Hello everybody,
I did search but no luck. Maybe it has not been done yet.
What I would like is to have a mania 2.1 theme that looks exactly as the sub-menus look. White.
This would be good for several reasons:
1. You would actually see your screen in direct sunlight. I suppose you know what I mean...
2. It would give the phone an elegant clean look.
3. It would give the good old manila a new look but at the same time it would not be exaggerated or too colorful.
I would be glad to help any developer who is interested, but unfortunately I don't have the coding knowledge...I know design though and would be glad to provide any kind of image manipulation services if it's needed.
If this already exists please help me with a link
Also, what we might need if a white upper and lower taskbar theme to make this complete.
The HTC Fuze (for AT&T) stock ROM includes a white theme. It shouldn't be too hard to modify the art a bit to remove the AT&T-ificiation, and make a nice white theme.
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Personally, I have experienced that white text/icons on a black or black-ish background give me sufficient contrast for daylight use. Perhaps you should turn off your light-meter and set the backlight lumens to 100%.
Thank you for your reply. Yes. I was looking for something similar... The only difference would be to have it the default touchflo 3d sub-menu color scheme.
It would also help me if someone would guide me to a thread that is about changing the text color...that would be useful too. If I could change the text, the only thing that remains would be the slide-bar which is easily customizable.
Thanks
As I was looking further I found a thread and it seems like he has only just started the work.
Here's the thread:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=79323
And the image:
that reminds me of chocolate vanilla poptarts. and now i really want some poptarts!
edit: by the way that doesnt look like manila 2.1 (i typed vanilla at first, hehe, damn delicious poptarts!) like he wanted. but it looks like a white background and a white slider canvas and a black flip clock. how hard could it be to get those up and working?
Yes.
All we would need would be:
1. Black text - which I couldn't find
2. A Custom Slider - which is not as important
3. A black clock which can also be found somewhere - not too important either.
And it seemed easy to me too, but unfortunately no one has made this before. If it is that easy please point me to a thread where I can get the black text from (for manila 2.1) and I'll be happy because the slidebar isn't that bad this way either.
ask in the manila 2.1 port thread. im sure someone will get you some black text.
hey look what i found. retro eh?
Yeah, retro indeed. I asked in the manila 2.1 port thread but they seem to be too busy with answering other questions and didn't take the time to even respond.
I can understand them because they have enough on their mind...poor guys work a lot for free so you can't be mad at them for not answering.
I just hope that one day someone will take the time to change the manila text to black.
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I was looking for skins for VITO's SMS-Chat. It's probably one of the best programs for sms messaging so far and the most finger friendly, but I was curious if it would be possible to make a skin or find a library of skins somewhere online.
Please help
I am looking for skins 2! Vito sms-chat realy rocks!
If you have any, let me know
Same here.
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Same here.
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Ive searched too and only discovered the standard grey/white and the black for the v1.16
I hope other skins exist out there or someone is working on some
go to wad 2 storm redux i dunno if thats the actual name but they have a cool black berry storm type theme for sms that i use
same here also.
For your info, when I used VitoSMS a while ago, there were NO skins out there.. only the original one. i searched and searched and couldn't find anything..
I know and it's terrible because this application seems to be the best. Finger friendly, popup notifications, chat exporting, what more could you ask for? Personally I'd like to see a Diamond theme for SMS-Chat, would match nicely with all my other apps.
I wrote something about it in the guides thread, but with all due respect to Vito, SmileySMS is much nicer and more useful.. and you can generally skin it the way you like.
i have try to make a skin for smschat... but i am non very good...
when i tried this test on my ppc ol grafics are mess up, i see only blu and green line..
i have attach the test!
PS.i use the grafics from ezimput!!
Iphone-skin for v1.16 vito-sms-threaded
Still working on it, it's QVGA never tested on VGA devices, so i do not know if it works...i used the grey skin to start on this...looks pretty good on my Qvga device...I will Probably post it tomorrow night..here are some screens:
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http://yfrog.com/ekiphoneishsmsj
http://yfrog.com/bfscreen02rj
Here it is
It's not much but it blends...enjoy!
Sweet... thanks a Billion!!!
Better Top Bar
I changed the blue top bar and the bubbles to look more appealing...working on the real thing with real bubbles but kinda stock at the skin file...any suggestions on how to edit the skin file?
quick question what keyboard is that?
The PocketCm Keyboard 0.14 with htctoucher iphone skin.
Thanks for the props!
Hey, I'm Eric. I did the Blackberry SMS-Chat Skin. If you couldn't find it, it's here in the 3rd post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467496
Oh and this one....
gfandrea did a nice one to match HTC devices.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=499363
SKIN FILE
Man i would really appreciate if you can share how to change the skin file...modify the text color and stuff like that...what kind of software....
hey cgabriel nice theme.. hope u continue to make more themes or keep updating. good work bro
I would like to change the color of top/bottom bar for matching my wallpaper. I used a software "theme maker" to make it. However, when I applied it on my D2, the color was different from that I created in theme maker. I wanted to make a bright orange color, but it comes out with a dark light brown......
Any bros. here can tell me what happen and how to make it correctly? Thanks
-please apologise my poor English
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Try UI Tweaker
Those bars are part of classical windows theme. You can change it in All settings/Personal/Today. There are three or four options but web is full of winmo themes.
The colours cannot be changed on a Win Mobile 6.1 device!
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The colours cannot be changed on a Win Mobile 6.1 device!
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Sorry but they can be changed, I've tried it with soft above. Topaz WWE stock ROM.
I sucessfully changed the color that I wanted! But the dark line still exist. May be the resolution of HD and D2 is different, I have tried to use the default wallpaper, that makes the line thinner but cannot be eliminated.
I actually want to update to WM6.5 for a transparent task/command bar, but I dont know much about the software things and afraid that the warranty would be voided....
Default Wallpaper----->
I used Theme Maker to change the color of task bar, but the lighting/3D effect disppear that makes the bar so FLAT.....
its possible to change with personalize software..
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its possible to change with personalize software..
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So, do you mind to tell which software is suitable for D2?
can some bros tell me how to get rid of that black line?? I dont like the black task/command bar 'cause it makes the screen looking smaller!
rc8878 said:
I would like to change the color of top/bottom bar for matching my wallpaper. I used a software "theme maker" to make it. However, when I applied it on my D2, the color was different from that I created in theme maker. I wanted to make a bright orange color, but it comes out with a dark light brown......
Any bros. here can tell me what happen and how to make it correctly? Thanks
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Where did you get that amazing flip clock? It's like pirates of the carribean!
I forgot where I got it, but enjoy it if you like!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/oyh388
rc8878 said:
I forgot where I got it, but enjoy it if you like!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/oyh388
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Many thanks, good luck with your taskbar. I use max ttm theme maker on my 6.5 custom rom, so my taskbar and command bar are transparent
Hello. There are many cool themes out there, but I found a lack of themes to change the slider icons of Manila. I searched everywhere for this, but I couldn't find it so I made it myself.
Since the homescreen of Manila is pretty much black & white but those colourful icons really bugged me especially with that terrible green, I really wanted those stock icons to be black & white too. I changed the icons and made a *.cab for this.
Feel free to use this theme if you like it. Note that it will only change the icons of the slider nothing else.
SAMPLES
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(for more samples take a look at the attachment)
INSTALLATION & DEINSTALLATION
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1) Copy the *.cab to your storage card and execute it on your phone.
2) Install it to your device space, not to your storage card!
3) Soft-reset your device.
4) Enjoy!
To uninstall just normally deinstall this application via list of installed applications where you deinstall programs. The Icons will be like they were before again.
I hope you like it.
lovely, thanks. i've been searching for this for a while. personally, i don't like those colorful stock tabs, too.
thanks and i'll give it a try
Sorry. But I had already put myself available to icons!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=597384
antoniomistretta said:
Sorry. But I had already put myself available to icons!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=597384
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Oh, sorry about that. I pretty much searched for hours on the leo boards, but somehow didn't find these. I used the rest of the day to find out how to extract the files from the device and edit them. :/
But since your cab seems to change more things than mine, maybe not all of my work was in vain.
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Oh, sorry about that. I pretty much searched for hours on the leo boards, but somehow didn't find these. I used the rest of the day to find out how to extract the files from the device and edit them. :/
But since your cab seems to change more things than mine, maybe not all of my work was in vain.
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You did a good job anyway! There is no something problem!
Sorry! EDIT
Oh Thank You So Much Man! =D
Everytime the retracted slider with these funny coloured buttons showed up my eyes wanted to blast out so they needn't to see this anymore ^^
Works fine on Jackos S3 (WM6.5) with CHT2.0.0
very nice.
running good and looks clearly.
stock in grey looks good.
I have an idea for Icons, quick links, notifications, slider, and bottom soft key bar that I would like to see come to life.
The problem is, I'm not a dev, I do not have Photo shop, and if I ran out and bought it, I would'nt know how to use it.
SOOOO, My idea with your talents, and this would be one rockin package. I might even learn a few things along the way
I was looking at a pic of a etched glass globe, and said WOW that would look so nice as icons/theme on my phone. I wonder how hard it would be to do.
Here is the pic of my insperation. If your interested in taking this on, please contact me, and lets get the ball rolling.
Cheers
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Hey, you dont need to create a whole theme for this i guess, you already have all the tools in this forum to do so. E.g Just use Hello00's glossy theme and a glass icon set, then use the above globe image as your background.
See my screenshot, the clock is hel00s gloss clock and the icons are Dinik's Anastasia set if i remember correctly. It will look sweet with the globe.
Try and out and let us know how u get on.
thanks for the tip, looks nice.
But, I was thinking of making the images for the glass icons in an etched look, and doing the rest of the elements IE, soft bar, slider, clock, ect etched as well. The flip clock is probibly already out there (or something close to it) and shouldnt take to much to do.
The rest how ever would take a lot of PS time.
Ah, i see what you mean.
Im sure somebody will be able to help you with this.
It will look good when done.
Ill be watching this thread, good luck with it.
Very nice concept, far beyond my abilty, but I will look forward to a capable designer to create these.
its not so easy...you have to know 3d editing...like 3d max...there is a 3d ball and a texture placed on it. it looks only good...because the globe texture need to be round...but if you place something not round...like home...it gonna look horrible.
honestly, I was not seeing a 3D image in my mind. more like taking your Anastasia template and putting a etched image in the layers representing the app.
The idea of a 3D image would look nice, but be a lot of work.
Am I the only one who can't stand the default grey that is used throughout the OS. WHen I was running Nodo I edited the registry to change this to black and the UI looked much better and slick. The keyboard looked nicer, OS notifications looked better...Everything just looked better. Any reason why we think Microsoft uses the grey?
i think to differentiated between the black/white background and the bottom button witch mostly can be pulled up for more settings or options (like in IE9)
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I never found a problem seeing menus when I did changed the registry key. Can't remember which one I changed but it really brought the whole UI together. I find the grey really gives the OS a blah feel sometimes.
So let me get this right. Instead of just finding the registry hack, you rather MS make it default & everyone using WP7 have have it too because it's in your opinion, better & if they prefer the way it is now, too bad...
Just search the forum & hack it again. I know it is around here somewhere because I did these edits before...
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HKLM\ControlPanel\themes\1\ (Dark Theme)
&
HKLM\ControlPanel\themes\0\ (Light Theme)
ChromeColor
SysTrayBackGroundColor
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Well he does have a valid point. We already control the accent color, and background color. I guess they could give us control of the third color. That having been said, the problem with moving from grey is that then the font which takes on the accent color may clash/be hard to read on the new background color.
The more realistic option is to offer themes that offers you 3 color combos that work together.
That wouldn't necessarily be a problem. The text color that is used on the "gray" background (or whatever color someone would choose) could be automatically determined by the system to ensure that it would always be readable.
Didn't mean to offend the poster up the page but really it seems like an obvious aesthetic improvement. MS already took the time to implement this feature in the email app. I use the dark theme and when I go to email and open up the keyboard it has a white background with black letters(no grey). When I hacked the registry before it worked with no problems and it only took one change in the registry. Suggesting I hack my phone is a possibility but not for 99% of WP7 users out there. It only takes one change to registry and does not mess up the visibility of any text throughout the OS. All the hack does is change the grey background you see now. Take note of when you see this and you will notice that the text is always white. It actually makes it easier to see text throughout the OS.
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So let me get this right. Instead of just finding the registry hack, you rather MS make it default & everyone using WP7 have have it too because it's in your opinion, better & if they prefer the way it is now, too bad...
Just search the forum & hack it again. I know it is around here somewhere because I did these edits before...
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isn't. the point of wp7 fewer choices, fewer distractions ? hacking was considered messy and 'droid silly not long ago ? now making the os look how you want is cool again ? yay !
yes, the black is better.