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why is there a lack of new themes?

i know a theme is hard to make but why is there so many plain themes being made these days

david1985 said:
i know a theme is hard to make but why is there so many plain themes being made these days
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i guess...get down on your knees and pray for one you like...lol...or post your suggestions of what you would like to see in a theme.

Well I have said in my thread for blinded by faith that says I am open to suggestions and feedback. So if you got any ideas just let me know and I would be more than willing to try to work people's ideas in

Thatguy32404 said:
Well I have said in my thread for blinded by faith that says I am open to suggestions and feedback. So if you got any ideas just let me know and I would be more than willing to try to work people's ideas in
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i dont know how to creat one or i would.. i do graphixs..im just to busy right now to learn that actual details of this and that..
but if any themers wanna get down on a new theme let me know! in a pm! i probably wont find this post anymore lol..

Check out darkstar and experion!
i think they are fairly new and exciting,
i work mostly on darkstar. but try and pop my head in on experion now and again!
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I actually keep saying they should port all the old themes for JF's 1.42 RC33 build. THOSE were effin masterpieces.

Thatguy32404 said:
Well I have said in my thread for blinded by faith that says I am open to suggestions and feedback. So if you got any ideas just let me know and I would be more than willing to try to work people's ideas in
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flashed your theme for the first time yesterday and its tight...i left what little suggestions i could think of for you in your thread lol
i usually use marks theme, mblend, blackice, and now blinded by faith....alternate everyday or 2

Make your own theme: *MOD EDIT* We aren't here to promote other sites.
Edit: PM me if you want to know how to make your own theme and you cant find the info

Lets not promote other sites guys, especially when the appropriate content is already on XDA. I understand referring someone elsewhere when the content is not available on XDA, but when it is available on XDA we need to be referencing that content unless its outdated and not viable any longer.
Stericson

Stericson said:
Lets not promote other sites guys, especially when the appropriate content is already on XDA. I understand referring someone elsewhere when the content is not available on XDA, but when it is available on XDA we need to be referencing that content unless its outdated and not viable any longer.
Stericson
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well then...opasha's theme isnt on xda......
@ OP, if you want to see opasha's theme, its located here: http://androidoverdrive.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=72

lol
If I knew how to make them this thread wouldn't exist is it just me or are most of these themes made are meant for the adp phone just seems that most of the themes out there are made for the dark g1's.The only themes in my opinion for the white g1 is the alienaqua theme from prash an the plastic theme

Yeah, I have also seen themers come and go. We should encourage them(*cough* donation *cough*). And plus if you already like the theme try to make it better by posting your comment on the theme. Critize the theme. The more ideas you give the better it is for that themer and for that theme. You should check out my thread on final fantasy 7 on xda and on my site mk47.weebly.com for previews to my theme. My site also starting to have font for any rom and theme from my thread. Just check it out and post ideas on other themers thread.

A lot of the themes are terrible. Enoch has the best theme. The rest are ugly, cluttered, or immature.
We are just now starting to see decent minimal themes

i really want to see more unique themes. off the wall ****. and PROFESSIONAL looking artwork done on them. tired of all these amateur themes with terrible photoshop work. but thats my opinion. i love a lot of them at the same time =]

FckingAllen said:
i really want to see more unique themes. off the wall ****. and PROFESSIONAL looking artwork done on them. tired of all these amateur themes with terrible photoshop work. but thats my opinion. i love a lot of them at the same time =]
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You should help out in the theme making process( not trying to put on a stop). Help with finding a template if you have a great idea tell us themers or post a request. Try to find good artwork and we themers will try to work on it. Like for example systemforce was orginally another artist work but prash liked the idea and used it. Now look at it people were going crazy over that theme ( like I did). I'll see what I could do to hellp you guys out. I am too looking for a cool theme. A user wants me to make systemforce to blue and white. I thought about it and I am starting to customize the theme.
" You could live your life for yourself, or you could help bulid the future." -- busybox(I think that what it said from ddms)

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I wish someone can make a video on youtube on how to do this I would have no problem making themes I enjoy the features that most of them give.Plus I understand how people feel an the themers feel.I think that most of these themes are just clones of one another with things switched around but @ the end of the day they do this for us.

I can understand not making as many themes right now because CM is releasing new builds all the time,but I sure wish more people would release themes for dwang 1.13,this rom is amazingly fast and stable.

Jerzeeloon said:
I can understand not making as many themes right now because CM is releasing new builds all the time,but I sure wish more people would release themes for dwang 1.13,this rom is amazingly fast and stable.
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i would make themes for that rom, but i don't like it because i can't adb push my apps to the /system/sd/app the way i can on cyanongen's rom. this is because i wipe my data and my ext before switching from cyan's to dwang's and that's the problem i ran into. i could push them to /data/app but that is on internal memory and that's bad. if someone could PM me on how to fix this issue, i'd gladly switch over to that rom and makes themes for it .

opasha said:
i would make themes for that rom, but i don't like it because i can't adb push my apps to the /system/sd/app the way i can on cyanongen's rom. this is because i wipe my data and my ext before switching from cyan's to dwang's and that's the problem i ran into. i could push them to /data/app but that is on internal memory and that's bad. if someone could PM me on how to fix this issue, i'd gladly switch over to that rom and makes themes for it .
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To add to that, try Metamorph. It lets you theme your phone with bits and pieces you would like.....especially if you like white themes. More and more themers are adding their bits so soon we will be able to make our own themes without the knowledge of how to produce them!

nevermind fixed my ext to have the push work . ill try and port themes to dwang soon.

Need help creating theme...FIRST BOOTSCREEN UP!

i would like to contribute to the cdma hero android community with my art but i have been searching and searching and SEARCHING! i cant find any tutorials on how to even start to create a theme for the cdma hero so i was wondering if some one could post step by step directions on how to create a theme so i could put my designs to some use lol and also if you could post how to create a bootscreen also...i have searched up and down im pretty sure i havent missed it so please dont bash me for wanting to contribute to you guys thanks
-Brandon
BUT WHILE IM STILL LEARNING HERE IS MY FIRST BOOT SCREEN!!!!!!!! BY THE WAY I AM STILL LEARNING LOL
http://www.4shared.com/dir/37225849/d82b07bd/sharing.html
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANT DAMAGE TO YOUR PHONE
THANKS GOES TO ALL THE DEVS ON THE CDMA FORUM THE GREAT WORK YOU DO IS INSPIRING ME TO LEARN AND CREATE! I DONT HAVE SCREEN SHOTS BUT TRY IT OUT JUST FLASH FROM RECOVERY

I can help with the boot screen.
PM me and i will give you my Gtalk

oh, me too me too! I would love to get down on this too, if you dont mind. I love other peoples customizations, and themes, but am ready to get something of mine, lol

jtmercutio said:
oh, me too me too! I would love to get down on this too, if you dont mind. I love other peoples customizations, and themes, but am ready to get something of mine, lol
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All it takes is a lot of reading and some experience.
I wouldn't try to make anything from scratch for your first time. Go off of someone else and tweak it to make it your own. BUT give the person credit!!!
I would actually recommend asking permission first. Its just more respectful.

[Q] Gingerbread theme for CM-6.1.0

I'm looking for just a Gingerbread theme (not theme injected ROM) for CM-6.1.0 Stable (final). If anyone has a link it would be much appreciated.

LancerEVA06 said:
I'm looking for just a Gingerbread theme (not theme injected ROM) for CM-6.1.0 Stable (final). If anyone has a link it would be much appreciated.
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wow..... wow. So 6.1 final and gingerbread came out within the last 36 hours for hero, and you would like a theme, nice. Learn to use the search button in the future. The good news is right on the FRONT PAGE of xda, somebody has made an adw launcher theme to look like gingerbread, go check that out, and in the meantime, learn some patience, the dev's will post what they make when they feel like it, not before.
EDIT: why the heck wouldn't you want a themed rom, it's the same as the rom and then a theme on it, only usually faster and more stable....... there's one in the development section here, make a nand and try it out, you just might like it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864789

il Duce said:
wow..... wow. So 6.1 final and gingerbread came out within the last 36 hours for hero, and you would like a theme, nice. Learn to use the search button in the future. The good news is right on the FRONT PAGE of xda, somebody has made an adw launcher theme to look like gingerbread, go check that out, and in the meantime, learn some patience, the dev's will post what they make when they feel like it, not before.
EDIT: why the heck wouldn't you want a themed rom, it's the same as the rom and then a theme on it, only usually faster and more stable....... there's one in the development section here, make a nand and try it out, you just might like it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864789
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I did search. I only found Themed ROMs... and as I stated in the OP, I didn't want a Themed ROM... just the Theme. I run a tweaked ROM with my own kernel due to the hardware limitations on MY phone. I don't run ADW, since it's just painfully slow and buggy.
I saw that someone had made a Themed ROM so I figured maybe they had just the Theme handy. As I said, I searched and came up with nothing. Or maybe I didn't have time to go through the 1,000,000 some stupid results that have no relevance to what I wanted. So before you start snapping off on people, understand why the question is asked...

il Duce said:
wow..... wow. So 6.1 final and gingerbread came out within the last 36 hours for hero, and you would like a theme, nice. Learn to use the search button in the future. The good news is right on the FRONT PAGE of xda, somebody has made an adw launcher theme to look like gingerbread, go check that out, and in the meantime, learn some patience, the dev's will post what they make when they feel like it, not before.
EDIT: why the heck wouldn't you want a themed rom, it's the same as the rom and then a theme on it, only usually faster and more stable....... there's one in the development section here, make a nand and try it out, you just might like it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864789
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Enhance your calm, il Duce.
Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Froyo-on-Hero action here!

user7618 said:
Enhance your calm, il Duce.
Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Froyo-on-Hero action here!
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ok user, but only because you were so eloquent. Sorry OP, my new recommendation would be to do what the themed rom guy did, which was port the theme he found (which is in his thread) to your rom/kernel setup using the theme porter, it may work. Otherwise, I am sure someone will make a full theme as soon as the source is released.

[WIP][Updated] Fresh, Clean, Bright & Inspired.

Okay so first of all, let me just say, I have no idea when it comes to creating a theme for any platform, so nothing I post up here will never be created because I just don't 1, have the time to learn how-to and 2, I don't want to learn how to, excuse my ignorance.
However, I do know my way around photoshop, so with a spare hour at work today, I started to create this.
By all means, if someone with the knowledge wants to take a shot at converting this, go for it, just let me know before you do .
*Few more icons added!
*What the homescreen could/might look like.

It's very simple and eye attractive, looks good. i can't do anything though, same as you in that department.

Clearly this isn't going to go anywhere, worth a try though.

Sadly, I do not have any practical experience in this subject, but this topic does have a tutorial on what you need to do http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8504851&postcount=2(the topic currently says that the tutorial is 'temporarily down..' so just keep checking it, I would assume he is modifying the tutorial to make it work with gingerbread roms) To create the battery and the white app slider background, you would need to modify the Framework.res.apk
I think this theme looks great, although I do not know the limitations of themeing in sense 2.1 roms; so may need to ask an experienced themer on which method to take, flashable.zip or Skin Chooser theme.. My best advice is to ask the guy who made the thread I linked to you, as he has converted many themes, if he has the time; and you can supply the images, you'll have a working theme in no time

I already cooked the frameword-res.apk last night, it looks odd because the kitchen doesn't theme the recent apps section so that has got the carbon black look that Sense has, I think the theme would be really nice and clean, and could be done in a variety of colours to treat each persons needs. Simple and effective!
If anyone would like the cooked framework let me know, like I said, it's far from done. We'll call it Version 0.0.0.1

Looks really nice, clean and minimal
Would like to se it finished and in some darker color - greyish

That's what I was just saying, in a variety of colours so each user could choose their own from a selection. Like I said, I'd happily finish creating this but only if it's going to go somewhere.

exyljr said:
That's what I was just saying, in a variety of colours so each user could choose their own from a selection. Like I said, I'd happily finish creating this but only if it's going to go somewhere.
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LOL writing while you posting
Maybe you could pm he_stheone64 about help to do this, he knows his way around theming with the new gingerbread framework. As I understand a few things has changed from the old 2.1 to the new 2.3 release.
Hope this will succeed for you

I don't WANT to approach anyone, if someone has some spare time on their hands and wants something to do, I'm sure someone will say they would like to convert this for us. All I want to know is whether or not I should finish the PSD's, VOYE VOTE VOTE

exyljr said:
I don't WANT to approach anyone, if someone has some spare time on their hands and wants something to do, I'm sure someone will say they would like to convert this for us. All I want to know is whether or not I should finish the PSD's, VOYE VOTE VOTE
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Ohh you misunderstood me I didn't mean that should approach him for him to do this theme, just as a heads up for you to get help on how to theme. My bad I misread your first post

Nah it's cool, don't worry about it lol, if enough people want this finishing, I probably wil contact someone to see if they would like to collaborate on it.

it cool dude it looks facebooky

imsid said:
it cool dude it looks facebooky
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Hence the 'Inspired' in the title

[Q] How to become a developer?

Hey guys, Ive had my phone now for little over a month and have been using CM7 since Nightly 36, and I gotta say i dont feel bad replacing my old iphone.
But now i wanna get serious and learn more about becoming a developer. Just wanna know if you guys have any suggestions on what books i should start reading or links if you have any on how to become a developer. any tips and suggestions would be a big help and thank you in advance.

Hello mate nice to see another Iphone use getting to there senses and getting a decent phone
I aint a devloper my self but i would also love to learn about everything you said, I downloaded a couple of books
Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours
Oreilly.Learning.Android
And to be honest it went way over my head and thats what put me off, everthing I tried didn't seem to work lol.
And it was more than what I could take in.
I sent you a PM

I once read a recommendation of a book named "Hello Android"
Seemed pretty solid to me.

can you develope and mod now???

Good start point:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=667298

Piter1225 said:
Good start point:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=667298
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Thanks but the part I want and says
The PDK site is absolutely vital if you are going to work on custom ROMs
The link says it no longer avaliable as its out of date are there any others

Thanks for the comments and suggestions guys.
So far from what i read you'll need to dl the developers tools first. Heres a cyanogen wiki link to show what tools are needed
: //wiki.cyanogenmod. com/wiki/Howto:_Install_the_Android_SDK[/url]
next theres an east starter app that you make to get you started on developing apps. from the android website: ://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/hello-world.html[/url]
so thats what im trying to do rigt now. ill update you guys and let you know how it goes