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I've changed two apps in HTC Quick Launch today plugin: TomTom and Windows Live Seach instead of Action Screen and Camera. I've successfuly edited the xml files and saved over the ones burnt in rom (my custom Artemis rom has Quick Launch built-in).
So now the right applications run if I hit the second or third icon, but the icons are still the old ones. I tried to create bmp files from TomTom and Live Search icons, but they resulted very ugly and almost invisible. Finally I deleted them. I am very bad at graphical works... :-(
So I need help from someone more skilled in picture-editing: please create for me those 4 icons (normal and masked) for the two new apps!
Thanks a lot in advance!
cheers,
First off, I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to the skinner guru, Greatbal, who had created so many beautiful skins, and without his inspiration, I would not have done it.
Limitations of use:
This works with 96dpi on a i780 and will not run at default 128dpi.
SPB MS 2.1.2 does not work on a i780 as it does not support square screen at that resolution.
Difficulties faced:
Greatbal's Omnia theme is based on the latest SPB MS 2.1.2 and therefore there are differences between his and my theme, most notably:
[1] Under Professional, the Calendar does not work.
[2] Going to the Program tab originally is linked to the MRU tab instead.
[3] Icons does not show at the bottom, with the exception of the profile tab.
While [1] and [2] were worked around, [3] poses the greatest problem of all, and as such the workaround solution is to abandon the use of separate additional tabs. Therefore instead of having 4 tabs + 1 profile tab, I have it as 6 tabs (Home, Calendar, Program, MRU, 2 pgs of contacts and Profile selection tab). Also, only the active tab will be colorised while non active tabs are in grey. The profile icon however is in color.
Under the Home tab, 1 professional and 2 simple (Digital and Analog) can be selected under the SPB Menu Settings. For the Professional, both the clock and the appointments will be shown. For the Simple Digital, only a larger clock will be displayed and for the Simple Analog, an analog clock will be shown.
Under the Calendar tab, the month calendar is at the top, while alarm and appointments are at the bottom, similar to Greatbal's QVGA Omnia theme.
Program tab is a 3 x 3 cells, and for those who wants a 9th icon, please do a search in this forum to get the registry required.
MRU tab is a 5 x 4 cells, making a total of 20 popular programs can be pinned.
There are 2 Contact Pages with a 5 x 4 cells making 20 telephone numbers can be stored per page.
The profile page is located as the last tab. I believe Greatbal's intention is good, where you can actually set your profile anytime and at anywhere.
Below are some of the screenshots:
Without further adieu, attached please find the zip files. As to the instructions on how to install, please refer to
this post. There is an attachment explaining the details on how to install.
Please let me know if there are any bugs or issues. I will try to answer them here.
Enjoy the skin.
Update on 25-09-08
Added dark theme with 7 bottom icons
Update on 19-09-08
Added Xperia-ish Theme (No Professional tab)
Update on 18-09-08
Added dark theme with white fonts.
Note that color changes can only be effected in WM6 settings>personal>Themes. The Themes in SPB MS 2.1 does not work.
Update on 17-09-08
Fixes bugs in the Lockscreen tab when no appointment is shown, the month calendar will show up.
Reduce the no. of tabs at the bottom. Gesturing does will go through the same cycle of the 7 pages.
Hi G00ndu,
Great!!! thanks for making omnia skin for i780. its looking very nice on i780.
Thanks again for your time and this great skin. Kudos..
Looks great
does it integrate somehow with SPB Phone suite?
DO you have to clear the "home" screen as explained in guide, or can i have some items there as well?
any way this can be scaled down for us 240x240 Treo people? I would greatly appreciate it.
jbommade said:
Hi G00ndu,
Great!!! thanks for making omnia skin for i780. its looking very nice on i780.
Thanks again for your time and this great skin. Kudos..
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Thanks for your compliment . Some users may feel the bottom icons are too cluttered and also there are just too many pages.
Time permitting, I may do alternative layouts (with lesser pages):
Layout A
1 x Home (with Professional, Simple Analog and Simple Digital)
1 x Calendar
1 x Program
0 x MRU (Some may not want MRU)
2 x Contacts pages
1 x Profile
Layout B
1 x Home
1 x Calendar
1 x Program
1 x MRU
1 x Contact
1 x Profile
Layout C
1 x Home
1 x Calendar
1 x Program
1 x Contact
1 x Profile
ofird said:
does it integrate somehow with SPB Phone suite?
DO you have to clear the "home" screen as explained in guide, or can i have some items there as well?
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Nope it doesn't integrate with Phone Suite since I do not use Phone Suite at all. You can refer to Greatbal's Omnia theme where someone had updated the phone suite icons. You can try and download it and try.
afripino said:
any way this can be scaled down for us 240x240 Treo people? I would greatly appreciate it.
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My apologies, as my device is 96dpi with a cooked rom. Hence, I will not do a 240 x 240 theme.
Thank you for bringing this beautiful theme to all i780 user. It looks very nice.
As a i780 user, I always find that it is difficult to find theme to fit in our mobile. However, g00ndu, it is you who always give our mobile new looks with different themes, you are our hero !
Just want to say thanks for making the theme work or our beloved i780.
ray_nsk said:
Thank you for bringing this beautiful theme to all i780 user. It looks very nice.
As a i780 user, I always find that it is difficult to find theme to fit in our mobile. However, g00ndu, it is you who always give our mobile new looks with different themes, you are our hero !
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Thank you for your compliment.
For those who find the bottom icons too cluttered, I have attached the qa_layouts to minimize the no. of icons. Scrolling by gestures would still be the same as the original, except that when we go into MRU or Speeddial2 the icons at the bottom will not be reflected.
Unzip the attached file and replace it with the one at spb directory.
Screenshot:
Wow gone a couple of days and now it is finished. Great work gOOndu I admire your patients for working with spb ms. I just find it difficult to make changes and have to zip, unzip back and forth just gives me a headache. I know it took a lot of hard work to do this. Looks good and many people will be happy now.
afripino said:
any way this can be scaled down for us 240x240 Treo people? I would greatly appreciate it.
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Please have a look at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=426065
1st g00ndu thx 4 your works
but can you give me instruction step by step what install first
i'm really amateur.
May I know where to download the RealVGA program to work with this theme ? thanks so much
G:R:E:A:T
grazie.thank you.obrigada.muchas gracias.danke.merci.spasiva.choukran.うもありがとう....
slimohnr said:
1st g00ndu thx 4 your works
but can you give me instruction step by step what install first
i'm really amateur.
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1. Install RealVGA (with both 128dpi and 96 dpi).
2. Select RealVGA at 128dpi.
3. Install SPB MS 2.1.
4. Run SPB MS 2.1.
5. SPB MS 2.1 should run fine as it supports 320x320 at 128dpi.
6. Unzip the attached files to replace those stock dat files.
7. Go back to RealVGA.
8. Select 96dpi.
9. Automatically it will soft reset your I780.
10. Run SPB MS 2.1
11. SPB MS 2.1 will run under 320x320 at 96dpi mode.
For the download of RealVGA, refer to this post for the download.
Do note that under 96dpi, there are some who will find that the fonts are too small to read.
Hope this helps.
Thnx a million
thnx alot .. at last someone who cares about VGA devices
vivalamoza said:
thnx alot .. at last someone who cares about VGA devices
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Er.. this is not VGA! This is only for i780 which had a square screen of 320 x 320 at 96dpi.
Alright!! Finally it is done!! Great work goondu!!!!
can change the spb shell color background according to the theme color like your previous diamond theme? thanks
Hello everybody,i find this plugin very useful on my Kaiser,but on my HD it works perfectly but it was very too small . So i've decided to modify it for our wvga devices .Here are some screenshots :
First install the plugin available here then replace config.xml and put the other files in the same folder as the original skins .
Does this tool + skin replace the task manager or when does ist flip up?
Pdastatus is a plugin created by Corner-a,it works like all the other plugins on your today . Task manager is an other application ...
Download it in the official website
dont work in my touch hd....
sorry for my bad english
on my hd works but not your skin pls help..
hello,do you change config.xml too ? Do you put all the files in the correct folder ?
I've just recently reverted back to the old Windows Today Screen after issues with PointUI2. I decided to update my PDAStatus icons to have a 'stainless look' to be more in keeping with the rest of my Today theme. The icons are 64x64 pixels, optimised for a WVGA display. Its a bit of a WIP at the moment, I've just made the battery, wifi, bluetooth and sms icons because those are the ones that I use.
What do you think, if anyone is interested, I'll make the whole set.
hi i just want to know 2 things, please:
is it possible to increase a little the icons size and is it possible to display the % memory used where i circled?
i have a Touch HD
thx for Ur answers
i have a htc touch(elfin). problem is this that i dont have weather icon in my today screen only 2 icons that i s HOME and PROGRAMS are there...i allready performed many times master clear.
i m using this set in INDIA
sorry guys if i asked something foolish because i m very new in this forum as well as using htc touch..
hoping for your best help
guys plz.......
Install Weather Panel 2009 - http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=7357
Hi everyone
Can anyone tell me if it is posibble to change the skins on the diamond2 (the newest model).
What kind of program will i need?
i have downloaded the program from this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427392
and want to use the skins in this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=425974
Can i do this om my diamond 2?
If not can someone please tell this newbey how i can change my skins on the htc diamond 2
Thank you so much
hi,
no you can't because the skins you pointed out are for TF2D (manila2D) only.
Nevertheless it's possible to change the skin : choose TF3D2.1 skins for your Diam2
The best is to install themes cabs : copy the cab to your ppc then click on it with your explorer (total commander by example) to install it and soft reset (reboot)
Well thank you very much for your reply!
I typt tf3d2.1 in the search field here on the site but i did not find any files.
Can you point me in the right direction? where can i find that kind of themes?
Thank you again
hi,
First of all your Diam2 (topaz) is WVGA (480x800px screen) so you have to verify in thread title if the theme is really made for WVGA screens.
Second, your UI is called TF3D2.1 (or manila 2.1) here on XDA : that means you can install full themes made for TF3D2.1 or icons only (from bottom bar) made for TF3D (the first diamond or Blackstone). The best is to try different themes because there is no general rules : some icons sets will work but others won't
The last version TF3D2.5 from LEO device (manila2.5) won't work with your Diam2 stock rom.
there are different ways to get skins for your Diam2 :
- into the dedicated Topaz section : HERE (this one was made especially for your Diam2 so all the stuffs you'll find into this section will work on your Diam2)
- Into general dev&hack section you have the windows themes : HERE
(this is general section so all the themes in this section won't work : verify WVGA TF3D2.1)
- the most important skins databases for TF3D are for Diamond1 (HERE) & HD-Blackstone section (HERE) (because they are older than your D2)
By example, these ones should work on your Diam2 :
- Snoopy
(choose WVGA, don't install VGA or manila2.5 cabs)
- Dusk for manila2.1
- Coquette
- Vector
- my TF3D icons HERE
BTW skins & themes are mentioned by [SKN] or [THE] for a better readability in thread title
One last thing : never install a theme cab on a previous one, always remove old theme cab before installing a new one ^^
Hi thank you again for your reply you made me a happy woman haha
Tonight (its 10 a.m. here) i gonna to install your black icons on my diamond 2
You made what was gibberish for me a normal language thank you so much
I really liked your black vi.7 icons. I downloaded the file and i am gonna install it tonight!
I let you know if it worked! and i am gonna add a thanks on your thread ofcourse
Can i also instal the v2.2 icons? i liked those evenmore
Yes, all my SenseLIKE TF3D icons work with TF3D1/TF3D2.1
well i got something strange it does not fully work on my diamond
How i installed it..
i installed the cab on my memory card. then i installed the program and turned my telephone off and on.. and i tryed to soft reset it.
Is this the right way to install it?
The problem is that the first icon stays in color and the pictures of the icons do not fully fit in the icons. you can not see the full icon.
Do you have the new TF3D2.1 Sense (weather clock) ?
uhmm i have windows 6.5 with the newest rom update from the htc website. the rom update that change the colors the icons. And i do have the weather clock.
oh and maybe good to know.. i have diamond tweak installed on my phone
cant see to get the m mobiler working 2 :s
got the mobiler working but the front is not fully showing.. i hope you got the idea..
you can see the top of the icons
i attatched a print screen
it seems like the icons are to big for the slide bar
hi,
thanks for the screenshot : I can see your issue now ^^
thanks again! gonna try it tonight..
Hope it works!
Ill let you know
yes i worked
Looks so nice!!!
Thank you so much!
Now im gonna try to figure out if i can change that green color that you see in the phone. that little green ball wich tell you how much emails you got and in the organizer.. really dont like the green color..
Well anyway you helped me solve my problem with the colored icons!!
Many many thanks
if you know the answer to my question can you tell me how :$
All most afraid to ask haha you helpt me already so much..
hi,
Well, for Email bubble notification, the most important collection to my knowledge is the one made by CMYLXGO at PPCGeeks : HERE
To change green highlights to blue you can take a look at DJCedric or Henk2484 BlueHighlights