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Welcome to Chainfire's development blog! This is a site dedicated to my hobby projects, as well as those that are now commercial. I am however not promising I will not post any other completely unrelated nonsense :) Don't see this as my resume.
HD2 (S200, etc) display settings
Posted by Chainfire on 08-02-2010 at 17:10:00 - Comments: 1 - Views: 64
Project: HD2/Leo OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Drivers Windows Mobile
Project: HD2/Leo OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Drivers Windows Mobile
Here are some options that can be configured in \windows\yamato_panel.txt . This file may not exist on your device, but it will be used if you create it manually.
Some news on WM7 from Tweakers.net
Posted by Chainfire on 08-02-2010 at 11:45:00 - Comments: 6 - Views: 520
Tags: Bad news Windows Mobile
Tags: Bad news Windows Mobile
Tweakers.net posted some a Windows Mobile 7 preview (click) with some slightly different information than (at least I) previously heard.
WMLongLife 0.65 released!
Posted by Chainfire on 26-01-2010 at 23:50:00 - Comments: 4 - Views: 307
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Small bugfix update release. However it also comes with a small API now!
MultASync 0.80 released
Posted by Chainfire on 20-01-2010 at 14:30:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 276
Project: MultASync - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: MultASync - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
MultASync 0.80 has been released (BETA!). Check out the thread at XDA-Developers.
SensorLib: a peek at the future
Posted by Chainfire on 08-01-2010 at 01:15:00 - Comments: 16 - Views: 1396
Project: SensorLib - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers Good news
Project: SensorLib - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers Good news
So, we all know many new devices have much of the same sensors: GSensor, Compass, Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, etc.
WMWifiRouter wins Silver in Samsung contest
Posted by Chainfire on 01-01-2010 at 01:05:00 - Comments: 2 - Views: 183
Project: WMWifiRouter - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Project: WMWifiRouter - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Well as you all know I hardly post anything about WMWifiRouter on this blog, as that is the domain of Morose Media these days.
HD2/Leo 3D Driver Patch v1.1 released
Posted by Chainfire on 02-12-2009 at 00:15:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 1095
Project: HD2/Leo OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Good news Bad news Drivers Windows Mobile
Project: HD2/Leo OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Good news Bad news Drivers Windows Mobile
The name says it all. Once again, HTC fails at drivers.
Marketplace "advanced" "copy protection" cracked
Posted by Chainfire on 12-11-2009 at 21:45:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 625
Tags: Bad news Marketplace Windows Mobile
Tags: Bad news Marketplace Windows Mobile
As posted in the XDA thread here:
CFC and CFC GUI updated to 0.60
Posted by Chainfire on 11-11-2009 at 17:10:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 469
Project: CFC - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: CFC - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
CFC and CFC GUI have been updated to version 0.60 and 0.60.35 respectively.
TF3D v1.3 port for Omnia II (and similar devices) released
Posted by Chainfire on 02-11-2009 at 15:05:00 - Comments: 2 - Views: 707
Project: Omnia II / Pro GL ES v1 Compatibility Layer - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: Omnia II / Pro GL ES v1 Compatibility Layer - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
The subject says it all:
CFC 0.60 in testing
Posted by Chainfire on 29-10-2009 at 18:35:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 172
Project: CFC - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile ROM
Project: CFC - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile ROM
CFC 0.60 is in testing by some chefs right now. The CFC GUI app is not fully compatible with Manila/Sense 2.5+ yet, but the basic functions to be able to create a CFC compressed package should work now.
About: MarketPlaceRegionSwitch
Posted by Chainfire on 28-10-2009 at 23:00:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 363
Project: MarketPlaceRegionSwitch - Tags:
Project: MarketPlaceRegionSwitch - Tags:
As stated on XDA:
First version of OpenGLv1 for Omnia II released
Posted by Chainfire on 26-10-2009 at 18:55:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 309
Project: Omnia II / Pro GL ES v1 Compatibility Layer - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile Drivers
Project: Omnia II / Pro GL ES v1 Compatibility Layer - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile Drivers
The first version of the OpenGL v1 (and HTC) compatibility layer for the Omnia II, Omnia Pro (QWERTY) and Giorgio Armani 2 has been released by GinKage at Modaco.
About: RoamFreely
Posted by Chainfire on 26-10-2009 at 18:55:00 - Comments: 4 - Views: 473
Project: RoamFreely - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Project: RoamFreely - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
RoamFreely (formerly a part of WMLongLife) is an application to automatically disable data connections when roaming and re-enabling when not roaming, all in one easy service.
Marketplace "copy protection" cracked
Posted by Chainfire on 05-10-2009 at 20:00:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 364
Tags: Bad news Marketplace Windows Mobile
Tags: Bad news Marketplace Windows Mobile
Marketplace "copy protection" cracked ("standard") - method not disclosed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567870
FPU Enabler v0.70 released!
Posted by Chainfire on 02-10-2009 at 13:50:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 611
Project: FPU Enabler - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news Drivers
Project: FPU Enabler - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news Drivers
Small update to FPU Enabler, to fix the crash issue among other things. Some more instructions supported as well (though not all of them very useful).
About: FPU Enabler
Posted by Chainfire on 01-10-2009 at 13:00:00 - Comments: 4 - Views: 695
Project: FPU Enabler - Tags: Good news Drivers Windows Mobile
Project: FPU Enabler - Tags: Good news Drivers Windows Mobile
See my post at Modaco, also for the actual download:
WMLongLife 0.61 released!
Posted by Chainfire on 30-09-2009 at 15:45:00 - Comments: 2 - Views: 1101
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
WMLongLife version 0.61.205 has been released. Alas not nearly everything I wanted to fix has been fixed. Next update :)
MultASync 0.75 released!
Posted by Chainfire on 23-09-2009 at 15:40:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 614
Project: MultASync - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: MultASync - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
MultASync 0.75 has been released (BETA!). Check out the thread at XDA-Developers.
GfxBoost 1.2 released
Posted by Chainfire on 22-09-2009 at 16:45:00 - Comments: 1 - Views: 3933
Project: GfxBoost - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: GfxBoost - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
GfxBoost [HTC-MSM7K] has been updated to version 1.2. See the thread at XDA-Developers.com
About: Omnia II / Pro GL ES v1 Compatibility Layer
Posted by Chainfire on 11-09-2009 at 15:10:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 566
Project: Omnia II / Pro GL ES v1 Compatibility Layer - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: Omnia II / Pro GL ES v1 Compatibility Layer - Tags: Windows Mobile
I have started work in a OpenGL ES v1 compatibility layer for the Omnia II and Pro. This to make older OpenGL ES apps function on these new devices.
A video of "MultiActiveSync" in action
Posted by Chainfire on 10-09-2009 at 03:55:00 - Comments: 1 - Views: 326
Project: MultASync - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: MultASync - Tags: Windows Mobile
Here's a crappy video of the work-in-progress in action:
About: MultiActiveSync
Posted by Chainfire on 08-09-2009 at 18:45:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 456
Project: MultASync - Tags: Developer tools Windows Mobile
Project: MultASync - Tags: Developer tools Windows Mobile
Back from vacation
Posted by Chainfire on 31-08-2009 at 15:00:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 142
Tags:
Tags:
Well, I'm back from vacation, so let's get busy coding again! :)
WMLongLife 0.60 released!
Posted by Chainfire on 29-07-2009 at 18:15:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 634
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
WMLongLife 0.60 has finally been released to the general public!
TD2 and TP2 review
YouWantThat posted my review about the Touch Diamond 2 (Topaz) and Touch Pro 2 (Rhodium).
WMLongLife 0.50 BETA
Posted by Chainfire on 24-06-2009 at 17:25:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 698
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
As posted in the thread, I'm opening up WMLongLife 0.50 for a select few BETA testers ... right now!
About: TP2 1% Increment Battery Driver
Posted by Chainfire on 17-06-2009 at 03:05:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 920
Project: TP2-EU 1% Increment Battery Driver - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Project: TP2-EU 1% Increment Battery Driver - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
I promised in one of the threads here that I would look into our (EU !) Rhodiums only reporting battery in 10% increments. As I received my Rhodiums today I did look into this. However, I didn't figure it out. I did see the structure of the battery d ...
About: Taskbar Customizer
Posted by Chainfire on 08-06-2009 at 23:15:00 - Comments: 2 - Views: 1185
Project: Taskbar Customizer - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: Taskbar Customizer - Tags: Windows Mobile
Taskbar Customizer is an effort to give you a proper good-looking many colored taskbar in WM, that your friend will drool over. At the time of writing it is in design stage.
CFC updated to 0.55
Posted by Chainfire on 05-06-2009 at 15:15:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 550
Project: CFC - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: CFC - Tags: Windows Mobile
CFC and CFC GUI have been updated to version 0.55 and 0.55.25 respectively.
More bad news about Alessandra
Alessandra has passed away on May 24th. Wish LTXDA and family strength through this very difficult time!
Higher ratio on CFC compression
Posted by Chainfire on 31-05-2009 at 12:30:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 403
Project: CFC - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Project: CFC - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Seems I overlooked something when building the CFC compressor. After revisiting it in my head today over my morning coffee and ciggarette, a very obvious optimization struck me.
WMLongLife for CDMA
Posted by Chainfire on 15-05-2009 at 17:00:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 774
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Thanks to some heavy use of IDA, and hack-testing by Dan-<device>, Conflipper and AstainHellbring, it seems we have figured out 2G/3G band switching for MSM7K CDMA (MSM75xx). In this case, 2G is 1xRTT only, 3G is Hybrid, and 3G 'Force' is EV-DO ...
CFCv2
Posted by Chainfire on 13-05-2009 at 14:55:00 - Comments: 3 - Views: 473
Project: CFC - Tags: Windows Mobile Bad news
Project: CFC - Tags: Windows Mobile Bad news
As some of you may know the latest update to CFC enabled UltraHQ mode - PNG quality inside QTC files.
A two year old girl needs your help!
This is a follow-up to my previous post about Alessandra.
RC4: Raphael Elite Project ROM [GSM]
Posted by Chainfire on 11-05-2009 at 00:40:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 421
Project: Raphael Elite Project ROM - Tags: Windows Mobile ROM
Project: Raphael Elite Project ROM - Tags: Windows Mobile ROM
RC4 of the Raphael Elite Project ROM [GSM] is being released by MrVanx as I write this.
Bad news about Alessandra
As most of you will know, my good friend - and sometimes business advisor - and XDA-Developers member LTxda (known for various projects, including the "Project" ROM series) spread the word about his almost-two-year-old daughter having melan ...
Getting reversed already :{
Posted by Chainfire on 07-05-2009 at 16:30:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 956
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile
Seems an XDA-Developers member is already reversing WMLongLife code.
Happy birthday to me!
It seems my 10th 18th birthday ;) passed without any authorities involved this year - the party spanned two days. Ludicrous amounts of beer and scotch were consumed (and brought) by many a visitor. Good times, good times.
Sakajati [Hyperdragon] in trouble?
Posted by Chainfire on 04-05-2009 at 16:55:00 - Comments: 1 - Views: 651
Tags: Bad news Real life Windows Mobile
Tags: Bad news Real life Windows Mobile
XDA-Developers member wg5566 posted some bad news over in this thread.
GfxBoost extra background info
Posted by Chainfire on 04-05-2009 at 02:10:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 907
Project: GfxBoost - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
Project: GfxBoost - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
I just wanted to explain some stuff some of you may and/or may not be aware of. Please consider that I am not a Qualcomm engineer and how I see things are probably not always 100% correct, and my own research on these things is still in progress / ev ...
The blog is open!
Posted by Chainfire on 03-05-2009 at 19:50:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 164
Project: golbXAJA - Tags: Web
Project: golbXAJA - Tags: Web
Well, my blog is now open for business. I have added lots of information about my projects to it. You may notice they have 'post dates' long into the past, I did this on purpose to show when the project was created (round and about). From now on, eve ...
About: GfxBoost
Posted by Chainfire on 27-04-2009 at 20:35:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 885
Project: GfxBoost - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
Project: GfxBoost - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
For HTC-built MSM7K-based devices only! All MSM7K are technically capable, but only HTC's may have the correct drivers. Will probably not work on stock ROMs. I suspect the CDMA versions of the older MSM7K devices - pre-diamond - do not have the neces ...
About: TF3Dv2 [xboxmod]
Posted by Chainfire on 03-04-2009 at 17:00:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 792
Project: TF3Dv2 [xboxmod] - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: TF3Dv2 [xboxmod] - Tags: Windows Mobile
I'm lightly involved in xboxmod's TF3Dv2 port. My contributions have mainly been patches to background images/rendering, aside from the obvious of CFC compression being used.
About: DriverWiz
Posted by Chainfire on 19-03-2009 at 18:55:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 747
Project: DriverWiz - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers Developer tools
Project: DriverWiz - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers Developer tools
From the thread on XDA-Developers:
About: WMLongLife
Posted by Chainfire on 06-02-2009 at 20:45:00 - Comments: 1 - Views: 707
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile
NOTICE: This software is only for the GSM variants of these devices: MSM7xxx based devices, Samsung i900 Omnia, Samsung i780 !!
About: Raphael Elite Project ROM
Posted by Chainfire on 16-01-2009 at 15:30:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 349
Project: Raphael Elite Project ROM - Tags: ROM Windows Mobile
Project: Raphael Elite Project ROM - Tags: ROM Windows Mobile
The Raphael Elite Project ROM is the Touch Pro version of the well know "Project" series. This series is aimed at providing a professional ROM for advanced users, with all the things you need out-of-the-box.
About: CFC
Posted by Chainfire on 20-10-2008 at 18:05:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 378
Project: CFC - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
Project: CFC - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
While originally porting TF3D to QVGA - as partner to the Kaiser D3D/OpenGL Drivers project - I had to make some heavy modifications to the OpenGL interface TF3D used. I also needed to convert the VGA imagery to QVGA.
About: TF3D-QVGA
Posted by Chainfire on 10-10-2008 at 18:05:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 720
Project: TF3D-QVGA - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
Project: TF3D-QVGA - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
The original show-off app for the Kaiser D3D/OpenGL Drivers project. Heavy porting and hacking was involved to create this, and many Kaiser ROMs include it these days. Created in co-operation with the HTC Class Action website.
About: WMRegOptimizer
Posted by Chainfire on 06-10-2008 at 19:25:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 491
Project: WMRegOptimizer - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: WMRegOptimizer - Tags: Windows Mobile
WMRegOptimizer is a small tool that tries to optimize registry access - "defrag" it, if you will. It doesn't perfectly defrag it, but it goes a long way. This results in somewhat faster registry access for applications where this is the bot ...
About: FireROM
Posted by Chainfire on 22-08-2008 at 15:25:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 278
Project: FireROM - Tags: ROM Windows Mobile
Project: FireROM - Tags: ROM Windows Mobile
FireROM was a prestege thing: the first custom ROM available for the GSM Touch Pro (Raphael). It was basically a stock ROM, cleaned up, tweaked, and adding a couple of very handy programs I personally like to use.
About: Kaiser D3D/OpenGL Drivers
Posted by Chainfire on 22-06-2008 at 18:05:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 680
Project: Kaiser D3D/OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
Project: Kaiser D3D/OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
We all know about the driver issues on HTC drivers. In co-operation with the HTC Class Action website and a few other hackers we ported D3D and OpenGL drivers to the HTC Kaiser (TyTN II).
About: ROMCompare
Posted by Chainfire on 10-05-2008 at 18:40:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 230
Project: ROMCompare - Tags: Windows Mobile Developer tools
Project: ROMCompare - Tags: Windows Mobile Developer tools
ROMCompare as a tool originally written to detect slight differences between ROMs. With having people test cutting edge things on their devices it is a handy tool for when problems occur and often makes tracking down the problem simple and fast.
About: ICS Install
Posted by Chainfire on 05-01-2008 at 19:35:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 526
Project: ICS Install - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
Project: ICS Install - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
Many carriers remove the ICS component needed by several Internet Sharing applications. It took some research, cooking and a lot of trial and error, but eventually I was able to create a CAB file that installs this component. Google will help you fin ...
About: WMWifiRouter
Posted by Chainfire on 02-11-2007 at 15:45:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 751
Project: WMWifiRouter - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: WMWifiRouter - Tags: Windows Mobile
WMWifiRouter allows you to share your Windows Mobile phone's internet connection with other device over Wi-Fi. WMWifiRouter was the first application on any phone that could do this.
About: KaiserTweak
Posted by Chainfire on 02-10-2007 at 19:00:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 297
Project: KaiserTweak - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: KaiserTweak - Tags: Windows Mobile
KaiserTweak was one of the first XML-based Windows Mobile tweak utilities. Originally written for the Kaiser by me, then maintained by Nika GL, and translated by several enthousiastic users.
About: golbXAJA
Posted by Chainfire on 01-05-2007 at 14:00:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 187
Project: golbXAJA - Tags: Web
Project: golbXAJA - Tags: Web
The golbXAJA software this blog runs on was written as a proof-of-concept two years ago. I had some ideas I needed to test out with how to handle a complete AJAX page, dynamic loading, etc, while still maintaining full non-AJAX compatibility, Google' ...
About: ChainfireBuild
Posted by Chainfire on 15-02-2007 at 15:05:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 202
Project: ChainfireBuild - Tags: Web Developer tools
Project: ChainfireBuild - Tags: Web Developer tools
ChainfireBuild is a web project 'build tool' taking care of various things related to CSS, JavaScript, PHP and Apache.
About: PAR2Lib
Posted by Chainfire on 17-10-2006 at 15:00:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 247
Project: PAR2Lib - Tags: Developer tools
Project: PAR2Lib - Tags: Developer tools
From the PAR2Lib site:
About: Project Entropia Assistant
Posted by Chainfire on 19-12-2005 at 16:20:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 246
Project: Project Entropia Assistant - Tags: Games
Project: Project Entropia Assistant - Tags: Games
Project Entropia Assistant (PE Ass) is a game mod for Entropia Universe (formerly known as Project Entropia).
About: [AAE]PBSS
Posted by Chainfire on 24-05-2005 at 16:40:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 246
Project: [AAE]PBSS - Tags: Games
Project: [AAE]PBSS - Tags: Games
[AAE]PBSS was a cheater catcher tool for the "America's Army: Operations" (AAP) game. This game utilized the PunkBuster anti-cheat tool, and servers could be configured so they took a screenshot of player's screens at set intervals. These s ...
