[Q]Screen resolution of apps not correct - HTC EVO 3D

So I have noticed this on a few apps now. Sprint family locator & SwiFTP. When you open them it doesn't fill the entire screen. It's smaller, also my LiveBlackjack 21 game by dragon the menu fills up the entire screen but the deal button no longer shows at the bottom. Any settings that can be changed or will this have to be fixed from the dev side?

Get spare parts on market, unchecked compatibility mode (scroll down), restart phone
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Eat it iPhone said:
Get spare parts on market, unchecked compatibility mode (scroll down), restart phone
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I'll give it a try, thanks

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It didn't help. I noticed this with Photobucket and an NES emulator.

I'm getting the same thing with the Droid auctions app.
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My best guess is the "qHD" display is not support it by android natively that's why I'm kind of afraid getting the phone so , spare parts is a fix but it should have been fix from the beginning

Were gonna have to email the app devs and let them know what's up.

I had a few apps that did this...TD Bank, Spare parts, and 1 or 2 others. The spare parts option fixed all of them. Some apps are probably not programmed to take advantage of qHD, and thus its the devs fault, not HTC/Android. Maybe im wrong on that count, but thats my guess.

Spare parts kinda works for some aps, it didn't fix blackjack and kinda fixed family locator. The map came up full screen and then after you try and do a locate it gets all jacked. Hopefully these aps will get fixed soon.

Same with datpiff music app.
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Eat it iPhone said:
Get spare parts on market, unchecked compatibility mode (scroll down), restart phone
I had the same problem, I followed your advice and it fixed some of my issues. Thanks
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i had some apps that bothered me with the new resolution
, checkbook app, roundtimer ...
and this idea fixed them for me ... thanks

This fixed my issue with the Sirius radio app. Thanks for the info!!

Glad it helped guys, for the people who are still having issues, i suggest you write the devs of the apps you still have issues with and ask them if they can fix it.

jgalan14 said:
My best guess is the "qHD" display is not support it by android natively that's why I'm kind of afraid getting the phone so , spare parts is a fix but it should have been fix from the beginning
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No, it means the app creator did not set it up to work with all resolutions...nothing to do with android
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Glad it helped guys, for the people who are still having issues, i suggest you write the devs of the apps you still have issues with and ask them if they can fix it.
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^^What this guy says...
FWIW, I've been setting up custom icons on most of my apps and I noticed the ones that don't support the new res have a generic "drawable" folder vs the others having "drawable hdpi," "drawable mdpi," and "drawable ldpi." The 3D uses the HDPI setup...

notice that on radar now app, I think apps will soon have updates on this issue.

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Apps / Games Not Full Screen

Just a reminder for anyone having an issue with games / applications not being full screen. I have heard this can cause an issue with older software but have yet to run into an issue. Download spare parts from the market (free) and run the app. Scroll down to the bottom and uncheck compatibility mode. Reboot the phone and your applications should now be full screen.
karmak said:
Just a remind for anyone having an issue with games / applications not being full screen. I have heard this can cause an issue with older software but have yet to run into an issue. Download spare parts from the market (free) and scroll down to the bottom and uncheck compatibility mode. Reboot the phone and your applications should now be full screen.
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O RLY? okay lemme try that !
Will try it, NZBMobile Pro and Weatherbug are not filling up the screen for me.
EDIT: Worked like a charm, thanks for the heads up
EDIT2: I broke your Thanks cherry
Good to know, thanks for the tip!
Chuzzle (from Amazon) is still messed up for me. Anyone else?
karmak said:
Just a reminder for anyone having an issue with games / applications not being full screen. I have heard this can cause an issue with older software but have yet to run into an issue. Download spare parts from the market (free) and run the app. Scroll down to the bottom and uncheck compatibility mode. Reboot the phone and your applications should now be full screen.
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XiiaLive Lite was the only app that was giving me that issue and your suggestion worked. Thanks!!!
Hmm I downloaded spare parts and the app just Fcs over and over..
I'm trying to hold off on doing the OTAs but I may not have a choice .
the reason why some of the apps dont fill up the screen is because the 3D's screen resolution higher than normal
Yeah I needed it for the sirius app, surprised side since this isn't the first qhd display
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I have not taken any of the OTAs so that should not be related. Maybe try menu>settings>applications>manage applications> select spare parts and force stop and clear data. Also check to make sure its installed to the phone not SD card.
Rippley05 said:
Hmm I downloaded spare parts and the app just Fcs over and over..
I'm trying to hold off on doing the OTAs but I may not have a choice .
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lyric911 said:
Chuzzle (from Amazon) is still messed up for me. Anyone else?
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Most of my old games do not show up full screen even with spare parts.
lyric911 said:
Chuzzle (from Amazon) is still messed up for me. Anyone else?
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yes, Chuzzle is all messed up for me too.
Even the spare parts itself does not appear in full screen !!!!
you have to use the spare parts plus --- while it didn't solve the problem with me !!!!
brian31001 said:
Most of my old games do not show up full screen even with spare parts.
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I was using magic gem on my hero, looked great, now it is too small on the screen with my 3vo and after installing spare parts and unchecking compatibility mode and rebooting, it is even smaller. No biggy, I am sure they will have one out for the 3vo soon with the right resolution.
worked for me
Settlers HD did not take up the whole screen on my EVO 3D, spare parts and now it looks perfect, thanks

App resizing

Has anybody noticed that some apps are not resizing properly? I've had problems with Tap Tap Revenge, Air Horn (don't judge, I use it to scare my friends), and a few others.
They show up on about half of the screen, something that I never had an issue with on my OG Evo.
dcyouknow said:
Has anybody noticed that some apps are not resizing properly? I've had problems with Tap Tap Revenge, Air Horn (don't judge, I use it to scare my friends), and a few others.
They show up on about half of the screen, something that I never had an issue with on my OG Evo.
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install spare parts from the market, uncheck compatibility mode in spare parts, you need to scroll down when you open spare parts. Reboot. Problem solved.
Edit* got beat
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The only apps I have this problem with is Sirius XM, Speedtest.net and NHL GamerCenter Live, not a big deal for me at this point.
Yeah I was getting it with datpiff. And spare parts. Thought they needed updates
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00_MACKIE_00 said:
install spare parts from the market, uncheck compatibility mode in spare parts, you need to scroll down when you open spare parts. Reboot. Problem solved.
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That seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks
Every app mentioned I had problems with..until I installed Spare Parts from the market and unchecked compatibility mode. I know its not technically a FIX but it is a workaround that WORKS.
Spare Parts is a good workaround, but the majority of my apps still aren't scaled properly.

Wanting to like the phone but...

It seems to freeze up a lot. I will select apps and they do nothing, same with downloads from the market. They just hang at showing them as downloading.
I use SPB Shell and sometimes when it does this it will also stick between pages rather than just flinging to the next it will actually just stop in between pages until you continue to scroll though.
When I select links to open, it does nothing until I actually open the browser. I have only had the phone for a few days and it worked fine, now its doing all these weird things.
Anyone got any suggestions or ideas, let me know otherwise I'm afraid I may be taking it back...
Something may be wrong with the phone. I haven't experienced none of that. Even out the box. Actually its been so fast for me that if I experience the littlest bit of lag it drives me nuts. Might be hard ware related.
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gajendarksky said:
It seems to freeze up a lot. I will select apps and they do nothing, same with downloads from the market. They just hang at showing them as downloading.
I use SPB Shell and sometimes when it does this it will also stick between pages rather than just flinging to the next it will actually just stop in between pages until you continue to scroll though.
When I select links to open, it does nothing until I actually open the browser. I have only had the phone for a few days and it worked fine, now its doing all these weird things.
Anyone got any suggestions or ideas, let me know otherwise I'm afraid I may be taking it back...
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LOL dude you have the data guard enabled. There is a setting in their that holds downloads and other things in a queue until you are using WiFi in order to save battery. Just disable that and you'll be on your way And the SPB Mobile Shell problem is probably a problem with the app. Contact the developer and tell them about it. There aren't many nVidia Tegra 2 phones out there so it's not very likely they have done much testing on the architecture. Also, what kind of links are you talking about? Like a link you receive in a text message?
Hey buddy aren't you from Hero Land??
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LOL dude you have the data guard enabled. There is a setting in their that holds downloads and other things in a queue until you are using WiFi in order to save battery. Just disable that and you'll be on your way And the SPB Mobile Shell problem is probably a problem with the app. Contact the developer and tell them about it. There aren't many nVidia Tegra 2 phones out there so it's not very likely they have done much testing on the architecture. Also, what kind of links are you talking about? Like a link you receive in a text message?
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I used to have the same problem with apps not responding after pressing. I was using adw launcher I reverted back to stock and everything is good now. Emailed the developer about the compatability and waiting for an answer but the photon is good otherwise
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Yeah it really sounds like you have Data Saver enabled which is located under Battery & data manager in the phone settings. If not you may want to exchange the phone as faulty. I have a lot of issues which my Photon: stuttering during music playback, random reboots (twice in 2 weeks so far), and feedback when using the audio out (buzzing / static). These seem to be common problems but the performance issues you are mentioning do not seem normal from what I have read in these forums.
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I used to have the same problem with apps not responding after pressing. I was using adw launcher I reverted back to stock and everything is good now. Emailed the developer about the compatability and waiting for an answer but the photon is good otherwise
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Been using ADW launcher pro for 4 days now without any issues
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radrian92 said:
Hey buddy aren't you from Hero Land??
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You would be correct. Although i went from the Hero to an LG Optimus S, and now the Photon.
No problems like that with SPB Shell here. Check the data saver mode. You can also try changing the vm heap to 48 or 64. Mine is on 64 but never had an issue with the stock setting either.
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It does appear that it was SPB Shell which sucks because I was really liking it. I will send a message to the dev and see what happens. The funny thing is that is was working great the first few days that I was using it and then started acting up which was why I didn't thing it was SPB
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No problems like that with SPB Shell here. Check the data saver mode. You can also try changing the vm heap to 48 or 64. Mine is on 64 but never had an issue with the stock setting either.
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How do you get it that high? I am using VM Heap Tool and the highest it will let me check is 48.
It's not data saver. Or it shouldn't be. It's an Android flaw.
I've had an Incredible, Thunderbolt and then Photon. Which means I've used a few Android phones over a couple of networks (more if you consider the 4G's as their own networks).
99% of the time my phones work fine. Every so often it will stall downloading an app, or an email will just sit on sending for a longggg time. Unless I am recreating the same conditions over three phones and two networks I think this just happens every once and a while.
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It seems to freeze up a lot. I will select apps and they do nothing, same with downloads from the market. They just hang at showing them as downloading.
I use SPB Shell and sometimes when it does this it will also stick between pages rather than just flinging to the next it will actually just stop in between pages until you continue to scroll though.
When I select links to open, it does nothing until I actually open the browser. I have only had the phone for a few days and it worked fine, now its doing all these weird things.
Anyone got any suggestions or ideas, let me know otherwise I'm afraid I may be taking it back...
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I'm glad you found the issue, this right here always tells me it was something you installed that caused the problem. When it worked fine out of the box and then....
Just watch what you install, install one app at a time and see how it flows for awhile after each app. Yes, it may take awhile to get all your apps on but you will know what apps are causing you issues! Like a previous poster said, there aren't many T2 phones, so just be careful what you install!
Glad you found the problem!
-DJ

(Easily overlooked) Wifi Direct [10/16/12 - recommended app added]

Like the NFC aspect (outside of G-Wallet use), I wanted to bring another feature that is likely to be glossed over.
Some of you coming from an Epic Touch, might be familiar with this or people who've used Ad-Hoc.
Edit: (An app to take advantage of this ability (in beta) but it works well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.wifidirect
The .apk (for those who's Google Play is giving is them issues)
http://db.tt/usQZt6Nz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je2lWjfpywQ
http://www.wi-fi.org/discover-and-learn/wi-fi-direct
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...e-ad-hoc-wireless-networks-with-wi-fi-direct/
So our phones can do this? How do we turn this on?? Is there a app??
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So our phones can do this? How do we turn this on?? Is there a app??
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Its in the settings under more...
We have don't have any apps that really support it right now. Games support it though for multiplayer.
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So our phones can do this? How do we turn this on?? Is there a app??
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Yes.
You can find this in Settings > ***More >
You can use this to send pics since Android beam doesn't allow it
Is this better than Samsungs s beam?
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Is this better than Samsungs s beam?
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The same, it's just re-labled. They may have some pre-programmed tasks for it's use. It's present in the Samsung GS2.
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S-Beam is limited in function as it will only use it's main functions with other SGS3 handsets.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S-III-S-Beam-feature-demo_id29803
Seems like we need an app to make this work. Ive connected to other devices but I cant send anything due to no app to control the function
Glad I'm not the only one,lol.I can set up a group and connect but can't seem to find anyway to transfer data via WiFi Direct.
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Has anyone figured this out I want to try it.
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Ditto. Has anyone figured this out I want to try it.
This Sucks
This really Sucks to have such a great feature bit no way to use it.... ive spent alot of time trying to figure it out but i couldnt..... i really hope someone figures this out....
My friend and I were messing with this over the weekend, he has an SIII I have the EVO. Turning it on and pairing the devices up works great, but when he would try to send a picture (WiFi Direct gets added to the standard Share menu on the SIII) it would just hang on his end until it timed out. I tried sending a file, but get no WiFi Direct option in the share menu of the EVO.
He also had a place to control some settings, one of them was "File Sharing" and he had to turn that on before we were able to attempt to send files.
Sucks that this doesn't work - it could be really cool especially if my wife and I want to pass photos around to each other that we have taken of the kids.
Makes no sense to add this ability with no way to use it..
I agree. I can pair with my brothers 4G LTE but cant transfer anything between the phones...
What happened to InfraRed on phones? I used to use that all the time to transfer stuff and contacts!
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What happened to InfraRed on phones? I used to use that all the time to transfer stuff and contacts!
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BT was the next thing after IR and now apparently its this...except for the part where it works.
Here you go
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.budius.WiFiShoot
Have you downloaded the app and been able to use it? I downloaded it and downloaded it on my co workers EVO LTE, but still can't get it to transmit. The wifi icon does not show up in the share menu like the you tube video shows. Not sure if I'm doing it wrong...
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Official HTC flashlight app

So I've came across the official HTC flashlight app and figured others would want it also.
Just click on the link below and download. MAKE SURE TO HAVE UNKNOWN SOURCES CHECKED TO BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD!
Once downloaded just download a file manager from the playstore go to downloads and find it and install.
Works perfectly and has all three brightness settings. Just tap the button on the flashlight and bam your good to go and don't have to be afraid of the dark anymore!
This app is not guaranteed to keep boogie men, monsters, stalkers, serial killers, and other things that go bump in the night away, its simply a flashlight and most it can do is blind those and enable a chance to run away and piss your pants.
Enjoy!!!
http://forums.androidcentral.com/at...29304-flashlight-app-flashlight-resigned-.apk
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I'm pretty sure this is already available in the HTC Hub. Or did they take it out again?
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I'm pretty sure this is already available in the HTC Hub. Or did they take it out again?
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It was removed again from the Hub. Don't know why.
They took it out, Ive searched for it
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For what it's worth, TeslaLED is a free Market alternative that has a Sense-widget, much like the HTC Flashlight of yesteryear. I've found it to be the closest copy (in a good way) to the HTC Flashlight widget I used to love.
Bonus: No intrustive permissions like some flashlight apps;
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDMsImNvbS50ZXNsYWNvaWxzdy5mbGFzaGxpZ2h0Il0.
Permissions:
Code:
THIS APPLICATION HAS ACCESS TO THE FOLLOWING:
HARDWARE CONTROLS
TAKE PICTURES AND VIDEOS
Allows the app to take pictures and videos with the camera. This allows the app at any time to collect images the camera is seeing.
SYSTEM TOOLS
DISPLAY SYSTEM-LEVEL ALERTS
Allows the app to show system alert windows. Malicious apps may take over the entire screen.
PREVENT TABLET FROM SLEEPING PREVENT PHONE FROM SLEEPING
Allows the app to prevent the tablet from going to sleep. Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
Why settle for after market flashlights when you can have the official one.
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i like tiny flashlight + led. It has a widget you can press to turn the light on and off without going into an app.
Try this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=droid.pr.coolflashlightfree it has everything you will ever need and more
stevemoffler said:
So I've came across the official HTC flashlight app and figured others would want it also.
Just click on the link below and download. MAKE SURE TO HAVE UNKNOWN SOURCES CHECKED TO BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD!
Once downloaded just download a file manager from the playstore go to downloads and find it and install.
Works perfectly and has all three brightness settings. Just tap the button on the flashlight and bam your good to go and don't have to be afraid of the dark anymore!
This app is not guaranteed to keep boogie men, monsters, stalkers, serial killers, and other things that go bump in the night away, its simply a flashlight and most it can do is blind those and enable a chance to run away and piss your pants.
Enjoy!!!
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It was awesome apps. DO you have any updates on latest apps? I think you can provide lots of information
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Try this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=droid.pr.coolflashlightfree it has everything you will ever need and more
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Awesome, thanks!
Thanks
Ohhhh I missed this ever since I switched from EVO 4G to EVO 4G LTE.
Thanks OP!
At one point there was an "HTC Hub" or some such... I remember it was a pain in the butt to get into it or use it at all
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I keep receiving, unable to install parsing error, trying to install this app. I have the option to install non market apps ticked. Any suggestions?
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