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[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] piercewei:
Thanks for comments. But I didnt find the "desk seeting". I have screen preferences, drawer settings, previews settings ang UI settings. I use the free versions of ADW launcher loaded from market. Are you using a different version?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] piercewei:
I'm updating ADW now. Hope it works well afterwards.

Cherrs!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] j4mm3r:
Hey I was referring to GDE as was Shiwantha in his post that you quoted. I tried ADW and don't recall it having a auto loop function. For me ADW had some weird issue with the applications panel, would scroll so smooth.

So far from the ones that I've tried, GDE seems to have most of the features, then there is Helix Launcher (use the DONUT version for X10).

/j4mm3r
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] piercewei:
You are correct. I didnt find loop function after updation. It's not a bis issue for me. I'm going to evaluate the 3 launcher, ADW, Helix and the original one. Have you tested all of them? If so, what's your opinion in terms of smoothness and battery drainage?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Higgins12:
ADW Launcher is a nice Piece of software , used Home++ before but switched to ADW now. Tried GDE as well but i dont really like it and it needs a bunch of memory.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Shiwantha:
I have tested GDE, Home, Open home Paid, Helix, ADW.

all have no noticeable impact to battery. but if you keep Geo-location or Weather updates frequently, make sure you carry extra battery to swap every 8 hours of use. :D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] piercewei:
Some guys mentioned that Helix helped a lot on battery life. I myself didnt identify the remarkable impact. Maybe it is sth related to the phone version.

sent from X1
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Shiwantha:
Before GDE I used Helix about 1 week. I didn't feel any difference. I have seen lots of articles saying Helix saves battery.

Until I see technical information or a controlled test done with other home apps by fair entity I will not take helix back.

I consider overall benefits, when selecting a package, which is GDE :D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] thefunkaygibbon:
I use ADW... Its awesome.

But remember, if you use a home replacement, remove any widgets that update automatically from the normal home... especially if you don't use them on the new home screens
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] rocketpaul:
i dont understand, Im using Beautiful home, would that count?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Shiwantha:
thefunkaygibbon have made a good point.

Means, If you running any 3rd party home applications (which we are taking in this thread), go to your built in home (which is dormant/idle ) and remove all the widgets and icons.

Even I forgot to mention earlier, I will take an example. I have GDE, and my default home is GDE. since im using it, I went to my built-in Home and delete all the icons,widgets and made it empty.

This is because even I use GDE as my home, if my default built in home running some widgets and stuff, its unnecessary resources usage. so keep your home clean.:p :p :p :p
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] rocketpaul:
oh i see, thanks for that :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] iridaki:
Thank you very much for the tip! It hadn't crossed my mind to do that and it makes perfects sense! Thanks again!!! :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] piercewei:
What if I use the taskiller to kill(autolill) the built-in home screen? In this case, do I still to need to clean it?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Shiwantha:
Unless you planing to use 2 desktop homes its recommended to to that. this is to make the phone efficient in battery and processor usage.

I haven't tested this but even if you kill home app using auto kill, if you are running widget like beautiful widget, at the time of weather or geo-location refresh, application will restart automatically. Since you have add Home to kill list. you might make it unstable and get force close errors.:confused:
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] im_iceman:
If you are using a home replacement such as helix or ads or gde.. Then set it as default, your standard home launcher won't start so neither will the widgets that you have on it.

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Sent from my X10i
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] piercewei:
And a stupid question. I have set ADW as the default screen. How can I back to built-in screen?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Shiwantha:
Option 1

Go to Settings/Applications/Manage Applications/ADW/clear defaults

Come back to main screen and click menu (middle button)

Now you should be having option to select as "Complete action using"

OR

Option 2

click timescape widget or from application drawer select timesacpe

click settings and tick set as home

click back and you should be having timescape as home

now go to settings again and untick the set as home screen and press back

Come back to main screen and click menu (middle button)

Now you should be having option to select as "Complete action using"
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Shiwantha:
I disagree :D

when ever phone starts your default home will run in background even you dont use it. accordingly all the others apps will start in that desktop

you cannot user startup auditor for default system apps. unless we use task manager to kill all of these, it will run and consume resources.

This concept will change once we have superuser access (rooting)

Until then prevention is better than cure.. ;)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] j4mm3r:
I agree, that's exactly the behavior that I noticed.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] im_iceman:
If you have Astro.. or something else which allows you to view active processes and apps then you will see the the "Home" app is not running after you have rebooted the handset, as long as you have select your replacement as the default...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] piercewei:
@Shiwantha, thanks so much for help!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] dwydl:
yes and it's by far the best i've used
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zyexx:
now I think i really got to try this one out
[HTC Excalibur] somecuitears:
is there any software which can protect my sms inbox... by which i can put password in my messaging
[Nexus One General] nexus5894:
I've noticed a few pre-Froyo changes that seem to have appeared suddenly with no warning:

1. Report button when an app force closes

2. No longer have root with Paul's superboot as Root Explorer and Quickboot don't work. Re-running the Superboot reinstates root.

3. Phone seems quite a bit smoother

Has anyone found any other changes? Also, can you say which ROMs you've had. According to something I read on the official Nexus One forums, rooted phones stay on the update white-list.

I'm on the stock EPE76 (via Paul O'Brian) previously with Paul's superboot root.
[Nexus One General] momentarylapseofreason:
There's a whole other thread right below this one talking about this. Why start a new thread? ;)
[Nexus One General] nexus5894:
A

Arghh- must have missed it. Someone close this please
[Touch CDMA General] scotttr:
I'm running nfsfans v1.0 rom, I installed msoffice 2010 and had really big menus until i did a soft reset.

How can i get those menus back?
[Touch CDMA General] scotttr:
I found it.

Somehow the HTC menus became active.

I use titanium but if I were to use manila these menus would be the default.

To enable these menus, even with titanium, I had to:

Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\HTCMenus and create a new DWord with the name EnableManilaCheck then set its value to 0, Soft Reset, and I now have the HTC menus when using titanium.

I found this on someones blog(not sure whos) and they gave credit for it to someone on XDA.
[Touch CDMA General] egzthunder1:
sun_dream maybe?
[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
THIS SOURCE WILL WORK ON ALL CURRENT HTC EVO'S!!!

i found the board files for the EVO a while back but wanted to wait til we at least had the release RUU to release it. now the actual kernel itself isnt a EVO kernel. its actually an Incredible kernel source with the EVO board files in it. that said i had to mod the board files a little to get it to compile. anyhow link below and remember to fork as it helps github and everyone. thanx :D

GoDmOdE-EVO

Commit log:

Sat May 22, 2010 - First-commit-0_o = first commit :p

Sat Jun 19, 2010 - Fix the wimax LED, capella prox sensor. Add epson panel support for supersonic

(panel_type=0), which is present on

hardware revision 3. Implement 9bit spi. - by Joe Hansche (maejrep)

Sun Jun 20, 2010 - Add some more epson vs novatec fixes - by Joe Hansche (maejrep)

Mon Jun 21, 2010 - Fix proximity sensor and Implement wimax LED control. These commits also fixed issues with all other sensors, and enabling them to all work!!! - by Joe Hansche (maejrep)

THIS IS A UPDATE.ZIP THAT CAN BE USED WITH FRESH ROM, TO BOOT THIS KERNEL WITHOUT WIPING. PLEEEEEESE DO A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE FLASHING THIS UPDATE.ZIP. SO U CAN JUST NANDROID RESTORE UR DEVICE BACK TO NORMAL AFTER UR DONE PLAYING ;) . ANYHOW CAMERA IS NOT WORKING AND THERE SEEM TO BE WHATS THOUGHT TO BE VSYNC ISSUES. ANYHOW ENJOY!!!

http://link.geekfor.me/godmodefreshhh

of course dont turn this thread into a this is broke can u please fix it thread. :rolleyes:

:D

IF U WOULD LIKE TO HELP OUT OR BUILD UR OWN KERNEL FROM THIS SOURCE, PLEASE FORK. THIS IS ADVISED BY GITHUB AND ALSO BY ME. AS IT MAKE PULLING CHANGES TO AND FROM BRANCHES MUCH EASIER. THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR U AND ME. IF I MAKE A COMMIT U WANNA ADD U CAN EASILY SYNC UP WITH ME AND VICE VERSA. WORKS OUT GREAT FOR EVERYONE AND KEEPS US COMPLETELY OPEN, AFTER ALL WERE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM.
[EVO 4G Android Development] darchstar:
ToAsTcFh For MOD!!!! This is genius
[EVO 4G Android Development] rekphiv:
Im a little too buzzed atm. What exactly is this and what does it mean for us?:confused: explain and ill understand it in the A.M.:p
[EVO 4G Android Development] chuckhriczko:
Trying to take over the Evo forums already Toast? ha ha Good to know we are going to have good devs on this board. Still running your kernel on my Hero. That is until my Evo arrives today and I start trying to root it :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] justinisyoung:
how're you getting your evo today??
[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
so far i know a lot of good devs coming over. im pre-ordered so as soon as it shows up at best buy ill be struggling for root again. ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] YoungAceAtlanta:
Ebay? Craglist?

ppl from the google i/o event selling them
[EVO 4G Android Development] chuckhriczko:
Yep. eBay. It's a Google I/O device. Paid a HEFTY premium for it but it's worth it to get it two weeks early for me.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chuckhriczko:
Awesome. Who else that you know of? I know I stopped devving for the Hero but I can't wait to start devving for this thing. This community is going to be epic!
[EVO 4G Android Development] clamknuckle:
Right on toast, this is awesome.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Glod:
fantastic toast
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeykrim:
can this kernel be loaded onto one of the google I/O event EVOs to test?
[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
The device isn't root yet ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeykrim:
now i see the catch 22...sorry im new to all this and dont have an EVO to experiment with...

could this kernel be combined with the standard ramdisk into a boot.img, packaged into a signed update.zip and installed through the stock recovery?
[EVO 4G Android Development] chuckhriczko:
No. You can't flash anything worthwhile until the phone is rooted. Once this happens expect this forum to explode.
[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
No we need root and the ability. To flash a custom recovery. Basically. The catch 22 is we need root before we can do anything custom
[EVO 4G Android Development] Shidell:
By flashing an updated NBH, doesn't that overwrite both the Kernel and the OS on the NAND? If so, couldn't we replace the Kernel with one with root, and also provide for our own (AOSP, etc.) builds of Android?

Essentially, I'm wondering what the breakdown process is for recovery. The bootloader (Power + Volume on boot) is stored on the ROM, so regardless of "bricking" your device, you should always be able to get back to the bootloader to recover, correct?

If that's the case, what stops us from simply building an NBH with the current (locked) Kernel, but with modified system files for our own ROM?
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeykrim:
we're thinking alike here. some of this terminology is new to me and some isnt. hopefully this makes sense. im gonna reword but ask the same question as above (at least i think same question) plus another question. im doing a lot of research and tryin to word things correctly...

this might be the same question as above, are we able to trick the supersonic RUU released here into loading our own rom.zip file (NBH)? (we were able to do this with the samsung moment)

if not, are we able to use the fastboot-bootloader mode (samsung moment doesnt have this) to install a custom recovery? if so, we are then waiting on a custom recovery to be developed?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Shidell:
I think we are heading down the same path. :)

My understanding is that flashing a new "ROM" via NBH will replace both the Kernel and the OS (Android) files on the NAND, as both live there. The only item that lives in the ROM itself is the bootloader, which should always persist. With this understanding, even if you totally destroy your Kernel and/or Android OS, you should always be able to power the device to bootloader mode (Power + Volume) to flash (and therefore replace/restore) a new Kernel/OS to your phone.

If that's the case, then root access isn't necessary. All root access will allow us to do is some fancy side operations, like running a ROM (OS) manager inside Android--and who really wants to do that? Most of us want to be able to load a single custom build of Android, optimized and designed the way we want, right?

My thought process is this:

HTC should be releasing the EVO Kernel source on developer.htc.com by the official launch. With that, we can compile the Kernel ourselves (if we can't otherwise find it compiled) and theoretically bundle that with our own OS compilation of Android into a .NBH. This .NBH could then be flashed via the bootloader, replacing both the stock OS and the Kernel with what we've bundled.

This would seem to mean we wouldn't have root access, but we wouldn't need it, as we could simply update the OS files, build an .NBH, and provide it to users to flash. This could mean that custom distros would be a single contained file--one file to flash and that's it, you're updated.

Thoughts? Is this accurate?

If this is the case, we should start looking at the Kernel and the .NBH format rather than obtaining root, because once we understand the .NBH, we can load whatever we want (including a Kernel with root access, if desired.)
[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
ok.. the bootloader isnt gonna let us flash anything that isnt for the phone that ive heard of at least. the bootloader is only gonna let us flash rom.zips signed by htc unless we have a engineering spl. if we had that we could fastboot whatever we want. but it is also my understanding that the new engineering spls will not let us flash to certain major partitions (ie rocovery, and boot) anyhow this i think was an issue for the desire that modaco rooted and he found a way around it. we need a recovery for sure. as starting a new with no backups and such would be nothing more then a pain. we should focus i think on obtaining a engineering SPL from someone nice who wants to hook us up or a exploit of some sort. we need to gain read/write access to system, boot and recovery partitions. we do that and we can do what we want with the device. were not gonna be able to just flash a kernel, boot.img, system, or update.zip thats not official without the ability to gain access to the recovery partition.

in an exploit we would have root user status and we would have write perms on system at that point we could possible add flash_image to bin, chmod it and use that to flash a new recovery. write access is all we need. if ur idea was possible all we would need to do is flash a distro with root access and then flash the recovery partition with a custom recovery. a custome recovery will give us the ability to flash, backup and restore whatever we want. so long story short we need root user status in any event so we can gain access to recovery partition.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jabbawalkee:
Wait how do we know if we have novatec or epson? I did the adb shell dmesg but not sure what exactly to search for.
[EVO 4G Android Development] SilverStone641:
Just donated for this Toast. thanks for all your work! do we have any line on getting a kernel with camera support? i just dont' know if higher FPS is worth losing my camera :(
[EVO 4G Android Development] swaze:
Need for HTC to release the source and then alot of things will be able to be fixed.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jabbawalkee:
I'm also wondering, will it be possible for 30 fps to be fixed on novatec panels? If not, I should go return mine before the 30 days is up huh?
[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
DONT HOLD UR BREATH FOR HTC :P

anyhow were currenty woring on the camera and vsync issues. weve both (maejrep and i) been up till 4am every night since friday and sleeping for a few hours and heading to work, just to do it all over again. anyhow it just takes time to sort through it all. the issues are not only in board files but also other parts of the source have been changed to support the EVO. so its just like a trial and error deal. comparing everything from IDA to current kernel source,compiling and testing. were working with both devices though (0002 and 0003) and testing changes on them both. so thats good news for everyone. :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] mwbarb:
I also did the adb shell dmesg and found out that I have the novatec screen. Just right click on the script, choose find and enter 'novatec'. Mine shows up towards the bottom of the script as "mddi_novatec_power: power off."

Has anyone done an in depth analysis between the epson and novatec screens?
[EVO 4G Android Development] KERKEDAGAIN:
clearly, we all have MAD respect for what use guys are doing!! Just take care of yourselves...cuz if you die, we'll KILL YOU!!! :D :eek:
[EVO 4G Android Development] AssassinsLament:
toast, so what is your opinion of the novatec model, do you think it can be software fixed?
[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
possibly. i mean really everyone is spazing out for no reason. no one said the other panel was screwed for this fix. also weve only had the source working on both devices for a few days(like 3 days) and panel was the thing needing to be fixed on the epson devices to even boot, so it was being looked at more. all the code is there and anyone is welcomed to repo my source and tinker. this source is for the community to use and edit. the more people on it, the more will get fixed faster. anyhow its about time as to when this will be fully functional. it takes hours on end to just get a grasp of whats going on in a single section in IDA. then its gotta be coded and tested. its a lot of work no doubt and without maejrep we would be nowhere near this far. together we work different hours and such. its a matter of just time in a noght to do it. i also have 3 kids, a wife, 2 dogs and a crappy cat. not to mention my day job and coming here and modding the forums moving threads and keeping peace.:p anyhow as i said in the OP fork my ssource and make commits with ur changes and i caan pull them into mine at anytime like a mainline for the EVO :p
[EVO 4G Android Development] skantman69:
Toast don't sweat the fools out there. Most of us have jobs and families and understand. Thanks for what you do to make or phones better.

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Sent on my Sprint EVO using 4G speed
[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
I don't worry. I have patients, hope, will, and (sometimes) skill. I don't give up till my phone bricks. Then like any junky ill buy another. Development isn't about "my phone is crippled, I'm gonna return it and complain till o do". It's about action ,effort, and determination. I try to do and have all of them ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] jabbawalkee:
Wow I thought I was busy with my two dogs, but you got way more going on. Serious respect for you man. We all appreciate it (despite all the bickering and whining on this forum). :) I gotta learn what you know!
[EVO 4G Android Development] theshade89:
Awesome work on this! Flashed & enjoying 50-55 (seems to be capped @ 55) fps avg fps2d along with smooth home screen transitions. Noticed some screen tearing while scrolling through apps, but hey, small price to pay.
[EVO 4G Android Development] luisrcastillo:
I can't thank you enough for all of your hard work and sleepless days. Even though I have a novatec, all of your efforts make me keep a positive attitude.

I wish I had some knowledge or could provide assistance so you're not the only ones killing yourselves to make thousands of users happy. If there's anything I can do to help and contribute, let me know.

I also must say that you're a very multitasker - wife, kids, pets...whoa...I only have the wife and 1 kid and I don't even have enough time to enjoy my EVO as much as I would love to.
[EVO 4G Android Development] wiregr:
toast, first off, thanks for all the hard work! You guys are awesome!

Second, could you provide some description of how you guys fixed the cap or maybe around which commit it was fixed in? I've got a 002 and I'd like to start taking a look into this if I can. Thanks!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Cicatrize:
I don't think it was intentional. They placed the code needed to run the Epson panel in the board file and as a result, the cap was lifted for that display.

I'd like to see a stock panel file for an 0003 Epson device to compare.
[EVO 4G Android Development] AssassinsLament:
Well, I do understand people being paranoid, because I am too... I only have a week or so left before my 30 days run out, and I won't be able to return it. I enjoy playing around with code and fixing what the original manufacturer's developers failed to do... but if it comes down to the hardware not supporting it, then we're stuck. But yeah, so at least that's why I'm kind of antsy.

Back to development... I found some reference to the Topaz having a Novatek LCD, same model too as I recall. Topaz is a windows mobile phone, but of course Android was ported to it. With that being said, maybe we can see how they handled the Novatek lcd. (if it really did turn out to be a Novatek lcd)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3852857&postcount=19
[EVO 4G Android Development] vboyz103:
Damn it I'm jealous..I got novatec and no workie for me... :(
[EVO 4G Android Development] Cicatrize:
Looks like Epson and Toshiba according to this:

http://gitorious.org/linux-on-qualc...6.27/arch/arm/mach-msm/board-htctopaz-panel.c
[EVO 4G Android Development] gmelchert:
I might take my evo in and get it replaced so i can get epson. :D anywho, is there a preformance difference between the 2 screens (im talking in general, not about the fps cap)

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[EVO 4G Android Development] tmm2279:
Thanks!!!

Thank you very much!

I just ran FPS2D and averaged 53FPS!
[EVO 4G Android Development] sdrewh:
Very well said.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Hero_Over:
can anyone tell me if accelerometer works??
[EVO 4G Android Development] Cicatrize:
Yes. The only thing that doesn't work is camera for me.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Hero_Over:
dude!!!!!! toast and maejrep are my heroes. as sad as it is i dont use the camera and i mostly use froyo. so this is absolutely wonderful news. thanks guys. ill have some kernel versions out in a bit.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Varo210:
Ok anyone putting in those hours needs the coffee. Enjoy!