Rozenthal's guide on how to get high-quality wallpaper image on your Touch HD.
There have been many topics dealing with this issue, and I figured it was time someone made a guide with correct and precise instructions.
To complete this guide you will need to have at least moderate knowledge of Photoshop or similar advanced graphic software. You will also need your PC and some additional software.
However, I can confirm that the results are "as advertised" - full quality wallpaper image, without any visible image degradation.
Please note that I take no responsibility if you mess up something. I suggest you make backup folder with Manila files that need to be edited, so you can always go back to default if something isn't working. Also note that this guide deals with Manila2 (the new Manila from latest Topaz / Rhodium ROM's). The old Manila1 may be using different file names.
If all this seems too complicated, a simple way to improve image quality on your Touch HD is to use 512x512 pixel PNG wallpaper! Do not use 480x800! Use 512x512 and you will see it will be sharper and much better looking. Not perfect, but still better!
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my head hurts!!! do you have an example to download and try?
maybe you can use this:
and what if u select an 696x480 pixel pic as background? will it still be compressed that much ?
You can imagine how much MY head hurt when I was trying to figure out all this... It wasn't easy, seriously
Also, if you use 480x696 the image will still be downsampled to 512 in height, compressed and then stretched to 480x696.
You have to remember that image CAN NOT be larger then 512x512 for TF3D to use it.
I will not be a gold-fish here, so please don't request me to make your own custom wallpapers. I spend a lot of time trying to figure it all out, and now I'm sharing my knowledge with other people, so they can learn it too - and have it all much easier then myself
But, here's an example of my own custom wallpaper.
Manila files are inside ZIP. Backup your old Manila files before copying these ones into Windows folder!
Overwrite old files, restart TF3D and set the wallpaper to display default wallpaper image.
One more example...
They're both dark and simple, but I prefer them that way They work 100% and they don't cause problems reading the SMS / Email / Today text.
You are in the true, Rozenthal.. best backgrounds are Black. I always use black themes like the example posted. Great, great tutorial! It´s a bit hard for me (and english too) but i´ll try to follow your instructions. Thanks a lot!
Frank
I know it's not simple... I warned you
But, it might get a lot simpler soon, because author of CFC GUI (Chainfire) has been working on a solution that would automatically slice wallpaper bitmaps into appropriate Manila files.
That would mean you would not have to know anything about Photoshop, you would not have to create 4 separate PNG files or anything similar. It would all be done by CFC GUI "automagically" - as Chainfire likes to say it
But, until that happens, this is the only way
great write up
i actually spent a whole day figuring this out myself, then i find this awesomeness
a great contribution to our community
thanks
arrgh, can´t quote ´cause the tut is a big image.. clever
well, nice tut but it is not working for me. i´m on panoshas black pearl 2.2 and replacing the manila files (used yours) just screws up my background.
So i guess my t3d version must be different ("New Manila v 3.1 panosha with landscape ").
it would be cool if you post for the old manila too ..
Thank you! You made my life much better.
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arrgh, can´t quote ´cause the tut is a big image.. clever
well, nice tut but it is not working for me. i´m on panoshas black pearl 2.2 and replacing the manila files (used yours) just screws up my background.
So i guess my t3d version must be different ("New Manila v 3.1 panosha with landscape ").
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This simply means that in your ROM these files are named differently.
The needed files are inside your Windows folder, so to figure out which ones are they, you'd have to copy ALL Manila files to your PC and use CFC GUI to check them and see what are the new file names. You won't have a hard time finding them, since there's not many images that are 512x512 / 512x256 pixels big.
The rest of the process is same as described.
Same thing goes for old Manila. The only difference with old Manila is that I'm not sure there are dedicated images for Landscape mode. Most likely there are only images for portrait, but as I said - I'm not sure. Someone with old Manila would have to check this out.
Rozenthal said:
I know it's not simple... I warned you
But, it might get a lot simpler soon, because author of CFC GUI (Chainfire) has been working on a solution that would automatically slice wallpaper bitmaps into appropriate Manila files.
That would mean you would not have to know anything about Photoshop, you would not have to create 4 separate PNG files or anything similar. It would all be done by CFC GUI "automagically" - as Chainfire likes to say it
But, until that happens, this is the only way
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This is a much needed thread, thank you for starting it! I'm afraid it is a little to late for me though as I'm using Dutty's v2.6 xtreme rom with the new manila. It would be awesome if Chainfire makes his tool compatible with the new manila. I would definitely send a donation his way for the CFC GUI tool so I can finely "automagically" have a beautiful personal wallpaper!
Any idea when his new tool will be available?
Is it possible for those which have tried this and confirmed that it worked successfully to post their work up here too? So others that like the same background can enjoy them as wel.
after copying in my windows directory the files that rozenthal was so generous to share (after making a back-up) i can confirm that the gray tiles looks fine in my all tabs. i can not say that now i have a high resolution back ground because the image is gray and the tiles are very, very small. just kiddin'....the tiles are only a few pixels so it is easy to see that YES, i have a high resolution image in all my back grounds. i guess the same image without being killed, sliced and being revived should look awful.
there is a small bug: if u are looking closely you can notice that my lower band (Bottom Curtain) is transparent and the background image is not "stretching" to the that part of my screen. this is certanly not rozenthal's fault, this is because me tweaking the mannila. i don't think that covering that part of the screen should be a problem.
now go back and release the finger keyboard 2.1 rozenthal! enough playing!
I use your tuto, and all tab is OK, except for home tab, I have a white background !!!
I use dutty 2.6, and analog + flip clock from Max TF3D Theme Maker on home !
Hi there!
I was so happy while reading your Tutorial, because i allways searched for a solution for the blurry Backgrounds in TF3D. I tried all the steps but my result looks like the attached Screenshot. You will recognize a small grey line where the two parts of the background come together.
Is this a other Manilla part which overlays the Background? Because the files should be OK, i checked twice that no pixelline is missing.
Any Ideas?
(the pngs that i used for the manilla files are in the Zip-File)
Borbosch said:
Hi there!
I was so happy while reading your Tutorial, because i allways searched for a solution for the blurry Backgrounds in TF3D. I tried all the steps but my result looks like the attached Screenshot. You will recognize a small grey line where the two parts of the background come together.
Is this a other Manilla part which overlays the Background? Because the files should be OK, i checked twice that no pixelline is missing.
Any Ideas?
(the pngs that i used for the manilla files are in the Zip-File)
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Hello Borbosch,
the issue you describe is the last thing we have yet to figure out. Chainfire is working on solving this. If it makes you feel any better, I had the same issue on some of my wallpapers as well.
I assumed it was aligning issue, but yesterday night Chainfire said it was not problem in bitmap aligning but rather something else. I have a feeling it might have something to do with compression, but we'll know soon enough, and hopefully provide a solution.
banzaip said:
I use your tuto, and all tab is OK, except for home tab, I have a white background !!!
I use dutty 2.6, and analog + flip clock from Max TF3D Theme Maker on home !
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Did you revert the wallpaper to default in Settings tab > Wallpaper?
Related
Latest Updates Section
THEME FOR DUTTYS ROM ONLY ( DO NOT INSTALL ON OTHER ROMS )
7Mar09
a. Changeable Wallpaper Theme for Duttys Extreme ROM. Click HERE
26Feb09
a. Blue Theme for Duttys Extreme ROM. Click HERE
23Feb09
a. Analog Clock for Duttys Extreme ROM. Click HERE. ( sorry, run out of space on this page ).
21Feb09
a. Ultimate Theme Released ( read slightly below ). This will probably be the last release as I'm now comtemplating to jump over the new TF3D theme.
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THEME FOR STANDARD TF3D ( DO NOT INSTALL ON DUTTYS ROM )
This is my first post here. Thought I share this wt you all. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank some folks here which has made this possible. Below is a complete dump of my post in modaco link.
PLEASE READ INSTRUCTION HERE BEFORE INSTALLING
Here it is.....the complete TF3D package for your Touch HD. This theme has a fully functional analog, a working mini-flipclock, extended appointments, all 15 tabs and wallpaper can be updated with a press of a button for all background. The bottom bar opacity has been fixed. It is now 100% solid and I have done the same for the top bar as well.
Operator text now works. Read further below.
I apologize for the earlier mistake that during the rush of releasing this, I've overlooked and messed up some files. My intention here is to enable a fully customizable TF3D theme for everybody. So, pls read carefully and follow each instruction to get to the theme that you desire.
FIRST STEP......RESET TO ORIGINAL THEME FIRST
If you do not do this, there's no guarantee that this theme will work properly
Reseting To Original Theme Guide
Thks a million to Blessed HD. Here's the easy way to reset back to your default theme. Install Diamond TF3D Config program. You can find it in XDA. Go to the "Appearance" Tab and do a restore to default. It will automatically delete all the manila and related files.
PLS CHECK THAT YOUR ORIGINAL THEME WORKS FINE BEFORE GOING TO THE NEXT STEP!!
Installation Guide
It is not easy to make everybody happy but the closest I can do is to allow you to choose what to install. I have now broken down the key components that you need to install step by step. Drop whatever you don't want and only select those that you need. Below is a list of files and their description.
To install these files, simply copy the cab to anywhere on your mobile and click on it. Soft reset afterwards. Should you have any difficulty re-installing after multiple times, go to \windows\appmgr and delete the folder "Max Your Application Name".
1. Max Complete TF3D - Main.cab
This is the main file which will give you the analog clock, extended appointments and changeable wallpaper. The number of tabs remain as the original 11 tabs. This will the basic of my theme. You will still need to download the analog clock package which I will make available. In future, I will also create different configuration theme so that when you are bored wt this, you can always change to another look.
Remember to go and download the analog clock package to complete the theme. I have attached one analog clock package for you here. There's a selection of analog clocks on my modaco link.
NEXT, select a wallpaper to fill up the background. Go to your SETTINGS tab and choose a wallpaper ( anyone that you like ). There are already some default wallpapers that comes along with your phone.
That should complete the whole installation!!
Below are some pictures of how the theme configuration looks like. More theme configuration will come later.
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NEW UPDATE : Operator text has been solved.....finally. It now works perfectly and refreshed realtime. All cabs have been updated with this fix since 15Feb except for the main cab. Since some of you preferred to have your own text up there, I will leave the current main cab available.
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2. Max Complete TF3D - 15Tabs.cab
THERE HAS BEEN REPORTS THAT THIS MAY NOT BE WORKING PROPERLY IN SOME PHONE CONFIGURATION. IF YOU ARE REALLY DYING FOR THIS, DO AT YOUR OWN RISK. SHOULD IT FAIL, RESTORE YOUR PHONE BACK TO ORIGINAL WITH THE ABOVE RESTORE METHOD.
This cab will extend your tabs to a total of 15. Even without installing the Main cab, you should get the additional 15 tabs minus all the goodies that you get with the main. Additional tabs added are as below.<br />
a. Calendar
b. Sound Setting
c. Call History
d. Comms-Manager
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3. Max Complete TF3D - Main Config 2.cab
If you are already bored with the original main theme, here's another one for you to play with. You can install this cab with or without the main.cab. Here's a pic of how it looks like.
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4. Max Complete TF3D - Main Config 3.cab
Another configuration with optimized space for a slightly larger analog clock. Clock position now swapped. Date placed on titlebar. All analog clocks on goodies section should work. You can install this cab with or without main.cab
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5. Max Complete TF3D - Ultimate Theme
This theme is an enhancement of the main.cab theme. It has the same positioning as the main.cab but with an additional feature and one easter egg.
1. You can now edit your own text on the top left corner. Default "My Touch HD". To change the text, pls refer to my tutorial in my modaco link.
2. Operator text works perfectly on your top right corner.
3. Analog clock will trigger your alarm settings.
Easter egg - Your analog clock can move by press+hold on it. However, I could not make it to stick after releasing. If anyone manage to find a way, pls let me know
. Only way to get it back on position is to relaunch your TF3D or soft reset.
The "Ultimate Theme - Basic" cab only changes the settings for those who wants to setup their own theme entirely. You will need to add your own analog clocks, etc.
However, to further enhance the theme, I have released another cab which I named "Ultimate Blue Theme.cab". Unfortunately, I do not know why I could not upload the cab here. So, you will have to download from my modaco link.
In this cab, I've changed the bars and bubbles to blue and add a new transparent clock with blue tip and white on transparent flipclock. I did not touch the taskbar and tabs icons as this is very much a personal taste and it will be very difficult to please everyone. So, I would rather let you customize yourself.
In addition, I have selected some of my favourite wallpapers which will be installed on your \storage card\max wallpaper folder. By using the "Diamond Background Changer Installer", you can now automatically cycle your wallpapers over a periodic time through all your tabs. The installation process is as below.
1. Download and install "Diamond Background Changer Installer". ( could be anywhere on your phone )
2. Startup the Diamond program. Change the folder destination to : \storage card\max wallpapers\
3. You can also set periodic time here. Press "Schedule" to activate it once. Then exit.
4. Now install the "Ultimate Blue Theme.cab" on your device. (Cab can be uninstalled ). Soft reset.
5. After re-boot, your theme should look like below screen and your wallpaper will cycle through based on the periodic time that you set.
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PROBLEM REPORTING
Should you come across any problems ( I suggest you chk thoroughly by following my instruction above first ) before you post them. If you did, pls consider sending a screen or more information or else it is very difficult for me to fix the problem if I don't see it myself.
GOODIES
I am slowly putting up goodies like analog clocks, flipclocks and others packages for you to dress up the theme. You can download frm the modaco link above.
could you please upload cabs here also ?
Thanks, the analog clock looks really nice!!
Could you explain to me how I can change back to my provider name in the right top corner (now it says: my Touch HD).
Thx!
Furthermore, how to remove the theme??
It doesn't show up in "remove programs" :S
Hi.
I installed it and it looks very nice but i have one Problem. After Softreset i cannot change something in CommManager Tab. I cannot turn on WiFi etc. After Pressing Menu and then go to Wifi Menu and turn it on Wifi turns on and then i am able to change everything in Comm Manager Tab. Perhaps you can explain it.
MfG Uro
Would it be possible to apply just the clocks? I don't really want the rest of the theme but the clocks look nice.
thanks
thanks great work,specialy the orginal htc theme
WOW... thnx Maxycy!!! You sure did something amazing for us
Your analog and flip clock works great on my HD (CHT HK ROM)
It works great with my still under-construction "Metal Glass" theme and taskbar (which on-hold for 3-months, that's another story )
Keep up you great work mate
Most of the issues mentioned so far has been addressed.....I hope
As for the future, there's plan to only release clocks and other things minus all the other files. That's the whole reason for this as you can now more or less customize your own theme to your own liking.
Ok...I call it a day for now.
yeah, i love the clock most too~~is there any way i can just install the cloak?
Urokinase said:
Hi.
I installed it and it looks very nice but i have one Problem. After Softreset i cannot change something in CommManager Tab. I cannot turn on WiFi etc. After Pressing Menu and then go to Wifi Menu and turn it on Wifi turns on and then i am able to change everything in Comm Manager Tab. Perhaps you can explain it.
MfG Uro
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Can anyone confirm that this is a problem?
Nice work.
Can we have a transparent slider on the black theme?
The theme works well with black wallpaper but if you choose another the effect is not as great.
Many thanks
eZ
darklord69 said:
WOW... thnx Maxycy!!! You sure did something amazing for us
Your analog and flip clock works great on my HD (CHT HK ROM)
It works great with my still under-construction "Metal Glass" theme and taskbar (which on-hold for 3-months, that's another story )
Keep up you great work mate
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would love to try this theme and taskbar... was and still am a big fan of the current taskbar you have out there.
any news on the theme release? oh and on topic do like this theme although the clock is a bigger appeal then the theme
Amplificator said:
Can anyone confirm that this is a problem?
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yes. i have the same problem!
Well done maxycy..
Urokinase said:
Hi.
I installed it and it looks very nice but i have one Problem. After Softreset i cannot change something in CommManager Tab. I cannot turn on WiFi etc. After Pressing Menu and then go to Wifi Menu and turn it on Wifi turns on and then i am able to change everything in Comm Manager Tab. Perhaps you can explain it.
MfG Uro
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Hi Urokinase.
Installed with no problems, the Comm-Manager screen works ok I like the slow sliding animation when a feature is activated.
Hi, I try this and now my TF3D don't start ( any solution?
My screen keeps being white.. even after i changed the wallpaper to black or abstract.. it stays white / grey?
working perfect for me, no white background or other stuff ppl have reported except the wifi thing which i havent tested yet, it shows in the new 15 tab, other than that its abit slow i kno its called the touch flo 3d but this may sound strange is it using any 3d acceleration cos i'm using the ati driver posted somwhere in the forum.
EDIT; the wifi does not work in the comm tab, also there is no data connection there, other than that its ok, and looks slick, good job.
what does 15 tabs mean? What other menu items are added?
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what does 15 tabs mean? What other menu items are added?
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i should hav the touch flo tab, theres calls, comm manager, and few others.
After seeing various wallpapers with docks on G1's, I noticed how good they looked and how they made the phone simply seem more comfortable and nice. Since then, I have been looking for ways to add a dock to my own wallpapers, but I never knew how. After lots of experimenting, I have finally found out a way to add docks in a very simple way that would only take a few minutes. You will need the a program called GIMP, an advanced image editing program very close to Photoshop, except its free! An example is at the bottom of this post.
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Download it here:http://www.gimp.org
I recommend that you have your G1 on hand and your wallpaper already in 640 x 480 format.
1. Open up GIMP, and drag and drop your picture into the GIMP window, it should now open up.
2. Click on the Rectangle Select Tool, in the top left corner of the toolbar.
3. Select a region about half an inch above the bottom of the picture that touches the left and right sides of the picture. It should look like a rectangle spanning the full length of your picture, make the rectangle about one inch thick. (This is assuming your picture is in 640 x 480 / VGA format) This rectangle will be where your dock will be.
4. On the toolbar, select the Blend tool, it looks like a square with the color black fading into white. Set Mode to Normal, Opacity to 20, Gradient to
Flare Sizefac 101, Offset to 10, Shape to Linear, Repeat to None, and check Dithering.
(NOTE: READ GUIDE PART 2 FOR EVEN MORE GRADIENTS, IT IS 2 POSTS DOWN.)
You are now ready to create your dock!
5. Using your hand, hold down the Ctr button on your keyboard (This will enable angle correction) and click near the bottom of the inside of the rectangle and draw the line to the top of the rectangle, try to stay inside the rectangle. Repeat this a few times until you have reached a dock with the gradient that you would like. If you are to mess up at all, GIMP has a history window which you can revert ANY actions you do. Alternatively, you can use Edit> Undo (action).
6. Hit Select in the window with your wallpaper and hit None. This will remove the rectangle, leaving only your gradient dock.
7. Hit File>Save, and save the wallpaper. Check the file extension to make sure the image is being saved in .jpg format, not .xcf. If it is in .xcf, simple erase that and change it to .jpg, you will receive a dialogue box asking to confirm your choice, hit Export. You will now have a final window with additional save options. Move the quality slider all the way to 100, and hit save to save the wallpaper.
8. Finally, transfer the wallpaper to your G1 and apply it. NOTE: Due to the G1's wallpaper compression, it is extremely likely that once the wallpaper has been applied, the wallpaper will have very poor quality. This is because the image was exported in 100% quality, and now Android is trying to compress it. In order to get around this, go to the Market and download and application called Wallpaper Set and Save. Using this program, re-apply your wallpaper. With that, it allows your wallpaper to not have to go under data compression, allowing very good image quality.
- Note, if the Dock doesn't seem to be in the right place, it is because you applied the gradient in the wrong place. Simply see where the icons are on your G1 and recreate your dock in the right location.
Tried this out? Questions? Wanna show off your wallpaper or something new you have discovered? Please, post! Sticky please?
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looks good, and you posteed this with time to spare for our new theme devs to add something before competition deadline
Thanks! And I have screen shots up now, and will be continually updating this as I find more and more things to do. Right now im working on making a glass like transparent dock.
Guide Part 2
After fiddling around with GIMP. I have realized the potential of this program. However, for now, here are several new dock types possible! There are actually over 20 or so, the only limit is the amount of gradients GIMP has, which is really a lot. So here are a few of my favorite gradients that work as great wallpaper docks! In order to do these, the steps are pretty much identical as before, except you simply select a different gradient. The names of the gradients are below each of the pictures below. Also, for some gradients, you may simply need to drag the mouse up to down rather than down to up based on the way the gradient was set up. So here they are!
thats sick.. keep up the good work
I have used GIMP and it cant do all the things PSCS3 does,if you can use CS3 or better to make themes its much easier. There are also free apps that can be used to create grafix like paint.net which is the program i learned with. This gives a real basic knowledge of using tools.
Well, I tried to download the paint program you showed me, but all three download mirrors don't seem to be working. Do you have any suggestions on themes or designs or anything about GIMP that I don't know about that would help?
Well GIMP has great font designs to mess with,really if you want to learn photoshop i am setting up a site where i give tutorial videos on how to create themes for the G1 and icons ect...."give me time". But if you need advice a.s.a.p p.m me.
Haha im in no rush, its just Photoshop isn't available to me. As image editing isn't a big thing for me, I really can't afford to be buying that kind of advanced software
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Haha im in no rush, its just Photoshop isn't available to me. As image editing isn't a big thing for me, I really can't afford to be buying that kind of advanced software
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...and neither can anyone else
i don't actually know anyone who has bought a legal copy of Photoshop.
but anyway, GIMP is very limited compared to photoshop. just download the trail and see for yourself.
God. I tried using GIMP last night because I have linux on my laptop. I honestly don't see how anyone can use that software after using Photoshop for a while. Not only because it's more limited, but it just seems to be a million times less intuitive to use. It's like they went out of their way to make it completely different than photoshop... It took me almost an hour to figure out how to cut and paste a section of an image to a new layer. In photoshop it's literally select, copy, paste.
Oh, and if you feel like tweaking on a wallpaper template for photoshop, check out my signature. I need to fix it for when you use WSS with it though.
Well, actually, GIMP is able to open up the wallpaper template you have! (I actually tried it out a few days ago and to my surprise it actually opened) As to the others, I've really become accustomed to GIMP and find it relatively easy to use. I really can't compare it to Photoshop or anything, as I have never used that kind of advanced software- I've always been locked into freeware.
EDIT: I just looked up more information on Photoshop CS4... and it says:
Starting from: $699.00
That costs twice the amount of my computer, and over 4 times the amount of my G1. I made a vow to never download software illegally without paying for it, so I will just have to keep waiting.
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I made a vow to never download software illegally without paying for it, so I will just have to keep waiting.
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So did I, but I gave up my vow for lent. In 1996.
I'm fairly certain that Adobe knows that the average person isn't paying $700 for photoshop and that they're pirating it. If they care about the person that uses it once or twice a month, they'd lower the price. Their target is schools and businesses who would never use pirated software for fear of being audited. (That's my justification... )
LOL nicee. Well, I just gave Paint.net a try (download servers were finally working today) And I feel that it is a pretty nice program, very stable and barebones - enough to get the job done. It doesn't have nearly as many features as GIMP. However, one caught my attention and that was the transparency gradient - which I am still playing around with.
I run a dual boot ubuntu/xp system and I have a very hard time using GIMP after first learning on photoshop the basics. But it is a good system if you don't have access to PS
Yeah, and as a user with fairly limited experience and not a lot of interest in image editing - just enough to get around- GIMP is all I will need for now Actually, I am taking Computer Graphics in next year in highschool, and we will be using Photoshop, so perhaps I will gain some interest there.
Hmm, is anyone here familiar with basic programming that would be able to write a program to automatically make these docks?
MOD EDIT: Please don't offer advice on where to find warez.
Thanks
Dave
If anyone has a Mac you can give Pixelmator a shot too. Like Photoshop but probably with more features you're more likely to use, and less features you're not.
I haven't used it (use Photoshop) but I've followed it's development for a while and it's looking really good.
Also: CHEAP!!! LOL. US$59
Blog - worth a quick read.
I really like the new WM6.5 start menu especially the new icons however as usual M$ always do a half job! They left out certain folder icons i.e. new folder, media etc... So when you try to organize your start menu and create new folders you get the old ugly bitmap folder icons of WM 6.1 which just looks out of place in the new WM 6.5 start menu!! Yes I know you can use custom png icons with great utility such as mushipkw's hComber v0.1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=507299
However I wanted the folder’s to match the new png folder icons from M$, so decided to rebuild the icons to the following; New Folder, Connectivity, Multimedia, Tools, and Web.
Now I’m happy my start menu is organized with matching folder icons, I can sleep now!!
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So if you’re like me and want the same follow these steps:
1) Using the built in File Explorer go to Windows\Start Menu\Programs and create the following new folders: Connectivity, Multimedia, Tools and Web. Now when you come back to your start menu you should see these new folders you have created with the ugly old WM 6.1 folder icons!
2) Now install the attached cab Extra WM6.5 Start Folders, soft reset and enjoy, you can now organise your programs according to these folders using the file explorer!!
Also with a bit of xml editing I have re-sized the start menu icons so they are now slightly larger which IMHO looks much better on my HD than the default size tiny icons! I have attached the cab WM 6.5 Medium Size Start Icons, just install and soft reset!
P.S. I have also attached the Folder Icons PNG's which has the New Folder so you can do whatever you want with them!
Here are some more folder icons here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4001595&postcount=15 many thanks to jsmith8858!
and some more here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4072931&postcount=1 thanks to tboy2000!
There I found this taskbar?
andriej1974 said:
There I found this taskbar?
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If you mean where you can find the taskbar Icons I'm using then look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3833993&postcount=7339
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If you mean where you can find the taskbar Icons I'm using then look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3833993&postcount=7339
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Very, very thx.
should i be concerned by the "If you move this some programs may not be able to work" warning i get for some things?
cool........ Thanks!
suisen said:
should i be concerned by the "If you move this some programs may not be able to work" warning i get for some things?
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No it's ok this warning prompt comes up with only default programs that come with the rom e.g. windows media player, pictures and videos etc.... but it doesn't matter if you move them from one folder to another they work fine! it's just M$ being over protective!
os ot just me that this wont work on miri v15?
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os ot just me that this wont work on miri v15?
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Yes it works just follow the instructions on first post!
hey, nice work on the thread, can i ask for some advice?
im currently skinning my start menu, but i cannot work out how the ranking works! (i.e. the order the items are displayed)
I had a look inside your cab and i noticed the you have a selection of reg keys getting altered during the install, i was wondering if you could tell me what each does?
Favorite
FavoriteOrder
Group
Rank
im particuarly interested in the Rank and Favorite order.
I have been messing with this for a number of weeks, and it seems to be not so straight forward, i was under the impression that the first item in the top left (usually the "Home" icon) would be 1 then moving accross to the left would be 2 etc etc
But this is not the case as i can see your cab has numbers like "986" in the rank!!
thanks in advance for your help
MG
MysticGenius said:
hey, nice work on the thread, can i ask for some advice?
im currently skinning my start menu, but i cannot work out how the ranking works! (i.e. the order the items are displayed)
I had a look inside your cab and i noticed the you have a selection of reg keys getting altered during the install, i was wondering if you could tell me what each does?
Favorite
FavoriteOrder
Group
Rank
im particuarly interested in the Rank and Favorite order.
I have been messing with this for a number of weeks, and it seems to be not so straight forward, i was under the impression that the first item in the top left (usually the "Home" icon) would be 1 then moving accross to the left would be 2 etc etc
But this is not the case as i can see your cab has numbers like "986" in the rank!!
thanks in advance for your help
MG
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Initialy I did the same thing as you until I just exported all the default reg values from HKLM\Security\Shell\StartInfo\Start and looked at the actual rank reg values of each program link i.e.Home, Phone, Messaging, Settings etc... and saw they were completly random ilogical decimal value anyhow I jotted down the relevant rank value so I knew where each items position is after it was case of applying these values to the programs link of my choice as to where I want them to be in the start menu!
P.S. I have noticed that these default rank reg values varies from rom to rom so what value worked for one rom will not work on a another i.e. start menu order wil not be the same!
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Thanks for this gfreek...
gfreek said:
I really like the new WM6.5 start menu especially the new icons however as usual M$ always do a half job! They left out certain folder icons i.e. new folder, media etc... So when you try to organize your start menu and create new folders you get the old ugly bitmap folder icons of WM 6.1 which just looks out of place in the new WM 6.5 start menu!! Yes I know you can use custom png icons with great utility such as mushipkw's hComber v0.1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=507299
However I wanted the folder’s to match the new png folder icons from M$, so decided to rebuild the icons to the following; New Folder, Connectivity, Multimedia, Tools, and Web.
Now I’m happy my start menu is organized with matching folder icons, I can sleep now!!
So if you’re like me and want the same follow these steps:
1) Using the built in File Explorer go to Windows\Start Menu\Programs and create the following new folders: Connectivity, Multimedia, Tools and Web. Now when you come back to your start menu you should see these new folders you have created with the ugly old WM 6.1 folder icons!
2) Now install the attached cab Extra WM6.5 Start Folders, soft reset and enjoy, you can now organise your programs according to these folders using the file explorer!!
Also with a bit of xml editing I have re-sized the start menu icons so they are now slightly larger which IMHO looks much better on my HD than the default size tiny icons! I have attached the cab WM 6.5 Medium Size Start Icons, just install and soft reset!
P.S. I have also attached the Folder Icons PNG's which has the New Folder so you can do whatever you want with them!
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I think you forgot the online folder unless its called the web folder?
Icons
Ive notice theres really only one icon thats missing from the group if it could be made that would be great and appreciated a navigation or gps how ever you want to call it icon thanks.
More Icons
thanks for the great icons! I went ahead and fooled around and created some more -- games, nav, accessories, etc. Most, if not all, of the images were found at iconfinder.net, and I used Paint.NET to create the new ones. They are a little rough, but they look decent.
Included in the zip are two folder sets -- set "a" is a more traditional "sideways open-folder" style set of icons, set "b" is using the "wm6.5" folder icons and using your PNG's as a starting point. Each icon's name is prefixed with "a_" or "b_".
Again, I take no credit for any artwork whatsoever in creating these, I just put them together for my own use and thought I'd share.
Hope someone finds this useful!
jsmith8858 said:
thanks for the great icons! I went ahead and fooled around and created some more -- games, nav, accessories, etc. Most, if not all, of the images were found at iconfinder.net, and I used Paint.NET to create the new ones. They are a little rough, but they look decent.
Included in the zip are two folder sets -- set "a" is a more traditional "sideways open-folder" style set of icons, set "b" is using the "wm6.5" folder icons and using your PNG's as a starting point. Each icon's name is prefixed with "a_" or "b_".
Again, I take no credit for any artwork whatsoever in creating these, I just put them together for my own use and thought I'd share.
Hope someone finds this useful!
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Nice work jsmith8858!!
Hi great work, thanks for sharing this with us.
Would someone mind putting up the default wm 6.5 start menu icons and the text messaging icon? I changed them but forgot to back the up before I did and now I can't change them back to match this set you have made. Thanks!
EDIT: nvm, found them
oluchika said:
Would someone mind putting up the default wm 6.5 start menu icons and the text messaging icon? I changed them but forgot to back the up before I did and now I can't change them back to match this set you have made. Thanks!
EDIT: nvm, found them
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Ok you've found them but for future reference if anybody else wants them unzip the attached file, all the default icons!
lots of thank, but i try to install the medium size icon on my ks 20 but i can't make the icon look bigger. plese tell me how can i do.
Hello, I opened this thread just as a "container" thread for the little things and mods I'd like to do and I already did. It's not so much,... but a little is better then nothing .
Ok, let's start.
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I use Max Manila 2.5.19202525 Ultimate 2.5, and like in the "older" versions I don't like the 4 notification icons. Don't get me wrong...I don't like the way they are undersized and flattened down, and not the icon style.
I digged a little into the file "7c60907d_manila" and I found out that the size of these icons is set to 60x55 pixels, but the original size of the notification icons is 64x64. This way it's obvious that the result will be a flattened icon.
I tried to start to design the icons from another "point of view", in a way that they have to be perfectly squared and not undersized, without any quality loss given by resizing. We also will have a quality loss because of the compression when importing the *.PNGs into the manila graphic files, but this is another story...
After many tries I found out that the real notification icon size should be 59x59 pixels, so this is what I did:
The image talk better then words....I designed an icon of 59x59 inside a 64x64 image canvas, leaving 5 transparent pixels to the right of the icon and 5 below.
Then I edited the mode9 file 7c60907d_manila setting the size of the notification icons at 64x64 (and no more 60x55) and realigning to X and Y positions, being sure that this way I will have perfectly squared and spaced icons (59x59) without no stratches or no undersizing and flattenings.
I hope you can understand me...
So I started to design for fun and pure passion some icon set you can see and download . The icons sets are mostly the same, but with little differences like the buttons borders, the glossy effect over the button, the corners more rounded and so on. I also added to the majority of the sets a little shadow of 1-2 pixel to give the icons a better smoothness and "depth".....these are the little things that makes the difference: probably you will not notice, but your eyes unconsciously will catch anything.
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Noborder
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iPhone1
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iPhone2
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Glossy1
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Glossy2
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Glossy3
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Dusk1 Def
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Dusk1 Def Fade
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Dusk1 Def Fade No-Gloss
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Dusk1 Color
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Dusk1 BW
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I had fun to design the "Dusk" sets, because I tried to figure out how grzegorz10 designed it's own set for Dusk Theme...LOL
George...I know that you would have done more beautiful, ehehehehe.
Inside each *.CAB there is also the file 7c60907d_manila with the corrected size and X/Y pos of the set.
Which I like most? I like Glossy3 and all Dusk Def sets....but I like also Noborder...
I tried to do these sets in many different ways to give you more choice, and to best fit your taste....hope you like it.
dafunk
EDIT 17/11/2009:
Added CAB to restore original notification icons
Reserved for future use
Reserved for something...
Let me be the first to say -- Right On, Dude!!!
It's about time we got a bit of variety for the Ultimate notification/alert icons. No offense to g10 or max -- they are awesome -- but I've always though those default icons didn't do either of them justice. (oh, and bnm7bnm & djcedric have made some nice ones too, but it's great to have more choices)
Keep it up, Funk, these are excellent!
can you give us a cab with the original icons, so that if we don't like them, we can change back?
gwbard said:
Let me be the first to say -- Right On, Dude!!!
It's about time we got a bit of variety for the Ultimate notification/alert icons. No offense to g10 or max -- they are awesome -- but I've always though those default icons didn't do either of them justice. (oh, and bnm7bnm & djcedric have made some nice ones too, but it's great to have more choices)
Keep it up, Funk, these are excellent!
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Hey, gwbard, nice to "see" you again
Thanks mate, but I know that g10 and max are the best...I'm sure that they gave not enough importance to the icons design because of much more important things to do like code fixes an so on. It's a luck for us if they think to the "engine"....you see, there is some other people that can provide nicer graphics like djcedric, ]bnm7bnm or me
Thanks again gwbard
@TeDev....
You're right, I will provide a cab to restore the original Max Manila Notification icons...just give me the time to do it
dafunk
hi dafunk, i'm using Noborder, pretty nice, really thanks!
hungera said:
hi dafunk, i'm using Noborder, pretty nice, really thanks!
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Thanks hungera...you're welcome
@TeDev.....
Added CAB to restore original notification icons on first post
hey thanks.
can i have one more request?
i love the noborder icons but... do you think you can make them almost transparent?
what i mean is...
they are there, but opacity is low , so that they won't look like they take too much space of the screen. the home tab will look cleaner and bigger. IF there is a notification like 1 or more messages then the message notification icon becomes 100% visible, if it doesn't have any new messages then it goes back to 20% visible (for example).
and this goes for the other 3 notification icons too.
i am guessing that this will be easy to be fixed.
i would be thankful
Excellent work dafunk! Adding it to my list of 2.5 bits...
nice icons...could you upload these wallpaper? thank
cheers from Chile
Thx mate!
I use and love Dusk1 Def
MaTT
very nice!
but you can make the icons smaller?
greets
sid
hey Funk, if you happen to be taking "requests", I have a couple...
TeDeV said:
i love the noborder icons but... do you think you can make them almost transparent?
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1) I really like TeDeV's idea for transparency, but to add one more twist -- it's always been a pet-peeve of mine to have calendar icons with a number(date) on them, it find it distracting (unless it is the REAL date, which is a great feature in manila 2.5) -- if you could possibly create a no-border version with a blank calendar icon that would make my day!
2) I think it may benefit many of us if you put all the _manila files in a "MaxTTM\Components\..." format .zip file. that would be much more convenient than the individual .cab files.
Take your time, though, I know you're busy -- just a couple of suggestions in case you get bored in your spare time
I'd repeat Robert De Niro's words playing mobster boss in "Analyze that" while pointing finger at the shrink "YOU... YOU... [typical smile by Robert]
Hula, hula, hulaaaa
Hehe
Thanks is very nice work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah, the missing piece to the dusk theme. Thanks Bro!
Good Job
Very good job !
Thanks
Just one thing: I'd prefer a white envelope for the mail.
How could I change it ?
Dafunk,
Just to say really nice icons, but FYI if you try to uninstall the icons it completely screws up maxycy theme, perhaps you can provide the files so we could install them using maxTTM, that way we can try it, if we like it...
Sorry for the multiquoting, but I could not answer quickly in the past two days, so....
millski said:
Excellent work dafunk! Adding it to my list of 2.5 bits...
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Thanks millski, it's an honor for me, really
TeDeV said:
i love the noborder icons but... do you think you can make them almost transparent?
what i mean is...
they are there, but opacity is low , so that they won't look like they take too much space of the screen. the home tab will look cleaner and bigger. IF there is a notification like 1 or more messages then the message notification icon becomes 100% visible, if it doesn't have any new messages then it goes back to 20% visible (for example).
and this goes for the other 3 notification icons too.
i am guessing that this will be easy to be fixed.
i would be thankful
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TeDev, yes, it's simple to do, is just like you said.
Hope to have a little time this evening to do a Noborder set with "2 states" icons.
gwbard said:
hey Funk, if you happen to be taking "requests", I have a couple...1) I really like TeDeV's idea for transparency, but to add one more twist -- it's always been a pet-peeve of mine to have calendar icons with a number(date) on them, it find it distracting (unless it is the REAL date, which is a great feature in manila 2.5) -- if you could possibly create a no-border version with a blank calendar icon that would make my day!
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gwbard, can be easily done. You should ask to maxycy if you want the right number over the blank calender notification icon....I think it has to be coded into a LUA script and I'm not a good coder, sorry...I don't know where to start from; these are my very first attempts with manila files
But if you need a Noborder version with blank calender, I'll do it for you
gwbard said:
2) I think it may benefit many of us if you put all the _manila files in a "MaxTTM\Components\..." format .zip file. that would be much more convenient than the individual .cab files.
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I'll take a look, because I never used MaxTTM, but I think it should be done easily (hope...)
gwbard said:
Take your time, though, I know you're busy -- just a couple of suggestions in case you get bored in your spare time
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Ah ah ah ah.....I have 4 (four!!!) children and I'm a truck driver...do you really think I have some spare time?
And do you think that with 4 children I have time to get bored? LOL
cerato said:
I'd repeat Robert De Niro's words playing mobster boss in "Analyze that" while pointing finger at the shrink "YOU... YOU... [typical smile by Robert]
Hula, hula, hulaaaa
Hehe
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Eheheheheh , you are crazy cerato LOL...told in a "good way", don't misundertand, eheheh. Funny
boul69 said:
Very good job !
Thanks
Just one thing: I'd prefer a white envelope for the mail.
How could I change it ?
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What set do you use? It's not a promise, but if I have some spare time D) in the next days I will do it of sure. You see that I'm customizing the sets for your individual needs, and it takes time....
Thanks to all of you, I'm happy to see that you like my little works.
dafunk
Perhaps it is just me, but every time I go into the email app I am always bothered by the colours of it. It is actually physically painfully white at night - going from a dark themed homescreen to a pure white screen. Finally, I had enough of this and decided to fix it.
We've known the registry values for themes for quite some time and people have performed keyboard colour changes and a background colours, but I've never really modified much other than that. After playing with different theme colours for over an hour I decided I really just wanted my email app to match messaging.
WP7 uses the light theme for email, even when the rest of your phone is using the dark theme.
This is rather obnoxious.
I decided I was going to record the values of the individual themes and document their effects - this is so I can always revert to normal - and I figured these values could be helpful to others for creating their own themes.
Here are the keys I played with and their default values:
Local Machine / Control Panel / Themes / [O for Light / 1 for Dark]
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By mapping all the dark theme values to the light one - we can have a dark themed email app to match the rest of your dark themed phone
Yes - I realize that mapping both themes to Black eliminates the point of having 2 themes - but this way your email app matches your dark theme - which is what I wanted.
I played with a series of other theme colours and could never find one I particularly liked.
So play with it and post your results, I'd love to see some cool themes that actually look nice.
Note:
You must have a way of editing the registry on your device to do this - personally I use WP7 Root Tools 0.7 Alpha, but you can use whatever method you prefer. For Nodo+ devices this means you'll also need Interop Unlock, but if you have a way of editing the registry you probably already have this.
Don't ask how to edit the registry here - there are already many threads for that.
We can go on and on about how this is better for AMOLED screens but not helpful to LCDs and all that jazz, but honestly, I just want my the applications on my phone to match and not blind me at night.
ok so this is great.... but how do I fix office? the double dark theme messes it all up cuz the office background stays white. Like where is the background image stored and can it be edited?
voluptuary said:
ok so this is great.... but how do I fix office? the double dark theme messes it all up cuz the office background stays white. Like where is the background image stored and can it be edited?
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Great find - I didn't even notice that.
These are really just for reference - I imagine it may be possible at some time to change that actual background picture - but until then if you map the black theme colours to white you'll need to tone down the text colour.
The text is chosen by ContrastColor - so you can tone that down to a light grey if you want - I went with #ff383838 just to see it.
Keep in mind - there is also transparency that is going on with a lot of these default values.
Yeah, everything is perfect aside from Office. I also changed all the image values from thier 'light' version to the 'dark' (like 'ButtonBackground' for example) I just wish I could fix the Office background.
EDIT: Anyone know how to remove Office from the app list? I hardly/never use it and since it's all messed up I'd like to know if it is possible to remove it from the app list? I'm super anal about these things.
With that mod Office is wrong Background hides the content.
Budniu said:
With that mod Office is wrong Background hides the content.
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Yep, I had to change it back. I'm gonna see if there is some registry value we can change to just get email to use the dark theme.
Hi,
I just realized the problem you solved for yourself, but i think there must be a key what tells email app, wich theme to use, don't you think?
I wil start search for it, but i do not have the time for it for a few days now.
really nice!
could someone boil this into an xap and/or setting?
I found a reg key that is interesting.
HCU\Software\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\Main\UseThemes = 1
I made chromecolor transparent in dark theme to find out it it uses a theme in real and it uses the current theme.
Next is to find out what happens if is et it to 0.
magdan83 said:
I found a reg key that is interesting.
HCU\Software\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\Main\UseThemes = 1
I made chromecolor transparent in dark theme to find out it it uses a theme in real and it uses the current theme.
Next is to find out what happens if is et it to 0.
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I havent noticed a thing... i'm gonna try adding that value to "Email' and see what happens.
EDIT: and... nothing happens when the key is added under 'Email'
I have runned into a little problem.
I messed around with the white and black themes but decided to take it back to the original hex codes. So I found this topic and matched the hexes on my phone but there are still som missmatching colors more in particular in two spots in the phone.
Now, I have now idea what these areas are called in the registry and I dont know if they're the same.
If someone have any idea at all please tell me!
Where is the office file
man... I have just spent the last 2 hours meticulously going through every picture file (png, jpg, etc...) on my phone using WPDM and I found no file that contained the OFFICE BACKGROUND...
I have to think that this would possibly be defined in one of the executables for office contained within the phone as the image itself does not seem to be a separate file... It may also be defined through some of the OFFICE UI files (.dll and .mui files) also within the /WINDOWS folder...
I am posting this so you guys know this has been done and dont waste hours of your life looking for image files... We have to go past that... (Past quamtum physics... j/k jejeje)
Well, that was a waste of time... jejeje
p00ltergeist said:
I have runned into a little problem.
I messed around with the white and black themes but decided to take it back to the original hex codes. So I found this topic and matched the hexes on my phone but there are still som missmatching colors more in particular in two spots in the phone.
Now, I have now idea what these areas are called in the registry and I dont know if they're the same.
If someone have any idea at all please tell me!
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you can try download my app Metro Theme (see the sign) and restore the original theme from here
mapaz04 said:
man... I have just spent the last 2 hours meticulously going through every picture file (png, jpg, etc...) on my phone using WPDM and I found no file that contained the OFFICE BACKGROUND...
I have to think that this would possibly be defined in one of the executables for office contained within the phone as the image itself does not seem to be a separate file... It may also be defined through some of the OFFICE UI files (.dll and .mui files) also within the /WINDOWS folder...
I am posting this so you guys know this has been done and dont waste hours of your life looking for image files... We have to go past that... (Past quamtum physics... j/k jejeje)
Well, that was a waste of time... jejeje
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The Office background is stored in a .dll sorry to say. The only way to fix it is to use a custom ROM.
The office background image is stored in officeres.262.dll.
You only can edit it with a resource editor, on a running device this isn´t possible... => cook a custom rom
Edit:
OMNIA 7 owners can use the full-skinned mi7ROM from mirolg (skinned by me), I´m able to update the officeres.262.dll with cabsender if needed... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574431
The problem is the black font of the office hub...
contable said:
The office background image is stored in officeres.262.dll.
You only can edit it with a resource editor, on a running device this isn´t possible... => cook a custom rom
Edit:
OMNIA 7 owners can use the full-skinned mi7ROM from mirolg (skinned by me), I´m able to update the officeres.262.dll with cabsender if needed... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574431
The problem is the black font of the office hub...
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Yeah, you have to do what I did on my contable skinned ROM and change the light theme to a dark one. Then you can use office with a modded dark background.
voluptuary said:
Yeah, you have to do what I did on my contable skinned ROM and change the light theme to a dark one. Then you can use office with a modded dark background.
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Please send me a .rgu and the modded office background...
Here is my dark office background...
I had to edit the ShellServices rgu (C5F302AF-97F8-42B0-A119-8FFC5433D02D.rgu) to replace the default Light theme (0) basically you can just replace all the Light theme values with the copies of the Dark theme values and you will be fine. I used my own 'Night' theme for my ROM. Also if you want it I can give you the office background I made but all I did was a flood fill of black, nothing special.
Thx. I will check it and create an Update cab for the mi7ROM...
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