Comments on: Changing the Pocket PC screen resolution

By: Carroll B. Merriman

Carroll B. Merriman — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:36:48 +0000

I just read a great article on registry and PC optimization at Ezine articles. This article is a good one for Pocket PC optimization.

By: YY

YY — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:40:38 +0000

i tried it on my Samsung i780.

but on the topbar where it is showing Wireless connection, etc, all icons dissapear, and only the time(clock) is visable.

where should i look for all the proper icons so that i could resize it and replace?

thanks.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:04:58 +0000

thanks !! very helpful post!

By: Radu Motisan

Radu Motisan — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:05:28 +0000

128 / 192 = 2/3 .

640 / 2/3 = (640 * 3)/2 = 960 .

480 / 2/3 = (480 * 3)/2 = 720.

640×480 (the resolution of your NLOOX on the default 128×128DPI) becomes 960×720 (on 128×128DPI).

By: Horatiu Popovici

Horatiu Popovici — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:25:53 +0000

So if I have a FSC N560 and I want to have a 128dpi what would be the calculation for it?

By: Radu Motisan

Radu Motisan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:06:46 +0000

Thanks guys. Carson, getting proper icons for a custom resolution is not that hard. There's a list of Graphical resources that needs to be modified, eg. all the icons of 32x32 in 192x192DPI will have to be changed to 48x48 in 128x128DPI. Here is the list of resources: 11select.gif arrow2.gif Bkgnd_Land.bmp Bkgnd_Port.bmp blankbanner.gif browsres.dll complete.gif coreres.dll dayview.gif dlrback_land.png dlrback_port.png Gy_Bkgnd_Land.BMP Gy_Bkgnd_Port.BMP msim.dll myinfo.gif officeres.dll outres.dll pegcards.dll pptres.dll riresdll.dll shellres.dll shellresapps.dll stylus1.gif stylus2.gif tapres.dll TraRes0409.dll tshres.dll welcomehead.png WLMContactsResources.dll WLMHSContainerResources.dll WLMHSMailResources.dll WLMHSMeResources.dll WLMHSMessengerResources.dll WLMHSSearchBarResources.dll WLMHSSplashResources.dll WLMHSSyncResources.dll WLMMailResources.dll WLMMessengerResources.dll WLMServiceResources.dll WLMSharedResources.dll wmp_WPC_player_480x640.gif wmp_WPC_player_480x640.skn wmp_WPC_player_640x480.gif wmp_WPC_player_640x480.skn The GIF/JPG/BMP are straight forward. For the DLL's you need to use a tool like ExeScope to access the images embedded in them. Then use a ACDSee or PHotoshop or your favorite graphic editor and do some resizing. Basically this is all one needs to do to create custom graphic packs.

By: Carson

Carson — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:10:23 +0000

This is excellent information. Works like a charm. Any idea how to get proper icons for all the missing stuff like start menu and other icons?

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:55:41 +0000

Very nice tip, most people though won’t go fishing in the registry, so simple instructions like this are great!

By: vmiguel

vmiguel — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:13:46 +0000

That is a great way to tweak your device to your heart contempt!

On my Universal, I’ve tried the RealVGA, sometimes. As I kept changing rom’s (non official ones, WM6.x), the results were a bit erratic: sometimes, it worked, sometimes, not…

With that “bare hands” aproach, it should give more consistent results.

The only situation that I liked a bigger resolution was working with Excel docs, so I could see more columns. In almost any other situation, things get pretty small, and harder to read.

In the end of the day, it’s always great to know a little about this possibilities, even when one doesn’t use it.

Great post!