Is there any way to change an icon in PPC2003 mobile?
Specifically, I use the program Battery Pack 2004 (v5.3) which comes with the Today screen plugin "Program Bar". This lets you setup shortcuts and place them on an MS Office like bar on the today screen. but many of the icons are generic and confusing and I'd like to change them. For example, if I add a link/shortcut to a folder called "Utilities", the link/shortcut shows up as a folder icon. If I place several different similar links next to each other, they all look the same. I'd like to change the icon to something meaningfulld, like a folder with a bit U on it ....
Any ideas?
create or copy any desired icon file into this folder and name it "icon.lnk"
Biso007 said:
create or copy any desired icon file into this folder and name it "icon.lnk"
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Thanks, I'll give that a wirl....
Created an Icon, copied it to the Windows\Startmenu\Util directory and renamed it icon.lnk.
Notta. ??
There are icon creation programs out there as I remember trialing one for a while. Wasn't freeware and din't end up buying it. Don't remember the name but I downloaded from handango.
If you wanted to change the icon I presume you would also need to creat a shortcut link the exe file you want to execute?
Ed
edcap,
I have an Icon creator, editor. In fact, I have the icon I want to use. But the question I have is how do I get it to show up on PPC2003? Specifically, how do I make it be the icon for a folder I have created?
Thanks in advance...
Help??? :?:
Ive been searching for it, but never found how to change the icons nor manual or with any program. I don´t think it´s possible to change the icons on WM2003.
Thanks, but it HAS to be possible. :wink:
We have 2 remote control rovers driving around on Mars right now taking pictures, drilling into rocks and digging holes in the red sand. We MUST be able to change an icon in my PDA?? :shock:
ccarrara said:
Thanks, but it HAS to be possible.
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Yes, it is. But it's not really simple, and I don't know the whole story, so this is more of a hint to get you started, not a complete solution.
Look at the "Games" folder in your start menu for an example. It has a different icon. So, if you look into the actual Games folder, there is a file called icon.lnk. This is NOT the actual icon, but a link (sic!) that points to an icon resource inside the ceshell.dll.
I did not try, but it may suffice to have that link point to an icon file (whatever that format is). Also, make sure you get the number in front of the # sign in the icon.lnk file right.
If all else fails, create a DLL that contains your icons as resources (you'll need a resource editor for that - Visual Studio has one, for example, but there are others), and have the icon.lnk point to an icon resource inside that DLL, similar to how the Games folder icon works.
Cheers
Daniel
Search the net for this sollusion, described by tadzio above. I know there even is programs for changing foldericons. Altough, there is no program for changing program icons yet..
And ive found no sollusion to this, anywhere...
Happy hunting, if you find anything. Please let us know!
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Hey fellas.
I am sure it's been discussed before and my searches to find something fruitful have been met with limited success:
I am looking for a way (if possible) to skin my comm manager. I have the 6 Button lateral one from Custel's V1.1 and not the 8 or 10 button manager.
Any idea's?
You should find one in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=316107
I'm using the HTC Kaiser Comm Manager Fixed.
I see the comm managers but I am trying to find a way to skin my current one. Is there a way to editthe skin on my device? Where are the skins for the comm manager kept at on the device?
All of the graphics for the Comm manager exist in windows\
If you find those files and edit/replace them, you can change the whole way comm manager works.
Problem is, every button is its own image and each has 3+ states (on, off, disabled, or other options). On the 10 button comm manager, that means there are 80+ files to edit.
Thanks Dishe.
Looks like I have a lot of cutting & pasting...
Update:
For anyone looking, on my Alltel PPC6800 I found the files to edit in the \windows dir. The backgrounds are the P_BG & L_BG (portrait & landscape). The status icons are labeled as Status_Off & Status_On.
xweaponx said:
Thanks Dishe.
Looks like I have a lot of cutting & pasting...
Update:
For anyone looking, on my Alltel PPC6800 I found the files to edit in the \windows dir. The backgrounds are the P_BG & L_BG (portrait & landscape). The status icons are labeled as Status_Off & Status_On.
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What someone should do (I'd do it if I had the time!) is create a photoshop .psd file with all of these graphics assembled as slices. Then we can change the background color, etc. and export them as individual files without having to manually edit each one.
In the mean time, the long way is the only way...
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What someone should do (I'd do it if I had the time!) is create a photoshop .psd file with all of these graphics assembled as slices. Then we can change the background color, etc. and export them as individual files without having to manually edit each one.
In the mean time, the long way is the only way...
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i just got done getting all the files on to my card... and now on my computer.. should i make a PSD or just zip it and then people can do w/e they would like?
i have all the PNG files in the windows dir.
I am trying to do what you are but I posted a thread about the access rights of the files for being able to replace them... are you not running into the same problem?
It wouldnt let me modify them at first but once I copied them to my computer, clicked on properties and removed the read-only, all was well. After amendment, they copied over the original on my device with no problems...
Oh wow I will give that a shot... thank you!
I am not sure how that would work though, seeing that the files on the device would still be read-only and shouldn't be allowed to copy over. When I changed the settings in TC it didn't save them either...
Nvm I figured it out! Thx
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Oh wow I will give that a shot... thank you!
I am not sure how that would work though, seeing that the files on the device would still be read-only and shouldn't be allowed to copy over. When I changed the settings in TC it didn't save them either...
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Honestly, I'm planning on replacing them on the ROM-level, and flashing a new custom rom with my new files.
dc13 said:
i just got done getting all the files on to my card... and now on my computer.. should i make a PSD or just zip it and then people can do w/e they would like?
i have all the PNG files in the windows dir.
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dc13, getting the files are not a big deal... I have a decomposed ROM image on my computer with all the files that go inside it, so I didn't even need to look on the PPC. I just viewed all files by thumbnail, and grabbed the 80+ files that looked like they belong to the comm manager. BTW, not every .png is for the CM. Some of them can be HTC Home, or the Dialer, etc...
I would have put them up if people were actually having a hard time getting them. The problem is changing them in a uniform fashion!
For example, if you're familiar with photoshop, and you want to change the gradient background to be, say, red and black instead of grey and black, you'll need to create a full sized gradient background that starts from the bottom of the screen and goes to the top (just like the current background image which starts at the bottom as a darker color and ends as a lighter gray on the top), and then make sure somehow that every icon has the appropriate part of the background appearing behind it in the png. This is very time-consuming to do to 80 files.
However, if you had the time and knowledge of Photoshop and ImageReady slices, you could create ONE .psd file that contained all the .pngs arranged in their proper places. Then, change the background of this larger picture, and do whatever you need to do with the icons (which would have to be arranged as layers), then you click to save it, you can have it automatically split it into all the slices needed as individual .png files.
Once this is set up, skinning the comm manager will take a matter of minutes. The problem is that this is probably 2-4 hours worth of work to set up, and I personally don't have the time to dedicate to it right now, especially since its not a paying gig.
I put together a quick guide to creating a Today, Slide2Unlock, Startup, Dialer and Commanager theme. It's in the Hacking & Modifying section of the forum...
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I put together a quick guide to creating a Today, Slide2Unlock, Startup, Dialer and Commanager theme. It's in the Hacking & Modifying section of the forum...
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I couldn't find your thread, could you provide a link?
thnx
Raudel
It's not that difficult to create a commanager skin, but it does take time to make it look good.
I currently have skinned my commager. I am using the commanager that poorlyduck uses in his theme package but mine has a new vista look.
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It's not that difficult to create a commanager skin, but it does take time to make it look good.
I currently have skinned my commager. I am using the commanager that poorlyduck uses in his theme package but mine has a new vista look.
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You wouldn't possibly want to share that skin would you, looks great and would go good with my wisbar theme.
Hi, can I put internet shortcuts for webs in main menu, in windows mobile 6.5? I have tried to make it and I can't.
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Hi, can I put internet shortcuts for webs in main menu, in windows mobile 6.5? I have tried to make it and I can't.
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If you create a shortcut (for anything) you can place it directly in the ..\windows\Start Menu\Programs ( also add \Sub-Folder of choice as desired)
Here is an example View attachment 298575 (unzip and copy to ..\windows\Start Menu) which starts IE and opens the BBC web site. The syntax of the shortcut is simply
Code:
:MSPIE www.bbc.co.uk
It will then appear in your Start Menu screen in the appropriate location.
You can easily duplicate an existing one and then alter the argument to the desired web address.
Position of icons within the Start Menu is controlled within the Registry and can be amended by tweaking.
Thanks, but it opens internet explorer and i prefer open Opera mobile, is it posible?
languedoc said:
Thanks, but it opens internet explorer and i prefer open Opera mobile, is it posible?
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Please, anyone?
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Please, anyone?
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Hi, you simply need to replace the :MSPIE in the shortcut with the equivalent call for Opera...
It will be something like
:OPERA www.bbc.co.uk
I don't have opera installed just now so can't immediately check - have a look in the \windows directory (or it may be under Programs) - find the Opera executable and it expect it is something straightforward like Opera.exe - un which case the above will likely work. If it is somthing a bit different, edit accordingly.
Sorry can't be definitive, but should be failry easy to sort.
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Hi, you simply need to replace the :MSPIE in the shortcut with the equivalent call for Opera...
It will be something like
:OPERA www.bbc.co.uk
I don't have opera installed just now so can't immediately check - have a look in the \windows directory (or it may be under Programs) - find the Opera executable and it expect it is something straightforward like Opera.exe - un which case the above will likely work. If it is somthing a bit different, edit accordingly.
Sorry can't be definitive, but should be failry easy to sort.
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Thanks!!!!
Change shortcircut icon?
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Following the same way, now we have the shortcircut. (Thanks a lot ) The next xtep would be changing the ugly standard icon by a new one related with the web page that we want to open... any idea about how to?...
Thanks again!
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Following the same way, now we have the shortcircut. (Thanks a lot ) The next xtep would be changing the ugly standard icon by a new one related with the web page that we want to open... any idea about how to?...
Thanks again!
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Yes that can also be done. You have to spcify the location of the required icon as part of the Shortcut.
You need to add an extra section to the Shortcut in the form:
\DirectoryLocation\File.xxx,-nn
Typically you already have a file, be it an .exe or .dll which contains the required icon. Replace File.xxx with the required filename. The-nn specifies the location of the icon in the file, eg. -16
The easiest way to do this is use a dedicated app like SK Shortcuts Manager which can look inside and identify the icons and automatically create the shortcut with the correct syntax.
Pere said:
Following the same way, now we have the shortcircut. (Thanks a lot ) The next xtep would be changing the ugly standard icon by a new one related with the web page that we want to open... any idea about how to?...
Thanks again!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567080
Hi I have a need to create a shortcut for windows mobile internet explorer that contains a "?" character in the url. When I include that character in the url string it is truncated at that point.
Example:
Code:
56#:MSPIE https://www .somedomain.com/indexapi.php?key=value
When the url reaches the internet exporer address bar it is only "https://www .somedomain.com/indexapi.php". The key and value are parsed out by the operating system I suppose. I tried using the ascii hex equivalent "%3F" instead and the internet explorer got the full url, but the apache server on the other end did not know what to do with the "%3f". Does anyone know a work around? I need the key and value as login credentials to the web site.
Hey guys,
I have the HD2, 172 WWE ROM.
I tried using HDWall app to create new slider icons. Nothing worked.
Does nayone have an app that can create slider?
If not, who wants to make one for me? I can give you all the icons, you create a cab?
I am pretty desperate as I have a couple I want to make that I love.
Thanks to any volunteers or helpers.
You can use a program called CFC_GUI to view and edit any manila graphic.
Thanks for responding.
I downloaded this but couldn't get it to work.
I selected the slider icon I wanted to change (to test) and selected replace with, the click on the icon I want. It runs through (stops sense) and just says 'fail'.
Also, I thought the slider icons were 64x64, and the larger icons 128 x 128.
This app shows them as 256 x 256.
Do you know what the correct size is for the sliders and the larger ones?
Well you will first want to make a folder some where. Connect your phone and put it into sync. From there open CFC_GUI >Device>Import from device. This will import your manila graphic files. Now you will want to go through these files and find all the files that pertain to the slider icons, quick hint there are a lot of them. Depending on the ROM there can be anything from 3 to 4 of them for each tab. Most will range in 64 while one will be 256. The 64's are for the actual tabs and also the customization setup pictures(for selecting the order of the tabs) in settings for the phone. While the 256 is for the big main graphic that is centered in the phones screen when it's slide over or selected. You will have to do more then just replace the files. When you select each file you want "save as" this while save it to the folder you open CFC_GUI for the first time. Once you have the actual images saved as a pngs you can then bring these files into a photo editing program. You will find that the size of the picture is not the actual size of the graphic.....sure it might be 64x64 but the actual graphic will be a bit smaller and is usually a bit off center and to the top left. So you take the picture you want (hint use pngs since most don't have backgrounds) to replace it with and paste it over the other picture as a layer. Adjust the picture until it's perfectly over the original layer under it. Once you get it right you can delete the original layer leaving your new graphic. Save the image ,possibly to a new folder but with the same original name. The next time you open CFC_GUI it will open the original files you don't have to plug the phone in yet, the program creates it's own folder and saves the files from when you imported them. Go through and replace the files you want , won't be hard if you keep the original file name when you saved your edited version. Once you replace them all you can close the program. Turn on the phone go to settings and turn off Sense. This option can be skipped because the program should turn off Sense when you go to export but some times it doesn't and messes up. Once synced open CFC_GUI recheck your work then go to
Device>export to device.
Unplug the phone turn Sense back on and they should be there.
Man I don't think I have ever had to write this much directions for this so be thankful I felt like being long winded tonight hope it helps.
Donation to you if you create slider icons set.
Wil,
I sincerely appreciate your reply. I have given it a go and read through your instructions many, many times.
Honestly, this is too hard for a novice like. I don't even know how to use photoshop properly.
I am willing to offer a donation to anyone who is willing to create a slider icon set for me.
I have all the icons, just need someone with the experience.
Anyone? Wil, can you?
Photoshop is not that hard. Just save the graphics like I said earlier. Bring the image into photoshop. Bring the image you want into photoshop. Go Select>all. Edit>copy. Go back to the original file. Edit>paste. It should paste it to a new layer all by itself. If the picture is a bit big or small you should be able to drag it to fit. You can also adjust the ocupancy down a bit to be able to see through it while you adjust. If your confused about the whole layer thing do a video search for Working with Photoshop Layers. There are plenty of them out there. It's a basic if you want to use photoshop the right way.
This should be in the Theme part but try to find the some threats of Dinik. He's a great designer and made even some easy walk throughs about how to make icons and how to replace them on your HD2
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Dinik Creations
When you look in the threats posted you find easy replacing tools
Stuck on final step.
Hi Wil,
Firstly, sorry for the very late reply. I have been working away collecting the icons I like, and trying to use Photoshop. I have finally figured it out.
I am stuck on the final step I think.
I have created all the icons correcty (to the top and right) based on the layering method you mentioned. Should be fine.
I have then used CFC to 'import' the png's. No problem.
I use CFC to browse the files and I can see the new icons I have imported.
What do I do now?
The files do show up in CFC, but not as slider icons in manila. Whats the final step?
Thank you in advance.
These are the manila fiels names from what I have researched. Please let me know if this is wrong.
Home
299c5eF5_manila (slide)
75499aa8_manila (big icon)
People
4f1d31ce_manila (slide)
1d7b29c4_manila (big icon)
Messages
76c3b921_manila (slide)
278db717_manila (big icon)
Mail
33afebf1_manila (slide)
2577a407_manila (big icon)
Internet
04abcd12_manila (slide)
4fca8b48_manila (big icon)
Calendar
4b721343_manila (slide)
613b21b9_manila (big icon)
Stocks
17ef70ed_manila (slide)
17ac5803_manila (big icon)
Photos
5631ec52_manila (slide)
3ca89548_manila (big icon)
Music
609e396a_manila (slide)
472f33c0_manila (big icon)
Weather
056fac59_manila (slide)
042e5baf_manila (big icon)
Twitter
2077631c_manila (slide)
7ffecf32_manila (big icon)
Footprints
28601361_manila (slide)
6f24d697_manila (big icon)
Settings
7aeB367a_manila (slide)
5389eeb0_manila (big icon)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=503511
i dont know it works for HD2 but i think it will
Thanks Veldmuus. I tried that previously, didn't work. It has completely different file names.
I tried 'export to device. Sense did stop (I saw it stop on my phone) did the export, then restarted sense.
For each fil that it was supposed to export, I just got the error 'fail'. No other info.
Any help?
Hello everyone,
I can see many custom icon sets out here, but after some downloads, I realised I would like to create my own icon set, to satisfy my creative needs
The question is: Is there somewhere any kind of application (on PC or PPC) that enables you to replace stock icons on their respected locatons
I'll make myself more clear... Let's say I would like to change my Start menu icons (folders, apps,...) I do know that you can do this with some apps already available on the WM 6.5 platform, but only individually. What I'm searching for, is an app that manages to replace the icons with my own, importing (replacing) them on their locations (for example it will find the icon "Comm Manager" under Start Menu>Settings>Connections>Comm Manager.lnk) In this approach you could make one personalized icon set and use it repeatedly even after a new ROM arrives all in one sweep.
I understand that all aplications are packed in .cab files. So perhaps there is one desktop app, that manages to link my .png/.ico files to the appropriate files, converts that to a .cab and after copying to the storage, that cab after execution would replace/overwrite all the icons.
Hope it's understandable. Sorry, english is not my native language.
If this was asked/commented before, I apologise for bringing that up again...
See you all
there is nothing to do exactly what you want.
however, if you use jwmd and change them 1 by 1, you can save as a "theme" and then import it after you flash a new rom and get the same icons back.
jsmccabe78 said:
there is nothing to do exactly what you want.
however, if you use jwmd and change them 1 by 1, you can save as a "theme" and then import it after you flash a new rom and get the same icons back.
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Great app, this will do, thanks! Downloading now, will try it out
Hi! I'm new into creating themes, and I'm looking for a tool that could make it easier. I know how to extract .apk, how to replace images, modify .xmls, but often I don't know what an image is for. Let's say im modding SystemUI and I want to change background of my notification bar. The only thing I know is that inside drawables folder I have to look for something named notification_bar.png, something like that. I was looking for an app that could tell me how an image inside an app is called in code ( example: I'm inside calculator app, I press on background and the app says that file is called background.png and is inside drawables-xxhdpi). I tried Android Studio --> Layout Inspector, but it didn't help me at all because, well, I just don't understand it.
Of course, while modifying SystemUI I can look for explaination of certain pngs on the internet, but
-not every SystemUI is the same
- if I want to change drawables of an app that doesn't have specific explaination I have to know how to identify drawables.
It must be possible somehow, because I've run into some themes that modify external apps (like WhatsApp, SuperSU etc.)
Those ppl had to know what certain .png is for, the question is: How?
I don't believe they just had to sit there and try every possible combination.
Also, inside SystemUI there's A LOT of files that are never used, and their names can be misleading.
Is there any way to identify drawable inside running app easily? Without digging in code and guessing?
Thanks in advance for any answer
I tried to analyze Mms.apk (it's system app). I was looking for a drawable representing default contact icon, here called ic_contact_picture.png .
I actually managed to find a proper layer in Layout Inspector(ConversationListItem.xml), analyzed it and found a code referring to table "id" in resources.arsc . The object the id referred to was called "avatar". And that's it. I couldn't find id(I got it from resources.arsc/drawables) of ic_contact_picture.png anywhere in that layout. There was only id referring to "id/avatar". It doesn't make any sense.
How do I find drawables using Layout Inspector or any other tool?
It was easier when it came to text. I also found an id referring to resources.arsc/id, but that id was included in the layer I was looking at (ConversationListItem.xml).
But I still wasn't able to perform any action on that text, because there wasn't any setting like text color or anything, there was just a line android:textAppearance="@attr/0x1010041"
It is an attrib from framework-res.apk, but when I opened framework-res.apk and found that attrib there was no reference to anything like color, font, so there was nothing I could really do.
Can someone help me with those 2 problems?