[TUT] Making custom icons to replace the standard icons

[hewhoisnotasothers]

Warning: if you do not follow the steps to the letter....you can brick your phone and have to hard reset

You can make your own custom icons for your phone by following these steps:

(I will use the start menu icon as an example)

1) find an image you want to use

2) use an image editing program (included in post) to make it the proper size and format (for the start menu icon it has to be a .ico 25x25 32-bit graphic). Most programs have a resize option...the one I included in this post allows you to resize, and save in a variety of formats (instructions on how to install the icon plugin for the program are in the icocur.zip file...just unzip both archives , and install the program to use). Just go to the image tab, select "resize" and put in the desired pixel size. Next, go to the file tab and select "save as", and select the desired file format. If you are replacing another icon on the phone you can always look at the resolution and file format using your resource editor to assure you have the right size and format.

3) use the instructions in this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562645) to put the icon into the .dll resource file (for the start menu icon it is #18 in tapres.dll found in the /windows directory...just copy to desktop and edit)

4) DO NOT FORGET TO DIGITALLY SIGN THE FILE USING THE SIGNER IN THE THREAD LINKED ABOVE

5) copy the revised file back to the windows directory (either using activesync, or resco, or total commander)

6) reboot...and you have a new icon

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n242/ptothejizzay/starticon.jpg

[stylez]

Cool :) added to sticky and linkback on Editing Resources.

[roloracer]

great job, another good piece of info for all to use!:D

[Adriel623]

wonderful job mate!!!

[Adriel623]

Question folks...what other DLL files contain icons that can be changed? thanks in advance!

[Cyclonezephyrxz7]

Just from what I have tinkered with...i think cmhomeres.dll has something (but that may only be txt, not pix)....but for sure bronzeres.dll...venture around the windows folder...some DLL's may have images, i don't know all of them :-P

[big.brother]

didn' work with WM 6.1, cant replace file.dll. what can I do?

[hewhoisnotasothers]

try using resco explorer...just copy it to your storage card, and then use resco to move it to the windows directory.

[big.brother]

thanks. iwll try it one more time.

[bramprasetyo]

hi.. if i want to change the menu icons, which DLL should i edit? thanks.

[stylez]

hi.. if i want to change the menu icons, which DLL should i edit? thanks.

Here's a bit of info http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562505&highlight=change+menu+icons will depend what ROM you have?

[bramprasetyo]

thanks stylez for quick replay..

[popoy_23]

I can't seem to copy tapres.dll to my pc so I could modify it using PE Explorer..it does not seem to even rename it..=(

[stylez]

I can't seem to copy tapres.dll to my pc so I could modify it using PE Explorer..it does not seem to even rename it..=(

You have been answered in [TUT] Editing Resources .dll etc (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562645&page=2)

Please don't double post and check for answers to posts.

[popoy_23]

Sorry, and thank you for the heads up. Forgot the topics are linked together. :)

[somecuitears]

Which dll file contents d startmenu list icons??? and how do i copy dll files from the device to sd card???:confused:

[stylez]

Which dll file contents d startmenu list icons??? and how do i copy dll files from the device to sd card???:confused:

If they are custom just look @ the .lnk with notepad and it will show the resorce .dll, regards extracting from ROM check link about 2 posts above.

[neocorpse]

ok well I followed the tutorial to the letter and bricked twice now. I'm using a T-Mobile Dash 3G/winmo 6.5 official rom. Is there a way to do this WITHOUT bricking? Thank you.

[stylez]

ok well I followed the tutorial to the letter and bricked twice now. I'm using a T-Mobile Dash 3G/winmo 6.5 official rom. Is there a way to do this WITHOUT bricking? Thank you.


May need to install sdkcert. *not sure about the 3G*

[neocorpse]

holy crap I thought this thread was dead, and WHAM a ninja appears!! Thank you styles I appreciate the quick response. I'm not really sure how to install the certs. Are those what came in the file editor suite?
Has it got to do with color info possibly? I don't mind fooling with the files provided all that happens is a hard reset is needed.
I've been going insane wanting to do global skinning for winmo 6.5 but with things like highlight it's not an image but a defined color bar. Plus I can't even begin to find the taskbar images to alter so....

PS. I didn't mean to sound ungrateful and petulant if I did in my earlier post. I was a bit angry at my phone...lol.
If you ever want to do some collaborative work let me know, I have years of skinning experience with several different devices and such.

EDIT: Ok, I think I know what you mean. There's a WM SDK Certs.cab that came with SmartToolKit rc09, will that work or should I try to find a newer one?

EDIT 2: Well I installed the certs from the file editor suite you provided, (both sdk and the certificate.cab and even switched from pe explorer to reshacker and it still bricked. Basically what the phone is doing is upon reboot it gets to the windows bootscreen and won't display the homescreen. I can hear the phone doing something when I scroll so I know it's not locked up completely but I can't access my homescreen and the PC fails to recognize it. Dunno what I am doing wrong but it's annoying none the less...lol.

[neocorpse]

gonna try one last time...lol.