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Gavriel18's Themes, Pics and Links

Hey y'all, I'm creating this thread to showcase stuff I would like to share with everyone. Most of it is still pretty crappy but I think there are a couple gems hidden.
I will post the themes I have made thus far as well as images I have found and made look good on the phone screen.
Many thanks to everyone that has helped me!! This community is the best
Especially Stericson, I am lovin' ninjamorph.
If you want to give me some money great, send it here or somewhere like this.
I'm poor but it doesn't matter, I'm still better of than many others.

Full themes: packaged and ready to go
reskinned:
V1.0 download
V1.1 (eclair animations some other extras) download
gimme shelter, download work in progress
Screenies below

Random pics: Can go anywhere ninjamorph should resize the pics appropriately.
Download the folder to your sd card and pick what you want to use!
Screenshots to follow

Thank you so much... gonna try it now
tried it and it is really cool...esp those taskbar icons.... thanks again...

screenshots would be pretty sweet
edit: thx!

gavriel18 said:
Full themes: packaged and ready to go
reskinned:
V1.0 download
V1.1 (eclair animations some other extras) download
gimme shelter, download work in progress
Screenies below
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great work!! You might want to change "semc_activity_title_bar.9.png" in framework-res.apk to remove the blue bar in settings menu if that was not meant to be like that ... .. Other than that great work( using it by replacing semc_activity_title_bar.9.png with a grey one

NIce work gavriel18
Where did you find the eclair animations? and maybe some more animations..
I remember that I had a nice bounce when the menu drawer slides up on my HTC Dream some time ago..
regards.
//th4r

Hi. How do I change the animations only?

th4r said:
NIce work gavriel18
Where did you find the eclair animations? and maybe some more animations..
I remember that I had a nice bounce when the menu drawer slides up on my HTC Dream some time ago..
regards.
//th4r
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They're from the metamorph - post your morphs page, here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=589315

HunteronX said:
They're from the metamorph - post your morphs page, here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=589315
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Doh I should know that after all the fun with morphs on my Dream..
Thanks

mymagicmyhero said:
Hi. How do I change the animations only?
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Just copy (with 7-zip) the 'anim' dir from 'framework-res.apk' to your own framework-res.apk

Thanks y'all
@realunited i actually really like the blue in there.
@Sam use ninjamorph to change the taskbar icons. That's the beauty of it
@hunteronx I'm pretty sure u were the one that posted those anims, sorry
If anyone has any suggestions for different stuff. I'm going to update the wifi and 3g. Those suck.
Btw if anyone wants to change the bg for contact details its in timescape. Still looking for mediascape...

gavriel18 said:
Thanks y'all
@realunited i actually really like the blue in there.
@Sam use ninjamorph to change the taskbar icons. That's the beauty of it
@hunteronx I'm pretty sure u were the one that posted those anims, sorry
If anyone has any suggestions for different stuff. I'm going to update the wifi and 3g. Those suck.
Btw if anyone wants to change the bg for contact details its in timescape. Still looking for mediascape...
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Don't worry about that.
And if I see any status icons that look nice, I'll tell you about them.

[Q] Custom theming applications !!SOLVED!!

Hello everyone,
I recently started working at my own custom theme which will be mainly flat black with white icons and android green highlights. I've shown it to a couple of friends and they really quite like it. I've updated every single image in the Framework-res.apk so it really is a complete revamp.
Now, I also want to edit some of the applications that I installed to match the theming (for example Handcent SMS and Winamp). I managed to pull the apk files from my phone, decompile them, edit the images and rebuilding them. But I can't seem to manage to push them back to my phone with succes because they get "uninstalled" when I push the files back to overwrite the originals (they are removed from the app drawer).
I wonder if anyone of you knows why and if it's solveable, I really like Winamp and Handcent SMS.
Cheers in advance!

Do you resign the app ?? use apk manager ??
I am not that clever to do that stuff, but it sounds like when you mod widget locker and you dont sign the apk file, if i am completely wrong sorry just trying to help

chiefy009 said:
Do you resign the app ?? use apk manager ??
I am not that clever to do that stuff, but it sounds like when you mod widget locker and you dont sign the apk file, if i am completely wrong sorry just trying to help
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I did not resign the app, I didn't even know such thing excisted. I'm not that smart myself, I'm just a stupid designer knowing how to photoshop really well But other than that I just followed some tutorials.
If you could explain to me how to resign an app that would be of great help. Thanks!

Search for widget locker mods and in that post at the top there is a piece of kit called apk manager, follow the instructions and it will resign your apk and allow it to be used
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825553
thats the link with the apk manager in the thread

Yup it seems it worked guys. APK Manager is awesome, makes it all so much easier and faster
Thanks for helping me out!

FricoRico said:
Yup it seems it worked guys. APK Manager is awesome, makes it all so much easier and faster
Thanks for helping me out!
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Pleasure share your work once complete?
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You'll be the first one to know when the theme is finished. I'm making quick progress now. I'm gonna edit some more apps that I frequently use. Winamp is almost fully customized. I'm not quite sure how to pack everything up into an easy installer for you guys to use. But by that time I will ask for help again, I'm sure there will be loads of people who will teach me how to do that when they see the final product.

FricoRico said:
You'll be the first one to know when the theme is finished. I'm making quick progress now. I'm gonna edit some more apps that I frequently use. Winamp is almost fully customized. I'm not quite sure how to pack everything up into an easy installer for you guys to use. But by that time I will ask for help again, I'm sure there will be loads of people who will teach me how to do that when they see the final product.
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I will always help where I can with what little I know or St least try to point you somewhere, good luck
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[mod / theme] [cm6 / 2.2] [20-05-2011] WORKING Transparent contacts/phone/mms apks

UPDATE - So i finaly figured it out, feel like a absolute NOOB atm. but these things happen.
Basicaly i edited the "Styles.XML" to make the backgrounds tranperant.
i looked for the style that the android manifest referenced and changed the parent to "@android:style/Theme.Wallpaper"
changed the background image to just a black transplucent image
rebuilt the app, copied the resources.arsc and the moded image,
pushed it to my phone, and BOOM! it worked a treat.
this should work in any app i think.
sometimes the hardest problems are solved so easliy.....
once i have tested it a bit i'll wrap the phone / contacts / mms apps into a update zip hopefully tonight or tomorro.
also i'll put a quick tut together if ppl are interested.
PVY
I am trying to make a fully transparent theme. Got all the framework-res stuff downpat. But I can't for the life of me get the other apps to go transperant.
I tried just changing the background image to semi transparent in the contacts app, then I went fishing around in the xml files but can't find any thing that relates to the background.
then in the mms app I found all the colours in the res/values
Changed the alpha but it didn't work.
Been searching around and can't find out how to make it work.
Thanks in advance.
Pvy
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FINALY!!!
So i fgured this out. thought i'd share
only took a few weeks of googling. (and finding the correct thing to google)
lol...
i had to add the style to the AndroidManifest.xml
i used
Code:
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Wallpaper"
and i put it in the application brackets. so it looked like this
Code:
<application android:label="@string/app_label" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher_smsmms" android:name="MmsApp" android:taskAffinity="android.task.mms" android:allowTaskReparenting="true" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Wallpaper">
then the usual stuff with making stuff Transparent.
attached is a screeny or 2 the funny lines is my wallpaper. (fireflies Live wallpaper)
next im going to do the Phone and contacts apps, then move my way through the rest of the phone
Pvy.

are you still working on this? i think it would be cool to have all menus transparent

Yeah mate, been having mega issues with my new laptop. it wont decompile/recompile apks properly... i think it is a win 7, 64 bit issue...
so i hit a bit of a snag. was thinking of releasing a theme if ppl were interested. (gotta figure out the whole recovery zip thing tho)
Pvy
alamatnitotoy said:
are you still working on this? i think it would be cool to have all menus transparent
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I have tried what you said in the code but didn't get the same result.
What do you mean here by the usual stuff?
pvyParts said:
then the usual stuff with making stuff Transparent.
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modifying the alpha/transperancy of the images and the alpha in the xml files.
ie int the color.xml it has the background colors,
so #ff000000 is fully opaque black,
and #99000000 is like 60% Transperant Black
i'll post the MMS.APK if thats what you are after. and you can see all the changes i made. it was rather rushed after i had my epipheny
EDIT- I attached the MMS.apk that i was working on recently, it runs on the emulator, and the transperancy works for both black and white backgrounds. the apk is signed so it should run on a phone. but normal stuff aplies,
Make sure you have a backup of the original, and i'm not responsible for any damage, ect ect ect.
alot of the XML files have small changes.
let me kno if ya want any more info
Thanks PVY.
gil2004xp said:
I have tried what you said in the code but didn't get the same result.
What do you mean here by the usual stuff?
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How is the work coming along? I'm gonna try the messaging app, I'd love to try anymore that you have finished

slow atm , i am having issues getting the moded apps to work on the phone... FCs.... lots and lots of fcs...
i should prob update the first post... maybe later.
the mms.apk above will work i am running it on my phone (using wolfs CM6 v006). i used x10 mod tool ( by mr rush i think) to push it to the /system/app folder ont the phone, take a backup first tho to be sure.
vpllover said:
How is the work coming along? I'm gonna try the messaging app, I'd love to try anymore that you have finished
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So i figured it out see the first post!
Pvy

nice..you did it..ill try it maybe later cause im on miui now

yeah i was prety happy hey
heres some screenies!
http://s789.photobucket.com/albums/yy180/aaronkable/Transperant%20Theme/?albumview=slideshow
Pvy

sure it will all work good

Overcome [RC1] [Hermes] Theme

I collect the best images from all frameworks I've ever used.
Most of the icons and images are from Xperia Arc theme.
I've also changed the color of the Settings from white to black.
(On Hermes the color of Settings is black, so only replace
"framework-res.apk" and "SystemUI.apk". Also some of
the stuff are used on Hermes.)
Here is what you need to do:
1. Backup your original "framework-res.apk", "SystemUI.apk",
"Settings.apk", "AccountAndSyncSettings.apk" and "Phone.apk"
by Root Explorer or whatever you use in case you want to go back
to the original ones
2. Download the files I've attached and extract them.
3. Copy the extracted files to your SD card.
4. Move theme from SD card to the system.
5. Set their permission like the last attached picture.
6. Move "AccountAndSyncSettings.apk", "Phone.apk", "Settings.apk"
and "SystemUI.apk" to system/app.
7. Move "framework-res.apk" to system/framework.
8. Reboot Your Tab.
*On RC1 if you just want to turn the color of Settings to black, do these
steps only for "AccountAndSyncSettings.apk", "Phone.apk" and "Settings.apk".*
That's it, I hope you like it, if you do just hit the thanks button.

seems to be an interesting theme but not very impressive. as you know after one being on MIUI, rest everything looks so so.. what i say is, instead of backing up all those files if things go wrong, why don't we do a cwm backup and restore if things r not working?
did you manage to get timescape working?
thanks for the hard work and keep going. appreciated

jacktackle said:
seems to be an interesting theme but not very impressive. as you know after one being on MIUI, rest everything looks so so.. what i say is, instead of backing up all those files if things go wrong, why don't we do a cwm backup and restore if things r not working?
did you manage to get timescape working?
thanks for the hard work and keep going. appreciated
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Sure you can backup the files with cwm, I just wanted to say backup your files,
it's doesn't matter in which way.
I don't know about timescape because i haven't tried it.

Nice work sohrab
As for miui , ugh. Why make something look as bland as an iphone? Each to their own.
Really like this.
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stoney73 said:
Nice work sohrab
As for miui , ugh. Why make something look as bland as an iphone? Each to their own.
Really like this.
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I agree that the launcher launcher like that Apple device but the rom in general is one of the best imho.
Anyway, the theme looks nice. Good job bro.
| Don't Revive Me Bro! |

That sooo nice, thanks à lot bro, good work
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I'm glad you all liked it.
I changed the color of the overscroll glow from orange to white, it looks better
on black pages but you are not able to see the color on white pages, so if you
to have different color just tell me to make another one and if you want to change
it yourselves there are two picture in framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi with
the names "overscroll_edge.png" and "overscroll_glow.png".

looking very good
what does the Phone.apk do exactly ?
cuz nothing changes ?

k0sh said:
looking very good
what does the Phone.apk do exactly ?
cuz nothing changes ?
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When you replace "Settings.apk" your "Call Settings" and "Account and Sync" are
still white. So if you want to make them black you need to replace "phone.apk"
and "AccountAndSyncSettings.apk" as well.

Awesome work

Before i break something, does it work on 2.0 gold
Martin
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ztxdk said:
Before i break something, does it work on 2.0 gold
Martin
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Hey mate.
I really don't know, because I'm still on RC1, but if you can decompile it yourself
I can tell you what to do.

Overcome 2.0.1 Hermes
Just wanna report that this works on my Overcome 2.0.1 Hermes ROM.
-----Really like this Theme, thanks a bunch.-----
I hope this doesn't get overlooked as it is clean and subtle - just right
Recommended

nadiros said:
Just wanna report that this works on my Overcome 2.0.1 Hermes ROM.
-----Really like this Theme, thanks a bunch.-----
I hope this doesn't get overlooked as it is clean and subtle - just right
Recommended
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You'r welcome.
Thanks for the report.

100% Stock Gingerbread theme..

Id like to know if there is a very plain and basic 100% Stock Gingerbread Theme for the Galaxy Tab. The Galaxy has always these ugly blue paddings, borders and tabs while the stock Gingerbread is mostly BLACK (which saves battery) along with orange highlights. I'm running Overcome ROM v3.1.0 KRATOS Gingerbread and really would like to make it look just plain vanilla 100% stock!
Thanks for the advice.

Here it is. Almost like the original.
New version 19.09.2011.
-fixed charging animation (not tested)
-darker Volumebar
-Black titlebar replaced by another guy. Thanks!
-new Text colors
-black themed Jobmanager and settings.apk from biopsin and sohrab1985 (thanks)
New Version 1.3.4-blue Fonts
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23313552/GingerVanilla1.3.4-blue.zip
Old Version 1.3.0
http://netload.in/dateiosTJIzfg7C/GingerVanilla1.3.0.zip.htm
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23313552/GingerVanilla1.3.0.zip
PS: Please leave a coment and tell my what colour shutt the fonts have on stock?

odysseus84 said:
Here it is. Almost like the original. Just a few little things are not as well as I wish.
Please Help:
See the red Arrow in the screenshot. Maybe someone can help me to find reposeble file.
http://netload.in/dateiRinBjdPR1s/GingerVanilla1.2.2.zip.htm
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23313552/GingerVanilla1.2.2.zip
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Ahhhhh looks so nice, downloading it now from dropbox! Looks very very good, juat a few elementa left to correct. Will giveU feedback soon.. Great great job!!!

odysseus84 said:
Here it is. Almost like the original. Just a few little things are not as well as I wish.
Please Help:
See the red Arrow in the screenshot. Maybe someone can help me to find reposeble file.
http://netload.in/dateiRinBjdPR1s/GingerVanilla1.2.2.zip.htm
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23313552/GingerVanilla1.2.2.zip
additional apps will follow, but for now: I just added mms.apk from Nexus S and the blacked out gmail. If you don't lik the apps just remove it from the zip before you flash.
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If I remember correctly, those banner images are in settings.apk
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oldmacnut said:
If I remember correctly, those banner images are in settings.apk
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That's not possible. When I have a look on the Gmail Settings, I can see the same Bar with the same damn font.
And just FIY: I need to know the hole path and not just the xxx.apk.
But thanks anyway

After flashing.. My status is not appearing.. How do revert back to normal??
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infatality said:
After flashing.. My status is not appearing.. How do revert back to normal??
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Search for Meizu Dark Theme. There's a Stock them for downloading.

VeEuzUKY said:
Ahhhhh looks so nice, downloading it now from dropbox! Looks very very good, juat a few elementa left to correct. Will giveU feedback soon.. Great great job!!!
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Hey Guy,
After a few days trying, i have to give up. I can't find the responsible pic for the black banner in the settings. I know it musst be a file in the framework-res.apk, but where?
Sorry. Maybe i try it later again but for now, i quit.

hi.
I can live with it. its better than any transparent theme. Thanks

Yea, it was a great idea. I live with it too

VeEuzUKY said:
stock Gingerbread is mostly BLACK (which saves battery)
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This is only the case with amoled screens, it does not apply to LCD screens like the Tab has. The same amount of power is used to display a black pixel as is used to display a white one.

I believe your problem is the dark_header.png try this framework, i cant test it ATM. Heres the png too.

Fantastic! It works. I will implane it in the download file. If i find the time.
Thanks man

so.....where is the file?
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Looking forward to try it!!

Here it is:
http://netload.in/dateiosTJIzfg7C/GingerVanilla1.3.0.zip.htm
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23313552/GingerVanilla1.3.0.zip

Thank you so much!! Will try it tonite, cant wait

hmm misstyped task manager with bluetooth keyboard connected when hold home button.
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odysseus84 said:
Here it is:
http://netload.in/dateiosTJIzfg7C/GingerVanilla1.3.0.zip.htm
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23313552/GingerVanilla1.3.0.zip
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OK, installed it and it looks great!! I will keep it, very very good job thank you very much!! Some of the dialogue screens seem more square than they were originally and many icons (like settings and shot off screen) totally lost their color also, but its OK, I like the look
I have a question, you replaced the WIFI meter icon on the upper task bar with the stock one which looks perfect now. A friend of mine also with KRATOS on his Tab wants to keep the stock KRATOS theme but would love to get your stock taskbar WIFI meter icon. How would this be possible? Would it be an easy fix to create an update zip just with that change? I have no idea how to do it..

Further modding...
I have a further question...
Has anyone here tried to use UOT Kitchen to do any modding? I tried to get a few things changed but the only thing I could successfully mod was the battery icon styly. Everything else I try to do, upon reboot, its not modded.
Among other things id like to add transparency to the taskbar pulldown (like the old Overcome 1.x Froyo that was sooooooo nice and that is gone from KRATOS) as well changing the Notification Power Buttons and taskbar icons to stock Gingerbread.. but nothing, upon flash and reboot, nothing has changed. I'm frustrated.
has anyone successfully used this? Thanks in advance for any input