Hey guys.
I'm using a Modaco gr5 ROM now. I went to the UOT kitchen to create my own theme and even edited the files directly in the zip file afterwards to make it the way I want.
I have the deafault gingerbread theme. However, there is one thing I dont know how to do: How can I change the black theme to the light theme (like for example Topogigi's rom has), where the background in popupp windows, settings popup etc are white instead of black?
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I was on Cyan 4.2.3.1 with Little Big Planet theme. Everything was perfect. Then I updated to Cyan 4.2.4 and no theme (theme wasn't updated yet), still everything worked OK, except some of the icons - the google apps ones - didn't change back to the standard icon. It retained the Little Big Planet icon. This was the gmail, youtube, maps, market, and gtalk icons.
Then I went to Cyan 4.2.5 and applied Buuf theme. I thought all the icons would change to Buuf's icons, but the google app icons still stayed at the standard icons.
How can I get Buuf's icons for these apps back? Thanks
I find that you always want to flash the original rom before applying the update to avoid these types of issues. In other words, don't go from a theme to a base rom and then to another theme. Just like you should not go from one theme to another theme before going back to base rom.
rivera618 said:
I find that you always want to flash the original rom before applying the update to avoid these types of issues. In other words, don't go from a theme to a base rom and then to another theme. Just like you should not go from one theme to another theme before going back to base rom.
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Yeah, the only thing is the google apps come from the HTC image rather than Cyanogen's ROM.
So my advice would be to reflash the HTC image, then Cyanogens ROM then your theme of choice, and do that every time you change theme.
Since I also have the maps with navigation, will I need to run those steps too before updating the theme?
One more question, should I wipe or go straight to reflashing the HTC image and cyanogen rom?
I would wipe first and flash the rom before doing the whole htc image deal.
Hmm... wiping and flashing just the base rom didn't work. I'm going to go try to wipe, flash htc image, and then flash rom again.
NOOO YOU CAN FLASH MY THEME TEMPLATE!!
my theme template has google apps so it will replace them
B-man007 said:
NOOO YOU CAN FLASH MY THEME TEMPLATE!!
my theme template has google apps so it will replace them
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I ended up wiping, flashing the. HTC image, and then flaahing cyan. After that the icons went back to standard icons. No more Little Big Planet icons. So then I applied the Buuf theme and the icons stayed the standard icons, it didn't change to the Buuf look.
I've never had problems with any theme before this.
Is there a way to manually change these icons, or will the theme template do that?
nmw407 said:
I ended up wiping, flashing the. HTC image, and then flaahing cyan. After that the icons went back to standard icons. No more Little Big Planet icons. So then I applied the Buuf theme and the icons stayed the standard icons, it didn't change to the Buuf look.
I've never had problems with any theme before this.
Is there a way to manually change these icons, or will the theme template do that?
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which one did you use? theres a lot of them. please link me to it. a lot of themes do not have themed google apps
flashing the template will get your google apps/ROM back to stock, unthemed android
It is this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=574139
nmw407 said:
It is this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=574139
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If you want the icons for this theme, you must flash
http://www.android-theme.com/node/20
That did it. Thank you - everything looks good now!
how difficult is it to port a theme over? i really like Reefermattness's Darkness theme (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=813497) - but with as vivid as the colors on this phone are, i love the dena994 theme ANDRODeNa GaLaSSiA - (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770507) - but its an i9000 theme.
i want to take the dialer, the semi-transparent notification background with the Galaxy S symbol, and maybe even the dark look in menus and such, from the Darkness theme, but the notification pull-down look and the icons from the ANDRODeNa GaLaSSiA theme, and combine the two. im using the Perception ROM, which is i9000-based, so i'd assume id be able to use elements of the ANDRODeNa theme.
how difficult would it be to do so, or an even better question, what would be the steps to do so? (if anyone wanted to take the time to do so, i wouldnt mind that at all either - and donate even).
Since your using an i9000 rom, you'd be able to just use the second theme as is, but the darkness theme would be complicated and I'm not entity sure how you'd do it.
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No I can try to explain better tho
1 grab the theme you want
2 extract the apk using 7zip
3 Keep only Res folder
4 using winsows's search search for ' XML 'and del them all
5 put Res folder in a folder called the same as the apk you extracted (without the extension)
6 grab any metamorph theme for sgs captivate and replace the folder you just made and using metamorph apply 'sub theme'
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there you go .
If it's a metamorph theme - it should probably work.
But I would back up your framework-res.apk and wherever the dialer theme is pushed too before attempting it.
Worse case scenario is your phone will boot but will "boot-loop" when attempting to go to your home screen or go to a black screen.
You'd have to re-copy over the *.apk's affected and you would have your phone back.
Another way to do it is before flashing to your latest and greatest (or copying over the *.apk's) you could open up the APK files using WINRAR or your fav zip program and copy the *.png's into them overwriting the existing ones then flash or copy the modified APK files back into your system.
It's a pain... but it does work I've done it many times with positive results.
Hey,
can someone tell me how i get the white notificationbar like in the older versions (froyo, eclair...)
i can´t find any post on the internet about that and an old theme does´nt work work for me...
sorry for my english
IF you are using CM based roms, the option is inbuilt to change your status bar colours.
IF you want to do it in a stock rom, you need to replace the png file "statusbar_background.9.png" in the /res/drawable-hdpi folder in the Systemui.apk app. You will also need to make xml and smali edits to make your text black so that it shows up on the white statusbar.
Here's my blue themed systemUI.apk, framework_res.apk and swype.apk for Continuum v6.1.
UOT cooked framework and systemUI with some icons for the pull down menu and text changed in the systemUI and framework files too. Modded lock screens for the rotary, android, puzzle, R2D2, and Four Tab unlock screens. Animated Blue Battery version M, animated pull down drawer background, Android Bubbles boot animation, blue icons everywhere.
The wallpaper, home screen icons, etc. are not part of this. They are parts of GingerFire's Blue Icon Pack along with Launcher Pro Plus and Continuum wallpaper.
Install through the recovery menu.
Clear the dalvik cache.
Be sure you go to "mounts and storage" and mount system and data or you won't get any changes.
The boot animation file will not overwrite the stock one, you have to extract sanim.zip from system, media in the dl'ed zip then go to system, media and paste it in overwriting (unless you change the originals name) the original sanim.zip
This is a work in progress.
Don't change the name of the zip or it won't flash!
Screenshots:
Disclaimer
Flash at your own risk!
I am in no way responsible for damage to your phone, social standing, relationship or mental health!
Changelog:
First release
Known issues:
None
The file:
Taz's Blue
Credits:
Cezar of course for Continuum
DAGr8 for the original 4-tab designs
UOT Kitchen for making this even easier
shoman94 for his help even though he's always busy
nice work!!
what did u modify to get the animated notification pulldown? I would like to create my own. thanks
mpanary_fako said:
nice work!!
what did u modify to get the animated notification pulldown? I would like to create my own. thanks
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It's actually an option when using UOT Kitchen to mod the framework_res file, there are quite a few animated notification backgrounds in the list.
This is just a test from my messing around with the theme files and trying to learn to theme. It is mostly miui v4 but with a black status bar and black fade launcher theme.The biggest change is a vertical battery from light coloured business version miui theme and I have made white coloured ICS icons from Galnet Miui theme and different desktop dots. It also uses a galaxy S style unlock screen and Ubuntu fonts.
Thanks for the help to bring theme format up to date.
http://www.mediafire.com/?tmi2zzv7ckyssxq
If any of it looks good, feel free to use it. I will try to find links to the original threads for the themes I have poached from so authors get their due.
I will likely keep playing with this so will try to keep this updated.
Mostly based off this thread so far:
http://forums.miui.us/showthread.ph...the-easy-way!-9-guide-now-up!!!-Questions-Ask!
Old format means you didn't take the .zip extension off the directory folders and you didn't change the whole themes extension to .mtz
Cheers, changed format to MTZ, but didnt realise folders inside needed to be zipped too.
*edit*ok, some previews work, naming is obviously important*, zipped internal folders and it all seems to have not applied, hmmmmm, try again.
OK, helps if you zip all the right files properly. All working now.
Make sure you zip the contents of the folders in your directory. Because when you zip the folder the compression app places it in it's own folder. Hence causing an extra folder.
Don't zip the preview folder though ok.
Don't you have any other miui themes you can dissect to see how it's formatef.
I've downloaded your theme but i haven't looked through it yet.
Thats what I ended up doing. Having a 3 week old baby is impacting my ability to think clearly! figured out the second time I had zipped them wrong and not zipped framework-res and one other folder by comparing to another theme. Latest link all works well now.
that looks great!!
Updated a couple of signal status icons that had the wrong shade of grey in the background.