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any one tried making themes for 2005 ?

I have but ill upload it later.. i also have Magneto skins for Wizbar advance

so how did you make them ?

I'm looking for the Halo 2 Theme featured on Microsoft's Mobile Embedded DevCon 2005... It skins EVERYTHING at once, even the dialer pad and ringtones!!!!

any pics of that halo skin ?

Hi marksken, sorry for the delay, but I had to crunch the video a bit. You have to see it in motion so you'll know what I'm talking about :wink:
Download the small video clip to see it...
Best regards,
Rayan

wow thats great to bad wm2005 is not yet out :twisted:
so these themes will not yet be ready for us

marksken said:
so how did you make them ?
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lol.. i didnt make it, i just saw it anywhere else.. im not home yet so i cant upload it here.
@Rayan
Hey buddy that was really cool! lovin it. thnx for sharing

still not home ?
are you sure you got themes ?
where did you find them ?

Yeah double_ofour... Share them to the world!!!!
At least reveal your sources!!! :lol:

Guava Bubbles.tsk theme in Magneto is actually a cab file .. try to rename the extension tsk to cab then open it under the WINCE Cab Manager ..

Thanks Toenailed,
This tip was fantastic one. Never knew making themes for magneto was this simple

toenailed said:
Guava Bubbles.tsk theme in Magneto is actually a cab file .. try to rename the extension tsk to cab then open it under the WINCE Cab Manager ..
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its nice, but i can only set one color of system (in bgr hex) and today background.. what about the rest of the system? any chance to skin dialpad?
i want advanced themes )

just my 2 cents..
ehm, my theme
its my first try, image taken from wm2k3 theme ( )
enjoy

johnz said:
just my 2 cents..
ehm, my theme
its my first try, image taken from wm2k3 theme ( )
enjoy
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Johnz, can you tell me what are the little bars in the top of the screen? I see a green and a orange little bar! Is this a program? Or just a small error in the themedesign?

j_metselaars said:
Johnz, can you tell me what are the little bars in the top of the screen? I see a green and a orange little bar! Is this a program? Or just a small error in the themedesign?
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its small program called "powerstatus"
its not a bug in skinning
i'm also trying to change dialpad to something nicer to match this theme colors..
and btw, i'm also nobody

hey Johnz how did you made that theme ?
can you make a small tut

Shikra said:
Thanks Toenailed,
This tip was fantastic one. Never knew making themes for magneto was this simple
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no prob just as soon you created a theme pls post for it here .. love to have it ..
johnz said:
toenailed said:
Guava Bubbles.tsk theme in Magneto is actually a cab file .. try to rename the extension tsk to cab then open it under the WINCE Cab Manager ..
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its nice, but i can only set one color of system (in bgr hex) and today background.. what about the rest of the system? any chance to skin dialpad?
i want advanced themes )
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the old tsk for WM2003SE is also a cab file .. try to view it in wince cab manager .. and compare with the tsk of WM2005 .. you will find that the color value of WM2003SE is set to REG_BINARY while the Color value of WM2005 is set to REG_DWORD just try to change its registry type so you can set other color .. an7ways here's some of the sample code color, add this to your tsk [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Color] (example only)
4  --- today font color 
5 --- start bar color. 
6 --- separator lines in todayscreen 
13 --- Message box bar Gradient left 
14 --- Message box bar Gradient right
39 --- color of startmenu font
as for the dialpad .. the method is almost the same with the wm2003se just look in the windows directory ..
anyway thanks for the nice theme .. i love it ..

Hi toe,
it is unbelievable, how much creativity is in your tips&tricks ))))
I really admire you and your efforts like this one, wiki, and lots of other stuff...
THANX A LOT MATE..
buzz

to buzz my friend you are the GREAT
and to my idol...HARDCORE TOE...

[THE]Science-Fiction Theme

My first theme, a science fiction theme based on the X3 interface and some simple sci-fi elements. The images say it all, so, screenshots attached. Used background attached as well. Install using Diamond TF3D Config 0.6.7 or higher.
It's not perfect yet, the clock needs some work for now.

Very Nice Job!!!!
I'm always looking for new Themes........
Thanks
Mike

Thats awesome. Keep em coming

Can you please post the manilla file with the clock ? or tell me wich one in the .zip file is... thank you.

tha_rami said:
My first theme, a science fiction theme based on the X3 interface and some simple sci-fi elements.
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It's not perfect yet, the clock needs some work for now.
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Wow!
Keep up the good work!
Don't really like the clock, but I love the program-tab!
How's the image-quality, because the screenshot are a bit blurry?!
Maybe an idea to make the big-icons (center of screen while selecting a tab) a little bigger?!
Would be great!

Can you please post the manilla file with the clock ? or tell me wich one in the .zip file is... thank you.
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1bbfdc9b_manila and 4e670504_manila would be the clock files. Copy them to your Windows directory and note they work best against a darker background.
How's the image-quality, because the screenshot are a bit blurry?!
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The large icons are slightly blurry, and therefore not any larger than this. I think they're almost at their max currently, so much larger wouldn't have been possible anyway. You won't notice the blur in action, though, due to the beautiful sharp screen of the Diamond.

hi tha_rami
it's nice! what's wrong with the clock btw?

The transparency on the clock gives a bit of an odd effect when the numbers change. Sadly, I've found no way to change that animation and thus had no choice but to either leave it at that or make some lame background for the clock (an idea I detested), so this is the best possible given the possibilities available to me.
Let's conclude that I'm happy with how it turned out and searching for inspiration for another new, unique theme.

Thank you very much

hi
very beautiful! posoono not only have the files without all the theme?

Neon Theme...

would be great if someone using it could extract the _manila files to share them. The theme I'm looking for is the one used by default in one of duttys (diamond) Roms.
greetz

frysee said:
would be great if someone using it could extract the _manila files to share them. The theme I'm looking for is the one used by default in one of duttys (diamond) Roms.
greetz
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[Homer Simpson's Voice] Mhh Neon Theme... [/Homer Simpson's Voice]
Sounds quite interessting, is a screenshot somewhere available?
I might be interessted in a normal .theme file, I can use with Tf§D Config 0.67.

There used to be a screenshot in duttys Rom-Thread, but since he updated the Rom, the neon-like Interface was gone.... wasnt able to find a picture of it so far. think it was part of the TouchFlo version, but he changed for another one with the default theme due to performance issues.
greetz
edit: seems to be the .33 version of manila, anyone able to share _manila files of it?

Is this the one you're talking about?
I've uploaded the cab to install those neon icons if you want. I've just changed the theme to use these icons. They look good.

Thanks, these are the icons I was looking for - but there should be a lot more, the whole clock was changed to a black-neon-style and some other things too...
greetz

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Thanks, these are the icons I was looking for - but there should be a lot more, the whole clock was changed to a black-neon-style and some other things too...
greetz
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Ah right. Don't know about the clock. I got this from the HTC Black Coloured.theme somewhere in the forum and the clock was the original one. If you find the neon clock/theme let me know.
I'm currently looking for the glass background clock. I will probably merge some themes together to make one for me.

WhiT3Kr0w said:
Is this the one you're talking about?
I've uploaded the cab to install those neon icons if you want. I've just changed the theme to use these icons. They look good.
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is it possible to have your icons en .png for throttlelauncher please???

SPB 2.1 Skin Request (Blackberry Bold)

Is it possible to make a Blackberry Bold style skin for spb so it has te same icons and now screen layout as the Bold has?
tnx in advance

cpt.bert said:
Is it possible to make a Blackberry Bold style skin for spb so it has te same icons and now screen layout as the Bold has?
tnx in advance
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if you can post all the icons and walls of it..I believe there will be lot of skinners happy to do it..especially Greatbal the master of spb shell

found these on the interweb, unfortuanately they all have a black background and not a transparent one so it'll be a little more difficult to integrate them in non black backgrounds
edit: found a much larger pack of icons with transparent ones!
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/new-skins-themes-launches/307911-blackberry-bold-icons.html

Blackberry Bold Original Theme
if anyone can do like this one, that will be perfect.

I'm also interested in this! anyone?

I don't know how to make a theme for SPB Mobile Shell but I can try to make a blackberry theme for todaylife if u wan't

xudsa II USERT said:
I don't know how to make a theme for SPB Mobile Shell but I can try to make a blackberry theme for todaylife if u wan't
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yesssss!
that would be nice! and make it wqvga-compatible, please.
there is truly a lack of good stuff for my omnia
regards
chuckbert

Okay i'll try to complete it by tomorow!
PS:It would be great if someone can give me a better background
edit:I'm kinda busy these days so i'll try to finish it by Sunday

I'm interesting in this!!!

You should probably ask about this in
SPB Mobile Shell 2.1 Theme / Skin Collections Thread
Or ask a person on here named Greatbal, but im sure he has moved on to other things.
Good Idea though.

I made it a Bold skin with RL today, here is the result:

Great Skin..!!!
Hotboxx said:
I made it a Bold skin with RL today, here is the result:
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Wow...
Great Work.Can you please share your work with us?

Here is the link for download:
Bold theme
The icons and all other Bold stuff are in the attached file, it is all extracted form a BB Bold.

PROGRESS UPDATE: Completed most of the alignments but I still need more time to fix certain stuff.
Edit: Cool theme Hotboxx

looks good. does it work only in landscape? or does it work for portrait too?
i tried resizing the icons but when i import them into paint, photoshop, etc. it looks all distorted. any ideas?

a storm/bold theme would be awesome. QVGA portrait!

I second that! I'm usually against pretty things that hog my ram, but i would definitelly use this, it's brilliant!
Great job!

sci05 said:
looks good. does it work only in landscape? or does it work for portrait too?
i tried resizing the icons but when i import them into paint, photoshop, etc. it looks all distorted. any ideas?
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Use freeware IMRE, here is the link, it works perfect:
http://www.vcsoftwares.com/ImRe.html

hi, i thik that ur job is amazing but it is done?can i have it?

xudsa II USERT said:
PROGRESS UPDATE: Completed most of the alignments but I still need more time to fix certain stuff.
Edit: Cool theme Hotboxx
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Any news yet?

[stopped!.. on to something else -see last post!] htctoucher's Microsoft retouched

Hey everyone!
I decided to stop this theme!
its not fun enough for my taste.. a little too generic even
I might start working on some palm pre inspired skins like this for pcmc:
so stay tuned?!
UPDATES AS OF 4/13/09:
Dialer skin added (see post #2)
wm6.5 skin added (see post #3)
s2u2 skin updated (vga support added and graphical errors fixed)!
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s2u2 Preview:
*not everything is shown (one wallpaper, some of the buttons/sliders)*​
INSTRUCTIONS:
-- backup original s2u2 gfx file if you wish to keep the original skin
-- unzip the qvga or vga gfx folder from the .zip file attached depending on your devices resolution
------ (excluding wallpapers, vga works with wvga and qvga works with wqvga)
-- there are different styles of unknown and nopicture callerid wallpapers, buttons, sliders and wallpapers within the zip
------ choose the one you want to use and name it to the correct filename (arrows.png, buttons.png, buttonl.png, wallpaper.jpg, nopic.png, unknown.png)
-- copy/move the gfx folder into your s2u2 folder and overwrite originals
-- you will want to disable the bottom bar and topbar in settings, and it would probably look best to disable the s2text for the dialer screens too in the lang file
FAQ:
Q: Are the call buttons/sliders hardcoded into a particular incoming caller wallpaper?
A: No, use whichever unknown or nopic wallpaper I have included, select either slide2end, slide2answer or simple answer and end buttons in s2u2 settings and you will see the sliders/buttons/wallpapers work independently from one another
Q: Will there be more FAQs??
A: Yup, as soon as I get more
WARNING:
I havent been able to test all aspects of the VGA version, but it should all work
If you encounter any issues (graphical) please upload a screenshot and/or description so I can work to fix it
Enjoy!
htctoucher

dialer and commmanager skins!
Preview of the comm manager and dialer skins:
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**if anyone knows why in the dialer incall screen portrait the disabled pause and add call buttons are still htc-styled please let me know..
I skinned every image I found that corresponded to that part of the dialer but they havent changed!**​
DIALER INSTRUCTIONS:
-- first note that it is a QVGA skin, i dont know what the most popular VGA dialer is
-- unzip cab from zip attached
-- uninstall any previous versions of opal phone canvas if you have them installed
-- install the cab to device, not storage card
DIALER KNOWN ISSUES:
-- Not everything is skinned in the dialer, and there may be some issues as it is impossible for me to test everything
That being said, I tested everything I could, and I cannot find any skin-related issues
I tried my best to skin everything but there are over 200 files so it may be that I missed some
-- Also, I am still working on how to change the font color for smart dialing portion of the opal phone canvas
If anyone knows, please post or PM me!
it is the opal phone canvas, and I think its done by registry keys but the cab I used didnt install any
**comm manager coming as soon as i figure out which version this is so I can make the cab..
any help pointing me in the right direction would be great! (its part of NFSFAN's 6.5 rom)**​
here are just the files for opal phone canvas
only use these if you already have opal phone canvas already installed (the version WITH THE INCOMING SLIDER
http://www.4shared.com/file/101415925/b94b89f1/htctoucher_opalphonecanvas_retouched_files_only.html
Enjoy!
htctoucher

windows mobile 6.5 skin!
Preview of the skin for windows mobile 6.5 users
This theme will *only* work if you are running WM6.5!!​
INSTRUCTIONS:
-- download the .zip attached
-- unzip the folder "files to put in windows directory" somewhere so you can look inside it
------ the Titanium_240x320.cpr file fixes the date issue mentioned above, and the StartMenu_GridScene_240x320.cpr will change your start menu from 3 to 4 columns
-- choose which files you want to copy to your device, and do so
-- soft reset
------ you will not see the changes until you soft reset
KNOWN ISSUES:
-- some of the graphics of the lock screen have not been skinned, like the locked dialer for example
when I get more time I will skin these as well
Also, I was going to make a cab, but figured not everyone will be using titanium weather and may not want some files or 4 column start menu etc.
If cab is requested by some of you, I will make one, but its a pretty simple installation anyway
Enjoy!
htctoucher

just in case, this ones reserved for even later

Typical htctoucher Theme.Looks really cool.The Blue is allways royal.loved the arrow for ur s2u2.It would be cool if u add mort button skin.Great work.

Very nice icons for notifications! The slider needs a little touch up. Anyways, great job ! You need to update your theme color like blue to other colors. Blue is getting bored...

Amazing look and pretty impressive.

wow that baby is sweet lookin....please make a QVGA theme as well

Looks great and I am already looking forward to using it .
One question though, what formats will you make? WVGA?
Cheers!
// X

I love it! I cant wait to see the rest. good work!

you're pimping again

looks great.

Yes, please!
When you get finished with all this, mind if I cook them into a ROM? possibly some minor, minor branding involved (just on the M2D and/or S2U bg if you'll let me do so)

Man.. you're sick.. in a really really beautiful way.
Where do you get all those graphics? The notif icons look reeeaaaallly good. But try using a different color for the bkgnd.. maybe red? or purple? or yellow? or green? o orange?

Looking good!!

wow! great response!
wow i only posted this morning and alraedy got a LOAD of feedback.. very motivating! thanks to everyone who has posted!
now i will try to answer all of them.. because i can (and i want this theme to have a lot of user input because ideas/concepts are best developed when bounced around - thats the great thing about this community!)
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Typical htctoucher Theme.Looks really cool.The Blue is allways royal.loved the arrow for ur s2u2.It would be cool if u add mort button skin.Great work.
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hope its not too typical
yeah i will probably do a mortbuttons skin to go along with the startmenu hook as i am now using that
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Very nice icons for notifications! The slider needs a little touch up. Anyways, great job ! You need to update your theme color like blue to other colors. Blue is getting bored...
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yeah i like the notifications too, agreed on the slider, gotta fix up the edges and the white lock icon.. forgot to do that before i flattened it and uploaded the preview
i think i will do multiple colors, but i am not sure how to implement other colors (should multiple backgrounds with one dominant color, or one background with a melding of multiple colors?)
i agree blue is overused, but to be honest, its my favorite color! and microsoft uses it a LOT (maybe i will bring in some cyan/very blue green as that is the color scheme in vista?)
what do you think?
ahdeshpande said:
Amazing look and pretty impressive.
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well thank you!
much appreciated, glad you like it
ranasrule said:
wow that baby is sweet lookin....please make a QVGA theme as well
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qvga is a definite as my device is qvga
this is gonna be my first theme where i attempt to do ALL RESOLUTIONS!
wvga, vga, wqvga, qvga
we will see how it goes, its gona be hard to test and honestly i wish i had a vga device (i have qvga, which means i can guess what wqvga would look like.. but i have no idea what vga/qvga will look like on device or how to position things in xmls cuz i cant test)
so please.. anyone with an old vga device, send it my way!
or if anyone knows a really good emulator.. i am using microsofts sdk, but it doesnt look good/right
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Looks great and I am already looking forward to using it .
One question though, what formats will you make? WVGA?
Cheers!
// X
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thanks! glad you like it
check the response above
shadowline said:
I love it! I cant wait to see the rest. good work!
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i cant wait either
red_hanks said:
you're pimping again
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that i am, gotta keep my pimp hand strong, flex it often and consistently
nir36 said:
looks great.
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thanks!
Travito said:
Yes, please!
When you get finished with all this, mind if I cook them into a ROM? possibly some minor, minor branding involved (just on the M2D and/or S2U bg if you'll let me do so)
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what do you mean by branding?
i would love for people to build roms with these graphics, i think that would be amazing
for vogue roms at least i am going to ask NFSFAN if he would be willing to use my graphics in a rom, or allow me to use his rom with my graphics.. hopefully he agrees!
DaVince said:
Man.. you're sick.. in a really really beautiful way.
Where do you get all those graphics? The notif icons look reeeaaaallly good. But try using a different color for the bkgnd.. maybe red? or purple? or yellow? or green? o orange?
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haha thanks
i get them from my head! (i make all of my graphics from scratch)
yeah i am thinking of doing multiple backgrounds with different dominant colors.. maybe to match the tsks
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Looking good!!
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thanks for all the feedback!
i will have more previews tonight
please post any suggestions on what to improve, what you would like to see, suggestions for the background etc, anything you want

Looking forward to see this finished, maybe you can additional colors such as black.

wow, looks awesome buddy

htctoucher said:
thanks! glad you like it
check the response above
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I noticed your response and all I can say, fantastic news!
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please post any suggestions on what to improve, what you would like to see, suggestions for the background etc, anything you want[/B]
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Not at the moment besides keep up the great work!
// X

Love it
//Drakfisken