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[Henry_i900]

PaSSoA, on Oct 4 2008, 21:13, said:

Make sure you deactivate the today screen first by unticking it in the Today settings, then give it a go, resco also warned me about overwriting but I just confirm.

Massive Attack said:

launch your task manager and make sure that your "main menu" application is not running

Doesn't work. My today is clean, nothing is marked in Settings, I made soft reset, checked Task manager and made End all tasks, but all the time the same message "Cannot copy file Launcher.exe.T1.skin. The file already exist". I remade it with ResHacker one more time, because the first time it was 2616kB (the original about 1990kB), the new one is 1615kB. But anyway I can't copy it.

I think this Launcher.exe.T1.skin is run from Launcher.exe, but there is no string in *.exe with link to *.skin .
DO you have any idea?

Edited by Henry_i900, 05 October 2008 - 04:42 AM.

[Motofone]

Henry_i900, on Oct 5 2008, 05:00, said:

Doesn't work. My today is clean, nothing is marked in Settings, I made soft reset, checked Task manager and made End all tasks, but all the time the same message "Cannot copy file Launcher.exe.T1.skin. The file already exist". I remade it with ResHacker one more time, because the first time it was 2616kB (the original about 1990kB), the new one is 1615kB. But anyway I can't copy it.

I think this Launcher.exe.T1.skin is run from Launcher.exe, but there is no string in *.exe with link to *.skin .
DO you have any idea?

What can be critical with some of these roote files is that you have to retain exactly the same size for them to be reloaded...It is a way of safe guarding against modification.
Maybe wrong in this case but have found in some cases before....

[PaSSoA]

Yup, but even then, if you're using resco or totalcmd, you should be able to overwrite files even if they are stored in the ROM. There'll just be a warning... not too sure why it doesn't work for you.

Where did you store your modified Launcher.exe.T1.skin?

[Henry_i900]

PaSSoA, on Oct 5 2008, 08:31, said:

Yup, but even then, if you're using resco or totalcmd, you should be able to overwrite files even if they are stored in the ROM. There'll just be a warning... not too sure why it doesn't work for you.

Where did you store your modified Launcher.exe.T1.skin?

I tried change some settings in Resco, but it doesn't give anything. I changed Launcher.exe.T1.skin, wrote it back to Omnia to /MyStorage/Henry (it's the Directory I use for my files), changed (marked) Hidden and System (to make it igual to original), because after ResHack the file is completely open, then copy it, go to MyDevice/Windows and try to Paste it with Menu or holding on screen. I tryed first delete original, I can't, I tryed change Properties of original, I can't, I tryed Copy new file with the same Properties (hidden, system) or unmarked them, Nothing. Tryed to use original File Explorer, it say that he can't copy.
I will try the adwise of Motofone, to give the same size, the problem is that I changed Bitmaps and the new had the same size that originals, but output file was about 300kB more. It needs some work.
Thank you a lot for your participation, maybe there are some settings in Resco that I haven't done?

[Henry_i900]

I did it!!!!
With Totalcmd without any problem, without questions about if I am sure, without unmarking Today tabs, without thinking about size!!!!!
Thanks!!!!!!

If someone is interesting in result here it is (it's just my first expirience)

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Edited by Henry_i900, 06 October 2008 - 03:08 AM.

[1Mack]

This looks absolutley wonderful man    . A step by step guide would be nice

[PaSSoA]

Henry_i900, on Oct 6 2008, 03:30, said:

I did it!!!!
With Totalcmd without any problem, without questions about if I am sure, without unmarking Today tabs, without thinking about size!!!!!
Thanks!!!!!!

If someone is interesting in result here it is (it's just my first expirience)

Congrats on that, looks great! I'm sure now you'll try changing the icons too Like it's been mentioned before, only problem now is a way to change the font colours...

[Motofone]

Henry_i900, on Oct 5 2008, 20:30, said:

I did it!!!!
With Totalcmd without any problem, without questions about if I am sure, without unmarking Today tabs, without thinking about size!!!!!
Thanks!!!!!!

If someone is interesting in result here it is (it's just my first expirience)

Awesome Henry_i900. Great piece of work.

Like said above all we need now is the white fonts and bingo!

[Henry_i900]

Thank you.




It’s really necessary to find the way to change the fonts, and back of settings and programs, and it will be great!!!



I found the way to change the icons with ResHack. All you need, is (with Launcher.exe.T1.skin) Save [PNG] resources, it will give you a lot of files *.bin (for every icon 1 file of course), just change bin to png, and you can edit it (I did it with Firework), then save as png, and change (rename) png to bin. That’s all, then only Replace every old file with new one like Bitmaps and you have yours personal Icons.

I didn’t do that only I didn’t have enough of time (and I like this standards icons), but it works, sure.

I think it could be looking nice to put a text inside icon, with small image. This will not resolve the problem of fonts, but this way we can have white text on black ground.

I will try later, I’m suck with painting so I need to find small icons first.



1Mack, it’s not difficult to make this changes,

All you need is ResHack, it’s very very easy to use program, you will see

all explain here (it’s link posted in this forum)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424349


You made Save all Resources (or put the coursor on Bitmaps and you can save only Bitmap resourcers), then open the file, made what you want and in program you have option Replace, that’s all!!!

I’ve just changed all images I found in Bitmaps, to have this black theme.

You can do the same with png (icons).

Then you save the file.

I copy this file to phone, then with TotalCmd I change the properties (unmark Archive and mark ReadOnly, Sistem and Hidden), maybe it’s not necessary, but I do it.

Yes, I experimented with different size of this file, it’s OK, no problem, the biggest I have is 2.5 MB and it’s going to ROM successfully.

Then I copy it back to Windows directory with Totalcmd (I passed 2 days trying do that with Resco), other people copy it with Resco without problems, but I can’t.

I copy it without any changing in Settings/Today, with TotalCmd it’s OK.

Than just press your MainMenu, he will ask you about running unknown program, press yes, and see the result.



I will try to change later the icons and see how does it look with text inside.



Good luck!!!!!

Edited by Henry_i900, 07 October 2008 - 05:07 AM.

[1Mack]

Henry_i900 How did you get the bar to shade that way when pressed? I am having problems with it. I am trying to go black and gray. Do you know where to find the icon font color?

[Ashy87]

spotted this while browsing, i think the menu looks simple but effective. anyone any ideas where its from? looks like someone got the white font too!

images are a little poor but you can see the idea
i understand the theme is called "soloblack" which i have and looks good and the today screen seems to be the "black one mentioned earlier in this thread but the menu is still white and not like in the photos here:

http://www.freeimage...?958bfa095c.png
http://www.freeimage...?55b6c387ec.png
http://www.freeimage...?ddd2c82a3c.png

source: http://mysamsungomni...ia-h3-firmware/

apologies if this is a silly, already answered, question.  

[PaSSoA]

Looks good, I'm particularly interested in the main menu with the white fonts, should be a new Launcher.exe.T1.skin to match the secstresBlack96.dll Today 2 screen.

If anyone has flashed HI3, could you see if you have other .skin files in the \Windows\ folders.

[Massive Attack]

i doubt if its in the skin file, since the skin file is a resource file, mostly image files, the font color can be in an EXE or in the registry.

[PaSSoA]

Hopefully we can get our hands on that black icons/white font version and make comparisons, even if the fonts are not editable, with the different versions either way blank or white fonts should be sufficient.

[Ashy87]

Henry_i900, on Oct 7 2008, 06:01, said:

Than just press your MainMenu, he will ask you about running unknown program, press yes, and see the result.

is it normal (and unavoidable) for this warning to come up every time after a reboot/soft reset? (1st time i access main menu)

[PaSSoA]

Yes, just the first time it runs.

[Henry_i900]

Ashy87, on Oct 7 2008, 16:16, said:

is it normal (and unavoidable) for this warning to come up every time after a reboot/soft reset? (1st time i access main menu)

I have it only the first time I run it. After soft reset it doesn't come up. But I thinl if even after soft reset you need to afirm it once, it's not a problem.

[Henry_i900]

1Mack, on Oct 7 2008, 08:31, said:

Henry_i900 How did you get the bar to shade that way when pressed? I am having problems with it. I am trying to go black and gray. Do you know where to find the icon font color?

Icon font it's our big problem. Maybe it's possible to combine files from another skin like in fotos Ashy87, but it's a skin from ROM, I think; first we need this ROM.

About shade: it's easy:
You have Bitmaps of bar 190 (Portret) and 191 (landscape), and then pressed bars in 500-505, that you make different (but this part you did, I think).
I made the color with Fireworks, (f... I have it in French)... I'll try to explain, sorry english isn't my best language... in french it calls Outil (Pot de pinture) Dégradé, it's for full the form with color, but you chose not simple color but (with window colors) the color that go from black to white, then just make changes of this  painting (you can move it and change the form), so you put it the way you want inside this bar. This outils exists in all edotors, I work with Macromedia and have it also in Flash. PainrShop sur have it.
Sorry man, explained haw it's possible at 1.30 am
Just copy this bar and make the changes, it's easier


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[Reuben (MY)]

wow i never know the top icon on samsung today 2 can be scrolled left-right how dumb i was

i used to love my old spb theme, until i found something totally black here. thanks guys.


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[panateo]

Hi,

This is my actual launcher screen:

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This is the first version, still working on it..

Hope you like it!

Cheers!
T.