So here it is, been meaning to do this for a while but I've been so busy....
First of all, the credits for the new lockscreen go to two people.
JDWME -- Came to me with the idea of building a lockscreen for a theme of his, and as a result JDWME pretty much designed the look of the lockscreen, meaning the layout. So if you like how it looks, you can thanks him for that. He is the designer, so to speak.
Stericson --- If JDWME is the designer then I am the Architect. I took the images from JDWME and the idea of what he wanted and built it. It took me well over a month to do this. I dont have alot of timke for Android with school, family, and work....so you may see why it took so long.... I also implemented features of my own such as the fade in and out animations and the settings panel.
JDWME will continue to have a large influence in this lockscreen design as I consider him to be a partner in all of this.
Others who have contributed to the lockscreen: MoonsSpoon (Text shadow, makes text stand out on lockscreen), Manup465 (suggested having two different images for the docks instead of one)
Moving on...
One of the most important things I want to point out is as follows: If you flash a theme with our lockscreen you wont be able to simply switch to another theme without the lockscreen without having to reflash a full update...
Why, do you ask?
Well, I'll tell ya....The themes that have our lockscreen have 4-5 files in theme for the lockscreen to work. These files include, Settings.apk, framework.jar, framework-res.apk, services.jar, and android.policy.jar.
Most other themes only contain, at most, framework-res.apk and services.jar. So when you flash this other theme without the lockscreen, my android.policy.jar is looking for things inside of framework-res.apk that are not there annnnnd you get a bunch of problems.
What can I do about this?
What you can do is pull these files out of the full update and flash them back to your phone is going back to a theme without our lockscreen. Then your issue will be resolved...just make sure you do this in recovery.
What else?
Until Cyan puts this in his build I cannot make this perfectly compatible with his build. Mostly because it is difficult to absolutely replicate his source. This means that the video controls not working, will remain that way until he officially releases the lockscreen in his build, which he has made announcements that he would but again it is his build and it is his choice whether or not he does so and when he will do so....
Anything Else?
If there are any other questions about the lockscreen or things you might think are occuring because of the new lockscreen, please post them here.
Also, I always, always update my twitter on things first. Its just the fastest way I can get information out to people. If you would like to know this information when it becomes available, please visit my twitter and follow me so you can be notified when these updates are made.
www.Twitter.com/Stericson
Lastly, In the next post, at a future date, I will share information on how to do some advanced tweaks/tricks to the lockscreen, mainly for theme devs who want to make it a bit more different.
Thanks for your support guys/gals,
Stericson
Source for the lockscreen can be found at: www.GitHub.com/Stericson
I support anyone building onto this project and advancing it in any way.
Made a video tutorial for Hex editing the lockscreen to change the font colors, check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h8kzHTp6fA (part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzMvVxtuZgk (Part 2)
Stericson
Thank you stericson, you've done so much for android theming. Can't wait to see what new features you will be adding!
Good work stericson. I appreciate everything you do.
If you are running 4.0.4 just pull services.jar, framework.jar, framework-res.apk, and android.policy.jar. All of these go into /system/framework. Also, pull settings.apk and put it into /system/app. then you should be good to go.
Also, it doesnt matter to me whos you use...Let me clarify, when I say JDWME was the designer I mean the icons being at the bottom, the clock and date being at the top, etc.
While other themers may theme it and make it look different, it will still retain JDWME's layout that he chose to use for the lockscreen.
Regards,
Stericson
I agree thank you so much!!!
This thread should be stickied since there are both themes with new lockscreens and themes without, and chances are people will flash without reading about what they're flashing. So it will be easier to point them to this thread and let them know what to do if they run into problems.
Thanks Stericson for all the awesome contributions since day 1! Great job on the lockscreen too.
Question n hopefully i don't get flamed since having to do with this lock screen. Has the music been fixed or is there already a thread talking about that, that i have missed? Sorry if there was
But yes like Prash said please sticky this
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Question n hopefully i don't get flamed since having to do with this lock screen. Has the music been fixed or is there already a thread talking about that, that i have missed? Sorry if there was
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The music hasn't been fixed, it still says "Music controller, work in progress!" I can't wait for the music control to happen, I've been longing for it for a while, as someone who uses his phone regularly (~3 hours a day) to listen to music. I even dabbled with Hero for the lock-screen music controls, but Hero was just far too slow.
And thanks Stericson for your hard work and opening this thread - I've been searching for a thread like this for a while.
Hello stericson!!for first,thanks you for all your great works!!!...but i have two questions:
1)the battery in the lock screen is moved to the left..what can i do for changing battery position??
2)the message icon in the lock screen is inactive..it is normal??
excuse for my english and thank you again!
im trying to use this in a theme but i cant get the t-mobile text on the pull down to turn white
Thanks Stericson! Love it! one quick question,
Do you know if this is regarding your lock screen or specific themes. When receiving calls it current stays on the lock screen so i am unable to see who is calling unless i press menu first. This is ok normally however is rather annoying when catching a call late and having to enter a call blind so to speak.
Thanks again and some more top work!
good work. I do have a concern though. There's a lot of files involved, and this kind of renders the lockscreen usable only for the framework version it was designed for, since further changes (or backwards compatibility) could pose a problem. Do you think it would be possible to have the android.policy instead call on a separate program and launch a custom lockscreen, making it, thus, slightly more modular. Cyanogen's builds are a moving target and, though his framework hasn't changed much lately, i do feel it's going to be useless once he gets more work into donut and abandons cupcake for good.
iCe87 said:
Hello stericson!!for first,thanks you for all your great works!!!...but i have two questions:
1)the battery in the lock screen is moved to the left..what can i do for changing battery position??
2)the message icon in the lock screen is inactive..it is normal??
excuse for my english and thank you again!
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I need screenshots of your battery position...In the newest updates the battery should always be centered, make sure you have the newest updates...
The last icon, undetermined yet what it will be, is inactive.
As for the problem with the lockscreen not unlocking when a call comes in, this is not a lockscreen problem, rather it is a problem with my status bar mod. I believe I may have found a bug in Googles code....Still looking into it...
Also, this will still be good for donut. Cyan is going to implement this into his source and it will be available on all builds there on. As for making a custom app for the lockscreen, calling a method in android.policy.jar... It would still require changes being made to these files which would have to be done on every rom, and it would still be rom specific...so it wouldnt solve anything...I have provided my source so this can be put into other builds....
Stericson
Do to your tough schedule do you expect another month or so for the music control and the undecided icon to be updated
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im trying to use this in a theme but i cant get the t-mobile text on the pull down to turn white
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Have you tried the colorChange.jar thread? I use that everytime an update comes out with the files from the lockscreen and have not had an issue
I can't say...I'm sorry...this is why I made the source available...maybe someone could do it faster then me?
Stericson
Curiosity. What would happen if theme was changed to 1 that doesn't contain this lockscreen?
bruce_wayne said:
Curiosity. What would happen if theme was changed to 1 that doesn't contain this lockscreen?
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if you did this without flashing the ROM in between, then you're in for quite a number of FCs from multiple programs
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I need screenshots of your battery position...In the newest updates the battery should always be centered, make sure you have the newest updates...
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thanks you for the answer...in this screenshot u can see the battery position and the sms icon (that appears decentralized)
thanks again..
Related
All new Mélange 1.0
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New version with Stericson's lock screen:
New!All versions to be found here
If you're a Google Wave-er, try this:
Code:
with:public mélange for cyanogenmod
*** Warning: This theme contains themed versions of Google apps, so if you would like to be able to revert to stock 1.6, be sure to make a Nandroid backup (or backup individual APKs) ***
Icons for some Market apps:
ChompSMS
Hi MSN
StreamFurious
Twidroid (or other Twitter clients)
Blank icon background
Thanks to all of XDA - noone mentioned, noone forgotten. You have all in some way contributed, willingly or not!
But I can't help but mention Cyanogen, Irrenhaus, Ohsaka, Stericson and jonnybueno
/Mats
looks good
good job.
more screenshot pls.
Nice job on the theme man. I've been using the Smorg theme for awhile, and now SmorgWhite. I like what you've done with this. Really like the icons also. I'll try to flash this right now and see how I like it. I'll give you some feedback when I'm done.
Alright I downloaded the .zip file for the theme. When I went to flash it for whatever reason it wouldnt' let me. kept giving me a failure notice. I'm not sure why it did that. Deleted the file and tried to download it again. STILL not able to finish the entire flash. HELP!!!
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Alright I downloaded the .zip file for the theme. When I went to flash it for whatever reason it wouldnt' let me. kept giving me a failure notice. I'm not sure why it did that. Deleted the file and tried to download it again. STILL not able to finish the entire flash. HELP!!!
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Yeah, I tried to flash this too. I don't think you signed it correctly. During the flash, it aborts saying something about IM apk failure.
Nice looking theme though. I love the icons. Hope you can fix the issue bro
this is my favorite looking theme but i'm getting an error when i try to flash
Verifying update package...
E:Wrong digest:
system/app/ImProvider.apk
E:Verification failed
Installation aborted.
love the fact that it's very B/W and the new icons are hot. would like to have voice search still but i can deal without it.
would be cool to keep the status bar icons from smorg 1.8 to keep the true B/W feel going.
beautiful theme, thanks for the contribution, hope i can get it on my G1 soon.
Darn! Worked on my phone. I'll check out what's wrong.
Edit: Resigned, and test installed on my own phone. Worked. Please report if it still doesn't work on your device. (Replaced original browser with new browser while I was at it)
/Mats
thanks alot bro. i'm gonna test it now
lol, sorry bro. you fiddle with one thing, seems something else doesn't want to work. and i think your phone runs fine with it because whatever is missing in the update is already on your phone so it doesn't ve any issues. maybe if u do a clean wipe or ext3 wipe and then flash your theme you'll see the error which is:
E: Wrong digest:
system/app/Browser.apk
E: Verification failed
Installation aborted.
I assume it's issues with the icons after you changed them or something because the last issue was IMprovider.apk and now it's Browser.apk
Thanks for the heads up. I'll give it another go.
/Mats
New version up.
This time, I wiped, flashed CyanogenMod 4.0.2, Flashed Melange 0.9.2, pulled out SD card and rebooted. Worked. Keeping my fingers crossed it'll work on Your phone too.
/Mats
hey bro thanks alot for working on this. it works! ...keep up the good work- just a suggestion if you'll take it--- the theme could use a few touch ups where the icons are in the notification bar (they seem to be surrounded a little bit by rough black edges from what i am seeing. thanks.
No need to thank me - I should thank you for volunteering as guinea pig.
If I'm to publish this, (besides just using it on my own phone) I'd better make sure it's at least possible to make it run on someone elses phone
Yeah, I know about those status bar icons.
When I started off with this, I had the intention of making them with a slight bevel around. Didn't turn out all that well, so some are beveled (or surrounded a little bit by rough black edges as you so eloquently put it! ), and some are just with transparent backgrounds. Now that I made app icons, I think I'll try to get the status bar icons to match too.
/Mats
sounds awesome. keep up the great work. you're one of the few guys who bothered to skin the icons and to me that makes a huge difference on how great the g1 can look. i wasn't feeling the smorg icons but i loved the smorg theme, so i tried using the bettercut method but that took forever to appoint random icons, and it also slowed my phone down. you've pretty much done what i wanted for my phone, so thanks bro. i'll be looking forward to your updates if you keep it up.
now it's time for me to sleeeeeeep
yay it works
i feel the same way as opasha. i like the smorg theme but wasn't a fan of the icons and when i tried to change them with better cut but my phone started to get choppy, the icons you created are beautiful.
i did manage to keep voice search/dialer. not sure how exactly, i flashed over smorg without flashing back to the unskinned CM 4.0.2, maybe that had something to do with it. keep up the good work and truly a wonderful theme, thanks for sharing.
Alright so I was able to finally flash this theme. So far so good. I noticed the "bevel" effect on the notification bar, but really not that big of a deal. VERY hard to see unless you're looking for it. LOVE the icons as well. Which theme are those from, or did you do them ALL yourself? either way Imma run this theme for a little while and I'll give you some feedback and suggestions later today. Any ideas on the horizon? One thing I did notice is that the keyboard is different....which makes sense. The transparent one of Smorg is SICK. All the initial checks are good, be back later with a full report
Thank you for helping me - Really appreciate it.
Plans are enhanced browser (no zoom buttons), icons for all default apps (and keep the ones i don't need/want/use in the update), nicer status bar icons.
In fact I am now running a version with new browser and new status bar icons - but I'm reluctant to release it to the World after this mornings (my time) debacle.
If you'd like to be my crash test dummy, you can try 094 here
Thank you!
/Mats
0.9.4 is working perfectly for me. wow, this is everything i want in a theme. thank you so much. can't wait to see what's next
edit: one thing that would be neat is to replace the notification icons to match the rest of the theme
JimmyJayCEO said:
LOVE the icons as well. Which theme are those from, or did you do them ALL yourself?
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Icon background is my own. very simple with 2 gradients in a rounded rectangle actually.
The actual icons are mostly by a guy/gal by the "name" of chrfb on DeviantArt. A few apps I didn't find anything matching for, so I had to come up with something myself, like Super User.
riddimmaster said:
edit: one thing that would be neat is to replace the notification icons to match the rest of the theme
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Thought I had! What icons specifically? And in what way don't they fit the rest of the theme?
Thank you for your feedback
/Mats
ing about the
I was talking about the gmail notification icon, it's the default one, unless something messed up when I was flashing.
Hello friends! Thanks for checking out my theme so far.
This is a Themed version of S-Blur 1.071
Few things first:
Thank you Search Button!
Thank you shafty023 for running the farthest with Blur so far, and providing the best Blur ROM in the game.
Also thank you to whomever is involved in the development of this Blur ROM(I dont know all of you, or all of you involved)
All credit for this theme goes to ALL the legit developers here at XDA. Without them none of us n00bs would have such cool things to play with on our G1/MT3g!
Ok, on to the next...
A couple disclaimers:
If you are here, I assume you know how to flash your phone, if not check my first thank you.
This is a FULL ROM!
I do not know how to make a update.zip that includes /data/app_s.
I tried and failed. Any pointers please send them my way.
So in order for this theme to work you must wipe/fix/...
I edited no apks/widgets in this theme, just framework and blurhome.
If you have been here before you will notice things are different, halfway thru my original concept i decided to change things. I'm not sure why I did, but this is more fun anyways.
So without further ado here are some screenshots. I love constructive criticism, so post any thoughts you may have.
As far as the "phone" & "happenings" buttons are concerned, I edited them 5000 different ways, I know they are .9. but I have edited those before without this much frustration. I think(purely speculation) that "blur" purposely "blurs" the buttons...im going to keep messing with them though to fix their somewhat "off" look...
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Music and Search widget need some work yet, and the msg widget and happenings widgets need some tweaking also..
I truly love this ROM, or Blur for that matter, and I should probably just go get a Cliq, but I also love my G1 too much. I believe that once all the bugs are worked out of this ROM, it will replace hero, unless of course the 2.0 update hits hero...who knows, just my opinion anyways.
*So please enjoy this Theme, and stay tuned as I will be updating it as I go along. I'm going to be changing the icons and i'm starting to work on the widgets tonight.
I will be hosting this file on my Dropbox, I have downloaded many things from Dropbox on my phone, so it should work just fine from your phone. As far as speed is concerned, it should be just fine. They provide a great service. If someone would like to host it some where else feel free.
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Changelog - v0.02
*Added Clock Widget
*Notification Pull Bar
*Search/Music Widgets
*Msg/Happenings Widget
Coming
*Tweaks to images, I'm not happy with some of them.
*Icons
*Notification Icons(maybe)
*Notification Bar
*Happenings Card/News Card(the card that opens when you tap the happenings/news widgets)
*Weather Widget
*And anything else I can find to Mario Out...
Is this for cm 4.2.4?
nyctrini3 said:
Is this for cm 4.2.4?
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ok, glad i answer b4 anyone else flames u.....this is a blur rom[themed already] so its technically 4 blur
bump for massive changes...new route for the theme..thanks.
Can you send me just the update-script from this?
I can probably get it to flash app_s properly
here is the original that came with this rom...and now looking at it, i think i know where i screwed up my own update.zip tests...i was using the script from stericsons empty zip...hmmm...i was using "data/app_s"...but i see in this one its "sd/app_s"...ima try this...
but let me know what you can do and thnx in advance...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1550010/update-script
ya sd/app_s should work
you can also make another folder app_s
and do
copy_dir PACKAGE:app_s SYSTEM:app_s
since its symlinked it should work
(right now im really sleepy....something may be wrong in there
WOW
this theme looks sick cant wait to see it finished
B-man007 said:
ya sd/app_s should work
you can also make another folder app_s
and do
copy_dir PACKAGE:app_s SYSTEM:app_s
since its symlinked it should work
(right now im really sleepy....something may be wrong in there
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thnx for the response on this, but im not sure wth i am doing wrong...
here is my zip layout:
META-INF
framework/framework-res.apk
app/AlarmClock.apk BlurHome.apk
update script:
copy_dir PACKAGE:framework SYSTEM:framework
copy_dir PACKAGE:app SYSTEM:app
I have signed properly. but it always fails with "error at line 1"
i have renamed the app folder numerous times, and repackaged the app apks so many different ways..
ex: data/app, sd/app_s, app_s/app_s...etc
when i make those changes i change the script accordingly..but it always fails, framework changes work flawlessly..idk...
when i look at the original script, it appears to me that the app_s apks get moved into the system/app folder...but I am still learning these processes..am I reading it wrong?
@g1junky - thanks for the kind words...i have more updates coming..
ex: clock/happenings widget/msg widget/notification bar/icons/music/search...
i just want to get the update.zip working proper b4 i update..so stay tuned...
and thnx in advance to anyone who can help me with this issue..
My boyfriend, who is more in the demographic of most of the people on this forum than I, thinks this theme is awesome.
But more importantly I love it. It matches my text tone.
Good job.
randombvr said:
My boyfriend, who is more in the demographic of most of the people on this forum than I, thinks this theme is awesome.
But more importantly I love it. It matches my text tone.
Good job.
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Thank you! Im glad you both like it...I will be adding more updates to it later today...i added a fun clock that im sure you will enjoy, among other things..
bump for updates.
Damn this rom is good.
I really love this rom, I was wandering if there is any blur rom with everything on it etc... Bluetooth, Wifi, Wireless tether? Or if someone could fix it on this rom I did knotice a thread in the Dream development someone found a way to make the wifi work so hopefully future updates will have it if they dont already. Does anyone know of a rom like what I just described?
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I really love this rom, I was wandering if there is any blur rom with everything on it etc... Bluetooth, Wifi, Wireless tether? Or if someone could fix it on this rom I did knotice a thread in the Dream development someone found a way to make the wifi work so hopefully future updates will have it if they dont already. Does anyone know of a rom like what I just described?
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there isnt yet, but the great Devs we have here are working on it...all in due time...I will continue to update this theme as the rom itself updates...
Hello everyone,
Back in the CM-4.0.2 days, I briefly used the HTC Hero 1.5.0 theme from tehseano.
I have now taken bits and pieces of it, and updated it for CM-4.2.12.2.
Please note that this replaces the classes.dex file in services.jar. This theme may cause problems with any other version of CM, and may not work with any other ROM. If in doubt DO NOT apply the services.jar subtheme.
If you would like the Power Control Widget theme in the screenshots, it is located here.
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Thanks to tehseano for the initial theme.
EDIT:
I forgot to make it clear that this theme can only be applied with MetaMorph.apk
Edit: Increased version for 4.2.12.2
In the future, themed music widget, themed calendar widget, and some fixed icons are coming. Please bear with me, it is near the end of the semester, and I am working full time, and going to school full time.
4.2.11.1 has re-vamped dialer icons.
The Power Control widget theme is now included.
Music Widget is now included also.
I have not forgotten about those that want a Dwang's ROM port, I am looking into it.
I am also going to work on a version to be flashed over Stericson's Lock.
Hopefully the next release will also include themed music/calendar/search widgets.
Sorry about the gap in updates... The holidays are a hectic time.
Dang it.
Apparently 4.2.6 made some changes to the Phone.apk images... it will look a little off until I can rework the images. You could just skip that sub-theme until then.
m0zes,
are the highlights green or orange selecting icons or in search and browser?
i love the power widget, hope that you addressed music and search widget accordingly.
My time in the notifications is still black, any suggestions?
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My time in the notifications is still black, any suggestions?
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It sounds as if you did not apply the services.jar sub-theme. I probably should have mentioned this earlier, but the reason I have to use that piece is because those colors (for date and time) are hardcoded in the classes.dex file. I wish there were a better work around, but this is the best I can do for the moment.
shtuka said:
m0zes,
are the highlights green or orange selecting icons or in search and browser?
i love the power widget, hope that you addressed music and search widget accordingly.
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Hilights are supposed to be green with this theme.
I will fix the music widget in my next release, and update a couple of the browser icons. (Browser highlights correctly, but the colors are off on two of the icons)
m0zes said:
It sounds as if you did not apply the services.jar sub-theme. I probably should have mentioned this earlier, but the reason I have to use that piece is because those colors (for date and time) are hardcoded in the classes.dex file. I wish there were a better work around, but this is the best I can do for the moment.
Hilights are supposed to be green with this theme.
I will fix the music widget in my next release, and update a couple of the browser icons. (Browser highlights correctly, but the colors are off on two of the icons)
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I like the theme helped me out on my morphs on how to get ther .jar files working....love the power widget! please theme the music widget so it can look similar
keep up the great work
Wow, I Always Preferred The Hero Themes, Just A Suggestion; Can You Port This To Dwang's Rom
Thank You And Keep Up The Great Work
what's the name of the topmost widget? The one with wifi/bt etc toggle?
tristan202 said:
what's the name of the topmost widget? The one with wifi/bt etc toggle?
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That is the "Power Control Widget" (Part of Donut, themed with this.)
Sorry I don't have an update for 4.2.7.1 yet, guys. Full time work and School hasn't left me with much time as finals are coming up. I am going to try and have an update this weekend.
I'll also look into posting a theme for Dwang's ROM.
Great work, it makes me love my G1 all the more.
Even with the small issues with clock and dialer, this is a fantastic Morph!
School > Making our G1's pretty. Finals week incoming.
Edit:Failed at reading whole thread first.
4.2.7.1 is posted. I am hard at work attempting to theme the music/search/calendar widgets and fixing a couple of images that aren't of the quality I would like.
I have fixed the dialer bug in this release.
Thanks for the update. I've been patiently waiting on it....
ive never used metamorph before but is it supposed to take forever on "framework"
it was taking to long and it kinda of killed home to the point where I had to unlock my sim card.So i exited out of the program and everything seems to be running fine except all my widgets were not loaded.
should I try again and let it finish?
J.a.M said:
ive never used metamorph before but is it supposed to take forever on "framework"
it was taking to long and it kinda of killed home to the point where I had to unlock my sim card.So i exited out of the program and everything seems to be running fine except all my widgets were not loaded.
should I try again and let it finish?
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framework-res should take 30-45 seconds (maybe more with the latest MetaMorph update)
Widgets are notorious for needing to be re-added after theming. You should delete them and re-add them.
I am also replacing a decent number of icons in the Home screen, so Home will generally need to be reloaded afterward.
Not to mention the fact that any changes to framework-res should be followed by a reboot .
m0zes said:
framework-res should take 30-45 seconds (maybe more with the latest MetaMorph update)
Widgets are notorious for needing to be re-added after theming. You should delete them and re-add them.
I am also replacing a decent number of icons in the Home screen, so Home will generally need to be reloaded afterward.
Not to mention the fact that any changes to framework-res should be followed by a reboot .
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yea I ended up doing that
I "morphed" framework and the other last one separate and rebooted.I dont know what it does but everything is working so Im happy.
I was looking for a hero theme for the longest on 4.2.7.1 so thanks
Everything worked out fine with the install. I started to leave my job last night and turned on my bluetooth headset. It would not connect at all. I was thinking to myself, "This guy is taken this hero s*** too far. No working bluetooth!!!" I just rebooted my phone and the bt connected again, LOL! Other then that BT prob, everything is working just fine. Thanks again for your work.
SG_Shadow said:
Everything worked out fine with the install. I started to leave my job last night and turned on my bluetooth headset. It would not connect at all. I was thinking to myself, "This guy is taken this hero s*** too far. No working bluetooth!!!" I just rebooted my phone and the bt connected again, LOL! Other then that BT prob, everything is working just fine. Thanks again for your work.
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Heheh, maybe I could try that for the next version
I may be able to get it to nuke a driver somewhere...
I have a question, can I delete the files the theme creates?
I have 700 images now on my phone and going into gallery to look at my pics and wallpapers is like going through a jungle.
@m0zes:
You should put a .nomedia file in your morphs, that would solve the issue with the images showing up in the gallery.
You can take the file from other morphs cause it's universal and contains no data.
I am currently working on two themes to commemorate the Tron Legacy movie coming out in December: "Encom" and "Tron Legacy". Progress is slowly and regularly being made, and themed components are finally starting to roll out for testing. If your up to it please download the latest release files and let me know what you think, or let me know any problems you run into.
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3|26|2010: Initial concept put together.
3|30|2010: Design for launcher completed; Morph soon to follow.
4|09|2010: Finished Launcher
Download:
Tron Encom Advanced Launcher ANY Rom (advanced launcher app auto installs if not there)
[URL="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5702285/tron-encom-AdvancedLauncher.zip"]Download[/URL]
Boot image influenced by Encom member badges. I want to put out a thanks to Euchre for setting me on the right path for the new launcher bar.
TRON LEGACY:
Code:
3|26|2010: Initial concept put together.
3|29|2010: Trial morph of launcher built. [URL="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5702285/tron-legacy.zip"]Here[/URL]
3|30|2010: Two versions of status bar created for review.
3|31|2010: Minor updates for a more complete metamorph of current progress.
Download:
Tron Legacy CM 4.2.15.1 (for standard launcher app)
[URL="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5702285/tron-legacy_v.2.zip"]Download[/URL]
Tron Legacy Advanced 4.2.15.1 (for advanced launcher app*auto install if not there)
[URL="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5702285/tron-legacy-advanced_v.2.zip"]Download[/URL]
Known Issues:
Launcher tray background needs to be black. Must figure out how to change.
Image deviance on launcher graphics between normal state, and delete states.
Clock/Date still in black font. Must figure out how to change to white.
I am really liking how this one is coming together. The launcher bar matches with the wallpaper so well, and what I have done as far as the status bar has promise too.
So lemme know your opinions and recommendations, and I will do my best to make some quality theme for all of us. Just keep in mind this is my first attempt at theming (though I have done a lil bit of graphic work in the past).
Also, here are the wallpapers I am including with the themes. Encom's has been cropped from the remote access to Hardington's desktop. Legacy's was taken from a movie poster. (One with text added, and one without)
View attachment 299495
*Wallpaper and Encom trademark is property of its respective owners (Disney and 42 Entertainment) with editing and modification by me.*
*Remember to always do a nandroid backup before any major changes*
Just added pics. lol fail on me. Tried linking pics from tinypic, but didn't even think to use built in image attachment.
Just added a second theme to pair with the first. Lemme know what you think.
tron FTW but make the screens show your home screen or something
Each theme is currently showing the photoshop mockup of my homescreen. Much more work is required before this hits my actual phone.
i sir support the development of this theme
Damn yeah, i'd love to see how far this get.
Mya adw.one theme started as "tron theme" in my mind... but it ended in a very different concept... so if you manage to get the tron feeling, i'll definately be using/supporting it.
If i can be of any help, just pm me or tweet me!
Thanks for the offers. Once I get more into the technical part of making the theme I'll keep you all in mind. Hopefully I'll be able to pick up most of the knowledge I need from the forums, and other tutorials around, but it is always nice having some friendly backup.
Put up a test of the launcher for metamorph. Eventually want to do this for advanced launcher since this is what I use normally, but I was running into some issues with signing. For some reason my computer is giving me trouble with this. But that is a hurdle for another day.
Remaining issues:
Need to figure out what file to modify in order to change the launcher tray background to match the black launcher.
In normal state the middle bottom bar is hidden, but all other states is visible? Lost on this one. Exact same file, just different colors. It appears that the normal state is stretching just taller than the others as well. (this is visible since the bars are taller on this state)
Anyways, let me know what you think.
Two versions of the status bar are available in the original post. A two-tone black bar, and a grid bar to match the wallpaper.
I'm having a tough fight over the choice of these. The two-tone is nice and simplistic, but the grid just looks cool.
Issues: Clock/Date still in black font. Must figure out how to change.
Tron Legacy:
I have just posted updated metamorph files in the main post. This update merges the status bar, launcher, and wallpapers into one morph.
You have the option to choose between stock launcher, and advanced launcher. If advanced launcher is not found it will be automatically installed for you.
There are still some minor tweaks I want to do for these files to clean things up, but I consider this release to be the first step towards a usable theme. Give her a spin, and let me know what you think.
will this work on my nexus one?
Just wondering...
Im using the CaNNoN Eclair 2.1 rom for the htc magic, however after applying this theme using MetaMorph, I just get fc's after rebooting from MetaMorph.
Am I missing something? lol. Maybe this isn't for 2.1 just yet...?
This appears to be an oversight by me. Appologize for this. This is my first theme, and didn't realize what specific parts would make a theme be usable by only one rom build. I am building this rom based on my G1's CM 4.2.15.1. Once I have a complete rom built I will look into seeing what I have to do to port this for other roms.
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This appears to be an oversight by me. Appologize for this. This is my first theme, and didn't realize what specific parts would make a theme be usable by only one rom build. I am building this rom based on my G1's CM 4.2.15.1. Once I have a complete rom built I will look into seeing what I have to do to port this for other roms.
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Ah! No worries. I thought I missed a step somewhere! haha...
sorry for nooby question.. im a noob!
but does my hero need to be rooted to install this theme?
and does CM 4.2.15.1 mean Cyanogen Mod?
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sorry for nooby question.. im a noob!
but does my hero need to be rooted to install this theme?
and does CM 4.2.15.1 mean Cyanogen Mod?
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Yes, and Yes. You need root to use custom roms such as cyanogen mod, as well as to run apps like metamorph.
On a side note, I am half tempted to break the files back up into individual morphs. That way the parts that aren't locked into an individual rom can be used by anyone. *at least until I can get a full theme created. I'm really not worried about whether people use my whole theme, or just parts of it to their liking. Might as well make things easier on people. I've been real busy with school lately, coming up on finals so haven't had the chance to do much with the theme. Hope to get back to working on it soon.
Alright I finally did some more work on this. Finished the Encom Launcher, and upped for your use. Came out real clean and professional looking. Let me know what you think. Have a Link in main post.
Will be posting the regular launcher for Encom soon.
Figured out a few more things about how the launcher files work and didn't run into the problems I ran into with the Legacy launcher. Because of this I am going to be going back and fixing those issues on the Legacy launcher next so I can check that off the list.
cracksmurf said:
Alright I finally did some more work on this. Finished the Encom Launcher, and upped for your use. Came out real clean and professional looking. Let me know what you think. Have a Link in main post.
Will be posting the regular launcher for Encom soon.
Figured out a few more things about how the launcher files work and didn't run into the problems I ran into with the Legacy launcher. Because of this I am going to be going back and fixing those issues on the Legacy launcher next so I can check that off the list.
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good job with this. I sent you a pm the other day. check it out.
Thanks for the info eessel. Will help getting my services.jar made for the status bar.
// Completed tweaking + Updated for Floyo 1.2.0 december 13. //
blueMAGNUM
Awesome, Floyo 1.2.0 is out!!!
Haven't flashed it yet, but I'm sure it's gonna be my ROM for the upcoming months! And I just finished with the finishing touches of my theme, so I created the version for 1.2.0 as fast as I could . Haven't flashed it yet, but I assume everything works 100%! If not: let me know!
Changes since previous release:
- updated for floyo 1.2.0.
- changed / tweaked the last few icons/pics in framework-res [3G data icons now consistent with H] and settings.apk
- Removed the custom font, default is nice enough right
- Brought back the lockscreen 'bars' [instead of the dots]c
- updated the browser
- Removed old Latin_IME, googlequicksearch, googlevoice, gmail, market and maps update from the original Elegant Steel update. I think the changes don't add that much, don't have the time to properly port them
- Changed the wallpaper (I like the grungy-blue, looks sweet with transparent widgets ;-))
- Added docks and a few icons for launchers
- Added (I think ) transparent geniewidget
- Added optional HTC_IME.apk (themed of course, thanks to the online kitchen)
- Just added a themed Launcherpro 0.8.2. in the extra zip: black transparent widget header, the default docks (glass, froyo wide) are blueMagnum'ed + icons are made black.
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A very quick thanks to ("inspirational") sources:
* Erasmux: thnx for your dedication on Floyo + kernels + ....!
* Downloading themes and ports from MattedBlues, Elegant Steel, Galaxy S theme and more (Black Sun) have been a great help (and waste of my valuable study-time ).
* APKManager and UpdateZipPackager: Still fantastic scripts; thnx!
* Token; cheers for the icons mate; still looking gorgeous.
* And many other great themers, develloppers or contributers from XDA .
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--> Download the update.zip from my dropbox over here:
http://bit.ly/gl9DOv <--
And if you agree with my color(blind) choices:
the corresponding CyanogenMod XML-Themefile is attached with the extra's in the following zip:
http://bit.ly/fhqCWQ
Ow nearly forgot; this is how she looks by now:
And eh, that should be it!
Hope you guys enjoy it (if so, click the thanks button over here, it's just nice to know ),
and let me know if there's anything wrong (or right of course) !
Fantastic theme, good work on the port. This theme actually converted me to the floyo ROM
- Very professionally done with the zip package / installation instructions & themed apk's.
However, for some reason I can't seem to get LatinIME.apk working. Have had to revert back to the default LatinIME.apk shipped with the ROM. When replacing with the themed APK it automatically defaulted to the HTC keyboard, even when long pressing it didn't show as an option for input method.
Any chance you could post some screenshots of the themed apps please?
Really nice!
I also ported this theme with token icons for froyd villain and cronos rom
long time ago!
Very nice wallpaper,too.But any chance to get this without the text labels
so I can use at other ROMs?
Doesn't even install on my floyo 1.01 rom. Copied on to SD card, from recovery screen, install .zip reports error, will not install?
i tested it and would use it, if the batteryindicator would not be so much higher in vspace then the rest....it looks not "elegancy" also i do not like the 3G...it is to big...an elegant H would be nice. after these mods i would LUV it!
but the rest is promising!
Hi, thanks for the very nice work.
One comment though: In the notification pulldown screen the words are in blue. Very nice as long as you are not outside with bright light or direct sunlight.
Can you modify this to a better contrast with the black / transparent background?
Good work
Gonna flash it soon, hope it doesn't has any problems anymore
Anyways, the theme looks gorgeous
Thanks for you work
Hey! Thanks for the response guys!
So, first of all, I'm going to keep this really short, since I already typed pretty much everything, but a few minutes ago my pc crashed, doesn't boot my windows OS anymore, even the win7 repair disc, that performed miracles before, is clueless... So that sucks... I still have my mac OS running, but leaves me powerless concerning all android stuff.
- The zip file that wouldn't even install --> Did you notice that the filename of the download ended with Unzip_Me? Did you unzip it ? Can't think of something else that could be wrong.
- thanks for the warning about the latin_ime! I'll write a line about it in the first post. But all the separated apps I never installed on my phone; unknown territory I'm afraid. (I am so jealous about people from the USA though begin able to use google voice :/...)
- Wallpaper: sure, changed the default, will be added to first post somewhere tonight. 2nd one is too much copy paste, so I suggest to take a look in the credits for inspiration
- 3G icons: see attachment to this post, are that the icons you mean? Could be better, indeed... if you modify them and send them back I can easily put them in if my pc is working again... But I'm afraid PC (and a LOT of other stuff) will be having priority for the upcoming weeks.
- Battery percentage: Hahaha, I remember that I used to see the imperfect alignment , I got quite used to it. Problem is that the text(alignment) must be coded somewhere, and I have no idea how to change that. I was just looking at the clockwork mods to see how those work, perhaps one of those can be implemented and re-colored... But that was the moment of my pc-crash .
- Readability and contrast: You can change those colors yourself easily! go to
> cyanogenmod settings, user interface, notification blabla, item title color
> cyanogenmod settings, user interface, date and provider, provider PLMN title color (or something like that)
and then pick a color you like. fffffff will give you nicely readable white btw, but that felt so plain to me . (and if your settings look nice and add to the theme: save the xml and post it here !
So ehmz, that should be it. I'll let you guys know when I'm up and running again, I think I will eventually change the 3G thingy at least .
Thx for cleaned Steel wallpaper.
To change notification color,clock color,custom statusbar
you can use this tutorial:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/5659-cm6-stable-cm-theme-editor-and-editing-adw-pngs/
Ganii said:
Thx for cleaned Steel wallpaper.
To change notification color,clock color,custom statusbar
you can use this tutorial:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/5659-cm6-stable-cm-theme-editor-and-editing-adw-pngs/
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Thanks! I thought of putting that link there, but didn't quite feel like it after the crash... And I just installed the cleaned wally that I made on your request and noticed the androids head was spinning through the launchbar ... So I cleaned it up and added one more version (my favorite )
And it's bluesteel, not steel ... Has a whole different meaning; google it or take a look over here: http://j.mp/bewareofbluesteel (uhuh, the true source of inspiration )
Great theme. I love it.
Using your theme, and it's a keeper.
Agreed with some points already mentionned
- Need more contrast when curtain down
- 3G icon is too close (it's even touching em) to the arrows
Otherwise, love your work (and others you gave credits)
RushaPoiL said:
Using your theme, and it's a keeper.
Agreed with some points already mentionned
- Need more contrast when curtain down
- 3G icon is too close (it's even touching em) to the arrows
Otherwise, love your work (and others you gave credits)
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Yeah, with the 3G (and 2G) icons i already saw an idea somewhere else that I want to adapt to this theme. Still though, no working windows installation , no option to make nice apk's to push or update.zip's to flash...
And the contrast: have you fiddled with color values? For readability white will do the trick, but that's so... common... A second color could be readable as well, but that would be too busy right?!
cant install stripped aps
hi
i am not alowed to install any of the apps, int wont install., it just telling me, that th app was not installed, what am i doing wrong?
Hmmz, shall I ask you if you have read the document with instructions that came with it (although I have a good sense of the direction of your answer )? Or shall I play nice since it's sunday... Ok ok, I'll play nice
So, probably the apps are already installed on your phone, but then in the /system/app folder. The standard method of installation is not able to overwrite programs over there. Therefore you need to push the apps to the system/app folder via ADB, via Android Commander (my pick, easiest), or you could use a rooted file manager on your phone.
(http://androidcommander.com/)
i have read the pdf
Hi
I have read the pdf file,
i used root explore to copy the .apk files to the system/app folder.
But still i have no camara on my phone.
/Kwan112
Am loving this theme - again, it converted me to using the ROM! Thanks for your hard work - and in the spirit of "bluesteel" - when are you going to unleash Magnum on us? lol it's really really good looking....
On reading the guide thingy: somewhere in the description /modifications you can find me mumbling something about camera & latin__ime not working :/... Hope to be able to fix it in the next release.
and in the spirit of "bluesteel" - when are you going to unleash Magnum on us? lol it's really really good looking....
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Nice! I guess when 'we' are ready to handle it's awesomeness ? It's gonna take 2 or 2,5 weeks I guess:
- At the moment I'm at the point where I've given up on my old windows installation, I'll reinstall everything this weekend so I'm able to do stuff again.
- Then I have a few icons to remake, 3G things and re-do a few color inconsistencies.
- Then take a look at the apps that are currently not working, (at least the camera) and the settings.apk (for the in-call settings), see if I'm able to fix those or skin the original ones. [my knowledge is just lacking a bit of depth... I would like to be able to make sense of the xml's, but can't find a comprehensible tutorial on it]
- Consider bringing in a customized Circular Batterymod. but again, there is a bit of a gap in knowledge here
- And add perhaps one or two skinned apps i like ...
Ok, so maybe a month or so ... Would be nice to have a Floyo 1.1 to release it for !
how come i still get icons instead of words on the dock? sorry. kinda new to all this. how can i fix this? thanks.
i have copied the striped apk files to system/app with root explorer but now them apps wont load i have ap2sd enabled if that has anything to do with it please help cos now i have now cam or genie widget ect...