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wm5 Themes/DialPad Skins & wm2k3se/Higher Splash

any one tried making themes for 2005 ?

I have but ill upload it later.. i also have Magneto skins for Wizbar advance

so how did you make them ?

I'm looking for the Halo 2 Theme featured on Microsoft's Mobile Embedded DevCon 2005... It skins EVERYTHING at once, even the dialer pad and ringtones!!!!

any pics of that halo skin ?

Hi marksken, sorry for the delay, but I had to crunch the video a bit. You have to see it in motion so you'll know what I'm talking about :wink:
Download the small video clip to see it...
Best regards,
Rayan

wow thats great to bad wm2005 is not yet out :twisted:
so these themes will not yet be ready for us

marksken said:
so how did you make them ?
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lol.. i didnt make it, i just saw it anywhere else.. im not home yet so i cant upload it here.
@Rayan
Hey buddy that was really cool! lovin it. thnx for sharing

still not home ?
are you sure you got themes ?
where did you find them ?

Yeah double_ofour... Share them to the world!!!!
At least reveal your sources!!! :lol:

Guava Bubbles.tsk theme in Magneto is actually a cab file .. try to rename the extension tsk to cab then open it under the WINCE Cab Manager ..

Thanks Toenailed,
This tip was fantastic one. Never knew making themes for magneto was this simple

toenailed said:
Guava Bubbles.tsk theme in Magneto is actually a cab file .. try to rename the extension tsk to cab then open it under the WINCE Cab Manager ..
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its nice, but i can only set one color of system (in bgr hex) and today background.. what about the rest of the system? any chance to skin dialpad?
i want advanced themes )

just my 2 cents..
ehm, my theme
its my first try, image taken from wm2k3 theme ( )
enjoy

johnz said:
just my 2 cents..
ehm, my theme
its my first try, image taken from wm2k3 theme ( )
enjoy
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Johnz, can you tell me what are the little bars in the top of the screen? I see a green and a orange little bar! Is this a program? Or just a small error in the themedesign?

j_metselaars said:
Johnz, can you tell me what are the little bars in the top of the screen? I see a green and a orange little bar! Is this a program? Or just a small error in the themedesign?
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its small program called "powerstatus"
its not a bug in skinning
i'm also trying to change dialpad to something nicer to match this theme colors..
and btw, i'm also nobody

hey Johnz how did you made that theme ?
can you make a small tut

Shikra said:
Thanks Toenailed,
This tip was fantastic one. Never knew making themes for magneto was this simple
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no prob just as soon you created a theme pls post for it here .. love to have it ..
johnz said:
toenailed said:
Guava Bubbles.tsk theme in Magneto is actually a cab file .. try to rename the extension tsk to cab then open it under the WINCE Cab Manager ..
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its nice, but i can only set one color of system (in bgr hex) and today background.. what about the rest of the system? any chance to skin dialpad?
i want advanced themes )
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the old tsk for WM2003SE is also a cab file .. try to view it in wince cab manager .. and compare with the tsk of WM2005 .. you will find that the color value of WM2003SE is set to REG_BINARY while the Color value of WM2005 is set to REG_DWORD just try to change its registry type so you can set other color .. an7ways here's some of the sample code color, add this to your tsk [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Color] (example only)
4  --- today font color 
5 --- start bar color. 
6 --- separator lines in todayscreen 
13 --- Message box bar Gradient left 
14 --- Message box bar Gradient right
39 --- color of startmenu font
as for the dialpad .. the method is almost the same with the wm2003se just look in the windows directory ..
anyway thanks for the nice theme .. i love it ..

Hi toe,
it is unbelievable, how much creativity is in your tips&tricks ))))
I really admire you and your efforts like this one, wiki, and lots of other stuff...
THANX A LOT MATE..
buzz

to buzz my friend you are the GREAT
and to my idol...HARDCORE TOE...

another Manila Theme-UPDATE (with Music Tag) 28May08

the music tag work with album cover display
i search for a long time, and finally have a trick to make it work
but maybe it isn't a good method
now what u need?
rlToday
UltimateLaunch
XIAMultiTheme--down form HERE
(Thanks to stefanux make this very great app )
MortScript
(actually i'm not very understand how to write the script, so i copy some script from other people, just want to say thanks, another script i write by myself, so with u check my script have somthing wrong or......, just tell me)
MortPlayer
yes! i became a Manila Fans
i try to skin it with rltoday and ultimateLaunch,
but still have too many thing to learn and to do
you need some plugins for the main features
WeatherPanel (Shareware)-- Here
the theme is stolen from Litterrain and make a change(hope he dun mind , this is his theme),
Face Contact
Calendar+
WeatherPanel Theme ---> download
hope u like it

Looks good, I especially like the weather panel page!
EDIT: Just found that the square frame part which shows the weather icons in weatherpanel gets cut off from the top by the start bar. Its not the actual image because I checked it and its not cut off in the image file. I think you have to move it down in the layout...I would do it myself but I dont know how. So can you please correct this? I think you cant see it in the image you posted because you have a white background, and the part which gets cut off is the white part of the frame.

It's awesommmme !
Thanks for sharing this, u really did a great, great job !

THANKs
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chriscsh said:
yes! i became a Manila Fans
i try to skin it with rltoday and ultimateLaunch,
but still have too many thing to learn and to do
you need some plugins for the main features
WeatherPanel (Shareware)-- Here
the theme is stolen from Litterrain and make a change(hope he dun mind , this is his theme),
Face Contact (Shareware)--Here
Calendar+(Freeware) -- Here
WeatherPanel Theme ---> download
hope u like it
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It's very TKSSSS~

I delete SPB MS2.1 since I see ur theme. I use it with UItweaker, to get black bars.
I just have little problems with ultimatelaunch gestures.

Yeah Great Job. I like it.
I have just one question. How to remove the systray bar?
Thanks

Very nicely done!
I like it! You did a very nice job, congrats!

fl4r3 said:
Looks good, I especially like the weather panel page!
EDIT: Just found that the square frame part which shows the weather icons in weatherpanel gets cut off from the top by the start bar. Its not the actual image because I checked it and its not cut off in the image file. I think you have to move it down in the layout...I would do it myself but I dont know how. So can you please correct this? I think you cant see it in the image you posted because you have a white background, and the part which gets cut off is the white part of the frame.
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Hi
try to replace the file in weatherpanel
i move down the frame a little bit (but not test yet)

chriscsh said:
Hi
try to replace the file in weatherpanel
i move down the frame a little bit (but not test yet)
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One problem :
Im Getting No path to DLL found in Communications and nothing in Music tabs am I missing a Plugin if yes which plugin????

Fady said:
One problem :
Im Getting No path to DLL found in Communications and nothing in Music tabs am I missing a Plugin if yes which plugin????
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sorry for missing
communications panel i use the spb phone suite, spb gprs monitor and connection state plugin.
Musics...... i still searching any plugins that play music at desktop and i can skinning it...

chriscsh said:
sorry for missing
communications panel i use the spb phone suite, spb gprs monitor and connection state plugin.
Musics...... i still searching any plugins that play music at desktop and i can skinning it...
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Its Ok i figured tht out from ur UltimateLaunch.ini and im using Htc Audio manager today plugin in ur music tab ill attach it so u can give it a try And gr8 work man............

Music Tag work now
Just update on the first post, but still have many bug need to fix

instructions werent very clear on this stuff. most of my tabs are missing dll files (especially comm tab). my missed call count shows "xxx" instead of "0"
the music tab works but isnt showing my album art eventhough its showing in mortplayer....anyway to change this to use with audio manager?? mortplayer takes up too much ram
id love this in a black version like the htc diamond

I'm very interested in the music tab... Is it htc audio manager today plugin? this plugin doesn't show album arts (covers)... any explanation please?
like your job!

Slim Sized Font
Hi,
I'd like to know how you get the slim sized font in the systembars. Like the ''start'', ''contact'' font. On your screenshot it shows slim, but originally it show ''bold'' font. How did you do that? Any registry keys?
Thanks in forward

trick to show ablum art
sorry, i forgot to tell you how to get the cover
1. well organize your song (one album one folder)
2. then a cover photo put into the folder and name it to cover.jpg (file size no larger than 145x145)
that's all, click the play button (at the right side) and mortplayer is run, then return to today screen, if the screen not update, click the screen center
(this is a simply mortscript trick)
This music tag is a theme for XIAMultiTheme and not a plugin
actually a want to make it work for S2P (i can make it show up the cover photo) but can't remote S2P, if someone know how to make it work, pls let me know.

garuda50 said:
Hi,
I'd like to know how you get the slim sized font in the systembars. Like the ''start'', ''contact'' font. On your screenshot it shows slim, but originally it show ''bold'' font. How did you do that? Any registry keys?
Thanks in forward
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this is WA3 and use "Segoe UI"

Hi How I install XIAMULTITheme? and do you can upload the weatherpanel theme in other server, I have many troubles with megaupload.
Thx

chriscsh said:
the music tag work with album cover display
i search for a long time, and finally have a trick to make it work
but maybe it isn't a good method
now what u need?
rlToday
UltimateLaunch
XIAMultiTheme--down form HERE
(Thanks to stefanux make this very great app )
MortScript
(actually i'm not very understand how to write the script, so i copy some script from other people, just want to say thanks, another script i write by myself, so with u check my script have somthing wrong or......, just tell me)
MortPlayer
yes! i became a Manila Fans
i try to skin it with rltoday and ultimateLaunch,
but still have too many thing to learn and to do
you need some plugins for the main features
WeatherPanel (Shareware)-- Here
the theme is stolen from Litterrain and make a change(hope he dun mind , this is his theme),
Face Contact
Calendar+
WeatherPanel Theme ---> download
hope u like it
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Hi there!
I like the theme. Iam using the rltoday files in my Magician. I've make a change in skin.xml to adjust to my screen and more few things that i like more.
Please, can you make the the bg.png file in a white color?
Thanks

[UTIL]MANILA EDITOR - Custom Graphic Collection

Manila Custom Leo Grey Orb v1.3
Red sign of counter sms/mail taken from iPhone mod (http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=117)
It's tooooo nice
Background not included (taken here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=407602)
Need to work more to change something else
Hope you enjoy it
v.1.0
- changed bottom icons
v.1.1
- changed highlight color in home (red)
v.1.2
- changed highlight color in menu (red)
v.1.3
- changed PRESSED highlight color in menu+clock+bars (red)

Ooooh... I like it a lot
That's the way manila should be modified

Very good

Manila Custom Leo iPhone Like Mod
Manila Custom Leo iPhone Like Mod
Just only bottom icons, requested by Jorlin

Manila Custom Leo Vista Like Mod
Manila Custom Leo Vista Like Mod
Just only bottom icons

The first one looks great! Is this possible with the Orange theme?

Hitman Theme v0.1
It's not completely ready...
4 Hitman wallpapers included in zip
I made it as a .theme file, so just install it with TF3D Config
Please, feedback is appreciated
Download here
http://www.filedropper.com/hitmanthemev01
'Look at the rain in the weather tab'

NisseDILLIGAF said:
It's not completely ready...
4 Hitman wallpapers included in zip
I made it as a .theme file, so just install it with TF3D Config
Please, feedback is appreciated
Download here
http://www.filedropper.com/hitmanthemev01
'Look at the rain in the weather tab'
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very nice m8!
love the bloody mode

just wondering how do i get back the diamond original theme back while i installed urs it deleted orignal manila theme ?
NisseDILLIGAF said:
It's not completely ready...
4 Hitman wallpapers included in zip
I made it as a .theme file, so just install it with TF3D Config
Please, feedback is appreciated
Download here
http://www.filedropper.com/hitmanthemev01
'Look at the rain in the weather tab'
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hitman
the rain is awsome your work is very impressive tack så mycket jattebra

NisseDILLIGAF said:
'Look at the rain in the weather tab'
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Please show Screenshot

sushilange said:
Please show Screenshot
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rain is blood on the screen gets squgied away very nice

Damn !!!
You are a real artist

Omg, not my phonestyle but darn this looks good

Vista Menu
sushilange said It would be nice with a Vista Theme..
Well here's a start...
Vista Style Menu

corrupt zip file?

Hey i really like ur theme.... and i to have a diamond.... and i know that this may sound stupid to some one like you but how do u get this theme to work??
....................................
Cheers

NISSE,
you are an artist! really cool cool design!
looking forward for others amazing themes from you.
ni hao

Riel said:
corrupt zip file?
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Same here!!! (VIsta theme)

giangishanghai said:
Same here!!! (VIsta theme)
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mmm... no... here is ok...
only downloaded and extracted to see the files... but the .zip file is oki

[THE] CoptonTheme v1.3 Full CAB

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· CFC Compression
· Calls, calendar, comunications, profiles and trading tabs compatible.
· System images modified (buttons, bars and HTCVolumeControl)
Created using:
· Adobe Photoshop CS4
· Manila Editor 0.2
· CFC GUI 0.45
· QuickCab 1.0
Working on theme:
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Updates, new releases and more: http://www.htclive.es/foro/coptontheme-v1-3-full-final-t1882.html

Really nice job MAN

Can this be installed on a 1.93 rom?
Thanks

Thanks man this one is great

lol dont install bug in this theme htc dont wont switch on

Very nice. And, I like the clock. Do yo have the manilla for it?

Thanks.....
Excellent work. Already downloaded and it looks great. I went and found a blue & white landscape theme to match and it really sets my TouchPro off. Thanks ........

che971 said:
Very nice. And, I like the clock. Do yo have the manilla for it?
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Here is the clock cab

Thank's Copton good job

hi there copton,
i applied the theme but i only got the icons ...i don't have the clock or the wallpaper ?!
are they seperate .cabs?
plz replay

The clock is two posts over this and here the wallpaper.

copton said:
The clock is two posts over this and here the wallpaper.
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i think there's a bug in the people tab..i'm using the people tab ported from hd and some of the contacts has the "SMS" button skinned and some of the not
check it out and let me know..and sorry for the trouble i'm just trying to help you improve this great theme

the icons on the top like signal,battery etc doesnt show it only show the old icons from my old themes..what should i do?

copton said:
Here is the clock cab
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the cab dont work for me?unsuccesfull???any idee??
edit:working now sorry

Hi, I have a Topaz and really like the icons in your theme. Could you post a cab for the top-icons, a cab for the tab-icons?

hihi can u upload your task bar icon? very very good task bar

http://translate.google.com/transla...l-final-t1882.html&sl=es&tl=en&hl=EN&ie=UTF-8
anyone have the 1.4 .. not sure really what the changes are...

help
i like the theme..but why is it not working for blackstone?
i really like this them..help me
thank u

[stopped!.. on to something else -see last post!] htctoucher's Microsoft retouched

Hey everyone!
I decided to stop this theme!
its not fun enough for my taste.. a little too generic even
I might start working on some palm pre inspired skins like this for pcmc:
so stay tuned?!
UPDATES AS OF 4/13/09:
Dialer skin added (see post #2)
wm6.5 skin added (see post #3)
s2u2 skin updated (vga support added and graphical errors fixed)!
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s2u2 Preview:
*not everything is shown (one wallpaper, some of the buttons/sliders)*​
INSTRUCTIONS:
-- backup original s2u2 gfx file if you wish to keep the original skin
-- unzip the qvga or vga gfx folder from the .zip file attached depending on your devices resolution
------ (excluding wallpapers, vga works with wvga and qvga works with wqvga)
-- there are different styles of unknown and nopicture callerid wallpapers, buttons, sliders and wallpapers within the zip
------ choose the one you want to use and name it to the correct filename (arrows.png, buttons.png, buttonl.png, wallpaper.jpg, nopic.png, unknown.png)
-- copy/move the gfx folder into your s2u2 folder and overwrite originals
-- you will want to disable the bottom bar and topbar in settings, and it would probably look best to disable the s2text for the dialer screens too in the lang file
FAQ:
Q: Are the call buttons/sliders hardcoded into a particular incoming caller wallpaper?
A: No, use whichever unknown or nopic wallpaper I have included, select either slide2end, slide2answer or simple answer and end buttons in s2u2 settings and you will see the sliders/buttons/wallpapers work independently from one another
Q: Will there be more FAQs??
A: Yup, as soon as I get more
WARNING:
I havent been able to test all aspects of the VGA version, but it should all work
If you encounter any issues (graphical) please upload a screenshot and/or description so I can work to fix it
Enjoy!
htctoucher

dialer and commmanager skins!
Preview of the comm manager and dialer skins:
..
**if anyone knows why in the dialer incall screen portrait the disabled pause and add call buttons are still htc-styled please let me know..
I skinned every image I found that corresponded to that part of the dialer but they havent changed!**​
DIALER INSTRUCTIONS:
-- first note that it is a QVGA skin, i dont know what the most popular VGA dialer is
-- unzip cab from zip attached
-- uninstall any previous versions of opal phone canvas if you have them installed
-- install the cab to device, not storage card
DIALER KNOWN ISSUES:
-- Not everything is skinned in the dialer, and there may be some issues as it is impossible for me to test everything
That being said, I tested everything I could, and I cannot find any skin-related issues
I tried my best to skin everything but there are over 200 files so it may be that I missed some
-- Also, I am still working on how to change the font color for smart dialing portion of the opal phone canvas
If anyone knows, please post or PM me!
it is the opal phone canvas, and I think its done by registry keys but the cab I used didnt install any
**comm manager coming as soon as i figure out which version this is so I can make the cab..
any help pointing me in the right direction would be great! (its part of NFSFAN's 6.5 rom)**​
here are just the files for opal phone canvas
only use these if you already have opal phone canvas already installed (the version WITH THE INCOMING SLIDER
http://www.4shared.com/file/101415925/b94b89f1/htctoucher_opalphonecanvas_retouched_files_only.html
Enjoy!
htctoucher

windows mobile 6.5 skin!
Preview of the skin for windows mobile 6.5 users
This theme will *only* work if you are running WM6.5!!​
INSTRUCTIONS:
-- download the .zip attached
-- unzip the folder "files to put in windows directory" somewhere so you can look inside it
------ the Titanium_240x320.cpr file fixes the date issue mentioned above, and the StartMenu_GridScene_240x320.cpr will change your start menu from 3 to 4 columns
-- choose which files you want to copy to your device, and do so
-- soft reset
------ you will not see the changes until you soft reset
KNOWN ISSUES:
-- some of the graphics of the lock screen have not been skinned, like the locked dialer for example
when I get more time I will skin these as well
Also, I was going to make a cab, but figured not everyone will be using titanium weather and may not want some files or 4 column start menu etc.
If cab is requested by some of you, I will make one, but its a pretty simple installation anyway
Enjoy!
htctoucher

just in case, this ones reserved for even later

Typical htctoucher Theme.Looks really cool.The Blue is allways royal.loved the arrow for ur s2u2.It would be cool if u add mort button skin.Great work.

Very nice icons for notifications! The slider needs a little touch up. Anyways, great job ! You need to update your theme color like blue to other colors. Blue is getting bored...

Amazing look and pretty impressive.

wow that baby is sweet lookin....please make a QVGA theme as well

Looks great and I am already looking forward to using it .
One question though, what formats will you make? WVGA?
Cheers!
// X

I love it! I cant wait to see the rest. good work!

you're pimping again

looks great.

Yes, please!
When you get finished with all this, mind if I cook them into a ROM? possibly some minor, minor branding involved (just on the M2D and/or S2U bg if you'll let me do so)

Man.. you're sick.. in a really really beautiful way.
Where do you get all those graphics? The notif icons look reeeaaaallly good. But try using a different color for the bkgnd.. maybe red? or purple? or yellow? or green? o orange?

Looking good!!

wow! great response!
wow i only posted this morning and alraedy got a LOAD of feedback.. very motivating! thanks to everyone who has posted!
now i will try to answer all of them.. because i can (and i want this theme to have a lot of user input because ideas/concepts are best developed when bounced around - thats the great thing about this community!)
sathya said:
Typical htctoucher Theme.Looks really cool.The Blue is allways royal.loved the arrow for ur s2u2.It would be cool if u add mort button skin.Great work.
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hope its not too typical
yeah i will probably do a mortbuttons skin to go along with the startmenu hook as i am now using that
haizn24d said:
Very nice icons for notifications! The slider needs a little touch up. Anyways, great job ! You need to update your theme color like blue to other colors. Blue is getting bored...
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yeah i like the notifications too, agreed on the slider, gotta fix up the edges and the white lock icon.. forgot to do that before i flattened it and uploaded the preview
i think i will do multiple colors, but i am not sure how to implement other colors (should multiple backgrounds with one dominant color, or one background with a melding of multiple colors?)
i agree blue is overused, but to be honest, its my favorite color! and microsoft uses it a LOT (maybe i will bring in some cyan/very blue green as that is the color scheme in vista?)
what do you think?
ahdeshpande said:
Amazing look and pretty impressive.
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well thank you!
much appreciated, glad you like it
ranasrule said:
wow that baby is sweet lookin....please make a QVGA theme as well
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qvga is a definite as my device is qvga
this is gonna be my first theme where i attempt to do ALL RESOLUTIONS!
wvga, vga, wqvga, qvga
we will see how it goes, its gona be hard to test and honestly i wish i had a vga device (i have qvga, which means i can guess what wqvga would look like.. but i have no idea what vga/qvga will look like on device or how to position things in xmls cuz i cant test)
so please.. anyone with an old vga device, send it my way!
or if anyone knows a really good emulator.. i am using microsofts sdk, but it doesnt look good/right
Xfinity said:
Looks great and I am already looking forward to using it .
One question though, what formats will you make? WVGA?
Cheers!
// X
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thanks! glad you like it
check the response above
shadowline said:
I love it! I cant wait to see the rest. good work!
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i cant wait either
red_hanks said:
you're pimping again
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that i am, gotta keep my pimp hand strong, flex it often and consistently
nir36 said:
looks great.
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thanks!
Travito said:
Yes, please!
When you get finished with all this, mind if I cook them into a ROM? possibly some minor, minor branding involved (just on the M2D and/or S2U bg if you'll let me do so)
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what do you mean by branding?
i would love for people to build roms with these graphics, i think that would be amazing
for vogue roms at least i am going to ask NFSFAN if he would be willing to use my graphics in a rom, or allow me to use his rom with my graphics.. hopefully he agrees!
DaVince said:
Man.. you're sick.. in a really really beautiful way.
Where do you get all those graphics? The notif icons look reeeaaaallly good. But try using a different color for the bkgnd.. maybe red? or purple? or yellow? or green? o orange?
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haha thanks
i get them from my head! (i make all of my graphics from scratch)
yeah i am thinking of doing multiple backgrounds with different dominant colors.. maybe to match the tsks
JonasSavimbi said:
Looking good!!
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thanks for all the feedback!
i will have more previews tonight
please post any suggestions on what to improve, what you would like to see, suggestions for the background etc, anything you want

Looking forward to see this finished, maybe you can additional colors such as black.

wow, looks awesome buddy

htctoucher said:
thanks! glad you like it
check the response above
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I noticed your response and all I can say, fantastic news!
htctoucher said:
please post any suggestions on what to improve, what you would like to see, suggestions for the background etc, anything you want[/B]
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Not at the moment besides keep up the great work!
// X

Love it
//Drakfisken