If you're having problems with custom themes as in on the zen theme home page the banner objects would be customized but as soon as you press menu, the banner objects on the icon home screen would go back to the default settings/positions.

Replacing the default net_rim_theme_bbdimension themes (icon, L, today and zen) from OS 4.5.0.18 into the Java folder of .37 solves the problem with banner objects reverting back to default.

Good stuff kyoo

This worked great for me. Thanks!

sweet thanks so much

Thanks MrKyoo!

Is there a fix for this problem in 4.5.0.18 for the 8100? I have ...18 and I am experiencing the same problem. Should I load an older version of those themes also and if so whats the best way of going about getting them? Thanks for helping me out with this.

If you have this problem in .18 then yes try different bbdimension versions of 4.5, maybe .9, .10, .13, .31 or .37.

I don't have the 8100 so my testing for that device is limited.

Anyone find a version of bbdimension themes for the 8100 that allows the the Today Plus themes to keep their location? I am running 4.5.0.37 and tried the dimension themes from 4.3.1.14 which was the last version that worked with the Today Plus properly.

When doing a hard reset, the Today+ theme does not save the locations of icons.

Did you specifically try the "net_rim_theme_bbdimension_today_320x240_b.cod " theme from .14 and did you load the .cod file to your device via Javaloader?

I had the same problem with the Today+ theme but after using the bbdimension themes from .18 it was corrected.

I am on an 8100, but I have loaded all four of the net_rim_theme_bbdimension cods from 4.5.0.10 because 18 also had the same problem with the Today+ theme and it still does not save the icon positions. I never loaded 4.5.0.10 so I don't know if that had the same bug or not. I also tried 4.3.1.14 as that did not have the problem when I had it loaded on my Pearl.

I am loading everything by javaloader. (javaloader -usb load net_rim_theme_bbdimension_today_240x260_b.cod)

Hop on AIM or Google if you can to discuss the possible solutions.

Thanks for your help.

BB Dimension Today Plus (icons on the right)
Today+ (icons on the bottom)

The "Today Plus" theme will continue to have the issue with icon placement (could be something in how this theme was created though I'm uncertain)

I have tried both and the issue is the same regardless.

How are those themes loaded, Javaloader or OTA?

Loaded OTA as you cannot download the .cod from RIM to load manually.

The only way to load manually with Javaloader would be to load OTA, use javaloader to extract the cod and then delete and reload using Javaloader. If you think this will make a difference I can try but it seems like loading the cod that you just extracted would only load back on the same exact app with the same problems.

SIBIOn

I could not load bbdimension theme cod files since I never had any previous versions of os v4.5 before .42... ( i have 8120 from tmo with v4.3 loaded)

I tried to swap the file from v4.3 with the one in v4.5.0.42 to possibly fix this issue and guess what..? It fixed the theme bugs, but it disabled my video/voice recording features. :(

I swapped it back to the original one to enable those two features now.

Is it 'illegal' to ask for the single bbdimension_zen cod file here?
I have searched the web for hours with hope to find any previous versions with that file in, but no luck so far..

I guess I'll just wait for the official release if that is illegal to ask for that file.

if not.. can anybody send me that file?

thanks in advance.

I never had this problem with any of the themes. I deleted all of the cods recommend in the clean up your memory thread. Perhaps try removing the file completely???

Im currently running .37 for the record

I just had to add these back this morning. I redid 4.5.0.44 this morning to remove all the Quincy/RIM Internal Tools stuff.. Following JC's memory cleaning guide once again I removed all the Dimension themes except for Icon.
When it rebooted my screen looked like an old Mac classic. black and white crappy icons.
Selecting any theme did absolutely nothing when I clicked the trackball to activate it.

Tried reinstalling the wallpapers but that didnt do it. Finally worked when I put the remainder of the Dimension themes back on it. Noticing the Zen theme was almost 2MB, Im guessing RIM's got something in there that has to do with more than just the theme selected at the moment..

ok, if I only use today plus theme which themes can I delte without screwing things up? Everyone has just confused me...lol.

^ I personally would not remove any of the bbdimension themes.

I agree with MrKyoo....The other themes rely on the dimension themes in order to work. You can experiment, if you want to but you can end up with black/white theme when the device reboots. I have removed all themes except Dimension Zen and TMo Zen and all works fine.

..and I agree too... Dimension Zen is certainly a must or you start seeing really wacky things.

Exactly. On 4.1 and higher, you need the Dimension Zen theme. You can delete Dimension Icon and Today, but not Zen.

IIRC, on 4.0 and earlier, you need Dimension Icon, but can delete the Zen theme.

The easiest advice for all OSs, is to leave all three in place. If you must delete one or two of them, always make sure you keep whichever is the largest file -- that's always the one you need to have to prevent weird stuff from happening.

I am suffering from this same problem. I have tried to copy over the themes from version .18 to .37 but I can not get them to update when running DM. The files are in the java folder which I believe is correct. Is there a specific procedure to get the DM to detect a different version of the files and transfer them?

Wirelessly posted (BB 11020)

Plug in the BB. Run DM/Application Loader and go through all the way to the end.

Thanks for the quick response! I am now one step closer to having this problem fixed but I am still missing one part. The file. Heres what happened... I misunderstood the instructions at first and deleted the today plus theme from the blackberry. So now the file is gone... when I try to download the file again from mobile.blackberry.com, I get an error that there are no themes available for an 8310 / 4.5 OS. So before I downgrade just to get this theme is there anyone who could post the file?

I think after that everything should be fine.

Try the following link directly from your 8100 :

thanks for the link! I am pretty sure that the screen is 320x240 for the 8310... maybe just changing the resolution in the address will download the right file. I will give it a shot.

For 88xx :

thanks everyone for the help! right now the mobile site is down (probably part of the bis upgrade) so I will try the last link when its up.

The L theme doesn't count as one of those that you wouldn't erase is it? I would just assume seeing that this is a newer theme that it shouldn't have any bearing on the today plus theme.

So... where can I get the bb_rim_dimension themes from OS 4.5.0.18 ? I waited for the .37 release.

Are there links to these themes, or do I need to hunt down the .18 package to extract the themes?

I have never had this issue with any of the OS's. Not sure where this whole problem comes from.

Nevermind, I got the .18 release, from a...uh...err... anonymous friend I met on the internet.

Giving this a go now.

Got the file downloaded. Thanks for the help... but for some reason the problem persists... even after using the .18 files. Has anyone confirmed this as an actual fix?

I found the .10 and pulled the today, icon, and zen dimension themes and loaded them onto my device using JavaLoader, then an extra battery pull, and ALL of my issues are gone.

The header/banner in the Messages app still gets wonky, but at least the Home Screen is working well for me now. Took me a while to sort this one.

Now I've got an itch to fire up Plazmic again. I've grown more accustomed to the Dimension Today theme, and I'm dying to figure out how they get the animated PNGs to run for new message alerts.

Anyone happen to have these files handy that I could load on my 8320? I have .46 and having these issues...I usually don't really pay attention to it but would be nice to get this fixed

**I'm not asking for the beta install itself...I'm just looking for the theme files for the older so I can fix it**

I'm using a custom theme in 4.5.0.45...whatcha suggest?

You can use the one from 4.2. It works just fine.