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Best iPhone theme or program for Sprint Touch?

I am trying to find the best program or theme to make my Sprint Touch more like the iPhone. I like the large icons and easy finger access like the iPhone has. Right now I use Wisbar Advance 3 for a better taskbar, but I don't like using my stylus all the time.
I see there are a lot of choices to make my Sprint Touch like the iPhone, but which is the best.
You have Wisbar Advance Desktop (itorx iphone theme). You have iFonz (but 1.00 has some problems). I think rltoday program. There is Winterface from Vito technology, looks promising, but it is incomplete. There is SPB mobile shell 2.1, but it is not really like the iphone, plus I just didn't like it.
What do you think? I am missing another theme or program. What do you think will work best on the Touch?

truthfully ifonz is the best iphone clone.
try 0.9.9 i didnt have any problems with that one.
or try throttle launcher. not iphone looking at all but very finger friendly, or at least for me it.

PointUI Home.

check out Itask. It work's great. Comes with several programs and great sub menus easy to access info. Works with flash lite.

When I first got my Touch I spent hours trying to customize iPhone-like programs, most are too slow and the good ones like iTask are hard to customize and last I checked not updated at all.
I preference for a superior interface is the Spb Mobile Shell 2.1 with the littlerain's Windows 7 skin. It's finger friendly and easy to use interface, in some ways a bit better than the iPhone's interface. Just my preference, there are tons of skins even one's that make it look like the new HTC Diamond.

ifonz
ifonze is nice but it takes some time to set up and is slow to respond. there is an htc customizer that is also nice using std oem rom. Both can work at the same time. I still have hope for ifonze but the usefulness is fading fast with the slow response and tedious set up.

[POLL] which Today screen do you like best? TouchFlo 3D, WinMo 6.1, WinMo 6.5, other?

What today screen do you absolutely like best:
Windows Mobile 6.1
Pros: Wonderful plugins
Cons: Plug-ins aren't always finger friendly
Windows Mobile 6.5
Pros: Most finger friendly
Cons: Not enough interface
Touch Flo 3D
Pros: Finger friendly, today screen interface
Cons: Not as finger friendly interface
Other includes Touch Flo 2D and Samsung Omnia and etc...
Pros: Add here
Cons: Add here

SPB Mobile Shell 3
Pros: Figer friendly, customizable today screen interface.

Not really a complete poll..
I use iPhoneToday, it looks pretty damn good if you ask me. And is being actively devoped.
Takes some tweaking but then it looks very iPhone-esque (which is a good thing, because if there is one thing apple can do, it is build interfaces..)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=508429

SE Panel.
Pros: fully customizable, all on one page - no page swaping, clean, practical, 2 different panels available.
Cons: not free backround choice, a bit slow with very many apps on screen.

BTW it's kinda stupid to make on SE X1 poll
Tf3d as a main choice. It should be SE thing there.

my vote goes to spb mobile shell 3.0

Another vote for SPB 3.0.1.
It's unbelievably customizable and finger friendly.
You can't complain about it, because you can pretty much change anything you want.
The software developers there are obviously striving for excellence, which is great to see.

I use SPB Mobile Shell 3.

SPB of course
My X1 is very happy with SPB mobile shell 3.01
pro : speed, speed, speed !

I'd have to go with TF3D-2. It's the best looking of all, and very user-friendly imo.
@You guys using Spb Mobile Shell 3:
Is it easy to change the appearance/overall design to a more modern (TF3D if you will) look, because I think it looks very 1990's?
I used Spb MS 2 for a long while, until I got hooked on cooked ROMs with TF3D... I haven't tried v.3 yet, but I'm thinking about it.

WM 6.1
Spb Pocket Plus
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Spb Mobile Shell 3
and you rule the world

maedox said:
I'd have to go with TF3D-2. It's the best looking of all, and very user-friendly imo.
@You guys using Spb Mobile Shell 3:
Is it easy to change the appearance/overall design to a more modern (TF3D if you will) look, because I think it looks very 1990's?
I used Spb MS 2 for a long while, until I got hooked on cooked ROMs with TF3D... I haven't tried v.3 yet, but I'm thinking about it.
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I just recorded a quick demo of Spb MS 3.01. Give it a try.
VIDEO CLICK HERE

doministry said:
SE Panel.
Pros: fully customizable, all on one page - no page swaping, clean, practical, 2 different panels available.
Cons: not free backround choice, a bit slow with very many apps on screen.
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You CAN put your own background onto an SE panel. There are files in the panels folder which correspond to the 10 different colors you can select for the background. Just replace one of them with your own. Make sure the dimensions match (it isn't 800 x 480). You can specify both landscape and portrait background (##h and ##v).

WhyBe said:
You CAN put your own background onto an SE panel. There are files in the panels folder which correspond to the 10 different colors you can select for the background. Just replace one of them with your own. Make sure the dimensions match (it isn't 800 x 480). You can specify both landscape and portrait background (##h and ##v).
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Haha. I know that, in the other thread I attached my homescreen with my background.
The disadvantage IMO is that you have to manually replace files instead of just choosing the background.

spb shell 3 for me

"Old school" - HTC Home with 4 tabs

SPB Mobile Shell 3 FTW!

8/Aug porting OmniaII/pro applications and skin(rom dump and some apps now available)

Not extracted or ported yet:
-The cube
-The video and audio editer
-Touch player (not working properly yet). Video player
-The opera build with zoom slider
-The rest of the main menu with links to the task swither
-Camera appliation
-Full windows mobile reskin with its finger friendly components like contats , menus, dialogs...etc
-the OCR for creating the contact from the picture of the buisness card
-the podcast & RSS readers
-The file browser
-other apps that i missed
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edit1: i found this cool modaco rom extracting thread by KSAN. the omnia II ROM dump is uploaded in mediafire here some apps (Stefano92_100) are here
edit2: a story in pocketnow about all this was posted http://pocketnow.com/news-archive/samsung-omnia-ii-apps-being-extracted-for-other-devices
edit3:main menu ported thanks darkchmatak
edit4: the photo album (darkchmatak)
edit5: Share Pix and Smart Converter(darkchmatak)
Omnia 2 registry dump (kstan from modaco)
Samsung PowerCalc(kstan from modaco)
edit6: kstan app thread from modaco Midomi, Smart Memo, touch player , Mobile Tracker, Task Manager, Photo Album
edit7 touch playernot working(kstan) and sharpix cabbed(emalote)
edit8: medomi WQVGA by sector. to enable 3g connection change registry from 3 to 1 of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Melodis\Midomi\midomiGU IDType (thanks ikkari)
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the omnia 2 is out and there seems to be so many applications and skins worth porting. some of what cought my attention is
1-totally skinned and finger friendly to replace all aspects of widows mobile interface. the basically did what MS should have done ages ago
2-the amazing video and sound editer
3-video player with support for mpeg4 and xvid
4-the fingerfriendly image viewer
5-the task switcher
6-the cube interface, L&W modes and the touchwhiz2
7-other apps like podcast&RSS , OCR for recording contacts information, new music id medomi application,new file explorer and calander
video and more info http://pocketnow.com/review/samsung-omnia-ii-i8000-1?p=2
so, where can we download the omniaPro/ii ROMs so we can start extracting the cabs and packages to port them to our devices

THE GRIZZ said:
the omnia 2 is out and there seems to be so many applications and skins worth porting. some of what cought my attention is
1-totally skinned and finger friendly to replace all aspects of widows mobile interface. the basically did what MS should have done ages ago
2-the amazing video and sound editer
3-video player with support for mpeg4 and xvid
4-the fingerfriendly image viewer
5-the task switcher
6-the cube interface, L&W modes and the touchwhiz2
7-other apps like podcast&RSS , OCR for recording contacts information, new music id application,new file explorer and calander
video and more info http://pocketnow.com/review/samsung-omnia-ii-i8000-1?p=2
so, where can we download the omniaPro/ii ROMs so we can start extracting the cabs and packages to port them to our devices
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very true matey ... it would be awesome if someone can port the apps to htc touch hd ....

How about the skinned file manager, and midomi?

im having an issue finding the ROM bbut there are people over here who already have the omnia 2 would someone post instructions on how to dump the installed rom so they upload it for us.
there is a lot of thing to like about their customized software

I would love to see some of these application on my Touch Diamond. The skinned file manager, and Touch player especially!

I would probably kill for the task manager...thats what I've been craving for months now. Also the SMS and Email app is a must have. Don't want the phone..just the software

The resolution is different, so it's very hard to port these apps to Omnia I

I've watched PocketNow's Youtube i8000 software tour and it is simply incredible. I've heard quite a bit of negative things about the Omnia II i8000, but the software tour provided by PocketNow really made it shine.
The interface was very fast (in some cases, as fast as the custom ROMs available on XDA) and the available software was simply unreal. The video editor and cube were particularly nice, but I believe Samsung also got the first Windows Mobile version of Midomi ever making it that much better.
I can't wait for the QWERTY Samsung B7610 to finally come out.

i found this thread. the omnia II rom dump is uploaded in mediafire here
hope this is enough for people over here to start

some apps are already extracted here http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=7f364dce2089ae8a4c17ca8801618ef78fe1cb5b49933873b8eada0a1ae8665a
Phonebook.rar
Powercalc.rar
Sfondi Omnia II - WQVGA.rar
Smartmemo.rar
TCalendar.rar
Tclock.rar
some other cool ones are not extracted yet

on my xperia win 6.5
Phonebook.rar --didnt really work
Powercalc.rar -- worked fine
Smartmemo.rar --didnt work
TCalendar.rar -- worked
Tclock.rar -- didnt work
will test again later when i flash to a 6.1 rom

Omnia 1900 test results:
Phonebook.rar -- Loads but app is in VGA.
Powercalc.rar -- Loads but app is in VGA.
Smartmemo.rar --Didnt Not Load, No errors message, just a [Ping] sound.
TCalendar.rar -- Loads but app is in VGA.
Tclock.rar -- Loads but app is in VGA.
Looks real nice though, if only they worked in wqvga.

i added a picture of my xperia in the first post
also a cool guy posted a nice story about all this in pocketnow. i hope now we get enough attention from the devs here to port the rest
http://pocketnow.com/news-archive/samsung-omnia-ii-apps-being-extracted-for-other-devices below is part of the story
Samsung Omnia II Apps Being Extracted for Other Devices
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There should be more developments once they dump the ROM and more people get involved, which is the main focus of the thread. Visit the MoDaCo thread and keep an eye on the dedicated Omnia II extraction thread at XDA for any progress and to test the apps.
How many of you are waiting for a functioning Midomi app to be ported? I know I am. Hopefully patience pays off.
In case you missed it, check out our full Samsung Omnia II review.

vishalm said:
Omnia 1900 test results:
Phonebook.rar -- Loads but app is in VGA.
Powercalc.rar -- Loads but app is in VGA.
Smartmemo.rar --Didnt Not Load, No errors message, just a [Ping] sound.
TCalendar.rar -- Loads but app is in VGA.
Tclock.rar -- Loads but app is in VGA.
Looks real nice though, if only they worked in wqvga.
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Has anyone tried these on the Diamond?
Update: Tried TCalendar and Phonebook. TCalendar seems to work at first glance looks really nice, however, I cannot add any appointments or anything and the menu softkey makes the screen go crazy. Phonebook just gives me a a black screen with only the keyboard button in the down right corner.

Need Midomi..

Downloaded and tried Tcalender. ..
It worked as u can see in the pic, but it fails to creat new appointment or to access the menu soft key ??? apart from the first home screen nothing else is working.
Edit: I have Xperia X1i, Official R3AA UK ROM

Tested the TCalendar on the HTC Touch Diamond 2 (Topaz) with the Custom ROM Topaz Essentials
Viewing of the Calendar works fine (although quite slow) - but opening the menu or adding a new entry does not work

Oh.Can't dl from mediafire
who can upload to rapidshare for a mirror?
Only need the Part02 Disk1 dump files(part1.rar part2.rar part3.rar)
thanks very much!!!
I just want to search into the dump folder for any other files needed to load the apps!

Just a quick update from a Touch HD running pkoper's EPS HDX WM6.1 ROM:
- TCalendar: starts, shows appointments (in all views), looking good. Navigating to dates works. Menus, however, don't work properly. And it's all in Hungarian.
- TClock: doesn't start ("components not found").
N.

i think these compressed executables are missing other supporting files thats why they are refusing to run. a proper cab of each of the omnia application need to be created. lets keep an eye on the modaco thread for now
http://www.modaco.com/content-page/290653/pagination/page/0/

Customize Windows Default Theme on 6.5?

I think the Windows Default (Zune-esque) interface for WM 6.5 is pretty neat, however, is there a way to customize (move/add/delete) the home screen list (Music, etc...)

There's an app in Windows Marketplace called "Home Screen Customizer" that does this.
There is also an entire forum on xda dedicated to this here. Search for "Showaco Chome Editor".

Facebook Help please...
Great thanks for the link, I have the ZuneHD and I want my phone to be just like it! I did search the forums/freeware but I cannot find a good .cab that will allow sync between facebook and tp2 and show updates like TF3D if I had a good contact program that could do this I wouldn't need TF3D!
Also was I the only one to notice that once you upgrade to 6.5 you lose the ability to sync birthdays?
So basically I need a cab that syncs birthdays and pics with facebook... like TF3D on the TmoUS stock TF3D ROM oh yeah and has a favorites screen.
Do I ask for too much... I am rather picky but who customizes and is not?

[Q] Barebone - but not completely naked ROM? HTC Apps - available anywhere?

I've been looking through the forums, searching my butt off, etc but I'm still unable to get where I want to go - so time to ask around. Hopefully it won't turn out I'm just a crappy searcher....
So! I really enjoy SPB Mobile Shell, especially after you slap a TouchFlo/Sense-like skin on it. It's faster and more customizable than Sense itself and looks great.
I'd also like to have a fresh WinMo 6.5 as a foundation for it.
Furthermore, I'd like for that WinMo to have the actual HTC controls - volume, dialer, preferrably even alarm settings and the proper Blackstone communications setup apps. I would not, however, want it to be polluted with lots of other crap like useless MS apps or PDF readers or whatever.
So, is there such a ROM? If there is not, but there is a super clean 6.5 ROM - has anyone extracted the HTC control apps (the actual ones for Blackstone, not some crappy HTC-like **** apps from 2008 which was all I could find) into cab form, and can they be found anywhere?
Thanks.

lorcro2000 said:
I've been looking through the forums, searching my butt off, etc but I'm still unable to get where I want to go - so time to ask around. Hopefully it won't turn out I'm just a crappy searcher....
So! I really enjoy SPB Mobile Shell, especially after you slap a TouchFlo/Sense-like skin on it. It's faster and more customizable than Sense itself and looks great.
I'd also like to have a fresh WinMo 6.5 as a foundation for it.
Furthermore, I'd like for that WinMo to have the actual HTC controls - volume, dialer, preferrably even alarm settings and the proper Blackstone communications setup apps. I would not, however, want it to be polluted with lots of other crap like useless MS apps or PDF readers or whatever.
So, is there such a ROM? If there is not, but there is a super clean 6.5 ROM - has anyone extracted the HTC control apps (the actual ones for Blackstone, not some crappy HTC-like **** apps from 2008 which was all I could find) into cab form, and can they be found anywhere?
Thanks.
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Blackstone Henge Hyper 2.5 version 7 i think it is...pretty basic, stripped down version of windows 6.5. (not sure what ur referring to with actual htc control apps?) But, I'm using this RoMU now..running CHT to skin it, looks great, runs smooth. Only one possible issue--battery life seems to be rather poor compared to others Ive used equipped w/ far more application that required more performance from the OS. I'm looking for the prob/ solution. Perhaps too many cabs, as opposed to running a RoM with several of them already built into it...Anyway, could be what ur looking for.

Well, I was referring to having a "HTC Sense" looking dialer and volume controls etc as opposed to the exceedingly ugly ones that come with stock Windows Mobile. If you get a full-featured ROM you get the HTC communication manager, HTC dialer etc that look really nice compared to the stock. Those bits are the only ones I'd personally like in addition to the stock stuff though (and not even all of the stock stuff).
In the end I went for a very light ROM that did have Manila as well, then turned Manila off in the Today settings. It's not ideal, but it works pretty well and I have a fair amount of memory to play with still to install the apps I really want and none of the dreck I don't need.
It's a shame there's no ROM that is both very light, has the HTC apps like the dialer and comms manager and volume control etc and is built on a really fresh WinMo release... but this works I guess.

lorcro2000 said:
Well, I was referring to having a "HTC Sense" looking dialer and volume controls etc as opposed to the exceedingly ugly ones that come with stock Windows Mobile. If you get a full-featured ROM you get the HTC communication manager, HTC dialer etc that look really nice compared to the stock. Those bits are the only ones I'd personally like in addition to the stock stuff though (and not even all of the stock stuff).
In the end I went for a very light ROM that did have Manila as well, then turned Manila off in the Today settings. It's not ideal, but it works pretty well and I have a fair amount of memory to play with still to install the apps I really want and none of the dreck I don't need.
It's a shame there's no ROM that is both very light, has the HTC apps like the dialer and comms manager and volume control etc and is built on a really fresh WinMo release... but this works I guess.
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-Hey mate, yea I see what ur saying. Still check out the Blackstone Henge RoM, it sounds like what ur looking for. Very stripped down, but still utilizing the finger friendly volume control, slider, dialer, and communication manager. But the RoM build has removed alot of useless, ram draining applications. Give it a go mate if ur up to it..may just suit ur needs. Good luck.