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How do i make Full Screen themes?

Can anyone tell me how i go about making full screen themes, where the picture/photo is incorporated into the upper and lower bars, Thank-you.

neildunne said:
Can anyone tell me how i go about making full screen themes, where the picture/photo is incorporated into the upper and lower bars, Thank-you.
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A google search yielded the following results...
http://www.ipaq.net/Articles/getTip.aspx?articleID=59
http://www.mcdeb.com/tmmcdeb/
http://pocketpcthemes.com/faq.shtm#1
Always smarter to do a little research before posting. Don't want to annoy anyone in the forums, especially when a question is easily answered with a simple search. ;-)
Hope this helps.

I know how to make everyday run-of-the-mill themes, but what i want to know is how to make themes where both the top and bottom bar are also the same as the picture and not just coloured, similar to the one in the pic i've uploaded

I guess it's not real today themes, it use prog like Wisbar advanced.
Correct me if I'm wrong

cornelius said:
I guess it's not real today themes, it use prog like Wisbar advanced.
Correct me if I'm wrong
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Yes, I think you're correct. Use Wisbar. Their site has all the info you'll need to create theme's like that. You'll also see other nice theme's.

neildunne said:
I know how to make everyday run-of-the-mill themes, but what i want to know is how to make themes where both the top and bottom bar are also the same as the picture and not just coloured, similar to the one in the pic i've uploaded
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That one looks like one of the animated flash themes (the grass moves gently as if in a breeze...) - I don't think it's Wisbar.

S2U2 Pointui skin ?

Hey
Wondering if anyone out there is/would like to make a skin for S2U2 to make it match the Pointui interface.
At the moment i have Home running, then when a call comes through S2U2 pops up with slide to answer. Would be awesome to skin S2U2 to match the Pointui look, would look great, all matching and what not.
Also, anyone know of a PocketCM Pointui look-a-like skin? Again this would look great.
Thanks!

I'd like a PointUI skin to match S2U2.
PointUI is not skinnable as yet but here's hoping....

When you lock pointui it gives it's own unlocking slider screen

Well someone made a TSK to match the PointUI. All you would need to do is extract the JPG out of the TSK. I was gonna get around to it but haven't been back to the office yet. If anyone has some theme editing software they can get a jump start on it.
Attached is the PointUI today theme.

Johnston411 said:
When you lock pointui it gives it's own unlocking slider screen
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Indeed but I prefer S2U2.

Johnston411 said:
When you lock pointui it gives it's own unlocking slider screen
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Yeah buts its real bad. s2u2 is much better and handles incoming calls etc. So untill the Pointui guys improve the locker, a s2u2 pointui theme would be great.

Here's the images I used in the TSK, they were extracted from PointUI:

S2U2 "Pointui wallpaper skin"
Copy these 2 wallpapers to S2U2/GFX.

Yeah we are heading in the right direction.
What about icons and such?

i'll see if i can knock together an S2U2 theme for you guys, but it won't really be top quality, since i need to get to sleep soon. just something to appease the people while someone else who has more time to focus on it can produce a better product.

There's a great tutorial for modifying S2U2 in this thread here.
I'll get to working on a PointUI theme for S2U2 as soon as I finish setting up my Telus branded HTC Touch (Vogue 100)(P3050) for the 5th time. (screwed up registry trying to make TouchPal the default SIP) (Used PIM Backup to overwrite the last good backup with a barebones PIM from the last HR)

here's a theme

Hey Azimuth
Thanks for the theme. Just a few notes as you mentioned its untested, iv tested it and..
- There seems to be a white bar next to the SMS icon
- The Clock font is real choppy
- The slide button has white areas in the top corners where i suppose this should be transparent
- Is it possible to have larger icons for SMS, Emails and Calls, like the Pointui ones.

critiques
will fix

Azimuth21
thanks for producing such a nice theme for s2u2. Everyone is good apart from the slide button, i think the corners should be smoother...lol...
anyways for sharing...

I just created the PointUI Slider, I hope you like it.
And here's how my S2U2 looks like.
PS: The icons dont work.

Here's is a coloured version.
Here's how my S2U2 screen looks like:

Firstly, we appreciate that you guys are impressed by Pointui Home, XDA has some hardcore PDA fans and we know you're a tough crowd. We also know what kind of stuff goes down here, hi to all the Chefs out there.
We know that Pointui Home is limited in areas and other software is needed, but come on guys, you have completely raped the logo. Its been designed so its square, it would fit in nicely. That looks like Xenu is about to land.
If you guys are serious then step up. Contact us and ask, let us know what kind of sh!t is going down here. Maybe we can at least meet you half way so the result is decent.
We'll try and get a setting in to have the lock look for an external app like we did with 1.01b and the Music icon, mail, etc.. in the next build.
As you can tell from our forum Joel and I are pretty busy and given we do this in our own time after work so we might not get back to you for a bit. Please have some patience.
Also, please if anyone in these forums works out how to get something to work and there are people in our forum with the same problem we'd appreciate you hook them up.
Thanks cstewart for the donation and Dorothy sends her regards
Cheers,
Shane...

shane_pointui said:
We know that Pointui Home is limited in areas and other software is needed, but come on guys, you have completely raped the logo. Its been designed so its square, it would fit in nicely. That looks like Xenu is about to land.
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This is a legitimate concern, it's your trademark and I would be peeved as well. However go easy on mushipkw, I'm sure his including your logo was out of admiration and not with the intent to desecrate it
You should include trademark usage guidelines on your website or completely forbid it.

borealcool said:
This is a legitimate concern, it's your trademark and I would be peeved as well. However go easy on mushipkw, I'm sure his including your logo was out of admiration and not with the intent to desecrate it
You should include trademark usage guidelines on your website or completely forbid it.
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Exactly. I didnt want to desecrate it, If u say I'll remove it.

Please help - I just want this version

As per title really, i'm happy with the functionality and layout etc etc of my device, i just want to change the colour scheme to be as below, i've spent ages trying to find where the theme is located but can't, please can someone help me with where it is and how to change it

thissy said:
As per title really, i'm happy with the functionality and layout etc etc of my device, i just want to change the colour scheme to be as below, i've spent ages trying to find where the theme is located but can't, please can someone help me with where it is and how to change it
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That looks like stock photos of the unlocked GSM Rhodium running a stock windows 6.1 and Sense 2.1. So there isn't a theme really. Just a stock phone with a black background.

I can't find the black background anywhere, it certainly isnt on the device.

That background is embedded in the Manila files; it's the same as on all other tabs of Manila.
You can get it by editing the registry. Find the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Manila
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In that key change the value for "DefaultHomeBackgroundPath" to an empty string (you may ned to go to the settings tab after that, and try to change the wallpaper; it should then ask you if you want to use the default wallpaper).

thissy said:
As per title really, i'm happy with the functionality and layout etc etc of my device, i just want to change the colour scheme to be as below, i've spent ages trying to find where the theme is located but can't, please can someone help me with where it is and how to change it
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Well, here's the wallpaper for a start:
Hope this helps?

I can get the wallpaper and top and bottom bars black but nothing happens to the touch flo, it stays defaulted to red and white, so by turning touch flo off (which i dont want to do) i get black wallpaper

thissy said:
I can get the wallpaper and top and bottom bars black but nothing happens to the touch flo, it stays defaulted to red and white, so by turning touch flo off (which i dont want to do) i get black wallpaper
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Is that a carrier branded TP2?

thissy said:
I can get the wallpaper and top and bottom bars black but nothing happens to the touch flo, it stays defaulted to red and white, so by turning touch flo off (which i dont want to do) i get black wallpaper
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Not sure we follow you...

a2002cmacg said:
Not sure we follow you...
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Doesn't the branded US T-Mobile TP2 have a red and white theme???

yeah vodafone
i like the touch flo and everything else as is but it looks like this

thissy said:
yeah vodafone
i like the touch flo and everything else as is but it looks like this
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Oh goodness. That is horrible. Ouch!

i just want it to look like my first picture

thissy said:
i just want it to look like my first picture
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I don't blame you! I've had a bit of a search and I can't really find anything that'll revert it back to the HTC stock theme
You may have to use a different theme - or Hard SPL and flash a new ROM if you're up for that?

well i've about had enough of the nasty red and white

thissy said:
well i've about had enough of the nasty red and white
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Well if you do decide to flash a new ROM (it's easy) do make sure you follow this and you'll have no problems:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550540

gonna have a go at that later on, what would i need to do after i've done all those steps? would i then need to find themes etc (idiot alert)

This looks like a mix of old and new.
The red taskbar should be able to change to a different colour by using a different theme file (.tsk) Download this file and save it to My Documents, then apply it by going to All Settings > Personal > Today
http://f.imagehost.org/download/0517/htc_black

I feel your pain, thissy. My AT&T Tilt 2 came with a blue theme that had to go. Being a n00b, I had no idea how do to any of that stuff.
After reading and searching, I was able to change almost everything without flashing a new rom. I think you need to start with getting Max's TF3D theme maker, found here. Become familiar with that thread, and all the additional components you can add into Max's program. LOTS of good stuff out there to tweak the look of your phone.

thissy said:
gonna have a go at that later on, what would i need to do after i've done all those steps? would i then need to find themes etc (idiot alert)
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Try the things other people suggest first if you're unsure about flashing a new ROM. But, if you do decide to flash one, say Ark's ROM here:
http://htcpedia.com/Rhodium-AF-manila-2-5-VX3/soft/htc-rhodium-rom.html?page=1
You wouldn't need to add any themes because it would look like this:
Plus you'd have all the benefits of Manila 2.5.
Hope this helps.

cheers everyone for your help
no doubt i'll be back at some point for some more nooby help

Blue Skin Help Please

Hi!
New around here so please be patient.
My HD2 is also my very first Windows Smart Phone, so please excuse my lack of knowledge.
My query is this:
I'm looking for a skin/theme (I'm not sure) that will make all wallpapers/backgrounds to appear blue.
Do I need to install just wallpapers, or will there be more I need to do to give my phone the nice blue I'm looking for.
Could any of you guys also please let me know where to find such a thing, and how I need to go about to install everything.
I've tried for the last few days to go through all these pages looking for help, but I get a bit overwhelmed by everything.
I've already got the blue theme selected in my Today folder, but I'd like all the backgrounds to appear a nice deep blue.
Also, is there any way to make the boxes surrounding the home screen's software buttons disappear? I'd still like the descriptive functions to be there but without those boxes.
I'd really love everything to be a nice smooth blue.
I'm sorry to ask these questions that will probably be silly to you guys, but I'd really like to get my new phone the way I like it.
Thanks very much.
Stephen

..cheers everyone for all your help!
Superb!

To make the software icons transparent use Co0kies Home Tab Cab 1.6.1 together with his CHTEditor.
There is much written on the forums for having consistent backgrounds across all screens etc.
The link below will get you started on your background requirements.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=636887
Hope this helps.

schnooker said:
..cheers everyone for all your help!
Superb!
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Good to see sarcasm still has it's fans.
In regards to your 'theme', you'd be best off finding a background image with the colour you prefer then copying it to the phone, and selecting it as the background image in:
Settings -> Personalize
The transparent boxes around the quicklinks (I'm guessing thats what you mean)
http://www.ad-grafiska.se/HD2/visual_mods/Touch X transparent quicklinks when asign app.cab
Found from this thread after less than 2 mins searching in the "HD2 Themes and Apps" forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=584415

Thanks very much for all your help.
I do mean that

Taskbar & softkeys

I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction. i am looking for a cab to make the taskbar and softkeys either all the way transparent or semi transparent. Also I tried downloading cabs for the taskbar icon and it totally flipped my phone out. I am using a stock ROM with CHT. It is kinda driving me bonkers. If not transparent but a beveled look would also work?! I am still kinda new but this is not my first ball!

toreone said:
I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction. i am looking for a cab to make the taskbar and softkeys either all the way transparent or semi transparent. Also I tried downloading cabs for the taskbar icon and it totally flipped my phone out. I am using a stock ROM with CHT. It is kinda driving me bonkers. If not transparent but a beveled look would also work?! I am still kinda new but this is not my first ball!
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Which taskbar icons are you trying? Those are often compatible (or not) with certain builds of windows, as opposed to a specific versions of sense.
To get the taskbar and softkey bars "transparent", your best bet is to use HDWalls, an app that can cab up a wallpaper for you, and it will skin those bars to match the wallpaper you chose. However, this is kind of a "cheat" since it doesn't really make them transparent...I haven't found any solutions that actually do that. HDWalls has a little bit of a learning curve and you'll need to install the HQ patch for it as well, but it's probably the best option.
You can also try THIS app...I haven't given it a shot yet, but it's on my list of things to try. Looks like it might be a good bit more complicated though, but you're welcome to give it a shot

Thanks
I think i tried brains taskbar and another one but no dice. I think it said they where for 6.5x

toreone said:
I think i tried brains taskbar and another one but no dice. I think it said they where for 6.5x
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No prob The thing to do would be to look to see which build of 6.5 you have, and just read the notes carefully in the posts with the taskbars, to see if yours is listed as compatible. I think CHT can cause incompatibilities with some taskbars, just because some say they are specifically known to work with it. What carrier's stock ROM are you running? If it's the Tmo US ROM, I'm running the same, and I can let you know which taskbars have worked for me.