Alternatives to htc dialer and volume control in wm6.5

Originally Posted by vin255764

+1
Incoming caller ID bubble is hidden somewhere inside of the .dll or .exe or .mui in the sys.Im sure it can be replaced with custom image.To check every sys file gonna take too much time,but if somebody can point me which sys files or folders may contain it,I can check it out...

Here is a copy of my post last week. Good luck.



Hey guys I posted this yesterday. It got moved and then buried. I think this is pretty important unless we already know about this and I am a little behind. A fix has been found for the htc dialer problems so it can be used with the 6.5 themes without any problems. I have been using this method for 2 days without any problems. The theme remains un affected and the htc dialer works perfectly....


Yesterdays post
omnicronx over in the diamond thread discovered 2 reg entrie that he suspected were the cause the htc dialer conflict. Here is a quote from his thread. "This reg:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today\Bubble: BubbleBorderThemeImage
set to '\Windows\classicblue_msgboxBorder.jpg' with calcs default theme is the main problem. When this entry is deleted the bubble no longer pops up over the slide to answer screen, but there the words 'incomming call' still appear from the bubble popup.(i.e this is the big offender)
This reg:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today\Toast:T oastBorderThemeImage
currently set to \Windows\classicblue_toastBorder.jpg
Removing this entry gets rid of the 'incomming call' text, resulting in nothing but HTC slide to answer showing up when the phone is on and you get a call.
The problem here is these reg entries obviously reference image files for the new context menus. The thing is I can't see any changes for the life of me, even after I delete these entries (and soft reset multiple times to make sure) everything seems to work fine, and I still have the fully working context menus, borders and all. I've gone through as many context menus as I could and I could still see no difference (between reg entries there and delete).
You guys can try it out, if there are no issues then perhaps we need to make 6.5 themes with this in mind. (at least for those that want to use the HTC dialer)
edit: or perhaps even find the underlying issue, I find it strange that these pictures cause the bubble to come into focus. "


Turns out he is right. Removing these entries seems to have no ill effect on the 6.5 themes and the htc dialer works correctly without the windows bubble popping up. Check out his post in calk thread here... http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...44494&page=613

I took it one step further and edited the file in the kitchen so just locate and replace "mxipcold_wpc_2.provxml" with the one I have attached and everything seems to b ingood working order. Please thank him for his discovery... I posted this here because I know we all wanted this problem solved and it appears to be. Enjoy...

[Sailrace]

Originally Posted by vvtc

yea, i actually already am using a rom made from calc's kitchen. but the dialar background is the default windows mobile 6.5 background or something, i want to be able to change it to my own background to itll match

The dialer background files are located in:

SYS/Phone_dpi_192_resh_480_resv_640/ and are called:

dlrback_land.png and dlrback_port.png

It won't take care of the white call log area, but it will skin the rest of the dialer background.

[vvtc]

Originally Posted by Sailrace

The dialer background files are located in:

SYS/Phone_dpi_192_resh_480_resv_640/ and are called:

dlrback_land.png and dlrback_port.png

It won't take care of the white call log area, but it will skin the rest of the dialer background.

thanks! does that mean the only way to change it is to cook it into the ROM? is there no way to change it to a currently flashed ROM? like to the CAB that I installed on the first page of this post


EDIT:
nevermind, these images are located in the /windows folder after a ROM is flashed...thanks again!

now if someone knows how to change the white area, that would be great haha

[vboyz103]

This skin is a plus comparing to the old and ugly default dialer. I've been looking for skins like these to go with WM6.5.

[Sailrace]

Originally Posted by vvtc

thanks! does that mean the only way to change it is to cook it into the ROM? is there no way to change it to a currently flashed ROM? like to the CAB that I installed on the first page of this post


EDIT:
nevermind, these images are located in the /windows folder after a ROM is flashed...thanks again!

now if someone knows how to change the white area, that would be great haha

Correct - and i could cab it for you too if you wanted, but i need to know what background you use.

[indagroove]

Originally Posted by Sailrace

Correct - and i could cab it for you too if you wanted, but i need to know what background you use.

I've got lots of wm6.5 dialer backgrounds in cab format here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...postcount=1863

[vboyz103]

Originally Posted by ptfdmedic

Here is a copy of my post last week. Good luck.



Hey guys I posted this yesterday. It got moved and then buried. I think this is pretty important unless we already know about this and I am a little behind. A fix has been found for the htc dialer problems so it can be used with the 6.5 themes without any problems. I have been using this method for 2 days without any problems. The theme remains un affected and the htc dialer works perfectly....


Yesterdays post
omnicronx over in the diamond thread discovered 2 reg entrie that he suspected were the cause the htc dialer conflict. Here is a quote from his thread. "This reg:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today\Bubble: BubbleBorderThemeImage
set to '\Windows\classicblue_msgboxBorder.jpg' with calcs default theme is the main problem. When this entry is deleted the bubble no longer pops up over the slide to answer screen, but there the words 'incomming call' still appear from the bubble popup.(i.e this is the big offender)
This reg:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today\Toast:T oastBorderThemeImage
currently set to \Windows\classicblue_toastBorder.jpg
Removing this entry gets rid of the 'incomming call' text, resulting in nothing but HTC slide to answer showing up when the phone is on and you get a call.
The problem here is these reg entries obviously reference image files for the new context menus. The thing is I can't see any changes for the life of me, even after I delete these entries (and soft reset multiple times to make sure) everything seems to work fine, and I still have the fully working context menus, borders and all. I've gone through as many context menus as I could and I could still see no difference (between reg entries there and delete).
You guys can try it out, if there are no issues then perhaps we need to make 6.5 themes with this in mind. (at least for those that want to use the HTC dialer)
edit: or perhaps even find the underlying issue, I find it strange that these pictures cause the bubble to come into focus. "


Turns out he is right. Removing these entries seems to have no ill effect on the 6.5 themes and the htc dialer works correctly without the windows bubble popping up. Check out his post in calk thread here... http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...44494&page=613

I took it one step further and edited the file in the kitchen so just locate and replace "mxipcold_wpc_2.provxml" with the one I have attached and everything seems to b ingood working order. Please thank him for his discovery... I posted this here because I know we all wanted this problem solved and it appears to be. Enjoy...

When you said HTC Dialer, I took it that you mean the Slide-To-Answer phonecanvas from HTC right? NOT the default WinMo dialer correct?

[Jeddeh]

the test skin v.1 is not working for me. it shows the default one. what is wrong? im on mightyrom. the volume control works. thanks alot!

[mindtrip1016]

Still no QVGA? I've been checking up on this thread for some time.

[MightyMike]

Moved to Diamond main forum.