Just trying to get some ideas for how to get a stock android look/feel as much as possible on the S6 without rooting it.
Interested to try out the material design theme along with the google now launcher when it's available.
What do changes have you guys made for a stock look and feel on your S6?
In case you hadnt seen it, try this. http://www.xda-developers.com/stock-lollipop-theme-now-available-for-s6-theme-engine/
As above, that theme and the Google Now launcher should do the job
EDIT: Google Now launcher works, but it reverts to stock Samsung app icons
I use nova launcher and Material theme and its great! You can see here https://youtu.be/l0cLB1fPHOg
Plus these are my favourite 3 themes available if you decide for other look https://youtu.be/l0cLB1fPHOg
Vanilla Android Experience on Galaxy S6
Yes Google Now is the way to go and get the Material Theme form the Samsung Theme Store. It's performance s very good and has no noticeable Bugs.
I use the new Material theme from Samsung theme store, then use Nova Launcher (with lollipop animations/looks selected) and use a lollipop icon pack
Cool!
I've ended up going with the Google Now Launcher and the Material Design theme (although i want to use the Material Dark theme if/when it makes it into the theme store)
I managed to get a icon pack that worked with google now launcher - although it doesn't change the icons within the app draw unfortunately. Maybe i'll try look for another icon pack.
Gonna keep tweeking but at the moment very happy with the google now launcher and material design theme to give me that stock look/feel.
Action launcher looks exactly like Google now launcher but is more customizable and supports icon packs. it's got some pretty awesome features too
What would be nice is If you could change the status bar icons e.g. Singal, battery etc to AOSP icons.
Google now launcher + FlyingBlue theme + Simpler Dialer and Contacts
Laxo1 said:
Just trying to get some ideas for how to get a stock android look/feel as much as possible on the S6 without rooting it.
Interested to try out the material design theme along with the google now launcher when it's available.
What do changes have you guys made for a stock look and feel on your S6?
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nova launcher prime + mianogen icon pack on playstore
material theme by Cameron Bunch on samsung theme store
everything looks good for me
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Is anyone working on or have a themed TouchWiz Launcher? I like the TW launcher because it is lightweight and doesn't take up a lot of memory (even with the friends widget active). But it is not very customizable.
The only modified one I have seen is the Crush TW launcher which has a 5 icon dockbar, and I like it but it doesn't allow me to add the friends widget or set custom pictures for icons.
Can the normal TW launchers framework me modified through Ninja Morph, etc?
What are you looking for?
Just a Tw launcher with a 4 icon customizable dock that maybe allows folders and custom shortcuts. Maybe with dark themed touchwiz widgets. I thought something was out there...but am having trouble finding anything.
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Is anyone working on or have a themed TouchWiz Launcher? I like the TW launcher because it is lightweight and doesn't take up a lot of memory (even with the friends widget active). But it is not very customizable.
The only modified one I have seen is the Crush TW launcher which has a 5 icon dockbar, and I like it but it doesn't allow me to add the friends widget or set custom pictures for icons.
Can the normal TW launchers framework me modified through Ninja Morph, etc?
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The TeamCarbon Steel Blue theme has a blue themed touch wiz launcher that has a customizable dockbar. (I also use BetterCut to create my own customer app icons.)
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stelv said:
Just a Tw launcher with a 4 icon customizable dock that maybe allows folders and custom shortcuts. Maybe with dark themed touchwiz widgets. I thought something was out there...but am having trouble finding anything.
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Good day, find it a tad odd that you're having trouble getting the friends widget to work with my launcher, BuddiesNow should work, and nobody has reported any problems so far. If you're looking for dark themed touchwiz widgets, then it's not the launcher that's responsible for that, but the widgets themselves. I'd suggest the Vibrant's TW widgets, they're the darkest themed out of all of em, I have a modded Vibrant BuddiesNow in my thread. And as mentioned above, BetterCut can be used to edit some images, though from the TouchWizLauncher itself, only folders, the App Drawer icon, Google Search widget I think, and I guess the page dots are what can be changed.
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Good day, find it a tad odd that you're having trouble getting the friends widget to work with my launcher, BuddiesNow should work, and nobody has reported any problems so far. If you're looking for dark themed touchwiz widgets, then it's not the launcher that's responsible for that, but the widgets themselves. I'd suggest the Vibrant's TW widgets, they're the darkest themed out of all of em, I have a modded Vibrant BuddiesNow in my thread. And as mentioned above, BetterCut can be used to edit some images, though from the TouchWizLauncher itself, only folders, the App Drawer icon, Google Search widget I think, and I guess the page dots are what can be changed.
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Thank you for the advice and your work. I finally did get the TW widgets to work with your launcher. I had to push them into system/apps with root explorer before I pushed your launcher. Its all good now. I have been pushing items with root explorer because amend zips will not work with my edify CWR.
I am currently running the Miuiwiz Rom now, but I am going to use your launcher when I go back to Com Rom or EF. Thanks for the response.
I am currently using Go Launcher in order to get all the pretty, pretty themes. I wouldn't mind ditching GL if there were some app that would read a GL theme and apply the wallpaper and icons to Touchwiz. There's an app that will use GL icon packs but normally you don't find a GL theme's icons available in an icon pack. I can certainly copy the wallpapers from the theme files, that's no problem. There's an app that will (hit or miss) pull all the icons from a GL theme, but they aren't in a pack after pulling them out. Any advice on how I can accomplish what I'm interested in doing?
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I am currently using Go Launcher in order to get all the pretty, pretty themes. I wouldn't mind ditching GL if there were some app that would read a GL theme and apply the wallpaper and icons to Touchwiz. There's an app that will use GL icon packs but normally you don't find a GL theme's icons available in an icon pack. I can certainly copy the wallpapers from the theme files, that's no problem. There's an app that will (hit or miss) pull all the icons from a GL theme, but they aren't in a pack after pulling them out. Any advice on how I can accomplish what I'm interested in doing?
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The only way to use those themes are with the corresponding launcher.. Go, Apex, Nova. I've been using Nova for years & would never go back to touchwiz. If you're rooted you can install xposed framework to use a theme engine module, but I haven't seen any modules tested for the S5 yet.
I recently moved from a Nexus 5 to a Galaxy s6. Of course I wanted the pure android look so I installed the google now launcher and the material theme.
The problem I am having is the phone icon still shows the ugly green touchwiz icon as well as the touchwiz camera icon (don't know if that should change or not).
From the screenshots I see it looks like the phone dialer should change as well.
Any ideas?
The icons will not change with the Google Now Launcher. You will need a third party app to do that, or use a launcher like Nova.
The in-call UI will not be themed, but the dialer should before you actually place the call.
Let me know if you have more questions :good:
Install Nova Launcher and then install Moonshine iconpack.
Hi guys. Can anybody make theme that imitates new Google phone pixel launcher? I love its iconz and wallpapet as well as dock icons background. Thanks in advance.
Nova launcher can be tweaked to replicate it. There are guides online if you google it. I had it for awhile but since redesigned my home screen again... Yay nova!
theme request-googles pixel theme
You can now download the google pixel launcher it's available now
Hello,
If you just want a theme try this one: https://huaweiemuithemes.blogspot.com/2016/11/pixel-theme.html
Used Samsung's Themes to change Theme and Icons on TouchWiz Launcher (TWL). I installed Google Now Launcher (GNL) and noticed that it was used the themed icons, not stock Nougat, which kind of makes sense since I assume it does a full system icon overwrite, not just on the launcher. I found a good stock nougat pack and installed (all in Themes), but it didn't change GNL's icons. This also makes sense, since Themes should only work with TW Launcher. However, then why did the previous theme's icons appear in GNL?
When I change themes, it does not change icons in GNL, only TWL. I tried uninstalled GNL and changing themes/icons, then seeing if GNL would respond but it didn't. Any clue how I could get this to work? I've done a bit of force-closing, rebooting, app data clearing, but to no avail.
Alternatively, can someone recommend a flashable Nougat icon pack that will system-wide change the app icon?
Oh it looks like new apps are installed with the relevant icon. Wonder if I could clear the icon cache or something without dumping my entire cache.
Every Launcher have their own icons pack and these icons just for the default applications come with the rom instead of all the 3rd applications were installed into the rom. Samsung Theme just work with TW Launcher only, and if you have GNL been install on your device then find some Nougat icons pack for GNL on Play Store.
Example: I'm using Elegance UI Icons pack (on Play Store) for my Huawei Y6 with Theme engine and all work just fine here with all default icons look like Nougat icons.
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Every Launcher have their own icons pack and these icons just for the default applications come with the rom instead of all the 3rd applications were installed into the rom. Samsung Theme just work with TW Launcher only, and if you have GNL been install on your device then find some Nougat icons pack for GNL on Play Store.
Example: I'm using Elegance UI Icons pack (on Play Store) for my Huawei Y6 with Theme engine and all work just fine here with all default icons look like Nougat icons.
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GNL does not support icon theming, so the icons should not have been themed at all, but there were. Samsung does not follow Android standards and practices, there are many inherent issues to TouchWiz. One of them is in Theming. I found my exact issue and its resolution here. I just went into display and changed the rendered resolution then reverted it and my icons were changed. I'm not surprised that Samsung have not fixed it two version later.