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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lunarken:
Great theme. Install!

but the tabs icons look pixelated.

"Start" ontop doesnt work. If its purpose its working.

izzit possible when tab the sms envelope pic, it will lead me to inbox straight? Cuz now, it took me 4 tabs before i can read my sms.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fabioalessandro:
It's possible to have with icon of spb phone suite on center screen?

tanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] drb123:
Hi Greatbal

I can't seem to figure out why the Samurize Icons are off center, low and right, in your Diamond Theme. I have been looking for another file to make these larger Icons work OK, but I do not see one. Is it me or is there a file out there that I need to install? Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hümän:
Sony PS3 skin - 3 contact pages?

Hi there.

im quite a newbie, only just discovered mobile shell and the endless loads of skins. I am stunned - brilliant software and excellent skins. Thanks to you all.

Just a question - I love the sony PS3 skin and would love to have it with 3 contacts pages. After 30 min. search on this site I gave up searching.

any idea whether this already exists (link?) or if not, any chance anybody could this?

ta in advance

cheers mates, Hümän.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] benzoman3:
Great

can you put back spb menu
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] agentmikeyd:
can anyone explain the weather screen froms spb ms - mine shows night at the top??? it seems is should start with morning, day, evening, night...

also, i am having difficulty in finding what folder to place mikentuscons theme?

thnaks for the help!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
Looking good! I hope you finish it soon. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikentucson:
lets see if i can answer everones questions..

yes it is possible to have a weather tab instead of multimedia. i can make that later tonight. but i use my photos/music more than weather.

can i assign pocketcm to the contacts tab.. might be possible but i havent looked into it. i'll look more into it. i want to put an MRU on the sms/email tab to create/view messages. thats the plan

start icon is not functional.. main purpose is to simulate the diamond look more closely

some of the tab icons do look pixelated. im not the best at photoshop but as i stated in my first post, i plan on doing more graphic/code work :)

is it possible to have the tab icons go straight to email/sms.. probably but the purpose of the way i have it setup is to "look" more like the diamond (envelope pics..)

It's possible to have with icon of spb phone suite on center screen? not really sure what you mean on this. but i believe anything is possible

the theme is installed to your \Program Files\SPB Mobile Shell folder (backup your files first if you want to revert to your old theme)

and finally i have a wife and an 8year old and they both think i spend waaayyy too much time messing with my phone lol. updates will be made just give it time :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fabioalessandro:
I dont like on the top
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] GODZSON:
Check up..

Would some one check my dat's (qp_bkg_now & ql_bkg_now), does not load up in SPB. Thanks in advance. Everyone is doing awsome with their setups, I need to get this down to contribute.. :cool:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikentucson:
try this.. i saved them with the right settings.. havent tested it though
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] GODZSON:
Thx

What settings was that bud.. & where do I change that..? But it didn't do da trick.. Thx homie..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tlpalmer01:
diamond

micentucson u r a genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] drb123:
Why do the Samurize Large Weather Icons not lie center on my Tilt, using the Diamond Skin?

The Icon is down on the right bottom?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Quadman:
I'm using this theme and love it but two things i need. More speed dial pages and also my contacts are only displaying mobile and sms options. The option for home number or additional mobile number are gone..Can you add the speed dials and the 3rd number option? Thx and awesome work on the theme...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] agentmikeyd:
QUOTE:Originally Posted by mikentucson

might start a new thread tomorrow. finally got the status icons fixed. i new the proper way to do it but i was lazy. but finally broke down and did it. anyways, think i'll post up and get some feedback. some things are missing that are normally in the diamond theme. weather tab (i dont use this), programs tab (i really dont use this either), calendar tab (events on now screen). if you can do without those, i know some cant, then this might work good for you.

there will be some modifications/tweaking to this theme. it works good for me and serves me well. i will be fixing graphics and code but i would like input on what you think will go well with the theme.

INSTAL NOTE- one thing before installing. make sure you change the order of your Menu to have "Messaging" first and "Multimedia" second. the tabs are based on the order of the program menus. a picture description is in the last pic below.

does the email screen actually display the message in the folder? I cant get that to work????

thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] drb123:
I installed the color background file: "ColorBG for Layouts A-F".

I am using A

Went to Spb Mobile Shell > Themes, and I am unable to change the colors.

The "Use a Color Based Theme" is unchecked; when I check it and choose a color, it goes back to unchecked on its own and no color change.

What might I have set on my Tilt that is causing the color changer to not activate? I really can use some help....please
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
The Samurize icon is not really compatible with the layouts of the DIamond Theme. But there is a post regarding that which modifies the qa_layouts.dat to make the Samurize weather icons display properly. I just couldn't find it at the moment. Maybe you could try search or others might be able to point you to the correct post.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] skins:
Thanks to all for the hard work.

I'm really lovin' your theme mikentucson.

I too would like a weather tab, and possibly a programs tab instead of the email tab. Just a suggestion.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gagaza:
If you know how, just open your qa_layouts and replace the MainWeather.xml with the one from Beyondnvisible's big weather qa_layouts.

Make sure it's the newest one that supports landscape, or you'll have the same problem in landscape mode.

If not, you can upload your qa_layouts.dat file I will edit it for you to fix position of weather icons.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lepsyfou:
My friend please help me.. I search solution for put clock this layout

look my porblème

can you edit my layout please gagaza:(

>>>>I wish to Add Clock >>

thanks advance
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sswalia:
gestures and iContact

is it possible edit the gestures for greatbal's diamond theme?

i hate how both up and down cause the program to minimize. i would rather the up gesture cause a tab change.

Also, is it possible to integrate iContact into the contacts tab?

When i go and press the contact list function in the bottum right of the first contact page, i would like for iContact to launch.

I google searched for answers to these two questions for a couple of days, and i couldnt find anything decent. Does anybody here have any insight?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lunarken:
no. it does not.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gagaza:
lepsyfou, your qa_layouts.dat is fine. Installed it and clock shows on all tabs. Just like you request.

I can recreate your problem by removing qa_dclock_small.dat.

I will upload mine for you to try. It should fix your problem.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lepsyfou:
pffff I am Stupid man LOL sorry for derangement :rolleyes:

thank you very much , you are good man :o
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lepsyfou:
edit!:

I found the solution, I recovered a small file qp dclock another skin that I had and it's great it works, I thank you very much for your help and your support :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gagaza:
You are welcome. It's a pleasure to help you. You have helped so many people.;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] paravis:
I'd just like to second your suggestion you've got in your sig :D

Luckily we are seeing a lot of new stuff now!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Vision77:
There are some kick ass themes here for SPB MS. :D Good work guys. I was just wondering if anyone has any ideas for an Ironman theme. I've been searching and have not found anything so far.:confused:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] drb123:
Why Can't I Change The Background Colors After Installing the Color Background File: "ColorBG for Layouts A-F".?​

Of course, this is while using Greatbal's Diamond Theme, version A

I Went into Spb Mobile Shell > Themes, and check off "Use a Color Based Theme" > I pick a color > I do a soft reset and the color has not changed!

In the Theme folder, the box to Use a Color Based Theme is again unchecked!

Hmm........Something is Very Wrong!

What might I have set on my Tilt that is causing the color changer to not activate? I really can use some help....please
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Christian87n:
hey mtkates. I tried your carbon background with the appointments and it works, but whenever i try installing abumhmmd1's weather icons, i lose the appointments. I also tried installing just the qa_layouts.dat file but that makes the weather icons go off center. any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gagaza:
I beleive the folder that has the backgrounds that you need should be labled "Layout ABC" located in the folder labeled "Color Theme BG", not "ColorBG for Layouts A-F" . If you want me to help figure out your problem, try using these files and let me know the results.

By the way, did you get your weather problem solved?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gagaza:
I know you are posting to mtkates, but just 9 posts previous, the same weather problem was referenced.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] drb123:
Thank you gagaza - your help is very appreciated!

I downloaded the file you posted and added the dat files to my Mobile Shell Folder. I was able to change the theme color one time using these files. I wanted to switch to another color and after checking off the use a color based theme box and picking a color, the program shuts down without changing the color again.

I thought that I read that this wouln't effect the settings out of Mobile Shell, but it did; my wallpaper disappeared and the background is just a plain field, the same color as that color chosen in Diamond Mobile Shell Theme.

If I try and set a wallpaper when in the traditional view, the theme accent color becomes the accent color of the Diamond theme when I switch back to Mobile Shell.

I even tried changing the Mobile Shell files Skin and loading the theme found on thread page 277, which I had previously been using, and the theme color is now changing with that skin also! By the way, out of Mobile Shell, I have been using Wisbar 3, but the same pattern occurs even if I shut down Wisbar.

As far as the weather issue; the Samurai Diamond Icons don't seem to have great resolution on my Tilt, besides being off center, so i switched to a different icon set that was listed in the same Forum entry and these icons are working just fine!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
That file was a specific request that was tailor made to what he/she was looking for. So when you use it, you get what he/she wanted.

When mixing and matching different parts of a theme, you are often going to run into problems. Alot of files in Mobile Shell can be changed without changing anythhing more than an image somewhere on the layout, but since some of these changes are so far from the original SPB layout, the qa_layouts.dat file has to be modified. That file contains files for all aspects of the layouts and so if I change the Contacts layout (like from 4x4 to 3x3 contacts) and someone else changes the Weather layout (like from small images to larger ones that need to be repositioned), both changes are inside qa_layouts.dat, so whichever one you install last, it will overwrite previous layout changes but not always change the graphics.

I hope that makes sense and helps you understand a liitle about what might happen when you try something new.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cmucooper:
calendar button problem

okay first i wanna start by saying that these themes are awesome but i have a problem, I am using Diamond PS Layout Y cab file and everything works so far except that whenever i push the calendar button my phone freezes and i cant do anything but restart, also i tried to uninstall it and there is no link in the program manager to uninstall, Help plz otherwise i will have to hard rest and that doesnt sound like tons of fun to me
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] murks_muell:
I currently use the "layout_C_3_contacts_vga" theme for spb mobile shell.

As the blurry (upsized?) clock disturbed me I made a proper VGA one.

I hope the fragment gets included into some themes in the future.

Who does the other blurry icons? ;)

Edit: v1.0 had some stray pixels - removed them
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Brenn:
Quick question... If I want to put a background/button type on my speed dial page for the contacts to lay on top of do I need to glue it to my background layer or can I "lay out" the buttons like the launcher screen and then the contacts lay on top of it?

I'm monkeying around and trying to teach myself some deeper understanding of how to make the changes I have in my head.

thanks for any advice.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ToddeSwe:
moving icons in Spb Shell?

Hi all!

I have discovered a small problem in Greatbals Theme / Spb Mobile Shell.

My icons is moving around and showing up on wrong program. For example, my Phone exe gets my Today icons and vice verse. And that's not the only exe file that gets a wrong icon.

Is this a known problem? Is there a way to fix it? Is it Spb Shell or the theme?

ToddeSwe
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] anesh01:
SPB Contact Replacement

I currently have the treo 700wx running spb 2.1, on the last icon, where it has my 10 favorites, the last icon, its set to the SPB contacts, is there way to change that to Icontacts.....i did it on organizer, but this way is alot easier, any help is appreciated.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikentucson:
i took into consideration that the theme wasn't as functional as i would have liked. changed a few things.

- added a 9-icon MRU like the actual diamond.

- added 2 MRU icons to the SMS/Email tabs. (i can add an MRU to open straight up to Messaging but i like having the envelope pics, looks more like the diamond :)

- removed the Multimedia tab.

- added the original Contact page back until i re-design a new one.

INSTALL NOTES- Still need "Messaging" as the top category on your Category Menu.

Remember to backup your files before install in case you want to revert to your old layout!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] willybilly:
mikentucson, does it has a weather panel also? Can you post the screen too. Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikentucson:
not yet. i plan on either incorporating it into the now screen some how (thinking text based under the appointments) or as an icon on the mru tab. i dont use it so its not a high priority. sorry. it will get done though :) just need ideas. graphics are another part of this that is slowing me down. im not the best when it comes to photoshop. just kinda pushing it out there hoping someone with more skill can take it and run with it. also waiting for Greatbal's new version. should be pretty nice!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] willybilly:
I like the layout and presentation. Frankly, I don't use PPC to do Mail. It would be perfect if someone can enhance to replace the Mail tab with Weather. I do use weather as the weather condition in my region is pretty unpredictable. Showers now and then.

Thanks. Good efforts and great work.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] boyet804:
I Likes... Looks Amazing thanks for sharing
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] townsendtribe:
Couple issues, help please

I would like to start off with a thank you for all the hard work you guys have put into this, it is very inspiring!

I have looked for, but not found a solution for the 9th icon that works for me. I am using the Sprint Mogul and when I apply the registry settings I noticed that the suggested ones seem a bit off, for instance, the inactive dword setting actually disables the icon and you have to change that to 0 rather than 1 to enable it. And secondly, the setup just delivers a blank page, not the expected resulting games page.

Next, does anyone know where I can find the links to call out in the registry other things to go there rather than the games folder? I would like to be able to direct link to a subfolder of the start menu or something like that...

Thanks for the anticipated help...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikentucson:
the problem with substituting anything with the Email/Sms/Calls is that those 3 tabs are actually the status icons with tabs overlayed on top of them. i can swap out the email tab for the weather tab but email & mms notifications will still be displayed on the weather icon on the bottom bar. i would love to get rid of the email tab also but i dont really see a choice right now. i added the MRU's back so more programs can be launched and possibly add in the weather to that page. it would be nice if the bottom bar could scroll, but i dont see a way to do that either.. but i will be picking my brain...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lunarken:
sorry, may i noe wats tat 2 icons for beside tat envelope? izzit for text message? cuz if tabbed on the envelope also can bring me there. so may i noe wats the use for tat 2 icons since it also serve the same purpose?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] botuser:
Wow! up for great themes! :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] CommZ:
MS themes regression

Could you please point me to such all-new theme? Everything I see here is either Diamond, PointUI, GSmart, iPhone or combination of those + some WM7s which are based on several maybe-fake screens :D

I'm still running old good MS 2.0 Blue Ray and haven't seen anything at least closely as good and original since then. How sad.

to mikentucson: Does the envelope in your theme show real messages or is it just static picture?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dinoalbert:
no...i think those themes made by developers/designers here are way better than the original MS. You just want to bash or maybe hate other people's works. Try to make a poll and see how many appreciate or not appreciate the original MS as compared to those designed by members here. Hope you have your share of your contributions/works here before bashing others
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikentucson:
mobile shell doesnt have this ability yet. the picture loads up the messaging submenu that allows you to run email/sms/mms
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
I understand that people have different ideas about what they like and don't like. Do you have any ideas about what you might like in a theme? I know not everyone can do the coding necessary to make a new theme, but how about putting together some of your ideas in some pictures and a description about what you might like to see. Just keep in mind the limitations of Mobile Shell.

All these people making themes are spending countless hours trying to offer us a little variety for those who may not like the standard MS theme, and they are making their work available for free. That's what makes this site great. If you think that your ideas can help contribute, then share them and maybe you can get some help in seeing those ideas come to life, but just saying you don't like anything being done and you want something "different", that really doesn't help anyone.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] CommZ:
I'm not comparing default MS2 look with these themes (even though I would go with that than with almost-exactly-like-diamond, but its my purely personal opinion...well, this whole post is), but with something like THIS:

This was the golden age of MS2 themes...NOTHING like this was released since then...(please corect me if I'm wrong, but I'm checking this thread quite often and I believe I didn't miss anything). Only rip-offs, rip-offs, rip-offs...

No, I'm not bashing the author's work. I understand one must have true graphic and designer talent to make really all new theme...it is not job for everyone. The problem is there seems to be no real demand for something new. Everyone wants to show "Hey Im so cool I have this (almost) 3D skin with (almost) 3D contact browser, (almost) working Cover Flow and (almost) working emails being delivered in (almost) real envelopes!". I believe if there was demand, there would be some new nice themes. And that's what I'm trying to change.

I know how much limited MS2 xml-scripting is and how much work it takes to make a working theme, especially if it somehow tries to extend MS2's abilities. I tried it myself, but I didn't have enough patience to master it. Also, I'm terribly untalented in this sort of graphics. The only thing I could offer were some extensions to kulet's themes (WMP skins, comm managers...)

conclusion

I would just like to ask the best skin-makers around here: Is it really better to try to copy something 1:1 at all costs than attempting to create something new, original and memorable?

EDIT:

I understand my approach of "unsatisfied user" is not 100% nice, but it is just painful to see talented themers (including you) waste their potential on 300 pages of discussion with diamond themes. I would understand if one or two people tried to create a limited copy of Diamond graphics to MS2, but I can't understand why is whole community obsessed with TouchFlo 3D.

Sorry for contributing nothing more than unpretty criticism, I hope you get what I'm trying to say.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dinoalbert:
hey listen to yourself and tell us again if you are not bashing anyone's work. Read again your posts. Are you being nice or rude?

The point is...if you dont like other's offer, then ignore it....enjoy only what you think is nice for you. Keep it to yourself, instead of telling them their works are nothing close, compared to the one you like, fake or rip-offs! Your opinion is not shared by the majority of the SPB MS users I believe! Wanna bet? Are you telling me that you have a superior opinion than of those many members appreciating thos Diamond, PointUI, GSmart, iPhone, TouchFLo themes? You seem to be insulting their taste. You dont like other people telling you you have bad taste or some crap idea, do you? You said it yourself...the whole community obssesed with the ones you dont like.

So if you think 300 pages of this thread is a waste of time...then why are you here???? My advise for you is simple: leave! dont go back! keep away from this thread! Start a new thread of your own and enjoy it!

what a troll :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fitzybaps:
I AGREE!!! :)