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SPB MObile Shell 3.5 - anyone used this

Has anyone used this and what are your impressions compared to HTC Touch 3D. Does everything work, any problems?

I have this and find that it runs a little smoother than touchflo.

I have just started using 3.5 but have used previous versions and liked them. It's pretty smooth, and much more customizable than TouchFlo - kinda like the Android interface. (Although I have to mess with it a little more - they've changed some things since 3.0, and I can't figure out how to get some things customized the way I had them before on my Touch (vx6900).
Previous versions had a little bit of battery usage issues, but I'm having that issue anyway with my Imagio, and it doesn't seem like it's using it any more than Touch Flo was. They have a 15 day free trial, and it's worth at least trying it out...

how do I add new widgets to 3.5

just tap the bottom right hand corner "drop up" menu - add widget is in there

slumpey326 said:
Has anyone used this and what are your impressions compared to HTC Touch 3D. Does everything work, any problems?
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Not that crazy about it. It's total eye candy, which is cool, but imho it makes things unnecessarily complicated and convoluted.. Plus, there's the huge interface consistency issue that bugs the hell out of me..

Yeah its Purty!!! And very flexible but I uninstalled it after i used the 3d carousel for a minute or so lol.. I just needed to see what it looked like in 3d since I didnt have that option on my omnia. its one of those things where it all depends on what you need your phone to be.. for some its just right, others too much and for many not enough.. mainly because SPB doesnt open it up to the community enough.. it definately does not have as much OS integration as touchflo..

spb shell......any good ?

hey guys, im thinking of trying the demo on the market place for spb shell but just need to know a couple of things first. for those who have it, whats it like?, are there any issues i need to know about and is the install straight foward. i have my phone set up pretty sweet using mods from here so this has to be worth the hassle....its just spb looks nice, i need to try it. thanks for any advice.......

I would like to know as well

donwhann said:
hey guys, im thinking of trying the demo on the market place for spb shell but just need to know a couple of things first. for those who have it, whats it like?, are there any issues i need to know about and is the install straight foward. i have my phone set up pretty sweet using mods from here so this has to be worth the hassle....its just spb looks nice, i need to try it. thanks for any advice.......
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In my opinion, SPB mobile shell is very good.
It's HIGHLY customizable, there are lots of themes and icons available for download.
SPB replaces your default UI, so if you miss HTC sense, all you have to do is enable sense on the today's menu.
It's definitely worth looking into.
It looks nice, It works damn fast, and with right themes, it'll give you the perfect "Android" look you(someone) always wanted.
I mainly use HTC sense, but I do use SPB mobile shell quite often as well.
But to be honest, spb mobile shell is more of a fun toy to play with. real fun, though.

I would also like to know if it is considered illegal to download a copy of spb shell without paying. I don't have a problem paying especially with seeing how things work but I was just wondering if they're asking for a donation or pay to be able to put it on your phone.

I think it's good, but not better than HTC Sense.

yeh its good , better yet its the best app for wm.
it works better then sense for me.
i already use it since my touch and it works great .
customize the way you want verry easy.

SPB always offer a 15 day trial so you can give it a test drive

Qais55 said:
I would also like to know if it is considered illegal to download a copy of spb shell without paying. I don't have a problem paying especially with seeing how things work but I was just wondering if they're asking for a donation or pay to be able to put it on your phone.
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On the site of SPB you can download a trial. this is legal obviously. as far as i know this will work for 14 days.
have used mobile shell for a long time. fully customizable. in that view better than sense.

SPB MS is in my opinion the best shell available. But you should take some time getting to know it and customizing it to your liking; if you're looking for a quick setup you may be disappointed. Take some time and fiddle around with it and you'll end up with a wonderful shell. And, by the way, SPB have very good customer service!

Try googleing SPB Mobile Shell 5 and then have a look at some videos. Shell 5 isn't out yet, but looks absolutely fantastic.
Shell 3.5 works well for me, but I always seem to revert back to Sense UI. You could always look into Throttle Launcher, I have this too with the WM7S theme for it.
Try em and see what you think, it can't hurt to try.
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yeah, spb shell is really nice and looks great.
but imho, nothing can match HTC's Sense
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thanks for all the replys guys, gonna take a look this aft......

yeah thanks guys

Used spb 3.5 - waiting for spb5
I used spb mobile shell on my hd1. Since getting the hd2 I've stuck with Sense but when spb 5 is out I'll definitely be trying it - from the reviews and previews sounds like I might be replacing Sense with it.

I prefere SPB Mobile Shell and I use it.
IMHO is more customizable.
;-)
(Sorry, my english isn't good!)

SPB mobile shell 5 demo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McbR4M9lA94
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I am running SPB on my T-Mobile HD2. I disabled Sense. Most of the bugs I have had with my phone were caused by sense. Go figure. The phone responds faster now and seems to have better battery life. I am guessing it is because of the widgets in Sense.

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I am running SPB on my T-Mobile HD2. I disabled Sense. Most of the bugs I have had with my phone were caused by sense. Go figure. The phone responds faster now and seems to have better battery life. I am guessing it is because of the widgets in Sense.
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Mmmmm, maybe I will give it a try. One time I had to hard reset my phone because my hd2 wasn't able to launch htc sense.

as much as I like spb iv gone back to sense.ill defo be trying 5 when its out though. wouldn't it be great if you could flick between the two with a button press, or did I miss something.....?

Sense 2.5 + Cookie = much better than SPB Shell 3.5. I was a SPB user on TD2 but gave it up when I upgraded to HD2.

[APP] ADW Launcher EX

The new ADW Launcher. Dare I say it?... Looks better than Launcher Pro?
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/1...eleased-transitions-to-a-whole-new-dimension/
The app drawer performance does looks a little laggy tho

Its wicked goodbye launcher pro
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

MasDroid said:
The app drawer performance does looks a little laggy tho
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Well it wasn't playing on an actual phone as you could see. Can't say anything about the smoothness untill you try it on your own phone Or did you already? I'm gonna try it out!
EDIT: I was right. Super smooth scrolling on homescreen and app drawer
EDIT2: The 3D app drawer wasn't as smooth but still smoother than in the video. Without the effect it's superb!
Interesting notes:
- You can set the app drawer background to transparent so it displays your wallpaper behind but reduces performance.
- Couldn't find an option to change the dock background easily, annoying.
- There are 8 different home screen scrolling transitions which all work perfectly smooth.
- There is no option to change app drawer / app opening transition, so you always get the zoom effect.
- 3D app drawer isn't perfectly smooth.
- It stutters for a fraction of second every time you open an app.
Other than that it's very nice launcher I'm still sticking to Launcher Pro because it's still much faster and because I have only one homescreen so I don't benefit from the cool transitions and stuff.

it's awesome !!!

thanks man, gonna try it now!
erm, how to change the number of homescreens?
i don't usually use 5 screens

With free versions he means normal ADW? I'd like to try it but I'm not gonna buy it without a trial longer than 15minutes.

When I scan the barcode it just says it can't be found...? sigh...
EDIT: Nevermind, played around with Market Enabler and got it

Zhypr said:
With free versions he means normal ADW? I'd like to try it but I'm not gonna buy it without a trial longer than 15minutes.
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Trust me, within 2 minutes you'll be convinced

garduna said:
Trust me, within 2 minutes you'll be convinced
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I doubt it. I care for speed more than for fancy transitions and I already bought Launcher Pro Plus. Also using the calender widget from that.
// Tried it, back to LP.

I bought it:
2 problems, ADW freeze two times so I should reboot. and when I put a widget I can't delete ???

I doubt I'll ever use any other launched after buying this. Always liked ADW more then LP, but now, words cannot explain the love for Ander after this beauty
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GANJDROID said:
I doubt I'll ever use any other launched after buying this. Always liked ADW more then LP, but now, words cannot explain the love for Ander after this beauty
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You had better keep the emotions to yourself

Looks Nice!

I tried it it´s just so amazingly fast and nice to watch.
Is there a way of loading the sense apps though?

It must have setting to change the icon of folder, sort icons, quick manager icons & folder.

I dont see myself buying it for now, I might not like it. Right now Im still enjoying the original SENSE and I have LP Pro so meh

MasDroid said:
You had better keep the emotions to yourself
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Haha, sorry, I just can't contain these feelings anymore he's done amazing work with this.
Sent from my HTC Desire

Is it possible to disable fade in effect when an app its opened?
Sent from my HTC Desire

Awesome launcher. I love the icon backgrounds/settings (gives icons a much more consistent look and size). Been using it a couple of days with Oxygen 2.0 RC with no problems at all. Its smooth and fast.
Worth every penny.

any way to set the number of screens to 2 instead of the default 5??

SPB Mobile Shell 3D

Hey,
SPB Mobile Shell 3D is available for download on the market! I've tried it and the previous error of it saying "Not supported" and one having to reboot to get it to work is no longer there. Its sleek, with obvious improvements from the previous one.
http://www.gizmoninja.com/2011/03/30/review-spb-shell-3d/

whoa, $15!?!
wasn't that impressed when i ran the beta
pass

svtfmook said:
whoa, $15!?!
wasn't that impressed when i ran the beta
pass
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+1 Tried it and went back to Launcher Pro.

I liked it.. considering how much work they've done, I think the price is worth it

Yeah, slightly expensive. But I like the feel of it. Seems to drain the battery a little faster though. I was stuck to LauncherPro like a glue until the Arc Launcher came along. Now I have Arc + SPB, keep playing around with em both.

It's pretty cool and slick
But i think it's not worh it

It's for some reason not working for me, I get a black screen after installation.
It is super annoying

I had it on my x1 ofc shell version for wm, it was good but forthe price no thanks

I had 3.5 on my X1 also and enjoyed it.
I had no trouble dropping $15 on this app.
I think it works very well and the eye candy is tops for launchers/homes

launcher pro was nice .... but "go launcher pro" is way better

[Q] Smoothness... I want more

I just got my TF 6 hrs ago and I am not impressed with how smooth the main screens are when scrolling sideways. It looks like it is stuttering. I want it as smooth as my Pyromod G2.
I was hoping that the 3.1 update fixes this but I just got the update and still stuttering.
Is there any solution other than rooting and overclocking to the max. Is there a launcher settings that I can adjust?

My home screen is really smooth. But I am using regular wallpaper and not the live one.

I guess the first thing to do would be to use the same launcher if it's supported on Honeycomb. I like the HC launcher myself. Every now and then it's a little slow when it first gets going or after being off for a while but nothing that effects usability. I guess the issue might be that you're comparing a hacked, customized and tweaked Android 2.x device moving 800x480 pixels to a whole new unmodified factory OS moving 1200x800 pixels so I would sort of expect it to be a little less optimized from the get go.
I'm running the Primordial 3.1 build right now with the OC kernel at 1.4 GHz and everything just moves right along for me.
So might want to start with apples to apples and go from there.

I noticed my Transformer had started feeling really sluggish and I hadn't even installed much. I was rebooting often and it seemed to help a little for a short time. Then I just removed an application I installed recently and wow, performance was smooth again.
That app was TweetCaster Pro, something I grabbed as a free app of the day from the Amazon Appstore. Don't know if it was just that app or maybe some weird combination that didn't like each other. *shrug* But things are a lot smoother. So it might be worth looking at some of your apps, especially those that install background services that like to look for updates frequently.

ADW EX you won't get any smoother than that
For twitter i use Tweetcomb, totally awesome

LauncherPro also runs really smooth on Tegra devices.
Stock Google launchers typically aren't very smooth, especially on a brand new chipset.

does other launcher show the app icon as big as hc stock launcher? more icon and widget sure will slow down the animation, but I found that by tapping the most left or right side of the screen will take you to other page with faster animation n of course it is smoother

mine is really smooth...probably one of the apps you installed is not getting along well with the honeycomb

xufuchang said:
does other launcher show the app icon as big as hc stock launcher? more icon and widget sure will slow down the animation, but I found that by tapping the most left or right side of the screen will take you to other page with faster animation n of course it is smoother
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With ADW EX you can change the size of the icons to any size you want!
Change the icon to any picture.
Change the speed of the animation.
Change the bounce!
The only thing ADW EX doesn't do is hold it for you when you take a leak
I currently have 7 pages 5 of which are full of widgets (and i mean full), no sticking EVER

checkbox111 said:
With ADW EX you can change the size of the icons to any size you want!
Change the icon to any picture.
Change the speed of the animation.
Change the bounce!
The only thing ADW EX doesn't do is hold it for you when you take a leak
I currently have 7 pages 5 of which are full of widgets (and i mean full), no sticking EVER
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nice, I'm going try it then.

Do you need root to use ADW Launcher EX?

ThaiM said:
Do you need root to use ADW Launcher EX?
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no need,just installed adw ex, smooth...

magicpork said:
mine is really smooth...probably one of the apps you installed is not getting along well with the honeycomb
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It was still a virgin TF but it was not meeting my expectations. Maybe because I am used to a smother one.
Anyway, I installed Launcher Pro Plus, (I remember I purchased this before) and the performance improved a little bit. I wonder if the ADW EX is better.
I really don't want to root this TF but I really crave the smoothness that I find in my G2 so I have no choice but to root it when I get my extra Micro SDHC. BTW, does the new ROMS support/Include ASUS MyCloud, MyNet, .. etc.
Also, I've read that Netflix and Yahoo Messenger Video chat isn't fully working yet.
All in all, other than those intangible (software) shortcomings I still like the TF hardware. Softwares will get fixed soon, but crappy hardware will stay crappy forever in the tablet world.

The rooted roms are all up to date and are built using the OTA releases so yea all the asus software is still included

Try turning off the animations.

Live wallpapers murder performance. If you select a static one, your performance will be far better. Next would be widgets; try and keep them to a minimum if you can.

jerrykur said:
Try turning off the animations.
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*Daedalus said:
Live wallpapers murder performance. If you select a static one, your performance will be far better. Next would be widgets; try and keep them to a minimum if you can.
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Yeah, it's actually the first thing I did. It did not help.
lacrossev said:
The rooted roms are all up to date and are built using the OTA releases so yea all the asus software is still included
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Thanks!

jerrykur said:
Try turning off the animations.
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Same here, works nicely. Although some apps seem to turn them back on, so I need to back in and (re)set, which sucks.
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Just got the TF dock today. It's really cool, the tablet is transformed!
I haven't played that that much yet but it seems that it doesn't support a USB mouse... or does it??

it should have it...