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[Windows Mobile Themes] [★]:
Better way to find manila files.

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Sorry this took me so long to write, I wasn't sure of the best way to write it, and I'm still not :p so here goes..

When your favourite rom chef, or even HTC for that matter, make roms, manila is added in, in multiple packages, such as Manila Music, Manila People, Mania Home ect.... This can help us ALOT in finding a particular file, as we can narrow down our searches to one package.

So, being a rom chef myself, I just take all the manila packages from my kitchen, and look through them with cfcgui (we shall get to that later) however there are so many different versions of manila, so many different packages that it might be hard to find the packages for your specific version, however if you can find yours, thats great. Alot of files DO NOT change between versions, so usually its quite easy to find a packages that suits yours and others roms. The most used manila package at the moment is probably 2012 and 2014, so I will upload those packages for you guys, that way you have somewhere to start. Also provided is a thread which has some more manila packages, thanks to dotcompt

[Dotcompt packages]

[Manila 2012 Packages]

[Manila 2014 Packages]

So, lets begin :D, lets say for example, I want to edit the Mail background paper image, so this will take 2 seconds with this method :D, no looking for other cabs ;)

The first thing we want to do is download CFC GUI, heres a link to the thread!

[Download]

[Thread, so you can read more about it and its features] - Thanks Chainfire, great work as usual ;)

I keep CFCGUI in the same folder as my manila packages...

Open CFC GUI, and it will ask you to select a folder, this is the directory it will work from, so we want to point it to the manila package. And we want to edit the mail tab background, and so we can make a pretty good guess that its gonna be in the Manila Mail package ;), so browse to where your manila mail package is, and then to the files folder inside that, and click ok, CFC GUI will now scan the folder for manila files.

Now, we have a list of files, CFC GUI will name the ones that it already knows, but considering it hasn't been updated in a while, this doesnt pick up all of the files, so any ones it doesnt recognize goes into the unknown section. Just keep flicking through all these files, whilst CFC GUI displays an image of it on the right, until you find the one your looking for, which in our case is the second from last file, found in unknown - 32830efc_manila WE HAVE OUR FILE! :D

Now, we want to edit it, use the shortkey Ctrl+S to save the file as a png ready for editing, I like to have a seperate folder for converting png to qtc and vice versa, which I name, my working folder :D, so have an empty folder called Working Folder somewhere else, and choose to save the png there.

Another advantage to this is, the file is already converted to png for you :D

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[Windows Mobile Themes] [★]:
Converting Manila Files To PNG's And Vice Verca

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If you found the files the better way from the last post, you won't need to know how to convert from Manila (QTC) to PNG, however its good to know for other reasons, plus its super easy :D

For this, I use a program called M9Editor, technically, you can do the same with this as you can with CFC GUI, but M9Editor does this particular task more efficiently.

[Download Here]

[Thread For Further Reading] thanks 6Fg8!

Once m9editor is downloaded, extract the contents to a folder and then run m9editor.exe, and it will say something along the lines of 'some of the following settings are not correct' so you press ok and set what directories are used. I personally just use the same folder for all 4 of the functions, as I only use m9editor for one function, and so this saves confusion!, use the same folder as you save into with CFCGUI, this makes everything fit together and makes your manila editing experience much smoother ;D

So, to convert Manila to PNG, put the Manila file in the directory you specified when you setup m9editor, and you will see it appear in the list, you can put as many files in the folder as you want, they will all show up, also on the left of the screen you will notice a preview, this is also useful to have. Now, to convert the manila file to a png file, click the button 'Q>P', depending on how many files you have in your folder, this will take a few seconds, and then you will have a png with the same name in your working folder. Sorted! Now you can go edit it.

So Im sure you've worked it out, to convert PNG to Manila, we just press the button next to 'Q>P' which is 'P>Q' ;D and now you have a manila file generated with the same name as the png.

NOTE: If you are going to convert a file, always make sure that the file you are producing is not going to be made in the same directory as a file with the same name, so in other words, if you converted a Manila to png, then edited the png, then wanted to convert it back to manila, make sure you delete the original Manila file first.

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[Windows Mobile Themes] [★]:
Skinning Manila Files

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Now this is where the fun bit comes in :D and where everyones skill is put to use, the actually skinning and modification of a manila file. This is also relatively easy (especially for graphics artists ofc lol) but there are a couple of rules you MUST remember when doing it.

Firstly, when you open your new PNG image in whatever program you use to edit images, I would always recommend you make a new layer on top to work with, as you must remember the original image should be considered a template, and you must work within its guidelines. Alot of manila files total canvas size is alot bigger than the actual graphic that is on it, I'm not sure why HTC decided to do this, but they did :D and so we must always remember that when on our phone, Sense only picks up graphics where the original one was, and the rest isnt seen.

That leads me onto my second point, all the wasted space is transparent! it has to be transparent, that means two basic things, all manila files are always saves as PNG's before conversion, as only PNG's support transparency, and also you cant use MS Paint to edit manila, cus it has no transparency support for its PNG's :D I usually use Alpha Transparency.

So if your confused by now, heres a few little images to show you what I mean, using the clock background image file:

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[Windows Mobile Themes] andy andy:
Nice.............. tutorial for dummies :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] windows7:
nice work

i am good designer , but don't know how
[Windows Mobile Themes] hskeik:
Sounds very nice, when will we see first release?
[Windows Mobile Themes] gman34:
12 posts?

your getting me excited!
[Windows Mobile Themes] tin2404:
Oh my God ! I can't belive it !! finally ! :D:D:D:D
[Windows Mobile Themes] [★]:
Not dummies :D people who are too lazy to look around to find answers ;)

Good good, looking forward to some nice themes then man :D

in a couple of weeks, like I said in the first post

hehe :D

:D
[Windows Mobile Themes] tin2404:
If I may to correct this statement for a little bit....

For example, Wherever I searched for, for my project,I could not get answer anywhere,and whatever I tried,it was always mistake somehware and I could not find the sollution...So,this is not for lazy people ( lazy people does not search sollution between hundereds of various files inside manila) so this is ULTIMATE tutorial for people who like to learn how some things works and behave inside manila envoriment..;)

And it is interesting that there is none of any good tutorial since WM5 for building WM 6.5 .tsk theme...These stuf are really essential and fundamental and it is amazing that there is none of them here exposed...

(sorry for my bad english :( )
[Windows Mobile Themes] thepolishguy:
great!

I look forward to your tutorial. cheers!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mast3rpyr0:
Where would one look if they were trying to find the white HTC Evo 4G splash screen in the ROM? Or does anyone already have it?

Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrDSL:
search is your friend

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=697527
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mast3rpyr0:
Ive been playing with that thread all night. Thats just the bootanimation after the white HTC screen. I want the one that pops up right when you turn it on.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrDSL:
right just boot to recovery and adb shell and pull it from your phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mast3rpyr0:
Well ya, but where is it?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrDSL:
In the topic I linked is the location

/system/customize/resource/
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mast3rpyr0:
This image is no where near that directory...

My apologies for it being ginourmous.. shouldn't the forum fix that..?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r3daction:
If you are looking for the one that says, HTC Simply Brilliant. It is in /system/media/ = bootanimation.zip
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mast3rpyr0:
Nope still not that one, the very first screen that pops up after power on.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r3daction:
Try Local/Data or Data/Local that's all I have left. :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mast3rpyr0:
Nope, still a No go :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KyleCole90:
I have also been looking for that boot screen. I could not find it anywhere on the Rom. Could it be on the phone itself?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mast3rpyr0:
Hmm possibly. I wonder if this "Unlocking NAND" thread could help us find it...
[Touch GSM General] htcfreak:
Hey can someone try cookin MaxSense in a ROM..???

I know it will be heavy for ELF but can someone give it a shot..???
[Touch GSM General] mally2:
Are U serious... Your supposed to be a senior member!!! IT WONT WORK... NEVER EVER
[Touch GSM General] !Aman!:
not possible right now. if it is possible some day u wont have to ask anyone to cook it :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skeith223:
Does the evo support mpeg4 movie playback and if not what can I use to decode them to play on evo,thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docmalc:
find RockPlayer - its the best, plays everything - even .avi's :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itmustbejj:
Just dont watch too much pr0n or you'll go blind.....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frifox:
did you mean h264, not mpeg4? without any addons, you'll play baseline h264 in mp4 with no problems... for more than that, hit up yxplayer or rockplayer, as stated above.

btw, mpeg is a too general term.. mpeg4 part 10 is h264 video. mpeg4 part 14 is a MP4 file format, which has nothing to do with video/audio codecs (mp4 is a container). mpeg4 part 25 is a friggin 3D graphics compression model, lol.
[Windows Mobile] akirax:
Please HELP me!!!

I'm cooking a ROM and I need to know how can I choose .tsk and Start Menu Wallpaper.

Many thanks-
[Windows Mobile] + Que PPC:
read the "cook a default tsk theme tutorial thread"

thread closed, redundant
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gnagis:
is there anny keyboard out there that has swedish keyboard layout?

i dont want to hold A in 2 sec to type Å or Ä :(

annyone know annyway to get this?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] wardh:
What phone are you using?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] VOODOOS!L:
fingerkeyboard will probably support it, didn't check

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=501122
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gnagis:
HTC HD2

and also fingerkeyboard dosent give me ÅÄÖ on keyboard only if i press and hold A or O
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] VOODOOS!L:
it's possible to create your own skin for fingerkeyboard, so you should be able to switch some keys...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] wardh:
Try this, it will give you åäö on the standard htc hd2 keyboard. If it doesn't work at first read the hole thread and get the nordic_xt9 cab that's in there somewhere.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=648978

Hope it helps. (you will loose t9 but gain åäö)
[Android Apps and Games] skimminstones:
Currently using an Xperia X10 but dont really like looking at my pics through the mediascape app.

Whats the best gallaery app out there for searching through, looking at and/or deleting pics. Be nice if it had a widget too but not important.

Any thoughts?
[Android Apps and Games] skimminstones:
No-one using a gallery app then? :(
[Android Apps and Games] lambstone:
The Gallery 3D seems to be quite good. Do a search for the standalone apk files on xda.
[Android Apps and Games] skimminstones:
Yea have tried that but it wont install on the X10. Presumably because its 1.6
[Android Apps and Games] lambstone:
wait a minute. the X10 is not on 2.1?

in that case, i don't know of any other gallery apps because frankly the gallery 3d and the htc photo album are the ones that i think is good. and it does your searching through and deleting thingy too
[Android Apps and Games] deviouscreation:
I've just started using 3D gallery together with flikie wallpaper, and its fantastic... Quite glad I went for the Desire over the X10 now. (Not just for this case, but the general advances 2.1 has over 1.6)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] asiancuta:
currently with ATT and i'm available for upgrade in early July. and seriouslly considering going back to the Iphone. especially with the new iphone 4 and it's specs. unless ATT manages to pull a monkey out their **** and actually get a NICE and usable android phone. and i'm pretty sure i could talk an ATT in-store rep to get a manager to sign off on even early upgrade date. they're pretty flexible here.

i loved the Tilt 2 when i first got it...as with most users. i tried to stay away from hardSPLing and adding custom ROMs but the stock was just TOO slow and buggy. figured custom roms would help. negative...although faster and less bloated..they presented even more bugs, freeze ups, and random issues. and YES i've been through and tried out more than enough ROMs..all Task 29ing before each ROM. i've never had so many issues with previous phones. hell i've never had to reboot previous phones period.

Windows Mobile phones are just as buggy as their desktop counterparts..Windows XP, Vista, and 7.

and you Apple hating / Iphone bashing die hard WinMO and android fans..gotta admit the specs on the new iphone 4 are pretty damn impressive. i dislike the iphone OS...even as smooth as it is. but with multitasking now implemented, HD video recording, video editing right on the phone, facetime chat, an LCD display 4x better than phones out on the market now, larger battery and longer battery life, and a tougher sturdier design instead of the curvey plastic.

i know the wifey is ditching her Blackberry Curve 8900 for the new iphone when it comes out. so i'll have a chance to play with it before making a final decision. keeping my fingers crossed for a new android phone though, or get the iphone..hang on to the tilt 2 and keep an eye out on the android porting project till it's fully functional (sound, camera, battery meter...everything) on the Rhodium, and have the best of both worlds. :)

till than..i'm just gonna have to put up with this phone for another couple more weeks.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] p51d007:
See ya!

My TP2 has been running a custom rom since DAY 1 without any headaches.

If iPhone is for you, go for it. Nothing wrong with it, but for my needs it

has features I would never use. I use mine for a TELEPHONE, IM, email

a photo here and there, and the weather radar. If you are into music,

heavy video and a locked down you do what we say OS, then the iPhone

is for you.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ultramag69:
Bugger that!!!!!! I'll take the music, heavy video and an OS that's completely customisable, easy to get apps for that don't require me to use the iphone's store and a good all round phone...

There are plenty of good, free apps available for the WM OS but using Ipstore its a bloody nightmare. Especially in Oz where the data plans generally require you to give up extranneous body parts and take out a lease with the devil on your soul...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] sting.ray:
having a rhodium, BB curve and iPhone 3G myself i have to support anyone that is switching to the iPhone.

it is by far the best device on the market... and the gap gets bigger with iP4.

there are some good points in using a BB, but the OS looks/feels like 1994 and even the 3rd party software needs you to be an all out poweruser to get used to it.

WinMo still needs a stylus. period. it looks ugly and is buggy as hell. almost nothing in WM 6.5 feels well designed/crafted. tbh, using it (including most 3rd party software) feels like using linux systems of the late 90's, but without most of the benefits.

well, i use my rhodium for business purposes, cause we have an all out MS-software system at work. but the day i get a chance to use an iphone at work (ie. the day they pay for one + the data plan), i'll switch.

android is without any use atm, but it has a high potential...maybe the highest of all current systems.

choosing a smartphone for me looks like this atm: iPhone >> BB >> WinMo > Andriod

choosing a work smartphone is a lil different: iPhone >> WinMo > BB (no Andriod)

i know there are a lot of different opinions, but this is my point of view and i have a lot of good arguments for every bit of it.

PS: WP7 will not run existing software (afaik) + wont run on any current device. the end of the WinMo platform... welcome andriod!
[Touch HD General] plamen0109:
i wear my touch hd in case, when someone call my and i take out the phone from the case almost every time i close the calling by touching the right button on the bottom of the phone.

Can i turn off the buttons of the phone and use only the slider for answering someones call?
[Touch HD General] afr33s:
? put your phone in the case the other way up ?

:)
[HD2 General] Rahonavis:
Ok, so I've been searching for answers to the questions and no luck.

I apologize to the admins and moderators for my stupidity.

Problems with HD2:

1.pink stain on photos and videos

2.odd behaviour of the touchscreen while texting (sending SMS)

3.the HD2 doesn't clean it's temporery files, especially from youtube, so i get the message 'Out of memory' very often.

Are there ways to resolve this problems?

Also:

1. Which browser do you use?

Opera 9 (that comes with the standard ROM)

- doesn't play flash and switching tabs is a bit out of date

Opera 10, Opera mini

- doesn't work with multitouch, and no flash

Skyfire

- flash is supported, doesn't support tabs, and no multitouch

Is there a browser that supports pinch to zoom, plays flash, has tabs and tab switching that looks ok?

Btw:

I use standard WWE 1.48.479.1 ROM

Sorry for my bad english.
[HD2 General] steffen1337:
Taka a look at HTCs website and upgrade to the lates ROM version for you. Since these are all well-known bugs on a out-dated ROM version
[HD2 General] Rahonavis:
Well I tryed this one:

http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=297&cat=2&dl_id=856

But when I entered my SN, and it said that the ROM is not for my phone

(even though it says WWE:1.66.405.2).

I sent them an email, and got a reply:

Thank you for contacting us,

Regarding your request, kindly be informed that we are working on providing the latest Rom Updates for all regions. If the Rom Update is not available for your region yet, kindly wait and check on updates on our website.

Not very helpful..
[HD2 General] rayad:
I suggest just updating your ROM, will cure most of those problems, and if you're adventurous, try a custom ROM :D
[HD2 General] Rahonavis:
Thanks.. I'll try flashing then..
[General Questions and Answers] erikvario:
hey,

on the SE site

i found an hyve panel.

many dutch guy want it.

i can run it true the panel manager port on hd2.

@ all developer: can you extract the app to a normal winmo app.

a lot of dutch guys want it
[General Questions and Answers] erikvario:
oki thnx couldn't chosse
[Windows Mobile Software Development] amirnet:
hi i am working on a application that manage calls with C#,i had many researches about this problem but i could not find any helpfull code ,i wondered if u guys could help me,thanks in advance
[General Questions and Answers] ahsal:
hi,

please, guys help me. my problem is that i installed my hotmail account on my HD2 and i checked the check box of save password but every time i check my email it asks me for the password even the check box is checked.

how can i solve this ?????
[Droid Eris General] crax0r:
Link Here: http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2010/05/20/android_2_3_gingerbread_coming_in_the_q4

Let's hope we can port this...
[Droid Eris General] Sheen160:
If that's true then so much for Google fixing fragmentation by releasing updates less frequently..
[Droid Eris General] juicy.cook:
I thought the fragmentation was due to third parties, such as HTC and Moto. They require android updates to be customized by them, before they will push the update to customers.
[Droid Eris General] refthemc:
Google: Android fragmentation 'is a boogeyman, a red herring'
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] podlesnik:
I know many there are several threads here concerning this or simmilar problem. But there is no answer for my problem.

I need to exchange my Exchange acount.

I can sync it through data connection (gprs, edge, 3g...).

I can sync it through bluetooth.

I can NOT sync it through usb cable where I can sync notes, mobile favourites and other things not on exchange.

When i try to sync data stored on exchange, both WMDC on my win7x64 and ActiveSync on my HTC touch diamond 2 look like they are trying to synchronize, but the progress bar remains on 0 % and after about 5 minutes the activesync gets back to initial screen with no sync and no error.

My computer is connected to a domain, maybe there is a problem. When I had Win Vista there was no problem. And... I cant sync it with any other win mobile device.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] St.Jimmy!:
Hi,

Yesterday when I woke up my soft buttons weren't vibrating anymore when I pressed them. At the time my config was the following:

· RodrigezStyle@Froyo

· Wildmonk's Hybrid AVS kernel <- Just flashed it

I've tried with a few other ROMs (wiping everything) and still not working. I'm freaked out.

Any ideas? I'll really apreciate absolutely any kind of help.

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcp2009:
is haptic feedback turned on in settings?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] St.Jimmy!:
Indeed it is.

Vibration "works" but it's soooo soft it's very hard to even notice. There's not much of a difference between having haptic feedback on or off.

"General vibration", as in calls or whatever game, works fine, so it's not a problem on the vibrator thingy. Buttons work but vibration when pressed is just too soft (as I just said, it's hard to notice). What on earth has happened?

Again thanks for any help. I'm kind of desperate.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] St.Jimmy!:
I just did a nandroid restore to Eclair and the same thing happens. I'm starting to think it might be hardware and I'm very freaked out... :confused:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] St.Jimmy!:
Okay, so I've tried some other stuff and noticed the same thing happens when I long press the home screen to get the widgets/backgrounds/folders menu.

I'm trying to post everything I find out regarding the issue so others find it easyer to help me.

Thanks once again... :(