yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Pampooh:
Check out this funny Kung Fu Panda theme, it's rather well made...

You can get the theme here, http://mobileshell.ppc-theme.com/page 7.html

Edit: Ooops someone already posted a link to the site but pointing to a different theme. Anyway, this link points you to the kungfu panda theme and this one is free, by the way. No need to donate to get the theme. Theme is available for both QVGA and VGA devices.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] greatbal:
It may be that my fingers are a little small. I don't have any problem in clicking the weather icon. hehe

Anyways, I hope you're using Mobile Shell version 2.1.2. If you are, then you may just need a little bit of practice. :)

As a reference:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MikiBest:
Probably i'll adapt all my skins to 240x320 next weeks...... stay tuned :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MikiBest:
In my Omnia phone, after the Spb process stops, I continue to see the Spb Menu option on the windows bottom bar. We I tap it the Spb Menu start again with the new skin. I don't have to start it again programmatically.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Lyssa21742:
I LOVE this shell... could you possibly upload the background picture so that I can make a .tsk file for my today screen?

Thank you soooo much!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dayze0:
hi ridley - any chance you can upload full theme here
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] walery:
What do you mean "crash the phone"? Did you have to send your omnia to Samsung service:confused:

Was it dead?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Shawn26:
Is this for VGA mode or QVGA. Did anybody know?

Thanks for answering!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dicast:
Can someone check and repack this Icons for me? Modified from other theme now it's unless.View attachment MenuIcons.zip I will buy you a pack of beers
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] HaiAuNho:
If you still have the original, I'll do it for you. There's too much to mod to "pack" those icons inside the "frame"

Or point me to where you download those, and I'll pack them.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dicast:
I'm using greatbal diamond v1.2 and here the qp_menu_bnt.dat file that I'm using. Just want to replace those icons. If you don't mind can you check to see if I saved the icons correctly. I followed all the instruction available to the T and still won't works. I either screw up saving it in Photoshop or repack it. Thanks alot

View attachment qp_menu_btn.zip
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
Try this out. Sorry it took so long, I was at work when you requested it.:D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] HaiAuNho:
Looks like someone already fixed it for you.

I thought you want to move the "folders" inside the "frame". But if your goal is to have it correctly saved as BMP file, then Mtkates's already ahead of me.

But I still want to move those folders in the frame, just in case that's what you want.

My version is the third picture. Just download, unzip and over write your file.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
I just noticed that the icons you posted here are different than the ones in your dat file so I made another version for you with the transparent square icon background.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
LOL....You beat me to that one, but my second version has transparency for the background icon also.:D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Phonatic:
Thank you for your input and thank you for the stop script.

Yeah, It's probably just my phone. I didn't spend any time trying to look into it. It was just easier doing the mort script. I'm glad it happened to me. It prompted me to do a theme changer based on yours. Of course mine automatically starts Spb due to my problem.

My Theme changer works and each theme script consists of just four lines. I have it to where it takes about ten seconds to change to a new theme.

I have a theme for day time and one for night time that has night weather icons.

Right now I’m playing around with Diamond themes. So far it works flawlessly. I’m really excited with how well it works.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dicast:
Mtkates, 6packs is on the way. thanks alot

HaiAuNho, I didn't see any donation link on your post but hey, thanks a bunch.

hopefully someday I can contributed and be a helping hand for now...just an end user.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
We all start out as end-users. Put in the time and work and you'll be contributing before you know it.

Big THANKS for the donation and glad I could help.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
Phonatic,

this is cool. cant wait for u to release the files. i will for sure use it cuz i constantly change themes.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] HaiAuNho:
Geez, your version is still have the folder outside of the frame.

(Pix 1)

This is the revised one with transparent frame AND the folder is inside the frame (Pix 2)

:p
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] HaiAuNho:
I'm thinking that since BeyondInvisible has a weather icon version that include all day and night icons, why not just have the script change the qa_layouts file? That way you only need to change ONE file, instead of 7 files like you said.

Just an opinion
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] HaiAuNho:
Nah, a small thing like that, don't worry about donation. Besides, Mtkates was quicker :p

I don't drink anyways. Buy me a lipgloss or something like that ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
ROFLMAO! :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Phonatic:
My reason for 7 is that I am using a white diamond for day (black fonts) and a black diamond for night (white fonts). Instead of just changing weather icons for the night I am playing around with having a bright day theme and a dark night theme. You can really notice the day to night change this way.

To make the themes look best, I also switch out the P&L backgrounds, operator small, battery small, clock small, and menu buttons.

It doesn't seem to matter how many files are copied, it takes less than 10 seconds for all the themes that I've tested.

And that's with a 5 second delay between the stop and start lines.

I just incorporated MikiBest's backgrounds into the Diamond theme set.

13 more options for the dark. And 9 more options for the light.

Thanks, MikiBest for the backgrounds. I now have 26 backgrounds to choose from.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] reg66:
searched but can't info on customizing today screen icons. i'm a minimalist and don't like any clutter on my home/today screen, just plain and simple as with shots. can anyone tell me/link me how to change these today screen icons - i don't use htc home or ms2.1now screen etc etc - though some of the mods do look the sh*t.

I'd like to have simple modern slick icons in place

cheers
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dicast:
HaiAuNho, I really like the folder in the flame. What version is it for? I'm using greatbal v 1.2 some how all I got is blank launchers....nothing there

Got it, I didn't unzip that was the problem
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
Do you have any examples of icons you would like?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Phonatic:
Ldostang, here you go. Please try this and see what you think. It is ridiculously simplistic. Just change the file extension from .txt to .mscr, after you make your edits.

This is your Blue Wave theme as the example.

Just change the first part of the path on the first line to lead to your theme folder. The third line is a 5 second delay.

I've tested this on my phone and it works great. It switched from Diamond to Blue Wave in about 10 seconds. Please let me know how it works for you.

I still use the resetter that I posted earlier for when I am doing mods.

It's the same script, less the first line
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] reg66:
wow, sorry, wandered off there - didn't expect a prompt response at this hour - cheers! as they're only for the four today screen icons i don't mind having them as random graphical images.

not too bothered on changing the gestured spb menu icons as they're hidden most of the time, it's mainly my main page i'd like to keep simple

this for progs (not bothered about the battery as have it underneath, but not sure if this has to remain as it's variable with battery percentage - black to grey colour change perhaps)

this for time

weather

contacts

many thanks

edit- in black and red so you can see them, although i would like to use the white!

1 - 2 -

3 - 4 -

EDIT!! changed mind, would like black as the red in them doesn't show up on a small scale!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
In the first set you posted you have 2 .png and 2 .jpg. Do you have the 2 .jpg in .png format?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] reg66:
every time i try (with the black ones now!) 3 of the four get converted. they're just a bit big to post as .png and get converted to jpg. i'll try to upload somewhere - hang in there, this is new!

cheers for promtness though

here images are f!*?ked on first view but click them again and all is well

thanks a ton

seen the guy's contact looking at the preview - best give thanks - http://davidchen.deviantart.com/ - many thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
I also need to know your screen resolution. VGA, QVGA, etc.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
Is this what you had in mind? (It's just a mock-up to see if it's what you are wanting).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] reg66:
ooo nice, now i dunno - black or white, is it a major hassle, qvga if poss.

many many thanks dude

will buy you a beer or two, do you have a link to find out how, so i can modify myself when i want to change or add tabs?

oh 240x320 htc p3300 if it helps at all

probably way too late - you're pronto, but if it helps white and black plus preview of others if anyone else wants pm me
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] keii:
Sorry I wasn't clear. It crashed the emulator which I installed in. Had to soft reset to get it back up. Otherwise the theme is working fine.

(edit) Loaded it into my Omnia and yah, when I created the 5th appt for the same day. Mobile shell will not launch anymore. I had to delete the 5th appt and voila! it works again :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
I will do black version and white version so you can switch depending on your background. I don't know of any instructions. I have never done these icons before but it should work the same as the other icons in the program. I'll try to include some instructions with it after I know it works.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] reg66:
thanks, you're the man - or lady. probably don't need it but here's the link white and black plus preview incase anyone wants them - pm me

thanks again

are the icons just contained in the .dat files and these just need opening/editing?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] schwalbach:
Phonatic;

Will I need to update to SPB 2.1.2 for your theme?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
Yes, they are in the dat files. I was just starting on them and reallized that 3 of those icons are live.

The battery I can make all the same image so it won't change.

The clock I can hide the hands, so I don't see a problem there.

The weather is a problem. I can change all the different weather icons to the same image, but they will also show your new icon when viewing weather details. Sun, rain, snow, it will just show your new icon.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] reg66:
i can loose the weather tab - hardly ever update it, just says n/a most of the time so don't worry on that one, maybe i'll have another row of special contacts.

'The battery I can make all the same image so it won't change.' does that mean just have the static 'setoy' icon, not bothered about it changing as i've got batt status below anyway. or do you mean it can't be changed?

thanks man!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
Battery can stay the same or it can change. You have 5 battery states plus charging.

In the attached file you will find a Black folder and a White folder. Pick which color you want and install the files in the proper folder to your phone and put them in Program Files/SPB Mobile Shell and select "Yes" when prompted to overwrite the existing files. Soft reset your phone and they will show on start-up.

Enjoy!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] reg66:
mphwoar thanks indeedly, gotta run to work briefly. back in a bit, thanks again!

back! thanks, really appreciate it, sent ya some pennies
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Phonatic:
Choose whichever you want. I will make it compatible with all versions.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Khrushy:
Consider me very interested also. I've tried a lot of different themes and keep coming back to your Windows Field theme.

It's just perfect for functionality - Appointments on Now Screen, separate Calendar, single (aka - non-looping) speed dial.

I love it. :)

(The fact it's compatible with a lot of the mods made for the Greatbal diamond skins too means it has lots of options for aesthetic changes too)

Even if you don't update it Mtkates, I just thought I'd declare my love and thanks for it anyway.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dicast:
what file is the shadow in for the launcher. need to do some modify.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mila1970:
Searching for a analog clock

I´m only searching for the analog ckock.

Best i can use for S2U2 too.

???????????????????????
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
Not sure what you mean. Are you talking about the highlight when you press an icon on the launcher screen? If so, it is selected by the icon dimensions in Launcher.xml.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
Glad to help. Hope it works well for you and thanks for the pennies, will put them in my development fund.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
You will find clock images in the file qa_clock_now.dat. May require some modifying for use in other programs. Mobile Shell uses 2 .bmp files, one for the image, and one for transparency so sometimes they will look a little odd when not used together.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] HaiAuNho:
Good for you Phonatic. I'm thinking why not have all the files installed with different names, and switch out only the layouts file? Really the only different is the layout. You can change other names

ex: qa_bckgrd_day_time, qa_bckground_night, ect....

And just have different layouts points to those files instead. But it's only 10 secs, so I think it's OK.

I have 3 themes on my phones, and have modded all the names, so that I can have all three theme files installed. Using your script, I can just replace the layouts file and it's all done.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
Phonatic

Works perfect. It takes like an average of 10 secs to switch between themes. some take less, some more. right now i tested switching between my bluewaves, greatbal's xperia, mkates wm7 and my new project.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cirrus363:
White Diamond

Hi Phonatic

I have been lloking for ages for Greatbal's Diamond theme reversed. In white I have read on this thread that you have such a theme?

Ta
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Phonatic:
Thank you for sharing your method, it is a good one. You always seem to have good input.

I have a whole lot of themes that I'm playing around with right now, so my prference is to keep the base theme to a minimum and use the theme files to store the changes.

Less storage space on the phone this way.

Will you please help me. I need your photoshop skills. It seems that Beyond Invisible has the night weather icons included with all the day icons.

I need them seperated from the day ones so that my night theme can be complete. Preferably into there own weather big.dat file.

I know that it sounds like a simple task, but I don't have photoshop.

The problem that I have is getting night icons onto the main weather page.

If you have a solution that doesn't require photoshop, please share. TIA
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Phonatic:
Thank you for the feedback. I'm so glad to see that it also works for others.

I am still surprised by it's simplicity.:)

By the way, I am really looking forward to your next release. You put out good stuff.

@cirrus363, yes I do. I have various V1.2 layouts already done, and will probably do the rest on Sunday. I have two custom themes to do that day, so we'll see.

Thanks to MikiBest I also have 9 other backgrounds that can be used for my Diamond Bright modifications.

No plans to do light V2.1.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] keithdupont:
Any chance you could share your background mod for diamond theme, i use layout H. Thanks in advance
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
Yeah its really simple. didnt think it would have been. to me its all about changing whole themes, not just backgrounds or weather. haianunho has a good idea to changing names to the files so all u have to change is the qa_layouts.dat file. but to me its really not that important that it takes 10 seconds. if it took like 30 to a minute then thats different.

i'm actually working on 2 at the moment. see which one i like better. its not original because its borrowed from a different program converted to spb ms. its gonna be original (different) to spb ms. right now its all about experimenting to see what i can do with spb ms. i will probably have a beta by early next week.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] HaiAuNho:
I'd love to help. It's no problem at all.

But the thing is that you CAN'T just create a night weather file and replace the main weather. The only file that shows both days and nights weather is qa_weather_today.dat. Weather_big, weather_main, Weather_wall, ect.... all just shows day time weather.

Look at this

<Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.Generic" Name="Night" ID="30" Skin="qa_weather_today"/>
<Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.Generic" Name="Morning" ID="31" Skin="qa_weather_today"/>
<Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.Generic" Name="Day" ID="32" Skin="qa_weather_today"/>
<Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.Generic" Name="Evening" ID="33" Skin="qa_weather_today"/>

In your weather.xml file, just follow BeyondInvisible's V.1.4.1 layouts and use his weather file. Use each ID 30, with 31, 32, and 33 for different layouts (4 layouts total).

I know you'll lose the main weather page. But you really do not need the main weather page. You still have big icons on detail weather page. There's no way to have night icons in the main weather page.

Let me know if you still need help.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sharkonholiday:
Phonatic don't forgive me

ok in orange style if possible:

4 buttons

Home - Weather - Launcher - Contacts

pressing home i'd like digital clock (analog you can remove), gestR Calendar (no button for calendar ok?)

pressing Weather, ok weather

pressing launcher, i'd like first Programs (than gestR MRU)

pressing Contact, i'd like first VIP, than gestR Personal, gestR, Business

so with finger (right to left) or with right softkey: digital clock, --> calendar, weather, Programs, MRU, Contact VIP, Personal, Business.....digital clock...

left softkey start from digital clock contact business, personal, vip, mru, Program, weather, calendar, ...digital clock....

GestR and Right the same action obviously

GestL and Left too.

and if possible little preview of volume (profiles) and weather in "now page"

something like the attachments

always in orange styles and with you icons

.

if you have a better layout it's ok, change it, even with a better finger fiendly use/layout,

but if you can...i want have these informations in "now page"

thanks a lot

I hope to not having more stress you

thanks

bye
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Phonatic:
Yes, I am using this to get the night icon onto the detail page.

<Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.Generic" Name="Night" ID="30" Skin="qa_weather_today"/>

I still need your photoshop help because I feel that the night icons in the weather today file can be extracted and put into a weather big format.

It would just be nice to have the weather page match the detail. TIA, I hope that you can help me with it.

@sharkonholiday, I haven't forgotten you. I plan to do yours on Sunday. I really don't have time until then. I wasn't even gonna do any spb stuff until then, but this theme changer kinda got me going.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] HaiAuNho:
Phonatic,

Even if I extract those icons, and replace the day icons, the weather won't be accurately shown.

SPB use 3rd icon for "Clear Sky" day. Do you really want to show "Clear Sky Night" instead, even when at night it might be "Cloudy Night"???

This is "No can do" as in no way it can be done. Only using the weather IDs to get the icons, BUT it can only be done in weather detail page.

I'm sorry but you will have to loose the main weather page if you want your weather icons to change accordingly. Unfortunately, the detail page only accessible by going through the day weather icons (either from lockscreen, or main weather page, or any page with a DAY ONLY weather icons)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Phonatic:
Alrighty then, I guess due to spb limitations, I will settle for day icons on weather page and night icons on detail. Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sharkonholiday:
thank you Phonatic....see you next monday and have a nice weekend.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] schwalbach:
Alright, ty. Is there any reason to go from 2.1 to 2.1.2 or should I just not worry bout it?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
Unless you are experiencing some bug that has been fixed by the new releases, then the only reason I can see to upgrade would be if you want the option to display "All Day" events with your appointments, such as birthdays, holidays, etc.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dicast:
hahahaha, As I trying to get my shadow in right position my icon running away. I guess there is a set space on it. Can someone get me a hand on this. I'm only working on one icon for now as a try out. My running icon LOL
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] HaiAuNho:
That's because Diamond V.1 was not written for SPB v.2.1.2, which I suppose you're using right now, aren't you? ;)

And you forgot to adjust the icons to the same horizontal possition. (First icon is higher)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dicast:
The first icon which the only one i'm working on for the moment is moving higher as i i adjust the shadow. As far as icon position, where I do adjust that what file is it in or is it the icons themself?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] HaiAuNho:
Hmm..how do you adjust the "shadow" anyways?

The menu icons layouts is in the Launcher.xml, which is inside the Layouts.dat file. The position is referenced as below

<Plugin Name="m0">
<BoundRect X="0" Y="57" Width="80" Height="64"/>
</Plugin>
<Plugin Name="m1">
<BoundRect X="81" Y="57" Width="80" Height="64"/>
</Plugin>
<Plugin Name="m2">
<BoundRect X="162" Y="57" Width="80" Height="64"/>
</Plugin>
<Plugin Name="m3">
<BoundRect X="0" Y="120" Width="80" Height="64"/>
</Plugin>
.......

Height should be at 70 for your icons, "Y" is your vertical position