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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] quicksite:
PART 2: Quicksite's Screenshots of Androkkid on QVGA T-Mobile Wing, w/ Multi-tasking

Here are a few shots of how I've got Androkkid set up on my old T-Mobile Wing -- WVGA. I'm also using refined registry entries for all menus and drop-downs for finger friendly size menus, along with QuickMenu for the cascading menus. I used this last night driving across the Oakland Bay Bridge to San Francisco, California, USA, set up on a dashboard mount... Google Maps and its built-in simulated GPS worked beautifully... Readability of all functions was great. Response-time in launching apps could be better, but overall, while I was driving the new temporary "S-CURVE" connecting the current bridge with parts of the new bridge (a place where a large 10-wheel truck missed the curve and dove off the side of the bridge), I could finger-tap the Google Maps app from the Androkkid home screen, and have it launch and show me where i was relative to this danger-spot... and it all worked beautifully.

To me, that's the test of an interface -- does it let you do what you need to do VISUALLY-QUICKLY, and get the job done. Androkkid for sure surpasses iFonz...

1. You can click-through the whole 20-slide screenshot series here:

2. Or watch it as a slideshow here.

And here are a few sample shots:

** Note: Despite my high value placed on visual communication and function differentiation, I nevertheless have mixed & matched my icons -- and have not cared about their mismatches in style sometimes... caring more than anything: Does the visual make it bullet-proof clear what the function is under that icon?

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Sadly, this is close to the end of the line for me. I wanted to get my Windows Mobile device optimized... but I now have an HTC Hero running Android, which I have not even put into use yet. I'll be making a long overdue series of videos on my windows mobile device re UI tweeks, and also a video on how to flash a ROM, step by step, in close-up detail. Then I will become a stranger in this neck of the woods.

Great job simo, and the widget makers! They all work so well.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rokuhs:
does this app works on xperia? gonna test it anyway...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NoOneCan:
This is very cool app. I very very like it. Thanks for your effort.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teacher1960:
I'm glad you liked them, do tell me if they work out for you in 42x42 If they don't, give me a holler and I'll see what I can do. Hope you saw my screenshots at themes thread I get a lot of comments from people at work, they are impressed at least, whatever that means...

I think my students are doing alright, but don't ask what my wife thinks. She's quite fed up at times. I hope to get a comment from Simo, he hasn't commented at all, Maybe he hates them.

At least they do look a lot better on my phone than they do on the screenshots here on the forum.

PS I think I have bought my last winmo phone next time around it will be an Android phone for me, but I haven't seen an android phone yet with a really big screen, which is what I want.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TomAngel:
Unexpected Error in Androkkid.exe

Hi,

I really like this app, seen on demo vid.

Downloaded it from your Site, installed without errors... and

Getting an Unexpected eroor in androkkid.exe, "Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Utilities, Version..... PublicToken=...." dependency not found.

Details

MissingMethodException at

Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status.RegistryState.RegisterTransient()

...

...

Means : doesn't start at all, crashes.

Any Idea?

Running on Polaris QVGA, Olio 5.00 ROM WM 6.1 Lang.ID 0407, .net CF3.7

Any help would be great... Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ssj5trunks:
I think the problem is the Microsoft .NET Compact framework version, i use the 3.5 to work correctly Androkkid.

Use it.

Bye
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dcirishman91:
great program..its all i run....windows mobile is to deep...this puts a new a spin on ui tweaks.....wish it was even more customizable. great program..await next version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] burnlea:
New Theme

I have posted a new theme, Obsidian, on the Androkkid (spelt Androkidd) Themes forum http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=5065099&posted=1#post5065099, post #18
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kraski:
Saw that. Very nice looking. If I don't see any posts re: issues at higher resolution, I guess I'll be the guinea pig later tonight. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kraski:
I haven't tried the page label buttons, yet. But the bottombar & email count notification bubble sized properly for my WVGA Tilt2. Very nice work. Can we look forward to more? :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] burnlea:
Thanks for the feedback. I wanted a more professional looking theme for my own use that didn't have the curved top to the menu bar which looks quite jagged on QVGA. No other themes in the pipeline yet, until I tire of this one, as they are quite time consuming to produce:(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kraski:
Well, thanks for this one. And, from the quality, I can always hope you tire of it quickly. :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] agentmikeyd:
how do i post today's date on my main screen?

thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Scalar1111:
Thanks for this very good program. Have u ever thought about vertical scrolling? Something like this?

Thomas
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kraski:
Nice Idea. Is that possible, Simo?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ssj5trunks:
It is very difficult to do now, and vertical slide is used for widget.

Bye
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qkzoo:
Suggestion

@ssj5trunks: Just a minor request, but could you link to the Androkkid widgets and themes threads in your first post? It would help a lot of people, including myself!

Thanks,

Q

Links:

Androkkid Themes

Androkkid Widgets
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tntnt:
Hi!

How can I display the number of missed calls and sms's on the related icon (with the little bubble!)??

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Viper89:
Do you have a collocetion of panoramic wallpapers that works with Addrokidd? Or tell us how to make panoramic wallpapers for Addrokidd:).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] surrealbliss:
i have some wallpapers that i found on the internet searching with the query "panoramic android wallpaper"... check them out here=

http://designora.com/photography/android-cellphone-wallpapers/

they have some pretty nice ones..

;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dam:
Contact not workin

Hello there,

tried this nice program.

on my device (sharp, japan, WM6.1), I can create contacts but the phone number is not recognized. So when I press on contact, nothing happens.

Else, everything is pretty nice.

Cheers,

dam
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hendrixus:
I didn't had any problem on my i900
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ssj5trunks:
I've done!

Bye
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Viper89:
thanks so much, I'm going to check these out:cool:. Edit @surrealbliss these wallpapers are freakin sick bro:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teacher1960:
Yeah I saw it too, great stuff, thx a lot for the link surrealbliss
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Viper89:
@anybody

Is their a way to change the startup animation of Androkkid, I would like to use something different thats more Android like if you get what I'm saying;).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ssj5trunks:
No you cant change the start animation, is inside Androkkid source code.

Bye
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Viper89:
ok, maybe in you next release you could add the option of changing the startup ananimation and Landscape support;).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teacher1960:
Request to Simo

Simo do you have a better (bigger) Androkkid graphic so I can make an icon for Androkkid and maybe one for Ifonz too in the transparant frames series?

(I use both programs at the same time, just switch between them with WK Tasks, that's so cool)

For Androkkid I mean the one with the chicken in the egg, and for Ifonz the one with the htc phone with Ifonz on the screen.

When you see these transparant icons slide across the scenery in androkkid, and you can see the scenery through the icon, it looks really good (well, that's my opinion anyway), you should see it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ssj5trunks:
These are the icons in png/jpg format.

Bye
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teacher1960:
Thank you that's great!:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 12gage:
I would really like to try this out but everytime I attempt it I get an error. I've tried the zip, cab, .80, 1.0, root directory, program files. nothing seems to work. here's the error
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ssj5trunks:
I think there is a problem with your installed ROM, the program not found the windows application directory at start.

Bye
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ssj5trunks:
New release of Androkkid is online, go and download it.

There are a big surprise on it.

Donations please for my big work, thanks.

Bye
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 12gage:
I just have the stock sprint ROM from my touch pro, would that still be the issue. And I'll try the newest version, it may not be an issue for me anymore. thanks for the help

**edit**

new version not working either :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] F_R_I_T_Z:
Im using this program sinse 1 release, and loving..

Just a wish.

Maybe can be a good idea to do a option to show the lower task bar from newer 6.5 wm version. like you do on top one. and do a cmd line or call function where Amoeba like program, when pressed the task button of WM lower bar, already open the androkkid pannel program ( not just calling by shortcut).

We can integrate and do amazing Themes this way.,,

This way we can use like a SENSE UI Stile to.

DUDE AGAIN, THANKS FOR YOUR JOB
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] itesla:
With the Androkkid top bar enabled (WM disabled or enabled), I don't see the bottom "bar" (either theme) or any widgets. I can scroll through pages. If I try to add a new widget, androkkid crashes.

If I disable Androkkid top bar, my widgets and the bottom bar/launcher comes back. Everything seems to work as normal.

Thank you for the hard work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teacher1960:
I'm sorry to see that it doesn't work out for you. We'd be glad to have you onboard. I hope you try the new version that came out today. Be sure to uninstall everything Androkkid you have installed in advance. My suggestion is to use the zip not the cab install. It shouldn't matter where you put it on the phone. I can run multiple versions of Ifonz and Androkkid simultaneously from anywhere on my computer. I hope you do have .Net 3.5 not earlier or later versions. Hope that it work out for you in the end.

Maybe you should try a settings.ini file from somebody else just to see what happens. You would get a ****load of dead links but that can be dealt with afterwards as long as we could get it going.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teacher1960:
Thank you for the new version, I love that you are able to lock the screen when you have configured it to be exactly how you want it. the new taskbar I haven't had the time to test good enough yet.

So again thanks a lot:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teacher1960:
OOps double posting sorry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] burnlea:
Great improvements in this version, thanks Simo.

Works fine on my QVGA o2 Stellar (HTC Tytn II clone).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] burnlea:
Just found a minor bug with this version. The 'Lock Pages' works fine but the setting is not saved. If you lock the pages, when you exit Androkkid and load it again, or go into Settings, the pages are unlocked again.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Amerision:
ssj5trunks: Is it possible to replicate Droid functionality in showing new text messages in the top bar? (Thereby completely covering the startbar)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 12gage:
thanks for the response, would anyone share a setting.ini for VGA?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ssj5trunks:
I have correct this bug, test in deep the top bar info like:

- Bluetooth

- WiFi

etc....

I dont have a WM device now and i cant emulate these hardware in emulator.

When i have a complete list of bug i release a new version with all fixed bugs.

Bye
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] troll69:
Hi,

how can i update my installed version 0.8 to the newest one without losing my settings, icons, pages and so on.

thx,

best regards,

juergen
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] alecoddlyiv:
i copied to my pc the android folder just in case and went for it. result new version with no loss of current config ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kraski:
Slight bug. If you show the Androkkid taskbar, everything on the page shifts up. On my first page, I have the Hero clock. The Androkkid taskbar overlaps the top of that, whether I have the WM taskbar showing or not. Without the Androkkid taskbar, there is some shift, but everything displays properly.

Also, only the "X" & the menu button seem to function. Everything else seems to be display only. Is that the way it's working for now or is it a bug?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ssj5trunks:
The top bar is setted over the layer of background and icons and the old icons remain behind it.

It isnt a bug, the top bar show only the info state of device, only minimize and close working if you click on it.

Bye
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teacher1960:
Copy your settings.ini from 0.8.0 to 1.2.0 and ..... finished!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] orangekid:
Can we set this as a today screen yet, or at least use the task manager while t his is runnign without minimzing?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teacher1960:
I use Androkkid and Ifonz with the app WK Tasks this makes me able to easily switch between them and other tasks, and always see what tasks are running.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] itesla:
The top bar is still not working for me :-( Wizard/8125 QVGA. I installed by renaming my old directory to Androkkid100. Then copied the unzip folders from my PC to \ProgramFiles. I tried again with my old settings.ini file. I see all my widgets, but no top bar or graphics for the bottom launcher. I was able to get the launcher to slide up, but the icons and graphics are not showing (it just hid my widgets).

Curious to see how this looks, can someone post some new screenshots??? :-)

I just noticed another problem that I have had occasionally... after Androkkid crashes, my topbar/startmenu is not clickable. Also seems to be blocking my two top hard buttons (messages and IE). Weird....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kraski:
There seems to be another issue with 1.2. I installed it last night, had it on the charger till 7am this morning. It's now 1:40 pm & my battery is down to 60% with only a couple of brief calls & 3 text messages. The locking feature is on. Normally, with the amount of activity I've had, I'd be through two full days to get to 20%. It looks like I'll see that by bedtime tonight, after coming off the charger this morning.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Scalar1111:
Simon, can u make a button with jump to xx page?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teacher1960:
I've very strangely had the opposite effect. I have an x7510 which burns battery like it is going out of style and mine is going to last two days for the first time since I've gotten it. I don't get it. I recently (a month ago) flashed a winmo 6.5 rom this could maybe have something to do with it:confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kraski:
WM 6.5 is supposed to be much better at power management. So, yes, the ROM flash could have made a big difference. My Treo Pro has WM 6.1. The stock 1500mah battery won't usually make it through a full day. My Tilt2 has WM 6.5 & also a 1500mah battery. Until today, moderate to heavy use still got me 1.5 to 2 days on a charge.

There's an alternative menu app I tried that I ended up uninstalling because it only worked off the Win button, but not "Start" on the task bar. It didn't fully restore the previous state. So, I'm not sure if it's that, Androkkid or some combination of the two. Or possibly something altogether different. I've been trying a number of Titanium themes & plugins, lately. So there could be a combination of things. The battery drain showed up only after installing 1.2 from cab So, if Androkkid is part or all of my problem & I don't mention it, the problem never gets fixed. If it turns out to be something else & the 1.2 installation is coincidental to the issue, then I need to share that info, as well, so we all learn. I might just have to do a hard reset & rebuild with my needed apps & Androkkid to see if that makes a difference. :( But I don't see that happening till after work on Saturday.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ssj5trunks:
If you notice a problem with battery test with disable Top Bar, is the only big thingh that i added in the last version.

Test using the old settinges of last Androkkid and check if the battery drain is the same.

Bye
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qkzoo:
Androkkid

As ITesla explained, I too, share the same problem. If Androkkid locks up, it seems to somehow keep it's grip on the Start Menu bar, so even though you can see it, you can't click it. I discovered something else strange as well. I created a shortcut to /windows/start menu/office/tasks.lnk, and setup Androkkid to display pending tasks. When I click on my tasks icon, Androkkid says the tasks.lnk file doesn't exist, but then it launches it anyhow, this a bug? I do have my Tasks..lnk in an unconventional location (windows/start/office). Any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SpeziAlex:
I can confirm the same thing about the lnk files. The reason is the path in a lnk file. If you try one with only an exe file in it, it will start but than androkkid says that this file doesn't exist. If you write one with the absolute path to the exe file it will start without errors.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ssj5trunks:
I correct this error of link files, test and report bug on Top bar please.

Bye
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kraski:
I don't seem to be having the same issue today. And I think I know what the problem may be, although it wasn't one in the past. I have a side case for my Tilt2, with a magnetic closure. There's a known bug in the phone that strong enough magnets coming close to certain parts of the phone would continually wake the screen, draining battery life. In the past, that only was an issue momentarily if I slid the phone forward as I removed it from the case. Today I'm using my Seidio holster (no magnets) &, after 4 hours, I'm still at 90%. So, I'll test the topbar setting, but I'll still check if there's an issue with the side case magnet. There is a registry edit for that. ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qkzoo:
Battery Drain

Haven't noticed any extra battery drain on my Fuze. Seems pretty stable to me in that regards. I have noticed one thing, though, and that's a lag, going from between the last page, to the first page when swiping. Any way that can be smoothed out? Works the same going from the first page to the last page as well. I've also noticed pages with a lot of shortcuts seem to lag a little as well. Can this be optimized somehow?

One other idea as well. I am using WMDAgenda, and it doesn't load until you swipe to that page. Is there a way that all the widgets could load when Androkkid boots up?

Thanks, this thing is great!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] taurusmillenium:
It's constantly crashing when I start the program(have posted some screens in earlier posts, but to no avail) and in this new version there seems a very annoying bug:

I can't open my messages anymore. Everytime I tap on the icon (whether it is in the menu or on the page) i get the error that the path doesn't exist (this is only if the program is already running, if my messages aren't open, i can open it)...

Nevertheless, have had a lot of fun configurating this app, but it's not stable enough for permanent use for me (using samsung Omnia).

greetz

EDIT: noticed the problem was already noticed and indeed it's also an ink file..

For the top bar: since you replace the windows top bar with the androkkid bar, it doesn't respond anymore and for me only the hardware buttons worked after crash, so no touchscreen function at all...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ssj5trunks:
New version released, resolve some bugs like Lnk link and Page locked setting and others.

Give me some feedback about Top Bar info state if it work correctly like:

- Bluetooth state

- WiFi state

- Data connection state

- etc

Now i dont have anymore a WM device, i have a HTC Hero and the only tests that i can do are with WM emulator on Windows.

Bye
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] burnlea:
Hi Simo,

Some feedback on Version 1.2.1.0

Splash screen still shows 1.2.0.0

.lnk shortcuts now work correctly second time

Locked pages now stay locked

Androkkid Top bar:

- correctly shows icon for Bluetooth on

- correctly shows icon for Wi-Fi on

- correctly shows dynamic icon for battery charging

- correctly shows dynamic icon for signal strength

- correctly shows icon for GPRS mobile data connection

- doesn't show an icon for USB/ActiveSync connection (should it?)

- clock displays correct time

- correctly shows icon for Alarm set

- correctly shows icon for Vibrate

- correctly shows icon for Mute

- correctly shows icon for Airplane mode

- Minimise button works

- Close button works

This is on an o2 Stellar (HTC Tytn II clone) running WM6.1

Thanks again for a great app.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ssj5trunks:
Thanks for your feedback.

Correct version in the download files.

Bye
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
the zip on your site still seems to be 1.0.0.0

the cab is fine however.

1 little advice: maybe you should add a little filecheck.

if a skin is missing a file, load it from the standard folder.

right now if you don't update a custom skin when installing an updated version of androkkid it will result in a crash.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lallen3:
SMS Panel?

Does this interface support the SMS preview as seen on the HTC Hero Sense UI?

Something like this:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kraski:
Nice. Tried the taskbar a little. But I prefer the fact that the WM taskbar actually functions, even though the Androkkid taskbar looks better. Maybe I'm unusual, but I really do use those taskbar shortcuts. :p And the WM taskbar doesn't overlap my layout in any way.

As for the battery issue, that appears to be related to the Touch Pro 2/Tilt 2 magnet bug. The nonmagnetic holster left me with 50% battery life left, after a very quiet day -- about normal. Sorry for the false alarm. I guess I get to decide if I want to get a nonmagnetic side case or use the registry patch.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pesok:
wow just found this, looks exciting!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DuperMan:
Androkidd 1.2.1 and Eyron Hebrew on the HTC HD2

First thing I'd like to thank you for this cool little app :)

I fiddled around with it on my Leo (HD2) and at first it crashed whenever I added a widget.

After reading the crash report I changed my device's region from "Hebrew" to "English (United Kingdoms)" and performed a soft reset and the application worked as described.

Just checked and with the Widgets enabled and the device set back to "Hebrew" the application crashes immediately after loading giving a non-debugger .net3.5 error message.

------------------EDIT---------------------------

Issue resolved: HD2s ship with .NetCF2.0. The language extender (Eyron) conflicted with a manually installed .NetCF3.5 because it only "knew" .NetCF2.0.

Removing Eyron completely then reinstalling solved the conflict.

PM me if you still need the crash report/screenshot.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ssj5trunks:
Show me the message details with a screenshot.

Bye
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qkzoo:
Bugged Download

I confirm, the 1.2.1.0 zip download on your website is actually 1.0.0.0. That's what it says in the boot and about screen, and it's also missing the new top bar and options you added in 1.2, so it's definately 1.0.0.0. :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kraski:
The zipped cab is correct, though.