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[SKIN][OFFLINE] tPRO2 for S2U2 | v2.21

Dear friends and xda-devs,
I’m sad to inform you that http://tpro.station59.com has to be shut down. Since announcing version 2 of my tPRO skin series and launching the website last summer, and after 60,000+ downloads since then alone, this project received nearly no support (thank you Michael and John for your donations). Thus, I can no longer maintain domain, hosting and download bandwidth for this website.
I still plan expanding the skin series with support for new applications and introduce new ui designs, and of course share it with this great community. However, due to my heavy workload at another project of mine I am forced to put this one on hold till the end of the summer.
Thank you all,
dEM
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Latest version: 2.21 | APR 27, 2010
Supported resolutions: VGA, WVGA, QVGA, WQVGA
If you like my work and wish the series to advance and develop, please, consider donating even a small amount in USD or EUR.
Thank you for your support and appreciation.
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Tweaks & Extraz
Alternative notification icons by me, here.
Alternative wvga landscape wallpaper by eazy2001x, here. (now improved and included in skin)
Orange fullscreen battery wallpaper by looby, here. (now improved and included in skin)
Alternative slider by andrew-in-working, here.

Demionizator,
Great skin there.
The first icon is for messaging notification and the 2nd one is for flexmail notification.

good looking skin..
*LINK REMOVED* a warehouse of skins.

nice work
works now, great job

Very nice skin great work!!!

Thank you all.
Hemant said:
The first icon is for messaging notification and the 2nd one is for flexmail notification.
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What do you mean by messaging notification? There are already icons for text messages (sms), multimedia messages (mms) and e-mails (icons 2, 3 and 4 on my screenshot). Still can't get this envelope in a baloon thing...
I'll work on messenger and flexmail icons then. And I think I'll redesign the mms one. This is the first one I came up with but don't think it's that indicative.

Hi
I have some issues with this theme.....Please don't take it personally i am telling what i experienced.
1.Numbers are not aligned on white box on wallpaper.
2.Its will not work exactly as the screen shot.
3.In charging mode clock doesn't appear.
I have copied and replaced the "gfx" file in S2U2 Folder under program mes. is this procedure is correct....

krish_nank said:
I have some issues with this theme.....Please don't take it personally i am telling what i experienced.
1.Numbers are not aligned on white box on wallpaper.
2.Its will not work exactly as the screen shot.
3.In charging mode clock doesn't appear.
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Hey there,
Since you obviously see the wallpaper with the flip clock it seems you have copied it right.
1. I guess your time format is set to H:mm without the leading zero - 8:22 instead of 08:22. Use your favorite registry editor and change the key HKCU\Software\A_C\S2U2\TimeFormat key to HH':'mm. This should make sure the time is always four digits and therefore always aligned to the wallpaper. I'll make sure to add a .reg file with all the necessary changes soon.
2. What other differences do you find from the screenshot? If you can provide a screenshot of your device it'll be great.
3. This is my mistake. I never use fullscreen battery hence never worked on that. Note taken.

Nice work. Any chance a clock font that supports the 5:00PM format?

if i just want the notifier icons wich files do i gota copy?

steb0ne said:
Nice work. Any chance a clock font that supports the 5:00PM format?
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I can extend the flip clock to fit the am/pm but still you have to set time with leading zero to have the same number of digits all the time eg. 05:00PM.
lbhocky19 said:
if i just want the notifier icons wich files do i gota copy?
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notice.png and redcircle.png

Holy S!it,nice skin,gonna install it asap,thx for the hard work

looking sweet.

Sorry guys,
Current hardcoded layout of S2U2 doesn't allow me to make the flip clock work with fullscreen battery. Hope not a lot of you use it anyway...
Start working on some left over notification icons and am/pm flip clock.

I've changed the MMS icon (icon #4) to baloon with a paper clip similar to how it's shown in TF3D.
Then I created one for Flexmail (icon #6) and used one from Manila for Messenger (icon #7).
Hope you like them. If you do download the attached file and unzip to gfx folder, overwriting the old notice.png.
Still can't figure out what's the second icon for though..

demonizator said:
It may sound stupid but did not find what are these icons for:
I guess the last one is for Windows Live Messenger notifications but I don's use it to test the icon. And have no idea what are the first two for.
If somebody can help me with this I will replace them with TouchFLO-alike icons.
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The 2nd icon is for Pocket Informant, not sure about the 1st one. It looks like an email icon, but I'm sure it cant be that easy.

I played around with the flip clock trying to make it work with am/pm time and tried to get it as close as possible to TF3D (screen #1) but it's not that simple. There's no way to get the am/pm symbols closer to the digits. Extending the flip itself is pretty ugly for me (screen #2) so I came up with something like this (screen #3).
If you like it I can export wallpaper fitting the time this way. If you have any other ideas you're more than welcome.

Can I just have this in 12hour format without the AM/PM. Cause really. I don't need to know if it's night or day lol. I can notice that by just looking around.

Dude this is great work, I'm gonna try this out soon, first I need to update my S2U2 because I noticed that its not quite the newest version, another question also does this extra nice looking stuff take any kind of battery toll?
Thanks man, this looks flippin great.

Is there a decent upcoming appointments widget ANYWHERE??!

And please don't suggest the built in calendar widget, or Quick Calendar - they're both complete gash. The built in calendar widget takes up a quarter of the home screen and tells you one, count it, one upcoming appointment. Quick Calendar is, quite frankly, the ugliest thing I've ever seen since Peter Beardsley went out on a date with Iain Dowie and had an illicit lovechild.
What I would like is a widget that came in either 4x1 or 4x2 flavours, and that gave me the next 2 or 4 appointments in my calendar, and that looked at least slightly pleasing to the eye. I don't believe I'm the only one out there interested in such a widget, hence why I simply cannot believe some enterprising developer hasn't made one. And I can't believe it'd be that big a programming task to put together. Therefore I conclude one must exist somewhere and I am being incredibly dim in not being able to track it down.
So guys, where's this widget? Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Haven't been able to find one either - however..
I use quick calendar, but only in the taskbar! it works pretty well like that

I purchased Touchdown and am extremely happy with it. I definitely wouldn't buy it if I didn't want exchange...
...but if you are using Exchange, I would seriously recommend it. It shows up to 4 separate appointments at once on half the screen and leaves space for two icons on the side as well.

One of my mail accounts IS Exchange, but I could never get Touchdown working as well for email as the HTC Exchange client. Plus my calendar is in my Google account not my Exchange account. Does Touchdown's calendar widget let you pull data from Google-land?

Koxx Weather Widget - now shows the upcoming appointments with the weather!

Good spot, n1ck! I'll buy that for 80-odd pence. Have actually used the free version of that widget before, but got rid of it because no matter what the weather was going to be over the coming days, it always displayed rainclouds. Maybe that was a Frenchman's satirical comment on the weather in London, I don't know

Another one you can use is Aniwidget. One of the widgets included shows upcoming appointments.

Code:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.laik-widget-agenda-jFji.aspx
just installed it - just what i was after - ain't pretty but does the job!

n1ck75 said:
Code:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.laik-widget-agenda-jFji.aspx
just installed it - just what i was after - ain't pretty but does the job!
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AT LONG LAST!!
Thanks for the headsup, nick.

Thanks for the help guys, I too was looking for a decent calendar widget, I shall be trying out these two today.

koxx has made a seperate agenda widget from his weather/cal widget. it's really good, its 4x2 rite now, and he planns to do 4x3 and 4x4. currently its a free beta, he just started working on it the other day. improvements are updated daily/weekly.
here is a screen shot of it running on my phone:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=545097

The laik-widget i posted earlier has had an update - a lot better now, well worth a look!

n1ck75 said:
The laik-widget i posted earlier has had an update - a lot better now, well worth a look!
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It's still a bit ugly, but will do until Koxx sorts out a 4x1 version of his.

Loccy said:
One of my mail accounts IS Exchange, but I could never get Touchdown working as well for email as the HTC Exchange client. Plus my calendar is in my Google account not my Exchange account. Does Touchdown's calendar widget let you pull data from Google-land?
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unfortunately, i don't think so. it's really just for exchange. if you ever start using your exchange account for calendar and email, you'll love it though! it MIGHT be able to sync with your google calendar, and you could definitely turn on email forwarding, but i haven't found this option. it does copy your exchange contacts to your phone, however, and update your phone as you add new contacts.
the biggest drawback i've found is that you have to add contacts through the application...you can't add them directly through the contact list in your phone (else it won't appear on exchange). if there is a workaround, please let me know!

Pure Calendar is what you are after:

[ALL] Show your Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager and Widgets !

Yep I think it's about time for that, so this thread is dedicated to Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager and widgets so we can exchange and share ideas !
THIS TOPIC IS FOR ALL RESOLUTIONS, LET'S SHOW PEOPLE !
I'm first with HTC pure style widgets to...
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YOUR TURN !

Good Idea did the clock your using come as a widget pack? I did not see this one available...thanks

formula84 said:
Good Idea did the clock your using come as a widget pack? I did not see this one available...thanks
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Both are from 2 different widget packs, one is HTC pure style (only for WQVGA). And the other is just a couple of widgets from sence la révolution...french
Both can be found here....http://www.mobilecustom.fr/forum/index.php/board,78.0.html
It's a french site so if you need help just ask me

new idea
Yep based on the hub concept, with tittles to some pages....

Here's Mine
So many ways to design screens, don't know what to keep.
Peter

Peterjac said:
So many ways to design screens, don't know what to keep.
Peter
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Love yours ! been doing some work based on W7....

Titles?
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Yep based on the hub concept, with tittles to some pages....
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Hi Again,
Where did the Titles come from?
Thanks

Think I will go with this, Maybe
What do you think, any suggestions.
thanks all and thanks Vost.
Edit: Peoples faces have small contact links and invisable link to full contacts page, Weather has invisable link to Touch Weather.

Peterjac said:
What do you think, any suggestions.
thanks all and thanks Vost.
Edit: Peoples faces have small contact links and invisable link to full contacts page, Weather has invisable link to Touch Weather.
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Nice way to use the invisible contacts
You could also set up a special panel for contacts to be used instead of MS standard contact page, then you could put a biiig group photo on it with invisible contact links on all the faces

Peterjac said:
Hi Again,
Where did the Titles come from?
Thanks
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made them myself......

Ok, I thought I was gonna post in here once finished modifying my layout, but it looks like I'm modifying it over and over, so I guess I'll just post the current one, even if it still a "work in progress"
ATM I'm using a 2 pages main lifestyle screen, plus 4 hubs
Each hub has 2 pages too, I'm posting just one for each of them not to make this post too large
and yes: I still love cats lol

Vostradamus said:
Ok, I thought I was gonna post in here once finished modifying my layout, but it looks like I'm modifying it over and over, so I guess I'll just post the current one, even if it still a "work in progress"
ATM I'm using a 2 pages main lifestyle screen, plus 4 hubs
Each hub has 2 pages too, I'm posting just one for each of them not to make this post too large
and yes: I still love cats lol
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How do I get the hubs with the wihte writing, can't seem to find them in shell manager

moxycalt said:
How do I get the hubs with the wihte writing, can't seem to find them in shell manager
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Do you mean the the white/cyan text on the hub links in the main screen of the "title" in the actual hubs?
The white/cyan texts are links skins which can be found in the "hub links" category when activating widgets
The "title" in the actual hubs is part of the background image... I just made the background pictures starting from a kitten image, fading to black in the upper part and adding the white text up there
All the hubs in my screenshots are additional Pro Panels added with the manager, and their background can be customized with any bmp file you like (don't forget to check the size according to your display though)
They can have a different background each, but it will not slide when swiping through pages
(mobile shell limitation, sorry... if you want it to slide then you need to use additional lifestyle panels instead of pro panels, and the background can't be different on every panel but it will always be the same as the main lifestyle screen)

Vostradamus said:
Do you mean the the white/cyan text on the hub links in the main screen of the "title" in the actual hubs?
The white/cyan texts are links skins which can be found in the "hub links" category when activating widgets
The "title" in the actual hubs is part of the background image... I just made the background pictures starting from a kitten image, fading to black in the upper part and adding the white text up there
All the hubs in my screenshots are additional Pro Panels added with the manager, and their background can be customized with any bmp file you like (don't forget to check the size according to your display though)
They can have a different background each, but it will not slide when swiping through pages
(mobile shell limitation, sorry... if you want it to slide then you need to use additional lifestyle panels instead of pro panels, and the background can't be different on every panel but it will always be the same as the main lifestyle screen)
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Thanks, it was the pictures you made for the hub pages....

WP 7
Went back to Mark's WP7 and did a little change on the color of the hubs, now I like it more...

moxycalt said:
Went back to Mark's WP7 and did a little change on the color of the hubs, now I like it more...
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lol looks like I'm not the only one constantly changing layout

Vostradamus said:
lol looks like I'm not the only one constantly changing layout
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It's a drug....AND I CAN'T STOP !!!!

thx for share
thx for share

wow so great
thx for share

Nice work!
Where can i found internet information widgets?
thanks

▐▄▀▄▀▌[THEME] Lacuna v2.0 - This one's a game changer...

▐▄▀▄▀▌[THEME] Lacuna v2.0 - This one's a game changer...
LACUNA
THIS IS A GAME CHANGER!!!
THIS IS THE OLD VERSION!!!!!
please go HERE for 3.0
The Zip below works for both WVGA and WQVGA....
QVGA and VGA is coming I PROMISE
you got to try it out to believe!!!
ALTERNATE HOME SCREEN ... ONCE I REMOVE THE LOCKSCREEN
TELL ME IF YOU LIKE PLEASE....
i have been Theme Building For Throttle Launcher awhile now and i have seen that the best themes to have on your phones... are ones that use very little resources.. are quick and finger friendly... and just plain work!!!
Lacuna is my attempt at making the Best Theme for your WM Phone...
it is very simple, will be ported to everyones resolution, and it Looks Great too!!
i really hope you enjoy it
PLEASE GIVE ME FEEDBACK
Notes:
please stay tuned for updates... and extras having to do with this theme..
i am very Excited about the potential this theme has ... and i hope you come to recognize it...
this will never require a Donate... but they are much appreciated as the time it takes for me to code things...

Two boot Screens For Lacuna Fans....
................One loop..................................................................................................................................................Loop Forever
this does animate but you might have missed it looking now
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reserved...my freiend

also this one too... ya never know...

nice~~looks really minimal and i like the blue =D

almost thought you had forgotten about lacuna from your other thread ..
so let me repost some feedback from the other thread and add feedback based on v2.0
clock:
next alarm info beneath clock maybe?
apps:
option where you can select favorite programs, possibly override windows start menu??
also qould be quite cool, if we go with the sliding theme, if the apps page (faves and all programs) could be brought up by sliding the main screen up
friends:
favorites would be very good
text:
i selected sms chat as the sms program, but when i click on a text message it still brings up the usual messaging app from samsung
when i get a new text message, i click on 'new texts' but it doesnt open anything, when i go swipe to the text page, my new text does not appear there either
mail:
im guessing this hasn't been implemented yet, but can't wait until it does ...
other:
the sliding can it combined with the ability to click on the sub-menus to see that page? i.e. so you do not need to swipe twice to get from 'friends' to 'mail'
just on this, when i was the friends page, and i click on the 'text' it takes me to the 'mail' page, but then the theme doesnt respond anymore??
alternate home screen: YES PLS

the impementation of clicking the text or mail word... doesnt work... as you found out... that is going to be disabled... the screens already scroll super easy... not hard to go from one end to the other...
im working on making the apps page so you can drag it up... not there yet...
i havent configured the sms program chooser yet....
mail page works... im not sure to what extent... i didnt code it... lol...
i am glad u like the alt. home screen... i think its pretty smexy too
as always... thanks for your great feedback wil_dee

Resolution available ? i use Qvga.

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Resolution available ? i use Qvga.
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will be availavle soon for QVGA and VGA...
currently for WVGA and WQVGA
its coming i promise!!!!

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will be availavle soon for QVGA and VGA...
currently for WVGA and WQVGA
its coming i promise!!!!
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Ok Thanx! Great

Very nice simple and elegant, but have following questions:
Mail page does not show anything, i looked through all xml and found nowhere any mail settings.
Wouls also love the option to select to show only favorites contacts or to add some favorite peoples.
Same for favorite programs, maybe an additional page to add a few programs and settings shortcuts.
For me the best solution would be if i could replace the contact page by a shortcuts page, where i would place 5 shortcuts to subfolders for weather, internet, fav people, applications and settings (i already have them).

This theme is without HW acceleration? Or need acc. too
Good luck

no acceleration required

Hi,
can you help me with some questions:
If installing this .cab, does it
- Add a new Element to select from the Home screen setting
- Does it interffere with Sense / CHT
- Can it be uninstalled without damaging the installation?
Thanks
Gescha

I am assuming that you are referring to throttle launcher itself
it is not linked to or related to Sense or CHT it is a UI in its won right so you would have to choose and deslect whichever you wanted at any given time.
It can be install/uninstalled without effecting anything else

Well .. what can I say? This is the best theme so far. I'll stay tuned for updates. Thanks.

Really nice. Love the minimalistic look.

Awesome. Love it.

Super Easy
Trek, youve done it again! This is crazy smooth! It is very minimilistic, something I think an option to increase would be great.
what I mean is that instead of opening Apps, and the start menu, maybe a second 'fav apps' screen that opens another screen for just your favorite apps. This is where you program your icons, etc.
Yea, would love the mail to work, but love how responsive text app is.
Another option, I use text alot! Maybe be able to choose which is first slid to (text, mail, friends)
The ability to show weather would really be great, like shown on the first post. Not sure if there is something that I missed.
I do have the same issue with tapping 'text', it goes to 'mail', and then program freeze. Doesn't require a reset, just a reload theme, and its all back.
Lock screen is really touchy. I checked and saw that I had accelleration at 10, with friction at 1. Reversed accell to 1, friction to 3, that helped alot. just a hint to folks out there.
And finally, maybe a calender screen or setting as well?
Love it, super smooth, super simple, great job as always!

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Trek, youve done it again! This is crazy smooth! It is very minimilistic, something I think an option to increase would be great.
what I mean is that instead of opening Apps, and the start menu, maybe a second 'fav apps' screen that opens another screen for just your favorite apps. This is where you program your icons, etc.
Yea, would love the mail to work, but love how responsive text app is.
Another option, I use text alot! Maybe be able to choose which is first slid to (text, mail, friends)
The ability to show weather would really be great, like shown on the first post. Not sure if there is something that I missed.
I do have the same issue with tapping 'text', it goes to 'mail', and then program freeze. Doesn't require a reset, just a reload theme, and its all back.
Lock screen is really touchy. I checked and saw that I had accelleration at 10, with friction at 1. Reversed accell to 1, friction to 3, that helped alot. just a hint to folks out there.
And finally, maybe a calender screen or setting as well?
Love it, super smooth, super simple, great job as always!
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most of these things have either been addressed or been implemented ... i like the configurable text, friends, mail order idea... but unfortunately the system im using for making it so easlily scrollable .... this may not be possiblee... no wait.. yeah i can do that..!!! sorry!!!
the picture on th front post with the weather you are refering to is not yet.... but how it will look when i am done..
so you didnt miss anything
i am removing the lockscreen... will prolly make skins or themes for the windows default lockscreen and one for the oboe style...
calendar implementation is planned but still unsure how to incorporate...
tapping text goes to mail bug will be removed... was an attempt that did not work with the concept..
otherwise... glad you enjoy it... my main purpose is to keep it simple and smooth for all devices...
and be Daily driver Worthy... my only currently daily driver worthy one is my own modded version of the BBSTORM theme...
i thought about releasing since it is modded and junk... not technically original design... so i think i might but there is a few things i have to address first.... ill email ya if ya want to try it lol....
thanks for your feedback Jerry
LLAP

Collecting bits and pieces for my new Optimus Black

I just ordered a new LG Optimus Black since my HTC Desire seems to sabotaging me, lol. I've come around a few images for inspiration, and i want to know how to get them. Haven't yet decided if i want want to tweak the original rom, or go for CM7, what launcher and so on.
1. First pic, fond this among the screenshots for Beautiful Widgets, but what i am looking for here is the launcher, bottom icons and their frame. I might want to use other shortcuts, but i suppose it's easy to make a custom icon for that:
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2. In this pic, i'm looking for the neat notification bar without childish colors and with the elegant font used here. BTW, do NOT want the orange default color, hated it when i tried MIUI on my desire. They should be green or blue...
3. Can't seem to find the image atm, but i want some sort of notifications on the lockscreen about missed calls, new sms, new email and new gmail. not icons, maybe just text, and a red circle with a number representing amount of notifications. As far as i understand i can customize a lot of it with minimalistic text, but i probably need something else. I also want to display time, date etc, but not a lot of icons and shortcuts. And a nice discrete unlock bar of some kind.
4. Calendar widget. I like the default one in Sense, but i also like the look of (cal widget?), just plain text on transparent background, no clumsy frame around it. That might also be neat to have on my lockscreen, unless it becomes to much...
I have already purchased SwitchPro Widget and WidgetLocker Lockscreen, dunno if i can use them for anything. Is Better Cut a app i would need? I know this might be a lot, but i have a vision of how i want it to look, and i would really appreciate all feedback which could help me along the way

First pic, it's GO Launcher.

Yeah, first pic is definitely GO launcher EX, and second pic is obviously MIUI launcher.
Well, you can try both.
Now for the lock screen things, you can use widgetlocker, lockbot etc., and /g/o locker that comes with GO launcher. Just try out all of them and see what meets your needs !
Another thing, if you flash cyanogenmod, you will have a lot more options like in notification bar you can put as many buttons as you want; plus, using Theme Chooser application, you can try many amazing themes ! This device's hardware is quite capable of using every customization without any lag, and blazing NOVA IPS will give you the utmost realistic effect of your theme for sure.
Okay, can't say more. Check the homescreen pic thread in heme Section and see the other user's modding..

Thanks for reply I've been looking trough a lot of homescreens for inspiration and themes, but I want to put together my own "theme" with a sleek proffesional look. Not sin Harry Potter or Star Wars look I guess I have to play around with it...
But is it doable to grab the MIUI notification bar and use it in another launcher?
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hulkhaugen said:
But is it doable to grab the MIUI notification bar and use it in another launcher
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Nope. It's not possible with any launcher on any device unless you are theme dev yourself..

edit your framework-res.apk
that should do the trick
(but i'm not responsible if you brickin' your phone )

agent205 said:
edit your framework-res.apk
that should do the trick
(but i'm not responsible if you brickin' your phone )
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and thats a fact, you can brick it... I've already tried to edit framework-res.apk from cm7 to add the icons huexxx made but I was unsuccesfull, although the icons can be used with stock rom and nova rom [both are froyo] but can't with cm7 [GB] maybe thats the trick

Just picked up my handset from the post office, and the first thing i want to do is to make a complete backup of it, then it's time to "**** it up", lol
Ok, edit the framework, might look into that. But let's try to attack this from another angle. I don't need the whole dropdown notification bar settings, just it's appearance as it is there on top of my homescreen. Do i need to edit the framework to change the color/image, font and icons in it? I hoped it was just some xml and imagefiles to edit. Or is there a selection of styles for this part in other CM7 themes? My biggest issue with MIUI is the orange color they put everywhere, and on my Desire MIUI was way slower than the stock 2.3 rom.
EDIT: Or another turn of events, i could install the MIUI ROM/Launcher, but somehow replace the ugly orange colors. I suppose i could replace the icons in the bottom launchbar...

I've gotten so much further now But there are still some things that i want to change. Like in this picture, what widget is displaying weather info?
I've downloaded Beautiful Widgets, and i am so not happy with it, so i'm thinking of making something on my own with Minimalistic Text and a weather widget, just need a simple but nice widget with transparent background. I also need a lot of time to figure out Minimalistic Text, it has great potential, but is a pain in the butt to set up, lol.

haha you're right MT is such a pain to set up... I'm sure I saw that weather widget before, where you get the image?? maybe at the thread of "post your home screen" or something like that?

Ok, this is where i'm at so far:
I'm pretty pleased with my lockscreen atm, might fiddle more with it later, but as you can see, the homescreen needs more work, lol. The weather widget is Beautiful widgets, one of the few that are actually 100% transparent. I think i might change it for a combination of Minimalistic Text, and hopefully i can find a widget showing just a moon/sun/cloud, and get its data from the same source as MT, so they will match... These are the apps i'm using atm:
- GO Launcher EX
- GO Launcher EX Notification
- WidgetLocker Lockscreen
- Super Status Bar
- Minimalistic Text
- Missed It!
Also, what does the icon in the upper left corner mean? looks like <D].