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[03/09/08] iStyle... The gesture and finger friendly HYBRID theme... EZ install!

I made this theme a while back and decided to share it with this community in thanks for all the apps, programs, etc that are donated to us. I originally this theme with WAD, but I wasnt getting the results that I wanted, nor the speed. Then I came across this lightweight and speedy program called ultimatelaunch. It is by far my favorite GUI so far, very lightweight, simple, fast and customizable. It has some minimal flaws, but Ive tried my best to get it as efficient as possible for ease of use with one hand. You have all probably seen the AURORA and CUBE themes, which are pretty awesome as well, but this is a lot different. Each button along the bottom rom is a tab that responds to a page and title. Each page is customizable with included icons for various apps and progs. However, if you want it to look like the picture, then follow instructions to the T and you should run into no problems. The overall look of this theme is similar to an iPhone, but shows the power and benefit of WinMo and adds some style that cant be compared... Enjoy!
There are 5 tabs stock (Delete some if you'd like, but 5 max)
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NEW DIALER INCLUDED!!!
Now with an optional dialer thanks to cbus! Thank you for your work, this dialer is simply genius.
click here to download the dialer cab
!!! Make sure you have the standard HTC dialer w/o video. The cab is only graphic files so that you can revert back to the original after an uninstall.
INSTALL:
1. Download THIS zip file (thanks to Moe5508) and install the file in order (0-9)
2. Go to start-settings-today-items and uncheck each item except for ultimatelaunch
3. Take it for a test drive
!!! All the animations, icons, and backgrounds are customizable. There are extra wallpapers and icons included, soo get creative and original
!!! All the shortcuts will be different on your device, to change them, hold your finger on a tab at the bottom of the today screen to pull up the menu. Click "Settings" - Pick the desired tab and click "Change" - Highlight "Apps" - then click "Change" - Pick the icon you want to change its shortcut. Its all rather self explanitory, but im trying to make this "NEWB" proof so I dont have to babysit this thread too much if you have any questions pm me.
!!! The batterystatus icons should work just fine. **From left to right** The first icon is the missed call count, clicking it opens the "Missed Calls" The second is voicemail, click it to call your "Voicemail" (To edit your vmail number, Activesync your phone or use total commander to open the "mytheme.xml" with a notepad located in the "/windows/batterystatus" folder. Scroll about 3/4 the page down and change the part that says "123456" to your own phone number) The third is text messages, click it and guess what happens lol. The last is your email, if you click it, it will pull up the account picker if you have multiple accounts like me (btw, the icons glow when something comes in)
!!! If anyone knows how to fix the clock from saying 0:00 at midnight, please let me know. thats the only thing i cant figure out, ive friggin looked EVERYWHERE!
CREDITS:
Thank you Daniel Schumann for such an awesome and reasonably priced GUI!
Some of the pages have today plugins that I got from freewareppc.com (awesome! freeware sight) they are called METRIX, CALENDAR+, HTC RSS Hub, BATTERYSTATUS ... thank you to the authors, please donate if you like their awesome freeware. The icons were sampled and resized from AKUMA and TORX, big thanks to their genius creativity. The background is from pocketpcscreens.com and modified by yours truly. The batterystatus theme was made by dBoris and the xml was edited by me to fit my needs. Thank you for the new dialer CBUS! The easy install files packaged into cabs and zipped up thanks to MOE5508. I dont know the real names of all these ppl, but their apps, work, and talents have helped me compilate this theme and take my phone to a new level. Just know that all your works are much appreciated by many of us here at XDAdev. Hopefully this theme will get your products and talents recognized a bit more...
I hope you will all love it, let me know what you think!!! Enjoy this theme and sorry if this was all too long! Although Im sure it was worth the wait!!!

I tried downloading and using just the icons that you had, specifically the XM Icon but I get an error when I try to use it. What am I doing wrong?

HostileJava said:
I tried downloading and using just the icons that you had, specifically the XM Icon but I get an error when I try to use it. What am I doing wrong?
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the icons are sized at 50 pixels... make sure to set that individual icon to 50+ for both parameters.

I guess that would explain it. Thanks for the quick reply.

HostileJava said:
I guess that would explain it. Thanks for the quick reply.
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yup... glad i could be of help, later

Looks good man.
As soon as my Mogul gets back, i'll be upping this to it.

Nice work..Looks pretty cool.

mfrost67 said:
Nice work..Looks pretty cool.
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thanks guys, ive been really busy, i FINALLY got to upload it! im glad you all like it... if you follow the instructions... youll love it! very, very, easy to use, even while driving... ill release a video soon

looks nice good work!
and thanks for the detailed instructions, something i think a lot of people will find useful!

mugglesquop said:
looks nice good work!
and thanks for the detailed instructions, something i think a lot of people will find useful!
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thanks... as you can tell, i put a lot of time into creating this theme and thread... this community has been great to me, sooo i like to share when and where i can...

Looks awesome....font is a little unprofessional for my tastes though. Any possibility of a different version of this in a more professional format?

Looks absolutely stunning! Can't wait to get home and try it!

Nice work man thanks for the contrib.

I tried to set this up.
Ulitmatelauncher doesnt work correct when I copy over the files. Actually UL doesn't open up at all.

bowlopho said:
I tried to set this up.
Ulitmatelauncher doesnt work correct when I copy over the files. Actually UL doesn't open up at all.
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I went into the UltimateLaunch.ini file and changed teh font to arial
restarted, now it works.
can we get a zip of your start menu links too? I see you have alot of nifty shortcuts instead of me having to find each program myself. like the text.lnk mms.lnk etc.

Is there a way to add a picture dial side to UL? Awesome theme !

thnx man good work !!!!

sorry everyone... i kinda passed out for a bit. ummmm, as far as i know, there shouldnt be any problems copying over the ul folder, if i recall the font on my theme is stock. (however, if youve changed your system font, you might have to change the .ini file in "program files/ultimatelaunch")
soo whoever thinks its unprofessional might not like ul (i mean, the font is outlined with black to make the white easier to read, but thats the only portion thats changable as far as i know. if you are referring to the picture... it doesnt have the font like it does at the bottom of the picture. the icons, are the bottom.
as far as shortcuts, i might be able to post up all my shortcuts, because i use some really cool programs i found (like the "favs" and "games" section, all in grid view, no lists! ) this part might have to be tonight though, i plan on releasing a movie as well in case there are some other things ive done to my phone that you all might like.
as far as a picture dialer side. i use the favs button to pull up "VS Contacts"
the button used to launch the contact side of the cube, which was neat, but I think VS Caller is better in some areas... but for you, ill post a fav five plugin that i have... its the best i can do.

update...
check the top of the first post!

another issue I found is going form landscape to portrait. it icons don't get drawn back correctly.
once you rotate your screen and the scroll bar appears, the totally screws up the alignment when putting it back to portrait.
this is not because of your skin, but primarily an issue with UL.

[19.06.08] Theme: Mobile7 (MultiColor) ended! A new one is coming soon...

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THREAD CLOSED ​I will thank all the people how made parts (grafics, programs) for this theme.
asefsef for a lot of grafics
up2no6ood for his great icons
Here are some icons that i use:
http://rapidshare.de/files/39425398/Chrome_Icons.zip.html
and here you get MortScript
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Theme Mobile7: BatteryStatus
Theme Mobile7: UltimateLaunch
Theme Mobile7: PocketCM & Slide2UnLock

Theme Mobile7: BatteryStatus (with UltimateLaunch plugin activated)
(At this time only portrait mode and qvga supported but some user tell me it works in VGA too)​
Install and Setup:
Install the latest Version of BatteryStatus from the websites below.
Install the BS Theme Mobile7 cab (choose the one that match your language).
For further instructions how to activate themes and today plugins in battery status you look on the websites below
To activate the Fullscreen View you must tap on the Signal Button on top left.
Deactivate UltimateLaunch on Today and activate in Battery Status (see Picture below)
To activate the backgrounds for UltimateLaunch you find them in your "My Documents" folder.
Update 13.06.08
BS Theme Mobile7
- FIXED: Call Indicator shows the number of calls over the arrow on the right side.
- ADD : AM/PM
- ADD : Alarm Icon (Tap to go to Alarm/Clock Settings)
ToDo
BS Theme Mobile7
- add landscape support
- add VGA Version
- more info panels
get BatteryStatus
from www.chi-tai.info or
from XDA-Developers
Thanxs to Chi Tai Dang

Theme Mobile7: UltimateLaunch
Screenshots view second post. New screens will come...
get UltimateLaunch1.2 [GER]
get UltimateLaunch1.2 [WWE]
To HomePage UltimateLaunch
Thanks to Daniel Schumann for his great work!
Below are the wallpapers to use for my theme. UltimateLaunch doesent support own backgrounds.
(At this time no response from D. Schumann)
The new version of BatteryStatus allow plugins and backgrounds for them. There is no need for UltimateLaunch own backgrounds.
To Do:
- Talk to Daniel Schuhmann to realize backgrounds for UltimateLaunch

Theme Mobile7: Slide2UnLock2 & PocketCM
PocketCM Theme added (testversion)
get Slide2UnLock2
big thanxs to A_C
get PocketCM (I use version 0.21)
also big thanx to tene and Quentin Pouplard
and big thanx to the one how made the weather icons. Sorry I dont know where I find them.
The one can pm me and I will link to his post or his website.

a nice skin, especially the clock, but has nothing of wm7 skin.

bluemetalaxe said:
a nice skin, especially the clock, but has nothing of wm7 skin.
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Thats right but i had not enough fantasy to find a good name

For example:
1. Blue Stylish Theme Pack
2. Deep Blue Glass Theme Pack
3. Black&Blue Glass Theme Pack

Kpyto said:
For example:
1. Blue Stylish Theme Pack
2. Deep Blue Glass Theme Pack
3. Black&Blue Glass Theme Pack
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Thank you. I will be more creative in my next release

Keep up the great work

anyway good graphics work !

How do you set a PNG as a background? The Today app only seems to support .JPG etc. And I see not "Set to X% transparency" option.
I converted Wallpaper-Mobile7.png to a JPG and it allowed me to set it as background, but I see no transparency option.
The SMS icon is set to launch pocketCM when clicked.
Also, having the clock and/or date launch calendar when clicked would be nice.
But I do like it, quite similar to what I am trying to do. Would also like to put wifi and bt status/toggle buttons in the clock area too. I would probably get rid of the operator name, shuffle everything up and make the message counters 32x32 instead of 32x16 (For finger friendliness). I would also remove the seconds from the clock and put the wifi + bt icons I mentioned to the left and right of the clock.
I would also make BS a type 5 plugin so that scrollbars never appear over it.
Such a pity BS doesn't do a portrait / landscape switch too as it looks awful in landscape mode (wallpaper tiles...)

evilc said:
How do you set a PNG as a background? The Today app only seems to support .JPG etc. And I see not "Set to X% transparency" option.
I converted Wallpaper-Mobile7.png to a JPG and it allowed me to set it as background, but I see no transparency option.
The SMS icon is set to launch pocketCM when clicked.
Also, having the clock and/or date launch calendar when clicked would be nice.
But I do like it, quite similar to what I am trying to do. Would also like to put wifi and bt status/toggle buttons in the clock area too. I would probably get rid of the operator name, shuffle everything up and make the message counters 32x32 instead of 32x16 (For finger friendliness). I would also remove the seconds from the clock and put the wifi + bt icons I mentioned to the left and right of the clock.
I would also make BS a type 5 plugin so that scrollbars never appear over it.
Such a pity BS doesn't do a portrait / landscape switch too as it looks awful in landscape mode (wallpaper tiles...)
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I start my explorer and make a doubleclick on the wallpaper and than you can set it as today screen and set the transparency.
I set the SMS Button to PCM cause i use it, you can change it to any other software you want. You can althoug use the MMS Button to go to the standard messaging program.
This is my first attempt for such a thing, and errors are normally, but i learn and the updates will fix these erorrs.
The BS Theme is not already in final. If you can mod this files, please post it here.
And the landscape modes are currently in work.

OK thanks, that worked.
How do you get contacts like that in UL?

evilc said:
OK thanks, that worked.
How do you get contacts like that in UL?
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I made icons from my pictures and add them to UL or what did you mean?

before you release a theme you might want to make sure you get permission to use people's graphics, that clock is obviously modified from one made my asefsef, just making sure credit is given where it is due.

spencepu3 said:
before you release a theme you might want to make sure you get permission to use people's graphics, that clock is obviously modified from one made my asefsef, just making sure credit is given where it is due.
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Sorry it is my first themeset and i use only free grafics and dont know that i must ask everyone if i can use their free grafics.
I edit my first post tomorrow.

Atze001 said:
Sorry it is my first themeset and i use only free grafics and dont know that i must ask everyone if i can use their free grafics.
I edit my first post tomorrow.
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I understand, I'm not trying to be mean I am just saying that although the graphics are "free" as you stated, credit should be given where it is due. Being a graphic designer myself I know how much time people can spend working on certain things and its always nice to give credit to that person when you use something that they made. The people that make these graphics are not getting paid so it is only right to give them credit to show appreciation.

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I understand, I'm not trying to be mean I am just saying that although the graphics are "free" as you stated, credit should be given where it is due. Being a graphic designer myself I know how much time people can spend working on certain things and its always nice to give credit to that person when you use something that they made. The people that make these graphics are not getting paid so it is only right to give them credit to show appreciation.
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I didn´t get paid for my work too. I will edit my first post tomorrow and will give the credits to everyone how made grafics, programs, etc.
It is the first time i do such a thing and i didn´t know what i must noting to post a theme.
I am very tiered and must go to bed.

Right, you didn't get paid, but nobody took your theme and presented it as their own. thats my point

spencepu3 said:
Right, you didn't get paid, but nobody took your theme and presented it as their own. thats my point
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I edit my first post, hope it´s alright now.

Windows Field Revisited - Custom Skin for SPB Mobile Shell

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Here is a preview of my update of Windows Field for Mobile Shell. It is for QVGA, WQVGA and 240x240 and is portrait only. See post #2 below for VGA and WVGA preview.
Preview2(3 for QVGA) has revised weather page.
I am working on landscape and on 320x320 screens. Let me know what you think and if you find any bugs.

Windows Field Revisited Preview for VGA and WVGA
I need testers for WVGA. I do not have a device to test on.
Windows Field Revisited VGA Preview2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BA5HF18T
VGA on Rapidshare
http://rapidshare.com/files/160013889/Windows_Field_Revisited_VGA_Preview2.zip.html
Windows Field Revisited WVGA Preview2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LG66E2ZK

That looks very nice. Good job.

great job..keep it up

I've been using the previous one recently, and love it.
I just tried this release. I find when I go to the "Programs" page, I get text over the top of the bottom buttons. The text I can see it "settings" and "Messaging".
I can post a screenshot later if needed.

I like the background a lot, great job

wow that looks really good
if you need someone to test out VGA version, happy to do that.

thanks mtkates
It's so great
Today screen is too good
but I have problem with the programs page

zhihwa said:
but I have problem with the programs page
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Yep that's the bug I mentiond a few posts back about the text overlay in the programs page.

Very nice
Thank you

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Yep that's the bug I mentiond a few posts back about the text overlay in the programs page.
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no such problem here.
let me see, didn't you uninstall the previous version? if you didn't, please do.
you should not only uninstall spb through windows Remove Programs, but you should also manually delete the SPB Mobile Shell folder in Program Files.
Then make a clean install of SPB and then use this amazing skin.
Edit: as u can see, there's no such issue here:

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Reserved for updates.
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the preview is very beautifull, mtkates you make great work
(sorry my bad english )

Bardia Garsha said:
no such problem here.
let me see, didn't you uninstall the previous version? if you didn't, please do.
you should not only uninstall spb through windows Remove Programs, but you should also manually delete the SPB Mobile Shell folder in Program Files.
Then make a clean install of SPB and then use this amazing skin.
Edit: as u can see, there's no such issue here:
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I addition to the recommendation quoted above, I have made and tested this based on the latest release(v2.1.2) of Mobile Shell. SPB has made internal program changes since v2.1 and custom skins can often be affected by the different releases. Mobile Shell v2.1.2 is a free upgrade and includes some bug fixes and added features.
So if the above does not fix your problem and you don't have the latest Mobile Shell version or are not sure what version you have, I would recommend heading over to SPB and upgrading. I think you will find that most new skins are being made around the newest version and it seems to be compatible with most of the previous skins.
Glad you guys like it. I am busy working on completing landscape and all screen resolutions.
Enjoy!

Great skin
This is REALLY AMAZING. Thank you so much master.
I don't care for landscape (the only times i use the Kaiser in landscape is when i'm typing on the hard keyboard in either Office applications , emails or texts - and naturally i don't use spb in these cases).
Everything is working perfectly well. I may add only two little comments:
- the three icons on Today (i.e. Miss Call, SMS, & Email) look very pale (as if they're fading in the background) - specially in "Classic" view. i don't know if it's been intentional - if you wanted them not to be very conspicous - or it's just a matter of color contrast between the color of these icons and the background picture.
- the main page of Weather tab doesn't give any temperature info (you have to press either the "Overcast" box or the could, sun, .... image to get into the four-day weather page with actual weather information. again, is it what you intended ? here's a screenshot:
OOPS: sorry, actually the temperature is showing on TOP of the main Weather screen (as in the screenshot it shows 16/12 for London's weather) but it's so small that i didn't notice it first.

Bardia Garsha said:
- the three icons on Today (i.e. Miss Call, SMS, & Email) look very pale (as if they're fading in the background) - specially in "Classic" view. i don't know if it's been intentional - if you wanted them not to be very conspicous - or it's just a matter of color contrast between the color of these icons and the background picture.
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The Status icons (sms, e-mail, missed) are vthe exact same ones used in the default skin of Mobile Shell. I have not changed them at all. When you actually get a message or missed call or voicemail, the icon will turn solid and get brighter and stand out on the screen.
Originally in Windows Field (and the original Diamond skin it was based on) used the status class twice to get the offset numbers. To save resources and to work properly in the new MS version, I decided to leave the numbers centered below and just use one status and since I already liked the original images, I just left them.

Bardia Garsha said:
- the main page of Weather tab doesn't give any temperature info (you have to press either the "Overcast" box or the could, sun, .... image to get into the four-day weather page with actual weather information. again, is it what you intended ? here's a screenshot:
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As for the weather page, I am considering removing the first weather page and just linking the tab to the weather details page to save resources, especially for the VGA versions. After using this skin again I am finding that the first weather page is kind of redundant. What does everyone else think? Leave it? Remove it? Don't care?

Great Work Mtkates!
I feel almost silly making recommedations, but I feel that the space on each side of the clock (both analog and digital) could be utilized for something. I know that you take great care for your layouts, so I understand if you want to leave it be. I love the option to have the three launcher items on the now screen. Also, overall this theme just looks great. Both SPB and Microsoft should be paying you.
The only bug I could find so far is in the weather (see screenshots), I'm not sure how but I lost my main icon. I say, just link that tab to the details screen and skip the one day screen.
Thanks again!

My favorite theme hands down.
Been using it a while now.
Looking forward to installing the new version.
Thanks for keeping it going

jadesdan said:
Great Work Mtkates!
I feel almost silly making recommedations, but I feel that the space on each side of the clock (both analog and digital) could be utilized for something. I know that you take great care for your layouts, so I understand if you want to leave it be. I love the option to have the three launcher items on the now screen. Also, overall this theme just looks great. Both SPB and Microsoft should be paying you.
The only bug I could find so far is in the weather (see screenshots), I'm not sure how but I lost my main icon. I say, just link that tab to the details screen and skip the one day screen.
Thanks again!
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Thought about the space beside the clocks, but there is only so much you can add, and I personally don't want too much going on. I think there are planty of options for those that like a lot of shortcuts on the Now screen if they want them, or more minimal if they prefer. Of course there are endless possible layouts people can come up with. I have seen a lot of very creative skin that seem very functional and have a lot available on the Now screen, but I, myself don't mind the fraction of a second it takes to tap the screen to get to a different section to launch a program or whatever.
Sometimes I get a laugh when I read a post about how it takes 2 or 3 steps to do this or that, I just think to myself, "Are our fingers really getting that lazy? Or are we just that crammed for time?" I use the most minimal layout possible and I can get to anything on my phone that I have needed to get to in a second or two.
I think I will dump the first weather page and will probably change the weather details page slightly. For some reason, people are having problems with those particular big weather icons, both in this theme and in WM7. I thought the problem might be limited to VGA, but now I see even QVGA can pose a problem. The images are great (Great work by BeyondInvisible), but the files are huge compaired to the stock images. I will try to come up with something in between.
Ok, I guess I'm bored, just going blah, blah, blah and taking up space. I guess I'll get back to work. Anyway, make all the suggestions you want. You never know what might happen.

mtkates said:
I have seen a lot of very creative skin that seem very functional and have a lot available on the Now screen, but I, myself don't mind the fraction of a second it takes to tap the screen to get to a different section to launch a program or whatever.
Sometimes I get a laugh when I read a post about how it takes 2 or 3 steps to do this or that, I just think to myself, "Are our fingers really getting that lazy?
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cannot agree more. it's really a shame that people are missing an important aspect of SPB MS , which is to provide us with the Visual Joy of Animated Moves: the beauty of this software is in its being a smart cute animated touch interface. imagine we have everything cramped in its Today screen. expecting such dull functionality not only proves our laziness but it's also a sign of our inability to enjoy beautiful floating movements for a few seconds
besides, one of the main attractions of WindowsField is in it's being light and robust (it takes almost 1/3 of device memory resources compared to your WM7 skins). This is certainly due to its minimalistic built. Remember that simple is beautiful. even God is simple
mtkates said:
I think I will dump the first weather page and will probably change the weather details page slightly. For some reason, people are having problems with those particular big weather icons
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though i have absolutely no problem with the big weather icons (and they're really nice too) but i am certainly for whatever minimalist approach you might take. if you think the images are huge and resouce-hungry, then i guess we should sacrifice beauty for functionality & lightness.
one last word, clicking on Missed Calls icon on Today takes me to the missed call page in which not only the taskbar and menus of windows missed call page is present but also the five main icons of Today's taskbar are present (and functional too !). i don't think that i'd seen such functionality in other skins ever before.
if you did it intentionally, that's very clever. and if it has happened by accident, again that's great and helpful - in fact, this is the only occasion in which both SPB MS and a Windows application are simultaneously present and functional together ! here's a screenshot of what i'm talking about

[THE][19-02-09] AnX1 TF3D Shadowsong V3 *UPDATE*

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Donations are much appreciated!
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Related Links
Check out my TF3D Landscape Mode here: AnX1 TF3D Landscape.
If you like the Taskbar on the screenshot, download it here: Tsowen Taskbar SE Mod
Updates:
V3
- Added transparent slider
- Fixed internet tab highlight
- Fixed some buttons not being skinned
V2
- Fixed "new favorite" icon in people tab
- Removed panelscreen home icon, added seperate cab to install
Installation:
- Download the attached .zip file.
- Unzip the .cab file to your phone or SD card.
- Run the cab file on your phone and install to main memory (SD card should work, but untested.)
- The installation will tell you to restart, do this.
Uninstallation:
If for any reason reason at all (though there's none I can think of ) you would like to uninstall this skin;
* On ROM-installed TF3D, just uninstall the cab as you would do with any program. It will revert back to the normal skin after reboot.
* On CAB-installed TF3D, uninstall the cab as you would do with any program, download the original manila skin as attached to this thread and run it. Then reboot.
Features:
- Full WVGA theme, all tabs
- Smaller, retextured clock
- Textured panel image
- Transparent slider
Known issues (V3):
None at the moment.
Notes:
- Contents of stock tab not textured in order to keep it easy to use.
- Sub menu's are slightly modified (e.g. settings and music album), not fully.
- No support for Singh's 15-tab (yet). There's been only one request and due to manila being fairly complex, it takes a lot of time to incorporate it into this skin.
Acknowledgements:
Pama - Transparant slider
Guap - Clock line removal

Looks dope, very nice work. I'll definitely have to give it a go on my X1. I'm slowly putting together a TF3D theme as well so I know it takes alot of time to get it just right, especially since the way HTC coded it is so damn whack.
I've left all the green highlights on the one I'm working on so not sure what manila file that one is for the internet tab but I'll holler if I come across it.
Again great job with your theme!

Cheers. I'll now start working on a complementary skin for the landscape fix chalid made. Won't take that long to make, but CAB will be added. Also, here's a screenshot of the panel interface with my skin CAB.

Landscape mode now supported, see first post for thread link!

Angelusz said:
* To uninstall, just uninstall the cab as you would do with any program. It will revert back to the normal skin.
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Funny thing, that! I uninstalled and totally wrecked my TF3D. When i open the panel, it keeps sitting at the white screen with the text 'loading'. If i install Shadowsong back it works again. So i guess Shadowsong's uninstallation is removing files that are required by TF3D!

msalmank, do you have a TF3D that installs by ROM, or just the cab version?
I happily posted that the files are automatically replaced, but ofcourse that's only the case with ROM installed TF3D!
Basically, this overwrites your base skin files; so uninstall removes everything.
I will package the stock skin files tomorrow, when I have time for it.

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msalmank, do you have a TF3D that installs by ROM, or just the cab version?
I happily posted that the files are automatically replaced, but ofcourse that's only the case with ROM installed TF3D!
Basically, this overwrites your base skin files; so uninstall removes everything.
I will package the stock skin files tomorrow, when I have time for it.
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I don't use a custom ROM, so TF3D was installed by a CAB file. I would really appreciate it if you would create a CAB file that installs everything to default.
BTW - the main reason i was uninstalling was not 'coz i didn't like the skin, i actually liked it a lot... but the reason was that it was replacing my Today Panel's image in the Panel selection screen... which is kind of annoying especially since i am using TF3D as a seperate panel and not on the Today screen. Could you possibly tell me what files to remove from the device in order for it to revert to the Today screen image instead of the skin's image?

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I don't use a custom ROM, so TF3D was installed by a CAB file. I would really appreciate it if you would create a CAB file that installs everything to default.
BTW - the main reason i was uninstalling was not 'coz i didn't like the skin, i actually liked it a lot... but the reason was that it was replacing my Today Panel's image in the Panel selection screen... which is kind of annoying especially since i am using TF3D as a seperate panel and not on the Today screen. Could you possibly tell me what files to remove from the device in order for it to revert to the Today screen image instead of the skin's image?
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Yes, no problem. I will fix that by creating two seperate CAB's. Will post as soon as I've got time to fix this.

V2 is up! Check first post for more information. A small note is that the regular manila files don't have the background included at this time. I will fix this asap.
EDIT: Decided to do a thorough job and fixed the background as well, manually with a non-standard file, but works perfectly.

very nice work there, hope to see more from you, maybe an 15 tab version, that would be awsome..
clearly one of the nicest skins out there.

smaberg said:
very nice work there, hope to see more from you, maybe an 15 tab version, that would be awsome..
clearly one of the nicest skins out there.
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Thanks
I can add support for 15 tab if you like. I just don't use that myself as it's just a tad too buggy and the tabs just a tad too useless. ^_^ Did consider it though. Just give me a heads up if you want it and I'll start work when I get time.

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I can add support for 15 tab if you like. I just don't use that myself as it's just a tad too buggy and the tabs just a tad too useless. ^_^ Did consider it though. Just give me a heads up if you want it and I'll start work when I get time.
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what can I say, go go go...
I love the tabs, especial the commmanager and callhistory

Hey, I've been too busy with many other things so haven't had time to fix up a version 3 yet. I've added an ETA in the first post. I did release a new landscape mode which is worth looking at, so I'd say check it out. Again, first post for more info!

Sorry for the long delay, had to put this on a sidetrack as I was too busy with my landscape app and other things. This is going to receive a thorough update soon.

looks great! Can't wait for v3!

Actually, it'll be 2.1, and I'll mostly be fixing stuff up / making stuff just a tad prettier. Won't be anything major.

I've basically got the fixes I had in mind ready. Now I'm working on two seperate complementary cabs - one for Singh's 15 tabs and one for my landscape mode.
That way, users will be able to choose what they do and do not want to install.
Will also be adding a full package that installs basically everything.

Update! Check out the first post for info and downloads. =]

were you aiming for a plastic look when you created the theme?
plastic isn't very exclusice imho =)

FrezoreR said:
were you aiming for a plastic look when you created the theme?
plastic isn't very exclusice imho =)
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No, I wasn't. It looks better on the phone than on the screenshot. But nice of you to give me such a heart-warming compliment, after all the hard work I put in.

How Do I get Transparent Bottom Bar (Softkey bar) with Energy ROM?

I have searched high and low. I have posted on other pages, I have tried all kinds of things, but I cannot seem to find a way to get a transparent bottom bar or softkey bar on my Energy Rom with touchflo/sense2.5.
I cannot get a transparent taskbar either, which would be nice also, but I am willing to settle on the bottom bar for sure.
I am really not sure which way to go at this point, it seems like NRG's Rom is proprietary or something. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am stuck at this point.
I am aware of HDWalls, but it requires me to make a cab on my pc at home or work. Then upload that to my phone then install the cab. Is there no way for me to install a cab once that makes these bars transparent, so that I could then just pic a wallpaper, set it, and be done. I can do it in the car, bus stop, restaurant, etc.

It is not transparent. It is made with HDWall with matching softkey.
You might get home help if you ask in his ROM thread.

would like to know also.how do you get the bottom bar (slider bar) transparent.
edit: actually what i meant to say is how do you remove the slider bar all together.

+1
I wish i could get a fully transparent slider bg. I have searched, and installed one transparent slider bg cab (the only one i could find), and I think the rom actually comes with a transparent slider, but I cant seem to get 100% transparency. The wallpaper I like to use is black on the bottom where the slider is, and the slider bg comes out light gray near the top of the slider icons, and fades to a darker gray down near the bottom.

Still, the best thing so far I have found is HDWalls. It does the job, but ahhh, having to always be at my pc to do this is a pain. Does anyone know a way to make these on the fly from your phone?

outerdepth said:
Still, the best thing so far I have found is HDWalls. It does the job, but ahhh, having to always be at my pc to do this is a pain. Does anyone know a way to make these on the fly from your phone?
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Find a background you like and try keeping it for more then a day on your phone. I dont know anyone else who changes their backgrounds as often as you are at least IMPLYING you do
That said, find a bunch of backgrounds you like and sit down one night and make a bunch of HDwall cabs for your phone. Label each one different... corresponding to what the background is. Then store them on your SD card. When you're in the mood for a new background just install the new cab.
Done and done.
Thats what I did with the GTX rom... I just made 3 or 4 light background cabs. For about a week I would change it around. I've probably kept the same background now for at least a few weeks though.

Aaron McCarthy said:
Find a background you like and try keeping it for more then a day on your phone. I dont know anyone else who changes their backgrounds as often as you are at least IMPLYING you do
That said, find a bunch of backgrounds you like and sit down one night and make a bunch of HDwall cabs for your phone. Label each one different... corresponding to what the background is. Then store them on your SD card. When you're in the mood for a new background just install the new cab.
Done and done.
Thats what I did with the GTX rom... I just made 3 or 4 light background cabs. For about a week I would change it around. I've probably kept the same background now for at least a few weeks though.
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Speak for yourself.....Depending on what's going on I can swap out 2 or 3 backgrounds in an afternoon. I find a new icon set or a new clock and I am off and running. Why should anyone be made to feel bad about switching things up on a constant basis?? But I am sure you were just giving the guy a good ribbing right? Hell, I found the Dena Carbon V2 theme yesterday and I went from
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
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"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",
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in a matter of minutes
Keeps me from running out and buying a new phone just for the newness of it.

For those of you who are trying to get a clear/invisible slider bar, I've attached the different cabs I've come across for that...some worked for me but some didn't...but that could just be because I was on a stock 6.1 ROM when I tested most of them, so ones that didn't work for me might work on a 6.5 and/or custom ROM. I'm just putting them up on here so you can try any of them that you haven't come across already.

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Keeps me from running out and buying a new phone just for the newness of it.
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This is why I modify my phone several times a day. To me, the ability to do so is what I love most about WinMo devices!

I suppose maybe I'm just jealous I don't have time to play with my phone mid day and only late in the evenings when I'm done the gazillion things I need to do in a given day

outerdepth said:
I have searched high and low. I have posted on other pages, I have tried all kinds of things, but I cannot seem to find a way to get a transparent bottom bar or softkey bar on my Energy Rom with touchflo/sense2.5.
I cannot get a transparent taskbar either, which would be nice also, but I am willing to settle on the bottom bar for sure.
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I am not sure if this is what you are looking for - my bars seem to be transparent (still have the default NRG wallpaper).
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If so - the only thing that I have done with the background stuff is the "clock 26 trans.cab" that works on the Sense 2.5 NRG ROMs.
Hopefully this will do what you are asking (since I had not specifically looked for the taskbars to be transparent... mainly the clock - although I prefer the transparent taskbars... )

toucan said:
I am not sure if this is what you are looking for - my bars seem to be transparent (still have the default NRG wallpaper).
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If so - the only thing that I have done with the background stuff is the "clock 26 trans.cab" that works on the Sense 2.5 NRG ROMs.
Hopefully this will do what you are asking (since I had not specifically looked for the taskbars to be transparent... mainly the clock - although I prefer the transparent taskbars... )
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Yeah, man, that's cool, but it's not actually transparent. You have a pic NRG made with a taskbar background to match and a soft key bar that matches. So, it looks like it, but change that wallpaper and it ain't gonna look so cool anymore,but I DO like the clock cab. Thanks, it's cool. I still am on the search for something that will work on my phone with NRG's ROM(other than HDWalls). Sir Phunkee has posted some cabs, I haven't gotten time to play with them yet, but I plan on it this weekend. So, hopefully they will work.

UPDATE!!
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For those of you who are trying to get a clear/invisible slider bar, I've attached the different cabs I've come across for that...some worked for me but some didn't...but that could just be because I was on a stock 6.1 ROM when I tested most of them, so ones that didn't work for me might work on a 6.5 and/or custom ROM. I'm just putting them up on here so you can try any of them that you haven't come across already.
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So, I wanted to say that I did try these apps you posted with no luck for any of them on any of NRG's Roms. I guess his stuff is proprietary over everything accept HDWalls.
If you or anyone else has any ideas or suggestions on where I could possibly find this, please share.

outerdepth said:
So, I wanted to say that I did try these apps you posted with no luck for any of them on any of NRG's Roms. I guess his stuff is proprietary over everything accept HDWalls.
If you or anyone else has any ideas or suggestions on where I could possibly find this, please share.
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Well sometime in the past day or two, I came across THIS thread, with what may be a workable alternative for "transparent" task and softkey bars. I haven't gotten a chance to try it out myself, but you're welcome to give it a shot

sirphunkee said:
For those of you who are trying to get a clear/invisible slider bar, I've attached the different cabs I've come across for that...some worked for me but some didn't...but that could just be because I was on a stock 6.1 ROM when I tested most of them, so ones that didn't work for me might work on a 6.5 and/or custom ROM. I'm just putting them up on here so you can try any of them that you haven't come across already.
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sirphunkee said:
Well sometime in the past day or two, I came across THIS thread, with what may be a workable alternative for "transparent" task and softkey bars. I haven't gotten a chance to try it out myself, but you're welcome to give it a shot
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Tried it already too!
No luck with that one either. I am still looking all over the internet besides here. Hopefully somebody will figure out something.

outerdepth said:
Tried it already too!
No luck with that one either. I am still looking all over the internet besides here. Hopefully somebody will figure out something.
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I'm sorry man I wish I had other alternatives for you.
I'm assuming you've already asked over in the NRG ROM thread?

Go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=660557
for transparent task and menu bars. Works for my 6.5