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NOTE: This will work with *ANY* rom/theme. As long as you can get MetaMorph running, its should work.
To flash simply put BlurAnimations.zip into the "AndroidThemes" directory on your sdcard, then go into terminal type the following:
Code:
su
mm.sh -i
Then follow the prompt. Select #2, then select the BlurAnimation.zip file, then once its done press 1 to select the frameworks-apk and hit enter to flash.
REBOOT is necessary after this.
Find out more info at the MetaMorph thread.
For those that have no clue what the Blur animations are:
-When you hit 'menu' key, it 'bounces' up and down before snapping into place.
-When you open or close apps, it zooms in and zooms out of the app image.
Before you needed to flash a theme that included these in order to use them. Now you can flash these on top of the default rom theme, or on top of ANY of your favorite themes.
To go back to defaults, simply flash your rom or theme back again.
(Technical info if anyone is interested: Blur animations reside in frameworks.apk in res/anim/ folder, there are about 45 files that you can pull and drop into any themes/roms and it'll work, this just does that job very very easily for you)
If anyone wants to do a little animation video/gif of this in action, please give me the link to post as example.
It only works on ASOP roms, not hero correct?
If metamorph works on hero roms (I'm not sure, try installing it) this should work on any rom as well. All it does is replaces files in frameworks.apk>res>anim which hero roms have as well.
Its better to do a nandroid backup before you run it though, just to be safe :]
This would probably work in hero roms, but not entirely sure, Just do a nandroid before testing.
Also, Awesome idea Prash, Blur animations on any rom without having to flash a theme, very nice.
Stericson
Thanks Prash,
Just wanted to let you know this worked great for my magic with the gchrome theme (gChrome-0.3.8-CY4.2-LS.zip). No FC's as reported in MM thread.
Not working in Rogers Mod :-(
Prash - I was trying to do this in "Enomther's Rogers Mod v1.9.1" and it says:
ERROR: The theme control file says that we are looking for the dir framework-res within /sdcard/AndroidThemes/BlurAnimations but it could not be found! Invalid theme.
I tried both options 1 and 2 (full theme / theme of my choice) - it is giving the above error when trying to apply the Sub Theme step :-(
venkatarc1982 said:
Prash - I was trying to do this in "Enomther's Rogers Mod v1.9.1" and it says:
ERROR: The theme control file says that we are looking for the dir framework-res within /sdcard/AndroidThemes/BlurAnimations but it could not be found! Invalid theme.
I tried both options 1 and 2 (full theme / theme of my choice) - it is giving the above error when trying to apply the Sub Theme step :-(
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Could you try again with the latest mm.sh files? I just tried the blur animations and it work fine. I'm sure even that rom has a frameworks-res directory, i usually do option 2, then pick the right file, then hit enter to apply.
Very cool, yet simple theme. Im lovin this new system for themes
prash said:
Could you try again with the latest mm.sh files? I just tried the blur animations and it work fine. I'm sure even that rom has a frameworks-res directory, i usually do option 2, then pick the right file, then hit enter to apply.
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Tried twice or thrice but ended up with the same error. Requested the frameqork-res.apk from enomther so that I can push it to the ROM to get the blur animations...
Not sure whether it is the issue with the ROM (since I ran it sucessfully in Cyan 4.3.2.1)
the blur animations work on hero. I am not sure if this method works on hero though, i would imagine since it is the same exact directory.
good job. works on dwang 1.13 on mt3g.
re-updated this but it doesn't work for the nexus for some reason only the bouncing part i tried everything even tried my own through searching..
Works just great on Cyanogen's 5.07 Test3 Rom for the Dream/Sapphire.
Very happy with it as on this Rom the animation style was "slide" instead of "zoom", and the latter is wayyyy cooler
So thanks! This makes my whole phone-experience much nicer
Works just great on Cyanogen's 5.07 Test3 Rom for the Dream/Sapphire.
Very happy with it as on this Rom the animation style was "slide" instead of "zoom", and the latter is wayyyy cooler
So thanks! This makes my whole phone-experience much nicer
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No problem glad I can help still trying to figure out how to make this work for Android 2.1 phones.
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I am using an Android 2.1 phone...
[Edit] Got to admit: while applying this theme the telephone reboots by itself (during the update). After booting up all works fine though. Just applied the new DarkStar theme which removed the blur-effect so after flashing that theme I Metamorphed this Blur morph again, phone rebooted, and works well yet again (Cyanogen 5 Test3 + hotfix + DarkStar 2 + Blur anims + Cloverdale's Blackbar + overclock kernel = phone heaven)
A Christmas theme was requested so I ported my Open Home theme. This is for the G1 and MyTouch. The MetaMorph files are for Android 1.6 ROMs, not for Hero ROMs
The base of this is my Ice Crystals theme.
To give credit where credit is due:
The calendar widget right now is from sir*mez's M_Blend.
Thanks as always goes to:
beagz - For all the help with the themes
Stericson - For making so much possible
JesusFreke - The Original
Haykuro - A lot of great ROM work
Cyaongen - Great ROM's
Manup465 - So many great themes and the transparent folders
brandenk - a great tutorial
jbourque - black gloss popup
LatinSilEighty - black gloss keyboard which I made the white ones from
jonnybueno - black framework from Smorg
Sir*Mez- Calendar Widget
I have not made a Boot Screen yet, so it is the Boot Screen from my Ice Crystals theme
Read This First:
Code:
Before applying the MetaMorph, Flash the White Notifications[/B]
Screens:
Boot Screen:
Download Links:
White Notifications:
White Notifications - Download the one for your ROM and flash before applying the MetaMorph http://www.jbthemes.com/index.php?p=1_34
I moved them all to one page on my site instead of having to update 10 threads every time there is a new ROM
Theme:
MetaMoprh APK - http://www.jbthemes.com/web_documents/root_themes/metamorph/Christmas-MM-apkv2.zip
MetaMorph Script - http://www.jbthemes.com/web_documents/root_themes/metamorph/Christmas-theme-v2.zip
wow, this is nice! how's the status bar look on the actual device? can you clearly make out the time?
merry christmas everybody!
jcarrz1 said:
wow, this is nice! how's the status bar look on the actual device? can you clearly make out the time?
merry christmas everybody!
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I didn't flash the white notifications before taking the screen shots., but if you flash that before apply the MetaMorph it will change your clock and the notifications to white, for example:
Any chance you can point in the direction of the info needed to create open home themes I would love to be able to spit out a few of those. I have searched but I can never find a template for open home or did you just use an existing apk.
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Any chance you can point in the direction of the info needed to create open home themes I would love to be able to spit out a few of those. I have searched but I can never find a template for open home or did you just use an existing apk.
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http://code.google.com/p/betterandroid/
jairomeo said:
http://code.google.com/p/betterandroid/
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Thank You
The white notifications for 4.2.8 are now in the OP
v2 is now out with a Boot Screen
I placed the White Notifications for 4.2.8.1 in the OP. If you apply the full MetaMorph, remove the Contacts.apk from Cyan's update, place it in your sdk/tools directory and push it to your phone. I have not redone all the dialers yet for the eclair dialer.
Code:
cd your-sdk-location
cd tools
adb remount
adb push Contacts.apk /system/app
this is my first time using metamorph, so it may just be me being a noob...when i apply christmas-theme-v2 it just gives an error for each part of the theme and doesn't apply anything. i am using the latest cm rom 4.2.8.1.
i tried applying Christmas-MM-apkv2.zip and it ran, then it rebooted and started force closing everything and kept rebooting.
am i doing something wrong here?
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this is my first time using metamorph, so it may just be me being a noob...when i apply christmas-theme-v2 it just gives an error for each part of the theme and doesn't apply anything. i am using the latest cm rom 4.2.8.1.
i tried applying Christmas-MM-apkv2.zip and it ran, then it rebooted and started force closing everything and kept rebooting.
am i doing something wrong here?
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Well the first one without the MM in the name is meant for the script version that's why that one didnt work. For the fact that after you ran the version meant for the apk version and it did that, well thats not normal lol
Reboot into the console and run fix_persmissions, most likely something just happened when you applied it.
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Well the first one without the MM in the name is meant for the script version that's why that one didnt work. For the fact that after you ran the version meant for the apk version and it did that, well thats not normal lol
Reboot into the console and run fix_persmissions, most likely something just happened when you applied it.
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mkay, trying that now
well it was doing the same thing, so i was going to reflash the cm update and i noticed my SD card was full...doh! so i cleared that off, replaced the theme, and we'll see what happens now.
yup, it was my card being full. sorry to bug you, guess it's time to upgrade from that 1gb card that came with the phone
merry christmas!
ole_rascal said:
yup, it was my card being full. sorry to bug you, guess it's time to upgrade from that 1gb card that came with the phone
merry christmas!
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So it worked after you cleared off some of your card then?
well it worked once. i cleared space off the card, then i unzipped and replaced the theme, then applied it and it worked. then i realized that i didn't do the white notifications, so i flashed that and then tried again, i've tried 3 times and it gets to the framework portion and chunks. it never completes. i've let it run for over an hour. so i dunno if it's something with my phone now or what.
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well it worked once. i cleared space off the card, then i unzipped and replaced the theme, then applied it and it worked. then i realized that i didn't do the white notifications, so i flashed that and then tried again, i've tried 3 times and it gets to the framework portion and chunks. it never completes. i've let it run for over an hour. so i dunno if it's something with my phone now or what.
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Remove the unzipped folder and then do pick theme and let it unzip and just do the framework then
jairomeo said:
Remove the unzipped folder and then do pick theme and let it unzip and just do the framework then
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tried this and still no dice...
the last thing i see in logcat from MetaMorph is always:
I/MetaMorph( 1509): Executing [rm -r /system/framework/framework-res]
I/MetaMorph( 1509): Executing [rm -r /system/framework/framework-res] os.flush()
so it looks like it's failing to remove something, so it never gets to putting the new images in. probably why the system becomes unstable afterwards...
If I have time, Ill port it to 4.2.9.1 as an update.zip
white notifcations
hey i flashed the white notifcation zip but when i try to boot it just goes to a black screen after the boot screen. so idk if i did something wrong or if there is something wrong with the zip. hit me back text or pm. cell # 850 221 9779
I was trying to look for a way to change the sense flip clock from white with black letters to black with white letters. I'm coming from WM6.5 phones so android sense themes are different to me. I'm running the Liberated Froyo w/ sense ROM right now. I was looking at something like this, but not sure if it would work.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-4...mes-mods-more-2-1-playground.html#post1766858
I'm completely new to Android scene as a whole, but I think I understand enough of the basics to try and help you out here. I compared the image sizes between the link you posted and the original HTC Clock Widget on the Aria, and the linked clock's are larger.
I went through and resized all the images to the Aria's, and tried to make it look as close as I could to their theme. I attached a thumbnail of what I ended up with.
I included the altered HtcClockWidget.apk to this post, which you'll need to push to /system/app/ in Recovery (that's what I did it anyways). Hopefully this is what you're looking for. [I didn't change the preview thumbnail, so it won't look any different within the widget itself until you actually place it on a homescreen.]
That's exactly what I'm looking for! Thanks! I tried to push it in recovery and after I rebooted, the clock widget is gone and now I have a 0.0dip widget that fails to load when I try to load it. Is it because I'm using a different rom?
Hmm, that's strange. I am also using the FR001 Liberated Froyo with Sense.
When you went into Recovery, did you mount /system/ from the partitions menu and then push the file?
I'm not really sure why it wouldn't work. I'll attach a stock copy of HtcClockWidget.apk for you to push back just in case you can't get it working.
Yeah I went into recovery, mounted the /system, pushed the apk in /system/app/, then rebooted. weird might be because i'm using FR003 deodexed I'm guessing?
Actually I just reflashed to FR005 deodexed now and pulled the apk from it. maybe this can help?
The only thing I can think might be wrong is that I'm not using deodexed (I honestly don't really even get the different between the two)? Anyways, I altered the apk you just posted from 005, so hopefully this time it'll work.
I just pushed that latest file and it finally worked. Much thanks! I guess the first one can be used for standard and the last one you posted can be used for deodexed.
btw I read this thread to find out about what deodexed was
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709630
Awesome, glad it worked. Thanks for the link!
So I rooted an android device for the first time and decided to try out the Das BAMF remix 1.6.2 and im noticing that it doesnt look quite like the screenshots. For example, I have a 4 bar signal strength indicator and the tool bar is missing from the notifications pull down. Is there something I'm missing? A setting I need to enable?
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So I rooted an android device for the first time and decided to try out the Das BAMF remix 1.6.2 and im noticing that it doesnt look quite like the screenshots. For example, I have a 4 bar signal strength indicator and the tool bar is missing from the notifications pull down. Is there something I'm missing? A setting I need to enable?
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First off, you said Android phone...is it a Thunderbolt? If so, then start over and download 1.6.1 full Rom. Then flash the add-on zip 1.6.2, I'm pretty sure 1.6.2 was just an added zip to the full Rom?
If its not a Tbolt then it won't work.
Yes, it the HTC thunderbolt. Hmm, Maybe I don't actually have 1.6.2 installed then. Under software information the build is "1.13.605.7_Das_BAMF_1.6-Remix.
I also don't have any more than the original three power options. So for example, when I hold down the power button, I don't see "hibernate", "silent mode", etc.
Being new to this I'm not even sure what I should be searching for. Is there a good site that explains all this stuff?
You really need to go the Das bamf 1.6.1 thread and follow all the instructions. This IS the place to be to learn everything you need. I would download the Rom again and do a wipe before installing. If you use Rom manager it will give you the option.
My advise is to read as much as possible! Saves time in the long run.
I agree totally wipe in clockwork and then flash the 1.6 bamf. Then boot set up phone with accounts and what not.
Backup.
Flash 1.6.1.
If that doesn't work then try the Remix. I like that one a bit better.
Did you just flash the 1.6.2 patch only? If so, you didn't really install the ROM, just a patch. Install 1.6 remix, then the patch. Should fix your issue.
Thunderbolt «» das BAMF Remix
No thats the weird thing. I followed the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1027804
I rooted, then installed ROM manager and created a backup.
...copied the BAMF remix 1.6 to the SD
...loaded ROM Manager and installed BAMF Remix from zip
...rebooted and everything ran great except it didnt look the same
I can change CPU speeds inside the DasBAMF toolkit. I also have the DasBAMF Dusk skin. It DID change my battery symbol and charging animations. It also added a few utility apps like Titanium Backup. Other than that I can't see or notice and differences really except my toolbar in the notifications menu is gone completely.
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No thats the weird thing. I followed the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1027804
I rooted, then installed ROM manager and created a backup.
...copied the BAMF remix 1.6 to the SD
...loaded ROM Manager and installed BAMF Remix from zip
...rebooted and everything ran great except it didnt look the same
I can change CPU speeds inside the DasBAMF toolkit. I also have the DasBAMF Dusk skin. It DID change my battery symbol and charging animations. It also added a few utility apps like Titanium Backup. Other than that I can't see or notice and differences really except my toolbar in the notifications menu is gone completely.
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When you say toolbar in the notifications menu what do you mean exactly? Are you talking about the recent apps list? If so that is removed from DasBAMF...
I'm not exactly sure what it would be called. If you look at the far screenshot on the right, at the top of the screen inside the notifications pull down, there is a panel of options for toggling things like gps, bluetooth, etc. Is that an additional mod I need to install?
Did you verify the checksum of the ZIP file before you flashed it. I had this issue with 1.5 when I flashed a corrupt download.
There is probably an app someplace that will check the md5 if the .zip is still on your SD card or since you said the toolkit is installed you can fire up the terminal.
In the terminal:
change directories to the SD card
Code:
cd sdcard
if you didn't put the ROM on the root, find out where it is
Code:
find -name dasbamf_1.6nte.zip
use the results of the find to locate the .zip
for example if you put the ROM in a directory named BAMF then you would calculate the checksum like
Code:
md5sum BAMF/dasbamf_1.6nte.zip
if it is on the root then just use
Code:
md5sum dasbamf_1.6nte.zip
repeat for the patch and against what is listed in the DasBAMF thread.
I checked all the md5sums and all looks well. Could it have been anything with the root method? I followed this guide for rooting: http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...he-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-its-bootloader/
I'm going to back everything up and clear everything out, then try flashing remix again.
I tried some other roms(twisted sense, bolt of photons, virusrom) and they were all like this. The roms flashed fine, but then I'd never get the 6 bar signal strength indicator as well as some other mods.
Those are the same instructions I followed to root.
You didn't mention it, but did you install the new radio? It is linked in the 1.5 section of the BAMF Remix thread.
I don't think you have any option other than to try again. I would try booting into recovery and manually cleaning up data, cache and dalvik and then install from the .zip.
I would also allow the phone to boot all the way up after flashing the 1.6 rom and then rebooting it again and making sure that 1.6 took before applying any patches.
No, I didn't install the new radio. I guess that wasn't included in the 1.6 ROM? Maybe I'm confused on the fundamentals of these roms. Should I install 1.5, install the radio update. Then move to 1.6, etc?
I tried a fresh install of 1.6 to no avail. Same result as always. Its not that big of an issue that I have these features, I just want to know what it is that I'm not doing/doing wrong so I can not screw something up in the future.
I'm also new to android and having this same issue. Followed the same guide to root. I did remix 1.6.1 through the ROM Manager right after rooting and I don't have the additional power options, controls on notification pulldown, or the 6-bar signal. Tried doing ThunderROM and also have the same thing.
Aha! Interesting clue here. When I lose service and it shows me as 0 bars, it displays the 6 bar indicator! But then once I have service again it goes back to 4 bars indicator. Very mysterious...
Just flashed das bamf nte from Rom manager and that got everything working. Haven't gone back to remix to see if that works now too.
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA App
I had the exact same issue with my phone until today. I rebooted in Recovery and did a full wipe to factory settings. After that was complete I installed the Das Bamf Rom from my SD card and voila, the Power Control widget was working and the extended reboot list. I previously tried installing through ROM Manager with the same results, so perhaps you'll have the same luck as I did trying this method.
I'm having issues as well. I am trying to change my battery meter and the drop down menu, but it says operation aborted.
I thought all you were supposed to do was download the file, change the name to update.zip, then go rom manager and install it through there.
Btw, these are the files I am trying to flash..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043589
Edit, I'm running BAMF Stripped 1.1
I rooted for the first time this past week as well. Using BAMF. I found it best to start with going into recovery mode and installing the ROM or updates from the SDcard in recovery mode after wiping all the cache. This seems to make sure that all the changes take place. BTW 1.6.3 remix runs awsome.
I ran into the issue's of power bar not being there as well as the 3rd (right) drawer not using the setting I applied. The single strength bars were still default as well. After following the process of recovery mode everything is set and working as it should.
After I heared that Faryaab stopp Devs for now (I hope he will come back) I tried to make his Build ([ROM][05 APR 11][F1 CyanogenMod 7 V1][EXT2]) to CMW.
I tried it by trial and error.
I used a normal CWM ROM, and replaced the system folder with that of the EXT2 one. There are almost same files in there exept the bin folder. First I used these files from the EXT2 build (CM7 V1) and after that these files of the CWM build (CM6.1 V1).
I booted these ROMs but the Animation never stops, so I decided to remove the animation files (I hoped to see the current code for debbuging) but there was only a black screen, but it continued to the "Desktop" of android but only the statusbar is visible and I can pop it up. But that was it.
Maybe Someone could help me solving this problem (because it's the fastes build here).
Here is the file without boot animation, so you can see the problem
Download
check this, got it from neopeek, saying it has sme work to do to make it work, =)
http://hotfile.com/dl/121453498/1d6eb9f/CM7Final-Developer.zip.html