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[General Topics] Menneisyys:
Fennec

The long-awaited Mozilla/Firefox port, after having been only available for the Linux-based Nokia Internet Tablets, has arrived to Windows Mobile (dedicated blog post HERE).

No, it’s still not worth getting it if all you want is a decent, capable browser – it’s really slow and full of bugs. (Remember the first versions of Minimo? It’s THAT bad. Note that I’m not stating the private, unofficial Minimo has anything to do with the officially backed-up Fennec – except for the same initial codebase –, just the fact that Fennec, as of the current version, ins plain useless for real-world usage.) For the time being, go for Opera Mobile, Mini, Skyfire or Bolt, depending on your needs.

Iris

After my last review of Iris, several new versions have been released. They are stated to be much faster / more stable. However, the GUI inconsistencies I’ve pointed out in the above review are still here (also see the comments for example HERE); that is, currently, I still don’t recommend this version unlike you absolutely don’t want to use the alternative ones.

Also read THIS for more info.

Skyfire

A new version, 0.9, was released a week ago. Compared to the version reviewed in my last generic roundup, the list of improvements include (see THIS for more info) Facebook, Twitter, RSS support, improved text reflowing (not that I would have found the previous versions bad in this respect) and (at last) compatibility with WVGA (800*480) and WQVGA (400*240) screens.

Adobe news: Flash Lite 3.1 for developers; full Flash 10 promised

If you know my dedicated article ("TUTORIAL: everything you need to know about Flash Lite 3 and playing back Flash web videos"), you know that, so far, there haven’t been an official version of Flash Lite 3.1 available to download.

In the meantime, Adobe has made the developer version available (more info). No, do not rush to download it unless you’re a developer – it will NOT work in your flash (lite) plugin-capable browser like the latest Omnia build or Internet Explorer. Yes, I’ve tested this. Hope the end user plug-in version is soon released.

Adobe has also announced they will release full (!!) Flash support for Symbian S60, Windows Mobile and Android this year. This is certainly very good news for everyone but iPhone folks – after all, Symbian and Android have never had any “full” Flash support and the latest Windows Mobile one is a highly outdated and slow version 7.
[General Topics] orb3000:
Thanks a lot mate

You´re the man!

great reviews
[General Topics] Menneisyys:
UPDATE (22/02/2009 10:34AM CET): : let me also present you a shot of the Opera booth at ShowStoppers. I hope you recognize the webpage shown ;-)
[General Topics] TheChampJT:
What's your take on the security for Opera Mini and Bolt for BlackBerry? I know it's not a WM question, but I see you used Bolt on your 8800. Just wondering, I thought I saw somewhere that OM wasn't a secure browser, I like it but it's got me nervous to use it.
[General Topics] MAK11:
Something I noticed..

Why is Opera Mobile 9.5 jerky (non smooth scrolling, vsync problem on the top left of the screen in landscape) on the HTC HD/Diamond/Pro and smooth as slik on the Xpéria (wich is the same god damn hardware..) and the Omnia etc...?

Xperia : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW124IUAPIs
[General Topics] Chainfire:
Hmm it's a bit late for a response I guess, but here goes.

I played with Opera Turbo for a bit at MWC and wasn't too impressed. Most of the sites didn't load correctly. Ofcourse, this was perhaps a beta version and things may need improving.

Also I'm not clear on exactly the compression method used, but if it is just standard HTTP compression (sadly enough still not used by most webservers on the block) it's nothing new, I know several carriers who already implement this service on their side and there are several services available that offer this in non-transparent proxy form (apposed to the carriers doing this in transparant form).

However there are many possible improvements to be made over 'normal' HTTP compression, and I assume Opera is at least using some of the things I can come up with straight from the top of my head. Still, I'd be nice to know in more detail how this works - is it revolutionary, or just something old in a new jacket?

Looking forward to actually using this on my device, see how it works (hopefully better than the on the demo devices at the Opera stand at MWC)
[General Topics] orb3000:
Please DO NOT DOUBLE POST

Respect the rules
[General Topics] Menneisyys:
I’ve just published a much more detailed comparison of BOLT and Opera Mini; see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=3507951#post3507951
[HTC Excalibur] f64club:
I dl'd both kavana's & ricky's romz; both are exceptional programmers :)

I found this picture elsewhere, does anyone know where to get this skin?

Also, are some of the features plugins?
[HTC Excalibur] roloracer:
All that I see there is, a wallpaper , smarttoolkit, and custom panels with .png icons . You can make custom panels for whatever you want and use whichever icons you want using chome configurator.
[HTC Excalibur] molesaied88:
can u share that wallpaper please
[HTC Excalibur] stylez:
I don't think he has got it as he is posting someone elses screen shots, there are literally thousands of vista wallpapers that can be found via google then just resize to 320x240 with Gimp, Paint, Pain.net or whatever you use.
[HTC Excalibur] roloracer:
Here you go , resized and switched to jpeg for you. The first one is the original look , and the second one is cropped like he has it.:)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] kron2:
looking for some opinions on icons

here are some icons I have been making started out with blackberry bold icons but started to make icons so here are the ones I made some still are like the blackberry bold but made them more brighter looking for some ideas and good opinions but not to go to far from the design
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] blakestimac:
i like them, simple and nice. what program are you using to make the icons?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] mannyb:
Very nice, minimalistic and simple, yet stylish. Well done.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] kron2:
i like simple and clean and i have adobe photoshop elements i had for a good 10 years and i use paint.net and gimp but the icons i did in photoshop i have a hard time going to a new photoshop
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Geo411m:
I love those Icons, they make a nice interface for the phone.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] 313:
nice nice.. need em.. lol
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] UnkzDomain:
Love em. You need to make a theme using these. Preferably a completely dark theme so that the icons stand out a lot.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] kron2:
I like dark backgrounds and I have started a theme I hope to have it out by Saturday.so far I have gutting good replies but my concerns are which my faves icon do you think I should use and do you think the settings looks ok the way it is or do you think the gear needs to be bigger or I was thinking no gear and add a wrench. oh decisions ineed to make up for my stargate theme lol
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] UnkzDomain:
I like the myFaves icon with the people, but I don't use myFaves at all so my opinion on that doesn't really matter xD

Which icon is the Settings one? The one that looks like a Toolbox? I think that you should make the icon for that either a wrench or gears, but honestly the toolbox will be good enough to identify it since there would be text underneath each icon.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] octoberriot:
<3 them kron. just waiting for you to release them
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] borodin1:
Very nice, very nice.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tootall4la:
what size do the icon have to be 46x46????
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] manup456:
48x48 is the icon size
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] JackD3ath:
Great icons! I like the "people" icon for my favs, they all look very nice. hurry up with this theme, lol.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Geo411m:
Changing Market app icons?

Does any one know if you need to do anything special to repackage a market app icon? I tried changing an icon for cinema player and signed it with the test keys and it wont install. it says it installed but it isn't.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] swaney:
i would love to know as well
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] brandenk:
The market icon is in vending.apk

You added your icon to the music app close it, reopened it to make sure it saved it, then resigned it and I didnt work? If you are having trouble signing files try the Stericson signing made easy thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=473580
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Geo411m:
I don't mean the market app, I mean apps from the market like cinema or shopsavy for example.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] johnowa636:
i get same error. I can change any of the app icons in the update.zip but when i extract an app with astro and update and sign, it wont install. I even tried the desktop install tool. No luck. :mad:
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] savethechicken:
Someone correct me if i'm wrong but wouldn't you need access to that developers source code to do this.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] down8:
So, are they official ROM icons, or are they hand picked from Hero themed ROMs?

-bZj
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] PeDe7:
as soon as you posted a reply in my thread about the htc hero icons, you go ahead and do what i was hoping for but i just think you should put ALL the hero icons in the zip file rather than just your faves cuz it's all about preference so what you might not like, someone else will probably love i.e. i prefer the other alarm clock
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] :
Unnecessary post - thus deleted.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] notxel21:
Anyone come across any palm pre icons? Thanks!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Queena:
I'm also looking for the blue hero-esque icons. I tried searching in a theme that I know has the icons, however I didn't see one for the dialer.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] 98tiburonfx:
Any chance someone could make a .dll icon pack for use with sk shortcut manager out of these icons. I have been trying with no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Krazi Bluntz:
I am currently running Jac's xRom and i do not like the icons ... How do you change the icons in a rom or theme? Open Home does it great and you can make the app drawer transparent but it doesn't show the original Analog clock :/. This is a link to the icons I want to use (http://modmyi.com/forums/downloads/winterboard/121/glass-orb-theme-toyvan-2-9-1465/) or (http://tinyurl.com/osm3ta). thanks.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] magicman1987:
Aero Icons

These are some aero icons ive gathered from the internet and some ive made myself, thiers also a PSD file included to make your own and keep them consistent, a preview is attached below, all the icons are in the .zip as well as the PSD.

hope this helps anyone as much as it helped me!!

Preview of Aero Icons

Wallpaper is from "Cyanogenised" Theme from Matt_Stang, search XDA for it.

Use bettercut to create your own shortcuts and Icons.

Enjoy!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] zimmicz:
Guys how do i make a cab or something installable from those hero icons? Or generally, how can one change an icon? (oh, did not realize i was in android forum, but still, can they be used in winmo - manila?)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] zimmicz:
Is it possible to get them in the higher resolution (128x128)?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
Got these off deviantart.com
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
Here are a few more
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ste11a:
Thanks you, I've wanting a complete HTC icon pack for awhile.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] ccriffman:
I am a "Theme Expert" (take for what its worth) from over at pinstack, having recently defected to Android. I have several years worth of icons of all types and colors for BB's. Should I post them here, or just email them to people as they ask? chris aka riffman ccriffman@gmail.com
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] manup456:
I don't think so cause the iphone has two apps toggle settings and weather and they both have custom icons,i think they can be added to the themes update folder and installed that way not sure cause i have not tried it my self.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] prodigyweb:
Names under Icons

I was wondering this for a while, is there a way to get rid of the names under icons on the splash(homepage?) page 1,2 and 3. I think it would make themes look better.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] momentarylapseofreason:
Best you can do is download AnyCut, go to edit existing shortcuts and put a period or similar in there?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jdwme:
I checked on this before cause I agree the icons should be bigger and removing the text should allow that, but we have to know what's in these xml files
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] namsir:
Change other App's icon

Since people made themes for all the default applications on G1. I've wonder if i can make my own icons for other market's application after downloaded and installed to the phone. Anyone?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tehseano:
Interested in this too!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Geo411m:
I posted about this very thing yesterday morning. As soon as you edit the file they no longer work in android. I tried to edit the cinema app yesterday and it was 50kb for example. I put a different icon in, repackaged and signed it with the test keys and the resulting file was only 30kb. So obviously something is missing for the file to have a decrease in size of 40%. I think we may need to ask the guy who made the iphone app because he's got custom icon for weather and toggle settings.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] namsir:
My question is...how can you locate the app's folder or icons? i was using the Native Fastboot from JesusFeke...but is there another way to access it? like using adb?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jdwme:
I think this was stated in the last thread as well, the reason his worked is because he included the apps in his update.zip file. That's the only way to get the custom icon on stock apps to work, but the more apps we put in the more of a chance you can get an unstable install and run into all kinds of problems. You can also adb push the apk with a custom icon over to /system/app but again space is limited, the app will not work if you push it to /data/app which is where it's trying to be installed. Not sure why it won't, but here's a screenshot where I replaced the icon from the taskmanager app with a donkey. I did it by pushing the app to /system/app
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Geo411m:
@jdwme

Thanks for letting us know.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] namsir:
alright cool, i'll try to replace the icons for "task manager, Hello AIM, Browser, Astro, Dev Tools, Memoryfor lemmings, and The Weather Channel". Then i'll let you guys see the SS and guides how i did it :)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jdwme:
thats a lot to be adding to system, make sure when you push the files you are in recovery mode
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] namsir:
yeah that's my plan..... see if that will work after i install the update.zip :)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Sistum Id:
All I want to do is change FireWallet icon, thing is ugly. I even asked the dev to change it but he wont because he said it will confuse people. I asked him to at least put some work into the fireball. It looks like it was created in MS Paint in about 5 minutes. His other icons in the app are nice but his main icon is pure crap.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Geo411m:
Ok, I've tried numerous times to put custom apps in update.zip and it doesn't work. I also tried to push the apps and it doesn't work. Can someone PLEASE explain (step by step) how to do it correctly?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jdwme:
what exactly is not working?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Geo411m:
it doesn't show up in my app drawer like if it wasn't there.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] namsir:
Well, just finished with HelloAIM application, i did removed their icon and replaced with mine :) sweet, i signed the update with the theme i like and bam....install it :) ... soon i'll finish all the other apps and i will write up a tutorial how i did it step by step with pictures so nubs can follow.

extra: i did compressed the icon png to make it as small as possible without losing effects and quality on it.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Geo411m:
I can't for the life of me figure what I'm doing wrong but I can't seem to get the apps to work. I'll write down what I'm doing in hopes some one see something wrong.

1. I extract the file using 7-zip by right clicking and selecting 7-Zip > Extract files...

2. What I get is a folder called "com.appdroid.videoplayer". The file is the video player app.

3. I replace the file called "ic_launcher_video_player.png" in the drawable folder. I choose file size 48x48. I then return to the root of the "com.appdroid.videoplayer" folder.

4. Next I highlight all the files in the "com.appdroid.videoplayer", right click them and select 7-Zip > Add to Archive... I choose archive format Zip and compression level normal.

5. I rename my com.appdroid.videoplayer.zip to com.appdroid.videoplayer.apk.

6. I right click my com.appdroid.videoplayer.apk and select Resign APK.

7. I add that signed file with the stock apps in the app folder.

8. I then repackage all my files into an update.zip and resign that file as well.

9. I update my phone with the files and the edited file doesn't show up in my app drawer even though I can see the file with the file manager Astro.

If I'm doing something wrong please explain because this is starting to frustrate me. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help me.

The problem was the files in the META-INF need to be deleted. It seems when you sign your apps it puts hash check files in there, and it had a different file created by the developer for the market place which serves the same purpose. once I deleted those signed files before resigning it worked flawlessly.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] djlucklu:
so glad you wrote this because i wanted to take the phonemanager.apk from the macdroid theme and put it in the buff theme. i copied and paste it to the update.zip on winrar but when i try to alt+s to my phone i get theres no digest for the apk i put in the update.zip. and installation aborts.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] mrfrenchfry:
Ok I was able to change two apps' icons by just resigning the whole update, but i was wondering how much apps' icons can I change by doing this and what would happen if i change too much apps.

EDIT: Eh i tried changing a lot of apps, but it seems as though after editing like 10 or so, the other apps' icons didnt change.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Minker17:
Help Me Understand How To Change Icons

Alright, so I have been reading the thread on how to make your own theme. I want to keep everything stock, but change just the icons.

So I will download the RC30 theme stickied on the top of the forum and download the theme that has the icons I want. So, can I open the theme I want and just take the icons out and replace it on the stock theme? Where are the icons I would want located? Do I have to sign afterward?

Does this make any sense? :) Any help is greatly appreciated.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] faithnolonger:
icons

hey unfortunately yeah you need to resign both the apk's you modify and the zip file you put them in!|If you open the apk of the theme you want (fastest way is to view the archive content rather than unarchiving it then putting it back together) and just replacing the icon with the one you want, the icon'll be found inside a folder called drawable inside the folder called res. the exact name i can't help with as different applications use different names.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] damnitpud:
If you setup Stericson's auto-signing you only have to worry about signing the update.zip once your changes are made.

Here is the list of Icons i created for FadetoBlue, all of the icons are found in res/drawable.

AlarmClock.apk - ic_launcher_alarmclock.png

Browser.apk - ic_launcher_browser.png

Calculator.apk - icon.png

Calendar.apk - app_icon.png

Camera.apk - ic_launcher_camera.png

Contacts.apk - ic_launcher_contacts.png

Email.apk - icon.png

Gmail.apk - ic_launcher_mail.png

gtalkservice.apk - app_instant_message.png

IM.apk - ic_launcher_im.png

Launcher.apk

Maps.apk - ic_launcher_maps.png

Mms.apk - ic_launcher_smsmms.png

Music.apk - app_music.png

MyFaves.apk - myfaves_app_icon.png

Phone.apk - ic_launcher_phone.png

Settings.apk - ic_launcher_settings.png

SoundRecorder.apk - ic_launcher_soundrecorder.png

Superuser.apk - icon.png

Sync.apk - app_icon.png

Talk.apk - app_instant_message.png

Vending.apk - ic_launcher_androidmarket.png

VoiceDialer.apk - app_voicedialer.png

YouTube.apk - ic_launcher_youtube.png
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Minker17:
Alright, I think I've made some sense of it.

So it goes like this: "modded theme name.apk/zip" > app folder > "icon name.apk"

I can move the icon over to the same directory on the stock theme and then sign the whole thing a flash it?

** Oh, and what size do the icons needs to be if I chose to make my own?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] damnitpud:
Doesn't sound right but it never does until you try it =)

Don't extract the whole update.zip, it will just throw errors. instead open an update.zip go to apps, highlight all of the apks and extract those, then extract the apks you want to change.

Icons are 48x48 pixels
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Minker17:
Cool, thank you very much!

Can I try this in the SDK before I try flashing?

And I'm correct in reading that I shouldn't lose any data or have to do a complete wipe?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] damnitpud:
I don't think you can use the sdk but I could be wrong

No you shouldn't have to wipre. If get stuck in the android loop just reflash rc30 1.41.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Minker17:
I ran the auto-sign tool and now I can't find my zip file. It was one my C drive, but now it's gone?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
It should still be there if you used my auto sign tool. My tool doesn't move anything around at all.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Minker17:
I did.

I did all the steps on vista.

1 - Yes

2 - Yes

3 - Yes

4 - Typed the path to update.zip - C:\update.zip
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Minker17:
Well, after doing it a second time, it all seemed to work. Don't know why.

The second time, rather than putting the update on the root of the c drive, I put it in the tools directory with the autosign script.

Seemed to work fine I guess.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] manup456:
The auto sign .apk is different than the auto sign app for the update.zip folders. The auto sign .apk wont sign the update.zip.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] :
I am using iphone icons from

http://www.themebin.com/dock-icons/iphone-icon-pack-dock-icons/
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] UnkzDomain:
You guys could use icons from iphone themes. You can find a bunch at http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewforum.php?id=24
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
Icons

Here we go with some icons
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
And some more....
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
more................
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
Thanks to Marcdu81, fritsypeij and janelee99 at xda for these great htc diamond icons!!! Tested and working
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
some more...
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] kron2:
here are some myfaves
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] johnnylicious:
Here are icons i have for all my apps on my home screen.

Part 1:
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] johnnylicious:
Part 2:.........
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] johnnylicious:
Part 3:...........
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
I can do this all night lol
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
Yeah yeah yeah
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] golferguy17:
Iphone 3G icons

http://plizzo.deviantart.com/art/3G-iPhone-Theme-89882377

these are the icons i am using. not because they are "iphone" icons but they look very slick with a black background :D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
It for now i need to stop lol
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
Those are slick, thanks!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] yellow heel:
I used some from this site.

http://www.iconarchive.com/
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] itslinx:
Nice, hopefully we can keep this going!