Hi -
I have a Sprint Mogul (Titan) and I've run SPB Mobile Shell and SPB Phone Suite for almost a year for two reasons:
1. Quick access Backlight status and battery status on the today screen
2. Automatic ringer settings (ignore all calls if i'm in a meeting, etc)
3. Call Filtering
That is all I do with it.
Since I've moved to a smaller rom i've realized how much of my precious ram SPB uses at boot...and since I use so little of Phone Suite and Mobile Shell, I am wondering if there are any quick and efficient alternatives that accomplish the above...
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I am having a problem with some of the SPB products I recently bought and the Jam. It seems that it is causing a slowdown on my Jam along with the SPB Pocket Plus trial plug in. I noticed that my alarms were not always working and some time this morning, when I pulled my Jam out of it's case, it was really warm and the battery drained about 50%. Also, when I reset the device, the BT icon was missing. After I unchecked the SPB Diary plug-in, everything seems to be working better. When I reset the device, I also noticed the BT icon reappeared. Has anyone else had this problem, and is there no way to have all 3 SPB products running at the same time with the Jam? I have the latest rom upgrade. Are these programs too much for the Jam to handle correctly? Sorry if this a known issue... I checked the posts and could not find this specific issue.
I noticed that SPB Pocket Plus slowed things down on my O2 Mini (also due to 6 other plugins I run on my Today screen) and never used it since. I use PIToday which is the today plugin for PocketInformant and have a few other plugins including SPB Weather. Everything boots up fast ever since I got rid of PocketPlus.
But PocketPlus is popular amongst users but if it is an issue, get rid of it. Very easy to check without uninstalling. Go to Control Panel | Today and uncheck the PocketPlus box. Soft Reset and use your PDA for a few days and see if there is improvement
So, I really do not need to uninstall, but just uncheck the box in the Today screen settings? I really like the interface with spb pp. Do you have a recommendation that will work like Pocket Plus, but not slow down as much? Also, do you think SPB Diary and SPB Weather will work with an alternative PP plug in?
You don't have to uninstall the today plugins until you are sure you want to do so. You can just disable them by unchecking the box in the Today plugin at the Control Panel.
PocketPlus comes with a few nice fixes for the Magician like the notification (WM2003 startup fix), close active apps instead of minimising them and the safe mode but I've found better replacements for them
WM2003 startup Fix
http://www.scarybearsoftware.com/ppc_cn_overview.html
- I installed both on my handheld
Close Button
http://www.handango.com/PlatformPro...&platformId=2&N=96806&productId=54211&R=54211
Menu Options
http://www.handango.com/PlatformPro...&platformId=2&N=96806&productId=79935&R=79935
Safe Mode
http://www.handango.com/PlatformPro...latformId=2&N=96806&productId=166554&R=166554
As for the features like app shortcuts, I use
http://www.handango.com/PlatformPro...&platformId=2&N=96806&productId=27783&R=27783
- not as good looking as the PocketPlus
SPB Diary and Weather are standalone plugins so there shouldn't be any issues running them without PocketPlus. I love SPB Weather because I can put the app on my SD-card. If you remove the SD-card, you can still check the weather on your handheld (just that you will only see text, no graphic icons but it's still fantastic)
Hey guys.. I've been flashing my rom for the past 2 months finding the perfect solutions as best as i can.. I came accross this new PocketCM 0.8 today in the new Black X 2 rom and LOVED IT!
The finger guestures in perticular! Of course this is exactly the type of UI the iPhone is utilizing. So my question is, How can we get this functionality from all Pocket PC Products and screens? Like Pocket Internet Explorer, Calendars, Messaging, Photos, anything where you need to scroll basically i want to be able to use finger gestures?
I know the Htc Touch is all about that! And after reading the forums for days on end, I know that the TouchFlo / ButtonFlo project is dead because the touch.dll and the drivers are not compatible with the HTC Hermies / AT&T 8525. So what cha gunna do brother!!?!?
Any ideas?! THe finger thingy!! Want it. Need it... gatta have it. Gestures!
The rest of this is prob in the wrong thread but here goes.
I want to give a review and comparison of HTC Home Plugin and SPB to see if anyone out there agrees or knows of some kind of solution.
SPB is a software company that makes 3 products, SPB Mobile Shell, SPB Phone Suite and SPB Pocket Plus.
The 3 of them are great but they are memory HOGS! and they don't work very well unless they are installed to the device.
HTC Home screen plug in (3, 4, 5 and 6) button variations are all great and it has most of the features of those 3 SPB products, but HTC Home is still LACKING as far as i'm concerned. Combine the HTC Home with the HTC Xbutton and your closer but stilL WAY far from as good as the SPB products togeather.
SBP has the best X button product along with a battery meter built into SPB Pocket Plus. But the rest of the plus features i dont even use! (such as a today plugin, more PIE options, SAFTEY MODE, and a few more)
SPB Mobile Shell gives you the same kind of TABS as HTC Home plugin but better. The only thing better about HTC Home is that is has More available items in each tab. But the SPB Mobile Shell is COMPLETELY CUSTOMIZEABLE. add more tabs, change icons, whatever, so you are not limited to just 6 tabs with 9 icons each... it even includes weather for your local towns and much more. Also, there is a NOW SCREEN every time you turn on your phone for a very EASY AND QUICK look at your stats, and an SPB MENU that makes using just your fingers a BREEZE!!! navigate through your ENTIRE ppc with big buttons. its like the HTC TOUCH without the gestures and the FLASH and PUH-NAZ! AWESOME products!
SPB Phone Suite gives you the same 3 notifications under the HTC HOME plugin for messages, voicemails and missed calls, but again... so much more!!!
I'd love to see THAT type of functionality with gestures and in a LOW FOOT PRINT so as to not hog up all of my program storage. HTC has some work to do to catch up.
maybe you should buy an iPhone
Is there anyway I can replace the calender in mobile shell Today screen with the one for Pocketbreeze?
I really hate the WM calender. It shows so limited items.
yeah, I think the same. PocketBreeze is the main reason why I use Windows Mobile instead of an iPhone. The way it show your appoinments and todo's is amazing and is how the default WM calendar must show the items.
I use this combination:
Today plugins: only pocketbreeze .... And I run spb mobile shell with the NOW interface all the time... this way I have a big clock, control over the alarms, weather , silent/vibrate mode, and etc. at a glance.
When I press hang key (red button) it take's me back to today screen and I have access to pocketbreeze. Because I only run this 2 programas (1 normal program: SPB MOBILE SHELL and 1 today plugin: Pocketbreeze), it can switch fast and has no delay.
For almost 2 years I used Wisbar Advace (1,2,3) and it make my phone laaaag for everything. It was amazing but I like a more responsive device, so try my way and tell me if it helps you.
PS: My settings for the 2 soft buttons are:
left key: NOW SCREEN right key: DIAL TAB
This is a good idea. And definitely maximizes memory.
But thinking about it, I now remember why I wanted pocket breeze on the now screen. Because unless pocket breeze is blatantly in front of my eyes (without having to close NOW screen) then I will not look at my calender events lol.
But it is still a better situation, but still not ideal. I'll try it for a bit and see how it works for me
am i stupid to do so???
is it better than the free panel or SE's panels?
imho, yes
we can have touchflo3d, spb mobile shell isn't confortable as it can seems. It has poor integration even with spb products, i.e. if you need phone profiles and use spb phone suite you can't have a wireless switch on today, you have to navigate trough menu (feature request from about 1 year!!!). Also menu customization isn't simple and some basical function are still difficoult to reach. And I reported a lot of crash when customize.
It's UGLY and we don't have much skins for wvga, and skinning is a real pain as they don't release any documentation and all new version messes up all our knowledges changing layout, calls, api... I was about to release a pretty wvga xperia theme for mobile shell 2.1 but the upgrade from 2.1.1 to 2.1.3 has break too much things and i have to give up. They don't deserve us and I don't encourage people to use it
tflo3d is a mess too to skin, but at least it's free for us, much cooler by default and more stable even on xperia
I don't think that you're stupid if you buy SPB mobile shell 2.
I've tried both spb panel and tf3dhd, and the fullversion of spb mobile shell 2 beats them hands down. It's quite easy to customize the menues and is lighter on the cpu than the hog tf3d (in comparison to spb MS2 it is a hog.).
I say go for it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=420325
Try spb. I think they have 15 day tral . and see may post in the link.
I kinda want allways to have that other peapler dont use. want manilla buy oem
What are the differences between the panel and the real thing?
nurps said:
What are the differences between the panel and the real thing?
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The real thing has more options and a "today" plugin and it looks nicer.
i tried the spb mobile 2 and i like it overall, but would prefered to have it as an panel otherwise i had to keep pressing the button for the spb shell to appear every time. is there any way to have it as a panel as i could not see the option to?
at the moment i use the spb shell panel from SE which i like to layout of?
a5ian300zx said:
i had to keep pressing the button for the spb shell to appear every time.
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if you use s2u you can set it to wake uo directly to spb, otherwise if you use search you'll find some sort of "daemon" that cares about switching automagically to spb when normal today comes up
but the point is: spb is undocumented, heavy and a pain to skin/customize
using 2.1.2
Spb Phone Suite w/wireless, and profile, switches is avail as a plug-in/tab in Today screen.
The first option in Shell settings is to "Show the [Spb Shell] Now Screen when device wakes up."
as a one on one compare, does it WOW much more than the SE panel?
yyzxex said:
using 2.1.2
Spb Phone Suite w/wireless, and profile, switches is avail as a plug-in/tab in Today screen.
The first option in Shell settings is to "Show the [Spb Shell] Now Screen when device wakes up."
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not directly as with normal today plugin
Im using SPB 2.1.2 and I tried TF3D.
IMO SPB shell is much better and easier to customize and gives me satisfaction. Im using several plugins and it works as a charm. Quick and nice looking and its setted up as my "Today Screen" so I dont have to push anything to make it come up.
I love it and would recommend u to buy it. But try the Trial first to see if it fits u..
ok.. btw what does plug in do?
For SPBMS users:
is the standard version able to work together with panels? i.e. in case you install MS AND want to use another panel, like Facebook or Google?
I have bought it and thinks it is a great program til i noticed that i had to charge the battery every day. I uninstalled it and now i can wait four days before i have to charge it again.
They have a 15-day trial that u can try, but remember to check your battery
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not directly as with normal today plugin
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I enable the Spb Phone Suite plug-in/tab in Mobile Shell settings. Then enable Spb Mobile Shell in Start> Settings > Today > Items. Phone Suite wireless and profile switchers are shown as drop down tabs on the WM Today panel. Can't imagine how a more "normal today plugin" would look.
Re. battery life. Wrote this yesterday in another forum; will quote myself here -
100% when I left for work this morning at 6:45am
2.5 hrs BT stereo use (HBH-DS220) to/from work
auto-chk my 2 email addresses at every 15 mins and hour all day
Spb Traveler is set to auto-update weather & currencies every 2 hrs
10 texts
15 mins of calls
1/2 hr of internet at lunch
right now[17:45], my battery is reading 60%
mobile is set to GSM/EDGE with auto band selection
Is it possible to integrate the full mobile shell as a panel, like the lite version?
nurps said:
Is it possible to integrate the full mobile shell as a panel, like the lite version?
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Unfortunatly no
Maybe its possible to simply overwrite the files from mobilebshell panel edition with the files of the full version?
well in a way it IS a panel as it works on your home panel (which I have changed the image of to show Mobile Shell) and on your fish panel too. but if I want my Mobile Shell panel, I just choose my home panel.
I'm thinking of flashing to Jack's lite 1.04 rom, which has no panels. However, I couldn't live without the SPB mobile panel anymore. I've tried the SPB Mobile Shell, but it wasn't what I was looking for (especially the button to close it is retarded). I already found out that you can run the SPB mobile shell program just from it's program folder, even from another panel. There are two more things I need to find out:
-The softkeys on the panel are "Recent" and "Contacts", and they work. When I launch the shell as a program, they are "SPB menu" and "Agenda", and clicking or touching them does absolutely nothing.
-How do I get the SPBs-shell-program to replace the standard today screen? It doesn't have a today plugin.
I'd be really grateful if anyone could answer these questions!
are you using the newer SPB Shell? the 2.xx one? i have this and it's working just fine..oh and i have SPB Pocket plus 4 as well, maybe they're supposed to work together? but with this it's more of an extra feature of pocket plus rather than as a replacement for the today screen like the older SPB Shell. Maybe you could try getting the one from sony's website and see how that works
I am using the one from Sony's website, hence the term "SPB mobile panel".