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I have a quick question. Is anyone willing to e-mail me the Tilt's (HTC AT&T 8925) original/standard spbcalc_L (landscape mode) and spbcalc_P (portrait mode) files? These two skin files allow the phone's original calculator to display. In the process of installing a few new skins for my calculator, I wrote over the standard files and lost them. I'd like to roll back to the phone's standard calculator, but I am now unable to do so without these two png image files. Please let me know if you're willing to send them to me. The two files are located inside of the Windows folder, which can be accessed via the File Explorer program. Thanks a lot. I know this is a relatively minor issue, but I'd appreciate the help.
P.S. If anyone has the HTC AT&T 8525 model, then the files from this phone would work for me, too. Thanks!
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hello!
i would like to change my Kaiser's dialer/commanager's background image.
anybody know how should i do that?
i searched the whole forum, but i always found questions about this...
i tryed to change some images in dialer's .CAB files, but that is not so obvious for me.
i would like to use this background, and simple black buttons.
thanks,
pulyka
I did this a while ago.
Look inside the \Windows folder on your device using any picture viewer and take note of the filenames you'll need. Transfer the images to your PC and edit them. I had to transfer them to my storagecard before being able to move them over, as my PC couldn't see the Windows folder.
After altering the images to your likings, transfer them back to your device and reboot for the changes to take effect.
Good luck with your skinning project
hmm thanks, i will try it!
Has anyone else noticed that installing the HTC Calculator Skin stops the calculator being used in horizontal mode?
When I load the calculator, then sliding the keyboard open (to switch to horizontal), I get the following error:
Code:
Error. Cannot load the skin file:
\Windows\SpbCalc_L.gif
Same error occurs if I switch to horizontal screen mode first, then try to open the calculator app.
I assume this is caused by having certain horizontal resources missing from the skin. It's interesting though that the file is name 'Spb...'. I've never installed any Spb apps Could just be a coincidence though...
Yep...same thing happens to me...
Nikos.
I might try adding some resources manually to the Windows directory (i.e. make up a dummy SpbCalc_L.gif) and see what these images actually are. They're probably just a copy of the existing resources but with a different aspect ratio.
If I can successfully mock up all the resources required, I'll attach them here.
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Should have tried the search a bit harder I think our problems are already solved in this post.
Still seem to have some problems here:
1. Can't install the cab file from the above post because the original cab can't be un-installed.
2. Can't use the .png files that people have been creating at the above thread because the app is looking for a .gif
3. Can't seem to get the calculator to work correctly if I convert the png to a gif myself. The screen looks fine, and everything works... except the 7, 8 and 9 buttons
japher said:
3. Can't seem to get the calculator to work correctly if I convert the png to a gif myself. The screen looks fine, and everything works... except the 7, 8 and 9 buttons
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I think this is probably just a palette problem in my gif. I suspect the colours need to be exact for the button region map to work correctly.
I'll give this another try tonight with a correctly created GIF. Hopefully that'll fix this.
To anyone getting this problem, try dropping the attached file into your Windows directory.
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Doh! Forum has scaled/converted this when I uploaded it. Ignore this image.
Ignore the above image, the forum seems to have converted the GIF to a different size/format. Try unzipping the attached instead.
This is a known issue. The touch is a Portrait device & originally the Calc skin didn't include the landscape file. Look for the new post with Touch calculator skin P+L.
Calculator Skin in Landscape (Horizontal) Mode
Hey, you may be having the problem you're having because the SpbCalc_L file, which the calculator uses to display in landscape (horizontal) mode, is in the wrong format. It may be that it's a .gif image. You need to convert the image to .png format. Then, once in that format, the calculator will recognize the file and you won't have the problem that you're having. I'm not sure what phone model you have, but I have the 8525 (HTC/AT&T) model. This is what I did, and it resolved the problem for me. There is a free program that you could download from www.cnet.com. It is called FastStone Image Viewer. This program will convert the file for you.
Perhaps you could help me out, too. In the process of installing a bunch of new skins for the calculator, I accidentally erased the original/standard files. I no longer have the original SpbCalc_L and SpbCalc_P files, which allow the calculator to be viewed in its orignal, factory-setting format. Do you mind e-mailing them to me? I'd appreciate it. I'd like to roll back to the original version.
Thanks, and I hope we could help each other out. Take care.
japher said:
Has anyone else noticed that installing the HTC Calculator Skin stops the calculator being used in horizontal mode?
When I load the calculator, then sliding the keyboard open (to switch to horizontal), I get the following error:
Code:
Error. Cannot load the skin file:
\Windows\SpbCalc_L.gif
Same error occurs if I switch to horizontal screen mode first, then try to open the calculator app.
I assume this is caused by having certain horizontal resources missing from the skin. It's interesting though that the file is name 'Spb...'. I've never installed any Spb apps Could just be a coincidence though...
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Just a short feedback for others users of a Palm Treo 750. After installing the HTC calc. skin on this device, I got the error msg that file SpbCalc_S.gif is missing in the windows dir.
I downloaded the zipped SpbCalc_L.gif from this thread and renamed it from ...L into ...S. After that the application runs but the right column with the operators is missing. Can anybody be so kind to send me the original SpbCalc_S.gif - file?
Rgds
Henry
hghouse said:
Just a short feedback for others users of a Palm Treo 750. After installing the HTC calc. skin on this device, I got the error msg that file SpbCalc_S.gif is missing in the windows dir.
I downloaded the zipped SpbCalc_L.gif from this thread and renamed it from ...L into ...S. After that the application runs but the right column with the operators is missing. Can anybody be so kind to send me the original SpbCalc_S.gif - file?
Rgds
Henry
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Here it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3282780&postcount=44
It works!
Many thanks, dennisI !!
Rgds
Henry
I have a quick question. Is anyone willing to e-mail me the Tilt's (HTC AT&T 8925) original/standard spbcalc_L (landscape mode) and spbcalc_P (portrait mode) files? These two skin files allow the phone's original calculator to display. In the process of installing a few new skins for my calculator, I wrote over the standard files and lost them. I'd like to roll back to the phone's standard calculator, but I am now unable to do so without these two png image files. Please let me know if you're willing to send them to me. The two files are located inside of the Windows folder, which can be accessed via the File Explorer program. Thanks a lot. I know this is a relatively minor issue, but I'd appreciate the help.
P.S. If anyone has the HTC AT&T 8525 model, then the files from this phone would work for me, too. Thanks!
Sorry, I have to say you may need to hard reset you phone.
Because I cant find no where about your spbcal* files. I believe you are looking for SPB calculator P & L. The original Tilt doesnt go by that name. You may want to reinstall your SPB software to get make correction. Mine is called calc.htm & calc.lnk, if this is what you are asking for original calculator file.
Hey, thanks for the reply. I appreciate your time. I looked at a Tilt recently and noticed the same thing - that the calculator files are named differently on the Tilt from how they are named on the 8525. I looked for the calc.htm and calc.lnk files, but I couldn't find them on my phone. Thanks anyway for trying. I'll have to try and figure something else out.
Does anyone know the name of the Tilt's calculator image files? I need to know what the names of the portrait and landscape files are for the calculator. They would likely be in the Windows folder on the phone. I know that, on the 8525, the files are called spbcalc_L and spbcalc_P; but on the 8925 (Tilt), the names have been changed to something else. Please let me know if you are aware of these names. Thanks a lot!
Hi all,
I was attempting to Liberate my HTC Shift (X9500, German language) before trying out some of the ROMs here, and disaster has struck! I'm fairly experienced but I cannot see how to fix my problem. Please help if you can, otherwise my Shift has to go back to HTC for "repair".
The problem is that when I open "Settings" the resulting window is an absolutely empty white window. Not a single icon is displayed, only the time and network icons at the top.
The liberate process describes cutting (Cntrl-X) the folder windows\settings, pasting it elsewhere, adding some more files and finally moving the modified folder back under windows. I think what happened is that when doing this, I fumbled my fingers and deleted the entire folder. My fault entirely, but how to recover? I tried both a cold reset from Vista and also a Fn/F3 restore of the whole system from the recovery partition. Both the WM and Vista sides still work, but still no "settings".
I thought of just recreating the \settings folder in \windows but have no way to do this (no Explorer or ActiveSync), and apart from the Liberate files have no idea what other files should be present in that folder. Any ideas in this direction would be greatly appreciated.
I've played around with other WM phones and I'm guessing the way forward is to reflash the standard HTC ROM, but how to do this? Is there a secret key combination? Can the ROM update from a memory card? And I guess it's easier to find the English ROM than German and I'd prefer English, but are there any issues with changing languages (I'm aware of the reg hack to change keyboard language)!
Pleeeze HELP if you can!!
Richard
PS – also posted in MoDaCo
I suspect that you are more experienced than I, but maybe I have an idea that might help:
Could you copy the contents of another Shift's WM windows/setting directory into an email, and email this to your shift WM side, and then paste it into your Shift's WM /windows directory?
When I sent my Shift back to HTC Support for a replacement screen under warrenty, they reflashed the original stock WM SnapVue. I guess only HTC have this facility.
Thanks for that Flanimal, I thought of trying that as well but could not figure out how to email a "folder", rather than individual files. Unlike in "real" Windows, there also seems to be no way to create a new folder when doing "save as".
But just as your email arrived, I figured out how to get past my problem (read the manual!)
I simply ran Shift Control Center from the Vista side. There's an option to reset the SnapVue side - it requires you to enter 1234 and answer that you're really sure. Doing this wipes all the SnapVue settings back to default - apparently like a hard reset, and afterwards the settings icons reappear.
I'm posting this in case anyone eles makes the same mistake I did! It also gives me the confidence to once again try liberating my Shift.
Thanks again,
Richard