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[Themed\Rom]Cyanobuntu v600.E2.5 5\22\10

Cyanobuntu test 7 v.600.E2
this theme is not fully customized yet. It Is However a [ Themed Rom ] so you only need to flash this.
i reccomend prior to installation doing a nandroid backup, bart backup, and backup the google settings all in the backup menu in recovery, and wiping all 5.
i will post new screenshots later on cause i gotta go watch the los angeles fakerz loose to who ever they playing. plus my uncle dwn for the weekend and he gets really f'd up like wasted so yea im a be there for awhile. butwhile im sober im posting as much as possible lol.
To get my themed version you can Download Here.
THANKS OPASHA THANKS OPASHA THANKS OPASHA THANKS OPASHA THANKS OPASHA
you really helped me out a hell of a lot bro. ( hes the reason i can post a cm507t7.zip themed that works and doesnt forceclose.
ok yea when test8 or what ever is next comes out ill be reposting. and the theme will still be done in pink for ladies i jus gotta see if the one themer that did the pink will help me out.
but thats all for now xda.
NEXT RELEASE:
should be darkstar themed, blackxeth themed,cloverdale themed, pink.
new font added
htc music app added
RENN9420 WUT IT DO BRO!
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I wanna show this new feature in t7 pretty nice!!!

B6gSix said:
no fix is availabe can i get some help fixing this force close issue.
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i made a flashable update.zip for you that you can flash straight from your recovery over your current rom. it includes both the LatineIME.apk and VoiceSearchWithKeyboard.apk which are both themed to the same color to match the Darkstar type theme you have (black with green highlights). Both were taken from SuperBad1.2.1 and functioned properly for me so they should work fine for you. Hope it works. Good luck .
http://www.4shared.com/file/B1EcEVwZ/LatineIME_and_SpeechIME.html

hell yea good lookin bro. u saved my life. lol

ok bro i tried it and i got a boot loop. but i remade it for test and my new issue is a forceclose message about the phone. it says something like. force close com.android.phone.... something like that. wut do i do wrong.
i use 7zip and i copy all files from the darkstar theme over to the test6 rom then re sign. i delete the file from the cm5 rom and replace with the same file from the theme. i havent seen any files that had more than the other of the same name. so i fugured it was cool to delete old and copy new folder over. help me out if u hear a mistake in what i jus said thanks in advance.

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ok bro i tried it and i got a boot loop. but i remade it for test and my new issue is a forceclose message about the phone. it says something like. force close com.android.phone.... something like that. wut do i do wrong.
i use 7zip and i copy all files from the darkstar theme over to the test6 rom then re sign. i delete the file from the cm5 rom and replace with the same file from the theme. i havent seen any files that had more than the other of the same name. so i fugured it was cool to delete old and copy new folder over. help me out if u hear a mistake in what i jus said thanks in advance.
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what you should have done was keep your original rom the way it was so that it was fully working. then since my flashable zip gave you a boot loop, all you had to do was open up my .zip and open up your themed rom. go to your system/app folder and open that up and you will see LatinIME.apk etc in there. Don't delete anything. Just drag over the LatineIME.apk from my .zip and the VoiceSearchWithKeyboard.apk from my .zip and place both those files into the system/app folder. then resign your themed rom and give it a go. Don't ever delete whole folders or replace whole folders because you can screw with certain xml's that don't function in one rom that may in another due to kernel changes etc.
also you don't NEED the VoiceSearchWithKeyboard.apk, but i just threw that in there in case you wanted to use it since it's much more useful on an eclair rom being able to talk your text messages while doing things etc.

Re: [Need Dev Help][Themed\Rom]Cyanobuntu v600.E1 5\20\10
Bro gooood loookin mayne. And that's exactly what I was doing lol deleting file from the actual rom instaed of jus adding to the theme. Ok ill post a new test6 version today.
Q: I wanna take the dolphin browser set that as default browser when the rom is flashed. But I'm unsure of. If I have to rename dolphin to jus " browser.apk ". So what would you do ?
Also I have put a screenshot preview of the test6 themed cm5 rom. I got a font that I will be adding but it is not in the screenshot. The screenshot was takin after flashin the cm507t6.zip that I altered a bit.
But thanks again bro for the help madd appreciated G. If u need sum10 hit ya boy
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Bro gooood loookin mayne. And that's exactly what I was doing lol deleting file from the actual rom instaed of jus adding to the theme. Ok ill post a new test6 version today.
Q: I wanna take the dolphin browser set that as default browser when the rom is flashed. But I'm unsure of. If I have to rename dolphin to jus " browser.apk ". So what would you do ?
Also I have put a screenshot preview of the test6 themed cm5 rom. I got a font that I will be adding but it is not in the screenshot. The screenshot was takin after flashin the cm507t6.zip that I altered a bit.
But thanks again bro for the help madd appreciated G. If u need sum10 hit ya boy
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1) for the font:
ok so when you alter it, remember you have to take your font and if it has a bold and regular font, rename the bold one to DroidSans-Bold.ttf and the regular one DroidSans.ttf. if it does not have a bold font option, then just make two copies of your font and rename each to the ones i just mentioned above. then you have to open up your themed rom, go to system/fonts/ and drop both of those new fonts into this folder and then sign your themed rom again.
2) for the browser:
i'm not 100% sure because he changed the META-INF folder where the update script used to be located. now it is called updater-script and update-binary. before you could just edit the update script and add the line
copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:
and include a data/app folder where you could have placed dolphin browser's apk. however, the new updater-script looks a bit funky so i'm not entirely sure. i wouldnt mess with it if i were you. alot of people don't prefer dolphin browser anyway. and its easy to just download it from teh market and go into dolphin browser's settings and make it your default browser. i prefer Opera Mini browser since it renders pages fast. but i guess, if you really wanted to, you could change it to Browser.apk and just drag and drop it into your themed rom and test it. if not, just drag the original CM Browser.apk back and that's that.

im takin your advice and i will not alter the browser. but oh yea opera mini 5 is the best out there. i jus like the look of dolphin HD browser. but im skippin the test6 and ill be posting test7. this one boots perfectly and gives me no issues it just does not have the blackxeth, darkstar theme integrated.

B6gSix said:
im takin your advice and i will not alter the browser. but oh yea opera mini 5 is the best out there. i jus like the look of dolphin HD browser. but im skippin the test6 and ill be posting test7. this one boots perfectly and gives me no issues it just does not have the blackxeth, darkstar theme integrated.
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good deal. yeah i've seen the HD one, and it looks pretty hot. haven't tested it myself, but have seen a few videos on it. do whatever floats your boat since this is your themed rom. as always, feel free to ask questions. good luck broheem .

[Q] [SOLVED] [THEMING HELP] GenieWidget.apk/Power Control Widget

I'm having some problems theming it. I want it to be like the one from BlackMod so I've extracted the one from BlackMod and put it in my theme so it should work now right? But it didn't it just showed the widget but not with the correct bagground etc. Then I took the GenieWidget.apk from the original ROM and themed it plus some pngs that is also in it. Something like this:
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but it's still not working :/ This is what the widget currently looks like BTW:

bro, did you sign it after you modded it to ur liking? from your first picture i just see the .9 borders, which are not supposed to be there after you run it through a compiler like Eclipse.

opasha said:
bro, did you sign it after you modded it to ur liking? from your first picture i just see the .9 borders, which are not supposed to be there after you run it through a compiler like Eclipse.
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As it is a system apk it does not need to be signed. The borders are because of decompiling and I did recompile again afterwards. Also it does work but it doesn't have the correct layout. That's the issue

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
As it is a system apk it does not need to be signed. The borders are because of decompiling and I did recompile again afterwards. Also it does work but it doesn't have the correct layout. That's the issue
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send me your images that you want for this geniewidget and power control and ill edit and sign it for you and then upload the apk. or if you want, i can create an update.zip like i did for this fellow in the Post Your Home Screen thread. let me know, i'm always happy to help.

opasha said:
send me your images that you want for this geniewidget and power control and ill edit and sign it for you and then upload the apk. or if you want, i can create an update.zip like i did for this fellow in the Post Your Home Screen thread. let me know, i'm always happy to help.
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I appreciate that but that is not the problem. The problem is that I have themed it (all pngs that needs theming) but it still stays as the matte Power Control Widget. I ask because someone might know if there are some other pngs in some other apks or if I have to edit some XML files or something. I have already created 2 themes so I know how it works (signing, update.zip etc.)

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
I appreciate that but that is not the problem. The problem is that I have themed it (all pngs that needs theming) but it still stays as the matte Power Control Widget. I ask because someone might know if there are some other pngs in some other apks or if I have to edit some XML files or something. I have already created 2 themes so I know how it works (signing, update.zip etc.)
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hm, assuming you know that power control widget is in the settings.apk and have edited that, my only other suggestion would be to check the framework because i do not know of any other place where they could be. however, from my experience, i find it always best to edit your apk within your theme (the actual .zip) and then sign that whole .zip if you want to avoid any issues. just my two cents for you. if the xml is stock, there should be no issues as to what is governing the correct .9.png. anyway, good luck .

opasha said:
hm, assuming you know that power control widget is in the settings.apk and have edited that, my only other suggestion would be to check the framework because i do not know of any other place where they could be. however, from my experience, i find it always best to edit your apk within your theme (the actual .zip) and then sign that whole .zip if you want to avoid any issues. just my two cents for you. if the xml is stock, there should be no issues as to what is governing the correct .9.png. anyway, good luck .
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Thanks man! I did not know that (waow that's stupid BTW) that was exactly what I was looking for Will try it and tell you how it works

@opasha
Now that you've helped me once maybe you would know how to make a transparent .9 png (or maybe you could send me one)? I keep getting an alpha error and I really don't know anything about color profiles

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
@opasha
Now that you've helped me once maybe you would know how to make a transparent .9 png (or maybe you could send me one)? I keep getting an alpha error and I really don't know anything about color profiles
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how transparent and for what png exactly? details bro....details....=P

opasha said:
how transparent and for what png exactly? details bro....details....=P
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Hehe it's for the Facebook app I took a themed version for some ROM I can't remember but it wasn't fully themed so I themed the rest myself and of course a lot of the 9 pngs was "broken" from the other themer so I need a totally transparent 9 png for the top thing (appwidget_top_white.9.png). Whenever I do it I just get an alpha error. I've attached the Facebook.apk (the original themed version not the one I themed) if you need more details
Thanks in advance I'll be sure to include you in the release notes hehe

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
Hehe it's for the Facebook app I took a themed version for some ROM I can't remember but it wasn't fully themed so I themed the rest myself and of course a lot of the 9 pngs was "broken" from the other themer so I need a totally transparent 9 png for the top thing (appwidget_top_white.9.png). Whenever I do it I just get an alpha error. I've attached the Facebook.apk (the original themed version not the one I themed) if you need more details
Thanks in advance I'll be sure to include you in the release notes hehe
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ok sure no problem man. ive attached a fully transparent .9.png with that name. if you want to use it for other pngs, just make copies of the one i attached and rename it to whatever name you choose. good luck . it's there but you can't see it since it's totally transparent. to download it, just right click in the left corner or a little towards the middle of the left corner until you get the option to save image.

opasha said:
ok sure no problem man. ive attached a fully transparent .9.png with that name. if you want to use it for other pngs, just make copies of the one i attached and rename it to whatever name you choose. good luck . it's there but you can't see it since it's totally transparent. to download it, just right click in the left corner or a little towards the middle of the left corner until you get the option to save image.
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Thanks man! You've been very helpful I'm going to release a new version of my theme now

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
Thanks man! You've been very helpful I'm going to release a new version of my theme now
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no problem dude

[THEME] SwiftKey X ICS Theme v1.1

Hey folks,
Today I played around with the SwiftKey apk and build my own ICS Theme. So far I have only tested it with my own phone and version (DHD with 200 DPI, SwiftKey X v2.2.0.121). Feel free to follow the short tutorial and enjoy the ICS experience.
Requirements:
Installed JDK
AutoSign (see attachments)
WinRAR or 7zip (untested)
SwiftKey X (tested with v2.2.0.121)
Steps:
Download the attachments
Pull the SwiftKey apk off your phone
Open the apk with WinRAR or 7zip
Copy the content of the "ICS Theme.zip" into the equivalent folders in the SwiftKey apk
Most of the files have to go into the "res" folder - Only "resources.arsc" has to go into the root folder!
Delete the "META-INF" folder inside the apk file
Sign the apk using AutoSign by copying it into the AutoSign folder and starting "sign.bat"
[*]Deinstall your previous version of SwiftKey X
Install new one
Change the theme inside the SwiftKey Properties
Enjoy, hit the thanks button and leave some feedback!
Changelog:
Code:
[B]SwiftKey X ICS Theme v1.1 (13 February 2012)[/B]
- [FIXED] Fonts
[B]SwiftKey X ICS Theme v1.0 (12 February 2012)[/B]
- Initial release
- HDPI only!

Works great thanks!
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I'd add, don't delete the folders inside SwiftKey apk, just open archive each folder, then copy/paste the contents inside each one.
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wow, it's very cool
trying right away

Love it! Great work thanks alot!

Take note swiftkey team, we want this option soon as standard
Thanks been waiting for something like this.

Glad you guys like it.
fergie716 said:
I'd add, don't delete the folders inside SwiftKey apk, just open archive each folder, then copy/paste the contents inside each one.
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This is not necessary since I have included all (not only the changed) files in the zip file.

Done! working perfectly
But I have a question here
Why my layout doesn't seems to match your screenshot
it match fergie716 SS

ain_gt said:
Done! working perfectly
But I have a question here
Why my layout doesn't seems to match your screenshot
it match fergie716 SS
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Does the rest of your system look normal?
EDIT: I just realized that I've put the wrong fonts in the package. Sorry for the inconvenience, v1.1 uploaded...

trakuna said:
Does the rest of your system look normal?
EDIT: I just realized that I've put the wrong fonts in the package. Sorry for the inconvenience, v1.1 uploaded...
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never mind, bro
you've done a great job here
anyway, thanks for the fix
downloading..

ain_gt said:
anyway, thanks for the fix
downloading..
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would be great to hear if it works

trakuna said:
would be great to hear if it works
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working great now
you're the man

After installing I can see my app themed like the 1st screenshot you've posted. It's nicer than the stock one but I'd like to have SK themed like the SECOND screenshot you've posted or anyway you should use a darker gray far keys, much similar to the one in the stock Android keyboard... that will look cool!
This better matches the ICS gray. The other one is too Bright imho.
To improve this mod, I suggest you to ad a themed "dark theme" with ICS blue replacing the Gingerbread green.... That would be REALLY appreciated, something like this posted in the VIP forums of SK.
I'll try to make it myself and see what happens.
Anyway, you did a really good work!

lparcshinoda said:
After installing I can see my app themed like the 1st screenshot you've posted. It's nicer than the stock one but I'd like to have SK themed like the SECOND screenshot you've posted or anyway you should use a darker gray far keys, much similar to the one in the stock Android keyboard... that will look cool!
This better matches the ICS gray. The other one is too Bright imho.
To improve this mod, I suggest you to ad a themed "dark theme" with ICS blue replacing the Gingerbread green.... That would be REALLY appreciated, something like this posted in the VIP forums of SK.
I'll try to make it myself and see what happens.
Anyway, you did a really good work!
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The second screenshot shows the popup when long pressing a key, it's actually the same theme. If you like it a bit darker, just go ahead and change "default_btn_keyboard_key_normal_numbers.9.png" as well as "default_btn_keyboard_key_normal.9.png" to your taste. Don't forget signing the apk before you copy it to your phone!
EDIT: As for the actual "dark theme" you mentioned... I'll see what i can come up with tomorrow.

trakuna said:
The second screenshot shows the popup when long pressing a key, it's actually the same theme. If you like it a bit darker, just go ahead and change "default_btn_keyboard_key_normal_numbers.9.png" as well as "default_btn_keyboard_key_normal.9.png" to your taste. Don't forget signing the apk before you copy it to your phone!
EDIT: As for the actual "dark theme" you mentioned... I'll see what i can come up with tomorrow.
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well, actually I tryed to modify some of the res files, but they lose the transparency of the background after being saved with photoshop never happened this before (transparency is lost even if not modifing the file and obviously saving in png format).
Thanks for the help!

Thanks for posting this, works great.

Wonder if the theming is possible for non-HDPI devices? I couldn't get the install to work on my Galaxy S2 LTE (sgh-i727r) so I'm guessing my phone isn't HDPI..
Was it difficult for you to dev this? I'm thinking about trying to make the theme possible for non-HDPI devices if it wasn't too too complicated.

punkmonkey1984 said:
Take note swiftkey team, we want this option soon as standard
Thanks been waiting for something like this.
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They are relaesing an ICS theme soon. There is a post about it on their vip forums

yourpassenger said:
They are relaesing an ICS theme soon. There is a post about it on their vip forums
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That's nice to hear, then I won't have to do any dev

This was exactly what I wanted. Works perfectly, thanks!

Just great, thanks a lot!

[GUIDE][THEME]Do-It-Yourself Guide to making widgetlocker themes for LDPI :D

HI, Want to make a widgetlocker theme for your LPDI device? or are you just bored of that plain and simple stock themes from widgetlocker?
Then i have a guide for you!
BUT, . . .
First things First
PREREQUISITES:
1. Widgetlocker app
2. Adobe Photoshop (any version) or any image editing software you wish
3. Winrar or any compression software you wish
4. Stock images you want to use for this
5. Patience and the heart to test
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So then, let's start
First make a folder example "mytheme.wltheme" it has to have a wltheme ending in it
Then open the first stock image file with photoshop this will be our background
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"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Next, Resize the first picture to 188x152
As you can see i made mine transparent
Save it as iphone_background_3.png inside the "mytheme.wltheme"
Now open the second stock image you want to use as the slider
So now let's make the slider (Hooray), design it like the way you want after that resize to 112x120
Then save it as iphone_slider_left.png inside the "mytheme.wltheme"
Now do the same procedure for the right slider and size it to 112x120
Then save it as iphone_slider_right.png inside the "mytheme.wltheme"
Lastly make a preview of the theme and resize it to 90x90
Then save it as iphone_preview.png inside the "mytheme.wltheme"
Now, lets compile the theme elements that we just made by making a zip
go back to the folder that you have created as "mytheme.wltheme"
and right click to bring down options, next select "add to archive"
This should popup afterwards, change the radio button from rar to zip
Next copy the file, connect USB storage to PC then navigate to your SD-Card
"\data\com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker\themes", paste it there
Now that your theme is installed just click refresh themes
and apply the theme you made
And here is your finished product:
KUDOS !!!! Its in the attatchment if you want
TIP: You can also convert several widgetlocker themes that was made for HDPI, MDPI and port it to LDPI
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RSERVED

RSERVED too

Nod bad
But not need.
Because not beautiful.

will be updating this to make additional themes for sense, ICS, MIUI, android styled lockscreens

cool guide

More Options?
Hey
cant find a tutorial for building widgetlocker themes with more than one option... I like to built a locker with cam/phone/sms option... any hints?
thx
Joei

Joei72 said:
Hey
cant find a tutorial for building widgetlocker themes with more than one option... I like to built a locker with cam/phone/sms option... any hints?
thx
Joei
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widgetlocker actually enables you to customize your own activity for the lock, its in the options

deathnotice01 said:
widgetlocker actually enables you to customize your own activity for the lock, its in the options
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Hi - I know that, thats not my problem - what I'm looking for is an option to built my own theme from scratch. With more than the option to unlock... so not unlock or cam or phone but unlock AND phone AND cam.
I only find tuts how to change the visual settings of an existing locker.
cheers
Joei

deathnotice01 said:
will be updating this to make additional themes for sense, ICS, MIUI, android styled lockscreens
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plz fix...
i updated my widgetlocker to latest beta version which includes d JB slider.
but d problem s d JB slider is not properly working for my device ( galaxy y).
i thnk bcz it is for hdpi only.
can u convert it for ldpi so dat it will work well for sgy.
tnx in advance bai..

hello i have been looking around and it seems no one has been having the problems i currently have been experiencing and i wonder if anyone knows how to fix this?
i've currently been just editing the arrow slider style sliders for widget locker and been saving the background with the regular .png format not interlaced as well as trying it interlaced with no luck as when i zip them up and try to install on my phone they go in like they should, but when i try to use the slider the background doesn't appear when the file clearly was made i'm wondering is there something i'm doing wrong?
oh and my device is the droid 4 and most other sliders i haven't edited work fine

ChefJamesy said:
hello i have been looking around and it seems no one has been having the problems i currently have been experiencing and i wonder if anyone knows how to fix this?
i've currently been just editing the arrow slider style sliders for widget locker and been saving the background with the regular .png format not interlaced as well as trying it interlaced with no luck as when i zip them up and try to install on my phone they go in like they should, but when i try to use the slider the background doesn't appear when the file clearly was made i'm wondering is there something i'm doing wrong?
oh and my device is the droid 4 and most other sliders i haven't edited work fine
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hmm,
what format did you save the whole zip into?
and did you use photoshop?

same prob with the background element.
Sry didn't find anything else to ask my probs... seemly old topic.
Anyways... I have same problem as the guy above mentioned. The background element just don't appear. I even tried to use another theme as a base for new one. I only edited the background pic and saved it as it was. Same problem appears again, no background element visible. What do I do wrong?

I will be waiting for a more in depth tutorial regarding this. Thanks.

Thanks for this TUT !!!
Very helpful, now I can edit Lockers to fit my Galaxy Y !! Thanks alot man!

Thanks bro, this helped me. :highfive: :good:

Hey Nice Tutorial
Thanks for all the tutorials
btw i would like to have a small talk about roms with u...
if u dont mind can u PM me...coz i cant pm u..u dont have a option for a message
thanks

tipsymortal said:
I will be waiting for a more in depth tutorial regarding this. Thanks.
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I think this is the most concise guide, that can be created on the topic.
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ChefJamesy said:
hello i have been looking around and it seems no one has been having the problems i currently have been experiencing and i wonder if anyone knows how to fix this?
i've currently been just editing the arrow slider style sliders for widget locker and been saving the background with the regular .png format not interlaced as well as trying it interlaced with no luck as when i zip them up and try to install on my phone they go in like they should, but when i try to use the slider the background doesn't appear when the file clearly was made i'm wondering is there something i'm doing wrong?
oh and my device is the droid 4 and most other sliders i haven't edited work fine
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It needs a 1x1 pixel at the top of the image as described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825553
I had the same problem. I d/l'd the Tron Slider and copy/pasted the image I wanted in photoshop. The problem was that I was deleting the old layer, thus getting rid of the pixel at the top as well. Once I just deleted the image and left the pixel at the top, it worked fine.

[Universal Tut] Make your own vrtheme flashable zip (any ROM)

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Code:
You are using this tutorial by yourself and i'm in no way responsible if your mobile is damaged due to it. I will help you in best way possible to get you out of the worse situation but I can't guarantee anybody. ThankYou!
How to build apps icon pack:
Things you require:
-Base VRTheme-Here!(Don't worry there are no trojans)
-You will find a lot of icons on XDA.
-Required apps from the ROM which you want to modify.
-Notepad++ for changing updater-script.
-Any good photo editing tool.(Even the one that comes with MS-Office will do)
-A brain to avoid mistakes and bother me with stupid questions.
-Kindness to press the THANKS button below.
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Steps:
1. Download all the things required.
2. Open your ROM and copy all the apps and move them to a seperate folder. Here we will take only 3 apps-Browser, Messaging and Calculator.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
3. Now extract these apps using 7zip or winrar.
4. Now open the app folder, go to res and find the location where the icon of the app is present. These are generally present in mipmap-hdpi/mdpi/xhdpi/ldpi/xxhdpi or drawable-hdpi/mdpi/xhdpi/ldpi/xxhdpi . For e.g. in my case Browser app it's present in mipmap-hdpi named as ic_launcher_browser.png:
5. Now extract the VRTheme base folder and go to vrtheme->system->app and make a new folder their with named as appname.apk(Here appname refers to the name of the app). For e.g. Browser.apk in my case.
6. Now make res folder in it. And under res folder make another folder which contains app icon. For e.g res->mipmap-hdpi in my case:
7. Now place your modified icon in it and rename it to the original icon name. For e.g. ic_launcher_browser.png in my case. And resize it according to your DPI.
Try resizing by percentage if possible.
Also I don't recommend resizing from a lower DPI to a Higher DPI or the icons may seem blur.
8. Do the same for other apps. In my case calculator and messaging.
9. Now give this icon pack your name. Go to META-INF->com->google->android and open updater-script with notepad++ and in second line replace alokbina with your name. You can practically change almost everything under ui_print in updater-script but remember that it should be in the format ui_print("ABCD"); . Here replace ABCD with whatever you like.
10. Now you will be having 4 folders- data, META-INF, system, vrtheme and an image named as preview. Zip all these and rename it to whatever you like and flash it with CWM and you're done! Enjoy your own icon pack Feel free to THANK me :laugh:
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Important Tip:-Note the size of the original icon and modify the new icon accordingly or else you may not get any icon or smaller icon. For e.g. sometimes the icon present in the app is of size 96X96 though it is hdpi app. But still change the other icon size also to 96X96 to get best result.
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Credits:
Abhinav2
Sandy7
Add your name if I missed...
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Reserved for systemui and framework etc...vrtheming
Press THANKS if I helped,
Best Regards,
AJ
alokbina is now Abhinav2

Just a doubt, when I downloaded the zip, I didnt any signing (signature whatever) files, so shouldn't the zip be signed before flashing??

Simple to the point and yet thorough. Thank you for this. I'm shocked this thread doesn't have more action!:thumbup:
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Cool Thanks for this. Just what i have been looking for
Now i will create the best Icon pack known to man :victory:

how about 9.png ?? is it okay to use vrtheme?

Diaz1999 said:
how about 9.png ?? is it okay to use vrtheme?
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Pretty much anything in the apk can be flashed into it using a vrtheme script.
Any png/.9.png, fonts, resources.arcs, classes.dex whatever.
The main thing is the name and folder location must match exactly!
There is even some edits to the scripts to automatically create a "restore" zip of the apps before they get modified so if something doesn't look right or you get force close issues you can simply flash the restore.zip in recovery and get back to normal quickly.
Thanks to @Spannaa for the awesome idea and base script! I've been using it for years.
Good luck friend and happy flashing!

stangdriver44 said:
Pretty much anything in the apk can be flashed into it using a vrtheme script.
Any png/.9.png, fonts, resources.arcs, classes.dex whatever.
The main thing is the name and folder location must match exactly!
There is even some edits to the scripts to automatically create a "restore" zip of the apps before they get modified so if something doesn't look right or you get force close issues you can simply flash the restore.zip in recovery and get back to normal quickly.
Thanks to @Spannaa for the awesome idea and base script! I've been using it for years.
Good luck friend and happy flashing!
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ikr I mean how about 9.png? is it using its black border or not? because usually if we extracted 9.png from an APK it'll be without borders, while in compile-decompile process it has to be bordered
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Diaz1999 said:
ikr I mean how about 9.png? is it using its black border or not? because usually if we extracted 9.png from an APK it'll be without borders, while in compile-decompile process it has to be bordered
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I'm know all about patch 9 pngs and vrtheme requires ANY file, rather it be 9.pngs, xml, classes.dex etc to be compiled.
Again, any file you want to push to an apk in recovery using a vrtheme script MUST BE COMPILED!
Pushing a regular png renamed to 9.png can have serious negative results causing the corrupt image to block a button, create force close issues when that image is being call for or even cause a boot loop. Just saying be careful. That's why I use a version that creates a restore.zip that i can flash in case something does happen.
It's a great tool and has many great uses. Just like any time you mod and apk, make sure you understand unexpected things can happen ad be prepared for them if they do.
Good luck and hope this gives you a little info you can use.