HTC Task List Help - Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development

hey all, i'm new to upgrading and hacking of phones, but have a technical background. got a touch dual in Dec and love it. i have been messing with it the last few days and installed some of the SPB products on there to make it more personal. the task menu that is on the top right of the start bar has disappeared.
anyone know how i can get that back? i find that to be a very nice feature and would like to get it back.

I guess your technical background isn't that great since the answer to your problem can easily be found in Start->Settings->System Tab->Task Manager->Button Tab.

wow, i totally missed that. thanks.

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Im new to winows mobile and just got the fuze and want it to look like the touch pro on htc's website. I put that tf3 configurator on it but my threaded messaging stopped working. All I want to do is make it look like that one with the black background and cooler clock. I want everything else pretty much the same except maybe lose cellular video and that junk. Also will i lose stuff on my phone if I do this like notes and stuff.
schoettt said:
Im new to winows mobile and just got the fuze and want it to look like the touch pro on htc's website. I put that tf3 configurator on it but my threaded messaging stopped working. All I want to do is make it look like that one with the black background and cooler clock. I want everything else pretty much the same except maybe lose cellular video and that junk. Also will i lose stuff on my phone if I do this like notes and stuff.
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Please use the search function next time, all the answers to your questions are readily available if you do a little looking. Thread closed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=447056

Developing new tabs

This may be a really stupid question, but is it possible to create a tab for practically anything? I know they have updated the Weather Tab in the Touch HD to pull more weather data, and there is also the stock tab where you can get stock info right from the tab. My question is if these tabs can be formatted to show anything from an internet source or feed. For example sports scores or news. I've seen this in Bell's UI for the TP, but is it possible to do if you can find the right source? I don't know how to program and wouldn't be able to do this, I was just throwing it out there as a question to see if its possible. Thanks!
does anyone have any ideas on this?
I'm wondering the same thing. Some tabs on TF3D like the People and Mail tab are pretty far from useful. It would be great if these could be edited or replaced.
It's entirely possible. I've stumbled onto docs and dev tools for writing your own tabbed whatever on this site. It wasn't of interest to me so I don't know where they are offhand but a little searching should bring them up eventually. Maybe check the wiki, also.
I'm really intersted in this so I can make some useful tabs. I'm so sick of the music tab!
I've been keeping an eye out but haven't seen anything useful in the way of docs or info yet. If anyone finds some info could they please post links here?
Please!
heh
-- Maz
Yes, I am interested in developing new tabs, too. Seems to me that developing a visual voicemail tab that would work with the youmail.com service just makes a lot of sense to have on a phone.
I asked that question before, and got the following links in response.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=464984&highlight=mode9+editor
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=479910
Unfortunately, I've got a ton of VB6 experience that does no good here. I'm willing to write some good psuedo code, if there is anyone with LUA experience that can help me with the tab.
Whoa guys and girls you have no idea what you are asking. This is not something you do by editing a tab a little bit. Creating new tabs will requires you to be able to create mode9 files from scratch and have some real experience with lua coding. Only one who's done that on this forum is D-man (calender tab). I've been working with xbox on the rhodium manila editing mode9 and lua files I can do, but creating them from scratch is very hard and will consume a lot (like a whole lot) of time. For someone with experience it will be hard, and I'm ready to team up with someone who thinks he can but it's probably a project of weeks or maybe months. But hey I might be wrong here , 12

Phone Answering UI

Is it possible to change the UI for when the phone is ringing?
I've been searching all morning and have noticed I'm the only one it
seems who has trouble answering the phone, the slide to answer scheme
is horrible and I hang up on people all the time.
Can't seem to find an app or launcher to change the default setup.
Thanks for any help given.
-Muddy
Yeah, I am kind of with you. It's not the best scheme.
But I haven't found anything else available either.
I believe you could try an alternate phone apk in maybe the nexus forums? I'm not sure if it's a good idea yet to switch over and lose the stock phone dialer yet. Guess I'm just scared of doing anything to my phone until all of the BIG bugs with customizing are worked out.
Agreed, guess I'll keep my bluetooth headset nearby to answer with until we find a replacement. :-/
How are you accidently hanging up on people? Don't you just need to swipe left or right?

[Q] 2 Qs from a just-converted-to-android exWM user

I am so curious about my first android toy (X10), I am very excited, so I'm ready to be flamed and bashed for my noob Qs (search is not working properly )
Oh yes ! I'm a noob again
My Qs:
1- How do I sort my contacts list in last/first name instead of fist/last ??
2- Is it possible to auto-sync contacts avatars to their corresponding facebook profile pic ??
Thanks for being kind
If you've come from WM then you will know we all have to be a noob at some point.
On the contact front, don't think the stock phone book works that way. I use a freebie app called Gesture Search, you use it to draw with your finger the first letter of your contact, be it first or last name. You can add more letters if you need to narrow your selection down. There are probably other phone book/contact apps out there on the market and others can point you in the direction of their favorite.
There is another app called Sync my pix which lets you bring over Facebook contact pics but I think that the 2.1 update due very soon gives you a better Facebook for Android app that lets you sync Facebook and your phone.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Android!
these are small issues, but somehow dissapointing
will I be able to sort my contacts with the OS upgrade ??
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gtrab said:
these are small issues, but somehow dissapointing
will I be able to sort my contacts with the OS upgrade ??
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I must admit, the flavour of this post is a little better than the one asking us to read the user manual for you
You're going to go through a big disappointment phase, noticing Android just isn't anywhere near as customisable as WM. This will soon turn into elation when you realise Android isn't anywhere near as buggy, ugly, or downright crap as WM.
Android 'works', WM doesn't - it's kina the between WM and Apple - you sacrifice some customisation but you get something nice in return that doesn't need quite so much anyway...
I don't think you'll ba able to sort your contacts - google "Android releases" or something to find out a little more about that... there's also a thread in here somewhere that lists a whole lot of changes.
also, think outside the square on this one - maybe just re-write them lastname, firstname and there you have it. of course that's a pain, but it's a method.
I think syncing with Facebook is part of 2.1 (not sure though).
My advice is to let go, and embrace the new platform for what it is - I went through a ton of pain moving from WM, but it was worth it!
Enjoy!
thank you k1sr
Soon there will be less Qs and more collaborations
Great to see u on here gtrab and I'm stoked for what's to come.
Imho once u get familiarized with android u will like it way more than winmo

[Q] howto see the comments on apps

How the f*** do I get to see the comments on apps in marketplace? I can´t even figure out how to make a new comment on my own?
The sad thing is that I´ve just swapped my Nexus S for this Nokia (wanted to try something new, and thought the WP7.5 looked interesting) After a couple of days playing around it seems like it is as "closed source" as the iPhone which I did not like at all
Swipe left when on the program install page in market?
It is as closed as the iOS eco-system, that's never been a secret.
As for seeing the ratings, it's easy, after tapping on the app that you want, just swipe the screen to the left, or tap the 'reviews' header:
Thanks to both of you. Stupid Me.. Didn´t occour to Me at all

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