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Open Home full feature 1.5 build

Hey guys,
Is anyone brave enough to test the full feature 1.5 build of Open Home Full? We know we can always find some brave ones here
It requires that you are running android 1.5 on your phone (aka Cupcake). This build has full supports of 1.5 widgets and also a good amount of stability and performance improvements.
We had not done a lot of testing on this build; also this build will expire in a month (5/30). If you want to test the latest and greatest, feel free to install and try this build.
*Remember safe mode is hold menu button when powering on*, if you see anything wrong, just enter safe mode and then uninstall it.
Do NOT install unless you are running android 1.5
Download the apk at
http://groups.google.com/group/openhome/files

I assume since I'm running the dudes build and it supports widgets it may work. I can always remove if necessary . This doesnt remove open home right? just a different version?
EDIT: it replaces the existing open home

Hmm, I was impressed with the demo of OpenHome when I downloaded it a couple days ago. I'll take a look.

downloading it now. I have just flashed the holiday cupcake build so I assume it'll work with this. I'll let you know.

So far so good. I am glad to have openhome back again in 1.5
I have added all widgets, and they all work as expected. Are some of these the 1.5 "stock" widgets? I assume so because i see 2 music widgets listed, one looks like your own and the other a stock one.
I'll let you know how it goes after some proper usage. great work so far though. thankyou.
oh, p.s .. Will this be a free upgrade for those who had previosly purchased open home full ?

Works well enough. I like it.
Normally use full edition but will keep this until it is updated.
Suggestion: How about that calendar widget from Haykuro's build so those with dude's builds can use it?

Using it. Works well so far. I'm an OH Full user too, will I have any problems going back to the market app when it gets updated/released?
Ps. Is there any way to add support for Jeff Sharky's weather widgets? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509729

Weather widgets ok here. Problem with battery percentage widget though

Mi|enko said:
Using it. Works well so far. I'm an OH Full user too, will I have any problems going back to the market app when it gets updated/released?
Ps. Is there any way to add support for Jeff Sharky's weather widgets? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509729
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It's already supported. That weather widget is working fine for me.

Hey guys i like the changes the menus are a little more intuitive now! Shame it doesn't seem to maintain your icons from older version, but weirdly kept my fonts theme etc - not sure if that qualigfies as a bug or not really
One problem i have found though is it seems to scrap folder icons the second you open bettercut again, not a huge problem but ....

BUGS!
I have almost 200 apps to SD so it's convenient to have my favorite "few" on the desktop. After I installed the new apk file... everything was GONE! Huge inconvenience! Then when I pull up the app menu I can watch them appear one after another like the app is doing a search for the installed apps. I also tried Picture Frame. It seems like it pulls up the Camera app, then the gallery. I selected my picture. Cropped it. Saved it. Then it went back to "select picture" again. Strange. Also... AnyCut Open Home Edition doesn't work. Definite bugs.
Other then that I love it. Thanks! Is this going to be in an update and when will it be available in Market? I purchased the full version months ago.

faithnolonger said:
Hey guys i like the changes the menus are a little more intuitive now! Shame it doesn't seem to maintain your icons from older version, but weirdly kept my fonts theme etc - not sure if that qualigfies as a bug or not really
One problem i have found though is it seems to scrap folder icons the second you open bettercut again, not a huge problem but ....
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I don't think it has anything to do with bettercut because I don't have it installed and it still goes back to the default folder icons randomly, sometimes it comes back sometimes it doesn't.
Binary100100 said:
I have almost 200 apps to SD so it's convenient to have my favorite "few" on the desktop. After I installed the new apk file... everything was GONE! Huge inconvenience! Then when I pull up the app menu I can watch them appear one after another like the app is doing a search for the installed apps. I also tried Picture Frame. It seems like it pulls up the Camera app, then the gallery. I selected my picture. Cropped it. Saved it. Then it went back to "select picture" again. Strange. Also... AnyCut Open Home Edition doesn't work. Definite bugs.
Other then that I love it. Thanks! Is this going to be in an update and when will it be available in Market? I purchased the full version months ago.
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Yea that kind of pissed me off when I realized it took all my stuff off the screen and the dock. It works fine besides these few issues though.

betterandroid said:
Hey guys,
Is anyone brave enough to test the full feature 1.5 build of Open Home Full? We know we can always find some brave ones here
It requires that you are running android 1.5 on your phone (aka Cupcake). This build has full supports of 1.5 widgets and also a good amount of stability and performance improvements.
We had not done a lot of testing on this build; also this build will expire in a month (5/30). If you want to test the latest and greatest, feel free to install and try this build.
*Remember safe mode is hold menu button when powering on*, if you see anything wrong, just enter safe mode and then uninstall it.
Do NOT install unless you are running android 1.5
Download the apk at
http://groups.google.com/group/openhome/files
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Hey quick question, is there any way to add a 3d effect on swipe? Like when you swipe to left or right screen, screen shrinks and rotates as a 3d cube. That will be awesome dude, you can name the app something different and charge for it again because I know damn well people will pay for it. I definitely will.

BSDADON said:
It's already supported. That weather widget is working fine for me.
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The reguar widget works for me, but not his. It isn't even displayed as an option.

Trying it out on my new Magic

But it's not 'open' in any sense...

Really dissapointed in losing all of my icons on all 7 screens. Glad that "real" widget support was actually added in. Almost went back to dxTop because of this. Please make the full version available on the market as an upgrade to the old full version. It would be nice to make it detect the old settigns and import them in.

Hey guys.. uhh i accidentally set my home to default instead of open home.. any help would be appreciated!

Dcandvolcom1 said:
Hey guys.. uhh i accidentally set my home to default instead of open home.. any help would be appreciated!
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Opps. You have to wipe now.
Just kidding. You deal with it the same way as if you would set the defaults as any other app. Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>Home>Clear defaults.

Been using this app for a few days now.I havent ran into any problems with it pretty smooth.Only down side was losing my icons.But no biggie.

[Q] bar code scan app for the gtab

Is there any app I can use to scan bar codes from the gtab in order to download apps faster from sites like appaware?

yourdudeness said:
Is there any app I can use to scan bar codes from the gtab in order to download apps faster from sites like appaware?
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Xing Barcode Scanner from the Android Market works fine for me on Vegan 5.1.

hitekredneck said:
Xing Barcode Scanner from the Android Market works fine for me on Vegan 5.1.
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I got it to run under Vegan Ginger, but the image is reversed. It won't recognize the codes that way

Im running tntlite 4.2.5, i will try and let you know how it goes, thanx guys

I tried to get shop savy to work with the G tab's camera but it never gives a clear enough picture to scan, how are you guys getting this to work?

Roxxas049 said:
I tried to get shop savy to work with the G tab's camera but it never gives a clear enough picture to scan, how are you guys getting this to work?
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Well the problem with the gtab is that we don´t have a frontal camera so scanning bar codes aint easy so I get where are you coming from, but actually the XING is the fastest bar scanner Ive seen. Works by scanning but until now I havent being able to download anything that way.

[Q] Anyone have issues with certain apps not displaying FULLY on the Notes screen?

Hi All,
As the title asks... Is anyone else having issues with apps not displaying "fully" on the screen of the Note?
I have an issue with the "Scrabble Free" game where it runs ok but it only shows the game screen in the top left corner of the screen. It is showing the WHOLE page but it is less that a quarter the size of the screen.
Can someone maybe download this game and see if its that same for you? Its free. And if anyone has other apps that they have this issue with then perhaps share them here so we can make a list of these "wonky" apps.
If you know how to fix this then please advise as well.
Thanks,

Are you on non native DPI?
I am just guessing you could be-

Latest (I guess) Camera360 doesn't run in fullscreen.

anilisanil said:
Are you on non native DPI?
I am just guessing you could be-
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No. I have not changed the DPI settings at all however I am running Darky Note ROM... Perhaps the ROM has changed my DPI settings? Everything else seems normal on the ROM though except that in the Dialer for example and in the Task Manager app - the Selection Bar that is usually in the top of the screen shows now at the bottom but I thought this may be a feature of the ROM...
What is the standard / stock DPI of the Note?

Abagnale said:
Latest (I guess) Camera360 doesn't run in fullscreen.
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Thanks for the info. Would you mind perhaps DL'ing the Scrabble game to see if it does the same for you? I have an email out to EA Games on this but have not heard back yet. Perhaps I can get them to update the game for the Note if needed so that this issue can be avoided in the future...

yiannisthegreek said:
No. I have not changed the DPI settings at all however I am running Darky Note ROM... Perhaps the ROM has changed my DPI settings? Everything else seems normal on the ROM though except that in the Dialer for example and in the Task Manager app - the Selection Bar that is usually in the top of the screen shows now at the bottom but I thought this may be a feature of the ROM...
What is the standard / stock DPI of the Note?
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The stock DPI is 320.
But if you have not modded it the chances are that it is at the stock value.
Nevertheless, install any DPI changing software from the market, they generally show the current value. if you are at 320 dpi then it most probably is the problem with the app. otherwise just change to 320 reboot and check

anilisanil said:
The stock DPI is 320.
But if you have not modded it the chances are that it is at the stock value.
Nevertheless, install any DPI changing software from the market, they generally show the current value. if you are at 320 dpi then it most probably is the problem with the app. otherwise just change to 320 reboot and check
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Thanks for the info my friend. I will check this when I get home from work tonight as I have my Galaxy Nexus with me today and my Note is at home. I will give this a try and report back here.

Adult swim app does not display fully on stock rom

guitarplayerone said:
Adult swim app does not display fully on stock rom
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Hmmmmm... Perhaps it IS an app related issue. Can you please install the Scrabble game and tell me if you have the same issue? That would be most helpful.
Thanks,

yiannisthegreek said:
Hmmmmm... Perhaps it IS an app related issue. Can you please install the Scrabble game and tell me if you have the same issue? That would be most helpful.
Thanks,
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Could you please post a link to the market?
I should mention that one of my chess clients also does not display properly. Granted chessboards are square...

It's an app issue. Various old apps have this problem.
For some apps, you can download spare parts and enable the compatibility mode.
If I do this for bonsai blast, it runs full screen but it is choppy.

guitarplayerone said:
Could you please post a link to the market?
I should mention that one of my chess clients also does not display properly. Granted chessboards are square...
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Just search "Scrabble" in the market on your device an it should come right up...

ChodTheWacko said:
It's an app issue. Various old apps have this problem.
For some apps, you can download spare parts and enable the compatibility mode.
If I do this for bonsai blast, it runs full screen but it is choppy.
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Spare Parts eh? Is that what the app is called in the market? Just "Spare Parts"?

yiannisthegreek said:
Spare Parts eh? Is that what the app is called in the market? Just "Spare Parts"?
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Iam using Spare Parts+ (Plus), It fix this problem for some apps, but some apps are not made for Note, so it will not fix them , for ex. iGO Navigation

Ibrahim keyboard a keyboard for Arabic language. .. Does not show right. .. Smaller and looks funny. .. ..

Also have some app, not the main content of the app, but just the loading is no displaying fully (Match En Direct)

[Q] Icon names mismatched

Hi all,
I did my first flashing and went for CM9. Although I cannot sort the applications in the order in which I would like them (by the way is there a launcher allowing me to do this?) I really like the ROM.
But I am experiencing a weird problem. The icon - or application - names look like on the screenshots. I have this problem few times a day. Does anyone know of a solution? Thank you.
link/image/4nmvit5gn/
link/image/xejp8vbaf/
As I cannot post links outside of forums, please change "link" for "postimage.org"

Anyone being able to help?

i can once reach home...

erpurohit said:
i can once reach home...
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Thank you appreciate it

I am on Remics-JB v2.1 and APPS are displayed with Android icons instead of original icons.
It displays fine after 2 days. Is there any solution for this.

gmpgoud said:
I am on Remics-JB v2.1 and APPS are displayed with Android icons instead of original icons.
It displays fine after 2 days. Is there any solution for this.
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use other launcher then tw ....every thing will be fine...

erpurohit said:
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Hi erpurohit,
any idea what might be the cause of my issue?

[Q] wallpaper experts

hi:
im goin nuts on this:: i want to save an image as wall paper as its displayed on-screen..
seems i have to crop etc..and they never come out like i want.
i ve tried doing on device w/ various market apps and from home screen.. tried in photoshop.. etc.
why should this be so hard?
i dont know what to do..
help is appreciated..
thanx

amkaos said:
hi:
im goin nuts on this:: i want to save an image as wall paper as its displayed on-screen..
seems i have to crop etc..and they never come out like i want.
i ve tried doing on device w/ various market apps and from home screen.. tried in photoshop.. etc.
why should this be so hard?
i dont know what to do..
help is appreciated..
thanx
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Perfect Viewer can do this. Perfectly, I might add.
Open the picture you want with it, tap the middle of the screen, go to the second to last option, and set wallpaper as current screen.

turdferguson92 said:
Perfect Viewer can do this. Perfectly, I might add.
Open the picture you want with it, tap the middle of the screen, go to the second to last option, and set wallpaper as current screen.
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wow,, that is great.. so simple.. exactly what i needed..
no learning curve..
why cant all these wallpapers apps just do it like that..
thanx very much

No problem. I spent almost a week looking for something like this when I first bought my touchpad.

There's also the HP Touchpad Wallpaper Applier app in the store:
Link

hummer010 said:
There's also the HP Touchpad Wallpaper Applier app in the store:
Link
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thanx for the reply..
from your suggestion, i did look at this.. i kept getting error .. "has stopped" or wont start or something like that..
description says to crop first..
really i do like the other app better because it uses the pic as is..really fast and accurate w/many options..
thanx tho

Try Wallpaper Wizardrii. I also use the Wallbase app and have moved some of my favorite wallpapers into the Wallbase Saved folder to apply them from within the app.