Nice screen, I like the PA skin Mal. Very clean

Thanks. I'm trying to reduce as much as I can and I'm finding I have a leaner, faster device.

I went through the "install it all, you never know!" phase and now I'm just using what I know I need to use.

The device works much better that way :wink:

(fyi, that PA skins is alphamini 2 and can be found in the Themes section here; I just commented out the icons using ' )

hey mal.... what are all the programs your running... my phone is slowing down im in that try all phase am im tired of it. just curious what you run as "necessary programs"

Things that are constantly running:

SmallMenuPlus
MagicButton
WeatherPanel (Stealth 240 theme)
TodayAgenda
PhoneAlarm
MagicCall (phone/sms filter)
AE Button Plus
Battery Meter from XDA

I'd say on average, when my system starts with all of that I have about 38mb of free Program Memory left (RAM).

The rest of it just comes down to not having too many programs installed on the device, which in turn makes the registry larger and the /windows more complicated.

Of course, I have easily 40 installations on my device (some are tiny like KeyLight, others large like Skype 2.0), so I don't mean to imply to be skimpy either. Just install what you KNOW you use and not what you think you may need on some rare day. Occasionally, it's nice to hard-reset and just install the basics and lock in the device, especially after experimenting with a lot of software.

Also, look for a program called UPX4PPC which is used to shrink down .exe and .dll files--saves space and lets things run faster in turn.

Using SKTools, though not for a novice, is also helpful. New version now has a Registry compressor (saves 20% in space).

Oh and one more thing: Avoid altogether if possible installing .NET CF 2.0.

It's garbage and will slow down your device. :lol:

thanks for the tip... deleted a bunch of the rare use items... got my free program memory to almost 40mbs... my baby is movin again...

ill play around with upx... does it work for any program or do i need to be careful?

i have sktools never used that reg comp feature ill check that out too...

THANKS

edit...

here are the programs im running tell me if i need to have CF NET 2, cause i am running it

Wisbar lite
phone alarm
weather panel
palm threaded

those the big ones that run all the time basically

i have the others like u do...
verichat
keylight
memMaid

basically is there nething that u can think of commonly run that needs CF NET 2?

None of those apps require .NET.

For UPX, you can do most programs (don't do anything in \windows). It makes a backup for you, so just name it and save it. If you break the program, just recopy the .exe and or .dlls back over.

thanks your the man little donation coming your way :-)

alright mal tell me what you think went with a more simple theme like you... modified the black theme to make it blue and orange, modified the alphamini 2 similiar to you.

http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/8496/todaylk1.jpg

just which i could change the rest of the task bar white to blue as well cant quite get it with UI Tweaker

Looks great!

I know you can change the clock and Start font using Tweaks2k2. Not sure why that is not in TweaksUI or if it is, where it is.

Not sure about the arrows/signal though.

BTW: How do you change the colors of the SoftKey font?

Never mind, got it!