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Changing Home screen

I looked at the Microsoft website for help, but it gave instructions that were not on my Exec....
this is what they wrote:
Change the Home screen appearance
* On the Home screen, click Start > Settings > Home Screen.
* Under Home screen layout, Color scheme, and Background image, select the options you want, and then click Done.
I haven't even got "Home Screen" under "settings" whats going on?
I want to change the font and colour on my Home screen...how do i do that?
cheers

possibly a dumb question BUT were you looking for the instructions under Windows Mobile 5, OR under an older version?

budo*85 said:
I looked at the Microsoft website for help, but it gave instructions that were not on my Exec....
this is what they wrote:
Change the Home screen appearance
* On the Home screen, click Start > Settings > Home Screen.
* Under Home screen layout, Color scheme, and Background image, select the options you want, and then click Done.
I haven't even got "Home Screen" under "settings" whats going on?
I want to change the font and colour on my Home screen...how do i do that?
cheers
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'Home Screen' is on a Smartphone
'Today Screen' is on a PDA
= You're looking at the wrong instructions

The Picture & Videos application has a menu option to set a picture as your Today screen background. It's easy.

no no not the picture, the font colour and size....

budo*85 said:
no no not the picture, the font colour and size....
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Colours and typefaces are really defined within the Theme (.tsk) that you choose.

oh ok... so where can i get more themes from?

budo*85 said:
oh ok... so where can i get more themes from?
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A few have been posted here on this Universal forum. But you'll need to find VGA ones. Avoid those marked Extended for other devices - I've not found one that works, although I believe there is a registry hack that makes them somewhat more compaitible. Even those marked VGA may not correctly switch between portrait and landscape. Many are an "acquired" taste, so be prepared to experiment.
There are people that sell their Today Theme designs on Handango, etc., and some are quite nice. You'll also get some themes bundled with skins for PocketBreeze, WAB, and most of the other Today screen launchers.
It is posible to "roll-your-own". Microsoft did produce a Theme Generator some years ago, but I don't believe that handles the Universal's screen resolution or landscape. I did see a company selling a generator that handled VGA resolutions, but can't remember who, and seem to remember it was US$50 or more, so I gave it a miss.

Sorry, somebody previously posted the following, but I've not tried the link:
"Today themes:
http://www.mcdeb.com/
go to the top of the page to SEARCH and look for VGA, you will get a list of themes that also work in landscape, and they're free!
http://www.mcdeb.com/
E.g.:
http://www.mcdeb.com/MT/archives/000852.html
For help installing goto:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/articles/personalize.mspx"

background wallpaper for the default Lock screen

Using HTC Touch diamond2 WM 6.5 official rom from HTC.
I want to change the background wallpaper for the default Lock screen. How to change it.. any help on this

michealjohn said:
Using HTC Touch diamond2 WM 6.5 official rom from HTC.
I want to change the background wallpaper for the default Lock screen. How to change it.. any help on this
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TF3Dsettings - Personalise - Lock screen wallpaper...

Lockscreen wallpaper
For me is : Settings tab -> Personalize -> Lock screen Wallpaper -> "No" for default -> set whatever you want

I don't have personalise option.
Settings >> Wallpaper (Home wallpaper)
This one change the home wallpaper. But I want to change the background for lock screen. any help..

I don't have personalise option.
Settings >> Wallpaper (Home wallpaper)
This one change the home wallpaper. But I want to change the background for lock screen. any help..

michealjohn said:
I don't have personalise option.
Settings >> Wallpaper (Home wallpaper)
This one change the home wallpaper. But I want to change the background for lock screen. any help..
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michealjohn,
Might I suggest you update your signature with your info for what ROM you are on etc, or at least state what ROM you are on before you post a ROM related question?
Otherwise no one can help you.

sorry for not providing enough info...here we go to my signature

For me is Start/Settings/All settings/Today/in Appearance tab , check box Use this picture as background and Browse. It changes picture in main windows menu and also lock screen.

max17,
Perfect.. this is what I want. thanks for you help.
And I have one more query when I browsed the files for setting the background, it's not showing up all the images. In type drop down, it has "Picture Files" and what are the format it will support like (jpg,gif....).
Since I have more files in one of my folder and when I searched thru' this option nothing is showing.. any clue...?

Lockscreen and start screen wallpaper

is there anyway to make the start menu wallpaper different from the lockscreen wallpaper? by defauly they are both the same

Scroll to the Settings tab, then:
Personalize
Lock Screen Wallpaper.
You can change it there.

rp-x1 said:
Scroll to the Settings tab, then:
Personalize
Lock Screen Wallpaper.
You can change it there.
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Don't think you understand my question. I want my lockscreen wallpaper to be one picture and my start screen wallpaper to be another

sense 2.5 small weather animation on unlock

guys. is there a way to make sense to play small weather animation ( the one below clock ) when unlocking the phone instead of full screen animation ?
Thank You

lordsinasina said:
guys. is there a way to make sense to play small weather animation ( the one below clock ) when unlocking the phone instead of full screen animation ?
Thank You
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Yes there is In Home tab of sense press Menu -> Home Wallpaper -> Animated Wallpaper and there press Albums in order to choose the wallpaper that you prefer. It doesn't have to be animated, choose any wallpaper you like. Hope i helped

zalaros said:
Yes there is In Home tab of sense press Menu -> Home Wallpaper -> Animated Wallpaper and there press Albums in order to choose the wallpaper that you prefer. It doesn't have to be animated, choose any wallpaper you like. Hope i helped
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really thanx for your help , but i forgot to say that i am using cookie home tab , and as you may know , it does not support animated wallpaper

[Q] HD2 start menu background?

How do I change it?...right now its set to the blurry one, I have the fallout theme and wanna change it to a fallout wallpaper.

pteradactyle said:
How do I change it?...right now its set to the blurry one, I have the fallout theme and wanna change it to a fallout wallpaper.
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The start menu seems to use the same background as the lockscreen

d0ug said:
The start menu seems to use the same background as the lockscreen
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no it doesnt

it has been way too long since i used WM6.5...but if i remember correctly, there are THREE wallpapers that can be set independently of one another:
1. the lock screen wallpaper (there are tools to set this but can also be manually set by placing a path to whatever wallpaper you want in some lock screen XML file)
2. the start menu wallpaper (same as your homescreen wallpaper when Sense is NOT running)...you can set this by going into Settings->Personal->Themes (i seriously don't remember the exact way to get to the theme settings)
3. this wallpaper takes effect when Sense is set as your homescreen. it can be set from within some menu of Sense itself.
i think you are asking about point 2 above...see if that helps!