[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Joe Bleau:
Feb 01 ROM Tweak: Home Cleaning Toolbox

Before and after (image included in the rar):

First: Thanks to NRGZ28 for your Rhodium ROMs! :cool:

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I attached a toolbox to this message for a cleaner Home page IMO. Tested on Energy.RHODIUM.28244.Sense2.5.Cookie.2.0.Feb.01 & Jan.26 ROMs.

Read me (included in the rar):

Tips:

- All cabs must be copied to memory card & then installed with Start > Total Commander

to the Device

. Restart the phone if it does not do it automatically to apply the change.

- If you want to install more than one cab, no need to restart for every single one in this case. Just select Cancel to continue at the end of the cab's installation, install other cab(s) & do restart after the last one is installed.

- To revert to NRG's default, just un-install the unwanted cab(s) & restart the phone. > Home > Slider bar to Settings > Application > Remove Programs.

1- Taskbar 3d w/o the honeycomb texture: run Taskbar 3D Black JB.cab

1.1- You can make either or both Taskbar & Softkeybar transparent by skinning them with your current wallpaper: > Home > Menu > Set Wallpaper > scroll down to Skin Taskbar and Softkeybar. Only the Softkeybar was skinned in the third screen capture above for example. I like the top 3d Taskbar. It needs to be redone after each change of wallpaper with that new wallpaper because it's not really transparent, CHT is just using part of the chosen wallpaper. If you remove your custom skinning (X) you will get plain black bar(s) by CHT's default. To revert to NRG's default 3d bars (or tweak #1 & 8) you need to go to Start > Settings > Home > Appearance & select the default EnergyROM 2008 theme. Annoying: if that theme is already in use, you must select another one, apply (OK) and let it install then select EnergyROM 2008 & apply again.

2- Remove the carrier's name, nothing to install: Home > Menu > CHTEditor > miscellaneous > scroll down to: Other settings > Custom operator text > enter one space here to remove the carrier's name or whatever text you would like. Menu > Exit to apply (not X) & view change after Sense restarts. Thanks to JVH3 for the tip.

3- Remove the curtain (texture) of the Titlebar: run Touch X remove top curtain.cab.

4- Remove Page Indicator, nothing to install: Home > Menu > CHTEditor > Miscellaneous > scroll down to: Titlebar > Turn Off Show page indicator. I know which Home tab I'm looking at. :rolleyes:

5- Turn off Quick Links icon's text & text background, nothing to install: Home > Menu > CHTEditor > Quick Links > turn on both: Hide text background and Hide text. The point of the icons is to visually represent something, after learning what they represent, no need for the word camera under a camera icon anymore IMO.

6- Remove the Sliderbar's curtain: run Sliderbar Curtain Remove JB.cab. Edit: Check this new cab before installing this one as it also fixes the misalignment of the Sliderbox in the ROM: Feb 01 ROM Tweak: Slider Box Fix.

7- A more discreet Start button: run Start Gray Small JB.cab. Nine other Start buttons are available here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=10997744#post10997744

8- Softkeybar w/o honeycomb texture & a tad less visually overwhelming IMO: run Softkeybar 3d Black JB.cab

9- A less busy wallpaper makes spotting icons faster IMO. Many wallpapers out there look great but once behind a ton of icons it’s less pretty, in some case looking like an all-dressed pizza. There are 4 plain backgrounds in the rar including pure black & carbon fiber seen in the last screen cap above. Copy them to My Documents > My Wallpapers then > Home > Menu > Set Wallpaper. While you are there also change All Tabs to a plain one to make said Settings tab & others easier to read IMO.

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BTW Custom Action Screen Icons & Buttons works fine on ROM Feb.01 & Titanium.

Feedback is always appreciated. :cool: