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Am I the only one who wants my color display to be in color?

Now please don't misconstrue this post.
I truly do appreciate the ROM bakers we have here, and they have put out some truly awesome stuff. Dutty and Q, I've already used both your ROMs, cause for some reason I just can't leave it alone. I've actually tried 3 of Dutty's and the 1.2 of Q's.
I've had cell phones since it was regular black numbers on a grey screen (like a digital watch), then to the green LED, then, finally to a colored LED, and then to a full color screen. I really don't want to go back 20 (or whatever) years.
Anyway, my dilema is the black design of the ROMs. I'm no ROM chef, I barely have the patience to reconfigure my device after flashing. But am I the only one who wants my color device to have a colored theme? I came from the Hermes, and tweaked the hell out of alll the black ROMs for that to get some more color into them. On this one, I'm a little more hesitant to tweak them back to color.
Is there a quick way to get the black out of the cooked ROMs? I'm back on the ATT ROM for now, and I'm hating it again (after only a day). Again, nothing but the utmost respect for the chefs with more patience and skills than me, and a big thanks to you guys again.
But, anyone else want their color device to remain in color?

On black background the white text is perfectly readable. On ultra-mega-cool-supa-dupa coloured babe-magnet screen you will see LSD effect.
My 2 cents

gabriel31337 said:
On black background the white text is perfectly readable. On ultra-mega-cool-supa-dupa coloured babe-magnet screen you will see LSD effect.
My 2 cents
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Hmm ultra-mega-cool-supa-dupa coloured babe-magnet screen with LSD effect? Makes you wonder why aren't we doing this with more roms.

I like my black WM6 theme. It's... I dunno... it's only emphasizing the potential of the device, I think. It's a psychological thing. It's if you have a ferrari you'd drive calm, respectable. Not like all those civics that scoop around like crazy kids..
Same idea here - if it'd be a cheap ass cellphone for $25, I'd have it pimped out. Since it's a $400 business machine - it has to look solid and calm.
Just my opinion.

You can pretty easily add your own backgrounds and menubar themes. You can also get skinning software to give even more possibilities. Search for the homescreen screenshot thread to see various themes and skins people use. The most popular theme is a sedate black, but there are plenty of other colors out there.

If you want an easy way to add color, check out: Wisbar Advance 3
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/
I love it! Easy to change themes with as much color as you want.
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nbviper said:
If you want an easy way to add color, check out: Wisbar Advance 3
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/
I love it! Easy to change themes with as much color as you want.
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I thought I saw problems with wisbar and some other apps. But, yeah that does look cool. Thanks for the idea.

DarkDvr said:
I like my black WM6 theme. It's... I dunno... it's only emphasizing the potential of the device, I think. It's a psychological thing. It's if you have a ferrari you'd drive calm, respectable. Not like all those civics that scoop around like crazy kids..
Same idea here - if it'd be a cheap ass cellphone for $25, I'd have it pimped out. Since it's a $400 business machine - it has to look solid and calm.
Just my opinion.
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I agree. The Kaiser is about function and performance not flash. If your looking for eye candy then get an iPhone. If you want a business class multiple use device then the Kaiser is for you. I love the black themes. You can put any theme you want on these ROMs. The ROM is just the OS. Just like windows it is up to you to make look the way you like to use it. It just happen to be the most popular look for the cooks.

there are literly thousands of themes for pocket pc's bpth cooked roms and standard roms. they use the same themes and you can install them as easy as downloading them to your root directory and selecting them through your today/theme settings, have a look here http://www.pocketpcthemes.com/new.aspx for free themes

etijburg said:
I agree. The Kaiser is about function and performance not flash. If your looking for eye candy then get an iPhone. If you want a business class multiple use device then the Kaiser is for you. I love the black themes. You can put any theme you want on these ROMs. The ROM is just the OS. Just like windows it is up to you to make look the way you like to use it. It just happen to be the most popular look for the cooks.
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Jeez did I ever strike a chord, or what?
Why can't it have function AND form? If I wanted an Iflop, I'd have gotten one. I'd be first in line to buy those anti apple stickers, beleive me.
I'm not talking about roller coasters or flowers or hot chicks. All those things are great (some greater than others). I just want some color without having to hack like 200 items to a color to get it. Like make the black- blue, or red or whatever.
I understand I can put whatever theme I want on it. My thing was, with flashing once or twice a day, I'm tired of messing with color settings, and just wondering why people like turning the color display monochrome. Is your home computer colorless too? Do you watch movies exclusively in black and white?

DarkDvr said:
I like my black WM6 theme. It's... I dunno... it's only emphasizing the potential of the device, I think. It's a psychological thing. It's if you have a ferrari you'd drive calm, respectable. Not like all those civics that scoop around like crazy kids..
Same idea here - if it'd be a cheap ass cellphone for $25, I'd have it pimped out. Since it's a $400 business machine - it has to look solid and calm.
Just my opinion.
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If you always drove the ferrari like my grandma, you'd be wasting the car.
Just sayin is all.

over2land said:
Jeez did I ever strike a chord, or what?
Is your home computer colorless too? Do you watch movies exclusively in black and white?
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heh funny that you say that... my pc http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n218/dolbe666/desktop101.jpg
I prefer black and glossy really over bright and shiny

Wow.
That is pretty ironic, isn't it? LOL.
Still got some color in it, but largely comparable to the ROMs we are talking about, huh?
I can't really talk, I guess. I don't even have wallpaper, just a plain black screen. But still, I don't look at that screen all the dang time. I guess that is what gets me... every time I look at the phone it is black and dull. The plain screen on my home computer is so I don't have added clutter.

if you want colour use SPB mobile shell its got plenty of options for colour themes, while your at it tweaks2K2.net has a color editor for your device colors thats quick and simple. no need to do any major changes and it can be changed regualarly in a matter of seconds. also SPB pocket plus have extended themes that are quite nice. or you can use a them editor to make your own themes however you want them. the choices are endless as to how you setup your Kaisers color settings

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if you want colour use SPB mobile shell its got plenty of options for colour themes, while your at it tweaks2K2.net has a color editor for your device colors thats quick and simple. no need to do any major changes and it can be changed regualarly in a matter of seconds. also SPB pocket plus have extended themes that are quite nice. or you can use a them editor to make your own themes however you want them. the choices are endless as to how you setup your Kaisers color settings
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I was using SPB when I first got the Hermes... but got away from it with the advent of the HTC home plug in... it did what I wanted and took less space, also I thought it slowed the device down less. I was running the Mobile Shell, Pocket Plus, and Weather apps. Do they slow the Kaiser down too?
I'll check the tweaks2K2 thing, thanks.

they dont slow it down at all really. the newer SPB plus4 is less memory intensive and has a smaller footprint than the SPB plus v3. I use both the mobile shell and spb plus4 and pocket weather and dont experience any slow down. on my old wizard it slowed it down a bit but not that bad. the Kaiser doesnt suffer much from memory intensive apps like the old wm5/wm6 TYTN did. that extra ram and rom really makes a difference and the cpu is better also

Making the HTC sense homescreen run smoother

This thread is dedicated to tweaking the HTC Sense homescreen so that it runs smoother. In order to do this, one must have access to the homescreen's source code. I don't remember signing a NDA with HTC, so I don't have it. The only other solution is to disassemble the code and attempt to reconstruct the original source code from that. To do this:
1. Extract /system/app/Rosie.apk from a deodexed update (like this one)
2. Inside of Rosie.apk is a file called classes.dex. This contains all the classes in dalvik byte code form. Disassemble it using DeDexer and convert the binary xml to text xml using AXMLPrinter2
3. You now have the source in an assembly-like format. Now you gotta painstakingly turn all of that source by hand into java. As of now there's no way to assemble it back into bytecode, nor a way to automatically turn it into java files. I could really use some help with this step! I've attached a copy of the disassembled code to this post.
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So I've tried all sorts of homescreens, but my favorite has to be the original. Launcherpro comes in close, but you can't beat the quality of the homescreen widgets that come with the stock Sense launcher. It's a shame you can't use these widgets with any other launcher...
Only problem with it is that it's just not smooth. It reminds me of my old Omnia! So I was thinking, could it be possible to take the Rosie apk, disassemble the dalvik byte code, and make some optimizations to make it run more smoothly. One thing off the top of my head is how LauncherPro reduces the quality of the graphics when scrolling by default.
Forget about feasibility, I already know it's doable. It's just a question of how much patience I have for digging through thousands of lines of disassembled code, and whether anything can actually be improved.
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If you increase your virtual memory heap size it should improve performance. You can increase the vm heap size in your build.prop file from the standard 24m to 32m by either flashing one of the update.zip files that includes this, or by editing the build.prop file manually.

Asterdroid said:
If you increase your virtual memory heap size it should improve performance. You can increase the vm heap size in your build.prop file from the standard 24m to 32m by either flashing one of the update.zip files that includes this, or by editing the build.prop file manually.
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I've already tried this. However compare the stock homescreen to LauncherPro (or any other homescreen really). It's like night and day!

whiplash000 said:
Seriously, if you don't have anything to say that isn't retarded or just a variation of "No.", then tell me. Otherwise, go away.
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You did essentially ask a yes-or-no question (Is this feasible?), so to say that you won't accept "no" answers is rather strange.
He did answer you. Yes, he was a bit sarcastic, but he did answer you. And he's right.
Edit: And yes, I'm a Java developer. Have been for over 5 years. So I'm not just being "retarded".

The Sense SMS app is garbage, it chugs so bad when you try to scroll.

Well, I've managed to disassemble the dex files into dalvik "bytecode" using dedexer. It'll take a while to comprehend what all this does... does anyone know of a way to transform this into a java source file? The slideshow that the project linked to says there was not any, as of 2009. Any new developments?

This is essentially what I'm doing. The stuff on the left is the output, while the stuff on the right is my interpretation. I turn all that "assembler" into java classes, and I have a more-or-less exact copy (minus the comments) of the source code of the original app.
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This is from an app I made just to practice the art of disassembly before I tackle the Rosie APK.

I've updated the OP with a copy of the code I have. Feel free to take a look at it and see if you can help me out/figure out a way to automate recreating java sources files from this.

Not to derail the thread.. but it would be nice if google would freaking release GPU acceleration for general purpose use in android..
Gingerbread please...

GPU acceleration in the UI would be EPIC, I'd pay for it.

buckweet said:
Not to derail the thread..
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>_>
buckweet said:
but it would be nice if google would freaking release GPU acceleration for general purpose use in android..
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I had no idea that GPU acceleration wasn't already in Android. Anyway, I don't think that's why this thing runs so slow, since other launchers are buttery smooth (like launcherpro) even without GPU acceleration.
buckweet said:
Gingerbread please...
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Gingerbread is supposed to make custom skins (like Sense) obsolete, so this project will be pointless by the end of the year... assuming we get the update at all (this phone just barely makes the minimum spec)

But see, Sense is buttery smooth for me.

Yep, sense is smooth enough for me..espically with the manup evo theme
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For me, it isn't... i'd say 30fps at the most, usually less and sometimes as low as 10fps. In comparison, launcherpro runs at 60fps all the time, occasionally dropping as low as 40-50fps. There's no comparison. I want that level of performance on the default homescreen, since it looks nicer than launcherpro and is more tightly integrated with the other apps.
You know what? It may just be a fps cap that makes it run so relatively sluggishly... I'll have to look into that.

How are you measuring what fps the launchers are running at?

Just guesses. It's fairly obvious that HTC sense it NOT running at 60fps. I remember back when I was developing andromnia (a port of android to the omnia) that there was an option to show a fps counter. You know where I can get that in 2.2?

I'm a bit confused. If launcherpro is running @ 60 FPS how can there be a cap.
I didn't think we had a cap since we don't have hdmi out.

lafester said:
I'm a bit confused. If launcherpro is running @ 60 FPS how can there be a cap.
I didn't think we had a cap since we don't have hdmi out.
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I was talking about the sense launcher (and other HTC apps for that matter) possibly being capped, not launcherpro.
Now that I think about it, all HTC apps are a tad sluggish compared to android apps...
I mean, take a look at apps that have a scrollable list. Buttery smooth scrolling. But an identical HTC app with a scrollable list runs kinda sluggishly, don't you think?
Maybe I can dig out my camcorder and make a video that'll show you people the difference. I wonder if it records at 60fps...

Sense mms is laggay as **** too.
Sent from my DROID2 using XDA App

adrynalyne said:
*Groan*
There is no room in development for guesses.
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Well, it's fairly obvious that the Rosie homescreen is not as smooth as other homescreens. There isn't much room for debate on that... unless my eyes are broken.

[SKIN .APK] PCB Sense - NOW WITH 5 COLOURS (for ALL HDPI Sense 2.x ROMs!)

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Hi all!
I have recently been playing around with the Sense 2.1 + Gingerbread (aka GingerSense) ROMs, and had to of course port (and improve) my original PCB Sense Theme from days ago. I have been testing it myself for quite a few days, and I'm finally happy with how it turned out, so I wanted to offer it up to all GingerSense XDA users.
Couple of things to note:
This design was meant to be close to stock for those who actually dig the Sense scheme, but want something unique
The file is a 7.7mb signed .APK created using apk-manager 4.9 for Sense 2.1...I may make a Sense 3.0 port if there is enough demand (need to play with .m10 editing still)
It is installable on HDPI devices only by simply copying to your device and running, and is uninstallable by Titanium Backup, or applying another Skin in Sense, and highlighting PCB Sense, then MENU --> DELETE...it doesn't appear in "Settings --> Applications", but why would you want to uninstall it anyways?
I have edited a poopload of images with utmost care and attention to detail including those precious draw9patch ones
The tricky thing with the draw9patch is to have a pattern get 'stretched/repeated' without looking crappy...I believe this may be one of the few Sense themes out there which attempts to skin >90% of resource images (I may be wrong, but still)
I tested (and approved of) this theme on my Desire (Bravo) running LeeDrOiD v3.3.1 and InsertCoin GB
The font used in all screenshots is "Ubuntu", however "Storopia" also compliments the skin nicely
The font used to make the custom clock widget is "OPTICBOT"
This theme took me about 55-60 hours to complete
I've seen some other mods/ports of my theme before, and while I am a believer in sharing and caring, it would be nice if you asked/PM'ed me before using my theme for any other purpose than your own enjoyment. I'm a nice dood, I promise, and it's good to give credit where it's due!
If you'd like to buy me a beer, coffee, or any other kind offering to say thanks, it's greatly appreciated and I will thank you personally... (Donate link is in my post profile)
Anyways, have a look at the preview images below, and please leave your thoughts! I hope you enjoy it!!! (Oh, and keep an eye on this thread for updates)
Screenshots of Green version (via Dropbox album):
Download:
Select your desired colour to download:
PCB Sense Green (7.7mb)
PCB Sense Blue (7.7mb)
PCB Sense Orange (7.7mb)
PCB Sense Pink (7.7mb)
PCB Sense Purple (7.7mb)
Note: If you're downloading on a handheld browser and the file is saved with a '.bin' extension, simply rename it to '.apk'
if you like it...that's up to you!
Credits and thanks to some of the resources used go out to:
The modded wallpaper is originally from iTeppo (on deviantART) titled "Android Chip Wallpaper" (he did a great job!)

Looks great! Too bad I have a CDMA desire (no new sense love for us)

HTC Desire with custom rom (insertcoin GB) and this is perfect combination :3

;-) dooooooooooooooooooood!!
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA Premium App

Wow amazing!!!!! love it........

Hi, it looks great. However when you go on the phone it shows stock images etc

Veryyy nice theme. Appreciate all the hard work

retrosling said:
Hi, it looks great. However when you go on the phone it shows stock images etc
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Heya retrosling, if you mean when you are in the "Phone" app, then yes, some images may not be fully skinned, but this is a limitation of the HTC Sense Skin .apk format itself. Note that there are no flashable .zips needed to use this theme, and that should allow it to be installed on multiple devices (with Sense 2.1 of course).
To skin many other components means that I would have to build a flashable .zip which modifies 'framework-res.apk', 'com.htc.resources.apk' and 'SystemUI.apk', and since these are based on certain ROMs, and can therefore be unique, I chose not to go that route for this theme (the logistics/maintenance of handling all bases/versions/ROM-specific customizations for these 3 .apks would be a nightmare of time consumption!)
Believe me, that I skinned nearly every single PNG that would allow it. The only ones missing (for now) would be for landscape support. Once we start getting more GingerSense ROMs with landscape homescreens, I will be adding them though. Good thing for updating is that you'd just have to re-download the .apk (same exact link/filename), and the .XML file defines that it's a newer version, then your phone should ask you if you want to update it. Super clean this .apk Skin route.
To everyone else who offered your great comments/feedback, thank you very much!! It's great to see others enjoying the benefits of the hard work it took to put together this theme!
All the best.

Just tried this on Robocik's v1.2 a2sd cm7 hboot and it does not seem to work.
Have I missed something?

Amazing.
I will say that I have allways found the backdrops you pick very distracting and make the icons hard to see, but then I am addicted to the glactic core live wallpaper - you should try it with the pcb sense - it really ties the screen theme together!
One thing I miss from the old PCB theme is the green circuit board buttons, but then I am sure I will get used to this... (see attached for what I mean)
perhaps an option in the future?
Again, Thanks!!!
Warmly, Marty

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Just tried this on Robocik's v1.2 a2sd cm7 hboot and it does not seem to work.
Have I missed something?
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Hey ericb, thanks for trying this out on RCMix v1.2...I am not sure why it didn't work for you, as it should be in MENU --> PERSONALIZE --> SKIN. There is nothing specific relating to InsertCoin, so maybe it didn't install properly? Did you get any errors when you clicked on the .apk from a file browser to install it?
Only other thing I can think of would be to "Allow Unknown Sources" in SETTINGS --> APPLICATIONS, which might allow it to install since it isn't a pro-signed .apk.
Let me know though, as yours is the first report that it didn't work
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Amazing.
I will say that I have allways found the backdrops you pick very distracting and make the icons hard to see, but then I am addicted to the glactic core live wallpaper - you should try it with the pcb sense - it really ties the screen theme together!
One thing I miss from the old PCB theme is the green circuit board buttons, but then I am sure I will get used to this... (see attached for what I mean)
perhaps an option in the future?
Again, Thanks!!!
Warmly, Marty
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Thanks Marty, this one was for you Anyways, I understand about the wallpaper/backdrop, but one NEEDS to be included in the .apk, and I figured people would pick their favourites anyways. I will also check out that galactic core LW that you love so dearly
I hear ya about the green PCB traces in my old theme version, and I went with grey this time because I wanted to make other colour versions overall. This would give the theme more consistency across all colour mods, since when you press those buttons, they light up green (and in the future, /blue/etc.).
Nothing's impossible though, so if I get a chance, I may make a classic version like that. Otherwise, if you REALLY want it, you can PM me and I can .zip up the files from the old theme so that you can drop them in this .apk and reinstall it...

@scar45
Just checked again and it had loaded ok.
Must have been impatient first time.
Looks really cool with great detailing.
Just need to work out how to change the top and bottom bits of the screen to match your skin.
Currently it is black and doesn't quite enhance yours.
I will feedback any problems.
Thanks for your reply

ericb said:
Just checked again and it had loaded ok.
Just need to work out how to change the top and bottom bits of the screen to match your skin.
Currently it is black and doesn't quite enhance yours.
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Great to hear it works for you ericb, thanks for following up to report that.
In terms of your top and bottom bits, if you are able to upload a screenshot that might help, but otherwise I'm not too sure which part you're talking about.

scar45 said:
Thanks Marty, this one was for you Anyways, I understand about the wallpaper/backdrop, but one NEEDS to be included in the .apk, and I figured people would pick their favourites anyways. I will also check out that galactic core LW that you love so dearly
I hear ya about the green PCB traces in my old theme version, and I went with grey this time because I wanted to make other colour versions overall. This would give the theme more consistency across all colour mods, since when you press those buttons, they light up green (and in the future, /blue/etc.).
Nothing's impossible though, so if I get a chance, I may make a classic version like that. Otherwise, if you REALLY want it, you can PM me and I can .zip up the files from the old theme so that you can drop them in this .apk and reinstall it...
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Hey Scar,
Well I slept on it (1.5 hours sleep last night, I am going to be a mess at uni today)
and I have to say I do prefer the one with the green buttons -
It breaks up all the grey a bit, and matches really well with the green traces on the clock.
So I would love a green version if you can make it.. - and I can imagine how cool a red and blue version will look too -
You should sell your theme to HTC and get it included as standard, make some $$$$ its very geeky and DIFFERENT from all the other themes that just look the same.
Warmly, Marty
ps: I will be making a donation in the next week or so, but don't let that influence you in any way.. (ie its not a bribe - you bloody deserve it!) HOWEVER please don't spend it on smokes mate - I have lost both parents to cancer a few years ago, and we just buried my partners mother who also died last week from lung cancer. - only telling you this cause I care ok!

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ps: I will be making a donation in the next week or so, but don't let that influence you in any way.. (ie its not a bribe - you bloody deserve it!) HOWEVER please don't spend it on smokes mate - I have lost both parents to cancer a few years ago, and we just buried my partners mother who also died last week from lung cancer. - only telling you this cause I care ok!
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Wow Marty, that's a hard-hitting factual story there, and I first my send my condolences to you and your partner as well. Losing someone to cancer is absolutely horrible, as I have had similar experiences in my life (although thank God no one in my immediate family). I promise you I will never squander any contributions that people send my way, as I really use it to help me stay living in my home and eating food Times are tight, but the joy that one can get from these types of devices is very much worth it.
I will definitely whip up a 'traditional edition' for you and anyone else who wants to download it though, as soon as I get some time (blah blah, broken record on my shortness of 'time' I know )

scar45 said:
Great to hear it works for you ericb, thanks for following up to report that.
In terms of your top and bottom bits, if you are able to upload a screenshot that might help, but otherwise I'm not too sure which part you're talking about.
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Sorry to be unclear.
I am talking about the top notification bar and the bottom button bar.
Would be nice to be able to colour match to give a seamless green colour to the skin.

This Skin is the ****! Incredible Work!
Can you also make a Sense 3.0 Skin?
Straight From MyTouch 4Glacier

scar45 said:
Wow Marty, that's a hard-hitting factual story there, and I first my send my condolences to you and your partner as well. Losing someone to cancer is absolutely horrible, as I have had similar experiences in my life (although thank God no one in my immediate family). I promise you I will never squander any contributions that people send my way, as I really use it to help me stay living in my home and eating food Times are tight, but the joy that one can get from these types of devices is very much worth it.
I will definitely whip up a 'traditional edition' for you and anyone else who wants to download it though, as soon as I get some time (blah blah, broken record on my shortness of 'time' I know )
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Thank you, its appreciated mate. You are a gentleman and a scholar.
By the way, do you have the framework you use for all the notification icons battery mod etc?? Are you running the CM7 version?
Would love to use it - if I start mucking around in the UOT kitchen, I will never leave - too much choice.

Awesome - thank you! First theme I am actually going to install.
Running on IC CM7 v20, btw.

retrosling said:
Hi, it looks great. However when you go on the phone it shows stock images etc
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Sometimes you have to restart your phone for the full affect.
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[ROM][Updated: 10/24]Inc2 McTwist v1.1 - Speed is a luxury!

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Well folks here you have, what is in all reality, the best rom I have created thus far. This is based off Newt's Incredible2 and Wdfowty's Remix. It basically picks up where Inc2 Remix left off, with many of my own enhancements added (and more planned). This is not your average 2.1 or 3.0 rom in one way...there is not a single thing wrong with it nor are there any "work-arounds" of any kind. I am officially calling this perfect (in large part due to it's great bases). Try it, I dare you, you will not be disappointed!
Normal disclaimer about how flashing a rom can be dangerous for your phone and such. Please always perform a backup before flashing any of my work (or anything really). If you some how mess up your phone it's your fault, not mine. You are not allowed to sue me, all you'd get would be student loans anyways.​
THANKS
-As always, a huge thanks to Jermaine151 for getting me into developing and always being there to help.
-Newtoroot and Wdforty for allowing me to use their great roms as a base.
-Tiny for his CPU modules
-Sure there are others...I'm thankful for everyone!
FEATURES
-Based off the official Incredible 2 Gingerbread Update
-Custom white overscroll glow
-CRT on/off animations with settings*
-Custom black status bar (only for stock skin)
-Custom black lock ring
-Right rosie button remapped to LaunchKey
-Right button of all skins customized to +
-Full notification quick settings*
-Advanced power menu*
-Recent apps in notifications hidden
-Removed paged scrolling from app drawer
-Latest version of Android Market (3.15)
-CPU modules i.e. Smartass, Conservative (set via SetCPU)
*already present in the base
SENSE 3.0 APPS
-Camera (with panoramic)
-Fully functional lockscreen
-USB connection menu
-Task killer
BUGS
-MMS does not send while connected to wifi or if size is set to 5mbs (working on solution)
-Occasional "low space" warning
-Might be some other small ones, up to you guys to let me know
*If you like my work and enjoy the rom please take a second and hit the "Thanks" button, it is always greatly appreciated!*​

DOWNLOAD VERSION 1.1​
v1.1
-Optical trackpad wake/unlock (Thanks MicroMod!)
-Changed cameras (now has sound and crystal clear recording/pictures) (Thanks NilsP!)
-Added back missing notifications/ringtones
-Build.prop edits to allow for visual voicemail
-Changed font to Roboto from ICS. Very subtle, but looks great
-Updated Maps, Voice search, Flashplayer, ICS Android Market, and Youtube
-Added back Verizon hotspot
-Incorporated Jermaine and Tiny's Ext4 mod (including Tiny's latest kernel with Smartass v2 as default), really speeds things up.
v1.0 (9/23)
-Initial release

MODs
-Flashable mod for 5x4 app drawer: LINK
-Flashable mod to replace recent apps in the notification pulldown: LINK
-Flashable mod for stock silver lockring: LINK
-Flashable mod for pictures to save to EMMC (CAUTION: breaks music reading from emmc and possibly other stuff, use only if very important to you): LINK
-Flashable mod for Stock Sense batter without % (still 1% increments though): LINK
THEMEs
-Flashable mod for 3D Rosie and widgets. You MUST do a full-wipe immediately before using this. Credit for this goes 100% to MicroMod. Download link and instructions can be found HERE.
-Blue themed 3D version of the rom, again huge thanks to MicroMod for his work here. This is an entire rom, so treat it as such. Link HERE.
-Flashable mod for a themed black dialer, courtesy of Phaze One. Can be found HERE.

Thank you so much!!! I have been waiting for a ROM like this for a while now all that is out is sense 3.0+ roms and I love the look, but not the performance! I can't wait to try this one!!
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Ok so I'm a little slow... Inc2 base that way I can use VZW Backup plus cam and camcorder work.....I'm in

dtraini7 said:
Thank you so much!!! I have been waiting for a ROM like this for a while now all that is out is sense 3.0+ roms and I love the look, but not the performance! I can't wait to try this one!!
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I do not think you will be disappointed. I can pretty much guarantee this will be faster than (almost) any newer Sense rom for our phones. This thing flies! Plus not a thing wrong with it
Vernox701 said:
Ok so I'm a little slow... Inc2 base that way I can use VZW Backup plus cam and camcorder work.....I'm in
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Based in the Incredible 2 and yes both the camera and camcorder work flawlessly; video is 100% smooth and crisp and photos look amazing. And I assume VZW backup works, though I have not tried it myself.

HOLY S!. im going to leave 3.5 for this! ... another great rom MC. thanks! <3

jtavera said:
HOLY S!. im going to leave 3.5 for this! ... another great rom MC. thanks! <3
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Woah pulling 3.5 users, never thought that would happen lol. And you are very welcome; as always, I do it for you guys so I hope you enjoy it.

I literally just flashed your McSense for the first time just 10 minutes ago. I was on Insensitive Minimalist for a while and MIUI before that but I miss sense.
So my question is, of McSense or McTwist...
Which one do you think is better?
Which one do you think is more stable?
I guess what I'm getting at is, is McTwist as stable as McSense even though it is not for this phone.

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Woah pulling 3.5 users, never thought that would happen lol. And you are very welcome; as always, I do it for you guys so I hope you enjoy it.
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Just pulled another 3.5 user! This has everything I want.. Nice!

erik1213 said:
I literally just flashed your McSense for the first time just 10 minutes ago. I was on Insensitive Minimalist for a while and MIUI before that but I miss sense.
So my question is, of McSense or McTwist...
Which one do you think is better?
Which one do you think is more stable?
I guess what I'm getting at is, is McTwist as stable as McSense even though it is not for this phone.
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Haha sorry, blame my internet for not uploading 10 minutes faster. Hmm, well I would have to say they probably tie in stability (tied at 99.9%), but McSense probably has a slight edge in quickness (hard to beat pure sense 1.0). But this definitely makes up for it in features and functionality. I would say this one is better, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder..it all depends on what you are looking for.
For those who are downloading/flashing, please reboot back once you get it loaded with some feedback. I want to make sure it's running as good for all of you that it is for me.

00McD00 said:
Haha sorry, blame my internet for not uploading 10 minutes faster. Hmm, well I would have to say they probably tie in stability (tied at 99.9%), but McSense probably has a slight edge in quickness (hard to beat pure sense 1.0). But this definitely makes up for it in features and functionality. I would say this one is better, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder..it all depends on what you are looking for.
For those who are downloading/flashing, please reboot back once you get it loaded with some feedback. I want to make sure it's running as good for all of you that it is for me.
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Looks like I'll be flashing another ROM tomorrow morning

00McD00 said:
Haha sorry, blame my internet for not uploading 10 minutes faster. Hmm, well I would have to say they probably tie in stability (tied at 99.9%), but McSense probably has a slight edge in quickness (hard to beat pure sense 1.0). But this definitely makes up for it in features and functionality. I would say this one is better, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder..it all depends on what you are looking for.
For those who are downloading/flashing, please reboot back once you get it loaded with some feedback. I want to make sure it's running as good for all of you that it is for me.
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I am downloading and doing backups right now. Once I get it installed and running for a bit I will report back my feedback.
Jeff

Quick question...
Will these skins work with this rom?
[SKIN][04.07.2011] Skins for HTC Sense 2.1 roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048894

This is great. My fall back recovery Rom is WD's Inc2 remix. One of the most stable, best battery Roms my phone has ever ran. If I wasn't hooked on Newts 3.5 monster I'd probably rock this. Great idea Mc

justjayhere said:
Quick question...
Will these skins work with this rom?
[SKIN][04.07.2011] Skins for HTC Sense 2.1 roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048894
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Yes sir they definitely should. This rom is based on 2.1 framework, so if they don't then we have a problem lol. Also a note to everyone: the "warm" theme that Incubus made for Synergy (NOT the one he just made for sense 1.0) should also work just fine.
TokedUp said:
This is great. My fall back recovery Rom is WD's Inc2 remix. One of the most stable, best battery Roms my phone has ever ran. If I wasn't hooked on Newts 3.5 monster I'd probably rock this. Great idea Mc
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Yup that was the exact same thing for me, so I decided to pick it up and make a few improvements on it and my own modifications and it came out pretty darn well. Yeah Newt's 3.5 does look hella sick (didn't get a chance to flash it since I was building this).

I'm tempted, so tempted. I'd really like a McSenseless built around this,though ... that's just me because I like the AOSP, look and feel
Sent via Incredible/Tapatalk

You beat me to this.
I've been working on the Inc2 base, although I wasn't adding some of the Sense 3.0 stuff that you did. (lock screen, etc.) But after seeing this, I think I might just use yours. Mine was more of a personal project, but this looks solid.

Going to try this now! Thx for putting it all together

lssanjose said:
I'm tempted, so tempted. I'd really like a McSenseless built around this,though ... that's just me because I like the AOSP, look and feel
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Well I might be able to put together an AOSP skin for this (actually been thinking about doing that for a while), but I probably won't do an entire rework of this. I kind of want this to stay beefy and full-featured.
godsmacked4653 said:
You beat me to this.
I've been working on the Inc2 base, although I wasn't adding some of the Sense 3.0 stuff that you did. (lock screen, etc.) But after seeing this, I think I might just use yours. Mine was more of a personal project, but this looks solid.
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Awesome, let me know what you come up with!

**Post your Sweeterhome setup.**

So it seems this home launcher is picking up some steam again... I thought maybe if I started this thread, we could get some devs on board and pick up support for this great launcher. Show some love and support by posting your screens and if you would like to share your setup, it's up to you (just don't forget; like I did to credit the original creator if you use their work... :0}
Edit: here is the link to download sweeterhome...
http://www.sweeterhome.com/
Thanks to Reinbeau, here is a tutorial thread since this launcher does have a little learning curve... :0}
Sweeterhome tutorial thread
Here is mine, for now, all credit goes to kriti25 for the original (sheepo) theme...
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Yes idd should drag some attention for this launcher it's awesome!
What music widget are you using? Or is it from a standard player?

leolulz said:
Yes idd should drag some attention for this launcher it's awesome!
What music widget are you using? Or is it from a standard player?
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I agree! I am just using the Amazon mp3 widget.
Sent from my EVO 4G

Thanks for starting this thread, I do hope the devs work on the launcher again. That said since all the themes are available for download within the launcher, it would be nice if we credited the original ones too right? I see you're using a modded setup of my original theme (sheepo), would be nice if you could mention that too. I have made too many sweeterhome themes to post all here atm, will do later sometime. Look forward to seeing this thread grow.

Lol this homescreen is very nice !

kriti25 said:
Thanks for starting this thread, I do hope the devs work on the launcher again. That said since all the themes are available for download within the launcher, it would be nice if we credited the original ones too right? I see you're using a modded setup of my original theme (sheepo), would be nice if you could mention that too. I have made too many sweeterhome themes to post all here atm, will do later sometime. Look forward to seeing this thread grow.
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Good call, sorry forgot to credit, I will add it to the op.. :0} thanks Kriti. Look forward to your future posts!
Sent from my EVO 4G

HarlanPepper0010 said:
Good call, sorry forgot to credit, I will add it to the op.. :0} thanks Kriti. Look forward to your future posts!
Sent from my EVO 4G
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Thank you! Posting my favourite out of all my sweeterhome setups; can be downloaded under "dandylion" in sweeterhome or click on my deviantart.

kriti25 said:
Thank you! Posting my favourite out of all my sweeterhome setups; can be downloaded under "dandylion" in sweeterhome or click on my deviantart.
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Love this one!! Great setup and presentation!
Sent from my EVO 4G

Thank you great idea mate
I will post later on
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Mujodroid said:
Thank you great idea mate
I will post later on
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Kewl beans!
Sent from my EVO 4G

my first post in the thread & my latest screen lets ROCK dude
details :

I think It's a really good launcher. Hope they can simplify the setup process ;-) I used it a long time ago, but then the development stopped :/ is there a new beta?
Sent from my Hero using XDA App

Habarug said:
I think It's a really good launcher. Hope they can simplify the setup process ;-) I used it a long time ago, but then the development stopped :/ is there a new beta?
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It looks like on the website the last build was from February 10th 2012... Seems pretty new... :0}
Sent from my rectangle robot.

That's promising.. might be worth investigating.. I downloaded the beta and wow it looks like it's boundary is limited by your imagination though a big learning curve for customizing it.
Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

Indeed a very nice launcher, I loved this concept of share to care.

I didn't know it existed until someone posted some screen grabs in a thread I watch recently.
Peeked at the forum and it looks dead & overrun by spam bots. Is the launcher stable enough for daily use? I'm downloading some different themes & messing around & it doesn't seem that hard to do. Will probably play with other people's themes a while before trying out one of my own.

polstein said:
I didn't know it existed until someone posted some screen grabs in a thread I watch recently.
Peeked at the forum and it looks dead & overrun by spam bots. Is the launcher stable enough for daily use? I'm downloading some different themes & messing around & it doesn't seem that hard to do. Will probably play with other people's themes a while before trying out one of my own.
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I have been using this as my daily. So far so good. It took me a little while to get used to, but when I started messing around with other themes it all started to make sense... :0}
Sent from my rectangle robot.

I used it as daily for a pretty long time. It's not that it's that hard to customize, it is that it takes so much time!

I played for a while now and it seems pretty straight forward to me for most things. I like how in the sample themes people have made all sorts of setups that go in totally different directions.
Some quick thoughts/questions in no special order:
- User Base: I'm glad to see a couple replies already. I really don't want to get into this if I'm the only one using it. Need to have some people to bounce ideas off of & ask questions.
- Is it still in development, or is it 'finished' just the way it is?
- I like the idea of a slide down to the bottom of the + for all apps, but oddly I'm not seeing the use of the other 3 sides when it seems (off the top of my head) easier to hide & un-hide everything on one screen.
- There still no way to get to the other screens without a slide? Would be nice to make a button with a special action of jumping to one of the other screens.
- In some of the minimal themes, I see the use of the Contacts plugin/widget/thing. I like the look on the themes, but I don't want to see ALL of my contacts, just the favorite dozen or so. Any way to do it that I'm missing, or anyone know of a normal Android Widget that can show something like that?
- Overall, I'm probably going to play for a while & save version after version on my sd card (need to see where is saves, btw) BUT at some point I will really need to think if this method works any better then just Launcher Pro/Go Launcher/more 'normal' android home screens.

polstein said:
I played for a while now and it seems pretty straight forward to me for most things. I like how in the sample themes people have made all sorts of setups that go in totally different directions.
Some quick thoughts/questions in no special order:
- User Base: I'm glad to see a couple replies already. I really don't want to get into this if I'm the only one using it. Need to have some people to bounce ideas off of & ask questions.
- Is it still in development, or is it 'finished' just the way it is?
- I like the idea of a slide down to the bottom of the + for all apps, but oddly I'm not seeing the use of the other 3 sides when it seems (off the top of my head) easier to hide & un-hide everything on one screen.
- There still no way to get to the other screens without a slide? Would be nice to make a button with a special action of jumping to one of the other screens.
- In some of the minimal themes, I see the use of the Contacts plugin/widget/thing. I like the look on the themes, but I don't want to see ALL of my contacts, just the favorite dozen or so. Any way to do it that I'm missing, or anyone know of a normal Android Widget that can show something like that?
- Overall, I'm probably going to play for a while & save version after version on my sd card (need to see where is saves, btw) BUT at some point I will really need to think if this method works any better then just Launcher Pro/Go Launcher/more 'normal' android home screens.
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One of the main reasons I started this thread was I noticed more and more people using this launcher. It really is amazing how much customizing you can actually do. I was hoping if we get enough users the devs would pick up support for this and more features could be added. I am not sure if there has been any movement on this but the latest beta version was dated February 12th 2012(according to the website.) I too have not really found much use for the other slides but I guess it is nice if anyone uses a lot of widgets or simply just likes the real estate. I have not found if there is a way to jump to another screen by adding a springboard function, but I am still new to the launcher... Overall I feel this is the best launcher I have used as far as customizing goes, being able to move widgets, pictures, text boxes, wallpapers, colors, anywhere on the screen, as well as hide/unhide items; it's a themers dream... Just my two cents... On that note... Let's see some more screens!!!