Hi,
I searched for this but could not find it here or on the OPO site but I am having an issue where all of my icons have borders around them. It looks like it was due to the holo theme but even when I apply the system android theme (only two installed) it still does not change the icons.
I am using CM12s with nova launcher, any help?
Thanks.
Nevermind, I was able to figure out my issue here:
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/updated-to-cm12-from-cm11-now-very-ugly-icons.296863/page-2
Turns out it was nova that was causing the icon pack to default to hexo.
Thread closed at OP's request.
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<fluff>Hi, Newb here. Since I watched the video, I hate myself, and I now know that you all hate me too. Made a major leap from a Samsung A886 (an...ahem..."differently abled" phone) to the SGII about 10 days ago. Currently swapping back/forth between Go Launcher EX and ADW EX after trying every other launcher available. </fluff>
Every time I switch to a different theme in ADW only some of the icons are updated to reflect the new theme, most retain the style of the previous theme and it requires a manual changing of the icons. Any idea what's causing this? Common issue to be lived with?
I searched, but wasn't able to find a specific enough reference.
Are you sure the themes you are trying actually include new icons for all the apps you have?
The one i use has 900+ icons in the pack but i still have to make my own for 5 of the apps that i use.
In most cases there is an existing icon in the new theme; sometimes a couple of different options. Could it be related to what the application is referred to as in the phone, vs the theme?
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When I change the theme on ADW Launcher Ex, some of the icons does not change to the current theme, most notably the ones on the dock bar like the phone, contacts and messages icon. Weirdly though, others do change like the internet, calculator and maps icons.
I can manually create a new shortcut and choose the right icons from the theme icon packs. The missing icons is available in these theme packs but it will not change them automatically when I change the theme.
I also have GO Launcher Ex installed and when I change the theme on that, all the icons bow down to the power of my superiority and change to the current theme. No problems there...
Please let me know if there is anything I can do to fix this.
Not all ADW themers theme the same icons. So when you install a new theme some of the icons don't change.
I would think that the contacts icon would change though for instance because all the theme packs that I have installed have an icon for contacts but none of them updates it with their icon when I change the theme. I know that I'm not the only person with this problem but I can't find a solution. I found a similar thread on samsunggalaxysforum but with no solution.
for the app's icons that should change, i've had to delete the shortcut and put it back, then it changes. otherwise, the icon hasn't been themed.
ok thanks. it doesn't work for me though. if i have york's blue theme active for instance and i create a new icon for internet, it uses the internet icon from york's blue theme but when i create a new icon for messaging, it uses the default samsung touchwiz icon. i can manually change it to use york's blue icon but when i then change the theme again, it still shows the york's blue theme icon and not the new one.
i just installed the same theme on my DInc2 and i get the same results as you. i suppose the switch was overlooked by the author, or it wasn't themed. i do see a couple "message" looking icons, but they could be for other services. i don't really know. but i don't use themes, so i am unfamiliar with alt icons. i like my ADW plain-jane. sorry i couldn't be more help.
you can download icon packs from android market and change icons manualy by clicking on them..there are tons of them on market if i remember correctly.
click on app on your screen > edit > change icon > from adw pack > solved!
thanks guys. i guess thats my only option then. i think i'll use go launcher ex instead because there the themes automatically change the icons and as i like to change the phone theme to suit my mood, it's just too much hassle to change all the icons manually. it's a shame though because adw seems to be smoother and quicker.
adw is preety neat...but i had same problem even when i was trying to instal some themes...most of the icons normaly changed...but a few system apps havent :/ i can recomend MIUI if u're willing to try it
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i have actually already downloaded cyanogenmod so i'll give that a try first and when i'm tired of it i'll try miui.
Thanks. I installed MIUI v 4 based on ICS and been playing around with it for a couple of days. I like it a lot.
ADW Launcher did exactly the same thing on MIUI so it seems to be something that the developer needs to address.
I was looking at my phone the other day and though I like the "Droid Blue" color scheme throughout the OS, I thought it might be fun to change it up. Is this possible? Easy, difficult, not at all? Does someone know where to find a procedure to do so? I was thinking of going with a red theme instead, just for something different...
Along the same lines, I read somewhere a while back that it may be possible to change the color scheme on Android 4.4 as an added option by Google within the software - can anyone verify this?
As always, thanks in advance!
4.4 is white and black, thank-goodness they got rid of the blue. Also, you should really take a look at the themes on the Play Store...
Thanks as always for your replies, it's to the point where I await your responses to my posts/questions in the RAZR HD forums
About the themes in the Play Store... Do they typically work with the stock OS / launcher, or do I have to install a different launcher for certain themes I find (as in the Red Light GO Launcher, for the GO Launcher EX app)?
I was also reading recently about the "Themer" (app?) in one of the threads here at XDA - any experience?
Most of the themes require a theme manager. However, you can use Xposed to install themes, if you're rooted. I haven't messed around with Themer or Go Launcher much. Most of the "themes" you can install on a launcher are only icons. The theme manager changes the entire look, just look at some of the themes for CM that are on the Play Store, you'll see what I mean. Xposed has a module that allows you to modify the themes and use them on most ROMs.
Hey guys,
Please have a look at the screenshot from my OPO.
This happened just two weeks back.
All app icons in my phone started changing intro this rounded look.
I checked in other phones the icons are normal and transparent without the boxed icons.
I am on stock ROM cm13. No mods.
Using google launcher latest update.
I tried uninstalling, didn't help.
Thanks.
Google Chrome icon mysteriously changed to blue. The icon has three shades of blue and in the Playstore when I look at the icon to uninstall it update it looks like the original icon.
I started Mbam scan and in the first couple of icons it was chrome and regular icon.
What gives? I posted it on Reddit and one user has a poco phone with this icon. No searches get any result for either of us.
Please advice
Cheers
S
Mbam shows no threats
i don't know what mbam is but i also don't care
what launcher are you using?
what themes do you have applied?
any icon sets?
when you go into settings>apps>chrome is the icon there the same or is it the original?
which icon appears above the app when you use the app switcher
is that icon in the app drawer or is it on your home screen
Skamath said:
Mbam shows no threats
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mackdacre said:
i don't know what mbam is but i also don't care
what launcher are you using?
what themes do you have applied?
any icon sets?
when you go into settings>apps>chrome is the icon there the same or is it the original?
which icon appears above the app when you use the app switcher
is that icon in the app drawer or is it on your home screen
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I know you don't care, but for anyone else reading this who does (and doesn't know), mbam is short for MalwareBytes Anti-Malware -- OP probably just showing that it most likely wasn't a "virus" changing things....
I'm fairly curious what the icon actually is (image searched it, too generic to narrow down) and why it got changed; I've had issues with shortcuts (in other situations) but usually many other shortcuts are also changed to either the same random icon or to other icons (as if from a "pack")....
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i don't know what mbam is but i also don't care.
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It's ok to not care but simplepinoi has cared to provide reference in case you need it when you might get issues with malwares
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I know you don't care, but for anyone else reading this who does (and doesn't know), mbam is short for MalwareBytes Anti-Malware -- OP probably just showing that it most likely wasn't a "virus" changing things....
I'm fairly curious what the icon actually is (image searched it, too generic to narrow down) and why it got changed; I've had issues with shortcuts (in other situations) but usually many other shortcuts are also changed to either the same random icon or to other icons (as if from a "pack")....
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Reddit user found the culprit: Microsoft Launcher!!
They seem to have updated the Icon pack "Microsoft Launcher" where chrome gets a more edge like look? I can't remember even changing it from "System" to "Microsoft Launcher" Icon pack...
Fixed it by going to:
Launcher settings > Home Screen > Icon appearances > Icon Pack > set that to System
I had to remove the chrome icon from the dock an add it again to get rid of the blue icon. Same for any added websites icons.
In my case it was just install launcher and forget so it probably was on MS pack. I must admit the default Google icons in the pack look better that generic Google ones but the did dirty on the chrome icon