[Q] Skin the Inbox/SMS, ActiveSync - Windows Mobile Themes

Good Morning,
I've just tried to skin my whole phone with metro/wp7. So far I managed to skin pretty much everything but the Messaging App and Active Sync background. It should be black like the background when composing a message.
Here the screen-shots of both (changing the font is no problem, thanks to UItweek):
Screenshot 1 and 2 in the attachment
And thats the way the "composing a message" windows looks like and the inbox should look as well:
Screenshot 3 in the attachment
Thanks for the help
PS: My ROM is Energy.BLACKSTONE.23678.Sense2.5.Cookie.DinikGlass.Aug.18.

Looks great! Good Job!
What would the threaded messages window look like , like pic 2 or 3?

I really like the threaded messages window so I'll post it too. It looks like it should with black background...
Any ideas?

how to change the threaded messages window background color?

That was pretty simple. Either you use UItweak http://www.freewareppc.com/download/utilities/uitweaker.shtml or look at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=603905 if you want a picture as background.
The problem: Both won't change the Inbox window background and that's what I want.

i download the ui tweaker but having dificulties on which options to change outlook/sms thread background color, can you point me? thanks

that's exactly my problem, i can't change the inbox background just the background for viewing and typing messages.
If you want to change the "viewing and typing" background just go to "SysColor Changer". Change there the color to black (I don't know which one exactly you have to change for this effect. I changed pretty much every background to black and the font to a light blue. With white font you won't be able to see the text in the inbox window)
In the attachment you'll find my sys file. I tried to style my phone a bit wp7/metro like. just rename it to blue-black.sys (xda won't let me upload a *.sys file) and import it.

thanks, i'll play a little with it

if you have a solution for my problem, plz post it

Is there anyone with a solution or is it posted in the wrong section?

I think its better to close this thread now. Maybe there is simply no answer to that question.

OP, did you ever figure out how to change the background?
I have a theme that has the text input section black, but the chat log section is grey. I want to change the background to black but I can't figure out how.
Can someone please tell me how I can edit a .tsk file to make a black background for threaded sms? I've been searching everywhere and I can find which specific edit I need to make to change the background SMS window colour. Also the font colour for that window will need to be changed to white.
I'm trying to edit this theme I have attached.
Here is a screen shot of how it looks now. and the other screen shot is roughly how I want it to look (with black background).

bobzero said:
OP, did you ever figure out how to change the background?
I have a theme that has the text input section black, but the chat log section is grey. I want to change the background to black but I can't figure out how.
Can someone please tell me how I can edit a .tsk file to make a black background for threaded sms? I've been searching everywhere and I can find which specific edit I need to make to change the background SMS window colour. Also the font colour for that window will need to be changed to white.
I'm trying to edit this theme I have attached.
Here is a screen shot of how it looks now. and the other screen shot is roughly how I want it to look (with black background).
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Hi bobzero
I'm sorry but I never worked out how to get this done. I have skinned the "message writing window" by using UITweak. Maybe yours is not skinned because I've used an Energy ROM and there HTC Messaging is disabled.
At the moment I'm using Sense again with a very good looking X-mas theme. Maybe after Christmas I'll "return" to WP7.

The pocket outlook and contacts background is definied by the "gradient" color values under the registry
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Color]
There are four keys named 15, 16, 36, 37 which are the alternating left to right gradient colours. You could set all of them to a single value to get a solid background color.
I find these through a Japanese customisation software called "PocketHand"
http://smart-pda.net/isourou/pockethand/

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[THE] Manila Tabs Font Colors

I went through a lot of themes and pulled the FONT files!
Have fun!!
Special thanks to NisseDILLIGAF and this post for showing me the files.
Hope you don't mind I made a cab for the black and white to be able to uninstall easier
I haven't tested them yet, so let me know if there is a problem.
any way to get blue cabbed up as well?
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thank you!
does this work for all the tabs?
Hello,
I've try the cab files.
I put the file in the internal storage, i execute the cab, i insall in the device.
I do a soft reset, and there is nothing to change.
I've try with the 3 cab files.
Can you help me ?
thank you
Has anyone preview pictures?
I need a cab file only for the home tab, because there I change the wallpaper, so I need to change the font color.
-> the 77faa36d_manila only changes alarm font in Home tab and font Settings Tab. What is with "Calendar, Call History ..." in Home Tab?
For me, when i execute the cab ,it isn't change home tab for the text "calls","calendar", this text is white again so that i execute black cab file.
But for example when i go to message tab, the text messages are black.
i want that the text on home tab change also.
The cab changes the text in all the other screens except the Home screen. For some reason, on the contacts screen, all the text disappeared when I was using the blueish font cab. I just uninstalled it and reinstalled Manila once again. My phone doesn't like most of these cabs because my Manila always gets messed up and I end up spending the next 20mins or so uninstalling/reinstalling to get my flip clock back.
I wish there was a cab that was more (for lack of a better term) 'hotswappable' so I could change things on the fly... without uninstalling/reinstalling. You know, just go into the specific program, select what font color I want to use, hit apply (or something) and viola! I'm done and back to other things.
strongly that it is possible to have a cab file that allow to change color text Home screen because i can't to put the wallpaper that i want.
I wait with impatience.
In installed the black font cab and everything worked except for the calender tab. And for some reason my weather tab just said text at the top and didnt show any weather. So i uninstalled the cab and weather was back and the font stayed black. So my only question is how to i default my font color back when i decide to change my background to a dark color and want the white and grey default?
I have the white font cab for a back up incase but if anyone knows that would be awesome.
I got the same problem with the cabs. I installed the white cab and the weather was gone. I removed it and it was back. Also, when installed my icons under the contact person picture (such as the home, send sms, office, short cuts are gone) Thanks.
The font on some tabs is changed but TF3D keep crashing, tabs aren't loading and the soft keys are getting stuck after going on tabs.
Thanks anyway but its just not working for me
Thanks, Chris
Pictures
It would be nice to see some picture examples...
themasterhook2000 said:
It would be nice to see some picture examples...
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I totally agree with you.
Anyway, could you guys make a red color. please......
Is there a way to make the background for all the icons for TF3D the same like the home screen
Guys, did you succeed with changing home screen font? I need all the text (or at least the appointment details) to turn white. Is that possible?
This doen't work with manila 2.1.
I managed to change some text in some of the manila files but it's hard to find the right files to change...
does anybody know why these fonts are not working?
or can anybody tall me where to get these manila 2.5 files in multiple colors?
I've tried to above 3 cabs, these did not work after installing and softreset
also replacing the manila files itself did not do anything at all
Thanks a lot
HTC TOPAZ (Touch Diamond 2)
NhatHoa ROM 6.5.3.11.3 NLD 28-01-2010
Manila 2.5 1922.2911
Radio 3.45.25.21
I tried it on the stock 6.1 sprint tf3d and it didnt change the home screen but changed all the other screens to black. I just want the home screen changed black because we have a photo on there and you cant see the white text. all the other screens I want to stay white...

[Request] SMS shell

I'd love to see some sort of shell or replacement for the normal SMS app that maintained all the simple design of the default app (i.e. without Chomp's ugly iPhone clone...I didn't buy an iPhone) but allows us to change colors? I'd love for my texts to maintain the otherwise dominant scheme on the phone, i.e. white text on black background.
There are themes out there that do this, like the prodigal sun theme.
I suggest trying handcent SMS
You can use the original android style instead of Iphone style like I do.
You can change the colors of many things. You can even add a background picture to the threaded messaging screen.
Kainous said:
I suggest trying handcent SMS
You can use the original android style instead of Iphone style like I do.
You can change the colors of many things. You can even add a background picture to the threaded messaging screen.
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I gave Handcent a shot. Unfortunately, using the Android conversation style with the Black theme doesn't work very well. Take a look
I use the black theme.. But on the threaded view I have a nice picture of nature..
And the message boxes are almost transparent.. It looks beautiful..I'll try to show you a screenshot later.
Kainous said:
I use the black theme.. But on the threaded view I have a nice picture of nature..
And the message boxes are almost transparent.. It looks beautiful..I'll try to show you a screenshot later.
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I agree, Handcent is very customizable and doesn't force you to use the ugly ass iphone bubbles.
You may want to try either a rogers based ROM, or try moving the messaging app from a rogers build.. It comes with black background/white text messaging.

[SKIN] ZZ Cartoon Bubble SMS Skin v0.2 (Compose SMS Screen)

This CAB will install a skin/theme to the WM SMS screen (Compose SMS Screen ONLY!). The bubble will expand as you type, not fixed background.
Note: Tested on WVGA only.
V0.2 - dialog box now with border. So that you can use white background.
* Please uninstall V0.1 first you if you have it before.
Customize:
1) \windows\sms_compose_bubbleu.png - You can change the cartoon to whichever character you like, or it could even be yourself! Best fit with transparent background.
2) Change background color:
2a) Edit \windows\zz_compose_style.css >
body {
margin: 2px;
background-color: #000000; => edit this line to change the background color! You can refer the color code from:
* http://html-color-codes.com/
2b) Replace zz_sms_compose_tl.png, zz_sms_compose_tr.png, zz_sms_compose_bl.png, zz_sms_compose_br.png, zz_sms_compose_dot.png to the background or border color you want, using this tool:
* http://jalenack.com/roundedstage/
Good work, but hey, do link to the thread from where you learned how to do this and give credits to the original creators of this !
Livven said:
Good work, but hey, do link to the thread from where you learned how to do this and give credits to the original creators of this !
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Thanks!
I was inspired by AndyNear threaded SMS skin, and Ahen and Ganondolf SMS background. But unlike SMS background, this is more CSS than fixed background. I did the scripting myself. May be a bit raw but still is my own work.
Thx for the file. I try to edit my original compose_sms.htm without good result. Do u know what resolution of picture could be used on Rhodium? I used 480x800 resolution but only show a little part of the picture.
And I wanna white background and not black like urs. How could I do it?
TIA
Looks really nice! Cool idea!
Thank you! now the sms screen is a lot better!

[Q] MIUI skinning question

Hi All,
I have been looking for the past weeks for the following.
Nobody really replied but Vukandric, who is really busy.
Even on the Miui dev board no answer.
And I cant imagined this has not been asked before.
I am running the black (or dark as it is called) theme for MIUI.
Great, but for me 2 apps which are involving daily activities are still white.
The email-app en the calendar-app (not widget) are still white.
The calendar is white backgroud with black text, even worse, email is white back with lightgrey text.
I would like to get both apps in black background with white text.
Is this impossible? I have not seen a theme yet with this layout.
Or doesn't anybody want this.
I sure could use dome help in achieving this. What files do I need to change and where can these files be found.
Thanx to anyone trying to help in advance.
EJ
depending on whether the backgrounds are images or .xml values(?), you'd have to open up the .apk for the relevant program, find the images you wish to modify, modify them, and add them to the relevant theme.
The text however can be modified with a themes_value.xml in the relevant theme, but I know /little/ in regards to what wording is required, other than the colour being specified as #FFFFFFFF.

(Help) Need Help with a minor modification.

I posted this in the Inc2 theming section but nobody seems to be willing to give a hand so I decided to post in the general android section in hopes of more experienced themers seeing my request for help.
I usually do all my own theming for my widgets and icons but this one is giving me trouble. Could someone possibly help me out and change the RSS text from blue to white on this widget for me and resign it? I cannot for the life of me figure out how to change the text and everytime I have tried signing this it still won't install, I've tried 3 different signing tools.
Thanks in advance to anyone that's willing to help, I have done all the modding I need on this widget to get it to match the theme I'm working on, just need the text color fixed real bad.
wow, 60 views and not a single person willing to give me a hand or at least point me in the right direction?
dankblaze said:
wow, 60 views and not a single person willing to give me a hand or at least point me in the right direction?
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im looking at it right now... i dont have your device but an willing to change what is needed and upload for you, im not seeing any "BLUE" to change, all im seeing is white and black for test color references.
so you want the rss feed text in this apk, to be changed from blue to white?
can u supply a screenshot?
is your themes primary text color blue? it does use whatever color that is but can be changed.
Edit:
changed the only color reference that wasnt black or white, i changed it to white.
see if this changed anything...
ciscogee said:
im looking at it right now... i dont have your device but an willing to change what is needed and upload for you, im not seeing any "BLUE" to change, all im seeing is white and black for test color references.
so you want the rss feed text in this apk, to be changed from blue to white?
can u supply a screenshot?
is your themes primary text color blue? it does use whatever color that is but can be changed.
Edit:
changed the only color reference that wasnt black or white, i changed it to white.
see if this changed anything...
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Unfortunately it did not change the RSS feed text. The text for that won't change when theming the whole phone because the app itself has that color specified. That's why I need it changed to white.
I included 2 pictures, How it looks on the normal gray background the widget comes with and how it looks on my revised background .png
You'll see why I need white text for the glass design I made for the app. (ignore the cutoff text on the bottom, it's an issue with the widget that has been present since they released it.)
*on a side note, i am not theming any system apps or framework until the ICS build I am using hits a more stable build. This theme for right now mainly consists of my custom glass widgets and custom glass icons. Sadly this is the last one I need to make my homescreen theme complete.
Thank you very much btw for looking into this, I really appreciate it.
dankblaze said:
Unfortunately it did not change the RSS feed text. The text for that won't change when theming the whole phone because the app itself has that color specified. That's why I need it changed to white.
I included 2 pictures, How it looks on the normal gray background the widget comes with and how it looks on my revised background .png
You'll see why I need white text for the glass design I made for the app. (ignore the cutoff text on the bottom, it's an issue with the widget that has been present since they released it.)
*on a side note, i am not theming any system apps or framework until the ICS build I am using hits a more stable build. This theme for right now mainly consists of my custom glass widgets and custom glass icons. Sadly this is the last one I need to make my homescreen theme complete.
Thank you very much btw for looking into this, I really appreciate it.
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Ill give it another shot
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i took another look and all the text colors are either black or white?
it does run off an widget.xml that is your rss feeder, but have no idea how to mess with that.
sorry i couldnt be of more help

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