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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtstmp:
I would LOVE to make a storm theme, I think it would work well with mobile shell. It has taken approximately three months of free time to put together iPhone and WinMo 6.5 each! I just don't think I got it in me to start all over again on something new! I'm no artist, but I've definately upped my photoshop skills after all this work. I'll try to contribute with anything I can. I've been thinking about it a little bit and will come up with some conceptual drawings for you. Cheers.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Michaelr219:
Hey, so I was thinking for your theme...

5 pages...

Wallpaper:

The Wet wall paper of course (love it)... and possibly some optional walls... i have a couple if youd like me to upload, one in particular thatd id love to see... also, if you need, i have a ton(like 500+), just let me know what youre looking for...

Bottom Dock:

Iphone Icons with a black dock, and possibly a blue highlight when you touch the icon instead of the full color... (white/blue/silver/option)

home page:

having the black or transparent(option) manila clock... iphone notifications used in your last theme... can you make them appear glossier? (an example is the glass like look of the transparent manila clock) I think itd make your theme look very premiere

calendar page:

the iphone calendar that ive seen floatin around since its a bit more finger friendly, possibly transparent... or black and white

along the top, without the need for extra notifications to create space for more alarms/appointments...

programs page:

same icons used in all your themes but a glossier/shinier black and white version?

recently used apps:

Glass Icons the size of the bottom dock icons, i.e.

just like the clock

contact page

using full sized contact images... no need for icons... and if so, just with minimal trim and space in between... so we can see the pictures better...

wow, well... thats the suggestion... this theme would be optimal for me, id even be willing to donate for the efforts nd contributions to the community... thanks... oh and is it possible to change the highlight color when walking around with the dpad?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] arty:
hey, mtstmp, thanks for the qvga theme :)

just one question, how do i get the icons in the menu screen? im missing my games and my menu and dont have these nice icons.

great theme, thanks again.

if u people want it too....donate him some bucks, its worth it!^^
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dazzawright:
I have taken your word for it and donated. This theme should keep me going till the real Wm6.5 is out. Do we get to choose the background colour ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] guntcent:
so far i jst want a storm theme on my t-mobile wing n im willin to pay how much tht person wants
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] j1serrano:
Help with voice mail icon

I'm being following this Thread for a long time and want to thank everybody for the great contributions and information.

I was able to customize a theme the way i like but i'm still having problems with voice mail icon. I did change qa_status/status.bmp and status_m.bmp with the voice mail icon that i like using PAINT (copy/paste) the result was not what i expected (no icons at all). I think is because i lost the indexes in the bmp files. Is this correct? If yes how can i fix this problem? Do not have Photo Shop.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] j1serrano:
Help with voice mail icon

I'm being following this Thread for a long time and want to thank everybody for the great contributions and information.

I was able to customize a theme the way i like but i'm still having problems with voice mail icon. I did change qa_status/status.bmp and status_m.bmp with the voice mail icon that i like using PAINT (copy/paste) the result was not what i expected (no icons at all). I think is because i lost the indexes in the bmp files. Is this correct? If yes how can i fix this problem? Do not have Photo Shop.

*sorry.. i did not include attachments in my previous post

View attachment Status.bmp

View attachment Status_m.bmp
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] iTouch24:
something like this?

http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14763
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] owlmatt:
Would love to donate for the win6.5, but is it avail in wqvga anytime soon?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 760hacker:
I am pretty sure it will fairly soon but not sure nor willing to give any dates.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gammarho55:
this theme looks good enough to come back to mobile shell for... hope to see it soon.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtstmp:
You have to enable the games menu with a registry edit. I found this cab file a while ago to achieve the desired results. I take no credit for it. After installing the cab, go to "settings", "customize menu", then place a check mark next to my menu and games. That should do it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] arty:
ah ok thx, but how about the icons?

the icons on your screen look different...any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] smilepak:
in WQVGA support would be awesome!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Cascade2:
I'd pay for 320x320!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gammarho55:
so let me get this straight... the only way to get this theme is to donate to the creator? that makes me kinda upset on several levels, but most of all is that this is supposed to be a community of people who help each other- not for profit (although it is nice when someone decides to donate) but for the betterment of our phones. and i'm pretty sure that the creator of this theme has had things on his ppc that he didn't have to donate for in order to get. just my opinion.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hossann:
How mush to donate for this?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] keithdupont:
More for my mixed skin

The Now screen has three mru's: QVGA ONLY

Tap operator for mru#2 I use this for comm manager

Tap contacts for mru#3 I use this for the obvious

Tap date for mru#4 I use this for call history

If you do not have backlight as your first mru then all of the mru#s go down by 1. You may have to re-sort your menu to get my menu to work it pulls up the tenth menu item. Alot of the items in the theme came from greatbal's gsmart theme, iphone tabs are from azzambm's iphone with style II theme. I am not sure who made the clock, got it here at xda. Beyond invisible made the weather icons. I have know idea where the background originated, I have had it a while, if it is yours thanks. Here are some pics.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] keithdupont:
One more pic
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gizmosli:
noob question, how to delete old theme / skin files?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] guntcent:
if u can get this theme to support landscape is guna b da best theme
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joe1402:
just overwrite with the new one
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tolisn:
The tabs "Programs", "My Menu", "Contacts do not operate correctly on my touch cruise. Is there anyway to remove them completely since I don't use them anyway?

Other that that this is a great skin. Thank for the time that you have put into this.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] irotier:
My opinion! And i'll think, that this is illegal too - he sells codes from spb...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtstmp:
white icons

here you go arty
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] arty:
very nice, thank you!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sgt_sidz:
Hi mtstmp

Wld this theme be made available for us who has WVGA screens (Mine is a HTC HD) not easy to find good themes that supports WVGA xcept a far few...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] keithdupont:
What do they do? Do they launch the wrong programs
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tolisn:
Well, here is what they do.

"Programs" tab opens "My menu"

"My Menu tab does nothing\

"Contacts" tab open "Resco files Explorer"

I'm currently using your previous "Mix" skin and I'm loving it.

Is there a way to inlcude the new clock and the black bottom tabs to the previous skin ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] guntcent:
hey can u make this theme to support landscape man?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] keithdupont:
You need games and tasks installed so that you have 10 menu items then you change the order to get the right thing to open. The version you request i think is this. Just copy the two files over my old theme and it should be like photo, if not let me know I have made too many mods to this version it gets hard to remember whats what.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tolisn:
Thanks for the files, now it's perfect

Thanks a million:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Froggi:
Hello! Excuse please, you could not throw off the reference for your downloading skins for Spb Mobile Shell 2 - WiMo 6.5? Thanks! Yours faithfully Froggi.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tolisn:
What files do I need to change to have the buttons on the 16 rescent program list look like the button on the image. This button has a chrome ring around it.

I have this button as the main menu buttons and I'd like to include it in the Recent program list.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] keithdupont:
Do you have a copy of the button with nothing in it? BLANK so to speak
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tolisn:
No, But I can make one. What type do you require and what size should it be ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] keithdupont:
Use these as a guide to make the new one, one is the mask and the other is the button
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] demoniac9:
I got to agree with this. It is one thing to ask for a donation, it is entirely different to only give out your theme to those who have donated. I think at that point it becomes selling and not donating.

Regardless, I think your theme looks nice and hope that some day you release it for all.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gammarho55:
well, i'm glad some people agree with me... and i second the thought that if spb got wind of him selling themes for their program they would be none too pleased. and let's get something straight... i'm definitely not opposed to donating if you find someone's themes/ etc. helpful, which i have done in the past, but i think its kind of a slap in the face to the people who have helped him out for free. most people here are very grateful for all the help thats provided through this website for free, but to do the opposite is an insult to those who actually create the programs such as with A_C with his S2 apps. once again, just my opinion.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] arty:
well what i have understood is..he will release his theme for "free" for everybody after some couple of weeks, when he has done all versions (qvga and vga or some others) and for people who cant wait for it he hands it out to them for a little donation....maybe i didnt get it right but...thats what i thought....what ever...i like his theme..i appreciate his work...i donated and i got it....^^
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cliq:
Thanks for this Omnia Theme (made by Greatbal). It looks so lovely on my Kaiser but there was a problem.

I decided to use SPB mobile shell to change the theme colour to Gold or Old bronze so that this Omnia Theme could match the whole UI of my phone. After this, when I click start, the text on the menu (Today, Office Mobile, calendar, Contacts, Internet Explorer, Messaging, Phone e.t.c) are so white that I can not see them. Also Network name and date on the HTC home is also white too. Is there a way I can change this to be darker (black) so that I can easily see?

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] guntcent:
u gotta download da omnia dark cab files idk where it is when i find it ill show u
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rubbishhk:
can someone make this a vga theme please??

can anyone make this a vga theme for me
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tolisn:
Hi.

Here is the button I made. In the files there is a photoshop files and a bmp files.

Can you please explain the procedure on how to convert these so they can be put into mobile shell?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Fuzzy-79:
Yes please for me too.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] keithdupont:
I can't get it to look right, something to do with the mask. I do not know much about graphics. I tried white, black, and grey mask none of them look right.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tolisn:
OK, thanks for trying anyway. I'll have a look around and see what I can find.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] keithdupont:
New Backgrounds for my theme mix

Here they are:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cadenza:
Hi guys^^

Have a question.. I searched the whole thread here with the "search" for WVGA, but I I got was that all the themes doesn't work... Once again also the question from me: Is there REALLY no Theme for my beloved Touch HD?? I can't belive it, thats why I'm asking.. I tried the Windows mobile 7 theme and it didn't work, unfortunately:( So, could anyone tell me if there's at least ONE very good working custom theme? Cause the themes here look AWESOME and I'd like to have something similar on my Blacckstone.... Thanks in advance!!!!

Greez, cad^^
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtstmp:
vga conversions are incredibly tedious. you have to upscale all the graphics twofold, and without the original source files, things end up lookin goofy.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtstmp:
Do you have a link to where you found this icon? I could make it work with the original...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tolisn:
Take a look into this dat(zip) file. It contain the initial icons.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtstmp:
thanks but I was refering more to the new icon you want created. A link to the website where you found it, I'd like to have it in .png format to achieve the best results.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tonysucre:
So mtstmp's when your amazing theme come out?????????:p
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tolisn:
The icon that I want can be found on post #5343. Inside the .zip file you can find a photoshop file of it.

I did need find this icon, I made it with photoshop.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rubbishhk:
i believe the original files is somewhere here, if i could find it, do u think you could make it a vga theme for me please?

thankyou
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] AlexM555:
Do you have it in purple? Sorry, I had to ask.... My g/f loves purple :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] keithdupont:
You have to be more specific than that. Have what in purple????
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chas123:
Theme for TF3D

So I've been trying to decide what to use- Mobile shell or TF3D. I like Mobile shell, but the now screen lacks alot when it comes to customization.

Mobile shell was pulling about 7 megs with the diamond vga setup, so I didn't want to use both at the same time.

What I ended up doing was stripping Mshell down to bare bones, deleting all the layouts for now, calendar, weather, contacts, etc. and integrating the menu structure with the TF3D program screen. Mobile shell is now running ~2.6 megs and the Calkulin manila runs ~2.4.

Tell me what you think:

EDIT:

Installation:

1) Copy the icons exe folder into the \Program Files folder (device)

2) Backup the \Windows\Start Menu\SPB Mobile Shell folder then overwrite

it with the SPB Mobile Shell folder in the zip

3) Backup the \Program Files\SPB Mobile Shell folder then add/overwrite with

the files in the "spb for tf3d" folder.

note: this step is really optional. It will give you the diamond background and

buttons and will save ram. To save alot of memory space you can also go through the

Mobile shell folder and delete anything that has the word "weather" in it

4) Soft reset

5) go to the programs page in TF3D and delete what you have there. Press

add and you will see the lnk's with the icons at the bottom of the add

programs dialogue.

Make sure to back everything up. This theme goes well w/ Calkulins Manila

http://www.myunspace.com/?d=4E8B72FC1

edit: Oh well file won't upload. It's also here-

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=55417
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtstmp:
icons

threw together two different styles, as i'm not really sure what you were looking for.....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Quadman:
I'm using Greatbal's black diamond theme with the Layout C- 3 Contacts Pages. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2326499&postcount=1 What i would like to do is only have the program tab and the 3 page photo dial tab to show. Is this possible? What lines in the main.xml file do i have to edit? Thx :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] irotier:
there should be two possibilities - to show only two tabs but have all usable (per scrolling) and only to have two tabs - in a few minuits i will post how to...

edit:

now its done - like i said in 2 different ways:

version 1:

in this version there are only two tabs you can use - the Programm-tab and the SpeedDial-tab with three pages

what did i do?

i commented the tabs you didn't want to use out (in the main.xml) and to get it more pretty i moved the icons - ATTENTION: the background of the active tab has also to be moved - for this you have to edit the following lines:

<Plugin Name="TabImage" Skin="qp_bkg_now" DoubleSkin="vp_bkg_now">
<String Name="ImageName" Value="MyTab"/>
<BoundRect X="23" Y="274" Width="94" Height="46"/>
</Plugin>

in these files:

launcher.xml

speeddial1.xml

speeddial2.xml

speeddial3.xml

(I'll did it just for normal layout - not for landscape...)

version 2:

in this version you will see only two tabs (programm / speeddial) but you can use all of them by scrolling

what did i do?

in the main.xml i moved all tabs i don't want to see downwards so that you can't see them anymore and placed the programm-tab and the speeddial-tab new.

also i had to move the background of the two tabs like in the other version and i'll had to move the background of the hidden tabs downwards too (files: mainweather.xml, lockscreen.xml, kalendar.xml)

I hope you can understand what i did, because i know my english is horrible...

EDIT2:

Greatball i hope it was ok to work on your theme...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Quadman:
Thx so much i installed version 2 and it works great but the 2 icon tabs don't show at the bottom. I can click on them but only white dots show when i tap them. Same thing also for version 1. Any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] irotier:
that's interesting - i coded it at the ppc-emulator from windows and it worked fine - now i copied it to my xda-orbit (to see if i have the same probs like you) - i see the two buttons (and they are working), but i have another problem - on the emulator i can scroll from the speeddial-tabs to the other pages when i scroll in the tab-bar, but on my xda i stay in the speeddial-tabs no matter where i scroll...

i have "repacked" the files wich worked on my xda - please try them, perhaps i packed the wrong files in my last post - it is version 2 (all tabs working, but only two shown with a symbol)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tolisn:
Hey Thanks, I really appreciate it.

Do you mind describing how you did it ??? :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] wiefag:
hey mtstmp I have just donated you 7 dollars, just cant wait for your release!!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Quadman:
Thx irotier it works perfect. I appreciate it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thienlong83:
For anyone still wondering how to change the SMS button to launch another program, you must edit the registry "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell\RAI\:MSINBOX"

Then change value 1 to the location of the program you want in place of it. For example: "\Program Files\VITO\SMS-Chat\SMSChat.exe"

NOTE: the quotes in the file path must be there in order for it to work

Hope this helps :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] WatermelonSlim:
So I read the first few pages (probably the first 15 or 20) and I am not seeing how to install any of these. Is there a quick tutorial anywhere?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtstmp:
How To

1. Navigate to Programs - SPB Mobile Shell folder on your device via Activesync

2. Copy all files there to your desktop (to return to stock if needed)

3. Copy files from your downloaded theme of choice to the mobile shell folder on your device, and overwrite the files

4. Soft reset

5. Enjoy :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] WatermelonSlim:
Excellent! Thanks a million!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ricriley:
Where am I going wrong?

I have copied the nessasary files into the correct 'Spb Mobile Shell' folder in program files. But I get a dodgy looking interface!

Can anyone help me?

I should have:

But I have:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] alexaztec4293:
hey guys i cant still put into my phone could u put step by step please
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtstmp:
Here you go dude? This is from like three posts ago........
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ricriley:
Thanks for your reply keithdupont, these were the files I originally used, and I still got the same problem. :mad:

This is really annoying me because it seems really simple:

1. download the theme/skin you like

2. extract it

3. replace files in the Spb Mobile Shell folder with the new ones

4. Soft reset

It has changed the look of SPB MS but the TouchFlo clock hasn't worked and I don't have any of the new icons or background.

I am using a Touch Diamond (Dutty's ROM), with SPB Mobile Shell 2.1.4
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] keithdupont:
My skin will not work with vga screen like yours without serious modifications. The reason it looks like that is the only thing that is changing is the layouts. All of my files are qa_........ something, your device uses the va_....... files for graphic files. The only skins you can use are those for vga device. Try this one

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=412052
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ricriley:
That explains it...I wondered why some of the files were named differently.

Thanks for your help, it might stop me from tearing my hair out :D

Gutted I can't use your skin though :mad: it's awesome.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thedaniel:
@keithdupont: Why has everbody left SPB Mobile Shell?

Well...dunno about the rest...but for me the reason was that WAD2 (Lakeridge Wisbar Advanced Desktop) came into play and gave me a full desktop with more functionallity and better animated transitions than any. I simply dont see any reason why I SHOULD use anything else.

Wisbar Desktop is like a handheld computer should be. Full custumization with a right click. No PC, no xml, no nothing, just wisbar.

A part from this, SPB MS is still second best. (Until that new PointUI..:-)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtstmp:
mobile shell 3

just read this over at solsie.com....

mobile shell 3.0 will be unveiled at the mobile world conference in mid-february. shipping first to device manufacturers then everyone in early march! don't have the link from my phone but do a search for the story. scrolling and widgets were mentioned... can't wait!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sschrupp:
Hey, great news! Now we have Mobile Shell 3.0 and Point UI 2.0 to look forward to! Exciting times!