Hi Fellow XDAers,
I have just got an MDA Compact (T mobile but unocked) but cannot find out how to change the telephone skin, even to windows standard. On my XDA2 I had this as an option, but win mobile 2003 second edition doesn't seem to have it. Can anyone help me find it or point me at a downlaod site?
Thanks
Richardracer
Skins for the phone
Try these nice app.
And see for yourself..
the first one contains two skins; exctract and copy-paste the folders into "Skin" folder after you install xdaskinchooservp.exe to your JAM
The guys did a fanatastic job, didn't they?
I've some at my site.
Using these on my Magician device too.
Cheers
Candy red phone skin is superb, thanks
Hello,
As a none techie, I am very grateful for your help and assistance in providing some skins. The candy apple red is my favorite! Nowinstalled and will stay there.
Many thanks
Richard Racer
sorry guys, but dont u have a problem with original skin? i mean when i press number button i can see original skin of the button instead of installed. am i the only one? thanx in advance
The depressed button always reverts to the default. This is held in a dll file called tapres.dll. The software does not modify the dll so the pressed button will always appear as default.
Cheerio
Howard
thanx. actually i've already changed dll in registry from oroginal to one, i downloaded from the second post's skin. but one more question. i have i-mate jam with 12 firmware. i cant change place on the skin where the number appears. it is still white as in original skin. anyone knows what can i do to change it? thanx
Related
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!
can some1 post the smart dialer cabs/ exes ??
thnx,
San
... and if this is possible in the original Windows Mobile color as the MDA Pro comes in red color.
hoogerhuis said:
... and if this is possible in the original Windows Mobile color as the MDA Pro comes in red color.
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i didnt quite get you hoogerhius!
San
The smartdialer in my MDA Pro is colored red, while the phoe dialer skin is blue. This does not look very nice. For some reason T-Mobile like to give the MDA Pro a real T-Mobile look and feel, including T-Mobile dialer skin and smartdialer skin.
The Qtek 9000 ROM however should have the smartdialer skin in the original blue color.
@dreamtheater39,
I notice you are from India. How much did you purchase the Jasjar for from there in Bangalore? Its great that you get this stuff in India so fast, only downside being its friggin expensive there!!!
Skin Remover
Hi,
I am no programmer or so, but I tried to remove the skin from T-mobile.
Maybe someone likes.
It removes the carrier logo and the T-Mobile colors.
The only thing I cannot remove is the color of the VIDEO-button.
Copy to your MDA-PRO and install to the device, not the storage-card.
Try it out, you can uninstall again.
Best regards
Mike
I guess all of you got my question wrong!!!
I was asking if someone could extract the exes for the smart dialer phone application from the universal, and not the skins!
@universaldoc
I do not have a universal (as yet!), i'm waiting for someone to be able source it from a non-gray market channel here...!
However, i have an xda2 and a xda mini with me....
Thanks everyone for your replies!
San
Re: Skin Remover
dft601 said:
Hi,
I am no programmer or so, but I tried to remove the skin from T-mobile.
Maybe someone likes.
It removes the carrier logo and the T-Mobile colors.
The only thing I cannot remove is the color of the VIDEO-button.
Copy to your MDA-PRO and install to the device, not the storage-card.
Try it out, you can uninstall again.
Best regards
Mike
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Thank you for your utility. The point is that I only want to remove the T-Mobile logo from my dialer (= carrierlogo.gif in WIndows directory). Could you give me an idea how to copy a new carrierlogo.gif to this directory or even remove it completely? Now I can not remove or overwrite anything in my WIndows Directory.
Thanks
You have only to copy an empty file named carrierlogo.gif to your windows directory... a 0 byte file
Thats all
You have only to copy an empty file named carrierlogo.gif to your windows directory... a 0 byte file
Thats all
Can I change the skin of my phone pad. I used WME2003, but my PPC didn't setup WWE 5., so I want to change from the skin of my phone pad to the skin phone pad of WWE 5. Any body know how, please hepl me.
This program does different skins for phonepad
Thanks for your help.
My PPC is I-mate JAM, so it didn't install your software. Do you have any solutions to slove my problem! Thanks so much!
dontcry said:
Thanks for your help.
My PPC is I-mate JAM, so it didn't install your software. Do you have any solutions to slove my problem! Thanks so much!
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Err it works perfectly on my MDA compact ? Which is the same as your JAM. Only (slight) hitch was having to move the skin files into the main directory. Can give details if you are struggling.
<edit> Found you have to do a soft reset sometimes after you have changed the skin
when i open this app, appears only the original skin! where should i move the 7 included skins to be appeared on this app? thanks
I have found Dialpad Maker Deluxe v2.0 to make skin of phone pad. It is useful and easy to make skin.
Thanks!
dj_vts:
you must install skin chooser to default place on yout ppc... not on card or storage
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.
Hi guys,
I was trying different ROM's on my Universal today, to see what the different operators were offering. When I came across the Orange Today Plugin. I like the idea of it, but not the setup.
So, I was wondering if anyone here knew how to add, remove, or change the items in this plugin ?
I did a little search of the forum for an answer to this question, but it seems i'm looking to do the opposite to what everyone else is doing.
re
could u be more specific...
In this screen dump, you can see the plugin.
I'd like to be able to change the selections and the links in each selection.
For example, change the five links in the Web selection of the screen dump to five of my own URL's.
Or better still, add or replace one of the selections in the plugin with one that points to My Device. That when highlighted would have links to 'My Docs' 'SD Card' 'Program Files' etc.
I hope that makes sence.
I'm searching the same solution.
I'm searching the same solution.
Hi filippodisvevia,
I fonud how to change the URL's, but not the sections.
Look in your Windows folder for a file called Full_one.xml, the URL's are at the top and the link names are near the bottom.
Good luck :wink:
thnx
ZaForD said:
Hi filippodisvevia,
I fonud how to change the URL's, but not the sections.
Look in your Windows folder for a file called Full_one.xml, the URL's are at the top and the link names are near the bottom.
Good luck :wink:
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Thank's so much.
I'm starting 8)
I haven't Full_One.xml
I use only the plug-in extracted by the orange rom.
Some other ideas ?
hi, where can i get this plug-in? and can i install this or t-mobile rom ?
cheers, cudo
cudo said:
hi, where can i get this plug-in? and can i install this or t-mobile rom ?
cheers, cudo
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Hi cudo,
Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=61711&highlight=today+plugi+orange you can file the cab e some other file.
I'd like to personalize the cab if I understand how it work.
It works on qtek 9000\jasjar\xdaexec so I think is good for t-mobile too.
Hi Guys,
That plugin is from the SPV M3100 and works diferently to the Universal version. See my post at the bottom of that link above.
If you want the proper Universal Today Plugin with bigger icons for the Universals bigger screen. You'll have to install the Orange M5000 ROM, as its built into it. Plus the Orange ROM has just been updated with a new Radio driver.
I'm using the new Orange ROM, with the last O2 Ext ROM, and the Signed_ORUK_HomeScreenReg.sa.CAB from the Orange Ext ROM as it has the Reg settings for the plugin. And everything is working great. 8)
ZaForD said:
... Signed_ORUK_HomeScreenReg.sa.CAB from the Orange Ext ROM as it has the Reg settings for the plugin. And everything is working great. 8)
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Can you attach the cab ?
:thx:
I downloaded the cab from ftp, and install it, but nothing seems to hapen
I have T-mobile base rom and Qtek extended rom installed...
Hi people,
This thread is more usefull if you are looking for a cab file.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=61711&highlight=
I installed the cab posted and works fine on my wizard. Although u do lose all your other today plugin functionality. But the plugin is handy. even though limited in use.
I was thinking of finding some great developers on this site who would like to creat such a program but which could be used alongside the other today plugins. Anyone interested let me know.
Cheers,
Shah
What do you mean "finding some great developers"?
@filippodisvevia,
Heres the CAB file, but it ONLY works with the Orange ROMs. As the files needed aren't in the other ROM's.
@gtm55,
You need the Orange ROM installed before the CAB file will work.
filippodisvevia said:
What do you mean "finding some great developers"?
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Great or good developers. Who are able to program such a plugin. because u have beginner programmers, novice programmers, and advanced programmers and if you like great programmers.
Just to keep it simple a person or persons who are able to create such a apps, which is usable in different WM phone devices. I just used great, because I know there are some pretty great (good) programmers on this site.
Cheers,
Shah
Thank you, ZaForD, I really like Orange plug-in, but I'll stay with T-mobile (1.30.115 WWE).
Thank's so much fora cab Zanford
@shah2
Now understand.
Every help will be fine.
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