Hi, new user here, thanks for a great forum.
I just got my HTC Hero and i am loving it. The only thing i am missing very much is a working application for renaming shortcuts. If you add a shortcut to a person "James", default action create message, it shows on the desktop as "Send to J...", which would be great to be able to change.
I have tried both Anycut and Bettercut but none of these work on my phone. I am currently using Modaco 2.5 Core, but i haven't been able to make any of th apps work with the generic european 2.73 rom either - the icons i create do not show up, the Edit button shows no shortcuts to edit, and the apps crash.
Question is then,
1) do anybody have any idea where shortcuts are stored in the filesystem, and how they are represented, data wise? I created a new shortcut and then copied all .db and .xml files to the pc and started looking for it with a sqlite client and file search I but couldn't find anything there. (lol, hey, had to try something
2) do anybody know a combination of a custom rom and a shortcut management application that work together on the HTC Hero?
3) do anybody have any pointers to how to manipulate the shortcuts through java code/api?
Thank you in advance. Hope to be contributing to the forum, im truly fascinated with this thing ! Truly a great gadget.
Best regards
hi guys,
I was wondering if someone could help. I have done a lot of searching but unable to find an answer. I am using the GXFX's rom which I am very pleased with. I also tried to install sushi's touchflo 3d config.cab file on top of this but get errors referring to 'exception errors', so I removed it. What I would like to do is
a. customise the home screen to add new icons. At the moment I have the large clock, call history and calendar. Is tehre any way of adding more icons or changing this screen without losing existing functionality and stability ?
b. How can i put an icon that open a web page to a certain url address, is this possible. I am thinking of terms of say windows XP. Maybe I am asking too much.
many thanks for your help.
can anyone help please ?
Hello
Could anyone write me a quick overview of creating icons for the HTC Desire.
I have looked, and searched ( Which seems to search google and not the site), as much as I can through the forum. I am a artist and would like to create a few icons packs, as I own this phone.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
B2k_ru
It depends on what ROM are you using.. If your running LauncherPRO,GOlaucher or ADWlauncher/X then its very easy to create some icons. If your artist like you mentioned, then create some in Gimp/Photoshop, save it as .png, and transfer them into your phone. Then you must find setting in your laucher to change the icon image from your SDcard. Thats not the science
Hey there, and welcome to the forums.
I've been creating my own icons for quite some time, and I've found that this works the best no matter what launcher are you using.
1. Create your icon, If you're going for the 1x1 then a good resolution would be 128x128. If you want 2x1/1x2 tiles then you need 128x256 or 256x128. You get the idea. Save in .PNG and make sure the parts you want to be transparent are so.
2. Move your icons to your device, if moving a lot of icons, USB is the best but if you just need 1-5 icons transferred then Dropbox is very handy.
3. Download "Desktop VisualizeR". It allows you to create shortcuts with your own icons, with or without label texts.
If you want to change the icons you have on the dock, then it's very launcher-specific. I have LauncherPro, if you click and hold your finger on a dock icon, a menu pops up in which you can change the icon, the app, etc.
If you have any more questions, don't be afraid to ask.
Good luck!
Thank you Rafalema!
That is exactly the information I was after. If I could see the Thanks button I was +1 you, but for some reason I cannot.
However, as I cannot, I would like to say thanks again , I could not find that information for the life of me.
Regards
B2k_ru
The Thanks button appeared after posting, so I have now +1ed you.
Thanks again lol
Thanks!
And when you're done with your icons/icon set make sure to post them in the 'Themes' Section!
Don't know if I am posting this is the right place, but I didn't see a forum for theme questions only. This forum seems to be for posting your completed themes so if it's in the wrong place, please move to the appropriate location. Thanks.
I'm trying to make a theme for MIUI V4 for my Inc2. Everything is going well except I have one small problem I can't solve and it's driving me nuts. I'm trying to change all of the orange to blue and I just about have it all figured out for every .apk except for a problem in the dialer. When you are making an actvie phone call (not dialing, but actually in the call), there a two buttons for 'Keyboard' and 'Tools. When you press either one, a window pops up with the options for the button you pressed. Along the top of this new window is an orange strip that goes the entire width of the window. I cannot find the file that controls the color of that orange strip. I have looked closely at every file in the contacts and phone apks about a dozen times and I am positive I didn't miss an image file that is still orange so i'm thinking it must be somewhere else.
Does anyone know what I am referring to and what the image file name is and\or which .apk it is in? For the record, I have also themed the framework-res and framework-miui-res apks so I don't think there is anything orange left in them either.
Any help would be greatly appreciated because figuring this out is driving me crazy. Thanks...
Joe
i am trying to make semitransparent/transparent keypad, logs, favourites and contacts buttons under phone/contacts but can't find png's. does anyone know exact location since google couldn't help me much. tnx.