yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
You are most welcome. :)

You are correct, there are some who wants to run RealVGA to maximize the screen, but then again, there are some programs that do not run well.

You can either find alternative programs that support RealVGA resolution, or you can try to find some themes with 240x240 help. However, note that the dat files are different.

It's your choice... and hope you like the Diamond theme. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dash7869:
thanks for your painstaking effort - i can just imagine how tedious and how much time you put in. works perfectly well on my device - itz making me not want to sell it anymore..

thanks again!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
You are most welcome...

Greatbal's Diamond theme is very nice, but not optimize for the square screen like the I780. I am thinking of using a different layout, but still based on the Diamond theme.

I see that Greatbal had included colours into the back ground and some color icons as well. Will include that in my modification work.

Same format as per Greatbal's theme, but the followng will be different:

Speeddial and MRU will be 3 rows by 5 columns instead of 4 x 4, reason is that the width is not optimized. By having 3 rows, the photos can be enlarged, without sacrificing the photo details.

Trying to see if I can get a 3 x 4 programs, this I need indepth study.

The analog clock is too simple, thinking of including weather icons on the right.

Someone has done the profile to include more options, will look into it as well.

Stay tune....

P/S: Anyone has any idea how we can utilize the 2nd time as in the stock Today plugin of the I780?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
This is the MRU tab in the Diamond theme.

Background color will be made available in the next release.

The difference between 240x320 and 320x320 theme is the dat files. Square screen is using ms_bkg_now and not qa_bkg_now. Also most of the dat files are ma_xxx and not qa_xxx for the I780.

The bmp size is also different, note that although our I780 is 320x320, it is actually running at 128dpi, which I believe that WM6 is supporting this for the first time. Effectively it is actually a 240x240 screen, which explain why the treo users can also run SPB. Treos are 240 x 240 screen with 96dpi.

Hope I have explained it clearly.... and now I am going to sleep.... long day ahead of me tomorrow.... :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
Colour your Diamond Theme Skin :)

For those who are bored with the mono display, add a little color to your theme.

Replace the dat files in your Spb MS2.1 folder. Enjoy.. :)

P/S: I have also included the updated weather description dat file.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pntzamaras:
i have to say it again... YOU ARE THE MAN!!!

thanx for all your effort.

Looking reaaal good!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
You are most welcome... :)

Will try to change the mru and speeddial to 15 in my next try.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pntzamaras:
a really very nice skin that need to be converted...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2265913&postcount=1
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
Diamond Theme V1.1

Version 1.1 ready.

Changes:

3x3 program is now 3x4 (Main program is still 3x3)

Contacts and MRU changed from 4x4 to 3x5 (For better layout)

Fixed minor position bugs.

Enjoy...

P/S: I think this layout is much cleaner, and utilizing the width of the screen.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
I will see what I can do. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pntzamaras:
your new diamond layout is really much more cleaner!

thanx again, we are waiting now for your next i780 optimized theme :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] somchai15:
Version 1.1

Hi,

the Layout sure looks great....I just seem to have a problem.

Downloaded yr ZIP File and copy/pasted the 2 Files inside into the SpB Shell Folder on my SGH i780.....and now I can't start SpB Shell anymore.

Any idea why?

Thanks for yr Input!:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
Many apologies, I am not sure what happened, but I just copied my dat files from my I780 (which is working) and attached it here.

Sorry if it created inconvenience for you.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] somchai15:
Version 1.1

Hi gOOndu,

excellent..all working now & really looking great! :D

Thanks - as always - for your prompt assistance!

Looking forward to any further improvements (if that is possible)...:cool:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
For those who tried with RealVGA and with this modified theme but without success. Please note the following important point:

Install SPB MS2.1 at 128dpi if you have installed RealVGA.

If you have not installed RealVGA, then installed SPB MS2.1.

Reason:

What happens when you installed SPB MS2.1 at 96dpi? The SPB software, will recognise this as a qvga device, and all the corresponding dat files will begin with qa_xxxx.dat. The q probably represent qvga.

My files contains all the ma_xxxx.dat files. The m probably represent square screen (xml is called middle skin)

For VGA devices, the dat files will begin with va_xxxx.dat files.

Hope that this will help to resolve those who have problems using the themes.

:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] guisof:
Good Job !!

Guillaume
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
Anyone has any success in getting the battery drop in 1% instead of the 10% increment? Which program did you guys used?

Please let me know.

Edit: Nevermind, I know it is only possible if I decide to cook my own rom... that will be later...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] xxnoelziexx:
This is a great theme is there anyway to get this to start when windows mobile reboots?

Seems it starts in default mobile shell screen and to activate theme I have to click Spb menu is this normal?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tay_kokhwa@yahoo.com.sg:
Hi Goondu

Can u tell us how to remove the partly cut off alarm icon next to the signal icon on the top bar. Its spoiling an otherwise perfect and beautiful skin.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
Er.. I'm not sure what you mean... there shouldn't be any alarm icon to the signal icon....

Which tabs were affected, or all the tabs that has the signal bar? Would be best to post a screenshot so that I can see where it went wrong?

Greetings from a Singaporean to a Singaporean... :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tay_kokhwa@yahoo.com.sg:
Thanks for your prompt response. The icon is actually the 'custom' icon (yellow bell) from SPB phone suite profile. Its out of size and squeezed between the phone signal strength and battery icon on the very top of every page of SPB mobile shell.

Hope u can help to remove it.

Thanks again and I am glad to know there is a talented Sporean out there.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tay_kokhwa@yahoo.com.sg:
You can see a screen shot at pg 224 (2nd last page) of the SPB mobile shell skin collection thread. I do not know how to follow the suggested remedy and since this is a square screen realvga solution may be different.

Thanks again.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
Are you using SPB Phone Suite as well? I believe the icon set belongs to the SPB Phone Suite. Incidentally I do not use SPB PS and as such I do not have that issue.

Refer to this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2256105&postcount=1828

If I am not wrong, it is your SPB Phone Suite interfering with your SPB MS2.1.

What you need to do:

Go to your SPB Phone Suite Directory, copy your profiles.dat to a safe location. This is your backup.

Download the attached file (Profilse.dat.zip).

Change the filename back to Profiles.dat by removing the .zip extension.

Now place this Profiles.dat into your SPB Phone Suite Directory (REMEMBER NOT THE SPB MOBILE SHELL DIRECTORY).

You will be prompt whether to replace. Press Yes.

Soft reset.

Your new SPB MS2.1 will be having the volume icon to be small.

However, I'm not sure what the changes in SPB Phone Suite will be, and I believe the profile icons will be different from the rest of the SPB Phone Suite icons.

There are 4 possibilities which you can take:

1. Uninstall SPB Phone Suite. The volume icon will be returned to small.

2. Change as per what I have written above. The icons will be mismatched in SPB Suite.

3. Do not change. The icon is mismatched in SPB MS2.1 (The problem you described)

4. Refer to the above thread by y1mrn, he had done the SPB Phone Suite based on Greatbal's Diamond theme. You can download the theme, and do the xml editing and icon editings to fit the I780.

Option 4 is the hardest, but will give you the most ideal result.

Option 1 is the easiest, but you may want SPB Phone Suite installed.

Option 2 is not very good, but at least it will solve your SPB MS 2.1 (But not your SPB Phone Suite)

Option 3 is vice versa of option 2.

It depends on how you want. :)

Hope that the option 2 works for you, since I do not use SPB Phone Suite.

Let me know the results. :)

P/S: I am not talented, just using other creation and adapting it to our own device. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tay_kokhwa@yahoo.com.sg:
Thanks. You have been extremely helpful. Let u know after I have the time to go through the steps.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tay_kokhwa@yahoo.com.sg:
Sorry Goondu your zip file need a password to unzip. Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
just remove the .zip extension.

no need to unzipped

1. highlight the file profiles.dat.zip

2. press f2

3. press right arrow key

4. press 4 backspaces to remove the .zip

5. press return key

6. the filename is now profiles.dat

7. put <profiles.dat> into your SPB phone suite directory. IMPORTANT: DO NOT PUT THE PROFILES INTO YOUR SPB MOBILE SUITE!!!

8. soft reset.

9. u should have your new spb mobile shell having the small icon.

10. ur spb phone suite will also have this set of small icons, and will not match the software if the icons are used to display on screen.

Hope that helps.

P/S: DO NOT UNZIPPED, JUST REMOVE THE EXTENSION .ZIP. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tay_kokhwa@yahoo.com.sg:
Thanks. Now the icon in the mobile shell is back to correct small size but the mobile suit on my today page is also showing same small size. Will try to fix that later.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
See my 4 options. Option 4 is the way to go. This will mean a lot of time spend in modifying y1mrn's files.

Have a go, I do not think it's that difficult to do. :) Hope you enjoy your new skin... :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ddeath:
Bro g00ndu, do you have a fix for the 6th apps link not showing up in the 'One by one' menu view? This issue affects all the menu that is set to 'One by one' view instead of 'Grid'.

Posted the same question in spug and ppcsg forums but no response from you so far. Then I found you here. :p
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
Can you give me a screenshot?

Incidentally, I have uninstalled my SPB MS2.1 and would not know exactly what happened.

From the xml file, I notice that the 6th line is out by 1 pixel and it should not be causing any issues on that.

Post me the screenshot so that I can see what went wrong. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pntzamaras:
Dear g00ndu,

is there any chance that we will have a new theme from you? :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ddeath:
Hi Bro. Don't think a screenshot is necessary. It is quite straight-forward. You only see 5 rows/lines per page, each row contain one app link of course, then the scroll bar at the bottom. But when you turned to the next page, the 6th apps is not at the 1st row but the 7th app link instead. The sixth apps has been skipped.

Maybe you should set 5 rows/lines per page instead of 6. That should be the problem. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
Ok, my bad....

wrong decoding of the rules in xml for the qa_layout.dat files. I inadvertently missed out the 6 rows option in the rules.

Hence, the default is 5 rows, but the display is set as 6 rows. You will miss the 6th line application.

My apologies.... and many thanks for pointing out the problem.

We need more testers.... :) where are all the I780 users? :)

Please unzipped the file attached and put it in your spb folder.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
I really do not know at this point of time... I am now trying out Ultimate Launcher. Advantage of using UL is that it can be in your default today screen.

SPB MS2.1 (at least from my knowledge) cannot be used as a default today screen.

But first and foremost, I am going to the Samsung Service Center to upgrade my rom to E1. Gonna lose all my settings.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Cutefox:
Hi Guys, i want to contribute as well. both colour and no colour diamond theme worked fine. except my i780 suffers from alignment problem. So when I use realvga at 96dpi, it escalates it. And even when I switch back to 128dpi my alignment problem wont go away. Had to hard reset so it is more stable. Stock i780 without realvga installed seems not to invoke the alignment issue that much thou still present. I brought it to the service centre when I was in Singapore but they only updated the firmware to E1 and the problem still exist. So I cant use realvga at the moment. It is a pain to realign almost everytime I turn the screen on not mentioning SU2U will prevent me from unlocking the device when the screen is misalign. Can some1 convert the themes to 128dpi version for me? The standard theme is not as good as the diamond one.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
May I ask what alignment problem do you have? Is it just confined to SPB MS2.1, or also affecting all the programs? If I remember correctly, some programs though works in 96dpi, you will get the program aligned to the left.

Perhaps you can post a screenshot..

Also, jolpiej had created some themes (Diamond theme included) in the skin thread, but I am not sure if it works or not, since the dat files might be different (qa_xxxx versus ma_xxxx).

Hope this helps.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Cutefox:
I think my alignment problem is hardware since i have it even when my i780 is stock without realvga installed. i think it is affecting all program. i just reinstalled everything but without realvga and i can feel the screen misalign once in a while. but its not as bad as having realvga and 96dpi on. when everything is smaller i guess its harder for the screen to align properly. i dont have the time to go to service centre at the moment so i live with it for the time being. might be a software but i need to troubleshoot which program is causing it. anyone else have this problem? pls let me know im not alone. lol.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ddeath:
Thanks bro! Working great now! :D

I'm waiting for wm6.1 before I upgrade the rom, unless my phone hangs. Still on A1. Don't want to keep going down to the service centre like some of the guys in ppcsg. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
Glad that it worked for you... :)

wm6.1? u need to "wait long long" (Singlish!). I did ask the SSC CSO about wm6.1 but there is absolutely no news on the upgrade. The earliest, imho, should be end of this year.

I'm now thinking of cooking my own rom... but am afraid i might brick my phone... wanna replace the samsung today screen with the htc screen.

By the way, i'm using htc home screen now, and edited the htc audio manager skin to cater to the 320x320 square screen. Funny thing about audiomanager is that both shuffle and repeat button do not work... not sure why..... need to find out....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] somchai15:
HTC Home Screen

Hi,

yu got HTC Home Screen to work on the i780?

Which version? installing relvga or just "standard" ROM?

Hope yu can share some info/Files & Screenshots.

Btw: as yu saw I started the Threat for SpB Moile Shell and square Themes...hopefully someone can contribute as realvga distorts quite some Programs with the 96 dpi.

Than:)ks a lot!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
Yup, I got HTC Home Screen and the HTC Audio Manager to work with the I780 with RealVGA installed. The Home Screen is part of the UL plugins. I have yet to figure out how to configure UL. Still a novice on that.

One of the screenshot...

I edited the xml for Audio Manager and some of the icons to fit the screen width of 320 pixels also.

Point to note: Both the HTC comm manager and backlight do not work, and I do not have the time to look into it.

The screen for the audio manager has a simple interface, looks nice on the screen.

There are still so many things to do, and so little time to play with the I780.....

Will post something later....

P/S: I have already upgraded my phone to the E1 firmware yesterday.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] somchai15:
Software upgrade

Hi,

any significant upgrades in this E1?

Worth it to bring my i780 to Samsung next time I come to Sin (I live on Bali..)?

Any comments/Input fm yr side wud surely be appreciated!

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
The only official word from Samsung is the Windows Live issue, which personally speaking I don't even use it. :P

Other than that, I see no significant change. The default today screen sucks to the core anyway.

Samsung changed its animated bootup screen slightly.

I did the upgrade anyway since the service centre is very near my home.

DON'T come here specifically for the upgrade, it just ain't worth it, but if you do come, be prepared for a few hours of waiting.

1.30pm - arrived at SC and get a queue number.

2.20pm - My turn came and handover my equipment. Was told that upgrade takes 2 hours.

2.30pm - Went back to work

7.30pm - Arrived back at SC and get a queue number again.

8.20pm - My turn came and I got back my upgraded set.

8.30pm - Balek Rumah....

That's about it.

Btw, I did ask about any news on the wm6.1 upgrade, but there is no news on that.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
This looks to be good, almost what I wanted....

Check this out:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2279829&postcount=136

It looks nice, and very organized too. Hopefully in time to come, I can do it this way.... :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] somchai15:
Looks indeed nice..so..what r u waiting for? hehehe

and don't forgt - need 240x240 and 320x320 VGA compatibility...lol:D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pntzamaras:
i would love to see this converted for our resolution:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=396910
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ddeath:
Well, looks like I do not need the E1 upgrade since I'm on a 50GB data plan from Singtel. Will wait for WM6.1. Read about the improvements, so should be worth the wait, especially the Office allowing you to save to Office 97 format instead of the stinky docx or xlsx.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tay_kokhwa@yahoo.com.sg:
Sorry to bother u again bro Goondu. Does the fix for the 6th application link brought up by bro ddeath apply to all those who download the diamond theme for i780 with realvga? Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
Yes Sir! The bug is in the version 1.1, just replace the file in your spb directory.

You may not see it, because if you set your layout in grid rather than in the one by one option.

It only affects the one by one option
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tay_kokhwa@yahoo.com.sg:
Thanks brother.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] reyals:
I've been using this theme for like... eversince it came out. Have been following your updates too. To "g00ndu"... fantastic work!

One question : On the contacts page (any one), is it possible to have the "Contacts" on the bottom right hand corner? As in besides pinning all the regularly dialled people, there is one to access the contacts page?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] huntzer:
Just hold on a empty contact and choose spb contact.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bobsbbq:
g00ndu Can you confirm what the phone firmware version is? I had mine upgraded to E1 but they did not upgrade the phone only the PDA. I'm supposed to go back tomorrow and get them to update the phone if there is one. I also noticed that the hard reset by buttons works on the E1 version.

I have been following and using your modified themes and I really like them. Thanks for all the hard work.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
I'm really not sure, but you can try pinning on each page. And check back the other 2 pages whether. Try pinning the spbcontact on each page at the end of the contacts and see if it works.

My guess is it doesn't (Sorry, as I have uninstalled my spb ms2.1).

P/S: Anyone wants to use PocketCM (Vista theme)? The original great work is done by both poorlyduck and dvtonker, but only suitable for qvga devices. I have done some tweaking, and it's working perfectly. The only small complain is that when you press a button, it kinda react a bit slow. Pressing the same button again doesn't exhibit such behaviour anymore.

Download PocketCM v0.23 and put the zip files into the PocketCM directory....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
Firmware as in the photo.

hard reset button, not sure. tell me how to activate?

Edit: And many thanks for your compliment. :) Hope you enjoy your I780...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bobsbbq:
Thanks. To do a Hard reset with buttons. Hold the Green call key + Red End Key + Power button.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
Nope, tried that but does not work. :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] knights191:
I am having the PUHE1 firmware, is there any difference between en DXHE1 and the PUHE1.

To hard reset: Turn on your telefone, make sure when it starts you immediately press the green and red button (hangup / answer button) .. above post should work, sometimes it takes some time to get the hang of it : )
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bobsbbq:
Ok I tried again noting exactly how I did it. First with power on hold the power button until the unit powers off. Then press and hold the power button first and then while still holding the power button press the green + Red phone buttons and it will work.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] reyals:
Oh! Thanks for the reply! I didn't notice the "SPB Contact" in the menu! Silly me! :p
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] g00ndu:
I do not want to start a new thread, but rather stay in this thread to discuss on other programs besides spb ms2.1.

Since upgrading to E1, I had to hard reset twice, due to instability of my I780. I'm not sure if I am the culprit or the firmware, but I guess that a poor workman always blames his tools. :)

So far what I have installed in my I780.

HTC Home Plugin (Black version)

HTC Audio Manager and Audio Manager Plugin. Audio Manager was modified to cater to 320x320 in 96dpi. Not very nice but it will do, at least for now. :)

PocketCM 0.23 - Installed the stock and added in the Vista theme. Also modified the Vista theme to cater for the 320x320.

I see a lot of good programs / skins catering to qvga. I am trying to see if such programs can be converted into a 320x320 format.

Tried poorlyduck's wmp diamond skin. WMP do not recognise the skin, even though I put it into the windows directory. I do not know why... haha...

I'll post the Vista theme in my next post... :p