i was wondering if anyone could help me out here.
I have a stock ROM and im using Metamorphs.
what i did was use jairomeo's Licorice Flavored Ice ROM and extract the files to make a Licorice Metamorph as he only has the Flavored Ice version. Silver and Blue, while i prefer the black and blue better.
Doing all this has been a big learning experience for me. he told me how to change certain areas of the text color. now i need just a few more bits of help here.
Ive attached a pic it shows what it should look like. when i first started out it was all black text and difficult to read. now i have it so that everything looks just like the picture aside from the clock, mine is still black. could anyone help me out and show/tell me how to change it to white. and then the rest in the picture if there is a red line (with the exception to the clock), be changed to black.
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I believe you need to make edits in the framework-res/res/layout status_bar_expanded.
thats what jairomeo told me to do. he said to
I use HxD. You are looking for 00001C, the following 00 00 00 FF is the color in ARGB (BGRA when looking at it in Hex editor) change the 00 00 00 to FF FF FF leave the FF at the end alone.
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that would change the black text to white. which worked fine and dandy for the items listed under notifications and ongoing. but the clock is still black. and the Notification and Ongoing text is white. with the blue and white back grounds on them its difficult to read them. also editing the .9.png isnt really an option for me as that i have no clue how to even start understanding that.
00 00 00 FF would be the hex for black and the FF FF FF FF would be hex for white. my problem is now that i changed them to white, i cant just search for them and change them to 00 00 00 FF, i might and most likely would change the text i just turned white back to black. i was hoping someone would know the hex offsets to go to and change them specifically.
Everything you are wanting to change is located in services.jar.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630267
There is a link to colorChangev3.jar which will do it all for you (and much easier than manually editing it) but there are some services.jar(s) that this will not work on and you have to manually edit them.
In colorChange.jar, the things you are wanting to make black would be
clock ongoing latest none clear.
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Hiya,
I'm working on my first skin for my Hermes and I've stumbled across a minor but frustrating issue.
The Start Menu appears see-through. Given that I have an entirely black and white theme, this makes reading half of the Start Menu really difficult.
I am wondering if/where there is an editor so that I can work around this.
I've tried WisBar 3 and I didn't get on with it. It made my system slow(er) and clunky(/ier).
Also, given this is my first time and I am a general noob feel free to throw some skinning tips or hints in.
P.S. Searched this site and Google and didn't come up with anything specifically for the SM.
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I don't believe your problem is of transparency. I think the start menu is using the same background as the Today screen. Try using something like ThemeGenCe to customise it if you are not using cubes and such.
Oh, I have that. I just haven't played with it properly.
I'll have a look and see what I can come up with.
This skin (although ugly) is basically a 'My First Tomy Skin'. I was fiddling about with Photoshop to see if I could make my own clock. I could.
The next one I'll work on with a bit more colour. But thanks for your advice.
Use QuickMenu, great start menu replacement. Then under the settings of QM, you can use a different background image for the start menu.
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Use QuickMenu, great start menu replacement. Then under the settings of QM, you can use a different background image for the start menu.
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This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
you probably have a background image now?
The way I choose my startmenu background color and/or image =
make a (small) bmp with only the color you want.
then open this bmp file with resco explorer.
when image is viewed press 'menu'.
and then press 'set as background'
At least works for me with my Touch Pro, it won't change the TouchFlo3d background, but it will change the Startmenu background.
To change the startmenu text color go into registry and edit the following:
HKLocalMachine -> Software -> Microsoft -> Color ->
Binary Value 39 = Startmenu Text Color
white = FF FF FF 00
Black = 50 50 50 00 (i think)
cheers
As Microsoft ****ed up Brisbane's time with DST (We have no DST in Brisbane = ="), apparently there is no fix on the forum, so I've found the registry that deals with it.
1. find your time zone record the timezone ID and name of your time zone from here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms145276(SQL.90).aspx
For example, Brisbane is E. Australia Time, the timezone ID is 260
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2. open up regedit on your computer NOT MOBILE PHONE
and go to
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones
and locate your own timezone by looking for the name of your timzone
on the right tab, you can see a TZI value, copy that value.
eg. Brisbane is
Code:
a8 fd ff ff 00 00 00 00 c4 ff ff ff 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
3. open up registry of your WM device, and go to
Code:
HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Timezones\
4. create a new registry key using your timezone ID. Then create a Binary value called TZI, and insert the TZI value you've obtained from step 2.
5. SAVE and QUIT your registry editor
6. on your WM Machine, open up Settings => Clock & Alarms and Change your timezone to any other timezone that is NOT your current time zone.
7. Reset your phone, and change your timezone back. NOW your DST should be the same as your computers.
Enjoy~
Bloody brilliant mate; I have finally sorted this out. I spent 7 or 8 emails with our MS Premier Support guys on this.
Thanks
Neil
I can't find the registry key on WM, do you have any idea?
I know I'm on the right folder because it contains others like TaskMgr, Tasks, TaskScheduler, like yours, but it doesn't have a TimeZones key.
I did some research and it seems there could be another one, HKLM/Time or HKLM/TimeZones, but those don't exist either.
This is the most annoying issue I have with my phone, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Try this FIRST, it'll install the necessary keys into ur machine. If still not working, follow my solution.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...5C-8AC1-4821-81FE-3F4ADA831FE0&displaylang=en
Awesome... this works folks.
I fumbled my way to the same process after reading a few posts last night. Shame I didn't find this one, because it's all nicely laid out
Cheers mate... I've been dealing with this for a while now - the easiest fix for me was simply to set my TZ to Guam and I haven't had any more issues.
Nonetheless - I'll try this fix and see what happens... any idea if M$ are going to fix it cause it'd be affecting all of QLD right?
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Cheers mate... I've been dealing with this for a while now - the easiest fix for me was simply to set my TZ to Guam and I haven't had any more issues.
Nonetheless - I'll try this fix and see what happens... any idea if M$ are going to fix it cause it'd be affecting all of QLD right?
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I laughed when I read this because I did the same. I have created just the 260 timezone as shown above (had to create reg entries manually)
and all is now fine.
DT
its such a pretty phone with such a pretty interface and yet there are some graphical inconsistencies that are buggin the hell out of me. when touchflo 3d is turned on and off the start menu and quick menu change color schemes. i dont like any of those colors the way they are and i want to change them. how would i go about doing this? thanks. and it doesNT matter about the colors withOUT touchflo 3d because i will probably always have it on. i was just showing that it was different and how weird that is.
btw im running da_g's clean fuze rom which is why it doesnt quite look like the oem rom. i also included screenshots to show you what i am talking about.
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^omgmyspace! screenshots!
any help? no? i just want to change some colors.
You might want to look at this thread. It's the Manila customizer. There's far more you can do than just color changes, but I think it's your only hope, unless you find an existing theme that somebody else already made.
so it is in the manilla theme? cause i installed the stock att theme from da_g's cab list and it looks different than the stock roms which made me think it was a registry entry that was not added. but ill check it out.
i felt a bit overwelmed last time i tried to use manilla customizer when i was trying to change the background on all tabs, which ended up never getting changed. but ill have another go at it and maybe ill get more things just the way i want.
what i figured out was it wasnt manilla customizer i used it was manilla editor i had used. but both are useless. HKLM\Software\HTC\EnlargeMenu\ and HKCU\Software\HTC\TaskManager\ and the dwords ManilaCustomHlDown and ManilaCustomHlUp in each which let me change select colors. its hex but its backwards hex so instead of rgb its bgr. that stumped me for like 15 minutes. and apparently you use the string CustomManilaTexture to change the backgrounds but its not working for me yet. ill fiddle with that until it does.
Hi guys and thanks everyone who found this tweak out.
I've been playing around with my Dark theme, and I've got some questions. Can anyone help me? Its okay if you dont wanna
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^ the explorer bar color is painful to the sight. Doesnt match with the white background. I cant find the correct option to change this color no matter how hard i try to find them. Does anyone know?
^ In the app list, Long hold an item. The Text that says "Pin to start" etc. doesnt match AT ALL! I think its related to the Status Bar below if im not mistaken as they are the same color. The image shows a different color but it is actually almost the same as the status bar's. Anyone knows how to change this? THANKS
LASTLY...
^ "Ratings" color in the Marketplace is the same as background, No idea how to change this. I MIGHT GET CONNED INTO BUYING A LOUSY APP! :O Anyone knows how to change this?
also, The top bar isnt that great. Anyone knows how to change this too? THANKS AGAIN.
By the way, I've noticed that some of the regidtry entrys for colors, Like colors in the email application links to the ones i changed for the Light Theme. Changing for one type of Theme might cause both to be Changed. So, any ideas anyone? THanks ALL
Does anyone know off hand what controls the color of the star ratings in marketplace and when placing a review? Mine seems to be completely black, which means that
I cannot see the stars without changing my background colour.
Also, I noticed a few minor observerations:
- If you change the Theme color to anything other than FF00000000 your dialer becomes white.
- If you don't have 8 digits in a color bad things can happen (in one case I had 9 digits in one colour and all apps crashed on start until I changed the theme to light and fixed the dark version of the value)
This is my first mod for the Sensation - It should work with any rom! Haven't tested on MUI so please let me know!
I have been running ICS for quite a while now and love the blue theme that comes with it. I really like the OSAP keyboard, but dont like the predictive strip along the top were you have to click on the word and then select the one you want from a menu.
What I have done is taken the brilliant Gingerbread OSAP keyboard and modified it to make it look like the ICS keyboard. The predictive strip along the top is now blue instead of orange and I have also changed the press button colour from light gray to blue. I have also removed any orange high lights as well. Apart from that the keyboard is stock and looks rather cool!
I have made a fully flashable zip and it installs into data\apps. This means you can remove easily if you want
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You can download below. Please let me know what you think!
I do not accept donations but please hit the thanks button if you like it
Change log
0.5 Internal test
Changed predictive strip from orange to blue by modding xml files
Changed roughly 20 png files from orange to blue
Noticed issue with & symbol showing as &
1.0 First release
Fixed & symbol now displaying correctly
Changed key highlight colour to blue
Made flashable zip file
Keep this one too!
nice one dude....
nice to see you here...
Feed back is welcome let me know if anything needs fixed It is my firt mod for the sensation! It should also work on most android phones!! I used to use the same keyboard on my HD2!