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[Android Themes] Slingshot377:
Hi,

I am trying to get the transparent power control widget look (without any lights, just transparent icons that change from translucent to opaque as they are toggled off and on).

I applied the metamorph, but that didn't appear to work. I then used AndExplorer to copy my Settings.apk file to my SD Card to manually change the PNGs, however what I found was that metamorph HAD done its job correctly and changed those PNGs to the transparent ones. However, even after rebooting when I add the Power Control Widget the Cyanogen 'stock' grey w/ blue lights widget appears.

How can I get this to work correctly for me?

I have attached my Settings.apk file.

For reference, I am running CyanogenMod 5.0.8-DS.

I am trying to apply this mod: ht tp://ww w.droidforums.net/forum/droid-themes/31939-mm-extra-clear-power-control-widget.html
[Android Themes] MilkPudding:
Same here. Looks like it's being applied to the system but nothing changes when I reboot the phone. Someone help please.
[Android Themes] Slingshot377:
The only thing I can think of is that maybe the Power Control Widget icons are now being stored in a different location...
[Android Themes] MilkPudding:
I've found a way to do it. You need Ninjamorph and do it manually. I guess it's created for the hdpi phones and you need to copy the image to the mdpi folder.

The image you need to edit is in system/app/settings.apk. Open it with Ninjamorph and go to res/drawable-mdpi and change the appwidget_bg.9.png with a 68x68 transparent image. (You can just copy it over from the zip file and resize it in Ninjamorph). After that press finish project to apply the changes and you are done!
[Android Themes] Slingshot377:
Yup, those are the images I replaced as well. This is very confusing...
[Android Themes] Slingshot377:
Anyone have a solution?
[Android Themes] Bl4z1n:
Well, that link you posted to the metamorph, replaces the background file in: Settings\res\drawable-hdpi

Then upon checking your Settings.apk you posted, it confirmed that it was placed to the drawable-hdpi

And since you are using the Dream/Sapphire branch, your phone will not use that directory, it uses Settings\res\drawable-mdpi

So your solution would be correctly placing it in Settings\res\drawable-mdpi and not Settings\res\drawable-hdpi
[EVO 4G Android Development] corn13read:
Great find

Thank YOU!!

P.S to those that will flame for this post not being in DC thread:

You read through a gazillion pages of the thread then come back and flame.
[EVO 4G Android Development] TrevE:
the problem is flashing wimax. new wimax radio from ruu does nto flash properly with any method

*edit* didnt mean this to be "depressing" try whislacks starting over method to get onto the new radio, then flash a recovery console, then dc. this also seems to work for most people..

http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/jul3update
[EVO 4G Android Development] itmustbejj:
I have wimax working perfectly on 3.2.3 with latest wimax, so you shouldn't go stating uninformed opinions, especially when you admitted you didn't read most of the thread.

Everything you need is on the first page of the DC thread in post 2. If only thread had something like "Check post #2 for updates" or something like that in the title this could all be avoid....oh wait....

Edit: And reverting back to old wimax files is a suboptimal solution, when there is a working solution for newest wimax.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Sporkman:
this needed a whole new thread ?
[EVO 4G Android Development] phonefixdfw:
welcome to last week!
[EVO 4G Android Development] 12MaNy:
I have 4G working just fine on 3.2.3 and I'm using the latest wimax update.
[EVO 4G Android Development] bmark34:
4G issues resolved

I also had many problems with 4g. Tried every method....Ran simpleroot from start to finish, loaded dc 3.2.2.1 and went though the steps in the dc post (10 step process) and it finally worked...easy way to (re)move the .tree.xml file is to load android mate and goto file explorer, hit the back button and goto /data/misc/wimax and delete the file. update the profile and prl and reboot...it should work as it did for me....good luck to all
[EVO 4G Android Development] campchi:
i got my 4g work with dc 3.2.3 with the (re)move the mac.tree.xml file and update the PRL, then reboot phone and have the mac.tree.xml file regenerate.

so far, i have no problem at all.
[Desire General] peewster:
Is it possible for someone to create a script to convert ext3 to ext4 and backwards.

I'v flashed my recovery menu with unrevoked, and clockmodwork doesn't support ext partitions in their recovery image.
[Desire General] shoey-n:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=689778&highlight=AMon

This recovery allows you to convert your ext3 partition to ext4 (not backwards)

But you can easily do it within Linux using GParted
[Desire General] peewster:
I've tried that.

When i start gparted it indeed can let me format back to ext3, only when i format back to ext3 i will lose my data on the ext4 partition.

I thought maybe there was a option to create a GScript script, so i can run it on my phone.
[Desire General] ksc91u:
Have you try to mount ext4 as ext3?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4

The ext3 file system is partially forward compatible with ext4, that is, an ext4 filesystem can be mounted as an ext3 partition (using "ext3" as the filesystem type when mounting). However, if the ext4 partition uses extents (a major new feature of ext4), then the ability to mount the file system as ext3 is lost.
[Desire General] globalm:
PULL the files from the ext4 partition, then format it to ext3 and PUSH them back.
[Desire General] peewster:
i should had figured that out myself :D
[HD2 General] yustheman:
Hey people, i was wondering since HTC are going to update the HTC Desire with 720p recording in the future via an update. HTC HD2 has the same camera why cant we have an update????

and by the way dont start using because windows mobile 6.5 doesnt allow it blah blah blah......

ps just recieved an update read below....

Dear Yus,

Thank you for contacting us. In regards to updates on the HD2 I can help you with that. No updates are planned at this time to enable HD Recording. The hardware may not even be compatible. The only official information on updates is on our website www.htc.com/support We cannot comment on what is seen on the internet as this is not official HTC published content. I trust that this resolves your query, please do not hesitate to contact us again if required.:mad:

To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number*************.

Sincerely,

Philip

HTC
[HD2 General] josemedina1983:
its hard the hardware its capable of doing it software might not be. Windows Mobile its old and a bit dusty. Im pretty sure theirs a way but HTC dont care the HD2 its like the last strong windows Mobile device standing. HTC are putting their effort to android and windows 7.
[HD2 General] sumflipnol:
^^Hey, I know you!:p

.....

It might be plausible to enable the HD recording in the future, but I know WinMo is incapable of supporting HD recording. You'll never know, maybe something miraculous will happen and this might work!

However, at least it's nice to get pics at higher resolutions than 5mp. There's a tweak here, if you didn't know.:)
[HD2 General] ilijan:
its not hardware problem... but the winmo 6.5 dont support hd recording...

show me one win mo 6.5 device with HD recording...

its support only android or difrend os...

so maybe in the final android port can hd2record high definition...

but maybe not :D
[HD2 General] sumflipnol:
Yeah, and I'm thinking Microsoft might work on fixing that in WP7 and completely ignore WM6.5.x.:mad::rolleyes:

Hopefully the devs get that to work. The TP2's Android port still doesn't have camera support and the port's been around since December.:eek:
[HD2 General] Euroman28:
Lets ask another question has anybody here been able to prove that our beloved HD2 supports 720p recording hardware-wise? And if yes its just a software/driver issue thats keeping us from recording at 720p?
[HD2 General] Aqrab:
guys if wm6.5 dont support 720p rec

ok how about 720x480 or WVGA like samsung omnia ii ?

something better than nothing
[HD2 General] scrizz:
look at the nexus one
[HD2 General] Euroman28:
Can you confirm to use that the camera in the Nexus One and HD2 are identical?
[HD2 General] drownage:
im pretty sure its 720p recording will be possible in thw android port, but because WM6.5 is well old and sucky (or ancient if you dont like to call it sucky)... it wont be possible in it, but hopefully it will be possible in WP7... and i belive android devs said it will be possible in android but thats when its fully ported of course...
[HD2 General] Dani01c:
well, ive tried lol but not successful, camera shuts down everytime i try it, but i can record on WVGA(800x480) plus a bit smoother frame rate than normal HD2
[HD2 General] DaveCNewton:
See i'm kinda holding back from buying one of those mini HD camcorders because im certain someone can create a break through with the HD2's camera. saves me taking two devices everywhere just for the camera, when the HD2's camera seems more than capable.

I've not been on the forum long so can someone explain the process that could make this work? Im aware of the WM 6.5 limitations, has anybody got a solid port to android or WM7 yet...?
[HD2 General] chrisrj28:
How are you recording in WVGA? I know the Android Camcorder app does but I have never heard of the WinMo recorder going beyond VGA
[HD2 General] d0ug:
I don't see how the OS has anything to do with the resolution that the camera can capture at. The limitation is probably in the firmware (in the camera module), camera module driver, or the camera software. Could also be a hardware issue with whatever bus interface is between the camera module and the HD2, it could be a standard USB bus which would have the bandwidth for HD video, or it could be something proprietary with a low bitrate that wouldn't handle the bandwidth of a 720p/24/30 real time video stream. The bus could be a real issue, notice how some of the 1st camera phones that could do 720p were 720p/24. 720p/24 is a lower bitrate than the 720p/30 more common now

I do know that I have gotten my HD2 to capture WVGA video in one of the android builds. I never took the time to evaluate if it was capturing a true pixel per pixel WVGA image, or if it was really capturing a VGA image and then either zooming or stretching it to WVGA in software
[HD2 General] juiceppc:
I'd like to know as well. I'm more interested in doing widescreen video recording natively. When I run android it does it. How can we do this on the WinMo side? It's not HD just widescreen...
[HD2 General] d0ug:
Its quite possible that android is still recording VGA mode and then just cropping off the top and bottom, basically leaving you with 640x360 effective pixels.

We need someone that knows the android cam software that can tell us exactly what its doing, or someone to do a resolution test recording a pattern to measure the recorded resolution
[HD2 General] bronx:
well... actually You are wrong. some android builds ARE capable of recording 800 x 480 videos. what more, those are being recorded flawlessly, no frame drops or stuttering.

I believe that I have recorded those with mattc rom.
[HD2 General] d0ug:
but is it really true 800x480 pixels or the 640x360 upscaled to fill out 800x480? only true way to test is to use a resolution pattern

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/How-We-Test-Camcorders-36180.htm

I am pretty sure that the HD2 has a 4:3 not a 16:9 sensor for the camera. this would explain why we loose resolution when the still camera is put into wide mode. it takes the 4:3 5mpixel image and chops the top and bottom off to make it "widescreen"
[HD2 General] mmendez92:
hey guys so after looking into this a little bit more i have found a few odd solutions but a resurfacing of one of the hd2's faults. i have been able to play high res .mp4 movies in the htc video player no problem. it was designed to fit the series of images best to the screen it is given(just to point out the obvious). now due to the fixed screen res on the device, the MOST your going to get out of any video that you watch is 480x800. the program is just running a data summary per pixel when dealing with a pixle count higher than 480. its the same (or similar) process as to when you you choose full screen or wide screen on the device to play movies. you are not getting true pixel to pixel data play back (unless you record with the phone camera at 480p or convert a movie to EXACTLY 480x whatever. which btw does not matter.) with that being said, the htc video play supports a vast amount of resolutions including 720p .mp4. (you guys have made a mountain out of an ant hill) yes i do understand different res vids also have various bit rate and playback qualities, but the best thing to do for that is download chainfires 3d drivers and manually clock your processor to 998Mhz. rendering becomes seamless at that point. so to end one vicious cycle, yes, you can play 720p videos on your hd2 just make sure its the propper file type. now back to the other issue... 720p RECORDING. absolutely the phone can handle it! its a matter of opening an additional camera function to the htc camera. easier said than done. the general idea is changing a value within either the firmware or through the registry for you input image pixle count. for ex:

blah 12031029 blah 2398x1098

blah 239840923

blah blah blah 90238942

bada bing pixel count per image 480x640 <= we need a way to edit this.

or in a reg directory

blah1/YOUR MOM/HTC CAMERA/CAMCORDER/INPUT VALUE/-_-X-_-

SO basically the sooner we can figure a way to change these values (i know its SUPER SIMPLIFIED) the closer we are to getting 720p recording on the hd2...... so yea ..... WHOS WITH ME!?! :D and if you have any ideas on how to please add to the brainstorming!
[HD2 General] Lizzo:
i'm wit u 100% :D
[HD2 General] rr5678:
lol :p

Now I wish I could do this....but possibly....re-write the camera drivers and/or the camera application?
[HD2 General] mmendez92:
i know there was a camara application cab made for the hd and should be compatible with hd2 due to the sense interface familiarity. the question is can we rip apart the drivers to reset the values instead of rewriting out own....
[HD2 General] mmendez92:
ok so i have been playing around with the registry and what i have uncovered is an 8mp setting, and the video res values.... still experimenting....
[HD2 General] dunkelfalke:
The optics of HD2 are so bad that 720p video recording would just make the video file larger.
[HD2 General] mmendez92:
well yes and no.... as far as micro images go, the hd2 probably has one of the best cameras on the market but then when taking macro pictures (landscapes, buildings ect...) its a hit or miss, depending on your photography skills as well. there is a fix for this though. i am working on a removable lense that you place over your leo camera to improve the focus of medium distance pics. on another note, the leo has support to take 8mp shots and as for video recording i may need some help from some other developers nomatter their native os. if you can find them please reccomend them to me. i have great ideas and projects but i need others to help. and in the end who knows... your hd2 may still overshadow any android/wm7 phone due to come to the phone market this year. it still and will always be a superphone. just remember, support is what gets things done faster.
[HD2 General] dunkelfalke:
The only reason why macro shots do look somewhat good is that HD2 has got a fairly small sensor, which boosts the depth of field.

Even my old Kodak CX7430 point and shoot with its 4 mpix beats the crap out of HD2 image quality wise. I don't even talk about my good old Sigma SD14 DSLR (4.7 mpix). There is probably not a single camera phone ever sold that had optics that could actually resolve as much as the sensor can. The small sensor size and the noise that comes with it doesn't help either.
[HD2 General] mmendez92:
you are completely right. plus we have to remember we are working with htc cameraphone hardware. they are not making it a point of theirs to blow competition away with the camera specs like nokia does. what we are trying to do is see the boundaries we can take this thing to software wise (why htc phones are very popular among developers) when we can improve how the hd2 intakes data (photos,videos, audio recording) then we are one step up with having a jack of all trades device in our pockets.
[HD2 General] mmendez92:
Ok so I just started dreaming about this one... if anyone has noticed HTC devices these days are running almost the same hardware as its predecessor with very little difference. I just saw the HTC hd7 and all I have to say is -__________- same phone different buttons. Evo vs ace? Same phone but gsm...... all running the same snapdragon processor and 4.3./ in screens. My thoughts about this are that maybe it is possible to switch the 8mp sensor from the Evo or Droid and install on hd2. I KNOW THIS IS ASSUMING A LOT! But maybe if some of u xda members are good with your hands you can check it out. Regardless I still want to stay focused on the aspect of gettin this stock camera to record 720p. I am playing around with the designs of a phone case that brings two additional Mics to the back face of the phone to improve audio recording. I have ran into the problem of hardware paths however. When recording a video with the hd2 your audio is always recorded from that POS Mic by your micro usb slot. Even with a separate Mic plugged into the phone it won't use it. I'm still playing with the registery but no luck. I think at this point it comes down to ripping the HTC camera app down to its guts to make the progress we want.
[HD2 General] Parsian86:
does HTC HD2 camera sensor even support 720p natively?
[HD2 General] mmendez92:
I am glad u asked that. Yes it does however it is a software limitation. Not just that but I have noticed that the hd2 can only playback certain types of 720p videos smoothly. Yet if you use bsb tweaks to unlock hidden camera formats you can see that. H264 is an option to record. For some reason however the camera crashes when using this format
[HD2 General] rr5678:
I tried recording in H.264. The phone just can't play it back.
[HD2 General] Parsian86:
im having the same problem under Froyo 2.2.

Gosh i wish someone pull this off, now even an iPhone 3GS can record HD!!:

just google 3GS HD recording redomondpie.com
[HD2 General] mmendez92:
I know. Have you edited any or your h264 key settings in your registry? It may be possible to make the video record smoot her. Andi am looking into writing new camera driver to be installed via cab. I will keep you guys posted.
[HD2 General] hagba:
Why dont you give us a hint which registery and what value,so that we can temper around a little bit!!
[HD2 General] mmendez92:
Go to hklm-software-htc-camera-recparam
[HD2 General] xboxmod:
hi

After some research i think i've found the dll related to the WM video encoder

in the oem drivers folder the file QC_VideoEncoder.dll containt some interesting

strings like:

SetMediaType - Input size: bmiWidth = %d, bmiHeight = %d

set_IEncodingQuality maxFramerate=%d, targetBitrate=%d

i'm trying to made a proxy dll to change this settings! (i don't know if it's possible on oem drivers...)

maybe a way to allow 720p recording.
[HD2 General] hagba:
Good luck we all are waiting.
[HD2 General] mmendez92:
if you can, cross reference with some video drivers from acer neotouch
[HD2 General] xboxmod:
Oh nice i never seen this device!

if someone can find the acer camera software & oem drivers that can be very usefull if he as 720p recording!.
[HD2 General] mmendez92:
ill keep you posted. any luck with adjusting those values? oh and where are the oem drivers you mentioned before located?
[HD2 General] turtle1981:
What is the resoloution of the transformers 1 and 2 which came with the device? I think that looks pretty close to HD in my opinion. When I download other MP4 videos or movies the clarity and quality doesent look the same at all. Why is that?

If the T1 and 2 look that good it obviously has potential to display a higher res.
[HD2 General] allanlaw:
No matter how good the resolution of the file is, the HD2 can only display 800 x 480. That is, the 1280 x 720 or whatever resolution will be scaled down to fit the device's screen. Maybe the videos you downloaded were not even at 800 x 480.
[HD2 General] souljaboy:
yep , also , try comparing youtube hd to some real hd film ... ull see a huge difference cuz yt converts it over to a lame bitrate ... 800*480 bitrate as high as u dare for best quality !!!
[HD2 General] turtle1981:
Hmm k. Thanks for the quick response. I was downloading with a psp res. That explains it, thank you!!
[HD2 General] extrapurifier:
Any news? :eek:
[HD2 General] TheRoggan:
With the NAND installed Android 2.2 (or 2.3) OS, does this give access to 720P recording?
[HD2 General] yeahman45:
wanna know too
[HD2 General] Lynehammike:
No, not at this stage.

If you flash to the WP7 ROM then you can access 720p recording - which works fine.
[HD2 General] yeahman45:
cool! thx, at least there's an option of having 720p recording, that's pretty awesome
[HD2 General] salespace:
video from hd2 windows phone 720p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udil28sPYRY

preparing a static video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdPH55UuZTc
[HD2 General] xxwikkixx:
btw guys since htc hd7 and hd2 have the same hardware and hd7 can record in 720p....why not try to port the camera drivers from hd7 to hd2......it might just work.
[HD2 General] santu71182:
+1 . I too feel this should be possible.

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[HD2 General] backlashsid:
dont you think they both have diff OS and so the drivers wont just work ?:rolleyes:
[HD2 General] xxwikkixx:
well u can install windows phone 7 on HD2 now. so OS difference is not a problem any more.:cool:
[HD2 General] Kailkti:
To get 720p working in android we need fully working camera drivers for it. Now WP7 has fully working camera drivers for 720p recording.

But a dev can't simply copy and paste the driver code into android and expect that to work. Things aren't that simple. So a dev needs to either make a driver to get 720p recording to work (which is hard as fck) or maybe take a look at the desire drivers and try to implement it into the hd2.

However seeing as how 720p hasn't been delivered to the HD2 yet, one can assume implementing the driver can't be done so one need t make a new one.
[HD2 General] Reditus2:
Altho now back on android I used Windows Phone 7 for about 3 weeks and the 720p recording looked really good, clear and high FPSs. Windows Phone 7 proves the HD2 can fully support 720p, it is just the software problem we have to get round.
[HD2 General] jlyr3mixed:
the devs are working on it?. :]
[HD2 General] Axel85:
I would like to know the same...cause in wp7 the 720p camcoder it s great,apart from this than the system is like have a nokia 3310 in functionality,maybe a little less :D
[HD2 General] xxwikkixx:
IC. i guess that they can try implementing the drivers from desire, but i dont think desire can do 720p recording ...can it???:)
[HD2 General] Kailkti:
Yes. It's update to froyo unlocked its 720p abilities. Even the nexus can, and the desire is necessarily a refined nexus.

But as I said. Since 720p hasn't been unlocked for us after 6 months or so, we can assume that we simply can't implement the desire driver into ours, and need to make freshly new ones.
[HD2 General] vhjc:
But there's an android ROM based on Desire's one right?
[HD2 General] casey00:
there are many roms out but the 720p doesnt work yet just wait it will come
[HD2 General] youngdaddytc:
watching this with great interest. now the question is....will wp7 be improved enough with it's 720p functionality to become a legit contender with android? or will android come through with a driver? only time will tell...:-)