yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
1) Go to HKLM\Software\SPB SoftwareHouse 2\SPB Mobile Shell\Menu\Root\

2) Create Key as in RunningApps

3) Create the appropriate Values:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Spb Software House 2\Spb Mobile Shell\Menu\Root\RunningApps]
"Image"=dword:00000004
"Text"="Running Apps"
"MRUImage"=dword:000000BF
"MRU"=dword:00000001
"Index"=dword:00000000
"Inactive"=dword:00000001
"Add"=dword:00000001
"Type"=TaskManager

4) Go to SPBMS Menu>Settings>Customize Menu> change whichever you like to appear on the menu (including the order).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] y1mrn:
Thanks for the quick reply. Unless I'm missing it, I can't find the .xml in those .dat that code for where on the screen the sms/mail etc indicators are. e.g the for the launcher page i found it in the launcher.xml file within qa_layout.dat - am I making sense? Sorry if not - it's late.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itiskerpal:
Hello all. Love the theme, got Shell just for it! Quick question, don't think its been answered, ive gone through last 40 pages of forum, could't see it. ive tried messing about with .dat file contents, no luck. I'm trying to make the SMS icon on main screen of the Diamond theme link to Vito SMS-Chat and same with Contacts Icon, link that to Fun-Contacts. Any help is greatly appreciated.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
HTC Diamond SPB MS2.1 Themev1.1

For those who are "tired" of the "blackness" of the Diamond theme and sending me messages regarding "colored" background based on Color Theme, here is the best I can do at the moment (preparing for a vacation :) ).

1) Install version 1.1 (Choose preferred layout)

2) Download file below.

3) Extract contents of the zip file below and overwrite the files in your SPB install directory.

4) Refresh each screen, or better yet, do a soft reset.

5) To change color, go to SPB Main Programs Menu>Tools>Themes> and choose which color you like.

NOTE: Using this method will not change your Today Theme wallpaper with the same background image, only the SPB MS pages. So, I guess this will only be useful for those who are using SPBWatcher and do not use the Today Screen anymore.

Choose appropriate mod file below for your layout.

Enjoy! :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ancola66:
Hi Amo :

I have two problems :
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
they're on the LockScreen_Analog.xml, LockScreen_Digital.xml and Lockscreen.xml (depending on the Layout)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] amo1759:
To fix the clock bug,

just modify your registry database :

HKCU/Software/A_C/S2U2

TimeFormat : HH’:'mm

bye
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Jason Syn:
AWESOME! Thanks greatbal! Not only did you make the sickest theme ever you're a nice guy too, thanks! Had Task Manager in there with a space...lol
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Jason Syn:
I did this and all it changed was my home screen color...am I doing something wrong?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] propagandax:
I like how organised that thread you linked is. You dont have to scroll thru 165 pages to find themes. We tried it here and it didnt work out so well "cough" "cough".
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ancola66:
Many Thanks:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ancola66:
OK ! I uninstall all ( Mobille Shell + Layout D). SR my device and reinstall (Mobille Shell + Layout G - cab file) ist OK. But I click on Profile icon ist nothing :confused::(

can you help my? Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] crispyj:
The clickable area for the profile icon does not take up the entire graphic, only a small portion of it in the lower middle, almost below the icon.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mienh:
How about mixing the top and bottom bar with one of your previous themes? I've tried both of these myUI, but I'm finding myself back to your simpler ones like Flat Blue. Just a thought in contrast to the other busy themes. They're great, but I like to keep it simple. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] JokeZony0u:
ahh, i see, its not a big deal, i was just wondering if you knew! its still one kick-a$$ theme, thanks for all the hard work man
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dinoalbert:
@pareng greatbal,

thanks bro ganda ng theme mo the best!

however can you please help me how to get that on my Dopod838Pro?

My first time to use SPB MS.....I have followed your instructions as above, installed SPB MS 2.1, installed P1Tater's (A)MS2.1 Diamond Theme with games icon.cab, and used your Layout A. Then Configured my Settings->Today Items and checked only SPB MS and nothing else. But the screenshots you showed here does not appear in my device.

What else did I miss? Please help.

Also...may I ask whats the difference between all those cabs posted by P1Taters?.....which one should I install?

Thanks....

Thanks bro..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dinoalbert:
@P1Tater

Hi. My first time to use SPB MS.

May I ask whats the difference between all those cabs.....which one should I install?

Thanks..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ancola66:
Oh yes ! Very thanks:):):)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Hellsblade:
Pocket CM Contacts

Hi,

Greatbal thx for the wonderful theme.

Does anyone know if it is possible to replace the theme contacts with Pocket CM contacts?

When you use the black theme they really fit together.

rgds,

Hellsblade
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
Uy Pinoy! salamat pre! hehe :p

read the Description of the different layouts here... http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2239209&postcount=1245

if you installed the theme using p1Tater's cabs, you don't need to copy the files from the zip file. soft reset the device after theme installation.

good luck dude. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
did you do a softreset after overwriting the files in the SPB MS directory with those in the zip file?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dinoalbert:
ah okay so you mean P1Taters cabs are the same as your Layouts in zip?

oo bro pinoy...at madami tayo dito sa http://www.pinoywindowsmobile.net/ and I wonder if your a member of PWM too :)

thanks again!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] slikkie:
Batterystatus

The batterystatus theme is almost finished. Had some time consuming Fnt issues. Weatherpanel will be next to finish.

Preview: Clock toggles between black or white !
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] slikkie:
Maybe something like this ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=2254021&posted=1#post2254021
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Knumb:
I like that setup alot.How did you get the icons on the right of the weather?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] slikkie:
just programming the code in the right way
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] omek07:
Hello from greece....

Can someone help me ???

I install the (G)MS2.1 Diamond Theme.cab or the D MS2.1 Diamond Theme.cab i dont remember but i have a problem ...

Look at the image that i have attach ....

How i can do to show me 31 may 2008??????
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
Some other Greek users pointed this out already. The Font used by the theme doesn't support Greek characters. Please don't install/use the supplied Font. The theme will use your default system font which supports Greek characters instead. Please try...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikkelnl:
Once again: amazing!

Only issue I found is that when using the big/new weather icons, there seems to be a faint black square around the weather icons, 90% tranbsparant, but still visible... This is only noticable when using a color theme, since on a black background it's not visible.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
Yes, P1Taters cab files contain the same files. It just automates the transfer/overwriting of needed files.

Oo pre, member din ako, nga lang hindi na active. Mas naging active ako sa airfagev.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] omek07:
I dont undrestand ???

You proposed me to install the english version of mobile shell ???/

Sorry for my English ...

My rom is English (Duttys)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
You must be using the "alternative" weather icons supplied by azzmbm, which i modified to be compatible with the theme. Yes, they have that issue. I may have to improve on that set of weather icons. For the meantime, use the original weather icons included in the v1.1 zip files. They're "cleaner".
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
No, that's not what I meant. Sorry for my English also, I'm Filipino. I may not have been very clear in my instructions.

When you downloaded the zip file, and extracted the contents, you will find two folders, one is named "Files" and the other "Fonts". Please ignore the files in the "Fonts" folder.

If you have already copied the files in the "Fonts" folder to your \Windows\Fonts directory of your device, please delete those font files on your device so that the theme will use your device's default font which supports Greek Characters.

I don't know how else to explain it to you further. There are other Greek users in the previous pages who have the same problem as you have. But they were able to resolve the problem based on my suggestion. If you can't understand what I'm trying to say, maybe you could PM those Greek usersfor instructions in your own language.

Good luck.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] omek07:
My friend i have not copied the files which is in the file "fonts"

Instead i had install the cab file (G) MS2.1 Diamond Theme.cab ...

With this the files of fonts copied automaticaly ????

If i go and delete them from windows file you think that the problem resolved ??

What is the name of this file ????
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Kreigz:
Looking pretty sweet ... what's the ETA on your stuff? I'm a big Weather Panel fan and haven't found a way to integrate very well ...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] omek07:
greatbal can you take this folder with i take from the member aeacus and converted like layout F ???

Thanks very much and sorry for this .....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] omek07:
Or if you can small the phone suite icon ??? Pleaseeeeeeeeee
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Telephonmann:
First of all thaks very much to greatbal for his remarkable efforts :)

The same issue here...nobody has an idea?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] y1mrn:
Thanks again Greatbal. Sorry about the delay in replying- I actually fell asleep at the computer, lol. I have also managed to fix the selection shadow for the alternative (big) weather icon set as shown by these before and after screenshots.

However the shadow for the mail/sms/missedcall status area is proving difficult. Mainly because they aren't coded for individually. Having said that I have an idea, but I need to know how to open, edit and save the Selection2.bmp and Selection.bmp files in qa_status. I can play with the '_m.bmp' files but not the ones without '_m'. If you or anyone else can shed some light on this I would be grateful.

Thanks

y1mrn
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] omek07:
I found it for color .....

You have to go to the mobille shell wait its open (Now Screen) , go to the menu tab, then tools , and then Theme , then you choose the color and its ok , The color its changed but also its changed and the backround and colors of bars to the main screen of Phone ....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] omek07:
Offcourse you have to replace the files in the Mobille shell folden with this that gave us the BOSS greatbal........
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itiskerpal:
y1mrn, any chance of uploading corrected weather shadow? or you going to try to perfect home screen icons and then do it?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
Yes, AFAIK, P1Tater included the Fonts Files in the cab files. If you have these files, please delete them and do a soft reset:

Please delete these font files in your \Windows\Fonts folder:

1) neue helvetica 55 roman.ttf

2) neue helvetica 35 thin.ttf

3) neue helvetica 57 condensed.ttf

Some Greek users reported that it solved their problem. Please try...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] y1mrn:
Hi, yes I'm going to try and fix everything first and then release. This is because there are different fixes for different layouts and I have only tested on one layout yet. If I do not manage to fully fix everything today (GMT) I will upload whatever I have ready.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
yes, the status icon highlights hard to control. I haven't figured out how. seems like MS is using the "bound" rectangle. I haven't tried to specify a "selection bitmap" though.

You can see the How-To thread in working with bitmaps for use in MS themes, specially how to edit them... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=378367
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
Yes it will change the base hue of the phone and your today screen wallpaper. So this technique is only useful for those who installed SPBWatcher and doesn't use the Today Screen anymore (like myself).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itiskerpal:
sounds good. quick question to anyone, ive seen posts about creating .tsk theme files from the original theme. what they for? any benefits if I download them?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] y1mrn:
Thanks, I had already had a click flick through that thread. Can you point me to the specific part of the thread I'm after. BTW will I need photoshop (or similar) to edit these files? Alternatively if you could provide the Selection2.bmp and Selection.bmp files resized to 40x40 and 40x56, that could work.

Thanks again
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
Yes, i use Photoshop. I tried other image editor, but they just don't work well. You have to save the bmp file as Windows - 16bit - R5 G6 B5 - .bmp file.

Which selection.bmp and selection2.bmp files are you refering to? there are a number of files with those names (different dat files). In which dat file are these contained?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] y1mrn:
I'm still using Paint, lol. So if you could resize them for me that would be great. It's the Selection2.bmp and Selection.bmp files in qa_status.dat please. Also what does status1 code for?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] omek07:
If you want to have black bars you can use the this file ....

U have to put in the statup folder in the windows .... Then you have Black bars............
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Beherrschen:
Thanks! I colored them in. Here they are... I hope.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] y1mrn:
Nice idea - great work. I like the choice of colours. I'm looking forward to the coloured version.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikkelnl:
I'll give it a shot :) Thanks man...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gammarho55:
dead attachment

it's fixed... nevermind. thanks, greatbal. a little color was the only thing that was really missing from this theme. great work.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gadjet:
As everyone states here, awesome..................

Many, many thanks greatbal, you are the king of themes, you turn my ordinary PDA into a new and fasinating toy again..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] JukEboXAuDiO:
Thanks great bal. Great Stuff. DId you happen to see my suggestions and questions a few pages back?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2251387&postcount=1637

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2251408&postcount=1639
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dredd67:
4-Tab layout

Upon request, here is the 4 Tabs Layout (No MRU)

Original post here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2251173&postcount=1628
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
Hey thanks. They look great! :)

I'm attaching the modified menu buttons dat file. Just unzip and overwrite the appropriate qp_menu_btn.dat file for the layout you're using and overwrite the file on your SPB MS install directory.

Again thanks for your effort. I'm using it now. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] y1mrn:
I agree, they are looking great, thanks to Beherrschen for the initial idea and the hard work in colouring them in (lol, sounds like playschool) and obviously thanks to Greatbal for implementing it.

Maybe spotted a bug. The profile icon is now like the original as you can see in your screenshot. I have checked phone suite isn't on.

Also any luck with those resized selection files? I am installing photoshop as I type, but its taking ages and I haven't used it before.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
regarding the "connection manager" concept, i may have to study them first. I think it could be done, but it's on the "major makeover" department of this theme. :)

regarding the clickable area of the profile icon, someone asked that, and i answered that it's a choice i had to make in order to "hide" the volume indicator. as a result, only the lower portion of the profile icon is "clickable". :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
ooops. thanks for pointing that out. i'll change it and update the download soon. hehe :p

EDIT: Changed the screenshot and updated the files for download. Again, thanks! :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bahaddin:
thankkkkkssss :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gammarho55:
bit of an issue

i just installed layout 'h'... looks great. the problem is when i add the files for the colored background, it adds the 2nd clock page and all the extra contact pages. help please.

yes, i installed the collr background for layouts g & h.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Beherrschen:
Thanks for the positive feedback. I am only partially happy with the coloring. I will probably work on them a little more later. I wanted to get them back to Greatbal before his much anticipated vacation.

I would also like to add a THANK YOU to Greatbal. I appreciate all your work and how quickly you posted the colored version.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] goon55:
Sweet, how do I implement these?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] JVRSilva:
Go some posts above :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
the colored background should not affect your layout. it only overwrites the dat file containing the background image. You should first install the Theme's Layout H. and after installing, overwrite with the BG dat file for layout G and H. It woun't change your layout. Please try again.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] agentmikeyd:
Hi greatbal,

I am transitioning from WAD stuff to SPB MS -- I also see no need for the Today screen as all I am needing is on Now screen

My question: you state above you dont use Today screen - how do you eliminate it? it keeps coming up on me...

Thanksa!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mrhocuspocus:
Still waiting to test this out! looks good still. Are going to make the weather icons animated?!!! I know its possible since you arent using MS but i don't know how much work it would be.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rkwhyte2:
Search for SPBWatcher.

Kirby
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mackaby007:
As mentioned in your quote.... search for a cab file called Spb Watcher. This will force Spb MS to always show instead of the Today screen.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
I installed SPBWatcher. i configured it so that my default page is the NowScreen of SPB Mobile Shell.

See Item# 7 - Make SPB your Today Screen of the How-To thread... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=378367

To enable it, just go to Settings > Today > Items Tab> and Uncheck all Today plugins except SPBWatcher.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] y1mrn:
SPBWatcher

cab here

installation instructions here
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] y1mrn:
Hi again,

No need for resized images, I am now photoshop enabled.

Back to actual problem...the selection shadow for the status indicators. This is proving to be a real *****. I tried resizing the images and relevant bit in .xml in the qa_status.dat, but it only moved the shadow (see screenshot)! I'm not quite sure why though.

I've also tried changing the boundrect values in the lockscreen.xml in the qa_layouts.dat. This as you will know, determines the postion and size of the all three indicator as a whole. So i can minimise the shadow, but only by placing the indicators closer together!

Do you, or anyone else for that matter, have any ideas where else I could look in order to adjust the selection shadow?

Any help will be appreciated

y1mrn
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] goon55:
no love? Anyone help me out on these?

And I am trying to add the Running Apps icon to replace the My Menu icon. and I cant seem to get it figured out. I followed the instructions but cant get it to work, the My Menu Icon stays. Anyone make a .REG file for the change? And if so, see question above about importing them.

Lasly, in the description of the new layout, it states

What/where is the "profile icon" ???

I know this is long, but I have been reading and rereading this thread since the beginning and I am going insane. LOL Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
Yes, i can relate to your sentiments. i spent an evening trying to figure that out. It's a real PIA! hehe

I hope somebody figures it out soon...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
1) If you already did the registry hack, just go to SPB Menu Programs>Settings>Customize Menu and select which items are visible on your root menu, and you can rearrange them also.

2) The profile icon is the "volume"-likeicon which you click to be able to change the "profile", as in Normal/Vibrate/Silent Only.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] goon55:
Thanks dude, I appreciate the info. OK I get it now. Speaking of profile, its nice to change the mode, mute/vib/etc, but I dont see a way to actually adjust the volume? Am I just missing something?

Any input on my other laundry list of issues (yea I have alot) :P

Any hockey fans? go wings!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
as of now, MS2.1 doesn't allow you to change the volume. But you can install SPB Phone Suites, which is also a plugin for (and fully integrated with) MS2.1. that is the reason why I have layouts D-G. Having Phone Suites, you can adjust the volume.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] y1mrn:
News on various fixes

...so do I... but unfortunately I don't think it's going to be me! I have officially put the selection shadow fix for mail/sms/call indicators on hold.

I will post the fixes for the selection shadows for the menu launcher and the alternative big weather as soon as I have finished (with the next hour).

Also good news for users of SPB Phone Suite. I am working (and slowly suceeding) on an alternative fix, which would keep the profile at the top. This may take me a little longer.

Thanks

y1mrn
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
Hey thanks for the fixes! :)

I'm also using Phone Suite now. I'd be happy to have the profile icon on the top bar. :)