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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
I hadn't released the update yet :P

Download and install this, it should help: http://windowsphonehacker.com/files/wp7_1.151.CAB

Let me know if it works.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] PayAndDie:
You´re great it works :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] juliuscezar:
It works on Atom life, but have experienced some lags, 1.12 is more responsive.

For now I'm satisfied with 1.12, my only concern is editing the hubs to be able to customize it. i.e application / games/ weather hub.

1.12 Version

-The icons on the applications aren't showing.

-The bing section has no background.

Could you show me how to edit the hubs on 1.12?

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
There is no way to edit hubs on 1.12, it's all hard-coded.

The only lag you should see on 1.15 is on the animations, which were slowed down for the HD2. If you want, I can compile a build with faster animations and see if it runs better.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] juliuscezar:
Ok. Was it possible to make an option where in we can customize the HUBS with image/s of our choice?

Thanks. I'll wait for the build then.:)

Good day.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
No, there isn't an option for that (yet) because WM makes rendering images and text at the same time an awful experience.

I'll see about it though.

Sometime soon I'll have an "old device" build out, stay tuned (:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] evenking2:
Thanks a million！！！

I am trying it on my Leo, feeback tonight

Thanks you so much

I will see which is better, Throttlelauncher Win7 skin or your WP7
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] evenking2:
Cannot be used on singapore official rom Leo

Hey, buddy

It cannot run on my leo

My leo rom is 1.66 Singapore Official Rom

why can't I use your wonderful app?

Oh god

I really don't know why.....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
Is the rom English? Non-English roms have been known to have path problems.

What is the exact error?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Casey_boy:
Hey Jaxbot,

Just a couple of things.

Bugs:

The pinned contact's icons are not shown for me on the homescreen.

Something I don't think I've mentioned before but does bug me a bit is the blurriness of the font on the main screen (i.e. "Phone", "People")

The date on the lockscreen is too big to fit on my screen

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Coming out of the settings can take a while (even if you just click cancel).

When adding games to the games hub it doesn't seem to let me navigate to my Windows directory.

Suggestion:

Could you possibly improve the pictures hub, so that it is more like the actual WP7 hub? I know it does it's job at the moment, but I have more than one album/folder.

Obviously, that is a suggestion for future improvement - bug fixes and work on scrolling speed is always more important!

Casey
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
* I'll see about the contacts not showing up.

* The text is blurry, yes, I'll see about making it hand-rendered.

* The text isn't supposed to fit on lockscreen, it doesn't on the real WP7.

* Settings have had some problems, I've noticed.

* I use the Windows OpenFileDialog right now, and it SUCKS, so I'll see about that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] PayAndDie:
Hi,

Just also wanted to report a bug or glitch. Like Casey_boy said the live tiles aren´t working.

On qvga the notification of SMS: 0 PHONE: 0 OUTLOOK: 0 overwrites my Date.

As mentioned bug fixes and scrolling speed are very important but I think you should somehow implement kinetic scrolling :D It would be very great :)

So long really great work and improvement! keep it up like that ;)!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] juliuscezar:
Any news for "old devices"?...Looks like there's a need for some tweeking on 1.15. I guess we have to wait until you have refined the program. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
Tell me if this CAB runs better: http://windowsphonehacker.com/files/wp7_1.15_old.CAB
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] julian2596:
u fix the cab by outing other stuff into the new upddate so that older devices would work
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] juliuscezar:
Ok, first i want to thank you for the program. :)

Now for the results.

1. I couldn't get the picture hub animated, where in on 1.12 i was able to do it using my own choice of folder.

2. The contacts were not showing on one of the hubs (besides the weather hub), where on 1.12 it was possible.

3. The weather hub has no weather icon displayed. I guess I have to connect to GPRS. Is the ZIP codes for the weather hub is for US only?

3. The Bing page has no background when i tap on the Bing HUB.

4. Program icons were not showing on the applications.

5. The program keeps on connecting to 3G/GPRS. Can it be done manually?

6. Can the Phone signal be much more refined? The bars were big. :)

In terms of response the programs runs similar to 1.12, aside for the comments above, generally it was better than 1.12.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
This feature was disabled due to problems with HD2's camera format, but I suppose it could be re-enabled for older devices.

The weather hub? What?

Yes, the weather uses a US-only service. If someone has a international weather service that I can easily pull, let me know.

Are you connected to the internet before running the program?

They don't, it hasn't been implemented yet.

Yes, just load up the connection before loading the app.

I'll make a note :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TKETZ196:
Thanks Jaxbot for an updated version of this great software for "old devices" since i have one of those, i am going to try it out and see how it is. I think this UI is one of the lightest on my resources. I still give you kudos for this design. I would like ot make a suggestion that with the pictures hub, i would like to be able to point to the program i woudl like to use for view the photos. Lastly, is it possible to add a page where there is a task manager (nothing fancy), so we can see what processes are running on the phone and have the option to close out certain apps completely? i am not sure if there was already one or not.

I hope working on these two dual versions, an HD2 and an "old device" version isn't too much trouble. i wish i can help you code these and work out the bugs and add the user suggesitons, if i knew how to write and program apps. I love the idea of having a limited form of Windows Mobile 7 while actually using Windows 6.X and below since i feel certain features (ahem, multitasking) are quite useful. Again, thanks a million!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 429565955:
it's a pretty cool skin, just i have some problems.

first is about the weather square. when i tap into the weather, how can i back?

second, it's still the weather square, can i change the Fahrenheit to Celsius and change the location?

third, can the skin support to chinese? lol

cheers, buddy
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mad_a_22:
is this a windows 7 theme without installing spb or other applications?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] srgudhka:
yes. its gr8.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dsramesh:
How do I unlock?

Tried this on my Verizon TP2.

- It worked ok

- Locked the screen but then could not figure out how to unlock!

How do I unlock the screen?

Thanks!

..Ramesh
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] juliuscezar:
Have you tried swiping upwards? :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nkola:
Who be knows when the new version for old devices...?=)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TKETZ196:
I am sure when Jaxbot is done fine tuning the HD2 version (or faster devices). I hope he can develop a new version for old devices. I was thinking that there should be access to allow the software to go online manually, rather than automatically connect to the internet. With that, maybe there could be an update button that will activate the internet connection. One issue i always found was how slow the scrolling is for both cycling through contacts and programs list. I would also like to see certain functions, like the Picture hub, to be allowed to use your own picture viewer rather than rely on the windows mobile version. I like S2V a lot and it would be nice to use that as my Pictures hub. hopefully even more speed improvements and bug fixes will com along with a newer release. I just hope that it isn't asking for much to have both versions be updated. Jaxbot is doing a fantastic job overall in porting elements to windows Mobile 7 to our legacy devices.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Aaron.600:
Next Update

Hey,

I was wondering when the next update will be, any help would be great.

Thanks :D

Aaron
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JamesRiot:
Feedback

Clearly a lot of work went into this, and it runs pretty smoothly on my HD2. The animations are like butter, especially if I run "cleanRAM" before starting up the theme. I plan on using it a good amount of the time just because of how sweet it is.

If Steam integration is really coming down the line, that'll be cool as hell.

The only things that kind of bugged me, and these are VERY nit-picky, so please don't put any weight to them (especially since I'm new here) was that the number of new emails you have gets cut off once you're in double digits and the names of programs run into each other as you scroll through them. But those are tiny little things that don't matter and could be fixed as easily as me just checking my damn email in a timely fashion and not scrolling so fast.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chabbe11:
This is actually kind of nice.

Keep it up
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] efjay:
Dont know if this has already been suggested but how about setting the new bing application as the default search application? Now it displays the picture of the day, has real navigation and does all the usual searches as well. Or make it an option.

Great looking software, thanks for your hard work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
Actually, I will probably remove the built-in Bing application, as the new official Bing app supports all this plus voice search, voice navigation, and many other things.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Casey_boy:
Fancy waiting til they roll out support for the UK :p Currently, we have to use the crappy old version :(

Though, I should imagine using the real Bing program would speed your app-theme up?

Casey
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TKETZ196:
I wanted to ask if there is a new "Old Device" version in the works, also i would like to know whether if there is a way to add a menu for running programs so certain programs can be killed, like if i was running internet explorer, and i want to kill that process, or if i opened a word document.

Also, if there is going to be a new old device version, will there be speed improvements with cycling through menus and contacts (maybe adding in an index so i can jump to the first letter of my contact)?

keep up the good work, i really like what i see. for me, the program manager to view running programs is important to me. maybe i missed that if there is one already integrated. I think this project is brilliant!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
The latest old version one is here: http://windowsphonehacker.com/files/wp7_1.15_old.CAB

And, also, there's really only one difference between the two, and that's how high the sleep time is (kinda high on the HD2 since it's so snappy :) )
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Panchiron:
Some issues on an Elfin

Hi, Jaxbot.

Congrats for your app, is going great.

I´m using the version for "medieval" phones, on an Elfin (128/256 Mb). Global performance is quite good, but I have some problems that perhaps have an easy fix:

- Since installed new version, I have lost the "numbers" of the notifications on the Home page, so I don´t see the amount of missed calls or received messages and mails, even I don´t see the "zeros". The only thing that works is the "changing face" of the received SMS (I think it´s called "treats"). Neither are working the built-in WP7 Notifications.

- When I click on the People hub, it takes too long to open.

- No picture background on the Bing page.

- A lot of fatal crashes I think when the phone comes back from "hybernation" (maybe because of Facebook login?).

I don´t know if you are going to continue with the development of the dyno´s version, but only fixing these issues I could use your app with success.

Greetings.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
These are unfortunately not easy to fix, as it appears that that particular device does not support a lot of the rendering that this application uses.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Panchiron:
Well, sad to hear this. Thank you anyway for your great work. I´ll wait for new releases and maybe my luck changes :).

Greetings!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] PoisonWolf:
I was wondering, if I do not have a data-plan on the phone, is there anyway to disable hubs that require this (i.e., Facebook, Twitter, etc)? Or do these hubs run all the time?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
You must have data enabled, otherwise it'll probably crash. The program uses all kinds of background services (Bing, Facebook, weather, etc) that pull data regardless of the active hub.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] PoisonWolf:
Dang. I guess I can't give it a shot. Thanks though, the videos do look pretty awesome. =D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] davsug:
Crashed on HD2

I'm trying this out on my TMo HD2(US version), and I'm getting pretty constant crashes especially on the contacts section. It's saying an unexpected error occurred (TargetInvocationException).

I did download the HD2 version(v 1.15bHD2). The scrolling also seems a bit jerky, but it doesn't seem to want to go to the people hub, it just hangs with a gray screen and the back arrow doesn't work, then it either goes to that error, or just hangs.

Any ideas? Is there an issue with the TMo US ROM?

But thanks for the hard work. I can't wait to get it working.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
Strange, I would have to say it's a ROM issue, or something else on the device.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mymailx:
What an AWESOME!!!

I haven't tried on my XDA but I've tried on an emulator.

What can I say???

It's ROCK!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Casey_boy:
Hey Jaxbot,

Just wondering how development is going with this app? Plenty of new details and UI changes have taken place with WP7 - do you think you'll be updating? Or has development stopped?

Casey
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
I do still have plans to update this app, and I've been meaning to for a while. However, I've been without my development computer for some weeks now (hard drive got shot as well as motherboard), and so I'll have to track down my back ups once I get my development computer fixed.

However, I do still have plans to improve this app, as it has greatly fallen behind the "competition", so to speak.

-Jaxbot
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] stcardinal:
Does this run well on touch pro 2 for sprint?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] plumie:
i actually came across this project when i was searching for any info on the disappearance of the WM6.5 theme generator from the microsoft website (i am strictly a mac user so creating my own themes using their generator is/was pretty much the only customisation option for me). now that i've seen this, though, i don't even want to think about going back to that old themeset, let alone WM6.5. to put it simply, this is beautiful, just beautiful.

i'm running this on my AT&T Tilt2 (stock ROM, default WM6.5 build) and so far things are going well (obviously i am using the "old phone" version of this app). a few notes:

1. how do you get back from the weather screen? (someone mentioned this previously.) i use the physical back key and it works, but is there a specific swipe (like on the lock screen) to be used or does the option just not exist yet?

2. when it gets down to the rest of the tiles below the picture tile, for me it goes bing on the left, games on the right, and then nothing underneath bing while weather is underneath games. underneath games is the facebook tile. is the misalignment a problem with my phone's rendering or is this just the way it currently is? i don't really care about the order of the tiles, per se, but i would like to see them even with one another eventually. i can see from the videos that it's all perfectly aligned on your old touch pro/fuze (that is what it is, right?)... maybe i should go back to using mine haha.

3. the pictures tile does not animate (for me, at least). is there a fix for this?

4. i dont have all of my programs spread out willy-nilly in my start menu because they end up cluttered and there is no good way to organise them in WM6.5 (drag and drop? ha). for example, i use a folder called utilities, which has all of my (you guessed it) utilities programs inside, such as total commander, cleanRAM, etc. since it is a folder and not an application/program, is that why it isn't appearing the programs list? is there any way to make your application "see" these folders, or would i just have to take all of my apps out in order for them to show up?

5. in the facebook app/tile, when you go to update your status, the text stops where the input box ends. now this isn't to say that if your update is longer it gets cut off, rather it's just that you can't see the text as you continue to type after the box ends. it's not a huge issue, though, just something minor i noticed.

6. obviously this is currently a portrait-only theme. i wish there was a way it could be landscape navigable as well right now, but i am prepared to wait patiently for that day to come. :)

i think that's it for now... i apologise if anything i have mentioned is repeated or irrelevant. i've been combing this thread for info but i could have easily missed something. i am very excited to see what's in store for the future. thank you, jaxbot, for your hard work and perseverance, it is greatly appreciated. hope to see some updates soon. good luck!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
Wow, highly motivating post ^^

To address each individual issue:

1. There is no software way of going back. This isn't a bug, it was just forgotten and I will add it to my notes to add it to the next version.

2. It's not a rendering issue with your phone, it's a alignment problem with where certain "hidden" tiles are. Next release, however, will add "Dynamic" tiles.

3. The pictures tile is known to have issues, depending on your ROM/Camera resolution, but I promise I'll fix it.

4. The current application only recognizes ".lnk" files (shortcuts), no folder support yet, but I suppose I can add that.

5. Haha, I noticed that while field testing too, and yes it gets rather annoying. Also on my to-fix list.

6. I would add a landscape mode, but I'd rather only have it if it did something special. Having a landscape version of the metro interface seems slightly pointless (though maybe not if you have a physical keyboard)

To everyone: I'm probably going to start working on a complete rewrite of this theme, as many quirks are buried deep into it. The next version, which will take some time, will hopefully include better hubs, faster animations, dynamic tiles, and otherwise improved looks and performance.

If you have any ideas, please let me know and I'll add it to my list.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cajenna:
Good morning to all,sorry for my poor english,i have a problem with the weather,i cant find the settings to put my locality (Rome),the device is an HD2 and the program works fine.

If someone can help me.....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
The app currently only supports United States weather, but this may change if someone can direct me towards an international weather website that is easy to pull for information.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] josuema:
Will it be any version for HVGA devices?

I downloaded the _old.cab version but when i started the program, HD2 version splash screen apeared.

Great app by the way...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
Both versions display the HD2 splash screen, just a glitch with compiling.

As far as HVGA goes, I'm not sure I'll have the room to fit all the components onto a HVGA screen.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
Hi, sorry for the question havent found a hint regarding Manila...

When installing this .cab, will it be a new "HomeScreen" that can be choosen instead of Titianium or HTC Sense, or will it completely reconfigure the device and destroy HTC Sense?

So, is it possible to use it testing wise in parallel to the Sense installation, or is this irreversible?

Gescha
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
This cab installs the application, which is run via the Start Menu. It will not change any homescreen settings, and if not disabled, Sense will still run in the background.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
Thanks a lot, now I understand.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
It's been a while, but it's time for a status update.

The rewrite is going well, and is now much smoother. 99% of the flickering is gone, the tiles are now dynamic (movable, saves changes), the lock screen is much, much smoother, and right now I'm working on the start menu icons.

Once I'm finished with that, I just have to redesign the hubs to run smoother, and we should be good to go-just need to find some good icons for the start menu, which I suppose I can take from the emulator.

-Jaxbot
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] efjay:
Sounds great. Seeing as the launch hardware is mostly a pile of poo this will hold me until something decent is released, if the Dell Lightning doesnt get released soon after launch.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
I agree, the internal specs may be good but the designs look terrible. But I don't think the Dell Lightning is a launch device, considering that it supports Flash video. Who knows :/
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ross202:
Version 1.15

Same comments as per post 360. Mostly works on my HD2 except for the crashes/ommissions in #360. When I opened some of the apps on my phone, eg Windows "Getting Started" and changed a setting it wouldn't always go back to WP7. Still, a very promising app. I look forwad to the next version.

PS. Would be nice to get local weather in Celsius
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
I think we'll all enjoy version 2.0 ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] efjay:
How comprehensive will 2.0 be? Will there be more bulitin programs or willl it still primarily be a skin/launcher?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
2.0 is a complete rewrite, focusing on performance and functionality. There will also be more hubs, more treats, more features, etc, but I don't have a roadmap available yet.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] OndraSter:
If I can put there small of a critic, I will. If not, just ignore my post :D

First, GET RID OF USING System.Drawing and base controls that are drawn on GDI(+), because it is terribly slow to render. Use OpenGLES instead (I know, a lot of to ask, I wanted to do wp7-like home too, but because I can't OpenGLES, I stopped doing that.)

Second, in Start Menu, it checks only for root, not subfolders. And there are missing icons, they took me soo long :D

Third, Swipe gestures aren't reliable there at all, I eg swipe from app list back to the "home" and I get opened app that I swiped on.

I had pretty good working physicsengine for scrolling, if you are interested, I can expand it for swipe left-right etc, there is example of scrolling (IMHO better one than WinMo itself has in WM6.5+). It can detect if you are scrolling or touching, using magic math :). If you are interested, I can give you source code of this simple test app (or you can open it in Reflector, so did I, because I already lost source code LOL).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into it. Also, version 2.0 uses a completely new rendering/physics engine, that I think you guys will like.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anesh01:
ETA on the update to 2.0 ?? anticipating its release.....awesome work so far.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jaxbot:
Soon, very soon :)