Hi All, I have searched and have found some info, but never quite what I am looking for,
On my Touch HD, I use SPB Mobile Shell, and using the Black HTC theme supplied as standard I get all black backgrounds on all screens in SPB Mobile Shell. It looks great.
So I wanted to recreate this on my XDA Zest (WM 6.1)
I copied over the HTC Black.tsk, and it works fine, my today screen is all black, just as I want it.
The problem is that the SPB Mobile Shell "Now" screen and all the menu screens etc, as still the default blue.
I can get close to what I want by using the settings in SPB Mobile shell to select a colour theme, but black under this setting is really grey with the swirl pattern in and I do not want that,
I did notice that the SPB Mobile Shell supplied with the XDA Zest is O2 branded, but not sure that should be an issue.
Thanks for any help
Kev
To save anyone wasting time on this for me, I have sorted it.
I simply installed the latest version of SPB Mobile Shell and it all works how I want it, looks like the O2 supplied one is an old version.
Kev
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I started this thread for a bit of fun to see peoples customised Hermes Today screens, here is mine! I used Screensnap to capture the Today screen. If you want to know how it is done just ask! This is on a HTC Tytn (Hermes 200) running XDA Live. Don't be shy, I have shown you mine now show me yours!
Edit:- see my post further down to get cab files for O2 plus 2.3 and the blue flame .tsk wallpaper, it will work with any WM5 or WM6 pda/phone on any network as far as I know .
Mine is basic,
Ive toned it down from the action packed plugins I had on WM5.
Everything on one screen at a glance.
SPB Weather
SPB Diary
SPB Pocket Plus (one line of icons - Mort player, tomtom6, vjlumos, sktools (clean ram and rom), resco, and pocketzenphone profile switcher.
Skinned
Hi,
Here is my today screen. Captured using Soti Pocket controller pro. This program is also perfect for controlling your PDA from a desktop. The skin is quite basic but all the plugins can be used with the scrollwheel. Onehanded navigation to the fullest.
Items on today screen:
-Batti 2.1 (the small battery bar on the top of the screen)
-Calender+ (Much better than the standard callender - Mohair Sofa software)
-SPB Time
-TOMTOM Navigator 6.0 (all of europe)
-Agile Messenger
-IP Dashboard
-Skype for Mobile
Items on Taskbar
-Photo Contacts Pro (Perfect for switching riger profiles)
-Task Manager
-Battery Icon (Standard)
-Comm Manager (Standard)
Background Photo
-Tail of a F28 Mk1000C aircraft from "Presidencia de la Nacion" Argentina. Skin mas made using ThemeGenCE. and is full portrait and landscape compatible.
Rgrds
jasjamming said:
Mine is basic,
Ive toned it down from the action packed plugins I had on WM5.
Everything on one screen at a glance.
SPB Weather
SPB Diary
SPB Pocket Plus (one line of icons - Mort player, tomtom6, vjlumos, sktools (clean ram and rom), resco, and pocketzenphone profile switcher.
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Better get started on those publicity committee minutes!
Mike
boz said:
I started this thread for a bit of fun to see peoples customised Hermes Today screens, here is mine! I used Screensnap to capture the Today screen. If you want to know how it is done just ask! This is on a HTC Tytn (Hermes 200) running XDA Live. Don't be shy, I have shown you mine now show me yours!
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By the way I used O2 plus 2.3 for the Today screen icons which has only a small memory footprint and will work on any WM5 or WM6 pda/phone on any network.
The Today blueflame theme and O2 plus 2.3 are available for download below.
Will this version of O2 plus work on non O2 phones? eg Vario II on t-mobile?
thanks
marisa4755 said:
Will this version of O2 plus work on non O2 phones? eg Vario II on t-mobile?
thanks
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Yes it will work on any network, I have edited my original post to say so.
Magic! Thank you
wm6-wmxl blue
Today Screen Items:
batti 2.1( battery on top)
date plugin(stock)
messages plugin(stock
windows live search
weather to go 4.1
windows live messenger
cLaunch(hacked 2.0 aim, hicalc, windows media player, ppod, xda live screen lock).
Using a custom WMXL Blue Skin. If u guys like tell me ill send to kyphur and have him include it in .30 It may seem purpulish but like in all screens dark blue comes out like that while it looks beautiful on phone.
Nice! let's see some more.
Here's mine...
Here is my main Today screen...
Not to much on it:
Just SPB Mobile Shell with Pocket Breeze in the first tab, and the standar batery tab, messaging and weather tabs.
The theme is one made by myself with a picture of Venezia
Simply
Nice! is it possible just to have just the clock and calender bar in a smaller size, as I want it to fit on a smaller bar.
Here is my today screen.
Wisbar and advance desktop.
Phone alarm
I launcher
Weather panel.
dodadent said:
Simply
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VERY nice I love simplicity.
Did u simply change the background?? can u post it please?
BTW- can this result be achieved on WM5?? and if so, how?
Thanks
rlToday + Calendar v5 (with Meschle Aqua Skin)
Here is the link of Theme:
Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/23112413/Cerulean_Theme_SE.tsk.html
dodadent said:
rlToday + Calendar v5 (with Meschle Aqua Skin)
Here is the link of Theme:
Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/23112413/Cerulean_Theme_SE.tsk.html
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Thanks for that.
Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/23113258/rlToday.rar.html
Here is rlToday with a Skin
here is mine with wisbar adv 2, phonealarm and pocketbreeze
Does the hermes run WIsbar adv 2 flawlessly?? doesn't it take too much resources and slows it down too much?
How do i change the position of htc home app in the today list. I run spb shell and want that at the top. I am running BB4.1 Lite and it wont budge, same with full and meschle's roms.
I could do it in BB4.0
Look for the HTC home customiser tool, think it's in the cab's thread on this board.
That has an option to allow you to unlock its position, never used the option but guess that's so you can move it around on the today screen.
rthomas said:
How do i change the position of htc home app in the today list. I run spb shell and want that at the top. I am running BB4.1 Lite and it wont budge, same with full and meschle's roms.
I could do it in BB4.0
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\HTC Home]
"Type"=dword:5 <--- set this dword to 4 and you can move it up and down
Very very very
Thanks !!
Thanks for that works a treat.
Good one gullum,
any idea why I cannot customize settings for HTC home plugin? I don't have this option anywhere (on today's settings or programs). I installed emunut's 'HTC Home Customizer' I found here but this customizes 'other' things not found on 'original' customizer. I want to customize profiles, speed dial and other stuff that I can probably find on this 'original' tool.
I tried also some other HTC Home plugins, but also no options for customizing.
I have Blueangel with helmi's WM6 (working great) and Helmi_HtcHome6_WM5_comp_sdkcert.cab installed.
Best regards,
Robert
I use that too, the most simple way to solve this is when u install SPB Shell, it will set itself below the HTC home, just go to settings>today>items, then unmark the spb mobile shell klik ok then do the same thing but then u mark it again and then it will be on top of the htc home..
TouchFlo Detacher is yet another way to simultaneously have TouchFlo 3D and the regular Today screen. Previous excellent solutions include SecondToday and ManilaControl.
Description
So what makes it different? Well, this app is actually very similar to MastSogo's ManilaControl. The main difference is that the author plans to actively develop it for a while, whereas ManilaControl has been a bit frozen in development for a few months. It is also open source, licensed under the Ms-RL. The program is on CodePlex, so download speeds should be much better than the average rapidshare link. Finally, it is in English and not Spanish. Other than that, it's just another solution for the same problem!
See it in action on the YouTubes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk0xWm8PMGQ
Download the CAB and source code here: http://www.codeplex.com/TFDetacher
Installation
As explained on CodePlex...
1. Install the CAB
2. Run the configuration app
3. Enable all the standard Today Items you want to use
4. Do not re-enable TouchFlo 3D in the Today items (if you do, it will undo all your other Today plugins)
Requirements
Windows Mobile 6.1
.Net Compact Framework 2.0
A device that runs TouchFlo3D / Manila
Current features
- Free up your Today screen by hosting Manila outside of the Today screen! TouchFlo Detacher can launch/show/hide/close Manila independent of any other Today screen settings. Now you can have your TouchFlo cake and eat it too! The most obvious use is to assign a soft key to toggle between seeing TouchFlo and seeing the regular Today screen.
- Service runs as a background application (in your StartUp folder) for maximum speed when toggling Manila modes.
- NO ANNOYING SPLASH SCREEN when application launches.
- Service is 100% idle when not receiving messages or controlling TouchFlo, so no CPU is wasted! (Just a tiny bit of RAM)
- Configuration application allows modifying manila.exe location, manila window class, and more, so that this utility can (presumably) be used with other manila versions (such as TouchFlo 2D). This is untested. Out of the box, it supports TouchFlo 3D in its default configuration as seen on the Diamond/Pro/HD.
- Configuration application can clean out the ManilaActivateToday.exe from the notification queue. (That app can interefere with TouchFlo Detacher's operation.)
- Shortcuts to start/show Manila, hide Manila, and close Manila. These can be assigned to hardware buttons (if your device has them) or virtual hardware buttons through the use of 3rd party applications such as AE Button Plus.
- Configuration application can customize the softkeys in both Today and TouchFlo's Home tab. You can use it to not only assign TouchFlo Detacher operations (show/hide/close), but any other application on your device.
I want only to say many thanks for that cab it works very good on my Touch HD ... Great App cardefbel
THE best piece of software I've downloaded. Used it on both Touch Diamond and Touch HD and love it!
Perfect - thanks
Thanks for this awesome app....
Would I be correct in thinking that with your app I can go all out on WAD2 or something and still be able to switch back and forth between WAD2 and Touchflo without all the hassle?
Thanks. Downloaded, installed, and be able to switch between TF3D and my old style today with Spb Diary.
jacklam said:
Would I be correct in thinking that with your app I can go all out on WAD2 or something and still be able to switch back and forth between WAD2 and Touchflo without all the hassle?
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This is not my application, but I realy love it and would share it with y'all.
Is it also possible to have TF3D together with SPB today screen combined whit SPB mobile shell?
Hi Guys,
i add a screenshoot just to share with you the result of this great app.
i have one question, maybe someone of you have the same problem.
i am running the "non TF3D" screen with Resco today plugin and launcher.....if i try to put a background (via setting Today, use picture as background...) no matter which kind of picture i choose, they are opaque.
cant figure out a solution.
thanks and Ciao!
that app is very great. but i got ine problem that the home icon button dont's work, it just has the force feedback.
giangishanghai said:
Hi Guys,
i add a screenshoot just to share with you the result of this great app.
i have one question, maybe someone of you have the same problem.
i am running the "non TF3D" screen with Resco today plugin and launcher.....if i try to put a background (via setting Today, use picture as background...) no matter which kind of picture i choose, they are opaque.
cant figure out a solution.
thanks and Ciao!
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hey guy,
can you share with us how you achieve your today screen as you attached?
it is nice.
Sounds great, will keep an eye on this one!
giangishanghai said:
Hi Guys,
i add a screenshoot just to share with you the result of this great app.
i have one question, maybe someone of you have the same problem.
i am running the "non TF3D" screen with Resco today plugin and launcher.....if i try to put a background (via setting Today, use picture as background...) no matter which kind of picture i choose, they are opaque.
cant figure out a solution.
thanks and Ciao!
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Look at the this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=468215&highlight=today+background+transparent
It solves your problem.
cardefbel said:
Look at the this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=468215&highlight=today+background+transparent
It solves your problem.
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Thanks cardefbel !!!
i can tell that this is the best suggestion i have never got in this forum.
you have got the point at the first shot!!!!!! and i have my second today with a brilliant background.
of course thanks to chaosdefinesorder that playing with the device have found out the problem.
for those are asking about my second today:
Resco today plugin
Resco explorer 2008
that's it.
ciao!
Looks great!
I have tried WAD2 and Spb Mobile Shell and I like many of the things that those things bring that TF3D doesn't. I like them both, but I have not been able to break away from the TF3D which is one of the major factors I purchased the phone. Now I can have my cake and eat it too. We'll give it a shot! Thanks.
Update - I loaded it and it seems to work great. I loaded back my Spb Mobile Shell and seems to be working nicely between. It did take a few tweaks, but it is running fine. One thing however is that when I am back in TF3D my hard home key doesn't work to bring me back to the TF3D home. Any ideas?
Thanks for the program cardefbel but I am having a problem with it....notice that if I'm using the SPB screen it won't go back to TF3D after 15mins.....if I want my TF3D i need to reboot it.....but if I on the TF3D I can swap to SPB anytime.....
absolutely excellent, having my appointments on the screen with a 1 button press to TF3D is awesome
WingZer0n said:
Thanks for the program cardefbel but I am having a problem with it....notice that if I'm using the SPB screen it won't go back to TF3D after 15mins.....if I want my TF3D i need to reboot it.....but if I on the TF3D I can swap to SPB anytime.....
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Are you using SPB mobile shell or SPB pocket plus. I tried to reproduce it with SPB mobile shell, but the switching to TF3D worked for me after 15 mins.
BTW, it's not a program I wrote, found it on the net and realy liked it.
I have a problem with WEATHER page
I have started the program
il works perfectly BUT
if i go in the weather page, under TF3D, he changes automatically to today.
Any idea ????
mikeputich said:
One thing however is that when I am back in TF3D my hard home key doesn't work to bring me back to the TF3D home. Any ideas?
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Same issue here .. If anyone has a key..
I prefer to have this button for TF3D Home instead of going back to Today
I would like to display two analogue clocks each showing a different time zone in my Spb Mobile Shell Leisure Today screen on my Touch HD. I'm also running Spb Time and expected Spb's integration to allow me to do this.
A while back I got Spb Time so that I could display dual time zones on my HTC Trinity Today page - this was exactly what I wanted.
So now I've upgraded to an HTC Touch HD and Spb Mobile Shell 3 (and Spb Time). So I now want to display dual time zones (i.e. two clocks) on my Spb Mobile Shell Leisure Home Page.
Can I do this via Spb Time, is there an MS3 configuration setting I've missed, is there some other MS3 widget I need to download from somewhere, or do I need to go back to basics and find another app?
I'd appreciate anyone's advice on this, as I haven't been able to find any references in xda-developers or Spb's forum. Thanks in advance.
Same issue..also have a Touch HD - weather integrates ok even if you have to 'click' through to get the detail. I liked the plug-in on the windows today screen for spb time - I'd like to remove the day/date display below the calendar appointments and replace with a time plug-in but I haven't found anything to configure that. I guess the alternative would be to have a lifestyle screen with a widget to display this and the weather.
Hi
Could someone please help me with this issue?
When installing SPB Mobile Shell 3 it automatically come up as default today screen. What I would like is to add it to one of the SW buttons and keep TF3D as my default screen and be able to toggle between these two home screens. No problem adding it to a SW button, but how can I tweak so that my TP2 unit automatically launches TF3D and not SPB Mobile Shell?
I think I have seen it some where but have not been able to find the thread yet.
Thanks!
ivart said:
Hi
Could someone please help me with this issue?
When installing SPB Mobile Shell 3 it automatically come up as default today screen. What I would like is to add it to one of the SW buttons and keep TF3D as my default screen and be able to toggle between these two home screens. No problem adding it to a SW button, but how can I tweak so that my TP2 unit automatically launches TF3D and not SPB Mobile Shell?
I think I have seen it some where but have not been able to find the thread yet.
Thanks!
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Here's the thread where everything you need to know about SPB Mobile Shell is located. What your looking for is in this thread because I did what your wanting to do. But it's been too long ago to remember exactly. I'm no longer using SPB Shell.
What I think you have to do is, download a second "today" widget and assign tf3d to it and then you can switch between the two.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=507697
Supertrooper said:
Here's the thread where everything you need to know about SPB Mobile Shell is located. What your looking for is in this thread because I did what your wanting to do. But it's been too long ago to remember exactly. I'm no longer using SPB Shell.
What I think you have to do is, download a second "today" widget and assign tf3d to it and then you can switch between the two.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=507697
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Thanks a lot! I will look into this thread.