege G900)!!! Real fast(even with 104 Mhz)!!!

I hope next version will have:

- better adaptability for changing screen orientation

- icons replacing

- realVGA graphics

- maybe animation effects :-)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
Attached is a replacement exe. Copy it to your device, and overwrite the one in your install directory (should be \Program Files\iShell\iLaunch.exe).

It should fix the time and the battery.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] deepminder:
Battery is fixed, but analog clock has stoped, text of the links has disappeared, launcher doesn`t work. :( ,hard buttons doesn`t work( except navigation buttons), i can not exit application.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] deepminder:
New screenshots:

With the old exe(i have edited skin):
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
Very odd... Let me see if I can find a reason!

BTW, I love the skin!

EDIT:

Found the cause...

I shifted all the launcher settings to HKCU\Software\l3v5y\iShell\Screen1 to allow for multiple screens...

Install 0.23 (direct link has been updated) and it should fix things - you'll need to redo all your customisation, so might be wise to back up the images, and registry settings...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ruebyi:
THX for this app!

What I would like to see: some kind of settings... (not the way over registry) But: with time come features! ;)

perhaps I can write some settings program with Mortscript... well let's see if I have enough time...

ruebyi
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] deepminder:
Thanks. Battery is working. Clock: hours are well, but minutes and seconds are faster(2x).

PS. I can move apps links, by editing skin and settings. Is it possible to move calendar and sms(i have placed music there, but when i received sms, ballon with "1" appeared there)??? Is it possible to make vga graphics(qvga is cubic on vga(wvga) screen), i can draw skin?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
Up till now I've been trying to go for functions and stability rather than being able to tweak it. I agree that having a settings app would be good, but I haven't had the time yet.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
Which clock are the minutes/seconds going to fast on? And what happens when you get to hour:59:59? does anything unusual happen there?

I shall make the balloons configurable in the next release...

EDIT:

Also, skinning with a larger skin will probably be added too.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] wilderer:
i have one feature request:

an indicator that and how much new sms or calls have been retrieved.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] deepminder:
I have checked it again: Digital clock if fine, but analog clock is going 2x faster.

On VGA screen icons are 2x bigger.When i launch iShell in landscape mode (icons became 3x bigger, clock is going 3x faster)

PS. Sorry for my english.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
The SMS, Email and phone icons have a bubble that appears when you have an unread message/call.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
In the emulator, this doesn't happen...

Are you using the latest version?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] deepminder:
Yes, 0.23, but this bug was in older versions too
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
I think I've found the real cause now!

Try the attached cab.

Thanks for your patience...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] deepminder:
YESSS! It works fine!!! Thanks!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
Great!

I'll release that as a general update. Thanks for the testing! :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MiToNiOeS:
Only transitions between widgets? its possible when i launch a app?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
It is, but I'm not sure of the best way of implementing it. I can't get a screenshot of the application before it's launched, and using a black square wouldn't look great. I could try loading images from a stored file of screens to show, but that's kinda cheating, and would probably need a lot more RAM.

If anyone has any ideas on the best way to do it, please let me know!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MiToNiOeS:
If you can get a screenshot before to close a application you can launch this screen for the next init of an app

how many bytes can take 30 images in memory?

i dont sure: 4Bytes * 240 * 320 * 30 =~ 8Mb ???????? dont is possible...

you should have 1Mb or minus...

Another options is the transaccion of iDiamond Project, its very smooth and nice...

PS: when it is a stable project, please share the source code... (more peoples, more ideas, more works time, ...)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] robi_90:
how i can configure it?if i tap on thinks nothing happens...why?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] deepminder:
This feature is used in iPhone (that`s why people think, that it is fast, but loading programs on iPhone takes 1-2 seconds, and nobody see it).

But with Windows Mobile it can take even more than 10 seconds with large program. And as for me, it is better to make splash screens for programs, it would look rather.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] db77:
Yes, if you look in the registry, there are not the parameters : AppxPath, AppXParm, AppXText.

I think it is a mistake.

I tried to import a reg file with PHM Registry and with Registry Explorer (SKTools) but whitout success :(

With the 0.22 there are no problem, but with the 0.23.2 there are :(

PS : Sorry for my bad english, I'm french.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
in 0.23 and up, the settings for apps moved to HKCU\Software\l3v5y\iShell\Screen1.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sagi73:
There must be a mistake.

In version 0.23.2 registry keys missing. There are even heading into Screen1

Thank you

hello
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
Only the ones required for the stock operation are included. You can create your own. They are REG_SZ type values. See the second post for the format...

If you have an issue when you reinstall, delete the entire registry key of HKCU\Software\l3v5y\iShell and re install. This should recreate all the required registry keys.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sagi73:
Also with versione 0.24

When you click on the icons nothing happens.

I opened the cab files with MSCEInfIt, the registry keys are not present.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
That means you don't have the applications that are used by default.

The registry keys are set with a setup.dll file to prevent previous settings from being overwritten.

Uninstall, delete the registry key I mentioned above, and then reinstall.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sagi73:
Uninstalling the program, the key HKCU\Software\l3v5y is canceled.

I installed version 0.24, in the key HKCU\Software\l3v5y\iShell\Screen1 I have no voice.

None of the icons, except the clock, it works. Not even the sms, calculator and mail for which use standard applications.

Thank you

hello
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
No idea why, but the Setup.dll wasn't working fully...

I've updated the code so the initial registry settings are now stored in the main .exe which should solve the issue.

Try the attached cab.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sagi73:
Nothing, same problem.

If he can be more useful, I use a eten x650.

With the first versions worked.

Thank you

hello
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
Can you try with the uninstall/remove registry/reinstall, but before the reinstall, make sure the registry keys are not there? (The keys are checked before reseting the registry, so as to not overwrite previous settings).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sagi73:
I tried but still does not work.

But you work?

I repeat that with previous versions, everything worked.

Thank you

hello
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
It works for me, and on the emulator.Can you try and copy the registry settings from the older versions into the Screen1 subkey, and run the latest version?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aleko:
Hello friend. I have an artemis. I installed the cab 24.2. Previously,

the original copy the keys to a ishell

Call screen1 new key, then I exported it

to file .reg. With the version I've installed 24.2

importing the file .reg and functioning properly. I

duplicate key screen1 named screen2, but this

did not appear on the screen with any

gesture.

Ishell is a promising, fast and can be

easily configurable. Greetings.

Excuse my bad english.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
The Screen2 hasn't been finished yet...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] db77:
I have deleted the key "l3v5y" and install the 0.24.2.cab but nothing works :(

What can I do please ?

Is a soft reset necessary ?

If "yes" when ?

After install, in the registry, "Screen1" has only the Key "Default". No "AppxPath", no "AppxText", no "AppxParm" :(

PS : sorry for my bad english.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rmagyar:
Hi There!

Thanks for this great toot, it is fast (really) on my Charmer :)

I had to manually create registry configuration for the program, but it's very easy and configurable.

I'll test it by using my everyday work.

PS.: Please find my attached registry backup regarding ishell (Created with CERegedit free utility). Maybe it'll helps people to make an initial config...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] db77:
Thanks very much.

I hope this resolve my problem

PS : sorry for my bad english

EDIT : All's right ! Thanks !!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kenlewisesq:
Great app, a couple of things I noticed:

1) The word Wednesday in the Calendar icon is too long for the icon space, perhaps using the shorthand names would be better (Mon, Tues, Wed, etc.)

2) When I do an initial install of the .24 version the registry keys for the icons are not created.

3) Can you explain how to add an additional icon to the .png file? The order in the picture is a little confusing.

Overall an outstanding app at this stage of development. It is fast and stable and provides enough icons to launch 90% of my most used apps. Some tricks I have found useful:

1) I use the spbwatcher cab to open the app any time I return to the home screen. This has worked really well for me. The steps I used are: a) install the spbwatcher.cab (search this forum), b) create a folder named "spb mobile shell" in the Program Files folder on the device itself and copy the contents of the ishell folder into the new folder, c) rename the Launcher.exe to menulanucher.exe, d) go into Settings\Today and be sure that the only addin checked is the spbwatcher addin (I also moved it to the top of the list), e) reboot (not 100% necessary but I always like to do this after a major change).

2) I redirected the Lock button to be Programs by pointing it to the folderview.exe app in the Windows directory (I have an HTV touch so this might not work for everyone).

3) The latest version of GoogleMaps is GoogleMaps.exe not GMM.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
The order in the picture was based on alphabetical order, nothing else.

Some versions of GoogleMaps still use GMM.exe, and the version I had when I wrote that part did so I just used that. I shall change that though.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
I've been working on the third party/external widgets, and have come up with the following list of things it's sensible to have access to...

Drawing the icon on the home screen - anything that can be drawn to the rectangle of the button can be done.

Drawing the icon pressed - again, anything in that rectangle can be done

Drawing the widget itself (the transition is done in iShell, so no need for that)

Mouse/key handling - if not done by iShell, mouse events will be sent to widgets.

Initialisation - this will be sent when iShell loads.

Destroying - this will be sent prior to iShell exiting.

If there's anything else people think it's worth having, please let me know.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] arrosmart:
does this work on imate spjas.....

please let me know

thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
I think it might do, although I don't have a smartphone to try it on.

I suggest you try it and see, the worst that can happen is you have to uninstall it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] arrosmart:
no it doesn't work

it shows me this error

can't find ilaunch (or one of its components).make sure the path and the filename are correct and that all the required libraries are available...

well if anyone is intrested in fixing the error

welcome..

good luck
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Caferacer:
I like it. On my titan it runs smooth and fast; two things I am very fond of on my phone :D Not enough to replace my current interface but at .26 I'm sure that is understandable.

Can't wait to see more customization. Doesn't have to be in program! Some of us are used to linux and therefore like puttering around in text files.:cool:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
Are *.ini files fun enough? (I think they may be windows specific, but they're just text!)

I might switch to ini based configuration which would be easier to preserve during a reinstall.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] supbro:
This is a great program! It's exactly what I would have written myself. I like the small memory footprint and speed. Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Caferacer:
gedit doesn't care about the extension :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] alvinito64:
It surely promising....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] oscarbum:
Registry question

I must be doing something totally wrong here, but when I open the registry at HKCU/Software/l3v5y/iShell/Screen1, I don't see ANYTHING other than Default. How do I modify this to change the apps?

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but I rarely fool around with registries.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] db77:
I had the same problem.

Look at this post : http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3132365&postcount=75

And the problem is resolved.

PS : sorry for my bad english
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] alvinito64:
how no add next page?

Winterface & Idiamond projects- look a good Idea?

Cheers..

:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sdomovoy:
Really a good project!!!

Great idea to write in C++.

Waiting for more widgets and settings
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] darkdreamer63:
.TGA icons support would be great! thx
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bsinclair:
ini will make it easier to cusomize as we can copy to the desktop PC and use a notepad.

An applet that you really need is a touch oriented task manager, that shows apps that are running, allow us to switch to one of them or close it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sely:
Nice work l3v5y

Do you have one spot where we can find all of your upgrades for the Prophet?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ashleybynes:
question..

Sir, I have 2 questions..

1. Will this work for i-mate k-jam (htc wizard)?

2. I have throttlelauncher installed on my ppc, if I install this will it not cause any conflict with throttlelauncher?

Thanks ^_^
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] moesfeld:
Cool app super smooth (thanks to c++)

I have some Ideas/Feature requests

- Customiseable Task bar heigh and color (or maybe even make selectable 26px heigh so integration with taskbar skins i.e. with wisbar gets better

- Customisable top Icons (select wich Icon to be shown and where and what sould happen if it is clicked. Reason see above)

- OR maybe the option to hide the 26 top pixels completely that would make the top 2 requests obsolete

- Calendar widget (Touchflowish like thumbcal)

- Icon support (not all icons in one skin but one icon for one Item)

- Sliding between pages (pretty much like Ifonz)

- If there will be transition Animations for external apps make it possible to turn those off (i prefer a custom waitcursor myself)

- Icon/app switch function (see ifonz again)

- config trough ini would be fine with me(I see no need for configurator)

- maybe a language file

I think this is going to be a really great app
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sdomovoy:
No movements on this project for a long time

this project died???????

if yes - I'm very upset.

If you don't thouw out this project, may be it's possible to infom about it's development.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
This project is still going, but I do have a life! I've made lots of small changes and fixes, but I want to add something more before the next update.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 007***:
don't work for me

just clock works
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] db77:
I had the same problem.

Look at this post : http://xdaforums.com/show...5&postcount=75

And the problem is resolved.

PS : sorry for my bad english
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
Quick update to show I care...

0.25 now installs properly! :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] robi_90:
where is the download link?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joe1402:
maybe there:

but no one knows... :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
I shall add it to the first post as well just to avoid confusion.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 007***:
i had download the file but how can i import the text into the registry of my device and where?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
You'll need a registry editor (I use Total Commander) and you'll need to navigate to the key in the first post...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] phantom_83:
sorry! but not function this program in my samsung omnjia i900. the icone they look at but the background remains as crash and many icone do not work. only icon clock function.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] SilverHawke:
First off, I just want to say "Thank You" for a really fast application. I am running the latest version (0.25) on a Titan and I'm impressed. This runs so much faster than IFonz. The only problem I'm experiencing, is the notifiers (new sms, new email, missed call, voicemail) don't work. Do I need to do something in the registry to activate them?

One request if possible, in the screenshot attached I have some space available since I don't need all of the default applications. Is it possible to have calendar appointments to show up in this area?

Again, thank you!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] SAV150:
how to make to add icons ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] brne4x4:
This is a great program. It runs so much faster than ifonz...

Thanks very much for the time... I'm still new to this whole editing the registry and making my own customizations... (this is my first post).

Couple questions (i dont think i saw anyone else ask them, and I'm sorry if this has already been covered somewhere else... or if this is just basic knowledge):

Is there a way to change the defualt icons?- I saw a post where someone had a different skin...

Also, is there a way to create multiple pages (like in ifonz) - A previous post seemed to indicate that this was possible... what is the process to add a page?

I feel like these questions are pretty obvious and i just cant figure it out...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] FoneBone:
Hi,

first I wanna thank you for this app. I love its speed.

Is there a way to disable the clock widget? In the registry I set it to "0" but nothing changed.

Now, when I press my calc-button (Rechner), the clock widget still opens.

btw: black isn't transparent for the icons, it's magenta... isn't it?

Thanks.

FoneBone
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
Magenta is the transparent colour.

Make sure you reset the application to get the changes to happen...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
To change the default icons, you need to edit the skin.png file in the install directory (should be Program Files\iShell\skin.png).

More pages is coming in the next version, and I'm uploading a video of what it's like now...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] FoneBone:
I made a soft-reset after changing the registry, but I'm still not able to disable the clock-widget by setting it to "0".

Maybe that's an issue of my device (LG KS20).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
Odd... It shouldn't be too device dependant... Try deleting the registry entry, and then soft reset.

For everyone:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=H3MaZTr52v8

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=thcfYmjg4s4
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] FoneBone:
Hmm.... I've done a reinstall and soft reset.... but it's always the same :(

Nice videos. Can't wait to test the next release :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] moesfeld:
Hi there,

On the new Version (0.25) in the default settings App6 (ApptoDate) the Path and the text are switched. The name is AppToDate.exe and the path is AppToDate.

Can´t wait to see the new Version.

BTW:

I have some Questions

1. Will there be an option to have iShell always in background? Because minimised or sendtoback apps will stay hidden behind IShell and you would only be able to close them by leaving IShell closing the apps and then restarting IShell.

2. How do you plan on implementing the "widgets" ?

Right now I think the Clock widget is hardcoded into iShell. Will there be a widget folder where you can place your desired widgets or will users send their widgets to you and you will include them into your build?

3. Did you consider my Taskbar Idea? (see previous Post) I stumbled over it again while reading the Ifonz thread and they had a good point I didn´t mention before.

I think now you have either iShell functions or you have to exit ishell and have windows functions. With the original Taskbar you can have both.

But you could still create a windows theme matching iShell
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
1. Yes, that should be done in the next version, plus I think I'll make iShell not be top most.

2. I'm thinking of having widgets as DLL files, that export certain functions that are required, but can be updated independently of iShell.

3. The taskbar is a good idea, and I could have an option for switching between the iShell taskbar, or WMs taskbar.

Thanks for the suggestions!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] materijalmen:
hell, when will arrive the time when all this..lets dont say what...will be packed in a.dll or a cab file..hate editing registry, and i dont understand english...

anybody who tried it and speaks hungarian?

the second thing..bery st*pid thet you upload something, then ypu dont update the thread andt then need to read the whoe forum to find the way to installation..oh...sorry but its true.

it is very nice, i want it too but...:mad:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
I update the first post, and there's a link in the first post! You must be trying quite hard to miss it!

I develop this for free, in the hope that someone finds it useful. Not be someone elses personal slave adding features they want!

The registry isn't that hard to edit, and it's far faster than writing a config program (although that's coming in the next build).

This is beta software, not a finished product, I'm not charging for it, so don't expect it to work perfectly and do everything you want it to!