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Originally Posted by jspenc3
I'm new to the 6.5 ROMs (well I tried one months ago but this one is much better) and decided to give this one a go. So far I'm liking it, but I have a few questions I haven't been able to find answers to so far.
1) Is there a way to get rid of the Sprint banner above the clock? I want my today screen real estate for other stuff!
2) Is there a way to go back to the old top Start menu? Some programs just don't work as easily without the top X to exit, etc. Having it at the bottom also wates space just like the Sprint logo.
3) Is there any way to have the Home page clock start in the smaller mode? If you press the down pad it will get much smaller, leaving more room for my appointments - is there any way to make that the default?
4) I don't really like the new All Programs area. I think the old WM 5/6 list with a simple scroll bar was easier to use. Using this flick method there's less items on the screen (which is marginally better for finger) and it's very touchy, I'm always having to go up/down to find the things I want. Not to mention everything was moved around again - with WM5/6 I knew where to get to everything. Is this just another case of Microsoft reinventing the wheel for a product that already worked fine to keep up with the crapy iPhone? Or is it a feature of this ROM?
Ok, otherwise overall I'm really liking the ROM, great work!
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So as far as no. 1) and 3) check this site out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=553361, it may be what you're looking for. I've not tried it with the newer WM builds, so I'm not sure that it works on this ROM.
As far as 4) try the cab posted below. It make all the icons smaller and makes 4 columns in the start menu so there's less screens to scroll through. Again I've not yet tried it with this ROM, so I'm not 100% sure it will work. It's worth a shot though. I believe credit for this cab goes to
Showaco. If that's wrong anyone, please correct me.
*EDIT* I just realized you weren't talking about the start menu, sorry. You might like that cab anyway though. Do a google search for "
Manila 2.1 VGA program tab". The first link that pulls up should take you to an XDA site that might have something you're looking for. I'd post the cab or the link, but I'm at work.
As far as 2) you might be out of luck. I've not heard anything about anyone working on this. I think the majority of people like the new bottom taskbar, at least now that the "X" button actually closes programs.
Let me know if they work as I'll be flashing this ROM later today.
*Edit* I've posted the program cab I was talking about. It also changes the "all programs" screen to a 4 column layout fitting 12 programs on a screen. It's not exactly what you were looking for but it's definitely better that the long list that's standard.