Does anyone know how to change the notification bar colour from black to white?
Do you mean the regular emui notification bar? It adapts to the background image you set, so just set a brighter image or edit your current background to include a white bar at the top, though that would look a bit ugly.
If you mean the background when you pull the notification bar down, then you should have a look at custom emui themes, or even make your own somehow.
No i meant the actual expanded notification bar as the black doesn't work well with most apps and huawei uses black font as well when displaying notifs. I only think huawei themes work with stock launcher? And i use nova... Thanks anyway
I think the themes work everywhere, no matter what launcher (at least the notification bar part should). Not all themes include a modified notification bar though, so I think you could try one that definitely does change the notification bar and see it works for you in Nova launcher as well.
I'm attaching a theme I know for sure features a different notification bar for you to try. I also know it's terribly ugly but it's just for testing purposes, once you confirm that it does change the notification bar color for you, we could start disassembling the theme to only take out the interesting parts and adapt them to a different theme after changing the image from greenish to something more white-ish
PS. I had to change the extension to .zip for the board to accept the attachment, please change it to .hwt after you download it and move it into "/sdcard/HWThemes" so the theme manager can find it.
micechal said:
I think the themes work everywhere, no matter what launcher (at least the notification bar part should). Not all themes include a modified notification bar though, so I think you could try one that definitely does change the notification bar and see it works for you in Nova launcher as well.
I'm attaching a theme I know for sure features a different notification bar for you to try. I also know it's terribly ugly but it's just for testing purposes, once you confirm that it does change the notification bar color for you, we could start disassembling the theme to only take out the interesting parts and adapt them to a different theme after changing the image from greenish to something more white-ish
PS. I had to change the extension to .zip for the board to accept the attachment, please change it to .hwt after you download it and move it into "/sdcard/HWThemes" so the theme manager can find it.
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Thanks will try
Hi All,
I have been trying some themes for some time. They all have cons and pros. Sometimes, I love the lock screen of the theme but the icons are too dark or vice-versa. So, what I am curious is: Is there a way to use a theme's only lock screen along with my default theme or with any other theme? What I am trying to use is the lock screen of "sd-Black" theme.
Regards
Unfortunately, right now the themes are an "all or nothing" thing. It's been that way since the theme store launched sadly.
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Devhux said:
Unfortunately, right now the themes are an "all or nothing" thing. It's been that way since the theme store launched sadly.
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Sad to hear that. It would be nice to customize themes accordingly.
Thank you Devhux.
iso_9001 said:
Hi All,
I have been trying some themes for some time. They all have cons and pros. Sometimes, I love the lock screen of the theme but the icons are too dark or vice-versa. So, what I am curious is: Is there a way to use a theme's only lock screen along with my default theme or with any other theme? What I am trying to use is the lock screen of "sd-Black" theme.
Regards
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You can run a 3rd party launcher and then run an icon pack. However, you're still stuck with the notification area theme and the rest of the colors (ie - messaging app, menus, etc...).
I wanted a nice black background with very subdued clock and non-flashy icons for camera/phone on my lock screen. I also wanted nice black notification dropdown and black everything. Tried SD-black but the color on the clock for the lock screen killed it, for me. Turns out you can't mod your icons with icon packs with the default launcher. But by using Nova launcher, MINU black edition theme, and Candycons icon pack, my UI is how I want it, the lock screen is how I want it, and I use the icons I like.
You can always change the background on both home screen and lock screen, too. Regardless.
Str0ntium said:
You can run a 3rd party launcher and then run an icon pack. However, you're still stuck with the notification area theme and the rest of the colors (ie - messaging app, menus, etc...).
I wanted a nice black background with very subdued clock and non-flashy icons for camera/phone on my lock screen. I also wanted nice black notification dropdown and black everything. Tried SD-black but the color on the clock for the lock screen killed it, for me. Turns out you can't mod your icons with icon packs with the default launcher. But by using Nova launcher, MINU black edition theme, and Candycons icon pack, my UI is how I want it, the lock screen is how I want it, and I use the icons I like.
You can always change the background on both home screen and lock screen, too. Regardless.
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Thank you Str0ntium.
Actually, that lock screen is what I want But it turns out, I can't have it apart from the theme. I am using default theme and icons (I like them) but I changed the backgrounds with something dark.
Hello!
So, I have a hard time believing I'm the only one who hate the last update from for the S8, which basically removes the option for a black Navbar, and transparent navbar on the home screen when using 3rd party launchers like Nova.
I've seen many people not minding, but as for my self I am beyond hating it atm.. I can't be the only one?
How to you people get around this? For me personally hiding the navbar is so annoying.. So not an option?
And Navbar Apps doens't work all the time?
I'm not sure if there is something you can do with substratum?
Please?
leeswagger said:
Hello!
So, I have a hard time believing I'm the only one who hate the last update from for the S8, which basically removes the option for a black Navbar, and transparent navbar on the home screen when using 3rd party launchers like Nova.
I've seen many people not minding, but as for my self I am beyond hating it atm.. I can't be the only one?
How to you people get around this? For me personally hiding the navbar is so annoying.. So not an option?
And Navbar Apps doens't work all the time?
I'm not sure if there is something you can do with substratum?
Please?
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Just one point,
I am using Nova Prime and my home screen
is transparent (not hidden) Everywhere
on phone dialer , settings etc. it's transparent not hidden.
Your post refers to
"removes the option for a black Navbar, and transparent navbar on the home screen when using 3rd party launchers like Nova."
Yes, when I'm on Play store, XDA etc it's
white.
Look at my photos.
( Could not take screenshot of navbar)
leeswagger said:
Hello!
So, I have a hard time believing I'm the only one who hate the last update from for the S8, which basically removes the option for a black Navbar, and transparent navbar on the home screen when using 3rd party launchers like Nova.
I've seen many people not minding, but as for my self I am beyond hating it atm.. I can't be the only one?
How to you people get around this? For me personally hiding the navbar is so annoying.. So not an option?
And Navbar Apps doens't work all the time?
I'm not sure if there is something you can do with substratum?
Please?
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if youre themed the navbar reflects color of such, and btw, i never got any update that allows option to hide navbar. im on att. dont matter to me, i can hide all top and bottom or top or bottom only. manually, takes me 1 minute without app installed. i use abd. AUTOHIDES TOP OR BOTTOM. i got nova 5.3 beta and tesla and google now. everyone mentions update to hide it, but i never got such, just june security patch.
willcor said:
Just one point,
I am using Nova Prime and my home screen
is transparent (not hidden) Everywhere
on phone dialer , settings etc. it's transparent not hidden.
Your post refers to
"removes the option for a black Navbar, and transparent navbar on the home screen when using 3rd party launchers like Nova."
Yes, when I'm on Play store, XDA etc it's
white.
Look at my photos.
( Could not take screenshot of navbar)
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Hmm, I've just seen so many say that when using Nova their navbar is not transparent on the homescreen..
But that is great then.
As for the photos you attached, the navbar is black on both, how did you do that?
lostagain2day said:
if youre themed the navbar reflects color of such, and btw, i never got any update that allows option to hide navbar. im on att. dont matter to me, i can hide all top and bottom or top or bottom only. manually, takes me 1 minute without app installed. i use abd. AUTOHIDES TOP OR BOTTOM. i got nova 5.3 beta and tesla and google now. everyone mentions update to hide it, but i never got such, just june security patch.
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That is because Samsung is rolling the update to a certain amount of people at a time, you will get it eventually. And I can hide mine as well with Custom Navigation Bar, but I DON'T want it hidden.
leeswagger said:
Hello!
So, I have a hard time believing I'm the only one who hate the last update from for the S8, which basically removes the option for a black Navbar, and transparent navbar on the home screen when using 3rd party launchers like Nova.
I've seen many people not minding, but as for my self I am beyond hating it atm.. I can't be the only one?
How to you people get around this? For me personally hiding the navbar is so annoying.. So not an option?
And Navbar Apps doens't work all the time?
I'm not sure if there is something you can do with substratum?
Please?
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leeswagger said:
That is because Samsung is rolling the update to a certain amount of people at a time, you will get it eventually. And I can hide mine as well with Custom Navigation Bar, but I DON'T want it hidden.
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re-flash software back to prior version.
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re-flash software back to prior version.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAHqc3-QkPk
I like it. Having the nav bar hidden while in apps is pretty cool. When my preceding phone had a pink tint I used the black nav bar for a while and it annoyed me because it visually chopped up the display. Different strokes I guess.
leeswagger said:
Hmm, I've just seen so many say that when using Nova their navbar is not transparent on the homescreen..
But that is great then.
As for the photos you attached, the navbar is black on both, how did you do that?
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No,
navbar is not black, it's transparent.
The Samsung theme i use on device is
dark. Thus navbar looks black.
Look at my navbar configuration. (screenshots)
I choose an off white color. Then applied theme.
So on device (dialer, setting, homescreen etc)
it's transparent (when not hidden).
When i am on Play store, XDA etc it's the off white color.
BarryH_GEG said:
I like it. Having the nav bar hidden while in apps is pretty cool. When my preceding phone had a pink tint I used the black nav bar for a while and it annoyed me because it visually chopped up the display. Different strokes I guess.
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I do see why some might like it. I just want my navbar to be easily accessible at all times..
willcor said:
No,
navbar is not black, it's transparent.
The Samsung theme i use on device is
dark. Thus navbar looks black.
Look at my navbar configuration. (screenshots)
I choose an off white color. Then applied theme.
So on device (dialer, setting, homescreen etc)
it's transparent (when not hidden).
When i am on Play store, XDA etc it's the off white color.
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Oh okay.. I gotta say, I have everything I can themed black and having that white navbar would be so annoying.. ? Also the navbar buttons are white (or grey-ish) is most look so bad?
leeswagger said:
Oh okay.. I gotta say, I have everything I can themed black and having that white navbar would be so annoying.. ? Also the navbar buttons are white (or grey-ish) is most look so bad?
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Yes, it white, off white, pinkish , off pinkish etc.
Those colors you see is all you get.!
I'm sure Samsung had a good reason for this?
However on my device the off white is
only applied to other 3rd party apps. (off white)
Thus as stated before my device in general
is transparent. With dark Samsung theme it looks
black.
Plse note,
Just after O/S update, it showed originally all
over off white.
However after fiddling with
configuration and different color options,
Toggling navbar on off etc .
i found myself with transparent navbar.
Nb.
Your have to tap switch theme afterwards
If you don't then you navbar is off white in settings, etc
willcor said:
Yes, it white, off white, pinkish , off pinkish etc.
Those colors you see is all you get.!
I'm sure Samsung had a good reason for this?
However on my device the off white is
only applied to other 3rd party apps. (off white)
Thus as stated before my device in general
is transparent. With dark Samsung theme it looks
black.
Plse note,
Just after O/S update, it showed originally all
over off white.
However after fiddling with
configuration and different color options,
Toggling navbar on off etc .
i found myself with transparent navbar.
Nb.
Your have to tap switch theme afterwards
If you don't then you navbar is off white in settings, etc
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Yea I'm really not a fan of this change..
leeswagger said:
Yea I'm really not a fan of this change..
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The way i see it.
You either accept it and get use to it. Move on
or stay behind.? (O/s wise.)
I'm sure Samsung will change it later again.
For me, It does not worry me at all.
As long as my desktop navbar color
fits my wallpaper /theme.. I'm ok with it
Good luck
willcor said:
The way i see it.
You either accept it and get use to it. Move on
or stay behind.? (O/s wise.)
I'm sure Samsung will change it later again.
For me, It does not worry me at all.
As long as my desktop navbar color
fits my wallpaper /theme.. I'm ok with it
Good luck
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I agree with you. And I guess I will eventually have to take the update, atm I'm trying to get used to hiding the navbar..
But you said that on the homescreen (EVEN with nova launcher) it would be transparent right?
leeswagger said:
Hello!
So, I have a hard time believing I'm the only one who hate the last update from for the S8, which basically removes the option for a black Navbar, and transparent navbar on the home screen when using 3rd party launchers like Nova.
I've seen many people not minding, but as for my self I am beyond hating it atm.. I can't be the only one?
How to you people get around this? For me personally hiding the navbar is so annoying.. So not an option?
And Navbar Apps doens't work all the time?
I'm not sure if there is something you can do with substratum?
Please?
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you are not the only one.
PURFIT DESIGN said:
you are not the only one.
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Thats what I Thought
leeswagger said:
I agree with you. And I guess I will eventually have to take the update, atm I'm trying to get used to hiding the navbar..
But you said that on the home screen (EVEN with nova launcher) it would be transparent right?
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Yes, if you set it right in device /settings /display /navigation bar /.....
Choose/select ...color option and then tap the "apply current theme " switch .
You should have transparent navbar ( not hidden ) on homescreen /settings /dialer
Otherwise if you only select color and back out you will have white navbar etc on
device settings , dialer etc .
Note that on all 3rd party apps, its your selected white navbar .
According to me it's not such an big issues( navbar ) as some members make out to be .
good luck
I haven't owned a HTC prodiced phone since Nexus One and wanted to know if it's possible to theme the phone black, as in black settings, black dialer, black notification area, etc? Not a big fan of white background...
i would imagine so, HTC has a theme store with a ton of different options where you can pretty much change anything, icons, text, dialer/messages backgrounds etc...
No HTC theme system isn't as deep integrated like Samsung or LG. It won't theme the settings or the notification area. Dialer, message app etc can be theme through the theme store.
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JrWriter87 said:
No HTC theme system isn't as deep integrated like Samsung or LG. It won't theme the settings or the notification area. Dialer, message app etc can be theme through the theme store.
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This is correct. I received the phone today and I've found no evidence of being able to change notifications/dialer etc to black. In the theme store you can change wallpapers, icons, and some other things only.
Prot02018 said:
This is correct. I received the phone today and I've found no evidence of being able to change notifications/dialer etc to black. In the theme store you can change wallpapers, icons, and some other things only.
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You tried using substratum rootless option? Works on most phones which are running android 8.0 Oreo ?
I hope it will be possible. Just pre-ordered one. Would be nice if it's rootable and if skins can be bought for it. Hate cases...
I'm not sure if this equates to "broken" but after whatever recent update happened (maybe a gig update?), all my notification icons are all the same green blob and they aren't respective to their own app anymore.
I tried to clear the cache partition but no luck fixing. Any ideas how to get those regular icons back? (Image attached)
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It's by design. The notifications follow the Material U color if you apply it to Icons.
You wither don't apply the colors to the icons (when setting it via wallpaper and colors) or you apply it and get themed icons everywhere.
raul6 said:
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This was it, thank you! I had to uncheck the use color palette option in style