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hehehe, yes that is, sorry for my english, is not all the good that i would like :p

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I know, I am still in the middle of polishing my icons even in general, and while at it I am looking for a better one for the photos app. But it's okay for now, just gonna copy the whole /usr/share/icons/maemo-org to my PC and make a backup of the ones I like :)

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Just a word of caution: DO remember to turn off SSH or secure it well before leaving home if you plan to use networking. Root login enabled in SSH is not all that good idea. I personally use RSA keys to do the logging in, much safer, but it's a tad more complicated to set up.

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But am still setting up a password, Is that not safe enough>? :confused:
Well.. Coz, That password is a changed one anyways known only by me,, isn't it? :o

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It's just basic Unix security to always disable root login when it's not absolutely needed. If someone gained access as root (s)he could destroy everything possible on your device, including ruining your firmware, and maybe adjusting voltages to cause hardware failure.

And it's a common thing for script kiddies to run bot networks that scan SSH servers and use various methods for trying to guess the root password.

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Hi Futtawuh

if you need help with the QBW just Pm me and if I can help I will..

Luv your New screen btw.

Kind Regards Qosmio

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@futtawah qosimo is a great helper, helped me alot, and he is an expert in n900 styles...

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My screenshoot (boooouuu iOS)

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5...0110702133.png


http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/634...0110702145.png

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/736...0110702134.png


I chang my desktop all mounth.

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I updated my icons to better suit the theme coloring, and changed the oh-so-sexy-guy background to one less sexy (though I have it on another desktop just so I can sometimes drool at it a little! :D ), but one that too fits in so well with the theme.

http://i53.tinypic.com/2dt2hc7.jpg
http://i51.tinypic.com/34hi0le.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/2l8kx2a.jpg

It looks nice, doesn't it? :)

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Hi Q.

I've been to busy this weekend so havent had the chance to look that much more into QBW. I'll give it a shot when i can. If i fail somewhere ill PM you. :)

And thanks , the screen is getting better. Just hope i QBW can satify my needs. :)

-Futtawuh

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http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7765/omenshot.jpg

for thai public broadcasting services.

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This is my current Layout. I hope you guys like it.
(Credits to D-Livils Pleego Blue theme. Just modded a few things to make it match my style LoL)
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3...0102916372.png

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/6...0102916364.png

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4...0102917385.png

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/6...0102917500.png

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9...0102916363.png

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I mean wtf you guys!! my desktops are hugely boring. If I see how you guys mess with this!!

fareed's lockscreen is awsome.
the iphone-icons are pure pwnage!
I want a tutorial. I searched my *** off and don't find anything that suits me.

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What sort of tutorial do you want?

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can you post your dektop background please

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what's the lightswitch?

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it's background of this theme "Nuvofre" looks in extra-devel.

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Hi Kenny. Thanks for the compliment. Anyways, modding the screens aint a very difficult thing (but yes, it requires patience and backup :P). I was a total noob like 4 months back when I got this device and slowly and steadily, I learned a lot of small small things. Now if you would like to Mod your device, I suggest using any FTP Client (WinSCP, FileZilla etc) on your machine. On your N900, you will need to install SSH Server and Client (there are so many of these stuff in the Repos).

Follow this tutorial for gaining root access via FTP

Now once you are connected using the client, locate the folder /usr/share/themes. Under this, find the name of the theme you are currently using go into it and start exploring.... Before replacing, always ensure you have a backup of the image you are replacing.

Try it, if you get stuck, I'm sure there will be help around here.

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Found this one mate,

Kind Regards,
D4rKlar

EDIT:

http://i56.tinypic.com/4ktugh.png

2nd time lucky! :D

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when i try an download it saves it to the size it shows on the post , which is to small !!

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Weird yeah it's doing that with me as well, no worries I'll post it up again after work :D

Kind Regards,
D4rKlar

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If up attach it as a image file it will resize it best thing to do is put it in a zip or host it somewhere else then just insert the image.

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Anxiously awaiting this icon pack - any ETA of when it will be avialable?
Thanks in advance!

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Few more from me. Made the shortcut icons bigger with theme customizer, added a QBW 'lock' icon on the main homescreen because the lock slider can be tempermental with locking, added 'tv catchup' to media screen, changed the mediabox icon and made the desktop switcher icons on the main screen more transparent so more subtle. Other than that, just a change of backgrounds.

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Nice! richwhite. Can you pls post the QBW lock icon cmnd?
Thank you. :)

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lock command is this

just put into qbw and add lock icon of your choice.

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hii, can anyone post the QBW phone,web, command so dat i too can use it,

thanksss

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http://wiki.maemo.org/Phone_control

Hope this help you!
Regards,

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Is there any advantage in using QBW phone, emai, etc widgets on the desktop as opposed to just using the standard short cuts for those applications?

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thanks john !! got d phone command but couldnt find web... could u provide

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thnks John !! got the phone command but couldnt find d web command for QBW, can u provide it

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only that it's easier to change the size and icon, and you can put them on every screen

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how i can change the icons.
I also want to be a better QBW user

@farid, /usr/share/themes I don't find the map usr.
My n900 is in dutch but i don't find anything that could point at that direction.

I want to have nfsu running but with an autoinstaller
in a other way(with xterminal) and then they point again to the same usr/* map

my current theme is blue sky, and so far I like it. rebooting gave me the cool batteryicon

Like the devianart gallery of darklar is stunning. The chick is replaceble but all the info on the desk is just briljant!

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thanks john !!! is thr any other way by wich in conversation i can get 2 colors

eg:- sms box of XYZ

XYZ-i like to go there (black color)
Me-sure we will (blue color)

am using theme customiser ... which font shud i change d color to get in two different color....

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My apologies for taking so long but I wanted it to be a comprehensive pack. As it turns out I had to make more icons than I thought and that took time. (In between my full time job and family of 6)
I expect to at least be able to provide the icons zipped in the next 12-24hrs, or maybe even an installable .deb in that time frame too.

Thank you for your patience.

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Install filebox from devels, go to settings and enable root access.
Then click the home icon, then the arrow next to it twice. Then do opt/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/hildon and that's where most of the apps are. If they're not there you can usually find them in share/themes/yourtheme/images or opt/maemo/share/themes/yourtheme/images

Make sure you take a backup first (long-press the icon in question, 'copy', tap home icon and then the clipboard>paste. Transfer that to your computer. To put a new icon in, reverse that process - from computer, put in MyDocs, open Filebox, copy, go to the respective location and clipboard - paste. It should give a warning about overwriting, click yes). Reboot to see the changes.

Also make sure the icons are the right size - if they're in 64x64 then they need to be 64x64 pixels


As for QBW, i'm still a noob. All i do is find the 'desktop command execution' thread and go to the wiki. Those commands work in QBW. Simply remove all the existing text in the QBW settings to have a blank background. To do your own background, place a png file in .images/queen_beecon_dir (connect to PC in mass storage mode, open N900, .images, QBW file is there) Then in QBW settings panel, in the 'title settings' pane, type whatever you named the file, so for my 'general' profile one it's general.png. 'Add cmd' and type/paste the respective command, and 'save', that's it. Anything else is tinkering, like the icon size can be done with the first 2 scroll bars in the QBW settings page. Near the bottom you find the update rules, like 'update on desktop' 'update on boot' etc, generally mine are update on click only except the battery, rootfs, uptime, and signal strength, which update on desktop and boot and click, so it depends what you have and how you want it updated.
Under 'press and progress animation FX' you see 'frames', click it and hit 'disabled' to remove the animation that's displayed when QBW updates.
Next to 'command title settings', where you place the file.png, you see 'scale' tinker with that to see the sizes you can have, and use the aforementioned scrollable bars to accommodate whatever size you decide to use.

That should help you out as a starting point at least. If you get stuck, god knows there's some incredible people on this board to assist you. It sounds more complicated than it is, i learnt almost everything from D4rklar and honestly, once you manage to do this once, it's easy. I originally just wanted to change my menu icon and was too intimidated by the process to do anything else, now it's like second nature and i have folders of icons on my laptop. Just always take a backup, and as D4rklar once said to me, the worst that can happen is you need to reflash.

Oh, one last thing, because the last thing you want is to lose all this. Enable SSH and copy the whole 'opt' folder to your computer. Ideally do an original one and one after your tinkering with custom stuff, so whether you want to revert to default or you flash and want custom back, it's as easy as drag and drop.

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Here's my current theme, that I fine tuned a little bit with some custom icons and custom website/contact shortcuts. Blurred out the images of some contacts for their privacy...

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8 desktops, with Theme Customizer and Desktop Switcher, and customize widgets.
Not really finished, I'll try to use a smaller picture for my home desktop, to have a bigger calendar and MyContacts widgets on.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14710680/fon...109-014944.png


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14710680/fon...109-014951.png

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14710680/fon...109-014958.png

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14710680/fon...109-015009.png

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14710680/fon...109-015408.png

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14710680/fon...109-015214.png

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14710680/fon...109-015408.png

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14710680/fon...109-015649.png

Backgrounds are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/CEVENN/M...eat=directlink

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Some nice desktops being shown, but the choice of image host on this page is woeful in the least.

How about using hosts that don't smash you with ads and/or pop ups?

Try:
http://imgur.com or
http://www.lookpic.com