[arly]

Hi,
Is it possible to customize the mobile home screen without any apps?
I used to see my mails in the desktop, but now I can't, after a firmware update. Also, I want to remove "Ovi Share" from the desktop menu, as I don't use this service.

Even if it is not possible to customize everything, is there anything that we can alter?


Thanks.

[corpsegrinder · Accepted solution]

Hi arly. im also an N85 user,well when u mean homescreen do u mean that mainscreen bars on the bottom for wlan,email,ect? if so i may have a small solution,try this.

menu>tools>settings>personalization>standby,you can either choose horizontal or vertical icon bar to show it,and Basic to hide it away.

if your talking about customizing the startup,

settings>personalization>display>welcome note/logo

as for customizing those bars on the bottom with your own things i can't tell you how.

try searching out there for a third party program to do so,your best bet is probably 1 of the following sites:

dotsis.com,ipmart-forum.com

mobilecastle.biz

(note all requires free registration as they are forums)

and mobile9.com

I hope this helped and hope your problem gets sorted.

[arly]

Thanks.

I totally forgot you could change the bar icons in menu>tools>settings>personalization>standby. And now I've noticed mail can be actvated there as well.

Thanks, corpsegrinder.

As for the bars, I'd also like to change them... Anynone knows how to remove Ovi Share?

[corpsegrinder]

as ive explained. u got those options there,just click on basic(in the options i gave u) and it should completely remove everything from your home screen,except for your apps bar,which u can easily customize which app u want in watever order u feel,u can do this by going to settings>personalization>standby mode>shortcuts,and to remove that bar u go settings>personalization>themes>standby and choose basic,hope u get it right

[corpsegrinder]

EDIT: didnt see that post. uhm no i dont think you can change the bars,only the shortcut bar,the bottom bar is more for phone generated things,like email and wlan and so on,that cant be changed mate,im a pretty experienced symbian user and i havent come up with an answer for that lol,ill search for 3rd party softwares for u and if i come up with something ill post here

[corpsegrinder]

by the way,do me a favour please,test if u getting this aswell if ur using latest firmware.

/t5/Nseries-Devices-and-S60/Calling-all-N85-users-urgent-firmware-31-002-bug-thats-bug-ging/td-p/629...

im currently having that prob and i need some feedback from users.

thanx

[arly]

I wanted to customize the home screen bars without a 3rd party app... But it's not tat important anyway.

There is an app that can do this (but it actually replaces the homescreen by annother customizable screen): vHome Desktop.

If you google it., you'll find more info/download links (it's freeware).