yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] darksupernova:
Hey guys... i know this has already been covered somewhere because people are doing it, so i started reading this thread but 2 hours in at post #690 im getting sore eyes and a tired head :(

Basically i have a skin installed for SPB, and all i want to do is remap some of the bottom menu buttons to run programs rather than switch to another page which i can already get to by flicking. i would also like to remap some of the programs buttons so they open 3rd party software not microsoft software. Please let me know before my eyes dry up!!

Also last thing...! how do you get more than 9 icons on the programs screen? I have already removed the 8 little ones from the top and moved the bigger icons up to fill the gap (using this thread) but now i would like to create 3 new icons to open 3rd party software, how is this done?

A link to an old post is fine if you know where it is, just trying to save some time, and my vision!

Thanks guys, and great work!

Max

UPDATE: I worked out how to remap the icons to open programs instead of menus (large mainscreen icons) but not the little ones at the bottom if someone knows how? I would still also like to create 3 new icons in the space i created at the bottom of the page, anyone know how to do this?

Thanks again!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Funky35:
save setting and submenus

Hi Geronemo,

I am not quite sure, whether this helps:

You can partly save your menu structure by exporting the respective registry tree. But this only works if you have edited the menu structure via the registry.

As far as I can see from the registry, the options (regarding the menus) are probably saved in mobileshelloptions.cpl.

I am not sure but looking for some kind of solution myself right at the moment.

Cheers. Funky

---- ok, this is NOT tested, but i guess it works ----

To save your menu customizations, you have to

1.) export all the registry customizations you made directly to the registry under:

HLM\Software\spb software house 2\spb mobile shell\menu

(how deep you can go into the next levels, depends on what you have edited so far)

2) export the following registry tree where all the menu customizations made via spb itself can be found:

HLM\Software\spb software house\shared\spb menu\customize

After a re-installation of spb mobile shell, just import these registry keys again.

Hope this helps. Enjoy!

Funky
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] teamkogvp:
EDIT: Where can I find some sick free icons?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] petkos01:
Excuse me,

How Can I change grid in My Menu from 3x3 to 4x4 please?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] taospirit:
hello i'm on SPB mobile shell 3 and i tried tu replace contacts icon from main page. I have replaced the icon in MenuIcons2_11.bmp and put it in vp_menu_btn.dat. But when i start spb in place of the icon i have folder icon. Can somebody tell me how to change icon in bmp file and what is the format to the bmp file . thx a lot
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Galon123:
noob question,,can i have the world timer widget on my launcher pro,,it's cool u know...the moving earth globe..^^

is this full version available
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bedav:
thank you !

i think it's work with winzip but not with winrar.

I have another problem : I have donwload 2 packs of "qp_menu_btn.dat" on this thread, but when i extract them with winzip, .bmp files are exactly the same of the original. But it's working (i have other icons) when i put the .dat in the mobil shell folder.....

do you have an idea ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mackaby007:
Thanks for that luiggi.:)

I also edited the Launcher xml , but was wondering if you or anyone else knows of how to COMPLETELY remove the Photo Contacts page and have its icon in the lower bar link directly to a contacts app of our choice?!

There is a contacts XML in the layout.dat and I was wondering if simply deleting that would get rid of it leaving us with only finding a way to add a link to the contacts app.

I'll try and report back.

Otherwise to be able to edit the contacts XML to only show less photo contacs but increase their size and layout. I only ever us 5 numbers on a regular basis.

** How about the above suggestion with 6 well spaced larger (finger friendly contact buttons, of which the last button is a graphic icon that links directly to the contacts app of our choice?) That would really enhance functionality in my opinion. I'll have a go at it, but I'm no guru when it comes to this stuff...just learning from you all.:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
new update...profile icons...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
great...well done...

i was also going 2 do that...

haven't showed it cause i'm trying 2 figger out why this...

2 see why no titles i putted the m6 item in the m5 place showing me that it places all... but its a few pixels down...

its just a question of time before i get it :)

edit2: found out why it showed like this...glitch in spb's own layout.xml (corrected now)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cincij:
Did you guys stretch the following line? I think it is the setting for the button text...

<Rect Name="TextRect" X=.....................>
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cincij:
Can anyone tell me which DAT/XML file handles menu icon settings? Not the main SPB Menu, but the sub menu icons? I would like to increase the size and remove text for a custom set I'm working on.

Also, if we could get MS to read from left to right rather than top to bottom then we could use SPB's own icon convertor for Pocket Plus.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] azzambm:
Keep it up...

great work

could you keep the Grid on... or you have to remove in order to get

the right alignment...if u can keep it please do...

another thing how u can preview the layout after you mash it up ????

do u have to put it in your PDA and reset it every time you make anything new !!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gertouchdual:
Here is my version with the grid on and the 9Th icon on screen. Just left NR.5 of the pinned icon and set the y coordinate new (its icon "r5" that appears as the Icon Nr 9 on the screen).

update: now with screenshot
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gertouchdual:
Sorry, attachement was missing.....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] azzambm:
Big thanks to you gertouchdual

you really make my day !!!

another thing please...

can you put a menu with a big icon as the 9th item like the START menu…

or remove this 9th icon cause it's really "Not In The Right Place"....

Thanks again...

P.S: Where is the title for the last row ????????
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mr. Vi:
Great :D

Is there any chance, that we can see the text along with the icons?

Vi
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mr. Vi:
I got it myself ;)

Have fun!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mpovolo:
Anyone know why when selecting an appointment and using pocket informant it goes straight to the week view. I would think it should go the the day view
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] azzambm:
Great job !!!!!!!

is the 9th icon changeable can u put another icon to substitute IT..

if yes can you put a real menu (Like START menu form MS 1.5)..

Thank you soo much.....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mr. Vi:
You can change it via the registry. for the menu 'Test' for example, I created a Registrykey called Test (in HKLM\Software\Spbsofthouse2\Menu\Root\) and into that key I copied everything from the existing menu 'My Menu'. The stringvalues IMAGE and TEXT are the ones which change icon and text. Till now i wasn't able to figure out, how to add extra icons. U can Only use numbers 0-7 (for IMAGE).

I'm out now, have fun, vi
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cedzen:
Hello, thanks for his work!

If you put a dword value named "Add", set it at 1, in any menu registry key, including root, you can then modify your menu from the settings...

Big problem is that only 8 icons are available...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mackaby007:
9 Button (big) Photo Contacts Page - SpeedDialer

Ok got the 16 Photo Contact (editing the 'SpeedDial' XML) to now only show 9 larger photo contacts (in 240x320 only...so far), but does anyone know how to map ...say the last icon (bottom right Photo contact) to i.e. contacts application (so you have your fav 8 contacts readily available with the option for opening contacts from within the smae screen)?

Anyway here is my current layout. It's the one based on the HTC bottom taskbar, no grid, 9 button launcher....but only 8 visible at the moment.

Credit to pcarvalho and luiggi for the lower task bar and 8 big button launcher without Grid or text.

I've tried through registry but just can't seem to get ALL 9 Big icons to display at any one time....one icon always dissapers if it it the last Menu in the Spb Menu settings dialogue.

Any ideas anyone??
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
great job...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lepsyfou:
+1 great job...thank again
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jakkrith:
Thank you very much for nice layout.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Super EmericAn:
Still looking for a sexy dialpad skin to match the black layout.

Anyone have one?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joshkiddy:
brilliant work guys, keep it up. are you planning on releasing a simple program for customizing mobile shell?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mchapman007:
+1 This thread is amazing on how the ball is rolling..... In just a few short days, Spb will be 100% custamizable.... Keep it up.....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jakkrith:
I would like to share my screen short [See Attach files ]

Big Thank to

- Dark83 for qp_menu_btn.dat

- Mr. Vi for qa_layouts.dat

I have made cab file for simple change icon & layout, No need to registry edit by manual. just install Attach File and Soft Reset. (Tested on Asus P535 WM6.1 Pro)

Don't forget to Settings --> Customize Menu --> Check box in front of "Favorites"

** Warning! ***

1. Before install this cab files. Please go to folder \Program Files\Spb Mobile Shell, Then copy file qp_menu_btn.dat and qa_layouts.dat into \MiniSD for backup original.

2. If you want to uninstall this cab file you can do it but after uninstall you must copy backup files back to folder \Program Files\Spb Mobile Shell and soft reset one time.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mackaby007:
Fantastic!! Well done..Thanks.

I prefer the HTC bottom style taskbar though....for the all Black look. Any chance of incorporating that into another cab please?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] azzambm:
Hello every one...

I've spent the whole evening (not the WHOLE) trying to put

a GAMES menu as the 9th icon but I couldn't

can any one help please....

Using the original icons-set...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] malatesta:
So (and this is really for anyone out there) any chance of allowing us poor 240x240 souls to get in the cool action? lol

Obviously the 320x240 ones don't work (get a black screen for the launcher)...tia

-mal
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] illusion8088:
Great job! Now I wish you continue to work on this so we can change the icons. This is beautiful comrade.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dcdeek:
Is there a way to assign one of the icons to just one app? For example, s2u2?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ljinsane:
Brilliant!!....all the other zips in the last few pages required an unspeified passwd
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sgreenwood99:
How about maintaining one row of pinned applications like this?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] robosiris:
For some reason, the "favorite" tab was not displayed after I checked the box in front of "Favorites" in the Customization Menu (first pic). Any chance of using the icons in the second pic? I prefer those icons.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bcchristian:
Attached is a launcher I made for 240x240 Screens. I didn't need the 12 quick launch items or extra menus so I added plugins from the now screen.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] malatesta:
Nice/thanks! looks very cool.

--mal
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rooney99:
thank you

very good:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jayvaughn:
whats the password
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] illusion8088:
What password?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ajk511:
wow guys, keep this going. these are awesome.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] grinminded:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1991673&postcount=13
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] eldoume:
hello, can you post it thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mackaby007:
Great stuff!! Think I'll incorporate that into the regular QVGA 240x320 setup...good thinking bcchristian.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cincij:
Would someone be kind enough to look at my button file and tell me what I did wrong? I am trying to replace the icons for the main launcher screen. When I use this file everything loads exept for the main screen icons. There is nothing there (blank background) but the buttons still work as normal.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
did you copy & paste into original file? if not do so and try again...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cincij:
OK, I copied and pasted in Photoshop, and now they show up, but they are a funky green and blue dithered mess. What the heck am I doing wrong now?

Perhaps I should leave these icons to you experts.

Update: Ok, going back to the original directions on page 2 is seems that there may be a problem if you use Save As (which I did). Going to work with it some more to try and get it right.

Update 2: Ok, still looks like crap. I've uploaded a screenshot. Any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mr. Vi:
I checked your file and can't figure aout why this happens! I tried pasting your colored icons into a working file of mine and saved it. After that it looks exactly like in your screenshot... Maybe you should start again from 0?

For the others:

I was able to add another icon to the MenuIcons file. There were 8 images (Remember: selectable via registry 0-7; now you can select 0-8 where 8 is a custom icon I created) I think you can add as much icons as you want (0-x).

It wasn't very difficult to be honest :D:

Open up MenuIcons.bmp and MenuIcons_m.bmp

Expand height of the file by 70px (each icon) (in my case from 560px to 730px because I added one more)

Same with mask file and be sure to SAVE them. Not SAVE AS (in photoshop you have to merge all layers onto the Background layer).

Voila, you can exchange the files in the archive.

Pretty crappy tutorial :D

Now I am going to check out how to use another file explorer (for my "Browse Files" menu ;))

Just take a look:

Vi
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
good work...was doing same (0-x icon image)... work like a charme ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
will check this just as soon as i reinstall photoshop...

looks 2 me a bits depth problem... let me see...

Edit: Done!! :D

its missing icon in games menu cause i'm still working on one...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fletch713:
WARNING:

I wasn't fond of the icons in this package, but when I tried to uninstall the .cab, it froze up mobile shell completely. If I try to go to the Now screen, I get a Now Screen Out of Memory Error in red fonts on a black screen, and the whole device locks up. Re-installing mobile shell seems to return things to normal.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bcchristian:
Another 240x240 launcher.

This time with 9 menu buttons and the battery bar.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
if u uninstall u delete...that is why...carefull
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] endymion:
launcher

Hi, can anybody please do the 9-button launcher with these icons for me? I do not have Photoshop and with other programme the icons do not show. "Favourites" can be replaced by "Games". Thanks. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
my launcher (for now, will try to add a row of mru's)...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] azzambm:
It looks great..

Can you please post the .dat file ...

Thanks ...

p.s: Can you place back the default My Menu icon
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] degavi:
xactly like i want it, could u please post the file for download
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cincij:
Thanks for the help pcarvalho!

My next target is to remove the bottom navigation buttons altogether. Has anyone tried this yet?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
its not just .dat file...

will have to explain how to edit registry 2 link 9th menu...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gfreek:
First of all kudos to you pcarvalho and other's who are doing an excellent job!!

I don't have problem editing the registry 2 link the 9th menu:) but just want to know how to change the icon, tried photoshop no success I'm just a novice when it comes to graphics!

I would appreciate when you post your icon for games etc...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ilordvader:
How do I add a City to this Tab in the Picture

Need to add more Citys in Spb Mobile TIME tab

Please do help
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cincij:
My current work in progress. I'm not sure if I like the cirular layout or not. It will hold me over until I figure out how to make a 9 button layout.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joshkiddy:
That's gorgeous, love the icons. Is there anyway to remove the bar along the bottom? It seems to be a waste of valuable space when every page (now, menu, contacts) can be reached with one simple gesture.
[Nexus 4 General] Ash52:
Thanks devs to keep this device alive , but can anyone build miui 9 ?

Thanks to all dev who worked for this device
[Nexus 4 General] laoasl:
replace the battery few days ago:fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 4 General] Ash52:
Can u tell me how is the battery backup in this new battery?which ROM r u using?

Can u send me the stats?
[Nexus 4 General] laoasl:
1:as suck as the stock battery ;

2:i use the stock rom.
[Nexus 4 General] Ash52:
How many hours did it work? At normal use
[Nexus 4 General] laoasl:
nearly 6h i supposed
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] seecay:
Hi all, this is probably a well-known issue by now but here goes...

Changing data usage cycles in the new EMUI 8 on the Mate 10 is now impossible.

The old workaround of using the "Activity Launcher" app does not work anymore. The "Shortcut Master" app works (requires searching the settings string) but launching the shortcut goes straight to the initial "Settings" page for general settings. This begs the question, did Huawei completely remove this from stock Android for EMUI 8? :confused:
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] Thasscas44:
I've been trying to work out how to change the date with no luck - pretty ridiculous that I can't!
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] Ol' Blue Eyes:
I'm on BLA-029 (Mate 10 Pro) 132 Firmware, C636 region and I can confirm that a new setting has been added to specify the start day where you monthly mobile data limit resets itself to zero.
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] Thasscas44:
It's good to hear that the feature has been built now... this is the first phone I've had in years where it can't be set and seems so basic compared to all the really complex stuff this phone can do without breaking a sweat.

I'm currently on 8.0.0.129 C432 region, so hope that the new feature you've seen in C636's .132 version makes its way to a new version of C432 soon!
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] worldsoutro:
It looks kinda bad being white
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] LeoG360:
I am trying to install magisk on my phone using twrp. I put a zip folder containing magisk on a micro sd card. I then placed the card in the phone and attempted to install the magisk via twrp. The installation always stops shortly after starting. I am not sure what I am doing wrong.

I have attached a screen shot displaying the installation log and the messages I got when trying to install magisk.

I have also tried using Moto G5 plus toolkit to install the magisk using the "flash any zip file" tool but that did not work either.
[Huawei Mate 9 Pro Questions & Answers] dnoam:
Got the update but really do not understand the upgrade , basically the same thing.PIP is not working for some reason and mail app has a bug with Yahoo mail.

Is anybody has the same Issues?

Thanks.
[Huawei Mate 9 Pro Questions & Answers] Sho-Bud:
It seems to add only the latest security patch, nothing else.
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Questions & Answers] rkjha:
Hey everyone, I would like your attention please in solving this bug in every 8.1 ROMs. As Indian carrier user, one of my carrier is Jio and other network carrier is Airtel. In every 8.1 ROMs, I am unable to make calls from second sim if I enabled first sim as data sim. I had tried this in reverse way also means placing jio at second slot and used for data sim then also I was able to call from jio only not from my first sim. I tried without gaps flashing then I was able to call from both sims. I don't know its gapps problem or volte ims patches that after gaps there becomes a conflict and calling is not possible through non data sim. This is really a big problem for dual sim user. If anyone know any solution then pl guide. BTW I have tried this on Nitrogen, PX ROM, Lineage 15.1, omni , cosmic and other 8.1 ROMs .
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Questions & Answers] ultimatebharath:
Even I'm facing the same problem did you find any solution for this?
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Questions & Answers] hackermssharma:
I lost Volte after reinserting jio sim tried lot of zips modules clean flashing rr havoc bla bla all 8.1 roms but my Volte gone forever.
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Questions & Answers] Azzkaran:
Flash your stock rom using mi flash tool make sure bootloader relock is "untick"
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Questions & Answers] hackermssharma:
Can i try recovery miui stock rom before giving a try to fastboot rom to fix Volte?
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Questions & Answers] Azzkaran:
Try it..

I think it'll work
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Questions & Answers] hackermssharma:
Ok I will flash recovery miui rom using twrp then report
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Questions & Answers] Azzkaran:
Okey
[General Topics] TylerD13:
You can see below a comparative table for security update policy status at January 2018.

Android security update isn’t very good, but it’s better yet that 2 years ago. Only Google try to do the minimum we need for security update.

Android Tablet are the worst case, like nobody care about security update.

What do you experienced and what do you think about this?

Updated/revised version is available here, with BlackPhone, Nvidia Shield and other updates, with your feedback :

https://xdaforums.com/general/general/revised-security-update-policy-privatos-t3743747

Old version :

[IMG="Security update policy"]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DU6iKtTWkAMFcVH.jpg[/IMG]
[General Topics] nar001:
Hey, not sure why you wrote that but the Surface RT/Surface 2 and Surface pro/pro 2 are still being updated, so you should update that table!
[General Topics] TylerD13:
Yes you have partly right. OS update with security update are available for all Surface device, but Firmware update aren't available for older Surface (Before Surface 3).

check : support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4036283/surface-surface-update-history

I will update this in a new version.