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- Settings and custom sliders
- How-to create a theme [UPDATE SOON]
- Future updates and wishes
The thread is full of answers and questions. If you do a quick search you might find the answer you were looking for. If you can't
find it, don't hesitate to ask. There are other users here willing to help you. Feel free to comment in this thread or send me a PM
if you feel the thread needs an update on any of the steps.
After initial setup you can personalize your settings some more. The first thing you're going to wanna edit is the Layout
- The grid size: If you're familiar with LauncherPro or ADW you should know that grid sizes determines how the screen will look.
WidgetLocker allows for up to 10x10 grid. Try it out and see what you like best. The grid size also changes the way themes look.
You can think of it like changing your density, unless you use the anchor. It will automatically resize the theme to the appropriate
size. It doesn't work in landscape mode, though.
- The wallpaper: The issue is that the system can only have one wallpaper and it's shared globally. So WidgetLocker's custom
wallpapers are just images that WidgetLocker displays as a background. The best fix for this might be for WidgetLocker to let you select
a file, using gallery or astro or whatever, and then have WidgetLocker do the cropping itself. This way it gets the actual image and can still
crop it or scale it down (sanely) to avoid using so much memory, but can be done without banding. If you want to do it manually in the mean
time and are rooted you can replace WidgetLocker's /data/data/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker/files/wallpaper.png with your own. Just make
sure the resolution matches your phones. Then disable/reenable WidgetLocker to get it to reload.
- Installing a custom slider: Since WidgetLocker 2.0 custom themes are supported and come in the .wltheme.zip format. This means you can
open it and your phone will prompt you to Install and Add the theme. The themes are saved on your SD card (/data/com.widgetlocker.teslacoilsw/themes).
You can also copy the theme.wltheme.zip to the folder on your SD card. Naturally the theme will be unavailable once your SD card is mounted to a
computer or something similar. It will return to normal once you unmount it again. You add the themes you've installed by longpressing the screen and
choose Custom Slider. There you can do even further settings, like slide from right to left. If not you simply press "Add".
- Advanced settings: You can use Root Helper to avoid seeing the standard Android lockscreen if you have root. This is not something the developer of
WidgetLocker can do anything about. Check the information found in the application regarding root and standard lockscreen. An alternative is downloading
NoLock from the Market. If you've got root and a custom ROM loaded you can probably disable the lockscreen under Power Settings.
1) Create a new document.
The height of the slider is 150 - but we're going to add two extra pixels. WidgetLocker uses _3.png which allows for up and downsizing of the sliders. That means the
themes can be used with basically any device, ranging from HTC Wildfire to the Motorola Xoom. It's still not a hundred percent - but it's a hell of a lot better than the
old way of theming. More on _3.png in the next step
2) The black pixel (_3.png)
As you can see in the image below I've added a 1x1 pixel on the very top of my image. You can either zoom in a couple of times or create a smallest box you possibly
can in full view. The pixel has to be 1x1 if not it'll be shown in the theme. Which doesn't look good. In the picture below I'm zoomed in at 200 % (I think).
Continue making your design.
3) The slider
The actual size of the slider you can change around just as much as the background. I usually go with the same height, that way aligning the slider and background seems
easier. This is pretty self explanatory, see the below image.
Continue making your design.
This is what you want your themes folder to look like. The slider_right is fully transparent. There's no need to actually make it transparent. If your background doesn't contain
any text you can include a second arrow (like above) but the other way so other users can choose themselves if the want to slide left or right. (Protip)
Then finally .zip the themes-folder!
[ COMMENT YOUR WISHES AND AND I'LL ADD THEM HERE! ]
Email between zHk3R and [email protected]
Themes:
The image heights don't allow sliders to appear on the very bottom of screen. This goes especially for the iphone themes. The slider
and background height don't look the same height no matter what I try in Photoshop. There are other users that are reporting this; Is it a user issue
or something that should be addressed?
It's my fault for poor examples and documentation, but can be handled by themers. I should've made the default iPhone background 152px tall so themers
would know to keep that, but didn't. Themes assume HDPI, so one standard slider row is 150px tall. Three Patch images have the 1 pixel border on all sides,
so a 152px tall background will perfectly fill out one standard row. WidgetLocker will scale/stretch the image if the row size is different. I've attached an ugly
iPhone theme to demonstrate.
Same idea for the sense slider, it defaults to two rows, so 300px background, no need for the 2 extra pixels since it's not a three patch.
Is there a possibility to disable the Sense clock?
I'll add this soon. Not 2.0.1, but probably 2.0.2.
Wishes:
More ways to unlock the screen! It'd be great if we could make a slider like the one attached. That'd be freaking awesome to be honest with you.
That's something people have even have been sending me PMs about!
I think the attached could be done, remove the Anchor then resize an iPhone slider to be vertical. But the theme would like kind of funny horizontally since WL
rotates the other direction.
I'm definitely planning on some more unlock methods. HoneyComb for sure, possibly something like MIUI, and maybe the Samsung puzzle unlock as well as the Samsung
sweep glass (Which is kind of similar to that WP7 one, except for the transparent part.
Android 2.1 and 2.3, but not 2.2, could handle transparent WidgetLocker pretty easily, 2.2 has some bug where lock screen interactions are difficult for a transparent activity.
I can work around it, but it's a pain since most of my users are on 2.2. But it's on my radar.
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[THEMES] WIDGETLOCKER | Theme Collection
Please read the #1st post!
You can download and port all the old mods here
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thanks for the credit
ill make more as the ideas come
too bad my pirated version of widget locker wont work anymore

Damn i wish i could just use all the iphone sliders without having to mod it everytime.
But now can use sense slider too though. Hope the vanilla locker will be there too.
but still uurgh i wanted to use the megaman one, but then again others looks cool too~~

Tesla needs to make the next update of Widget Locker mod friendly, IE: with the iPhone changing the lockscreen is easy as cake, very user friendly.

squidbutt said:
thanks for the credit
ill make more as the ideas come
too bad my pirated version of widget locker wont work anymore
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No problem.
Haha. Warez = Fround upon on this forum. So it's a good idea x)
LuffyPSP said:
Damn i wish i could just use all the iphone sliders without having to mod it everytime.
But now can use sense slider too though. Hope the vanilla locker will be there too.
but still uurgh i wanted to use the megaman one, but then again others looks cool too~~
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I know you mean, bro. I'm gonna make a theme for each skin so I can change.
Raadius said:
Tesla needs to make the next update of Widget Locker mod friendly, IE: with the iPhone changing the lockscreen is easy as cake, very user friendly.
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Word!

I soo wish I was rooted, I love all these lockscreens zHK3r!

ya but times is tough
anyway
who likes the anime bleach?
or naruto?
i love em and im going to make a lockscreen

Raadius said:
I soo wish I was rooted, I love all these lockscreens zHK3r!
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You don't have to be rooted to mod the WidgetLocker lockscreens.

peniston said:
You don't have to be rooted to mod the WidgetLocker lockscreens.
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I'm not sure, but I'm thinking you need R/W in /data.
Does one have R/W in /data without ROOT (uncertain).

zHk3R said:
I'm not sure, but I'm thinking you need R/W in /data.
Does one have R/W in /data without ROOT (uncertain).
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I don't know what you just said, but I'm not rooted and I modded my WidgetLocker.

peniston said:
I don't know what you just said, but I'm not rooted and I modded my WidgetLocker.
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Then I guess you don't need ROOT to pull, edit and push .apks to /data.

zHk3R said:
Then I guess you don't need ROOT to pull, edit and push .apks to /data.
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As lock as the apk is signed you won't need to push it, just uninstall original and install new as normal.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

ClassicalGas said:
As lock as the apk is signed you won't need to push it, just uninstall original and install new as normal.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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My guess is most people won't sign their .apk after applying the images.
Unless they use the APK Manager-step in the 'tutorial' of course.

Don't you need root to get to the APK in the first place? I can't access data/app without Root Explorer

ilangoadigal said:
Don't you need root to get to the APK in the first place? I can't access data/app without Root Explorer
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I'm a little unsure, but seeing as non-ROOTED users are pulling their .apks and pushing them back I'm guessing root isn't necessary to pull the app from /data.
If it were located in /system I'm sure you would need root in order to pull it.
Root Explorer allows you to explore the 'locked down' parts of your phone. You cannot access /data with normal file browsers.
But regardless; Without root you can pull the .apk using your computer.
If it's gonna work when you push it back is the bigger question.

You can backup application

There's a little confusion here about rooting.
Allow me to clear it up.
I'm not rooted. But I don't purchase apk files from the Market.
I download them all. So I originally have the apk files on my computer.
I then run the APK Manager and go from there, then put the signed apk file on my SD card, use Astro to install it and voila.

Related

I don't care for credit. Do with these images as you feel. ​
I would like to thank amac25 (who has help me more personally with just random things then anyone else) jonnybueno, zenstrom, cacheinjection, freekyfroggy, B-man007, Mike Finnigan djengizz, AndroidAppCritic, my own personal muse, bleedtheskyjd, Six6sicks, akirah, Sir*Mez, Ted417, Manup456, armyranger251, Ultra Spikey, Kyleds, mianosm, Beagz, irrenhaus, xidomincanoix, Loccy, @lexotic_sc300 (your twitter is easiest), Oshaka, Cyanogen, Dwang, Stericson, JesusFreke..... you know everyone that basically had made amazing things whether or not I have used something they made or not. (if you would like your name here pm me and I will add it)
monoxyd, Aimha Design, Magdalena M Proszows, Raymond Dukes, Nathan Blenke, doodle-lee-doo
Theme Images​
Well since I got a nexus one, I am not really going to work on any more image edits for this theme unless something major comes along that I feel I need to change. In short, here are the images that I use for this theme, organized by .apk. They are pretty much ready to made into a metamorph for anyone that wants to take 10 minutes or so to do it. I have them organized this way so that it is an easy drag and drop to port to new cyanogen ROMs.
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/minus_images.zip
How to Use MetaMoprh​
Step 1
Download MetaMorph and AndExplorer from the Market.
Step 2
Download the MetaMorph file of your choice and place it on your sdcard. I have a folder on my sdcard called "morphs" where I place all of my metamorph files.
Step 3
Open the MetaMorph app, select always allow, then press allow. Select Pick theme. Go to the folder where you put your metamorph files and select the one you want to apply.
Step 4
If you want to apply the full theme, select apply all. MetaMorph will then begin to run through the process of applying the images to your .apk's. This will take a while since there are a lot of .apk's skinned with MetaMorph.
Step 5
Once MetaMorph has gone through the process of applying the theme, You are done. Unless you applied a morph which has framework-res.apk in it, then you will have to reboot your phone, then you are done.
NOTES
If you have the 1660 or above market (see below to determine if you have it or not), then you will need to push/cp the com.android.vending.apk to /data/app/ to get the market back once it is themed by MetaMorph.
Also, if you have the 1660 or above market, then you do not need to use metamorph for framework-res.apk (unless this has been changed).
If you do want one of the color morphs from the bottom and you have the previously mentioned market version or higher, the leave a reply telling me the following:
ROM: ex. CM 4.2.9.1
Version of Theme: ex. iminus
Extras: ex. Advanced Launcher, Stericson's Lockscreen. Put none if you don't have any.
Color: ex. teal.
I will handle these request as they appear in the thread and when I am able to.
minus
Screen Shots NEW 12-30
ddms takes low resolution screen shots, it looks better on the phone.
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Downloads
Base Theme for different ROMs​
CM 4.2.12.3 Without Stericson's Lockscreen [01-17]
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/minus_4.2.13.zip
Dwang 1.17.1 **NEEDS TESTER(S)** [01-03]
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/minus_dwang_0103.zip
Metamorph(s)​
Google Apps [12-28]
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/minus_google_apps.zip
Older Launcher Tab [12-28]
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/Last_Used_minus_Tab.zip
Extra(s)​
Stericson's Lockscreen for CM 4.2.12.3 [01-17]
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/minus_sl_4.2.13.zip
Advanced Launcher [12-28]
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/Black_Advanced_Launcher.zip
GenieWidget.apk [12-28]
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/GenieWidget.apk
Install with adb
Code:
adb remount
adb push GenieWidget.apk /system/app
adb shell reboot
Install in recovery console with .apk on root of sdcard. (haven't test but should work)
Code:
mount system
mount sdcard
cp /sdcard/GenieWidget.apk /system/app
reboot
iminus​
Screen Shots NEW 12-30
ddms takes low resolution screen shots, it looks better on the phone.
Downloads
Base Theme for different ROMs​
CM 4.2.12.3 Without Stericson's Lockscreen [01-17]
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/iminus_4.2.13.zip
Dwang 1.17.1 **NEEDS TESTER(S)** [01-03]
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/iminus_dwang_0103.zip
Metamorph(s)​
Google Apps [12-28]
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/iminus_google_apps.zip
Older Launcher Tab [12-28]
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/Last_Used_iminus_Tab.zip
Extra(s)​
Stericson's Lockscreen for CM 4.2.12.3 [01-17]
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/iminus_sl_4.2.13.zip
Advanced Launcher [12-28]
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/White_Advanced_Launcher.zip
GenieWidget.apk [12-28]
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/W_GenieWidget.apk
Rename to GenieWidget.apk (sorry could upload 2 files with the same name to google code)
Install with adb
Code:
adb remount
adb push GenieWidget.apk /system/app
adb shell reboot
Install in recovery console with .apk on root of sdcard. (haven't test but should work)
Code:
mount system
mount sdcard
cp /sdcard/GenieWidget.apk /system/app
reboot
Other Content
Extras​I made a splash image to go along with this theme (you can figure out to flash a splash image here -http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467693&highlight=boot+images-)
http://www.mediafire.com/?ighz5zjjjzl
Wallpapers​here are just some random wallpapers I found (and that a few that someone shared with me) that I liked and figured I would share. I take no credit for any of these. I am just sharing them.
http://www.4shared.com/file/171380932/133a86f1/wallpaper_collection.html
MetaMorph file for wallpapers. For people like me who hate how long it takes to set a wallpaper from the gallery, or wherever you set your wallpapers from. I didn't make these wallpapers either, there are a few in here that I edited or resized, but I still did not make them and do not try and take any credit for making them.
Do not use without 1.33.2005 a.k.a. Danger SPL.
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/Minus_Wallpapers.zip
Also there is a modified version of manup456's redRUM clock skin for Weather Widget - Donate (honestly it is a buck fifty)
you can grab the skin here (http://www.4shared.com/file/133520181/e8e8bb57/BW-RedRUM.html)
Instructions on how to install the skin (thanks again manup456)
Connect USB and copy any of these .zip folders into the folder on the root of your S.D called prettyweather-googlecode-com then use the app and install the skin from your S.D and it will re-fresh and the new skin is set.
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What is new?​
01-17
Ported to CM 4.2.13
Made theme images (along with my very few .xml edits) available for ease of use for anyone that wants them.
01-03/04
Ported to CM 4.2.12.2/Dwang 1.17.1 (lol at his numbering)
Lockscreen for CM 4.2.12.2.
Wysie's 2.5 Contacts.apk for both (default in CM 4.2.12.2) with new dialer buttons (not in screen shots).
Maybe a few more framework edits not sure, merge a lot of things I have been tinkering with today.
12-30
Framework changes.
Search Widget Changes.
Other stuff I don't recall.
12-28
Updated to 4.2.11.1
Framework Changes.
Search Widget background
Launcher Tab
Other things I don't really recall right now.
12-22
White version of theme created.
New widget layout for white and black version of theme.
Some new framework images.
Fixed global search button visibility.
Theme is now divided up into flashable frameworks for different ROMs and metamorphs for those ROMs.
Probably a lot more stuff that I can't remember right now.
Google Apps​
2.0 youtube app.
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/2.0_youtube.zip
Market Problems​
If you have the 1660 or above shown in the image above (found in settings- applications- market) then you will need to either
Code:
adb push com.android.vending.apk /data/app/com.android.vending.apk
or place on the root of your sdcard and in terminal emulator
Code:
su
cp /sdcard/com.android.vending.apk /data/app/com.android.vending.apk
Here is the file.
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/com.android.vending.apk
If pushing/cp-ing the .apk to /data/app/ does not fix your problem, or if you do not want to push/cp the .apk, then press uninstall update, and go back to MetaMorph and re-apply the Vending.apk.
Enhancements​
All of these are flashed in the recovery console.​
Caviar Dreams Font (in the screen shots, not included in the theme by default).
http://www.mediafire.com/?gzyyoee4te2
Stock Font
http://www.mediafire.com/?4vdemmj1ewz
Meta Morphs for Colors​
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/minus_morphs_1218.zip
unzip this and place the .zips inside on your sdcard (preferably in a folder so they will not be picked up in the recovery flash any .zip)
the colors are for colors.
If you already know how to use metamorph then you know what else to do, but if you don't then read this. Metamorph is amazingly simple to use. If you can't get it working, either reply here or pm me.
Special Requests​If you have anything you would like me to try and do, then ask, and if I have the time and the skill, then I will try and do it. Also, for special requests, PM's work best.​
I received a request from bleedtheskyjd to make a modification of the older stock launcher tab, and I made it for him, and well I like it too, so here it is for anybody else that wants it.
Advanced Launcher that replaces the current Launcher.apk. Flash package.
http://www.4shared.com/file/146044017/d9991ae6/_3__alt_minus_AL.html
Old Versions
Send me a pm if you need an older version of this theme.
Disclaimer​I am not responsible for something you chose to do.
Enjoy!

nice theme
1st of all
Thanx for spending time making this theme
Its great i like
Idk for for me it be great if u could add the htc player many ppl will perfer that
Ido
Anyways and color is need bro cuz when he had stock it was white just white
We need to make it shiny more
And u need to change the icons so i can look different
But its a great theme i like but i just need those things
Cheeers mate

Look nice bro good work I like it.

Not bad, not bad at all.
I'm lovin' the dialer and the overall monochrome style.

thanks for the feedback guys.
ummmm... i really suck at photoshop, so ummm i don't know how much i can do for the gloss. it doesn't look as flat on the phone, ddms doesn't take the greatest screenshots. its really obvious in the music one.
i will try to add htc music in the next one. really will just need a tester or 2 for it. (since i don't use it)

coool
Its ok man take ur time no one is rushing you
Hmmmmm
I say ill flash this now and try it .. i like ur status bar i think that's
Pimp idk i want sumthing different thats cool tho
I like ur wallpaper
++boot screen its solid and active
++ and gray and white and black are great colors too ....
But yeah thats pretty much all u need
Well it be nice to see
Stericsons lockscreen (PIMP)
Luccys browser (OG)
Advance launcher (TRIPLE 0G)
Adding a gloss with a invicible look ... to the status bar ... and a diferent looking drawer

citizen-erased said:
Its ok man take ur time no one is rushing you
Hmmmmm
I say ill flash this now and try it .. i like ur status bar i think that's
Pimp idk i want sumthing different thats cool tho
I like ur wallpaper
++boot screen its solid and active
++ and gray and white and black are great colors too ....
But yeah thats pretty much all u need
Well it be nice to see
Stericsons lockscreen (PIMP)
Luccys browser (OG)
Advance launcher (TRIPLE 0G)
Adding a gloss with a invicible look ... to the status bar ... and a diferent looking drawer
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crap i did forget about the browser... will def throw that in
I'll try and figure out stericson's lockscreen.
yeah i know about the draw wallpaper. i need to look at it some more. (brandenk has a sick one i will probably throw in there.)
I will try to make a few versions with extras (lockscreen, adv launcher, htc music) or maybe just separate updates for each thing so the end user can pick and choose which things he/she wants (will also save on uploading time)
thank you for your comments. i will try to figure out some gloss for the status bar (or point me in the direction of a theme that has a status bar you like and i will incorporate it or at least make an update for it)

Dude, this is a freakin nice theme! I am about to download it now. Beagz made a keyboard for me called green glo, which is almost the same as blue glo on his HTC_IME page, which I think will look sweet on this if anybody is willing to try it out. But again..great work!

bro nice work on the theme

very nice work....i bet this whole thing would slick with a real nice colorful background, or even a abstract blue background...cant wait to get home and download this...thank you for your hard work!

Looks nice boss. Congrats. I need to update mine. Sigh.

Added Some Goodies!
So I can take a hint lol. I added the advanced launcher (skinned of course), HTC Music (skinned with Clear widget from Beagz thread) Stericson's Lockscreen (from armyranger251's Dark Hero, I only changed a few icons for now), and Loccy's Better Browser (again skinned).
I also added into the lockscreen update the status bar from AreoBlack (is that kind of what you are talking about citizen-erased, that's a great name).
The lockscreen and htc music you just flash as individual packages and they will work their magic. remove music widget and app from homescreen before flashing.
Enjoy.
also it does look good with a colorful background (thanks again for that idea) i will make some more packages tomorrow for the launcher tab to something easier to see against a colored background. will make a flash package for regular launcher and another download for the advanced launcher
also i will make an icon flash package so that you can have the option to use stock icons instead of the grayed out ones.
Look for these things either tomorrow or sunday (at least one will be done tomorrow)
also will you guys let me know when there is an update for the advanced launcher seeing as i do not use it, so that i may update it.
screw it i went ahead and made the icon pack flash package. massive thanks to xidomincanoix for his icon extractor script. -hearsts (in a non-homo way)-
went ahead and did alt. launcher and adv. launcher. forgot the app background for the drawer will fix tomorrow.

just installed this theme, screens here...
but it turns out i was wrong, this theme is so much better with a black background...i will post shots later, as im at work now...i would also like to point out that installing this theme was flawless...i havent installed any of the extra's yet..but i cant wait til i get to do so....thnx again for all your hard work on this!

added some more goodies to the first post. soon enough i am going to have to make an additional post to hold all of the extras (i am already at the max number of pictures) since i imagine i will hit the text confines soon enough. oh well.

bumped for update to 4.1.11.1
lets all give a big round of applause to my beta-b#@%h gridlock32404 for helping me test this out last night.
i have a core update, then stericsons lockscreen, a small framework update for the lockscreen, and the advanced launcher up for 4.1.11.1.
Now watch 4.2 drop 5 minutes later

Montevallo AL...sweet Pell city here. nice looking theme by the way.

JAWheat411 said:
Montevallo AL...sweet Pell city here. nice looking theme by the way.
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Eh. I might as well represent. Sheffield, AL here .

i now see why all the AL people don't show there location, we don't wanna get laughed at lol.

updated the battery on the lockscreen (also if you look really closely you will see a new battery in the notification bar)

Man this theme is looking VERY nice. I plan on downloading and flashing when I get home tonight. Thanks

Updated for CyanogenMod 6x,
CM 6X
Updated for CyanogenMod 6x,
revision B for CyanogenMOD 6.0.0-DS
themed more icons in settings.apk
for CM 6.0.0-DS ~theme rev B ~ DOWNLOAD HERE & Flash from recovery.
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CM 6X
Updated for CyanogenMod 6x,
revision A for CyanogenMOD 6.0.0-DS
Essentially the same as the previous theme for 5.0.8 rev B
Includes black calculator.
Includes modded (new) Gmail (icons etc).
for CM 6.0.0-DS ~theme rev A ~ DOWNLOAD HERE & Flash from recovery.
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Updated for CyanogenMod 5x,
CM 5X
Updated for CyanogenMod 5x,
revision B for CyanogenMOD 5.0.8-DS
Fixed Spare parts issue
Spinner (loading anim) changed
new buttons on pattern lockscreen
for CM 5.0.8-DS theme rev B - DOWNLOAD HERE & Flash from recovery.
revision A for CyanogenMOD 5.0.8-DS
Reverted to battery icon in screenshot (black charge indicator)
Spinner (loading anim) changed
Wifi Signal Icon tidied up
GPS anim altered
for CM 4.0.8-DS theme rev A - DOWNLOAD HERE & Flash from recovery.[/B] In CM508 spare parts was removed as a seperate app and integrated into the OS, this theme currently leaves you without Spare Parts, will be fixed in next update.
revision C for CyanogenMOD 5.0.7-DS
Themed framework (loads (C:battery icon tweaked))
Themed Gmail (some more theming (icons))
Themed Settings (some)
for CM 4.0.7-DS theme rev C - DOWNLOAD HERE & Flash from recovery
Screenshot is a mockup for now (hence the old date).
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
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(theme revision goes back to A for each rom release (carrying over the changes previously made)
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old CM 4X
I want to thank those who have made a donation, I maintain the theme as best I can and update for new ROM updates as soon as I can, sometimes the workload of the day job causes some delays but I appreciate the donations from those who choose to do so, it means alot.
These screen shots are a little out of date now​
feature / details requests / ideas, post them here.
Thanks particularly to drpfenderson, djengizz, AndroidAppCritic & garok89 for their help along the way, and anyone who threw in ideas that I've neglected to mention.
I've called this 'MarksTheme' because I'm Mark, and I made most of this theme.
I'm not really into the codewriting of it all, infact I rarely venture into so much as an XML, but I do like things to look nice.
I'm a fine-arts photographer by profession, a very visual person, I make and source png's and bring them together in this theme as whatever I feel looks nice.
Thanks particularly to drpfenderson maker of Enoch and EnochX which got me started
consider all releases as Beta, they are stable but may have issues
CURRENT RELEASE = 4.2.15.1 rev C
Previous version of basic theme - 4.2.14.1.a (100% good)
Optional Themed Gmail - Gmail (save it to your sd card, install it with a file explorer such as andexplorer).
Optional Themed Email - Email (save it to your sd card, install it with a file explorer such as andexplorer).
Optional Themed Market - Market (save it to your sd card, install it with a file explorer such as andexplorer).
Optional Themed Gtalk - Gtalk (save it to your sd card, install it with a file explorer such as andexplorer)
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Optional Themed Launcher (works with any theme)
Android,
Batman,
Blank,
Green Glow,
Hero,
Hero with text,
MarksTheme Blue (updated 13 feb 10).
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Info
flash the basic theme first. filename matches cyanogen rom release.
google apps contains theming to gmail, email and vending, reset to original HERE, filenames are my version numbers, based on Android 1.6.
Launcher packs contain standard and advanced launcher. filename matches cyanogen rom release (they usually work on newer releases also unless cyanogen changed something in the launcher).
Lockscreens can be removed by reflashing theme (usually) or reflashing ROM (always). filename matches cyanogen rom release.
Features:
Advanced Launcher and Standard Launcher.
Optimized png's throughout
many elements skinned
Themed gmail and market (optional)
Black, Colourful, Fast.
Problems?
If you are asking for help, try and help yourself first.
flash a rom, make sure the rom works, flash the theme, make sure the theme works, flash extras and check that they work.
'repair ext filesystems' helps the 'stuck at G1 bootscreen' thing.
'fix_permissions' can help problems with forcecloses.
clearing caches helps with software freaking out.
Theme problem? reflash the theme.
Still a problem? reflash the ROM, then the theme.
Bigger problem? reflash HTC 1.6, then the ROM, then the theme.
Big-Ass problem? Wipe, reflash HTC 1.6, then the ROM, then the theme.
Holy F*****g Crap? Format and repartition your SD, Wipe phone, reflash HTC 1.6, then the ROM, then the theme.
It's up to you to go out there and find out how to do these things properly.
When asking for help, people need to know,
Phone model and region
ROM name and version
theme name and version
what is the problem
what causes the problem to occur
what have you already tried that has failed to fix it
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FAQ's
After installing it's taking forever to boot up - it can take up to 30 minutes to get past the G1 screen sometimes with a first install
My Gmail isn't coming in automatically - clear gmail cache and data, then reboot, usually fixes it
I applied the themed google apps and something isn't working - flash the standard google apps from HERE
It all went to crap and I didn't make a nandroid backup - then you're a muppet.
I've got a problem and I want you to fix it - aint happening, first thing you should do is look through this thread, or search through it, if you have no luck then look in threads for other themes for the same ROM, if that fails then put up a shout in here, maybe I can help, maybe someone smarter than me can help, maybe.
Can you change X? I don't like it. - short answer = no. Long answer = this theme is how I like it, I listen to all ideas and suggestions and maybe I'll change something based on that if I like the idea or enough people ask for it, thats why there are three versions of the lockscreen and no lockscreen in the basic theme, also there are a load of custom launchers. When I have the time I make pretty stuff.
Who the hell are you anyway? - google is your friend, it ain't hard.
I love your theme and want to send you money, fast cars, promiscuous women, etc - Donate link in sig.
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Wallpapers & Apps
Launchers: (click the one you like, save the zip to the root of your SD card, flash in recovery (like a theme), what you see is my desktop, using my theme, the launcher is the bit right at the bottom, pack includes standard launcher and advanced launcher).
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I'm releasing two wallpaper packs of my photography.
These packs are in zip files, unzip to a suitably named folder on your SD card and then navigate to the image you want to use in your phone.
Please remember folks that this photography is how I make my living, therefore these wallpapers , photographs and the packs they are distributed in Exclusively By Me may not be re-distributed, altered, manipulated or changed in any way, nor may they be claimed or implied to be the property of or the work of anyone else.
The first wallpaper pack isn't family friendly, therefore you need to click HERE to see the index of images and HERE to download the zip
You may only do so if the laws of the country you reside in say that you are old enough to look at boobs
The second wallpaper pack is totally family friendly, the index image is shown below, and the zip can be downloaded HERE
(Yes, one of the photos in there ended up twice, I can't be bothered with changing it )
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These are a few apps that I use and like, no affiliation blah blah blah, some are free, some are paid (c'mon, they're cheap!), search for them in Android Market, in no particular order:
CacheMate clears your cache, either when you tell it to or periodically, sweeet.
Pure Calendar Widget (agenda) the neatest and most configurable I've found.
PowerTime Widget the best chance you've got of predicting how much juice is left in your battery
Advanced Task Manager among it's many cool features is an auto-kill for running apps (with an ignore list), nice.
File Explorer (Quick Finder) for exploring your files, and, erm, quick finding them, I guess..
GDE - The new home experience! that cool cube homescreen thing, you know it, it's sweet dude.
Bettercut custom icons for your shortcuts
Handcent SMS (NEW) the nicest (and now very configurable and customisable) messaging app.
WeatherBug Elite Weather prediction is important in my work, this has sh1tloads of data
MyBackup Pro does what it says
Screenshot ditto
Snowstorm Weather Widget this one stands out because it'd 4x1 can 4 days or split the day into 4 periods, so the displayed weather prediction is accurate to 6 hours instead of 24 (it's gonna rain today huh? when?) see what I mean?
Backup for root users another backup thingy
Overclock Widget keep it nice and easy when the screen is off, then ramp that puppy up when you're using it!
Nightwatch when I plug my phone into my charger, anytime between midnight and 6am (configurable), it automatically fires up a nice bedside clock, win!
Sticky Memo Widget Pro I have a rubbish memory, I like notes...
Retro Clock Widget pretty clock widgets
gTasks google tasks, nice to-to list
Steel browser, prefer it to stock
Y5 Battery Saver learns where your preferred wifi is at and turns wifi off when you're not there, thus saving juice (doesn't use GPS)
Quickpedia wikipedia app, because I like to look clever by knowing stuff about stuff
Twit2go twitter client, like it.
If anyone wants to include any of their free apps with my theme, let me know and if I like it we're on, I can also be bribed with pounds stirling, guinness, chocolate muffins and naked girls.
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Really polished, but perhaps try a version with a different type of font, but great work

micool_21 said:
Really polished, but perhaps try a version with a different type of font, but great work
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Thanks I'm thinking about using the android-looking font, when I've tried it out I may add it

Beautiful, man.
Any chance of getting the Stericson lockscreen on there? That would be the clincher for me.

severedembrace said:
Beautiful, man.
Any chance of getting the Stericson lockscreen on there? That would be the clincher for me.
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Done - MarksTheme-4.2.1.SL.a (includes Stericson Lockscreen) for cyanogen 4.2.1

Thanks Mark
U know I was waiting on this to make my phone complete
Like the red in the loading bar better then the blue. The black background u had in the keyboard was better to me
Thanks for your time and hard work to make this theme
Be waiting to c what u come up with next.

Yeah, thanks Mark!
Off to re-flash CM 4.21, then your theme.

Can u post a screen shot of the stericson lockscreen
Thanks

severedembrace said:
Yeah, thanks Mark!
Off to re-flash CM 4.21, then your theme.
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cool, let me know what you think of it

Loving this theme, too many people don't take the time to make nicely rendered icons and widgets.
Power control widget = sick.
One thing though, I noticed there are "ghost" images in the app drawer (images of the apps above it). Is that on purpose?

JROC27 said:
Thanks Mark
U know I was waiting on this to make my phone complete
Like the red in the loading bar better then the blue. The black background u had in the keyboard was better to me
Thanks for your time and hard work to make this theme
Be waiting to c what u come up with next.
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which is the red/blue loading bar? maybe I missed something....
not sure about the red background myself, I added it after changing the buttons so they'd stand out, might shift them back onto black in next update.
I have no idea what I'll be doing next probably just tweaking and improving this one as I don't really have time for a whole new theme. all suggestions for tweaks and improvements gratefully received!

severedembrace said:
Power control widget = sick.
One thing though, I noticed there are "ghost" images in the app drawer. Is that on purpose?
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are you sure it's not the homescreen you can see through the reduced-opacity background?

Nope, I don't put apps on the homescreen.

JROC27 said:
Can u post a screen shot of the stericson lockscreen
Thanks
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Nope, I don't put apps on the homescreen.
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ok, I'll check it out, I just saw it too on mine.

Good to know it's not just me.

Ok, after messing with it, I got a few suggestions for the next release.
1. The background for the keyboard would look good either completely transparent or an opaque black, like the app drawer.
2. Do away with the "hypnotizing eye" loading animation and use something, cleaner and with more pop. This theme is way too clean to be using somthing that looks like a runic symbol.
3. For the app drawer pull tab, use either white, black or red. White would be best because it would look like the glow was coming from your trackball (which, on my MT3G, it does.)
4. Also, has anyone thought to make the pull tab look like the notification bar? that would make a clean and simple border for both ends of the screen, and give it some unification and symmetry.

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4. Also, has anyone thought to make the pull tab look like the notification bar? that would make a clean and simple border for both ends of the screen, and give it some unification and symmetry.
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i like that idea..

can you incorporate this in this!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=576310
it makes contacts on incomin and outgoing bigger.. i like it..

Currently nothing is here to download since I'm waiting on feedback if anyone wants to use this on the O2x. If you do, just ask
See my G2x thread for a general.zip that "should" work on every rom.
Roms This is Confirmed to Work On.
CM7
Things to know
1) This comes from my pickings of different Themes & .pngs I've found. I haven't created any of the artwork. As stated above, I've been doing this for my phone. If you find a better icon, post a link and if I like it better, I'll add it.
2) I am not responsible if this breaks your phone. Make a backup first.
3) If you use LauncherPro Notifications & Preferences under the main menu are still grey (See 4th pic below) because these are controlled by LauncherPro, and if I edit that .apk LauncherPro Plus doesn't work <_<
4) The eye background is not included, but is attached to this post.
5) I don't recommend trying to use Metamorph with this. So far I haven't got it to work fully for some reason, but it works perfectly well with ZipThemer. Plus this themes files that will cause a FC loop with Metamorph.
6) If you want to use the clear Lockscreen that is in the last photo you must go to CM settings and select the "Rotary" style, I did this on purpose b/c some people would rather use the "Rotary Revamped" style.
What currently has changes
Framework-res.apk............. Vending.apk (Market) (Taking this out in the next update)
Settings.apk...........................Phone.apk
SystemUI.apk........................Contacts.apk
Bootanimation
Credit
*The majority comes from sonnysekhon's Vivid Theme.
*MWBehr
*theimpaler747's dark market
*tnpapadakos for giving me the desire to have colored menus back in the original MT3G days.
*djdarkknight96 for being an overall bad ass.
*bizdaddy
*dont panic
*The rest came from multiple people on XDA. Sorry, I can't quickly find the links for each one.
Photos
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If you like what you see then hit the Thanks button below.

7/15 Updated BatteryMod and ColorizedTheme files, changed the charging indicators around for a smoother animation. Added new image for the screenshot function (not my favorite, yes I know it’s shifted, but it’ll work for now). Added new fonts, if you don’t like them then download the droidsans.zip below and push them to your phone. Removed the dark themed market so it doesn’t override the new market. Bootanimation copy still doesn’t work. Been working a lot on a steampunk theme, between that and school I haven’t been working on this much.
6/17/11 Added Metamorph capabilities. Recommend using ZipThemer.
6/10/11 Transparent lock arc thingy added...see the 7th pic for what I'm talking about. You have to select Rotary, not Rotary Revamped in the CM Lockscreen Style settings

wewoapsiak said:
Transparent lock arc thingy added 6/10/2011...see the 7th pic for what I'm talking about.
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Anyway to extract the transparent lock arc thingy only?

i have a problem with this. i cant find the market . i downloaded the universal zip file from the original cayanogen. but still there is no market. whats up

i even tried to install it from the systems/app using root explorer. both the normal one and the black version. nothing.. i cant even find your wallpaper that you put up.
any help people ?
EDIt.
i installed everything once again... worked. weird.. nice tho. very nice.
i wonder if i can get google talk to work on this and i am set.

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Anyway to extract the transparent lock arc thingy only?
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For someone who has tested for many a few times? Anything my friend. Download this If you just want the arc to be transparent, add the 3 jog_dial_xxx.png files to framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/
If you want the colorful icons on the lockscreen, I've included them too just in case. They are the ic_jog_dial_xxx.png files, and they go in the same folder as above.

ll_l_x_l_ll said:
i even tried to install it from the systems/app using root explorer. both the normal one and the black version. nothing.. i cant even find your wallpaper that you put up.
any help people ?
EDIt.
i installed everything once again... worked. weird.. nice tho. very nice.
i wonder if i can get google talk to work on this and i am set.
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I'm sorry you're having issues! Everything should work as I just change the nightly image files around. The wallpaper isn't actually included but I'll attach it to the main thread for you. I've never used root explorer, I either manually do a
Code:
adb remount
adb push Vending.apk /system/app/
or I use Android Commander to drag and drop. I'm sure you did, but did you try fix_permissions and reboot? I haven't heard of anyone else having issues, not that I'm saying you're not, just haven't heard of these yet.

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I'm sorry you're having issues! Everything should work as I just change the nightly image files around. The wallpaper isn't actually included but I'll attach it to the main thread for you. I've never used root explorer, I either manually do a
Code:
adb remount
adb push Vending.apk /system/app/
or I use Android Commander to drag and drop. I'm sure you did, but did you try fix_permissions and reboot? I haven't heard of anyone else having issues, not that I'm saying you're not, just haven't heard of these yet.
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i got my issues sorted. after a full wipe everything went smooth. i am really loving it.
i also use this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13608720&postcount=1114
to switch the SDCARD-EMMC. this way vplayer and every media can be read again by the app.
i worked all day adjusting and reading and fixing. downloaded the launcher pro then removed ithe ADWL " or whatever its called " now my phone is super smooth.
as for the wallpaper. yes please put it as external link here. its very nice.
my question i want to ask you. later on when you release a new version. how can i apply it without deleting all my settings and everything ? just install the update.zip without full wipe ?
Also. just a suggestion. the dailer colors are kinda out of place " not classy as the rest of the nice colors u added" if i were you. i would change it back to normal " the dailer only "
everything else is superp. i never wanted to install CM because like u. i hate black and white. you just made it awesome. so i give you a thank you for your hard work

Interesting thoughts on the dialer. I'll see if there is a non-neon way to go with that when I have time. Thanks for the feedback. As far as your wipe question, I haven't done a full wipe in well over a month and I flash every nightly. CM nightlies do not require a wipe usually from one to the next. Issues are usually fixed by wiping the cache and davlik cache before installing and then doing a fix_permissions afterwords. Oh and don't forget to check the MD5, I've had a few people pm me about bad downloads. And the wallpaper has been attached to my CM Forums post.

wewoapsiak said:
For someone who has tested for many a few times? Anything my friend. Download this If you just want the arc to be transparent, add the 3 jog_dial_xxx.png files to framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/
If you want the colorful icons on the lockscreen, I've included them too just in case. They are the ic_jog_dial_xxx.png files, and they go in the same folder as above.
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Hey that's really nice of you. Thanks man!
EDIT : Argh you gotta decompile the apk, too high above my skill level im afraid oh well. It's alright

No! You don't! It's a pure drag and drop into the .apk I promise, I do that every night. Only thing I have to decompile for is to work on the xml files.
PM me if you need help.

Youtube: Notification animation
A look at things to come I'm trying to find a good animation to put there, so far it's the flames. But we'll see.

Works gr8 on .43 nightly. Just what I was looking for. Thanks.

I think you should post it in Android Development. You would get alot more traffic there. And technically, it IS a ROM

sacredsoul said:
I think you should post it in Android Development. You would get alot more traffic there. And technically, it IS a ROM
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Technically it is a bit of a kang, but I don't think it fully meets the kang criteria. I download the builds from the CM servers, not compile it on my own. That and I'm working towards a flashable zip to flash on top of the nightly. And then eventually a theme chooser app. But that is a bit off from now. I have a lot of free time in August, I'll learn more about it then. When I get the update.zip figured out I'll move to that soon. And like I said, I started by just adding color for myself and decided to share; not really worried about huge traffic numbers. But thanks for the suggestion

wewoapsiak said:
Technically it is a bit of a kang, but I don't think it fully meets the kang criteria. I download the builds from the CM servers, not compile it on my own. That and I'm working towards a flashable zip to flash on top of the nightly. And then eventually a theme chooser app. But that is a bit off from now. I have a lot of free time in August, I'll learn more about it then. When I get the update.zip figured out I'll move to that soon. And like I said, I started by just adding color for myself and decided to share; not really worried about huge traffic numbers. But thanks for the suggestion
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still. move it there. its worth it

Planning on updating to a zip file that requires you to use ZipThemer from the market. Need a few brave souls to try it out. PM me if interested.
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App

I wouldove to but i am very happy with what you have done so far i dont want to screw things up . I really love what u have done here
Sent from my Optimus 2X using XDA Premium App

I don't think it's going to screw things up, I think it'll actually help both me and anyone who wants to use it. Because right now if you want to use my theme you have to wait on me to download a nightly, pull it apart, theme it, then re-upload it. And unfortunately I just don't have the time during the week to do this every night. All this will be is a zip file you flash after you download the nightly from wherever. This allows me to have a few different files uploaded so people can use different dialers, just the lockscreen, etc. It also allows me to use what time I take to mess with each nightly to work towards the notification pull-down bar animation. And it's going to allow me to work on a steampunk another theme I have an idea I have floating in my head. I'm not going to implement this if it doesn't work, but basically I'm doing this to give me more time for different stuff, not to abandon this theme.

Will probably go back to the displaying battery % every 5% for this ZipTheme plan. Starting to become a pain in the ass.

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I don't typically post LS Themes to this forum but seeing what this can do for all future lockscreens I want to get it into as many people's hands as possible. It is the Miui lockscreen with previews.
To use:
download the zip file to your computer and extract it (do not download straight to your phone and try to apply it).
Open the manifest file located in the lockscreen>advanced folder. Search for gmail.com and replace [email protected] with your gmail account (3 instances).
Open the .mtz file in the base folder with 7zip.
Move the lockscreen folder into the mtz.
Move the mtz to you sd card and apply.
The theme manager will ask if you want to convert, click yes.
If the names for SMS are not working, you must delete your sms threads (long press each thread then delete) then go to your contacts app and press Menu > Settings > Rebuild index data and OK. Then you just have to wait for a message.
Things left to fix:
When an unknown caller or sms return with null. Hopefully, I can fix this when the DINC gets its update.
Download Here: http://gadgetdesire.blogspot.com/2012/02/slidescreen-ls.html
Notes:
Despite the preview above the GMail has been fixed so that the real name/address is shown without the extra characters.
Calendar events do not show allday events. To change this go to the manafest file and delete allDay=0 AND from the content provider binder.
The calendar also does not show reoccurring events for which the first event has already occurred. This is because of the coding in google calendar.
The start time for the event is the start time for the first instance and is set to repeat. Therefore the start time would always be in the past. There is no known way around this at this time. I believe the only way it can be fixed is if the data was based on the API and not the content provider.
Miui notes. I hope to replace this with a RSS feed however, to my knowledge none of them use a content provider.
Music autoshows when a song is played. Only shows music information for Miui Music (this is not my doing and it is not possible to show others).
To make the lockscreen show degrees in Celsius. Open the genie widget and change the weather settings to using metric. If you need the C after the degree character open the manifest file and search for format="%d°F" and replace with format="%d°C". There are 3 instances of this.
Finally, if you want a 24-hour clock, open the manifest file and replace hh:mm with HH:mm. There are 3 instances of this.
http://gadgetdesire.blogspot.com/2011/12/miui-theme-slidescreen-ls.html

I'd love to get ahold of a copy of slidescreen. I haven't been able to find a working apk.

i love this lockscreen. so glad you made a thread about it!

i think you missed pressed and reached state image in this lockscreen, i see 2 png inside lock folder, also some "null" for some thing on ls . Just my idea

first of all thx for this lovely ls dbiliter
question:
is it possible to remove some infos like the calendar or the music out of the .xml?
i just need the call sms email info in it
and i dont like the colors, is it possible just to use the plain wallpaper?
if so, help please^^

pa.pn2 said:
first of all thx for this lovely ls dbiliter
question:
is it possible to remove some infos like the calendar or the music out of the .xml?
i just need the call sms email info in it
and i dont like the colors, is it possible just to use the plain wallpaper?
if so, help please^^
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This lockscreen is suppose to mimic slidescreen however there will be additional lockscreens that will be produced that will have similar information. This was made as a first of it's kind with previews for all. Now it is up to other themers and myself to make it better.

dbilliter said:
This lockscreen is suppose to mimic slidescreen however there will be additional lockscreens that will be produced that will have similar information. This was made as a first of it's kind with previews for all. Now it is up to other themers and myself to make it better.
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i like it but i dont need so many information on my lockscreen, just sms calls emails..
plze dont feel offended by me..

pa.pn2 said:
i like it but i dont need so many information on my lockscreen, just sms calls emails..
plze dont feel offended by me..
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Not offended just telling you that the setup is going to remain the same. The updates would be more along the lines of clean up. I will have future lockscreens that will not have all this information... hopefully... if there is ever an update to the dinc miui.

This looks like a great idea. Do you know if there can ever be a cm7 port?

toansta said:
This looks like a great idea. Do you know if there can ever be a cm7 port?
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I don't know a lot about cm7, but I do know that Miui is based on cm7. However, I don't know of any plans for cm7 to include any of the Miui lockscreen capabilities. I would say there is about a 2 percent chance for this to be on cm7 and that would be if they are able to tweak milocker enough for it to work.

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I don't know a lot about cm7, but I do know that Miui is based on cm7. However, I don't know of any plans for cm7 to include any of the Miui lockscreen capabilities. I would say there is about a 2 percent chance for this to be on cm7 and that would be if they are able to tweak milocker enough for it to work.
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oh well, nice work on your end anyway. it looks very cool

Love this
This is fantastic. The perfect lockscreen. Unfortunately I can't get this to work. I have the .mtz with the correct manifest on the phone, but the lockscreen just says null in all areas. Any ideas?
Thanks,
James

This is really nice! I cant for the life of me figure out why it wont install for me. i replace the lockscreen folder in the .mtz, rezip, rename to .mtz and theme manager installs it i assume because it vanishes from my sd card but it doesnt convert it nor does it show up in my lockscreen list. Anyone have any ideas or any help? Im running the latest Miui on my Thunderbolt. Vicious Miui ICS 5.0

After installing this LS i'm having constant soft reboot...I've disabled Juice Defender (takes up crazy amounts of processing power...) and overclocked my device to 1.15ghz with smartass. Also i put a screen off profile of 800 mhz conservative so that the lockscreen gets enough CPU power (smartass auto-adjusts if i'm correct so i needed a different governor). Hope this LS works for me. I really love the look I always wished Slidescreen could be used, but it wasn't working well as a launcher without an app drawer.

orion119 said:
This is fantastic. The perfect lockscreen. Unfortunately I can't get this to work. I have the .mtz with the correct manifest on the phone, but the lockscreen just says null in all areas. Any ideas?
Thanks,
James
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What version of Miui do you have? It must be at least version 1.12.9.
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This is really nice! I cant for the life of me figure out why it wont install for me. i replace the lockscreen folder in the .mtz, rezip, rename to .mtz and theme manager installs it i assume because it vanishes from my sd card but it doesnt convert it nor does it show up in my lockscreen list. Anyone have any ideas or any help? Im running the latest Miui on my Thunderbolt. Vicious Miui ICS 5.0
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Try using opening the supplied .mtz with 7zip. Then just move the folder into the mtz by dragging it over.
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After installing this LS i'm having constant soft reboot...I've disabled Juice Defender (takes up crazy amounts of processing power...) and overclocked my device to 1.15ghz with smartass. Also i put a screen off profile of 800 mhz conservative so that the lockscreen gets enough CPU power (smartass auto-adjusts if i'm correct so i needed a different governor). Hope this LS works for me. I really love the look I always wished Slidescreen could be used, but it wasn't working well as a launcher without an app drawer.
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I don't know what to tell you here. I was have a lot of reboots when I had mine overclocked without this lockscreen. After I put things back to normal I haven't had a problem with reboots.

now that you have a thread for this specific ls would it be possible to port it to qhd plz

The background of the various streams is transparent. Any way to get it a bit darker?
And the "null" in the calendar, what's that?
Right now, I've manually added a dark transparent layer over my background image and set that as a Lockscreen Wallpaper.
And it shows 22 unread mails? But Inbox is all read.

Phantom Pt. II said:
The background of the various streams is transparent. Any way to get it a bit darker?
And the "null" in the calendar, what's that?
Right now, I've manually added a dark transparent layer over my background image and set that as a Lockscreen Wallpaper.
And it shows 22 unread mails? But Inbox is all read.
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The theme wasn't really designed to be used with bright wallpapers. I would have to make a cover that would tone down any wallpaper which I know some people would not like.
You get null in the calendar if you do not have a scheduled, nonrepeating event. I am working on getting it fixed.
I know it shows read mail. As it says on the blog, there was no fix at the time of the release. It will be fixed with an update.

Phantom Pt. II said:
The background of the various streams is transparent. Any way to get it a bit darker?
And the "null" in the calendar, what's that?
Right now, I've manually added a dark transparent layer over my background image and set that as a Lockscreen Wallpaper.
And it shows 22 unread mails? But Inbox is all read.
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Calendar can fix like this :
<Image x="#unlocker_cal.move_dist+#screen_width-75" y="295" src="icon_calendar.png"/>
<Text visibility ="1-isnull(@cal_title1)" x="#unlocker_cal.move_dist+30" y="295" color="#FFf7fbfa" size="24" format="%s" paras="@cal_title1"/>
<!-- EDIT 2 LINES TO EVERY THING YOU WANT FOR NO EVENT -->
<Text visibility ="isnull(@cal_title1)" x="#unlocker_cal.move_dist+30" y="295" color="#FFf7fbfa" size="24" text="No Event Yet !"/>
<Text visibility ="isnull(@cal_title1)" x="#unlocker_cal.move_dist+30" y="320" w="250" marqueeSpeed="30" color="#FF979c98" format="%s" size="24" text="SOME WHERE "/>
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hey!
first, great lockscreen, really like the idea!
i have tried change the time to 24h with kk:mm and i have removed all the "aa" strings that shows AM/PM on the screen ...
don't know why, but after change the time to kk:mm i always get ah FC when try applying the lookscreen with "process com.android.thememanager" closed
hmm ...
Edit: A reboot of the phone solved it, now its working!
---------- Post added at 01:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:08 PM ----------
i just made a 24h version of your screen:
- 24hour version
- with removed AM/PM settings
- xx°C for weather
- smaler font (20 insteed of 24)
SlideScreen_v1.0_24h.zip

Hello fellow themers and modders!
This thread will be STRICTLY for the sharing and discovery of m10 code modifications.
This is NOT a request thread (for now) - it's possible at some point this could happen...
To contribute to this thread, and to jump in and learn something new, you'll need some basics.
- a sense 3.0+ device or ROM
- Virtuous Ten Studio (VTS) - this is where ALL the code edits happen
- apktool (maybe)
- sdk/jdk (maybe)
- an open mind
I have been modding this code since sense 3.0 in various apks, as have some others I know. Here's their info:
me - mostly lockscreen mods and rosie mods
mayfield103 - mostly clock widget mods
gumby63 - lockscreen mods
jeffsanace - mostly rosie mods
dased14 - general tinkering
ajthescot - general tinkering
^ more can be added! ^ these are just the guys I know personally. My hope is that we will get a HUGE gathering of m10 code modders so we can all make sense more fun.
Stuff I know can be done:
- lock shortcuts
*can be moved anywhere on the screen (literally - also applies to switching them around R-L)
*can be removed or individually removed (i.e. 3 instead of 4)
*can be removed entirely (leaving the text)
*text can be removed
*lots more
- lockring
*same as above
*can be made to unlock in reverse (pull down instead of up)
- lock widgets
*backgrounds can be removed
*can be moved anywhere on the screen
- lock music
*art can be removed
*text can be removed
*buttons can be removed
- lock time
*can be moved anywhere on the screen
*can be removed
*can be individually customized (i.e. remove carrier and time, leave date, etc.)
- rosie navbar
*can be removed
*button highlights can be removed
*workspace grid changes (5x4, 5x5, ad infinitum - requires mods in .arsc)
- rosie widgets
*backgrounds can be removed
*any spacing probably
*transparent clock tiles
There's a lot more that's just what I can think of that I've done or that others listed above have done. Essentially any location changes or size changes, and zillions of other things.
My hope is that we will all post what we have done or can do, along with screens, and tutorials (not n00b proof tutorials, just the pertinent code modifications).
HUGE THANKS TO:
diamondback, vaelek, flemmard, and cypis! - the dev team who brought us VTS
the guys I listed above who have played with these things and helped me along the way!
I'm sure I'll add more info and people to this as the thread progresses
Here's some relevant tutorials (mostly sense 3.0 but almost identical logic applies to the newer versions)
rosie workspace mod
remove "phone" text
remove icon labels
remove widget labels
LOTS of lockscreen edits
minimal music
shortcuts info

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Lockscreen Mods! This post is a continuous WIP!
Updated 9/13​
Before we do anything, here are the prerequisites you need:
1. You will need a program called VTS (Virtuous Ten Studio) You can get that here. This is made by the same brilliant minds that created the original m10tools.
2. Idlescreen_Base.apk. That apk is where all of the edits I will be describing are located in.
3. Last but not least, patience. Lots of patience.
If you know how to use VTS, then skip this!
Alright now that you have VTS installed, open it up. In the top left corner click on file -> new project.
Choose M10-Project, and pick your project and solution name. Now click on "import" on the left column and navigate to your Idlescreen_base.apk then click ok.
Now you're ready to get your hands dirty!
Section 1: Time, date, operator, am/pm, and unlock text.
This section will be used to describe all of the amazing things you can do to things in the title.
Navigate to the folder as seen in the screenshot:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
And double click lockscreen_time.x10
Scroll down a little bit, and you will see a property labeled: "lockscreen_time"
Any edits you make to this property will affect everything. Meaning Time, date, operator, am/pm etc.
So lets say you want to move the all of that to the left side of the screen. Press the + box to the left to unfold the properties. You will see a bunch of different values like so:
Let's take a look at "offset" :
There are three values. 0:0:0
The first value is what controls where it sits on the screen horizontally.
The second value is what controls where it sits on the screen vertically.
The third value controls..well..I'm not too sure yet. Anytime I make an edit to it it moves everything diagonally.
Negative values move things to the left of the screen. Positive values move things to the right of the screen.
Pro tip: don't mess with the third one. It is MUCH easier to just play with the first two values.
Now let's move everyhting to the left side of screen! So change the first value to -220 and click "save" on the top left. So it looks like: -220:0:0
Okay so let's test your edit. Go over to the left hand column with all of the folders and right click your project name and select "build project" and then "push to device".
An alternative method you can do that I personally use is to click "push all" at the top. That will build your apk and push it to the device in you step. Do not do that method if you have more than one project open in your solution. It will push both projects.
Now there are two ways you can reboot. They are:
1. Click on the ADB tab and select reboot. Done! When you reboot your new lockscreen should be staring you in the face.
2. I prefer this way beacsue you dont have to wait for the reboot, and it's easier on your device. Click on the ADB tab, and open an ADB Shell prompt. Type in "am force-stop com.htc.idlescreen.shortcut" without quotes. This restarts the lockscreen process with your fresh edit.
Pro tip(s): You don't need to re-type that every time, just simply press the up arrow key and then press enter. Also, I have it so my phone never sleeps while charging. That eliminates the problem of having to turn the screen back on every time it turns itself off.
Next up we have "CenterScale"
This value determines the size of the text.
Duce explained this pretty well in a post, so I'm going to quote him on that.
il Duce said:
I'll use the lock clock as an example
In time x10 find the property under "lockscreen_time" and expand it. The property for "CenterScale" where it's 1:1:1, and the first two values are width and height respectively. They need complete integers in any value. So 2 would work, 3.725 would work, 0.8 would work, but .8 wouldn't.
This logic should apply to anything really, including clock tiles, button sizes, the rosie dock, etc.
Go wild
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Those two properties are the two most important/most used in my opinion. Everything else is pretty self explanatory.
Okay. so I shrunk everything and moved it to the left. Now that I look at it, I kinda want to get rid of the date. How do I do that?
Hiding things from the lockscreen is probably the easiest thing you can do.
In the same x10, find these properties:
"text.lockscreentime_operator"
-Service Provider (Sprint, ATT, Verizon etc)
"text.lockscreentime_time"
"text.lockscreentime_ampm"
"text.lockscreentime_date"
"textcomp.pull_unlock"
-The text " pull ring to unlock"
Under every property, you will find a line like this:
<Bool Name="Visible" Header="239748898" IDC="true">true</Bool>
Change that to:
<Bool Name="Visible" Header="239748898" IDC="true">false</Bool>
And BOOM whatever you want gone will no longer be there. Pretty simple.
So that pretty much sums up this section.
Section 2: Lockring & Shortcuts.
This is where it can start to get a little complicated. These are the x10's you will be making edits to:
Lockscreen_container.x10
Lockscreen_ring.x10
Locksceen_ringcontainers.x10
Lockscreen_shortcut.x20
More to come!
Some examples of what is possible are attached.

Guess i'll squat here
( squaters rights duce you can no evict me haha)

Very nice! I look forward to learning some stuff from you guys.
Also, I think fdb8231 would be good to get in on this. I know he did a lot of work on the og and the 3d.
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Hi.....Don't mind me. I'm just here for the food. Although if someone ever makes an m10 decompiler for Linux, I might even be able to contribute

whiterider13 said:
Very nice! I look forward to learning some stuff from you guys.
Also, I think fdb8231 would be good to get in on this. I know he did a lot of work on the og and the 3d.
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sorry we cut off his fingers and pulled out his tongue so he can no play :crying:

dased14 said:
sorry we cut off his fingers and pulled out his tongue so he can no play :crying:
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ouch!
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I'm here because Duce promised me a new "used" car. LOL! But seriously, where is it Duce?

added some tutorials to the OP

Gumby63 said:
Okay so I'm going to be using this post to elaborate on what can be done with the lockscreen. The possibilities are pretty much endless. Here are some screenshots of what I finished today.
I'll be progressively posting more info as time passes
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Those are awesome. I'm getting into m10 as we speak. Hope I can do something like that soon..

invasion2 said:
Those are awesome. I'm getting into m10 as we speak. Hope I can do something like that soon..
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Pretty easy to do once you get the hang of it!

invasion2 said:
Those are awesome. I'm getting into m10 as we speak. Hope I can do something like that soon..
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We'll post some apks I'm sure for people to diff.
And of course ask questions about stuff, it's how we learn

il Duce said:
We'll post some apks I'm sure for people to diff.
And of course ask questions about stuff, it's how we learn
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So this thread can also be used to ask questions?
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invasion2 said:
So this thread can also be used to ask questions?
Sent from my HTC One S running ViperOneS!
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Indeed, sharing is caring.

Great idea ducey!
I have no idea what's goin on?

mayfield103 said:
Great idea ducey!
I have no idea what's goin on?
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Your clock skills are welcome here, I can't wait to see your first tutorial, nobody will understand it lol.
Fyi gumby and I are making new discoveries daily.
The latest awesome is you can change the size of almost anything. Like anything, seriously, images (like lockring), the whole lock clock/date/carrier, either individually or all at once.
Fun stuff

mayfield103 said:
Great idea ducey!
I have no idea what's goin on?
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