Hi, im new to this site and everything that is Android. I crossed over from Iphone in which i knew everything about to try my luck with android, so far its been slow..I was wondering if there was a program or something i could use to design my own Sense 3.0 Themes. I have the EVO 3D and it comes with nothing...So how can i do this? Everything ive seen so far were for roms and rooted devices, do i have to root my EVO 3D first? Help Please
nyakopharr said:
Hi, im new to this site and everything that is Android. I crossed over from Iphone in which i knew everything about to try my luck with android, so far its been slow..I was wondering if there was a program or something i could use to design my own Sense 3.0 Themes. I have the EVO 3D and it comes with nothing...So how can i do this? Everything ive seen so far were for roms and rooted devices, do i have to root my EVO 3D first? Help Please
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I can only answer part of your question. I really don't believe you need to be rooted for having sense 3.0 themes (technically called skins). You just need to find or make one and install it. I could be wrong. Sorry if this is no help
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Any Help is good help. I figured that i could download some but problem is i have looked all over the net for some and cant find any customized skins, on top of that i cant seem to get them installed. I really would like to find out how to customize my own. Theres no program that can do it for you? If not, someone should make one.
nyakopharr said:
Any Help is good help. I figured that i could download some but problem is i have looked all over the net for some and cant find any customized skins, on top of that i cant seem to get them installed. I really would like to find out how to customize my own. Theres no program that can do it for you? If not, someone should make one.
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The closest thing to "a program to do it for you" is made by the GoLauncher team, and its called Themefactory, available on golaunchers website.
Its very..."iffy". I've never used it to actually make anything, just try out.
If you truly dont think your going to do it, and have some idea's of what you want it to look like, Im also willing, to knock this out, as you provide feedback as to exactly what you want things to look like.
Just want Sense 3.0 style look? and thats all? Someones on it.
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Probably like many others of you here with android phones, I can from using WinMo phones and that is my main experience with samrtphones/pdas. On the WinMo phones you are able to install or Cook different UIs on top of windows. What I am trying to understand is why there is not a standalone version of HTC Rosie/Sense UI. Is it so integrated that you cannont remove it. Seems to me like if you could, it would be easier to get BT working on the ROMs with rosie.
No one has an answer?
I thought someone answered this question the other day.
Short answer Yes, it is very integrated into the closed source HTC framework.
If it was possible don't you think someone would have done it by now? ;-)
You end up with a hero rom once your done porting it xD
AdrianK said:
If it was possible don't you think someone would have done it by now? ;-)
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I figured that, but I'm just trying to understand better. Just wanted to know.
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I figured that, but I'm just trying to understand better. Just wanted to know.
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Yeah that's fair, sorry iff I sounded like an 4$$, couldn't help myself...
That's cool. I'm not such a noob, but trying to get a better understanding of things. Don't want to play around with stuff I know nothing about like some of the people I see posting problems on here.
Thanks
dont bother any way i tried installing the rosie.apk onto vanilla 1.6 and nothing even happen.
Ace42 said:
dont bother any way i tried installing the rosie.apk onto vanilla 1.6 and nothing even happen.
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Haha, well no it wouldn't work, it's tied in to the HTC frameworks. Not to mention that each touchflo widget has it's own apk.
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Haha, well no it wouldn't work, it's tied in to the HTC frameworks. Not to mention that each touchflo widget has it's own apk.
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This is true for WinMo as well... in order to get TouchFlo working on a WinMo phone, you had to install the HTC Framework, then the TouchFlo. It worked better, of course, if it was cooked in, and IIRC(haven't followed close enough to be 100%) the newest TouchFlo has to be cooked into the ROM just like with SenseUI.
With how indepth the HTC SenseUI goes, there is a lot more to it... framework is WAY different than stock Android, is folders are moved all around, and it isn't as simple as adding in the framework, the HTC framework really is a complete OS, and not just a program on top of the OS.
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This is true for WinMo as well... in order to get TouchFlo working on a WinMo phone, you had to install the HTC Framework, then the TouchFlo. It worked better, of course, if it was cooked in, and IIRC(haven't followed close enough to be 100%) the newest TouchFlo has to be cooked into the ROM just like with SenseUI.
With how indepth the HTC SenseUI goes, there is a lot more to it... framework is WAY different than stock Android, is folders are moved all around, and it isn't as simple as adding in the framework, the HTC framework really is a complete OS, and not just a program on top of the OS.
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Agreed. The framework is so massive, even if we could push the whole thing there wouldn't really be much point. BT would work - in theory - but the UI would still be trying to utilize more RAM than is available.
Can anyone tell me how to do this, or where to find a guide?
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Can anyone tell me how to do this, or where to find a guide?
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There won't be a guide on this and nobody is going to tell you how to do it. The reason being that we don't really know. You see, Sense is built on a crazy amount of HTC Frameworks and integrating all of that into a rom is a huge undertaking. The best bet would be to try and forward port 1.6 into the Sense rom but considering Sense is getting a 2.1 update soon nobody is going to try this. In other words, its not worth it.
Got it, well thanks for answering. I guess I will spend some time working on a new theme for it.
Since I first knew that Captivates were hackable, I always wondered if there was any way to put WP7 on my phone. It isn't because I would have rather had a WP7, but it is simply because I want the option to. I find it hard to believe that none of you haven't imagine WP7 on your captivates. Recently trax26 made a theme of WP7 that looks simply amazing, (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=910918) but, his barely sufficient tranlation makes it even harder for a small time programmer like myself to install it. The screenshots look amazing, but there is no way I can do that.
My question is: Does anybody else know of a simpler WP7 theme to install? A CWM theme would be ideal, but some minor hacking would be okay with me.
And if not, I would just like to put that out there as a suggestion for anybody whose up to it. I'm sure there are tons of people (including myself) who would beta it as much as possible, just so as long the feel is right.
Thanks in advance, Richard.
Look at metro ui in the market. It is a decent wp7 launcher. Some bugs but overall much better then trying the theme.
This is my captivate. There are many like it buy this one is mine.
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Look at metro ui in the market. It is a decent wp7 launcher. Some bugs but overall much better then trying the theme.
This is my captivate. There are many like it buy this one is mine.
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Thanks a bunch and just wan to let you know you have a typo in your signature
EDIT: Although that is a good emulator, take a look at the link that i posted. That's what im looking for, full blow WP7 with the right symbols and everything (more or less). But thanks anyways.
Yea, it would be nice to have WP7 running on Cappy. After watching HD2 running WP7 on YouTube makes me eager to have it. But idk how. Lol.
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Yeah I know about my sig .
As for getting real wp7 it just wont happen. These themes and that II are probably the closest we will get. I figure the metro II is much easier than trying to do the process of the theme.
This is my captivate. There are many like it buy this one is mine.
WP7? So you can deal with stuff like this? http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/237934.asp?from=blog_last3
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I'm not saying I want WP7 as my only operating system, because Android is far superior in almost everything, but I simply want it to be able to have the choice of having WP7. I would like to have the speed and hackability of Android, but have the simplicity of WP7. I have to say the tiles are probably the only thing that will keep WP7 going, because honestly, I think they are pretty cool. Metro is a decent simulator that gets the jist, of WP7 but it's actually too simple. The thing about WP7 is that it has cool simplicity by using colored and animated tiles.
And as for the quote "It will be a long time before WP7 comes to android" every rom has to start somewhere.
You'd need someone who could reverse engineer WP7 - then figure out how to use existing drivers or write new ones before WP7 could be installed on our Android phones.
There is no "Open Source" for Windows... ever.
Drivers would probably have to all be re-written or some type of hack so WP7 could work with existing drivers.
So... unless you know someone with a great amount of time - possibly can hack M$ and get the source code we probably won't be see this type of port soon.
well i use LG optimus 7 before i change to captivate just use it 1 month
then sell. What can i said... it actually very nice and really fast phone
and its wp7 is really pretty but it 2 simple and lack of app support for now.
cause its still new maybe another 1 or 2 years i will get it again.
Maybe i'm just not understanding, but im not asking for the windows sole operating system, im just asking for a themed windows 7 rom, or even better, a combination of the home screen on WP7 and the rest of it being android. Maybe thats too much to ask, but it doesnt seem like it.
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Maybe I didn't read your source post fully, but isn't that theme built for galaxy s phones, and only require launcherpro?
Granted I only glanced the post, but it didn't look too complex. If you can flash a ROM, that theme shouldn't be a big deal.
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Dupontrocks11 said:
Maybe i'm just not understanding, but im not asking for the windows sole operating system, im just asking for a themed windows 7 rom, or even better, a combination of the home screen on WP7 and the rest of it being android. Maybe thats too much to ask, but it doesnt seem like it.
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Android Phone 7 Theme
Google is your friend!
With all those widgets I wouldn't expect the battery to last half a day.
I read the entire post, and you need launcherpro plus to resize the widgets, which I dont have, and have no money to buy. Also, it's not a theme that you can flash, you need to do some extracting and coding via terminal. It may not be possible to make a complete WP7 theme that's flashable with Clockwork recovery, but I've seen many a theme that looks completely original. I don't know much about ROM writing (if i did i would have the WP7 theme on my phone and this post would be gone), but it seems like with all the amazing devoted themers on XDA, someone besides the before mentioned person, could create a wonderful flashable theme that does not require any money/hacking.
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Android Phone 7 Theme
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With all those widgets I wouldn't expect the battery to last half a day.
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Wooww. This is truely what I wanted. My only question is, does it require and money and is it compatable with captivate? I only wish I could thank you twice haha
EDIT: Where is the tutorial?
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Wooww. This is truely what I wanted. My only question is, does it require and money and is it compatable with captivate? I only wish I could thank you twice haha
EDIT: Where is the tutorial?
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The whole first post is a tutorial! Good luck!
Ok honestly, I don't want to try and screw with my phone, because I'm happy the way it is right now. I would really like to get a WP7 theme, but I think I'm going to wait until someone makes a SIMPLE theme, that you can flash and be done with HINT HINT HINT HINT.
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Ok honestly, I don't want to try and screw with my phone, because I'm happy the way it is right now. I would really like to get a WP7 theme, but I think I'm going to wait until someone makes a SIMPLE theme, that you can flash and be done with HINT HINT HINT HINT.
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LoL yea i agree.. we just want wat we cant have.. but if we'd be stuck with it we'd be trying to get rid of it
Ive had a captivate since july and i love the phone even with numerous software problems right out of the box. I recently picked up unlocked HTC Surround and its awesome. That one comes with snapdragon processor 1 gig, same one in the HTC Evo 4g, and 512 mb ram and using the WP7 Os it is very fast right out of the box. It totally lacks customization unlike android os and no where the amount of apps and games android has, but the ones it does have are way better versions then the android ones, for example facebook and craiglist. And the xbox live game THE HARVEST is amazing. I would encourage anyone to try one out, very well done OS compared to the previous windows mobile os. I dont think ill sell my captivate because i love having option to choose from either android or Windows Phone 7. I just hope it catches on so it will soon have as many apps and games as Android.
Windows Phone 7 is a polished OS, but it won't even come close to Android or iOS for a VERY long time. And like I said early, It's not like I want WP7 instead of Android, but It's the reason that i CAN'T have WP7 that makes me want it. If anyone has any WP7 friends, give them the idea!
Have you looked into "Launcher7" ? Search it on the market.
If you just want a home theme that looks like WP7 this seems to be the easiest one going.
I think asking someone to port the whole WP7 OS over to a Cappy is probably not going to happen though.
Hello all, haven't been around here in awhile, as my HD2 was busted. But I fixed it, and now am just using it as a backup phone to play around with. I just installed this SD build http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1256423 and I know Sense 3.5 is pretty new, just wondering if there are any skins available anywhere for it yet. Google didn't yield any results, so I thought somebody around here might know something. Thanks
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Hello all, haven't been around here in awhile, as my HD2 was busted. But I fixed it, and now am just using it as a backup phone to play around with. I just installed this SD build http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1256423 and I know Sense 3.5 is pretty new, just wondering if there are any skins available anywhere for it yet. Google didn't yield any results, so I thought somebody around here might know something. Thanks
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There is a Blue Bliss theme on the DesireHD thread that might work. I have found many of my themes over there, you just need to test them out.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255033
Hello all,
I'm new to android and my new AT&T vivid, I'm coming from iOS and really like my vivid so far. It is a little buggier than iOS but I do like it so far. I'd like to load up ICS but apparently that Rom isn't there yet. However, holiraider looks like a good start for me but I can't seem to find a straight forward howto. I've got plenty of computer experience with OS X, Linux and winbloze. I don't want to loose my LTE but I would like a ROM that allows a permanent root. Stock ICS would be. nice. If anyone could recommend a good free launcher other than sense 3.5 that would be great! Thanks in Advanced! Any advice would be greatly appreciated....just don't want to brick this thing!
MeeGz
Adw luancher there is a free and paid version and there is a how to guide under stickies in vivid android dev. Section that should help u with rooting and flashing custom roms, kernals ect...its pretty easy if u follow word for word
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MeeGz said:
Hello all,
I'm new to android and my new AT&T vivid, I'm coming from iOS and really like my vivid so far. It is a little buggier than iOS but I do like it so far. I'd like to load up ICS but apparently that Rom isn't there yet. However, holiraider looks like a good start for me but I can't seem to find a straight forward howto. I've got plenty of computer experience with OS X, Linux and winbloze. I don't want to loose my LTE but I would like a ROM that allows a permanent root. Stock ICS would be. nice. If anyone could recommend a good free launcher other than sense 3.5 that would be great! Thanks in Advanced! Any advice would be greatly appreciated....just don't want to brick this thing!
MeeGz
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I prefer GoLauncher EX, it's free and arguably the best out of all the launchers, definitely best out of all the free launchers IMO. It also has free ICS themes, just search for them on the market, read the reviews to find the best one. Then if you want to go even further, download an app called "font changer". Then find the font online called "Roboto" (should be a ttf file) and move it to your font changer folder. Then go into font changer and select the roboto font. Reboot your phone for all the effects to take place, and you'll be pretty damn close to ICS.
Oh, and don't you dare ever refer to windows as winbloze ever again.
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Thanks for the replies that "super guide" Is helpful at the least. I'm really hoping for stock ICS. Coming from iOS this is pretty f'in buggy. I'm hoping stock ics is a bit better or at least in a week or two when the update comes out it will be better. Any more thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated!
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MeeGz said:
Thanks for the replies that "super guide" Is helpful at the least. I'm really hoping for stock ICS. Coming from iOS this is pretty f'in buggy. I'm hoping stock ics is a bit better or at least in a week or two when the update comes out it will be better. Any more thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Was pressing quote but accidentally thanked you...you're welcome for the random thanks
ICS looks like it is still weeks away, and that's the version with Sense. Not quite sure when a vanilla version will be available. I personally found the stock version pretty crappy myself as I would get random reboots. If you are looking for much much better performance and stability, pretty much any of the custom roms available will make you happy. I am personally running the latest WCX at the moment as it is setup perfectly for AT&T's network and is very smooth even with sense. If you're liking the phone now, just wait until you load up one of these custom roms, night and day...
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Android ICS Roboto Font Download and Info Link:
http://developer.android.com/design/style/typography.html
Winbloze....Winbloze.... Winbloze....
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OoOoO nice link, Im too lazy when I'm on my phone to go find one lol
Oh please, windows is the bomb, I mean... just look at vista for example, greatest OS ever to come out.
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Thanks for all of the speedy replies. I must say coming from iOS where everything was fairly consolidated there is certainly a plethora of information here as well as options. I've been doing some reading up, but if somebody could point me to a general but COMPREHENSIVE overview of rooting/installing custom ROMs/etc. that would be awesome! Also I've noticed there are a few ROMs available for the vivid, i'd love to hear peoples advice on what the "best" is and their experiences. While I am aware of some the benefits of rooting what are some of the really cool things that can be done as a result? Ie - I really love the cube page transition in Sense, on iOS I used a jailbreak tweak called barrel to get that transition amongst many others. Is there any way to get the cube transition in ADW? This is an entirely new platform for me and I'm way behind the curve. As a side note I've never been an ardent user of just one platform, I use what I like and what fits my needs. I've never really understood the whole "my os of choice is the best and everything else sucks" thing. Each platfor. Has its strengths and weaknesses. If I could afford it is probably have them all, mobile and DT/LT! Hell, I'll probably buy an iPad 3! I also see WebOS as being an excellent platform, hopefully HP will open source it and a couple big OEMs like HTC and the like will pick it up because from what I've read the TP's performance under WO is just plain sad...
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