Hi

How do I change the colour of my Windows Mobile 6.1 phone?
(It's a HTC TyTN from Vodafone - called v1615)

All I want is to change the colour scheme (theme??) to sometime
VERY basic that has no background image, but has a dark background
so that it is easy to read in the sun, (and which does not waste
battery
power). Basically I want to change as few things as possible.


Ship
Shiperton Henethe

P.S. If I *have* to download a special colour scheme or theme (or
similar)
then I certainly dont want to have to pay for it!

ship <shiphen******.com> wrote:

>Hi
>
>How do I change the colour of my Windows Mobile 6.1 phone?
>(It's a HTC TyTN from Vodafone - called v1615)
>
>All I want is to change the colour scheme (theme??) to sometime
>VERY basic that has no background image, but has a dark background
>so that it is easy to read in the sun, (and which does not waste
>battery
>power). Basically I want to change as few things as possible.
>
>
>Ship
>Shiperton Henethe
>
>P.S. If I *have* to download a special colour scheme or theme (or
>similar)
>then I certainly dont want to have to pay for it!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=364541 has some,
or just google for Windows Mobile themes. There are a lot of free
themes available.
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It's very easy: export a simple black image from, say, WinXP's Paint and
create a theme out of it. See my related article on my blog on ThemeGenCE at
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/cms/blog/...ool-themegence .

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"ship" <shiphen******.com> wrote in message
news:70a3ad72-f6d6-438f-83a6-f092bca14eb3@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> Hi
>
> How do I change the colour of my Windows Mobile 6.1 phone?
> (It's a HTC TyTN from Vodafone - called v1615)
>
> All I want is to change the colour scheme (theme??) to sometime
> VERY basic that has no background image, but has a dark background
> so that it is easy to read in the sun, (and which does not waste
> battery
> power). Basically I want to change as few things as possible.
>
>
> Ship
> Shiperton Henethe
>
> P.S. If I *have* to download a special colour scheme or theme (or
> similar)
> then I certainly dont want to have to pay for it!

I believe you'll probably find that the battery power used is independent of
the colour scheme, at least on the TyTN with its TFT display, as the power
is mainly used by the backlight which is independent of the colour
displayed. Even with a black display the black is achieved by blocking light
from the backlight, not by turning anything off.

Peter Lawton

"ship" <shiphen******.com> wrote in message
news:70a3ad72-f6d6-438f-83a6-f092bca14eb3@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> Hi
>
> How do I change the colour of my Windows Mobile 6.1 phone?
> (It's a HTC TyTN from Vodafone - called v1615)
>
> All I want is to change the colour scheme (theme??) to sometime
> VERY basic that has no background image, but has a dark background
> so that it is easy to read in the sun, (and which does not waste
> battery
> power). Basically I want to change as few things as possible.
>
>
> Ship
> Shiperton Henethe
>
> P.S. If I *have* to download a special colour scheme or theme (or
> similar)
> then I certainly dont want to have to pay for it!

Why is it never, EVER easy?

I couldnt see where to download this file you talk about.
Plus when I clicked download at the bottom of the page in question,
it then produced pop-up/pop-under pages that were hard to get rid of.

So then I looked at the on-line theme generator.
http://ppcthemeonweb.benthon.com/ChoixFormatThemeEn.php
But my phone like most phones on the market is 240 x320 resolution.
However that resolution isnt an option!

Please show me the person who builds this stuff and I will have them
shot.


Ship




On Jul 28, 2:04*pm, "Werner \"Menneisyys\" Ruotsalainen [MVP - Windows
- Mobile Devices]" <!ei.maileja@kiitos!> wrote:
> It's very easy: export a simple black image from, say, WinXP's Paint and
> create a theme out of it. See my related article on my blog on ThemeGenCEathttp://www.pocketpcmag.com/cms/blog/9/tutorial-review-free-excellent-.....
>
> --
>
> --
> Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen - Microsoft MVP - Windows - Mobile Devices
> Please see the Pocket PC Mag Expert Blog (including mine) athttp://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/- you will definitely like it.
>
> "ship" <ship...******.com> wrote in message
>
> news:70a3ad72-f6d6-438f-83a6-f092bca14eb3@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Hi
>
> > How do I change the colour of my Windows Mobile 6.1 phone?
> > (It's a HTC TyTN from Vodafone - called v1615)
>
> > All I want is to change the colour scheme (theme??) to sometime
> > VERY basic that has no background image, but has a dark background
> > so that it is easy to read in the sun, (and which does not waste
> > battery
> > power). *Basically I want to change as few things as possible.
>
> > Ship
> >ShipertonHenethe
>
> > P.S. If I *have* to download a special colour scheme or theme (or
> > similar)
> > then I certainly dont want to have to pay for it!- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

On 26 Jul, 12:57, ship <ship...******.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> How do I change the colour of my Windows Mobile 6.1 phone?
> (It's a HTC TyTN from Vodafone - called v1615)

Try the free theme at:
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-...wm6-theme.html

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At 28 Jul 2008 09:02:49 -0700 ship wrote:
>
> Why is it never, EVER easy?
>
> I couldnt see where to download this file you talk about.
> Plus when I clicked download at the bottom of the page in question,
> it then produced pop-up/pop-under pages that were hard to get rid of.
>
> So then I looked at the on-line theme generator.
> http://ppcthemeonweb.benthon.com/ChoixFormatThemeEn.php
> But my phone like most phones on the market is 240 x320 resolution.
> However that resolution isnt an option!
>
> Please show me the person who builds this stuff and I will have them
> shot.


You want the "standard" images. The size of the IMAGE is listed, not the
size of the phone's display. Certain screen elements (like the start menu
bar on top and soft key labels on the bottom) are always present, so the
theme images are that many pixels smaller than screen size.

The background is actually a .jpg image that's stored in the .tsk theme
file, not a colour as such, most "Black" themes have a grey graduated
background image.

You could make your own theme with a true solid black background image,
using something like "ThemeGenCE"

Also if you want true black top and bottom bars you'll find WM 6 modifies
the "BaseHue" away from black when the theme is installed, after installing
a black theme set HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Color\BaseHue back to 160 (which
is black)

Peter Lawton

"ship" <shiphen******.com> wrote in message
news:70a3ad72-f6d6-438f-83a6-f092bca14eb3@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> Hi
>
> How do I change the colour of my Windows Mobile 6.1 phone?
> (It's a HTC TyTN from Vodafone - called v1615)
>
> All I want is to change the colour scheme (theme??) to sometime
> VERY basic that has no background image, but has a dark background
> so that it is easy to read in the sun, (and which does not waste
> battery
> power). Basically I want to change as few things as possible.
>
>
> Ship
> Shiperton Henethe
>
> P.S. If I *have* to download a special colour scheme or theme (or
> similar)
> then I certainly dont want to have to pay for it!

It IS independent, no matter what some Theme developers state. That is, the
battery usage stays the same when you have a, say, white or when a back
background. After all, it's a backlit LCD / TFT screen and not something
like OLED or plasma screens.

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Please see the Pocket PC Mag Expert Blog (including mine) at
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/ - you will definitely like it.


"Peter Lawton" <DevNull@fakedomain> wrote in message
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>I believe you'll probably find that the battery power used is independent
>of the colour scheme, at least on the TyTN with its TFT display, as the
>power is mainly used by the backlight which is independent of the colour
>displayed. Even with a black display the black is achieved by blocking
>light from the backlight, not by turning anything off.
>
> Peter Lawton
>
> "ship" <shiphen******.com> wrote in message
> news:70a3ad72-f6d6-438f-83a6-f092bca14eb3@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>> Hi
>>
>> How do I change the colour of my Windows Mobile 6.1 phone?
>> (It's a HTC TyTN from Vodafone - called v1615)
>>
>> All I want is to change the colour scheme (theme??) to sometime
>> VERY basic that has no background image, but has a dark background
>> so that it is easy to read in the sun, (and which does not waste
>> battery
>> power). Basically I want to change as few things as possible.
>>
>>
>> Ship
>> Shiperton Henethe
>>
>> P.S. If I *have* to download a special colour scheme or theme (or
>> similar)
>> then I certainly dont want to have to pay for it!
>

Here's the direct DL link:
http://www.codeppc.com/telechargemen...nCEEnglish.zip

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--
Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen - Microsoft MVP - Windows - Mobile Devices
Please see the Pocket PC Mag Expert Blog (including mine) at
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/ - you will definitely like it.


"ship" <shiphen******.com> wrote in message
news:0affc2be-9dc4-4e61-a7ae-e8c48c821265@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...

Why is it never, EVER easy?

I couldnt see where to download this file you talk about.
Plus when I clicked download at the bottom of the page in question,
it then produced pop-up/pop-under pages that were hard to get rid of.

So then I looked at the on-line theme generator.
http://ppcthemeonweb.benthon.com/ChoixFormatThemeEn.php
But my phone like most phones on the market is 240 x320 resolution.
However that resolution isnt an option!

Please show me the person who builds this stuff and I will have them
shot.


Ship




On Jul 28, 2:04 pm, "Werner \"Menneisyys\" Ruotsalainen [MVP - Windows
- Mobile Devices]" <!ei.maileja@kiitos!> wrote:
> It's very easy: export a simple black image from, say, WinXP's Paint and
> create a theme out of it. See my related article on my blog on ThemeGenCE
> athttp://www.pocketpcmag.com/cms/blog/9/tutorial-review-free-excellent-....
>
> --
>
> --
> Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen - Microsoft MVP - Windows - Mobile
> Devices
> Please see the Pocket PC Mag Expert Blog (including mine)
> athttp://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/- you will definitely like it.
>
> "ship" <ship...******.com> wrote in message
>
> news:70a3ad72-f6d6-438f-83a6-f092bca14eb3@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Hi
>
> > How do I change the colour of my Windows Mobile 6.1 phone?
> > (It's a HTC TyTN from Vodafone - called v1615)
>
> > All I want is to change the colour scheme (theme??) to sometime
> > VERY basic that has no background image, but has a dark background
> > so that it is easy to read in the sun, (and which does not waste
> > battery
> > power). Basically I want to change as few things as possible.
>
> > Ship
> >ShipertonHenethe
>
> > P.S. If I *have* to download a special colour scheme or theme (or
> > similar)
> > then I certainly dont want to have to pay for it!- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:57:45 -0700 (PDT), ship <shiphen******.com>
wrote:

>Hi
>
>How do I change the colour of my Windows Mobile 6.1 phone?
>(It's a HTC TyTN from Vodafone - called v1615)

I believe that is running Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. So
Start->Settings->Today
will get you to a window where you can choose a background image. So,
find or create a JPEG file with the color you want, copy it to \My
Documents\My Pictures, and then choose it. Easiest way might be to
take a picture with the phone's camera and copy that over. If you
cover the lens with a finger, you'll probably get a nice black
picture.


>
>All I want is to change the colour scheme (theme??) to sometime
>VERY basic that has no background image, but has a dark background
>so that it is easy to read in the sun, (and which does not waste
>battery
>power). Basically I want to change as few things as possible.
>
>
>Ship
>Shiperton Henethe
>
>P.S. If I *have* to download a special colour scheme or theme (or
>similar)
>then I certainly dont want to have to pay for it!

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