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[Android Apps and Games] syrenz:
I emailed support about my feelings about the lack of updates, mentioning how it has been months since users requested resizable, scrollable, and more widgets + other features.

They said the next version will be released today or tomorrow...

I'm optimistic about this. :)
[Android Apps and Games] syrenz:
Update is live! Looks like they added a bunch of good things including landscape support! Though I'm not sure about resizable+scrollable stuff... gonna try out now
[Android Apps and Games] polstein:
Let us know! :)

They list new features as:

New Features:

Landscape support

3D edit mode

Stereoscopic 3D (experimental)

Switch between smartphone/tablet mode (experimental)

Improved overall design

Improved settings

Improved calendar panel

Bookmarks folder

Improved contact widgets management

Don't see scrolling support or new widgets mentioned, but wondering what "Stereoscopic" thingy is. Might re-install just to see later.
[Android Apps and Games] syrenz:
First impressions:

Lack of resizable + scrollable widgets + twitter and music widgets is disappointing.

Landscape support is very nice.

3D edit mode is like the Galaxy S2 launcher edit mode. It's nice, but I don't really think it was necessary since they already had very good editing modes.

They've streamlined and customized their menus and I'm liking it. Though I don't really like that they've replaced the black + blue glow outline of certain things with black+ grey instead.

New call log 3d is very nice.

Haven't tried other stuff yet. Still seems to do "loading" pretty often.

All in all, it definitely seems to be a good update, but there are other features I wanted far more than the ones they added... hopefully the wait time until another update is not as long as this one was.
[Android Apps and Games] StellaDel:
Updated this morning...

First Impressions, DOESN'T WORK

Several attempts to get this to run failed, finally got vision of the UI only for it to crash again. Rebooted the phone THREE times and always the same result, this is f**king crap - gone back to Launcher Pro.

Desire HD, stock ROM and rooted.

SPB I want my money back, someone got an email address for them?

:mad:
[Android Apps and Games] Jamin13:
This smartphone/tablet mode intrigues me and my Kyocera Echo...

Let's see if it has gotten up to the actually being worth $2...
[Android Apps and Games] mrrick:
How the hell did you get it for only 2bucks? Lucky
[Android Apps and Games] Jamin13:
I was making a pun on how worthless it is. :l
[Android Apps and Games] mrrick:
Ah. I see what you did now.
[Android Apps and Games] sweetbinodray:
There must be a trial software . If not more then at least for two days. It's very expensive. I really want to have this but afraid from big investment. If it not worthy?
[Android Apps and Games] rehuxley:
Released today. Nice updates. No social widgets but some other good changes...
[Android Apps and Games] rehuxley:
The latest release has some experimental features such as a tablet view. Looks too small on droid but awesome on my rooted nook color.
[Android Apps and Games] claus1953:
There is a trial, and you better try it before you buy it. I did try it and did not buy it, not worth the money. I had SBS Shell when on Windows Mobile and loved it, the Android version up to now is def. not worth the money. If it gets better i might give it a new try.
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
Personally, I'm lovin' SPB. I've been using it in my Streak 5" basically since I got it in April. With the new landscape update it's frigging awesome!

I'll be trying the tablet mode on my Iconia later this week.

Seems stable to me, looks sweet, has cool Widgets and a great interface.
[Android Apps and Games] rehuxley:
Looks like the company put out a UI Builder to allow for dev customization. Not sure if this for android users or WM users. Checking on it.
[Android Apps and Games] bsbabcock:
That would be outstanding. I've suggested it a couple times on their Facebook page. I think open theme development can only help shell 3d's popularity.
[Android Apps and Games] charminga:
any1 tried this?

want some themes/mods for the spb shell 3d ^^

http://www.spb.com/android-software/uibuilder/
[Android Apps and Games] zaoltryence:
Yes this would spawn some interests
[Android Apps and Games] Rycon33:
Using spb for few days now on my sony Arc, lovin it!, it really is a pretty home launcher. Quite smooth on mine when cpu is overclock to 1.4 GHz. Noticed a bit of random lag when not overclock.
[Android Apps and Games] seatibiza:
not for private users :(
[Android Apps and Games] charminga:
gscheid fad oida :(

thats boring :( i wrote spb team yesterday, that it would be nice,

when they remove the fade to grey of the homescreen tabs while

scrolling, this sucks, also 5 icon rows would be nice and elastic scrolling
[Android Apps and Games] rehuxley:
Looos there was an update allowing landscape mode. Anyone try it yet. I am flashing some other rom and themes at the moment. Got bored with spb shell
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
Yep, I'm using phone landscape mode on my Dell Streak 5 and tablet landscape mode on my Acer Iconia A500.

I'm still lovin' it on both devices.

Sent from Vera, my Iconia A500; All dressed up going places!
[Android Apps and Games] PolishPrince:
I looked at it for a second then disabled it. Landscape on a phone is really only good for pics & videos imo. I'm not a big landscape fan. However, I do appreciate the dev adding this option. I did see people request this feature.
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
True, it's only really useful on a handfull of devices, like the Streak 5 or sideways sliders.

Sent from Vera, my Iconia A500; All dressed up going places!
[Android Apps and Games] JohnCorleone:
Landscape works well on the Epic
[Android Apps and Games] therion21:
I m new to the forum and this is my first post.

I have aquired my first androit less than a month ago and i m prety proud of myself since i manage to do alot from geting roted to costumize applications or try roms ..all i needed to know i found out in this forum and i want to thank you all for giving people like me a clue of what is out there.

Now, i m running a Galaxy S2, rooted and i m pretty happy with it. I rescently introduced the SPB Shell 3D wich runs smoothly. What i want to ask is if by any mean is possible to use costumed widgets that were bought by the Androit market, to the shell. When i go to ADD ... there are two options as for widgets, SPB widgets and ANDROIT widgets .. both options dont allow me to add any of the widgets i download from androit martket.

Any clue if it is possible to use them on the shell?
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
All the Widgets you download from the android market should show up on the "android Widgets" section. If they're not there, make sure they installed properly in the first place.

It should work with all the same Widgets that work on any launcher.

Sent "Like a STREAK of light" from SpideyStreak, running the incomperable StreakDroid 1.91 by DJ Steve
[Android Apps and Games] Brainze:
I'm using this launcher in Tablet mode on my EVO and it ROCKS!
[Android Apps and Games] rehuxley:
Looks great.
[Android Apps and Games] therion21:
It seems it was my fault. I had those widgets frozen with TITANIUM, though when i defrost i could find them in the 'ANDROIT WIDGETS' option.

I solve it by reinstaling the desire widget.

Works cool now
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
Glad it worked for you :-)

Sent from Vera, my Iconia A500; All dressed up going places!
[Android Apps and Games] boaz65:
Could you please tell me how you get that calendar on your calendar panel? When I installed my SPB 3D, the calendar on the panel is all text but I'd prefer it to be like the one your showing here...

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] rorymc928:
Not sure how you would get otherwise. Have you selected the calendar from the panel selection or is your calendar a widget
[Android Apps and Games] PolishPrince:
Put the calendar widget on a blank page. If it's small, then long hold it til the green arrow shows up & touch the arrow.
[Android Apps and Games] chamaruco:
i'm using viewsonic spb 3d shell version 1.1.3 licensed and branded by viewsonic

is there a way to merge newest release with mine to obtain a regular licensed like now

is possible make viewsonic branded upgradable to earlier spb 3d

thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
So what you're asking is if there is a way to upgrade your current OEM version of SPB?

You want to keep the ViewSonic branding but on a newer version of the software?

Sent from Vera, my Iconia A500; All dressed up going places!
[Android Apps and Games] chamaruco:
i don't worry about branding but licence.

i've tried to update branding one but the market doesn't recognize it.

my priority is update it to try solve some bugs
[Android Apps and Games] dravein:
thanks for the info..

:cool:
[Android Apps and Games] Suraya79s:
I'm new to Android and i'm just playing with my SGS2 and decided to install SPB. The installation went fine, however i don't get the option to set it as my default launcher. When i press the home button, i'm given the other launchers but not SP8. Any advice would be very much appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] bigboose1234:
Download home switcher from the market.
[Android Apps and Games] Crytex:
Messaging widget won't show pictures any idea how to fix? The one's linked to facebook won't show up strange
[Android Apps and Games] etbob623:
This has probably already been said but oh well.

If you have a phone with a large screen and have good vision you should try the tablet mode on your phone.

The only thing that I think is missing is the ability to uninstall directly from the app drawer and possibly different settings for it too -- jk found it :P

I bought it on my Infuse and put it on my Galaxy Tab with no difficulties. Though being able to download it from the market would be nice. One bug I did notice was that on my galaxy tab when I was setting wallpapers the screen would sometimes think it was oriented the wrong way so it would display the landscape in portrait which was kindof odd but going to the tab settings refreshed it so its not that big a deal. I haven't duplicated this on my phone so its probably just the tab mode.

Also i've run it on honeycomb and touchwiz and didn't notice a difference. Though I haven't used it on either for very long. In general more settings would be nice too but as long as they update it regularly i'll be happy.
[Android Apps and Games] dmwagner:
I finally gave in and bought Shell 3D. I was a huge fan of Mobile Shell for WinMo back in the day and really like Shell 3D.

My phone is a Droid Charge by Samsung, it's got a 1Ghz Hummingbird CPU with a PowerVR SGX 540 GPU and 512MB RAM.

It performs nicely for the most part, but there are times when the phone gets super sluggish with Shell 3D enabled and even freezes for up to a minute at a time. It either comes out of it, or the phone crashes and restarts. This does not happen when running Samsung's Touchwiz.

Any suggestions on what it is that is actually causing this freezing and sluggishness?
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
I doubt it's SPB causing your problems.

I'm running it on a Dell Streak 5 (1GHz SnapDragon, Adreno 200 graphics) with no slowdown at all.
[Android Apps and Games] dmwagner:
I wiped my phone and started fresh. It works great now with SPB Shell 3D.
[Android Apps and Games] beston94:
Or get my phone and you are set for 2 years of dual core...fun!
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
Im glad it's working for you! :)
[Android Apps and Games] polstein:
SPB Software acquired by Russian internet giant, Yandex

http://www.xda-developers.com/windo...oper-bought-by-russian-search-company-yandex/
[Android Apps and Games] ransz28:
I am running this on my Vibrant and I love it. First time load does take a few extra but then I don't notice any lag with the phone. Switching within SPB is fast and when opening/closeing games, apps, etc it works just great. I love it.
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
Who else is lovin' the new update? The new panels are sweet!

Sent from my Spicy de-blurred XT300
[Android Apps and Games] rehuxley:
I am loving it too. Reloaded it on my droidx after the lack of development for the launcher. Can't wait for social Widgets. How do you get the panels to be transparent backgrounds? The black background obscures the wallpaper making the Flickr panel less functional.

Ron
[Android Apps and Games] mjs2011:
so i also gave in and paid the $15, pretty happy with it so far. runs smooth on the Optimus V. hopefully they add some Social Media panels/widgets soon. a sports scores widget would be awesome as well!
[Android Apps and Games] MadFlava:
Guess I should re-download it. Figures.. Just set up Launcher 360.
[Android Apps and Games] dmwagner:
I like the new calculator and news panel. I was just before this version searching on the market for a full screen calculator widget.

Sent from my Verizon Droid Charge using the official GPV App
[Android Apps and Games] Puppetmaster_sr:
Same here.. Step further in the right direction!
[Android Apps and Games] DLloyd:
New panels are great! Social panel and music widget/panel would make it perfect
[Android Apps and Games] ransz28:
Yes fb/ social panel please

Sent from Sexy G2
[Android Apps and Games] JohnCorleone:
A Social panel is all it needs...
[Android Apps and Games] PolishPrince:
I don't think social panels would be any good on SPB SHELL 3D until they incorporate scrolling widgets. And who knows if that is even in the works.
[Android Apps and Games] s0cal:
are there any themes for spb shell? i hate how it looks.. the theme on their website looks really nice in the ui builder page, but they wont release their software..
[Android Apps and Games] PolishPrince:
What you see is what you get. No themes. I think it looks badass the way it comes IMHO.

Also, on another note, the SPB SHELL 3D seems to run much better after this last update they put out a few weeks back.
[Android Apps and Games] Bizdady:
Damn been debating buying this, $15 seems a little steep but I played around with it and I liked the panels look. Might have to test it out on a tablet before I pull the trigger.
[Android Apps and Games] PolishPrince:
I think you might be better off testing it on your phone first, then make the decision whether or not you'd want this on your tablet. Remember, this does not support scrolling widgets and the dock does not scroll either.

I still go back & forth between Launcher Pro Plus & SPB SHELL 3D on my phone.

LPP Plus is definitely more productive than SPB, but SPB seems to run smoother and is still supported by the Developer.

I'm not knocking either launcher, I really enjoy both, but I believe you're better off testing it on your phone first.
[Android Apps and Games] Bizdady:
Ya played with it a bit, i miss the customization but it sure is some pretty eye candy.
[Android Apps and Games] ElAguila:
They have made some improvements and good additions over time. But they still are missing a crucial component and that is the ability to either lock the screens after you have them setup the way you want or to back it up. I know that you can do it with titanium backup but I would rather have a lock desktop setting similar to adw.
[Android Apps and Games] Blown 89:
Is anyone else having a problem with some of their apps disappearing in SPB? I have a handful of apps that just up and disappear from my list....when I restart SPB they come back.
[Android Apps and Games] PolishPrince:
The new Favorites panel is awesome! Better than LPP.
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
Um, maybe you haven't updated yet, but the new News and Groupon panels ARE scrolling.

Sent like a Streak of Light from Spidey, my Dell Streak 5
[Android Apps and Games] Puppetmaster_sr:
I had that happen to me.. my apps were moving to the SD card... I just went into my applications list and moved them back to the phone.. no more issues. See if that's happening to you as well.
[Android Apps and Games] PolishPrince:
I have updated.

The built in News panel limits you to 10 stories to scroll. You are correct in that the SPB panels give you very limited scrolling, but I was referring to the fact that the Shell does not have the ability for true 3rd party scrolling widgets such as email, gReader, etc.... These are widgets that would allow "endless" scrolling. That's what I was talking about.
[Android Apps and Games] smnc:
If I'm not mistaken, 3rd party scrolling Widgets require Honeycomb or ICS, no?

Sent like a Streak of Light from Spidey, my Dell Streak 5
[Android Apps and Games] PolishPrince:
Incorrect. However, the stock Gingerbread launcher does not allow scrolling widgets. A 3rd party Launcher such as ADW or Launcher Pro is needed.
[Android Apps and Games] Blown 89:
That's what it was. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Abaddon:
$15 is worth the money but I really hate how sluggish the app drawer is compared to LPP and etc2.
[Android Apps and Games] Braneless:
No launcher is worth $15, especially when free apps greatly outperform it. I might consider this for half the cost, but even that is extreme for something so limited and likely to not hold interest beyond the initial honeymoon period.
[Android Apps and Games] PolishPrince:
If you spend some time customizing the SPB Shell to your liking, you would find that the productivity of this launcher exceeds others out there. The new Favorites panel is the best out there bar none.

I've tried a lot of free apps & nothing rivals it IMHO.

Is it worth $15? That is up to the customer. I have no regrets with my purchase and find it a good value. I smoke $15 worth of cigs in 2 days, but have been using $15 of SPB Shell for almost a year now.
[Android Apps and Games] Mortem Tuam:
Fairly new user of SPB Shell 3D here. I am glad I found this thread and thanks to the OP for making it.

Gonna do some searching through here to find the answers to questions I have before I ask them.

BTW, I love this launcher.....I got it for Christmas and I didn't think it would be worth the $15, but now I am slowly changing my mind.

:cool:
[Android Apps and Games] mbernstein:
I'm an old user from WinMo age, and bought it last week.

Since moving to Android, I missed a lot the favorite contacts page, two in the case of my old HD2, and now I have it back.

I believe it is the best favorite contacts in Launchers anywhere (this is an area Android kind of sucks). It still is a little worse, less customizable than in WinMo (there you had direct call, and when you held the contact you could open it, in Android holding gets you to settings), but getting there.

I hope one could create more Favorites panels (with scrolling, re-sizable contacts etc.). Now you can have only one, and I like to have a personal favorites and work favorites. Meanwhile I created another panel with SPB contact widgets which is not half as good, but still usable.
[Android Apps and Games] rehuxley:
Finally changed the rom on my rooted Nook and now I can use this awesome launcher again!
[Android Apps and Games] polstein:
Trying this out on my new phone to see how far they've come in the last few months.

They ever get scrolling to work? How about themes? One thing I like about Shell 3D is the consistent look on all the Widgets. Would be nice to apply a different theme & have it update all the Shell widgets.

BTW - is there a (non-shell) set of Widgets that all theme together (calendar, clock, weather..etc). Closest I can find is GoWidgets.
[Android Apps and Games] catman51:
They really need to update and add scrolling widgets. Last update was quite a while back now. I wrote to them letting them know that I had beta tested on WinMo and was willing to test anything new.

The answer I got back was to keep an eye on the market. Okay?
[Android Apps and Games] Nicaragüense:
It was updated a couple days ago. I used to goof with spb in the winmo days so I got curious. I Installed it and went on root explorer to browse around and they have a similar layout to the old winmo stuff within the apk file. Is there a way to inject or delete files within the apk? Then one might eliminate useless panel layouts or even modify/add panels with custom configurations, like a calendar panel with room for widgets or a combined clock. Its all there in the xml files. You can make out how they design the panels by reading them. Heck one might even be able to create vertical scrollable pages like wp7 if we can figure out the commands/edits that the program accepts.
[Android Apps and Games] Rycon33:
Awesome update.:)

Native support for ICS finally.

Horizontal app drawer is added also.
[Android Apps and Games] ElAguila:
They also added looping on the home screen scrolling as well as stacking icons to create a folder on the homescreens. Hopefully they will add a backup and home

screen locking soon.
[Android Apps and Games] rehuxley:
Hey, go for it. I don't have those Dev skills but would be happy to test it for you!
[Android Apps and Games] brunoisa10:
but the vertical scrolling was very good

bad that we don't have a setting in order to choose and no transparency for the drawer background (or I have not found)

I've noticed that it is starting very fast now

the grids are 4x4 5x4 and 6x5 , in Experimental section

spb 3d is far away from Apex and Nova , the only best things is no limit on the number of Panels
[Android Apps and Games] Rycon33:
from google play:

Version 1.6.1:

- Fixed date on calendar widget

- Fixed weather forecast dates

- Updated localization

they are updating quite frequently now, that's a very good thing i guess:)

one thing for me though that doesn't look good, on my HTC One X(1280x720 resolution), on tablet mode, the app icons in the app drawer are quite huge, they could have made it smaller to look better :D
[Android Apps and Games] jason2005:
Hi

can't find my city for weather, I must send a mail to dev?

thx
[Android Apps and Games] Rycon33:
yup better do if it's really not there in the list

for the mean time, you may use the nearest city in your area

Btw, since they already implemented homescreen looping, I'm hoping for a looping app drawer as well in the next update.
[Android Apps and Games] Tre Lawrence:
Just went back to this as my main, day-to-day launcher.
[Android Apps and Games] rehuxley:
I come back to it, leave, come back, leave...
[Android Apps and Games] Rycon33:
Any new update on the works that will support Jelly Bean natively?

I hope horizontal app drawer can be improved, currently, icons on it are quite big.

Edit:they got update now for JB support but they forgot to change the version in settings "about" lol:D still says 1.6.1

Tapatalked from my HOX
[Android Apps and Games] bsbabcock:
Message to SPB.. Open this bad boy up to the theming community. Imagine the possibilities. They'd sell more I think. Hasn't hurt Apex, Nova or Go Launcher
[Android Apps and Games] Tre Lawrence:
Yes... the ability to theme would increase adoption.
[Android Apps and Games] yken:
Did not Yandex buy SBP? Yandex has also shell application, why SBP has still?
[Android Apps and Games] Rycon33:
Wow, I didn't noticed they had a big update last month. Using it again now.

Tapatalked from my bricked TX
[Android Apps and Games] Clienterror:
Cool I'll try it out. Hopefully it will make me feel less screwed out of my $15 lol
[Android Apps and Games] Rycon33:
Hahaha true, we all feel like that.:D

Tapatalked from my bricked TX
[Android Apps and Games] polstein:
I lack the effort to try it again without hearing something wonderful (and I have enjoying UCCW lately).

They ever get scrolling Widgets to work?

How's the new version?
[Android Apps and Games] ketani73:
The "New Version" has nothing new about it.....Just download it's successor ..."Yandex Shell + Dialer" , which is free & much better equipped ..!!

I am one of those who still hate themselves for wasting 15 $ ......:mad:
[Android Apps and Games] mikef1182:
Just realized I never thanked you for the tip! Much appreciated sir!
[Android Apps and Games] iocorro94:
appena testata molto bella
[Android Apps and Games] ElAguila:
Here is a tip that works for me. My android widgets disappear when I reboot. If I wait 5-10 minutes before unlocking the screen after rebooting, the android widgets will still be on the home panel.

Sent from this here Evo!