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[TF3D] HD Manila3 All BG !!

Greetings fellow HD owners,
After 2 hours of work last night on my wrecked poor laptop, & a few
experimental versions on my HD... I proudly present my humble version of mun_rus Background for All app...
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Credit goes first to our dear friend mun_rus, who has created the original Manilla Mods first for Diamond & then to HD.. Such convenience did he offer with his great Background4All
Credit also goes to maxycy ; my insperation with his brilliant themes... I knew he had the answer to this all along...
Also, to showaco for his app for pro.. I couldn't have done it without it
Now, of course .. this version is very basic;
It runs on HD (so don't try it on other devices!)
It runs on Manila v3 (AKA the new manila)
It runs on all tabs (no issues have been reported since last night )
So far, this version runs ONLY on flip clocks.. Perhaps an update could work it out with other clocks.....
I've attached it for you, so enjoy ..

great news mate,
cool thanks

Thanks sis

Thank you, wonderful news

Can you tell me what size of the original picture it uses please. Using it now (Great job by the way) and it seems to use only the top left corner of my original 480 x 800 background in portrait and the full width in in landscape.
Thanks

wow best news today for me.......

Close, but no cookie quite yet - the backgrounds seem to be zoomed into the top left corner of the image - even if the original image was the right resolution for my screen.
I don't know if it's just me that's getting this - not noticed any other comments on this problem.
Really exciting news to see that the all BG hack is coming to v3 though - excellent effort!
EDIT: Reading the comments again, looks like Shetlander beat me to it.

Worked for me, but there is a white rectangle in lower left corner. It looked quite ugly, so I uninstalled it. TouchFLO v3.0 build 32567.

Shetlander said:
Can you tell me what size of the original picture it uses please. Using it now (Great job by the way) and it seems to use only the top left corner of my original 480 x 800 background in portrait and the full width in in landscape.
Thanks
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same problem here.. and i dont use landscape mode.. so this is bad thing All pictures are zoomed. maybe you can make 2 cabs. one for portrait mode viewer and one for "switchers"

Ally153 said:
Close, but no cookie quite yet - the backgrounds seem to be zoomed into the top left corner of the image - even if the original image was the right resolution for my screen.
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I'v got the same problem - but it happened not till when I changed my background after installation. My first background had correct resolution, but I set it up before I applied HD Manila3 All BG.

Waiting for long time. Dream come true.

thanks for your job.
All the Best.

I report 2 bug:
-zooming
-after installed the cab, go in the foto&video tab. scrolling thumbnails runs orribly juddered.

Blessed HD said:
Now, of course .. this version is very basic;
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Okay, but what resolution does you use? I try different ones and got always a terrible zoom-effect.

mashaa allah ... great jop sis ...​

Many thanks ..

Finally! It works great! Thanks, it was time!

GooooooD Job Sister

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GooooooD Job Sister[/QUOTE
Sister? Are you a girl? Great! beautiful and capable!
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Good work, thank you.
I would like to explain that is very difficult to have a CAB which will work like at old manila.
Now we need to make a portrait picture 480X800 to have the same looking with a landscape 800X480. It isn't possible.
We can't do this at the photoshop, will be done automatically?
We have to understand, If we want to have a cab so as we can use our wallpapers for all tabs portrait and landscape, we must make some concessions.
If no, we need work and time. The only way it is manual, using photoshop and M9Edidor. I mean the method I give yesterday in other post.
So we have to say a big thanks because he give us an app which can use anyone very easy.
Only we need to choice special wallpapers for this CAB.

[TUTORIAL] how to make a panoramic background & HOW TO CFC UNCOMPRESS FILES

Hey people,
I decided to make a video tutorial on how to make a panoramic background for my mod as many people wanted to knoW!
The video TUTORIAL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XqTppkkDN4
The manila files
View attachment 186692
Image editing tool
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/
Its Free
Manila Editor:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=414861
--all credits to sushilange
if you get a messy white background see the next post
Cheers,
Rotastrain

IF YOU GET A MESSY WHITE BACKGROUND DO THIS​
How to cfc uncompress
Five easy steps
1>Downlad m9 editor.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=464984
you will get a file called m9editor 3.3.0.zip.Put the the three files you want to uncompress in the same folder as this file.
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3>Open m9editor.exe.It will say some settings are wrong
4>paste the path of which folder in you are doing all this stuff,in the four boxes.
Mine is l:/panorama bkg
5>Press the -C button as shown in figure
6>done.copy files to windows folder on phone!!

great tutorial rotastrain, can't wait to give this a go when i get the chance. thanks

himuraken said:
great tutorial rotastrain, can't wait to give this a go when i get the chance. thanks
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Thanx..i hope evryone can now make their own wallpapers..

does it work on touch it v9 ?

donbonone said:
does it work on touch it v9 ?
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yes my new version does!

Has anyone made any new panoramic backgrounds in cab form yet they wish to share?

tboy2000 said:
Has anyone made any new panoramic backgrounds in cab form yet they wish to share?
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people post backgrounds in my panoramic background thread all the time..but i think i shoulod make a seperate thread for the backgrounds!!!

posted a cfc uncompress tutorial

Great job bud, Cheers to you!!
I have successfully made an image fit in portrait.. thanks to you tut.
It is working beautifully with Touch-it rom and your transparency theme.. which is sweet btw!
my question is making landscape mode the same deal or is there something that needs to change? like the size for example? I would love to know. Thanks.
Evil

Evil_Demos said:
I have successfully made an image fit in portrait.. thanks to you tut.
It is working beautifully with Touch-it rom and your transparency theme.. which is sweet btw!
my question is making landscape mode the same deal or is there something that needs to change? like the size for example? I would love to know. Thanks.
Evil
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GLAD TO KNOW MY TUTE HELPED YOU
to make an image for landscape just do the whole provedure in my tute n FINALLY rename the three manila files to
682089bb_manila-first part of landscape image
6832a23c_manila-second part of landscape image
6844babd_manila-third part of landscape image
Then just copy them top windows folder.
You can pan and scroll the image in my latest panosidetoside v3.0 by moving up and down on the 10th and 11th tab to move the pic up and down so u can see whicheva part of the image you want to see!!
Cheers
Rotastrain

absolutely wonderful! thanks mate!
my only question is if we want to have more than 3 parts, to keep it high resolution... which files can we replace?
i.e. can we have 12 parts of our image inserted, to make a 12 tab panoramic? or are we better off using the background for 12 tabs cab and just inserting the 12 picture parts in one after each other?

quick question Rotastrain:
why in the video do you suggest a width of 1560 and not 1536 (which is 512x3) ??

ah my bad. ..just istake.it shuld be1536

cool, thanks mate

Does anybody know if this works on the HTC Touch HD?
I've tried it, and I'm coming up with white backgrounds every time.
Would anybody know the problem?
Thanks,

Nevermind, I got it to work.
Thanks!

yeah...i have posted a tutorial underneath of what to do when u get a white backgrund in my first post ..

When I try and use the manila editor, an unknown exception arises and I cant replace the files, any help?

or cfc gui

[modification]wallpaper in start menue(programs tab)..finally

Hey people,
Another long awaited modification
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Change that boring old grey wallpaper in the start menue.(the programs page)
just install the cab
FOR SIMPLE--this means ur not using anything i have ever made till today
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if ur using my panoramic background mod--
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if ur using my slide to unlock for tf3d---
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if u are using my slidetounlockfortf3d and panoramic background at the same time
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to change the wallpaper to ur own.
copy the file 4FC03967_manila from ur windows folder after installing and put anything in place of it.the usual 512 X 512 size image,
WORKS ON SMABERG TOUCH X ROMS.
ALL TOUCH IT ROMS.
HAVENT TESTED ON VALKYRIE
This wont work on TOUCH IT 10.4.HE USES THE TOPAZ FILES AND I DONT HAVE THE TIME RIGHT NOW TO MAKE A TOPAZ VERSION.I HAVE EXAMS RIGHT NOW.
THE USUAL DONATE IF YOU WANT!!

reserved for furthur stuffing

thanx!!i use smaberg touch x 10.1.works perfectly!..finally out with that boring grey

im happy it works!!

awesome!
rotastrain said:
im happy it works!!
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My god Roadstain!
Your an animal!
Keeping up with your Mods is a part time job!
Hmmmmmmm....maybe you should start paying me....
LMAO

thats a good one..

works like a charm, nice work rotas. version 2 will be even better I think.

thanx i culdnt wait to change the boring grey

Yeah, it's nice. Are you going to increase resolution on the next one? Being able to use 800x800 would be nice, so it could fit in landscape as well.
Or perhaps another picture in landscape, like you did with the panoramic?

sorry to ask,
but do u mean i just have to rename my jpeg to this this name : 4FC03967_manila.jpg ?
coz i replaced the original 4FC03967_manila with a picture that i removed the .jpg at the end to become a normal file but it wont work..
thx in advance

irenic said:
sorry to ask,
but do u mean i just have to rename my jpeg to this this name : 4FC03967_manila.jpg ?
coz i replaced the original 4FC03967_manila with a picture that i removed the .jpg at the end to become a normal file but it wont work..
thx in advance
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oh no..i mean u have to editit the way we edit manila files.using manila editr or m9editor.see angelusz's tutorial
search for 'skinning manila the compendum' and u will find a nice tute there.its by member angelusz
its very simle by the way!!

Angelusz said:
Yeah, it's nice. Are you going to increase resolution on the next one? Being able to use 800x800 would be nice, so it could fit in landscape as well.
Or perhaps another picture in landscape, like you did with the panoramic?
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umn..tf3d doesnt let us put images of res more than five one two by five one two..but i can write a small lua script to change the size of image when in landscapet o fit.plus another image in landscape is no problem at all!!!

owhh.. no wonder.. thx a lot rotastrain!

no problem!!

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I have installed the Rotastrain Programs wallpaper simple.cab and it works great! Thanks Rotastrain.
(I can see the ocean image in the TF3d start menu).
However if I try to make the 4FC03967_manila on my own with Manila editor and I replace the installed manila file with my created version and I select overwrite, the start menu displays a white background after soft reset.
I have attached the manila file here, it looks goodin Manila editor preview, resolution is 512x512 and I have tried all 3 header options with all the same result.
What am I doing wrong?

hey pimmr,
u have to cfc uncompres the file!!
please see my tutorial on that for furthur steps!!
here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3801233&postcount=2
Cheers

rotastrain said:
hey pimmr,
u have to cfc uncompres the file!!
please see my tutorial on that for furthur steps!!
here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3801233&postcount=2
Cheers
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Thanks Rotastrain that did the trick!! I am still learning

ah no problem!!

[TUT] Transparent Wallpapers for 3VO ROMS

You guys have been asking for it, here it is. Kinda a rough dirty way of doing it but here goes...
This will not be easy to do for newbies or people with no image editing experience. You need some Photoshop or other photo editing understanding and experience to accomplish the desired result. Eventually WM 6.5 Stanard will hopefully start supporting full screen wallpapers and transparent softkeybars or I will write an app the will automatically convert a wallpaper for you but for now...
You will need:
Your wallpaper that you want to convert (320x240)
black_softkeybar.png from \Windows on phone running a 3VO ROM (320x26)
Photoshop or similar photo editing app
The goal here is to cut out the bottom 26 pixels of your wallpaper and paste it to the black_softkeybar.png file. Then crop the wallpaper image to 320x214 top justifying. Your result will be 2 images, wallpaper.png (or .jpg) and black_softkeybar.png (must be .png, same as original filename).
Then, copy black_softkeybar.png back to \Windows on the phone and wallpaper.png to \Application Data\Home. To select it, go to Settings, Home, select wallpaper.png as your wallpaper. In order for the softkeybar image to show up, you have to reboot.
Might take some practice but give it a shot...
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Here is another pack I threw together for those who want some more ready made ones.

Saved for more examples later.

Thanks ookba

cool! i have been using army background - attached if anyone is interested....

Thanks ookba
Works like a dream....Here's my test wallpaper. Thanks again!

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Works like a dream....Here's my test wallpaper. Thanks again!
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Awesome!!! Keep them up! I'll make a CAB out of all of them when we get a good collection.

Something nice

here's mine. i'm an ocean lover.

thx ookba
This is one I did a few days before you had the tutorial ,I just made mine from what was already there in the rom

in my opinion,this will be better

Awesome Ookba! Thanks for the Tutorial on this one.
Attached a few here for anyone interested depending on your tastes ladies and gentleman.

sir, how about the bar on smart toolkit, how can i change it?

here is mine!!!

cire6 said:
sir, how about the bar on smart toolkit, how can i change it?
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Not too different....
Use your explorer to go into the SmartToolKit folder (Program Files/SmartToolKit) and then into the Skins folder (/Skins). In there you will see either one or many folders (or none if you don't have a separate skin installed). If you dont have a skin installed, google it. they are not hard to find... Once you install a skin, you will notice a file called 320x240.skin or something similar...open it with notepad (on your phone or computer) and look where it says "start bar" (commented out) ... there will either be one or more image files listed there...in either case, delete them and drop the blackbar.png file you made into this folder and in place of those other file(s) name(s) put in that one. Restart STK and you should be fine.
EDIT: If you want a cleaner way of doing this, also notice in that same 320x240 file there one for the start icon (1 for activated, 1 for non-activated)...you should remake those files to match the skin you are using on your homescreen if not, you will have your tranparent skin, and on the Start button area you'll have something totally different...

Here are a few:

Calling all programmers!
Also, I'm not a programmer but if anyone wants to take a shot a writing an app that can take a 320x240 wallpaper and cut it up into the two files to automatically create these themes, by all means!!! Go for it!
The mscr file I wrote in the Transparent Wallpaper pack CAB on the first post of this thread contains the registry settings and file locations for it to work right....
Anyone up for the challenge??

i think i made a mistake!?!?
can i have the original black_softkeybar.png file,
i think you know what i did.

I think you'll like this one, WM 7 style, though it's not transparent^^
BTW I also have the correct bronzeres.dll if you want the panels to look like WM7!

Sports Themes
Would be cool if we started sports theme ones. Like football, basketball, hockey and baseball.

cire6 said:
i think i made a mistake!?!?
can i have the original black_softkeybar.png file,
i think you know what i did.
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Should be a copy of it in \Program Files\3VO\Transparent Wallpaper. Or just run the Transparent Wallpaper app I wrote in Start Menu\Tools and select Revert to Original.

Actual HTC Desire Wallpaper!

Hey! This is my first post here. I have found the actual HTC Desire Wallpaper (Rainbow Bubbles) and i would like to share it with you guys.
It was hidden inside the Desire ROM, but not sure if anyone posted it up before; This is not the LiveWallpaper but its the non-moving one.
Normal Size (640x480):
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Larger Size (960x800):
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Thanks dude! Been looking forward to a real one!
Can anyone give me any insight on how to apply these. Putting them onto my SD card, and then choosing wallpapers > photos > this photo, it and any other pictures i chose this way look grainy, or low-res.
Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to repackage my launcher.apk with these for them to look flawless and full quality?

well i think because the image was upscaled for the nexus so it is not as sharp

Thanks!

I too am noticing that the quality of the picture isn't the best possible. There are some sort of "waves" that make the background look kinda ugly. I have noticed this with other wallpapers as well. In fact almost every wallpaper from the sd card does this. Most noticeable it is with blurred pictures and pictures with some kind of bubbles like this very wallpaper.

It's great!!!

I've been using it for a while now.
Thanks a bunch!

Do happen to have the simple black background that is not live from the desire by any chance?

For better quality when you apply, go to the market and use Wallpaper Set & Save. Also, I reccomend loading up the wallpaper in photoshop or some half-decent image editor and saving it as a png.

I used your wallpaper, and it is wonderful, thank you very much...

guitargler said:
For better quality when you apply, go to the market and use Wallpaper Set & Save. Also, I reccomend loading up the wallpaper in photoshop or some half-decent image editor and saving it as a png.
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Yeah I just found that app myself. Also if applied with gallery3d instead of the stock samsung gallery it doesn't get pixelated.

Nice wallpaper. Thanks! Been looking for the this. I posted it on my site, PocketCustomize.com.

Awesome Wallpaper...

it's great! thanks

nice wallpaper!
will be using this 1

nice thnx will be using till i get a real desire

guitargler said:
For better quality when you apply, go to the market and use Wallpaper Set & Save. Also, I reccomend loading up the wallpaper in photoshop or some half-decent image editor and saving it as a png.
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Yes 'set & save' is awesome, however, changing the file in to another format will not help, if anything you've just created another generation of loss.
Does it bug anyone else that the WVGA version has a blue line on the left edge? really annoying :-/

hi guys, im trying to make the wallpaper seamless, but the connecting images particularly blue and red portion of the wallpaper looks awful, is anyone here good with editing pictures who can help me out?

Wallpaper quality...
To get the best quality on my HD2 screen... I open and edit the wallpaper in Photoshop making the image size 960x800 and changing the DPI from sometimes default 72dpi to 300dpi. Then I go under Filters, then Sharpen, then Unsharp Mask...changing it from anywhere between 75 to 116 depending on the image detail I want to see. Then I use LCD Density downloaded from Market and change the screen density to 200. you have to invest a little bit of time but in the end, and once you get good at it... you can have am image ready in 2 minutes tops. Voila! Not sure if this will work on all screens but I will vouch for it on the HD2.

I love this wallpaper. Using it on my samsung galaxy s. thank you very much.