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Installing themes/manila files without using TF3D Config on a 1.93 o2 ROM

Hi All
First of all I am new to all of this but have spent the last week trying to figure out what to do but failing badly - therefore apologies to you all if my question could be easily found through a google search ...., but I have failed to find it
So at the heading says - how do I install a theme/manila files onto my Ignito without using TF3D Config - I have tried copying them across to the windows directory but still cannot see them listed under the Today settings.
I am using TF3D, on a 1.93 rom on a O2 UK tariff
Fingers crossed someone will be able to help me in simple - idiot proof - instructions
Thanks all
Jean

Ermmm - in light of the fact 77 people have looked at this but not replied does that mean ....
a. Its a really stupid question not worthy of a reply
or
b. No one knows the answer

a lot of people use tf3d config on 1.93 roms with no known
problems.give it a try.you can always take it off again and
return to your stock rom.

Hi i have a 1.93 rom which had the o2 theme, i installed the original black theme on it using tf3d config and ive had no problems.

fleabane said:
Hi All
First of all I am new to all of this but have spent the last week trying to figure out what to do but failing badly - therefore apologies to you all if my question could be easily found through a google search ...., but I have failed to find it
So at the heading says - how do I install a theme/manila files onto my Ignito without using TF3D Config - I have tried copying them across to the windows directory but still cannot see them listed under the Today settings.
I am using TF3D, on a 1.93 rom on a O2 UK tariff
Fingers crossed someone will be able to help me in simple - idiot proof - instructions
Thanks all
Jean
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use total commander to copy and paste the files into the windows directory!

Is there actually a reason why you're trying to do this? TF3D Config is a quick and easy method for changing your theme so to try and accomplish this manually seems needlessly complex. Which, I'd guess, is probably why no one's answered your question; it's likely that no one has ever tried to do it manually as TF3D Config does it all for you.
For the record I've got the stock 1.93 ROM on O2 and I've managed to change theme with TF3D Config without any problems at all. My girlfriend's done the same with her stock 1.93 Vodafone ROM.

Hi All
Thanks so much - the problem I am having is that I can't find any themes within the TF3D config programme - so for example - it asks for a path to the file containing the theme - I highlight the theme location but it then does'nt load
Am I being really dumb!!
Thanks again all
Jean

fleabane said:
Hi All
Thanks so much - the problem I am having is that I can't find any themes within the TF3D config programme - so for example - it asks for a path to the file containing the theme - I highlight the theme location but it then does'nt load
Am I being really dumb!!
Thanks again all
Jean
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loool OMG select the folder where your themes are located!

You can't select TF3D themes in the Today settings. A WM6 theme (.tsk files) yes, but no Touchflo.. You'll have to either use TF3DConfig> Create a folder called 'themes' (without quotes) in your storage card and put the xxx.theme files in there. Use tf3dconfig, press 'path', doubble click storage card, highlight themes, and press 'ok'. There has to be only .theme files in there, no folders or zip files, they don't work...
Or if you want to copy files to the windows directory, the method is to extract all the manila-files from a theme. Copy and overwrite all the manila files to the windows folder. Folders, zip-files or .theme-files do not work. Only manila files. I wouldn't recommend this one, but you gotta do what you gotta do..

djind said:
You can't select TF3D themes in the Today settings. A WM6 theme (.tsk files) yes, but no Touchflo.. You'll have to either use TF3DConfig> Create a folder called 'themes' (without quotes) in your storage card and put the xxx.theme files in there. Use tf3dconfig, press 'path', doubble click storage card, highlight themes, and press 'ok'. There has to be only .theme files in there, no folders or zip files, they don't work...
Or if you want to copy files to the windows directory, the method is to extract all the manila-files from a theme. Copy and overwrite all the manila files to the windows folder. Folders, zip-files or .theme-files do not work. Only manila files. I wouldn't recommend this one, but you gotta do what you gotta do..
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Thanks again - I've done exactly as you say - and in fact that's what I have been doing - yet no theme is available within TF3D - I'm trying to install a manila theme called Black n Blue - I get a warning saying I must have 20mb free - which I have - so at a complete loss as to the problem.
J

Hmm this is weird.. what ROM do you have? Is it stock? And what version of tf3dconfig are you using?

djind said:
Hmm this is weird.. what ROM do you have? Is it stock? And what version of tf3dconfig are you using?
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Rom: 1.93.206.3 wme - Original o2 VERSION
TF3Dconfig: 0.6.7
It's very frsutrating as the process should be simple - yet installing a manila theme in anyway seems impossible - I can change the picture background via Flo and of course have a WM theme if I turn off Touch Flo - just not install a theme that intergrates with TFlo - thanks for the time and help

Yes I can imagine. But on the thread about tf3d config, it says 'Please do not install a Theme on a 1.93 ROM!' Maybe he's referring to stock roms? I also have a 1.93 rom, but it works without any hassle. You are not willing to update to a custom rom?
Have you tried to copy all the manila files to your windows folder? Use total commander.. original explorer does not work..

I think that's what I'm going to have to do - just less hassle if I can get away without replacing the rom - never mind it was worth a try - the weird thing is even copying across to the windows folder- via ActiveSyn - also does'nt work - so a bit stumped
Thanks for all the help though

You would have to use Total Commander to to copy files from your 4gb storage card to your windows folder. It doesn't work with activesync or explorer..

Ahh okay thats good to know -off to try!!!!

Perfect - fiddly - but worked a treat - it was trying to copy across via Active Syn that was the issue - hugely appreciated thank you

It's worth noting that this can't be an issue with stock ROMs because both my girlfriend and I have successfully updated our TF3D themes using TF3D Config and we both have stock 1.93 ROMs.
Not that that helps you out at all, but at least people reading this will know it is perfectly possible to do this using a stock ROM.

Medulla said:
It's worth noting that this can't be an issue with stock ROMs because both my girlfriend and I have successfully updated our TF3D themes using TF3D Config and we both have stock 1.93 ROMs.
Not that that helps you out at all, but at least people reading this will know it is perfectly possible to do this using a stock ROM.
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Same here, i have tried many themes on the stock o2 ROM with the TF3D config with no issues.

I can't believe so many people out there don't realize what the problem is. The aforementioned "Black and Blue" theme (and many others) is NOT a .theme file, so the TF3D Config application CANNOT be used to apply it. It is instead just a bunch of manila files that need to be copied into the Windows directory (with Total Commander from the sound of it). I have had the same problem with the same theme.
Are we being dumb in that there is a simple way to create the .theme file? From a collection of manila files?

cant lauch touchflo after installing a new skin, which ends with a .cab

As I say at the title, it's really weer that after i install a new skin, the screen will show "tap here to lauch touchflo", but when i tap the screen, nothing happens. I do install the skin according to the instrcutions mentioned. I doubt whether there is a problem with the os?thks

I am having the same problem. I have to do a hard reset everytime I removed a skin.

If your running latest update of manila(18, not sure of 17), then the cab installs don't work. The image placements are slightly different which is why it can't find all the files and won't let you start it. Solution is to use the zip or m2dct files along with M2DC app to install your skins.
Not being able to find files that are removed during an uninstall will also cause touchflo to not be able to start.(post #2) Solution is to reinstall the original files or another theme that replaces the missing files.

showaco said:
If your running latest update of manila(18, not sure of 17), then the cab installs don't work. The image placements are slightly different which is why it can't find all the files and won't let you start it. Solution is to use the zip or m2dct files along with M2DC app to install your skins.
Not being able to find files that are removed during an uninstall will also cause touchflo to not be able to start.(post #2) Solution is to reinstall the original files or another theme that replaces the missing files.
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ok, it's very helpful. thks again

Urgently Need Help Please!!

I was trying out manila editor and i dont know what i did now my TF3D has become like this!!
I even tried to reinstall my theme please help..

hi,
which version of TF3D do you have : 1 or 2 ?
If you have TF3D1 then install TF3D config and re-install your theme

im using the Version3(Build 29946) from SwiftBL-WWE-Diamond-v7-5-Lite-16MbPP ROM

help pls? and to make a correction its Version 2 TF3D

With TF3D 2i think you might do the same....I guess installing a .cab'bed skin will fix ... but be sure to install a skin which is completely uninstallable later in case you want your old one back.... (There are a few out there which contain several add ons like S2U2 wich will make it HUGE!)

i already tried installing a cab theme and it didnt work

Maybe you should try to overwrite all the custom Panels with the grafics from your old skin. You just need to unpack the .cab or .theme file with winrar and extract the images. Then load them into your Manila Customizer (but be sure to use the correct file path!!!). Then replace the Images one by one.
A good preparation for this would be to...
disable TF3D at first, delete the Manila customizer, reset, reactivate TF3D, reset, install the customizer again....
this will erase all the bad files i think.
And if this is not working, you will have to hard Reset the device and maybe it qould be Useful to format the NAND, too.
But before doing this, respond here if it worked... meanwhile i'll think about another method how to restore it...
Good luck so far!

thanks for your help man , but i know next to night about manila editing n stuff so to save the trouble i just went and chnage my rom (hard-reset) and everything was ok ..
how this problem started was when i open a manila customizer and changed a file in my phone (forgot which) but i can get the file for u if u want to investigate further

Restore Windows Mobile 6.5 default icons

Hi all,
I'm looking for a way to restore the windows default icons back to original. I found the start menu icon editor, but thats not exactly what i''m looking for. The problem are the icons i see in file explorer for example, the folder icons looks like crap now (probably installed those icons sometime ago, but i wanna get rid of them )
So is there a way to completely restore ALL windows mobile 6.5 icons back to normal? (prefered incl start menu)

+1 ,also I need that for 6.1, cause I love to stuck with the clean original icons.

Also voting in for this. I'm about to change my icons, and it'd be good to have the original ones as a backup.

I made a mistake when replacing one icon with HComber. So I would like to restore the original icon.
Does anyone have a pack containing the original WM6.5 icons?
That would be very useful. Thanks.

use jwmd icon changer then move the path into \Windows directory.
there you can find all the resources.
or you can also dump them from the official wm6.5 emulator.

Thank you very much.
I also found a pack of original WM6.5 icons, for those who might be interested:
http://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=727

i recommend you to stick on your inside \Windows folder icons.
it's will be better on performance & not wasting your ram space.
quite bigger though if you put a lot of png's, especially those with 16.8colors

I used JWMD Icon Changer for my problem, works really well.
My problem was that I accidently removed the image/icon from three links/icons. I tried what muhrizky said, but no luck.
When JWMD scanned the Windows catalog it just stopped, I have no idea why. But the icons inside \Windows\,
so I searched for them with Total Command and copied them to my newly created folder(My Icons) on my storage card.
Once copied to the same folder I scanned that folder with JWMD and I could easily change back my icons =)

muhrizky said:
use jwmd icon changer then move the path into \Windows directory.
there you can find all the resources.
or you can also dump them from the official wm6.5 emulator.
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can you give me a step by step way to change my HTC HD2 file explorer icons back to the default. I have tried everything but nothing has worked. I have JWMD but I don't know how to scsan the windows folder.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!
Leon

Not newbie in taskbars but still weird things happen

I have made lots of taskbars but lately when i switched to dpi192 and searched for new taskbars to take some ideas and make my own i have some problems rather weird.
1)I downloaded some taskbars and opened them with WinCe cab manager.
In some of them their shellres dll appeared to be like the original one with the stock icons, but when i replace this file in my phone then the new icons appear.Where are these icons in the shellres? How is possible that restorator or reshacker doesnt show them?
2)I took the phcanoverbmp file of one of these taskbars and put my icons on it.It worked flawlessly with one build and when i changed build then the icons changed to the ones the phcanoverbmp had before i modified it.That means that in restorator I see my icons and in the phone I see the previous icons.Kind of magic!!
Well i checked in my kitchen that no other phcan or leophcan existed.
I would appreciate a reply on these questions!!

mmmm weird.. i had that issue with PE explorer once.... but then suddendly the XP screws up with a blue screen so i need to reformat and now the PE explorer and restorator shows me the changes
Edit: hope you arent playing with files from 6.5 into builds 6.5.X and viceversa cause it dont works

When you change build you must change again shellres.192.dll,shellres.192.dll.0409(or you native).mui.
Im not taskbar maker but this is what i can see in a taskbar cab that i downloaded.
I see also outres.192.dll,tapres.192.dll.
If you are a cooker i suggest you to put those files in an EXT package so for every new build you will not going to change them from SYS.
If you want only copy them into windows folder or make a cab i suggest you to sign them before or use sdkcerts.cab.
Here is a reg key to check:
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\security\ResOver\Bitmaps]
"BatteryIconLevels"=dword:00000065
"BatteryIconIdStart"=dword:000003E9
"FuncDll"="CDMA_RSSI_PPC.dll"
"BaseDll"="phcanOverbmp.dll"
"BaseId"=dword:00000000

Thank you guys for replying.
No i did not use wm 6.5 dll, It seems that somehow when you dont use a virgin dll and you overwrite the old icons with the new ones with restorator or reshacker, then sometimes the old icons remain and though you dont see them in the restorator they appear in the screen.
I made a progress,I used virgin dlls and this time signed them with the last msigner 2010.I made a cab and cooked as an external package using zzz as you said although this wasnt the problem.Now everything is fine, i can sleep.I dont know if it was the msigner version or the virgin dll.Ihave many times overwrighted icons, in already modified dlls, with restorator (without using virgin dlls) without problems.This time didnt work mayby.
Now the only problem i have is that when i check windows default in home screen then when i hit the windows button to go for example in start menu, then the x button doesnt return to titanium any more.
This doesnt really matters to me because i am an spb fun.I unchecked windows default which i do anyway and no problem.But maybe it should be nice to know why,maybe some other guys have the same problem.
Mmm, now the device stucked in boot screen once during sashimi, now i installed the programs manually, maybe I must fix this problem I previously described.
Any idea?
Thanks for your replies.

you must know that if you add in the kitchen a dll or whatever it doesnt matters if its signed or not... unless the tsk's with themes. cause the kitchen sign everything... the sign process of dlls or other thing are for patch working roms

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you must know that if you add in the kitchen a dll or whatever it doesnt matters if its signed or not... unless the tsk's with themes. cause the kitchen sign everything... the sign process of dlls or other thing are for patch working roms
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Thanks que ppc.