Symbian S60 V3 Discussion Thread

Cool G5 · 13-02-2009, 01:31 PM

Hello,
I am opening this thread since I have been seeing a lot of thread discussing Symbian OS. This thread would make it better to collaborate all Symbian Tips & Tricks, Apps, mods etc in a single place. You can ask all your queries regarding the Symbian OS and expect a solution from our Symbian Freaks

The thread is primarily meant for S60 V3 phones, so I kindly request not to include queries regarding older or newer Symbian versions.

Let me start out with a question, which has been boggling my mind for a couple of days.
You can customise the look of Symbian by Themes, Fonts etc. But I would like to know is there any shell apps which can integrate with the OS & change the interface?

krates · 13-02-2009, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Cool G5

Let me start out with a question, which has been boggling my mind for a couple of days.
You can customise the look of Symbian by Themes, Fonts etc. But I would like to know is there any shell apps which can integrate with the OS & change the interface?

Well that can be done using flash lite.. with it's theme.... it totally changes the interface....

rajhot · 13-02-2009, 01:55 PM

Handy Shell

Handy Shell provides you with 3 additional Standby screens (Today, Applications, Contacts) and advanced launcher which will completely change your smartphone’s look and increase its productivity. Handy Shell is fully integrated with main smartphone applications: Clock, Contacts , Calendar, Messages, Profiles, Themes. Weather plug-in with 5 days weather forecast for your home city and Handy Weather

Handy Shell features:

* Today view completely replaces Active Standbyand collects all important info on your smartphone’s screen. - Digitalclock, date, alarms - Application shortcuts - Phone indicators(Bluetooth, missed calls, new messages, new emails, active profile,active theme) - Calendar events - Weather data (5 days weather forecastwith weather type icon and temperature)
* Applications view gives a fast access to frequently used applications.
* Contacts view shows 12 favourite contacts with optional dial or create message actions
* Dial and Startallows to find the desired contact or to launch applications directlyfrom any view. Just start typing first digits of phone number or firstletters of contact’s/application’s name. Handy Shell will interpretthem in T9 manner.

Handy Weather will keep you connected with updatedforecast anytime anywhere. All you need is wireless Internetcompatibility to get weather news and forecast for 40 000+ presetcities worldwide. 10X faster than a browser! 10X easier! 10X lesstraffic!
Handy Weather features:

* Handy and good-looking views: 5-day temperature graph, 5-day weather forecast, current conditions
* Completewireless weather coverage available: high and low day temperature,weather type icon and text, wind direction, UV index, pressure,visibility and more…
* 3 types of weather maps: Temperature, Pressure and Satellite
* Automatic update forecast (every 4, 8, 12 or 24 hours)

channabasanna · 13-02-2009, 02:07 PM

Hi Cool G5,

Nice to see this thread being started. I have seen you create themes for Series 60 mobiles. I have this Windows 7 theme which you have created, also did i see the Valentines day theme, which you posted.

Can i know which software you are using to create Themes, are you using Carbide.UI series 60Theme Creater tool. If so can you also put up a tutorial so that we can learn creating themes, i tried using this application, but could not spend much time reading the help files. Or please provide any link for the tutorials. It would be of very much help.

With Regards,
Channabasanna S.

rajhot · 13-02-2009, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by channabasanna

Hi Cool G5,

Nice to see this thread being started. I have seen you create themes for Series 60 mobiles. I have this Windows 7 theme which you have created, also did i see the Valentines day theme, which you posted.

Can i know which software you are using to create Themes, are you using Carbide.UI series 60Theme Creater tool. If so can you also put up a tutorial so that we can learn creating themes, i tried using this application, but could not spend much time reading the help files. Or please provide any link for the tutorials. It would be of very much help.

With Regards,
Channabasanna S.

You can try this site www.ownskin.com

krates · 13-02-2009, 02:23 PM

Ok listen does not anybody got how to set full screen wallpapers (except theme DIY) ???

rajhot · 13-02-2009, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by krates

Ok listen does not anybody got how to set full screen wallpapers (except theme DIY) ???

There is a 3rd part app...Symbian Advanced theme

krates · 13-02-2009, 02:33 PM

^^^^^^ kewl i will check it out thanks

Kalyan · 13-02-2009, 03:13 PM

In N85, i liked the haze theme. with animations like the flash themes for SE. The animated focus on the menu items were good. In the Nokia default themes, the display auto-rotate animation was good. I didnt find any other themes having these effects. Can I know of any site which could give such themes with these animations? The other themes had very plain animations like fading. Please suggest.

Also, I found that the themes for SE (I previously used K750i.) were good and interesting. I dont find many interesting themes for the N85. In the Hulk theme for SE, The menu selection icon used to be a green hand. Could we have something like that for Symbian rather than a boring rectangle? Each SE theme had a different cursor. Please suggest a good and interesting themes for S60 v3 FP2 if possible, with animations.

channabasanna · 13-02-2009, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by rajhot

You can try this site www.ownskin.com

Can we use this to site to create our themes, and save them in our pc, so that we can share with our members here.

Also i feel the themes made by Cool G5 are by using Carbide.ui theme creator. Also is Carbide.ui theme creator based on Eclipse IDE, which we use for our java programming.

rajhot · 13-02-2009, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by channabasanna

Can we use this to site to create our themes, and save them in our pc, so that we can share with our members here.

Yeah u can save them to ur PC.

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Originally Posted by channabasanna

Also i feel the themes made by Cool G5 are by using Carbide.ui theme creator. Also is Carbide.ui theme creator based on Eclipse IDE, which we use for our java programming.

No idea abt the IDE u can check it on Carbide home page.

girish.g · 13-02-2009, 06:09 PM

is there any way i can use jb taskman with handy shell handy taskman sucks.

rajhot · 13-02-2009, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by girish.g

is there any way i can use jb taskman with handy shell handy taskman sucks.

When u have handy shell installed already, JB Taskman isn't required i think.
Wat do u exactly want to do with JB TM ?

Cool G5 · 13-02-2009, 10:03 PM

@krates - Flashlite theme use ample amount of RAM & are only open till flashlite is running. I knew about them but I don't use them.

@rajhot - I know about Handy Shell but it doesn't works on my Nokia 5700 XM. I have seen it's screenshots but sadly it doesn't work on my phone.

Any other such app to change the UI?

@channabassana - I design themes using Carbide Theme Studio. It is not a user friendly software but once you get a grasp of it, you will enjoy it.
Will post a tutorial soon(after a mnth,as I have xams nearing).
Yes and it does uses Eclipse in the background.
You need a good powerful system to run Carbide.

hahahari · 13-02-2009, 11:52 PM

great thread

dhan_shh · 14-02-2009, 09:01 AM

Nice Thread!

Few interesting apps for s60v3:

1.Font Magnifier

2.Fullscreen Msg:

3.TimeTool:

4.IM+

You can share your favourite symbian apps!

More to come.............

k4ce · 14-02-2009, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by girish.g

is there any way i can use jb taskman with handy shell handy taskman sucks.

yeah , there is ... jus go to the settings of handy shell and uncheck the handy taskman ...

@cool G5 ... great thread ... i was planning to start one ... good to have everything in one place ..

Phone Gaurdian :

Phone Guardian is a mobile security anti thief software for your Series 60 v3 Symbian smartphones

dhan_shh · 14-02-2009, 12:36 PM

Few intersting Freeware:

5.Opera Mini:

6.Google Maps:

7.Yahoo Go:

8.Slick: a good IM application

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girish.g · 14-02-2009, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by rajhot

When u have handy shell installed already, JB Taskman isn't required i think.
Wat do u exactly want to do with JB TM ?

dude handy taskman sucks thats why i want jb task man.
@coolg5 what flashlite theme??
has anyone tried handwave?? its awesome

Third Eye · 14-02-2009, 01:30 PM

Advance device locks

Call cheater

girish.g · 14-02-2009, 02:02 PM

jeer(missed call bomber),shake me(shake phone to lock the keypad),flip silent

Cool G5 · 14-02-2009, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by girish.g

dude handy taskman sucks thats why i want jb task man.
@coolg5 what flashlite theme??
has anyone tried handwave?? its awesome

There are some themes available over the net(basically .swf files) which open in Flashlite player 2.0 of the phone & brings a supercool interface. It doesn't change any phone elements but it runs over the default theme. In case you get a call, you will get the phone theme and not the flashlite theme. Flashlite also consumes RAM as it needs Flash player to render those .swf files. So I hate those themes.

@dhan_shh - Nice apps. Especially the Fullscreen Message.

k4ce · 14-02-2009, 05:41 PM

OGG Player (freeware)
s60v3 http://symbianoggplay.sourceforge.net/S60V3.html

plays almost popular audio formats ... but the difference b/w this and the other players is that it plays OGG VORBIS audio format also... so smaller file size but same sound quality
about vorbis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbis
skins http://memphisx.freesuperhost.com/EN...gplayskins.htm

dhan_shh · 14-02-2009, 11:54 PM

For E-Books,symbian has everything now (Winmo too has all)!

9.PDF plus: Better than native 'AdobeLE reader'

10.iSilo: Good stuff,you have 'fullscreen' and 'autoscroll' modes too!

11.MobiCHM: Recent addition,few bugs are there,even then a good stuff:

12.Mobireader: Age old software,one of the best e-readers around!

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Cool G5 · 14-02-2009, 11:57 PM

@dhan_shh - You know any IRC client for Symbian?

gxsaurav · 15-02-2009, 01:06 AM

Here is the blog post I wrote for all the applications I use in My Nokia 79 & how I use them. http://gxsaurav.com/how-i-use-my-new...nokia-n79.html

If you want a good theme with Nokia Touch Icons then have a look at Blue Touch by larsson