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i am using Teds Hero theme, but like the google search widget from "hero Mix" theme better, is there a way to extract it and install on other theme??
You should be able to just pull the apk out of the hero mix zip. And replace it with the one on teds zip and reflash the whole thing. Make a backup before just in case it doesn't work properly
looked for that but there is a GoogleSearch.apk but when i put that apk on my sd card and use appmanager to install doesnt work, but is that even the right APK for search widget?
caleoss said:
looked for that but there is a GoogleSearch.apk but when i put that apk on my sd card and use appmanager to install doesnt work, but is that even the right APK for search widget?
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you're not supposed to install them ... you have to adb push it back into system/app
Or you can just copy paste them into system/app using "root explorer"
dont forget to click the "remount as r/w" button on the top and make sure you reboot when your done.
Ported theme originally created by Kalagas for Milestone. So all credit and thanks go to him for giving me permission to port it.
Some parts of the theme may be from other themes but I've had them that long I can't remember who created them so if the creators recognise them I apologise in advance and hope you don't mind me using them in this theme. If this is breaking any rules I apologise and understand if you have to remove this theme but I would be grateful if you could let me know who I need to ask for permission to post this theme.
Screenshots here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=823130
DOWNLOADS
THEME
Kalagas_Mixed_Froyo_2.2_Special_RC1-signed.zip
WALLPAPER
wallpaper.zip (This is not an install zip file. Unzip it and copy to an image folder on your SD card).
LAUNCHER PRO
LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.apk (Remove any existing Launcher Pro's installed on phone before installing (Settings will be lost but it's the only way I can get it to work)).
CM THEME
Kalagas_Mixed.zip (Unzip and copy Kalagas_Mixed.xml file to "/sdcard/CMTheme/").
ALWAYS DO A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE INSTALLING.
Hooooo, I love you XD
Thanks for this port, nice job !
Work on Special Edition and RC1
Awesome thanks for this it looks the dogs
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Awesome theme, very good work! I have it installed yesterday and this one looks great. Thanks
Any reason why this wont work on my phone,
Im running FROYO_2.2_Special_Edition_RC1 (updated 2010-11-03)
MAybe im being dull, but i did a full wipe of everything, and it just keeps looping in whilest booting
Thanks Steve
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Not working on my phone either.
Looks like no Launcher even though I updated launcher pro
Im running FROYO_2.2_Special_Edition_RC1 (updated 2010-11-03) too
Yep i worked out my problem.
AND YES YOU ALL CAN CALL ME DULL
I clicked the link to go look at the pictures, and downloaded the theme from there. Which is for a diffrent rom
Still can not get the Launcher Pro theme to flash. Any advice people please
Cheers Steve
big_sw2000 said:
Yep i worked out my problem.
AND YES YOU ALL CAN CALL ME DULL
I clicked the link to go look at the pictures, and downloaded the theme from there. Which is for a diffrent rom
Still can not get the Launcher Pro theme to flash. Any advice people please
Cheers Steve
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You need to completely remove Launcher Pro then install the launcher pro apk file. It's an apk file not an install zip so you need to copy it to your SD card then use whatever file browser your using and install the apk.
Goose247 said:
You need to completely remove Launcher Pro then install the launcher pro apk file. It's an apk file not an install zip so you need to copy it to your SD card then use whatever file browser your using and install the apk.
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Thank for the help
But not able to work out how to install it, as its a zip folder on my sd card.
I have tried a few file browser programs. But not sure what to do next
Cheers Steve
big_sw2000 said:
Thank for the help
But not able to work out how to install it, as its a zip folder on my sd card.
I have tried a few file browser programs. But not sure what to do next
Cheers Steve
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If your downloading LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.apk it is an apk file, it can be opened with compression software so the icon might look like a zip file but it's not.
Try it this way if you have adb installed on your computer
Open the Command prompt window for ADB. Copy LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.apk to "android-sdk-windows\tools" folder.
Type
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/*Launcher*
adb push LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.apk /system/app
exit
Reboot phone.
Goose247 said:
If your downloading LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.apk it is an apk file, it can be opened with compression software so the icon might look like a zip file but it's not.
Try it this way if you have adb installed on your computer
Open the Command prompt window for ADB. Copy LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.apk to "android-sdk-windows\tools" folder.
Type
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/*Launcher*
adb push LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.apk /system/app
exit
Reboot phone.
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I have downlaoded your link, and the file many times. And it id deffently a zip file not apk file.
LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.zip is the file name
big_sw2000 said:
I have downlaoded your link, and the file many times. And it id deffently a zip file not apk file.
LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.zip is the file name
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Don't know what your downloading but I've checked and double checked and it's definately an apk file.
I've attached the file that I just downloaded from the link
Goose247 said:
Don't know what your downloading but I've checked and double checked and it's definately an apk file.
I've attached the file that I just downloaded from the link
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Not to sure what was happing, but you link worked great.
Not sure why i kept getting a zip file.
Thanks for the help
Steve
big_sw2000 said:
Not to sure what was happing, but you link worked great.
Not sure why i kept getting a zip file.
Thanks for the help
Steve
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Maybe the "save as file type" somehow changed to .zip instead of .apk
Glad you got it working though
FROYO_2.2_Special_Edition_RC1_update1 (updated 2010-12-03
When I install this theme on FROYO_2.2_Special_Edition_RC1_update1 (updated 2010-12-03) rom, my phone keeps rebooting in the boot process.
How is that and can it be fixed, e new version maybe? I like this theme very much and would like to continue using it...Thanks!
Don't know if its just me but the theme link is dead...
NueKaede said:
Don't know if its just me but the theme link is dead...
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Yes, for me too the links are unavaillable.
Re uploud Kalagas_Mixed_Froyo_2.2_Special_RC1-signed
the links is death ... no files ....
Are You looking for vlacleod.com/downloads/Kalagas_Mixed_Froyo_2.2_Special_RC1-signed the file is not on the server
Hi, can anyone tell me how i am supposed to use a theme for widgetlocker at all please?
I downloaded 3 files (zip) and chose the option of install and add, but there is only my phone lock showing, no icons to choose from and no wallpaper that was supposed to come with it.
I have no idea where the file has saved to or anything, and well being new to all of this android stuff i m a bit confused....
thanks for any help you can give me.
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Hi, can anyone tell me how i am supposed to use a theme for widgetlocker at all please?
I downloaded 3 files (zip) and chose the option of install and add, but there is only my phone lock showing, no icons to choose from and no wallpaper that was supposed to come with it.
I have no idea where the file has saved to or anything, and well being new to all of this android stuff i m a bit confused....
thanks for any help you can give me.
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Hello!! Extract the files on the zip y put the folder in sdcard/data/widgetlocker..
Regards
dumb question, but how do you extract them on the phone, or am i best to do that via pc?
thesludge said:
dumb question, but how do you extract them on the phone, or am i best to do that via pc?
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No, you don't need to unzip those files. You just have to place those zip files in sdcard/data/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker/themes
10507 said:
No, you don't need to unzip those files. You just have to place those zip files in sdcard/data/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker/themes
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I'm having issues with my widgetlocker adding new themes. I've added themes before and they've worked fine but now it wont add any more. I've added the zip file, which has like 20 themes in it, into the location mentioned above. Then I go into widgetlocker and have the slider selection screen update the theme population. But it doesn't show any additional themes. What am I doing wrong?
Concordium said:
I'm having issues with my widgetlocker adding new themes. I've added themes before and they've worked fine but now it wont add any more. I've added the zip file, which has like 20 themes in it, into the location mentioned above. Then I go into widgetlocker and have the slider selection screen update the theme population. But it doesn't show any additional themes. What am I doing wrong?
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If you have several themes in a zip, then you'll have to extract them.
Sent from my GT-I9100
GANJDROID said:
If you have several themes in a zip, then you'll have to extract them.
Sent from my GT-I9100
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Do I have to extract them and zip each one of them individually? Because I tried it extracted, with the actual folders for each theme in the correct directory, and still nothing happened.
Concordium said:
Do I have to extract them and zip each one of them individually? Because I tried it extracted, with the actual folders for each theme in the correct directory, and still nothing happened.
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Yeah, if the themes aren't in zip format, make a new zip (with Astro or something) and copy and paste the thenes inside. Widget Locker only loads up zip themes, but not themes within a zip.
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GANJDROID said:
Yeah, if the themes aren't in zip format, make a new zip (with Astro or something) and copy and paste the thenes inside. Widget Locker only loads up zip themes, but not themes within a zip.
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Ok so I took all of the themes out of the larger archive and zipped them each individually, making sure that each zip had just the folder and the theme files within. Still nothing. I have no clue why these files arent being read.
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so where do you download this theme?
thesludge said:
Hi, can anyone tell me how i am supposed to use a theme for widgetlocker at all please?
I downloaded 3 files (zip) and chose the option of install and add, but there is only my phone lock showing, no icons to choose from and no wallpaper that was supposed to come with it.
I have no idea where the file has saved to or anything, and well being new to all of this android stuff i m a bit confused....
thanks for any help you can give me.
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1.install widgetlocker.apk
2.extract yourtheme.zip to /sdcard/data/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker/themes
3.open widgetlocker and hold screen
4.select a custom slider and select a theme that you want to use
5.Done
devlirian said:
1.install widgetlocker.apk
2.extract yourtheme.zip to /sdcard/data/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker/themes
3.open widgetlocker and hold screen
4.select a custom slider and select a theme that you want to use
5.Done
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You're not the only one having problems, i think everyone trying to help maybe misunderstanding the problem, or at least mine is different.
Once I have done the 1-5 I can choose a theme but the only thing that happens is that it adds an additional unlocker to my current setup, creating multiple unlock wigets.
There must be a setting somewhere that is not allowing the full theme to be applied.
for example if I install "droids on a wire" i get the unlock mechanism added to lockscreen (in additon to the one I allready had) but unthemed. It does not show the droids hanging just the base unlocker used in it; no background or anything other else in that theme. This happens on any theme I have tried to apply
what setting am I missing??
Screenshots of your device and what it supposed to look like would be very helpful.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda premium
Same here
jeremykersh said:
You're not the only one having problems, i think everyone trying to help maybe misunderstanding the problem, or at least mine is different.
Once I have done the 1-5 I can choose a theme but the only thing that happens is that it adds an additional unlocker to my current setup, creating multiple unlock wigets.
There must be a setting somewhere that is not allowing the full theme to be applied.
for example if I install "droids on a wire" i get the unlock mechanism added to lockscreen (in additon to the one I allready had) but unthemed. It does not show the droids hanging just the base unlocker used in it; no background or anything other else in that theme. This happens on any theme I have tried to apply
what setting am I missing??
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I think I am having the same problem, although some it loads fine on others it shows the name of the new theme but shows an old preview of a stock locker. Even when I add it it will not change?!?
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thesludge said:
dumb question, but how do you extract them on the phone, or am i best to do that via pc?
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ES File Explorer
or
XArhiver is a solution
Everytime I download a new theme from xda or deviantart it tries to open the zip in Rom manager, I've tried dropping the zip files straight into the theme folder but now luck...what am I doing wrong?
I've not set any defaults for Rom manager by the way...
Also I have an OG Droid running cm.7
AliceInUnderland said:
Everytime I download a new theme from xda or deviantart it tries to open the zip in Rom manager, I've tried dropping the zip files straight into the theme folder but now luck...what am I doing wrong?
I've not set any defaults for Rom manager by the way...
Also I have an OG Droid running cm.7
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Why are you trying to open the. Zips? Just drop them on the themes folder. That's all.
I have tried that, as I said in my first post. In the widgetlocker home page it says that you should be able to click a theme .zip and it will give you the option to open it with widgetlocker.
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Everytime I download a new theme from xda or deviantart it tries to open the zip in Rom manager, I've tried dropping the zip files straight into the theme folder but now luck...what am I doing wrong?
I've not set any defaults for Rom manager by the way...
Also I have an OG Droid running cm.7
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Go to application manager and clear defaults for ROM manager. Next time you touch a zip a pop up will ask you with which all you want to access the zip, select widgetlocker
Hi. This thread will deal with the idea of reducing the size of a CM7 theme.
CM7 themes installed on SD card don't work properly ( say when phone is connected to PC for USB storage, phone may restart, or when phone is turned on theme on SD card is not applied properly.
This will allow you to install more themes, and save internal memory.
Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for any damage to your phone. Do it at your own risk
Make sure you have nandroid backup, although this process may not damage your phone
It is very easy, just follow these steps:
1) Download a CM7 theme (.apk file)
2) Double-Click on the .apk file, Windows will ask for program to open it. Select 'Use installed Programs' and then browse to your Winrar.exe, and click OK. So from now on you will be able to open any .apk file with Winrar
3) Once you open it, go one level up and extract the .apk'
4) Now close winrar, and go inside the extracted folders. Now you'll see many icons, for various apps, for theming.
5) Delete the icons of apps which you don't have on your phone and probably will not install in future.
6) Cut the theme Wallpapers and move them outside of the apk folder. Delete Wallpaper small images. Transfer the images to sd card and you can use them as normal images
7) Now make a zip of the extracted .apk theme folder, and transfer to your phone's SD card. Make sure you make a .zip and not .rar
8) OR just transfer the folder directly to your phone's SD card without zipping. Use Rootexplorer, long press on the folder, select 'zip this folder', and then Go to zip folder.
9) Now from either step 6 or step 7, long press the zip, and rename, now just change the extension from .zip to .apk
10) Install this .apk as any other .apk
11) Apply the theme. Go to manage applications, see the size of your theme, it will be 30% to 50% size of original .apk
12) So you have reduced the size of CM7 theme
Be Careful:
1) This method may not work on some .apk themes. If modified theme does not install, and is installed but doesn't work properly, it means you've deleted some system icons. Uninstall the theme. Modify again to make it working
2) If you have LDPI phone, you may not want HDPI icons, so you can delete entire 'drawable-hdpi' but only some theme will work. Some LDPI themes do require HDPI icons
3) I've uploaded one reduced size CM7 themes with wallpapes. Open them and see which icons I've deleted, so your can get some idea of how this method works.
Original Red_Remix theme is 8MB, the attached Red_Remix theme is only 4.5MB, 44% reduction
Thanks:
Big thanks to UpwardSpiral for his awesome themes. I used your themes just to demonstrate the idea of reducing the size of any CM7 theme. If you don't want me to use your theme for demonstration of the idea, then do let me know.
Here is the XDA thread for UpwardSpiral themes: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11768348#post11768348
Download UpwardSpiral themes from Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=UpwardSpiral
A really nice idea...
But most (if not all) cm7 users have a sufficiently big sd partition...
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very nice. so I can use this method to create new theme, right?
crzfish said:
very nice. so I can use this method to create new theme, right?
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Yes, you may be able to create new themes, as you wish.