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how to get rid of voice call tab on phone screen

hi
im making a cool phone skin for my jasjar...
the only thing is that ive mapped and replaced all the pictures (tabs or buttons whatever you wanna call it ) but cant seem to find and replace the voice call button..
when you hard reset youll notice that the dialer has a different skin than the one if you allow ext rom cabs ( the VTxxx.cab) to be installed..
there is something in that cab that not only signs on the intelli dialer but also adds the voice call button and the native dialer pad skin (note here ..that the colored button skin of the dialer pad is ALREADY present in the rom by default) but these are activated only after the installation of VTxxx.cab from ext rom
i was wondering
1) does any one know how to find /replace the voice call button
2)how can i enable intellidialer without the vtxx.cab ... through reg settings???
thanks

does anyone have any idea of getting the intellidialer to work without the cab from ext rom????
thanks

hi,
I'm working on the same problem. I haven't found out how to get rid of the video button though.
The blue skin at the beginning (when you input your pin) is the default phone skin from wm5. The one you see after the VT Plugin CAB is installed is the custom skin. The VT Plugin CAB seems to mostly just set those Registry Keys. Here is also where the Intellipad extension is activated.
You can activate or deactivate custom skins in the registry HKLM/Security/Phone
Just install the VT Plugin CAB from ExtendedRom and check out those Registry Keys that are set.
I was able to replace all buttons except the video button. All except the video button are in the ROM from the beginning. I decoded and dumped the ROM and deleted the carrierlogo.gif and replaced the buttons (most buttons could probably be remapped in the registry settings above also). Now when the VT Plugin CAB from T-Mobile is installed I have a new skin except for the video button (it's still the pink button from T-Mobile). If I find something out I'll let you know.
I'm assuming the video button is hard-coded in one of the phcan*.dll files. I will replace my t-mobile phcan*.dll files with the files from the qtek ROM and see if there's a difference.
BTW: how does your "cool phone skin" look?

ok, I can confirm that the video call button for intelli pad is hard-coded in the phcan*.dlls. I have now replaced the t-mobile dlls with those in the qtek rom and now I have the qtek (green) video button.
I also found that the transparency color settings must be in those dlls also. I had edited the qtek buttons after noticing that those pink corners were being shown when the t-mobile phcan dlls were there. Now with the qtek dlls the video button has proper transparency, but the edited buttons didn't. So if you use the dlls from qtek you will have to use the same pink color as a transparency color if you want the buttons to show properly.
Now I just need to find out how to edit the Today plugin from t-mobile (the t-mobile icon). When that's accomplished then I will have accomplished complete "unbranding" of my MDA Pro ;-)

hi
how could one edit the phcan**.dll... i tried opening it with resedit but that didnt work..
tia

here are the few pics..

more...

You like Motorola don´t you

Edit the T-Mobile Today Plug in
Try this url. It is in German but you can get the message.
http://maisfeld.de/mda/index.php?action=artikel&cat=4&id=71&artlang=de tit works i tried it substituted the tzones bmp for a normal IE one.
change this reg setting and you can rename the T-Mobile plug in as well.
HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Today/Items/"t-mobile"
use a reg editor to rename the "tmobile" to anything you want

Edit the T-Mobile Today Plug in
Try this url. It is in German but you can get the message.
http://maisfeld.de/mda/index.php?action=artikel&cat=4&id=71&artlang=de tit works i tried it substituted the tzones bmp for a normal IE one.
change this reg setting and you can rename the T-Mobile plug in as well.
HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Today/Items/"t-mobile"
use a reg editor to rename the "tmobile" to anything you want

dialpad

Does anyone know how to change the horrible dialpad?
I tried to change the bitmaps buth they are write protected

Re
Yes, HTC's dialpad is horrible.
I see two options to change the stuff:
1. Try to reverse engineer format of HTC dialer and than overwrite existing bitmaps with new ones (overwriting instead of deleting should work).
2. Switch off this dialpad completely and fall back to default WM5 dialer.
To do this just use the registry tweak:
HKLM\Security\Phone\Skin\Enabled = 0 (DWORD decimal)
(to have it back put 1)

Two bad options
Hi,
i followed the changes from Mr Anderson
Two possibilities
1) Changes registry: I have an blue dialer skin (bad!), because i have an Herald in Black IPOHONE Design
2) I play an phone skin on the herald (Zombinexus) and then I have the white and black original from HTC (bad!)
No changes to get an black (only black) skin?
Thanks
Oliver

Use these skin
Made a black skin, copy files to windows folder. Include area for headset symbol.

All I did was create a new theme (so when you select it it dosn't force any of the installed dialers), then used the webpatrck dialer from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=263579&page=29 (I am pretty sure you will be ok to use any of the dialpads in that thread).
Works a charm and i can still use smart dial.

It works! Thanks!
Thanks Pasa, it works.
Looks 1000% better than the HTC phone skin
Oliver

WM5 dialpad
After complete disabling of HTC dialpad (which took, BTW, not only setting 0 at HKLM\Security\Phone\Skin\Enabled, but also complete deletion of all subkeys at HKLM\Security\Phone\Skin\ and at HKLM\Software\HTC\Phone Canvas) we have default WM5 dialer which can be skinned by any of "out-of-the-box" skins around.
All you need for that is just to replace *.gif and *.png according to list below:
backarrow_glyph.gif
clg_in.gif
clg_miss.gif
clg_out.gif
dlrbtn_dwn_land.gif
dlrbtn_dwn_port.gif
dlrbtn_up_land.gif
dlrbtn_up_port.gif
dlrbtndef_dwn_land.gif
dlrbtndef_dwn_port.gif
dlrbtndef_up_land.gif
dlrbtndef_up_port.gif
dlrbtnend_up_land.gif
dlrbtnend_up_port.gif
dlrbtntalk_up_land.gif
dlrbtntalk_up_port.gif
spd_lst.gif
dlrback_land.png
dlrback_port.png
The skin idea is very simple - png-files are background images and all other files are single button images in different state. Much easier, then in Windows 2003 Phone Edition, where you need even to store icon of pressed button in separate dll-file.
To replace that files you'll need good PPC file manager, for. ex., Resco - both default Explorer and file access from PC do not allow to overwrite files in ROM.
The other corresponding task - replacing Intellidialer.
After a long process of making decision I picked up EzDial 2.1 - brilliant piece of software, 100 kb CAB file make it very easy to dial any number from your contact list. And it's also skinnable! (See screenshot).
Moreover, I made my own WM6 dialer skin - check screenshots and archive file.

pasa said:
Made a black skin, copy files to windows folder. Include area for headset symbol.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OK, It looks I'm a little lamer here.
I downloaded this black skin and copied the bmp's into my Artemis' windows folder.How can I use it? Do I need some registry modification?

Copy...
Hey eref,
i hope i can give you an tip with my bad english.
Copy the _land and _Port files (not with the folder!!!!) in the windows folder. The herald asks you "Do you wish... change the rom" an you say "Yes"
I do it on this way, and it worked.
Hoped it helped!
Regards
Oliver

Hi All,
Attached is the file of very nice dialpad, you all can try it!
Cheers!

dialer without VIDEO button. what do i do?

i installed a new skin for the dialer which doesn't have VIDEO button.
in the menu there isn't a way to make a video call.
what is the sollution?

set up new themes dialup skin with video button

but i like this one
but i like this one

there isn't an option to add a video dialling on the menu when i'm on the dialer screen?

The answer is you can't do that. It may sound odd, but the 3G button is quite bundled and buried deep inside the dialer skin libraries. The 3G function is there in the dialer - but just there's no button you can push.
In order for the skin to show the 3G button, it needs a function call to the 3G function. Chances are the skin you downloaded are not designed for 3G machines, and naturally lacks the user interface for that button.
No, you can't configure it, you can't do registry hacks.... it's inside that dialer skin DLL designed by the person who designed the skin.

Possible to change the Speed Dial, Call History buttons - AND THE 3G ICON?

My speed dial list look like the attached. But at the same time, I have icons in my window folder looking different.
Does anybody know how to change the buttons?
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it is possible but somethig is wrong in WM6. There are 4 gif files in the windows directory that relate to the call history and speed list buttons. I've installed a skin, soft reset, opened the actual gif files to make sure they were skinned with the correct image, then go into the phone app and sure enough, it's using the default icons. It's a bug in WM, either related to the phone app itself or some sort of icon cache.
I've installed the same skin before and the buttons showed the correct image. Not sure why it's reverting back to the default ones. I think it's a registry entry that's been removed.
Can someone export or copy/paste their registry for /hklm/security/phone/skin/ to this thread and I will review it against mine?

here's the fix to get the file that's in the windows directory to actually show up on the call history and speed list buttons
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=346440

So far, I have come to the following conclusions (TyTN II):
1. Per default one have the speed dial and call history bottons that are in the file phcanOverbmp.dll - but then I have to keep the funny looking 3G icon that are on TyTN II,
2. The funny looking 3G icon can be changed, but when you change it, it will mess up your Call History buttons (not your Speed Dial button).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321733
3. If I instead delete the string HKLM\Security\ResOver
http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/485166-post195.html
- or delete phcanOverbmp.dll - that gives me the icons that are in the windows folder: spd_lst.gif, clg_in.gif, clg_out.gif, clg_missed.gif. But then I have to keep the funny looking default 3G icon.
Anybody knows how to change the 3G icon AND either keep the default Call history or get Call history that are in the windows folder?

Call history

Hello all,
you know that when you tap the button 'call history' in today screen you get back to windows mobile - which is not so finger friendly and not so good lookin either.
My question is this:
Where can i edit the action of that 'call history' button? i wish it to open a different application.
i tryed ssmapa but it cant do it.
i think i need to edit a registry key or a manila file somewhere but i just dont know which one.
oh, i know there is a tweak putting a call history tab - I don like it and i dont need any more tabs.
thank you.

I too would like to know. When I installed Icontact, and the black dialer, my phone goes into Icontact from Phone->contacts in the black dialer, but i would like it to go to Icontacts from call history on the today screen, that would be nice

The author of SSMaPa claims that the call history is too much integrated in the whole system and so it shouldn't be changed. On the other hand - there should be a way.

i think it should be a way. as it knows to open a ccertain app for call history, it can open another
as i said, i think it is a registry key or a manila file
please help

yes i am looking for this information too
anybody?