Skinning non-standard screens

[Guest midnight]

Advanced Skins

It is possible to change the look of the phone beyond the standard homescreen by doing a few little reg tweaks, example......

note: the xbox skin is used a demonstration, and i would now like to credit jay-z2k for this skin (something microsoft forgot to do at a recent demonstration).

all modifications are made by myself, and none of these screens will be given to anyone without the permission of jay-z2k (although, to be honest, i'd prefer him to make the screens himself :wink: )

WARNING: The files MUST be on the phone, NOT the SD card.

Here is a zip containing Photoshop templates for each of these screens.

The Text on these templates is automatically placed by the app, and so you do not put this text on yourself.

The size of the images is always 176 x 180, however, it appears to work for smaller images as they appear to be aligned bottom right on the screen.

The Error, Exclamation. Info and Question dialogs appear to be basically the same, and consist of a title and information. It is best to make sure that the lower part of the display is kept as clear as possible as text may fill the whole of this area depending on the appliction.

Lets edit the registry...

Open up PHM Regedit and change the following values...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Shell/Rai

and one of the following:

:Callalert (used for incoming calls)

:ErrorBox (used for error messages)

:ExclamationBox (warning messages)

:InformationBox (information screens)

:QuestionBox (when a question is asked)

:VolDlg (for the volume control)

select 'Values'

select 'BKBitmapFile'

and change the path to that of your image (eg. IPSMvolume.gif)

If you wish to change the logos for dialing and in-call (normally says 'orange') then look at: http://www.modaco.com/viewtopic.php?t=7145

If you want to change skins at any time you may want to reset these values back to the original default screens, these are:

:Callalert windowscall.gif

:ErrorBox windowsyell.gif

:ExclamationBox windowsyell.gif

:InformationBox windowsinfo.gif

:QuestionBox windowsques.gif

:VolDlg windowsvolume.gif

and thats all there is to it, have fun.

[Guest Richie M]

You astound us again oh great Midnight :)

8) nice one m8

[Guest Paul [MVP]]

YEP!! Great work midnight!

(saying SmartPhone 2002 instead of Orange)...

Any chance of posting the logo?

[Guest yatpeak]

This looks amazing! Now I'd better go off and download the registry editor! (If only I wasn't at school :) )

Thanks,

Wyatt