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Best HTC Touch Home / TouchFlo app?

I'm looking for the 'best' version of the HTC Touch / TouchFlo Today screen app - not the one line thing, but the nice 1/2 screen black interface with the clock.
Before I get flames - I did search both of the Titan threads here; however, a lot of the links provided pointed to nothing or to sites that are no longer available. The one that I did find seemed to hose up my XV6800 (luckily I was able to boot into safe mode on it - I use iLauncher - and then remove the app which fixed the hang). So I want to see what everyone else is using for this application, and which version is the 'best' - by that I mean that uses the least memory, has the most features (5 tabs would be my minimum), etc.
Thanks everyone for any advice, links, etc.
Mod Edit: Moved from Titan Upgrading
Chimp (Tom)
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Verizon XV6800
DCD 3.2.6 ROM
Radio 3.42.50

Is this what you are looking for:
http://www.ipmart-forum.com/showthread.php?t=235876
If so you can just install the HHC app and it will install the HTC home plugin. Configure it to not use the weather as that is the memory leak.

HHC is the best one that i have found and works really well

jambrose said:
Is this what you are looking for:
http://www.ipmart-forum.com/showthread.php?t=235876
If so you can just install the HHC app and it will install the HTC home plugin. Configure it to not use the weather as that is the memory leak.
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What's a good alternative weather app?
I was using the SPB Mobile suite with the Diamond skin prior to flashing with the just released Verizon WM6.1 update.

fluidj said:
What's a good alternative weather app?
I was using the SPB Mobile suite with the Diamond skin prior to flashing with the just released Verizon WM6.1 update.
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There are a couple that I have seen:
SPB Weather:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/weather/?en
GPSToday:
http://www.geoterrestrial.com/
I have only used GPSToday and uninstalled as it didn't seem to work consistently with the Titan GPS, but still nice Today plugin.

jambrose said:
There are a couple that I have seen:
SPB Weather:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/weather/?en
GPSToday:
http://www.geoterrestrial.com/
I have only used GPSToday and uninstalled as it didn't seem to work consistently with the Titan GPS, but still nice Today plugin.
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Oh ok. So the SPB one is safe to use then. Great...I had SPB Mobile Shell 2.0 so i've just reinstalled it along with the greatball Diamond theme. Looks like i'm all set again.
I've got this running now on WM6.1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=402021
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2461500#post2461500

Weather Watcher from Singers Creations, it's completely free, and has very detailed weather info. Hourly/Daily/maps/alerts, etc.
Unfortunately it's not a today plugin program, it has to be launched by hand. It also keeps track of how much data it's transferred so you can get an idea if it will exceed your quota from your provider. Tho I think most of us have unlimited plans.
BTC

Sorry, Jambrose, but the latest one you specified at http://www.ipmart-forum.com/showthread.php?t=235876 is the one I tried before. Once I install it, and try to go to the Today control panel applet, the Titan hangs. When I soft-reset it, it boots up, but as soon as it gets to the Today screen, ActiveSync (window) pops up on it, I get an error message from Voice Command, and then it hangs. Over and over.... Luckily I use iLauncher and used the safe restart mode and removed it. Once I did that everything went back to normal.
There is something about this version of the app that doesn't like the Titan or dcd's particular ROM.
Any ideas anyone? And dcd, if you read this, any chance of you adding the HTC app to your ROM kitchen as an optional install? (maybe then it would work right)
Chimp (Tom)
Verizon XV6800
DCD ROM 3.2.6
Radio 3.42.50

I like SBSH PocketWeather - has the most information, gives you the current temp and statistics, and if you have an unlimited data plan can download at regular intervals.
Chimp (Tom)

upgrade
hi,
can i upgrade diamond rom in to htc touch p3452?

Phone lock up
Well, I've got the xv6800. Istalled the program and now the phone locks up everytime at the today screen. Sometimes not even getting it loaded all the way. How do i either fix this for get this off my phone so I can use the phone?
Thanks
EDIT: NVM...I ended up doing a hard restart. Unless I did something wrong, people with the 6800 beware. Phone my lock up on you.

anyone know how to get it to work on wm6.1?
it worked fine on my htc touch when i was at wm6, but after i upgraded the rom to wm6.1, i get a homexec error, or something like that. then on reset, it hangs like other people said.
does anyone know if this works on wm6.1?

HTC Home Plugin WinMo 6.1

I have found lots of information about this on the site, but nothing that seemed to be a definitive answer. I have an XV6800 running Windows Mobile 6.1 MR1 and would love to add the HTC Home plugin. However, different places say that it will not work with 6.1, others saying it works fine, and others suggesting hacks to make it work with 6.1. Plus, most of the posts I have found are nearly 6 months old which is nearly an eternity when it comes to these topics.
So, what is the word on this? Is there a certain version of HTC Home I should use, and are there fixes I need to do? Thanks a lot, and sorry if this has been answered elsewhere.

I have used it successfully using the 6 tab home plugin.
I used this one in post #760.
The program isn't as glitzy as M2D, but is very functional.

works just fine... using it now HTC Home Customizer Final

How is that version comparing to old kaiser htc home v.2.0.81 version? Its the only version I have ever used and works great.

I had problems until I downloaded the HTC Home Customizer program at http://www.pocketemu.com after having problems and read this solution in a forum. When you run the Customizer, it detects that you don't have HTC Home Plugin installed and prompts you to download it. This downloaded the "correct version" of HTC Home Plugin for my phone and works great on my XV6800 with the the MR1 update and likewise with the the latest MR2 update.

Phone canvas and WM6.5 not getting along

today i installed phone canvas on my blue angel and well...what can i say it works but not as intended..i have attach a screenshot so you guys cna see the little problem im having with phone canvas, and yes im using xplodes latest cab.
edit: Another thing idk if is just my device, but after installing phone canvas the device take a lil bit more to boot up.

Same thing happens on my Polaris. Also, hardware keys for answer/reject don't work, I had to slide on screen to answer.

well people htc tools do not work quite well with WM6.5, please wait for an official HTC WM6.5 rom so we can get the new HTC tools from there, i have issues with all the HTC apps under WM6.5, when i tell you that i have issues i mean that some apps work most of the time and they do not sometimes (example, sometimes task manager does not kill some apps when i hit the X even if that option is selected in settings) and other apps do not work at all ... so please be patient about using HTC apps and WM6.5
also WM 6.5 is in beta stage it may seem fast and stable but it contain some issues too

And phone canvas refuses to uninstall lol , thats my luck.

you have to hard reset mate, it is the only solution for now

xplode said:
you have to hard reset mate, it is the only solution for now
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mehhh, il manage to work around it xD.

I am switching back to 6.1

MOD! please move to Vogue Upgrading Forum!
I just installed 6.5, but I think I am going back to 6.1
CONS
MD2 is far superior in every way, especially when it comes to email, you can view headers and check multiple accounts quickly, it is much nicer too.
I hate the fact that I cant quickly access my recently used programs.
PROS
it feels a bit faster
Bottom Line
I really think that 6.5 is no big deal, just a bit of eye candy, its funny how microsoft paid big bucks for fashion designers to design some themes instead of investing a couple of thousand dollars for a decent UI expert, they never cease to amaze me with their stupidity.
it is a shame that everybody is going along with it, as if this is the next big thing, it is really a very small baby step. MD2 not to speak of MD3 are far superior in every way.
Have I missed something? What do you guys think?

Which version of 6.5 did you install? The one nfsfan cooked up has m2d in it and thats what iam using... 6.5 w/ m2d as the GUI... i have noticed everything on my phone seems much easier/faster to work. No way id go back to 6.1...

kei78 said:
Which version of 6.5 did you install? The one nfsfan cooked up has m2d in it and thats what iam using... 6.5 w/ m2d as the GUI... i have noticed everything on my phone seems much easier/faster to work. No way id go back to 6.1...
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Really? I am gonna try this. Last time I tried 6.5, I did not see M2D

just try nfsfans v8 6.5 rom, if that isnt a good enough reason for you to keep 6.5, then you need to switch to a crackberry

yup... under the today options...uncheck the default and check touchflo...
I didnt like the 6.5 gui either and went straight back to m2d in the options. Just updated to v8 for 6.5 a few moments ago and the options are there... I believe nfsfan had it in is roms for the last few versions...

kei78 said:
Which version of 6.5 did you install? The one nfsfan cooked up has m2d in it and thats what iam using... 6.5 w/ m2d as the GUI... i have noticed everything on my phone seems much easier/faster to work. No way id go back to 6.1...
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I use his rom, but MD2 is buggy in 6.5 (i tried v8 too)

I loved his ROM , it's best of both world, but i mainly use M2D , and also SPB Shell 3 , switch it back and forth.

I switched back to 6.1 simply because I hated 6.5's UI on the Today screen.

joe11211 said:
I use his rom, but MD2 is buggy in 6.5 (i tried v8 too)
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Buggy in which way? Can you eleborate?
I was using v6 r2 for almost two weeks and it was rock solid...then i switched over to v8 just the other day and again.... rock solid. If you find it "buggy" in his release you should make note of it so he can work on it and try and resolve those issues...
Personally it feels like m2d w6.1 but faster and more stable. Launching Garmin would take some time before hand, and now with 6.5, is 10x faster...

i dont particularly like the large icon start menu. is there anyway to change it to a smaller view of the icons?

I went back to 6.1.
Slingbox Mobile looks like ass using 6.5 unless I disabled both the 6.5 GUI and M2D. It's a big deal for me cause I use Sling a lot. Memory issues somewhere.
Other than that, I think 6.5 with M2D worked pretty good.

kei78 said:
Buggy in which way? Can you eleborate?
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see the screen shot please

joe11211 said:
see the screen shot please
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that never happen to me i ahve the sprint touch works prefectly
what the.. with the purple thing lol
mine looks awesomee *_*

I don't know when you encountered that screen glitch, but I experienced a similar issue with NFSFAN's 6.5 rom after I changed themes. A soft reset always cleared up the problem for me.

Sophos1 said:
I don't know when you encountered that screen glitch, but I experienced a similar issue with NFSFAN's 6.5 rom after I changed themes. A soft reset always cleared up the problem for me.
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same thing here... its a problem with some of the themes.. not 6.5
and there is a way to get smaller icons. just seach the forums. its there somwhere in a 6.5 guide

dkl73 said:
I went back to 6.1.
Slingbox Mobile looks like ass using 6.5 unless I disabled both the 6.5 GUI and M2D. It's a big deal for me cause I use Sling a lot. Memory issues somewhere.
Other than that, I think 6.5 with M2D worked pretty good.
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What versions are you using?
Slingplayer mobile currently has these version that were just released
* SlingPlayer Mobile for Windows Pocket PC 1.6.0.114 (US)
* SlingPlayer Mobile for Windows Smartphone 1.6.0.62 (US)
* SlingPlayer Mobile for Palm OS 1.00.22 (US)
* Windows Mobile Downloads (UK)
As for an application not working correctly with a pre-release version of WinMO, thats hardly the Chefs fault as the Application might not have a version to even look at yet let alone develop for
What versions of WinMO 6.5 have you tried - different Chefs utilize different kitchens and different items and tweaks as well so without trying all of them you really dont know if one wouldnt work or all wouldnt
Up to you if you want the time to spend with it I dont use it as if I want to watch television, I watch it, if Im out and cant watch some show or event, well thats what bittorrent or hulu is for LOL
Detroit Doug

joe11211 said:
see the screen shot please
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have to agree here - thats an incompatible version of some theme on that ROM
Have seen it a few times myself, not the ROM thats for sure as it didnt occur when you first flashed and used the device, just after something was installed
Detroit Doug

HTC Sense and WM Today

Can both HTC Sense and WM Today pages coexist similar to the way SPB Shell works by have the Today page in the background?

There was a program called "TouchFlo Detacher" that I used on my Touch HD. Now I know this won't work with Sense, as it's designed to work with TouchFlo, but I'd imagine that it would be a simple change to put in the relevant class names for the Sense UI.
It replaced one of your softkeys with a toggle button so you could flip between TouchFlo and Today, and it was VERY fast! (It didn't close and later re-open TouchFlo - it simply hides it as Today is always in the background.)
Have a search for TouchFlo Detacher and ask the author if he'd be interested. He may ask you to beta test it for him
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Here you go - I found it for you...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=480475

Thanks Great starting point
Thanks Great starting point

SDBArbifox said:
Thanks Great starting point
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You're welcome mate

Check this out
http://pocketnow.com/tweaks-hacks/ui-switcher-now-supports-sense-mobile-shell-titanium-more
4-in-1 switcher: TF3D/Sense, Mobile Shell, Titanium, Today screen
Looks good... "we discovered a very useful tool for switching between HTC Sense/TouchFLO 3D and Mobile Shell 3.5.x with a single tap of a shortcut"
Hope it works for u

bshakil said:
Check this out
http://pocketnow.com/tweaks-hacks/ui-switcher-now-supports-sense-mobile-shell-titanium-more
4-in-1 switcher: TF3D/Sense, Mobile Shell, Titanium, Today screen
Looks good... "we discovered a very useful tool for switching between HTC Sense/TouchFLO 3D and Mobile Shell 3.5.x with a single tap of a shortcut"
Hope it works for u
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Looks good, but I personally don't like MortScript, so would rather a windows app, like the above-mentioned one.

I just recently installed M2D on my LG Incite and installed the communcations cab thing and got it to work but, after I had to hard reset and now I cannot figure out how to get the communcations tab to start working again. I dowloaded it onto my phone and just can find the icon under programs where it was before. Any help? Thanks!
*aww my first post! Look at how ignorent I was back then lol.

froggylover1345 said:
I just recently installed M2D on my LG Incite and installed the communcations cab thing and got it to work but, after I had to hard reset and now I cannot figure out how to get the communcations tab to start working again. I dowloaded it onto my phone and just can find the icon under programs where it was before. Any help? Thanks!
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You shouldn't hijack threads.
I suggest you try one of the following...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=499578
http://www.lg-incite.com/
or keep googling

I am apologize but i cannot find an answer anywhere! I have tried googling for hours now and ive already seen that post. Thanks.

PurpleLlamaLover said:
I am apologize but i cannot find an answer anywhere! I have tried googling for hours now and ive already seen that post. Thanks.
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Pretty sure you've figured it out by now eh?