Run SPB Mobile Shell 3, Touchflo 3d & Classic Today All Together

Asad.C · #1 (**permalink**) 19-05-2009, 10:08 PM

I HAVE FOUND A WAY TO RUN TOUCHFLO 3D AND SPB MOBILE SHELL 3 AND CLASSIC TODAY ALL TOGETHER!

The Demo:

YouTube - Demo

Hey Guys,

This is my first post so hope I manage to help someone.

After two hours of googling to find a solution to this problem I eventually got fed up and started playing around with my Touch Pro and manged to find a solution of my own.

I HAVE MANAGED TO RUN TOUCHFLO 3D AND SPB MOBILE SHELL 3 AND THE CLASSIC TODAY SCREEN all at the same time.

Firstly, I was doing this with SPB Mobile Shell 2 but after using SPB Mobile Shell 3 the Touchflo 3D was dissabled.

So heres the method I am using and it works great for me.

What you Need:

1. Second Today
2. MS3 Toggler

What to do:

Basically we are going to use Second Today to switch between Touchflo 3d and Classic Today Screen, and also to remap the soft keys to switch between

1. TF3D and Classic
2. TF3D and MS3
3. Classic and MS3

Step 1: Firstly the problem is that MS3 loads at start up and overides TF3D. Therefore go to Program files on your device and make a backup of the file MobileShell and then delete it (alternatively you could just cut and paste it somewhere else like I did). This prevents MS3 from booting on startup.

Step 2: Install Second Today.

Step 3: Install MS3 Toggler (This allows you to toggle between MS3 and TF3D)

Step 4: Do a soft reset.

Step 5: Touchflo 3D should be launched on startup, if it is not then go into the today settings and enable it as it has probably been disabled by MS3.

Step 6: Now go into the settings of Second Today and go to the Soft Keys Tab.
From here enter the title to whatever you want eg second today or today. chose the left or right soft key and select second today and then click apply to registry. now do the same but select Manilla 3D.

Now choose the other soft key and enter a title eg SPB. then click the 3 dots (Browse) and go to Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SPB Mobile Shell and select [Toggle SPB Mobile Shell]. Select Second Today and then do the same for Manilla 3D.

Step 7: Do another soft reset.

Now you should be able to switch between Classic Today and Touchflo 3D and Classic Today and SPB Mobile Shell 3 and Touchflo 3D and SPB Mobile Shell 3.

Now you have the best of all 3 worlds.

Look at the images for more help and the video for a demo.

neilm · #2 (**permalink**) 20-05-2009, 07:45 AM

That is very useful information Asad.C- thanks for the post!

boz · #3 (**permalink**) 20-05-2009, 10:16 AM

Nice one, I am sure many people will find it useful.

Asad.C · #4 (**permalink**) 20-05-2009, 10:28 AM

Thanks Guys!

waveydavey · #5 (**permalink**) 20-05-2009, 02:11 PM

Why would you want to run all 3 together?

johnston411 · #6 (**permalink**) 20-05-2009, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by waveydavey

Why would you want to run all 3 together?

I think it's one of those not because you need to but because you can situations.

Nice work.

For a while now i've been trying to run touch flo 3d in portrait and get the ui to switch to snapvue when the device is landscape (vga devices only)

if you can suss that out i'll be a happy bunny

Welcome to the forums

MagicSpeller · #7 (**permalink**) 29-05-2009, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Asad.C

This is my first post so hope I manage to help someone.

Mine, too.

Quote:

I HAVE MANAGED TO RUN TOUCHFLO 3D AND SPB MOBILE SHELL 3 AND THE CLASSIC TODAY SCREEN all at the same time.

This is something I could really use. Why? In response to waveydavey, I'd like to be able to switch back and forth between the three to compare them and possibly eventually decide on just one that I want to use--or even build my own from the pieces that I like from each.

Unfortunately, I'm completely lost.

Sorry to be so dense, but I'm having trouble following your directions, Asad. Am I the only one who hasn't gotten this to work?

I'm going to insert some comments and questions below, then list what's happening and what I actually did to get there. Please tell me what I did wrong! (Anybody who got this to work--feel free to jump right in!

Quote:

Step 1: Firstly the problem is that MS3 loads at start up and overides TF3D. Therefore go to Program files on your device and make a backup of the file MobileShell and then delete it (alternatively you could just cut and paste it somewhere else like I did). This prevents MS3 from booting on startup.

How is it possible to switch to Mobile Shell if we've deleted the executable? Did you mean to delete it from the Startup folder? (Maybe not. I just tried that and it didn't seem to work....)

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Step 2: Install Second Today.

Step 3: Install MS3 Toggler (This allows you to toggle between MS3 and TF3D)

Step 4: Do a soft reset.

Step 5: Touchflo 3D should be launched on startup, if it is not then go into the today settings and enable it as it has probably been disabled by MS3.

I have Touchflo 3D launching on startup, but (not surprisingly) only after Windows displays an error message: "The file 'MobileShell' cannot be opened."

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Step 6: Now go into the settings of Second Today and go to the Soft Keys Tab.
From here enter the title to whatever you want eg second today or today. chose the left or right soft key and select second today and then click apply to registry. now do the same but select Manilla 3D.

Now choose the other soft key and enter a title eg SPB. then click the 3 dots (Browse) and go to Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SPB Mobile Shell and select [Toggle SPB Mobile Shell]. Select Second Today and then do the same for Manilla 3D.

This is where I got lost.

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Step 7: Do another soft reset.

Now you should be able to switch between Classic Today and Touchflo 3D and Classic Today and SPB Mobile Shell 3 and Touchflo 3D and SPB Mobile Shell 3.

My right softkey is labeled "Second Today", and it does a good job of toggling between Touchflo 3D and Classic Today. However, my left softkey, SPB, does nothing if I start from the Touchflo 3D screen. If I tap it while at the Classic Today screen, it switches back to Touchflo 3D.

Quote:

Look at the images for more help and the video for a demo.

I was hopeful that these might help me through the setup steps, but no such luck.

Here's my version of your instructions as I interpreted them. Clearly, something is wrong somewhere:

1. Go to \Program Files on the device and find the file MobileShell (MobileShell.exe if you're displaying extensions). Make a backup and delete it, copy it to another folder, or rename it.

2. Install Second Today.

3. Install MS3 Toggler.

4. Do a soft reset.

5. If Touchflo 3D does not launch on startup , enable it in the Today settings.

6. Now go into the settings of Second Today and go to the Soft Keys tab.

(a) Select Right Key by tapping on the adjacent button and select Second Today by tapping on its checkbox. (Manila will automatically be unchecked.) Note that Path to Program is set to "\Program Files\SecondToday\SecondToday.exe". In the Title box, enter the text you want displayed for the right softkey (e.g., "Second Today"). Then tap on Apply to Registry.

(b) Leave the Right Key selected, check Manila, leaving the Title and Path to Program unchanged. Tap on Apply to Registry.

(c) Select Left Key by tapping on the adjacent button and select Second Today by tapping on its checkbox. In the Title box, enter the text you want displayed for the left softkey (e.g., "SPB"). Then tap on the "..." box and navigate to the \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SPB Mobile Shell folder, then tap [Toggle SPB Mobile Shell]. The new path will be copied into the Path to Program box. Now tap on Apply to Registry.

(d) Leave Left Key selected and check Manila, leaving the Title and Path to Program unchanged. Tap on Apply to Registry.

7. Do another soft reset.

OK, this is what I did. How did I screw up?

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me!

Asad.C · #8 (**permalink**) 04-07-2009, 12:58 AM

hi, im really sorry for the dela in replying, i didnt receive an email informing me and therefore didnt no until now, so sorry once again. are u still having problems??

MagicSpeller · #9 (**permalink**) 04-07-2009, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asad.C

hi, im really sorry for the dela in replying, i didnt receive an email informing me and therefore didnt no until now, so sorry once again. are u still having problems??

Unfortunately, yes. I thought I had uninstalled both MS3 Toggler and Second Today to try to get back to normal, but just did some searching and found that MS3 Toggler was still there. I uninstalled it and now this is what I have:

When I do a soft reset, the first thing that happens is that I get a blank screen except for the task bar at the top and phone and contact softkeys. A few seconds later, I get a screen that says "Active profile: None." I think that's coming from G-Profile, but I wasn't seeing it before. I wait a little longer, and I finally get the MS3 screen.

If I tap the menu on the lower right and then tap "Show Today", it takes me to the same blank screen as above, and I have no way to get back to MS3 except to run it from the menu.

As far as I can tell, there is no way at all to run TouchFlo 3D, and I haven't seen it since May 28, when I posted here.

I know it's hard for you to diagnose this from a distance, but I hope can, because one thing I definitely do not want is to hard reset!

Thanks.

conan_troutman · #10 (**permalink**) 31-07-2009, 11:45 PM

not to brag but this can be done with out the need for the two extra programs but only between touch flo and SPB, you can't circle through the classic menu as well and it responds faster than the way listed above.... a few simple rege edits are needed and a few files moving and or copying

if people are still interested in how to do it reply here and I will explain