This page describes how to set a picture as a background theme. You can also use the Sidekick 3 Theme Creator to create a theme automatically.

1. Connect the USB cable into your computer and Sidekick.
2. On the computer, double click My Computer then select the Sidekick's drive.
3. You will see two folders listed, right click New, Folder, name it Themes.
4. Double click Themes folder.
5. In that folder make another new folder with your new theme name. This is the name you want to appear on the Sidekick backgrounds menu.

1. Open up Notepad in Windows and paste the following text into it.
2. string Name (en_US) themename

• bitmap ring-background ring-background.png
• bitmap ring-folder-background ring-folder-background.png
  

1. Save this .txt file to your newly created theme name folder as "theme.txt".
   
   NOTE: pictures must be saved as 240x138 pixels, and a PNG or JPG format. The picture file names must match the text file exactly, Example: # Tmobile.txt #
   string Name(en_US) Tmobile
   bitmap ring-background TmobilePic1.png
   bitmap ring-folder-background TmobilePic.png
   
2. Save the picture you want as the main background in this folder. (ring-background) make sure the name of the file should match the Notepad text file string and should be in PNG or JPG format sizing for backgrounds is commonly listed as 240x138 pixels, otherwise image may appear stretched.
3. Add the second picture you want for the sub category background. (ring-folder-background) this is the same size as the main background file.
4. Disconnect the device from the computer.
5. From the jump sscreen select Menu, Settings/Backgrounds and choose the theme you created to apply it. The theme should be listed below the original four, it is the name that was set as the folder and in the text file.

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