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Bliss Dialer skin

I've created a dialer skin with windows XP's bliss as the background...
There are two version i've created, one with the less used hold button, one without it (u can still click on that area for hold function).. i think it looks nice, so i've decided to share it .
to install, unzip the files, and copy them to the windows folder, when prompted for overwrite, click yes.. please backup your old dialer skin before installing this one.
Hope u guys like it!

Really liked this skin! shame i haven't seen it before..
THANKS!

great job... man lots of people downloaded the files and not a lot said thanks?
thanks

great job... man lots of people downloaded the files and not a lot said thanks?
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That is true!!!!
THANKS

I am glad u guys like it and thanks for u guys taking the time to thank me.
I am currently looking for nice background for my next skin.
Anyone having a nice background that suits to be on the dialer page, please post it here ( and also any nice icons for the dial/end button ). I will try to come out with as many skins as possible...

Thanks, that look very nice. I have a little problem though, Seems like background is stickind up a little at the top.

hey man, looks cool. how do you create a skinlike that? is there an application like theme generator, but for skins (skin generator?)
Rgds,
Izzard

Thanks, that look very nice. I have a little problem though, Seems like background is stickind up a little at the top.
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I have added the white stripe to make it a bit shorter than the normal ones so that when we use intellidial, the intellidial dialog do not block the background and make it loook bad...
hey man, looks cool. how do you create a skinlike that? is there an application like theme generator, but for skins (skin generator?)
Rgds,
Izzard
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I use Adobe photoshop to edit the original ones... ( using layers command makes it very easy)

Very nice skin, thanks

I love it. Thanks very much. 3 other people in my company are now using it.
Tony

bliss dialer skin
Mangal, thanks. Really nice work and thoughtful.

Very NICE! Thanx!
We look forward to more of your skins!

thx
are you the guy from PDAmobiz.com?

[ConnState V1.3] Connection State plugin - Localization added

Maybe someone could find this interesting...
While I find cumbersome to find out the (for instance) IP addresses assigned to the device, or frustrating when Internet Explorer cannot find any web page because the current connection is the WRONG one...
... I ended up writing my own Today Screen plugin to display more information on the active connection. Yeah, I know this is not quite a "common" requirement, but maybe someone finds it useful... or even can suggest further improvements - that will be of course welcome!
I've attached some screenshots of it running on both a WM5 emulator and my real Hermes running WM6 - thanks Schap!
Please, feel free to use it, redistribute it, add to a ROM kitchen, or cook it into any ROM...
Updated August, 13th...
More changes with the 1.3 version. Now localization has been added. I'm currently shipping this version with English (native) and Spanish languages. I've also added a ZIP file with a little document where you can find instructions to localize/translate ConnState to your preferred language and a template localization file for English.
Hasta la vista!!!!
Version History:
V1.0
First version released.
V1.1
VGA screen support added (enough to make it usable)
V1.2
Completed VGA screen support.
Added expand/collapse button - per popular request
V1.3
Localization support. ConnState currently ships in English and Spanish languages.

Thanks!!! Good work.

Thanks, PPCNUT... now let's see if someone likes it!!

dpduser said:
Maybe someone could find this interesting...
While I find cumbersome to find out the (for instance) IP addresses assigned to the device, or frustrating when Internet Explorer cannot find any web page because the current connection is the WRONG one...
... I ended up writing my own Today Screen plugin to display more information on the active connection. Yeah, I know this is not quite a "common" requirement, but maybe someone finds it useful... or even can suggest further improvements - that will be of course welcome!
I've attached some screenshots of it running on both a WM5 emulator and my real Hermes running WM6 - thanks Schap!
Please, feel free to use it, redistribute it, add to a ROM kitchen, or cook it into any ROM...
Hasta la vista!!!!
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Thanks, man... Great work.
One sugestion, you can make the plug-in shorter, or with + icon to show all the info, to save today space
Regards.

jcespi2005 said:
One sugestion, you can make the plug-in shorter, or with + icon to show all the info, to save today space
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Of course... in fact, why didn't I think about that in first place? :$ I was thinking about leaving the plugin "collapsed" (the size of "no connection") and add a right-hand minibutton that expands the thing up to its size... And even allow tapping you on it to open another window with full details on the connection...
This weekend will be fun
Thanks alot for your comments!!!

This is actually very nice work and I would use it, once you were able to condense it into a smaller amount of space.

Dont work in VGA screen (
(tested on Universal WM6)
Hope you fix it soon.

Nice. I would definitely use this if it was 'shorter'

Totally not for noobs but if you are are a road warrior, or on the road a lot sniffing WiFi hotspots then this is really a great add on!

thanks a lot.

dpduser said:
Of course... in fact, why didn't I think about that in first place? :$ I was thinking about leaving the plugin "collapsed" (the size of "no connection") and add a right-hand minibutton that expands the thing up to its size... And even allow tapping you on it to open another window with full details on the connection...
This weekend will be fun
Thanks alot for your comments!!!
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Thanks to you for make this piece of software
Regards.

New Version! - VGA screen support!!
Mountain King said:
Dont work in VGA screen (
(tested on Universal WM6)
Hope you fix it soon.
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Sorry, man... As I wrote it for myself, I tend to "hardcode" certain things Now, version 1.1 supports VGA screens.
Check first post for updates - and thanks!

New version 1.2
jcespi2005 said:
One sugestion, you can make the plug-in shorter, or with + icon to show all the info, to save today space
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maevro said:
This is actually very nice work and I would use it, once you were able to condense it into a smaller amount of space.
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blitzwurst said:
Nice. I would definitely use this if it was 'shorter'
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To all of you that took the time to try this little toy, I have just released version 1.2. Take a look at the first post with the new CAB and screenshots.
Thanks all for your comments and suggestions!
Cheers!

improvement suggestion
would it be possible to display the proxy info? this would be very useful for the Cingular users (pie does not work via cell connection without proxy and wifi does not work with proxy). thanks

dpduser said:
To all of you that took the time to try this little toy, I have just released version 1.2. Take a lot at the first post with the new CAB and screenshots.
Thanks all for your comments and suggestions!
Cheers!
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Nice, man.... i'll give a try later... Congratulations

Nice one, @dpduser - that's staying on my Today screen!!!
As it's a today screen plugin, can you make the Options button in the today screen configuration give us access to the things we wanna see displayed in the plugin?? I'm thinking of having the MAC addresss displayed, but wouldn't necessarily want it all the time - same goes for the connection being used; if I'm at home, then I'm usually using Wi-Fi.....you catch my drift??
Sorry if I'm talking out of turn, just my $0.02 You can probably tell, I'm not a programmer, just a netadmin with a deathwish
Mark.

VGA rocks!!!
It would be nice to have localization support in 1.3 release.
Please confirm it
Regards,
Mountain King

Feedback & ongoing work
First, thanks to all of you that took the time to play with ConnState!!
For the "improvements" part, and as I have read from your feedback:
- Regarding an "Options" dialog to configure somewhat more "advanced" features, yes, I'm working on it - It just takes a little longer than expected because now I'm trying to do a more compatible component, that must support QVGA & VGA screens and has to do so both in portrait and landscape orientations (if you do it, do it right, isn't it? ) BTW... anyone out there with a SQUARE screen device?
- MAC addresses? Yeah, I guess it's feasible... I'll try to add both MAC & PAN addresses. Not obvious, somewhat tricky but absolutely feasible!
- Show proxy information: regarding this, I was amazed at how tricky it is to discover the current proxy configuration for a connection! In first place I have to deal with WM's Provisioning and do that in XML (so an XML parser has to be placed in!)
- Localization!! Of course YES!!! Now I have two options to do it: one could be to maintain a single .DLL with embedded resources in a variety of languages or I could build a number of different DLLs each one built for a language... Hmmmm... Currently deciding on it!! I can do both Spanish and English versions... What languages are required? Would you, nice people, help me localizing this?

dpduser said:
First, thanks to all of you that took the time to play with ConnState!!
For the "improvements" part, and as I have read from your feedback:
- Regarding an "Options" dialog to configure somewhat more "advanced" features, yes, I'm working on it - It just takes a little longer than expected because now I'm trying to do a more compatible component, that must support QVGA & VGA screens and has to do so both in portrait and landscape orientations (if you do it, do it right, isn't it? ) BTW... anyone out there with a SQUARE screen device?
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dpduser said:
- MAC addresses? Yeah, I guess it's feasible... I'll try to add both MAC & PAN addresses. Not obvious, somewhat tricky but absolutely feasible!
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dpduser said:
- Show proxy information: regarding this, I was amazed at how tricky it is to discover the current proxy configuration for a connection! In first place I have to deal with WM's Provisioning and do that in XML (so an XML parser has to be placed in!)
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I have no idea for this feature.
dpduser said:
- Localization!! Of course YES!!! Now I have two options to do it: one could be to maintain a single .DLL with embedded resources in a variety of languages or I could build a number of different DLLs each one built for a language... Hmmmm... Currently deciding on it!! I can do both Spanish and English versions... What languages are required? Would you, nice people, help me localizing this?
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I'm Vietnamese so that I like to see my mother language display on my PPC.
In addition, it'd be cool if I could translate the localization file by Notepad without creating a DLL file (just like Spb does).
http://www.spbclub.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=10&sid=9f9d1e650a54130db66bea3db2dd9ad0
If you need translator (in Vietnamese of course ), feel free to write me. I will help you with pleasure.
Keep up the Good work!
Thanks
Mountain King

Installed, working great on Hermes, except the today plug-in isn't activated by default after install. Maybe this is because of the variety of devices enabling the today-plugins, i don't know.
What does CorrentDTPTNetwork mean?

New 3G Dialer Skin

This is one of my personal skins for the dialer in udK's ROM and Bepes, OTHERS I DONT KNOW ABOUT (so long as the layout looks like that it should be OK)
Use at your own risk... I will not be responsible for anything...this install will overwrite original dialer graphic files..so if you need to revert back...BACKUP FIRST!
This for both portrait and landscape modes
Install
Extract to a folder on storage card and move/copy to windows folder (I use Total Commander)
I have attached 2 cab files...for the complete installation of the Dialer, Progress and Call Log screens...
Please remember these are UNINSTALLABLE and your phone will need a hard reset to get rid of them.

great dail-pad !
anything in black ?

Great work bro, just missing the progress screen.
Cheers.

ark666 said:
Great work bro, just missing the progress screen.
Cheers.
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I ve done one ...have a look....if you like it I will post it.
I am also working on the Call Log Screen...but cannot get the dll bitmaps right....see the 2nd picture.

Progress looks nice, but why not the same colour scheme like dialer white, black and green on top??
Call log screen looks nice and clean also, I´d appreciate if u share them.
Thanks my friend.

Here is a modified Progress Screen
Copy files from zip to \windows
add the reg file to the registry...

this is really goodlooking... the only problem for me is the fact that this dialer.. (this is Nadavi's dialer no?).. has small buttons... in relation to the original dialer.

Thank you for the regs I've trying to figgur how to change the collor of the text in the progress window and now I found it this will make my Diamond skin Dialer perfect Thanks ever so much

Nicely done bro. Just missing the call log screen to be one of best dialers around.
Cheers.

Here is the modified Call Log Screens...I have created 2 variations, one white/grey and on green...
To install
1.I recommend you backup phcanoverbmp.dll in the \Windows folder
2. Unzip and copy to \windows ...reset.
Please remember the icons in the white/grey dialer are a bit dodgy..if someone wants to attempt to rectify them....use reshacker with phcanoverbmp.dll and modify the 9 bmp images

pistonripper said:
Here is the modified Call Log Screens...I have created 2 variations, one white/grey and on green...
To install
1.I recommend you backup phcanoverbmp.dll in the \Windows folder
2. Unzip and copy to \windows ...reset.
Please remember the icons in the white/grey dialer are a bit dodgy..if someone wants to attempt to rectify them....use reshacker with phcanoverbmp.dll and modify the 9 bmp images
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Can you implement them on a nice cab??

L10nH34Rt said:
Can you implement them on a nice cab??
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I can...but I can't make it uninstallable

pistonripper said:
I can...but I can't make it uninstallable
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No worries!! Post it I'll just hard-reset if I don't like it
Make a note that you can't uninstall it so others won't start flaming..
edit: Plz include everything I like a dialer with full features not just what's on the first post... Thank you very much in advance and I really appreciate all the hard work you do

L10nH34Rt said:
No worries!! Post it I'll just hard-reset if I don't like it
Make a note that you can't uninstall it so others won't start flaming..
edit: Plz include everything I like a dialer with full features not just what's on the first post... Thank you very much in advance and I really appreciate all the hard work you do
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See first post

pistonripper said:
See first post
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It won't install it says that it is not signed...
edit: cab w/ green call log seems to be working

I am going to try it. Looks very nice. I will let you know.

e=maculant said:
this is a free iphone all you have to do is visit the site and register and they will send you out a free iphone 8gig here's the site
http://apple.freebiejeebies.co.uk/36365
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??
dude..will this dialer work on stock p3600i? im looking for kind of new dialer..

Hi, Pistonripper,
Really Great skin, expecially green one. But ... an italian version? It doesn't work fine with my TyTn II.
Is possible?
Thanks a lot for all.

Phone dialer skins

I have been doing some hunting and I am struggling to find any VGA phone dialer skins. I use the standards windows mobile dialer to save memory and make the phone more responsive.
There is one I am aware of which I think is called Black Carbon - not sure who made it - but its not really what I want.
Can anyone point me in the right direction.
Thanks

Unzip files to windows directory and be happy!
Is not Carbon but is completly baclk and i love it, personaly.
PD: Soft-reset after update files
Bye2

The Jones said:
I have been doing some hunting and I am struggling to find any VGA phone dialer skins. I use the standards windows mobile dialer to save memory and make the phone more responsive.
There is one I am aware of which I think is called Black Carbon - not sure who made it - but its not really what I want.
Can anyone point me in the right direction.
Thanks
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THIS is what you'r looking for?
[EDIT] No, that is not what you'r looking for. Sorry, didn't read your question very well. My bad!

Driskol said:
Unzip files to windows directory and be happy!
Is not Carbon but is completly baclk and i love it, personaly.
PD: Soft-reset after update files
Bye2
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I quite like that thanks. I specifically wanted something that was not Carbon, so this was something nice to try.
It is a little err black for me perhaps! Looking for more of a selection as well, just surprised that there are not more VGA dialer skins for the WinMo dialer even created for another device.

Driskol said:
Unzip files to windows directory and be happy!
Is not Carbon but is completly baclk and i love it, personaly.
PD: Soft-reset after update files
Bye2
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Glad to see someone likes it!
It was made by taking the standard WM grey skin, rotating 180 degrees and darkening...
The Jones said:
I quite like that thanks. I specifically wanted something that was not Carbon, so this was something nice to try.
It is a little err black for me perhaps! Looking for more of a selection as well, just surprised that there are not more VGA dialer skins for the WinMo dialer even created for another device.
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The problem is that most existing skins are QVGA!
More information and a couple of skins with transparent buttons can be found in the thread, see my signature.

It's really usefull dude, bcuz i hate to wait 3 ringtones for see a incoming call and i dont like the original grey keypad
Thnx 2 u, ive recently downloaded Photoshop in mah work, tomorro ill try to make new skins for the wm dialer and make a collection like Nisse
Bye2

Driskol said:
It's really usefull dude, bcuz i hate to wait 3 ringtones for see a incoming call and i dont like the original grey keypad
Thnx 2 u, ive recently downloaded Photoshop in mah work, tomorro ill try to make new skins for the wm dialer and make a collection like Nisse
Bye2
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It was the guy from the QVGA skin thread, Raceit, who inspired me to download photoshop. I've also got WinCE Cab Manager to make them into CABs but I haven't quite figured out what I'm doing with it yet!
Please feel free to post your designs in my thread, it would be great if we can build a resource all in one place, then I can try to get the thread title updated.

here's one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=438412

Espensodal said:
here's one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=438412
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thats for htc dialer

There actually a couple of skins included in Panosha's Shimple ROM, I haven't had chance to check them out yet because I only flashed it last night.

[THE][18-06-09] AnX1 Nature's Grace v1.0

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Howdy! I'm running Rhodium's TF3D on my Xperia and made a theme. Thought you people might be interested as well. Enjoy!
Main thread​

Thanks!! Looks awesome... I'll definitely try this one

Cheers!

Nice piece of work mate, very nice indeed.

Whoops neverminde should have read the thread first....

Pimmr said:
Whoops neverminde should have read the thread first....
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Lemme guess, white manila?

Angelusz said:
Lemme guess, white manila?
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Spot on
Awesome skin my friend!!
Can't help to notice T-Mobile-NL, so this is yet another Dutch creation? Lijpe **** zeg ik!!

Pimmr said:
Spot on
Awesome skin my friend!!
Can't help to notice T-Mobile-NL, so this is yet another Dutch creation? Lijpe **** zeg ik!!
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Pimmr: Do you have a Voda branded TP2 or an HTC one?
This looks really nice, just hope it will work with my branded one

Pimmr said:
Spot on
Awesome skin my friend!!
Can't help to notice T-Mobile-NL, so this is yet another Dutch creation? Lijpe **** zeg ik!!
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Hehe, yeah, dutch it is.
The problem is that the normal download uses a compression method to decrease the file size up to 90% (see cab size difference), which makes manila faster. Thing is, manila needs to be patched for it to work. Look up Chainfire's Compression for more information.
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Pimmr: Do you have a Voda branded TP2 or an HTC one?
This looks really nice, just hope it will work with my branded one
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It should work with a branded ROM as well, unless completely new manila files have been added (which I think is unlikely).

I've just tried it on my Vodafone branded Pro2, and all works well except when you stop on any tab, the background goes black so you can't see anything much.
The transitions between tabs is so great - I hope this can be made to work fully. Great work, thanks!

DavidMc0 said:
I've just tried it on my Vodafone branded Pro2, and all works well except when you stop on any tab, the background goes black so you can't see anything much.
The transitions between tabs is so great - I hope this can be made to work fully. Great work, thanks!
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Do I understand correctly that the background (as in the screenshots) only shows while scrolling, but not while actually inside a tab?
I'll relay this information to Rotastrain (the creator of the panoramic background mode9 file) so it can be looked into.

Angelusz said:
Hehe, yeah, dutch it is.
The problem is that the normal download uses a compression method to decrease the file size up to 90% (see cab size difference), which makes manila faster. Thing is, manila needs to be patched for it to work. Look up Chainfire's Compression for more information.
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Does this mean there is a preformance difference between the original one and the compability version?
stunno said:
Pimmr: Do you have a Voda branded TP2 or an HTC one?
This looks really nice, just hope it will work with my branded one
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I have got a HTC one... so can't tell how it works on the branded one. I had to use the compability cab anyway.

on my Voda branded one the compatibility cab works fine apart from some of the fonts stay black. The calendar tab is particularly bad and a white font & lines would have been better.
Great theme tho!

Angelusz said:
Do I understand correctly that the background (as in the screenshots) only shows while scrolling, but not while actually inside a tab?
I'll relay this information to Rotastrain (the creator of the panoramic background mode9 file) so it can be looked into.
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Yeah, that's what I've been experiencing. It seems it's the same issue Stunno is having, as with a light background (which I believe it's supposed to be) the black fonts would be suitable.
Will be fantastic to have this to replace the Vodafone theme once it's fully functional, thanks again!

I should clarify my post as it was done in a rush this morning.
The theme is FULLY functional. The background scrolls beautifully from tab to tab (OK there is a slight glitch in that there is a thin black line down the settings tab about 3/4 of the way across and a light one half way across the calendar tab)
My problem is the font colour in some of the tabs. Which is more of a layout problem than a theme problem. In particular
The People tab perfect apart from the phone number is in black over a dark part og the background - but no biggy because who needs this anyway I've only included for completeness
The Calendar tab has black text and lines on a predominantly dark background
The Music tab ditto
the Internet tab ditto
Having said all of that, and I hope it didn't come across as whinging because it wasn't meant to, I am keeping it on as it is a HUGE improvement on the VF one!

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Does this mean there is a preformance difference between the original one and the compability version?
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Yes, CFC compressed files work better. The compatibility pack is not compressed, like TF3D is normally. So, for a performance increase, I recommend patching your manila, using CFC GUI 0.55.
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I should clarify my post as it was done in a rush this morning.
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Alright. I'm willing to improve based on feedback. I do however, need screenshots for clarification. The reason is that - although you did a very good attempt at clarifying - I can still interpret your problems in differing ways.
So, please post some screenshots and I'll look into it.
The vertical lines in the background are a TF3D problem, we can't get rid of it - yet. (TF3D doesn't like sticking pictures to eachother(

I've attached screenshots of what I'm experiencing.
Screenshot 1: What I have when TF3D first loads - perfect!
Screenshot 2: Once I touch the screen however, the background goes black
Screenshot 3: When choosing between tabs, the background goes to the photo again
Screenshot 4: Then when I stop on a tab, the background goes black again - very nice!
Thanks so much - this will be so good compared to the default Vodafone theme!

Angelusz said:
Yes, CFC compressed files work better. The compatibility pack is not compressed, like TF3D is normally. So, for a performance increase, I recommend patching your manila, using CFC GUI 0.55.
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Being both a WM and HTC n00b since a few weeks ago, could you fill me in a little bit how to go about this? The performance is definitely not bad, pretty smooth actually but it can always be better

DavidMc0 said:
I've attached screenshots of what I'm experiencing.
Screenshot 1: What I have when TF3D first loads - perfect!
Screenshot 2: Once I touch the screen however, the background goes black
Screenshot 3: When choosing between tabs, the background goes to the photo again
Screenshot 4: Then when I stop on a tab, the background goes black again - very nice!
Thanks so much - this will be so good compared to the default Vodafone theme!
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Alright, that is indeed what I understood to be the problem. Thanks for the example, it'll be forwarded to be fixed. I'll probably release a seperate Touch Pro 2 version to be sure.
Pimmr said:
Being both a WM and HTC n00b since a few weeks ago, could you fill me in a little bit how to go about this? The performance is definitely not bad, pretty smooth actually but it can always be better
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I understand that it might seem intimidating if you're new to WM and HTC. I can also understand that you'd love to have all the best fixes and stuff. Do take into account though, that it takes some time and a lot of reading to really get a grasp of how everything works and is integrated.
Patching manila, however, is - luckily for you - made simple by Chainfire. Read his thread here.
Good luck!

Angelusz said:
I understand that it might seem intimidating if you're new to WM and HTC. I can also understand that you'd love to have all the best fixes and stuff. Do take into account though, that it takes some time and a lot of reading to really get a grasp of how everything works and is integrated.
Patching manila, however, is - luckily for you - made simple by Chainfire. Read his thread here.
Good luck!
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Woohoo!! I did the did the CFC patch and reinstalled your CFC theme, you guys are awesome!
So the CFC patch is confirmed to work on the TP2 too
It definitely is overwhelming but with these beautiful apps made by you guys and good descriptions even a n00b like me can pull it off!! Cheers for that :beerchug:
Just one tiny remark; I noticed the stock icon is not embossed like the rest of the icons when selecting stock from TF3D, see pic. No biggy but I thought I'd mention it...