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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.

[Updated Sep 13]Blue Waves v1.2 for SPB MS 2.1.2 - 320x320 screen support added

09/13/2008 - Added Support for 320x320 Screens - Download below
09/07/2008 - Added Support for 240x240 Screens - Download below
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Featured on Touch-Innovation.com...http://www.touch-innovation.com/skindetails-13/
This theme is for QVGA 240x320 screens.
Theme is optimized for Portrait mode but also supports Landscape.
09/07/2008 - Added Support for 240x240 Screens - Download below
Theme was updated using SPB MS 2.1.2 but also works with 2.1. Status icons are still slightly misaligned on lancher, mru and contacts page.
Theme includes analog and digital mode using spb ms options to select which you want to use. now screen includes 5 mru buttons. Theme includes 3 contact pages which can be accessed using the tabs on the bottom when u get to the contacts page. contacts page tab labels can be personalized to Personal, Business, Friends or whatever you want editing the xmls or using the SPBMobileShell.txt file. Now, Launcher and all contact pages include status icons. (as i stated before, i like to have quick access to status icons)
08/31/2008 - Changes include
1. Added all day appts to the now screen.
2. Not as much memory usage as before.
3. Added a theme that includes only 1 contacts page with 16 contacts.
3. Replaced the battery file to the one posted here by Phonatic. operator icons is one that goes from red to yellow to green, depending on the signal strength.
5. Added color theme based version. (See below)
4 different layouts included in download.
1. 3 Contact Pages-Close Tab
2. 3 Contact Pages-MRU Tab
3. 1 Contact Page-Close Tab
4. 1 Contact Page-MRU Tab
Download files here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KB6RSFDF
or here: http://www.touch-innovation.com/upload/568278366.zip
Please read the readme.txt file included to setup the theme.
Update for calendar on now screen: ​Download the file below if you want ur setup to include the calendar on the now screen. When i made this theme, i made a change to the now screen to show upcoming all day events. but when doing that it wont show the calendar at all or appts if you have no appts within 7 days. if you want ur setup to show the calendar, download the file below and copy the qa_layouts.dat file from the layout u want to use.
I would like to thank luiggi, gagaza, greatbal, and mkates for their themes and edits that i used to study to create my first theme from the default skin.
I would also like to thank beyondinvisible for his great weather graphics.
Please feel free to do whatever you want with this theme.

Color Theme Based Backgrounds
1.) BlueWaves Default background
2.) Greatbal's Diamond background
3.) SPB MS2.1.2 Original background
Read the readme.txt file included to use these backgrounds.

congratulation, great thème, thank you for your share

Great theme. Thank you for sharing.

Nice work LdoStang. Very creative layout. I'm going try it out tonight.

So great man! I will try!

Very nice LDO... super job. Really has all I want on the NOW screen and the 3 contact pages is a must... thanks for making this for the xda community et al...

Thanks to everyody for the comments. Any comments, criticism or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Hope u all like my theme.
Legolus said:
Is it possible just to have three tabs and eliminated the X tab
I never close my now screen
Thanks,
legolus
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I would never close my now screen before either until i started using rumball's animated weatherpanel skin. (which is awesome by the way.)
I was actually thinking of doing different layouts, like mru tab instead of close tab or eliminate the fourth tab entirely and just leave 3 tabs. all depending on comments.

this looks really good
thank you for ur share

ldostang said:
Thanks to everyody for the comments. Any comments, criticism or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Hope u all like my theme.
I would never close my now screen before either until i started using rumball's animated weatherpanel skin. (which is awesome by the way.)
I was actually thinking of doing different layouts, like mru tab instead of close tab or eliminate the fourth tab entirely and just leave 3 tabs. all depending on comments.
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Hi
Great Work & thanks for sharing
please make it with 3 tabs only & remove the close button....maybe home in middle, laucher on left & contacts on right
thanks again

Is that a square screen on your post? This would be a great 320x320 theme!

Very nice. Thanks. Does it fit for landscape layout?

this skin realy rocks
i realy like the 5 shortcuts to the most used programs on the home page :O now i can lock my phone easily
thanks for this great skin

is it possible to get this in like a diamond them? i like the layout and the icons.

guys.... please do offer VGA variantions for your themes .... I like so many themes out there but none is VGA .... you're leaving us alone guys

Very Good!
Great Work!
This Theme use 5,5/6MB of RAM ...
how to reduce it? Other themes use 4MB or lower.

Awesome theme - Great Work - but on the now screen my carrier "verizon wireless" runs into the clock- how can I fix this? Thanks again.

I searched and found a little program called personalizer 2.0 - which let me change the carrier name - now it just says VZW! Thanks again!

ahmedfikry said:
Hi
Great Work & thanks for sharing
please make it with 3 tabs only & remove the close button....maybe home in middle, laucher on left & contacts on right
thanks again
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Will do. actually its how it started. my avatar still dispalys the theme still in the middle stages with the tabs the way u r requesting. have to work now so will do mods later this afternoon.
robbyr said:
Is that a square screen on your post? This would be a great 320x320 theme!
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this theme currently only works for qvga 240X320 screens.
mantis123 said:
Very nice. Thanks. Does it fit for landscape layout?
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Yeah it does have landscape working. forgot to mention it in the details. will fix the post.
JukEboXAuDiO said:
is it possible to get this in like a diamond them? i like the layout and the icons.
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well actually, my idea was to do a different layout because as much as i like the diamond look too, i like to change looks every now and then. maybe after mods and colors i plan to do, i can try something out to implement diamond into it.
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guys.... please do offer VGA variantions for your themes .... I like so many themes out there but none is VGA .... you're leaving us alone guys
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i have never done a vga theme but do want to make it vga available because i want to get a vga device.
millo1978 said:
Great Work!
This Theme use 5,5/6MB of RAM ...
how to reduce it? Other themes use 4MB or lower.
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need to check on that. will get back to u.
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I searched and found a little program called personalizer 2.0 - which let me change the carrier name - now it just says VZW! Thanks again!
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glad u found a fix for it.

Absolutely awesome theme. I have been trying to find a replacement for the Diamond (good theme, but time for a change) and this one sent all the right signals. I wanted to change some aspects though, I will be loosing the close button and adding an mru tab instead. The extra mail icons on the contas and program tabs will go as well.
Look for a post later today or tomorrow!

[THE][09-03-09] AnX1 TF3D 2 "Landscape" Shadowsong v1

* Discontinued *

very nice
did you solved all the issue with transparent bottom curtain?

guap said:
very nice
did you solved all the issue with transparent bottom curtain?
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Uh, I kind-of worked around it. Now that you mention it, have to stick that under known issues

Looks great. I will try it out when I install the TF3D 2 cab.
Can you upload the wallpaper you used for this theme?

F-Styla said:
Looks great. I will try it out when I install the TF3D 2 cab.
Can you upload the wallpaper you used for this theme?
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Thanks. The wallpaper is a combination of existing pictures that I edited together.

Which TF3D2 do I need to install to use this skin?
Also, I tried [Touch-IT Manila 2 LandScape] and I got the following message.
Installation was unsuccessful. The program or setting cannot be installed because it is not digitally signed with a trusted certificate.
Any thoughts?

I don't mean to sound rude or anything but the icons look a little low quality. I think if you lowered the size and depth of the bezel and emboss on them it would look much better and change the outer glow to a light bright blue and lower the size a little., the blue you currently doesn't look as clean imo.
Again i'm not being rude just trying to give some helpful feedback, I've been photoshopping for a few years now and just wanted to give some advice.
A little more like this maybe?
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Feel free to ignore me though.

ratchetnclank said:
I don't mean to sound rude or anything but the icons look a little low quality. I think if you lowered the size and depth of the bezel and emboss on them it would look much better and change the outer glow to a light bright blue and lower the size a little., the blue you currently doesn't look as clean imo.
Again i'm not being rude just trying to give some helpful feedback, I've been photoshopping for a few years now and just wanted to give some advice.
A little more like this maybe?
Feel free to ignore me though.
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i thought this of all of your icons in shadowsong, 2

dahanist said:
Which TF3D2 do I need to install to use this skin?
Also, I tried [Touch-IT Manila 2 LandScape] and I got the following message.
Installation was unsuccessful. The program or setting cannot be installed because it is not digitally signed with a trusted certificate.
Any thoughts?
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I think the problem there lies not in the manila, but your ROM. Looks like it can't replace the files in your windows folder (some are system files).
Try both Manila 2 installs there are (itje's and the one in the sticky) to see if that fixes anything. If not, I'm not sure what you should do.
ratchetnclank said:
I don't mean to sound rude or anything but the icons look a little low quality. I think if you lowered the size and depth of the bezel and emboss on them it would look much better and change the outer glow to a light bright blue and lower the size a little., the blue you currently doesn't look as clean imo.
Again i'm not being rude just trying to give some helpful feedback, I've been photoshopping for a few years now and just wanted to give some advice.
A little more like this maybe?
Feel free to ignore me though.
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Did you base that opinion on the screenshots, or on the skin being on your phone?
Personally, I think it looks just fine. I left the glow a bit lighter so the screen doesn't get all too blue. Also, I used the original manila icons and edited them. The icons don't look low quality on my phone at all, I can see all the edges clearly, straight as an arrow.
Reducing the glow size would be an option, though I'm afraid that the icons won't stand out enough then, falling into the background.
Kid_DC said:
i thought this of all of your icons in shadowsong, 2
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And you feel now is the time to tell me?

Angelusz said:
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Looks good Angelusz!! Your desktop setup looks exactly like mine lol..

Very nice, thanks, only thing withholding this from being perfect is the one problem you've already mentioned yourself in the first post.
Any ETA on a fix for that (v1.1)?

Magger said:
Very nice, thanks, only thing withholding this from being perfect is the one problem you've already mentioned yourself in the first post.
Any ETA on a fix for that (v1.1)?
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Ok it wasnt that perfect apparently, when clicking the clock it breaks tf3d leaving you no other option that to soft reset your device.

Installed a custom ROM and installed this skin.
Works now.
One question though.
I read it somewhere on XDA that to change the wallpaper I have to edit something.
And just wondering, What does Wallpaper menu under the Settings do?

Angelusz said:
I think the problem there lies not in the manila, but your ROM. Looks like it can't replace the files in your windows folder (some are system files).
Try both Manila 2 installs there are (itje's and the one in the sticky) to see if that fixes anything. If not, I'm not sure what you should do.
Did you base that opinion on the screenshots, or on the skin being on your phone?
Personally, I think it looks just fine. I left the glow a bit lighter so the screen doesn't get all too blue. Also, I used the original manila icons and edited them. The icons don't look low quality on my phone at all, I can see all the edges clearly, straight as an arrow.
Reducing the glow size would be an option, though I'm afraid that the icons won't stand out enough then, falling into the background.
And you feel now is the time to tell me?
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On the screenshots, i dont have manilla 2 installed

Bxsteez said:
Looks good Angelusz!! Your desktop setup looks exactly like mine lol..
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Thanks What's the same, the icons order?
Magger said:
Very nice, thanks, only thing withholding this from being perfect is the one problem you've already mentioned yourself in the first post.
Any ETA on a fix for that (v1.1)?
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I'm working on it, but it involves editing mode9 files. The original edit was done by Pama. I'm trying to contact him for help. (It's a jumble, manila code). Though it's not a huge problem, so it doesn't exactly have top-prio ^_^
Magger said:
Ok it wasnt that perfect apparently, when clicking the clock it breaks tf3d leaving you no other option that to soft reset your device.
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Are you sure that's caused by my skin and not just your manila 2 install? If it's one of itje's older touch-it 4.0 RC's, the notification manager isn't installed yet, crashing TF3D. Please give me some more info to verify.
dahanist said:
Installed a custom ROM and installed this skin.
Works now.
One question though.
I read it somewhere on XDA that to change the wallpaper I have to edit something.
And just wondering, What does Wallpaper menu under the Settings do?
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That function doesn't work yet, but that has nothing to do with my skin, it's TF3D 2 that's still in beta.
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On the screenshots, i dont have manilla 2 installed
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There's the problem then. Don't judge on low-quality screenshots. (Have to keep it small for XDA.)

Your signature says youre using Touch-it V4.0 RC1.1, so am I.

Magger said:
Your signature says youre using Touch-it V4.0 RC1.1, so am I.
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The problem is caused by that ROM.

Can you upload the only the wallapers which are used in this theme?
And is it possible to use this theme with the old clock?

F-Styla said:
Can you upload the only the wallapers which are used in this theme?
And is it possible to use this theme with the old clock?
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I'm currently working on a newer version that's compatible with the newest version of TF3D in Itje's ROMs. I *can* upload just the wallpapers, but it wouldn't look good, I can tell you that much.
It's also possible to use this with the old clock, but again, it wouldn't look good.

Best Launcher (Today-Plugin)

Hi folks! I've been looking for a good launcher recently. What I need is something like SPB PocketPlus, I like the Tab-Functionality. What I care about MOST is that it works. NO CRAPPY GRAPHICS, be it in Landscape or Portrait mode.
What I tried:
UltimateLaunch 1.2: Bad. Graphics are screwed up easily, captions are cut etc.
SPB PocketPlus: Fantastic graphics, but very little customization
SBSH iLauncher: Great customization features but not perfectly fluid and the supplied icons are very limited. Battery meter sucks in landscape mode (Fade from red to green restarts towards the ending, I suppose after 640px, because they were to dumb to make it work with screens bigger than VGA.
So what I want to know from you is which one you're using and if there are more alternatives. What I need once again:
-Excellent graphics (No bugs!)
-Absolutely smooth (!)
-The more customization, the better
-Many special functions that can be assigned

What exactly do you want to launch, then?
For apps I have Elecont Launcher on one row. You can change the icon size and scroll left-right with the finger. You can set it to launch apps only on double-tap. I think it also has batery, free card space etc, but I don't use that.
For contacts I have Elecont Dialer using one row, works in the same way. Double tap to call, tap and hold to sms, scroll with finger.
Just google them and see if they work for you.

Quickmenu.

Firefall! said:
Hi folks! I've been looking for a good launcher recently. What I need is something like SPB PocketPlus, I like the Tab-Functionality. What I care about MOST is that it works. NO CRAPPY GRAPHICS, be it in Landscape or Portrait mode.
What I tried:
UltimateLaunch 1.2: Bad. Graphics are screwed up easily, captions are cut etc.
SPB PocketPlus: Fantastic graphics, but very little customization
SBSH iLauncher: Great customization features but not perfectly fluid and the supplied icons are very limited. Battery meter sucks in landscape mode (Fade from red to green restarts towards the ending, I suppose after 640px, because they were to dumb to make it work with screens bigger than VGA.
So what I want to know from you is which one you're using and if there are more alternatives. What I need once again:
-Excellent graphics (No bugs!)
-Absolutely smooth (!)
-The more customization, the better
-Many special functions that can be assigned
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What customization are you looking for from SPB Pocket Plus? Personally I love it, and I find it very customizable, especially after investing in the real SPB Mobile Shell, not just the panel.

jeeves5454 said:
What customization are you looking for from SPB Pocket Plus? Personally I love it, and I find it very customizable, especially after investing in the real SPB Mobile Shell, not just the panel.
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Especially the color is not according to my wishes, I would like to change it to, say, #0080FF when selected. I guess I might do this with a skin, but hell no, I don't feel like creating a whole skin!
To the others: QuickMenu fails on my device with quite annoying errors. I guess I'll have a look at Elecont Launch, but it sounds familiar to me, I think I've already had it. As for what I want to launch: Programs in the first place. Screen rotation. Settings (CPLs). New Notes. And Send SMS directly would also be nice.

No thanks to Elecont Launcher. Graphics are sooo poor.

Well, it only shows the icons of the programs in the highest resolution possible - be sure to have the last version. What other graphics do you need?!?

darthmelk said:
Well, it only shows the icons of the programs in the highest resolution possible - be sure to have the last version. What other graphics do you need?!?
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But the screenshots look pretty bad. White Pixels around the icons...
I need especially Icons for Tabheaders. I intend to set up following tabs:
Home
Multimedia
Network/Wireless
Programs
Settings
Then of course it needs to have battery and memory meter and inidcators for unread msgs and missed calls would also be very nice (But not a must-have).

No pixels around icons here, but also no tabs. Maybe you need something more advanced, keep looking.

darthmelk said:
No pixels around icons here, but also no tabs. Maybe you need something more advanced, keep looking.
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So what happens if you get to many icons? Scrollbar?

Just try it from their site and uninstall if it's not good for you.
http://www.elecont.com/launcher-for-pocket-pc.aspx
If you have more icons it either creates a new row, or the icons stay on one row (if you set it that way) and you can scroll with your finger.

darthmelk said:
Just try it from their site and uninstall if it's not good for you.
http://www.elecont.com/launcher-for-pocket-pc.aspx
If you have more icons it either creates a new row, or the icons stay on one row (if you set it that way) and you can scroll with your finger.
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Tried it. I was shocked and uninstalled it again. The selection of items to show is excellent, but that's it. Almost no customization, animation slows down very much, no captions, icons are made of <64 colors. I really don't like it after all. Any other suggestions? Anyone?
Or do you know how to create a direct link to "New Note" and "New SMS"? Or how to change color of the battery meter in the taskbar in PocketPlus?

This Elecont launcher is what I was looking for since I've got Xperia .. thanx man ! Simple, no stupid animation, fast, can launch both apps and settings. I need nothing more.

SPB pocketplus
Actaully pocketplus is pretty nice.
You could move the icons everywhere .
alot of icon packs could be found in the Spb forum
I like simple and clean.
There only 2 today plugins on my today screen
few icons and Iconsoft phone extender.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
not the best but a good choice.

Firefall! said:
Almost no customization, animation slows down very much, no captions, icons are made of <64 colors.
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I really don't get it. I'm to lazy to make a screencap of my Today, but all the icons are taken from the apps they link to in hi-res and with all the colors. They look exactly like in Programs. It's not slow either. If you have Java apps then you'll miss the captions, otherwise I don't see the problem.

ckfamily, I have PhonEx too. But did you notice when you tap it once it always stays in front on PocketPlus, it hides part of my tab... The same for you? What's your config of PocketPlus? Are those tabs on your screenshot? Where have the seperators gone?

Firefall! said:
ckfamily, I have PhonEx too. But did you notice when you tap it once it always stays in front on PocketPlus, it hides part of my tab... The same for you? What's your config of PocketPlus? Are those tabs on your screenshot? Where have the seperators gone?
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Hehe, they are not tabs. I personally hate the separators.
I was able to remove the original separators from today S.
but not for the SPBPocket +
Im using a single tab.
btw..
iLauncher has a option to hide the separators between tabs.

ckfamily said:
Hehe, they are not tabs. I personally hate the separators.
I was able to remove the original separators from today S.
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How did you manage?
ckfamily said:
but not for the SPBPocket +
Im using a single tab.
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I see, so if you're using a single tab the header is hidden?

Firefall! said:
How did you manage?
I see, so if you're using a single tab the header is hidden?
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To remove today separator
the cab is not made by me, i found it here.
If you remove all other tabs, there should be no header .

Thank you! Very useful!
BTW: Quickly unpacked the thing and found the relevant setting:
Set HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Today\HidePluginSeparators (DWORD) to 1 to remove lines (Probably Softreset required).
Okay, now are there any other Launcher suggestions or explanations how to create special shortcuts such as "New Note"?