[jkercado]

I've been messing with this by editing the registry after getting my Focus unlocked. Too bad the colors don't show 100% true on pics. Here's a dark blue, gray, and what I call "latte". They're replacing existing colors. Unfortunately, this doesn't work with 3rd-party apps.

[FriendOrDafoe]

I made mine to match the facebook blue. Then use the light background. Looks like a facebook phone. Pretty cool.

[SleepyTheDon]

I'd love to customize my Trophy background colors

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[Judge_Daniel]

I may have to drive to San Antonio to get you to change my colors, lol. I'd love to have that ability.

[thed]

I like the look of this black on white theme that I made back when I was running Nodo. A couple of downsides though.

In messaging threads the colors of the messages are all the same, since the OS shows your message in a slightly darkened version of your theme color. I swear this wasn't the case back on the Mango beta, I remember it showing the messages as grey and black. I wish I had a screenshot of it, it looked really nice. At some point between beta and RTM, they changed it, so that it now darkens your theme color instead of lightening it.

I also was having problems replying to emails on Mango and eventually I figured out that it only happened when I was using my tweaked color themes. Since I was making the edits manually and not using a color tool, I must have screwed something up. Sadly, since I have an HTC phone I can't make registry edits on Mango so I never really use this theme anymore.

[1jaxstate1]

Sweet, I just did the Internet Sharing + Interop Unlock xap from XDA and it works like a champ! Time to change my tile colors.

Everything worked like a charm, there's a slight work around for the tile app, but it's still golden in my book!

[Airanp]

Does anyone know the color code for the Xbox Live tile? I would like to create a theme to match that but I can't get it right on my own.

[thed]

Does anyone know the color code for the Xbox Live tile? I would like to create a theme to match that but I can't get it right on my own.

It's #8CBE21.
The screenshot app is your friend :)

[Gmotagi]

I just wish you could change the colour of each individual tile. That would be really nice as I think the standard 'all same' colours are pretty boring.

[Stig]

Can someone do a FAQ on how to do this please?

[1jaxstate1]

How to do what? Unlock the phone or change the tile color if you already have an unlocked phone.

Can someone do a FAQ on how to do this please?

[1jaxstate1]

That would be awesome!

I just wish you could change the colour of each individual tile. That would be really nice as I think the standard 'all same' colours are pretty boring.

[Stig]

How to do what? Unlock the phone or change the tile color if you already have an unlocked phone.

I have done the Chevron Labs unlock only.

Can you access the registry entries necessary to edit the colors?

[1jaxstate1]

I don't access the registry directly, I downloaded a xap from XDA that added a option in "settings" menu to change the tile colors. I think the app only works on unlocked HTC phones and Unlocked and Interop unlocked Samsung phone.

I have done the Chevron Labs unlock only.

Can you access the registry entries necessary to edit the colors?

[Blacklac]

I'm sorry, I'm a noob to all this unlocking stuff. :( You can do this with a $9 chevron unlock and sideloading 1 App?

Could you either post/send me a link to this App or the name of it so I can find it on XDA? This is one of the biggest things I'd like to be able to do on my HTC Titan when I get it next week.

Thanks.

[Blacklac]

I'm sorry, I'm a noob to all this unlocking stuff. :( You can do this with a $9 chevron unlock and sideloading 1 App?

Could you either post/send me a link to this App or the name of it so I can find it on XDA? This is one of the biggest things I'd like to be able to do on my HTC Titan when I get it next week.

Thanks.

Bump. :/

[woodbane]

It's #8CBE21.
The screenshot app is your friend :)

How so? I mean I know how to screenshot app but is there somewhere you can then get the color code of something you took a shot of?

Sorry if that's a stupid question.

[woodbane]

I'm sorry, I'm a noob to all this unlocking stuff. :( You can do this with a $9 chevron unlock and sideloading 1 App?

Could you either post/send me a link to this App or the name of it so I can find it on XDA? This is one of the biggest things I'd like to be able to do on my HTC Titan when I get it next week.

Thanks.

Unfortunately this will be a no-go on the Titan or the Radar as you need interop unlock for the AdvancedConfig xap to work and no one has found a way to interop unlock the 2nd gen HTC phones with mango pre-installed yet.

It's probably only a matter of time tho' so hang in there.

Honestly I get the whole concept of metro and having a unified system but would it have really killed MS to allow people to choose a custome tile color? It's not like it takes away from the experience or anything.

[Blacklac]

ok, thanks for the info. I'll keep checking XDA every now and then.

[5tephen]

Unfortunately this will be a no-go on the Titan or the Radar as you need interop unlock for the AdvancedConfig xap to work and no one has found a way to interop unlock the 2nd gen HTC phones with mango pre-installed yet.



It's probably only a matter of time tho' so hang in there.



Honestly I get the whole concept of metro and having a unified system but would it have really killed MS to allow people to choose a custome tile color? It's not like it takes away from the experience or anything.

So it won't work on dev unlocked phones either? Boo. I really wanted to change my accent color :(

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[pseudoware]

How so? I mean I know how to screenshot app but is there somewhere you can then get the color code of something you took a shot of?

Sorry if that's a stupid question.

I think w/many image editors, you can pick a color in an image just by selecting it, and it will tell you the RGB and/or HTML color code. MS Paint has a "dropper" icon in the tool pallet for this.

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[woodbane]

So it won't work on dev unlocked phones either? Boo. I really wanted to change my accent color :(

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Nope, you gotta be dev unlocked AND interop unlocked unfortunately.


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[woodbane]

I think w/many image editors, you can pick a color in an image just by selecting it, and it will tell you the RGB and/or HTML color code. MS Paint has a "dropper" icon in the tool pallet for this.

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Ahhh, I shall have to give this a try. Many thanks for the tip.


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[lumic]

Has anyone been able to get a custom accent colour working with the white theme? They work pretty well on black, but third-party apps don't adjust properly with the white theme (background turns white but the text doesn't change to black).

[TaliZorah]

Does anyone know the color code for the Xbox Live tile? I would like to create a theme to match that but I can't get it right on my own.

The newer HTC devices have a theme called 'htc' that is ALMOST identical to the Xbox Live tile.