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Dear all,
in WM2003 i couldn't use many good today themes (Horizon is a good example) because the text color turns to white for the unselected items. It seems that's why all MS themes are using white text on a dark image so the start menu text will be reversed to black. I thought that MS implemented the 'contextual revers logic' but seems they didn't want to pay extra effort
Anyway, for the users of XDA I with WM2003 (may be it's solved in XDA II) you can solve this issue by modifying the following registery key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Color
if it doesn't have, add a new 'binary' entry as following:
name: 39
value: 50 50 50 00
this should give you a readable menu text for the most themes that has light background.
Enjoy it ...
That works even for the ROM-upraded XDA II !! Thanks a lot. only if you change the today theme, the new binary code 39 is missing and you have to get it into "COLOR" again...?!
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Yes! .. this is true ... but if the theme .tsk file was built while color #39 was included in the theme.inf file, you wouldn't need to re-adjust it.
Unfort. there is no theme generator for PPC2002 that takes this field into account, and I couldn't find one works for WM2003 in specific :?
However, you can write a very tiny program to run after changing the theme to adjust this registry value ... or to put it in the \windows\startup directory.
it works
Thanks for the tip Biso007! It works
No more transparent menu items
Thank you
Thank you Bisso we needed that tip :twisted:
But still you can use Pocket Theme manager 2 from BVRP www.bvrp.com they solved this issue thus for whom are having problem with the today pictures you can adjust the colors to 4096 [/url]
You can also try this:
http://www.funnysnake.com/products_tkcreater.php
It's free, and the last relese works with ppc 2003 themes too.
Sorry for my ignorance, but where do I find
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Color
Waht software do I need to gain acces to this registry?
PHM registry editor is a very good one
Great tip, was wondering how to do this for some time. Thanks,
db
great tip, just what I was looking for
is there any way to change it to any thing other then black or white?
Can´t seem to remember how to change the "shadowness" i.e. the clearness of the choosen beckground picture. I know this is possible but just can´t figure out how..
Thankful for help!
Anyone that knows... Still need to find out how to do!
You mean by creating a new background for use with Today > Theme? Just use a paint program for that.
Otherwise, there's registry hacks available to change the colour of the lines on some screens, i think tweak2knet can do it.
V
Actually what I mean is when you go to settings>Today and then choose a picture as the background. There is a way that you can change the clearness of that picture once you choosen it. Just can´t remember how to do it. Its very simple and you don´t need a twitch or anything to do it...
Hope that somebody knows what I´m talking about before I start to think that I´m hallucinating! :wink:
dont worry emil73 your not going mad lol!
open the picture using the pictures program (its built in to all pocket pc's I think?) then choose set as today screen, a dialogue then lets you set the transparency level.
hope thats some help?
r
THANK YOU ROB!!!
For giving back my sanity...
Works great.
No problem
I think MS theme generator will let you do the same when creating themes with a pc.
tweaks2k is also good if you want to change the txt/lines colour on the today screen.
R
slightly related to this,
Does anyone know how to change the colour of the text on the start menu?
On some of my light themes the text is white, when it would be easier to see when it was black.
Imp
try cetuner to do theme editing on your device.
V
Just tried out the MS theme generator and just LOVED IT! But there is a bíg but... Trying to copy it to the device I realized that the theme generator program only worls with Windows Mobile 2002 only.
Is this right or can I find another version for the 2003 edition?!?!?!
I just have to get that....
It does work for WM2003 too.
YOu can use the Theme editor with WM2003, you just need to copy the theme file you just created manually to the PDA.
Have you ever taken a look at the gallery section over on www.origamiproject.com ? It's filled with a bunch of pretty nice-looking wallpapers for UMPCs, but UMPCs aren't available until much later, rendering these small wallpapers useless... until now. I've picked ten different images from that gallery and customized themes for each of them (creating eleven themes total). I also enhanced the themes to fit in with a somewhat universal layout for the today screen.
Keep in mind that these themes are designed for Wizard users with the latest Qtek ROM (2.17 or higher) installed! The reason I say this is because the date on the today screen takes up two lines in the newer ROM, and the today screen background reflects the position of the date bar. If you're confused, take a look at the previews below, you'll see what I mean.
Anyway, as I was saying before, each theme has carefully selected colors to best match their backgrounds, and all of them work in both portrait and landscape mode. I tried my hardest to smooth out the gradients that sometimes give problems on PPC screens. Oh, and I also thought of a cheezy name for each one. :wink: The previews along with a ZIP of all the themes are attached to this post, so go crazy. And if you haven't updated to the latest ROM yet, shame on you. Go do it, you won't regret it.
P.S. - If anybody knows how to skin the Phone screen (where you dial the number and everything), PLEASE let me know. It really, really clashes with a lot of these themes...
AND... if anybody knows how to make the date take up only one line, move the clock to the top, and put the battery back at the bottom, that would be amazing. That way I could re-make all these themes so that they could work with EVERYBODY that has a WM5 device!
very nice. just applied the first theme on my exec :lol:
Great job with the themes! I hope you are able to find out about skinning the phone screen and reducing the Date Bar to one line.
Beautiful yanathin! Thanks for putting the effort into these great themes.
very clean look you have going on there.
Are those icons along the bottom just regular shortcuts? If so I'm gonna have to look into how to do that myself.
great work!
Thanks for the compliments everybody! Yes, the bottom basically acts like SBSH iLauncher or SPB Pocket Plus's launcher. It's a single part of the PHM PowerToys ( http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/PowerToys/ ) called "TrayLaunch." You'd be utterly amazed at how fast this device runs WITHOUT SPB Pocket Plus installed, even without a "real" close button.
Amazing themes and even better work yanathin!!
Yes great work !
Thanks
Really nice ones, allready installed, thx !
change background dialpad
I haven't found a way to change the keys of the dialpad yet but i have a simple way to change the background of your dialpad in combination with plain darkgrey keys:
Download the attached file and run it on your mobile to get the darkgrey "keys" from Vodafone, these keys match best with whatever background you want to use:
(file is also at: ftp://xda:[email protected]/Wizard/Misc/Vodafone_dialpad.zip)
Next you create in MS Paint / Photoshop or whatever program you like, two BMP image files with the following properties, you can use any file as background.
- name: "Bkgnd_Port.bmp" / resolution: 240x268 pixels (portrait)
- name: "Bkgnd_Land.bmp" / resolution: 320x188 pixels (landscape)
Copy these files to the \windows folder on your mobile and overwrite the existing vodafone skin.
After a soft-reset your dialpad has changed!
I changed mine to plain gray:
I love those themes!
for dialpad skins, take a look at http://www.zombienexus.net/
thanks for sharing. here's a link to some of my simple themes.
http://www.modaco.com/wizard_themes-t238175.html
Thanks for sharing )
knight4led said:
very clean look you have going on there.
Are those icons along the bottom just regular shortcuts? If so I'm gonna have to look into how to do that myself.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=42913&highlight=
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Hi,
Anyone know where to get a copy of PHM TrayLaunch? as the main site seems to be down
Cheers
Shaiboy_UK
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lpasq said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=42913&highlight=
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Hi,
Anyone know where to get a copy of PHM TrayLaunch? as the main site seems to be down
Cheers
Shaiboy_UK
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it's right there on page 1, post 1 at the bottom!
Re: change background dialpad
1-2tje said:
I haven't found a way to change the keys of the dialpad yet but i have a simple way to change the background of your dialpad in combination with plain darkgrey keys:
Download the attached file and run it on your mobile to get the darkgrey "keys" from Vodafone, these keys match best with whatever background you want to use:
(file is also at: ftp://xda:[email protected]/Wizard/Misc/Vodafone_dialpad.zip)
Next you create in MS Paint / Photoshop or whatever program you like, two BMP image files with the following properties, you can use any file as background.
- name: "Bkgnd_Port.bmp" / resolution: 240x268 pixels (portrait)
- name: "Bkgnd_Land.bmp" / resolution: 320x188 pixels (landscape)
Copy these files to the \windows folder on your mobile and overwrite the existing vodafone skin.
After a soft-reset your dialpad has changed!
I changed mine to plain gray:
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please direct me to an english cab
Re: change background dialpad
lpasq said:
please direct me to an english cab
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As far as i know it's a cab from German Vodafone. It works perfectly with my Dutch NL ROM, therefor i think it should also work with a WWE ROM because it just gets the language of the ROM-version.
Dear all,
I'm just trying to find a nice theme for my Tytn. Up to know I prefer the Windows Defeault (the blue one) instead of the Htc_default. Just one thing, is there a way to match the phone application with the Windows Default theme colours. I mean, when you press the talk button and lanch the phone app (the one with the phone keyboard or the call list) it is always in green (wallpaper, buttones, etc). Is there a way or a software to modify it and make it in blue?
Thanks alot, Diego
http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=770
http://www.bvrp.com/eng/products/pocketthememanager/Default.asp
Hi,
Check out this thread;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=60958
Download the attached file, copy to your TYTN and install to main memory.
Hope it is what you are looking for.
Cheers!
very nice although maybe a bit dark. Is it possible to unwind it.....
Hi,
I guess you could edit all the buttons and change the backgrund to make it lighter in colour but it is a lot of work!
One thing I did notice and have tried to overcome it by editing .dll files with no success is that the Video buttons do not have transparent corners so if you change the background the corners are visible. However once you decide on your background you can then edit the VT buttons and colour the corneres to match.
Google "WinCE Cab Manager", download it (if you dont have it already), you can then edit the Cab file.
Please share any changes you may make.
Cheers.
cheers
OK, here is one with a lighter blue background so you can see the black text better
That's awesome... now I just need to find how to change the skin of the "communication manager"... where you can turn on/off BT, Wi-Fi etc... this is still in red :-D
Thanks alot to all of you... you rock!
Diego
Is there any way to change the color, or skin the Touch Keyboard? I've applied a blue theme and was just curious.
doubleu said:
Is there any way to change the color, or skin the Touch Keyboard? I've applied a blue theme and was just curious.
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I haven't done it myself but it looks to be pretty simple. All of the graphics for the keyboard (on the Sprint Touch at least) appear to be located in your \Windows folder. Pull them from your Touch and edit them on your desktop with whatever graphic editor you choose and then send the updated graphics back to Windows.
Just remember to keep a copy of the original graphics -- completely (pardon the pun) untouched so that if something goes wrong or you decide you don't like it you can easilty go back to original graphics.
You may need to use a file explorer like Resco or Total Commander to replace the keyboard images...I'm not sure. You'll also most likely need to soft-reset before the new color scheme appears.
I didn't do a search on the forums, but it's also quite possible someone wrote a small app to let you swap out keyboard graphics/layouts...look around and see what you find.
As I've been playing with my Touch for the past month or so I've decided I don't like the HTC keyboard(s). I'm a big fan of the Cootek TouchPal and PocketCM Keyboard (a simple search will pull several threads around here and a Google search on either term will probably bring up their websites as the first result).