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[03/09/08] iStyle... The gesture and finger friendly HYBRID theme... EZ install!

I made this theme a while back and decided to share it with this community in thanks for all the apps, programs, etc that are donated to us. I originally this theme with WAD, but I wasnt getting the results that I wanted, nor the speed. Then I came across this lightweight and speedy program called ultimatelaunch. It is by far my favorite GUI so far, very lightweight, simple, fast and customizable. It has some minimal flaws, but Ive tried my best to get it as efficient as possible for ease of use with one hand. You have all probably seen the AURORA and CUBE themes, which are pretty awesome as well, but this is a lot different. Each button along the bottom rom is a tab that responds to a page and title. Each page is customizable with included icons for various apps and progs. However, if you want it to look like the picture, then follow instructions to the T and you should run into no problems. The overall look of this theme is similar to an iPhone, but shows the power and benefit of WinMo and adds some style that cant be compared... Enjoy!
There are 5 tabs stock (Delete some if you'd like, but 5 max)
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NEW DIALER INCLUDED!!!
Now with an optional dialer thanks to cbus! Thank you for your work, this dialer is simply genius.
click here to download the dialer cab
!!! Make sure you have the standard HTC dialer w/o video. The cab is only graphic files so that you can revert back to the original after an uninstall.
INSTALL:
1. Download THIS zip file (thanks to Moe5508) and install the file in order (0-9)
2. Go to start-settings-today-items and uncheck each item except for ultimatelaunch
3. Take it for a test drive
!!! All the animations, icons, and backgrounds are customizable. There are extra wallpapers and icons included, soo get creative and original
!!! All the shortcuts will be different on your device, to change them, hold your finger on a tab at the bottom of the today screen to pull up the menu. Click "Settings" - Pick the desired tab and click "Change" - Highlight "Apps" - then click "Change" - Pick the icon you want to change its shortcut. Its all rather self explanitory, but im trying to make this "NEWB" proof so I dont have to babysit this thread too much if you have any questions pm me.
!!! The batterystatus icons should work just fine. **From left to right** The first icon is the missed call count, clicking it opens the "Missed Calls" The second is voicemail, click it to call your "Voicemail" (To edit your vmail number, Activesync your phone or use total commander to open the "mytheme.xml" with a notepad located in the "/windows/batterystatus" folder. Scroll about 3/4 the page down and change the part that says "123456" to your own phone number) The third is text messages, click it and guess what happens lol. The last is your email, if you click it, it will pull up the account picker if you have multiple accounts like me (btw, the icons glow when something comes in)
!!! If anyone knows how to fix the clock from saying 0:00 at midnight, please let me know. thats the only thing i cant figure out, ive friggin looked EVERYWHERE!
CREDITS:
Thank you Daniel Schumann for such an awesome and reasonably priced GUI!
Some of the pages have today plugins that I got from freewareppc.com (awesome! freeware sight) they are called METRIX, CALENDAR+, HTC RSS Hub, BATTERYSTATUS ... thank you to the authors, please donate if you like their awesome freeware. The icons were sampled and resized from AKUMA and TORX, big thanks to their genius creativity. The background is from pocketpcscreens.com and modified by yours truly. The batterystatus theme was made by dBoris and the xml was edited by me to fit my needs. Thank you for the new dialer CBUS! The easy install files packaged into cabs and zipped up thanks to MOE5508. I dont know the real names of all these ppl, but their apps, work, and talents have helped me compilate this theme and take my phone to a new level. Just know that all your works are much appreciated by many of us here at XDAdev. Hopefully this theme will get your products and talents recognized a bit more...
I hope you will all love it, let me know what you think!!! Enjoy this theme and sorry if this was all too long! Although Im sure it was worth the wait!!!

I tried downloading and using just the icons that you had, specifically the XM Icon but I get an error when I try to use it. What am I doing wrong?

HostileJava said:
I tried downloading and using just the icons that you had, specifically the XM Icon but I get an error when I try to use it. What am I doing wrong?
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the icons are sized at 50 pixels... make sure to set that individual icon to 50+ for both parameters.

I guess that would explain it. Thanks for the quick reply.

HostileJava said:
I guess that would explain it. Thanks for the quick reply.
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yup... glad i could be of help, later

Looks good man.
As soon as my Mogul gets back, i'll be upping this to it.

Nice work..Looks pretty cool.

mfrost67 said:
Nice work..Looks pretty cool.
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thanks guys, ive been really busy, i FINALLY got to upload it! im glad you all like it... if you follow the instructions... youll love it! very, very, easy to use, even while driving... ill release a video soon

looks nice good work!
and thanks for the detailed instructions, something i think a lot of people will find useful!

mugglesquop said:
looks nice good work!
and thanks for the detailed instructions, something i think a lot of people will find useful!
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thanks... as you can tell, i put a lot of time into creating this theme and thread... this community has been great to me, sooo i like to share when and where i can...

Looks awesome....font is a little unprofessional for my tastes though. Any possibility of a different version of this in a more professional format?

Looks absolutely stunning! Can't wait to get home and try it!

Nice work man thanks for the contrib.

I tried to set this up.
Ulitmatelauncher doesnt work correct when I copy over the files. Actually UL doesn't open up at all.

bowlopho said:
I tried to set this up.
Ulitmatelauncher doesnt work correct when I copy over the files. Actually UL doesn't open up at all.
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I went into the UltimateLaunch.ini file and changed teh font to arial
restarted, now it works.
can we get a zip of your start menu links too? I see you have alot of nifty shortcuts instead of me having to find each program myself. like the text.lnk mms.lnk etc.

Is there a way to add a picture dial side to UL? Awesome theme !

thnx man good work !!!!

sorry everyone... i kinda passed out for a bit. ummmm, as far as i know, there shouldnt be any problems copying over the ul folder, if i recall the font on my theme is stock. (however, if youve changed your system font, you might have to change the .ini file in "program files/ultimatelaunch")
soo whoever thinks its unprofessional might not like ul (i mean, the font is outlined with black to make the white easier to read, but thats the only portion thats changable as far as i know. if you are referring to the picture... it doesnt have the font like it does at the bottom of the picture. the icons, are the bottom.
as far as shortcuts, i might be able to post up all my shortcuts, because i use some really cool programs i found (like the "favs" and "games" section, all in grid view, no lists! ) this part might have to be tonight though, i plan on releasing a movie as well in case there are some other things ive done to my phone that you all might like.
as far as a picture dialer side. i use the favs button to pull up "VS Contacts"
the button used to launch the contact side of the cube, which was neat, but I think VS Caller is better in some areas... but for you, ill post a fav five plugin that i have... its the best i can do.

update...
check the top of the first post!

another issue I found is going form landscape to portrait. it icons don't get drawn back correctly.
once you rotate your screen and the scroll bar appears, the totally screws up the alignment when putting it back to portrait.
this is not because of your skin, but primarily an issue with UL.

Show us your Ultimate Launch setup

This isn't a how to thread since there are already plenty of those. Let's just see what kind of different ideas everyone has for this great app. Screenshots a plenty please.
with tha being said someone start us off

Here is my
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eumel79 said:
Here is my
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whats that bottom bar doohickey? i really like it. got a link?

gofawkurself said:
whats that bottom bar doohickey? i really like it. got a link?
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it's my Batterystatus SKin

I can't post the 5th pic because its limited to 4 per post.
I also can't take credit for the theme, its called iStyle. I did tweak it a little, obviously.

the clock is made by asefsef for batterystatus but I modified it to fit my theme. The botttom is an rltoday skin that I made.

I have been trying to assemble all the bits I want to acheive my ideal interface - certain bits are done, but I am teaching myself C++ to code other bits.
The general idea of the skin is that a small section of the top is always visible (type=5) with no scrollbars - showing the clock/date, message counters and BT / WiFi toggle - it's impractical to have a whole horizontal block devoted to a clock, you may as well have something else there.
Previously, I made an rlToday skin to handle the top part, but I am now in the process of coding an rlToday-like app to replace that and support different images for different button states, for example.
The rest of the screen is a cube. Gesture left/right to switch faces, and where applicable gesture up down to scroll lists. I want to have a contacts list like this, and a music browser too - like the browser in Pocket Player, but in a UL cube face (Been speaking to conduits and they say its gonna happen or it can be done existingly with the SDK)
Images wise, all of the PNGs are just placeholders for now, I want to use glass icons with an interesting background and prefract (Pre-refract: see here) the area behind the buttons so it looks like they are made of glass and are bending the light passing through them. If I can get my app (or the new XIAMultitheme which I may switch to helping develop) working to allow different PNGs for different states then I want to acheive a nice glass interface look with icons lighting up in a believable manner etc.
Anyway, for now, attached are some layout type mockups:
Spinny cube GIF
Placeholder apps in the faces - I want a main "contacts list" in one face, but another smaller one in another face for my riding buddies along with a weather tab - see if it is worth riding and call the people you ride with if it is, all from one face
Top layout in this one is my rlToday "SaFF" skin (see sig)
This is laid out almost exactly how I want it, the transparent images need doing properly though.
Landscape version of the "SaFF" skin - notice how the scrollbars only cover the cube area. This is the dynamic I want to base the whole thing around - the bottom half spins left/right and you an drag scroll it up or down to select items.

spencepu3 said:
the clock is made by asefsef for batterystatus but I modified it to fit my theme. The botttom is an rltoday skin that I made.
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I like that clock area transparency , kind of similar to the look I want.
What I would really like for the clock area is to acheive the look of a lump of glass with the LCD font 88:88 etched into it (and sunken down a bit) then the characters overlaid onto that. With a matching prefracted wallpaper I reckon it would look amazing.

evilc said:
I have been trying to assemble all the bits I want to acheive my ideal interface - certain bits are done, but I am teaching myself C++ to code other bits.
The general idea of the skin is that a small section of the top is always visible (type=5) with no scrollbars - showing the clock/date, message counters and BT / WiFi toggle - it's impractical to have a whole horizontal block devoted to a clock, you may as well have something else there.
Previously, I made an rlToday skin to handle the top part, but I am now in the process of coding an rlToday-like app to replace that and support different images for different button states, for example.
The rest of the screen is a cube. Gesture left/right to switch faces, and where applicable gesture up down to scroll lists. I want to have a contacts list like this, and a music browser too - like the browser in Pocket Player, but in a UL cube face (Been speaking to conduits and they say its gonna happen or it can be done existingly with the SDK)
Images wise, all of the PNGs are just placeholders for now, I want to use glass icons with an interesting background and prefract (Pre-refract: see here) the area behind the buttons so it looks like they are made of glass and are bending the light passing through them. If I can get my app (or the new XIAMultitheme which I may switch to helping develop) working to allow different PNGs for different states then I want to acheive a nice glass interface look with icons lighting up in a believable manner etc.
Anyway, for now, attached are some layout type mockups:
Spinny cube GIF
Placeholder apps in the faces - I want a main "contacts list" in one face, but another smaller one in another face for my riding buddies along with a weather tab - see if it is worth riding and call the people you ride with if it is, all from one face
Top layout in this one is my rlToday "SaFF" skin (see sig)
This is laid out almost exactly how I want it, the transparent images need doing properly though.
Landscape version of the "SaFF" skin
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This will be awesome...keep going!!

here is mine

My UL with PhoneAlarm.

i wish i knew how to do that animated screenshot.
here is mine.

Mine is very simple..

and my last tab is another multi tab plugin as a launcher

evilc said:
I like that clock area transparency , kind of similar to the look I want.
What I would really like for the clock area is to acheive the look of a lump of glass with the LCD font 88:88 etched into it (and sunken down a bit) then the characters overlaid onto that. With a matching prefracted wallpaper I reckon it would look amazing.
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Hello, I'm really interested by your clock, can you post it in attachement please because my current skin Yo_status doesn't work anymore on my new trinity 6.1 rom. It doesn't show memory usage and sd space left, perhaps someone have the same error on other battery status skin and 6.1. Thanks for you help.
PS: here is mine (before changing for 6.1)

Ghost26 said:
i wish i knew how to do that animated screenshot.
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I actually did that one by spamming screen grab repeatedly and self assembling in a GIF editor. not meaning to derail the thread, but if anyone knows of a decent screen capture util that renders out a nice movie and shows clicks/drags too, lemme know.
N'da said:
Hello, I'm really interested by your clock, can you post it in attachement please because my current skin Yo_status doesn't work anymore on my new trinity 6.1 rom. It doesn't show memory usage and sd space left, perhaps someone have the same error on other battery status skin and 6.1. Thanks for you help.
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Wasn't my post, it was by spencepu3. I really like your purple skin though - nice lines but still pretty efficient use of space.
What I would also like to do with mine is make the clock area a ul cube that had a different timezone in each face, but that would require being able to run two UL cubes at once.

here is mine: just wm7 beta: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=386378

I just finished this theme today. Three different colors and a matching S2U2 theme.

Here's mine

Relatively simply:

Windows Field Revisited - Custom Skin for SPB Mobile Shell

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Here is a preview of my update of Windows Field for Mobile Shell. It is for QVGA, WQVGA and 240x240 and is portrait only. See post #2 below for VGA and WVGA preview.
Preview2(3 for QVGA) has revised weather page.
I am working on landscape and on 320x320 screens. Let me know what you think and if you find any bugs.

Windows Field Revisited Preview for VGA and WVGA
I need testers for WVGA. I do not have a device to test on.
Windows Field Revisited VGA Preview2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BA5HF18T
VGA on Rapidshare
http://rapidshare.com/files/160013889/Windows_Field_Revisited_VGA_Preview2.zip.html
Windows Field Revisited WVGA Preview2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LG66E2ZK

That looks very nice. Good job.

great job..keep it up

I've been using the previous one recently, and love it.
I just tried this release. I find when I go to the "Programs" page, I get text over the top of the bottom buttons. The text I can see it "settings" and "Messaging".
I can post a screenshot later if needed.

I like the background a lot, great job

wow that looks really good
if you need someone to test out VGA version, happy to do that.

thanks mtkates
It's so great
Today screen is too good
but I have problem with the programs page

zhihwa said:
but I have problem with the programs page
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Yep that's the bug I mentiond a few posts back about the text overlay in the programs page.

Very nice
Thank you

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Yep that's the bug I mentiond a few posts back about the text overlay in the programs page.
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no such problem here.
let me see, didn't you uninstall the previous version? if you didn't, please do.
you should not only uninstall spb through windows Remove Programs, but you should also manually delete the SPB Mobile Shell folder in Program Files.
Then make a clean install of SPB and then use this amazing skin.
Edit: as u can see, there's no such issue here:

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Reserved for updates.
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the preview is very beautifull, mtkates you make great work
(sorry my bad english )

Bardia Garsha said:
no such problem here.
let me see, didn't you uninstall the previous version? if you didn't, please do.
you should not only uninstall spb through windows Remove Programs, but you should also manually delete the SPB Mobile Shell folder in Program Files.
Then make a clean install of SPB and then use this amazing skin.
Edit: as u can see, there's no such issue here:
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I addition to the recommendation quoted above, I have made and tested this based on the latest release(v2.1.2) of Mobile Shell. SPB has made internal program changes since v2.1 and custom skins can often be affected by the different releases. Mobile Shell v2.1.2 is a free upgrade and includes some bug fixes and added features.
So if the above does not fix your problem and you don't have the latest Mobile Shell version or are not sure what version you have, I would recommend heading over to SPB and upgrading. I think you will find that most new skins are being made around the newest version and it seems to be compatible with most of the previous skins.
Glad you guys like it. I am busy working on completing landscape and all screen resolutions.
Enjoy!

Great skin
This is REALLY AMAZING. Thank you so much master.
I don't care for landscape (the only times i use the Kaiser in landscape is when i'm typing on the hard keyboard in either Office applications , emails or texts - and naturally i don't use spb in these cases).
Everything is working perfectly well. I may add only two little comments:
- the three icons on Today (i.e. Miss Call, SMS, & Email) look very pale (as if they're fading in the background) - specially in "Classic" view. i don't know if it's been intentional - if you wanted them not to be very conspicous - or it's just a matter of color contrast between the color of these icons and the background picture.
- the main page of Weather tab doesn't give any temperature info (you have to press either the "Overcast" box or the could, sun, .... image to get into the four-day weather page with actual weather information. again, is it what you intended ? here's a screenshot:
OOPS: sorry, actually the temperature is showing on TOP of the main Weather screen (as in the screenshot it shows 16/12 for London's weather) but it's so small that i didn't notice it first.

Bardia Garsha said:
- the three icons on Today (i.e. Miss Call, SMS, & Email) look very pale (as if they're fading in the background) - specially in "Classic" view. i don't know if it's been intentional - if you wanted them not to be very conspicous - or it's just a matter of color contrast between the color of these icons and the background picture.
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The Status icons (sms, e-mail, missed) are vthe exact same ones used in the default skin of Mobile Shell. I have not changed them at all. When you actually get a message or missed call or voicemail, the icon will turn solid and get brighter and stand out on the screen.
Originally in Windows Field (and the original Diamond skin it was based on) used the status class twice to get the offset numbers. To save resources and to work properly in the new MS version, I decided to leave the numbers centered below and just use one status and since I already liked the original images, I just left them.

Bardia Garsha said:
- the main page of Weather tab doesn't give any temperature info (you have to press either the "Overcast" box or the could, sun, .... image to get into the four-day weather page with actual weather information. again, is it what you intended ? here's a screenshot:
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As for the weather page, I am considering removing the first weather page and just linking the tab to the weather details page to save resources, especially for the VGA versions. After using this skin again I am finding that the first weather page is kind of redundant. What does everyone else think? Leave it? Remove it? Don't care?

Great Work Mtkates!
I feel almost silly making recommedations, but I feel that the space on each side of the clock (both analog and digital) could be utilized for something. I know that you take great care for your layouts, so I understand if you want to leave it be. I love the option to have the three launcher items on the now screen. Also, overall this theme just looks great. Both SPB and Microsoft should be paying you.
The only bug I could find so far is in the weather (see screenshots), I'm not sure how but I lost my main icon. I say, just link that tab to the details screen and skip the one day screen.
Thanks again!

My favorite theme hands down.
Been using it a while now.
Looking forward to installing the new version.
Thanks for keeping it going

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Great Work Mtkates!
I feel almost silly making recommedations, but I feel that the space on each side of the clock (both analog and digital) could be utilized for something. I know that you take great care for your layouts, so I understand if you want to leave it be. I love the option to have the three launcher items on the now screen. Also, overall this theme just looks great. Both SPB and Microsoft should be paying you.
The only bug I could find so far is in the weather (see screenshots), I'm not sure how but I lost my main icon. I say, just link that tab to the details screen and skip the one day screen.
Thanks again!
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Thought about the space beside the clocks, but there is only so much you can add, and I personally don't want too much going on. I think there are planty of options for those that like a lot of shortcuts on the Now screen if they want them, or more minimal if they prefer. Of course there are endless possible layouts people can come up with. I have seen a lot of very creative skin that seem very functional and have a lot available on the Now screen, but I, myself don't mind the fraction of a second it takes to tap the screen to get to a different section to launch a program or whatever.
Sometimes I get a laugh when I read a post about how it takes 2 or 3 steps to do this or that, I just think to myself, "Are our fingers really getting that lazy? Or are we just that crammed for time?" I use the most minimal layout possible and I can get to anything on my phone that I have needed to get to in a second or two.
I think I will dump the first weather page and will probably change the weather details page slightly. For some reason, people are having problems with those particular big weather icons, both in this theme and in WM7. I thought the problem might be limited to VGA, but now I see even QVGA can pose a problem. The images are great (Great work by BeyondInvisible), but the files are huge compaired to the stock images. I will try to come up with something in between.
Ok, I guess I'm bored, just going blah, blah, blah and taking up space. I guess I'll get back to work. Anyway, make all the suggestions you want. You never know what might happen.

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I have seen a lot of very creative skin that seem very functional and have a lot available on the Now screen, but I, myself don't mind the fraction of a second it takes to tap the screen to get to a different section to launch a program or whatever.
Sometimes I get a laugh when I read a post about how it takes 2 or 3 steps to do this or that, I just think to myself, "Are our fingers really getting that lazy?
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cannot agree more. it's really a shame that people are missing an important aspect of SPB MS , which is to provide us with the Visual Joy of Animated Moves: the beauty of this software is in its being a smart cute animated touch interface. imagine we have everything cramped in its Today screen. expecting such dull functionality not only proves our laziness but it's also a sign of our inability to enjoy beautiful floating movements for a few seconds
besides, one of the main attractions of WindowsField is in it's being light and robust (it takes almost 1/3 of device memory resources compared to your WM7 skins). This is certainly due to its minimalistic built. Remember that simple is beautiful. even God is simple
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I think I will dump the first weather page and will probably change the weather details page slightly. For some reason, people are having problems with those particular big weather icons
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though i have absolutely no problem with the big weather icons (and they're really nice too) but i am certainly for whatever minimalist approach you might take. if you think the images are huge and resouce-hungry, then i guess we should sacrifice beauty for functionality & lightness.
one last word, clicking on Missed Calls icon on Today takes me to the missed call page in which not only the taskbar and menus of windows missed call page is present but also the five main icons of Today's taskbar are present (and functional too !). i don't think that i'd seen such functionality in other skins ever before.
if you did it intentionally, that's very clever. and if it has happened by accident, again that's great and helpful - in fact, this is the only occasion in which both SPB MS and a Windows application are simultaneously present and functional together ! here's a screenshot of what i'm talking about

[THE] [Updated 22-01-2010] ₪₪₪ HDWall Wallpaper CAB collection ₪₪₪ [RTFP!!]

[THE] [Updated 22-01-2010] ₪₪₪ HDWall Wallpaper CAB collection ₪₪₪ [RTFP!!]
NB: [22-Jan-2010] If you would like to request a cab file for your chosen wallpaper, you will find most will be happy to have a go for you. However, when doing so, can you please give specifics of the ROM you are using, i.e WM6.1/6.5/6.5.3, Sense/Manila/TF3D 2/2.1/2.5 and whether of not your version of Sense/Manila/TF3D is CFC compressed (if using a Custom ROM, the Rom Cooker's thread should tell you all of this information). This will greatly help the person who decides to do it for you, otherwise it's a complete shot in the dark, and if you are using anything other than the stock rom, it will most probably not work as they will normally use the default profile (TouchFLO v2.1 - No Compression - All Tabs). Actually, if you know all this info, there's no reason why you can't successfully have a go yourself, as I would always urge you to do. There's nothing like being able to do it yourself!
Here's an idea...changing the wallpaper on our TP2s seems a bit more difficult than in the past. The usual "background 4 all pages" methods that are about seem to cause problems for some (actually most, I think). I personally get a massive lag in screen rotation and other graphical gitches that I can't live with.
The answer is HDWall (massive thanks to maranell0 for this great piece of software)
OK, so it's time consuming and it involves a CAB installation and soft reset (actually, if you skip the restart after CAB installation, just restarting TF3D from Settings>>Personal>>Today>>Items does the trick), but what you end up with is a flawless wallpaper, higher in resolution than the standard methods, same background on all tabs, and absolutely no glitches or lags in rotation that I have noticed.
So the idea is, post your CABs and screenshots and share with the community your creations, save people the time and effort and make changing your wallpaper to suit your mood easy again!
Here's a start.... (also included MobileMatt's Crystal clock...credit to him for that)
One of the default TP2 Wallpapers View attachment 198728
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Cheryl Cole View attachment 198729
***A quick tip for new users of HDWall...Before you start creating your wallpaper, from the config menu select the profile that matches you ROM's WM6.x / WM6.5.x... and Manila/Sense version, otherwise it will not work. Read the instructions on maranell0's post for full details of how it's done! If at first you don't succeed, keep trying and eventually it will seem easy!***
One more thing. I don't personally get this problem, but if the picture doesn't load on the home tab, but all the other tabs are ok, you will need to clear the following 3 values in the registry (after the first install):
In HKCU/Software/HTC/manilla/
clear the value of
1: Cachedbackgroundpath
2: DefaultHomeBackgroundPath
3: HomeBackgroundPath <<<thanks to real187 for this info
ANY ONE STILL HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE HOME TAB REGEDITS...GO HERE FOR STEP-BY-STEP WITH SCREENSHOTS
UPDATE [14/10/09] For a very nice collection of HQ Female WVGA wallpapers, thanks to DarkDvr, look here >>> WARNING >>> Contains some very pretty, scantily-clad ladies!
UPDATE [05/11/09] Another great collection of very High Quality wallpapers can be found here, again thanks to DarkDvr, ready for you to download and CAB up! I recommend you take a look if you haven't already stumbled across it.

And another...
Jessica Jane Clement View attachment 198732

A couple more
Taken from HD wallpapers, a couple of nice looking abstract walls...
Shore of the Fractal Sea View attachment HDWallShoreOfTheFractalSea.cab
Motion Senses View attachment HDWallMotionSenses.cab

here is mine: on a TD2 btw

Ok .. here's my input... tested : works well with the branded voda red theme + crystal clock .
Two riske' shots taken by famous nude photographer Peter Hegre.
WARNING : BEAUTIFUL TOPLESS GIRLS
Portrait LINK
Landscape LINK
Rapidhare link

Is it okay for the kids to see topless girls? Not wanting to be a *****, but I really don't want the moms to gut us dry because we posted some, err, non-catholic explicit imagery susceptible of destroying irreversibly a pure and innoncent mind or **** like that.
At least, put in the title some warning, like, {BORDERLINE PICS HERE, NSFW, 18+}

Opps we will need to be careful here with our pictures or the mod's are going to jump on this thread.
please edit your pictures so we all dont get into trouble, there was this kind of problem in the diamond thread.

ok, my bad, pics have been linked instead of embedding them.

drawflex said:
ok, my bad, pics have been linked instead of embedding them.
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Probably better

Here is my addition, personally using a TD2 (NLD rom so ignore the dutch text please):
It's a nature based HD wallpaper.
Image source is InterfaceLIFT Oirase Gorge
Will make more nature based HD wallpapers if there is enough interest so...just let me know

I installed the HD wall abstact, and the uninstalled it and now I have lost TF3D, how do I get it back?
Please help - windows mobile 6.1 interface is shocking!

shure2 said:
I installed the HD wall abstact, and the uninstalled it and now I have lost TF3D, how do I get it back?
Please help - windows mobile 6.1 interface is shocking!
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Try turning on/off (or reset) your device.
I think the stock rom is still having bugs since I also have this issue from time to time.
Also you could try disabling touchflo in the homescreen and then enabling it again

Just a suggestion guys and gals. All these walls are great. Theres an option to add a layer of color over the image and with that theres opacity options. I find that adding a black layer with some transparency enables much better previews of sms messages, as lighter colors can be confusing.

ddutchie said:
Just a suggestion guys and gals. All these walls are great. Theres an option to add a layer of color over the image and with that theres opacity options. I find that adding a black layer with some transparency enables much better previews of sms messages, as lighter colors can be confusing.
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Well, I like my background just the way it is.
I think it's a personal preference
For example I never read text messages in the "preview" mode anyway...I always click it

Okay, here's my theme. I like the colors that coming out of the camera, it looks good with the neon theme on the Xperia.

Would this work on a touch pro?

matmaneyre can I ask you what's your task bar icon set/theme/cab? :x

diogoperas said:
matmaneyre can I ask you what's your task bar icon set/theme/cab? :x
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The task bar icon set is the standard stock set. The TF3D icon set is "Neon Theme v1.2a - Transparent both" thanks to nicelad_uk
The clock, (which is actually in the same manilla file as the icons for the call history and calendar on the home screen, hence why they are different, but not personally my choice) is by MobileMatt...can't remember where I found out so it's attached here: View attachment 200500 - Thanks again to MobileMatt

josiah7 said:
Would this work on a touch pro?
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No, as the target resolution for the program to achieve from your pictures is WVGA. You need to use a standard BG 4 all tabs/pages app on your device with VGA images.

matmaneyre said:
The task bar icon set is the standard stock set. The TF3D icon set is "Neon Theme v1.2a - Transparent both" thanks to nicelad_uk
The clock, (which is actually in the same manilla file as the icons for the call history and calendar on the home screen, hence why they are different, but not personally my choice) is by MobileMatt...can't remember where I found out so it's attached here: View attachment 200500 - Thanks again to MobileMatt
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Thank you very much for the information m8. And thanks for your HDWall wallpaper

Original TF3D theme?

Okay hey guys. So earlier I updated my rom to winmo 6.5 with I think manila 2.1
Well I don't like the new tf3d theme on it Its the one withthe coloured pictures. I much preferred the old black one. Does anyone have a copy of it kicking around somewhere?
Thanks, Chris

ChrissehB said:
Okay hey guys. So earlier I updated my rom to winmo 6.5 with I think manila 2.1
Well I don't like the new tf3d theme on it Its the one withthe coloured pictures. I much preferred the old black one. Does anyone have a copy of it kicking around somewhere?
Thanks, Chris
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Check out my theme you my like it.

ChrissehB said:
Okay hey guys. So earlier I updated my rom to winmo 6.5 with I think manila 2.1
Well I don't like the new tf3d theme on it Its the one withthe coloured pictures. I much preferred the old black one. Does anyone have a copy of it kicking around somewhere?
Thanks, Chris
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+1.. the colors just don't match with the device.. too much green in it
i'm also looking for the original skin (unbranded tp2, so it's the plain black and white one)
btw sergio, great job on your theme

@ChrissehB and @true2you
I can help you guys out. I have a backed up set of the manila files from the official WinMo 6.1 ROM. I'll just make a cab of the main slider for you. I should be able to have it ready in a day or 2.
Here's a question though. There's a large image of the tab icon when you hold your finger over a tab. That image was 128x128 in the 6.1 ROM. Do you want it to stay that size? I ask because, the new Manila in the 6.5 ROM has those images in 256x256. If you want them larger, than the image quality may be reduced from the upscaling.

I think this is what im looking for also... who the heck made the Sprint Touch Pro 2 theme? Looks horrible!
I am looking for the original Sprint Touch Pro theme... just black and white. Hopeully this is it here. Oh and also the white flip clock

I think this is what im looking for also... who the heck made the Sprint Touch Pro 2 theme? Looks horrible!
I am looking for the original Sprint Touch Pro theme... just black and white. Hopeully this is it here. Oh and also the white flip clock

Here you go guys! The original thread starter may want to link to this post in the 1st post.
A couple of things to note:
1. This cab package includes only 36 manila files. 12 of them are for the small images on the slider. 12 of them are for the large image that appears when you tap and hold on a tab. 12 of them are for the small images that appear on the active tab.
2. The large images that appear when you tap and hold on a tab may look a little fuzzy because they were upscaled. But honestly, it's not that bad.
3. They were upscaled because of the calendar tab. The new calendar tab has the date. So it was impossible to fit the large numbers on the original smaller image. Also because of the date, I modded the calendar icon a bit. I removed the crease that was originally on the lower right corner.
4. This was tested on my unlocked European TP2 with HTC's official WinMo 6.5 ROM.
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Awesome... but i cant seem to make it work on mine The slider tabs have tiny pics and the lil scroll thingy looks the same as my previous one.
Any way u can give me all the individual pics?
Im gonna try load them up on an HD wallpaper Creator and make a cab.. see if that works.

o0adam0o said:
Awesome... but i cant seem to make it work on mine The slider tabs have tiny pics and the lil scroll thingy looks the same as my previous one.
Any way u can give me all the individual pics?
Im gonna try load them up on an HD wallpaper Creator and make a cab.. see if that works.
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What you're seeing is to be expected because this isn't made for the version of Manila that you have. This is specifically for the Manila version that comes with HTC's official WinMo 6.5 ROM (v2.1.19193517.0). Differences include colored main slider icons, clock with weather on home tab, and larger tab preview images.
Anyway, I would send you the image files you need but I'm on the road for the following week. But I'm aware that what you're looking for was posted here in these forums previously. Have a search around.

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Here you go guys! The original thread starter may want to link to this post in the 1st post.
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I absolutely LOVE you for this!
I can confirm that this slider works on Atom's Fusion 5.2 (TF2.1) and on Agent_47s FirestormTR v4 ROM

i must say, what you did is more than great, now my phone looks like a real tp2 again, and not like a funny looking hd2 clone, plus the icons quality is great, even after the resizing and the calender icon.. looks perfect
--> works perfectly on a non-branded euro tp2 (french, with the official winmo 6.5 rom)
ps : the thread starter sould put it on the first post...
THANKS A LOT OHYEAHAR!!! u rock

ohyeahar said:
Here you go guys! The original thread starter may want to link to this post in the 1st post.
A couple of things to note:
1. This cab package includes only 36 manila files. 12 of them are for the small images on the slider. 12 of them are for the large image that appears when you tap and hold on a tab. 12 of them are for the small images that appear on the active tab.
2. The large images that appear when you tap and hold on a tab may look a little fuzzy because they were upscaled. But honestly, it's not that bad.
3. They were upscaled because of the calendar tab. The new calendar tab has the date. So it was impossible to fit the large numbers on the original smaller image. Also because of the date, I modded the calendar icon a bit. I removed the crease that was originally on the lower right corner.
4. This was tested on my unlocked European TP2 with HTC's official WinMo 6.5 ROM.
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Hi:
Just installed. Large icons look just fine. Really no noticeable distortion.
However the slider icons appear really tiny (except for the currently selected tab). Any idea how I can fix this?
Or, does anyone know of another icon set which I may have better luck with?
Also, does anyone know why my slider highlight (?) for currently selected tab is always blue (original ATT theme color)? Any way to change it?
Thanks so much!!

cincy1020 said:
Hi:
Just installed. Large icons look just fine. Really no noticeable distortion.
However the slider icons appear really tiny (except for the currently selected tab). Any idea how I can fix this?
Or, does anyone know of another icon set which I may have better luck with?
Also, does anyone know why my slider highlight (?) for currently selected tab is always blue (original ATT theme color)? Any way to change it?
Thanks so much!!
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This isn't for the Manila version you have on your device. The Manila version this is for has the following:
-weather forecast and animation on the home tab
-enlarged tab preview icons (256x256) when you hover over them (rather than the 128x128 icons in previous builds)

ohyeahar said:
This isn't for the Manila version you have on your device. The Manila version this is for has the following:
-weather forecast and animation on the home tab
-enlarged tab preview icons (256x256) when you hover over them (rather than the 128x128 icons in previous builds)
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Oh, how dumb of me lol.
I saw manila 2.1, and I guess I stopped reading.
I guess my search for icons continues.
Thanks!

ohyeahar said:
This isn't for the Manila version you have on your device. The Manila version this is for has the following:
-weather forecast and animation on the home tab
-enlarged tab preview icons (256x256) when you hover over them (rather than the 128x128 icons in previous builds)
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possible to make the selected tab and icon contrast? currently both is silver in colour and hard to see. Other than that, it excellent. Thank you.