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I'm debating on making a UI ROM. This ROM would contain ALL the most popular UIs for windows mobile. I will try and customize the look of them if people want. Is anyone interested in this???
PS. Of course you know this may eat up a lot of storage memory. I'll try and minimize as much as I can.
Bxsteez said:
I'm debating on making a UI ROM. This ROM would contain ALL the most popular UIs for windows mobile. I will try and customize the look of them if people want. Is anyone interested in this???
PS. Of course you know this may eat up a lot of storage memory. I'll try and minimize as much as I can.
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Try the basic ones: iFonz+S2U2+S2P, Throttlelauncher+throttlelock, HS++, and of course, Manila!
Hmmm i was thinking more like FEWidgets, PointUI, SPB Mobile shell and TF3D. I'm really not a fan of throttle launcher cause its so freaking slow..
Depending on the performance.. I would love to give it a shot.
I would like to have:
Taskbar Icons,
Background for all Tabs,
Slider Icons,
New Icons set under Start - Like iPhone everything one size within a Sq template. (for WM6.5)
S2U2 cooked into the WM 6.1 ROM
If the ROM is smooth and stable with out any memory leaks and within acceptable RAM usage... I am sure a lot of people would love it.
My 2 Cents.
I would probably base the ROM on WM6.1 but I was going to put tweaks for the interfaces and some basic apps. This would be more of a Find ur UI ROM so u can test them all and to have them all optimized in one rom
I think this is a great idea, and would certainly be interested if it had a nicely set up PointUI with SenseUI suite (I've had issues with it running on my phone).
Throttlelauncher should be speedy enough on this device. It was quite fast on my old Herald, and that thing's ancient. I would probably prefer that there weren't any paid interfaces like Home2 and SPB, since not everyone has a registration for them.
elazullizard said:
Throttlelauncher should be speedy enough on this device. It was quite fast on my old Herald, and that thing's ancient. I would probably prefer that there weren't any paid interfaces like Home2 and SPB, since not everyone has a registration for them.
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From what i've seen Throttle launcher is slow and laggy on every device.. I can try it on the TP2 and make a decision. SPB mobile shell is like rated one of the top interfaces for Winmo so i can't leave that out. It gives the people who do use that interface the ability to have a customized ROM for it. I'm personally not a fan but have like 10 coworkers that hate tf3d and love spb.
How about Moto Homescreen or UL for that matter!
Check this thread out try editing the manila 2.6 and making a landscape version and using the latest 2.5/2.1 to try and get it working correctly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551813
elite67 said:
Check this thread out try editing the manila 2.6 and making a landscape version and using the latest 2.5/2.1 to try and get it working correctly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551813
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I honestly don't believe that is possible but I can look into it. No one wants to share the Manila 2.6 Packages so there is nothing I can do there.
I'd like it but im sure it would be pretty hard to bundle all that together and still be able to hotswitch between the different today screens.
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I'd like it but im sure it would be pretty hard to bundle all that together and still be able to hotswitch between the different today screens.
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Well they are all like today plugins so you would switch between them the same way u add and remove today plugins...
Download link
MOD EDIT: Link Removed - no warez
Just released new 3.5 SPB Mobile Shell with following features added / modified in the version 3, I like it & I feel it is worth to try
3D email and SMS viewer I feel it is better than Manila
Improved 3D carousel design (e. g. added reflections)
New skins for most widgets
Color themes support on Windows Mobile 6.5
Facebook & twitter widgets
Internet search
Option to change the number of screens in lifestyle or professional layouts
& many more.
Regards,
Manoj
Thanks for the POST. Been looking for this. THANKS again.
Erm... surely this is warez?
Jezza0 said:
Erm... surely this is warez?
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yes, they seem to like warez on this site.
WHat ROM are you using this on? Is there any benefit to using a 6.5 rom with this, or may as well go back to a stock rom?
Cheers.
I am using Valkyrie v3.9 XPERIO, definitely you get benefits of 6.5 along with spb. I used spb 3 with earlier ROMs of 6.1 & 6.5 & experience was awesome.
Cheers
PS : It is a trial version.
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Erm... surely this is warez?
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Not really... you can find it here too:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/pocketpc-software/mobileshell/
And download a trial:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/pocketpc-software/mobileshell/download.html
When you choose cab install, you get the same file as the link provided above here....
Without a license it works only for 30 days, so it's not warez. When you use or provide a serial (for Mobile Shell 3, which still work), then it's warez.
Very true!
Thanks Gwystyl for posting clarification for the members having doubts.
Thanks for the clarification. I've tried it out, and it does not seem to offer a huge amount extra over SPB 3.0 panel, which is freely available elsewhere. I'm gonna stick to that
Can this be set as a separate panel, i.e., not a skin for the Windows 6.5 Home Panel? I mean like the initially introduced Korean version was a separate panel, can this version be set the same way?
I just love it - it's 100 times better than any Manila. After i installed it for me Manila with it's bugy Leo is dead.
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Thanks for the clarification. I've tried it out, and it does not seem to offer a huge amount extra over SPB 3.0 panel, which is freely available elsewhere. I'm gonna stick to that
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What free 3.0 panel? Is this the modded korean one?
ewok666 said:
What free 3.0 panel? Is this the modded korean one?
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Yes, I believe that's what he is talking about.
Been using 3.5 for a day now and I definitely like it better than the modded Korean 3.0 version. However, from my point of view, these are the cons:
1. Consumes about 20% more resources, leading to faster battery drain.
2. Lack of individual panel. I hope there will be a fix for this soon.
vladimired said:
I just love it - it's 100 times better than any Manila. After i installed it for me Manila with it's bugy Leo is dead.
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I totally agree. To be honest, Manilla, with it's near lack of customization is becoming archaic. But I bet versions will soon be as customizeable as SPB MS. Till then, bit hard for me to understand why people would choose it over SPB MS.
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What free 3.0 panel? Is this the modded korean one?
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Yes, that's the one I meant.
This is mine....
SPB MS 3.5.3 Build 9885
Mobile Sense 3.5.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=604146
BattClock 1.6----- Bat, Ram and clock in one application
JWMD Icon Changer
OpenGL ES 3D v1----- carusell in 3D
http://www.modaco.com/content/i8000-verizo...tibility-layer/
Jmz Locksreen Changer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=523812
SPB Background.....
You can take every Picture with 1280x1024 resolution
Hey... Gr8 theme thr.. .. I also wanted to run SPB shell but then general opinion is that it is a big memory hog.. What about it..?? Do you experience any slow downs or app crahses while running it..?? I normally run 4-5 apps at a time ( max 6 ).. will this be a problem..??..
Currently i am using Condor GT Black running on WinMo 6.5.3..!!
Thisd is mine:
I tried SPB its quick but uses too much memory you are left with around 40 mb after spb + mods and can only run 2-3 apps at once (assuming one is a web browser)
Could you share the link to this? i like its simplicity
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Hey... Gr8 theme thr.. .. I also wanted to run SPB shell but then general opinion is that it is a big memory hog.. What about it..?? Do you experience any slow downs or app crahses while running it..?? I normally run 4-5 apps at a time ( max 6 ).. will this be a problem..??..
Currently i am using Condor GT Black running on WinMo 6.5.3..!!
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redzone321 said:
I tried SPB its quick but uses too much memory you are left with around 40 mb after spb + mods and can only run 2-3 apps at once (assuming one is a web browser)
Could you share the link to this? i like its simplicity
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I am assuming you are asking me ( ) .. lol..
Anyways, here is the link to the forum CGT Black Edition .. It's an awesome theme and i used it without any plugins for some time.. Looks absolutely gorgeous on Omnia 2's sexy display..!!..
The today plugin i am using is from Resco Explorer which also allows you to add as many shortcuts as you like on the homescreen, and defaults at showing the RAM, CPU, Battery and a Task manager..
The other plugin is of Lookout which is an Antivirus + Firewall + Cloud storage app..!!
Which version of OpenGL ES driver are you exactly using ? I didnt find any driver where carusell is running good.
Thx
flomitdreio said:
This is mine....
OpenGL ES 3D v1----- carusell in 3D
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Which version of OpenGL ES driver are you exactly using ? I didnt find any driver where carusell is running good.
Thx
flomitdreio said:
This is mine....
OpenGL ES 3D v1----- carusell in 3D
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the latest version 0.258 from modaco
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flomitdreio said:
pavel12345 said:
Which version of OpenGL ES driver are you exactly using ? I didnt find any driver where carusell is running good.
Thx
the latest version 0.258 from modaco
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Still very slow :-(
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My Current Setup
PointUI w/ PointSense v2 Theme.
So much faster than SPB MS.
Not mine exactly but its 99% the same.
Mikroft said:
PointUI w/ PointSense v2 Theme.
So much faster than SPB MS.
Not mine exactly but its 99% the same.
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That is mine, ha ha.
I not using PointUI with PointSense quite a long time, that project seems dead already.
PointUI - pointsense is smooth if only you don't add too much widget and page, it still quite buggy actually, that the reason I stop using it, waste my money that time buying the PointUI, a dead product.
lol. I just noticed the weather and the carrier is the same as yours now. I just snagged it off a website as I was too lazy to screencap mine. ppl are still working on that theme. It works ok for me as I only have 3 pages. I was using spb ms with mobilesense but it seemed to take up way too much ram. I may jut got the chome today screen modding instead.
Andrewtst said:
That is mine, ha ha.
I not using PointUI with PointSense quite a long time, that project seems dead already.
PointUI - pointsense is smooth if only you don't add too much widget and page, it still quite buggy actually, that the reason I stop using it, waste my money that time buying the PointUI, a dead product.
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Something i done using WAD
Looks fantastic! Could you share this theme with us?
Thats mine:
Here Goes Mine..
Nothing special, comparing to you guys...a simple one.
Device: Samsung Omnia I8000
SPB Shell 3.5
ROM: Default
Taskbar: tsowentaskbar6v3.1(lite)
plzzzz give me the set up info or a cab for these theme plzzzz
u genius
seem that its more than wm7
gchris theme
S2U2 with center slider
sakiyo6789 said:
plzzzz give me the set up info or a cab for these theme plzzzz
u genius
seem that its more than wm7
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@sakiyo6789 - I dont know whom you are pointing at but my setups like this:
SPB MS 3.5.
Theme: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5402745&postcount=1742
and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5402715&postcount=301
Taskbar: forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-512971.html
great theme for 6.5.3
xanden said:
gchris theme
S2U2 with center slider
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What taskbar are you using ?
I have only found a couple of themes for 6.5.3 version. that black with white icons you are using looks very clean really dig it
here is a link for those who like gchris's titanium mod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=628746
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2NGWvO_XDU
First look at new SPB Mobile Shell 5.0
Do you know about release date?
xmarkom said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2NGWvO_XDU
First look at new SPB Mobile Shell 5.0
Do you know about release date?
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I don't think there is a release date yet but i'm loving the new 3d features! It looks really good. Can't wait.
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I don't think there is a release date yet but i'm loving the new 3d features! It looks really good. Can't wait.
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all the 3d feutures are included in spb mobile shell 3.5 too, as i can tell the inly thing that is new in 5 is the animated contact tab and the change wallpaper in home tab. If u allready got 3.5 go to graphic settings and set "use hardware accelerator" to on, and if u have a g-sensor phone u can allso use that 2
hope it still supports windows 6.1
SPB has gone far ahead with this release. People are just loving it..looking forward
Guys,
Just in case if u didn't saw thsi official preview video explaining the new function then see this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bE7vkxJnKY&feature=related
Must watch excellent presentation i have ever seen.
i would like integration with RSS as some widget you can put on the first page.
i prefer all-in-one solution (facebook, rss, some photo contacts, agenda, some shortcuts... in one screen). At least we have 3,6" windows mobiles as HD2 with hi res.
I think Touch flo is step back,
Also it will be good to make easier widget change or resizing like Samsung's touchwiz or lot of different widgets.
I hope MS5.0 still support "free connection" update unlike Android or Touchwiz.
I just hope I won't have to work months to convert all my stuff lol
EDIT: oh, and I also hope they'll finally give a meaning to the currenly almost useless tasks widget
i didnt even know version 4 is out yet!
rouzb3h said:
i didnt even know version 4 is out yet!
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it isn't... it won't
they're going straight from 3.5.3 to 5.0... looks like in some eastern cultures the number 4 means bad luck, so they're skipping it
Cobra2 said:
all the 3d feutures are included in spb mobile shell 3.5 too, as i can tell the inly thing that is new in 5 is the animated contact tab and the change wallpaper in home tab. If u allready got 3.5 go to graphic settings and set "use hardware accelerator" to on, and if u have a g-sensor phone u can allso use that 2
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What's new in SPB Mobile Shell 5.0:
New 3D engine
Natural Interaction Engine
3D widgets
Tight integration with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networks
SPB UI Builder 2.0
Multi-platform support: Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian
SPB really went in the right direction with the multi-platform support.
Cobra2 said:
all the 3d feutures are included in spb mobile shell 3.5 too, as i can tell the inly thing that is new in 5 is the animated contact tab and the change wallpaper in home tab. If u allready got 3.5 go to graphic settings and set "use hardware accelerator" to on, and if u have a g-sensor phone u can allso use that 2
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hi maybey you need to see this vid 5 has lost more then 3.5 huge differens evry panel in the carousel is a live panel
spb vid whit lots more info
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bE7vkxJnKY&feature=related
alive panels carrousel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2NGWvO_XDU&feature=related
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2NGWvO_XDU
First look at new SPB Mobile Shell 5.0
Do you know about release date?
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Erggh! So, apart from some useless 3D crap on the equally useless carousel it's just the same old, ugly as sin SPB Mobile Shell underneath
me 2222222222
hell ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
iridium21 said:
Erggh! So, apart from some useless 3D crap on the equally useless carousel it's just the same old, ugly as sin SPB Mobile Shell underneath
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I noticed in the second youtube link in this thread, there is mention of the widget sdk. The description was kind of sketchy, but it could mean that developers will now have a platform to develop their own widgets (instead of just skinning existing ones) which could really open up the platform. It would be truly great to see what some of the developers here can do!
same old SPB only with 3D crap
i think its all marketing trick..
why "5"? you have only added 3D.. so.. why?
its not that you have developed new concept.
i think its the same old **** with only 3d cover.
kusiKUSI said:
i think its all marketing trick..
why "5"? you have only added 3D.. so.. why?
its not that you have developed new concept.
i think its the same old **** with only 3d cover.
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Me too Agreed
my phone doesnt have a g-sensor
kusiKUSI said:
i think its all marketing trick..
why "5"? you have only added 3D.. so.. why?
its not that you have developed new concept.
i think its the same old **** with only 3d cover.
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Well, for instance, if they add multitouch I may go back to SPB... otherwise, I stay with Sense.
meh where is it? i remember that release date was summer this year...I waiting for v5 so long..,Any news about rel date?
hi I'm currently using spb shell 3.5 but I saw that there are very beautiful skin also for wad2. so my question is which is better between this two program??? i saw spb shell is more expensive than wad, but I want an opinion from those who have used their which is the most customizable? which is the lightest at the startup?
thanks a lot
I used both. Each of them can be customized and there are plenty of themes floating around for both of them (a bit more themes for wad). I sticked to spb mobile shell cause it seemed a bit faster on my device (HTC Touch HD WM 6.1) and i think it's more eye-candy than wad
THROTTLE LAUNCHER!!!!!!!!
keep going back to it every time!!!!
and check out my themes for it...
Trekfan422991 said:
THROTTLE LAUNCHER!!!!!!!!
keep going back to it every time!!!!
and check out my themes for it...
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THROTTLE LAUNCHER is too heavy... spb is much faster becouse my viva doesn't have the 3d graphical accelerator, the cpu have 264 Mh and little ram, so it work slow (very slow) but i really like it
zofox said:
THROTTLE LAUNCHER is too heavy... spb is much faster becouse my viva doesn't have the 3d graphical accelerator, the cpu have 264 Mh and little ram, so it work slow (very slow) but i really like it
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depends which theme you are running....
Trekfan422991 said:
depends which theme you are running....
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i'm using the default theme that i found when i downloaded the program from the web site but it's very slow.... it takes 5 seconds only to switch between windows, if you have a faster theme i will try it
Like I said... throttlelauncher.com. click themes.. find a nice n simple qvga theme... I suggest switchblade. I think it is for qvga
Sent from my topaz gingerbread using XDA App
Trekfan422991 said:
Like I said... throttlelauncher.com. click themes.. find a nice n simple qvga theme... I suggest switchblade. I think it is for qvga
Sent from my topaz gingerbread using XDA App
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it doesn't exist :'( so when your theme (LACUNA 3.0 ) will support qvga version i will try it
In my opinion spb shell is absolutely the best...especially if you use it with a sense theme... but i've never tried throttle launcher
Willy89 said:
In my opinion spb shell is absolutely the best...especially if you use it with a sense theme... but i've never tried throttle launcher
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SPB MObile Shell cannot be customized very easily, and one cannot create new widgets. Throttle Launcher is very easy to customize and also new widgets can be created easily.
claus1953 said:
SPB MObile Shell cannot be customized very easily, and one cannot create new widgets. Throttle Launcher is very easy to customize and also new widgets can be created easily.
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going back to the main question: WAD is very good customizable but SPB mobile shell is faster.
I have been forced to live SenseUI free and have returned to some of my old skinning apps that I used pre-Sense. One of those is Wisbar Advance, made by Lakeridge who also makes WAD.
My recent experience with Lakeridge is they are dead. I made a few posts there and received no replies. My last post was a request for updated skinning info which has been there, unanswered, for more than a week. The forum is flat, there is no support there anymore and no one is skinning it anymore. Worse, all the links to old skins are all dead. Only a small pittance of skins that have been posted to Lakridge's forums are still available for it.
Because of this I created a skin myself, ironically enough. I actually released it today. Its here. Gratuitous plug: here is the promo flyer for it. But, I think no one is interested given the lack of activity around Lakeridge's site itself.
So a big caution with WAD. Its a dead end. Personally I've never liked WAD, I found it very buggy, but this was like 2 years ago. I have always liked Wisbar Advance though, and used it extensively before I got a HD2 and Sense.
That is not to say that SPB is any better, though. The difference is SPB abandoned their customers long ago, so nothing much is different. See the conversation I had with Vostradamus in his thread towards the end. Maybe because of this, the skinning community for Mobile Shell is very much alive here at XDA.
Now that I have been using Mobile shell for a few months, I have to say, thanks to the great artists at XDA, I find I like Mobile Shell far more than I like SenseUI. I will never be going back.
i like both...especially SPB mobile shell