how to use LARGE icons? - Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General

Hello -
I am loving my new Tilt! I am trying to go for a very simple, finger friendly interface and I'm hoping to figure out a way to use large icons on the today screen.
Does anyone know a way to increase the icon size on the today screen so that they are much larger? I am using SPB pocket plus and by only using one section I can skip the entire tabbed interface and just have a 3 or 4 big icons on the screen. The problems is just that I can't figure out how to make them bigger than the 'large' setting.
Does anyone have any ideas about this?
thanks!

check out the sticky with all the cabs in it:
Collection of the Latest Cabs for kaisers [updated 19.11.07]
In particular:
41 and 42 on the list, the HTC Large Start Menu and HTC large toolbar
Try other HTC software, most of it is designed for fingers and thumbs

Ok great, thank you! I think I'm going to flash the rom that ships with HTC and try out the HTC stuff. It's been fun flashing different versions - I'm definitely getting a good idea of what I'm looking for!

Those are definitely helpful thanks. I'm still looking for a way to have just 4 icons + one extra large phone icon on my today page. There seem to be quite a few ways to strip down the today page to just have icons (Pocket Pro seems best) but I can't find a way to have at least one of them be much bigger than the rest.

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Visual styles

Greetings!
If someone is interested in having a HTC visual touch here are the files. Would be great if we can achive HTC TouchFlo effects soon
@eloger it will be pretty good if you give the screen shot. I used already HTC Kaizer Home plugin, it is very cool mate
thnx for the collection...
Cool!
Check this!
I found it here is some threads:
*Attached the actual Touch wait cursor
*Touch dialer (The one we used in the Ather ROM) (I think its also used on the touch!)
Enjoy!!!
Vibrating Phonepad
Guyz this was included in my Winodws Mobile 6 Rom..now im sharing it with u
Download the Attached CAB file to make ur PhonePAD vibrate when a number is inserted
This is the appearance HTC Home Plugin
I like most of the HTC plugin, but not the HUGE clock. Is there still no solution to shrink it down to make room for some more buttons or today items?
by the way, eloger, there are lots of solutions around to get more touchflo- and/or iPhone-like experiences, like:
touch caller http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=342816
S2U2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=339786
Slithers cube http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=336234
Ftouchflo http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=338143
Oto http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=326891
PocketCM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=320544
byka's cube http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=328010
iContact http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=303045
iPhone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1219757#post1219757
Launch Manager http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=336844
MortButtons http://www.sto-helit.de/index.php?module=page&entry=mb_overview&action=view
Melody http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=325223
PocketCM image viewer http://www.pocketcm.com/imageviewer.php
There are more that I'm either not aware of or that I can not find at the moment, so please, if you know of similar programs, tell us in this thread.
There is free software namely HTC Home Cuztomizer, may be it can help to customize all appearance in HTC Home plugin. To change the style of clock is absolutely possible but I like big clock, so I don't try to make it into small size
selangkahlagi said:
There is free software namely HTC Home Cuztomizer, may be it can help to customize all appearance in HTC Home plugin. To change the style of clock is absolutely possible but I like big clock, so I don't try to make it into small size
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Last time I looked into it, it was only possible to change the font, not the size of the clock
i ll check the registery..maybe it can be resized by it
selangkahlagi said:
There is free software namely HTC Home Cuztomizer, may be it can help to customize all appearance in HTC Home plugin. To change the style of clock is absolutely possible but I like big clock, so I don't try to make it into small size
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Can you share to me the software.
Thanks
Jhovie.
Jhovie said:
Can you share to me the software.
Thanks
Jhovie.
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Its'free, you can get it from the first hand. Just use search in this forum or google it
HTC Home Cuztomizer

Spb Pocket Plus

Hello everyone,
I have a rookie question...
I just bought SPB Pocket Plus, mainly because the people from the the thread where you show your today screen had magnificent screens and said that they got there from pocket plus, and was wondering how you get the skins/themes/ whatever they are called. I liked the iPhone looking one i tried 'googleing' it and nothing close to what I was looking for. Thanks in advance for any help!
look around
It's opinion on what's the best theme. Just make sure you're catching the difference between programs and themes. HTC Home is popular but isn't really a theme. In SPB shell there is a quick way to switch theme colors, and then just pick a Today screen. I would look around a but for posts on today screens to get a feel for what you like.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=336013&highlight=today+screens
This post has tons of examples.
lhsokkrfreak1327 said:
Hello everyone,
I have a rookie question...
I just bought SPB Pocket Plus, mainly because the people from the the thread where you show your today screen had magnificent screens and said that they got there from pocket plus, and was wondering how you get the skins/themes/ whatever they are called. I liked the iPhone looking one i tried 'googleing' it and nothing close to what I was looking for. Thanks in advance for any help!
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Hi:
There are no Pocket Plus themes per se. You can change the icons to your liking, so they go well with any theme you choose.
You can find icons for Pocket Plus here:
http://www.spbclub.com/forum/viewto...tart=585&sid=1f6b7201264cbff68b5a4f341b2cee91
The Today theme is different than Pocket Plus. Pocket Plus is just one aspect of it.
For example, I will post my Today screen below. At the top the 5 icons are SPB Pocket Plus, right below that is HTC Home (that includes the clock, indicators, and five icons right below it. Below that the voicemail indicator, and bluetooth toggle are SPB Phone Suites. In addition, there is a separate Today theme (which includes background, and the color of your text (as you can see, my theme is all black , but you can also choose backgrounds with wallpaper etc.)
Anyway, I hope this helps
cincy1020 said:
Hi:
There are no Pocket Plus themes per se. You can change the icons to your liking, so they go well with any theme you choose.
You can find icons for Pocket Plus here:
http://www.spbclub.com/forum/viewto...tart=585&sid=1f6b7201264cbff68b5a4f341b2cee91
The Today theme is different than Pocket Plus. Pocket Plus is just one aspect of it.
For example, I will post my Today screen below. At the top the 5 icons are SPB Pocket Plus, right below that is HTC Home (that includes the clock, indicators, and five icons right below it. Below that the voicemail indicator, and bluetooth toggle are SPB Phone Suites. In addition, there is a separate Today theme (which includes background, and the color of your text (as you can see, my theme is all balck )
Anyway, I hope this helps
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Dude why do you have 2 clocks on your today screen?
ericc191 said:
Dude why do you have 2 clocks on your today screen?
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Lol, very easy explanation. I like the look of HTC Home, but the small clock is visible in all programs. So, if I am online, or whatever I still know what time it is.
It's so funny, I have shown my Today screen to tons of people, and you are the first to question this. I think others just assumed there was a purpose for it
Yeah, I thought of that right as i posted. lol

Weird layout on slide to unlock

Hi,
I'm running my tytn II on TPC Elite 6.5 (it's how I got it)
However, aside from the m2d being completely useless in landscape, the time doesn't "sit" in the correct place (image attached) on the slide to unlock screen.
Is there a fix for this?
Also, if anyone can suggest a rom good on battery, ram and with the standard 6.5 "chome" screen I'd be happy to hear from you (if it has the slide to unlock feature also I'd be happy!)
Thanks
Bayton said:
Hi,
I'm running my tytn II on TPC Elite 6.5 (it's how I got it)
However, aside from the m2d being completely useless in landscape, the time doesn't "sit" in the correct place (image attached) on the slide to unlock screen.
Is there a fix for this?
Also, if anyone can suggest a rom good on battery, ram and with the standard 6.5 "chome" screen I'd be happy to hear from you (if it has the slide to unlock feature also I'd be happy!)
Thanks
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As it has been stated more than a thousand times, M2D was ported from a device that does not have a slide out keyboard, therefore it has been hacked into landscape as far as it can. It is what it is.
That is the " mega " screen, the clock is supposed to be offset from the gray background, just look at any other mega theme.
If you do not like either, there are plenty of other UIs around that were actually meant for the Kaiser, that work in landscape. And if you search, there are 100's of SU2U themes that you can use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354111&highlight=SU2U
As it has been stated more than a thousand times, M2D was ported from a device that does not have a slide out keyboard, therefore it has been hacked into landscape as far as it can. It is what it is.
That is the " mega " screen, the clock is supposed to be offset from the gray background, just look at any other mega theme.
If you do not like either, there are plenty of other UIs around that were actually meant for the Kaiser, that work in landscape. And if you search, there are 100's of SU2U themes that you can use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...highlight=SU2U
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I'm aware M2D is a port, that's why I said aside from it sucking in landscape. I don't use it anyway. It has been disabled on my rom.
Why on Earth would anyone think having it offset like that could look good?! Thanks for the link. I'm looking for a new rom (I say looking, haven't found one yet.. is it more difficult to flash than the wizard? It's already been flashed, so I assume it's ready to go in terms of setting it up?), but first would like to knock it back down to an official rom for a bit. Is this rom the correct one for my device? Or, as it's a dutch phone, should I use a different English version (I don't want it in Dutch you see).
As a guess i'd go into S2U2 settings and disable the Top Curtain... & bottom as it's overlapping the droid look slider...
Thank you Stylez!
Exactly what I was looking for, and it seems I can simply change the background (which is what the grey part is).

MortPlayer skin inspired by iPhone

I've created a skin for MortPlayer (Version 3.31 b76 onwards) that is inspired by the iPhone but deals with the small amount of screen space available on QVGA devices.
I started with ruebyi's S2P4 skin, so credit to him for his original skin.
Some of ruebyi's original graphics remain (thanks again to ruebyi - hope you don't mind), but the whole skin has been re-written to provide more dynamic interface features, such as:
Scrubber bar (tap track info at top to toggle on/off)
Full album cover view using glass controls (tap just above << || >> controls to toggle)
Play list editing (tap playlist name to edit, save or save as)
Better spacing of lists for improved finger control
The skin is implemented using 3 skin files (.MPS) the one to select from MortPlayer choose skin options is the TouchPlayer.mps, ignore the other two (TouchPlayer-part2.mps and TouchPlayer-part3.mps) these are used internally for the play list screens.
Install as normal by copying the .MPS and skin directory to the MortPlayer directory - note that it can't be operated in an .MPZ because it needs to load the part2 and part3 skins files and this doesn't work when in an .MPZ.
Some helpful hints for using the skin:
Tap the track/album info at the top to to show/hide the scrubber bar.
Tap just above the << || >> controls at the bottom to toggle between normal and transparent matte glass contrlols (better for full view of album covers)
Tap the playlist name to edit the playlist
Change the next track to currently selected track by tapping the next track on scrubber bar.
Slide left/right on cover to change prev/next track - good when in car.
Slide up/down on cover to change prev/next album/playlist.
Tap battery to exit/quit
Tap "Alarm off" at top left to set an alarm.
Tap'n'hold cover to access the MortPlayer menu
Few final notes:
it's for QVGA only, for larger resolutions devices the UI space issues are not a problem, hence the glass controls etc are not really required.
an update for WQVGA would be possible to better optimize for the taller screen, but I don't have a device WQVGA to do it with. Having said that the .MPS files just need playing with to move things up/down, anyone want to try?
its portrait only, because I never use landscape. It would be a lot of work to create a landscape view and very difficult to make a good looking full screen cover view...
Some improvements I plan:
I might change the [Playlist] button to be the same one used in the other screens, rather than a text button.
I'd like buttons for [Save] and [Save as] that are graphic and smaller, but can';t think what to use. I tried a floppy disk and didn't like it (who uses floppies anymore anyway?) amd then how to do save as...
I want to improve the alarm screen to be finger friendly (especially when you first wake up) - so big snooze, stop and cancel buttons I think, maybe in version 2...
For those of you who like crisp screenshots without JPG artifacts, see attached ZIP file
Please feel free to comment, criticise, suggest improvements, changes or any requests.
Enjoy!
Nice skin for good program(better, than these bs apps served on xdadev, for sure).
This is really a nice skin work for Mortplayer.
Thanks to you, my 2.5 years old Polaris/ Cruise is now bright and shine again.
Small thing, it crashes when the cover.jpg is too large. But I don't try to figure out is it from the skin or Mortplayer itself. Simply avoid this in the future.
Anyone interested in a WVGA version?
I've just upgraded from Tytn II to HD2. I'm not finding many WVGA skins out there and am contemplating creating a version of my TouchPlayer MortPlayer skin for WVGA.
Only problem is finding time, but during the xmas break I might have some spare time.
Would anyone else like this skin converted to WVGA? Anyone got some suggestions on layout since the HD2/WVGA screen is taller there won't be any need for buttons overlapping the cover.
Given the effort involved I'm tempted to create a totally new skin that will fit in with HTC Sense better but based on this skins design... but then again I like the simplicity of the i-phone layout...
Karl.
walkunder said:
This is really a nice skin work for Mortplayer.
Thanks to you, my 2.5 years old Polaris/ Cruise is now bright and shine again.
Small thing, it crashes when the cover.jpg is too large. But I don't try to figure out is it from the skin or Mortplayer itself. Simply avoid this in the future.
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Yea cool skin and friendly! I had thought that the cover image was too big also, so i resized it for HTC Touch and others screens
it's raccomandable to use cover images 165x165 px
default skin cache
I've installed the latest Beta MortPlayer v3.31 b77 and found a great iPhone skin (found here). After selecting this skin, Mortplayer asks if you want to cache the current default skin for faster startup, to which I replied 'Yes'.
I've since made a change to one of the graphics within the .mpz file but MortPlayer appears to be continuing to use the cached version. I've tried selecting other skins then selecting this skin again in hopes it would reload the .mpz but with no success.
Does anyone know where this cache is located or how I can force MortPlayer to re-cache the updated skin?
Thanks in advance
KarlChick said:
I've just upgraded from Tytn II to HD2. I'm not finding many WVGA skins out there and am contemplating creating a version of my TouchPlayer MortPlayer skin for WVGA.
Only problem is finding time, but during the xmas break I might have some spare time.
Would anyone else like this skin converted to WVGA? Anyone got some suggestions on layout since the HD2/WVGA screen is taller there won't be any need for buttons overlapping the cover.
Given the effort involved I'm tempted to create a totally new skin that will fit in with HTC Sense better but based on this skins design... but then again I like the simplicity of the i-phone layout...
Karl.
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I did eventually create a WVGA iphone skin for mortplayer and have been using for the last 18 months. I'm still using the WM6 and mortplayer, not sure if anyone else is though. Does anyone want a copy?
Karl.

[Theme] [QVGA Landscape] [Standard 6.1|6.5] Smartphone Revitalize Sliding Panel Theme

Hi guys,
So I'm one of those guys still living in the dark age of Windows Mobile Standard. I don't see many good themes posted for good ole non-touchscreen phones, so I thought I'de give it a shot.
Critiques are encouraged!
More information to come...
Requirements
Windows Mobile Standard 6.1 or 6.5
QVGA Landscape device
Installation
After unzipping, look at the folder names for instructions
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i have broke my last smartphone a while ago (and now all my smartphones are died)
but imo your theme is perfect and nice... very cool text on screen (great chars, slim font)
i love the themes without useless icons ^^
maybe you could add a titanium slider (or only an underlined graphic to the active panel)
the page counter is a little "oldish" maybe you could redesign it and move to another position
and for least a thing (i think is impossible): make the long titles of panels sticking/sliding to read the whole text in it (e.g. in the calendar panel you could read only the first part of the appointment infos, if u get it orrizontal sliding you could read it all like the music info panels) but for me this is impossible
so now i haven't a device to test it, but i like, nice job! thanks to sharing
ot
are you still living in the dark age of Windows Mobile Standard? i wish that times return for me
i miss my old winmo NONtouch... actually i hate to have to tap with my finger on these little display (e.g. i was texting on my htc wings 50sms/hour , now my frineds joke me cuz it seem that i cannot write in a correct italian language...)
non touchscreen are the best phones imo but actually they are lost in the old technologies limbo... and i doubt thay could come out again...
znial said:
i have broke my last smartphone a while ago (and now all my smartphones are died)
but imo your theme is perfect and nice... very cool text on screen (great chars, slim font)
i love the themes without useless icons ^^
maybe you could add a titanium slider (or only an underlined graphic to the active panel)
the page counter is a little "oldish" maybe you could redesign it and move to another position
and for least a thing (i think is impossible): make the long titles of panels sticking/sliding to read the whole text in it (e.g. in the calendar panel you could read only the first part of the appointment infos, if u get it orrizontal sliding you could read it all like the music info panels) but for me this is impossible
so now i haven't a device to test it, but i like, nice job! thanks to sharing
ot
are you still living in the dark age of Windows Mobile Standard? i wish that times return for me
i miss my old winmo NONtouch... actually i hate to have to tap with my finger on these little display (e.g. i was texting on my htc wings 50sms/hour , now my frineds joke me cuz it seem that i cannot write in a correct italian language...)
non touchscreen are the best phones imo but actually they are lost in the old technologies limbo... and i doubt thay could come out again...
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Thanks for the compliments!
I'm working on adding a titanium slider right now to see how it looks, but I designed it to not require a slider. Text on the currently selected panel is white and text on unselected panels is transparent.
I'm still trying to figure out what (if anything) I'm going to do with the page counter.
As for the long titles extending off the page... well that was sort of the goal. It was inspired by the Zune HD and Windows Phone 7 interface. 99% of the time it shows enough text for you to understand, and in the rare case you do need to see more you can always click it. I think horizontal scrolling/sliding for long text would be really cool, but I have no idea (yet) how to make that happen. If anyone know a way to do this, let me know.
i see...
the orizzontal sliding for the title is a "higher sky" and personally the cropped title text is cool
and i love the zunehd inspi.
apps and web apps panels are fantastic
(a suggestion, for the counterpage maybe you could remove the numbers and left only the arrows, white for the next page, transparent if no page avalaible)
all my compliments
I created a version with a slider. If any smartphone users make it in here and would like me to post it just let me know.
Hi gtg456x. I got a new touch phone recently because my contract for the BJ2 was up. I've always loved the performance of Sliding panel plugin, and I can't wait to try this theme. It looks uncluttered, so I think I can finally put some wallpapers that didn't used to work on the standard icon-filled theme. Thanks for sharing and for reviving my interest in the BJ2 phone
this is an awesome theme....it's too bad that I don't know how to apply anything that isn't a .cab file!
I know your probably thinking I'm stupid, but I have no idea of how to install this theme onto my blackjack 2. It looks so great, and I would really like to use it on a daily basis. Please Help!!!
jovanboone said:
I know your probably thinking I'm stupid, but I have no idea of how to install this theme onto my blackjack 2. It looks so great, and I would really like to use it on a daily basis. Please Help!!!
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I have install before the titanium panels?
With a black background and this theme is terrific. Almost Zune-esque. Thanks! Here's a screen
how to install a certain part?
can u please point me the way how to install the files that are in...
Optional images for link panels (you will have to create your own to match your links)
i have managed to install all the rest but need some help.
Now if you would port the landscape cpr to a portrait cpr, I would be happy, because I wouldn't have to do it myself (although I made myself a similar theme a couple of months ago, but I didn't release it to the public )...
like it about to put it on my jack
stan2 said:
With a black background and this theme is terrific. Almost Zune-esque. Thanks! Here's a screen
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Looks like you forgot to install the font though.
Wasn't expecting this thread to get revived. Shouldn't be too hard to make it into a cab file for those who are having trouble.
blee
i know you should had posted this in the windowsmobile standard section you would had got so many people here instead of windowsmobile touch screen section .Its mostly a touch screen section then for both touch and type of phones.
advanced15 said:
can u please point me the way how to install the files that are in...
Optional images for link panels (you will have to create your own to match your links)
i have managed to install all the rest but need some help.
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you go to display
Hi, i cant delete the old files since they are in rom. How can i do that? Thanks!!!
Resolution change
hi gtg465x , i have a non touch mobile phone samsung Omnia Pro B7330 with a Qvga screen and a resolution of 320x320 running win mobile 6.5.
is it possible to change te resolution? because i saw that the theme was made for 320x240? is it a quick fix or not?
can you help me out?
thx in advance
awesome, iLike it!
I've installed on my Samsung C6625 it works but there's some problem:
The words was cut in the right side, it's not centered
Also, can you tell me how to make a new link such as garmin and other apps?
Thanks

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