gPhone Theme

[grcobb]

                                         gPhone v3.0b  -  June 28, 2009 1:00pm
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I have completed the development of gPhone v3.0. Below is a feature list of the things that have been added and updated. Probably the most significant is doubling the number of pages of icons from 4 pages to 8 pages, the support for Widgets and Flash Apps and the gPhone Simulator. I feel that the support of these functions can greatly expand the use of the phone as theme development winds down.

Widgets
gPhone 3.0 supports the widgets concept and approach that DemonicHawk has developed for the Android theme (thanks DH) where small application programs are loaded with the theme. They may take the form of an enhanced clock or a more complex program. A thread on this site is devoted to the development of widgets. You will find more information about them here and some other Widgets here. Clock widgets from DemonicHawk (Android theme) are included.

Flash Apps
gPhone 3.0 also support Flash Apps where only the app's icon is loaded when the theme is loaded.  Pressing the icon then loads and runs the program. Many programs of this nature have been developed for the iPhone, BlackBerry and other phones. There will also be a thread on this site devoted to the development of Flash Apps. The apps VuLight (grcobb), TicTacToe (Jeffery - Glassic theme) and Flashlight (bmxer55 - iPhone theme) are included.

Thanks guys for letting me include theme here.

gPhone Simulator
With the Simulator, you can run the gPhone Theme from within a web browser on your computer. You use a mouse instead of touching the phone's screen with your finger. All gPhone screens can be accessed, including the Configuration screen and Icon Layout screen just like you would on the phone. If you make any changes to the configuration or icon layout, the 'config.xml' or 'menu.xml' file is generated that includes your changes. It is placed on the systems clipboard for you to use in a text editor. Then, open a text editor like Notepad, paste the clipboard contenents onto a new document and save it as 'config.xml' or 'menu.xml' to the gPhone directory and your phone.

With this feature, you can easily customize the phone's configuration on your computer, easily try various page layouts and display options and easily create the necessary supporting files.

Other Stuff
See the gPhone v3.0 Feature List or Documentation for instructions on using the gPhone Simulator.
Other enhancements and new or updated features include: (1) Up to 8 pages of icons, (2) page transition display styles (Explode Page, Explode Icons, Fade, Unfold, and Split), (3) enhancements to some of graphics and icons (i.e., Calendar icon now shots todays date, icon selection highlights, date/time color, data/time background, top bar transparency, and others you will have to find), (4) updated configuration screens, (5) Enhanced 'Reset' features (load  an updated menu or configuration file without reloading the theme), (6) wallpaper enhancements (fade transition to the next image, can display swf or jpg files, file name format can be configured (i.e., back#swf, wp#jpg, #jpg), 25 new Hubble wallpaper images for a total of 85 images), (7) smoother scrolling and scrolling can be turned off.

I hope you like the changes and new stuff I've added to the theme. This should just about wrap up the development on the gPhone theme. I still have a few tricks up my sleeve though. The gPhoneDialpad will be done sometime and I'll probably do an app or two. I have my eye on some apps on the iPhone web site which should not be too hard to turn into a flash application; nothing as hard or time consuming as theme and a lot simpler. For those interested, gPhone 3.0 is now approaching 4000 lines of code.

The fishing isn't too good this time of year so maybe I'll kick back and work on the tan a little.

Anyway, I hope you like it. Later.....

G. Cobb, Vero Beach,m Florida


Download Files
There are 4 zip files that contain the program files, 3 are for new installations based on the phone model, and the 4th is to update an existing gPhone theme folder. The update can be used for all phone models.

Note: The update does not contain the config.xml or menu.xml files. Installing the update will not overwrite your current menu & config files, however, some of the new configuration options will not be available. Refer to 'config3.xml' for these new parameters.

If you have not made any changes to the config.xml or menu.xml files or if you want to start with a fresh configuration, use the gPhone3-xxxxx.zip file. Otherwise, use the gPhone3-Update.zip file if you have made changes and want to keep them.
   

[Bankai44]

Awesome work grcobb, thanks for the theme and all your hard work!  

Enjoy a tasty treat!  

[UziRiderRush]

thanks for this new mod.

sorry to spoil the fun but, i think im the only one who doesn't know how to work this widgets.

ive installed the theme perfectly, but when it loads, it says widget and flashlight app not found.

anyone care to explain?

[grcobb]

ive installed the theme perfectly, but when it loads, it says widget and flashlight app not found.
anyone care to explain?

When you unzip the gPhone 3 zip file, it will create 3 directories  with the following structure:
/gPhone
       -Apps
       -Widgets
       -Wallpaper
/Apps
/Widgets

Be sure to copy all of the directories to the Themes directory on your phone. Flashlight is in the /gPhone/Apps directory. Look on your phone and see if it was copied.

If you are still having a problem...What zip file did you use? What files are in each of the directories on your phone?

[UziRiderRush]

Thanks. got it working now. forgot to write the separate App and Widget folder.

Again.. great job on the mod.

[MikeDez]

Nice work grcobb, I love what you did with the flashlight app. I look forward to playing around with this. I'm having an issue getting the old wallpaper folder to work, did you make any changes to it like removing swf support?

[Thre@tcon]

Awesome work, thank you!

Not to go off topic...
Fishing is great in Florida!  I live in the panhandle (Destin area) and the fishing couldn't be better!  Loads of King Mackerel, Snapper, Reds and Spanish!!!

[grcobb]

Nice work grcobb, I love what you did with the flashlight app. I look forward to playing around with this. I'm having an issue getting the old wallpaper folder to work, did you make any changes to it like removing swf support?

1. Flashlight was from bmxer55 & iPhone, I did the VuLight however.
2. I did change the wallpaper files, but there is a parameter in the config.xml that lets you specify the wallpaper file format, 'wallpaperFileNameFormat'. It was "#.jpg" in the release however you can set it to 'back#.swf' for the old wallpaper file names.

[Jeffery]

nice you got it released...and it came with two previews of other themes...lol...you're coding skills are pretty much maximized...so its only right that gPhone be stuffed with excellent coding...and full of options...nice job on this...now you can go back to fishing wish i was better at it...haha

[MikeDez]

Thanks grcobb I didn't notice that when I first looked at it. Also thats what I meant, the VuLight is VERY cool.

[wenis]

Great theme, Thanks for all the hard work

[v12w61]

Great work, really like the Vulight and flashlight.

[roughryder]

When you unzip the gPhone 3 zip file, it will create 3 directories  with the following structure:
/gPhone
       -Apps
       -Widgets
       -Wallpaper
/Apps
/Widgets

Be sure to copy all of the directories to the Themes directory on your phone. Flashlight is in the /gPhone/Apps directory. Look on your phone and see if it was copied.

If you are still having a problem...What zip file did you use? What files are in each of the directories on your phone?

hmmm I'm kinda having trouble getting this theme to work. I took all the "directories" and put them in one folder called "gPhone" and put that in the Themes folder in my phone. and then i changed up the themeslist.txt thing accordingly. Can anyone help ?

[MikeDez]

Sure did you already have gphone and are trying to update or is this a clean install?

[UziRiderRush]

 when you first extract this file. u get three different folders. One is named (1)gPhone, the others are (2)App and (3)Widget.

gPhone has its own App and Widget folder inside it. That's what messed me up before, and i thought i didnt have to install the other two. so lets call these three you extracted from the rar, MAIN folders.

so .....go ahead and "write" the folder named gPhone along with wherever you saved ur other themes.

MAIN folders(2)App and (3)Widget should be "written" along with wherever u saved ur other themes too....but it should be separately written from the gPhone folder.


*so in conclusion you should've written 3 different main folders in ur themes folder. you dont save (2) and (3) inside the gPhone folder since it should be separate.


when it comes to the themeslist.....i never even had to touch the themeslist txt. whatever i had for the old gPhone is the same for the newest version.


**this doesn't apply if you chose to save the gPhone updatezip. i saved the new CU920rar and deleted the old gPhone folder.