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HTC Black Theme on WM 6.5.3 branch

Hi,
just a quick question. Is there a fixed HTC Black theme cab for WM 6.5.3 roms? The "blue" theme start bar on the bottom looks horrible with HTC Sense. I read in multiple threads, though, that the original "HTC Black" theme does not work on 6.5.3 out of the box. Has anyone fixed this or can anyone recommend a similar theme that makes the lower and upper bars in WM6.5.3 black?
Thank you and sorry for the possibly stupid question. I could not find a definite answer in any of the Leo threads.

have you tried it? our is it something you read?
personally i don't think this is horrible..
(ignore the running aps icons from xtask)

Which theme is that? This looks ok. Most pictures show the "Blue" theme, where the entire bottom and top bar is blue. Why do you have two start buttons, though? One is bottom one is top.

This looks a nice theme http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=578468
Also this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=559695

here is nrgz28's pure black theme extracted from his jul 24 rom.
"h**p://hotfile.com/dl/61036858/2f55853/EnergyROM_Transp_Softkeys.tsk.html"

This one is pretty nice, also. There are 6.5 and 6.5.X versions. The thread starts with the top (notification) taskbar mods; scroll down for the Black themes and bottom softkeybars. I am currently using it with NRG's 23XXX ROM's.

Transparent top and bottom taskbars

Hello,
I'm trying to get my top and bottom taskbars transparent. But I have no success.
I tried the cab from smaberg, changed the manila files in windows folder and also removed the taskbar.png with transparent ones.
All this doesn't work for me.
Who has a solution for Manila 2.5.19211619.0.
Thanks.

For transparent taskbars you have to use "HDWall" - search for it
smabergs cab is only for the cutains behind the operator logo and the bottom slider
EDIT:
3 links for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3616825
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=529730
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=601369
have fun!

But tbh, this is not a solution for transparency... It just replaces the black backgrounds in the top and bottom with slices of the selected wallpaper, meaning that as long as you can see the top bar, even if in a program, it will have the same slice of the wallpaper.
Real transparency comes for example when you press the windows hard button and get to that menu, that's a real transparent bar at the top... Although it might work in the same way, what do I know. I just find it too ugly that when you're in another program the top bar still has the slice of the wallpaper..

anonymous operator said:
For transparent taskbars you have to use "HDWall" - search for it
have fun!
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I tried HDWall. But the result is not satisfying. The bottom taskbar is now like the wallpaper. But the top is black. If I go to start menu the background is from the theme only the bottom taskbar is from the wall paper.
If I slide the menu I can't see the background. All is black except the bottom taskbar.
At the end this is ugly.
kr

I played a bit around and deactivated Sense. So there´s the standard WM 6.5.5 homescreen - with transparent taskbar & softbar. Why isn´t this possible with Manila?

UncleManuel said:
I played a bit around and deactivated Sense. So there´s the standard WM 6.5.5 homescreen - with transparent taskbar & softbar. Why isn´t this possible with Manila?
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I also want to ask the same question but still waiting for solution around the web.

How can I replace HTCblack_softkeybar and HTCblack_taskbar?

I have the files, but I don't know how or where to put them, exactly.
Please, can someone tell me where to place them and how?
- HTCblack_taskbar
- HTCblack_softkeybar
Thanks in advance.

Hi
Can you give us a bit more information about what you are wanting to do?
Are you wanting to replace the stock taskbar and and softkey bar with something new?
If so, perhaps this thread will be of interest:
15 New glossy Task and Softkey bars for HTC Black wm6.5 Updated 11/03/2010
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=642832

I want to replace the bottom bar and not mess up the taskbar icons, pinscreen and volume control.
So far, I've tried installing a bottom bar by cab, and it does all three of these things.

donalgodon said:
I want to replace the bottom bar and not mess up the taskbar icons, pinscreen and volume control.
So far, I've tried installing a bottom bar by cab, and it does all three of these things.
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I installed the black glossy taskbar from the link above and it has done nothing but change the taskbar and softkey graphics. No icons, volume control etc items have been modified.

copy them to Windows directory in device memory

simple black bar for CM-5.0.7-T2-N1

i`ve ported a simple black bar from other theme sources (thx for let me steal the images ) for CM-5.0.7-T2-N1.
use it only with CM-5.0.7-T2-N1! will not work with "15 recent apps mod"!
i`ve also done a default white bar update.zip if you want to revert.
install: flash from recovery
black bar: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/887731/Black_Bar_5.0.7t2.zip
default white bar: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/887731/Default_Bar_5.0.7t2.zip

Thanks so much for this. I've been looking for it since 507T2 was unleashed.
It's been bugging me and I've not had time to work out how to do it myself.
Much appreciated.

Any chance you could do this over again and have green highlights/selections like desire with the same black bar?
I had the Kspec Monster theme on and I love the desire effects but it had the standard greyish notification bar.
I don't know how to fix it up myself and I tried once and got stuck in bootloop!

Thanks.

Batttery meter needs aligning if using with kspecs battery icons..

some notifications from apps (for example quick settings) in the "ongoing" pull down section have black font. black font on black background is not quite readable.^^
all other notifications in the pull down section are white, only the third party apps notifications have black font.
does anybody know where to change this font color?

hmmm, the black font in some notifications is a problem with black item backround.
so i changed status_bar_item_background_normal.9.png to default white and focus and pressed to desire green. updated version with screenhot in first post.

HD2 Stock black and white task bar

Can anyone direct me to a link where i can download the original Black and white task bar for my hd2? i like the black and white rather then the colored ones.
thank you

anyone???.......

Uninstall any taskbar mod that you have installed or if you messed up things a hard reset is your answer.