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Having tried the default orange E-TEN_M600_Dialer _Skin & Pauly-A_Skin_Grey I still find it difficult to read the shaded dialling box in sunlight.
A simple Back & White, without shading, Skin would offer maximum contrast. I have brightness set to maximum.
Any suggestions?
TIA
Peter
Try DIY The Eten skin is made up of multiple graphical files. Load this graphical files into your graphics editor (in your PC) and make it b&w.
Quick fix
hanmin said:
Try DIY The Eten skin is made up of multiple graphical files. Load this graphical files into your graphics editor (in your PC) and make it b&w.
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Thanks for your suggestion: I simply opened the .bmp files& blanked out the grey shading in PcvDialerBkP & PcvDialerBkP_Inv
Copied them into the Windows folder, overwriting the shaded ones, and now have Black on White dialling!
When I have time I will 'play' with the rest
Regards
Peter
Any chance of posting them on here for the incredibly lazy :lol:
Black on White
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Any chance of posting them on here for the incredibly lazy :lol:
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It appears that only the PcvDialerBkP is necessary - don't know the significance of the _Inv extension; initially I used the same file with the _inv extension.
This is only a 'rough' copy; those with patience and/or skill will be able to improve upon it:
Black & White dialer skin Mk2
Have reworked it:
One suggestion. You ought to use a better font. The TNRoman is good for writing letters and stuff, they aren't really pretty in most cases. Try using the Tahoma or Arial (as what the original comes with), it will look better and i think it gives you a better contrast as well (e.g. a small font Tahoma is better to look at than a small font TNRoman)
UPDATE: After you've finished, you might want to pack it up and post it to this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=35326&start=100&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
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Have reworked it:
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Any luck in creating the dialer skin?
I'm also searching for a clean Dialer skin. Thinking about taking the dialer from the new Treo 750v en modify it so it fits in the E-ten dial skin. Or maybe use the ZPhone as a template...
Tomtooter said:
Having tried the default orange E-TEN_M600_Dialer _Skin & Pauly-A_Skin_Grey I still find it difficult to read the shaded dialling box in sunlight.
A simple Back & White, without shading, Skin would offer maximum contrast. I have brightness set to maximum.
Any suggestions?
TIA
Peter
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I agree with you. Although the colorful skins are nice to look at, in bright sunlight I need HIGH contrast. This link is for Zphone dialer skin and today theme.
http://www.zombienexus.net/portal/GL_SubDirectory.asp?SEC=3&CatID=82
If you want high contrast black and white, choose the "zphone_wm5_carbon_mm_qvga1.6.cab" for the dialer skin. This is the normal skin, not Eten, then get the Today theme "carbon_extrablack_blackbars.tsk" from the "zpv_wizard_dialpad_skins_w_tsk" package. They match, and the security code entry pad changes to the same black and white theme too. I've been using it for months, it is really bright. There are other skins in the pack also, but the ones I pointed out are the highest contrast that I've found anywhere.
That's the same dialer I'm using for a few weeks now.
Personally I also like the TiBlue dialer from paulya.com
Do the themes used for WM5 work on WM6?
I love the black theme on my WM5......
How to make a new theme for WM6?
thanks
Scott
Yeah, I got a dark gray theme for WM5 and I'd love to have one like it.
I'd love to have a dark gray version of the default WM6 theme with nothing else changed. The phonepad skin I'd love to keep since it's already the color I need it.
Can anyone show us the way?
Any .tsk theme will work on WM6 as far i know...
I've got some dating back to my WM2003SE device, and they're all running fine under WM6 with the nice see-through-glass look added to the top and bottom bars (assuming the right themebasecolor) ...
Cool. Thanks for the tip.
Black Theme
I've been using a black today screen and a black dialer for a while, and the attached are my favorite set.
To use the ClassicBlack Today Screen, CHANGE THE EXTENSION from .doc to .tsk and then drop it in My Documents. Then you can select it from Settings/Today.
The ZPV dialer includes a Video Call button.
It all works great with both of the latest WM6 ROMs.
Credits:
The ClassicBlack Today screen is from: http://www.ppcsg.com/mobile/index.php/t31647-260.html (xda-developers link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=259932&page=3&highlight=classicblack)
The ZPV_Carbon_BlackExtra Dialer skin is from http://www.zombienexus.net/portal
Enjoy.
hey i got a problem...
i tried alot of solid black themes, but i get only dark gray bars
how to get a real black??
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hey i got a problem...
i tried alot of solid black themes, but i get only dark gray bars
how to get a real black??
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Did you try the one I posted above? It's jet-black here.
You may need to reboot after installation.
yes i tried.... that's the black i wanna...but i'm searching it with wm6 style bars
Hey everybody,
I created some themes for the great Pocket CM (v0.15), feel free to try these.
Allblack.cmt:
A clean and simple as possible theme, black background, white letters, thats all
Apple.cmt:
White background and a lot of apple logo's, Somehow I just can't get this theme to work the way I want to, but as I don't want to use it for myself I stopped working on this one. Feel free to use these and please give me some feedback.
HTCTouch.cmt:
Inspired on the HTC Dailer plugin
And my personal favorites:
PimpedTouch.cmt:
HTCTouch with some cool b&w backgrounds
Silver:
B&W theme with silver accents, custom icons and nice backgrounds.
Update
Silver2
Because Pimpedtouch was a winner, and I liked the silver one, I've combined them into silver2 (how original).
Another update
Sunset
I wanted to bring some color in your life, so here a theme with some nice sunsets, but still usable.
Please post some screen shots.
1&2 = Silver theme
3 = allblack
4 = HTC Touch
5 = Apple (work in progress)
6&7 = Pimpedtouch
That's cool..Great work thx Pimpedtouch is very nice ...
Themes are (especially the "pimped") very clean and smooth. No hiccups, lol. Way to go!!! I look forward to more of your work.
Vga Themes Required
any chance for VGA Themes
Grea themes, thank you!
Pimped looks GREAT!!!! One question though:
Are these QVGA compatible? (I have a Treo)
These themes are all QVGA (240*320)
I can (try to) make a VGA theme, but I don't use those.
@ farehmani: which one do you want in VGA?
This is my first VGA theme.
Please give comments, I have a QVGA device, so I can't test this one...
Please upload screenshots too, because I'm curious how it ended
Some information, it has some Iphone-like buttons and backgrounds of dark cities (nightshots). Also a lot of transparancy, I don't know if pocketCM supports them all.
Please post screen shots. If they are like the pimpedtouch theme. I am all for them. That theme was hot.
The Blue theme on the pcm forum is my favorite..
love it!
I don't have a emulator, so I cannot test the VGA version...
can somebody please test the VGA version and post screenshots?
Here you go, VGA version of Dark City. Everything displayed (icons, letter, pictures), is just huge and literally spilling of the screen.
Is that the screen on a VGA (480x640) or QVGA (240x320)screen? Somebody at the Pocket CM forum said it worked ok, so I'm confused...
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Is that the screen on a VGA (480x640) or QVGA (240x320)screen? Somebody at the Pocket CM forum said it worked ok, so I'm confused...
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QVGA (240x320) screen, HTC Herald P4350
o thats the problem, the VGA theme is for 480x640, if you use it on a 240x320 it looks like your screenshot....
VGA
hi tested the dark city in my imate jasjar (480x640)
Its white in color, and when u press the phone button for some seconds.. the Minimize, Close, Settings, Contacts buttons are only white boxes..
the screen doesnt look like the one posted by robosiris
amrarian said:
hi tested the dark city in my imate jasjar (480x640)
Its white in color, and when u press the phone button for some seconds.. the Minimize, Close, Settings, Contacts buttons are only white boxes..
the screen doesnt look like the one posted by robosiris
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my apologies.. now it looks like robosiris ... i renamed the zip to cmt and copied in the folder. no i extracted the zip.. and then copied the cmt file.. so it looks exactly like robosiris..and the scrolling is very good in this theme..
thanks
Can you post some screenshots in 480x640 for me please? Then I can see what to improve...
Hi,
I'm looking for a gray, whit oder silver skin.
The Problem is, to get the font black I think.
I found only on skin. the SPB silver Unitheme. Is there an other light skin?
I think I will can read better at sun.
Thanx for your help.
Gb4u
have u tried wisbar advance, this will help you skin ur device
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/products/pocketpc/WisBarAdvance/
I don't know, how this prog should solve my problem with the white font,
Can you explan it? *g*
a skin for WHAT ?????
do you mean a .tsk for windows mobile ??? or for what software
jeah for wm6 the today screen.
this skins for wm6 are ".tsk"-files, google for ".tsk" and just put them in your windows folder of your ppc, then activate the new skin under "today". tsk files can have different colors for your today text.
you can also change today colors with "SKTOOLS" (no freeware).
so is there a way other than wisbar to make your theme white?
always wondered that
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/extthemegen/?de
with the Spb Extended Theme Generator I think you can change it, too. Its freeware. What thinks the pros?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=364541
thats a good prog man !
- Problem will be the top/taskbar, because the most is of it no text, its white graphics ! and white on white=see nothing
or take this one: but i must warn you, its nothing for beginners
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=386378
I am also looking for a white theme. Preferably plain white background and both bars white
I'm also trying to find a white theme, with black text.
It is easy to use a white tsk-file, so that your today screen is white. But then all the others is still different like (comm manager, phone dialer ect).
Is there a white theme - with a white comm mannager, dialer, contact ect?
Thanks
thats not possible, this are all different applications from different software developers.
So u cant change the look for all.
OK then we need to find white progrmas to add like
White comm manager: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=392611&highlight=white
Still need some work....
White Contact program:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=356092&highlight=white
White Calendar:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=373971&page=55
Do any of you know of better white programs to use, then please provide a link.
Can anyone teach me how can I change all the green thing (the selected tap, selected items, selected phone no., ...etc, but not the one in Manila) to grey or other color? Can it be done on changing registry? Search for long time but still cannot fix, can anyone help on that? Thanks in advance!!
I've just found a registry in HKCU/software/microsoft/today/HTC Black.tsk
there's some keys call "color_highlighttext"/ "color_highlight" ..... etc
Is that the one? How to change to grey color??
9up said:
Can anyone teach me how can I change all the green thing (the selected tap, selected items, selected phone no., ...etc, but not the one in Manila) to grey or other color? Can it be done on changing registry? Search for long time but still cannot fix, can anyone help on that? Thanks in advance!!
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I'm interested too... I hate the green on black background
Green tap
As i know that manila files at the windows directory managing the view of the screens. If you use the manila editor you can change the colour and the icons. As seen also the green bar or taps as mentioned.
The highlight colors are in the .tsk file I think. Change your today theme and see if that changes.
Regards,
Carty..
Yeah but I want to keep the today theme and change the green stuff tu grey... any help?
Black Focus
This will do the trick
Thanks ... I will try it now...
L.E. It works. Thanks a lot!!!!
orange focus ?
Wind Dancer said:
This will do the trick
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is it possible to have orange/yellow focus cab like in sprint theme?
dommars said:
is it possible to have orange/yellow focus cab like in sprint theme?
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Using BaseHueExpress, you change away from HTCBlack.tsk to any other theme, (like Windows Default - BaseHueExpress seems to have no effect when using the HTC theme) and then once you change the BaseHue it changes the colours of the focus too like in File Explorer , but not manilla.
Hope it helps
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is it possible to have orange/yellow focus cab like in sprint theme?
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I too would love an orange focus!
Nice and fluoro/fiery.
EDIT: I am creating a cab to have all highlights turned to orange.
Hi all,
Find attached my cab (easy install) and zip for orange focus/highlights.
EDIT: This will change all menu highlights and 'touched' highlights to orange.
Cheers.
Thanks looks great!
dickenz said:
Hi all,
Find attached my cab (easy install) and zip for orange focus/highlights.
EDIT: This will change all menu highlights and 'touched' highlights to orange.
Cheers.
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Thanks for that looks great!
Would it be too much to ask for more colours? yellow, red, etc.
You are the man!
Thanks again, Cheers,
Dom
I've found a software call "UI Tweaker", it's works on Diamond and I've change all green tap to dark grey already (except the manila you have to do it another way)
But still 1 question, how can I change the green tap on phone skin? It's still there... any ideas guys??
How about a nice bright Red
Could you also please make a dark / deep purple as well? Thank you
dommars said:
Thanks for that looks great!
Would it be too much to ask for more colours? yellow, red, etc.
You are the man!
Thanks again, Cheers,
Dom
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Hi all,
I can do any colours it's quite easy.
Just request and I'll get them done in my spare time.
Cheers!
dickenz said:
Hi all,
I can do any colours it's quite easy.
Just request and I'll get them done in my spare time.
Cheers!
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Dark blue, deep red and yellow would be great. Thanks.
Cheers
requests possible to fullfill?
Hi guys,
Find attached purple (not really deep though, didn't work too well as a 'dark' colour) dark blue, dark red and yellow!
Cheers,
Byron