[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] DriveTheory:
Skinning The WM2K3 Phone Dialer Interface

This is UGLY and RAW.... but it works!

I own a Blue Angel (Cingular - Siemens SX66) & it's running Windows Mobile 2003 SE on it in Landscape Mode.

The Solution; My Solution:

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--- STEP 1: Copy & Paste / Drag & Drop (Part 1) ----

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Create a new folder on your PC somewhere and call it "Original Phone Dialer Images"

Copy over the the following Phone Dialer .gif images from the windows directory of your phone to the directory you just made on your PC:

clg_dlrbtn.gif

clg_dlrbtnd.gif

clg_dlrbtnd_land.gif

clg_dlrbtnd_sqre.gif

clg_dlrbtn_land.gif

clg_dlrbtn_sqre.gif

clg_in.gif

clg_miss.gif

clg_out.gif

dlr.gif

dlrclr.gif

dlrclrd.gif

dlrclrd_land.gif

dlrclrd_sqre.gif

dlrclr_land.gif

dlrclr_sqre.gif

dlr_land.gif

dlr_sqre.gif

ending_dlrbtn.gif

ending_dlrbtn_land.gif

ending_dlrbtn_sqre.gif

end_dlrbtn.gif

end_dlrbtnd.gif

end_dlrbtnd_land.gif

end_dlrbtnd_sqre.gif

end_dlrbtn_land.gif

end_dlrbtn_sqre.gif

hld_dlrbtn.gif

hld_dlrbtnd.gif

hld_dlrbtnd_land.gif

hld_dlrbtnd_sqre.gif

hld_dlrbtn_land.gif

hld_dlrbtn_sqre.gif

snd_dlrbtn.gif

snd_dlrbtnd.gif

snd_dlrbtnd_land.gif

snd_dlrbtnd_sqre.gif

snd_dlrbtn_land.gif

snd_dlrbtn_sqre.gif

spd_dlrbtn.gif

spd_dlrbtnd.gif

spd_dlrbtnd_land.gif

spd_dlrbtnd_sqre.gif

spd_dlrbtn_land.gif

spd_dlrbtn_sqre.gif

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--- STEP 2: ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR DATA!!!!! ----

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Once all of the image files are copied over to your pc create a .ZIP file of this directory.

If you have WinZip installed, right-click on the folder, left-click "Add to Original Phone Dialer Images.zip"

NOTE: this zip file is your backup of the original image files!!!

Once you have your ZIP file nicely tucked away where you won't lose it proceed to the fun part!

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--- STEP 3: Find your Inner Child and hand him a paint brush! ---

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Open up your favorite image editor (I used Adobe Photoshop CS2)

Load each image 1 at a time into your image editor.

Be sure to take note of the size of the button inside the image, my advice is to match it quite closely.

After you edit an image YOU MUST save it as the same file type and same name.

Once you have modified all of your images to your liking close your image editor.

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--- STEP 4: Be a 1337 HAX0R! (if only for a moment) ---

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Ok this part will require a 3rd party application, what you will need to do is kill the "cprog.exe" process. This is the Phone process.

To accomplish this I used the program "Pocket Controller-Professional 5.04", which you can download for free (demo version):

The File: http://www.soti.net/files/PCPro504Setup.exe

The Site: http://www.soti.net

Once installed, execute the program, connect to your phone.

Once connected, at the top of the Pocket Controller interface there is a horizontal "Main Menu".

On the Main Menu click "Tools", then within the Tools menu click "Task Manager"

Once Task Manager is open highlight "cprog.exe" and click the "Kill Process" button.

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--- STEP 5: Copy & Paste / Drag & Drop (Part 2) ---

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Locate the folder with all of your modified saved images & copy them back into the Windows directory on your phone, when prompted, choose "Yes to All" to overwrite the originals.

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--- STEP 6: SMILE! SMILE! SMILE! ---

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Once all the files are copied back over to your phone make a phone call & look at the nice pretty colors. Call your best friend and tell them how some wild and crazy guy just hooked you up and taught you how to tweak your phone!

Included are 2 screen shots taken using Pocket Controller's Screen Capture command. the ONLY thing i did to them was to black out my area code

(and for those paying attention, included in my list of files are more than just the dial pad files.... )

- John