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Hi All,
Welcome to the Rom-Packer "Squeezer" module!
This was originally included with my Wizard Rom-Packer kitchen, but as the technology is applicable to most programs installed in the Wizard (or actually most devices), in either storage memory or SD card, I have decided to release it to the wider community of non-cookers.
This program uses the open source program UPX to compress .exe files. The compression is quite remarkable. Generally the files end up less than half their original size. I have tested the process on all the main Office programs, and they work fine. The loading speed of the programs is actually improved, because the storage memory is so much slower than ram memory, so the time gained by transferring a smaller amount of data from the storage memory to ram when you run the program is more than enough to make up for the time spent uncompressing in ram.
The larger programs really seem to "pop" in comparison. Besides the Office programs, I have tested it on apps such as: eWallet, iSilo, ListPro, and Skype and found it works well, speeding load times with a smaller storage and SD card footprint.
The process "may" work with some .dll files as well, but I haven't tested them as extensively. A few programs will not work well in this mode, or refuse to load, so keep the original copies as backups. You will also find a few programs (adobe reader, pocketXpdf) which have already been compressed with this technology!
So, here's what you do:
1) Make sure the original program is installed correctly.
2) Locate the .exe file which was installed in Program Files in your PDA or the SD card.
3) Save a copy of this file somewhere in case it doesn't work.
4) Copy all the .exe files you want to compress into the SqueezeRoom directory.
5) Run Squeezem.bat
6) Take the compressed files out of the SqueezeRoom directory and replace the originals with those.
7) Run the program in the usual way. If all is well, Great! you're done!
8) If there's a problem, you can try a soft-reset before undoing the experiment.
9) If that doesn't help, copy the copy you made in step 3 back to the original location, overwriting the compressed copy.
Of course, I strongly recommend that you run a good backup utility, such as SPB backup, before beginning, just in case you make a big mistake somewhere.
Rapidshare Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/33717970/Rom-Packer_Squeezer.rar
Have fun!
Have you tried compressing dll files before?? I read the readme file...but since you wrote it, have you tested them.
Re: dll files
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Have you tried compressing dll files before?? I read the readme file...but since you wrote it, have you tested them.
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I tried one, but it didn't work. According to the UPX documentation it sometimes works on .dll files, so if you find a large one it works with, let us know!
Regards,
This program is amazing!!! I can see a notable increase in performance on my device. I compressed about almost all my apps (about 25-30 exe's) and about 5-8 dll's. So far the dll's that I have compressed have been working.
You can see a huge increase in performance the bigger the exe file is. Apps like Wisbar/WAD start up about 3-4 sec faster,
Opera about 3 sec (4MB compressed down to 1.7MB)
AIM 2 sec faster
Camera.exe maybe 1 sec (I couldn't really tell the difference)
Verichat 2 sec
FoxitReader 2-3 sec
IM+ 3-4 sec
SPB Imageer 2-3 sec
Resco Radio 2 sec
Total Commander 1-2 sec
Midlet Manager(jmm.exe) 2 sec faster
and calculator.exe seems to pop open .
When it comes to games, which usually are 2-4MB in size, they open 4-7 sec faster than normal. One of my games was 4MB than shrunk down to about 1.4MB after compressed.
This program also saves a crazy amount of space as well. My main memory free space before was 6.5MB, than after compression, increased to 11.8MB
It also seems like there is more free RAM than normal, but I'm still veiwing that. Posted some SS of compressed file sizes.
I just discovered that .cpl(Control Panel Extension) files can also be compressed. I just compressed SoftKeyAppletEx.cpl and ThemeManager.cpl for those who know what they are. They still work after compression. There not that big but I get about 50-60% compression from them.
Great finds!
Wow, freeyayo50!
Great finds, and thanks for reporting them. It's great to see this little bugger being useful!
BTW, You're packing a lot into your machine! Do you use an sd card?
Best wishes,
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Wow, freeyayo50!
Great finds, and thanks for reporting them. It's great to see this little bugger being useful!
BTW, You're packing a lot into your machine! Do you use an sd card?
Best wishes,
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Thanx, just tryin to help out the community .
And yes, I am using a 1GB Mini SD card. I use it to hold most of my apps and all my music.
I dont understand why developers dont use this. So far everything that I have compressed has been working perfectly fine. I just luv how much space this thing saves.
as of now i'am building an rom with all dll and exe and cpl upx-ed. Just finished packing and now Build os is building. then i will try if it will run
Now it's flashing to my mda
It was to much. The rom wont load. stops at second boot screenthe 3th wont load.
A noble experiment!
ivanwinkel said:
It was to much. The rom wont load. stops at second boot screenthe 3th wont load.
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Oh well, you went all out and I applaud you for it! Valiant effort!
Regards,
Email App?
Anybody know which app controls the email accounts?
I use the blackberry client and it takes forever to load up..even when in the background! Creating new mail also takes it's own sweet time!
Would love to squeeeeze a bit more performance out of my wizard!
Andy Phillips said:
Anybody know which app controls the email accounts?
I use the blackberry client and it takes forever to load up..even when in the background! Creating new mail also takes it's own sweet time!
Would love to squeeeeze a bit more performance out of my wizard!
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I believe you may be talking about the tmail.exe in the \Windows folder.
main OS dlls and exe SOULD NOT be compressed with upx.....this was tested ages ago by rom cookers it will cause problems....true some files can be upx you should leave the OS files alone.
faria said:
main OS dlls and exe SOULD NOT be compressed with upx.....this was tested ages ago by rom cookers it will cause problems....true some files can be upx you should leave the OS files alone.
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Thanks for the tip, faria!
(Translation: Avoid messing with the sys\os subdirectory, and be careful with the others. Most of these apps are small, so you wouldn't be gaining much anyway.)
wow nice program thanks!
doesnt work with tomtom btw crashes when I start it
kadooosh said:
wow nice program thanks!
doesnt work with tomtom btw crashes when I start it
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Hi, It worked with my TomTom!? I'm pretty sure I compressed it. Just the main .exe, not any of the supporting stuff. I'll double check it when I get home tonight, (or tomorrow to be honest, I have a big project for school right now)
Tested and working with opera.dll from Opera 8.60u2. It's a huge 5 MB file that once compressed is less than 2 MB . There seems to be no side effects, besides saving over 3 MB of storage. Great program!
igalan said:
Tested and working with opera.dll from Opera 8.60u2. It's a huge 5 MB file that once compressed is less than 2 MB . There seems to be no side effects, besides saving over 3 MB of storage. Great program!
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Where did you find this opera.dll at??
edhaas said:
Hi, It worked with my TomTom!? I'm pretty sure I compressed it. Just the main .exe, not any of the supporting stuff. I'll double check it when I get home tonight, (or tomorrow to be honest, I have a big project for school right now)
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oh I just noticed my old exe didnt work either.. must be cause I installed wm6
moprhgear doesnt work either(emulator)
Heya folks,
I'm looking for a solution to scan ISBN codes from my book collection into a some sort of library or catalog database.
I'm wondering if someone here would know of a software that can be used on the HTC TyTN II (at&t Tilt), or any Win Mobile device with a camera.
I've found the Barcode/13 program, but that's only for palmOne Treo 600. I could work with something similar just to create a CVS file of ISBN numbers and transfer that to another program on my PC, but would rather have an all-in-one software.
Thanks,
Zyir
I'm also looking for a way to integrate barcode scanning into a .NET app. For the enterprise...I'd like to keep track of assets.
sounds like you want to use the built-in camera.
I've used PPCs to do barcode reading using SerialMagic and the LaserCHamp Bluetooth scanner from http://serialio.com/
It works quite well.
lthown said:
sounds like you want to use the built-in camera.
I've used PPCs to do barcode reading using SerialMagic and the LaserCHamp Bluetooth scanner from http://serialio.com/
It works quite well.
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I might have to go that route, but would rather find a software that will use the Kaiser's camera to read the barcodes.
I'm trying to avoid purchasing an additional device just to scan a couple hundred books.
http://www.quickmark.com.tw/En/basic/index.asp
lthown said:
sounds like you want to use the built-in camera.
I've used PPCs to do barcode reading using SerialMagic and the LaserCHamp Bluetooth scanner from http://serialio.com/
It works quite well.
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Yeah, it's just that the idea is to avoid having them lug around a barcode scanner to track assets. If they have to carry something extra we can just get to a computer. =/
ZiYi said:
http://www.quickmark.com.tw/En/basic/index.asp
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Will QuickMark scan linear (1D) barcodes like the ISBN on books? Everything I've found indicates that it only reads 2D barcodes (like QR Codes, etc.).
Take a look at MS A.U.R.A. at http://aura.research.microsoft.com
GSLEON3 said:
Take a look at MS A.U.R.A. at http://aura.research.microsoft.com
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Doesn't work...
GSLEON3 said:
Take a look at MS A.U.R.A. at http://aura.research.microsoft.com
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Can't get that now...
From the link... "Microsoft Research AURA project and all AURA services have terminated as of June 30, 2007."
From what I've found, that would have worked for what I want, but alas...
Batoo
There seems to be a free java implementation that decodes 1D barcodes. I had no success trying it on my kaiser: http://people.inf.ethz.ch/adelmanr/batoo/
Perhaps it is a good starting point to use this source to develope something useful.
I found this a while ago. I think I remember their SDK was free for 1D codes, or something. I forget, check the link. Cool video included.
http://www.mobileama.com/Barcode.htm
EDIT: Yep, this is what you want.
I was able to find a download for Microsoft's A.U.R.A.
It's kinda nifty to play with. It'll scan 1D barcodes, but I'm not finding any options to export the codes after they've been scanned. Also, it requires a 'manual' photo of the barcode; it opens the camera utility and ya use it like taking a normal macro photo (Zoom in, hope your hand is steady, and snap, then find a blurry image. Repeat multiple times until ya get a clear image that can be read).
QuickMark and i-nigma are great for 2D barcodes; they both make good use of the device's auto-focus and will read a 2D barcode without the need to manually take a photo. Though, neither of them will read 1D linear barcodes like the ISBN numbers on the books I'd like to scan.
Also, the one that Notten pointed out ( http://www.mobileama.com/Barcode.htm ) looks like it would work wonderfully, but I wasn't able to find any Windows Mobile software that uses it, nor a download for a working implementation.
So, does anyone else know of something that could be used by an individual who just wants to scan their books with an HTC Windows Mobile device?
I'm still hoping for something more like 'Barcode/13', or an inventory software that will make use of the device's camera.
Thanks,
Zyir
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I may just have to bite the bullet and buy a cheap barcode scanner to connect to my PC instead.
A solution for Bluryyyy photo
Jus look for a post where they have a new camera Apps to upgrade the one that comes with your TyTN II aka tilt, aka kaiser, aka etc. With this update you just need to do a halfpress release and it will autofocus and shoot, and there you go nog blurry images.
I used it with the Worlcard Mobile aplication to get a photo of our patients Health Plan Card, and without that new camera apps it would be a pain in the #$%$%@%@%.
So give it a try. Search for NEW CAMERA in the Forum.
Building my own
Since I haven't found any ready-made and free solution, I started experimenting on my own in C#. I have managed to develop a basic functionality where the application automatically takes snapshots (320x240, no autofocus... thanks to www.wimobot.com) and does the recognition. Well, the recognition algorithm is still in a very alpha-stage (it can detect the stop bits of a code-128)...
Anybody with some links to free C# recognition source to speed up things? I will also try the batoo code (java) sometime.
hypest
Thanks, udgn. I already have the 'new camera' and video framerates are greatly increased outdoors. Sadly, it didn't help the fact that I tend to move the camera a bit as I press the button, which is the main cause of my blurry photos with indoor lighting.
Back on topic...
I've also run across Google's ZXing project ( http://code.google.com/p/zxing/ ) but it's a Java implementation that doesn't run on Windows Mobile devices. Yet.
Zyir
Own application partial success
UPDATE: latest version can be found here
zyir01 said:
I've also run across Google's ZXing project ( http://code.google.com/p/zxing/ ) but it's a Java implementation that doesn't run on Windows Mobile devices. Yet.
Zyir
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Great find Zyir!
I took the code, converted it into c# and incorporated it in the app I'm developing and... well, there was partial success! I have attached the binary (Usual disclaimer applies: I have NO RESPONSIBILITY whatsoever for any harm done!).
The application is in alpha stage but usable. Unzip in any directory and run using a file manager. Button "Shoot" opens the normal photo-shooting app to take a photo (thus utilizing higher resolution and auto-focus), while "Live" starts auto capture (320x240, no auto-focus). The whole "thing" is quite slow, as the decoding takes a while.
I had successful decoding using the "live" mode reading a code-128 barcode (that had previously shoot in my local supermarket) displayed on my laptop's screen.
hope to hear any feedback!
hypest
Great, I'll give it a shot!
hypest said:
Great find Zyir!
I took the code, converted it into c# and incorporated it in the app I'm developing and... well, there was partial success!
hope to hear any feedback!
hypest
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Thanks!
I'll give it a whirl this evening and let ya know how it went.
Zyir
I didn't have a lot of time last weekend to check it out, but it didn't scan well for me. It wouldn't read any barcodes with "Shoot" or "Live". The Live ran at avout five seconds per frame, so was a bit of a challenge to get the camera on the barcode.
Might be due to the relatively low lighting in my house. Also, I'm using Nadavi's Camera 5.0.4.2915.00 with HTC Album, so I'm not sure if that might be part of my issue.
Zyir
Hey everybody!
I'm creating this thread to keep the Barcorama related discussion in a dedicated thread. The discussion spawned here.
Barcorama is a Zxing-based (http://code.google.com/p/zxing/) barcode reader software developed by me in C#. The program's main purpose is to provide a free (and hopefully powerful) tool in the consumer's toolchain!
Feel free to try out and comment on it.
The tool is being developed on my Kaiser, so any feedback on how it performs on other devices is welcomed!
Basic Usage (not yet updated for v0.9x:
a. Press the "Shoot" button to launch the phones camera wizard and take a photo of the barcode by pressing the front "OK" button, or the normal side-shoot button. Barcorama will return automatically upon capture and try to recognize the code.
b. Press the "Open" button to launch the file dialog and navigate/select a previously taken photo. Again, after loading the photo, recognition starts.
After a successful recognition, a popup message may ask whether to run the specified external program with the recognized code. The program along with its arguments is specified in the settings. The code will be inserted wherever the !###! string is be found (may be multiple times).
In general, my tests show that the autofocus camera feature seems to achieve a good result when holding the phone more then 5cm away from the target.
Source code is available here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/barcorama/
or download the trunk snapshot here: http://barcorama.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/barcorama/trunk.tar.gz?view=tar
Features:
-- Recognizes 1D and 2D barcodes. See the google page for details. Version 0.3 is currently incorporated.
-- Runs an external program to pass the recognized code
Requirements:
- NETCF v2.0
ChangeLog:
v0.9h
-- ability for "continuous operation". After successful recognition, continues scanning/shooting/etc...
-- option to beep after successful recognition. Useful in "continuous operation"
v0.9g (for Testing!):
-- Costpad fixes regarding same name shops
-- QR recognition working (thanx to mao xuchu!). Mind though that proper result handling is not present.
-- BUGFIX: many settings were not holding on their value
v0.9f (for Testing!):
-- Memory optimization. Thanx user jeutaw for reporting the bug!
v0.9e (for Testing!):
-- BUGFIX: fixed exception at the end of the purchase submit procedure
v0.9d (for Testing!):
-- Warning: a bug has already been identified regarding the ability to submit purchases to costpad.com. Perhaps you want to wait a few hours until I get home and fix it <-- FIXED in v0.9e
-- Manual entry of the barcode (useful when scan/shoot/open methods fail)
-- More finger-oriented purchase date entry method
-- Able to register a new shop through Barcorama
-- Smoother button fading
-- Various fixes
v0.9c (for Testing!):
-- GUI fixes (should now cope better with high-res devices)
v0.9b (for Testing!):
-- not connecting to the Internet at startup
v0.9a (for Testing!):
-- Preliminary Costpad.com integration
v0.8a:
-- Reintroduced the "Live" mode (thanks to WiMo project), where continuous capturing is performed (low resolution only, thanks to HTC... )
-- Experimental Autofocus tweak! Manually triggering the autofocus capability so to make the "Live" mode usable. Warning: not all devices/roms will be compatible!
v0.7a:
-- Better File open method
-- Minor interface changes
v0.6:
-- Elastic GUI layout. Supporting landscape mode and greater resolutions.
v0.5c:
- Bugfix: Normal handling of spaces in external program's path and arguments
- Added a program icon (thanx nibblah)
v0.5b:
- Bugfix: proper saving/loading of external program settings.
v0.5
- Can now run an external program passing the recognized barcode.
v0.4d
- Small fix for QR decoding
v0.4c
- Upgraded ZXing to 0.4.5 for 1D barcodes (only)
v0.4b
- Fixed a nasty bug that disabled EAN and UPC codes!
v0.4
- Able to individually select what barcode types to try
- Option for selecting whether automatic return from the Camera application is desired. When not selected, the user has to manually exit the Camera application, beign able this way to recapture before decode
- Added a clickable link in the About page to easily reach this forum
- Black appearance
v0.3b
- Incorporated a ZXing bugfix regarding code-39 decoding
- Added a popup question to copy a recognized code into the clipboard
v0.3
- Tweaked usage of the .net camera API. Using a file based method to detect when the capture was performed.
- Automatically returning back to the application after the user shoots the photo. No second "OK" is needed.
- Better UI behavior by using background thread for camera capture and image decoding
- Various bugfixes
Known Issues:
-- False recognitions (encountered some EAN13 faults)
-- 3megapixel photos cannot be loaded
-- After shooting, image appears 90-degrees counter-clockwise rotated. Recognition works though.
Have fun!
hypest
P.S Please, if you encounter a bug/problem, report it and add your hardware/software configuration, or fill your signature with such info. Reporting of successful trials is also welcomed
Removed: The "speedy" version was removed as it was not functioning on par with the "normal" version...
Added a cab file that includes the .exe and creates a Start Menu shortcut. The shortcut seems to be missing the proper icon and perhaps it won't work in Non-English installations. Removed the ..v07a.zip as the cab seems stable.
Removed: The "Barcorama.zip" as it was too old...
I'm not experiencing crashes anymore, but the app doesn't appear to be receiving the photo taken after pressing shoot etc. I tried leaving the app for a minute, in case it was too busy processing to show anything on screen, but to no avail. If I take a photo manually, it is able to process via the OPEN button.
You might want to change the url in the about section into something people are more likely to type into their browser, in case they get the file indirectly... (the tinyurl would be http://tinyurl.com/2kxkuj for example, a little shorter at least)
The other files that came with the previous versions of Barcorama (WiMoNative.dll, and the OpenNETCF.etc.etc), can they be removed from the program's directory?
PS Thanks for all your work so far
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I'm not experiencing crashes anymore, but the app doesn't appear to be receiving the photo taken after pressing shoot etc. I tried leaving the app for a minute, in case it was too busy processing to show anything on screen, but to no avail. If I take a photo manually, it is able to process via the OPEN button.
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After taking the photo, do you manually press OK (or the "return" icon), or do you just leave it to return on its own? I think, the Nadavi's camera version, after some seconds returns automatically but it's actually a "cancel", not an "OK".
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You might want to change the url in the about section into something people are more likely to type into their browser, in case they get the file indirectly... (the tinyurl would be http://tinyurl.com/2kxkuj for example, a little shorter at least)
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The long url really sucks, I know. This was just a quick and dirty solution to the "add an About window". I will certainly change it to actually be a clickable link.
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The other files that came with the previous versions of Barcorama (WiMoNative.dll, and the OpenNETCF.etc.etc), can they be removed from the program's directory?
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Yes, with the present application functionality, do supplement dlls are needed. So, it is safe to remove them.
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PS Thanks for all your work so far
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Thank YOU...
hypest
Looks good.
Looking forward to updates. I can't get it to "shoot" and decode.
I have to shoot the picture, then run the program to get it to decode the
1D barcode.
Very nice.
Hi, Sean here from the zxing project. Glad to see you got this into C# and I hope it was not too painful. Let me know if you notice bugs. I put a link to your project on the code.google.com page.
Once the code stops changing and looks about done, we'd like to do the same thing, but port to Object C for the iPhone.
Got me blushing
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Hi, Sean here from the zxing project. Glad to see you got this into C# and I hope it was not too painful. Let me know if you notice bugs. I put a link to your project on the code.google.com page.
Once the code stops changing and looks about done, we'd like to do the same thing, but port to Object C for the iPhone.
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Hello Sean! Flattered to see a comment from one of the project's developer!
Translating to C# was surprisingly easy and effective by using the MS JLCA. Ofcource I had to make some adjustments, but nothing really "difficult". Poking into the zxing code is certainly on my agenta but for the time being I'm trying to figure out why the prog does not work on some fellow posters' devices . I'll be happy to drive your attention to any bugs I notice.
...will keep my eye on your project's progress...
hypest
Quick Shot not working for me. The application do not get the image. Manual shot dont recognizes EAN13 code. Folder selection not working(HTC Camera takes the shots in Storagecard\DCIM\100Media folder that cant be selected because its a subfolder.)
Trouble replicating the problem
I just reverted my Kaiser to its original rom (had to cook it from the dump I performed the day I got it), but the prog works (shouldn't I be happy about that?). I can use the "Shoot" and recognize...
Some details:
device: HTC TyTN II (unbranded)
Greek ROM (ACE Hellas)
OS: 5.2.1620 (build 18125.0.4.2)
ROM version: 1.56.405.5
Date: 08/28/07
Radio: 1.27.12.32
Protocol: 22.45.88.07H
Camera ver: 4.08 build 28288
The prog also worked with my "previous" ROM (panosha's joannita light + Nadavi's camera)
Perhaps some of you guys that the app does not fully work, can post additional info on the hardware/software you're using.
Thanx,
hypest
i wonder if it had something to do with localization. It is a german Phone here. I've tested it with my own programm(also written in C#) and it has no problem getting the shot. strange....
nsa666 said:
Quick Shot not working for me. The application do not get the image. Manual shot dont recognizes EAN13 code. Folder selection not working(HTC Camera takes the shots in Storagecard\DCIM\100Media folder that cant be selected because its a subfolder.)
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EAN13 generally seems to work. Please, could you try this image?
I have tested the prog on about 10 actual products. Try to keep the phone about 6-10cm away from the target (not closer than 5, anyway).
Thank you for the info on the behavior of the load dialog. I will try and use a different facility to browse every folder.
hypest
nsa666 said:
i wonder if it had something to do with localization. It is a german Phone here. I've tested it with my own programm(also written in C#) and it has no problem getting the shot. strange....
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I cannot completely rule out the possibility to be a localization issue, even though, the second Kaiser device I used today was not a Greek one (I thing was English-default) and it worked on it too.
With your shot it actually works. With my it reads wrong code.
nsa666 said:
With your shot it actually works. With my it reads wrong code.
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Indeed, your image produces a false recognition. It is quite probable that this is a zxing related bug, but I'll have to investigate it further. Actually I have encountered this faulty recognition once.
hypest
Do you plan to release your source so that others might be able to develop customized applications? I personally would like to have it query a MySQL DB via the web over HSDPA connection to query inventory levels and pricing of product in my warehouse. Other uses might be to have it auto-query the UPC against an online DB to find the best price for a given product or to upload the UPC to an on-line DB to review later from your desktop.
After you take the picture with the Shoot option what do you hit to have it decode it? If i hit the return (back arrow) nothing happens, and if i hit the OK key on the front of my Tilt, nothing happens...
PengLord said:
Do you plan to release your source so that others might be able to develop customized applications? I personally would like to have it query a MySQL DB via the web over HSDPA connection to query inventory levels and pricing of product in my warehouse. Other uses might be to have it auto-query the UPC against an online DB to find the best price for a given product or to upload the UPC to an on-line DB to review later from your desktop.
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Actually, these uses are exactly what I have in mind! The app will act just as the barcode-recognition medium. The backend will be the really interesting stuff .
I just have to figure out some serious problems and in the meantime I'll decide whether to release the code in an organized manner, or just enable the tool to be used as external executable from other apps (or a linkable lib).
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After you take the picture with the Shoot option what do you hit to have it decode it? If i hit the return (back arrow) nothing happens, and if i hit the OK key on the front of my Tilt, nothing happens...
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On my kaiser, either way works . Most of the time though, I use the front (D-PAD) OK button just because is easier to press.
I have updated the #1 post and attached a build with some debugging messages. Please try that too and report which messages you see.
hypest
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I have updated the #1 post and attached a build with some debugging messages. Please try that too and report which messages you see.
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"Dialog didn't return OK!"
apears when pressing OK on the D-Pad or the icon.
i have a German TyTn II.
ROM Version: 1.56.407.3
Nadavi_HTC_Camera_5_0_4_2915_00.cab is installed, could this be the issue? the preinstalled version was .... sh.... not very good.
hope this helps you a bit..
Im not a great coder but i found a nice PDF that might be good to help with decoding the image. http://www.atilim.edu.tr/~misafran/proje web/BIS04.pdf
bypass build
Fellow posters,
I have revised the #1 post to include a newer build, hopefully with better results. This one tries a different approach to reach the captured image..
to pizzaguy:
The paper might be helpful, event though it is not presented as simply software-based (it benefits from the DSP processor present).
hypest
it still doesnt work.
Barcorama_bypass.exe
IOException
bei System.IO.__Error.WinIOError()
bei System.IO.Directory.InternalCreateDirectory()
bei System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory()
bei TestNS.TestCL.button1_Click()
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick()
bei System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick()
bei System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WnProc()
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control._InternalWnProc()
bei Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterModalDialog()
bei System.Windows.Forms.Form.ShowDialog()
bei TestNS.TestCL.Main()
P.S.: This comes if i klick on "shot" buton. The camera app dont even starts.
P.S.2: just tested the verbose version. It seems to be something wrong with directory name. it says \Storagecard\Barcorama\Barcorama_verbose.exe. I think it should say only \Storagecard\Barcorama .
I'm sure others have come across this...
My carrier's limit on sending MMS is ~300KB. Our 3.2mp pictures are much larger. That and most people I want to send MMS's to don't have a 300 by whatever + resolution screen on their phone.....
So I'm looking for a simple, easy to use, app that will just resize images for me. I know the MMS software in most ROM's will auto-convert them to some sizes, but I'd rather just save the images at that size to begin with... and send that smaller file myself (also good for uploading to ftp servers to share via e-mail to other mobile devices)
I did some browsing, and i saw maybe some versions of HTC Album do resizes... but I'm not really looking to update that yet... most other google searches around 'pocket pc paint' or 'wm6 image resize' end up with themes and the like -- I need an on-phone solution.. I don't want to be tied to a computer to resize an image!
searches:
http://www.google.com/search?q=wm6+...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...ficial&hs=aGH&q=wm6+resize+photos&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...ficial&hs=7vb&q=ppc+resize+photos&btnG=Search -- came up with some results, but I've never haerd of a lot of these solutions, any feedback?
hmm, did you want the original picture to be 3.2 MP? If not, then just take the picture at a lower resolution?
Other than that, although I have not played around with it, an app called Photogenics may be able to do it. Keep in mind though, it's not freeware.
Resco Photo allows you to downsize photos. You can select what pixel size you want, or type in a percentage. Its does a lot more stuff too, its not free though.
I have AT&T and they limit mms to 600k. Is that your carrier as well?
Motorious said:
hmm, did you want the original picture to be 3.2 MP? If not, then just take the picture at a lower resolution?
Other than that, although I have not played around with it, an app called Photogenics may be able to do it. Keep in mind though, it's not freeware.
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I like taking high-quality pictures in case I want to share them by e-mail / upload them, or save them for later use as something..
But I also want to resize them for friends when i send it to phones. and at&t requires it to be smaller in size to send via MMS... as another poster mentioned.
Cropping would also be nice... I was mainly looking for a free solution, but If i gotta pay I gotta pay.. I prefer donating to developers here over paying for product from companies though.
The authors of XnView (a freeware ACDSee clone) have recently published a version for PocketPCs and Windows Mobile Smartphones. It works very well on my Touch Pro. Allows retouching, resizing, modifying colorspace, batch conversion to many formats and more.
http://www.xnviewpocket.org/
Photo Resizer
ยป PhotoResizer v1.0 Description
With PhotoResize you can copy and resize JPG images from a folder to another selecting the quality and output size of target image.
This tool is useful when you want to copy your photo from your camera to your PDA and show them at your friends using a PDA as photo album. (As I usally do)
The main problem is that every single image done with your camera (depend wich camera you use) is usually several megabytes and if you simple copy photo from camera in few time you will finish the memory available on your PDA.
With this tool you can reduce the space on each photo resing it to the dimension of your PDA screen (usally 320x240, 320x640, or 640x480). In this manner the dimension of files are drastically reduced and you can show images directly from PDA. During the conversion phase a progress bar will show you the percentage of work, if during conversion will be found an image with dimension less then the output size, that image will be skipped.
Funcionalities:
* Select source folder and destination folder graphically
* Choose target size of images
* Choose quality (default is 75%)
* Choose if you want to see the thumbnail during the process (this option can be time comsuming)
the PhotoResizer v1.0 free for Pocket PC
Hi all,
After reading some news on UPX, a great tools that can compress AMR file, I have decide to investigate this.
So I download the version with UCL include (that my ubuntu for that )
I have try several compression and replace over the rom file just to see the difference.
And of course, it's really better when it work on apps.
They compress by ration of 50% to 70% apps, so Opera for example run really more faster now with that, also Album is really more faster and of course the famous AudioManager_Eng !!!
It load music (even with 4G of music with lot's of different artist and album) in around 1 or 2 sec, before they take nearly 10s to show the playlist !
So technical they pack the exe, optimize it for size and speed.
I want to introduce a list of successfull tools that work really better with this tools.
Thanks to that, I really hope cooker will use it to cook already compressed file into they rom.
Ok, Second post will be all apps that work well
and Thirst post all one that is useless to do it because size is more important after or program stop working and has some bugs.
Let's go
Edit :
Seems NRV compression better, so I will test it more and report
Second post for working apps
Here list of working apps :
I use UPX-UCL with --best option : upx --best *.exe (on linux, should work on windows and other)
See the site : http://upx.sourceforge.net/
Opera : 2.7M (compressed size), 6.3 (unpack) : really nice feeling, page appear more faster, running apps is shorter, wonderfull !
AlbumSearcher (for thumbmail)
AudioManager : awesome the new speed, it open list in 1 or 2 seconds for 4G of music !
AdobeReaderLE
Camera
GoogleMap (already use it in fact, the GoogleMap_Compressed use UPX)
HTCAlbum : speed is great ! so as other tools but wow !
RSSHub : nearly the same, hard to compare
StreamingPlayer : run faster, great
Kinoma : already use it but not with --best option (so I have unpack and repack with best, take 1M instead of 1,7, run faster )
WkTask : hard to now, but work well !
List of non working apps
Here the list of non working or useless compression apps :
CorePlayer : work but take more place (1,7 instead of 1,6), so useless to use it
TotalCommander : .NET not support yes, so any other .NET apps it's useless to for moment
DiamondBackgroundChanger : don't work
Manilla : don't work, TF3D won't work after, so don't compress it
So I'm waiting for brave people to help me grow up this list, this free gpl tool is really nice to be known !
don't forget, use it with UPX --best option
http://mobile-sg.com/software/?p=UPX4PPC&platform=ppc
is more easy
[REF][TUT] Improve program launch times - UPX Squeezer BATCH
Why start a new discussion? Sir B. allready covered that one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=481880
kwbr said:
Why start a new discussion? Sir B. allready covered that one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=481880
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Oh sorry, I see, thanks for all links
I do that because it seems no cooker use it ... I was thinking that's was a new think.
my fault to lake of searching
let's continue on other thread
Oh, I've try UPX --brute mode with NRV compression library
For opera : 2,0 m instead of 6,7 !!!
So far better than --best and ucl
Work really well by the way
hi bro thanks for this work, when u compreessed opera u might see that ur program memory might be higher than normal, if you can cha=eck this for me, it happen in previous roms i try the compression on opera
The compression won't make the actual program speed any faster (like opera loading pages), that's just placebo effect. Why? Because when the compressed program is loaded, it will be uncompressed to the ram, and will run and act excatly like the uncompressed program.
"Running a compressed executable essentially unpacks the original executable code, then transfers control to it. The effect is the same as if the original uncompressed executable had been run, so compressed and uncompressed executables are indistinguishable to the casual user."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_compression
However, the initial program loading will be noticeable faster for bigger exe files, naturally because of the slow flash memory.
duttythroy said:
hi bro thanks for this work, when u compreessed opera u might see that ur program memory might be higher than normal, if you can cha=eck this for me, it happen in previous roms i try the compression on opera
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Hi dutty
Opera take 1,9 m compressed other upx --brute mode !
Ok, when I launch, with or without compression, take 45k ok memory
So, upx tools can accelerate their launch time,
and compress all dll could also speed up global windows, because launch time of them will be shorter so, running tools with be faster
inside tools I think they load external dll, and so if their launch time is shorter, app could be faster
it's a theory
Vinski- said:
The compression won't make the actual program speed any faster (like opera loading pages), that's just placebo effect. Why? Because when the compressed program is loaded, it will be uncompressed to the ram, and will run and act excatly like the uncompressed program.
"Running a compressed executable essentially unpacks the original executable code, then transfers control to it. The effect is the same as if the original uncompressed executable had been run, so compressed and uncompressed executables are indistinguishable to the casual user."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_compression
However, the initial program loading will be noticeable faster for bigger exe files, naturally because of the slow flash memory.
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Ok I'm partially agree
any tools will take less time to launch, thanks to their smaller size.
Memory could be nearly the same, of course
but as I say before, if we compress all exe and all dll (that can be compressed), I really think apps could be faster, why ?
Imagine, tools need 50 dll to be launch, not necessary at launch time but during certain function. So, you clic on a function, start loading lots of dll to do it, if global launch time of them is shorter, app will be faster.
Ok for opera and render engine, but for other case ...
what do you think on it ?
I agree with u, if some function needs disc access for loading dll's, compression would help. Definatetly its worth compressing some bigger files, like opera, I have done that. But for smaller files ~100kb this might not bring any real advantage, bc I believe this also brings overhead for the cpu. It needs to unpack these files on the fly.