Samsung i780 - WM6.0

[fozzie3ear]

on the unbalanced UI, large font size issue, i managed to find a solution.

google for a program called Real VGA available on XDA - i just installed the 96dpi respack, and everything works perfectly.

now, at least everything looks back to normal size - to me at least. i can imagine it may still be too small for some people.

ac

[cyfer33]

Wah! Starhub just also launched their offering of the i780 and they're going for only $280!

[Ddeath]

hello ddeath, my apologies, cannot remember, plus my navfone software now cpcb-ing (see below).

i remember i just connected via the navfone software, and it was quite straightforward iirc. just leave the GPS option on auto select, rather than having to choose the baud rate, or port number.

i switched my programs over to a new 8gb sdhc, but now the navfone software refuses to start, saying incorrect licence number - i suspect its because the machine id changed when i switch the sd card - i'm sure navfone could have come up with a better way to protect their IPR. this sucks. am gonna shoot them a nasty email tomorrow if they refuse to give me a new activation code.

...ac

Same problem here. Changed to a 2GB card and now become incorrect license number. W t f, does this means we cannot change to a bigger capacity card? Lousy piece of sw.

[aCiDz]

Wah! Starhub just also launched their offering of the i780 and they're going for only $280!

I don't have the newspapers, is that a promotion? The online shop states $288 for high-end plans only. The usual contract price is $488.

[Ddeath]

Should be high end plan only I think.

[fozzie3ear]

real vga - here's the link.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327830

the software is in the first post.

ac

[Ddeath]

Just got an email from Agis that the license is tied to the memory card, thus you will need a license reset when you change memory card. They can reset for us but this is only done once. Thus it means you can only change your memory card once before this is invalid.

[fozzie3ear]

hi ddeath - yes, i got the same email. got my licence reset also. i asked them about the one-time reset, and they assured me that unless i change my memory card too often, they will reset my licence in future if need be.

i can understand their point of view on this- if you change m.card every other week, then it will be a problem for them also.

ac

[fozzie3ear]

just to start a list of WM programs that work / don't work based on my own testing.

working

1. google maps
2. ereader
3. isilo
4. magicall
5. memmaid
6. metro
7. opera
8. resco explorer / registry
9. resco photoviewer
10. skype
11. spb insight
12. spb traveller
13. spb pocket plus
14. tiny stock manager
15. pocket street directory (mighty minds)
16. navfone GPS (bundled software, so must work, rite?)

not working

1. spb mobile shell (damn...)
2. most, if not all, games i've tried so far, usually because of the screen reso. will have to wait for updated versions from developers.

that's what i've tested so far. those of you trying out others, please feel free to add to this list.

one caveat - most of the working programs i've listed above are because i've changed my screen dpi down to 96dpi using RealVGA program listed in one of my posts above. afaik, at least one of the above programs (spb pocket plus) will not work with the default resolution. the rest i installed after i changed reso.

ac

[tcs]

yo, another i780 user here! i used realvga but the connection tab of samsung today home plugin is not display correctly. the phone icon, mail icon and etc...icon are too large.

anyone experience this also?

[fozzie3ear]

the samsung home tab won't work well with Real VGA installed, cos the icons sizes are out of whack. why not try other third party alternatives? am sure you can find other software to do what the home tab does. mebbe you can try googling for the hacked HTC home tab, which is available on some websites.

ac

[fozzie3ear]

i've tried some of my older games from PDAMill eg Arvale, GameBox Asia etc and they work fine with Real VGA activated, but it's still 240x320, so you'll have one side which is blank. but the games work fine.

also, you may want to try out these games from Mobile Stream, who informed me that they have ported some of their games over to 320x320 reso. check them out at http://www.mobile-stream.com/wm320games.html

ac

[shawntim]

hi fozziebear,

you can try http://www.pocketcm.com/contact.php

it is free for personal use, and has threaded sms

[fozzie3ear]

thanks for the heads up shawntim - i don't really like the look of the pocketCM UI, prefer something simpler like the Treo 750 sms program, but i just cannot find anything similar out there, whether paid or not.

oh well, wait for WM6.1 then...

[spacebar]

thanks for the heads up shawntim - i don't really like the look of the pocketCM UI, prefer something simpler like the Treo 750 sms program, but i just cannot find anything similar out there, whether paid or not.

oh well, wait for WM6.1 then...

Hope they release the 6.1 update for the i780....