[Q] Modify Touch Pro 2 - Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking

OK, first and foremost...I am a newbie here, so forgive me if this has already been done. Second, Hi to all. Now, I have a TP2 and I love the way the display looks. The clock, the weather, and especially the little navigation tabs at the bottom of the screen (Today tab, email tab, stocks tab, etc). However...Windows Mobile has become sadly disappointing. Is there a way that I can have the best of two worlds? I would like to have Android for my OS, but keep the phone looking the way it is now. Is that possible?

take a gander in this forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=589
You can customize android as best you can to look like winmo, but theres no exact replacement. I don't think theres a sense rom out for rhodium either... you'll have to check yourself. Good luck~

What is Rhodium??

sarai said:
What is Rhodium??
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Rhodium is the codename of your phone

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Need a good schedule/task/appointment app

Anyone know something good, i want to be able to see it on the today screen or if not its ok too. As long as it shows me the time, date, and appointment. Something like i saw somewhere on this board, i've heard of facade but is there anything else?
link to the image -
if its not viewable this is the direct link: http://img519.imageshack.us/my.php?image=40944433yu3.png
so something like that is good, any suggestions? Thanks, preferably something free.
I typically use the appointment program that comes with the phone. The stock one...
Anyways here ones I have used before...
eXtreme Agenda CLICK HERE THIS ONE IS AMAZING THOUGH YOU WILL LIKE IT...
One Agenda CLICK HERE THIS IS ANOTHER ONE I FOUND WHICH IS NOT BAD AT ALL...
See which one you like... Try both out and let me know which one you like...
@jdoggraz
You mean the stock one with 6.1 sliding panels??
Either way, does it show the TASKS on today screen? If not, how do u manage it?
I use Papyrus, but it doesnt have a today plugin
Original Poster, Facade is good, and if u can tweak it, u can show just what you need. I was a huge fan, until the sliding panels came along...
Cheers
Quick answer, you cant have that kind of plugin on 6.1
You only can on 6.0 or below
Yeah thought so too
Facade and other today screen plugin people might be cursing microsoft for bringing up such a panel thing..
That said, how come no one ever designed anything that can display tasks on a sliding panel...
Wishful thinking...

Opinions please....?

Wisbar Advanced Desktop 2 or Touch FLow 3D???
Ive had my HD for a week now and barely scratched the surface of this fantastic piece of kit, Im still running the bog standard HTC TF3D theme/homescreen, the thing is, the more WAD2 stuff I see, the more I like. I've checked out www.lakeridgesoftware.com and www.swampthing.net and I think Im going to go with WAD2. Just wondering what the general opinion is...pros and cons?
Thanks guys, great forum btw !
pros : you can do just about anything you want with WAD
Cons : steep learning curve I've found
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pros : you can do just about anything you want with WAD
Cons : steep learning curve I've found
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Ok mate, thanks. Presumably by steep learning curve, it depends how far you are willing or 'able'(!) to go into it? There seems to be alot of info floating around here and other net forums.
Any more opinions?
I'm using WAD2 as of right now and love all the capabilities of the software. I agree that it is a steep learning curve but for us WM users, isn't that one of the pluses for owning these awesome devices? WAD2 outperforms TF3D as far as usefulness functionality.
The only thing I miss about TF3D is the weather animation...which I believe will soon be incorporated somehow in WAD2!
TF3D looks pretty to start with but it always seems to take me 1 or 2 taps/slides more than I would like to do what I want.
WAD2 lets me configure my home screen exactly as I want. I have my most common contacts, playlists, application shortcuts and notifications all in one place.
If you use Davideuck's ROM he also includes wkTask which works great for me alongside WAD2. I use WAD2 desktop mainly for notifications, agenda display, contact shortcuts and a few useful but less frequent application shortcuts. I use the downward swipe feature of wkTask to call up a launcher with my 12 most common shortcuts (which can be called up from anywhere). I'm sure you can install wkTask separately but I would recommend Davideuck's ROM as it's very stable and seems to fly along with great battery life.
Cheers,
David
Thanks for the answers guys, think I'll go with WAD 2.
xX SPION KOP Xx said:
Thanks for the answers guys, think I'll go with WAD 2.
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Let the configuring begin...Good luck!!!
Is there a way to keep theTouch Flo interface and just make WAD2 like a softkey shortcut on the homescreen of TouchFlo? It would be cool if I could switch interfaces on the fly like that
SnooPPP said:
Is there a way to keep theTouch Flo interface and just make WAD2 like a softkey shortcut on the homescreen of TouchFlo? It would be cool if I could switch interfaces on the fly like that
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Not sure about that, it sounds like a good idea, I just think some of the WAD themes are the dogs bollocks! Maybe one of these guys can help, you done a forum search?
SnooPPP said:
Is there a way to keep theTouch Flo interface and just make WAD2 like a softkey shortcut on the homescreen of TouchFlo? It would be cool if I could switch interfaces on the fly like that
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Do a search for "Second Today". I've heard that this program will allow something like this to be done... not quite sure how it work as I haven't tried it myself yet.

Tasks on lock screen app

I was looking for some sort of a solution of this with no luck, any tips welcome.
Basically what I was looking for was an app or a tweak which would show TASKS on the lock screen (the screen when phone is locked and you have to use for example a slider (Miri rom) to open it) since there is so much empty space and there is no reasonable way to put the tasks on Today screen.
Any ideas and tips very much appreciated.
hmm, i think S2U2 is capable of doing this. it is a free screen locking application.
according to the changelog here:
http://htcwinmobile.blogspot.com/2009/06/acs-s2u2-v201.html
it is capable of doing it, but i've just had a quick look in the applications settings (i have it installed) and can't seem to find the option, but it would be worth a try
S2U2 does show tasks icon the lock screen but it is only a figure(how many tasks are scheduled). If you use the appointments these will show as full descriptions, until completed, and you can have up to 7 appointments over a number of weeks (I think its about 4 weeks).Really good and I have no problems on Duttys Rom 6.5 R11
thanks for the handy pointers, will give it a try.
hmm, so I've tried that and I'm not very impressed. I'm not particularly keen on the whole S2U2, seems a bit cumbersome and overall like an "i" wannabe... there is somewhat the option of displaying the tasks on the lockscreen but as far as I'm concerned there is no way of removing the whole S2U2 interface and keeping just the tasks..which is, ultimately, what I'd want.
Thanks for the tip anyway but don't think this is gonna work.
Can't believe I'm the only one trying to get this sorted(!), it is such a fundamental thing to see tasks frequently without having to access something..even my old N95 did that right.
Anyway, if anyone knew about something, give us a shout.
Cheers
Z.
For years (!) I wanted to have my tasks on todayscreen (and/or on lock screen). I never understood why this was possible only on oldschool-WinMobile-todayscreen WITH special programs (SPB Diary). I believe it's a BASIC feature - and like you I asked myself if really noone needs this?
After getting my new Touch HD I love to have a stylish todayscreen - but I hate not to see appointments/tasks (neither with manila nor winmobile 6.5-today).
So if there is ANY solution: YES I want it too!
I could have probably lived with S2U2 as long as the tasks would be at least showing by themselves rather than you having to press & hold on the icon
...that's like as close it gets to the desired result...future s2u2 update might fix that but again, you have to get the whole app (for locking) to get this small, though very important feature... kinda disappointing...
I`d also like having task on today or lock screen as old non colour Windows CE devices did. Why had disappeared? I don´t know and I can´t understand. I hope somebody can help us.
I want it too please. I would like something like Lockinfo for the iphone.

Reorganizing the Touchflo tab on touch pro 2

Hey guys!
This is my first post so forgive me. I was wondering, and looking around, I wanted to know if it there was some way that i could mod my touch pro 2 (verizon, stock rom) to move the home tab. Maybe i'm just weird but i am a symmetrical freak and having the home tab "right aligned" is annoying to me. And as I don't want to go ahead and flash a 6.5 rom and get titanium this would be really great!
While I was looking around I found software for the touch diamond, but apparently that isn't compatible. So If anyone could let me know if there is new compatible software, or if there is a way for me to do this myself that would be great!
Thanks so much.
The attachment is one of the concepts from win mobile 7 that kindof sparked this whole thing

Yes I did search for hours!

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Just upgraded from Fuze to Tilt 2 on AT&T. I'm an amatuer but managed to flash my old Fuze, load weather master, use TF3D config and manila customizer.
I'm having a hell of a ime trying to get what I need for my Tilt 2 fresh from AT&T with WM6.5. It locks up constantly and is a real pain.
I want to see the weather on my home page which doesn't show now. I want to be able to add weather locations as I did with my Fuze and Weather Master. I also need to flash ROM, radio, everything on this phone to make it better. I need some guidandce on what the best options for me are. Please help with some links to where I need to go. I know how to flash I just can't pick what I need out of all of this info.
What's the best, most stable Roms out here? Radios? Weather editors? TF3D configurations? I can't seem to get my old mind working.
Thanks folks!
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Any help would be greatly appreciated. Just upgraded from Fuze to Tilt 2 on AT&T. I'm an amatuer but managed to flash my old Fuze, load weather master, use TF3D config and manila customizer.
I'm having a hell of a ime trying to get what I need for my Tilt 2 fresh from AT&T with WM6.5. It locks up constantly and is a real pain.
I want to see the weather on my home page which doesn't show now. I want to be able to add weather locations as I did with my Fuze and Weather Master. I also need to flash ROM, radio, everything on this phone to make it better. I need some guidandce on what the best options for me are. Please help with some links to where I need to go. I know how to flash I just can't pick what I need out of all of this info.
What's the best, most stable Roms out here? Radios? Weather editors? TF3D configurations? I can't seem to get my old mind working.
Thanks folks!
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Really? You searched for hours and couldn't manage to find this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=490
The VERY first thread in that section is what you're looking for. Not trying to sound like a total ass but if you searched for hours and could find this...
aiko1968 said:
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Just upgraded from Fuze to Tilt 2 on AT&T. I'm an amatuer but managed to flash my old Fuze, load weather master, use TF3D config and manila customizer.
I'm having a hell of a ime trying to get what I need for my Tilt 2 fresh from AT&T with WM6.5. It locks up constantly and is a real pain.
I want to see the weather on my home page which doesn't show now. I want to be able to add weather locations as I did with my Fuze and Weather Master. I also need to flash ROM, radio, everything on this phone to make it better. I need some guidandce on what the best options for me are. Please help with some links to where I need to go. I know how to flash I just can't pick what I need out of all of this info.
What's the best, most stable Roms out here? Radios? Weather editors? TF3D configurations? I can't seem to get my old mind working.
Thanks folks!
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The weather on the home page is not included with the stock Tilt 2 Rom. You would need to flash one. The "best" ROM is subjective. What is best for me may not be best for you.
I suggest reading up n the differences between Windows 6.1, 6.5, and 6.5.x as well as the differences between Sense 2.1 and Sense 2.5
Then, determine which combination would work best for you and pick a ROM based on that.
Once you are done with that, go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550973
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Really? You searched for hours and couldn't manage to find this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=490
The VERY first thread in that section is what you're looking for. Not trying to sound like a total ass but if you searched for hours and could find this...
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L-O-L!......
Yea Yea`
Don't tell me no one here gets zoned out and can't find something. I should have known to type "noob" or "mall ninja" in the search engine.
I'm old, I have one daughter starting college this fall and my 5th (yes I said FIFTH) GIRL on the way. Please have mercy on me. I rarely have time to do things for me so perhaps I give up a little earlier than I would have 20 years ago.
On to my next NOOBster question. Thank you Doinshots for your advice and that's really all I need. Last time I did this was with my Fuze when I joined this forum. I didn't seem to have any problems then but now I can't seem to figure out which one I should use and how to go about it. I will read everything and hopefully won't have to ask too many questions. Open forums are brutal!
aiko1968 said:
Don't tell me no one here gets zoned out and can't find something. I should have known to type "noob" or "mall ninja" in the search engine.
I'm old, I have one daughter starting college this fall and my 5th (yes I said FIFTH) GIRL on the way. Please have mercy on me. I rarely have time to do things for me so perhaps I give up a little earlier than I would have 20 years ago.
On to my next NOOBster question. Thank you Doinshots for your advice and that's really all I need. Last time I did this was with my Fuze when I joined this forum. I didn't seem to have any problems then but now I can't seem to figure out which one I should use and how to go about it. I will read everything and hopefully won't have to ask too many questions. Open forums are brutal!
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Yeah, I had the same problem when upgrading from the Fuze. WAY more choices with the Tilt 2.
And FIVE GIRLS???? ARE YOU MAD?????
yes i'm in-freakin-sane!
I'm looking for screen shots from the ROM's available for my Tilt2 and anyone's opinion of which one they are using. I need it for business and play...any galleries here with pics for just the TILT2?
aiko1968 said:
I'm looking for screen shots from the ROM's available for my Tilt2 and anyone's opinion of which one they are using. I need it for business and play...any galleries here with pics for just the TILT2?
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Almost all ROM threads have screenshots.

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