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Changing phone skin

Hi everybody,
I used to change dialer skins with DesignLab XDA Skin chooser but suddenly the skin is not changing.
Everytime I try to change it, the old one remains in use. And it's not the standard skin.
Anyone has seen this problem before?
If so how do you reset to the standard skin?
Where is it saved?
Thanks for your help

Hi Durius,
hmm, I never managed to change Dialer Skins with XDA Skin Chooser on my Himalaya Device. I rememer reading in this forum that the skin Chooser only works with XDA I Phones (but I may be mistaken). Just search the forum.
Instead I use V2R Skin Installer for Phone Skins.
You can get this at http://www.ppc-club.com
Additionally there are quite few Skins. Unfortunately you can D/L only two or three before they start charging you.
To be ahead of hshortt :wink: , there are skins on his side too:
http://www.howardshortt.com (Thanks for contributing)
Cheers,
Eico

DOH! Pipped to the post again! hee hee

Hi,
I've used XDA skin chooser for sometime on qtek 2020 and it worked but then I could not change the phone skin anymore.
Now I've installed V2R and the question is that I want to use the t-mobile phone skin but I always get the skin previously installed.
So, what I would like to know is how to change the skin by hand...
Is there a way?
Thanks you all

http://www.yorch.net/tutor.htm
www.yorch.net

Hmm,
maybe a more advanced user can point out a way to use the t-mobile customization cab located in the extended rom....
Or maybe you can use the Information provided in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=4653
...

Hi
I think the dialer skin is located ( at least on my O2 XDA2 ) under
windows\v2r\DialerSkins\o2_skin
I guess tmob will have something similar... so just exchanging these files should work

hshortt said:
DOH! Pipped to the post again! hee hee
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How to install this file with psk extension?
TIA

ID64 said:
How to install this file with psk extension?
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Go to http://www.ppc-club.com and get pskInstaller...
...

Thanks!

PSK Installer is free from V2R, there's also a copy hosted on my site for ease of access.
Cheerio
Howard

Xant said:
Hi
I think the dialer skin is located ( at least on my O2 XDA2 ) under
windows\v2r\DialerSkins\o2_skin
I guess tmob will have something similar... so just exchanging these files should work
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Please,can you just mail your O2 dialer skin? thanx in advance!

IntelliPad Custom Skin

this is how it will look:
and "edsub" plz make an uninstallable CAB file of this skin. thanks.

here is the IntelliPad English Version CAB:
"edsub plz make an uninstallable CAB file, thanks."

Thank you,really cool.

I have put the TMO WWE B12 Intellipad & buchays update in one un-installable (keep in mind, the original is not un-installable) CAB.
Have fun.
EDIT 6-12-2004: Now includes the full de-T-Mobile-isation by Buchay.

Thankx edsub.

Is there anyway we can supply our own BMPs for this? It would be great if we could install it and then override the default pictures by putting some BMPs in a special folder or something... what do you think?

rolywalter said:
Is there anyway we can supply our own BMPs for this? It would be great if we could install it and then override the default pictures by putting some BMPs in a special folder or something... what do you think?
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This is exactly what i have done; but the only difference is that i have done it on PC because the IntelliPAD BMPs are in the DLLs. so copy the DLLs of IntelliPad from /windows of your device and modify them on PC using "PE Explorer".
do share your skins once you have made them.

Is it also applicable to O2 xda2????

@buchay
I have a problem witth your skin: when I press the shift key fo capital letters I have the old T-Mobile skin. :roll:

YRLS said:
@buchay
I have a problem witth your skin: when I press the shift key fo capital letters I have the old T-Mobile skin. :roll:
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my skin is incomplete as i mentioned in my first post; and i don't plan to complete it. i just did it for fun.
read my first post in this thread for more details.

buchay said:
YRLS said:
@buchay
I have a problem witth your skin: when I press the shift key fo capital letters I have the old T-Mobile skin. :roll:
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my skin is incomplete as i mentioned in my first post; and i don't plan to complete it. i just did it for fun.
read my first post in this thread for more details.
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Oppsss. sorry
BTW thanks for the skin 8)

Since there still is no non-T-Mobile Intellipad available, had anyone gone further where buchay stopped to get rind of the T-Mobile coulourscheme??
Or can anyone with a iMate Jam upload the IntelliPad cab??
This would make the bew SE ROM real complete

dump

Anyway.. Am I so dumb or using intellipad there is no way to "teach" the program T9 like for new phrases..?
Can someone show the right way?

Hi
Since I install IntelliDialer and Pad, I'm not able anymore to select a word! When I try to select a word for copying that word for example, I wont do... Instead I get a BIG ARROW... Does somebody else has this problem? And does someone knows how I can fix this?
Many thanks

unapproachable2kx said:
Anyway.. Am I so dumb or using intellipad there is no way to "teach" the program T9 like for new phrases..?
Can someone show the right way?
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To teach new words to the program U have to write that word in normal text input mode (pressing the abc key).
Next time you press the right keys that word appears :wink:

It just uses the standard dictionary

UPDATE: look at my first post, i have made the coplete skin. hope you guys like it.

@buchay
this rocks man!! Many thanks mate!!!
edit: downloaded it again and everything works just fine now!!
Thanks man

I will build a new cab tomorrow, thanks for the good work buchay!!!!

Keyboard skins for WM2003SE devices (updated Feb. 01 2005)

Hi,
here's the keyboard skin replacement for WM2003SE WWE devices.
It will not work on non SE operating system.
If you want the same thing for non SE OS, let me know.
Uninstall:
As the mui file is used by the system, it is locked. That means if you want to uninstall these skins, first rename \windows\msim.96.dll.0409.mui to something else and restart.
After that you can uninstall it or install another skin.
There is also an option to skin "Block Recogniser" and "Letter Recogniser" as well... however it is not implemented in this version.
If anyone will be interested to have those two skinned as well, please let me know.
This .cab file is using the "Default_Keyboard" skin.
Additional skin previews are below.
If someone want to have some of those other skins, please let me know. I will generate appropriate installer on demand.
The same rule ) is valid for other than WWE OS languge versions...
I am not author of these skins. For authors/copyright please have a look here:
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1293
buzz[/b]

Hi Buzz,
that looks great! Is it possible to change the layout to german somehow?
Until now I'm stucked to commercial keyboards... :-(

keyboard skins
Can I have all please?

Does this work on JAM devices?

calvin42 said:
Hi Buzz,
that looks great! Is it possible to change the layout to german somehow?
Until now I'm stucked to commercial keyboards... :-(
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well, but U are running WWE as I can see.. so if i will change the layout to german, then I'm not sure if it will work. You will also need to remap the keys. But anyhow, i will take a look at it.
buzz

Re: keyboard skins
twinkle said:
Can I have all please?
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sure, but not so fast... sorry, i also have other things to do...
I will do them one by one...
buzz

ant said:
Does this work on JAM devices?
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probably yes, just give it a try...
I don't have a JAM, so no way 4 me to test it...
buzz

Re: Keyboard skins for WM2003SE devices
buzz_lightyear said:
Hi,
here's the keyboard skin replacement for WM2003SE WWE devices.
It will not work on non SE operating system.
If you want the same thing for non SE OS, let me know.
There is also an option to skin "Block Recogniser" and "Letter Recogniser" as well... however it is not implemented in this version.
If anyone will be interested to have those two skinned as well, please let me know.
This .cab file is using the "Default_Keyboard" skin.
Additional skin previews are below.
If someone want to have some of those other skins, please let me know. I will generate appropriate installer on demand.
The same rule ) is valid for other than WWE OS languge versions...
I am not author of these skins. For authors/copyright please have a look here:
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1293
buzz
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Could You POst a .cab with the FACTORY keyboard skin?

Re: Keyboard skins for WM2003SE devices
babj615 said:
Could You POst a .cab with the FACTORY keyboard skin?
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What do you mean by FACTORY?
Did you mean the default look of the keyboard? Not skinned?
If this is the case, then you can delete/rename "msim.96.dll.0409.mui" from \windows directory...
But, well, I can create that one as well..
buzz

Re: Keyboard skins for WM2003SE devices
Can you post the CAB for the Milk Skin layout?

Hey Buzz,
That's pretty cool, nice one! I'd like them all too and skins for the letter recogniser, I'm sure you'll do them all at some point. Till then keep it up!
Cheers

hshortt said:
Hey Buzz,
That's pretty cool, nice one! I'd like them all too and skins for the letter recogniser, I'm sure you'll do them all at some point. Till then keep it up!
Cheers
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THANX Howard (old skinner ))) )
...will do them all...
buzz

I had to do a hard reset after installing this cab..
This might be because I had a scandinavian keyboard patch installed..?

Sorry, I don't understand.
Buzz_lightyear said that "I am not author of these skins. For authors/copyright please have a look here:
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1293"
and "here's the keyboard skin replacement for WM2003SE WWE devices.
It will not work on non SE operating system".
But this is what Bibi author said on Lakeridge Software Forum:
"To use these skins you must have a PPC device running WM2003 with an ENG(lish) ROM (PPC2002 and WM2003SE devices are not-supported)".
Does the keyboard skin support WM2003SE?

Pocket Me said:
Sorry, I don't understand.
Buzz_lightyear said that "I am not author of these skins. For authors/copyright please have a look here:
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1293"
and "here's the keyboard skin replacement for WM2003SE WWE devices.
It will not work on non SE operating system".
But this is what Bibi author said on Lakeridge Software Forum:
"To use these skins you must have a PPC device running WM2003 with an ENG(lish) ROM (PPC2002 and WM2003SE devices are not-supported)".
Does the keyboard skin support WM2003SE?
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well, actually, I took the bitmaps out of their skins and i'm porting them to be compatible with WM2003SE. I mean, creating appropriate mui-s for SE.
That's why I said, that i'm not the author of the skin bitmaps/ideas/whateverelse/graphicdesign/...
Those skin mui-s published on their site are not WM2003SE compatible.
However, mine do.
Skinning the keyboard is just replacing bitmaps in .dll files directly or through MultilanguageUserInterface extensions....
hope it's clear now )
buzz

BLKS
buzz anyway to port these skins Bro?
Grey
OSX Blue Label
OSX Graphite Label
OSX Aqua
Crystal Blue
TIA.

Re: BLKS
[Krueger said:
Dr.Stein]buzz anyway to port these skins Bro?
Grey
OSX Blue Label
OSX Graphite Label
OSX Aqua
Crystal Blue
TIA.
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gimme few minutes...
buzz

Re: BLKS
[Krueger said:
Dr.Stein]buzz anyway to port these skins Bro?
Grey
OSX Blue Label
OSX Graphite Label
OSX Aqua
Crystal Blue
TIA.
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done deal mate...
that's it for this week.
have a nice weekend...
buzz

I installed one of the skins on my imate-JAM. It works just fine, but i don't see the number keys.
Instead i have a key marked "123" next to the Q. when I press it I get another keyboard that shows the numbers.
How do I get the keyboard to display the numbers above the letters?

Thank You
Thanks buzz you are the Man!
Sorry Bro but can you confirm the Grey skin isn't showing as Grey.

big dialer....fast keypress

got dialer from http://buzzdev.net/index.php?option...=view&id=9340&catid=36&limit=15&limitstart=90
Then inverted images in photoshop.
works on my qtek 9100.
Can't get smart dial to work, but i can live without it.

laich71 said:
got dialer from http://buzzdev.net/index.php?option...=view&id=9340&catid=36&limit=15&limitstart=90
Then inverted images in photoshop.
works on my qtek 9100.
Can't get smart dial to work, but i can live without it.
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Big thanks.... I'll have to read the thred fully my self.
Terran

WORKS FLAWLESS!

Is the smart dialing still working with this skin? I just love that app...

They say not to install on Wizard...
You installed the ETEN dialer?

installed, changed the bitmap (inverted colors).
it works, but not intellidialer.

Then it`s a no go 4 me

procedure:
1) install E-TEN_M600_Dialer_Skin.cab on PPC
2) copy each Pcv*.bmp from Windows directory of PPC to your PC;
3) open each bmp file with MS Paint and invert colors (this is only for the aspect, not the functionality):
4) copy the bmp files back to PPC;
5) softreset.
*) the speed of the dialer is the same
*) I don't know a rollback operation different from harderesetting;

Can you give me the link for the CAB?

follow the link at the beginning of the thread.

Yes, ok thanks
It works perfectly....
I think that the only way to go back without an hard reset is to bring back the registry key pointing at the .dll

no Smart Dialing

How would i go about changing the the main colour. I did'nt really want a blue dialer.
cheers

these are the grafic file. do what you want to the colours but don't rename or change size or format.

originals before colours inverted if you're partial to orange

works on Dopod 838,
it's a beauty, very helpful when you use to dial with yr fingers instead of the stylus
THKS GUYS

Does this work on iMate Jam?
or can somebody help convert it into Jam's pad
I would soooo love using this instead

Xadaa said:
Does this work on iMate Jam?
or can somebody help convert it into Jam's pad
I would soooo love using this instead
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Give it a try, you'll have to hard reset if it don't work as i don't know how to uninstall. but i was so fed up with the the standard small buttons on wm5 i just didn't care.
use this cab file to install cos it puts every thing where it should go and sorts out the registry setting.
http://buzzdev.net/components/com_simpleboard/uploaded/files/E-TEN_M600_Dialer_Skin.cab
Maybe if you backup the registry first and then if you don't like it just restore it back, may work as uninstall

Do you think this will work on qtek 9090?
thx

If anyone wants orange skin in italian...
I made these...

Universal Silver / Black Phone Skin + Carrier's

I made silver phone skin for Universal.
The screenshot shows Japanese, but you will see English if you use English ROM.
Enjoy!!
Jun-03, 2006
Added Black one.
Again, the letters depends on your ROM or mui setting except for "Video".
Jun-08, 2006
I found some people wants carrier's.
You will see them on FTP/Upload/Universal/Phone Skins
You can the following phone skins:
Qtek 9000/i-Mate JasJar/Dopod 900: Qtek_Phone_Skin.cab
O2 Xda Exec: O2_Phone_Skin.cab
T-Mobile MDA Pro: T-Mobile_Phone_Skin.cab
Vodafone v1640: Vodafone_Phone_Skin.cab
Orange SPV M5000: Orange_Phone_Skin.cab
Again, the characters on buttons depand on your mui setting.
Enjoy!!
June-21
Uoloaded carrier's on this thread.

Very nice, but this has to be installed in the main memory to work, thus taking up our precious memory.

very nice , can you pm me how to make it :wink:
thanks

cktlcmd:
Yes, this cab file is too big just to change phone skin. It would be possible to use skin files in storage after changing registry.
I recommend cooking your own ROM with your own skin (or mine). (Of course, you cannot use carrier's in this case.
mwang:
There are many *.bmp files used for phone skin. I haven't perfectly found which bmp file is related to each button.
Only with this change, you cannot change "Video" button. The *.dll files (phcanlrc.dll & phcanprc.dll) have resources for "Video" button. You have to change it if you want to change "Video" button.
You will need to change resources of "phcanOverbmp.dll" if necessary.
As for registry, you will find many keys under [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Phone\Skin]

shugoh said:
mwang:
There are many *.bmp files used for phone skin. I haven't perfectly found which bmp file is related to each button.
Only with this change, you cannot change "Video" button. The *.dll files (phcanlrc.dll & phcanprc.dll) have resources for "Video" button. You have to change it if you want to change "Video" button.
You will need to change resources of "phcanOverbmp.dll" if necessary.
As for registry, you will find many keys under [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Phone\Skin]
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THANKS will try it.

Not bad.
How to make s cab setup file? I think I would make a new one for myself.

I made this cab file using WinCE CABManager v2.0 released from OCP software at www.ocpsoftware.com

shugoh!
I can no find any carier's skins on FTP ?? at least today they are not there,
Can you advise? Please

It seems someone deleted phone skins on FTP.
I'll upload skins as many as possible on this thread.
Files are ZIP compressed.
Qtek.zip
　　Qtek_Phone_Skin.cab
　　　　Qtek 9000/i-Mate JasJar/Dopod 900
O2.zip
　　O2_Phone_Skin.cab
　　　　O2 Xda Exec
T-Mobile.zip
　　T-Mobile_Phone_Skin.cab
　　　　T-Mobile MDA Pro
Vodafone.zip
　　Vodafone_Phone_Skin.cab
　　　　Vodafone v1640
Orange.zip
　　Orange_Phone_Skin.cab
　　　　Orange SPV M5000

shugoh!
I have tryed to run one of the files on an Emulator and the Emulator HArd resetted itself. Have you got any idea ??? will that happen with the device also ? PLus does it really mean that you can get rid of the ugly t-mobile phone skin but keep the Video button ??

Churchill:
I've never run these skin files on emulator, but these worked fine on my Qtek-9000. I also can swich skins with these cab files. I have no idea why these skins shut off your emulator.
Regarding "Video" button, these are included in dll files in my cab file. You can modify or replace it to another one. It would be possible to use T-Mobile "Video" button only. (i.e. use Vodafone skin and replace dll to T-Mobile)
P.S. I don't think T-Mobile's is ugly but this is only a taste.

hard reset problem <Emulator
i guess OS on emulator didnt have 3G function.
so relative files of 3G function, such like follows confilict with its owns.
phcanprc.dll
phcanOverbmp.dll
phcanlrc.dll
phcanhtc.dll
phcanrc.dll
anyway, shugo's sikins are for the Phone with 3G,
should not use on Non-3G phone.

You might be right abou that Asukal
Thanx

Best phone skin so far??
I've seen this phone skin...I love it...
And I've used the search function on this site, but can only find it available for smaller screen HTC devices... ie; KJam :x It does not work on the Universal.
I'm no expert, but can someone explain to me how (in idiot's language please) I can recreate this skin for the Universal?
I can use Photoshop easy, so once I figure out how to extract the relevant gif files, I can alter the buttons quite easily....
If someone can explain it to me, I am willing to email / post the results back here...
Here's what the skin looks like...

try spb dialer skin
hi all..
for those who is really bored with the original dialer skin,..
y dont u check the spb software house site..
they give a few free skin (it's made for their spb software actually)..
but the they still give the free dialer skin..
me myself use one of their dialer skin, quite ok though..
dunno if it's works with ur machine, but mine (xda IIs), not a single problem...
eventhough the site said it's not working on wm2003se..
okie...

Which of the 3 looks better?
I placed the *.BMPs into unlocked ExtendedROM

CWKJ said:
Which of the 3 looks better?
I placed the *.BMPs into unlocked ExtendedROM
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The Black one looks great.
A Quick question :
What's the program that makes those cool icons on the taskbar, and is it fast..??

dark_hawk said:
The Black one looks great.
A Quick question :
What's the program that makes those cool icons on the taskbar, and is it fast..??
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"Wisbar Advance 2", you have to download from Wisbar website.
But you need to download the Theme from the web (done by somebody) it is call Pocket OsX.
http://members.chello.nl/ddelug/skin.htm
Be warn that Wisbar will slowdown the PPC a little bit.
I think the new dial pad from CrossBow Theme looks better.

how on earth do you change the keypad skin on a universal without going to registry all the time i thought its meant to chnage with the theme.
regards

I actually did registry edit almost manually.
First I copy the keypad related registry out into *.REG files. Keep this as a backup and make another copy to do a text edit and modified it manually. Basically the filenames are the same, I put the new skin in the extended rom, so I need only to change the texts "\Windows\" to "\ExtendedRom\Windows\". Afterwhich I copy the new *.REG back into the registry. Soft reset and NEW　ＤＩＡＬＰＡＤ ＳＫＩＮ.