yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Phone 7 General] siggystyle:
Excellent!! Thanks for the path for existing icons (as I may have to go that route with a few, but I am going to see if I can get some "spicier" images first) ;)... Now, for a question that you may want to beat your head on the desk for (or mine, rather)... With your template images, how might I apply them to the PNGs that I come across?? Again, so sorry for my ignorance here, but I am just now trying to learn how to do this, and really do not know where to start... Kind of a trial and error kind of guy, but I am overly-thorough as well, so I just want to make sure I am not spinning my wheels, so to speak... Of course, the answers that I am seeking are only expected if you have the time, and/or don't mind helping a beginner get started... My results, if acceptable will be posted here to try and build up the glass icon/tile sets you have started this thread for... (with the 300+ apps that I have, I think they could really cover a lot the missing apps)... Let's just hope I can find some nice images to apply the glass effect to!! :D

-Siggy
[Windows Phone 7 General] siggystyle:
Oh, and one other thing that I forgot to mention, I understand the pixel-scaling to be pretty important... What would you recommend the best way to size the images that I collect be (kind of looking for how I might re-size an image that may be out of scale)?? I know the appropriate sizes should be tiles @ 173X173 and icons @ 62X62, but notice that you like to go a bit larger so they are scaled down?? Does this serve any purpose in maybe making the image slightly sharper, or just insuring that it is not enlarged to be fuzzy/blurry?? Would you recommend say a 200x200 and 70x70 sizing when I learn how to do this?? Would there be any problems that you would foresee if I decided on this as a template sizing for my images?? Thanks again for your help, I am currently grabbing my images and creating one heck of an app image folder for this project!! hahaha

-Siggy
[Windows Phone 7 General] tchitchicruise:
This is an example of graphic tiles..

Me I do it with photoshop:

-Load the image

-go in "edition/preference/guides, grid, and slices /"

-go in the Menu (frame) grid, put the step to 200 pixels, and subdivision 1, clear red color, and style relate continuous (see well..) then OK

..and there you will see your 6 icons appear!

"" you no longer have that to take "the rectange selection tool", select the 1st part in top left a copy/paste to a new image, then save to the format.png (for example: AppTile_HautGauche.png)

and so on... lol

for exemple:

sorry for my bad english.. ;-)
[Windows Phone 7 General] drkfngthdragnlrd:
You need either Photoshop (Paid)/Inkscape (Free), or some other app that supports transparent PNG's & layers. Than just open both my template images & the Icons/Tiles in it. Use the move tool to drag the glass layer to the Icon/Tile tab.

Video How-To using Photoshop;

[YOUTUBE]NH87ALaif_s[/YOUTUBE]
[Windows Phone 7 General] FlowerPotmen:
Cool Boobs! Are you going to post your icons here?

Thanks

FPM
[Windows Phone 7 General] tchitchicruise:
To FlowerPotmen

It's my negative transparencies tiles/icons

Here

:-)
[Windows Phone 7 General] FlowerPotmen:
Thats a cool set of icons.

Thanks

FPM
[Windows Phone 7 General] FlowerPotmen:
three more

Hi Bud,

Can you glass these 3 for me.

Thanks

FPM:D
[Windows Phone 7 General] andw93:
some android style icon pack?
[Windows Phone 7 General] 1jaxstate1:
What file do you replace to use your own background image?

I know it's photoshopped, but thought you still might know if it's possible.
[Windows Phone 7 General] tchitchicruise:
look at this..

:-)
[Windows Phone 7 General] drkfngthdragnlrd:
Here you go;

It's just not possible yet till we get full File System & Registry access. Right now we have low permission access & I believe there are hidden files in \Windows we can't see. I remember reading that WP7 was supposed to use XML type files for UI layouts like how CHome aka Titanium in WM 6.5 used CPR's, but I can't find any files like that. Otherwise they must be hidden in the EXE's/DLL's/MUI's which can't Extract/RecMod/Unsign & Sign yet.
[Windows Phone 7 General] DARCchocolate:
I cant seem to get access to my /windows folder. I can view it and everything but neither transfer methods give me access to put the tiles .png files into the /window folder. Any help. PS I am on a samsung focus.
[Windows Phone 7 General] siggystyle:
Well, it's been a few days, but in my "off" time...

Wow... Maybe it is because I am just starting at this, or haven't set up all of my macro-keys to take out some of the tedious strokes, but this was some lengthy work... As I said before, I have some 300+ apps on my WP7 device (HD7) but I have managed to knock out like 125-150 or something... I used some of the original .png images for some, but tried to find other images when I could... I do have a question though... I pretty much ran a search for image-types and likenesses, and want to upload a zip file here (especially for the help you gave me in creating them) but I am unsure of legal rights, and where they might apply... I don't want to put some of the work I did up here for people to use, if someone else can come and tell me that I stole it... Can you clarify the rights here to me (and I know that you haven't seen my files yet, but just based on the info that I gave you??) and let me know what is acceptable, and when I might have crossed a line that would make another artist/developer/or any other person angry or violated?? Sorry to post this here, and feel free to delete if necessary, but I would really like to add the collection that I have built, to give some people help/options if they are looking for it... These forums have helped me a lot, and I would like to give back, no matter how little... It was close to about 10hrs work for these too... But again, I know it is minor work, and just glad you helped me to learn something new with customizing my device!! :)

-Siggy
[Windows Phone 7 General] FlowerPotmen:
That is cool icons, pity you could'nt glass them, as all my icons have been glassed by the Master.
[Windows Phone 7 General] FlowerPotmen:
Great work Master. I will post some screen shots later. You Guy's do a fantastic job with that photoshop thing, maybe I will get my head round it one day.

Thanks

FPM. (An old bugger!)
[Windows Phone 7 General] sid8810:
Hi, i cant seem to transfer these png's to the windows folder on the device. I am using windows phone device manager. I can transfer them to the document section but not the windows section. Or doesn't it work on the Omnia 7?
[Windows Phone 7 General] FlowerPotmen:
Glassed Icons by drkfngthdragnlrd

Here's some of the Glass effect icons, as created by the Master drkfngthdragnlrd.

FPM:p

PS: Nobody noticed what additions I made in me2(Menu2)???
[Windows Phone 7 General] sid8810:
So this is really for HD7 ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] tchitchicruise:
Here are my glass Tiles/icons..

;-)
[Windows Phone 7 General] FlowerPotmen:
I hope you download these. Another Great set of Icons.

FPM
[Windows Phone 7 General] FlowerPotmen:
Well they work in the HD2 WP7. Not sure about HD7.

FPM
[Windows Phone 7 General] tchitchicruise:
Yes, these tiles/Icons are on my HD7.. no problem for that..!

;-)

and there are the same belong that precedents tiles/icons, but without the effects of negative colours..

-Negative transparencies Tiles/icons

-Tiles/icons Glasses

-Tiles/icons Unicolors Glasses (green, red, blue, grey)

Extra: my icons people 200x200

Icons Contact

;-)
[Windows Phone 7 General] drkfngthdragnlrd:
According to the developer of Advanced Configuration Tool, schaps, it works with HTC & LG devices for change icons. The tool also has some support for Samsung devices, but NOT Icon changing. Please report any problems about it not working to the developer. This thread is just a collection thread for icons. I can't help getting it working.

Nice screenshots, love the Windows & Battery Icons.

Nice work, thank you for sharing.

I do use icons I find elsewhere, but I make a lot of changes to them. Most people do when they make icon sets. The key thing is, if you can & know, try to mention the original maker. That can be somewhat impossible though as you never know if the person who posted it where you found it is in fact the original creator.
[Windows Phone 7 General] siggystyle:
Worked on my HD7 also...

Yeah, I hear you... Especially when you pull them out of a Google search... A good amount of the icons/tiles I made came from the original developers, I just used your glass templates to spice them up a bit, and give my start/home screen a little "depth"... Other images came from the various platform images, and then some were just cool looking relative art... If I zip them up and post them here, will you take a look to see if there are any (if not all) that i need to remove from the file before keeping it posted here for the long-term?? I would really appreciate it... I am going to zip them up now, and post them here in a few moments, keep an eye out, and let me know if any changes should be made, or credits given that you see as being "obvious", if you would, sir....
[Windows Phone 7 General] siggystyle:
Troubles with my Zip software, but maybe it will post anyway... 1st Batch of Glass Ti

Here they are, if my zip-ware actually compressed them, I didn't really check the compression, but it seemed minimal... (a bit too fast)... Check them out guys, and if you know of something needing to come out, please let me know...

-Siggy
[Windows Phone 7 General] drkfngthdragnlrd:
Very nice work. Just 1 thing, when adding the glass overlay, make sure it's centered. I noticed 1 of you AppIcons had the glass 1 or 2 pixels off center.

EDIT: Attached are the icons that aren't aligned properly.
[Windows Phone 7 General] siggystyle:
Off center...

I knew that would get me sooner or later... I did these kind of late at night, and the icons were tricky when I had been doing it for hrs... Can you tell me which one needs to be adjusted, and I will fix it.. :)

Oh, and do you see any reason why I might not be able to keep these posted here?? Thanks again for your help/tutorial!! ;)

-Siggy
[Windows Phone 7 General] drkfngthdragnlrd:
Yeah, it happens. I attached them above. I've had it happen to me too. It's best to zoom in when editing to make sure. Takes a little more time of course. Especially when you are doing so many. I couldn't imagine doing 300+ icons lol.

They all look fine to me.
[Windows Phone 7 General] siggystyle:
Working on them now... Thanks for the heads-up!! ;)

-Siggy
[Windows Phone 7 General] siggystyle:
Take Two... ;)

Just made some adjustments to those that you posted... I am thinking some glasses might be in my future... Either that, or I stare at em so long it gets all fuzzy... hahaha Anyway, if you notice any further changes (even to these that were "corrected") please let me know so I can fix them... I hope these help the collection, and I have plenty more to add to this group, but I think I am gonna at least take the weekend off, so prob in the next week or so!! Hope we see more styles on here too!! :)

-Siggy
[Windows Phone 7 General] FlowerPotmen:
Very nice work Siggy. Hope you post more.

FPM
[Windows Phone 7 General] siggystyle:
Thanks FPM!! Plan to, just gotta give my eyes a couple days rest... Hit the first batch a little to hard, and I had to figure em out before getting started too... Should be nicely paced from here on tho... :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ttblondey:
Why not making a thread so it's easy to access.

just my 2cents.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sid8810:
Thanks mate thats all i wanted to know, i was wondering why i couldn't change it on my omnia 7. I just wanted to see how it looks like ..even though im a WP7 purist .
[Windows Phone 7 General] sid8810:
thanks for responding :) i appreciate that..
[Windows Phone 7 General] FlowerPotmen:
No idea what this guy is trying to do? see: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1134478

FPM
[Windows Phone 7 General] jktje:
I only have one word for this and that is AWESOME!
[Windows Phone 7 General] FlowerPotmen:
Cant wait to see the next lot Siggy. Awsome

FPM
[Windows Phone 7 General] FlowerPotmen:
Icons 6.5

Hi drkfngthdragnlrd,

See attached icons 128 x 128. Can these be re-sized? I don't have the photoshop, and have no idea how to do it anyway!

Maybe of some use....

FPM:D
[Windows Phone 7 General] FlowerPotmen:
Thanks M8,

Another awsome job by the Master.

FPM
[Windows Phone 7 General] shahbhavin2001:
advanced config tool not there..

Hi all,

where is the advance configuration tool?? i am clicking on the link and it says topic does not exist.

Can anybody tell from where to download?
[Windows Phone 7 General] drkfngthdragnlrd:
Link in OP updated.
[Windows Phone 7 General] drkfngthdragnlrd:
Not exactly an XDA thing or on topic, but found an interesting Windows tweak for Media Center. I've always hated how if you mute Media Center, it mutes the system volume so you can't play music/youtube/etc in the background really. Well I found an app/shortcut "hack" that'll allow this. Download Media Center Mute & follow the instructions included. The just click the shortcut to mute/unmute Media center without effecting the system volume.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Deathadder11:
Hallo, i have a problem with installing these Icons. I can only select the application but not the application icon or tile in the application configuration tool. I tried restarts and a app-reinstall, but it doenst work yet, can someone help me?

I got a HTC HD7.(Jailbreaked and Unlocked )
[Windows Phone 7 General] tchitchicruise:
Hi!

I have too an HD7..!

try with Adanced configuration tools

;-)

You need two picture by application:

one of 200 x 200 that you rename AppTile_*.png , and a 62 x 62 that you rename AppIcon_*.png ..

me, I use this format...

;-)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Deathadder11:
Hey :) thanks for answering my post!

My problem is not the upload icons-to-> my phone.. i just cant select them with the advanced configuration tool... i can only select the app i want to "change" , but nothing happens when i "click" on the other 2 fields for selecting the two pngs. :/
[Windows Phone 7 General] FlowerPotmen:
You have to put the icons into the windows folder, as per instructions on the first thread with the tools.

FPM.
[Windows Phone 7 General] tchitchicruise:
yes, too!

+1
[Windows Phone 7 General] Deathadder11:
Hey! Yes i already did that , i just cant "browse" them ... when i click at the applist for selecting the app i want to change it works, but when i click at the tile or icon at "Select" nothing happens, i dont get a filebrowser or something to search for the icon/tile pngs....
[Windows Phone 7 General] BinarySolo:
I'm having trouble changing the tile icon of the Facebook app. With previous versions of it I had no trouble changing the icon manually, but since the 2.0 update nothing seems to work :/ I tried this tool and it didn't work either. Has anybody found a way to change the icon of the Facebook app?
[Windows Phone 7 General] drkfngthdragnlrd:
You'd have to disable the live tile push notifications. The image has been moved in the new version & is rewritten everytime you get a notification. The new file is located in "\applications\data\82A23635-5BD9-DF11-A844-00237DE2DB9E\Data\".

The file is Facebook.PhoneToken_1 or Facebook.PhoneToken_2. The number at the end of the extension may change. So far I've only seen these two used. They are still images & most like PNG's. You can open them in MS Paint/Windows Photo Viewer/Etc.
[Windows Phone 7 General] BinarySolo:
Ah that makes sense. Thanks heaps!
[Windows Phone 7 General] Dante187:
hello together. wanted to ask whether there is any possibility to get the icons on the lg e900. because nothing works with the LG E900. no access to the folder. sorry for my english. and thank you for reply.

gruss dante
[Windows Phone 7 General] drkfngthdragnlrd:
No clue, this is only a collection thread. I don't have an LG device & therefore have no clue what homebrew/oem tools exist for it.

On a side note, icons in OP updated. Added a few more Icons. Also, Advanced Configuration Utility has been updated. You can now change more of the default icons/tiles & restore to default for the default apps that are part of WP7. Please see link in OP for the updated app from Schaps. Once again, report all problems to the developer of the tool on his web site. I do NOT provide support here.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Moschino02:
Great thread OP thanks for the icons..

Since I have changed a few icons and added a new theme, everytime I send a text message it does not appear on the conversation but it does send.. Anyone else experience this??
[Windows Phone 7 General] Moschino02:
Problem solved! For some reason as I installed advanced config tools latest version it reset the date to 1981 on my phone which I did not notice.bizarre !

Just got2 little issues

Q1.why can't I change some apptile such ad adobe reader

Q2. Why ain't some of my applications that are on the start screen like notes not appear on the list for me to change?

Any advice would be gret
[Windows Phone 7 General] drkfngthdragnlrd:
I'm not sure why they don't work or show up, try asking Schaps on his site. He's the developer of the app & would be the only one who can answer you. I can tell you a work around. If there's a working file explorer for your device, which I assume there is since your were able to change other icons. Go to "\Applications\Install\BC4F3....\Install\" & replace the icon images you find in there. Note that that example is for Adobe Reader. The BC4F3 is Adobe Reader's unique id. Each app has it's own ID & maybe use different file names for their icons. Advanced Configuration Tool changes these files for you. The only app I've seen this doesn't work on is the newest Facebook App from MS. It automatically replaces the image when you have updates in your live tile. You can turn off the live tile updates, but the file is located in the "\Applications\Data\" directory instead. The data directory is download files from a server.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Fabri181818:
info change live tiles

sorry if this problem was discussed... but I search to change live tiles (like phone sms etc) but whem I recevive (p.e.) a sms... tile return original... what kind of modify I have to do?
[Windows Phone 7 General] drkfngthdragnlrd:
There's no way around this atm. It'd require editing the dll's that contain those icons, but we don't have a way to extract & sign the dll's right now. When you edit a dll, you have to unsign it first, edit it, than resign it. Without a proper cert, this isn't possible. Doubt the certs that xboxmod/chevron made would have the permissions for this & you'd end up having to hard reset your device if that happened. The only way I've seen people do this so far is on the HD2 where they have full custom ROM's.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Fmstrat:
Sorry to do a slight thread-jack, but could you point me in the direction of how this is done on the HD2? I can't find a thread about it anywhere.

Thanks,

B.
[Windows Phone 7 General] drkfngthdragnlrd:
The only way to change icons atm, is with Advanced Configuration Tool. A link to it is in my OP or to use a file explorer like TouchXplorer & replace the icons in \Applications\Install\(APP ID)\Install. The icons are usually named "ApplicationIcon.png" (Applist icon/62x62) & "Background.png" (StartScreen Tile Background/173x173). Some apps do use custom names though.

NOTE: It doesn't work in Mango due to a INTEROPSERVICES block & ACT uses INTEROPSERVICES.

The only other way is to cook the custom icons into a custom ROM as Xboxmod did with his HD2 ROM, but this is for the built in Apps. Not 3rd party apps. Also anytime a 3rd party app updates, you need to change it's icon again w/ACT.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Fmstrat:
Thanks for the info. I guess my question was more about how to actually change the icons on the HD2 ROM, I.E. if Kitchen's supported it or if it was a manual DLL hack.

Thanks,

B.
[Windows Phone 7 General] arses:
Help

Hi Dears

I need all WP7 original Icons and Icon tiles

Please guide me where I can download.

Thanks
[Windows Phone 7 General] poloche:
Hi all,

How to replace my "internet explorer" icon manually with files explorator ??? I don't know the dir where is the icon tile png !

Can you help me please and show me the dir ?

Thankx
[Windows Phone 7 General] tchitchicruise:
All .png are in my phone/application/install ..

but there are lot of ID applications... LOL

look one by one... or try with WPV XAP Deployer 1.5 if you have the .xap ..

Master drkfngthdragnlrd have you an idea, where is this .png IE..?

:-)
[Windows Phone 7 General] knightsoldier:
so i cannot figure out how to put these icons on my phone

i have the advanced config

you said i had to copy the pngs to the \windows folder?

but when my phone is mass storage mode all i find i pictures and video folders
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
:( It won't work for 7.5 Mango. Unless there is a newer version that I not aware of.
[Windows Phone 7 General] drkfngthdragnlrd:
Sorry for the late response, it's in a DLL. Only way to change it is via Custom ROM or Advanced Config, but AC is not permanent. Dynamic icons like Messaging will reset to stock after a notification.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ameedi600:
I was wondering if someone could port the simply galaxy 2.7.2 rom for the vibrant forums
[General Questions and Answers] grantith:
I'm looking for an application to adjust the color temperature of the display (not the brightness. the color temperature). There's a program for PC/Mac/Linux called F.lux that adjusts the temperature for the time of day (warm at night, and more sun-like during the day). I've been looking for something even remotely similar on Android, but no luck. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

PS, the ultimate purpose of adjusting the temperature is that the extremely blue displays many of us use in the evening (LCD TVs, computer screens, phones, etc.) can disrupt sleep patters causing insomnia at night and difficulty waking in the morning. It's not the brightness of the display that's the problem, but the temperature of the color.

[and yes, I've searched. only suggestion was a ROM for a different phone]
[General Questions and Answers] juzz86:
This is an excellent idea, the blue hue sh*ts me to tears. Had a look around but can't find anything like it. Will keep an eye here and see how you get on!

Good luck, and welcome to XDA :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mobilehavoc:
My phone no longer reboots itself or freezes. It hasn't now for over a week but what tends to happen is after about 2 days of use it starts to lag and slow down like crazy. After I reboot it, its again super fast and smooth.

Its almost like there's a memory leak somewhere that is causing this and maybe certain apps cause it more than others? All I know is this has happened twice now and a reboot makes a huge difference.

Also and not sure if this is related but my GPS stops working until I reboot too. I think it's some app I have on the phone that's hitting a bug in the OS and causing this.

Maybe if it gets bad enough it causes reboots like people have been having?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] schmit:
funny, i just realized this tonight as well. I had some probs w/ tmo service and had to do a reboot after talking to customer service. Yesterday was my last reboot. It was flying afterwards. Very noticeable.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] pettigrew95:
Follow this procedure here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1051616

This patch addresses that issue. I experienced the same thing but when I did this I no longer get it. Hope it helps!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mobilehavoc:
Bunch of people are now posting that they see issues after patching so I'm not sure I'm willing to try that yet.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] bluemoon737:
I had the same thing happen last night...GPS would not start no matter what I tried until I rebooted the phone then it worked fine. I agree, there certainly gremlins in this software.

Here's hoping something is coming soon (see my post about the new software update message!).