yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] robosiris:
I like your icon set up. can you post your layout files? I'd like to use your set up:o?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RoboDad:
Thanks! I do have it working in both portrait and landscape modes (240x320 and 320x240). Before anyone asks, I don't have it working in 240x240 or 240x400 modes, and since I don't have any thing to test those on, I don't plan to even try them.

I will post the files shortly, but I thought I'd also add one more screen grab, with the background feature working on the Now screen (my own background, of course :)).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] robosiris:
Sweet, I like the background image ..... and by the way .... check your email messages pete's sake. (just joking):D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cp_kirkley:
That looks fantastic Robo-Dad! Looking forward to your release.

*two huge thumbs up*
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] netzcoyote:
I didn't like the default background of the digital clock in the now screen and the tab area, so I started editing the graphic files.

For the clock, I changed the mask file to all black, which worked out, the clock has no background any more.

This didn't work for the tab area, though. When I change the mask file to all black, the tab area is all black, too, and when I change it to all white, the default tab background is still visble, but somewhat brighter.

Can someone with more knowledge of bmp files and mask help out?

Cheers,

nc

P.S. Screenshot shows my current today screen. Thanks go to so many contributors in this thread by now, it's impossible to name them. Thanks, all.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mr. Vi:
I reused existing code in other xml files ;)

What is jet black?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mackaby007:
Vielen Dank.;) Jet black is an english expression for 'Absolutely Black'...not grey black or blue black etc...pure black colour.

Would you mind pointing out the code you used?:p
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RoboDad:
Here are the files for my layout/graphics. I've attached versions both with and without my background image enabled.

Unzip them and use your favorite method to copy the files to the "\Program Files\Spb Mobile Shell" folder on your device. Or, if you are so inclined, poke around and take just the parts you want.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jakkrith:
Thank you very much for your sharing I like your 5 button layout so much. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lepsyfou:
RoboDad thank you very much for the share :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] robosiris:
RoboDad, thank you very much for your share.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jrdejavux:
thanks a bunch sir ! looks awsome
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RoboDad:
My pleasure. I've picked up so many valuable tips and tricks from reading this forum that it only seemed fair that I should give something back.

BTW, there is one downside to my four tab layout that I should mention. It is not possible to use gestures to go directly from an application (or the Today screen) to the SpeedDial tab of Mobile Shell. It seems to be limited to navigating to the first three tabs.

If I can find a way to change that I will, but otherwise I may post a modified qa_layouts.dat file that moves the MRU tab to the right, allowing the SpeedDial tab to be available for gestures again.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] IABovine:
It looks great...I anxiously await your new clock font, that's exactly what I've been looking for!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jrdejavux:
what program are you guys using to edit the .dat files ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lepsyfou:
How to add a screen like the moon ...? What is the change has to do please

comment ajouter un fond d'écran comme la lune...? quelle est la modification a faire please
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lepsyfou:
open with winzip :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] met3ora:
edit: nevermind
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mackaby007:
Talk about making a post count. Thank you so much for sharing your brilliant work! I love the colour indicators on the signal strength!! That's a first for me..LOVE IT!:D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bchandler78:
Can I get your Zip of your screen, If you don't mind?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jrdejavux:
nevermind found it
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dick Starbuck:
Just for the record... SPB says you can't install Mobile Shell 2.0 to the Storage Card.

mackaby007

What was the first screen (with the touchflo stuff)? Is that your today screen?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] purist:
AWESOME

You soooooo ROCK! - seriously, you guys modding these layouts has made me fall in love with my phone all over again, keep up the excellent work, ALL OF YOU!

There's only 1 small problem, I'm using pcarvalho's 4 button bottom bar, instead of having home, start, programs, contacts the buttons look like start, programs, programs, contacts. It looks exactly like this in your posted sreenshot, so I assume you meant to do this? Are you able to config so it calls to the 4 button format instead of the 3+close?

UPDATE!

I managed to fix it by checking out pcarvalho's Main.xml and found what I needed to do, tab2=icon 6 per pcarvalho's iconset, I updated the Main.xml in your latest version and all works now! (took me a while to dig through the xml's, I origionally messed with the Launcher xml's before I checked out Main)

Thanks!

-Stuart
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] brock1909:
this thread is great! had lots of fun with 2.0 now.

only thing i want but cannot figure out is how to change the X on the Now screen to point to the Device lock application on the phone.

any help or just post up a made one woube great, dont care what layout.

thanks alot!

also, ayone having trouble with the SMS notification? mine almost never works, never shows i have an unread SMS.....:(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bchandler78:
Looks like somebody found a way to add phone profile to the Classic Now Screen. Wish I could read the language? Oh well, for all you smart people a zip is attached maybe you can figure it out. Would make the Now Screen perfect to have signal strength and profiles. Not a big fan of the icons at the bottom though!

http://4pda.ru/forum/attach/1518460/prof.zip

Not my work can all be found here: http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=71934&st=270
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RoboDad:
There are two parts to making a custom background image.

First, you must add the portrait and landscape images to the qp_bkg_now.dat and ql_bkg_now.dat files (or add the square version to qs_bkg_now.dal, if your screen requires it). The trick here, though, is that even though the background image in the .dat file has both an image and a mask (Background.bmp and Background_m.bmp), only the mask is actually used. As a result, the image you put on the background must be grayscale, and it will take on the characteristics of the color scheme you are using. I would imagine that my moon image would look fairly odd with any theme other than black. Using a photo editor such as Photoshop or Gimp will allow you to create the correctly sized and formatted images, which can then be added to the .dat files.

The next step is to change the settings in the qa_layouts.dat file to enable background images wherever you would like the image to appear (it can be on almost any viewable page in MS). There are already several posts in the thread that cover how to do that, so I won't repeat it here.

Hopefully that give you enough info to get started.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cp_kirkley:
Robodad, I have died and gone to customized SPB heaven. Thank you!

The moon background looks fantastic over Poorlyduck's vista theme, too. Believe me it works. ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mackaby007:
Yep. Simple Background image on Today screen and configured FTouchFlo up&down gesture to open and close Spb.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hoknight:
Would you tell me how to apply your addon on my PPC?

I just replaced on my PPC SPB Mobile Shell 2.0 folder.

Thank you.

Johnny
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] illusion8088:
Gorgeous! Thanks RoboDad.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] met3ora:
I'm trying to replace the NOW screen with the Weather screen, but all I'm getting is mobile shell crashing.

Can anyone give me a hand with this?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] netzcoyote:
There you go:

View attachment nc.zip

Only edited for 320 x 240 portrait mode, though, as it's the only view I ever use.

Cheers,

nc
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Nadavi:
Tanks ROBODAD!

Works Great :)

Nadavi.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tom2505:
Thank you so much RoboDad, my Kaiser looks great now!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dredd67:
My launcher

Just a bunch of custom icons and a custom layout.

I take no credits fort the icons, they were made by Apple, Microsoft, and some other guys.

I'm too lazy to find the correspondances but a clue would be that I'm using icons from Deviantart (section customization->icons->dock icons).

The reg file is not from me, cannot remember were I found it. It allows you to display the 9th icon.

Thought it would be nice to share with you.

I've included all the necessary files in the zip.

1 - Backup your files !!!

2 - Replace the .dat with those included in the zip

3 - Soft reset

4 - Upload the Games.reg on your PDA and launch it from there.

5 - Soft reset

And voilà !

As as bonus for the French speeking people, there is the translated version of the SPBmobileshell.txt file. Again I wasn't the one who did this work. I have only gathered things here and there to build my "ideal" interface.

Note: The "GPS" icon is actually the "My Menu". As I'm using a TyTN II I tought it would be a good idea to have a quick access to my GPS stuff... especially when my wife's using my phone...

***** PASSSWORD for the ZIP is "XDA", all uppercase.. ******
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] BoBka:
Many thanks to user Senator from 4pda.ru !!!!

Here is the translation:

If You want only to add Profiles button:

file LockScreen.xml pack to qa_layouts.dat,

files Separator1.bmp and Separator1_m.bmp pack to qp_bkg_now.dat

So if You just unpack files from .zip and replace Yours - You will have more changes....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lepsyfou:
thanks again for your share

merci mon ami français lol au plaisir , n'hésite pas a t'inscire sur le site de ma signature lol site francophone :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dredd67:
You're welcome.

I'm already registred on your board, but had no time yet to post anything. Will do as soon as I have some free time. In the meantime, you can redistribute this "skin" if you want.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
did you properly encrypt the file 2 qa_layout after editing? if so.. upload the file for me to see what is wong...

did some small changes to gfx in layout much better now...

new icon Home, more to come ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cincij:
I'm not doing anything special to encrypt it. What should I be doing?

I just reinsert the .xml file into the .dat file using WinRAR. I do suppose this seems too easy.

I've uploaded the file, but I'd love to learn how to encrypt it correctly.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
i see... well you did insert it... but it is replaced and so was saved as unencrypted...notice the missing * at end of file name...

in winzip you first add/replace and then you have to goto menu actions>encrypt (havent used winrar)

and set same password as before!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Super EmericAn:
Anyone know how I can make Internet go to Picsel Browser?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] met3ora:
I'm currently looking for the menu shortcuts, to see if they can be modified. Anyone taken a whack at this yet?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] zonz:
try this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=344488&highlight=mobile+shell

Was made for ms1.5 but might still work with 2.0
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] met3ora:
That link is very useful. Exactly what I need, zonz, thank you very much!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] oyegaurav83:
hey.. anybody figure out how to delete the today tabs of ms2... and add more launcher icons to the launcher tabs..

if that was possible.. that could make pp4 redundant..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
still 2 early...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cp_kirkley:
Im actually happy (for the most part) after replacing the icons on the main menu. The only thing I would want to change, or add really, would be to replace the icons that you can set for the actual program shortcuts. Could this be done by merely replacing the corresponding dat. file? Or even better, just modify the existing and add like 200 extra icons....

This has gotten very interesting. Thanks for all your hard work
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] petenchris84:
SPB MOBILE SHELL 2.0 Custom icons

hi this is my first post i just loaded the icons into photoshop and saved them as bmp 16 RGB then deleted the qb_menu_btn.dat file and created a folder called qb_menu_btn.dat and copied all my icons in threre it worked fine did not need to compress as zip hope this helps
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
work in progress...

making it so it blends with my own theme (pic 1)...

next... the clock ;)

the small clock is done (big missing screen rotation but also done)

new network icon (same as classic view ones)...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] spitter:
very nice and i will try again
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Nightcookie:
Awww that's slick. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] zaki67:
How can you unlock the position of shell to make it below the clock
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kryptoniteman:
Is there any way to add a wallpaper to the now screen?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
do you mean, like this...

(just a photoshop, have not done this yet, have to play around with layout but it is possible)

will make this change soon...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] zaki67:
No I meant in the home screen like pic 3
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
home screen is pic 4...

pic 3 is clock details screen...

all can be changed through layout editing...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ycats:
Is there a way for the weather icon to display current temperature? I'm not concerned about what the high-and-low is for the day, just the current degrees.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
Hi there... Nice to see you all working.. Been looking at the background development but have seen nothing new since all we can still do is apply an alfa to screen.. Lets hope someone has a brite idea and develop it :)

on the 23 march i'll be back to develop it (and more) myself...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
You must have replaced something you shouldn't
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lepsyfou:
you are welcome :D:D

sois le bienvenue et en meme temps tu pourras faire partager tes oeuvres lol

sorry for my english lol
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bchandler78:
Thanks so very much. Not sure on the dat files etc. When you say file to, I should just copy into mobile shell file?

Again thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aih1977:
can some one make a new thread with just the themes?

I think we need to add a new thread for the just themes where everyone can post.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dredd67:
Nice but...

Good idea, but unless we have a common format for the themes is it worth doing this ? Wouldn't it result in a complete mess with everyone throwing their .dat and stuff everywhere...and people crying because their themes doesen't look exactly the same as shown on some screenshots...

Also shouldn't we think about a kind of requirements like "you need to put all the .dat even if you haven't changed them for the theme", just in case someone else would have changed them before applying the theme... ?

Just ideas..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] OnceAMatrixMan:
I must be missing something

I used Mobile Shell for a little while, granted I didn't hack it at all, but I was not very impressed. I do, however, really like 2 other SPB packages - Pocket Plus and Phone Suite. Which leads to my question... What am I missing. Why is the Mobile Shell thread around 60 pages filled with hacks and tweaks, and the Pocket Plus thread 6 pages?! What is sooooo attractive about Mobile Shell. I'm not being sarcastic at all either, I am curious as to what I am missing. I may have to reinstall it - or is running all three apps overkill?

PS The people on the forum all rock!!! I'm new here, but it's great to see the developers and the noobs coexisting perfectly! Thanks All!!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] :
I have always been managing fine without Mobile Shell, being an SBSH fan all the way. I still am, but I do feel that in the couple days that I've been running Mobile Shell 2, I hardly ever return to the Today screen. I really like PocketBreeze, but I find that if Mobile Shell displays my two next appointments, and I have quick access to my programs only one gesture away, then Mobile Shell has a great layout with a really useful basic screen. (and I can still easily access PocketBreeze)

I see the time in a large font, the weather, my sound, and new messages are displayed as well. And all can be updated/changed/accessed directly from the Now screen.

So just install the trial, don't bother about the Today screen plugin, just try and see if the Now screen can do it's magic for you in ~4 days.

Naturally P+ and Phone Suite have many features that Mobile Shell doesn't have, but I use iLauncher and PhoneWeaver (by SBSH) for that with great results. That's why I suggest to only explore the power of the Now screen, since that is probably the best selling point. :cool:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dredd67:
I just think it's the easyest way to turn a TyTN II finger-friendly. SPB Phone is a great addition to MS2, as you can choose your profile directly from the MS now screen. I don't know if SPB+ is mandatory, this depends on your personal usage of your phone.

Ah, and finally, the success of this app is directly linked to this statement:

ya people luv da blinggggg !!! (understand eye candy and easy to customize...)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] supersobbie:
First page Sticky

Can someone either start a new thread and post all creations on the first page... leaving room for growth, or move all screen shots and links on the first page of this thread. I am finding it hard to click through all 60 posts to try to look at only a few different versions of SPBMoblie Shell.

Best Regards,

SuPerSoBBie

:cool:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] deedee:
i was a Pocket Plus and Phone Suite addict as well but never really managed to get a finger friendly setup, i still kept reaching for the stylus, since installing Mobile Shell i haven't really needed the stylus once and like the previous poster i am not sure what my Today screen looks like, the Professional Now does it all. The only thing i miss from Phone suite, cant say i miss P+ at all, is the multiple profiles, since unistalling it i am back to the basic, On, Off and vibrate options, oh and no reminder of missed SMS/calls.

Mobile Shell, Pocket CM and Phone Pad and i have a near stylus free Trinity. Add S2P, S2V and ThumbCal and i am nearly there.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syrguy1969:
It won't handle profiles, but you can get SMS/call notifications with S2U2 (I see you use A_C's other creations, so I bet your familiar with it already, so did I post the obvious?). Oh well, sorry if I told you nothing new, but I use A_C's trinity with Shell, and love it!!!!!

(Just wish I could learn this modding thing for myself so I can change the look of mine!!!!!)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rogboy:
Would love to just have the Profiles button added to Now screen as decribed above.

I have inserted the:

LockScreen.xml pack into qa_layouts.dat

&

Separator1.bmp and Separator1_m.bmp into qp_bkg_now.dat

Then copied these (qa_layouts and qp_bkg_now) into the Shell file.

Upon soft reset the Now screen now fails to show, so have reverted to original.

Anyone, help please !!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bchandler78:
Same here I kept getting the inability to change from the menu launcher screen then MS would lock up.

I opened the existing dat files on my 6800 and copied in the listed files but no luck!

Anyone with more brains than me, help :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Alkhal:
I wish we could get together and map or write out what changes what? And which software is best for editing. I find myself in a bind :( . I like the icons Dredd67 used in his last gift to us, but I love the layout from citats that he made for me. Sooo maybe if we put together everyones knowledge and experience post it on one page (Either a new topic or edit the first post) it would be much easier for everyone. But at the moment it is understandable seeing every possibility has not been discovered yet. We are still learning but it would be nice to have a guide or huge post with all the facts. Just a suggestion.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] wmdunn:
Totally agree...I also use "citats" work, but would like to know how to change the icons. I have read every post through out this journey, but I easily get lost. Thanks to all...

Bill
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rogboy:
bchandler78, glad it's not just me !!

As bchandler stated the original info for adding the profile button to the Classic Now sceen was taken from http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=71934&st=270 (file http://4pda.ru/forum/attach/1518460/prof.zip)

Thanks to BoBka for the translating the first 3 lines (above) to explain how to load just the profile button:

Если вы хотите получить только профили, то:

файл LockScreen.xml упаковать в qa_layouts.dat (для VGA тоже пойдет),

а файлы Separator1.bmp и Separator1_m.bmp в qp_bkg_now.dat...

However neither bchandler or myself can seem get this to work. In the link there are a further 2 lines which may explain a bit more. Is this for vga devices ? Can you translate this BoBka ?

соответственно те же файлы из подархива sep_vga упаковать в vp_bkg_now.dat...

А если лень то просто dat файлы в папку с программой (но тогда у вас что- нить еще поменяется).

In the mean time I loaded the qa_layouts.dat and qp_bkg_now.dat from the link and have confirmed the profile button now appears and works on the classic Now screen. So it is possible. The only thing being you have to use Senator's Menu screen and bottom buttons and therefore I have reverted back to the original.

Can anyone work out what our Russian friend Senator has done to add the profile button to the Classic Now screen and provide instructions (in English !)