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Where can I find or make my own dialer skins? On the upgrade in the o2 active you have the ability to change dialer skins, but I can't seem to find where they are located.
Sorry zabes where are you referring to in the ability to change dialer skins?
On the XDA II I think the dialer sking is a collection of a dozen of so *.jpg files that live in the windows directory.
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Dialler Skin
Hullo,
Here's two of my Dialler Skins made using some excellent wallpaper from the net and V2R's Skin Creator.
Free to all, you will need to install the PSK Installer.exe from http://www.ppc-club.com/
Have Fun
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hshortt said:
Hullo,
Here's two of my Dialler Skins made using some excellent wallpaper from the net and V2R's Skin Creator.
Free to all, you will need to install the PSK Installer.exe from http://www.ppc-club.com/
Have Fun
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I'm not sure if the PSK Installer can handle depressed buttons. For unknown reasons, Microsoft decided to store the skin as a set of image files - except for the depressed key, which is a resource inside a DLL. I made two DLLs for two of the better known skins. If you have access to a resource editor, you can change those to whatever you want.
This issue has been discussed in this forum earlier, use the Search feature to find the thread. And here's the URL to my two DLLs (sorry, German only): http://www.tadzio.com/ppc/index.html
Cheers
Daniel
YUP! Your depressed buttons dlls are also really good but I'm glad you popped in to make them known again.
My choice is the Candy red DLL for these skins really as it really makes the skins look good on the device.
Maybe you can help me to design some more depressed buttons in different shapes, let me show you what I mean...
In the attached image, you can see the round buttons, the problem here is that the depressed button dlls are the normal round corner rectangle shape, which makes the skin look less good on the device.
Cheerio
Howard
hshortt said:
Maybe you can help me to design some more depressed buttons in different shapes, let me show you what I mean...
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I can certainly help you, but you can also do that yourself. You need to find a program that can edit resources inside an executable file (DLL counts as executable). Many Borland IDEs can do that, as well as Visual Studio. I'm sure there are other resource editors as well, I just don't know them.
So, all you need to do is open the only bitmap resource in one of my DLLs, edit it, then write it back to the DLL.
Again, if you want me to, I can also help you and put some images into a DLL. Just email me the images (as BMP files).
Cheers
Daniel
Thanks Daniel,
I'm going to get an editor on my machine and give it a go. Thanks for the help.
Cheerio
Howard
Got the PE Explorer resource editor which is nice.
Extracted your candy red icon file, now I just need a nice icon maker! haha
I also found that you if clear the registry setting for the depressed button, then the phone skin won't show any depressed state, while not as pretty as the depressed button it's another option.
Cheerio
Howard
1. The dialer skins above workd gd, but does anyone know how 2 change them apart from manuly, by clicling on the skin wer it is saved at my documents.??
2. Has any1 got the serial 4 V2R Skin2Chose 2.0, and if yes how can i get hold of free skins?
http://www.yorch.net/apps.htm
this is a free skin chooser
asking people for seriel nr.s in this forum is bad taste since many people who come her make programs and you just might end up asking people if they got a seriel so you can nick their software
if you use yorch's skin chooser then the skins must be put in
the dir called skin in the path you have installed the program
Ooops! lol :lol: didnt kno that I shouldnt do that! Well new member sooo!
By the way thanx the link al try now!
Actualy this is very useful n free thanx a lot, im done now, dont need 2 crack that anymore. lol
Rudegar,
Is the Yorch Skin Chooser XDA II/MS Mobile 2003, compatible?
Yes, it works great with WM2003
i av a problem with this XDA Skin Chooser, when a click on ACTIVATE a little windonw comes up sain: Activating... then a click OK n go 2 check the new skins that i apply but they not there, the original one comes up.
Any idea y??
Yep, you need to perform a soft-reset in order to actually activate the skin, mate...
I did the softreset bt still on ma original skin................?!?!
Hi, I just uninstalled the PSK Installer (didnt try any skin), but I´ve lost the Windows default skin, and I have now a new blue one.
Does any one know hoy I can try to make this change again?
I have the XDA Phone Skin Chooser, which used to work fine, but now it doesn´t change this blue new one.
Any ideas? :roll:
Thanks in advance.
Hi Buddies,
Another Dialer Skin Generator - Dialpad Maker Deluxe
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=12731
Enjoy !
Cheers,
Bong99
I've hosted some more skins and ring tones too at my site
http://www.howardshortt.com
Cheerio
Hi,
I've attached my skin for the magician intelli dialer. enjoy and let me know what you think
man, thats very kewl!
How did u do that and which folder to put it in?
Could you post some more skins?
sdmoviez said:
man, thats very kewl!
How did u do that and which folder to put it in?
Could you post some more skins?
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Glad you like it. PLEASE PLEASE read the ReadMe File included. Extract all the files and read the read me file.
You should copy all the files excluding the readme file into the \windows directory of your device
Once again, MAKE SURE YOU READ THE READ ME FILE FIRST
cheers
Hi,
very nice !
But could you give the 'Talk' and 'End' buttom a shade of green and red, so that it's easier to answer and hang up a call ?
Torsten
Good work. I like it
Here is a screenshot
I also tried the Magneto skin, that unluckly has no indialer skin. So i mixed the great indialer of this skin, with the pads of magneto one (only in portrait mode).
This is the result
Well guys i've just updated the colours of the talk+end buttons as requested above. hope you like the change.
another thing, i've got screenshots attached but somehow they don't show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aladin, That's a very good work. I like it very much!
And, the picture files looks much smaller than the original picture files. This help to save some space on my O2 XDA II mini.
If possible, keep them as small as possible. Also, I notice because the picture files is smaller, it is help to launch phone quicker than before.
Thanks again man!
Best regards,
Arto
anyone tried it with German Version of intelli dail
very nice with the red and green add-on.
Thanks a lot !
Torsten
Hi Aladdin,
When I press the 1,2,3......*,# button, the button change to the original button. The shape and color is different from your dial-pad skin. Is there something missing?
Call History, Speed Dial, Talk and "<--" button is OK.
Best regards,
Arto.
The original "whenpressed" button cannot be changed
editing the pressed button
Thats not correct. You have to edit tapres.dll (you can find it in your windows-folder) with reshacker.
how the hell do u change the skin
i see all of you have bn chnaging the skin how the hell do u do it?
very nice skins
ne1?
no1 want to share their secrets on how to make their skin? common a lil help would be nice!
by all means mate you can go ahead and change your dial skin. just download the files i've attached, find the equivalent in your \Windows directory and change them in photoshop or any graphics program you like. it's really that simple you just need to spend a bit of time on it that's all oh, and a little bit of creativity would be a bonus
peace
(probably not with blair and bush still around)
nice skin .. aladdin1001 .. love it so much..
i downloaded since it first posted here .. hope you can work on another intellidialer skin or even intellipad skin..
great job m8 .. :wink:
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Bubisch said:
Thats not correct. You have to edit tapres.dll (you can find it in your windows-folder) with reshacker.
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Hi mate,
Please tell me, I've been looking for this and tried your suggestion without success.
Do you mean using "Reshacker" (a windows App) to edit the tapres.dll (the dll file in my o2 mini) ?
I tried, and it did not work. I tried moving / copying the tapres.dll file to my local harddisk (on PC via activesync), so i could attempt to edit it, and the system wouldnt allow me, saying something abt ROM files cannot be copied..
could you please elaborate on your method??
I've got some dialskins copied to my /Windows dir and the only issue now is as mentioned by bros above.. ie. when i press the numeric pads, the original blue keys still shows..
please enlighten me.
THANKS!!!!!
You'll find the solution here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=105366
I finally got tired of the ugly dialer skin that comes with t-mobile roms. I know there is a cingular one out there and I have found a few other sites with limited skins. Well I thought I would give it a try and make my own Photoshoping part came easy, but I don't really have a clue on creating .cab files at all.
I created a test run skin of the oh so fine, Scarlett Johansen. Please feel free to download and give feedback. I will be creating some more in the future.
Also, if anyone out there is a wiz on creating cab files, any help you could give...
And one last thing... anyone know where to find TRUE windows mobile 5 themes?!
Thanks,
Jess
Thanks - is it possible to give screen shots please. WM5 true themes are rare - i've not found a site that does them. Look in 'My today screen' thread in this forum - i've posted a few including one recent.
Use Ben Thon's themegen ce to create true wm5 themes and look at microsoft's guava bubbles.tsk to see how its done properly.
screen shot
I don't have anything installed on my wizard to take a screen shot, but I'll try to make a mock up on photoshop and post it.
unless anyone out there can suggest a good screen capture utility?
Thanks, and that's for the support!
Jess
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jess said:
I don't have anything installed on my wizard to take a screen shot, but I'll try to make a mock up on photoshop and post it.
unless anyone out there can suggest a good screen capture utility?
Thanks, and that's for the support!
Jess
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As you are into photo manip, use Pocket Xnview, also has a screen capture facility. http://www.xnviewpocket.org/
Ok here is a screen shot
Keep in mind, this is only my first, I'll get more experiemental the more I mess around I want to create theme packages... today screens, dialer screens, and ring tone-sounds that are all the same theme.
Thanks, Jess
MagicSS for screenshots.
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Ok here is a screen shot
Keep in mind, this is only my first, I'll get more experiemental the more I mess around I want to create theme packages... today screens, dialer screens, and ring tone-sounds that are all the same theme.
Thanks, Jess
A complete theme package
I have found how windows mobile 5 themes are created now after examining some files. therefore I think imma build a total theme package. today theme, dialer skin, and ringtones. If I'm feeling really adventurous, maybe media player skins as well??
so I was thinking a superman theme or starwars, etc.
Any ideas anyone?
I figured it as time I gave some back to the wizard community!
Thanks, Jess
man of steel! Cool!
that looks cool.
How about something for the girls? Johnny Depp, maybe?
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jess said:
Keep in mind, this is only my first, I'll get more experiemental the more I mess around I want to create theme packages... today screens, dialer screens, and ring tone-sounds that are all the same theme.
Thanks, Jess
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Well put together jess - good job! (not sure my wife will like it though lol!)
btw how did you create the wooden dialer buttons? - i tried to for a wooden dialer i was putting together and just could not get them right. Yours look good might pinch them for my own! lol One comment though - i feel the talk button should be in green not red :wink:
Your cab seems well put together the only hint is to get rid of the initial destination dialog - see here on how to change xml file to do this http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=60772
Windows media player skins are easier than phone dialers see here http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=58398
look forward to more skins
Jess,
Looks good so far. I have poked around with some of the same stuff you are now. I did it all when I had WM2003SE because that is all that was out then. I found that the OS didn't always want to display the images correctly. and would bounce back to the system default for some of the buttons, mostly when you pushed them down and while you were in a call.
I hope for your sake you can over come the issues I fought then and begin making your own dialer skins.
You also may want to take a look at http://paulya.com/etenskins.htm He has created some skins for the Nice looking E-Ten dialer. It works seamlessly with my 8125 and I loooovvvveeee the way that the skins handle much better than the defaults. I'm pretty sure that the images work very simillarly. Give it a look.
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jess said:
Keep in mind, this is only my first, I'll get more experiemental the more I mess around I want to create theme packages... today screens, dialer screens, and ring tone-sounds that are all the same theme.
Thanks, Jess
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Could you throw a leopard skin background on that, my wife would love that on her 8125. If you need a picture let me know, I have one in particular that she'd like.
Thanks and good work.
I would like to second the request for a leopard print one!!!
Leopard skin
A leopard print skin... sure thing! I am finishing finals so it will be a few days, but hopefully this next week or two I can get a website up for posting theme files.
Post an example jpg of a leopard print if you like.
BTW, still wondering if anyone out there is a savvy cab file creator, Im using a GUI right now that works ok, but for test purposes only and expires soon.
-Jess
hi jess
may i ask u 4 something
could u b so kind to explain how 2 do it ourselves
this way i can use private photoes and prepare some 4 my friends
thanks again
I'm in the process of creating a leopard skin total theme (dialer, smart dialer, today theme, ringtones) for those of you who asked. After that I am gonna have to build a more manly one lol. It will be available shortly ( like I said, finishing finals for summer term! )
Guys, gimme any ideas for a complete theme!
For those of you who enquired about how to do this yourself... keep in mind, im not using some little app that makes this simple, like a theme generator or anything. There are files and registry values associated with the dialer skin and the smart dialer. Just replacing these these will work, but it's difinately better to create a new directory with new files names and then reference them with new registry values. This way if you goof up or wanna change anything back, you can do so without a hard reset.
I started this lil project because I have searched and searched for true mobile 5 themes and dialer skins with little or no luck. I am very glad to see so many interested. I will certainly share the information to anyone that likes, I just wanna make sure you know what you are getting yourself into
hi jess
god my wife was going to kill me , "who is that girl and y z she opssing in ur phone?"
could u put something NEUTRAL as a backgroud ?
thanks dear
one thing more
could u explain how u did it ? so a retard like me can have his own
thanks again
Green WM theme?
Hi Jess.
My suggestion for another "complete" theme (Dialer skin, Today themes, etc etc) would of course be an all WM5 Greenish style theme.... I already have the "HTC_default" green today theme, but it seems kind of lame to have the blue background on everything else...
If my wish could be taken under consideration, I'd be a happier man. :lol:
I am working on a few at the moment...
One a leopard print style another windows vista style.
I am however having set backs, since I just installed vista RC1 and am working out some kinks.
Thanks for the input and patience, Jess
hello, I have a small problem, the past days I have installed a skin dial various from the usuals and hour quualunque skin I try to install leaves the settaggi me of the previous one even if I have already disinstallato that one that gave problem to me!! Exists a way in order to restore the dial skin to that one originates them? Thanks PS: excuseme for my bad english !!
Hi, yes it is a bit hard to understand you, but I guess first off, what device do you have? if its a TyTN you can find the green dialer on the forum by searching "green dialer" or "tytn dialer" without the quotes.
Also when you try to uninstall the dialers you tried, what happens? does it not change at all, or does it become messed up..missing images etc?
hello, my device is a TyTN. has installed the DialSkin with granti keys Seen Windows type and has lost the functionalities to recall the last calls and the fast calls with the rotellina on the left of the Tytn. If disinstallo the Seen DialSkin Style and installs other Skin as an example these (http://www.zombienexus.net/portal/GL_Display.asp?SEC=3&EntryID=477) the push-buttons is all messed and with dimensions not corrected. Sorry for my English I hope you you succeed to understand
Hi again, did you install the dialer skin to your device, and not on your storage card?
I have used the red reptile skin from there before with no problems, but something definitely messed up the registry settings, not sure if the uninstall failed or what, did you power off our device, and power it back on after uninstalling the skin?
I can't be of a whole lot of help, only 4 things I can recommend you try.
1. find the green tytn dialer on the forum, install it, and it should set the registry back if the settings are included in the cab.
2. get someone with an oem tytn rom to export their dialer registry, and import it to your device.
3. Unlock your extended rom with htc tweak, and rerun the customization cabs from there again, it should just overwrite, and not create duplicates.
4. hard reset.
I could take apart one of the skin cabs you installed to see what all has been changed if you want to upload it.
All of the standard/default images should still be on your device, the only thing that could be messed up really is the registry, and possibly the phcanhtc.dll
Here's the link to the green oem dialer, might give it a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=287225&highlight=green+dialer
ChaoticDruid said:
Hi again, did you install the dialer skin to your device, and not on your storage card?
2. get someone with an oem tytn rom to export their dialer registry, and import it to your device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=287225&highlight=green+dialer
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hello, I have sovrascritto the DLL with that one originates them, hour watching in the system registry I have noticed that the keys associated to the images bring back the names of the skin do not originate them. You have said (2, get to me someone with an oem tytn rom to export their dialer registry, and import it to your device.) that a way exists in order to export the keys from a registry of one rom and to import them in my TyTN without to rewrite them all. You can dirmi as I must make?
In Attach the skin of my problem !!
Thank you
I have resolved the problem with Hard Reset the modifications brought from that one skin they were too many and they rendered the modification of many keys of the registry neccessario. A council. for how much beautiful one avoided to install it!!
For PocketShield i tired to make something that matches the diamond interface better. the preview is made in pshop so its not exact, but a general idea. if you like, copy files from zip to /program files/pocketshield/. also includes files for a similar white background. thought i would share, maybe someone can improve it.
thanks my friend!
will try it soon.
ciao
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For PocketShield i tired to make something that matches the diamond interface better. the preview is made in pshop so its not exact, but a general idea. if you like, copy files from zip to /program files/pocketshield/. also includes files for a similar white background. thought i would share, maybe someone can improve it.
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I'll give your skin a try, thanks! But I'm sorry I don't have the skills and tools to improve it..
installed - how do i choose the new skin?
PocketShield 2.1 Skin
I received a message requesting new theme for pocketshield 2. I do not have this version to test, but i think these files should work. i think it is no longer possible to overwrite files after curtains are added, but files included should stop pocketshield adding curtains. before overwriting you first might want to backup original curtain files. File structure should be same as zip file. If there are problems please post and i will try to fix.
seems like its missing the voicemail images? or am i missing something.
could somebody please make a voicemail icon. this is the only thing this theme is missing.