[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
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MSkip ProPlus UltimateV2 for Mobile Shell 3.5.3

Contains the following:

* LOTS of new widgets to play with

* 7 editable Lifestyle screens instead of the standard 3

* PLUS a 3 button menu on the Pro Screen on Portrait Mode

* PLUS an extra favourites (contacts) screen (click on contacts and then swipe your finger on the screen to the left to bring up the extra screen), this screen is fully customizable and you can swipe off the second favourites screen.

* PLUS an added 9th panel in the Spb Menu Screen called Spb Menus which contains 10 spb mobile shell shortcuts that can be selected as application links to be placed on the screen if desired.

* PLUS the Menu Bar in the Lifestyle Screen has been moved to the top and made invisible and editable which means the whole screen can be used to place widgets.

* PLUS the Carousel and Menu buttons in the Menu Bar have been made invisible and placed at the top left and top right repsectively

* PLUS Pro Screen enabled as default (can be turned off in the settings)

* PLUS The Pro screen all other screens (including Carousel) can have a custom Background Image (see fundotela files below and instructions)

* PLUS the recycle bin at the bottom has been deleted as it serves no purpose

ChangeLog:

20th January (QVGA, WQVGA, VGA, WVGA)

+ Update XtraLite cabs to add shortcut and calendar skins

16th January (QVGA, WQVGA, VGA, WVGA)

+ Updates UltimateV2 Theme to be fully compatable with Mobile Shell 3.5.3

+ Fixes Call Log text colour when using Mobile Shell 3.5.3 with my previous version

+ Moved Carousel and Menu buttons closer to the top corners so widgets can be placed in the corner and be useable

29th November 2009 (QVGA, WQVGA, VGA and WVGA)

+ Moved the Menu Bar to the top of the screen and made the carousel and menu buttons invisible so now the bottom area is totally useable

+ Added Red and Black Battery Text Widgets (small and large)

+ Added Red and Black Weather Text Widgets (small, medium and large)

+ Added Diamond Clear Digital Clock with Red Digits and with Black Digits

+ Added Birthdays Widget with Short Date and more space on the left to allow full names to be displayed

+ Added 8 Custom Menu Bars in the Backing Panels section which can be placed at the bottom of the screen

13th November 2009 (VGA/WVGA ONLY)

+ VGA version fully updated for compatability with Mobile Shell 3.5.1

+ Added Diamond White and Black Digital Clocks (Small)

+ Added 1 pixel wide black frame around Picture Frame1 so full screen size goes upto edges

+ Added fundotela background image on pro secreen (hero image)

+ Fixed all weather widgets to be compatable with MS3.5.1

12th November 2009 (QVGA ONLY)

+ QVGA version fully updated for compatability with Mobile Shell 3.5.1

+ Added Diamond White and Black Digital Clocks (Small)

+ Added 1 pixel wide black frame around Picture Frame1 so full screen size goes upto edges

+ Added fundotela background image on pro secreen (hero image)

2nd November 2009 (QVGA and VGA)

+ Added Lots of Box Skins for Shortcut Links. Large (IPhone style) in blue, green, red, yellow, white and black. Standard size in same colours but with 2 different size selection frames. Standard box style in red, blue green and yellow.

+ Added Text Only Link so you can have just the text with no image. The selection size is only half the normal height of a shortcut link so you can have many more links on the screen.

+ Added small selection frame on professional status widget

+ Added Large Invisible Link

28th October 2009 (QVGA and VGA)

+ Added new coloured picture frames

+ Added picture widget with no border to use as icons (with links) if desired (works with invisible link)

+ Added full screen picture widget with no border to use as background image on lifestyle panels

21st October 2009 (VGA ONLY):

+ Added all Backing Panels and buttons except the coloured Text Buttons.

+ Added all weather widgets

+ Added Date Widgets (left, center and right justified) and Date with Frame Widget

+ Added Small Birthday Widget

+ Fixed Diamond Black Clock

+ Redrew ALOT of widgets to make the graphics sharper including Weather Info and Weather Info Only Small

+ Fixed the uninstall problem so it uninstalls without any problems now (give your device 6-7 minutes to uinstall fully)

Note1: To use picture widget as full screen background image

1. Make your image the following size and copy it to your storage card or device:

QVGA or VGA = 480 x 588

WQVGA or WVGA = 480 x 748

2. Add a picture widget and then change the skin to Plus1 No Border (QVGA, VGA) or Plus1 No Border (WQVGA, WVGA)

WARNING!!

DO NOT PLACE A FULL SCREEN PICTURE FRAME ON A PANEL THAT YOU WANT TO VIEW IN LANDSCAPE MODE AS IT WILL CRASH MOBILE SHELL AS SOON AS YOU SWITCH SCREEN ORIENTATION AND REQUIRE A SOFT RESET TO GET IT WORKING AGAIN!!

Note2: (Changing Custom Backgrounds on Pro Screen and other screens):

To change the Pro Background, rename the file to qa_fundotela.dat and copy to Spb Mobile Shell folder.

To change Background on the other screens including carousel (except Lifestyle and Pro) rename the file to qa_fundotela2.dat and copy to Spb Mobile Shell folder.

Always restart Mobile Shell after copying for it to take affect.

Do the following to make your own custom background dat file.

1. Rename any of the custom backgrounds in the zip file to qa_fundotela.zip

2. Unzip to a folder using the password: b0fm18zq

3. Make 2 backgrounds to use as follows:

For QVGA version (240x400 saved as Background.bmp and 400x240 saved as BackgroundL.bmp)

For VGA version (480x800 saved as Background.bmp and 800x480 saved as BackgroundL.bmp)

4. Move the 2 new background files into the folder you made in step2 (overwriting the originals)

5. Zip the 3 files back up with password protection (using password: b0fm18zq)

6. Rename the new file to qa_fundotela.dat (for pro screen) or qa_fundotela2.dat (for all others) and copy to your Spb Mobile Shell folder on your phone (overwriting the original)

7. Soft Reset your phone

Download Links (xda isnt letting me upload to here sorry):

NOTE: THIS PACK TAKES AROUND 8 MINUTES TO UNINSTALL BECAUSE OF THE SHEER SIZE AND INTEGRATION WITH MOBILE SHELL. IF YOU DONT HAVE PATIENCE TO WAIT FOR IT TO FINISH THEN DONT INSTALL IT. IF IT COMES UP WITH A MESSAGE SAYING IT CANNOT BE UNINSTALLED THEN SEE THE FAQ'S ON HOW TO REMOVE IT MANUALLY. IF YOU CANT READ THEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? :p

Install Procedure:

1. Uninstall any extra cabs or addons you have installed for Spb Mobile Shell

2. Uninstall Spb Mobile Shell and soft reset your device

3. Install the latest version of Spb Mobile Shell (current version is 3.5.1)

4. Install ProPlus Basic or Ultimate to device memory (same as MS3 in installed)

5. After installations completes, soft reset your device

6. Job done. Congratulations you have now expanded the potential of Mobile Shell

QVGA/WQVGA:

MSkip_ProPlus_UltimateV2_3.5.3_QVGA_160110.cab

MSkip_ProPlus_UltimateV2_XtraLite 3.5.3_QVGA_200110.cab (only shortcut and calendar widgets)

Fundotela_BackGrounds_QVGA.zip

VGA/WVGA:

MSkip_ProPlus_UltimateV2_3.5.3_VGA_160110.cab

MSkip_ProPlus_UltimateV2_XtraLite 3.5.3_VGA_200110.cab (only shortcut and calendar widgets)

Fundotela_BackGrounds_VGA.zip

UltimateV2 on Pro and Lifestyle (all supported resolutions)

Copy across to your device> spb mobile shell folder and soft reset

PLEASE NOTE:

TO AVOID ANY PROBLEMS PLEASE ONLY INSTALL THIS ON A CLEAN VERSION OF MOBILE SHELL!!

If you enjoy using anything that I have created please consider making a donation. It helps me to carry on my work and I have spent ALOT of time on this project so appreciation of my work is very welcome.

Enjoy :D