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Working WM6 "Black" Dialer (without Video)

I've patched together a working version of JJ's Black Dialer from some cabs of his, plus some patched bitmaps from me. If you follow these instructions exactly it will work. I did this within days of getting my TyTN II and have yet to need to do a hard reset, it's very stable.
I posted screen shots of it in the themes thread and have had PM requests for it so here goes. If someone with the skills could make this into a single cab, I'd be jazzed as I don't have those skills...
Black Shadow Black Dialer CONFIGURATION - Installed on Kaiser**
BACKUP FIRST!!!!!
1. Install Part1.CAB then Soft Reset
2. Install Part2.CAB (**Kaiser installs but says it fails) DON'T Soft Reset (press cancel after it is installed --> then go to the next step)
3. Install Part3.CAB then Soft Reset
YOU MUST FOLLOW THE ABOVE EXACTLY TO THE LETTER OTHERWISE IT WONT WORK.
Once the above procedure is completed, it takes around 2mb of storage space.
This non-video dialer is the basic WM6 (Crossbow) one and on Black Dymond 3.5
He was actually trying to port a dialer that matches the current NON-VIDEO one in the Shadow.
This was unsuccessful due to complication with incompatable DLL's for video telephony etc.
NOTE: Once you have completed this procedure you will permanently lose (well until you HR) the DEFAULT big-button dialer in your PPC.
After installing this, you will find that the background is too bright in the upper right corner to see the Bluetooth Headset Icon and Call Timer
as the original Black rom had black icons and Kaiser has white icons. I also found that the end call buttons were the wrong colors on certain screens (like during a call, the End Call button was gray when it should be Red). I modified the affected bitmaps to correct all of these and include them as the last step.
4. Unzip the fixed bitmaps and copy them into the Kaiser's windows folder and the dialer should be complete.
As I say, it's not very clean to install, but it works very well for me

Here's the screen shot again. I also attached a shot of the contactCM with the WM6 black theme cause they go great together!

Can someone make an OEM of this?

One of the guys over at Modaco has tweaked the Orange video dialler to black. It isnt quite as smart as the black dialler, but it works - with video!

Thanks RemE. This worked great.
Finally I got rid of that horrible AT&T WM5 dialer!

I've been using this dialer for quite some time now and it's great. But recently I don't know what happened.. some of the boxes like call history, speed dial, etc all became a white box.
Do I need to install the files again to fix it?

What uninistall that tool??
Fixed bitmaps is not working

DVS_WiNdz said:
I've been using this dialer for quite some time now and it's great. But recently I don't know what happened.. some of the boxes like call history, speed dial, etc all became a white box.
Do I need to install the files again to fix it?
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I haven't seen that before, you can try a re-install. If that doesn't work, then I think hard reset and re-install may be the only way back.

wyder said:
What uninistall that tool??
Fixed bitmaps is not working
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Not sure what you mean, did you install the 3 Cabs first, then copy the bitmaps into the \windows folder on the phone?
As far as I know, the only way to remove this dialer is to perform a hard reset.

HKLM/Security/Phone/Skin - Please export

I need someone to export HKLM/security/phone/skin from their phone. I'm trying to determine what keys were lost on phone when I was trying out some skins. If you could export (or copy/paste) the reg key and the sub-keys that would be awesome. Please post the attachement or the code to this thread...
thanks

enabled 1(0x000001)
ext \windows\phcanhtc.dll
Does that help? Or do you need sub directories also?

grizzley said:
enabled 1(0x000001)
ext \windows\phcanhtc.dll
Does that help? Or do you need sub directories also?
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I really need the subkeys. What I'm trying to figure out is why my call history and speed dial buttons are using the default icons instead the ones actually in the \windows directory. I've verified that skin's icons are n the windows directory but when I view the phone app, the buttons are back to default (for call history and speed dial only).
If you could export or copy/paste the 'portrait' subkey that would be very helpful.

Here you go. Need more? Let me know.

grizzley said:
Here you go. Need more? Let me know.
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thanks.....
What phone and OS did this come from?

AT&T Tilt / WM6

grizzley said:
AT&T Tilt / WM6
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Have you done any phone dialer skinning on this phone? or is it the original phone skin?
I've got a bunch of text color reg entries so maybe that's the cause...

I did install the black HTC dialer but removed it long ago. I didn't think about that when I exported it... sorry!

grizzley said:
I did install the black HTC dialer but removed it long ago. I didn't think about that when I exported it... sorry!
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no worries....
I made a backup of that key, tehn removed everything that wasn't on yours... rebooting, I'll let you know what I find.

Damn, still got the default buttons.
Griz, can you check your speed dial and call history buttons. Anyway you can snap a screenshot to show what your buttons look like?
BTW.. thanks for all your help on this. If we find a fix I know many threads that will benefit from this....

I don't know if you will be able to see this, I dont have a screen capture app on my phone so I used a camera...? If it's bad, I will load a screen capture app and retake a picture for you. Or maybe you need to see more of the screen?

actually I need the speed list screen and the call history screen. Here's a good & free screen capture util....
Install this from your pc, then assign the magicSS application to a button, go to the screen you want to capture, press the button, save the file. When you are done, reassign the button to the previous setting.
Application credits go to Lou ........ http://www.louterrailloune.com/?page_id=7

OK, how is this?

the 3rd one is what I was looking for...
hate to tell you this, you have the same issue. look at the image used in the call history button in the image above. Now, view the actual files that are used for those images in the /windows directory. The files are:
spd_lst.gif
clg_in.gif
clg_out.gif
clg_missed.gif
The above files should look different then the above image. Do they?

This is what I see in /windows/clg_in.gif

-- scratch that...

that should be the image you see when viewing call history inbound calls, as you can plainly see from your screen shots, what's in the windows folder is not what is being displayed in the phone app.
And here's the kicker, at one point it did match. The image you show above (clg_in.gif) is what my original call history buttons display like. Even on some of the skins I tried, the speed dial and call history buttons skinned properly. I just notice that it won't do it anymore.
Either a registry entry has changed (or been lost) or there's some sort of OS icon cache issue.
The only reason I don't think it's registry related is that those files are usually treated differently when skinning the phone dialer. Most skins will create a folder with the replacement images, then the install will change the registry to display the images in this new folder. These 4 files never get put into the new folder, they always get dropped directly into the windows folder, overlaying the ROM file. Also, I've never seen any registry entry for these images. I would think that the registry entries (if they existed) would be under the reg key mentioned at the start of the thread.

grizzley said:
OK, I never noticed that these were wrong icons. But it's an easy fix. Just replace the ones that are in the /windows dir with the ones you want.
Is that what you are after?
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yes that's how it should work, but it doesn't.... it's displaying a set of icons bulit into to the phone app...

Is this what you are after?

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Is this what you are after?
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Yes, how did you get it to change?

How to change the main menu soft button?

Hi,
I have a Treo 750v (Vodafone version) which like what it's box said it is meant for email solution, that's why the left soft menu of the Today screen menu is set to Email.
Anyone know how to change this?
Thanks, appriciate your share of knowledge!

I forgot the details but this i know as much
You have to download the register editor program. Search around the registry is all the same when it comes to changing soft key for all WM phones.
The only problem with the Treo 750 is when you change the softkey from email to something else it ends up adding an extra short cut. So in essence you are not overwriting that key, all you are doing is adding an extra feature on top of the existing email button.
Maybe someone had better success than I did can chime in

Using a registry editor, navigate to Hkey_Current_User/Software/Microsoft/Today/Keys/112
Change all 3 values to reflect your new function

or:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Universal_Registry

awesome!
mtiberio said:
or:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Universal_Registry
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wow, thank you very much mtiberio!
your link really hit the spot!

Very odd - my Registry setting for 112 was already showing Calendar as the default value but on screen it shows email.

tinyflier said:
Very odd - my Registry setting for 112 was already showing Calendar as the default value but on screen it shows email.
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It's all because Palm plugins - they overlay it. If you disable Active Call (or Dial Lookup?) you can have native-windows softkeys. It was all described in instructions how to ged back default dialpad.

i just downloaded the soft key changer that i found on here i think it was in the hermes section and copied it to my windows folder... after i did that it shows up in my settings and i can change both soft keys to what i want

was it:
"FdcSoft SoftkeyAppletEx.cab"

Gyngabread Man said:
i just downloaded the soft key changer that i found on here i think it was in the hermes section and copied it to my windows folder... after i did that it shows up in my settings and i can change both soft keys to what i want
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it would be great if you share the file or where you get it, so we all can get it too...

mtiberio said:
was it:
"FdcSoft SoftkeyAppletEx.cab"
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it is caled softkeyapplet but its not a cab it was a zip i just unzipped and put in my windows folder i believe... i will look in my external driveand post it im not sure where it is but i'll try to find it

ok i found it on my drive but i did some searching on the forums and alot of ppl mention it but dont upload it and im guessing its for good reason... dont wanna piss ppl off by posting something i shouldent if its ok though then i'll do it but i think its the same one your talking about for me it worked like a charm no reg editing

Here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=65261&d=1199898052
Found it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1802007&postcount=827
You will need to reset your device for it to show up in your programs list.

Chillin said:
Here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=65261&d=1199898052
Found it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1802007&postcount=827
You will need to reset your device for it to show up in your programs list.
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Hi, thannks for the direct links. I'm going to try installing it. i hope it'll be fine.

seems it doesn't work with wm6. after installing it, the program isnt available in my program.

iPhone dialpad buttons not working

Guys,
I installed one of the lovely iPhone dialpad files. It works, but there are some things that need sorting still.
For example: half the buttons don't work. Could someone tell me how I can change the button functions? Is there a program I can use to configure which icons/buttons of the dial pad are linked to what function?
Also: I'd like the background to be the same as my own background. Can someone tell me how to change the background image of the dial pad?

You might want to be a little more accurate in regards to the program you are using.

Yes, sorry, you are right.
Well, the dialpad I am using I found on the internet, can't remember where (but I think it's somewhere on the forum here as well).
I have included the cab file.
It's part of an iphone style package called "iphone_QVGA_v3.2" (though ofcourse the name could have changed while it floated around from person to person...).
The package also includes gCalc, wishbar advance, PsshutXP, pocketsuspendFX, flashplayer 7, picselbrowser, weatherpanel, and mortplayer 3.31.
I didn't install all of those, I only installed the iphone dialpad that was included.
Ok, I changed my mind, I'm not uploading any files because for some unidentifyiable stupid Microsoft reason I cannot upload anything, just times out after half an hour and then comes up with a diosplay that it cannot display anything.
As always microsoft sucks doggiedick.
You will have to do with my vague description. If I ever succeed with the upload you will see teh file (I will try later with a unit that DOES do things the way they supposed to: a mac!)

Ok, so the problem is this website (variants of operating systems and internet connections did not provide a change in upload behaviour pattern)
Here is a link to where the file can be downloaded:
http://rapidlibrary.com/download_fi...share&file=3905104&desc=iphone+QVGA+v3.2+.rar
As I said before, I only use the iphone dial pad theme cab.

[SKN][REQ] 6.5 WM dialer

Well I think its fairly apparent that M$ is not going to make a newer style native dialer for 6.5 so we may be stuck with the same dialer from the WM5 days.
Is anyone willing to redesign the layout of WM dialer? We have several different skins, but I think a new layout is whats needed for 6.5, perhaps to mimic the HTC dialer, or perhaps different.
Any takers?
Edit: I will update the first post and add in everything that we can come up with for easy access. Thanks to all who support.

+1 for this. Not sure if the layout can be chnged yet, but maybe some skin to make it look changed. Is there some existing skins for this somewhere already?

+1 for layout
jmckeejr said:
+1 for this. Not sure if the layout can be chnged yet, but maybe some skin to make it look changed. Is there some existing skins for this somewhere already?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=434934
+1 for the layout change though. There is some unused space at the top that I don't like. The number buttons are not quite finger friendly either. IMO.

Maybe we coud post a zip with all the stock images and reg entries to make it easy on skinners. Can someone put together a zip with all of this stuff and Adam can link it in first post?
I will most likely have a look at this too, but busy at the time being. I'd like to make it look like the HTC dialer, and then go from there.
Not sure if this is the same dialer, but there are a few skins for stock dialer at www.skinzone.org. They were from 6.1, so not sure if they would still work.
EDIT: I gathered up the images real quick, but didn't get the registry yet. Let me know if you think I missed an image.

jmckeejr said:
and Adam can link it in first post?
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Sure thing, I will update the first post and add in everything that we can come up with for easy access. Hopefully people will see that something is being done and will join in. It may not hurt to contact some good people with photoshop skills either like Herg and bilbobrian.
Edit: After thinking about it, we may get better coverage if this was moved to the Development and Hacking forum.

I wish they would make the dialer the same as how they have the dial pad for the lock screen...that would be sweet if somebody could make a skin or dialer like that:
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2009/02/windows-mobile-65-ofc10.jpg

Somoene skinned the HTC dialer to match the buttons in 6.5 and it looked really good.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509447

AdamNimrod said:
Somoene skinned the HTC dialer to match the buttons in 6.5 and it looked really good.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509447
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That looks great, I just wish the HTC S2A dialer didn't have issues with WM6.5

i'll take a crack at it later tonight after work...its been bugging me too.

That would be awesome... and I know we can expect something good from you, you always seem to post top knotch applications/themes/tweaks.

Hi,
Attached is something that I quickly knocked up to make the WM6.5 dialer look a bit more like the lock screen when in a call.
I hope that it is useful.
Matt

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mpattman said:
Hi,
Attached is something that I quickly knocked up to make the WM6.5 dialer look a bit more like the lock screen when in a call.
I hope that it is useful.
Matt
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Matt, what is the file attached. I noticed the different default theme pictures in the folders, but I am not sure how this file should be used. Is it a program that allows you to choose a theme? If so, which file to you run and do you run from pc over activesync or from the device itself?

If you extact it on your PC, the directories are for cooking and if you run the "make_cabs.bat" you should get a folder called cabs with installable cab files that will change the phone's skin. You need to soft reset to get the phone to use them after you install the cab (or copy the files over in Resco Explorer from the folder of your choice.)
(see attachments - I am using the Blue Drop theme)

big thanks
mpattman said:
If you extact it on your PC, the directories are for cooking and if you run the "make_cabs.bat" you should get a folder called cabs with installable cab files that will change the phone's skin. You need to soft reset to get the phone to use them after you install the cab (or copy the files over in Resco Explorer from the folder of your choice.)
(see attachments - I am using the Blue Drop theme)
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Yes!!!
That alone makes a BIG difference. Thanks!

I dont get a folder called 'cabs'.

I hate to admit...
AdamNimrod said:
I dont get a folder called 'cabs'.
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I hate to admit that the same happened for me. I ran it three times...then I thought about it. And I refreshed the window.
I doubt this is your problem, but I had to put it out there.

just to let everyone know, i am working on something, I'm toying with going with squared-off buttons (see 6.5 calc for an example) or the lockscreen-esque rounded buttons (similar to mpattman). should have some time this weekend to really polish it.

Rounded buttons.
I still cant get the damn cabs to show...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=508920 this what you are looking for?

AdamNimrod said:
I still cant get the damn cabs to show...
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Not sure why it won't build the cabs, is there an error message?
Attached are the VGA cabs.