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[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Dunno if that could be the case, but graphics disappearing during swiping can be caused by the graphic files being mistakenly saved in 24 or 32 bits format instead of the normal 16bits used by mobile shell
[Windows Mobile Themes] danusko:
ok, and how can i solve it? or i can not?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Well, you could extract the images from the dat file of that widget, check if they're 16 bits (main images) and grayscale (mask images) and if they're not you should convert them.

Once you're done, you can repack them in the dat and put the whole thing back in its place.
[Windows Mobile Themes] korzyn:
Hello,

how can I uninstall this pretty app from my mobile? It's very nice, but it takes too much of memory to me. I mean 10MB of free memory after the istallation of this extension is a "little bit" to less to run any other app (opera, camera etc.). Sorry. Got to return to the standard version of spb shell but I'd like to do it without a hard reset of my mobile.

Thanks a lot for your help guys.

Chris
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Im sorry to hear its taking up too much space on your phone. There is a 'lite' version if you still wish to have the theme but without all the extra space consuming widgets.

Firstly try to uninstall the theme in the standard way (start menu, settings, system, remove programs). Be prepared to wait upto 10 minutes to uninstall everything and do it with the phone synched so as not to turn the screen off. If you get a message saying failed to uninstall then read the FAQ about how to uninstall manually.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Grave D.:
i know how change Lifestyle background picture...

I dunno if somewhere in forum this thing is, im so lazy to ready every post. Its for 100% function on HTC TYTN2 Kaiser.

just rename your file background.dat in your phne (in my WM\program files\spb mobile shell) to anythingelse (like backround.dat.old) and copy unpacked my file backround.dat to spb mobile shell. Then reboot phone. Background is black. Now you can choose enyone picture you want. (change background) You must edit your picture to your resolution... U will see. I edit my picture 5 times to get it as i want it. As u will set picture and u dont like it any more, u need do again renaming backround.dat.

Hope it helps.

Grave D.

(sorry for bad eng...):D
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
just wanted to show ultimate v2 with the sence widgets from naong that you can get here.....http://www.mobilecustom.fr/forum/index.php/topic,3832.0.html
[Windows Mobile Themes] gkleding:
VGA weather info

MSkip

I installed the new VGA weather info cab you posted, fixed my missing info. So my shell works great now(would love to have some Omnia weather in there) My question is: How do I cab my curent theme(I dont want to lose my SPB configuration) Thank-you for everything

Sunday
[Windows Mobile Themes] redinword:
Hi everyone,

I´ve been looking for a way to make the professional stylus home also full editable as the lifestyle one.

I mean, in the lifestyle home we can add widgets and links all over the screen but, at the professional, i could only manage to use the shellextension cab in an attempt to remove the bottom "menu bar" (the one containing the launch button, tasks manager and contacts). It didn´t make the correct effect as i was expecting because i couldn´t place any widget or link over the area where the menu bar´s buttons used to be.

What I really would like to have is a professional home similar to the lifestyle from this Ultimate V2 (with hidden buttons) instead of the actual professional home (which has the bottom menu bar).

I can´t figure out if this is something easy or not to accomplish. Although, if anyone knows how to make this possible please tell me.

Thanks in advance!
[Windows Mobile Themes] donnaw:
On the first page MSkip has added a link called Ultimate V2 on Pro and Lifestyle. This is a qa_layouts.dat. Download it and copy across to your device replacing the current qa_layouts. Soft reset. This will give you Pro screens with the buttons hidden just like the Lifestyle pages.

PS. If you have made changes to the qa_layouts.dat you will need to "remake" them. So I suggest you make a copy and keep the original before replacing it.
[Windows Mobile Themes] redinword:
Thanks brow!!

It was right there but i was so blind for an answer that I couldn´t see it.

Bye!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Jegor84:
Doesn't work that easily... my TP2 says that 'Cannot copy or move file!' or something about parameters.. depends whether i'm using total commander or just that winmo file explorer...

perhaps i just need to reinstall whole mobile shell and try again... :)

edit:

I've tried several different ways to get that qa_layoyts.dat file in to that folder, but all I get is that error code 87.

at this moment, when I turn mobile shell on, screen goes black and there is this really small red text 'Error'

so do I need to log out or turn off that mobile shell before I try to copy/rename that file?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Sounds like you have uninstalled my theme, which deletes core mobile shell files making it unuseable.

Reinstall spb Mobile Shell and then my theme. Then exit Mobile Shell from the spb menu settings before copying the qa_layouts.dat file across to your phone. Restart Mobile Shell and the changes should take affect.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jagan2:
mskip u were going to release wp7 theme for vga and wvga right today? when can we expect.

Suggestion: Since wp7 emu has been unlocked you can make it more realistic.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Posted it earlier :)

Follow the link in my sig to the new thread ;)

I havent seen the emulator yet but apart from minor cosmetic additions I dont think theres too much that can be done while keeping within the limits of Mobile Shell. Any feedback is welcome though and if it can be done then I will put it in.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] tsalta:
can anyone POST or point me from where i can Download this HTC Analog Clocks? I love them im using Spb SHell 3.5.3 on WVGA device Blackstone :)

Thanks in advance
[Windows Mobile Themes] 812ajtaylor:
I cannot ge this Pro file to work or load. I followed your direction (multiple times) and get get it to work. What's wrong with it?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Rename to qa_fundotela.dat (delete the .zip) and try this file. I think all that needed doing was to save the images in 16bit (R5G6B5) format. Yo ucan use Gimp for Windows if you want to do anymore.

MArk.
[Windows Mobile Themes] SdKfz.171:
Doubled widget skin names

Hi, Mskip,

thank you for another masterpiece. I hope you have some solution for my problem. Before HW reset I backed up widgets from registry. Then I installed SPB Mobile Shell, and your ProPlus UltimateElegance skin (it was my error - as name of the file was not fully visible in explorer on QVGA). Then I uninstalled the skin and SPB MS, manually deleted the rest of \Program Files\SPB Mobile Shell folder, soft-reseted my device and installed SPB MS and ProPlus UltimateV2 skin. As I wanted to restore my widgets layout, I first backed up actual widget layout, then deleted the registry node Widgets and restored my previous widgets and... nothing happened (even after soft reset). So I restored back to original layout after instalation.

Now, when I'm trying to change skin of some widget, names of skins are doubled:

...

Box (Small)

Box (Small)

Box (Big Blue1)

Box (Big Blue1)

...

Is there a way, how to correct this?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Sounds like you need to wipe off any themes including registry folders as mentioned in my FAQ in the first post, then start again reinstalling mobile shell and checking its ok before installing any themes.

Let me know how it goes.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] SdKfz.171:
Thank you, Mark - it was in \HKLM\Software\SPB Software House\Shared\SPB Menu\WidgetPackages

SPB MS + ProPlus UltimateV2 uninstalled, registry cleaned, then SPB MS + ProPlus UltimateV2 reinstalled, everything is O.K.

Thank you very much :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] alexz0ne:
Hy .

I have a small issue .

After i install the proplus ultimate the carousel in opengl mode moves slow with glitches . On clean spb mobile shell the i have like 150Fps with Proplus i get 30:(

And also if i try to view 3d messege after 2-3 messeges mobile shell will hang and stop working.

Is there any solution?

Ps . After i unlock the device for 5 sec it moves ok like 150 fps after 5 sec <30 fps

Device : Hp Ipaq Data Messenger .

Hmm i found something : If i plug my phone to AC No problem evrything works. So why when i`m on battery it slow`s down my performance.
[Windows Mobile Themes] nobodyever:
Great upload Mskip! My device is too slow to run even the Xlite version, is there a quick and dirty way to hide the bottom buttons w/o installing ur .cab?

Thx!
[Windows Mobile Themes] TheGoD:
€:ooopss, my question was allredy answered.
[Windows Mobile Themes] anrabi4:
Hello! Sorry if it`s already been asked, I searched but I couldn`t find anything... Is it possible to get the menubar naong used? I`m mainly interested in the Sense UI one... The Main Menu, Favorite Menu, Contact Menu and Weather Menu that he used are the ones I`m talking about.

Thanks in advance!
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Install the sense theme?

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Jegor84:
Hi!

Is there any possibility to get this 'qa_layouts.dat.3.5.3.original.zip' file without asking a password when extracting?

edit:

nevermind :)

My brains are just not fast enough :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
You have more than one brain? :eek:

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] still_born:
Waiting for MSkip_ProPlus_UltimateV2_3.5.4_VGA :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] dhatch93:
has anyone tested if the current install will work on the Mobile Shell 3.5.4? I didn't see a real need to personally update if I will lose ProPlus UltimateV2 - I'd rather be able to use this as it is so good. :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] :
No need for an update of ProPlus. Current version works fine with 3.54 MS...

If you look at the changelog, there are not any significant updates to ms. I'm running it now, and for what I use it for, I notice no difference.
[Windows Mobile Themes] dhatch93:
Cool- thanks. I was going to test it, but I'm going to update my ROM first since it's been a month now and then was going to try it.
[Windows Mobile Themes] edwards6246:
I'm having an issue on my hd2 with mobile shell 3.5.4...for some reason with elegance i cannot change back grounds, and every time i hit the menu button on the bottom right of the screen it sends me to contacts...any reason or something i did wrong? I did a hard boot on my phone and started from scratch, installed mobile shell and then elegance and just a couple flaws nothing serious, but its a great app and i appreciate the work and any help i can get..thank you.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
On UltimateV2 the Menu button is in the top right NOT the bottom right.. This is detailed in the first post. To display your background image after changing it you need to delete the Backgrounds.dat file from the program files/Spb Mobile Shell installation folder and then soft reset.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] marioval:
Love this!!! Is there a way to disable the other six Home Screens? I just want one. I have SPB set to 1 in the settings but I can still slide to see the others. Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] awids:
Hi mskip

Your themes are really great

I installed the version ProPlus UltimateV2 for MS3.5.3 for VGA screen

when changing the background I get only a portion of the image (upper left quarter)

how to fix this ???

sorry for my english

Thks
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Install the attached cab to device memory, soft reset and it will set Lifestyle to 1 page.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Can you provide a screen shot?

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] marioval:
Excellent! Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] awids:
Hi :)

After a hardReset and reinstallation of the theme Now all its OK

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Glad its all working ok now :)

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] awids:
Hi

In messaging3D tab the charactere is too small, there some cab for make it biger ???

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] alex.alp:
themes not working :(

hi great stuff but i tried to change the sunset beach background for one of the others that this release has, when i choose and click the image i want, it seems it's working but after the window loading icons disappear, nothing happens, same background :(

could you help me pliz??
[Windows Mobile Themes] spookamiester:
Do you have a version so I can have the original bottom menu or the one from elegance will suffice along with the scrolling along as if it's one long screen instead of a different background for every page.

Basically I only wanted this to change the background of the launcher menus, carousel etc and I couldn't find a simple program or way to do that.

Does anybody have any suggestions?

Also I use SPB 3.5.3 because 3.5.5 makes my task manager disappear
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
Have you read the first post, specially the part with refreshing the background after changing it?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Mikee B:
Backup

I dont know if this has already been posted apologies if it has, but i did a back up of my settings which worked fine, but i had to hard reset my phone this weekend so re-installed spb mobile shell & proplus Ult V2, but i tried to restore my settings & it keeps failing, i have tried it on my spare phone also & it did the same, is there any issues with the back ups program?
[Windows Mobile Themes] tediberus:
hi i've tried Proplus Freedom and i liked it except that i liked ultimates backing panel .....

how i can make the professional screen of ultimate v2 ..... have invisible menu's at the top like the lifetstyle screen ?

i know this is easily done in proplus freedom .... i tried installing both and then used the proplus manager to try and change the screen but the + and check buttons disappeared as well .... and all i can do was reboot to get out of editing mode.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
What backup program did you use?

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
What backing panels do you like that arent in Freedom? As far as I know all the backing panels are in Freedom they have just been changed to Shortcut Skins.

What do you mean invisible menus? Do you mean invisible shortcut links?

As far as I know the only menubar that will get rid of everything including the + and tick boxes is UltimateV2 no buttons. If you get stuck you can always go back into the manager and change the menubar back, or just select restart shell which will get you back to normal.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] tediberus:
i think there's no btn1_text clear backing panel ..... and some other stuff i think

well hmmm i think i installed proplus freedom first then applied ultimate v2 on both screens then saved the qa_layouts.dat .... then installed ultimate v2 coz i wanted some stuff in ultimate v2 ..... then recopied qa_layouts back to spb folder.

I ended up with blank screens but no way of adding anything on to the screens ... the plus and check box (editing mode) at the top of the screen dissapeared
[Windows Mobile Themes] Mikee B:
Back up failed (continued)

I go to settings > spb mobile shell > there are now 6 icons : system, home screen animation, agenda view, weather & about. On the bottom left there is an triangle pointing left, on the bottom right there is a square. If i press the square 3 icons pop up : Backup, restore & exit.

I used this back up which advised me afterwards that it was successful. But when i try to restore my setting it fails, but i also noticed that where i had 7 screens it reduced to only 3 after trying this backup. So i have to uninstall my pro plus ultimate V2, which then takes out my spb mobile shell program & gives me a black screen with error in red writing, so i have to un-install spb mobile shell as well then re-install the two again. Hope i'm making sense.

I have two HTC HD2 so i have the advantage of trying this on both & it does the same on both. :confused:
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
You cant use the qa_layouts.dat file from Freedom on any other ProPlus theme. Freedom was totally re-written from scratch and ALOT of things wer changed which is why you didnt get anything on your screen (and no buttons). I changed nearly all the file names to optimise everything and allow me to put all the menubars into a single cab.

I think I did take out the clear text buttons as I didnt think anyone used them anymore and I had made a load of new text buttons but if you want I can add them back in the next version.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
The backup/restore function on Spb Mobile Shell is very dodgy at best and doesnt work very well and its not compatable with 3rd party themes.

Have you tried ProPlus Freedom as it has the UltimateV2 menubar and ALOT more. It also has a full backup/restore utility.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] tediberus:
thanks MSkip your work is fantastic !!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] reg66:
bump...............
[Windows Mobile Themes] tediberus:
solved my dilemna .... edited qa_layouts.dat .... now i have ultimate v2 .... but with both pro and lifestyle invisible menus.

i dunno if it's just me or what ..... but i've tried proplus freedom and ultimate v2 .... a couple of times .... and each time .... with proplus freedom installed ...my free ram seemed to go lower faster ....each time my free ram would dip below 50mb ..... whereas with ultimate v2 my free ram always stayed above 50mb
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
What are you bumping?

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Glad you sorted your problem out :)

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mixinfo:
how do I put new ringtons? add songs that are on the memory card to a favorit? I could not change the sounds, he thinks only the sounds of the basic unit.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vytautas Mockus:
THANK YOU

:) FOR SPB
[Windows Mobile Themes] ndk2k4:
Hey mskip,

Not sure if anyone brought this up yet. The digital clock plus with frame has a height of 0 and is uneditable once you pick it as your clock. Had to change the xml file.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mfg1:
Hello Mskip!

First time i must say, its a great job you are doning here!

Now my questions.

For mobile shell 3.5 i need the widgets only, do you think that is possible too?

Many Thanks from Austria.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mguzzy:
yes I noticed this.. If you add it it doesn't show on the screen

I thing someone already posted the big clock has no AM/PM

Mark
[Windows Mobile Themes] ndk2k4:
It shows on the screen.

If the widgets arent showing for you on the screen, thats a different problem. You either installed mskips package over a 'dirty' version of spb (not a new install) or you installed the ultimate pack that didnt have the widgets fully working yet (first few days of the release)

The issue I was referring to is that there was no bounding box around the Digital Clock Plus With Frame, and thus it could not be edited once placed onto the screen.

I had to change

<Plugin Name="DigitalClockPlusFrame" Class="Spb.LSP.DigitalClock" Skin="qa_dclock_plus_frame" MiddleSkin="qa_dclock_plus_frame" DoubleSkin="va_dclock_plus_frame">
<BoundRect X="5" Y="4" Width="240" Height="0"/>
<String Name="_Size" Value="Modern Frame (plus)"/>
</Plugin>

to

<Plugin Name="DigitalClockPlusFrame" Class="Spb.LSP.DigitalClock" Skin="qa_dclock_plus_frame" MiddleSkin="qa_dclock_plus_frame" DoubleSkin="va_dclock_plus_frame">
<BoundRect X="0" Y="0" Width="240" Height="100"/>
<String Name="_Size" Value="Modern Frame (plus)"/>
</Plugin>
[Windows Mobile Themes] rebecker:
I need to edit that file too. The widget is not removable as far as I can tell. Which .dat file is it? I thought it would be qa_dclock_plus_frame.dat, but it's not. As you can tell, I'm not a wizard at this stuff. :)

Never mind. Figured it out.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I will try to make a Basic version with just the widgets as soon as I can :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I will try it and see if it works.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I havent gotten round to looking at any of the backing panels yet so I dont know if they can work or not with MS3.5.

If I can get them to work in any way then I will include them in a future release :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Thanks for catching that I will change the widgets file and upload the qa_layouts.dat file for people who have already installed it :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] ochakov:
Open registry key HKLM\Software\Spb Software House 2\Spb Mobile Shell\Menu\Root\Menu Launchers\Launcher and change Layout value from Mru to Mru2
[Windows Mobile Themes] IceMan2005:
Great work MSkip!! Loving this update with the all new widgets.

But I don't know if its me being dumb, but how can i add a shortcut to the SPB Programs Menu? I thought it used to be under the Spb Menus folder.

Thanks for the help!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] leepv:
Hi MSkip,

First of all I would like to send you a big big thank for your wonderful stuffs like MSkip ProPlus Elegance and this one as well - MSkip ProPlus Ultimate. It works flawlessly on my Omnia but since I've changed to Ultimate i found the animation gestures on MS seemed to be deaf for i couldn't get it work as the way it should be though it seemed to be alright when i changed its gesture fr settings but things then still be the same sliding one and nothing else made changes - i mean animation gest,even when i exited MS or restarted my device. When i was a boy i was not as naughty as what it be:D. This had never happened before with MS3.5 and your ProPlus Elegance. Could you pls give me something workable with it ? I love the whole things on Ultimate..invisible links,invisible bottom menubar,clock and battery widgets changes..custom carousel backgrounds with even for Pro home...Once again thanks for your great stuff.:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Dadi68:
Installed Proplus on my Touch Pro

Its working fantastic :-)

Thank you very much!
[Windows Mobile Themes] mikedboyd:
Menu Bar Reverting

Hi MSkip - First off - thank you very much for working up all these enhancements. After setting up the Mobile Shell, with your additions, I also added the Widget Tweaks by MatthewWhyPolite (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4658422&postcount=256). I've done this twice now, and all seems fine, I'm setting up my home screen, I leave the device for an hour or so, and come back to find that the menu bar has reverted to the protected original style. In 'edit layout' mode, the trash can is back also.

Have you seen this or have some clue what might be causing it?

thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] DR3DAWG:
Awesome!!! Good stuff
[Windows Mobile Themes] mguzzy:
My install is clean.. and that widget is the only one I was having an issue with. The preview was offset in the chooser and I never could find it on the screen. Just didn't have time to pick through dat files so I thought I would confirm your observation. in any case I'm sure it will all be straightened out..

Thanks mskip..

I have a suggestion.. is it possible to show the increased number of screens you've modded in layout prefs where it currently gives a choice of 1,3,5 screens? Just a thought.

Mark
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Did yo uinstall on a fresh version of Mobile Shell or did you just uninstall Elegance and then install Ultimate? Any Errors or problems are usually caused by not uninstalling everything and then reinstalling Mobile Shell 3.5 so you have a clean version to work with.

Try that and let me know if you are still having problems.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
You cant simply install 1 pack over another because the qa_layouts.dat file which holds all the screen mods will be overwritten, leading to you losing the custom menubar, custom backgrounds and other changes.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Do you mean so that it gives yo uthe option of 1,3,5 or 7 screens in the settings? If not I dont get what you mean.