I have been running tabs for a long time now and out of all the tabs i have tried this one is outstanding, but the dev support is not that great. We have a few and they do great work but i miss one thing. Im getting tired of all the white! I know i can switch to CM rom but i like touchwiz and want to keep using it. I thought, their must be more people thinking like me. People who like Touchwiz but hate all the white, people who want touchwiz looking like it does on S3 and Note, Note2.
I thought we could use this thread to collect all thoughts and attempts to find a way to change and find does .png files in SecSettings.apk and SystemUI.apk. I know many have tried on Touchwiz roms and often they have changed the background to black but then ended up with text problem, white on white or black on black. I know that Vertumus had a very nice theme for Tab GT-P7500 wich changed the colours on Honeycomb but then came ICS and all changed. But there is and have been for a while a rom in GT-p7500 forums that have all im talking about http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813651 Its named JellyBean rom by Toldo. I thought with help from that rom and maybe a PM to the dev( if necessary ) we could have roms looking like this
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/221/screenshot2012080621150.jpg/
( pics borrowed from Toldo thread ).
If theres more people here with same feeling as me please post suggestions and attempts here.
Merry Christmas to all and a happy new year.
nickwarn said:
I have been running tabs for a long time now and out of all the tabs i have tried this one is outstanding, but the dev support is not that great. We have a few and they do great work but i miss one thing. Im getting tired of all the white! I know i can switch to CM rom but i like touchwiz and want to keep using it. I thought, their must be more people thinking like me. People who like Touchwiz but hate all the white, people who want touchwiz looking like it does on S3 and Note, Note2.
I thought we could use this thread to collect all thoughts and attempts to find a way to change and find does .png files in SecSettings.apk and SystemUI.apk. I know many have tried on Touchwiz roms and often they have changed the background to black but then ended up with text problem, white on white or black on black. I know that Vertumus had a very nice theme for Tab GT-P7500 wich changed the colours on Honeycomb but then came ICS and all changed. But there is and have been for a while a rom in GT-p7500 forums that have all im talking about http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813651 Its named JellyBean rom by Toldo. I thought with help from that rom and maybe a PM to the dev( if necessary ) we could have roms looking like this
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/221/screenshot2012080621150.jpg/
( pics borrowed from Toldo thread ).
If theres more people here with same feeling as me please post suggestions and attempts here.
Merry Christmas to all and a happy new year.
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Galaxy tab 2 series and 7.7 have black touchwiz theme, i think porting it from their rom won't be that hard as it was ported easily for p7500 when i owned it, there are also some prerelease roms for note 10.1 LTE n8020 with the black theme I will se if i can put my hand on one of them
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hoss_n2 said:
Galaxy tab 2 series and 7.7 have black touchwiz theme, i think porting it from their rom won't be that hard as it was ported easily for p7500 when i owned it, there are also some prerelease roms for note 10.1 LTE n8020 with the black theme I will se if i can put my hand on one of them
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Sounds promising. Will check it out. The pre release roms for 8020 is it stock firmware released with black theme or is it themed versions? I checked here on xda and couldnt find a forum for the device, are the pre releases up on Sammobile?
nickwarn said:
Sounds promising. Will check it out. The pre release roms for 8020 is it stock firmware released with black theme or is it themed versions? I checked here on xda and couldnt find a forum for the device, are the pre releases up on Sammobile?
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I have seen early video reviews of it and its theme was dark and it was on jellybean so i though we would get this theme by jellybean update but we didn't get it I will contact samfirmware to see if they can bring this rom to me
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See this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKYNgfsvltI&feature=youtube_gdata_player it is for t mobile n8020 lte ot has dark theme
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and here are another video for the german one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8ETwH4EHhk but this seems to be final downloadable version
It seems to be a firmware called XXALH1 built in August on the video. Wonder if colour changed in the newer firmwares. I checked thru Sammobile and didnt find that version. Will check if Sampro or samsung-updates has it.
Found some other video on YouTube posted now in december and it seems to be white in settings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A3e5IbEVyg . Its an Asian firmware but i guess they changed on all regions. Think we need to get hold of the XXALH1 firmware. Will do some seaching and see what i come up with.
If you find that firmware post a link or if you download and extract it ppst the system folder. I will tear into framework and see what I can do for the xxcll3 firmware. This would be awesome.
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If you find that firmware post a link or if you download and extract it ppst the system folder. I will tear into framework and see what I can do for the xxcll3 firmware. This would be awesome.
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looking all over but no luck yet. will post a request at sammobile and see if they can help.
Happy New Year to all !!!!!!!!!
Just take the apk you wanna change and decompile it. Use an xml editor and change the colors. It's actually pretty simple.
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SkizzMcNizz said:
Just take the apk you wanna change and decompile it. Use an xml editor and change the colors. It's actually pretty simple.
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as i remember it that way ended up with a lot of colour issues on the ICS firmwares for GT-P7500 (Tab 10.1). But i spook to Toldo (maker of the rom in OP) he said he used the apps from Galaxy Tab plus. So i watched some videos on YouTube and its now changed to white. but i sent him a message asking for firmware version or the files. Its not exactly the same layout in settings as Note 10.1 as more options but maybe its possible to add them. We`ll see when i get hold of the files. But the best solution would be that N8020 firmware with black apps, but its not to be found. Not yet anyway.
nickwarn said:
as i remember it that way ended up with a lot of colour issues on the ICS firmwares for GT-P7500 (Tab 10.1). But i spook to Toldo (maker of the rom in OP) he said he used the apps from Galaxy Tab plus. So i watched some videos on YouTube and its now changed to white. but i sent him a message asking for firmware version or the files. Its not exactly the same layout in settings as Note 10.1 as more options but maybe its possible to add them. We`ll see when i get hold of the files. But the best solution would be that N8020 firmware with black apps, but its not to be found. Not yet anyway.
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Tab 7.7 have same screen resolution as note 10.1 so i think files from it will be better tthan the one from tab 7 plus
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Tab 7.7 have same screen resolution as note 10.1 so i think files from it will be better tthan the one from tab 7 plus
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Probably true. problem is the extra options we have in settings.apk on Note 10.1 but it should be fixable. I sent a pm to pimpmaneaton that i had some files that he could look at. He said he was willing to give it a try, lets just wait and see.
I posted a request for the old N8020 firmware at Sammobile twitter but i havent heard anything. I know that there is no idea posting a question in Sammobile forum because they never answer. So im running out of ideas on how to get hold of that firmware. Will have a look at the Tab 7.7 apks and see what happens. Had bigger hopes for this idea but there seams to be little interest, well well.
Bring back the dark TouchWiz look to your device
I was getting kind of bored with the Touchwiz white/light look aswell, so I took a quick look at the framework-res.apk to see if I could maybe theme it dark.
As I found, and many of you might already know, the dark theme image files are already in the drawable-mdpi folder, and is used by some applications..
Anyway, back to the point.
The dark theme looks like this:
To get this look on most of the interface (exept for contacts, mail etc...) we have to do the following:
Extract framework-res.apk using ApkTool or Virtuous Ten Studio
Navigate to res/values/styles.xml
Search for this:
Code:
<style name="Theme.DeviceDefault" parent="@style/Theme.Holo">
Select and copy everything from Theme.DeviceDefault including the .NoActionBar and .NoActionBar.Fullscreen into a notepad file.
Now.. In your notepad file, add "Light" to all the style names.
Example:
Code:
Theme.DeviceDefault.[B]Light[/B]
Select all the code in your notepad file and copy it to your clipboard.
Go back to your styles.xml file and search for: Theme.DeviceDefault.Light
Select everything from Theme.DeviceDefault.Light and replace it with the code from your notepad file by pasting it in.
Flash your framework-res.apk back to your device.
You should now have the dark Touchwiz look much cooler
I will take a look at how to get the dark look for contacts and mail etc.. when I get more time.
-Michael
MichaelGroth said:
I was getting kind of bored with the Touchwiz white/light look aswell, so I took a quick look at the framework-res.apk to see if I could maybe theme it dark.
As I found, and many of you might already know, the dark theme image files are already in the drawable-mdpi folder, and is used by some applications..
Anyway, back to the point.
The dark theme looks like this:
To get this look on most of the interface (exept for contacts, mail etc...) we have to do the following:
Extract framework-res.apk using ApkTool or Virtuous Ten Studio
Navigate to res/values/styles.xml
Search for this:
Code:
<style name="Theme.DeviceDefault" parent="@style/Theme.Holo">
Select and copy everything from Theme.DeviceDefault including the .NoActionBar and .NoActionBar.Fullscreen into a notepad file.
Now.. In your notepad file, add "Light" to all the style names.
Example:
Code:
Theme.DeviceDefault.[B]Light[/B]
Select all the code in your notepad file and copy it to your clipboard.
Go back to your styles.xml file and search for: Theme.DeviceDefault.Light
Select everything from Theme.DeviceDefault.Light and replace it with the code from your notepad file by pasting it in.
Flash your framework-res.apk back to your device.
You should now have the dark Touchwiz look much cooler
I will take a look at how to get the dark look for contacts and mail etc.. when I get more time.
-Michael
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Cool, nice find. This sure will bring us some roms with black theme.
MichaelGroth said:
I was getting kind of bored with the Touchwiz white/light look aswell, so I took a quick look at the framework-res.apk to see if I could maybe theme it dark.
As I found, and many of you might already know, the dark theme image files are already in the drawable-mdpi folder, and is used by some applications..
Anyway, back to the point.
The dark theme looks like this:
To get this look on most of the interface (exept for contacts, mail etc...) we have to do the following:
Extract framework-res.apk using ApkTool or Virtuous Ten Studio
Navigate to res/values/styles.xml
Search for this:
Code:
<style name="Theme.DeviceDefault" parent="@style/Theme.Holo">
Select and copy everything from Theme.DeviceDefault including the .NoActionBar and .NoActionBar.Fullscreen into a notepad file.
Now.. In your notepad file, add "Light" to all the style names.
Example:
Code:
Theme.DeviceDefault.[B]Light[/B]
Select all the code in your notepad file and copy it to your clipboard.
Go back to your styles.xml file and search for: Theme.DeviceDefault.Light
Select everything from Theme.DeviceDefault.Light and replace it with the code from your notepad file by pasting it in.
Flash your framework-res.apk back to your device.
You should now have the dark Touchwiz look much cooler
I will take a look at how to get the dark look for contacts and mail etc.. when I get more time.
-Michael
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not to knock what you did but theres no need to change that. just go to the styles xml in contacts, settings, and email and remove .light from the call lines thats it
Didn't get the last email... by doing that do I get email and contacts in dark mode.
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lorjay589 said:
not to knock what you did but theres no need to change that. just go to the styles xml in contacts, settings, and email and remove .light from the call lines thats it
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Can you elaborate on your instructions? Give a detailed walk through? I have a Galaxy Note 10.1 and am sick of the white on white theme. I would LOVE to be able to do the darker look.
Thanks in advance for your help.
lawdawg45238 said:
Can you elaborate on your instructions? Give a detailed walk through? I have a Galaxy Note 10.1 and am sick of the white on white theme. I would LOVE to be able to do the darker look.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Yes, that would be nice. Or even better maybe post the edited files so thoose on correct firmware can use it.
Related
s23 GTX Hero
(With LauncherPro and most likely non-ROM specific!)
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Just about all of the visual credit goes to ElCondor, Kamill, Dark Ninja and the entire GTX Team.
Beautiful Widgets
Please PM me if you have purchased Beautiful Widgets and I'll send back the download link. You should probably forward a Paypal email showing the purchase or you could forward a screenie of your Market purchases. I don't want to give away someone else's hard work. This version is prior to the C&D that HTC gave LevelUp. There is also a Fancy Widget option included.
Metamorphing CM6
MM file can be found at the bottom of this post. The MM will change your fonts to Arial (including Clockopia.ttf) and change some images in framework and settings. This will not add the AOSP status bar and notifications. For the custom lockscreen background, refer to second post.
Music Widgets
Contained in update.zip at the bottom of this post. Minor graphic updates to the 4x1 and 4x2 music widgets.
DialerOne (updated to v1.2.6, refer to second post)
Contained in update.zip at the bottom of this post. Be sure to uninstall any previous versions as this will copy the APK to your system/app directory.
Weather Forecast Widgets
After getting everything just right with these widgets, I realized that not only are they not really accurate, but they chew up your battery. This is contained in a separate update.zip at the bottom of this post. Use at your own risk.
One ZIP file contains everything. Contents are as follows:
Step 1: Copy all folders to your SD card and apply images per below.
Desktop Visualizer folder - has the Estrongs, Market and XDA icons. Also includes a PSD template for the icon. This icon is twice the size and scaled down in LauncherPro to look crisp. Make sure you pick the Medium sized widget and rescale it.
LauncherPro folder - has (3) variations of the bottom bar skin (#1 is shown). Also has the background.jpg, which is set to not scroll in LauncherPro. Apply the images to your shortcuts in LauncherPro by selecting Custom Icon.
Pure Calendar Folder - has the image files necessary for the 4x1 calendar widget on the main screen. Just overwrite one of the stock themes on your SD card and reapply.
Step 2: Copy {whatever}-update.zip to the root directory of your SD card and apply in recovery.
s23-GTX-update.zip - Will install the following:
- Analog Clock Widget 1 (Samir Applications)
- Audio Manager (Smart Android Apps) - Divider lines removed
- DeskClock
- GenieWidget.apk (with HTC weather icons) - Divider lines removed
- DialerOne (Yermek Zhumagulov)
- Music
- OneClick (WeDroid)
- Scoreboard (Google) - Divider lines removed
Be sure to uninstall any previous versions as this will copy the APK to your system/app directory.
s23-GTX-fancy-update.zip - Will install Fancy Widgets.
s23-GTX-weather-update.zip - Will install Weather Forecast Widgets.
Step 3: Extract {whatever}-MM.zip file to SDcard/Android Themes/s23-GTX-MM and apply with Metamorph.
s23-GTX-MM.zip - Will change font to Arial and will edit some images in framework-res.
Get the ZIP file here NOT A FLASHABLE ZIP, READ ABOVE
Notes:
- Way too many people to thank. If your widget is shown, thanks. If your ideas are shown, thanks. Thanks to everyone in the universe. The only image file that was directly taken from GTX was the analog clock (I think). Thanks for that.
- I tried to accomplish the entire look with widgets so they could be used on other MDPI devices, regardless of ROM.
- I also did Metamorph for the frameworks since CM6 is changing nightly.
- Fancy Widgets update.zip has been added to the zip in the OP.
Custom Lockscreen wallpaper:
(Based on 08.23.10 CM6 nightly) I will update this based on nightlies. If the nightly doesn't change the xml file I modified, I won't post a new one. If you want to customize the wallpaper, edit the file in the framework-res/res/drawable-mdpi folder named create_contact.png. Thanks to ihtfp69. The lockscreen images and xml have been removed from the Metamorph in the main zip file (above).
If you want a light lockscreen with custom wallpaper like the one below, apply this Metamorph (don't let MM unzip the file, do it yourself)
If you want a dark lockscreen with custom wallpaper like the one below, apply this Metamorph (don't let MM unzip the file, do it yourself)
LauncherPro Widgets: (updated to v0.8.1.0)
Go to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=764797
Add-ons
GTX theme for Calendar, Contacts, Email, Messaging, Phone, Market and XDA. Apply this update.zip in recovery.
Metamorph with blue battery icons and to change everything from orange to blue. Apply this Metamorph (don't let MM unzip the file, do it yourself)
DialerOne v1.2.6
Updated DialerOne theme for v1.2.7.1. Make sure all other instances of DialerOne are uninstalled or removed (via ADB, file manager or Market) before installing. Select Light theme and change the dialer number colors to as dark as possible under settings.
Download here
Scorecenter v1.0.5
If you don't like Scoreboard, here's another option that matches this theme. Download here. NOTE: The Bottom Line text is black but should be white. I'll fix soon.
Excellent work! Nice change up from the dark themes.
whiteonline said:
Excellent work! Nice change up from the dark themes.
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Ha! Ironic that your member name is white and you're the first to reply!
unbelievable job on this ill be using it for sure.
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Damn Signals, thats awesome. I know how much work went into this. Great work man.
gomorrah said:
Damn Signals, thats awesome. I know how much work went into this. Great work man.
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Thanks guys. Means a lot coming from all of you with your talents too. This theme did take time but not a ton of time. Partially because the AOSP taskbar is essentially "GTX" anyway and because I've been doing this long enough that I have a pretty good idea of what I need to change to achieve the look.
The other thing that helped out immensely was using widgets with absolute layouts as opposed to relative layouts. If I can pin-point the exact location of something in dips, it makes my life easier. That's just my dorky 2-cents....
Isn't it annoying how we can never be satisfied with our themes? I am already thinking of what this would look like inverted (i.e. - dark GTX). I think it would look cool. But the black text on white is so damn legible and cool looking. I don't know, maybe I'll do a test run.......
EDIT: Or maybe I should finish this one since I just posted it!!!
signals23 said:
Isn't it annoying how we can never be satisfied with our themes? I am already thinking of what this would look like inverted (i.e. - dark GTX). I think it would look cool. But the black text on white is so damn legible and cool looking. I don't know, maybe I'll do a test run.......
EDIT: Or maybe I should finish this one since I just posted it!!!
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lmao. I was even gonna ask you about making an inverted one, but I figured it was a little early..
funny cause my blue theme I was going to put up tonight I was thinking about doing white... ill never be happy..
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Tried to flash (as I love the look) but the file in recovery says it is not signed and aborts install. Help?
Envynet said:
funny cause my blue theme I was going to put up tonight I was thinking about doing white... ill never be happy..
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We should start a group like ORD (Obsessive ROM updating Disorder) but for themers who can't stop theming!
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smolck said:
Tried to flash (as I love the look) but the file in recovery says it is not signed and aborts install. Help?
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I assume you're not flashing the zip you downloaded? Bc you need to extract that and follow the instructions in the OP. The flashable zip is inside the zip you download here along with other stuff.
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signals23 said:
I assume you're not flashing the zip you downloaded? Bc you need to extract that and follow the instructions in the OP. The flashable zip is inside the zip you download here along with other stuff.
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Yea, I did not do that. I guess I need to re-read. Sorry.
Done, lol.
Look at stupid Lindsey's face...
signals23 said:
Done, lol.
Look at stupid Lindsey's face...
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That looks awesome.
Ok, so I must be an idiot, I flashed the flashable part, ran the metamorph part, but I still have the Launcher Pro folder and the desktop visualize folder and I don't know what to do with them? Do I have to have Launcher Pro already installed (or install it?). Currently using ADW? Sorry for the moron questions....still very much a noob
Edit: Not sure why but after metamorph I get boot loop......
smolck said:
Ok, so I must be an idiot, I flashed the flashable part, ran the metamorph part, but I still have the Launcher Pro folder and the desktop visualize folder and I don't know what to do with them? Do I have to have Launcher Pro already installed (or install it?). Currently using ADW? Sorry for the moron questions....still very much a noob
Edit: Not sure why but after metamorph I get boot loop......
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For metamorph, sometimes it will loop. Pull battery and restart or flash the original framework-res and try again.
As for LP, you just add the icons to the dock. But if you're using ADW, I don't know.
And for Desktop Vis, those files are just for reference if you want the shortcut icons like in the screenies.
EDIT: BTW, what ROM are you on?
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Sorry for such a noob question, but if we have to unzip the file MM itself because it wont let us use it in recovery, how do we install it? Thanks a lot for the theme (Running cmod 6.0)
Forgis said:
Sorry for such a noob question, but if we have to unzip the file MM itself because it wont let us use it in recovery, how do we install it? Thanks a lot for the theme (Running cmod 6.0)
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I only mentioned that because sometimes MM throws an error. Basically, download Metamorph from the market, launch, pick new theme, pick my MM zip file. If MM doesn't extract, then browse to SD card/Android Themes/ and extract the zip yourself.
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EDIT: BTW, what ROM are you on?
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Thanks, will try again.
I'm on the Cyanogen nightly for 8/18
s23 XTG Hero
(With LauncherPro and most likely non-ROM specific!)
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Just about all of the visual credit goes to ElCondor, Kamill, Dark Ninja and the entire GTX Team, except for the inversion.
Beautiful Widgets
Please PM me if you have purchased Beautiful Widgets and I'll send back the download link for both GTX and XTG. You should probably forward a Paypal email showing the purchase or you could forward a screenie of your Market purchases. I don't want to give away someone else's hard work. This version is prior to the C&D that HTC gave LevelUp. There is also a Fancy Widget option included.
Metamorphing CM6
MM file can be found at the bottom of this post. The MM will change your fonts to Arial (including Clockopia.ttf) and change some images in framework. I would not recommend running this for non-CM6 ROM's since I changed the font colors with the CM6 Settings. There is no need to theme the Power Control widget since it's on a dark background. For the custom lockscreen background, refer to second post.
Music Widgets
Contained in update.zip at the bottom of this post. Minor graphic updates to the 4x1 and 4x2 music widgets.
DialerOne
Contained in update.zip at the bottom of this post. Be sure to uninstall any previous versions as this will copy the APK to your system/app directory. Also, select the "black" theme.
Weather Forecast Widgets
After getting everything just right with these widgets, I realized that not only are they not really accurate, but they chew up your battery. This is contained in a separate update.zip in the zip file at the bottom of this post. Use at your own risk.
One ZIP file contains everything. Contents are as follows:
Step 1: Copy all folders to your SD card and apply images per below.
Desktop Visualizer folder - has the Estrongs, Market and XDA icons. Also includes a PSD template for the icon. This icon is twice the size and scaled down in LauncherPro to look crisp. Make sure you pick the Medium sized widget and rescale it.
LauncherPro folder - has (3) variations of the bottom bar skin (#1 is shown). Also has the background.jpg, which is set to not scroll in LauncherPro (bg1.jpg is shown above). Apply the images to your shortcuts in LauncherPro by selecting Custom Icon.
Pure Calendar Folder - has the image files necessary for the 4x1 calendar widget on the main screen. Just overwrite one of the stock themes on your SD card and reapply.
Step 2: Copy {whatever}-update.zip to the root directory of your SD card and apply in recovery.
s23-XTG-update.zip - Will install the following:
- Analog Clock Widget 1 (Samir Applications)
- Audio Manager (Smart Android Apps)
- DeskClock
- GenieWidget.apk (with HTC weather icons)
- DialerOne (Yermek Zhumagulov)
- Music
- OneClick (WeDroid)
- Scoreboard (Google) - Select "black"
Be sure to uninstall any previous versions as this will copy the APK to your system/app directory.
s23-XTG-fancy-update.zip - Will install Fancy Widgets.
s23-XTG-weather-update.zip - Will install Weather Forecast Widgets.
Step 3: Extract {whatever}-MM.zip file to SDcard/Android Themes/s23-XTG-MM and apply with Metamorph.
s23-XTG-MM.zip - Will change font to Arial and will edit some images in framework-res. USE ONLY ON CM6.
Get the ZIP file here NOT A FLASHABLE ZIP, READ ABOVE
Custom Lockscreen wallpaper:
(Based on 08.23.10 CM6 nightly) I will update this based on nightlies. If the nightly doesn't change the xml file I modified, I won't post a new one. If you want to customize the wallpaper, edit the file in the framework-res/res/drawable-mdpi folder named create_contact.png. Thanks to ihtfp69. The lockscreen images and xml have been removed from the Metamorph in the main zip file (above).
If you want a light lockscreen with custom wallpaper like the one below, apply this Metamorph (don't let MM unzip the file, do it yourself)
If you want a dark lockscreen with custom wallpaper like the one below, apply this Metamorph (don't let MM unzip the file, do it yourself)
LauncherPro Widgets:
Go to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=764797
DialerOne v1.2.7.1:
Download XTG themed DialerOne v1.2.7.1 - make sure you remove any installed instances of DialerOne from your phone. Either by uninstalling or throught ADB.
To-do List:
- Change highlight colors from orange to blue
- XTG skin for ChompSMS
- XTG skin for Facebook
- XTG skin for Handcent
- XTG skin for LauncherPro widgets - Done
- XTG skin for Google search widget
- XTG skin for in-call phone
- Keyboard
This one looks very good all around as well.
Requesting beautiful widgets for xtg. Thanks
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smoothtaste said:
This one looks very good all around as well.
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Thanks. I used to love dark themes, but the GTX one is so legible...
Great! Now I dont know what one to use lol ... maybe ill do a nandroid of both and just switch on and off each week
Would love to get the BW for the dark one now too ...
U sure do nice work Signals!
ragu78 said:
Great! Now I dont know what one to use lol ... maybe ill do a nandroid of both and just switch on and off each week
Would love to get the BW for the dark one now too ...
U sure do nice work Signals!
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LMAO. Thanks. Will send BW tonight.
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signals23 said:
Will send BW tonight.
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Ok sounds great .....
now you kinda have me wondering how sweet u could do this one .... HERE.
The guy even the PSD of it for download .... HERE.
Love it. I think Ill bite with the MM thingie...
ragu78 said:
Ok sounds great .....
now you kinda have me wondering how sweet u could do this one .... HERE.
The guy even the PSD of it for download .... HERE.
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Looks pretty possible.
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Darkshneider said:
Love it. I think Ill bite with the MM thingie...
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Thanks and huh?
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signals23 said:
Looks pretty possible.
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Awesome ....
ragu78 said:
Awesome ....
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Isn't Gomorrah already doing it?
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Can You Make This Flashable Like The Blue Envy Theme Pls?
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Isn't Gomorrah already doing it?
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I think so, but it seems hes been on edge lately. Anyone that makes any kind of request or suggestions on it he comes back with a remark of "make it yourself if you want it on another ROM" or "I dont like it like that. On the flipside, you are more than welcome to make it however you want also".
Ive yet to hear you make comments of that sort when someone asks u a question or a request about one of ur themes or ports. I Just thought ur port might be alittle more of a friendlier version . I mean no offense to him, his work is great and I appreciate all his hard work he has done for us and our heros .... its just his mood has sucked lately and I'd hate to ask the wrong question let alone ask a request for a change or add on for the theme. LOL
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I think so, but it seems hes been on edge lately. Anyone that makes any kind of request or suggestions on it he comes back with a remark of "make it yourself if you want it on another ROM" or "I dont like it like that. On the flipside, you are more than welcome to make it however you want also".
Ive yet to hear you make comments of that sort when someone asks u a question or a request about one of ur themes or ports. I Just thought ur port might be alittle more of a friendlier version . I mean no offense to him, his work is great and I appreciate all his hard work he has done for us and our heros .... its just his mood has sucked lately and I'd hate to ask the wrong question let alone ask a request for a change or add on for the theme. LOL
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Well, I can certainly see where he is coming from. But, I would want to check in with him first to see how far he has gotten.
xII v EnFamouz 2 IIx said:
Can You Make This Flashable Like The Blue Envy Theme Pls?
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Most of it is flashable. There are update.zips in the OP zip file. Everything is contained in there.
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I would want to check in with him first to see how far he has gotten.
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No hurry, im still loving the GTX theme for this week ... next week its the XTG theme !
You seem to really enjoy doing themes so I figured I would throw the idea out there for ya .... no biggy if u do or dont.
ragu78 said:
No hurry, im still loving the GTX theme for this week ... next week its the XTG theme !
You seem to really enjoy doing themes so I figured I would throw the idea out there for ya .... no biggy if u do or dont.
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I'll wait and see what Gomorrah releases. I want to skin the widgets in the second post. Mostly, the LP widgets.
I also hate the in-call screens and want to MM those for both GTX and XTG.
signals23 said:
I'll wait and see what Gomorrah releases. I want to skin the widgets in the second post. Mostly, the LP widgets.
I also hate the in-call screens and want to MM those for both GTX and XTG.
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Sounds great .....
6/26 FIXED
FC issues resolved, and tested for stability. Short update note in this post.
6/21-For those who have fc's, I've added a second link for each of the new TransBlue Markets. The only change is that I use the original, unedited Manifest. The downside is that the comments page will have a white background, but ALL of the other updates are still in play. 100% stable, guaranteed These versions have "og_manifest" at the end of their file names.
6/18
I've recently made a revision to TransBlue (the most popular by far) At first the changes may seem minor, and visually they may not be the first things that pop out, but underneath there's actually quite a few changes. What I've strived for this time was to reduce the usage of public resources a little. I had already pretty much themed all that I could otherwise, so I started to edit the layout xml and (and a couple places in smali) to instead call new local resources I've added. Kind of a long process as it's a bit of trial and error for me (never done anything like it before really), but I think I've come to a decent point where I can release it.
This grew out of another project I'm working on for SGS2.
Screenshots courtesy of esk02k. Thank you! Also, thanks to fernando sor, who's pm exchanges instigated much of the research that led me to this revision.
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FLASH IN RECOVERY
Market2.3.6-TransBlue_v2.2.3BT.zip
Thanks everyone for your support, and a very special THANK YOU to those who've passed me a drink or two
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4/18-Added TransGreen
4/16
Found the problem some had with the boxes in the app listings. The parent of one of the styles I use has a different id in froyo vs gingerbread. All is well now. I will endeavor to add trans-green and the regular blue as I can.
TransBlue has been updated just a bit to include some of the changes I introduced in TransRed so now both of these included my latest theming efforts
TransBlue_v2.1_Market-2.3.6.zip
TransRed_v2.1_Market-2.3.6.zip
TransGreen_v2.1-Market2.3.6.zip
The original non-transparent Blue version (pic below in 2nd post): BlueMarket2.3.6_v2.1.zip
If you feel inclined please use either the "Thanks" button below, or the "special" thanks button right above my avatar
Thanks everyone for your comments and a special thanks to those who've passed me a drink or two
pendo said:
Hello fellow XDA'ers,
I have themed the new market a little, the primary goal was to change from the green to a blueish theme. I've actually had this for a little while, but only posted it in my super circle thread. It was suggested that I start a new thread for it, as there may be some interested, that don't frequent the battery thread. Just about every image has been replaced.
Here's a shot:
The zip file below will place Vending.apk into your /system/app directory. Enjoy!
DOWNLOAD
===>NewMarket-pb-signed.zip<===
Thanks for looking
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Hi Guy,
Downloading now. Don't know where everyone else is today Have always preferred Blue to green
hmm, still green...
Docmjldds said:
Hi Guy,
Downloading now. Don't know where everyone else is today Have always preferred Blue to green
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Hey Doc, nice to see you again. Yeah, it's a little quiet but I'm not complaining I'm my own worst critic by far, but I'm actually pretty happy with this one. Don't think I'll make to many more changes, if any at all.
gcng said:
hmm, still green...
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Might want to try wiping your caches. Most of the big green header is not a drawable, but is constructed in smali believe it or not.
Looks very nice!! Is this 2.2.6 or 2.2.7?
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Hey Doc, nice to see you again. Yeah, it's a little quiet but I'm not complaining I'm my own worst critic by far, but I'm actually pretty happy with this one. Don't think I'll make to many more changes, if any at all.
Might want to try wiping your caches. Most of the big green header is not a drawable, but is constructed in smali believe it or not.
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Ugg..hate wiping caches but will try since mine is also green, but some stuff is blue. Weird.... Was about to install MicroMods V11 Gingerbread since I was getting bored again
Was happy to dig up a working GB Keyboard for him to use on the Desire-HD ROM. Seems all the prior GB Keyboards floating around caused FC's or some other weirdness. Found a post from a russian developer that said it would work on Sense Roms....and it did
PS...it's so nice not having memory issues anymore, sonce having my N1 replaced.
EDIT: No Go. I am using MicroMods Desire-HD ROM. New market works fine. I just wiped cache, and Dalvik-Cache, reflashed your file and the market is still green. Any thoughts?
can you make this into a metamorph so i can just apply it like that
Also anyone find those wallpaper sub categories i have yet to see them
Looks awesome. I wiped Cache then flashed and it worked first shot.
My only issue is the text is slightly cut off.
Like blue a lot...much better than the stock!
Is it safe to install ?
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Looks awesome BTW 10 times better then the green market .
Nice job !!!
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Nice work man I love the blue!!!!
uoY_redruM said:
Looks awesome. I wiped Cache then flashed and it worked first shot.
My only issue is the text is slightly cut off.
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Hey Pendo,
Nice work on this Blue Market, not sure why mine looks cut off on the bottom part of the top display?
Here is a screen shot so you can see what I mean, I am only reporting this because it is different than the shot in the first post.
Thanks for you work, I would turn everything GB Green into blue if I could
Edit: Actually now that I look at it closer it seems that the spacing is off in the bottom part with all the apps being to far apart also???
Edit 2: Looks good in landscape view, is that new, Landscape for market?
Treatcon said:
Looks very nice!! Is this 2.2.6 or 2.2.7?
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The screenshots look great! but I would also like to know which version it is? If it's 2.2.7, I'm flashing right away!
edit: It looks like the post above answers my question. Looks like it's 2.2.6 - the updated 2.2.7 fixed the spacing problem. If you could update this for 2.2.7, I'm sure a lot of people would be happy!
First off, thanks, as always for the compliments. Feel like I've kinda been in a rut lately on a few projects so it's definitely nice to hear
As far as why some are not getting build to take, I suspect that you may have a second market installation. I have no idea what causes this but I did notice that I had a vending and a vending-1 install on one of the roms that I've had on my device over the holidays. (been trying to show off all the versatility to the iphone family members ). I just checked the manifest, and it is 2.2.6 so that could be an issue. This market originally came from one of the first few that were floating around a little while back. I'll try to get 2.2.7 up here right quick. I've been running this for quite some time now, but I'm not getting the update for some reason. For those of you who aren't seeing the change, if you have root explorer go see what you have in /system/app, also *possibly* in /data/app. Of course you can run ls in shell as well.
I wish I could remember all that I've done to this, code wise, but that was almost 3 weeks ago and I've seen too much else since then. Hopefully I can jog my memory when I get a chance with 2.2.7.
Docmjldds said:
Ugg..hate wiping caches but will try since mine is also green, but some stuff is blue. Weird.... Was about to install MicroMods V11 Gingerbread since I was getting bored again
Was happy to dig up a working GB Keyboard for him to use on the Desire-HD ROM. Seems all the prior GB Keyboards floating around caused FC's or some other weirdness. Found a post from a russian developer that said it would work on Sense Roms....and it did
PS...it's so nice not having memory issues anymore, sonce having my N1 replaced.
EDIT: No Go. I am using MicroMods Desire-HD ROM. New market works fine. I just wiped cache, and Dalvik-Cache, reflashed your file and the market is still green. Any thoughts?
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Man, once again...I'm not sure what's causing this. This shouldn't make a darn bit of difference, but you could try pushing it to the phone either in recovery, or by stopping core with adb shell stop, adb push Vending.apk, then adb shell start.
Also ran into something different with the nexus s that I've worked on. When you flash in recovery, you have to go and mount the system partition first. Now I've always had to do this if I was pushing into it, but flashing a zip, no. Still shouldn't make a difference with this zip though as I've included a mount command in the script.
Oh, and you reminded me....I also have a lightly themed blue gingerbread keyboard. Fairly subtle, but I prefer it to stock. I posted it in enom's thread a while ago as well. I'll add it to the op as well.
Chosen_on184 said:
can you make this into a metamorph so i can just apply it like that
Also anyone find those wallpaper sub categories i have yet to see them
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No, this cannot be applied via metamorph unfortunately. Many of the changes are located in what becomes resources.arsc when it's compiled.
Lightning N1 said:
Hey Pendo,
Nice work on this Blue Market, not sure why mine looks cut off on the bottom part of the top display?
Here is a screen shot so you can see what I mean, I am only reporting this because it is different than the shot in the first post.
Thanks for you work, I would turn everything GB Green into blue if I could
Edit: Actually now that I look at it closer it seems that the spacing is off in the bottom part with all the apps being to far apart also???
Edit 2: Looks good in landscape view, is that new, Landscape for market?
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yeah, I think it is new. I saw this on a rom I flashed over the weekend as well but it wasn't there when I went back to cm and enom. Let's hope that what this guy below says fixes it.
Bloodflame said:
The screenshots look great! but I would also like to know which version it is? If it's 2.2.7, I'm flashing right away!
edit: It looks like the post above answers my question. Looks like it's 2.2.6 - the updated 2.2.7 fixed the spacing problem. If you could update this for 2.2.7, I'm sure a lot of people would be happy!
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Thanks. OK....now I just need to find a good copy of 2.2.7 to decompile and start working on. Where did you get yours?
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Thanks. OK....now I just need to find a good copy of 2.2.7 to decompile and start working on. Where did you get yours?
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temasek said:
Flash this signed zip file from recovery, it will remove all related files from system & data and copy Market 2.2.7 to your system.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?n4sd06z6deaiol6
Good Luck!
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2.2.7, as requested. Worked great for me first try.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?n4sd06z6deaiol6
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Hey Pendo
this is absolutely, what I'm searching for.
can I use it with my own MIUI ROM?
Everything there is blue and I've searched for a blue Market.
Is it possible to tell me, which things are changed, that are not in drawable-hdpi?
It sounds a bit weird, but I wanna make this changes in "my" market...
OK, everybody..
I found a 2.2.7 version of the market. I think I managed to get everything over that matters. I had to run a diff to make sure I didn't miss any theme work that I did...one thing I noticed was there were some changes in the layout xml affecting padding and a couple other changes. Hopefully that fixes the layout issues.
So far this was tested on cm 6.1.1 however, I mounted the system and pushed. I did not remove anything prior, but I did wipe cache and dalvik to be safe. So I'm not sure if you'll need to or not. Also, I had reinstalled an older version of the market and booted into the phone, navigated around in the market before I did this to try to create a typical scenario.
So far all is well.
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Hey Pendo
this is absolutely, what I'm searching for.
can I use it with my own MIUI ROM?
Everything there is blue and I've searched for a blue Market.
Is it possible to tell me, which things are changed, that are not in drawable-hdpi?
It sounds a bit weird, but I wanna make this changes in "my" market...
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Unknown if you can use with miui. Most everything is blue, or meant to go well with the blue theme, as there are teal highlights you can see in the header.
The changes are all in hex and in colors.xml. However you need to find out where the colors are being used and that's in com/android/vending/velvet. You'll find the various id's in ArcPaintingUtils.smali, ArcView.smali, SlimArcView.smali, and SlimArcViewWithTabs.smali. (I think that's most of them) Then you can reference the id's back to public.xml to find out what it's actual name is.
Like I said, it's a bit different than what you'd run into for theming (or at least it is to me )
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I present to you my AOSP Honeycomb theme (**FROST**BITE**V1.0) for p6200 and p6200L (let me know if it work on any other)
I have had the day off college so i decided it was time to get to grips with my tab as we don't always see eye to eye. haha. iv modded what ever i could find in framework & system Ul. although it looks cool now just give me some time to work on this baby
what is themed?
well....
.system ul
.notification box with transparent backing
.power control themed gray
.lock screen
.clock
.settings icon (will theme setting ASAP in black)
.messaging icon (will theme message .apk ASAP)
.notification bar is now stock black with stock 3.0 soft keys in gray/white
.battery is themed but needs work sizing etc (I may add a circle mod hmmm..)
.signal bar ripped from XOOM stock 3.1 honeycomb ROM
.launcher is themed with stock honeycomb app key but still TW (i will add the option of a stock AOSP launcher.zip but you can not add widgets
to be continued.......
what is stock?......
well....
.camera is stock AOSP with stock icon.
.browsed is stock AOSP
.gallery is stock AOSP
.music is the latest AOSP version (sooo cool)
.clock widget is stock AOSP.
extras...
you will also get in the .zip....
asus weather widget
XOOM clock widget
movie studio XOOM
Toshiba media player
and a selection of stock honeycomb wallpapers
installation.
0.nandroid then check if you have a nandroid back up then check agen haha...
1. clear data on the following before install....Browser/ clock/ launcher (it just helps prevent issues and damn force closes)
2. make sure you are deodexed and rooted
3.place **FROST**BITE**V1.1.zip on to your external SD card navigate to choose zip for SD and flash....BANG!!!....your in **FROST**BITE**V1.0
thanks me or buy me a beer
Download here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8623715/FROST_BITE_V1.1 beta.zip
the setting will come in a update.zip also with the soft keys you see now
updates:
v1.1 beta:....uploading now
whats changed?...A) soft keys are more stock with matching screen capture and a very nice purple battery mod. you will also get AOSP stock setting with TW feel.
AOSP wallpapers are attached at the bottom to install but a faulty install in the .zip may mean you need to go to root explorer and uninstall the other one if it does not work let me know.
Disclaimer: i am not responsible if you brick your device under Google's open sauce licence. i will help you if you do something wrong but its not my fault.
if you do decide to blame me i will simply giggle at your expense haha then suggest ways for you to use your tab...drinks tray, diner mat, roofing slate...haha
Went a head and flashed your ROM on the T869 device (running deodexed rom). Screen cap below. It was charging at time of screen cap. I changed wallpaper immediately because the one the theme was very odd and very "zoomed in" looking.
I know this was not meant for this device...but its fun to try right?
Few things that don't look right.
-Lock screen orbit is a small square...that's it. You can still unlock though.
-Battery icon when device is not charging is off. It turns it into a gray spiral type icon.
-Get 3g icon instead of 4g (obvious reason why)
Again, not a problem report...just letting those know who want to play with the t869 device. I'm finding these themes are almost do-able on the T869.
aaronuser said:
Went a head and flashed your ROM on the T869 device (running deodexed rom). Screen cap below. It was charging at time of screen cap. I changed wallpaper immediately because the one the theme was very odd and very "zoomed in" looking.
I know this was not meant for this device...but its fun to try right?
Few things that don't look right.
-Lock screen orbit is a small square...that's it. You can still unlock though.
-Battery icon when device is not charging is off. It turns it into a gray spiral type icon.
-Get 3g icon instead of 4g (obvious reason why)
Again, not a problem report...just letting those know who want to play with the t869 device. I'm finding these themes are almost do-able on the T869.
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thanks mate for you reply as you sed this is not for your device you were lucky not to soft brick it it only looks funny on your device as the framework files are quite different from the ones on your device so you have most probably entered a different file when it flashed hence the freaky wallpaper p.s. my new update it being uploaded in second so feel free to give it a go my friend its so much better that the older version and the battery looks cool to made it myself
i am planning on making some battery mod.zips with a big selection and next week after making this theme black i will defo start a new
Which model does this theme works for? Does it work on my P6200? Anyway great theme!
leviathian said:
Which model does this theme works for? Does it work on my P6200? Anyway great theme!
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yes it will work just fine on your device my friend and thanks haha
p.s. thanks so much for the donations guys very much appreciated glad you all like my work
i will be working on a new theme this week but i need ideas from you all
In regards to me flashing this on T869 Device (which it was not made for)
I knew it wouldn't soft brick...been playing with the current themes offered and have flashed before. Most of the framework and system are similar enough it will boot every time...just may not look right on some things. Ive owned and flashed many android devices...so very comfortable with it.
Im in no way a dev...very wet behind the ears when it comes to theming. But the T869 device needs some love so im trying my best to learn how I can do just that...give it some love.
I greatly appreciate your work.
aaronuser said:
In regards to me flashing this on T869 Device (which it was not made for)
I knew it wouldn't soft brick...been playing with the current themes offered and have flashed before. Most of the framework and system are similar enough it will boot every time...just may not look right on some things. Ive owned and flashed many android devices...so very comfortable with it.
Im in no way a dev...very wet behind the ears when it comes to theming. But the T869 device needs some love so im trying my best to learn how I can do just that...give it some love.
I greatly appreciate your work.
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thank you very much im pleased with that.
what tools are you using to theme at this moment?
Just picked up a 6 core system last night to run Linux on. Probably try setting up the kitchen once I finish building the system.
Any tips you could help me with would be appreciated.
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aaronuser said:
Just picked up a 6 core system last night to run Linux on. Probably try setting up the kitchen once I finish building the system.
Any tips you could help me with would be appreciated.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
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ohhh...cool man what possessor u using?
the best software to theme is something as simple as 7-zip for opening apks and PAINT.NET for coloring and re-sizing or Photoshop for high quality themeing
AMD Phenom II X6 3.3 GHz, 10g mem
I'm very fluent in Photoshop, so I will be using that for "theming". Very familiar with 7zip.
aaronuser said:
AMD Phenom II X6 3.3 GHz, 10g mem
I'm very fluent in Photoshop, so I will be using that for "theming". Very familiar with 7zip.
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very nice...
well when you get the hang of all the framework etc im sure we will have an amazing themer on our hands ill be of some support for you
jmar8124 said:
very nice...
well when you get the hang of all the framework etc im sure we will have an amazing themer on our hands ill be of some support for you
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Appreciate the encouragement. I just need to do some reading and figure out all the details of doing theming.
My only thing im very unsure of yet is creating update.zips. Still have plenty of reading to do...
aaronuser said:
Appreciate the encouragement. I just need to do some reading and figure out all the details of doing theming.
My only thing im very unsure of yet is creating update.zips. Still have plenty of reading to do...
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its very easy all you have to do is set up the kitchen you require and select the option fill in the information you want to show in the recovery log add change log and fill with apks etc... haha but you do have to write the paths out e.g. if you want something going in to system, app make a system folder and put app folder in to that one then place your required file in to it and it will pop it in their when flashed. A very easy cheats way is to copy someones META-INF file and place it in to a .zip then fill in your paths described above easy!....when you get going
think this will work on mywifi only device? I think its p6210
Macros617 said:
think this will work on mywifi only device? I think its p6210
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no sorry mate but you can send me your system app folder and framework apk i will be more than happy to make it for you lot with the wifi only device
aaronuser said:
AMD Phenom II X6 3.3 GHz, 10g mem
I'm very fluent in Photoshop, so I will be using that for "theming". Very familiar with 7zip.
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nice set up, Im drooling. perfect for making ICS builds.
jmar8124 said:
no sorry mate but you can send me your system app folder and framework apk i will be more than happy to make it for you lot with the wifi only device
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errr how would I do that?
Macros617 said:
errr how would I do that?
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well providing you are rooted and have root explorer installed you also u will need to be deobexed to install it to ...easy to do open root explorer navigate to system open it then in system folder it will have the folders app (copy it to sdcard) and copy the framework folder and save to sdcard after that put them on to a pc and upload them to bropbox if you you have it and up the download link in this thread for me and then il get to work on it haha
jmar8124 said:
well providing you are rooted and have root explorer installed you also u will need to be deobexed to install it to ...easy to do open root explorer navigate to system open it then in system folder it will have the folders app (copy it to sdcard) and copy the framework folder and save to sdcard after that put them on to a pc and upload them to bropbox if you you have it and up the download link in this thread for me and then il get to work on it haha
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App
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6826048/app.zip
Framework
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6826048/framework.zip
Hopefully you'll be able to port it thanks!
Since the carriers were split up and the most posts in the original thread came from the AT&T themers, I think we should make that the main thread.
[All Carriers]Touch Wiz Themeing Questions
Please post in the thread linked above so we can keep all the info in one thread.
Since themeing Samsung's TouchWiz UI is not quite as simple as AOSP, and sometimes even device specific, I thought it would be nice to have thread for the themers here to help each other, post tips and things like that so we can all learn and get some killer themes going on this thing.
Also, (if this gets becomes a sticky) we can keep the themeing question threads to a minimum.
For those of you that don't know me, I've been themeing Android for about a year and a half now. I started on the Epic 4G then moved over to the Nexus S 4G. I'm always willing to help others at time permits.
Happy Themeing!
Since the US carriers were combined into one forum, please note the carrier for you device when posting.
When people are helping you make sure you use the "Thanks" button to show your appreciation!
Here are some goodies that have been posted so far.
Remove Carrier ID from status bar on AT&T rom: Thanks to mrvirginia & deserted1 Here
Guide to remove Carrier ID / Clock from the status bar by deserted1
How to center the clock by Swiftks
Some more status bar mods thanks to freeza
There are many other tips, hints, how to's, and tools in the thread so please search to help keep the thread clean.
How could no one jump on this first
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Your just sooo thoughtful
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Looking forward to your work again Shane.
Loved your 'Dark Horse' port on the Epic.
Hopefully our GS3's get some Shane 'Dark Horse' themed love of some kind too
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Shane,
Great idea. Collaboration is so important. Wish we had more of these kinds threads
Looking forward to seeing some killer themes from everyone
myn said:
Shane,
Great idea. Collaboration is so important. Wish we had more of these kinds threads
Looking forward to seeing some killer themes from everyone
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I think there will be many great themes. Hopefully a few will be from me.
Themed the E4GT....and I'll be theming the shizzzz out of the SGS3.
I havent themed in a while so I had to dust off the good ole apktools last night. Ya I'm need a refresher course lol
Dont have my phone yet but I started to poke around just to get a feel for things.
Well, with all the US variants merged to together this could get sticky in here. Hopefully we don't have any issues with soft bricks, data mishaps or anything like that like we did in the Galaxy S days from using themes for different carriers.
i have a version of systemui i modified for att
I have custom battery icons (not 1% as i used 7zip instead of a full rebuild)
i was able to change the battery icons,
loudness/slilent icon, airplane icon, wifi icons, alarm icon etc.
but for some reason the signal icon changes are not being applied.. i tried clearing cache, and dalvek cache.. still no go..
CAnnot figure out where it is getting the old icons from.. looked in framework-res as well but as far as i can tell they are not in there..
I have changed these sucessfully before in ics on my sgs ii..
anyone have any ideas?
thanks
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i have a version of systemui i modified for att
I have custom battery icons (not 1% as i used 7zip instead of a full rebuild)
i was able to change the battery icons,
loudness/slilent icon, airplane icon, wifi icons, alarm icon etc.
but for some reason the signal icon changes are not being applied.. i tried clearing cache, and dalvek cache.. still no go..
CAnnot figure out where it is getting the old icons from.. looked in framework-res as well but as far as i can tell they are not in there..
I have changed these sucessfully before in ics on my sgs ii..
anyone have any ideas?
thanks
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Is the rom deodexed?
lgkahn said:
i have a version of systemui i modified for att
I have custom battery icons (not 1% as i used 7zip instead of a full rebuild)
i was able to change the battery icons,
loudness/slilent icon, airplane icon, wifi icons, alarm icon etc.
but for some reason the signal icon changes are not being applied.. i tried clearing cache, and dalvek cache.. still no go..
CAnnot figure out where it is getting the old icons from.. looked in framework-res as well but as far as i can tell they are not in there..
I have changed these sucessfully before in ics on my sgs ii..
anyone have any ideas?
thanks
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Since Gingerbread those have been called out from the systemui. If you are running an odexed rom, there's your problem. Many of the png's are loaded in the odex file and cannot be changed just by editing the apk.
bizdady said:
Is the rom deodexed?
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nope with the 7zip method (read up on it) you dont need that.. you just swap .png right in the .apk(s)
it is the stock rom\
and i succesfully did the same thing in the sgs ii systeui (and those icons are in there since i can see them).. however, maybe you are correct in that there are another copy in the .odex.. but it would be strange..
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nope with the 7zip method (read up on it) you dont need that.. you just swap .png right in the .apk(s)
it is the stock rom\
and i succesfully did the same thing in the sgs ii systeui (and those icons are in there since i can see them).. however, maybe you are correct in that there are another copy in the .odex.. but it would be strange..
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It's more than likely that it's loading files from the odex. Can try deleting that but you might lose status bar lol
bizdady said:
It's more than likely that it's loading files from the odex. Can try deleting that but you might lose status bar lol
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thanks cannot delete the .odex (systemui or framework etc) on a stock rom.. the phone wont boot. (i think) although i have a cwm backup.
faithfully waiting for the first 1% battery mod for stock one.. (if it combines the .odex into the .apk) for stock then i can put my own icons in on top and then i can delete the .odex
12MaNy said:
Themed the E4GT....and I'll be theming the shizzzz out of the SGS3.
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Cant wait to see what you can bring 12many
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To the mods, if I ask politely, could this please get stickied? It would nice to keep all the information in one place instead of in a bunch of threads that end up getting burried.
Hey Shane, I need some help, this image will be the death of me
Ive stumbled on this image on the et4g and now I really cant find where the image is, and what the name may be. I always have a problem with the image name/location of the puldown notification background in the image below, its solid black and I need to make it transparent. Ive looked in drawable-xhdpi in systemUI, with no luck. THANKS MAN.
Oh +1 for this to be a sticky since this will help all carriers.
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Hey Shane, I need some help, this image will be the death of me
Ive stumbled on this image on the et4g and now I really cant find where the image is, and what the name may be. I always have a problem with the image name/location of the puldown notification background in the image below, its solid black and I need to make it transparent. Ive looked in drawable-xhdpi in systemUI, with no luck. THANKS MAN.
Oh +1 for this to be a sticky since this will help all carriers.
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Wow, I had never looked at the files yet on this phone. I've been trying to work on some AOSP themes with my Nexus S. I got the framework-res and twframework-res to decompile, but can't get the systemui to decompile. If you can give me some help on getting the systemui to decompile, I'll look for it.
Edit: Nevermind, got it.
Edit 2: I have not tried this, but taking an "educated guess" I would look at this in the values/drawables.xml:
Code:
<item type="drawable" name="notification_header_bg">#ff000000</item>
If you want to change that to an image can change that to:
Code:
<item type="drawable" name="notification_header_bg">@drawable/pulldown_bg</item>
then make an image named pulldown_bg and put it in the drawable-xhdpi folder.
Or (This is what make's me think this is right)
Look at the drawable/status_bar_expanded.xml and find:
Code:
android:background="@drawable/notification_header_bg"
and change that to:
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android:background="@drawable/pulldown_bg"
making the image as above.
If it's not this then the other possibility I found was "notification_tracking_bg" which the color is called for in the drawables.xml and is linked in the status_bar_tracking.xml
Let me know if either works.
shane6374 said:
Wow, I had never looked at the files yet on this phone. I've been trying to work on some AOSP themes with my Nexus S. I got the framework-res and twframework-res to decompile, but can't get the systemui to decompile. If you can give me some help on getting the systemui to decompile, I'll look for it.
Edit: Nevermind, got it.
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wow, because I just got a ton of errors, and I just had to download the 64bit version of java sdk, I forgot to do that when I got the new laptop last week. But this is what I just seen