where can I get default wm2003 se phone skin, or how to revert my current (O2) phone skin to default one?
I presume you mean the dialler skin, and you can get lots of different ones here (including the original ones): http://www.yorch.net/skins2.htm
Also download this program to change the skin (it says XDA, but I assure you it works fine with WM 2003 SE as all it's basically doing is replacing certain .gif files in the windows directory.
So you could just copy the contents of one of the .zip files from the top listed site in the \windows folder.
But using this program means you can change skins quickly, easily and as many times as you want.
Just don't forget to soft reset after changing the skin.
that's not wm2003se default dialer skin...
http://www.ppc-welt.info/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=8744
This is the Original.
Webspider said:
I presume you mean the dialler skin, and you can get lots of different ones here (including the original ones): http://www.yorch.net/skins2.htm
Also download this program to change the skin (it says XDA, but I assure you it works fine with WM 2003 SE as all it's basically doing is replacing certain .gif files in the windows directory.
So you could just copy the contents of one of the .zip files from the top listed site in the \windows folder.
But using this program means you can change skins quickly, easily and as many times as you want.
Just don't forget to soft reset after changing the skin.
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The program above DOES NOT work on my PDA2k with WM 2003 SE! Also is was a bit difficult to fully remove.
I've got some on my site too.
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During my quest to get rid of german software and get normal english, i have flashed my system like a million times,
then i got an 02 boot image
then a I-mate
then t-mobile
so its possible to change this image to your willing i guess
anyonen figured out what cab file in extended rom holds this image
maybe we can raw hack it
update
if you got an imate
its
Default_Imate.CAB
there are 2 files
0Splash1.005
0Splash2.004
if you run this cab, it will only edit the boot screens, so it turns into i-mate
i dont know how to edit these 2 files yet
they arent any format i know
hexedit read doesnt discover anything
any help here?
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its a raw format
trying a picture in a bit
got a strange picture now
but he its working great
no hard reset needed or anything
still need to get the format right!
then we can all change our boot screen
When it extracts, it creates a files with a .nb extension i believe. I ran the CAB just for fun and cancelled it halfway through. Upon soft reboot, the top part of the "i-mate" logo was missing (as if just cut horizontally). Re-ran the cab, this time it worked fine.
Are these similar to the screens on the original XDA?
ladies and gentleman
You can now change your bootimages to your liking
*** link has been removed, the file is on page 2 ***
This prehistoric way will change
the boot pictures of your xda2
But it works
boot sequence has 2 pictures
1 will be at startup
and the next wil follow after 2 seconds
so you can make something nice
I included 2 working images, so you can test it you like.
Its supposed to be jennifer lopez and second image is matrix revolutions
step by step
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1. open a drawing program and maken 2 pictures
make sure they are saved in 320 height and 240
width. save them as normal BMP or JPG as you like
name them Splash1 and Splash2
2. acdsee 6.0 is required and easiest for this
open it and convert the pictures to
RSB RED STORM FILE FORMAT
setting for me where : use a specific resolution 64 megapixel
anti aliashing off
3. when its done rename the extensions to .NB
4.copy the cab file on your phone
and copy the Splash1.nb and Splash2.nb
in your windows folder
5.now run the CAB file
done
you can delete the 2 files Splash1.nc and Splash2.nc from your
windows map
basic
but works
**sometimes the image doesnt fit properly, i think the width must be adjusted.
will look into that later
Akira
akira, you are the man!
-arebelspy
Maybe you could have the cab file (at the end of its running) delete Splash1.nc and Splash2.nc for us?
-arebelspy
You can use WinCE CAB Manager (http://www.ocpsoftware.com/) to edit the CAB file to include the nb files.
Bam, I got matrix code as my bootup image.
-arebelspy
i was very tired yesterday and it was getting late, so i finished it quickly so other could try.
that cab thing is good, ill try this weekend to make something more handy
the file displacement is maybe because the file has to be exactly as big as the original. try that this weekend to..
IMO, keep the cab how it is. If you make the .nb files inside the cab, you'd have to download a new cab file every time you wanted to change the image, etc. It'd be a lot harder for people to change the startup images, how it is now works good, if it would just delete the two files for us.
-arebelspy
is your picture on the right place or displaced?
displaced.. that's why i replaced it with matrix code, so you couldn't tell
then again maybe it was how you saved the images that made it displaced? i just hit save and did it as that filetype, didnt bother to check about the 64 megapixel anti aliasing off thing.
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Hello,
I have tryed the method but it didn't work for me.
I builded a rom on yorch.net with pocketpc 2003 en get de xd developer startup screen, when i do what you tell above and i restart my XDA the developerscreen is still there nothing has changed.
Can you help me with this problem i really want to change the startup picture
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Hello,
I have tryed the method but it didn't work for me.
I builded a rom on yorch.net with pocketpc 2003 en get de xd developer startup screen, when i do what you tell above and i restart my XDA the developerscreen is still there nothing has changed.
Can you help me with this problem i really want to change the startup picture
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I think this program works only on XDA II
xda2 only
So it is not possible to change the startuppic of my xda1
correct
I have the same displacement problem. I'll look into it on the weekend
very nice app so far, thx
my images are also slightly displaced though, maybe 10 pixels to the right
...Third day I spend to find how to persuade mine i-mate to use it's extended ROM as backup image source ... Have some troubles, maybe someone will be interested:
1. I've started from filling extended ROM with .CABs needed by me. Great. It works but I want to have more. So for now I am "on research":
2. I have installed all needed software and configured mine device to consist of all needed soft and settings for me.
Than I made self extracted image of my device (registry, \Storage, \Windows, etc.) except of Storage Card, of course, by SPRITE SOFTWARE BACKUP.
I get about 10 megabytes self-extracting .exe, named (for example)
_install.exe and I have wrote it in ROM file and include in config.txt string like this:
EXEC:\Extended_ROM\_install.exe
but I meet some troubles, and stuck...
1. that self-extractor looking to place one runtime dll from itself in current directory where it is. Of course it can't (rom is readonly for it).
And it fails with the 'cant extract DLL...' error, and... That's it!
After that I need to install any RegEdit manually from SD card, change registry for Exteneded_ROM to be visible, manually copying file _install.exe from that ROM to \temp\, than run - and only after that I bring my backup image to life...
Does config.txt supports some kind of commands like COPY for me to copy that .exe from Extended_ROM to \temp\ and then run?
Or config.txt have no ability to make copies of files?
Than, hypothethically, I need another simple programm like copy.exe to do this manually from command line?
After all this I just expect to get restored image of mine Himalaya already packed with soft and configured for me...
Fellows, what you think about it?
One more: how to exclude config.txt from being visible in PocketWord if I want to left extended_ROM to be open? (for ex. I put there .exe's that don't require installation)?
Sorry for mine English
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BTW: GREAT LITTLE DEVICE, after first XDA it's like more oxygenic ... O3 (ozoned .
Yes, config.txt supports COPY commands, check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=6648
To make the ext-rom visible you can also edit one of the cab-files which only updates registy settings with WinCE Cab - Manger and add the registry setting to make ext-rom visible ( I think it is :
HKLM\System\StorageManger\Profiles\TRUEFFS_DOC
MountFlag 0 : but check this... )
Alex
WOW! THANKS! I supposed about CPY1: CPY2: cause I saw them in autorun.exe with hex editor... So It is! great... Let's try...
I'll write results here.
Only weary thing that I neen every time to rewrite all ROMs (somewhy when I delete Nk.nbf & radio rom and left only extended rom - upgrade will not end normally and device after hardreset enters into bootloader...
IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES! From empty Himalaya after hardreset I now recieve FULLY LOADED MINE device! even with setted up today and all else !
Wow!. .
Here is attached make_visible_Extened_RAM.CAB sized in 400 bytes - it will just only modificate registry to make Exteneded_ROM subdir visible.
Maybe someone will need it.
HELLO EVERYBODY.......
I DOWNLOADED FROM A SITE VARIOUS PHONE SKINS BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CHANGE IT!!!!
DOW YOU KNOW HOW TO MODIFY SKINS?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWERS.
BEST REGARDS AND SALUTAMU SEMPRE!! :shock: :shock: :shock:
SKIN PHONE
have you installed 'V2R Skin Generator psk. file !!!!
www.howardshortt.com
i have used, and worked fine to me .
(plz dont SHOUT here)
Phone skins can be changed using themes OR just by copying files.
In my 1.72.901 (in the 1.72.900 ExtRom thread) I have included two cab's:
- WM2003 default phone skin
- T-Mobile phone skin
Keep in mind that with most skins, you only change the 'unpressed' look of the keys. With my cabs also the 'pressed' look op the keys is altered (they're stored in the tapres.dll file
Is there anyway to delete the gx.dll from \windows on the Athena or would I have to get the rom image and remove from there before flashing.
I am looking to try a couple of alternative gx.dll's to see if they can cure the couple of issues with performance on GAPI software and try GAPI for HPC's http://www.wincesoft.de/html/gapi_for_hpc_s.html to see if that can rescale the touchscreen to 96dpi (which it reckons it can do) but even if you believe you have overwritten the dll once you soft reset to try the new one out the original is still there.
you will need to use resco explorer. You might also be able to do it through Activsync. The normal file explorer won't work.
Shall try again later on I have used Reco to overwrite the .dll and it appears that you have done it until you soft reset then the original ones back again. I shall try a delete & reset and see what the phone thinks of that.
update:
Resco brings up a dialog box saying 'File in ROM cannot delete' so looks like I would have to strip it out the image and flash the firmware without it there
try total commander..its free. Some apps do not allow delete, but will allow overwrite
Will give it a try, Resco allowed you to overwrite and when you look afterwards it appears to have done so, File Manager and Activesync explorer also both give the same impression but when you soft reset so that the nex gx.dll gets loaded you find that windows has rolled it back to the original.
On my Universal I can do this no problem and swap stuff around as I like so I assume the Athena's handle things a bit differently, I get the impression that the \Windows directory you write to is actually in two parts but you see the two as one, there's the set in stone part on the rom itself and then there's another on the storage that you can write to so new files like .ini's or custom dll's can be added but nothing already there from the rom flash can be deleted/overwritten.
I am looking to create some cabs (now that I have WinCE figured out) and wondered if others had quick ways of getting all of the reg keys exported for specific applications so I can add those into my cab.
If I can get buttons, today screen prefs, apps, and a few other things done in one compiled "Setup CAB" I will have my phone auto-customized I had it before flashing. I am so close to having only cabs in my UC if I can get this, and do away with the copy commands.
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I am looking to create some cabs (now that I have WinCE figured out) and wondered if others had quick ways of getting all of the reg keys exported for specific applications so I can add those into my cab.
If I can get buttons, today screen prefs, apps, and a few other things done in one compiled "Setup CAB" I will have my phone auto-customized I had it before flashing. I am so close to having only cabs in my UC if I can get this, and do away with the copy commands.
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This is actually something I've been wondering about and kinda 'working on'.
I'm trying to find out how certain applications store registration info (registry, files, etc.)
Just a few in question that I'm trying to auto-register on flash:
Resco Tools: Backup and Explorer
Handmark Games (Yahtzee and Scrabble)
serfboreds said:
I am looking to create some cabs (now that I have WinCE figured out) and wondered if others had quick ways of getting all of the reg keys exported for specific applications so I can add those into my cab.
If I can get buttons, today screen prefs, apps, and a few other things done in one compiled "Setup CAB" I will have my phone auto-customized I had it before flashing. I am so close to having only cabs in my UC if I can get this, and do away with the copy commands.
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It's simple. If you bought WinCE you will then be able to use the option to export and import REG Keys.
So all you would need to do is open a CAB from any program -- Export the REG -- and close it out.
Then open the CAB project you made and import the REG key and your good.
But you must first buy WinCE. The evaluation copy doesn't let you do this. Well it didn't let me.
For cabs that are just changing reg keys for you and not actually installing anything...it's easier to just create an xml file. Name the xml file _setup.xml and use makecab from the command line like this:
Code:
makecab _setup.xml yourcab.cab
CeREgistryEditor also makes cabs from registry files. Free program.
studentjunk said:
CeREgistryEditor also makes cabs from registry files. Free program.
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The two aspects i was looking for are solved by this program and GC's suggestion. Thanks!
studentjunk said:
CeREgistryEditor also makes cabs from registry files. Free program.
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So, I need to give a little more explanation for my question.
I am pretty sure that I know how to change registry keys one by one using XML.
I am not sure if it is possible to export everything from a folder in a way that it can be combined with other registry exports and ultimately cabbed. Say I am looking to replace every key in HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Today after a new flash so that certain things are enabled and disabled.
My hope is that I will be able to export the entire "today" in such a way that I can add those to a wince cab. It would be nice to be able to export several of these "folders" at one time and drag them over.
Like I said, I am trying to prevent having to do this one key at a time so that in the future even if I change the setup I don't have to change the strategy for export/import.
So, I need to give a little more explanation for my question.
I am pretty sure that I know how to change registry keys one by one using XML.
I am not sure if it is possible to export everything from a folder in a way that it can be combined with other registry exports and ultimately cabbed. Say I am looking to replace every key in HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Today after a new flash so that certain things are enabled and disabled.
My hope is that I will be able to export the entire "today" in such a way that I can add those to a wince cab. It would be nice to be able to export several of these "folders" at one time and drag them over.
Like I said, I am trying to prevent having to do this one key at a time so that in the future even if I change the setup I don't have to change the strategy for export/import.
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Read my email and take a look at the registry cab I attached.
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Read my email and take a look at the registry cab I attached.
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Thanks GC, this is what I needed.
Final XML
Here is my final XML for anyone who cares to share theirs, I learned a lot by looking at GC's (credit where it is due). I put my sdconfig.txt on here too.
Feel free to let me know if there is a better way to do any of this. I will be testing tonight to see how it does after a flash. This should save me 20 minutes of tinkering if everything goes right.
Other than the background not being possible (that seems hard to believe there is no way to do this), I will only have a few things to set up when flashing if all goes well. This will be so worth the hour time it took to create.
Any way to register devices via XML (wifi, bluetooth)?
PS. Though I didn't do it here, I have cabbed the _setup.xml file for installation with UC.
All those CPY commands are still unnecessary. You could make one cab to do all of that very easily.
Also, why do you have LOCK/HIDE commands around the reg cab?
gc14 said:
All those CPY commands are still unnecessary. You could make one cab to do all of that very easily.
Also, why do you have LOCK/HIDE commands around the reg cab?
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Got those two things cleared up, cabbed the files to copy which works great.
Can't seem to figure two things out:
1. xml didn't install registry keys. Did I miss some setting in WinCE (I just set it as universal, added to files, and set the location to %InstallDir%). I had all of the files I was going to copy in UC in this same created cab as _setup.xml; the copied files went across fine, but no registry keys were changed. This leads me to believe that xml didn't load correctly or at all.
2. Copying folders. I cant seem to copy folders directly into WinCE so I would think that the folder must be created then the files must be copied across. How do you create these folders (I want to copy across AstroGPSLauncher and HTC Home icons to root). I tried using the copy command in UC as well but I think the syntax was wrong by using backslash after folder name in CPY1 and no slash after new folder in CPY2.
Thanks, I am so close to getting this.
Got those two things cleared up, cabbed the files to copy which works great.
Can't seem to figure two things out:
1. xml didn't install registry keys. Did I miss some setting in WinCE (I just set it as universal, added to files, and set the location to %InstallDir%). I had all of the files I was going to copy in UC in this same created cab as _setup.xml; the copied files went across fine, but no registry keys were changed. This leads me to believe that xml didn't load correctly or at all.
2. Copying folders. I cant seem to copy folders directly into WinCE so I would think that the folder must be created then the files must be copied across. How do you create these folders (I want to copy across AstroGPSLauncher and HTC Home icons to root). I tried using the copy command in UC as well but I think the syntax was wrong by using backslash after folder name in CPY1 and no slash after new folder in CPY2.
Thanks, I am so close to getting this.
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1. You don't use WinCE to create cabs from provxml. You use makecab as I previously stated.
2. Get rid of the CPY commands, don't use them at all. If you want to install youricon.png to root, you just add youricon.png as a file in the cab and set the location to root. Default install directory doesn't matter, you can specify install location for each file separately.
gc14 said:
1. You don't use WinCE to create cabs from provxml. You use makecab as I previously stated.
2. Get rid of the CPY commands, don't use them at all. If you want to install youricon.png to root, you just add youricon.png as a file in the cab and set the location to root. Default install directory doesn't matter, you can specify install location for each file separately.
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So, makecab worked to create the cab but it states that the installation of the cab was unsuccessful. Here is the zip of the setup file and the cab I created (I kept yourcab.cab naming for fun).
P.S. I got rid of all copy commands, but still can't figure out how to create a new folder on the device using xml or wince. Please explain how I can cab a folder with all its contents, or create a new folder in xml, then UC a cab to install the contents.
That version of WinCE doesn't allow for import of complete folders. Later versions do.
You can also try QuickCab. Don't remember the user's name, but it is being developed by an XDA member. I believe it allows for copying complete folders, and has a simple GUI.
Edit: If you are just looking to do it for AstroGPS it should be fairly easy. Isn't it just one or two files in /AstroGPS... and a shortcut in /windows/start menu/programs? If so, just drag the file (or two) into WinCE, and it will ask you where you want it to be installed. Then just choose /AstroGPSLauncher (you have to create a new folder, but the option is right there).
bedoig said:
That version of WinCE doesn't allow for import of complete folders. Later versions do.
You can also try QuickCab. Don't remember the user's name, but it is being developed by an XDA member. I believe it allows for copying complete folders, and has a simple GUI.
Edit: If you are just looking to do it for AstroGPS it should be fairly easy. Isn't it just one or two files in /AstroGPS... and a shortcut in /windows/start menu/programs?
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Thanks for looking into the second issue.
Right, but I need to have that in a folder called AstroGPSLauncher on the root. I also am looking to install the HTC Home folder (overwrite the other one). I will get a newer copy of WinCE.
Anyone have any idea why this cab won't install?
serfboreds said:
Other than the background not being possible (that seems hard to believe there is no way to do this)...
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Are you talking about your Today screen background? You are basically looking to have a certain theme selected? If so, then that is no problem. TSK's are basically just cabs themselves. The Theme selection app in WM just reads the TSK, imports the registry color info, and copies tdywater.gif/.jpg and stwater.gif/.jpg to /windows. At startup, WM reads those image files and assigns them as your Today and Start Menu wallpapers. Just use WinCE to export the contents of the TSK. Then use whatever method you like to update your registry and copy those files to /windows.
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Any way to register devices via XML (wifi, bluetooth)?
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I'd like to know this as well. I might look into it, but please let me know if you find a solution. Thanks!
Serf, do you have AIM? If so pm me your sn so we can talk over that. This is a really really simple process, and I know exactly why the cab isn't installing, but it sucks to explain over forums/email.
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Serf, do you have AIM? If so pm me your sn so we can talk over that. This is a really really simple process, but sucks to explain over forums/email.
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serfboreds7777 and I am online now.
I have this mostly figured out for my needs, a few tweaks and some new ideas since getting things flashed with UC / XML / Cabbed files. If anyone wants to get some help setting up their xml and UC I will do my best to help you through the process.
Props to GC, the man knows his stuff.