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Looking for a Nice Home Screen Clock

I currently use the HTC Home Plug and am loolking for something else, anyone have some examples of clocks they use on their homescreens? I would like to see them and please post the cabs if you have them. I would prefer a nice Digital like the Home Plugin but without all the tabs and stuff. thanks.
Cheers!!!

I am using the Samsung clock...for the same reasons you are looking for an alternative to HTC Home. This one can be customized in a few ways - black digital, white digital, analog etc. Here's the cab if you want to check it out...
Cheers.

I really like Samsung Time's look on Today but it does seem to slow my Hermes down apppreciably. Someone on here mentioned it having a memory leak but I don't know if that's true.
I tried rlToday but it's more than I need tbh, I was just after a clock really.
There are a lot of freeware Today clocks all over t'internet though. Anyone have one they want to sing the praises of?

you can get a lot of ideas from THIS THREAD. There are some really nice home screens there and I'm sure the members would be more than happy to answer any questions you have about the apps they're using. If you're willing to purchase an app, check out Spb Pocket Plus 4, Spb Mobile Shell, and actually almost all Spb Apps. Good Luck

samsung clock
I installed the samsung clock
but how do you make it a 12 hour clock instead of a 24 hour one?

Chome Configurator Panel Icons Tutorial

Hello xda's, altough I'm not that technically savvy, I managed to learn how to create and manage icons to use in creating Chome Configs panels. Thanks to some xda members like Stylez and Nrg for their help so here it goes, and please correct me if I'm wrong.
Find your icon, I like using the icons from www.iconspedia.com, their icons are hardcore and of course hi-res.
The icon size is 22x22 with the highest dpi you can manage. To resize the icons I use Paint.Net(Stlyez ) this program is so ridiculously simple its not even funny, just play with it for a minute and you'll have your icon outputted in no time at all.
Icon Name (like the say, "don't know why it is, it just is" lol)
To have some common factor I use the name Chome in my icons that will be used in my panels ie.
chome_gps_sat_active.png
chome_gps_desat_inactive.png
or you can just name it - icon_sat_active.png and icon_desat_inactive.png but again notice the common factor
I don't know why its sat_active.png and desat_inactive.png but all the icons have to end in that format. Once you have your icons launch Chome Config and create your panel ie. Gps, once you see it go inside and create your 1st page, at the top it says:
Panel Icons:
here you'll follow the aforementioned format including the path of the icons like so:
\Windows\chome_gps_sat_active.png;\Windows\chome_gps_desat_inactive.pg
I highlighted the ";" so you don't forget, if you mess up the icon name or path, you'll end up seeing a red icon with an "x" in the middle, alerting you that something is wrong
The active icon is the icon that will show up when you select that panel and the inactive icon is the icon that will show up when you are not in that panel. If you put the both icons the same, then common sense dictates that the panel will use only one icon for inactive and active views, a lot folks like to have inactive and active icons just to show a little contrast but the choice is strictly yours, and that's why I think this is such a great piece of software, its so configurable yet simple to use once you get the basics. Below are a couple of my icons I used for my Gps panel that holds the following apps: Garmin, Google Maps, Live Search. The little color icon is my active and the bw is my inactive and the original, so you're able to compare the scaled down versions
Well I hope this helps someone and again if some of the more technical members can add some more knowledge, please comment

Good post man, looks like it took some time to do this... So lets keep this post up in order for people to see it and not start new threads asking questions on this topic...

Re: Setting Up Panels
To carry on the subject here is how to set up your CMYApplication the same goes for all panels.
Here is what it look like:
I have set up Opera Mobile
The Red arrow is the name of panel when condensed "not on the panel"
The Blue is the name shown on the top of panel when expanded
The Green is the location of the .exe "program want to open"
The Purple is the location of the picture .png "i place mine on storage card in a folder called PNG"
You may find that page 2 doesn't show as i think there is a bug i have had it on both ROMs hide the page and make a new one to get 20 pages for 20 programs
Hope this helps.

Excellent guys !

stylez said:
To carry on the subject here is how to set up your CMYApplication the same goes for all panels.
Here is what it look like:
I have set up Opera Mobile
The Red arrow is the name of panel when condensed "not on the panel"
The Blue is the name shown on the top of panel when expanded
The Green is the location of the .exe "program want to open"
The Purple is the location of the picture .png "i place mine on storage card in a folder called PNG"
You may find that page 2 doesn't show as i think there is a bug i have had it on both ROMs hide the page and make a new one to get 20 pages for 20 programs
Hope this helps.
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Nice post man... I like the picture tutorial

Re: Making Panel
Here is a video of me making an Office panel please do not copy my location of the .exe's as they will be different.
But this will show you how to make your own panels
Hope it helps.
YouTube:

stylez said:
Here is a video of me making an Office panel please do not copy my location of the .exe's as they will be different.
But this will show you how to make your own panels
Hope it helps.
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Looks nice man for sure

jdoggraz said:
Looks nice man for sure
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I try my best lol just on the up to my Tube, then will post link saves people having to download shame that can embed vids on here, or can we?

I did some searching around, but I couldn't find an answer. Has anyone indexed these panel icons, and the reference numbers for the default? I'm trying to find a panel icon for the myfaves in black and white, so that I can add it to my quick dialer panel. Any thoughts?

stellarvelocity said:
I did some searching around, but I couldn't find an answer. Has anyone indexed these panel icons, and the reference numbers for the default? I'm trying to find a panel icon for the myfaves in black and white, so that I can add it to my quick dialer panel. Any thoughts?
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There you go.

This is such a good post lol I use it still lol as I tend to keep forgetting 1 or 2 steps...

lol, stylez did a great a job on the video, we should have more of these, how about one for featherweather2, any takers

Nice work I somehow managed to not comment a long while back. I figured some of this out thru trial and error but some of the tutorial actually helps me tinker even more if I want too. It just sucks that one must redo all of it again with a simple flash...

pfunkside said:
Nice work I somehow managed to not comment a long while back. I figured some of this out thru trial and error but some of the tutorial actually helps me tinker even more if I want too. It just sucks that one must redo all of it again with a simple flash...
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Thanks.
There must be more we can do through walk through edit.cpr? I got a how to change the panel with PE which i could upload but maybe we need a thread deicated to it all?
Blackjack2 you could change the title to something else like Video & Picture tutorials?
Just a thought...

I feel dumb but is there any docs on how to use Chome I cannot seem to figure it out and I don't want to mess anything up.
Thanks!

You're looking at one buddy, just ask and we'll tell you.

This was very helpful, as I was sort of lost. I had the right idea, but some things weren't totally right until the picture tutorial that stylez put together. Thanks so much.

Great job to both of you.
I added a link to this thread in the original CHome Configurator thread.

Opera on panel
Hello,
Ive been trying to add favorites from opera to a panel, is there a tutorial somewhere how to do this ?
I actually have not been able to add Opera mini to a panel but I think this is how I installed Opera mini..I went to mini.opera.com and installed it but to access the application I have to go to start/java/launch opera.. I can find opera in the application list if I use the template for apps in ChromeConfig and it does add it to a panel it just doesnt work lol
So if anyone knows how to get either of those to work would be awesome.
Thanks in advance.

Hey guys,
Thanks a lot for your tutorials but I am still not able to get my icons to show up. The icons on the top bar(_sat_active.png and _desat_inactive.png) show up just fine but it is the individual icons that dont show. This is the case for both my applications as well as my contacts. Any suggestions?

WAD2 Themes for HD (Wisbar Advanced Desktop)

I really like Wisbar Advanced Desktop 2 and love how customizable it is. I have experience inc reating skins/themes for it but see there are a lot of poeple out therethat have done it for many other lower resolution devices. We need to have some folks do the same for wvga 480x800 devices.
Some of you have probably noticed other asking people to share cabs and such for themes that look like windows vista or OSX desktops and these were done with WAD2. I will share links to some of those screen shots and will post mine and the files (they are in the 5th link down with install instructions) it takes to use mine. I would really love to see this thread grow in this community because i think these are the best themes yet.
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13377 - this is my personal favorite theme, vista looks great!!! but it is qvga
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=60 - this is the WAD2 company forums, specifically the themse section. Lots of good stuff in here, but all fo rlower resolution devices
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14619 - one of the few vga themes
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14618 - WVGA theme!!! Havent tried it yet but will
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13631 - this has a wvga version which i do have running on my HD (See below for my screenshot). Instructions included on this if you want to try it out
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14588 - blackberry bold theme, of course also QVGA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKxxG52tsO4 - a youtube video of the iphone skin/theme
http://www.wp-wordpress.com/skin-manila2d-for-wad2-17-11-08 - a manila 2d skin for WAD2
http://skinswad2.blogspot.com/ - Android skin/theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtGprrihqbU - Youtube video of a neat "Dare to touch" theme
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14312- OSX, very nice
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13188 - crysis
OK that is probably enough examples to spar you interest. So who knows this stuff and wants to help this HD community get some of this going? There are some efforts over in the xperia forum working on 1 themes but all in all I don't see much at all going on and I personally do not understand why this isn't hotter than it is.

Excellent thread starter. I wanted to know what could be done with WAD and the HD Touch. The themes you have thumbnailed look really good.
Regards

Thank you very much well after toying for it for just a half hour I have figured out a LOT of cool stuff. So far I have taken the theme you see above and added a second page which it transitions to with the swipe of finger to the right. n that page I added a link to a phone number which can have it dial or bring up the summary to select mobile, home, office etc. I see that as my contacts page. Wow i am excited about adding all kinds of pages now haha. For now I must stuff though and take my son to the movies then I am going to be up real late perfecting this. I hope others find this as fun as me and maybe we can become an authority in WAD2 skinning for the HD!!!

mallman said:
This has a wvga version which i do have running on my HD (See below for my screenshot). Instructions included on this if you want to try it out
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Yep, i'd like to try it. But i don't see this exact theme on lakeridge page: your one has only background different, and the instructions there lead to the same result? Since i really like the way you have disposed the page
EDIT: ok, figured myself

I tried the WVGA theme you are currently running and like it very much, I think WAD2 has tons of potential, if only the WVGA theme didn't need to dPad to customise the screen positions ...

Maybe I am missing something, but every link I try to download this theme from i seem to get the VGA version (you can check in the files the background is 640 pixels in height). And when i try to install the theme the layout is completly distorted.
Anyone has an idea on this?

Jezwick said:
I tried the WVGA theme you are currently running and like it very much, I think WAD2 has tons of potential, if only the WVGA theme didn't need to dPad to customise the screen positions ...
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i connect my device to my pc and connect to it with mymobile. The arrow keys on your pc will then act as the dpad Am going to post what I have been able to accomplish in a bit

ok slowly figuring out this WAD2 thing. Here are my efforts in modding the theme shown on the first page. I added addition pages, all of which run really fast and all use finger gestures (swipe right a page, swipe left a different page, up addition pages similar to the one you're on etc etc)

Cool....probably can use dual today to switch....

ectoric said:
Cool....probably can use dual today to switch....
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well depends on what you want. I dont want TF3D so when I press the home key I can jsut go straight to the main today screen. You could also jsut install second today and put a widget on the desktop to it. kinda kimitless to whatyou can do with WAD2 as long as you are willing to put in the time to create it. im loving development with it

This is the obvious next step in designing themes which make the phone more usable and unique.......now just to figure out how to do it

Has anyone here tried using the mobile vista theme on HD? I got WAD2 and tried it, but its all small resolution like if it was designed for diamond... Is it just me or is there a 480x800 version out there?
Cheers

dagg3r said:
Has anyone here tried using the mobile vista theme on HD? I got WAD2 and tried it, but its all small resolution like if it was designed for diamond... Is it just me or is there a 480x800 version out there?
Cheers
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yes and you should be able to fix it pretty easily. just click and hold on the desktop to change it to author mode. Next just click and hold on the icons and graphics you want to move and select "move"
It will tell you to move it with the D pad which the HD doesnt have obviously. I use a program called "Mymobile" to display my HD screen on my pc. By doing that I can move things by using the arrrow keys on my pc Install Mymobile (its free) and get creative.

Just wanted to share my progress in creating my own theme. I have also included the exported theme here but have no idea how importing a theme works with WAD2. In the settings there is a button "Import theme" and assume it imports all icons and such but someone will have to try it and let me know. Obviously if you do not have the programs and contacts I have linked in here they will not work on yours so you would have to update the link and all that good stuff. Sceenshots are below and you can go to http://www.swampthing.net/grass.zip to download the theme.
Navigation:
1. Pressing the unlock icon on the initial page brings you into the desktop page.
2. Swiping finger up on the desktop screen (the one with the cloud/temperature, clock, taskbar etc) will lock the screen to the initial page.
3. Swiping your finger from left to right and from right to left progresses through the pages.
4. On contacts and applications pages, swiping your finger up and down brings you through additional contact and app pages
5. Pressing various icons will start programs associated with them such as the clock icon will bring up the windows time/alarm settings
You have to unzip the theme and copy it to your device before you can import it. ENJOY
Future Enhancements:
1. I will add an additional weather page by swiping finger from top to bottom with an alternate city
2. I will put a map together of the navigation at some point. Small unfinished one is attached below
2. Use my imagination to think of something else

Looks really good. I do like the way you have played with this. I think I will be having a play soon as I like the layout possibilities within WAD2.
Regards

vista theme.. but low resolution
WAD2 Themes for HD...

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WAD2 Themes for HD...
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looks great. keep up the good work!! Post your themes if you can

Iphone WAD2 Theme
working on this one. This is just the front page and th elocked screen. Coming along nicely though

mallmanz carbon fiber WAD2
Not sure how to share this but if someone knows WAD2 well enough please post how we can extract and share these. Enjoy

http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12524
Does this help?
Your theme looks good. There does seem to be a concerted amount of effort required to manipulate the themes that are around there.
I will have a try with yours....
Regards

[Q] Looking for a Today Plugin to display Unread SMS/Email and Missed Call Count

Hi Guys,
After living with Manilla ever since I got my TouchPro2 (I hate HTC Sense), I decided today to go back to the original Today Screen style, with 'Pocket Digital Clock' and 'Easy Today Launcher' doing the honours as useful plugins.
What I can't seem to find (and judging by a search in these forums and the internet nor can anyone else) is a simple one line plugin that displays Unread SMS/Emails and Missed Calls Counts, either as nice little icons, or just text.
I don't want to switch to HTC Home Plugin as that's too heavy for what I need.
I had a quick look at the MSDN samples and I'm sure I could have a crack at it, but it'd take me hours to even get a rough version working.... So, does anyone have a plugin that does what I need easily, or (long shot) does anyone fancy knocking one up for me?
Thanks in advance,
-Jar.

[Q] In Search of working Full Screen dialer replacement

Hello all,
I've searched the market and am coming up empty. Does anyone know of a good full screen dialer replacement app for Android? I love the style of the dialer app on Sense, with its high-res full screen contact pictures. I tried Full-screen Dialer on the market, but it constantly FC's on CM7 7.04RC so I'm back at square one.
Any ideas, suggestions?

Try dialer one that's what I use.
Sent from my Htcclay's SuperCM7 G2 using XDA Premium App

look in the market for Full screen caller ID... i been using it for a while now worked fine on CM7 RC4... Pyro 2.0... and now on MIUI OSI... you can set tru HD pictures for the contacts and they come up BEAUTIFULLLL

Dialer One :
https://market.android.com/details?id=kz.mek.DialerOne

Hello!
I've got three suggestions for you:
AContact: Clean optic, especially if the GUI is switched to black and there is also an option, to give contact-Groups (e.g. Family, Co-Workers...) their own Ringtone just by one click.
TouchPal Dialer: Looks like Sense, works well, nothing special
TAKEphONE dialer: The only payed dialer in this post. I like the transparent GUI, working well. The widget is a bit crappy if you like the sense or Launcher Pro people widget.
One thing is common to all these three suggestions: if you are using the dialpad ist the callbutton in the best position: bottom middle, not like Dialer One left of the number you have dialed.
Regards!

Personally i love touchpal dailier!
http://www.appbrain.com/app/touchpal-dialer/com.cootek.smartdialer

OK, I've gotten a lot of great results, but none of these really touch on what I'm looking for.
I'd like a Full-Screen Caller ID app. I have so much screen space, why have to see tiny pictures when people call me? I need big ass pictures. Sense UI does this by default but none of these dialer apps seem to have good options for Full-screen high-res caller ID, and thats the principle feature I'm searching for.
Thank you everyone for your suggestions so far.

Try Go Dialer It can be used without the Go Launcher and has several themas.