Removing icon and weird startbar backgound - Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General

hmm... this is strange. after doing a hard reset on my orange branded htc diamond it has ended up like this... can someone tell me
a) how to get the start bar back to black and not greenish and grainy like it is..
and
b) what the circled icon is and how to get rid of it?
Thanks in advance.

streetglowcruiser said:
hmm... this is strange. after doing a hard reset on my orange branded htc diamond it has ended up like this... can someone tell me
a) how to get the start bar back to black and not greenish and grainy like it is..
and
b) what the circled icon is and how to get rid of it?
Thanks in advance.
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...you mean the taskmanager: settings/system/Task manager/Button: enable quick menu in today screen

oh my god.....i just spent all day trying to work this out! lol now i feel stupid thanks for the help... now all i need is another awesome and quick response for the start bar question.
Thanks again

streetglowcruiser said:
oh my god.....i just spent all day trying to work this out! lol now i feel stupid thanks for the help... now all i need is another awesome and quick response for the start bar question.
Thanks again
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430527

thanks for your reply. i like the green fill for the icons but what i was saying is that the backround on the start bar is all grainy and very dark green... this is the HTC black theme for the today screen...

to a):
just go to settings---> today--->and get urself a wallpaper(not the wallpaper for the TF3D!), whole black one~

what colour should that be? although it's saved as a black file, it's coming out grey on the start bar?

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How do I?

I'm using HTC Home Customizer/HTC home plugin. I want just a pure black background on my today screen. I tried selecting a pure black jpg using the today screen setting "Use this picture as the background." The background ended up just being light gray. Anyone know how to do this? I think I'm just being dumb.
greydh said:
I'm using HTC Home Customizer/HTC home plugin. I want just a pure black background on my today screen. I tried selecting a pure black jpg using the today screen setting "Use this picture as the background." The background ended up just being light gray. Anyone know how to do this? I think I'm just being dumb.
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Here is a completely black theme for u.
EDIT: Instruction - copy the unzipped theme into your windows directory, then go to settings/personal/today and the black theme should be there as a option. Select it and click ok.
thanks!
greydh said:
thanks!
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you are welcome
on a related note, I've been trying to make a black theme with the attached pic for a b/g, but using a theme creator and making the top and bottom bars black, also causing it to be a light grey.
I would use your theme, Mikulec, but i believe you would have white writing?
I've attached my theme as well.
Any chance of helping a newbie? Thanks!
edit: Checked yours, Mikulec, and you do have white writing that won't show up on mine, plus the bottom bar is still light grey? Or did I do something wrong?
samo.chan said:
on a related note, I've been trying to make a black theme with the attached pic for a b/g, but using a theme creator and making the top and bottom bars black, also causing it to be a light grey.
I would use your theme, Mikulec, but i believe you would have white writing?
I've attached my theme as well.
Any chance of helping a newbie? Thanks!
edit: Checked yours, Mikulec, and you do have white writing that won't show up on mine, plus the bottom bar is still light grey? Or did I do something wrong?
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anyone? Many thanks
RC bar can change the bar color too, its really useful. Black is #160 I think.
RC Bar 2.1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=325323
thanks! I'll have a loo at that tonight
samo.chan said:
on a related note, I've been trying to make a black theme with the attached pic for a b/g, but using a theme creator and making the top and bottom bars black, also causing it to be a light grey.
I would use your theme, Mikulec, but i believe you would have white writing?
I've attached my theme as well.
Any chance of helping a newbie? Thanks!
edit: Checked yours, Mikulec, and you do have white writing that won't show up on mine, plus the bottom bar is still light grey? Or did I do something wrong?
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I am using program called ThemeGenCE. There u can do almost everything. The problem was that this program is making the bottom and uper bars in another caller(when u set the bars black, the color is in reality black-grey). I used another program to make the bars completely black.
I dont know how can I help you, cause I dont know how u want the theme to look like. The problem is that your pic is white and black so u cant use black or white text.
I will gladly help if u need me. U can try the ThemeGenCE.
ThemeGenCE
See this post for Black bars with my program ThemeGenCE : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1814458#post1814458
Black.zip didn't work
I just followed your instructions to create an all black background, but it didn't work. It only made the task and soft-key bars black.
I just want a simple black background.
Please advise.
Thanks.
greydh said:
I'm using HTC Home Customizer/HTC home plugin. I want just a pure black background on my today screen. I tried selecting a pure black jpg using the today screen setting "Use this picture as the background." The background ended up just being light gray. Anyone know how to do this? I think I'm just being dumb.
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No offense, but yes, you're being dumb.
Goto the "pictures and videos" application. select the photo you want, Menu > Set as Today Background, and set Transparency to 0%.
l3it3r said:
No offense, but yes, you're being dumb.
Goto the "pictures and videos" application. select the photo you want, Menu > Set as Today Background, and set Transparency to 0%.
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What ???????
If you read the post , it was not how do I set the background, it was please give me a black background that does not wash out to grey when set.
Which Mikulec did, 6 months ago.
No offense, but yes, you're being dumb.
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?????????????
denco7 said:
What ???????
If you read the post , it was not how do I set the background, it was please give me a black background that does not wash out to grey when set.
Which Mikulec did, 6 months ago.
?????????????
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Re-Read the original post. He says he's trying to set the today screen's picture and it's being greyed out when he sets it in the today (under settings) screen. In order to get a non-greyed out photo on your today screen, do what I wrote above. Also, learn to read sarcasm.
Black.zip solution response please
Could someone with a solution respond to my question about the use of the black.zip download to create an solid-black background in all windows (I recently installed hergs flip clock and landscape mode)?
I followed Mikulec's instructions and installed the black file, saw it listed in the Today screen, selected it, had auto reset, but the Today background didn't go to black.
Thanks.

problem with my screen? 'colour gradient' on Diamond

Hey guys,
I've got a brand new HTC Touch Diamond. On certain screens in particular the Contacts, Messaging, SMS or the screen to select the Avatar for farvourite People, there seems to be a colour gradient on the screen in that the right portion of my screen is towards the grey shade wherelse the left portion is whiter in colour. Is this part of the theme or a standard feature or is this a defect on my unit?
The thing is I don't get this issue on the 'Align Screen' screen which has a similar white background, nor do I get this gradient on Program and Settings menus.
Could someone please help me confirm?
Thanks.
Cheers.
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Pls help???
I called HTC regarding this issue and they told me it's just part of the graphics theme but I'm not entirely convinced though...
Thanks.
happyguy82 said:
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Pls help???
I called HTC regarding this issue and they told me it's just part of the graphics theme but I'm not entirely convinced though...
Thanks.
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You could try taking a screenshot and copy that to your computer. If the gradient appears there then its a part of the graphics in the theme.. But if it does not appear on the screenshot on the pc. then you can consider it as a failure.
I checked contacts (touchflo) -> all people (left softkey), and yeah there's a slight gradient from white to a very very light grey. (Going from left to right)
Thanks so much for the great help guys..... I'll take a screenshot later just to confirm the issue....
A simple test is, go to settings > today,...and change theme to Windows Mobile Default / Green. See if the light grey change to fade blue / green?
I can confirm 99.9% is the theme....
it is normal....
crash74:
Thanks. Yes I've tried that before starting this thread. The gradient does follow the theme colour but I thought it was a backlight issue.. i.e. that portion of the screen not lit properly hence it appears darker regardless of the theme's colour.
happyguy82 said:
crash74:
Thanks. Yes I've tried that before starting this thread. The gradient does follow the theme colour but I thought it was a backlight issue.. i.e. that portion of the screen not lit properly hence it appears darker regardless of the theme's colour.
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then you fire up word mobile, and create a new document.
You should have a full white background......
crash74:
Yes tried that.. I don't get the gradient on white pages such as the 'Align Screen' page, documents, IE, even the b/g of Programs and Settings looks perfect.
So it's safe to assume I don't have to send my unit back for warranty yeah? I just wanted to be sure before sticking my invisibleSHIELD on
btw, what screen/body protector are you using? I might have a spare invisibleSHIELD if you're interested.
happyguy82 said:
crash74:
Yes tried that.. I don't get the gradient on white pages such as the 'Align Screen' page, documents, IE, even the b/g of Programs and Settings looks perfect.
So it's safe to assume I don't have to send my unit back for warranty yeah? I just wanted to be sure before sticking my invisibleSHIELD on
btw, what screen/body protector are you using? I might have a spare invisibleSHIELD if you're interested.
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That should be the theme issue....
you can try UITweaker,
go to TdyScheme Changer > change all the 4 list(left 1 & 2 + right 1 & 2) color to white...
cheers,...
I tried taking the a few screenshots and yes the gradient is there when viewed from the PC as well although less apparent. But yeah it's definitely the theme then.
When I was on the phone with HTC the girl also advised me to have my phone sent in to be checked... until I asked her "shouldn't you confirm this isn't normal before we proceed further"? lol

Is a fullscreen homscreem possible?

I was curious if a fullscreen home screen is possible? Which still included everything on the notification bar. So instead of white or black like alot of themes out there it would be more of the background still including the icons and such.
thenameismax said:
I was curious if a fullscreen home screen is possible? Which still included everything on the notification bar. So instead of white or black like alot of themes out there it would be more of the background still including the icons and such.
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I dont think so....i havent seen it so far...
home++ gets pretty close to what you want and looks beautiful
asb123 said:
home++ gets pretty close to what you want and looks beautiful
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home++ is fantastic but i think he wants an invisible notification bar with all the icons still there, right?
In which case, people have been trying for ages but i'm pretty sure it can't be done.
Meltus said:
home++ is fantastic but i think he wants an invisible notification bar with all the icons still there, right?
In which case, people have been trying for ages but i'm pretty sure it can't be done.
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Yeah thats what I'm asking. I have a BB Storm 9530 and I was able to make my themes like what Im asking.
People tried to do it before but as soon as you add some transparentcy to the status bar it just shows black in the background. If you 're determined enough, you can colormatch your status bar to the backgound that you use and make it work that way although it sounds like too much work to me.
Good luck.
The main problem with this is that the wallpaper is drawn only to the bottom of the status bar.
The second problem with this is that the wallpaper is drawn by the Launcher itself rather than being drawn UNDER the launcher.

status bar

ok id like to see if anyone can help me out here. I really want to change the AT&T text in the status bar drop down. (its just below the wifi button in white lettering. It would be cool if there was an app or something we could just type what we want there reboot and poof its changed. its ok if its not that easy but hey let me know
aceman0455 said:
ok id like to see if anyone can help me out here. I really want to change the AT&T text in the status bar drop down. (its just below the wifi button in white lettering. It would be cool if there was an app or something we could just type what we want there reboot and poof its changed. its ok if its not that easy but hey let me know
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Um... I think it's possible when creating a ROM...
But I'm guessing it's one of the CODING that developers didn't found out yet...
And yes... it would be cool to change text; something like MY NAME! ^^
Sorry, that I didn't help u much
There's a way to hide the AT&T and input your own text. But I haven't found to change the AT&T text.

(req) Some help with an icon

hello, im not so sure if this is the right place to post, but looking for some help from one of the many graphics geniuses on here. I'm trying to set this sweet stache as a soft key icon but the background isnt dark enough to match the navigation bar. It looks black on the computer but when set on the bar its not quite black. If one of you artist could darken the background for that would be great, thanks in advance
Is this one better for you?
maybe transparent version
thank you both for the help they look awesome

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