Hi all, I'm interested in theming aspects of my Dialer.
Specifically, although I've used widgetlocker to customise my lockscreen to my liking, the lockscreen and answerscreen as a call comes through is still stuck with those ugly default sliders. I want to change these aspects of the system, and I've had some partial success in understanding how to change the dialer, but I'm still a little lost about where to begin with these specific resources.
Can anyone help me out?
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Hi everyone,
I'm having great difficulty in programmatically altering the current WM theme in a CESetup dll (C/C++). There seem to be a whole raft of registry values which need altering in order to reset the theme from T-Mobile/T-Mobile2 to the Windows Default. To give you an idea of what I'm on about, the one's I've tracked down so far which appear to influence it include:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\Skin
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\UseStartImage
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Color\BaseHue
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Color\SHColor
HKLM\System\GWE\SysColor
I also remove a couple T-Mobile's gifs in the \Windows dir which are removed when you switch themes through the Settings -> Today screen.
However, all these changes only seem to change *most* of the theme elements, images and colours to the Windows Defaults. The background image on the today screen and the background colour of the start menu are a couple of the obvious remnants.
I seem to have looked everywhere, but is there a simpler way to achieve a theme change, perhaps through a Windows Mobile Configuration Service Provider or some other less than obvious way? Not only would this be a benefit in actually changing the theme correctly, but hopefully it would make maintaining this dll much easier as WM versions advance.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Adrian
I Use Theme GenCE to modify or create a theme. It is very user friendly, works great and a freeware.
Download HERE
There is a tutorial on how to use Theme GenCE in the wiki...
Thanks for your reply, Reaper. I've looked over the tutorial and grabbed the program; it looks like a possibility.
However, I really wanted to avoid creating a theme; after all, I simply want to invoke the Windows Default, which I understand is stored on ROM. I am however running out of options and time; creating a theme to emulate the Windows Default theme may be the easiest and quickest way out of this, although it seems ridiculous that it's this difficult to change the theme to the default programmatically.
If anyone's got any other suggestions I'm all ears. Also, if anyone has any suggestions as to where to acquire all the parts required to build such a theme to emulate the Windows Default theme (such as background images, colour schemes) I'd be grateful too.
The only other solution I can think of is to enumerate all registry keys, and all files on the filesystem, prior to changing themes through the settings menu, and again afterwards, and doing a diff of the two, so I can see exactly what needs changing. However, even this isn't ideal, given that hardcoding all these locations isn't easy to maintain, and there are so many keys and files that need changing.
I'm really struggling to believe there isn't a simple one-stop switch to revert to default...
Hey i was wondering im new can i change the theme without rooting the phone. Such as battery color and toolbar and menu colors and icon images? i heard of PANDAHOME? Does this program do what i listed for changes? if not what app or way will it work
I am not aware of any apps available that support more theme-ing than the launcher. All of the things that you would like to change are only possible through rooting your phone.
i was wondering on if/how i could change a few settings perhaps by tweaking some databases. i want to remove the ringtone fade-in, and perhaps change a few color schemes. also, with the install "stock lockscreen" as an option, could i modify this file to create my own lockscreen without the problems of 3rd party lockscreen apps have? i've also done some searching but i guess it doesn't exist, but i'll ask anyway, is there hupsa or screen notifications for froyo? thanks for whomevers time.
I've seen several of you asking for it, so I figured i'd let you all know what the holdup is. I'm working on creating an AOSP lockscreen for DL30 that will make future theming much easier. If I can get it working like I want here is what it will do.
currently if you download a theme with an aosp lockscreen you need to get an android.policy.jar file from that themer to change to puzzle lock so that it doesn't break any theme elements when you flash it. Same with if you want an aosp lockscreen that will or won't unlock with the menu key.
What i'm trying to do is create one android.policy.jar file that uses the AOSP lockscreen with no menu unlock by default. you will be able to change these features by creating files in the /data/local folder called "enable_glasslock" to enable the puzzle or glass lock and disable aosp, or one called "enable_menukey" to enable the menu button to unlock the screen. all without flashing a new android.policy.jar. If I'm able to create this, and it becomes the standard for custom themes, then there will be no more having to download multiple themes to choose which lockscreen you want. If i'm missing something and this has already been done, please let me know and point me in the right direction...
Once this is done i'll be able to easily make the Blackmod Enhanced theme for DL30, and you'll be able to easily switch between lockscreens without having 4 downloads to choose from.
Thanks for the good word. Looking forward to it.
sent using froyo facinate super clean style
Thank You
Yes me to, I am really looking forward to it. I like the "smaller AOSP lock screen, one theme I had it was huge, the one I am on now is smaller and I like it. I wish I could do all this from scratch. I want dark keypad, little blue refresher icon, love the colorful sd card when it reads, the circle with percent battery, although the gauge was cool too, and when I hook the usb to pc instead of the sound it has now I would add the Star Trek sound when it says connected.
One thing cool I noticed this time I am able to change the phone, browser, and drawer icons! I did not notice that on any other version, that is awesome. Green Lanter for browser.
Dude you rock, thanks again!!!
I know my way around rooting and I've customized a lot of devices over the years, but this is my first Samsung (S10). I know how to change to any number of other alternate dialer apps, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to get rid of the rainbow background on incoming calls! Enlighten me!