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info consolidated: maximizing today screen w htc home plugin

After searching lots here and elsewhere I think it would be useful to have a consolidated post on maximizing the space of the today screen when using the HTC Home plugin. From various sources, this works on my 8525 with WM6
disable clock in top bar, move battery to top bar:
Clock
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell\
"ShowTitleBarClock"=0 (disable)
Battery:
in
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell\
add the following reg as dword if it doesn't exist
"TBOpt"=1 (enable top battery meter)
To remove the bottom tray, once all of the icons are removed the bottom tray will disappear:
To Remove Battery:
HKLM\services\power\ShowIcon = 0
To Remove the Wireless connection manager
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Services\WirelessMgr\keep = 0
I have MyMobiler installed too, but on the desktop install there's a configure mobile-> Hide/Show Tray Icon
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
search keywords:
remove bottom tray taskbar move battery icon top

Also you can use this application to completely remove the softkey bar at the bottom of the screen on the home page (the soft keys will still work!).
You can use the additional space for plugins...
note: soft reset after installing - works great on my Hermes. Also the softkey bar will return when in an application but always disappear when returning to the today screen.

Here is a screenshot

Thanks, gnahc79.
I've been wondering if there isn't some way to shrink the upper part of the HTC Home display, like maybe using smaller icons for the clock and weather. Or maybe some kind of a program tweak? I'm no programmer, just a user, so I don't know if it's even possible.
I really like HTC Home, especially for the clock and weather tabs, but they just take up too much room on the screen.

kismat1970 said:
Also you can use this application to completely remove the softkey bar at the bottom of the screen on the home page (the soft keys will still work!).
You can use the additional space for plugins...
note: soft reset after installing - works great on my Hermes. Also the softkey bar will return when in an application but always disappear when returning to the today screen.
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This cab is great!

kismat1970 said:
Also you can use this application to completely remove the softkey bar at the bottom of the screen on the home page (the soft keys will still work!).
You can use the additional space for plugins...
note: soft reset after installing - works great on my Hermes. Also the softkey bar will return when in an application but always disappear when returning to the today screen.
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Good call!, thanks

kismat1970, thanks for the link!
samcham said:
Thanks, gnahc79.
I've been wondering if there isn't some way to shrink the upper part of the HTC Home display, like maybe using smaller icons for the clock and weather. Or maybe some kind of a program tweak? I'm no programmer, just a user, so I don't know if it's even possible.
I really like HTC Home, especially for the clock and weather tabs, but they just take up too much room on the screen.
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I'm not familiar with ppc/WM programming at all, but from various threads there's no tweak to change the size of anything. There is an HTC Customizer that allows you to mess with the font and custom icons, but I have found nothing that can make the plugin smaller or minimize when desired.

Kismat， great lcab, thanks for the link! BTW, what is that theme you are using for your today screen? Looks great, i like the way the shortcuts are split between the bottom and the top of the clock...where can i get that?
TIA!

Problem getting the clock to disappear...
I have tried the settings for and removing the connection manager. I can't get either to take.
I am doing this on an AT&T Tilt, with WM6.
I am using the TCMPocket registry editor. It appears to be taking the changes, as I can make the change, reset the phone, and check it and it is changed. But the clock remains as does the connection manager.
Any ideas?

brn. icons

I was thinking we could have a thread to share brn. icons for 6 side app. and 3 side app.

sure, i made a bunch i just have to zip them and make some gif previews and ill post

Awesome spunks3, anyone else?

Hey Guys.. I myself own a Telus Branded HTC CDMA Touch... But since the Vogue message board wasnt open when I started it I dont think I just made my own icons thread in there. You can download all the icons that have been posted so far here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=351551
These Icons include Png format AND Brn format. Icons for the Ap Luncher and Mediahub as well.
Hope this helps in your search!

heres my icons (examples)
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
(this is what it looks liek when pressed - look at sprintTV)

here are the other 2 sides and the icon pack

oh yea, forgot to add - i have made these for each spot ont he cube, so lets say u want you IM icon to be the top it would be names IM_top and for when it is pressed it would be IM_top_press. and if you wanted middle, it would be IM_mid and IM_mid_press, and for bottom IM_bot and IM_bot_press... so you can fully customize where you want your apps.

Icon help
anyone have a .brn for:
Goosync = http://www.synthesis.ch/images/sysyncicon.gif
Calendar
Settings
Programs
Camera - bottom slot of 3 app side
Thanks!!!!!

agentmikeyd said:
anyone have a .brn for:
Goosync = http://www.synthesis.ch/images/sysyncicon.gif
Calendar
Settings
Programs
Camera - bottom slot of 3 app side
Thanks!!!!!
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where do u want these icons? top middle bottom?

goosync icon
heres your goosync icons. for each spot on the cube

Hi Spunks3.
For Goosync - for some reason I cannot open the zip file - i get the message saying "the file is either invalid or corrupted".
Calendar - middle 6 app side
Phone - middle 6 app side
Bank - bottom 6 app side
Settings - top 6 app side
Programs - middle 6 app side
Backlight - bottom 6 app side http://www.blinkdecor.com/images/blogs/rr_lightbulb_100307.jpg
Camera - bottom slot of 3 app side
Any ideas on the Goosync zip and really appreciate it. Thanks again!!

INSTRUCTIONS:
Download attatchments and rename extention from .CAB to .BRN!!!
ill make the rest as soon as i can, busy around the holiday sry...
oh yea, what space did u need the goosync for?

Thanks! Goosync for mid right side of 6 app side...(i could not open the zip from page 1)
Happy Holidays

Hey everyone... if its at all possible can you post these icons in the cube icon thread aswell here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=351551
I'm trying to have a threat that is a compilation of all the icons so anyone can find whatever icon they need easy.
Thanks!

how to you create the brn file.. i have the bmp2brn but it seems like a dos program.. i click to open and it runs some windows ms-dos

If anyone can help. I'm looking for a $ icon for 3 sided, middle?
Even something like this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=351551&page=11
post #103 the piggy bank or $ logo would work great!
Also a goosync for 3 sided bottom...
Thanks!

Can anyone point me to a howto on creating brn icons, etc.? Any tutorials out there?
/Kevin

i'm just trying to create my own icons as well ..... e.g. for ICQ.
the theory works quite well, I use photoshop psd file in which clean backgrounds for all icon positions and HL icon is ... I then edit some icon as a new layer over it, save it as 24bit bmp and use bmp2brn to transform it to brn format.
the problem now is is that though the icon is displayed correctly and the background is flawless as well, the actual icon becomes very poor quality.
how to work around this? as the icon is 119x105 pixels for the standart 2x3 app page, my overlay iconlayer has to be around 50x60 pixels to fit over the shadow. for this i have to recalculate its resolution which lowes quality of course but it still looks ok in photoshop .... the bmp2brn tool seems to mirror the image in some way and hence screws its quality.
Anything known about this ?
If desired i'll up some images illustrating how the brn looks liks after reconverting it to bmp again ...
Thx alot
niGGo

*skin preview added* two instances of a today plugin (rltoday) - possible?

hi,
i would like to know is it possible to have two instances of rltoday plugin in the today plugin options? how can i duplicate it?
i would to like to use one rltoday plugin for one tab of ultimate launcher and another rltoday plugin for another tab in ultimate launcher. so that i can put different objects on the different tab.
if not, is there any other today plugin that would allow icon/image (link) to be in any size (very large) and in any position by determining its x and y values
thanks for the help

Have you by any chance asked that on the rltoday forum?
That would indeed be perfect for UL.

amanakbar said:
hi,
i would like to know is it possible to have two instances of rltoday plugin in the today plugin options? how can i duplicate it?
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You MAY find renaming the dll and then renaming the 'new' today item in the registry in HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Today/Itemsand then repointing the path to the newly-renamed dll.
I just did this with Effcom's redio toggler to test it. Don't have or use rltoday. Now there are 2 togglers on Today on my hermes and both function. Today items that don't just have the 1 DLL would be more complicated - dunno where rltopay fits into that.
Glad you asked because now I know it can be done. Could be useful.

rltoday does seem to have oly 1 dll.
At least that's what I find in it's installation folder.
However, wouldn't I have to rename it before installing the .cab?
How would I fo that?

trying to come up with something different from the normal small or squared button/icons
this is what i have come up with so far... still not quite done
it doesn't show everything on the screen... but with a swipe of a finger, you can change to a different page view showing different items (thanks to ultimate launcher)
i also removed the top bar and bottom bar, plus replacing the need to press the ok/close (x) button by using center button of the (trackpad?) just like the iphone - one button and your back to the homescreen (in this case the today screen) using AEbutton plus
considering to use something like the vistahide battery gauge to show signal strength
tell me what you think
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

I was trying to do this a while back and indeed changing the dll name and registry values allowed me to have two instances of rltoday in the today screen. The problem was both rltoday were reading from the same ini file that sets up the skin, so basically I would have two copies of the same skin. If I changed one, so did the other. Unfortunatelly I could get around that at the time.

blablum said:
I was trying to do this a while back and indeed changing the dll name and registry values allowed me to have two instances of rltoday in the today screen. The problem was both rltoday were reading from the same ini file that sets up the skin, so basically I would have two copies of the same skin. If I changed one, so did the other. Unfortunatelly I could get around that at the time.
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the question still stand
i would like to know is it possible to have two instances of rltoday plugin in the today plugin options? how can i duplicate it?
i would to like to use one rltoday plugin for one tab of ultimate launcher and another rltoday plugin for another tab in ultimate launcher. so that i can put different objects on the different tab.
if not, is there any other today plugin that would allow icon/image (link) to be in any size (very large) and in any position by determining its x and y values

I think you could achieve the effect you want by using BatteryStatus. It doesn't allow to position images by directly giving their xy coordinates, but instead places them in multiple rows. But you still have the ability to shift images up/down/sideways, so they don't have to be aligned.
As a bonus you'll be able to display signal strength, battery and memory state, and a few more things.

i would like to add the sms,call,mail sticky note to my today screen can you tell me how you did it. thanks

irus said:
i would like to add the sms,call,mail sticky note to my today screen can you tell me how you did it. thanks
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i'm using rltoday and my own skin... its everything u see in the first picture... if you just want the sticky note then you have to edit the xml for the skin

amanakbar said:
i'm using rltoday and my own skin... its everything u see in the first picture... if you just want the sticky note then you have to edit the xml for the skin
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i am using ultimate laucher, is there a plugin for something similar. thanks

amanakbar said:
trying to come up with something different from the normal small or squared button/icons
this is what i have come up with so far... still not quite done
it doesn't show everything on the screen... but with a swipe of a finger, you can change to a different page view showing different items (thanks to ultimate launcher)
i also removed the top bar and bottom bar, plus replacing the need to press the ok/close (x) button by using center button of the (trackpad?) just like the iphone - one button and your back to the homescreen (in this case the today screen) using AEbutton plus
considering to use something like the vistahide battery gauge to show signal strength
tell me what you think
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wow love the simplicity!
keep it up, this might be a skin i might try... ooo....

(29/05/2009) iShell 0.32 - All change...

This is the first release of iShell. As such, there may be some bugs. If you find one, post it here, send me a PM or whatever - I want to fix them!
iShell supports Gecko and AppToDate (0.27 needs to be updated via a cab and not through AppToDate due to a change in host)!
What is it?
Currently, it's a fairly basic launcher application, built on the foundation of my "iProphet" ROMs, in the style of the iPhone. It also has "widgets" (currently one, the clock) which aim to replace other applications and so integrate as much functionality as possible.
Press the end call button to exit.
Requirements:
WM5 or above
Anything bar square screens...
400kb free RAM and 400kb free ROM.
Change log:
0.32 - Lots of changes. More efficient routines for most things, uses l3v5yExtendedFunctions to reduce code size, faster loading
0.31 - Added iShellPopulate, thanks to supbro
0.30 - Widgets!!!! Updated registry settings (images are 50x50 for QVGA, 100x100 for VGA), lots of little changes, faster loading, bug fixes, cleaner code...
0.28 - splash screens, some fixes, better drawing routine
0.27.1 - fixes some bugs
0.27 - Multiple screens, directly customisable application launching, faster performance due to bitblts rather than strecth blits (can enable scaling in HKCU\Software\l3v5y\Stretch, and transparency in HKCU\Software\l3v5y\Transparency), true VGA for vga-devices, completely rewritten loading, drawing and app database code.
0.25 - The cab now asks whether you want to use the default settings. Select yes if you haven't got a version installed...
0.24 - Adds customisable position of warning bubbles (for unread SMS, EMail etc), rounding of warning icons is better, and some bugfixes.
0.23.2 - Finally fixes the analogue clock!
0.23 - Fixes the clock, the battery in VGA, and settings should now be persistent for future upgrades.
0.22 - customisable backgrounds have arrived, along with custom text colours and some bug fixes.
0.21 - now supports VGA and WVGA/WQVGA, changing the TransitionSpeed actually works now.
0.2 - Bug fix - SMS now loads the correct path, and you are asked whether you wish to run iShell after the install.
0.1 - Release
Coming soon:
Landscape
More widgets
Square screens
Some other things...
Maybe happening:
3rd party widgets
Suggestions?
DOWNLOAD
Please do not redistribute this without my explicit consent!
Either get it through Gecko, Touch-Innovation.com, or use the direct link
direct link 0.27
VGA link 0.27
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
If you like my work, donate! (There's a link in my signature)

Configuration
All the applications can be configured to launch something else.
under HKCU\Software\l3v5y\iShell\ScreenX\AppX where X is the screen/app (0 based)
Change the values of Path to change the path.
Change the values of Parm to change the parameters for launch.
Change the values of Text change the text displayed beneath the icon.
Change the ImagePath and ImagePathP to change the image
Change the Source(P)L/R/T/B DWORDS to specify the coordinates (Left right top bottom) of the image/push image within the source image. Assumed to be the top left if not specified
Change the Flags value:
0 for nothing
1 for calendar - day and date
2 for email
3 for SMS
4 for voice mail
5 for the clock widget
Change
under HKCU\Software\l3v5y\iShell
Transitions between the main screen and widgets can be changed via the "TransitionTypeIn" for transitions into widgets, and "TransitionTypeOut" for returning to the launcher. 0 to 3 are slides, with a different direction each, 4 is an expand style transition, anything else has no transition.
"Background" is the full path to the background image. Any resolution is usable, although only the top left portion of the image is used if it's larger than the screen.
"Red" is the red component of the text 0-255, default 255
"Green" is the green component of the text 0-255, default 255
"Blue" is the blue component of the text 0-255, default 255
"Transparent" sets whether to draw with a transparent colour or not (transparency takes longer) 0 is off, 1 is on
"Stretch" sets whether to stretch the images or not (stretching takes longer) 0 is off, 1 is on
The clock is stored in "clock.png", with white as a transparent colour when displayed.

And this one too...

Can´t open the Link with my Kaspersky InternetSecurity :\

cM2003 said:
Can´t open the Link with my Kaspersky InternetSecurity :\
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Odd... It is there!
I'll upload it to here for you.
EDIT: Done! - See first post

thanks I'll try it

Thanks for your sharing!

l3v5y said:
Odd... It is there!
I'll upload it to here for you.
EDIT: Done! - See first post
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Thanks I´ll give it a try

it looks just like ifonz ??
whats new in this ?

hey, just wandering around, what's the difference between ifonz and this program anyway?

denteno said:
it looks just like ifonz ??
whats new in this ?
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bronko_1993 said:
hey, just wandering around, what's the difference between ifonz and this program anyway?
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This is written in C++, so doesn't need .NET CF and should be faster.
It's my take on the iPhone interface, and I just felt like doing it!
You don't have to use it, but try it and see...

i will wait for vga version!

same for me, I run on a diamond so I need vga.
looks great anyway
Cheers

Can You put this on storagecard? or should it be placed on device memory?

character said:
Can You put this on storagecard? or should it be placed on device memory?
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Should work on a storage card.

The SMS button may not always work.
To fix it, edit the App1Parm string to
"-service "SMS"" without the outermost quotemarks.
I'll try and fix it, but the issue is there due to the way the cab creation works.

I can't find it with Gecko...

ruebyi said:
I can't find it with Gecko...
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Odd...
I submitted it earlier, it's possible it hasn't yet been added to the active database - I haven't checked. If I hear anything I'll let you know.
One thing to check though, have you updated the database?

I updated database! Yes!

I can't wait until this application gets developed more!!
Its awesome, just needs more features.
BTW, I added this app to touch-innovation for you

[Q] How to display clock and battery on top taskbar?

Does anyone know how to display both the clock and the battery in the top taskbar? Thanks

Would like to know if this is possible too.
I don't neccesary need the time in taskbar when in HTC Sense, but when I'm using an application, it would be nice to see the time.

+1 I have wanted the same as well ! please can someone help? i dont want to have the colored battery icon that replaces the start button, nor the spb pocket plus battery. The 1% increase battery icon with a clock please

barty22 said:
+1 I have wanted the same as well ! please can someone help? i dont want to have the colored battery icon that replaces the start button, nor the spb pocket plus battery. The 1% increase battery icon with a clock please
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Agreed. If possible no third party add-on apps. But, if all else fails....

+1 Would also want to see the clock and battery icon in every application (which allows taksbar)

It would be great to have both the battery and the clock in the taskbar. If not, every time we must go to the home screen to see the clock!

You mean something like this?
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
It is an application though.
kBattery v1.1.9 Freeware
A couple of notes:
- This is a common annoyance for all WM Phones below and including 6.5.0, the other forums are flooded with the same kind of requests.
- To my knowledge there is no registry hack to get both.
- You can customise the width and position of the battery/clock.
- It is essentially an icon that overlaps, not replaces, other stuff on the taskbar.
- In my screenshot, I moved/expanded it so it covered the Volume and Battery icons.
- I'm not sure if it works on the HD2 (getting it in 4 days), this is a screenshot of my X1.
- Switching from Portrait > Landscape and vice-versa, there will be a small delay before the battery location moves to the right place. Very minor inconvenience though.
- No system hog as far as I can see. Battery usage with and without the same.

just tried it on the Leo. Works perfectly thanks for the tip btyeh.

Thanks for the tip. Though I cannot find how to configure the app, and by default it looks really bad and it is not placed properly.
I would prefer a totally different solution than this, but I guess it is pretty hard?

barty22 said:
Though I cannot find how to configure the app
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Touch and hold the icon to go into the setup menu.

Thanks, configured it in the best way possible for the HD2. Still not loving it, I can't make it any smaller (less wide) than this, and in some windows the new icon is a little slow to catch up. It's a nice try, but definately not the ultimate solution for me. Deinstalling...
One screenshot showing it on Sense, the other one showing in Resco Explorer with the X in the cornor.

btyeh said:
You mean something like this?
It is an application though.
kBattery v1.1.9 Freeware
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Thanks for the tip. I've tried it for a day and I like a lot the way it looks. Unfortunately it makes the animations in Sense stutter a little bit. Take a look at the clouds on the today screen and notice how they stutter. When exiting kBattery the lagging disappears.
Too bad... the search continues.

I downloaded kBattery v1.0.3 at http://sourceforge.net/projects/kbattery/ and now the stuttering is gone. Unfortunately I can't change the position of it. Maybe there's a version between 1.0.3 and 1.1.9 that can move the clock/battery and that doesn't have the stuttering. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find such a version yet.
UPDATE: I managed to change the position of the clock/battery icon on v1.0.3 by changing HKCU->Software->kuchin->KBattery->Position to 450
Now it looks perfect and the stuttering in Sense is gone... BUT in landscape the icon is in the middle in the taskbar. I think it's placing the icons based on pixels from the left edge of the screen instead of from the right side. Since kbattery 1.0.3 is open source my only hope is that someone who knows how to can change the source code so that it calculates the position from the right edge of the screen.
How can I take a screen dump of how nice it looks in portrait mode? (I'm still new to WM, have only had it for less than a week)

Source code is available here by the way ;-) http://sourceforge.net/projects/kbattery/files/Source/KBattery 1.0.3/

I have been using Ariel Battery. Sorry can't remember the link. It only displays the battery. It's ok but is a bit slow sometimes when updating the background, ie. sometimes when you move from a solid background to a transparent background, the background of the clock is still a solid color. Would still really like a more native solution

BattClock
Recently I made a stripped down version of the BattClock of TouchLockPro and StylusLock, for people not needing my locking solution. See www.zuinigerijder.com and XDA-developers thread