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contacts pic on today screen

can some one please tell me how i can put contacts pic on today screen,i seen it done with the treo 700 with windows 5.0.maybe some one can tell me of some software to do this,thanks

i use vjays phone tools and set shortcut with custom icon to my today screen launcher.

I also use VJPhoneTools on my Today launcher:
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But there is a commercial app called MyPhoneShortcuts which does something similiar ($9.49).
V

Hi vjay,
when you gonna let us know how get out today screens looking this cool?

Bit busy
Holy sh*t VJ! That's some busy Today screen.

Davebo: Yeah, I'm still not happy about the spare bit of space in the middle (it's actually a plugin called VJTodaySpacer). Will have to put something ridiculous in there too! This plugin, VJEphemeris, is likely to substantially change shape as soon as I get a minute to re-address some of it. With my R&D on VJVolubilis etc, I want to build in one touch wifi/ir/bluetooth control etc, and some other stuff.
The screen looks busy but I find it quite easy on the eye (although I dislike analog clocks. I only did it to see how to do it..I think I'll remove it later)
I only have one screen, no virtual pages etc (yet!). The Quote of the day thing is funny, it auto sizes according to the size of the quote. So you get some long ones that autosize to like 3pixels high. Looks absurd
Has anyone gotten around to ripping the treo 700w rom yet? I'd like to have a look at their contacts dialer.
V

Wisbar Advanced Desktop will also let you put a shortcut to a phone number. Then I use vijay's tool for email and SMS.

vijay555 said:
I also use VJPhoneTools on my Today launcher:
But there is a commercial app called MyPhoneShortcuts which does something similiar ($9.49).
V
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Hi, can i ask what soft is adding icons to your taskbar on top. Thx a lot.

Alknaion - phone alarm, skin available here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=27331&highlight=toggletoday
The fullscreen technique is not entirely compatible with WM5 yet. I've not had enough time to get it out yet. Chakra will tell you all about it.
V

New iBliss 3G dialpad

Hey guys,
I got the iBliss dialpad skin from crash (in the wisbar forum) and updated it so that it's compatible with 3G phones. Here are some screenshots:
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Now, I still can't seem to work out which file overlays the brightness bar (video call => click brightness button). If anyone can help me on that I can then finish off the skin.
Note that the installation cab overwrites your phcanrc.dll in your windows directory. You might like to back that up first.

thanks, i have installed it and its very nice one

looks very nice, thanks

can someone post a picture? I don't want to install it before I know how it looks like

...and does using this require you to have Wisbar installed on your device? oh yeah, pictures would be appreciated. thanks...

Absolutely great work
I have one request, if I may...Could you make the photo larger inside the phonepad, I love the looks, but there's plenty of room to make the photo with "normal" calls twice the size...pretty please...

Very great work, thank's

i have a question.
how i can have "keypad" button (left softkey in picture 3) when i do a call
now i have contacts there

Is this project still alive at all? Im having issues with this not displaying anything correctly on a Touch. Worked on a cooked rom, but i installed in on a new rom that didnt have it and now it looks all jacked up.
David
RayEarth said:
Hey guys,
I got the iBliss dialpad skin from crash (in the wisbar forum) and updated it so that it's compatible with 3G phones. Here are some screenshots:
Now, I still can't seem to work out which file overlays the brightness bar (video call => click brightness button). If anyone can help me on that I can then finish off the skin.
Note that the installation cab overwrites your phcanrc.dll in your windows directory. You might like to back that up first.
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This does not display any numbered buttons for me with FInixNOver3.4 Black Edition
So I'm going to have to hard reset my device...

Modify HTC Home Screen

I like parts of the HTC Home Screen but there are portions of SPB Mobile Shell that I like better.
I would like to combine the two like the following screenshot.
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I have gotten so I can put the SPB Mobile Shell plugin at the bottom (see screenshot below) but I can't figure out if it is possible to remove part of the HTC Homescreen Plugin.
Does anyone know if this is possible OR if their are plugins that will mimic the Clock and the Notification bar? If it will take a lot of work I wouldn't mind donating hosting or funds.

mot possilbe. at present there's no way to change the size of text or the items that are part of it, that's hardcoded into the dlls. Only thing that cn change is the fonts and icons
Now, you could taken it down to one tab by using either HTC Home Customizer or the newer versions of it add a nother tab in settings > today control panel. So you can take it down to the HOME tab only, that will leave you with what you want (but the House icon is still there, that's the best I can do...)

Don't know where to tell you to look but its here somewhere can't remember where I got it. I use HTC Plus instead of the Home Plug here it is with MobileShell

well then is it possible to create a custom today plugin like HTC Home?

you may want to check out rlToday, there are some really great skins for it. there are even some HTCHome inspired ones; just check out the rlToday forums.

fowen said:
Does anyone know if this is possible OR if their are plugins that will mimic the Clock and the Notification bar?
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Use rlToday, it uses xml so u can customize it urself ... like i did here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=61600&d=1197558837
or maybe u just want this one (taken frm rlToday skin forum)
http://rotlaus-software.de/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2180

cruzzmz said:
Use rlToday, it uses xml so u can customize it urself ... like i did here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=61600&d=1197558837
or maybe u just want this one (taken frm rlToday skin forum)
http://rotlaus-software.de/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2180
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Thanks - this is very useful!

[APP]REtractable slider bar for tf3d v2.3[UPDATED AUGUST 3]

Hey people,
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This does :
CHANGELOg
v2.3
1>Changed the timeout to 3 sec
you can change this to whatever you want
Registry key to change is-
HKCU\Software\HTC\Manila\TimeDelayop
2>Changed the grpahic to default one which we see in landscape as well
3>Solved bug in touch hd
4>NOW THE GRPAHIC MOVES WITH THE SLIDER>IT WILL MINIMISE WHERE THE SELECTOR LAST WAS
--ALL REQUESTS MET
1>it gives you the same retractable slider bar as u have in landscape mode
2>timeout
3>WORKS ON ALL TABS INCLUDING WEATHER
the image is of my xperia along with my slide to unlock mod..
this is the wvga version.Fredz made a vga version with use of a file called manila.lua.
i made it using a seperate graphic file and my own lua
Improvements
-Timeout is 0 seconds after release.
-The slider bar pops up on press immidiately
TESTED ON
XPERIA X1
TOUCH HD
View attachment 211931
APPRECIATION KEEPS MY SPIRIT ALIVE.AND DONATIONS WONT KILL ME
cheers
rota

i like that icons
nice mod!!

would be nice if the activation-arrow were at the left corner.. and should look like in landscape mode..
but nice idea

comingloud said:
would be nice if the activation-arrow were at the left corner.. and should look like in landscape mode..
but nice idea
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Something like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=539122
you mean (found in the development & Hacking). I DID NOT try any of this, just sharing the link.

my man.. hope it works with wvga.. thanks

this works on wvga
updated v2.3

sorry, does not work on my german vario V,
tf3d is starting really slow, sliding doesn´t work..

nice new version, only thing, the black rectangle is sliding.. static would be better..
but´s only my oppineon

Seemed Unstable
Hi rotastrain et al
The latest version seemed a little unstable. My phone restarted itself once I had installed it. I think that if this modification was stable and the slider button was at the left like in landscape mode I would consider using it.
Many thanks
andrew-in-woking

[Updated] backgroundCreator

I've made an application that will replace the theme's background with a background of your choice.
The advantages of using my program:
- unlike on your device itself, you can zoom in and out of pictures and get just the part YOU want on your devices today screen.
- you get a seperate part of the picture for both portrait and landscape mode, not the same one like windows does (either cropped or tiled).
It's an application specifically designed for the XPERIA but it can be used with other devices with the same resolution (or if I make small modifications which consist in users being able to select the preferred resolution).
You can load a picture, modify it to your wishes and then either save it directly onto your device or make a backup which you can use for later on your desktop computer.
Update: You can now change the fontcolor of your todayscreen and start menu, as well as changing your devices base color.
For example the color for your menu's and background colors for standard windows applications like messaging, etc...
If there are things you dislike or would like to see changed; functionality you would like me to add, please tell me.
Note:
- All 3 files are needed to run the application.
Credits:
- creator of the TodayRefresh.exe (source code @ msdn)
- creators of the RAPI dll (http://rapi.codeplex.com/)
Edit: Them screenshotz
* Landscape mode
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* Portrait mode

Does this work only for the Today screen? Or also in Manilla?

sceenshots pls...

darthmelk said:
Does this work only for the Today screen? Or also in Manilla?
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I have no experience with manilla, I don't even know what it is ^_^!
If manilla uses the files windows provides to use as a background, it will (like stwater_800_480), otherwise it won't.

wow, glad to see a nifty little program like this. can't wait to try it out, thanks for the development!

I've added some features which now makes it a basic theme editing program as well.
Also I have bad news..
my x1 fell in my cup of soup a few days ago T_T so I turned it in for repairs. I got lucky after like 20 times I could flash my old ROM and SPL back so they can't complain about that..

Will it change the background only of the Today Screen?
No changes in the screen of the Sony Ericsson Panel?
(I'd like a program to change the Sony Ericsson Panel Background, doing it manually is a little tedious)

will this creator also run with windows mobile 6.5?
great thanks for development!!