Removing the Sprint bar from Today

[kneebiter]

Hi all, I finally managed to remove the carrier logo bar across the top of the Today screen! I don't know if it's been irritating anyone else but it drove me nuts not having that real estate available. Since Mavick's awesome hidelogo wouldn't work on the 800w, I decided to scour the registry...nothing jumped out at me. So I turned to the thing that's gotten me through life so far...dumb luck. Here's what I've got:

SPB Mobile Shell 2.1
SPB Diary 2.5.8
SPB Pocket Plus 4.02

(I have registered copies, don't no if eval versions will work)

Enable Mobile Shell and Diary in the Today settings. Leave Pocket Plus unchecked and below the others. Go to the Pocket Plus settings and enable Today Plugin then enter Feature Options. On the Advanced Tab check the "Place plug-in on the top of the Today screen" box. Now open the Today settings and look at the items list. The "Dial Lookup" item is now visible to uncheck. This got rid of the stupid Sprint bar on my Treo...you may also hafta check "Hide Lookup Field" with the Menu softkey.

Post your results if you give it a try.

[zelet]

Thanks for figuring that out. I don't have any of those applications though so I'll probably wait until somebody figures out a different way.

[remlle]

can you still dial straight from the home screen?

[Katahdin]

I tried this but it messes up when I make a call. The call screen no longer shows up.

[zelet]

TreoAlert can put the date where the carrier logo is. It doesn't get you the screen area back but at least you can have something useful there.

It can be found here:
http://discussion.treocentral.com/sh...postcount=2050

Remember, there are still some bugs since it is in beta but it's been working for me.

[nxtech3]

i guess this would be useful if you have SPB Programs but im not sure that ALOT of people have it. Either way though, thanks for contributing

[Malatesta]

You don't need to do any of what the OP mentioned, which is a lot of jumping around.

1. Just installed SKTools and go to the Today Plugins section
2. Unpin and uncheck "Dial Lookup"

So why don't we all do this?

Simple, it disables like all of the Palm hacks for the today screen This is why HideLogo was invented as it kept the plugin (but hidden) and the Palm hacks.

[syrguy1969]

Originally Posted by Malatesta

You don't need to do any of what the OP mentioned, which is a lot of jumping around.

1. Just installed SKTools and go to the Today Plugins section
2. Unpin and uncheck "Dial Lookup"

So why don't we all do this?

Simple, it disables like all of the Palm hacks for the today screen This is why HideLogo was invented as it kept the plugin (but hidden) and the Palm hacks.

So that does the exact same thing hidelogo did, or is there more going on there? I think that would be worth paying for SKTools itself (if I hadn't already LOL)!!!!

[Malatesta]

Originally Posted by syrguy1969

So that does the exact same thing hidelogo did, or is there more going on there? I think that would be worth paying for SKTools itself (if I hadn't already LOL)!!!!

No.

Hidelogo was itself a plugin that simply masked the appearance of the Dial Lookup plugin--it was still technically there, just...well hidden.

That's why it had no side effects.

But if you unpin (make it show up in your Today plugins) and uncheck (disable it), you will now loose a bunch of options.

So you can do this but...for many of us, it's just a terrible trade off. I bet a new version of HideLogo will get done, but eventually.

This stuff can take a few weeks.

[syrguy1969]

Originally Posted by Malatesta

But if you unpin (make it show up in your Today plugins) and uncheck (disable it), you will now loose a bunch of options.

Just out of curiosity....what options do we loose (if you know off hand)?

Originally Posted by Malatesta

This stuff can take a few weeks.

No prob there...I am forced to wait a few MONTHS until VZW carries it (at least that is how much I HOPE I have to wait)!!!!