Disabling The HTC HomePlug-in

[renreq]

From time to time as I have been trying to figure out how to safely and easily change the shell and theme on my HTC Mogul, I come across a list of instructions that explain how to install a particular theme or program. One of the most common series of instructions involves disabling the HTC Home Plug-in, but no one ever explains how. The simplest understanding of how to do this is like this:

1) Go to START/SETTINGS/personal.
2) Look for the "today icon" and click on it (to disable HTC HOME PLUGIN)
3) Click on the "HTC home" to disable it
4) then EXTRACT the zip file of the theme or whatever it is you are installing that requires this step into your "WINDOWS" folder and set the extract to "ovewrite".
5) After extracting, return to step 1 and click the "today icon" and then "ENABLE" the "HTC home" plugin by clicking on it.

Please let me know if this is correct.

Also, when you overwrite the plug-in, can you get it back? If not, what specific steps can one take before doing anything to safely return their device to the way it looked before? And please don't just say backup your files, because I'm not sure what those files are.

Thanks,
Rene

[broSki]

Originally Posted by renreq

From time to time as I have been trying to figure out how to safely and easily change the shell and theme on my HTC Mogul, I come across a list of instructions that explain how to install a particular theme or program. One of the most common series of instructions involves disabling the HTC Home Plug-in, but no one ever explains how. The simplest understanding of how to do this is like this:

1) Go to START/SETTINGS/personal.
2) Look for the "today icon" and click on it (to disable HTC HOME PLUGIN)
3) Click on the "HTC home" to disable it
4) then EXTRACT the zip file of the theme or whatever it is you are installing that requires this step into your "WINDOWS" folder and set the extract to "ovewrite".
5) After extracting, return to step 1 and click the "today icon" and then "ENABLE" the "HTC home" plugin by clicking on it.

Please let me know if this is correct.

Also, when you overwrite the plug-in, can you get it back? If not, what specific steps can one take before doing anything to safely return their device to the way it looked before? And please don't just say backup your files, because I'm not sure what those files are.

Thanks,
Rene

dude wat the heck!!!! if u want to disable the htc home from the today screen just do step1-2 and thats it, now if your tryin to do something else, what is it? b/c you are all over the place

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by broSki

dude wat the heck!!!! if u want to disable the htc home from the today screen just do step1-2 and thats it, now if your tryin to do something else, what is it? b/c you are all over the place

lol i was thinking the same i was like what is he trying to say lol

[broSki]

Originally Posted by D/\SH

lol i was thinking the same i was like what is he trying to say lol

you kno!!!! lol its like he has more then one question but he cant put it all together lol

[renreq]

Originally Posted by broSki

you kno!!!! lol its like he has more then one question but he cant put it all together lol

Sorry, for being so confusing. Perhaps this may help:

Issue #1: I downloaded and successfully installed a trial version of SPB Mobile Shell 2.1 (SPB MS2.1) from the developer's website. Although it does look better and much prefer this interface as opposed to the standard Today screen that ships with the HTC Mogul, I don't understand why my device keeps going back to the standard screen whenever I turn the phone off then on again. I did go into the SPB settings and selected what I thought would be an option to make the device use the SPB shell as its default, but it didn't work. Am I suppose to disable the HTC Home Plug-in?

Issue #2: Is there ever a time when disabling the HTC Home Plug-in is necessary because it conflicts with other programs or theme generators?

Issue #3: Does SPB MS2.1 allow you to customize what appears on your Now screen? As its default, the shell looks nice, with 4 main buttons that take you to different categories, but is there a way to customize and thus change this layout?

Issue #3: How do people make skins for SPB MS2.1?

Thanks

[raybond25]

Originally Posted by renreq

Sorry, for being so confusing. Perhaps this may help:

Issue #1: I downloaded and successfully installed a trial version of SPB Mobile Shell 2.1 (SPB MS2.1) from the developer's website. Although it does look better and much prefer this interface as opposed to the standard Today screen that ships with the HTC Mogul, I don't understand why my device keeps going back to the standard screen whenever I turn the phone off then on again. I did go into the SPB settings and selected what I thought would be an option to make the device use the SPB shell as its default, but it didn't work. Am I suppose to disable the HTC Home Plug-in?

Issue #2: Is there ever a time when disabling the HTC Home Plug-in is necessary because it conflicts with other programs or theme generators?

Issue #3: Does SPB MS2.1 allow you to customize what appears on your Now screen? As its default, the shell looks nice, with 4 main buttons that take you to different categories, but is there a way to customize and thus change this layout?

Issue #3: How do people make skins for SPB MS2.1?

Thanks

lol u got 2 issue 3's there, idk about the first three things but to make a skin you have to go into the program file and replace all the pics one by one, if you're just installing one you can just plop 'em in there and say overwrite all but creating a skin goes one pic at a time

[renreq]

Originally Posted by raybond25

lol u got 2 issue 3's there, idk

Oops, sorry about that. I bad.

about the first three things but to make a skin you have to go into the program file and replace all the pics one by one, if you're just installing one you can just plop 'em in there and say overwrite all but creating a skin goes one pic at a time

I see. So then, in the event that I wanted to restore things to the way they were before, I'd obviously want to make a backup of the files contained in that directory before overwriting them, right?

Still, if all that is required to change a theme is to replace all the pics one by one, how come many of the skins for SPB MS2.1 don't seem to follow the layout that comes with SPB MS2.1? How are the theme designers changing the layouts?

Also, what is the difference between SPB Mobile Shell 2.1, SPB Phone Suitcase 1.3, And SPB Pocket Plus 4.0.2? I've read the descriptions from the developer's site, but it's unclear whether these programs are all meant to run together or what.

[raybond25]

Originally Posted by renreq

Oops, sorry about that. I bad.



I see. So then, in the event that I wanted to restore things to the way they were before, I'd obviously want to make a backup of the files contained in that directory before overwriting them, right?

Still, if all that is required to change a theme is to replace all the pics one by one, how come many of the skins for SPB MS2.1 don't seem to follow the layout that comes with SPB MS2.1? How are the theme designers changing the layouts?

Also, what is the difference between SPB Mobile Shell 2.1, SPB Phone Suitcase 1.3, And SPB Pocket Plus 4.0.2? I've read the descriptions from the developer's site, but it's unclear whether these programs are all meant to run together or what.

yes if you wanted to restore to stock you could backup that file before changing the theme, as to how developers change the layout well that's a question for them, to change the look you simply replace the pics but im not sure how they do whatever else. i haven't looked into those other apps i'll let someone else chime in on those

[renreq]

Originally Posted by raybond25

yes if you wanted to restore to stock you could backup that file before changing the theme, as to how developers change the layout well that's a question for them, to change the look you simply replace the pics but im not sure how they do whatever else. i haven't looked into those other apps i'll let someone else chime in on those

Changing the subject a little but keeping with the theme of avoiding disaster, what happens to your phone when you do a hard reset? I understand that it restores your phone to the factory default settings, but does that also mean Sprint has to reactivate or do anything to the phone? I know this may be a dumb question, but I'm seriously thinking about just installing a bunch of applications that I'm curious about, and then doing the hard reset to begin from scratch and this time have a more experienced idea of what I'm doing.

[raybond25]

Originally Posted by renreq

Changing the subject a little but keeping with the theme of avoiding disaster, what happens to your phone when you do a hard reset? I understand that it restores your phone to the factory default settings, but does that also mean Sprint has to reactivate or do anything to the phone? I know this may be a dumb question, but I'm seriously thinking about just installing a bunch of applications that I'm curious about, and then doing the hard reset to begin from scratch and this time have a more experienced idea of what I'm doing.

yeah the hard reset just undoes any custom apps or themes or whatever customizations you've done and resets to how it was fresh outta the box except if you flashed a rom the rom stays. no reactivation required

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by renreq

Sorry, for being so confusing. Perhaps this may help:

Issue #1: I downloaded and successfully installed a trial version of SPB Mobile Shell 2.1 (SPB MS2.1) from the developer's website. Although it does look better and much prefer this interface as opposed to the standard Today screen that ships with the HTC Mogul, I don't understand why my device keeps going back to the standard screen whenever I turn the phone off then on again. I did go into the SPB settings and selected what I thought would be an option to make the device use the SPB shell as its default, but it didn't work. Am I suppose to disable the HTC Home Plug-in?

Issue #2: Is there ever a time when disabling the HTC Home Plug-in is necessary because it conflicts with other programs or theme generators?

Issue #3: Does SPB MS2.1 allow you to customize what appears on your Now screen? As its default, the shell looks nice, with 4 main buttons that take you to different categories, but is there a way to customize and thus change this layout?

Issue #3: How do people make skins for SPB MS2.1?

Thanks

1. it will work try a soft reset if that bix is checked you will be fine and no htc home doesnt interfere with that.
2. only time is with ultimate launch
3. only with skins that we have here.

Originally Posted by renreq

Oops, sorry about that. I bad.



I see. So then, in the event that I wanted to restore things to the way they were before, I'd obviously want to make a backup of the files contained in that directory before overwriting them, right?

Still, if all that is required to change a theme is to replace all the pics one by one, how come many of the skins for SPB MS2.1 don't seem to follow the layout that comes with SPB MS2.1? How are the theme designers changing the layouts?

Also, what is the difference between SPB Mobile Shell 2.1, SPB Phone Suitcase 1.3, And SPB Pocket Plus 4.0.2? I've read the descriptions from the developer's site, but it's unclear whether these programs are all meant to run together or what.

theres huge differences in the program really alot to explain yur best bet is to look at the screen shots and search the programs name than review and you will find reviews or even search youtube and theres bound to be videos on those apps.