Change Windows Mobile Background Transparency
As we all know we can set the today screen to have any picture we like on it set as a background image, like a windows wall paper, but if you apply the image through
Start > Settings > Today then you will find that there is a high transparency applied to it, and your picture just looks very ordinary.
There is a way that you can adjust or completely remove the transparency, on windows mobile 5 or better.
Simply open your Image viewer, in windows mobile 6.x it is refer to as ‘Pictures & Videos’ once the app is open you will be able to select the location of your image, one found open the image up, down on the bottom right you will have ‘menu’ select this, you will then be able to select ‘Set as Today Background’ choose this, here if you images is large it will show you how it will scale it down as a preview, and you can also set the % level of the transparency.
Once your happy hit OK at the top, then your done.
Here is what my screen now looks like 
October 15th, 2008 at 5:11 am
Thanks. This is very helpful. I’m have been looking for the background transparency function in the windows setting for so long.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:48 am
Thank you for your website
I made on photoshop backgrounds for myspace and youtube and ect..
my backgrounds:http://tinyurl.com/6r7cav
take care and thank you again!
November 19th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Thanks! Just what I was looking for!
January 20th, 2009 at 8:50 am
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May 9th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
OMG!!!!
THANK YOU SO FKIN MUCH!!!
THIS DAMN THING WAS DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!
I APRECIATE IT DUDE!!
August 30th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Hell Yeah!! I also had a time with this thing. Never really messed around in the “Pics n Vids” enough to find this out
Thanks ALot
September 4th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Thank you so much. Now my today backgroun is better.
October 15th, 2009 at 6:33 am
how did you get the clock that looks like android on what looks like winmo 6.1? please help
October 15th, 2009 at 7:27 am
Easy, it was a HTC plug in. If you have a HTC, you shouldn’t have a problem getting the look.
I recommend you browse forum.xda-developers.com… there are many things that you will enjoy on that site!
March 2nd, 2010 at 7:08 pm
Thanks a lot.
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August 5th, 2010 at 4:12 am
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