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Hi, I installed the stock htc theme on my new fuze. It has a problem though where when you select the windows icon up top, the programs are in black text on a black background which makes it hard to see when it is light out. I have seen pictures where it is suppose to be white text. I have searched but couldn't find any way to fix this. I also installed another stock theme to make sure it wasn't just a bad install but it still happened. Lastly on the communications page in settings, it still has the stock at&t background when you go into it (it is the only setting page that does this)... Does anyone have any ideas how to fix these problems? Thanks for the help!
I'm having the same issue. Tried several different themes but it does it with all of them.
Try this theme... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=447056
when scrolling through running processes, manage applications, as I scroll the background changes from white to the theme color (blue)
I cannot find anywhere in the theme where that background is ( in this case blue)
guessing it has to be in framework res or system
Help? Pleas, its all I need for my theme to be complete
wd20293 said:
when scrolling through running processes, manage applications, as I scroll the background changes from white to the theme color (blue)
I cannot find anywhere in the theme where that background is ( in this case blue)
guessing it has to be in framework res or system
Help? Pleas, its all I need for my theme to be complete
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On What ROM is this?
Are you talking about the overscroll effect on CM?
Screen shots would help us answer better too.
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On What ROM is this?
Are you talking about the overscroll effect on CM?
Screen shots would help us answer better too.
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its MIUI and the Kobalt theme, I have no clue what overscroll effect means. But I would have to say no, with the knowledge I have.
Go to running processes,(or manage applications) the screen is white , as your finger scrolls the screen, it turns (in my case blue)
sorry I know all this sounds stupid, but I have about 80 hours into learning all this theming , Damn I learned how to get rid of everything on the status bar THAT was tough just cannot figure out where this background screen is
and yes I'll get some shots I am sure it will help
THANKS cannot wait to get this theme up. you will be the first I tell LOL
Are you on MIUI's latest build...2.3...? I could've answered off my head if you were on CM...just checking what MIUI build to dig into. Will also help other members reading this as well.
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Are you on MIUI's latest build...2.3...? I could've answered off my head if you were on CM...just checking what MIUI build to dig into. Will also help other members reading this as well.
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MIUI 1.4.29 the may release had a few issues 4.29 is very stable
thanks for helping,gonna get back into it today, maybe I'll stumble on to it
wd20293 said:
MIUI 1.4.29 the may release had a few issues 4.29 is very stable
thanks for helping,gonna get back into it today, maybe I'll stumble on to it
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You just got me hooked on MIUI for a bit...is this in the Kobalt theme?
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You just got me hooked on MIUI for a bit...is this in the Kobalt theme?
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Yes it is. Btw I was a huge fan of CM, but damn the arguing and *****ing.....nightly builds (which I learned to skip several and wait) broke more than it fixed IMO
Still have it and still go back and forth, somewhat, , BUT I am really enjoying MIUI's "clean " UI
anyhow
tinkered alot with this one issue, and as you know, make one change, put it all together, and hmmmmm not that, so after about 20 of that I came here.
BTW gonna need somebody to test this when I am ready EVO4g, hard to believe I rooted my evo late March and I am at this point. My PC hacking days (mid 90's) have helped LOL
AND so you know I am not a kid, 55 and retired (33 years firefighter) everyone asked
whatcha gonna do with all that time.....LOL found it, for now
I could try it on my EVO for you if need be...I am on the same boat myself but with CM theme chooser. Lemme know once its ready. I will try dig into MIUI to see what I can find.
Fact about MIUI: the MIUI developers in China are implementing a new UI over the course of several weeks and some things are still buggy/half finished. This has been taking place since MIUI changed to gingerbread and anyone who's been running MIUI for a while remembers running apps in "compatibility mode" to make text appear. Graphics glitches have gotten better and better with each GB build of the ROM.
I have a theory: Since the devs began implementing these UI changes, I have also seen the effect that you are talking about, though it has decreased in frequency with every new build. It should also be noted that the color (which you described as blue) changes with whatever theme I'm running. I believe it to be a "glitch" in the UI due to lack of compatibility with certain devices or apps. The benefits of MIUI far outweigh such small glitches for me and I continue to run the ROM but that's the closest I can come to explaining the effect.
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I could try it on my EVO for you if need be...I am on the same boat myself but with CM theme chooser. Lemme know once its ready. I will try dig into MIUI to see what I can find.
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your the first!!!!!!
The_mamba said:
Fact about MIUI: the MIUI developers in China are implementing a new UI over the course of several weeks and some things are still buggy/half finished. This has been taking place since MIUI changed to gingerbread and anyone who's been running MIUI for a while remembers running apps in "compatibility mode" to make text appear. Graphics glitches have gotten better and better with each GB build of the ROM.
I have a theory: Since the devs began implementing these UI changes, I have also seen the effect that you are talking about, though it has decreased in frequency with every new build. It should also be noted that the color (which you described as blue) changes with whatever theme I'm running. I believe it to be a "glitch" in the UI due to lack of compatibility with certain devices or apps. The benefits of MIUI far outweigh such small glitches for me and I continue to run the ROM but that's the closest I can come to explaining the effect.
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I believe your right, but my issue is......whether its the theme or the rom (your point) but hey its all fun , if you want I'll send you the theme also. I am digging this (70's) talk lol
see if I am right though, the MIUI stock rom is mostly orange, whereas the Kobalt is blue, BUT as you say ( follow me) change orange to blue and ???? I have changed several of Kobalts " backgrounds" (phone, toggles etc) to a plain blue. So maybe the stock MIUI rom is reading this light blue as a much darker blue. Make sense? What you posted does make sense to me.
Guess the only way to see all this is for me to send ya'll (southern) the theme
THANKS
Hmmm, upon re-reading the entire thread I feel as though I may have mis-interpreted your original question but yes, what you said makes perfect sense. Obviously some element of the themes is changing that background color but I'm not nearly advanced enough of a themer to begin to tell you where to look. If you were suggesting that you need someone else to run the "kobalt" theme to check for the same issue/see the color then I'm down to "dig" it, haha.
Sent from my MIUI-GB-EVO
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I agree what help, above and beyond, CM 3 pages of bashing I-phones HUH????
It comes from the cacheColorHint in the xml. a lot of apps have it that way but the background is the same color. do a search through the xml for cacheColorHint
Here it is
Well it is still not 100% done
so in a nutshell:
bootscreen is a re-do of cyanagen mod 7 (cannot find the original dev to give credit) took the text out and redid colors to blue
most everything else was hacked from kobalt blue
keyboard was from (i believe) honeybread theme
clock should not show up as I use a widget called make your own clock
a superb prog that puts it in text also allows battery % internal space used etc
mine is all blue to match the theme
revamped status bar as most of what was on it was redundant, use widgets on main screen ( again, make your own clock)
all I left was 3g data tx in green. Tried blue but I believe green catches ones eye quickly if no signal. bluetooth, and gps will show up in blue on status,( Side note, GPS was a ***** to do but IMO looks cool when it acquires the signal)
No wallpaper, IMO battery drain plus the blue on black looks good.
you will see I left some of Kobalts backscreens in , phone call and some others
toggle screen redone, also found a cool app that will show signal strength in dbm, no bars just text, IE. signal -98dbm, also can change to blue (this was a 4 hour project to find the one to fit the theme) it is called clarius signal. I use: one click widget, for brightness and volume. I use widget locker for my LS and have it all blue minimal text with Make your clock widget for time
Still left:
minor inconsistencies with colors ( backgrounds, static screens ETC) That is what started this thread LOL
SMS: could not find a way to alter Kobalts, gotta spend more time
Kobalts lock screen (easy to do just gotta get to it)
SO if any one wants to assist with getting more blue, jump right in, I only ask if you do, to zip it up and share. When it is all done we will share the credit
REMEMBER to change zip to mtz (for the noobs)
ENJOY ( I am at easily 100+ hours , trial and error as I go) Lots of PATIENCE
Damn just noticed 8 mb on zip upload....hmmmm gotta change game plan
This should work
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9973650/anime_evoblue.zip
My original question w/sshots, this is manage apps, the white is statis the blue is scrolling. The blue is what I want to find to lighten up.
I do not see cacheColorHint in any xml's
wd20293 said:
My original question w/sshots, this is manage apps, the white is statis the blue is scrolling. The blue is what I want to find to lighten up.
I do not see cacheColorHint in any xml's
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forgot to add pics
with lockscreen
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9973650/lock_anime_evoblue.zip
Dear all
Apparently it seems that nobody (on different smart-phones threads and also here on Galaxy Notes) knows how to change the default background from annoying black (very bad for my ageing eyes) to a more traditional and relaxing white or light colour (as for iPhone). I mean the background for
- general settings
- phone
- contacts
etc.
Can somebody please share his ideas?
thank you
Saulo866
Some more details:
My device is a galaxy notes GT-N7000
Android version 2.3.6
Baseband: N7000XXKL8
Kernel: 2.6.35.7.N7000XXKK9-CL725676
Build Number: GINGERBREAD.XXKL8
As I am NOT a techie, I would appreciate very much some automated solution. For example, to download and install a force-white-background-theme or some 3rd party application to do the job (paid apps are OK).
Thank you again
Saulo
I've not heard of an app or script that can do that, but the MIUI Rom (available under the android development section) has black text on white background.
Thank you Holgalee.
I still cannot find that link for that ROM, can you please point for me?
2. Do I need superuser?
Thank you again
Saulo
Just in case you didn't know, AMOLED uses less battery when displaying black than it does when displaying white, because the pixels are "off" in black and "on" in white. I suspect that's why black is the default.
I know, but for my eyes the black background it is really no more bearable. too streessful..I prefer to have my battery drained up earlier but be able to use this worthy device.
MIUI
saulo866 said:
I know, but for my eyes the black background it is really no more bearable. too streessful..I prefer to have my battery drained up earlier but be able to use this worthy device.
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Here's a link to the MIUI ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1521630
I think I may start using it myself once it integrates the new s-pen functions from the premium upgrade by Samsung!
Thank you James.
I am downloading and then feedback.
Happy Easter
That MIUI ROM does have white background, but I lose some very useful hardware functions, like camera at 1920 30fps, etc. So I cannot use it.
I heard that there are simple scripts, to switch/invert background from black to white.
But my question is: I am on a Mac Air. Can I use adb and odino and other tools on Mac Lion OSX?
Or do I need a virtual Windows machine?
Please can someone post a tutorial for Mac users?
Thanks a lot
Saulo
If you are stock you are going to have to root first and then use PC Odin to flash the repack because MIUI is ICS. Read about it in the development forum and it will show you everything step by step.
I have windows 7 on boot camp on my mac just for the purpose of using Odin. Mobile Odin, in the market, might work, but might cause SODs too.
Hallo Andrew.
I do have Windows parallels on my Mac air. If I understand correctly, on Mac Lion OSX there are NO tools available to flash and modify our Galaxy Notes. Right?
2.
Do you have some hints on how to perform a script, on galaxy notes, to change the background on most applications, such as:
- general settings
- SMS
- phone
- MMS
etc
Thank you a lot
Saulo
Just so you know, blacks will not only save (marginal) battery juice, but most importantly, it saves your AMOLED screen from dying a premature death!
AMOLED screens suffer from a phenomenon called by some as "Burn-In" so blacks became a standard (specially on the notification bar) ever since Gingerbread (or was it Froyo?) came along with AMOLED based phones (starting with the Google NEXUS One)
You can search on Google about this AMOLED problem.
That's why there is a setting in the default web browser to dim the screen or even invert the colors on the browser, to save juice and to protect the screen!
Yep! Just like those old projection TVs of the eighties!
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk
Thank you Rayan.
I now understand...how, in fact, could everybody accept such a ugly and tiresome black background? If what you say is correct, I have to give up my search for a whote or light colour background...
By the way, (off topic): is incoming ice cream sandwich also sporting a black background?
When do we expect an official stock release?
Thank you again
Saulo
When you guys like i can port a theme in white/red.
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saulo866 said:
Thank you Rayan.
I now understand...how, in fact, could everybody accept such a ugly and tiresome black background? If what you say is correct, I have to give up my search for a whote or light colour background...
By the way, (off topic): is incoming ice cream sandwich also sporting a black background?
When do we expect an official stock release?
Thank you again
Saulo
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Actually ICS AOSP is even more black, however, it has lots of blue which is known to degrade even faster than any other color on AMOLED screens! Go figure!
Cheers
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Guys these changes you discuss here are very very difficult to be done and they need a lot lot of work..
I know cause in my Mixed Theme for Desire HD (my previous phone) i had inverted a lot of stuff (as HTC uses white backgrounds and i wanted them black), with the help of another Great Themer he_stheone...
So it's not a script that has to be run...
You must de-compile all framework apks and many others apks...
Then you have to find inside the code (xml files) of these apks the values that refer to background color and change it to white...
But then you will have a lot lot of trubles, as you should also change the color of text from white to black, so you will be able to read the texts all over the phone (settings, popup windows, contacts, sms etc...) and this is the most difficult part as you have to find and change the color of the text in several apps that conflict with the frameworks...
And even if you manage to find and change all the texts to white color, then it begins another problem... The 3rd party apps that you download from the Market... Cause many of them might use f.e your default background (black) with it's own text color (again black)...
I'm not say it's impossible, but i say it's very difficult, it nedds a lot lot of time and very good knowledge... And i don't know if someone that has the knowledge, also has the time to do that...
So another solution is to sell your Note and buy an HTC ONE X, cause HTC uses white backgrounds with black texts
Thank you. That is exactly what I was thinking...so basically HTC does NOT use amoled, right? So it can implement the phone on whute background.
Is this correct?
Happy Easter
Saulo
saulo866 said:
Thank you. That is exactly what I was thinking...so basically HTC does NOT use amoled, right? So it can implement the phone on whute background.
Is this correct?
Happy Easter
Saulo
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HTC is not the only one with LCD screens, in fact AMOLED screens are lowest denominator out there.
I really doubt that some company would bother to change the look and feel of Android, but if you root you can go with MIUI which uses a lot of whites (reminiscent of iOS) then you'll be closer to what you are looking for, but as someone mentioned before, apps would still be as the developer intended, either black, white or whatever.
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I totally agree with you sir.
I'm 26 but the black/ dark backgroudn is stressful and annoying in the long run.
Google's own apps do have whtie/ light background themselves e.g. Gmail, Google Maps etc.
I don't understand why Google don't enable us to change the background to white/ light.
A not-too-technical but not perfect solution is 1. to install a launcher e.g. Nova or Apex and 2. to install a theme that has white background (which I don't know and I'm asking around as there are thousands of them).
The system stuffs e.g. Settings will remain black though.
As for specific needs e.g. contacts, we'll have no choice but to use alternative e.g. Contact Plus app.
Good luck sir, I'm on the hunt for Nova/ Apex launcher themes with white-background
saulo866 said:
Dear all
Apparently it seems that nobody (on different smart-phones threads and also here on Galaxy Notes) knows how to change the default background from annoying black (very bad for my ageing eyes) to a more traditional and relaxing white or light colour (as for iPhone). I mean the background for
- general settings
- phone
- contacts
etc.
Can somebody please share his ideas?
thank you
Saulo866
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I have come across a very strange problem with TB and was wondering if others had a similar problem or a solution. My TB worked perfectly under KitKat, but after installing Lollipop it seems to have changed its colours to a much darker tone generally but perticularly irritant is tha fact that searching for an app with "click edit filters" the results do not appear. You only get a white box of different lenghts depending on the number of results, but no text in it. The filtering works ok though, it is simply a display problem. I have tried to alter the colour settings in android without any success. I have not tried theme changers as I understand that Lollipo 5 is rather impossible to theme, but this might be the solution in the end. Any other ideas most welcome.
Samsung Note3 with Lollipop 5.0 rooted TB version 8.1.0 but same problem with earlier versions
Thanks
I'm just kind of updated my mate 9 to pie, and I want to change the fonts. I don't like the way it's handling bold, and I'm actually not seeing colors on one of my widgets. For example first attachment of a widget shows examples of colors being used to show things are past due due tomorrow at cetera.
The next one shows the widget on this phone with no colors, even though it is set to apply colors.
I don't know if different fonts would fix the color problem, but I do not like the way it uses the font for bold as I find it a little bit hard to read.
Any suggestions?
I finally found some information, I must root the phone. I really hate that.
ewingr said:
I finally found some information, I must root the phone. I really hate that.
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Did you check the answer on rooting 9.1:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/current-root-method-c432e7r1p8patch03-t4049661
Do you try the application Font Manager for Huawei (Pubs inside and no guaranty from me)
Sorry guys for not replying. I had my email messed up on the profile and didn't get notices.
@zgfg...certainly, at this point, I'm sure you do know we have been communicating on that thread. Thanks so much for your help.
@Mh_EJC ... interesting. Yes, but it wants to side load something in order to apply, so I've uninstalled. But I have tonight found some that will install, even w/o root. Tried that, and tried one that required root too. Given zgfg's help, I am rooted now.
But it's interesting. Maybe my issues aren't related to fonts. I have a ToDo app installed, and on my Samsung Note 9, and earlier phones, I've been able to set colors in it for current, past due, etc tasks.
But on the Mate 9, it doesn't show colors, and in fact all letters on the phone that I think are bold are hard to read. I had expected a change of fonts to cure that. But the new fonts apply, but still no color and still the 'hollow' bold. BTW...same issues throughout the phone, so it's not a problem specific to the app.
Given that applying different fonts don't fix my problem, I may be stuck with this on the Mate 9, Unless someone has some ideas.
Example of the widget with colors and more readable bolds:
Example of one from Mate 9. This one is with a new font applied. The large picture here is easy to read, but on the phone, and if you add a lot of ambient light, it is difficult for that hollow text: