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difference between wallpaper and theme

Flashed my phone to PROven rom with the help here. Much better now than FUZE stock set up. Have seen some cool setups, icons, etc and have done some reading. I think I am confused. What is the difference between a theme and a wallpaper. I know in the DiamondConf program you can change the theme (i dont not have any in my drop down box, but i looks like the Settings>Wallpaper changes the today screen. I am confused but learning.
There was a great first time flash instructions in Rom developement forum. Would like to see the same for icons, clocks, etc.

same difference as on pc
a wallpaper is a background image
a theme is a setup of background image
and titlebar and fonts...........

[THEME]Nordpolcampers und Jonas2295's Tron Legacy Theme

Hi Guys
At first let me thank Cookie Monster for his awesome CHT which makes the value of our HD2 become infinite
This is our, which are jonas2295 and me, Nordpolcamper, contribution for all the people that amaze us with new stuff everyday here at the xda developers.
We got knocked on to the topic of this Theme with this little Thread.
Because this is our first Theme we would like you to give a lot of feedback, whether we are on the right track or not, because we most definitly make more than just one theme
If you think, "woah, I do not want to read the whole post, because it is quite a lot" and if you do not need a guide for installation etc and some infos, then just grab the files install and you now what to do But if you feel a little insecure, then I would suggest you read this Thread and I hope, that we answered all the questions you might have had^^
So but now for the Theme^^
As the name of the thread suggests, we offer you a Tron Legacy Theme. I assume, that you all have heard something about the film or the whole Tron...Legacy
Well we worked hard over the last few days and we accomplished this:
The Theme comes in 3 different colors, which are a light blue, a light red and yellow, to make it fit to your personal favours
We edited the HD Mini Lockscreen as well and want to share it with you.
But at first this:
Install this Theme on your own risk. We have tested all the cabs and they do work fine on the HD2. On other devices there were no tests, so we dont know. But if you dont have CHT v2 installed it will not work for you. So make sure, that you DO HAVE CHT v2 INSTALLED, BEFORE YOU POST, THAT IT DOESNT WORK FOR YOU, plz. I heard, that the device slows down, when you dont have an HD2. That is no problem with the files, it is merely , that your device doesnt have the power, that the HD2 possesses.
But now you might wanna have a look at that:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
As you can see, we edited the HD Mini Lockscreen, the Page Indicator, the standard CHT Analog Clock, the SMS and Email Widget, the Toggle Switches, the Miscellanious, the Walls and the Softkeys. As I already said, we to provide all these costumizations in 3 different colors
This is a quick guide, so that you can find the files you need much quicker
Here are some more pictures of the files that you might download, so that you can get a better impression, on what you are actually getting.
The Softkeys and the Switches etc.
The Lockscreen
and The Walls
Of course you can download the Widgets as well, but We didnt make another Screenshot of those, so just look at the first picture
The Wallpapers for the Homescreen are all 1440x800 and colorised by us to fit the Theme. The Lockscreen Walls are all 480x800 and are also colorised
You can get them at the end of this post.
We uploaded the Theme in 3 big CAB Files just choose the color you like most and get all of it
For those of you, who do not want the whole theme, there are all components available on the second and following posts
We really do hope you like our Theme and enjoy the components we have done for you. Furthermore it is very important for us, that you give us constructive feedback and criticism, so that we can improve this Theme and upcoming ones
Now for the Instructions^^ We have tried to make it as easy as possible for you, because we know, how annoying it can be if it isnt clear what to do But if you follow my little guide here you will not run into issues ^^
If you want to install the whole Theme, then just install the cab with the color of your choice, and perform a softreset. If some components doesnt show or you have issues, look into the following guide first, before asking a question that wouldnt have been asked necessarily^^
General
-At first CHT 2 has to be installed
Toggle Switches and Misc
-Just install the cab with the color of your choice and perform a softreset
-You can add them to the Homescreen via Edit mode, or to your quicklinks grid
Softkeys
-Just install the cab with the color of your choice and perform a softreset
-You have to enable CHT2 Softkeys in your CHTE first.
-The Background of the Softkeys is blank.
Page Indicator
-Just install the cab with the color of your choice and perform a softreset
SMS and EMail Widget
-Just install the cab with the color of your choice and perform a softreset
-By default the color of the text in the widgets is black in CHTE. To be able to read it, go to CHTE, then widgets settings, select the Messages/EMail widget and change the main text color and the sub text color to "255,255,255". That will make the text color to white
-YOU NEED TO HAVE THE WIDGETS INSTALLED BEFORE YOU INSTALL OUR THEME!
Analog Clock
-Just install the cab with the color of your choice and perform a softreset
-To make it appear, go to Edit Mode, Add Widget, Main Clock and choose analog 2 for the layout and you are done
Lockscreen
-Just install the cab with the color of your choice and perform a softreset
-YOU HAVE TO ENABLE CHT LOCKSCREEN IN CHT2 AND MAKE THE LOCKMODE TO "HD MINI" TO MAKE IT APPEAR TO YOU. Otherwise our cab will not do a damn thing
-Of course you know, just slide down to unlock ^^
Walls
-First you should enable HQ Wallpapers in CHTE. Got to CHTE, then Miscellaneous and tap "HQ Wallpaper" in Wallpaper mode. Then Menu, Apply Changes and then again Menu and Exit.
Then lift up your Softkeys and tap "Set Wallpaper" press the "X"-Button, if you have any other wallpaper active and then just tap "Very Wide Portrait: 1440x800" and choose the Wall you like
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With that you should be ready to go. If you still have questions after reading this post, than just ask and we will try to help you out
Just a suggestion:
I can highly recommend you using a word clock or read clock, like the one from poyensa, drec etc. Because the look awesome in this Theme
So Now we hope, that you enjoy our Tron Legacy Theme and give us feedback
As some sort of disclaimer now, we did all these files ourselves. There was now stealing or anything else involved. This Theme looks the way we wanted it to look and nothing more But if you do think, that we might have stolen your idea, or simply used your files or copied something, then just pm us on that concern and we will prove you wrong
The Walls were found using Google.com. We edited them though, but credit to the ones who made them.
So enjoy yourselves and you might wanna tap the Thank Button to the both of us, if you like this theme
Jonas 2295 & Nordpolcamper
​

Tron Style SMS and Email Widget and Tron StylePage Indicator Part 1
Tron Style SMS and Email Widget and Tron StylePage Indicator Part 1

Tron Style Page Indicator Part 2, Toggle Switches + Misc, Softkeys and Tron Style Ana
Tron Style Page Indicator Part 2, Toggle Switches + Misc, Softkeys and Tron Style Analog Clock Part 1

Tron Style Analog Clock Part 2
Tron Style Analog Clock Part 2

Wallpapers for Lockscreen
Blue Style
​ Red Style
​Yellow Style
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Madraum made some different wallpapers
U can find them at the end of the post^^
+
Jonas2295´s HD-Mini Lockscreenslider

Bonito77 made an awesome clock for this theme
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10638172&postcount=24

Program Icons
i made some icons for my most used programs
-BSB Tweaks
-TCPMP
-MESSAGES
-Nitrogen
-Taskmanager
-Opera
You can find these icons in the .zip file named icons.zip
___________________________________________
I changed some things
You can find the new ones in the .zip named New Icons
.... etc.....
U need to install JWD Icon Changer (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6332443)!
After installing u can select the icon you want to change and then u have to select the icons made by me
If you don´t know what to do write a PM
The Icons fit to the blue theme ,because i use this ^^
If you like them PLEASE press the thanks-button

Great work guys!

Thanks .....

Excellent! thankyou very much indeed Congratulations for a very good work and nice theme.

Really cool work and thank you from me for this. I think i have to change back to GTX . Hopefully DarkNinja will see this.

Dunc001 said:
Great work guys!
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poyensa said:
Excellent! thankyou very much indeed Congratulations for a very good work and nice theme.
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mike2nl said:
Really cool work and thank you from me for this. I think i have to change back to GTX . Hopefully DarkNinja will see this.
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Wow thank you very much guys I am honoured by your compliments
but what do you mean mike2nl?^^ because of the taskbar ?

it's really very great work
I like it and will try to my blackstone

Ha, been waiting for something like this to include in my SwitchingCollection
Congratulations on it to both of you Now that you´ve started, well, there will be an increasing demand on the appropriate set of icons to go with the themes too
I know which themes I´ll be using for my tests this weekend.
Muchas gracias again

BHS Interceptor said:
Ha, been waiting for something like this to include in my SwitchingCollection
Congratulations on it to both of you Now that you´ve started, well, there will be an increasing demand on the appropriate set of icons to go with the themes too
I know which themes I´ll be using for my tests this weekend.
Muchas gracias again
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thanks,mate
hope you enjoy the theme and like it for a long time
if everything does function after your testing session please post it so we know if everything runs as well as on our devices
I love the icons
i will post some icons for opera,htc messages,taskmanager etc. so everything even the program icons are fitting to the theme ^^

jonas2295 said:
thanks,mate
hope you enjoy the theme and like it for a long time
if everything does function after your testing session please post it so we know if everything runs as well as on our devices
I love the icons
i will post some icons for opera,htc messages,taskmanager etc. so everything even the program icons are fitting to the theme ^^
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You can count on it ;-) I´ll let you know how everything works out.... Regarding icons, can´t wait till you release them. Something that would mae it very easy for sharing is to use the "default" names as used in ROM, so change would be very user friendly If you want the "state indicators" display the text in the same color as the theme, just ask Poyensa, he changed the white for black (to use with white icons)

Great work !
I made wallpaper and yup I know its a crap but maybe someone will like it

Nordpolcamper said:
Hi Guys
At first let me thank Cookie Monster for his awesome CHT which makes the value of our HD2 become infinite
This is our, which are jonas2295 and me, Nordpolcamper, contribution for all the people that amaze us with new stuff everyday here at the xda developers.
We got knocked on to the topic of this Theme with this little Thread.
Because this is our first Theme we would like you to give a lot of feedback, whether we are on the right track or not, because we most definitly make more than just one theme
If you think, "woah, I do not want to read the whole post, because it is quite a lot" and if you do not need a guide for installation etc and some infos, then just grab the files install and you now what to do But if you feel a little insecure, then I would suggest you read this Thread and I hope, that we answered all the questions you might have had^^
So but now for the Theme^^
As the name of the thread suggests, we offer you a Tron Legacy Theme. I assume, that you all have heard something about the film or the whole Tron...Legacy
Well we worked hard over the last few days and we accomplished this:
The Theme comes in 3 different colors, which are a light blue, a light red and yellow, to make it fit to your personal favours
We edited the HD Mini Lockscreen as well and want to share it with you.
But at first this:
Install this Theme on your own risk. We have tested all the cabs and they do work fine on the HD2. On other devices there were no tests, so we dont know. But if you dont have CHT v2 installed it will not work for you. So make sure, that you DO HAVE CHT v2 INSTALLED, BEFORE YOU POST, THAT IT DOESNT WORK FOR YOU, plz. I heard, that the device slows down, when you dont have an HD2. That is no problem with the files, it is merely , that your device doesnt have the power, that the HD2 possesses.
But now you might wanna have a look at that:
As you can see, we edited the HD Mini Lockscreen, the Page Indicator, the standard CHT Analog Clock, the SMS and Email Widget, the Toggle Switches, the Miscellanious, the Walls and the Softkeys. As I already said, we to provide all these costumizations in 3 different colors
This is a quick guide, so that you can find the files you need much quicker
Here are some more pictures of the files that you might download, so that you can get a better impression, on what you are actually getting.
The Softkeys and the Switches etc.
The Lockscreen
and The Walls
Of course you can download the Widgets as well, but We didnt make another Screenshot of those, so just look at the first picture
The Wallpapers for the Homescreen are all 1440x800 and colorised by us to fit the Theme. The Lockscreen Walls are all 480x800 and are also colorised
You can get them at the end of this post.
We uploaded the Theme in 3 big CAB Files just choose the color you like most and get all of it
For those of you, who do not want the whole theme, there are all components available on the second and following posts
We really do hope you like our Theme and enjoy the components we have done for you. Furthermore it is very important for us, that you give us constructive feedback and criticism, so that we can improve this Theme and upcoming ones
Now for the Instructions^^ We have tried to make it as easy as possible for you, because we know, how annoying it can be if it isnt clear what to do But if you follow my little guide here you will not run into issues ^^
If you want to install the whole Theme, then just install the cab with the color of your choice, and perform a softreset. If some components doesnt show or you have issues, look into the following guide first, before asking a question that wouldnt have been asked necessarily^^
General
-At first CHT 2 has to be installed
Toggle Switches and Misc
-Just install the cab with the color of your choice and perform a softreset
-You can add them to the Homescreen via Edit mode, or to your quicklinks grid
Softkeys
-Just install the cab with the color of your choice and perform a softreset
-You have to enable CHT2 Softkeys in your CHTE first.
-The Background of the Softkeys is blank.
Page Indicator
-Just install the cab with the color of your choice and perform a softreset
SMS and EMail Widget
-Just install the cab with the color of your choice and perform a softreset
-By default the color of the text in the widgets is black in CHTE. To be able to read it, go to CHTE, then widgets settings, select the Messages/EMail widget and change the main text color and the sub text color to "255,255,255". That will make the text color to white
-YOU NEED TO HAVE THE WIDGETS INSTALLED BEFORE YOU INSTALL OUR THEME!
Analog Clock
-Just install the cab with the color of your choice and perform a softreset
-To make it appear, go to Edit Mode, Add Widget, Main Clock and choose analog 2 for the layout and you are done
Lockscreen
-Just install the cab with the color of your choice and perform a softreset
-YOU HAVE TO ENABLE CHT LOCKSCREEN IN CHT2 AND MAKE THE LOCKMODE TO "HD MINI" TO MAKE IT APPEAR TO YOU. Otherwise our cab will not do a damn thing
-Of course you know, just slide down to unlock ^^
Walls
-First you should enable HQ Wallpapers in CHTE. Got to CHTE, then Miscellaneous and tap "HQ Wallpaper" in Wallpaper mode. Then Menu, Apply Changes and then again Menu and Exit.
Then lift up your Softkeys and tap "Set Wallpaper" press the "X"-Button, if you have any other wallpaper active and then just tap "Very Wide Portrait: 1440x800" and choose the Wall you like
---------------------------------
With that you should be ready to go. If you still have questions after reading this post, than just ask and we will try to help you out
Just a suggestion:
I can highly recommend you using a word clock or read clock, like the one from poyensa, drec etc. Because the look awesome in this Theme
So Now we hope, that you enjoy our Tron Legacy Theme and give us feedback
As some sort of disclaimer now, we did all these files ourselves. There was now stealing or anything else involved. This Theme looks the way we wanted it to look and nothing more But if you do think, that we might have stolen your idea, or simply used your files or copied something, then just pm us on that concern and we will prove you wrong
The Walls were found using Google.com. We edited them though, but credit to the ones who made them.
So enjoy yourselves and you might wanna tap the Thank Button to the both of us, if you like this theme
Jonas 2295 & Nordpolcamper
​
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how about max sense?can i install the theme or not because i heard tha cht creates problems with maxsense

Simply amazing!!!

pat2496 said:
it's really very great work
I like it and will try to my blackstone
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thanks again
don´t forget du give aus feedback and if u like it hit the thanks buttons of us
maverickgrrrl said:
Simply amazing!!!
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Thanks mate
Madraum said:
Great work !
I made wallpaper and yup I know its a crap but maybe someone will like it
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looks quite cool
if u make some in each colours and send it to me i will post them in the first post ?!?
would be great ^^
BHS Interceptor said:
You can count on it ;-) I´ll let you know how everything works out.... Regarding icons, can´t wait till you release them. Something that would mae it very easy for sharing is to use the "default" names as used in ROM, so change would be very user friendly If you want the "state indicators" display the text in the same color as the theme, just ask Poyensa, he changed the white for black (to use with white icons)
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We will see what we can do
leoncupra said:
how about max sense?can i install the theme or not because i heard tha cht creates problems with maxsense
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ämhhh i don´t know because we are using only cht and we designed it for it ^^
but if u want u can try it on your own and give us feedback if everything works in maxsense

[WIP][THEME][ADW/DV-BASED] LCARS Desktop

Hey Guys!
I've startet an attempt to create an ADW-based Desktop-Theme. This is no classical theme for icons or the status bar. It's just a selfmade wallpaper, some widgets, a lot of transparent dv-icons and some simi-folder-shortcuts.
After some hour of gimp'in, i want to share my first draft with you.
At the present time, i have made five homescreens. Only the main screen has some icons and functionality now (there also are some widgets, will upload some screenshots in a while). I decided to deactivate the adw-dock because dv-icons offer more options. The downside if this is that you have to create the shortcuts on the bottom of each screen.
What do you think?

I love it. Was a massive TNG & Voyager fan.
You'd get a lot more feedback if you post this in the Android - Themes section found here -- > http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=527

andyharney said:
I love it. Was a massive TNG & Voyager fan.
You'd get a lot more feedback if you post this in the Android - Themes section found here -- > http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=527
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Thanks a lot! I'll post a thread there when im at home. In the meantime i have done some major changes. The Buttons now have a color-scheme on every page.
Because of the 10 by 10 grid there are some limitations to the size of the buttons. Because of that there are some characteristics of the lcars design, that cant be adopted to this theme.

And here's the new thread!

very nice good

[REQ] Black and White theme

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in making a minimalistic black and white or black and light grey theme for ANY ROM.
I have zero graphical abilities so if anyone wants to take this up, it would be really appreciated.
Looking for a black background based theme with a numerically written battery without any background image (essentially the CM battery).
To make it super epic, if the theme was for devices set to 160 DPI, it would totally be awesome, if not then oh well.

Do It Yourself
If you know exactly what you want then you should try UOT Kitchen. Just Read the "How To" section first and you will be on your way to developing your first theme. Be sure to extract the proper files(SystemUI.apk and (framework-res.apk) from the ROM you are running to a familiar folder BEFORE you select "upload files" near the end of the process. This will save you time and will keep the files readily handy for your next cook. Regernate previews after each mod selection to see how it is looking. Search the forums for more on this subject, good luck! You can do this.

How do you make live wallpapers scroll?

I just got a live wallpaper and Ive seen youtube videos of it where the user would scroll between the pages and the picture in the background would move, however my one just stays in the same background it wont move left or right. Its the same wallpaper how do I get it to move?

You cannot use features with multiple pages for the background using the Sense launcher (rosie) -
- you have to install an aftermarket launcher.
The way Rosie (Sense launcher) works with the background image is weird, so you also can't use things like Multi picture live wallpaper that I love on my Nook Color, and have set up on the one I gave to my lady with all of her pictures.

Blue6IX said:
that i have set up on the one I gave to my lady with all of her pictures.
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So smart! Niiice
Typed by ---- oh wait! I'm schizophrenic!

Yea, she is all about care bears, so I made her a personalized care-bear edition nook color for her birthday.
Custom icons, each home-screen to a different folder for wallpapers, the system font is in the actual care bear font (which I had to make from scratch because the ones available on the internet suck)...custom boot animation, etc..etc... it was a fun project, and got her to stop borrowing my nook color since she has her own.
She also got a taste of what the dev work i'm doing actually turns into, so she's more willing to give me dev time - all in all it was a big success and a lot of fun.
It really hit home when she had a chance to use someone else's nook color recently that was factory stock - lol - she was like "I couldn't do ANYTHING with it".

haha nice