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Efbiaye's VGA Diamond Theme 1.0.2 (February, 2nd) - SPB MS 2.1 (not upscaled!)

Hello ev1,
Since I was not satisfied with any existing VGA themes (most of which were upscaled from QVGA) I decided to do my own Diamond theme.
I tried to be pretty accurate while doing this theme, all icons, backgrounds etc. were prepared from the scratch by me, basing on numerous screenshots from Diamond TF3D.
I tested it over a week before releasing it to the public now. However, since I'm pretty busy with my day-to-day life, I don't plan to make any major changes to this theme, unless you discover some bugs.
Over 5000 downloads later, finally long awaited update! Comments for 1.0.2 version begin here.
Changelog:
v1.0.2 (February, 2nd 2009):
- additional (optional) layout configuration:
Layout C1 (based on Greatball's Diamond 1.2 layout C) - one contact page (for three contact pages use Layout C3)
- additional Porgrams buttons - GAMES and ACTIVE TASKS (necessery reg files included, all layouts are updated for this feature)
v1.0.1 (July, 31st 2008):
- additional (optional) layout configuration:
Layout B (based on Greatball's Diamond 1.2 layout B) - includes: Most Recent Used (MRU) tab - gesture switchable with Programmes tab; 3 contact pages;
Layout C3 (based on Greatball's Diamond 1.2 layout C3 Contact Pages) - similar to above but has no MRU page.
v1.0.0 (July, 28th 2008):
- full portrait and landscape support,
- every graphic (except for big weather icons) prepared from scratch for native VGA resolution.
Additional credits:
- layout based on Greatball's Diamond 1.2 Layout B and C3 (3 contacts pages) theme,
- QVGA to VGA theme conversion method by Mtkates,
- big weather icons were fractally upscaled from Greatball's new weather icon set used in 1.1 version of his theme,
- HTC for creating TF3D GUI.
Installation notes:
- backup your device/SPB MS dir,
- select desired layout,
- replace all files in your SPB MS dir with the files from my theme archive,
- if you wish to have GAMES and ACTIVE TASKS buttons in Programs tab, edit, according to the included instructions, and import necessery reg files on your mobile device (reg files are included in the package),
- restart your device,
- enjoy the theme.
Additional notes:
- the "Bigger photos in contact page by markfdr" mod will probably not work with C1 layout, as I used my original files,
- please note, that I have not tested the theme with latest SPB MS 2.1.4 build, so it may not work 100% correctly with it,
- I have noticed one or two people in some other boards crediting them selves for my theme... I MEAN COME ON, YOU DON'T NEED TO PAY A FRACKING CENT FOR IT AND YET YOU CLAIM IT'S YOURS!?
- If anyone wants to post it somewhere else, please include original link to this post, the same goes for other elements from this theme,
- as soon as clean my source .PSD files, I will release a pack of those, for people who would like to use the elements for other themes.
Todo:
- different background alternatives,
- weather icons prepared from original diamond weather graphic elements (VGA)
If someone can help me with the two above, it would be nice
Screenshots:
(please note the screenshot is not 16bit, so it looks worse than actual graphics)
1.0.2
Download links:
Theme v1.0.2
efbiayes_spb_ms_vga_diamond_theme_v1.0.2.zip
Enjoy!

Mods:
Bigger photos in contact page by markfdr
markfdr was so kind and prepared a mod of the contact page which enlarges the thumbnails of your favourite contacts. Perfect for people with smaller VGA screens.
Screenshot:
Installation notes:
1. download the qa_layouts.dat from :
http://rapidshare.com/files/134020648/qa_layouts.dat
2. copy the file to Spb Mobile Shell directory
3. softreset

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I´m download now for test.
Thanx!

Wow, excellent job, works great.
Thanks very much for all your hard work
Rory

Very nice Great work.

Very nice, and I did not find any fault.
I have just changed this: va_weather_big and va_weather_lock.
I leave here files, if you want to test.
screenshot:
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fbifbi, Congrats with this TRUE VGA (?yes?)
You might make a link on the Diamond general thread as some people would certainlu like to switch (back) to SPB with a nice GUI as you made.
Looking forward for more releases. sorry - barely no time - so can't help..

Greaaaaaaaaaaat..this is what I want a real graphic..thanks for your work

wow , good work , keep them coming ..
HATS OFF

Wow Great work! Thank you!
Just one tought folks: I thing it is better to change the weather shortcut to Marsware Weather Pannel and not use the SPB one. What is your opinion?

fbifbi said:
Hello ev1
Since I was not satisfied with any existing VGA themes (most of which were upscaled from QVGA) I decided to do my own Diamond theme.
I tried to be pretty accurate while doing this theme, all icons, backgrounds etc. were prepared from the scratch by me, basing on numerous screenshots from Diamond TF3D.
I tested it over a week before releasing it to the public now. However, since I'm pretty busy with my day-to-day life, I don't plan to make any major changes to this theme, unless you discover some bugs.
Features v1.00:
- full portrait and landscape support,
- every graphic (except for big weather icons) prepared from scratch for native VGA resolution.
Additional credits:
- layout based on Greatball's Diamond 1.2 Layout C theme,
- QVGA to VGA theme conversion method by Mtkates,
- big weather icons were fractally upscaled from Greatball's new weather icon set used in 1.1 version of his theme.
Installation notes:
- backup your device/SPB MS dir,
- replace all files in your SPB MS dir with the files from my theme archive.
Todo:
- different background alternatives,
- weather icons prepared from original diamond weather graphic elements (VGA)
If someone can help me with the two above, it would be nice
Screenshots:
(please note the screenshot is not 16bit, so it looks worse than actual graphics)
Download links:
Theme v1.0
http://rapidshare.com/files/132919138/efbiaye_diamond_theme_v1.00.zip.html
Enjoy!
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Very nice
Very nice
But Can you convert win7 theme for vga ? Please

Thank you!

YES! Finally some more VGA goodness! Thanks

KALI2000 said:
Very nice, and I did not find any fault.
I have just changed this: va_weather_big and va_weather_lock.
I leave here files, if you want to test.
screenshot:
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KALI2000, you would need to edit your weather.xml file in order to center the big weather image, as you see currently it's more to the right, since my layout file is suited for the images 300px wide. I will find the exact place and will let you know where to edit.
EDIT:
Check the qa_layouts.dat file for MainWeather.xml, you need to find and edit two lines 115 and 172 (portrait mode / horizontal mode):
<LeftTop X="45" Y="80"/>
X marks the spot ;} err I mean is the space ammount in pixels measured from left margin
OK, short explanation where does the 45 come from.
My weather picture is 300px wide. Screen is 480px wide.
480px - 300px = 180px
180 / 2 (left and right margin) = 90px
However since this is a QVGA conversion of a theme, SPB doubles all the dimensions automatically, hence in order to achieve 90px margin in VGA you need to put half of the value - in my case 45px. Hope it's clear
At one moment I tried to convert BeyondInvisible's Diamond Enchanced icon set.
The icons are 240px wide (full screen), I have resized it to 480px, packed it in the theme, however, the bitmap was huuuge (if I remember correctly about 8MB), unfortunaltey SBP MS crashed when I tried to display weather page. So be careful guys while trying to convert other weather icon sets. Beside that, the memory consumtion grows rapidly if the images are large.
I checked yesterday, SPB MS uses ca. 11-12MB RAM with my theme - which already may be too much for some older VGA devices... But that's the price one has to pay for a good looking theme

@shoorangiz
Very nice
Very nice
But Can you convert win7 theme for vga ? Please
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Not very likely shoorangiz, it's really long hours of work to prepare a pixel perfect theme...

very good news
Very nice theme ! I love it, thanks for your time.

Finally, a good VGA skin for spb mobile shell. Thank you. It's very very well done. I love it.
Let's hope more layout will follow later.

hei man
u'r so great
thanx for themes
do you have any links?
coz RS so long to download

New Homescreen++ Screen 11 tabs

This is a new skin I developed for Homescreen++ which I thought I'd share.
Credits:
Chavonbravo - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=459826 for his Naked ROM - without which I'd never be able to get out of Manila and have all the memory to space.
Rumball - for weatherpanel animated theme - just love it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=401781
Lepsyfou - for his original Diamond theme - which I took as a base and modified - all credits for this skin to him. http://www.actualitemobile.com/forum/index.php/topic,3538.0.html
All Icons - picked up from various locations - So am not claiming any rights - due credit to all of them. Some Images I have modified to accomodate my skin.
Skin Name: HSPlus
For Installation:
Zip File: HSPlusplus - contains following:
---->Directory HSPLusplus -
place in \Program Files\HomeScreen PlusPlus directory on device.
---->XMLFile: HSPLus
put in \Program Files\HomeScreen PlusPlus directory on device
(then select that theme from HSPlus.)
All Plugin Settings.zip - Shows screenshot of settings for all the Tabs and their plugins used to make the skin work
Retro Clock Skin.zip - has some retro clock skin place in retro clock folder and select in options..for Retroclock
Applications used as plugin:
SPB Diary - to display eMail in eMail tab
Weather panel - for Weather using Rumball's animated theme (search XDA-developers)
Calender++ : for calendar tab (Freeware) http://www.mohairsofa.com/Default.aspx/document/6
Tasks: TaskPlus for Tasks Tab (Freeware) http://software.forest59.com/taskplus.aspx
Metrix : Battery/Memory Plugin (Freeware) http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-metrix-free-edition-v2-1-1.html
Speeddial - for Contact tab - (Freeware) http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-...-treo-700w-today-plugin-speed-photo-dial.html
iContact - for Contact Tab (Freeware)
Other free misc utilities - found here in XDA Developers. like Power, Volume, Call history etc.
All tools/utilities used in the skin are available here do a search...if you cannot find let me know..
Feel free to change the XML for your own settings.
Do leave feedback
Rgs/Dev

Will keep in case i need
Will keep in case i need

thank you. will testing it...

[Upd. 19 May 10] Vostradamus Spb Mobile Shell Manager (QVGA/WQVGA/VGA/WVGA)

New major version of Mobile Shell Manager and new thread for it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=689087
Please post any further questions, comments, whatever on the new thread and consider this one closed
Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager 4.08
For Spb Mobile Shell 3.5.x
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Featuring:
- New Finger Friendly Menu and Submenus
- Widgets Handling (Preview, Activation, Deactivation)
- Additional Lifestyle Panels (sliding background common to all such panels)
- Additional Professional Panels (fixed customizable background in every panel)
- Multi Language Support
- Contents Copy from one panel to another
- Panel Layout Backup
- Panels PageCount customization
- SpbWeather Panel Icon set Customization
- Mobile Shell Weather Panel Icon set Customization
- Bottom MenuBar customization
- Bottom MenuBar Backup (if you wish to save it before trying new ones)
- Quick links to standard Mobile Shell Panels
... and of course the countless widgets already in my libraries!
​
The version number will change only when there are updates to the Manager. All the other updates (as in new widgets libraries) will have only an update date without version number.
Also, every time a new Widgets Library will be released or an existing one will be updated, a new XML Definition File will be released too, so be sure to always have the latest one installed.
ChangeLog:
(19 May 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Themed Widgets Collection: Neon Silhouettes. The collection includes: Analog Clock, Digital Clock, Status, Battery, 7 Links
This release is a co-production by Jotha+Vostradamus
New Stuff Preview:
(14 May 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.08:
- Optimized activation and deactivation scripts: no more waiting for list reload after activating/deactivating a widget!
- New functions set: create/edit/delete changing pic widget.
The changing pic is a special widget to which users can assign a “pictures set” and it will automatically change picture at set intervals: daily, weekly, monthly… user’s choice as well as at what time the change will take place (please note that Mobile Shell will be automatically restarted for the picture change to take effect, so it’s advisable to choose an update time when the phone is likely not in use).
Users can create as many changing pictures widgets as they want, assigning them to different pictures sets and sizes to enhance screen customization possibilities.
Once created, changing picture widgets will be available as skins for a “current date” object, much like the backing panels.
Pictures sets will be released like widgets libraries, plus users can easily create their own ones following the tutorial written by Jotha (attached to this post, just scroll to the bottom)
Changing Pics Pic Sets:
- Animals (courtesy of Jotha, includes Small and Medium Square, Small and Medium Portrait, Small and Medium Landscape layouts)
- Cars (courtesy of Jotha, includes Small and Medium Square, Small and Medium Landscape layouts)
- Nature (courtesy of Jotha, includes Small and Medium Square, Small and Medium Landscape layouts)
(The images in the abovementioned Pic Sets are taken from the web and should be public domain, should anyone know differently pls report it in the thread and the related pics will be removed)
(10 May 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New widgets library containing:
New Digital Clocks set: Clean Simple (available in white, black, blue, cyan, green, red, yello) - (made on request)
New Analog Clocks set: Neon x Mskip WP7 Theme (available in white, blue, cyan, green, red, yellow) - (made on request)
New Status set: Neon x Mskip WP7 Theme (available in white, blue, cyan, green, red, yellow) - (made on request)
New Stuff Preview:
(06 May 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.07:
- BugFix: Invisible Large Menubar was not working correctly on qvga devices, now it's fixed
Widgets Libraries:
New very small "bonus" Widgets Library containing a small version of the Alien Vs Predator battery widget... made on request, and quickly released as an apology for the stupid bug on the qvga menubar lol
(05 May 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.06:
- Added menubar: Invisible Large Buttons – (made on request)
- Professional Home wallpaper can now be changed like the additional ProPanels (need to change its menubar at least once first, to enable the wallpaper customization)
- Added function to mass-import in one go ALL the widgets libraries stored inside a single folder - (made on request)
- Added function to customize the wallpaper on standard MS Panels (Time, Agenda, Weather, Contacts etc) Every panel can have its own background (portrait + landscape, like ProPanels).
(29 Apr 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Battery skins: Moon (large and small) - designed by Jotha
- New Status skin: Girls
- New Battery skin: Girls
- New Themed Widgets Collection: Alien vs. Predator (made on request)
- Widgets Set definition file for "Alien vs. Predator" (to activate/deactivate the whole set of widgets in one go)
New Stuff preview:
(26 Apr 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New contact skin size: tiny real (made on request)
- New Themed Widgets Collection: FIFA 2010 (result of a cooperation with everprecious forum user Jotha) - For the happiness of Soccer Lovers
- Widgets Sets definition files for "FIFA 2010" and "FIFA 2010 without panels" (to activate/deactivate all FIFA widgets in one go)
New Stuff preview:
(21 Apr 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Link skin: "Odd Small Hub": it's just the normal icon link, but correctly alignable with the small hubs - (made on request)
- New Borderless Picture Frame size: "smallest", to fit 3 hubs in a row, can be used together with the old and already available "large invisible link" - (made on request)
- New Status Icons skin: Bubble Large - (made on request)
- New Digital Clock set: Reflection (large and small), available in White, Black, Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow - (made partially on request)
(19 Apr 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.05:
- Added Widget-sets functions to:
1) Save widget set: saves the current activated widget list
2) Activate widget set: read a widget list file and activates all its widgets at once
3) Deactivate widget set: read a widget list file and deactivates all its widgets at once
- BugFix: sometimes some spb weather widgets showed up in the change list menu even after deactivation, this should be now fixed
- Modified activate and deactivate script so that “personal” registry subkeys can be used for user-made widgets
Widgets Libraries:
- Updated widgets library 20100415 to fix an issue with Bubble Status Icons
(15 Apr 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.04:
- Added function to inject any XML in qa_layouts.dat (can be useful as a tool for mods other than mine)
- Small BugFix: added missing confirmation message in the MS Panels Shortcuts creation function
- Added function to change the weather icons in MS Weather Panels. PLEASE NOTICE: this will ALSO change the weather icons used by default mobile shell weather widgets. Icon sets currently available: Spil and Stickers
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- new Status Icons skin: XWing - designed by Hans Heigenhauser
- new Status Icons skin: Bubble - counter only - (made on request)
- new Weather skin: HTCMoxy - (made on request)
- new Weather skin: Big Transparent (white and black) for skinnable weather widgets - only for Mobile Shell Weather
- new huge invisible link (2 of them to cover the whole screen) - (made on request)
- new borderless picture frame size: tiny (for small hubs) - (made on request)
- new small hub sized invisible link
- new small hub links collection (all the previously available hub links available in small size too)
New Stuff preview:
(02 Apr 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.03:
- Changed “MS Panels” folder icon and Standard Panels Shortcut Icons
- Changed ProPanel creation script so that Pro Panels will have different icons from Lifestyle Panels
- Menubar in Main Professional panel now changeable like in all other panels
- Added Panel Backup function: every panel can be backed up (home lifestyle, home pro, additional panels) and restored singularly. The function makes a backup of the CONTENT of the panel, background and menubar will NOT be saved (of course they can still be changed after restoring a backup).
- small BugFix: panel removal function now correctly removes panel link in tools\ms panels
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Status icons: Thin Invisible (invisible with no incoming items, visibile text and red signal box with one or more incoming items. No counter shown) - (made on request)
- New Hub Links: Media, Music, Pictures, Video (available in white/cyan and black/cyan)
(31 Mar 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Digital Clocks set: Dogs (White, Black, Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow) - (made on request)
- New Links skins: JH Metal circle and JH Metal Square - (designed by H. Heigenhauser)
- New Backing Panels: JH Metal (available in 4 sizes) - (designed by H. Heigenhauser)
- New Status icons: Thin 2 (made on request)
- New Contacts skin: invisible (available in 4 sizes) - now you can use a picture frame even with a group picture as contacts! Just place invisible contacts over it!
- New Contacts skin: special icon - to be used assigning a default action and placing it over a normal contact picture (see example)
New Special MSkip Widgets Library containing:
- a selection of MSkip widgets prior to his WP7 themes (the selection includes analog clocks, digital clocks, weather, backing panels, picture frames) - (made on request)
New Stuff preview:
--- Older history in included doc ---
What is Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager?
Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager is a serie of scripts to handle all my mods and widgets, keeping them comfortably on the storage card and “activating” them inside Mobile Shell only when you need them.
Please note that the widgets will use device memory ONLY when activated, otherwise they’ll be simply stored on the memory card.
This new way of managing my widgets is better than the previous one for several reasons:
- No more countless entries in the “uninstall programs” window
- Comfortable interface to activate/deactivate any widget, any time
- Possibility to activate widgets on single basis: for example you can activate just the red digital clock Cats if you want it, you don’t have to install the whole color package including the colors you don’t need….
- Optimized usage of device memory (see previous point)
PLEASE NOTE:
If you have any of my widgets version 2.xx, please do the following before installing the Widget Manager:
- Uninstall all my 2.xx widgets
- Uninstall my Tools package too if you have it
- Delete the registry key “HKLM\Software\Spb Software House\Shared\Spb Menu\WidgetPackages\Spb.WidgetsZioGian”
How to install:
For the first install, you will need to download:
- Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager
- Vostradamus Base Widgets Library (qvga or vga according to your device)
- (suggested but not required) Preview Images Library
- (suggested but not required) Additional Widgets Libraries, as many as you want
- Vostradamus XML Definition file
Now, how to proceed:
- Install Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager NOT ON DEVICE MEMORY. Just choose to install it on memory card or any additional memory your device has (that's because the Widgets Manager itself is not large, but the Widgets Libraries will be)
- Extract all the widgets library you downloaded anywhere on your device (but keep them all in the same folder)
- Extract the XML definition file in Widgets Manager folder
- Run Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager
- Choose the "XML update" option from inside "Libraries" menu
- Wait for it to be done
- Choose the "Import Library Folder" option from inside "Libraries" menu
- Select the folder where you stored all the downloaded widgets libraries previously extracted
- Wait for it to be done (it may take a while, according to the number of libraries and their contents)
- Done! Now you can activate all the widgets you want (using the appropriate option)
(Of course I tested the software before releasing it, yet it's still possible that I could have missed some (minor?) bugs here and there, please bear with me and, in case you notice something odd, report it in this thread)
Any future widgets release will only include:
- Widgets Library Package with only the new additions
- Updated XML Definition File
so there will be no need to redownload everything all the times.
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If you like my work and think it's useful, please consider donating even a small amount, it will help keeping me (and my cat) motivated. I spend a lot of time on this stuff, and every sign of appreciation, no matter how big or small, is more than welcome
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*MediaFire*
-- link removed, please use the one from the new thread --
If you have issues with the above link, try the following mirror:
*4Shared*
-- link removed, please use the one from the new thread --
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Widgets Creation Tutorial
Hans Heigenhauser (Jotha on Xda) kindly prepared a detailed tutorial which will guide you through the steps needed to create a new Widget Skin to be used with Mobile Shell Manager.
The guide is about a Status Widget skin, but the steps are basically the same for the other widgets too
You can find the guide attached to this post (scroll to the bottom)
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Small guide for "Flash Junkies"
- Before flashing, make a backup copy of the "widgets" folder (it's inside Mobile SHell Manager main folder)
- After flashing (and reinstalling mobile shell of course) do the following
-- Reinstall Mobile Shell Manager
-- Reupdate the XML Definition file
-- Restore the backed up Widgets folder inside Mobile Shell Manager
Done, all the widgets libraries you had before flashing are back there in their place
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Special Thanks to the donors:
- V. Carletti
- A. Stephen
- M. T. Hernandez
- SG Technical Consulting
- Mike (powercat1)
- Alienking70
- C. Morrison
- E. Fayolle
- La Baula Supportings
- C. Tran (twice!)
- J. Koutsouris
- Margez (real name removed on request)
- C.R. Moya
- S. Leding
- K. Oakeshott
- U. Passerini
- H. Dreesen
- M. Hankel
- H. E. Husmann
- W. Jackson
- H. Heigenhauser
- R. Haltmeier
- P. Chavez (twice!)
- A. Tomilov
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Credits:
Credits for the image viewer (EzViewer) used for the widgets previews go to Nishimura Masataka (http://masataka.sakura.ne.jp/)
Credits for the Ferrari and TAG HEUER Carrera clocks go to WhiskeyBro
Many thanks to jgjackson for his detailed post about additional panels which I used as a source of inspiration and starting guideline for the add/remove panel feature
Credits for the SPIL Weather icons go to Stephen Peterkin
Credits for the Diamond Weather icons go to BeyondInfinity
Many thanks to Hans Heigenhauser (jotha on XDA) for his widgets included in this package and his cooperation in creating cool stuff
Credits for the Stickers Weather icons go to KorToIk (http://kortoik.deviantart.com/)
Credits for the Stardock Weather icons go to http://www.stardock.com See its homepage for usage permission.
Many thanks to Gunther Willems (http://users.skynet.be/gunther.willems) for giving me the idea of using rar to automatically import my xml into qa_layouts.dat and letting me use his script for reference
Credits for the "line" format of the birthdays widget goes to matthewhypolite, I just modified it to be a skin
of the already existing widget instead of a widget on its own, and added the different colors.
Credits for the idea of the "compact" calendar/tasks layout goes once again to matthewhypolite, I just recreated the same layout implementing it as a skin of the already existing widget and added the different colors.
Credits for the Invisible Links go to jgjackson, I added them to my package to fulfill a user's request to have them in a single widget cab.
Installation instructions included in a doc file inside the zip.

great work

gotz said:
great work
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Thanks!!
Since when I first installed Mobile Shell 3 I wondered why the guys at Spb didn't give us the chance to change the font color... there are a lot of great backgrounds out there, but we need different font colors in order to use the light colored ones, otherwise all the texts would be unreadable.
I was hoping for them to release a patch for this with MS3.5, but they didn't so I thought "Oh well, I'll stop being lazy and I'll do it myself"
Glad to see that I'm being useful for someone else too

Released Ver 1.51, see first post for updates
Enjoy!

Looks fine .....
Does it works for VGA ?

abumhmmd1 said:
Looks fine .....
Does it works for VGA ?
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Some of the mods could, surely not all of them, and they're not tested/ready for vga yet.
I plan to prepare a vga/wvga package too sooner or later, but I can't exactly say when yet (hopefully it won't take me too long though)

(W)VGA Finally!
Released version 1.52, this time for (W)VGA too!!!
Check first post for changes.
(W)VGA version has to be tested, I converted my mods for (w)vga devices, but not having one at hand I can't test it.
Anyone willing to try it pls report in this thread if it's working correctly.
Enjoy!

great job Man !!!
thanks

darkyannick said:
great job Man !!!
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Thanks!

Vga version tested and working

Reg Entries
I have imported registry entries before and use either Dot Fred or Total Commander, but how does one apply the .reg entries in the zip file? Thanks for the help!

hidden_dragon said:
I have imported registry entries before and use either Dot Fred or Total Commander, but how does one apply the .reg entries in the zip file? Thanks for the help!
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Of course you have to extract them from the zip before applying them
You can use whatever import method you're most used to... personally, I like to use CeRegEditor, it's a nice free software that allows you to work on your device registry remotely from your pc while it's connected through activesync (or mobile device center on Vista).
If you want to give it a try, here's the link: http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/ but any other method can be ok too
Just curious: you said you've used Total Commander... how do you import .reg files with it? I love total commander, but I really couldn't find how to do it, if not editing the registry manually, but that's kind of uncomfortable for large edits

Vostradamus said:
Of course you have to extract them from the zip before applying them
You can use whatever import method you're most used to... personally, I like to use CeRegEditor, it's a nice free software that allows you to work on your device registry remotely from your pc while it's connected through activesync (or mobile device center on Vista).
If you want to give it a try, here's the link: http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/ but any other method can be ok too
Just curious: you said you've used Total Commander... how do you import .reg files with it? I love total commander, but I really couldn't find how to do it, if not editing the registry manually, but that's kind of uncomfortable for large edits
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Thanks for this...the software helped. But to import using Total Commander, you simply copy the file(s) into the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT in the registry. I think I figured out why this didn't work using TC or Dot Fred -- the reg files were written for a PC which is why they weren't recognized (at least that was the message I got when I used the software you recommended above).

hidden_dragon said:
Thanks for this...the software helped. But to import using Total Commander, you simply copy the file(s) into the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT in the registry. I think I figured out why this didn't work using TC or Dot Fred -- the reg files were written for a PC which is why they weren't recognized (at least that was the message I got when I used the software you recommended above).
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Uhm, that may be the case, dunno for sure 'cause I always use CeRegEditor and ignoring that message (I got it too) everything works fine every time

Colored fonts!
Thank you...this is great having colored icons to match the appropriate light or dark-colored wallpaper!!!

hidden_dragon said:
Thank you...this is great having colored icons to match the appropriate light or dark-colored wallpaper!!!
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you're welcome!

This is really a good idea!
but i am a bit confused
i have used winzip 12.i add both files qa_layouts.dat and WidgetsZioGian.xml add to zip file, later i renamed to qa_layouts.dat and added to device.
i run the registry.i soft reseted, no difference is shown. There is no information on how to change color of text and other
Please kindly help me out

Released version 2.0
See first post for download and details
Enjoy!!

hsmcd said:
This is really a good idea!
but i am a bit confused
i have used winzip 12.i add both files qa_layouts.dat and WidgetsZioGian.xml add to zip file, later i renamed to qa_layouts.dat and added to device.
i run the registry.i soft reseted, no difference is shown. There is no information on how to change color of text and other
Please kindly help me out
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I just released version 2.00, the installation procedure is a bit different (should be faster and easier). Take a look at it and try to follow the included instructions
If you still have problems/doubts feel free to ask

hsmcd said:
This is really a good idea!
but i am a bit confused
i have used winzip 12.i add both files qa_layouts.dat and WidgetsZioGian.xml add to zip file, later i renamed to qa_layouts.dat and added to device.
i run the registry.i soft reseted, no difference is shown. There is no information on how to change color of text and other
Please kindly help me out
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To change skin colors, simply edit your current layout, then go into the Time widget (for example), then choose change skin...you should have a much larger selection.

[26.MAR.2011][THEME] MSkip ProPlus WP7 V4.0 Theme for Spb Mobile Shell 3.5.5

INTRODUCING A BRAND NEW WINDOWS PHONE 7 SERIES BASED THEME FOR SPB MOBILE SHELL 3.5.5
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* TIPS AND TRICKS CAN BE FOUND *HERE* IN POST 2
PLEASE READ!! VERSION 4.0 IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN WVGA AT FIRST. ONCE IT HAS BEEN OUT A FEW DAYS AND I HAVE RECIEVED FEEDBACK AND FIXED ANY BUGS I WILL MAKE IT AVAILABLE IN ALL OTHER RESOLUTIONS (INCLUDING HVGA IF POSSIBLE).
MSkip ProPlus Windows Phone 7 Theme for Mobile Shell 3.5.5
Contains the following:
+ All Spb Mobile Shell screens have now been skinned for WP7.
+ Home Hub is scrollable so you can add as many Tiles as you wish or make up your own.
+ Shortcuts Hub can be reached by swiping your finger to the left on the Home Hub (WP7 feature).
+ Shortcuts Hub is scrollable so you can add as many shortcuts as you wish.
+ Static links on the right of the Home Hub so no matter where you are in the Home Hub you can always see it.
+ Static Links are configurable through the Manager in the Start Menu.
+ Panels are mostly made up of shortcuts and custom shortcut skins so easy to change images or look (if desired).
+ New menu bars in mobile shell screens.
+ All Screens fully set up for LandScape mode.
+ Theme Colour can be changed from the 'ProPlus Wp7 Tools' folder in the Start Menu.
+ Changing the Theme Colour will change the theme colour on all linked screens (Hubs, Spb Menu).
+ Hub Tiles are now partly transparent so if you have a picture background on the Home Hub it will show through the Tiles.
IMPORTANT: On first use of v4 you will find that when you click on some of the links (mostly in the Office, Games, Media and Pictures Hubs) that they will open the spb menu screen. This is because the links have no app associated with them. Once you choose what app you wish to associate with the link you clicked on it will be set for future use. This is also the same for icons that have a '+' inside them.
ChangeLog:
26th March 2011
Update for WVGA to V4.0 for Mobile Shell 3.5.5 (20110326)
+ All screens themed for WP7
+ All Hubs themed for WP7 with background images (Games, Office, Media, Pictures)
+ Added Status Widgets for Home Hub (Volume, Brightness, Wifi, Bluetooth)
+ Added Tasks Widget for Home Hub
+ Redrawn several widget link images
+ Made Home Hub Tiles partly transparent to show custom backgrounds.
+ Lots of other things I will add as I think of them
26th October 2010
Update for QVGA and WQVGA V3.1 for Mobile Shell 3.5.5 (20101026)
+ Includes all updates from [W]VGA versions (see 19th and 24th October changelog entries)
24th October 2010
Update for WVGA and VGA V3.1 for Mobile Shell 3.5.5 (20101024)
+ Updated WVGA to v3.1
+ Released v3.1 for VGA resolution (includes all updates from 19th October update)
+ Added 6 new Shortcut Icons (Facebook, Games2, Screen Rotate, Settings, Twitter and Windows Live)
+ Fixed a bug in the Manager script that stopped non WWE Roms from affecting screen mods.
19th October 2010
Update for WVGA V3 for Mobile Shell 3.5.5 (20101019)
+ Shortcuts Hub now up/down scrollable (same as the Home Hub) with a Static Link to the Home Hub.
+ Static Link to SpbMenu added to Home Hub (default option). Shortcuts Link and SpbMenu Link can be turned on or off from the Manager app.
+ NEW Shortcut Icons added (Android, Bluetooth, FM Radio, Marketplace and Voice Dial).
+ NEW Theme Colours added (purple and yellow themes).
+ NEW Twitter widget for Home Hub (fully working).
+ NEW WideBox Weather widget with full information (current conditions only show in supported locations).
+ NEW Big Box Weather widget with image and temperature.
+ NEW Facebook widget for Home Hub (fully working).
+ NEW Media widget added for Home Hub in 2 colours (black and white).
+ NEW Birthdays widget for Home Hub.
+ Added Location widget.
+ Added Top Battery in Black to go with white or light coloured backgrounds.
+ Backup and Restore apps now fully support different language Roms (backups can now be copied to and from storage card).
+ Added option in Manager app to Enable Extra Favourites page.
+ Cleaned up code in ProPlus Manager and Backup/Restore Apps.
14th June 2010
Update for WVGA version V2 for Mobile Shell 3.5.5 (20100614)
+ Changed Opera shortcut skin and added new shortcut skin for Palringo
+ Cleaned up ProPlus Tasks utility
+ Added new function in ProPlus Tasks to change ALL box types in a single Hub. By default the Box type is 'Small Box Hidden' which hides the shortcut icon inside the box. To use this function first select the Hub you want to change, then select the box type (hidden, icon or icon + text). Lastly select the colour of box you want and let the program do its magic. This will only affect boxes already in the Hub it wont create new ones.
14th June 2010
Update for QVGA version V2 for Mobile Shell 3.5.5 (20100614)
Same updates as for 4th, 5th and 10th June
+ Added new function in ProPlus Tasks to change ALL box types in a single Hub. By default the Box type is 'Small Box Hidden' which hides the shortcut icon inside the box. To use this function first select the Hub you want to change, then select the box type (hidden, icon or icon + text). Lastly select the colour of box you want and let the program do its magic. This will only affect boxes already in the Hub it wont create new ones.
13th June 2010
Update for WQVGA version V2 for Mobile Shell 3.5.5 (20100613)
Same updates as for 4th, 5th and 10th June
11th June 2010
Update for VGA version V2 for Mobile Shell 3.5.5 (20100611)
Same updates as for 4th, 5th and 10th June
10th June 2010
Update for WVGA version V2 for Mobile Shell 3.5.5 (20100610)
+ Updated complete theme for full compatability with Mobile Shell 3.5.5
+ Moved Carousel and Menu buttons back to the Bottom for easier use
+ Reworked the Agenda WP7 widget to make it fit in better with the theme
+ Created a Bing Search (WP7) widget for use on the Home Hub (add an Internet search widget and change its skin to 'WP7 Hub'.
+ Added a Bing skin for use with a shortcut link.
+ Added 'Preset Themes' to Start Menu, MSkip ProPlus WP7, ProPlus Tasks. To use it: first change your Theme Colour (Back, Blue, Green, Grey, Red
or Orange) then change your background colour (eg. Black, White or Grey). Lastly run the 'Preset Themes' utility and select White Text and links for a black background or Black text and links for a white background. The program will then change ALL links colours and text on all Hubs and also perform a Background Refresh. Try it
+ Other improvements and bug fixes
5th June 2010
Minor update for WVGA version V2 (20100605)
+ Added option in ProPlus Tasks Utility to Enable or Disable the static shortcuts link on the Home Hub.
+ Added option in ProPlus Tasks Utility to change Hub title text colour to white or black.
4th June 2010
Update for WVGA version V2 (20100604) with other resolutions to follow.
+ Home Hub is now fully scrollable (up and down) so that everything is on 1 screen and can be added to (will be good for QVGA and VGA resolutions that cant fit as much on a single screen).
+ Added black theme, black link buttons and a white and grey background panel for a great new look (really does look nice).
+ Added new link skins and made all skins have white text to keep the flow of the theme (Calculator, **Camera, Comm Manager, Reset, Task Manager, **TomTom and Shortcuts). **changed text colour to white.
+ A smiley face now appears in the text box when you have new text messages.
+ The shortcuts screen now has own hub (3 pages wide).
+ Added ProPlus Tools utility in the MSkip's ProPlus WP7 Start Menu folder.
+ You can change the shortcuts link on the Home Hub to black or white to look better on lighter backgrounds.
+ WP7 Calendar widget has been reworked to make it look better on a wide panel.
+ Updated all files for full compatability with Mobile Shell 3.5.4.
23rd April 2010
Updates for QVGA, WQVGA, VGA and WVGA versions (20100423)
+ Added ALL updates from 12th and 14th April for QVGA and WQVGA devices.
+ Update to Start Menu WP7 scripts to close the Start Menu automatically after running a script.
+ Added Today Screen Switcher and individual links to switch between verious Today Screens (Microsoft Today, TouchFLO2D, TouchFLO3D, HTC Sense and Spb Mobile Shell (in the Start Menu, Programs, MSkip's ProPlus WP7 folder).
+ Made Small Box Panels slightly larger for better fit of icons and text.
+ Added NEW Diamond Clock widgets (Black and White Tiny) to fit inside the BigBox Panel.
+ Added NEW Current Date widgets (Date2 Black and Date2 White) to fit in Big Box Panel with Tiny Diamond Clocks. Not sure if these will be viewable on QVGA and WQVGA because of font size.
+ Added Tiny Contact, Text Only Contact (no box) and a selection of Invisible Contact sizes.
14th April 2010
+ Minor update for WVGA version (20100414)
+ Added Half Screen Invisible Link so you can cover a screen with 2 widgets in Portrait or Landscape Mode.
+ Added 2 new BigBox Panels (Office and Zune) images courtesy of ljjustboy
12th April 2010
+ Released WVGA version (20100412)
+ You can now backup upto 3 totally different layouts and restore at any time (new for VGA/WVGA)
+ A new Business Hub and Business Panel Image has been created to seperate Business and Lifestyle Screens (can be added or left out at will).
+ I have included some of the widgets from previous themes to give more flexibility to page designs (Diamond Digital Clocks, Anaolgue Clocks, Bottom Menu Bars, Small Battery).
+ Added extra funtions to the Backup Utility (Copy all backups to Storage Card, Copy Backups stored on Storage Card BACK to the device, Clear ALL backups from Device and Storage Card).
+ Enhanced the graphics for the 'Small Box with Text' skin (now looks alot nicer).
+ Added a confirmation screen when Restoring a Backup so you cant accidentally erase all your layout.
7th April 2010
+ Released QVGA and WQVGA versions (20100407)
+ Added more functions to MSkip's ProPlus WP7 folder in Start Menu, Programs:
Change number of pages on any Hub (Hub Pages),
Backup upto 3 completely different layouts with 1 touch,
Restore any of 3 Saved Layouts or Restore Original Layout at any time,
Refresh Background if you try to change it through the Menu button and it doesnt change.
+ Added 3 new Batterys (Horizontal for top or bottom of screen, White panel and Coloured Panel:
(use with medium white battery text for best alignment).
+ Added new Digital Clock for panel.
+ Added new short date widget (add digital clock and change skin) for use in Digital Clock Panels.
+ Added 2 new icons (YouTube and FlashLight).
+ ALL Big Box Icons skins now have fully transparent background so you can use them with the theme colours.
+ Added prebuilt Back and White boxes which you can add as Picture Frames (BigBox). These are in Program Files\ MSkip Tools.
+ Added Operator Widget (WP7) which will fit nicely at the top of a BigBox Panel.
2nd April 2010
+ Released VGA and WVGA versions (20100402)
+ Added more functions to MSkip's ProPlus WP7 folder in Start Menu, Programs:
Change number of pages on any Hub (Hub Pages),
Backup the whole of the current layout with 1 touch,
Restore Saved Layout or Restore Original Layout at any time,
Refresh Background if you try to change it through the Menu button and it doesnt change.
+ Added 3 new Batterys (Horizontal for top or bottom of screen, White panel and Coloured Panel:
(use with medium white battery text for best alignment).
+ Added new Digital Clock for panel.
+ Added new short date widget (add digital clock and change skin) for use in Digital Clock Panels.
+ Added 2 new icons (YouTube and FlashLight).
+ ALL Big Box Icons skins now have fully transparent background so you can use them with the theme colours.
+ Added prebuilt Back and White boxes which you can add as Picture Frames (BigBox). These are in Program Files\ MSkip Tools.
27th March 2010
+ Released QGA and WQVGA versions 20100327
+ Same updates as per 26th March
26th March 2010
+ Released VGA and WVGA versions 20100326
+ Added a Big Box and Wide Box Picture Frame so you can make up your own Hub images
+ Added a new Picture Hub with 5 blank pages to populate with your pictures.
+ Changed the Picture Hub image to a Picture Frame so you can change it if desired (move the inivisible link off the top of it first).
+ Added 4 new theme colours and created a Start Menu Folder called 'MSkip's ProPlus WP7' with buttons to change to any of the colours making it VERY EASY.
+ Added a load of new program icons (Big Box size)
+ Made the weather widget image slightly larger to make more use of the box.
+ Everything works fully in Landscape Mode.
+ Added a YouTube video which shows off the latest version.
22nd March 2010
+ Released WQVGA version
21st March 2010
+ Released VGA and QVGA versions
20th March 2010
+ Released first version (WVGA Only)
ToDo List
Download Links
Install Procedure:
1. Install ProPlus Windows Phone 7 Theme on a fresh install of Spb Mobile Shell v3.5.5 to DEVICE MEMORY
2. After installation completes, soft reset your device
3. Job done. Congratulations you have now expanded the potential of Mobile Shell
Update Procedure:
Uninstall the previous version FIRST before installing the new one.
NOTE: Please ONLY install the version matching your phones resolution or the layout on all screens will be all wrong.
QVGA: 4Shared (20101026)
*DO NOT restore previous backups (pre v3) on V3 as the Shortcuts Hub will be corrupted*
WQVGA: 4Shared (20101026)
*DO NOT restore previous backups (pre v3) on V3 as the Shortcuts Hub will be corrupted*
VGA: 4Shared (20101026)
*DO NOT restore previous backups (pre v3) on V3 as the Shortcuts Hub will be corrupted*
WVGA V4.0: 4Shared (20110326)
*DO NOT RESTORE PREVIOUS BACKUPS ON V4.0 AS ALL THE HUBS WILL BE CORRUPTED*
If you enjoy using this theme please consider making a donation. ALOT of work went into this to make it as good as it can be for everyone. Even if its just a small amount it gives me satisfaction and enthusiasm to carry on developing and appreciation of my work is very welcome.
Enjoy
Mark.

TIPS AND TRICKS ON HOW TO USE THE PROPLUS WP7 THEME
To Change the BackGround Image (All Hubs share the same BackGround Image)
Select Menu, Change Background, Local Gallery, Select your background image. Then goto Start Menu, ProPlus WP7 Tools, ProPlus Wp7 Manager and select Refresh Background Image. Your Mobile Shell will restart and the background image will be changed.
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The Background image wont change on the Home Hub
Goto Start Menu, Programs, MSkips ProPlus WP7, ProPlus Tasks, Refresh Background Image. Your Mobile Shell will restart and the background image will be changed.
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To Add more Icons to the Home Hub
You first need add the Background Box: Select Menu, Add Widget, Shortcut, Spb Menus, HomeHub. Then click on the widget and change its skin to Big Box Hidden (colour of your choice). Finally move the box to where you want it.
Now to place the icon ontop of the box: Select Menu, Add Widget, Shortcut, Select the program you want to open. Now click on the widget you just added and change its skin to the icon you want (they are all under the box skins and go from Android to Youtube). Move the icon ontop of the box and you are done.
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To Delete any of the screens from the Carousel
Run your registry editor and goto:
HKLM, Software, Spb Software House 2, Spb Mobile Shell, NowScreen, Panels.
Delete the folder of the relevant carousel screen that you want to delete. You can see which each panel is by looking in the folders but the Lifestyle panel is '3' and the Businesss Panel is '4'.
The number sequence cant have any skips so if you delete '3' and '4' then you will have to rename other folders, renaming the last 2 folders in the list so there arent any gaps in the sequence ('14' renamed to '3' and '15' renamed to '4').
If you want to keep all the hubs together then after you delete the Business and Lifestlye Carousel panels then rename Pictures (5) to '3', then rename the last 2 folders to '4' and '5'. If you dont do this corrently then you will get a corrupted view in the carousel screen.
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How to make up a panel to an spb screen on the Home Hub
1. Goto Menu, Add Widget, Shortcut, Spb Menus and select from the list.
2. click on the widget that has been added to the screen and then 'Change Skin' to your desired panel image. Example: Add a shortcut link to 'Favorites' and then change its skin to 'Hub People (WP7)'.
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How to change the Small Blank Box into a Shortcut with Icon
Just click on menu in the top right and 'Edit Layout'. You can now click on any of the boxes and change its link to the shortcut or program you want. Next click on the box again and 'Change Skin' to 'Small Box'. NOT Small Box Hidden or the shortcut icon wont show.
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How to make up some of the custom panels
Agenda Panel: Add an Agenda Shortcut (or whatever program you want it linked to) with the Hub Agenda Skin, then add the Agenda widget and change its skin to 'Agenda Hub (WP7)'.
Digital Clock Panel: Add a Spb Clock Shortcut (or whatever program you want it linked to), change its skin to 'Big Box Hidden (WP7)' and move it where you want it on the screen. Now add a Digital Clock Widget, change its skin to 'WP7 Hub' and place it over the Blank panel. Lastly add a Current Date Widget, change its skin to 'WP7 Hub' and place it over the Blank panel.
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To make up your own Hub Image
Create your image with resolution 172x172 and save as a jpg on your storage card where you can find it.
Add a Picture Frame widget and change its skin to 'BigBox Hub (WP7)'.
Click on the Picture Frame and 'Select Picture' then browse to your desired image and select it.
Remove the existing Hub that you want to replace and drag your Custom Hub to the desired location.
Goto Add Widget, Shortcut, Spb Menus, and choose what you want your new Hub to open (Contacts, Games Hub, Lifestyle Hub).
Now change its skin to Invisible Hub Big (WP7) which is found after the Wide Box and move it over your Custom Hub Image.
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Picture Frame Sizes to fit on the Hub Screen
You can double the sizes of these dimensions if you want as long as the aspect ratio is the same, the image will just be resized on the screen.
BigBox Hub (WP7) - QVGA/WQVGA = 86 x 86, VGA/WVGA = 172 x 172
WideBox Hub (WP7) - QVGA/WQVGA = 176 x 86, VGA/WVGA = 352 x 172
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How to have a different Background Image on Any Screen
Create your image or find the image you want to use. You have to remember to take away the height of the TaskBar when you are creating your background image:
A full screen WQVGA or WVGA picture widget size needs to be 480x748.
A full screen QVGA or VGA picture widget size needs to be 480x588.
Once you have a full screen picture widget then you dont want it to bring up the picture viewer if you click on it. To get around this I created a Full Screen Invisible shortcut which can be set to the Hub you are on and wont have any actions when clicked on.
After you have set you Full Screen Picture Widget, goto menu, add widget, shortcut, spb menus, and select the hub you are on (games, business, pictures). Then click on the shortcut on the screen and change its skin to Invisible Link (Half Full). This will cover half the screen with an Invisible Link to the screen you are already on and so protecting your picture widget. Remember in the Edit Mode the Invisible Widget is darker so dont select the wrong area when moving and click on the picture widget by mistake. Repeat this process to create another Half Screen Invisible Shortcut Widget to cover the other half of the picture widget. You will then be protected and can build the rest of your screen.

**and this one**

just downloaded and will give it a go, anything you make is always worth while
Kinda confused though? Changelog says January 20th? Is this new or you just been working on it for awhile?
Anyways, thanks as always for sharing.

acidbath5546 said:
just downloaded and will give it a go, anything you make is always worth while
Kinda confused though? Changelog says January 20th? Is this new or you just been working on it for awhile?
Anyways, thanks as always for sharing.
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OOPS haha good catch I copied the changelog across from one of my other themes and forgot to change it
All changed now
Mark.

LOL...was gonna say...you held out on us for months! lol
I gotta tell ya...I am loving it.
Smooth scrolling, very clean.
Bravo man, you come through stellar as always

acidbath5546 said:
LOL...was gonna say...you held out on us for months! lol
I gotta tell ya...I am loving it.
Smooth scrolling, very clean.
Bravo man, you come through stellar as always
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Thanks
I will make some more skins for the analogue clock and other panels and if anyone has any requests program skins such as the ones I made for TomTom and GoogleMaps then I will make them up and add them.
Mark.

Thank you for your great skins Mark, people like you make Windows mobile 6 last forever..
I'm loving this one, smooth slide, fast navigating.. As usual you make the best a bestest!
I really Appreciate your effort..

Qvga please!!!

hey, great work looks nice!
why not a people hub? a lifestyle screen with the appropriate background and slots for contacts like the "recent" page on wp7..
cannot say more as i have an omnia and cannot test..
keep it up man!

wonder!i waitting for the VGA,you are the best,man.

really a nice work .it makes me want to drop the sense2.5 and get the spb back,thank you very much!

Hi mskip!
very cool theme.
will wait for wqvga
thanks!

Wow, looking great and as people are reporting its smooth. Will be waiting for qvga.
Thanks for your hardwork in this project.
Btw mskip any plan of inlcluding wallpaper?

Way to go, mate!
This thread's gonna grow even larger then your other ones quite soon, I bet!
Grats!

Thank's a lot for your great work,very smooth!!! as soon as i get back my credit card, i will offer you a beer!!!
Max

Vostradamus said:
Way to go, mate!
This thread's gonna grow even larger then your other ones quite soon, I bet!
Grats!
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Thanks again for your help with the install/uninstall scripts to fix those bugs mate
Now I can get around to adding them to the other themes to fix all those too.. when I have the time lol
Mark.

Good work
I searched a lottt!!! to find a way to hide the taskbar, this would like so muth better without it But didn't find any info about how to do it.
Apparently the hide taskbar in spb options don't work.
Please anyone know an working process to actually really hide taskbar??
Thank you

ali1010 said:
Hi mskip!
very cool theme.
will wait for wqvga
thanks!
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jagan2 said:
Wow, looking great and as people are reporting its smooth. Will be waiting for qvga.
Thanks for your hardwork in this project.
Btw mskip any plan of inlcluding wallpaper?
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The theme is all done for QVGA and WQVGA I just have to resize all the graphics which I will try to do tonight.
I need someone with a landscape capable WQVGA device and someone with a landscape capable VGA device who can move the panels and widgets to make the layout look right in landscape mode and then export the appropriate registry entrys and send them to me before I can make the cab and post it. Any takers?
I will post screenshots of landscape mode in the first post today so its just a case of following that layout.
I have a QVGA device so I dont need anyone for that.

Even if i select 5 pages in both the models, i can't have them...How can i make another page?
Thanks

ProPlus Freedom for Spb Mobile Shell 3.5.5 [UPDATE 1ST DEC 2010]

MSKIP PROPLUS FREEDOM FOR SPB MOBILE SHELL 3.5.5 (QVGA, WQVGA, HVGA?, VGA AND WVGA)
THE MOST VERSATILE PROPLUS EVER!!!​
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TRY READING THE FAQ FIRST BEFORE POSTING
WATCH MY YOUTUBE VIDEO *HERE*
MSkip ProPlus Freedom for Mobile Shell 3.5.5
Contains the following:
* Original Spb Mobile Shell as a starting point which you can go back to at any time.
* ProPlus UltimateV2 with MenuBar at the Top or Bottom (or no MenuBar), on Professional, Lifestyle or both Screens.
* ProPlus Elegance with Thin or Large MenuBar with a choice of the middle icon.
* ProPlus Ultimate Elegance with Thin MenuBar, Large numbered MenuBar or Large MenuBar with icons.
* Switch between any of the above themes at any time very quickly.
* Backup and Restore upto 4 completely ifferent ayouts or go back to the Original Layout.
* Easily change the number of pages on the Professional or Lifestyle Screens (only on Original or UltimateV2 themes).
* Enable/Disable custom backgrounds option on the Professional Screen.
* Enable/Disable a hidden Extra Favorites Page.
* Add an extra icon in the middle of the original spb MenuBar (choice of Agenda, Task Manager, Today Screen or Weather).
* Lots of Extra Analogue Clocks, Digital Clocks, Batterys, Invisible Links, Backing Panels, icon buttons, Picture Frames and Weather Widgets.
* Start Menu Folder added (MSkip's ProPlus Tools) with all ProPlus Utility programs and the ProPlus Manager.
* Most of the pages in the ProPlus Manager has a 'Help' selection which gives a full description to aid the user as much as possible.
* An added 9th panel in the Spb Menu Screen called Spb Links which contains lots of spb mobile shell shortcuts as well as new hubs that can be selected as application links to be placed on the screen if desired.
[NOTE] Backing Panels, Coloured Buttons and Text Headings are selected by adding a Shortcut widget and then clicking on the widget and changing its skin.
[TIP] The Background image wont change on the Home Hub..
Goto Start Menu, Programs, MSkip's ProPlus Manager, Refresh Background
[TUT] Do the following to make your own custom background dat file.
1. Rename any of the custom backgrounds in the zip file to qa_fundotela.zip
2. Unzip to a folder using the password: b0fm18zq
3. Make 2 backgrounds to use as follows:
For QVGA version (240x400 saved as Background.bmp and 400x240 saved as BackgroundL.bmp)
For VGA version (480x800 saved as Background.bmp and 800x480 saved as BackgroundL.bmp)
4. Move the 2 new background files into the folder you made in step2 (overwriting the originals)
5. Zip the 3 files back up with password protection (using password: b0fm18zq)
6. Make sure Custom Background Images are enabled from the 'Screen Mods' section of the ProPlus Manager
7. Rename the new file to qa_fundotela_pro.dat (for pro screen), qa_fundotela2.dat (for all others) or qa_fundotela3.dat (for the carousel) and copy to your Spb Mobile Shell folder on your phone (overwriting the original)
8. Soft Reset your phone
ChangeLog:
1st December 2010 (VGA, WVGA)
+ Added Custom Button Overlay Links for the MenuBar to launch ANYTHING!! (only works with Smooth Scrolling MenuBars)
+ Added ProPlus Froyo MenuBar (Smooth Scrolling section)
+ Added File Injection Tool in the Advanced Tasks section (allows you to inject a modified file back into the original dat file)
+ Added lots of new widgets for Analogue and Digital Clocks, Weather, Agenda and Current Date (some from Naong's Mobile Sense)
+ The HTC Clock with Full Info can now be made with just 3 widgets (saves memory)
*NOTE: When using the Custom Buttons, if you have change the Panel Button to something else then you wont be able to click on the 'Tick' after editing your layout or adding a widget. Simply goto Start Menu, ProPlus Freedom and select 'Restart Shell' to confirm your changes and get the screen back to normal.
9th October 2010 (QVGA, WQVGA)
+ Now fully compatable with ALL language Roms (including backing up and restoring layouts to Storage Card).
+ Split 'Preset Themes' list in the Manager into 2 sections. Smooth Scrolling MenuBars and Selectable Pages MenuBars to make selections simpler.
+ Added ProPlus Droid2 MenuBar Theme for smooth scrolling layouts.
+ Added Weather Location Widget to show your currently selected location on the screen.
+ Fixed bug when trying to change both menubars to ProPlus Desire.
+ Minor bug fixes and improvements in ProPlus Manager and Backup/Restore Apps.
+ Taken out the Reset Layout option when changing menubars to make the process easier. You can still reset the layout using the Layouts Restore program if needed.
+ When backing up a layout to a slot that is already being used you will now be asked if you want to overwrite the file.
+ If using a scrolling menubar (original, ultimate, ultimatev2, desire) you can now add extra hubs using the menu, add widget, shortcut, spblinks, lifestyle1-7 and then change the number of pages in the hub using the ProPlus Manager. You can do this in previous versions of Freedom but you couldnt change the number of pages.
+ When adding new hubs, the menubar on the new hubs will now be the same as the menubar on the lifestyle page.
+ Added the Original MenuBar ONLY option in the ProPlus Manager Themes which can be set on the professional or lifestyle or both screens.
+ Added horizontal and vertical lines (black or white) to the shortcut skins which was on older ProPlus cabs
+ Added NEW Android (droid) status widgets with either a black or grey text background
+ Remade the medium grey2 panel with the rounded edges that is used in the Sense look. Been made slightly bigger with a cleaner border
+ Added a new wallpaper for the lifestyle screen (HTC Sense).
+ Added the option in the ProPlus Manager to enable/disable SpbMobileShell from the windows, startup folder so that when you soft reset your device it wont automatically boot into Mobile Shell.
+ Created a ProPlus Freedom Widgets ONLY Injection Pack for people who only want the widgets.
7th October 2010 (VGA, WVGA)
+ Now fully compatable with ALL language Roms (including backing up and restoring layouts to Storage Card).
+ Split 'Preset Themes' list in the Manager into 2 sections. Smooth Scrolling MenuBars and Selectable Pages MenuBars to make selections simpler.
+ Added ProPlus Droid2 MenuBar Theme for smooth scrolling layouts.
+ Added Weather Location Widget to show your currently selected location on the screen.
+ Fixed bug when trying to change both menubars to ProPlus Desire.
+ Minor bug fixes and improvements in ProPlus Manager and Backup/Restore Apps.
+ Created a ProPlus Freedom Widgets ONLY Injection Pack for people who only want the widgets.
18th July 2010 (VGA, WVGA)
+ Taken out the Reset Layout option when changing menubars to make the process easier. You can still reset the layout using the Layouts Restore program if needed.
+ When backing up a layout to a slot that is already being used you will now be asked if you want to overwrite the file.
+ If using a scrolling menubar (original, ultimate, ultimatev2, desire) you can now add extra hubs using the menu, add widget, shortcut, spblinks, lifestyle1-7 and then change the number of pages in the hub using the ProPlus Manager. You can do this in previous versions of Freedom but you couldnt change the number of pages.
+ When adding new hubs, the menubar on the new hubs will now be the same as the menubar on the lifestyle page.
+ Added the Original MenuBar ONLY option in the ProPlus Manager Themes which can be set on the professional or lifestyle or both screens.
+ Added horizontal and vertical lines (black or white) to the shortcut skins which was on older ProPlus cabs
+ Added NEW Android (droid) status widgets with either a black or grey text background
+ Remade the medium grey2 panel with the rounded edges that is used in the Sense look. Been made slightly bigger with a cleaner border
+ Added a new wallpaper for the lifestyle screen (HTC Sense).
+ Added the option in the ProPlus Manager to enable/disable SpbMobileShell from the windows, startup folder so that when you soft reset your device it wont automatically boot into Mobile Shell.
12th July 2010 (QVGA, WQVGA)
+ Updates same as for 1st July and 7th July
+ Added digital clock from original series (by request)
7th July 2010 (VGA, WVGA)
+ Added new (icon with text) box skins
+ Added new text backing skins for shortcut widgets in black and grey for single and double line text
+ Added page heading texts in black and white for more customisation of the screen (add widget spb link and change skin)
+ Added Backup and Restore of the spb menu screen. Useful if you add files or programs to the 'My Shortcuts' section
+ Fixed the Lifestyle2 and Lifestyle4 links being swapped
+ Added NEW MenuBar.. PROPLUS DESIRE gives you full screen control with a small functional menubar at the bottom
1st July 2010 (VGA, WVGA)
+ Added a BRAND NEW ProPlus MenuBar to the theme options, ProPlus Droid
+ Added an option in the Screen Mods scetion to change the Panels (carousel) into a tiled layout displaying the 7 lifestyle screens used by Elegance, Ultimate Elegance and ProPlus Droid. Very useful to see all your lifestyle layouts on the panels screen.
+ Fixed the Invisible Shortcut (small) displaying as the medium size
+ Fixed a bug in the Layout Backup, Restore Utility
29th June 2010 (QVGA, WQVGA, VGA, WVGA)
+ Updated cab should now work on all language Roms (copy to storage card wont work on non WWE Roms)
+ Added ProPlus UltimateV1 MenuBar with carousel and menu buttons visable
+ Fixed some code in the ProPlus Manager
+ Fixed the Original Layout being mixed up on VGA resolution
28th June 2010 (QVGA, WQVGA)
+ Released ProPlus Freedom in above resolution
21st June 2010 (VGA, WVGA)
+ Released first version of ProPlus Freedom
Download Links:
Install/Update Procedure:
1. Make sure you have a clean version of Spb Mobile Shell installed (only needed for first installation).
2. Install ProPlus Freedom to DEVICE MEMORY (same as MS3.5.5 is installed)
3. After installations completes Spb Mobile Shell will automatically restart so everything works straight away.
4. Job done.
QVGA/WQVGA
* Full version (with added widgets) [Size 4.22MB]: 4SHARED (20101009)
* Naked Version (full theme, no extra widgets) [Size 2.42MB]: 4SHARED (20101009)
* ProPlus Freedom Widgets Only Injection Pack [Size 2.44MB]: 4SHARED (20101009)
* Extra Fundotela Backgrounds for QVGA/WQVGA *HERE*
HVGA (to be added soon if possible)
VGA/WVGA:
* Full version (with added widgets) [Size 7.92MB]: 4SHARED (20101201)
* Naked Version (full theme, no extra widgets) [Size 2.27MB]: 4SHARED (20101201)
* ProPlus WP7 Widgets Addon Pack for ProPlus Freedom ONLY: *HERE*
* Extra Fundotela Backgrounds for VGA/WVGA: *HERE*
PLEASE NOTE:
TO AVOID ANY PROBLEMS PLEASE ONLY INSTALL THIS ON A CLEAN VERSION OF MOBILE SHELL 3.5.5!!
If you enjoy using this theme please consider making a donation. ALOT of work went into this to make it as good as it can be for everyone. Even if its just a small amount it gives me satisfaction and enthusiasm to carry on developing and appreciation of my work is very welcome.
Enjoy
Mark.​

FAQ FOR PROPLUS FREEDOM
Q1. What are the differences between the MenuBars?
I created the 'Selectable Pages' MenuBars with 7 pages as it gives people more than enough space to put everything they want on while still being able to select the pages without any trouble. Unfortunately you cant set the number of pages you want so it has to be 7.
ProPlus Ultimate Menubar has the open space at the bottom with the carousel and menu buttons on either side. With the Ultimate V2 Menubar the carousel and menu buttons are hidden (while still being selectable) just to make the screen look cleaner. You wouldnt want to put any icons ontop of the invisible buttons though as the carousel and menu buttons will always be on top regardless. Also with the Ultimate V2 menubar you can have the carousel and menu buttons at the top of the screen or the bottom, or you can delete the buttons completely and just bring the buttons back if needed. Of course these are all 'Smooth Scrolling' MenuBars and you cant use them if you want to jump to specific pages or have continuous scrolling.
There is also the ProPlus Desire MenuBar in the 'Smooth Scrolling' set which has 3 buttons (carousel, spb menu OR contacts, and menu) with space on either side of the menubar for a shortcut of your choice.
With the 'Selectable Pages' MenuBar you have some different choices:
ProPlus Ultimate Elegance will give you the 7 selectable pages buttons right at the bottom with a carousel and menu button on either side. This takes up hardly any space so you can make up your own set of buttons just above the MenuBar. If you want the same set of buttons on every pages then you will have to set them up individually though.
ProPlus Elegance will give you a 3 button menubar at the bottom with the carousel and menu buttons either side, and then the selectable pages bar above it which you can set to be small or large depending on how good you are with your fingers. With Elegance the Spb Menu and Contacts buttons are hard set (but you can change the options for these 2 buttons in the menu) and the middle button can be set by yourself (I think you can choose between the Today Screen, Task Manager, Agenda, and Weather). These will be the same on all pages as they are part of the MenuBar.
Lastly you have ProPlus Droid which gives you the 7 selectable pages, with the spb menu and contacts buttons underneath and carousel and menu buttons at the sides. I personally prefer this MenuBar as it looks beautiful, its clean, small footprint and looks like the htc android menubar (but mine has 2 buttons in the middle so its better).
Those are pretty much all your options I hope you understand the different MenuBars a bit better now
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Q2. How to make up the HTC Sense Clock from the Droid Theme picture
The HTC 'Sense' Clock can now built up of just 3 widgets:
1. Add a Digital Clock widget and change its skin to HTC Clock White or Black
2. Add a Weather widget and change its skin to ProPlus1 HTC (Info) or ProPlus2 HTC (Info)
3. Add another Weather widget and change its skin to ProPlus Info (Left S)
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Q3. After
Add another Weather widget and change its skin to ProPlus Info (Left S)
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Q4. How do I open launcher from the panels button on ProPlus Freedom?
Ok here goes:
1. copy qa_layouts.dat from program files, spb mobile shell on your phone to your pc
2. rename to qa_layouts.dat.zip
3. using winzip (must be winzip or you can have problems) extract the MenuBar3Lifestyle_UltimateV1.xml file using the password b0fm18zq when asked
4. open the xml file in notepad
5. about a 1/3 down you will find the following text
<Layout Name="Default">
<Plugins>
<Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.MenuBar" Name="Panels" ID="3">
<Int Name="ActivateOnPress" Value="1"/>
<String Name="Action" Value="Panels"/>
<Int Name="LeftBtn" Value="1"/>
<String Name="Icons" Value="ButtonsMB"/>
<Skin Name="IconSkin" Skin="MSkipFiles" MiddleSkin="MSkipFiles" DoubleSkin="MSkipFiles"/>
<Rect Name="SrcIcon" X="0" Y="54" Width="27" Height="27"/>
</Plugin>
replace the highlighted lines with
<String Name="Open" Value=":BTN0"/>
<Int Name="isActive" Value="1"/>
<Int Name="Replace" Value="0"/>
6. save the file and exit from notepad
7. drag the file back to your opened winzip file (qa_layouts.dat.zip) making sure winzip 'encrypt files' is selected with the password set to b0fm18zq
8. close the winzip file and rename back to qa_layouts.dat
9. copy the qa_layouts.dat file back to your program files, spb mobile shell folder on your phone making sure to overwrite the original
10. goto start menu, mskip's proplus tools, restart mobile shell
11. when mobile shell restarts test the panels button to make sure it opens the launcher
You can now set the new "launcher" button through menu (bottom right button) settings to open spb menu or launcher. This button has also now been mapped to your left soft button on your phone.
You can also use this method to change the panels button on any of the MenuBar3Lifestyle xml files and you can also set it to open any of the other spb screens by replacing :BTN0 with any of the following.
:BTN1 - contacts, favorites, calllog
:WEATHER - weather
:AGENDA - agenda
:TIME - time
:NOTE Be aware that if you reload the Original Theme (or reinstall ProPlus Freedom) then you will need to copy the modified qa_layouts.dat file back to your phone. You can also safely use this modification on any future updates so it would be easier for you to keep any modified xml files on your pc so that you can just import them back into the qa_layouts.dat file on the new version.

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Can't wait to try it. Decided to give SPB MS another shot. Tired of the Sense "problems".

My goodness, Mark... have you been sleeping faster these days?

You definitely the man! I´ll donate for ur beers this week lol
Cant wait to try the qvga!

Nice work lol
big thankssss

MarkAtHome said:
My goodness, Mark... have you been sleeping faster these days?
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Insomnia has its advantages
Mark.

wow.. everything theme is being put together and interchangable..!!!!!!

hi,
The extra widgets or backings does not seems to be in the installation.
eg. current date widget I only have the option of Default and White.
EDITED: my bad.. the backings are incoporated into every widgets.. no longer in the date widget option anymore.

looking forward to trying this out for qvga when you get it up great work

scpion said:
hi,
The extra widgets or backings does not seems to be in the installation.
eg. current date widget I only have the option of Default and White.
EDITED: my bad.. the backings are incoporated into every widgets.. no longer in the date widget option anymore.
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Yeah sorry I forgot to mention the backing panels are now shortcut skins, its a much more effective way of adding them. I will add it into the first post now.
Mark.

Keland44 said:
looking forward to trying this out for qvga when you get it up great work
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I am working on QVGA/WQVGA versions tonight so they should be released later tonight or most probably tomorrow.
Mark.

This looks great! I'm installing right now.
Would I be right in thinking that my previous widgets registry backup will no longer work, and I'll have to do my layouts from scratch?

RobTsintas said:
This looks great! I'm installing right now.
Would I be right in thinking that my previous widgets registry backup will no longer work, and I'll have to do my layouts from scratch?
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What theme/setup did you backup your layout from?
Mark.

wide backgrounds
This seams a nice work, but I really love the standard feature of the background slyding behind the icons (960x800)...
Is this feature present or absent? In the later case, is it posble to add it?
Thank you very much

gluonyc said:
This seams a nice work, but I really love the standard feature of the background slyding behind the icons (960x800)...
Is this feature present or absent? In the later case, is it posble to add it?
Thank you very much
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That feature is only present if you use the Original Spb menubar or any of the UltimateV2 menubar options. Elegance and Ultimate Elegance use 7 single pages that are linked together to give the selectable screens which is why you dont have the sliding affect.
Mark.

You've outdone yourself again! I'm a few hours in and love the extra options so far. Payday tomorrow so more tea and beer to feed your lack of sleep!

mskip said:
What theme/setup did you backup your layout from?
Mark.
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My widgets.reg was exported from an UltimateV2 for MS 3.5.3 layout.
Never mind, I've started rebuilding it now.
I've had a few lockups, but I also updated my Energy ROM at the same time, so it's not necessarily ProPlus.

RobTsintas said:
My widgets.reg was exported from an UltimateV2 for MS 3.5.3 layout.
Never mind, I've started rebuilding it now.
I've had a few lockups, but I also updated my Energy ROM at the same time, so it's not necessarily ProPlus.
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It is best to rebuild from scratch on here anyway as alot of the widget names have changed (backing panels, buttons) which might have caused problems if you imported your old layout.
The backup/restore utilities should be a good help in the future as you can save upto 4 completely seperate layouts from different themes and go back to them at any time. Just make sure you have the theme loaded before you restore your layout.
I dont think the lockups are anything to do with ProPlus Freedom as it doesnt replace any of the original files, just injects whatever choice you make into the layouts file which makes everything alot safer.
Mark.