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[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
What do you exactly mean by "zoom in"?

Keep in mind that the wallpaper on lifestyle panel is

sliding

and it has to cover all the pages of the panel, so if you mean that you can't see the whole image in just one page that's just plain normal, 'cause the image will move to the sides when you swipe through pages...

For the same reason, you can't use a 240x400 image as a lifestyle wallpaper, 'cause it needs the image to be large enough to slide on the sides. So if you try to use a 240x400 image, it will use just a "horizontal" portion of it, zooming in in order to take it to the correct aspect ratio (which on a qvga device is more or less the aspect ratio of a standard desktop wallpaper)
[Windows Mobile Themes] adude247:
that does explain it, I've tried using almost every resolution that I could think of, as well as changing the picture from a .jpeg to .bmp, just to see if I was missing something. Thanks for helping me to stop banging my head against the wall, lol, but still no other option available?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Well..... using an image with the correct aspect ratio maybe? :p

non-widescreen desktop wallpapers should all work pretty fine for that purpose on a qvga screen ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] adude247:
that was something else I tried, but the image still "zooms" in on just a particular section of the image, but the same image works fine on my today screen, but just not on the lifestyles. Even when I try to set different pics for my panels it still does not show up correctly.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
the today screen and the lifestyle panels do NOT use the same image resolution, that's what I'm trying to say....

Today screen is fine with 240x400 images.... 'cause that's just what it has to show.

Lifestyle panel uses (more or less):

800x600 (ok on wqvga, would be a bit small for wvga and would lose quality)

1024x768

1280x1024

and so on....

the image will NOT be visible all at the same time of course, you will see a vertical portion of it and you will see the other parts on the sides while swiping through pages..... that's just how mobile shell works.

If you find it zoomed it meas that you're trying to use a VERTICAL image that's not good.... wallpapers for lifestyle screen is HORIZONTAL... so what happens in this case is that your vertical image is cut and only an horizontal portion of it is enlarged and used (that's why you find it zoomed)

To throw down some numbers.... if you try to use a 240x400 image, mobile shell will:

- cut a 240x192 (more or less) part of it

- enlarge it to 500x400 (more or less)

- use this cut and enlarged part as a wallpaper

That's why vertical images can't be used unless you're ok with them being cut and zoomed....
[Windows Mobile Themes] adude247:
Just the answer I was looking for, thank you
[Windows Mobile Themes] timsah:
Hi,

My Device: HD2

Custom ROM: RTT 9i with WM6.5.3

MS Version: 3.5.5

I would like to change the following 2 icons on MS because the icons are low quality.

I tried to change it with "JWMD Icon Changer"

What did i do?

I generated a folder under Windows called "Icons" I copied the 2 Icons (Attachment) into this folder. Then I clicked on "Change Icon" and showed where the new icons are.

This is the result, i got...

What did I do wrong?

Does the .png files need to have a certain pixel size?

I would appreciate a lot, if someone could help me to solve the problem.

cheers,

timsah
[Windows Mobile Themes] wickedbird98:
if you want to have the whole wallpaper showing normal on each page instead of the zoomed look then use the professional layout and use Vostradamus mobile shell manager to set the background...u can actually use it to set a background for everything...however lifestyle layout will still "zoom in"...thats what I use
[Windows Mobile Themes] dansia47:
Did you try with a software reset?
[Windows Mobile Themes] timsah:
yes, more than once ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] timsah:
I thought, someone could tell me, what is going wrong :(
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Try taking a look at the registry, in the key

HKLM\Security\Shell\StartInfo\Start\---application name---.lnk (where of course ---application name--- is the name of the application not showing the icon)

Inside that key, look for the "Icon" value and check that the path to the icon file is correct. A wrong path in there is the most common reason for mobile shell not showing the icon
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Released new Widgets Library + new Advanced Menubar Library for

Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager 5​

ChangeLog:

(26 Jul 2010)

Widgets Libraries:

New Widgets Library containing:

- New Link Skin: Glass Circle, also empty (made on request)

- New Link Skin: Glass Hexagon, also empty (made on request)

- New Backing Panel: Glass Large (made on request)

Menubar Libraries:

New Advanced Menubar Library containing:

- "Curve" advanced menubar (made partially on request)

Detailed info and download links HERE!

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] timsah:
First of all thanks for responding :)

I checked the registry, and the paths are correct. :(

Does the icon has to be a certain size? Could it be that the icons are not visible because of the icon sizes not being correct?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhmm... I'm afraid I don't know :( The only times I've had that problem it was just a wrong path in there... what size are your icons?
[Windows Mobile Themes] zvirek:
Hi Guys,

I know its not about the SPB MS, but I solve this problem :

If I connect my O2 with USB to my comp, its charging, but it stopps charging if the comp is at sleep or shut down mode.

With my old PDA ( A701 ) it was continuing charging in sleep mode or off mode.

Can I do it anyway to charge O2 nevertheless the comp is shutdown ?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
If I know samsung enough, you would need a modified cable for that to work... samsung usually enables charging via usb when there's some "signal" on the data pins, which of course can't be true with the pc off... (it worked this way with the I900 too, that's why "universal" usb car chargers do not work with samsung phones)
[Windows Mobile Themes] timsah:
what i forgot to mention in my last post...

When i look into HKLM\Security\Shell\StartInfo\Start\

there is a folder called Tomtom, and in this folder there are entries called IconBKP, Icon, Group and New Value

So there isn't a tomtom.lnk :confused:

When I click on "Icon entry" it shows me the string value to \My Documents\Eigene Bilder\TomTom.png, which is actually a good quality when i open it. So it looks like MS doesn's display it nicely.

For the icon "Calendar Touch", there is an entry called Calendar Touch.lnk but no entry called "Icon" in it

I added a new entry called "Icon" and gave the path to the nice quality Calendar Touch icon, but nothing changed.

When you look at the G-Alarm icon, it is nice, which has the size of 90x90

I don't understand why G-Alarm looks perfekt but the other two doesn't :confused:

I appreciate your help!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
The "icon" entry does not necessarily have to be there, it's just that IF it is present but with a wrong path that could cause problems... but I've seen plenty on cases without it... it was just something to check :p

Uhm.... I'm sorta out of ideas... maybe you could try opening the shortcut file with notepad (or any text editor) and check if there's some "forced" icon maybe with a wrong file name or path... (taking a wild guess here...)
[Windows Mobile Themes] timsah:
I opened Calendar Touch.lnk.reg with UltraEdit, but it seems like there's not a forced Icon :(

I am out of ideas aswell, and will have to leave with those 2 low quality icons :(
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I meant the "calendar touch.lnk" shortcut file inside your windows\start menu\programs folder, not the registry.... the icon could be defined in there too ;)

(last hope I guess lol) :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] timsah:
don't say that :( lol

I opened it with UltraEdit, the icon is not defined there.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
argh :(

I'm afraid I don't have any other ideas :(
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Released Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager 5.07

+ New Widgets Library + New Advanced Menubar Library

​

ChangeLog:

(30 Jul 2010)

MsM 5.07:

- Extended Advanced Menubar usage to 240x240 and 320x320 devices. All currently available advanced menubars converted to work on these devices too

IMPORTANT: installing version 5.07 alone is not enough to make menubars work on square screen devices, you also need to download and import either the latest menubar library or the updated full library

- Optimized menubar change script

- BugFix: sometimes while activating a menubar the available menubars could show up in the wrong order. Fixed

- BugFix: sometimes when activating the last widget of a category it could remain in the list even after activation. Fixed.

Menubar Libraries:

New Advanced Menubar Libraries containing all the current advanced menubars updated to work on square screen devices

Widgets Libraries:

New Widgets Library containing:

- New Status Widgets Set: Pro (same graphics as the Professional one, number box with different colors: Blue, Cyan, Green, Yellow) - (made on request)

- New Status Widgets: Empty (completely invisible status widgets, available in 2 sizes) - (made on request)

- New Status Widget: Plain (made on request)

- New Battery Widget: Plain Vertical (made on request)

- New Digital Clock Skin: Date Numbers (only shows the month/day numbers, no time) - (made on request)

- New Current Date Skin: Day Name (only shows the day name, no number or month) - (made partially on request)

Detailed info and download links HERE!

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Phantom1275:
Sorry guys, I don't understand the tip above, and the tip in first page does not work.

I've been looking around everywhere, and can't find out how to do it.

How can I set the default startup page in MS? I have defined five pages in lifestyle layout, and I want my phone and SPB always to launch at the third one, which has the clock and notification widgets.
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
I have a question and maybe someone has solved this and can help me out:

I changed most of the icons for the program shortcuts in the start menu. They all show up in the start menu and also in other UI like Manila or Titanium but some (very few) do not show up in SPB Mobile Shell (ony as generic icon). Any hints on what to do?
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
The default startup page of MS is the last used one. I suppose the last used page is set in the registry (maybe SPB MobileShell/Widgets/HomeScreen/ActivePage?). Anyway i have seen nowhere an option to change that.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
New Widgets Library + New Advanced Menubar Library for

Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager

​

ChangeLog:

(05 Aug 2010) ---> Last update before my holidays :D

Widgets Libraries:

New Widgets Library containing:

- new Digital Clock set: HTCFont Large (White, Black, Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow) - (made on request)

- new Links set: Blocky (White, Black, Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow) - (made on request)

Menubar Libraries:

New Advanced Menubar Library containing:

- "Curved Black" advanced menubar - (made on request)

Detailed info and download links HERE!

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
You're welcome! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] netexis:
dude give me the password of qa_fundatela.dat, i want to extract the content and change the background file bmp
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Dude look in post#7 and you will find it ;)

And in the future please search before asking questions.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Revhead:
Could you please explain how to implement this?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Heart1010:
Nothing to "implement"... you only have to download my zip and extract it (file is then "iGO.mscr". You save that file to your PDA and if you like you can make a shortcut of that file to \Windows\Start Menu\Programs (or where you like it) so that it appears in the standard program menus of win/mobile shell).

With a click of that icon you start that script.... (you have to had MortScript 4.3b11 installed on your PDA of course when your rom doesn't include it as standard application)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Revhead:
Thanks.

So I can just edit the script to suit my device and then change my current link from Igo to the script instead to start Igo?

Clicking the link to the script will then shut down SPB, start Igo and then restart the Shell when I close Igo?

Am I reading this right?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Heart1010:
Correct ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Revhead:
Cheers mate! Works a treat.

Just curious though, what's the stuff you edited out referring to hibernate?
[Windows Mobile Themes] baltobalto:
ok...i have tried many mods such as proplus,mskip,vostradamus...but with all i have the same problem.memory leak.i'm using a blackstone with 6.1 official rom.any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Themes] kapq:
Hello, I have problem with facebook widget. To publish posts on facebook i have to log in, but after clicking mail and password field keyboard doesnt appear.

How to log in?
[Windows Mobile Themes] NYSprintGuy:
Sprint TP2/Win Mo 6.5/ SPB Mobile Shell/ Stock Market

Hi,

Since installing SPB's Mobile shell , I lost my Stock Market widget which was native to the phone before installing mobile shell.

Is it hidden somehwere i can still access it or can I download a HTC stock market widget in case SPB deleted it?

Thanks,

Jeff
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Im guessing the Stock Market ticker was part of HTC Sense? Only Spb widgets will work with Spb Mobile Shell, they have a program called Spb Finance but it has no widget integration so you cant add it into mobile shell.

Your best bet would probably be to switch between Mobile Shell and Sense as and when needed. If you use my Shell/Sense switcher app then it goes between the 2 in a matter of seconds and you can add buttons to make it even easier.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Spb Mobile Shell has always had a bad memory leak and theres not much that can be done with it. Just hope that they finally fix it if/when they release Spb Mobile Shell 5 :)

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] NYSprintGuy:
Shell/Sense switcher rocks, stock market widget back, too bad though it just couldnt be a part of SPB mobile shell. Thanks a bunch

J
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Mobile Shell lacks ALOT of widgets that would be very functional, that way they can make more money by selling various spb apps that integrate with mobile shell and give you the required widget. I cant see them changing their philosophy on that..

Glad you like the switcher :)

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] baltobalto:
thank you for your answer!let me ask you sth else.with original spb ms my memory usage is up to 40-45% but with the add of a mod/theme it goes up to 60-65%!!!what can i do?(if i can do anything...)

do you have ms to main memory or to storage card?and if you have it to storage card how that is possible because when i choose storage it keeps installing on my device memory...

thank you in advance!
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Are you talking about RAM usage or Storage Space?

By default Spb Mobile Shell is installed to Device Memory and any addons need to be installed to the same place or they wont work. You can however use a program such as SKTools to 'move' the Spb Mobile Shell folder to Storage Card to save on storage space. You cant do this manually as it wont change any of the registry entries that Mobile Shell creates to point to the correct location. SKTools can handle this all automatically.

I did create a guide to do this a long time ago. You could try looking on the first page as it may have been indexed, or failing that search this thread for sktools and you should find it.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] baltobalto:
ram usage.moving ms to storage card will do the trick and save some of my ram usage?thank you for your time!
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
I remember i used Naong's Sense theme and it can be installed on storage card or my storage and it works that way.
[Windows Mobile Themes] brunoisa10:
yes you're right

what mskip said is : you have to install all at the same place (main memory or storage card)
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
No.. Mobile Shell was on device memory and the sense skin was on My Memory in my case and it worked without problems
[Windows Mobile Themes] ironhead65:
Been busy with things lately, but driving home yesterday, I had a thought about a problem I've read about on here quite a few times...

I feel like I have found a golden ticket.

I've seen a few times, people requesting a text box that they can program, or a widget that they can add to do something with, using external manipulation.

You can add widgets to the screen, of course everyone knows this...BUT, you can add Contact widgets. These can display text, they can display a picture.

So, I was thinking, there are things out there, like CycloneApps. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5492828&postcount=6 to get contact information exported...how about going the other direction???

Essentially, you drop a contact widget down, link it to a contact. Which you use something like Cyclone's ContactRetriever (linked above) to read out what's in the contact to a registry entry. Then (I've already requested this) if he adds the ability to import that information BACK into the contact, you should be able to put whatever text you want on there for display (stock ticker, or whatever you can script up!). I found a few programs that can export information out of contacts, and only one that can import back in, however not through a commandline (DotFred's PIM Backup). My idea is, if Cyclone adds the editing ability, nice and clean. He also has an image resizer, which you can use Mortscript to scrape an image, then resize it, we uses something to dump it back into the contact, which then MS will display for us!! If not, we can use Cyclone's app to dump a CSV of contact information. Use Mortscript to fix it up, then import that one contact back into the OS using PIMBackup.

Thoughts?? Anyone know of a utility that will do this (from COMMAND LINE).

--Ironhead
[Windows Mobile Themes] highKo:
missing icons

I saw people who already asked it, too. But there was no answer (or I didnt found them). :confused:

Here the question:

Some programs don't have an icon in MS, but in the native startmenu of windows mobile you can see them. Is there a way for me to fix it?

Best regards!
[Windows Mobile Themes] :
Could someone please help me! :D

I want to remove the "New SMS" button, and the "Camera" button. Its in the SPB MENU! Iv'e tried the "code" below, but I can only add new programs, and delete the ones I add. Not delete the "programs" that already were there. Really need help, thanks in advance!
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I dont think so as far as im aware its a bug within Mobile Shell. Its happened to me before and I havent been able to fix it no matter what I tried.

Hopefully Mobile Shell 5 will not have this problem.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
For the camera button, open a registry editor and got 'HKLM, Software, Spb Software House 2, Spb Moblile Shell, Menu, Root Multimedia' and delete the Camera folder. Same with any other buttons you wish to delete in the Spb Menu they are all in the 'root' folder.

New Sms is slightly harder as there isnt a folder assosiated with it in the Messaging folder. I think it may be linked internally to yoru messaging app so its probably impossible to delete.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] highKo:
Thanks for the answer, mark.

What are the conditions for smoother scrolling? CPU or GPU or whatever?

My new phone, the HTC Rhodium/TouchPro2 isn't really faster than my old LG KS20.

And it seems that a native MS is a bit faster than using a theme (i use the Naong Sense Theme).
[Windows Mobile Themes] a1exander:
Thanks! I removed the camera and for the SMS i deleted the Messages folder and renamed the "Your shortcuts" (or something like that?) to "Messages" and put my sms app in there.

But hey, I cant seem to get themes working. I ran a cab and soft reseted phone, but either it wont change or something goes away (like the underbar). Pls, I really want to have another theme. :) Thanks in advance!
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Well what theme are you trying to put on your device?

What device do you have?

What version of Spb Mobile Shell do you have on your device?

What resolution of the theme are you downloading?

Are you installing to DEVICE memory?

Alot of questions I know lol but they may guide you to what you are doing wrong.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] TR_Maniac:
Does someone know what the ETA is for SPB Mobile Shell 5?
[Windows Mobile Themes] scorpion66:
Help......Please

I have made some mods to the standard MS3.5 by swapping over some .dat files and so far have changed many things but i cant figure out how to get a small dark background panel. I am trying to keep the memory usage to a minimum so dont want to load up MSKips or Vostradamus (excellent) programs.

Is there a way to make a small .dat or cab file to enable me to have access to just the 2 panels attached?:confused:
[Windows Mobile Themes] a1exander:
Thanks! Lol, I found out what the problem was. The theme I was installing was for MobileSense. Iv'e installed that now and everything work perfect. :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Nope sorry there hasnt been much talk about it since it was announced so it could be anytime in the next 5 years lol. Thats my guesstimate :)

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Well do you want them to display as shortcut links, picture link or from something else?

Do you want the panels to have transparency?

Have you added them to the widgets xlm file in qa_layouts?

Have you added the appropriate registry entries?

What exactly have you done to 'add' them into Mobile Shell?

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] scorpion66:
Hi Mark,

Sorry I am new to this - I have done lots of full themes for Nokia S60 using a program called G Desk which let me design themes in photoshop from scratch but I cant get my head around MS and its files. All I have done so far is make changes to .dat files for example I changed the status icons by editing the graphics in the va_status.dat. I changed the clock by modding va_clock_big.dat. It seems very hard to get any further with MS by changing .dat files and from your reply it looks like I am going to have to do reg edits and muck about with xlm files.

I want them as a backround transparent panel to lay icons on top of. See example screenshot from one of my Nokia themes, its the panel behind the battery + alarm icons. MobileSense and MS Expresso have these in them and you install via a shortcut link.
[Windows Mobile Themes] 515635:
Hello,

I'm sorry if my question already asked. Is there any way to change the icon size in favorites page? I want my icon look bigger

I know I can add shortcut with widget and i can change the skin to make icon bigger. But there is no option to change skin in favorites pages

Second question, any workaround to SPB MS icon cache, so icon can load faster

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] alphabeta135:
hehe nice job, i like it, thanks so much!
[Windows Mobile Themes] xaccers:
Tried searching through the thread without luck so apologies if its already been answered.

I've got a HD2, and I use the lifestyle layout with just 1 page.

I'm trying to create a wallpaper image that's the same as the HD2's lock screen.

On the lock screen, the top info bar is overlayed on the 480x800 image, so the image fills the screen.

I've created a 960x748 image with the 480x800 image as part of it aligned to the left side as 450x748.

The width works out right, but the SPB wallpaper is shunted down the screen by the height of the top info bar, so there is a noticable drop in the image going from the lockscreen to SPB.

So, has anyone done similar?

If so, what dimensions is the SPB wallpaper, and of that what are the dimensions of the actual image?
[Windows Mobile Themes] highKo:
I removed the background images for the menu and scrolling is smooth again.