Wondering if this is part of Windows Mobile 6.1 or something, I'm using the latest stock rom from ATT, on an ATT Fuze 5.11 I believe, and when I have TouchFlo3D disabled, and I am just using regular Windows Mobile's today screen, any background I apply on any theme, always whites out the background for some reason. As in you can still make out the image, but it's like a white overlay was put on top of it. Is this part of Windows Mobile 6.1? I couldn't find anything on it.
There could be a transparency set, but I'm not quite sure how you did that.
Anyways, if you open up "Pictures & Videos.lnk" from \Windows\ and pick your image, set as background, and it will ask you to set the transparency level. Set it to 0.
There may be a registry setting you can change, but I'm not sure where it is, if it exists.
Oh, thanks. That was it. I was setting it through Settings>Today and not through the Pictures and Videos program.
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I modified some of the Windows Mobile 6 dialer skin files to change the appearance. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't look like there are any dialer skins for WM6 yet that works 100%. I tried the PaulyA skins, but some of the hardware buttons didn't work right. Anyway since I was doing this for my phone I thought I would see if anybody would be interested in using these as well. I was able to change the background image and buttons. However I was not able to find how to change the size of any of the buttons. Below are some of the screen shots I grabbed. Plus I can list the appropriate files so anybody else can make their own. The only problem I ran into was that whenever I changed the color of a button it gave me those purple corners. So I just need to spend more time in Photoshop to make sure the corners are the exact color the phone needs to make them transparent. But if you make your own buttons then its easier to make the transparent part the correct color.
Opinions?
I'd be all over either of the two black skins you have there...
awesome!!
These look great... ive actually been looking for some dialer skins that work for WM6 i got mb edition running. So what are the files? and if anyone else knows how to make the buttons bigger that would be cool... if u tell me the files.. i can try to edit them in photoshop also. im not a pro.. but i know a thing or two.
I've attached two skins. The Black.zip is the one pictured above that has the white looking rings around the buttons and the Clear.zip has no border. Also the Clear.zip lacks any background. However you can find it in the Black.zip file or use your own.
These two skins are complete and should work in both portrait and landscape modes. Make sure you back up your existing files before hand. You should be able to simply copy the original files directly from the Windows folder on the phone. To install these files on your phone copy them somewhere like your memory card and then use a file utility like Resco File Explorer to overwrite the files in the \Windows\ folder and soft reset.
Here is the list of the files. The naming convention seems to be fairly intuitive. "Port" and "land" designations are obvious. The "up" images are what you see all the time and the "dwn" are what you see when you press them.
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dlrback_land.png--------->Background for the dialer*
dlrback_port.png
dlrbtndef_dwn_land.gif--->**
dlrbtndef_dwn_port.gif
dlrbtndef_up_land.gif
dlrbtndef_up_port.gif
dlrbtnend_up_land.gif---->This is the "End" button
dlrbtnend_up_port.gif
dlrbtntalk_up_land.gif---->This is the "Talk" button
dlrbtntalk_up_port.gif
dlrbtn_dwn_land.gif------>The rest of the buttons are the actual number keys
dlrbtn_dwn_port.gif
dlrbtn_up_land.gif
dlrbtn_up_port.gif
*One trick I used for the dialer background was to take the Default_stwater_240_320.gif and Default_stwater_320_240.gif image files from the Windows folder (when using the default theme). Then take them into Photoshop and adjust the color to match your theme. When done save them as dlrback_land.png and dlrback_port.png.
**These dlrbtndef buttons are the ones on the right side that give you your arrow back and speed dial buttons.
I hope that helps. I'd like to see what others come up with.
Any chance of you pulling the files together into .CABs?
Clear and Black CABS
I took the liberty of putting these in a CAB file. You can uninstall these if you don't like them.
I have tested these cabs and they work finr. But I am NOT liable for anything that might happen by using these cabs.
Thanks cyberdrakula! I've never made cab files before.
Flat Black Theme and Dialer
This is one CAB file that has the ALLBlack theme and the black dialer from raceit. You are able to uninstall this if you don't like it and a soft reset thereafter will set it back to default.
If you have installed the CAB file for the DIALERS from the ABOVE POST, PLEASE UNINSTALL IT BEFORE INSTALLING THIS CAB.
This is a BETA release as I still have to figure out why the black background won't set on the reset the first time. The FIX is to select the Allblack theme on "settings/today". You might have to select another theme and and select the AllBlack.
The Dialer graphics are from Raceit and the AllBlack theme is from somewhere in this forum I forget where.
No warranties or guarantees given for anything and I am NOT liable for anything that might happen to you device or should you have a flat tire after installing this CAB.
I wanted to throw up a few more complete dialer skins. Please check the post below for the zip files. (I seriously need to learn to make cab files.)
Here's the dialer skins pictured above.
Here's my first attempt at a cab file. This is the Black v2 in a cab form. Please let me know if this works and I can update the last few I zipped up.
Thanks.
Edit: The Black v2 is on the bottom of the first page in cab form...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1154824&postcount=10
Here's my personal modification that's similar to the blue one Raceit pictured in his first post (4th picture). I wanted a dialer skin that matched the rest of WM6. I tried to match the buttons as close to the taskbar as I could.
Looks nice BBowermaster! What do you guys think of this one? It seemed like a good idea, but I think it still needs something more.
WM6 Theme/Dailer (Wizards/HERMES)
I have created these a Theme & Dailer cab. I am going to do somemore dark themes as I am into them. Any ideas or requests are welcome. Raceit, you're a BAD BAD person as you've got me started on this and it is taking away from a couple of apps (business related) I was working on for myself.
Tested on Wizards & HERMES
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The main dailer graphics I used to create this were Raceit's clear dailer files. The main reason I turned this into a cab was for it to be able to uninstallable in case you want to.
I still have to figure out why the theme won't set on the reset the first time. The FIX is to select the cyberdrakula theme on "settings/today". You might have to select another theme click OK go back & re-select the cyberdrakula theme again.
No warranties or guarantees given for anything and I am NOT liable for anything that might happen to you device or should you have a flat tire after installing this CAB.
Can someone please make a cab of Raceit's blue dialer? I would be very thankful.
I just updated my post on the first page for the blue skin so its a cab file now.
Sorry about that Cyberdrakula!!
Hey people, what reg keys and dlls are concerned with skinning the dialpad and pin entry pad??
I wish I knew. Although a member that goes by the-equinoxe asked about a tapres.dll file. I don't know if he's on to something or not.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296246
White Background
Any idea why my background is staying white, I have tried several different cabs and even copied the black background, but it stays white. The background files are black, dlrback_land.png and dlrback_port.png, so I don't know what is going on.
robjae said:
Any idea why my background is staying white, I have tried several different cabs and even copied the black background, but it stays white. The background files are black, dlrback_land.png and dlrback_port.png, so I don't know what is going on.
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Couple questions... Is it also white when you switch the phone to landscape mode? Also if you browse to your Windows folder and open up those two files are they the correct looking images or all white?
Hello,
Whenever I set an image to my Today Screen, It is very feint, the colours are very dull and not like the original, is there any way to fix this?
I have tried theme makers to try make my own theme using the image that I want but it just does not want to install.
Is there anyway to fix the problem when i set an image to my today screen it is so feint.
I use Windows Mobile 2003.
It's been answered before and it is very easy to solve. Go to the default Pictures & Video program, select the picture you want for background and you will get a level of transparency. If you vary the transparency you will get different effects. What is making it faint is the default transparency set.
Thanks for your help.
I tried that but noticed the defualt pictures program would only load up JPEG pictures. The picture I had was a gif.
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/1969/boot1qc6.gif
Changing this to a JPEG in Photoshop, even using the highest Quality setting resulted in discoloration. This image that I got was from here, and by the looks of it it is made using 16 bit colour, so it would look the same on the Pocket PC as it would on the computer. But once I converted it to a JPEG, It looked very bad on the pocket pc as a background.
Any Ideas?
Thanks
I can see and set a gif as background using my default Pictures&Video software. Maybe mine is a special tweaked version put in my ROM by the cooks, but if you search here I believe I've seen something about it before and you may be able to download a version that would see files other than jpegs. You may need to point to the folder where your image is. It does not search all folders automatically.
hello all, first new topic so go easy on me. anyway, i read through a lot of ppl not being able to figure out the transparency slider, but that is not my issue. my issue is i cannot change the today background image period. i can select it, but the today screen never changes. i know it worked the day i bought it, but it does not work now. the only things i have done to it so far was to unlock it and change from the sprint clock to the flip clock. would either of those mess up my ability to change the background image?
It depends if you're doing the today background or the touch flow 3D background. If you have TF3D running it covers the traditional background that is changed in Start->Settings->Today. Instead scroll to the settings tab in TF3D and look for the wallpaper setting there.
I think there is a CAB floating around here that will push the TF3D wallpaper to all tabs.
wow, thank you. i feel like an idiot now that i could not figure that out. i will have to find that cab you speak of b/c this pic looks amazing when used with the sprint theme.
Oh sweet theres a cab that changes all the background? Where can I find that? PS my device is stock non flashed ROM since its corporate.
i am still looking. i found one for the diamond that ppl are trying but it seems to only work on certain roms. i will keep searching as i only like to apply mods that are proven to work.
Go to this thread - there is a link to the CAB file on it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=451276&highlight=background
The link is in post #3 if I'm not mistaken.
slyng1 found the cab that I used. I have NATF's 1.1 ROM (basically the ATT ROM minus the bloatware) and the Black Touch Pro theme installed through Diamond TF3D Config and the cab works great.
i really like atts default here. i just dont want that background and can only change it on the home tab. i figure i will just take the default theme, modify the background image and upload it with diamond tf3d config that i have installed to get rid of the att tab and other stuff. thanks!
i installed the cab for manila customizer. did a backup but that didnt help. is there anyway i can rip the theme so i can customize it? no one seems to have it for download. come on! this is the only thing i have left to get my fuze exactly how i want it. (yes i friggin love it and everyone who doesnt thing it isnt the most brilliant phone in the world must have holes drilled in their heads, the damn iphone freaks!)
Check this out dude: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2831041#post2831041
Restore the default AT&T theme.
Use mUn Background4AllPages, which will replace the default grey background with a transparent image, allowing the custom background on the Home tab to show through.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=432951
mUn Background4AllPages was originally done for the OEM HTC TF3D theme, so there may be side effects since the AT&T theme uses a custom clock. Be sure to read the thread for any extra info.
yeah i tried that. it doesnt work. the background is solid black instead, the clock doesnt work and everything is moved a bit out of place. thanks for trying though.
i found out more how to do it. these files are under weird things named 4a087e41_manila and 5c9aa261_manila and i tried using manilla editor but its just freaking out with errors because the program isnt well written. it would be alot easier if that background4allpages worked. oh well ill just wait for something better. thanks anyways.
I am trying to reskin the dialer of an iPaq hw6945. I'm having trouble with the default background. I've tried any number of skins and skinning tools and none seems to change the default blue backround.
My first thought was to simply replace the background image. On the iPaq hw6945 that image is "dlrback_sqre.png". Unfortunately that seems to be a ROM image so even if I change the file attributes, I can't replace it.
Any ideas?
try making the files into a .cab...
How will that help and how would I do that?
I tried to install a couple of different dialer skins, an SPB dialer skin, and one of the DirkGently dialer skins. The former used a PC based exe installer the latter a cab. In both cases they failed to install their backgrounds. The buttons installed just fine but the background didn't change. So I thought I'd "hack in" the background.
So far I haven't been able to do it.
I unsuccessfully attempted the fore mentioned image swap, then I went poking around in the registry.
I found "dlrback_sqre" in two places in the registry. I replace those values with "dlrback_square" the name of my image in the same directory, but that didn't seem to do a thing.
Moved as not theme release.
Sorry... new to the board. I thought this would be the place to post.
Thanks bilbobrian for your help. It lead me in the right direction.
You're right all it took was a signed cab (and a background image with right name) to overwrite the background. I took one of the DG skins opened it with a cab editor and inserted the right file.
When I get some time I may just make a set of custom skins. I already know how to do the calculator, and WM player, although I might just make a skin for Coreplayer which I use more often. TCPMP was a such a great application, I decided to spring for the licensed version.
Hope to see the results of your work!
Good luck