Ok folks, my friend just got a hero and we were talking about why to root. I showed him several ROMs from this site and all the cool themes. We got to talking about how cool it would be if there was a STEAMPUNK themed ROM out there.
Here's the rub... I SUCK at theming.
I looked at the "buufed" rom and I like some of the style, but it's just not quite what I'm looking for. Props to the developer of that ROM because it's very thorough. This is the depth I'd like the Steampunk theme to have, but I just don't know how to do it. I've never built a ROM from the ground up, so I don't even know where to start.
Is anyone out there interested in a project like this, or could someone help me know what to do?
Thanks!
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+1
A steam punk theme would be pretty awesome
It has begun...
Ok... I have a great deal of respect for all you devs and themers out there. This is a beast. Time-consuming and not very forgiving...
I have started working on my steampunk theme. Here are some screenshots of what I've done so far. By no means is this a complete theme. I am using ZenHeroFX 2.0 by nfinitefx45 as my base. Credit to all artists/devs for their work.
I have themed the notification pull-down as well, but I don't have a screenie of that yet. Also, I themed the stock sense rosie, but (again) no screencap yet. I'm curious what y'all think...
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Looks cool so far.
Wow. You're a fast learner! Here are some clear notification bar icons that I made. You can use them so that the black squares wont show up around the icons in the notification bar. Just unzip the zip file, and you'll see the folders that the icons are supposed to go into. Good luck!
http://www.mediafire.com/?nqe4mm2znhh <---- clear notification icons
(when I say clear, I mean that they are white with a clear background)
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Wow. You're a fast learner! Here are some clear notification bar icons that I made. You can use them so that the black squares wont show up around the icons in the notification bar. Just unzip the zip file, and you'll see the folders that the icons are supposed to go into. Good luck!
http://www.mediafire.com/?nqe4mm2znhh <---- clear notification icons
(when I say clear, I mean that they are white with a clear background)
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Awesome! Thanks. That file is really helpful! I'll post more screencaps when I can do some more work on the theme.
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This is looking really good. Here's another theme I found a while back that has some of the same elements of csrom and your current build. I've never used it, but maybe something in there will help you, or maybe this dev can help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478570
wow! this looks ... awesome! not usually an "extreme theme" kinda guy, but this I would use!
sadly though, I am using CM6 or AOSP, so would not actually end up using it, but I will be watching this thread for S&Gs anyway. the end result should look spectacular.
if I could add one "suggestion"? Get rid of the "branding" (SteamMod in big letters on the lockscreen?), I would think ppl would rather have something less intrusive in the look. I know I would. something clean and mechanical. just a IMHO kinda suggestion, great work regardless!
fallonjp said:
This is looking really good. Here's another theme I found a while back that has some of the same elements of csrom and your current build. I've never used it, but maybe something in there will help you, or maybe this dev can help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478570
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Thanks for the link. There is some good stuff I might be able to use in there... credit to the creator of course!
kingdazy said:
wow! this looks ... awesome! not usually an "extreme theme" kinda guy, but this I would use!
sadly though, I am using CM6 or AOSP, so would not actually end up using it, but I will be watching this thread for S&Gs anyway. the end result should look spectacular.
if I could add one "suggestion"? Get rid of the "branding" (SteamMod in big letters on the lockscreen?), I would think ppl would rather have something less intrusive in the look. I know I would. something clean and mechanical. just a IMHO kinda suggestion, great work regardless!
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No problem-o... I appreciate the suggestion. Funny thing, too... I was using some of the mods from this on my daily use, and I thought "I need to take off that lettering 'cuz it's getting on my nerves." I'm just going to use it as the splash screen when sense loads rather than on the lock screen.
I have to take a break from this for a couple of days, but hopefully I can work on it some next week. Here's where I'm going to have most of my problems... DISTRIBUTION. I can theme my own phone b/c I know what I'm editing... I just am not sure how to make it so others can use it without bricking their phone. Any ideas? I hate Metamorph... was thinking more of a flashable zip? Or maybe just a themed version of a full ROM? ??
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I may be way off, but I'm a Hero user and digital scrap "designer". I have photographed and extracted some Steampunk watch parts that you are welcome to use if you like for your theme.
http://www.scrappincop.com/search/label/Steampunk
The DL links are right below the pics for each post. Again, if I'm way off and you think my stuff sucks, disregard this post!
I love your theme btw!
I have abandoned this project... it was too big for me to take on. If anyone wants to pick this up...?
mbuchholz said:
I have abandoned this project... it was too big for me to take on. If anyone wants to pick this up...?
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that's too bad, one theme I was really looking forward to.
and no, dont know diddle about theming.
I just noticed that Raiderep has been hard at work getting another solid theme out there for the Epic users. From what I have read this theme is a port from a Galaxy S phone that was created by a developer dena1994 over at Cyanogenmod forums. I'm just drooling over this theme... If anyone else thinks we need this theme for our fascinate. speak up on this thread, hopefully we can get someone to work on getting this ported over and working on our fascinates soon!
If someone is willing to port over this theme for us I will be a tester for it to help the wheels of progress along.
here are the links with screen shots of this killer looking theme
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800919
- http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/6102-themeandrodena-galassiarelase-of-050910100-secure/
Looks pretty cool to me.
I would love to see this on my phone
Fascinate VooDoo One Point Two
I finally took the plunge and bought the first $3 theme that I have ever bought, "Tha Plus" ADW theme. Here is a link to it on the Market. I instantly fell in love with it when I saw it, and more so after I installed it. Lovely hugely customized theme. But I will get to my request now!
I am currently using Lunar Ui Theme Chooser Theme with it, as it is the closest to matching as I could come. As I am going to be using this ADW theme for a loooong time, which is unusual for me, I would really like a Theme Chooser Theme to go with it. I am not comfortable enough in my skills yet to attempt it myself, as I am a novice in Android developing for now. All I have done is make a few widgets transparent so far, and even that made me nervous!
I searched the forum and didn't see any Google+ Theme Chooser Themes, so I decided to make a post here to see if anyone could help me out. I'm sure that I wouldn't be the only person interested in something like this, so it's for the greater good.
I'm thinking something similar to the Lunar Ui Theme Chooser Theme, only with the Google+ colors in it at the bottom of the status bar instead of the colors that are there already. The toggles in the pull down for Wifi and the other three things would be the Google+ colors in order. (Red, blue, green, yellow) Whichever battery, wifi, 3g, and reception icon styles and Google+ colors you think would look best. I currently have the transparency trick on my status bar, so having the bar be 50% or 100% transparent would be awesome.
I'm currently using the Droid font with the set up I currently have, and it looks great. I'll be looking around to find a Widget Locker theme as well, though I'm using Chromeless with it now and it looks fine. I have an eye for putting things together, but I need to start working on the technical aspect of it sometime when I feel better!
Have you checked this out?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1157448
EDIT: I now realize this is mdpi only atm. My bad. :x
SefEXE said:
Have you checked this out?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1157448
EDIT: I now realize this is mdpi only atm. My bad. :x
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Ah yeah, that status bar is pretty decent. Maybe someone can come up with a nice one that's the right type.
Hey guys!
I'm a big fan of miui and i like very clean and simple themes. Changing my miui style at least once a week.
Now i found a concept on deviantart which really looks very nice to me.
I'm not really into how to make themes on my own, but may be someone who is able to, and has the time to realize themes can also take this as inspiration
http://artlime.deviantart.com/art/Concept-Project-Elegance-UI-254802638
and make such a theme for miui out of it.
Wow, looks pretty epic
itachi1706 and I(yes we are friends) are gonna make a CM7 theme! I am going to try my best in theming the icons based on Cyanbread so that it would look good on our OB. Yes i know i am not gonna win those popular themes like LunarUI and others but i hope that you guys would give us your support so that we would do our very best!
itachi1706 would be doing the coding for the APK while i would be doing the theming of the icons. I dont mind u guys use this for your other mobile devices running CM7 but I am only making it usable on HDPI and most probably look good on OB(I am not saying that it wont look good on other devices)
So we need suggestions coming from you guys like what features do you guys want to see on our device, for eg. Transparent or Translucent framework, middle-clock, icons for the different apps or maybe even stuffs i have not know of yet! Just tell me in the comments below and i will try to implement as must features of the themes u guys want into the theme!
Also I have already decided to make the edge glow bright orange! maybe i would be releasing other coloured versions too but that would come later! And I would not be doing ICS style as you all know there is alittle way too much ICS themes for CM7 or any launcher like LPP or ADW, so therefore i do not wish to compete with them and then lose out in the end saying that we just copied them or anything...anyway we dont want that to happen so we might as well just do something like LunarUI which is based on original and stuffs like that!
So I would like to hear from you guys soon!
Yes. We sincerely hope you guys will give us feedbacks of what kind of theme you guys would want for your phone. We aim to create a theme that is not only original but would be used by people!
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Sounds good. I'll be happy to try it out.
well..if u ask me of it...i'll want to have a "Dirty" "rusty" "BOLD" kinda look to the black.
u know, the dirty icons, some translucence (not transparent!!!...believe me, it will initially look nice, but eventually it will intrude with the usage of the phone with the background getting in the way of visibility). i kinda like the bold look, like deep blue, always great black & white, etc etc.
the using of orange overglow is good, but u should have the overglow in the same color as the icons (it'll look streamline)....that all i gotta say.
at the end, wateva u guys make is good for me
after all, it's your first theme ...maybe u'll eventually start making themes like upwardspiral or sonnysekhon....all the best
happy trying
Center clock, semi-transperent status bar.
And widget buttons - keep the icons small as possible.
Rest coloring and effects.... that's upto you to come up with something different.