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Remove colour bars from homescreen

hi ppl.
i want to know how to remove a coloured bar that displays on the homescren by default. i am attaching a screenshot of my homescreen for your reference. the bar displays where 'Hutch' is written i.e. where teh operator name shows.
secondly, is there any way to make the top and bottom bars transparent so that any image covers the entire screen, but retains the icons n text (eg. edge icon, contacts field, start menu etc?)

anyone ?

You need to modify that theme. Upload it and I'll do it. It's located under ApplicationData\Home\xxx.scheme.xml

thanks pal. i am attaching the 'simple home' xml and a screenshot of same.
i would like the following things to be edited:
1. no top n bottom colour bars (should be transparent to take colour of any picture i put as wall paper)
2. no colour bar where it says 'Hutch' (operator) - same effect as point one.
3. Would it be possible to reduce the font sizes too ?
thank you for your precious time and patience.

Here you go.
Oh, it is not possible to remove the bottom.

@frauhottelmann
yeehaw !!! thanks a ton pal. the home screen looks real cool.
don't want to overstay my welcome but is there anyway to keep changing the lower bar colour ?

theres a software called base hue express. that changes the bottom bar colour. but i dont think it can make it transparent.

In home screen settings you can choose Color schemes (only basic colors) otherwise you would have to modify the theme again!

Noob ? top/bottom bar color

can some 1 give me info on how to change the top and bottom bar colors in TF3D on a Touch HD or make them see threw (transparent) Link .cap file any thing ?

Transparent top and bottom taskbars

Hello,
I'm trying to get my top and bottom taskbars transparent. But I have no success.
I tried the cab from smaberg, changed the manila files in windows folder and also removed the taskbar.png with transparent ones.
All this doesn't work for me.
Who has a solution for Manila 2.5.19211619.0.
Thanks.

For transparent taskbars you have to use "HDWall" - search for it
smabergs cab is only for the cutains behind the operator logo and the bottom slider
EDIT:
3 links for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3616825
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=529730
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=601369
have fun!

But tbh, this is not a solution for transparency... It just replaces the black backgrounds in the top and bottom with slices of the selected wallpaper, meaning that as long as you can see the top bar, even if in a program, it will have the same slice of the wallpaper.
Real transparency comes for example when you press the windows hard button and get to that menu, that's a real transparent bar at the top... Although it might work in the same way, what do I know. I just find it too ugly that when you're in another program the top bar still has the slice of the wallpaper..

anonymous operator said:
For transparent taskbars you have to use "HDWall" - search for it
have fun!
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I tried HDWall. But the result is not satisfying. The bottom taskbar is now like the wallpaper. But the top is black. If I go to start menu the background is from the theme only the bottom taskbar is from the wall paper.
If I slide the menu I can't see the background. All is black except the bottom taskbar.
At the end this is ugly.
kr

I played a bit around and deactivated Sense. So there´s the standard WM 6.5.5 homescreen - with transparent taskbar & softbar. Why isn´t this possible with Manila?

UncleManuel said:
I played a bit around and deactivated Sense. So there´s the standard WM 6.5.5 homescreen - with transparent taskbar & softbar. Why isn´t this possible with Manila?
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I also want to ask the same question but still waiting for solution around the web.

Bottom Bar

I'm looking for the most basic bottom bar. No buttons, just transparent with nice font. Currently I have steve0007 bottom bar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=637858
Which is nice, but would prefer it without the buttons.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thank you in advance.

There are at least 4 different cabs that can remove the start menu and buttons. You'll find them, if you do a quick search.

here are the cabs I use to remove the X and start menu. there is also one if you want to keep the X.

Thank you.

No problem ... I myself love the look and I really don't need the Start Menu twice and don't need an X button when the back button does the same thing.

I like that, but it would be nice the bottom bar buttons to be transparent
do you think can be done?

there are themes for that ..... Energy ROMs include some

Useless 3G T-Mobile bar

My home screen has a useless bar under the top taskbar that reads 3G T-mobile and does nothing but waste screen space. Is there any way to get rid of it? CHT doesn't help.

You can edit that line in CHT. Put, If lost please return this phone to (your address here).
LOL. I agree its useless.

carhigh said:
You can edit that line in CHT. Put, If lost please return this phone to (your address here).
LOL. I agree its useless.
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You can change the text? Please tell me how. I don't see an option for it in the CHTeditor.

What ROM are you running?

2.13.531.1
ideally i would like to get that screenspace back but if its impossible, changing the text would be ok.

I don't know if CHT 1.8 versions are the same as I'm using CHT 1.7.1, but it's in CHT Editor under Miscellaneous Settings. Look for "Custom Operator Text" and change it to say whatever you want. If you want it blank, just use a space.
Note that only affects the text, not the curtain (the semi-transparent bar). To make the curtain totally transparent, I'm using the Touch X remove top curtian.cab that can be found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=584415.

3g T-mobile bar
You can also put date only or clock only and notiification icons,seems to be good use of space for mr.

How about you just move the clock up over the bar.

I also did this and while it removed said carrier bar, it also allowed my weather panel to move up slightly which caused it to hover over the clock panel. This did not look good so i uninstalled this mod.

lanis404 said:
My home screen has a useless bar under the top taskbar that reads 3G T-mobile and does nothing but waste screen space. Is there any way to get rid of it? CHT doesn't help.
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Try the attached cab.