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Semi-transparent status bar?

What's up all. Looking for someone to help out on this.
I've been trying to find a way to make the status bar semi-transparent. (not notification bar) Is there a way to flash a zip file and have the status bar transparent or half way so the wallpaper is showing. This will make the screen look bigger and the over look on sense themes will be sweet.
I'm using the mannup revolution theme that comes with redemption rom.
Any ideas? Thanks!
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The best example I can find is this:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7601685#post7601685
It would be awesome if someone could make a standalone zip (the one in the post includes the round battery indicator) with just the transparency
Lots of transparency mods don't include transparency on the item backgrounds, and that one does. Pretty awesome
K

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747731&highlight=transparent+status

Thanks for the help guys!!! This will get me started. I tried flashing the the transparent bar over Redemption rom with the incredible revolution theme and the bar was only transparent when the phone was in lock. After I unlock the phone it went back to the black status bar. Might have been because I removed rosie to only use launchepro. I'll mess around with this and post if I get anywhere.
I'm surprised there are not more themes with an option for the semi-transparent status bar. Even the semi status bar when phone is locked looked awsome.
If any one has any other ideas, please post them. Thanks!!!

It only fully works when using the sense launcher.
I would use it, but it removes any rosie mods (such as the manup sexy rosie skin) when applied so i haven't been able to use it lately.

Yeah same here. I wish it was as simple as flashing a zip to change the script in a current theme framework.
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KGBxxx said:
Yeah same here. I wish it was as simple as flashing a zip to change the script in a current theme framework.
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Redemption Rom
King CFS #4 Kernel
2.15 Radio and .92 hboot
Removed Rosie - LauncherPro
8"
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Privet,its in services.jar file its simple to mod but i dint know what line it is that makes it transparent.The mod you have becomes clear with lwp's also.

I've been messing with this for a while, I've got mine transparent, but it turns out launcher pro doesn't support the transparencies. As soon as I install launcher pro it goes solid black.

really? i didnt think launcher pro had any affect on the notifications bar

Yeah I had the same issue. I'm using the redmptive rom now with the matted blues theme. I edited the theme to have the transparent bar and decided not to use launcher pro anymore.
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Do it through ninja morph... worked for me. Only issue is that all of the notifications for battery and signal have black backgrounds that you'll have to fix as well.

[THEME][REQ] MIUI semi-transparent notification bar on CM6

As the title suggests.
Unfortunately, replacing the .PNG's in framework-res does nothing. Apparently there needs to be some modifications done to the XML's inside framework-res.
Love that semi-transparent look of the MIUI notification bar but I love my CM6 and I'm not willing to give up the ROM just for aesthetics so I'm wondering if this could be done.
I'm sure it CAN be done, there's so many excellent devs on this forum!
Thanks!

Also, if anyone can figure out how to port the top-bar battery found in the MIUI rom I'd love you. :>

I can't be the only one that likes the MIUI NB and wants it on CM6! Right?

I can get down with that. I use launcher pro though, so it most likely wouldn't work out anyways.

I second the Battery bar request. Its my favorite feature in MIUI.

warmthsound said:
I can get down with that. I use launcher pro though, so it most likely wouldn't work out anyways.
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I use LP too. Why wouldn't it work?

+1 I would like to port this over aswell.... Any ideas? I have searched all XML and havent come up with anything. maybe i have missed something.

i want my CM status/taskbar clear as well... LOL
been trying to do that forever.... i use ADW btw

I switched from myn's and now I can't live without a transparent taskbar, I would donate to get this.

Hey guys I just answered your requests.
Just finished up my latest theme for CM 6.1.2, which includes a semi-transparent status bar and a MIUI-ish battery icon. Link is in my sig. One thing to note: status bar transparency doesn't work with LauncherPro. LauncherPro "moves" your wallpaper down 38 pixels, which creates an opaque effect on the status bar. Lame, I know, but don't blame me since it's part of the LauncherPro code. lol. The status bar will be transparent with LP while in apps or the lock screen, but you'll have to use ADW if you want transparency on your home screen. Enjoy, guys.

iamthebigcheeze said:
Hey guys I just answered your requests.
Just finished up my latest theme for CM 6.1.2, which includes a semi-transparent status bar and a MIUI-ish battery icon. Link is in my sig. One thing to note: status bar transparency doesn't work with LauncherPro. LauncherPro "moves" your wallpaper down 38 pixels, which creates an opaque effect on the status bar. Lame, I know, but don't blame me since it's part of the LauncherPro code. lol. The status bar will be transparent with LP while in apps or the lock screen, but you'll have to use ADW if you want transparency on your home screen. Enjoy, guys.
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ditto. i actually have a fully transparent status bar i can put in some themes but it only works with the stock android launcher. works with the stock gb launcher as well

[THEME]Updated Stock icons -Pull Down Power Mod-Redemption Rom 2.3/Virtuous 3.2

For starters, I love Lou's Roms! I wanted to have the pull down notification mod for Redemption and finally have something that I like and thought I would share. I am not a developer nor do I have the technical expertise that many on this forum do. All the credit goes to these individuals in no particular order:
Lou for his great Roms
JsChiSurf for Rosie Remaps and Power Mod
lllboredlll for his prot of power mod to INC and knowledge as to where to look for things
Cortland1998 for his icon sets and tutorial using Paint.net
Fernando Sor for his Green Market and direction
rmk40 for Virtuous and everything he contributes
sk806 for directing me to the button sync fix
It has Power Notification bar themed Green, Black and Green Market, remapped Rosie (semi transparent) with apps in middle and stock browser right, 5x5 transparent app drawer, Scooby Font, green themed clock widget and the power down menu is mapped correctly.
If I missed any credits, please PM me and let me know.
This may also flash over Virtuous 3.2 as well.
Edit: Version 1.3 has green glass icons in power mod and the buttons sync properly. This also has remaped Rosie RT Google Voice.
Green Theme 1.3
http://www.multiupload.com/W8JWBUA84K
Someone asked me for stock Virtuous icons, I believe I caught them all.
Virtuous Stock Icons w/old buttons - Rosie remaped to Stock Browser
http://www.multiupload.com/07WWGTYIAI
Redemption 2.3 Stock Icons
This version includes the Emerald Green Market, update the power boot menu icons and Power Bar toggle notifications. It will not change the stock Rosie from Redemption. Last picture with Black buttons is what you will get. Your signal bar will change to 6 bar but will not be green.
Redempt 1.3
http://www.multiupload.com/O0XYW0DKNM
Thanks

Show Clock and Alarm

Nice bro!
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I may have to test run this.
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Any Feed back from anyone who has checked it out?

I am going to check this out now!

I will have to try this. Will go great with my monster energy wallpaper
Thanks

razor02097 said:
I will have to try this. Will go great with my monster energy wallpaper
Thanks
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The one that I have stole from you

I just flashed that theme onto my phone... I really enjoy it thanks for posting it.. everything seems to be running smooth

spence341 said:
Any Feed back from anyone who has checked it out?
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I like the theme and all! think you can go with a different theme? I am not liking all the words being capitalized ;x while texting and stuff ;x

neur0tk said:
I like the theme and all! think you can go with a different theme? I am not liking all the words being capitalized ;x while texting and stuff ;x
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I just liked the font. If you haven't checked out this thread, you really should. There are a ton of fonts to choose from all flashable:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801160
That is a simple fix.

razor02097 said:
I will have to try this. Will go great with my monster energy wallpaper
Thanks
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Let's see that wallpaper.

spence341 said:
Let's see that wallpaper.
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I am going to be using your green theme for along time goes well with redemption! nice work!

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://samparryracing.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/monster_army-wallpaper2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thetechgame.com/Forums/viewtopic/t%3D205627.html&h=240&w=320&sz=24&tbnid=X09shphhy0Fh6M:&tbnh=89&tbnw=118&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmonster%2Barmy%2Bwallpaper&zoom=1&q=monster+army+wallpaper&hl=en&usg=__m5WtADdM4X5Ots3xJveuGvi3u4o=&sa=X&ei=RcEYTbP4OZKynAefxcW0Dg&sqi=2&ved=0CBsQ9QEwAg
THis is the wallpaper we use!

Great theme!! Works perfectly with stock deodexed 3.26.605.1!! Thank you for all your hard work spence!!

2.2 Rom
spence341 said:
For starters, I love Lou's Roms! I wanted to have the pull down notification mod for Redemption and finally have something that I like and thought I would share. I am not a developer nor do I have the technical expertise that many on this forum do. All the credit goes to these individuals in no particular order:
Lou for his great Roms
It has Power Notification bar themed Green, Black and Green Market, remapped Rosie (semi transparent) with apps in middle and stock browser right, 5x5 transparent app drawer, Scooby Font, green themed clock widget and the power down menu is mapped correctly.
Thanks
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Just wondering if this theme will flash ove Lou's 2.2 Redemption Rom?
Thanks

It should flash over 2.2 fine. Is there a reason you wouldn't jump to 2.3?

Didn't know
spence341 said:
It should flash over 2.2 fine. Is there a reason you wouldn't jump to 2.3?
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No reason. I really didn't know about the upgrade. Been enjoying the 2.2

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klittle81 said:
any way you can post this for virtuous with stock status bar icons and fonts? I want to add the pulldown power mod but want to leave everything else stock.
thanks!
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I posted a Virtuous stock font version. I believe I caught all the icons. If you flash, let me know. As far as the Font, I posted a link in the thread to 162+ font packs you can simply flash over. Here is the link again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801160

Transparent Backgroud for Icons Label

Hey guys, I'm wondering whether there is a way to get rid of the icon labels background on the home screen and make it transparent. IMO it looks ugly. I tried looking for a thread that has a solution for this already but I could not find one, if such thread exist, please help direct me to it.
And anyone who might know the trick to achieve this, please share. Thanks!

If you mean riddance of the black background for the white text for the the icons...
+1

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ronald.aton said:
get rid of the icon labels background
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There are 2 ways I can think of (and have tried).
===== If you are on stock TouchWiz: =====
Try the app "Desktop VisualizeR" (spelt exactly like that).
Market Link
Do note it's not the most "efficient" way of making transparent icon label backgrounds so it might be too inefficient for people that change homescreen icons on a regular basis. As in it takes awhile to setup all the icons but it works.
Steps:
1. Go to home screen > add widget > Desktop VisualizeR (1x1 SS).
then...
2. Click on the widget > select icon and action (in this instance you can just use an app "Icon" as the "icon" and the "Launch" action as "launch the app" > fill or leave "Label" > set "Label Color" as "Transparent".
Another thing you can do if you want all your future icons to follow a "template" of your choosing (e.g. I want all my future icons created using this widget / icon to have white text on transparent background), then go into your Applications > launch Desktop VisualizeR program > click "Menu" button on your phone > Settings > and now you can play around with the settings.
===== Use another launcher (such as Launcher Pro or ADW etc.) =====
I'm pretty sure there is a setting in the launcher settings that allows all created homescreen shortcuts to have a transparent label background.

I use the GO Launcher App. It solves the problem easily and shows the switch of the homescreens smoothly ;-)
My favourite launcher @ Maket

Thanks guys for your responses. I really wanted to achieve this while keeping the stock TW launcher but there just really isn't an actual mod or anything for this. Since I also wanted to be able to rename the labels, I ended up using GoLauncher EX instead. It's a very good alternative and yes, it is very smooth, especially with a kernel running at 1.7 Ghz.
If you use GoLauncher, you probably noticed that the icons on the dock are much smaller than the ones on your home screen. To make them similar, or in some, equal in size, I had to extract the icons I use on my dock from those .apk's and re-sized them from edge to edge to get rid of the margins because that is what's making them appear small on the dock. I saved the edited icons and put them on my sd card and just used the "Change Icon" option from GoLauncher to use the ones I edited. I also went ahead and made custom icons from folders so that they'll look better at least.
I have a screen shot of my home screen below for you guys to check out. Btw, I'm loving the G-Note! This device is just epic!

ronald.aton said:
Thanks guys for your responses. I really wanted to achieve this while keeping the stock TW launcher but there just really isn't an actual mod or anything for this. Since I also wanted to be able to rename the labels, I ended up using GoLauncher EX instead. It's a very good alternative and yes, it is very smooth, especially with a kernel running at 1.7 Ghz.
If you use GoLauncher, you probably noticed that the icons on the dock are much smaller than the ones on your home screen. To make them similar, or in some, equal in size, I had to extract the icons I use on my dock from those .apk's and re-sized them from edge to edge to get rid of the margins because that is what's making them appear small on the dock. I saved the edited icons and put them on my sd card and just used the "Change Icon" option from GoLauncher to use the ones I edited. I also went ahead and made custom icons from folders so that they'll look better at least.
I have a screen shot of my home screen below for you guys to check out. Btw, I'm loving the G-Note! This device is just epic!
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Look nice. Mind to share your icons set?

aezv said:
Look nice. Mind to share your icons set?
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Sure. Just download the attachment below. Make sure when you select the icons for use, that you press "No Crop" so that they will display properly.

Thanks a lot, you save me much big time.

aezv said:
Thanks a lot, you save me much big time.
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You're welcome.

[Q] Transparent bottom dock \ launch bar?

Hi guys! Hope I'm posting in the right section.
Is there any way to get the dock bar (also known as launch bar) on the bottom of the home screens to be (semi-) transparent? Should be possible since HTC's own "Serene", "Memories", "Painting the world" and "Spaceship Earth" skins have a semi-transparent dock. Now if you're asking, why I just don't use one of those skins, it's because they add a different color scheme and I like the default android-green one.
I'm also a fan of Sense 4, so I do not want to use any launchers, but would be willing to flash a custom Sense Rom if there's one with a transparent dock (or if there's another way to achieve transparency on a custom rom)
Thanks in advance!

ragnarokmk2 said:
Hi guys! Hope I'm posting in the right section.
Is there any way to get the dock bar (also known as launch bar) on the bottom of the home screens to be (semi-) transparent? Should be possible since HTC's own "Serene", "Memories", "Painting the world" and "Spaceship Earth" skins have a semi-transparent dock. Now if you're asking, why I just don't use one of those skins, it's because they add a different color scheme and I like the default android-green one.
I'm also a fan of Sense 4, so I do not want to use any launchers, but would be willing to flash a custom Sense Rom if there's one with a transparent dock (or if there's another way to achieve transparency on a custom rom)
Thanks in advance!
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You can either make your own skin, or install leedroidROM

ragnarokmk2 said:
Hi guys! Hope I'm posting in the right section.
Is there any way to get the dock bar (also known as launch bar) on the bottom of the home screens to be (semi-) transparent? Should be possible since HTC's own "Serene", "Memories", "Painting the world" and "Spaceship Earth" skins have a semi-transparent dock. Now if you're asking, why I just don't use one of those skins, it's because they add a different color scheme and I like the default android-green one.
I'm also a fan of Sense 4, so I do not want to use any launchers, but would be willing to flash a custom Sense Rom if there's one with a transparent dock (or if there's another way to achieve transparency on a custom rom)
Thanks in advance!
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Download trickdroid tweaks for tweaks app or extract energy tweaks from energy rom
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Use trickdroidrom install the tweaks app and supersmooth rosie and then you have it

I suggest using the Axiom S ROM as it has an option to easily toggle this setting with no flashing tweaks. When I tried TrickDroid and the tweaks package, I had soooo many issues. With Axiom, it all works.