yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sretlow:
I would also like to see the different skin colours for the 320x320 128 dpi version. Also the new home button would be nice. Van I do this myself?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikevillarroel:
Any news about my request?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
yeah sorry. just want to finish all the requests and then upload them. i need to go to a computer that will let me upload cause i usually upload from work but the internet at work has been down all week. works for like 5 minutes and then goes down. so ive been using internet where i get blocked from almost anything. but i'll have it done this weekend cause i want to move to my m2d project.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
Below are the files you need to replace to use a wm7 background for my theme. i'm not too fond of it. i like other backgrounds better. also included the qa_layouts file because i had to make a few changes to use these background.

remember to backup your files before u replace incase u want to go back.

Here is the clock you requested. sorry it took so long. download, backup and replace.

thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
you just want the label like "Contacts 1" on top or do want to be able to click on it to go to another page?

i'll work on this. but give me a few days cause i am also working on a personal m2d skin.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikevillarroel:
wow you are the best....thanks!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] drb123:
Thank you very much for creating the gradient background. After trying it, I do have to agree with you in that it doesn't work as well with this skin as some other skins. Variation is always nice; sometimes I order strawberry instead of vanilla ice crean LOL ;)

I can't wait to see your next creation !!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] McTell:
Well, actually I went back to your original files since two days, because everytime I hit the Contact button, i was contact page 3, and I missed the clickable labels (so not text labels but links). But I really miss now the backlight control button on the front page... you know what i mean?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] darioo:
I need VGA layout too. It would be grateful if you prepare VGA version of this Theme :-)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikevillarroel:
Does anyone knows why i don't have data in my weather icon?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] vitux:
I've a soamsung i780 with 320x320 screen resolution... Do I need 96 dpi screen to install the 320x320 skin version?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] drb123:
Using version 1.2 of Blue Waves and version 2.1.2 of Mobile Shell, I noticed that my all day appointments are not being recognized and do not appear on page 1 of the shell. My timed appointments (2 at a time) are visible.

I am using Pocket Informant as my PIM manager.

I was led to believe, via this thread, that this problem was resolved with the introduction of Blue Waves version 1.2

I am open to suggestions, advice, and insight!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
if you are using a layout with the advanced calendar on the now screen, the all day appts dont show up until day off. the original 1.2 has the regular calendar to show all day appts but some people wanted the calendar on the now screen, thats why i added the option later.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
did u get this resolved? that would happen to me when i have no city added. or havent downloaded weather info.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] drb123:
I am using a layout with the settings > Mobil Shell > Now Screen > Configure > + with show all day events ; also I tried changing the calendar to none, 1 week, and auto. I tried both the 1st and 2nd version of Blue Waves. Pocket Informant is my default calendar.

What am I missing?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
thats why. dont use the version with the advanced calendar and they should show up. let me know if this helps.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] drb123:
I'm sorry, I just don't get it; I seem to have some real "odd" things happen to me with Mobile Shell and skins (if you remember no bottom row buttons in Omnia skin)

I am NOT using the "advanced calendar", but I am using the second Blue Waves version in Mobile Shell 2.1.2

Any other ideas?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RedRamage:
I believe there is a bug with one of the SPB weather versions where is doesn't send the temps stuff through. I had than when I installed a trial version of SPB Weather. When I un-installed it I got the temps back. You loose a bit with not having the full blown Weather product, but not too much.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RedRamage:
Hey, I'm really enjoying this skin. I've been playing around with the layout significantly to customize it to exactly what I need, but I do love the basic layout with the analog clock and date with digital right under that.

I have a few questions as I'm tweaking the layout that I hope someone can help me with:

1. I'm not a big MRU user, so I've pulled those off my NOW screen on both the portrait and landscape screens. This leaves me with a LOT more appt space and I've increased the size of the calendar plugin accordingly, but I'm still just seeing two appts even though I have room for a lot more! Is there anyway to show as many appts as can fit?

2. I'd also love to add a few weeks of calendar to this screen, something that's shown in the standard "professional" layout. Is that possible?

3. I'm not seeing alarms listed. Am I doing something wrong?

4. Finally, what is the plugin that displays the carrier name? 'Verizon Wireless' is a lot longer than 'Sprint' and it gets hidden behind the clock. I'd like to move it to a new location but I'm not sure what item I need to relocate.

Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
Use a layout with advanced calendar. i added the download in the first post. that should fix not having a calendar on the now screen and also the alarm clock issue. the plugin for carrier name is operator. some people used a program called personalizer 2.0 to edit the carrier name to VZW.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
i really dont know what else it could be. it woould work fine in mine to show all day events. thats if i had 1 or more within a week.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RedRamage:
Thanks...

That worked well for Portrait. For some reason those Landscape is just screwy. Now matter how I try to adjust the width of the Calendar plug in it's still really wide and mixing in with other items. I'm trying to have some some things to the left of the calendar and then the standard menu is on the right in landscape. Is this possible? Any idea why I'm not able to get this thing fitting properly?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RedRamage:
Well, the good news is that I figured why I couldn't seem to adjust the width of the calendar and appts. The ql_calendar.dat file contains index.xml which specifies a width of 252 for each item, so no matter how narrow I tried to chop the calendar in qa_layouts.dat/Lockscreen.xml the lines were ALWAYS going to pushout to 252. Once I chopped that down to a more reasonable 220 (same width as is specified in qp_calendar.dat) it was easier to work with.

The bad news is that my area to work in with the layout I was envisioning just is too tight. I would've had to chop down to like 150 or so, which would've caused me to lose significant amounts of data for each appt. So I went with a little more convetional layout for landscape.

But I'm very happy with the results now. I'll try and get some screen shots later and post 'em for y'all to see.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RedRamage:
Okay, here's my variation on LDOstang's great Blue Waves.

What I really loved about the original layout was the look of the analog clock to the side with the digital under it and the icons to the side. I thought it was a really unique and interesting idea. I fell in love with the layout right away, but I needed to make a few modifications to suit my needs:

First, I'm not an MRU kinda guy. One of the things I like so much about Mobile Shell's launcher is that all of my programs are just a few taps away. Anything that I'm going to use a lot I arrange so that easy to access through two or three taps in the launcher. So, to that end I used LSOstang's layout without the MRU tap. Also, I removed the MRUs from the NOW screen as well. That's half cause I didn't figure I'd use 'em that much, and half cause I wanted as much calendar space as possible.

Second, I've always loved that the NOW screen let's me quickly adjust the volume so I can turn off my phone's ringer easily. But what has always annoyed me is the lack of ability to quickly adjust the brightness of the backlight. Mobile Shell's backlight control is one of the few reasons I've ever kept a MRU tab. But with this layout I simply moved the first MRU up from the original position to slide in right between the weather icon and the porfile icon.

Next, as I hinted at above, I expanded the Calendar field as much as possible. You can see that I have the alarm listed and still have the next three appts. on the NOW screen.

Finally, because 'Verizon Wireless' was very long and running into the clock I removed the name.

Now I have, for me, the perfect Portrait screen. Landscape look a little longer for me to figure out, but as you can see I finally got ti all to fit after I discovered the quirks of the landscape advanced calendar. In an effort to keep as much of the look and feel of the Portrait mode I enlarged the digital clock and added the backlight control here as well.

I'm really happy with out it turned out. Obviously this layout may not be perfect for everyone, but for me, this is what I wanted!

Thanks much for LDOstang for his hard work on this layout. I'll be happy to share the dat files if anyone wants 'em.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
Thanks for using my skin. Your mods look good. im glad you got everything working.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] webguy05:
Help Please

I'm using your 1 Contacts-MRU Layout and I am having a problem when I switch my screen from profile to landscape. In the landscape mode the first 4 contacts are gone but everything else is fine (see screen shots). Is this common? Can this be fixed?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Pampooh:
ldostang, I recently created a theme thread in the Startrek section, and I posted a link to your theme there. I hope you don't mind... Thank you for your cool looking theme.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
Checked the layout. something was wrong with the coding. fixed it. should work now.

Download file, rename extension to .dat and replace.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
No i dont mind. Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] webguy05:
Thanks lodstang, but I was still having the same problem with the new file that you attached. I spent a few hours researching how to make edits and finally figured out what was wrong. I have it working now and I have attached the fixed version (again, change the .zip to .dat).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
thanks I know what I forgot to change. sorry I couldn't test it. thanks for uploading the fix
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 800wGal:
Excellent! Thanks so much for sharing. Gonna see if I can hook up my Treo with this...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] SilverHawke:
Thank you very much for this awesome theme!! I absolutely love the launcher items on the home screen.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MDANavymom:
Thanks so much for the beautiful theme. I have a Treo Pro which has the 320 x 320 screen. I would love to have the 3 Contacts Close layout, and I put that in my SPB Mobile Shell folder, reset and it does not work, also I would love to be able to use the maroon color, can you tell me how to change that, I tried doing as the txt files says, but it does not change.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hkultraman:
Can anyone make this support 400x320 for Omnia?

thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hümän:
how to change icon names?

Hi guys - excellent! Looks very nice. However - I realised that you have different icon names to the ones I have in mine and you seem to have been able to add "other" "new" icons such as "Running Apps" (do you really see the running applications?). I wonder whether and where I can do this on my own. And sorry when I oversaw the answer somewhere else - but there are thousands of posts concerning SPB Mobile Shell ... and i just get lost.

Thanks in advance

Hümän.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
The oroginal download is only for 240x320 screens. for the 320x320 version i didnt include that layout. As for chaning colors. i think i uploaded that later in this thread. i'll look for it. if not so i can look at my files and upload them.

for the running apps and games folders go here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2577969&postcount=110
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MDANavymom:
I tried using the AdvCal layouts, didn't work, and also tried the extra folder for the backgrounds that did not work either, I just got black screen with those. So it just must only work with 240 x 320.

Advcal with 3 contacts and close would be wonderful!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
Download the 320x320 version on the first post. those files you are talking about is only for 240x320.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MDANavymom:
Ok, still can't get it to change colors, but that's ok, I'm still buying you a beer! I looked at your signature, you wouldn't be willing to do the Gold Red Velvet for Mobile Shell would you?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
Thanks. i'll check to see if i have the files to change colors on a 320x320 screen. As far as the theme, right now i have a few requests im working on for m2d plus a couple other projects. if i can i'll see what i can do.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MDANavymom:
Thanks for the help!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomson6:
Any news for the VGA displays???
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ccctexas:
Hello, has anyone been able to get 3 contacts page version on 320x320 yet, or colors? Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikevillarroel:
Please

ldostang,

Could you do this for me?

1-Remove the MRU, i like the 3 tab only

2-The home button(Orb) move it to the middle between the programs and contact buttons

3-Change the contact button for something like the one windows live has.

btw i'm using a 1 contact page only.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 12gage:
ldostang, I love your themes this one is by far my favorite mobile shell theme. but could you help me with how to customize the background. I tried using the guide found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=378367 and changing the separator2 file but no luck. I would like to make my own sports skins with my favorite teams. if you could help me out I would greatly appreciate it, thanks in advance
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikevillarroel:
hey , don't let me down!!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikevillarroel:
nothing yet?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mam112663:
I think this theme is great!

Any chance you will create skins for it like you do for Manilla?

If so, I would request a University of Michigan and a Detroit Red Wings.

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dealwagon:
Now my default theme. This ROCKS. Thanks!

Thanks for something new and QUALITY. Enough with the diamond crap. :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] JukEboXAuDiO:
How about a black layout. Or vista layout. that would be sick.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jadesdan:
Analog clock

Is it possible (with V 2.1.2) to show 'all day events' in the classic (analog) layout?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] daigoro64:
Really a nice work.

Just one (very minor) issue: in the second and third menu (Program and Contacts) if you tap one of the three upper right icons (mail, messages and phone calls) you'll see a little disalignment. Tried in portrait and landscape mode.

Using Kaiser (QVGA) with MS 2.1.2.

Thanks again for sharing your work. I'm going to keep it on my device for a long time...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sharper4:
While I'm not a fan of the applications in the center row (wish I had more calendar entries instead). But I do think its something I can get used to since there are a few apps that I often go in to over and over (not 5, but I can fill the space).

I *am* a huge fan of the layout and overall quality look of this skin.

Cudos on the excellent work!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] :
beatiful theme..

it possible converter this theme in resolusion

320x320, squere Qvga?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] drunkbastard:
Awesome job...now my theme, nice work.

One observation: on the programs and contacts pages, there are three "extra" touch areas (why does the official term elude me now?) above the E-mail / SMS / Missed Call icons. Not a huge issue, more of a minor glitch. Does that make sense, or did it sound retarded?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] secoseco:
Hi

great theme from creator

thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
I hadnt noticed all day events didnt work. i'll make changes to add it. i started my theme with version 2.1 and then tested it on 2.1.2 after it was done and i hadnt noticed that didnt work.

the status area on the contacts and launcher areas includes, how can i explain it, two status touch areas so i can place the number next to the icon. i did notice the misalignment when testing with version 2.1.2 and i will try and fix.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] smittyofdhs:
There's also a new option to show Free appointments as well, not sure if you have to code into the XML for that or not.

One other note on the graphics... Maybe it's my device but the numbers in the clock have pixilation to them. They just dont look as smooth as the screenshots above. See my screenshot below, look at he numbers, they are jagged on the bottom edge.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mtkates:
Some people in the SPB club forums have said that their All Day events have stopped working. I think there may be a problem in MS. That option is not in the .xml files and can not be changed with a skin so I would suggest those that are having that problem, head over to the spbclub.com forums and add your problem to the thread already started there. SPB will need to fix this.

As for the mis-alignment of the status icons, it is due to a change in Mobile Shell. The problem started showing up in v2.1.1 and I have not found a way around it except to use one instance of status and leave the count at the bottom, or you can reinstall MS v2.1.0 and it will work better.

[Start Rant] I am currently trying to work with SPB about this and other skinning problems, but they seem to be unwilling so far to share information about the different classes they use in the program. I have been trying to get more people to head over to the spbclub.com forums and also to e-mail SPB about working with skinners, but support in that effort has been low when compared to how many custom skins are being downloaded every month. I am getting to the point that if people won't back us up and let SPB know how they feel about custom skins, I may just move on to skinning something else. [End Rant]
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] budney:
Very nice theme! Any chance of a version without weather. MS weather is useless to me. I prefer to use Pocket Weather, which I can see when I hit the "X". :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nycdoc22:
This is awesome....

...couple it with SPB watcher and its all I need....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=377353&page=2
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] c130pilot:
Great Theme!!! Thanks for your hard work. I like the ability to launch programs from the Now screen, yet still have the clock and calendar on the same screen.

It's great as is, but if I could add my 2 cents, it's that I have gotten used to using gestures to move page to page - but I get "stuck" in the contacts pages and can't gesture out without hitting the icon on the bottom of the screen. Any way around this?

Tim
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Phonatic:
Ldostang, Really nice looking theme. You have great skills.

Someone gave me a bunch of files and said that I might find them usefull some day. Here's a couple of files that I just wanted to share for anyone that wants them.

I like how they look on your theme. It's just another option for the battery and operator icons. The operator icons is one that goes from red to yellow to green, depending on the signal strength.

For people that want it, just change the extension from .zip to .dat. Copy into your spb folder and reset.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sas_sas:
hi folks,

hard to find the answer among all those pages.

pls lead me to the correct reply.

How does SPB work in my Touch Elfin in where touch cubes are installed?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] K-Paradise:
Looks good, what's the password? :p
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Phonatic:
You don't need the password. just change the extension from .zip to .dat. Copy into your spb folder and reset.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] deedee:
Add one vote to the change from a close button to an extended MRU page.

i really like having my 5 most popular progs on the now page but would like the rest of my favourites only two presses away.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] K-Paradise:
I see. Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
Thanks for the info. I tested out the default 2.1.2 skin last night to see how the all day events worked and i wasnt too satisfied with it. at least these are the problems i had. i did a clean install of the 2.1.2 software:

i noticed all day events dont work with the advancedcalendar option, only the regular calendar option. also, it didnt matter if i left the all day events option checked or unchecked, it still displayed it. also it didnt work for me when i selected the professional option, only classic.

i will be heading over to spbclub.com and emailing them to let them know about the problems.

in another matter. i made a different layout to only include 3 tabs, by removing the close button and i am working on adding mru tab instead of close. i will be posting these 2 different layout options later today.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sharper4:
I had that Operator on my RoboDad theme and loved it. Thanks much!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ldostang:
Dont know about this. i dont use the weather either because im using rumbal's weatherpanel layout but i know alot of people do use it. its not hard to remove and edit if u want to try and do it urself.

i like these files. i may use one or both of them when i start working on changes to the layout. i normally dont use digital much but people that do may like it.

working on it. will add this layout later this afternoon.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mdavid727:
I changed my labels on the contacts page by adding the following to the SpbMobileshell.txt file:

Contacts 1|Family

Contacts 2|Friends

Contacts 3|I-Bank

Just change the words Family,Friends or I-Bank (I work for a bank) to whatever you want and then reset.