I missed the Zune font I had on my Nexus One and I generally prefer the look of the Segoe UI on mobile devices - Microsoft spent some good money on this particular font design. I've had this update.zip for a while and it works perfectly on 2.3. IMHO, the font looks gorgeous on this 4" SAMOLED display. I think you might agree.
Download to root of SD card, and flash in recovery (yes you need to be rooted/have custom recovery). Make a Nandroid before you apply so you can easily switch font back. Enjoy!
screen shots?
Screenshots added. Sorry, forgot that everyone might now know what the font looks like...
Awesome thanks for this I love that font! Quick Question though, what does it take to get a font like Myriad ported over to be usable on 2.3 ?
I got installation aborted lol
Should we rename to update.zip and flash as an update? Obviously utilizing clockwork 3.0...
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Guitarfreak26 said:
I got installation aborted lol
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Same here. I just adb pushed to /system/font.
Looks good.
no need to rename the zip or disable sig verification. You may have to mount /system before flashing, however.
ranxoren, to get different fonts into the phone, just do as ^above and push the fonts directly into /system. Back up your old ones just in case. Most opentype fonts should work, but you might be missing some special characters. Myriad should be okay though.
I cannot get this to work either way. First I mounted /system then flashed and still got installation aborted. Then I extracted both .ttf files and did "adb push DroidSans.ttf /system/font" and pushed both files this way. Then I rebooted and nothing changed.
I noticed there are other font files in these folders, should I delete them or is it simply something I'm missing?
What memo app is that?
And, is it just me or does his screenshots show the normal stock font? I compared with my Nexus S, even typed out his example text, it's exactly the same.
Only difference I can see is the P loop is bigger, the & sign the bottom loop is bigger, and the top of t is different. other than that looks almost exactly the same.
Arcarsenal said:
no need to rename the zip or disable sig verification. You may have to mount /system before flashing, however.
ranxoren, to get different fonts into the phone, just do as ^above and push the fonts directly into /system. Back up your old ones just in case. Most opentype fonts should work, but you might be missing some special characters. Myriad should be okay though.
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Alright Ill try that thanks!
nxt said:
What memo app is that?
And, is it just me or does his screenshots show the normal stock font? I compared with my Nexus S, even typed out his example text, it's exactly the same.
Only difference I can see is the P loop is bigger, the & sign the bottom loop is bigger, and the top of t is different. other than that looks almost exactly the same.
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I admit the difference in fonts is not huge. Segoe UI has slightly thinner and rounder characters with less kerning (space between letters) than Droid Sans. Segoe UI is also optimized for cleartype/subpixel rendering but I'm not sure how much of that is obeyed by Android. I think it looks a bit sharper, personally.
For a design nerd, these things are way too apparent Here is some examples from Wikipedia that may help you notice the subtle differences.
Droid Sans: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DroidSansSpecimen.svg
Segoe UI : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SegoeUI_SP.svg
If you really feel like nerding out about fonts the associated article with those fonts are kinda interesting.
Edit: The memo app is LG Memo app from the market. I missed it from Geo411m's Nexus One ROMs, so I tracked it down.
Does this font look clearer to you than the stock android one? I can see the argument for a font optimized for cleartype, but that's cleartype on traditional RGB LCD screens. Would it be any different on our RGBG pentile matrix screens? The physical size of the green, red, and blue subpixels are different so I imagine it wouldn't be the same effect.
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I admit the difference in fonts is not huge. Segoe UI has slightly thinner and rounder characters with less kerning (space between letters) than Droid Sans. Segoe UI is also optimized for cleartype/subpixel rendering but I'm not sure how much of that is obeyed by Android. I think it looks a bit sharper, personally.
For a design nerd, these things are way too apparent Here is some examples from Wikipedia that may help you notice the subtle differences.
Droid Sans: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DroidSansSpecimen.svg
Segoe UI : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SegoeUI_SP.svg
If you really feel like nerding out about fonts the associated article with those fonts are kinda interesting.
Edit: The memo app is LG Memo app from the market. I missed it from Geo411m's Nexus One ROMs, so I tracked it down.
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Arcarsenal said:
no need to rename the zip or disable sig verification. You may have to mount /system before flashing, however.
ranxoren, to get different fonts into the phone, just do as ^above and push the fonts directly into /system. Back up your old ones just in case. Most opentype fonts should work, but you might be missing some special characters. Myriad should be okay though.
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So since ive never done this, If i just take that ZIP from the OP and replace the DroidSans.ttf and DroidSans-Bold.ttf with Myriad Set fonts and rename them to DroidSans and DroidSans-Bold and then flash that zip ill have Myriad on my phone ?
If this works ill upload it and share
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I admit the difference in fonts is not huge. Segoe UI has slightly thinner and rounder characters with less kerning (space between letters) than Droid Sans. Segoe UI is also optimized for cleartype/subpixel rendering but I'm not sure how much of that is obeyed by Android. I think it looks a bit sharper, personally.
For a design nerd, these things are way too apparent Here is some examples from Wikipedia that may help you notice the subtle differences.
Droid Sans: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DroidSansSpecimen.svg
Segoe UI : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SegoeUI_SP.svg
If you really feel like nerding out about fonts the associated article with those fonts are kinda interesting.
Edit: The memo app is LG Memo app from the market. I missed it from Geo411m's Nexus One ROMs, so I tracked it down.
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Hate to break it to you but, in your screenshots, that is NOT the Zune/Segoe font. That is the stock font that came on the Nexus S. I pushed the files to my phone and, although it successfully pushed, it's still the stock font (don't know why). Plus, I know that Segoe looks different/better than that. Hmmm now to figure out how to actually get Segoe and Zegoe on my Nexus =/
EDIT: the reason this isn't working is because the ZIP was incorrectly made. As it is now, the flashable zip contains 2 folders - "METAINF" (fine) and "fonts." However, it should by "system" and "METAINF" and then the "fonts" folder goes in "system"
Hmm.. Interesting. I'm fairly positive that I had the font flashed properly, even on version of Android prior to 2.3. I did not create this particular .zip so I wouldn't know about it being made incorrectly.
I tried manually pushing the fonts with Root Explorer but ended up bootlooping my phone, so then I tried Font Changer Lite: http://www.appbrain.com/app/font-changer-lite-(root-only)/com.martino2k6.fontchangerlite
You will have to also install an updated busy box installer (also in market) but this app will allow you to see the new font and then deploy it to your /system/fonts. It also provides a way to restore.
I tried that app now and it appears that my fonts have changed but you also have me doubting my sanity trying to figure out if it really changed. Hopefully others can try and judge for themselves.
The font in the pics are indeed different. Just look at the ampersand "&" in the "Location & Security" and compare it to a stock Nexus S. The righter loop comes up farther in the pics than on my phone, so I'm pretty sure it's a different font. It looks a bit wider and thinner too... just slightly.
Oh, and the "g" in "Call Settings" is way different, being a loop for the stock font.
Arcarsenal said:
Hmm.. Interesting. I'm fairly positive that I had the font flashed properly, even on version of Android prior to 2.3. I did not create this particular .zip so I wouldn't know about it being made incorrectly.
I tried manually pushing the fonts with Root Explorer but ended up bootlooping my phone, so then I tried Font Changer Lite: http://www.appbrain.com/app/font-changer-lite-(root-only)/com.martino2k6.fontchangerlite
You will have to also install an updated busy box installer (also in market) but this app will allow you to see the new font and then deploy it to your /system/fonts. It also provides a way to restore.
I tried that app now and it appears that my fonts have changed but you also have me doubting my sanity trying to figure out if it really changed. Hopefully others can try and judge for themselves.
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Thank you for your observations and renewing my faith in my own sanity. Please enjoy the font! Here is a screenshot of an AOSP built 2.3 image: notice the "g" character and compare it to the screenshots in the first post. Font changed
Droid Sans:
{
"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"
}
SegoeUI:
How do we install this on the modaco rom? Bricked phone last night lol
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Thank you for your observations and renewing my faith in my own sanity. Please enjoy the font! Here is a screenshot of an AOSP built 2.3 image: notice the "g" character and compare it to the screenshots in the first post. Font changed
Droid Sans:
SegoeUI:
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ACTUALLY, no...
Here's the Zune font from OP on left (I finally setup the flashable zip properly) and default font is on the right:
Here's a download link for Zune/Zegoe (THIS IS A FLASHABLE ZIP): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11901383/ZuneFontPack1223.zip
Related
I'm a bit of a typography snob, and also a big Android fan. This is the first time, however, I
have decided to combine the two. I enjoy it when the theme I apply overwrites my default
font, I quite like dark themes, and am not afraid of a bit of colour and innovation. Hopefully,
these all show through in my concept ideas for a theme I want to have on my G1.
I went with a calming green colour, because I like red, but don't like infuriating colours to
greet me every time I look at my phone, and I also wanted something quite minimalist.
{
"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"
}
******
← This has now become this →
Mock-Up & Bootscreen
Things that my theme will have that (most) others don't:
░ The 'Super'-3G IconI wanted to incorporate the Upload/Download part of that icon into the actual 3G
itself (see screenshot) and have the upload as the 3, and the download as the G.▒ A colourful boot screen!Why has no-one thought of this? As far as I know (I haven't made a theme yet,
so I could be wrong) the bootscreen consists of a top image with a hole in it, and
a moving piece underneath for the 'shine'. The top piece could easily be colourful.
My bootscreen shows what I would hope to achieve.▓ Percentage battery meterI prefer to see my battery as a percentage, even if it is not possible to have an
accurate one in the top bar (incremental images I would prefer e.g.: 0%, 15%, 30% etc.)
*** Edit:
I want to include AdvancedLauncher in my design. Does anyone know how to go about skinning that?
*** Edit #2:
Also, I have realised quite how busy I am. I would be happy to do all the graphical work, but have three A-Levels in the next 13 Days, so don't have much time to resign packages and blah and blah. Anyone fancy a collab theme? It would probably involve me doing most/all the image editing and someone else packaging it/making it work/beta testing.
*** Edit #3:
Currently testing a font reversion .zip to see if the font works well/at all in UI.
Questions/Comments/Help/Offers for Collaboration appreciated - click Quick Reply...
Haha, I've planning to make the SAME arrow like yours..
I'd rock it.
Great to see other designers start looking into android themes, but the problem is the limitations we face. Most of the issues you point out as to 'why hasn't anyone done this yet' is due to limitation of what we can and cannot use.
Boot screen: I've made full screen boot images in the past but the latest rom's are limited to 256 width, out of 320, so you'd see two very ugly black lines going down either side of your image if you try to do that. Anything bigger than a 256wide image results in full white screen oddity.
Battery Percentages: Again, limitations. Although I'd like to see a percentage readout as well, but the current system uses about 6 images in this incriments: 0, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100. You can use text images to display say 80% but it'll stay 80% all the way down to when it gets to 60%, for some thats a big drop, and they rather see a graphic reprensentation of the same.
As far as the 3G icon, thats completly and easily doable, as long as you have a clear defined images for data in, data out, both data in and out, and none data in and out. As far as the other stuff I see, launcher is easily doable, as well as the widget changes.
I suggest you look into a basic metamorph theme, then start editing the images included to match your taste. You can get a decent working version out of your vision easily. Ask around for help especially with .9.png images, there are tons of theme makers ready to help out.
severedembrace said:
I'd rock it.
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same hear this could easily be my everyday theme
Boot image
hendos43 said:
I'm a bit of a typography snob, and also a big Android fan. This is the first time, however, I have decided to combine the two. I enjoy it when the theme I apply overwrites my default font, I quite like dark themes, and am not afraid of a bit of colour and innovation. Hopefully these all show through in my concept ideas for a theme I want to have on my G1.
I went with a calming green colour, because I like red, but don't like infuriating colours to greet me every time I look at my phone, and I also wanted something quite minimalist.
'Screenshot' & Bootscreen
Things that my theme will have that (most) others don't:
░ The 'Super'-3G IconI wanted to incorporate the Upload/Download part of that icon into the actual 3G itself (see screenshot) and have the upload as the 3, and the download as the G.▒ A colourful boot screen!Why has no-one thought of this? As far as I know (I haven't made a theme yet, so I could be wrong) the bootscreen consists of a top image with a hole in it, and moving piece underneath for the 'shine'. If it a normal .gif, there is even less excuse. The top piece could easily be colourful. My bootscreen shows what I would hope to achieve.▓ Percentage battery meterI prefer to see my battery as a percentage, even if it is not possible to have an accurate one in the top bar (incremental images I would prefer e.g.: 0%, 15%, 30% etc.)
That's it! I've literally got as far as the above images at the moment, so questions below!
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Maybe I can save you a little time- you'll find the "boot flash image" in the framework-res/assets/images folder. Your are right about the top and bottom layers, but it is not a gif; they are png's. I will attach the one I am currently incorporating into my latest efforts.- ChrisView attachment 264418
prash said:
Great to see other designers start looking into android themes, but the problem is the limitations we face. Most of the issues you point out as to 'why hasn't anyone done this yet' is due to limitation of what we can and cannot use.
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Thank you, much of the following information is of huge use to me, since I'm new =)
prash said:
Boot screen: I've made full screen boot images in the past but the latest rom's are limited to 256 width, out of 320, so you'd see two very ugly black lines going down either side of your image if you try to do that. Anything bigger than a 256wide image results in full white screen oddity.
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Bad news, but I'm going to go for a gradient to black on either side, probably, to make it a bit prettier =D
prash said:
Battery Percentages: Again, limitations. Although I'd like to see a percentage readout as well, but the current system uses about 6 images in this incriments: 0, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100. You can use text images to display say 80% but it'll stay 80% all the way down to when it gets to 60%, for some thats a big drop, and they rather see a graphic reprensentation of the same.
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That's cool, but to be honest, I'll probably still go with the numbers. Maybe I'll go with ~10, ~20 etc.
prash said:
As far as the 3G icon, thats completly and easily doable, as long as you have a clear defined images for data in, data out, both data in and out, and none data in and out. As far as the other stuff I see, launcher is easily doable, as well as the widget changes.
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Sweet! I was hoping so!
prash said:
I suggest you look into a basic metamorph theme, then start editing the images included to match your taste. You can get a decent working version out of your vision easily. Ask around for help especially with .9.png images, there are tons of theme makers ready to help out.
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Will do, thank you very much for your help.
ccriffman said:
Maybe I can save you a little time- you'll find the "boot flash image" in the framework-res/assets/images folder. Your are right about the top and bottom layers, but it is not a gif; they are png's. I will attach the one I am currently incorporating into my latest efforts.- ChrisView attachment 264418
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Hugely useful, thank you again =D
What about this then?
As the frame?
And, using the above boot underlay's dimensions, what about this as the other 'layer'?
hendos43 said:
What about this then?
As the frame?
And, using the above boot underlay's dimensions, what about this as the other 'layer'?
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looks good. very doable now for the boot. however, if you want to accomplish that speedy blink in the word "TYPOGRAPH", all you have to do is make the width of your logo-shine smaller. that way, it goes much faster. currently most android-logo-shine.png's are 512 in width which is why they zoom through slowly. dont forget to make your word "TYPOGRAPH" transparent in your logo mask or else the logo-shine won't be seen. good luck .
prash said:
Great to see other designers start looking into android themes, but the problem is the limitations we face. Most of the issues you point out as to 'why hasn't anyone done this yet' is due to limitation of what we can and cannot use.
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hi !
I am the android taskiller developper and I read the xda android themes section everyday.
And I am programming a powerfull skin system for android like baterrystatus on Windows Mobile.
Many system info can be read and rendered on the screen with XML configuration file and pictures on SDCARD.
See this sample (the default home screen):
Time is rendered using LCD font
Battery percentage is text and icon
I think many designers will make many beautifull themes with it !
More infos in few days...
hendos43 said:
'Screenshot' & Bootscreen
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what font is this? looks like helvetica, if it is which exactly you used, cause there are dozens of similar fonts in helvetica family and i like yours in size and thickness.
thanks.
opasha said:
looks good. very doable now for the boot. however, if you want to accomplish that speedy blink in the word "TYPOGRAPH", all you have to do is make the width of your logo-shine smaller. that way, it goes much faster. currently most android-logo-shine.png's are 512 in width which is why they zoom through slowly. dont forget to make your word "TYPOGRAPH" transparent in your logo mask or else the logo-shine won't be seen. good luck .
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That's cool, but I kinda wanted a slower shine through, because it looks a little hurried in the preliminary .gif I made, so maybe 512 is a smart width. The 'Typograph' is transparent at the moment, with the 'for Android' not.
schtuka said:
what font is this? looks like helvetica, if it is which exactly you used, cause there are dozens of similar fonts in helvetica family and i like yours in size and thickness.
thanks.
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Helvetica35-Thin.
Looks amazing! Please keep working!
horb said:
hi !
I am the android taskiller developper and I read the xda android themes section everyday.
And I am programming a powerfull skin system for android like baterrystatus on Windows Mobile.
Many system info can be read and rendered on the screen with XML configuration file and pictures on SDCARD.
See this sample (the default home screen):
Time is rendered using LCD font
Battery percentage is text and icon
I think many designers will make many beautifull themes with it !
More infos in few days...
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That is amazing! I would love to try something like that.
horb said:
hi !
I am the android taskiller developper and I read the xda android themes section everyday.
And I am programming a powerfull skin system for android like baterrystatus on Windows Mobile.
Many system info can be read and rendered on the screen with XML configuration file and pictures on SDCARD.
See this sample (the default home screen):
Time is rendered using LCD font
Battery percentage is text and icon
I think many designers will make many beautifull themes with it !
More infos in few days...
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Nice concept, but as with any design the usage of too many fonts is a no-no.
One, two at the most. Aesthetics.
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Please delete this post.
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Good luck getting it to kern correctly. I think this is why most of the mods use Trebuchet, as it is designed to be used on screens, and has less issues that need fine tuning. Still, I wish you well
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Good luck getting it to kern correctly. I think this is why most of the mods use Trebuchet, as it is designed to be used on screens, and has less issues that need fine tuning. Still, I wish you well
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Haha, I decided to go for Helvetica 55 Roman instead, as it kerned better, but I'm still messing around with fonts just by the old
Code:
$ su
# mount system
# mount sdcard
# cp sdcard/fonts/* system/fonts/
I haven't got any further, because I can't find JF's Resigning tool. The link to it at FightForthePits.com/testsign(2).zip is down, and I can't find another =S
Help?
hendos43 said:
Haha, I decided to go for Helvetica 55 Roman instead, as it kerned better, but I'm still messing around with fonts just by the old
Code:
$ su
# mount system
# mount sdcard
# cp sdcard/fonts/* system/fonts/
I haven't got any further, because I can't find JF's Resigning tool. The link to it at FightForthePits.com/testsign(2).zip is down, and I can't find another =S
Help?
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Why don't you use MetaMorph, no signing required.
Create custom FlipFont files with font preview and icon.
*At present this only works on Galaxy S phones, but should work if FlipFont is ported or released on other devices*
Why do we need to jump through hoops?
It seems that the fonts in the MonoType apks on the market are digitally signed. This is what is preventing the use of any old font being added to an APK. I believe the FlipFont app is looking for the digital signature in the font within the APK. If its not there, it does not use the font and reverts to using the default font. It MAY be possible to edit the FlipFont APK so that it no longer looks for the digital signature. This should allow us to use any font without jumping through hoops.
If you can find the FlipFont Apk please post its location or better yet PM me with its location. If your really feeling spunky ADB pull the file off your phone and post it here, so we can take a look at it.
Lets trick FlipFont. Heres what you need.
Apk Manager 4.8 found here. This will allow you to decompile and edit the APK attached at the bottom of this link. Dont worry its much easier then it sounds.
FontCreator 30 day trial found here. This is a windows only program. If you know of a cross platform, open source or FREE font editor please let me know. The one on source forge is not stable enough for use at present and its install needs its own walk through.
***Link for FontCreator has been downgraded to version 5, which will allow you to save fonts during the 30 day trial, unlike version 6. Thanks sigeltek***
Photoshop or Gimp. Note you only need this if you want to edit the icon file for the app. I will not go over editing the icon in the walk-through, this should be pretty self explanatory.
Digitally Signed Monoglyceride font found here For some reason Mediafire sees this as a jpg file. Click the download this image button in the link and you will see its actually a .ttf file. ODD :ºp
The Monoglyceride APK attached at the bottom of this link.
Walk-through editing the Monoglyceride font with FontCreator.
Open the Monoglyceride.ttf font with FontCreator
Open the .ttf font you want to use.
Make note of the number of Glyphs at the bottom right side of FontCreator when you have your font selected.
Click the Monoglyceride font window in FontCreator and choose edit>select all at the top of the program.
Hit delete on your keyboard. This should delete everything in the Monoglyceride window.
click Insert>Glyphs... at the top of the program
type in the number of glyphs your font has in it and hit ok. You should now see a bunch of empty glyphs in the Monoglyceride window.
Now switch back to your font and again hit edit>select all
Hit edit>copy
Swith back to the Monoglyceride window and click edit>select all... and then edit>paste special...
This will open up the Paste Special window. Put a check in every box in Item section and choose "Add Mappings" in the mappings section and then click OK.
If this worked properly you should see all of the characters and mappings from your font in the Monoglyceride.ttf window.
Close your fonts window in FontCreator
Click File>Save as, rename the Monoglyceride.ttf with the name of your font.
Thats it you now have a digitally signed font. If you want to double check, open the new font in windows and you should see that the font is still technicaly the Bauhaus font, but it now contains your fonts characters. :º)
*** eweo911 has just informed me of a quick way to resize the font if it is too large. You can check to see if its too big by double clicking on one of the glyphs after preforming the Paste Special section of the instructions above. Its best to choose one of the uppercase letters. If the glyphs image goes above the guide shown for cap it WILL be a large font on the phone. These guides are set in the perfect position for our phones screen.
Here is the quote from eweo911:
I have figured out how to make the fonts smaller so you can adjust them to fit the screen better. Not sure if anyone else has done it yet but here is what I did.
After you do the "Paste Special" in font editor (per Ritalins how-to), you will need to make sure all of the glyphs are highlighted in the new font. Yiou will then go to "Tools" and then "Glyph Transformer". Once there, you will select the "Selected" button, then under Available Features you will expand the Outlines tree. Select scale and then you will have two variables for Outlines-Scale. Choose an integer that you want to test with and then hit "ok". Save as your new font name and that should be it.
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Another helpful hint for eweo911, for those that want to use a font, but the new font is missing some of the special characters.
Here is the quote for eweo911
The process is pretty similar to the original.
1. Start out in Font Creator by opening your two fonts.
2. In your new font, choose to "select all".
3. Go to Edit and then Copy
4. Switch over to the monoglyceride font (or whatever you are using as the original font you will be making into the new font). Here, selct all glyphs as well.
5. Go to edit and the paste special, selecting all four Items and choosing "Overrule Same Mappings".
6. Hit ok and then save the file with your new font name.
This will place all of the new glyphs into the font you will be remaking while retaining all of the special characters from the original font.
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Walk-through editing the apk with Apk Manager 4.8
Download the monoglyceride.apk listed below.
Copy the apk into place-apk-here-for-modding folder in the Apk_Manager_4.8 directory.
Run script.bat and choose option 9
Open Apk_Manager_4.8\out\assets\fonts in explorer
Replace existing monoglyceride.apk font with the .ttf font you edited in FontCreator
edit all XML, yml and smali files to include the font name or font.ttf depending on the entry in the original file. Just replace monoglyceride in these files and folder with the name of your font. Pay attention to capitalization in the existing files, and make sure to do the same when replacing with your file name.
Edit the last folder name in the smali folder tree from monoglyceride to the name of your font
Edit the icon.png in the drawable folder with one of your own.
Compile apk - option 11
Sign apk option 12
Check the Apk_Manager_4.8\place-apk-here-for-modding folder and you should see repackaged-signed.apk along with the original monoglyceride apk. Rename your new signed.apk file the same as the monoglyceride one and just check the name at the end with your font name. This is not REALLY necessary, but do it for consistency sake.
install apk on your phone
This might take you about 30 minutes the first time you run through it, but after you get accustom to the steps you should be able to bang through it in about 10 minutes.
Well here you go, here is my first custom FlipFont APK.
Monoglyceride
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Its working perfectly for me, but let me know if you have any issues.
Reserved for further changes.
Yes!
As a major font fanatic myself, I applaud you sir If you get this working I have a boatload of fonts I'd want to try... Flux would look stunning on this screen...
http -- ://new.myfonts.com/fonts/t26/flux/
http -- ://new.myfonts.com/fonts/fontbureau/fb-agency/
Etc...
Few steps forward, few steps back.
First off I will say that the font is a little hard to read and too light, but this is just for testing so its not that big a deal right now.
Ok so I got hold of a font that about the same size as the Bauhaus font. After doing everything in the above posts and installing the font, the restart was a LITTLE bit faster. It still seems to choke for about a minute or so after the desktop first appears and the pass based lock screen is sometimes unresponsive on first try. Overall its running much better, but still not perfect.
Also some words see to get clipped off for no reason as you can see in the image attached on the text for the Astro bluetooth icon. Not sure why this is happening.
Seriously, 160+ views and no comments. Does no one have ANY experience with font development, XML or apk development?
None, but we all want new fonts....
-bZj
down8 said:
None, but we all want new fonts....
-bZj
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Well I figured it out. But because of that comment you cant have any.
:ºp
pretty sweet.
Need someone to develop an app that does the entire process.
something that you can just drop any .ttf and you get the .apk out of it.
Ive been trying to edit an xml for a week to change the font color... you have actually gotten further than I have... keep up the good work... I hope you figure it out...
junkdruggler said:
Ive been trying to edit an xml for a week to change the font color... you have actually gotten further than I have... keep up the good work... I hope you figure it out...
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You can try this right here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535630 . It was made for a cyan template so I don't know if it will work on SGS.
What I would also like to see is if we can locate, remove and port the FlipFont apk. Anyone up for trying that part?
Your font looks great on my Captivate. Thanks for sharing
ritalin said:
Other info and things Ill try next
Before going through the time consuming method of editing the .ttf font file listed above I wanted to see what would happen if I left the original font APK alone and just removed the all of the internal naming. This area contains things like the font name, vendor, license agreement, copyright, ect... After I removed those entries in the file, windows still showed it as Digitally Licensed, but the font FAILED when recompiled and installed in Android.
I am going to try moving these entries over to another font and try again. This may not work, because from what I have read about digitally signed font, editing them breaks the signing. There is hope that this is not true based on the fact that I DID edit the font (characters, ect..)and it still worked. [/INDENT]
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Alright so I gave this a try and it made the font fail. It will install and show properly in the settings preview window, but after applying it and restarting the font shows up as the default font. My guess is that the font DOES HAVE TO BE digitally signed with the right key in order for it to function in FlipFont.
I have simplified another method of using the existing digitally signed font and copying another fonts characters and glyphs into it. I will post a how to when I find a free or open source font editor so everyone can do it.
Thanks for the guide. I'll try it later.
Thanks david.. Been there done that... I got it done its just force close looping the phone...
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ritalin said:
Well I figured it out. But because of that comment you cant have any.
:ºp
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It was just meant to show interest.
Tried the font, and it rocks - thanks for the dev work!
-bZj
Has anyone managed to find the FlipFont apk? I would like to take a look at it to see if the digital signing check for fonts can be removed.
I am also thinking about creating a dropbox directory for the fonts, with two folders. One for the APKs the other for just fonts that people have tested and know look good on our screens.
If you want access just shoot me a PM.
How do you install the APK? HELP
Thanks
beckhamsoccerman said:
How do you install the APK? HELP
Thanks
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Just transfer it to your phone then open it up with your file explorer (astro, files etc)
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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.
12/27 - Fixed a couple small text color issues, otherwise the same. Link updated below.
12/22 - Update to 3.4.4
Flash in recovery. Updater-script installs in the /system/app directory so don't forget to uninstall updates in settings if you have been OTA updated to 3.4.4. As always, please let me know of any issues anyone runs into.
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TransMarket-3.4.4bl-v2-signed.zip
Update for 3.3.11:
For now it's just the blue trimmed version. I would like to get the others up as well, but I've had several requests to extend this onto mdpi screens as well, so that's next on the agenda.
Flash in Recovery
TransMarket-3.3.11bl-signed.zip
Please ensure you've uninstalled updates or otherwise removed all com.android.vending.apk entries from data/app, as this zip will place Vending in your /system/app directory.
9/25 Update to 3.1.5
Ok, finally got my theme ported into 3.1.5. I'll admit that this hasn't been real thoroughly tested, but so far so good for me. The themes are almost exactly like before...it's not identical, but it would be very hard to tell the small changes that were made. Still hdpi only.
FLASH IN RECOVERY
Blue trim-TransMarket_3.1.5bl-signed.zip
Green trim-TransMarket_3.1.5gr-signed.zip
*These will flash to /system/app directory. It is very likely that you were silently updated to 3.1.5 and therefore have the apk in /data/app. If the Market is not themed after flash, go to settings>applications>manage applications>select "All" tab and scroll down to Market. Select uninstall updates.
Original stock market: AndroidMarket_3.1.5-stock-signed.zip
OLDER POSTS
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8/27-Version 3.1.3 recovery zips
TransMarket-3.1.3blue
TransMarket-3.1.3green
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Originally I hadn't intended on theming the new market, but I was asked by another member to help him with his and in the process of trying to help I started tinkering with it myself. The layout of this app doesn't lend itself well to a transparent theme, but it did turn out much better than I expected.
One of the aspects that I knew I wanted to keep if I ever did anything was the color coordination of the different product groups. I think that added a nice touch to the app. This actually made things somewhat difficult, and I had to venture into the land of smali edits (not my strong suit). However, I did reuse my newer buttons from the last market so many of them are blue, and the progressbar that I've integrated into the app is blue. The progressbars are ONLY IN THIS APP, it doesn't affect anything else on your phone.
**This looks best over darker wallpapers. The text colors are designed as such**
Here's some screenshot's:
Please do let me know of any omissions that you find as I have not checked all pages. Oh, and this isn't resigned so there shouldn't be any FC issues like in previous editions.
Thanks for looking!!
FLASH IN RECOVERY
Trans-Market_3.0.27-v1.0.zip
Here's the stock, unmodified market. Also in a flash zip: Vending_3.0.27-stock.zip
Previous version: Market2.3.6-TransBlue_v2.2.3BT.zip
will this work on droid x?
Ive shared this on the galaxy s forum mate.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889475
tell me if you want it removed.
cheers.
ps. Great work. Works on my sgs
w00tn3ss said:
will this work on droid x?
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Don't think so because of the different resolutions
Sent from that Green Robot Device with a 4"screen, chewing on some froyo(with an extra .1)
Do I need to do full blue theme to get blue highlight and blue around text box¿ I see in pic but mine still amber color
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
demo23019 said:
Do I need to do full blue theme to get blue highlight and blue around text box¿ I see in pic but mine still amber color
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
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Flashed the two files and still the same mate;(
JD
demo23019 said:
Do I need to do full blue theme to get blue highlight and blue around text box¿ I see in pic but mine still amber color
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
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yeah, the change in the keyboard is pretty subtle. The only things that will change with LatinIME.apk are mainly going to be the suggested words that appear as you type, and the popup box when you hold down certain keys will have a blue ring around the letter. The space bar's highlight when suggestion popop and the caps lock light are blue, too. The other stuff you're talking about is actually going to be in framework-res.
I've been tinkering around with blue theming for a while now, and the keyboard is just part of that WIP. But since it's a 2.3 keyboard I thought I'd throw it in as well. The market, though works well on it's own or in conjunction with a blue theme.
JupiterDroid said:
Flashed the two files and still the same mate;(
JD
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Did you try wiping caches too? There's been mixed results in most of these Market threads from what I've seen. Some don't see the change, others have no issues at all. That's the whole reason I included the plain apk. I know some folks have com.android.vending-2.apk. It's the same file, just named different.
I've not done much theming outside of framework-res so please forgive me for not having an exact answer for you. Hopefully someone with a little more experience than me-particularly with theming system apks-will step in and offer some advice.
The apk is good, though for sure. Way too many people rocking it out right now for it to not be. Just gotta find out what small difference makes it not apply to some.
racerboy3801 said:
Ive shared this on the galaxy s forum mate.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889475
tell me if you want it removed.
cheers.
ps. Great work. Works on my sgs
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Sure no prob. Hope to get a Captivate soon to play with. Just gimme cred in your thread
pendo said:
yeah, the change in the keyboard is pretty subtle. The only things that will change with LatinIME.apk are mainly going to be the suggested words that appear as you type, and the popup box when you hold down certain keys will have a blue ring around the letter. The space bar's highlight when suggestion popop and the caps lock light are blue, too. The other stuff you're talking about is actually going to be in framework-res.
I've been tinkering around with blue theming for a while now, and the keyboard is just part of that WIP. But since it's a 2.3 keyboard I thought I'd throw it in as well. The market, though works well on it's own or in conjunction with a blue theme.
Did you try wiping caches too? There's been mixed results in most of these Market threads from what I've seen. Some don't see the change, others have no issues at all. That's the whole reason I included the plain apk. I know some folks have com.android.vending-2.apk. It's the same file, just named different.
I've not done much theming outside of framework-res so please forgive me for not having an exact answer for you. Hopefully someone with a little more experience than me-particularly with theming system apks-will step in and offer some advice.
The apk is good, though for sure. Way too many people rocking it out right now for it to not be. Just gotta find out what small difference makes it not apply to some.
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ThanKS Mate, will definitely flash when you guys get a system that works, Thanks for your hard work
JD
awesome, works on mytouch 4g
couldnt flash though, had to use root explorer and to it manually. lol
Blue keyboard
pendo said:
Hello fellow Nexus brethren
I know there's already a couple of these market threads, but I'm pretty sure none are themed quite like mine. I'm not a present N-S owner, but since we're related and all....I figure it's ok Pretty much every png has been changed.
A quick screenshot:
I'll have to defer to you all as to what the best way to install this is, so I've got a couple options. First the link below is a regular flash.zip installer that will mount system, and flash Vending.apk to /system/app. Also in the attachment section at the bottom is the the Vending.apk file itself.
DOWNLOAD
Market-2.2.7-PB-signed.zip
I've also got my lightly themed keyboard. This won't affect the text you see in the subject field, but does have the blue text in the suggestion area:
The link is a flash.zip that will mount system, and place LatinIME.apk in /system/app and a lib file in /system/lib. In the attachment section is a zip that contains just apk and lib file.
DOWNLOAD
Gingerbread_kb-PB-signed.zip
Thanks for looking!
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How tough is it to get a black one like this
phil0sophic said:
How tough is it to get a black one like this
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Probably not too hard I'd say. I'd just try to run a batch edit to make them all the same color. I probably won't be able to get to it tonight, as I'm swamped right now. I'll post when I have something...was this file able to work for you ok though?
Market Update:
Ok, so this is pretty popular I guess, judging by my inbox, lol. I've been helping a Nexus S owner in his transition from the N1 and he just discovered something....He was previously unable to get the flash to work (I just found out that the phone's odexed ) But he flashed the cyanogen alpha and the update flashed just fine. No problems. He did have to mount the system first in the recovery menu prior to flashing but it took just fine.
So there's one way to try if you're interested.
Thanks!
So far the blue market has been working great on cm7
chris6278 said:
So far the blue market has been working great on cm7
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How did you install? I've tried flashing and also pushing to system/app via Root Explorer and still can't get it to install :-\
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
Thanks for posting Chris. Got your message btw
@allareconnected,
I mentioned this in the above post, but for him it was critical that he actually mount the system in the recovery menu in order for it to take. Skipping that step prevented the flash from taking, even though there was no error.
I'm still a little confused as to why he needs to do this, since 1) the script in the zip has a mount system command, and 2) never had to do this with any other phone. I suppose it's possible that I missed something during the rooting process as I kinda helped him with that a little.
In any case, I'd think that pushing via root explorer would work fine as well.
I did have an issue earlier myself that was self inflicted (most of mine are, lol), but I kept getting a permissions FC. The way I ended up resolving the problem was by reinstalling a previous market (v1.82) that was in a gapps.zip from I downloaded in clockwork. After installing it, I rebooted into recovery and wiped cache and dalvik, then flashed my 2.2.7 and has been perfect all day. Even in miui.
If your having problems installing this, and you have the latest "new" market installed. Go to settings/applications/manage applications/all and find market, click it and choose uninstall updates.
After that, it should revert to this blue themed market
Did this for T-Mo Vibrant
@pendo, love this Market, works well on the SGS, but would it be possible to make a green themed one with your icons/images etc? That would be awesome Anyway great themed Market, and keyboard, keep it up!
New Market looks and works good here. CM7, pushed the Vending.apk with adb.
how can i get your whole blue theme, for the notification bar as well as the market
Would people be interested in a darker version of the Settings, popups, and general UI of the ZF2 that the theme chooser doesn't affect?
I started working on something here for a preview:
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You didn't tell how you will achieve this goal.
If it will be in the form of patches for system apps/framework, then i don't need.
ASUS actively updates ROM and system apps (even through google play) and patches will add instability and other side effects.
But at the same time i would be glad to see extended themes allowing to change system-wide GUI style if ASUS theme engine supports it.
There are patches for some GAPPS. While patched apps (dark theme) are looking nice, i found that with every update (and GAPPS updated very often) i had to look for new patched version or even wait for it. So, after several such iterations, i gave up and just got used to white theme.
sorg said:
You didn't tell how you will achieve this goal.
If it will be in the form of patches for system apps/framework, then i don't need.
ASUS actively updates ROM and system apps (even through google play) and patches will add instability and other side effects.
But at the same time i would be glad to see extended themes allowing to change system-wide GUI style if ASUS theme engine supports it.
There are patches for some GAPPS. While patched apps (dark theme) are looking nice, i found that with every update (and GAPPS updated very often) i had to look for new patched version or even wait for it. So, after several such iterations, i gave up and just got used to white theme.
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Sorry to disappoint, but right now modding the system apps/framework is the only way to achieve this. Technically you could use the theme engine to mod the system app, but that defeats the purpose. The theme engine in its current state doesn't have permission to change these types of files.
The only thing that I'm changing in the settings files are color values so it hasn't added any instability. Hunting for these values though...
My goal for this was to make a temporary change to settings, but I could write a script to reupdate it after a new OTA rolls in.
Nice progress, would love to have all black menus, quicksetting and popups, autoblack gapps too if possible like Dark Material theme I was using with cm, no need for modded gapps
I won't be updating anymore, waiting for native linux for dual boot. I used the Light ZE550 Rom and striped it down to ~500Mb with everything working for VoIP and quickcharge; much more can be removed though especially if we use Nova launcher. Booting at 3.1-3.3Gb Free RAM with 720P resolution ; close to 50200 Antutu and 4320 Vellamo Browser. Especially that ASUS will lock the bootloader with upcoming releases, ART will not be replaced in the near future.
cmendonc2 said:
Would people be interested in a darker version of the Settings, popups, and general UI of the ZF2 that the theme chooser doesn't affect?
I started working on something here for a preview:
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I wold like a dark theme
Without touching Settings apk or Framework
But battery chart layout needs to edit settings apk
Bring it on xD
AL_IRAQI said:
Without touching Settings apk or Framework
But battery chart layout needs to edit settings apk
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That seems like a better option if it doesn't edit the apk!
cmendonc2 said:
That seems like a better option if it doesn't edit the apk!
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This thing looks cool !!!!! worth appreciating !!!!
Finally there is someone on XDA to provide a dark theme ......i really appreciate you and would be waiting till your development is complete.
I am surely going to install it on my zf2
great work bro !!
i would like to have material design everywhere xD like CM
Bhuri25 said:
This thing looks cool !!!!! worth appreciating !!!!
Finally there is someone on XDA to provide a dark theme ......i really appreciate you and would be waiting till your development is complete.
I am surely going to install it on my zf2
great work bro !!
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Instead of using this settings mod, it might be easier to use a module for xposed like this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2342570
I used something similar to Asus themes to edit settings theme, but the problem with this method that you cant edit everything with it, and many text colors hard coded in layout xml files which it cant be themed with RRO/Layers.
So for settings its better to make full apk and use it every update until Asus added new features to settings then you have to update it
And i tried to edit SystemUI and its hard compared to Samsung SystemUI or any AOSP SystemUI, Asus used .png and .9 files for pretty much everything in SystemUI Quick Settings which is ridiculous because if you added "Themes" to the ROM you should make easier to theme System apps to get more themes just like what Samsung did with S6 themes you can change everything in any stock app easily
That's my SystemUI theme
AL_IRAQI said:
I used something similar to Asus themes to edit settings theme, but the problem with this method that you cant edit everything with it, and many text colors hard coded in layout xml files which it cant be themed with RRO/Layers.
So for settings its better to make full apk and use it every update until Asus added new features to settings then you have to update it
And i tried to edit SystemUI and its hard compared to Samsung SystemUI or any AOSP SystemUI, Asus used .png and .9 files for pretty much everything in SystemUI Quick Settings which is ridiculous because if you added "Themes" to the ROM you should make easier to theme System apps to get more themes just like what Samsung did with S6 themes you can change everything in any stock app easily
That's my SystemUI theme
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The same goes for xml editing. Even when I try to change one color for one text part, it ends up changing the color in someplace I don't want to to change.
Well i guess since CM12.1 has dark settings themes, this is moot now.
https://youtu.be/VBWwmUgKHUE?t=125
cmendonc2 said:
Well i guess since CM12.1 has dark settings themes, this is moot now.
https://youtu.be/VBWwmUgKHUE?t=125
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There must be a way to port CM themes to Stock. e.g. Dark Material, will try to contact app developer since I paid for that and we already exchanged many emails
CM has tons of bugs, can't stand it, I like more Asus's Framework and UI. Only changing the colors would be awesome. Asus can do that easily, you can join Asus Beta program to request anything, they also do phones and accessories drafts :laugh: :
http://www.asus.com/zentalk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=11202
http://www.asus.com/zentalk/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=39
http://www.asus.com/zentalk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=13350&extra=page=1
I have been using CM for years and just realised how it lacked stock features, stability and compatibility.
At least, Asus responds pretty fast to any concerns [email protected]
Got my responses in under an hour from Asus while requesting a critical bug fix in CM for over 2 years did not give any result, mainly the unresponsive lockscreen bug that happens up to 8x a day. Guess what? It happened to my G2 since 2013 and still happened with my G3 last month and that is with the paid version of CM Updater LoL
I just feel shameful after gifting a phone with the latest cyanogenmod or installing it to a friend which kept telling me the phone is freezing in lockscreen.
Sure if you don't use your phone, you won't notice but I use it for everything, from University books, calls, VoIP, television, medical applications, car diagnostic to Office applications.
Imagine after writing a 2000 word text file, your device freezes or random reboots. I never had a single freeze or reboot with Stock ROM since this awesome phone was released except when using Amplify (Also delayed incoming calls and notifications) that I paid and removed soon after. Those are some of the reasons its better to stick with OEM ROM. Its the same story with modded Windows vs OEM Windows.
@aziz07
they can do that with themes but they have to edit some lines in settings and other stock apps also
they have to remove any hard coded color in layout xmls and relink any background color from framework to same app colors,like this
https://github.com/LayersTeam
In Galaxy S6 you can theme everything easily and they have also app to create themes for devs
But Asus did nothing they only implement RRO to the ROM and throw some themes in the store without working to make it better and easier for users to create themes
What happened to the dark menus screen shots in your post #6? Really liked that even more than monochrome dark material in cm.
Release it asap! Yalla xD
aziz07 said:
What happened to the dark menus screen shots in your post #6? Really liked that even more than monochrome dark material in cm.
Release it asap! Yalla xD
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I have to make full apk because themes didn't work well with settings
AL_IRAQI said:
I have to make full apk because themes didn't work well with settings
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Yo Bro @AL_IRAQI,
Im waiting for your prism barebone here also .... got me a zenfone 2 64gb .... and please try to incorporate 3 minit in this ROM...
AL_IRAQI said:
Without touching Settings apk or Framework
But battery chart layout needs to edit settings apk
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how did u changed the battery icon in statusbar and change the icon places ........plzz can u tell me ?