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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] PMDColeslaw:
Thanks DMan!

I used the iDiamond for about 3 weeks and I loved it! I cant wait for the new version. :) That being said Dman I did notice another bug I havent seen anyone mention yet. Occasionally whenever a program or app would freeze up on my Diamond for whatever reason I would of course have to soft reset the device. Sometimes when iDiamond reloaded some of the icons/shortcuts were missing. I dont know why, I'm not a programmer, but it happened 2 or 3 times. I wasnt able to keep testing it of course due to the time out but I figured you should know.

Also I've noticed people asking about removing the program and trying to delete manilla files and registry edits.:confused: All you have to do is go to the remove programs app in settings and select to remove iDiamond. after a soft reset the original TF3D is back. No settings lost either. I'm not sure why people are making it complicated.

Anyways, thanks Dman and I look forward to your work in the future!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] joshuaboyde:
Just beware of the Legality, and a couple of ideas

Being "based" on the iphone interface, the moment that you start charging for it, you could find yourself in some legal "hot water" with Apple. Just be very careful, you may find that "donations" are your only way around this "minefield".

I love your interface, my phone is depressing to use since its deactivation.

And while I loved the touch flow interface when I originally got the phone, it was too slow and unresponsive when compared to iDiamond.

Suggested ideas to make it less "iphone" ish, is change the front screen background to something other that the clown fish.

You support multiple icon screens, then add the capability have widget screens; e.g. the first screen after the unlock would contain a clock, counters for sms-emails-calls , and calendar appointments ... I know that sounds a lot like the Touch Diamonds original opening screen (which it is) ... but it takes you away from cloning the iphone (and its legalities) to merging ideas from several different phones.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] silver-s:
way to go d-mann

i love this app. i think u r genius !!

i have few questions...

1. when is the new relese date ?

2. the SMS prob. is gonig to be fixed in the next ver. ?

3. the only link on the screen that i can't change is the clock - and it dosent leed to a clock.... why ?

tnx!!

go on the good job...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Sleehond:
D-MAN keep up this great work please!

You are great!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] n.mowberry:
According to D-Man, there isn't really a set release date, but he hopes to release sometime in Feb/March

If you refer to his original thread, you'll see that he plans to add quite a few things such as SMS notifications, picture viewer, music player and the such. Judging by the high quality of his work so far, i would say he would prefer to push the release date back a bit rather than release a bad product.

Lol, again another thing that will be done in final release,
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] illumination:
Awesome app !

i was thinking to sold my diamond i buy ***** iphone, because of beautiful and easy interface but.... idiamond is my new hope :)

keep good work d-man
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] SurfDan5:
thanks for all your hard work DMAN!!

I'll be waiting for your next release.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] D-MAN666:
I'm well aware of that :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] itsallsubliminal:
the onlything i see wrong with what you are saying is that it is NOT an iphone port-over... he actually took NO graphics from the iphone, i'm sure he created them on his own and people do that all the time! ya know, like fake addidas and nike's... or how about the Hi-Phone.. its basically the same thing... did they get sued?

Nothing in iDiamond came from the iphone so i believe he's good to go...

Technically, he's giving us a HECK-OF-A-User experience that isn't half-ass at all! This is some REALLY good quality sh*t which took alot of time and effort! And once he has added some pretty wicked features, we will have absolutely NO-Need for the windows mobile background...

Just don't charge an arm and a leg for the prog D-Man mah man!

and if i can make one suggestion on this program:

Take a look at the Bell-UI and PointUI2. They incorporated its own start menu and semi-explorer which takes you to ALL progs and SETTINGS! And its placed at the bottom where the SIP usually is... if you could do something LIKE it, people would never have to break into that ugly and plain oem windows mobile interface! And i DEFINITELY wouldn't mind payin some money for a UI that did all that!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] robotphood:
itsallsubliminal, since this is a mod of TF3D, I don't think any of the WM interface will be replaced? Better wait for Pointui 2...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] itsallsubliminal:
Isn't it similar to tf3d tho? it IS possible to map something like i described, is it not?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Nilfik:
isnt the whole program based on manilla anyway ^^? Tho you couldnt anyway use it for comercial use, no matter if u call it iphone bla or not.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Biggzz:
I'm buying it! I love this project.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] MrX8503:
I haven't used iDiamond personally but from what I can see in the youtube vids, it looks like a superb app.

People complaining about the expiration date need to realize that it takes time to make a professional app. Honestly I'm sick and tired of apps that dont work, are hideous, and slow.

Thats the difference between iDiamond compared to other themes out there and its leagues ahead from what I have seen so far.

D-Man I give you props for all your hard work and hopefully iDiamond becomes the perfect app.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] sadthai:
man i really miss this app. now i have to go back to tf3d, suckss..

but thanx dman for letting us try it out.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] parasite81:
will there be new versions, or the project is closed? i loved the coverflow, i hope you will do it in touch hd version :) keep up!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] itsallsubliminal:
well dmann has some real world work (which pays money) to do and he said he'll prolly get this thing cranking in the beg of feb...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] superkan:
i was so dewastated in the morning of january 15th when i looked at my diamond and saw that "end of trial" sort of message.

that interface was really cool and let's face it after all what makes the iphone so great is this neat UI along with it instant program launches and the much more smoother scrolling on the touchscreen.

hope to see one demoralized idiamond user like me who only has more experience in programming and stuff write an alternative *FREE* idiamond skin so that we again can enjoy this unique UI.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] robotphood:
I don't think the project is that special YET. It is only a semi functional launcher after all. I don't think that's what makes the iphone great (different discussion) because grid icon launchers are a dime a dozen. Also, programs don't launch "instantly". The animation fools you into thinking it's faster than it is. But it isgreat that iDiamond was so fast and snappy compared to the TF3D launcher, which lags once you fill it up and barely chugs if you use custom icons... In a perfect world it'd be a panel/tab instead. Looking forward to what's coming next.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] silver-s:
d-man rules

hi man.

you rock....

can you give an update about this just that we all know that you r around....
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Gohann001:
i like it.

Hey D-Man,

Great app. We are waiting for it. Good luck with it and hear you soon.:):)(we hope););

greetings P. :rolleyes:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] jayman4911:
CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Konstantine33:
When go out a new version????
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] chinmay007:
forget it buddy...:rolleyes:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] itsallsubliminal:
why u say that? Its just gunna be some time, thats all... d-mannn is a busy dude...

In time.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] silver-s:
d-man ????

hi...

d-man can u give us some clue about a new rel. date ?

a sign of life?? please ?:confused:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] nmfp:
I guess you'll have to wait...any pressure doesn't make the program coming out by itself...the only thing left for us is wait...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] c.albert:
man program was already done (beta).. just few.. updates.. needed..

dont know why .. but i have a feeling.. this program will be under license..

so` my opinion and conclusion...

don`t waste your time.... and your emotions... :)

use Wisbar Advance Desktop .. with a nice theme ..
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] oguzkiller:
I think so too. I want to use it until Windows Mobile 6.5 is comming out
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ironman76:
It´s the best iphone clone ever:D

I like it, yes

I´m still waiting about next release!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] cormo:
I would still be fine with the old Version :D

I Hope D-Man will provide us with any small Information about the standings.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] genious_t:
d-man rulz

well i've never tried it but i would love to
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] oguzkiller:
you can put your Calendar to 31.12.2008 an install it again then you are able to use this app.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] PMDColeslaw:
Yeah but then it expires again whenever you set the calendar back to the correct date.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] setix:
I found a way to have this work after 1/15.

close tf3d

change the date in visiting to sometime before 1/15/09.

enable tf3d

change date back to home (current date)

now it should still work!

this will have to be changed every time you restart
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] PMDColeslaw:
doesnt that mean youll have to reprogram all the shortcuts on idiamond everytime you soft reset the device? That would be a pain considering you have to soft reset about 2 or 3 times a day at least.

*UPDATE* Nevermind all that, it doesnt work anyways. As soon as you change the date back to home it stops working again.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] youngyoyo:
I would love to
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Kreet:
I would love it to. A big thanks to D-Man.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 12gage:
maybe someone smarter than myself could write a mortscript that could change the date, launch TF3D, then change it back
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] SurfDan5:
D-MAN where are you :confused:

Any news yet on the next release besides a Feb/March release?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Diamond-Dog:
It seems like he (d-man) lost the interest to release a free version of the i-diamond program. Very sorry for that, cause i liked it very much. Maybe he could post a little sign of life of the i-diamond project? I can´t wait for that one!!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Aafjes:
If you had followed the topic posted by D-MAN and followed this topic, then you would know that D-MAN has a certain vision regarding posting news and new updates. He once released the first version so people could try it and give feedback.

After that he used that feedback and probably his new ideas to continue the develop. He chooses not to enter in discussions like this, because it only takes time. And besides that...a lot of people don't have the patience anyways. Even if he gives a sign of life, people still keep asking when a new version will be released.

Just have a little patience and let all the great developers here do their work. I also find it sometimes difficult to wait for new updates, but I try to wait for the developers to give a sign of life and afterwards give them all the compliments and cups of coffee they deserve! :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Biggzz:
its dead! Bye bye
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] MDtouchDiamond:
noooo its aliiiive
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] riggeldinho:
i'll hope so!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Kreet:
hope it to :( Would be such a nice App
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] MDtouchDiamond:
haha that would be crud, get us all hyped up, and then never release it again :(
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] themonkbythesea:
THE SPICE MUST FLOW! lol

"He who controls the spice controls the universe." lol. How true. Well, if my money is going to buy more mentats to keep coming out with good work, then i'm all for it.

Also, i gotta agree I dunno why "dream ui" was not as popular a topic. I'm very curious what D Man666's and others are cooking in their heads in regard to something like that. Iphone & TFL3d UI's have some nice features, but they still miss the bullseyeys in a few regards. Idiamond my favorite so far out there, but still, there seems more logical ways to organize information than any of the UI's out there. I've tested out SPB, Point, Wisebar, TFL3d, WF, iFONZ, and still not competely happy. Well, until then, i liked idiamond the most and hope to see it come to fruition. Best of luck D-man666!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] D-MAN666:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=425956
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Diamond-Dog:
Thaaaank Youuuu!!!!:):):):):):D

Great work!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] cormo:
Thx so much, time has come to love my Diamond again :D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] facethefear:
Thank you so much... really appreciate it!!! :) :) :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] And1:
Great work, man!!! We really appreciate it... Hope u finish it soon. Thx!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Sleehond:
Great!

Thanks D-MAN :D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] oguzkiller:
for what is the iphone theme???
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] mustii:
For the HTC Thouch Diamond.:D

And Thanks D-Man :D :D
[G1 Android Development] Darkrift:
With all of the (most likely false) articles coming out saying cupcake will be released this week (from what ive heard, good luck getting it by march) everyone is asking "Will rooted G1s get OTA updates?

No, you will not (if you have rooted your phone properly (this means you have JF's latest rom)) receive the OTA update. Technically you might receive it, but it will fail to install if you do. This was done on purpose because if it succeeded you would lose root. Shortly after the OTA updates are released, various members of the G1 "hacking" (yeah, term doesnt quite fit, but it will work for now) community will intercept it, tear it apart, remove all the mean mean code that steals our precious root, maybe add some fun new stuff and then release another modified rom in its place.

If you suddenly decide you do not want root anymore (I am guessing you are too lazy to download the update manually) you can use the RC29 downgrade nbh file found on various threads here, or in my wiki (see my signature) to go back to an official RC29 which would then let you receive OTA updates normally.
[G1 Android Development] aron4588:
duhh lol this should be a board annocuments
[G1 Android Development] speoples20:
I've heard some people saying they got the update but I dont see how that is possible. Wasnt google says like a 2 weeks ago that cupcake isnt close to being ready for the public? The only thing I can think of would be and update to support paid apps. I figured if cupcake was launching someone on here would have announced it.
[G1 Android Development] jcostantino:
Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't downgrading to RC29 while still rooted just give you RC29 with test keys still enabled? Wouldn't you also need to reflash your recovery partition as well to the stock one?
[G1 Android Development] xile6:
the rc29 will flash the recovery also the only thing you would be left with is the boot loader
[G1 Android Development] Koush:
Frankly, we'll all probably have a modified Cupcake before most G1 consumers actually have Cupcake. Google rolls out the updates really slowly. There's no reason to downgrade.
[G1 Android Development] jcostantino:
Good to know, my g1 has a bad wifi module and I need to restore it and send it back. I figured I would experiment with rooting the defective one first in case it went wrong.

Come to think of it, my wifi reception problem could be an antenna problem which could explain my weak 3g reception, or it might just be the 3g network...
[G1 Android Development] andyandrwew:
there is going to be a video recorder FINALLY... rumors rumors lol
[G1 Android Development] JesusFreke:
bzzzzzt. wrong answer :). the RC29 nbh also flashes the bootloader.
[G1 Android Development] xile6:
MY bad i meant the Engineering SPL wouldnt that still be left?
[G1 Android Development] The Great NY:
hmm....so the new cupcake update coming out will close root again? that is so stupid, why wont they just let it be.

granted, like mentioned above, some of our famed and hard working G1 modders will probably have a modded rom with the whole cupcake update on it before everyone would have recieved the OTA anyway.

we'll see what happens i guess, but not for nothing, im really looking forward to the Cupcake updated features and abilities

im almost tempted to just revert back to RC29 just to get the official OTA and see how it is, but then again, whos to say it wont take months for me to get it.
[G1 Android Development] Darkrift:
As a note for all those who read my post and thought "yeah, I am lazy, I might as well downgrade and let the OTA's come." you might want to rethink it. If you downgrade, and the new OTA reflashes your system to not accept the RC29 downgrade, you might never get root again. And yes, this is entirely possible.

If you have root, I would not risk it for laziness or eagerness to have the latest OTA because history shows JF has had modified updates in less than 24 hours (I think they were all about 3-5 hours later) after the OTA's were first found.
[G1 Android Development] The Great NY:
i wholey agree with that. i definatly dont want to be locked out of root again. although i dont use it as much as others, root is good to have if needed to use it for something.
[G1 Android Development] sino8r:
It would be stupid to downgrade to receive the ota. It took 1 month after the release just to get rc29. Waiting for someone to rip apart and modify the cupcake ota will be much quicker than to wait for the ota update yourself plus root access probably will be lost. Just say no to ota!
[G1 Android Development] haitiankid4lyf:
Anyways if people are so eager to see cupcake in action visit their local tmobile retailer I bet they will have it as soon as it gets out
[G1 Android Development] All~G1:
Downgrade? Revert? Not an option now that I have root, no way I would chance losing it. Good heads up, I was pretty sure (actually was one of the ? i had) before rooting that this would occur. I spent some time here on XDA and realized that I could trust this forum and the devs to support the rooted community.

Thanks to all who make root possible and what it is on the G1!
[G1 Android Development] MaliceMcGuire:
well said ..... thanx much. XDA has helped me start learning this new language. As I stumble through, I find a surprising lack of b.s. and have learned quite a bit ... way thanx, to all ya all
[G1 Android Development] bhang:
my theory on when the next RC will drop.

They have been slow to get out updates, unless there is a exploit found.

When the bug was found everybody got rc 30 in a few days, I think that the new found downgrade route will speedup the next update to stop downgrading, if the tmob wants to keep the handset locked they will push for a speedy update to stop downgrades.

They also eluded that a beta was close but the holidays would alow it down but they did say it would be january, and if they are late people grumble and lose faith, for a phone that's sold on what it can become not what it is out of the box, losing faith means losing sales...

Bhang
[G1 Android Development] Datruesurfer:
I am pretty sure flashing an NBH will bring you back to the original SPL. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

The problem that T-Mobile has now is that in order to stop downgrading, HTC would have to make a new SPL that blacklists the signature of RC29 NBH. Google can patch whatever they want, but I'll be able to downgrade immediately just by putting the NBH file on my sdcard and flash it via SPL
[G1 Android Development] benmyers2941:
I'm curious as to why everyone assumes that the next update will make moves specifically to remove/block root for those who have it?

My understanding/interpretations of the press relases surrounding RC30 was that it was intended to fix the massive security risk in RC29. Perhaps I've missed something, but I've not seen anything that Google or T-Mobile have done specifically to counteract the "hacker" community, the blocking of the rooting method being "colateral damage" from the security fix. If the superuser method can be used to safely provide root access couldn't this be rolled Android itself? It's over my head but has this question been posed to powers that be at http://source.android.com/?
[G1 Android Development] bhang:
HISTORY, tmobile and other carriers want control over our phones, so we can only buy wall, ringtones, etc from them, if they didn't mind if we had root they just would have fixed the bug and not locked up root...

but hey opinions are like....... noses everybody has one some are just nicer looking than others.

maybe they cant lock root now that the RC29 is leaked, maybe thats why it was leaked, by some wild open source crusader wearing spandex a cape and a picture of linus on his chest.

bhang

bhang
[G1 Android Development] benmyers2941:
Isn't the whole lockdown idea contrary to OHA of which T-Mobile and Google are founding members?
[G1 Android Development] cl0s:
Don't be fooled. If they really wanted us to have open phones they would have gave us a safe way to root out of the box, and drivers, etc (like OpenMoko). The open they speak of is having it so anybody can (in a sandboxed environment) create really useful apps using the phones features. Similar to how they split ringtone sales with record labels, they can do the same with developers, as apps are the new 'hot' thing on cellphones right now. Well that's T-mobiles reason, Google's might be a little more in-line with ours (plus pushing they're ad biz) but they still have to fight the powers that be. If you want a truly open phone, get the Dev edition directly from Google. The T-mobile version is definitely not meant to be 'open' the way Linux is open.
[G1 Android Development] benmyers2941:
Alright I give up! Corporations are EVIL... where's my foil hat?

I'll be digging a bomb shelter in the back yard if anyone needs me.