[Q](Sprint) Flip Clock Re-Flip on View - Touch Pro CDMA

I spend most of my time over on ppcgeeks but can't seem to find a person who knows what I need to do to get this to work.
I've heard on the Vodafone TP roms that the flip clock resets to 0:00 and flips again every time you go to the home tab. Well, I want to see my flip clock flip... Any way for me to make that happen for the Sprint flip clock as well?
Or does anyone know which manila files control the behavior of the clock? I'll go change them myself and learn something in the process, I just don't know where to begin.

ShadowDrake said:
I spend most of my time over on ppcgeeks but can't seem to find a person who knows what I need to do to get this to work.
I've heard on the Vodafone TP roms that the flip clock resets to 0:00 and flips again every time you go to the home tab. Well, I want to see my flip clock flip... Any way for me to make that happen for the Sprint flip clock as well?
Or does anyone know which manila files control the behavior of the clock? I'll go change them myself and learn something in the process, I just don't know where to begin.
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Here are my Favs for TF3D. You will find what you are looking for if you search for it. From these links you can learn about Manila... I did anyway.
** I recommend starting here if you want to learn the file system first: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=414861
The rest are good links to download others work and "inspect" it. What I did is download a clock for example and then decompile the cab to see what files it held. From there i knew that those files represented feature / function X. Pretty simple revers engineering.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=45497&highlight=Manila+customizer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430287
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=manila_Custom_Graphic_Collection
Good luck to you.

this occurs on the tmobile one too...
extract the 1c684cd8_manila
from the tmobile theme... and put into another windows directory for your use... might need to change colors, but w/e

I really want this as well. please let me know if I can be of any help and we can get this done. I haven't dealt with manilla files. But, have experience in programming..
Can't wait to accomplish this.
P.S. I noticed that the "Original HTC Black" theme posted here on xda-dev under Diamond - Themes, Application has this behavior that we are looking for. If we can only figure out what exact files do we need from there...

Here is the link for the HTC Black theme thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430174
With this theme installed using TF3D Config, I get the desired behavior that you are looking for ( clock flips from 0:00 to current time every time you switch to the home tab. )
If you can install this theme and then figure out what manilla files control this behavior, you/we will be golden. From there, we can just copy those files to an external storage, hard reset the phone and then copy those files over the original rom manilla files.

Here is 1c684cd8_manila from a version of manila that I know does the flip from 00:00 to current whenever returning to the home page. If creedin is correct about which manila file controls that behavior, then this should work. I haven't tried it though so I have no idea if it will actually do anything.

Nope. I just tried over-writing the 1c684cd8_manila file. Did not work. Home tab was completely empty....

jdegroot said:
Nope. I just tried over-writing the 1c684cd8_manila file. Did not work. Home tab was completely empty....
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the original black theme links doesn't work. if you can send me a link that works i will find the manilla files need it and do it for you. i want the theme for myself too!

jdegroot said:
Nope. I just tried over-writing the 1c684cd8_manila file. Did not work. Home tab was completely empty....
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yea, that file controls the clock, but the theme maps the home tab, so youd have to copy all the files from a theme with the home tab that flips, then replace all of theme, make sure it works then customize to your theme

I'm using the white flip clock from here: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=584746&postcount=59

jdegroot said:
I'm using the white flip clock from here: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=584746&postcount=59
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I don't have the phone with me right now. Can someone please confirm that this white flip clock shows the behavior we are looking for i.e. flips from 0:00 to the current time every time we switch from any other tab to the home tab.

iamtexasmade said:
the original black theme links doesn't work. if you can send me a link that works i will find the manilla files need it and do it for you. i want the theme for myself too!
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Here is the link for HTC Black Theme that works:
http://rapidshare.com/files/176284824/HTC_Black_v1.93_1.2b.theme
Can't wait to find out what manilla files are needed to be copied to get the desired behavior.

Does anyone here know if this might use more memory??
i changed mine to the regular flip clock and its still smooth
isnt this why Sprint and AT&T chose to go with a nonflip clock?

i just downloaded the theme i'm going to check it out. for some reason i had to rename it from a .theme to .zip so i can see all of the files and look at the code. the regular flip white cab earlier didn't have the effect that we were looking for tho.

the black theme didn't re-flip for me, even after i restored to factory settings

Any progress on this?

Finally found a thread that was working on addressing this issue. Doesn't look like anyone has figured it out yet though :-(
I'm interested, so that I can have my glass clock flip back to 0:00 every time i hit the home button
-s

+1 on this

Related

CommManager Skinning

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...
Dishe said:
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
skanndelus said:
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...
xweaponx said:
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.
[email protected]$ said:
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.

orignal htc landscape theme?

when u flip up the keyboard on the sprint touch pro it is blue color, does anyone know how to change it or have the manila file to put it to the original htc black theme?
I wanted this myself. search and download the original touch pro theme and install. You should be able to extract the landscape by itself. Although, i only wanted to change the landscape and leave the rest of my custom theme until i seen how pretty the theme is. now i wont switch.
well i am trying to get my phone to look like the orignal touch pro was suppose to look before sprint changed everything. if i take it out can i just add the files in the /windows folder? and to be honest i have no idea what i need to look for lol.
Here ya go
FYI - This one has the landscape. It is the original with the black clock. There is also one with a white clock but i like this better. I had a link to this page that has every default theme: verizon, sprint, att, htc etc....
but im at work and couldnt find it.
******
The file is too big, i cant upload it. Ill come back today when i get home and find that link. I know i saved it to favorites at home. Id RDP in, but i had been messing with my firewall & router for IIS stuff and it isnt opening right now.
Ill get it later. Shame, i have it right here on my phone.
Okay, I googled the name of the file i have and it gave my this link
http://www.myunspace.com/?d=4E8B72FC1
Make sure to scan this file after download, i dont know if its the same place i got it (it may be, just dont remember). Im not trying to freak you out, im sure its fine, i just dont want to be the guy who trashed your phone.

Original Sprint Clock Modification

It seems that no one really like the original Sprint clock, but I think it looks much better. I was able to install it back on a custom rom and put a transparent background, it looks awesome. My question is, is there a way to change the color of the digits now and still leave it with the "glow"?
I think the digits on the clock of the stock Sprint ROM look nice, but it does not support displaying multiple appointments on the home screen. I think that's one of the reasons many of us switch to the flip clock.
If the Sprint clock supported multiple appointments, I would have kept using it. That and being able to change colors would certainly be nice .
Darnell_Chat_TN said:
I think the digits on the clock of the stock Sprint ROM look nice, but it does not support displaying multiple appointments on the home screen. I think that's one of the reasons many of us switch to the flip clock.
If the Sprint clock supported multiple appointments, I would have kept using it. That and being able to change colors would certainly be nice .
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So, from your knowledge, does that mean you can not change the color of the digits?
Here You Go
fhjackson said:
Here You Go
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You are the man, thanks a lot for this! I noticed that the cab's you sent though still have the background colors on it when I install.....do i have to insert the transparent manila after I install these?
*edit* I figured it out. The original style Sprint clock must be on before you can apply these color changes. I had a flip clock on and then just tried to install your cab thats why that was happening. Thanks again man!
Move date in Stock Sprint TF3D Home?
I posted this over at PPCGeeks but received no love.
Has anyone figured out how to support multiple appointments with the Sprint Clock?
How do you get a a transparent background for the clock? (Which manila files?)
Can anyone tell me how to move the date from the original location in the first 1st screen cap to the top location in the 2nd screen cap?
I've tinkered a bit with the manila files (notice the sweet start orb and mini pic of myself circled in blue and white ), so if its just a matter of replacing a couple of those it should be pretty easy, thanks in advance!
I'm currently using GC_Touch_Pro_Kitchen_2.1.4 and its awesome. I simply replaced all manila files with the Full Stock Sprint Theme.
ok so how do i get the sprint clock back?

[REQ] background/wallpaper changer WM6.5

Does anyone know if there's an app that will change the wallpaper on 6.5 every few seconds like a slide show or if thats even possible?
I guess one could make a mortscript that changes the wallpaper every few minutes from a list of files, but everytime it's change the today screen would need to reload.
I was looking for the same thing. But becuase of derekwilkinson's response that wouldn't be such a great idea. Maybe possibly it can change wallpapers only on the locc screen only. That way I wouldn't have to install s2u2 that I've been using fo a very long time.
The lock screen uses the wallpaper from the today screen, and, as far as I know, cannot use a separate wallpaper.
I'd be ok with the today screen refreshing too, but I gotta wait until enough people with mortscript knowledge want it as well. All that stuff looked totally foreign to me
program to automatically change the background for WM6.5:
http://www.wmmania.cz/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33921
kesu2 said:
program to automatically change the background for WM6.5:
http://www.wmmania.cz/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33921[/QUOT
Awesome, thank you very much!
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a new update of this program:
http://www.wmmania.cz/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33921&start=0
^ cool program, thks for the link!
Working
Works nice on my Leo !
Thanks
what's the name of the app please, the site is changing face and couldn't find it.....
I need to know the app name too,, I cant find it on that site.
few copy/pastes and new link is here (look at thread number - it the same):
http://wmmania.cz/forum/129/33921
breakmyfootoff said:
Does anyone know if there's an app that will change the wallpaper on 6.5 every few seconds like a slide show or if thats even possible?
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Here are two that can be found in THIS forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=484552&highlight=wallperizer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=684557&highlight=wapac
I've been using wapac with very good sucess and results but I have mine set to change every 6 hours. Hope this helps.

Combine Existing themes and lock rings

I did a search on this and found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836806
But what I'm working with seems different. I have a theme that I LOVE on my phone, but I really really want the Gears of War Cog lock ring, and I either get one or the other
How can I combine them together? I've got both files. I just don't want to merge things like "shared.m10" and screw it all up.
or what about ADB pushing them?
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I did a search on this and found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836806
But what I'm working with seems different. I have a theme that I LOVE on my phone, but I really really want the Gears of War Cog lock ring, and I either get one or the other
How can I combine them together? I've got both files. I just don't want to merge things like "shared.m10" and screw it all up.
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The lock ring image is located in a few different m10 files. So in order to get it in your theme you would have to use M10Editor.exe to edit the your apks. The apks the lock ring image is in is fusion.apk and Idlescreen_Base.apk. If your using a skin you would have to edit that as well.
Go to post #2 of my thread (check my sig) for a quick tutorial on how to use M10Editor.exe.
Awesome, thank you I shall do that tomorrow. I downloaded m10 editor the other day but didn't know what was where.

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