With the OTA on the horizon and the leaked ota "roms" out there allready this is a question that I've heard alot. This thread is to help you understand what a theme acctually is, and why you should not Cross-Flash Themes from one build to another.
Alot of people think when they are flashing a theme all they are doing is changing the 'look' and that's not even close to whats really happening behind the scenes.
In each theme zip there are folders that contain themed apk's that can theme anything from the clock to the system. Here is a look at what is inside the zip.
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[COLOR="Blue"]EP4P[/COLOR]_Theme.zip
---------------META-INF (This file tells the zip what, where and How to flash)
---------------System
----------------------app
-------------------------Camera.apk
-------------------------ClockPackage.apk
-------------------------Contacts.apk
-------------------------DialerTabActivity.apk
-------------------------DownloadProvider.apk
-------------------------Gallery3D.apk
-------------------------Phone.apk
-------------------------Settings.apk
-------------------------SystemUI.apk
----------------------framework
-------------------------framework-res.apk
-------------------------twframework.apk
If you notice in this example the theme is for ep4p. That means that each apk file is based off the original ep4p leak. Then if you were to look into the apks they are made up of .pngs .jpgs .xmls .dex etc. Then if you were to break it down even further each .dex file has .smali files in them which contain java code.
Why is all this important you ask? And then you think Well as long as it works what do I care?
Well, let me tell you. Ep4d for one has a later build date than Ep4p, secondly and more obvious they have a differnt build name. That means SOMETHING was changed from one version to another. What exactly was changed is anybodys guess, let's just say for this example, in ep4d that they added a tweak into the framework-res.apk file that added speed and battery life, now you decide you want to flash a ep4p over the top. "Hey! it works" you say, Well guess what, you just overwrote the new tweaks by replacing the framework from an older version. Now, I see you posting a thread and asking why everyone else is getting more speed and battery life than you are when your both on ep4d. It's because you overwrote the tweak that everyone else still has.
The same goes from 'rom' to 'rom', if you flash a theme from one rom to another you could lose things such as tsm parts, power mod, accu battery, etc.
Hopefully, this can help people to understand more about what is going on behind the scenes, and as you can tell I could go on and on about this. So the moral of the story is ,
If your gonna flash an ep4p theme over ep4d 'rom' then why did you flash ep4d in the first place?
thank you for the info ... I had been wondering since the new build dropped.
Nice write up you said it well for what I've been saying for awhile.
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adrynalyne has been howling about themers should go back to using metamorph like the og droid days where most themers were in that format for awhile, and im inclined to agree
an update-zip theme isn't really a *theme* as it is a mini rom...once you replace actual system apks or jars and not just inject images in, thats what it really is
now these type of themes are usually fine when made by a knowledgeable individual who doesnt just randomly drop any apk in without consideration for the consequences
however by my own informal and internal quick poll of themers i notice in forums i go to that number would probably be less than 1 in 3
even *popular* themers out there who put some nice screenshots in their op are really idiots, whose apks when you pull them apart are a disaster
not picking on any one individual, but be careful what you flash on your phone
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adrynalyne has been howling about themers should go back to using metamorph like the og droid days where most themers were in that format for awhile, and im inclined to agree
an update-zip theme isn't really a *theme* as it is a mini rom...once you replace actual system apks or jars and not just inject images in, thats what it really is
now these type of themes are usually fine when made by a knowledgeable individual who doesnt just randomly drop any apk in without consideration for the consequences
however by my own informal and internal quick poll of themers i notice in forums i go to that number would probably be less than 1 in 3
even *popular* themers out there who put some nice screenshots in their op are really idiots, whose apks when you pull them apart are a disaster
not picking on any one individual, but be careful what you flash on your phone
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I personally use zipthemer, it's basically the same thing as metamorph only it builds a flashable zip for you. As long as you run zipthemer every time you change a rom/build then you are good to go.
I will have to say you are definetly right about the apks bieng trashed. I still have images in the theme I use from my moto days. You have given me the motivation to clean my theme up and optipng the images, who knows, it may make my phone faster and will definetly clear up some space.
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I personally use zipthemer, it's basically the same thing as metamorph only it builds a flashable zip for you. As long as you run zipthemer every time you change a rom/build then you are good to go.
I will have to say you are definetly right about the apks bieng trashed. I still have images in the theme I use from my moto days. You have given me the motivation to clean my theme up and optipng the images, who knows, it may make my phone faster and will definetly clear up some space.
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yeah, zipthemer is a neat tool as well
when i first starting making themes over a year ago i was guilty of putting out what i know consider garbage
its a learning curve, but still gotta be careful
nitsuj17 said:
yeah, zipthemer is a neat tool as well
when i first starting making themes over a year ago i was guilty of putting out what i know consider garbage
its a learning curve, but still gotta be careful
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I agree, Well, I just got done cleaning my theme up and it went from 49 meg down to 34 meg. WOW, alot of junk in there, now my phone won't have to look through so much crap to find what it needs.
I confess to wanting to try and successfully flash one of gunnermike's themes over a Humble ROM just to see if I could make his head explode through time and space... (also because he's a gnarly themer...)
I've compiled a ZIP file that can be installed via CWM that completely restores the default EP4D theme.
It contains the commonly themed apps that most theme developers modify, namely...
Camera.apk
ClockPackage.apk
Contacts.apk
DialerTabActivity.apk
DownloadProvider.apk
Gallery3D.apk
JobManager.apk
MediaProvider.apk
Mms.apk
Phone.apk
Settings.apk
SystemUI.apk
TouchWizCalendar.apk
As well as...
android.policy.jar
framework-res.apk
framework.jar
twframework-res.apk
What edify setting should a user fire the charge choose in zip themer? Captivate doesn't work
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cmdrfrog said:
What edify setting should a user fire the charge choose in zip themer? Captivate doesn't work
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First download this file and put on you /sdcard
Press menu/Update Edify/Browse/ then select the UpdateEdify4Charge.zip You just downloaded, then press configure. Done!
nitsuj17 said:
adrynalyne has been howling about themers should go back to using metamorph like the og droid days where most themers were in that format for awhile, and im inclined to agree
an update-zip theme isn't really a *theme* as it is a mini rom...once you replace actual system apks or jars and not just inject images in, thats what it really is
now these type of themes are usually fine when made by a knowledgeable individual who doesnt just randomly drop any apk in without consideration for the consequences
however by my own informal and internal quick poll of themers i notice in forums i go to that number would probably be less than 1 in 3
even *popular* themers out there who put some nice screenshots in their op are really idiots, whose apks when you pull them apart are a disaster
not picking on any one individual, but be careful what you flash on your phone
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Well considering there isnt that many themers, whats the deal? What do you see wrong with some of the APK's. I'd like to know some examples.
ForeverSupra said:
Well considering there isnt that many themers, whats the deal? What do you see wrong with some of the APK's. I'd like to know some examples.
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He isn't talking Just DRIOD Charge, he's talking themers from various forums/devices/carriers, so a wide array of different people, and just from browsing some other people's work on other devices, I agree. The other option would be to use asserts to verify the build version before flashing, which may be another good option, so the average end-user can flash a theme for a ROM it wasn't meant for.
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Well considering there isnt that many themers, whats the deal? What do you see wrong with some of the APK's. I'd like to know some examples.
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He isn't talking Just DRIOD Charge, he's talking themers from various forums/devices/carriers, so a wide array of different people, and just from browsing some other people's work on other devices, I agree. The other option would be to use asserts to verify the build version before flashing, which may be another good option, so the average end-user can flash a theme for a ROM it wasn't meant for.
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yup, i was referring to all themes/themers across the various forums i peruse
while i dont enjoy particularly calling individuals out, themuffstuff was (i dont know if he still does) notorious for putting unpatched .9 images in his themes (and refused to patch them) and putting anywhere from 100-200 additional images in apks and frameworks as he copy/pasted images from other phones
hes an alright kid in general, but that used to bug the crap out of me
many other themers on sgs will even grab entire apks from the roms/themes of other sgs phones and package them in...this is fine *if* you make a note of it so people know what to expect...they often dont though, but i notice it
the fascinate also had many many themers do this back in its heyday
i do like the idea of adding the prop assert into themes...if i still actively made independent themes its something id strongly consider doing
but in general, its just a good idea for themers to be aware that yes, their update.zip themes are in fact mini partial roms. they should take the same care that rom developers do (or hopefully should do...but thats another topic) when releasing something.
the return of metamorph to the mainstream would be welcomed by me though as a stop gap measure for a lot of the shoddy work out there
so how can I tell what all i have installed on my phone after I have done the root. I have done a lot of things trying to get to this point so it is a lil hazy as far as wht verisions I have on there and after the recovery I have to redo it all. and I just wanna make sure if mine is ep4p or ep4d
So i think I found it out...... I have all of the crap on my phone still .. so I installed a theme and it got rid of a few things like my camera button.. I am still looking in the file itself to find out how to tell them apart. any sugestions on finding it
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hello everyone. heres another one of those crazy things i do here. this time i built on damage so i could use dconfig again. I had the idea to put this together when i saw koni's transparent mod,then the aosp zip and burst's theme. This is mish mash of all of that work+ some of what i do. since its built on damage and the biggest add on to theme was burst's theme. But while i was ripping them apart i realized that the aosp theme was basically using the same framework as burst with a few tweaks. Then got it to boot. I did have some serious issues with the kbs and the notifier but i learned what i was doing and fixed it then decided to post...Didnt take as long to finish this(about a day), because i didnt do ALL the themeing. I just found it and mixed it all together with some of my own tweaks added in both visually and performance wise.
HERES WHY YOU SHOULD FLASH:
1 CUSTOM BOOT
1 CUSTOM HTC KB (THEMED GREEN)
1 LATIN_IME MT KB FROM DROID_X
1 HTC_IME MOD
4 INTERACTIVE LWP FROM...(sorry i forget what device)
1 INVISABLE taskbar by KONIKUB
1 THEMED HTC clock widget(by me)
1 THEMED rosie(by me)
INCLUDED APPS
adw. its my fave and most stable imo
andro for file browsing and app backup
dconfig for tweaking(thank treve)
updater for new roms and themes ota
sys tray (to monitor ram)
battery widget (to monitor battery%)
titanium backup
left the sprint apps for once....
sorry all, i forgot to toss the nextel tikl in(ill toss up an update.zip with it)
i didnt throw in all the extra crap this time so this rom is a normal size(170mb)
screens
NOTE: THIS THREAD IS FOR IMPROVEMENT AND FEEDBACK ON THIS ROM TO HELP MAKE IT BETTER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO POST MAKE SURE YOU FLASH IT FIRST. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT BY ME TO KEEP THE THREAD ON TOPIC AND USEFUL TO THOSE THAT CHOOSE TO USE THIS MOD. IF YOU DIDNT FLASH IT WHAT KIND OF HELP COULD YOU POSSIBLY OFFER IN THE WAY OF IMPROVEMENT? PLEASE FLASH BEFORE POSTING!!!!!THANK YOU.....
DOWNLOAD DAMAGED_BURST.v3
UPDATE.ZIP FONTS
DOWNLOAD ADD'L FONTS
DOWNLOAD STOCK FONT
DOWNLOAD COMFORTAA
DOWNLOAD CAVIARDREAMS
DOWNLOAD SONYSKETCH
DOWNLOAD LONDONBETWEEN
DOWNLOAD DROIDLOGO
Please thank these guys if you like this mod
Damage(self explanitory)
Treve(dconfig)
Konikub(transparent noty mod)
MrPuffin(aosp pngs i used)
Burst(all the other ones)
Thanks and happy flashing
Holy moly!!!
hey awesome rom. I was wondering if you could put all the wallpapers you use in a .zip file? That would be awesome for us to download. THanks for the hard work!
Does the 3VO appear over the phone like in the screenshots? If it doesn't, I'm all over this.
EtherealRemnant said:
Does the 3VO appear over the phone like in the screenshots? If it doesn't, I'm all over this.
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I'm pretty sure it does, it slides corresponding to the screen you swipe to.
rock99rock said:
I'm pretty sure it does, it slides corresponding to the screen you swipe to.
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That's unfortunate. I love the look of the ROM otherwise.
Sorry to be the debbie downer but I think it looks garbage. :/ A bunch of poorly done photoshop filters slapped into a single rom. Different strokes for different folks I suppose.
i must say this looks better than the previous RED theme.
so do I flash this by itself? or do I flash it over DamageControl's ROM??
Damn..this is nice and fast. The customizations is great. Nice job!
Do you know where I can get the HTC News Widget? I don't see it in here.
Thanks
i flashed this and the screen does not look like those pictures on post one. the taskbar is white with white fonts so the time is invisible.
Fadakar said:
Sorry to be the debbie downer but I think it looks garbage. :/ A bunch of poorly done photoshop filters slapped into a single rom. Different strokes for different folks I suppose.
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if anything you should be downloading the rom and then ripping it apart and learning how to do what i do. Then MAYBE ill have a little respect for your opinion and what you have to say about me or my work.I am not a dev nor to i claim to be.it is your choice to choose this rom. so what was your reason?
your right; those 1000+photos did take me some time to filter EACH INDIVIDUAL FILE,then integrate the two themes and add konis transparent taskbar(took me a bit) then make it all boot. ive not had bootloop with neither of my mods so far on evo.had it all the time on cdma hero
thank you for your opinion and keeping on topic.but did you flash the rom? as the op states; its a prerequisite to posting in this thread. If not please follow the rules or dont post. Thanks
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i flashed this and the screen does not look like those pictures on post one. the taskbar is white with white fonts so the time is invisible.
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I hope not cus thats version 1 or 2 and i didnt ul either of those betas. ill double check the link and upload my personal that i just flashed 8hrs ago. So far it performs well w/o configuring dconfig. im on 70% battery after heavy use.not sure if thats good or bad. Its acceptable to me, but not remarkable like damager.FYI
Had a lot of problems, lots pf FCs and random system restarts.....
i havent had any fc's yet. please list your procedure so i can see what the problem is. i test everything extensively before i put it up for others. that would be very bad if i put up roms before i got them working then told pps i support them...
By any chance have you had luck with flash in the browsers? I'm currently using your finisher rom but would love to switch to this one, however if the flash issues still stand I'll try a different one for the mean time. Looks great BTW.
notoriouspyro said:
By any chance have you had luck with flash in the browsers? I'm currently using your finisher rom but would love to switch to this one, however if the flash issues still stand I'll try a different one for the mean time. Looks great BTW.
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wasnt sure if i was just crazy, but i posted this in my finisher thread as a bug i found 3days after running it. When i went use a site that needed full flash(shockwave) adobe test said my sware was 10.blablabla and that it installed correctly. well i used my site and tried to use a java music player and when it goes to play, browser dissappears (no fc just gone) It worked fine before, but i thought maybe i was mistaken. no one responded so i figured it was just a problem for me. I NEVER edited anything with the wlan-ko, the browser or anything internet releated, so i cant narrow down the problem. Also, this is a damage based so not sure whats going on with this issue. if i find anything ill definately pm you. if you hear anything ill ask you do the same. thanks.
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I completely agree with him, and the fact that people (including myself) have told you your forums fonts are annoying and obnoxious doesn't seem to sway you. I'm going to defend him as he was only stating him opinion; which he is completely entitled to.
AND, if anything...with the attitude you have towards development, why don't I see instructing threads from you?
(but seriously, if you just stopped using those fonts on the forums I'd be content and keep my opinions to myself, but sh*t you can't even do that)
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did you flash the rom? if not please refer to ops. i am not a dev,instructor,or teacher. i am a tinkerer that ul's his roms so that anyone else like himself can have the same. I personally dont care if you ever read another word i type. cant really understand why you think your voice or opinion is SO valuable, or why you are any different from any of the other 20million haters out there. I cant see the "mod" title under your user name, so im pretty sure im completely safe in completely ignoring any outlandish,whiny requests you may have. Did the site just become facist overnite and maybe i missed something?Obivously my threads are riddled with the fonts you speak of so why bother to read them or post off topic comments that do not follow the ops in them? also, i do not encourage YOU or anyone else to keep their opinions to themselves. i welcome adversity. i can tell however, that you do not, since something simple as font/color which is our tool to use freely is able to prejudice you toward me or what i do here. it lets me see immediately how closed minded you are, and obviously would not like my work(it goes w/o saying that what i do is not for the normal crowd_more well received by the out of the box style of thinkers), so its no surprise that you would come to another haters defense.no loss to me boss.keep up the good fight, keep discouraging developers on the largest android dev site......glad im not a dev or i might be a bit offended by your words...if you want to whine more just pm me. this is a thread for rom related issues and developement as stated in the op in LARGE COLORED FONT, not the why i dont agree with the ops decision of fonts/sizes thread....WHY not go post in a thread where you LIKE the work? just another one of those crazy thoughts i have, just like those CRAYYYYYYZY FONTS.......Why hate on me? does it pay THAT well?
SOMETHING tells me that you dont get invited to a whole lot of parties.....ID be mad too.(is this color a little better for you?)
Guys,
I cleaned up the thread. Please stay on topic. Thank you.
NOTE: i have posted this in themes and here so that those that are/were not aware of how to utilize video on froyo would have better chances of seeing it or those that didnt want to check out froyo for the no vid or buggy cam issue. This is also a tut on how to get it working for you. I think this should be posted in dev and theme since it qualifies as both.
[THEME/MOD]PROTO-G_v.1
I began work on this and it is exclusive to a specific froyo rom atm. I am working on 2more things right now and i need some feedback towards what to add to this setup, and when i get enough changes/added mods and/or edits, i can then release another PUBLIC version in update.zip form. Its not just a skin though, this is what i did so that i could test a froyo rom. So this is the EXACT mod im running right now. I will be editing two more items shortly. I will be optimizing and zipaligning the app and framework folders since i just found a sweet new script.
PROTO_G PICS
instructions: !!NANDROID ALWAYS!!
(only tested on froyo by myself)
1.flash avalaunch or hero over's froyo+sense
2.reboot
3.reboot recovery
4.flash framework zip
5.reboot
6.reboot recovery
7.flash htc zip of your choice(F!n!$h3R,Baked,FROYO 2.2 and stock)
8.reboot,enjoy
DOWNLOADS:
PICK 1 HTC.PROTO_G.ZIP of YOUR choice(will be adding in stock)
(the only difference is the lettering on the mainnav scroller)
DOWNLOAD FROYO 2.2 VERSION
DOWNLOAD F!n!$h3R VERSION
DOWNLOAD BAKED VERSION
NEXT:
DOWNLOAD FRAMEWORK.PROTO_G.zip
THEN:
REBOOT,ENJOY
The reason there are two files rather than just one or added to a rom is because they do not work together and it will not work that way for me. I am working on it. I will update it as soon as i figure it out.
NOW TO ENABLE VIDEO
1.OPEN new qik i installed version 0.04.05
2.select menu/camera/front
3.press red button to capture video
download now available
check ops for download options
congrats on the first froyo theme and thanks for the work...however, I don't think I'll be using this. Personally, it kinda hurts my eyes to look at. Again, that is just me personally, I'm sure plenty of people will love this ROM. Thanks for the work.
Good theme. I will have to agree with post #3. This theme is to robust for my style. The lock screen, the rosie theme and the font. Not my flava, but maybe someone else will enjoy it.
Wow that has a lot going on. hard to focus on anything.
think if you change the wallpaper you'd find it less distracting, thats whats drawing my eyeballs the most.
You obviously having theming skills, i mean you know how to manipulate stuff, you do good with the colors most of the time. i can't begin to do it. your choice of fonts are always horrible to me though. If you kept stock fonts i guarantee people would enjoy your stuff a lot more. your name looks ghetto on the launcher button also. Look at koni's stuff, thats good theming, and he doesnt put his name out in the open with some ghetto freestyle uneven font to be in your face 24/7. Tone it down some if you care to please others. If you dont, which you make clear in all of your theme threads, then leave it alone and only you will like it. I've never seen anybody rip in to themers like they do to you, i'm beginning to understand why, Waste of bandwidth.
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congrats on the first froyo theme and thanks for the work...however, I don't think I'll be using this. Personally, it kinda hurts my eyes to look at. Again, that is just me personally, I'm sure plenty of people will love this ROM. Thanks for the work.
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Thanks. Sorry its not your style or to your liking. Maybe in the future i will make something more appealing to you.
casual864 said:
Good theme. I will have to agree with post #3. This theme is to robust for my style. The lock screen, the rosie theme and the font. Not my flava, but maybe someone else will enjoy it.
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Thanks. I WISH every single person here liked my work, but ill settle for 1 too even though in most of my threads youll see that there are many more than 1. also there are many more that dl that do not post.
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think if you change the wallpaper you'd find it less distracting, thats whats drawing my eyeballs the most.
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If thats a bad thing im sorry. not a big % of pps like my theming,but the ones that do, really apppreciate it and encourage me to continue. If someone else made themes that i would be happy using, i wouldnt have ever started doing what i call theming.
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You obviously having theming skills, i mean you know how to manipulate stuff, you do good with the colors most of the time. i can't begin to do it. your choice of fonts are always horrible to me though. If you kept stock fonts i guarantee people would enjoy your stuff a lot more. your name looks ghetto on the launcher button also. Look at koni's stuff, thats good theming, and he doesnt put his name out in the open with some ghetto freestyle uneven font to be in your face 24/7. Tone it down some if you care to please others. If you dont, which you make clear in all of your theme threads, then leave it alone and only you will like it. I've never seen anybody rip in to themers like they do to you, i'm beginning to understand why, Waste of bandwidth.
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If you have no idea how to do this than thats it. YOU HAVE NO IDEA whats involved so i cant expect you to begin to appreciate this form of art. FYI, case you didnt notice finisher is not my name but the name of a mod i created by myself and take great pride in. I am magnus if you didnt see my sig, i know its pretty hard to see. I provided 3 other options AS STATED IN THE OPS, there are also froyo 2.2 and one for baked as well. YOu should consider reading a bit more carefully before posting all willy nilly; EVERYTHING short of your opinion is completely unfounded and/or JUST wrong and shows that you lack the dedication to read ops for w/e reason. Also i am an artist that uses many mediums;this is just another. Art is obective,even controversial sometimes. Should picasso have quit because pps insulted his work and he himself for creating it? We all have opinions and thanks for sharing yours. If you cared to read ops, rather than just come across as crass you may have helped me create something more appealing to yourself, cared to notice the 5 addl fonts i have on the same page as my rom dls, or took the time to read all the POSITIVE comments i have in my threads. That is fine if you want to come across as negative as you have but just try to get the WHOLE picture before posting like this again. Also, if i was happy flashing other ppls work like yourself i would not do what i do. I am not that type. I appreciate what koni does here. hes awesome. but thats koni's spin on theming. I provide ANOTHER choice. DO WE NEED TWO OF ANY THEMER? thats pretty lame if you ask me, maybe you can take the time to learn and then become a koni clonie. Lemme know how that works out for you, im sure youll have a million dl's your first project. My goal is to provide ANOTHER choice of theme and here im also providing a tut for those that would like froyo but did not want to sacrifice their camcorder like myself. You should think twice before attempting to flame someone who makes regular contributions to the site and/or tries to help others out in any way he can. Obviously you do not know me. Maybe after you put something out youll understand how rude this comment is. Thanks anyway.
B U M P
I like it, keep the good work Magnus, is this only for Froyo isn't?
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You obviously having theming skills, i mean you know how to manipulate stuff, you do good with the colors most of the time. i can't begin to do it. your choice of fonts are always horrible to me though. If you kept stock fonts i guarantee people would enjoy your stuff a lot more. your name looks ghetto on the launcher button also. Look at koni's stuff, thats good theming, and he doesnt put his name out in the open with some ghetto freestyle uneven font to be in your face 24/7. Tone it down some if you care to please others. If you dont, which you make clear in all of your theme threads, then leave it alone and only you will like it. I've never seen anybody rip in to themers like they do to you, i'm beginning to understand why, Waste of bandwidth.
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can you be a bit more of an ass towards him? at least he is trying to theme for you. if you don't like it...do it yourself!
markus_del_marko said:
can you be a bit more of an ass towards him? at least he is trying to theme for you. if you don't like it...do it yourself!
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+1 to each is there own....
mikevillarroel said:
I like it, keep the good work Magnus, is this only for Froyo isn't?
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thanks alot. its rough in this neck of the woods all sorts of trolls....yes atm; its actually worth nandroiding and checking out cus you dont lose your camcorder or cam and you get froyo and full flash is sick and internet speed is amazing. this is MY take on froyo, since i cant seem to leave a rom the way it is before i flash it. i was actually making this theme for hero over's froyo to be integrated with a froyo release but it was too much. for me i really cut back i thought but to him that was not enough. I tried to make something cool for baked but hey, we all benefit either way! so all is well I wouldve really liked to make it for baked froyo because i like baked roms but it kinda sucked that i spent all that time making it and sitting on it for 3days after i hurried up to get done, only to hear that it was not the right theme for the job. Oh well im not a themer anyway
Ill be starting work on a blue theme very soon though. Im sure anyone who likes my work will like the blue too.....i hope . What rom did you need it for?
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thanks alot. its rough in this neck of the woods all sorts of trolls....yes atm; its actually worth nandroiding and checking out cus you dont lose your camcorder or cam and you get froyo and full flash is sick and internet speed is amazing. this is MY take on froyo, since i cant seem to leave a rom the way it is before i flash it. i was actually making this theme for hero over's froyo to be integrated with a froyo release but it was too much. for me i really cut back i thought but to him that was not enough. I tried to make something cool for baked but hey, we all benefit either way! so all is well I wouldve really liked to make it for baked froyo because i like baked roms but it kinda sucked that i spent all that time making it and sitting on it for 3days after i hurried up to get done, only to hear that it was not the right theme for the job. Oh well im not a themer anyway
Ill be starting work on a blue theme very soon though. Im sure anyone who likes my work will like the blue too.....i hope . What rom did you need it for?
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I would love to test it in my fresh 1.0.1 but now i will wait for the blue one. Lol
Great effort, but not for my taste, waaay to much going on.
mikevillarroel said:
I would love to test it in my fresh 1.0.1 but now i will wait for the blue one. Lol
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d'oh...., thats cool. i hope you like it.
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Great effort, but not for my taste, waaay to much going on.
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way to much going on doesnt help me improve it. keep in mind you are judging my own personal rom, so i made it for myself and then shared it. then gave a few options of mainav scroller for those that cared to try it. how should i improve it to make it less? my style is different. if i was a minimalist my themes would look boring to me and i would not use it at all so i could not test it. sorry you dont like it. maybe next time
Preface: Fairly new to modifying phones so forgive me if this question is ridiculous.
I've got my Droid X running the rubix blurless ROM a few days ago and decided it was time for a theme. Originally I looked to the 928droid black glass theme and gave it a try.
After it loaded I noticed the blur was back (at least for the most part in comparison to the ROM) and restored the nandroid backup to just before it was put in.
I am now on the incognito theme (which is very nice) since it had a blurless option and it got me to wondering. Is it not possible for themes being installed to check the currently installed files and overwrite only the ones it finds? Kind of a "smart theme" that can only update what people have on their phones. Can this be done or is it a pipe dream?
Again, sorry if this is so blatantly obvious and I've just missed it.
Upon further thinking is it possible that the 928droid theme was also a rom and that's why I was seeing those items back?
If so then please delete this thread and forget such a boneheaded question was asked.
JRobzilla said:
Upon further thinking is it possible that the 928droid theme was also a rom and that's why I was seeing those items back?
If so then please delete this thread and forget such a boneheaded question was asked.
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928 isnt a rom, it is a theme. but it does push blur*.apks to system/app. In efect restoring blur. You could go into his/any update.zip and remove all the blur* and it will in effect, keep it blur less.
hope that helps.
yea, bad4u got it, the update.zip contains the modified items. it would be impossible to tell the phone exactly what parts of the zip to use, considering it would require reprograming of the android system... unless you want to start android from scratch and rebuild the update process, i dont think it will ever happen
We at team Gummy want to make Gummy Charged a themer friendly rom. We want to make a wide variety of themes available through the gummy tool box. to this end we will be "sanctioning" themers. however we only want the highest quality themes sanctioned and released through the gummy tool box. we will have a list of requirements that must be met for each theme.
Team Gummy theme requirements:
1.Minium apk’s: These are the minimum, you can of course theme more apk’s
a. Framework-res
b. Twframework-res (Froyo)
c. Systemui (Gingerbread)
d. Dialer
e. Phone
f. Settings
g. Browser
2. All apk’s must be able to be decompiled and recompiled without errors. The exception to this, if the unaltered apk cant decompiled and recompiled with out errors.
3. All themes must be submitted to Team Gummy 24 Hours before release on any forum.
Sanctioned themers will have access to a Gummy Themers Drop box account.
Sanctioned themers will have early access to all updates and ROM releases.
Sanctioned themers will have their themes distributed through the Gummy Tool Box.
All interested themers post in this thread and i will contact you via pm.
I have no idea how to theme, but this sounds like a pretty friggin good deal
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I may get into this. I'm thinking a Windows 7 inspired theme, lots of see thru sh*t.
Sweet!
I am looking forward to work done for this! Thanks, gunnermike!
Team GummyCharge rocks!
I just recently figured out the whole Android theming process, and I'm still very new to it, but my technical skills are fairly advanced and I learn quickly. I'm no noob.
I've only messed with the framework-res.apk, but I imagine the process is similar with other .apk's like the Phone, Contacts, Calendar, etc. .apk's. I also imagine there's different problems to run into when modifying other applications.
What IRC channel does everyone hang out on? I'd love to help out and create various themes. I have a few colored schemes in mind, and I've been planning on making my own Volkswagen theme for a bit. I actually created a handful of the icons already in my attempts to use GoLauncher's Theme Factory, but eventually stopped the theming once I discovered the fact that the Export function was busted.
letsgophillyingeneral said:
I just recently figured out the whole Android theming process, and I'm still very new to it, but my technical skills are fairly advanced and I learn quickly. I'm no noob.
I've only messed with the framework-res.apk, but I imagine the process is similar with other .apk's like the Phone, Contacts, Calendar, etc. .apk's. I also imagine there's different problems to run into when modifying other applications.
What IRC channel does everyone hang out on? I'd love to help out and create various themes. I have a few colored schemes in mind, and I've been planning on making my own Volkswagen theme for a bit. I actually created a handful of the icons already in my attempts to use GoLauncher's Theme Factory, but eventually stopped the theming once I discovered the fact that the Export function was busted.
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irc.andirc.net -> #charge
blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge 4G
I can't really use IRC at work, but thanks for the heads up.
There are so many images to edit in the drawable-hdpi folder, and I feel like I haven't seen the majority of them when using my phone. I'm just going to start modifying the obvious until I can get on IRC to ask questions.
Are these file names standard? If so, someone should create a tool similar to the GoLauncher Factory
letsgophillyingeneral said:
I can't really use IRC at work, but thanks for the heads up.
There are so many images to edit in the drawable-hdpi folder, and I feel like I haven't seen the majority of them when using my phone. I'm just going to start modifying the obvious until I can get on IRC to ask questions.
Are these file names standard? If so, someone should create a tool similar to the GoLauncher Factory
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This is the Web version if you can use from work.
http://chat.andirc.net:9090/
#charge
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I can't really use IRC at work, but thanks for the heads up.
There are so many images to edit in the drawable-hdpi folder, and I feel like I haven't seen the majority of them when using my phone. I'm just going to start modifying the obvious until I can get on IRC to ask questions.
Are these file names standard? If so, someone should create a tool similar to the GoLauncher Factory
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The files names are indeed standard. But when you throw touchwiz into the mix it adds a bit of new stuff.
And no metamorph junk. Only real themes and themers.
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gunnermike said:
And no metamorph junk. Only real themes and themers.
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So you mean MuffStuff themes wont make their way in?
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So you mean MuffStuff themes wont make their way in?
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Most likely not because he ditched us and got rid of his charge.
Guess some people never change.
glsteve said:
Most likely not because he ditched us and got rid of his charge.
Guess some people never change.
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His themes were drag and drop crap any way, he is just to lazy to do a good job. Its ashame because he isnt stupid, I know he could have been a good themer. He just needs to grow up.
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His themes were drag and drop crap any way, he is just to lazy to do a good job. Its ashame because he isnt stupid, I know he could have been a good themer. He just needs to grow up.
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It's a shame gunnermike as you all tried really hard to help him out.
gunnermike said:
His themes were drag and drop crap any way, he is just to lazy to do a good job. Its ashame because he isnt stupid, I know he could have been a good themer. He just needs to grow up.
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very true or stolen i remember what happened on the fascinate forum im still surprised he didn't get the boot for that.
mbh87 said:
So you mean MuffStuff themes wont make their way in?
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I must admit I lol'd at this.
gunnermike said:
His themes were drag and drop crap any way, he is just to lazy to do a good job. Its ashame because he isnt stupid, I know he could have been a good themer. He just needs to grow up.
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So true. The only time I flashed one of his themes was on the fascinate and then I had to clean it up extensively so I would be satisfied with it. It was just sloppy. I wish him the best and hopefully he decides to take the time to theme a bit better.
Thankfully the charge has GrainOsand and you mike from the fascinate to theme! (I wish nitsuj would have gotten a charge instead of the inc2 as well but oh well)
DroidBlaze said:
I must admit I lol'd at this.
So true. The only time I flashed one of his themes was on the fascinate and then I had to clean it up extensively so I would be satisfied with it. It was just sloppy. I wish him the best and hopefully he decides to take the time to theme a bit better.
Thankfully the charge has GrainOsand and you mike from the fascinate to theme! (I wish nitsuj would have gotten a charge instead of the inc2 as well but oh well)
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He was to lazy to edit the .xml files for his themes. If you look at GoS themes, he makes multiple .xml edits to the status bar text, download text, market text. The little details in a theme make a big difference. You cant just swap out images and hope it works out. I also suspect he was a big time kang artist........
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DroidBlaze said:
So true. The only time I flashed one of his themes was on the fascinate and then I had to clean it up extensively so I would be satisfied with it. It was just sloppy. I wish him the best and hopefully he decides to take the time to theme a bit better.
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He didnt even take the 5 minutes it would take to zipalign. He left so many useless images that his frameworks were double in size. It was a shame he even put out something so sloppy, but at least he is gone now.
would love to see a honeycomb theme for gummy on ep1q.
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would love to see a honeycomb theme for gummy on ep1q.
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that will happen when we release the official GummyCharged GBE. FE is our stable "store front" rom, and is our priority at this point.. the gb leaks just dont have the stablility and reliability of source built froyo. once we release GC FE 2.0 then i will begin working on GBE.
I finally got my computer working again, so I have some questions regarding rom cooking. Would I need permission to use ayOteddy's "Stock [email protected] Deo Rooted" as a base for my roms. And If I really wanna get into this, some recommendations for ideas even if I dont use them?
ALSO. Its well known that we do not really have a soft lanscape keyboard, no matter what keyboard used, right? Well that's wrong. Its been awhile since Ive used this keyboard, I used it on my old Optimus T actually, however, the keyboard known as "Hacker's Keyboard" has an option to always view the landscape keyboard even if a hardware keyboard input is present. Just thought you all would like to know that I figure my little discovery could be useful to you all ^_^ Welcome.
*** One more thing, does anyone know ways I can change the settings options and navigation + links? Like, the Theme Settings space for example?
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I finally got my computer working again, so I have some questions regarding rom cooking. Would I need permission to use ayOteddy's "Stock [email protected] Deo Rooted" as a base for my roms. And If I really wanna get into this, some recommendations for ideas even if I dont use them?
ALSO. Its well known that we do not really have a soft lanscape keyboard, no matter what keyboard used, right? Well that's wrong. Its been awhile since Ive used this keyboard, I used it on my old Optimus T actually, however, the keyboard known as "Hacker's Keyboard" has an option to always view the landscape keyboard even if a hardware keyboard input is present. Just thought you all would like to know that I figure my little discovery could be useful to you all ^_^ Welcome.
*** One more thing, does anyone know ways I can change the settings options and navigation + links? Like, the Theme Settings space for example?
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I actually used KJ2 for TigerFusion without permission. I figured since ay0teddy retired long ago, he would not reply to my PM. I think as long as you give credit to him it should be fine.
I recommend using ASimmons Theme Injector if you want to port over a theme. Just remember that the Sidekick 4G uses hdpi. What I did for Froyo Iced Up was just change one letter in the apk.....the m in mdpi to h. If you don't do this, the result will be a brick. I had to use Odin to flash back to stock....lol.
And remember that the Bali kernel with keylogger removed will only work on KJ2. You can actually extract the zip and copy the contents from the kernel_flasher folder right into the update folder of your kitchen project.
Thanks for the keyboard app recommendation. I'll definitely try it out! Good luck with the rom cooking. :good:
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I actually used KJ2 for TigerFusion without permission. I figured since ay0teddy retired long ago, he would not reply to my PM. I think as long as you give credit to him it should be fine.
I recommend using ASimmons Theme Injector if you want to port over a theme. Just remember that the Sidekick 4G uses hdpi. What I did for Froyo Iced Up was just change one letter in the apk.....the m in mdpi to h. If you don't do this, the result will be a brick. I had to use Odin to flash back to stock....lol.
And remember that the Bali kernel with keylogger removed will only work on KJ2. You can actually extract the zip and copy the contents from the kernel_flasher folder right into the update folder of your kitchen project.
Thanks for the keyboard app recommendation. I'll definitely try it out! Good luck with the rom cooking. :good:
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Re: Thanks RicAndroid I was actually gonna theme the rom from each file individually though ^_^ and I could also use some help with another thing. How do I get the extended power menu? 0.0
Hats off to ayoteddy, sduvick, and krylon for the work they did. When all is said and done, those are really the people that pushed things forward and got the Sidekick 4g a couple useful 3rd party kernels.
As I recall, ayoteddy shared his stock deodexed rom so other people could have some fun cooking up their own custom. So, just credit him and move on. I don't think he'll be upset at all.
Make sure to also credit krylon and sduvick in anything you do. If you dig back into the forum, you'll see that they worked together.
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Re: Thanks RicAndroid I was actually gonna theme the rom from each file individually though ^_^ and I could also use some help with another thing. How do I get the extended power menu? 0.0
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That was way tricky. You need to add three pngs to the drawable-hdpi folder after you decompile the framework-res.apk.... reboot, reboot_ recovery and download. Then edit the strings.xml folder.... after that, it gets pretty hairy. I'll send you a pm with all the steps needed to configure the android.policy.jar file.
Oh, and thanks for the advice orange808!
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RicAndroid said:
That was way tricky. You need to add three pngs to the drawable-hdpi folder after you decompile the framework-res.apk.... reboot, reboot_ recovery and download. Then edit the strings.xml folder.... after that, it gets pretty hairy. I'll send you a pm with all the steps needed to configure the android.policy.jar file.
Oh, and thanks for the advice orange808!
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That would be very helpful! Thank you. And about the keyboard, no problem. Have you checked it out yet?
Also, any ideas for a good color scheme? I wont name my project til I have a scheme for the look. AND.....should I kill touchwiz launcher? o.o
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That would be very helpful! Thank you. And about the keyboard, no problem. Have you checked it out yet?
Also, any ideas for a good color scheme? I wont name my project til I have a scheme for the look. AND.....should I kill touchwiz launcher? o.o
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Dude...I just thought of something. Why don't you make a custom Key Lime Pie theme? Just use the various images found on the net for inspiration....maybe you can make a kind of CM theme based on yellow and green...just a thought!
As for TouchWiz....ugh...I personally hate it. Why not go with Go Launcher? It is a bit on the hefty side but is very theme-able!
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Dude...I just thought of something. Why don't you make a custom Key Lime Pie theme? Just use the various images found on the net for inspiration....maybe you can make a kind of CM theme based on yellow and green...just a thought!
As for TouchWiz....ugh...I personally hate it. Why not go with Go Launcher? It is a bit on the hefty side but is very theme-able!
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That is a great idea not gonna draw conclusions yet, but the whole green color seems to look nice on the SK. And I used to love Go Launcher, but it became so chock-ful of ads and weird buying with credits and just....it became a bit too much I think? I might poke around and try to find an older version of ADW and just break the market link so it doesnt upgrade to the new one. Which by the way, I wanted to suggest in case Holo Launcher starts to get old for you, it looks alot like the ICS update, spare the icons. But with a theme installed its gotta be the best ICS launcher I've seen yet IMO anyway.
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Learning
Well, I tryed to set up the EPM for Sidekick from scratch. No go, it's different than a lot of other devices it seems. Could anyone direct me with this a little? Please? It would be awesome because I really want to learn some while building this.
I know I have a lot of questions, but believe me, I appreciate it more than you know and I love the community for all its provided help. I have one more:
Which file happens to be for the notification background? Have tried a few but see no differences :/
It is amazing how PDT and ayoteddy got all of this working. I tried editing the classes.dex file on my own, but it seems that the Sidekick 4G is a freak mutation of some sort.
I wound up taking a shortcut and used GenericGinger's android.policy.jar file. I edited the GlobalActions.smali file using Notepad ++ and added the reboot info from the public.xml located in the framework.
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SurvivorZer0 said:
need 10 posts. What a stupid rule
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Then make em useful posts instead of blabbing in random posts... if there is time to shoot the **it, then there is time to help. Just do some searching or redirecting. Or, post some opinions on someones theme or app or whatever, then they could use that feedback for the better rather than some random post.
Just saying, could be doing other things bud. Not to sound like a jerk or any bad way that can be taken. Good-luck with the posts.
Dude...you still working on this?
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