I blame mskip for this!
There I was with my stock HD2 and enjoying a really smart phone for 8 months.
Then I decided to look for an update to quicklinks to work with the 3.14 ROM and he introduced me to the idea!
So I went from CHT 1.85 to CHT2
And then I saw all the fantastic homescreens.
So I have installed so far:
Brian's Taskbar (gfreek edition) - it was my little boy's call to go with this over Diniks
Rat_2556's coloured notifications
I see some things by Touch of Glass that I like; many things by Dinik that I like and Franwella's Coloured Comms Manager that I like.
(I still have not found a Slider for the Manilla/Sense that I like yet)
Could someone please confirm that there will be no problem to "mix and match" different things from these different people eg (say) the TOG dialer and the Dinik keyboard etc?
Could some one point me to a nice tweak to the Calendar appearance as well please?
Thanks
Mixing things won't cause problems with your device . But with every custom made item you can't guarantee that it will work 100% of the time. But then you just uninstall that item. There will be no permanent damage! And it doesn't matter if you install things made by different people.
Don't know about a nice calender mod though...
you could try dinik mods by you thread,jsmmcabe has done some calendar mods
in Anastasia stylee
If you are still on stock ROM the only thing that you must look fore is that your skins (the one you will install) match with WM 6.5
Ow, don't forget to install "sdkcertsnew2015" its mostly needed on the lasts builds.
Thanks all - and yep I have installed both the old and the new SDKCerts already ( I needed them for the taskbar I think)
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Ive recently flashed my vodafone v1415 with the brilliant Dr Gonzos WM6.1 rom.
So far Ive been really pleased and had no issues other than being able to get a theme to be consistent.
Ive installed some WM6.1 themes from the forum here and they change the menu colours and background images but the call progress screens and branding brick are still the ones from the WM6.1 rom.
I know where all there images exist but do i have to customize theses each time i want to change my theme?
surely upon a new theme being installed theses should be changed accordingly?
Any help much appreciated!
Guy
Most themes do not set these screens. Complete ones that come packed as a CAB might add a new incoming/outgoing call screen, information screen and brandingbrick - however the majority of themes do not.
Thanks for the response.
Is there any way to either;
1) Get the original HTC ones installed?
or
2) Where could I find some .cab themes which would do this?
The different colours all over the place are highly annoying!!
Thanks
Hm, I can make you a cab with the original HTC version of branding brick and call screens, if that is what you want and if I can find the files! Otherwise, my in theme hread (signature), there are three version of branding brick and call screens which go nicely with my themes!
It isn't really a problem if I can just get hold of the files that would be fine.
Thanks
He is my latest manila 2.5 theme. Hope you guys enjoy! Just install the theme cab file and then the clock cab file. Hope you enjoy.
P.S i didnt create a stocks or footprint icon because I dont use those tabs.
Having trouble attaching theme file so i made a rapidshare link for the file. Only 10 downloads allowed so if anyone can attach it here it would great.
Update: Removed rapidshare link it was used up. Added a mediafire link.
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=511ce266f5c6f6c7d6baebe61b361f7c0a967318c41184e54d71ee60c1ce7296
bcruz410 said:
He is my latest manila 2.5 theme. Hope you guys enjoy! Just install the theme cab file and then the clock cab file. Hope you enjoy.
P.S i didnt create a stocks or footprint icon because I dont use those tabs.
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Nice work dude.
Thanks alot for those that use max manila I also attached a cab file for matching notification icons.
Sorry to be a dunce, but I can't get this working on my Topaz. I installed the cabs, but nothing. It's not showing up on the settings screen as a theme, so I'm stumped. I'm running the official HTC 6.5 ROM at the moment.
olliesno said:
Sorry to be a dunce, but I can't get this working on my Topaz. I installed the cabs, but nothing. It's not showing up on the settings screen as a theme, so I'm stumped. I'm running the official HTC 6.5 ROM at the moment.
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Its for Manila 2.5, I'm pretty sure the official 6.5 only has 6.1, so it will not work.
@bcruz410
On another note: What build of manila are you using? Not the version, but the build
iam using the 2.5.1921 version but ive also tested it on the latest energy roms with the latest manila.
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Its for Manila 2.5, I'm pretty sure the official 6.5 only has 6.1, so it will not work.
Thanks for your quick and helpful reply. Now all I need to do is to work out how to upgrade to 2.5, can I do this without flashing a completely new ROM?
I'll have a little search to see if I can find the solution.
Cheers
EDIT: I can see now that I need to flash a ROM that already has 2.5 in it. Any suggestions? The last time I flashed a new ROM, I had to go back to the official 6.5 because my GPS went mad. It was showing that I was about 400km away from where I actually was, at 15,000m altitude, travelling at around 400km/h.
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cmstackar said:
Thanks for your quick and helpful reply. Now all I need to do is to work out how to upgrade to 2.5, can I do this without flashing a completely new ROM?
I'll have a little search to see if I can find the solution.
Cheers
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If you want to change from Manila 2.1 to 2.5 you have to flash another rom...
You can start reading the stickys in the Rom Development section.
Thank you! Any slider is better than the awful (IMHO) original sense 2.5, but this one is really cool and finally woking in my ROM! (with sense 2.5.19211619.0). Is there a way to get the original black-on-white clock?
EDIT: I just noticed that my bottom bar is not like the one in the screenshot, no big deal, since the slider was my main concern.Anyway I'd like to have it aswell, so any help is welcome.
Works great, thanks for this. Much better than the awful theme in the new energy Roms
iam working on some new slider designs because i definitely agree, they are a bit bland. as to the theme that i have in that pic iam using ahens black theme. you can find in the windows theme sections.
nice theme, more relaxing for my eyes than the default one. thanks
EDIT: @bcruz410 .. Thanks !!
Thanks - these look much better than the defaults! Any chance you can do the 'stocks' icon as well - it looks a little out of place among your new versions. Thx
I like it very much, but the sense in my phone is still 2.1.......
@bcruz410
Wonderful theme... Can you please add those two missing icons (Stocks and Footprints) as well, as that would make the slider tabs completely skinned
Thank you very much for your efforts...
i've downloaded and installed the theme but nothing has changed..how do I have to do? I've manila 2.5.. txs
I absolutely love the clock here, but lately it's gotten thrown out of alignment. I'm not sure exactly what's doing it, but I suspect that it's Max Manila. I'm using the latest Energy ROM.
It seems that the clock background gets elongated, which throws everything below it out of alignment; the weather text appears in between the clock background and the split backgrounds for the weather stuff, and then the split backgrounds end up being behind the Calendar header (date and alarm status).
Any chance you might revisit the clock? I really haven't found any other clock that I like as much as this one, and I've tried I should also note that I haven't had any alignment issues with any other clock that I've tried, although most of them have just been solid (no transparent gaps).
nicely done!
Im going to try and start a thread for collecting some mods and tweaks for Manila .1922 and above since it seems like a lot of tweaks that were collected for Sense 2.5 before actually break under .1922 and in some instances also crash Manila somteims requireing a hard reset.
Here is what i've found so far :
Max Ultimate Theme - This is a great utility for applying a bunch of popular tweaks all at once as part of a theme, has a settings panel to do on the fly customizations... very useful!
There are separate weaks available for BG4All and for the quicklinks, but since Max Ultimate covers most of them.... theres no need for that.
There is however a need for transparencies, such as bottom slider, top curtain, top bar, softkey bar, calendar, etc. These customizations are not applied with max Ultimate and its hard to find ones for .1922 or which ones will work with tha manila version. Changing the cloks is also not clear, you can try MaxTTM but some of the components work with .1922 and most of them dont.
HDWall is also a great utility to play around with some transparenices but does not seem to have a .1922 patch yet.
If you come across your .1922 tweaks, please post them here.
Thanks
Where can I donwload the 1922 from?
I have the default Orange 1919 one.
I know I miss using HDwall...I love windows 6.5.5 and 1922.....sometimes i want to go back...but I wont hope a patch is made soon. Doesnt seem like anyone is even working on it
so, can i get the 1922 on my htc touch orange branded?
Gday all i just installed the Energy Rom from manila version.
I had the BUUF and FallOut 3 Themes installed in manila and i would like to put them back on, i didnt want to do it just incase they dont work and brick the phone.
So i was wondering if i am able to put those themes back on the phone with the custom rom in currently using?
Thanks.
It varies per ROM. I think NRGZ28 adds System/ROM/Read-Only attributes to some Manila Files, so you CAN install a Custom Theme without worry, but some manila parts might not properly 'skin'.
Try to install one of the themes, restart your device, and report back. I can help you further after you have installed and restarted, and posted back here.
OK, i installed the BUUF Theme with the following cabs,
Degake - Email tab
Rawrscary's - Buuf Tabs, Weather, Music (Manila 2.5.1921)
Sniper-worf -Buuf slider
Rawrscary - Buuf Digital Clock
They all seem to install ok and at this moment in time they all seem to be working without any errors.
Ill use my phone as per normal over the next couple of days and see how it goes and report back.
After a day of casual use (made a few phone calls, played a couple of games, used a few apps) and i didnt see any theme errors or glitches, as far as i can tell it seems that the theme has installed and works just as good as it does with manila.
That's great!
Glad to hear you're having no issues.
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It varies per ROM. I think NRGZ28 adds System/ROM/Read-Only attributes to some Manila Files, so you CAN install a Custom Theme without worry, but some manila parts might not properly 'skin'.
Try to install one of the themes, restart your device, and report back. I can help you further after you have installed and restarted, and posted back here.
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Let's see... ALL manila files in ANY ROM (custom or OEM) are "read only" "system" "ROM", because they're cooked in ! lol Get your facts straight first..
Ah, my bad.
CHT 1.8.5 was just great, but what are your thoughts and experiences about CHT 2.0?
one word: A-WE-SO-ME!
Haven't really used it much since 1.8.5 does everything I need. I can see it being very useful for most, but I prefer 1.8.5. Now that the final is released I may give it another shot, beta was VERY buggy for me. But I'm not sure I can handle the look of it, either. Not trying to bash it, just saying over all I prefer 1.8.5.
its up there mate. the team should be employed by htc earning big bucks for being able to create this....
Hi all.
For me is just the best and most useful software I have for my HD2.
In fact, since I discovered CHT, CHTE and CHTS I don't use any more Spb Phone Suite, Spb Mobile Shell, Spb Pocket Plus and SBSH Phone Weaver.
Splendid app, well done, robust and free to use, (please, if you use it, pay CHT Team a beer, they deserve)!
I think 2.0 is fantastic, the star of the show though for me is CHTS.
Soooooo much time and hassle saved by being able to restore my sense layouts in a matter of seconds
all CHTs and CHT 2.0 are FABULOUS!!
But I think the phone button in the home screen should be changed into something more usefull like "all people" for instance..?
anistoona said:
all CHTs and CHT 2.0 are FABULOUS!!
But I think the phone button in the home screen should be changed into something more usefull like "all people" for instance..?
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you can change it via cht editor....
To me it's like a whole new software .
Better than Spb better than Sense itself .
Still trying to work it all out to be honest .
It's keeping the HD2 alive in my humble opinion .
Now if only WP7 looked like this ........
problem
i really like cookie home tabs. i have been watching and installing since the first versions. however one time i discovered that to uninstall cht is impossible. i tried so many versions of cht, but on every single of this vers. i had to hard reset to uninstall cht. And nowadays i had a hope that; with 2.0 this problem had solved, unfortunately i see still i cant uninstall it, please help me about situation without advising to hard reset
continue
i am using 1.48 hspl and dutty v7 com2 rom
CHT is almost Sense how it should have been originally! Its brilliant!
CHT2.0 is the 1st time I've "mod'd" the htc hd2. I am impressed but have some questions which havent been answered by the manual or the cht2.0 thread.
1. The clock only appears on the 2nd page across, making me think on the initial install that there was a problem since it shows the 1st page on initial startup. How can I get the clock to display on all pages.
2. When you scroll down (yes down not up) from the clock you get a mini clock and alot of blank space, can quick links be added to this page, cant see an option to.
3. What other cool things can CHT2.0 do that I havent discovered yet?
Would also be nice if CHT fixed the alarm limitation of wm6.5 but I guess I need to find an app for that.
jeffanderson said:
CHT2.0 is the 1st time I've "mod'd" the htc hd2. I am impressed but have some questions which havent been answered by the manual or the cht2.0 thread.
1. The clock only appears on the 2nd page across, making me think on the initial install that there was a problem since it shows the 1st page on initial startup. How can I get the clock to display on all pages.
2. When you scroll down (yes down not up) from the clock you get a mini clock and alot of blank space, can quick links be added to this page, cant see an option to.
3. What other cool things can CHT2.0 do that I havent discovered yet?
Would also be nice if CHT fixed the alarm limitation of wm6.5 but I guess I need to find an app for that.
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1. Pin it!
2. Use free links!
3. Dunno what've you discovered
It's the only reason I consider using WM 6.5. I've been trying Android for the last few months and love it, but battery is my issue. Co0kie is the ONLY thing that tempts me back to the Windows fold - it's just amazing.
If Microsoft had pulled their finger out and got the HTC Sense + Co0kies team in five years ago, they could have owned the Smartphone market - along with an app-store, of course.
co0kie, you are THE interface for WM6.5, no doubt. Long may you live, you genius.
masterpice
i know that CHT 2.0 is awesome and has lots of features added to 1.8.5. But for me, CHT 1.8.5 is just perfect in terms of usage and efficiency. For this reason, I really don't mind sticking to it instead of using 2.0. I' m not really so much for widgets, quicklinks are just fine.
Its the most awesome thing ever happen to HD2. At first I was convinced that HD2 is upgradeable to WP7 but later was screwed over. CHT is the saving grace for HD2. In my opinion, CHT Final Release 2.0.0 still have some bugs here and there but its all good if you know how to work around it. Plus you're not gonna fiddle around it all the time after you've got what you've wanted. On the other hand, CHT 1.8.5 is a very very stable version although it lacks some cool features ie. Free Links, Wobble effect and many more. But still, I think its the most versatile mod out there for HD2 compared to SPB, MaxSense and others. Currently on Dutty's v7 COM2 WWE ROM, CHT 2.0.0, CHTE 2.0.0 and finally worth mentioning MrBEOTP2's v3 mod for CHT and have no complains or what-so-ever.
jkolner said:
CHT 1.8.5 was just great, but what are your thoughts and experiences about CHT 2.0?
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I have to turn back to CHT 1.8.5 'coz I miss my wallpaper change every 30 min by WAPAC 1.4.CHT 2.0 ,still not there yet.Something still missing..
well, this wasn't love at the first sight.. I didn't like 2.0 after 1.8.5 very much and went back to 1.8.5. later, when I get bored without new impressions, I decided to try 2.0 again... and fell in love and now with CHTS I can't imagine my HD2 without these really cool applications that can do almost everything and more