SPB Mobile Shell 3.0!! (3.0.1 RC 5/21)

[gtarent]

Originally Posted by 02840

When I tried that it did take me to the search screen, but then all it did was add the contact when I selected it... maybe I was missing something there.

Instead I copied the [Spb Contacts].lnk from the \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Spb Mobile Shell folder into the \Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder and was then able to add it as an application widget and go straight to the search screen in one click.

Speaking of which, did anyone else notice that the Spb Mobile Shell folder doesn't show up when you try to add an application widget?

Ha, sorry about that, I saw the search screen and made a bad assumption. Great idea about adding it as an application.

[jaggrey]

Originally Posted by boufa

To change the Opera listing there are 2 ways, the easy way, and the "look I am soo cool that I edited the registry" way. I used the I'm so cool way, then the easy way came out and I felt like I was no longer special. The problem with opera is that 9.5 beta installs into different directories than the older versions, so MS3 cannot see them. You can change some of this in the registry, but why, just follow the steps below to make it work.

The easy way, find (earlier in this thread) the power toy for editing the menus. Then unzip it, and transfer the .exe file over to your phone. The file does not install, it simply runs when you click on it, so know where you put it. I added it to my tools group in the launcher for future use.

Once you run the power toy program you can then check and uncheck the entries in each menu group, you can add sub-menus and you can add new files to run in the various launcher groups.

For Opera (assuming that you have 9.5 beta) you cannot use the built in opera link (or favorites or history) you can add a "link" to the internet group and then select your Opera install from the list that pops up.

Hope this helps. The instructions to go to SPB settings, and then check and uncheck, is from MS2.1. MS3 has type of feature, ONLY if you use the power toy.

That worked. Still no hope for getting my bookmarks thru the shell tho. I wonder if there's a way to have Opera automatically pop up the bookmarks upon launch, like the link in TF3D.

Originally Posted by Biggzz

I noticed a hit in the battery when i had spb weather running

Originally Posted by orlandojumpoff

i noticed a hit in battery the first day cause i was playing with it nonstop, but after that battery life has been pretty much the same as touchflo3d (what i was using before) - so no complaints. you're probably going to drain a little more if you were using the plain today screen before this though, which is expected.

Yea I used the normal Today screen before. It looks like the culprit is with SPB Weather tho. I haven't used it at all today and my battery life has been more normal. I tried turning off the auto-update within it but it still seemed to drain while it was running, so for now I'm going to "un-integrate" it from MS3.

[freeza]

I'm having a somewhat annoying problem with MS3.

Text message notifications will stop showing up on MS3 as well as S2U2...

I'll hear the texting sound, see the SMS icon at the top, but none of the programs see that I have a new text message. Disabling MS3 from starting up solves the issue with S2U2, but why won't MS3 see that I got a new message?

EDIT: Never mind, I figured it out.

[syrguy1969]

Originally Posted by freeza

I'm having a somewhat annoying problem with MS3.

Text message notifications will stop showing up on MS3 as well as S2U2...

I'll hear the texting sound, see the SMS icon at the top, but none of the programs see that I have a new text message. Disabling MS3 from starting up solves the issue with S2U2, but why won't MS3 see that I got a new message?

EDIT: Never mind, I figured it out.

freeza..... orlandojumpoff had a good idea in asking how you fixed this. I had this issue as well, and my fix was to downgrade to the original MS3 (not exactly the best fix in the world LOL)!!!

[bennysangel]

I have come to conclusion that I don't like the MS3. I'm going back to MS2. I don't like that they took a lot of the options away. The main thing is the lag between Portrait and Landscape. 9 sec. is too long to wait when there is an emergency. The screens are repetitious. I like the Lifestyle layout page and thats it. Maybe I will go back when they do some major releases. Going back to MS2 WHOHOOO!

[Biggzz]

Originally Posted by bennysangel

I have come to conclusion that I don't like the MS3. I'm going back to MS2. I don't like that they took a lot of the options away. The main thing is the lag between Portrait and Landscape. 9 sec. is too long to wait when there is an emergency. The screens are repetitious. I like the Lifestyle layout page and thats it. Maybe I will go back when they do some major releases. Going back to MS2 WHOHOOO!

You should try the 3.0.1 Beta from the first post. The lag is pretty much resolved.

[bennysangel]

Originally Posted by Biggzz

You should try the 3.0.1 Beta from the first post. The lag is pretty much resolved.

That's the version I orginally started out with. Still the same I don't really like the layout, and the fact that they took away the Today plugin and other customizations. I bought the upgrade and everything. I will go back when they do a couple of releases.

[gostars9]

Installed the beta and everything is smooth sofar. I haven't noticed any issues and the switch between landscape and portrait is much faster.