so i got a t-mobile wing. my first smart phone. its amazing. anyways i have a few questions:
1. Where can i get a nice big digital clock today screen plugin? i see them on screen shots of peoples screens but i can't find any.
2. Are there any good weather today screen plugins?
3. Some people (or at least on other devices) have SMS as a softkey, mine are calendar and contacts, is there a simple option to make the calendar softkey be SMS instead? or do i have to edit the registry or something crazy like that to get it?
4. Do i really have to worry about viruses on this thing? i saw something like WM5 Anti Virus program, so im just wondering.
5. What is the best browser to use?
if you guys could help me that would be great. i have yet to find a forum about WM6 or the Wing that where people actually go to the site.
All of those and more are located within the forum in easy to find threads. The great thing about looking around the forum is you will find stuff out that you never even thought of. I would recommend reading and getting acquainted to the forums, its a much better way to learn than someone just linking you somewhere. And congrats on your new Wing.
wyldstallyns2589 said:
so i got a t-mobile wing. my first smart phone. its amazing. anyways i have a few questions:
1. Where can i get a nice big digital clock today screen plugin? i see them on screen shots of peoples screens but i can't find any.
this is HTC home plugin
2. Are there any good weather today screen plugins?
HTC home plugin shows weather. if not try SPB Weather, SPB Traveler, SPB phone suite (the only ones I have experience with)
3. Some people (or at least on other devices) have SMS as a softkey, mine are calendar and contacts, is there a simple option to make the calendar softkey be SMS instead? or do i have to edit the registry or something crazy like that to get it?
Go to Settings, Buttons to change the softkeys
4. Do i really have to worry about viruses on this thing? i saw something like WM5 Anti Virus program, so im just wondering.
In my opinion, no not really ... just be considerate of what you install on your phone and what executable files you run.
5. What is the best browser to use?
I haven't settled on one yet, but I use Mozilla's MINIMO and OPERA 8.X apart from IE.
if you guys could help me that would be great. i have yet to find a forum about WM6 or the Wing that where people actually go to the site.
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i guess my other post didn't show up? well every search results in HTC Home or TouchFlo.
i don't want all the stuff from HTC home, just the clock and simple weather, no tabs or any of that stuff. is there a way to have just the clock and/or weaher?
and thanks for your help
also, going to settings>buttons has no optinos for softkeys, only hardware keys.
opera mobile is a lot better, i like how you can scroll by dragging on the screen.
I do use Opera most of the time, I've just always been a big supporter of Mozilla stuff ... so I keep it around
I just wanted to give you a few options so you could try them out for yourself and see what you liked.
i havn't tried minimo because i heard it was slow and uses a lot of memory. is that true?
I am looking for an app launcher today plugin. It must be a today plugin because I want to install it inside ultimate launch. I am wanting something other than just the plain icons on a grid that ultimate launch allows you to do. I love the functionality of the programs such as itask but I don't like the iphone look.
Any suggestions?
battery status
SBSH ilauncher
I have tried SPB PocketPlus too, but that didn't play nice on my old HTC Universal so never bothered going past the trial period and haven't tried it on the Kaiser since ilauncher works so well.
http://rotlaus-software.de/projects/rltoday
This place has a very very very customizable today plugin that do pretty much anything you want and then some. go through their forums. It's easy to start, but I got soooo addicted to tinkering with it. try it, and if you like it, let me know what you end up with.
how about claunch? http://pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=808
Ok I am trying out SBSH iLauncher. Does anyone know how to put PocketBreeze inside one of the tabs?
why don't you just use the built-in one ????
pencilcase said:
why don't you just use the built-in one ????
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Built in what?
Ultimate Launch.... its the best!
MM
the title speaks for itself. when im using dutty's 6.1 rom and click on the icons for my favorite people or programs, they dont launch. it just makes a white box around the square.
i could easily switch to another HTC home, but i like the graphic details of this new htc home better.
any fix?
EDIT: programs do work, its just my favorite people nothing happens when i click on them. any feedback would be apprecieted. thanks!
Did you add the favorites thru the cube?
-McMex
mcmexican said:
Did you add the favorites thru the cube?
-McMex
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no, will that fix it? i only added them in htc home, ill try that..
EDIT: thanks! that fixed it! not sure how the cube is liked to that but it sure worked.
There is a known issue right now that unless you enter your favorites through the cube, they will disappear upon a soft reset.
anyone care to chime in on this??? Is it worth going to the spb? Can you install over top of latest Dutty? Looks pretty cool!
Dutty is a rom..... SPB MS 2.0 is a program. It'll run on any rom.
Yeah I know that it is... I guess I was meaning how does it compare to just running HTC home? Worth the buy?
airric00 said:
Yeah I know that it is... I guess I was meaning how does it compare to just running HTC home? Worth the buy?
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You can download a trial for it. Mods please move this thread the Kaiser Software forum.
but this has nothing to do with dutty's rom..
for me its worth the buy...read more on the spb website
sorry..
Guess I should have posted over there sorry..
SBP products run great and are essential for any phone but I only use SBPdiary w/HTCH on my Today screen. Most of their products run great in the background, SBPTime for powerful alarm clock, stop watch, and world timer. SPB Phone Suite excellent calling features that can run in the background as well.
I typically enjoy HTCHC but from time to time I wish I had the artistic and technological skills to create something different
I have a Tilt, and I tried installing both SPB Shell 2.0 and SPB Pocket Plus 4 on Dutty's April 1st rom, and they worked but did one weird thing, when the phone would boot up the signal would go in and out, flashing there, then not there, then there etc., it would do this for almost a minute before finally locking on a signal.
airric00 said:
Yeah I know that it is... I guess I was meaning how does it compare to just running HTC home? Worth the buy?
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I would say that the SPB Mobile Screen 2 program is awesome! I have been using it on top of Dutty's Light rom and it works great. Real smooth and responsive, lots of customization options as well as nice fit and finish which is hard to find on a WM6 product.
If you want a free version you can always check out .... to find all the crack codes for almost any software package out there.
As far as the downsides go, it eats battery faster than normal, it does not run on your today screen which bothers me and you can OK through it and go back to your today screen. That problem is slightly solved by SPB making it your default app when you start up the phone and bring it back from sleep which elevates most of the issues.
I just flashed my phone and am going to try giving HTC Home Live a chance, but if I do not think it is customizable enough I am going straight back to SPB... Before I forget to mention, SPB has one of the best opening screens I have seen so far, it has a email, missed calls and text messages right on the front, as well as weather, call options, clock, and the best part a calendar with dates and your schedule all in an easy to read form.
I hope this clears up something for you. Hopefully you wont have to pay for it, but if you do, I would actually say it is worth the 30 bucks.
brianlau said:
If you want a free version you can always check out removed by me to find all the crack codes for almost any software package out there.
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Have you lost your mind man? Warez is strictly prohibited here. I suggest you edit it out. Please no warez, cracks, serials, keygens or anything of the sort.
P1Tater said:
Have you lost your mind man? Warez is strictly prohibited here. I suggest you edit it out. Please no warez, cracks, serials, keygens or anything of the sort.
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Sorry my bad. Just trying to help people out. Will know now for next time.
I use spb mobile shell and love it. its very finger freindly and extremely useful.
californiarailroader said:
I have a Tilt, and I tried installing both SPB Shell 2.0 and SPB Pocket Plus 4 on Dutty's April 1st rom, and they worked but did one weird thing, when the phone would boot up the signal would go in and out, flashing there, then not there, then there etc., it would do this for almost a minute before finally locking on a signal.
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That's because weather updates on bootup.
It sucks but does level off & then everything works.
Besides that, they both work excellent for me together
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Guess I should have posted over there sorry..
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I tried the spb mobile shell trial and it's also nice.
Try Pointui as well, you might like it and not buy spb mobile shell at all. The last time I tried this was when it just came out in Alpha stage and it did quite well and was fast with the original, slow wm6 OS that came with my Tilt
dwny said:
That's because weather updates on bootup.
It sucks but does level off & then everything works.
Besides that, they both work excellent for me together
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Ahh, so that's what's causing it, I was going nuts trying to figure out why that was happening with them, thanks dwny! It does level off after a minute or so like you said and then it's fine, I was thinking it was screwing with my signal or phone, but if it's normal and not a problem, I am putting them back on. I am so glad you posted this, I was missing my SPB stuff, HTC Home just isn't cutting it for me. I had hard reset the Tilt and reloaded Dutty's Rom, and left off those programs because, like I said, I thought it was an error.
Edit-If I shut off the weather, will it stop that behavior? I don't use the weather on SPB MS, It doesn't have the weather for my town of Redwood Valley, I use Weather Bug and Weather Watcher for that. It's weird, I didn't have this issue when running MS or PP on Laurentius's ROM's. I take it that the signal thing is only visual, ie.the signal is actually okay, but while it's updating at boot up it "shows" it as going in and out, no?
andrukit said:
I tried the spb mobile shell trial and it's also nice.
Try Pointui as well, you might like it and not buy spb mobile shell at all. The last time I tried this was when it just came out in Alpha stage and it did quite well and was fast with the original, slow wm6 OS that came with my Tilt
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Be careful with Point UI, it's tricky to uninstall (there is no uninstall for it in the "remove programs" page), and it leaves pieces of itself of it allover. I tried it too, and it has a ton of potential, but they really need a way to get it off the phone, right now it's an exercise in frustation.
californiarailroader said:
Be careful with Point UI, it's tricky to uninstall (there is no uninstall for it in the "remove programs" page), and it leaves pieces of itself of it allover. I tried it too, and it has a ton of potential, but they really need a way to get it off the phone, right now it's an exercise in frustation.
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Quick question, what did you think of Point UI? worth installing and flashing again? I am fumbling around with a lot of different UIs? I have tried Ultimate Launch (bit too complicated for me to setup the way I want, SPB Mobile Shell, (but it drains too much batt), HTC home (not customizable enough.) If you could let me know a little more about the POINT UI that would be awesome before I put it on my phone. Thanks buddy.
Brian
brianlau said:
Quick question, what did you think of Point UI? worth installing and flashing again? I am fumbling around with a lot of different UIs? I have tried Ultimate Launch (bit too complicated for me to setup the way I want, SPB Mobile Shell, (but it drains too much batt), HTC home (not customizable enough.) If you could let me know a little more about the POINT UI that would be awesome before I put it on my phone. Thanks buddy.
Brian
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you tried htc home customizer w/ quick launcher?
There are many customized icons, clocks, backgrounds, and weather views. In addition w/ quick launcher you have an extra row of tabs, which you can change to go to any program (and icons of course).
I stuck with HTC embedded inside Ultimate Launcher.
Ultimate Laucher is not that complicated if you look carefully a little bit of patience and you'll get the hang of it, moreover you could just copy your Ultimatelauncher.ini file as backup to have the same setup each time in case you like flashing roms a lot.
For HTC Home there's HTC Home Customizer, lots of icons to download.
I've tried most of them, but i always end up with the simplest setup I guess I got tired of fancy sliding and multiple clicks, the fewer clicks to find what I need does it for me.
Btw, there's another nice today app I'd like you to see it's rlToday Check it out
brianlau said:
Quick question, what did you think of Point UI? worth installing and flashing again? I am fumbling around with a lot of different UIs? I have tried Ultimate Launch (bit too complicated for me to setup the way I want, SPB Mobile Shell, (but it drains too much batt), HTC home (not customizable enough.) If you could let me know a little more about the POINT UI that would be awesome before I put it on my phone. Thanks buddy.
Brian
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Ive Tried Various Software And Cant Figure It Out.
what exactly are you after? I'm a little confused.. do you have a screen shot to show what your after?
I Dont Have A Screen Shot. But Im Trying To Put The Home Tabs Like Manila 2d Or Spb Menu Or Diamond Like On The Bottom Of Mty Today Plugin
hazo528 said:
I Dont Have A Screen Shot. But Im Trying To Put The Home Tabs Like Manila 2d Or Spb Menu Or Diamond Like On The Bottom Of Mty Today Plugin
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To do this you will require either htc home ,spb, manilla, or throttlelauncher. These applications actually replace your home screen to give you these tabs. There may be a shortcut menu application but any way you look at it, it isnt a native part of the OS.
FYI,
HTC Home, Manilla , Throttlelauncher are free apps you can find by using the search buttons
Thanks. I Know About All These Apps But Ive Seen Screen Shots And Plugins That Didnt Use These Apps.
hazo528 said:
Thanks. I Know About All These Apps But Ive Seen Screen Shots And Plugins That Didnt Use These Apps.
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Note.... a plugin is an application. Not a part of the actual rom. Again, you are looking for an application that will do this.
I hope this clears things up for you
Tabs like this ?
http://wm6.handster.com/programs.php?id=6&for=WM6 tabs
or
http://review.handster.com/product-review-pda.php?id=137&for=WM6
or
http://www.sbsh.net/product.php?id=20
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If you can provide us with a screenshot of the specific application you are referring to, im sure someone here knows what it is
I Think It Has To Do Wth Editing The Home Settings Xml File