Extended VGA themes on imate JasJar / TSK files

[forumxda]

Hi All,


I have been experiencing an issue that relates to extended VGA themes. Mostly, I use the ext themes available form developers such as Spb, who pioneered these themes. On all my 2003SE devices they works just fine. However, on the JasJar I have experienced the following:

1) Installation:
If the device is in default landscape mode, selecting any theme OTHER THAN the ROM themes from the today settings will not change the theme, even though the device seems to go through the process. Returning to the today screen proves this. If the device is in portrait mode however, the theme (ROM or 3rd party) installs properly!!
The only thing that lacks is the theme specific today indicators (part of ext themes VGA & QVGA) It simply displays the stock standard indicators that come with the Spb PocketPlus 3.0 installation. I have been utterly unsuccessful getting them to display the selected theme's indicators. Has anyone had this experience with TSK files?


Please let me know your thoughts.

[hung_ng]

I don't have any problem with Jasjar themes, even in ROM or 3rd parties. I rely that themes in ROM (I-mate_Swoosh.tsk and i-mate_Grass.tsk) are too big, >2.2MB/each and there are 2 other big gif files: stwater.gif and tdywater.gif 1.2MB each. Of course, you can not delete these files but you can overwrite them. So to save your storage, you can copy them to PC, using ThemeMakerPro and any photo editor to edit them (reduce resolution deepth to 8BPP, 256 colors) and then copy overwrite them into \windows directory on your device. I'm sure that you can save 4-5MB and the theme image quality does not change.
Another tip, you can change default background picture of your phone pad to your own picture by creating 2 bmp file (640x376 and 480x536, 256 colors), rename to Bkgnd_Land.bmp and Bkgnd_Port.bmp and then copy overwrite to \windows.

Enjoy!