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SPB Pocketplus 3.0 - Anybody use it?

Anybody use the new version of SPB Pocketplus 3.0 - loaded features - but what abot the lingering problems? Still there ?

I have the version 3, I had it since beta. I have to say that it does clean up your screen nicely as now everything can be tabbed. From Weather to pocket Plus to GPRS Monitor and the Diary.
I don't see much use for remapping the buttons as most of that can be done in the native app that comes with the PPC and the addition of the Safe Mode is a nice touch. I don't see any speed issues and so far I must say I have been quite happy with it.

Thanks sZamot,
I read in the SPB doc's - this allows you to finally install it on Main Memory or Storage...unlike the earlier versions..
Where did you install the it? Sorage or Main ?

I installed SPB Pocket plus 3.0 in Storage and works with no problem. Indeed, Safe mode is good to have, and it's nice that i can monitor storage card and storage (in 2.5 version only Main Memory could be viewed).

Wow!
Thats good...just downloading the 15days trial version...will try out and see...
Thanks Guys..
Rgs/DD

I installed it main memory, but come to think of it I will put it to storage. I won't put it to The SD card because I sometimes swap those as I take differnt movies or mp3 with me. I will do it now and see if it jives.

There's a comprehensive review of PocketPlus 3 on Tekguru

Come to think of it, once I installed it to the internal storage it run like ****. Not only was it solw but I would have to switch a tab before my calendar would show up. Even with a single day view it was slow.

I just installed the 15 day trial of Pocketplus v3.0...Works good on my IIs but one problem I noticed is that when replying to a text msg, my device sends 2X....
heres how it does this on my device.... after replying to a message an envelope icon appears and the message "message sent", but it doesnt dissapear as it shoul, and when I click on the icon again, another "message sent" message appears!!!!...Im now thinking of uninstalling the program

2 phat all you need to do is set tmail as an exception to the close option on spb plus as with the other versions works a treat for me

pen6uin said:
2 phat all you need to do is set tmail as an exception to the close option on spb plus as with the other versions works a treat for me
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Thanks pen6uin, but I unistalled it yesterday after my post and installed 02 plus...Ill try to install it again and do what you say... Thanks again mate!

gr8 software
hi..
maybe the best thing in spbp+ 3.0 is that it runs on magneto.....though it ran better on my 2.20 CHS(safe mode don't seem to work in magneto),but it's gr8.... :lol:
the best thing is that i can open multiple pages on my PIE,save images,choose whether i close all the opened windows or only the opened one on my explorer....
the gr8 thing that it supports plugins,almost everything u need,whether,finance,player for music files,folder plugin that includes ur favorite files,and even live clock on today screen(coming soon).
it's faster(at least that's what spb site say),and best of all,there's an iconset software wich let u choose ur icon from an even bigger library
NB:there a cab file in this site for spbp+ 3.0 full version(search is on ur up left)......enjoy it...
RAGO

Re: gr8 software
RAGOv said:
hi..
maybe the best thing in spbp+ 3.0 is that it runs on magneto...
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Yep, I agree. But I experienced a problem with sbp diary on magneto.
selecting "options", the option screen does not actually appear - which makes diary useless.
Anyone else noticed that?

Re: gr8 software
RAGOv said:
hi..
maybe the best thing in spbp+ 3.0 is that it runs on magneto...
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Yep, I agree. But I experienced a problem with sbp diary on magneto.
selecting "options", the option screen does not actually appear - which makes diary useless.
Anyone else noticed that?

SPB Pocket plus 3.0
I installed SPB Pocket plus 3.0 it works with no problem.
IMHO: The program is TOO BIG and not useful...
If you want small and free SafeMode go to: http://www.monocube.com/
Also see this: http://www.monocube.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=61&sid=1

Re: gr8 software
MapisM said:
RAGOv said:
hi..
maybe the best thing in spbp+ 3.0 is that it runs on magneto...
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Yep, I agree. But I experienced a problem with sbp diary on magneto.
selecting "options", the option screen does not actually appear - which makes diary useless.
Anyone else noticed that?
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yea ur right my friend MapisM i did'nt noticed this problem when i wrote my post :wink:
anyway it would be gr8 if the options in spb diary will work in magneto so am working on the problem....
i played with the registry with no use so i thought the file itself don't work.
i've localized(it's so simple)the spb diary options.exe file,and tried to run it from its location,but it seems that its not working...
now what i need 2 know is if someone is using spb diary succesfully(options is working) on another OS(2003-2003se)....
thanx for noticing bro....still i find the software gr8...
RAGO

thanx NicolaPr for the link,i'll check it out right now [/quote]

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RAGOv said:
thanx for noticing bro....still i find the software gr8...
RAGO
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U r welcome, thanks to you for trying to find a solution!
Unfortunately, I don't have another device where testing the behaviour with another OS, and can't flash mine back and forth, 'cause I need it for work.
...besides, I looove Buzzmobile5 too much to even think of returning to 2003!
All the best for your tests, though probably also sbp will fix that soon...

Am using SPB 3.0 Licenced with today plugin of SPB Diary (Trial) and SPB Weather (Trial) and also SPB Finance (Trial - but not using today plugin) on XDA IIs
1. The "Option" works fine on my unit with SPB Diary, weather and SPB3.0 - No issues there.
2. I did notice one thing though - if you use your unit and havent booted like say for a day/two - you realize you main memory reduces - i.e when i stated off i had appx 71mb running with no softwares..after a fresh boot...
Even without using much softwares - after a whole day - i noticed the memory down at 62MB ! Thats nearly 10MB Gone and no sign of anything running ! - I re-boot the unite and Lo be-hold - Get my 10MB back !
Memory leak ! can anyone confirm this ? Is it due to SPB ? Dont know for sure...Speed slows down after a long term use...must soft-reset to bring things back to normal !
Integration between Weather and Diary as TABS is beautiful - no issues so far. Speed or contents within the tabs come up on the fly...
SPB is memory hungry - thats for sure - how much they really improved - is just a matter of debate...it has become better - but if you can live with these issues - a great software to have on the unit!
Rgs/DD

yes, devdarshan... u r right..
spb pocket plus is causing the memory to fragment... i need to do a soft reset every 2-3 days to get back the working memory.
IMO, its the close program option which is closing the program but not releasing the full memory occupied by the program.
instead of the close option on spb plus, i'd revert back to DTSysView to close all the running programs, and then see if the memory loss is still there or not.

SPB Pocket Plus Current and Ex users

I have a question for users. I think I may be too harsh on SPBs products.
Current Users
How many of you are using SPB Pocket Plus...
Do you notice system resource drain when you use it?
What features do you generally use in the package?
Ex-Users
If you stopped using SPB Pocket plus why did you stop?

curently using spb pocket plus and spb weather and spb diary.
ive read about another program like SPB PocketPlus called spbsh or somthing like that. i want to try that soon to see what the difference is.
i am actually surprised at how little pocket plus slows down the system.
in terms of what features i use:
today plug in
close button
taskbar batt indicator
buttons (is enabled but i dont think i use it)
repeating alarms
PIE
file explorer
safe mode (tho ive never used safe mode, the checkbox is ticked)

hi
i m using spb plus and shell with all features. and i do not have any trouble with them.

I have been using pocket plus for about 2 years now.
It has a mild impact on system performance, e.g. in my case boot time has increased by 5 seconds and it takes about 1.5MB of program memory. However what it provides in return is far far morethan what it takes. For me I cannot imagine using windows mobile without pocket plus
Regards

spbsh
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SBSH iLauncher?

I am an ex user...
I realized the only feature I used was the close button where if I use a gesture (swipe down) it will close the application vs. minimize. Everything else I checked off.. Eventually, i stopped using it cause it was a memory hog and was conflicting with calligrapher starting up

Neil_Brown said:
SBSH iLauncher?
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yeah SBSH iLauncher and a couple of their other programs.
I just found this link. It compares the SBSH suite to the SBP suite.
hxxp://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=13980&pid=135600&st=0&#entry135600
I like SPB but i want to try the SBSH stuff too. do you have an opinion as to which is better?

i'm an ex user...I just found it to be too big and clunky for waht it did. I prefer light applicaitons without today plugins. Maybe I've been to short-sided where SPB is concerned.

i currently use pocket plus+diary+weather with all features on,very good suite of software ,tryed sbsh products first of all but think that spb is updated much frequently making a good advantage

I use SPB Pocket Plus, Mobile Shell which is something of an overlap with PP, in terms of what it can do, but is limited in some ways. Like others I also have Weather and Diary running on J Wrights WM6. There is a very slight time lag on Pocket Plus but that's about it.
They are the first programs I install on a hard reset / upgrade

SPB Weather...

Good morning, guyz and galz.
I just installed, via CAB, the latest version of SPB weather. After the installation, it was not showing up on my Today screen so I decided to restart. Unfortunately, now my Wizard hangs on the third splash screen.
Any ideas on how to correct the problem aside from reflashing?
Thanx.

From what it seems, you are having a classic not supported Today plugins. I'm not sure, where did you obtained your SPB Weather? The official site? And is it stated WM6 compatible? Did you install that on a Storage card? What other Today plugin do you have?
If it were to be the 'classic' Today plugin incompatible issue, there isn't much you can do except hardreset.

I downloaded the SPB Weather directly from their site. Of course, I didn't check to see if it was WM6 compatible before I installed it. It was installed to the device. As for other Today plugins, I have PhoneAlarmPro, TodayAgenda, and BatteryStatus.
Thanx.

Did you try to reset (via reset button on side) a few times. This sometimes happens with spb software. After I install spb, i hang on the 3rd screen a few times, after you reset it a few times it normally clears up.

Yep, that's what it was...I had to reset it about five times, but it finally came back up.
Thanx.

Is there any way to add some cities to this app? Nearest supported city to me is 60 miles away, so weather can't really be that accurate.

aco036 said:
Is there any way to add some cities to this app? Nearest supported city to me is 60 miles away, so weather can't really be that accurate.
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not i know

via gps device perhaps?
aco036 said:
Is there any way to add some cities to this app? Nearest supported city to me is 60 miles away, so weather can't really be that accurate.
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i think is possible to add a "custom" city using a gps device, (i did it once long time ago) but not sure if can do it in the new versions.
hope these info can help u a bit.
Good luck!

Is there any "Run on sync" tool?

I searched already and found nothing, it was going to be used to force the M2D weather update immediately after syncronizing with the PC.
Just like SPB Weather has, for so many years now...
:/

Windows Mobile has an "event" for syncing. If you use a good app, I think MemMaid has support for this, and I'm sure the many SKTools apps do, you can manually create a scheduled event, eg every time you start syncing, or plug in power etc, you can run a script or app.
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Thank you very much, never noticed...
Congratulations on your great set of tools also.
Unfortunelly now Im having problems discovering how can I force the update on m2d weather... :/

SPB Time

I use SPB mobile shell 3.5. Now I instaled SPB Time (original alarm is terrible). But SPB Time behaves strange.
Everything seems to be OK in this app, but I set up alarm and in right time, there was no sound, no ring! Is possible to choose one alarm without repeat or with repeat. I chose without repeat but after time, which was set up, alarm seems to repeated in another days.
It would be nice and useful app, but now, it is ****.
Has anybody some experience with SPB Time, or do you recommend me some better app for alarm?
THX

try g-alarm

Recommendation for any users of SPB Time
If you will use SPB Time and SPB mobile shell 3.5, maybe you have the same problem mentioned in this thread. You have to first install SPB Time and after then SPB mobile shell. Both apps will work correct.

Please mind your language, there is no need for swearing.
I have used both together in the past with no such bug. I'll try it tonight and see if i can replicate this on my device.

Hi,
I have installed spb shell 3.5 and spb time 3.2 both on my htc touch hd with dutty's rom 4.3 preinstalled.
Everything is working fine.
The only problem is that I don't know how to disable snooze function and also make the music file that I have selected to play to it's full length.
I will appreciate a help.
cheers

CZVAGY said:
I use SPB mobile shell 3.5. Now I instaled SPB Time (original alarm is terrible). But SPB Time behaves strange.
Everything seems to be OK in this app, but I set up alarm and in right time, there was no sound, no ring! Is possible to choose one alarm without repeat or with repeat. I chose without repeat but after time, which was set up, alarm seems to repeated in another days.
It would be nice and useful app, but now, it is ****.
Has anybody some experience with SPB Time, or do you recommend me some better app for alarm?
THX
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Yes I found same problem as yours for the first time when I install SPB shell and following with SPB Time.
After that I Hard reset The Touch 2.
Then try to install them again it work find no problem I don't know why.