IF YOU ARE NEW HERE go to down to the instructions ! The updates explain just new skins and modifikations.
UPDATE 10.05.08: There was a small bug (missing Icon) in all Darknight and wm7 skins for the battery bar/meter, please see my last Post. Its allready fixed in the zip-files.
UPDATE: 09.05.08: New WM7Special Skin (small and good to use with Ultimatelaunch)
- go to Post 154 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2187100&postcount=154
UPDATE 05.05.08:
DARKNIGHT is ready with working meters and more, see second picure !
UPDATE: 04.05.08:
- All Skins now with real working signal-bar (7 Bars !)
- many little changes
- WM7 SKIN is ready ! with working big signalbar and batterybar and gprs-network-connection symbol
- WM 7 SKIN also as Taskbar only ! The Bars are in the Taskbar.
UPDATE 25.04.08:
- Taskbar shows MUTE, Bluetooth and WIFI (with/without Networkconnection)
- Bigger Icons for the Bluephone skin
UPDATE 22.04.08:
- TAP ANYWERE ON THE TASKBAR and Windows MENU opens !!
- TAP on the X and Close Button works, Holdon tapping and Taskmanager opens !!!!
- Now 3 differnet themes/skins with different XML-Files ! Greyphone , Bluephone and Taskbar only
- you need the newest version of batterystatus for that !!! (its in the zip-file)
UPDATE 21.04.08:
- SMS/CALL/EMAIL/WIFI and BLUETOOTH get highlighted or colored when there is somthing new.
- Reworked most of the graphics, because there were some bugs with different backgrounds, Shadows ect.
(For the greyskin i now use 3 better Icons from Deimos, thank you !)
Hallo.
I made this one for you who cant see windows taskbar anymore and get tired of htc Home
All you FIRST need is in the Bluephone-zip file. then you can use my other skins.
My theme just needs vjtoogletodayalphaII and BatteryStatus and a 2 small application to mute the phone/make x button and windows menu enable.
Everything is working: SMS/Email/Missed Calls-Counter; WIFI/BLUETOOTH on/off, mute the phone, a new taskmanager (Batterystatus) etc. You get a new small transparent taskbar with a big taskmanager-button
--) Okay: here we go:1. put the vjtoggletodayalphaII into the windows/Startfolder. Go to Registry: HKLM\Software\Vijay555\VjTodayToggle\ and set the values under "Startsize" und "Softkeysize" to "1". If you need your Softkeys leave/set the sofkeysize to about 26.
2. Install Batterystatus (if you have ultimate launch: it works as a today plugin)
3. Put the folder "SmartUtilities_FilesOnly" to Windows\Program files.
4. Put the File "RegistrySetString.exe" in the "BatteryStatus" folder"
5. Now decide which skin you wantut the bluephone.xml and the folder "bluephone" into the Batterystatus or do the same with greyphone.xml and folder or with Taskbar and Tasbar.xml (u can also put all folders in)
6. Now hold on clicking with stylus on the plugin and choose all rows for showing and choose "lock" rows. AND DONT forget that your new BS-Taskmanager is enable !!!! And choose your SKIN !!!
7. Now you have to do some changes because this is for german version of windows: open the xml u use with your windows editor on your PC or with totalcommander on your ppc:
7.1 you find in the middle a path for: programme\smartutilities_filesonly, change it to program files\....
7.2 you find at the end a path for: "\windows\tmail.exe...." there you see "freenet.de": You can replace this with your own email account. then you can read "Posteingang": replace just this for the english version with "inbox".
7.3 you find there a row with the date like this one - text="dddd, d. MMMM yyyy"- you can change this because this is the european version of date (see picture)
then save the xml file and put it back to your ppc.
- thats it.
- if you like it crazy made more funny sound graphics for you. You find them in "othergraphics", just replace the originals in the Bluephone or Greyphone-folder with them. The wifi/bluetooth icons are with german or english text (on/off-an/aus). Replace them as you like.
- the tabs at the bottom are not part of this, you can find them in my iconthread for Ultimatelaunch.
- FOR THE OKAY BUTTON you must sometimes press your Hardware OK button ! (will find a Solution)
- VGA and Landscape-view dont work. This is just tested with wm 6.0 but should run with wm5
Looks awesome! I'll try it now!
thanks you for your share ;D
Thanx for sharing....nice refreshment for today screen!!
hey very nice!!!....I wonder....is it possible to get the big transparent x button as a stand alone?...I feel like if we could this would enhance a lot of peoples touchscreen experience....let us know!!
mmh, the button you see is a icon that just links to a program called tasklist.exe. This is a part of Batterstatus. It only runnes, i think, if batterystatus is running. So i understand your wish (because it was my wish too) but it wont work without batterystatus.
If you want only my taskbar, i can make you a xml file just with the taskbar.
cool stuff I like the idea and the way you created it
but can you (or someone) make a copy of the iphone taksbar? just the taskbar, not the "desktop" stuff
Is the Smart Utilities the same as this one?This one is already a cab. Could make things easier
(nevermind sry...)
Great looking taskbar created!
Thank you!!!
This is what I was looking for, thanks a lot!!
Downloading now!
bluemetalaxe, congrats, U R really crazy, dude
Nice work, though
Olioaglio
everything looks like promised.
nothing works. not the mute (the "mute" progy doesn't work) not bt 'cose there is no registry key_value="HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Bluetooth" on my phone (maybe 'cose is wm 6.1 ?), not messages. the icon doesn't appear anywhere !
tried to uninstalled it by reversing the steps to install it.
everything went back except the hated windows taskbars and of course i am missing now all the info and settings they were ment for.
i think i'll have to restore a relatively old back-up
suggestions?
[later] got back the wm taskbars. forgot to delete the vjtoggletoday progy. everything back to "normal".
interesting is that the tray launch with the "original" battery status theme, is working. what are the shortcuts to bt and wifi??? didn't you use the same in yr .xlm file?
great work... hopefully there will be more battery themes you can share with us
also how did you make the top bar smaller?
Can you make the bottom tabs part of the same theme? And can I get that headphones grey background?
This looks very cool. Will try it .
bluemetalaxe said:
mmh, the button you see is a icon that just links to a program called tasklist.exe. This is a part of Batterstatus. It only runnes, i think, if batterystatus is running. So i understand your wish (because it was my wish too) but it wont work without batterystatus.
If you want only my taskbar, i can make you a xml file just with the taskbar.
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as it turns out I do use Batterystatus so yes thank you very much!!...your work here is quite nice....is the clock BS as well?
@tomoffel: If i find time i will try original iphone taskbar. then you have just to repalace the new iphone.xml with the bluephone and some graphics, thats it.
@Vukile: if you install smartUtilities und you find there muteonoff then this will work also. If not, put just my muteonoff in this new folder. you find the backgroundgraphics in your bluephone-folder (take the first 35 pixel of the head1.png= 35x50).
@nothin: i wont buy a iphone cause i cant do such things with that and i have gps and umts on my Polaris And why should WM always look ugly and not be userfriendly, do you use still Windows 95 on your PC ?
@Kukuriku: I`m sorry, tested it on touchcruise wm 6.0 and not on not existing OS There could be trouble with the working of wifi/bluetooth buttons because the registry values depend on wm or some phones.
UNINSTALL IS VERY EASY: Delete vjtoggletoday from your windows startfolder, uninstall Batterystatus, delete the folder with muteonoff.exe. Softreset, thats it.
Cant say anything to BS Traylaunches because i dont use Traylaunch.
@character: can make more themes (a question of time). The topbar is just my graphic with icons and text on it (see in the Bluephonefolder). The original Taskbar is hided by vjtgooles tool. I/You can make it smaler, bigger whatever i want.
@wyzepro: its all just one BS theme/plugin nothing more. The theme has 4 rows (see in the xml file how it works): 1. Taskbar 2. Sound and Clock 3. Date 4.Buttons. I can delete or add rows and buttons as i want.
The tabs at the buttom are part of my Ultimatelaunch theme. I can make them a part of Batterystatus, so that they just open Software,Settings, Internet, Wheater-Program. But everyone has differnt software, or wants to open specific things with that icons, maybe i write a .xml with that and you have to change the xml with links to your software.
EDIT: I sorry, just found a bug im my latest .xml with the Text on the battery-icon. The new .xml will come tonight.
I've cacked open the xml....which files do I delete in order to obtain the large X button you have?
Im sorry dont understand what you want, do you want just the x button and nothing more ? But then you need the original taskbar and will have two x buttons ?
Hello guys,
Is it possible to get more startmenu icons on the new topaz start menu? Personally I love the startmenu, but it is to limited and the "All Programs" list is to long. Hopefully someone can help me!
Greetings.
Yep, +1 for me. Either more icons, or additional (categorized) pages with program icons would come in handy. N-E-1?
I completely agree. When I'm looking for an application that isn't in the start menu,
scrolling through a massive list get's really annoying.
Quite an un-userfriendly experience to be honest.
Personally I like the new startmenu in Topaz rom.
You can add your favorit programs in TF3D, that works awsom to my opinion.
Also scrolling thrue the all programs tab goes very fast.
But I must agree that a 3 row 'all programs' wouldn't be bad as well.
Grtz,
Leo
Hmmz. I have been thinking. Is it maybe possible to get the "Programs" and "Settings" buttons from the original Windows startmenu in the Topaz startmenu?
Doom1985 said:
Hmmz. I have been thinking. Is it maybe possible to get the "Programs" and "Settings" button from the original Windows startmenu in the Topaz startmenu?
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Nobody? I hope it is possible!
I just installed the latest htc rom with sense 2.5 and on top Cookie's hometab. The whole new interface looks nice but i have couple issues to be solved:
1) can i make the windows hardbutton pointing to "my programs" as in previous roms, and not to windows' honeycomb programs? Maybe through a registry value?
2) ...ofcourse, i need to find where "my programs" are with sense 2.5, cause i don't see them . There isn't even a quick tab for them.
3) I have seen long ago someone having 4 columns aligned in straight rows, instead of windows' honeycomb style. Is there any link for it or is it only for windows titanium interface?
these for now, i hope nothing else pops up!
krylovpro said:
I just installed the latest htc rom with sense 2.5 and on top Cookie's hometab. The whole new interface looks nice but i have couple issues to be solved:
1) can i make the windows hardbutton pointing to "my programs" as in previous roms, and not to windows' honeycomb programs? Maybe through a registry value?
2) ...ofcourse, i need to find where "my programs" are with sense 2.5, cause i don't see them . There isn't even a quick tab for them.
3) I have seen long ago someone having 4 columns aligned in straight rows, instead of windows' honeycomb style. Is there any link for it or is it only for windows titanium interface?
these for now, i hope nothing else pops up!
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You can check this out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=555821. Basically it will map any of your keys to any program.
I am not sure if you can have a shortcut directly to your programs in Windows, but as an alternative, you could also use a small program called Second Today and put all of your favourite shortcuts there using Elecont Launcher for example. With this, you can have as many columns as you like.
I use objectdock as a replacement for my taskbar. I hide the taskbar, but always have to unhide it to view stuff in the system tray. Any sidebar widget, or rainmeter object that can show stuff running in my system tray? I have a pic of my desktop as it is right now, so let me know if you have any ideas. thanks!
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2793/screenshotuz.png
get BitTorrent instead of uTorrent as it made peer discovery and my downloads faster.
Also you desktop is too plain. add some folders or something.
Check mine out:
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/5164/89096704.jpg
(i have two screens)
thanks for your critique of my desktop, but just looking for something that provides the same function as the system tray.
Rain Meter is pretty cool
im using the windows 7 theme for iphone today on windows 6.5 tp2 how can i remove the bottom soft key bar when using as today and how can i get rid of the start menu icon on the task bar to make it look more like windows 7. thanks
very poorly titled question.
This isnt really a theme problem but a question of modifying the actual winmo interface.
Somewhere on here there is actually a cab for just what you are looking for.
Try searching for "remove start" "remove taskbar" from the level above windows mobile themes and similar and you should get it