Hey guys,
I'd like to ask a favor of anyone who is up for it... Below is a pretty sweet black and white theme that I found online for CM 5.0.5.3-N1 on the nexus... I would like to create a zip from it that I can flash on my phone that will ONLY change the app icons (in the main menu and/or on the home screens) not anything else in the system (i.e. title bar colors, text colors, etc...). I took a look at the contents of the archives and it looks like I may be able to do it myself but if any of you know how to do it already or wouldn't mind giving it a shot - I'd appreciate it!
Thanks for any help!
Link to theme (download the CM 5.0.5.3-N1 version): forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614978
ctcnsf said:
Hey guys,
I'd like to ask a favor of anyone who is up for it... Below is a pretty sweet black and white theme that I found online for CM 5.0.5.3-N1 on the nexus... I would like to create a zip from it that I can flash on my phone that will ONLY change the app icons (in the main menu and/or on the home screens) not anything else in the system (i.e. title bar colors, text colors, etc...). I took a look at the contents of the archives and it looks like I may be able to do it myself but if any of you know how to do it already or wouldn't mind giving it a shot - I'd appreciate it!
Thanks for any help!
Link to theme (download the CM 5.0.5.3-N1 version): forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614978
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If you want only the icons, flashing an update.zip probably isn't the way to go. Look into how to create a metamorph (it's incredibly easy) and/or download a few metamorphs people have created (easiest way to learn) and open them up and take a look at how they are made. Then all you would have to do is extract the icons you want from the theme, make the morph and voila.
I have seen a lot of themes for enom/cm, but not that much for MCR... What are the best themes for MCR?
I think a majority of Formel-LMS's morphs work for MCR ROMs, and my black bars and theme are made for MCR.
david1171 said:
I think a majority of Formel-LMS's morphs work for MCR ROMs, and my black bars and theme are made for MCR.
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Do you have any links? I can't find any. Aren't morphs normally just little bits and pieces, not the whole theme?
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Do you have any links? I can't find any. Aren't morphs normally just little bits and pieces, not the whole theme?
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Some of Formel-LMS's work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633034
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633031
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=638659
My work
Stock black bar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=617336
Desire notification bar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=640707
O)))
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614978
For the most part, morphs are more for smaller visual edits, but some people like to make whole themes just using morphs.
There aren't very many comprehensive themes out for the Nexus yet, but over time that will change as more people get the phone.
Those are the mods/themes I saw/knew off the top of my head that were made for MCR. I don't think there are many others.
Thank you for linking my themes! Nice!
Metamorph can change ALL icons, pictures, png from every apk/jar which is not installed by market! You can do many many things with it.
For me it is so, that I wanted to change the look from MY nexus. So I did my themes for me and share them to the community. I like it when others like it.
Metamorph has the biggest advantage, that you can change many things to many different roms.
With normal themes you can't do this.
And: For us themers it is easier to make new things and the patching on your phones is faster than re-installing apps.
Problems with MCR Roms:
I've asked Paul at MoDaCo for a few weeks, why we can't theme his ROM. It wasn't possible to do this, because some files wasn't deodexed.
Now, since the last three updates, the MCR ROMs are themeable. So we can start making themes for MCR ROMs since then.
Cyanogen and enomthers ROM was from start up fully themeable because it is build from AOSP. AND the first rooted nexus rom was the cyanogen ROM, so that the most of the community uses this ROM.
Most of us themers do the work for the ROM what we self used on our phones.
So: Cyanogen ROM has the most themes.
So, hoping I could enlighten it a bit.
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!!!!!!
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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
wd20293 said:
your the first!!!!!!
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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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with lockscreen
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9973650/lock_anime_evoblue.zip
I'm trying to make my first custom skin for my EVO 4G LTE, but am having problems making any modifications stick so I know I'm doing something wrong. I'm hoping someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong.
I'm basically following these directions, which are for Sense 3.0, but I imagine most of the steps are similar.
I have installed Apk Manager 5.0.2, and I extracted all the files of M10 Tools, but I don't think I extracted them to the appropriate location (those instructions are unclear about how to set up M10 Tools). However, given the changes I want to make (a simple color change), I am of the impression that I may not need M10 Tools, yet. Of course, I may be wrong and this could be my entire problem.
I'm starting with HTC's Matte.apk, and I simply want to change the blue highlighting to red (after all, while ICS's color is blue, my phone is black and red).
Steps 3 through 8 and 10 (extracting the apk and renaming it) went fine. My new theme shows up with the correct name. I couldn't make any sense of step 9, so I basically skipped it. I assume this affects how it shows up as a file name, so after packaging it up as "signedMatte.apk" I just change that name to my desired name, and it worked fine.
I tried changing a few .pngs (blue stuff to red stuff), and I modified the progress_horizontal.xml file to have reds instead of blues. I started with minor changes just to see that the process worked, before jumping into the deep end and changing hundreds of images and files.
I recompiled, signed, moved it to my phone (system/app), and rebooted. Obviously, that skips a lot of M10 Tools steps, but I figured if my .apk has the changes I wanted, that should suffice.
So I went into Skins and selected my skin. However, the settings icons glow GREEN, and the volume bar (which I understand is controlled by the progress_horizontal.xml) is still BLUE. Why is anything the default green? And why is the volume bar still blue? Obviously the changes I made aren't taking affect.
Help on this is greatly appreciated, as it bugs me that HTC's Burgundy skin (which is essentially what I want) doesn't exist in Sense 4. I'd also like to be able to help out with releasing skins for people (I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants a red skin for Sense 4), but am obviously facing a road block here.
Hey everyone,
First of all sorry if I posted in the wrong section, I'm very much new here, trying to find my way around the forums.
Now, for my question: I'm using an old but trusty Galaxy Ace with Nebulosity ROM, Nova Launcher and the Gummy Liberty Gold theme. Pretty much everything in my phone is colored yellow or black, except those pesky little blue triangles in the bottom right corner of the contacts icons. (See the attached picture and you'll know what I'm talking about.) It really keeps bugging me as everything else is pretty much unified color-wise. Now, the problem is that I don't really know where the system gets the resources for that particular item. I suspect I could switch the launcher's color theme, but it causes a crash on the current ROM I'm using and forces me to reinstall the launcher. Is there any way to recolor that particular element? How can I find and modify it without having to change the launcher's color theme (if it's even possible at all)? Something I have tried (bear in mind that I have very little programming background, I'm pretty much picking up everything as I go) was decompiling the Liberty Gold theme in hope of finding a little blue triangle somewhere along the assets so that I can recolor it, but alas, nothing like that - this is why I'm suspecting that that element might be part of the system itself instead of the theme.
These might all be stupid questions, as I said, I don't know half as much about these things as I should, but I would really appreciate if someone could elucidate me on the destination of that particular element (or just it's color source) so that I could recolor (either in photoshop or by replacing the color code) it and make the whole UI have the same color scheme. It's not too too big of a problem and I do not want to waste anyone's time, but if there's someone out there who happens to know the answer, please write, I'd really appreciate it.
Thank you in advance!