yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Themes] rehim:
thanks guys! looks great :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] monkayspunk:
OK guys I'm completely lost here. when I download the theme it is in a "php" file. i drop it in the bin file then what?, what settings do I go into in Winterface to change the theme? also I cannot put the winterface default calendar app back on for some reason. Its gone and not listed in the apps folder..I want this calendar icon because it shows the date..anyone got any ideas?..thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
Open the bitmap in Photoshop, fill in all the pink bits and then re-save using the advanced bitmap dialogue in R5, G6, B5 format
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
It should be a zip file (just click on the link and save the resulting zip file in the dialogue).

Then see post #77 to overwite the exisitng bmp files in your Winterface folder.

The default Winterface calendar app with the date on is only available if you are using the default Windows Calendar app and not a 3rd party calendar
[Windows Mobile Themes] qiuness:
Found a small bug. The DLL must be located in the root of the storage card

I had mine here:

Storage Card\APPZ\cool appz\UIs\Winterface

and the lnk would not work at all.

correcting.. the app starts, the link has a icon but in winterface nothing is displayed but the default window icon:(

i dont know what i do wrong...

54#"\My Storage\Program Files\Omnia Teeter\Labyrinth.exe"?\Storage Card\Neon_icons.dll,-1
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
Can you post a couple of screenshots showing the problem?

Have you restarted Winterface?

Did you add the app or the link file?
[Windows Mobile Themes] macmahon:
Can we use the arguments shown as the list of links in this forum for creating the links for winterface?
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
That's the theory, yes
[Windows Mobile Themes] rookafella:
Hey, you really found a great way to change te icons! Great!

Do you know where is the "Main Menu" program and the "Settings" program, so that I could change the icons of them as well?

And how to change the default winmo calendar Winterface launches? I'm using ThumbCal and want to launch it from calendar-date icon

Tnx mate!
[Windows Mobile Themes] oscarbum:
There's a setting in ThumbCal to make it your default calendar BUT Winterface doesn't recognize Thumbcal and you will no longer have the option to use the calendar icon.

Sucks, I know.
[Windows Mobile Themes] sriramkrishnan06:
Somebody pls tell me how to make winterface open quickly...it take approx 6-7 seconds to open up...cant it be made any faster...i have copied the files to main memory...

second problem: cant we change the background of the screens?

thnx
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
You'll need this for "Programs"

then make a link to it and change the icon that way.

Settings I'm not so sure
[Windows Mobile Themes] Benfaniz:
I´m sorry but...How can I change the picture´s icon on winterface or windows mobile?

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] rookafella:
I found that Main Menu can be launched with "\Windows\Launcher.exe" (but probably that's only for omnia)

I use Main Menu only to get into settings.. how do you guys using winterface get into settings menu?
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
What do you mean "change the picture´s icon"?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Benfaniz:
I mean the icon itself!!!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Mat-1:
Great Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] hypnot1c:
can someone help me? I have the winterface, but just get black ikons, how du I add the new ikons ? and det winterface its VERY slow on my phone, and I get a "erro" shell32.exe, what should I do ?

greetings from Mikke
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
What happens when you put the original icons back in place?
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
Can you do a screenshot and point to the icon you wish to change?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mbze430:
I'm using the Realize icons.... and I noticed that SMS icon doesn't indicate if I have SMS anymore.... is this true after changing the icons? Or did I do something wrong?

Just realize it's not telling me unread emails either....
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
Shouldn't be anything to do with the icons. Mine worked fine.

I was using the standard WM app (tmail) for handling e-mails and SMS-Chat for text messages and evrything worked fine
[Windows Mobile Themes] rmagyar:
Great Job!

Very nice project. Thanks a lot!

This made my Winterface readable even in sunlight. ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] drbf:
Thanks for the great icons, makes winterface look so much better.
[Windows Mobile Themes] f0vela:
Thanks for the work, Love Winterface and this is exactly what i was looking for to change the original not so pretty black icons.
[Windows Mobile Themes] meth0dGSX:
Thanks nice find for me, added to the collection :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Brandar:
Awesome! I was looking for this. Although, there's 1 thing I don't like- Is there any way to prevent the minimalization of custom icons? They just appear like 2 times smaller then the original on the PC.
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
No, the icon size on the WM screens is fixed. You could try creating a 48px icon but I think WM will just get confused and think there is no icon
[Windows Mobile Themes] Brandar:
Oh, k. 1 more question. Where is, if there is, today pic file for winterface?
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
\My Device\Program Files\Vito\Winterface\skins\bin\today.bmp
[Windows Mobile Themes] hypnot1c:
thanks for response , but I have fix it :)

And I dont get the shell32.exe error anymore..

now I use winterface whit realize icons, its great ;D

thnx
[Windows Mobile Themes] MattMacD:
Neon / Tenius / Hand Drawn in PNG format for iFonz??

Hello there,

Winterface is an awesome WinMo shell, however, I can't get it to 'stick' to the today screen - i.e. when I press the END CALL KEY I go back to the today screen which is NOT what I want.

I ran into iFonz a while ago but I remember for some reason it looked crappy at best.

New version, iFonz v1.2.2 was released and this one does look awesome! It is pretty easy to customize at will as you can configure each button through the UI:

- Icon (PNG file)

- Pushed Icon (PNG file)

- Target File

- Parameters (optional switches for exe file)

(...)

In this post I especially love the NEON icons. I created lots of LNK files as instructed but man the folder takes forever to load !! (I did this in a 'batch' kind of way - folder contains neon_icons.dll + 1 LNK per icon in there!!!)

So yeah, this works in Winterface but it is real tedious work having to do this manually going back and forth from PPC to DesktopPC, plus I have no easy way of backing up my custom 'theme' - I want NEON-look for ALL my icons.

iFonz allows me to:

- Create custom links through its own UI

- Backing whole thing up to a theme once happy with the results

- Having an overall 'coherent' UI so all icons have the same look

+ it's free! :) (unlike Winterface)

However, I could not get it to display the NEON icons in my LNKs...

So there goes my request:

Are the NEON icons (and the others, I also like Tenius quite a lot) available in PNG format for inclusion in iFonz?

I found the Realize icons in PNG format but not the others.

I suppose I could open the huge BMP with GIMP and create them from there, but again, tedious work. If anybody has done it before and backed the thing up, making them available in this post would be awesome!

Cheers!
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
Tenius.zip is on the first page of the second link in my first post

The third link sends youo to a page youo just have to register with to download the PNGs

The fourth link, same again. I just guessed my way through the registration process.

I can't post the zips as they don't belong to me. You need to download them from the authors' pages.
[Windows Mobile Themes] MattMacD:
Thanx Dave, Cheers! Btw, I'm trying out PointUI2 Free just now!!! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
Just had a quick go myself. Uninstalled it as it's not customisable enough.

Sticing with Winterface for now and looking forward to their update which promises a top bar and coloured icons via skins
[Windows Mobile Themes] DRTigerlilly:
AWESOME thread, awesome work, i just stumbled across this thread, and you guys are doing an amazing job. Thanks for making Vito Winterface, that much more enjoyable to use.
[Windows Mobile Themes] sawasdeeman:
Thank you

Thank you so much. It works fine on Elin, Thailand.

Have a nice day : )
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
How to get calculator icon working...

I have been using spbCalc for ages and have now managed to get the Tenius icon to show by doing the following:

1. Remove the calculator ap if you have it enabled and Quit Winterface

2. Go to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Rai\:MSCALC

and change your default calculator back to MobileCalculator.exe (default WM app)

3. Go back to Winterface and add the application back in. (It should have the new icon)

4. Go back to the registry and change it back to your chosen calculator app. (in my case calculator.exe

5. Done

Survives a soft-reset as well!

Hope this helps as the calculator icon is one of my favourites
[Windows Mobile Themes] qiuness:
I have some questions/issues with winterface.

- When i disable unlocking after a soft reset it is enabled again

- how do i actually make it stick, aka when i hang up go into winterface instead of the today screen?
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
I think both of those issues are with Winterface itself so you'd be best writing to Vito Technology Support http://vitotechnology.com/support.php

I know what you mean about it "sticking". We need something like spbWatcher but for Winterface instead. No idea if that exists though.

Also check out the "forum" at http://blog.iwindowsmobile.com/?p=39 to see if others are having the same issues
[Windows Mobile Themes] johseph:
Tenius screen hook up

I cannot get your files to work, i want to get rid of the boring black and white winterface screen and add color. I have the files downloaded but when i put them on my phone (via missing sync as i use a mac) it says that it cannot do anything with a BMP file. Suggestions? Cause this stock winterface is boring as HAYL!

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
Do you mean the message appears as you synch? If so it's your sunching software.

If it appears as you open Winterface, it could stil be your synching software if it is doing a file conversion to standard bmp format.

Otherwise, no idea I'm afraid. The files work for everyone else

(nice icon by the way when I'm eating lunch!)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Ethania:
hi.

i have some problems with the skins. after skinning some icons wont show. for example the rotate screen is only a black clickable area. the "running" funktion stop working and only closes winterface. i have a touch hd.

was also wondering way i shouldnt use ifontz instead of winterface. does it use more battery or memory? have the same question about imate. is it better or worse than winterface?
[Windows Mobile Themes] JAHTEE67:
hi what can i say just got my htc hd and istalled winterface must say looking good so far but installed realize.zip file to change my icons all i keep getting is unable to open this type of BMP file iNEED HELP CAN SOME ONE EXSPLAIN HOW TO DO THIS IN SIMPLE TERMS AS I AM NEW TO THIS HHHHEEEELLLLPPPP JAH
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
Anybody else out there with an HD who can help this poor soul?
[Windows Mobile Themes] kingjunior:
Please help.

I installed the Realize weather icons from oscarbum, but the icon for weather remained the same. Am I doing something wrong, or does the actual weather icon just list the degrees (meaning there is no pic behind the numbers)?

Thanks for your time.
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
You can either have degrees or an icon. Pretty poor thinkig ahead by Vito . WHy not have both? Maybe next release.

Program files\Vito\Winterface\Skins\bin\weather_icons.bmp is file that determines the weather icons on your Winterface screen

Program files\Weather\Skins\bin\wicons_x2.bmp is the file that determines the large icons in the Weather app

Program files\Weather\Skins\bin\weather_icons.bmp is the file that determines the small icons in the Weather app

The quick and dirty way to do it would be to change the wicons_x2.bmp file, then reduce it by 50% and save it as weather_icons.bmp in both the Weather app folder and in the Winterface app folder.

Does that make sense?
[Windows Mobile Themes] kingjunior:
Thanks. Not sure how to change all the icons in one file thing, so I'll have to wait. Is there a program you could recommend to change all the icons (i.e. reduce them as you said)?
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
I use Photoshop CS3, I gues Photoshop Elements would do it as well.

To be fair, ask Oscarbum to do a set at twice the size and save them in the Weather application folders as wicons_x2.bmp

I can always do it for you if you don't get a reply for some reason
[Windows Mobile Themes] zoki:
Any chance for updated skins for Winterface v1.3?
[Windows Mobile Themes] gags9999:
Thanks for the wonderful customized icons for winterface, Dave. Can you please let me know how to customize other third party icons? I have downloaded almost all the available realize set of icons and am aware of the size and properties to set as mentioned by you in another post. But I don't know what to do with the bmp file after that. Should I create a dll file and the shortcuts (not really clear about this procedure) or an individual icon for an individual application? Which directory to put these files in and how to assosiate with the application. It would be helpful if you can demonstrate the procedure as an example, say for setting an icon for Resco File Explorer or any other application for that matter.

Anyhow, my winterface now looks much better with your skin. Thanks again.
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
If you're going to use the Realize icons, pick all the ones you are likely to use and then make them into .ico files, using something like IcoFX.

Also using IcoFX, make a dll file containing all the .ico files you want in whatever sizes you are likely to use (WM uses 32x32)

Once you've made the dll (full of your icons), you make a shortcut (in text editor) to the application you wish to launch and specify the dll file and icon number you want to display using the format I mentioned in a previous post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3120096&postcount=49

Hope that helps a bit, if not, ask me again
[Windows Mobile Themes] stanmak:
i still have no idea how to change the icon in winterface. Anyone can help?
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
Which icon?
[Windows Mobile Themes] gags9999:
Thanks, that helps. But where to put the dll file and the shortcut files? And also, what about the suffix "81#" in your despription of shortcut in other post you quoted? Is "81#" to preceed all shortcuts or is there a specific number for an application (if yes, then how to detemine)?

You had earlier said that the winterface icons should be 42 pixel in size, so should I make a 42 by 42 pixel dll for winterface?

Finally, if I have to edit original default skin for winterface icons contained in icon.bmp and black.bmp files, how to go about it?

That's a lot of questions but I hope they will be beneficial to many people like me who would like to customize their phones to their liking. Thanks again.
[Windows Mobile Themes] stanmak:
All the default winterface icon. I want them are all in colour such as icons posted on the 1st page.
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
The dll can go anywhwere, as can the shortcuts. You just add the shortcut in Winterface as "add file".

Winterface icons are 42x42 but Winterface will use the icons you have created and the problem is that Windows Mobiles only recognises 32x32 so the small icon will sit on the Winterface 42x42 "blank" icon.

Editing the default bmps is a little trickier. You have to place new isons on top of all the old ones, using layers in Photoshop and filling in the originals with blank areas. You can also just make the background black, as I did in the neon icons.

Finally save them in bmp format R5, G6, B5 format, otherwsie they won't work.

Lots of experimentation called for I'm afraid
[Windows Mobile Themes] gags9999:
That clarifies a lot. But what about that "81#" prefix?
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
Sorry, the 81# is the number of characters after the # sign and will therefore be different for all your shortcuts
[Windows Mobile Themes] gags9999:
Thanks a lot for your help
[Windows Mobile Themes] domal:
hello from greece , i use thw winterface 1,3,1 on my htc hd and is totally the best and faster program !!! make the hd iphone !!!!!

but , is anyway to change wallpapers or only black bacround ???? sorry about my en
[Windows Mobile Themes] xefiant:
Winterface SkinPack for 1.31

Hi,

I´ve made a collection of all available skins (Realize, hand drawn, neon, stickerface and tenius) for winterface 1.31. Just put the contents of skins.zip in the skins/bin folder of your device. You can now switch between the skins (Menu - Options - Skin) :)

Xefiant
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
Great work. How does the app know which icon to use, because the bmp layouts are different in 1.2 and 1.3?

Did you manage to crack the .skin files and if so, how?

Please post your method
[Windows Mobile Themes] janjan:
Thank you very much..great work....keep it up boss
[Windows Mobile Themes] xefiant:
Hi,

I modified the .skin file with a hex editor. The name of the icon-files are at the beginning of the skin file. I just modified the names.

I also want to change the background-color and the number of icons displayed on the page, because now the bottom right icon is missing (only 15 are visible). I will also try to modify the battery icon to display the percentage. My goal is to make a complete own skin with new icons(Codename "Lynx").

Stay tuned.

Xefiant
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
15 will alwys be the maximum visible so you rotate to landscape mode and have 3 rows of 5 icons.

Staying tuned though
[Windows Mobile Themes] brett.holden@o2.co.uk:
This is fantastic, thank you for making my HTC Blackstone finally look pretty!
[Windows Mobile Themes] dio62000:
I lost my calendar icon in Winterface, it now only shows the 'standard calendar' icon without the red button saying how many appointments you have coming. I installed Thumbcal and made it the default calendar, but changed it back to the standard Windows calendar, did a soft reset, but it still shows the standard calendar icon. Does anyone know how I can get the original Winterface calendar icon back?

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
That should be all yoou have to do.

Set it back to the default windows calendar, remove the icon, soft reset, replace the icon
[Windows Mobile Themes] dio62000:
Thanks for your quick reply. I didn't remove the icon, so I could have done that, but I just reinstalled Winterface and there it is again :).

Thanks again.
[Windows Mobile Themes] xefiant:
New Skin - Lynx (Preview)

Hi,

Here is a preview of my new skin. It´s not finished now.

Xefiant
[Windows Mobile Themes] catracho_1:
that skin looks hot... i just stumbled across this, when can we expect the release?
[Windows Mobile Themes] ayooblatif:
Great Skins

Fantatic skins. I would not have used Winterface had it not been for these skins. Now I can have a different skin every week or whenever I feel like it.

Thanks for the great work.
[Windows Mobile Themes] swsquish:
Hey xefiant thanks for making the 1.3 skins.

I can't get the "weather_real3.bmp" to work for the weather app. I put it in the Program Files\VITO\Weather\skins\bin folder, but it doesn't work. In fact when i try to open it on the phone, Pictures & Videos>Cannot load file, which makes me think the file is unreadable.

Am I doing something wrong?
[Windows Mobile Themes] xefiant:
New Skin - Lynx

Hi,

Lynx is finished. :)

Xefiant
[Windows Mobile Themes] xefiant:
Hi,

You have to rename weather_real3.bmp to weather_icons.bmp in Program Files\VITO\Weather\skins\bin because i only "hacked" the skin-file of Winterface itself and not of the weather-plugin.

Xefiant
[Windows Mobile Themes] relou:
Oops...mistake.
[Windows Mobile Themes] relou:
Dave, Xefiant,

great works, you rock !

:):cool::):cool:

nb: my WiFi icon doesn't "appear", it is here but not doesn't have any icon when i use Realize/Handrawn/Neon/Stickerface/Tenius...but it does work well on the main and of course the "Linx" ;) ?!

Is there a way to fix it Dave, Xefiant ?
[Windows Mobile Themes] drakman:
many many many thanks xefiant for the great work!!

The lynx is fantastic but most important was the

possibility to change the themes from the interface of Winterface...

Nice job man.

Also, thanks all the people who worked very hard for this.

The Winterface now is the most beautifull app..
[Windows Mobile Themes] Sale-bete:
Thanks a lot for this Skin Xefiant

Great work ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] chrisbert:
Hi

by Version 1.3 the Theme bright is very cool but the icons too big only 9 icons / page.

How get smaler Icons for this Theme ?

sorry for my bad english

br

chris
[Windows Mobile Themes] dio62000:
Thanks Xefiant, you're the best!
[Windows Mobile Themes] guccicoochi:
PINK

Can someone please make pink icons too?:o
[Windows Mobile Themes] rich1985:
Guys I need some help, can't get lynx to work on my HD. Tried looking for the skins/bin folder to put the files in that xefiant mentioned but cant find anywhere. Some help would be much appreciated, thanks in advance :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] xefiant:
Winterface Lynx Skin Installer

Hi,

I´ve made a cab file of Lynx skin. Just copy Lynx.cab anywhere on your windows-mobile device and execute it.

Xefiant
[Windows Mobile Themes] jwaltersdorff:
xefiant, you're a Godsend. I've been using SPB mobile shell 2, and then last night tried Throttle Launcher, and neither one really suited me. I decided to give Winterface a shot, and loved it from the get go, but wasn't really in love with the original icon set.

The icon sets in the ZIP file you made are outstanding, and Lynx is as well. The addition of using a CAB to install it made it wonderful. I really appreciate all the hard work in this thread, and just wanted to stop by and say "Thanks".

I almost sent my Omnia back to VZW, but now I've decided I'm keeping it for sure. Thanks guys!
[Windows Mobile Themes] venger0:
I'm not getting the wifi icon and the sleep icon to appear on the non-lynx themes too?! are they available on the neon/tenius/etc skins? if so, how do get them to appear... i am using 1.3.1 and also the zip files provided by xefiant.
[Windows Mobile Themes] skydivesanta:
it would be really nice if you could save the themes on your device and then select which icons you want...

If you are tired of one theme you can select another theme of icons?
[Windows Mobile Themes] xefiant:
Hi,

I´ve made a CAB-Installer for all skins.

Just copy skinpak.cab anywhere on your windows-mobile device and execute it.

You can easily change the themes in Winterface (Menu - Options - Skin).

Xefiant
[Windows Mobile Themes] relou:
:):) g r e a t :):)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Royals:
how do u create themes?? can someone please show me
[Windows Mobile Themes] zphydrian:
hi guys, just downloaded the skins and they look awesome but the favourites (websites) always come out with a plain black icon. has anyone created any skins for web favourite icons??? Also how do i create a link file??? cheers.
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
Backgrounds for standard icons will always be the same as eachother as the skin contains a single background image.

Detailed instructions are in this thread for making .lnk files and using custom app icons.

I've posted them several times