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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dayze0:
I AGREE, GREAT THEME - GREAT FIXES , BUT THE THREAD IS BECOMING A DIAMOND THREAD
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] noiseboyuk:
First post here - there's some incredible work on these pages!

Does anyone know a tweek on the basic mobile shell 2.1 theme (or variants) that will make the clock appear at the top across all pages in the notification area? Grateful thanks for any tips!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] martinkinghtrider:
Got a problem on Diamond themes.... the network and battery operator overwrites in the upper right corner. how can i separate them ?? Please help..... Thank you Diamond theme Developer's!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marfanuk:
excellent work - I like its simplicity alot!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] martinkinghtrider:
Many thanks Marfanuk!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] raiisak:
You will beed a diff. background for using h':mm tt. This one was made for HH i belive (correct me if I am wrong). If you check the wallpaper you see the giant white boxes, using h':mm tt will not work whit only one digit on left meaning you need a diffrent theme for h':mm tt settings.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dredd67:
Well, that's maybe because the diamond theme is really appealing. Just look at the number of downloads.:rolleyes:

I've posted several hundred pages ago my Mario Galaxy theme just to offer an alternative, but it seems that people just want diamond.:(

Of course for clarity there should be a theme thred with *JUST* the themes, but this can't be done without the help of moderators (last try I've seen wasn't quite a success). Or maybe create a wiki ? I don't know.

Another option would be to create a seperate thread for each skin, and ONE thread to rule them all (actually the first post) that would gather all the links to these posts. Problem is that it should be possible to add more than 4 pictures for the thumbnails. (who made this stoopid limitation?)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Vince 2008:
Yes, I had same problem.

there is a bug you can fix by editing a couple of XML files from the qa_layout.dat. easier is to move battery indicator and profile status to the left (on several screens).

I learned how to do this by spending time reading this very small thread.

V
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] azzambm:
..::: Changing Font Color :::..

I just want to change the (PM\AM) font to black in the qa_dclock.dat file... to make the clock more Diamond look-like...

I've tried changing in this xml file but with no luck...

here is what I've modified (in red):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<skin name="DClock">
[COLOR="red"] <General>
<DefaultFont Face="Tahoma" HeightPxl="11" Bold="n" Color="000000"/>
</General>[/COLOR]
<items>
<item id="DClock" class="DCLOCK">
<Bitmap Name="Face" Image="dface.bmp" Mask="dface_m.bmp"/>
<Bitmap Name="Digits" Image="digits.bmp" Mask="digits_m.bmp"/>
<Rect Name="Hour1" X="28" Y="23" Width="40" Height="65"/>
<Rect Name="Hour2" X="68" Y="23" Width="40" Height="65"/>
<Rect Name="Minute1" X="132" Y="23" Width="40" Height="65"/>
<Rect Name="Minute2" X="172" Y="23" Width="40" Height="65"/>
<Rect Name="AMPM" X="20" Y="100" Width="35" Height="9"/>
[COLOR="red"] <Font Name="AMPM" Color="000000"/>
<Color Name="AMPM" Color="000000"/>[/COLOR]
</item>
</items>
</skin>

Can anyone help...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jopiej:
don't be so sad Dredd67.. :) I am a big fan of your work.. Love your Icon, especially the PS3 themes. and still using it now.

Your galaxy themes is also one of my favorite. I will convert it for square screen user!

keep up the good work!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syrguy1969:
I believe this was actually attempted, I am not sure how complete it is, but maybe being posted here it will get distributed and used/updated more:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2240981&postcount=43

(I posted the original post instead of the wiki to give the credit where it is due)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pcarvalho:
try placing inside... items or item...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bsinclair:
Nice theme. I am using Layout D and my only problem is with the profile icon. Whenever I try to tap on it, the hotspot area is just a small square covering the bottom part (not all) of it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gizbug:
So, what has been the most popular layout for the HTC Diamond Mobile Shell?

Layout D seems to get the most talk on here.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ninja.rogue:
Take a look here and next time use search thread function, my friend :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=2256992#post2256992
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] txzman:
Weird - I went back and re-installed the original without the fix and have the same problem - no voicemail icon, although the count shows correctly. Will try another theme and come back to it - thanks for the quick reply.

UPDATE: Reinstalled another theme, couple of soft resets and same problem - no icon for 240x240 voicemail on either of 1st 2 screens. Any ideas Jopiej? By the way - love showing WM users my Treo - folks are astounded at how it looks and acts.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NotLutzik:
Should make thread with finished skins and only finished skins! No any kind of disccussions!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kwickone:
That was tried....but people either can't follow instructions, or did not read them...it ended up being a discussion as well.

I agree, it would be nice, but unfortunately there is no way to ensure that only skins are posted.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NotLutzik:
We got to talk to moderators....maybe be one of them would be able to come and clean discussion garbage once a day or whenever.It really hard to find skins in this HUGE and not so usefull thread :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
That would be helpful, but it would not be a forum. Maybe if the author(s) of a new skin could start an individual thread for that skin and then discussion of that skin can follow. If it gets to the point that there are a lot of different quality skins then maybe a stickey thread to link to the different themes and their respective discussions could be made.

Some may think that this huge thread makes it hard to find what you are looking for, and I would agree, but I remember when greatbal came out with his first version of his Diamond theme, there was a lot of people giving feedback about bugs, possible improvements, variations, etc. and as a result of many people making fixes, changes, and various layouts, It has become a set of quite nice, creative themes.

Just my 2 cents.......But I'm just a Junior, what do I know.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syrguy1969:
I just noticed on my Treo 700wx that when I get a voicemail I have the number show up on the main screen, but no icon. when there is no voicemail I get the call history icon. (I don't get much voicemail, so I didn't notice this earlier)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syrguy1969:
I tend to agree here (at the risk of getting flamed). There is a wiki started (NOT mine, but I posted it here earlier) for skins to get posted on, and if you really don't want to go through a thread, you can always click on the paperclip on the threat title, and as long as files are labeled correctly, download from there without having to 'search' for it.

Just my opinion. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NotLutzik:
We can have disccussions and bug reports in this thread . After author is done with bugs and all improvements ,skin/theme(finished product) shoud be posted to seperate thread. If someone lookin for theme how can they find it with in 250 pages?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NotLutzik:
That good idea with paper clip but i Dont know how good it gonna work.

Like u said that it has to be labeled correctly and also alot of themes get posted then reposted with bug fixes and improvements then more bug fixes.You will also have to figure out which one is still in progress at what level and which one is done.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Brenn:
I noticed this also and did some poking.. there is not an icon in the bmp file for voice mail so I added my own and now it shows up. So the fix is to edit the status icon file to add a voice mail icon of your choice.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cjgosalbez:
For me the skin amo1759, it seems to me the best.

Use the first version of the magnificent diamond3Dvsamo1759, with an amendment that came into the forum a German citizen Slurm on post 1204 diamond3Dvsamo1759_ger.zip, which settled the interference SpbPhoneSuite icon in the upper right and you can see and access from all displays (clock, calendar, contacts and programs).

It seems to me an excellent solution, we must not change the icons of SpbPhoneSuite (as proposed in other post), plus have access from any screen to change their way of sound and there is no problem when playing with his finger in that area of the screen no matter how big is your finger.

I used the latest version of 3D V3.0 Diamond: Carrousel, I feel very good, fast and I love that only with gestures can go through all the screens, but in fact less access to SpbPhoneSuite from any screen, because can only be used from the screen clock. (in addition to touching is also active calls lost, time or contacts, I have the big toe)

One could make a version with the volume (SpbPhoneSuite) in the upper right as it solves Slurm.

Thank you and pardon my English and the text so long.

Screens:

Sorry for the repetition of the post because the link was not correct.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bsinclair:
Did you tried it? Yes, the profile area is bigger BUT:

1. The calendar now goes to MRU

2. Tapping on the clock goes to calendar (instead of alarms)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syrguy1969:
Which I guess brings about the obvious question (for me at least LOL) Does anyone have a voicemail icon that fits the theme, and if so, where do you insert it? I have made a mess of every mod attempt I have tried, that is why I have to ask.

P.S. Would the VM icon have the reflective properties of the others as well?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] caballero600:
Is it needed to change all those files to have that icon right there? Many customizations would be lost...:(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mwfielder:
See my post #2325 http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2285567&postcount=2325

I put a "space" to replace "Verizon Wireless".
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mwfielder:
Anyone help with issue #1? http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2285567&postcount=2325
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aznmasterpiece:
Any new themes?

The Diamond theme is great but are there any new themes coming out any time soon? Seems like everyone is obsessed with the Diamond theme. I mean don't get me wrong I love the diamond theme but I do get tired of looking at the same thing over and over. I'm currently switching back and forth with the Diamond theme and the WM7 theme.

Thanks and continue the great work guys.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] azzambm:
Thanks for ur response...

Can u explain more please...

And give me an example...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ninja.rogue:
No, you should have gone some posts lower.

There is the hack that you should make to layoout.dat
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Wesone:
I know its a repeating question but Greatball can you add some contac pages like in the diamond page?

Thnx in advance
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bsinclair:
thanks, found it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cj1171:
notifications

are there any of these that have notifications of missed calls and smses, etc on every screen?

also, I get errors when trying to paste fonts into the fonts folder on wm6.1 from my pc, file explorer, and total commander...

any ideas?

thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
Put the fonts files on your memory card then transfer to fonts folder.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ThiGaMaJiG:
i've installed greatbal's diamond theme on my mogul and it's cool. how can i get more accurate weather?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] slikkie:
Accurate Weather ?

You want accurate weather ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=2276750#post2276750

:cool:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] flashgordonv:
The Neglected Brethren

Hi there

I have been going backwards and forwards through this forum since I acquired ny Touch Diamond phone, looking for VGA themes. I have found only one - the iphone theme right at the begining of the thread. Have I missed any more? Is anybody going to develop some of the wonderful work in these pages in VGA please?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cj1171:
I tried that and it still gives me an error...

right now there are copies of the files in there but they're 0 bytes

when I try deleting, I get the message "Problem deleting file"
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sphynx88:
whoa .cabssss haha thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chibull17:
Ashame...No voicemail icon...switching back to ROBODADs theme...:mad
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sphynx88:
wowww my new theme
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] StellaDel:
Yes Please :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jakkrith:
Dear greatbal

You have done a good job. Your Gsmart_MS2.1 Skin is very nice and I love it so much. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] uiskibum:
Windows Mobile Emulator for MS skin testing/creation

Ok, as we all know it is a pain to have to continually soft reset our devices to test skin layouts and what not. There is an easy way around this...if you are running a windows based pc you can install a Windows Mobile emulator. The following steps will get you a WinMo6.1 emulator.

1. get and install the WinMo 6 SDK refesh

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...3A-A651-4745-88EF-3D48091A390B&displaylang=en

2. get and install the WinMo 6.1 SDK

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc461417.aspx

3. read

http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS2917538848.html

To get to files on your computer from the emulator state you just goto (once the emulator is running)File->Configure and set the shared folder to wherever; this will appear as your Storage Card.

As I stated this will only get you a WinMo 6.1 emulator; if you want other versions you will need to track down the SDK for that version and install it. I will help people out as best I can, but please, please read the above pages throughly, as most questions are answered in them.

IMPORTANT

Once you have the emulator state setup the way you like make sure to save the state when you exit! This way it will load with the same settings next time. It's a nice way to revert back if you really bugger something up. So save it when you are happy with it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jakkrith:
I don't know how to say thank you more enough. I love you so much. :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] flughirsch:
Wow, thanks a lot, uiskibum! :)

Is there many difference between WM6.0 and 6.1?

oops: 474 MB! I have to download this file at work :-(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] flughirsch:
he, chibull17:

if you are not satisfied, make a better job and show us!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] paulsg63:
Did you actually try it? Or is are you going from the fact it hadn't been tested?

Just curious...

THANKS

Paul G

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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
i tried making the GSmart theme to have the voicemail support. but i don't have a voicemail account activated to test it. can someone with voicemail see if it works? If it does, please post a screenshot.Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jakkrith:
Dear greatbal

Thank you again for your nice skin and I have notice in spbmenu page, time page and weather page not show status bar (battery, time, operator and connection status) as another page in your skin.

So I have modified spbmenu.xml, time.xml and weather.xml to fixed this problem already. (base on RoboDat's PointUI Skin)

​

Support 240x320-4-List, 240x320-5-List, 240x320-6-List and 240x320-9-Grid layout only.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dayze0:
Cheers for the info uiskibum - will try this soon

also Wicked job greatbal on ur green theme - gonna try 2 nite - thanks so much
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chibull17:
No need to get testy flughirsch...Just voiced my dissapointment w/ no voicemail icon...I am not an artist like the programmers here, I just like using a COMPLETE package!!!

Have a NICE day!!! :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chibull17:
Yes, I tried it, I don't think I am psychic to pass judgement otherwise...

:D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] paulsg63:
No problem.. ;) Just wanted to make sure...

Hope that gets fixed though... Its an awesome looking theme.

Paul G

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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] paulsg63:
I believe chibull17 tried it and it didn't work....

Correct chibull17?

PG
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kulet78:
GRAY

So I had to hard-reset my device due to some issue and now its back to its original HTC-ish look. Dialer, Action Screen, Comm Manager and other programs all had the same look. This gave an idea to create a very simple MS2.1 theme to match everything. Below is the screenshot of my attempt on a HTC-ish look. I didn't bother using HTC's icons since I didn't like them. Instead I used mine and I think it looks better.

As always, Today Tsk (not mine, came with Alex's custom rom), S2U2 are included and this has landscape support. Also, this has the same layout as the Blue Wall Tab Proper.

And to greatbal, good job on your theme and I do sleep...an hour a day :)

Screenshot:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jakkrith:
kulet78

Very nice, Look clear and simple skin :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] flughirsch:
Hola jakkrith,

nice to see you.

I think I missed something here in this forum.

How did you include this manager for bluetooth and Wireless???

I want this too!

Do you get this page after clicking on the Wireless tab?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] paravis:
While I'm not much of a yeller, I do indeed agree that this thread is basically the Diamond theme thread!

It is indeed, a great piece of work by greatbal (right? I've gone through so many pages I'm a little lost :P), but I was really diggin' the colorful and bright layouts (Robo pointUI!!) rather than the more funeralistic tone that's kinda taken over with the Diamond theme, in this thread anyhow.

My 2 cents.

ps. Perhaps, get a nice thread goin' dedicated to greatbal's diamond theme, so we can clear up the chatter in this thread a bit for newer layouts to be discussed and encouraged?

... yeah I should try and make my own to add to this thread I know =(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lanceiro:
All the themes is very beatifull.

But the Diamond SPB MS2.1 Theme v1.1 by Greatbal is the best!!!!!

Congratulations for your work greatbal!!!!

Eduardo
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Brenn:
I used a chat icon. If you like you can just take the zip off this status.dat file and put in in your MS folder and you'll be good. Otherwise you need to edit your status.bmp and its mask from within the status.dat file. Save in proper formatss (mask I save as 8bit and the other as 16bit r5g6b5 format).

Enlarged for viewing, the original is much more clear as to be expected.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] txzman:
Thanks Brenn - thought it was just me. I do not have the time or knowledge to edit the files - are you able to upload a revamped file replacement here? Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Brenn:
I need some help with my tweaking.. I'm still new to this also but have had some success in tweaking the square themes that Jopiej was so kind to adapt for us. I have taken a bit of this theme, a bit of that, made my own backgrounds, and used icons of my chosing from the web.... but I can't get the layout quite the way i want. I'm happy with the pages as I have them (9 programs with 9th being taskmanager, 9 speed dials).

The problem is I want a calendar tab without a weather tab and without a MRU tab.. so I'd eliminate the X 4th button in exchange for a calendar button.. I can do the graphics on this and leave the same layout/spacing.... what I can't do is successfully add a calendar to the layouts file. When I've taken themes with calendars (for square screen) and removed reference to weather and/or MRU my phone freezes up when I try to load MS... I have attached my layouts file if someone could please please tweak it for me?? I basically want a full page calendar with 2 appointment list.

TY TY TY :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syrguy1969:
Thanks, I will take a look, I appreciate the help!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Brenn:
Its right there in my post... just download, remove the .zip from the extension and put the file status.dat into your mobile shell folder on your phone.. soft reset and you're good. It is ready to go.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dinoalbert:
slikkie,

I like your works on SBSH....but I think you know what he means....I believe he means accurate weather with SPB MS. But you know that your works is not for the SPB MS.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tft:
what tools are you guys using to edit the themes dat files?

would like to create some themes but haven't got a clue about these dat files..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jopiej:
I post again my current status files here. please try and please update me the voicemail icon.. I don't use voicemail here, so I can't test it.

thanks

Edited - removed the attachment
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Brenn:
Jopiej I think you have to make the status.bmp the same dimensions as the mask file.. the white bmp is shorter so it doesn't reference the voice mail icon.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] JokeZony0u:
very true..I don't think there has been much about any other theme except the diamond lately, its great don't get me wrong, but I think the variations sorta have to stop..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Rance:
There are so many beautiful skins.

Thanks body.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jopiej:
yupp... just look at it now. :D sorry all.. here is the revised one.

Thanks for the info and troubleshooting Brenn.. appreciated it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] LGDP:
Moving bottom menu

Hi All,

I've been searching a lot to get the best interface for fast access to my favorite tools/apps/functionalities and nice design as well.

I really like the best using Mobile Shell 2.1 with Diamond theme.

There is something though that I lack compared to Gsmart for example.

Does anyone have succeeded having the menu at the bottom be able to slide with the finger (like on HTC Diamond or Gsmart App) ?

That is the only thing I lack otherwise I'm quite happy with this...

Cheers,
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ch@rly:
2 Questions :

-If you use Mobile Shell + Phone Suite, the sound % indicated is that the PDA. Is it possible to have the ring, or better with a 2 percentage slatch (as in temperature)?

- If you use Mobile Shell + SPB Weather with several cities, weather displayed in Mobile Shell is the last displayed in the windows today. Is it possible to scroll in Mobile Shell the different cities?

Thank you in advance for your answers ;)