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Instead of static usb picture, a bigger charge status indicator

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seamoon:
The important point is better charge status indicator, it would be shown only in charge mode, like lots of mobile phones and mp3 players already do. I don't think I suggest a futuristic or rare feature.

Chronon:
You're imagining this on the WPS or where?

torne:
When you say "charge mode" you mean the opposite of what we generally mean, is why there is a lot of confusion. The mode where the large USB picture is displayed is the actual USB connection mode, where the device acts like a USB storage device. It also charges while in this mode, and your suggestion of having a larger indication of the charging status instead of just the USB icon is sensible. The potential problem with this is that while it's in USB storage mode, it can't access its drive to load any data, so any images used for displaying the charge status would have to be built into the main Rockbox binary, increasing its size and memory usage. As long as that limitation is kept in mind then it wouldn't be too difficult to implement, someone just has to decide to do it.

What several people in the thread are talking about is allowing themes to control this screen as well, which would be more effort..

Generally when we refer to "charging mode" we mean the mode where it *only* charges and does not actually appear as a USB storage device; you enter this mode by holding some player-specific button while inserting the USB cable, and it doesn't display any fullscreen indication at all since the intention is that you can keep using the player, the normal menus remain. Having a better charge status indicator while in *this* mode is already possible, since the normal menu status bar can be themed.

Does that clear things up a bit? :)

[Saint]:
You could just use conditional UI viewports and a few conditions to make a charging animation and a clock/date dominate the main screen when the player is in USB mode quite simply using an .sbs I believe.

If I get time, I shall experiment with a simple theme that does so.


[St.]

EDIT: Awwww...dammit! I forgot that USB mode uses crappy sysfont now :/
The charge anim would still be easy to do though, and you could make a clock/date using nothing but bitmaps...but it's a little more effort.

seamoon:
Thanks torne, it makes the status more clear. What I mean charging+transferring state then.

Also writing icon is too small, bigger animation would protect us against unplugging the device while writing.

Btw I don't know anything about programming side.

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