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Vista Style on your KAISER (TyTN II)

hi everyone,
since december i'm proud like you to have the kaiser from htc. i've spend still hour on hour modding my kaiser and reading all interesting informations that here is offered by you. and hell you all make a good job here!
so i want to give you something back and here it is:
i've taken the vista startupscreen before you logon from a few well hidden dll's and extracted the relevant images and sound.
example only!
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
it's animated! original size!​
installation:
make a new .txt-file with notepad and copy & paste everything below in and rename the txt-file to whatever.reg:
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\StartupAnimation]
"Volumn"=dword:00000064
"WAVFile"="\\Windows\\Windows_Vista_Startsound.wav"
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"GIFFile"="\\Windows\\animated.gif"
"Priority"=dword:000000C8
or you can take the file i made called "Startup.reg"
then copy "animated.gif" and "Windows_Vista_Startsound.wav" in your systemdirectory called "\Windows\" and overwrite the existing "animated.gif". if you want, you can make a backup of the original htc-logo animation gif. if you encounter problems to paste those files, try the resco file explorer instead of windows mobile explorer.
my zip-file contains the following:
- animated.gif -> vista-logo animation
- Startup.reg -> execute this and it will add the startup music and volume to your registry
- Windows_Vista_Startsound.wav -> yes! the original from ms
if you want the newest file, please download vista-startup_on_kaiser_v3.zip
V1
- first version
V2
- i've changed the timing of sound and animation to make both fit togehter a bit more. for now, i think its close to perfect. but make your own try.
V3
- improved image color quality. now it looks like eye candy ;-)
- loudness reduced
- fixed timing
hint: you can also download my source and project files here, to make your own great startup logo

lemme give it a try...always kinda like that animated vista orb..

Great job!
I will use it in my new ROM, thank you !!!

thanks
but i think the timing sound/orb isn't perfect. i will try to make it more perfect, but today its new year's eve and that means i've to guzzle lot of beers

How do you execute Startup.reg
How do you execute Startup.reg? I copied it to My Documets and click it but got an error. I have a progam called MobileRegistryEditor but it on't let me edi he registry, just view it.
Thanks!
bl4d3 said:
hi everyone,
since december i'm proud like you to have the kaiser from htc. i've spend still hour on hour modding my kaiser and reading all interesting informations that here is offered by you. and hell you all make a good job here!
so i want to give you something back and here it is:
i've taken the vista startupscreen before you logon from a few well hidden dll's and extracted the relevant images and sound.
it's animated! original size!​
installation:
make a new .txt-file with notepad and copy & paste everything below in:
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\StartupAnimation]
"Volumn"=dword:000003E8
"WAVFile"="\\Windows\\Windows_Vista_Startsound.wav"
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"GIFFile"="\\Windows\\animated.gif"
"Priority"=dword:000000C8
or you can take the file i made called "Startup.reg"
than copy "animated.gif" and "Windows_Vista_Startsound.wav" in your systemdirectory called "\Windows\" and overwrite the existing "animated.gif". if you want, you can make a backup of the original htc-logo animation gif. if you encounter problems to paste those files, try the resco file explorer instead of windows mobile explorer.
my zip-file contains the following:
- animated.gif -> vista-logo animation
- Startup.reg -> execute this and it will add the startup music and volume
- Windows_Vista_Startsound.wav -> yes! the original from ms
ps: if you like i will try to make one gif with a placebo loading animation, like it appears on windows boot.
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hi osokona,
it's like under windows desktop os. simply click the .reg and windows will ask you if you're sure to add.
if this isn't working for you, something with your windows mobile is wrong or a setting from third party program.
if you have a registry editor, you can add the values by hand

That's real cute... cept that it doesn't care what your system volume is set at... it's loud as hell at 1am.

Vexamus said:
That's real cute... cept that it doesn't care what your system volume is set at... it's loud as hell at 1am.
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change the "volumn" setting e.g.
Code:
"Volumn"=dword:00000064
remember: set the value in hex not decimal
i want it as load as possible, so e.g. every it-freak who knows windows vista on train or whereever i am, hopefully thinks i've got really windows vista on my mobilephone (spoof people)

just did this on my tilt..thanks!

Works awesome kudos dude

Great Work!!!
I just installed it on my TMO HTC Wing. Works great. Thanks!!
Great Job.

Its works & its cool thanks a lot.

Can someone build a cab for this?

Here, I`ve build a cab of V2
Please let me know if it works... ( I didn`t test it, but it should work )

Installing now...

Slow, laggy, off timed, but cool nontheless!!!

Agreed, GIF animation is a bit slow.. Maybe if pause between frames are reduced a bit, it will look better..

Anyway to shrink down the size of the orb so the resolution is better?

I took the plunge and made the animation quicker.. I`ve tried my best to sync sound too, but unfortunately my device won`t play startup sound due to ROM bug..
I don`t know why Hermes turns white when this animation is finished, then flashes, then shows welcome png, is this same on Kaiser too ?
Here is the faster version.. I hope it is synced good..

zcink said:
Anyway to shrink down the size of the orb so the resolution is better?
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the original vista orb, as shown on first page, is high resoultion. when i make the animation with "easy gif animator" he reduced colors :-(
in photoshop everything is ok, because ps uses selective colors instead of web-safe-colors
if someone knows a program to make a better animation or will try itself here are the source files in bitmap and optimized gif's from adope photoshop -> download moved to first post!
edit:
now i know who to create an animated gif in adobe photoshop cs3 (honest, since version cs3 it sucks really. shame on you adobe), but it will me take some hours. this means: expect the better image quality end of week or maybe next week.
stay tuned and check here again for updated news.

How do you configure the HTC Tray App??

Hi! I recently purchased an AT&T Tilt and one of the first apps I loaded was the HTC Tray App (from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=344533). I love how the launch bar is at the bottom of the Today screen, not at the bottom of all the Today screen plug-ins. However, I can't seem to find a way to add/remove icons from the launch bar! Anybody know how to add/remove icons to the HTC Tray App?? Thanks!!

Here ya go....
You need to edit the registry to point to the app & icon source files. It sounds complicated, but it's easy.
Here's what you do:
It will only add three icons & you have to add the others. It's easy once you've had a look, though it may sound complicated.
To add them go to HKLM\Software\HTC\TrayApplet
Then you have to create new keys for the other proggies you want.
To do this you need resco, PHM, or another registry editor, etc...
In the above location you creat a new key with the position number you want, i.e. 3 or 4 or 5, etc...
inside these key folders you then create new string values. If you look inside the key value 0 folder you will see what I mean.
Here's a few screen shots of what I mean:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

hi there, I am trying to do this on my elf.
I cannot see the picture you've posted. I have created another string key. I currently have 0 & 3 I have just added 4 but don't know how or what to add as name and path.
thanks . is a cool appl.

Go into the 0 key folder & copy the two keys inside (you don't need the default one it will be automatically created when yuo create a new key) One is for the image to use, ResPath, (Icon) & one is for the path to the .exe, LaunchApPath. Copy the keys from the existing 0 folder to the new ones you create (folder 4, 5, 6, or however many you want) & then replace the copied string values with the location of your new programs.
Here is the pic again (Just click on it):

thanks gsleon.
i have done this now.
i had to check the pics at homne on my pda but could not enlarge them. so i had to wing it. but i have done it now.
i have removed the first two icons (power and rotate) and replaced them with others. so it looks cool now.
thanks again.
i think you can only have a max of 6. but dont quote me.

help needed
hi there im trying to do this also but havent had to much luck
as a test i wanted to see if i could link a program called pocket sands to my task bar
inside TrayApplet i created a key called 4 and copyied the layout of 0, ie;
LaunchApPath linked to \program files\PocketSand\pocketSand_armv4_1
ResPath linked to \program files\PocketSand\pocketSand_armv4_1
soft reset but it doesnt show up
can any one tell me what i did wrong

annonymouse said:
hi there im trying to do this also but havent had to much luck
as a test i wanted to see if i could link a program called pocket sands to my task bar
inside TrayApplet i created a key called 4 and copyied the layout of 0, ie;
LaunchApPath linked to \program files\PocketSand\pocketSand_armv4_1
ResPath linked to \program files\PocketSand\pocketSand_armv4_1
soft reset but it doesnt show up
can any one tell me what i did wrong
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must be directed to a .lnk or .exe. "pocketSand_armv4_1" sounds like a cab file.

GSLEON can i put the memory status application that is in our system settings in the taskbar? is there a memory.lnk and if there is could you write out an example of the command that i need to copy in my phm regedit

doh i forgot to put the .exe however this didnt work, so i tried to a .lnk this also didnt work im a bit stummped now any ideas
thanks

i use traylaunch,easier to use and quicker to setup

Update 10/09/08 Poorlyduck's Ultimate Suit QVGA

Update 10/09/08
added the white background and Black numbers in black theme, check 3rd post.
Update 10/03/2008
Uploaded the S2U2 gfx folder with new instructions and added the .tsk for today screen
Uploaded the black suit in the 2nd post.
Update 9/30/2008
All the files are uploaded and ready to go.
Instructions:
-Windows Media player (unzip m2d WMP to m2d WMP folder and put in either in your \program file\windows media player folder or you can create a folder in your storage card called \media player skins and drag m2d WMP there, open your windows media player and go to Menu>Options and pick skins tab, allow your device to search for skins and pick the m2d skin, do this in portrait and landscape)
-Icontact (this skin is for the latest V0.8 if you have below this version it wont work, simply unzip icontact.zip and drag poorlyduckm2d.png and poorlyduckm2d.skn into \Icontact folder, open icontact settings and pick my skin.
-Thumbcal (this skin for the latest version 1.1.2, Dont unzip the file, just drag the skin.m2d.zip into \Program Files\Thumbcal then open Thumbcal and go to Menu>Extras>Settings and pick m2d.
-S2U2 Download the gfx zip file, extrat it in your desktop, delete gfx file in your \Program Files\S2U2 and drag the one you just unzipped to the same location, go to start menu>S2U2>ilock2 to reset the S2U2 then open S2U2 again to see the changes.
If the lading "0" is missaligned in your clock then you need to change the value HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2U2\TimeFormat to hh':'mm.
To get rid of "Slide 2 Unlock" text, go to HKCU/Software/AC/S2U2/S2UText: remove the entry in this field.
-S2P (The same thing as S2U2 unzip s2p.zip and drag all the files in \program Files\S2P\gfx allow to replace the original ones.)
-Spb calculator (Install SpbELF_calculatorSkin.cab in your device (not storage card) then simply
Drag Spbcal_L.png and Spbcal_P.png into windows folder. that it!
If you already have spb calculator installed already then simply drag the two files to \windows folder and allow to overwrite
the original ones.)
if you uninstall SPB calculator and then you try to open the calculator from the start menu shortcut and its wont open, dont panic, its just a shortcut, you'll find you original calculator in the \windows folder, just create new shortcut.
-HTC dialer (Uninstall any custom dialer you had before and reboot, install poorlyduck m2d dialer.cab in the device and reboot again. that it!
-TSK file for Today screen uploaded.
If you want the commanager, its already done by greatbal check this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430468
The black version will come after this,enjoy!
here is the original background converted to 240x320 and keeping the same aspect ratio in case someone asks for it.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
If you guys like my work check my signature for Donation, as you guys know We spend alot of time and effort in the screen to bring you guys the goodies, a little bit of donation helps motivate us to bring you more and more.
Donators:
Kalvin Smith, Ingvard Tjelta, Christopher Wilkinson, William Dunn, Robert Krasny, Mario Lintz, John Morton, James Lorenz, Michael Lee, Mario Martinez if I forgot someone please pm me with the confirmation number.

Alright guys, here is the black theme you all were waiting for, please follow the instructions below.
1st here is the background I made in case you guys want to use it in different programs.
-Windows Media Player: Unzip Poorlyduck WM m2d Black.zip and drag it into \program file\windows media player folder or anywhere elses where you save your media player skins, go to Menu>Options and pick skins tab, allow your device to search for skins and pick the black skin, do this in portrait and landscape
-Icontact: You need Icontact v0.8, just unzip icontact.zip and drag into \program Files\Icontact, open Icontact settings and pick the skin you desire.
-Thumbcal: Dont Unzip skin.PDThumbcal.zip, Drag as it is into \Program File\Thumbcal folder, Open Thumbcal and go to menu>extras>Settings and pick the skin.
-S2U2: Download the gfx zip file, extrat it in your desktop, delete gfx file in your \Program Files\S2U2 and drag the one you just unzipped to the same location, go to start menu>S2U2>ilock2 to reset the S2U2 then open S2U2 again to see the changes.
If the lading "0" is missaligned in your clock then you need to change the value HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2U2\TimeFormat to hh':'mm.
To get rid of "Slide 2 Unlock" text, go to HKCU/Software/AC/S2U2/S2UText: remove the entry in this field.
Analog clock is optional, looks good only if you dont want to show the battery and portrait mode only, you need to go to S2U2 Settings and pick ClockA under Information>Clock Font Folder, then slide down to wallpaper options and pick Wallpaper.gif in File/Directory (portrait), if you are using S2U2 1.22 you need to turn the battery off so when you plug your phone to sync, it wont show the analogue clock in top of digital clock background.
-S2P: Unzip poorlyduck s2p black.zip and copy the whole gfx folder into program files\s2p
-Black Dialer: This Dialer is my previews Black Dialer but with fixing the numbers, now are brighte, also fize speedial icons, they were black text in black icons that why it didnt show the numbers, I made the buttons white with black text. Make sure you uninstall any previews custom dialers, reboot then install poorlyduck Black Diamond Dialer.cab in the device.
-HTC Home: unzip htc home.zip and copy the files to your HTC home folder in your device and allow to overwrite the original ones, or use HTC customizer and copy the Diamond icons folder into icons, Diamond Background folder into background and clock folder into a clock. open HTC customizer and pick the desired theme.
-Calculator: Install SpbELF_calculatorSkin.cab uploaded in the 1st post along with m2d skin and, unzip calculator.zip and dragg the 2 files into the \windows and allow to overwrite the original ones.
If you guys like my work check my signature for Donation, as you guys know I spent alot of time and effort in the screen to bring you guys the goodies, a little bit of donation helps motivate me to bring you more and more.

black Diamond TSK file and White background with black numbers as some of you requested, Unzip and replace all the backgrounds and numbers if you are using black theme.

I had alot of requests about the updated Icontact, I dont own the qvga device at this time, that why you dont see me around anymore But I had this done earlier, icontact, latest version, also included the new calculator, new thumbcal and latest m2d digital clock with the Right settings. enojy!

looking good cant wait to download!!!!

this is defenetly the dagger of themes for me!!!! when this gets released , im running touchflo2d with all of this till i upgrade to a better device, the look is perfect!!!!

this is sick..
u poorly are a creative genius!

Looks awesome, Very NICE

you can add comm manager skin to package
but so far looks amazing
S2U theme looks awesome

poorlyduck does it again!

Very nice job poorlyduck!
Looking forward to download it...
Marshall

wow cant wait for this release!

This is Poorly....I mean Purely fantastic
Which version of Icontact did you skin...if I may ask?

this is beautiful... and it's exactly what's going to make me move from Black to Blue
thanks

nir36 said:
this is beautiful... and it's exactly what's going to make me move from Black to Blue
thanks
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Maybe you won't have to..."I have in both black and this blue color,"
Looks like we'll get to choose from both black and white versions

bootiful..
really curious about that battery for s2u2.. is that a working animated battery? or just a background

htctoucher said:
bootiful..
really curious about that battery for s2u2.. is that a working animated battery? or just a background
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Yeah i wonder the same thing

Can't wait. Excellent work, thanks.

please make also theme for ThumbCal 0.5.1, thanks in advance.

just wow. with manila and your themes, my good old elfin is looking like 2008 model, brand new pda .

[Theme] Manila2D for WAD2 [17-11-08]--QVGA

i like the M2D interface, but this quite heavy load on my device, so i make this
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
(Beta Release) [17-11-08]
Download or Mirror
What you need?
1.WAD2
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/products/
2. MortScript
http://www.sto-helit.de/index.php?mo...view&entry=125
3. XIAMultiTheme (for sms page)
http://www.xiaprojects.com/?section=...oad binaries
4. S2P
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=417511
5. Google Search (optional: this for the internet page, or you can use the original Live Search to replace this)
http://www.google.com/mobile/winmo/
How to install
1. Backup You Device
2. Install the above application & WAD2
(Download XIAMultiTheme, this not a cab file, extract the rar file, copy the folder to "Program Files")
3. Extract the M2D.rar and copy to your device
(the folder "Manila" must copy to root)
4. open the file (Program Files\XIAMultiTheme\XIAMultiThemeConfiguration),
go to "Install" tag, click the Button "Install Today Plugin".
then go to the "Today" tag, at the first row, select "sms" then click the Button "Apply these themes" at the bottom
5. WAD2 select the "Manila" theme
6. maybe use need to edit some program link
Enjoy!
1. Main: Calendar link to ThumbCal, Slide Up: Appointment
Click on the clock to active the alarm mortscript
2. Weather: Slide Up: Visit Location Weather
3. Music: Link to S2P, Slide down: next track Slide Up: Pre Track
4. Settings: Comm link to Comm Manager, Slide Up: Setting page 2
5. Program: Slide Up: Program page 2
6. Photos: this only search your (My Document\My Pictures)
if you want to change the location, open the file Manila\mscr\randomimage.mscr, edit the line (SystemPath("Documents")\"My Pictures\*.jpg") to your location (eg. "MemoryCard\My Documents\My Pictures\*.jpg")

nice work?
ya! great work
blue bottom will be more great

rubbish.guy said:
nice work?
ya! great work
blue bottom will be more great
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Thx!
i keep the black bottom cause this easy to match other wallpaper

mbarvion theme
it will be great if i can install mbarvion (black+green) theme here
anyway, its usefull..thanks..

VGA or QVGA?

chalid said:
VGA or QVGA?
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QVGA only!

screenshot update!

this is great! i also find manila 2d a bit too much for my titan (sprint mogul) and prefer running wad2. i've been using this theme and made some tweaks for my own usage. it's great because wad2 is so easy to customize. and i love how much weather info and built in system monitors and readings you can use. i really appreciate the effort in making this skin!
i just have a couple issues i thought i would ask about. first, the photo page seems to take forever to load and hogs down system resources indefitinely when changing the path to a folder on the storage card. this may be related to the number of photos i have there and not the path itself. just thought i'd see if anyone was experiencing the same.
second, the sms plugin doesn't seem to be working. i don't see any of my messages on the sms page (and i have installed the xiamultitheme plugin). touching where the plugin is located on the sms does launch the sms app. any ideas?

so happy to see Hong Konger here!!!
just like to ask ask if my Omnia i908 (traditional Chinese Rom) can use your M2d theme???
Thanks. 唔該

You'r back my friend, great work, it's realy nice.

shingyeah said:
so happy to see Hong Konger here!!!
just like to ask ask if my Omnia i908 (traditional Chinese Rom) can use your M2d theme???
Thanks. 唔該
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thanks, but sadly, this for qvga only.
maxniper said:
You'r back my friend, great work, it's realy nice.
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Thank you

Nice Work!!!
Nice, Good & Great Job. Very very very big Thanks!!!

great work, thanks

Does WAD2 allow SMS reading??? Can you show me how you have done this? I would like to use it in my theme

derekwilkinson said:
Does WAD2 allow SMS reading??? Can you show me how you have done this? I would like to use it in my theme
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XIAMultiTheme have this function, i use this as a plugin in WAD2

chriscsh said:
i like the M2D interface, but this quite heavy load on my device, so i make this
(Beta Release) [17-11-08]
Download or Mirror
What you need?
1.WAD2
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/products/
2. MortScript
http://www.sto-helit.de/index.php?mo...view&entry=125
3. XIAMultiTheme (for sms page)
http://www.xiaprojects.com/?section=...oad binaries
4. S2P
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=417511
5. Google Search (optional: this for the internet page, or you can use the original Live Search to replace this)
http://www.google.com/mobile/winmo/
How to install
1. Backup You Device
2. Install the above application & WAD2
(Download XIAMultiTheme, this not a cab file, extract the rar file, copy the folder to "Program Files")
3. Extract the M2D.rar and copy to your device
(the folder "Manila" must copy to root)
4. open the file (Program Files\XIAMultiTheme\XIAMultiThemeConfiguration),
go to "Install" tag, click the Button "Install Today Plugin".
then go to the "Today" tag, at the first row, select "sms" then click the Button "Apply these themes" at the bottom
5. WAD2 select the "Manila" theme
6. maybe use need to edit some program link
Enjoy!
1. Main: Calendar link to ThumbCal, Slide Up: Appointment
Click on the clock to active the alarm mortscript
2. Weather: Slide Up: Visit Location Weather
3. Music: Link to S2P, Slide down: next track Slide Up: Pre Track
4. Settings: Comm link to Comm Manager, Slide Up: Setting page 2
5. Program: Slide Up: Program page 2
6. Photos: this only search your (My Document\My Pictures)
if you want to change the location, open the file Manila\mscr\randomimage.mscr, edit the line (SystemPath("Documents")\"My Pictures\*.jpg") to your location (eg. "MemoryCard\My Documents\My Pictures\*.jpg")
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Excellent, it looks nice. I wonder if the supports landscape ? Thanks.

chriscsh said:
XIAMultiTheme have this function, i use this as a plugin in WAD2
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Ah, I see. Too bad this never worked on my device

derekwilkinson said:
Ah, I see. Too bad this never worked on my device
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Do u mean XMT not work for you?

chriscsh said:
Do u mean XMT not work for you?
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No, I meant the SMS, but I see they have a new method now (instead of using MortScript like you had used before). I will have to try it out sometime. I hope to have the From and maybe the first few words from the newest message on the SMS tab on my theme.
I was able to try out your theme and it's very good. Keep them coming!

random question, but what kind of battery drain do you guys see with WAD2? i used to run spb mobile shell, but the extra battery drain was annoying.

[SOLVED] Changing the 'current screen' bar in Rosie

If I change the look of the Rosie launcher, so instead of the curved stock one it's more in the style of say Espresso, which is flat, the line/bar that denotes what screen you are on still curves, following the line of the stock Rosie launcher. Does anyone know what file needs to be changed to make it run straight when you go from screen to screen?
I know I could just make it invisible but I'd like it to be there if possible.

jpool81 said:
If I change the look of the Rosie launcher, so instead of the curved stock one it's more in the style of say Espresso, which is flat, the line/bar that denotes what screen you are on still curves, following the line of the stock Rosie launcher. Does anyone know what file needs to be changed to make it run straight when you go from screen to screen?
I know I could just make it invisible but I'd like it to be there if possible.
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Take a look inside Rosie.apk under /res/drawable-port-mdpi. It contains the button bar.

Have had a look in there but can't see a button bar. I have found the actual bar - "common_mainnav_scroller1.png" under "Rosie.apk\res\drawable-normal-mdpi" but as I say that's just the bar that moves. I need to find out what makes it move in the way it does, so that I can stop it curving and make it move horizontal.

That'll Be in one of the xml file won't it ?

It's not in Rosie.apk, I remembered wrong.
It's inside com.htc.resources.apk in /system/framework.
Same folder inside the file as I told before.

In there are the Rosie .png images, but changing those won't alter the direction of the nav bar will it? As "MacaronyMax" said I think it's an XML file. I just don't know which one it is

Hello,
Has anyone found which xml file needs to be changed to get that indicator to move in a straight horizontal line? I've tried searching Rosie.apk, com.htc.resources.apk and framework-res.apk but I couldn't find it.

Had the same problem with sense-villain 12. I had a look but can't find the drawables needed

This guy has figured it out. See here.
He has also remapped the Rosie buttons. This is the third time I've found someone that has been able to do this, but no one on the GSM Hero side seems to be able to do it.

jpool81 said:
This guy has figured it out. See here.
He has also remapped the Rosie buttons. This is the third time I've found someone that has been able to do this, but no on the GSM Hero side seems to be able to do it.
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Well what he has done can probably be applied to the Hero. BTW in the drawable you will find some precious XML files hehe

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
Well what he has done can probably be applied to the Hero. BTW in the drawable you will find some precious XML files hehe
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I'm gonna rip it apart and mash it back together for the Hero and see what I get. Most probably a boot loop lol

jpool81 said:
I'm gonna rip it apart and mash it back together for the Hero and see what I get. Most probably a boot loop lol
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Hehe probably But why not just look for the XML file? Usually the names makes sense and you can see from there what to do

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
Hehe probably But why not just look for the XML file? Usually the names makes sense and you can see from there what to do
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Thanks. Will take a look.

oorrr..... ask the dev which file he changed to make it do that much easier
i'll pm him now if you havent got it working yet

Might want to thank ihtpfp69
You've got to change these values , and doing so you can make it any shape you like
Code:
<integer name="scroll_x1">
<integer name="scroll_y1">
<integer name="scroll_x2">
<integer name="scroll_y2">
<integer name="scroll_x3">
<integer name="scroll_y3">
(he didn't say what file that was in but im sure it can't be too hard to find , oh and im guessing thats stock

Thanks. I got a response from him also. The file is integers.xml and should be located inside the Rosie.apk \res\values-normal
Will look at this once I have also sorted the remapping of the Rosie buttons and some other stuff.

@macaroniMax and @jpool81
Wow, thanks you guys. That was REALLY helpful. Let me see if I can get it to change on my HTC Desire!

This is another great thread with lots of helpful information: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=697994

Great. Would be good to know of the result. It's good that Rosie can be changed in this way, although is quite complex at times, but once figured out It might make me revert back to it from AOSP.

jpool81 said:
Great. Would be good to know of the result. It's good that Rosie can be changed in this way, although is quite complex at times, but once figured out It might make me revert back to it from AOSP.
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Well, I can confirm that it works. Here's a screen dump of my phone.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
As you can see, the current screen bar moves in a straight horizontal line as we switch screens (it's on screen 2 in the screenshot).
This was the only change I wanted and all I did was to make scroll_y1 and scroll_y3 equal to scroll_y2 (oh, in case you're wondering, the main launcher icon has also been changed in com.htc.resources, but that's not relevant to this thread).
ADDENDUM:
If you want to change integers.xml, simply opening Rosie.apk in 7-zip will not work because the res/values* folders are compiled when the apk is built and 7-zip will not be able to show them to you. This means you can't drag and drop the modified files as you can with png resource files. So, you need to decompile the apk first. To do this, I followed the excellent guide posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=697994.
One odd problem was that when I rebuilt the apk as described in that thread using the command:
Code:
apktool build Rosie
it was missing the security certificates (this is not a problem with the guide as it clearly says "make sure you sign the finished apk"). Since the security certificates are missing, simply pushing the apk to /system/app will not work (it will fail with an error about no valid signatures being found). On a side note, I found this strange because I read somewhere that Android does not check security certificates for system apps. Anyway...
If you follow that thread (the URL I posted) to its end, you'll find that someone else had the same problem. The solution suggested was to first sign the apk, create an update.zip, sign the update.zip and then install it using recovery mode. Strangely, this did not work for me (it seems to have worked for the poster who reported the problem in the other thread). I guess YMMV. My logcat shows that Android compares the signature of Rosie.apk against signatures for other system apps (shared_uid) and they don't match.
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Apparently, the following method has side-effects because I find that I cannot delete desktop shorcuts after the change. PLEASE DO NOT FOLLOW THE METHOD DESCRIBED BELOW!!!
So, I took the easy way out. I simply copied over the classes.dex and resources.arsc generated by
Code:
apktool build Rosie
to the original apk file (which had the original certificates to match the other system apps in the ROM I was using). I think this method will work as long as the total number and names of the files remain the same.
Just thought I'd put this down in case anyone else has the same problem.