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XDA:DevDB Information
[projekt.] substratum // interfacer, Tool/Utility for the XDA Community Apps
Contributors
nicholaschum, Sykopompos, iskandar1023, KreAch3R, nathanchance, Surge1223, Char G
Source Code: https://github.com/substratum
Version Information
Status: Stable
Created 2017-04-08
Last Updated 2017-09-23

Substratum boys, let's get to it!

Here we go
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nathanchance said:
Substratum boys, let's get to it!
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Girls too tyvm

here we go! let the fun begin, oh we have the fun for months now but shh *inserts nsfw gif

HereAgain said:
Girls too tyvm
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huh

nicholaschum said:
huh
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Pffft

Oh, good, a new thing

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Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Tried the latest pn mod build
First time user with substratum and have to say amazing and really impressed and looking forward to the development of themes and its stability
I tried 3 themes
Bio hazard domination and mono
Few things i have noticed
1. i applied fonts from bio theme and nothing happened, tried 3 fonts from the theme and nothing happened although it said font applied even restarted system ui but font was the stock one
Not sure its a theme issue or substratum
2. When i applied a overlay no matter what the theme be i noticed this thing
When i opened the settings it opened just fine i mean themed and all
But for example when i opened the dialer it would load in that blue white color that is the stock theme and will then change the theme for example to the dark one when i applied mono
But this all happens in a duration of fraction a second but is noticeable
Also if I had that app in memory then it loads fine with the dark theme but when i remove it from memory and have to load it again then it behaves as described
Also don't know whether it's theme or substratum 3 themes i tried all of them didn't themed my nav bar or status bar or status bar icon, also in the screenshots for mono and bio for Layers it has themed status bar icons and nav bar so not sure about this
Other than that one more thing when i chose to revert back to the stock theme by choosing the option in the app i get a dialogue box saying play store has fc play services fc and few more apps can't remember which one but also included titanium backup in the fc as well
Also when the overlays are uninstalled and reverted back to the stock theme the phone gets laggish for a second or two i mean lag in animations for example not that if i open the dialer it will open it a bit late thats lag but if i open the dialer it opens it instantly but the it's like it's struggling in the opening animation
That's all what i can remember
Really appreciate your efforts and congratulations to the devs for their amazing work
Cheers
Sent from my Nexus 6P using XDA Labs

Yeah, the same, substratum bugs imo...

Hi, where i can get this app? Thanks.

Play store

cink40 said:
Play store
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I can't find it there. Found it. THX.

mohican16 said:
I can't find it there.
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It's in the OP how to get it.

One more bug: whichever theme i aplied, flashlight icon from quick settings disappear

No problems with flashlight tile
Never had them on Mono or Spectrum
Sent from PureNexus 6P
I will show you the power of the darkness

Well mine disappear on Mono, Magpie and Transparent
Pure nexus mod, angler

cink40 said:
Well mine disappear on Mono, Magpie and Transparent
Pure nexus mod, angler
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Strange. I never faced that problem. Using PN mod and angler too
Sent from PureNexus 6P
I will show you the power of the darkness

Well reboot cure that, but is is repeatable - whenever apply new theme i must reboot...

cink40 said:
Well reboot cure that, but is is repeatable - whenever apply new theme i must reboot...
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Tapping restart system ui doesn't work for you on the main screen?

[ZIP][Flashable][WIP][OPP4] O-DP4 NEXUS 5X PIXEL MOD

THIS IS A PIXEL MOD FOR THE NEXUS 5X RUNNING ANDROID 8.0 (O-DP4)​
UPDATED MOD HERE https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/themes-apps/zip-android-oreo-pixel-mod-t3663681
I apologize for the absence and silence. I'm excited that people here are trying to help out others too. I know the answers to some of the questions asked and I'm sorry for the silence. I went camping over the weekend and returned home to 2 giant bombs on my life. I've been working out some personal issues since then. I haven't played with apktool 2.2.4, but I'm excited about it. I'll get back to this as soon as I can, and hopefully this will bring some exciting updates
Here's an updated Pixel Mod built for O-DP4! :highfive: The navigation bar + animation is still an issue. But hopefully APKTool 2.2.4 will bring full support for Android O soon or hopefully I'll find another way. The "Double Tap to Check Notifications" is almost ready I believe. So stay tuned for that.
Also, I've added a custom feature to the Pixel Launcher. The Pixel Launcher in Android O allows you to choose different icon shapes (such as square, rounded square, etc.)? For those who want this mod with stock icons, I added the stock icons into that setting. Just look for "Stock Nexus"!
I don't have a Nexus 5X to test this, but the work is the same. So I've created the same mod for the Nexus 5X. Because I don't have the phone to test, feedback would be much appreciated.
If you get a problem with Pixel Launcher repeatedly force closing, go into settings from your quick settings and grant Pixel Launcher notification access. Thanks to
Queentus for the fix!
What's Included:
-O-DP4 Pixel Launcher W/ Wallpapers (Make sure to grant notification access for notification badges)
-O-DP4 Pixel Audio
-Pixel XL 1440p Boot Animation Blacked Edition (Thanks to Luthepa1)
-Pixel Blue Accent Color :good:
-Night Mode
-Round Icons
-"Stock Nexus" Icon Shape Available in Pixel Launcher Settings (See Screenshot)​
What's Missing / Being Worked On:
-Pixel Navigation Bar Animation
-The New "Double Tap To Check Notifications" Feature"​
Android File Host Download Link: [url]https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120751801[/URL]
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Common Questions/Issues & Answers/Solutions
Tinted Nav Bar? Pixel Nav Bar?
-Not yet, still roadblocked on that one. Not giving up though.
Pixel Launcher is crashing repeatedly after flashing this mod!
-Go into settings from your quick settings and grant Pixel Launcher notification access. Thanks to
Queentus for the fix!
Not all icons are round?
-For some reason, yes. Gmail and Play Store are not converting to round for some reason. Work in Progress.
Substratum?
-This mod may break Substratum. If you want to use Substratum don't flash this mod. If you have, then just reflash your system.img to return to stock. If you want details, look for the footer*.
Notification Dots aren't working?!
-Make sure to enable the Notification Dots too. Go into the Pixel Launcher Settings (tap and hold like if you were adding a widget or changing a wallpaper). In the settings there is a category "Notification Dots". Even if it says "On" tap on it. Make sure "Allow Notification Dots" is on. Mine will do a little glitch like I repeatedly tapped it. I think it's just a bug in the Preview version of Pixel Launcher. But that should bring you the Dots if you don't have it.
Current Version: 2
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Here's my reply in my 6P thread about this mod breaking Substratum:
"My guess if this mod breaks Substratum, it's not so much the mod, but Android O. Android O introduces it's own native theming support, which is why the Pixel and the Nexus have practically the exact same framework-res.apk. It's because the Pixel is actually utilizing a theme that is found in the vendor.img. If you look at the installed system apps of a Pixel on Android O, there's a new app called Pixel.apk. That's the theme. That shows up just like installed Substratum themes do.
I can guarantee you 100% that I can make this mod work with Substratum though, I've done it over and over again. The problem is I have to enable that theming support on the 6P instead of directly modifying the framework-res.apk. Remember the "Device Theme" setting in the first 2 previews? That's still there. Just hidden. I don't know how to activate it. But if you install the Pixel.apk theme from the Pixel in the vendor partition (has to be done manually) and then install a Substratum theme. What you find is that the "Device Theme" option appears. And you can then choose from your Substratum Theme or the Pixel theme. Just disable the Substratum theme (don't uninstall) and choose the Pixel.
However, I can't make that happen yet in just a flashable zip, so I don't have that as the released mod. But if you want Substratum compatibility, that's the way to do it"
:good:

thanks man download now:highfive:

Uninstalled substratum before install, works great (for me gmail has round icon)

Is it normal that google traduction hasn't the round icone ?

Also icons of other apps that are usually round such as xda labs and adaway are not changing either. No big deal but thought I'd mention it.
Also would appreciate it if someone could upload pixel.apk from the vendor.img. I have no way of extracting it.

Does it have navbar tuner? It's been missing since dp3. That's one feature I need most.
Thanks for your hard work though. ?

For some reason the option to change icon shape does not show to me. All icons are round.
UPDATE
Enabling System UI tuner and developer mode did the trick!

Greatness_GH said:
Does it have navbar tuner? It's been missing since dp3. That's one feature I need most.
Thanks for your hard work though. ?
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Upload your systemui.apk

Works like a charm. Thanks a lot!
Now I'm crossing fingers that you get the nav bar animation running as well.

Tulsadiver said:
Upload your systemui.apk
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Here

tekanina said:
Also icons of other apps that are usually round such as xda labs and adaway are not changing either. No big deal but thought I'd mention it.
Also would appreciate it if someone could upload pixel.apk from the vendor.img. I have no way of extracting it.
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Follow my method here

iamaniff said:
Follow my method here
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I'm going to try to figure this out tomorrow when I'm not so drunk but it's really hard to tell what folders you're going to. I need like 100x slow motion lol. Mind if I pm you if I have any questions?

iamaniff said:
Follow my method here
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The link to the overlay goes to some old thread about Kaiser stealing credit.

tekanina said:
The link to the overlay goes to some old thread about Kaiser stealing credit.
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XDA thread link was changed.
Here

Greatness_GH said:
Here
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I am not on O and cannot test this but you are welcome to try it. Have a backup.
Please let me know if it works. One is a full Systemui.apk and the other is just the tuner_prefs.xml

Tulsadiver said:
I am not on O and cannot test this but you are welcome to try it. Have a backup.
Please let me know if it works. One is a full Systemui.apk and the other is just the tuner_prefs.xml
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Thanks a lot, man. How do I apply the tuner_prefs.xml?

Greatness_GH said:
Thanks a lot, man. How do I apply the tuner_prefs.xml?
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Flash the zip I gave you.

Tulsadiver said:
Flash the zip I gave you.
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Flashed both. Doesn't work. No status bar & navbar

Greatness_GH said:
Flashed both. Doesn't work. No status bar & navbar
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Can you upload your framework-res.spk?

Greatness_GH said:
Flashed both. Doesn't work. No status bar & navbar
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Try this one

How i achieved the pixel nav bar with animations (no root)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.damianpiwowarski.navbarapps
Use that app and set the static colour to black
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.axndx.prithvee.pixelnavbar
Then use this app and get the buttons placed correctly.
This isn't perfect and sometimes the nav bar has a mind if it's own but works in most apps
It also has the pixel animations
Also the nav bar has the be locked in the "up" position
Also I'm using cornify free in this pic

When I make this and I see duplicate navigation icons (one from the app and the original from the OOS launcher), I try every setting and no luck...

n1GGaZ said:
When I make this and I see duplicate navigation icons (one from the app and the original from the OOS launcher), I try every setting and no luck...
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Yeah so u can adjust the buttons in the pixel nav bar app. Make them sighly smaller than the oos ones. For me the oxygen os ones are the "outline" and the pixel ones fill in the space.
See this pic. The light gray is oos

My settings

Thanks with moving one over the other it works. But I thinking of rooting my phone not waiting for OOS Oreo update. And make customization a lot easier!

is there any way to achieve Pixel navigation bar with animation on a rooted OnePlus 5T?

marmeak7 said:
is there any way to achieve Pixel navigation bar with animation on a rooted OnePlus 5T?
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Well I had the animation without root. Still using this guide.

Try to use telegram with Navbar, and see what happens when you use the keyboard and try to attach something to the message

Guys, sorry for the request, I'm not very skilled in the programming but I guess it's easy to create a flashable .zip that substitutes only the icons of the OP5t navbar with those of the Pixel, without animations. Would someone do it? It would be a more elegant solution and without the horrible gray edges that you see using the play store app.

davidepica said:
Guys, sorry for the request, I'm not very skilled in the programming but I guess it's easy to create a flashable .zip that substitutes only the icons of the OP5t navbar with those of the Pixel, without animations. Would someone do it? It would be a more elegant solution and without the horrible gray edges that you see using the play store app.
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Its actually really easy t get the pixel navbar.
If you use substratum. Just download awesome navbar and press pixel and install. That's it. For nougat it requires root, if ur on oreo beta it does not. (Only adb)

Jamie_oppo said:
Its actually really easy t get the pixel navbar.
If you use substratum. Just download awesome navbar and press pixel and install. That's it. For nougat it requires root, if ur on oreo beta it does not. (Only adb)
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I do not use substratum, I had tried a xposed module that did not work very well, so I had come to the point of wanting a flashable .zip like the old times on Nexus 6p. I will try substratum, thank you very much for the advice!

Theming the OOS Pie Navbar

Hello !
Just a simple question : Has anyone found a Substratum theme compatible with OOS 9, or any other way to theme the Navigation Bar (Three buttons mode) ? I'm looking for a way to change it to the old Nexus 4/5 navbar.
But until now, no luck !

Totone56 said:
Hello !
Just a simple question : Has anyone found a Substratum theme compatible with OOS 9, or any other way to theme the Navigation Bar (Three buttons mode) ? I'm looking for a way to change it to the old Nexus 4/5 navbar.
But until now, no luck !
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you can try to install xposed and see if there is any module for changing the navbar

omar2005 said:
you can try to install xposed and see if there is any module for changing the navbar
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Thought about this, but i'll try to stay away from Xposed (SafetyNet, stability, ect)

For navigation bar every substarum mod working fine. PLEASE CHECK substratum navigate

drzamajka said:
For navigation bar every substarum mod working fine. PLEASE CHECK substratum navigate
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Just checked it this morning, it works, but the buttons don't really scale properly, and whn you have a white navbar, the buttons don't turn black.
Btw, all themes do not work from what it looks like, a lot of themes are specified as "not working on Samsung Experience and OxygenOS".

I am using flux, flux white or vacoom and they work great

Bottom left substratum module works great on Samsung and oxygen

Totone56 said:
Hello !
Just a simple question : Has anyone found a Substratum theme compatible with OOS 9, or any other way to theme the Navigation Bar (Three buttons mode) ? I'm looking for a way to change it to the old Nexus 4/5 navbar.
But until now, no luck !
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You can use Vivid Navbars
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ami.vivid&hl=fr

Will try Vivid, sadly, doesn't have the old Nexus theme

omar2005 said:
you can try to install xposed and see if there is any module for changing the navbar
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Which xposed module ?

Try this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=custom.navbar.overlays

Switiz said:
Try this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=custom.navbar.overlays
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Pretty cool ! But I'm trying to get an old school Nexus navbar ...

Totone56 said:
Pretty cool ! But I'm trying to get an old school Nexus navbar ...
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It will be available in the next release. Can you send me a picture with the image you want ?

Switiz said:
It will be available in the next release. Can you send me a picture with the image you want ?
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Oh, that sounds nice ! What I'm trying to achieve is simply the good old Android stock navbar from 4.0 to 4.4, aka the Nexus Navbar !
Albeit, with the same button size as the current stock Lollipop through Pie navbar. The old one was really big.

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It will be available in the next release. Can you send me a picture with the image you want ?
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I'm talking about size because I bought your app, and it seems there is a problem regarding button size
Pictures for comparison between stock and "Pixel" home buttons

Working Substratum themes

I'm creating this so hopefully people who want to can share which Substratum theme they're using/used.
I'm running AOSP and so far have only used Flux. It's a great looking theme but would be interested in trying new ones.
If you choose to share be sure to include which rom you're running.
And if applicable please share any special directions. ***Someone just helped me apply a theme. The actual instructions were a little different than the one the app tells you to use.

I am already on OB32 and i have working since months the following themes:
- Swift black ( System and overall third party apps )
- PitchBlack ( Everything )
- Ozone ( Yep, even without updates i use this theme only for the quick settings rows of 5 )
- AOD Digit Customizer ( Works great for the ambien display, i changed the 1 number to blue )
- AospUI Black ( System and overall third party apps )
Those themes are the ones that i have on my substratum.
Have a great day

marqobazua said:
I am already on OB32 and i have working since months the following themes:
- Swift black ( System and overall third party apps )
- PitchBlack ( Everything )
- Ozone ( Yep, even without updates i use this theme only for the quick settings rows of 5 )
- AOD Digit Customizer ( Works great for the ambien display, i changed the 1 number to blue )
- AospUI Black ( System and overall third party apps )
Those themes are the ones that i have on my substratum.
Have a great day
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So this theme will work on stable OOS 9.0.6?
I will be needing Substratum & Andromeda Right?

sagar27691 said:
So this theme will work on stable OOS 9.0.6?
I will be needing Substratum & Andromeda Right?
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Yeap right now i am using those on 9.0.6 but with root ( Magisk ) I dont use andromeda, i was using andromeda on Oreo but i believe andromeda stopped working on PIE, i am not sure.

sagar27691 said:
So this theme will work on stable OOS 9.0.6?
I will be needing Substratum & Andromeda Right?
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no, Andromeda not supported in pie. You need to root your device in order to run substratum

Thank for the info. It is helpful. Otherwise I would have bricked my device.

is there anyway to make this work on non rooted?

hotland said:
is there anyway to make this work on non rooted?
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Noup, andromeda was the only way in oreo.. Actually magisk is amazing for Root i don't see any reason not to root right now.. I have magisk with working pokemon go, even my cellphone pays everything works great and awesome modules for magisk

Ok now I've tried Swift Black. Really nice looking dark theme. I'm still running Derpfest.
The usual install method-- click 'build and enable', wait for it to refresh (takes about a minute) then 'enable selected'.

Mono/Art
Nineteen
Outline
Ethereal
Edge
Fab
Alined

Skeptico said:
Mono/Art
Nineteen
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Ethereal
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Which ROM/ROMs did you apply these themes to?

Here's where it gets confusing to me.
Regardless of whether we're running stock, AOSP, Los etc. we all have to flash Oxygen OS firmware. Does this cause any conflicts?
Example-- if it says 'Oxygen OS not supported', but I'm running AOSP on my OP5T, does that mean the theme should work?

KLit75 said:
Here's where it gets confusing to me.
Regardless of whether we're running stock, AOSP, Los etc. we all have to flash Oxygen OS firmware. Does this cause any conflicts?
Example-- if it says 'Oxygen OS not supported', but I'm running AOSP on my OP5T, does that mean the theme should work?
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Yes, the themes should work. I've tried all of those themes on multiple roms, and they all work. Some are better supported than others, so there may be some icons that aren't themed, but overall they should work on any ROM aside from Oxygen OS.

Try Out new Theme
Free Dark Material OOS
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=oos.dark.material.free
and want to support and get more than 130+ overlays
Mod edit: Link to paid app removed

These seem to work well on 9.0.8, even navbar is themed, and QS tiles can be edited. We all know by now the wrong theme can soft-brick your device, but these are solid and worth the money and gotta support the devs
Aether - edits QS rows, columns, and changes position of the clock
Ethereal - is a dark theme with pastel colours, but themes navigation bar, so I'm only using add-ons that theme system icons, QS, status bar.
SwiftDark - provides dark theme to apps, white backgrounds are blinding.
AOD Customizer - Speaks for itself
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How about curve substratum, it doesnt work on 9.0.8

specialex said:
How about curve substratum, it doesnt work on 9.0.8
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From 9.0.5, Curve started soft-bricking device. I haven't tried it since.
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