HomeScreen request #2 - Page 2 - Motorola Q Forum

ekeown · 05-16-2008, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by nahzekology

i wonder want plugin(s) could be used to have the time in the iconbar? do you know how tho change the battery icon and wireless icon?

The Orange dll allows for two plugins per line, so it can be used to put time in the iconbar. Have you installed Orange? As for changing the icons that appear in the iconbar, I don't believe it can be done, or at least I've never seen it done. There is an application called smartmonitor that can be used to show the battery and wireless as bar graphs, but it's nothing like the icons on the Curve.

nahzekology · 05-16-2008, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ekeown

The Orange dll allows for two plugins per line, so it can be used to put time in the iconbar. Have you installed Orange? As for changing the icons that appear in the iconbar, I don't believe it can be done, or at least I've never seen it done. There is an application called smartmonitor that can be used to show the battery and wireless as bar graphs, but it's nothing like the icons on the Curve.

i have the orange plugin, but dont know what to do with it. i will see if i can get smartmoniter. again you did a great job...thank you!!!

ekeown · 05-16-2008, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by nahzekology

i have the orange plugin, but dont know what to do with it. i will see if i can get smartmoniter. again you did a great job...thank you!!!

Thank you.

You don't need to do anything with the orange dll, it just allows the support of two plugins per row, but a homescreen has to be written a special way to make the two plugins appear on the same row. I hope that makes sense. The homescreen has to be coded to put two different items on the same row, and the Orange dll is needed for that to work on your phone. Smartmonitor is similar in that it the homescreen has to be coded to display the special Smartmonitor graphics in order to use it.

I'll work on a version of Qurve that uses Orange to put the clock up with the icon bar, and maybe a version of with smartmonitor, but if I use smartmonitor I'll cut the iconbar since there would be no point to having both.

nahzekology · 05-16-2008, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ekeown

Thank you.

You don't need to do anything with the orange dll, it just allows the support of two plugins per row, but a homescreen has to be written a special way to make the two plugins appear on the same row. I hope that makes sense. The homescreen has to be coded to put two different items on the same row, and the Orange dll is needed for that to work on your phone. Smartmonitor is similar in that it the homescreen has to be coded to display the special Smartmonitor graphics in order to use it.

I'll work on a version of Qurve that uses Orange to put the clock up with the icon bar, and maybe a version of with smartmonitor, but if I use smartmonitor I'll cut the iconbar since there would be no point to having both.

will have to put you on my christmas list...thank you

ekeown · 05-17-2008, 03:18 PM

I've actually copied the battery and signal icons from a screenshot of the sprint Curve, and integrated them into SmartMonitor. They work, however the signal strength feature of SmartMonitor on the homescreen is causing the phone to lock up. I'm going to keep trying because I'm so close...

nahzekology · 05-17-2008, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ekeown

I've actually copied the battery and signal icons from a screenshot of the sprint Curve, and integrated them into SmartMonitor. They work, however the signal strength feature of SmartMonitor on the homescreen is causing the phone to lock up. I'm going to keep trying because I'm so close...

how did you do that? you use photoshop?