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White background/black font on Today Screen

Hello!
It's very difficult to read the Today Screen on the Topaz in bright sunlight. I have searched and searched again for a solution on XDA-Developers and the internet as such, but I found nothing. Actually, there's very little discussion about this problem. I find that a bit strange since this isn't only a cosmetic thing; the issue actually has consequences for the practical use of the device.
So, I ask you guys if anyone is working on this problem? Or perhaps I'm the only one who regards the white font as a problem? There must be some way to get black font on the Today Screen? Perhaps there already is a solution out there that I haven't found?
I hope someone knows the solution to my problem!
Kind regards
Eiliv
P.S. I have tried Max TF3D Theme Maker, but that doesn't seem to work.

You can change today text color in SKTools (download free trial). It is in Tune Up - Colors.
But if you mean manila - I don't use it so I don't know how to change it

Yes, sorry, I mean the Today Screen / Home Screen in Manila...
Eiliv

I agree. It would be great to change at least the colours !

You must take the TF3d manila Files oft the Vodafone D2! White Screen with black letters...

Well, great! But how? Where? I've done a search for Vodafone D2, and the only relevant post I can find points to ppc.ch which seems to be a german site (greek to me)...
Can you please point me in the right direction?
Eil

this is the first bit of what ive found: http://www.smartphonejunkie.com/tutorial-how-change-t174799.html?t=174799
i havent tried that yet...so feel free to leme know how it works)

Blackstone theme seem to work (not tried yet), but check this one out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=480373

Nice Theme, but to install this one, I need TF3d Config...btw. this program isn't working on the D2...
What can we do?

New clock designs?

Hi all,
Can anyone point me in the direction of some new clock designs that I can download onto my HTC HD2? I've looked through the forum but I'm struggling to find any.
Thanks.

andydprice said:
Hi all,
Can anyone point me in the direction of some new clock designs that I can download onto my HTC HD2? I've looked through the forum but I'm struggling to find any.
Thanks.
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How about this...on the second page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=654098

andydprice said:
Hi all,
Can anyone point me in the direction of some new clock designs that I can download onto my HTC HD2? I've looked through the forum but I'm struggling to find any.
Thanks.
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You don't specify what kind of clocks you are looking for. But if you are interested in some alternative 'digital' clocks (i.e. the ones that 'flip'), I've posted a whole lot on this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=650245
They are all the same style (a sort of glass effect), but in loads of different colours - see the screenshots)

[Q] Thread where linked homescreens with widget names,apps etc. Reference like

The thread was talking about wallpapers etc and there was a specific Karas Green wallpaper provided but also a link to a thread where it showed different homescreens but also had titles and references to every widget name etc so onlookers could download and create similar homescreens/styles as wanted...
I cant seem to find that thread at all anymore nor have any idea what the thread title was. I know i was looking for wallpapers when i stumbled on it and im sure it was on the Droid X themes and apps but i literally spent the last 3+ hours going through wall paper thread page by page looking for those two symbols which i know were in that thread. One of them being the Karas character wallpaper in green and than someone posting that link...
I have looking in general android themes and was not able to find it there...as i said im sure it is in our droid X themes and wallpapers but have no luck in finding it....Do either the Green Karas wallpaper or that link to themes and references turn on any lights for anyone? much appreciated if you could direct me to that thread...
Thank you

You mean this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761517
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App

You sir are ****ing ace ventura thread detective!!!!!!!!! Thank you! ****!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fonts for Android

Been looking to change my system fonts for my Samsung Fascinate. After some research I figured out how to do it, but I ran into a problem. Most fonts are missing spaces that the Android OS relies on. If these spaces are missing you end up with ugly boxes in some areas, particularly in the app drawer. I found the fix for this issue when I stumbled on this url. I verified that the font I am using is indeed missing the character spaces mentioned there and they do exist in the fonts that come on my phone. All I need to do is add them.
http://blog.piratemedia.tv/2010-08-06-the-balad-of-the-crazy-boxes-android-fonts/
Here is my question. How are people editing existing fonts for use with Android? I tried using FontCreator but it is only a eval and will not let me save me changes. I can't afford to purchase this program so thats a no go.
Can a custom app be created to add the entries listed in the above url if they are missing since this seems to be a common issue and would allow much more user creativity?
Fonts are a very big deal when someone is looking to customize their phone and I have seen very little info on these subjects. Was hoping to find a few more answers and maybe help some other people in the process.
If anyone is wondering what I am doing that prompted me to ask this here the thread is below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=924213

Bueller? Bueller?

I find it hard to believe that not a single person in the Android community can help.

I am interested in this topic as well Holliday. I haven't come across much help. It sounds like others have altered the fonts as you mention:
I was having the same problem. My font was not working in android either but I needed it to work. Using a font editor, I copied the characters from my font into the font that comes with the FontSampler example from Android-src-2_1. It worked perfectly.
While I will admit that my method was questionable from an intellectual property point of view, I didn't actually wind up using the original font, as all of the characters were replaced and all references to the old font where replaced as well. I had tried 'looking' at the way the two fonts were defined but making all the font variables match didn't work either. So in the ned, I used a skeleton of the original font as a template for the new font
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Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1426244/use-external-fonts-in-android
No mention of the application that they used however. Will continue to follow this thread for any recommendations from others and post if I find anything.

like the quote said, editing fonts is a bit questionable, since you're making changes to someones copyrighted material. There are a number of font editors out there, but they're all for commercial use I belive, and even the ones that aren't are still pretty expensive.
Your best bet is to keep trying new fonts until you find one that doesn't have those issues, or at least has a large enough character set so it's not noticible. Check out my font thread (link's in my sig). You should be able to find something usable - I have over 250 fonts packaged up with screenshots, ready to be flashed.

fachadick said:
I have over 250 fonts packaged up with screenshots, ready to be flashed.
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Fantastic collection. Thanks!

[Q] Looking for a particular default Live Wallpaper

Hi there,
I'm looking for a default Live Wallpaper which existed on older android phones (such as the Samsung Galaxy S1, I believe) to use on my HTC One (M7).
Its title/description was: "Galaxy: A galaxy made of slowly swirling stars"
The Wallpaper consisted of a little white dots (symbolizing stars, obviously) revolving around a 'black hole' on a black background. When you switched homescreens, the camera perspective of the galaxy would shift slightly with each transition (the main attractive feature of this particular galaxy wallpaper for me).
I've found no videos of it activated, closest was one where it was simply listed in the options. I can't share the link since I'm a new user, but the title is "Samsung Galaxy S live wallpapers on Nexus One".
After searching various forums, the closest I came was one Wallpaper which is very close to the original, but it has no transition animations and is a bit too far zoomed out. It apparently came from a custom ROM. Again, can't share the link, but it was on androidforums and was downloadable as "galaxy4.apk"
Does anyone have any idea as to where I can find this old default wallpaper online?
Otherwise, would I be able to request someone to extract from their device, if it has it of course, and compile it so that I and anyone else with the same request can use it on their devices?
Thank you!