How to change Shadow's Neo Theme |
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 Nov 14 2007, 20:12
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Regular  Group: Posters Posts: 75 Joined: 22nd July 2006 From: Richmond, VA Member No.: 199,124 Device(s): Cingular 2125, T-Mobile Shadow  |
Unless I overlooked something, these are the files you need to alter in order to change the background of the new Neo interface. These files are kept in the Windows directory on your phone.
These include all the Neo backgrounds and thematically similar backgrounds for the rest of Windows Mobile. I deliberately left out the landscape versions of the screens since there's little likelyhood you'd need them, but if you want, change those too. BackgroundImage_Port.bmp CHome_framework_TextGlow_p.png CHome_framework_background_p.png CHome_framework_glass_p.png CHome_framework_status_bar_bg.png CHome_framework_textpanel_NoNPI_p.png CHome_framework_textpanel_p.png Chome_Start_background.jpg DeviceLockBG.bmp PhoneBKI1_Port.jpg PhoneBKI2_Port.jpg T-MobileBasicBrown.jpg _BackgroundImage_Port.bmp _PhoneBKI1_Port.jpg _PhoneBKI2_Port.jpg wmp_Camel_disabled.png wmp_Camel_ocx.png wmp_Camel_player_240x320.png wmp_Camel_pushed.png These links can be used to change the T-Mobile Hotspot icon to whatever you want it to be. I changed mine to an Internet Explorer icon. At least until I can figure out how to make Opera Mini launch from here! All the other left side link icons follow the same naming convention. CHome_links_... CHome_links_desat_inactive.png CHome_links_sat_active.png Enjoy! Kermit Woodall Managing Editor GadgetNutz.com This post has been edited by kwoodall: Nov 15 2007, 16:06
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Nov 16 2007, 02:55
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 57 Joined: 3rd August 2007 Member No.: 284,794 Device(s): Shadow, Wing, MDA |
Can you post your changed files? I was messing around changing mine before I saw yours but mine didn't work so well and the green looks good. Also, what program did you use to edit them?
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Nov 16 2007, 14:11
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 7 Joined: 3rd May 2007 From: ChicagoLand Member No.: 252,498 Device(s): Dash-MDA-Shadow |
That looks awesome Kermit!!
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Nov 16 2007, 14:25
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 19,011 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
Just got mine, and figuring stuff out as we speak
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Nov 16 2007, 14:34
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 75 Joined: 22nd July 2006 From: Richmond, VA Member No.: 199,124 Device(s): Cingular 2125, T-Mobile Shadow |
QUOTE(the_matrixx @ Nov 15 2007, 22:55)  Can you post your changed files? I was messing around changing mine before I saw yours but mine didn't work so well and the green looks good. Also, what program did you use to edit them? Nah - I want to encourage other people to check everything out themselves, therefore you'll have to modify your own. I used Photoshop to edit them. I just copied all those files to my hard drive, removed the Read Only flag, figured out I liked them green at a +50 in the hue slider in Photoshop, batch changed them all, then copied them back. The Links (Web) icon I saw how to change it quickly. It's a PNG with an alpha channel so I loaded it, replaced the graphic, and saved it and copied it back. There are two images (unselected and selected) so keep that in mind. Kermit Woodall Managing Editor GadgetNutz.com |
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Nov 16 2007, 17:05
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Diehard  Group: Posters Posts: 304 Joined: 20th November 2005 Member No.: 159,410 Device(s): T-Mobile: Shadow; Dash; SDA |
Did you also change the CommManager screen?
QUOTE(kwoodall @ Nov 16 2007, 06:34) Nah - I want to encourage other people to check everything out themselves, therefore you'll have to modify your own. I used Photoshop to edit them. I just copied all those files to my hard drive, removed the Read Only flag, figured out I liked them green at a +50 in the hue slider in Photoshop, batch changed them all, then copied them back. The Links (Web) icon I saw how to change it quickly. It's a PNG with an alpha channel so I loaded it, replaced the graphic, and saved it and copied it back. There are two images (unselected and selected) so keep that in mind. Kermit Woodall Managing Editor GadgetNutz.com |
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Nov 16 2007, 20:22
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 75 Joined: 22nd July 2006 From: Richmond, VA Member No.: 199,124 Device(s): Cingular 2125, T-Mobile Shadow |
QUOTE(chaznet @ Nov 16 2007, 13:05) Did you also change the CommManager screen? Nope, nor the secondary MyFaves screen. Haven't had time to hunt those down and find them since I just realized they aren't using the generic background like many other areas. Kermit Woodall Managing Editor GadgetNutz.com |
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Nov 18 2007, 05:27
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 57 Joined: 3rd August 2007 Member No.: 284,794 Device(s): Shadow, Wing, MDA |
How did you copy them back. I'm getting can't copy errors on some of them like the wmp files. Everything else I figured out.
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Nov 18 2007, 06:11
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 10 Joined: 20th February 2007 Member No.: 231,626 Device(s): i607 |
I was wondering where can i get themes? I need a theme that has fizzweather on the homescreen. I had a theme but its landscape and doesnt work on the shadow
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Nov 18 2007, 20:31
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 304 Joined: 20th November 2005 Member No.: 159,410 Device(s): T-Mobile: Shadow; Dash; SDA |
Search MoDaCo, or Google 'homescreen fizz weather'. You'll be using the standard homescreen though, not Neo. I like the the new interface enough to give up FizzWeather on my homescreen, but wish it had weather forcasting of some sort. If you don't have Facade, you should purchase it as there are several homescreens created that use FizzWeather: http://forums.sbsh.net/index.php?showforum=57
QUOTE(ExTrEmE @ Nov 17 2007, 22:11) I was wondering where can i get themes? I need a theme that has fizzweather on the homescreen. I had a theme but its landscape and doesnt work on the shadow |
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Nov 19 2007, 17:41
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 145 Joined: 1st April 2005 Member No.: 121,168 |
Looking at \Application Data\Home\cmhome.home.xml, it looks like the NEO home screen comprises of two parts:
- The standard iconbar plug-in with a height of 20: QUOTE <plugin clsid="{837FC251-FE69-43ad-84E0-EBCEDEBA0884}" name="iconbar" height="20"> <iconbar fgcolor="COLOR_TRAYTEXT"/> <background bgimage="\windows\CHome_framework_status_bar_bg.png" halign="center" bgcolor="COLOR_TRAYGRADLEFT" b-border-color="COLOR_WINDOWFRAME"/> </plugin> - The NEO plug-in with a height of 266: QUOTE <plugin clsid="{E9267CAB-02EE-4f37-8216-6BF6A8FF5A71}" name="T-Mobile Homescreen" height="266"> </plugin> I tried to change the height of the neo plug-in but it has no effect. I suspect that you can easily swap out the iconbar plug-in with another plug-in as long as it can fit into the 20 pixel height. I'm looking for per-mailbox notifications, which phone alarm provides I think, and am investigating if I can find a good phone alarm skin to use instead of the standard iconbar. What would be awesome is a 20 pixel high plug-in that can contain other plug-ins and you can switch between them, so one view can be the standard iconbar, another for more system info, and another for weather... Does such a thing exist? |
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Nov 19 2007, 19:37
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 19,011 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
The first one is the bar with the signal meter etc., no?
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Nov 20 2007, 00:51
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 2 Joined: 4th March 2004 Member No.: 35,135 |
QUOTE(kwoodall @ Nov 14 2007, 20:12) Unless I overlooked something, these are the files you need to alter in order to change the background of the new Neo interface. These files are kept in the Windows directory on your phone. These include all the Neo backgrounds and thematically similar backgrounds for the rest of Windows Mobile. I deliberately left out the landscape versions of the screens since there's little likelyhood you'd need them, but if you want, change those too. BackgroundImage_Port.bmp CHome_framework_TextGlow_p.png CHome_framework_background_p.png CHome_framework_glass_p.png CHome_framework_status_bar_bg.png CHome_framework_textpanel_NoNPI_p.png CHome_framework_textpanel_p.png Chome_Start_background.jpg DeviceLockBG.bmp PhoneBKI1_Port.jpg PhoneBKI2_Port.jpg T-MobileBasicBrown.jpg _BackgroundImage_Port.bmp _PhoneBKI1_Port.jpg _PhoneBKI2_Port.jpg wmp_Camel_disabled.png wmp_Camel_ocx.png wmp_Camel_player_240x320.png wmp_Camel_pushed.png These links can be used to change the T-Mobile Hotspot icon to whatever you want it to be. I changed mine to an Internet Explorer icon. At least until I can figure out how to make Opera Mini launch from here! All the other left side link icons follow the same naming convention. CHome_links_... CHome_links_desat_inactive.png CHome_links_sat_active.png Enjoy! Kermit Woodall Managing Editor GadgetNutz.com I don't see how you changed those files? They reside in the \windows directory and are part of the ROM which means upon reboot they are over written with the originals. Can you elaborate how you did this? |
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Nov 20 2007, 01:26
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 57 Joined: 3rd August 2007 Member No.: 284,794 Device(s): Shadow, Wing, MDA |
QUOTE(tlench @ Nov 19 2007, 18:51) I don't see how you changed those files? They reside in the \windows directory and are part of the ROM which means upon reboot they are over written with the originals. Can you elaborate how you did this? I had a problem to but then I created a cab file to install all of them. No problem since doing that. |
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Nov 20 2007, 04:08
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 145 Joined: 1st April 2005 Member No.: 121,168 |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ Nov 19 2007, 15:37) The first one is the bar with the signal meter etc., no? Yes. I suppose one can try using phonealarm to recreate that bar. |
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Nov 20 2007, 11:17
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 19,011 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
I just copied them straight over via ActiveSync.
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Nov 23 2007, 09:52
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Enthusiast  Group: Posters Posts: 167 Joined: 23rd November 2007 Member No.: 325,095 Device(s): T-Mobile Shadow |
I can't take off the "read only" setting on a lot of the files, and therefore can't copy them back into the Windows folder.. any ideas?
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Nov 23 2007, 09:53
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 19,011 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
I just copied mine straight over from the PC, overwriting when prompted, no changing of attributes required?
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Nov 23 2007, 09:58
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Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 167 Joined: 23rd November 2007 Member No.: 325,095 Device(s): T-Mobile Shadow |
It allows me to overwrite some of the files, but on others is says I don't have permission to do so.
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Nov 23 2007, 14:12
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 75 Joined: 22nd July 2006 From: Richmond, VA Member No.: 199,124 Device(s): Cingular 2125, T-Mobile Shadow |
QUOTE(trickinit @ Nov 23 2007, 05:58) It allows me to overwrite some of the files, but on others is says I don't have permission to do so. Mebbe you need to appunlock your device? Have you done this? If you don't know what I mean, head over to Paul's post here about changing the Neo home screen and such where he also includes the app that can appunlock your Shadow. Kermit Woodall Managing Editor GadgetNutz.com |
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