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[Windows Mobile Themes] Legolus:
weather theme problem

Thank you so much i love using this theme.

I have a slight problem and i searched for the answer and havent found it.

Sometimes when i press a icon or menu item or contact- i get the weather page instead.

running ms 2.1 greatbal diamond 2 and weather v 1.7

did i install something wrong?

please help

Legolus
[Windows Mobile Themes] xfire:
Hello.

It would be possible to have a theme. Tsk with the image rougevista?

Thank you.
[Windows Mobile Themes] gokuan:
I have an HTC p3600 with a WM 6.1 rom installed. Diamond theme 2.1 with MS 2.1.1. And I've the alignment problem....
[Windows Mobile Themes] jbh00jh:
MS 2.1.1

I have a XV6900 Vogue and when I run MS 2.1.1 the phone

freezes when charging, or just anytime, and also the buttons

are misaligned.

:(
[Windows Mobile Themes] awesomeindeed:
Isn't this theme meant for MS 2.1.0???? It won't work properly with MS 2.1.1, SPB made some changes...

I am running it on WinMo 6.1 with MS 2.1.0 and everything is perfect on my Verizon SCH-i760. The only downside is that I only have 35% of free memory when I use this theme after the phone boots up, but it's too cool to pass up.
[Windows Mobile Themes] lukawa:
very nice theme!

great job greatball and to everyone who put their time and effort to make this awesome theme!!:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Obiwanhug:
Hi people!!!

How can i create my own backgrounds!?

Can anyone tell me the steps and the software?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] ahmedfikry:
FULL SCREEN practical WHITE diamond (theme colors) with BIG weather

Here is my latest theme

you can find the files here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=2510660#post2510660

is unique in the way that it is FULL screen ... but still follow my "practical" theme concept

enjoy...
[Windows Mobile Themes] jbh00jh:
We were asked to report what happened if we tried

the theme with 2.1.1 on a certain type phone. That's

what I did. I am aware the theme is for 2.1.0 .
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtkates:
SPB Mobile Shell v2.1.2 Beta

There is a beta version of Mobile Shell (v2.1.2) that SPB would like us to test out custom skins with. They have been working on the problem and need our feedback. Leave feedback at spbclub.com. Leaving it here probably won't help get issues resolved.

http://www.spbclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18723

Thank you.

Update: So far using Mobile Shell v2.1.2 Beta and Diamond v2.1 skin all seems to be working properly with the exception of the mail/sms/calls highlights being squared off, but I guess I can live with that.
[Windows Mobile Themes] shad0w77:
Can you say excited?! I can! I got the same results you got mtkates. Seems to work except the message icons are boxed when selected. Otherwise, seems to work real well.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtkates:
Yes, I'm very happy about it. It is nice to see that SPB is helping to support "unofficial" skinning. You might want to take the time to head over to spbclub.com or send them an e-mail and let then know that we appreciate it!
[Windows Mobile Themes] jbh00jh:
Installed MS Theme 2.1 on Mobile Shell Beta 2.1.2 on my

XV6900 Vogue and happy to say it works fine.

Thanks for all the good work getting this done.:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] GenghisKhent:
Simple (hopefully) questions. On startup, I get the stock SPB MS screen with whatever tabs I chose). Only when I choose the Spb Menu soft key do I get the Diamond theme.

1. Is there a way to get the Diamond theme initially?

If not, my stock SPB MS screen has a green background even if I choose black. I notice under Today I only have one theme, Windows Default. I recall that a couple of ROMs ago I had another theme with the name Diamond in it that was black with a grid-like background. So the question is:

2. Any theme or other way to change the green background on my stock SPB MS screen?

Any advise would be appreciated.
[Windows Mobile Themes] tylr:
Not that I know what to do about it, but I've noticed that if you touch the icons you get the square around them. If you use the scroll wheel (AT&T Tilt) or you up / down arrow on the screen you'll get the same highlight as before.

Thoughts?
[Windows Mobile Themes] tylr:
1 - Asked several times in this thread. There is a program called SPBWatcher on this site that can solve this one. (I haven't used it so I cannot attest to its performance. Hitting the softkey one time isn't that big of a deal for me.)

2 - There are several ways. Currently I'm using BeyondInvisible's weather icons that will change the background based on the weather forecast which I think is incredible. You can also use a Theme Based Background in the optional files folders. This will allow you to change the theme color in SPB MS settings. (There is a CAB in this thread by me that will install MS, a theme colored background, and a few registry changes to allow for a couple more icons in the menu.)

Hope that helps.

T
[Windows Mobile Themes] jbh00jh:
Weaher Icons

Since the theme is working on the beta MS now , any chance

SPB can fix the weather icons so we could get the current

temp displayed with the icon ?? I know their customers would

like that.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jm2267:
Voice Mail Icon, Games Icon Missing and more

I'm new to the forum. I have installed this beautiful theme and love it. I've searched this forum for answers to my questions but without success. Apologies in advance if they have been answered elsewhere.

1) I really need to know if I have voice mail. Is there any way to add a voice mail icon to the NOW screen. Otherwise I have to go back to my today screen. This theme is so nice I'd rather stay inside it.

2) I've installed the CAB which adds the running programs and games icons to the Program screen. Only the running programs icon shows up. Where is the games icon?

3) Is there any other way to add other icons to the Programs screen?

4) The only way I've found to go back to my Today screen is to press the red "end" hard button. Is there another way?

Thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Themes] JonnoB:
weird icon

In the 'Home' tab, in the upper left corner, there is an icon that looks like a contact icon (launches contacts). I thought it may have been a part of the SPB Phone Suite because that icon was wrong too. After updating SPB PhoneSuite with the correct theme, the profile icon was fixed, but this contact icon is still there. What file or optional file changes the contact icon in the upper left of the home tab? Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] GenghisKhent:
Swipe your finger up from the bottom middle of the screen to the top middle.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jm2267:
Thanks for the tip from GenghisKhent on how to get to the today screen. Since I wrote this I figured out how to get the games icon on the program screen. However, it is unpopulated when I press on it. There are many games under the games icon within spb mobile programs. How do I fix this?

Still would love to know how to see if I have voice mail within SPB Mobile Shell.
[Windows Mobile Themes] carl99:
Tested 2.1.2 beta and I have a couple of issues with Diamond 2.1.

* Mail, SMS and Call icons have lost the glow effect and just have a gray square around when selected.

* Weather icon lost the colored glow effect (if a colored theme is selected).

* In the settings, when "Professional" is selected and then Configure is pressed, the calendar drop down is not showing, just the first item in the list

* If "none" is selected in the calendar drop down above and there is more than 4 items for that day in the calendar, MS is shutting down (this is also the case with 2.1.0)
[Windows Mobile Themes] GenghisKhent:
Unfortunately I don't know the answers to your other questions and indeed also would be interested in the answers. In the meantime, I'd appreciate if you could share how you got the games icon on the program screen. I haven't even gotten that far. Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtkates:
When you get a new voicemail, an icon should pop up on the now screen.

To populate Games, please rear the user manual for Mobile Shell, you can find it at their website. It explains the menu settings, the voicemail, etc.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtkates:
All issues with MS v2.1.2 beta should be posted in the spbclub.com threads as instructed where I linked to before. SPB monitors that forum to try and fix issues. They will probably not see your issues on this site.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtkates:
That is your #2 MRU. It is provided so you can set it to be a start menu(or anything else you want). If you would like to make it a start menu, please find the post number I provided in my post of v2.1 and follow the instructions from jeffrey2000, except the part where he says to download and install files, those files have already been included.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtkates:
There is no "fix" for current temperature. It is not a feature of Mobile Shell. If you want to see that feature added, try posting it on spbclub.com forums.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Savok:
Press and hold the icon and choose managed pinned from the menu. Choose the icon you want to pin.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jm2267:
I guess I'll head to the Mobile Shell website. But it sounds as if you already know the answer to my question, you just want me to work to get it. Thanks for the help.......I guess.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jbh00jh:
I was aware that spb weather didn't have current temps &

you all can't change that.

What I meant was since you now have a dialog with the

people at spb maybe could suggest that they try a weather

icon program like htc uses with the icon & temp together when

you push the weather button, I know their mobile shell customers

would like that.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtkates:
I really was trying to be helpful, but I didn't think I should go to SPB, download the manual, search for the info, then type it out here. Plus, if you read the manual, it may answer other questions that may come to you. If it was just some little thing I had memorized and could tell you easily, I would have.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Galvatron:
Wow! this is sperb work.

Thank you, mtkats!!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] tylr:
VM will show up on the now screen if you have one.

To get Games to show up in your Games menu, go to SPB settings. There you'll need to add shortcuts to the Games menu. Play around with the settings and you'll see. Its pretty straight forward.

T
[Windows Mobile Themes] siam942000:
this looks cool to bad i have no idea how to set this up on my mogul 6800 so which one is better between the iphone 3G or the Diamond.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Kholargol:
Hello all,

I've just installed this theme on my HTC Cruise.. I notice that my Calendar screen (2nd tab) is empty. Is it a bug or can I change that ?

And I also asked myself : is there a way to rename "My Menu"/ If it's really mine, I should be able te rename it, no ?

Thks,

K
[Windows Mobile Themes] carl99:
Search for the entry in the registry and change it ... or look in the txt-file located in the spb mobile shell folder on your phone.

Add this line:

My Menu|<your adding>

Do a soft reset ... and ... it should work :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Kholargol:
And it worked ! thanks you very much..
[Windows Mobile Themes] shad0w77:
Diamond theme's next steps?

I am asking this because I love new developments, not because I am rushing anyone...

Do greatbal or mtkates have any idea where the next phase of this Diamond theme is going? It seems like many of us, with the help of senior xda members, customize this theme to just the way we want it. Some like one contacts page, different program or MRU icons, new weather icons, icon spacing, title bar removal, etc, etc.

What changes or improvements can possibly come down the pipe? I know menu animation is out of the question with MS. Any other ideas?
[Windows Mobile Themes] tylr:
Here are a few install files:

1 – Diamond 2.0 Theme

2 – Diamond 2.1 Theme after mtkates fixed the landscape view

3 – Diamond 2.1 I use with BeyondInvisible’s weather graphics that change your background based on the weather (CANT UPLOAD FOR SOME REASON – ITS 2.33MB – ANY THOUGHTS?)

All include registry settings to add “Active Tasks” and “Games” to the Programs page and color programs icons.

I take no credit for the skins. Greatbal, mtkates, and others did all the heavy lifting. I just put them into a cab to make them easy to install.

T
[Windows Mobile Themes] monroe42:
Great Theme. I have one small issue with it. The indicator for Signal strenght has the name of the provider besides it and that text gets under the volume and battery indicators messing the title bar up. Is there a file in the theme that I can tweak to move those apart further?

thanks

M
[Windows Mobile Themes] Bxsteez:
Excellent Theme!!

This is an Excellent Theme but i'm trying to use this theme and have my normal top bar. Is this possible? I also wanted to have a version like greatbal's C layout from version 1.2. Can someone point me in the right direction as to how to do this?
[Windows Mobile Themes] pookieguy:
WeatherPanel Support...

Love this theme...excellent work!

However, I'm wondering if anyone here has managed to incorporate Weatherpanel into this theme?

I will be very satisfied if I can get Weatherpanel on the weather tab, which has the excellent Diamond Animations. If so, I will run Spb Watcher and use the Now Screen permanently instead of the Today Screen!

Any help is appreciated. Thanks,
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtkates:
If you want to be able to integrate Weatherpanel, or Thunbcal, or iContacts, etc, you need to contact the author of that program and if they choose to, they can contact SPB for an API to allow their program to work with Mobile Shell. Other programs have been succesful at this, but it has to be written into the application. You can't just "skin" this stuff in.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtkates:
If you want Mobile Shell to be able to do something that it doesn't already do, like show the windows mobile top bar, then you need to let SPB know what features you would like to see added.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtkates:
I am working on other skins and I believe greatbal is also, so I wouldn't expect any new versions of the Diamond skin, besides, could it really get any better? greatbal did a fantastic job!
[Windows Mobile Themes] carl99:
I added my issues in the spb forum - and get this response for one of them:

Problem (diamond 2.1 skin and MS 2.1.2b1/2): Glow effect around tab icons (mail , sms, call) are lost and there is a grey square instead when selected. Lost the glow effect color for the weather tab when a theme color is selected.

SPB answer: I think it is by design, since we use simple selection in all skins (both official and unofficial) instead of gradient one. There were a few reasons for that:

- better performance

- better memory consumption

- simple selection is easier to see on a gradient background (on some skins the old selection was really hard to see)

Is it possible to update Greatbal's Diamond 2.1 to fix this cosmetic issue? Because the change from gradient to simple I think the graphic must be updated somehow ... I don't have Photoshop or any similar and definitely not the skills to do that ... anyone?
[Windows Mobile Themes] darkdominus:
Top bar problem

Hi guys, can some one help me please. I love this theme, but my top bar is wrong. The service name is in top of the battery leval and sound icon. Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] shad0w77:
I couldn't agree more. Just wanted to do some brain picking. I love your WM7 theme too mtkates. Do you know of any themes besides Diamond and WM7 that you and/or greatbal have completed and releases. I would love to check them out.
[Windows Mobile Themes] starrafone1:
2.1.2 Beta 2 (build 3529) works with HTC Diamond Theme for SPB MS2.1 :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Bxsteez:
Does anyone know how to get the 0 to show up before the single digit numbers?

****SOLVED****

If anyone else wants to know how to do this just change the lang.ini file in the S2U2 folder

s_DefaultTimeFormat1=HH':'mm

s_DefaultTimeFormat2=hh':'mmt
[Windows Mobile Themes] here is johnny:
I don't seem to get it worked if i want to start mobile shell it does nothing through shortcut i get a blank screen and then i have to make a soft reset cause my diamond doesn't seems to react i did all the things thay say in post one, copy the dat files to mobile shell folder en the menu icons and improved clock stuff.. can anyone help here or maybe had the same problems??

and yes i did a soft reset after installing..
[Windows Mobile Themes] jadesdan:
ahmedfikry, I love the simple layout and navigation of this theme! The Three MRUs on the launcher page are the best! However, is there any way to show upcomming appointments on the now screen? thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtkates:
If you have a Diamond phone then your screen is VGA and this skin is for QVGA screens. Search around XDA and you will probably find a few VGA skins.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ahmedfikry:
what i do is having S2U2 showing the appointments

but from my theme i just click on the big clock from the main screen & i will get immediatly to the calander page with all appointments

i try to keep it "simple" & clutter free as possible...inserting the calander in main screen is easy "xml" fix but its not my prefernce
[Windows Mobile Themes] darktiger:
How do you get more info/schedules to show from the calendar? Mine shows nothing, but I have things scheduled throughout the week.
[Windows Mobile Themes] bluemetalaxe:
mmh, second post and no answer ?

okay again

@greatball:

1. is it possible to implement s2u2 on the clock tab, or how do all the others here lock their phone, without tabbing three times ?

2. i found the xml to change text to my language, but can you please tell me the xml with the english weather text ?
[Windows Mobile Themes] kockroach:
Why not set up S2U2 to activate when you turn off your screen?
[Windows Mobile Themes] bluemetalaxe:
because i dont turn off my screen. only backlight goes off after 1 minute and s2u2 goes on then..

so i really want a button to manually lock, because dont want to wait 1 minute.

and almost every skin/theme/gui has this function or possibility (wm todayplugin, pointui ...)
[Windows Mobile Themes] greatbal:
could you provide the 240x320 image files of these two please? Love them! Thanks! :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] dinoalbert:
why not assign a hardware button to start S2U2? I used my TyTN's upper-right top "I.E." button to lock my phone
[Windows Mobile Themes] bluemetalaxe:
okay, will do that, but normally i never use any hardware button because i like my touchscreen ;)

i think it would be easy to make a lock button with xml, but im a little out with that. and seems greatball wont listen to me ?

seems i'm the only one with that wish.

@greatball: is this possible ? and could you Please answer this or my second question ?
[Windows Mobile Themes] robpet2:
this is great.. .good job... I gotta try this on my wing..
[Windows Mobile Themes] dzign-it:
Any body else get this issue?

My weather updated once..

Now it stays as yesterdays date and doesnt update anymore?

Iv manually updated the weather but it just stays the same.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ^^rac:
Hey guys!

Will these weather icons be compatible with the "coloured" versions of Diamond v 1.2?

(Im refering to the Original Diamond coloured wallpaper?)
[Windows Mobile Themes] robpet2:
this skin is great, but spb shell 2.1 sucks too much memory out of my device... I have too many other apps running at the same time and with spb shell running it would almost kill my wing to run anything else at the same time... but good work and I took screenshots of it on the wing..
[Windows Mobile Themes] MRFERRARI23:
awesome thanx for the reply....but now how do i exactly install that zip file?? do i just dl the zip then select all an extract it to my spb mobile shell file and soft rest??? thanx again!!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] sirnone16:
sir greatbal your the best!!tnx!

lapit na ko umwi philippines!

inuman na!:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] gagaza:
This is what you need. Just unzip the file onto your computer, and from that folder copy the qa_layouts.dat file into the \Program Files\Spb Mobile Shell folder in your phone.:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mean-machine:
Can someone tell me how to change the portrait contacts icon to the one with a phone and not heart? Just after installation I had that, but now I don't (don't know why, but I was messing with all the colour files etc.). Basically in portrait I've got the one with the heart and in landscape the other with the phone. Can I change it in registry or in any other way?
[Windows Mobile Themes] knaak:
bug: pinned items

on my htc touch, the pinned items dont work properly anymore (in the mru screen of layout H). Some items cannot be removed anymore, I also get strange messages like pinned items cannot be more than seven.

THis happened after I did a hardreset and then installed 1.2 version

Should I also include some 1.1 files perhaps, I never had any trouble with that version for the pinned items

I use the classic diamond version btw
[Windows Mobile Themes] michaelm401:
HTC Diamond SPB MS2.1 Theme v1.2

Hi, Greatbal,

I'm an Spb Phone Suite user. I notice that the Vibrating mode icon in the taskbar is a little bit off. Any fix on that in the works? Keep up the great work.
[Windows Mobile Themes] michaelm401:
Hi, Greatbal,

I'm an Spb Phone Suite user. I notice that the Vibrating mode icon in the taskbar is a little bit off. Any fix on that in the works? Keep up the great work.
[Windows Mobile Themes] gagaza:
Glad I could help.:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] jadesdan:
I like the appointments on S2U2, but I have a hard time reading them because of the image of the green battery. I just installed S2U2 today, so I'm not sure if there's anything I can do about it. Any suggestions? Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ahmedfikry:
go to program files, S2U2, gfx folder and delete "battary1" file or rename it

then when you plugin you will NOT have the battary anymore..you will have your regular backgrond all time & the small topbar batery will show you that you are charging
[Windows Mobile Themes] chrisonline:
Is ther any new version of this skin out there?

Or is the 2.1 the latest version?
[Windows Mobile Themes] hddn_agnda:
I am sure this has already been answered... I even spent quite a while searching, but as I am not surewhat the name of the menu bar at the bottom is supposed to be called I am having difficulties...

What file from which layout do I need to use to get the menu bar at the bottom of the screen that has the contacts icon with the person and phone rather than the person and heart? If that makes any sense.

Thanks for the great theme and for a little nudge in the right direction on this. :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] fruss:
I was not able to choose the "Backlight" icon from the menu so I have modified the LockScreen.xlm in qa_layouts.dat (starting from Diamond Theme v2.1). I hope it could be useful for someone.
[Windows Mobile Themes] remi19:
I love this theme! Thank you for taking the time to provide it!

One newb question (yes, I have searched), what variables in the xml files should I be looking for to modify the email, text, and missed call icons? I'd like to relocate them on the home / today screen but haven't been able to locate them. Honestly I believe they're in launcher.xml, but I'm not really sure what .xml file they are in....

Any help is appreciated! Thanks again!
[Windows Mobile Themes] mtkates:
To change the location of e-mail/sms/missed calls icons you need to edit LockScreen.xml and look for Status (the icon position) and Status1 (the counter). They have to be moved as a set.
[Windows Mobile Themes] gman8966:
Has anyone noticed that certain aspects of the 2.1 diamond theme are sort of slow. When I push the weather tab, it usually takes 3-4 seconds for it to open. When I push the messaging button/tab again it takes 3-4 seconds. I know it is the theme because it was not nearly as slow on the older diamond versions.

Anyone else notice this?
[Windows Mobile Themes] shortyboy:
^^i second this problem...anyone know a fix for this?