yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] prabhg:
How to install??

I have Mobile Shell 2.1 and I downloaded the WM7 skin. When I open the zip file, there are abt 66 files there and I made a backup copy of my current spb mobile shell folder and copied the files from the download over my current files in mobile shell folder in prog files. But now the program doesnt even load up. Screen just sometimes turn dark when the phone awakes but no skin comes up and with a msg that device is running low on memory, it again goes back to sleep. I had to go back and restore the original files for the MS to work again. I am using it with Treo 750. Is there anything I am doing wrong??
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] toniolol:
New for ENGLISH people who asked me !
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ^^rac:
Hey greatbal!

Can you please fix the wallpaper with the real Diamond wallapaper, provided by Jeffrey2000, thanks mate!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RideTheTube:
yes that would be great!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bigostoo:
Thank you for making this.....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sidewinder:
really nice theme....

p.s. mabuhay kayo greatball
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Fallen Spartan:
Greatbal, excellent work man. Quick question.

Not sure if anyone else has experienced this, but at the top above the date, the signal strength, battery power and sound format appear to be obscurred by UMTS Orange, i.e. they are on top of each other. Is their a way to correct this.

Any help appreciated

cheers
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NiteStalker:
Sorry to change the subject, its not a diamond theme, but I need designer input on a new theme I'm almost done with.

Screenshot 1; shows the bottom menu graphics saved in grayscale mode, and "Indigo" selected in the color profiles.

Screenshot 2; I colorized the images save them in r5g6b5 bmp format which works for every other image on the screen, but in the menu the image does not display (mask is all white and still save as grayscale), as you can see this method worked on the top bar.

What format do I save it as in order to get the colors to show? Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bzinko1:
forgot about the download link, or I am blind
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dicast:
what's the password to extract these fies? (layout) to edit. for greatball diamond theme that is
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RideTheTube:
PASSWORD = b0fm18zq
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RideTheTube:
Sorry for doppelpost...

can anyone make this background for Greatballs Diamond theme (Portrait and Landscape)

plz everytime i tried it didnt work!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] echoboy:
Love the skin - great work.

Is there a landscape version of this theme?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ka911:
ok, Finally I found you! oh man, you have no idea what I had to do to find your post!!!!! anyway, I want to fix the bug with the program shadow and weather icon shadow too, but how to do that? I did download the need it files but I don't know where is the right folder to put them in! you did not add how to install the fixed files..

can you please add with your post where do we need to add the updates.

many thanks,

PS: can you please just make a cab file fir the update.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] eskostar:
Actually he says right there "Copy and overwrite existing file in the Spb Mobile Shell installation folder"

Which means copy the file qa_layout.dat to where your program is installed, usually \program files\spb mobile shell
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ka911:
so, I don't need to unzip the files! ok, I will give it a try when I go home. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] eskostar:
Just remember to rename the file AND the extension to qa_layout.dat
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ratcom:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2304228&postcount=2624
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bzinko1:
great thanks ratcom :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dirtred:
man can you please make this clock for the black s2u2?call me weird but i put this clock on the black layout and it looks cool as hell to me.this clock is the best by far.thankyou
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tonestones:
Does anybody have this image??Could someone make a theme out of it ???thanx in advance!!:confused:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dealwagon:
I have a relative simple one...

I am trying to change the wifi icon in the default scheme to the words "Wifi" like seen in many skins when fully connected. Anyone have this already done in a .dat file?

I think its in the qa_operator_small.dat file.

Cheers.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dayze0:
marfanuk , love the theme - using it now , thx - like the point ui ...great ... keep up the good work ....soooo tempted to start myself soon :)

is it hard ???????
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] intoby:
Hi greatbal,

i have some minor problem about the diamond theme, in mobile shell screen, the top heading (CALENDER) & (WEATHER) description haven't shown on screen, but i can see (Time), (Main Programme) & (Contact) description shown on each Tab....

i even try to re-copy the 3 x fonts files to \Windows\Fonts\, but cannot overwrite thus the files was sharing....also cannot delete under safe mode....

do u know how to re-fix this problem?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] AacidusX:
i installed the diamond theme by greatbal, one thing i noticed is that when i get an e-mail via pocket outlook, the screen doesnt turn on. it vibrates and the tone executes but nothing more. anyone else experience this? would there be a way to solve this? sms' are fine.

and one more thing; when i am in the regular windows mobile today screen i have 2 bars on the signal strength and i can see the data connection icon. but when i go back to spb mobile shell, i only see one bar for signal and no connection status... how would this be enabled?

@greatbal, thanks for an awesome theme!

@everyone else, thanks for all the great info!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ka911:
thank you!

hi there,

I just want to say thank you very much for your nice theme (HTC Diamond SPB MS2.1 Theme v1.1) I have xv6900 and your theme is the killer :cool:,

I will like to know if you can till me if there is any bugs in this release or not? because I had it for over 2 days now with out any problem, all the tabs working with out any problem ( like the first page where the clock when I try to move my finger from the right to left it will change to Digital clock) but today I did update the fixed shadow box for the programs and for Weather and now it its working ( the shadow box) but I have a small problem (I think) when I try to move my finger from the right to left it will chage the tabs (I did like it the old way when it will chage from clock to digital) but this is not the problem (yet) when I move my finger on the screen it will move from tab to tab, but it will stop under (prgrams - main) and it will loop there when I move my finger from (main to MRU) until I tab the Weather tab then it will move to the cotacts screen and if I am under the contacts screen it will loop over three pages (VIP - Personal - Business) of contacts and it will not move to the home page or go back to the Weather tab. any idea how to fix this?

many thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marfanuk:
Thanks dayze0,

It depends what you want to as to how hard it is. Its very easy to change the background. To move buttons etc. - that's when it get harder. I have some icons I want to change on the theme, but I am struggling to find out how to do it, but, it will happen soon.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marfanuk:
Thanks echoboy.

Ill have a look at the landscape version soon.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] klockers:
This is by far the best Diamond theme I've seen, GREAT job!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dicast:
is there a cab for "running apps"

10-22 got it
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] iris_aim:
weather tab in diamond theme

is it possible that when we click on weather tab,it takes us to detailed weather tab instead of the big weather icon that i find useless

what do u guys say...im not a coder but if u write a code that when u click on weather tab takes to detailed weather(some code that executes when u click on weather icn(not the tab)

i dont know what im talkin about but ive been waitin for some1 to do this for long time now

thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aruppenthal:
OK I have been watching this forum for a really long time. I am super impressed and thankful for everything all of you have done. I have a small request. Could someone please modify greatbals diamond theme layout D with the following background and bottom bar icons from littlerains layout? I have tried swapping from another layout but it messes up everything.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] toniolol:
It's very nice idea, the Greatbals top bar is missing in my theme, if I found time I'll try to mix mine and Greatbals.

Just remember, the layout D is the full A with 3 pages contacts and the speaker sign near the phone icon on the bottom right ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aruppenthal:
Yeah thats the one. However I would be just as pleased with layout F if thats easier. Everytime I try to swap it I get the phone suite icon back on the top bar and the bottom icons out of order ;( I really wish i could get a grip on doing the changes myself as I have some great ideas. I just cant seem to get it right.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] toniolol:
Ok,

I've made a first shot but it's not done....

There are some matters :

1 - the bottom bar on each page

2 - the right key on multi-page

3 - the top black filling on some pages

If someone could help me to find where are this problems !
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ^^rac:
Yo Breatbal! Can you please add this wallpaper for the Diamond theme, and fix topbar please. Thanks man!

(Page 260 is the attachment!)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikedav01:
I like it

Toniolol, First, ty for the English version. I do like the whole scehme and look.

I do not have the problem you describe here with the right icon. I just have what looks like placeholders when switching. I do find this though. While on the main clock, I cannot switch to the smaller clock with alarms easily. Have to hold it there and wait for it to hilight and then maybe it will switch. Also, moving through the tabs, it goes from Program to Contact and skips weather. Then it will just keep rolling through the 3 pages of contacts. A title (VIP, Biz, etc.) would be helpful.

Wish I could help you with the issues you find.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
You surfed through the entire thread to find my original post? You should have looked at my signature instead. hehe :p

The shadow fixes were made by y1mrn. TO give you a clue, whenever you have a file with .dat extension, you just have to copy them on your device's \Program Files\SPB Mobile Shell folder.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] toniolol:
Hi Mike,

It's not my theme but a try to mix the Greatbal D with mine, so you couldn't have this matter with my cab ;)

It's strange for your problem, I've just to touch the main clock to go in the alarms page.

No matter to me too for switching from each pages.

Is everyone have the same mistake ?

For the title of contacts, I'm agree with you but the only way, without change everything on image placement, is to write it instead of the clock in the top bar.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
EDIT: This is for you too azzmbm.

Sorry about the delay. I was busy with the real life. hehe :p

enjoy!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
Done. (see my previous post). :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ^^rac:
You the man!

Thanks Greatbal!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cp_kirkley:
Now that the thread is at a mind-thrashing 270 pages, would it be alright to start a new thread displaying the major releases in one post? then leave this thread to development/WIP screens.

I ask this because asking people to scan 270 pages (in one thread mind you) in order to avoid asking a question thats already been answered or just to find the download link for a skin released 20 pages prior seems a bit much, IMO.

Great work, though, with the new appearance options you guys have come up with, I have a few Iphone users jealous of me. Which is as it should be, of course... :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marfanuk:
Just to let You guys know ive updated my theme as photo above http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2304797&postcount=2630​
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jkrj524:
Hi greatbal. Kindly check your PM. Thanks pal.

P. S. pasensiya ka na :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Knumb:
great job marfanuk! Installing now!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dirtred:
bottom bar

ok i'm using the diamond theme from greatbal layout c it fits my needs as far as pages are concerned.flipping through this monster thread i find the practical layout.the only tweak i wish to make is to remove the calender and weather tab from the bottom bar.so wich dat files can i take from that layout to do this only and will that just keep those pages from being available? i use sbsh on my today screen so its not needed?thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
Done. Please see my post onpage 269. Enjoy! :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bigray327:
Already been tried twice, unsuccessfully. People aren't smart enough to just post skins without all of the discussion.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syrguy1969:
If your using a skin, and it is posted in a thread by the author, that is most likely the only place you CAN get support. If you really want to have a 'skin only' site, create a web-site for skins only, people can submit their skins to you, and you can post them (giving credit where due), and then these threads can resume being imformative areas for learning!!

P.S. I bet you would get a lot of help from others, and get a lot of appreciation from members!!! :D

(There is also the wiki for skins!!)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ^^rac:
There is a nice French site where all the skins are kept...........

I dont have the link tho! I usually go there to see whats happenin in SPB shell!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syrguy1969:
I have seen that one, it is posted in here somewhere. I also saw the russian one, the problem with those though is I have a Treo, so I can only use the converted ones listed in here.

If keep trying, someday I will get the hang of this skinning thing LOL!!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dickmol:
Here it is the link: http://www.actualitemobile.com/forum/index.php/topic,1654.0.html

Enjoy it!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fleadog99:
Anyone have a nice white clock for S2U2 like the newest white clock released here? The white clock I have the background seems to be faded on my touch cruise I can see the white individual numbers backgrounds. But the main wallpaper.jpg seems to be faded. Any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marfanuk:
unfortunately its not that easy. If your not able to edit the files yourself or are not a skinner, your best bet is just to choose the best skin for your needs.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dirtred:
thanx for letting me know.i was about to go thru all the dats to try and find it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dicast:
how do you make zip file into dat file.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] AacidusX:
notifications

anyone have any ideas why is it that when i get an e-mail the screen doesnt turn on, but when i get an sms it does? i want it to turn on like it used to.

im using greatbal's diamond theme

thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marfanuk:
just rename it .dat
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marfanuk:
lanscape mode now supported http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2304797&postcount=2630
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dicast:
thanks for the quick reply, now my problem...i extract qp_bkg_now file and edited some background pic. how do i put them back together?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ivtec20:
Marfanuk - The font for the Weather page on version 4 is still way smaller then the others, is that intentional? Thx.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ahmedfikry:
i can help you with all

just upload your files or PM them to me & i will fix it
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikedav01:
toniolol

Hello,

I can certainly deal with the little things. thank you for your effort in the merging.

Greatbal and your compadres, just excellent work!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Moe5508:
Marfunk's Diamond meets PointUI skin cab install

I'm having problems uploading files using the forum's attachment management feature but I just wanted to let you know Marfunk I've made a cab file out of your theme for easy installation..you don't have to copy files across (dat files, theme and fonts are all installed automatically to their respective locations). Great skin, by the way!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MacGuy2006:
THANKS, tylr!!!

It looks like this fixed it:-)

I loved the look, but was getting ready to dump the shell, because of the rapid battery drain....

Thanks again!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] azzambm:
..::: To greatbal :::..

Dear greatbal...

I've tried to change the BG for the awesome Diamond theme and using ur final qp_bkg_now.dat from a previous post by changing the Tabs.bmp picture...

But with no luck in the sub-menus...

I'm I doing something wrong...???

Please help...!

Thanks & Best Regards
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jzajzz:
how Do I installl this theme on SPB mobile shell .. or any theme for that matter..

Do i need to do something with the orginal green theem .. and simply add this file to it?? ,..

which folder of SPB is for theme .. .it seems like SPB MS has no sub folder... help me out .. im a newbie with these skins..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
You're not doing anything wrong. I ws successful in doing the B&W Diamond background (see page 269). But for the other colored BG's, it doesn't work for the tab.bmp, I don't know why. :(

I'm planning on totally rewriting the code for the Diamond theme to accomodate colored BG's... :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
Just download the zip file and unzip on your hard drive. Then copy the dat files (files with .dat extension) to your device onto \Program Files\SPB Mobile Shell folder.

Good luck. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dinoalbert:
@greatball,

I may have missed something but may I ask, with your theme how do I control/adjust the volume? When I click on the volume icon it will only allow me to change the profile either Normal, Silent or Vibrate only.

thanks bro mabuhay ka...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] flashgordonv:
Touch Diamond

I think one of my biggest disappointments with the Touch Diamond is that as it has a VGA screen, there are as good as NO themes being developed for it. Everybody has leapt on the Diamond theme, but all the development is for QVGA. Now I know some people will be saying that there is nothing to complain about, as we Diamond owners get to use the original TouchFlo 3D, but frankly, I find that it is just a crap piece of code, it is slow, it is not easy to use and as a consequence I have gone back to MS 2.1 Unfortunately it is MS2.1 running the standard Spb theme, as NOBODY is doing VGA themes.

Please, you talented and creative developers, be kind to your fellow (Diamond owning) man, and convert some of these lovely themes to work under VGA. I love them on my Polaris, but alas, my Polaris is in a drawer and I have a Diamond instead....

There that feels better, a little venting is good for the soul....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Quadman:
Can anyone add greatbal's 3 speed dials to these themes?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
With only Mobile Shell, you can't. If you want to be able to do that, you should install SPB Phone Suites too. With Phone Suites installed, clickimg on the volume icon of the theme will allow you to change the volume, as well as create different profiles. Really nice add-on to Mobile Shell.

Mabuhay ka din! :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Agamemmnon:
S2U2 Diamond White Clock Background

I make a Background for S2U2 with the White Clock,

if someone can make the Clock Numbers would be great.

I come from Night shift and must go to bed:rolleyes:

greets Agamemmnon
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marfanuk:
This is done on purpose as you said. Ive tried increasing it slightly, but bits of the words are lost.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marfanuk:
I presume you extracted them into a folder.

Just select all items, right-click>winzip>add to zip.

Then right-click on created zip>winzip>encrypt(use spbs password to encrypt).

Then change to .dat.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] smittyofdhs:
Phone Suite is the way to go, without a doubt it is worth the money.

Here’s my setup:

SPB Phone Suite integrated into SPB MS2.1 using the Diamond PS skin found at: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2255768&postcount=1805

But, what's a really nice add-on to Mobile Shell... is the great creations of Greatbal & y1mrn!!

Greatbal & y1mrn,

Thank you so much for revolutionizing not only SPB's great product but also taking the whole Windows Mobile platform into a new re-birth. The pen-based solution is dead and it's about time Microsoft start from scratch with this platform. But until they do, it will take visionary software designers & graphic designers, such as yourself, to change what we are using day-to-day.

Windows Mobile really hasn't seen a "kick in the butt" revolution since Pocket PC 2002 came out. Yes, we have glossy top/bottom bars in WM6, a few "enhanced" icons have come out over the years, but basically it's still the same pen-based solution it was 10 years ago (pre-PPC2002). For once, we are seeing what most WM-users have wanted on their device and tried to accomplish for years via different combinations of Today plug-ins.

It wasn't until I used your skins that I really saw the potential of some of the SPB products. I've never had Mobile Shell (1.5, 2, or 2.1) installed for more then 1-2 weeks due to the ugly interface, the icons I just couldn't stand, they just were too much. I would test the product and move on.

With you skins, that has all changed. I NEVER used Phone Suite, now I love it! I now use MS2.1 Diamond PS with Weather/Time/Phone Suite integrated and Mobile Shell acting as the shell via SpbWatcher.

Thanks to the both of you for all your creations!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sean222:
OMG, 2700 posts!!! There should be a single thread just for completed themes w/previews :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marfanuk:
i do agree!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ermenzegna:
And viewed almost 1 million !!! :D what a thread !
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] toniolol:
Hi, thanks for your help,

I'll zip and send here my files, but could you explain quickly how to do it ?

(My files are at my office and couldn't return it this morning....)

The better apparence would be without bottom black bar and with top white bar just under status.

Thanks in advance