I have been searching for the past 15 minutes but can't find the answer! What do you use to make 6.5.x themes?
petard said:
I have been searching for the past 15 minutes but can't find the answer! What do you use to make 6.5.x themes?
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Chome visual editor only is for edit , search and use this , i used this for my works
I want to edit things like scrollbars, highlights, softkey backgrounds. This doesn't seem to do it.
Find a WM6.5.X theme file. Rename to *.cab. Extract reg, and use that as your base. Prefer classicblue myself. Now get a pic you want, convert to your resolutions, create a cab with it, and insert reg!
EDIT: If you search using the link in my sign, you will find the answers. It has been discussed in detail before.
I just figured it out that tsk files are actually cabs as you posted this! Wow, in all my years with Windows Mobile I never knew that!
How to "extract reg"??
petard said:
I want to edit things like scrollbars, highlights, softkey backgrounds. This doesn't seem to do it.
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Aaaaaayyyyyyyyy friend, I believed that you were speaking about the titanium, it(he,she) takes this, is to make and to modify, TSK
If it is it for what you look say it to me to know, thank you
ThemeGEn CE
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=348A2TXV
Regards
It doesn't work properly for WM6.5.x.
Use WinCE CAB Manager to open the CAB of any theme you like and replace the graphic files with your own. You can also edit the TSK, if you want. Just learn by doing, I figured it this way as well .
This is my basic lesson of titanium, this one in Spanish
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BMFMY27J
It is is my video of since(as,like) an image adds to a panel of titanium, this one in Spanish
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2OQAY9D8
Moved as not theme release..
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I have been searching here for days. Is there anyone here who has more themes to windows mobile 6 than Windows Default and Windows Mobile Green? I would just like to add them and not have to reflash a different ROM. Thanks in advanced
drop them onto the storage card or \my documents or \windows\ ..check howardforums.com for TONS of themes made by one mike chadlwer guy ..i think thats his name they are nice as hell
Here are some
Here's a zip of around 20 different WM6 themes I've saved from different WM6 ROM's I've tried.
i have a couple of themes floating around on the Most beautiful thread i think, plus there are few others whove posted some more there aswell.
just a headsup, almost all of your wm5 theses should work just fine with wm6 aswell, unless it has black bars, wm6 will display em as grey, u can fix that by changing the basehue though...
anyone have the theme from T-Mobile WING?
(see attached pix)
it's default wm6 theme on your picture
Does anyone have this one, with the glossy bars... in a TSK file?
I thought the Crossbow.tsk was the right one, but I just tried it and it doesn't have the "glossy" bars. So I decided to take a stab at pulling the background from crossbow.tsk and merging it with BlueNeon Swirl.tsk. It appears to have worked (so my first .tsk hack )
Let me know if this works for you.
If you could only make it with white text...
inneyeseakay said:
If you could only make it with white text...
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Yeah I actually saw that. I'll change it later (working on 3 other things at the moment).
Take your time... I can't wait to try out Reloaded 1.7
nocturne.op.15 said:
it's default wm6 theme on your picture
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no...it is not. If you look carefully. The default WM6 theme does not have swirl in it.
jacob-mda said:
drop them onto the storage card or \my documents or \windows\ ..check howardforums.com for TONS of themes made by one mike chadlwer guy ..i think thats his name they are nice as hell
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Searched Howard forums ... no luck! Pleease post a link to some of them
alexanderi said:
anyone have the theme from T-Mobile WING?
(see attached pix)
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Ask, and thou shalt receive.
Love the T-Mobile Wing theme... Here's a screenshot for anyone wanting to see it:
Does anyone have a theme that uses the dark black colors in the Windows Media Player that comes with WM6? That would be awesome.
Does anybody have the AT&T theme? Thanks.
newbie2 said:
Here's a zip of around 20 different WM6 themes I've saved from different WM6 ROM's I've tried.
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Hello
Thankyou for the themes
But how do i make them appear in my Settings Today home selection List
I have it on my phone & open it with file explore
& all the diff themes open & when i clcik on it it sets itself on my phone
But would like it in my options list so i dont have to go through the file explorer
God Bless You for your Help
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Does anybody have the AT&T theme? Thanks.
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Right here it is. Geez, how did I end up with all of the mfr. themes?
Hi guys,
I flashed to the new WM6 ROM, looks gr8, but when I try to change the theme (.tsk) to other themes that I used to have on WM5, the background image does not update...
so is WM6 incompatible with WM5 themes??? I did not install any version of XButton in my ROM...
Whenever I update my theme, I get the HTC default background image but theme colors update correctly...
what is this? any solution?
I have exactly the same problem and anybody knows how can i fix it but i hope that the people of xda can help us
Greetings, Diego!!!
First do this test pls
Hi,
can you install this skin pack Here
if the background dos not change maby you have to change to a difrent rom (i recomend XDA2a)
Greets Antonius
I will try this, but switching to a different rom is not that easy, I spent much time personalizing things on my PPC.. I will be sad if that would be the only solution
EDIT: it did not work and I am really bored solving problems with WM6,, any solution here?
Shut off htc xbutton (settings, system task)
Change theme
Then turn it on.
Did you try installing your .tsk files to the root of your SD card instead of to the windows folder?
ROCOAFZ said:
Shut off htc xbutton (settings, system task)
Change theme
Then turn it on.
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I did not install HTC xButtin while cooking my ROM
xeno1 said:
Did you try installing your .tsk files to the root of your SD card instead of to the windows folder?
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Yes I did, but the same... no luck
mohgdeisat said:
I did not install HTC xButtin while cooking my ROM
Yes I did, but the same... no luck
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its a known bug that any .tsk that you import wont work, i might be wrong .
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its a known bug that any .tsk that you import wont work, i might be wrong .
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What do you mean? I have nearly 250 .tsk files on mine (don't ask, when I get bored I make about 5 new ones, and I get bored a lot) and every one of them work.
xeno1 said:
What do you mean? I have nearly 250 .tsk files on mine (don't ask, when I get bored I make about 5 new ones, and I get bored a lot) and every one of them work.
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LOL what software do you use? and bro you should post em online haha
edit: just tested the theme from pocketpctheme.com n it doesntt work. Color changes of task bar n start bar but background pic never changes wonder why. that is the only prob I have
Guys, there must be a solution... I really hate the incompatiblity feature for every M$ product
ROCOAFZ said:
Shut off htc xbutton (settings, system task)
Change theme
Then turn it on.
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Okay, I'm having problems tracking down which process is X-Button to kill it - what's the process name?
Ok i turned of X-Button and restarted my wiz, and then i changed the theme, nothing happened. I don't understand when i load the cab it doesn't extract properly or what.... the start menu that pops down when you click on start seems to get the theme loaded right but the background picture it loads to Default black. i dont understand what is blocking it....
all i can say is LOL
LOL
remember it: LOL <----
thousands of users, >100 gods of ppc's, and NO solution...
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btw, themegenCE is one of BEST freeware app.
say thanks for author.
g'luck..god forgive me , i am drunk....
nothin said:
all i can say is LOL
LOL
remember it: LOL <----
thousands of users, >100 gods of ppc's, and NO solution...
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btw, themegenCE is one of BEST freeware app.
say thanks for author.
g'luck..god forgive me , i am drunk....
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are you trying to be funny? if yes i dont find anything funny to laugh about.... all i want to say is "if you cant help dont bother posting because you are just messing up the thread with bloat full of junk"
This is a known problem when using X-button. Either find the latest version of X-button (1.51 or something similar). Or go to start>settings>system>X-button and uncheck the boxes that says "enable X-button to end programs..."
If you do not have X-button installed, Then try changing your theme, waiting a few minutes and then soft-reset.
Nothin was right about themegence being the best freeware theme maker. I've used it to make every one of mine. If you go to MoDaCo to the Pocket PC Today Screens QVGA in the downloads section I have 30 or 40 of them in there that I've made. I'm going to have to check out where you guys are downloading yours from and see if I can figure out why they aren't working. Usually, at least the ones I've seen, you don't install them from a cab file. They're usually just zipped or a straight tsk file that you put straight in to either the windows folder or in the root folder of you sd card.
Well, I figured that out pretty quick. If you guys are all downloading them from pocketpcthemes.com, they are not working because the wallpaper part of it is not in the right format to fit a wizard. The images are too big so it's not using them, instead it's using the default wallpaper instead. Try downloading from the MoDaCo downloads section that I mentioned in the post just above this one, they should all work. I know that the one's that I made and mandt made will work for sure. I'll try uploading a bunch more there within the next day or 2 also. If there's any at that pocketpcthemes site that you really have to have, I could probably fix a few of them so they will work if you let me know which ones they are.
@xeno
what program do you use... I used them gence to gen my theme and it dint work
edit: I downloaded the themes from modaco, n they all work great. even w/ x-button. omg u r best xeno. but tell us wut u use to make theme so we can make too.
now what is the difference between PocketPCThemes tsk files and ModaCo tsk files?
Im looking for any information you can provide on how to modify the graphics for the CommManager. Anyone able to link would definately be my hero. LOL. Thanks in advance.
The way I did it was I copied all the image files from the windows folder on my phone over to my computer and then went through them and found the ones that belonged to the commanager and then modified them to the way I wanted them to look and then put them back to replace the old ones. Hopefully you're good at graphics because it took me a few days to redo mine since I kind of suck at it.
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Im looking for any information you can provide on how to modify the graphics for the CommManager. Anyone able to link would definately be my hero. LOL. Thanks in advance.
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Dude....LOL
I started a thread the other day trying to do the samething
If I find a solution....I'll pm you & please do the same
Mine had several 100 hits and xeno1 is the only one to respond
Thanks xeno1 but I couldn't find the background for the CommManager to modify....I found everything else tho
P.S.: I'm loving Jaguar 3.1. It got me using my MDA again
xeno1 said:
The way I did it was I copied all the image files from the windows folder on my phone over to my computer and then went through them and found the ones that belonged to the commanager and then modified them to the way I wanted them to look and then put them back to replace the old ones. Hopefully you're good at graphics because it took me a few days to redo mine since I kind of suck at it.
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Can you post a pic of yours for us
If possible, can you tell us the name of the file you modified....thanks
For the 8, 9, and 10 button touch style commManager from the Kaiser that I've been using, the Background is BG.png and L_BG.png .
Looking at packages for the standard Wizard commManager, it looks like the graphics are in the Res DLL file. You can use the ResHacker tool in the Core Kitchen to view and edit this (in theory).
When i go through the rom i find no images for the CommManager, when i open the CommManager dll There are resources in there, but When i try to replace those, I get an error about it not being signed.
So what do we do here, is there any registry key like with the phone dialer that can tell it where to get the graphics?
In the HyperCore Kitchen there is a signer program and some files for it. I haven't figured that part out myself yet, but maybe ask anichillus for the steps.
mfrazzz said:
In the HyperCore Kitchen there is a signer program and some files for it. I haven't figured that part out myself yet, but maybe ask anichillus for the steps.
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It's easy , just start the signer ...and it will guide you. I had a tutorial on my website...but....my favorite saying in English : "$#it happens"
For a good resource tool, i recommend Restorator 2007....but it's not free
dwny said:
Can you post a pic of yours for us
If possible, can you tell us the name of the file you modified....thanks
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The one I changed was the 8 button commanager that mfrazzz used in XM6 the first edition (the gray gradient touch looking one) and all of the images were in the in the windows folder. The names of them were 0_on, 1_on ..., 0_off, 1_off..., 0_dis, 1_dis ..., 0_dn, 1_dn..., L_8_dn, L_4_dn etc, etc. Unfortunately I haven't used that commanager since I had XM6 on my phone and I didn't get a screenshot of it, but here's a couple of buttons that I made for it (I made 2 different versions, one black and one with a green - black gradient).
I just checked and I installed the 10 button black commanager on my newest ROM and all of the image files for it are also in the windows folder. - nevermind, I forgot that when I cooked this ROM it actually had a 10 button version of the same commanger that I mentioned above and I installed the 10 button black one later. The images that I saw listed in the windows folder were the ones for the one that was on there first.
I guess if you want to edit a commanager that you don't have to edit a .dll file to change then use that one.
Hi,
I created an icon set as a cab file. It works near perfect, but some icons don´t change. I´m wondering why
I used Win CE Cab Manager to create the cab.
Following Icons don´t change:
bing
the complete office icons (the outlook icon works)
in call recorder
flashlight
the folder icon messages
encryption
Does someone know why the icons don´t change?
Ben
I give up ´
I think i´ll releas the icon set as png files
use a regualr icon changer for those.. some things have multiple copys.. and the easiest way to attack them is brute force.
i know that, when i dont clear htc sense cache...
maybe this helps..
DN41
benalive said:
Hi,
I created an icon set as a cab file. It works near perfect, but some icons don´t change. I´m wondering why
I used Win CE Cab Manager to create the cab.
Following Icons don´t change:
bing
the complete office icons (the outlook icon works)
in call recorder
flashlight
the folder icon messages
encryption
Does someone know why the icons don´t change?
Ben
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you have to erase the png files first then run the cab and all icons should change.
you have to add registry entries, as shown in the screenshot
my suggestion is to download my basic icons cab and replace the icons with those of your likings. make sure you keep the file names intact!
i use artemis rom which is very close to stock. if you use a rom with the icons organized differently, you'll need to change the registry entries accordingly.
pm me if you can't find your way
cheers,
antaed
@m0bmentality: Hell Yeaahh, you´re right but i´ll try it with the basic icon set of antaed
@mrkevinhall: Thanks for the tip, but i´ve tried this before
@antaed: Thanks, i´ll try it, maybe it works. I use the artemis rom, too
is their a way to extract the basic htc/windows mobile icons to png files?
benalive said:
is their a way to extract the basic htc/windows mobile icons to png files?
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they are png files already, if you mean how to extract them: (with wince cab manager) go to cabinet>files>extract...
you will also find some qtc files, you don't need to modify those.
just extract the png files to a folder on your pc, replace them with your icons (use the same names!!!) and repack the cab.
antaed said:
they are png files already, if you mean how to extract them: (with wince cab manager) go to cabinet>files>extract...
you will also find some qtc files, you don't need to modify those.
just extract the png files to a folder on your pc, replace them with your icons (use the same names!!!) and repack the cab.
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IF you just set your pc to allow you to see hidden and system files.. then open up phone/windows in active sync they will all be there too
m0bmentality said:
IF you just set your pc to allow you to see hidden and system files.. then open up phone/windows in active sync they will all be there too
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yes but in my reply to benalive i'm referring strictly to how to unpack and replace the icons from my bull's eye basic icon pack cab.
but maybe i misinterpreted his last question and he wants to know how to get original icons from the phone instead. if this is the case i'm sorry for the confusion, my bad...
cheers
antaed
@ antaed: no, i want to extract the standard icons of the hd2 in the windows DIR.
I replaced the icons of your basic cab, it works great. Thanks
I´ll release my icon set today
@ m0bmentality: Thanks I´ll try this.
benalive said:
@ antaed: no, i want to extract the standard icons of the hd2 in the windows DIR.
I replaced the icons of your basic cab, it works great. Thanks
I´ll release my icon set today
@ m0bmentality: Thanks I´ll try this.
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glad to help mate, looking forward to see your icons
take care
antaed
I released the Icon Set: Link
i want to try to make a windows xp theme for 6.5.X.
i thought, that would be cool, because the start button is on the lower taskbar..
i have a strong opinion of how it will look like, but i don´t know anything about creating themes for windows phone..
what programs can i use for creating this? i have read about microsoft custom theme creator, but when i load it, it says: there aren´t any windows phone 6.5 pro devices for your locale...
and i can´t load it..
what do all the others use for creating themes???
after i made 1 version for VGA, i will try to create all the other versions!
thanks, Downlord
You should first find all the files that you want to skin and then use a program like GIMP to mod or create your the files for your theme.
I think it's a great idea, too bad you are a bit late Check this http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7848598&postcount=2
hm, looks cool, i didn´t knew it, ill try it!
but i thought of something thats really a theme for 6.5.X, and i want to know in general, with which program i can make those themes..
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You should first find all the files that you want to skin and then use a program like GIMP to mod or create your the files for your theme.
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but where can i find those files?
Downlord95 said:
but where can i find those files?
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/windows on your phone .
The easiest way is to download someone else's theme and see what files they skinned. You can then modify those ones or find the stock ones in your kitchen ( or /windows on your phone). You can edit manila graphics with cfcgui by Chainfire. Some things are just png's/bmp's/etc. for windows tsk's, but you also control some system colors in the registry (changed when you change a tsk).
You should really change your title to Question??? or something. Right now it looks like you make a theme for every device (except maybe hvga), and it sounds like you have a while before it will be complete.
waiting for qvga
how can i change it to a question??