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Are themes on stock ROM possible at all?

I'm rooted and have working MetaMorph. I've been told that due to ODEX files stock ROMs are not skinnable with MM at all. Is this true? I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to have
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=639556&page=5
THIS skin (with Desire Battery Icon). If it's possible and someone actually comes through, beer money will be headed your way. Flat black, all Desire Icons, works on stock if at all possible. I'm new to Android so I don't know much about this stuff unfortunately.

You can theme the .apk's but cannot change the color of the text (but you cannot change anything that would reside in a .dex file since that .dex file is now in an .odex file). If you don't have a problem with not being able to see you carrier name, clock, or date, then it is doable.

david1171 said:
You can theme the .apk's but cannot change the color of the text. If you don't have a problem with not being able to see you carrier name, clock, or date, then it is doable.
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Drat. I guess I'll have to hit the forums to see if there's any ROMs at all that are minimal in nature but still allow the skinning. I'm not really liking all the extra stuff in CM and MoDaCo's ROMs right now. I love that they're doing the work and forwarding the platform (I used MDC's superboot/root which was fantastically easy) but I'm not into the additions, I want to make those myself. What to do (aside from dealing with the stock bars)...

level5music said:
Drat. I guess I'll have to hit the forums to see if there's any ROMs at all that are minimal in nature but still allow the skinning. I'm not really liking all the extra stuff in CM and MoDaCo's ROMs right now. I love that they're doing the work and forwarding the platform (I used MDC's superboot/root which was fantastically easy) but I'm not into the additions, I want to make those myself. What to do (aside from dealing with the stock bars)...
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You should really look at enomther's ROMs then. They are about stock if you don't choose any of the extras that come with them. They are also amazingly stable.
EDIT:Since you do speak of making your own mods, then if you de-odex your build then you could theme it as you choose basically.
http://code.google.com/p/smali/
That will set you up on de-odex-ing your build.

[Q] can a rom be made any type of way?

If android is open source and able to be modified, can it be made to look any way I want it? All android roms look basically the same. Except for colors and themes, they all have the same basic properties. The same look phone to phone. I want something that looks completely different. I don't mean themes or something like that, I mean something that is completely different. I'm sorry (personal opinions seem to offend around here) but I am tired of the same basic look rom to rom. Anybody know anything? Thanks.

You can make your own launcher which will allow your home screen to look different than the rest but involves a lot of programming.
Also http://mycolorscreen.com has a bunch of people posting up their homescreens and what apps they used to achieve that.

[Q] Beginner to customizing tablets

I'm coming straight from an iPhone user that loves to customize on my phone everything including keyboard layouts, icons, themes, and anything that's UI related that I can just download and install with simple instructions.
Can anyone tell/teach me how I can do the same with my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 that is currently using CM10 Nightlies. I know there's themes from various launchers but all of the themes offered don't suit my needs for building a minimalistic UI, much like the ones users submit on Screenlicious.com. There's also ROMs and Kernels but all of this is relatively new terms to me and I would like to learn it all and if possible, become a theme maker myself if it's not out of my reach. Comprehensive tutorial links would help. Thank you and sorry for being a big newbie.

jxie215 said:
I'm coming straight from an iPhone user that loves to customize on my phone everything including keyboard layouts, icons, themes, and anything that's UI related that I can just download and install with simple instructions.
Can anyone tell/teach me how I can do the same with my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 that is currently using CM10 Nightlies. I know there's themes from various launchers but all of the themes offered don't suit my needs for building a minimalistic UI, much like the ones users submit on Screenlicious.com. There's also ROMs and Kernels but all of this is relatively new terms to me and I would like to learn it all and if possible, become a theme maker myself if it's not out of my reach. Comprehensive tutorial links would help. Thank you and sorry for being a big newbie.
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Well if you are from iPhone then I suggest learning the Android related things
custom kernel=> better performance, battery, overclocking CPU
custom rom=> customized stock rom I.e deleted crappy apps, themed stock rom and added tweaks
if you are planning on making themes then you should know that CM has an inbuilt theme changer app. To change themes you have to install a theme apk and then change the ttheme from theme manager app. To make themes apk u have to change mainly framework.apk and SystemUi.apk
Or else you can make a flashable zip and pack your themed apps inside that zip

[Needed] Custom Dark Themes for Stock Roms

I wanted to know if anyone out there has got a custom theme installed for stock roms.
I seen some for CM..
I want my menu's to be dark background based but not after have a custom rom to do it.
I looked through this sub forum and seen nothing related..
Thanks if anyone has any suggestions or ideas on how i can start patching it myself.
If i knew where the stuff is controlled form that would help.
I have experience doing all kinds of thing such as making a Rockbox Theme.

I don't think anyone has done any yet, I've done AOSP signal cluster and navbar mods but haven't touched the theme yet. If you use xposed "lollipop themer" seems to be popular for theming stock ROMs.
Here's a great guide and its always evolving and improving...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2978121
[Guide][How to theme lollipop roms with ease]

Interesting thanks.. 230 pages on that link wow LOL
Sadly it seems you would have to decompile a lot of apk's.
I wasn't sure if there was just some settings somewhere (in 1 place)
You would think the Android dev's would at least support some basic color theme changes right ?
I am surprised there is no built in support for this idea.
I have no doubt a lot of people out there want dark backgrounds like me.

xpmule said:
Interesting thanks.. 230 pages on that link wow LOL
Sadly it seems you would have to decompile a lot of apk's.
I wasn't sure if there was just some settings somewhere (in 1 place)
You would think the Android dev's would at least support some basic color theme changes right ?
I am surprised there is no built in support for this idea.
I have no doubt a lot of people out there want dark backgrounds like me.
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The majority of the system can be pretty easily themed. Its framework, systemui, settings, dialer and phone. Then there's guys like team black out who do a lot of 3rd party apps and gapps. If there were more interest from the stock ROM users I'd do a dark system theme but I've done a few mods here and people don't seem to interested because of all the custom ROMs we have.

thanks for more info.. never heard of Team Black no idea what that is about but i love it already LOL
i am bonkers for patching everything i can so it's black
i'm an Android noob and getting my crash course done ahha
i had a Samsung Galaxy S3 way back for a while then broke it..
i pulled up and broke the digitizer under the glass and had to sell it for parts on ebay.
listed honestly as broken i still got $60 though
I even threw in the unused glass repair kit i had ready.
So my interests are cracking, modding / patching software usually on windows.
i have experience going back 15 years on linux but i drop it and forget lots by the time i go back to Nix.
i also have a passion for graphics modding.. i am good at editing graphic UI's and pic's etc
I did a popular Rockbox theme for the Fuze+ PMP too called Carbon.
I have the same theme on that as my Windows desktop theme and WMC theme and even on my phone. (on my old 2008 phone and wallpaper on my Moto-E)
A whole suite of digital devices that all have a theme i made
But hey guy of you get motivated and have the time go for it i bet many of us would like some black'ness
Projects can eat up a lot of time.. my Fuze+ Rockbox theme took me months.
I created icon sets and statusbar icons many i made by drawing out 1 pixel at a time with Fireworks.
anyway lol
yeah many of us use the stock rom (often with Squid's custom kernel + TWRP)
I have looked at CM and others and felt it was just too much.
i appreciate their work though even if i choose not to use it.
A lot of people do a lot on the web and share it all for nothing in return.. respect for them !
i found this place hacking an old phone back in 2008 and recently came back for Android..

Check this out...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2283828

Sounds like a job for LuckyPatcher and thanks for the link

Is there any way to change ui skin?

I really like the miui, also now the one ui 2, but I ca't find a way to change, I've been looking for some days. Is there any module or flashable zip or app or whatever, that exist to reach my goal? Also where are these things, that are responsable for ui look placed on the storage?