Hey, i just thought about all kinds of manila's themes which came preinstaled from operator(sprint,altel, and so on)... actualy i supose that there could be 2 things: OR HTC made those themes on demand specially for operator, OR they gave operator a special program to edit manila in a easy way and make it brandy. In both cases it is suposed that HTC has an aplication to edit manila, which is doubtless, can we sign a petition or smth, or a letter and ask HTC share these program with us so that we can make a lot of themes, colorfull and special...
what do you think?
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I just picked one up and I'm absolutely amazed. My favorite piece yet. But of course, after a few days of learning the ins and outs, it's time for mods. I see different model names/number thrown out all over the place, but are there any guides for the HTC PPC6800 from Alltel specifically? I'm looking for ways to skin it differently and add that 'TouchFLO' interface to it. Does anyone know of any good walkthroughs or guides that could help me with this?
Thanks for any help, and thanks for having me here
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Here is some helpful information I found to do some customization to the alltel 6800.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=346184
The touchflo 1.41 is the one that worked for me with the .9 config tool
Also the HTC home customizer is really fun to play with and customize.
The only issue I had with the home customizer is it did mess up my picture messaging when I installed the HTC audio manager to the point I had to reconfigure the picture messaging or just hard reset if you dont know what information should be in there so I would recommend to not install that at all.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=304826&page=43
This is the buccaneers iphone. (only good of course if you are a bucs fan but if you check out the readme file you can edit it and make the theme whatever you like.)
And attached is a theme generator from microsoft to create your own themes if your interested in and it is very simple just follow the on-screen instructions any questions...let me know.
am i right in saying that any wm6.1 theme will work on the pro 2
for newbs to WM like my i dont want to install anything that may cuase issues as i feel i dont have enough knowledge or experince in wm to put them right
this is an example very good app and very clear instruction
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=514647
will there in time be things like this for the pro2 or can you just look for things that were made for the likes of the HD or diamound HD
on this can some one point me in the right direction of the correct version of SDk certs i need to install
if what i read is right i take it i need to install this to get some programs to load
thanks again for any help
combat goofwing said:
am i right in saying that any wm6.1 theme will work on the pro 2
for newbs to WM like my i dont want to install anything that may cuase issues as i feel i dont have enough knowledge or experince in wm to put them right
this is an example very good app and very clear instruction
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=514647
will there in time be things like this for the pro2 or can you just look for things that were made for the likes of the HD or diamound HD
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Depends... Things like TF3D themes then No as they are customized for the screen resolution, ie QVGA, WVGA, VGA, so pick carefully or your flobar will be in the middle of your screen.
Top Icons should be a yes, they all use 32x32 ico files within the dll, so it should be ok, but not tested this. However, I did load so many with my Blackstone and they were all fine. Note that there are CMDA versions and GSM versions.
Pictures you will just have to get 480x800 pictures for backgrounds.
Dialer skin or color theme for Touchpro2
Hi guys.. im looking for a Dialer skin or some app for my HTC TOUCHPRO 2 to make my dial pad more colorful as I find the original one v boring..
can anyone pl suggest ?
thnx
I remember reading somewhere that Touch3G aka Jade has TouchFlo 2.
But on my Jade if I go to Settings/System/TouchFLO it says:
TouchFLO version 3.0 (build 31508).
So what do I have? Manila, Touchflo, 2D, 3D ??? Could somebody please explain the HTC language to me?
Also, specific to the Jade, what is the difference between themes and skins? Isn't it the same? I am reasonably computer literate, but like clear definitions of things.
Reading through the posts on Manila modifications, one poster stated:
What version of TouchFLO have you installed? You need to have at least M2D version 20
How come that my phone is new, and I only have version 3??
Thanks for help
Joe
Manilla 2D
The Jade has TouchFlo 2D (as in 2 dimensional) also known as Manila 2D, TF2D or M2D.
Themes and skins are, afaik, the same, and the person stating that you have to have at least version 20 means version 2.0 actually.
'Manila' btw is HTC's codename for the Touchflo interface
Touchflo 3D (also known as Manila 3D, TF3D of M3D) is a different story.
Whether a HTC phone has TouchFlo 2D or 3D depends on the capacity and resolution of the screen. The Jade has a QVGA screen (quarter VGA aka 240 x 320 pixels) and can't handle the TF3D animations and touch posibilities.
A phone with a VGA screen (640 x 480 pixels), like the Diamond, usually has Touhflo 3D.
Fellow forumers, plz correct me if i'm wrong....but this is what i know.
Hope i helped you out a bit
Thank you Nirak for help. So I have TouchFLO 2D v.3.
If have a few more questions for those who modified their Touchflo -
If I want to change my Touchflo, I understand I have two choices -
Uninstall it (don't know how) and find and install a new one; or
modify the existing one with registry edits and/or Manila Customiser.
This Customiser - is it basically a new additional program that runs alongside the existing TouchFLO, or is it something like a registry editor that only modifies the existing TouchFLO and can be later uninstalled?
Thanks
Joe
jfranek said:
If I want to change my Touchflo, I understand I have two choices
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If you want to change (I assume modify/customise) you can do many things including changing the registry, yes and also change the graphics, etc.
jfranek said:
This Customiser - is it basically a new additional program that runs alongside the existing TouchFLO, or is it something like a registry editor that only modifies the existing TouchFLO and can be later uninstalled?
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AFAIK, briefly the customiser (M2DC) does not run alongside. It's just a program that does (simplify) the registry editing and a few *.xml files (for customisation) for those who do not wish to dwell into. yes M2DC can be uninstalled (after using) and TF2D runs fine.
I am not sure how to uninstall TF2D but you can always deactivate if you do not wish to use it and use other today themes or plugins, etc.
uninstalling TF2D that is included (cooked) in your ROM is not possible, but as Azahidi says, you can deactivate it and use the standard Windows interface, or any other shell you prefer, like SPB Mobile Shell, and there are others.
Basically TF2D is also just a shell round your Windows Mobile System, that's suppossed to make it easier to use (not always is...) and more 'eye candier' .
The M2DCustomizer is a easy to use utility to modify the settings of TF2D and use other skins, look over here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427392
and here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=425974 (older skins)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=451702
Since i'm not that much of a techi i like using M2D Customizer, but just like Azahidi says, these modifyings can also be done by editing the registry and/or .xml files
To give you an idea, here is a screenshot of my Jade's homepage with basically the standard TF2D, modified with another skin:
Thanks azahidi and Nirak.
I've been reading all those posts several times, it is starting to make some sense.
Looking at the M2D Customizer - I believe it will back up the existing factory Touchflo and I can restore it if the mods did not work or I did not like them. Is this correct?
Apart from other mods, I would like to change the email widget to a 'Tasks' widget. I would like to see a different icon instead of the envelope and instead of the sheet of paper sticking out of the envelope I would like to see a list of tasks etc.
I don't think that the Manila Customiser can do that. Is that correct?
And I don't think I could achieve this by getting a new skin, could I ?
Maybe there is a program somewhere to design a complete shell from scratch on desktop PC??
Joe
I think you should test Spb-Mobile Shell 3. It is very good.
14 days-trial and information here:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/pocketpc-software/mobileshell/
Thanks, MvBoe, I think I will try it.
Joe
jfranek said:
Thanks azahidi and Nirak.
I've been reading all those posts several times, it is starting to make some sense.
Looking at the M2D Customizer - I believe it will back up the existing factory Touchflo and I can restore it if the mods did not work or I did not like them. Is this correct
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Yep, totally, just remember first thing to do is making a back up of your original theme, M2D Customizer has a tab for it ('restore')
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Apart from other mods, I would like to change the email widget to a 'Tasks' widget. I would like to see a different icon instead of the envelope and instead of the sheet of paper sticking out of the envelope I would like to see a list of tasks etc.
I don't think that the Manila Customiser can do that. Is that correct?
And I don't think I could achieve this by getting a new skin, could I ?
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Correct again
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Maybe there is a program somewhere to design a complete shell from scratch on desktop PC??
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I really have no clue if sucha program exists.
stupid question
Hello,
I have got pure WM6.5 on my device without any graphic enviroment like Touch 2D or something. Is it possible to install only this enviroment (Touch 2D - is it Manila 2D?) ? And how?
Sorry for the noob quiestion...
Matio said:
Hello,
I have got pure WM6.5 on my device without any graphic enviroment like Touch 2D or something. Is it possible to install only this enviroment (Touch 2D - is it Manila 2D?) ? And how?
Sorry for the noob quiestion...
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You can install anything on your device, depending on the purpose and your liking, and how you want to customise your today screen. Yes you can install Manilla2D (TF2D). Just search xda, get (download) the .cab file to your PC, copy to your device (or download straight to your device) and then run it.
Many thanks for your answer azahidi.
I tried to install M2D as you told me. I folowed the guide witch is here. So that I have installed HTC Home v 2.1. and after that [11.3.08-Update 20] M2D Build 1.0.18203328 - Jade (TOUCH 3G Version). Restarted device, but nothing happened. When I turn my Home screen as TouchFLO, on my screen appeares text: "Tap here to launch TouchFLO" and when I tap there, the whole device becomes to be totally frozen.
Can anyone help?
MvBoe said:
I think you should test Spb-Mobile Shell 3. It is very good.
14 days Trial and information here:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/pocketpc-software/mobileshell/
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I greatly agree. SPB Shell is 10 times better and user friendlier then TF2D. I had TF2D for about a week and tried out SPB Shell 3.5 and I have never gone back. I am one happy customer.
Ok so I know I'll always have unlimited wallpaper options.
But with this whole TouchFlo 3d thing being new to me obviously the world I know of the old home screens have changed a little. (yes I know I can disable touchflo and have the old back...but I like touchflo).
So I am trying to make sense of what my theme options are for my phone
Tmobile Touch Pro 2 with stock tmobile rom (phone purchased 2 weeks ago)
Windows 6.1
Touch Flo 3D version 2.1
plenty of memory
So what I am asking is a pretty newbish question despite me being a windows mobile user for 6 years.
How the hell do I get new themes now. The whole manila utility has me confused its apparant i cant use it but every theme i seem to find is a manila theme, or it is meant for a WVGA phone like the diamond.
So where can I find some that are Touchflo 3d 2.1 friendly and how do I go about installing them now.
Thanks fellas/ladies hope i dont take up too much of your time with this question
A couple of items you should note:
1. The Touch Diamond's resolution is VGA. The Touch Diamond2 and the Touch Pro2's resolutions are WVGA.
2. Manila and TouchFlo3D basically are used interchangeably.
That said, I've given up on manila themes for now. There are too many manila versions. There's 2.0 (without the weather on the home tab), there's 2.1 (with weather on the home tab), there's 2.5 (ported from HD2), and now there's new versions of 2.5 with documents tab...
Anyway, I suppose the advice is that if the theme is packaged into a cab file, give it a try. If it looks funny on your device, then it's not fully compatible with your manila version. Just uninstall it.
Also, it may be worthwhile to have a look at the link in my signature...
I knew I switched WVGA and VGA thanks for that clarification.
And essentially my options without manila are try and find a theme in a cab otherwise I'll struggle.
I read that manila is not compatable with touchflo 3D 2.1 and above. Or am I missing the whole point of how manila works?
For all intents and purposes, "manila" and "TouchFlo3D" are the same.
"TouchFlo3D" was the marketing term used for the HTC custom interface.
"Manila" is HTC's codename for "TouchFlo3D".
"TouchFlo3D" has since been re-branded as "HTC Sense" to be consistent with their custom UI for their Android devices.
In terms of compatibility, as alluded to before, it depends on the version of Manila on your device and the version the theme was made for.
Are there specific release threads somewhere on here for each version from the creator? I keep constantly running into edits and things like that but I cant find the specific release threads. Thanks for your help so far
I also have the same device only difference is I am running windows 6.5. Just yesterday I downloaded a theme from this same forum. The dusk theme. You'll find it just a page or to past this post. Very simple a lot of cab files. The only trouble Im having is installing the windows media and weather program. But take a look pretty cool theme.
Extracting Theme from another ROM
Ok, so I have a different question. Suppose that I like a theme/icons from one ROM, but like the features/performance from another ROM (and assume they are the same version of sense (2.5 with docs tab.)) Is there a way to extract the theme from the ROM and apply that theme to the other ROM that is installed?
Thanks!!
Ok so the dusk theme is pretty independent (looks like it has manila built in) that should be all I need to start off?
Hi all
I want to port a dialer from the Photon to the Nike or the EzInput from the Rhodium
I was wondering if I can ask from the guru's who port dialers, Sense, etc from 480x800 to 480x640, etc what actually needs to be edited?
I have IDA and Restorator as well as a hex editor. I would like to learn how to go about this and want some help.
I know pcarvalho at one stage was porting the EzInput 2.1 before the MEGA was released - so I know that it is possible, just want to know how.
The main reason for the EzInput is that the Nike has a hardware keypad that doesn't seem to work with any Ezinput other than v1.5 and then there is a 16key version and a 20key version, so the builds are different - just want a more recent one that is QVGA and works with the hardware input also
Reason for the dialer is to correct a few errors in the MEGA dialer (already corrected the incoming call Position - but Call History is an issue) and I believe that V5 Phone Canvas solves this problem - I would also like to look at a more recent 3G dialer, but the only that I can do for that is look at porting one from a different resolution, as there are no recent QVGA ones. Why the Leo never had 3G video dialing is a mystery to me
Is it possible to add Video dialing to a 2G dialer Canvas?
Anyway, I hope someone can assist me to do this, or at the very least point me in the right direction.
Thanks
DT
that is very hard and i dont know how to make it... look at this OEM pkgs i get from LEO to QVGA maybe you can have an idea makin a diference hex edition
+ Que PPC said:
that is very hard and i dont know how to make it... look at this OEM pkgs i get from LEO to QVGA maybe you can have an idea makin a diference hex edition
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Thanks + Que PPC - I have already ported the power/backlight from the Leo - editing the XMLs is good if the package has them.
I also understand what I am asking is not straight forward; otherwise anyone could be doing it. There are however, those in the XDA community that have the knowhow - I don't mind if the help comes via PM or email so that the inevitable thousand questions and comments aren't there - it is though, something I would like to be able to do, if not just for myself, but to also help the XDA community.
The people with QVGA devices would love to get updated components - the MEGA helped that immensely, but they are still crying out for a decent 3G dialler – I would be able to halve my ROM releases if nothing else with that. I for one want to be able to use a newer Ezinput – one that I can get working with the Nike’s hardware keypad. If that means pain stakingly editing every file in a package, then so be it.
Maybe it is as easy as editing a few XML files with the newer packages – I don’t know, if someone wants to help then I welcome the assistance. We all start somewhere and I wouldn't be able to even cook a ROM if 14months ago people in this community didn't lend their helping hand.
Thanks again, appreciate the input.
DT