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[Fascinate Themes and Apps] yutzyscott:
Here is a link to a player that plays just about everything.

http://www.filestube.com/ef8b1189a5cca0f903e9/go.html
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] jatilq:
Soul Player (Free)

mVideoplayer (free)

using cifsmanager allowed me to use the stock player for anything. I had(ve) many of those file types left over from airvideo.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] jho101:
jatilq is right those will work. I just had to add that I've found doubletwist player to play everything I've thrown at it and if you are really desperate, rockplayer.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] jwoods82:
I tried everyones suggestions and they still are not playing. To be more specific one of the movies was a digital download from itunes that we recieved with the bluray version of the movie and another was a movie that was purchased through itunes. I guess I will just have to recode them.

files were in .m4v which is a mp4 file type.

Thanks again for everyones help.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] garywojdan81:
Forgive me for being new at this, but aren't there liscensing issues with itunes videos or the digital copies that come with some dvds? I have doubletwist & it works great for importing playlists from itunes but when I try to play any itunes videos it tells me playback is not authorized.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] wasupwithuman:
Correct. M4V if downloaded from itunes store is encoded. The easiest way around is download a program that rips the video why you watch it. Ill post a link in a little.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] wasupwithuman:
Not sure if I am allowed to post the link..but google m4v ripper and you should get some results.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] tallnerd1985:
If its a digital download, might aswell download the movie again thru utorrent and 1337x.org
[General Topics] Deiota:
hi

I'm using resco keyboard for a while and I noticed a big fault for me and I was wondering if I can change it...

On the main keyboard, where the alfabet is there is a lack of the symbol "_" that I use a lot for email accounts... and "€" that I also use a lot.

I could replace the symbols "\" and "/" for those I want (on "n" and "m" keys).

Can I change a file of settings where it's written the layout of the keyboard or something? how?

Thanks

deiota
[Vibrant General] JD76:
Ive recently rooted and now wanna take the plunge to greener pastures... When adding a ROM, will it erase my data and apps? Im assuming Google will take care of the contacts and calendars but will have to re-download apps? I have Titanium backup - I can should just move its backup folder to the external if anything? Please advise an eager and appreciative noob :)
[Vibrant General] MonkySlap:
Yes, most of the time the /data partition is formated. What most of us do is use "Titanium Backup" from the market and back up all out apps before flashing. Then you flash your new rom and let it boot up. Log into the market again and re-install Titanium Backup. Once in TB you hit the menu key -> Batch. In there you should see a option to restore user apps and data.
[Vibrant General] TheShadowMan:
I also use Titanium Backup and it saves me a LOT of headache. The only downside is sitting there hitting the install button (in my case) 200 times.
[Vibrant General] kelmerp:
If you paid for full version, you wouldn't have to click the install button 200 times. I've tried so many roms/updates that at some point it became a no-brainer to pay for the full version and save myself the pain.
[Vibrant General] MonkySlap:
If you buy the donation version, it saves you alot of time. Best $4 I spent :P
[Vibrant General] JD76:
Thanks guys.. what about a Nandroid backup.. can I restore from there?
[Vibrant General] TheShadowMan:
I think its gone up tp $6. I'm cheap. :-D

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[Vibrant General] ttabbal:
No. Nandroid backs up the whole ROM, restoring that would undo the ROM install you just did. Just get Titanium, it's the only way to fly.

And when restoring, particularly between ROMs, don't restore system data. It causes issues that are hard to diagnose sometimes. Other times it works fine, but IMO it's not worth it. If you are re-installing the exact same ROM version, it should be OK, but switching from stock to Bionix, for example, it will break things. Just do the user apps and data, it saves hassle.

If you don't like hitting the button constantly, stop being such a cheap bastard and pay up. It's saved me far more time than the $4 or so I spent on it. Even at $6 it's a bargain if you like to play with ROMs and such. And backup your backup, the internal SD can lose data. I just turned on the Dropbox sync and push the backups up there once in a while. :)
[Vibrant General] MonkySlap:
If I remember they request 5.99 but if you click the drop down there is a 3.99 option that still gets you the license.
[Vibrant General] sirganon:
im also thinking of going from stock to bionix but i want to be double safe more than i want to be sorry so i will ask you to repeat yourselves a bit with a little more detail. are you saying its ok to backup the white (User Apps) and green (System service with useful data) options from stock and restore them in bionix or will some of the green ones screw up bionix? i dont backup the red (System service) options. sorry for asking you to repeat yourselves but redundancy is a noobs best friend. i know im capable of flashing this rom but i want to iron out all the details before proceeding.
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
I back up system data and restore selectively, like memos and SMS, etc. Don't batch restore all system data, just the stuff that has content you need.
[Vibrant General] sirganon:
ok thank you
[Vibrant General] ryangera:
Paying for titanium takes the sting out of the wipes that all the best roms do. Break it down to what your time is worth. Once you start flashing roms, you will keep doing it more and more and titanium will be your best friend. If they told me I had to pay a new ten dollars, I wouldn't hesitate.
[Vibrant General] sirganon:
oh i already payed for TB. ive used it plenty just on the stock vibrant. its priceless in my opinion so $6 is nothing.
[Vibrant General] funeralthirst:
there's a lot of stuff you don't need to back up. i only backup apps i've installed and their data (backup all user apps batch). this then requires me to reenter wifi info, resync contacts, and i lose all text messages, which none of those are a big deal to me and minimizes toying with titanium.
[Vibrant General] funeralthirst:
no, but it's recommended to do a nandroid backup before you flash your first rom and you only need to ever do it that once. titanium backup is what you want for backing up apps and stuff before flashing a rom.
[Vibrant General] sirganon:
Well thanks to you guys I now have bionix final on my phone. And I have the circular blue battery mod which in my opinion looks way better than the stock bionix battery. Easier to read too.

Thanks again, loving this rom
[Vibrant General] allthrottle:
I just switched to the donate version so I could sync it with my dropbox account. I'm very glad I did. It's much easier for me to store things there and have my sd card freed up of some space.

Question though; does titanium backup game save data as well?

Sent from my Team Whiskey Powered Vibrant
[Vibrant General] anthonys2r:
I just tried to backup my fruit ninja & angry birds but it didnt save any of my data :(
[Vibrant General] gravelox:
After reading I could back up to Dropbox and batch reload, the $6 bucks for the Pro version of Titanium was a no brainer for me. While I get a certain amount of geeky satisfaction playing with the phone, hitting install repetitivly is not one.
[Vibrant General] MonkySlap:
I have been a long time xda'r and Android fan boy ever since I got my G1 on launch day. The phone I had before my G1 was a iPhone and I did love that phone.....till my G1 and haven't looked back since.

One thing that really kinda peeves me is when someone asks a question like "how do I install the stock launcher" and you see people respond with "Why would you want to get rid of TWLauncher?" One of the beautiful things about android is the deep level of customization you can do.

Dont like your back ground: Change it.

Dont like the stock mms app: install a different one.

Dont like the notification bar color: Use metamorph and install a different one.

You have your tastes and preferences, but yours isn't the only one. If there was only one way to think, we would be asking Steve :P
[Vibrant General] vaughnsphotoart:
Well said.
[Vibrant General] gunks:
Stalk....fail...
[Vibrant General] MonkySlap:
it seems you missed the point of the thread....FAIL
[Vibrant General] xplanowestx:
+1

Agree 100% of this. Unfortunately, most people don't understand the idea of an opinion.
[Vibrant General] zaduma:
Why?

Why?

Why?

Why?

Why?

Most Importantly... Why?

Just Kidding, Great Points Man
[Vibrant General] MonkySlap:
@zaduma

Why #1) Because I saw the potential in a open sourced mobile os, plus 3g, and GPS, and love to tinker with electronics to name some.

Why 2-5) Its in the statement you quoted

Why #6) Because you touch yourself at night zaduma :P
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Forsaken:
Developer Notes

In this section i will write down things that experienced users (and developers) might want to know.

XML structure definitions

desktop.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<config>
<desktop>
<wallpaper file="relative\path.jpg" mode="raw|fit|panorama" />
<widgets>
<!-- If posx, posy, width or height are set to 0 these values
are taken from the widget.xml if available -->
<widget file="widgets\widget.xml" posx="0" posy="0" width="0" height="80" />
</widgets>
</desktop>
<desktop>
<wallpaper file="relative\path.jpg" mode="raw|fit|panorama" />
</desktop>
<desktop>
<wallpaper file="relative\path.jpg" mode="raw|fit|panorama" />
</desktop>
</config>

widgets\widget.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<widget width="80" height="20">
<images>
<!-- Images are currently not positionable, if another mode than raw is
set the image will be scaled to fit the widget size.
The border attribute is optional and will only be used for fit_border -->
<image file="relative\path.png" mode="raw|fit|fit_border" border="8" />
</images>
<labels>
<!-- Labels are currently not positionable, too. ;)
The text is just centered into the widget. -->
<label text="About" />
</labels>
<events>
<!-- Coming soon ... -->
</events>
</widget>
[Windows Mobile Software Development] firetiger:
+1 for sqvga!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] orb3000:
This sounds great!

Looking forward to see your work:)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] frmariam:
I wouldn't say they are slow because they "use" Sense (though I personally hate this tendency to write UIs emulating Sense... not everyone has an HTC phone!) they are slow because they are .NET/C# and unoptimized. If you ask me C# isn't fit for anything that needs to be fast or run permanently... Nothing beats native code in terms of performance. If you want optimization you'll have to go with C/C++... Good code eliminates the need for exaggerated phone specs.

As for renders RawFramebuffer seems to be the best generic bet (GDI is slow) it's not optimal there's no consensual best... Intel Xscale is the best for phones with good old CPUs (not HTC) and OpenGL ES is the best in most new phones.

Homescreen++ is C/C++ but renders in GDI... AFAIK it's the only free today screen plugin in native code (making it one of the lightest) while still being very flexible (though lacking some of the recent features in this sort of UI... which Mortscript can somewhat compensate for). One of my all-time favorite free apps (together with Mortscript, TCPMP, GSFinder+ and WKTask).

Just my 2 cents anyway...

Good luck.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] pupakota:
..so this topic is about another manila/spb bs?

shame.

for conscoius users i can recommend: hs++ + mortscript.

rest - go and buy iphone/android.

dude, wake up. you must be fresh or kidding for bump.

regards,

nothin.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Forsaken:
You're right about .NET 2.0, i will definitly need 3.5. And i won't use only .NET libarys, of course i will try to say native ;)

About iPhone...

About Andoid, i dont have money for a new phone yet ;) And it's about time for a free powerful ui

Only the behavior of the desktops is like andoid, i will definitly not just copy another system. Especially the widgets will be a lot different than those i saw so far.

Anyway coding is my hobby and i'm really motivated for this project. It's fun so far and I'm already making some progress. I got already 3 smoothly slideable desktops with a hard-coded wallpaper, even there is nothing on it yet :D

I also decided to support any possible resolution, maybe i will even get it working with other (smaller) today plugins together.

Since 2AM here i'll take a rest for now ;)

Wish me luck for tomorrow, I will start to implement a XML-Parser for the desktop-configs and widgets.

Best regards

Forsaken
[Windows Mobile Software Development] pupakota:
Good luck, then :)

And sorry for tone of my previous post.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] frmariam:
Have you thought about your project license? If you decide to go open-source you could find TodayLife a big help for ideas/examples/code...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Forsaken:
Hmm it will definitly be freeware, personally I would like to go open-source but first I will have to check out the licenses of the two libarys I am going to use.

WMGL, a very fast graphics libary: http://www.mobilityflow.com/products/wmgl/license

Free to use with a linked hint that the app uses it. (For freeware)

A small native C++ XML Libary unter CPOL: http://www.codeproject.com/info/cpol10.aspx

I would be glad about an advise, regarding licensing I really don't have a clue yet :D

PS: Some first videos of my current status above ;) The progress already exceed my expectations for those 2 days of work ^^
[Windows Mobile Software Development] OndraSter:
I'm wondering how you want to use .NET 4+, when for WinMo is available only .NET CF 3.5 (and something called 3.7?).

For this stuff, I'd really drop any .NET part and do it purely in native code. On the other hand, .NETCF isn't slow actually. What is slow, even in native code, is the GDI+. You MUST use OpenGLES, otherwise you'll fail pretty hard. TouchXPerience is all built in .NETCF using OpenGLES and it runs quite fast.

You can take a look at TigreSDK, but I found out that with few objects on screen, it runs slower (2D text object). I had working physics engine for that though. That's where I ended because of the speed of rendering. Next time I will go for native even myself.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Forsaken:
Yeah you're right it's going to be 3.5 ^^ I started to mix up the .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework. The project is set to the 3.5 version. I just corrected it in the main thread, too. Thx for the hint ;)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] jerrya:
good Luck!

Forsaken,

Good luck on this! I don't code, so feel like a leach sometimes. BUT, I am willing to sacrifice (dont tell the wife) my phone for testing, and have helped a few guys over here and currently am doing some testing as well with thier themes and UI's.

I am too old of a dog to learn a new trick (my last one was called COBOL!), but at least I can offer testing information.

With that said, if you ever need a tester for another phone, I am running an HTC Imagio with Stock Verizon ROM, running WM6.5 and Sense 2.1 on a WVGA screen.

Good luck, and looking forward to what you can come up with!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Forsaken:
Thanks for your kind offer, I will come back to that for sure :)

But for now testing won't make much sense, it's just too early.

-- Update:

I just finally finished another chapter (extracting the icon of other applications for shortcuts) and spent much time with cleaning and commenting the code.

Also added a more detailed update to the first post, for lazy one's here a video of the current state: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4KQ5s-NxtQ
[Windows Mobile Software Development] jerrya:
Like the updates. Like I said, its just cool that you guys can do this stuff!

Thanks for keeping me in mind, drop me a PM whenever your ready. If I cange phones or anything, I will be sure to let you know!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Forsaken:
Here I go again, did some bugfixes causing a high system load and made some new graphics again ;) . Added 3 status widgets showing the battery level, signal strength and memory usage.

For more details see the first post, here the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cIdAYtKnPA

At the current rate I will release the first beta version in a few weeks. Until that I will have to figure out a problem that occurs after unloading / loading the interface a lot (desktop process crashes, regular restart needed to get it working again). While testing the normal usage this didn't happen so far. Further i will implement the remapping of application buttons before releasing a beta version.

For now those shortcuts are set up using the xml configuration file.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ocman:
Hi, really appreciate your efforts, and I encourage you.

What I can tell as a user of TG01 and Acer S200 phones : WVGA phones with 256mo of ram doesn't run well because of lack of memory.

Everybody knows that WM built-in startmenu is very very RAM hungry, on WVGA devices, it can easily hit the 20-35mb of ram usage due to icons caching and other things... thats incredible!!!!

So in my mind, the must have of your UI is a complete WinMo UI replacement, that completely overhads startmenu and kills his memory usage, this would make your UI the best one.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] jerrya:
looking good!

Looking good! Like the speed and smooth transitions. Again, keep up the good work!

May be too flippin early for this, and again, I can't code. But here is a sugestion regarding the battery and signal meters. What about making certain widgets or icons 'lockable' so that whenever you switch screens, they remain (like the signal meters or clocks?).

Like the advances so far, and really like that background image. Great to see how far you have come along!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] chelsea_fc:
any update for this great UI? is there posible to get rid the winmo bottombar later?
[Captivate Accessories] chrisryn:
Is there a car charger that has the usb shorted correctly so it can recognize car dock for tasker. I have the ATT one and it doesn't cause the phone to go into dock mode.
[Captivate Accessories] Shovelhead84:
I thought dock modes were achieved with magnetic sensors? If it is based on a pin-out adjustment then a DIY should be easy.

I ended up setting tasker to turn on BT when plugged into power source and then look for a specific pairing. When it finds my stereo it launches the car dock app. After unplugging the powers source the BT turns off and the car app closes.
[Captivate Accessories] bose.jhebert:
Hey how did you get tasker to connect to a specific pairing? I have a similar setup for streaming music but I always have to specifically pick it, I couldn't figure out how to make tasker find it.
[Captivate Accessories] chrisryn:
I did research to find out the method the captivate uses. Magnetic or pin out. From what I can find its a pin out. I can't find a wiring diagram to show the exact pin out.
[Captivate Accessories] Shovelhead84:
A quick "where is it" response, without detailing a profile build...

you can find it under the "State" section of the profile screen

1. launch Tasker

2. select "new"

3. create a new profile name and select "OK"

4. go down the list and select "State"

5. select "Bluetooth Connected"

6. enter the device name

Hope this helps. I seriously cant believe how awesome tasker makes this phone. It does what so many crap apps on the market do, but it does it for free!
[Captivate Accessories] alphadog00:
There is no magnet sensor in the phone, so you would have to see the charger go to A/C versus USB.
[Captivate Accessories] Shovelhead84:
That has baffled me for a few days. The normal wall chargers convert A/C to D/C for charging and USB ports always run on A/C. This leads me to believe that the data pins let the phone what type of connection it has. With 8 pins on the micro USB and no video output there has to be some extras used for something. I would be willing to DIY a dock cable if there were diagrams of the pin-out and docking was possible.
[Captivate Accessories] alphadog00:
Yes, I and others have posted extensively about this - searching on car chargers should find some links - but basically:

First - all charging is 5V DC. The wall charger converts 120V AC to 5V DC - the USB port is 5V DC; Car chargers convert 12V DC to 5V DC. Next measurement is Amps - wall chargers supply about 700mA - USB is 500 mA. Many car chargers are 500mA some are 1Amp (1000mA).

The wall charger automatically connects the data pins so the phone knows it is on "AC" and charges faster.

The phone will limit the Amps it draws to about 700 - if you want your car charger to charger at maximum rate - you need to get a 1A charger and you need to short the data pins at micro usb end.

I bought a dual 1 amp car charger (2 1amp uSB ports - Griffin brand i think) and I took an extra USB cable, opened the wire near the micro usb end and connect the 2 data lines (black and red are power, the other 2 are data) together so they loop back at the micro USB end.

My phone now reads "AC charging" when plugged into my car. You will never get this on a PC USB port as it does not put out enough power.
[Captivate Accessories] chrisryn:
But if I understand correctly it should know the difference between home dock and car dock.
[Captivate Accessories] Shovelhead84:
Based on what Alphadog just posted the phone could determine if it is on a USB (pc/data) connection or an A/C connection. The outcome could vary depending on the specifics of the device being used to charge the phone but it comes down to the pin-out.

That being said, I was looking at some of the Tasker settings that could be used in this scenario. I was thinking for those who do not have BT that other triggers could be used. A good trigger for docking could use combos such as "power" and "orientation" or "power" and "location".

A second thought had me wondering about the compass. I have not looked into this but I don't see why you couldn't utilize the compass as a sort of magnetic sensor. If for example we told tasker to look for a specific scenario such as:

1. Receiving ac/usb power

2. Phone in Left Horizontal orientation

3. "Compass sensor north" pulling towards orientated left

Tasker would then launch Desk Dock.

....I know, Tasker does not have settings for current compass sensor direction. but could a specifically written app do this?
[Captivate Accessories] chrisryn:
I currently use orientation and power for mine.
[Captivate Accessories] itsjustaphone:
I use a generic usb power adapter with a cable in my car and it triggers the settings...
[Captivate Accessories] chrisryn:
I have the car charger you can buy at att. It has a usb port I'll have to try it with the usb cable that came with the phone. If that works then I could have saved alot of money buy just buying a generic plug with usb :(
[Captivate Accessories] byron241:
dont bother with tasker there is an app for that

use DockCarSwitches to turn bluetooth on when docked in car(car charger)

use Bluetooth Application Launcher to launch your application(Car Doc application for example) when a particular bluetooth device is paired
[Captivate Accessories] Reefermattness:
This Samsung car dock both charges your phone and activates the car home app.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875998664
[Captivate Accessories] Spectre714:
I think you misunderstand the point of Tasker.