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Wallpaper Smoked

No matter what .tsk file I use, when I use the option in the settings to display image as baccground. It's always grayed out which seriously makes the pic look crappy. I know I can just use a load of different .tsk files but I don't want to do it that way. I want to be able to change the baccgroud pic at anytime with having it smoked out with some gray transparent layer.
Is the a registry hacc I can do to stop it?

I don't know if there is a registry hack but at least, there is a workaround. Instead of using the today applet to select your background picture, you can use the Pictures & Videos app. Select the picture you like, there is a menu item to set a the selectted picture asToday background just set the transparency level at 0% and you are set

Thanks. Works perfectly.

Glad I helped, but actually you got me thinking. So, I tried to figure out if there was not a way of setting the transparency level via a registry hack as you suggested. I didn't find anything because it's not stored in registry.
What actually happens when you choose a background picture is that wm5 creates 2 pictures (stwater_240_320 and stwater_320_240) in the \windows folder. So instead of relying on the today applet or on the pictures and videos app, what you could do is delete these 2 pictures, then copy your homemade pictures in the \windows folder and rename theme to the above mentionned names. It should let us have a different image when in landscape mode instead of a cropped one. The 240_320 has to be 240x268 and the 320x240 340x188. Why 268 and 188 instead of 320 and 240 ? Because the taskbar and the menubar are 26 pixels wide and (2x26) + 268 = 340 !

newbie problem in changing wallpaper of today

when i change the wallpaper of today using the
default option (the box below theme selection)
the wallpaper get whiten (just like the theme set transparency to 30% or so)
i try different theme also have this problem
What can i do? thx

Browse to the picture you like to use as wallpaper with the file explorer. Open the picture and choose "Set as Today Background..." with transparency 0%.

use pictures and videos menu,>send to today bckground
change the transparancy there
or use a_cs s2v which is the best free image viewer and save to desktop
that prog allows you to save much higher quality contact pictures as well

Done, thank you very much ^^b

Newbie problem - changing wallpaper

Is it possible to change only wallpaper (not today wallpaper) or I have to make new panel with my wallpaper?

GuzioR said:
Is it possible to change only wallpaper (not today wallpaper) or I have to make new panel with my wallpaper?
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huh
explain

I downloaded wallpaper from some website and now I would like to have this wallpaper in my phone. In panels I can change COLOR (yellow, red, Maroon, XPERIA etc.).
I want to change this color for wallpaper/some photo from camera. Is it possible? I didn't find any option which is responsible for it.

GuzioR said:
I downloaded wallpaper from some website and now I would like to have this wallpaper in my phone. In panels I can change COLOR (yellow, red, Maroon, XPERIA etc.).
I want to change this color for wallpaper/some photo from camera. Is it possible? I didn't find any option which is responsible for it.
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Of course, just navigate to Programs\panels\sonyericssonpanel\images and exchange the images there. Every color sheme has a number (e.g.09 for brown) and a portrait image (09v) and a landscape image (09h). When you save the new images over the existing, you can chose your images from the panel's options (e.g. color sheme "brown" is your image files).

Folder 'images' is empty...

Are you in the right folder on the phone's memory? Have you tried accessing this folder via Active Sync?
The folder can't be empty otherwise you would have no background in the SonyEricsson-Panel.

skycamefalling said:
Of course, just navigate to Programs\panels\sonyericssonpanel\images and exchange the images there. Every color sheme has a number (e.g.09 for brown) and a portrait image (09v) and a landscape image (09h). When you save the new images over the existing, you can chose your images from the panel's options (e.g. color sheme "brown" is your image files).
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So just adding new won't work??

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Are you in the right folder on the phone's memory? Have you tried accessing this folder via Active Sync?
The folder can't be empty otherwise you would have no background in the SonyEricsson-Panel.
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Yeah, I'm right. I try it via Active Sync but it's still empty. My phone is new. I own it from 2 days. Look at screen. Maybe "sep1p" "sep1pl" etc. are images which you are talking about?

GuzioR said:
Yeah, I'm right. I try it via Active Sync but it's still empty. My phone is new. I own it from 2 days. Look at screen. Maybe "sep1p" "sep1pl" etc. are images which you are talking about?
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Look from the phone level! Use TotalCommander.

doministry said:
So just adding new won't work??
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I think not. The options menu in the panel only shows the preinstalled color themes. Don't have an idea how to connect new images to new themes -mabye there is a config file somewhere in the panel's folder.
Yeah, I'm right. I try it via Active Sync but it's still empty. My phone is new. I own it from 2 days. Look at screen. Maybe "sep1p" "sep1pl" etc. are images which you are talking about?
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You are in the wrong folder: These files are in the panel's root-folder. Just open the next folder "IMAGES".

skycamefalling said:
You are in the wrong folder: These files are in the panel's root-folder. Just open the next folder "IMAGES".
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Look, below 1st screen there is pasted next which shows EMPTY FOLDER "IMAGES".
EDIT: There are images but I opened it via File Manager. Should I exchange 2 images? Portrait and landscape?

GuzioR said:
Look, below 1st screen there is pasted next which shows EMPTY FOLDER "IMAGES".
EDIT: There are images but I opened it via File Manager. Should I exchange 2 images? Portrait and landscape?
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Yeah, 2 images, h for your desired landscape pic and v for the portrait pic.
Just look at the pic's properties what resolution you need -should be 7xx x 480p (because you need to cut the taskbar from the 800pixels height)

Ok. Thank you for help.
Now there is nothing to do than trying

gallery question - icons appearing in there??

Hi guys,
When opening the gallery I get following folders:
- all pictures
- all videos
- 100MEDIA
- drawable
- VIDEO
Now the "drawable" folder seems to contain icons (from quickcalendar I think) so I'm not interested to see those... these icons are also included in the "all pictures" folder
Is there a way that I can get that out the gallery and the "all pictures" folder?
If not, how can I create a shortcut only to the 100MEDIA folder on my homescreen so I only see the real pictures?
Thanks
B

Few things I can't figure out how to do with my HD2

1. is it possible to have a wallpaper changer? could you recommend me the right app\link?
2. is it possible to have games in our quicklinks? or do we have to go to startmenu?
3. in games ive made subfolders for strategy , role playing etc.. how can i put icons on those folders?
4. when i click albums quicklinks, it brings up camerashots and says no photos or videos found, on bottom left side i have the options to view albums, and then it shows all albums on my phone. is there away for me when on homescreen and select albums it will show me all albums immediatelly?
thank you.

You can put games in the Quicklinks. The phone came with Guitar Hero in the quicklinks.

i realize that.. i mean the folder games. sorry
can i put the folder games in the quicklinks?

anyone have any tips for me please?
ive come up with another thing that annoys me about my layout.. maybe there's a workaround someone knows?
when going into albums storage card it shows all the folders on my storage card for images.. is there away for it to show them like a tree? meaning not show all subfolders right away? i have a folder in my storage card named wallpapers, and inside that are 15 folders, (portrait.landscape, high res. etc..) when i open albums they all show up.. i'd like it to just show wallpapers then IF I CHOSE wallpapers then it would show the subfolders.
Thanks

xtacybyme said:
1. is it possible to have a wallpaper changer? could you recommend me the right app\link?
2. is it possible to have games in our quicklinks? or do we have to go to startmenu?
3. in games ive made subfolders for strategy , role playing etc.. how can i put icons on those folders?
4. when i click albums quicklinks, it brings up camerashots and says no photos or videos found, on bottom left side i have the options to view albums, and then it shows all albums on my phone. is there away for me when on homescreen and select albums it will show me all albums immediatelly?
thank you.
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What do you mean by wallpaper-changer? You can adjust your wallpaper if you go on settings-tab and then on personalize.
If you want to customize your icons, use this app:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567080
and search for custom icons in themes / apps area.

wallpaper changer - i had a SPV C550(HTC) and there was a proggy for changing the homescreen wallpaper every 10,30 seconds etc.. so curious if anyone has found the similiar thing for there htc.. where it would change the homescreen wallpaper every 10, 30 seconds or minute. but when backlight turns off the changer would stop of course.
thanks for icon changer info
any tip son the albums questions?
4. when i click albums quicklinks, it brings up camerashots and says no photos or videos found, on bottom left side i have the options to view albums, and then it shows all albums on my phone. is there away for me when on homescreen and select albums it will show me all albums immediatelly?
5. when going into albums storage card it shows all the folders on my storage card for images.. is there away for it to show them like a tree? meaning not show all subfolders right away? i have a folder in my storage card named wallpapers, and inside that are 15 folders, (portrait.landscape, high res. etc..) when i open albums they all show up.. i'd like it to just show wallpapers then IF I CHOSE wallpapers then it would show the subfolders.

xtacybyme said:
4. when i click albums quicklinks, it brings up camerashots and says no photos or videos found, on bottom left side i have the options to view albums, and then it shows all albums on my phone. is there away for me when on homescreen and select albums it will show me all albums immediatelly?
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No I dont know how to show all your albums just by clicking on the quicklink, but you can navigate to your favorite album and hit the right softkey. There you can choose "set album as favorite". Now, when you click on the quicklink, it will allways show up your defined album instead of "no albums found".

To the OP,
Have you looked at this...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583638
WB