yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pinantonio:
Here is an example

http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=71934&st=660

how do I do to integrate in the Now Screen the indicator of brightness as you/he/she has made this consumer?

I now have the theme diamond 1.2 and I would want to integrate him/it in this...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] DikkieDick:
Great, but in one way or another in the Professional layout, I don't get 2 screens. And the Contacts shows only 1 screen. How can I cycle through it? As subsequent tapping on Contacts doesn't give me a 2nd screen, or can this only be used if the first one is completely filled?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
If you have a touch screen, just swipe your finger across the screen left or right. If you don't have a touch screen, I don't have an answer yet. I will be looking into smoothing out the D-pad support.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pmorganii:
mtakes...just looks awesome on my device. quick question...can the color be changed with greatbal's hueexpress, or is that the set color? would love to see this in a dark navy blue!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] murks_muell:
Hmm, I'm not an artist either. I can do proper downsizing big images and correcting glitches.

Where do you have the QVGA-icons from? Perhaps we can find higher resolution versions there.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ejackson:
Thanks mtkates!

mtkates - thank you for this theme, it is great - i'm lovin' it. Actually tried [HELU] the one from Heefy and luiggi and it nice but yours is way better!

Thanks for all the hard work and time you've put into this, it ROCKS!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
Glad you like it.

There is no color change option. After I finish the theme I will be looking into other colors. I'm keeping notes for color requests.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
All the graphics work was from Heefy's images he posted a while back. All were sized to QVGA already. I'll play around a little with the original photoshop files and see how they upconvert. We may get lucky, but it would be ideal if someone could do it properly. I hate to ask Heefy because I am sure he is busy with his theme.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] DikkieDick:
mtkates: well great. That was it on my 3450. Only I have to swipe carefully, otherwise it exits SPB Mobile S. Thanx.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dayze0:
for mtkates

mtkates , hi m8 , have a look in your PERSONAL MESSAGES , sorry i was a little late - must work lol - need the money haha
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ka911:
hi guys, I have questions that I can’t find any answer for them any where, I hope if any one helps out on this please.

1. I want to remove the title “Contacts” from contact page, how to do that? I did manage to remove all the titles from the rest of the pages except "Contacts". And how can I remove the titles of the icons for my Programs page? What I mean is (Organizer, Internet, Multimedia, Tools, Programs, and settings) I just want to see the icons with out any text.

2. How can I remove the date information from Weather page? all I want is the Weather information.

thank you for your time.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pmorganii:
thanks...looking forward to the landscape release...my device is a slide, so right now I can only use in portrait. are you close to releasing the landscape? thanks again...my new favorite theme.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gagaza:
Anywhere works. I suggest you add to the begining as your first few lines. That way it's easy to find in case you want to change or add more lines.

Please try it, it's very useful. This is one of those things where you think, "wow that was easy, wish I'de known about it sooner". :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bigray327:
Good job, mtkates. I like your implementation a lot better than the HELU version.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pinantonio:
Guy help me, please... I am desperate
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 12gage:
mtkates I love your theme, however I have noticed that MobileShell seems to swell from using 7000 KB to 13000 KB after a while I boggs down my phone, I used to use the Iphone II with style and never noticed it doing this. Any suggestions or tweaks? I really don't want to switch back yet
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] formula84:
Get brightness on the now screen or program screen

"Originally Posted by pinantonio

Here is an example

http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=71934&st=660

how do I do to integrate in the Now Screen the indicator of brightness as you/he/she has made this consumer?

I now have the theme diamond 1.2 and I would want to integrate him/it in this..."

I Second the above as this is the only reason I request themes with MRU page is for the brightness, but I would like to maybe replace one of the 9 program icons with the Brightness adjustment, can one of the geniuses figure this out?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] brianlau:
LOVE IT! kates youre the man. It does run a bit heavier than other MS themes but its fine. You have finally implemented the changes that I have wanted and boy you have done a great job.

Some comments I thought you would like to know:

Battery Icon on the bottom doesn't seem to accurately reflect my battery status.

MRU Launcher title is cut off on the top.

Other than that thats about all I can see in the moment. Keep up the good work man.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
Glad you like it. I have been enjoying making it. Right now I am working on landscape but am taking notes for little bugs.

The battery meter unfortunately is limited in the number of files so it will jump more than one segment at a time. That seems to be an SPB limitation.

I have noted the MRU label problem and hopefully I'll get that fixed.

This theme is a little heavy on the graphics. After landscape is done I am going to look for ways to slim it down, but it may not be a good theme for smaller memory phones. I have a Sprint Touch and it seems to run fine, but if I understand, the Touch has pretty decent memory.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pmorganii:
mtkates...any idea on the landscape release? I would be happy to try a "beta version"
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] viper9711:
VGA Version will be great- Please, do it! I hope you can. All HTC-Diamond Users Worldwide will love you :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] janharoun:
Hi mtkates ...

congratulations for your new themes it looks really nice ...

but can you post some high quality screenshots for it .. coz you know i can't try it on my pda since i have i vga devise ... :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] brianlau:
Kates,

I actually resolved the issue with the MRU Programs page after I installed the Font package and soft reset... So no longer an issue.

I currently use a Kaiser, aka Tilt so memory shouldnt be an issue either, but I have a feeling that the nice graphics do bog it down a bit, seems a bit slower than the Blue iPhoneish theme which I used before.

Great great work so far, I love the layout and your creativity is right on!

Some other minor graphical issues I have noticed are:

Pressing the icon buttons for messages, sms and missed calls, the gray background when you hit the icon doesnt sit that pretty.

Again kudos on your work!

yay for no more diamond themes!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Jezwick:
totally agree mtkates takes the biscuit on this one
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] willybilly:
Yes. Thanks Gagaza.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
Landscape Support

I am hard at work on the landscape support (just taking a short break right now). It is going pretty well, but there is still a lot to do. Landscape can be very challenging trying to fit as much as possible without cramming it in so tight that it's not user friendly, plus making it blend well with portrait.

My best estimate is sometime this weekend, but problems can come up and sometimes real life gets in the way....hehe. I'll try to keep you posted and will anounce here when it is done and the new thread is started.

Thanks everyone for the interest....glad some of you are liking it and will be able to use it.

P.S. I'm also looking for someone who can snap a few screenshots and make a nice presentation image for the new thread.

I'm not very good at that stuff (yet?).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] willybilly:
Here are the tsk and jpg that I did to go alone with mtkates theme.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Johanng2004:
Any plans to make a VGA version? You have a lot of VGA fans out there!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
I may if I can get the graphics right. It might take a while.

P.S. Landscape for QVGA is almost completed.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] theme freak:
Thanks a lot mtkates, you are the one that save VGA users :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
Landscape layout is finished

I have completed the landscape layout for my WM7 theme and started a new thread here.

I hope you enjoy.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 12gage:
would anyone be able to incorporate these icons and make them useable in Mobile Shell?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2042475&postcount=22
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sswalia:
HOW DO I EDIT THE UP/DOWN GESTURES/???

its the one thing that keeps greatbal's H layout from being perfect for me.

please help- i've searched for a week.

if i have to edit some xml files- thats fine, i can do that, but i am not sure which one or ones i should open up and mess with.

PLEASE help
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dicast:
Anyone got some free time help me out? I'm runing mtkates's windowsfield. it's great theme but i want a new background and yes read the instruction how to do it I change the Seperator2bmp in qp_bkg_now.dat file, repack it rename zip to dat and I had done before but some how it kill the whole mobileshell. I gave up......anyone wanna help?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jvworldchampion:
Instructions to change shell background

You will find a good tutorial here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=378367
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] DarkWader:
What is the best VGA theme these days?

(I got my Diamond a week ago, but TF3D was only fun for a few days.

Now its just irritable slow.)

Me go back to SPB - So, are there any nice ones, that arent pixelated?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MDANavymom:
I have just started using Greatbal Diamond Theme 1.2, and am gtting the hang of it, but am having a slight problem with trying to figure out how to edit something. I would like when I click on the calendar day for it to open Thumbcal, but I can't get it to do that. I have tried to edit the dat file but get an error. Is this not possible? Thanks

{Edit}

Sorry, went through another couple hundred posts and foud my answer, NiteStalker has a fix for this in his signature!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dayze0:
Originally Posted by dicast

Anyone got some free time help me out? I'm runing mtkates's windowsfield. it's great theme but i want a new background and yes read the instruction how to do it I change the Seperator2bmp in qp_bkg_now.dat file, repack it rename zip to dat and I had done before but some how it kill the whole mobileshell. I gave up......anyone wanna help?

post your file/ background u want here
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bxsteez:
HTC Tilt Diamond by greatbal (Modified)

Here is my customized theme. I wasn't gonna post but what the hell might as well let everyone see :-D

Let me know what you think.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bxsteez:
HTC Tilt Diamond by greatbal (Modified) Cont..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bxsteez:
For those looking for the S2U2 gif i used. Here ya go :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kevin91:
I like your skin very much

you can post the link :d

maybe you can change message and contact picture?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bxsteez:
I've actually really been trying to change the messaging window and the spb mobile shell software calls tmail.exe which can only be replaced but it can't be backed up so if i did it i'd have to replace that file and be sure that i never wanna revert back cause if i wanted to i'd have to do restore... :(

I wanted to replace it with pocketcm which i did once but i was like ummm seems like a bad idea lol so i restored. Anyone that has any ideas on this one please let me know
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
left align

I have a question. see if somebody can help me with it. I want to be able to left the "PageLabel" text on the contact pages but i'm having trouble figuring it out. Can somebody tell me what code i need to change or add to make it possible? or is it even possible with spb ms?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bxsteez:
If i was to guess i'd saying its probably in the layout.xml file but i can't be sure. I'd try there first
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ahmedfikry:
"Practical" GSmart WM7 Blue Hue

Hi all

here is my latest adjustments

i like the "practical" layout, so i can get to everythink with one click & get rid of many pages that eat the memory...(check my other posts for practical diamond layouts too)

so anyway, here you have weather & profile at main screen

onlt 3 tabs (main, launcher, contacts)

Backlight control (only one from MRU) is moved to launcher page

works in landscape & protrait

with option to use BIG Samurai weather page for better looks (just use the files in that folder to replace the same ones on your PPC)

i also included Today theme & S2U2 matching theme

enjoy....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bxsteez:
I love themes like this. They just have the simple sexy look. GOOD WORK!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sigmaxaa:
Love it! Would love it with the black clock instead of the white!

You going to put it up for everyone to enjoy??? :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bxsteez:
Sure i'll post it up but i have to let everyone i'm just learning how to make cab files so you might have to bare with me. Install and if you have problems let me know. Also this cab installs a few other programs at the same time.

1. S2U2

2. icontacts

3. SIP change

Been trying to upload the file but it keeps failing. I'm not sure why any help?

****EDIT****

Well forget it i just uploaded it to megaupload

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=049Q5192
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dicast:
this is my file and background pics that i want to replace....thanks a whole lot. I own you a beer
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Nitro2k8:
Hey...

...i'm new here and i have got my first question: :)

I own a ETEN X800 with the SPB Mobile Shell 2.1.0 Build 3363 working on it perfectly! But when i try to change the skin (that means: downloading one from your Forum here, replace the Files in the SPB Mobile Shell Folder and doing a restart after) the whole mobile shell doesn't work anymore.

The X800 get stuck and nothing is running so i have to do another restart, replacing the new files with the old ones (saved ;) ) and everything works fine...so:

How can i change the skin on an ETEN X800?

Does anyone has ever had the same problems? Maybe with the ETEN Glofiish?

Thanks a lot

Nitro
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Lokioki:
Anyone up for Ubuntu theme ? :3

That would be perfect, since I am sick of Diamond and Wm7 variations :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jamit018:
Hello everyone,

I am new to this forum too. I have the same problem with Nitro2k8.

Up to this point, I still use SPB default skin. Waiting for someone to come up with a comprehensive cab file that would take care of setup.

I really enjoy reading thru this thread and others. Keep up the good work.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] speedbird787:
Good Idea !! :cool:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] zinj:
Request for black mesh skin

I've searched all over and can't find a skin based on the black mesh wallpaper. Has anyone done this or could somebody make something like this?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Garret:
So many fantastic themes and they're all qvga ones...

*Sigh* I wish we'll see some VGA versions of those soon...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] KALI2000:
Not work!:(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] GODZSON:
Help Needed, verifing files..

Would some one please verify.. My files qp & ql are not loading onto SPB 2.1, Please view my attached files and inform what went wrong.. Thanks in advance for the fellowship. (Using "Our Theme") :)

The 2 piks attached to show BG's I tried to create..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] uraso:
removing analog clock in gesture from greatbal - gsmart glassy theme

Hi everyone,

I'm using Greatbal's Gsmart glassy theme and I really like the look, but I have no use for the analog clock.

How can I diable the analog clock or making it not shown while cycling through the screens using the gestures?

Or, better yet, how can I disable it in the gesture mode, but having the option to switch to analog clock using the Spb settings.

Can someone please help, I read through more than 100 threads, I swear.

Thanks again everyone for all the contributions.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] KeeConceptz:
additional buttons and transitions.

I was just curious to see if anyone has thought of using additional buttons in the contacts section. For instance: a button for a facebook page for that contact. There is a field in the edit section for a web site but nothing in the spb shell page. I think it would be great to have a direct link to a web page (like facebook or myspace) the other Idea that I had was a dedicated google page, for maps, docs, etc. ( I reaaallly want android lol). If the pics could be enlarged for the contacts under the individual contacts sections that would be nice. And finnally ( i know I am asking a lot but hopefully someone will make money off of my idea.) a transition in the contacts section. Its fun and games till you go to a contact and it just pops up, somewhat boring in my opinion. I really enjoy all of your work, and look forward to your feedback.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dayze0:
your background

FOR DICAST

here u go dicast , tried files and are ok - , heres link , i have placed files into 2 folders , each folder contains windows field with your background , 1 warrior , 1 cube - simply copy entire contents of spb folder into ur spb folder overwriting files or - just copy and replace the qp bkg now file - you'll see:

here :

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YEZMYQZW

umm...if i broke any rules posting this link , im sorry ....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] formula84:
Weather page mod

I love your Practical layout, but the only thing i miss is the night, morning, day, evening break downs in the weather page... see attached image of Gball's 2.0
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] LilSnoop40:
i have SPB shell installed. when i go under themes, i only see the ones that come with it. i have downloaded and other shells. how come they don't show up under there? there is no way to quick switch inbetween or must you soft rest everytime to install?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
These are not "Themes" by SPB standards. A "Theme" in SPB is just a color change in the original Mobile Shell. The themes you find on this site are really "Skins" in that they replace the original graphics of Mobile Shell to something customed designed.

You must always soft reset after installing a new skin. I have not found any way around it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gagaza:
This might work. There might be other ways, but here's what I figured out for ya.

What I did was open the .xml that I wanted to change. In this example: SpeedDial1.xml

Under <Layout Name="240x320"> one of the lines read

<Plugin Name="PageLabel">

<BoundRect X="-25" Y="40" Width="150" Height="40"/>

</Plugin>

The X value was "0". I changed it to "-25". You can change it to whatever you want. "-30" will move it farther to the left and so on.

The Y value obviously moves the up or down position.

Hope this help many people.:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lepsyfou:
look LOL

cadeau :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] samuelpc:
does this work on htc p3600i
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Quevision:
please help

Ok...

I would like to know somethings. First what is a ROM? Why can't I install all the cool stuff on my mogul. I download the files and think I am opening them up but nothing happens. The only one I download successful was the spb mobile shell. I want the diamond theme on my phone with animated weather and all can some one assist me.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] JokeZony0u:
hm..well first things first, if you've read the posts, you'll realize that MS doesn't support Animated Weather and what not. What you have to do (once again, read the instructions which are included in all the dev's posts) is go to your WM Program Files, go to the SPB Mobile Shell folder, and unzip and replace everything into that folder. Pretty easy and straight forward. As to why you can't install...its pretty simple, but this isn't the correct topic to ask this question in
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sexon:
Please help

How can I use back my original phone dialer or "Minimal Dialer"??

After I use the Diamond theme, the contact will open another phone dialer.

Actually, I did love to using "Minimal Dialer".:):)

Please help
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fabioalessandro:
for italian weather?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] samuelcaddick:
I cannot express how amazed I am with Greatbal's work on the Diamond 2.0 theme (just WOW man!), or how grateful I am (though perhaps donations speak louder than words there!).

Anyhow, here are my small contributions to the great man's work: 4 backgrounds that I like (2 are for Doctor Who fans!). Just extract the zip files and overwrite the appropriate files. The status dat included is the one with the correct opacity on the weather icon given earlier in this thread (sorry, I couldn't find the original post to credit it).

Enjoy

Sam
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] janharoun:
my new VGA Skin ...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=408331
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Alkhal:
By any chance do you have the weather icons you used here available for you WM7 theme? That would be the cherry on top.. :D (PS not the big one but the regular sized ones..)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
I do have them. I am working on a few minor updates for an update release and will be including new weather icons. I have it narrowed down to a few. I am leaning towards the one you mentioned. I should have the update completed in a few days if all goes well.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Alkhal:
WOW! you answered me in like .2 seconds.. You're good! Awesome news, thank you for the continual effort you put in these projects. :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ridley:
I found really nice theme but why its not working? :(

Here is the pictures

I am very unlucky ohhh :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ~J~:
Wow! I love that theme! Gonna try it myself now.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aceracer24:
Please note that this theme is created specially only for VGA devices. Thats what it says on that theme page. you trying to use it on a different screen?