yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dwang:
v1.5 is out

v1.5 http://drop.io/hfrm7de

* Fastest version yet!

* Initial boot may take a while, be patient. If having trouble with apps, may need to wipe

* Optimized Loccy's browser v1.5

* Revert kernel to v1.3. Seems to be faster.

* Optimized all built-in apps with zipalign and optipng

* Fix a2sd issues, hopefully!

* Add busybox symlinks

* Add userinit.sh support. Userinit.sh file should reside in /sdcard since I'm not assuming 2nd partition exists. Compcache won't be disabled

* Add IM app

* Removed ota update files.

Barring any show stopper bugs, this will be it for a while, as I'm happy with the feature set of v1.5. I wasn't planning on doing daily updates anyways.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dwang:
should be fixed in v1.5 as I removed the ota update executables..
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dills84:
just tried updating to 1.5 and it went fine without a wipe.

However... i tried to push the stock Launcher.apk and got a black screen on boot. This worked fine on V1.4... any ideas? I dont like the 5 screen launcher. :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dwang:
Whats the logcat?

I don't see why the stock launcher wouldn't work with 1.5.

if all else fails wipe. :-)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Loccy:
Sorry, does that mean if the user.conf has compcache disabled it'll be turned on anyway? I'm old school on my rom preferences, I like compache off, plain old linux swap and bfs preferably a bazillion miles away from my phone. Is there a reason you force compache on us?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dwang:
No, in custom_init, I turn compcache on 1st and then I run userinit.sh. If you want to turn it off in userinit.sh thats fine.

This is different behavior than cyanogen's rom where he checks for existence of userinit.sh, and if its not there, turns on compcache.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] st0kes:
Upgraded from 1.1 to 1.5 (after a brief flirt with MicroHero1.5) everything working fine so far and no wipe was needed.

Dwang: Just wondering, are you using a tool to benchmark the speed of your roms?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dwang:
No tool its all subjective. My main concern is UI responsiveness.

I use the browser 90% of the time on my phone. So my test is to load the browser, goto xda site and do scrolling. If it feels fast and smooth everything is great. I'll also test the smoothness of launcher screen swipes. Those are the 2 main things I test for.

I don't do background stuff too much so that's not a priority, but I will run pandora in the background and test the browser together to see how smooth scrolling is.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dills84:
Im not sure what part of the logcat to copy over.

But i tried wiping and still i get a black screen after pushing Launcher.apk and rebooting.

Reverting to 1.4 nandroid backup for now. Is there a way to manually remove the OTA update files via ADB? Thanks for your help.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dwang:
What launcher are you pushing over? The version from the 1.6 ION rom? Thats not going to work anymore since I'm using the framework from adp1 now.

Use the version from the adp1 1.6 ROM.

I put the adp launcher up on dropio..

http://drop.io/hfrm7de
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dills84:
Ah! that must be it. Where you using the ION one before? because it worked on V1.4

I'll try the ADP one now. thanks a ton.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Loccy:
You should play with re-nicing scripts. Try sticking this in a script and calling it in custom_init if you want to see a beautiful browser experience:

#!/system/bin/sh
echo "Renice daemon launching."
while [ 1 ]
do
busybox renice 5 `pidof com.google.process.gapps`
busybox renice -18 `pidof com.android.phone`
busybox renice -18 `pidof android.process.media`
busybox renice -18 `pidof mediaserver`
busybox renice -16 `pidof com.android.browser`
busybox renice -16 `pidof com.betterandroid.betterkeyboard`
busybox renice -16 `pidof android.process.acore`
#busybox renice -15 `pidof com.htc.music`
#busybox renice -15 `pidof com.android.music`
sleep 180
done;

If you aren't running BetterKeyboard, put whatever keyboard you're running there. And watch posting to XDA from the Android browser suddenly become usable as opposed to keyboard response being a laggy pile of arse.

I might experiment by dropping pretty much everything out of that other than the browser (and the downing of priority on gapps). Phone ringer response seems fine, so upping the phone process priority seems a little pointless, and I don't use the music stuff so that's wasted on me too.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dills84:
using the ADP1 launcher worked fine without a wipe. Thanks a bunch problem solved!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dwang:
I'm playing with it. In fact, I have the renice_daemon.sh script in /system/bin

dave
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] TachorkaR:
v1.5 is a noticable speed improvement - not laggy at all so far - GREAT JOB!!

Minor problems:

- Camera works but when I try to open the settings it force closes

- The german vodafone symbol for the "homezone" doesn't show up (usually it's a symbol in the notification bar that appears when I'm near my home)

But those are minor issues for me - I really like this rom and I use it for every day use. Thank you for your work dwang!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] qckuthbutt:
help!!

I've just only just finished downloading all my apps and setting all my preferences on 1.4.... I knw, I'm abit slow.

But how do I load the new version without loosing everything!!

Help plzz.

Thanks.

Ps. Is ther an app I can download from the market that will download new versions of this rom automatically??

Thanks again for the help guys.

Edit: I've jus notice, my 4gb sd card is being read as a 512?? Does anybody know why this is and how to sort it out?

Thanks yet again, this time for putting up with me
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] wolf5150:
1.5 initial boot

Would 10-15mins be considered a long initial boot? I'm getting "android" like one would expect, but after that the screen goes black (backlight remains on) and stays that way for 10+ minutes, then I pull the battery. Wiped and reflashed a few times, re-downloaded the 1.5 file, wiped, reflashed. same issue.. 1.3 was running fairly well on this G1. Anyone else experiencing this issue w/ 1.5?

Edit: Now doing the same as above when trying to install 1.3.... should I be getting concerned?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dwang:
looks like there are still issues with a2sd.

To fix the black screen.

cd /system/sd

rm -R *

this will clear out the a2sd directory..

dave
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dwang:
If you aren't using a2sd you shouldn't have to wipe going forward.

I switched from the ION framework to the adp framework for 1.5 so that might have required a wipe for some people.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] kchau:
1.5 definitely faster, keep up the good work.

what settings are tweakable using the userinit.sh? do you happen to have a template?

im also getting things like this under fix_permissions, how do i remove those packages that dont exist?

Checking permissions for: com.google.android.systemupdater

/system/app/SystemUpdater.apk does not exist. Reinstall.

Checking permissions for: com.google.android.marvin.kickback

/system/app/kickback.apk does not exist. Reinstall.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] dtsean:
i just flashed my diamond with a korean custom rom. it's a win 6.5 WWE korean MUI enabled. everything went smoothly but i can't send any txt messages. some goes through but it appears to others as nothing but a blank txt msg. I tried changing the encoding of the txt to unicode, but it didn't help.

according to the rom builder the rom got nothing but ms-sms on it. i'm just wondering if there is any special feature associated with the location of its built or if there is any other parameters/function/app/whatever to add into the rom in order for it to function in my device in North America.

i'm currently with rogers in canada. any help or advice?
[Windows Mobile Themes] the0ne:
i have shared this on my site, great stuff mate...
[Windows Mobile Themes] nrzm:
good work bro....;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] warnold007:
Great looking work MSkip!

sorry guys if this is a noob question...

what's the difference between proplus ultimate and proplus elegance?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Batistian:
Yes

You're very fast.

Your Beer is on it's way.
[Windows Mobile Themes] cac2us:
Same here

Yes I agree,

Cheers.....:D
[Windows Mobile Themes] MELPHBOY:
Bottom Bar

Is there anyway to add this (Bar at the bottom (just above the MenuBar) which you can use to select exactly which screen you want to jump to without having to scroll through all the screens to get there) in Ultimate like there is in Elegance. Are is there a widget for this bar:confused:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Batistian:
That would be the ProPlus Elegance version.

Take a look at mskip's sig ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] MELPHBOY:
I am talking about have the number bar & the invisible menu bar, so that I may place my own widget there and be able to used the number to select different screen.:confused:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Batistian:
Oh :p sorry bro, I misunderstood :o

But it's better to modified the Elegance version than to add an obstacle to this Ultimate version. :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
What do you mean?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Thanks :)

Thanks :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] paulove:
Hi

I can only get 1 3 or 5 screens not 7...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Batistian:
After you installed the .cab, you'll have 7. 3 to the right and 3 to the left.
[Windows Mobile Themes] cflynt:
Thank you so much for your work and efforts. Just an inquiry. What is the difference between the different ProPlus apps? Why the Elegance and Ultimate versions. From first glance, they seem the same except the Ultimate doesn't have the bar at the bottom to select your window? I am sure there is more. About to try the Ultimate now. Just curious. Thanks again.

Nevermind, I found your reply to that question in an older version thread. Thanks again for sharing this with us. Definitely makes it a better product.
[Windows Mobile Themes] RBRiddick:
There is a little bug with landscape screen. Whan i rotate screen it goes black and unresponsive.

Can someone confirme that?
[Windows Mobile Themes] degavi:
Online Catalog

First i want to say big thanks to u mskip the ultimate naked shell made my Omnia the perfect workhorse with the best looks. I have thou found what i think i a possible bug. After the install (clean ms3.5) when i click on backgroundchanger and the Online Catalog i just get a black screen and red text saying Error. It worked before :confused::confused:.

Have u or anyone else noticed this???
[Windows Mobile Themes] ItsDon:
320X320 support

I have a Sprint Treo Pro with the square 320X320 screen. Will this package work with my phone?
[Windows Mobile Themes] pplippl:
Thanks for the great stuff!

There is one problem with the "Launcher" shortcut. Every time I click it it will always go to the "Simple Mode". Even if I change it to "Advanced Mode" next time I click it it still goes to the simple mode.
[Windows Mobile Themes] WenWM:
Help

Hi, i have the newest build of 6.5 and it is pretty cool, but when i use spb it covers the whole bottom row. Is there a fix for that? ill attach some pics
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
MSKIP'S PROPLUS ULTIMATE UPDATE (QVGA ONLY)

14th October 2009 (QVGA only)

+ Removed text from all ProPlus Batterys and ProPlus Weather Widgets

+ Added Battery Text Widget (small medium and big) in black and white

+ Added Weather Text Widget (small and big) in white

+ Added Weather Condition Info with line Widget

+ Added Weather Condition Info Small Widget

ProPlus Batterys and Weather Widgets can be placed anywhere and either the text be left off or placed anywhere around it. This means they are ALOT more customiseable.

Download from first post :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Anakha56:
I cant wait for the VGA one to come out with all the widgest that Q has. A friend at work has been bugging me non stop for backing panels for the new, at least I can tell him to shut up and wait now :P.

Thanks for all your work mskip. :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] bogdatov:
Sorry, if I missed answer to my question, but is there in Ultimate (or Elegance) that clock widget, which was on MS 3.1 ? Big digital clock, really nice, kinda squared ... from professional screen?

Like this ?
[Windows Mobile Themes] crazysane:
OK I am having issues removing the ultimate program from my phone so that I can install the newer version. I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem or if anyone knows how to make it work. I have tried to uninstall it 4 times and reboot in between each time but to no success. Can someone tell me how to remove the mskip files altogether so that I can then install it fresh and new again?
[Windows Mobile Themes] basil001:
Hi mskip,

Thanks for your valuable time. I have downloaded and tried a couple of .CAB files. I tried with a trial version first from spb software house. below is the link.

http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/pocketpc-software/mobileshell/download.html

I tried the below links as well.

http://rapidshare.com/files/28657198...593-RCAPDA.cab

http://rapidshare.com/files/28655529....Shell.3.5.rar

I've tried the exe file also, but while running in my desktop, it says 'spb mobile shell 3.5.exe is not a valid win32 application'. I have tried this in both VISTA and non VISTA m/c.

Regards,

Basil
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Ultimate and Elegance both have all the Digital clocks from before including the clock you are after :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
If you have a registry program on your phone then delete the following 2 folders, then delete your program files, spb mobile shell folder.

You should now be able to reinstall mobile shell and then the new version of Ultimate. It might tell you it has to uninstall the previous version first because it will still be registered in your Uninstall list but it should go through fine.

Delete (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Spb Software House\Shared\Spb Menu)

Delete (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Spb Software House 2)

Make sure you have closed mobile shell first.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
There is nothing wrong with the cab. Do you have a previous version of Mobile Shell 3 on your device still?

Try the method I just gave to crazysane (deleting registry folders and mobile shell folder) to make sure you have absolutely no remenants of mobile shell on your device and then try installing the cab again.
[Windows Mobile Themes] JaCoL_JcL:
great udpate MSkip but i miss for a Weather Widgets called OMNIA...can u add all "old" weather widgets?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I will try to put the omnia weather widget back on if I can
[Windows Mobile Themes] JaCoL_JcL:
great! But add all of them beacose i don't remeber if my fav widget called omnia or not omnia xD hah ;) add them all ;) cheers
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I cant add all the eather widgets as they are alot larger for 3.5 and will take up ALOT of memory. Find out which one it was and let me know.
[Windows Mobile Themes] lhawkerl:
How can i install only weather widgets from your theme? Or where can i find this widgets?
[Windows Mobile Themes] JaCoL_JcL:
meh

is any chance to screen of omnia widget? then i would know it is it;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Download the ProPlus guide *HERE* which has all the original widgets in. You should be able to find the one you are after in there.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Charliekpalmer:
Backing Panels and Buttons

I really like MSkip ProPlus, but I cannot seem to use all the widgets. The backing panels and buttons are shown in my SPB directory, but I see no way to select them when adding widgets. Also, some of the battery skins and weather skins do not appear. However, the buttons and backing panels are completely absent from the widgets page. They do not appear as separate widgets. Nor do they appear as "skins". I realize I am late in arriving at this thread, but I appreciate your work, and would definitely appreciate some help in using these. Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] JaCoL_JcL:
great I find it!

please for this one - qvga/wqvga
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
What resolution is your device and what cab are you using?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Manilla weather is already in the QVGA cab
[Windows Mobile Themes] JaCoL_JcL:
i know but is a small one ... i love a big one that cover more screen !!

meh ok let's end this ;) thanks for all work m8! is great like it is now ;) cheers from Poland ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] basil001:
Thanks for the suggession, mskip. Still no hope for me. I tried deleting the registry files and tried these on my device and it's still the same again. Now, I'm hopless.

But, I have a question on the 3.5 setup.exe file. I tried to run this on my desktop, but once I double click on it, it says it's not a valid Win32 application. Any idea on this?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Batistian:
Can you get the .cab and install it from your device?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Dadi68:
Hey mskip, here's an idea...

Can you make a widget like the Hero's clock?

You know the diamond clock with the border and the weather :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] abhayaa:
VGA update

Dear MSkip

Using Ultimate for VGA devices. Any information on when the latest changes will be updated.

Gettinng curious/impatient to have the new widgets on VGA device.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Bigbest:
Mskip thank you for your job !! is it possible to import the weather icons of Htc manila ? the are more natural than spb one....

Yes ..the hero clock is very beautiful......

thx

B
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
You can make pretty much the same screen already using ProPlus Widgets ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I will have to look at the Manilla weather icons and see if they can be used.
[Windows Mobile Themes] PMoto:
Well... I guess that backing panel is only for QVGA, not for WVGA.

I was looking for something like that too, but I don't have it. I'm WVGA.

Maybe MSkip will do it now... :)

PMoto
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Im working on VGA/WVGA tonight :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] djsalou:
@mskip

thx for the great work. It would be great to get this "Hero" Style with the Clock including wheather the other asked for. I just installed your "work" on my Toshiba TG01 this morning and it works perfect.

I donate a little amount just a few secs ago, sorry, not enough for champagne :) but i hope enough to say "thanks"...

keep on the brilliant work...

One question - how can i change the icon on the professional screen "Taskmanager" for example to "Telephoneicon"?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Dadi68:
No dude... the result is simillar but not that classy.... :rolleyes: :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] -Vulture-:
@ mskip:

Do you know what i could do if i cant uninstall your Ultimate package? I had your version from 10. October installed but i cant remove it now. My omnia starts to work on the uninstall but never gets finished. I wait for about 15 minutes, during this time my cpu is loaded up to 80%. Then windows tells me, that the uninstall was unsuccessful. Is there a way to manually remove your package?

I already tried uninstalling MS3.5 and then removing your package, but no luck.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Thank you for the donation and the appreciation it keeps me wanting to make Mobile Shell 3.5 better :)

Once I have figured out why ProPlus isnt uninstalling I will get back to work on VGA/WVGA widget updating so I hope it will be soon.

Be patient :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
HAHA thanks alot mate I hope you have better luck doing it yourself then :rolleyes:

I do the best I can with what I have to work with :(
[Windows Mobile Themes] -Vulture-:
Hey mskip, i should have looke some pages back before posting my request. Deleting the registry keys you mentioned in your post 187 worked for me. I had to reinstall MS3.5 and your current package, but everything works now.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Dadi68:
Yes, thats why we r using your package and not the others :)

The Hero clock it was just a suggestion... thats all, forget it...

waiting for the vga edition ;)

Thank you
[Windows Mobile Themes] abhayaa:
Thanks for the VGA information update.

It is really so nice of you for working on this widgets. It's your widgets addons that makes MS so user friendly and you cann make most out of MS :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] rfarrah:
Agreed! (Except I'm WQVGA) We see a lot folks with issues here are there, but I just thought I'd say that everything works smoothly on my i910. I installed 10/14 over 10/10 with no trouble at all and no hiccups. Thanks, Mskip!
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Update for Pro Plus Ultimate QVGA ONLY - 101909

ChangeLog:

19th October 2009 (QVGA only)

+ Added Left justified, right justified and framed date only widgets

+ Added Birthday Widget the same size as Alarm Widget so it fits on the screen better

+ Fixed the uninstall problem by splitting all the widgets into seperate groups in the WidgetPackages registry folder (you need to give it about 7 minutes to complete uninstallation)

See the first post for Download Link

I would recommend anyone who has a previous version of Ultimate (QVGA) to update to this one. If you cant uninstall the version you have on now then see the FAQ in the first post for a fix.

Enjoy :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] abhayaa:
Yes! we all should appreciate and thank for all the work MSkip is doing without making it commercial addon, we can atleast thank him till we are able to show some gratitude towards his work till we are able to make donation as token for appreciation.

We should also not be too demanding rather we should try to make his widgets more useful by giving ideas or try to solve the issue and help him make proplus better and better.
[Windows Mobile Themes] k_rango:
very good....
[Windows Mobile Themes] rebecker:
I'm not sure I understand the "see the FAQ" instruction. Are you saying that in order to update to the newest version Mobile Shell has to be uninstalled? From what I've experienced, the previous version of your software cannot be uninstalled, thus the newest version of your software can't be installed (I tried 3 times to do an install, ended up soft resetting after about 15 minutes).

Thanks for your continuing efforts.

-Bob-
[Windows Mobile Themes] Batistian:
Yes.

Uninstall the previous MSkip ProPlus version (will take a long time, about 7 minutes), uninstall SPB MS3.5 and delete the SPB Mobile Shell folder from \Programs Files.

Soft-Reset and reinstall SPB MS3.5 and MSkip ProPlus.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
If you click on the FAQ then Q3 tells you how to delete mobile shell and delete the registry folders so that mobile shell and Ultimate can be reinstall successfully. The latest version has been fixed so that uninstalling after 101809 build wont be a problem.
[Windows Mobile Themes] MattG999:
Problem using Mobile 6.5 with Shell 3.5

The home screen for Shell 3.5 won’t show because Mobile 6.5 now shows the controls on the bottom and not the top. Is there a way to make Shell 3.5 work? tks
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Not that I know of.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Fuze1969A:
WM 6.5

I am not sure if you are running the a stock WM6.5 or a cooked version. I am running a cooked version of WM 6.5 (Chrome 23069 Titanium by jmckeejr) for my Fuze and I have no problems with the 6.5. I believe jmckeejr cooked in a app called showcase and I can tap on the upper right corner to close the apps.
[Windows Mobile Themes] MattG999:
thanks, i will try this build and tell you what i found out.
[Windows Mobile Themes] tamiroff:
with version 23071

did anyone have tried spb shell with wm 6.5.1 (23071)?

how does spb shell handles the new start menu at the bottom?

is it hiding the spb shell bottom buttons?

thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Markc2:
23071 seems fine with MS

I'm using TPC's 23071 and it seems fine with SPB MS 3.5. Mobile Shell dominates the screen, hiding the little icons at the bottom.