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VGA files here!!

This is as far as its got so far
ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/Universal/VGA so far.zip
Note to have your own windows boot screen replace with your own welcomehead.96.png
You use at own risk, nothing to do with me, but ive not had any troubles so far. This will create a security hole in your WM5 windows system.

thanks for the efforts carnivor, but i dont think the ftp is working, or basically i cant access it. tried the browser and an ftp client. cannot connect to the server, it times out.

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BA_FTP_Site
access the ftp through there

Would love to give it a go, but just not quite brave enough - anyone post any screengrabs of some popular screens to see?

Thanks a bunch for creating the zip file, Carnivor. Makes things nice and easy

I managed to rip the MSN messenger dlls from my kjam. Here they are. Messenger now works fine in VGA mode.

rilot said:
I managed to rip the MSN messenger dlls from my kjam. Here they are. Messenger now works fine in VGA mode.
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Those files were set with Read Only and System attributes and Activesync refused to copy those files to my Jasjar until I removed those attributes. After that they copied fine.
Thanks for the files
Brett

wicked, just popping them onto me JJ now, i was going to ask if someone could post them from another phone, the site was down, it was horrible i was awfully lost without it

What do the VGA Messenger dll's do exactly?

joebongo said:
What do the VGA Messenger dll's do exactly?
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Allow MSN Messenger to work when in real VGA mode. Without them the app just hangs or fails to start up.

Ok, those dll's are purrrfect!!!!!
ive attached the latest vga stuff time date stamped
its got the msnm dl''s alldone in it.
also i dont really think the phone skin is going to be a major problem, i see on buzz's site they're skinning the phone app, i used a couple of the tweaks to change my qvga dialler background, so maybe the rest aint as hard as first thought. I say that in the tense that buzz prob speant hours of brain cells working it all out.

Ohh rilot, you are a deamon, msn this res is wicked!!! 22 contacts in landscape mode, godda be some kind of a record, i mean its actually useful now, better than the usual 2 is it? hehe

Can anyone post some screengrabs?

I'll try to get some screenshots up tonight.
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here ya go, was before i started playing with the ozvga settings tho, looks better now

Carnivor, looks lovely: get the feeling that guy in the first pic just felt his trouser pocket distend and rip with the jasjar. Man, I'm afriad to pocket it and get a hernia. But it has such a nice solid feel to it, like a mini tombstone. They should advertise that as a feature! Engraved...
I've also noticed that I can feel the electric charge buzz when using it and holding the metalic top. I'd be careful of using it in the bath!
Carnivor: how do you find wisbar's skinning? Does it impact on speed? It's quite cool.
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wisbar is good, the .12 is alot better, but you do still notice the improvement when you close it.
buzz, i was refering to buzz_lightyear, a guru on things wm based

Ok I'm a nOOb here, can someone tell me what to do with the .CAB file in the archive ?
Please

Carnivor, this is just awesome! Working well with WA2 AND WAD! Quite surprised was I!
Some issues I am having that u may already know how to solve, in which case I'd appreciate ur input:
- Fonts tough on eyes. What changes do u recommend over and above ozVGA settings?
- Some dialog boxes only show half the text b4 the yes/no buttons overwrite the bottom part. Any ideas?
- PIN pad is all overlapped; not a big deal
- BUT, phone pad is a bit of an issue; too small and I have to turn off quickdial. Any ideas on this?
- My SIP keyboard loses its skin. Can the skins on buzz's board be applied somehow?
- Calculator keys too small; do u know of a working calc app cos I truly need a calculator available at all times
- My oh-so-pretty WA2 and WAD hi-res themes need to take a trip back to low-res world else the buttons are too big! Darn!
I'm gonna try sticking to this mode. Hell, all the apps I've got working well on WM5/VGA work just as well under this mode, so why go back? and PIE is OH SO PRETTTTTTYYYY!!!!
PS: What do u use for screen shots on WM5? Would like to post a few of mine.

craigiecraigie4 said:
- Fonts tough on eyes. What changes do u recommend over and above ozVGA settings?
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hmmm.... that's what i'm thinking - for the Today screen anyway. i wanna be able to read the stuff here with a glance, and the teeny fonts make that difficult. is there anything we can do about this?

How does your HTC Universal look? Post your ScreenShot here.

Here is mine:

This was taken in July but it works so well nothing has changed :lol:

I think I know the answer to this question, but what is that program with caller picture thumbnails you have?
Ant

Hey that looks so cool, what software do you use to get you desktop looking like that?

Nothin' Fancy
Kinda boring but it works for me
The first screen is for work, the second for play.
I usually switch both sims and desktops.
Note to self: I need to get a dual sim adaptor :lol:

New to making themes and struggling with VGA themes but this is my current screen. If anyone is better at this and cares to help me sort this out I'd be extreamly grateful!!!
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My old Universal. Haven't dusted her off for quite a while.
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That still has to be the coolest screen I've seen!!!
How is vjsihaya coming along?

vijay555 said:
My old Universal.
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LOL,
how do you make this great screen ???
That is SUPER !!!

I was just looking at the screenshot - January 2006! Sheesh. I haven't programmed anything specific for VJSihaya since then - reason being, when I had the idea way back when, I knew what I wanted it to do, but knew what I had to go away and learn LOTS of new stuff.
I've been tinkering with different ideas, bits and bobs, so that I can eventually throw them together to make it as complete as I want it to be.
Like I've said elsewhere, stuff like VJVolubilis is just R&D, that I've released stand alone, but I like the idea of VJSihaya. However, HTC really need to get more VGA screens out. I'm thinking of going to TyTN, and at QVGA VJSihaya isn't as beautiful
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Sorry for stupid question, but how do you change your screen to make it look like DavidT's?

Siby said:
Sorry for stupid question, but how do you change your screen to make it look like DavidT's?
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I think that is WisBar Advance he is using. It is not free though.

Yep thats Wisbar Advance I'm using along with a windows vista theme. The picture dialer is the one ripped off from the Treo 700W and was designed for QVGA and square screens thats why it looks so small on the Universal's VGA screen but it still works great

A couple of questions:
Does it not totally destroy your eyes trying to read the text on true VGA mode?
I used WisBar Advance once when I had my alpine - it made it so there was no ring when an incoming call happened, are there any problems with using it on a phone now? If not, do you know why not? Is it the new device or a newer version of the WisBar software?

Thanks guys, I'm off to investigate Wizbar Advance!

Anjow - to answer your question.
Yes the text is small in VGA mode - in Word set your font size to 7 point font size (perhaps 6 - hard to tell) and you'll get an idea of how big the text is.
I find it perfectly readable and LOVE the extra space it gives me, browsing the internet actually becomes worthwhile as well!
VJBigPhone makes the phone work properly on VGA (Thanks again!!!) - my only problem is that Solitaire still thinks it's using 320x240 and is too small!!!
It depends upon personal preference and what you intend to use the device for.
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gquipster said:
in Word set your font size to 7 point font size (perhaps 6 - hard to tell) and you'll get an idea of how big the text is.
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Do you mean on my PC or my device? If on my device it seems I can't go lower than 8?
Thanks.

Sorry I meant on your PC

Hmm, perhaps tolerable then. I'm surprised because when I'm using pocket opera some of the text is really tiny already? Perhaps that's a feature of opera though.

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What plugin are u using for the memory used and battery life status on your today screen?
That wud be a great help since, i am looking for a similar but light weight plugin. Pocket plus has it but i find it heavy and thus don't use it anymore.

***[COOL]*** Samsung i718 Flash Menu

Here's the flash menu ported from Samsung i718, Its very cool & working nice on my touch.

tHANKS!! I've got a couple of friends with i718's and always thought the menu was slick. Great job and thanks again!

very nice, well done working great on my hermes

So we must have flash player installed on our device prior using this application?

nope no flash player. it seems to be an actual app

Is that how you spell "Organiser"?
Also, is there a way to edit the programs targets in the registry or something?

mr.jcarter said:
Is that how you spell "Organiser"?
Also, is there a way to edit the programs targets in the registry or something?
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i dono yet. found this over at Ipmart yesterday though. I tossed it on my touch and my brothers mogul and its sweet. Even my mom was able to navigate WM6 once we showed her this. I'm sure someone will find out how to edit it real soon. Possible skins anyone???

Nice find!

i find that the i718 or something like that, looks really a lot like the shadow,
maybe tmobile copied it
o, and by the way, nice find, but the launcher doesnt look like like the ones ive seen one the phone

I've read a few sites on this phone now and the opinion varies a bit. One place I found that was good for expert reviews and real life opinion on the Samsung SGH I718 even had a few photos and the like which i found helpful. Hope that helps others that landed here doing their own research:->

This is HEX-edit job not a regeistry job.
windows\launcher.exe can be HEX editet for customizing.

mr.jcarter said:
Is that how you spell "Organiser"?
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Yep, that's how you spell it in english. Real english

shandar said:
Yep, that's how you spell it in english. Real english
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Yeah, we definitely need some adjustments to this. I would like to add a clock to the home screen.

Some Questions
Some link in this interface haven't a workings properly, How I can solve this problem?

love this app, just wish i could customize it, or even just get rid of the dead links. would love just to have the messaging and favorites pages.

Yeah.. I'd really like to add my own menus to this.

wm 6.1 pro

hey guys im still kind of new to this stuff. but right now i have windows 6.1 on my wing and its nice. but i seen a video on youtube with a wing that had 6.1 pro and it was AWESOME so i would like to know is there anywhere i can go and get that? oh yea and by chance can i ever downgrade back to the reg windows that came with the phone? and if i can do i just go to tmobile.com/wmupgrade ans starr from there?

What you have is already a PRO version as it is meant for all touch screen pocket pc device. Maybe you saw a different GUI effects which may be like TouchFLO 2D or so. If you can give a link to the YouTube video, we shall give you the suggestions.
Regards,
Carty..

thx for reply to my post. here's the youtube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Gxv-naW2c ... this version is awesome! my phone is nothing like that and WHERE CAN I GET THIS IPHONE THEME? OR ANY THEME!! EVERYTIME I DL a theme onto my storage card using activsync it saves it and opens it but it never shows up under my themes.please HELP me. like i said im kinda new to this phone i only had it for about 2 months . oh yea one more thing can i get a yahoo messenger from anywhere?

Is anyone going to help me?

kimmy1200 said:
Is anyone going to help me?
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A little impatient, my friend...
Most of us hold full time jobs, go to school and have families. We won't always be on 24x7. You have to allow us time away from our busy lives to read your posts.
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thx for reply to my post. here's the youtube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Gxv-naW2c ... this version is awesome! my phone is nothing like that and WHERE CAN I GET THIS IPHONE THEME? OR ANY THEME!! EVERYTIME I DL a theme onto my storage card using activsync it saves it and opens it but it never shows up under my themes.please HELP me. like i said im kinda new to this phone i only had it for about 2 months . oh yea one more thing can i get a yahoo messenger from anywhere?
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That is not a "version" of or an iphone theme. It's just a ROM that has a lot of things put together to look like that. Looks like they have the old HTCHome with a skin on it, a Windows Mobile skin and S2U2 with a skin. It looks like an older ROM, actually, but I like the red theming. I don't know what ROM it is exactly, though. Oh, and that menu system is a somewhat buggy software... I forgot what it's called. It's hacked from an italian phone, I believe...

OMG . I do also Ivan ,thanks for that non useful paragraph. but can ANYBODY ELSE HELP ME????? im trying to see if i can get wm 6.1 pro or is that not released or something? as far for the themes when i download then and save them they never show up under my themes. could it be that im doing it wrong? i have aserg 6.1? do this ROM not let me use other themes?

kimmy1200 said:
OMG . I do also Ivan ,thanks for that non useful paragraph. but can ANYBODY ELSE HELP ME????? im trying to see if i can get wm 6.1 pro or is that not released or something? as far for the themes when i download then and save them they never show up under my themes. could it be that im doing it wrong? i have aserg 6.1? do this ROM not let me use other themes?
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1. You're rude.
2. It is not WM6.1Pro. Did you at all read what I wrote? 6.1 was never officially released for this phone, we (yes, I and others) ported it to this phone.
3. If you're not seeing them, you ARE doing it wrong.
Seriously, dude. I take my time to try to help some and you try to bite at the hand that feeds you. I could have done what everyone else does and said, " Search, noob!" Because truthfully, the answers ARE there if you bothered searching for the right things.
I even TOLD you what programs are being used, btw. That's about as much help as you could ask for.
It's not a THEME only, it's a SERIES of program. Let's quote me:
It's just a ROM that has a lot of things put together to look like that. Looks like they have the old HTCHome with a skin on it, a Windows Mobile skin and S2U2 with a skin.
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Now, if you searched for HTCHome you'd get the program called: HTCHome. If you searched S2U2, you'd get the program called: S2U2.

Pimp my Phone (100d reward)

I like the phone, but i think it really needs some adjustements.
what im looking for is:
-a way to change the background while using tf3
-a way to change the icons on the top bar (as ive seen in some pics)
-a way to change stuff on the today screen
-any app that improves how the phone looks/feels
if someone could help me out either with a very easy guide or link i would appriciate it, but keep in mind that ive tried sick many hours and failed. so its gotta be easy..
100d reward if im allowed to offer that.

hang on here a minute. can you explain this a bit more clearly.
1. background, are you wanting to change just the first tab or all tabs?
2. Topbar, Are you wanting 1 already made or to do this yourself? for already made just visit the themes and apps forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=474 but i would recommend this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=520132. If you want to make your own the guide is here http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=588802
3. The today screen is easy just go in to the today settings!!
4. Look and feel, HD Tweak is very good and found that this does work to improve the feel. I would also recommend a custom ROM for the final touch. Dutty is the man to see for these as far as i'm concerned.

-I would like a background for all tabs.
-Want 1 already made, probably wont be able to make 1 myself.
-Is it that simple? like I was thinking about some drastic changes like removing the calendar thing. anyway its not as imprtant as background and the bar.
HD Tweak is the 1 app i currently have, im also very happy with it.
what is a custom ROM? and is it easy to install etc?

dex8 said:
-Is it that simple? like I was thinking about some drastic changes like removing the calendar thing. anyway its not as imprtant as background and the bar.
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Calendar 'thing'....Settings, Customize Tabs, Un-check Calendar.....SIMPLE!!

dex8 said:
I like the phone, but i think it really needs some adjustements.
what im looking for is:
-a way to change the background while using tf3
-a way to change the icons on the top bar (as ive seen in some pics)
-a way to change stuff on the today screen
-any app that improves how the phone looks/feels
if someone could help me out either with a very easy guide or link i would appriciate it, but keep in mind that ive tried sick many hours and failed. so its gotta be easy..
100d reward if im allowed to offer that.
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Sounds like you may like the NRG 6.5 ROM looks pretty sexy and has all that your asking look here scroll down too see what your phone will look like

ozmoran said:
sounds like you may like the nrg 6.5 rom looks pretty sexy and has all that your asking look here scroll down too see what your phone will look like
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ditto...i love it

ozmoran said:
Sounds like you may like the NRG 6.5 ROM looks pretty sexy and has all that your asking look here scroll down too see what your phone will look like
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Wow, thats the most amazing thing ive seen on a phone ever. thanks.
ill try it rite away
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small problem how do i install it? is it complicated?
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Calendar 'thing'....Settings, Customize Tabs, Un-check Calendar.....SIMPLE!!
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i cant fix this.. hehe. well well. i must be blind

dex8 said:
Wow, thats the most amazing thing ive seen on a phone ever. thanks.
ill try it rite away
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small problem how do i install it? is it complicated?
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Well its easy but you do need to do a few things, that may seem complicated, take your time with every step have a look at crackwhores guide the link is in my signature, there is plenty of help here so ask as many questions you want we are all happy to help
you can watch a video here that can help make sense of the written guide its not the best video guide but it may help I will search for more vids if possible

thanks for all the help, ive now got the ROM working and its incredible
only 2 things remain now:
-I need to find a cool clock
(that will be easy i think bc theres lots of them, but suggestions are welcome)
-I want to remove the "calendar" from the today page. this 1 im having some problem with

dex8 said:
-I need to find a cool clock
(that will be easy i think bc theres lots of them, but suggestions are welcome)
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=474 look at the Dusk themes, some good clocks on there.

also check out Max TF3D theme maker as well http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=493011