yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikhe69:
Please don't use FULL quote...

Like that it's impossible to scroll on the thread...

About Landscape it's a good request:D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rcbowden:
Hi Greatbal

Any chance you could post the background to this theme please...

Cheers :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dee32181:
Idolstags theme

I only have one problem with the theme idolstag. On my now screen you have the city listed as laredo texas. I updated the city to my home town but the weather icon on the now page still says laredo. Is there anyway you can update the files with the so that it reflects the correct city.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gagaza:
Here’s a share in case anyone wants it. This is what I’ve been using for about a week.

It’s ahmedfikry’s "Practical" GSmart WM7 Blue Hue. I added some things to make it more practical for the way I personally use my phone. I committed to not alter it much. It was great the way it was.

To the Now screen I added 3 menu launcher buttons and 3 mru buttons.

Of course the order of the menu buttons can be changed using the customize menu program. And the mrus can be managed by tapping and holding. The top left mru with the start icon is currently used for the quick menu. Quick menu is a great feature that was built into the ROM that was made by Alex, for the Tilt. Thanks to everyone that contributed to the use of that, curious to see that some people don’t like it?

I put a mask on the weather button to match, and moved the profile button to the top right. The day/date was moved to the bottom of the calendar page.

The launcher page has 5 added mrus. Again one for the quick menu and 4 to replace the area that was previously used for the menu buttons that were moved. My thoughts behind splitting the menu buttons is to not really have to go to the launcher page.

That’s it. Nothing fancy, just practical IMHO. Here’s a before and after. Anyway just posted it as another choice.

And here's some pics with the theme color changer applied.

practicali.zip - 4.62MB
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
The City name on the now screen is not automatic. it needs to be changed manually. Tried different ways of making it automatic and asked around but no way of doing it. AFAIK. You can do it two ways.

1. Look for the following in the lockscreen.xml in the qa_layouts.dat file.

<Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.Text" Name="MyCity">

<String Name="Text" Value="Laredo, TX"/>

<Font Name="TextFont" Face="Tahoma" HeightPxl="11" Bold="y"/>

</Plugin>

and change Laredo, TX to whatever you want it to be.

2. Add the following line to SpbMobileShell.txt file:

Laredo, TX|Your City

replace your city with whatever you want it to be. This is the easier method.

After changes are made, soft reset your phone. If you dont know how to do it, let me know what you want it to read and i will do it for you.

By the way its LdoStang.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ahmedfikry:
nice changes

Hi

nice changes

i like the weather mask, some shortscuts in the launcher pages (i like less & will modify for my use to have weather, profile, backlight only there so its not too crowded

i rather keep the profile on the lower part as i want a bigger icon thats more finger friendly

all together, good job (like always) & thanks for the cridet & keeping it practical

have agood day
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gofawkurself:
city weather

I started working on this today, I love the weather that "BeyondInvisible" has made.

but I'm a city person in orange county and felt like i wanted a city view on the weather for his "Natural Weather V.1.5"

So I came up with this. being in orange county CA the weather doesn't really change,

so if anyone is interested in this out there I will finish it up in the following days??
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] IceManTX:
Hell yea, gofawkurself! That looks awesome! :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
Be patient and keep posted, greatbal and I are both working on new stuff.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gagaza:
Thank you for your comments and thanks for a great theme that suits my preferences. I don't feel it's too crowded I just prefer having most everything that I need on the main screen, or one click away. I actually feel that the original looks too bare and wastes alot of valuable space. I gotsta have me buttons.:) Just more practical for the way I use my phone.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
It is really great to see so many people involved in skinning Mobile Shell. I can't even begin to name all the names. Keep at it, you are doing a GREAT job, and if you haven't been to the Mobile Shell forum at spbclub.com and visited the thread I started there for custom skinning support, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, head over there now, vote in the poll and leave a comment in the thread so SPB will wake up and work with us.

Anyone who downloads a skin from XDA or another site should go there and vote, and leave a comment. I know you have to register to leave a comment, but please take a few minutes, register, and tell SPB how you feel about your custom skins!

http://www.spbclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18485
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gagaza:
Very creative. By the way did you notice BeyondInvisible's V.1.6. It uses the weather page as the background/wallpaper for the now page. The great thing is that it changes along with a change in the forecast. I applied it to the launcher page also.

Just a heads up cuz I think that' it's one of the coolest new features out there. You can use your graphics as your background. Keep up the nice work.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gofawkurself:
ha! as soon as i started posting on his thread i noticed his new version. now I just have to start dragging my files into that version. its about 70%ish done.

i noticed the files inside of his 1.6 - if i want to keep everything on my theme the same including the white clock i would only replace the

weather_big_btm

weather_big

right?

if your interested in checking it out...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gofawkurself:
Can anyone tell me what xml file i would edit and what/ it's labeled to change the height of the clock in the layouts.dat?

I'm trying to bring the clock up about 15 pixels in greatbals 1.2
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mattster_spv:
Long Live White Themes!

Thanks for that Ahmedfikry. I know it's all a matter of personal preference, but your "WHITE diamond" theme is so much better for my taste and needs than a lot of the other ones I have tried. It's very stylish yet so simple to use and pleasing to the eye. And it's far superior (for my eyes anyway) on a bright day to all these blacks, blues and greens!

I've made a small donation (I imagine every little counts... I don't have much money I'm afraid!). I hope when added to other people's donations it will help fund your time and effort in creating new themes.

Thanks again. Long live WHITE themes!!!

Mattster.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mattster_spv:
Latest version of SpbMobileShell (2.1.1) doesn't work well with POCKET DIGITAL CLOCK on Today Screen.

For some reason, the latest version of SpbMobileShell (2.1.1) has the same smart gesture feature available (dragging your finger from top to bottom) to bring up the mini shell pages on the Today page, but my Pocket Digital Clock plugin underneath seems to, after a second, come forward and hide the spb mini pages.

I reinstalled spb mobile shell 2.0 version and the problem went away.

I don't know if this is the same for other plugins on the Today page but it has stopped me from updating for the moment as I still use my Today page with PDC and other plugins as my main info page and launcher for other applications (such as mobile shell).

Mattster.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mattster_spv:
Ahmedfikry: One question when you get a moment.

In Spb mobile shell custom settings, with your theme installed, tapping on "Menu" or "Now Screen" does nothing, does not bring up the customisation menu.

Is there an alternative way of changing what links appear on the program tab? I'd like the comm manager to be available (then I can take the plug in off my Today page).

Thanks, Mattster.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gagaza:
Right

LockScreen.xml

<Layout Name="240x320-Digital">

<Plugins Extends="240x320-Simple"/>

<Plugins Extends="Digital">

<Plugin Name="DigitalClock">

<LeftTop X="0" Y="87"/>

<String Name="Down" Value="Status"/>

<String Name="Left" Value="Status"/>

<String Name="Right" Value="Status"/>

</Plugin>

</Plugins>

</Layout>

This layout set is found just above the landscape settings. Right above

<Layout Name="320x240-Simple">

While you're in there, take a look at theses lines. These are the lines that you can copy to the launcher.xml, or other pages to add the changeing weather background. Just copy then paste into the corresponding area.

<Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.Weather" Name="WeatherTop" Skin="qa_weather_big" DoubleSkin="va_weather_big" FontHeight="18" BoldFont="y">

<Int Name="TempAlignment" Value="1" />

</Plugin>

<Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.Weather" Name="WeatherBtm" Skin="qa_weather_big_btm" DoubleSkin="va_weather_big" BoldFont="n">

<Int Name="TempAlignment" Value="1" />

</Plugin>

and

<Plugin Name="WeatherTop">

<LeftTop X="0" Y="0"/>

<Point Name="Temp" X="666" Y="666"/>

</Plugin>

<Plugin Name="WeatherBtm">

<LeftTop X="0" Y="212"/>

<Point Name="Temp" X="666" Y="666"/>

</Plugin>
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ahmedfikry:
Hi Matt

tr this attached one..should work

also..wante dto let you know, if you prefer the other "flaring" 3D black main clock, you can use the qa_dclock file from my themes that you didn't like earlier (just replace the one in this one -straight) and you will have the better flaring one

Thanks for your generous donation

let me know if it works & if you need anything else

enjoy
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] phillyg8r:
How do I add contact pages?

Does anyone know what I need to tweak to add a contact page? I currently have 1 would like 3. DOn't want buttons for them or anything just when I click on the contact button it comes up to main contact screen then if I want more I can use the gestures to see more....

Thanks in advance!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] darkness_nightfall:
works fine here. Installed both ..no skinning or what ever....and they work nicely
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mattster_spv:
Hi Ahmedfikry.

Thanks for the speedy reply. It works fine now. I think the mistake I was making was deleting everything in the default spb mobile shell folder then adding what's in your zip. This time I just copied it all over and allowed original files with the same name to be replaced. Works fine now!

You seem to to be happy with feedback so here's another thing I noticed. On the contact boxes, there seems to be a "grey shadow" effect on the top. As a result, the top of the photos I use are cropped off. My girlfriend noticed that the top of her head was missing! :-p

Mattster.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] JstarLuvsTina:
thanks for all ur work..as well as Greatbal's ( but i think he's tired of hearing me thank him lol )

either way.. new themes non diamond would be f'n fantastic!

keep us posted
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dayze0:
Come On Guys - Goto Link And Vote

JUST A LITTLE REMINDER , COME ON GUYS - WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A FLOOD OF POSTS ON SPB FORUM - HELP THE SKINNERS/ DEVS , MAKE THEIR JOB EASIER AND PRESSURE SPB TO STAND UP AND TAKE NOTICE

WELL... ?? - WHAT YOU STILL DOING HERE - GO GO GO TO ABOVE LINK

PLEASE, THX
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ahmedfikry:
Hi again

thanks.. i was actually here to tell u that i was not able to reproduce the problem & for you to reinstall spb MS again then replace the files & soft reset ...but i found yr message & that u figured it out

yes, i know about the contact pics..this version you have is an older version than the one with 4 contact pages (with picture issue corrected)...i uploaded this one quick so you can use right away

i can fix that..but i think i will do something better (just need time)...as i started using the white theme again because of you :) i realized i liked it more than my other GSmart ones...so here is what i want to do

i will probable move the clock higher in the main screen, then have the date under it (like S2U2)

then the status icons (messages, voicemail..etc)

below that i will have from left to right (weather, 2 MRU, & profile)..personally i will have 1 MRU for backlight & the other for S2U2 pinned

then on launcher programs screen i will have all 9 icons...then on contacts i will fix the picture issue & will have it look like my newer setup (bigger picture with black text) not chopped & easier to read text

what do you think?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tpeazy:
I'm from LA, so I know know what you mean about the weather changes. I am definately interested in what you are developing.

Tp
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tlpalmer01:
i luv that ciy weather theme...im in detroit....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hays:
I put a skin on the the early days of them coming out but found it was causing lock ups

Does anyone still experience this with the newer skins

I use an 02 Orbit

Also, could I add a 2nd and 3rd contacts page to the EXISTING standard shell ???

Presumably this wouldn't be a big file and wouldn't hog resources

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dayze0:
hi hays , ive got the orbit 2 and run all of the SPB 2.1 skins developed here no problems at all with virtually no lockups but be sure to use

spb mobile shell 2.1

for now - 2.1.1 is to be avoided at the minute as it has just been released and is causing problems while running skins
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mattster_spv:
What do I think? I think that all sounds great!!! I hope other users as well as me enjoy the fruit of your work!

Mattster
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gofawkurself:
worked perfectly. thank you
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] epicurean:
I love this theme. COuld you do this in 240x400 format for use in the Omnia? Much appreciated!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
kbone473... this is for u. download, rename the extension to .dat and copy to spb mobile shell folder.

let me know if it works good for u.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NBer:
Is it possible to change the background blue into an orther color, or maybe to put there an wallpaper?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aceracer24:
For this skin it's very easy. What color or wall paper? If I see it soon enough I might be able to do it but if you post it, maybe someone else can if I don't get to it. About to head to bed.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NBer:
Perhaps this:

http://pocketpcthemes.com/preview.asp?ID=75144
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jerrys:
WindowsField & fond & appointments

Hello mtkates,

Your WindowFields with appointmentsis is very nice and work correctly in contrary of the Diamond Theme (touch areas not corespondings with icons !!!! it's BIG problem)

But I've some problems:

- bigger text not show correctly my diacritic letters in my czech language (b.e. tittle and date on calendar screen) - probably problem with font

- on Now screen appointments don't show, only calendar

- Now screen don't return after wake up (checkbox in options is on)

Question - is possibility to add second contacts screen?

Jerry

HTC Artemis, WM6 czech, SPB MS 2.1.1
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kangmas:
No Clue

Need help here. In lockscreen, How to align the date from middle to the right side. So no matter if the date is long, ( e.g. - Wednesday, 24 september) or short, ( Monday, 4 August), it will still take right side as the alignment.

Same as contact, I need to align it to the middle of the picture. See screenshot: Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rexboy:
Hi Azzambm,

Im now using your theme, great work. Just 1 quick question, any idea how i can get the 9th icon. I have tried a cab that someone attached in the forums but this did nothing.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] drb123:
NBer

Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007

Posts: 15

Perhaps this:

http://pocketpcthemes.com/preview.asp?ID=75144

I also would love to combine this background with the rest of the theme; but PLEASE make it so that using Greatbal's colorhue exe program that I can change the background color as my mood changes ;).....Thanks very much!

Nber; don't you want the ninth Icon on the Program page?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NBer:
ninth icon? :confused:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ahmedfikry:
i am sorry

i do not have a device that i can test this on for the size you requested
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
This is exactly the kind of thing I am trying to get the information for from SPB. For their objects and their properties, the use what are called classes. Classes are usually built with many options that are not always obvious from just one example of code.

Right now we are just trying to figure it out by trial and error, which can be very time consuming, because when end finding a lot of ways that it WON'T work, and sometimes never find out how it does.

For example, with the date alignment, I wanted to do the same thing, figure out how to align left, center, right, and also single line and 2 line date. This was an earlier skin I was working on and the settings are so unusual that I don't remember them now.

If I figure it out again, I'll let you know.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kangmas:
Know what you mean, bro. Hehe, five glasses of coffee and I still can't figure it out. :(

Waiting for your or anybody else help. Thanks again
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] phillyg8r:
Problem with Selections

On my LockScreen, All my selection shadows are off, They dont' line up with what I am trying to touch to select, does anyone know what I need to Change to line all these up they are off by about 15 pixels HIGH. Thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] drb123:
The 9th Icon; commonly seen as the Game Folder or some folks make it the Active Folder
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gagaza:
Haven't looked at how to make anything left, center, or right alignment. mtkates is right about spb not making it easy.

For the contact page try changing the name x value to a negative number. Try -80 first, then adjust to where you want it once you see what that does.

<Plugin Name="Name">

<BoundRect X="-80" Y="33" Width="236" Height="28"/>

</Plugin>

It'll be closer to the middle, but the alignment will be whatever spb set it to.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aceracer24:
not forgotten. went to bed right after you posted. if no one gets to this I will try to do it when I get home from work.

The file should be attached...hopefully if I did it right. It would not let me upload a .dat so I changed the .dat to .zip. When you download it just change it back to .dat and plug the file into your SPB Mobile shell directory. Should work as I tested it on mine and works fine.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shep211:
Can someone please help me. I have been reading for days but cant find a answer. Is there a thread showing what each file does in spb? I have found out what most do but cant find how to change how many contact tabs you have. The skin I use has one and i want to change it to 3. Thank you for your help.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] phillyg8r:
ME TOO!

I have been trying to Figure this one out as well. I had 2 contact pages added actually, I know its in the qa_Layouts you need to create another SpeedDial page rename it speeddial1 and so one. I tryed just copying it over twice, and it worked though it all add the same stuff on it! Each time I edited one the other edited as well, so I have abandoned this for now, if you figure it out please share with me thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jac:
I to have been working on a pseudo iPhone theme. But have not been able to put in the time lately to get it where I'd like it. My biggest goal is to find a way to use Pocket Weather instead of Spb Weather & organization of applications for easy access. Here are a few screen shots. Keep in mind I'm newbie at Photoshop. So I graphically suck....

1 - Home Screen & 1st Program launcher (Bottom are12 static Programs or Folders)

2 - 2nd Program launcher (Bottom are12 static Programs or Folders) & Contact Pages (3 Pages of contacts with 16 on each) 48 Total
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tonestones:
Looks great!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hümän:
Hi - looks brilliant. However - when I installed your files I see nothing in the least comparable to the above pictures? Can you help me? best regards, thanks, Hümän.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hümän:
Problems with this skin

Hi - looks brilliant. However - when I installed your files I see nothing in the least comparable to the above pictures? Can you help me? best regards, thanks, Hümän.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
What doesnt look right? and what version of spb ms are you using?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] phillyg8r:
GOT IT!!!

I figured it out I will post my Main.xml and SpeedDial.xml and SpeedDial1.xml in the morning!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] phillyg8r:
Okay I had it right here in the Zip File are the modified xml files I changed to get the 2 Contact pages, Speeddial and Speeddial1, plus the modified Main.xml file that brings this pages up with a gesture in one direction only. I have it set to only come up one way, (my Pref), you can change that by changing the tab order in the main.xml file if you need help let me know. Tell me how it goes for you.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtstmp:
NICE!

I like where you're goin with that, looks great so far! For me, i'm tryin to get as close as possible to the original, which i'm not sure people may like. Mobile Shell really has a lot of features i find myself cutting out! :confused: I've got four tabs: home, calendar, and two contacts. This really is time consuming isn't it!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] speedbird787:
Great !! :D

I'm Looking forward for it. :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NBer:
Great work,

I've put it in \Program Files\Spb Mobile Shell

Is it right? But how I can acivate it????????????? :confused:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] xep624:
re

SoftReset :-)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NBer:
No, it isnt working.

I've load it, and renamed it into .dat.

It.s not working .... :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] drb123:
Quote:

Originally Posted by aceracer24

not forgotten. went to bed right after you posted. if no one gets to this I will try to do it when I get home from work.

The file should be attached...hopefully if I did it right. It would not let me upload a .dat so I changed the .dat to .zip. When you download it just change it back to .dat and plug the file into your SPB Mobile shell directory. Should work as I tested it on mine and works fine.

Hey guys

I also was looking forward to making this modification on my theme, which is very similiar, though words are in English. I used the Spb Skin 2.0 thread password to open the Zip file with the dat file, inserted it, did a soft reset and it has not changed my background either.

I am a novice, but isn't there something in qa_layouts.dat that also needs to be changed?...Thanks aceracer24 anyway! Maybe you can still pull the rabbit out of the hat for Nber and myself ! ;)