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[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] geek111:
I think it's actually a little murkier than that. Microsoft charges $99/year to register for the Marketplace, which comes with a promotion- 5 app submissions. (Originally this promo was to end Jan 1st, but it appears to have been extended.) Additional submissions are $99 each whether the application passes or fails certification.

It is unclear how long the promo will last or whether we'll get 5 more submissions when we renew at the end of our year or whether unused submission credits will carry over from year to year.

I do think Microsoft is going the right direction with the Dev tools. XNA/Silverlight and moving to Visual Studio Express will make the Marketplace far more accessible to amateur developers. But I do hope there's support for Visual Studio Professional coming, just so I don't have to ride with them on the short bus... :P

As for submission credits I'm trying to use mine wisely. For me, this means-

Requesting and receiving all Waivers BEFORE submission

using the Hopper and App Verifier religiously

Testing on as many real devices as possible

Providing detailed info to testers in the release notes

Assuming every application will require 2 submissions anyway

I can't stress enough how important the notes to testers can be. As an example- on the MS Marketplace forum there are several applications that were failed because they used the 'advanced' anti-piracy protection and when the testers installed they did so without creating the reg keys that show the app as purchased in the Marketplace. They weren't able to get the apps to work and thus failed them for certification. (Kiss one submission credit goodbye.)

Including details like how to test app functionality, type of piracy protection used, waiver ID's and any caveats can easily mean the difference between a pass and a fail. The more information you give the testers, the more able they'll be to accurately evaluate your app...

Cheers,

Charles
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] RustyGrom:
Wow... I'm surprised there's anything in the marketplace at all!

XNA now works just fine with the full VS. Is was just the first iterations that didn't.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] freyberry:
Me too... really. But the number of apps in the Marketplace is not even worth talking about. :rolleyes:

The whole Marketplace and Microsoft's policies are a joke.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] geek111:
They'll get it ironed out. But it does feel like they only rolled out Marketplace for 6.1/6.5 to prepare for WP7 and they're using us as beta-testers. Perhaps if we complain loud enough we'll get some schwag. :)

As for Visual Studio support I was more looking forward to VS 2010 than back to 2008...

Cheers,

Charles
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] RustyGrom:
I agree. Less of a technical test than a policy test. No doubt they'll be revamping it entirely for WP7.

Oh of course. Microsoft is looking to make a clean break. WP7 dev will be VS2010 (and up) only. Old design and policy decisions are no longer valid. As Gizmodo said (although in a different context), everything is different now.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] thx1200:
As an "individual," I can tell you that the marketplace guidelines are not that bad. And it wasn't that long ago that everybody was complaining about quality control for WM apps. In a centralized market, Microsoft holds the reigns and can keep the market clean. Like it or not, this is what is selling right now -- this is what most customers want. It's working for Apple, Blackberry, and Android. And it's working for WM, despite how few phones are bundled with marketplace yet. There are some pretty simple two-hour hacks making some decent amount of cash. Fart apps are the future. lol

And before everybody freaks out ZOMG I need to hack my phone to load a tool from XDA, relax! Microsoft has said nothing. And, no, silence does not indicate anything either way. Microsoft employees sign NDAs and WILL BE FIRED if they leak information. Apple does the same thing! It's just the way the industry works.

I'm pretty sure that loading non-marketplace apps will be possible. I'm also confident that it will be followed by a gazillion "are you sures" just like Big Windows does. lol. But this is pure speculation. I have no inside knowledge.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] thx1200:
Absolutely correct! I misspoke.

What's the experience like on burning two submissions per app (if the first fails)? What I mean is, yes the submission was burned, but did they "comp" them another submission since the mistake was not entirely the developer's fault?

I'm curious because I did an app certification for Big Windows to get our company Gold Partner status and it was a cinch. It was a hosted ASP.Net app. The tester was a really cool person and pretty much made sure the thing would pass before ever actually running the app certification process. It was such a pleasant non-stressful experience, which was not what I was expecting. lol.

I haven't finished the app I'm going to submit to marketplace, but I assumed it'd be in the ballpark similar, although, like you mentioned, I was going to be overprepared beforehand.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] lbcoder:
Oh god... wm7 won'r run wm6 apps?

destined to fail.

Nobody's going to write software for that. Not when it's in LAST PLACE among smartphone OS's.....
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Kloc:
At one time Apple and Google both didn't have a single app on their phone but they are still successful are they not? This shouldn't be any different. The is a brand new mobile OS. It's not an upgrade from WM6.x. This is Windows Phone 7 Series, the UI looks good to me, as long as they can get developers on board I don't think this is any near a failure. I think staying with the current platform is a failure. Sure we may like it but we are only a very small group compared to the rest of the world.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] landslide:
I got my hands on a Zune HD the other day, WP7 is the Zune Phone.
[Android Themes] shadowmike:
This theme is based off of MAnup456's NexTheme that he has at Nexus-Nation.com. I am releasing it now because of the fact that I'm soon getting a nexus and the screen on my mytouch is shattered so I will not be continuing the port.

Soo.

this includes Launcher2.apk , GenieWidgets.apk , Music.apk , Settings.apk and framework-res.apk , and a modified LiveWallpapers.apk and afew wallpapers resized from manups theme

framework is totally done so most of the orange highlights are now green.

push files in system/app/ folder to system/app

push files in system/framework to system/framework

copy files in sdcard/myNexusD to /sdcard/<wherever you have your wallpapers>

View attachment 281806View attachment 281807View attachment 281808

this is using the framework-res files found here mixed with other frame-works to get a nice dark phone. however status bar doesnot have white text even tho it was stated the services.jar was edited for white text

ps. for some screens of the phone = http://twitpic.com/photos/miDroid_Mike
[Android Themes] ATZ-007:
Very nice theme and finally we a good working theme and easy to install (well it was for me), so Thank You :):)

However when you pull down the notification bar, everything is too dark (i.e background and text). So do you think you can change text colour into white? :confused::confused:

Many thanks,
[Android Themes] m0bstar:
anyway not to use abd, i have OSX and dont know how to use abd to be honest, is there a terminal method or some other way?
[Android Themes] krohme:
dude that is soo neat! :eek: but is there a way of getting just the google search bar on its own??

Thanks :)
[Android Themes] fooyonghwee:
how do i install this?
[Android Themes] shadowmike:
ill work on this alittle more for you guys.

as for the text i know its dark. but the white text mod wouldnt work for me. if somone knows how to change the text in the file i provided. would be appreciated.

for the search bar. its in launcher. so i can make a theme zip for stericsons theme program (forgot name)

as for doing this without adb

terminal. transfer the files to your sdcard, open terminal and

su

rwsystem

cp /sdcard/Launcher2.apk /system/app/

cp /sdcard/Music.apk /system/app/

etc.
[Android Themes] rivera618:
trying to copy framework-res.apk always freezes my phone. all others get through OK

edit: pushing the file through adb worked
[Android Themes] am03ba:
hey, this is awesome work. but i just want to know if that clock/weather widget is the geniewidget. i installed all the files with terminal but cant find it anywhere. sorry if its a noob question, im still learning :)

thx in advance
[Android Themes] rivera618:
sorry, misunderstood the question, see next post
[Android Themes] m0bstar:
no that clock is Beautiful Widgets Smaller Home.
[Android Themes] cigboy:
Sorry for the noob question, but how do you install this? I flashed Manup's 2.1 Eclair rom with no problem but this is a bit out of my comprehension. Any help?
[Android Themes] eessel:
I'm glad you realize that it was a noob question..the answer, however, lays in the title of the thread itself:

NexTheme for G1/MT3G - KingKlick AOSP2.1 1.6.1

Keyword: KingKlick AOSP2.1 1.6.1

Now, I might be the noob here, but I do believe that means that it's for KingKlick AOSP2.1 1.6.1 and that alone. This theme will not work on the Manup ROM you downloaded and flashed, but this will work on KingKlick AOSP2.1 1.61, believe it or not. So go back to the android development section and download and flash KingKlick AOSP2.1 1.6.1, then come back to this thread and then push the files from adb(http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/) and there you go! You'll have a fully working theme. I hope that's not beyond your comprehension as well. :p
[Android Themes] cigboy:
Hahahaha! Extremely nooby. Sorry I'm new to this :p. Thanks. Your reply made me laugh.
[Android Themes] cigboy:
Ok, so after an hour of trying and failing, I found out trying to get ADB on phone is to much of a hassle and a pain.

So I'm going to do a terminal transfer,

when I type cp /sdcard/launcher2.apk/system/app/ I get 8 options with letters next to each. I know I'm supposed to do this for every file but which option do I choose?

-a same as -dpR

-d,-P Preserve links

-H,-L Dereference all symlinks (default)

-p Preserve file attributes if possible

-f force overwrite (<- I was going to choose this one)

-i Prompt before overwrite

-R,-r recourse directories

-l,-s create (sym)links

Which one do I choose? Thanks!
[Android Themes] eessel:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=636340
[Android Themes] anghellic:
Installing this.

in order to adb push where exactly do I put the files on my computer after I download them?

EDIT: okay so I extracted the files to the androidsdk/tools/ folder and when I go to push them this is what comes up...

"failed to copy *w/e file I try to push* to 'system/app' : Is a directory"
[Android Themes] cigboy:
Finally got ADB to work! Thanks eessel!

Now that I got ADB to work how do I push the files? ROFL
[Android Themes] anghellic:
I'm in the same boat lol
[Android Themes] cigboy:
LOL Im getting the same message as you... I could push it to the sdcard no problem, but thats not what we're supposed to do. How do we push it to system/app??
[Android Themes] anghellic:
lol I have no clue man, I've looked for hours on how to actually use abd not just how to install, the install was no problem once I figured it out.
[Android Themes] cigboy:
Well, I've been researching, and everywhere I read it says that you cant push into the system because we have read only permissions even with root. So now I'm kinda lost..

EDIT: :D I got it. I dont know if its right but i did "adb push geniewidget.apk /system/sd/app"

It worked but i dont know if its right.
[Android Themes] anghellic:
are you talking about remounting the sd card to write as well?

EDIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: I GOT IT TOO! WOOHOO!!!
[Android Themes] cigboy:
Once you got it did the changes automatically happen? Or did you apply them somehow?
[Android Themes] anghellic:
I didn't get it, my phone froze or something what did you do right up to the point where you start pushing files?
[Android Themes] cigboy:
Well, by sheer luck I got the adb to finally work. So I unzipped the nexTheme file into the SDK tools. After that I started pushing files into the phone, or tried pushing. That didnt work so I set my phone down and came back and when I tried "adb push launcher2.apk system/app/ it worked. And thats about the only part of the theme I got to work. Nothing else looks any different.

And I cant get the fricken framework to work either.
[Android Themes] anghellic:
It just seems theres lacking an apply after you push you can disconnect and reboot? or do you even have to reboot? God, I'm such a noob.
[Android Themes] cigboy:
Hmm, that might seem like a good idea. Try rebooting after all files are pushed? We both are :( Hmm. Did pushing to framework work for you??
[Android Themes] anghellic:
well I was watching my phone after each file I pushed checking to see if anything was different and after I pushed genie widget and went to look at widgets launcher2 kept force closing over and over and over and I couldn't get out of it

EDIT: I just pushed the framework-res.apk file and my phone froze for a second and then right now its showing the nexus boot screen and it's staying there...
[Android Themes] cigboy:
Oh wow. Try pulling the launcher then pushing it back in? I dont know if that actually takes it out or just makes a copy but that might seem like a good idea. This theme may be more trouble then its worth...

Edit: I do like launcher2 though

EDIT:EDIT: Hmmm Maybe youre getting somewhere? What did you type to push the framework-res.apk?
[Android Themes] anghellic:
I typed "adb push system/framework/framework-res.apk system/framework" and hit enter. and it went through through command prompt but my phone is not taking it I guess.
[Android Themes] cigboy:
All I get is Cannot copy blah blah blah read only directory

Did you try taking the battery out of your phone?
[Android Themes] anghellic:
yeah I can just do a full data wipe in recovery mode and reflash the rom but it gets annoying having to do that often
[Android Themes] cigboy:
I dont know, this theme is kinda pissing me off. I think I'll just wait until someone more experienced then us helps us out. And Im gona go. If you want we can google talk and I can try to help you with any advice you need? I do have google talk on my phone now :D
[Android Themes] anghellic:
hey, wait a sec lemme try something here...I may have figured something out..

EDIT:NVM nothing different I tried doing the whole process while my phone was at the actual home not the launcher and i pushed the launcher first and I tried goin to the launcher on my phone and it went to boot screen
[Android Themes] cigboy:
Alright hurry cause I really gotta go. Homework, shower, take a dump... hahaha

Edit: Hahaha alright. Keep messing around with it? I'll check back in a while. I really love how we're the only ones who are having this much trouble with it...
[Android Themes] anghellic:
yeah, i know. HELP US PLEASE!!!!!!! IT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED!
[Android Themes] anghellic:
SO...

I've tried pushing the files and it just soft bricks my phone every time...what could I be doing wrong? would it be anything to do with partitioning sd card, mounting sd card, or I have no idea...just help please:confused:
[Android Themes] inzane1:
adb remount
adb push app/*.apk /system/app/*.apk
adb push framework/*.* /system/framework/*.*

instead of the *.apk you have to write GenieWidget.apk and Launcher2.apk and so on

and instead of *.* you have to write framework-res.apk and services.jar
[Android Themes] anghellic:
no I've done all this...every time i do it tho it doesn't work and my phone freezes it seems to screw up when I install the launcher2.apk and the framework-res.apk

wait...do I have to type the filename again for where I'm sending it to?
[Android Themes] inzane1:
the folder app and framework have to be in the same folder as your adb.exe ;)

adb remount
adb push app/GenieWidget.apk /system/app/GenieWidget.apk
adb push app/Launcher2.apk /system/app/Launcher2.apk
adb push app/LiveWallpapers.apk /system/app/LiveWallpapers.apk
adb push app/Music.apk /system/app/Music.apk
adb push app/Settings.apk /system/app/Settings.apk
adb remount
adb push framework/framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
adb push framework/services.jar /system/framework/services.jar

This is how it worked for me on KingKlick's AOSP2.1 1.6.1
[Android Themes] anghellic:
was ur phone in the launcher when you did it or does that even matter?
[Android Themes] inzane1:
It was plugged to the computer with the original Cable and i was on my homescreen ;)

are your USB-Drivers installed right?
[Android Themes] anghellic:
well I waited for the boot screen after the framework-res and it worked so we're all set now thanks for your help!!!! tell cigboy the same thing he needs the help too
[Android Themes] cigboy:
You sir are my hero. Thank you. I got my theme. :)
[Android Themes] shadowmike:
im getting a g1 in 3 - 4 days so ill be working on this again. untill i get a nexus.
[Android Themes] BB_Siao:
Fixed white notification text

after much trial and error, I have finally managed to change the notification text to white color. Much easier to see the text now =)

adb remount
adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
adb shell
# reboot

shadowmike: nice theme!

Added screenshot
[Android Themes] anghellic:
ello

how do you get that cool little circular battery status? :)
[Android Themes] inzane1:
@BB_Siao: worked fine :D

@shadowmike: do you make updates for this?
[Android Themes] BB_Siao:
Circular Battery Status

Just push the attached file for the cicular battery status :)
[Android Themes] inzane1:
Thanks again BB_Siao.

Worked fine again :)
[Android Themes] rivera618:
any updates on this one?
[Android Themes] geolemon:
I'm curious also - will this work with newer builds?

I have cyanogen 6.1.0, which is Android 2.2, and ADW.Launcher 1.3.3 (which looks different even than the implementation in 6.0.0 - I don't know which ADW.Launcher that was)

I'm not even a hater of the black theme included with 6.1.0, except that I don't have any of the inverted icons, so my black-based icons don't show up well on the black notification bar. Is it possible to just install the white icons from this theme?

...and the black Google widget, while I'm asking?
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom Software Upgrading] tommi88:
hi...im a new owner to atom exec and i want to change my ROM but im having troubles with it...whenever i start the update process,after a while it will pop up a message box saying that "no download target found!"...what does this mean???hopefully someone here can guide me through it...
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom Software Upgrading] tommi88:
anybody can help me please??thanks...
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom Software Upgrading] noriest:
before this, im also had the same problem to flash my o2. exac, u need window xp platform (sp1,2,3).. i already try on vista and seven but the result is the same like yours.hope that help:D
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom Software Upgrading] BonezOz:
Exactly, I noticed another post where the same issue was occurring.

To bypass this I booted up an XP virtual machine, installed ActiveSync 4.1, connected the phone to the VM (virtual machine) and then ran the update from there.

So far so good.
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom Software Upgrading] zukmana:
how to upgrade atom exec rom using mini sd card

i was upgraded my rom with active sync, but something "unwanted" happen, my atom screen just showing windows screen, but it won't opened the menu. please...tell me how to install a new one with mini sd card step by step
[Click General] mobisat:
When I receive a call or a text message from someone it displays their phone number instead of their name that is in my phonebook.

How do I fix this as I have tried google and the user manual and can't seem to find it.

Thanks in advance.
[Click General] mobisat:
I've been talking to HTC tech support about this issue and they got me to try a few things. They now say that I will have to send it back to them for repair as they reckon it is faulty. Hopefully they won't send it back to me reflashed to the UK Orange ROM....
[Click General] mobisat:
The other day I synched my tattoo with my Outlook contacts and calendar. It screwed it right up. Deleted over 500 contacts and moved loads of events in my calendar.

I have to wait for the IT dept to restore my outlook from the backup tape from the exchange server.

Since I told HTC about this they have stopped replying. Maybe next week they will take it in for repair......
[Click General] mobisat:
Has anyone else had this problem. If I have the phone with SIM only contacts then the name shows. If I sync my Outlook contacts then none of my outlook or SIM contacts display the name. The ROM that I am using is 1.67.405.6
[Click General] mobisat:
The phone is just back from repair and no fault found and they reinstalled the Orange ROM on it. I have put it back to 1.67.405.6 ROM

I love this phone apart from this problem (which I must get fixed or it's back to using the Kaiser).

My camera doesn't auto focus either to scan barcodes
[Click General] mobisat:
Am I the only person in the world that owns a Tattoo that this happens to ????
[Click General] TheSSJ:
No, to be honest my tattoo camera doesn't auto focus either when scanning barcodes...when using the normal camera it does really well...

Since I don't really need this feature it didn't quite bother me...
[Click General] mobisat:
All my incoming phone calls and text messages just show the callers id number but it doesn't translate them into the phonebook names. Very annoying.
[Click General] yash08:
I doubt that this is a fault on the tattoo. Should be some settings somewhere. Remember on windows mobile 6.x you had to set the minimum number of digits in the phone number if your country used less than the default settings for it to show phonebook names? Might be something like that. Try to dig in this direction.
[Click General] mobisat:
Think I have looked at every setting on this phone and still can't seem to get it working. Maybe it's a fault in the ROM or summat
[Click General] TheSSJ:
Does the phone display SIM contacts AND phone contacts? if yes i would set it to phone only and copy all contacts to from sim to phone - maybe it can't handle doubled entries...Oo
[Click General] mobisat:
I got it listing phone contacts only, changed my frequent ones to +44 numbers, still no difference, still showing phone numbers for all calls and texts.

Is my phone the only one that does this ??

If it doesn't get sorted soon i'll have to get rid of it as this is a bloody nuisance....
[Click General] TheSSJ:
Yes, I'm afraid that your phone is the only one, just as my phone was the only one to delete sms messages automatically...I called HTC support and they told me I had to hard reset the phone (although I did this 2 times before). Nevertheless I tried the third time and now the problem's gone curiously...

You can backup all your data on your SD card before you hard reset it (if you're willing to do this again), so no data loss on this side ;)

It's just a thought...

I think hard reset is triggered when pressing Menu and Back buttons while the phone is turned off and then shortly pressing the power button.

Sorry for not being of more help

Regards

TheSSJ
[Click General] mobisat:
Right, I decided to bite the bullet again and did a hard reset, scrubbed everything.

1. SIM contacts only, phoned the mobile and the name and number came up the way it should i.e. normal

2. Synched my outlook contacts with the phone

3. Called the mobile from numbers in my Outlook, just the number shows, no name

4. Called the mobile from numbers that worked in step 1, these now show as just number only, no name

5. From this I presume that there is something wrong/corrupt in the Outlook data that the phone doesn't like and screws the names part up. I presume I will need to go through all my Outlook contacts to see if anything jumps out as being the problem.

Any ideas ??