better keyboard skin - Android Themes

hi everybody!
im trying to make a skin for better keyboard, although i have no experience so i extracted a few skins to see if i can figure something but i got more confused, can someone help me with making a skin please?!
what i want is a kinda new theme, so maybe i can even edit one of the available skins and replace my style images.... i want it only for pesonal use and i dont mean to publish this themed file of mine so i guess it's ok with copyright stuff...

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320X320 (i780) Themes for SPB Mobile shell 2.1

I need to thank g00ndu first
thank you very much for your time & effort!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2257501&postcount=40
I attempt to have revised a few new theme,May still have a few problems , hope that everybody can like it.
btw: i have a question to Time, In the time that the angle demonstrates on left, I do not know how to revise(format,color.. etc..), can anybody tell me if you can, thanks first.
http://www.fs2you.com/files/8ba3cb0c-4b4c-11dd-ab09-00142218fc6e/
http://www.fs2you.com/files/117412f0-4b4d-11dd-96df-001143e7b41c/
No 3
http://www.fs2you.com/files/d105a0f5-4b58-11dd-958c-0014221f4662/
No4
http://www.fs2you.com/files/35601bba-4b59-11dd-9270-00142218fc6e/
No 5
http://www.fs2you.com/files/a15c355e-4b4e-11dd-9f38-001143e7b41c/
No 6
http://www.fs2you.com/files/f81223ee-4b4f-11dd-8b07-001143e7b41c/
No 7
http://www.fs2you.com/files/0074dce1-4b51-11dd-9236-0014221f4662/
NO 8
http://www.fs2you.com/files/4c7e118a-4b51-11dd-926f-001143e7b41c/
Very nice skins indeed! I like it!!
For the contacts and MRU, I have also done a 3x5 instead of 4x4. Though it is 1 less cell (15 vs 16) the layout for the 3x5 is very much cleaner.
Check this out.
From your skin I see that you are also using SPB Phone Suite. I believe someone had done up a Diamond skin (qVGA though) in the SPB2.1 theme thread. You may want to check that out.
As to your question on the time color, perhaps you can pm Greatbal? He is the guru in SPB MS2.1 theme and skin.
Great job!!
Hey Michelle, Great work!! i'll add to my collection. Just a note thou that theme No3 the link could be wrong.
Can some1 port the windows mobile 7 theme for i780 plsssss..
Thanks!!
Cutefox said:
Hey Michelle, Great work!! i'll add to my collection. Just a note thou that theme No3 the link could be wrong.
Can some1 port the windows mobile 7 theme for i780 plsssss..
Thanks!!
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oh my god.... i'll fix link late
Thanks for the warning
No 9
http://www.fs2you.com/files/44b6257a-4b57-11dd-8bae-0014221f4662/
very good job.. works greate in real vga
grat work,expect i dont have a sqare display
no5 looks a bit photoshopy...like the window when you run newer versions of photoshop,but it looks good
are you placing backgrounds in a folder or do you use an app to change them
if just placing would it be more simple to post only backgrounds instead of whole themes
there is nobody that can do a skin like that in real vga for the samsung?
i try to change the backgrond but i can't do
http://www.actualitemobile.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1654.0;attach=6970
Michelle - well done!!
another skinner for i780! I agree that g00ndu has started it and I am very greatful for his great work. In addition, since he/she is very helpful, other skinners (like yourself and bobsbbq) have started making other skins.
I believe that there is also another skinner here on the forum (although he made skins in native mode (320x320 and without RealVGA)) who deserves respect.
Respect to you all guys/girls.
rgds,
\tilleke
Niccolo said:
there is nobody that can do a skin like that in real vga for the samsung?
i try to change the backgrond but i can't do
http://www.actualitemobile.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1654.0;attach=6970
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You need to change bkg pic has gone
ms_bkg_now.dat . do it!
tilleke said:
Michelle - well done!!
another skinner for i780! I agree that g00ndu has started it and I am very greatful for his great work. In addition, since he/she is very helpful, other skinners (like yourself and bobsbbq) have started making other skins.
I believe that there is also another skinner here on the forum (although he made skins in native mode (320x320 and without RealVGA)) who deserves respect.
Respect to you all guys/girls.
rgds,
\tilleke
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So who is this skinner? cause I'm looking for no-RealVGA skin for my Sammy, and so far all I found are Real-VGA based
fbifbi said:
So who is this skinner? cause I'm looking for no-RealVGA skin for my Sammy, and so far all I found are Real-VGA based
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His name is Jolpiej, or something like that. He was skinning for the 240 x 240 Treo screen, which can be used in the i780 without RealVGA (remember 96dpi vs 128 dpi).
Go such for the SPB MS 2.1 Skin thread, and search for square theme, you will be able to find him.
Unfortunately, believe he is busy nowadays, and dun see him much on line.
Hope that helps.
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You need to change bkg pic has gone
ms_bkg_now.dat . do it!
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i try to do that
i change only the Separator2 that is the background correct?
but i don't know why it doesn't works..
i have to change other files?
I won''t go into details anymore, but it's not so easy to change qvga theme into a square theme, with or without realvga.
You will need to edit the xml files, which is found in the qa_layout.dat.
You will also need to do some photoshop (example, changing the icons, background from 240 px to 320 px.
The difficult part is where to begin. I remembered how I did it. First off, get a theme and run it. Check where the out of positions are and also take note of the different icons. Also, study the xml structure, it contains a lot of pixel coordinates. I did not change the structure of the xml files, only the coordinates in the beginning. Only when I am familiar with the structure that I begin to change some of the settings.
Also start with the easiest xml file to edit, to gain confidence. I believe it should be the Home.xml.
Try it, as a saying say " Rome wasn't build in a single day". Be prepared to soft reset many times, I believe my was about more than 200 times before I finally managed to do it.

[Skin][Updated][QVGA-VGA-WVGA] HTC skin for SMS-Chat

This is my firs attemp to create a full skin.
Hope you like it!
I have to do the message preview grafics, meaby tomorrow! DONE!
First you have to choose wich skin use, there 2 version of gray.bmp (you have to tray it to choose)
the spash.bmp is the same in the two zip file, peak one of them
in the HTC SKIN 2.zip theres the gray_alert.bmp, is the message preview
take this 3 .bmp files and put in ..\Program Files\VITO\SMS-Chat\Skins\Bin (overwrite the existing file, make a backup first) then restart sms-chat
HTC Skin.zip -------- First realise
HTC Skin 2.zip ------ some little change, and the message preview! (Thumbnails at the bottom, black top bar)
HTC Skin 3.zip ------ New Gray.bmp, with new button and top bar (gray top bar)
Thanks to oscarbum for his help!
is it possible to make an iphone skin with the chat bubbles?
Looks great! Trying it now...
Thank you!
WOW! Look really cool ! how s about VGA version ?
zkush said:
is it possible to make an iphone skin with the chat bubbles?
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It is theoretically possible, but the bubbles would all be the same color, which kind of defeats the purpose. Plus, if the text is more than one line, it won't look very good.
Needless to say, I've already tried it.
Finally a good look for this bad looking app. THNX!
this is great, thanks for this.
littlerain said:
WOW! Look really cool ! how s about VGA version ?
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i dont now if it work on VGA... i dont have a VGA device...
can you try my skin, i dont find any other grafics, so i think it work.
someone now how to change the font color?
this is exactly what ive been lookin for, but do you plan on releasing a black version with white font? been lookin for that ever since i found out about sms chat
What I would love to go with this is a iphone like SMS popup (see picture). Or something similar but with a HTC style. One of the main puposes that I use this for is the notifications. I love this theme!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the theme, i'm thinking to make my own theme, what graphic editor should i use ? i can't open your file with Paint.NET
FunContact
Great Skin, Love how it makes it more HTC original. Can you please make one for FunContact?
I LOVE the black theme, but i work a lot moving around and the black background makes reading the screen hard.
Cheers,
paul
Great skin here. Thanks for sharing.
humanjoy said:
Thanks for the theme, i'm thinking to make my own theme, what graphic editor should i use ? i can't open your file with Paint.NET
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I used Adobe Photoshop to modify the image, Adobe Fireworks to put all together, and photoshop again to create the bmp
(The bmp MUST be 16bit R5 G6 B5)
Paul_Days said:
Great Skin, Love how it makes it more HTC original. Can you please make one for FunContact?
I LOVE the black theme, but i work a lot moving around and the black background makes reading the screen hard.
Cheers,
paul
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I dont have funcontact... but if you post the original image i can modify it!
TheDude1120 said:
this is exactly what ive been lookin for, but do you plan on releasing a black version with white font? been lookin for that ever since i found out about sms chat
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I have do not have plan on the black version... meaby i will do in 2\3 days...
Great skin - thanks a lot for sharing!
is it possible to creat skin in MW 7 style?
Best,
- Konstantin
gfandrea said:
I have do not have plan on the black version... meaby i will do in 2\3 days...
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thats cool, i look 4ward to it lol

Howto make a Mobile Phone like skin ?

Hello People, sorry for the bad title i couldn't think of another.
My name is xiq and i've been on this forum since 1-2 years, because I really appreciate the tools etc. =)
I'm looking for a way to make something like a more advanced skin for my wm phone.
I have a Eten M800 with a VGA display (not very good), and a Palm Treo 750 with a square display.
Well i really think that the Treo's not really good dressed with Windows Mobile's Appearance, so i want to make a more standard skin, something very basic.
I thought about something like this:
i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt185/xrlsky/home.png
Home Screen
i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt185/xrlsky/menu.png
Menu Version A
i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt185/xrlsky/menu_alternative.png
Menu Version B
Icons © by "Zerode.com", i just used them for a quick "sketch"
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As you can see, it's not really so mad about touch like most projects, i don't want to center on a yank-a-doodle-dandee
Maybe someone want to team up with me?
I'm a experient Designer, as you can see on photobucket,
I'm also the guy behind the XeBoy Advance skin (v0.4 upwards)
I'm just not the fittest at programming...
Does any of you guys know of an easier way to realize this?
come on people, 200 views and no idea?
FIY, i don't want to find a skin, I want to make one, just a simple clue would be awesome =)
Moved to correct section for more coverage.
bumpedy bump still interested
well, it's been some time, but i'm still bumpin'
Hello sir my name is not Trekfan422991 but that is my username and i have what you are looking for...
the program you should use to achieve this skin is called
THROTTLE LAUNCHER..
with a little XML. you can design any kind of Theme your little heart can imagine...
this theme you are asking about would be sooooo!! super easy to code....
i can either do the coding for you...
or even some GRaphics ... i am a graphic designer...
take a look at one of the beautiful popular themes i ahve made for peoples phone .....
HERE
i would be happy to partner up with you to bring this theme to your device..!!!
i realized that your Eten M800 has a joystick and you post says your not looking at the touchscreen aspect of the theme....
so if you want to use the joystick for navigating the theme if i make it in throttle launcher .. will not be possible... you will still need to use the touchscreen to navigate the theme
Try ThemeGenCE its great for starters (well I'm still using it )

iphone style theme

Hi guys I was wondering if there is an iphone style theme out there. Dock, icons and more?
if you have may you please point me to some thank you
Erichhart said:
Hi guys I was wondering if there is an iphone style theme out there. Dock, icons and more?
if you have may you please point me to some thank you
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i have seen one but i never had luck finding it, but why would u want an iphone theme ...androids da bestt
I keep changing things around lol. Im not a fan of the android theme. Although Im in love with the slide contacts, dialer and most other things. if only knocked senseless worked faster

Stock Style Beautiful Widgets Superclock Skin!

Stock Style Beautiful Widgets Super Clock Skin I made, should be able to get it through the app soon.
Unzip and place in sdcard/data/beautifulwidgets/scskins
Enjoy.
Nice work, keeping with the theme I like it.
-smc
How about a clone of htc clock? Would greatly appreciate it.
suzook said:
How about a clone of htc clock? Would greatly appreciate it.
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Not mine but, heres one.
Beautiful Widgets: HTC Sense UI Skin
Woah nice job! I would totally use this, although lately I've been running without the superclock, due to the fact that there's already a clock on the lock screen and the top right corner. But wow, you don't see alot of skins of this quality within the BW app! Nice!
One thing I've been looking for is a superclock skin with the same font as the D3 lock screen. My fave font! Modern and simple.
mmcgee91 said:
One thing I've been looking for is a superclock skin with the same font as the D3 lock screen. My fave font! Modern and simple.
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Do you know the name of the font used? or where i could look in the system dump to find it? I can make one using that font.
Edit: Nevermind I Found It.
gabeevans88 said:
Do you know the name of the font used? or where i could look in the system dump to find it? I can make one using that font.
Edit: Nevermind I Found It.
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Heres a new one with the same font that is used on the lockscreen. Enjoy!
Not bad, are the skins hard to make? I've been thinking about making my own BW Skins and Themes. Just don't know if I have the patience to bust out Photoshop working so much.
wootizzle said:
Not bad, are the skins hard to make? I've been thinking about making my own BW Skins and Themes. Just don't know if I have the patience to bust out Photoshop working so much.
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It pretty much depends on what you are doing, this took me about 3 hours because of the level of detail involved, I took the system dump, extracted the apk files until i found the .9.png that was used for the widget backgrounds, and i copied every single line and gradient down the pixel, so that takes a while. But many of my others where fairly simple. It also depends on your level of skill with Photoshop and you knowledge of the tools, I've been using Photoshop for many years, so I'm very familiar with it.
Plus loading it on the phone every time you make a small change can be a little annoying at times...
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It pretty much depends on what you are doing, this took me about 3 hours because of the level of detail involved, I took the system dump, extracted the apk files until i found the .9.png that was used for the widget backgrounds, and i copied every single line and gradient down the pixel, so that takes a while. But many of my others where fairly simple. It also depends on your level of skill with Photoshop and you knowledge of the tools, I've been using Photoshop for many years, so I'm very familiar with it.
Plus loading it on the phone every time you make a small change can be a little annoying at times...
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I'll give it a try eventually, lol.. I've got 6 years experience as a freelance designer and developer. I've just gotten to the point where if it isn't making me money I don't like to open up the programs.
This is now available to download from the application! I have also created a gingerblur toggle skin to match, which is also available! Enjoy!
Thank you so much for the skin. It looks great!
1 question though. My weather skin is still in stock and doesn't look like the one you are posting.
Would you mind posting your weather skin as well?
Thanks!
travisyeung said:
Thank you so much for the skin. It looks great!
1 question though. My weather skin is still in stock and doesn't look like the one you are posting.
Would you mind posting your weather skin as well?
Thanks!
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The weather skin is downloadable through the app, its not made by me its & called tick, sorry i forget to mention it.

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