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Calculator???

Hi,
I have the T-mobile MDA Compact III, the Dutch version, with wifi and stuff. I also have a Qtek S200 and the first thing i noticed is that the Compact III has no calculator! This may seem like a small thing, but it bugs me as i got used to using it alot with the S200...
Any plugin or whatever to get a calculator??
Oh and while i'm asking, is there a way to change those freaky pink white colors of the phone pad? I can change theme in the notmal menus but the phone pad always stays with the T-mobile color scheme... any suggestions are welcome!
Thanks,
Rudy

Hmm... interesting. Anyway, there are tons of better calculator out there. I think the.. Omega(?) has a free calculator software.. and if you do a search on www.freewareppc.com, they ought to have a few .. much advance ones too.
Tons of phonepad available in this forum with iPhone wannabe to.. Vista look-alike. Easiest way to get rid of T-mobile stuff is to go Wiki (under WM5 tweak) to get rid of it and use the default.

Had the same problem.
There IS an calculator, only theres no shortcut made by TM
In the folder WINDOWS\calc.exe
there u got to be. ive made an shortcut to it with SPB Pocket plus.
and for the ugly t-mobile color, just install an skin for it. and do a soft reset.
excuse my bad english

Try tapping Start/ Organiser a new window will open desplaying icons for Claculator, Calendar, Notes and Tasks - Strange place to bury the calculator but it is there - Mike

when installing a skin for the phone pad, does it need to be unlocked first or something... and kindof a noob question, but will i lose my warranty?? Where can I download like legal themes for the PDA??
BTW, i found the calc just where you said it would be mike, And i linked it to my right software button!

Forget the CALC from Windows. Try searching for eval. Nice and free Calculator...

You will find it here
http://home.comcast.net/~jonsachs/#Eval 1.0
.. and some other nice and usefull programs

Comm Manager + TouchFlo Cube ?

Hey
I noticed in Toms new B&B V4, hes got TouchFlo. While this is really pretty, its not very functional. One idea that would make the TouchFlo cube awesome would be to add a "side" to the cube. The added side would be Comm Manager.
So after you open the cube, you can swipe across to comm manager. Is it at all possible? Much appreciated!

Lets just say what your asking for will take alot of work and testing...it is a very good idea and lets just hope that it comes to be

Does anyone even know if adding sides to the cube is possible? If it is, surely it would just be importing the comm manager features and buttons into the cube side.
I would certainly be willing to pay for such a feature.

dzign-it said:
Does anyone even know if adding sides to the cube is possible? If it is, surely it would just be importing the comm manager features and buttons into the cube side.
I would certainly be willing to pay for such a feature.
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How much u can pay for add sides to the cube is possible
U need Change *.brn file and add new *.brn and make new *exe run it.
Not easy my friend
Programs open *.brn file and info :
http://www.dotwhat.net/lang_eng/files_b/extension_brn/id_1171/

Hey Tom, thanks for your reply.
Please do PM me and let me know your fee for adding such a feature ( if you even have time ). Im sure many of us would love this. As the cube has so much potential.

dzign-it said:
Hey Tom, thanks for your reply.
Please do PM me and let me know your fee for adding such a feature ( if you even have time ). Im sure many of us would love this. As the cube has so much potential.
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I think you miss understood Tom, he wasn't asking for a fee, he was just joking with you, but of course $ is always a great motivator,LOL. If it can be done, it will be done, just a matter of time, well that and no having to answer questions like how to turn off wifi in the icon area 55 times,LOL. Great idea for sure.
To me the cube renders the homeplugin redundant, I Run mine with no homeplugin, so to have a Full clear Picture of my today screen and with one swipe of the thumb all programs are there, another side to actually make it a cube instead of a three sided triangle, would be awesome, or what about a pentagon, even better. Lets kick back and watch the guru do his voodoo,LOL

Ideas for B&B version 4.2

I know that 4.1 is only just out & I think it's brilliant. I'm spending every evening checking new posts and playing with my phone like never before. So, before the 4.1 thread becomes the next thread with 1200 posts, I thought I'd start a new thread for ideas for 4.2
Tom - before I found the magic that is B&B I was using Wisbar Advance desktop and an application called innesoft address book which had a great feature that when someone called you, their photo was displayed full screen with their name (see thumbnails) rather than just the standard windows window.
Any chance you could devlelop something similar for 4.2 !!!
Cheers

pna said:
I know that 4.1 is only just out & I think it's brilliant. I'm spending every evening checking new posts and playing with my phone like never before. So, before the 4.1 thread becomes the next thread with 1200 posts, I thought I'd start a new thread for ideas for 4.2
Tom - before I found the magic that is B&B I was using Wisbar Advance desktop and an application called innesoft address book which had a great feature that when someone called you, their photo was displayed full screen with their name (see thumbnails) rather than just the standard windows window.
Any chance you could devlelop something similar for 4.2 !!!
Cheers
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Here is something that may hold you over, I am still trying to figure out how to use the caller id without the actual slide to unlock, bit here is something to tide you over, jsut a thought

Have a pretty much full screen keyboard for texting in landscape mode? The text appears at the top?
Is there a way we can assign a button to lock the phone rather than go thruogh the menu?
Cheers

Anybody knows if it is legal to include trial versions of apps in cooked rom?
Was thinking rom with included sktools, english dictionary of some kind, IM+, resco explorer, spb gprs monitor included on rom would save time and space. Apps included would be trial versions and ppl haveing bought them could just enter activation keys/serials, others could buy app if thy liked it.

kakainis said:
Anybody knows if it is legal to include trial versions of apps in cooked rom?
Was thinking rom with included sktools, english dictionary of some kind, IM+, resco explorer, spb gprs monitor included on rom would save time and space. Apps included would be trial versions and ppl haveing bought them could just enter activation keys/serials, others could buy app if thy liked it.
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This would be a waste of time and energy for most, these Roms are made to be efficient, the least amount of space used so that you as an individual can place your desired programs, once a rom is built there is no removing/uninstalling of any apps, hence the reason to not put trial versions into a rom, I use several of the above mentioned, but to "Bloat" a rom with them would be ineffecient. Best thing to do is install on your sd card, keep all your initial install cabs in one folder and use that as your rebuild folder. Cheers.

Juice05 said:
Have a pretty much full screen keyboard for texting in landscape mode? The text appears at the top?
Is there a way we can assign a button to lock the phone rather than go thruogh the menu?
Cheers
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This may assist you in this matter, Cheers.

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Is it not worth remembering that everyone has a different list of killer apps they MUST have on their device?
If Tom & Meschle etc added every app - the rom would only just fit on a 40gb hard disk!!!
To my mind - the idea is that the cooked roms are a basis onto which you install your own apps to make your own device work?
Constanlty asking for new apps to be added to a rom just complicates the issue. Or am I wrong?

something so i can remotly use my desktop via PPC
then im complete

automated network setup like in the O2 WM6 Premium 1.0 WWE rom

Extended timers & alarms application
I'd like to avoid installing SpbTime on each version
Great job!

OK, i agree, rom should be as slim as possible, but why the hell there is cube, psshutXP, PHM regedit/traylaunch, and office mobile on it then?
Could make an ultra lite wersion. (=
P.S. Dont get me wrong, i think 4.1 is great and it is a lot faster than O2. Just throwing around ideas about how to make it better.

with my original post, I was not really asking for a copy of the app, just would like a much bigger photo to pop up with caller id and liked the look of the inesoft one.
Tom - what do you think?

Just trying to make the ROM easier to use, more efficient.
B&B 4.1 is far better than original ROM from this point of view
TouchFlo for example helps to have everything we need with a single finger move..
Phone app is a lot more usable also.
Perhaps also the possibility to customize HTC Home by default, with more options (number of apps in the launcher, ..)

i don't think that is constructive to add as much apps, i can imagine, when it's released, everbody is shouting "this is not good" and "why did you use this app and not the other one"...and so one. I like it clear, not too much apps...but that's my opinion.
If i want it with all apps included then i start (to learn ) cooking my own ROM... IMHO i am very satisfied with the work that Tom is doing for us all. And 4.1 is just released. Enjoy it and let Tom make a break. He is hard working all the time!

Plugins for new version
Alarms extension (SpbTime style)
USB PenDrive emulator (WMstorage style)
Phone call recording (Audio Recorder style)
Thanks for B&B! Great job!

i have a great idea
Why dont we support Tom and all off his hard work and all the other wizards here, and stop complaining or asking for more.
like a bunch of kids in a sweet shop.

Improving File access
What I would like to see is the File Dialog Changer, I don't know who has heard of it but it is very good! Usually when you want to save files or open them in any application you get access to you My Documents folder. Only some smart apps like TCPMP and others have the option to access your entire pda.
File Dialog Changer changes the way you access your files in opening and saving them for every application, it's just 50 KB and you can activate / deactivate it in System Settings.
bbracer16valver said:
something so i can remotly use my desktop via PPC
then im complete
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And about your wish I can only say that there is already Remote Desktop for WM6, I think I've downloaded it in the Wizard forum. Or use PocketVNC, that is the pda version for VNC. I am successfully using that with TightVNC on my computer. I just have to be in range of my WLAN and can turn on my computer by sending a wake on lan signal (not with vnc) and then access my computer through pocketvnc or access the files on my computer.

neilhhardy said:
Why dont we support Tom and all off his hard work and all the other wizards here, and stop complaining or asking for more.
like a bunch of kids in a sweet shop.
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Thread is: Ideas for B&B version 4.2, nothing to do with sweet shop

brainstorming said:
Thread is: Ideas for B&B version 4.2, nothing to do with sweet shop
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I think he had a point though. In the whole thread there is not one message of Tom Codon himself. Did you ask what he thinks? Maybe he has a few ideas of his own? After all, it will be his ROM...

Who says it will be B&B v4.2? Why not 4.3 or 5.0? If there will be another version let him take care of the numbers.

Help a noob - please

I'm not at all technical, and therfore nervous about completely changing the ROM on my HD. I'm also paranoid about touching the registery, because I don't know what I'm doing.
There are 2 things i'd like to do:
1) modify the tabs at the bottom of the screen to get rid of all the garbage that my carrier put there, and customise it to what i want.
2) have the ability to change the functionality of the soft keys below the screen
Is there a utility or program that does either or both of these things.
Many thanks

Lost too!
Hi
im new here too! still wondering n lost about the terms and acronyms used here.
Whats TF3D? wats Manila? how do i normalise back a certain add-ons which i dun like? do i need a certain additional program to install certain add-ons? gosh, im so lost!
juz bought the phone but nothing has been done yet..
any BASIC/MUST-HAVE applications or add-ons as a start as a base?
Many thanks!

You can always flash a new ROM (thats the core.. the OS and basic apps.. and on your phone all that stuff you operator added) theres a wiki how to do it. Flashing a rom is similar to flashing the bios on your PC. Most things are editable. You can get "Cooked" ROMs those are Cores that people have modified, added to, customized and tweaked.
manila is the the tab interface you see on touch phones there's Manila 2d and newer TF3D - (TouchFlo 3d)
There's tons of freeware and opensource available and what is "must" have is largely opinion and what you do with your phone. it's good to browse here for apps and in Blackstone/ROMs for ROMs.
things to be aware of your phone is WVGA.. big screen not all apps will fill it if they are qvga or vga. also you have almost no buttons so everything is touch... this can be a problem with some apps as they expect/require buttons. But newer apps are improving to support purely touch base control.
hope this helps you can always msg me if u have questions.

sophian84 said:
Hi
im new here too! still wondering n lost about the terms and acronyms used here.
Whats TF3D? wats Manila? how do i normalise back a certain add-ons which i dun like? do i need a certain additional program to install certain add-ons? gosh, im so lost!
juz bought the phone but nothing has been done yet..
any BASIC/MUST-HAVE applications or add-ons as a start as a base?
Many thanks!
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Most addons come as .cab files you copy them to your phone and execute then.. run them and theyll install.. theyll ask phone memory or card storage. i put most things on the card and only install key things for the phone to run in its memory. to uninstall any cab or some programs that are exe and you run from desktop they install to phone. you can uninstall them either from activesync remove programs, or from your phone settings/system/ remove program and they uninstall.

bfi2906 said:
I'm not at all technical, and therfore nervous about completely changing the ROM on my HD. I'm also paranoid about touching the registery, because I don't know what I'm doing.
There are 2 things i'd like to do:
1) modify the tabs at the bottom of the screen to get rid of all the garbage that my carrier put there, and customise it to what i want.
2) have the ability to change the functionality of the soft keys below the screen
Is there a utility or program that does either or both of these things.
Many thanks
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Please don't try to change the ROM now, I would recommend you play first with the HD and learn it.
Answers:
1. There are many options - one is:
Stevedpl7 TF3D Tab Icon Theme 5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...ight=stevedpl7
2. You can program the soft keys in many of the config tools - one is:
JS Advanced Configuration Tool 3.3 http://www.touchxperience.com/en/adv...tion-tool.html
Finally, while the application list is always personal, I suggest reviewing mine at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3117017&highlight=secondtoday#post3117017
Good luck !

Thank you sooo much guys - that's about the level of tech-ness I can cope with right now. I think I'll shy away from loading a new ROM for a while, as suggested. I just sounds like it'd too risky for a dunce like me, and the consequences appear to be potentially quite dire.
I have found and installed HDTweaks, and that allowed me to configure the softkeys. Now all I have to do is find a way to change / reallocate / rearrange the tabs.
Thanks again for your "sympathy" and help.
Cheers.

[UPDATED] iPhoneUI [2010-05-19, Version 0.3.5a] - An iPhone shell for 480x800 phones

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i cant download anything from that page! when i clicked on the links, a window pop-up with weird letters...

Are you sure? Because it works for me...
Try to type it in manually, the website is www.chabbeclub.tk

nice shell... i would like to try it, but first i want to upgrade my windows into 6.5 is there any bugs or lags using 6.5 ???
thanks for sharing this kewl developments....

Hey!
Thanks for your kind words.
I haven't really tested it out on the 6.5 system but i know that it works. But i'm concentrating on fixing and adjust it for the usage on the 6.1 system.
I will in the future concentrate on adjusting it for the 6.5 system aswell.

well in that case... i postponed my will to upgrade into 6.5 i will try your shell now.... and sure i will enjoying this shell.... lets give it a try....
thanks before....

Hope you like it
Feel free to give me good as well as bad feedback. I'd really appreciate suggestions on what to improve with the shell
Best Regards

love the UI but it seems that i can slide the multi page...
is it just me or is the UI doesn't support sliding the multi page ???
i have to press the arrow button to slide betwen pages...

That's true. I'll try to make it slide in the next releases.
Can i ask you a question. What phone are you using?

Any feedback would be great!

I like the screen-shots. m testing it. let u know of any bugs with jacks 6.5 rom
check this out. iphone rom. perhaps u two can collaborate to make a perfect iphone clone for xperia
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=635128
tested it
i cant slide from one screen to another have to use arrow keys. which are vey small
and when i slide the status bar at the bottom doe not appear on the second or the third screen..
worked fine with jack 6.5. no error
secondly the setting show the wm 6.1 settings (not eye candy) perhaps u can integrate it with the wm 6.5 settings or have settings for the iphone interfacre.
Still i like it

dexteral said:
I like the screen-shots. m testing it. let u know of any bugs with jacks 6.5 rom
check this out. iphone rom. perhaps u two can collaborate to make a perfect iphone clone for xperia
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=635128
tested it
i cant slide from one screen to another have to use arrow keys. which are vey small
and when i slide the status bar at the bottom doe not appear on the second or the third screen..
worked fine with jack 6.5. no error
secondly the setting show the wm 6.1 settings (not eye candy) perhaps u can integrate it with the wm 6.5 settings or have settings for the iphone interfacre.
Still i like it
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Thank you for testing this out!
I'm releasing the new build anyday now which includes more bugfixes and new functions. Before i release it I'll make sure to adjust it to the 6.5 system.
You said that the arrowbuttons are small, i noticed this last night and I relocated them and made them bigger. I'm trying to add the slide function but don't expect it to work until next month, at least. I also noticed what you told me, that the status bar doesn't appear in the multi-pages, and I'm trying to solve this.
Best regards

Is this a panel? I can't imagine being stuck in a program launcher all day, so I would only use it if it were a panel.

sonus said:
Is this a panel? I can't imagine being stuck in a program launcher all day, so I would only use it if it were a panel.
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No, sorry to say that it isn't.
Hope you still try it out.

sonus said:
Is this a panel? I can't imagine being stuck in a program launcher all day, so I would only use it if it were a panel.
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it is worth trying though not heavy at all. the interface is still very early stage of work in process

dexteral said:
it is worth trying though not heavy at all. the interface is still very early stage of work in process
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HI Mate, thanks very much for this will try it now

wm5
hi mate, tried this on Windows Mobile 5 device (Imate Jam), I get an unexpected error in iphoneui.exe. The programs asks to quit and restart but get same result every time.
any ideas

Have you followed my instructions?
You may've missed that you need to install the .NET 3.5 version because it uses it.
If that isn't the problem then I don't, sorry. please reply and tell me if you solved it.
But my advice for you is to download the .NET 3.5 from my homesite.