yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Themes] bapski:
odd

its odd seems like im not getting same results as in the screenshots.

i installed MS301 WidgetsProPlus_VGA_WVGA_060309 first, then reset, then tried to install one of the extras. the install process would ask me to uninstall the previous version (WidgetsProPlus_VGA_WVGA_060309) which i do, then reset and again my screen seems to be no close as what has been posted.

screen cap attached.
[Windows Mobile Themes] immi79:
yes mskip how can i do that ? one more thing, the colour of menubar doesnt change, it stays default blue even if i change the background qa_fundotela.dat , in some panels, menubar is black and in rest it comes blue accept lifestyle where its transparent , y is that? and in launcher or any other window or panel where i have to scroll then when i scroll up or down, the background image goes with the scroll as if m scrolling the background image aswell and when scrolling stops it comes to normal y is that?
[Windows Mobile Themes] jmart518:
Background drag

I don't believe this question has been asked before (after reading 250+ pages!) I am having a problem with the backgound image on the panels. When I select a panel and start to scroll, down the program list for example. The background image moves with it! If I flick it, it works ok, but with a slow scroll it appears to "drag" with it! Is there a way of locking the image to prevent this? Thanks for your help!

Edit: I am using SPB MS3 final release with the wm7 theme from mobilecustoms.com on an Omnia. It has done this with almost every theme I've tried.
[Windows Mobile Themes] spuri78:
Hi All - A Quick question, Has anyone noticed battery drain when using MS3 - I have flashed countless ROM's with different radios but no luck - I'm using version 3.0.0 - Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Bogy54:
mskip,

I'm missing something here, somehow the battery now is not working. I have the qa_battery_now file in my mobile shell folder already, but it doesn't show up in my list of available options of widgets to add. I've tried to add the file you have given here to the folder, but it requires a password, and I don't know what it is. Can you help me out?
[Windows Mobile Themes] jembot:
You don't need to unzip that file. Just rename the file by deleting the ".zip" at the end (keep the ".dat" part, it's the correct extension)...then copy the file to the SPB Mobile Shell installation folder in your device. Then restart SPB Mobile Shell or your device whichever is convenient for you.
[Windows Mobile Themes] flavivirus:
Thank you so much for all you've done. I have one quick quesiton for you:

Is there any way to re-arrange the calendar to display days so that it reads

Sunday-Saturday

, rather than

Monday-Sunday

?

SPB's odd determination to move everything over one day defies almost every business tradition there is.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've looked through the thread best I can!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Mrmot:
This arrangement depends on your region selection. For USA the week starts on Sunday. In Europe on Monday. Change the region in Settings/System/Regional Settings to match your region.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I know what you mean mate once its all blinged up you dont wana take it off but you need to find out what part of your system is causing the freezes. Have you tried it with the standard pro plus? (not the extras cab) maybe theres something in there thats freezing your phone.

Give the method I described a try so you can find out whats going wrong and then you can work on how to fix it.
[Windows Mobile Themes] turbo74:
Hi everybody, since i'm using an Ipaq 214 (which has no phone capabilities), i was wondering if it's possible to remove one or more panels from carousel (i.e. Contacts, Preferred Contacts...)

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Using a registry editor goto the following folder:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Spb Software House 2\Spb Mobile Shell\NowScreen\Panels

Now delete these folders:

4 (Call Log)

5 (Favorite Contacts)

6 (Spb Contacts)

7 (Contacts Carousel)

11 (Edit Profile)

Lastly re-number the remaining panels so there are no gaps in the number sequence (i.e. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). It doesnt matter what order the numbers are in but they have to go from 0 onwards or the carousel wont show properly.

Restart Mobile Shell and you should have the panels left that you can use.

Mark :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
That's fairly easy.

Change Menu Bar's Launcher button to go to Spb Menu

(Don't forget to backup \Program Files\Spb Mobile Shell\qa_layouts.dat before changing it)

Rename qa_layouts.dat to qa_layouts.zip and extract MenuBar.xml with password b0fm18zq.

Find this line in MenuBar.xml:

<String Name="Open" Value=":LAUNCHER" />

Change :LAUNCHER to :SPBMENU

Find the line that looks like:

<String Name="Text" Value="Launcher" />

And change Launcher to SpbMenu to change the text.

The proper SpbMenu icon isn't available as a GlobalIcon (I think). It might be possible to specify the icon with this code, copied from MenuBarPrograms.xml, but I've never tried it so you may need to experiment.

<String Name="Icons" Value="Icons" />
<Rect Name="SrcIcon" X="0" Y="200" Width="48" Height="50" />

Place your modified MenuBar.xml back in qa_layouts.zip (Note: if you are using my or mskips or other skins, there might be another MenuBar file that also needs the change change. In my case, it's MenuBarPro.xml. Just search for another one with the same :LAUNCHER code.) with the same password above.

Rename back to qa_layouts.dat.

Restart Spb Mobile Shell (or soft reset).

Good luck and share your results if you get the icon stuff to work please.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
I don't reset that much and I'm one of the guys doing the hacking, so I end up with broken and really crazed widgets all the time.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
This is a well known problem. See spbclub.com for discussion. I've found that leaving the device on the standard Today screen reduces the drain a lot.
[Windows Mobile Themes] miila:
go to Contacts list

Hi All, it is possible to go from Main menu MS3, when Im tap to Contacts icon directly to contacts list, not to Favourite Contacts?

Thanks a lot, Milan
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
Yes, see #2621, except change :FAVORITES to :CONTACTS.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
Changing the targets of Launcher and Contacts buttons on Home pages with Registry Edits only

All resolutions

Just had a brainstorm. A lot of people would rather the Launcher button go to Spb Menu or the Contacts menu go to Spb Contacts instead of the defaults. If you don't mind not changing the text or icon, A simple way to achieve this with just a registry editor is to trade key names.

In \HKLM\Software\Spb Software House 2\Spb Mobile Shell\NowScreen\Layouts

Rename :FAVORITES to :FAVORITES_

Rename :CONTACTS to :FAVORITES

Rename :FAVORITES_ to :CONTACTS

and so they'll be labeled right in the carousel in \HKLM\Software\Spb Software House 2\Spb Mobile Shell\NowScreen\Panels

Change 5\Name to :CONTACTS

Change 6\Name to :FAVORITES

Similarly for

:LAUNCHER/:SPBMENU and 2/3.
[Windows Mobile Themes] immi79:
any suggession for my problems mskip mate ?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
what resolution is your phone? what version of mobile shell are you running and what addon packs do you have installed (such as pro plus or imarche)?

Also if you can be a bit more precise about what fundotela image file you are using and what screens are doing what that would help me to try and emulate your situation.

Mark :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] ndk2k4:
Now im just trying to figure out my newfound battery drain and the insane lag when I put in the pro plus tab buttons..
[Windows Mobile Themes] immi79:
first i installed SpbMobileShell.v.3.0.1.build.6501 then installed MS301 WidgetsProPlusExtras_VGA_WVGA CustomBackGround_Launcher 060309 , mobile resolution i m using is 480*800 and 800*480, i have changed qa_fundotela.dat in mobile shell folder with my own custom background with resolutions 480*800 and 800*480. everything goes well till that point, but when i scroll the spb menu down or up, the background drags aswell until the scrolling complete, this background behaviour happens with all the menus and pannels where i have to scroll up or down. hope this will help u to understand :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I dont know about the battery drain since I have my phone connected through USB most of the time trying out new widgets I dont even look at the battery level lol. Is it a noticeable increase? I thought spb fixed the battery drain problem that 3.0.0 had when they brought out 3.0.1.

I guess the more widgets you have on a page the more it will slow the refresh down. Since each Tab Button Widget is based on the pro clock widget but redrawn then if you had quite a few of those on the screen it might slow things up a bit. Thats the only way it could be done though.

Is it only affecting screens with the buttons on or all of them? I have a screen with 12 tab buttons on and theres a slight drain but not too bad.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Is the scolling problem just when you use your custom background or with any of the fundotela files that I supplied?

Send me your custom background fundotela file and I will have a look at it for you
[Windows Mobile Themes] immi79:
here is the custom background file attached, i happens only with my own custom background, and how can i change the carousel background to my own custom background ?
[Windows Mobile Themes] ndk2k4:
I get more drain with 3.0.1 then I did with 3.0.0, but in 3.0, my 3D AC was off, I turned mine off here now, and did the 100% charger plugged in soft reset fix, and it seems to be better now.

The lag happens only on the screens with the tabs, more than 2 and it gets choppy, 4 and its uber-laggy.

My solution was to combine those tabs into one widget so you only have one image (one widget with 12 icons on it spaced out properly vs having 12 separate widgets at once) But as I mentioned earlier, I ended up with freaky lines all over my images lol.

Anyways, Its not that bad, a huge improvement over what I had before.
[Windows Mobile Themes] biazus:
Hey there,i have a stupid question. I changed all the lifestyle layout and made it just as i want, but now it looks like the "principal" page is not that one that has the clock. Its like it starts in the other page,anyway to change it?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Bogy54:
Well, my problem is, that while this is very simple, and I know I am missing something very obvious, I can't delete the .zip without the password. The .zip either does not show, or it won't delete without the password. So I guess I'll just stick with the battery I've got.

ps. Like I just said, I knew it was something simple, and I just figured it out. Need more sleep than I've been getting I guess.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Jclarkk:
Hello again,

I've posted a reply regarding deleting the contacts button and replacing it with the carousel button a few pages earlier but no one replied, anyways I;ve tried doing this myself but as it seems I couldn't make SPB Mobile Shell load after I modified the qa_layouts.dat...

I'll explain now exactly what I did and maybe someone could offer me some help regarding this issue...

In the menubar.xml file I found these two plugins which I tried to simple take the values of the location (X,Y) of Contacts a.k.a Btn1 and replace them with those of Panels a.k.a Btn2

<Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.MenuBar" Name="Btn1" ID="2">

<Int Name="GlobalIcon" Value="217"/>

<String Name="Text" Value="Contacts"/>

<String Name="Open" Value=":CONTACTS"/>

</Plugin>

<Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.MenuBar" Name="Panels" ID="3">

<Int Name="ActivateOnPress" Value="1"/>

<String Name="Action" Value="Panels"/>

<Int Name="LeftBtn" Value="1"/>

<Rect Name="SrcIcon" X="0" Y="54" Width="27" Height="27"/>

</Plugin>

and:

<Plugin Name="Btn1">

<BoundRect X="95" Y="0" Width="30" Height="30"/>

<Rect Name="SelRect" X="0" Y="0" Width="30" Height="30"/>

<Rect Name="IconRect" X="2" Y="4" Width="26" Height="26"/>

</Plugin>

<Plugin Name="Panels">

<BoundRect X="95" Y="0" Width="30" Height="30"/>

<Rect Name="SelRect" X="0" Y="0" Width="30" Height="30"/>

<Rect Name="IconRect" X="2" Y="4" Width="26" Height="26"/>

</Plugin>

As I mentioned before this didn't exactly work, I made sure the ID's are correctly sorted by numbers and the names are also correct ofcourse...

I'll also upload the qa_layouts.dat file that I have so if someone could give a look it would be great!

Thanks for your attention and time...
[Windows Mobile Themes] OnceAMatrixMan:
mskip - I think I found the problem. It seems that the issue started when I put the small analog clock from the pro selection on my screen. I removed it from the screen and no problems at all - not one reboot required. Could it be that one widget??!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] k1sr:
Task Manager and SpbMenu buttons

Hi Mskip,

Can you tell me the appropriate changes to the qa_layouts.dat (MenuBar.xml) file to get the SpbMenu and TaskManager (and Contacts) on the menu bar... I currently have 'Today' as my center button, but want that to be the TaskManager, and instead of going to the Launcher, I want to go to the SpbMenu... I can get the link to SpbMenu working, but not the Icon...

Cheers

Update - No need - I just worked it out... A little bit of trial and error...

Although, do you know the right GlobalIcon for the TaskManager
[Windows Mobile Themes] laurie9300:
Mskip, sorry to be a hassle

Maybe you missed my query

If I'm asking too much just tell me to go away......Laurie!!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] turbo74:
Done...great!

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] abumhmmd1:
KoMa Space

VGA, WVGA, QVGA , WQVGA

THANKs Chpoubs & KoMa

ref >> http://www.mobilecustom.fr/forum/index.php?topic=1881.0

ENJOy
[Windows Mobile Themes] fgth90:
Komaspace

Abu,

Le boulot de Koma, Apo et Jeje est vraiment phénoménal.....

Koma, Apo and Jeje's work is really fantastic......
[Windows Mobile Themes] Zepiii:
True ! But keep this thread in english ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
So you have the new battery working now?
[Windows Mobile Themes] henrik.s76:
Any progress with the new verison wvga incluing the black diamond clock?

Any progress with the new verison wvga incluing the black diamond clock?

Thanks for all your help so far!
[Windows Mobile Themes] lunchy:
HI Guys,

anyone know how to make the silverinbox (on the Omnia) your defalt on SPB 3 , when tapping the SMS/E-mail icon.

Many Thanks, love the work done here
[Windows Mobile Themes] spuri78:
Thanks for that jackson - I'll have a read - When I fully charge the phone in the morning, I listen to some music for like 40mins or so and the battery drops down to 70% - I'm not sure if that's normal or not
[Windows Mobile Themes] loftysnake:
Try to use "124".
[Windows Mobile Themes] Bogy54:
Yep, like I said it was something simple I was missing. I had to change the file view settings so I could see the extension to change it. Thanks, it looks great.
[Windows Mobile Themes] BungleMX:
Hi there, I need some help

I'm trying to make this one, but when all is done it freeze

even if i make a soft reset, so I have to go back with the qa_layouts.dat backup to make spb works again.

plase help
[Windows Mobile Themes] immi79:
how can i change the carousel background mate ?
[Windows Mobile Themes] gipsi1965:
hi guys

sorry for asking because i don't know if there is the right place to ask that

is it possible to make another carroussel panel with G-Alarm?

thank you all and once more sorry for anithing
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I will release a minor update with a new weather widget and the 3 diamond clocks for VGA at the weekend.

Im also trying to make the Tab Buttons less laggy when they are placed on the screen. If anyone has any other bugs on the VGA version which need fixing then please report it.

Mark :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] jraggio:
Widget Request - Reminder Widget

My device is really great now with MS and the various widgets posted here to use for customizing things. I love the thumb friendly interface especially on the calendar and weather etc. What I'd really like is a widget that indicates when I have active reminders. If it had a count, even better, but a simple green / red would be great. When I have an active reminder now I need to tap the bell in the status bar to have them show. This bell is difficult to tap without a pen and defeats the finger friendly aspect of MS. Any ideas?

Thanks,

John
[Windows Mobile Themes] jraggio:
Just checked SPB's forum and there is a pretty popular thread there asking for this exact functionality. Doesn't look like SPB is listening or at least responding. Hopefully somebody here can add one.

http://www.spbclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=136335#136335

I got in the same position when using Homescreen++. I got things almost just the way I wanted them and still felt things lacking without this. I don't even need a fancy display for the notifications / reminders. Just an indicator that when tapped, shows the regular WM notification balloons. Heck, at this point I'd even take a setting that leave the balloons up until I dismiss them. Maybe a mortscript could do this? Anything to avoid fumbling with the little bell. It is really hard to hit with just my thumb.

Thanks,

John
[Windows Mobile Themes] pcboyy:
i'm a great super duper the most noob MS user.. how to completely remove any installed themes previously?
[Windows Mobile Themes] immi79:
hi mate, this really great but having some problems , in professional home panel, the time is a bit on right and day is showing a bit on left as in my screenshots, how can i fix that ? and there is no calender showing at the bottom of professional screen y is that mate?

one more thing is carosul backgroung comes properly only in tiles view, if i switch back to carousel view, the background goes blue and only bottom bar show the background, rest is blue as in my screens, cud u help me fixing these mate?
[Windows Mobile Themes] nahid569:
Hello, Lately I have seen my Mobile Shell 3 has been acting wierd. When I get a message of some kind it doesnt display it on the home screen or any screen, and for example, if I have a message I check it and go back to homescreen it still displays that I havent viewed but I have.

Can anyone shed some light?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] ghjklz:
Link to Java app

Hello,How to create a widget linked to a Java app?

Please help me :)

Bye
[Windows Mobile Themes] henrik.s76:
Thats great news! Thansk alot!

The only "problem" ive had othewise is a terrible lag during the scrolling when adding new widgets. The whole screen is lagging. One more thing too, cant get the small weahter widgets to work properly. Show temperature but no image!
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Im working on the lag problem with the widgets if theres specific widgets you know that make the screen lag then please let me know as I dont have a VGA device to do tests on.

I know putting more than 2 Tab Buttons slows the screen down but im working on groups of buttons so it should only count as 1 widget and not slow things down. Someone else said one of the digital clocks caused a lag but I dont remember which one.

For your weather problem just copy the attached file to mobile shell (delete the .zip first) and soft reset.

Mark :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] OTMOPO3OK:
finally found wvga ver :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] ghjklz:
""Originally Posted by trexflyer

If you want to use the Sms program from Resco Contact Manager as the default, here's the Key you need to change:

HKLM>Software>Microsoft>Shell>Rai>:MSINBOX

Change key labeled 1 to :RPhoneMan -sms

To change to Resco Contact Manager change this key:

HKLM>Software>Microsoft>Shell>Rai>:MSCONTACTS

Change key labeled 1 to :RPMContacts""

Can i do the same thing for Inesoft Phone?What are strings' name which i could replace?
[Windows Mobile Themes] jgjackson:
I don't have Java on my phone, but I'm assuming the Java app is a .jar or .class file you double clock on and the interpreter opens, right?

How to add non-executable files as widgets

Go to the Spb Menu (Launcher and swipe horizontally), open My Shortcuts, Press the Menu button (lower right corner), and Add File. Navigate to the non-program file and select it. This can be a Java program, a word document, a IE shortcut, or any file that when double clicked on will open in the appropriate application.

Once added in My Shortcuts you can add it as an Application widget. Hopefully, SPB will add a Shortcut widget that let's you bypass the whole adding to My Shortcuts someday.
[Windows Mobile Themes] DJRedLine:
Amazing theme and works pretty well on the Omnia.

A few minor niggles though -

As this is in French, how do you change the text to English on some of the menu options (Appels, Mettio, Favoris)

When you open the list of programmes it shows in 2 rows. Unfortunatley these 2 rows do not contain the full list of available applications.

When you open the Settings section it does not show the 'Connections' folder and can only see 'Personal' and 'System'
[Windows Mobile Themes] TITAN-23:
Hi Nicaragüense,

Thanks for all your hard work. I have been trying to add sliding gestures to the Home screen with no success. All I want is the default SPB layout Home screen to be able slide right to Favorites and left to Launcher. I have been able to change existing pages which have sliding built in but no success on the Home screen.

I would be very thankful if I could have the following code working on the Home screen so I can slide from the Home screen.

<Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.MenuBar" Name="Home" ID="10">

<String Name="Open" Value=":HOME"/>

<String Name="OpenL" Value=":FAVORITES"/>

<String Name="OpenR" Value=":LAUNCHER"/>

<Int Name="isActive" Value="1"/>

<Int Name="Replace" Value="1"/>

<String Name="Backgrd" Value="MenuBackgrd"/>

<String Name="Icons" Value="Icons"/>

<Rect Name="SrcIcon" X="0" Y="200" Width="48" Height="50"/>

</Plugin>

<Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.MenuBar" Name="Launcher" ID="11">

<String Name="Open" Value=":LAUNCHER"/>

<String Name="OpenL" Value=":HOME"/>

<String Name="OpenR" Value=":FAVORITES"/>

<Int Name="isActive" Value="1"/>

<Int Name="Replace" Value="1"/>

<String Name="Backgrd" Value="MenuBackgrd"/>

<String Name="Icons" Value="Icons"/>

<Rect Name="SrcIcon" X="0" Y="150" Width="48" Height="50"/>

</Plugin>

<Plugin Class="Spb.LSP.MenuBar" Name="Favorites" ID="12">

<String Name="Open" Value=":FAVORITES"/>

<String Name="OpenL" Value=":LAUNCHER"/>

<String Name="OpenR" Value=":HOME"/>

<Int Name="isActive" Value="1"/>

<Int Name="Replace" Value="1"/>

<String Name="Backgrd" Value="MenuBackgrd"/>

<String Name="Icons" Value="Icons"/>

<Rect Name="SrcIcon" X="0" Y="200" Width="48" Height="50"/>

</Plugin>
[Windows Mobile Themes] Nicaragüense:
if u have been able to edit the other pages that sliding built in you should not be to far from achieving your goal. the easiest way would be by editing your menubarcontacts xml file. save that as a new file once edited(eg: menubartest.xml). you need to look at the format in this file because its the one that allows gestures. i dont use spb right mow so i can't help much. my previous wrote should make sense the more you play with the files. remember that if you do make a new menubar file, u need to change the layer info for the pages that will use that new file...
[Windows Mobile Themes] shaolinsoldier:
I ended up hard reseting, i then ran a back up i had made with SKTools, the back up was made on 6-4-09, the same day i had the problem. Not sure what the cause was but ever since I've had no problems..
[Windows Mobile Themes] opchiasm:
SMS-Chat Problem

I'm sorry is this is posted in the wrong area or has been addressed. I couldn't find it.

I've changed the default SMS program in MS3 to SMS-Chat per the directions on page 1 of this post. Since upgrading the ROM on my Fuze (the official ROM), I've noticed that when I choose a contact in MS3 and select "Send SMS", SMS-Chat opens, but it doesn't open ready to send an SMS to the contact. It opens generically and I then have to select a contact.

Is there anything I can do to open an SMS in SMS-Chat to the contact selected directly?

Thanks very much.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Zepiii:
Last exam today.. Gonna update everything slowly ;)