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HTC home or SPB mobile shell?

Hi all, i wanna ask if i should install mobile shell onto my kaiser? really luv the page of mobile shell but heard it drain out the battery and slow down the ram...is that true?
i want something to display my battery % without clicking in as well a clena calender on interface...pls let me know which software provide it.
thks alot!
p.s. the Kaiser really smooth runnign so far + the radio rom really much improved comapre to my previous Trinty.

Yes it's true!
From my experiences, everything you've heard about the SPB shell and other apps (Diary, Weather, etc.) do in fact drain the battery! There is also a noticeable slowdown in performance with these running.
With these installed and enabled on my Task Window, I go from 100% charge down to 60% in about 3 hours. I was obviously tethered to a power plug or car adapter.
I've opted to go with the native HTC Home plugin and will work this weekend to customize the weather, the CUBE, icons, and all the other goodies.
TEC

chocodip said:
Hi all, i wanna ask if i should install mobile shell onto my kaiser? really luv the page of mobile shell but heard it drain out the battery and slow down the ram...is that true?
i want something to display my battery % without clicking in as well a clena calender on interface...pls let me know which software provide it.
thks alot!
p.s. the Kaiser really smooth runnign so far + the radio rom really much improved comapre to my previous Trinty.
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I am in the same boat as you and I was just debating myself on the same thing.......
I had used many SPB software and had SPB MS/Backup/PhoneSuite on my P3600i prior to the Kaiser. But HTC Home gave me substantially similar functionality (except for SBP Backup which I installed on my Kaiser), I am very hesitant in installing SPB software if they are not needed, especially when the Kaiser is so stable without MS/PhoneSuite.......

I use HTC home plugin and the battery life is good.
For battery indicator, I suggest "batti"
http://pda.jasnapaka.com/batti/
It is very light, very small, works well, customizeable
For calendar, you may look Calendar+ or TodayAgenda.
Btw, do you use SPB GPRS Monitor as well?
I am considering of using it, but thinking of memory drain.

hey all,
thks for all da infos~~~i think i will keep my HTC instead. Since it's really smooth runnin dun wanna slow down by any softwares.
Kaiser is soooo much improved on speed .......previous i hv problem with mapking R12 (the speed , the reaction.....just so dead slow) now really kickin off!
i m luvin it!~~
ps. For the Batti software....seems it's similar to the preinstall one...anyone?

No, it is not the same
Batti gives you "line" indicator at the very top of your sceen.
chocodip said:
hey all,
thks for all da infos~~~i think i will keep my HTC instead. Since it's really smooth runnin dun wanna slow down by any softwares.
Kaiser is soooo much improved on speed .......previous i hv problem with mapking R12 (the speed , the reaction.....just so dead slow) now really kickin off!
i m luvin it!~~
ps. For the Batti software....seems it's similar to the preinstall one...anyone?
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but i got the line indicator now as well.....hmm.......

I immediately switched back to Mobile Shell. Don't get me wrong; the default design of WM6 is fine but the clock is way to large and some tabs really bug me (like quick-choice for the sound profiles).
My phones need to have a clean interface so now I'm only running the default install of Mobile Shell, Owner and Calendar. Loads of room on screen to spare for new/cool apps.

SPB Shell is the way for me.
My experience is that with HTC Home plug-in battery drained faster than with SBP Shell. I also find Shell easier to use with fingers. An more configurable.
I have cLaunch with large iPhone icones attached to one of the Shell's tabs - works very nice.

Quick question for you Mobile Shell user
I like the PHOTO tab in the HTC Home where you can put 9 pictures for speed dial.
And I saw SpB shell can have that too.
But from the screenshot in the website, it displays about 5 pictures ...
Actually, how much can you have with Mobile Shell?
Thanks

gogol said:
Quick question for you Mobile Shell user
I like the PHOTO tab in the HTC Home where you can put 9 pictures for speed dial.
And I saw SpB shell can have that too.
But from the screenshot in the website, it displays about 5 pictures ...
Actually, how much can you have with Mobile Shell?
Thanks
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Mobile Shell can have 3-4 contact tabs with 5 contacts each.......

oh....HTC plugin drain faster the mobile shell? u serious? oh man....wut should i do now....

Hmmm, too little
mlai said:
Mobile Shell can have 3-4 contact tabs with 5 contacts each.......
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That is interesting...
chocodip said:
oh....HTC plugin drain faster the mobile shell? u serious? oh man....wut should i do now....
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Yea...I didn't find this to be true at all in my case. The native HTC plugins don't drain my battery at all.
I've now removed all SPB apps and am running just the HTC Home plugin. I now got the CUBE to animate so I'm really excited! I'll work on more CUBE and Home plugin customizations.
TEC

where u gt the cube? can u post the link?
thks

Go here...
chocodip said:
where u gt the cube? can u post the link?
thks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=326523&page=2&highlight=touch.dll+cube
Check out Post #11...
TEC

I love SPB Mobile Shell, I was using it with my original TyTN. However, for some reason, it kept freezing my TyTN II device whenever I key locked it. I also noticed my device was sluggish with it. I am NOT a fan of the HTC Shell one bit. It takes up the whole screen. So, now I use iLauncher for my shortcuts to programs or as my shortcut phone calls to contacts.
I hope SPB Mobile Shell comes out with a new release which corrects many of these issues.

technillion said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=326523&page=2&highlight=touch.dll+cube
Check out Post #11...
TEC
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I cant seem to get it to install. Are you using HTC Home - stock, out of the box? I have Home Customizer on mine and keep getting the black screen.
Thanks.
-Jeff

Use Batti for Battery Display ALL THE WAY! (Since Blue Angel...)
I got my TyTN(Hell it is hard to type it right) yesterday and i find the HTC Home application very neat. Compared to SPB Shell, I think i will use the HTC Home and forget about installing the resource exhaustive SPB applications(not too bad but still)
SPB Shell needs some refining before i will consider it again.

I used Mobile shell on my 8125. Loved it. but i find that everything i used it for is now built in to my TyTN II. Weather, photo speed dial, program shortcuts, time, phone ringer settings switching.. There is no need for the now screen with the HTC home plugin.. I did use spb menu but now that my new device actually has a start menu button this really isn't needed any more either. So i saved myself a ton of ram and skipped on Mobile shell.
I did install diary though. It is still the best calendar today plugin for me. I disabled all the tabs except the calendar tab and have it setting just bellow HTC home.. works well. And you know what? it is actaully very fast and doesn't use very much ram if you disable all the tabs

a few Qs about the D2

ok so firstly, i'm wondering, if i buy spb shell 3 and throw it on my d2....if i don't like it, how easy is it to switch back to the default interface?
Is SPB shell 3 any good? do people recommend it?
I'm still having problems with youtube app. i've tried hard resetting but it's still saying no connection please try again or something. I'm tried turning proxy on and off and nothing happens.
does spb shell drain the battery more than the touch flo?
thanks for the help if anyone replies

also does spb shell use the same keyboard as the d2 default? i like the default one, really useful
and finally is there an app that means i can switch from spb shell to touch flo when i want? that would be the best idea i guess

Barff1984 said:
ok so firstly, i'm wondering, if i buy spb shell 3 and throw it on my d2....if i don't like it, how easy is it to switch back to the default interface?
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You just need to remove the program for the default to return, nice and easy.
Barff1984 said:
Is SPB shell 3 any good? do people recommend it?
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personally I think its pretty good, I've had it on for a week or so now and its got everything I'd expect from it, I'd say its not quite as smooth as TF3D for scrolling large program menus but other than that its a great piece of software. You can always get the trial version from their website and see what you think though: http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/pocketpc-software/mobileshell/download.html
Barff1984 said:
does spb shell drain the battery more than the touch flo?
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not that I've noticed, I've not done any formal tests but it seems about the same and memory useage is about the same too.
Hope this helps

sorry, just seen your other post. Yes it does use the same keyboard and you can switch from touch flo to shell easily but I'm not sure how easy it is to go the other way around. Since uninstalling shell immediately reverts the phone to touch flo I guess there should be a way of doing it but I've not seen one around.

I have installed SPB Shell 3.0 for a few days now and I like it more than TF3D.
I personally recommend it...

Barff1984 said:
ok so firstly, i'm wondering, if i buy spb shell 3 and throw it on my d2....if i don't like it, how easy is it to switch back to the default interface?
Is SPB shell 3 any good? do people recommend it?
I'm still having problems with youtube app. i've tried hard resetting but it's still saying no connection please try again or something. I'm tried turning proxy on and off and nothing happens.
does spb shell drain the battery more than the touch flo?
thanks for the help if anyone replies
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I find the same issue intermitently with youtube. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I just keep going in until it works.
It might be due to the poor receptionn of my service provider (I am changing now). Or probably some bug with the version of the application we have. You can also try skyfire and just use the youtube web site.

[BUG] Spb Mobilshell 3 and S2P

Hi,
I installed Spb Mobile Shell 3 yesterday.
And damn, it looks really cool and everything is fine except one thing.
When I'm starting S2P the loading-circel rolls and nothing happens.
When I switch to the circle-menue of Spb Mobile Shell 3 (I don't know how wo call it, I hope you know what I mean ^^) My screen freezes and I have to do a soft reset.
It's the same with the new Opera mobile. It also wont start, but if I'm switching to the circle-menue Opera starts. It's also a bug but anyhow it starts.
I like S2P so pls help me if you know any solutions.
Yes I also made a reinstall

Same problem here with s2p.
S2p starts only if i have done a memory cleanup or close (exit) spb mobile shell.
Any help please...
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HTC Touch HD Official rom.

I don't know a solution but maybe it helps:
I use the german 6.5 Rom by bauner, the combination Mobile Shell 3 - S2U2 works great.
Miwu

i use spb ms 3 with energy rom 3 and s2u2 with s2p and it works pretty good, maybe u should change rom

the solution is disable 3D on spb mobile shell, only then start the S2P.
I try to find another solution, because I want to enable 3D. Something in the registry or other version of S2P....
Does anyone know anything?
Thanks for all, and sorry for my poor english.

yamagata9th said:
the solution is disable 3D on spb mobile shell, only then start the S2P.
I try to find another solution, because I want to enable 3D. Something in the registry or other version of S2P....
Does anyone know anything?
Thanks for all, and sorry for my poor english.
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Hi,
I have the same problem, and I tried disabling 3D on SPB MS, but S2P still bugging.
Can anyone help me please?

[Q] How to make X1 run smoothly again?

Hello!
So I am having some problems with my X1. It is laggy and it freezes pretty often. Sometimes I have to remove the battery many times in a day becouse of freezing. And writing with hardware keyboard isn't very nice anymore becouse the letter are coming to screen with delay and sometimes it skips over some letters. Then I have also had some weird problems sometimes that when someone calls to me and I try to answer the phone it just disconnects the call. And phone has freezed couple of times on its own without I've done anything with it. Once it didn't wake me up in the morning becouse it had freezed during night. So I really can't trust this machine at the moment.
I did hard reset couple of months ago becouse I had some similar problems before. Now it is not so bad but still annoying. I am considering buying new phone but I like this one and if there is way to make it work it would be nice.
So I am using Windows Mobile 6.1 original version and I haven' done any modifications. Just using mobile shell panel and couple other software. So I would like to get my phone stable and reliable again.

they sound like all the problems i've had with a custom rom! this never happened to me on 6.1 :S did you ever flash any custom roms before then go back to 6.1?

comeradealexi said:
they sound like all the problems i've had with a custom rom! this never happened to me on 6.1 :S did you ever flash any custom roms before then go back to 6.1?
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No I've never used custom rom. Although I bought this phone used little bit over year ago so I can't know for sure if previous owner had tried out some custom rom. But I still doubt it. This phone was just couple of months old when I bought it.
You have any ideas how to get rid of these problems?

Have you tried reflashing your rom using SEUS? Another advice I can give you is to install a decent task manager that shows all running processes. Maybe there is some kind of software running in the background that destabilizes your phone. Check Windows\StartUp to see if your phone loads any additional programs during the boot sequence.

altae said:
Have you tried reflashing your rom using SEUS? Another advice I can give you is to install a decent task manager that shows all running processes. Maybe there is some kind of software running in the background that destabilizes your phone. Check Windows\StartUp to see if your phone loads any additional programs during the boot sequence.
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Thanks for your input altae!
I haven't tried reflashing rom. I have no idea how it works. So if you could give me some kind of clear step by step instructions or link. And does it remove all the saved data in the phone?
And I checked Windows/Startup folder and there are four items in there.
Paneldefault
panelmanager
Panolauncher
RunGNAgent
I am using Panoramic launchpad so the Panolauncher belongs to that program. Panoramic launchpad is quite nice program but I think it is little bit buggy. Should I remove it? But I don't hve idea what are the other programs. I've used xperiatweak to change the startup panel to the mobile shell so I think "Paneldefault" and "panelmanager" could refer that perhaps?
edit:And btw here is list of programs I've installed.
Panoramic Launchpad
Spb Mobile shell
Spb Keyboard
Resco explorer
Clifford's XperiaTweak
Resco photoviewer pro
CoreCodec CorePlayer
Burrotech Scan2PDF
Aidem Pocket Painter
Spb TV
Viksoe.dk Flite
DS-Info DiamondTV
Adisasta wmTorrent v3
PPCLINK HiCalc
+All the original X1 programs

Paneldefault belongs to Xperia Tweak. It loads the default panel you have set. Panelmanager is what it's called, the panelmanager Panolauncher could indeed be a reason for your problems. Why don't you delete the entry in the startup folder. You can still launch it manually. I don't know RunGNAgent.
To reflash your rom got to SE website and download SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Software) from the support section. It explains step by step how to update. Post the results and we will see how to proceed.

Do a hard-reset or flash to one of the custom ROMs. Is it just me or does these things happen inevitably? Seems like the case for me. I hard-reset once every few months.

SPB Shell Mobile 3D v1.2.3

Ok, done some searching on the forums, but unable to find a solution... hence the new thread.
Anyway I have managed to hack the HTC HD2, was running windows 6.5, but put the lovely NexusHD2-Gingerbread_V3.1a_NAND_(Android-2.3.6) ROM on my handset few days ago.
Also trying to get SPB Shell Mobile 3D v1.2.3 to work correctly. Can install it fine, and it does run for a while. However after a while the "normal" android screen appears. Even though SPB is running the in processes, I am unable to switch to the SPB screen, even tried pressing the "home key" but that doesn't even work (as per suggested in the instructions). Done a reboot, and even set SPB to be the default home screen. But no joy, and the normal android screen just keeps loading instead.
Even downloaded the “Home Switcher” application from Android Market, but even that doesn't work. As it doesn't even show the SPB as an option.
Anyone else having this problem, and is there a fix around for this? As I really, really want SPB to run correctly. As i'm lovin' the interface on the SPB app!

no, no problem here running typhoon's rom new spb 3d is fast and smooth

Excuse my ignorance
Is this free?
Where do i find it?
I have dual boot mango and android -- this should work right ?
Is there much difference from winmo6.5 version and android?
Thanks for any help

I had the same issue xtreme_boi. This happens when we do not purchase/download SPB from market. As soon as you install it, it says couldn't find the registration from market or some crap like that. I tried installing SPB 3D Shell.apk w/o the internet on my mobile & then modified some SPB related file usinf root explorer. It worked fine even after switching internet on. But after reboot it just disappears. I'm working on it. will post once i find a fix for it .

Shreyas said:
I had the same issue xtreme_boi. This happens when we do not purchase/download SPB from market. As soon as you install it, it says couldn't find the registration from market or some crap like that. I tried installing SPB 3D Shell.apk w/o the internet on my mobile & then modified some SPB related file usinf root explorer. It worked fine even after switching internet on. But after reboot it just disappears. I'm working on it. will post once i find a fix for it .
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Ahh, that explains it then. Keep me posted if you get anywhere with it

Okay guys its easy just download any blocking software(like firewall) then u hv to block spb shell to connect mine worked great after without issues

Nailyouh said:
Okay guys its easy just download any blocking software(like firewall) then u hv to block spb shell to connect mine worked great after without issues
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What firewall program are you using??

Firewall? do the widgets (news, weather...) reload new data properly if you block it?
Freezing market app (root uninstaller or app remover) should work better.

piracy or a way to pirate, is not recommended here and it also violates rules
SPB shell is an app that needs to be bought
firewalling it, hacking it , changing permissions or running a script or disabling its check is some form of hacking/cracking it
SPB shell does take a while to scan through your stuff if you bought it

Well guys i cant remember what i used but i wuz blocking the marked not spb shell cuz i dont need the market that often if u need just use adwloader for example then use market block it and switch back to spb shell

No problem with me running it with American Android, but then again I purchased it.

Why Bother
If your running android then why bother with SPB Shell, sure it's great for making WM flasher but with android you can do so much better than SPB Shell...!!!

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