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HELP!! I need help changing theme on my HTC Diamond ><

I have downloaded a bunch of .theme files to change theme on my HTC diamond but I have no idea where to put those .theme files so "today" would recognize it.
or is there another program I need to download in order to run these themes (like spd shell ??)
PLEASE HELP OUT A NEWB

you need to get TF3D config 0.6.7
load it on your phone and find your themes with it.
then apply them.

Thanks 964rs777 : )))
now i encounter another problem lol
I have installed TF3D but when I am trying to select path for theme It didn't seem to show the .theme file
is there a particular place where I should put it ??

Thanks 964rs777 for your help : ))
but I am now encountered with another problem ><
I couldn't see the .theme file from TF3D when I was looking for the "path" of the .theme file.
Is there a specific place I should save those files ??

Copied and pasted straight from another thread:
It wont open the folder the themes are in.
For example, if you have a folder with all your theme files inside, just click it, and go to ok.
then, when you are at the main appearance menu again, just click the drop down arrow and all the theme files in that folder will be listed.

Using Sprint Theme on Diamond with 1.93 ROM?

Okay, maybe I'm just stupid but I've been up half the night looking for how to do this. I have installed both TF3D Config and Manila Customizer. I've downloaded my .theme file but neither program will read it. What am I missing?
Thanks,
Paul

You have put the .theme file on your phone right?
After that, you can just browse to it using TF3D config and then, but just browse to the folder, and then click OK, it wont let you into the folder.
Then choose the theme name you want from the drop down list, and hit apply, your good to go!

[THEME] [UPDATED 3-21-09] Family Guy TF3D & S2U2 Themes

I made a Family Guy them for both TF3D & S2U2, and I wanted to share it. Below also are some ringtones and wallpapers.
Also added icons for roms with HD manila. Includes stock, calendar, and sound profile icons.
To Install the TF3D files:
1. Download and unzip the folder to your desktop.
2. Copy and paste all of the files into the \Windows folder on your device.
Say yes to all when it asks if you want to replace these files.
3. Soft reset and you're done.
Rapidshare Family Guy TF3D
Mediafire Family Guy TF3D
Rapidshare Family Guy HD Manila Extra Icons
Mediafire Family Guy HD Manila Extra Icons
To install the S2U2 files:
1. Download and unzip the folder to your desktop.
2. Find the S2U2 folder on your device, it's usually in Program Files on the device's main memory.
3. Drag the gfx folder to your PC desktop to save it and then delete it on the device.
4. Copy the new gfx folder into the S2U2 folder.
5. Soft reset and you're done.
Rapidshare Family Guy S2U2
Mediafire Family Guy S2U2
Let me know if you have any questions or comments and I will try to answer them.
My X-Men and Dark Knight themes are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3352520
If you liked my work and want to donate to me for my hard work, you may do so here: Donate

Is it possible to give the icon set only or tell me which manillas they are thank you in advance!

nice tks

toomie05 said:
Is it possible to give the icon set only or tell me which manillas they are thank you in advance!
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Here try these.

thedarkness81 said:
Here try these.
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Hey thank you very much for your help great job i love them

haha awesome theme, thanks!
By the way, I was wondering if the icon set also includes an icon for the Call History tab?

awsum work. cheers

These are great! Thanks!

vale|46 said:
haha awesome theme, thanks!
By the way, I was wondering if the icon set also includes an icon for the Call History tab?
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Yes it does, as well as the comm manager tab.

Quck question!
To Install the TF3D files:
1. Download and unzip the folder to your desktop.
2. Copy and paste all of the files into the \Windows folder on your device.
Say yes to all when it asks if you want to replace these files.
3. Soft reset and you're done.
Ok, so I am going to sound like an idiot but I don't know so I'm gonna ask anyway
When #2 says "paste all files into the /Windows folder on your device" is that one you create with the / or is it just the Windows folder on My Device? That folder has soo many files in it so it seems like youo would lose those files if you wanted to delete one day... And I have not installed a theme this way. I have done cab file themes and done the TF3D route, but not the manilla way...
Someone wanna help this poor soul? lol, thanks!

Fantastic! All we need now is a "Shipoopi" ringtone...

Sho'nuff said:
To Install the TF3D files:
1. Download and unzip the folder to your desktop.
2. Copy and paste all of the files into the \Windows folder on your device.
Say yes to all when it asks if you want to replace these files.
3. Soft reset and you're done.
Ok, so I am going to sound like an idiot but I don't know so I'm gonna ask anyway
When #2 says "paste all files into the /Windows folder on your device" is that one you create with the / or is it just the Windows folder on My Device? That folder has soo many files in it so it seems like youo would lose those files if you wanted to delete one day... And I have not installed a theme this way. I have done cab file themes and done the TF3D route, but not the manilla way...
Someone wanna help this poor soul? lol, thanks!
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That's basically what the cab installs do. Use the folder that is already called Windows on the device.

thedarkness81 said:
That's basically what the cab installs do. Use the folder that is already called Windows on the device.
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Ok, so you install it to the Windows folder which has tons of files. So what happens if you want to uninstall the theme and put back the original or some other one?

Sho'nuff said:
Ok, so you install it to the Windows folder which has tons of files. So what happens if you want to uninstall the theme and put back the original or some other one?
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There are places on XDA to get the original theme back, or you can drag all of the manila files from the windows folder into a folder on your PC to copy them and save for later. Yes you put them in the windows folder with all of the files in it. Just drag over from PC desktop to windows folder and soft reset.

Any chance of making it a .cab or .theme extension

Sho'nuff said:
Any chance of making it a .cab or .theme extension
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Sorry I can't make a cab but ask around, I'm sure someone can do it for you.

Teppic24 said:
Fantastic! All we need now is a "Shipoopi" ringtone...
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Is this what you were looking for?

thedarkness81 said:
Sorry I can't make a cab but ask around, I'm sure someone can do it for you.
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Well thanks, figured I'd ask

thedarkness81 said:
Is this what you were looking for?
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Perfect. Thanks

Yea, so when i try to put the files into the /windows folder, its hard to do since there ISNT a windows folder when looking at the device on my computer. What should i do?!

[SOLVED]Cooking themes into ROMs

Hi
How does one cook a custom theme into a ROM and make that the default theme? I've tried editing quite a few registry entrys and it still does not work.
Another question along the same lines, how do i cook in a custom today wallpaper? I've tried changing registry entrys here as well but it didn't work either
Thanks
Mod edit: Solved thread

well...
long history here...
First.. the themes for 6.5 and 6.5.X are not the same theme, so genereally if you want to cook inside a theme that you have made... simply be sure that you have a TSK that contains all the registry entries for images and the two images in JPG format with your size screen set them as "read only" and "archive" attribs then save the cab as winmo cab then rename it from .cab to .tsk then.... put it into a EXT pkg in your EVK kitchen or whatever you have EVK or OSK make a pkg called "my theme name" inside a folder called "FILES" inside that folder all images of the theme and the TSK too... then go to your RUNCC or autoinstall or however you have and set in the txt file this comand...
TSK: \Windows\My theme name.tsk
at the end of the file this way in the botting procces frist customization the theme will be set as default
is the dirt way but you can make it safely instead of changing many regs that simply you will forgot the original
Y'all must to remember that if you want to patch the theme or install a them in a runing working rom in teh device you must to trust sign the TSK but if you are cooking the kitchen will do it for you

The wall paper is easy: just set whatever pic you want as the wallpaper using either Home-settings or the pic and video tool. Then open \windows, and look for the newest files. You'll see two files named stwater_###x###.png or something very similar (could be tdywater). Grab these two files and then when you're editing a .tsk file, include the files in it. Now you're done.
If you want to cook the theme straight into the rom, then you need to dump all of the reg keys and put them into an app.reg file in a package that runs at the end of the build. Name your two wallpaper files (portrait and landscape) "classicblue_stwater_480_640.jpg" and "classicblue_stwater_640_480.jpg," and stick them in the same EXT. (To get the proper names for your device, look in (SYS\Build#\dpi_192_resh_480_resv_640\COMMON\base_dpi_192_resh_480_resv_640), obviously with the proper resolution.) Look through your add2config.txt or config.txt files, and make sure that no other stock .tsk is run during customization.

I know i to cook a theme and set as default and blabla....but its interesting know how to trust sign the TSK when i make a theme.cab to put in a working rom...can you explain?
+ Que PPC said:
Y'all must to remember that if you want to patch the theme or install a them in a runing working rom in teh device you must to trust sign the TSK but if you are cooking the kitchen will do it for you
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A way that bobsbbq has taught me, and has worked for a 6.5.5 theme
make a new folder in your EXT packes, called whatever the theme is, and in there make another folder called files, in the files folder copy across everything in the theme's cab. then go back into the root of the themes package folder and make a new text document called add2config in there paste the following:
TSK: \Windows\XXXX.tsk
where XXXX is the exact name of yout .tsk file found in the themes cab (so it will also be in the files folder if you want to copy the file name exactly.
Save the text document and then just select it in your kitchen

af974 said:
I know i to cook a theme and set as default and blabla....but its interesting know how to trust sign the TSK when i make a theme.cab to put in a working rom...can you explain?
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If you try to sign a cab with the last year SDK certs you will have an error is better you to trust sign your cabs reading this article
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=650309

Thanks guys for the replies I ended up using Farmer Ted's method and it's working exactly how I wanted it to.
BTW: Farmer Ted, whenever I ask for help, whether on this forum or another, you're always among the first to help me. HUGE thanks dude

Thanks Que,
This is very usefull for me
+ Que PPC said:
If you try to sign a cab with the last year SDK certs you will have an error is better you to trust sign your cabs reading this article
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=650309
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No prob dude... BTW ppl understand that...
If you want to make fixes for your ROM....
YOU MUST!! to make a trusted sign cab with signed files inside...
if you want to cook the fix... so the kitchen will sign all of them

+ Que PPC said:
No prob dude... BTW ppl understand that...
If you want to make fixes for your ROM....
YOU MUST!! to make a trusted sign cab with signed files inside...
if you want to cook the fix... so the kitchen will sign all of them
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i dont understand why we have to sign a cab file, when we remove certs in kitchen?
Code:
..\TOOLS\implantxip -xip xip.bin -payload OS.nb.payload -imgstart %imgstart% -%uldr% -pp 16 -%nocert%
ive never signed a cab file in my life and they always install fine

I've never signed a cab, either. EVK makes it too easy, lol.

+ Que PPC said:
well...
long history here...
First.. the themes for 6.5 and 6.5.X are not the same theme, so genereally if you want to cook inside a theme that you have made... simply be sure that you have a TSK that contains all the registry entries for images and the two images in JPG format with your size screen set them as "read only" and "archive" attribs then save the cab as winmo cab then rename it from .cab to .tsk then.... put it into a EXT pkg in your EVK kitchen or whatever you have EVK or OSK make a pkg called "my theme name" inside a folder called "FILES" inside that folder all images of the theme and the TSK too... then go to your RUNCC or autoinstall or however you have and set in the txt file this comand...
TSK: \Windows\My theme name.tsk
at the end of the file this way in the botting procces frist customization the theme will be set as default
is the dirt way but you can make it safely instead of changing many regs that simply you will forgot the original
Y'all must to remember that if you want to patch the theme or install a them in a runing working rom in teh device you must to trust sign the TSK but if you are cooking the kitchen will do it for you
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I started having problems with Farmer Ted's way so I tried this one instead. It works perfectly except for one thing, that it needs a restart before it's effective. Is there any way to get it working on first boot?

I use this one:
OEM\ExtendedPKG\config.txt
Code:
LOCK:Enabled
TSK: \WINDOWS\Htc_black.tsk
LOCK:Disabled
RST: Reset
This will set that theme on first boot, of course you need to have RunnCC running.
You must change Htc_black.tsk with your tsk name.
seeM_ZA said:
I started having problems with Farmer Ted's way so I tried this one instead. It works perfectly except for one thing, that it needs a restart before it's effective. Is there any way to get it working on first boot?
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af974 said:
I use this one:
OEM\ExtendedPKG\config.txt
Code:
LOCK:Enabled
TSK: \WINDOWS\Htc_black.tsk
LOCK:Disabled
RST: Reset
This will set that theme on first boot, of course you need to have RunnCC running.
You must change Htc_black.tsk with your tsk name.
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I did mine exactly like that but it doesn't work. It only works after I reboot the phone atleast once
EDIT: I noticed if i go to settings/home, it is set as the default theme (it's hilighted) but it's not actually visible anywhere.
EDIT2: Never mind it's sorted out. I went back to Farmer Ted's way and got it to work exactly how I wanted it.

Hi guys,
How can I change cooked in wallpaper if my theme doesn't contain a wall?

Farmer Ted said:
The wall paper is easy: just set whatever pic you want as the wallpaper using either Home-settings or the pic and video tool. Then open \windows, and look for the newest files. You'll see two files named stwater_###x###.png or something very similar (could be tdywater). Grab these two files and then when you're editing a .tsk file, include the files in it. Now you're done.
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I believe this is what you want to do

[★] said:
A way that bobsbbq has taught me, and has worked for a 6.5.5 theme
make a new folder in your EXT packes, called whatever the theme is, and in there make another folder called files, in the files folder copy across everything in the theme's cab. then go back into the root of the themes package folder and make a new text document called add2config in there paste the following:
TSK: \Windows\XXXX.tsk
where XXXX is the exact name of yout .tsk file found in the themes cab (so it will also be in the files folder if you want to copy the file name exactly.
Save the text document and then just select it in your kitchen
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Does this method select the theme on 1st boot?
btw, how do you select a default Wallpaper for Manila's Home Tab?

sometimes you need to take your theme tsk rename it to .cab open it with cab manager and change the pics inside
the manila use as default a pic inside the EXT or OEM pkg it contains the manila app... search for the image and just replace it same size, and attributes.

+ Que PPC said:
sometimes you need to take your theme tsk rename it to .cab open it with cab manager and change the pics inside
the manila use as default a pic inside the EXT or OEM pkg it contains the manila app... search for the image and just replace it same size, and attributes.
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Thanks. Will try it out

what would the image name be? in EXT Manila.exe is only in Manila_Core and I don't have any image there except Manila files...
In OEM I saw the default HTC Black.tsk along with HTC stwater images...
Do I need to replace these 2 Images (HTC Black Stwater... 480x800 and 800x480)?

how do i install files in a folder and out of the folder is registry file?

how do i install files in a folder and out of the folder is registry file?
when i down load a file. some of them come not as a cab file but it comes it contains a folder and a registry file out of the folder. i believe folder contains program file. where do i put which and where? can u help.

tazwik said:
how do i install files in a folder and out of the folder is registry file?
when i down load a file. some of them come not as a cab file but it comes it contains a folder and a registry file out of the folder. i believe folder contains program file. where do i put which and where? can u help.
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What are you trying to install?...and where? I am sorry if I am miss understanding you but it sounds like you have a file with a reg file and another folder named files? is this right?

something like that. when i down load a file its not a cab file.it is a zip file. when i unzip. it has a folder with program with some files in the folder, but out of the folder or root directory there is 2to 3 files look like reg file. i do not know where to place these file.

tazwik said:
something like that. when i down load a file its not a cab file.it is a zip file. when i unzip. it has a folder with program with some files in the folder, but out of the folder or root directory there is 2to 3 files look like reg file. i do not know where to place these file.
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Could you link me to the file so I can see it?

im tryin to install it in to my htc hd2 phone. its a program i downloaded. from xda. like camara hack. ther is a folder and files on the root directory. in the folder though there is a camara icon or program.

tazwik said:
im tryin to install it in to my htc hd2 phone. its a program i downloaded. from xda. like camara hack. ther is a folder and files on the root directory. in the folder though there is a camara icon or program.
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Post the file or link me to where you got it please. I want to make sure I give you good info so it works.

sounds like a cracked app, where you get the prog folder and a reg file to crack it.

samsamuel said:
sounds like a cracked app, where you get the prog folder and a reg file to crack it.
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I thought so as well till he\she said they got it on xda, that made me think maybe a kitchen ext package

The cab files can be opened with winzip on your PC. The contents of a cab file is usually an xml file, icon file and other files for installation. Are you sure you are not opening a cab file in winzip?

zelendel said:
I thought so as well till he\she said they got it on xda, that made me think maybe a kitchen ext package
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ahh yea.that makes sense.

ok for example. forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611007
CUSTOM-djet-CameraSettingsPatch , it is a rar file costum patch. when i down load it has a folder and a files where do i place the folder and where do i place the files on my THC HD2

Thats an OEM package for use in kitchens when cooking ROMS. You cant install it to a running system. (Well, not in that form anyway)

tazwik said:
ok for example. forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611007
CUSTOM-djet-CameraSettingsPatch , it is a rar file costum patch. when i down load it has a folder and a files where do i place the folder and where do i place the files on my THC HD2
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I made the files into a cab for you.

zelendel said:
I made the files into a cab for you.
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What does that one do exactly?

sirphunkee said:
What does that one do exactly?
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From the look of the reg it enables one of the hidden functions in the camera. I thought most cooks enabled all the functions when they cooked up the rom but could be wrong. I know I do

zelendel said:
From the look of the reg it enables one of the hidden functions in the camera. I thought most cooks enabled all the functions when they cooked up the rom but could be wrong. I know I do
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Gotcha, thanks man! Just wanted to be sure I wasn't missing anything I don't already have

icons
can u help me with one more thing. i downloaded some icons. it does not have any other files but icons and album file. when i place the file into the windows directory. gives me an message that it can not be overitten due to not enough space and file is being used. how do i change go around it.

thks jelendel. for making file in to cab.

similar problems/questions
most cab files/apps i download and install are very straight forward and I save to storage card and there are right there on my "start" screen. others I download and I cant find them? I look through the file explorer but either cant find them or dont know what to do if I do find the file.
example, egg timer 1.0 -I can find it listed on "remove programs" page page so I know I got it. but how do I get it to a more 'usable' location.
another example. I want to get the Bluetooth toggle (BTtoggle) from pocketnow site. I downloaded the app, then it says I need to edit my registry (I understand the dangers of this) at
"HKLM\software\HTC\Manilla" and change the value of HomeLSKPath to the path to your BTtoggle.exe .....etc.....
First time editing registry, so sounds like I need to get a registry editor. I looked for a free one. CeRegEdit version 5.2.exe file. looks like it downloaded ok but I cant find on device??
LASTLY, I use CoOkies home editor and I really like it, but does that mean I cant do other changes/app installs to any HTC sense items/lock screen/home screen/etc? thanks for reading this far....steve
Or if you know of easier to get bluetooth toggle or any kind of timer applications so I dont burn food at the fire station, feel free to reccomend...Thanks

808Granato said:
Or if you know of easier to get bluetooth toggle or any kind of timer applications so I dont burn food at the fire station, feel free to reccomend...Thanks
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Aloha, and just because you're in civil service like that, I'll give you a hand with this one here...but it's usually best to open a new thread with a bunch of questions like that. You can just edit your post above to just say "moved to new thread", and then copy all that you wrote into a new thread you start...you'll probably get more views/responses that way too
These cabs will give you a toggle for bluetooth, wifi, and a reset button. Once you run the cab, you can find them in your start menu, but they're most useful when you assign them to one of the quicklink spots (on your home tab), just like you would any other program.
P.S. you'll find a lot more useful stuff for your new phone right here in these forums, and 99% of it is free, and known to work on the HD2 (unless stated otherwise). Start HERE and HERE