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Downloaded a cab file from a chinese website, its a today plugin that when you click takes control of your today screen and gives you many buttons to cycle through move around etc drag and drop. Has its own background and signal bar etc. Seems to be a simple application launcher which slightly resembles the iphone. Found it in an elf thread but not sure if it is from an elf. I searched the forum and cannot find anything really like it(i mean apon looking at the contents of the cab versus the content of other things I have found here) I would like to find it in english if I could figure out what to call it. I am attaching the cab file, havent gotten a screen shot of it yet but its not gonna trash your phone just the characters wont display if you do not have chinese installed.
Any help appreaciated.
Jeff
Anyone know what this is? Is it malicious? I stupidly installed it, but it shows up nowhere in directory structure, remover programs, settings, or program folder.
It is not malicous I have installed it myself and it shows up in remove programs to uninstall. It not showing up at all is strange, what are you running? Did you reset after you installed it?
I am running LVSW's latest wm6 release. It installs and works fine except for the fact that chinese characters do not show.
I did a check on the CAB, and it seems alright. It is called "dDockView", installed to your "Program Files\dDockView" dir. All files are installed there, 2 at "\Windows" and a shortcut. Nothing in the registry, nothing nastily `malicious`. Two of the files in \Windows are "dDockView.xml", "dDockPlugin.dll". Delete these if you want to remove it.
From what it seems, it only execute if you run the "dDockView.exe" in "Program Files\dDockView"
And runs on WM6 only.
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Attached screenshots. It looks.. ifoney. From what it seems, to be a launcher, that, the bottom part gives you the 'Menu' or 'Page' for the programs icons above.
You'll have to modify the XML in \Windows to point to your program and icons, I think.
Hey thanks for posting the screenshots I was just about to upload some myself. I knew it was a launcher but none of the chinese would show up as I did not have the local installed.
Is this comparable to the iphone app posted in these threads? Ive been searching but I havent found anything close to what files it installs I can only assume that its something the chinese have made but do not quote me on that. I wonder how hard it would be to convert it to english.
Jeff
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It is not malicous I have installed it myself and it shows up in remove programs to uninstall. It not showing up at all is strange, what are you running? Did you reset after you installed it?
I am running LVSW's latest wm6 release. It installs and works fine except for the fact that chinese characters do not show.
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I have yet to take any rom plunge. I am runing wm5 on my 8525 all I have done is put on the newest version of radio 1.43.
When I installed it I told it to use my storage card and it did not fail but said install was ok.
Your afraid to upgrade os but are ok updating the radio? I seem to remember reading that it is easier to brick your device radio updating than just upgrading the os but do not quote me on that.
@hanmin Since you were able to see the chinese characters, what was displayed on the normal today screen where you launch the program? Mine just showed an icon with many squares of course because I could not see chinese.
It seems like a decent launcher for one handed operation and the drag and drop works nice, still havent figured out how to customize it all yet but time will tell.
Jeff
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Your afraid to upgrade os but are ok updating the radio? I seem to remember reading that it is easier to brick your device radio updating than just upgrading the os but do not quote me on that.
@hanmin Since you were able to see the chinese characters, what was displayed on the normal today screen where you launch the program? Mine just showed an icon with many squares of course because I could not see chinese.
It seems like a decent launcher for one handed operation and the drag and drop works nice, still havent figured out how to customize it all yet but time will tell.
Jeff
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Didn't say afraid, said I hadn't done it yet. Still reading and checking on what one I want to try first.
@Bohemian, I'm sure Psiodon doesn't meant to say 'afraid', probably the word 'worried / doubtful' is the word he is trying to use. Anyway, good that you are doing that. There are various newbies around that jump in and die without knowing why
@Psiodon
I didn't install the app myself. I've just examined the CAB contents and did a bit of goggling myself. I don't even know that there is a today plugin (probably I've missed some lines in the CAB). From what it seems, you can happily skip the today plugin and launch it 'normally'.
@Boh, yes I did not mean scared afraid as hanmin said, just that you did radio first as I have not done radio yet but have done os many times hehe.
@Hanmin, I must be retarded how did you get those screenshots without installing it, some emulator or other way of extracting them? The retard thing can be verified with your reply haha.
Jeff
@Psiodon You can google for screenshots? There are forum discussing it with screenshots. Just grab it from there? And, yes, there are emulator for WM5 devices if you are interested. Get it free from M$.
Are those forums in chinese or english, could you post a link to it?
Thanks in advance
Jeff
can anyone covert it to english Please
@Psiodon Google for "dDockView"
@aih1977, from what it seems, it uses a XML file for all the setup and stuff, but it also has a few DLL files which maybe difficult to convert to English.
Hi Guys,
This today plug-in come pre-installed in S1 Dopod in china which is the HTC Touch "Elf". But this is only availible in default for china market.
You need to edit the xml to do batches change to del unwanted icon.
Too bad this come in chinese lang only. And I having some program in adding new program using the standard GUI. Think I need to use the xml to add new program.
That makes sense the chinese care nothing about copyrights which sometimes is a good thing.
The software has its own custimizing app built in, you just click the little down arrows and it gives you options to delete and add new as well as lock unlock the drag and drop capability, you can change text font colors etc, it has its own button library graphics you can select from etc.
It does what its supposed to do, launches apps, displays your messages count etc, goes directly to what you want it to go to, email for email, text messages for sms etc, self customizing (to an extent) drag and drop icons for ordering. Clicking the clock brings up time of course, clicking the service bars brings up phone properties. Its pretty quick to do its various tasks and seems to be a complete program, I did notice that it doesnt seem to show the status of bluetooth wifi etc at the top or maybe I havent figure out how to configure that.
If it were in english would be alot better thats for certain.
Psiodon
Translator needed...Chinese
I know that some people here speaks chinese, so could any of you please look into this and translate it
Is there a easy way to break of a DLL change (e.g. translate) it and put it back?
easy way hmmm. I tried translating it myself but with my limited knowledge on such things I couldnt really get anything important changed to english, just a few menu options that you could already figure out yourself. I had to change my local to chinese to get those characters to show up in my editing programs. Then had to make shift sign the exe then copy it over to the phone. Couldnt figure out the signing cab thing and didnt work much on that since I couldnt get much changed into english. I guess the other chinese is hidden in there somewhere but with the programs I used I couldnt figure it out. The other thing that bothers me about the program is that it will let you add control panel items, but not program items, when you select that option it just sits there. I assume some path being different on the chinese version of windows mobile 6? So with all the effort I didnt get far.
There are many people out there who translate programs from different languages, maybe they have more of a clue than I do, and the ability to fix the path problem with adding programs.
Psiodon
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That makes sense the chinese care nothing about copyrights which sometimes is a good thing.
Psiodon
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Does this have something to do with the subject? So you're White western good thinking people? I wonder what you do around here?
LG KS20 have a really black WinMobile - isn't it?
I see it on official LG KS20 site!
So, lets extract it, an use on another devices!
http://ks20.lgmobile.com/
Here is screenshots!
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LG KS20 have a really black WinMobile - isn't it?
I see it on official LG KS20 site!
So, lets extract it, an use on another devices!
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Sorry, but it isn't what it looks like!
The Flash Demo looks great with the Black WM, but in fact it looks just like every WM version. So no black. It's just fake!
It would be awesome if we could make our WM look that way!
hopefully we can change it to look like that soon, looks really nice
This can be done with SKTools
I have just started messing with this to get it to look like the LG images. With SKTools you can change the color of every item: window, background, text, etc. It will just take some time to get everything set right. I have attached a screen shot from my touch that shows the background color changed to grey from white. Once I get the black settings to work, I will post them. Or if someone can figure it out, PLEASE post the settings!!
Don't believe everything you see on a flash website. That's marketing at play!
well you are right about marketing, but, they lie to their own customers.
if you have some coding skills you can make almost everything in the flash to happen, but the impossible stuff - you can never get analizer in WMP, and you will defenately will not get black google page, also you will not get black windows live (maybe if you rewrite it), you must also rewrite a lot from the os to get genuine black looks
some black backgrounds work with SKTools but the icons look ugly
I am pissed at LG because they advertise this product to look like in it's page but in fact they deliver regular looking WM6 device which is not so much difrend then any popular WM6 device
Thanks for your answers!
Now I'm understand
It can be close...
Here are some screen shots of various windows screens and apps that have been changed to white on black. Not sure if I like it yet and obviously LG has done some things on their flash website that appear to not be on the actual phone. If people like this look I can post the SKTools settings.
One thing to remember is that in order to put your color changes back, you need to reload the correct / orriginal values into SKTools. You can't just uninstall SKTools. The settings will stay.
Link to the application. Not free but can be used in demo mode:
http://s-k-tools.com/index.html?sktools/m_feat.html
The colors are changed in the "TuneUp!" section, under the colors tab. Many color changes require a reset to apply.
Can you tell me what colors you modified?
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Can you tell me what colors you modified?
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There are a BUNCH of settings that you have to change. I still haven't got the pop up window / warning messages working right. I have attached a zip file with the screen shots of my settings as they are now. You should be able to get the idea of what changes what. For reference, keep in mind 255,255,255 is white and 0,0,0 is black.
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Here are some screen shots of various windows screens and apps that have been changed to white on black. Not sure if I like it yet and obviously LG has done some things on their flash website that appear to not be on the actual phone. If people like this look I can post the SKTools settings.
One thing to remember is that in order to put your color changes back, you need to reload the correct / orriginal values into SKTools. You can't just uninstall SKTools. The settings will stay.
Link to the application. Not free but can be used in demo mode:
http://s-k-tools.com/index.html?sktools/m_feat.html
The colors are changed in the "TuneUp!" section, under the colors tab. Many color changes require a reset to apply.
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Actually, with SK Tools if you want to revert back to the original color you just have to press the file box in the upper right hand corner & select (X).
I have already done this over in a thread titled "Black Background in Applications Folder". Here is the link
It is not only the applications folder, it is an entire device color change to a Black/Slate Gray Theme.
The sys file is to be used by UITweaker.
UITweaker>SysColorChanger>Tools>Import
Many people have been requesting this across the XDA-Dev board.
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There are a BUNCH of settings that you have to change. I still haven't got the pop up window / warning messages working right. I have attached a zip file with the screen shots of my settings as they are now. You should be able to get the idea of what changes what. For reference, keep in mind 255,255,255 is white and 0,0,0 is black.
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You can get color codes on this website HTML Color Codes.
Scratching head..
I'm confused guys.. what's all the fuss about? As I watch the flash demo for the KS20 on the LG site I don't actually see anything that isn't available on the phone out of the box.. with 2 mins of work, anyhow.
Both the KS20 and the KU990 (Viewty, I have one of those too ) use the nifty graphic UI you see in the demo. That being said, with the KS20 you can navigate the traditional way as well.. START | Programs | IE etc. so you can use whichever you prefer because ALL aspects of the device are accessible either way so.. maybe I'm missing the issue?
It does look very spiffy in black, I have to say.. WM6 utilizes themes and there are many already available, but of course you can always create one if you can't find one to suit your fancy.
As for black IE (and thus Windows Live, as it is currently only available through the browser if you want to use an official MS client to connect) it's a simple matter of a registry setting. Please tell me we haven't all been using alternate browsers for so long that we've forgotten that you can over-ride the default color settings in IE?
And last but not least.. the WMP issue.. haven't we ever heard of skins?
C'mon guys.. it's not so bad.. for Windows
IT Has 262K Screen
I know this is of topic, but how comes the lg ks20 has 262 144(262K) colours but i read somewhere the windows os is limited to 65 536 (65k) ?
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I know this is of topic, but how comes the lg ks20 has 262 144(262K) colours but i read somewhere the windows os is limited to 65 536 (65k) ?
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In the same way you can buy a monitor with 24-bit colour depth and use it with DOS that only has something like 4-bit colour depth
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In the same way you can buy a monitor with 24-bit colour depth and use it with DOS that only has something like 4-bit colour depth
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They call it "marketing" - a good one dude
@Azimuth
Can u tell me how to install that software ..the one u provided up in ur post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1738011&postcount=79
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@Azimuth
Can u tell me how to install that software ..the one u provided up in ur post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1738011&postcount=79
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According to this post you will need UI Tweaker.
Hi all, total newb here.
I have a new Tilt 2 from AT&T and I'm in way over my head here with changing things around (first smart phone). I've been searching these board for several days, trying different things, but I'm not having much luck. Basically, all I want to do is get rid of all the blue on the TF3D. Anyway to do this?
I'd really love a simple, sleek black theme going. I tried the Dusk theme from another thread, but that didn't work. So, in short: Is there a simple, newb-friendly way to change all that blue to black?
Thanks for the time.
I've been digging around quite a bit, and it looks like there's no easy way to do this. So I've been playing with the manila editor I found on these boards, and I have a few questions for anyone who can help me out here.
1. I have found and copied all the manilla files from the phone. I am assuming all I need to do is simply alter the images and replace, correct?
2. In trying to replace the images - changing blue to black with a color replacement tool in Photoshop - I am having an issue with image quality once the file is converted back to a manila file. Here's what happens: I save the original manila file as a .png. I then alter this file by changing it from blue to black. Then I use the manila editor to replace the file. HOWEVER - after I replace the file, the image becomes horribly dithered. This also happens if I save as a .jpg. Any way to retain image quality when converting back to a manila file?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help out.
get MaxManilla and install HDWalls
make a background using HDWalls (save the image to use as theme background so you can see it under "start" too) and apply it.
I have a tilt2 and I flashed to leo energy with dusk... love the switch !
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you can also try applying the HQ Wallpaper patch
Rajinn, thanks for the response. If I may pick your brain for a moment...
When you say "flashed to leo energy with dusk," what does that entail, exactly? (total n00b, remember?) What, exactly, does flashing to leo energy accomplish? Is this something a beginner can accomplish without destroying the phone?
Looking around at the non-AT&T Rhodium, I would be very happy with the standard TF3D black version, but I'll entertain other ways to get something similar. That blue Touchflo is just too... blue.
Thanks!
Alternatively, if this is easier:
Is there a way to change my blue AT&T TF3D to the standard, non-AT&T black TF3D?
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Rajinn, thanks for the response. If I may pick your brain for a moment...
When you say "flashed to leo energy with dusk," what does that entail, exactly? (total n00b, remember?) What, exactly, does flashing to leo energy accomplish? Is this something a beginner can accomplish without destroying the phone?
Looking around at the non-AT&T Rhodium, I would be very happy with the standard TF3D black version, but I'll entertain other ways to get something similar. That blue Touchflo is just too... blue.
Thanks!
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When he said "flashed to leo energy with dusk", he means he flashed to EnergyROM "Leo" (The ROM version) with the "MaxManila Dusk" Manila (aka TF3D) theme. While flashing a custom ROM, like EnergyROM, is pretty safe and has many benefits (such as faster overall speed and a superior user experience), you might not want to try it right away if you're still a bit new to your phone. I recommend you get a good feel for Windows Mobile and the Tilt2 before exploring more advanced options such as custom ROMs.
I would also follow his suggestion of using HDwalls. I've never used it myself, but it's very popular among the boards. There are also premade wallpapers here if you don't want to make your own. If you want to change the bottom slider with all the tabs, you might try this website for premade sliders.
Have had a Tilt 2 for a while now, and wanted to know the same thing. The highlight color is blue on the clock and other things and I hate it too. But I haven't found a way to change them yet. Tried HDwalls and some other stuff. Will end up flashing, just waiting for the right ROM to surface. Sorry. A far as mine tho only highlight is blue, Clear clock,no lines, curtians, sliders, ect...
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While flashing a custom ROM, like EnergyROM, is pretty safe and has many benefits (such as faster overall speed and a superior user experience), you might not want to try it right away if you're still a bit new to your phone. I recommend you get a good feel for Windows Mobile and the Tilt2 before exploring more advanced options such as custom ROMs.
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I agree, and thanks for the advice. I'd be way in over my head if I tried it and I don't think it's worth the hassle.
I did manage to replace my blue clock, and hopefully I can replace the blue slider. With those two changes, I can definitely live with the remaining blue highlights.
(I now have a transparent clock with the white numbers. If anyone has a link or a .cab file for the stock black background clock with white numbers, I'd be grateful. The transparent is cool, but not quite what I'm after)
Thanks all!
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I agree, and thanks for the advice. I'd be way in over my head if I tried it and I don't think it's worth the hassle.
I did manage to replace my blue clock, and hopefully I can replace the blue slider. With those two changes, I can definitely live with the remaining blue highlights.
(I now have a transparent clock with the white numbers. If anyone has a link or a .cab file for the stock black background clock with white numbers, I'd be grateful. The transparent is cool, but not quite what I'm after)
Thanks all!
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When I still used Sense 2.1, this worked for me.
working on a tmo version of what you are describing...
... But the trouble is that there are so many image files that need to be converted. also, I agree abou the image quality. in fact, I found that the best way to go about changing images for TF3D is doing the complete oposite of what I was describing in my thread (signature).
the only way to make it look good is to dither it further, or make a design that uses no gradients (yes even a B&W gradient turns out bad). I am not sure why that is. maybe because winmo only supports 8 or 32 bit, and does not support 16 or 24 bit.
I have already changed my slider button from blue to black, but it is a completely different image. and yes, I had to complicate the image a lot for it to look half way decent. I kinda miss M2D in a way because if it.
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When I still used Sense 2.1, this worked for me.
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Thank you, I'll give that one a try this evening.
S.V.I: That slider button is the one thing that's driving me nuts. (Well, until it's changed, then something else will come along )
So I understand the process of changing images - once I alter an image using the Manila editor and replace the manila file with the new image, do I simply replace the manila file in the /windows directory?
If so, I noted that I do not have permissions to do a copy & replace (Total Commander needed, right?). Could I simply delete the original manila file and then paste the new file (so no copy/overwrite is needed)?
Thanks!
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I agree, and thanks for the advice. I'd be way in over my head if I tried it and I don't think it's worth the hassle.
I did manage to replace my blue clock, and hopefully I can replace the blue slider. With those two changes, I can definitely live with the remaining blue highlights.
(I now have a transparent clock with the white numbers. If anyone has a link or a .cab file for the stock black background clock with white numbers, I'd be grateful. The transparent is cool, but not quite what I'm after)
Thanks all!
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When you finally get tired of it, which you probably will, read up on flashing. If you read in the forums for days before asking a question, read on. Flashing, to me, is more benefial than keeping the stock ROM. IF AND ONLY IF, you get a good ROM that has no issues, and stick with it. For those of us who like to flash often, it is more of a hobby to test others work, than for us to use. But if you see a great ROM that you absolutely love the look of it, read read read, and flash flash flash. Be sure to ask as many questiosn as possible before flashing, so you don't mess nothing up though.
slider buttons. hopefully they uploaded bu opera.
these are the sliders buttons that I made. sorry i can not upload any photos. dont have them. but you can try them and see which suits you. just make sure that you disable manila before installing and uninstalling them.
So, I've been searching for a few days now... in order to find a suitable SPLASH SCREEN and BOOT ANIMATION to replace the T-Mobile USA standard, "Stick Together"... and the similar animation that follows. I haven't really come across anything that has been reported to WORK PROPERLY and NOT turn the device into a fancy paperweight. I'm wondering if anyone has found an alternative set of SPLASH SCREENS and BOOT ANIMATIONS that are compatible with the T-Mobile USA model, if so... I would greatly appreciate your assistance, or at least a point in the right direction.
Now, with that said... I'm also trying to figure out if there is a REGISTRY EDIT that can be made to ENABLE the BOOT ANIMATION once more, as I have disabled that function using BsB Tweaks v1.6 - and when I tried to enable the feature again, it does NOT work, even after the obvious soft reset that follows.
If anyone has insight on this topic, please don't hesitate to offer your advice. Thank you.
i've been wondering the same thing, without any results. Also looking for decent apps for the HD2. everything looks like the old windows mobile though.
I had the same exact problem when I used BsB Tweaks. The problem is that when you try to turn it back on BsB enters the wrong filename in the registry and thus it cannot be found and loaded.
What you need to do is to use a regedit tool and go into "HKEYLM\Software\HTC\HTCAnimation" and change the value for "StartupGIF" to "\Windows\startup480-800.gif". Reboot and you should be back to the way it was.
If you want to change the animation you can put any animated 480x800.gif in "\Windows\" and point to it with the above specified registry edit.
To find animations I did a google image search for .gif files and specified the image size to be 480x800. You should find a lot. I put the original HTC quietly brilliant startup animation and a couple others and went back to the original one. BTW, you can change the shutdown animation by changing "ShutDownGIF" in the same registry location.
Good luck and let me know if you need more info.
Sorry, I forgot to mention how to change the other startup pictures.
There is basically 3 startup screens that can be changed on the TMOUS HD2 (probably also Euro/Asia version too):
#1- First static screen that shows the magenta TMO square and text
#2- Second animated screen that I explained how to change above
#3- Third static screen with the windows mobile logo.
As far as I can tell #1 (first screen) can only be changed via ROM flash.
Again, #2 explained in previous post.
To change #3 (third and last screen):
Place two identical 480x800.png files (make sure it's .png) named "xxxx.png" and "xxxx.192.png" (change xxxx to your filename) in "\windows\" and point to it by changing the registry value in "HKEYLM\Software\Microsoft\Spash Screen" change "CarrierBitmap" to your "\windows\xxxx.192.png" file and "MSBitmap" to your "\windows\xxxx.png" file.
I made my own .png that shows my contact info and increased the "CarrierTimeout" and "MSTimeout" so it would show a little longer. Long shot in getting it back if lost, but it can't hurt, and it can't easily be removed unless they know what they're doing.
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Sorry, I forgot to mention how to change the other startup pictures.
There is basically 3 startup screens that can be changed on the TMOUS HD2 (probably also Euro/Asia version too):
#1- First static screen that shows the magenta TMO square and text
#2- Second animated screen that I explained how to change above
#3- Third static screen with the windows mobile logo.
As far as I can tell #1 (first screen) can only be changed via ROM flash.
Again, #2 explained in previous post.
To change #3 (third and last screen):
Place two identical 480x800.png files (make sure it's .png) named "xxxx.png" and "xxxx.192.png" (change xxxx to your filename) in "\windows\" and point to it by changing the registry value in "HKEYLM\Software\Microsoft\Spash Screen" change "CarrierBitmap" to your "\windows\xxxx.192.png" file and "MSBitmap" to your "\windows\xxxx.png" file.
I made my own .png that shows my contact info and increased the "CarrierTimeout" and "MSTimeout" so it would show a little longer. Long shot in getting it back if lost, but it can't hurt, and it can't easily be removed unless they know what they're doing.
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Thank you very much for all of this information.
Now, I'm curious as to how I am supposed to "point" or direct said files via registry? Do I need to store the .gif and .png replacements on my SD CARD or DEVICE? And once I've edited the registry with the EXACTLY MATCHED NAMES of the replacement files; will the device permanently "look" to that directory and LOAD the images/animations from that location?
Thanks again.
Oh, and I almost forgot...
I was looking for something like this, however... I cannot just "install" these .CAB files to alter the Booting Animation, or could I?
Here's the thread that has the ideal animations:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=587867
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Thank you very much for all of this information.
Now, I'm curious as to how I am supposed to "point" or direct said files via registry? Do I need to store the .gif and .png replacements on my SD CARD or DEVICE? And once I've edited the registry with the EXACTLY MATCHED NAMES of the replacement files; will the device permanently "look" to that directory and LOAD the images/animations from that location?
Thanks again.
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When I say point, what I mean is that when you go into the registry key, for example "HKEYLM\Software\Microsoft\Spash Screen" and you click on "CarrierBitmap" you'll change the value to "\windows\xxxx.png" so now it's "pointing" to that file. Hope that makes sense. I'm sure it'll be clear when you go into it with your regedit software. Your basically changing that particular registry entry to look at the file you specify, like a shortcut.
All these files need to go into your "\windows\" folder on your phone, NOT your SD card.
Until you change the registry manually or by flashing a new ROM it will permanently "look" at the file you enter in the registry.
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I was looking for something like this, however... I cannot just "install" these .CAB files to alter the Booting Animation, or could I?
Here's the thread that has the ideal animations:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=587867
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Those are great, I've used them, so I know they work.
Forget the .cab files and do it manually via the method I explained. You can right click the animation in that thread and save it and rename and use as I specified. You can also download the file you need instead of right clicking, get the .gif file not the .cab from that thread.
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Those are great, I've used them, so I know they work.
Forget the .cab files and do it manually via the method I explained. You can right click the animation in that thread and save it and rename and use as I specified. You can also download the file you need instead of right clicking, get the .gif file not the .cab from that thread.
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Thanks once more for all of the instructions.
I'm going to give this a whirl. It's my first time ever messing with such modifications. I used to create and flash alternative boot animations and splash screens on my Android devices, but this will be my "cherry popping" moment on the Windows Mobile platform. AWESOME!
I'm quite certain others will find your advice very useful as well.
You're welcome.
I would suggest anyone doing this should keep the original files as is in case you ever need to go back for whatever reason. Basically, don't delete the original files, just rename the new files and "point" to them.
xeebot said:
You're welcome.
I would suggest anyone doing this should keep the original files as is in case you ever need to go back for whatever reason. Basically, don't delete the original files, just rename the new files and "point" to them.
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Alright. Everything worked out just fine. Thanks to your detailed instructions, I managed to change absolutely everything forementioned.
This should quite literally become a STICKY POST because those instructions were very thorough and easy to understand. Anyway, thanks again... I'm finally able to enjoy powering down my device, JUST to watch it boot up again.
Do the cabs not work? Any reason not to use them?
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Do the cabs not work? Any reason not to use them?
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I think some work. The problem with some of the cabs is that they were made for the Euro/Asia HD2 and the path and files in the US HD2 is different. That's why when you turn off the animation and turn it back on in BsB it does not work.
Quick question
Excellent directions and I have now put in some really cool animated .Gifs and JPEGs however I neglected to write down the name of the original Splash screen files that were for "Carrier Bitmap" and "MS Bitmap" In case I HAD to revert.
Do you know these?
Thanks in advance.
Camusa said:
Excellent directions and I have now put in some really cool animated .Gifs and JPEGs however I neglected to write down the name of the original Splash screen files that were for "Carrier Bitmap" and "MS Bitmap" In case I HAD to revert.
Do you know these?
Thanks in advance.
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Excellent.
Thank you so much.
I don't understand, can someone make a usa Tmobile HD2 cab file with the htc animation??? please? It would make my life easier!
I'd just like to replace them all with black versions because I often start my phone in low light, and the 100% default brightness is often a retina-cooking extreme.
Initial boot Black background/HTC Green logo.
Is that an option?
digitallysick said:
I don't understand, can someone make a usa Tmobile HD2 cab file with the htc animation??? please? It would make my life easier!
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I'd just like to replace them all with black versions because I often start my phone in low light, and the 100% default brightness is often a retina-cooking extreme.
Initial boot Black background/HTC Green logo.
Is that an option?
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Fellas, please...
READ the first few posts, and you'll find every detail necessary in order to alter the animations and splash screen. After reading it, RE-READ IT!
It took me about two or three times of reading it to gain a thorough understanding of the instructions.
You don't learn to hack... you have to HACK to LEARN!
The only thing I have left to change is the initial splash on startup, and since that has to be changed via flash, does anyone have a black version with custom RUU?
The other two I have changed successfully, but that initial splash is still white.
Anyone having the sun/moon issue?
BlaY0 has solved the issue, it is in his latest B0.6 ROM!
If you're running another ROM, you can extract common_m_weather01.png and common_m_weather33.png from com.htc.resources.apk in that ROM and copy it to your ROM, that should do the trick!
Thanks BlaY0!
Very annoying...
I've noticed that and it's bloody annoying. It's only happened since the FOTA upgrade to 2.2 - my guess is HTC have dropped a bollock here somewhere? Not heard of a fix. May be if enough people moan to HTC, we might see a fix in a future update?!
I think they assume we all live on Tatooine
That would explain a lot
But I'm not sure if it has two moons as well...
+1 here as well
Aah so my eyes are still fine, and there is a bug here indeed
Too bad HTC probably won't bother for another Legend update, so we'll have to learn to live with 2 moons (and 2 suns!)
Anyone knows where the animation comes from? With what I've seen around sense I don't believe it is rendered...It has to be a set of pngs or something.... I just can't find it
com.htc.resources.apk
Well I found some .qtc files in raw folder, but they are identic to those in Eclair, but this error wasn't there, so it's something else I guess...
I'm gonna try and decompile both versions and compare them, but since I haven't found a way to build yet, I'm gonna need some help
There are 3 different suns in res/drawable-mdpi.
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Those are exactly the same...The only difference I have found in version from Froyo and from Eclair is that there are some extra sun/glare png's in drawable:
lens_flare.png
lens_flare_white.png
lens_flare2.png
all three png's are in both versions there with gl_ prefix.
But that wouldn't explain why the sun is smaller, not if it was defined elsewhere...
OK, so I guess there is a reference to a wrong sun file in some xml...
As I've found no xml managing the anim, I think the animation is managed bu those qtc files. I'm gonna have a look at the xml's defining the ID's as there might be something wrong there...is it possible the anim runs by ID's rather than filenames?
Sent from my HTC Legend
OK, as I am not sure how all that works, I thought some XML file waas pointing on a wrong ID 0x0202048c instead of 0x020203f7... To make sure I replaced the "wrong" png's by good png's - smaller by those larger, but it still does not work... plus it miss-aligned images in the forecast part of the Weather Widget...
It must be a width/length definition issue then...but I can't find it anywhere...
Just to clear.. when I used Eclair there was the same "bug". Probably why you don't see any difference from 2.1 files to the once in 2.2 .. my guess would be to take screenshot of phone and copy size of sun and replace the smaller sun in the "animations" ??
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Well, that's exactly what I tried to do...nothing...
When I used Eclair (Stock, rooted) there was no such bug...I'm comparing my files now with that version. But there's really nothing to compare as I haven't been able to decompile the widget apk succesfully because I need to use two framework files with apktool and I don't know how to do that...
There is faq on apktool official site, where is explain how to install frameworks, may be it will help you...
I saw that, but I found no usefull information as to how to solve my problem... I'll keep trying though, It bugs me that I can't solve it! Any help would be greatly appreciated guys! really I don't need to be the one to solve it, I just want it fixed
I have an idea. Decompile com.htc.resources.apk then mark every sun png you find with numbers in top right corner. Compile back and push to your phone's system and test to see which is which...
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I have an idea. Decompile com.htc.resources.apk then mark every sun png you find with numbers in top right corner. Compile back and push to your phone's system and test to see which is which...
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Nice one! I did that, it looks like both suns are the common_m_weather_01.png in drawable-mdpi folder, so are those moons - common_m_weather_33.png
they must be resized in some XML file then, but the only one I can find it in is public.xml, also if searching by ID 0x020203da
It must be in those damn .qtc files...