yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bigray327:
pcarvalho, nice work. I like your skins, and am awaiting the clock layout fix. Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mackaby007:
Many Thanks

Great stuff Robodad. Thank you very much.;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Hugo381:
Is there a way to change the Browse Files to open Resco File Explorer instead of the stock File Explorer?

Maybe also how to make one of the 9 icons a direct fuction to Browse Files but opening up Resco File Explorer so I dont have to go to Tools and then Browse Files? I use that function a lot and would rather have one of those 9 icons a direct hit to Resco but in the Browse File style where I can choose a directory and then it opens up Resco. Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] decknologist:
You can add Resco to your tools page.

From NOW launcher: Settings > Customize Menu > Highlight 'Tools' > Menu > Add > Link > Resco File Explorer > Done > Done

I use Resco a lot and find it is easier to set it to the right-hand hard key. This can also be done using Mobile Shell. The today tab in the settings has options to assign the left and right soft key.

In order to assign one of the launcher icons I believe you would have to edit one of the xml files in the layout .dat file. I do not know how to do this but someone may be able to advise . . .

[Thanks to everyone contributing to this exceptionally informative thread and for all the hard work done by the hackers]
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] abumhmmd1:
nice Themes .............

done by MaxMotus

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=378802

CAB by AllTheWay

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2046544&postcount=27

also LNK >> http://www.4shared.com/file/41583110/1916a9d1/MM_cab.html

Enjoy ....... :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] decknologist:
Thanks

It wouldn't have been possible without MaxMotus' files. Thank you.

I am struggling to find images that work though. I assume it is something to do with depth of the .bmp being 8? I just got lucky with the wave image. Thanks to Mr Vi for the working layout .dat file though (available in this thread). I was struggling with trying to modify MaxMotus' MM-shell files due to the 5 tab NOW (I have no previous knowledge of working with .dat or xml either).

Great work by all the guys modding this application though. It's a good learning experience for me too!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] wlluo:
Any chance to share the wave background image?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
hi there... back again...

what best then a small how to fix the layout...

get q*_dclock_modern.dat (and make it into .zip 1st)

open index.xml that is inside it..

there you will find a line that contains margins and the values...

there are 11 values... 1 for each digit and one for the :

so make it like this if all chars are the same width... else adjust ;)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<skin name="ModernDClock">

<items>

<item id="ModernDClock" class="MODERNDCLOCK">

<Bitmap Name="Face" Image="face.bmp" Mask="face_m.bmp"/>

<Bitmap Name="Digits" Image="digits.bmp" Mask="digits_m.bmp"/>

<String Name="Margins" Value="0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"/>

<Rect Name="TimeRect" X="0" Y="5" Width="0" Height="0" />

<Rect Name="DateRect" X="0" Y="45" Width="0" Height="0" />

<Rect Name="DigitRect" X="0" Y="0" Width="26" Height="43"/>

<Rect Name="AMPMRect" X="0" Y="10" Width="0" Height="0"/>

<Font Name="AMPMFont" Face="Tahoma" HeightPxl="11" Bold="n"/>

<Font Name="DateFont" Face="Tahoma" HeightPxl="13" Bold="y"/>

</item>

</items>

</skin>

save revert and send to pda.. done

other values can be modded here to, just read what each one does (AM/PM Place&Font&Size or Date for instance)..

now i'll try to make color background work..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
the major problem is that ms2 uses the mask (instead of main) for the aplication background, so it can change acording to theme colors and make a screenshot of that to change the today screen, its a good idea but it only works with some pics (and only one color tone)... i'm working on this now... hope to get it working or at least make a new adaptation...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] decknologist:
Here you go. Customised for the .dat file. A ql and a qp image in 8 bit. Plus the original in QVGA to use as a today screen if required.

Respect to the original photographer. I do not know where I got this image.

[Background_m.bmp & Background.bmp goes in the ql_bkg_now.dat and _Background_m.bmp & _Background.bmp goes in the qp_bkg_now.dat (but must have the _ at the beginning removed first - Password for encryption is b0fm18zq - just in case anyone wasn't paying attention]

* Also remember to back up your files before making any changes in the event you make a balls-up *
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] asefsef:
YEA! found out how to get full color background!!

[/URL][/IMG][/URL][/IMG][/URL][/IMG][/URL][/IMG]Hey guys, i did a real dirty trick to change the background to woteva full color picture u like, heres a screenie, i'm posting up the info rite now.

update:

so far, doing this is pretty easy, change the separator2 and its mask to 240x320. make the mask all white. Then put whateva image u like into the separator2 bmp.

if u miss the separator, just photoshop the separator back into the file. (thats not cheatin! >< hehe, it IS the separator layer after all.)

anyway, im workin on the other screens.

not fully completed yet. but heres the wip

this file gives you what i have here.. not on other pages yet. im just excited to share this asap.

be patient i'll post full info wen i figure out the whole thing
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
nice one... i was trying a similar trick using the bottom bar skin for fun...

we lose the separator but this one works just fine cause we can make more separators ;)

now all i would need is bottom bar removal, but the more i play... the more i think its the engine that doesn't allow :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mazz0310:
I've done that and that gives me the icon, but it doesn't link it to the games folder, I can add each game individually but I wanted it to just go right to the games folder like a shortcut.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] asefsef:
[/URL][/IMG]no you won't loose the separator, just layer the separator in that background. since it IS that separator file. (if u get wot i mean lol.

well in short, u don't HAVE to loose the separator
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] asefsef:
we can already remove the bottom bar cant we?

its just that wen i did it, the bottom doesn't slide like the rest.

meh, i dont mind it now, cos i use gestures (ftouchsl) to launch 4 important apps, and soo just use the bottom buttons to switch around.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] asefsef:
now if only we have animated backgrounds...

thats the whole reason i have a SE phone as well. how i envy animated backgrounds, makes the phone look much more alive!

b4 u reply, winmo can't do it. on today, yes, but not behind the plugins and text. and s2u2 is jus the lock screen...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] asefsef:
need your opinion guys

[/URL][/IMG]

Which one looks better?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hoyoyo80:
Hi to all!!! im new in this forum.

anybody know if it is possible to replace spb contact button to point to other contact application such as fun contact?

@ceoprez

a few page back there is a *link* that nearly summarize the step.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] luiggi:
Very nice

Thanks a lot!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] asefsef:
hey guys, how do i link the top left (email icon) to my hotmail account instead of the outlook account?

"showing unread mails in hotmail account..."
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] asefsef:
analog screen attempt

hey guys, here my attempt at the analogue.

[/URL][/IMG]

any suggestions on how to remove that grey line just above appointments?

i've tried all the line opacity changes...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] csjneek:
WOW!!!

that looks great!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mackaby007:
Excellent work

Haha..brilliant work my friend...you da man!! Thank you.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
well we cant... cause if it doesn't slide like the rest... it's because it's still there ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] DvTonder:
YES! Thank you!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
remove SeparatorY or Separator2Y (this one no cause its the background) or SingleLine and it should vanish ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] asefsef:
heres a lil thing i'd like to share...

thanx so much for the feedback guys!

thanx for that tip on the grey line removal.

well heres a shot with a diff layout..

you get this by having no life.. jk jk

you get this by moving the separator to y=0 and extend the plugin's

[/URL][/IMG]

now can someone help me with the email icon thing to monitor a different account? "e.g. hotmail account instead of outlook"
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gfreek:
Excellent find asefsef:) you've been working overtime!!! thanks! Now it's just of question of having this colour background on all screens, I guess it's just case of editing the xml files in qa_layout.dat???
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] asefsef:
help with the email icon pls - solved, no prob in first place !
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gfreek:
Let me re-phrase credit to you in finding and tricking MS to display full colour background!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] miloszz:
Anyone tried to customize second (and further) level icons? Like in Organizer or Messaging menu? I'd like to do it, but I can't find nice looking icons :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] asefsef:
@gfreek, i think the other screens u can try add a separator to get the background, or as someone mentioned trick the bottom bar?

im sure theres a bmp linked by the other pages, where u can modify to full size and do the same. havn't looked into it yet..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
what is the program that is executed to "watch" hotmail?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
just add a separator to those pages... i already said how in some previous post here...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] asefsef:
what do you mean? like hotmail account's added by msn messenger. i can have that account synced auto. no outlook. so instead of that top left messages notification icon showing no new msgs in outlook email account, i'd be happy if it showed new msg's in the hotmail account.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fablife:
Love the Alien Round Launcher icons

Hey Jac,

Im diggin the launcher icons - is there a way for me to install just those icons? I have the cab you shared but what would installing that over my existing setup do?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mogul mogul:
I changed out my contacts program for PocketCM - by deleting the existing, adding a new item of the same name and pointing it to pocketcm - and it picked up the windows icon designation for the program. I think mobile shell is just referring to the native icons in that case, just like in the recently used menu.

Congrats to the guys figuring out how to change the background and whatnot - looks like were pretty close to being able to configure all the fun stuffs, now we just need a configurator we can dump image files into that spits out DAT files the other side!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] OnceAMatrixMan:
Yes!!! I can see how hacking is so cool for those that are savvy enough, but why did SPD make it sooooo difficult to tweak this util?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gfreek:
colour background on all screen?

Not sure what you mean by this:-/ my xml editing skills is very rudimentary, but I tried editing this class definition in qa_layouts.dat xml's: <Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.GradBackground" Name="Background"> (changed to Separator2)

<Int Name="NoBackgrd" Value="0"/> doesn't seem to work also tried adding the separator2 bmp in the qp_menu_btn.dat again no luck:( any pointers as to where I should look or going wrong?

*****Update: PLEASE IGNORE POST PROBLEM SOLVED!*****:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jac:
Here Is Another Share! Hope It Helps...

Many thanks go to RoboDad! For: Backgrounds, layouts, icons and clock!!!

NC for the Simple Black Icons!!

I've seen many questions on getting the 9-Launcher to show up correctly, so I've taken the liberty of making a couple (.cab) files to help give back to this excellent group here!

Both Cab's have the register hacks needed to allow the 9-Launcher and have the correct names and icons associated with them.

1ST .cab has the 9Th Icon used for File Explorer (applications)

2ND .cab has the 9Th Icon used for Games (applications)

PS: I've only tested out on Hermes 8525. Keep in mind if your using cab files for changing layouts, that you remove old cab first, install new cab file, then reboot. (Just a precaution to avoid troubled reboots)

You may want to back up Mobile shell 2.0 just in case you want to return to it's original state.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jac:
Yes it would overwrite your existing setup. If you just want to change the icons on the 9-Launcher pad, just extract the qp_menu_btn.dat file and insert here: (\program file\spb mobile shell\qp_menu_btn.dat)

Here is the file....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
i mean... does outlook monitor hotmail? if not... how can one see mails?

i have seen in the program references to outlook... if someone can explain how hotmail is checked maybe i can see if its possible...

i have a hotmail account but never bothered to see mails on my pda...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RoboDad:
Looks nice, jac! Just FYI, I've updated the Alien Round clock, to take advantage of the recent index.xml discovery (thanks, pcarvalho! I can't believe I didn't look there before!). The new version has the same digits, but much improved spacing. I've attached the new files for anyone who wants them. Also, for anyone who is interested, the digits really are semi-transparent toward the top. It doesn't show up well against the moon background, but I've attached a screenshot of a color background I'm experimenting with that shows it off a bit more.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] luiggi:
Not exactly outlook...

The way the mail service is set up in MS2 references tmail.exe, if you have no email account set up yet, the top left icon goes by default to the outlook account, if you set up your Hotmail account this icon will lead you to Hotmail, now if you have more than one email account set up the count under the icon will display the total of no read emails in all accounts, and the icon will lead you to the first account you had set up.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jac:
Thank you RoboDad... I was playing with a Now Screen Layout by asefsef, where the mail and phone icons were at the very top, while adding your clock and a few other thinks...But quickly realized I'm missing the proper photo editing software...:confused: Is Photoshop the only program that works with those .bmp files?

Like.....

(Secondary.bmp is an one example of the several I can't open like other .bmp files.)

I have to use Adobe Acrobat or Quicktime Photo viewer to see .bmp files.

Is there any freeware that will do the same job?

Any feedback is very welcome!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fablife:
perfect thanks jac much appreciated
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mackaby007:
I tried different editing suites too, but finally switched to photoshop and all is now accessible.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] str8spd2001:
Thanx for the tip. Last question....how do I put it back into the .dat file? Is there a specific program that I use? hanx again.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] asefsef:
i meant like, you see that icon at the top left, among the three notifications "unred email, unread sms, missed calls"

right now, unread emails show new emails in my outlook account, not 'Hotmail' account.

thanks for helping me btw
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mackaby007:
Thank you.

Still tinkering with graphics etc, but loving the coloured backgrounds and new layouts!:) Thanks to pcarvalho, Robodad, Citats, asefsef, senator and many others who have contributed.

You guys make Spb what it should have been. Thanks again.

Here's my file based on these gurus work...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lepsyfou:
It's beautifull now screen...:) thanks again
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mshnayde:
It seems that everyone is designing themes for the 9 buttons on the screen.

1. I kind of still prefer to have the 6 buttons on the launcher screen and the most recent ones on top. Does anyone have some customized icons and backgrounds for the original setup? Thanks.

2. Maybe I am missing something, but what is the advantage of having the 9 buttons. Seems that you have to make another click in order to access your most commonly used programs.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mackaby007:
Hi. What you're missing is that there now exists a 4 page layout, of which one page is strictly for your most commonly used apps (shortcuts)...exactly like the few 'on-top' in the original layout, but with more shortcuts (12 - 16 I think).

The 9 menu layout allows you to have access to all parts of your apps without needing endless pages in any one category....therefore streamlining the efficiency in how easily 'all' your apps accessible with less 'clicks' in all. Hope that helps a little.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] caretaker22:
Hi,

I tried installing with the cab and i end up with only eight icon? I even uninstall mobile shell and install it again, but still i only get 8 icons. Strange... do anyone know what causing the problem...

One more thing, why didn't spb company made the spb menu part of the TODAY SCREEN, where's that option.... SPB made a BOO BOO!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mackaby007:
Updated::)....including new icons courtesy of our Russian friends.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Hugo381:
For those interested:

I managed to make one of the 9 icons into a straigh shot to the Browse File function on SPB Mobile Shell using Resco File Explorer for after clicking any directory.

I went into the registry and copied and pasted all the registry files from:

HKLM/Software/SPB Mobile Shell 2/SPB Mobile Shell/Menu/Root/Tools/Browse Files

into:

HKLM/Software/SPB Mobile Shell 2/SPB Mobile Shell/Menu/Root/File Explorer (or whatever you want to name your 9th Icon)*

*this folder on my device was the one created by lepsyfou for Games, so what I did was just changed the name of the Root folder and also the "text" and "type" string values to "File Explorer". So in essence I am just converting the Game folder to File Explorer and changing the String Values to File Explorer and then copying and pasting the files from the Browse Files folder into this "File Explorer Folder".

Now all this gives you the Browse Files function straight to the 9th Icon (I did it this way cause I wanted to make it easy on myself since Im not profficient in editing Registry by creating my own values).

Next (since I never use the stock File Explorer) I copied my Resco File Explorer ".exe" into the Windows directory and renamed it "fexplore.exe" replacing the stock File Explorer (you can always revert this by deleting this new ".exe" and the ROM file will be restored on its own).

I also copied all the rest of the files in the the "Program Files/Resco File Explorer" folder to the "/Windows" directory in order to get Resco File Explorer to work (most are .dll files)

Voila! I got my 9th Icon to work exactly as if going to TOOLS/Browse Files without HAVING TO go there and also OPENING RESCO FILE EXPLORER RATHER THAN THE STOCK fexplore.exe

You could probably do this to get YOUR favorite file explorer by doing the steps above but copying all the files from your /Program Files/(Fav. Explorer) folder to the /Windows directory and renaming the ".exe" of your "Fav. Explorer" to "fexplore.exe" into the /Windows directory.

HOPE THIS IS ALL NOT TOO CONFUSING BUT I HAD NO OTHER WAY OF DOING IT AFTER ASKING FOR HELP. HOPE YOU GET IT WORKING.

ps: Im no computer GURU so sorry for the shortcuts in doing things.

Thanks to lepsyfou and MaxMotus for your work since my theme is made from Half and Half of your work hehe.

OH YEAH DONT FORGET TO SOFT RESET YOUR PHONE "DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND REMEMBER TO BACK UP YOUR REGISTRY IF NOT SURE OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING"
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] oyegaurav83:
Hi,

anybody figured out how to get menu laucher on now screen..

this is how my screen looks like.. also i am attaching my lockscreen.xml ...

if possible anybody can find what i am doing wrong..

my feeling is that it is because of menu icon size.. will try increasing it in next attempt...

edit: just checked.. made single row with bigger menu icons... but still no result... :( may be something to do with tab defination in main.xml.. spb.data.launcher.. but nothing in lockscreen tab.. will check it out again.. :)

Edit:

Done!!

Now the only problem is icons.. they are bigger then that can be accomodated... is it possible to reduce their size in qp_menu_button??

i would like size of 50.. i dont know how to use photoshop (dont have it installed).. can someone make those for me..

and also i am attaching new lockscreen.xml for everyone to see..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] starfish_001:
Has anyone managed to replace the SPB contact manager in the contacts screen ..... looking at the registry not sure how this link is added to the contact screen
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] briggs81:
:O a touch theme! This is what I wanted so that I would buy the frigin' shell! haha, great!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cincij:
Wow pcarvalho! Your work is amazing. I can't wait to try out your work in progress.

One question... What parameter did you use to add the lines to your MRU area?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
open up Launcher.xml from qa_layouts.dat

look for:

<Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.Rect" Name="lx"> // where x is a number

<BoundRect X="__" Y="__" Width="__" Height="__"/> // change line here

change the position as u like...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Super EmericAn:
Anyone know of a Dial Pad to match the black theme?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
i think it already does...

there are just no night icons...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mchapman007:
I like this idea..... Would it be easier to change the slide to lock app to match the Now Screen?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] :
Hi, does anybody know how to change the function of the Tab icons. I want to remove the close SPB Menu button and replace with the function to open SPB Tasmanager. Where are the shortcuts to the button functions coded?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] met3ora:
That would be the most amazing thing.

Ever.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ceoprez:
Are there any instructions on how to change the menu icons?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] met3ora:
Looking at the XML files, I can see that Mobile Shell calls a lot of Plugins. Has anybody figured out where these plugins are located? If so, we can change their behaviors (to change the Contacts button to open our own contact program, for example).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gt500:
that screen is very good

:)