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[ROM][Dark Themed open eclair 1.2.1]

Hey all, I created a dark themed version of open eclair 1.2.1 baconweave.
This is a full rom so you will need to do a full wipe before flashing.
I created this by pulling some icons from Xrom and editing the classes.dex file.
I did not build this rom so thanks to the open eclair team for an excellent 2.1 rom and I would also like to thank Justanothercrowd for the icons i pulled from his rom.
As this is my first shot at themeing I only changed the framework-res.apk and services.jar. So, this is not a full theme.
If you are already running open eclair 1.2.1 an easy way to apply my changes would be to extract the framework-res.apk and services.jar from my zip and adb push them to the appropriate locations on your mobile.
I will most likely not be updating this as it suits my needs.
I made a couple other changes to this rom.
-removed gallery3d.apk
-fixed bluetooth issue when pairing both handsfree and media audio.
As always I am not responsible for anything that happens to your device....
Download here:
http://www.4shared.com/file/226481604/cb5b6cc8/OpenEclair-DARK.html
Screens:
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oh this looks really sexy. cant wait to try it out O_O
EDIT: it's pretty cool. Love the Notification bar and the downloading down arrow. pretty sweet man. one question;
How did you change the notification bar? I know how to change the png's but not the whole thing to make it look black =(

Macrophage001 said:
How did you change the notification bar? I know how to change the png's but not the whole thing to make it look black =(
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The only real editing I did was to change the text color to white. The rest was simply replacing the existing PNG's with the ones I pulled from justanothercrowd's Xrom dark ROM.
An easy way to see what PNG's are what is to extract them from the framework-res.apk and view them as thumbnails. I can't remember what other files I edited. When I get home I can retrace my steps and give more info later.

yeah I mean I can do that too. But most of the time when I try to make all the png's on the notification bar black, they just pop up as black squares on a white surface =/
EDIT: I think I found out how. the name of the png that changes the notification bar color is activity_title_bar.9.png right?

Macrophage001 said:
yeah I mean I can do that too. But most of the time when I try to make all the png's on the notification bar black, they just pop up as black squares on a white surface =/
EDIT: I think I found out how. the name of the png that changes the notification bar color is activity_title_bar.9.png right?
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Ahh I see what you are saying the color of the notification background when you pull the notification bar down. Yes I believe that is the correct PNG.
EDIT: If you are trying to edit what I think you are the correct PNG would be these PNG's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/album.php?albumid=987

Yepp Those are it. Thanks for the help man.

Macrophage001 said:
Yepp Those are it. Thanks for the help man.
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wrong info he gave you. the tabs he showed you and that you are looking for are known as status_bar_item_background_normal.9, status_bar_item_background_focused.9, and status_bar_item_background_pressed.9.
the activity_title_bar.9, which he thought was the correct png, is actually where it reads the words "Ongoing" and "Notifications" which is the activity_title_bar.9
anyway, hope that helps clarify things for you guys .

Oh ok thanks man almost got everything confused lol

Beautiful,man.
I came from SuperD-dark, and this is a perfect transition
Since you've tweaked it to meet your needs, I'll take it upon myself to do some other graphical tweaks (like smoothing out the notifications graphics. Too "sharp" for my taste).

Help Modifying Notification Pull Down

I am trying to modify the background of the pull notification pull down screen in Cyanogenmod 6.00 RC0. I am assuming this image is the one in the framework-res.apk, in the drawable-mdpi folder, named 'status_bar_background.png'.
I want it to look like this:
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with the Modest 'mouse' image at the bottom of the screen when you pull down the notification. However after I edit it and push the new framework-res.apk to the phone and reboot it ends up looking like this:
Is there any way to make it so that the mouse only shows up at the bottom of the screen and only one time?
Another question is why isn't the semi-transparency applied so that i can see my home screen behind the pull down screen like in the original:
I attached the pngs that I have been working with, and the original framework-res.apk
Thank you for any help.
P.S. Modest Mouse is indie rock band that I highly recommend you give a listen to.

I'm not an expert but here my comments.
Russss said:
Is there any way to make it so that the mouse only shows up at the bottom of the screen and only one time?
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You will have to change the resolution size of the image to match the screen. Currently status_bar_background.png is 120 x 120 px. So having a image of 120 x 120 it will filled the screen with multiple of same image. You can try modify your image so it fit the screen by change the resolution but it a trial and error case.
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Another question is why isn't the semi-transparency applied so that i can see my home screen behind the pull down screen like in the original:
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I checked the image and it not semi-transparency so that the reason you don't see the home screen. You might need to modify with any photo editing software to make semi-transparency.

pbp776 said:
I'm not an expert but here my comments.
You will have to change the resolution size of the image to match the screen. Currently status_bar_background.png is 120 x 120 px. So having a image of 120 x 120 it will filled the screen with multiple of same image. You can try modify your image so it fit the screen by change the resolution but it a trial and error case.
I checked the image and it not semi-transparency so that the reason you don't see the home screen. You might need to modify with any photo editing software to make semi-transparency.
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Thank you,
I was able to get it working and pushed it using metamorph. Now it is time to try messing around with other images.

Modest mouse is one of my favorite bands, and I'd love to have that on my hero. Could you make a flashable, or at least upload it?

radxcoresteven said:
Modest mouse is one of my favorite bands, and I'd love to have that on my hero. Could you make a flashable, or at least upload it?
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Nice to see another Modest Mouse fan. They are my favorite band (second right now is Wolf Parade).
I don't know how to make it flashable, I used metamorph. I will upload my metamorph zip that I made and will also upload the framework-res.apk and the photoshop file that I used to make it. It has been working real good for me all day. I am using Cyanogenmod 6.00 RC0 just so you know.
I would like to eventually make a full modest mouse theme but I don't know enough about editing all the images to really get going good....also I'm not real good with photoshop.
Attachments:
Modest Mouse.zip is the metamorph theme
framework-res.apk is the framework apk from my /system/framework/ folder
status_bar_background.zip contains the photoshop file that I used.
If you edit/use it save it as .png. the file goes in the framework-res.apk in the
res/drawable-mdpi folder
If you have any ideas for any improvements let me know and I will see if I am able to do it (still learning)

Widget Locker No tabs.

I was wondering if someone could mod the app widget locker so that on the lockscreen it wouldn't have those ugly tabs.
Or does anyone know an app that allows widgets on a lockscreen that doesn't have the tabs?

What tabs? You mean sliders maybe?
If yes, you can move them. Just long press on them.

go to look & feel and change slider layout to no sliders.
if there are sliders on the lockscreen, just long press in between em and remove.

ok you guys kind of misunderstand me. Which is understandable.
Here is what i mean.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/at...77861568-smoked-glass-bb-0-4-glass22_lock.jpg

ok managed to extract the apk but im not sure what to do from there i see the lock pictures but don't know what to do with them....
Delete them?

Blackbrawler said:
ok managed to extract the apk but im not sure what to do from there i see the lock pictures but don't know what to do with them....
Delete them?
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just replace them with a blank png

that simple?
Ok I'll try that and get back to you.

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i was trying to make no background on the slider ... i made apk file a zip file ... went to res/drawable and removed the background png ... made apk again, then i just moved the apk back to /system/app
reboot phone and the black background is still there ...

Uhm. I've got a WidgetLocker Mod thread here.
Vanilla mods will come.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825553

Adamsville MITM said:
just replace them with a blank png
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that simple?
Ok I'll try that and get back to you.
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Wish it were...they're .9.png's, so the process is a bit more difficult, unfortunately.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825553
download the file, under minimal mods, look under drawable-hdpi, use the "jog_tab_bar" and "jog_tab" and use that to replace the ones in widgetlocker

Blackbrawler said:
I was wondering if someone could mod the app widget locker so that on the lockscreen it wouldn't have those ugly tabs.
Or does anyone know an app that allows widgets on a lockscreen that doesn't have the tabs?
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I made one for you....check out my post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10552463#post10552463
Just remember to thank me

iTouch24 said:
i was trying to make no background on the slider ... i made apk file a zip file ... went to res/drawable and removed the background png ... made apk again, then i just moved the apk back to /system/app
reboot phone and the black background is still there ...
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If it makes you feel better...that looks kind of cool haha

Greenfieldan said:
If it makes you feel better...that looks kind of cool haha
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Perhaps you can try put transparent background...

[Q] How to theme for T-Mobile theme chooser?

I recently have been trying to create a theme for the T-Mobile Theme Chooser that comes with CM7. I pulled the cyanbread apk and extracted it and just began to replace the images with my own, until I came across some indexed images. Basically when I open these in photoshop it turns all the alpha transparencies to opaque.
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After import then saved:
Obviously I can't work with this.
Is there a template or something that I can work with? Or an easier way? I'm basically just taking the best parts of a couple themes and putting them together, and editing the colors. I'm not smart enough with xml to write code from scratch.
Thanks.

I use gimp. It has a setting to change the mode from "indexed" to "RBG" or "greyscale".

When I run into those, I open them in pixlr.com (a free image editor that pretty much ignores permissions), save them, then re-open in Photoshop.

iamthebigcheeze said:
When I run into those, I open them in pixlr.com (a free image editor that pretty much ignores permissions), save them, then re-open in Photoshop.
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Thanks man, helped a ton.
Unfortunantly I keep running into speedbumps, anyone mind helping me here?
I have two themes at the moment, mine and another one. The other one replaces the widget icons in the notification bar. I like those much better than the stock cm7 ones. The problem is is that I can't just drag them and drop them from drawable folder from theirs to mine, as I'm assuming the XML in mine doesn't have any code to tell that image where to go.
How would I go about editing the xml file(s) to add support for theming of these icons? I have never really touched xml before, plus I haven't had any success finding how to edit any of the xml's in the apk.

Leave xml alone just drag and drop
Sent from my GT540 using XDA App

pashinator said:
Leave xml alone just drag and drop
Sent from my GT540 using XDA App
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Problem is is that the apk I'm using as a template does a ton of stuff I don't want it to, but some stuff I do.
Like it reskins the whole browser and shrinks the pop-up menu when you hold your finger on the home screen. I don't want this, and just deleting the images doesn't solve the problem because I get errors while compiling.
The only thing I really want is the ability to skin notification bar widget icons (toggle wifi, gps, etc). Haven't had much luck finding themes that do.

You still need to resign a theme.apk after replace new png files!

What key do you sign it with?

I've got a couple themes up and running right.now and would be happy to help. Do you use Linux, Mac, or windows? Do you have decompiled Apk's that you're working with or are you editing compiled ones?

With theme *.apk file, I can only replace the existing icons, then use apk manager to sign, i cannot add new icons into it!

You can check out my theme chooser guide here

nhnt11 said:
You can check out my theme chooser guide here
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+1. I used this guide as well. It's a great help

[APP]Black and white themed mms.apk [Updated 12/8/11]

Ok this is basically finished. Just needs a few more tweaks.
Make sure you back up your default mms.apk before you use this one.
Themed version:
http://db.tt/OMBgFaLa
Stock version:
http://db.tt/woexlR8C
Zip to install Themed mms.apk:
http://db.tt/e7rp4jew
Zip to install Stock mms.apk:
http://db.tt/vJCPKCkb
Installation:
Download
Use a root explorer to place into /system/app
or
Flash the zip file
Reboot
Profit
PS: On certain themes this may not look great... Meezy installed and sent me these screenshots:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7129559/screenies/snap20111208_200120.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7129559/screenies/snap20111208_200152.png
If you like this please hit the thanks button

screen shot?

Haxcid said:
screen shot?
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I don't have that option I'm sorry Maybe someone who wants to install it can take some screen shots and post them for me.

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idk if the apk on that link works anymore.....I've been working on this a lot today and I got it to the point where it just FCs when you try to open a thread. It's one of the xml files I can either color the text inside the bubbles or put a background on the main page of the app.

pendo said:
Cool...you made it sound a lot easier than when I did this a couple months ago. (I didn't use ImageMagick).
One word of caution, if you are just adjusting hue you'll be ok, but if you inrease brightness or maybe decrease opaticy...you will throw an aapt compiling error. The ticks that mark the stretchable areas have to be either black, or nothing. No imtermediates. What I do is when I'm working with an image like that, I'll just select everything except the 1 pixel border, then I can edit however inside without messing up the 9patch ticks.
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I just found this. Maybe it will help, maybe not. I tried to do stuff with those damn .9.png files, but I've had no luck.
From this threadhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883392

nmsamsel said:
I just found this. Maybe it will help, maybe not. I tried to do stuff with those damn .9.png files, but I've had no luck.
From this threadhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883392
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Where did that quote come from? lol
Also, I know what is causing the Force closes I just don't understand why it is causing them. I can either make the back ground in the main part of the app black or change the text color inside the threads. I'm going to work with it tonight and prolly just leave the text color black inside the thread and come up with a different color for the bubbles

Okay. The apk on that link is working. There are 2 things I want to change but when I change them it FC's. btw one of them mt can change just fine.... I will get some screenshots and post them here for your viewing pleasure