Hello, I'm new to this site. I need help with substratum because it has recently become impossible to remove the overlays and when I try to do so they freeze and reboot the phone.
I am worried that this is due to having applied multiple swift dark and black themes and applying them without unaplying the other, confusing the list of what's themed and what's not. If tbats not how it works then I don't understand what could be causing this severe problem.
It is also important to mention that if I do not try to uninstall the overlays one by one, and I just use the phone as I normally would, nothing is effected performance size. I simply wish to uninstall substratum and everything to do with it on my device.
I am running it on a galaxy note 8.
If a factory reset would completley erase the problem I am willing to do that, but wanted to confirm with someone who knows what they are talking about first..
Thanks for any replies.
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I found a way to be actually able to have themes on CM7 without having widget locker lose all of the widgets on reboot. Its not exactly that nice and tidy but it does work perfectly.
What you do is actually uninstall the theme chooser after applying a theme and then after a reboot everything will be there on WL with nothing missing. If u need to change your theme you can just re-install ThemeChooser, apply your new theme and then take it out again.
As the TC is a system app you have to use an application capable of backing up - recovering system. Probably the best solution is Titanium Backup. It can create backups, uninstall and reinstall system applications.
Just download the theme you like, install it, apply it, uninstall Theme Chooser, and then do whatever you like with WL as your changes are gonna be permanent.
It's unlikely any solution/workaround aside from the actual patch that I have submitted to CyanogenMod and has been accepted and is included in the nightlies will resolve the issue completely and for everyone. There is a race condition that can be influenced by many things. If things happen in a certain order everything is fine, if not the system will deny non-Launcher apps (eg, WidgetLocker) from accessing Widgets.
Patch is here, but again it's included in recent nightlies.
http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#change,6381
What is the correct procedure to follow, as a user, after an actively applied theme is updated from the Play Store?
After downloading updates, Substratum pops up a notification saying that the resources were successfully updated. Is the new version fully applied at this point, or do I need to go back in to Substratum and rebuild / apply the theme after choosing all the options again? Some themes say that you should reboot after installing, is the reboot also required after updating?
Good question. What about updating substratum / Andromeda too?
There are some new users doing the rootless thing and it seems to handle things differently than the root methods so maybe a FAQ would be in order.
For example, when themed apps update they can be broken until the theme is fixed or reapplied. I got locked out of the phone app the other day because of this and that was a surprise.
Following to see as well. I'm rootless with Andromeda too.
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Following to see as well. I'm rootless with Andromeda too.
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Same. Just a guess but I'd uninstall everything, update, reboot, reconnect, reinstall all layers. Kind of fail safe, no?
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Probably a question I'd be asking soon so....just following the thread now.
bobby janow said:
Same. Just a guess but I'd uninstall everything, update, reboot, reconnect, reinstall all layers. Kind of fail safe, no?
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I'd think the same but hopefully someone visits here who knows for sure.
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Since going for the rootless method, I just received one update to Swift Black. I updated each layer 5 at a time like the description for that theme specifically states to do when installing. Also, Substratum said new version available for each one too prior to updating them all. Had a few app crashes in the process. Once they were all updated, I did a reboot and all looks fine. Even Twitter decided to update after the fact and it didn't affect the theme or app, I'm guessing large updates are what would cause the problems.
you'll need to reconnect to your computer, start Andromeda, and then build and update your themes
I've noticed there is a build and update option that you should use. Build and enable on something already themed seemed to break it and result in unthemed app. Recovery for that was remove theme from that app and start over. You'd think this would be fixed in the future to make it a little more easy to use. Substratum already knows there is a theme is on there and should auto select update.
I've been avoiding the Android system one, if you don't touch that you don't seem to need to reboot and can avoid tethering to reactivate Andromeda. Last time I touched that one it messed up notifications until I rebooted, but so far that's the only one I've noticed that REQUIRES a reboot.
Seeing things crash while updating is a little disturbing but I understand they need to be closed (out of memory) to update their resources on disk.
Starting to get a hang of it, it's less elegant than I would wish but looks great.
I've applied a theme on my Mate 8, and it seems to have caused a ton of mess.
First of all, can't access:
Themes
Settings
Literally, not sure how to apply another theme now.
Any suggestions?
Is there an app that can apply it's own theme without opening up the themes app, seems like this theme might brick my device, scared to even reset it.
Is there a way to remove the theme, reset it, change it somehow, without wiping the phone data? That'd be really helpful.
It seems that I can only theme system apps. WhatsApp, Google home, Google translate... Etc. stay as they are even though the theme is installed and active.
10.5.7.IN21BA
Magisk 20.4
No major issues with Swift Installer, here. But thing is, a certain app can't be themed until an update provides a proper overlay for it.
I'd stay away from substratum, however. One wrong move, such as an incompatible overlay, could be problematic. I've found that out the hard way.
Revenant Ghost said:
No major issues with Swift Installer, here. But thing is, a certain app can't be themed until an update provides a proper overlay for it.
I'd stay away from substratum, however. One wrong move, such as an incompatible overlay, could be problematic. I've found that out the hard way.
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Even when they're updated, user apps don't change for me. System apps like Google Chrome change theme just fine but user apps like Google translate don't.
Hey all, just wondering if anyone knows whether substratum does/will work on the new ultra? I'm coming off of a pixel 6 pro, which had root and the ability to run force dark mode on a per app basis. I'd love to be able to use something that doesn't require root to modify such things on this phone. I haven't had a Samsung phone since the s7 edge, so, I'm basically a noob for them.
You can try substrates lite with synergy. You may need to freeze theme services afterwards in order for it to stick. I think synergy automatically freezes theme store but services it definitely doesn't freeze. I haven't tried it yet but it might work. I believe hex works fine and doesn't freeze them and utilizes theme park instead. Shizuku is required of course. I haven't tried hex on this either though other than to change the font to Google sans which did work fine