I have tried to search and find what to do to install a theme that has icons, and cannot figure it out. Do I need some program that everyone is using? Also on dialer skins how are those installed?
Do skins kill battery life or use alot of system resources?
Thanks
What theme? If its HTC home, you install the .cab file from the phone or sync the phone to pc and double click .exe.
If its a .tsk file, Put the file in the windows directory of the phone then go to today screen and select from there.
Skins dont use a lot of system resources UNLESS they are actively doing something( S2U2 for example if you install a moving gif as your wallpaper) as they are just being used instead of the originals.. Cheers...
yea, u need to be a wee bit more clear as to what you want, you're probably new and dont know the right terms, so maybe if you posted some pics we could understand a bit better what u are trying to achieve.
this is the style im looking for http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=51534&d=1190401691 with the big clock and some icons below. I think that I will need a plug in to show the icons. I installed a tsk theme but it only changed the color of the top and bottom bars, but did not show the large clock or icons like that one. I saved it to the memory card, not within a folder and I was able to browse find and install it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry Im New
thanks,
Nicholas
that big clock is the htc home plugin, which you can download all over this forum, or at www.pocketemu.com which incidentally also has another program called htc home customizer, which would be the easiest way to customize the home icons. It may not have that exact theme you are looking for, so the best way to get that theme is to ask the person who posted that screenshot
XtreMe_G said:
that big clock is the htc home plugin, which you can download all over this forum, or at www.pocketemu.com which incidentally also has another program called htc home customizer, which would be the easiest way to customize the home icons.
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Ditto. Welcome to the addiction...I'm lucky to keep the same clock and icons for more than a week...
I must say I'm a fan of TF3D. But personally, the mono-color scheme is not much fun to look at. So, I searched the web for some free icons and made this. I thought I'd share it with the xda community. My first contribution.
(Don't bother with the poll, I've made my decision already.)
Instructions:
1. Install cab (recommended that previous versions of my theme be uninstalled first)
2. Disable and re-enable TF3D to see the changes. To see changes in the dialer, you'll need to soft-reset.
3. Sprint users, please install my "Color TF3D-Sprint Patch.cab" on top of whichever one of my theme's version you chose. This will add the 2 icons for Sprint TV and Nav. Please see screenshot here.
If don't like it, just uninstall. Soft-reset. Back to normal.
Verizon users, have a look here.
Sprint users, have a look here.
Most devices have black as the default font color for the clock on the Home tab. If yours does not, check here.
FAQ - please read before asking any questions I'll be ignoring all queries covered in the FAQ.
Tip: for improved performance, use CFC Compression. Info here.
Release history
I'd gladly take suggestions and requests. Let me know if you have icons you would like me to use or if you don't like a particular change I made. Together, we can make the perfect theme!
Color TF3D 1.5.cab - Normal
Color TF3D 1.5-no top.cab - Transparent top curtain
Color TF3D 1.5-no bottom.cab - Transparent bottom curtain
Color TF3D 1.5-no top and bottom.cab - Transparent top and bottom curtains (This is the one used in the screenshots)
Color TF3D-Sprint Patch.cab - install this on top of one of the above cabs for icons for Sprint TV and Nav
For those of you who have switched to the official WinMo 6.5 ROM released by HTC or if you have Manila v2.1 with the weather clock, please see here for version 2.0.
Users of Manila 2.0 or 2.1 without the weather clock should stick with version 1.5 of my theme.
AT&T Tilt 2 users should also stick with version 1.5 of my theme. I've not skinned the AT&T tab icon. If you want me to skin it, one of you will have to send me the corresponding manila files...
Further development on this has halted. But I'll still continue to try to support it. Here for details.
Like my work? Please donate! Any amount appreciated! Thanks for supporting!
thx!!!great!
i just wnat to know...
i presume you used cfc-gui to change icons, but i cant find the tab icons in my manla files...ive just the manila icon\off...
could you help me please?
davidebeatrice said:
thx!!!great!
i just wnat to know...
i presume you used cfc-gui to change icons, but i cant find the tab icons in my manla files...ive just the manila icon\off...
could you help me please?
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Yes, I used cfc-gui. The section under "manila\icon off" is "manila\icon preview". That's what you're looking for. If you don't see it, you probably didn't extract your full set of manila files.
Very nice!
Great job, but i've got the Vario5 and tmobile made their own icons and I'm not sure if this works on my version, did you test it?
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Yes, I used cfc-gui. The section under "manila\icon off" is "manila\icon preview". That's what you're looking for. If you don't see it, you probably didn't extract your full set of manila files.
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thx...but...in "manila\icon preview" icons are 128x128 only...changing these icons i change the "active icons" on manila bar also?
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thx...but...in "manila\icon preview" icons are 128x128 only...changing these icons i change the "active icons" on manila bar also?
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The 64x64 icons in the "manila/icon off" section are the ones to amend for the tab selection bar.
Ertje88 said:
Very nice!
Great job, but i've got the Vario5 and tmobile made their own icons and I'm not sure if this works on my version, did you test it?
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Only tested on my unlocked UK Touch Pro2. So, don't know if it'll work for you. Suggest you to backup your manila files and test it. This way, you can always revert back if anything goes wrong.
Thx a lot! Great work!
Could you make a cab file? thx
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Could you make a cab file? thx
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Sure, cab added. Please see 1st post.
I'd really like to try this out as it looks great but I'm a bit concerned because I would have no idea which Manila files to back up incase I wanted to change back. Will the cab now allow me to uninstall from the remove programs option and do I still need to turn of tf3d before installing it?
Sorry for all the questions
The tab isnt transparent, and the bottom is white below the tabs. help?
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I'd really like to try this out as it looks great but I'm a bit concerned because I would have no idea which Manila files to back up incase I wanted to change back. Will the cab now allow me to uninstall from the remove programs option and do I still need to turn of tf3d before installing it?
Sorry for all the questions
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Going to be honest. I've not actually tried to uninstall the cab. But since the manila files are in ROM, a soft reset should restore them if you do uninstall the cab.
To answer your question on which manila files to backup, you can find the list in the xml file if you "unzip" the cab. Alternatively and probably easier would be to be just back up all of them.
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The tab isnt transparent, and the bottom is white below the tabs. help?
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Please check out the 1st post regarding the glass slider. Regarding the other problem, can you pls send me or post a screenshot? Don't know what you mean...
Are those niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice really really niiiiiiiiiiiiiice notification icons part of the package ? they are awesome!
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Are those niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice really really niiiiiiiiiiiiiice notification icons part of the package ? they are awesome!
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I probably wasn't being clear in the 1st post, so I apologize for any misunderstandings. The slider, clock, taskbar, and 1% battery driver are not included in my cab. You can get them if they suit your preference. The links to those threads are in the 1st post. I take no credit for them. 1st post is now amended to be more clear in this subject.
Btw, yes, they are indeed awesome...
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Going to be honest. I've not actually tried to uninstall the cab. But since the manila files are in ROM, a soft reset should restore them if you do uninstall the cab.
To answer your question on which manila files to backup, you can find the list in the xml file if you "unzip" the cab. Alternatively and probably easier would be to be just back up all of them.
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Sorry, going to contradict myself here. I just tried to uninstall the cab. It works perfectly. No need to worry about screwing anything up if you install it and don't like it.
Looks great, thanks very much.
It seems that when the icon marked below is pressed, the original icon (i.e. not colored) shows up
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It seems that when the icon marked below is pressed, the original icon (i.e. not colored) shows up
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I've actually encountered the problem you described when I tried to install my cab onto my Diamond (which runs a ported version of TF3D2). The strange thing was, the problem mysteriously went away after a few minutes. All I can say is, try to disable and then enable TF3D. Or soft reset. If that doesn't work, try to install the cab again. Maybe the script accidently skipped a file…
I'm quite certain the cab works. Tested on my own TP2 purchased from UK and my friend's TP2 purchased from HK.
Wow !
Everything works, since I am a total noob, that's a bit fo a surpise to me !
Thanks everyone !
Is it possible to change the taskbar icons on the Snap? I've done it on my TP2 but not sure if/how I can on my Snap.
Any help please?
search for roloracers colored top bar icons in the excalibur forum
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it but it didn't work
I had trouble with Roloracer's implementation too on my stock Dash 3G. But Ookba's 3volution ROM has a great built-in set, and once installed, you can easily overwrite with Roloracer's icons if you like them better.
You need the files from these two comments:
Roloracer
NGRZ28
INstall both and then go to your homescreen settings and choose the panel: Sliding Panel NRG
Mayb you have to optimize it with cHome.
It's working on my stock [GSM] HTC Snap...
Hi all, theres no one who can post me the manila files to put into windows folder of a transparent slider? i don't need a cab file but only manila files.
thank you!
I am not sure if our problems are related, but If you are talking about what I think you are... I am looking for this too.
On the one side, I can edit my TF3d look, slider, and all that... however, on any slider I install, the square that highlights the current tab still has the Icons from the stock rom, Orange and plain. Don't get me wring, they are alright, but when the slider has different Icons on it from the original Orange Icons, it kind of clashes.
Anyone able to help me remedy this problem? I would be very grateful.
EDIT: By the way, I have the sprint Touch Pro 2 (Manila Version 2.1.38416.1)
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=1327785#post1327785
Hello everyone,
At the moment I have this rom on my htc touch pro2:
Fusion v6.0 with HTC Sense 2.1. (wm 6.5)
Now I used a wallpapercab to make the background look like the hero.
And now I would like to know if it is possible to change the top and bottom bar from black to transparant.
Hope someone could help me out
Would be nice, an dit must be possible
Just need to find the images for the brs & the buttons and replaced them by some transparent ones (It may need to be cooked with the ROM, but maybe replacing using Total Commander is enough)
Or if we're lucky the transparency can be set in the registry (I dont know...)
Try this. Install and select in themes. View attachment 251070
I will try it out now.
Oke I installed the cab and restarted the device but I can't select it in the today settings. Because it's not there.