Hello ev1,
Since I was not satisfied with any existing VGA themes (most of which were upscaled from QVGA) I decided to do my own Diamond theme.
I tried to be pretty accurate while doing this theme, all icons, backgrounds etc. were prepared from the scratch by me, basing on numerous screenshots from Diamond TF3D.
I tested it over a week before releasing it to the public now. However, since I'm pretty busy with my day-to-day life, I don't plan to make any major changes to this theme, unless you discover some bugs.
Over 5000 downloads later, finally long awaited update! Comments for 1.0.2 version begin here.
Changelog:
v1.0.2 (February, 2nd 2009):
- additional (optional) layout configuration:
Layout C1 (based on Greatball's Diamond 1.2 layout C) - one contact page (for three contact pages use Layout C3)
- additional Porgrams buttons - GAMES and ACTIVE TASKS (necessery reg files included, all layouts are updated for this feature)
v1.0.1 (July, 31st 2008):
- additional (optional) layout configuration:
Layout B (based on Greatball's Diamond 1.2 layout B) - includes: Most Recent Used (MRU) tab - gesture switchable with Programmes tab; 3 contact pages;
Layout C3 (based on Greatball's Diamond 1.2 layout C3 Contact Pages) - similar to above but has no MRU page.
v1.0.0 (July, 28th 2008):
- full portrait and landscape support,
- every graphic (except for big weather icons) prepared from scratch for native VGA resolution.
Additional credits:
- layout based on Greatball's Diamond 1.2 Layout B and C3 (3 contacts pages) theme,
- QVGA to VGA theme conversion method by Mtkates,
- big weather icons were fractally upscaled from Greatball's new weather icon set used in 1.1 version of his theme,
- HTC for creating TF3D GUI.
Installation notes:
- backup your device/SPB MS dir,
- select desired layout,
- replace all files in your SPB MS dir with the files from my theme archive,
- if you wish to have GAMES and ACTIVE TASKS buttons in Programs tab, edit, according to the included instructions, and import necessery reg files on your mobile device (reg files are included in the package),
- restart your device,
- enjoy the theme.
Additional notes:
- the "Bigger photos in contact page by markfdr" mod will probably not work with C1 layout, as I used my original files,
- please note, that I have not tested the theme with latest SPB MS 2.1.4 build, so it may not work 100% correctly with it,
- I have noticed one or two people in some other boards crediting them selves for my theme... I MEAN COME ON, YOU DON'T NEED TO PAY A FRACKING CENT FOR IT AND YET YOU CLAIM IT'S YOURS!?
- If anyone wants to post it somewhere else, please include original link to this post, the same goes for other elements from this theme,
- as soon as clean my source .PSD files, I will release a pack of those, for people who would like to use the elements for other themes.
Todo:
- different background alternatives,
- weather icons prepared from original diamond weather graphic elements (VGA)
If someone can help me with the two above, it would be nice
Screenshots:
(please note the screenshot is not 16bit, so it looks worse than actual graphics)
1.0.2
Download links:
Theme v1.0.2
efbiayes_spb_ms_vga_diamond_theme_v1.0.2.zip
Enjoy!
Mods:
Bigger photos in contact page by markfdr
markfdr was so kind and prepared a mod of the contact page which enlarges the thumbnails of your favourite contacts. Perfect for people with smaller VGA screens.
Screenshot:
Installation notes:
1. download the qa_layouts.dat from :
http://rapidshare.com/files/134020648/qa_layouts.dat
2. copy the file to Spb Mobile Shell directory
3. softreset
reserved for some other occasion 2
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I´m download now for test.
Thanx!
Wow, excellent job, works great.
Thanks very much for all your hard work
Rory
Very nice Great work.
Very nice, and I did not find any fault.
I have just changed this: va_weather_big and va_weather_lock.
I leave here files, if you want to test.
screenshot:
Health.
fbifbi, Congrats with this TRUE VGA (?yes?)
You might make a link on the Diamond general thread as some people would certainlu like to switch (back) to SPB with a nice GUI as you made.
Looking forward for more releases. sorry - barely no time - so can't help..
Greaaaaaaaaaaat..this is what I want a real graphic..thanks for your work
wow , good work , keep them coming ..
HATS OFF
Wow Great work! Thank you!
Just one tought folks: I thing it is better to change the weather shortcut to Marsware Weather Pannel and not use the SPB one. What is your opinion?
fbifbi said:
Hello ev1
Since I was not satisfied with any existing VGA themes (most of which were upscaled from QVGA) I decided to do my own Diamond theme.
I tried to be pretty accurate while doing this theme, all icons, backgrounds etc. were prepared from the scratch by me, basing on numerous screenshots from Diamond TF3D.
I tested it over a week before releasing it to the public now. However, since I'm pretty busy with my day-to-day life, I don't plan to make any major changes to this theme, unless you discover some bugs.
Features v1.00:
- full portrait and landscape support,
- every graphic (except for big weather icons) prepared from scratch for native VGA resolution.
Additional credits:
- layout based on Greatball's Diamond 1.2 Layout C theme,
- QVGA to VGA theme conversion method by Mtkates,
- big weather icons were fractally upscaled from Greatball's new weather icon set used in 1.1 version of his theme.
Installation notes:
- backup your device/SPB MS dir,
- replace all files in your SPB MS dir with the files from my theme archive.
Todo:
- different background alternatives,
- weather icons prepared from original diamond weather graphic elements (VGA)
If someone can help me with the two above, it would be nice
Screenshots:
(please note the screenshot is not 16bit, so it looks worse than actual graphics)
Download links:
Theme v1.0
http://rapidshare.com/files/132919138/efbiaye_diamond_theme_v1.00.zip.html
Enjoy!
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Very nice
Very nice
But Can you convert win7 theme for vga ? Please
Thank you!
YES! Finally some more VGA goodness! Thanks
KALI2000 said:
Very nice, and I did not find any fault.
I have just changed this: va_weather_big and va_weather_lock.
I leave here files, if you want to test.
screenshot:
Health.
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KALI2000, you would need to edit your weather.xml file in order to center the big weather image, as you see currently it's more to the right, since my layout file is suited for the images 300px wide. I will find the exact place and will let you know where to edit.
EDIT:
Check the qa_layouts.dat file for MainWeather.xml, you need to find and edit two lines 115 and 172 (portrait mode / horizontal mode):
<LeftTop X="45" Y="80"/>
X marks the spot ;} err I mean is the space ammount in pixels measured from left margin
OK, short explanation where does the 45 come from.
My weather picture is 300px wide. Screen is 480px wide.
480px - 300px = 180px
180 / 2 (left and right margin) = 90px
However since this is a QVGA conversion of a theme, SPB doubles all the dimensions automatically, hence in order to achieve 90px margin in VGA you need to put half of the value - in my case 45px. Hope it's clear
At one moment I tried to convert BeyondInvisible's Diamond Enchanced icon set.
The icons are 240px wide (full screen), I have resized it to 480px, packed it in the theme, however, the bitmap was huuuge (if I remember correctly about 8MB), unfortunaltey SBP MS crashed when I tried to display weather page. So be careful guys while trying to convert other weather icon sets. Beside that, the memory consumtion grows rapidly if the images are large.
I checked yesterday, SPB MS uses ca. 11-12MB RAM with my theme - which already may be too much for some older VGA devices... But that's the price one has to pay for a good looking theme
@shoorangiz
Very nice
Very nice
But Can you convert win7 theme for vga ? Please
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Not very likely shoorangiz, it's really long hours of work to prepare a pixel perfect theme...
very good news
Very nice theme ! I love it, thanks for your time.
Finally, a good VGA skin for spb mobile shell. Thank you. It's very very well done. I love it.
Let's hope more layout will follow later.
hei man
u'r so great
thanx for themes
do you have any links?
coz RS so long to download
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glad to say..
here is my latest work! (QVGA (primarily)..anyone care to donate a VGA device? )
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NEW as of 3/16/09!
[ADDED] fingerbox and rhodium menu enhancement skins
(attached second post)
(now the default skin for the program!)
[added] support for redial and smartdial
see: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3291002&postcount=1)
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screens from the skinned apps:
Some things you may need to know...
.....s2u2 has support for thumbnail and fullscreen dialer.. rename nopic2.png to nopic.png if you use thumbnail)
.....s2p (looks best if you disable fullscreen album art in the registry (HKCU\software\a_c\s2p\fullscreenalbum=0 and set albumlayout to 1)
.....PocketCM Keyboard (v.14 for now)
.....CommManager (choose the cab you want to install - based on the style you like)
.....m2d (*second post*)
.....thumbcal (*second post*)
.....FingerMenu (*attached second post*).. get app here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=459125
.....TaskFacade (*attached second post*).. get app here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=420220&highlight=taskfacade
**For Opera**
....the splash image goes in \windows
....if the splash doesnt override anything.. you may have the wrong name.. simply change the registry key:
HKLM\Software\Opera\Info\Splashscreenportrait...just name it whatever the name of the splash is!
....if ud like to know some more tweaks.. look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=465618&highlight=opera&page=4post#33
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UPDATES..
Added TaskFacade skin
this is now the default skin for taskfacade!
Added FingerMenu skin (see second post for cab!).......install Finger Menu FIRST!
Stop FingerMenu
then install the cab to your device
then run fingermenu and enjoy!
Added CommManager skins.. thanks to adderz91 for pointing me in the right direction!
there are TWO CABS included in the zip (see previews above)
install the comm manager style you want to device!.. soft reset.. and enjoy!
also, if you want to customize what shows up in commmanager, search for schaps advanced config tool!
Thumbcal skin added (requested by souljah777.. golden list member!)
added the fixes provided by golden list member tatnai for the free version
attached on second post
move the zip to your thumbcal folder and select the skin in settings
PocketCM Contacts v4:
Fixed all bugs! - selected items, landscape/portrait character counter.. etc
Fixed back animation (thanks tene!)
htctoucher gloss v4.zip is for pocketcm.. put this in your pocketcm folder and select in options!
Added PocketCM Keyboard skin
Drag all contents of the zip into pcmkeyboard folder, then select the skin/layout in options (hold down return on the keyboard)
There are two files (gloss.skin and gloss smaller.skin... one is 140 pixels tall and one is 123 pixels tall)
Added TouchPal skin
Unzip the "Resources" folder into your touchpal folder on your device, then soft reset
see readmes in zips for (further) instructions!
hope it helps.. let me know if you like or if you have problems
Enjoy!
htctoucher
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my glossy m2d, thumbcal, fingermenu and taskfacade skins are posted here!
donate to support me and/or show your appreciation
by clicking this image in my signature, or right here!:
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this took me a LOT of effort to figure out..
I would really appreciate feedback and/or donation if you like it, use it or enjoy it!
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Screen Shots
**screens from IOLITE v2 shown!**
(home screen features the background and the clock/plugin item backgrounds included in the "glossier home tab bgs.zip" attached):
things to know... READ! (for v2)
..changes:
.....added support for multiple calendar items (moved clock up, moved date to where the operator text is (when you enable custom name, disable operator name -by m2dc or registry)
.....changed map search graphic (added a little google icon)
.....skinned settings page
.....moved the email values/changed email graphic slightly
.....moved unread icons so they arent covering SMS and MAIL text
.....skinned commmanager (see first post - not included in m2d zip)
(iolite version should work with older m2d versions too.. but i havent tested.. so if you have problems, just use v1 for older versions)
..IF YOU ARE USING GLOSSY BACKGROUND, ALSO USE THE GLOSSY FOCUS.png included in the glossier home tabs zip (copy it to your \windows) this is the background that shows up (or disables the bg from changing) when you hold down too long on sms view etc)
couldnt upload here.. so get IOLITE VERSION 2 here!:
http://www.4shared.com/file/84532593/8534b623/htctoucher_gloss_m2d_v2_iolite.html
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things to know... READ! (v1)
..you do NOT have to have a different background for the home tab.. if you DO want it, it is included in the "glossier home tab bgs.zip" as "hh_fw_backgroundhome.png" (you can move it wherever, or delete the "home" portion and copy it to your windows directory to use it throughout m2d!)
..the page icons (big icons when running your finger across the bottom) are glossy, just like the earth icon and opera icon you see.. all custom by me!
..this can be and should be used with m2dc
..i recommend changing the font sizes of calendar and missed call buttons to about 20 for missed call and 14/16 for calendar in m2dc
..the weather icons are stardock icons (GREAT! icons), I manually switched out HTC's for stardock's (that took a while..)
couldnt upload here.. so get v1 here!:
http://www.4shared.com/file/82514029/bca57d9b/htctoucher_gloss_m2d.html
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.....if you would prefer glossier home tab clock background and plugin background.. copy the files attached in "glossier home tab bgs.zip" to your windows or into the "htctoucher gloss m2d.zip" windows folder if you are using it with m2dc!.. **the clock and plugin background are included by default in v2 iolite version!**
(i suggest you all do so! -its shown in the preview-)
ALSO
.....if you would prefer to have little icons instead of the text in the slider on the bottom, download the .zip attached "tabicons.zip" and copy all icons to your windows folder on device (overwrite) or to the windows folder in the gloss m2d skin zip if you are using my skin with m2dc (thank fwaits for requesting this as part of his 1 request for being a member of my Golden List!)
.....in my opinion i think it looks good to have text as the inactive tabs, and icons as the active tabs.. if you would like this.. only use the icons in the tabicons.zip that have the words "tabicon" in them!
attached also is the tsk you see in the previews (should be anyway)
......just unzip the tsk file into your storage card or wherever, and load it in the home settings on your device!
......i also suggest installing uitweaker and then going into systweak and import the "final color.sys" file also included blends well with this theme
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due to lack of space on the first post, thumbcal, taskfacade and fingermenu skins are also attached!
(my taskfacade skin is included as default in the new version of taskfacade! (see here)) - so i guess you wont have to download the theme here anymore
Thumbcal: (skin.htctoucher gloss v2.zip) - place it in your thumbcal folder and select it in settings
FingerMenu: (htctoucher fingermenu gloss skin.cab) - install to device.. you can delete the _vga files if you are using qvga device, or vice versa... just reinstall my cab if you want them back (dont know why you would but just in case)
TaskFacade:
**removed** (my skins are now included default in taskfacade as "Gloss")!
uploaded three more skins for taskfacade, will remove if they also become default
get them here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=470096&page=2&post#19
Enjoy!
htctoucher
Black pro theme,nice looking.
Congratulations!
This is really nice! Thank you.
If you have some time left it would be nice if you could do iContact, S2P and the Opal Phone Canvas (Opal Dialer).
That is one slick looking theme.
WOW htctoucher this skin pack is awesome, and looks the best for me! Is there any chance you make skin also for S2P?
Thank you!
Greetings
wow! your works are great, will get s2u2 & pocketcm. thanks
Very nice job. Do you plan (or someone) to make a WVGA version of your skins ? It would be great on Touch HD.
Cool
thanx
Wolfman017 said:
Very nice job. Do you plan (or someone) to make a WVGA version of your skins ? It would be great on Touch HD.
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bump for this! A WVGA Skin will be great!
Would you also release those great skins for WVGA version, It looks great but not for HD.
thanks for all the great feedback guys!
this is why I love to post themes
as for wvga .. it's hard since I don't have a device with that resolution (anyone willing to donate one )
I may try pocketcm wvga but I don't think I'll be able to do the dialer
I may also do s2u2 and galarm.. maybe throttle.. but no guarantees at this point!
I'll be making a s2p and maybe imageviewer(pcm)
glad you all like the theme!
keep me posted on what you like/don't like or bugs
htctoucher
nhatt said:
Black pro theme,nice looking.
Congratulations!
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hmm .. I like this name.. mind if I use it?
Great app mate!
Waiting VGA version!
very hot looking theme...nice work!
what about pcm keyboard?
kidnamedAlbert said:
what about pcm keyboard?
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right now i just use my wm7 small skin.. fits pretty well
i might make a black keyboard to fit with the dialer
and as soon as i see a good base layout that works well for v21 ill make one for that
thanks for the feedback
htctoucher
htctoucher said:
right now i just use my wm7 small skin.. fits pretty well
i might make a black keyboard to fit with the dialer
and as soon as i see a good base layout that works well for v21 ill make one for that
thanks for the feedback
htctoucher
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yeah i love your pocketcm skin but need a nice keyboard to fit it. i hope you can make it a little smaller because i find it easier to use believe it or not.
kidnamedAlbert said:
yeah i love your pocketcm skin but need a nice keyboard to fit it. i hope you can make it a little smaller because i find it easier to use believe it or not.
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make what smaller? the wm7 small keyboard is about as small as it can be
not sure which one you are referring to
I should have a skin out this weekend
I am thinking of skinning TouchPal as well
some comments:
- you left a PSD file in the pocketcm theme (which takes 400Kb)
- you should remove the line that aren't setting or precede them with # (I suspect the line with ======= may have some nasty effect).
- the "strange animation" is probably because you set: panel.contactdetail.box
- Also I strongly advice you to use "development mode" and look at log.txt log file, you'll find some errors in your theme: Can't load image: buttoncallx.png, Can't replace setting for: textcontrol.phonecalleditpanel.numberedit.unfocused.background=fill($high9148$), etc...
Lastly, there is a bug in current version of PocketCM (not the next daily build in theory) that make PCM crashed when editing anything, workaround: set textcontrol.*.background=fill(#FFFFFF) (no image, no gradient, no alpha, etc...). Next version will fix this of course.
Nice theme!
======================= MH Widgets 1.3 SE (for SPB Mobile Shell) =======================
Compatibility : Tested with MS 3.5.2 & 3.5.3
Devices : WVGA, VGA (more coming soon)
Author : Matthew Hypolite
===================Description===================
The release of MS3.5 inspired me to make some modifications to my homescreen.
Here is a list of changes/modifications:
MH-Battery : Used the MS3.5 Big Time Background and turned it
into a battery meter,
also added Charging indicator icons and
a 4 Block container background for other widgets
MH-DigitalClock : Removed Background Image leaving just the time Text (Needed For MH-Battery Mod)
MH-Birthdays : Modified birthday widget to small size.
MH-Tasks : Reduced Font and Icon size for tasks, modified separator
MH-Agenda : Reduced Font Size, Reduced Width of calendar, modified separator
Reduce height of recycle bin to allow widgets to be placed at base of screen without being trashed.
Removed Mobile Shell navigation bar and added SPB Shortcuts.
=======================Change Log=======================
-----1.3 SE Changes-----
New:----------
2% Increments in battery Meter, with multiple colors in a smooth gradient from Full-Low
Added Skin support for all widgets.
New Skin: MH-Agenda: Small, Large, SE
New Skin: MH-Tasks: SE
Reduce height of recycle bin to allow widgets to be placed at base of screen without being trashed.
Removed Mobile Shell navigation bar and added SPB Shortcuts.
Fixed:---------
MS Default Task & Calendar widgets uses small fonts
Universal installation for all languages
Fixed error in MS 3.5.2 Call Log where text was displayed black.
-----1.2 Changes-----
Fixed error with battery widget not displaying properly.
Tested and working with WQVGA Devices.
-----1.1 Changes-----
Added support for QVGA Devices
Tested and working with VGA Devices
Minor fix with Tasks widget: When you add a normal priority task, the task display outside of the task widget.
Minor tweak with Task Priority icon.
Removed Branding.
View included screenshots to see how these look/work
More tweaks to come, Please provide feedback/suggestions.
Download MH-Widgets 1.2 Here
Download MH-Widgets 1.3 SE Here
CLICK HERE! if you like my work and want to donate a beer
Nice.. Really love the battery status.
Thanks
QVGA please, Thanks.
Hey adioph,
upload your qa_layouts.dat file from the SPB Mobile Shell folder, and ill see what i can do about QVGA.
edit: nvmd, got it working
hmm, thats weird, i have a Touch HD, so your device and mines should be pretty similar, also nothing was done to alter the original functionality of MS3.5 as all the orignal widgets etc remains. Will look into it though, thanks.
great widgets btw, thanks. one thing though, is there a reason you branded the battery meter with mh widgets 1.0??? honestly, would much rather see the date up there.
was thinking of gettin the weather widget up there, currently working on it, was also thinking about putting the date / alarm up there. so you guys can have a few options.
Look out for Date, and Alarm versions tomorow.
wow.. good work mate..love the battery status
matthewhypolite said:
Hey adioph,
upload your qa_layouts.dat file from the SPB Mobile Shell folder, and ill see what i can do about QVGA.
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Here you go, qa_layout.dat from a QVGA device
this is one of the coolest ive seen
please plase make a VGA or tell me how and i will make a VGA and post it here...
does it work on WQVGA ??
VGA resolution;
Shouldn't this already work for VGA since it also has the vertical resolution of 480 pixels?
Very good work!
Can u do QVGA version?
VGA love?
Is there any love coming for use VGA people that cant afford the extra W in front of our names?
thanks matthewhypolite
matthewhypolite said:
Hey Guys,
The release of MS3.5 inspired me to make some modifications to my homescreen, so i've tweaked and created some widgets.
Name: MH-Widgets 1.0
Devices \ Resolution: WVGA
View included screenshots to see how these look/work
More tweaks to come, Please provide feedback/suggestions.
Download Here
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can't download !!
another LNK plz
Awesome!
I love what you did with SPB3.5. Too bad, I am not a SPB fan, but this does look really nice. Great ideas with Tasks and Agenda, the clock.
hmm...I may have to buy SPB, so I can enjoy this.
Thanks man.
Hey guys, i dont know if it works on the other resolutions, only tested on WVGA,
you cant try installing it on the other devices and see if it works, and let me know.
Backup your qa_layouts.dat file in the spb mobile shell directory before testing.
If it does not work on your device, unintall the cab via "remove programs" and then restore your backed up qa_layouts.dat
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As for the other resolutions, the graphics files would need to be completely redone to match the resolution of the device, please provide the "qa_layouts.dat" file and specify the resolution. And ill see what i can do about a conversion. First come First Serve, so qvga is first .
Also i want to make sure there is no bugs etc with the WVGA version before i start churning out the other resolutions. Also working on a design to acomodate the default lifestyle skin of the notification icons.
will be trying this. the battery on the time looks lovely and I'm vga
New major version of Mobile Shell Manager and new thread for it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=689087
Please post any further questions, comments, whatever on the new thread and consider this one closed
Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager 4.08
For Spb Mobile Shell 3.5.x
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Featuring:
- New Finger Friendly Menu and Submenus
- Widgets Handling (Preview, Activation, Deactivation)
- Additional Lifestyle Panels (sliding background common to all such panels)
- Additional Professional Panels (fixed customizable background in every panel)
- Multi Language Support
- Contents Copy from one panel to another
- Panel Layout Backup
- Panels PageCount customization
- SpbWeather Panel Icon set Customization
- Mobile Shell Weather Panel Icon set Customization
- Bottom MenuBar customization
- Bottom MenuBar Backup (if you wish to save it before trying new ones)
- Quick links to standard Mobile Shell Panels
... and of course the countless widgets already in my libraries!
The version number will change only when there are updates to the Manager. All the other updates (as in new widgets libraries) will have only an update date without version number.
Also, every time a new Widgets Library will be released or an existing one will be updated, a new XML Definition File will be released too, so be sure to always have the latest one installed.
ChangeLog:
(19 May 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Themed Widgets Collection: Neon Silhouettes. The collection includes: Analog Clock, Digital Clock, Status, Battery, 7 Links
This release is a co-production by Jotha+Vostradamus
New Stuff Preview:
(14 May 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.08:
- Optimized activation and deactivation scripts: no more waiting for list reload after activating/deactivating a widget!
- New functions set: create/edit/delete changing pic widget.
The changing pic is a special widget to which users can assign a “pictures set” and it will automatically change picture at set intervals: daily, weekly, monthly… user’s choice as well as at what time the change will take place (please note that Mobile Shell will be automatically restarted for the picture change to take effect, so it’s advisable to choose an update time when the phone is likely not in use).
Users can create as many changing pictures widgets as they want, assigning them to different pictures sets and sizes to enhance screen customization possibilities.
Once created, changing picture widgets will be available as skins for a “current date” object, much like the backing panels.
Pictures sets will be released like widgets libraries, plus users can easily create their own ones following the tutorial written by Jotha (attached to this post, just scroll to the bottom)
Changing Pics Pic Sets:
- Animals (courtesy of Jotha, includes Small and Medium Square, Small and Medium Portrait, Small and Medium Landscape layouts)
- Cars (courtesy of Jotha, includes Small and Medium Square, Small and Medium Landscape layouts)
- Nature (courtesy of Jotha, includes Small and Medium Square, Small and Medium Landscape layouts)
(The images in the abovementioned Pic Sets are taken from the web and should be public domain, should anyone know differently pls report it in the thread and the related pics will be removed)
(10 May 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New widgets library containing:
New Digital Clocks set: Clean Simple (available in white, black, blue, cyan, green, red, yello) - (made on request)
New Analog Clocks set: Neon x Mskip WP7 Theme (available in white, blue, cyan, green, red, yellow) - (made on request)
New Status set: Neon x Mskip WP7 Theme (available in white, blue, cyan, green, red, yellow) - (made on request)
New Stuff Preview:
(06 May 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.07:
- BugFix: Invisible Large Menubar was not working correctly on qvga devices, now it's fixed
Widgets Libraries:
New very small "bonus" Widgets Library containing a small version of the Alien Vs Predator battery widget... made on request, and quickly released as an apology for the stupid bug on the qvga menubar lol
(05 May 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.06:
- Added menubar: Invisible Large Buttons – (made on request)
- Professional Home wallpaper can now be changed like the additional ProPanels (need to change its menubar at least once first, to enable the wallpaper customization)
- Added function to mass-import in one go ALL the widgets libraries stored inside a single folder - (made on request)
- Added function to customize the wallpaper on standard MS Panels (Time, Agenda, Weather, Contacts etc) Every panel can have its own background (portrait + landscape, like ProPanels).
(29 Apr 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Battery skins: Moon (large and small) - designed by Jotha
- New Status skin: Girls
- New Battery skin: Girls
- New Themed Widgets Collection: Alien vs. Predator (made on request)
- Widgets Set definition file for "Alien vs. Predator" (to activate/deactivate the whole set of widgets in one go)
New Stuff preview:
(26 Apr 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New contact skin size: tiny real (made on request)
- New Themed Widgets Collection: FIFA 2010 (result of a cooperation with everprecious forum user Jotha) - For the happiness of Soccer Lovers
- Widgets Sets definition files for "FIFA 2010" and "FIFA 2010 without panels" (to activate/deactivate all FIFA widgets in one go)
New Stuff preview:
(21 Apr 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Link skin: "Odd Small Hub": it's just the normal icon link, but correctly alignable with the small hubs - (made on request)
- New Borderless Picture Frame size: "smallest", to fit 3 hubs in a row, can be used together with the old and already available "large invisible link" - (made on request)
- New Status Icons skin: Bubble Large - (made on request)
- New Digital Clock set: Reflection (large and small), available in White, Black, Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow - (made partially on request)
(19 Apr 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.05:
- Added Widget-sets functions to:
1) Save widget set: saves the current activated widget list
2) Activate widget set: read a widget list file and activates all its widgets at once
3) Deactivate widget set: read a widget list file and deactivates all its widgets at once
- BugFix: sometimes some spb weather widgets showed up in the change list menu even after deactivation, this should be now fixed
- Modified activate and deactivate script so that “personal” registry subkeys can be used for user-made widgets
Widgets Libraries:
- Updated widgets library 20100415 to fix an issue with Bubble Status Icons
(15 Apr 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.04:
- Added function to inject any XML in qa_layouts.dat (can be useful as a tool for mods other than mine)
- Small BugFix: added missing confirmation message in the MS Panels Shortcuts creation function
- Added function to change the weather icons in MS Weather Panels. PLEASE NOTICE: this will ALSO change the weather icons used by default mobile shell weather widgets. Icon sets currently available: Spil and Stickers
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- new Status Icons skin: XWing - designed by Hans Heigenhauser
- new Status Icons skin: Bubble - counter only - (made on request)
- new Weather skin: HTCMoxy - (made on request)
- new Weather skin: Big Transparent (white and black) for skinnable weather widgets - only for Mobile Shell Weather
- new huge invisible link (2 of them to cover the whole screen) - (made on request)
- new borderless picture frame size: tiny (for small hubs) - (made on request)
- new small hub sized invisible link
- new small hub links collection (all the previously available hub links available in small size too)
New Stuff preview:
(02 Apr 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.03:
- Changed “MS Panels” folder icon and Standard Panels Shortcut Icons
- Changed ProPanel creation script so that Pro Panels will have different icons from Lifestyle Panels
- Menubar in Main Professional panel now changeable like in all other panels
- Added Panel Backup function: every panel can be backed up (home lifestyle, home pro, additional panels) and restored singularly. The function makes a backup of the CONTENT of the panel, background and menubar will NOT be saved (of course they can still be changed after restoring a backup).
- small BugFix: panel removal function now correctly removes panel link in tools\ms panels
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Status icons: Thin Invisible (invisible with no incoming items, visibile text and red signal box with one or more incoming items. No counter shown) - (made on request)
- New Hub Links: Media, Music, Pictures, Video (available in white/cyan and black/cyan)
(31 Mar 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Digital Clocks set: Dogs (White, Black, Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow) - (made on request)
- New Links skins: JH Metal circle and JH Metal Square - (designed by H. Heigenhauser)
- New Backing Panels: JH Metal (available in 4 sizes) - (designed by H. Heigenhauser)
- New Status icons: Thin 2 (made on request)
- New Contacts skin: invisible (available in 4 sizes) - now you can use a picture frame even with a group picture as contacts! Just place invisible contacts over it!
- New Contacts skin: special icon - to be used assigning a default action and placing it over a normal contact picture (see example)
New Special MSkip Widgets Library containing:
- a selection of MSkip widgets prior to his WP7 themes (the selection includes analog clocks, digital clocks, weather, backing panels, picture frames) - (made on request)
New Stuff preview:
--- Older history in included doc ---
What is Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager?
Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager is a serie of scripts to handle all my mods and widgets, keeping them comfortably on the storage card and “activating” them inside Mobile Shell only when you need them.
Please note that the widgets will use device memory ONLY when activated, otherwise they’ll be simply stored on the memory card.
This new way of managing my widgets is better than the previous one for several reasons:
- No more countless entries in the “uninstall programs” window
- Comfortable interface to activate/deactivate any widget, any time
- Possibility to activate widgets on single basis: for example you can activate just the red digital clock Cats if you want it, you don’t have to install the whole color package including the colors you don’t need….
- Optimized usage of device memory (see previous point)
PLEASE NOTE:
If you have any of my widgets version 2.xx, please do the following before installing the Widget Manager:
- Uninstall all my 2.xx widgets
- Uninstall my Tools package too if you have it
- Delete the registry key “HKLM\Software\Spb Software House\Shared\Spb Menu\WidgetPackages\Spb.WidgetsZioGian”
How to install:
For the first install, you will need to download:
- Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager
- Vostradamus Base Widgets Library (qvga or vga according to your device)
- (suggested but not required) Preview Images Library
- (suggested but not required) Additional Widgets Libraries, as many as you want
- Vostradamus XML Definition file
Now, how to proceed:
- Install Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager NOT ON DEVICE MEMORY. Just choose to install it on memory card or any additional memory your device has (that's because the Widgets Manager itself is not large, but the Widgets Libraries will be)
- Extract all the widgets library you downloaded anywhere on your device (but keep them all in the same folder)
- Extract the XML definition file in Widgets Manager folder
- Run Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager
- Choose the "XML update" option from inside "Libraries" menu
- Wait for it to be done
- Choose the "Import Library Folder" option from inside "Libraries" menu
- Select the folder where you stored all the downloaded widgets libraries previously extracted
- Wait for it to be done (it may take a while, according to the number of libraries and their contents)
- Done! Now you can activate all the widgets you want (using the appropriate option)
(Of course I tested the software before releasing it, yet it's still possible that I could have missed some (minor?) bugs here and there, please bear with me and, in case you notice something odd, report it in this thread)
Any future widgets release will only include:
- Widgets Library Package with only the new additions
- Updated XML Definition File
so there will be no need to redownload everything all the times.
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If you like my work and think it's useful, please consider donating even a small amount, it will help keeping me (and my cat) motivated. I spend a lot of time on this stuff, and every sign of appreciation, no matter how big or small, is more than welcome
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*MediaFire*
-- link removed, please use the one from the new thread --
If you have issues with the above link, try the following mirror:
*4Shared*
-- link removed, please use the one from the new thread --
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Widgets Creation Tutorial
Hans Heigenhauser (Jotha on Xda) kindly prepared a detailed tutorial which will guide you through the steps needed to create a new Widget Skin to be used with Mobile Shell Manager.
The guide is about a Status Widget skin, but the steps are basically the same for the other widgets too
You can find the guide attached to this post (scroll to the bottom)
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Small guide for "Flash Junkies"
- Before flashing, make a backup copy of the "widgets" folder (it's inside Mobile SHell Manager main folder)
- After flashing (and reinstalling mobile shell of course) do the following
-- Reinstall Mobile Shell Manager
-- Reupdate the XML Definition file
-- Restore the backed up Widgets folder inside Mobile Shell Manager
Done, all the widgets libraries you had before flashing are back there in their place
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Special Thanks to the donors:
- V. Carletti
- A. Stephen
- M. T. Hernandez
- SG Technical Consulting
- Mike (powercat1)
- Alienking70
- C. Morrison
- E. Fayolle
- La Baula Supportings
- C. Tran (twice!)
- J. Koutsouris
- Margez (real name removed on request)
- C.R. Moya
- S. Leding
- K. Oakeshott
- U. Passerini
- H. Dreesen
- M. Hankel
- H. E. Husmann
- W. Jackson
- H. Heigenhauser
- R. Haltmeier
- P. Chavez (twice!)
- A. Tomilov
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Credits:
Credits for the image viewer (EzViewer) used for the widgets previews go to Nishimura Masataka (http://masataka.sakura.ne.jp/)
Credits for the Ferrari and TAG HEUER Carrera clocks go to WhiskeyBro
Many thanks to jgjackson for his detailed post about additional panels which I used as a source of inspiration and starting guideline for the add/remove panel feature
Credits for the SPIL Weather icons go to Stephen Peterkin
Credits for the Diamond Weather icons go to BeyondInfinity
Many thanks to Hans Heigenhauser (jotha on XDA) for his widgets included in this package and his cooperation in creating cool stuff
Credits for the Stickers Weather icons go to KorToIk (http://kortoik.deviantart.com/)
Credits for the Stardock Weather icons go to http://www.stardock.com See its homepage for usage permission.
Many thanks to Gunther Willems (http://users.skynet.be/gunther.willems) for giving me the idea of using rar to automatically import my xml into qa_layouts.dat and letting me use his script for reference
Credits for the "line" format of the birthdays widget goes to matthewhypolite, I just modified it to be a skin
of the already existing widget instead of a widget on its own, and added the different colors.
Credits for the idea of the "compact" calendar/tasks layout goes once again to matthewhypolite, I just recreated the same layout implementing it as a skin of the already existing widget and added the different colors.
Credits for the Invisible Links go to jgjackson, I added them to my package to fulfill a user's request to have them in a single widget cab.
Installation instructions included in a doc file inside the zip.
great work
gotz said:
great work
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Thanks!!
Since when I first installed Mobile Shell 3 I wondered why the guys at Spb didn't give us the chance to change the font color... there are a lot of great backgrounds out there, but we need different font colors in order to use the light colored ones, otherwise all the texts would be unreadable.
I was hoping for them to release a patch for this with MS3.5, but they didn't so I thought "Oh well, I'll stop being lazy and I'll do it myself"
Glad to see that I'm being useful for someone else too
Released Ver 1.51, see first post for updates
Enjoy!
Looks fine .....
Does it works for VGA ?
abumhmmd1 said:
Looks fine .....
Does it works for VGA ?
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Some of the mods could, surely not all of them, and they're not tested/ready for vga yet.
I plan to prepare a vga/wvga package too sooner or later, but I can't exactly say when yet (hopefully it won't take me too long though)
(W)VGA Finally!
Released version 1.52, this time for (W)VGA too!!!
Check first post for changes.
(W)VGA version has to be tested, I converted my mods for (w)vga devices, but not having one at hand I can't test it.
Anyone willing to try it pls report in this thread if it's working correctly.
Enjoy!
great job Man !!!
thanks
darkyannick said:
great job Man !!!
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Thanks!
Vga version tested and working
Reg Entries
I have imported registry entries before and use either Dot Fred or Total Commander, but how does one apply the .reg entries in the zip file? Thanks for the help!
hidden_dragon said:
I have imported registry entries before and use either Dot Fred or Total Commander, but how does one apply the .reg entries in the zip file? Thanks for the help!
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Of course you have to extract them from the zip before applying them
You can use whatever import method you're most used to... personally, I like to use CeRegEditor, it's a nice free software that allows you to work on your device registry remotely from your pc while it's connected through activesync (or mobile device center on Vista).
If you want to give it a try, here's the link: http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/ but any other method can be ok too
Just curious: you said you've used Total Commander... how do you import .reg files with it? I love total commander, but I really couldn't find how to do it, if not editing the registry manually, but that's kind of uncomfortable for large edits
Vostradamus said:
Of course you have to extract them from the zip before applying them
You can use whatever import method you're most used to... personally, I like to use CeRegEditor, it's a nice free software that allows you to work on your device registry remotely from your pc while it's connected through activesync (or mobile device center on Vista).
If you want to give it a try, here's the link: http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/ but any other method can be ok too
Just curious: you said you've used Total Commander... how do you import .reg files with it? I love total commander, but I really couldn't find how to do it, if not editing the registry manually, but that's kind of uncomfortable for large edits
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Thanks for this...the software helped. But to import using Total Commander, you simply copy the file(s) into the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT in the registry. I think I figured out why this didn't work using TC or Dot Fred -- the reg files were written for a PC which is why they weren't recognized (at least that was the message I got when I used the software you recommended above).
hidden_dragon said:
Thanks for this...the software helped. But to import using Total Commander, you simply copy the file(s) into the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT in the registry. I think I figured out why this didn't work using TC or Dot Fred -- the reg files were written for a PC which is why they weren't recognized (at least that was the message I got when I used the software you recommended above).
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Uhm, that may be the case, dunno for sure 'cause I always use CeRegEditor and ignoring that message (I got it too) everything works fine every time
Colored fonts!
Thank you...this is great having colored icons to match the appropriate light or dark-colored wallpaper!!!
hidden_dragon said:
Thank you...this is great having colored icons to match the appropriate light or dark-colored wallpaper!!!
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you're welcome!
This is really a good idea!
but i am a bit confused
i have used winzip 12.i add both files qa_layouts.dat and WidgetsZioGian.xml add to zip file, later i renamed to qa_layouts.dat and added to device.
i run the registry.i soft reseted, no difference is shown. There is no information on how to change color of text and other
Please kindly help me out
Released version 2.0
See first post for download and details
Enjoy!!
hsmcd said:
This is really a good idea!
but i am a bit confused
i have used winzip 12.i add both files qa_layouts.dat and WidgetsZioGian.xml add to zip file, later i renamed to qa_layouts.dat and added to device.
i run the registry.i soft reseted, no difference is shown. There is no information on how to change color of text and other
Please kindly help me out
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I just released version 2.00, the installation procedure is a bit different (should be faster and easier). Take a look at it and try to follow the included instructions
If you still have problems/doubts feel free to ask
hsmcd said:
This is really a good idea!
but i am a bit confused
i have used winzip 12.i add both files qa_layouts.dat and WidgetsZioGian.xml add to zip file, later i renamed to qa_layouts.dat and added to device.
i run the registry.i soft reseted, no difference is shown. There is no information on how to change color of text and other
Please kindly help me out
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To change skin colors, simply edit your current layout, then go into the Time widget (for example), then choose change skin...you should have a much larger selection.
Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager 5.07
For Spb Mobile Shell 3.5.x
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Featuring:
- Widgets Handling (Preview, Activation, Deactivation)
- Additional Lifestyle Panels (sliding background common to all such panels)
- Additional Professional Panels (fixed customizable background in every panel)
- Mobile Shell Panels Background customization
- Multi Language Support
- Contents Copy from one panel to another
- Panel Layout Backup
- Panels PageCount customization
- SpbWeather Panel Icon set Customization
- Mobile Shell Weather Panel Icon set Customization
- Bottom MenuBar customization
- Bottom MenuBar Backup (if you wish to save it before trying new ones)
- Quick links to standard Mobile Shell Panels
- Countless widgets (and growing!)
Click for Preview Images
Layout Examples Images (larger than picasa)
ChangeLog:
(08 Jul 2011)
Widgets Libraries:
New tiny little Widgets Library containing:
- new Battery widgets skin: Glass Wide - (made on request)
(09 May 2011)
Special Library: "Naong Special" (for vga and wvga only).
It includes the widgets from Naong's Mobile Sense theme and also his Mobile Sense Menubar (made into a 1 button advanced menubar)
All credits for the graphics go to Naong, of course.
Credits also included in the library itself.
The library does not contain preview images for the widgets, so don't worry if they do not show up in the "Preview Widget" menu of MsM: they will be there in the "Activate Widget" menu.
(21 Feb 2011)
Advanced Menubar Libraries:
New Advanced Menubar Library containing new "Curve Pink" adv menubar - (made on request)
(16 Feb 2011)
Widgets Libraries:
New tiny little Widgets Library containing:
- new Status widgets skin: Labels Pink - (made on request)
(14 Feb 2011)
Widgets Libraries:
New tiny little Widgets Library containing:
- new color for the Big Box Rounded Link skin: Pink, both normal and empty link - (made on request)
- new color for the Hearts Link skin: Pink - (made on request)
(31 Jan 2011)
Widgets Libraries:
New tiny little Widgets Library containing:
- new Weather skin: Location (only shows the set Location for MS weather widget, available in black and white text) - (made on request)
(29 Sep 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- new Link skin: DateLike (same graphics as the standard current date widget) - (made on request)
- New Colors for "Neon" Status Widget: Gold and Orange (made on request)
- New Colors for "Modern Combo" digital clock: Gold and Orange (made on request)
- New Colors for "Small Box Original" link skin: Gold and Orange (made on request)
- New Status Widget: Invisible 2 (same graphics as standard status widget, but visible only with incoming items. No counter) - (made on request)
- New additional versions for the "Glass" digital clocks, keeping the leading 0 on 1digit hours (made on request)
(05 Aug 2010) ---> Last update before my holidays
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- new Digital Clock set: HTCFont Large (White, Black, Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow) - (made on request)
- new Links set: Blocky (White, Black, Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow) - (made on request)
Menubar Libraries:
New Advanced Menubar Library containing:
- "Curved Black" advanced menubar - (made on request)
(30 Jul 2010)
MsM 5.07:
- Extended Advanced Menubar usage to 240x240 and 320x320 devices. All currently available advanced menubars converted to work on these devices too
IMPORTANT: installing version 5.07 alone is not enough to make menubars work on square screen devices, you also need to download and import either the latest menubar library or the updated full library
- Optimized menubar change script
- BugFix: sometimes while activating a menubar the available menubars could show up in the wrong order. Fixed
- BugFix: sometimes when activating the last widget of a category it could remain in the list even after activation. Fixed.
Menubar Libraries:
New Advanced Menubar Libraries containing all the current advanced menubars updated to work on square screen devices
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Status Widgets Set: Pro (same graphics as the Professional one, number box with different colors: Blue, Cyan, Green, Yellow) - (made on request)
- New Status Widgets: Empty (completely invisible status widgets, available in 2 sizes) - (made on request)
- New Status Widget: Plain (made on request)
- New Battery Widget: Plain Vertical (made on request)
- New Digital Clock Skin: Date Numbers (only shows the month/day numbers, no time) - (made on request)
- New Current Date Skin: Day Name (only shows the day name, no number or month) - (made partially on request)
(26 Jul 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Link Skin: Glass Circle, also empty (made on request)
- New Link Skin: Glass Hexagon, also empty (made on request)
- New Backing Panel: Glass Large (made on request)
Menubar Libraries:
New Advanced Menubar Library containing:
- "Curve" advanced menubar (made partially on request)
(19 Jul 2010)
MsM 5.06:
- Support for Advanced Menubars with MS icons
- BugFix: activating/deactivating the last widget of a category was making the last-but-one disappear from the list for no reason. Fixed.
- Added function for automatic scheduled change of Lifestyle Home wallpaper. It can be scheduled daily, weekly or monthly and it chooses a new random jpg wallpaper from a user-chosen folder.
Best (and easiest to find on the net) sizes for wallpapers are:
----- Desktop Wallpaper size if you have a widescreen device (WVGA – WQVGA)
----- Widescreen Desktop Wallpaper size if you have a non-widescreen device (VGA – QVGA)
Menubar Libraries:
New Advanced Menubar Library containing:
- "Spb Style" advanced menubar (same graphics of the standard spb one, but with 1 to 4 customizable links with spb icons)
- "Icon Buttons" advanced menubar (1 to 4 customizable glass buttons with spb icons)
(14 Jul 2010)
Widgets Library:
New Widgets Library containing:
- Black & White Hub Links skin set (Agenda, Apps, Games, Grandkids, Home, Internet, Media, Music, People, People2, Pictures, Settings, Video, Weather, Work) - (made on request)
- New Empty Link skin set: Neon Empty Big (White, Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow, Magenta) - designed by Jotha, sized to accomodate a "small" sized contact widget
- New Special Combined Widget: Neon Silhouette Combo (battery, analog clock, weather) - designed by Jotha
Menubar Library:
New Menubar Library containing:
- new manubar: No Text 3 Buttons (links to launcher, agenda, contacts) - (made on request)
(07 Jul 2010)
MsM 5.05:
- Enabled spb task manager during MsM installation
- Panel Wallpaper functions now remember the last selected folder
- Raised max selectable pagecount to 9
- Extended “Change Pagecount” function to Lifestyle Home and Professional Home screens
Widgets Library:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Battery Skin: Status Pro 5% (looks like the "status pro" one, works better on devices with a 10% steps battery driver) - (made on request)
- New Status Skins: Glass Blue, Cyan, Green, Yellow (made on request)
- New Analog Clock Skin: Doc3000 gtx (thanks to Doc3000 for this clock) - (made on request)
- New Weather Skin: Neon Silhouette 2 - designed by Jotha
- New Contact Skin: Extra Small - fits nicely on empty glass and neon links - designed by Jotha
- New Battery Skin: Glass 2 (made on request)
(30 Jun 2010)
Widgets Library:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Battery: White/Gray Dots (made on request)
- New Battery: Status Pro (made on request)
- New Link skin: Special Audio (to be used for the profile widget) - (made on request)
- New Panels: Time (2 sizes) - (made on request)
- New Digital Clock set: Reflection Medium (white, black, blue, cyan, green, red, yellow) - (made on request)
- New Digital Clock set: Date Only (white, black, blue, cyan, green, red, yellow) - (made on request)
- New Digital Clock skin: Glass Date Line
- New Current Date skin: Glass Square
- New Panel2: Glass Big Square (2 sizes)
- New: Full Libraries now contain everything (widgets, menubars, advanced menubars, ms weather icon sets, spb weather icon sets). Only things left out are the pic-sets (this is to avoid too large files to download)
(23 Jun 2010)
Widgets Library:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Digital Clock: TimePanel (lookalike of the one in the Time panel) - (made on request)
- New Digital Clocks set: Neon 7 Segments Medium (white, blue, cyan, green, red, yellow) - (made on request)
- New Digital Clocks set: Neon 7 Segments Small (white, blue, cyan, green, red, yellow) - (made on request)
- New Hub Link skin: Grandkids - (made on request)
- New Status Widget skin: Dark Transparency with Red on incoming items - (made on request)
- New Battery: Neon Silhouette 2 (designed by Jotha)
- New Themed Widgets Set: Glass. The set includes:
--- Analog clock
--- Digital clock (2 sizes)
--- Battery
--- Status
--- Link
--- Empty Link
--- 2 Backing panels
(18 Jun 2010)
MsM 5.04:
- Added Task Manager to the panels list for the SPB Panel Wallpaper function
- Inject Any XML function now remembers the last used folder
- Added Lifestyle Home, Professional Home and all user-defined panels to the possible options for Advanced Menubars
- When selecting one of the above panels as a function for the menubar, MsM will ask if it needs to work in “Link” or “Carousel” mode. Difference is:
----- Link mode: opens like tapping on a shortcut. The panel can be closed with windows mobile “x” button. Do not use Search, Facebook and Twitter widgets on a panel you plan to reach this way ‘cause they would act weird
----- Carousel mode: opens like reaching the panel via carousel. The panel can’t be “closed”, if you wish to leave it you need to tap on another link or to use the carousel. Search, Facebook and Twitter widgets works normally on a panel reached this way.
Menubars Library:
New Menubar Library containing:
- "Invisible 2" menubar
- "Invisible Large 2" menubar
These are the same as the invisible and invisible large ones, but the invisible button links to the launcher instead of the carousel.
New Advanced Menubar Library containing:
- "ButtonsNumber" menubar. Thin, clean look for a menubar with up to 8 buttons!
(11 Jun 2010)
MsM 5.03:
- Update for MS 3.5.5 compatibility
Widgets Library:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Hub Link Skin: People2 - (made on request)
- New Weather Skin: Neon Silhouette - (designed by Jotha)
- New Link Skin Set: Neon Silhouette 2 (new colors/silhouettes) - (designed by Jotha)
- Fix for QVGA "line" birthday widget where the contact text in case of no picture available was misplaced
Menubars Library
New Advanced Menubar Library containing:
- "NeonButtons" menubar
(08 Jun 2010)
Additional Languages:
Uploaded Dutch language file for version 5.02. Translations provided by Jaco van Dieren
(07 Jun 2010)
MsM 5.02:
- Added Advanced Menubars handling. Advanced Menubars are menubars with a variable number of customizable buttons (1 to 4 plus side buttons).
- Fixed a small issue which could sometimes prevent the correct creation of a subfolder during installation.
Menubars Library:
New (first) Advanced Menubar Library containing:
- "Simple" menubar
- "Star Wars" menubar
(03 Jun 2010)
Menubars Library:
New Menubar Library containing:
- new "Shelf" menubar
- new "Neon" menubar
(01 Jun 2010)
MsM 5.01b
Looks like I forgot a file while building version 5.01, here's the fixed version sorry for the inconvenience
(31 May 2010)
MsM 5.01:
- Added Full Backup/Restore function to backup the whole current mobile shell configuration: activated widgets, additional panels, menubars, custom backgrounds, custom widgets added through the manager and so on. Due to the wholeness of the backedup data, Backups created with this function will be restorable only on the same Mobile Shell version.
- Import Library function now remembers the last used folder
- Create Shortcuts – MS Panels function now also creates a shortcut to Mobile Shell Task Manager. This is required for the “thin 2” menubar to work
- Small fix on credits visualization
Menubars Library:
New Menubar library containing:
- "Thin 2" menubar - Same looks as the "Thin" one, different links. Requires running "Create Shortcuts - MS Panels" function in MsM first to enable the task manager. - (made on request)
- "Side Buttons Original" - Side buttons (carousel and menu) with the looks of the original ones, nothing in between them. Whole screen height available for widgets. - (made on request)
(26 May 2010)
- MsM 5.00 released
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Download links:
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Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager
if you have issues with the above link, try the following mirror:
*4Shared*
Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager
Other stuff attached to this post:
- Widgets Creation Tutorial (by Jotha)
- Working with Changing Pics (by Jotha)
- Default PRO backgrounds (should you ever need them again after changing them)
FAQs: yeah, they live!
If you have a doubt or a question, please try reading the FAQs in the second post before posting: a lot of common questions and doubts have been answered in there already, so it will be easier for you all to look for your answers and you won't have to wait for someone's reply
Special Thanks to the donors:
- Mike (powercat1) - (Twice!)
- R. Rojas
- A. Szadura
- O. A. Gomez Reyes
- C. Ciobanu
- L. Brunori
- A. Ottaviani
- M. Carlson
- M. Zimmerman
- B. Permuy
- Nickmo20
- K. Hockin
- C. Boerma
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Credits:
I placed the credits inside MsM itself, please bear with me if I don't write them in here too... trying to keep this post shorter than The Lord of the Rings
FAQ for Vostradamus MSM 5.0
Vostradamus asked me to compile some answers to frequently asked questions about his Mobile Shell Manager. Reading them carefully will help you avoiding unnecessary problems and help us avoiding unnecessary answers on unnecessary support questions. This is a compilation of questions posted to all versions of MSM (also from the original Thread). The answers however are always adapted to the latest version of MSM.
If you find it useful, please hit the "Thanks"-Button on the bottom of the FAQ. Thank you.
Installation:
- Will it work with my device?
MSM at the moment works only on Mobile Shell for Windows Mobile. It is not planned to port it on another platform.
It works
Perfectly with:
QVGA (320x240 Pixels)
WQVGA (400x240 Pixels)
VGA (640x480 Pixels)
WVGA (800x480 Pixels)
With Restrictions with:
Square 240x240 Pixels (Standard-Menubars do not work, Advanced menubars and all the rest work)
Square 320x320 Pixels (Standard-Menubars and maybe Weather Icon Set Change do not work, Advanced menubars and all the rest work)
Unknown with:
HVGA (480x320 Pixels) (We have no means of testing that. Could work like the square 320x320 Devices, but we can not guarantee that)
- What do I need for the first install
You have to download the Manager Installation File at first. It’s called “Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager x.xx.zip”, where x.xx is the version number. If you unzip it, you have the cab-file for installation.
Then you need at least one of the following things:
If you want to use Vostradamus widgets you need a widget library. If you are using MSM 5.0 for the first time, you should download the complete package, named “MSM Full widgets library (xxx).wzg”, where xxx stand for your screen resolution. It is large, but it has the advantage of having ALWAYS all released widgets in it. If you are not sure which resolution you need, look some questions further. You can also go into the “Incremental libraries”-folder of your resolution and download only the base-library and/or an update-file of your choice. Which widgets are in which update-library can be seen on the widgets preview page. It is reachable via the first post of this thread.
If you want to use the MSM to change the Menubar of Mobile Shell, you have to download a Menubar library. They are in the “MenuBars libraries”-folder. Here there is also a base-library and eventual updates. In this case there is no difference between the resolutions. One size fits all . Again you can see on the preview page (reachable via the first post of this thread) which Menubars are in which library.
If you want to use “ChangingPics”, you have to download one or more “Pic-Sets-Libraries”, again from the folder of your resolution. Because of the size, every Pic-Set is a different file. See the preview-page (reachable via the first post of this thread) for contents. If you don’t know what “ChangingPics” are, see the Chapter “Usage”.
- There are widgets for VGA and QVGA. Which do I need?
That depends on the resolution of your Phone:
1. Non-Square-Screens:
QVGA / WQVGA is for every phone with a screen width (in portrait mode) of 240 Pixels. Also Phones with a screen width of 320 (HVGA 480x320) could work with that resolution with some restrictions. (see first Topic in this chapter).
VGA/WVGA is for phones with a screen width (in portrait mode) of 480 Pixels.
2. Square Screens:
Phones with a square screen with a size of 240 or 320 Pixels should use the QVGA-Versions.
- Where do I store that?
Regarding the size if the libraries, which can reach more than 50MB, you should put them somewhere on the storage card. You will only need them during installation, so just remember where they are. After the installation you can delete them from the card. It would be wise to keep them somewhere on the PC though, to avoid having to download them again when you change phones for instance.
- How do I make the first install?
At first you have to install the Mobile Shell Manager itself. This is done by starting the cab-file with your preferred File Manager.
Please ONLY INSTALL THE MANAGER ON THE STORAGE CARD. The Widget and Pic-Set libraries will be installed into the manager-folder and can be huge! Your phone would run out of memory probably already during installation if you install it into phone memory. There is no need to install it into phone-memory, because only activated widgets will be copied into the Mobile-Shell folder in Phone Memory by the Manager itself.
After Installation, start the Manager via the Program Icon.
Before doing anything, please read the section about navigating in MSM further down in these FAQ.
The next thing to do is to import all the downloaded Libraries. Choose the first Menu-Item “Libraries” and pick “OK”. Now either choose “Import Library” or “Import Library Folder”. If you have more libraries to import and they are all stored in one folder, the second option does them all at once.
If you have only one library (an update for instance), use the first option. Depending of the size of the library this may take a while. (On a fast HTC HD2, the base widget library takes about 8 minutes).
Now you are set to activate the widgets/menu-bars/pic-sets you want to use.
- What is activation of widgets for and how do I activate widgets?
Activation of widgets makes them finally available in Mobile shell. It copies the graphics to the Mobile Shell folder on your phone, makes the necessary registry entries and injects the necessary definition-files into the appropriate files of Mobile Shell.
Activating widgets: Choose the Menu-Item “Widgets”. There choose “Activate”. In the following list choose what type of widget you want to use in Mobile Shell and press “OK”. If there are more widget groups for the same widget type (like Links1, 2, 3…) look on the preview page (reachable via the first post of this thread). Here the folder of each widget is described. Now choose the widget you want to activate. It takes some seconds and the activation is finished.
- Can I just activate all of the widgets in one step?
No, and that’s by design, because you wouldn’t want to (at least not with the devices available now). As you have seen downloading the widgets, even the compressed base widget-collection is more than 75 MB. Uncompressed in MS it would be even more, but this time not on the storage card, but in valuable Device-Memory, which would most certainly render your device unusable. Furthermore the skin list in MS would become ridiculous long, filled with skins you will not use. So look for the ones you probably use and only activate them. If you have found your optimal set, use the option “Save Widget-Set” to save that state. After a reinstall you can use “Restore Widget Set” to activate all of them at once.
- How do I update to a newer Manager Version?
If you have any widgets version 2.xx, please do the following before installing the Widget Manager:
- Uninstall all 2.xx widgets
- Uninstall Tools package too if you have it
- Delete the registry key “HKLM\Software\Spb Software House\Shared\Spb Menu\WidgetPackages\Spb.WidgetsZioGian”
If you have already installed any version of Mobile Shell Manager, download the new cab and install it. All of your settings will be preserved.
- I need to free memory. How do I get rid of widgets?
If you want to deactivate a widget, be sure that you do not use it anymore on any page or panel of Mobile Shell. Then, in MSM, choose “Widgets” and “Deactivate Widget”. From the list, choose the widget you want to deactivate and click “OK”.
Usage:
- How do I navigate in the Manager?
The Mobile Shell Manager is based on MortScript, a script language for Windows Mobile. Though being rather powerful, it has some restrictions. The most sincere for our purpose, is that we cannot intercept and react on the close “X” of Windows Mobile.
Therefore you MUST NEVER leave the Manager via the Close-X of Windows, but ALWAYS via the “Exit” Menu-Item in the Manager.
So always navigate back to the Start-Screen of the Manager, choose “Exit” and click “OK”. Then the Shell will be automatically restarted (if necessary) and all is well.
If you have accidentally closed the shell via the “X” look at the trouble-shooting section.
- How do I get those widgets on the screen?
As those “widgets” are in reality tweaked skins for widgets that already exist in Mobile Shell, you choose them via the “change Skin”-Option in Mobile Shell. So if you want a Vostradamus weather widget, just insert a weather widget via the normal Mobile Shell procedure. Then choose “Change Skin” and choose the Vostradamus widget you want. Of course it is only in the list when activated before (see “Installation”-Chapter further up the FAQ). A specialty are “Panels” and “Changing Pics”. As those do not exist in Mobile Shell, but are “tweaked” Date-Widgets, you find them as skins under the Date-Widget.
- What are “Changing Pics” for, and how do I use them?
“Changing Pics” is a “script enhanced widget” that changes a picture on the screen periodically. It uses a so called Pic-Set that can be provided by the user. Every info you need concerning Pic-Sets, you find in my Tutorial that is provided for download on the first post of this thread.
- What are Widget Sets and how do I use them?
Widget sets are groups of widgets that can be activated/deactivated en bloc. We have already provided some “widget sets” in the libraries, choosen after a common “Theme”, like “Neon”, “Transparency”, “Girls” and so on. Additionally the user can define all of the widgets he has currently activated as a “widget set” and thus reinstall that set very quickly. That comes handy, when you want to experiment a bit, but be able to get back to your standard widgets later.
Please be advised that this function does not save the widgets position, not even if they are really used on the screen somewhere. It’s just a list of the activated widgets. The commands for handling the widget sets are in the “Widget”-Menu.
- What are Panels and how do I use them?
Panels are additional “Pages” for Mobile Shell, adding space to put widgets there. MS and therefore also MSM have 2 types of Pages: Lifestyle and Professional.
The main difference between them is the handling of background pictures: All lifestyle panels share the same background picture. If you have 5 lifestyle pages aside, this picture is scrolled horizontally with the pages. Each professional panel has its own BG-Picture. Another difference is that from a Pro-Panel you can scroll down to the normal Lifestyle-Screen of MS (though not back “up”). From an additional Lifestyle-Panel you have to use the carousel or a link to go back.
To reach a user-defined Panel you can use the links that the manager provides under the “Extras”-Folder in Mobile shell. Here you find a group called MS-Panels in which they can be found.
Everything concerning Panels can be managed under the corresponding Menu-Item.
- MSkip has that second Fav-Contacts Page, why not MSM?
The aforementioned panels are a more than adequate replacement for that.
Just add a panel with 1,3,5 pages and call it "contacts" or whatever. Place a link to it on your screen and you are done.
You can even place an invisible link to it over the existing link to the "normal" favorites, replacing it completely.
If you use professional panels, you can even swipe back to Start with a "Down"-swipe.
- How can I change the background of the Standard Pro Panel?
The MS Standard Pro Panel initially does not show up in the list of Pro Panels if you want to change the background for those. After you used the function "Change Menu Bar" at least once, the Standard Pro Panel is available to change its background. So even if you want to keep your menubar as it is, but want to change the Standard Pro Panels BG do the following: Use the Function "Change Menu Bar" (even if you select the standard menu bar) and proceed to the Function "Change Pro Background".
- What problems can arise when using a "Full Backup"
The Full-Backup-Function does backup everything that is created AND managed by Mobile Shell. The most prominent things that are NOT backuped are assigned ringtones and contact pictures. They are part of pocket-outlook and thus not accessible for us. Also not backuped is the MSM-directory on the storage card (in fact the full backup is also placed in that directory). But that should not be a problem, because the card is not affected by a phone reinstall and it can easily be backuped by simple file-copy to your PC.
Possible Problems with and after restoring a full Backup:
- If between backup and restore you changed contacts that are used in Mobile Shell (in a widget or the favorites) they will dissapear. This is especially the case if you have made a new activesync connection because of flashing the phone or changing your PC. Then all contacts are gone from Mobile Shell.
- The same is true for links when you reinstalled the programs to a different place than before.
- If you have updated your Mobile Shell to a new version, a backup that was created before cannot be restored. (MSM can be changed of course).
- What are those "Invisible" widgets for?
Invisible widgets (available as links and contacts atm) are a means to create a link to a program or contact using another picture or icon than the provided one.
Imagine you want to use another sms-program than the one from Mobile Shell. Then you place an invisible link to your program over the status widget for SMS. A touch on the status then starts your program without showing its icon.
Another example: Create a panel with a background-picture of a family meeting. Then place invisible contacts of the different family members over the faces of the respective persons on the pic. Thus you can create a "different" contacts favorites page.
You can also place links you do not want to show everyone (maybe the link that unlocks a hidden and locked partition of your memory card, or a link to a textfile that stores some codes and passwords) invisibly on the screen or disguised as a link to something totally different.
Troubleshooting:
- I have updated Mobile Shell to a new version or reinstalled Mobile Shell. Now Vostradamus widgets do not work anymore. What can I do?
Mobile Shell does ovcerwrite its XML-Files during installation, thus destroying the modifications MSM has made to them. So every change MSM has made to the Mobile Shell must be made again. Use the “Restore XML-Function” in the Libraries-Item of the Manager. Then all of your widgets will work as previously.
Unfortunately a reinstall/update also deletes all information about additional panels you created, and for them there is no restore method . So you must recreate them.
- I have accidentaly installed another Add-On to Mobile Shell (Mskip, Sense, …) after MSM. Now it does not work anymore. What can I do?
Almost every other Add-On to Mobile Shell simply replaces essential MS-Files with their own, thus destroying the modifications MSM has made to them. So every change MSM has made to the Mobile Shell must be made again. The first step back to normality is using the “Restore XML-Function” in the Libraries-Item of the Manager. Then at least the widgets should work again. Then you have to restore the menu-bar if you had a modified one. The next step would be to delete all “Changing Pics”-Widgets if you use some of them and to recreate them. Then they should work again. The worst would be that additional panels would most probably be beyond repair. So you’d have to recreate them. I have experienced that after recreation with the same name a single panel was exactly like I left it before deletion. But that is not guaranteed , it could have been coincidence.
What I would do in this case is restore the xml, save the widgets-set, uninstall the manager and the shell and begin from scratch. But this time install the other Add-On (if you really, really need it) before the MSM. Please be advised that the same thing will happen if you uninstall that other add-on, as it most probably will replace the files of the shell with the original ones, thus also destroying the Vostradamus-Add-Ons.
- I have closed the manager via Close-X. Now nothing works anymore. What can I do?
For reasons mentioned before, leaving the manager via the Close-X of windows leaves the scripts in an unstable condition. You can either open the task manager and switch back to the Manager-Task (if still there), or you perform a soft-reset of the phone. Then all should be well again.
- I can't use any buttons in the picture preview
As the picture preview is an external program it has limited functionality in MSM. You can only view one widget (turn and zoom it) and close it again. This is because there is always only one preview pic in each widget folder, therefore the "forward" and "back" buttons do not find additional pics in that folder.
- I activated widgets, they show up in the change skin list, but when I use them, nothing happens
This can have 2 reasons:
1. You have downloaded and used the widgets library for the wrong screen resolution (QVGA/VGA). Please refer to the first section of this FAQ for the needed resolution and redownload this. Then deactivate all activated widgets, uninstall MSM, delete the Vostradamus directory on your storage card under "Programs". reinstall MSM, import the right library and activate the widgets.
2. There has been a problem with the import of the XML file. This seems to happen sometimes with certain phone-types/ROMs. You can easily repair this. Just use "Restore XML" under "Libraries" in the MSM.
About Additional Widgets:
- Can I create my own widgets and use them inside MSM?
You can create your own widgets if you have some graphics skills and basic knowledge of XML/ini-files. As an example we have provided a tutorial for creating status widgets and using them with the MSM. You can download it on the first post of this thread. If you master that one, the transfer to other widget types should not be so hard.
- Why are there no real “New” Widgets that add additional functionality in this Add-On?
Unfortunately Spb-Softwarehouse, the maker of Mobile Shell, has not provided a Software Development Kit or any definition of the interface to Mobile Shell widgets. Thus it is impossible for external developers to create really “new” stuff.
- Can I have status widgets that are invisible when there is a "0"
Unfortunately not. The status widget consists of a graphical part and a numerical part. The graphical part differentiates between "nothing there" and "something there", therefore that one can be made invisible when there is no entry. But the numerical part is either shown always or never. So you can't hide a "0" and show everthing else.
The only way to come near that wish would be a status widget without any numbers. You could only see whether there are entries then, not how many. You also can't choose the color of the numerical part, it's always white. Only God and SPB know why.
Other:
- Can I use MSM with other Add-Ons to Mobile Shell
Yes you should not run into troubles. But you have to consider the following. Contrary to MSM, most other Add-Ons work “destructive”, i.e. replace MS-Files with their own, thus also killing the modifications the Mobile Shell Manager makes. So, if you MUST use another package also, install that one FIRST, and THEN the MSM. Also, do not uninstall the other Add-On after installing the MSM.
There is no 100% guarantee, as we cannot guarantee that other Add-Ons play to the rules and do not change additional things and so cause trouble with MSM. So make a backup before you use MSM to change panels, backgrounds and menu-bars if you have another package installed also.
- How do I donate and why should I do that?
If you like Vostradamus’ work and think it's useful, please consider donating even a small amount, it will help keeping him (and his cat) motivated. He spends a lot of time on this stuff, and every sign of appreciation, no matter how big or small, is more than welcome .
If you worked some time with Mobile Shell alone, you will admit that his Add-Ons make the whole thing worthwhile. So give yourself a kick and send a buck for a can of cat-food and a beer.
- My question is not answered here, what can I do next
If you cannot find an answer to your problem here, and there is also none in the rest of the thread, feel free to ask here on the thread.
But PLEASE do not ask questions that are already answered 25 times on the thread or have nothing to do with the Mobile Shell Manager. You'll help us keeping the thread in a a reasonable length. Nobody wants to read through 150 pages where everything is explained 20 times.
Thank you.
Again: If you find this FAQ useful, please hit the "Thanks"-Button on the bottom of this post. Thank you.
Changelog:
08.10.2010
Added Section "About Additional Widgets"
Added Chapter "Invisible Status widgets" in "Additional widgets"
30.07.2010
Added Chapter "Will it work on my device" in "Installation"
Updated Chapter "Which Widget -Resolution do I need?" in "Installation"
Removed "Task-Manager does not work" because it no longer applies
25.07.2010
Added Chapter "My widgets don't show up" in Troubleshooting
17.06.2010
Added Chapter "Task-Manager Button in advanced menubars" in Troubleshooting
10.06.2010
Added Chapter "Additional Contacts Pages" in Usage
Added Chapter "After Updating/Reinstalling Mobile Shell" in Troubleshooting
01.06.2010:
Added Chapter "Invisible widgets" in "Usage"
Added Chapter "Picture Preview" in "Troubleshooting"
31.05.2010:
Added Chapter "Full Backup" in "Usage"
28.05.2010:
Edit "MSM and other Add-Ons" in "Other"
25.05.2010:
Posted original version
Possible Layout Examples
A few examples of different layouts that can be created with the only use of MsM
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Dear Vostradamus!
Thanks a lot for your work Greatly enjoying your widgets! Well done
schremer said:
Dear Vostradamus!
Thanks a lot for your work Greatly enjoying your widgets! Well done
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Thanks, and you're welcome!
Vostradamus Spb Mobile Shell Manager 5
Really a great idea to start a new thread.
dansia47 said:
Really a great idea to start a new thread.
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lol yep, the other one was starting to get a lil too big
Thanks for this new version! And also for these clear FAQ!
EDIT: i'm testing right now shell manager and i want to tell you: great great job!
One more question: Installing several widgets can increase usage of memory? (i mean ram memory...)
You're welcome on my behalf (FAQ)
ChrisGarner said:
Installing several widgets can increase usage of memory? (i mean ram memory...)
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The more widgets you ACTIVATE, the more Device Memory is used. When you actually put them on the screen, then RAM is used.
jotha said:
You're welcome on my behalf (FAQ)
The more widgets you ACTIVATE, the more Device Memory is used. When you actually put them on the screen, then RAM is used.
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Ok thanks for the info! And for the FAQ, again!
This will be my first attempt spruce up Mobile Shell. Thank you for your work Vostradamus (scritches to your cat) and for your instructions Jotha. Assuming all goes according to plan, I will happily donate. Thanks!!
sulster said:
This will be my first attempt spruce up Mobile Shell. Thank you for your work Vostradamus (scritches to your cat) and for your instructions Jotha. Assuming all goes according to plan, I will happily donate. Thanks!!
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Good luck and have fun
Should you need any further info, don't hesitate to ask
("meowww" from my cat) lol
Vostradamus said:
Good luck and have fun
Should you need any further info, don't hesitate to ask
("meowww" from my cat) lol
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I do have a quick, newbie, question (sorry, very sorry) but should I "minimize" SPB Mobile Shell before I install your app? You know, unactivate widgets on that, etc? Seems like if it is running under MSM *and* it has widgets/photos/etc going, might take more memory...
sulster said:
I do have a quick, newbie, question (sorry, very sorry) but should I "minimize" SPB Mobile Shell before I install your app? You know, unactivate widgets on that, etc? Seems like if it is running under MSM *and* it has widgets/photos/etc going, might take more memory...
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nope, it should not be needed you can install it right away even with mobile shell up and running
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nope, it should not be needed you can install it right away even with mobile shell up and running
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Okay, when I go to Import the Widget library, it tells me corrupted or not recognized. I downloaded from both sites and installed the Base Widget file. Am I totally missing something? I started to read the thread on the previous release, but that was SO long!
I have the .wzg files installed into a /Vostradamus folder on my Storage Card. It recognizes the files, but won't import them.
Thanks!!
sulster said:
Okay, when I go to Import the Widget library, it tells me corrupted or not recognized. I downloaded from both sites and installed the Base Widget file. Am I totally missing something? I started to read the thread on the previous release, but that was SO long!
I have the .wzg files installed into a /Vostradamus folder on my Storage Card. It recognizes the files, but won't import them.
Thanks!!
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uhm... maybe something went wrong during download... try redownloading the wzg file.
Fantastic!
Vostradamus,
I have been away for a few days and only now checked your original thread and found this one. What can I say? As usual, this is all fantastic. A new thread was a terrific idea and some of the new functionality is incredible.
I love the combined/multi-functional widgets. It's a terrific idea and the ones you've done live up to your already very high standards.
Jotha - Thank you so much for all of your work in documenting all of this. I have a working document that I was hoping to get to Vostradamus to post. Your incredible work has made my document obsolete before I even sent it. The added touch of being able to see the widgets in Picasa is also an incredible time saver.
You two are very talented and two of the nicest people I have ever met in a forum. Thank you so much for all you do for the rest of us who don't have the same skill set as you do. I, for one, sincerely appreciate both of you!
Cheers,
Mike (powercat1)
powercat1 said:
I, for one, sincerely appreciate both of you!
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Glad to be of help and sorry that I nuked your doc . You are very welcome.
powercat1 said:
Vostradamus,
I have been away for a few days and only now checked your original thread and found this one. What can I say? As usual, this is all fantastic.
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Thanks And welcome back
powercat1 said:
I love the combined/multi-functional widgets. It's a terrific idea and the ones you've done live up to your already very high standards.
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Need to thank Jotha too about them: multifunctional analog and multifunctional digital solid and transparent are a "co-production" jotha+vostradamus lol
powercat1 said:
You two are very talented and two of the nicest people I have ever met in a forum.
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Thanks heaps
17 NOVEMBER 2010
FINAL VERSION RELEASED
**ATTACHMENT IN POST 2**
This is moving on from the last version (15 Nov 2010) so install the same as that version, except using this theme folder instead. See below:
INSTALLATION:
unrar the 'Desire Final' folder from the attachment and copy to Program Files\Lakeridge\Wisbar Advance Desktop\Themes.
Open WAD, enter settings menu, change theme (if theme is not listed choose scan for themes) highlight 'Desire Final', menu - set as portrait theme, apply.
Screenshots also in post 2
Video walkthrough at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGIMsJ0eGBQ
Enjoy!!
Regards,
wildcardspv
12 NOVEMBER 2010
TOTALLY NEW VERSION AVAILABLE
-- Check the video preview at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7WV5PheWX8 --
TO INSTALL
Copy 'Desire 6 page + menus theme' folder to Program Files\Lakeridge\Wisbar Advance Desktop\Themes.
Open WAD, enter settings menu, change theme (if theme is not listed choose scan for themes) highlight 'Desire 6 page + menus theme', menu - set as portrait theme, apply.
Enter WAD settings menu, weather, and set the small/medium/large icon sets to those attached to this post. Leave icon type set to Weatherpanel/Pocket weather.
The wifi toggler, BT toggler Radio on/off (fligt mode) and call history shortcut are included just in case you can't already create shortcuts to these options using standard WAD commands.
The Text Back folder contains shadowing to place behind text under your shortcuts, to look a bit more android-ey.
The Power Control Widget folder contains all the images I made for it, in case you want to change them.
That should be it!!!!
I like this better then the original theme, if you have any questions please let me know and as usual, all feedback is appreciated.
Regards,
wildcardspv
EDIT:
In this version, I disabled 'slide to change pages' in WAD, because when trying to slide up to access the page selection screen, it was really difficult to do so.
I much prefer to have the 'slide to change pages' function active as it makes using the theme see more fluid, so since uploading the theme, I've re-enabled it and set the properties of the taskbar (at the top) to 'switch to page' (page is called 'page select') when the taskbar is tapped.
This is much easier to use and I wish I'd thought of it before uploading the theme!!
If you prefer sliding between pages, try making this change too.
Regards
wildcardspv
Final version
Screenshots and WAD theme for final version.
Regards,
wildcardspv
Oh yeah,
On any dock (except weather forecast) press the downward arrowhead in the circle (bottom left button) to exit author mode, and press home to close the dock.
Fonts
Here's some extra fonts to use as well.
extract the files from the .rar and copy them to Phone Memory\Windows\Fonts.
The one used throughout this theme is Droid Sans.
Regards,
wildcardspv.
EDIT: Fonts are now attached to post 2, along with the theme itself.
Updated version, plus video
Here's a new version with some slight tweaks and improvements.
After installing this version, Enter WAD settings menu, weather, large icon set, point this to the 'WeatherIconsLarge folder'. Leave icon type set to Weatherpanel/Pocket weather.
Check out a video of the theme being used, at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0CDcl5xt_c
Regards,
wildcardspv
I like WAD very much,but for HD2,A frozen,broken or pink wallpaper often happens! To be or not to be, it's a question,WAD or HD2, it's a question,too!
I didn't use WAD untill see your theme. Great work, I'll try it! Thanka a lot!
Wad haves so many problems and bugs I cant even use this theme.
Sherri1023 - That's a shame, i've honestly never had a problem with WAD
Vagrantman - I hope this works for you. Don't forget to disable touchflo/sense on a htc device if you're using WAD
Thanks this is great! I love the android look, so im a big fan of this! I can tell alot of works been put into this so thanks alot
thanks Dark Ninja
That looks great actually, i wish it were rendered more properly
other than that this is fantastic work, gj =)
Do you plan on making a SPB Mobile Shell version?
I wish I could!!
Sorry, but I don't know where to start with making themes for SPB MS
Really great work... clean and pure...
without graphic bug... nice video...
@ Lesscro - thanks a lot man, I really appreciate that as I've been a fan of your work for some time
Nice Theme
Can I convert this theme to VGA
@ jckotze - course you can man, just mention me if you post it or anything.
I'm also working on a newer version with a nicer popup menu and trying to add some android menu screens too, so keep an eye out for that.
i appreciate always good work...
WAD is a greatest apps... user need work a little bit to adapt to his device but we have some solutions to simplify adaptation and user interact...
Stay tuned...
@ JCKOTZE
nice idea ! don't forget to mention original author...
i m pleasure to see, you made a request first...
LeSScro
@ JCKOTZE
nice idea ! don't forget to mention original author...
i m pleasure to see, you made a request first...
sarcastic as always
i ll do my best...
Other i have follow your work too...
Splendid WP7 remake... i love some idea to display info and user action...
and new Weather Icon suite...