Bonus tip of the week: TouchFlo 3D e-mails

Posted on Friday, Feb 6, 2009 by Phil Nickinson
 
Filed Under: How To; Tags: touchflo 3d, tips, tip of the week, tip, htc, hack

Here's a bonus tip of the week for you folks with TouchFlo 3D, courtesy of FuzeMobility [via].

There's no denying that TF3D is a sexy little UI, but it'd be nice if the e-mail preview envelope showed a little more text. And, as with all things HTC, the wizards at XDA Developers have found a hack. Here's what you'll need to do.

  1. In the Windows directory on your phone, back up the following files. 77fb7fad_manila and 21449ae5_manila. We're going to overwrite these. While you're at it, go ahead and back up your phone. (But you already knew to do that, right?)
  2. Head over to the XDA thread. You can either download the replacement files themselves, or a couple of handy on/off cabs.
  3. Go to your today screen settings, and turn TouchFlo 3D off. Repeat: Off. Not on.
  4. Either run the proper cab file, or copy over the new individual files into the Windows directory.
  5. Turn TouchFlo 3D back on. You may need to soft-reset.

That's it. The envelope should now be behind the e-mail preview, allowing you to see more with a quick glance. Let us know in the comments how it worked for you.

 
 

Comments

Say what you want, I ended up getting an iPhone over the new Touch because the 3D, while cool, totally took away from the usability. It was almost like trying to read the email was secondary to its flying around and being in perspective on the screen.

Seriously, I need to read that message!

TF3D isn't mandatory and the iPhone doesn't even show a preview so what are you comparing here? theiphoneblog troll?

Anyone know how to leave the rest of the TF3D app running, but go directly to the Inbox view instead of having to click on the "Inbox" at the bottom of the preview screen? I really don't need the envelope view, and would prefer not to have the extra click every time.

Thanks!

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