[CAB] HTC Hero/Leo Manila Background for TP2 - Fully working weather animations

[chris1683]

Originally Posted by austin420

i thanked your post because im glad to seee every one out there working on kewl new stuff, but this DIDNT work on my tp2. im runnin the medium hill rom.

I am not sure if that may have something to do with the Windows Mobile 6.5.3 platform or if you are using Sense 2.5?

I am currently running Mr.X ROM 1.6./ Sense 2.1/WM 6.5

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by chris1683

It's not that the animations will not work...But they will be slow and laggy. .

Not true, as long as you use HDwalls. That app turns whatever WP you select into the default WP & does not slow the animations whatever.

My rain animation/wiper clears the home screen in exactly the same amount of time using an HDwalls WP as it does before I change anything.

~John

[chris1683]

Originally Posted by jmorton10

Not true, as long as you use HDwalls. That app turns whatever WP you select into the default WP & does not slow the animations whatever.

My rain animation/wiper clears the home screen in exactly the same amount of time using an HDwalls WP as it does before I change anything.

~John

Hmm, not aware of that as I never used HDwalls before but either way both solutions will work. Just figured I would share my work for those interested!

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by chris1683

Hmm, not aware of that as I never used HDwalls before. Just figured I would share my work for those interested!

I'm not being critical of you at all, I commend you for sharing your stuff (& it looks real nice)

It took me forever to figure out this HDwalls stuff myself, I had tried all the BG4all cabs & every single one of those slowed my home screen animations dramatically.

I finally figured out what HDwalls does (creates a new default WP) but even that is kind of a PITA because every different manila version/OS version etc needs completely different settings in HDwalls.

I had my WP working from HDwalls perfectly in MightyROM, but then when I went to Juicy's ROM none of the WP cabs I had previously created worked anymore. I had to re-create all the cabs over again with completely different settings.

~John

[chris1683]

Originally Posted by jmorton10

I'm not being critical of you at all, I commend you for sharing your stuff (& it looks real nice)

It took me forever to figure out this HDwalls stuff myself, I had tried all the BG4all cabs & every single one of those slowed my home screen animations dramatically.

I finally figured out what HDwalls does (creates a new default WP) but even that is kind of a PITA because every different manila version/OS version etc needs completely different settings in HDwalls.

I had my WP working from HDwalls perfectly in MightyROM, but then when I went to Juicy's ROM none of the WP cabs I had previously created worked anymore. I had to re-create all the cabs over again with completely different settings.

~John

Ahh I see...I am pretty good with Photoshop so I find it simple to just recreate the the wallpaper there and then rebuild the manila files with the new images. I just downloaded and tried HDwalls and wow....I would think this would be kinda complicated to the average user.

[subzero1313]

Originally Posted by chris1683

I just downloaded and tried HDwalls and wow....I would think this would be kinda complicated to the average user.

Then you factor in that Im about as sharp as a circle....and Ill deal with slow animations lol. Itd take me more time for me to figure out HDWalls then the time of every animation Id see for the life of the phone cimbined! lol

[chris1683]

Originally Posted by subzero1313

Then you factor in that Im about as sharp as a circle....and Ill deal with slow animations lol. Itd take me more time for me to figure out HDWalls then the time of every animation Id see for the life of the phone cimbined! lol

lol, hence the reason why I CABBED up my work and shared to save others the aggravation and time of learning it themselves! Hope you enjoy!

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by chris1683

Ahh I see...I am pretty good with Photoshop so I find it simple to just recreate the the wallpaper there and then rebuild the manila files with the new images. I just downloaded and tried HDwalls and wow....I would think this would be kinda complicated to the average user.

LOL, I use Photoshop CS every day at work & I'm as handy with it as anybody.

Believe me, once you learn how to use HDwalls it is MUCH easier/faster than using PS.

There is a tutorial on XDA that walks you through the steps, once you realize how it works you can make new wallpaper cabs in minutes (I made six last night & tried them all on my phone & it took no time at all really)

~John

[lipidfats]

Originally Posted by chris1683

On your stock rom or custom rom, go to your settings page...and select Wallpaper. If you have a custom wallpaper selected, it will prompt you and ask if you want to use the default wallpaper for the phone. [This is the wallpaper written into the manila files in the Windows directory] This cab will overwrite those files with this new background making this your new default background.

ahh ok gotcha. thanks given.

[chris1683]

Originally Posted by jmorton10

LOL, I use Photoshop CS every day at work & I'm as handy with it as anybody.

Believe me, once you learn how to use HDwalls it is MUCH easier/faster than using PS.

There is a tutorial on XDA that walks you through the steps, once you realize how it works you can make new wallpaper cabs in minutes (I made six last night & tried them all on my phone & it took no time at all really)

~John

I will have to take a dive into learning that program!