Hi,
I have searched all over, and could not find an answer...
Is there a way to skin the pinpad screen? I have WM6, and it still looks like WM5. Any way to make the buttons look a little more like the rest of the phone?
Also, is there an alternate dialer beyond the 'Kaiser-style'? I think that looks gross.
Any answers would be appreciated.
Bump. >_>
Anyone have any ideas or places to point me?
Have you tried using one of Schaps dialers? Search the forum or his threads on his roms to download a cab.
WB
Not sure about the pinpad but in order to skin the dialer, you'll need to edit some files associated with the dialer.
There are about 100 picture files and 3-4 dll files associated with dialer and usually located in \Windows folder. You'll need to change the picture files and edit the dialogue of the dll files using resource hacker or similar programs.
wacky.banana - I am using Schap's 4.31 ROM
kamp - Thank you for the idea, I will look around and see what I can find.
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Hey Guys,
Dunno about you, but I've installed the T-mobile NL latest ROM - but - and a big BUT -
Who designed that dialer skin!?
Attached are 2 nice backgrounds I made (landscape and portrait), and a Carrierlogo for Orange Israel which looks really great.
Replace all 3 files in the windows directory.
Note: If you get problems with write access, try with "Total Commander" it seemed to work perfectly!
Btw, for nice buttons, elsewhere on these forums is ablackqsilver skin for the universal.. didn't have energy to design the buttons...
From what I understand, the nice dialler skins won't work on our Universals, so I guess we'll make our own
If anyone else has some nice ones - Share!
Ariel 8)
Very nice.
hey do you have anything for atom like this carrier logo and splash screens.
Thanks
I'll be buggered if I can overwrite or delete the carrier gif file, I want to overwrite the 2 DLL's that contain the pink video buttn as well.....
Ayone go any ideas? tried in flight mode and with resco and total commander.
Cheers
To change the button graphics
To change the buttons I first installedthe black/silver universal phone skin. It redirects the registry phone buttons to its graphics, and they are replaceable.
Works great for me and got rid of the pink buttons...
Well people who designed the T-Mobile dialer skin are Either colorblind or complete Arses....
I understand that you guys were able to get rid of it? to get back the original HTC Blue and green buttons ??
Can you please tell us all how to do it ??
The only way I can see to get rid of it 'completely' without loosing the Video button is to replace the 2 DLL's that contain the video button resources.
Unfortunately they are in ROM so it would have to be a cook of a new ROM.
I was thinking about giving it a go, but to be honest, just cannot be rsed, I'll leave it be until either HTC make the dialer completely skinnable to the end user or a new HTC (iMate/QTek) rom that is newer than the T-Mobile one is released.
I also don't like the other mods that TM do (to the start menu etc), but I've got rid of those, and everything else about the latest NL Tmobile WWE ROM rules, def the best one I've used yet.
So I'll live with the garish pink dialer for now...... unfortunately
Thanx for the info.
I am myself on the DOPOD ROM and am very happy (I do not have a stereo headset so the A2DP is not important
Hello all. I never saw these posts before so I never knew how to change the dialer skins until I found the registry tweaks in the wiki area. I've attached a zip file of all the buttons on T-Mobile. I haven't really changed them. Just made the buttons rounder! ... Not much difference but it does look better. The only problem was that I couldn't change the Video button for some reason. I changed the background and the buttons by copying the files to the mda, either the extended ROM, the sd card (which could coz a problem if you remove it) or the mda's internal memory and then in the registry just change the location of the files. All the buttons are named the same as the original. This way you won't really have any problems and you can revert to the originals by just renaming the registry settings back to the "\Windows\" directory. The registry keys are in: "HKLM\Security\Phone\Skin" ... the "Dialer" directory holds all the buttons and background for when the dialer buttons are on the screen. The "Progress" directory holds the buttons and background for when you're in a call and the dial buttons are not visible. The keys that you have to edit are the bmp... entries. The default string is "\Windows\...bmp" just change them to wherever they are, like "\Storage Card\DialerSkin\...bmp", etc.
The only think I couldn't change was the Video buttons and the Operator logo. If the background you put up is not white or a lighter colour the logo looks retarded. I tried looking for the file "erlogo" but i didn't find it. However I did find a file called "Carrierlogo" in the Windows directory. I'm thinking of backing it up and then blanking it out. Don't really care about the logo. Anyways, I've added a zip file of the buttons I edited. I've also put up screenshots. You can change the buttons to whatever you want if you can design one. I tried looking for one but seems like no one is really making them for the MDA Pro's as the MDA Vario's and the like are more common. Anyways, hope I can get some help with the Video buttons and maybe some nice backgrounds for the dialer?!
Churchill said:
Well people who designed the T-Mobile dialer skin are Either colorblind or complete Arses....
I understand that you guys were able to get rid of it? to get back the original HTC Blue and green buttons ??
Can you please tell us all how to do it ??
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Well if you want to get the default blue Windows Mobile dialer then just go to the Registry to: "HKLM\Security\Phone\Skin" and the entry for Enabled change it to "0" to disable the operator dialer or then "1" to enable it. If you disable it and reboot the MDA you'll see the original blue dialskin but you miss out on the video button. so no video calls can be made also the Smart Dial feature will not work if the blue dialer is used. I don't know why so don't ask! ... Hope this helps?!
havoc99!
Thanx I am aware of that HACK, but then you as you quite correctly mention loose the video call and the smart dialer.
But !!!!!!!!!!!!
What you are writing about making the busttons might be great just design my own set and done. Question is if I keep it on the SD card it mst probably be even slower then now (I mean the device)
Well If i cook my own set of buttons I shall let you all know
Hey Havoc....
I am happy with the default skin on the QTEK 9000 for example so all i have to do is copy all the files you have in that zip archive. from my Windows directory... and then I have a ready skin so I can actually go and use the t-mobile ROM...
I mean now since we know the file names, I hope your archive is complete havoc
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havoc99!
Thanx I am aware of that HACK, but then you as you quite correctly mention loose the video call and the smart dialer.
But !!!!!!!!!!!!
What you are writing about making the busttons might be great just design my own set and done. Question is if I keep it on the SD card it mst probably be even slower then now (I mean the device)
Well If i cook my own set of buttons I shall let you all know
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About the buttons I meant you could take the originals and colour them different, instead of have the buttons curved like I posted previously you could have them a different shape, etc. I currently have my modified buttons and pics on the ExtendedROM which pretty much is a part of the inbuilt memory and so far it's working fine. I haven't noticed any slowness or sluggish behaviour. I'll try make some different buttons and post them up. ... Should be fun but time consuming. ... If you've seen the skins for the MDA Vario using the ETen Dialer, those are really sexy but that means one has to sit and make them for the MDA Pro. I'll try it out and post what I can get.
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Hey Havoc....
I am happy with the default skin on the QTEK 9000 for example so all i have to do is copy all the files you have in that zip archive. from my Windows directory... and then I have a ready skin so I can actually go and use the t-mobile ROM...
I mean now since we know the file names, I hope your archive is complete havoc
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Well the buttons I modified were for the T-Mobile skin so I don't know what happens with the QTek as I've never seen the skin so try at your own expense. Mine is working great. Just changed the links to the locations. I noticed when I flashed the i-mate rom, the dialer was completely different. If you're going to flash your PDA with the T-Mobile ROM then you should try it out. Though I have never replaced the original files coz then if anything goes wrong I have to reflash so be careful. My archive is only missing the background pics which are named as "Bkgnd_land" and "Bkgnd_port" in the same Windows directory. I've posted the backgrounds as well but you can put anything you want as long as it's the right resolution. The one I use is always 640x480. However, I strongly advise you to copy these files in another folder on the PDA and not replace the originals. I placed mine in a folder in the ExtendedROM. I originally figured out this hack from the wiki page:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Universal_Registry
Check it out. There's allot of nice hacks there.[/url]
Hi guys, I was messing around with the dialer buttons and if you take the bmp's that are in the zip file (or if you copy the ones that are in the Windows directories) and open them in paint (or the like) and colour the buttons "NmBtnUp_..." fully black and then in the registry only edit the "bmpNormal" under "dialbutton" to the black ones then after the reboot, your dialer buttons are invisible. Only thing you see are the numbers and alphabets. Pretty kool! ... I only did it for the "dialbutton" folders not the rest as in the erase, talk/end, or the verbbutton. Quite an interesting effect for the dialer depending on your background or your choice. Just thought I'd share. I also changed the really nice green backgrounds by "summoner" into dark grey (I hope you don't mind) and I've posted screenshots of them up. K! Thought I'd share my interesting discovery.
the_ape said:
I'll be buggered if I can overwrite or delete the carrier gif file, I want to overwrite the 2 DLL's that contain the pink video buttn as well.....
Ayone go any ideas? tried in flight mode and with resco and total commander.
Cheers
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I managed to overwrite the carrierlogo.gif file from the explorer built in with "Pocket Controller - Professional" that I bought. It's a nice program. Little sluggish sometimes but i can use the MDA from the pc without touching it. By the way, what are you going to overwrite the 2 dll's with? Have you found a way to modify the video button?
HAvoc!
Take a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=52399&highlight=
There are some default phone dialer skins from the providers.
Havoc!
the link I have given you you can download the skins in cab format...
Well if you exctract the cab and change the extentions to .bmp you get the buttons.... The nicest one I think is the O2 one
Hi!
I've made some changes to the phone skin and the registry settings to make the SmartDialing more usable, at least in my opinion. I also posted this information in the B&B v3.7 release thread, but since that threat has become so large, it is hard to find just the information you are looking for. So I thought I start a new thread on this issue.
There has been many questions and opinions about the color of the smart dialer included in B&B v3.7. Most of the persons with questions did find the text hard to read, due to the low contrast between the text and the gray background. I tried to tweak the registry settings in HKLM\Software\HTC\SmartDialing to get it better, but the problem was really the dark gray background, so I thought I should try to do something about it. The result is is what you see in the attached screenshots. The registry settings and changed skins is attached.
Copy the BMP's in the zipfile to windows of your device (with a software that can overwrite files in ROM, e.g Resco Explorer or total commander) and import the registry changes (e.g with Resco).
Regards,
PK
paalkr said:
Hi!
I've made some changes to the phone skin and the registry settings to make the SmartDialing more usable, at least in my opinion. I also posted this information in the B&B v3.7 release thread, but since that threat has become so large, it is hard to find just the information you are looking for. So I thought I start a new thread on this issue.
There has been many questions and opinions about the color of the smart dialer included in B&B v3.7. Most of the persons with questions did find the text hard to read, due to the low contrast between the text and the gray background. I tried to tweak the registry settings in HKLM\Software\HTC\SmartDialing to get it better, but the problem was really the dark gray background, so I thought I should try to do something about it. The result is is what you see in the attached screenshots. The registry settings and changed skins is attached.
Copy the BMP's in the zipfile to windows of your device (with a software that can overwrite files in ROM, e.g Resco Explorer or total commander) and import the registry changes (e.g with Resco).
Regards,
PK
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Hi, thanks I'm looking for that.
But I can't sent the registry to Rom. How can I do?
paalkr said:
Hi!
I've made some changes to the phone skin and the registry settings to make the SmartDialing more usable, at least in my opinion. I also posted this information in the B&B v3.7 release thread, but since that threat has become so large, it is hard to find just the information you are looking for. So I thought I start a new thread on this issue.
There has been many questions and opinions about the color of the smart dialer included in B&B v3.7. Most of the persons with questions did find the text hard to read, due to the low contrast between the text and the gray background. I tried to tweak the registry settings in HKLM\Software\HTC\SmartDialing to get it better, but the problem was really the dark gray background, so I thought I should try to do something about it. The result is is what you see in the attached screenshots. The registry settings and changed skins is attached.
Copy the BMP's in the zipfile to windows of your device (with a software that can overwrite files in ROM, e.g Resco Explorer or total commander) and import the registry changes (e.g with Resco).
Regards,
PK
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Dear, sir
Can you cure the promblem for re-dial in Talk buttom or HW buttom. I'm V3.7 in P800w. But the problem. I can't repeat the Talk buttom or HW buttom for redial last number.
Please advise
thanks in advance
thiti1999 said:
Hi, thanks I'm looking for that.
But I can't sent the registry to Rom. How can I do?
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Here is a program to import reg keys: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=801
Hi folks,
My device is off being repaired to cure the screen alignment issue but while I am waiting for it to return I was wondering if there was a way to stop the HTC green theme being applied to the device after I do a hard reset?
I would like just the plain WM6 default theme.
I have read about this thing called ExtROM, which is where the operator install files are hidden? So this is where the evil green theme lives until it gets installed?
Can anyone tell me if this is possible?
FYI I have a generic HTC, sim-unlocked TyTN.
Thanks,
gambcl
Um well you can do a search on google and find millions of PPC themes the green theme is just the default one set by the Preconfig.txt WM6 also comes installed with a blue theme and a red theme BTW they are called .tsk files
Umm, yes I know about .tsk files, but they do not get rid of the HTC green skin on the dialer, pin screen, etc. do they?
I was thinking the cleanest solution was to just stop the HTC green from ever being applied in the first place by maybe deleting the relevant install files from the ExtRom and then doing a hard reset.
Does anyone know if this is possible? I've never touched the ExtRom before, I know I have to unlock it and I can read about that, but what exactly would I do after I have unlocked it?
Thanks,
gambcl.
gambcl said:
Umm, yes I know about .tsk files, but they do not get rid of the HTC green skin on the dialer, pin screen, etc. do they?
I was thinking the cleanest solution was to just stop the HTC green from ever being applied in the first place by maybe deleting the relevant install files from the ExtRom and then doing a hard reset.
Does anyone know if this is possible? I've never touched the ExtRom before, I know I have to unlock it and I can read about that, but what exactly would I do after I have unlocked it?
Thanks,
gambcl.
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For the screen commmanager try disable this file in extended: Green_Commger.CAB.
For the dialer take a look at ZombieNexus dialpad. I use one 3G dialer to subst the green one in HTC.
For the pin pad, try one of the CABs in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321733 Youll have a black touch pinpad after install one of them, and of course the battery icon with detailed info
Hopes this helps.
This is exactly what I would like to know too. How to disable the green theme to load after hard reset.
I like the base blue theme, but that green theme changes the dialers etc.
Don't want other themes to replace them. Just to disable it not to load after hardreset.
I see that it loads a xml file that was named based on the theme, I just don't remember it atm. maybe I'll just have to fiddle with the extrom.
If anyone already has a working solution, please post it
gvoima said:
This is exactly what I would like to know too. How to disable the green theme to load after hard reset.
I like the base blue theme, but that green theme changes the dialers etc.
Don't want other themes to replace them. Just to disable it not to load after hardreset.
I see that it loads a xml file that was named based on the theme, I just don't remember it atm. maybe I'll just have to fiddle with the extrom.
If anyone already has a working solution, please post it
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Sorry, but the gree colors in pinpad is caused by a DLL in the ROM, not by some CAB installed after the HR. So you can only chage this changing this DLL.
About the DialPad, well, seemed as before, but with a lot of graphics files. You need a theme to change the green color and bottons (graphics files). Can't disable after HR. Only you can disable the default skin in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Phone\Skin making Enabled parameter to "0"
but you loos the 3G dial and SmartDialing. If you have 0 by default in this parameter, then you can't do more.
The only one i could disable is Green Commanager in the extended.
The other way to customize all this is, of course, cooking your own ROM
Regards.
Hi,
Can anyone advise of a cab or regedit which removes the nasty green hilight when you select things from the menu's and in touchflo?
I have searched this fourum and others for days and tried various cabs and regiedts but nothing seems to work for the Touch HD. I would like to make the Dialler and all selections red (looks nice on black) but cant find a way of doing it.
I know how to edit the .tsk theme to get the colour I want in the wm6 menu's but the dialler, large startmenu and touchflo remain green.
If anyone can help please post back.
Cheers
Yes, u can change ths settings with HD Tweaks 0.5.4
Ok, But I have HD tweak 0.5.3 and it appears that 0.5.4 is only availiable in french.
As it is in French can you please confirm which setting allows it to be changed? (In French)
Many Thanks.
darko2006 said:
Hi,
Can anyone advise of a cab or regedit which removes the nasty green hilight when you select things from the menu's and in touchflo?
I have searched this fourum and others for days and tried various cabs and regiedts but nothing seems to work for the Touch HD. I would like to make the Dialler and all selections red (looks nice on black) but cant find a way of doing it.
I know how to edit the .tsk theme to get the colour I want in the wm6 menu's but the dialler, large startmenu and touchflo remain green.
If anyone can help please post back.
Cheers
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hmm..
i think i have seen a thread about changing the highlight color in TF3D, search the forum
for the enlarged start menu, i don't have a clue how to change the highlight color for it
but for the dialer, i have found it somehow:
use regedit, go to:
[HKLM\Software\HTC\PHONE]
highlightColor="0x5AA200"
highlightTextColor="0xFFFFFF"
well, pretty self-descriptive.
just change the hex code to the color you want.
darko2006 said:
Ok, But I have HD tweak 0.5.3 and it appears that 0.5.4 is only availiable in french.
As it is in French can you please confirm which setting allows it to be changed? (In French)
Many Thanks.
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Sorry for the late reply. HD Tweaks 0.5.4 is now available in english. You can changethe green highlight.
Otherwise you also have this soft I think : http://mobile-sg.com/software/?p=UITweaker&platform=ppc
I am just wondering if any Artist (People who Skin and Make themes for TF3D) have their QTC/orPNG files split into sections for easier editing?
Example: You have all the Images divided into folders by their Tab/Category like Home tab, Messaging, Calendar, Internet Tab, and ect.
Just wondering if anyone has done that or if it is possible because I just started trying to get into Skinning but it is hard to figure out which files appear where in TF3D even with M9editor and the descriptions.
I would be very grateful if anyone has done this and could help in anyway.
nixx-X1 did work on categorizing. Dont have the link handy, but should be found easily.
I looked him up and all I found was something about the files categorized and PhotoShop. It is alright though. I guess this is going to be harder than I thought. See you in a year lol. jk.
Thanks though for that.
Shival said:
I am just wondering if any Artist (People who Skin and Make themes for TF3D) have their QTC/orPNG files split into sections for easier editing?
Example: You have all the Images divided into folders by their Tab/Category like Home tab, Messaging, Calendar, Internet Tab, and ect.
Just wondering if anyone has done that or if it is possible because I just started trying to get into Skinning but it is hard to figure out which files appear where in TF3D even with M9editor and the descriptions.
I would be very grateful if anyone has done this and could help in anyway.
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that would be a daunting but a welcome undertaking
daunting because there are about 2000 files in the latest manila
and the current tools (and they are great tools) are not really setup to take advantage of separated files
welcome because many people could benefit from this
i only skin for my own use and only modify about a dozen files
i personally keep the files i work with in one folder and
the rest of manila as backup somewhere else
If you have any tips or tricks for skinning they would be extremely welcomed! lol
TF3D hates me! I have lost almost all ambition.
Many of the images are used on more than one occasion. Anyway, here's a list of filenames and their virtual paths. The .qtc files are the ones you would go for. There are a few tools around here to convert them to png and back to qtc.
Wow. This will help a lot.!
Manila is crazy. Seeing all those files and blah. I hope I can do this. I did attempt to change the Bottom curtain and just turn it into a fade up with the color yellow but it look just like a solid yellow bar. I think I may be because the image was 2x128pix but when it is on screen it only goes up half of that I think. I unno. Soo confusing.
But I was to say thanks for that filelist! It should help a lot.
To Anyone:
Any tips or tricks about editing Manila would be greatly appreciated!