Ultimate Launch
 

Okay so there are a couple threads that talk about this incredible application but I figured I would start this thread in the PPC Software section as I dont know if everyone looks at the Titan forum where we have been discussing this application today.

Ulitmate Launch is a Today Screen launcher that works in a similar fashion to iLauncher or SBP Pocket Plus except it is much better. I have been using it for about a week and i am sold. It is far and away the most useful today screen app and it uses very little memory. You can also set it to not load tabs until they are activated saving even more memory.

Ultimate launch allows you unlimited tabs that can either be placed at the top or at the bottom of the launcher. The tabs can be switched with finger or stylus gestures or by touching the tab you would like directly. The animation for switching between tabs is customizable and offers a cube like spinning which will no doubt keep you playing with your phone more than you already do.

Ultimate launch is also able to nest other today screen plug-ins so you can have HTC home on one tab, Weather Panel on another.

www.ultimatelaunch.de is the website to go get this fantastic application.

You can use standard XP Icons to further customize your tabs and programs.

To find Icons-
Google of course

Deviant Art - www.deviantart.com Awesome site all the way around but many artists on here sharing thier works for free.

CrystalXP - www.crystalxp.net Similart to deviant art.

This is my current set up-
http://img29.picoodle.com/img/img29/...Lm_bb15642.gif

I have 7 tabs I have it set to spin as you can see I have it set to show all of the icons but blur the inactive icons.


Added some PPCGeeks icons http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/attachment...1&d=1204240392 for you to use if you choose.

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ok call me a dumbass but how the hell do you hide the tabs and are you having the thing spin on its own?

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what are the bottom icon for? I see one seems to be XPshut, but what are the others? And where did you find them? Also what weather app is that? Is that weather panel with Phatfingers theme?

My today page looks like your but I removed the bottom bar and the theme has a different picture.

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In the UL setting you control how many tabs are visible. You can limit it any way you like. You can also blur them and do some other things to the inactive tabsl.

No it is not spinning on its own i was using my thumb to change pages and grabbing the screen using Pocket Controller Pro.

The program is called Pocket Power Manager. http://www.pocketpowermanager.com/

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OH!
so you can really get rid of the tabs you have icons in place of the text for the tabs?

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Yes. You can have icons, Text and Icons, Just text or nothing at all its completely up to you. You can also control the size of the tabs and if you want them above or below the main window.

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this app is not free is it?

Re: Ultimate Launch
 

No. Its $14.99 at handango. There is a trial though.

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How much memory does this take? I have heard a LOT about this app, and it does look interesting, but I have to be careful with memory!!

Thanks

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It is excellent with memory. There are setting which help even more you can set it no not load a given tab until its activated. you can even make your home screen blank saving even more memory. I have found that it is better than SPB PP is. I always have 19-20mb free with WP, SBP phone suite and Resco Today all active.

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I went from 16 MB after a softboot to about 20

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I'll have to give it a shot, who knows...that may be the answer to my memory/ease of use tug-of-war!!!!

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is there a cab for this?

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It is a cab install. You can get it from www.ultimatelaunch.de or probably elsewhere if you search around for it.

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Thank you, ill check it out

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im having a hard time getting my ultimate launcher customized . i cant seem to figure out how to get it to look even remotely close to the screen shots. i prob shouldnt have bought it cuz now im even more frustrated. i have it installed on the htc touch(sprint)

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what are you having trouble with? I can probably help. My screen is pretty simple actually. I don't really like a cluttered today screen.

Ultimate Launcher for Dummies???
 

Had my phone for about 3 or so weeks now, I have done to hard resets because I tried everything possible that you could get.

I finally got the things I just love.

I love the idea of the Ultimate Launcher and I have it now on my phone as the only thing running.
But WOW, is this thing tough to figure out.

Anyone have a place where I could learn how to make this thing work?

For example, I want the entire screen to flip over not just the top portion, or have a black line under on the bottom.
That and try to get maybe the HTC Home plugin back, but be able to flip the whole thing to other things.

Very hard.

Looking for a site or an easier explanation of this software. Thanks

Re: Ultimate Launch
 

Hey just an FYI all, if you want to back up your settings, you can easily.

In the program files folder, in the ultimate launch folder, grab a copy of UltimateLaunch.ini

It would also be wise to back up your icons folder as well. This way, as long as you still have a copy of your reg code, you can completely restore ultimate launch after a hard reset. After a hard reset, just throw the ini back in the folder and replace the current one, and replace the icons folder.

I know I put a lot of time into finding the icons I wanted on deviant art, turning them into .ico format, eantering the text labels, etc. So when I found the ini file I felt a lot better.

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I don't usually buy applications for ppc. But when I had a chance to try this out, saw all the customization options, and how this really has everything I need while still letting me have htc home, I had to buy it.

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I think there are some youtube videos out there as well as someone from here I think put together a basic how to. Its ashame that the UL website isnt more helpful unless you speak German. If you have any specific questions I am sure the Geeks here can give you a hand.

UltimateLaunch not starting with phone reset
 

if my phone freezes, or i have to do a reset for any reason, when it starts back up, the Ultimate launch program will not start. even if i turn it off in the today settings and then back on. i have to turn UL off, reset the phone, then turn UL back on.

I have the verizon HTC Apache (xv6700) running helmi_c's latest wm6 kitchen rom. and the only things i'm using UL for is to have a weatherpanel tab and HTC Home tab. that's the only two plugin's i'm using with it.

Re: UltimateLaunch not starting with phone reset
 

Do you have one of your two tabs set to "Activate on startup"?

Re: UltimateLaunch not starting with phone reset
 

Cant answer for him, but i'm having the same problem and yes, I have a tab set to activate on startup. That causing the problem?

Re: UltimateLaunch not starting with phone reset
 

i don't think any of mine are set to activate on startup.. do i need atleast one to be set to that?

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If you do not have one set to activate on start up nothing will load except the headers until you "activate it" by clicking on the header tab or scrolling to the tab you want to see.

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http://geekstuff.890m.com/treo/ultutorial.html

Re: UltimateLaunch not starting with phone reset
 

ok i set one to activate on startup and still blank after reset

Re: UltimateLaunch not starting with phone reset
 

are your tabs showing up?(assuming you have tabs showing) or is it just loading nothing?

Re: UltimateLaunch not starting with phone reset
 

yeah i have tabs showing and nothing is loading

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If you are sure that you have the Open tab on startup checked like in this picture I am stumped you might try doing a reinstall?
http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/...1m_2f43744.png

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yep that's checked, activate on startup is checked. and i've tried reinstalling also. :scratch: and i only checked it for one tab. i'm def. stumped. and its kind of annoying.

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I had the same problem. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a solution using just ultimate launch. Instead, I have ultimate launch as the first tab of SPB pocket plus 4.0. For some reason, this hasn't caused a single problem. I would rather have ultimate launch by itself, but this may be my only option... for now.

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Both of you are using 6700's. I wonder if that has something to do with it?

I wonder if anyone else here with a 6700 is not having this issue. Kinda strange.

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yeah 6700's on verizon's network.

i even did a hard reset last night cause i uhh.. uhh froze my phone. lol it'd get to the main display and just freeze. wouldn't let me do anything. luckily i synced all my contacts just before that happened so i didn't loose anything that i couldn't easily put back in.

first thing i did was reinstall UL and reset.. same thing. wouldn't come up. odd. i'll have to try kesellio's work around

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I just started playing around with UL, and I'm loving it so far. Here is the simple, 5 tab setup I'm running for now:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/...ed534ed6_o.jpg

[Edit: I've gotten a lot of PM's about the clock pictured above. To save everyone the trouble in the future, it is simply a combination of rlToday and the skin in post 128 here. There are a lot of other nice skins in that thread too. :)]




I've got a couple of things I can't figure out though:

1) Does anyone know of a way to get more than one row of contacts pictures on your today screen? Right now I'm using TofClocks Speed Dial plugin, but I can't find a way to get more than one row of contacts pictures. Anyone know of a way to get it to look more like the second pic here:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2045/...d9c8a27d39.jpg

2) I'd like to put my calendar info on one of the tabs (probably the one with HTC Home), but UL doesn't list Calendar as an available today plugin. Anyone gotten this to work with the built in Calendar today plugin, or another app?

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Does this work on the plugin when it is installed outside of UL? My guess would be it is in the settings of the plugin. My experience has been that UL just displays the plugins really doesnt affect them in any way. I might be wrong though.


The calendar and Tasks do not like being put in UL. You have many options though. I downloaded Pocket Infomant during a free app friday last year and its today plugin works great.

http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/...ym_fabb323.png

I know there are many other plugins that will do this too. You might even be able to get BatteryStatus to show it but I have not played around with it that much yet.

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Thanks for the reply.

No, it only displays one line regardless of wether it's being run in UL or not. I was hoping someone knew of a hack, or another program altogether, to get it to work. I did just come across a program that the Touch has natively called MakePhoneCall.exe that sounds promising. I'm trying to get a copy of the exe to try on my Titan.


I've been playing around with BatteryStatus a little bit myself. Pretty cool program. Way more features than I expected. I'll take a deeper look at it.

Thanks!

Re: Ultimate Launch
 

Both TodayAgenda and Calendar+ work within UL, and they're both free.

TodayAgenda: http://tiews.info/index.php?show=software%2Ftodayagenda&lang=en

Calendar+: http://mohairsofa.com/Default.aspx/document/10

(Also, TasksPlus seems to work well as a Task plugin replacement: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...1&postcount=58)

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If you want to put in speed dial for its own tab, say like applications, make a new Shortcuts tab. Add in shortcuts to \Windows\MakePhoneCall.exe and the parameter set the phone number. For the icon you will need to chose the XP icons and make your own for that. This atleast is a bypass to make your speed dial look and space like your applications without having to have another plugin active. Hope this helps everyone.

What application did your counts for email, vmail and the like eehrhard?

I am looking for something (free) like peracount but that is done by icon instead and something that can be pressed without the stylus. Thanks