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Pocket PC system Icons

Does anyone know how to change the system icons to lets say crossbow icons. Is there a program like stardock icon packager or a method easy enough to put the icons you want on your pocket pc.
thanks in advance

daddy_yankee1980 said:
Does anyone know how to change the system icons to lets say crossbow icons. Is there a program like stardock icon packager or a method easy enough to put the icons you want on your pocket pc.
thanks in advance
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Trust me...if you dont know what you are talking about, then just stick to a Rom that already has Crossbow icons in it. Like Faria's or my AKU3.3 Rom...or just get a WM6 Rom
The icons of programs, settings, files and all other icons are mostly stored in DLL files and some in exe files, but when changing icons the files aren't signed anymore...so you need to sign the files, install certificates and some more stuff.
So just believe me, just install a Rom that already has the icons in it....
Regards,
Molski

btw yankee, he's not being cheeky, have a look through this thread for some info on the pains involved:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291117
If you're just after a simple interface skin, check out Wisbar.
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vijay555 said:
btw yankee, he's not being cheeky, have a look through this thread for some info on the pains involved:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291117
If you're just after a simple interface skin, check out Wisbar.
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Yes, that's the thread I was thinking about...I only couldn't find it so quick
Molski

Oh No, Coming from you Molski, I believe. Thanks for letting me know. Just shows how much work you put into your roms. THanks

daddy_yankee1980 said:
Oh No, Coming from you Molski, I believe. Thanks for letting me know. Just shows how much work you put into your roms. THanks
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No problem pal, what Rom are you using right now?
Maybe you can consider upgrading to example my AKU3.3 Rom or the WM6 Most Beautiful Edition....
Molski

molski said:
No problem pal, what Rom are you using right now?
Maybe you can consider upgrading to example my AKU3.3 Rom or the WM6 Most Beautiful Edition....
Molski
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I am using your final 2.26 ROM. I did upgrade to the 3.3 the day it came out. Was very excited. But it was a little buggy with some of the software I use. Some programs would open. I don't know if it was the ROM or just the software itself so I went back to the 2.26. I noticed the batter life and stability was excellent. I will definately miss the new icons and the windows busy icon. I have also just downloaded the "Most Beautiful Edition" ROM but I am hesitant to try it since its not from you Molski

Yo molski, do you have screenshots of your new creation?

Most Beautiful Rom Creators
Molski and Faria might not have created the MBR, or at least officially, but it is definitely of their quality and caliber. Nice Rom whoever made it!

320X320 (i780) Themes for SPB Mobile shell 2.1

I need to thank g00ndu first
thank you very much for your time & effort!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2257501&postcount=40
I attempt to have revised a few new theme,May still have a few problems , hope that everybody can like it.
btw: i have a question to Time, In the time that the angle demonstrates on left, I do not know how to revise(format,color.. etc..), can anybody tell me if you can, thanks first.
http://www.fs2you.com/files/8ba3cb0c-4b4c-11dd-ab09-00142218fc6e/
http://www.fs2you.com/files/117412f0-4b4d-11dd-96df-001143e7b41c/

No 3
http://www.fs2you.com/files/d105a0f5-4b58-11dd-958c-0014221f4662/

No4
http://www.fs2you.com/files/35601bba-4b59-11dd-9270-00142218fc6e/

No 5
http://www.fs2you.com/files/a15c355e-4b4e-11dd-9f38-001143e7b41c/

No 6
http://www.fs2you.com/files/f81223ee-4b4f-11dd-8b07-001143e7b41c/

No 7
http://www.fs2you.com/files/0074dce1-4b51-11dd-9236-0014221f4662/

NO 8
http://www.fs2you.com/files/4c7e118a-4b51-11dd-926f-001143e7b41c/

Very nice skins indeed! I like it!!
For the contacts and MRU, I have also done a 3x5 instead of 4x4. Though it is 1 less cell (15 vs 16) the layout for the 3x5 is very much cleaner.
Check this out.
From your skin I see that you are also using SPB Phone Suite. I believe someone had done up a Diamond skin (qVGA though) in the SPB2.1 theme thread. You may want to check that out.
As to your question on the time color, perhaps you can pm Greatbal? He is the guru in SPB MS2.1 theme and skin.
Great job!!

Hey Michelle, Great work!! i'll add to my collection. Just a note thou that theme No3 the link could be wrong.
Can some1 port the windows mobile 7 theme for i780 plsssss..
Thanks!!

Cutefox said:
Hey Michelle, Great work!! i'll add to my collection. Just a note thou that theme No3 the link could be wrong.
Can some1 port the windows mobile 7 theme for i780 plsssss..
Thanks!!
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oh my god.... i'll fix link late
Thanks for the warning

No 9
http://www.fs2you.com/files/44b6257a-4b57-11dd-8bae-0014221f4662/

very good job.. works greate in real vga

grat work,expect i dont have a sqare display
no5 looks a bit photoshopy...like the window when you run newer versions of photoshop,but it looks good
are you placing backgrounds in a folder or do you use an app to change them
if just placing would it be more simple to post only backgrounds instead of whole themes

there is nobody that can do a skin like that in real vga for the samsung?
i try to change the backgrond but i can't do
http://www.actualitemobile.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1654.0;attach=6970

Michelle - well done!!
another skinner for i780! I agree that g00ndu has started it and I am very greatful for his great work. In addition, since he/she is very helpful, other skinners (like yourself and bobsbbq) have started making other skins.
I believe that there is also another skinner here on the forum (although he made skins in native mode (320x320 and without RealVGA)) who deserves respect.
Respect to you all guys/girls.
rgds,
\tilleke

Niccolo said:
there is nobody that can do a skin like that in real vga for the samsung?
i try to change the backgrond but i can't do
http://www.actualitemobile.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1654.0;attach=6970
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You need to change bkg pic has gone
ms_bkg_now.dat . do it!

tilleke said:
Michelle - well done!!
another skinner for i780! I agree that g00ndu has started it and I am very greatful for his great work. In addition, since he/she is very helpful, other skinners (like yourself and bobsbbq) have started making other skins.
I believe that there is also another skinner here on the forum (although he made skins in native mode (320x320 and without RealVGA)) who deserves respect.
Respect to you all guys/girls.
rgds,
\tilleke
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So who is this skinner? cause I'm looking for no-RealVGA skin for my Sammy, and so far all I found are Real-VGA based

fbifbi said:
So who is this skinner? cause I'm looking for no-RealVGA skin for my Sammy, and so far all I found are Real-VGA based
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His name is Jolpiej, or something like that. He was skinning for the 240 x 240 Treo screen, which can be used in the i780 without RealVGA (remember 96dpi vs 128 dpi).
Go such for the SPB MS 2.1 Skin thread, and search for square theme, you will be able to find him.
Unfortunately, believe he is busy nowadays, and dun see him much on line.
Hope that helps.

michelle_y said:
You need to change bkg pic has gone
ms_bkg_now.dat . do it!
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i try to do that
i change only the Separator2 that is the background correct?
but i don't know why it doesn't works..
i have to change other files?

I won''t go into details anymore, but it's not so easy to change qvga theme into a square theme, with or without realvga.
You will need to edit the xml files, which is found in the qa_layout.dat.
You will also need to do some photoshop (example, changing the icons, background from 240 px to 320 px.
The difficult part is where to begin. I remembered how I did it. First off, get a theme and run it. Check where the out of positions are and also take note of the different icons. Also, study the xml structure, it contains a lot of pixel coordinates. I did not change the structure of the xml files, only the coordinates in the beginning. Only when I am familiar with the structure that I begin to change some of the settings.
Also start with the easiest xml file to edit, to gain confidence. I believe it should be the Home.xml.
Try it, as a saying say " Rome wasn't build in a single day". Be prepared to soft reset many times, I believe my was about more than 200 times before I finally managed to do it.

[SKIN] ENERGYROM WINDOWS SMS - All Res

Thanks to Mr Makk for posting his brick wall sms skin. Been playin with it and made this as im using an NRG ROM
Tested on My Touch Pro, but it should work for all resolution types.
Let me know...
Also, Screenshots dont do it justice, looks much better on device.
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Changed file type from jpeg to gif... i think the quality is sightly improved now?
Ive left the original Cab up here along with the new one (gif)
Try for yourselves and any feedback is appreciated

nice job
Nice one man...works perfect on my WVGA

works on HD2 nicely...although a higher quality would be nice never the less its good work qudos to the poster

Thanks for feedback guys. Yeah no matter what i try to improve the picture quality (sharpen, reduce noise etc), as soon as they go back on the phone they dont look as good... ill try and find a way to improve.

Thank you very much

Nope
Weird, just install it that's all right? Doesn't work for me on my omnia2

Delano.888 said:
Weird, just install it that's all right? Doesn't work for me on my omnia2
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Soft Reset?

Thanks mate. really sick of never interesting winmo sms interface.

A couple questions.
Does this work with a stock WM6 Kaiser/Tilt ROM?
Is there a way to back up the original backgrounds... ya know... just in case?
Thanks

Gif!
I just installed the newer version with Gif and it is a bit better....
Thanks again
Would you consider making this same thing with this image?
I was going to but my PC is down

Sean D. said:
Does this work with a stock WM6 Kaiser/Tilt ROM?
Is there a way to back up the original backgrounds... ya know... just in case?
Thanks
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Yes it should work with your Kaiser, and as it is uninstallable, if you do not like it you can remove it.

acidbath5546 said:
I just installed the newer version with Gif and it is a bit better....
Thanks again
Would you consider making this same thing with this image?
I was going to but my PC is down
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i would make this for you... but i cant because its only 128x213. this would look terrible on your WVGA!!
If you could find the original and repost id sort it out man.

oooops...lol
manoli20 said:
i would make this for you... but i cant because its only 128x213. this would look terrible on your WVGA!!
If you could find the original and repost id sort it out man.
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My bad...wasnt paying attention...lol...
Cant find that one...I did attach my second fav...if you dont mind

Can someone build a rom with "programs" tab and "footprints"

Hi all fellow TP2 Users,
i have been doing my fair share of experimenting with all the custom roms available here on the XDA forums. i must say, i feel like i hit a gold mine by buying this phone and also finding this forum for support. however, i havent been able to find anyone on here that has built a custom rom that has both the Programs tab and the Footprints tab available in the rom. it would also be nice to have the twitter tab and manila tv player tab available as well. why cant these tabs all be incorporated into the rom and let us, the users, decide whether or not we wish to use them? its all about customization and user friendliness. someone please give it a try and lets see how far it flys or does it simply crash and burn.
also, anyone know where i can find a cab to add more squares to the home tab? being limited to 9 favorites of "anything" feels kinda restricting considering the capabilities of this phone!!
thanks in advance and any and all responses are encouraged on here and to my email.
[email protected]

Welcome to forums
There are several ROM´s with programs and footprints tabs
Just to mention one, look for Energy leo
If it´s not what you are looking for, the best way will be to contact a Chef and donate him asking your request

if u want those tab's, just use agent_47 latest ROM's
believe me, U wont regret
EDIT: oops a lil missunderstanding... was thinking about documents tab n footprints.
but still give Valkyrie a go

Isn't this because the footprints/twitter tab is a sense 2.5 tab and the programs tab is in sense 2.1? I think you'll get one or the other depending on which manila is in the rom your using...your home tab "favorites" essentially takes the place of the old programs tab

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EDIT: oops a lil missunderstanding... was thinking about documents tab n footprints.
but still give Valkyrie a go
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Ahh the documents tab...I've seen the screenshots but haven't yet looked around for any roms with it yet...I'll wait on nrg.

thanks for the tip on the NRG leo option. on another side note; even though im relatively new here i would like everyone to know that i am technically savvy and catch on very quickly. i can only hope that sometime in the near future i can contribute something of worth (besides a donation to a chef) to the forums and even possibly cook in the future. however, can anyone enlighten me on the "leo" "photon" differences in NRG's roms. if he has stated it, i mustve just overlooked it. also great props go out to his xmas theme and am gonna try his dusk theme soon.
i also wish to extend a great bow and offer up some kudos to two pump chumps roms as well. his roms are snappy and i love his choice of preinstalled features and games! these two chefs need to collaborate on a rom together! THAT would b awesome!!

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Isn't this because the footprints/twitter tab is a sense 2.5 tab and the programs tab is in sense 2.1? I think you'll get one or the other depending on which manila is in the rom your using...your home tab "favorites" essentially takes the place of the old programs tab
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not a big fan of being limited to only 9 "squares+" for shortcuts. waiting for a cab to add more or bring back the programs tab.

bluevmax92 said:
not a big fan of being limited to only 9 "squares+" for shortcuts. waiting for a cab to add more or bring back the programs tab.
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hi then install max manila the you have 20 shorcuts

bluevmax92 said:
thanks for the tip on the NRG leo option. on another side note; even though im relatively new here i would like everyone to know that i am technically savvy and catch on very quickly. i can only hope that sometime in the near future i can contribute something of worth (besides a donation to a chef) to the forums and even possibly cook in the future. however, can anyone enlighten me on the "leo" "photon" differences in NRG's roms. if he has stated it, i mustve just overlooked it. also great props go out to his xmas theme and am gonna try his dusk theme soon.
i also wish to extend a great bow and offer up some kudos to two pump chumps roms as well. his roms are snappy and i love his choice of preinstalled features and games! these two chefs need to collaborate on a rom together! THAT would b awesome!!
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Leo/Photon are his rom versions with different Manila (HTC's Custom Homescreen) versions cooked in. Leo has Manila 2.5 (with footprints, documents, twitter, and is portrait mode only) and photon has Manila 2.1 (has the programs tab, that card styled contacts tab, etc, works in portrait and landscape). See the screenshots in his threads to see most of the "layout" differences.
oh and dusk is not nrg's theme, he's just cooked it into his roms so you don't have to fuss with installing it...

bluevmax92 said:
not a big fan of being limited to only 9 "squares+" for shortcuts. waiting for a cab to add more or bring back the programs tab.
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weesje said:
hi then install max manila the you have 20 shorcuts
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There are also cab's around for 12 and 16 shortcuts.

thanks for this tip. it has directed me in the right direction.

[Themes|Dialers|Skins] [W|Q|VGA] [6.5.x] DirkGently Collection

|GREY|[URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6079709&postcount=127"]BLACK DRAGON|[URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6246037&postcount=172"]GOLD|[URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6265536&postcount=185"]BLACK GOLD|[URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6593274&postcount=304"]ZENITH|[/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL]
Click on the links for screenshots and downloads.​

Thanks for sharing!

Very nice design, especially the battery meter
Sascha

'Ultimate' themes made redundant by the better 'Zenith' theme, and so deleted!

Looks nice!
The htc sense won't change on my touch hd.
Is there anything i'm doing wrong?

DirkGently1 said:
The one in the taskbar? I can't claim credit for that as the taskbar skin comes from here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=602295&page=6
Hope u like the rest of it to
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Hi, can you at least use the correct link to the taskbar?
MG
EDIT: Thanks for sorting that
MG

MysticGenius... this theme is different from mine, softkeys, toolbar, selectors, scrollbar, nothing from my theme has been used here. Also the link was correct, only the page wasn't .
Anyway, good work, I really like the softkey buttons!

Livven said:
MysticGenius... this theme is different from mine, softkeys, toolbar, selectors, scrollbar, nothing from my theme has been used here. Also the link was correct, only the page wasn't .
Anyway, good work, I really like the softkey buttons!
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Thanks man. You are indeed correct, every graphic is my own work and different in many respects.
To the poster enquiring about Sense... this is a Windows Mobile theme rather than a HTC one.
Thanks to all!

Updated 1st post

well any chances of QVGA

dare2know said:
well any chances of QVGA
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I don't own a QVGA device to play with, but if anybody wants to have a crack at porting them perhaps they will be kind enough to post it here.

I've polished up the Themes a bit and updated the installer to an all-in-one cab.
Let me know if you have any problems, i'll do what i can to help.
Thanks for your time!

Those themes looks awesome brother!

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I couldn't agree with that more. Those look amazing! Looks like I have 999 words to go...
Are you planning on ever getting these over on 6.1 devices?

Thanks guys. I'll have to see if i can get my hands on some other devices so that i can start Theming for different resolutions and WM versions!

DirkGently1 said:
Thanks guys. I'll have to see if i can get my hands on some other devices so that i can start Theming for different resolutions and WM versions!
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If you could ever manage to get it on a WM 6.1 Xperia phone (wvga), you would be my official hero (if you arn't already : P ). Unfortunately, I've been stuck staring at this for far too long... I think I'm going to be sick.

kurazz said:
If you could ever manage to get it on a WM 6.1 Xperia phone (wvga), you would be my official hero (if you arn't already : P ). Unfortunately, I've been stuck staring at this for far too long... I think I'm going to be sick.
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Bit on the Grey side?
I wouldn't swear to it but my Dialers might work on 6.1 phones, even if the themes do not. After all they are only replacing the default WM dialer images and they haven't changed for ages. Of course you wouldn't have options for video calling etc that a proper phone canvas has.
Thanks.

Would you be able to tell me what are the files you need to skin to change the default dialer?

Lumic said:
Would you be able to tell me what are the files you need to skin to change the default dialer?
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There are 21 of them. Easiest way to see what they are would be to download one of my dialer cabs and extract the files with wince cab manager.
Edit: I remembered all the names enough to be able to copy the files off my phone for you. Gave me something to do while stuck here at work
Here they are, ripped and zipped!

the skins are spectacular! but i have a qvga device... not work on it.... T_T...
QVGA PLEASE!!!!!!!!!
att.Felix_TheDaRk