I know it's a matter of taste, but why are the Cooks of today pimp their ROMs. Why not leave them as standard as they supposed to be, and deliver the pimped icons in a CAB installer.
Some people like the pimped stuff, some not. So if you want your ROM to be used by a lot of people, this is the solution:
Cook your ROM with standard icons, skins, themes and colors and give the option to donwload icons, skins, themes and colors and/or post them in the Theme threads around the forum.
Seconded! I realize that a lot of cooks like adding a personal touch, but nothing turns me off to a ROM quicker than seeing a bunch of nonstandard icons / menus / etc.
Making your customizations available as a CAB installer instead would make me a lot more inclined to test drive your ROM.
This is because installing cab files and new stuff not only takes space but makes everything slower. applications and menus and what not, cooked in a ROM are faster than installed.
as you said, it's a matter of taste.
A lot of the great chef's roms have fast lite & ultralite versions...then you can add exactly what U want!
webpatrick said:
I know it's a matter of taste, but why are the Cooks of today pimp their ROMs. Why not leave them as standard as they supposed to be, and deliver the pimped icons in a CAB installer.
Some people like the pimped stuff, some not. So if you want your ROM to be used by a lot of people, this is the solution:
Cook your ROM with standard icons, skins, themes and colors and give the option to donwload icons, skins, themes and colors and/or post them in the Theme threads around the forum.
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I once asked the people at Ferrari the same thing, why make it red, when you can just make it grey and let people paint it their own color. Vinyl seats to allow people to choose their own leather, What is with those big wide tires, wouldn't skinny generic ones be better ? It's not like driving is the same all over........................................
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I once asked the people at Ferrari the same thing, why make it red, when you can just make it grey and let people paint it their own color. Vynil seats to allow people to choose their own leather, What is with those big wide tires, wouldn't skinny generic ones be better ? It's not like driving is the same all over........................................
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lol. good one
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I once asked the people at Ferrari the same thing, why make it red, when you can just make it grey and let people paint it their own color. Vinyl seats to allow people to choose their own leather, What is with those big wide tires, wouldn't skinny generic ones be better ? It's not like driving is the same all over........................................
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Ferrari has it, and the other things like color and big wide tires are called OPTIONS
It's what cooks should do too. Give us OPTIONS. They could even charge us for it
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Hey guys / gals..
My girlfriend saw what I did to my phone, and fell in love with it.... but she wants it to look more, girly. I know i know...
So, are there any good roms floating around, that have a pink / purple look to them? Just curious....
or could I install the new duttys rom and get it to look more girly using some program?
Any info is helpful, thanks
Try Schaps ROMs. Here is a WM 6.1 one. These ROMS are good...and have lots of Purple in them
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=364048
Try Schap's. His trademark is the purple theme and skins... =)
Well, the Schaps ROM is as purple as they come!
And it's a very stable, well designed ROM - try 4.40 for WM 6.1
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Well, the Schaps ROM is as purple as they come!
And it's a very stable, well designed ROM - try 4.40 for WM 6.1
EDIT: These three posts came up at the same instant! That's why they are so repetitive
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Yea... it's cool. LoL... that means it's good information!
I've never used any ROM's except for Dutty's so I didn't really know who had something stable and who didn't.
If anyone has any other suggestions keep them coming... i'll keep checking this thread. Thanks again
Dude,
Why dont you download ROM that you are familiar with so that if your girl want you to do some tweaking or ask you help on this and that, at least you know the ROM and save yourself from embarrassing moments not knowing how to answer your girl's question.
Then, look for themes that looks pinkish or have flowers or anything girlish. Rite?
-Red-
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Hey guys / gals..
My girlfriend saw what I did to my phone, and fell in love with it.... but she wants it to look more, girly. I know i know...
So, are there any good roms floating around, that have a pink / purple look to them? Just curious....
or could I install the new duttys rom and get it to look more girly using some program?
Any info is helpful, thanks
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Dude,
Why dont you download ROM that you are familiar with so that if your girl want you to do some tweaking or ask you help on this and that, at least you know the ROM and save yourself from embarrassing moments not knowing how to answer your girl's question.
Then, look for themes that looks pinkish or have flowers or anything girlish. Rite?
-Red-
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You beat me to that answer. Windows 6.1 roms have some "nice!" home themes too that can be used.
I would also recommend you check out _Alex_ roms. He has done a lot of hard work, research and tends to answer any questions about his roms. He is not out for fame and his feet are firmly on the ground so I would whole heartily recommend trying out perhaps his Multimedia rom or his home rom. Ask your girlfriend to write a list of specs she wants from her htc. Then go shopping for the best rom. Once you have done that then hunt down some home screen cabs with the colours she wants.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=363865
Alex roms seem more stable than any others I have tried and I have tried a great deal. Also the above link has a great deal of info and images and a easy to follow wiki specific to his roms etc.
All the best
Nick
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You beat me to that answer. Windows 6.1 roms have some "nice!" home themes too that can be used.
I would also recommend you check out _Alex_ roms. He has done a lot of hard work, research and tends to answer any questions about his roms. He is not out for fame and his feet are firmly on the ground so I would whole heartily recommend trying out perhaps his Multimedia rom or his home rom. Ask your girlfriend to write a list of specs she wants from her htc. Then go shopping for the best rom. Once you have done that then hunt down some home screen cabs with the colours she wants.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=363865
Alex roms seem more stable than any others I have tried and I have tried a great deal. Also the above link has a great deal of info and images and a easy to follow wiki specific to his roms etc.
All the best
Nick
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Good information, thanks I suppose I could just skin the ones she has... but I figured i'd see if there were any out there already done up. Skinning only changes SOME things... wasnt sure if there were any roms out there that would change the calc and dialpads to some "pretty" colors lol.
Anyway, thanks for the help.. think i got my answer(s).
Try to get her to do the flashing/installing. In this way we will atleast have a flashing addict with a girl that likes it too.
I guess there are not many of us around that can say, our girls/wives like flashing
Here's a great site with zillions of themes:
http://www.pocketthemes.com/download.php?op=viewdownload&cid=1
Install SPB Mobile Shell....you can use colors like red, green, pink, etc.....
Along with Schaps Rom as you can see is the #1 suggestion
Credit to all those out there offering us choice with our roms, and more than often giving us more than we had ever hoped for from our phones.
But since Dutty has left all the roms seem to be very stylised and almost garish. Are there no roms out there which just have the HTC home and some nice added extras without it being made into some neon screens with some crazy backgrounds?
Is it really that difficult to download and install the HTC theme file.. yourself?
Is it really that difficult to change the background.. yourself?
You should check out the v9 ROM from L26. Search this forum for the thread. Its very popular, and should give you what you are looking for. Leo is working on a v10 ROM, that is also highly anticipated. He does have one unusual splash screen at the beginning of the ROM startup sequence, but other than that, it's very professional.
If that doesn't give you what you want, I'm not certain what will. Give it a shot, but be sure you install a version of Hard SPL first, if you already haven't. Some of the newer cooked ROM's require version 3.28, 3.29 or 3.56.
Hope that helps!
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Credit to all those out there offering us choice with our roms, and more than often giving us more than we had ever hoped for from our phones.
But since Dutty has left all the roms seem to be very stylised and almost garish. Are there no roms out there which just have the HTC home and some nice added extras without it being made into some neon screens with some crazy backgrounds?
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i agree with churchwa on this one
also, it's not very hard to cook yourself up a basic oem-styled rom if you want one that bad
This is a nice insult to all the other chefs. Why not cook your own ROM instead of posting useless garbage. Youve been here awhile and should know better
I think what you are asking for is a simple rom. Chefs out there aren't looking for something simple. You can make a simple rom by getting a lite rom and installing the cabs. Maybe you might want to learn how to cook. Seems like all you want is a original rom, and just remove the bloated stuff you don't need.
Just curious: which Manila Mod do you like the most: Cookie's or MaxManila? It would be very nice if you give/describe your arguments for your choice. Thanks in advance.
regards, Kuzibri
I doubt many people will want to vote on this as a +ive vote for one seems like a -ive vote for the other, and they're both amazing mods.
I bet if you put an extra option of "I love them both" on there then you'd have loads of votes.
Besides, no-one on here has heard of NaxManila lol
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Just curious: which Manila Mod do you like the most: Cookie's or NaxManila?
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I doubt many people will want to vote on this as a +ive vote for one seems like a -ive vote for the other, and they're both amazing mods.
I bet if you put an extra option of "I love them both" on there then you'd have loads of votes.
Besides, no-one on here has heard of NaxManila lol
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you're very alert!!!
I'm mostly interested which one of the two is the most popular/practical/userfriendely, etc. Making a choice for either one does not mean a negative opinion/vote for the other one IMHO.
I'm willing to add the third option to the poll only don't know how to do/achieve that??
I don't think you can alter polls once you've made them, which makes sense really. Imagine doing a poll that says "which do you prefer" with the options "wm6.1" and "wm6.5" and you then add "iPhone" a month later lol. That would be funny actually
I've voted anyway. I like them both but have a preferred choice.
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I don't think you can alter polls once you've made them, which makes sense really. Imagine doing a poll that says "which do you prefer" with the options "wm6.1" and "wm6.5" and you then add "iPhone" a month later lol. That would be funny actually
I've voted anyway. I like them both but have a preferred choice.
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On second thought I do not think adding a third option (like them both) is necessary, because the mods cannnot coexist together on one device. So one has to make a choice between either Cookie or MaxManila.
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On second thought I do not think adding a third option (like them both) is necessary, because the mods cannnot coexist together on one device. So one has to make a choice between either Cookie or MaxManila.
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Which is why I made my point that lots of people won't want to vote. Just my thoughts mate. Good luck with your poll.
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Which is why I made my point that lots of people won't want to vote. Just my thoughts mate. Good luck with your poll.
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Thanks John, I really do not mind whether many people will vote or not, or even comment on their choice. I also do like both mods but, just like you, I have my preference. Just curious how the odds are between these two amazing mods!
IMO the voting goes pretty well, though I would like to have/see some more arguments/comments regarding the choice one has made. I know that both mods are amazing but people must have made a choice based on arguments pro/con cause the mods cannot coexist on the same device. This poll is not meant to judge either of the mods (and also not to offend the developers of these wonderful mods), but just based on my personal curiosity why people choose either Cookie or MaxManila for their device. No hidden reasons/agenda or whatever.
regards, Kuzibri
Vote one for MaxManila!
I thought I would add a few supporting points as to why I prefer MaxManila.
Cookies is great, there is no denying that and ultimately, IMHO the best option would be to have them compatible with each other. If MM and Cookies could coexist I would be in a happy la la land of joy!
As it stand though, I had to make a choice. My reasoning was that, when it came down to it, Cookies really only offered me lots and lots of pages icons. I don't really need this. It was annoying on the iPhone as it was, it is also much the same as how the start menu is now, just side-by-side and a little more flexible in customisation.
MaxManila offered more than that. It offered a combination of features I would otherwise have installed individually; background for all tabs (including panoramic), increase number of quicklinks, transparent slider, customisable history and calendar bars, among other things.
The one thing that probably sold it for me was the clock options. I prefer the digital/analog side-by-side clock look to the original Sense UI. With eight layout options and many alternative clock appearances there is something for everyone.
Overall MaxManila is easy, flexible and attractive... oh, and have you seen what's to come next? See here ... I can't wait!
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I thought I would add a few supporting points as to why I prefer MaxManila.
Cookies is great, there is no denying that and ultimately, IMHO the best option would be to have them compatible with each other. If MM and Cookies could coexist I would be in a happy la la land of joy!
As it stand though, I had to make a choice. My reasoning was that, when it came down to it, Cookies really only offered me lots and lots of pages icons. I don't really need this. It was annoying on the iPhone as it was, it is also much the same as how the start menu is now, just side-by-side and a little more flexible in customisation.
MaxManila offered more than that. It offered a combination of features I would otherwise have installed individually; background for all tabs (including panoramic), increase number of quicklinks, transparent slider, customisable history and calendar bars, among other things.
The one thing that probably sold it for me was the clock options. I prefer the digital/analog side-by-side clock look to the original Sense UI. With eight layout options and many alternative clock appearances there is something for everyone.
Overall MaxManila is easy, flexible and attractive... oh, and have you seen what's to come next? See here ... I can't wait!
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Franwella, thanks for your answer and arguments of choice. I also prefer MaxManila for almost the same reasons as you mention,plus the fact that it gives you the opportinuty to keep your homescreen as clean as possible. I know what is coming and it looks very promising. Awaiting the ETA.
regards, Kuzibri
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I also prefer MaxManila
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I was quite interested to see that there is such a difference in the numbers between MM and Cookie users. I initially thought the results would be fairly balanced.
Obviously the poll is still only covering a very small group, but it makes me wonder what the reason for the imbalance is. Is it just that people aren't as familiar with MM? Are people looking for the iPhone like icon overload?
Hmmmm, it will be interesting to follow this thread and see how the stats develop.
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I was quite interested to see that there is such a difference in the numbers between MM and Cookie users. I initially thought the results would be fairly balanced.
Obviously the poll is still only covering a very small group, but it makes me wonder what the reason for the imbalance is. Is it just that people aren't as familiar with MM? Are people looking for the iPhone like icon overload?
Hmmmm, it will be interesting to follow this thread and see how the stats develop.
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I'm also a surprised in the difference between the two. Thanks for doing followup.
regards, Kuzibri
to be honest they both hav there on thing going which is cool...
but cookie is a solid mod app, max is a mod app that u can mod even more urself, so there is no one is better then the other , but me personaly i use max
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to be honest they both hav there on thing going which is cool...
but cookie is a solid mod app, max is a mod app that u can mod even more urself, so there is no one is better then the other , but me personaly i use max
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Thank you very much for your reply and argumentation of your choice! The goal of the poll is just to know which of the two mods people are using and, if possible, why. It's not meant to be a better/worse poll.
regards, Kuzibri
Hmmm
I wonder if this poll will actually inform some people of MaxManila's existence? and will any one change from one to the other?
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I wonder if this poll will actually inform some people of MaxManila's existence? and will any one change from one to the other?
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Let's hope so, cause the difference is way too big now.
Sounds like a bias there to me
You're assuming that people have just take Co0kie's and don't know about MaxManila because of the poll results. That's a really unfair thing to say, and it sounds like you're assuming that the majority would want the one that you have.
I'm not getting into an argument about it, so I won't take this any further, but it does sound like you're trying to prove your own decision correct, rather than find out what people are actually using. That's all the poll tells us - nothing more.
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Sounds like a bias there to me
You're assuming that people have just take Co0kie's and don't know about MaxManila because of the poll results. That's a really unfair thing to say, and it sounds like you're assuming that the majority would want the one that you have.
I'm not getting into an argument about it, so I won't take this any further, but it does sound like you're trying to prove your own decision correct, rather than find out what people are actually using. That's all the poll tells us - nothing more.
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Are you referring to Franwella's post or mine? If you're referring to me, then you have misunderstood me. I really do want to find out what people want/use/choose, but the difference between these two marvelous mods is unexplainable for/to me, that's all. Everybody has his/hers own freedom of choice and I do not want anybody to convince to take a certain/other choice. I really do not mind which one of the two people choose/use, I made my choice and probably you made yours. Hope this explanation helps.
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Let's hope so, cause the difference is way too big now.
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I'm referring to that conversation.
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I'm referring to that conversation.
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OK, but nevertheless: see my last post to you.
On the other hand everyone is entitled to have its own opinion or express his/hers surprise/amazement/meaning of the huge difference between these two great mods without (having the intention to force) forcing anybody to change his/her mind. Personally I think, although I respect you and your work very much, that your reaction was a little harsh/negatively loaded (probably because you're a Cookie user and you are also the writer of CHT Editor) and I'm not pleased with the accusation of assumimg that people should choose what I want, unless you are just being sarcastic/cynical judged by the smiley you added to your post.
Because I respect you very much and do not intend to offend you, I would like to propose that we end this discussion by stating that we stand differently in this matter, but that neither of us, or if you prefer I, tries to convince people to make a certain choice.
kind regards, Kuzibri
We can design some truly amazing awe-inspiring themes at a much faster rate with much more consistency if we build some sort of Theme Team...
I can imagine how system wide we can go and how professional these themes can look if people truly got together to conceptualize and complete themes...
I dunno, it'd be nice...we should build one.
Good Idea! I'd be of no help, but I'd love to see a lot more variations!
Clean Dirty theme...
Well if this actual takes flight, i would defintely want to be a part. However i dont think it would work as well as our individual themes, the way it is it seems there is a lot of variation. Instead of ONE group possibly sharing immages and only changing colors...
We could always use a sharepoint server!
I have some experience of hacking away at NDS and PSP themes (mostly modifying existing one to fit my own tastes) so I'm definitely up for this.
I was thinking more like we have general mockups or concepts for themes, based off of such and such, etc...then those in the Team vote on said concepts and then we go to work making the best damn themes for any device ever...
Probably a pipe-dream...but still.
I like that idea. We need some way to coordinate though, maybe an IRC channel? Google Wave?
Hey! Who deleted my post? I said "Or NOTT!"
NOTT = Nexus One Theme Team.
Sheesh!
Stupid double post.
Whilst I'm not great with coding, I'd certainly like to help in whatever way I can with graphics.
I'm a freelance graphic designer.
Sounds like a great idea for developers to collaborate, but I think it should also be said that there isn't any problem with the themes that have been comming out. Many of them look very professional already. My worry is that it will limit variety.
A wiki or wave to share the knowledge would help.
i would love to help with this. can we start a wave as a way to communicate or w.e
I just got my Galaxy S6, and Im somewhat disappointed with the themes available. They're all way too colorful for my taste, not to mention the majority of them are pink and pastels. The ultron one is, okay... but not what im looking when they're saying Im able to "personalize" it. In any case, Ive gone through this forum hoping theres some website lined where 3rd party developers created a vast cache of themes that work with OTA Wizhome launcher. But all Im finding is themes and icon packs for different launchers than the default one, like Nova Launcher.
Doe anyone know where I might find a larger selection of themes? or maybe know when google will create additional themes? (Im assuming the "theme store" is a google thing.
Its coming
There will be new in the officialy theme store - just give it some time. Samsung has some kind of review process for them.
I don't think their review process involves the aesthetics of the themes because only two at best are decent looking.
At least now I know that that trickle I , even if it's at a snails pace.
NJGSII - I definitely agree with you. 2 at the most are "decent". Prerequisite: childish, girlish, cutsie, or pastel. Lol
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I don't think their review process involves the aesthetics of the themes because only two at best are decent looking.
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Tastes are different, especially when you consider that they sell the phone worldwide covering many different cultures. But what they should care about during the review process is that the UI elements are still visible and such things.
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At least now I know that that trickle I , even if it's at a snails pace.
NJGSII - I definitely agree with you. 2 at the most are "decent". Prerequisite: childish, girlish, cutsie, or pastel. Lol
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Yes and they're both right next to each other. The coffee one and the purple one.
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Tastes are different, especially when you consider that they sell the phone worldwide covering many different cultures. But what they should care about during the review process is that the UI elements are still visible and such things.
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lol I know tastes are very different. Most of the world is different from New Jersey! I just don't know how many more hello kitty like themes they can come up with.
Bunch of new themes out guys, urban is sick!
^Agreed urban theme is as close to dark material as were going to get at the moment
Using the urban theme now and it's not bad at all.
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Using the urban theme now and it's not bad at all.
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i like most of the stuff but idk why the dev had to put the stupid out of place blurred ios style backgrounds in random places
I don't see an urban theme in the store?
It would be nice if we could do our themes we even
Waiting also lol thought their would be many but this phone is so new. Patients 4 real
The Cons outweigh the pros for the Galaxy S6 by far so I switched to Galaxy Note4. Visited this Thread to see if there was any news... Then I realized that The Note 4 doesnt have themes option despite it being Lollipop lol. Just thought Id share my irony.